Boise State 26, Brigham Young 17
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 9, 2021
Where: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah
Temperature:
49°
Head Official:
Cal McNeill
Attendance:
63470
By Field Level Media
Hank Bachmeier passed for 172 yards and Boise State forced four turnovers to upset No. 10 BYU 26-17 in a nonconference matchup on Saturday in Provo, Utah.
Cyrus Habibi-Likio rushed for a season-high 75 yards and Andrew Van Buren added a season-high 60 rushing yards for the Broncos (3-3). Each player added a touchdown as Boise State snapped a two-game losing streak in the series with BYU.
Jaren Hall threw for a career-high 302 yards with one touchdown and one interception for BYU. Tyler Allgeier added 73 rushing yards and a touchdown.
The Cougars (5-1) outgained Boise State 413 to 312 in total yards, but finished minus-4 in the turnover margin.
Hall returned to action for BYU after sitting out a pair of games with a rib injury. He looked sharp in the opening quarter, tallying 100 yards and a touchdown in that 15-minute stretch.
The Cougars opened up a 10-0 lead after scoring on each of their first two drives. Hall capped the second scoring drive with a 14-yard strike to Samson Nacua with 6:55 remaining in the opening quarter.
Boise State rallied to take a 20-10 halftime lead. The Broncos capitalized on a pair of fumbles deep inside BYU territory and became the first opponent to lead BYU at any point this season.
Scott Matlock recovered a fumble by Allgeier at the BYU 24-yard line to set up an 11-yard sprint by Habibi-Likio for Boise State's first touchdown and a tie at 10. Then, the Broncos recovered a second fumble by Lopini Katoa at the BYU 23 on a kickoff return. That takeaway set up a 1-yard scoring plunge by Van Buren with 34 seconds left in the half.
Boise State led 20-10 at the break as Jonah Dalmas booted a 20-yard field as time expired.
A 59-yard catch by Gunner Romney set up a 1-yard plunge from Allgeier that cut the Broncos' lead to 23-17 midway through the fourth quarter.
Dalmas nailed his fourth field goal of the game -- from 22 yards -- to extend Boise State's lead to 26-17 with 3:27 left. He also connected from 41 and 28 yards.
Kaonohi Kaniho picked off a pass from Hall at the Broncos' 11-yard line with 1:59 left to seal the win.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Receiving
Boise State |
|
Brigham Young |
Khalil Shakir
|
Player |
Gunner Romney
|
5 |
Receptions |
4 |
66 |
Yards |
102 |
13.2 |
Avg Yards |
25.5 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Boise State
|
312 |
140 |
172 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1.0 |
3 |
Brigham Young
|
413 |
111 |
302 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |