NCAAF

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Northern Colorado Bears

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Final
44 - 3

Pennington accounts for 3 TDs, Northern Arizona beats Northern Colorado 44-3

Pennington was 17-of-20 passing for 193 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. Northern Arizona (6-4, 4-2 Big Sky Conference), which received votes (seven) in the most recent FCS coaches poll, has won four games in a row.

Northern Colorado (1-10, 1-6), which has lost four consecutive games, took the game's opening kickoff and went 71 yards before the drive stalled at the 4 and the Bears settled for a 21-yard field goal by Keagan Zabilla.

Pennington led a seven-play, 63-yard drive that culminated with his 4-yard touchdown run that gave the Lumberjacks a 7-3 lead with about 6 minutes left in the first quarter. His 17-yard TD pass to Bryzai White with 3:21 left in the second quarter made it 14-3 at halftime.

Pennington added an 18-yard scoring strike to Myseth Currie. J’Wan Evans, Cromwell and Kyler Kruck each added a short TD run in the second half.

The Bears were just 1 of 8 on third-down conversions, had 11 first downs and finished with 135 total yards.

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Scoring Summary

UNCO FG 1st Period 9:30 Keagan Zabilla 21 Yd Field Goal
NAU TD 1st Period 5:51 Ty Pennington 4 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick)
NAU TD 2nd Period 3:19 Bryzai White 17 Yd pass from Ty Pennington (Samuel Hunsaker Kick)
NAU TD 3rd Period 9:56 J'Wan Evans 2 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick)
NAU TD 3rd Period 6:46 Myseth Currie 18 Yd pass from Ty Pennington (Samuel Hunsaker Kick)
NAU SF 3rd Period 3:16 Team Safety
NAU TD 4th Period 13:51 Seth Cromwell 3 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick)
NAU TD 4th Period 5:40 Kyler Kruck 1 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick)

Statistics

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30 1st Downs 11
5-9 3rd down efficiency 1-8
0-0 4th down efficiency 0-0
535 Total Yards 135
218 Passing 57
19/22 Comp/Att 8/15
9.9 Yards per pass 3.8
317 Rushing 78
51 Rushing Attempts 29
6.2 Yards per rush 2.7
9-105 Penalties 2-13
1 Turnovers 1
0 Fumbles lost 0
1 Interceptions thrown 1
37:55 Possession 22:05

Game Information

Venue: Nottingham Field

Location: Greeley, CO
Attendance: 2,279 · Capacity:
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