Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Northern Colorado Bears
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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
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FG | 1st Period 9:30 | Keagan Zabilla 21 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 1st Period 5:51 | Ty Pennington 4 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 3:19 | Bryzai White 17 Yd pass from Ty Pennington (Samuel Hunsaker Kick) |
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TD | 3rd Period 9:56 | J'Wan Evans 2 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick) |
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TD | 3rd Period 6:46 | Myseth Currie 18 Yd pass from Ty Pennington (Samuel Hunsaker Kick) |
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SF | 3rd Period 3:16 | Team Safety |
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TD | 4th Period 13:51 | Seth Cromwell 3 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 5:40 | Kyler Kruck 1 Yd Run (Samuel Hunsaker Kick) |
Statistics
 NAU |
 UNCO |
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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
Location: Greeley, CO
Attendance: 2,279 · Capacity:
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