Oct 12, 2003

LOGAN, Utah  (AP) - Casey Bramlet threw for 211 yards and three touchdowns asWyoming snapped a 13-game road-losing streak with a 48-21 victory over UtahState on Saturday night.

The Cowboys' last win away from home came on Sept. 22, 2001, when theydefeated USU 43-42.

Derek Armah had 22 carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns for Wyoming(2-4), which never trailed the Aggies (1-5). This was the Cowboys' first winsince defeating Montana State in the season opener on Aug. 30.

Bramlet's final touchdown pass of the evening, a 62-yarder to JovonBouknight with 9:29 to go in the fourth quarter, capped the game's scoring andprompted many of USU's fans to head for the exits.

The Aggies had a chance to make a game of it with under five minutes to goin the third quarter trailing 34-21 and driving. However, Wyoming's defensestiffened on its own 36 when Brandon Casavan and Austin Hall stopped USUrunning back David Fiefia for no gain on consecutive third- and fourth-downplays. The Aggies only needed to pick up 1 yard to keep the drive going.

The Cowboys scored touchdowns on each of their first four drives of thefirst half to open a 28-7 lead with 9:59 remaining in the second quarter.
Wyoming took its biggest lead of the game when Deric Yaussi kicked a 23-yardfield goal with 57 seconds left until halftime.

Following Yaussi's field goal, USU took over on its own 35 and marched 65yards on three plays. Cox's 6-yard touchdown run, in which he ran untouchedinto the end zone, capped the 17-second drive to cut the Cowboys' lead to 31-14at halftime.

Cox completed 16-of-35 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown. The Aggies'Chris Cooley returned to the lineup after missing two games with a stressfracture in his foot, which he injured against Arizona State on Sept. 13.Cooley had five receptions for 72 yards.

Wyoming-UTAH St ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wyoming     14  17  3  14- 48UTAH St.       7  7  7  0-21

First Quarter
Wyoming-Armah 1 run (Yaussi kick) 9:01
Wyoming-Robbins 1 pass from Bramlet (Yaussi kick) 4:25
UTAH St-Fiefia 2 run (Hamblin kick) 00:30
Second Quarter
Wyoming-Harrison 7 run (Yaussi kick) 11:21
Wyoming-Floyd 23 pass from Bramlet (Yaussi kick) 9:49
Wyoming-FG Yaussi 23, 00:57
UTAH St-Cox 6 run (Hamblin kick) 00:35
Third Quarter
UTAH St-Coleman 13 pass from Cox (Hambling kick) 9:02
Wyoming-FG Yaussi 40, 4:05
Fourth Quarter
Wyoming-Armah 47 run (Yaussi kick) 10:53
Wyoming-Bouknight 62 pass from Bramlet (Yaussi kick) 9:29
A-26,594.

                    Wyoming  UTAH StFirst downs                22      16Rushes-yards            47-239  25-123Passing                   240     240Comp-Att-Int          14-25-0 17-36-1Return Yards                30      3Punts-Avg.               3-39.3     4-32.4Fumbles-Lost              0-0     2-2Penalties-Yards          15-127    14-109Time of Possession      36:36   23:24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Wyoming, Armah 22-123, Davis 7-47, Tatnall 6-28, Harrison 3-18, Bouknight 1-5, Floyd 1-(-1), Bramlet 7-(-28). UTAH St., Fiefia 15-86, Cox 8-22, Davis 2-9.
PASSING-Wyoming, Bramlet (Casey) 13-24-0-211, Bramlet (Corey) 1-1-0-31. UTAH St., Cox 16-35-1-202, Tolli 1-1-0-38.
RECEIVING-Wyoming, Armah 4-41, Bouknight 3-81, Floyd 3-67, McGuffey 2-21, Amos 1-31, Robbins 1-1. UTAH St., Cooley 5-72, Higginson 5-53, Coleman 3-72, Fiefia 2-36, Hicks 1-5, McNutt 1-2.