Utah State 35, San Jose State 31
Associated Press
LOGAN, Utah - Calvin Tyler Jr. had 125 yards rushing and three touchdowns, including a 3-yard TD that capped the scoring with 2:49 to paly, Brian Cobbs had 10 receptions for 122 yards and Utah State beat San Jose State 35-31.
Cooper Legas completed 23 of 35 passes for and a touchdown with two interceptions for Utah State (5-5, 4-2 Mountain West Conference).
San Jose State (6-4, 4-3), which lost 43-27 at San Diego State last week, has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Jaden Smith returned a San Jose State punt blocked by Ike Larsen 56 yards for a touchdown that gave Utah State a 21-6 lead with 1:25 left in the first half.
Chevan Cordeiro threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Cooks late in the third quarter and hit Jackson Canaan for a 1-yard TD with 6:15 to play that gave the Spartans the lead for the first time since the first quarter. Utah State answered with a nine-play, 75-yard drive that culminated with Tyler's final touchdown.
Cordeiro finished with four touchdown passes, three to Cooks who had seven receptions for 125 yards.
November 19, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
SJSU | UtahSt |
| SJSU |
TD |
12:18 |
Elijah Cooks 36 yard TD pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Taren Schive Kick Failed) |
6 |
0 |
| UtahSt |
TD |
0:59 |
Calvin Tyler Jr. 14 yard TD run (Connor Coles Extra Point) |
6 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
SJSU | UtahSt |
| UtahSt |
TD |
5:29 |
Calvin Tyler Jr. 2 yard TD run (Connor Coles Extra Point) |
6 |
14 |
| UtahSt |
TD |
1:25 |
Jaden Smith 56 yard blocked punt return for TD (Connor Coles Extra Point) |
6 |
21 |
| SJSU |
TD |
1:01 |
Elijah Cooks 29 yard TD pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Taren Schive Extra Point) |
13 |
21 |
| Third Quarter |
SJSU | UtahSt |
| SJSU |
FG |
9:22 |
Taren Schive 41 yard field goal |
16 |
21 |
| UtahSt |
TD |
5:11 |
Justin McGriff 19 yard TD pass from Cooper Legas (Connor Coles Extra Point) |
16 |
28 |
| SJSU |
TD |
2:11 |
Elijah Cooks 9 yard TD pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Taren Schive Extra Point) |
23 |
28 |
| Fourth Quarter |
SJSU | UtahSt |
| SJSU |
TD |
6:42 |
Jackson Canaan 1 yard TD pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Elijah Cooks 2pt conversion attempt is GOOD) |
31 |
28 |
| UtahSt |
TD |
2:49 |
Calvin Tyler Jr. 3 yard TD run (Connor Coles Extra Point) |
31 |
35 |
| Team Stats |
| |
San Jose State |
Utah State |
| First downs |
18 |
26 |
| Rushing |
5 |
11 |
| Passing |
10 |
13 |
| Penalty |
3 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
5-13, 38% |
10-17, 59% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
2-3, 67% |
| Rushes-Yards |
28-84 |
50-186 |
| Passing Yards |
257 |
244 |
| Return Yards |
54 |
57 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
20-30-0 |
23-35-2 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
5-24 |
2-13 |
| Punts |
6 |
2 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-0 |
3-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-40 |
8-100 |
| San Jose State Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Cordeiro |
20 |
30 |
257 |
4 |
0 |
| Utah State Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Legas |
23 |
35 |
244 |
1 |
2 |
| San Jose State Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| K. Robinson |
12 |
69 |
5.8 |
0 |
| C. Cordeiro |
16 |
15 |
0.9 |
0 |
| Utah State Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Tyler Jr. |
30 |
125 |
4.2 |
3 |
| C. Legas |
14 |
36 |
2.6 |
0 |
| J. Wilmore |
3 |
12 |
4.0 |
0 |
| N. Davis |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
| T. Vaughn |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| San Jose State Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| E. Cooks |
7 |
125 |
17.9 |
3 |
| J. Lockhart |
6 |
87 |
14.5 |
0 |
| J. Braddock |
2 |
22 |
11.0 |
0 |
| J. Canaan |
3 |
13 |
4.3 |
1 |
| M. Miller |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| K. Robinson |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| Utah State Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| B. Cobbs |
10 |
122 |
12.2 |
0 |
| T. Vaughn |
6 |
50 |
8.3 |
0 |
| J. McGriff |
2 |
42 |
21.0 |
1 |
| J. Sterzer |
3 |
14 |
4.7 |
0 |
| C. Tyler Jr. |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
| B. Lane |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| San Jose State Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| T. Jenkins |
1 |
22 |
| C. Williams |
1 |
0 |
| Utah State Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| San Jose State Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| A. Weir |
3 |
91 |
30.3 |
| T. Benham |
2 |
77 |
38.5 |
| Utah State Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| S. Kotsanlee |
2 |
84 |
42.0 |
| San Jose State Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Utah State Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Jones |
2 |
16 |
8.0 |
| San Jose State Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| I. Hamilton |
1 |
15 |
15.0 |
| I. Jernagin |
1 |
17 |
17.0 |
| Utah State Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Lane |
4 |
30 |
7.5 |
| M. Alford |
1 |
11 |
11.0 |
| San Jose State Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Utah State Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
