BOISE, Idaho — Ashton Jeanty ran for 259 yards and 4 touchdowns, Matt Lauter had 4 catches for 96 yards and two scores, and No. 25 Boise State surged previous Washington State 45-24 on Saturday night time.
Taking part in its first recreation as a ranked group since 2020, Boise State (3-1) pulled away within the fourth quarter towards its future Pac-12 rival. Washington State (4-1) had no reply for Jeanty — and no floor recreation of its personal.
Jeanty, who entered the sport main the nation in dashing yards per recreation with 195.3, wasted little time. On Boise State’s fifth play from scrimmage, he broke 4 tackles across the line of scrimmage earlier than outracing the remainder of the protection on a 64-yard landing run. He completed with 26 carries and had a 7-yard reception.
“He was relentless,” Boise State coach Spencer Danielson stated. “Discuss a man who places his group on his again, loves this group and can discover a option to rating as a result of that is what the group wants — that is Ashton. When your finest gamers are your hardest employees, you have all the time received a shot.”
Jeanty, who now has 845 yards on 82 carries with 13 touchdowns this season, had his fourth 200-yard recreation, tying a faculty document.
“We simply received beat in all three phases and fairly decisively,” Washington State coach Jake Dickert stated. “Jeanty was unimaginable. Ten yards a carry. Clearly you have to maintain him to lower than that if you wish to win the soccer recreation.”
Jeanty added a 14-yard landing run late within the second quarter to present the Broncos a 17-10 halftime lead.
Regardless of stifling Boise State’s offense early within the second half, Dickert gambled on a fourth-and-inches from his group’s 27 late within the third quarter. However Boise State’s protection stiffened, denying quarterback John Mateer the half a yard he wanted.
“When it is inches to go, when it is fourth-and-1 for the previous two and a half years, we have gone for it each time,” Dickert stated. “That is what we’ll do. That is how we play.”
Three performs later, Maddux Madsen hit Lauter on a 22-yard scoring strike to push Boise State’s result in 24-10 with 1:22 left within the third quarter.
After one other Washington State landing halved the deficit, Jeanty ripped off one other electrifying run, this time racing 59 yards by breaking three tackles and eluding one other on the purpose line to dive in for a rating.
Mateer threw for 327 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Wayshawn Parker led Washington State in dashing with 35 yards.
Madsen threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns for Boise State.
The Boise State protection recorded seven sacks leading to 67 misplaced yards.