Love tosses 4 TD passes; Utah State beats BYU again, 45-20
Utah State extends lead to 42-13
Jordan Love keeps it himself for a 2-yard score to put the Aggies up big.
PROVO, Utah -- Jordan Love threw for a career-high four touchdowns and ran for another and Utah State beat BYU 45-20 Friday night, the Aggies' first back-to-back wins in the 88-game series since 1973-74.
The Aggies, who opened their season with a 38-31 loss at then-No. 11 Michigan State, are 4-1 for the first time since 2012 and have scored 30-plus points in their first five games for the first time.
The Aggies won 40-24 last season with the Cougars committing seven turnovers. Friday night, Utah State scored first on Tipa Galeai's 56-yard interception return and went up 21-0 on Love's 6-yard score to Ron'quavion Tarver six plays after a BYU fumble. Another BYU fumble led to a fourth-quarter touchdown.
Love threw for only 165 yards on 18-of-28 passing with his four TD passes going for 6 yards or less. His second TD pass to Tarver, a 4-yarder with 4:55 remaining in the third quarter, made it 35-7.
Darwin Thompson rushed for 109 yards on 17 carries.
BYU (3-3) had only 39 yards on the ground. Tanner Mangum was 27-of-46 passing for 270 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Game Information
2024 Mountain West Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Boise State | 4-0 | 7-1 |
Colorado State | 4-0 | 6-3 |
UNLV | 2-1 | 6-2 |
San Diego State | 2-1 | 3-5 |
Fresno State | 3-2 | 5-4 |
San José State | 3-2 | 5-3 |
Hawai'i | 2-2 | 4-5 |
Wyoming | 2-3 | 2-7 |
New Mexico | 2-3 | 3-6 |
Utah State | 1-3 | 2-6 |
Nevada | 0-4 | 3-7 |
Air Force | 0-4 | 1-7 |
2024 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
BYU | 5-0 | 8-0 |
Iowa State | 4-1 | 7-1 |
Colorado | 4-1 | 6-2 |
Kansas State | 4-2 | 7-2 |
Texas Tech | 4-2 | 6-3 |
Cincinnati | 3-2 | 5-3 |
Arizona State | 3-2 | 6-2 |
West Virginia | 3-2 | 4-4 |
Baylor | 3-3 | 5-4 |
Houston | 3-3 | 4-5 |
TCU | 3-3 | 5-4 |
UCF | 2-4 | 4-5 |
Utah | 1-4 | 4-4 |
Kansas | 1-4 | 2-6 |
Arizona | 1-5 | 3-6 |
Oklahoma State | 0-6 | 3-6 |