Northern Arizona Lumberjacks @ Arizona Wildcats
Arizona kicks off third season under Brent Brennan against Northern Arizona
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Northern Arizona
Overall offense: 409.5 yards per game (31st in FCS)
Passing: 264.7 yards per game (14th)
Rushing: 144.8 yards per game (67th)
Scoring: 31.7 points per game (29th)
Overall defense: 394.6 yards allowed per game (84th in FCS)
Passing: 240.5 yards allowed per game (94th)
Rushing: 154.1 yards allowed per game (59th)
Scoring: 31.3 points allowed per game (96th)
Arizona (2025)
Overall offense: 407.6 yards per game (41st in FBS)
Passing: 255.2 yards per game (34th)
Rushing: 152.4 yards per game (75th)
Scoring: 31.5 points per game (30th)
Overall defense: 308.5 yards allowed per game (19th in FBS)
Passing: 165.3 yards allowed per game (7th)
Rushing: 143.2 yards allowed per game (T58th)
Scoring: 19.3 points allowed per game (21st)
Northern Arizona
Passing: Ty Pennington, 164 yards and a TD on 15-of-27 passing against Eastern Washington last week.
Rushing: Quran Gossett, 103 yards and a TD on 21 carries.
Receiving: Jeter Purdy, 7 catches for 105 yards and a TD.
Arizona (2025)
Passing: Noah Fifita, 3,228 yards, 29 TDs, 6 INTs, 64.1 completion percentage.
Rushing: Ismail Mahdi, 853 yards on 133 carries, 4 TDs.
Receiving: Tre Spivey, 23 catches for 381 yards and 7 TDs.
Northern Arizona beat Eastern Washington 34-27 last Saturday.
Arizona lost to SMU 24-19 in the Holiday Bowl.
Northern Arizona hosts UIW on Sept. 12. Arizona plays at No. 14 BYU on Sept. 12.
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