SUU football hosts No. 7 Northern Arizona on Halloween
The Thunderbirds come off a last-second 31-28 loss at Idaho.
CEDAR CITY - Southern Utah hosts No. 7 Northern Arizona at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Eccles Coliseum in the Battle for the Grand Canyon, according to SUU Athletics. The game streams on ESPN+.
The Thunderbirds are 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the Big Sky Conference after a 31-28 loss at Idaho last Saturday. SUU tied the game from 28-18 down on a Jayden Rogers field goal and a 57-yard touchdown pass from Will Burns to Mark Bails with 42 seconds left, but Idaho won on a 53-yard field goal as time expired, the release said.
Burns ran for 187 yards at Idaho. This season he has thrown for 1,504 yards and run for 843. Running back Floyd Chalk has 1,093 rushing yards, and safety Parker Vance leads SUU with 62 tackles and five interceptions.
Northern Arizona is 6-2 and 4-1 in the Big Sky, sharing first place with Montana State, and comes off a bye with three straight wins. Quarterback Ty Pennington has passed for 1,898 yards and 12 touchdowns and threw for 366 yards against SUU last season, according to the release.
Source: Southern Utah University Athletics, "T-Birds Target Top-10 Timber in Halloween Clash," Oct. 29, 2026