Last Friday Boise State defeated San Diego State 56-24, moving the Broncos up to No. 12 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 14 in the Coaches Poll. This is Boise State’s highest ranking in the AP Poll since 2011.
Maddux Madsen and Latrell Caples stood as the dynamic duo of the game. Madsen hit a career high 24 pass completion throwing 307 yards, three of which wide receiver Caples took to the endzone.
“Maddux played elite tonight and I still believe there’s a lot more in the tank for him,” Head Coach Spencer Danielson said. “He makes great decisions. He knows what decisions we need to make to win football games. I’m very proud of him.”
The Broncos dominated early on in the game, scoring three touchdowns within the first quarter.
On the opening drive Madsen threw an 18 yard touchdown pass to Caples. The duo then doubled that score with another touchdown. Just eight seconds later (the shortest amount of time between touchdowns the Broncos have scored since 1996) cornerback A’Marion McCoy intercepted the ball and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown upping the score to 21-0. This marked Boise State’s first pick six since 2022.
In quarter two, Madsen threw a 14 yard touchdown pass to Prince Strachan. The Aztecs responded with a six yard rushing touchdown, bringing the score to 28-10.
With 20 seconds left in the second quarter, Madsen threw a third touchdown pass to Caples.
Caples three touchdowns this game marked his first since coming back from an offseason due to an achilles injury. The redshirt senior also recorded a career-high 90 receiving yards and matched his career-best with six receptions.
“It is a long time coming,” Danielsen said. “Who he is as a teammate, who he is as a leader. I think the absolute world of Latrell. He impacts me every single day. He makes all the hard blocks. He can do anything in the route tree. He had some injuries and had to keep fighting, battling back, that’s who he is.”
Defensively, Boise State held the Aztecs to 256 total yards, the lowest yardage the Broncos allowed all season. Alexander Teubner netted his second career interception and led the team with six tackles while Jayden Virgin-Morgan finished with one and a half sacks.
On the other hand, the Broncos only let up one sack against the Aztecs edge rusher, Trey White who is currently leading the nation in sacks (11.5 sacks in just seven games).
Ashton Jeanty got off to a slow start as San Diego State stacked the box to contain him allowing Madsen to take advantage of the Aztecs vulnerability on the backend.
Once the third quarter hit, Jeanty broke out with two four yard touchdowns and totaled 149 rushing yards continuing the hype around the Jeanty Heisman campaign.
The Aztecs scored their second touchdown of the game after a 30-yard pass in the fourth quarter. The Broncos responded with one last touchdown from fullback Tyler Crowe.
With 30 seconds left in the game Boise State gave up a touchdown to San Diego State ending the game with a 56-24 win.
Up next the Broncos host University of Nevada on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.
BSU stat leaders:
Maddux Madsen: 307 passing yards, 25 rushing yards and four touchdown passes
Ashton Jeanty: 31 carries, 149 rushing yards and two touchdowns
Latrell Caples: six catches for 90 yards and three touchdowns
SDSU stat leaders:
Danny O’Neil: 155 passing yards, two interceptions and two touchdowns
Marquez Cooper: 16 carries for 19 yards and one touchdown
Jordan Napier: 79 rushing yards, eight catches and one touchdown
