Broncos Gallop By N. Texas

Big West

Backup running back Gavin Reed ran for 94 yards and a touchdown and starter Nicko Tatum rushed for 110 yards, leading Boise State past North Texas 17-14 Saturday night in Denton, Texas.

The Broncos (3-4, 2-0 Big West) ran for 278 yards and took advantage of four turnovers by the Eagles (2-5, 0-2).

Boise State 17, North Texas 14

Boise St. 0 7 10 0 - 17

North Texas 0 7 0 7 - 14

NT-McGrew 14 pass from Mills (Courtney kick), 1:36.

BS-Smith 14 pass from Sparks (Belcastro kick), :39.

BS-FG Belcastro 45, 4:57.

BS-Reed 1 run (Belcastro kick), 2:27.

NT-Young 26 pass from Mills (Courtney kick), 2:08.

A-15,047.

BS NT First downs 21 11 Rushes-yards 74-278 24-41 Passing 78 222 Comp-Att-Int 6-16-0 14-27-2 Return Yards 31 9 Punts-Avg. 6-34 6-43 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 6-51 8-66 Time of Possession 39:43 20:17

RUSHING-Boise St., Tatum 19-110, Reed 24-94, Sparks 23-63. North Texas, Allred 10-37, McLane 4-16, Banks 1-8.

PASSING-Boise St., Sparks 5-15-0-63, Reed 1-1-0-15. North Texas, Mills 13-25-2-215, McLane 1-2-0-7.

RECEIVING-Boise St., Smith 3-64, Sparks 1-15, Harts 1-5. North Texas, Harrison 5-80, Young 5-67.

Utah St 38, New Mexico St. 7

Demario Brown ran for three touchdowns to lead the Utah State Aggies (3-4, 1-0) to a victory over the New Mexico State Aggies (1-6, 0-1) in Logan, Utah.

Brown’s scores highlighted a night on which Utah State (3-4) racked up 523 yards of offense.

New Mexico St 0 0 0 7 - 7

Utah St 3 14 0 21 - 38

US-FG 47 Bohn, 11:58.

US-Brown 1 run (Bohn kick), 10:08.

US-Brown 20 run (Bohn kick), 1:53.

US-Brown 4 run (Bohn kick), 9:41.

US-Jenkins 17 pass from Sauk (Bohn kick), 5:55.

NMS-Holloway 8 pass from Houghtaling (Cecava kick), 2:21.

US-Johnson 3 run (Bohn kick), :22.

A-17,251.

NMS US First downs 17 29 Rushes-yards 38-167 35-150 Passing 242 393 Comp-Att-Int 23-38-1 25-43-0 Return Yards 38 47 Punts-Avg. 8-35 5-41 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-60 2-18 Time of Possession 33:30 26:30

RUSHING-New Mexico St., Manns 18-117, Nelson 5-24, Houghtaling 8-19, Wilson 3-9. Utah St., Brown 14-69, Blue 14-58, Johnson 3-14, Sauk 4-(minus-11).

PASSING-New Mexico St., Houghtaling 22-37-1-240, Lucas 1-1-0-2. Utah St., Sauk 23-41-0-371, Benza 2-2-0-22.

RECEIVING-New Mexico St., Shaw 6-64, Patterson 1-17, Gregory 6-45, Guinn 3-70. Utah St., Jenkins 10-158, Smith 4-67, Pierson 3-58, Brown 2-35.