Aztecs End Wyoming Win Streak

Billy Blanton’s 11-yard quarterback draw with 38 seconds left gave San Diego State a 28-24 victory over No. 16 Wyoming Thursday night, ending the nation’s longest winning streak at 12 games.

Blanton moved the Aztecs 72 yards in seven plays and 61 seconds and got the last 34 yards himself. He ran for 23 yards on third-and-5 from the Wyoming 34, with the bulk of the run coming thanks to a big block by receiver Leandrew Childs.

Blanton’s TD run was the seventh lead change overall and the third in the final 10:42 in the game featuring two of the nation’s top offenses.

Wyoming still had a final shot at remaining undefeated, but the game ended when linebacker Craigus Thompson broke up Josh Wallwork’s pass to David Saraf in the end zone on first-and-10 from the Aztecs 26.

San Diego State, the first victim in Wyoming’s winning streak last Nov. 11, improved to 6-2 overall and, at 4-1, kept alive its Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division title hopes. Wyoming (9-1) remains atop the Pacific Division at 6-1.

This is the first season of the expanded WAC, and the Pacific and Mountain Division winners meet in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 for the conference title. The winner will be eligible for one of two at-large spots in the alliance bowl scenario.

Wyoming’s 34-31 victory at San Diego State last year ended the Aztecs’ WAC title hopes.