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Idaho State Bengals claw past Nevada UPSETTING the Wolf Pack, 30-28. #FearTheFCS pic.twitter.com/S00feoxTaN — FCS Football (@NCAA_FCS) September 17, 2017

A huge congrats to the @IdahoStateFB team on their big win tonight! The @ISUBengals are digging deep! — Julia Cox (@_CoxJulia) September 17, 2017

How bout them @ISUBengals !!!! Takin down Nevada in Reno! #GoBengals — Chris Renkel CBS 42 (@Chris_Renkel) September 17, 2017

What a great win for @ISUBengals in Reno! The Wolfpack was favored by 33.5 points. #BigSkyFB — Ryan Tew (@tewfat) September 17, 2017

HELL YES, @ISUBengals !!! Soo proud of you all..! ???????? — Cameron (@hix208) September 17, 2017

The Idaho State football team knocked off Nevada 30-28 on Saturday evening at Mackay Stadium. The Bengals led the entire game and fought off a late Wolf Pack rally to earn the victory. The victory is first win over an FBS team since beating Utah State 27-24 in 2000.The Bengal defense forced three turnovers. Idaho State finished with 383 total yards while Nevada had 423.was 19-38 for 269 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.caught five passes for 133 yards and one touchdown.carried the ball 17 times for 84 yards.led the Bengal defense with 17 tackles, one sack and two tackles for loss.had eight tackles and one fumble recovery.andeach had seven tackles.Idaho State jumped out to a 10-0 in the first quarter after the Bengal defense forced a punt and Martin came up with an interception.Idaho State took a 3-0 lead whenconnected on his first of two 36-yard field goals. Following a Nevada turnover, ISU took its 10-0 lead on aone-yard run with 6:45 left in the quarter. Nevada followed with a touchdown with 11:31 left in the second quarter but another field goal by Johnson from 36-yards out made the score 13-7 with 9:27 left.Then with 3:12 left until halftime,caught a 15-yard strike from Gueller to up the lead to 20-7 and Johnson made a 19-yard field goal with 10 seconds left in the half to give the Bengals a 23-7 lead at halftime.With 10 minutes left in the third quarter the Bengals took a 30-7 lead thanks to a 50-yard touchdown reception by Dean. Nevada then scored 21straight points and had a chance to tie the game with under a minute to play after a touchdown. But the two point conversion fell short andrecovered the onside kick to seal the victory for the Bengals.The Bengals three-game road trip concludes next week when they open Big Sky Conference play at Northern Colorado on Saturday, Sept. 23. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.was this week's special teams captain withandwas 3-3 on field goals and connected on all his extra points.had his fourth career interception in the first quarter.57-yard second quarter reception is a career-long and he had a career-high 133 receiving yards.- The win ended a 27-game losing streak against FBS team. The last win over an FBS team was 27-24 at Utah State in 2000.had a career-high 17 tackles.was two rushing yards away from tying his career-high. He had 17 carries for 84 yards. His career high is 20 carries for 86 yards at Eastern Washington last year. His 29 yard run against Nevada was a career-long. Madison's four receptions for 40 yards was a career-best.had a career-best three receptions for 59 yards including a long reception of 42 yards.