Northern Colorado Takes Top 15 Weber State to the Wire

Saturday, September 30

Greeley, Colo.

1 p.m.

University of Northern Colorado

0-5 , 0-2

Weber State

3-2 , 1-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Weber St.

Northern Colo.

9/30/2023 6:14:00 PM | Football

Box Score

By: Dennis Driscoll, UNC Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications

GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Colorado took No. 13/14 Weber State to the wire in a close 28-21 setback Saturday afternoon at Nottingham Field.

The Bears scored on their first offensive series of the game when Jacob Sirmon orchestrated a six-play, 75-yard drive, which cumulated with a six-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kyle Helbig.

Sirmon tossed his second touchdown pass to tight end Fisher Clements at 13:28 in the second quarter.

David Afari scored on a 28-yard rush at 4:44 in the second quarter and the Bears went into halftime with a 21-7 lead.

After a scoreless third quarter, WSU scored three touchdowns in the final seven minutes to narrowly close out the game.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Sirmon distributed the ball to 11 different receivers.
Jamarii Robinson recorded a career-high 73 receiving yards.
Kyle Helbig recorded a career-high 60 receiving yards and his first career touchdown.
Freshman Brayden Munroe played his way into the receiver's rotation and finished with 51 yards on two receptions.
The Bears generated 385 yards of total offense as a team and averaged 5.6 yards per play.
Jacob Stanton added a career-high 12 tackles, five solo, and seven assisted.
Keyvon Lakes recorded a career-high 10 stops and 1.5 tackles for loss.
Tizell Lewis, Cameron Murray, and Stanton each recorded an interception.
As a team, UNC totaled six sacks.

HEAD COACH ED LAMB

"We played well for over three and a half quarters but couldn't finish the game. We played hard and the effort was there, and mistakes hurt us. Football is a game of 60 minutes and we played for 54 minutes. The reality of it is if Sirmon and his receivers didn't play well up to this point, it wouldn't be this painful. To the very end, it was back-and-forth momentum and big plays happened on both sides."

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