Portland State
at #14 Montana
Saturday, Oct. 15, 1:05
Missoula, Mont.
Washington-Grizzly Stadium
(25,217 Sprinturf)
TV: Montana’s News Stations
Internet: Big Sky TV
The Series: Montana leads 27-11 and has won six straight.
Last Meeting: Brody McKnight kicked a last-second field goal to lift Montana to a 23-21 win over Portland State in 2010. Connor Kavanaugh and Cory McCaffrey combined for 240 rushing yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings.
Coaches: Portland State’s Nigel Burton is 5-11 in his second week...Montana’s Robin Pflugrad is 11-6 in his second season...Pflugrad is 1-0 vs. Burton.
Notes: The teams first met in 1965...UM leads the Big Sky series 13-2...PSU won 20-3 in 1987 in Washington-Grizzly Stadium, prior to the Vikings becoming a Big Sky member....UM is 166-21 all-time in WSG...PSU RB Cory McCaffrey leads the nation in rushing at 157 yards per game and scoring at 18 points per game...PSU has been called for 36 penalties the previous two games...UM’s Jabin Sambrano is second in the conference behind McCaffrey in all-purpose yards. McCaffrey averages 169, while Sambrano averages 160.7...PSU averages 292.8 rushing yards per game, while UM allows 127.5...UM’s Caleb McSurdy ranks second in the league in tackles per game at 11.2. PSU LB Ryan Rau is fourth at 9.4...UM forced seven turnovers against ISU last week. UM had seven forced turnovers in its first five games...PSU has blocked six kicks this season.