the moment is finally here after months of buildup and excitement in the off season Pittsburgh state football plays its first game in the 2024 season the sixth rength gorillas have a top 10 matchup in their first contest against Ferris State Pittsburgh state ranked number six in the preseason poll takes the field led by first year head coach Tom Anthony their opponent Ferris State very confident rank number three first Bulldog possession quarterback Trinidad chamblas rolls right floats a pass that's intercepted by Alex Gaskill the sixthe senior captain at linebacker with a huge play and that sets up a 33 yd field goal from Austin Schmidt that puts the gorillas up 3- nothing FIS state turns to its second quarterback Carson gulker his first Carry of the night ball comes out Pittsburgh state has it second turnover of just the first half we go ahead to the second quarter game's tied at three Jad Dodson finds his new tight end that's William Huggins the transfer from Kansas 32 yd pickup down the sideline and another Austin Schmidt field goal puts the gorillas up 6 to3 right before the half chamblas back in scrambles right throws at the last second he's picked off by Ryan mados third takeaway of the first half for PSU Gorillas score their first touchdown of the year in the third quarter their defense leads the way to to a top 10 win they take it 19-3