San Jose State wasted Danny Scudero’s record-breaking evening, blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and in the end squandered the sport as Wyoming rallied for a wild 35-28 victory in Laramie, Wyoming on Saturday evening.
The Cowboys (3-3, 1-1 Mountain West) scored 21 unanswered factors within the fourth quarter, together with two touchdowns within the ultimate 2 1/2 minutes,
With the sport tied at 28-28, the Cowboys went 80 yards in simply 33 seconds to attain the game-winner with 40 seconds left within the sport. Quarterback Kaden Anderson discovered operating again Samuel Harris for a 52-yard acquire on a display go. Then operating again Terron Kellman scored on a gutsy 28-yard run whereas breaking a number of tackles to make it 35-28, placing the ultimate dagger within the Spartans.
San Jose State (2-4, 1-1) got here out of the gate flying on offense, scoring 28 factors within the first half. Scudero, a redshirt sophomore huge receiver, was once more an enormous a part of their success.
Scudero completed the sport with 10 receptions for 180 yards and a career-high 4 landing catches, all within the first half. His 4 touchdowns broke San Jose State’s single-game file of three TD catches in a sport, set almost 50 years in the past. Since then, 14 Spartans have equaled the file since Rick Parma set the mark in 1978, with Eljiah Cooks being the final one to do it in 2022.
Scudero hauled in all the Spartans touchdowns as he gained at the least 130 receiving yards for the fifth time this season. The previous Archbishop Mitty Excessive star added to his NCAA-leading yards receiving complete, which is as much as 845 yards on 50 receptions by means of simply six video games, with six regular-season video games to go.
Regardless of his success, Scudero additionally performed a job within the Spartans’ struggles — he had six drops within the sport.
Nonetheless, he had a whopping 151 yards receiving and all of his TDs in an enormous first half, triggered by SJSU quarterback Walker Eget. Nonetheless, the Spartans misplaced Eget for many of the second half. He left the sport with an damage after taking a success from Wyoming defensive finish Tyce Westland, and wouldn’t return till the Spartans’ ultimate drive of the sport.
Backup quarterback Xavier Ward took over on the Spartans’ subsequent drive because the offense started to stall with out Eget. San Jose State missed two scoring alternatives when kicker Mathias Brown missed a 53-yard discipline objective, after which misfired on a 47-yard discipline objective try on the next drive.
Ward went 3-for-10 passing for simply 15 yards and one expensive interception – a choose that Wyoming’s Brayden Johnson returned 65 yards for a landing, bringing the Cowboys inside 28-21 with 10 minutes to play.
Spartans freshman Tama Amisone additionally obtained an opportunity to ignite the offense from beneath middle. He went 3-for-8 for 30 yards passing however, like Ward, couldn’t generate any factors as all 28 SJSU factors got here beneath Eget’s route.
SJSU will hit the highway once more subsequent Friday at 6 p.m. when it travels to play Utah State (3-2, 1-0 MW) at Maverick Stadium, the place the Aggies are 3-0 this season.
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