Nov. 15, 2015
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| Passing | C-Att | Yds | TD | Int |
| Coffman, WYO | 9-21 | 129 | 0 | 2 |
| Smith, SDSU | 12-19 | 138 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing | Car | Yds | TD | Long |
| Hill, WYO | 20 | 72 | 0 | 11 |
| Price, SDSU | 17 | 152 | 2 | 56 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
| Maulhardt, WYO | 5 | 107 | 0 | 30 |
| Holder, SDSU | 3 | 36 | 2 | 25 |
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SAN DIEGO -- Chase Price ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns, and Donnel Pumphrey had his sixth straight 100-yard rushing game with 140 yards to lead San Diego State to a 38-3 win over Wyoming Saturday night at Qualcomm Stadium. The victory made the Aztecs (7-3, 6-0 MW) bowl eligible for a sixth consecutive season.
Maxwell Smith threw three touchdown passes, including two to Mikah Holder, as SDSU outgained the Cowboys (1-10, 1-6 MW) by over 240 yards (431-191) with a 231-yard advantage on the ground (293-62).
It was the sixth straight win for San Diego State - all by double-digits - and fourth consecutive triumph by at least 23 points.
The Aztecs scored the first 24 points of the game before UW got on the scoreboard with a 31-yard field goal with 13:30 left in the fourth quarter. Wyoming had twice kept the drive going by successfully converting back-to-back fourth-down attempts, but settled for the field goal and its only points of the game.
SDSU answered with a 2-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Daniel Brunskill on its ensuing drive and, after Malik Smith picked off Cameron Coffman at the San Diego State 1-yard line, tacked on another score, a 2-yard run by Price for the final points of the contest. On the Price scoring drive, he had all 89 yards on the ground, starting with a 20-yard scamper and a career-long 56-yard jaunt.
Price got the Aztecs on the scoreboard with a 4-yard touchdown run on their second drive of the game.
After forcing the Cowboys to punt, SDSU got the ball back and went to work, grinding out 79 yards on 10 plays over 4:44, culminating with a 7-yard pass by Smith to Holder.
The score would remain 14-0 until late in the second quarter when a Tanner Blain punt was muffed by UW's Andrew Wingard and recovered by San Diego State long snapper Jeff Overbaugh at the Wyoming 24. Four plays later, Smith found Holder again from four yards out, giving the Aztecs a 21-0 lead at the half.
Donny Hageman hit a 26-yard field goal midway through the third quarter for SDSU's other points, setting up Wyoming's lone score (the 31-yard field goal).
San Diego State had multiple 100-yard rushers for the 20th time in program history with Price gaining his 152 yards and two touchdowns on 17 attempts (8.9 avg.) and Pumphrey rushing for 140 on 29 carries (4.8 avg.).
Smith was 12-for-19 for 138 yards and an Aztec-high three touchdown passes. It was his third career game with at least three touchdown passes and first since Sept. 7, 2013 when he was at Kentucky. He has now gone 144 passes without throwing an interception.
Defensively, SDSU racked up a season-high five sacks after recording just two over its last two games combined to go along with 10 tackles for loss, five pass breakups and two interceptions. Additionally, San Diego State limited the Cowboys to just a 1-for-13 effort on third-down attempts.
Alex Barrett had a career-high three tackles for loss and tied a best with two sacks, while Calvin Munson had a team-high seven stops. J.J. Whittaker joined Smith with an interception (each for 10 yards).
The Aztecs won for the sixth consecutive game overall, their longest streak since a seven-game winning streak to close out the 2012 regular season en route to capturing their 19th conference championship in program history. It was also the eighth straight conference win for SDSU, the ninth consecutive home conference victory and 15th straight home win against an unranked conference opponent.
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| First Downs | 12 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Yards | 191 | 431 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Passing Yards | 129 | 138 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rushing Yards | 62 | 293 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Plays | 53 | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Penalties-Yards | 7-63 | 3-40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Down Conversions | 1 of 13 | 7 of 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Down Conversions | 2 of 2 | 0 of 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kick Return Yards | 121 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Punt Return Yards | -3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Punts-Yards | 7-256 | 3-123 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Time of Possession | 25:15 | 34:45 | |||||||||||||||||||||