DAVIS, Calif. -- UC Davis used an explosive 211-yard performance on the ground, including 104 yards from Ulonzo Gilliam Jr., while Trent Tompkins rushed for a pair of touchdowns to pick up a 32-3 win against Northern Colorado Saturday night at home at UC Davis Health Stadium.

The Aggies improved to 6-1 on the year and 3-1 in Big Sky Conference play, while the Bears fell to 2-5 and 1-3.

Gilliam Jr. led all Aggies rushers with 104 yards in the contest, picking up 4.7 yards per carry. Lan Larison also added 62 yards and one touchdown on the ground, averaging 5.6 yards per carry, as well as 63 receiving yards.

UC Davis also got a significant contribution from Carson Crawford, who caught three passes for 55 yards.

Jordan Perryman finished with nine tackles, including a pair for a loss, Nick Eaton added seven more tackles, while Erron Duncan snatched his second interception of the year to lead the defense that held the Bears to 256 total yards.

Both UC Davis and Northern Colorado forced two turnovers in Saturday's contest, with UC Davis turning those takeaways into 10 points. UC Davis put together a stellar showing on the ground, totaling 211 rushing yards while averaging 4 yards per carry and out-rushing Northern Colorado by 75 yards. The UC Davis offense did a good job keeping drives alive, converting on 43.8 percent of third-down attempts. The Aggies also went 2-for-3 on fourth down.

Defensively, UC Davis held up fairly well against the Northern Colorado rushing attack, holding the Bears to 136 yards on the ground.

UC Davis got on the scoreboard first with 8:59 left in the second quarter to take a 8-0 lead.The Aggies then expanded the lead to 11-0 with another score.

UC Davis continued to expand its lead, scoring again with 2:56 remaining in the third quarter to go up 18-0.The Aggies continued to increase their advantage, scoring again to go up 25-0.

UC Davis kept building its advantage after Northern Colorado made it a 25-3 game, scoring again with 1:05 remaining in the fourth quarter make the score 32-3. Neither team scored again in the game.

» UC Davis and Northern Colorado both had exactly yards of total offense, while the Aggies had a 211-136 advantage on the ground.
» The Aggies scored first with 8:59 left in the second quarter and never trailed the rest of the game on their way to victory.
» UC Davis had their highest scoring quarter in the fourth period, when they put up 14 points.
» UC Davis converted 7 of 16 third downs while Northern Colorado was successful on 3 of 15.
» Jordan Perryman led the Aggies with nine tackles.
» UC Davis went 2-for-3 on fourth down, converting on 66.7 percent of attempts.
» UC Davis got off to a hot start in the contest, putting 25 unanswered points on the board before Northern Colorado could respond.
» led the Bears passing attack, completing 21 of his 31 attempts for 120 yards with one interception.
» led the Northern Colorado rushing attack with 65 yards.

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