Utah State Beats Troy 21-10 as Troy Throws Three Picks
Three interceptions. Troy threw 49 passes, completed 25 of them and gave the ball away three times, and Utah State beat the Trojans 21-10 to get to 1-3. Call it a win that was handed over more than taken.
It started loud. Grady Brosterhous threw a 57-yard touchdown to Javon Robinson in the first quarter, and Troy tied it with a 13-yard Crowder touchdown pass to Howard Kinchen. Ethan Head's 45-yard field goal put Troy up 10-7 with 10:24 left in the second quarter. That was the last point Troy scored. Utah State then scored 14 straight in the third: Brosterhous to Eli Wood from five yards, and Javen Jacobs ran in from six with 4:51 left in the quarter. Nobody scored after that.
The yardage was close (415 to 395, in Utah State's favor), and Utah State ran for 173 yards to Troy's 169. Brosterhous did a lot of that himself, carrying 15 times for 89 yards, and Jacobs added 84 on 14 carries. The difference was the turnovers: three for Troy, against one interception and one lost fumble for Utah State.
Utah State moves to 1-3 and Troy falls to 2-2. Troy's Will Crowder threw all three of those picks, and the Trojans never scored again once they went up 10-7. The margin was 11 points, which is about what three turnovers cost. Utah State hardly lit it up either: 21 points is not a big number, it was just bigger than 10. In fantasy terms Brosterhous (30.6) was the best of the night, and a season high for him.