BOISE, Idaho — Ashton Jeanty ran for 209 yards and a landing and No. 10 Boise State earned a College Football Playoff spot, beating No. 19 UNLV 21-7 on Friday evening for its second straight Mountain West title.
Boise State (12-1, No. 10 CFP) is all however assured of a first-round bye within the playoffs if it maintains its rating forward of the Big 12 winner and finishes as one of many 4 highest-ranked convention champs.
Jeanty, who had the highlight to himself to state his Heisman case, did not disappoint, ripping off an electrifying 75-yard landing run. It was his fifth TD run of 70 yards or extra this season, tying LaDainian Tomlinson’s FBS season report.
Jeanty additionally surpassed 1981 Heisman winner Marcus Allen of Southern California to maneuver into fourth place on the FBS season speeding record and desires 132 extra to cross record-holder Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State.
Jeanty additionally surpassed 1981 Heisman winner Marcus Allen of Southern California to maneuver into fourth place on the FBS season speeding record and desires 132 extra to cross record-holder Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State.
Maddux Madsen threw a landing cross and rushed for an additional rating for the Broncos.
UNLV (10-3, No. 20 CFP), which entered the sport seventh nationally in scoring offense averaging 38.7 factors, hadn’t been held under 23 this season.
With UNLV loading the field with eight or 9 defenders early within the recreation, Boise State leaned closely on Madsen within the first quarter. And he delivered, finishing six of his first seven passes, together with a 22-yard scoring strike to Latrell Caples for a 7-0 lead.
Madsen used his legs to place the Broncos forward 14-0, scrambling for a 14-yard TD run with 2:40 left within the first half.
After a fast cease, Boise State bought the ball again and let Jeanty work his magic. Two performs later, he raced by way of the enamel of the protection and sprinted to the top zone for a 75-yard TD run, giving the Broncos a 21-0 lead with 29 seconds left within the half.
UNLV had an opportunity to claw again into it late within the third quarter when Kylin James raced 86 yards earlier than Seyi Oladipo ran him down on the Boise State 5. But the Rebels misplaced 4 yards on the following 4 performs and failed to attain.
The Rebels lastly bought into the top zone with 9:06 left on Greg Burrell 31-yard run.
Hajj-Malik Williams led UNLV offensively with 110 yards passing and 56 yards speeding.
Information from The Associated Press was used on this report.
