DILLON — Montana Western quarterback Michael Palandri threw for 431 yards and tossed seven touchdown passes as the No. 6-ranked Bulldogs rolled to a 69-7 victory over Arizona Christian on Saturday afternoon.
Western (6-1 overall, 4-1 Frontier)) earned its third straight victory while the Firestorm fell to 1-7 and 1-6.
The Bulldogs built a 21-0 lead after one quarter and led 48-0 by halftime.
Eli Nourse hauled in three of Palandri's touchdowns and piled up 181 receiving yards, incluidng a 63-yard score in the second quarter. Dylan Shipley had a touchdown reception and racked up 106 yards.
Dylan Christman, Coby Tanioka, Seth Shook and Matthew Heer also caught touchdown passes from Palandri.
A week after scoring five rushing touchdowns and earning NAIA player of the week honors, Jake Humphrey went for 134 yards and a score against ACU.
The Bulldogs travel to MSU-Northern next Saturday while Arizona Christian will host No. 15 Montana Tech.
