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A GAME IN PHOTOS: Brooks Nuanez on the 124th RIVALRY game

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The 124th battle between fierce rivals Montana and Montana State lived up to the billing on November 22, 2025. A game with six lead changes went back and forth until Montana State went on a seven-minute drive to close to game and secure a 31-28 victory. The win is MSU’s seventh over Montana in the last nine rivalry games and helped the Bobcats secure their third Big Sky Conference title in the last four seasons.

Skyline Sports had four photographers — Brooks Nuanez, Blake Hempstead, Jason Bacaj & Sydney Emond — at the greatest rivalry game in college football. Here is Brooks’ best photos from Saturday.

Brooks Nuanez, senior photographer

Montana head coach Bobby Hauck is now 7-7 against Montana State in his career leading his alma mater, including 5-2 in Missoula/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State head coach Brent Vigen shakes hands with Montana head coach Bobby Hauck/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State head coach Brent Vigen moved to 3-2 against Montana with his first win in Missoula/ by Brooks Nuanez
Vigen with longtime Montana State sports information director Bill Lamberty/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State QB Justin Lamson completed 18 of 20 passes for 175 yards and a TD to go with 80 rush yards and a game-sealing 23-yard touchdown run in his first rivalry start/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana junior quarterback Keali’i Ah Yat drives for a rushing touchdown. The first-team All-Big Sky quarterback also through for 186 yards an a touchdown/ by Brooks Nuanez
Montana State senior running back Julius Davis rushed for more than 100 yards in his final (regular-season) rivalry game/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana freshman wide receiver Brooks Davis snared 10 catches for 113 yards and a touchdown in his rivalry game debut / by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State senior wide receiver Chris Long tries to split Prince Ford & Micah Harper/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana senior Drew Deck gets loose in the open field against Montana State junior Caden Dowler/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana junior Eli Gillman runs through tackles/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana senior Kenzel Lawler meets Montana State sophomore Adam Jones on the edge/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State senior Kenneth Eiden IV gets home against Keali’i Ah Yat/ By Brooks Nuanez

Montana State junior Taco Dowler jukes Montana senior Prince Ford/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State senior WR Ryan King drops a pass while looking in the sun/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana’s Monte Gillman tries to get loose/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana’s Michael Wortham braces for a hit from Cole Taylor/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State defensive back Seth Johnson quiets the crowd/ by Brooks Nuanez

Montana State junior captain offensive lineman Titan Fleishmann after win/ by Brooks Nuanez

Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year Caden Dowler/ by Brooks Nuanez

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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