BYU 49, SDSU 16
FIRST QUARTER
BYU 7, SDSU 0
Time: 11:27 remaining
Drive: 74 yards, 2 plays, 0:46
Scoring play: Cougar QB John Beck hooks up with wideout Todd Watkins for a 68-yard bomb.
Conversion: Matt Payne kick.
Key play: The Beck-Watkins scoring connection.
SECOND QUARTER
BYU 7, SDSU 3
Time: 14:47 remaining
Drive: 8 yards, 42 plays, 3:48
Scoring play: Aztec kicker Garrett Palmer boots a 47-yard field goal.
Key play: Aztecs fail to convert on their only third-down play of the drive.
BYU 10, SDSU 3
Time: 3:51 remaining
Drive: 4 yards, 0 plays, 1:01
Scoring play: Matt Payne kicks a 43-yard field goal.
Key play: Micah Alba's interception gives the Cougars the ball on the SDSU 25.
BYU 13, SDSU 3
Time: 0:00 remaining
Drive: 6 yards, 37 plays, 0:38
Scoring play: Payne kicks a 34-yard field goal.
Key play: Beck hits tight end Dennis Pitta for a 21-yard gain on a fourth-and-3.
THIRD QUARTER
BYU 20, SDSU 3
Time: 8:45 remaining
Drive: 73 yards, 14 plays, 6:08
Scoring play: Curtis Brown bulls in off the right side from three yards out for the Cougars' first ground score of the game.
Conversion: Payne kick.
Key play: An incompletion on third-and-goal is waived off by a SDSU defensive-holding penalty, setting up Brown's TD on the next play.
BYU 26, SDSU 3
Time: 7:05 remaining
Drive: 58 yards, 2 plays, 0:37
Scoring play: Streaking along the right side of the end zone, freshman receiver Austin Collie makes a spectacular one-handed snag of a six-yard Beck pass.
Conversion: After a string of 67 successful kicks, Payne has the point-after blocked.
Key play: The Cougars pull the flea-flicker out of the playbook — Beck hands off to Fahu Tahi, who laterals back to Beck, who in turn tosses a 52-yard pass to Watkins, who stumbles just short of the end zone.
BYU 33, SDSU 3
Time: 6:13 remaining
Drive: 2 yards, 1 plays, 0:04
Scoring play: The Cougars score their second touchdown in a four-play span, as Tahi carries from two yards out.
Conversion: Payne kick.
Key play: Cameron Jensen picks off a Kevin O'Connell pass deep in Aztec territory and — before being pulled down — laterals to defensive teammate Nate Soelberg, who is stopped.
BYU 36, SDSU 3
Time: 2:48 remaining
Drive: 46 yards, 6 plays, 1:38
Scoring play: Payne connects on a 42-yard field goal.
Key play: Brown bursts up the middle for a 42-yard gain on the series' first play before the drive sputters.
FOURTH QUARTER
BYU 43, SDSU 3
Time: 14:42 remaining
Drive: 82 yards, 1 play, 0:12
Scoring play: Beck goes deep again, this time connecting with Collie for the 82-yard streak.
Conversion: Payne kick.
BYU 43, SDSU 9
Time: 9:02 remaining
Drive: 37 yards, 5 plays, 2:25
Scoring play: Aztecs workhorse back Brandon Bornes leaps over the line for a 1-yard TD carry.
Conversion: Palmer's PAT attempt hits the left upright and is no good.
Key play: After Brown's fumble gives SDSU the ball on the BYU 37, O'Connell links up with a leaping Jeff Webb for a 37-yard pass down to the BYU 3.
BYU 49, SDSU 9
Time: 1:13 remaining
Drive: 25 yards, 8 plays, 4:19
Scoring play: After Ray Hudson does the dirty work on seven previous plays to get the Cougars to the SDSU 2, fellow reserve back Eric Watterson scores the two-yard TD.
Conversion: Backup kicker Trent Williams misses the PAT.
Key play: The Cougars earn a start-over possession when Matt Payne's 59-yard FG attempt is blocked, with Payne picking up the ball and advancing it to the Aztecs' 25.
BYU 49, SDSU 16
Time: 0:17 remaining
Drive: 67 yards, 4 plays, 0:50
Scoring play: O'Connell passes 10 yards to Alex Thompson in the closing minute.
Conversion: Palmer kick.
Key play: O'Connell passes for 31 yards to Robert Ortiz as the Aztecs move from their territory well into the Cougars.