Oregon State
0-1 , 0-1
Washington State
1-0 , 1-0
Comeback Falls Just Short vs. WSU
November 07, 2020 | Football
Jefferson finishes with 120 yards and three touchdowns
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OSU trailed 31-14 early in the fourth quarter, but cut the advantage to three with under three minutes to play before surrendering a late touchdown.
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Junior Jermar Jefferson had a monster day, rushing for 120 yards and three touchdowns, while adding five receptions for 50 yards. With the big game, Jefferson has now moved into ninth in Oregon State history with 2,185 career rushing yards.
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Tristan Gebbia opened his season with 329 yards and a touchdown through the air. Trevon Bradford led the Beavers with seven catches for 79 yards and a touchdown, while Kolby Taylor went for seven receptions and 55 yards.
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On the defensive side of the ball, Jaydon Grant recorded three tackles and an interception. Avery Roberts led Oregon State with seven tackles.
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The Beavers finished the game with 451 yards of total offense, 329 through the air and 122 on the ground.
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Jefferson scored touchdowns on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter to get Oregon State back within striking distance at 31-28 with 2:38 on the clock. Â The junior running back also found pay-dirt in the third quarter.
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Grant came up with a big first-quarter interception, picking the ball off in the end zone to limit the Cougars to seven first-quarter points. The Oregon State offense answered in the second quarter with an impressive 15-play, 93-yard drive capped off by a seven-yard touchdown pass from Gebbia to Bradford to level the score.
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Washington State led 14-7 at halftime. Jefferson rushed for 73 yards in the opening 30 minutes.
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The Beavers will hit the road next week for a matchup at Washington. That game will kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday evening.
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Team Stats
WSU 7, OSU 0
WSU - Harris, Travell 29 yd pass from de Laura,Jayden (Mazza, Blake kick) 6 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:44
WSU 7, OSU 7
OSU - Bradford, T. 7 yd pass from Gebbia, Tristan (Hayes, Everett kick) 15 plays, 93 yards, TOP 7:27
WSU 14, OSU 7
WSU - McIntosh, Deon 3 yd run (Mazza, Blake kick), 9 plays, 84 yards, TOP 3:27
WSU 21, OSU 7
WSU - de Laura,Jayden 5 yd run (Mazza, Blake kick), 5 plays, 64 yards, TOP 1:52
WSU 28, OSU 7
WSU - Harris, Travell 28 yd pass from de Laura,Jayden (Mazza, Blake kick) 4 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:20
WSU 28, OSU 14
OSU - Jefferson, J. 1 yd run (Hayes, Everett kick), 9 plays, 85 yards, TOP 4:47
WSU 31, OSU 14
WSU - Mazza, Blake 34 yd field goal 12 plays, 66 yards, TOP 6:22
WSU 31, OSU 20
OSU - Jefferson, J. 7 yd run (Gebbia, Tristan passfailed), 8 plays, 72 yards, TOP 3:21
WSU 31, OSU 28
OSU - Jefferson, J. 15 yd run (Bradford, T. pass), 14 plays, 90 yards, TOP 2:52
WSU 38, OSU 28
WSU - Harris, Travell 44 yd run (Mazza, Blake kick), 1 plays, 44 yards, TOP 0:09
