Sunday, November 26, 2006

Division I Football Championship Results.
Quarterfinal Matchups, December 2, 2006.
Offensive behavior: Swogger throws four TD passes (Missoulian).
Grizzlies' O-line produces tons of fun (Missoulian).
Griz dominate McNeese State, to face Southern Illinois next (Missoulian).
Montana dominates Cowboys in all phases of game (Great Falls Tribune).
Grizzly offense opens up the playbook (Great Falls Tribune).
Griz Notebook: O-Line leads the way in victory (Great Falls Tribune).
Montana defeats McNeese State, 31-6 (UM SID).
Montana mauls Cowboys in first round (American Press).
Griz, Cats give hardy fans what they came for (Great Falls Tribune).
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McNeese St drops decision to Montana in opening round (American Press).
Blake Bercegeay's field goals were only scoring by the Cowboys (MSU PR).
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Next Up: Southern Illionois.
SIU keeps football season alive with stunning comeback (The Southern Illinoisan).
SIU uses same old script to beat UT-Martin (The Southern Illinoisan).
Salukis advance to quarterfinals, will play at Montana (SIU SI, Daily Register).
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Extra Point - First Round Recap: Contenders hold serve (Dougherty, TSN).
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Bobcats.
Montana State celebrates home-playoff drought with victory (Great Falls Tribune).
Bobcat Notebook: Betting on home crowd pays off for MSU (Great Falls Tribune).
Will Bobs get respect after first round win? ‘Heck no’ (Independent Record).
Bobcats strong at home (The Montana Standard).
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Saints season comes to an end (Independent Record).
Cougars oust Saints (Independent Record).

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Division I Football Championship Results

Round 1

Montana 31, McNeese State 6
Southern Ill 36, Tenn-Martin 30
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Massachusetts 35 Lafayette 14
New Hampshire 41, at Hampton 38
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Montana State 31, Furman 13
Appalachian ST 45, Coastal Carolina 28
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Illinois State 24, at Eastern Ill 13
Youngstown St 35, James Madison 31

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Quarterfinals, December 2, 2006

Montana vs. Southern Ill 36
Massachusetts 35 vs. New Hampshire

Montana State at Appalachian St
Youngstown St vs. Illinois State

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Offensive behavior: Swogger throws four TD passes as Griz move on to quarterfinals

By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/sports01.txt


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Box Score

Final.....1...2..3...4..Score
MSU.......3...3..0...0...6
UofM......7..10..14..0..31

1st Quarter
MSU FG: 42-yarder by B Bercegeay. 10:11 Remaining.
Griz TD: 50-yard pass from J Swogger to D Beaudin. (D Carpenter kick). 7:54 Remaining.

2nd Quarter
MSU FG: 38-yarder by B Bercegeay. 10:24 Remaining.
Griz FG: 22-yarder by D Carpenter. 3:09 Remaining.
Griz TD: 14-yard pass from J Swogger to E Allen. (D Carpenter kick). 0:13 Remaining.

3rd Quarter
Griz TD: 8-yard pass from J Swogger to C Chambers. (D Carpenter kick). 9:32 Remaining.
Griz TD: 11-yard pass from J Swogger to C Chambers. (D Carpenter kick). 1:37 Remaining.

4th Quarter
No Scoring


Final Team Statistics

..................MSU ... Griz
First Downs ......14 .... 25
Rushes-Yds ....32-99 .... 38-230
Passing Yds .....125 .... 284
Return Yds .......13 .... 58
Passing ......22-13-0 ... 30-21-1 (Att-Comp-Int)
Punts-Avg .....6-47.2 ... 1-40
Fumbles-Lost .....3-0 ... 0-0
Penalties-Yds . 11-76 ... 6-52
Time of Poss .. 30:30 ... 29:30


Individual Statistics

Passing
MSU: Derrick Fourroux 20-12-0 116, Mark Fontenot 2-1-0 9
Griz: Josh Swogger 26-18-1 259, Cole Bergquist 4-3-0 25

Rushing MSU
Chris Thomas 10-56, 5.6 avg.
Steven Whitehead 2-18, 9.0 avg.
Kris Bush 2-14, 7.0 avg.
Derrick Fourroux 8-7, 0.9 avg.
Toddrick Pendland 3-7, 2.3 avg.
Jason Miller 1-2, 2.0 avg.
Team 2-0, 0.0 avg.
Mark Fontenot 4-(-5), -1.3 avg.

Rushing Montana
Thomas Brooks-Fletcher 13-113, 8.7 avg.
Brady Green 14-56, 4.0 avg.
Reggie Bradshaw 5-36, 7.2 avg.
Cole Bergquist 3-15, 5.0 avg.
Brandon Utterback 1 8 8.0 avg.
Josh Swogger 2-2, 1.0 avg.

Receiving McNeese State
Steven Whitehead 6-66, 11.0 avg.
Quinten Lawrence 3-26, 8.7 avg.
Carlese Franklin 2-19, 9.5 avg.
Kris Bush 1-3, 3.0 avg.
Kyle Link 1-11, 11.0 avg.

Receiving Montana
Ryan Bagley 5-59, 11.8 avg.
Craig Chambers 4-43, 10.8 avg., 2 TDs
Eric Allen 3-42, 14.0 avg., 1 TD
Brady Green 2-42, 21.0 avg.
Kevin Klaboe 2-26, 13.0 avg.
Steven Pfahler 2-13, 6.5 avg.
Mike Ferriter 1-0, 0.0 avg.
Matt Troxel 1-9, 9.0 avg.
Daniel Beaudin 1-50, 50.0 avg., 1 TD


Kicking
MSU: Blake Bercegeay 2-2, 42 longest
Griz: Dan Carpenter 1-1, 22 longest; 4-4 e.p.


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RIAL CUMMINGS: Grizzlies' O-line produces tons of fun

By RIAL CUMMINGS of the Missoulian

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/sports02.txt


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Griz dominate McNeese State, to face Southern Illinois next

Missoulian

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/griz/gr20.txt


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Griz, Cats give hardy fans what they came for

By SCOTT MANSCH and GEORGE GEISE, Great Falls Tribune

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/NEWS01/611260303/1002


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Montana dominates Cowboys in all phases of game

By GEORGE GEISE, Great Falls Tribune Sports Editor

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/SPORTS/611260336/1006


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Grizzly offense opens up the playbook

George Geise, Great Falls Tribune Sports Editor

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/SPORTS/611260337/1006


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Griz Notebook: O-Line leads the way in victory

By GEORGE GEISE, Great Falls Tribune Sports Editor

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/SPORTS/61126001/1006


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Montana defeats McNeese State, 31-6

By Dave Guffey of the UM Sports Information Department

http://wpe1.montanagrizzlies.com/fmi/xsl/mt_griz/db/news/xsl/news_item.xsl?-db=mtgriz_content&-lay=content_news_detail&id_news=21207&record_type=DB&-token.1=21207&-max=1&-find


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Montana mauls Cowboys in first round

By GARY LANEY, American Press

http://www.americanpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=452&Itemid=96


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McNeese State drops 31-6 decision to Montana in opening round of Division I Championship

Blake Bercegeay's field goals were only scoring by the Cowboys

McNeese State Press Release

http://mcneesesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112606aaa.html


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NEXT UP: Southern Illinois Salukis

SIU keeps football season alive with stunning comeback

by Les Winkeler, The Southern Illinoisan

http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/18327562.txt


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SIU uses same old script to beat UT-Martin

D.W. Norris, For The Southern Illinoisan

http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/18328581.txt


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Salukis advance to quarterfinals, will play at Montana Dec. 2

By Jeff Honza, SIU Sports Information

Also published in the Harrisonburg Daily Register

[url]http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112506aaa.html
http://www.dailyregister.com/articles/2 ... /news1.txt [/url]


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Extra Point - First Round Recap: Contenders hold serve

By Matt Dougherty, TSN I-AA Football Editor

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/news/AGN4051182.htm


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BOBCATS


Montana State celebrates home-playoff drought with victory

By SCOTT MANSCH, Great Falls Tribune Asst. Sports Editor

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/SPORTS/611260335/1006


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Bobcat Notebook: Betting on home crowd pays off for MSU

By SCOTT MANSCH, Great Falls Tribune Asst. Sports Editor

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/SPORTS/61126002/1006


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Will Bobcats start getting respect after first round win? ‘Heck no’

By TOM STUBER, Helena Independent Record

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/b01112606_07.txt


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Bobcats strong at home

MSU dominates Furman 31-13

By Pat Ryan of The Montana Standard

http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/11/26/sportscollege/hjjdiihdjhiega.txt


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Carroll College


Saints season comes to an end

By JEFF WINDMUELLER, Helena Independent Record

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports/b01112606_02.txt


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Cougars oust Saints

By JEFF WINDMUELLER, Helena Independent Record

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/11/26/sports_top/b01112606_01.txt