By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter 

Hobbled Adams leads Eagles over Bengals

Broken foot fails to halt Eastern quarterback who throws for four, runs for two touchdowns in 56-53 Idaho State win

 

Last updated 10/9/2014 at 4:42pm

Vernon Adams likened last Saturday's Big Sky Conference football game to a boxing match, one that went the entire 10 rounds.

Because that's what it took, virtually the entire 60 minutes for Eastern Washington to finally put the Idaho State Bengals on the mat. The Eagles won a 56-53 shootout at Roos Field witnessed by 11,256 - the third largest crowd ever and the biggest non-Montana game audience.

"Idaho State came out firing, it was a boxing match," Adams said.

The limping Adams, who would later be diagnosed having broken two bones in his foot, never let the pain affect him in passing for f...



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