Boise State wide receiver Latrell Caples (7) splits the Utah State defense at the goal line for a 50 yard touchdown reception in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Steve Conner) BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Taylen Green threw four touchdown passes and rushed for another, Boise State’s defense intercepted two passes in the fourth quarter, and the Broncos staved off a late rally to defeat Utah State 42-23 on Friday afternoon. Boise State (9-3, 8-0), which finished undefeated in conference play for the third time in four years, will host Fresno State in the Mountain West Conference championship game on Dec. 3. Utah State (6-6, 5-3) has lost 19 of the last 20 games against Boise State, last winning in Boise in 1996. Despite the lopsided final score, the Aggies had a chance to steal the game, driving to the Boise State 11 with less than two minutes to go before the wheels came off. Cooper Legas, who finished 23 of 40 passing for 306 yards and rushed for 51 more, rallied Utah State to within 28-23 before throwing a pair of interceptions in the game’s final 1:28, including

LOGAN – Utah State punched its ticket to bowling season last week, but are on to its next challenge of beating Boise State. The Aggies have struggled when playing Boise State in Boise for essentially all of program history. Utah State is 2-11 all-time when facing the Broncos in Idaho, the last win coming in 1996, the first season Boise State became an FBS program. Overall, the Aggies are 5-21 against the Broncos including six straight losses and 18 losses in the last 19 meetings. USU’s lone win of the previous 19 games was a 52-26 win over the 21st-ranked Broncos on Merlin Olsen Field in 2015. Last year the Aggies lost at home 27-3 to Boise State despite out-gaining their opponents on offense 443-439. Here are the things to know about the final game of the regular season for Utah State: Game Info Kickoff: 10 a.m. MT Location: Albertsons Stadium | Boise, Idaho TV Broadcast: CBS Aggie GameDay Coverage on KVNU (102.1 FM/610 AM & KVNU mobile app) & simulcast on 106.9 The FAN (106.9 FM / 1390 AM & 106.9 The FAN mobile app): 8:30 a.m. MT KVNU Aggie Call (102.1 FM/610 AM, KVNU mobile app + 106.9 FM /

LOGAN — For the 10th time in the last 12 years, Utah State is bowl eligible. The Aggies earned their sixth win of the season by defeating San Jose State on senior night 35-31 on Merlin Olsen Field. “Super proud,” Utah State head coach Blake Anderson said. “Excited to be bowl eligible. I know we talked about that a lot over the last few weeks and just how much that means to this group. Just how hard that is to go from 1-4 to 6-5 with the opportunity to be 7-5 maybe next week.” Fitting for senior night, the Aggies were led on offense by senior running back Calvin Tyler Jr., who ran for 126 yards on 30 attempts and recorded a career-best three rushing touchdowns, and senior wide receiver Brian Cobbs and his 10 catches for 122 yards. On defense senior (although still eligible to play next year) defensive tackle Hale Motu’apuaka recorded 2.0 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss. Utah State blew a 21-6 lead built in the first half, allowing San Jose State to take a 31-28 lead with 6:42 to play in the fourth quarter. Three times in the second half the Aggies had offensive drives

LOGAN – For the first time in nine weeks, Utah State football can cast off the “losing team” moniker, having reached a 5-5 mark on the season after beating Hawaii on Saturday. It’s a solid achievement already for the Aggies to have turned around a 1-4 start into a potential bowl game. Of the 29 times USU has started a season 1-4 (or 0-5) the team has gone on to win five games six times (now seven). It’s hard to turn a start like that around, something that head coach Blake Anderson talked about in his weekly press conference on Monday. “The ability to go out and stay focused and continue to work every day is not a given,” Anderson said. “There’s a lot of teams that when they’re 1-4 they don’t recover. So I think just the resiliency and willingness to work is maybe the best thing about this team.” The major achievement would be actually getting to a bowl game. Of those aforementioned 29 seasons, only one time did USU make it to a bowl: 1993. In that season, the Aggies ultimately started 1-5 and wound up winning the final six games of the season, including the program’s

Utah State safety Ike Larsen (19) makes an interception over Hawaii wide receiver Koali Nishigaya (27) during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia) HONOLULU – Utah State set a new season-high in points and needed nearly every one of them to hold off Hawai’i on the road 41-34 to remain in the hunt for bowl eligibility. Cooper Legas set a career-high in passing yards, completing 16-of-25 passes for 238 yards and three touchdown passes. Calvin Tyler Jr. also recorded his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the year with 113 yards and a rushing touchdown. Tyler was also productive catching the ball out of the backfield, reeling in three passes for 50 yards and another touchdown. On the defensive side of the ball, freshman safety Ike Larsen intercepted two passes – returning one to the house – for his third and fourth interceptions of the year. “Every week he gets better. He’s got a phenomenal career ahead of him. Love that he’s wearing our colors,” Anderson said. “He always seems to be calm in the moment, when it’s most critical.” Despite the great performances by several Aggies, the team