DILLON — No. 5 Montana Western bounced back from a season-opening loss with a shutout victory.

The Bulldogs' offense piled up over 500 yards and quarterback Michael Palandri accounted for six touchdowns as Western stormed past MSU-Northern 52-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Palandri had a hand in four first half touchdowns, throwing a 25-yard scoring pass to Jon Kirkley, a 40-yard TD strike to Seth Shook and then an 8-yard score to Eli Nourse to lift the Bulldogs to a 21-0 lead with less than five minutes remaining in the first half.

WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS: No. 5 Montana Western rolls past MSU-Northern 52-0

Palandri then scored on a goal-line plunge and Maclain Burckley connected on a 37-yard field goal to push Western's lead to 31-0 at halftime.

In the second half, Landon Charlton scored on

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