NCAAF Game Recap - New Mexico State at Washington State
Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:00 PM EDT

GATec
14
Clem
52
F
Duke
3
Bama
42
F
UGA
30
Vand
6
F
Hou
31
Okla
49
F
FlAtl
21
OSU
45
F
GaSo
3
LSU
55
F
MidTN
21
Mich
40
F
ND
35
Lou
17
F
LT
14
Tex
45
F
Oreg
21
Aub
27
F
TxSt
7
TxAM
41
F
EWa
14
Wash
47
F
Utah
30
BYU
12
F
Idaho
7
PSU
79
F
FlaAM
0
UCF
62
F
Tuls
7
MSU
28
F
Wisc
49
SoFL
0
F
MiaOH
14
Iowa
38
F
NoIa
26
IASt
29
F(2OT)
Syr
24
Lib
0
F
NMS
7
WaSt
58
F
SoAl
21
Neb
35
F
NW
7
Stan
17
F
Alb
21
C Mi
38
F
UCLA
14
Cin
24
F
RMor
10
Buff
38
F
Wagn
21
UConn
24
F
Mor
3
BGSU
46
F
C Ark
35
W Ky
28
F
GWebb
28
UNCC
49
F
JacSt
14
SouLA
35
F
AlaSt
19
UAB
24
F
FLInt
14
Tul
42
F
SDSU
21
MIN
28
F
NoCol
18
SJSU
35
F
Kent
7
AzSt
30
F
Rice
7
Army
14
F
UMass
21
Rut
48
F
UtSt
35
Wake
38
F
Purd
31
NEV
34
F
ColSt
31
Colo
52
F
OkSt
52
OreSt
36
F
Miss
10
Mem
15
F
MissSt
38
ULLaf
28
F
InSt
17
Kans
24
F
Akr
3
Ill
42
F
ECU
6
NCSt
34
F
How
0
MD
79
F
Toled
24
KY
38
F
Ind
34
Ball
24
F
Boise
36
FlaSt
31
F
JMU
13
WVU
20
F
URI
20
Ohio
41
F
Buck
12
Temp
56
F
HolyC
7
Navy
45
F
Colg
7
AF
48
F
GASt
38
Tenn
30
F
SCar
20
UNC
24
F
E Mi
30
CoCar
23
F
ETenn
7
App
42
F
MonSt
10
TxTch
45
F
PorSt
13
Ark
20
F
VaTec
28
BC
35
F
SamHu
31
NM
39
F
(N/A)
7
UTSA
35
F
Camp
14
Troy
43
F
UCDav
13
Cal
27
F
VMI
17
Marsh
56
F
IllSt
10
NIU
24
F
Monm
13
WestMI
48
F
AlcSt
10
SMiss
38
F
Nich
14
K St
49
F
SFA
17
Bayl
56
F
SMU
37
ArkSt
30
F
Norf
21
OD
24
F
MIZ
31
Wyo
37
F
Abil
31
NorTx
51
F
UVA
30
Pitt
14
F
Gram
9
ULMon
31
F
HBU
34
UTEP
36
F
ArkPB
7
TCU
39
F
Web
0
SDSU
6
F
SoUt
23
UNLV
56
F
Fres
23
USC
31
F

Aug 31, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

New Mexico State (0-1)

7

0

0

0

7

(23) Washington State (1-0)

14

21

13

10

58

Gordon shines as No. 23 Washington State rolls to 58-7 win
Sun Sep 1, 2019 2:40 AM

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Anthony Gordon's starting debut for No. 23 Washington State was perfect for most of the first half and nearly flawless overall.

Gordon completed his first 15 passes, threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns in the first half, and No. 23 Washington State rolled past New Mexico State 58-7 on Saturday night.

Gordon made his first college start memorable throwing touchdowns of 41, 48, 19 and 54 yards in the first half as the Cougars (1-0) built a 35-7 lead and coasted to an easy opening victory. Gordon finished 29 of 35 for 420 yards and five TD passes before checking out late in the third quarter.

"It goes to show what our preparation does. Been working at this for a long time now so all this as a team kind of came together and we united pretty well I thought," Gordon said. "It was pretty rewarding to see all that happen."

Gordon, who had just five career passes coming into the season, beat out Eastern Washington transfer Gage Gubrud for the starting job with a stellar fall camp and his performance in camp continued into the start of the season. Gordon hit Rodrick Fisher for a 41-yard TD on the opening drive of the game and the passing onslaught was only getting started.

Gordon added a 48-yard catch-and-run TD to Dezmon Patmon, hit Easop Winston Jr. on a 19-yard score and capped his big half with a 54-yard touchdown toss to Travell Harris.

Gordon hit 22 of 23 passes in the first half. The only incompletion was a drop by Brandon Arconado midway through the second quarter.

"He didn't look nervous or anything out there. He executed his job well and it's no different than what he does in practice and that's why he's the guy," Washington State running back Max Borghi said. "He can make plays and that's exactly what he did out there today."

Harris added a 20-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, breaking a couple of tackles and traversing from one side of the field to the other to complete the run after catch.

Borghi added 128 yards rushing on 10 carries, including a 12-yard touchdown. Borghi became the first Washington State running back to rush for 100 yards since Gerard Wicks against California in 2016.

New Mexico State quarterback Josh Adkins scored on a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter when he recovered a fumble and took the loose ball into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7. That was the highlight of the night for the Aggies (0-1) who were limited to 317 total yards, a big chunk coming in the fourth quarter.

Adkins was 28 of 42 for 221 yards and two interceptions.

"When you play elite teams like this and what we're going to do next week, you can't give them help or it will really get out of hand, and that's what happened tonight," New Mexico State coach Doug Martin said.

QB TRIO

The night wasn't just about Gordon. Gubrud entered late in the third quarter and threw a 9-yard touchdown to Renard Bell. And, Trey Tinsley got some time in the fourth quarter going 1-of-3 passing in his limited action.

THE TAKEAWAY

New Mexico State: The Aggies knew it was going to be a challenging start to the season beginning with the Cougars and No. 2 Alabama next week. New Mexico State must cut down on the miscues after committing three turnovers and was just 5 of 15 on third downs.

"It's disappointing that we didn't play better. We have another great opportunity to play the second best ranked team in the country," Martin said.

Washington State: Part of Gordon's big debut was distributing the wealth to his pass catchers. Ten Cougars caught at least one pass, showing the depth of Washington State's receiver group. Patmon led the way with seven catches for 103 yards.

"It appeared we had some depth at that position. I thought they caught the ball well and came to play," Washington State coach Mike Leach said.

UP NEXT

New Mexico State: The Aggies travel to face No. 2 Alabama on Saturday.

Washington State: The Cougars host Northern Colorado next Saturday.

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Passing

NMS Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Adkins 42 28 66.7 0 221 22 2 59.7
WaSt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
A. Gordon 35 29 82.9 5 420 54 0 156.3
G. Gubrud 11 9 81.8 1 76 26 0 125.8

Rushing

NMS Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Huntley 9 57 6.3 27 0
C. Gibson 4 25 6.3 17 0
WaSt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
M. Borghi 10 128 12.8 54 1
C. Markoff 5 7 1.4 5 0

Receiving

NMS Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
O. Clark 7 47 6.7 18 0
T. Nicholson 7 40 5.7 12 0
WaSt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
D. Patmon 7 103 14.7 48 1
T. Harris 4 91 22.8 54 2

Fumbles

NMS F FL
J. Adkins 1 0
N. Mitchell 1 1

Returning

Punting

NMS Punt Yds Avg LgPu
P. Theisler 6 225 37.5 47
WaSt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
O. Draguicevich III 1 39 39.0 39

Takeaways

WaSt Int Yds InTD
H. Pladson 1 15 0
M. Strong 1 5 0

Team Stats Comparison

NMS WaSt
Points For 7 58
Total Yards 317 618
Rushing Yards 96 111
Passing Yards 221 507
Passing Completions / Attempts 28/42 39/49
Turnovers 3 0
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Fumbles - Lost 3/1 0/0
First Downs 18 28
Penalties - Yards 2/0 6/50
Time Of Possession 19:19 41:41
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 5/15 4/9
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 2/2 1/1
Punts - Average Yards 6/38 1/39

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter NMS WaSt
WaSt 05:39 TD Rodrick Fisher 41 yd pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) 0 7
NMS 08:35 TD Josh Adkins 3 yd run (Dylan Brown kick) 7 7
WaSt 09:49 TD Dezmon Patmon 48 yd pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) 7 14
2nd Quarter NMS WaSt
WaSt 03:53 TD Easop Winston Jr. 19 yd pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) 7 21
WaSt 05:05 TD Travell Harris 54 yd pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) 7 28
WaSt 13:37 TD Max Borghi 12 yd run (Blake Mazza kick) 7 35
3rd Quarter NMS WaSt
WaSt 03:04 TD Travell Harris 20 yd pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) 7 42
WaSt 06:22 FG Blake Mazza 45 yd FG 7 45
WaSt 08:48 FG Blake Mazza 50 yd FG 7 48
4th Quarter NMS WaSt
WaSt 00:47 TD Renard Bell 9 yd pass from Gage Gubrud (Blake Mazza kick) 7 55
WaSt 02:42 FG Blake Mazza 34 yd FG 7 58

Game Information

Stadium: Clarence D. Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington
Attendance: 27,228
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