Cal Poly Mustangs @ Northern Colorado Bears

2-2, 1-0 Big Sky

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cal Poly CP	14	0	7	7	28
N Colorado UNCO	0	0	7	0	7

Northern Colorado BearsN ColoradoUNCO

0-5, 0-1 Big Sky

Jones scores two long first-quarter touchdowns to spark Cal Poly past Northern Colorado 28-7

Sep 29, 2024, 06:42 am

GREELEY, Col. -- — Jaden Jones fired a 95-yard touchdown pass to Michael Briscoe, then dashed 53 yards for a score to get Cal Poly off to a first-quarter lead and the Mustangs romped to a 28-7 victory, spoiling Northern Colorado's homecoming in the Big Sky Conference opener for both schools on Saturday afternoon.

The Cal Poly (2-2) defense held Northern Colorado (0-5) to just 213 yards of offense and held the Bears' ground game to just 87 yards on 36 carries.

Aiden Ramos carried 23 times for 120 yards to lead a Cal Poly ground game that amassed 290 yards on 52 carries and dominated time of possession, 33:28 to 26:32.

Jones completed 7 of 14 pass attempts for 189 yards and a touchdown with an interception. He also carried four times for 74 yards and a score. Richie Watts' only pass attempt went for a 5-yard touchdown to Evan Burkhard and he added four carries for eight yards and a score. Briscoe caught three passes for 108 yards.

Kia'i Keone completed 14 of his 20 pass attempts for 115 yards and added 55 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.

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Game Information

Greeley, CO

FCS

Big Sky Conference	CONF	OVR
Montana State	8-0	14-2
Montana	7-1	13-2
UC Davis	6-2	9-4
Sacramento State	5-3	7-5
Idaho State	5-3	6-6
Northern Arizona	4-4	7-5
Eastern Washington	4-4	5-7
Northern Colorado	2-6	4-8
Cal Poly	2-6	4-8
Idaho	2-6	4-8
Weber State	2-6	4-8
Portland State	1-7	1-11

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