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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) -- Sophomore quarterback Cameron Higgins threw for 399 yards and two touchdowns, and Trevyn Smith rushed for 137 yards and two scores as Weber State downed Cal Poly 49-35 in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Higgins connected with Tim Toone 10 times for 199 yards and a touchdown.
Backup quarterback Brendon Doyle even added a nine-yard touchdown pass to Cody Nakamura as the Wildcats rolled up 564 yards of total offense.
Cal Poly, which took Wisconsin to overtime a week earlier, had 548 yards of offense but make five costly turnovers after making just six during the regular season.
Jonathan Dally was intercepted four times, going 11 of 30 for 185 yards with two touchdowns. He did rush 23 times for 177 yards, but the Mustangs struggled to do much else offensively.
Ramses Barden caught both of Dallys touchdown passes, settling for 108 yards on two catches in the Walter Payton Award candidates final game with the Mustangs (8-3).
Weber State (10-3) travels to Montana in the second round.
Weber St. 14 14 7 14--49 Cal Poly 7 14 0 14--35 First Quarter CP--Barden 19 pass from Dally (A.Gardner kick), 10:17. Web--Smith 1 run (Williams kick), 7:15. Web--Smith 29 run (Williams kick), 2:44. Second Quarter CP--Dally 8 run (A.Gardner kick), 14:04. Web--Smith 37 pass from C.Higgins (Williams kick), 10:06. CP--Hall 11 run (A.Gardner kick), 3:10. Web--Toone 15 pass from C.Higgins (Williams kick), 1:07. Third Quarter Web--Nakamura 9 pass from Doyle (Williams kick), 10:36. Fourth Quarter CP--Dally 1 run (A.Gardner kick), 9:59. Web--C.Higgins 1 run (Williams kick), 7:35. CP--Barden 5 pass from Dally (A.Gardner kick), 3:08. Web--White 21 run (Williams kick), 2:15. A--6,919.
Web CPFirst downs 22 32 Rushes-yards 33-156 52-363 Passing 408 185 Comp-Att-Int 22-34-0 11-31-4 Return Yards 16 7 Punts-Avg. 4-38.0 2-36.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-58 0-0 Time of Possession 27:38 32:22
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING--Weber St., Smith 23-137, White 1-21, Doyle 1-3, C.Higgins 5-1, Team 3-(minus 6). Cal Poly, Dally 23-177, Hall 12-58, Noble 10-57, Grayson 3-45, Mole 2-18, Romanelli 1-5, Tolver 1-3. PASSING--Weber St., C.Higgins 21-33-0-399, Doyle 1-1-0-9. Cal Poly, Dally 11-30-4-185, Team 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING--Weber St., Toone 10-199, Nakamura 4-34, Phillips 3-121, Bry.Eteuati 3-16, Smith 1-37, M.Mailei 1-1. Cal Poly, Barden 6-108, Mole 2-43, Hall 2-30, Tolver 1-4.
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