Montana State 44-14 Portland State (Oct. 19, 2024) Game Recap

HILLSBORO, Ore. — — Tommy Mellott threw three touchdowns and Scottre Humphrey ran for two, all in the first half, and Montana State cruised to a 44-14 victory over Portland State on Saturday.

After leading 35-0 at halftime, the Bobcats (8-0, 4-0 in the Big Sky Conference) got three field goals from Myles Sansted to tie the 1954 team for the second-best start in school history.

Humphrey had touchdown runs of 7 and 6 yardssandwiched around Mellott's first touchdown pass, a 57-yard connection to Taco Dowler. Mellott then scored on a 24-yard pass to Jared White and a 48-yard connection to Rohan Jones.

Humphrey finished the game with 160 yards on just 14 carries and now has 10 touchdowns while the Bobcats, ranked third in the FCS coaches poll, amassed 323 yards on the ground. Mellott was 15 of 20 passing for 239 yards. MSU finished with 607 total yards

Dante Chachere was 10 of 17 passes for just 65 yards for the Vikings (1-6, 1-3). Delon Thompson and backup quarterback Will Haskell had rushing touchdowns. PSU had 236 yards on offense.

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