Utah State at Louisiana Tech

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Louisiana Tech beat Utah State 48–⁠35. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2.

AwayUtah State1–⁠11 in 2006
35
HomeLouisiana Tech3–⁠10 in 2006
48

Final at Joe Aillet Stadium, RustonTV: ESGPAttendance 14,463

At kickoff
64°F, overcast, wind 3 mph from the southWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Ruston Regional Airport (KRSN), 7 km from the stadium, 20 minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Utah State01471435
Louisiana Tech177141048

Standouts

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Player stats

Utah State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Riley Nelson12/2824922
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Marcus Cross1670212
Riley Nelson1226013
Antraun McDaniel61906
Omar Sawyer2908
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Kevin Robinson6141260
Xavier Bowman238022
Rob Myers128028
Nnamdi Gwacham116016

Louisiana Tech

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Zac Champion13/1822640
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Daniel Porter24178143
Patrick Jackson791165
Zac Champion738023
William Griffin93708
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Jonathan Holland166166
Josh Wheeler250247
Bryan Carroll238033
Brian Jackson135135
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Marquis Spurgon100
Antonio Baker1100

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Utah StateLouisiana Tech
373Total yards570
262Passing yards239
124Rushing yards344
8.9Yards per pass12.6
3.4Yards per rush7.3
18First downs21
7–⁠14Third downs4–⁠11
0–⁠0Fourth downs1–⁠1
2Turnovers2
3–⁠27Penalties5–⁠55
14:21Possession22:05

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Louisiana Tech 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Louisiana Tech leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2012Utah State 48, Louisiana Tech 41
2011Louisiana Tech 24, Utah State 17
2010Louisiana Tech 24, Utah State 6
2009Utah State 23, Louisiana Tech 21
2008Louisiana Tech 45, Utah State 38
2007Louisiana Tech 31, Utah State 21

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