Freshman Lifts Wyoming Over Nevada In Shootout

Big West

Wendell Montgomery caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Jay Stoner with 12 seconds left Saturday, giving visiting Wyoming a 34-30 win over struggling Nevada (1-5).

Nevada lost its fourth straight game and is off to its worst start since 1964.

Dutton, coming back from a separated throwing shoulder, completed 20 of 37 passes for 377 yards and two touchdowns.

Stoner, a redshirt freshman making his first college start, was 16 of 31 for 312 yards and three touchdowns. Wyoming (5-2) had 581 yards.

Boise St. 52, New Mexico St. 10:

At Boise, Nate Sparks threw three second-quarter touchdown passes and running back Nicko Tatum rushed for 100 yards and two scores as the Broncos (2-4, 1-1) routed the Aggies (1-5, 0-1).

Lead by Sparks and Tatum, the Broncos erupted for 28 points in the second quarter to lead 38-7 at halftime.

New Mexico St. 7 0 0 3 - 10

Boise St. 10 28 7 7 - 52

BSU-FG Belcastro 22, 9:18.

BSU-Tatum 50 run (Belcastro kick), 3:18.

NMS-Patterson 14 pass from Houghtaling (Cecava kick), 00:16.

BSU-Colbert 5 pass from Sparks (Belcastro kick), 13:02.

BSU-Hurley 4 pass from Sparks (Belcastro kick), 9:00.

BSU-Nelson 66 pass from Sparks (Belcastro kick), 4:06.

BSU-Farris 73 interception return (Belcastro kick), 00:10.

BSU-Tatum 10 run (Belcastro kick), 14:40.

BSU-Hendricks 22 run (Belcastro kick), 6:00.

NMS-FG Cecava 35, 4:18.

A-22,814.

NMS BSU

First downs 19 17

Rushes-yards 39-177 39-250

Passing 180 201

Comp-Att-Int 19-35-2 10-15-1

Return Yards 0 95

Punts-Avg. 6-39.0 6-35.0

Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0

Penalties-Yards 8-72 9-94

Time of Possession 33:41 26:19

RUSHING-NMS, Gregory 2-58, Manns 15-45, Houghtaling 13-43. BSU, Tatum 15-100, Sparks 5-51, Reed 6-25.

PASSING-NMS, Houghtaling 18-33-2-171, Ceceva 1-1-0-9, Williams 0-1-0-0. BSU, Sparks 10-14-1-201, Hendricks 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-NMS, Gregory 8-75, Patterson 5-56, Shaw 4-36. BSU, Smith 3-53, Hurley 3-14, Colbert 2-37.