No. 9 Boise State Routs Fresno, 61-10

Good thing, because the Broncos trampled them.

Avery sprinted up the middle, splitting defenders at the 25, to finally put Boise State back comfortably ahead at 20-10 three minutes into the third quarter.

Then Wilson took a long punt at his own 10, immediately sidestepped Fresno State's Desia Dunn and took off.

It was Wilson's third punt return for a score this month, and the fourth-longest in Boise State history.

Then Bissell took a handoff on an end-around out of the shotgun and threw on the run to Julian Hawkins, who was alone at the 10 and cruised in to make it 34-10.

After Ellis Powers intercepted a tipped pass from Brandstater deep in Bulldogs territory, freshman Kellen Moore threw for another touchdown. His 16-yard pass to Tommy Gallarda made it 41-10.

Ian Johnson ended the third quarter by running 69 yards — pulling Owens 18 the final yards — to the 4. He scored on a 4-yard touchdown run on the first play of the final quarter and then on a 1-yard run midway through the fourth.

Bush Hamden started at quarterback for Boise State instead of Moore, who entered 13th in the nation in passing, because coach Chris Petersen wanted to give the senior the start. Hamden's first pass was thrown way behind Jeremy Childs and intercepted by Owens. The cornerback easily ran 68 yards the other way for a touchdown 3 1/2 minutes into the game.

As the record crowd of 32,412 sat stunned, the jubilant Bulldogs defense formed a dog pile in the end zone after the score that put Boise State behind for only the third time all season.

Moore entered. And normalcy returned.

Moore was 17 of 23 for 213 yards and two touchdowns. He completed all four of his passes on his first drive, including a 9-yard touchdown pass in the back of the end zone to Childs.

The remainder of the first half was a trade of field goals that left the Broncos up 13-10, the closest any team had been to them at the break since Hawaii trailed 10-7 here on Oct. 17.

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