Illinois State at Montana State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Score | Status |
| Illinois State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 34 | |
| Montana State | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 35 | F/OT |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 4:51 | Montana State touchdown. Justin Lamson 3 Yd Run (Myles Sansted Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 10:49 | Montana State touchdown. Justin Lamson 2 Yd Run (Myles Sansted Kick) |
| 0:54 | Illinois State touchdown. Scotty Presson Jr. 6 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick) |
| 0:18 | Montana State touchdown. Dane Steel 33 Yd pass from Justin Lamson (Myles Sansted Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 5:32 | Illinois State touchdown. Logan Brasfield 0 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick) |
| 3:18 | Montana State touchdown. Taco Dowler 22 Yd Run (Myles Sansted Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 10:13 | Illinois State touchdown. Daniel Sobkowicz 4 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick) |
| 5:10 | Illinois State touchdown. Dylan Lord 25 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick) |
| Overtime | |
| 0:00 | Illinois State touchdown. Dylan Lord 10 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino PAT blocked) |
| 0:00 | Montana State touchdown. Taco Dowler 14 Yd pass from Justin Lamson (Myles Sansted Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Total first downs | 33 | 20 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 9 |
| Third downs converted | 7 | 3 |
| Third down percentage | 50 % | 33 % |
| Fourth down | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Total yards | 471 | 381 |
| Total rushing yards | 160 | 101 |
| Total passing yards | 311 | 280 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 39:41 | 20:19 |
| Rushing | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Total rushing plays | 38 | 24 |
| Total rushing yards | 160 | 101 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Passing | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.8 | 10.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 14 |
| Penalty yards | 55 | 93 |
| Turnovers | Illinois State | Montana State |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Victor Dawson | 29 | 126 | 4.3 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Tommy Rittenhouse | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Seth Glatz | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wenkers Wright | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Logan Brasfield | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Montana State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Adam Jones | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Justin Lamson | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Julius Davis | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Taco Dowler | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Tommy Rittenhouse | 46 | 33 | 72 % | 311 | 6.8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Montana State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Justin Lamson | 27 | 18 | 67 % | 280 | 10.4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Dylan Lord | 13 | 161 | 12.4 | 2 | 33 | ||||
| Daniel Sobkowicz | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Victor Dawson | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Javon Charles | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Scotty Presson Jr. | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Eddie Kasper | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Luke Mailander | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wenkers Wright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Seth Glatz | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Montana State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Taco Dowler | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 1 | 38 | ||||
| Chris Long | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Dane Steel | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | 33 | ||||
| Jabez Woods | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Rocky Lencioni | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Adam Jones | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Victor Dawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Montana State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Montana State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jack Dwyer | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ Richard Jr. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Patrick Bauer | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mason Kaplan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tye Niekamp | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam Wilson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shadwel Nkuba II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reese Edwards | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Doreon Dubose | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Maldonado | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| La'Shavion Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travis Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dexter Niekamp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Scotty Presson Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garret Steffen | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rylan Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Corona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nate Kraus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aidan Crews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nio Espinoza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Logan Brasfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Montana State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Cole Taylor | 16 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Colter Petre | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryant Meredith | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Grebe | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Brott | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taki Uluilakepa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Eiden IV | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tayden Gray | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jhase McMillan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hunter Parsons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Carson Williams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Ahrens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Neil Daily | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Takhari Carr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Seth Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alec Eckert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zack Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dominic Solano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zac Crews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kory Boyd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Seth Brock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caden Dowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Colson Coon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Talon Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Dethman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brody Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carter Curnow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Mar'Quan Gary | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Taylor | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Montana State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jabez Woods | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Eddie Kasper | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Montana State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Illinois State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Michael Cosentino | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Montana State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Myles Sansted | 0/0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Hayden Futch | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 2 | |||||
| Montana State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Colby Frokjer | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 2:35 PM.