Nau Back Scores Seven Touchdowns

Archie Amerson rushed for 281 yards and a Division I-AA record seven touchdowns Saturday night, lifting Northern Arizona to a 59-45 conference victory over Weber State at Flagstaff, Ariz.

Amerson’s 1-yard dive for his fifth TD got the Big Sky Conference-leading Lumberjacks a 45-45 tie with 12:20 left. Minutes later, Cedric Jones picked off a pass by Weber’s Roger Cook and returned it to the 28-yard line of the Wildcats.

Amerson gained 21 and 3 yards, then scored from 4 yards out on his third carry to send the Lumberjacks to a 52-45 lead.

Amerson, whose earlier TDs were from 1, 35, 4 and 10 yards, got No. 7 on a 78-yard run with 3:41 remaining.

NAU 59, Weber St. 45

Weber St. 14 24 7 0 - 45

N. Arizona 21 7 10 21 - 59

WSUMitchell 20 lateral from Shields off interception (Shields kick) NAUAmerson 1 run (Jagodzinski kick) NAUAmerson 35 run (Jagodzinski kick) WSUSainten 2 run (Shields kick) NAUWarner 24 pass from T. Brown (Jagodzinski kick) WSUCook 8 run (Shields kick) WSUSainten 84 run (Shields kick) NAUAmerson 4 run (Jagodzinski kick) WSUMimnaugh 17 pass from Cook (Shields kick) WSUFG Shields 52 WSUSainten 3 run (Shields kick) NAUAmerson 10 run (Jagodzinski kick) NAUFG Jagodzinski 27 NAUAmerson 1 run (Jagodzinski kick) NAUAmerson 4 run (Jagodzinski kick) NAUAmerson 78 run (Jagodzinski kick) A-13,877.

WSU NAU First downs 23 30 Rushes-yards 32-178 42-299 Passing 313 346 Comp-Att-Int 26-40-1 21-37-3 Return Yards 89 142 Punts-Avg. 5-33.8 2-31.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-26 8-81 Time of Possession 30:12 29:48 Individual statistics RUSHINGWeber St., Sainten 15-163, Rubin 4-17, Pierre 5-1, Cook 8-(minus 3). N. Arizona, Amerson 32-281, Galbreath 6-26, McDonnell 1-(minus 2), T. Brown 3-(minus 6).

PASSINGWeber St., Cook 26-40-1-313. N. Arizona, T. Brown 21-37-3-346.

RECEIVINGWeber St., Quayle 8-101, McGhee 7-79, Mimnaugh 5-51, Clarke 2-21, Sainten 1-21, M. Brown 1-18, Pierre 1-11, Knight 1-11. N. Arizona, St. Paul 5-103, Warner 4-86, Pearsall 4-83, Flores 4-53, Amerson 2-7, Lemos 1-10, Weske 1-4.

Idaho St. 44, Sacramento 14

Cleavon Bradshaw rushed for two touchdowns and linebacker Josh Hays recorded four quarterback sacks as the Bengals rolled over the Hornets, who were making their Big Sky debut, at Pocatello, Idaho.

Sacramento 6 0 8 0 - 14

Idaho St. 0 24 7 13 - 44

SACShelton 1 run (kick blocked) ISUFG Ferrell 30 ISUClifford 5 pass from Griggs (Ferrell kick) ISUGriggs 40 run (Ferrell kick) ISUJoseph 5 run (Ferrell kick) SACTaylor 99 kickoff return (Smith run) ISUBradshaw 70 run (Ferrell kick) ISUYoung 12 pass from Griggs (kick failed) ISUBradshaw 50 run (Ferrell kick) A-6,130.

SAC ISU First downs 18 22 Rushes-yards 36-72 44-319 Passing 185 203 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-0 12-25-0 Return Yards 151 58 Punts-Avg. 6-46.0 5-35.6 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-68 9-63 Time of Possession 30:28 29:32 Individual statistics RUSHINGSAC, Shelton 6-71, G. Smith 4-42, Jessee 3-(minus) 8; ISU, Bradshaw 8-146, T. Bell 13-91, Griggs 5-47.

PASSINGSAC, Corbin 9-17-0 113, Jessee 8-14-0 72; ISU, J. Anderson 1-4-0 31, Griggs 11-21-0 172.

RECEIVINGSAC, Elkins 3-40, C. Smith 3-44, Mitchell 2-25; ISU, Felts 3-56, Giles 1-43, Patton 2-43.

Montana 44, Southern Utah 13

Brian Ah Yat threw four touchdown passes, three to Josh Paffhausen, as the second-ranked Grizzlies thumped the Thunderbirds (3-3) in a non-conference game at Missoula.

CS Northridge 46, Portland St. 14

Jeramie Thomas scored three touchdowns as the Matadors routed the Vikings at Los Angeles.