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Oregon State 39-31 Colorado State (Oct. 5, 2024) Game Recap


Oregon State 39-31 Colorado State (Oct. 5, 2024) Game Recap

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Anthony Hankerson rushed for a career-high 113 yards and two scores, including a 25-yard touchdown run, in the second overtime, and Oregon State stopped Colorado State twice on fourth-and-goal to tie the game finishing off a 39-31 win over Colorado State on Saturday night.

On the final possession of the game, Colorado State had a fourth-and-goal from the 10. Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi threw the ball out of the end zone, but a pass interference call gave the Rams a new set of downs from the 2nd.

The Beavers then stopped the Rams three times, and a penalty made it 4th-and-11 from the 11th. This time, Fowler-Nicolosi's fade pass to Tory Horton in the corner of the end zone was deflected.

Oregon State improves to 4-1 for the second straight year and third time since 2021.

Quarterback Gevani McCoy ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns for Oregon State (4-1). He completed 16 of 28 passes and threw one interception.

Fowler-Nicolosi was 20 of 30 passing for 263 yards and threw two touchdown passes for Colorado State (2-3), which trailed 21-10 early in the fourth quarter. Avery Morrow carried the ball 25 times for 140 yards and scored once. Horton made nine catches for 158 yards with one touchdown.

Facing the Colorado State 9 on fourth-and-2, McCoy took advantage of the snap, ran to his right and was briefly stopped at the 3 before slipping through three defenders into the end zone, giving the Beavers a 21-10 lead to open the fourth quarter.

Fowler-Nicolosi threw a 10-yard TD pass to Horton and a 2-point conversion put the Rams up 29-16 with 7:59 left.

After the final two-minute timeout and fourth-and-goal, Morrow grabbed a direct snap from a Wildcat formation and raced into the end zone from the 1 to give Colorado State a 24-21 lead.

McCoy then led a 14-play, 52-yard drive and set up Everett Hayes' 44-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in regulation.

It was the fourth meeting between the two teams and the first in Corvallis since 1975. Colorado State won the last game in 2017 58-27.

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