The Bulldogs came out of the gates as if they had something to prove, and by the end of the first quarter had built a substantial lead. Hunter Thomsen (Great Falls, Mont./CMR) found pay dirt first, as he scampered 30 yards for the touchdown. Not to be outdone, fellow running back Austin Urlacher (Pasco, Wash./Chiawanna) was next to find the end zone. This time it was by way of a 37-yard run to make the score 14-0. The passing game joined in on the fun as the quarter came to a close when J.D. Ferris (Dillon, Mont./Beaverhead County) connected with George Sherwood (Kalispell, Mont./Sentinel) on a 4-yard touchdown pass to bring the score to 21-0 after one.

MSU-Northern finally got on the board when Tommy Langley hit his first of two field goals, a 38-yard attempt, at the 10:19 mark in the second quarter making the score 21-3. Seth Mason (Hamilton, Mont./Hamilton) would go on to add a field goal of his own, a 29-yard try to bring the score to 24-3. Less than three minutes later, Ferris would hit Charlie Switzer (Richey, Mont./Richey-Lambert) on a 2-yard touchdown pass to make it 31-3. The Dawgs closed out the scoring in the first half when Urlacher would once again run for a touchdown, this one good for 22-yards to make the halftime score 38-3.

In the third, Langley hit his second field goal with 8:54 on the clock to make it 38-6. That would be the last time that the Lights would score in the ballgame. Mason would go on to hit a 35-yard field goal late in the third, and J.D. tallied his third touchdown of the game by hitting Tyler Murray (Hamilton, Mont./Hamilton) for an 8-yard strike. A Northern safety would add two more points on the board for the good guys, and wrapped up the scoring to give us our final of 50-6.

Ferris finished the game with three touchdowns and 274 yards. The Bulldogs as a team racked up 517 yards compared to the Lights 226. Thomsen ran for 117 yards on 21 carries, including a touchdown. Urlacher averaged more than 8-yards a carry and finished with 85 on 10 attempts. Urlacher also had a 100 yard receiving day, catching two passed with a long of 45. Murray caught three for 63 yards, and Sherwood tallied 45 yards with the same number of catches. For the Lights, Zach McKinley rushed for 71 yards on 23 carries and Jess Krahn passed for 139 years on 20 completions.

On the defensive side of the ball, T.J. Benson had 11 total tackles, including a sack. Michael Bennett was right behind with 10 total tackles. Logan Sprouse for the lights registered a game high 12 tackles.

The Bulldogs will now take a week off before heading back into action against Montana Tech on October 8. Results and recap can be found at umwbulldogs.com