Sacramento St. 38, N. Arizona 9

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	9	18
Total Yards	187	422
Passing	102	262
Rushing	85	160
Penalties	9-88	10-101
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	23:40	36:20

Air/Ground Leaders
Northern Arizona Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Odorfer 3/12 54 1 1 Kriesien 9/14 48 0 1	Sacramento State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smith 13/32 233 2 2 Richardson 1/1 29 0 0
Northern Arizona Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Henderson 6 39 0 0 Kriesien 10 24 0 0	Sacramento State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hilliard 20 100 1 0 Smith 7 31 1 0
Northern Arizona Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Watson 2 45 1 0 Rauschert 2 20 0 0	Sacramento State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Coogler 3 95 1 0 Lane 2 54 1 0

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				NAU	CSUS
	TD	09:40	Ryan Coogler 74 Yd Pass From Jason Smith (Juan Gamboa Kick)	0	7
	FG	07:06	Robbie Dehaze 22 Yd	3	7
	FG	00:47	Juan Gamboa 40 Yd	3	10
	TD	00:14	Cyrus Mulitalo 60 Yd Interception Return (Juan Gamboa Kick)	3	17
THIRD QUARTER				NAU	CSUS
	TD	09:28	Jason Smith 2 Yd Run (Juan Gamboa Kick)	3	24
	TD	05:02	Alex Watson 22 Yd Pass From Ricky Odorfer (Pat Blocked)	9	24
	TD	01:28	Dylan Lane 19 Yd Pass From Jason Smith (Juan Gamboa Kick)	9	31
FOURTH QUARTER				NAU	CSUS
	TD	13:31	Bryan Hilliard 9 Yd Run (Juan Gamboa Kick)	9	38

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Freshman quarterback Jason Smith threw for 233 yards, tossed two touchdown passes and ran two yards for another score to lead Sacramento State over Northern Arizona 38-9 on Saturday.

Running back Bryan Hilliard ran for 100 yards and a score, and receiver Ryan Coogler caught three passes for 95 yards and a TD for Sac State (1-3, 1-1 Big Sky).

Marshall Sperbeck earned his first career victory as Sacramento State's head coach.

Alex Watson had two catches for 45 yards and a touchdown for NAU (2-3, 1-1 Big Sky).

Coogler caught a 14 yard pass from Jason Smith and ran it 60 yards for a touchdown to give the Hornets a 7-0 lead in the second quarter.

The Hornets ended the first half leading 17-3 after a 40-yard field goal by Juan Gamboa and a 60-yard interception return by linebacker Cyrus Mulitalo.

Including Smith's 2-yard TD run and a 19-yard scoring pass to Dylan Lane in the third period, Sac State went on to out score the Lumberjacks 21-6 in the second half.

The Hornets snapped NAU's place kicker Robbie Dehaze string of 42 extra points with a block late in the third quarter.

The Lumberjacks (17) and Hornets (21) combined for 38 offensive plays without producing any points in the first quarter.Both teams finished the game with a total of 114 offensive plays (Sac State 78, NAU 56).