Southern Utah @ Montana, Week 0 · 2026
Sat, Aug 29, 2026Washington-Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT
The Story
Montana beats Southern Utah 28–21.
SeriesMontana leads 7–0 · Montana won the last meeting, 20–19 · 2021
ClosingClosing Montana −15.5 · O/U 59.5 · final margin 7Southern Utah covered · Under hit
BOX SCORE
Week 0 · 2026| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Utah | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Montana | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
PLAYER STATS
Week 0 · 2026Passing
| Southern UtahSUU | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Burns | 24/34 | 251 | 7.4 | 2 | 1 |
| MontanaMontana | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keali'i Ah Yat | 15/28 | 264 | 9.4 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Southern UtahSUU | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Burns | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 0 | 18 |
| Floyd Chalk IV | 25 | 100 | 4.0 | 1 | 19 |
| Camury Reid | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 25 |
| Niko Alailefaleula | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 49 | 259 | 5.3 | 1 | 25 |
| MontanaMontana | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Gillman | 13 | 76 | 5.8 | 1 | 29 |
| Dylan Paine | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Keali'i Ah Yat | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 18 | 73 | 4.1 | 2 | 29 |
Receiving
| Southern UtahSUU | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Acord | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 2 | 58 |
| Devin Downing | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 15 |
| David Spjut | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Floyd Chalk IV | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Mark Bails | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Hayden George | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Camury Reid | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Niko Alailefaleula | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ran Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 251 | 10.5 | 2 | 58 |
| MontanaMontana | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Gillman | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 1 | 85 |
| Lekeldrick Bridges | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 1 | 53 |
| Brooks Davis | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 33 |
| Landon Ransom-Goelz | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mariano Birdno | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Dylan Paine | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 264 | 17.6 | 2 | 85 |
Fumbles
| MontanaMontana | FUM | LOST | REC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landon Ransom-Goelz | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions
| Southern UtahSUU | INT | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Vance | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MontanaMontana | INT | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Beaner | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kick Returns
| Southern UtahSUU | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ran Sawyer | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 |
| MontanaMontana | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landon Ransom-Goelz | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Punt Returns
| Southern UtahSUU | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakobi Spence | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MontanaMontana | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| Southern UtahSUU | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Rogers | 1/1 | 100.0 | 50 | 0/0 | 3 |
| MontanaMontana | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Silver | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
Punting
| Southern UtahSUU | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Valencia | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| MontanaMontana | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everett O'Donnell | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
Defense
| Southern UtahSUU | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Vance | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Sampson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logalima Lesa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Landry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Christian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Amey | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakobi Spence | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Hall | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Stromstad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarion York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Garza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Mays | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasahn Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manasa Pela | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seni Tuiaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Malo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavian Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MontanaMontana | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braeden Orlandi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sage Salopek | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kade Cutler | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler King | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Huff | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Johnson II | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Beaner | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mason | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zekiel Seumalo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Beaner | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Eklund | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manase Tupou | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Buffington | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kade Boyd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Tuliaupupu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Wing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nui Tovey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Lentz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Finch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Oven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 94 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Montana vs Southern Utah Team StatsMontana vs SUU Team Stats
Week 0 · 2026| MontanaMONT | Southern UtahSUU | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1ST DOWNS | 31 |
| 6-11 | 3RD DOWN | 8-16 |
| 0-0 | 4TH DOWN | 1-3 |
| 337 | TOTAL YDS | 510 |
| 264 | PASS YDS | 251 |
| 15-28 | COMP/ATT | 24-34 |
| 9.4 | YDS/PASS | 7.4 |
| 73 | RUSH YDS | 259 |
| 18 | RUSH ATT | 49 |
| 4.1 | YDS/RUSH | 5.3 |
| 3-32 | PENALTIES | 9-94 |
| 2 | TURNOVERS | 1 |
| 1 | FUMBLES LOST | 0 |
| 1 | INT THROWN | 1 |
| 16:26 | POSSESSION | 43:34 |
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