Idaho State at Northern Colorado postgame

NOTES FROM NOTTINGHAM FIELD IN GREELEY, COLO.
Rewriting records
Senior quarterback Justin Arias threw two touchdowns in Idaho State’s win on Saturday and is now two away from tying Jason Whitmer (1987-90) for the most in school history.

Arias also moved up to No. 3 at Idaho State for the most passing yards with 6,669 for his career. Arias surpassed his former teammate Kevin Yost (2011-12), who threw for 6,663 yards.

On another note, Arias has not thrown an interception in his last 152 passing attempts. And he’s led Idaho State to 45 touchdowns this season, the second most in program history (tied with the 2003 Bengals). The school record for most touchdowns in a season is 52 by the 1981 ISU national championship team.

Dealing with injuries
Idaho State beat Northern Colorado without starting nose tackle Tyler Kuder, starting cornerbacks Brandon Golden and Erik Collins or starting wide receiver Broc Malcom. Plus, right guard Styler Phillips went down with an injury in the first half, and backup tight end Tyler Wright did not dress.

ISU looked like it never missed a beat.

“It tells you we’ve got great depth and we do a great job in the weight room,” said Bengals head coach Mike Kramer.

First timers
Juniors Tyler Graves and CJ Hatchett both scored their first touchdowns as Bengals on Saturday.

Graves caught a 10-yard strike from Arias in the second quarter that put the Bengals up 24-0, and Hatchett grabbed a 21-yard pass midway through the third quarter that extended ISU’s lead to 32-6.

IDAHO ST. 46, N. COLORADO 12
Idaho St.	10	14	15	7—46
N. Colorado	0	0	12	0—12
First Quarter

IdSt_FG Johnson 25, 12:18.
IdSt_Finney 13 run (Johnson kick), 6:00.

Second Quarter

IdSt_McSurdy 41 run (Johnson kick), 4:38.
IdSt_T.Graves 10 pass from Arias (Johnson kick), :59.

Third Quarter

NoCo_S.Miller 36 pass from Newsom (pass failed), 12:34.
IdSt_Hatchett 21 pass from Arias (Williams pass from Arias), 8:44.
NoCo_Leslie 22 pass from Newsom (kick failed), 5:02.
IdSt_McSurdy 2 run (Johnson kick), 2:21.

Fourth Quarter

IdSt_McSurdy 1 run (Johnson kick), 8:21.
A_4,210.

	IdSt	NoCo
First downs	34	20
Rushes-yards	42-348	33-76
Passing	303	252
Comp-Att-Int	28-47-0	18-35-2
Return Yards	12	(-1)
Punts-Avg.	5-40.6	9-40.3
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-1
Penalties-Yards	8-70	10-117
Time of Possession	32:04	27:56

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_Idaho St., Finney 22-236, McSurdy 11-90, Ford 4-22,
Hayes 2-6, Team 3-(minus 6). N. Colorado, Cartagena 6-42, Holland 8-37,
Newsom 6-12, Graham 3-11, A.Davis 2-10, Rubalcaba 8-(minus 36).
PASSING_Idaho St., Arias 27-46-0-288, Delacenserie 1-1-0-15. N.
Colorado, Newsom 10-19-1-171, Rubalcaba 8-16-1-81.
RECEIVING_Idaho St., Mangum 7-104, Williams 5-57, H.Graves 4-45,
T.Graves 4-39, Hatchett 2-25, Cook 2-20, Finney 2-(minus 2), Gines 1-15,
McSurdy 1-0. N. Colorado, Leslie 4-68, Stimphil 4-45, S.Miller 3-51,
Holland 3-16, Hinds 1-27, Whye 1-20, Cartagena 1-18, Vander Velde 1-7.