PORTLAND, Ore. — Drew Hubel threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to lead Portland State to a season-ending 24-21 victory over Northern Colorado.
Hubel completed 28-of-36 passes on the way to his fifth 300-yard passing game of the season. Aaron Woods and Daniel Wolverton both had more than 100 yards receiving for the Vikings (4-7, 3-5 Big Sky Conference).
David Woods had two touchdown runs to give Northern Colorado (1-10, 1-7) a 14-7 lead after the first quarter. The Vikings tied the score on Hubel’s 21-yard pass to Lavonte Kirven and took the lead before halftime when Hubel connected with Mario D’Ambrosio on a 14-yard pass.
The Vikings managed only a 48-yard field goal by Danny Urrego the rest of the way. The field goal was Urrego’s 15th of the season, breaking the school’s single-season record.
Northern Colorado closed the gap to 24-21 with four minutes left, when Bryan Waggener capped a four-play, 66-yard drive with a 10-yard scoring toss to Cory Fauver. The Bears, however, didn’t have another possession in the game.
Waggener completed 24-of-38 passes for 254 yards. Woods ran for 121 yards on 22 carries.
PORTLAND STATE 24,
NORTHERN COLORADO 21
Northern Colorado 14 0 0 7 — 21
Portland State 7 14 3 0 — 24
First quarter: NoCo — Woods 2 run (York kick), 8:54. Port — D’Ambrosio 5 pass from Hubel (Urrego kick), 5:23. NoCo — Woods 8 run (York kick), 1:23. Second quarter: Port — Kirven 21 pass from Hubel (Urrego kick), 11:49. Port — D’Ambrosio 14 pass from Hubel (Urrego kick), 4:30. Third quarter: Port — FG Urrego 48, 6:15. Fourth quarter: NoCo — Fauver 10 pass from Waggener (York kick), 4:11. A — 5,143. NoCo PSU
First downs 24 17
Rushes-yards 37-177 26-83
Passing 254 343
Comp-att-int 24-38-1 28-36-0
Return yards 17 30
Punts-avg. 6-43.7 4-39.5
Fumbles-lost 3-0 3-1
Penalties-yards 7-57 9-69
Time of possession 31:43 28:17
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Northern Colorado, Woods 22-121, Waggener 14-49, Smith 1-7. Portland St., McClintock 13-70, T.Ford 5-18, Woods 2-5, Team 1-(minus 1), Hubel 5-(minus 9).
PASSING — Northern Colorado, Waggener 24-38-1-254. Portland St., Hubel 28-36-0-343.
RECEIVING — Northern Colorado, Thompson 5-47, Fauver 5-21, Gunn 4-60, Caprioli 4-42, Chesla 3-48, Emmerling 1-25, Woods 1-6, Smith 1-5. Portland St., D’Ambrosio 8-61, Woods 7-113, Wolverton 6-112, McClintock 4-23, Kirven 3-34.
