Sacramento St. beats Montana 31-24 in OT, remains undefeated
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Jake Dunaway threw two touchdown passes, Asher O’Hara scored two TDs in the final minutes of regulation and the first drive of overtime — the second of which gave Sacramento State its first lead of the game — and the Hornets beat Montana 31-24 on Saturday night. Cameron Scatebo rushed for 111 yards on 13 carries for Sacramento State (7-0, 4-0 Big Sky) — No. 3 in the FCS coaches’ rankings and off to the best start in program history. O’Hara — who splits time with Duniway at quarterback — snapped and faked a pass to Scatebo on the left side before scoring from the 6 on a QB counter play to give the Hornets a 31-24 lead on the first possession of overtime. Montana, No. 7 in the FCS, failed to convert on fourth-and-eight on its next possession. Kyle Centkowski kicked a 27-yard field goal to cut the Hornets’ deficit to 24-17 with 5:54 left in regulation, and Sacramento State recovered the ensuing onside kick, leading to O’Hara’s 4-yard touchdown about 2 1/2 minutes later. minutes before Montana (5-2, 2-2) led 10-0 in the second quarter, 17-7 late in the third, and Nick Ostma scored on a 2-yard run that gave the Grizzlies a 24-14 lead with 8:42 left in regulation. Montana has lost back-to-back games.
SACRAMENTO, CA –
Jake Dunaway threw two touchdown passes, Asher O’Hara scored two TDs in the final minutes of regulation and the first drive of overtime — the second of which gave Sacramento State its first lead of the game — and the Hornets beat Montana 31-24 on Saturday night.
Cameron Scatebo rushed for 111 yards on 13 carries for Sacramento State (7-0, 4-0 Big Sky) — the No. 3 ranked coach in the FCS and the best start in program history.
O’Hara — who splits time with Duniway at quarterback — made a snap and faked a pass to Scatebo on the left side before scoring from the 6 on a QB counter play to give the Hornets a 31-24 lead on the first possession of overtime.
Montana, No. 7 in the FCS, failed to convert a fourth-and-8 on its next possession.
Kyle Sentkowski hit a 27-yard field goal to cut the Hornets’ deficit to 24-17 with 5:54 left in regulation, and Sacramento State recovered the ensuing drive an internal blowwhich set up O’Hara’s 4-yard touchdown run about 2 1/2 minutes later that eventually forced overtime.
Montana (5-2, 2-2) led 10-0 in the second quarter, 17-7 late in the third, and Nick Ostma’s 2-yard scoring run gave the Grizzlies a 24-14 lead with 8:42 left in the quarter. regulation.
Montana has lost back-to-back games.
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