Sacramento St. 27, N. Arizona 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	15
Total Yards	460	363
Passing	376	210
Rushing	84	153
Penalties	6-38	2-10
3rd Down Conversions	5-14	4-15
4th Down Conversions	1-1	3-3
Turnovers	3	3
Possession	30:40	29:20

Air/Ground Leaders
Northern Arizona Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Herrick 31/44 376 2 2	Sacramento State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smith 14/30 210 1 2 Richardson 0/1 0 0 0
Northern Arizona Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Henderson 24 98 1 16 Shanks 2 4 0 6	Sacramento State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McCowan 27 130 1 37 Heath 1 18 0 18
Northern Arizona Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Meadows 8 97 1 30 Berry 6 71 0 16	Sacramento State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Hendershott 5 106 0 49 Reed 5 85 1 42

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NAU	CSUS
	TD	10:57	Conrad Meadows 30 Yd Pass From Michael Herrick (Matt Myers Kick)	7	0
	TD	06:07	Brandyn Reed 42 Yd Pass From Jason Smith (Chris Diniz Kick)	7	7
	FG	02:50	Chris Diniz 22 Yd	7	10
SECOND QUARTER				NAU	CSUS
	TD	11:58	Sam McCowan 6 Yd Run (Chris Diniz Kick)	7	17
	TD	07:03	Alex Henderson 2 Yd Run (Matt Myers Kick)	14	17
	TD	04:50	Austin Shanks 52 Yd Pass From Michael Herrick (Matt Myers Kick)	21	17
	FG	00:00	Matt Myers 31 Yd	24	17
THIRD QUARTER				NAU	CSUS
	FG	07:51	Chris Diniz 23 Yd	24	20
	TD	02:09	Jason Smith 1 Yd Run (Chris Diniz Kick)	24	27

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Jason Smith threw for 210 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter Saturday as Sacramento State defeated Northern Arizona 27-24.

Smith found Brandyn Reed for a 42-yard scoring strike in the first quarter and Sam McCowan ran for a 6-yard touchdown as the Hornets (3-5, 3-3 Big Sky) built a 17-7 lead. But the Lumberjacks (5-3, 4-2) came back to lead 24-17 at the half on Alex Henderson's 2-yard TD run, a 52-yard pass from Michael Herrick to Austin Shanks and Matt Myers' 31-yard field goal.

But Sacramento State shut out Northern Arizona after halftime, and Smith's 1-yard run ended the scoring.

McCowan finished with 130 yards on 27 carries for the Hornets.

Herrick threw for 376 yards and two TDs and Henderson ran for 98 yards for the Lumberjacks, who missed a chance to tie when Myers missed a 55-yard field-goal attempt as time ran out.