Hall, Romney lead BYU to 42-14 win over Utah State
LOGAN, Utah -- Jaren Hall was 12-of-16 passing for 214 yards and ran for two touchdowns -- all before halftime -- and Baylor Romney threw for 191 yards and two scores to help BYU beat Utah State 42-14 on Saturday night.
Hall, who finished with seven carries for 54 yards, suffered a concussion in the first half and was replaced by Romney to start the third quarter. Hall, a redshirt freshman who plays baseball as well for the Cougars, also left BYU's Oct. 12 game against South Florida -- his only other career start -- with concussion-like symptoms. Utah State (4-4) went three-and-out on the game's opening possession before the Cougars ripped off an 11-play, 93-yard drive capped by Aleva Hifo's 6-yard touchdown run. Jordan Love's 26-yard TD pass to Siaosi Mariner tied it late in the first quarter but Hall scored on runs of 16 and 7 yards in the second quarter before Gerold Bright's 1-yard touchdown run with 34 seconds left in the half made it 21-14 at the half.
Romney led a seven-play, 75-yard drive to open the third quarter culminating with his 11-yard TD pass to Micah Simon and, after the Aggies went three-and-out, Romney's 1-yard scoring pass to Gunner Romney made it 35-14 going into the fourth. It was the first brother-to-brother touchdown in BYU (4-4) history.
Love was 29-of-49 passing for 394 yards and a TD but threw three interceptions.
Game Information
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 |
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 |