3 team in the nation, riding an eight-game winning streak and a world of confidence. Keyarris Garrett had 14 catches for a career-high 268 yards and three touchdowns.īoth in the top 10 nationally in total offense, the teams combined for 1,248 yards of offense in the wild back-and-forth affair. 4 TCU (15 games).ĭane Evans was 24-of-36 passing for 421 yards and four touchdowns for the Golden Hurricane (3-4, 0-3). The winning streak is the third longest in the country behind No. The Tigers have gone more than a year since their last loss, against Houston. Lynch has thrown for more than 300 yards in each of his last six games for Memphis (7-0, 3-0 American Athletic Conference). 18 Tigers win their 14th straight game, beating the host Golden Hurricane. Memphis 66, Tulsa 42: Paxton Lynch completed 32 of 44 passes for a career-high 447 yards and four touchdowns to help the No. Myers had 93 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception for Utah State (4-3, 3-1). Two plays later, Alex Barrett forced a fumble by Kent Myers and Smith finished a short drive with a 1-yard sneak. San Diego State opened the scoring on Maxwell Smith’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Mikah Holder. The Aztecs have started league play with four straight wins for the first time since 1998. Pumphrey had rushing touchdowns of 4 and 62 yards in the second quarter to help San Diego State build a 34-7 lead at halftime in the battle of teams that came in unbeaten in Mountain West play.Ĭhase Price added 97 yards on the ground and one touchdown for San Diego State (5-3, 4-0). The back-to-back losses ended the Aztecs streak of 48 games without consecutive losses, tied for third longest in Division I.College football: San Diego State routs Utah State, stays unbeaten in Mountain West – Marin Independent Journalĭonnel Pumphrey rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns, and San Diego State scored on six straight drives in the first half to cruise to a 48-14 victory over visiting Utah State on Friday night. San Diego State lost leading scorer Matt Mitchell to a knee injury Thursday, but an exam showed no ligament tears and Mitchell could return in two weeks. The Aggies swept the Aztecs, having defeated San Diego State 57-45 on Thursday. Lamont Butler added 13 points and five steals. Terrell Gomez had 16 points for the Aztecs (9-4, 3-3). Utah State and San Diego State are the top two defensive teams in the Mountain West allowing 60.5 and 60.7 points per game, respectively. Utah State scored a season-low 22 points and trailed by 10 at the break, but opened the second half with a 12-2 run to tie at 34-34. Utah State is unbeaten in Mountain West play for the first time in school history and off to its best start in any conference since opening the Western Athletic Conference 11-0 in the 2010-11 season. Alphonso Anderson had nine points and seven rebounds. Neemias Queta added 10 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and four assists.
LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Steven Ashworth scored 17 points off the bench to lift Utah State to a 64-59 win over San Diego State on Saturday, the Aggies’ 10th straight victory.īrock Miller had 11 points for Utah State (11-3, 8-0 Mountain West Conference).