BOISE— Tyler Tettleton scored from half a yard out with 13 seconds left to help Ohio take its first lead of the game and cap a comeback win over Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 24-23. Tettleton completed 19-of-26 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed 16 times for 58 yards and the go-ahead score. Senior receiver LaVon Brazill was named the game’s MVP after being questionable to start. He finished with eight catches for 108 yards and a touchdown for the Bobcats....
DENVER— Utah State running back Robert Turbin was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, the WAC announced Monday. Turbin, a junior from Fremont, Calif., is currently 10th in the nation in rushing with 118 yards per game and is fifth in scoring with 11.5 points per contest. Turbin has rushed for 1,416 yards and 19 touchdowns on 229 attempts for an average of 6.2 yards per carry. He has caught 16 passes for 164 yards and four more touchdowns. His 138 points scored this season...
LOGAN—Utah State football will face Ohio University from the Mid-American Conference in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3:30 p.m. (MT) at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho, announced Sunday afternoon by the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Both USU and Ohio ended the regular-season with five-game win streaks, with the Aggies’ winning their fifth-straight game with a thrilling 24-21 win at New Mexico State on Saturday. Ohio had its five-game win streak halted with a heartbreaking 23-20 loss to Northern Illinois Saturday in the MAC Championship...
LAS CRUCES— Matt Austin hauled in a go-ahead TD with 35 seconds remaining and Nevin Lawson sealed the game with an interception as Utah State rallied to beat New Mexico State on the road in a fitting end to USU’s roller coaster regular season. “One more chapter in a tremendous, tremendous story of a tough-minded gritty team that loves each other,” USU head coach Gary Andersen said in a postgame radio interview. “They just don’t flinch. They keep fighting, they keep battling, they make plays when they...
LOGAN— Utah State Director of Athletics Scott Barnes and USU football Coach Gary Andersen announced on Monday that Utah State has accepted an invitation to play in the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3:30 p.m. MST at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Bowl will also feature a top selection from the Mid-American Conference. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is the second game of the entire bowl calendar and the only one in its timeslot. The Bowl will be telecast nationally on ESPN and...
LOGAN— With its fourth consecutive win Saturday – a 21-17 victory over Nevada – Utah State did something it hadn’t done in 14 years. For the first time since the 1997 season, the Aggies won their sixth game of the season to become bowl eligible. USU (6-5, 4-2) rallied from an early 10-0 deficit to outscore the Wolf Pack 21-7 over the final three quarters, as the Aggies made all the key plays down the stretch to secure the win. “What a great way to send out these...
MOSCOW— The cardiac kids did it again. For the third straight week, Utah State rallied to won a thrilling game that came down to the final play. Senior linebacker Bobby Wagner intercepted a pass at the goal line in double overtime, and the Aggies escaped Idaho with a 49-42 win. USU’s win marked the first time the Aggies have recorded three WAC wins, was the Aggies first three game winning streak since 2001, and the first time the team has recorded five wins in a season since 2000....
LOGAN— For the second time in as many weeks, Utah State used a furious second half rally to pull off an improbable victory. Matt Austin caught a 21-yard touchdown pass with 47 seconds remaining, and the Aggies came from behind to beat San Jose State, 34-33. “What was going through my head was just winning and I want the ball to be honest with you,” Austin said. “I want the ball at all times and if I get that chance, than I am going to make that play...
HONOLULU— Utah State lost its starting quarterback and the football on the same play in the second quarter in a game they were already trailing. Looking lifeless and nothing like the competitive team they had been all season, the Aggies headed to the locker room trailing Hawaii, 28-7. Then something happened. Playing for their fallen leader, Chuckie Keeton, Utah State mounted one of the most improbably comebacks in the history of the program to pick up the Aggies first win at Hawaii since 1966. Junior Robert...
LOGAN— Going into the fourth quarter Saturday against Louisiana Tech, Utah State held the lead – just as the Aggies have in every game this season. Once again though, that lead disappeared as quickly as the fans exited the stadium as USU lost to the Bulldogs, 24-17. Once a team that seemed to have a legitimate shot at a WAC title this season, USU is now 0-2 in conference play and off to the same 2-5 start as the past two seasons. “We found a way to lose...