Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Idaho Vandals
· FCS Championship - Second Round
Layne's 3 TD passes help Idaho beat Lehigh 34-13 in FCS playoffs
Idaho (10-3) plays No. 1 seed and Big Sky Conference-rival Montana State — which beat the Vandals 38-7 in Bozeman, Montana, on Oct. 12 — in the quarterfinals.
Layne hit Jordan Dwyer with a 5-yard touchdown pass that capped a 14-play, 80-yard drive that took nearly seven minutes off the clock and opened the scoring with 6:05 left in the first quarter. The pair also connected for a 67-yard TD early in the second quarter. Mark Hamper caught a 42-yard scoring pass from Layne to make it 19-3 with 1:33 left until halftime.
The Vandals defeated Lehigh 77-14 at home on Nov. 13, 1993, in the only other meeting between the programs.
Nick Garrido kicked field goals of 35 and 39 yards in the first half for the Mountain Hawks and Dante Perri's 1-yard TD run capped the scoring in the closing seconds.
Idaho recorded double-digit wins in a season for the third time in program history. The Vandals won 11 games in 1988 and 1993 and advanced to the national semifinals in each.
Lehigh (9-4) had a seven-win improvement from its two-win total last season, the first under coach Kevin Cahill.
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Scoring Summary
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TD | 1st Period 6:05 | Jordan Dwyer 5 Yd pass from Jack Layne (Cameron Pope PAT failed) |
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TD | 2nd Period 11:50 | Jordan Dwyer 62 Yd pass from Jack Layne (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
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FG | 2nd Period 6:26 | Nick Garrido 35 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 2nd Period 1:33 | Mark Hamper 42 Yd pass from Jack Layne (Cameron Pope Kick) |
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FG | 2nd Period 0:00 | Nick Garrido 39 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 3rd Period 10:59 | Deshaun Buchanan 2 Yd Run (Jack Layne Pass to Jordan Dwyer for Two-Point Conversion) |
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TD | 3rd Period 6:30 | Zach Johnson 74 Yd Interception Return (Cameron Pope Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 0:28 | Dante Perri 1 Yd Run (Nick Garrido Kick) |
Statistics
 LEH |
 IDHO |
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|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1st Downs | 19 |
| 5-15 | 3rd down efficiency | 7-12 |
| 0-3 | 4th down efficiency | 1-1 |
| 371 | Total Yards | 410 |
| 202 | Passing | 318 |
| 17/31 | Comp/Att | 16/22 |
| 6.5 | Yards per pass | 14.5 |
| 169 | Rushing | 92 |
| 42 | Rushing Attempts | 33 |
| 4.0 | Yards per rush | 2.8 |
| 1-5 | Penalties | 3-40 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
| 1 | Interceptions thrown | 0 |
| 31:18 | Possession | 28:42 |
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