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 | 6-0 | 9-1 |
Colorado State | 5-0 | 7-3 |
UNLV | 4-1 | 8-2 |
Fresno State | 3-3 | 5-5 |
San José State | 3-3 | 6-4 |
New Mexico | 3-3 | 5-6 |
San Diego State | 2-3 | 3-7 |
Utah State | 2-3 | 3-7 |
Hawai'i | 2-4 | 4-7 |
Wyoming | 2-4 | 2-8 |
Air Force | 1-4 | 3-7 |
Nevada | 0-5 | 3-8 |
2024 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
BYU | 6-1 | 9-1 |
Colorado | 6-1 | 8-2 |
Arizona State | 5-2 | 8-2 |
Iowa State | 5-2 | 8-2 |
Baylor | 4-3 | 6-4 |
Kansas State | 4-3 | 7-3 |
TCU | 4-3 | 6-4 |
Texas Tech | 4-3 | 6-4 |
West Virginia | 4-3 | 5-5 |
Cincinnati | 3-4 | 5-5 |
Kansas | 3-4 | 4-6 |
Houston | 3-4 | 4-6 |
UCF | 2-5 | 4-6 |
Arizona | 2-5 | 4-6 |
Utah | 1-6 | 4-6 |
Oklahoma State | 0-7 | 3-7 |