Pennington, Stone lead Northern Arizona over Utah Tech 35-23

ST. GEORGE, Utah -- , Ty Pennington threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another; Kenveon Stone had two touchdown runs, and Northern Arizona beat Utah Tech 35-23 on Saturday night. Utah Tech never led but pulled to 28-23 when Bronson Barben threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Ace Chatman with 7:03 left. Northern Arizona answered on the next series when Stone broke loose on a 33-yard touchdown run with 3:39 remaining. The Lumberjacks forced a three-and-out and then ran out the clock. Pennington was 18-of-27 passing for 311 yards with one interception. He opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Jeter Purdy in the first quarter, and his 63-yard touchdown pass to Darius Haskin stretched the Lumberjacks' lead to 21-7 early in the third. Stone had 11 carries for 90 yards rushing that included an 8-yard scoring run in the second quarter.