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Utah State Perspective: Utah State takes down New Mexico State

Utah State has now extended their winning streak to four games and is having much greater success than they have the previous two seasons. Utah State was able to take down New Mexico State 35-13 and are preparing to take on San Jose State in a must win conference game on Saturday.

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

TD NMSU; Juwaun Price 11 yard rush; NMSU: 7; USU: 0

FG NMSU; Ethan Albertson 45 yard field goal; NMSU: 10; USU: 0

Second Quarter

TD USU; Logan Bonner 26 yard touchdown pass to Deven Thompkins; NMSU: 10; USU: 7

FG NMSU; Ethan 35 yard field goal; NMSU: 13; USU: 7

Third Quarter

TD USU; Logan Bonner 54 yard touchdown pass to Deven Thompkins; USU: 14; NMSU: 13

TD USU; Logan Bonner 4 yard pass to Derek Wright; USU: 21; NMSU: 13

TD USU; Elelyon Noa 4 yard touchdown run; USU: 28; NMSU: 13

Fourth Quarter

TD USU; Logan Bonner 1 yard pass to Justin McGriff; USU: 35; NMSU: 13

Final Score: Utah State 35; New Mexico State 13

Statistics Comparison

First downs: NMSU: 28; USU: 20

Third down conversions: USU: 4-8; NMSU: 5-15

Total yards: USU: 457; NMSU: 347

Passing yards: USU: 359 yards; NMSU: 298 yards

Rushing yards: USU: 98 yards; NMSU: 49 yards

Penalties: USU: 8-76; NMSU: 13-96

Turnovers: NMSU: 0; USU: 1

Time of possession: NMSU: 33:40; USU: 26:20

Players of the Game

Offensive player of the game

Deven Thompkins has continued to make plays all season long and it was no different in this game.