Lindsey Branch, UMW Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the results of the NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 Poll No. 3. Montana Western Football held steady at to no. 4 in the poll.
UMW took their first road victory of the season this past weekend when they defeated NCAA DIII opponent Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) Pioneers by a final score of 56-39.
Three Bulldogs earned a pair of rushing touchdowns in the game, while the Bulldogs totaled 228 yards on the ground.
As a team, Montana Western sits in the top 10 in the NAIA in points scored per game (7th, 50.5), total offensive yards per game (3rd, 566.5), passing yards per game (2nd, 391.5), and kick return yards (2nd, 35.2).
Michael Palandri sits in second in the NAIA for passing yards per game with 368.0 per game. Both Eli Nourse and Dylan Shipley are in the top 5 for receiving yards per game. Nourse averages 126.5 for fourth in the NAIA with Shipley following just behind in fifth with 123.5. Three of the top five receivers in the Frontier conference reside with the Bulldogs, adding Jon Kirkley to the list in fifth with 73.5 yards per game.
The Bulldogs will be looking for their first conference road win of the season in Ashland this weekend against the no. 14 ranked Southern Oregon this weekend. Since the series between the two teams began in 2002, the Bulldogs are 0-8 on the road against the Raiders.
FRONTIER IN THE TOP 25
No. 4 Montana Western Bulldogs
No. 10 Montana Tech Orediggers
No. 14 Southern Oregon Raiders
No. 19 College of Idaho Yotes
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