BYU game glance

BYU 49, SDSU 16

FIRST QUARTER

BYU 7, SDSU 0

Time: 11:27 remaining

Drive: 74 yards, 2 plays, 0:46

Scoring play: Cougar QB John Beck hooks up with wideout Todd Watkins for a 68-yard bomb.

Conversion: Matt Payne kick.

Key play: The Beck-Watkins scoring connection.

SECOND QUARTER

BYU 7, SDSU 3

Time: 14:47 remaining

Drive: 8 yards, 42 plays, 3:48

Scoring play: Aztec kicker Garrett Palmer boots a 47-yard field goal.

Key play: Aztecs fail to convert on their only third-down play of the drive.

BYU 10, SDSU 3

Time: 3:51 remaining

Drive: 4 yards, 0 plays, 1:01

Scoring play: Matt Payne kicks a 43-yard field goal.

Key play: Micah Alba's interception gives the Cougars the ball on the SDSU 25.

BYU 13, SDSU 3

Time: 0:00 remaining

Drive: 6 yards, 37 plays, 0:38

Scoring play: Payne kicks a 34-yard field goal.

Key play: Beck hits tight end Dennis Pitta for a 21-yard gain on a fourth-and-3.

THIRD QUARTER

BYU 20, SDSU 3

Time: 8:45 remaining

Drive: 73 yards, 14 plays, 6:08

Scoring play: Curtis Brown bulls in off the right side from three yards out for the Cougars' first ground score of the game.

Conversion: Payne kick.

Key play: An incompletion on third-and-goal is waived off by a SDSU defensive-holding penalty, setting up Brown's TD on the next play.

BYU 26, SDSU 3