• Hear Cory McCaffrey on Monday night at 8 p.m. and KPAM 860 AM with Ron Callan.
• Hear Coach Nigel Burton on Tuesday at 5 p.m. on 750 The Game with John Canzano.
For
Cory McCaffrey it was 30 plays, including four touchdowns, and for
Myles Wade it was just one play - but a very big one - as both were named Big Sky Conference Players of the Week.
McCaffrey won the offensive honor, sharing it with Idaho State quarterback Kevin Yost. Wade was named Special Teams Player of the Week.
Montana linebacker John Kanongata'a was the Defensive Player of the Week.
McCaffrey, a senior from Sisters, OR, rushed 30 times for 222 yards and scored four touchdowns in Portland State's 31-29 win over Northern Arizona. McCaffrey scored on runs of 33, 3 and 18 yards in the first half, and added an 8-yard score in the third quarter to give the Vikings a 31-17 lead. He was part of a 361-yard rushing game by the Vikings. McCaffrey also caught two passes for seven yards. This is his first Big Sky Player of the Week honor.
Myles Wade, from Portland's Central Catholic High School, secured the Vikings' 31-29 win over NAU when he blocked the game-winning field-goal attempt with seven seconds to play. NAU's Matt Myers attempted the 41-yard try, but Wade deflected the kick, sending it wide left. Wade also had four tackles from his defensive tackle spot. This is also Wade's first Player of the Week honor. He is the second Viking in as many games to be named Special Teams Player of the Week (
Nevin Lewis).
Yost completed 47-of-68 passes for 508 yards with four touchdowns and one interception in Idaho State's 50-20 win over Northern Colorado.
Kanongata'a tallied a career-high 12 tackles and had a game-clinching interception in Montana's 17-14 win over Eastern Washington.