Jayden Denegal leads San Diego State past Boise State 17-7 in Mountain West showdown

SAN DIEGO (AP) Jayden Denegal ran for a pair of second-quarter touchdowns and the San Diego State defense did the rest in a 17-7 victory over Boise State on Saturday night in a Mountain West Conference showdown.

San Diego State (8-2, 5-1) took some possession of first place with two games remaining and improved to 6-5 all time against Boise State (6-4, 4-2). Both schools will play in a revamped Pacific-12 Conference next season.

Denegal scored on a 1-yard run 1:45 into the second quarter for a 7-0 lead.

Boise State used a 14-play, 75-yard drive to tie it 7-all, scoring on Dylan Riley's 9-yard touchdown run.

Denegal answered with an 8-yard touchdown run with 70 seconds left and the Aztecs took a 14-7 lead into halftime.

Gabriel Plascencia kicked a 47-yard field goal with 10:51 left for the only score of the second half.

Lucky Sutton provided most of San Diego State's offense with 150 yards on 25 carries. Denegal completed 6 of 10 passes for 17 yards and carried five times for 16 more. Christian Washington added 98 yards on nine rushes.

Max Cutforth totaled 104 yards on 12-for-18 passing for the Broncos. Riley carried 21 times for 79 yards and Sire Gaines had 78 yards on 13 rushes.

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