Oregon State
2-1
San Jose State
1-2
Beavers rally to top Spartans
September 20, 2015 | Football
Corvallis – Oregon State exploded for 21 unanswered points in the third quarter and the Beavers overwhelmed San Jose State 35-21 on Saturday night in a nonconference game at Reser Stadium.
The Beavers (2-1) and Spartans (1-2) were tied at 21-21 midway through the third quarter when a special-teams mistake by the Spartans turned a back-and-forth contest in OSU's favor.
Punter Michael Carrizosa dropped a snap and was gang-tackled at the SJSU 15-yard line to put the Beavers in position for the tie-breaking touchdown. Quarterback Seth Collins sprinted for 10-yard touchdown two plays later to give the Beavers a 28-21 advantage and they never looked back.
Three plays after Collins' go-ahead touchdown, linebacker Caleb Saulo returned an interception 41 yards to paydirt to send the Beavers ahead 35-21. His first career pick capped a 21-point explosion in 3:59 that enabled OSU to complete its nonleague schedule with a winning record for the fourth year in a row.
Senior Storm Barrs-Woods rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries in the seventh 100-yard performance of his career. Collins added 114 yards rushing, 135 more passing and accounted for four touchdowns overall to spark an offense that set season-highs in rushing (303), passing (135) and total offense (438).
The defense forced two turnovers and shut out the Spartans in the second half. San Jose State gained just 92 yards after halftime after compiling 161 in the first half; it was 1-for-13 on third down and 1-for-3 on fourth down.
OSU played from behind throughout the first half. A four-yard TD run by Collins tied the score 7-7 with 6:21 left in the first quarter. The Spartans went back ahead 14-7but OSU evened the score again on a 13-yard TD run by Barrs-Woods with 10:11 remaining in the half.
The Spartans turned an interception into their second turnover-related TD to surge ahead 21-14 with 3:08 left in the half. OSU's Garrett Owens missed a 48-yard field goal on with eight seconds to play and the Spartans led 21-14 at the intermission.
The Beavers open Pacific-12 Conference action this Friday with a 7 p.m. game against Stanford at Reser Stadium. The game will be televised
Team Stats
SJ 7, OSU 0
SJ - ERVIN, Tyler 4 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:47
SJ 7, OSU 7
OSU - Collins, Seth 4 yd run (Owens, Garrett kick), 10 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:52
SJ 14, OSU 7
SJ - ERVIN, Tyler 6 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 1 plays, 6 yards, TOP 0:04
SJ 14, OSU 14
OSU - Woods,Storm 13 yd run (Owens, Garrett kick), 4 plays, 69 yards, TOP 1:17
SJ 21, OSU 14
SJ - WINSTON, Tyler 6 yd pass from GRAY, Joe (LOPEZ, Austin kick) 7 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:43
SJ 21, OSU 21
OSU - Villamin, J. 31 yd pass from Collins, Seth (Owens, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 88 yards, TOP 2:22
SJ 21, OSU 28
OSU - Collins, Seth 10 yd run (Owens, Garrett kick), 2 plays, 15 yards, TOP 0:41
SJ 21, OSU 35
OSU - Saulo, Caleb 41 yd interception (Owens, Garrett kick)
