2025 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2025 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	4–3 (1–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Brian Wright (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Adam Clark (2nd season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Montana		3	–	0					7	–	0
No. 5 Montana State		3	–	0					5	–	2
No. 6 UC Davis		3	–	0					5	–	1
Sacramento State		2	–	1					4	–	3
Eastern Washington		2	–	1					3	–	4
No. 20 Northern Arizona		1	–	2					4	–	3
Northern Colorado		1	–	2					3	–	4
Cal Poly		1	–	2					3	–	4
Weber State		1	–	2					3	–	4
Idaho State		1	–	2					2	–	5
Idaho		0	–	3					2	–	5
Portland State		0	–	3					0	–	7
As of October 20, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2025 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represent Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks are led by second-year head coach Brian Wright and play at Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	at No. 11 (FBS) Arizona State *	No. 19	Mountain America Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN+	L 19–38	56,759
September 6	2:00 p.m.	Utah Tech *	No. 19	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 38–31	9,611
September 13	5:30 p.m.	at Southern Utah *	No. 18	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Trophy Game)	ESPN+	W 52–49	3,084
September 20	2:00 p.m.	No. 19 Incarnate Word *	No. 17	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 31–23	10,007
September 27	2:00 p.m.	at Portland State	No. 15	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 31–17	1,542
October 4	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 Montana State	No. 13	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	L 10–34	7,837
October 11	4:00 p.m.	at No. 6 UC Davis	No. 14	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+	L 24–45	9,937
October 25	3:00 p.m.	at Idaho State	No. 20	ICCU Dome Pocatello, ID	ESPN+
October 31	7:30 p.m.	Idaho		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN2
November 8	4:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+
November 15	2:00 p.m.	Cal Poly		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+
November 22	1:00 p.m.	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT (Red Rock Rivalry)	ESPN+
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

at No. 11 (FBS) Arizona State

See also: 2025 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

No. 19 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0–0) at No. 11 (FBS) Arizona State Sun Devils (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Lumberjacks	0	6	7	6	19
No. 11 (FBS) Sun Devils	14	3	14	7	38

at Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, Arizona

• Date: August 30
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game weather:  
• Game attendance: 56,759
• Referee: Cravonne Barrett
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Michael Bumpus (analyst), and Tori Petry (sideline)

Game information

First quarter ASU – Raleek Brown 6-yard run (Jesus Gomez kick), 10:42. Sun Devils 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 2:44. ASU – Jordyn Tyson 19-yard pass from Sam Leavitt (Jesus Gomez kick), 5:08. Sun Devils 14–0. Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards, 3:24. Second quarter NAU – Samuel Hunsaker 31-yard field goal, 14:14. Sun Devils 14–3. Drive: 5 plays, 14 yards, 2:06. ASU – Jesus Gomez 36-yard field goal, 1:55. Sun Devils 17–3. Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards, 5:25. NAU – Samuel Hunsaker 46-yard field goal, 0:15. Sun Devils 17–6. Drive: 10 plays, 53 yards, 1:33. Third quarter ASU – Sam Leavitt 52-yard run (Jesus Gomez kick), 12:24. Sun Devils 24–6. Drive: 5 plays, 76 yards, 2:30. NAU – Nason Coleman 3-yard pass from Ty Pennington (Samuel Hunsaker kick), 8:14. Sun Devils 24–13. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:10. ASU – Sam Leavitt 18-yard run (Jesus Gomez kick), 0:11. Sun Devils 31–13. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 3:04. Fourth quarter ASU – Jordyn Tyson 16-yard pass from Sam Leavitt (Jesus Gomez kick), 2:42. Sun Devils 38–13. Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards, 0:56. NAU – Kenveon Stone 1-yard run (run failed), 0:20. Sun Devils 38–19. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:18.

Statistics	NAU	ASU
First downs	20	21
Plays–yards	55–331	60–460
Rushes–yards	29–89	21–203
Passing yards	242	257
Passing: comp–att–int	26–42–1	25–39–1
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	31:34	28:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing	Ty Pennington	22/35, 204 yards, TD
	Rushing	Kenveon Stone	3 carries, 35 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kolbe Katsis	6 receptions, 76 yards
Arizona State	Passing	Sam Leavitt	25/39, 257 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Sam Leavitt	7 carries, 73 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jordyn Tyson	12 receptions, 141 yards, 2 TD

Utah Tech

See also: 2025 Utah Tech Trailblazers football team

Utah Tech Trailblazers (0-1) at No. 19 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Trailblazers	7	3	7	14	31
No. 19 Lumberjacks	14	17	0	7	38

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

• Date: September 6
• Game time: 2:00 p.m.
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Mitch Strohman (play-by-play), Kevin Stephens (analyst) and Adriana Sparks (sideline)

Statistics	UTU	NAU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Southern Utah (Grand Canyon Trophy)

See also: 2025 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team and Grand Canyon Trophy Game

No. 18 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (1-1) vs. Southern Utah Thunderbirds (1-1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0
Thunderbirds	-	-	-	-	0

at Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT

• Date: September 13
• Game time: 5:30 p.m. MDT
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Spencer McLaughlin (play-by-play), Dallin Richards (analyst) and Kendall McGuire (sideline)

Statistics	NAU	SUU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Southern Utah	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

No. 19 Incarnate Word

See also: 2025 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

No. 19 Incarnate Word Cardinals (1-2) vs. No. 17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (2-1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Cardinals	0	10	6	7	23
No. 17 Lumberjacks	7	14	7	3	31

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

• Date: September 20
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
• Game weather: Indoors
• Game attendance: 10,007
• Referee: Mike Bezner
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Mitch Strohman (play-by-play) and Kevin Stephens (analyst)

Game information

First Quarter NAU – 6:19 Ethen Cluff 4 yard run, Samuel Hunsaker kick. NAU 7–0 Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 5:32 Second Quarter UIW – 14:49 Will Faris 37 yard field goal. NAU 7–3 Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 2:00 UIW – 9:34 Jameson Garcia 47 yard pass from EJ Colson, Will Faris kick. UIW 10–7 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:34 NAU – 7:17 Jayson Raines 33 yard pass from Ty Pennington, Samuel Hunsaker kick. NAU 14–10 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:17 NAU – 0:00 Myseth Currie 46 yard pass from Ty Pennington, Samuel Hunsaker kick. NAU 21–10 Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 0:56 Third Quarter UIW – 3:24 Lontrell Turner 3 yard run, PAT failed. NAU 21–16 Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 6:56 NAU – 1:17 Jeter Purdy 30 yard pass from Ty Pennington, Samuel Hunsaker kick. NAU 28–16 Drive: 5 plays, 78 yards, 2:01 Fourth Quarter UIW – 11:02 Jameson Garcia 11 yard pass from EJ Colson, Will Faris kick. NAU 28–23 Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 5:32 NAU – 5:13 Samuel Hunsaker 50 yard field goal. NAU 31–23 Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 5:49

Statistics	UIW	NAU
First downs	22	19
Total yards	436	402
Rushing yards	144	116
Passing yards	292	286
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	30–38–0	17–34–0
Time of possession	31:43	28:17

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Incarnate Word	Passing	EJ Colson	28/36, 292 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	EJ Colson	13 carries, 59 yards
	Receiving	Jameson Garcia	9 receptions, 116 yards, 2 TD
Northern Arizona	Passing	Ty Pennington	17/34, 286 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Seth Cromwell	16 carries, 63 yards
	Receiving	Kolbe Katsis	4 receptions, 95 yards

at Portland State

See also: 2025 Portland State Vikings football team

No. 15 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (3-1) vs. Portland State Vikings (0-4) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Lumberjacks	14	10	0	7	31
Vikings	7	3	7	0	17

at Hillsboro Stadium • Hillsboro, OR

• Date: September 27
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. PDT
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Matt Richert (play-by-play) and Scott Hermo (analyst)

Statistics	NAU	PRST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Portland State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

No. 5 Montana State

See also: 2025 Montana State Bobcats football team

No. 5 Montana State Bobcats (3-2) vs. No. 13 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (4-1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Bobcats	0	20	7	7	34
No. 13 Lumberjacks	7	0	0	3	10

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

• Date: October 4
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. PDT
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Ben Creighton (play-by-play), Ty Gregorak (analyst) and Grace Lawrence (sideline)

Statistics	MTST	NAU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Montana State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at No. 6 UC Davis

See also: 2025 UC Davis Aggies football team

No. 14 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (4-2) vs. No. 6 UC Davis Aggies (4-1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Lumberjacks	7	0	10	7	24
No. 6 Aggies	3	7	14	21	45

at UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA

• Date: October 11
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. MST
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	NAU	UCD
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Idaho State

See also: 2025 Idaho State Bengals football team

No. 20 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (4-3) vs. Idaho State Bengals (2-5) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0
Bengals	-	-	-	-	0

at ICCU Dome • Pocatello, ID

• Date: October 25
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. MST
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	NAU	IDST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Idaho State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Idaho

See also: 2025 Idaho Vandals football team

Idaho Vandals (0-0) vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	-	-	-	-	0
Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

• Date: October 31
• Game time: 7:30 PM MST
• TV: ESPN2

Statistics	IDHO	NAU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Idaho	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Northern Colorado

See also: 2025 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Northern Colorado Bears (0-0) vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	-	-	-	-	0
Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

• Date: November 8
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. MDT
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	UNCO	NAU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Colorado	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Cal Poly

See also: 2025 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Cal Poly Mustangs (0-0) vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	-	-	-	-	0
Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

• Date: November 15
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	CP	NAU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cal Poly	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Weber State

See also: 2025 Weber State Wildcats football team

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-0) vs. Weber State Wildcats (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0
Wildcats	-	-	-	-	0

at Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT

• Date: November 22
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. MDT
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	NAU	WEB
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Weber State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS FCS	19	19	18	17	15	13	14	19	20
Coaches	18	19	19	19	15т	13	16	21	22

References

1. Kelley, Kevin (February 12, 2025). "Northern Arizona announces 2025 football schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
2. "Highlighted by Six Home Games, Northern Arizona Football Releases 2025 Schedule". Northern Arizona University, Department of Athletics. February 12, 2025. Retrieved April 24, 2025.