MOSCOW, Idaho (AP)—Deonte Jackson ran for 214 yards Saturday to lead the Idaho Vandals past Cal Poly 20-13.
Idaho (1-1) took advantage of seven fumbles by Cal Poly. The Mustangs (0-2) lost four of those, leading to 13 Vandal points.
Jon Hall led the Mustangs on the ground with 114 yards on 20 carries.
Cal Poly quarterback Jonathan Dally was 10-for-24 for 175 yards, while Idaho’s Nathan Enderle was 7-for-22 for 101 yards. Lee Smith led Idaho’s receivers with 41 yards on four catches.
Idaho jumped on top when Enderle found Max Komar for a 36-yard touchdown pass with 11:22 left in the first quarter. The Vandals went up 10-0 on a 51-yard field goal by Tino Amancio with 3:53 left in the quarter.
Cal Poly got two field goals from Andrew Gardner. Dally and receiver Tredale Tolver also hooked up on a 69-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter to close the gap to 20-13.
Jackson, a redshirt freshman from Hope, Arkansas, scored his first touchdown of the year at the 8:31 mark from 11 yards out to pad Idaho’s lead, 20-6.
His 214-yard total was the eighth-best individual day of rushing in school history.