FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The disbelief came through in Scripps Sports play-by-play broadcaster Ben Creighton's voice with 8 minutes, 2 seconds left in the first half and Northern Arizona up 7-0.

“If I’m being honest with you, I didn’t expect this game to be seven-nothing almost halfway through the second quarter,” Creighton said.

What transpired next may have been broadcaster manifestation or kismet or Taco Dowler doing Taco Dowler things. Regardless, when the Montana State wide receiver caught the ensuing punt at his own 10-yard line, all he saw was green in front of him.

Linebacker Brock Steel set the first block as Dowler looped around to the right side of the field. Fellow LBs Xavier Ahrens and Mason Dethman helped seal the edge as Dowler made his final surge, sprinting through the outstr

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