SDSU FOOTBALL RUNS OVER THE REBELS 41-10; BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE

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Story by Liz Alper

Photo courtesy goaztecs.com

October 7, 2017 (Las Vegas) - In the wake of the tragic Las Vegas shootings, the Aztecs and UNLV Rebels hoped to brighten everyone’s spirits with an exciting Mountain West game.  Unfortunately for the Rebels, the Aztecs had winning on their minds, tragedy or no tragedy.

SDSU was calmly making their typical first quarter march down the field to the end zone and everything was going fine until senior running back Rashaad Penny coughed up the ball at the one yard line.  Luckily, UNLV couldn’t string together a drive, so the Aztecs got the ball back and made their way downfield again, where junior kicker John Baron II kicked a field goal to put the Aztecs up by three.  The Rebels encountered a similar situation on their next drive and freshman kicker Daniel Gutierrez was there to knot it up and the first quarter ended with the two squads tied up at 3-3.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Christian Chapman hadn’t been doing so well passing through the air, so he decided to redeem himself on the ground by making some moves and running it in for an SDSU touchdown in the second.  Sophomore running back Juwan Washington ran for 34 yards on the sweep to pick up another score.  UNLV kept it a game with the redshirt freshman quarterback Armani Rogers’ on-point pass to Helix High School grad and La Mesa native Kendal Keys in the end zone.  Baron added an insurance field goal and the Aztecs went to the locker room up 20-10.

Whatever Rocky Long said about the running game in the locker room, it worked.  Penny strung together a drive filled with beautiful long runs in the third and it led to another Aztecs touchdown.  SDSU led 27-10 after three.

Penny waltzed into the end zone at the goal line in the fourth for his second touchdown of the night and redshirt freshman backup running back Chase Jasmin punched in one more and while it wasn’t a completely well-deserved win or a well-executed game, especially for Chapman, SDSU came away with a 41-10 victory to move to 6-0 on the season.

Next up, the Aztecs return home to SDCCU Stadium to host Boise State next Saturday.  Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

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