Montana State’s run game — averaging about 300 yards per game since 2021 — was virtually nonexistent Saturday at Oregon.

The Bobcats finished with 46 total yards and a touchdown on the ground. Head coach Brent Vigen chalked that up partly to Oregon’s talented defensive front — featuring defensive lineman A’Mauri Washington and linebacker Matayo Uiagalelei — and MSU’s inability to execute early.

“It's getting off the ball in a loud environment, it's being able to communicate,” Vigen said Monday. “It's being able to see what's in front of you and make those really quick determinations against really quick players.”

The lack of a run game, penalties, flipping the field by having a punt blocked were “shortcomings on our end” that let the Oregon game get out of hand, Vigen said. The hope fo

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