Jacob Eason completed 24 of 28 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns as No. 22 Washington passed its first road test of the season, defeating BYU 45-19 Saturday afternoon in a nonconference game in Provo, Utah.

The Huskies (3-1) were without leading rusher Salvon Ahmed, who didn't make the trip because of a lower leg injury.

Sean McGrew and Richard Newton split the carries in Ahmed's absence, with McGrew rushing for a game-high 103 yards on 18 attempts and Newton adding 80 yards and a touchdown on 16 rushes.

BYU (2-2), which upset the Pac-12's Southern California in overtime last week, was led by Zach Wilson, who completed 26 of 42 passes for 277 yards and a touchdown.

The Cougars managed just 79 rushing yards.

Eason was 9 of 10 for 99 yards and two touchdowns in the first quarter, when the Huskies built a 21-3 lead.

He scrambled and found a wide-open Newton in the back corner of the end zone with a 17-yard pass on Washington's first drive.

After BYU responded with Jake Oldroyd's 43-yard field goal, Eason marched the Huskies to another touchdown, hitting Aaron Fuller with a 17-yard strike that made it just over a leaping linebacker and between two defensive backs with 3:50 to go in the first quarter.

Washington's third score came on a 69-yard fumble recovery by linebacker Brandon Wellington with 2:17 left in the first quarter.

Peyton Henry's 30-yard field goal with 11 minutes left in the second quarter gave the Huskies a 24-3 lead.

BYU closed the half with a 1-yard touchdown run by Emmanuel Esukpa and a 54-yard field goal by Oldroyd to trim the deficit to 24-9.

The Cougars fumbled on their first possession of the second half. Three plays later, Eason hit Andre Baccellia with a 35-yard touchdown pass with 12:28 showing.

BYU went three-and-out on its next drive and Fuller returned the ensuing punt 88 yards for a touchdown to make it 38-12 with 10:37 remaining in the third quarter.

Newton rushed for a 3-yard score to extend the lead before BYU's Matt Bushman caught a 7-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the third quarter to make it 45-19.

--Field Level Media