Offensive Player of the Week: Michael Palandri, Montana Western
Palandri, a redshirt senior quarterback from Maple Valley, Wash., is the Offensive Player of the Week.
Palandri threw for 423 yards and school record eight touchdowns in fueling No. 19 ranked Montana Western to their 66-14 regular-season victory over Arizona Christian. He completed 19-of-24 passes (79.2 percent completion rate).
He connected on a 70-yard touchdown pass to extend UMW’s lead to 21-7 in the first quarter. He added 46- and 54-yard touchdown passes and successfully completed a two-point conversion.
Palandri tossed touchdown passes to seven different Bulldog receivers in the game. He rushed for 16 yards.
This is Palandri’s fifth career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.