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Munoz throws 6 TDs, including game winner in OT, as Weber State holds off Montana
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Munoz throws 6 TDs, including game winner in OT, as Weber State holds off Montana

MISSOULA, Mont. – Richie Munoz threw a career-high six touchdown passes, including the game-winner in overtime, as Weber State held off Montana’s fourth-quarter rally for a 55-48 victory on Saturday.

Munoz hit Damon Bankston for a seven-yard score in overtime. Then Logan Fife was sacked and fumbled the ball during Montana’s first overtime play to seal the score for Weber State (3-3, 2-0 Big Sky Conference).

Montana (4-2, 1-1), ranked ninth in the FCS coaching poll, scored 25 of 42 points in the game’s fourth quarter.

Fife’s second touchdown pass, a 13-yarder from Keelan White, capped a 73-yard drive and gave the Grizzlies a 48–45 lead with 59 seconds left in regulation.

Munoz then completed 4 of 5 passes, including a 17-yarder to Jayleen Record that set up Kyle Thompson’s 43-yard field goal as time expired to force overtime at 48.

Munoz was 19 of 28 passing for 364 yards without an interception. The sophomore came in having played in just 10 games but had already surpassed 2,000 career yards with 17 touchdown passes and just two picks.

Jacob Sharp made five catches for 152 yards for the Wildcats. The record finished with 105 yards on just three receptions and the pair combined for four touchdown catches.

Fife completed 30 of 41 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns, and also had a short-yardage touchdown run for the Grizzlies. Eli Gillman had a 37-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and a pair of short-yardage scores in the fourth. Fife and Gillman also connected on a 68-yard touchdown in the third.