Michigan Tech 39, Northern Michigan 9

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Saturday at Kearly Field, Houghton

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Score by quarters:

Northern Michigan 0 3 0 6 — 9

Michigan Tech 3 17 6 13 — 39

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First quarter

MTU — Avery Kucharski 42 FG 8:29

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Second quarter

NMU — Michael Karlen 31 FG 13:46

MTU — Brandon Michalak 25 pass from Alex Fries (Kucharski kick) 11:54

MTU — Jaxon Lippert 78 punt return (Kucharski kick) 9:03

MTU — Kucharski 39 FG 0:40

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Third quarter

MTU — Michalak 58 pass from Fries (kick failed) 13:04

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Fourth quarter

MTU — Alex Bueno 34 run (kick failed) 11:40

MTU — Ethan Hull 12 pass from Bueno (Kucharski kick) 6:46

NMU — Tucker Welch 33 run (kick failed) 1:44

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Game statistics

First downs — NMU 14, Michigan Tech 18

Total plays-net yards — NMU 62-210, Michigan Tech 60-419

Rushes-yards — NMU 45-123 (Nico Lukkarinen 15-75, Welch 6-29, Jahi Wood 9-22), Michigan Tech 30-162 (Bueno 4-70)

Comp-Att-Int-Yards — NMU 8-17-0-87 (Aidan Hoard 5-10-0-59, Duke Shovald 3-7-0-28), Michigan Tech 13-30-2-257 (Fries 11-24-2-221, Bueno 2-6-0-36)

Top receivers — NMU, Isaac Olson 2-30, Jacquille Brown 1-25, Sam Peiffer 1-18, Michael Love 2-10; Michigan Tech, Michalak 3-106, Ethan Champney 4-40, Darius Willis 1-39, Jake Rueff 2-31

Punts-average — NMU 10-32.4, Michigan Tech 2-48.5

Fumbles-lost — NMU 1-1, Michigan Tech 3-2

Penalties-yards — NMU 4-30, Michigan Tech 5-45

Time of possession — NMU 37:31, Michigan Tech 22:29