Poffenroth and Easton hooked up for a 39-yard touchdown and Albany pulled within two points with 6:55 left before halftime and stayed there. Idaho led 16-7 after Chavez’s point-after kick was blocked. Anthony Woods scored on a 5-yard run three plays later. Jermaine Jackson, who had a punt-return touchdown in each of Idaho’s last two games, returned an Albany punt 73 yards early in the second quarter before a penalty pushed it back to the Great Danes’ 29-yard line. Ricardo Chavez kicked a 45-yard field goal with 17 seconds left to give the Vandals a 10-7 advantage after one quarter, but it was all downhill for Chavez after that. Poffenbarger, a sophomore who leads the FCS with 36 touchdown passes this season, needed just four plays to pull Albany even, firing a 64-yard scoring strike to Easton 90 seconds later. Idaho (9-4), the fourth seed, scored first on freshman Gevani McCoy’s 36-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Dwyer six minutes into the game. 2 seed Montana will host unseeded but nine-time champion North Dakota State in the other semifinal on Saturday. The Great Danes, who won the Coastal Athletic Association for the first time, will play No. 5 seed Albany (11-3) advances to the semis for the first time in program history after notching a victory in its first trip to the quarterfinals. MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Reese Poffenbarger threw three touchdown passes to Brevin Easton, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, and Albany rallied for a 30-22 victory over Idaho on Saturday night in the Kibbie Dome to advance to the semifinals of the FCS Championship.
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