Utah State rallies late to beat Air Force for 3rd win, 49-45

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Calvin Tyler Jr. raced 61 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with conscionable nether 4 minutes to play to assistance Utah State to a 49-45 triumph implicit Air Force successful the Mountain West Conference opener Saturday night.

The Aggies, who had conscionable 1 triumph a twelvemonth ago, won their 3rd consecutive crippled to unfastened the play for the archetypal clip since 1978.

Tyler carried 19 times for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns to pb Utah State portion Logan Bonner completed 21 of 34 passes for 253 yards and 2 touchdowns. Andrew Peasley threw 3 second-half touchdown passes, including a 72-yard weaponry to Deven Thompkins with 9:51 to spell to propulsion the Aggies wrong a touchdown of the Falcons, 45-40.

Air Force took a 10-0 pb successful the archetypal quarter, but Bonner engineered a 13-play, 71-yard thrust capped by Tyler’s archetypal touchdown, past drove the Aggies 92 yards successful 11 plays connected their adjacent series, giving them a 13-10 pb aft hitting Brandon Bowling from six-yards out.

Haaziq Daniels connected with Micah Davis connected a 56-yard touchdown walk successful the 2nd 4th to enactment Air Force backmost successful beforehand and Dane Kinamon scored conscionable earlier intermission to enactment the Falcons successful front, 24-13.

Bonner led the Aggies connected different agelong thrust to commencement the 2nd half, hitting Justin McGriff with a 24-yard scoring walk to marque it 24-20.

Emmanuel Michel had touchdown runs of 51- and 55-yards successful the 3rd 4th to enactment the Falcons up 38-34 going into the last period, and Daniels pushed the pb to 45-34 with a 39-yard touchdown dash.

Peasley answered with a three-play thrust capped by his weaponry to Thompkins.

Thompkins finished with 9 catches for 188 yards for Utah State and Bowling pulled successful 9 for 136.

Daniels led Air Force (2-1) with 182 yards connected 6-of-12 passing and added 95 yards connected 13 carries. Michel carried 11 times for 133 yards and Brad Roberts carried 21 times for 113.