NCAAF Game Recap - Western New Mexico at Northern Arizona
Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:00 PM EDT

Clem
41
Syr
6
F
Bama
47
SCar
23
F
ArkSt
0
UGA
55
F
NWSt
14
LSU
65
F
Okla
48
UCLA
14
F
OSU
51
Ind
10
F
NM
14
ND
66
F
Kent
16
Aub
55
F
Fla
29
KY
21
F
IdSt
0
Utah
31
F
Tex
48
Rice
13
F
Pitt
10
PSU
17
F
Mont
3
Oreg
35
F
Lamar
3
TxAM
62
F
Stan
27
UCF
45
F
AzSt
10
MSU
7
F
Iowa
18
IASt
17
F
WaSt
31
Hou
24
F
MD
17
Temp
20
F
PorSt
10
Boise
45
F
Hawaii
20
Wash
52
F
USC
27
BYU
30
F OT
FlaSt
24
UVA
31
F
UNC
18
Wake
24
F
Kans
48
BC
24
F
K St
31
MissSt
24
F
E Mi
34
Ill
31
F
NCSt
27
WVU
44
F
Furm
17
VaTec
24
F
Chat
0
Tenn
45
F
MiaOH
13
Cin
35
F
Cit
27
GATec
24
F OT
AF
30
Colo
23
F OT
Norf
7
CoCar
46
F
FlAtl
41
Ball
31
F
Akr
24
C Mi
45
F
ECU
10
Navy
42
F
Army
31
UTSA
13
F
OkSt
40
Tuls
21
F
Mem
42
SoAl
6
F
UNLV
14
NW
30
F
GaSo
32
MIN
35
F
Mor
12
JMU
63
F
SouLA
29
Miss
40
F
Lou
38
W Ky
21
F
EWa
45
JacSt
49
F
ColSt
34
Ark
55
F
B-C
0
MiaFL
63
F
CAPly
7
OreSt
45
F
NorTx
17
Cal
23
F
SamHu
23
UND
27
F
Idaho
16
Wyo
21
F
LT
35
BGSU
7
F
SMiss
47
Troy
42
F
SCSt
16
SoFL
55
F
Buff
17
Lib
35
F
UMass
17
UNCC
52
F
Ohio
31
Marsh
33
F
GASt
10
WestMI
57
F
Murr
0
Toled
45
F
Web
13
NEV
19
F
TxSt
17
SMU
47
F
Duke
41
MidTN
18
F
UNH
17
FLInt
30
F
SEMO
0
MIZ
50
F
TxSo
6
ULLaf
77
F
TCU
34
Purd
13
F
MoStU
6
Tul
58
F
SDSU
31
NMS
10
F
NIU
8
Neb
44
F
TxTch
14
Ariz
28
F

Northern Arizona 55, Western New Mexico 21

Sep 14, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Western New Mexico (0-1)

6

0

15

0

21

Northern Arizona (2-1)

16

24

7

8

55

Cookus throws for 4 TDs, NAU beats Western New Mexico 55-21
Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:37 PM

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Case Cookus threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday night and Northern Arizona beat Division II Western New Mexico 55-21.

On the Lumberjacks' opening drive of the third quarter, Cookus capped a run of 33 straight points with a 63-yard pass to Joe Logan that made it 47-6. Heath Beemiller replaced Cookus on the next series and finished with 125 yards passing.

Logan also caught a 65-yard TD pass in the first quarter and ran for a 4-yard TD in the second quarter, finishing with three scores and 140 yards from scrimmage. Hendrix Johnson had four catches for a career-high 107 yards, and Brandon Porter had five catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns.

Northern Arizona (2-1) scored touchdowns on its first two possessions and returned a PAT attempt for 2 points to make it 16-6 after Western New Mexico's touchdown with 1:36 left in the first quarter.

Passing

NoAZ Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
C. Cookus 21 12 57.1 4 357 65 0 141.4
H. Beemiller 11 7 63.6 0 125 38 0 102.5

Rushing

NoAZ Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
H. Beemiller 4 31 7.8 13 0
A. Aldredge 7 30 4.3 13 0

Receiving

NoAZ Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Logan 2 128 64.0 65 2
H. Johnson 4 107 26.8 53 0

Fumbles

NoAZ F FL
T. Hayward 1 0
G. Romero-Robinson 1 0

Returning

NoAZ KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Hayward 3 28.0 0 46 6 9.5 0 37
A. Aldredge 1 29.0 0 29 0 0 0

Punting

W NM Punt Yds Avg LgPu
E. Rios 8 322 40.3 43
NoAZ Punt Yds Avg LgPu
D. Arnson 2 109 54.5 63

Takeaways

NoAZ Int Yds InTD
B. Worthy 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

W NM NoAZ
Points For 21 55
Total Yards 275 672
Rushing Yards 87 187
Passing Yards 188 485
Passing Completions / Attempts 15/29 20/33
Turnovers 1 0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Fumbles - Lost 1/0 2/0
First Downs 14 28
Penalties - Yards 11/86 10/110
Time Of Possession 58:58 02:02
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 1/11 8/15
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/1 0/2
Punts - Average Yards 8/40 3/36

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter W NM NoAZ
NoAZ 03:44 TD Brandon Porter 5 yd pass from Case Cookus (Luis Aguilar kick) 0 7
NoAZ 05:46 TD Joe Logan 65 yd pass from Case Cookus (Luis Aguilar kick) 0 14
W NM 13:24 TD Vincent Brown 5 yd run (blocked XP) 6 14
NoAZ 13:24 RX Anthony Sweeney returned XP 6 16
2nd Quarter W NM NoAZ
NoAZ 02:24 TD Brandon Porter 35 yd pass from Case Cookus (Luis Aguilar kick) 6 23
NoAZ 08:48 TD George Robinson 4 yd run (Luis Aguilar kick) 6 30
NoAZ 12:42 TD Joe Logan 4 yd run (Luis Aguilar kick) 6 37
NoAZ 15:00 FG Luis Aguilar 44 yd FG 6 40
3rd Quarter W NM NoAZ
NoAZ 01:40 TD Joe Logan 63 yd pass from Case Cookus (Luis Aguilar kick) 6 47
W NM 04:08 TD Vincent Brown 5 yd run (Sean North 2pt pass from Reggie Colson III) 14 47
W NM 10:29 TD Reggie Colson III 13 yd pass from CJ Fowler (Evan Rios kick) 21 47
4th Quarter W NM NoAZ
NoAZ 01:24 FG Luis Aguilar 21 yd FG 21 50
NoAZ 08:01 FG Luis Aguilar 19 yd FG 21 53
NoAZ 11:51 SF Team safety 21 55

Game Information

Stadium: J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, Flagstaff, Arizona
Attendance: 5,823
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