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Sep. 15—MOSCOW — The No. 4 Idaho Vandals avenged last year’s FCS quarterfinals loss to No. 17 UAlbany with a dominant 41-13 win at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome on Saturday.
The Vandals (2-1) celebrated the ability to play in front of a home crowd for the first time in 2024 with two passing touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns, a punt return for a touchdown and a pick-6.
“I thought that was a great win for our team in all three phases and, again, that was another step for our program to play a ranked team,” Idaho coach Jason Eck said. “I don’t know if we’ve had any of our ranked wins be so dominating in all three phases, so I was very impressed.”
Idaho redshirt freshman quarterback Jack Wagner was 10-of-20 passing for 156 yards and two touchdowns. He was pulled from the game in the third quarter with the Vandals up by 35 points.
Wide receiver Jordan Dwyer had another solid showing with five receptions for 68 yards and two touchdowns. Mark Hamper had three catches for 74 yards.
A majority of the starters for the Vandals did not play in the fourth quarter with the large lead.
“Those are valuable snaps and we got to play a lot of guys in this game, which are very valuable snaps to do that,” Eck said.
First four drives
Idaho and UAlbany combined for 34 plays, 14 first downs and 266 yards in the first four drives. The key difference was that the Vandals scored two touchdowns and the Great Danes could only muster a single field goal.
UAlbany was stuffed on the first possession, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Keyshawn James-Newby extended the drive. The Great Danes moved down to the Idaho 18-yard line, but Danes kicker John Opalko could not hit the field-goal attempt.
Idaho needed just three plays to score on its opening drive. First, freshman wideout Emmerson Cortez-Menjivar took a reverse for 28 yards. Then, junior…
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Author : Lewiston Tribune, Idaho
Publish date : 2024-09-15 12:17:00
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