The absence of a couple key defenders hardly hurt the Montana State football team.

The No. 3-ranked Bobcats cruised past Weber State 66-14 for their eighth straight win, improving to 8-2 overall and 6-0 in Big Sky play. It was MSU’s highest-scoring game since 2022.

MSU, playing without starting nose tackle Paul Brott and first-string cornerback Seth Johnson due to injury, allowed its first touchdown in the first half since Oct. 11 and gave up 113 rushing yards in the first half — the first time an FCS foe has rushed for 100 or more yards in the first half against the Bobcats all season (the third FCS team to gain 100-plus rushing yards against them in a game, period).

But MSU’s stingy scoring defense, which allowed 9.4 points per game in regulation to FCS opponents entering Saturday, he

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