LOGAN, Utah (Interstat) — Utah State defeated Colorado State 31-14 in an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game on Saturday at Maverik Stadium. The Aggies improved to 3-5 on the season, and the Rams also moved to 3-5. Attendance was announced as 15,835. Utah State was the home team, and Colorado State was the visiting team.

Utah State opened the scoring in the first quarter on Nehemiah Washington’s 31-yard touchdown run with 12:26 remaining, and Kian Afrookhteh’s kick was good. Afrookhteh added a 25-yard field goal with 48 seconds left in the first quarter. In the second quarter, McCae Hillstead scored on an 18-yard run with 11:09 remaining, and Afrookhteh’s kick was good. Afrookhteh missed a 41-yard field goal attempt with 2:09 left in the half. Hillstead broke off a 24-yard run with 6:29 left in the third quarter. Javen Jacobs scored on a 12-yard touchdown run with 5:34 remaining in the third quarter, and Afrookhteh’s kick was good. Colorado State got on the board on Durell Robinson’s 6-yard touchdown run with 48 seconds left in the third quarter, but Hauss Hejny’s pass on the two-point attempt failed. In the fourth quarter, Hillstead threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Kaina Watson with 4:53 remaining, and Afrookhteh’s kick was good. Hejny answered with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Ross with 2:31 left, and Tommy Maher’s pass on the two-point attempt was successful.

Hauss Hejny of Colorado State, a 6-foot, 190-pound quarterback from Aledo, Texas, completed 19 of 30 passes for 186 yards and one touchdown. Durell Robinson carried 16 times for 66 yards and one touchdown. Terrence Smith Jr. had five receptions for 70 yards and one carry for 17 yards. RJ Vick caught five passes for 58 yards, Cedric Ross had two catches for 27 yards and one touchdown, Jackson Harper had one reception for 17 yards, Daven Amos had one catch for 6 yards, Dominic Toy had two receptions for 6 yards, Ryan McConnell had one catch for 3 yards, Nader Chirchi had one reception for no yards and one tackle, and Jaivyn Moore had one reception for minus-1 yard. Malichi Greaves ran once for 1 yard. Jayden Fox returned five kickoffs for 126 yards, and Nathan Sutcliffe punted four times for 180 yards.

McCae Hillstead, the top star for Utah State, completed 17 of 22 passes for 173 yards and one touchdown. He ran 11 times for 79 yards and one touchdown and caught one pass for 44 yards. Anthony Garcia completed his only pass for 44 yards and had 11 receptions for 121 yards. Javen Jacobs ran 14 times for 56 yards and one touchdown and caught two passes for 15 yards. Nehemiah Washington ran three times for 32 yards and one touchdown. Noah White ran five times for 30 yards and caught one pass for 20 yards. Sesi Vailahi ran four times for 39 yards. Javon Robinson ran once for 15 yards and caught two passes for 10 yards. Kaina Watson caught one pass for 7 yards and one touchdown.

Colorado State’s Oumar Diomande recorded nine tackles. Tre’Shawn Moore and Robby Harrison each had eight tackles. Jordan Lessard, D’Mon Brinson and Jack Moran each finished with five tackles, and Brinson added half a sack. Alton Tarber IV had three tackles and half a sack. Jaseim Mitchell, Marc Pretto and Antarron Turner each had four tackles. D’Angelo Hagans Jr. had three tackles, and Mukendi Wa-Kalonji recorded four tackles. CJ Blocker and Khamani Potts each had two tackles, and Caleb Presley, Caleb Otlewski and Kenyon Agurs each had one. Utah State’s David Kabongo had seven tackles, one sack and one quarterback hurry. Asher Cunningham had six tackles and one quarterback hurry, D’Angelo Mayes had six tackles, and Brevin Hamblin and Carson Tujague each had five tackles.

Colorado State has previous wins over San Diego State, Southern Utah and Wyoming. The Rams beat San Diego State 56-49, Southern Utah 58-24 and Wyoming 35-13. They lost to Texas State 66-27, Oregon State 56-26, Texas-San Antonio 59-45 and BYU 41-23. Utah State beat Washington State 17-16 and Troy 21-10. The Aggies lost to Texas State 20-17, Boise State 37-18, Utah 33-0, Washington 16-14 and Idaho State 29-17. Colorado State is next scheduled to host Boise State, visit Washington State and visit Fresno State. Utah State is next scheduled to host Fresno State, visit San Diego State and visit Oregon State.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Utah State 54, Colorado State 30. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Utah State with a 76.5 percent probability to win. Utah State had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -8. The total score of 45 went over the over/under line of 60.5.