Colorado State Outlasts San Diego State 56-49 in a Shootout
Take away one pick-six and this is 49-49. That is the whole margin in a game with 105 points, and the pick-six was a 38-yard interception return by Tre'Shawn Moore at 1:33 of the second quarter. Colorado State won 56-49.
The two offenses traded punches from the start. Tommy Maher caught a 9-yard touchdown from Hauss Hejny at 10:17 of the first quarter, and San Diego State answered with a Lucky Sutton run and a Javion Kinnard run to lead 14-7 before Colorado State tied it. The lead changed four times and the game was tied twice. Colorado State took over for good at 5:14 of the second quarter when Durell Robinson ran in from 10 yards, and Moore's return made it 35-24 before the half.
The Rams pushed it to 42-27 on a 28-yard Hejny pass to Robinson in the third, and San Diego State pulled to 34-42. Hejny then scored from 4 yards early in the fourth to make it 49-34. San Diego State got to 42-49 on a 24-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion, and Hejny answered with a 30-yard run at 8:43 for 56-42. Sutton's 7-yard run at 1:57 of the fourth was the last score. Both teams had more than 550 yards (565 for San Diego State, 553 for Colorado State), and the Aztecs threw two interceptions, one of them a score for the other side.
Colorado State is 3-4 and San Diego State is 3-5. In fantasy, Hauss Hejny scored 51.8 points, and Robinson (30.4) and Maher (28.8) were not far behind. All three had season highs.