Weber State University Athletics
Saturday, September 25
Ogden
6:00 p.m.
Weber State University
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#12 UC Davis
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UC Davis
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Weber State
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Photo by: Robert Casey
'Cats drop Big Sky opener 17-14 to #12 UC Davis
9/25/2021 10:35:00 PM | Football
OGDEN - In a conference opening matchup of nationally ranked teams, 12th ranked UC Davis scored a touchdown in the final minute to seal a 17-14 win over No. 14 Weber State Saturday night at Stewart Stadium, in the Big Sky opener for both teams. Â
How it happenedÂ
After a scoreless first quarter, Weber State got on the board first with an eight yard touchdown pass by Kylan Weisser to Josh Davis early in the second quarter.Â
UC Davis came back with a three-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter to tie the game 7-7 at halftime.Â
Weber State went on an eight-play 70-yard drive to open the second half, capped by an 11-yard touchdown run by Dontae McMillan to put WSU up 14-7.Â
The Aggies added a field goal in the third quarter to make it 14-10. UC Davis's last drive of the game lasted 13 plays and went 56 yards in 6:12. The Aggies converted on a key 4th and 6 and the WSU 27 with 3:09 to play. Later a WSU pass interference penalty gave UC Davis the ball on the two-yard line and Trent Tompkins's 1-yard run with 27 seconds sealed the win for the Aggies.Â
Key numbers
The Wildcats totaled 411 yards, compared to 314 for UC Davis. Weber State threw for 225 yards and rushed for 186 and held the Aggies to just 149 yards passing. The Wildcats had two interceptions and one fumble lost.Â
Sophomore Kylan Weisser started at quarterback for the first time in his career. He was 19 of 32 passing for 225 yards and a touchdown.
Josh Davis had 15 carries for 87 yards and had three receptions for 15 yards. He also became the fourth player in Weber State history to surpass 3,000 career rushing yards.Â
Ty MacPherson had five receptions for 74 yards and Rashid Shaheed had three catches for 52 yards.Â
Defensively, Braxton Gunther led the Wildcats with eight tackles, including seven solo tackles. Jared Schiess added six tackles with one sack and Eddie Heckard and Sherwin Lavaka each had a tackle for loss.Â
The Wildcats dropped their third straight home game for the first time since 2014. It was the first win for UC Davis over Weber State since 2012, snapping a five-game losing streak.Â
Coach Jay Hill
"We had every opportunity in the second half to go up a few scores and couldn't do it. I thought the defense played outstanding until the fourth quarter but we gave up too many yards in that quarter. The reality is they made the plays at the end when they needed to and we didn't."
Up next
Weber State will be back on the road next week with a trip to Cal Poly on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. Mountain time. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.Â
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How it happenedÂ
After a scoreless first quarter, Weber State got on the board first with an eight yard touchdown pass by Kylan Weisser to Josh Davis early in the second quarter.Â
UC Davis came back with a three-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter to tie the game 7-7 at halftime.Â
Weber State went on an eight-play 70-yard drive to open the second half, capped by an 11-yard touchdown run by Dontae McMillan to put WSU up 14-7.Â
The Aggies added a field goal in the third quarter to make it 14-10. UC Davis's last drive of the game lasted 13 plays and went 56 yards in 6:12. The Aggies converted on a key 4th and 6 and the WSU 27 with 3:09 to play. Later a WSU pass interference penalty gave UC Davis the ball on the two-yard line and Trent Tompkins's 1-yard run with 27 seconds sealed the win for the Aggies.Â
Key numbers
The Wildcats totaled 411 yards, compared to 314 for UC Davis. Weber State threw for 225 yards and rushed for 186 and held the Aggies to just 149 yards passing. The Wildcats had two interceptions and one fumble lost.Â
Sophomore Kylan Weisser started at quarterback for the first time in his career. He was 19 of 32 passing for 225 yards and a touchdown.
Josh Davis had 15 carries for 87 yards and had three receptions for 15 yards. He also became the fourth player in Weber State history to surpass 3,000 career rushing yards.Â
Ty MacPherson had five receptions for 74 yards and Rashid Shaheed had three catches for 52 yards.Â
Defensively, Braxton Gunther led the Wildcats with eight tackles, including seven solo tackles. Jared Schiess added six tackles with one sack and Eddie Heckard and Sherwin Lavaka each had a tackle for loss.Â
The Wildcats dropped their third straight home game for the first time since 2014. It was the first win for UC Davis over Weber State since 2012, snapping a five-game losing streak.Â
Coach Jay Hill
"We had every opportunity in the second half to go up a few scores and couldn't do it. I thought the defense played outstanding until the fourth quarter but we gave up too many yards in that quarter. The reality is they made the plays at the end when they needed to and we didn't."
Up next
Weber State will be back on the road next week with a trip to Cal Poly on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. Mountain time. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.Â
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Team Stats
UCD
WSU
Total Yards
314
411
Pass Yards
149
225
Rushing Yards
165
186
Penalty Yards
5
47
1st Downs
21
22
3rd Downs
6
5
4th Downs
2
1
TOP
30:57
29:03
2nd Quarter
UCD 0, WSU 7
WSU - Davis,Josh 8 yd pass from Weisser,Kylan (Thompson,Kyle kick) 14 plays, 94 yards, TOP 06:14
UCD 7, WSU 7
UCD - Gilliam,Ulonzo 3 yd run (Gomez,Isaiah kick), 4 plays, 26 yards, TOP 01:44
3rd Quarter
UCD 7, WSU 14
WSU - McMillan,Dontae 11 yd run (Thompson,Kyle kick), 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 03:19
UCD 10, WSU 14
UCD - Gomez,Isaiah 23 yd field goal 13 plays, 69 yards, TOP 04:32
4th Quarter
UCD 17, WSU 14
UCD - Tompkins,Trent 1 yd run (Gomez,Isaiah kick), 13 plays, 56 yards, TOP 06:12
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
19
TD
1
YDS
225
INT
2
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