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LOGAN, Utah – In Utah State's win at Wyoming a week ago, the Aggies scored just 24 points. They put up that much and then some against New Mexico on Saturday – in the first quarter alone.
 
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Love completed 23-of-34 passes for 448 yards and four touchdowns in a little more than two quarters of work to lead Utah State to a 61-19 victory over the Lobos on Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium.
 
With the win, Utah State (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West) matched its best start since the 1965 campaign, when that team also started the year by winning seven of its first eight games.
 
Utah State, which scored 28 points during the first 15 minutes of play, finished with a school-record 704 yards of total offense. The previous mark of 684 yards was accomplished twice, the first time against Nevada in 1992 and then again in 2001 against Weber State. Furthermore, those 704 yards of total offense are tied for the ninth-most in the nation this season at the FBS level.
 
The Aggies became the 10th different school to reach the 700-yard plateau this season. Utah State passed for 516 yards, which ranks second all-time in school history, on 30-of-42 completions. They also rushed for 188 yards against New Mexico (3-5. 1-3).
 
The Lobos recorded 291 yards of total offense, marking the third time this season Utah State has limited an opponent to less than 300 total yards.
 
Senior wide receiver Ron'quavion Tarver led the Aggies with seven catches for 112 yards and one touchdown, while fellow senior WR Jalen Greene added four receptions for 108 yards. It is the first time since the 2012 campaign that the Aggies have had two players with 100 receiving yards in the same game. Fourteen different players caught a pass for USU on the day.
 
The Lobos dented the scoreboard first on a 53-yard field goal by Andrew Shelley with 12:40 left in the opening quarter, but it was all Aggies after that.
 
After going three-and-out on the opening possession of the game, Utah State scored touchdowns on its next six series – seven when you throw in the 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by sophomore safety Shaq Bond that gave the Aggies a 14-3 lead with 6:33 remaining in the first.
 
In a span of less than 20 minutes between the first and second quarters, Utah State hung 49 consecutive points up on the board, ignited by Darwin Thompson's 3-yard touchdown run, his 10th TD of the season and fourth in the last three games.
 
Following Bond's interception return for a score, Love connected on touchdown passes of 17 yards to sophomore wide receiver Jordan Nathan, 28 yards to Tarver, 29 yards to sophomore tight end Carson Terrell and 19 yards to junior tight end Dax Raymond.
 
Love capped the 49-point outburst by the Aggies on a 1-yard touchdown with 5:21 left in the second quarter. The rest of the Aggies' points on the day came off the foot of junior placekicker Dominik Eberle, who was a perfect 4-for-4 on field goals (34, 27, 28 and 18 yards, respectively) and 7-for-7 on extra points.
 
Bonds was one of four Aggies that intercepted a pass as sophomore linebacker Kevin Meitzenheimer, junior cornerback DJ Williams and sophomore defensive end Logan Lee each added one. It was the first career pick for all four players. Additionally, sophomore Chase Nelson forced his first career fumble, which was recovered by junior safety Chance Parker, for the first fumble recovery of his career.
 
UP NEXT
 
Utah State hits the road to take on Hawai'i on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Honolulu. The game is slated to kick off at 10 p.m. (MT).
 
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