#2 Montana State
at Southern Utah
Saturday, Sept. 29, 1:38 p.m.
Cedar City, Utah
Eccles Coliseum
(8,500, Hellas Matrix Turf)
TV: ROOT SPORTS
DirecTV’s Audience Network
Series History: MSU leads 2-0.
Last Meeting: Aaron Mason scored on a 7-yard run in the second quarter to lift MSU to a 7-3 win in 2007 in Bozeman.
The Coaches: MSU’s Rob Ash is 43-20 in his sixth season...SUU’s Ed Lamb is 23-25 in his fifth season.
Notes: MSU enters 4-0 overall. SUU is 2-2 overall. Both teams won their conference openers....The teams first played in 1993, a 32-30 MSU win in Bozeman...This is the first meeting between the teams in Cedar City….MSU QB DeNarius McGhee and SUU QB Brad Sorensen are candidates for the Walter Payton Award... McGhee is averaging 261 passing yards per game with nine touchdowns and four interceptions. Sorensen is averaging 242 passing yards per game with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions...SUU is a league-best +7 in turnover margin. MSU is -3...MSU is averaging 37 points per game. SUU averages 32 points per game...Montana State allows just 68 rushing yards per game, tops in the league...SUU is allowing a league-high 292.2 passing yards per game...MSU is converting 57.4 percent of its first downs...This is SUU’s first Big Sky Conference home game.