Sacramento St. 20, N. Colorado 17

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	26
Total Yards	429	416
Passing	117	286
Rushing	312	130
Penalties	4-34	4-30
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	3	3
Possession	27:25	32:35

Air/Ground Leaders
Sacramento State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smith 9/14 117 2 0	Northern Colorado Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Breazeale 28/38 286 2 1
Sacramento State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hilliard 31 168 1 0 Jones 14 130 0 0	Northern Colorado Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Breazeale 12 61 0 0 Wilson 9 41 0 0
Sacramento State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Washington 2 55 1 0 Lane 1 39 1 0	Northern Colorado Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Fauver 8 78 1 0 Chesla 4 54 0 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				CSUS	UNCO
	FG	01:12	Michael York 36 Yd	0	3
THIRD QUARTER				CSUS	UNCO
	TD	02:08	Bryan Hilliard 1 Yd Run (Juan Gamboa Kick)	7	3
FOURTH QUARTER				CSUS	UNCO
	TD	06:09	Clint Wright 19 Yd Pass From Dominic Breazeale (Michael York Kick)	7	10
	TD	04:50	Dylan Lane 39 Yd Pass From Jason Smith (Juan Gamboa Kick)	14	10
	TD	00:44	Cory Fauver 24 Yd Pass From Dominic Breazeale (Michael York Kick)	14	17
	TD	00:00	Tony Washington 44 Yd Pass From Jason Smith	20	17

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- Tony Washington hauled in a tipped ball in the end zone on a desperation pass by Jason Smith as time expired to give Sacramento State a 20-17 victory Saturday over Northern Colorado.

The winning play capped a flurry of scoring activity in the final minute.

With 44 seconds to go, Northern Colorado (1-9, 1-6 Big Sky) took a 17-14 lead after Dominic Breazeale connected with Cory Fauver on a 24-yard touchdown pass.

Sacramento State (2-8, 2-5) returned the kickoff to its 30-yard line, and Hornets quarterback Jason Smith rushed for 24 yards to get into UNC territory. A push to get into field-goal range faltered at UNC's 44-yard line.

With three seconds left, Smith lofted a Hail Mary to the end zone that teammate Ryan Coogler tipped before Washington caught it for the score.

Bryan Hilliard rushed for 168 yards and a score, and Travon Jones added 130 rushing yards to become the first pair of Sacramento State running backs to rush for 100 yards in the same game since 1993.

Northern Colorado retired the jersey of former star quarterback Corte McGuffey in a ceremony Saturday. McGuffey won the Harlon Hill Trophy as the top Division II player of the year in 1999. He holds school records for career passing yards (8,781), touchdown passes (93) and offensive yards (9,362).