Oregon State Hangs 66 on San Diego State
Five touchdown passes for Braden Atkinson, and he was not even the only quarterback to throw one. Oregon State beat San Diego State 66-14, and the box score reads like a typo: 651 total yards for the Beavers against 147 for the Aztecs.
It was 35-0 before San Diego State touched the scoreboard. Maalik Murphy caught a 2-yard touchdown from Atkinson (yes, the backup quarterback), AJ Newberry ran 27 yards for another, and the Beavers added a Jesse Legree touchdown, a Cornell Hatcher Jr. sneak from the 1 and a 12-yard catch for DeCorion Temple before halftime. Jacob Bostick got San Diego State on the board with 25 seconds left in the half, and Caleb Ojeda answered with a 53-yard field goal as time ran out. Halftime: 38-7.
The third quarter was where Legree went to work. A 71-yard touchdown, then a 31-yarder just over two minutes later, and the lead was 52-7. Add his 11-yard score from the second quarter and the three touchdowns covered 113 of his 191 receiving yards. Atkinson finished 29 of 38 for 409 yards, which is most of the 462 passing yards the Beavers piled up, and the Beavers did not throw an interception.
San Diego State's offense totaled 91 passing yards and 56 rushing, and Jayden Denegal went 5 of 19 for 78 yards. Half of the Aztecs' 14 points came on Jaylon Hawkins' 97-yard kickoff return, which means the offense scored exactly one touchdown. It was the lone highlight for the visitors, and it only made it 59-14 at the time.
Oregon State moves to 4-2 and San Diego State falls to 2-4. For fantasy purposes, this was a Beavers buffet: six Oregon State players cleared ten points, and even backup quarterback Maalik Murphy, who threw one touchdown and caught one, got in on it (8 for 8 passing, if you are keeping score).