FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Interstat) — The Montana Grizzlies will visit the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks on Saturday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome. The Grizzlies enter at 5-1, while the Lumberjacks are 4-2. The forecast for game time calls for 73-degree conditions in Flagstaff.

Montana, the visiting team, has leaned on quarterback Keali’i Ah Yat. In his most recent outing, a 36-14 win over Northern Colorado, Ah Yat threw for 346 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 35 yards on six carries. He also passed for 241 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 22 yards on three carries in a 62-22 win over UC Davis, and he threw for 215 yards and two touchdowns in a 52-17 loss at Oregon State. Against Northern Colorado, Eli Gillman added 99 rushing yards on 13 carries and 31 receiving yards on three catches with a touchdown.

Northern Arizona will counter with quarterback Ty Pennington. In a 38-31 win at Idaho State, Pennington threw for 252 yards, ran for 49 yards on eight carries and accounted for two touchdowns. He passed for 239 yards and rushed for 72 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns in a 28-14 loss to Montana State, and he threw for 311 yards with two touchdowns, ran for 27 yards on four carries and added a rushing touchdown in a 35-23 win at Utah Tech. Kenveon Stone ran for 103 yards on eight carries and added 19 receiving yards with two touchdowns against Idaho State. Donivan Dixon completed his only pass for 21 yards in that game.

The Lumberjacks are the home team and will play at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome. Northern Arizona has beaten Eastern Washington 34-27, Incarnate Word 38-28, Utah Tech 35-23 and Idaho State 38-31. The Lumberjacks lost 35-7 at Arizona and 28-14 at Montana State. Montana has beaten Southern Utah 28-21, Drake 45-10, Utah Tech 35-14, UC Davis 62-22 and Northern Colorado 36-14. The Grizzlies lost 52-17 at Oregon State.

Both teams continue their schedules after this matchup. Montana is scheduled to face Idaho, Eastern Washington, Portland State, Idaho State and Montana State in upcoming games. Northern Arizona is scheduled to face Portland State, Southern Utah, Cal Poly, Weber State and Northern Colorado. The programs are scheduled to continue their seasons through November.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Montana 53, Northern Arizona 43. Interstat’s ELO system gives Montana a 70.7 percent probability to win. Northern Arizona has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -9.5. The over/under is 64.5.