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

If you missed it at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, 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.

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.