San Jose State Has Its Way, 70-63

In the highest-scoring regulation game in Division I-A history, Brian Nunez returned an interception 28 yards with 2:18 left for the last of 19 touchdowns and San Jose State beat Rice, 70-63, on Saturday at San Jose.

The Spartans, 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the Western Athletic Conference, got 28 points and two key interceptions in the fourth quarter of an astonishing exhibition of big-play offense.

The 133 points surpassed the total from Middle Tennessee State’s 70-58 victory over Idaho on Oct. 6, 2001.

Rice and San Jose State combined for 1,089 yards of total offense, with the Owls (2-2, 1-1) running 100 plays for 634 yards -- including 570 in 85 rushing plays.

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In other games involving WAC teams: Jared Zabransky threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 23 Boise State (5-0, 2-0) to a 38-20 victory over Southern Methodist (1-4, 1-1) at Boise, Idaho, to extend the longest winning streak in the nation to 16 games.... Omar Duarte came off the bench to throw three touchdown passes to lead Texas El Paso (2-2) to a 45-0 victory over visiting New Mexico State (1-4).... Dominique Dorsey ran for 141 yards to lead Nevada Las Vegas (1-4) to a 48-13 victory over visiting Nevada (2-3).

EAST

Walter Reyes rushed for 237 yards and two touchdowns, and Syracuse (3-2, 1-0) held on for a 41-31 victory over Rutgers (2-2, 0-1) in a Big East Conference game at Syracuse, N.Y.... Omar Jacobs threw for a career-high 367 yards and four touchdowns to lead Bowling Green (2-2) to a 70-16 rout of Temple (1-4) at Philadelphia.... A.J. Brooks ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns to lead Boston College (4-1) to a 29-7 victory Massachusetts (2-3) at Boston.... Lonta Hobbs scored his second touchdown with 41 seconds left at West Point, N.Y., to rally Texas Christian (3-2, 1-1) to a 21-17 victory over Army (0-4, 0-2) in a Conference USA game. Army has lost 19 in a row.

MIDWEST

Bruce Gradkowski tied his school record with six touchdown passes and had 455 yards to lead Toledo (3-2, 2-0) to a 52-14 victory over Ball State (1-4, 1-1) in a MAC game at Toledo, Ohio.... Cedric Hampton’s eight-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter helped Alabama Birmingham (3-1, 2-0) to a 30-27 victory over host Cincinnati (2-3, 1-1) in a Conference USA game.

SOUTH

Eric Shelton ran for 129 yards and tied a school record with five rushing touchdowns to lead No. 22 Louisville (4-0, 2-0) to a 59-7 win over East Carolina (0-4, 0-1) in a Conference USA game at Louisville, Ky.... DeAngelo Williams rushed for a school-record 262 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead Memphis (4-1, 1-1) to a 41-14 victory over Houston (1-4, 1-1) in a Conference USA game at Memphis, Tenn.... Dustin Almond threw two touchdown passes to lead Southern Mississippi (3-0, 2-0) to a 27-20 victory over South Florida (2-2, 1-1) in a Conference USA game at Tampa, Fla.

SOUTHWEST

Curtis Brown ran for two touchdowns to lead Brigham Young (2-3, 1-0) to a 31-21 victory over Colorado State (1-4, 0-1) in a Mountain West Conference game at Fort Collins, Colo.

SOUTHLAND

Geno Randle rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown to lead host Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (4-0, 1-0) to a 14-7 victory over South Dakota State (3-2, 0-1) in a Great West Conference game.... Joseph Cappola scored two touchdowns to lead Pomona-Pitzer (1-4, 1-2) to a 27-26 victory at Cal Lutheran (0-3, 0-2) in a SCIAC game.... Steve Smith scored two touchdowns to lead La Verne (2-2, 2-0) to a 20-14 victory at Claremont Mudd (1-2, 0-1) in a SCIAC game.... Patrick Josten rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead Chapman (3-1) to a 33-12 victory over Lewis and Clark (0-3) at Portland, Ore.... Adam Hazel threw for 299 yards to lead Menlo (1-2) to a 28-6 victory over visiting Whittier (2-1).... Carroll (Mont.), 5-0 and the NAIA’s top-ranked team, used a stingy defense for a 12-0 victory at No. 7 Azusa Pacific (4-1).... Kevin Lawson scored two touchdowns to lead Occidental (3-1) to a 50-23 victory over visiting Colorado College (1-3).