Scott Garrard serves as the play-by-play announcer, while former USU quarterback Kevin White will provide color analysis. Games can also be heard on the Internet www. USU was picked to finish fifth in the Mountain Division in the preseason polls. Boise State has played in five championship games, Fresno State has played in four and San Diego State is appearing in its third this year.
In fact, there have only been three teams in school history to not lose or tie a road game , , USU has only won plus games in a season three times in school history , , It is also just the seventh time in school history that USU has won six or more league games. Boise State has the best record in the league during that time. The game will be televised nationally on Fox Xfinity Ch.
It is the third time this season that USU has received votes in the national polls. In , USU posted a win against No. In , USU posted a overtime win at No. And, in , it defeated No. And, senior WR Deven Thompkins has caught 87 passes for 1, yards USU is averaging USU played in five-straight bowls from and won three straight from , both of which are school records. All-time, USU has played in 14 bowl games. USU is also one of 37 teams in the nation with at least six conference wins, including one of four MW teams.
It is the first time USU has won six road games in a season. Lowell Romney in , to win his first three games at USU. The other was Fred M. Walker , who went in In fact, USU overcame a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit in each of its first two road wins this season, and won each of its first five road games after trailing by double digits.
First, USU trailed before taking a lead. USU then trailed and later before taking a lead. USU then trailed before scoring 15 unanswered points in the final for the win. USU is on the season when trailing after one quarter and at halftime, and when trailing after three quarters. The school record for one-score wins in a season is five set in , as that team posted a record in one-score games. Overall, USU is tied for 27th in the nation in fourth-down attempts and tied for 31st in the nation in fourth-down conversions.
Boise State has the best record in the league during that time, while San Diego State has the second-best record. Conversely, San Diego State is USU also ranks third in the MW and 15th in the nation in passing offense USU also ranks seventh in the MW and 68th in the nation in scoring defense USU has forced three-or-more turnovers in 28 of its last 94 games and has scored 25 defensive touchdowns in its last games. Senior WR Deven Thompkins leads the nation in receiving Thompkins is also first in the MW and fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards Graduate senior WR Brandon Bowling is first in the MW and is 11th in the nation in kickoff returns for touchdown with one 0.
Graduate senior S Shaq Bond is fourth in the MW and 37th in the nation in interceptions with three 0. And, USU and Marshall are the only teams in the nation with two players that have returned a kickoff for a touchdown. The previous school record for receiving yards was 1, set by Kevin Curtis in Curtis also holds the school record for receptions in a season with set in and Thompkins' 87 receptions this year rank third all-time in school history.
Thompkins is also the first player in school history to accomplish this feat as the previous school record was four yard receiving games by Kevin Alexander in In fact, Thompkins had six-straight yard receiving games earlier this year, which is tied with Kevin Curtis for the longest streak in school history.
Nakia Jenkins set the school record with nine yard receiving games in and Kevin Curtis tied that record in Thompkins is currently tied for the third-most. Thompkins is currently tied with Aaron Jones , James Murphy and Mike O'Shea for the fourth-most in school history. San Diego State's J. The school record for receiving yards is 2, set by Kendal Smith , while the school record for receptions is set by Kevin Robinson Thompkins is just the 11th player in school history to post 2, receiving yards in a career and the first since Robinson in It is also just the 15th time in school history that an Aggie has had receiving yards in a game as Thompkins' yards is tied with James Murphy vs.
Thompkins is just the second player in school history named a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, joining Kevin Curtis Fellow senior WR Deven Thompkins has caught nine touchdowns this year, which is tied with two other players for the 11th-most in a single season in school history. Tracy Jenkins holds the school record with 14 touchdown receptions set in Thompkins has 14 touchdown catches in his career, which is two shy of entering the USU career top Chuckie Keeton had five touchdown passes in a game three times , , , Jordan Love did it twice , , Anthony Calvillo did it twice , , Tony Adams did it twice , , and Brent Snyder did it once Overall, it is the 13th time in school history that Utah State has thrown five touchdown passes in a single game.
Overall, Bonner has thrown four or more touchdown passes in a game five times this season and eight times in his career. Bonner also has four yard passing games this season and six in his career.
In fact, Bonner has thrown multiple touchdowns in each of his last eight games as he has totals of 25 touchdowns and five interceptions over that stretch. In fact, those 32 touchdown passes by Bonner are also the 10th most all-time at Utah State. Bonner is now just passing yards shy of tying the school record of 3, yards set by Jordan Love in He is also six attempts shy of entering the top 10 in school history in that category, as well.
The school record is 3, yards of total offense set by Chuckie Keeton in Wright also tied his career high with two touchdown receptions from 27 and 76 yards, as that yard reception is a career long.
Overall, Wright has caught two touchdown passes in four different games this season and has eight touchdown receptions in his last seven games. Graduate senior WR Brandon Bowling caught his sixth touchdown of the season on a yard reception to give him 16 career touchdown receptions.
Junior WR Justin McGriff caught his fifth touchdown of the season on a yard reception to give him seven touchdown receptions in his career. The previous record was 54 career games played that was set by Jordan Nielsen The previous record was 32 touchdown passes set in The team holds the school record for yard receiving games in a season with USU is also averaging For Heninger, it was his second-career double-digit tackle outing.
It would also be the best conference mark since a Big West Conference record in , and first five-win conference ledger since , when USU was in sharing the Big West title Overall, this is the 31st time in USU's seasons of football in years that the Aggies' have won four conference games, but a win Saturday would mark USU's 12th five-conference win season A Utah State win would also guarantee the Aggies' best conference finish in the WAC and also best conference placing since second in the Big West in At least 10 different receivers have caught a pass in three games this season, led by 11 at Auburn in the season-opener, as well as 10 each in the Wyoming and San Jose State games.
The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Overall, USU has completed regular-season play on the road in five of the last seven, and eight of the last Ironically, the Aggies finished regular-season action in each of their last two bowl trips, and the regular-season finale matched the bowl outcome, winning final game of regular-season action and then winning the Las Vegas Bowl, before losing the last game of the regular-season and then losing the Humanitarian Bowl.
Name, School, Season1. Eberle's six field goals of 44, 32, 51, 21, 51 and 51 yards, respectively, are tied for the third-most in a game in NCAA history. The Lou Groza Award finalist also tied his own school record with the six field goal attempts, and kicked off 12 times for yards averaging Bright carried the ball 14 times on the night, helping Utah State amass total yards on the ground on 46 carries. His yard touchdown run with remaining in the third quarter gave the hosts a lead.
Utah State finished with yards of total offense on the night. Senior WR Ron'quavion Tarver was Love's favorite target on the night as he had a game-best five receptions for 41 yards. Utah State nearly had a pair of yard rushers for the first time since as junior RB Darwin Thompson rushed for 96 yards on six carriers, including a yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that upped the Aggies' advantage to Senior S Aaron Wade added a career-best 10 stops, to go along with the first two interceptions of his career.
Utah State senior DE Adewale Adeoye also recovered two fumbles and senior CB Deante Fortenberry returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown with left in the third quarter, giving the blue-clad Aggies a lead.
New Mexico State QB Matt Romero was of for yards and one touchdown, to go along with the three interceptions. He was sacked five times on the night, which included 1. NMSU finished the game with just yards of total offense passing, rushing. In all, Utah State's defense had Romero threw an yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Boone to give the white-cladded Aggies their only advantage of the night, , with to go in the first quarter. The lead lasted all of 15 seconds as USU sophomore WR Savon Scarver returned the ensuing kickoff yards for a touchdown to make it in favor of the hosts.
Utah State's other touchdown of the night came courtesy of senior RB Eltoro Allen , who scored on a 1-yard run with remaining in the second quarter. New Mexico State's Terrill Hanks led all tacklers in the game with 19 stops, including 3. Overall, it is USU's first seven-win season since Utah State's offensive line plowed the way for the visiting Aggies' rushing attack to amass yards.
USU ended the day with yards of total offense, as Kennedy was of passing for yards with a season-high three touchdowns. Senior RB Michael Smith had a career-best outing with yards on 18 carries, while junior RB Robert Turbin had 98 yards on 25 rushes and Kennedy added a career-high 95 yards on 15 carries. Junior RB Kerwynn Williams also had 68 yards rushing. Austin finished the game with 32 yards receiving on five catches and two touchdowns, while senior WR Stanley Morrison had four receptions for 60 yards.
NMSU, which lost is third-straight game to end the season, totalled yards of total offense, as Matt Christian was of passing for yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
It was a scoreless first quarter, in which Utah State had two chances inside the New Mexico State 10, going for it on fourth down both times, but not getting it either time. The visiting Aggies got on the board early in the second quarter, when Kennedy hit Turbin with a yard touchdown pass for a USU advantage. NMSU countered on its next possession with Christian scrambling for a yard touchdown run to tie it at 7-all.
Utah State took a lead after a 6-yard touchdown pass from Kennedy to Austin with to go in the first half. NMSU drove the ball down the field as the first half clock wound down, getting down to the USU 2 with 18 seconds left. But on third down, senior LB Kyle Gallagher snared an interception. Kennedy took a knee to end the half, sending the teams into the locker room with the scoreboard reading in USU's favor.
After a USU fumble at midfield on its opening drive of the third quarter, Christian hit Kemonte' Bateman with a yard touchdown pass to tie it at Sophomore PK Josh Thompson gave USU a lead with left in the game with a yard field goal, capping a play, yard drive in which the navy Aggies ran every play, eating up on the clock.
NMSU needed just three plays and to march 66 yards, with Turner capping the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run to give NMSU a lead with left. After the teams traded punts, USU got the ball on its own 17 yard-line with remaining and drove 83 yards in 13 plays culminating in an 8-yard touchdown pass from Kennedy to Austin. Lawson also had an interception in the game. Thompkins led all receivers with seven catches for yards. On the season, he has 63 receptions for 1, yards, becoming just the 12th player in school history to reach the 1, yard receiving plateau, including the first since Kevin Curtis in Thompkins also returned one kickoff for 45 yards to finish the game with a career-high all-purpose yards.
As a team, Utah State finished with yards of total offense. Bonner was of passing for yards and four touchdowns 45, 46, 21, He also had 25 yards rushing to help the Aggies remain all alone atop the Mountain Division standings and become bowl eligible for the ninth time in the last 11 years.
Hawai'i QB Chevan Cordeiro was of passing for yards and three touchdowns, to go along with one interception. Calvin Turner Jr. Dedrick Parson gave the visitors two yard receivers on the day as he hauled in seven passes for yards and one touchdown. The Aggies limited the Rainbow Warriors to just 12 yards rushing, which is tied for the 19th-fewest in a single game in school history, and the fewest allowed since Wake Forest had minus 25 yards rushing in Overall, UH had just yards of total offense, which is tied for the second-fewest allowed by USU this season.
Junior DE Byron Vaughns had four stops, including a career-high 2. Vaughns also had a pass breakup in the first quarter that resulted in an interception in the end zone. Utah State racked up Utah State graduate senior OLB Cash Gilliam thwarted a Hawai'i scoring drive in the first quarter when he intercepted his first-career pass in the end zone. Graduate junior S Monte McGary also recorded his first-career interception in the fourth quarter, while sophomore DT Poukesi Vakauta recovered his second fumble of the season.
McGriff finished with five receptions for 90 yards and the lone score, while Noa notched his first yard rushing day of his career with yards on 23 carries. Hawai'i cut the deficit to before Coles kicked a yard field goal to give USU a lead at the break. Coles also kicked a yarder in the fourth quarter to make it for the Aggies. Utah State came out firing on all cylinders after the break as the Aggies scored touchdowns the first three times they touched the ball.
Bowling also returned an onside kick attempt 45 yards for a touchdown to give USU its final margin of victory. Utah State has now won six-straight games against the Rainbow Warriors. USU had yards of total offense against the Rainbow Warriors, which are its third-most in a game this season, as the Aggies have now produced at least yards of total offense three times on the season. And, USU passed for yards, which are its second-most in a game this season, and the 15th-most in a single game in school history.
Overall, it is the third time this year that USU has scored a touchdown on its first drive of the second half, and the fifth time it has scored points. Those 11 third-down conversions are tied for the second-most in a game this season for the Aggies.
In fact, USU has outscored UH during its last six wins, which includes scoring plus points in back-to-back games and at least 35 points scored in each of those six wins in a row. It also marked the fifth time this year that USU won the turnover margin as the Aggies committed two turnovers in the game. The Rainbow Warriors entered the game averaging Overall, Hawai'i had just yards of total offense, which is tied for the second-fewest allowed by USU this season.
In all five of its games that it won the coin toss, USU chose to play defense first. USU has also won 58 of its last 63 games when scoring at least 30 points, including a record this season. Furthermore, it is the first time an Aggie has had double-digit receptions since Siaosi Mariner had 11 catches against Fresno State in The school record for yard receiving games in a season is nine set by Nakia Jenkins in and tied by Curtis in
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