BOZEMAN — Montana State will enter its open week right where it wants to be.

The Bobcats won their fifth consecutive game and third straight to start Big Sky Conference play with a dominant performance Saturday at a rainy Bobcat Stadium. Justin Lamson threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as No. 5 Montana State rolled to a 48-14 win over Idaho State.

Lamson, a Stanford transfer in his first season with the Cats, is seemingly getting more comfortable each game. On Saturday, he threw first-quarter touchdowns to Julius Davis and Dane Steel to give MSU a quick 14-0 lead.

Idaho State got on the board late in the first on a 7-yard TD pass from Jordan Cooke to Michael Shulikov, but an Adam Jones 24-yard scoring run pushed the Bobcats' lead to 20-7 early in the second.

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