OGDEN, Utah — The streak is dead.

For the first time since November 1984, when the Idaho State football team gets on the bus to head back to Pocatello from Stewart Stadium, it’ll be doing so as winners, finally breaking that long losing streak to Weber State thanks to a 43-35 win on Saturday afternoon.

ISU had lost 19 straight games to the Wildcats in Ogden.

Saturday’s win also evened ISU’s record at 5-5 on the year and upped it to 3-3 in Big Sky play. The five wins are the most for the program in a single season since the 2018 year when they went 6-5. And with still two games left on the schedule, a winning season is still in play.

Bengal quarterback Kobe Tracy threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns. He ran for another score and led an offense that amassed 485 total yards in a balanced attack.

After the game, ISU head coach Cody Hawkins was asked about finally ending the streak.

“I feel great,” he said. “You realize what this means to so many people in the program and in Pocatello and in this region. Just for our guys to be a part of that, it was such a great day. You couldn’t have had a better day with the weather. Our fans traveled well. We may have had more Bengal fans here than Wildcat ones in the stands. This doesn’t happen without every single person involved in the program doing their job.”

Coaches usually say that the last four minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half often determine an outcome. And that was exactly the case Saturday.

Weber State (3-7, 2-4 Big Sky) had scored with a little more than two minutes left until halftime to close to within 16-14. But ISU came right back, driving down the field, going 75 yards on only five plays. The Bengals crossed up the Wildcats and hit paydirt when Keoua Kauhi busted up the middle for 20 yards and a score with only 54 seconds left to give them some breathing room. Kauhi finished the day with 83 yards on the ground.

Then after the Bengals took the third-quarter kickoff, they again drove right down the field. This time it only took them four plays to go the 75 yards. Tracy connected with Tsion Nunnally down the right side for a 19-yard touchdown pass.

The drive was aided by two big penalties against Weber State, a personal foul call and then a pass interference penalty, which totaled 30 yards. The Wildcats were guilty of committing 10 penalties for 105 yards on the day.

Nunnally’s score pushed ISU’s lead to 29-14. While Weber State kept closing the gap − three times creeping back to within a one-score game − it could never get any closer.

Tracy went 27-for-37 in the game, finding six different receivers and was never sacked. It may have been his most efficient performance of the year.

Jeff Weimer was Tracy’s favorite target, grabbing eight balls for 89 yards. But Raiden Brown also made a huge impact. He caught five balls for 82 yards and two scores.

Hawkins was asked about Brown’s impact and his development this season, given ISU has a very deep receiving corps.

“Raiden has grown up so much. He’s an extremely talented young man with his work ethic and his persistence,” Hawkins said. “He’s had some games where he’s been banged up or he’s been taken out of the lineup. But to see him continue to push and work on his craft, he’s just an explosive guy for us and he’s just a freshman.”

Hawkins then added that a key to the win was something a little unexpected.

“I think it was just finding ways to be consistent in the run game for the most part,” he said. “They came out and played a three-down (lineman) front and we knew we had to protect the quarterback and run the football.”

The Bengals finished with 141 yards on the ground.

Not to be overlooked in the loss for Weber State, was the performance of its quarterback, Richie Munoz. He went 28-for-43, which was good for 315 yards and four touchdowns. Davion Godley ran for 109 yards and a score for the Wildcats, as well.

The Bengals have now won two in a row and three of their last five games. They have some momentum going into next Saturday’s game at Eastern Washington. But it won’t be easy, despite the Eagles’ poor record at 3-7.

They remember what happened last year at the ICCU Dome where Idaho State made a stunning 27-point second-half comeback, to win 42-41.

Saturday afternoon, the Eagles blew out Northern Colorado 43-15. Quarterback Kekoa Visperas threw for three touchdowns and 179 yards.

The other factor will be the weather. After the game Saturday, Hawkins said he expected the game conditions for next week to be like “an icebox.”

Kickoff from the red turf at Roos Field is set for 2 p.m.