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Greeley, Colo. • Eric Wilkes ran for 122 yards to help Weber State beat Northern Colorado 38-17 in a Big Sky matchup on Saturday.
Wilkes carried 22 times for the Wildcats (2-2, 1-0). Jadrian Clark threw for 99 yards and a score, a 7-yard pass to Tui Satuala in the first quarter. Clark was replaced in the second half by Justin Shaw, who finished the game with 82 yards passing.
The Wildcats were up 17-0 at the break when Shaw opened the second half as quarterback.
He ran for a 5-yard score then connected with TyJuan Prince for a 46-yard touchdown and Weber State led 31-0 with 6:56 left in the third quarter.
"So many positives for us today and I was really pleased with how we came out of the gates and moved the ball," Weber State coach Jay Hill. "We really played well on both sides of the ball and made some great stops defensively. Offensively we really ran the ball well which opened up lots of other things as well.
"We had planned on getting some snaps for Justin Shaw and he really performed well and took us right down the field. We got a lot of guys involved today and made some great steps forward."
Jacob Knipp scored for Northern Colorado late in the third on passes of 27 and 40 yards to close the gap to 31-14.
Knipp threw for 228 yards for the Bears (2-2, 0-2). —
Weber State 38, N. Colorado 17
Weber St. 7 10 14 7 — 38
N. Colorado 0 0 14 3 — 17
First Quarter
Web • Satuala 7 pass from Clark (Kealamakia kick), 6:37.
Second Quarter
Web • FG Kealamakia 34, 9:35.
Web • Garrett 1 run (Kealamakia kick), 1:16.
Third Quarter
Web • Shaw 5 run (Kealamakia kick), 8:33.
Web • Prince 46 pass from Shaw (Kealamakia kick), 6:56.
NoCo • Verna 27 pass from Knipp (Falloon kick), 4:12.
NoCo • Leslie 40 pass from Knipp (Falloon kick), :00.
Fourth Quarter
NoCo • FG Falloon 25, 7:28.
Web • Pooler 17 run (Kealamakia kick), 1:42.
Attendance • 4,218.
Web NoCo
First downs 24 19
Rushes-yards 46-254 41-97
Passing 181 228
Comp-Att-Int 13-24-1 17-32-0
Return Yards (-1) 25
Punts-Avg. 2-48.5 4-27.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 3-31 5-41
Time of Possession 31:53 28:00
Individual Statistics
Rushing • Weber St., Wilkes 22-122, Garrett 18-81, Denby 1-17, Pooler 1-17, Clark 2-14, Shaw 1-5, Team 1-(minus 2). N. Colorado, Graham 18-61, Riek 9-44, Cartagena 8-8, Knipp 6-(minus 16).
Passing • Weber St., Clark 8-18-1-99, Shaw 5-6-0-82. N. Colorado, Knipp 17-32-0-228.
Receiving • Weber St., Prince 3-69, Satuala 3-22, Thomson 2-37, Denby 2-19, Eyolfson 2-17, Batchelor 1-17. N. Colorado, Leslie 4-62, Whye 4-28, Onic II 3-45, Verna 2-40, S.Miller 2-39, Graham 1-7, McCauley 1-7.