BOISE, Idaho — With a national stage yet again, Boise State showed that even a flawed performance is good enough with Kellen Moore at the helm.
Especially at home.
Moore completed 19 of 27 passes for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, Doug Martin rushed for 138 yards and the Broncos overcame a litany of special teams miscues and penalties to hold off No. 24 Oregon State 37-24 on Saturday night.
With a national television audience, the Broncos (3-0) got away with mistakes that will likely make Coach Chris Petersen livid for more than just the few minutes he spent chewing out his guilty players on thebench.
Still, Boise State ran its home winning streak to 57 in a row in the regular season and picked up their third consecutive victory over Pacific-10 Conferenceschools in its final chance to make a statement against a ranked team for the next two months.
Martin had 119 yards in the second half and Titus Young had five catches for 136 yards and a 49-yard touchdown reception - all in the first half. Austin Pettis caught a 17-yard touchdown pass and threw a 6-yard scoring pass off a reverse to Tommy Gallarda in the first quarter.
Martin was the closer for the Broncos, touching the ball on eight of nine plays on Boise State’s final drive that ate up more than seven minutes of the fourth quarter. Kyle Brotzman’s 30-yard field goal, his third of the game, pushed the Broncos lead to 13 and sealed the all important victory.
The Oregon State (1-2) combo of Jacquizz and James Rodgers never got started offensively, even though James returned a punt 54 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter - the first punt return score of his career.
Sports, Pages 34 on 09/26/2010