Ah Yat-Led Montana Drills Nau
Brian Ah Yat passed for 510 yards and four touchdowns and ran for two more scores Saturday as Montana outlasted Northern Arizona 48-32 in a Big Sky Conference game in Missoula, Mont.
Second-ranked Montana (7-0 overall, 4-0 Big Sky) extended its home winning streak to 23 games, best in NCAA Division I-AA. No. 6 Northern Arizona (7-2, 4-1) saw its six-game winning streak end.
The turning point came in the third quarter, after NAU had taken a 26-20 lead on a 12-yard TD pass from Travis Brown to Gibbons St. Paul with 5:24 left.
Montana’s Josh Remington blocked the extra point, and the Grizzlies scored on a 5-yard pass from Ah Yat to Joe Douglass to take a 27-26 lead at the 1:41 mark.
NAU’s Kino Carson fumbled the ensuing kickoff return, and Montana’s Travis Walker recovered on the 12. Three plays and 36 seconds later, Montana led 34-26 on a 20-yard pass from Ah Yat to Douglass. Douglass finished with nine catches for 250 yards and three touchdowns.
Montana 48, NAU 32
N. Arizona 7 13 6 6 - 32 Montana 17 0 17 14 - 48
UM-FG Larson 30
NAU-Lemos 15 pass from Brown (Jagodzinski kick)
UM-Douglass 78 pass from Ah Yat (Larson kick)
UM-Ah Yat 1 run (Larson kick)
NAU-FG Jagodzinski 27
NAU-Amerson 29 run (Jagodzinski kick)
NAU-FG Jagodzinski 24
UM-FG Larson 30
NAU-St. Paul 11 pass from Brown (kick blocked)
UM-Douglass 5 pass from Ah Yat (Larson kick)
UM-Douglass 20 pass from Ah Yat (Larson kick)
NAU-Amerson 24 run (run failed)
UM-Erhardt 14 pass from Ah Yat (Larson kick)
UM-Ah Yat 7 run (Larson kick)
A-18,847.
NAU UM First downs 33 28 Rushes-yards 37-84 28-840 Passing 474 510 Comp-Att-Int 42-65-1 32-50-2 Return Yards 22 32 Punts-Avg. 5-39.0 4-38.3 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-47 7-54 Time of Possession 34:18 25:42
Individual statistics RUSHING-N. Arizona 27-119, Carson 1-9, Brown 8-(-29). Montana, Ah Yat 9-39, Branen 10-30, Gales 6-13.
PASSING-N. Arizona, Brown 42-65-1-474. Montana, Ah Yat 32-50-2-510.
RECEIVING-N. Arizona, Pearsall 12-154, St. Paul 7-85, Lemos 6-75. Montana Douglass 9-250, Erhardt 11-139, Gales 3-47.
CS Northridge 52, Sac. St. 17
Receiver David Romines caught six passes for 88 yards and two touchdowns in the third quarter as the Matadors buried the Hornets in Sacramento.
CS Northridge 7 14 31 0 - 52 Sacramento St 7 10 0 0 - 17
CSN-Clarke 13 run (Marquez kick)
SAC-Taylor 45 pass from Corrin (Brown kick)
CSN-Clarke 1 run (Marquez kick)
SAC-Solis 8 pass from Jesse (Brown kick)
CSN-Clarke 5 run (Marquez kick)
SAC-FG Brown 28
CSN-Perry 30 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick)
CSN-FG Marquez 37
CSN-Romines 5 pass from Flowers (kick failed)
CSN-Perry 8 pass from Flowers (Clarke run)
CSN-Romines 14 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick)
A-4,007.
CSN Home First downs 22 12 Rushes-yards 41-204 34-56 Passing 291 229 Comp-Att-Int 21-34-1 18-36-2 Return Yards 68 107 Punts-Avg. 3-32.3 9-37.0 Fumbles-Lost 5-3 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-48 9-87 Time of Possession 30:37 29:23
Individual statistics
RUSHING-CS Northridge, Clarke 17-118, Ortz 6-64, Thomas 8-17, Flowers 5-15, Marsalek 1-2, Fiske 1-2, Swartz 3-(-)14. Sacramento St. Solis 8-41, Bennett 10-37, Klinge 6-9, G. Smith 1-2, Torrez 1-2, Jesse 8-(-)35.
PASSING-CS Northridge, Flowers 32-20-1-265, Brown 2-1-0-26. Sacramento St., Jesse 21-9-0-123, Corbin 15-9-2-106.
RECEIVING-CS Northridge Romines 9-126, Perry 3-44, Hilton 2-34, Clarke 2-17, Henry 2-15, Arnold 1-26, Greninger 1-18, Thomas 1-11. Sacramento St., Mitchell 4-65, Klinge 4-18, C. Smith 3-15, Taylor 2-53, Messer 2-43, Shultz 1-23, Solis 1-8, Quincy 1-4.
Montana St. 24, Portland St. 6
Matt Engelking rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown to lead the Bobcats over the Vikings in Bozeman, Mont.
Montana State opened the scoring when Kenyatte Morgan ran for a 45-yard touchdown on a reverse. Quarterback Rob Compson then connected with tight end Chad Mayer on a 51-yard pass play.