BUTTE, Mont. - The Montana Western Bulldogs (4-1, 3-1) totaled nearly 600 yards of offense as they rolled over rival Montana Tech (1-3, 1-3) 45-21 to spoil the Orediggers homecoming festivities.

After a quick three and out on their opening possession, Jon Jund and the Bulldog offense found a groove, carving up the Tech defense and scoring 38 straight points before Tech could finally find their way back into the endzone in the fourth quarter. 

Jund was 22-35 for 381 yards and four touchdowns including three wide-open strikes to Jamison Hermanson, Colten McPhee and Trey Mounts. 

Tied at seven in the second quarter, Jund led the Bulldogs to three scoring drives, including a one play dive where he found Hermanson behind the secondary for a 50 yard cold-blooded connection. He closed the half with a 10 play 68 yard drive that culminated with a 28 dart to Mounts with just 10 seconds left to put the Bulldogs in a commanding 28-7 lead at the intermission. 

The Bulldog ground attack was just as effective as Reese Neville rushed for 102 yards on 17 carries and a score. McPhee added 67 yards and a score.

The Bulldog defense held Tech to just 87 yards on the ground. They had four tackles for loss, three sacks and six pass break-ups. Braden Swank and Joe Caicedo each had 10 total tackles, Latrell McCutcheon had nine and two PBR's.

The Bulldogs will head east to face 3-1 Rocky Mountain College in Billings on Oct. 2. Kickoff from Herb Klindt Field is set for 1 p.m.

Notes:

• Head Coach Ryan Nourse won for the first time in Butte.
• Elijah Benedick scored his first career touchdown.
• Freshman running back Pete Gibson saw his first action on offense carrying the ball twice late to ice the game.

 

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