Griz on the road against Northern Arizona
10/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
The third-ranked University of Montana Grizzlies (7-0/4-0 Big Sky Conference ) continue their 2007 Big Sky Conference schedule Saturday, October 27, playing Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (5-3/4-1) at 4:05 p.m. (Mtn.) in NAU??s Walkup Skydome (15,000, Artificial).
LAST 7-0 START: The last time the Griz started a season at 7-0 was in 2002 when they won their first 10 games of the year. Montana was 11-3 that season.
INTERNET COVERAGE: MontanaGrizzlies.com live coverage for Saturday's game will include: online broadcasts in both audio (only) and audio/video format (bigskytv.org), to go with up-to-the-minute live statistics (courtesty of NAU Sports Information).
Post-game coverage will include a written recap, box score and game video highlights.
All pre- and post-game coverage will be linked (the day of the game) on both the and the .
RADIO: Listen to all Griz games on the 18-station Grizzly Football Network. UM??s flagship station is KGVO-AM(1290) Radio of Missoula. Mick Holien is in his 15th season as the ??Voice of the Griz?? in football and his 23rd overall. Former (1991-94) Griz receiver Scott Gurnsey provides color commentary for the 10th season in a row.
TV: The Griz-Wildcat game will be aired live by KPAX-TV and its MTN affiliates. KPAX-TV??S Phil Buck (play-by-play) and Bob Hermes (color) call the action.
GRIZZLIES LAST WEEK - at MONTANA 52, NORTHERN COLORADO 7: Senior halfback Lex Hilliard scored two touchdowns and set a career record for rushing TDs, and junior quarterback Cole Bergquist passed for a career-high 4 touchdowns, to lead the third-ranked Grizzlies.
HILLIARD SETS CAREER MARK: Hilliard scored on touchdown runs of one and 39 yards, giving him 44 career rushing TDs, breaking the school record of 43 set by Yohance Humphery from 1998 to 2001. Hilliard had 19 carries for 112 yards.
BERGQUIST HAS CAREER DAY: Bergquist had career-bests of 26 completions for 293 yards and 4 TDs.
DAN??S THE MAN: Senior kicked Dan Carpenter connected on a 50-yard field goal in the third quarter, making him 10-of-12 on three-pointers this season.
KROY LEADS ??D??: Biermann paced the defense with three sacks, a forced fumble, and a blocked field goal -- all in just 28 plays. He moved up to third on UM??s career sacks list with 28.5, passing former end Mike Murphy, who had 27 sacks from 2003-06.
??BAGS?? HAS CAREER DAY TOO: Senior wide receiver Ryan Bagley had a career-high 10 catches, along with 110 yards and two scores.
NAU LAST WEEK - NAU 29, at Weber State 20: Sophomore running back Alex Henderson scored via a long run and a long catch to pace the Lumerjacks. Henderson rushed for 134 yards and had a 41-yard TD run, and he also had a 33-yard TD reception. Junior quarterback Lance Kriesien rushed for 126 yards and passed for 125 yards and a score. NAU picked off three passes and returned one for a touchdown.
TWO GRIZ ON SCORING LIST: Carpenter and Hilliard remain second (373 and 276 points) and fifth on UM??s career scoring list. Carpenter needs 22 points to go by all-time scoring leader Chris Snyder, whose 394 points are also the FCS record.
CARPENTER 5TH ON FCS SCORING LIST & 6TH ON FG LISTS: Carpenter??s 373 career points keep him fourth in FCS history, and he??s sixth with 66 FGs.
CAREER TACKLES LIST UPDATE: Tyler Joyce has moved up to fourth (tie) on UM??s career tackles list with 305, tying current UM assistant coach Tim Hauck, while fellow senior linebacker Kyle Ryan has 263 and is now 14th.
CAREER SACK & TFL UPDATES: 2007 Buck Buchanan Award candidate Biermann has moved up to third in career sacks (28.5) and fourth in career tackles for loss (41). Senior linebacker Loren Utterback remains 10th in career tackles for loss list (25).
HILLIARD SECOND ON CAREER RUSHING LIST: Hilliard now has 3,456 rushing yards in his career, 614 behind all-time leader Yohance Humphery.
BERGQUIST 11TH ON CAREER PASSING YARDS LIST: Bergquist has 3,074 career passing yards which keeps him 10th on the career list. He needs 582 yards to pass Brent Pease and go up to ninth.
BAGLEY 19th ON RECEIVING YARDS LIST: Bagley had 110 receiving yards against the Bears which gives him 1,597 in his career, and moves him up to 18th in school history. He needs 43 yards to pass Matt Clark to move up to 17th.
CARPENTER STAYS SECOND ON FG LIST: Carpenter??s 66 career field goals are four behind all-time Griz leader Chris Snyder.
HILLIARD BREAKS ONE TD MARK, CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER: Hilliard??s 44 rushing touchdowns are a school record. He needs just three more total touchdowns to break Humphery??s record of 48.
GRIZ BY THE NUMBERS:
2nd - In the nation is senior defensive end Kroy Biermann in sacks with 1.57 a game.
3 - Total rushing touchdowns given up this season by the Griz (two by Southern Utah and one by Albany).
4th - (Tied) in career tackles is senior linebacker Tyler Joyce, with 305 stops.
5th - Is Torrey Thomas in career picks with 11 (he??s tied with five other players).
7 - Of Carpenter??s 10 field goals this season have been 40 yards or longer. He made his first seven attempts this season.
12 - Big Sky Conference wins in a row for Montana, which went 8-0 in league last year.
18-of-20 field goals (.900) Carpenter has made dating back to the middle of last year.
19 - Wins in their last 20 games for the Griz.
22 - Winning seasons in a row now for Montana, starting in the 1986 season.
32 & 36 - Career starts in a row for senior safety Torrey Thomas and senior offensive lineman Cody Balogh.
48 - Career victories for Coach Hauck -- which give the third most in school history, three behind Jack Swarthout, who won 51 games in nine seasons, from 1967-75.
54 - Yards was Carpenter??s career-long field goal last week at Sacramento State. His previous long was 50 yards, which he had done three times.
75 - More points the Griz have out-scored their opps. in the second half (117 to 42).
93 - Games ago the Griz had close to the 623 yards which they had against UNC, as they had 629 in a 53-3 home win over Cal Poly in 2000.
129 - Consecutive weeks now that UM has been ranked in The Sports Network??s top 25.
LAST 7-0 START: The last time the Griz started a season at 7-0 was in 2002 when they won their first 10 games of the year. Montana was 11-3 that season.
INTERNET COVERAGE: MontanaGrizzlies.com live coverage for Saturday's game will include: online broadcasts in both audio (only) and audio/video format (bigskytv.org), to go with up-to-the-minute live statistics (courtesty of NAU Sports Information).
Post-game coverage will include a written recap, box score and game video highlights.
All pre- and post-game coverage will be linked (the day of the game) on both the and the .
RADIO: Listen to all Griz games on the 18-station Grizzly Football Network. UM??s flagship station is KGVO-AM(1290) Radio of Missoula. Mick Holien is in his 15th season as the ??Voice of the Griz?? in football and his 23rd overall. Former (1991-94) Griz receiver Scott Gurnsey provides color commentary for the 10th season in a row.
TV: The Griz-Wildcat game will be aired live by KPAX-TV and its MTN affiliates. KPAX-TV??S Phil Buck (play-by-play) and Bob Hermes (color) call the action.
GRIZZLIES LAST WEEK - at MONTANA 52, NORTHERN COLORADO 7: Senior halfback Lex Hilliard scored two touchdowns and set a career record for rushing TDs, and junior quarterback Cole Bergquist passed for a career-high 4 touchdowns, to lead the third-ranked Grizzlies.
HILLIARD SETS CAREER MARK: Hilliard scored on touchdown runs of one and 39 yards, giving him 44 career rushing TDs, breaking the school record of 43 set by Yohance Humphery from 1998 to 2001. Hilliard had 19 carries for 112 yards.
BERGQUIST HAS CAREER DAY: Bergquist had career-bests of 26 completions for 293 yards and 4 TDs.
DAN??S THE MAN: Senior kicked Dan Carpenter connected on a 50-yard field goal in the third quarter, making him 10-of-12 on three-pointers this season.
KROY LEADS ??D??: Biermann paced the defense with three sacks, a forced fumble, and a blocked field goal -- all in just 28 plays. He moved up to third on UM??s career sacks list with 28.5, passing former end Mike Murphy, who had 27 sacks from 2003-06.
??BAGS?? HAS CAREER DAY TOO: Senior wide receiver Ryan Bagley had a career-high 10 catches, along with 110 yards and two scores.
NAU LAST WEEK - NAU 29, at Weber State 20: Sophomore running back Alex Henderson scored via a long run and a long catch to pace the Lumerjacks. Henderson rushed for 134 yards and had a 41-yard TD run, and he also had a 33-yard TD reception. Junior quarterback Lance Kriesien rushed for 126 yards and passed for 125 yards and a score. NAU picked off three passes and returned one for a touchdown.
TWO GRIZ ON SCORING LIST: Carpenter and Hilliard remain second (373 and 276 points) and fifth on UM??s career scoring list. Carpenter needs 22 points to go by all-time scoring leader Chris Snyder, whose 394 points are also the FCS record.
CARPENTER 5TH ON FCS SCORING LIST & 6TH ON FG LISTS: Carpenter??s 373 career points keep him fourth in FCS history, and he??s sixth with 66 FGs.
CAREER TACKLES LIST UPDATE: Tyler Joyce has moved up to fourth (tie) on UM??s career tackles list with 305, tying current UM assistant coach Tim Hauck, while fellow senior linebacker Kyle Ryan has 263 and is now 14th.
CAREER SACK & TFL UPDATES: 2007 Buck Buchanan Award candidate Biermann has moved up to third in career sacks (28.5) and fourth in career tackles for loss (41). Senior linebacker Loren Utterback remains 10th in career tackles for loss list (25).
HILLIARD SECOND ON CAREER RUSHING LIST: Hilliard now has 3,456 rushing yards in his career, 614 behind all-time leader Yohance Humphery.
BERGQUIST 11TH ON CAREER PASSING YARDS LIST: Bergquist has 3,074 career passing yards which keeps him 10th on the career list. He needs 582 yards to pass Brent Pease and go up to ninth.
BAGLEY 19th ON RECEIVING YARDS LIST: Bagley had 110 receiving yards against the Bears which gives him 1,597 in his career, and moves him up to 18th in school history. He needs 43 yards to pass Matt Clark to move up to 17th.
CARPENTER STAYS SECOND ON FG LIST: Carpenter??s 66 career field goals are four behind all-time Griz leader Chris Snyder.
HILLIARD BREAKS ONE TD MARK, CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER: Hilliard??s 44 rushing touchdowns are a school record. He needs just three more total touchdowns to break Humphery??s record of 48.
GRIZ BY THE NUMBERS:
2nd - In the nation is senior defensive end Kroy Biermann in sacks with 1.57 a game.
3 - Total rushing touchdowns given up this season by the Griz (two by Southern Utah and one by Albany).
4th - (Tied) in career tackles is senior linebacker Tyler Joyce, with 305 stops.
5th - Is Torrey Thomas in career picks with 11 (he??s tied with five other players).
7 - Of Carpenter??s 10 field goals this season have been 40 yards or longer. He made his first seven attempts this season.
12 - Big Sky Conference wins in a row for Montana, which went 8-0 in league last year.
18-of-20 field goals (.900) Carpenter has made dating back to the middle of last year.
19 - Wins in their last 20 games for the Griz.
22 - Winning seasons in a row now for Montana, starting in the 1986 season.
32 & 36 - Career starts in a row for senior safety Torrey Thomas and senior offensive lineman Cody Balogh.
48 - Career victories for Coach Hauck -- which give the third most in school history, three behind Jack Swarthout, who won 51 games in nine seasons, from 1967-75.
54 - Yards was Carpenter??s career-long field goal last week at Sacramento State. His previous long was 50 yards, which he had done three times.
75 - More points the Griz have out-scored their opps. in the second half (117 to 42).
93 - Games ago the Griz had close to the 623 yards which they had against UNC, as they had 629 in a 53-3 home win over Cal Poly in 2000.
129 - Consecutive weeks now that UM has been ranked in The Sports Network??s top 25.
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