Eastern Washington Clinches Tie for Title

Rex Prescott rushed for a school-record 272 yards and three touchdowns, helping Eastern Washington clinch a tie for the Big Sky Conference football championship with a 31-14 victory over Northern Arizona on Saturday night at Flagstaff, Ariz.

Northern Arizona, which probably was eliminated from Division I-AA playoff contention, trailed, 21-0, before making a run at the Eagles in the final 16 minutes.

Travis Brown connected on touchdown pass plays of 27 yards to Ray Flores with 38 seconds left in the third quarter and 41 yards to Francis St. Paul with 9:06 left to pull the Lumberjacks to within 24-14.

Eastern Washington ended any suspense on Prescott’s two-yard touchdown run with 56 seconds left.

Prescott ran 80 yards for a touchdown on the second play of the game and added an eight-yard score with 3:40 left in the quarter for a 14-0 lead.

It could have been worse but Josh Atwood of Eastern Washington missed two field goal attempts and was lining up for a third when the first half ended.

Weber State 52, Cal State Sacramento 14--Morgan Welch and Derrick Poole each ran for two touchdowns for the Wildcats at Ogden, Utah.

Welch, who rushed for 118 yards in eight carries, scored on runs of 24 and 55 yards in the fourth quarter. Poole, who gained 74 yards in 15 carries, scored on two-yard runs in the first half.

Freshman Josh Heupel completed 24 of 45 passes for 321 yards and a 27-yard touchdown to Cam Quayle in his first start for Weber State, which amassed 556 yards.

Safety Scott Shields returned a second-quarter interception 37 yards for a touchdown and kicked a 24-yard field goal.

Sacramento scored in the fourth quarter on a three-yard run by Carlos Williams and a 22-yard run by Dee Anderson.

Cal Poly SLO 20, Montana State 19--Alan Beilke kicked a 50-yard field goal with six seconds remaining to lift the Mustangs in a nonconference game at Bozeman, Mont.

Montana State held a 19-17 lead but a bad snap led to a botched field-goal attempt that gave Cal Poly (8-1) the ball on its nine-yard line with 1:59 left. The Mustangs drove 58 yards to set up Beilke’s kick.

Cal Poly, an independent ranked 23rd in NCAA Division I-AA, trailed, 13-0, in the second quarter before Alli Abrew hit Kamil Loud on a 50-yard touchdown pass play. Abrew’s one-yard run gave Cal Poly a 14-13 halftime lead.

Rob Compson hit Tony Vallez on a 42-yard touchdown pass with 11:33 left in the third quarter to put the Bobcats ahead, 19-14.

Beilke drew Cal Poly close with a 42-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.

Compson hit Eric Kinnaman on a 25-yard touchdown pass play in the first quarter and Travis Wright scored on a five-yard run early in the second quarter to give Montana State its early lead.

Abrew completed 16 of 23 passes for 230 yards, while Compson was held to five of 14 for 96 yards.

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Standings

Conference

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School W L W E. Washington 6 1 9 Montana 4 2 6 Montana State 4 2 5 No. Arizona 4 3 6 Weber State 3 3 5 CS Northridge 3 3 5 Portland State 3 4 4 Idaho State 1 5 2 CSSacramento 1 6 1

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Overall

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School L PF PA E. Washington 1 350 157 Montana 3 289 149 Montana State 4 172 174 No. Arizona 4 289 240 Weber State 4 218 206 CS Northridge 5 317 264 Portland State 6 188 268 Idaho State 7 155 306 CSSacramento 8 182 333

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Saturday results

Northridge 31, Idaho State 22

Weber State 52, CS Sacramento 14

Eastern Washington 31, N. Arizona 14

Montana 37, Portland State 7

Cal Poly SLO 20, Montana State 19 (nonconference)

Next Saturday

Northridge at Eastern Washington

Montana State at CS Sacramento

Portland State at Idaho State

Weber State at Montana