Boise State Moves to 7-0 With 33-16 Win Over Fresno State

The No. 19 Boise State Broncos held Fresno State to 17 yards rushing in a 33-16 victory Saturday night at Boise, Idaho, extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 18 games and improving to 7-0 for the first time in school history.

Lee Marks ran for 112 yards and Tyler Jones kicked four field goals to help Boise State win its 22nd straight conference game. Boise State, 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the WAC, is 25-2 since joining the conference in 2001.

The Broncos are 4-0 against the Bulldogs since 2001, outscoring Fresno State, 131-54, in the last three games.

After starting the season 3-0, with victories at Washington and Kansas State, Fresno State (3-3, 0-3) has lost three straight.

Boise State came in as the nation’s highest scoring team at 46 points per game. But it was a stout run defense that dominated a chilly night game.

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John Beck threw for 319 yards and four touchdowns to help Brigham Young (4-4, 3-1) overcome a sluggish start and beat Air Force (3-4, 2-2), 41-24, at Air Force Academy, Colo.... Kole McKamey ran for a touchdown and threw for another and New Mexico (4-4, 2-2) defeated San Diego State (2-5, 0-3), 19-9, in a Mountain West game at Albuquerque.... Tulsa (1-6, 0-3) running back Brandon Diles fumbled out of the end zone to hand Nevada (4-4, 2-2) a 54-48 triple-overtime WAC win at Reno, Nev.

EAST

Dan Orlovsky threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns to lead Connecticut (5-2, 2-2 Big East) to a 45-31 win over Temple (1-7, 0-3) at East Hartford, Conn.... Tyler Palko threw for three touchdowns, and Josh Lay returned an interception 82 yards for another score as Pittsburgh (5-2, 3-1) beat Rutgers (4-3, 1-2), 41-17, in a Big East game at Pittsburgh.... Quarterback Aaron Polanco ran for 179 yards and Navy (6-1) benefited from a missed extra point to beat Rice (3-4), 14-13, at Annapolis, Md.... Stan Hill threw four touchdown passes to lead Marshall (4-3, 4-0) to a 48-14 victory over Buffalo (1-7, 1-5) in a MAC game at Huntington, W. Va.

MIDWEST

Omar Jacobs passed for 389 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score to lead Bowling Green (5-2, 3-1) to a 41-16 win over Ohio (3-5, 1-4) in a MAC game at Athens, Ohio.... Josh Haldi threw for a career-high 333 yards and six touchdowns, leading Northern Illinois (6-2, 5-0) to a 59-38 MAC win over Western Michigan (1-6, 0-4) at Kalamazoo, Mich.... In another MAC game, Josh Betts passed for 288 yards and a score as Miami of Ohio defeated Central Florida (0-7, 0-4), 43-7, at Oxford, Ohio.... Lance Moore caught a 43-yard touchdown pass and returned a punt 89 yards for a score to lead Toledo (6-2, 5-0) to a 27-22 win over Central Michigan (2-5, 1-3) in a MAC game at Toledo, Ohio.... Gino Guidugli passed for three scores and Richard Hall scored two touchdowns to lead Cincinnati (3-4, 2-2) to a 49-10 rout of Memphis (5-2, 2-2) in a Conference USA game at Cincinnati.

SOUTH

Jordan Palmer passed for 259 yards and four touchdowns to lead Texas El Paso (5-2, 3-1) to a 44-27 Western Athletic Conference win over Louisiana Tech (4-4, 3-1) at Ruston, La.... Clint Marks threw for one touchdown and ran for another to lead Middle Tennessee State (3-4, 2-2) to a 34-14 victory over Idaho (2-6, 1-3) in a Sun Belt Conference game at Murfreesboro, Tenn.... Lester Ricard set a Tulane (2-4, 1-3 Conf. USA) record with six touchdown passes and also had 417 passing yards to lead the Green Wave to a 59-55 upset of Alabama Birmingham (5-2, 3-1) at New Orleans.... Mason Denham ran 67 yards for a touchdown, helping Louisiana Monroe (3-4) beat Florida Atlantic (5-1), 17-13 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.... Terryl Fenton returned a blocked field goal 80 yards for a score to help Louisiana Lafayette (4-4, 2-2) hold off Arkansas State (2-6, 2-2), 27-24, in a Sun Belt game at Lafayette, La.... Damion Carter threw for two touchdowns and Southern Mississippi (6-1, 4-0 Conf. USA) held East Carolina (2-5, 1-3) to minus-three yards rushing in a 51-10 win at Hattiesburg, Miss.

SOUTHWEST

Tye Gunn came off the bench to run for two touchdowns and throw for two more to lead Texas Christian (4-3, 2-2) to a 34-27 victory over Houston (1-6, 1-3) in a Conference USA game at Fort Worth, Texas.... Jamario Thomas rushed for 258 yards as North Texas (3-4, 3-0 Sun Belt) defeated New Mexico State (2-5, 2-2), 36-26, at Denton, Texas.