Griffith shines in Badlands Bowl

by The Daily Inter Lake
| June 15, 2013 11:06 PM

MILES CITY — Glacier wide receiver Kyle Griffith caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Manhattan quarterback Quinn McQuery and was perfect on five-extra point kicks to help Montana beat North Dakota 43-29 Saturday evening in the 20th annual Knights of Columbus Badlands Bowl at Connors Stadium.

Griffith’s touchdown reception came with 6:10 remaining in the opening quarter, giving Montana a quick 22-0 lead. Griffith finished with seven receptions for 52 yards.

Montana has won the last three games in the series and leads overall 15-5. Montana is 10-2 in Miles City.

Also playing for Montana were Glacier defensive lineman Devin Jeffries, defensive backs Reid Siderius and Rial Gunlikson and Polson offensive lineman Riley Sampson.

North Dakota 0 0 21 8 — 29

Montana 29 0 0 14 — 43

First quarter

MT – Josh Horner 11 pass from Quinn McQueary (Gunnar Brekke pass from McQueary), 11:03

MT – Jacob Stanton 15 pass from Dawson Reardon (Kyle Griffith kick), 9:08

MT – Griffith 26 pass from McQueary (Griffith kick), 6:10

MT – Josh Janssen 15 pass from Reardon (Griffith kick), 4:59

Third quarter

ND – Ben Jolliffe 11 run (kick failed), 12:31

ND – Nick Goulet 48 interception return (Dustin Iverson pass from Jolliffe), 4:23

ND – Josh Seibel 36 interception return (Seibel kick), 2:30

Fourth quarter

MT – Brekke 1 run (Griffith kick), 9:12

MT – Brekke 4 run (Griffith kick), 4:41

ND – Layne Johs 3 run (Dan Arnold pass from Trevor Zacher), 2:55

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ND MT

First downs 12 21

Rushes-yards 41-140 48-216

Comp-Att-Int 11-22-2 37-53-4

Passing yards 174 289

Total offense 314 505

Fumbles-lost 2 2-1

Penalties-yards 7-40 7-65

Punts 6 4

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing — North Dakota: Layne Johs 14-42, Ben Jolliffe 8-41, Zach Reich 13-38, Seth Ewoniuk 3-12, Christian Lunde 3-3, Josh Seibel 3-3, Preston Lehmann 1-1. Montana: Zach Bunney 15-110, Quinn McQueary 7-67, Cody Vitt 13-52, Gunnar Brekke 10-37.

Passing — North Dakota: Ben Jolliffe 6-13-1-101, Trevor Zacher 5-9-73. Montana: Dawson Reardon 18-26-0-147, Quinn McQueary 19-27-4-142.

Receiving — North Dakota: Dan Arnold 3-71, Dustin Iverson 3-31, Jeff Illies 2-37, Christian Lunde 2-28, Seth Ewoniuk 1-7. Montana: Josh Horner 12-87, Kyle Griffith 7-52, Josh Janssen 5-56, Jacob Stanton 4-27, Austin Carver 3-33, Zach Bunney 2-20, Bryce Armstrong 2-8, Gunnar Brekke 2-6.