CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Jerry Louie-McGee returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and Montana held on to defeat Northern Iowa 20-14 on Saturday in a matchup of FCS powers. Brady Gustafson hit Josh Horner for a 34-yard score and Tim Semenza kicked two field goals for the Grizzlies (2-0), all in the first half.

Tyvis Smith, who had 130 yards, scored on a 1-yard touchdown plunge in the first quarter and Daurice Fountain hauled in a 28-yard pass from Aaron Bailey with 8:01 remaining to give the Panthers (1-1) a chance.

Northern Iowa, which beat Iowa State last week, had 351 yards to 206 for Montana, but also had two turnovers and was 6 of 19 on third down and 0 for 3 on fourth. The Grizzlies only had 70 yards in the second half but didn’t have a turnover. Northern Iowa forced Iowa State into four turnovers in its 25-20 win.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — C.J. Beathard threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns and 16th-ranked Iowa throttled Iowa State 42-3 on Saturday night, its biggest win over the rival Cyclones in 18 seasons under coach Kirk Ferentz. LeShun Daniels rushed for 112 yards and a TD to help the Hawkeyes (2-0) beat Iowa State in consecutive seasons for the first time in six years.

Up next: The Hawkeyes will host five-time defending FCS national champion North Dakota State next week in their final non-conference game. The Bison beat Eastern Washington 50-44 on overtime Saturday;  The Cyclones open Big 12 play on the road next week, against TCU.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Tommy Armstrong Jr. passed for 377 yards and three touchdowns, Kieron Williams ran back one of Josh Allen’s five interceptions for a score and Nebraska defeated Wyoming 52-17 on Saturday. The Cornhuskers (2-0) started their 28-point fourth quarter on Armstrong’s perfectly thrown 34-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Westerkamp. Armstrong later flipped a 9-yarder to Westerkamp for his school-record 57th career TD pass.

Williams ran back an interception 23 yards for a touchdown to put Nebraska up 24-10, but the Cowboys (1-1) answered with a six-play, 76-yard drive to make it a seven-point late in the third quarter. Westerkamp caught four balls for 105 yards and Alonzo Moore had three catches for 109.

Allen, who played a turnover-free game in last week’s triple-overtime win over Northern Illinois, accounted for all six Wyoming turnovers. Tanner Gentry had seven catches for 124 yards for his second straight 100-yard receiving game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs have released linebacker Dezman Moses to reach the 53-man roster limit. Kansas City had a roster exemption for All-Pro safety Eric Berry, who didn’t sign his franchise tender until late in training camp. It expired on Saturday, forcing them to release Moses to reach the NFL’s limit ahead of Sunday’s opener against San Diego.

Berry didn’t play in any preseason games but is expected to start against the Chargers. Moses has been active for 13 games for Kansas City each of the past two seasons, though most of his work has been on special teams. He had just one tackle a year ago.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty hit two-run homers in the fourth, Carlos Martinez pitched seven solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Friday night. St. Louis trailed 3-0 when Martinez started the winning rally with a two-out single that was followed by Carpenter’s 19th home run, a walk to Kolten Wong and Piscotty’s 21st homer.

Martinez (14-7) gave up nine hits and two earned runs and was helped by three double plays. He improved to 3-0 in four starts against Milwaukee. Jimmy Nelson (7-14) allowed both homers and five hits in six innings and fell to 0-7 in eight career starts against St. Louis. Seung-Hwan Oh worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his 17th save in 20 chances.

The Griswold Tigers had three backs top 100 yards on the ground as they ran to a 36-12 victory over Riverside at home on Friday night.  The Tigers leaned on their strong offensive line and wore down the Bulldogs, especially in the second half.  Kickoff for the game was delayed by about 40 minutes due to lighting in the area but once things got going at around 7:40pm mother nature cooperated for the rest of the night.

The Tigers were led on the ground by their top defensive star Wyatt Robinette.  He took advantage of some increased carries for Griswold this game and had 182 yards and 2 touchdowns on 22 carries.  His total included a 74 yard touchdown run that put the Tigers up 14-0 in the first half.  Jadon Jahnke carried 27 times for 160 yards and 1 touchdown while Chance Mace had 112 yards on 12 carries and got in the end zone twice.

Riverside had some flashes of good play throughout the night but were hampered by penalties and mistakes in key moments throughout the game. On their first offensive possession of the game the Bulldogs drove down to the Griswold 3 yard line and looked poised to tie the game and potentially take the lead.  But the Bulldogs couldn’t punch it in after an illegal procedure call followed by an incomplete pass on fourth down ended the drive.  Tanner Storrow and Val Andrusyshyn accounted for Riverside’s two scores with rushing touchdowns.

Griswold improves to 2-1 on the season and 1-0 in Class A District 7 play. Riverside falls to 0-3 and 0-1 in district play.  The Tigers travel to face Southwest Valley next week, while the Bulldogs will play host to Nodaway Valley.

High School Football comes your way tonight on KJAN and KJANTV.  We will be in Griswold as the Tigers play host to the Riverside Bulldogs in a Class A, District 7 battle.  Tune in for our pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm, the Dvorak Tire and Service Pre-Game show at 6:30pm and Kickoff is at 7:00pm.  Catch all the action on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, and on the KJAN app. You can also watch all the action on our TV page at KJAN.com.  Just browse to that page on any web enabled device and click play on the video player there just before broadcast time. Join Chris Parks and Mike Smith for some High School Football tonight!