Washington Edges Utah State 16-14 as Three Picks Hurt
Three interceptions. That was the game. Utah State's Grady Brosterhous threw for two touchdowns and ran for 81 yards, and his team still lost 16-14 at Washington, because three of his passes went to the other side.
The scoring started with Tyler Robles' 30-yard field goal in the second quarter, and Utah State took the lead 16 seconds of clock later on a 78-yard touchdown pass from Brosterhous to Javon Robinson, 7-3. Washington's Ansu Sanoe ran in a one-yarder for 10-7, and then nobody scored again until the fourth quarter. Robles added field goals from 26 and 43 yards, which made it 16-7 with 6:28 left.
Utah State got one more score. Brosterhous found Eli Wood from seven yards out with 1:50 to go, and it was 16-14. Washington finished with one touchdown and three field goals, and every one of them was needed.
The box score explains why a game with two long Aggie touchdown throws ended up a loss. Washington had 356 total yards (249 passing, 107 rushing) and threw no interceptions, while Utah State had 271 and the three picks. The Huskies sacked Brosterhous three times; the Aggies sacked their quarterback twice. Flip even one of those interceptions and this is a very different last two minutes.
Washington is 2-0. Utah State is 0-2, and Wood's Week 1 line against Idaho State is on the books as a loss too.
For fantasy, this is a game where the losing team owned the top three scorers. Brosterhous put up 27.9 points, a season high, and that includes the sting of three interceptions. Robinson's 100-yard day and Wood's late touchdown gave Utah State owners plenty to be happy about, whatever the scoreboard said.