Weekend College Football | Columbia Basin Herald

EWU (1-3) vs. No. 8/9 Montana (3-1), 5 p.m. Saturday

The Eagles enter Saturday's Big Sky opener against the defending runner-up Montana Grizzlies after suffering a loss to FBS Nevada last week and losing 49-26 on the road to the Wolfpack. Eastern is in the midst of a three-game losing streak, having lost 35-32 to Drake and 28-24 to Southeastern Louisiana before last week's loss to Nevada.

On the other hand, Montana enters the game 3-1 and is coming off a 17-point comeback win over No. 24 Western Carolina last week.

The two teams are tied at 11 in the all-time series in Cheney, with Eastern having won the last six games on its red turf.

No. 13 CWU (2-1, 1-0 LSC) vs. Western New Mexico (2-2, 0-2 LSC), 6 p.m. Saturday

After opening Lone Star Conference play with a 45-3 road win over West Texas A&M last week, the Wildcats will play the first of back-to-back games against teams from the Land of Enchantment and Western New Mexico on Saturday at 6 p.m received

CWU put up 24 first-half points against the Buffaloes last Saturday, with 2023 LSC Offensive Defenseman of the Year Tyler Flanagan leading the game with three touchdowns and 104 yards on 21 carries. Defensive back Tanner Volk also returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown in the first half.

WNM suffered its second conference loss of the season when it fell 21-0 at home to Angelo State, mustering just 159 yards of total offense in the game. The Mustangs also lost at then-No. 1 21 Texas Permian Basin opens the season on August 31st.