**** Final 2004 Big Sky Conference Football Statistics ****
From The Sports Network
Conference
W L PF PA Home Road Neut
Montana 6 1 253 171 4-0 2-1 0-0
Eastern Wash 6 1 308 149 3-1 3-0 0-0
Portland State 4 3 207 161 2-2 2-1 0-0
Montana State 4 3 222 195 1-1 3-2 0-0
Northern Ariz 3 4 169 210 3-2 0-2 0-0
Idaho State 2 5 145 197 1-2 1-3 0-0
Sacramento St. 2 5 124 223 2-1 0-4 0-0
Weber State 1 6 125 247 0-3 1-3 0-0
Overall
W L PF PA Home Road Neut
Montana 12 3 535 339 9-1 3-1 0-1
Eastern Wash 9 4 488 323 5-2 4-2 0-0
Portland State 7 4 335 223 5-2 2-2 0-0
Montana State 6 5 296 285 3-2 3-3 0-0
Northern Ariz 4 7 244 314 4-3 0-4 0-0
Idaho State 3 8 266 357 1-3 2-5 0-0
Sacramento St. 3 8 190 415 3-2 0-6 0-0
Weber State 1 10 202 375 0-6 1-4 0-0
Last Week's Result - I-AA Championship Game
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James Madison 31, Montana 21
Players of the Year
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Offensive - Erik Meyer, Eastern Washington
Co-Defensive - Roger Cooper, Montana State
- Brady Fosmark, Weber State
Newcomer - Ryan Mole, Sacramento State
Offensive Line - Rocky Hanni, Eastern Washington
CONFERENCE STATISTICAL LEADERS
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ALL-PURPOSE RUNNING
Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm
1. Roger Robinson, Northern Ariz. 11 907 356 67 381 1711 155.55
2. Eric Kimble, Eastern Wash. 13 19 145 460 0 1932 148.62
3. Fred Amey, Sacramento St. 11 0 118 42 262 1490 135.45
4. Ryan Fuqua, Portland St. 10 1021 161 0 166 1348 134.80
5. Ryan Mole, Sacramento St. 9 858 37 0 294 1189 132.11
6. Darius Washington, Eastern Wash. 12 1127 273 0 0 1400 116.67
7. Wiley King, Weber St. 11 4 424 0 767 1195 108.64
8. Jefferson Heidelberger, Montana 15 52 124 32 281 1605 107.00
9. Levander Segars, Montana 15 8 710 196 646 1560 104.00
10. Justin Domineck, Montana St. 11 736 260 0 135 1131 102.82
FIELD GOALS
Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm
1. Joe Johnson, Weber St. 11 22 17 .773 1.55
2. E.J. Cochrane, Montana St. 9 22 12 .545 1.33
3. Dan Carpenter, Montana 15 29 18 .621 1.20
4. Paul Ernster, Northern Ariz. 11 18 9 .500 .82
5. Eric Azorr, Portland St. 11 13 7 .538 .64
6. Mitch Lively, Sacramento St. 11 7 5 .714 .45
7. Sheldon Weddle, Eastern Wash 13 9 5 .556 .38
8. Ryan Slack, Idaho St. 11 4 2 .500 .18
9. Skyler Allen, Eastern Wash. 13 4 2 .500 .15
10. Travis Doroski, Montana St. 11 1 0 .000 .00
INTERCEPTIONS
Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm
1. Ramon Payne, Sacramento St. 11 5 26 0 .45
2. Kevin Edwards, Montana 15 6 56 1 .40
2. Kevin Gerard, Northern Ariz. 10 4 155 2 .40
4. Ryan Phillips, Eastern Wash. 13 5 62 1 .38
5. Ryan Force, Montana St. 11 4 57 1 .36
5. Quinton Freeman, Idaho St. 11 4 100 0 .36
7. Reynard Carrie, Portland St. 9 3 28 0 .33
8. Toph Grenfell, Montana St. 11 3 25 0 .27
8. David Beverly, Idaho St. 11 3 126 1 .27
8. Nick Chenault, Portland St. 11 3 0 0 .27
KICKOFF RETURN
Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm
1. Wiley King, Weber St. 11 29 767 0 26.45 2.64
2. Ryan Mole, Sacramento St. 9 13 294 0 22.62 1.44
3. Philo Sanchez, Northern Ariz. 11 14 301 0 21.50 1.27
4. Roger Robinson, Northern Ariz. 11 18 381 0 21.17 1.64
5. Ryan Phillips, Eastern Wash. 13 16 330 0 20.63 1.23
6. Reggie Witherspoon, Eastern Wash 13 17 348 0 20.47 1.31
7. Shaun Bodiford, Portland St. 11 18 367 0 20.39 1.64
8. Dane Simmons, Idaho St. 11 16 317 0 19.81 1.45
9. Kenyon Blue, Idaho St. 11 18 356 0 19.78 1.64
10. Levander Segars, Montana 15 33 646 0 19.58 2.20
PASSING EFFICIENCY
Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating
1. Erik Meyer, Eastern Wash. 13 382 259 67.80 9 3707 9.70 31 171.38
2. Craig Ochs, Montana 15 450 309 68.67 8 3807 8.46 33 160.38
3. Travis Lulay, Montana St. 11 490 269 54.90 9 3485 7.11 15 121.07
4. Joe Wiser, Portland St. 11 274 142 51.82 13 1809 6.60 13 113.45
5. Mark Hetherington, Idaho St. 11 504 270 53.57 18 3192 6.33 19 112.07
6. Jason Murrietta, Northern Ariz 11 426 242 56.81 16 2495 5.86 16 110.89
7. Ryan Leadingham, Sacramento St 11 315 160 50.79 17 1972 6.26 11 104.11
PUNTING
Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm
1. Paul Ernster, Northern Ariz. 11 55 2631 47.84 5.00
2. Kyle McQuown, Idaho St. 11 61 2627 43.07 5.55
3. Travis Lulay, Montana St. 11 50 2108 42.16 4.55
4. Wyatt Kennah, Weber St. 11 59 2464 41.76 5.36
5. Tyson Johnson, Montana 15 56 2318 41.39 3.73
6. Mitch Lively, Sacramento St. 11 45 1838 40.84 4.09
7. Jason Daily, Portland St. 11 53 2116 39.92 4.82
PUNT RETURN
Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm
1. Eric Kimble, Eastern Wash. 13 26 460 2 17.69 2.00
2. Brendan Ferrigno, Portland St. 11 25 311 0 12.44 2.27
3. Ryan Force, Montana St. 11 20 211 0 10.55 1.82
4. Dallas Drecksel, Weber St. 11 19 186 0 9.79 1.73
5. Kenyon Blue, Idaho St. 11 22 188 1 8.55 2.00
6. Justin Grimm, Northern Ariz. 9 13 103 0 7.92 1.44
7. Levander Segars, Montana 15 30 196 0 6.53 2.00
RECEPTIONS PER GAME
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat YdsGm
1. Fred Amey, Sacramento St. 11 76 1186 6 6.91 15.61 107.82
2. Eric Kimble, Eastern Wash. 13 83 1453 19 6.38 17.51 111.77
3. Sale' Key, Idaho St. 11 67 943 9 6.09 14.07 85.73
4. Ricky Gatewood, Montana St. 11 64 995 8 5.82 15.55 90.45
5. Jefferson Heidelberger, Montana 15 80 1240 10 5.33 15.50 82.67
6. Akilah Lacey, Idaho St. 11 56 803 7 5.09 14.34 73.00
7. Shedrack Okoebor, Idaho St. 11 52 605 3 4.73 11.63 55.00
8. Chaz Guinn, Montana St. 11 51 591 2 4.64 11.59 53.73
8. Eddie Sullivan, Montana St. 11 51 868 3 4.64 17.02 78.91
10. Blake Wolf, Montana St. 10 46 588 1 4.60 12.78 58.80
RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm
1. Eric Kimble, Eastern Wash. 13 83 1453 19 6.38 17.51 111.77
2. Fred Amey, Sacramento St. 11 76 1186 6 6.91 15.61 107.82
3. Ricky Gatewood, Montana St. 11 64 995 8 5.82 15.55 90.45
4. Sale' Key, Idaho St. 11 67 943 9 6.09 14.07 85.73
5. Jefferson Heidelberger, Montana 15 80 1240 10 5.33 15.50 82.67
6. Eddie Sullivan, Montana St. 11 51 868 3 4.64 17.02 78.91
7. Akilah Lacey, Idaho St. 11 56 803 7 5.09 14.34 73.00
8. Blake Wolf, Montana St. 10 46 588 1 4.60 12.78 58.80
9. Chris McConnell, Weber St. 11 33 627 2 3.00 19.00 57.00
10. Shedrack Okoebor, Idaho St. 11 52 605 3 4.73 11.63 55.00
TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS
Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm
1. Eric Kimble, Eastern Wash. 13 83 1453 19 6.38 17.51 111.77
2. Jefferson Heidelberger, Montana 15 80 1240 10 5.33 15.50 82.67
3. Fred Amey, Sacramento St. 11 76 1186 6 6.91 15.61 107.82
4. Ricky Gatewood, Montana St. 11 64 995 8 5.82 15.55 90.45
5. Sale' Key, Idaho St. 11 67 943 9 6.09 14.07 85.73
6. Eddie Sullivan, Montana St. 11 51 868 3 4.64 17.02 78.91
7. Jonathon Talmage, Montana 15 55 819 9 3.67 14.89 54.60
8. Akilah Lacey, Idaho St. 11 56 803 7 5.09 14.34 73.00
9. Levander Segars, Montana 15 60 710 6 4.00 11.83 47.33
10. Tate Hancock, Montana 15 63 661 4 4.20 10.49 44.07
RUSHING
Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Yds/gm
1. Ryan Fuqua, Portland St. 10 193 1021 9 102.10
2. Nick Chournos, Weber St. 11 258 1052 8 95.64
3. Ryan Mole, Sacramento St. 9 146 858 5 95.33
4. Darius Washington, Eastern Wash. 12 239 1127 16 93.92
5. Joe Rubin, Portland St. 9 165 825 7 91.67
6. Roger Robinson, Northern Ariz. 11 189 907 7 82.45
7. Lex Hilliard, Montana 14 190 972 17 69.43
8. Justin Domineck, Montana St. 11 183 736 9 66.91
9. Justin Green, Montana 14 160 638 8 45.57
10. Travis Lulay, Montana St. 11 112 371 8 33.73
SCORING
Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm
1. Eric Kimble, Eastern Wash. 13 21 0 0 0 0 128 9.85
2. Dan Carpenter, Montana 15 1 62 62 18 29 122 8.13
3. Darius Washington, Eastern Wash 12 16 0 0 0 0 96 8.00
4. Lex Hilliard, Montana 14 17 0 0 0 0 102 7.29
5. E.J. Cochrane, Montana St. 9 0 29 31 12 22 65 7.22
6. Joe Johnson, Weber St. 11 0 15 16 17 22 66 6.00
7. Eric Azorr, Portland St. 11 0 44 45 7 13 65 5.91
8. Ricky Gatewood, Montana St. 11 10 0 0 0 0 60 5.45
8. Allen Kennett, Portland St. 11 10 0 0 0 0 60 5.45
10. Ryan Fuqua, Portland St. 10 9 0 0 0 0 54 5.40
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm
1. Travis Lulay, Montana St. 11 112 371 3485 602 3856 6.41 350.55
2. Erik Meyer, Eastern Wash. 13 96 227 3707 478 3934 8.23 302.62
3. Mark Hetherington, Idaho St. 11 47 -225 3192 551 2967 5.38 269.73
4. Craig Ochs, Montana 15 95 185 3807 545 3992 7.32 266.13
5. Jason Murrietta, Northern Ariz. 11 46 -89 2495 472 2406 5.10 218.73
6. Joe Wiser, Portland St. 11 54 136 1809 328 1945 5.93 176.82
7. Ryan Leadingham, Sacramento St. 11 81 -163 1972 396 1809 4.57 164.45
8. Ryan Fuqua, Portland St. 10 193 1021 0 193 1021 5.29 102.10
9. Ryan Mole, Sacramento St. 9 146 858 15 148 873 5.90 97.00
10. Nick Chournos, Weber St. 11 258 1052 0 258 1052 4.08 95.64
PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating
1. Portland St. 11 421 216 51.31 17 2581 6.13 10 2.38 102.56
2. Eastern Wash. 13 483 254 52.59 19 3123 6.47 21 4.35 113.39
3. Montana 15 589 352 59.76 23 4316 7.33 18 3.06 123.63
4. Montana St. 11 373 199 53.35 10 2730 7.32 19 5.09 126.33
5. Idaho St. 11 350 197 56.29 17 2747 7.85 18 5.14 129.49
6. Northern Ariz. 11 332 195 58.73 8 2611 7.86 18 5.42 137.83
7. Sacramento St. 11 397 253 63.73 10 3122 7.86 17 4.28 138.85
8. Weber St. 11 265 170 64.15 7 2267 8.55 18 6.79 153.19
KICKOFF RETURNS
Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg
1. Weber St. 11 41 943 0 23.00
2. Portland St. 11 30 649 0 21.63
3. Northern Ariz. 11 39 800 0 20.51
4. Eastern Wash. 13 41 836 0 20.39
5. Montana 15 48 946 1 19.71
6. Idaho St. 11 50 926 0 18.52
7. Montana St. 11 34 583 0 17.15
8. Sacramento St. 11 50 856 0 17.12
NET PUNTING
Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd
1. Northern Ariz. 57 48 26 178 44.88 2736
2. Portland St. 53 39 18 75 38.51 2116
3. Montana St. 61 41 24 207 38.28 2542
4. Idaho St. 62 42 26 258 38.05 2617
5. Eastern Wash. 52 39 25 129 36.77 2041
6. Montana 57 40 22 236 36.32 2306
7. Sacramento St. 77 37 24 261 34.19 2894
8. Weber St. 61 40 37 486 32.43 2464
PASSING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp
1. Idaho St. 11 575 305 23 53.04 3611 6.28 23 328.27 11.84
2. Montana St. 11 501 271 9 54.09 3498 6.98 15 318.00 12.91
3. Eastern Wash. 13 411 269 11 65.45 3784 9.21 31 291.08 14.07
4. Montana 15 488 331 10 67.83 4163 8.53 36 277.53 12.58
5. Northern Ariz. 11 432 244 17 56.48 2543 5.89 16 231.18 10.42
6. Weber St. 11 327 150 15 45.87 2240 6.85 9 203.64 14.93
7. Sacramento St. 11 346 172 20 49.71 2119 6.12 13 192.64 12.32
8. Portland St. 11 283 147 13 51.94 1864 6.59 14 169.45 12.68
PASS DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm
1. Weber St. 11 265 170 64.15 13.34 7 2267 8.55 18 206.09
2. Portland St. 11 421 216 51.31 11.95 17 2581 6.13 10 234.64
3. Northern Ariz. 11 332 195 58.73 13.39 8 2611 7.86 18 237.36
4. Eastern Wash. 13 483 254 52.59 12.30 19 3123 6.47 21 240.23
5. Montana St. 11 373 199 53.35 13.72 10 2730 7.32 19 248.18
6. Idaho St. 11 350 197 56.29 13.94 17 2747 7.85 18 249.73
7. Sacramento St. 11 397 253 63.73 12.34 10 3122 7.86 17 283.82
8. Montana 15 589 352 59.76 12.26 23 4316 7.33 18 287.73
PASSING EFFICIENCY
Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating
1. Eastern Wash. 13 411 269 65.45 11 3784 9.21 31 7.54 162.37
2. Montana 15 488 331 67.83 10 4163 8.53 36 7.38 159.70
3. Montana St. 11 501 271 54.09 9 3498 6.98 15 2.99 119.04
4. Portland St. 11 283 147 51.94 13 1864 6.59 14 4.95 114.37
5. Idaho St. 11 575 305 53.04 23 3611 6.28 23 4.00 110.95
6. Northern Ariz. 11 432 244 56.48 17 2543 5.89 16 3.70 110.30
7. Weber St. 11 327 150 45.87 15 2240 6.85 9 2.75 103.35
8. Sacramento St. 11 346 172 49.71 20 2119 6.12 13 3.76 101.98
PUNT RETURNS
Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg
1. Eastern Wash. 13 28 466 3 16.64
2. Montana St. 11 29 361 0 12.45
3. Portland St. 11 27 336 0 12.44
4. Weber St. 11 22 232 0 10.55
5. Idaho St. 11 27 244 2 9.04
6. Montana 15 34 234 0 6.88
7. Northern Ariz. 11 31 188 0 6.06
8. Sacramento St. 11 20 74 0 3.70
RUSHING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm
1. Portland St. 11 477 2254 4.73 29 204.91
2. Eastern Wash. 13 559 2397 4.29 29 184.38
3. Montana 15 570 2253 3.95 30 150.20
4. Northern Ariz. 11 330 1253 3.80 12 113.91
5. Montana St. 11 361 1239 3.43 21 112.64
6. Weber St. 11 405 1144 2.82 12 104.00
7. Sacramento St. 11 343 1080 3.15 9 98.18
8. Idaho St. 11 322 754 2.34 8 68.55
RUSHING DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm
1. Portland St. 11 385 1228 3.19 14 111.64
2. Montana 15 527 1874 3.56 25 124.93
3. Eastern Wash. 13 452 1781 3.94 22 137.00
4. Montana St. 11 445 1537 3.45 14 139.73
5. Northern Ariz. 11 435 1582 3.64 19 143.82
6. Sacramento St. 11 457 1639 3.59 33 149.00
7. Idaho St. 11 456 2054 4.50 21 186.73
8. Weber St. 11 459 2291 4.99 25 208.27
SCORING DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf
1. Portland St. 11 223 20.27 28 24 1 0 0 9 1
2. Montana 15 339 22.60 44 34 1 0 0 13 0
3. Eastern Wash. 13 323 24.85 43 39 1 0 0 8 0
4. Montana St. 11 285 25.91 35 34 0 0 0 13 1
5. Northern Ariz. 11 314 28.55 41 34 2 0 0 10 0
6. Idaho St. 11 357 32.45 47 43 1 0 0 10 0
7. Weber St. 11 375 34.09 50 46 0 0 0 9 1
8. Sacramento St. 11 415 37.73 54 48 4 0 0 11 1
SCORING OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf
1. Eastern Wash. 13 6181 67 488 37.54 59 2 0 0 7 1
2. Montana 15 6416 69 535 35.67 65 1 0 0 18 0
3. Portland St. 11 4118 45 335 30.45 44 0 0 0 7 0
4. Montana St. 11 4737 38 296 26.91 32 0 0 0 12 0
5. Idaho St. 11 4365 35 266 24.18 28 2 0 0 8 0
6. Northern Ariz. 11 3796 31 244 22.18 27 0 0 0 9 2
7. Weber St. 11 3384 22 202 18.36 15 2 0 0 17 0
8. Sacramento St. 11 3199 25 190 17.27 23 0 0 0 5 1
TOTAL DEFENSE
Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm
1. Portland St. 11 4.73 806 3809 28 346.27
2. Eastern Wash. 13 5.24 935 4904 43 377.23
3. Northern Ariz. 11 5.47 767 4193 41 381.18
4. Montana St. 11 5.22 818 4267 35 387.91
5. Montana 15 5.55 111 6190 44 412.67
6. Weber St. 11 6.30 724 4558 50 414.36
7. Sacramento St. 11 5.57 854 4761 54 432.82
8. Idaho St. 11 5.96 806 4801 47 436.45
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm
1. Eastern Wash. 13 970 6181 6.37 67 475.46
2. Montana St. 11 862 4737 5.50 38 430.64
3. Montana 15 105 6416 6.06 69 427.73
4. Idaho St. 11 897 4365 4.87 35 396.82
5. Portland St. 11 760 4118 5.42 45 374.36
6. Northern Ariz. 11 762 3796 4.98 31 345.09
7. Weber St. 11 732 3384 4.62 22 307.64
8. Sacramento St. 11 689 3199 4.64 25 290.82
TURNOVER MARGIN
Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn
1. Montana 15 15 23 38 6 10 16 1.47
2. Portland St. 11 11 17 28 9 13 22 .55
3. Montana St. 11 9 10 19 10 9 19 .00
4. Eastern Wash. 13 5 19 24 14 11 25 -.08
5. Weber St. 11 11 7 18 8 15 23 -.45
6. Idaho St. 11 13 17 30 13 23 36 -.55
7. Sacramento St. 11 11 10 21 9 20 29 -.73
8. Northern Ariz. 11 11 8 19 14 17 31 -1.09
Source: The Sports Network
December 10, 2004