Montana State at Idaho

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Idaho beat Montana State 24–⁠21. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Idaho led the series 12–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayMontana State8–⁠4 in 2023
21
HomeIdaho9–⁠4 in 2023
24

Final at Kibbie Dome, MoscowIndoorsTV: ESPN+Attendance 13,073

Official
Scott RootGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Montana State0014721
Idaho3701424

Standouts

Player stats

Montana State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Tommy Mellott12/2419120
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Julius Davis1184124
Tommy Mellott620015
Jared White217012
Sean Chambers3703
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Treyton Pickering487045
Jacob Trimble146046
Clevan Thomas323111
Ty McCullouch319010

Idaho

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Gevani McCoy22/2922920
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Anthony Woods206419
Nick Romano1043012
Jermaine Jackson116016
Gevani McCoy109014
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Hayden Hatten463126
Jermaine Jackson558030
Terez Traynor548113
Anthony Woods328011

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Montana StateIdaho
319Total yards336
191Passing yards229
128Rushing yards107
8.0Yards per pass7.9
5.6Yards per rush2.4
17First downs22
5–⁠10Third downs6–⁠15
0–⁠0Fourth downs3–⁠4
0Turnovers0
3–⁠20Penalties3–⁠35
18:33Possession41:27

Efficiency

Montana StateIdaho
44%Success rate44%
0.33EPA per play0.09
1.47Explosiveness1.11
0.29Rushing EPA−0.10
0.35Passing EPA0.30
37%Passing-down success48%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Montana State 60% to win. Idaho won as Elo’s underdog.

The line

Montana State −6, over/under 60.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

Idaho end zoneMontana State end zoneQ1 IdahoPunt, 3 playsQ1 Montana StatePunt, 3 playsQ1 IdahoField goal, 20 playsQ1 Montana StatePunt, 3 playsQ2 Montana StatePunt, 3 playsQ2 IdahoPunt, 7 playsQ2 IdahoTouchdown, 11 playsQ2 Montana StateMissed FG, 11 playsQ2 IdahoResult not recorded, 3 playsQ3 Montana StateTouchdown, 9 playsQ3 IdahoTurnover on downs, 5 playsQ3 Montana StateTouchdown, 3 playsQ3 IdahoTouchdown, 15 playsQ4 Montana StateTouchdown, 7 playsQ4 IdahoTouchdown, 10 playsQ4 Montana StateMissed FG, 11 playsQ4 IdahoResult not recorded, 2 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Idaho drives left to right, Montana State right to left.
  1. Q1 IdahoPunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  2. Q1 Montana StatePunt, 3 plays, 61 yards
  3. Q1 IdahoField goal, 20 plays, −5 yards
  4. Q1 Montana StatePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  5. Q2 Montana StatePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  6. Q2 IdahoPunt, 7 plays, −17 yards
  7. Q2 IdahoTouchdown, 11 plays, −29 yards
  8. Q2 Montana StateMissed FG, 11 plays, 84 yards
  9. Q2 IdahoResult not recorded, 3 plays, −43 yards
  10. Q3 Montana StateTouchdown, 9 plays, 0 yards
  11. Q3 IdahoTurnover on downs, 5 plays, 0 yards
  12. Q3 Montana StateTouchdown, 3 plays, 59 yards
  13. Q3 IdahoTouchdown, 15 plays, 0 yards
  14. Q4 Montana StateTouchdown, 7 plays, 0 yards
  15. Q4 IdahoTouchdown, 10 plays, 0 yards
  16. Q4 Montana StateMissed FG, 11 plays, 0 yards
  17. Q4 IdahoResult not recorded, 2 plays, −27 yards

Play by play

1st quarter4 drives, then Idaho 3, Montana State 0
Idaho Punt, 3 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Brendan Hall kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 35Brendan Hall kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25Gevani McCoy sacked for a loss of 2 yards to the IDHO 23
15:002nd & 12 at own 23Gevani McCoy sacked for a loss of 5 yards to the IDHO 18
15:003rd & 17 at own 18Anthony Woods run for 6 yds to the IDHO 24
12:594th & 11 at own 24Ricardo Chavez punt for 37 yds
Montana State Punt, 3 plays
12:591st & 10 at own 39pass incomplete
12:592nd & 10 at own 39Tommy Mellott pass incomplete to Ty McCullouch, broken up by Ormanie Arnold
12:593rd & 10 at own 39Julius Davis run for 8 yds to the MTST 47
11:574th & 2 at own 47Brendan Hall punt for 48 yds
Idaho Field goal, 20 plays
11:571st & 10 at own 5Anthony Woods run for 3 yds to the IDHO 8
11:572nd & 7 at own 8Anthony Woods run for 9 yds to the IDHO 17 for a 1ST down
11:571st & 10 at own 17Gevani McCoy pass incomplete to Hayden Hatten, broken up by Jon Johnson
11:572nd & 10 at own 17Gevani McCoy pass incomplete to Terez Traynor, broken up by Simeon Woodard
11:573rd & 10 at own 17Gevani McCoy pass complete to Terez Traynor for 13 yds to the IDHO 30 for a 1ST down
11:571st & 10 at own 30pass incomplete to Hayden Hatten
11:572nd & 10 at own 30Anthony Woods run for 8 yds to the IDHO 38
11:573rd & 2 at own 38Gevani McCoy pass incomplete to Jermaine Jackson, broken up by Simeon Woodard
8:484th & 2 at own 38Montana State Penalty, off-side (Blake Schmidt) to the IDHO 43 for a 1ST down
8:481st & 10 at own 43Anthony Woods run for 3 yds to the IDHO 46
8:482nd & 7 at own 46Nick Romano run for 2 yds to the IDHO 48
8:483rd & 5 at own 48Gevani McCoy run for 6 yds to the MTST 46 for a 1ST down
8:481st & 10 at opp 46Jermaine Jackson run for 16 yds to the MTST 30 for a 1ST down
8:481st & 10 at opp 30Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jermaine Jackson for 5 yds to the MTST 25
8:482nd & 5 at opp 25Gevani McCoy run for 1 yd to the MTST 24
8:483rd & 4 at opp 24Nick Romano run for 1 yd to the MTST 23
8:484th & 3 at opp 23Gevani McCoy pass complete to Terez Traynor for 6 yds to the MTST 17 for a 1ST down
8:481st & 10 at opp 17Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jermaine Jackson for a loss of 1 yard to the MTST 18
8:482nd & 11 at opp 18Anthony Woods run for 5 yds to the MTST 13
8:483rd & 6 at opp 13Hayden Hatten run for a loss of 23 yards to the MTST 36 Hayden Hatten fumbled, recovered by IDHO Gevani McCoy Hatten,Hayden rush right for loss of 23 yards to the MSU36, fumble by Hatten,Hayden recovered by UID McCoy,Gevani, McCoy,Gevani rush.
1:064th & 29 at opp 36Ricardo Chavez 53 yd FG GOODIdaho 3, Montana State 0
Montana State Punt, 3 plays
1:061st & 10 at own 35Logan Prescott kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
1:061st & 10 at own 25pass incomplete to Taco Dowler
1:062nd & 10 at own 25Davis,Julius rush middle (Thomas,Tre).
1:063rd & 10 at own 25Tommy Mellott run for 2 yds to the MTST 27
2nd quarter6 drives, then Idaho 10, Montana State 0
Idaho Touchdown, 11 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 29Anthony Woods run for 5 yds to the IDHO 34
15:002nd & 5 at own 34Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jermaine Jackson for 16 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at the 50Anthony Woods run for a loss of 4 yards to the IDHO 46
15:002nd & 14 at own 46Gevani McCoy pass complete to Turon Ivy Jr. for 9 yds to the MTST 45
15:003rd & 5 at opp 45Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jermaine Jackson for 30 yds to the MTST 15 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 15Gevani McCoy run for 6 yds to the MTST 9
15:002nd & 4 at opp 9Anthony Woods run for 2 yds to the MTST 7
15:003rd & 2 at opp 7Woods,Anthony rush middle (Jackson,Miles;Valdez,Sebastian).
15:004th & 2 at opp 7Nick Romano run for 3 yds to the MTST 4 for a 1ST down
15:001st & goal at opp 4Idaho Penalty, false start (Tigana Cisse) to the MTST 9
15:001st & goal at opp 9Gevani McCoy run for 3 yds to the MTST 6
14:514th & 8 at own 27Brendan Hall punt for 44 yds
Idaho Touchdown, 11 plays
7:582nd & goal at opp 6Gevani McCoy pass complete to Terez Traynor for 6 yds for a TD (Ricardo Chavez KICK)Idaho 10, Montana State 0
Montana State Punt, 3 plays
7:581st & 10 at own 35Logan Prescott kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
7:581st & 10 at own 25Sean Chambers run for 3 yds to the MTST 28
7:582nd & 7 at own 28Sean Chambers run for 1 yd to the MTST 29
7:583rd & 6 at own 29Tommy Mellott pass incomplete to Clevan Thomas, broken up by Ormanie Arnold
6:164th & 6 at own 29Brendan Hall punt for 60 yds , Jermaine Jackson returns for 6 yds to the IDHO 17
Idaho Punt, 7 plays
6:161st & 10 at own 17Gevani McCoy pass incomplete to Jordan Dwyer, broken up by Jon Johnson
6:162nd & 10 at own 17Nick Romano run for 12 yds to the IDHO 29 for a 1ST down
6:161st & 10 at own 29Anthony Woods run for 2 yds to the IDHO 31
6:162nd & 8 at own 31Gevani McCoy pass complete to Nick Romano for 9 yds to the IDHO 40 for a 1ST down
6:161st & 10 at own 40Gevani McCoy pass complete to Nick Romano for 2 yds to the IDHO 42
6:162nd & 8 at own 42Romano,Nick rush middle (Brott,Paul;Ortt,Rylan).
2:443rd & 8 at own 42pass incomplete to Jake Cox
2:284th & 8 at own 42Ricardo Chavez punt for 42 yds
Montana State Missed FG, 11 plays
2:281st & 10 at own 16Julius Davis run for 6 yds to the MTST 22
2:282nd & 4 at own 22Mellott,Tommy rush middle (Alexander,Xe’ree).
2:283rd & 4 at own 22Tommy Mellott pass complete to Treyton Pickering for 18 yds to the MTST 40 for a 1ST down
2:281st & 10 at own 40Tommy Mellott pass incomplete to Clevan Thomas, broken up by Tommy McCormick
2:282nd & 10 at own 40Tommy Mellott pass incomplete to Clevan Thomas, broken up by Tommy McCormick for a 1ST down Idaho Penalty, personal foul (Kyrin Beachem) to the IDHO 45 for a 1ST down
2:281st & 10 at opp 45Tommy Mellott pass complete to Ty McCullouch for 9 yds to the IDHO 36
2:282nd & 1 at opp 36Jared White run for 5 yds to the IDHO 31 for a 1ST down
2:281st & 10 at opp 31Tommy Mellott pass incomplete to Taco Dowler, broken up by Kyrin Beachem
2:282nd & 10 at opp 31pass incomplete to Taco Dowler
0:433rd & 10 at opp 31Tommy Mellott pass incomplete to Ty McCullouch, broken up by Marcus Harris
0:324th & 10 at opp 31Brendan Hall 48 yd FG MISSED , Hayden John return for no gain to the IDHO 45
Idaho Result not recorded, 3 plays
0:321st & 10 at own 45Gevani McCoy sacked for a loss of 8 yards to the IDHO 37
0:322nd & 18 at own 37Nick Romano run for 10 yds to the IDHO 47
0:013rd & 8 at own 47Gevani McCoy sacked for a loss of 7 yards to the IDHO 35
3rd quarter4 drives, then Montana State 14, Idaho 10
Montana State Touchdown, 9 plays
14:541st & 10 at own 35Logan Prescott kickoff for 64 yds , Marqui Johnson return for 20 yds to the MTST 21
14:541st & 10 at own 21Julius Davis run for 2 yds to the MTST 23
14:542nd & 8 at own 23Tommy Mellott pass complete to Ty McCullouch
14:543rd & 8 at own 23Tommy Mellott run for 15 yds to the MTST 38 for a 1ST down
14:541st & 10 at own 38pass incomplete to Clevan Thomas
14:542nd & 10 at own 38Tommy Mellott run for 3 yds to the MTST 41
14:543rd & 7 at own 41Tommy Mellott pass complete to Jacob Trimble for 46 yds to the IDHO 13 for a 1ST down
14:541st & 10 at opp 13Montana State Penalty, delay of game (Sean Chambers) to the IDHO 18
14:541st & 15 at opp 18Sean Chambers run for 3 yds to the IDHO 15
14:542nd & 12 at opp 15Julius Davis run for a loss of 1 yard to the IDHO 16
9:363rd & 13 at opp 16Tommy Mellott pass complete to Jared White for 16 yds for a TD (Brendan Hall KICK)Idaho 10, Montana State 7
Idaho Turnover on downs, 5 plays
9:361st & 10 at own 35Brendan Hall kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
9:361st & 10 at own 25Gevani McCoy pass complete to Hayden Hatten for 26 yds to the MTST 49 for a 1ST down
9:361st & 10 at opp 49Anthony Woods run for 1 yd to the MTST 48
9:362nd & 9 at opp 48Gevani McCoy pass complete to Anthony Woods for 7 yds to the MTST 41
9:363rd & 2 at opp 41Woods,Anthony rush middle (Askelson,Nolan;O’Reilly,McCade).
6:484th & 2 at opp 41pass incomplete to Jermaine Jackson
Montana State Touchdown, 3 plays
6:481st & 10 at own 41Tommy Mellott pass complete to Treyton Pickering for 45 yds to the IDHO 14 for a 1ST down
6:481st & 10 at opp 14Julius Davis run for 12 yds to the IDHO 2 for a 1ST down
5:291st & goal at opp 2Tommy Mellott pass complete to Clevan Thomas for 2 yds for a TD (Brendan Hall KICK)Montana State 14, Idaho 10
Idaho Touchdown, 15 plays
5:291st & 10 at own 35Brendan Hall kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
5:291st & 10 at own 25Anthony Woods run for 8 yds to the IDHO 33
5:292nd & 2 at own 33Nick Romano run for 10 yds to the IDHO 43 for a 1ST down
5:291st & 10 at own 43Gevani McCoy run for 1 yd to the IDHO 44
5:292nd & 9 at own 44Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jordan Dwyer for 8 yds to the MTST 48
5:293rd & 1 at opp 48Anthony Woods run for 2 yds to the MTST 46 for a 1ST down
5:291st & 10 at opp 46Anthony Woods run for 2 yds to the MTST 44
5:292nd & 8 at opp 44Gevani McCoy pass complete to Hayden Hatten for 6 yds to the MTST 38
5:293rd & 2 at opp 38Nick Romano run for a loss of 1 yard to the MTST 39
Q4 15:004th & 3 at opp 39Gevani McCoy pass complete to Terez Traynor for 10 yds to the MTST 29 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 29Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jermaine Jackson for 8 yds to the MTST 21
Q4 15:002nd & 2 at opp 21Nick Romano run for 3 yds to the MTST 18 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 18Anthony Woods run for 2 yds to the MTST 16
Q4 15:002nd & 8 at opp 16Gevani McCoy pass complete to Anthony Woods for 10 yds to the MTST 6 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & goal at opp 6Anthony Woods run for 3 yds to the MTST 3
Q4 11:242nd & goal at opp 3Anthony Woods run for 3 yds for a TD (Ricardo Chavez KICK)Idaho 17, Montana State 14
4th quarter4 drives, then Idaho 24, Montana State 21
Montana State Touchdown, 7 plays
11:241st & 10 at own 35Logan Prescott kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
11:241st & 10 at own 25Julius Davis run for 11 yds to the MTST 36 for a 1ST down
11:241st & 10 at own 36Julius Davis run for 17 yds to the IDHO 47 for a 1ST down
11:241st & 10 at opp 47Tommy Mellott run for 8 yds to the IDHO 39
11:242nd & 2 at opp 39Jared White run for 12 yds to the IDHO 27 for a 1ST down
11:241st & 10 at opp 27Julius Davis run for 3 yds to the IDHO 24
11:242nd & 7 at opp 24Trimble,Jacob rush right (McCormick,Tommy).
7:583rd & 7 at opp 24Julius Davis run for 24 yds for a TD (Brendan Hall KICK)Montana State 21, Idaho 17
Idaho Touchdown, 10 plays
7:581st & 10 at own 35Brendan Hall kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
7:581st & 10 at own 25Gevani McCoy pass complete to Hayden Hatten for 19 yds to the IDHO 44 for a 1ST down
7:581st & 10 at own 44Gevani McCoy pass complete to Terez Traynor for 13 yds to the MTST 43 for a 1ST down
7:581st & 10 at opp 43Nick Romano run for 3 yds to the MTST 40
7:582nd & 7 at opp 40Anthony Woods run for 4 yds to the MTST 36
7:583rd & 3 at opp 36Gevani McCoy run for 14 yds to the MTST 22 for a 1ST down
7:581st & 10 at opp 22Gevani McCoy pass incomplete to Hayden Hatten for a 1ST down Montana State Penalty, Defensive holding (Rylan Ortt) to the MTST 12 for a 1ST down
7:581st & 10 at opp 12Gevani McCoy pass incomplete to Terez Traynor Idaho Penalty, Offensive pass interference (Terez Traynor) to the MTST 27
7:581st & 25 at opp 27Gevani McCoy pass complete to Anthony Woods for 11 yds to the MTST 16
7:582nd & 14 at opp 16Gevani McCoy pass complete to Jordan Dwyer for 4 yds to the MTST 12
2:473rd & 10 at opp 12Gevani McCoy pass complete to Hayden Hatten for 12 yds for a TD (Ricardo Chavez KICK)Idaho 24, Montana State 21
Montana State Missed FG, 11 plays
2:471st & 10 at own 35Logan Prescott kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
2:471st & 10 at own 25Julius Davis run for 2 yds to the MTST 27
2:472nd & 8 at own 27Tommy Mellott pass complete to Ty McCullouch for 10 yds to the MTST 37 for a 1ST down
2:471st & 10 at own 37Tommy Mellott pass complete to Treyton Pickering for 11 yds to the MTST 48 for a 1ST down
2:471st & 10 at own 48Tommy Mellott pass complete to Clevan Thomas for 10 yds to the IDHO 42 for a 1ST down
2:471st & 10 at opp 42Tommy Mellott pass complete to Treyton Pickering for 13 yds to the IDHO 29 for a 1ST down
2:471st & 10 at opp 29pass incomplete to Clevan Thomas
2:472nd & 10 at opp 29Tommy Mellott pass complete to Clevan Thomas for 11 yds to the IDHO 18 for a 1ST down
2:471st & 10 at opp 18pass incomplete to Clevan Thomas
2:472nd & 10 at opp 18Tommy Mellott sacked for a loss of 8 yards to the IDHO 26
2:473rd & 18 at opp 26pass incomplete to Jacob Trimble
0:184th & 18 at opp 26Brendan Hall 43 yd FG MISSED
Idaho Result not recorded, 2 plays
0:181st & 10 at own 26Gevani McCoy run for a loss of 1 yard to the IDHO 25
0:162nd & 11 at own 25Gevani McCoy run for a loss of 1 yard to the IDHO 25

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

Tied 13–⁠13–⁠1 in 27 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Idaho 35, Montana State 34
2024Montana State 52, Idaho 19FCS Championship – Quarterfinals, CFP Quarterfinal
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2021Montana State 20, Idaho 13
2018Montana State 24, Idaho 23

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