Thomson has 6 TDs, Sacramento State routs Montana 49-22

Oct 20, 2020, 07:18 pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Kevin Thomson accounted for six touchdowns to lead Sacramento State to a 49-22 rout of Montana on Saturday night.

The 15th-ranked Hornets (5-2, 3-0) are tied with Weber State atop the Big Sky Conference standings. No. 5 Montana (5-2, 2-1) had its three-game win streak snapped.

Thomson was 24-of-34 passing for 369 yards and threw four touchdowns passes to four separate receivers. He added 50 yards on the ground on 16 carries with a pair of touchdown runs. Pierre Williams had 153 yards receiving and Elijah Dotson added 124 yards, and each had eight catches with a touchdown.

Dalton Sneed was 15 of 25 for 140 yards and threw two interceptions for the Grizzlies. Jerry Louie-McGee scored on a 64-yard run two minutes into the game for Montana. Sneed's 19-yard touchdown run pulled the Grizzlies to 18-15 early in the second quarter before the Hornets ran away and capped the scoring with Thomson's 39-yard TD pass to Dotson with 14 seconds left in the third.