Illinois State vs Montana State 2025: Final Score & Stats

Mon, Jan 5, 2026FirstBank StadiumNashville, TN

The Story

Montana State edges Illinois State 35–34 (OT) in Nashville.

BOX SCORE

FCS Championship · 2025

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Illinois State	0	7	7	14	6	34
Montana State	7	14	7	0	7	35

PLAYER STATS

FCS Championship · 2025

Passing

Illinois StateILST	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Tommy Rittenhouse	33/46	311	6.8	4	0

Montana StateMTST	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Justin Lamson	18/27	280	10.4	2	0

Rushing

Illinois StateILST	CAR	YDS	AVG	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
Totals	38	160	4.2	1	21

Montana StateMTST	CAR	YDS	AVG	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
Team	1	-20	-20.0	0	0
Totals	24	101	4.2	3	22

Receiving

Illinois StateILST	REC	YDS	AVG	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
Totals	33	311	9.4	4	33

Montana StateMTST	REC	YDS	AVG	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
Totals	18	280	15.6	2	38

Fumbles

Illinois StateILST	FUM	LOST	REC
Victor Dawson	1	0	0

Montana StateMTST	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Illinois StateILST	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Mar'Quan Gary	2	36	18.0	20
Chris Taylor	2	34	17.0	22
Totals	4	70	17.5	22

Montana StateMTST	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jabez Woods	4	114	28.5	35	0

Punt Returns

Illinois StateILST	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Eddie Kasper	2	-1	-0.5	0	0

Kicking

Illinois StateILST	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Cosentino	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Montana StateMTST	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Myles Sansted	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Illinois StateILST	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hayden Futch	4	160	40.0	2	1	43

Montana StateMTST	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Colby Frokjer	5	196	39.2	0	2	50

Defense

Illinois StateILST	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Jack Dwyer	8	4	0	1	0	0	0
CJ Richard Jr.	8	3	0	1	0	1	0
Patrick Bauer	5	4	0	0	1	1	0
Mason Kaplan	5	2	1	1	2	0	0
Tye Niekamp	5	1	1.5	1.5	1	0	0
Cam Wilson	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shadwell Nkuba II	3	2	0	0	2	0	0
Reese Edwards	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Doreon Dubose	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Maldonado	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
La'Shavion Brown	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Jones	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dexter Niekamp	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Scotty Presson Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Garret Steffen	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Christian Lorenzo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rylan Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Corona	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Kraus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aidan Crews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Espinoza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Brasfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	61	23	3	5	7	4	1

Montana StateMTST	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Cole Taylor	16	4	0.5	0	1
Colter Petre	10	2	0	0	0
Bryant Meredith	9	4	0	0	0
Bryce Grebe	9	2	0	0	0
Paul Brott	7	1	0	0	0
Taki Uluilakepa	6	4	0	0	0
Kenneth Eiden IV	6	2	0	0	1
Tayden Gray	6	1	0.5	0	0
Jhase McMillan	4	3	0	1	0
Hunter Parsons	4	1	0	0	1
Carson Williams	3	3	0	1	0
Xavier Ahrens	3	1	0	0	0
Neil Daily	2	2	0	0	0
Takhari Carr	2	2	0	0	0
Seth Johnson	2	1	0	0	1
Alec Eckert	2	0	0	0	0
Zack Black	2	0	0	0	0
Dominic Solano	2	0	0	0	0
Zac Crews	2	0	0	0	1
Kory Boyd	1	1	0	0	0
Seth Brock	1	1	0	0	0
Caden Dowler	1	0	0	0	0
Colson Coon	1	0	0	0	0
Talon Marsh	1	0	0	0	0
Mason Dethman	1	0	0	0	0
Brody Johnson	1	0	0	0	0
Carter Curnow	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	105	35	1	2	5

Illinois State vs Montana State Team StatsILST vs MTST Team Stats

FCS Championship · 2025

Illinois StateILST		Montana StateMTST
33	1ST DOWNS	20
7-14	3RD DOWN	3-9
2-2	4TH DOWN	1-1
471	TOTAL YDS	381
311	PASS YDS	280
33-46	COMP/ATT	18-27
6.8	YDS/PASS	10.4
160	RUSH YDS	101
38	RUSH ATT	24
4.2	YDS/RUSH	4.2
5-55	PENALTIES	14-93
0	TURNOVERS	0
0	FUMBLES LOST	0
0	INT THROWN	0
39:41	POSSESSION	20:19

WHAT IT MEANT

Attendance 24,105

Illinois State

Record0–1

Montana State

Record0–1

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