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BYU, Utah State football: Cougars stymie the Aggies in defensive struggle

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By Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Saturday, Oct. 6 2012 12:48 a.m. MDT

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In a game that featured two stout defenses, two sputtering offenses, and plenty of kicking misadventures, BYU defeated Utah State with a baseball-like score of 6-3 before a crowd of 63,086.

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“It was a fantastic college game, an excellent rivalry game. It was exhausting for both teams who laid it all out there.”

Cougar coach Bronco Mendenhall

The Aggies started their next drive at their own 6-yard line after a Stephenson punt. The Aggies were starting to drive when Cougar linebacker Uani Unga sacked Keeton for a nine-yard loss, which eventually forced USU to punt with a little more than two minutes remaining.

But the Aggies never got the ball back.

With 1:50 remaining in the game, the Cougars faced third-and-6 at their own 28, when Williams — who finished with 71 yards on 17 carries — took a pitch from Hill, raced toward the sideline. He picked up 11 yards to earn a huge first down, enabling BYU to run out the clock.

The Cougars host No. 14 Oregon State next Saturday (1:30 p.m., MT, ABC) while Utah State visits San Jose State.

Email:jeffc@desnews.com

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u mad bro?
WVC, UT

Good job Cougs!!! Judging from all the comments before the game I think they should rename this game....."BYU vs Utah St/Utah." or "BYU vs the rest of Utah." hahaha. Haters gonna hate.

  • 4:34 a.m. Oct. 6, 2012
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Lone Star Cougar
Plano, TX

Where is our offense? Where is our kicking game? If we had any kind of both, this would have been a blow out. With 30,000 students, don't you think you can find at least one who can kick it through the up-rights? Seriously, we need to hold More..

  • 8:37 a.m. Oct. 6, 2012
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A1994
Centerville, UT

Good game BYU. However, I do see a shift happening similar to what happened with BYU and Utah in the early 90s when Ron MacBride took over. There are no more BYU blowouts of USU. USU is still a program on the rise. Frankly, aside from BYU's More..

  • 10:08 a.m. Oct. 6, 2012
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