Ty Pennington and Quran Gossett power Northern Arizona past Southern Utah 34-27

CEDAR CITY, Utah -- , Ty Pennington threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and Quran Gossett ran for 131 yards and a score, leading Northern Arizona to a 34-27 win over Southern Utah on Saturday. The Lumberjacks (7-2, 5-1 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 7 in the Stats Perform poll, scored 27 consecutive points after falling behind 10-0 in the first quarter. The defense forced four punts and had an interception before the Thunderbirds (3-6, 2-4) scored 16 points in the fourth quarter. After opening the game with a pair of punts, Northern Arizona had a pair of field goals before turning the ball over on downs at the Southern Utah 7 in the final minute of the first half to trail 10-6. Pennington then threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Jeter Purdy , sandwiched between short touchdown runs by Gossett and Pennington.