Boise State
9-2 , 6-1
Colorado State
3-8 , 2-5
Boise State Wins Big on Senior Day
11/18/2012 12:00:00 AM | Football
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Boise State scored on its first offensive play Saturday and never looked back in a 42-14 victory over Colorado State.
Senior D.J. Harper went untouched on an 80-yard touchdown run, and the Broncos (9-2, 6-1 Mountain West) scored on five of their six first-half possessions against the Rams (3-8, 2-5) to keep their conference title hopes alive. Boise State entered the day tied with Fresno State and San Diego State in the Mountain West.
Harper, a sixth-year senior playing in the final home game of his career, finished with 107 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Quarterback Joe Southwick completed 17-of-20 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns in a little more than one half of action. He connected with Matt Miller (5 yards) and Holden Huff (18 yards) for first-half touchdown passes.
Senior receiver Chris Potter had a 12-yard touchdown run out of the Wildcat formation for the Broncos, which led 35-0 at halftime. It marked the sixth time this season that Boise State held its opponent scoreless in the first half.
Colorado State trailed 42-0 when it finally scored on a career-long 72-yard run by Chris Nwoke with 2:09 in the third quarter. Nwoke finished with a game-high 119 yards on 10 carries. The Rams managed only 229 total yards and committed three turnovers in their last chance to win a road game this season. Colorado State is 0-5 in away games this season.
Colorado State got its final score on a 30-yard pass from Conner Smith to Marquise Law with 4:09 left. It was just the third passing touchdown yielded by Boise State this season.
Backup quarterback Grant Hedrick had a 1-yard touchdown run for the Broncos, which wound up with 503 yards, their most this season since rolling up 599 against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 15.
Team Stats
CS 0, BSU 7
BSU - HARPER, D.J. 80 yd run (FRISINA, M. kick), 1 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:12
CS 0, BSU 14
BSU - HARPER, D.J. 2 yd run (FRISINA, M. kick), 7 plays, 54 yards, TOP 3:17
CS 0, BSU 21
BSU - POTTER, Chris 12 yd run (FRISINA, M. kick), 9 plays, 81 yards, TOP 2:19
CS 0, BSU 28
BSU - MILLER, Matt 5 yd pass from SOUTHWICK, Joe (FRISINA, M. kick) 6 plays, 55 yards, TOP 2:17
CS 0, BSU 35
BSU - HUFF, Holden 18 yd pass from SOUTHWICK, Joe (FRISINA, M. kick) 3 plays, 37 yards, TOP 0:36
CS 0, BSU 42
BSU - HEDRICK, Grant 1 yd run (FRISINA, M. kick), 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:41
CS 7, BSU 42
CS - NWOKE, Chris 72 yd run (ROBERTS, Jared kick), 3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:08
CS 14, BSU 42
CS - LAW, Marquise 30 yd pass from SMITH, Conner (ROBERTS, Jared kick) 4 plays, 28 yards, TOP 1:13
