Vikings no match for NAU

Michael Herrick passed for 254 yards and three touchdowns to lead Northern Arizona to a convincing 44-23 victory over Portland State (2-5, 1-4) on Saturday at Portland.

Northern Arizona (4-2, 3-1) led almost the entire way.

Herrick completed 21 of 34 attempts and connected with Conrad Meadows for a pair of scores, including a 31-yarder that gave the Lumberjacks a 30-9 lead late in the third quarter.

Weber State 49, Sacramento State 10: Cameron Higgins threw for 290 yards and five touchdowns, three of them to Tim Toone, as Wildcats (4-3, 4-1) defeated the Hornets (2-4, 2-2) at Ogden, Utah.

Toone finished with eight catches for 154 yards and reached the end zone on a 95-yard punt return which set a school and Big Sky record.

Northern Colorado 30, Idaho State 7: Quarterback Bryan Waggener completed 24 of 42 attempts for 212 yards and a touchdown, as well as rushing for another score, and the Bears (2-5, 1-4) beat the Bengals (0-7, 0-4) at Pocatello, Idaho.

Northern Colorado racked up 435 yards total offense, while holding Idaho State to 197 yards. The Bengals had minus-11 yards rushing for the game.

Montana State 31, South Dakota 24 (OT): In his first start of the season, Cody Kempt threw three touchdown passes, including a 36-yarder in overtime, to lead Bobcats (4-2) past the Coyotes (3-4) in non-conference play at Bozeman.

On the second play of overtime, on second-and-21 following a penalty, Kempt found Elvis Akpla open behind the defense for the score. South Dakota then drove to MSU’s 3-yard line when, on fourth down, quarterback Noah Shepard found Dan Skelly uncovered in the end zone, but the pass bounced off his hands to end the game.