Portland State freshman quarterback Kieran McDonagh accounted for six touchdowns in the Vikings' 77-10 win over the Idaho State Bengals last Saturday at JELD-WEN Field. For that performance, McDonagh has been named the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week and The Sports Network's National Freshman of the Week for the NCAA I FCS level.

McDonagh, from Vancouver's Skyview High School, rushed for four touchdowns, passed for one touchdown, and caught a touchdown pass for good measure. In all, McDonagh completed 15-23 passes for 280 yards, rushed 10 times for a career-high 66 yards and had a 22-yard reception for a total of 368 yards. McDonagh's rushing touchdowns were 26, 11, 2 and 2 yards. His passing TD was 12 yards to freshman wide receiver Thomas Carter and his receiving TD was a 22 yarder from Carter on a trick play. It's also worth noting the McDonagh left the game before the end of the third quarter.

McDonagh led an offense that scored the most points by a Viking team in 32 years. PSU set a new school record for rushing yards (437) and had the second-most yards of total offense in school history (758).

For the season, McDonagh has completed 102 of 183 passes for 1,375 yards. He has nine touchdown passes and seven interceptions. McDonagh, a 6-1, 240-pounder, has rushed 51 times for 244 yards and six touchdowns. He ranks third in the Big Sky Conference and 16th in the nation with 269.8 yards of total offense per game.

RECORD TOTALS: Portland State's 77-10 win over Idaho State marked the most points scored by a Viking team since Nov. 8, 1980 when Mouse Davis and Neil Lomax led a 105-0 win over Delaware State at then-Civic Stadium. The irony is that both Davis and Lomax were in the house to see the game against ISU on Saturday - Lomax as a spectator and Davis as an analyst on the Viking TV broadcast on Comcast SportsNet... PSU rushed for 437 yards against Idaho State breaking the school record of 436 set against the same Bengal team in 2011... the Vikings' 758 yards of total offense were the second-most in school history. The most is 788, set by the Vikings in 1976 against Eastern Montana under the guidance of Davis... PSU averaged 9.1 yards per play against Idaho State.

DEEP DEPTH: In Portland State's record run of 437 yards against Idaho State, 11 different players carried the ball for the Vikings, and PSU went seven (!) deep at running back: JR Justin Lilley, SO Shaq Richard, JR DJ Adams, SR Denzel Davis, FR Julian Cruell, JR Malcolm Johnson, SR Ben Bowen... Johnson - the sixth back in - scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns.

STOPPING THE RUN: Although the Viking defense has struggled at times this season, they have been good against the run against Big Sky Conference teams... PSU allowed 68 rushing yards on 25 carries by Idaho State... previously, the Vikings held Southern Utah to 86 yards on 29 carries (Sept. 22) and Northern Arizona to 86 yards on 40 carries (Sept. 29)... although it was a non-conference game, North Dakota had 35 rushing plays for only 107 yards... that means four Big Sky opponents have averaged only 86.7 rushing yards per game against PSU, and better yet just 2.7 yards per carry... Portland State has allowed 264.3 yards passing per game and 17 passing touchdowns in six games while picking off seven passes. On the ground, they give up 113.5 and just 3.1 yards per carry... opponents have run 218 times and passed 201 times.

RUN GAME ROULETTE: Portland State has now started three different players at running back this season. Leading rusher JR RB DJ Adams got his first start at NAU. Adams has 85 carries for 544 yards and five touchdowns to lead the team. SO RB Shaquille Richard has 55 carries for 260 yards and two scores. JR RB Justin Lilley has 13 carries for 72 yards. Also integral to the run game has been FR QB Kieran McDonagh with 51 carries for 244 yards and six TDs... the four main men average 186.7 rushing yards and the team averages 216.7 per game.

OFFENSE IN FRONT: A 758-yard day will do a lot for your statistics, but the Viking offense has been solid all season long. After six games, PSU leads the Big Sky Conference in total offense at 458.7 yards per game while scoring 36.2 points per game. Portland State averages 216.7 yards on the ground and 242.0 yards through the air.