Montana State overwhelms Northern Arizona 36-7

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Shawn Johnson ran for 92 yards and a touchdown and had a 100-yard kickoff return for a score to lead Montana State to a 36-7 win over Northern Arizona in a matchup of two ranked FCS teams on Saturday. Johnson's 27-yard touchdown run and three field goals by Rory Perez put MSU (4-2, 2-0 Big Sky) up 16-0 at halftime. The Bobcats then got a 9-yard TD run by quarterback DeNarius McGhee and a 12-yard TD run by Cody Kirk to build a 29-0 lead. Kirk ran for 156 yards on 27 carries for MSU. "I tell Shawn before every game that I'm thunder and you're lightning," Kirk said. "I'll pound on them, you take it to the house and that's just what we did today." The Bobcats ran for 276 yards on 56 carries in sun-splashed Bobcat Stadium with Kirk, Johnson, and McGhee getting all the carries.