No. 21 BYU Manhandles Utah State

James Dye returned a punt 79 yards and Shay Muirbrook rambled 45 yards with a fumble recovery as No. 21 Brigham Young rolled over Utah State, 45-17, Friday night.

Steve Sarkisian completed 24 of 37 passes for 310 yards, but went without a touchdown pass for the first time this season. It was up to third-string quarterback Kevin Feterik to salvage BYU’s string of games with at least one TD pass--now 37--on a five-yard, fourth-quarter pass to Ben Cahoon.

The Western Athletic Conference’s Cougars (5-1), who led by 17 at halftime, secured the victory when Dye broke his punt return with eight seconds left in the third quarter.

After Micah Knorr’s 31-yard field goal about three minutes later for Utah State (2-4) of the Big West Conference, Cougar running back Ronney Jenkins ran 18 yards for a touchdown, and with 4:35 remaining Feterik’s pass to Cahoon increased BYU’s lead to 45-10.