CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah football team wrapped up their 2021 spring season Saturday night with a 20-28 loss to Northern Arizona inside Eccles Coliseum.
Quarterback Justin Miller threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns. Landen Measom caught eight passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns. Lance Lawson also caught eight passes, going for 71 yards. He also had 38 rushing yards and one touchdown on the ground.
La'akea Kaho'ohanohano-Davis had nine tackles and AJ Stanley had seven tackles with one tackle for loss.
Neither team scored in the first quarter, but the Thunderbirds scored two touchdowns in the second with the first on a 16-yard pass from Miller to Measom at 9:05. Lance Lawson scored with 52 seconds remaining on a one-yard touchdown run to make it 14-0.
The Lumberjacks scored with seven seconds remaining in the half to go into the half down 14-7.
Northern Arizona came out in the second half and scored three-straight touchdowns, all on the ground, to go up 28-14 with 10:07 remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Thunderbirds would finally get on the board in the second half with 2:28 remaining in the game as Miller threw a five-yard touchdown to Measom, his second of the game.
The T-Birds would go for two, but could not convert making it 20-28.
Northern Arizona was able to run out the clock and get away with the win.
Southern Utah finishes the spring season 1-5. They will open their fall season on August 28 against San Jose State.
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