Nov. 29, 2015
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| Passing | C-Att | Yds | TD | Int |
| Stewart, NEV | 12-23 | 228 | 0 | 2 |
| Chapman, SDSU | 6-9 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | Car | Yds | TD | Long |
| Jackson, NEV | 16 | 49 | 0 | 17 |
| Pumphrey, SDSU | 23 | 154 | 2 | 72 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
| Richardson, NEV | 6 | 106 | 0 | 72 |
| Price, SDSU | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
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SAN DIEGO -- Donnel Pumphrey and Chase Price each surpassed 100 yards rushing, and San Diego State scored the final 17 points of the game in a 31-14 victory over Nevada on Saturday night. The win gave the Aztecs (9-3, 8-0 MW) their first undefeated conference season since 1974.
Pumphrey rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries (6.7 avg.), while Price added 112 yards and a score on 19 attempts (5.9 avg.). Rashaad Penny also scored a rushing touchdown for SDSU, which outgained the Wolf Pack (6-6, 4-4 MW), 320-35, on the ground.
San Diego State forced three turnovers and held Nevada to 263 total yards, including just 52 yards in the second half.
The Aztecs got on the scoreboard first on their opening drive when Pumphrey finished a 9-play, 67-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.
The Wolf Pack answered, however, with a 72-yard pass from Tyler Stewart to Jerico Richardson on its first play of the game. It appeared that SDSU was going to hold the Nevada to a field goal, but the Wolf Pack pulled off a trick play and holder/backup quarterback Hunter Fralick ran it in from four yards out to tie the game at 7-7.
San Diego State took back the lead on its next drive, marching 82 yards on eight plays over 4:04, ending with a 14-yard touchdown run by Penny. Price did most of the work on the drive, rushing four times for 62 yards, setting up Penny's sixth overall touchdown of the year.
Nevada threatened early in the second quarter, getting all the way to the Aztec 8-yard line. SDSU's Malik Smith, however, picked off Tyler Stewart in the end zone, keeping San Diego State ahead by seven points.
The Wolf Pack later took advantage of a missed field goal by the Aztecs with a 9-play, 80-yard drive, ending when Richardson recovered Don Jackson's fumble in the end zone to tie the game at 14 apiece.
After facing a third-and-20 after multiple penalties late in the second quarter, Pumphrey broke away for a season-long 72-yard touchdown to give SDSU a 21-14 lead at the break. The 72-yard run made Pumphrey just the second player in school and Mountain West history with 4,000 rushing yards.
A 29-yard field goal by Donny Hageman with 2:58 left in the third quarter put San Diego State up, 24-14.
Price closed the scoring early in the fourth quarter with a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Price.
Pumphrey posted his eighth straight 100-yard rushing game, ninth of the season and 22nd of his career. The eight consecutive games with at least 100 yards rushing ties George Jones (1995) for the second-longest streak in program history, is tied for the longest active streak in FBS play and is the longest streak in MW history.
It was Price's third 100-yard game of the year and fourth of his career. The Aztecs had a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game for the third time this season and for the 21st time in program history (SDSU is 20-1 in those games).
Smith and Calvin Munson led San Diego State with eight tackles apiece, while Jake Fely recorded seven stops with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The Aztecs finished the game with four sacks, six tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, five pass breakups, two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
SDSU became the first team to go undefeated in Mountain West play since TCU in 2011.
San Diego State also became one of just six schools in the last 20 seasons (since 1996) to complete an undefeated league season with each victory coming by double-digits. Additionally, the Aztecs held Nevada to just 35 yards rushing, its fewest in a game since Sept. 6, 2004.
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| First Downs | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Yards | 263 | 408 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Passing Yards | 228 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rushing Yards | 35 | 320 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Plays | 54 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Penalties-Yards | 7-60 | 7-55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Down Conversions | 4 of 13 | 6 of 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Down Conversions | 1 of 1 | 1 of 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kick Return Yards | 140 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Punt Return Yards | 0 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Punts-Yards | 7-284 | 6-224 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Time of Possession | 26:36 | 33:24 | |||||||||||||||||||||