E. Washington 35, Montana St. 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	27	20
Total Yards	592	394
Passing	400	327
Rushing	192	67
Penalties	4-35	3-25
3rd Down Conversions	7-18	3-12
4th Down Conversions	2-5	1-2
Turnovers	3	0
Possession	35:03	24:57

Air/Ground Leaders
Montana State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kempt 20/37 320 2 1 Iddins 4/9 46 0 1	Eastern Washington Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nichols 26/41 327 4 0
Montana State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Palmer 26 134 1 31 Gilbert 3 37 0 26	Eastern Washington Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Jones 12 55 0 10 Hart 6 11 1 5
Montana State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Gilbert 5 105 1 60 Schreibeis 6 87 0 23	Eastern Washington Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Jones 6 149 2 53 Overbay 5 60 2 16

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				MTST	EWU
	TD	09:00	Blayde Becksted 4 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	6	0
	TD	00:53	Nathan Overbay 16 Yd Pass From Matt Nichols (Mike Jarrett Kick)	6	7
	TD	00:32	Nathan Overbay 15 Yd Pass From Matt Nichols (Mike Jarrett Kick)	6	14
	TD	00:18	Everett Gilbert 60 Yd Pass From Cody Kempt (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	12	14
THIRD QUARTER				MTST	EWU
	TD	06:20	Elvis Akpla 12 Yd Pass From Cody Kempt (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	18	14
FOURTH QUARTER				MTST	EWU
	TD	14:04	C.J. Palmer 1 Yd Run (Pat Blocked)	24	14
	TD	12:20	Taiwan Jones 20 Yd Pass From Matt Nichols (Mike Jarrett Kick)	24	21
	TD	10:12	Taiwan Jones 38 Yd Pass From Matt Nichols (Mike Jarrett Kick)	24	28
	TD	01:49	Tyler Hart 4 Yd Run (Mike Jarrett Kick)	24	35

CHENEY, Wash. -- Matt Nichols threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns, lifting Eastern Washington to a 35-24 victory Saturday over Montana State, which was down eight players because of the flu.

Nichols threw two scoring passes to Nathan Overbay in the first half and two more to Taiwan Jones in the second as the Eagles (5-3, 4-2 Big Sky) took advantage of a depleted Bobcat team.

Among the missing from Montana State (4-3, 2-2) were six starters and two top kickers, Jason Cunningham and Eric Fisher.

Still, the Bobcats went into the fourth quarter leading 24-14, but they could not hold on as Nichols and Jones connected on scoring tosses of 20 and 38 yards. Tyler Hart finished off Montana State with a 4-yard TD run with 1:49 left.

C.J. Palmer rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown and Cody Kempt threw a pair of TD passes for Montana State.