Boise State Outruns Colorado State 64-38 in a Shootout
One hundred and two points. Boise State beat Colorado State 64-38 in a game where neither team turned the ball over, so the whole thing came down to who did more with it, and the Broncos did a lot more.
Boise ran 41 times for 356 yards and threw for 317 more, finishing with 673 total yards. Colorado State was no slouch at 513, and still lost by 26. The Broncos led from the opening score, a 73-yard touchdown pass from Max Cutforth to Dylan Riley with 14:08 left in the first quarter (the two-point try was good, so 8-0). Colorado State never led or tied.
Riley was everywhere. He ran for 42 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter, and added a 31-yard run in the third. He finished with 192 rushing yards on 19 carries and 88 more receiving, with 2 catches. Cutforth went 16-of-19 for 317 yards and 4 touchdown passes, plus a 1-yard score of his own. Harry Stewart III finished the thing off with touchdown runs of 43 and 6 yards in the fourth quarter.
The Rams got a 9-yard run from Oliver Lundberg to answer the first Boise touchdown, and Hauss Hejny threw for 253 yards with 2 touchdowns and ran for another. K'saan Farrar added a late 7-yard touchdown pass to Lavon Brown. It was never close, but it was never boring. Boise State led 43-24 after three quarters and put 21 more on the board in the fourth. Boise State is 8-1. Colorado State is 3-6.
For fantasy, Riley's 48 points were a season high, Cutforth's 42.3 came in his first game on the season's stat sheet, and Hejny's 35 came in a loss. Everyone ate.