10/9/2021 football Edit

Recap: Oregon State Falls To Washington State 31-24

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PULLMAN, Wash. -- — Jayden de Laura threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns as Washington State beat Oregon State 31-24 on Saturday.

Travell Harris caught eight passes for 147 yards for the Cougars (3-3, 2-2 Pac-12), who beat Oregon State for the eighth consecutive time.

B.J. Baylor rushed for 145 yards and Deshaun Fenwick added 127 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Oregon State (4-2, 2-1 Pac-12), which saw its four-game winning streak broken.

De Laura completed 32 of 46 passes and was intercepted once. The Washington State defense also forced Oregon State to turn the ball over on downs during its last possession of the game.

Jack Colletto ran up the middle for two yards and an Oregon State touchdown in the opening seconds of the second quarter.

Washington State replied with Dean Janikowski's 30-yard field goal.

Everett Hayes kicked a 39-yard field goal to lift Oregon State to a 10-3 lead late in the second quarter. The Cougars drove to the Oregon State 7 on their next possession, but had to turn the ball over on downs.

Oregon State quarterback Chance Nolan was intercepted by George Hicks III, giving the Cougars the ball at the Oregon State 28 with less than a minute remaining in the second quarter. The Cougars drove down to the 4, but Omar Speights intercepted de Laura's pass and OSU led 10-3 at halftime.

Oregon State took the second half kickoff and their drive stalled at the 50. They tried a fake punt but punter Luke Loecher's long pass fell incomplete.

The Cougars took over and Max Borghi's 3-yard touchdown tied the game at 10-10. It was the first of four straight touchdown drives for Washington State.

Oregon State drove down the field to the red zone, but Chance Nolan's pass was batted around and finally intercepted by Brennan Jackson at the Washington State 5.

De Laura fired a pass at midfield to Joey Hobert, who made a great broken field run to complete a 55-yard touchdown and lift Washington State to a 17-10 lead late in the third.

Oregon State struck back immediately, with Baylor ripping off a 50-yard run to the WSU 15, and Fenwick covering the remaining yards on the next play for a touchdown to tie the game at 17-17.

The Cougars came right back, with de Laura connecting with Harris on a 58-yard completion to the Oregon State 14, and de Laura hitting Lincoln Victor on the next play for a touchdown that put the Cougars ahead 24-17.

Fenwick tied the game at 24-24 with an 11-yard run.

De Laura threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Deon McIntosh for a 31-24 WSU lead, and the winning points, with 5:25 left.

Oregon State drove down the field, but had to turn the ball over on downs at the Washington State 5 with 33 seconds left.

THE TAKEAWAY

Oregon State was shooting for its first five-game winning streak since 2013, but was held 12 points below its Pac-12 leading average of 36 points per game.

UP NEXT

Oregon State has a bye next weekend before hosting Utah on Oct. 23.

POSTGAME NOTES

- Ron Hardge III finished with eight tackles, far surpassing his previous season-high of two.

- Tre’Shaun Harrison made his first start of the season.

- Avery Roberts finished with 11 tackles, his 12th double‐digit tackling performance in his 23games as a Beaver.

- Jack Colletto scored on one of his two carries on the day, bringing him to five scores on 16carries this season.

The Beavers rushed for 309 yards. OSU is the only team in the Pac‐12 to top 300 in a conference game this season, having done so twice (322 at USC previously).

- Trey Lowe caught two 18‐yard receptions, his longest catches as a Beaver.

- Oregon State’s 44‐second touchdown drive late in the third quarter marked the team’s shortest scoring drive of the year.

- B.J. Baylor eclipsed 100 rushing yards for the third‐straight game. He finished with 145 and now has 678 on the season.

- Deshaun Fenwick’s 24‐yard run is his longest as a Beaver. The running back scored his second and third rushing touchdowns of the season.

- Fenwick finished with 127 yards rushing, his first over 100 as a Beaver. He and Baylor became the first OSU running backs to top 100 in the same game since Artavis Pierce and Jermar Jefferson on Nov. 2, 2019 at Arizona.