Bulldogs send EOU football to fourth loss

Published 12:00 pm Monday, September 30, 2019

Jon Jund threw four touchdown passes and ran for another, and No. 19 Montana Western scored the game’s final 28 points on the way to a 49-13 win over Eastern Oregon University Saturday in Frontier Conference play in Dillon, Montana.

The blowout loss halted what has been a trend of close matchups in the series. Entering Saturday, six of the previous seven games had been decided by fewer than 10 points. UMW’s 36-point victory, however, was the most lopsided since EOU earned a 54-13 victory in Dillon during the 2011 season.

EOU, which never led, did get within a touchdown early in the third quarter. Kai Quinn found Phoenix Millhollen for a 27-yard score to make it 21-13 just 89 seconds into the second half and cap a quick five-play, 75-yard drive.

It was all Bulldogs after that. Jund, who threw TD passes to four different players, connected with Nate Simkins, Jamison Hermanson and Chayce Morgan on passes of 11, 45 and 5 yards, respectively, to put Western ahead 42-13, and Joe Caicedo capped the scoring with an 86-yard interception return for a score with 11:20 to play in the game.

Western gashed the EOU defense to the tune of 575 yards, 407 of which came through the air. Jund was 22-for-30 for 378 yards. He also rushed for 31 yards as the Bulldogs totaled 168 on the ground as a team. Trey Mounts had six catches for 154 yards.

Quinn threw for 248 yards for EOU and rushed for 45 but was just 15-for-45 passing and was intercepted twice. He had more than half of Eastern’s yardage on the ground, as the Mountaineers accounted for just 79 yards rushing. Eastern has been held under 100 yards in all four of its losses. Saige Wilkerson had two catches for 104 yards to lead the receiving corps. The Mountaineers did force four UMW turnovers but failed to turn them into points.

EOU (1-4 overall, 1-3 Frontier) has a bye before hosting MSU-Northern Oct. 12 for homecoming.

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