Boise State QB passes for 507 yards, 3 TDs
Kellen Moore was standing all alone in the backfield, watching a wide-open Titus Young snatch in stride a perfectly thrown deep pass just beyond midfield and race all the way to the end zone.
The 83-yard touchdown pass was Moore’s third of the game, the longest of his career, and it gave No. 2 Boise State a 35-point lead in the third quarter in Boise on Saturday.
Moore’s reaction was hardly worthy of the highlight reel. Just a slight, understated fist pump and a shrug.
But his performance in the Broncos’ 42-7 dismantling of Hawaii was one for the record book. Moore shredded the Warriors’ secondary for a career-best 507 yards passing, led a no-huddle offense that rolled up a school-record 737 total yards and during one stretch in the first half he completed 19 straight passes. His three TDs gave him 85 for his career, breaking another school mark.
For the unflappable lefty, it was just another ho-hum day at Bronco Stadium.
“It’s a pretty cool deal,” said Moore, who connected on 30 of 37 passes in the game. “The records are something I might realize a little bit more later.”
Moore’s spectacular performance was matched by a defense that notched a season-high seven sacks and bottled up the nation’s top passing team to extend Boise State’s winning streak to 22, the nation’s longest active streak among major colleges.
Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz came in riding a six-game winning streak, averaging 360 yards per game through the air and leading an offense averaging 39 points per game. But Moniz was pestered all day by the Broncos’ rush and frustrated by a secondary that smothered his top targets.
He was 17 of 28 for 127 yards, sacked twice in the first half, then five more times early in the second as Boise State made sure Hawaii’s run-and-shoot offense never got on track. Greg Salas, the WAC leader in receptions, was held to a pair of catches and Kealoha Pilares, second in the conference in receptions, sat out with a sore hamstring.
The Warriors mustered only 196 total yards, their lowest offensive output in 12 years. They had just 11 first downs, never advanced into the red zone and were held to 78 yards rushing. Their only points came late in the fourth quarter on Alex Green’s 54-yard TD run.
About the only thing that went right? Hawaii safety Mana Silva picked off two of Moore’s passes, giving him 15 for his career, a school record.
“Shoot, they could have had a lot more points,” Hawaii coach Greg McMackin said, referring to Silva’s picks, both coming deep in Hawaii territory.
The Broncos did just about everything right. Their 737 total yards eclipsed the previous school mark of 732 set on Oct. 4, 2003, against Louisiana Tech.
Fresno State 40, Louisiana Tech 34: Ryan Colburn passed for 229 yards and three TDs to Jamel Hamler as FSU’s Bulldogs defeated the Louisiana Tech’s Bulldogs in Ruston, La.
Robbie Rouse rushed for 286 yards and a score for FSU.
Utah State 27, New Mexico State 22: Utah State’s Aggies scored 17 second-half points behind 114 rushing yards from Derrvin Speight and topped NMSU’s Aggies in Logan, Utah.
| Boise St. | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Fresno St. | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Nevada | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| La. Tech | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Idaho | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Utah St. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| N.Mex.St. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| San Jose St. | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |