Montana 46-35 Western Carolina (Sep 21, 2024) Box Score

Western Carolina Catamounts

1-3, 1-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WCU	14	13	0	8	35
MONT	0	21	14	11	46

Montana Grizzlies

3-1, 3-0 home

Western Carolina Passing


Cole Gonzales#9
James Randle#19
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
25/47	340	7.2	2	1
1/1	34	34.0	0	0
26/48	374	7.8	2	1

Montana Passing


Keali'i Ah Yat#8
Logan Fife#12
Ryan Simpson#4
Junior Bergen#5
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT
16/27	145	5.4	1
7/10	58	5.8	0
0/1	0	0.0	0
0/1	0	0.0	0
23/39	203	5.2	1

Western Carolina Rushing


Branson Adams#2
Marlin Cochran#25
Corey Reddick Jr.#6
Cole Gonzales#9
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	91	5.4	2	21
2	12	6.0	0	10
2	5	2.5	0	4
6	-5	-0.8	0	5
27	103	3.8	2	21

Montana Rushing


Eli Gillman#10
Nick Ostmo#26
Keali'i Ah Yat#8
Aaron Fontes#14
Xavier Harris#13
Stevie Rocker Jr.#21
Team
Logan Fife#12
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	175	12.5	1	66
15	72	4.8	1	16
11	57	5.2	4	12
1	29	29.0	0	29
2	27	13.5	0	15
1	-2	-2.0	0	0
2	-4	-2.0	0	0
2	-5	-2.5	0	1
48	349	7.3	6	66

Western Carolina Receiving


De'Andre Tamarez#4
Branson Adams#2
AJ Colombo#0
Malik Knight#7
Isaiah Johnson#18
Jake Young#87
Corey Reddick Jr.#6
Calvin Jones#3
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	229	28.6	1	61
7	50	7.1	0	13
5	44	8.8	1	21
1	16	16.0	0	16
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	8	8.0	0	8
2	8	4.0	0	6
1	7	7.0	0	7
26	374	14.4	2	61

Montana Receiving


Junior Bergen#5
Aaron Fontes#14
Sawyer Racanelli#9
Keelan White#6
Evan Shafer#84
Erik Barker#88
Nick Ostmo#26
Eli Gillman#10
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	99	12.4	24
4	36	9.0	13
4	28	7.0	9
3	25	8.3	11
1	11	11.0	11
1	5	5.0	5
1	2	2.0	2
1	-3	-3.0	0
23	203	8.8	24

Western Carolina Fumbles


Cole Gonzales#9
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	1
1	0	0

Montana Fumbles


Junior Bergen#5
Matai Mata'afa#98
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	0

Western Carolina Interceptions


Jordy Lowery#16
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	3	0
1	3	0

Montana Interceptions


Trevin Gradney#37
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Western Carolina Kick Returns


Calvin Jones#3
AJ Colombo#0
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	53	26.5	27
1	15	15.0	15
3	68	22.7	27

Montana Kick Returns


Junior Bergen#5
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	49	24.5	30	0
2	49	24.5	30	0

Western Carolina Punt Returns


AJ Colombo#0
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	19	9.5	16	0
2	19	9.5	16	0

Montana Punt Returns


Junior Bergen#5
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	-3	-3.0	0	0
1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Western Carolina Kicking


Christian Lowery#96
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	33	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	33	3/3	9

Montana Kicking


Ty Morrison#36
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	34	5/5	8
1/1	100.0	34	5/5	8

Western Carolina Punting


Stephen Brantley#95
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	146	36.5	0	0	40
4	146	36.5	0	0	40

Montana Punting


Ty Morrison#36
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	200	50.0	2	1	62
4	200	50.0	2	1	62

Washington-Grizzly Stadium

3:00 PM, September 21, 2024Coverage: ESPN+

Missoula, MT

Line: MONT -18.5

Over/Under: 57.5

Attendance: 25,720

Team	CONF	OVR
Mercer	7-1	11-3
Western Carolina	6-2	7-5
Chattanooga	5-3	7-5
East Tennessee State	5-3	7-5
Samford	3-4	4-7
The Citadel	3-5	5-7
Wofford	3-5	5-7
Furman	2-5	3-8
VMI	1-7	1-11

Team	CONF	OVR
Montana State	8-0	15-0
UC Davis	7-1	11-3
Idaho	6-2	10-4
Northern Arizona	6-2	8-5
Montana	5-3	9-5
Idaho State	3-5	5-7
Eastern Washington	3-5	4-8
Weber State	3-5	4-8
Portland State	3-5	3-8
Cal Poly	2-6	3-8
Sacramento State	1-7	3-9
Northern Colorado	1-7	1-11

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