FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—Zach Bauman tallied 245 total yards and three touchdowns as Northern Arizona notched its ninth straight victory over winless Northern Colorado, 34-14 on Saturday.
Bauman rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries and added five catches for 121 yards and another score. The sophomore running back’s 10th career 100-yard rushing game moved him into sixth place on the Lumberjacks’ all-time rushing yardage list with 2,211 yards.
Cary Grossart was 18 for 24 for 264 yards and a touchdown for the Lumberjacks (4-5, 3-4 Big Sky), who won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Northern Colorado (0-10, 0-7) trailed 27-0 after three quarters. Seth Lobato threw fourth-quarter touchdowns to Patrick Walker and Dominic Gunn and finished with 254 yards passing.
Walker, who set a conference single-game record with 315 receiving yards last week, had nine catches for 125 yards. Bears linebacker Clarence Bumpas, who came into the game fifth in the country with 12.8 tackles per game, registered 18 more.
The Bears did not commit a turnover, but converted just three of 14 third downs and managed only 39 yards on the ground.
Bauman capped scoring drives on consecutive possessions with 4- and 5-yard runs midway through the first half, and Matt Myers’ 34-yard field goal put Northern Arizona up 17-0 at halftime.
The Lumberjacks scored on their first drive of the third quarter when Grossart threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Ify Umodu. Myers’ 47-yard field goal made the score 27-0 with 58 seconds left in the third.
Bauman’s first career 100-yard receiving game was punctuated by an acrobatic 39-yard scoring catch on a pass from receiver Khalil Paden, which staked Northern Arizona to a 34-7 lead with 11:53 left in the game.
The Lumberjacks pulled their offensive starters on their next possession.
