Nov. 2, 2014
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| STATISTICAL LEADERS | ||||
| Passing | C-Att | Yds | TD | Int |
| Quinn Kaehler, SDSU | 21-36 | 189 | 1 | 1 |
| Cody Fajardo, Nevada | 10-24-1 | 109 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | Car | Yds | TD | Long |
| Donnel Pumphrey, SDSU | 13 | 85 | 0 | 19 |
| Don Jackson, Nevada | 20 | 124 | 1 | 47 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
| Chase Price, SDSU | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 |
| J. Richardson, Nevada | 4 | 41 | 0 | 13 |
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RENO, Nev. -- Don Jackson ran for a career-high 124 yards and a touchdown, James Butler added 103 yards and a score and Nevada forced three turnovers to help the Wolf Pack down San Diego State, 30-14, Saturday night in Reno, Nev.
The win moved Nevada (6-3, 3-2 Mountain West) into a tie with the Aztecs (4-4, 3-2 MW) atop the conference's West Division.
SDSU led, 14-10, at halftime, but the Wolf Pack outscored San Diego State, 20-0, after the break to pick up its third consecutive comeback win. Nevada scored 29 straight to beat Brigham Young, 42-35, in Provo, Utah, on Oct. 18 and rattled off 26 unanswered points in a 26-18 win at Hawai`i on Oct. 25.
Each team exchanged punts to start the game with the Aztecs taking advantage in their return when Lloyd Mills took Alex Boy's 56-yard punt back 53 yards to put SDSU at the Wolf Pack's 34. After a 7-yard pass from Quinn Kaehler to Ezell Ruffin and a 10-yard run by Donnel Pumphrey, Pumphrey fumbled after a 7-yard gain to give the ball back to Nevada.
The Wolf Pack failed to capitalize as Christian Heyward sacked quarterback Cody Fajardo on a 3rd and 8, giving the ball back to San Diego State on a punt.
The Aztecs took advantage this time, using a 7-play, 55-yard drive over 3:45, ending with a 1-yard touchdown rush by Chase Price.
Nevada got into good field position, taking a kickoff 55 yards back to the SDSU 39-yard line. The San Diego State defense, however, held the Wolf Pack to a field goal, the first of three by Brent Zuzo.
On the visitor team's first drive of the second quarter, Kaehler was picked off by Nevada's J. McNeal on 3rd and 10 and returned back yards to set up the Wolf Pack once again deep inside Aztec territory. After a no-gain, Fajardo found Richy Turner out on the slot, who ran it 20 yards into the end zone to put Nevada up, 10-7.
After two more punts by each team, SDSU tried to put together one last drive to close the half. The drive, which was 77 yards over seven plays and took just 2:12, saw Kaehler go 4-for-6 for 67 yards, ending with an acrobatic, juggling 21-yard catch by Jemond Hazely. It was the first career TD reception by Hazely, helping San Diego State take a 14-13 lead into intermission.
The second half wasn't as kind for the Aztecs as they went fumble (Pumphrey's second of the game after coming into it with just two lost over 269 career attempts), punt, punt, punt, punt and turnover on downs to close the game.
The Wolf Pack, meanwhile, got a 25-yard field goal by Zuzo in the third quarter, a 24-yarder in the fourth, and rushing scores by Butler (43 yards) and Jackson (1 yard) to finish the 30-14 victory.
Pumphrey rushed for 85 yards on 13 attempts, averaging 6.5 yards per carry, and broke 1,000 yards for the season in the process. He became the 15th Aztec to rush for 1,000 yards in a season (20th occasion overall) and the 13th in SDSU's Division I era (since 1969).
San Diego State now was a 1,000-yard rusher in five straight seasons (2010-14) for the first time since 1991-95. The Aztecs had just three 1,000-yard rushers over the 14 years in between (1996-2009).
Price added 58 yards on just eight attempts (7.2 avg.) and had career highs of four catches and 28 yards.
Kaehler passed for 189 yards, going 21-for-36 with a touchdown and an interception.
Three SDSU players - Hazely (3 rec., 31 yds., TD), Mills (3 rec., 52 yds.) and Daniel Brunskill (3 rec., 19 yds.) - joined Hazely by posting career highs in receiving yards, while Ezell Ruffin, playing his first game since breaking his collarbone at No. 21/23 North Carolina on Sept. 6, had three grabs for 21 yards. Adam Roberts also posted season highs with three receptions and 33 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, Jake Fely and Na'im McGee each had six tackles to pace San Diego State. It was Fely's first game since Sept. 28, 2013 at New Mexico State (399 days in between). Heyward added career highs in tackles (5), tackles for loss (2.0) and sacks (1.0, tied), while Jon Sanchez had three stops (all solo), a career-best 2.0 TFL and his first sack of the season.
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| First Downs | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Total Yards | 324 | 338 | ||||
| Passing Yards | 189 | 109 | ||||
| Rushing Yards | 135 | 229 | ||||
| Number of Plays | 65 | 71 | ||||
| Penalties-Yards | 4-55 | 5-44 | ||||
| 3rd Down Conversions | 4 of 13 | 5 of 17 | ||||
| 4th Down Conversions | 0 of 1 | 2 of 2 | ||||
| Kick Return Yards | 110 | 55 | ||||
| Punt Return Yards | 55 | 28 | ||||
| Punts-Yards | 7 - 32.6 | 5 - 48.2 | ||||
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Time of Possession | 27:39 | 31:31 | ||||