Sept. 25, 2010

Box Score | Notes

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State scored 21 first-quarter points and Utah State couldn't recover, as the Aggies lost to the Aztecs, 41-7, Saturday night at Qualcomm Stadium.

SDSU amassed 504 yards of total offense, including 308 yards in the first half, as the Aztecs opened a 28-0 lead at intermission.

USU totalled 245 yards, with 115 rushing and 130 passing, as senior QB Diondre Borel was 14-of-31 for 130 yards. Senior RB Derrvin Speight had 11 carries for 51 yards and scored the Aggies' lone TD of the night with a 7-yard scamper in the third quarter after USU recovered a muffed punt return. Sophomore WR Dontel Watkins had five receptions for 51 yards.

Defensively, junior LB Bobby Wagner notched a game-high 12 tackles, his third-straight game with double-digit stops. Junior DE Levi Koskan added five stops, including two tackles for loss.

Aztec QB Ryan Lindley was 17-of-24 for 362 yards passing with three TD's, and was intercepted by the USU defense once, as sophomore CB Quinton Byrd snared his team-leading second of the season, to go with six tackles. SDSU WR Vincent Brown had five catches for 177 yards with two TD's while Ronnie Hillman had 23 carries for 89 yards with one TD.

Utah State plays its second Mountain West Conference team in a row, returning home to host in-state foe BYU on Friday, Oct. 1 in a nationally-televised game on ESPN from USU's Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium.

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