Lumberjacks Cut Down Griz

Sun., Oct. 26, 1997

Associated Press

Big Sky

The Montana Grizzlies are reeling for the second straight week.

Mike Goldstein kicked a 39-yard field goal with 33 seconds remaining Saturday to give Northern Arizona a 27-24 win over Montana at Flagstaff, Ariz.

“I’m just happy that it went through,” said Goldstein, who was wide right on a 42-yarder earlier in the fourth quarter and had a 25-yard try blocked. “I knew what I did wrong on the two that I missed and I felt that all I had to do was make a few adjustments.”

Travis Brown threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns for the Lumberjacks as they beat the Grizzlies for the first time in 10 years.

“I’m glad to win this game in any way possible,” said Northern Arizona coach Steve Axman, who had been 0-7 against Montana. “Our defense played amazing against a great offense and a great quarterback. Our defense kept us in the game.”

Montana, ranked sixth in NCAA Division I-AA, had one last possession, but ended up well out of field-goal range after a 10-yard holding penalty with 2 seconds left in the game.

No. 11 Northern Arizona trailed 17-10 at halftime before Brown took over.

Brown, who was 29 of 47, threw a 28-yard TD pass to Ray Flores to tie the game with 6:13 left in the third quarter.

Three minutes later, Kino Carson caught a swing pass from Brown and turned it into a 64-yard scoring play and a 24-17 lead.

N. Arizona 27, Montana 24

Montana 7 10 7 0 - 24

N. Arizona 7 3 14 3 - 27

NAU-Pearsall 8 pass from T. Brown (Goldstein kick) UM-Pacheco 14 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) UM-Watkins 44 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) UM-FG Heppner 44 NAU-FG Goldstein 36 NAU-Flores 28 pass from T. Brown (Goldstein kick) NAU-Carson 64 pass from T. Brown (Goldstein kick) UM-Pacecho 6 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) NAU-FG Goldstein 39 A-15,417.

Mont NAU First downs 17 25 Rushes-yards 22-15 34-100 Passing 359 366 Comp-Att-Int 27-42-0 29-47-0 Return Yards 61 102 Punts-Avg. 7-44.6 5-41.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-88 5-59 Time of Possession 29:15 30:45 RUSHING-Montana, Branen 10-43, Gales 2-1, Ah Yat 10-(minus) 29. N. Arizona, Carson 20-82, McDonnell 7-16, T. Brown 7-2.

PASSING-Montana, Ah Yat 26-41-341-0, Dennehy 1-1-18-0. N. Arizona, T.Brown 29-47-366-0.

RECEIVING-Montana, Watkins 6-121, Olsen 7-73, Pacecho 4-47, Paffhausen 3-47, Gales 1-25, Branen 4-22, Miller 1-18, Walker 1-6. N. Arizona, Flores 6-76, Lemos 4-71, Pearsall 7-68, Carson 1-64, Lockett 5-36, Black 3-26, McDonnell 3-25.

Portland St. 44, Montana St. 0

At Portland, running back Charles Dunn ran for 183 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a stunning victory over the Bobcats.

Portland State forced seven Montana State turnovers for its third win in the last four games after opening the season with four consecutive losses.

Montana State dropped out of second place in the Big Sky with the loss.

Portland State dominated the game from start to finish. The Vikings led 17-0 at halftime as they held Montana State to only 75 in the half.

Portland State recovered five fumbles and intercepted two passes. The Vikings also had five sacks, including two each by defensive end Josh Simes and tackle Mike McCarthy.

Montana St. 0 0 0 0 - 0

Portland St. 7 10 14 13 - 44

Por-Jakubowski 3 run (Lund kick) Por-FG Lund 42 Por-Blanchard 7 run (Lund kick) Por-Dunn 19 run (Lund kick) Por-Wolfe 35 fumble recovery (Lund kick) Por-Dunn 1 run (Lund kick) Por-Williams 19 pass from Sparks (kick failed) A-7,811.

MSU PSU First downs 8 25 Rushes-yards 26-(-11) 52-292 Passing 136 154 Comp-Att-Int 13-21-2 16-30-1 Return Yards 83 57 Punts-Avg. 7-45.7 4-41.3 Fumbles-Lost 6-5 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 6-89 Time of Possession 23:28 36:32 RUSHING-Montana St., Kinnaman 12-18, Wright 4-7, Morgan 1-(-4), Harte 3-(-6), Compson 6-(-26). Portland St., Dunn 25-183, Blanchard 14-65, Johnson 9-33, McVeigh 2-14, Jakubowski 11-3, Allen 1-(-6).

PASSING-Montana St., Compson 9-16-2-93, Harte 4-5-0-43. Portland St., Blanchard 15-27-1-135, Parsons 0-2-0-0, Sparks 1-1-0-19.

RECEIVING-Montana St., Morgan 5-50, Vallez 5-50, Harry 2-28, Galle 1-8. Portland St., Harris 5-60, Williams 4-56, Allen 3-12, Craft 2-13, Dunn 1-7, Conners 1-6.

Northridge 45, Sac State 38, OT

The Matadors overcame their comedy of errors when Kenny Knoop ended the game with an interception to hold off the Hornets in Los Angeles.

Sac State was aided by an 89-yard kickoff touchdown return, a 95-yard interception touchdown return, blocked a field goal, a 26-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown and forced overtime with a field goal with just 5 seconds left.

CS Sac 0 14 7 17 0 - 38

CS Northridge 0 7 10 21 7 - 45

CSN-Henry 4 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) SAC-Taylor 89 kickoff return (Brown kick) SAC-Davis 95 interception return (Brown kick) CSN-Marquez 44 FG SAC-Wickman 26 fumble recovery (Brown kick) CSN-Hill 10 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) CSN-Arnold 3 run (Marquez kick) CSN-Harvey 2 run (Marquez kick) SAC-Taylor 21 pass from Anderson (Brown kick) SAC-Messer 2 pass from Bernhardt (Brown kick) CSN-Henry 30 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) SAC-Brown 34 FG CSN-Harvey 1 run (Marquez kick) A-5,104.

SAC CSN First downs 22 37 Rushes-yards 29-162 35-155 Passing 273 469 Comp-Att-Int 18-42-3 43-69-2 Return Yards 158 44 Punts-Avg. 5-42.4 2-45.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-26 0-0 Penalties-Yards 14-161 8-74 Time of Possession 23:17 36:43 RUSHING-SAC, Roberts 10-40, Anderson 8-34, Taylor 1-29, Bernhardt 2-18, Smith 1-15, Carillo 3-15, Towne 2-11, Solis 1-10, Kool 1-(-10). CSN, Harvey 21-128, Arnold 10-30, Henry 1-6, Flowers 3-(-9).

PASSING-SAC, Bernhardt 14-27-2 216, Towne 1-8-1 17, Carillo 2-6-0 19, Anderson 1-1-0 21. CSN, Flowers 43-69-2 469.

RECEIVING-SAC, Taylor 9-179, Mitchell 3-31, Smith 2-35, Messer 2-14, Solis 1-8, Webb 1-6. CSN, Henry 15-177, Hill 14-144, Ogas 7-91, A.Arnold 3-44, Harvey 2-10, J.Arnold 2-3.

xxxx Big Sky standings League Overall W L PF PA W L E.Wash. 5 1 194 101 7 1 N.Arizona 4 1 168 119 6 2 Montana St. 3 2 78 98 4 3 Montana 2 2 159 77 4 3 Weber St. 2 2 83 95 4 3 CS Northridge 2 2 108 1118 4 4 Portland St. 2 3 112 116 3 5 Scrmnto St. 1 4 113 194 1 6 Idaho St. 0 4 39 136 1 6

Saturday’s results

E. Washington 51, Idaho St. 7 N. Arizona 27, Montana 24 Portland St. 44, Montana St. 0 CS Northridge 45, Sac. St. 38, OT

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