2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game

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Name=Weber State University vs. Portland State University
Date=October 23, 2007
Year=2007
Visitor School=Weber State University
Visitor Name Short=Weber State
Visitor Nickname=Wildcats
Visitor Record=3-5
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Visitor Coach=Ron McBride
Visitor1=3
Visitor2=35
Visitor3=21
Visitor4=14
Visitor Total=73
Home School=Portland State University
Home Name Short=Portland State
Home Nickname=Vikings
Home Record=2-6
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Home Coach=Jerry Glanville
Home1=7
Home2=20
Home3=21
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Home Total=68
Type=Regular Season Game
Stadium=PGE Park
City=Portland, Oregon
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Attendance=8,924 [cite web
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The 2007 Weber State-Portland State football game was a college football game held on October 23 at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon. It pitted the Portland State Vikings against the Weber State Wildcats. The Wildcats defeated the Vikings 73-68. The two teams combined for 141 points, setting an National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) all-division record for most points scored in a game. [cite web
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That record lasted only two weeks, as on November 10, Hartwick defeated Utica 72-70 in a four-overtime Division III game.cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=273140249 | title=Navy, N. Texas score most combined points in regulation FBS game | author=Associated Press | publisher=ESPN.com | date=2007-11-10 |accessdate=2008-05-28] In the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs on November 24, Chadron State defeated Abilene Christian 76-73 in three overtimes after coming back from a 49-20 fourth-quarter deficit to tie the game at 56 at the end of regulation.cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=3126146 |title=Chadron St. rallies from 29 down in 4th quarter to win in 3 OTs |author=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=2007-11-24 |accessdate=2008-05-28] The Weber State-Portland State game still holds the record for most points scored in regulation and still holds the record for most points scored in a Division I college football game.

Game summary

Weber State scored 35 points in the second quarter points to take a 38-27 lead at halftime. By then, the Wildcats already had 443 yards in total offense— 10 yards more than its previous season high for an entire game.cite web
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accessdate =2008-05-28 ] Portland State made up for its shaky defense with a high-powered offense that started the second half with a pair of touchdown passes from Drew Hubel, first to David Lewis and then to Tremayne Kirkland, which put the Vikings in front 41-38. Portland State had its last lead of the game when Hubel hit Lewis with an 8-yard touchdown pass at 8:15 of the third quarter to make it 48-45. The Wildcats took the lead for good on their next possession, which chewed up nearly six minutes and culminated with Cameron Higgins 4-yard touchdown pass to Akamu Aki to make the score 52-48. Weber State followed that with Bryant Eteuati’s 77-yard punt return for a touchdown and Higgins’ 4-yard scoring run, which pushed the Wildcats’ advantage to 66-48 early in the fourth quarter. The teams traded touchdowns after that, leaving Weber State in front 73-55 with 4:22 left. Hubel, who was making his first college start, threw his ninth touchdown pass and Andy Shantz returned a fumble 84 yards for a touchdown with 31 seconds left. Hubel's nine touchdown passes set a school and Big Sky Conference record. The Vikings failed to recover the onside kick and Weber State managed to run out the clock.

Portland State QB Drew Hubel's incredible individual performance - 35 completions in 56 attempts for 485 yards, 9 touchdowns and no interceptions - gave the true freshman one of College Sporting News' "Player of the Week" awards in Football Championship Subdivision for the week of 10/29/2007. [cite web
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ee also

*1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game — Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 in a game played before the NCAA began keeping records and against a team that had dropped football.
*2001 GMAC Bowl — the highest-scoring bowl game in history, both at the end of regulation and the end of the game.
*2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game — featured the most points scored in a college football game involving D-IA/FBS opponents during the regulated four quarters of play.

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