Huge second quarter leads Sacramento State to rout of NAU

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Jake Dunniway threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns in Sacramento State's 37-point first half and the Hornets went on to blank Northern Arizona 44-0 on Saturday night.

By AP

Oct 24, 2021 at 1:08 am ET • 1 min read

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Jake Dunniway threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns in Sacramento State's 37-point first half and the Hornets went on to blank Northern Arizona 44-0 on Saturday night.

Dunniway finished 21 of 35 for 382 yards. Backup Asher O'Hara added a touchdown pass and a touchdown run. Cameron Skattebo had 117 yards rushing and Marshel Martin had the same number receiving for the Hornets (5-2, 4-0 Big Sky).

Parker Clayton caught both of Dunniway's TD passes in the Hornets' 34-point second quarter. O'Hara, Martin and Skattebo added touchdown runs in the explosive 15 minutes.

RJ Martinez was 19-of-32 passing for 136 yards with an interception for NAU (3-4, 2-2). The Lumberjacks managed just 226 yards and 11 first downs.

Sacramento State, which remains half a game behind first-place Montana State in the conference standings, finished with 657 yards total offense.

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