Bulldogs bite Lights on homecoming

The Montana State University-Northern Lights will have to wait another week to win their first football game of the season. On Saturday afternoon, the No. 19 UM-Western Bulldogs turned away the Lights 44-2 at Blue Pony Stadium. The loss dropped Northern to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the Frontier Conference.

Western, which is now 3-0, held the MSU-N offense scoreless, as the Lights haven't scored an offensive touchdown now in their last two games. MSU-N's lone points came on a 2-point conversion by Malcolm Manuel who ran back a blocked PAT.

Offensively, Western took advantage of five Northern turno...