College Football | EWU wins, hopes to get playoff spot
CHENEY - Matt Nichols threw for 256 yards and four touchdowns as Eastern Washington kept alive its postseason chances with a 38-16 victory over Weber State on Saturday.
Nichols had a career-high 103 yards rushing for the 15th-ranked Eagles (8-3, 6-2 Big Sky Conference), winners of four consecutive games.
Freshman Cameron Higgins was 21 of 44 for 238 yards for the Wildcats (5-6, 4-4), with one touchdown.
EWU, second place in the Big Sky behind Montana, would need one of eight at-large berths to qualify for the 16-team Football Championship Subdivision field to be announced at 12:30 p.m. today.
With Eastern trailing 16-14 midway through the third quarter, Nichols engineered back-to-back scoring drives to put EWU up 28-16.