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35
Utah State USU 1-7 , 1-3
48
Winner Louisiana Tech TECH 2-5 , 1-2
Utah State USU
1-7 , 1-3
35
Final
48
Louisiana Tech TECH
2-5 , 1-2
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
USU Utah State 0 14 7 14 35
TECH Louisiana Tech 17 7 14 10 48

Game Recap: Football |

Bulldogs Run Over Aggies

Updated Oct 21, 2006 22:43:15


Bulldogs Run Over Aggies


Boxscore

RUSTON, La. ? The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs rushed for a season-high 344 yards in a 48-35 victory over the Utah State Aggies Saturday night at Joe Aillet Stadium.

Tech (2-5, 1-2 WAC) bounced back after a disappointing loss on homecoming last week to Idaho and dominated against the Aggies (1-7, 1-3) statistically. The Bulldogs tallied a season-high 570 yards of offense to Utah State?s 373.

Freshman running back Daniel Porter, making his first career start, ran for a career-high 178 yards on 24 carries and scored his second career touchdown, a 5-yarder for the final Tech touchdown of the night.

?We just wanted to be balanced,? said Tech head coach Jack Bicknell. ?I don?t think Daniel gets nervous. I felt like he had some great runs. He?s going to be an exciting player, and I thought he did a good job.?

Porter wasn?t the only Tech running back who made their mark, as Patrick Jackson added 91 yards and one score on only seven carries and true freshman William Griffin had 37 yards on nine carries.

Quarterback Zac Champion also came back strong after a tough outing last week and set a career mark with four touchdown passes in the game. For the game, Champion completed 13-of-18 passes for 226 yards and the four touchdowns and didn?t throw an interception.

?I was very impressed with Zac,? Bicknell said. ?He made some great decisions on the read play and showed he has the ability to run the football. I think this win will give us some confidence.?

Tech jumped on top of Utah State early with a field goal by Danny Horwedel and touchdown passes to Johnathan Holland and Brian Jackson. The Bulldogs opened up a 17-0 lead after the first quarter. Brian Jackson?s 35-yard touchdown catch was also the first of his career.

Tech led 24-14 at the half and Utah State never got closer than 13 points the rest of the game.

?I am tremendously disappointed,? said Aggies head coach Brent Guy. ?You can?t give up 17 points like we did in the first quarter. We lost the game in the first quarter.?

Defensively, Tech forced two turnovers, including an interception on Utah State?s first play from scrimmage. Antonio Baker got the first pick of his career on the play, which set up Horwedel?s first field goal of the night.

Baker, Quin Harris and Ben McGilten led Tech with seven tackles each while Josh Muse, Chris Pugh and Marquis Spurgon each added six. Spurgon also recorded his first career interception in the first quarter.

Louisiana Tech returns to action Saturday when the Bulldogs travel to San Jose State for a 5 p.m. kickoff against the Spartans.


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