TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
BAKER CITY HERALD — A7
SPORTS
Beavers fall to Purdue in opener
By MICHAEL MAROT
Associated Press
WEST LAFAYETTE,
Ind.— Purdue coach Jeff
Brohm promised to make
changes heading into this
season. On Saturday, Sept. 4,
it paid dividends.
Now, he’s hoping it keeps
working.
Jack Plummer threw for
313 yards and two late touch-
downs while the Boilermak-
ers’ revamped defense made
sure it held up for a 30-21
victory over Oregon State to
cap the 500th game played at
Ross-Ade Stadium.
Purdue has won 291 games
since its home venue opened
in 1924 and this one came in
prime time and in front of the
largest home crowd in 644
days — thanks largely to the
Boilermakers defense.
“I think they played really
hard, tough, had a couple huge
fourth-down stops,” Brohm
said. “We did what we had to
do.”
It was good enough to snap
a four-game losing streak and
bring some relief to a program
that hasn’t played in a bowl
game since 2018.
The difference: Two fourth-
down stops in the second half,
which Purdue (1-0) converted
into 10 points and Brohm’s
willingness to throw it deep
late in the game.
Plummer finished 29 of 41,
sealing the victory with a 50-
yard TD pass to a wide open
Payne Durham with 2:09 left.
“Sometimes those play
calls can be really stupid when
they don’t work,” Brohm said.
“But I knew while we ran the
ball a little better, we had to
convert and pass the football.
Jack did a great job.”
Oregon State (0-1) lost
its fourth in a row and still
has only two nonconference
wins under fourth-year coach
Johnathan Smith.
And this one came down
to the inability to keep drives
moving.
When the Beavers failed
to convert on fourth down late
in the third quarter, Mitchell
Fineran capitalized with his
third field goal to give Purdue
a 16-7 lead. When it happened
again in the fourth, Plummer
threw a 5-yard touchdown
a debate over who should start
for the Beavers in Week 2. But
the offensive line needs to im-
prove, too. The Beavers ran 25
times for 78 yards and Noyer
found himself under pressure
frequently in the first half.
Purdue: George Karlaftis’
return and Brohm’s aggres-
sive defensive philosophy
proved to be the perfect combi-
nation Saturday. The offense,
meanwhile, made just enough
impact plays. But Purdue will
have a much better sense of
how much it has improved in
two weeks with a visit to No. 9
Notre Dame.
Michael Conroy/Associated Press
Oregon State quarterback Sam Noyer (6) escapes from
Purdue defensive tackle Branson Deen (58) during the
first half of Saturday’s game in West Lafayette, Indiana,
on Sept. 4, 2021.
pass to Durham for a 23-14
edge with 4:56 left.
“We’ve got to execute better
offensively,” Smith said. “We
had a guy or two not on point
and that’s hard on offense.”
Sam Noyer struggled in
his Oregon State debut. The
transfer from Colorado was
pulled in the third quarter
and his replacement, Chance
Nolan, led the Beavers to two
fourth-quarter scores to twice
cut the deficit to two. B.J.
Baylor ran for two scores.
THE TAKEAWAY
Oregon State: Noyer’s
spotty start and Nolan’s
strong finish will likely create
Montana shocks Huskies, 13-7
Shockingly, Hauck
turned out to be right.
Montana became the
SEATTLE — A couple
first FCS team to upset a
of weeks before the season
started, Montana coach Bob- ranked FBS team in five
by Hauck met with univer- years, stunning No. 20
sity president Seth Bodnar. Washington 13-7 on Satur-
His message was clear: The day, Sept. 4.
Grizzlies were going to be
The Grizzlies were the
really good and even might better of their Pac-12 foe,
take down Washington in
pulling off arguably the big-
the opener.
gest victory in school history
outside of winning two FCS
Yes, that Washington.
national titles.
The one from the Pac-12
Montana is the first FCS
and expected to challenge
team to beat a ranked FBS
for a conference title.
team since North Dakota
“He asked me how I
State won at No. 13 Iowa
thought we’d do and I told
him we’d win,” Hauck said. 23-21 early in the 2016 sea-
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
son, and the fifth time it has
happened since Appalachian
State’s famous upset of No.
5 Michigan in 2007. It was
Montana’s second victory
over Washington, the last
coming in 1920.
“This is the Washington
Huskies. OK. This is App
State over Michigan,” said
Hauck, a one-time assistant
at Washington.
Montana quarterback
Cam Humphrey scored on
a 4-yard run early in the
fourth quarter, and the
Grizzlies added a short field
goal with 2:54 left to take a
six-point lead.
Needing a touchdown to
avoid the upset, Washington
came up empty on its final
two possessions. Dylan Mor-
ris was incomplete on fourth-
and-2 with 1:33 left giving
the ball back to the Grizzlies.
Montana was able to
run off only 21 seconds, and
Kevin Macias’ 50-yard field
goal attempt was well short.
Given one more chance,
Washington reached the
Montana 43, but Morris’
pass was intercepted by
Marcus Welnel with 31
seconds left and those in
maroon and silver started a
wild celebration.
STAT PACK
Oregon State: Noyer went
10 of 21 with 94 yards and
one interception. He’s the first
Oregonian to start at quar-
terback for the Beavers since
Ryan Gunderson in 2005. ...
Nolan was 10 of 16 with 157
yards. ... Trevon Bradford
caught five passes for 75
yards.
Purdue: David Bell had
eight receptions for 134 yards,
the 11th 100-yard game of
his career. ... Durham’s seven
catches, 120 yards and two
TDs were all career bests. ...
Zander Horvath ran for 81
yards and one TD. ... Karlaftis
finished with four tackles but
made his presence felt repeat-
edly.
STRANGE NIGHT
The game was riddled with
replay reviews, trick plays, the
fourth-down tries and even in-
cluded a first-quarter ejection
of Oregon State linebacker
Cory Stover for targeting.
Purdue had one touchdown
overturned late in the first
half, and Jack Albers was
picked off on a fake field goal
early in the third after it ap-
peared Durham had made a
first-down catch. The Purdue
bench also got in on the action,
drawing an unsportsmanlike
conduct penalty in the first
half that knocked the Boiler-
makers out of field-goal range.
UP NEXT
Oregon State: Opens its
home schedule next Saturday
against Hawaii.
Purdue: Visits UConn next
Saturday.
Hawaii tops Vikings
HONOLULU (AP) — Che-
van Cordeiro passed for three
touchdowns, Dedrick Parson
ran for two scores and Hawaii
beat Portland State 49-35 on
Saturday night, Sept. 4 in the
first-ever football game played
on school campus.
The 9,000-seat retro-fitted
Clarence T.C. Ching Complex
will be the program’s home
until the New Aloha Stadium
Entertainment District is
completed. It was Hawaii’s
first home game outside of
Aloha Stadium since Dec.
7, 1974 when the Rainbow
Warriors hosted Arizona State
at Honolulu Stadium, which
had served as the team’s home
field from 1926-74.
Cordeiro threw touchdown
passes to Nick Mardner and
Jared Smart, Calvin scored on
a wild winding 38-yard run —
on which he crossed over into
Hawaii territory before racing
down the left sideline into
the end zone — and Parson
ran for a 17-yard TD as the
Rainbow Warriors scored
touchdowns on their first four
possessions to take a 28-0 lead
at the end of the first quarter.
Parson added a 2-yard TD
run in the third quarter and
Dae Dae Hunter, who finished
with 128 yards rushing, scored
on a 59-yard run in the fourth
for Hawaii (1-1).
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