VALLEY CITY, N.D. -- Jarrett Wilson threw two touchdown passes,
Anders Thompson ran for two more, and the No. 5-ranked Montana Tech football team polished off a perfect conference season with a 45-14 win at Valley City State Saturday afternoon.
The Orediggers (10-1, 6-0 Frontier Conference East Division) mustered 465 yards of total offense in the win, averaging 6.5 yards per play.
Montana Tech began the game getting yards in bunches, rolling 77 yards in just six plays on the opening possession for a touchdown. Wilson hit
Levi Torgerson for 41 yards on a first-and-10 for the Orediggers' first score.
Tech added two more first-quarter touchdowns.
Jamal Cariglia finished off a drive with a 1-yard touchdown, and
Brett Grange intercepted a Vikings pass and returned it 30 yards to the end zone.
Casey Kautzman's PAT — his third of the game — made it a 21-0 Oredigger lead.
In the second, the Orediggers extended their lead. After Tech's defense forced another VCSU punt, the offense went 64 yards over nine plays, and Wilson capped the drive with a three-yard touchdown pass to
Kieran Netburn. Kautzman made it a 31-0 ballgame just before halftime with a 28-yard field goal.
Thompson found pay dirt on the Orediggers' first possession of the second half, plunging through the line for a 4-yard TD run.
After Valley City State (2-8, 1-5) broke up the shutout with a touchdown, Thompson added his second score with a 1-yard run to make it 45-7 in Tech's favor.
The Vikings made a big play in the fourth for a second TD that brought the score to its final standing.
Wilson finished with 146 yards passing, completing 12 of his 15 attempts, while Thompson rushed 12 times for 72 yards and his two scores.
Gunnar Peterson also carried the football a dozen times for a team-best 73 yards, and Torgerson finished the game with six catches for a team-high 74 yards.
Linebacker
Asher Feddes led the Oredigger defense with seven tackles, including one for a loss. Grange's interception was the Tech D's only takeaway.
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