Barriere throws 5 TDs to rally E. Washington past Idaho St.

<p>POCATELLO, Idaho &mdash; Eric Barriere threw a career-high five touchdowns and <a href="https://twitter.com/EWUFootball/status/1370920637967953921?s=20">his 6-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Boston with 25 seconds</a> left capped Eastern Washington’s 46-42 comeback win over Idaho State on Saturday.</p>
<p>Barriere also set a career high with 455 yards passing in 34 completions. Boston caught 10 of those passes for 143 yards and had two touchdowns.</p>
<p>Trailing 42-31, <a href="https://twitter.com/EWUFootball/status/1370918148329762817?s=20">Barriere found a wide open Blake Gobel in the back of the end zone</a> with 5:50 remaining. Barriere found Boston on the two-point conversion to reduce the deficit to 42-39. The Eagles’ defense, which surrendered 502 total yards to the Bengals, stepped up and forced a three-and-out to get the ball back.</p>
<p>Barriere and Boston ended the way they started when on fourth-and-1 at the Idaho State 8-yard line, <a href="https://twitter.com/EWUFootball/status/1370876489479069697?s=20"> Barriere found Boston in the right corner of the end zone</a> for a 7-0 lead on the game’s opening drive. The Eagles finished 3 of 4 on fourth-down conversions and were 11 of 19 on third-down conversions.</p>
<p>EWU piled up 596 total yards. Barriere needs just three more rushing yards to pass Vernon Adams’ 1,232 all-time school career quarterback rushing record.</p>
<p>Tyler Vander Waal threw for a career-high 409 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more for Idaho State.</p>
<p>Eastern Washington (2-1, 2-1 Big Sky Conference) now has won 12 straight over the Bengals (1-2, 1-2) and owns a 30-9 all-time series lead.</p>
<p>The Eagles moved their record to 32-30 all-time when playing in a dome stadium.</p>
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