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Today’s edition · Sun., Nov. 8

Gillman breaks Big Sky TD record as Griz rout Portland State

Plus, Can the Cats is underway and downtown Higgins Avenue work starts Monday.

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Eli Gillman breaks the Big Sky career touchdown record as Montana beats Portland State 57-⁠24

Gillman's record day by the numbers

196
rushing yards on eight carries
4
touchdowns on Saturday
78
career touchdowns, a Big Sky record
5,034
career rushing yards, a school record

Sources: KBZK News, montanasports.com

If you missed it at , here's the headline: Eli Gillman broke the Big Sky Conference career touchdown record Saturday with an 84-yard run in the third quarter. It was his 78th total touchdown and his fourth of the day, topping the 77 Cooper Kupp scored at Eastern Washington from 2013-16. The game stopped so the home crowd could recognize him, with coach Bobby Kennedy on the field.

  • Final: No. 12 Montana 57, Portland State 24
  • Records: Montana 7-3, 5-2 Big Sky; Portland State 2-8, 2-5
  • Gillman's touchdown runs: 45, 15, 43 and 84 yards
  • Season: 25 touchdowns, tying Marcus Knight's 2019 school record
  • Team rushing: 363 yards

Quarterback Keali'i Ah Yat went 19-of-28 for 259 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cook. Montana scored touchdowns on eight of nine drives.

Montana ran past Portland State 57-⁠24

  • Portland State24
    Montana57
    FinalWashington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula

Sources: KBZK News, CBS Sports

Before kickoff, Montana led the series 36-13 and had won eight of the last 10 meetings, NBC Montana reported ahead of the 50th matchup. Gillman now sits 11 carries shy of Lex Hilliard's career school record of 806 rushing attempts.

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Can the Cats

Can the Griz, started Saturday at the Montana-Portland State game. You can drop off donations at any official collection site or give money instead. The drive runs through the first quarter of the Brawl of the Wild on Sat., Nov. 21, at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, with the final weigh-in on Nov. 20. Gallatin Valley Food Bank's Ali Thornton says the goal is a million pounds and dollars, and the Bobcats have won 21 of the past 26 years. KPAX NewsFairfield Sun TimesKBZK News

AA playoffs

Missoula Big Sky beat Great Falls CMR 38-21 in the Class AA quarterfinals Friday and plays at Kalispell Glacier on Fri., Nov. 13. Missoula Sentinel's season ended with a 24-13 loss to Gallatin, whose Tyson Scheel ran for 205 yards and three touchdowns. Gallatin plays at Billings West at 7 p.m. in the other semifinal. MontanaSports.comBozeman Daily Chronicle

Gallatin outran Missoula Sentinel on the way to a 24-⁠13 win

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Sources: MontanaSports.com, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Downtown traffic

If you're driving downtown, expect minor delays every weekday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., starting Mon., Nov. 9, and running through Fri., Nov. 20. Crews will do subsurface investigation work along the Higgins Avenue, Front Street and Main Street corridors, weather permitting. Missoula Current

Veterans Day

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The Wrap

Downtown Missoula's restaurants are putting their chili on the line today, and you get to be the judge. Cranky Sam's Chili Cook-Off at the Cranky Sam Public House lets you sample chili from downtown's hottest restaurants and decide who has the top chili around. May the best pot win.

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  1. Sat., Nov. 7No. 12 Griz host Portland State, and fog may return Saturday
  2. Fri., Nov. 6Griz host Portland State Saturday; ACA enrollment is open
  3. Thurs., Nov. 5Larry Pirnie remembered, and a Montanan keeps winning on Jeopardy!
  4. Wed., Nov. 4Mission Valley farmland project wins $8.2 million
  5. Tues., Nov. 3Ballots are due by 8 p.m. today in Missoula County
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Gillman breaks Big Sky TD record as Griz rout Portland State

Plus, Can the Cats is underway and downtown Higgins Avenue work starts Monday.

The TLDR

  1. Gillman breaks Big Sky TD record in 57-24 Griz win
  2. Can the Cats food drive runs through Nov. 21
  3. Missoula Big Sky heads to Kalispell Glacier in AA semis
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