Everything came together for the Idaho Vandals last Saturday in their 55-23 victory over New Mexico State. The passing game was exceptional, the running game complementary. Kicker/punter Austin Rekhow was more kicker than punter – and excelled. And the defense came up with one big play after another – totaling nine tackles for loss for the day.
 
Quarterback Matt Linehan had his best day as a Vandal and the fourth best by any Vandal quarterback with his 476 yards passing. He completed 29 of 36 attempts and threw for four touchdowns and was intercepted once. He had an efficiency rating of 222.73 in Idaho's 55-23 victory over New Mexico State. His passing yards total is the 14^th best performance in the country this year as was his completion percentage of .806. He added another 28 yards rushing (with one rushing touchdown) for 504 yards total offense – 10^th best in FBS after seven weeks. He used seven receivers with three of them catching more than 100 yards. Idaho's total offense output of 651 yards for the game ties for 30^th best in the country this year.
 
Those numbers pushed him to fourth on the all-time passes attempted list (996) and passes completed list (599). He passed his dad, Scott, on the all-time passing yards list when he moved into sixth with 6,101 career yards.
 
One of just two players in the country on the Ray Guy and Lou Groza watch lists, Rehkow continued to be consistent and dependable. While he was needed just once in his capacity as the Vandals' punter, he was plenty busy as their kicker. He connected on all seven point-after kicks in addition to two field goals (33 and 37 yards). He became Idaho's all-time field goal leader with 62 career field goals. Of his 10 kickoffs, seven were touchbacks.
 
He became Idaho's all-time field goal leader with 62 in his 3½ seasons. He was tied with Trey Farquhar at 60 heading into last Saturday's game.
 
Idaho's 55 points was the most since the Vandals scored 58 at Louisiana-Monroe in 2003.
 
The Vandals are ranked second in the Sun Belt in six categories with four of those in the top 20 in the nation. They're eighth in net punting, 10 in punt return defense, 15 in total interceptions and 17 in total turnovers gained. They are 28^th in fewest penalties per game and 36^th in fewest total penalties.
 
Individually, Rehkow leads in the league in two categories (field games per game, fourth nationally, and total points scored, 26^th nationally), Tony Lashley is the league leader in fumble recoveries (seventh nationally) and Linehan is second in total passing yards (33^rd nationally).
 
The Vandals are on the road at Appalachian State Saturday. Idaho is 4-3, 2-1 in the Sun Belt and the Mountaineers are 4-2 overall and 2-0 in league play. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET.