Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 29 2002 nrnwmiiSM&B tfootBau fi&mmcmmiim io w - Blue Continued from B1 ' “The bottom line is we gave up loo many big plays too many turnovers and lost our composure as welI”Dennehy said “We are not a good enough team to do that Everyone has to play as well as (they are) capable (of) We do in spots but that is not good AGGIES enough” PASSING AtL Comp 21 34 3 3 Jose Fuentes Jeff Crosbie Travis Cox Kevin Curtis 2 0 0 1 Int TD 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Yds 297 58 0 0 RECEIVING Yds Rec Kevin Curtis Richard Watson Donta Candler Gary Coleman Casey Poppinga Chris Cooley 10 117 4 3 67 82 42 24 23 3 2 2 TD Long KICKOFF RETURNS 1 David Fiefia Reggie Willson 3 2 TD 0 Yds Long 63 63 51' 27 18 30 No Jerome Dennis 0 0 PUNT RETURNS Yds Long 30 30 No AdeJimoh Donta Candler Derek Jeffery 1 1- 2 11 11 4 5 0 0 0 PUNTING No 5 Steve Mullins -- TD Yds 174 Avg Long 348 44 KICKING FGM FGA 1 1 Dane Kidman Long 39 BRONCOS RUSHING USU was penalized nine times for 86 yards including a couple of personal fouls in the second half “Never in my wildest dreams did 1 think they would put 60 points on us again" said Aggie linebacker Jesse Busta who led 14 the team with a game-hig- h tackles “That game (2000) was in the back of my mind and basical' ly it was about the same” A few Bronco faces were the same but a different quarterback led this Boise State assault In just his third start BJ Rhode passed for 376 yards on 1 attempts and five TDs He also scored from a yard out for good measure Four different players caught scoring passes One familiar Bronco face was running back Brock Forsey' He 81 yards rushed for a game-be- st on 15 carries and caught three passes for 26 yards and a TD The ' Broncos rushed for 178 yards on y the night Three different signal callers threw passes for USU Jose Fuentes passed for 297 yards on 2 1 --of-34 attempts and two TDs but was also picked off twice Wide receiver Kevin Curtis 10 balls hauled in a season-be- st for 1 17 yards and a score The Aggie rushing attack' was turned over to redshirt freshman Richard Watson He had 24 carries for 74 yards and a TD Coming in to Saturday's game Watson had carried the ball a total of 12 times in four games Watson also caught four passes for 67 yards “Richard played well" Den- nehy said “He is a hard-nosed player” ' PASSING AtL Comp Yds BJ Rhode 28 Int TD 1 5 376 17 RECEIVING Brock Forsey Rocky Atkinson 2 1 36 6 v either If there was any doubt this game was going to be another shootout that was quickly put to rest in the first quarter Boise State took the opening kickoff and marched 70 yards for a TD Forsey caught a pass from Rhode in a mismatch and went eight " yards for the score The Aggies answered after a kickoff return by David' 19 27-ya- rd 6 Fiefia USU’s Dane Kidman booted a field goal and the PUNT RETURNS No Tim Gilligan 1 Watson had mixed emotions about his first start “I felt pretty good unfortunate wp didn't win” Watson said “It was a bad ending”And a not so good beginning 39-ya- rd Yds Long 8 8 TD " ! AP photo ' Utah State's Kevin Curtis right catches a pass for a touchdown as Boise State's Quintin Mikell (9) and Julius Brown (6) defend during the first quarter of Saturday nighfs game in Boise race was officially on The Broncos would score on five of their six first-ha-lf possessions and get a TD from die defense as well Boise State converted its first five thud-dow- n plays Rhode added TD tosses of 67 and 57 yards to Jay Swillie and a to tight end Rocky Atkinson with eight seconds left in the half David Mikell took a pitch and went five yards untouched late in the second quarter after Boise State recovered a fumble at the Aggie 45 The Broncos also got a fumble return from comeiback Julius Brown after Aggie tight end Casey Poppinga coughed up the ball on a reception near the end of the first quarter' Trailing 21-- 3 late in foetust quarter USU reached the end zone on a Fuentes to Curtis pass Curtis went up between two Bronco defenders and brought the ball down and strolled in from five yards out to complete the' score The pass also made Fuentes the school record holder for career total offense passing Tony Adams He now has 6772 yards Watson followed fullback Chris Cooley in from a foot out for his first collegiate touchdown pulling 38-ya- rd 37-ya- rd the Aggies within 28-1- 7 with 7:39 left in the first half “The offensive line has beat playing 10 times better than the ” beginning of the year Watson said have really stepped it up” ‘They After a kickoff return by Jerome Dennis it took USU three plays t6 reach paydirt Fuentes hooked up with Gary 63-ya- rd Coleman for a TD with 42 seconds left in the half Boise State held a 4 lead J The Aggies left too much time on the clock The Broncos went 68 yards in 30 seconds capped fay Rhode’s fourth TD pass for a 4 lead at the break There was only one punt in the first half and it was by the hosts' The Broncos had 363 yards of total offense while foe Aggies 24-ya- rd 35-2- 42-2- gained-26- The two teams combined for five punts in the third quarter as the game turned “We finally started making some plays” Busta said In fact it was the Aggie special teams that broke foe scoring drought Ade Jimoh blocked a punt and safety Jamar Glasper scooped up the ball at the Bronco 1 and dove into the rad zone Kidman’s extra point made it 1 with 11:43 left in the game Boise State had just 20 yards of offense in foe third quarter and didn’t pick up first down until the 10:25 mark of the fourth quarter But once the Broncos got going they reejed off three straight IDs 42-3- ’ Billy Wingfield took a short Rhode pass and flew 63 yards down the sidelines to dash any hopes foci Aggies might have had Back-to-ba- interceptions led to Bronco Scores within a minute of each other to give foe hosts £63-3- 1 lead with 8:48 left to play Quarterback Jeff Crosbie who was a perfect came on to lead the final scoring drive of the night He hit Donta’ Candler in TD with 5:38 stride for a to play "The bottom line is we are still too inconsistent” Dennehy said “We just haven’t put it till togeth- ck 57-ya- rd Gf Other game notes: Dennis’ kickoff return in foe see foe longest of foe season for USU Fiefia turned' an ankle and was not able to play much Saturday leaving USU with just one healthy running back Aggie P Steve Mullins wasn’t called on until early in foe third quarter and booted the ball a season-low five times Kidman is on the perfect year drilling field goal attempts Curtis moved into seventh oh the USU career receptions list (134) Busta made his third career interception in the third quarter but the Aggies couldn’t convert it info 63-ya- rd -5 any points 0 blow PUNTING Keith Schuttler Team No 4 Yds 178 Avg Long 57 1 0 0 SACKS away Huskers No Yards 1 6 1 5 15 Wes Nurse Quintin Mikell No Yards 28 1 0 By I a V IV- Scores of interest Utah State's opponents in bold - ' ft t J ' Si - Saturday V 6 c y - 1 1 prpa m f - -y I Next week's games Saturday ge 42-4- ed rd i Friday Brigham Young at Utah State i Iowa might be known as the “Hawkeye State’’ but on SatuTr day it celebrated big victories by both its teams ' Not long after Iowa defeated Penn State 5 in overtime No 19 Iowa State stunned No 20 Nebraska 4 In State College Penn CJ touchdown Jones caught a pass from Brad Banks to rad Iowa’s overtime possession then the Hawkeyes stopped Ptam State on its trip to secure their second 'OT victory ova: the Nittany Lions in three years “We were hoping our defense would hold Penn State and they were able to come together and win it for us” Fred Russell said “It felt like it did two yean ago when we won it in overtime here” In Ames Iowa Seneca Wallace and the Cyclones pulled away to take a 26--7 lead and never looked 12fo-rank- I ' i Utah bye McNeese State at Nebraska Idaho State at Eastern Washington ' Purdue at Iowa Hawaii at Boise State New Mexico bye Tglane at Loulslana-Monro- e Texas-E- l Paso at New Mexico State Austin Peay at Troy State Middle Tennessee SL at Arkansas SL back against the struggling Huskers The versatile Wallace ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to help Iowa State beat the 'Huskers for the first time in a decade AP photo Stats football fans hang on the goalpost after the Iowa State Cyclones' 4 upset of Nebraska Saturday in Ames Iowa The victory marks the first time in a decade that ISU has defeated the Huskers Iowa 36-1- 44 I Thousands of red-da- d in OT ITop 12 5 roundup! 36-1- Force 30 Utah 26 Iowa State 36 Nebraska 14 Idaho State 32 Sacramento State 24 Iowa 42 Penn St 35 OT Boise State 63 Utah State 38 ’ Brigham Young bye Loulslana-Monro- e bye 10 Georgia 41 New Mexico State ' Missouri 44 Troy State 7 SE Missouri 24 Middle Tennessee SL 12 i The Associated Press major-colle- Friday Texas Tech 49 New Mexico 0 Air at Penn St Iowa wins INTERCEPTIONS Iowa State fans ran onto the field when foe game ended with many climbing the goal posts Coach Dan McCamey was caught in the middle “I got a fat lip out of that” he said with a smile “I don’t think somebody hit me on purpose That can get a little dangerous but I’ll try to fight my way out of that danger any time” The margin was the Cyclones’ largest against Nebras' ka since a 34-- 0 win in 1899 Nebraska coming off a humiliating 40-- 7 loss at Penn State two weeks ago has lost consecutive regular-seaso-n games for the first time since 1976 coach Tom Osborne’s fourth season His sue- cessor Frank Solich is sure to feel the pressure now that Big Red has dropped four of its last seven games The ’Huskers have been outscored 175-7- 1 in those four losses -r-- all on the road They also could fall out of the APTop 25 for the first time since 1981 ending a run of 348 straight 22-poi- nt appearances Iowa 42 No 12 Penn St 35 OT At State College Iowa blew a lead in the final 7 Ml minutes of regulation but foe 22-poi- nt See TOP 25 on B8 |