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LOGAN, Utah (AP) -- Steve Wichman threw for 188 yards and one touchdown and Idaho's defense scored twice as the Vandals rallied for a 41-21 win over Utah State on Saturday.
Utah State (0-5, 0-1 Western Athletic Conference) scored the game's first 14 points, but Idaho (2-3, 1-0) responded by scoring the next 41.
Ahead 14-10, the Aggies had first-and-goal on Idaho's 7-yard line when Stanley Franks intercepted a pass by Leon Jackson III and returned it 98 yards to give Idaho a 17-14 lead with 1:26 to go in the half.
In the fourth quarter, Idaho's Jo Artis Ratti returned a fumble recovery 74 yards for a touchdown as the Vandals increased their lead to 41-14.
Utah State's first offensive score of the season came after Marcus Cross scored on a 6-yard run to give the Aggies a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.
After recovering a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, the Aggies went up 14-0 on a 1-yard pass from Jackson to Jimmy Bohm.
Jayson Bird ran for 51 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries for the Vandals, while Brian Flowers gained 41 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.
Prior to Saturday, Utah State's only points of the season came from an interception return by Antonio Taylor in the season opener at Wyoming on Sept. 2.
Idaho 7 10 10 14 --41 Utah St. 14 0 0 7 --21 First Quarter USU--Cross 6 run (Hamblin kick), 11:10. USU--J.Bohm 1 pass from Jackson III (Hamblin kick), 8:16. Id--Bird 8 run (Amancio kick), 3:23. Second Quarter Id--FG Amancio 19, 6:52. Id--Franks 98 interception return (Amancio kick), 1:26. Third Quarter Id--E.Williams 4 pass from Wichman (Amancio kick), 4:23. Id--FG Amancio 42, :56. Fourth Quarter Id--Flowers 6 run (Amancio kick), 8:35. Id--Ratti 74 fumble return (Amancio kick), 7:02. USU--McDaniel 8 run (Hamblin kick), 1:58. A--8,618.
Id USUFirst downs 18 22 Rushes-yards 35-128 35-119 Passing 188 186 Comp-Att-Int 10-20-0 19-27-2 Return Yards 147 7 Punts-Avg. 2-33.0 5-38.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 7-68 2-20 Time of Possession 28:49 31:11
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING--Idaho, Bird 13-51, Flowers 11-41, Wichman 7-24, Ford 3-14, Fry 1-(minus 2). Utah St., Cross 16-68, Jackson III 9-22, R.Nelson 7-17, McDaniel 2-8, L.Johnson 1-4. PASSING--Idaho, Wichman 10-20-0-188. Utah St., Jackson III 16-24-2-136, R.Nelson 3-3-0-50. RECEIVING--Idaho, Komar 2-66, Haynes 2-58, L.Smith 2-29, E.Williams 2-10, Heacock 1-19, Greer 1-6. Utah St., O.Nelson 6-56, Cross 4-36, Richards 2-26, R.Bohm 2-25, Bowman 2-13, Myers 1-18, McDaniel 1-11, J.Bohm 1-1.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-30-06 1638MDT (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-30-06 1638MDT
