Montana 24, E. Washington 23

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	25	14
Total Yards	565	289
Passing	451	181
Rushing	114	108
Penalties	14-127	10-113
3rd Down Conversions	7-19	2-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	33:05	26:55

Air/Ground Leaders
Eastern Washington Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nichols 37/59 451 2 0	Montana Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Bergquist 16/32 181 2 0
Eastern Washington Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Morris 10 49 0 19 Alexander 8 32 0 9	Montana Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hilliard 15 70 1 12 Bergquist 10 38 0 22
Eastern Washington Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Boyce 17 232 1 41 Brown 6 94 1 45	Montana Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Ferriter 7 92 1 27 Bagley 1 26 1 26

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				EWU	MONT
	TD	12:18	Ryan Bagley 26 Yd Pass From Cole Bergquist (Tyson Johnson Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 69 yds, 2:42	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				EWU	MONT
	TD	02:16	Mike Ferriter 20 Yd Pass From Cole Bergquist (Dan Carpenter Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 37 yds, 1:25	0	14
	TD	00:27	Brynsen Brown 21 Yd Pass From Matt Nichols (Felipe Macias Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 80 yds, 1:49	7	14
	FG	00:00	Felipe Macias 32 Yd Drive: 3 plays, 15 yds, :25	10	14
THIRD QUARTER				EWU	MONT
	TD	13:29	Aaron Boyce 37 Yd Pass From Matt Nichols (Felipe Macias Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 72 yds, 1:24	17	14
	FG	09:02	Felipe Macias 42 Yd Drive: 9 plays, 56 yds, 2:29	20	14
	TD	06:17	Lex Hilliard 1 Yd Run (Dan Carpenter Kick) Drive: 7 plays, 53 yds, :41	20	21
FOURTH QUARTER				EWU	MONT
	FG	02:20	Felipe Macias 39 Yd Drive: 10 plays, 44 yds, 2:23	23	21
	FG	00:26	Dan Carpenter 34 Yd Drive: 9 plays, 45 yds, 1:47	23	24

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- Dan Carpenter kicked a 34-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining Saturday to lift Montana to a 24-23 victory over Eastern Washington.

Eastern Washington (3-2, 1-2 Big Sky) had taken a 23-21 lead on a 39-yard field goal by Felipe Macias with 2:20 remaining.

Montana (5-0, 2-0), the top-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision, took over on its own 38. After three incomplete passes, Cole Bergquist connected with a diving Ryan Bagley on a 27-yard pass play. After a 12-yard pass to Mike Ferriter and three more incompletions, Carpenter kicked the game-winner. He had missed a field goal earlier in the game.

Bergquist completed 16 of 32 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns, including a 26-yard TD pass to Bagley on Montana's opening drive.

The Grizzlies went up 14-0 on Bergquist's 20-yard pass to Ferriter with 2:16 left in the half. The drive was set up when EWU fumbled a Montana punt.

But Eastern Washington scored twice in the final 27 seconds of the half, on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Matt Nichols to Brynsen Brown, and after Montana fumbled the kickoff, on a 32-yard field goal by Macias as the half expired.

EWU scored twice more in the first six minutes of the third quarter to take a 20-14 lead. Nichols threw a 37-yard TD pass to Aaron Boyce, who had a school record 17 receptions for 232 yards, and Macias added a 42-yard field goal.

The Grizzlies regained the lead 21-20 with 6:17 remaining on a 1-yard touchdown run by Lex Hilliard, who rushed for 70 yards.

Nichols completed 37 of 59 passes for 451 yards and EWU rolled up 565 yards in total offense compared with 289 for Montana.