Arizona Wildcats

5thin Big 12 · 1-0

YES!

Arizona Wildcats beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks

1-1 7 – 35

1-0

Final · Sat, Sep 5

Game Details

Casino Del Sol Stadium (Tucson) · 40,129 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Noah Fifita throws for 2 TDs, Arizona opens season with 35-7 blowout of Northern Arizona

Noah Fifita threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns, Kedrick Reescano ran for two scores and Arizona opened the season with a 35-7 blowout over Northern Arizona on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:17 Noah Fifita throws 20-yard touchdown pass to Tre Spivey

0:17 Noah Fifita throws 20-yard touchdown pass vs. Northern Arizona

0:30 Noah Fifita throws -79-yard touchdown pass vs. Northern Arizona

0:25 Noah Fifita scores 12-yard touchdown

Clips play on ESPN

Casino Del Sol Stadium · Tucson

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NAU	0	0	0	7	7
ARIZ	7	14	7	7	35

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Game Leaders

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks

Ty Pennington · 15/26, 180 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Quran Gossett · 11 CAR, 20 YDSRushing Yards
Joey Stout · 6 REC, 39 YDSReceiving Yards
JaSire Peterson · 1Sacks
Jaiden Letua · 8Tackles

Arizona Wildcats

Noah Fifita · 23/30, 279 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Kedrick Reescano · 10 CAR, 48 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Giovanni Richardson · 9 REC, 113 YDSReceiving Yards
Chase Kennedy · 2.5Sacks
Taye Brown · 11Tackles

2026 Big Sky Conference Standings

Team
Montana
Montana State
Weber State
Northern Arizona
UC Davis
Cal Poly
Idaho State
Idaho
Portland State
Northern Colorado
Southern Utah
Eastern Washington
Utah Tech

2026 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team
Texas Tech
BYU
Baylor
Utah
Oklahoma State
Arizona
Houston
Cincinnati
Iowa State
UCF
Arizona State
Kansas State
Kansas
West Virginia
Colorado
TCU

Scoring

Q4 10:55

TD Noble Young-Blackgoat 36 Yd Interception Return (Francisco Orduno Jr. Kick)7–35

Q4 13:52

TD Kedrick Reescano 1 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)0–35

Q3 5:01

TD Antwan Roberts Jr. 14 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)0–28

Q2 3:20

TD Kedrick Reescano 1 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)0–21

Q2 10:41

TD Brandon Phelps 21 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)0–14

Q1 11:32

TD Tre Spivey 20 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Northern Arizona LumberjacksArizona Wildcats

Offense

193 Total Yards 520

200 Passing Yards 331

-7 Rushing Yards 189

8 First Downs 28

Efficiency

4-14 3rd Down 7-12

0-3 4th Down 2-2

19/31 Completions 28/38

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 3

5-32 Penalties 4-30

27:48 Possession 32:12

Box Score

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Ty Pennington	15/26	180	6.9	1	--
Donivan Dixon	4/5	20	4.0	0	--
Team	19/31	200	6.5	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Quran Gossett	11	20	1.8	8
Donivan Dixon	1	4	4.0	4
Jon Wilson	1	-3	-3.0	0
Ty Pennington	8	-28	-3.5	4
Team	21	-7	-0.3	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Joey Stout	6	39	6.5	17
Darius Haskin	1	38	38.0	29
Nassim Isaac	1	37	37.0	37
Myseth Currie	2	31	15.5	24
Jeter Purdy	1	21	21.0	21
Hayden Daugherty	1	12	12.0	12
Quran Gossett	4	11	2.8	10
Braylon Gardner	2	7	3.5	6
Joseph Ramirez	1	4	4.0	4
Team	19	200	10.5	37

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Quran Gossett	1	0
Jahaad Fort	0	1
Matthew Cooks	0	1
Team	1	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR	TD
Jaiden Letua	8	4	0	0	1	0
Shoes Brinkley	8	2	0	0	0	0
Jahaad Fort	7	4	0	0	0	0
Shahid Wilson	4	4	0	0	0	0
Malaki Te'o	4	2	0	0	0	0
Deliyon Freeman	4	1	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Sensabaugh	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jayden Baer	3	2	1	1	0	0
Aundre Gibson	3	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew Cooks	3	2	0	0	0	0
Braeden Kaczmarek	3	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Beresford	3	1	0	0	0	0
Braylon Singleton	3	1	0	0	0	0
Noble Young-Blackgoat	3	1	0	0	0	1
JaSire Peterson	2	2	1	1	0	0
Nijrell Eason II	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nehemiah Norwood	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jaelen Collins	1	1	0	0	0	0
DeVohn Moutra Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Maddox Valoaga	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Hopphaus	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dom Rausch	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Pigram	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	71	39	2	2	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Noble Young-Blackgoat	1	36	1
Team	1	36	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Lindsey Graves	1	46	46.0	46	0
Team	1	46	46.0	46	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Francisco Orduno Jr.	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	LONG
Tyler Manship	5	207	41.4	1	53
Noah Abela	1	48	48.0	0	48
Team	6	255	42.5	1	53

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Noah Fifita	23/30	279	9.3	2	0	83.0
Sawyer Anderson	5/8	52	6.5	0	1	8.2
Team	28/38	331	8.7	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kedrick Reescano	10	48	4.8	2	20
Antwan Roberts Jr.	4	45	11.3	1	19
Wesley Yarbrough	5	25	5.0	0	9
Noah Fifita	5	24	4.8	0	11
Quincy Craig	5	24	4.8	0	13
Sawyer Anderson	4	16	4.0	0	11
Tre Spivey	1	7	7.0	0	7
Team	34	189	5.6	3	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Giovanni Richardson	9	113	12.6	0	43
Tre Spivey	4	45	11.3	1	20
Isaiah Mizell	2	39	19.5	0	22
R.J. Mosley	3	26	8.7	0	10
Brandon Phelps	1	21	21.0	1	21
Quincy Craig	2	19	9.5	0	10
Kedrick Reescano	2	18	9.0	0	12
Rodney Gallagher III	2	17	8.5	0	11
Cole Rusk	1	13	13.0	0	13
Chris Hunter III	1	11	11.0	0	11
Caleb Smith	1	9	9.0	0	9
Team	28	331	11.8	2	43

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Antwan Roberts Jr.	1	1
Giovanni Richardson	1	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Taye Brown	11	1	0	0.5	1	0
Cooper Blomstrom	8	3	0	1.5	1	0
Chase Kennedy	5	2	2.5	2.5	0	0
Malcolm Hartzog Jr.	5	2	0	1	0	0
Dwight Bootle II	4	0	0	0.5	0	0
Kevin Moorer Jr.	3	1	1	1	0	0
Quinn Olson	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Gavin Hunter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Chapa	2	2	0	0	2	0
Dash Fifita	2	1	1	1	0	0
Kaisi Lafitaga	2	1	0	1	0	0
Leroy Palu	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Jabari Mann	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Dominic Hanger	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johno Price	2	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Savaiinaea	1	1	1	1	0	0
Quincy Craig	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sione Tohi	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tre Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay'Vion Cole	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Molette III	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Matai Tagoa'i	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keytrin Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leviticus Su'a	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dominic Lolesio	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mays Pese	0	0	0	0	0	1
Zac Siulepa	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	64	18	5	12	5	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Quinn Olson	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Salgado-Medina	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5
Team	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Chase Ridley	3	144	48.0	0	2	50
Team	3	144	48.0	0	2	50

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