Move over Cooper Kupp: UM's Eli Gillman sets Big Sky TD record
MISSOULA — Eli Gillman already had about every conceivable University of Montana rushing record going into Saturday's Big Sky Conference game with Portland State.
Key points
- Gillman added a 15-yard run out of the Wildcat formation at 9:00 of the second quarter and tore off a 43-yard TD burst at 10:26 of the third.
- The Grizzlies' defense then got a 3-and-out, and the offense — Gillman — put together a 1-play, 84-yard drive that took 16 seconds.
- Gillman capped a five-play, 75-yard drive with a 45-yard burst in which his younger brother Monte made a great, sealing block.
"We are really fortunate to have him." While Gillman was continuing his season-long assault on the record book, Montana (7-3 overall, 5-2 in the Big Sky) was cruising.
"What's his number at now?" asked first-year PSU coach Chris Fisk, who got a big dose of Gillman a year ago when UM beat Central Washington 42-17.
Additional details
- "I didn't even think that was a reachable goal when the season started," Gillman, who has 25 touchdowns this season, said.
- Kupp, the peerless receiver out of Eastern Washington, headed for the NFL with 77 to his credit.
- 12 Grizzlies' 57-24 thumping of the Vikings, exemplifying Montana's explosive offense with some amazing numbers: eight carries for 198 yards; one catch for 48.
- It will be crazy to me forever, probably." "How many times do you get to be around one of the all-time greats," first-year Grizzlies coach Bobby Kennedy said.
- His fourth rushing TD, a reverse-the-field 84-yard jaunt in front of 25,079 delirious fans at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, was the 78th of his college career.
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