Scores

Final

Portland St 20

(4-5, 1-4 Big Sky)

Idaho St 30

(7-3, 4-2 Big Sky)

8:35 PM ET, November 1, 2003

Holt Arena, POCATELLO, ID

1 2 3 4 T
PRST 7 0 3 1020
IDST 10 7 3 1030

Idaho State 30, Portland State 20

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- Mark Hetherington threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns to lead Idaho State past Portland State 30-20 Saturday night.

Nick Beverly added 135 rushing yards for the Bengals (6-3, 4-2 Big Sky), who also got three field goals from Jeremy Hershey.

Idaho State had 24 first downs to 12 for Portland State (4-5, 1-4) and outgained the Vikings 175-74 in rushing yards.

Portland State took an early 7-0 lead on a 82 yard touchdown pass from Joe Wiser to Ryan Brown but never led again. Idaho State scored the next 17 points to take control, with Hetherington throwing touchdown passes of 5 yards to Sale' Key and 22 yards to Shedrack Okoebor.

Hetherington, who completed 30 of 44 passes with two interceptiosn, added a 26-yard touchdown pass to Akilah Lacey in the second half.

The Vikings hurt themselves with key penalties. One overturned an interception and another caused an 87- yard interception return to be changed to a 9-yard return because of an illegal block. Portland State also converted just three of 14 third-down attempts.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
PRST
IDST
1st Downs1224
Total Yards355475
Passing308323
Rushing47152
Penalties9-10010-104
3rd Down Conversions3-146-14
4th Down Conversions0-00-0
Turnovers13
Possession25:5334:07

Passing Leaders

Portland StateC/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
Wiser17/323089.621
Idaho StateC/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
Hetherin...30/443237.332

Rushing Leaders

Portland StateCARYDSAVGTDLG
Rubin14614.4019
Fuqua600.002
Idaho StateCARYDSAVGTDLG
Beverly211356.4053
Mitchell9212.307

Receiving Leaders

Portland StateRECYDSAVGTDLG
Fuqua68113.5047
Brown517835.6182
Idaho StateRECYDSAVGTDLG
Okoebor88610.8122
Davenport6508.3018

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTERPRSTIDST
TD13:34RYAN BROWN 82 YD PASS FROM JOE WISER (MATT LANGFORD KICK)
Drive info: 3 plays, 80 yards.
70
TD6:35SALE' KEY 5 YD PASS FROM MARK HETHERINGTON (JEREMY HERSHEY KICK)
Drive info: 7 plays, 52 yards.
77
FG2:30JEREMY HERSHEY 23 YD FG
Drive info: 6 plays, 38 yards.
710
SECOND QUARTERPRSTIDST
TD0:10SHEDRACK OKOEBOR 22 YD PASS FROM MARK HETHERINGTON (JEREMY HERSHEY KICK)
Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.
717
THIRD QUARTERPRSTIDST
FG9:57JEREMY HERSHEY 23 YD FG
Drive info: 6 plays, 66 yards.
720
FG6:52MATT LANGFORD 44 YD FG
Drive info: 7 plays, 60 yards.
1020
FOURTH QUARTERPRSTIDST
FG12:27JEREMY HERSHEY 38 YD FG
Drive info: 4 plays, 7 yards.
1023
FG10:56MATT LANGFORD 34 YD FG
Drive info: 5 plays, 63 yards.
1323
TD4:21AKILAH LACEY 26 YD PASS FROM MARK HETHERINGTON (JEREMY HERSHEY KICK)
Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.
1330
TD3:49AMAD ROBINSON 19 YD PASS FROM JOE WISER (MATT LANGFORD KICK)
Drive info: 3 plays, 38 yards.
2030