Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Arizona Wildcats
· NCAA - FootballNo. 20 Arizona overcomes halftime deficit to beat Northern Arizona 22-10 for 9th win a row
The Wildcats (2-0) extended the longest active winning streak in FBS by outscoring the Lumberjacks 16-0 in the second half after trailing 10-6 at the break. The nine straight wins matches the school record set in 1974-75 and matched in 1997-98.
“I was really happy with the response, especially coming out of halftime down 10-6,” Arizona coach Brent Brennan said. “Some good team football. I give credit to Northern Arizona, I thought their players played their butts off and their coaches did a great job.”
Conley, a transfer from San Jose State, led the way as Arizona gained 188 yards on the ground. Receiver Tetairoa McMillan, who had a school-record 304 yards and four TDs in a 61-39 season-opening win over New Mexico, was limited to two catches for 11 yards.
“They did push the coverage to him at times,” Brennan said about defending McMillan. “They did a good job, they doubled him some, they bracketed him some.”
Northern Arizona (1-1) finished with only 198 yards of total offense, 91 after halftime. Ty Pennington threw for 84 yards on 14 of 24 passing and added 39 on the ground.
Arizona forced a turnover on downs in Northern Arizona territory to open the second half and converted that into points as Jeremiah Patterson scored on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Fifita for a 13-10 lead with 12:06 left in the third.
The Wildcats’ Chubba Ma’ae tackled running back Darvon Hubbard in the end zone for a safety with 11:33 left in the fourth, upping the lead to 15-10. And after getting the ball back, Arizona made it 22-10 on a 56-yard scoring run by Kedrick Reescano with 9:32 remaining.
Arizona only led 3-0 after the first quarter after settling for a red zone field goal on its first drive and punting the next two. Northern Arizona took a 7-3 lead with 10:24 left in the half on a trick play, with receiver Isaiah Eastman throwing a 25-yard TD pass to tight end Xander Werner.
Fifita's interception led to more points for the Lumberjacks, with Marcus Lye converting on a 38-yard field goal to make it 10-3 with 6:20 left in the first half.
The Wildcats cut Northern Arizona’s lead to 10-6 with 32 seconds left in the first half on a 48-yard field goal from Tyler Loop.
Arizona: A week after scoring on 10 drives and putting up the eighth-most yards in school history, the Wildcats had fewer yards in the first half (147) than on their first two drives in the Week 1 win over New Mexico.
Arizona: At Kansas State on Friday night in a nonconference game scheduled before the Wildcats left the Pac-12 for the Big 12.
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- TV Channel: Lumberjacks at Wildcats 2021 College Football, week 2, is broadcasted on ESPN+.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
FG | 1st Period 11:33 | Tyler Loop 33 Yd Field Goal | |
TD | 2nd Period 10:24 | Xander Werner 25 Yd pass from Isaiah Eastman (Marcus Lye Kick) | |
FG | 2nd Period 6:20 | Marcus Lye 38 Yd Field Goal | |
FG | 2nd Period 0:32 | Tyler Loop 48 Yd Field Goal | |
TD | 3rd Period 12:06 | Jeremiah Patterson 17 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Tyler Loop Kick) | |
SF | 4th Period 11:33 | Team Safety | |
TD | 4th Period 9:32 | Kedrick Reescano 56 Yd Run (Tyler Loop Kick) |
Statistics
NAU | ARIZ | |
---|---|---|
13 | 1st Downs | 18 |
4-12 | 3rd down efficiency | 0-10 |
0-2 | 4th down efficiency | 0-0 |
198 | Total Yards | 361 |
109 | Passing | 173 |
15/25 | Comp/Att | 18/26 |
4.4 | Yards per pass | 6.7 |
89 | Rushing | 188 |
31 | Rushing Attempts | 29 |
2.9 | Yards per rush | 6.5 |
7-57 | Penalties | 10-95 |
1 | Turnovers | 1 |
1 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
0 | Interceptions thrown | 1 |
27:23 | Possession | 32:37 |
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