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PULLMAN, Wash. — Logan Bonner threw a 7-yard landing cross to Deven Thompkins with 11 seconds left to raise Utah State to a 26-23 victory over Washington State on Saturday night time.
Utah State (1-0) obtained the ball again by itself 22 with 3:02 left and Bonner drove them to the profitable rating in Blake Anderson’s first recreation because the Aggies’ coach. Bonner accomplished a cross to Derek Wright for a two-point conversion and the ultimate rating.
Max Borghi ran for 86 yards and a landing for Washington State (0-1) of the Pac-12, which completed 1-3 final 12 months.
“Meals goes to style higher. Beds are gonna be softer,” Anderson mentioned after turning into the primary Utah State coach in additional than 40 years to win his opening recreation. “This can be a reminiscence I’ll always remember.”
“I’m not stunned in any respect,” Anderson mentioned of the upset win.
“We didn’t play our greatest soccer,” he mentioned. “All in all we made the performs we completely needed to make.”
Anderson mentioned the result didn’t settle the battle over who ought to be the crew’s beginning quarterback.
“Each did some actually, actually good issues. Each did some dumb issues,” he mentioned of Bonner and Andrew Peasley “We’re not going to leap to conclusions.”
However with the sport on the road, he turned to Bonner, who adopted the coach to Utah State from Arkansas State.
“He has been on this state of affairs much more than Peasley has,” Anderson mentioned.
Washington State coach Nick Rolovich mentioned his crew settled for too many subject targets and didn’t convert on third downs.
“I feel we may’ve put that factor away and that’s on me,” Rolovich mentioned. “We’re going to get going and be prepared for subsequent week”
“We misplaced, however everyone seems to be retaining their heads up,” Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura mentioned.
Peasley related with Thompkins on a 45-yard cross to the WSU 1 within the first quarter. However the drive was stalled by three false begin penalties and the Aggies needed to accept a 23-yard subject aim by Connor Coles and a 3-0 lead.
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Dean Janikowski’s 35-yard subject aim for Washington State tied the sport early within the second quarter.
Utah State’s Patrick Joyner sacked Guarantano ultimately zone for a security and a 5-3 lead.
Janikowski’s 31-yard subject aim try bounced off the left upright for WSU late within the second quarter.
Derrick Langford picked off a Bonner cross late within the first half and returned it 36 yards to the Utah State 28. However three straight passes by de Laura have been incomplete from the Utah State 9 and the Cougars needed to accept Janikowski’s 26-yard subject aim and a 6-5 lead at halftime.
Coles kicked a 39-yard subject aim on the opening drive of the second half to offer Utah State an 8-6 lead.
Borghi scored the primary landing of the sport on a 64-yard run down the left sideline with 10:47 left within the third, giving the Cougars a 13-8 lead.
Coles replied with a 28-yard subject aim for Utah State.
Donovan Ollie caught a 12-yard landing cross from de Laura with 4:01 left within the third for a 20-11 Washington State lead. Janikowski added a 27-yard subject aim early within the fourth for the Cougars.
Calvin Tyler Jr. plowed over from the 2-yard line for Utah State’s first landing with 5:16 left within the recreation, slicing Washington State’s result in 23-18. The Cougars went three-and-out and needed to punt, establishing Utah State’s profitable landing drive.
Each groups got here in unsettled on the quarterback place, and every rotated two quarterbacks through the recreation.
Tennessee graduate switch Jarrett Guarantano rotated with final 12 months’s starter Jayden de Laura for WSU.
Anderson additionally had a quarterback battle and rotated Bonner, who adopted the coach from Arkansas State, and Peasley.
The final time Utah State defeated a Pac-12 crew was in 2012 at house towards Utah. Utah State’s final highway win over an influence convention crew was towards Kansas State in 1971.
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