Montana 31-29 North Dakota State (Dec 16, 2023) Box Score

North Dakota State Bison

11-4, 4-3 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
NDSU	3	3	3	7	13	29
MONT	0	10	0	6	15	31

Montana Grizzlies

13-1, 9-0 home

North Dakota State Passing


Cam Miller#7
Team
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
9/22	157	7.1	1
0/1	0	0.0	0
9/23	157	6.8	1

Montana Passing


Clifton McDowell#17
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
16/30	160	5.3	1	0
16/30	160	5.3	1	0

North Dakota State Rushing


TaMerik Williams#22
Cole Payton#9
TK Marshall#28
Barika Kpeenu#8
Kaedin Steindorf#41
Eli Green#13
RaJa Nelson#3
Team
Cam Miller#7
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	52	4.7	0	12
7	42	6.0	1	25
5	28	5.6	1	15
4	19	4.8	0	7
1	18	18.0	0	18
1	17	17.0	0	17
3	16	5.3	0	12
1	-1	-1.0	0	0
7	-16	-2.3	0	3
40	175	4.4	2	25

Montana Rushing


Eli Gillman#10
Nick Ostmo#26
Junior Bergen#5
Clifton McDowell#17
Xavier Harris#13
Aaron Fontes#14
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	49	4.1	2	13
12	43	3.6	0	9
1	21	21.0	0	21
12	17	1.4	0	15
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	-14	-14.0	0	0
39	124	3.2	2	21

North Dakota State Receiving


Eli Green#13
Braylon Henderson#1
Zach Mathis#0
RaJa Nelson#3
Joe Stoffel#82
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	98	19.6	1	35
1	20	20.0	0	20
1	14	14.0	0	14
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	12	12.0	0	12
9	157	17.4	1	35

Montana Receiving


Junior Bergen#5
Keelan White#6
Xavier Harris#13
Aaron Fontes#14
Eli Gillman#10
Evan Shafer#84
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	59	9.8	1	22
3	40	13.3	0	31
1	24	24.0	0	24
3	24	8.0	0	13
2	7	3.5	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
16	160	10.0	1	31

North Dakota State Fumbles


Cam Miller#7
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

Montana Fumbles


Aaron Fontes#14
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

North Dakota State Defense

	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD		TD
No North Dakota State Defense

Montana Defense

	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD		TD
No Montana Defense

North Dakota State Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No North Dakota State Interceptions

Montana Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Montana Interceptions

North Dakota State Kick Returns


Eli Green#13
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	18	18.0	18	0
1	18	18.0	18	0

Montana Kick Returns


Junior Bergen#5
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	28	28.0	28	0
1	28	28.0	28	0

North Dakota State Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No North Dakota State Punt Returns

Montana Punt Returns


Junior Bergen#5
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	47	15.7	47	0
3	47	15.7	47	0

North Dakota State Kicking


Griffin Crosa#39
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	38	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	38	2/2	11

Montana Kicking


Grant Glasgow#97
Nico Ramos#83
Junior Bergen#5
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	46	0/0	3
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/0	0.0	0	0/1	0
1/1	100.0	46	2/3	5

North Dakota State Punting


Kaedin Steindorf#41
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	198	39.6	0	1	45
5	198	39.6	0	1	45

Montana Punting


Travis Benham#28
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	154	38.5	0	3	44
4	154	38.5	0	3	44

Junior Bergen calls game with an unbelieve pass in double OT

0:49

Montana's defense sends North Dakota State packing after the pick in 2OT

0:24

Clifton Mcdowell throws 18-yard touchdown pass to Junior Bergen

0:38

Washington-Grizzly Stadium

4:30 PM, December 16, 2023Coverage: ESPN2/ESPN+

Missoula, MT

Attendance: 26,544

Team	CONF	OVR
Illinois State	0-0	0-0
Indiana State	0-0	0-0
Murray State	0-0	0-0
North Dakota	0-0	0-0
North Dakota State	0-0	0-0
Northern Iowa	0-0	0-0
South Dakota	0-0	0-0
South Dakota State	0-0	0-0
Southern Illinois	0-0	0-0
Youngstown State	0-0	0-0

Team	CONF	OVR
Cal Poly	0-0	0-0
Eastern Washington	0-0	0-0
Idaho State	0-0	0-0
Idaho	0-0	0-0
Montana	0-0	0-0
Montana State	0-0	0-0
Northern Arizona	0-0	0-0
Northern Colorado	0-0	0-0
Portland State	0-0	0-0
Sacramento State	0-0	0-0
UC Davis	0-0	0-0
Weber State	0-0	0-0

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