Flowers Honored

Aaron Flowers of Cal State Northridge was selected the Big Sky Conference offensive co-player of the week with Northern Arizona quarterback Travis Brown.

Flowers completed 43 of a school-record 69 pass passes for 469 yards and three touchdowns in Northridge’s 45-38 overtime victory over Cal State Sacramento on Saturday.

It was Flowers’ first game since returning from a hairline fracture in his right leg he suffered against Azusa Pacific on Sept. 20.

Brown last week completed 29 of 47 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns in Northern Arizona’s 27-24 victory over Montana.

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Northridge (4-4, 2-2 in Big Sky play) faces Montana (4-3, 2-2) on Saturday in Missoula in a must-win game for both teams.

If nothing else, Montana has the home noise advantage at Washington-Grizzlie Stadium, where the team is averaging 18,795 fans.

“It’s a pretty hostile environment we are going to,” said Jim Fenwick, Northridge’s coach. “[Northridge players] know what they’re in for.”

Mick Dennehy, Montana’s second-year coach, said the Grizzlies don’t take anything for granted.

“Everyone we play puts special emphasis on this game,” Dennehy said. “When they play us, it’s everybody’s Super Bowl.”

The Grizzlies won the Division I-AA national championship in 1995 and finished second last year.

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The Matadors are ranked 47th in The Sports Network poll. Montana slipped from sixth to 15th. The Grizzlies were No. 1 before losing to I-A Wyoming, 28-13, on Oct. 4.