This is called running up the score
BUTTE, Mont. — Jed Fike rushed for 250 yards and four touchdowns on 12 carries in the first half, and NAIA’s Montana Tech had 932 total yards in a 93-19 victory over Montana State-Northern on Saturday.
The total yards easily topped Montana Tech’s record of 679, also against MSU-Northern on Oct. 22, 2016. The Orediggers’ previous scoring high was 64 points against Rocky Mountain in 1981. Montana Tech’s 13 touchdowns also set a school mark, previously at nine TDs in 2016.
The Orediggers (6-1) jumped to a 66-0 lead by halftime. Fike had scores of 7, 37, 52, and 68 yards.
NAU on top
FLAGSTAFF — Cory Young and Joe Logan each ran for two touchdowns as Northern Arizona took over the top spot in the Big Sky Conference with a 45-31 win over UC Davis on Saturday night.
The Lumberjacks (5-2, 4-0 Big Sky) are the only team without a conference loss following Eastern Washington’s 46-28 loss at Southern Utah.
Unheralded stars
■ Drew Lock, Missouri, threw for 467 yards and six touchdowns in the Tigers’ 68-21 win over Idaho.
■ Logan Woodside, Toledo, threw for 304 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-21 victory over Akron.
■ Anthony Lawrence, San Diego, threw a career-high six TD passes in a 63-10 win over Jacksonville.
■ Jeremi Briscoe, Sam Houston State, threw for 371 yards and had four TD passes in the first half in a 63-27 victory over Lamar.
■ James Robinson, Illinois State, ran for a career-high 193 yards and two TDs in a 37-21 win over South Dakota.
■ Lorenzo Lee Nunez, Southeastern Louisiana, accounted for four TDs before sitting out most of the fourth quarter in a 56-21 win over Abilene Christian.
Numbers
21: Straight completions to start the game by Princeton’s Chad Kanoff in a 52-17 win over Harvard.
22: Players in FBS history with 5,000 career yards rushing after Oregon’s Royce Freeman eclipsed the mark.
83: Years since Columbia last won seven straight games before this season.
600: Wins as a program by Bucknell.
804: Yards by Florida Atlantic in a 69-31 downing of North Texas, breaking the ConferenceUSA record.
Saturday winners
■ Arizona State (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) after a 30-10 win over Utah. In a span of eight days, the Sun Devils have refashioned themselves as defensive dynamos. Considering Arizona State owned the second-worst defense in the FBS last season and wasn’t on track for anything much better going into last week (118th in total defense), it’s one of 2017’s most stunning developments.
■ Iowa State (4-3, 3-1 Big 12). In their past 10 quarters (the second half against Oklahoma, then full games against Kansas and Texas Tech), the Cyclones have outscored their opposition 101-20.
■ Rutgers. Break up the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers (3-4, 2-2 Big Ten) has won consecutive conference games for the first time since its American Athletic Association days thanks to a 14-12 defeat of Purdue.
■ Army. The Black Knights accepted the first bowl invitation of the season after Jermaine Adams’s 16-yard touchdown reception with a second left in regulation forced overtime. Once there, Jeff Monken’s team secured a 31-28 victory and a place in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Saturday losers
■ Florida State. Guess who’s in serious jeopardy of missing the postseason? None other than the Seminoles, who fell to 2-4 with a 31-28 loss at home to Louisville.
■ Tennessee coach Butch Jones. Again. At least he (probably) won’t have to endure any more ugly losses to Alabama. For the record, UT is 3-4, 0-4.