University of Toledo
Boise State
Rockets Gunned Down by No. 4 Boise State, 57-14
10/10/2010 2:02:00 AM | Football
BOISE, ID - No. 4 Boise State lived up to its billing with a 57-14 victory over Toledo at Bronco Stadium Saturday night.
Boise quarterback Kellen Moore, heralded as a Heisman candidate, completed 16-of-22 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns before coming out of the game in the third quarter. Senior Jeremy Avery added three rushing touchdowns.
Toledo moved the ball throughout the game, but was hurt by five turnovers, three in the first half. The Rockets gained 287 yards of total offense. Sophomore Austin Dantin completed 13-of-18 passes for 167 yards before leaving the game on a stretcher early in the fourth quarter after sustaining a hard tackle. Dantin also scored a first-half TD on a four-yard run. Junior tight end Danny Noble scored Toledo's other TD on a seven-yard pass from redshirt freshman Terrance Owens. Sophomore Eric Page caught 11 passes for 120 yards.
Boise State's high-powered offense got in gear quickly, scoring on drives of 73 and 42 yards in its first two possessions to jump out to a 15-0 lead. Toledo answered with a seven-play, 58-yard drive of its own to cut the BSU lead to 15-7 with 4:41 to play in the first quarter. Dantin was 4-of-4 passing on the drive and finished it off with a four-yard TD run.
In the second quarter, Boise State showed its quick-strike capability, as the Broncos scored on two drives of only three plays each. Boise's final drive of the half covered 90 yards in seven plays in just 41 seconds, capped by a five-yard rush by Avery with 30 seconds left in the half to make the score 36-7.
Dantin then drove the Rockets into field goal position, but junior Bill Claus' 42-yard attempt hit the left crossbar.
The second half was more of the same with Boise State scoring on three of its four possessions in the third quarter, one off of a 36-yard interception return by defensive end Tyler Shoemaker. The other scores were a 33-yard pass from Moore to Tyler Shoemaker and a one-yard run by Matt Kaiserman.
The Rockets host Kent State next Saturday at the Glass Bowl. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m.
