MOSCOW, Idaho -- Robert Turbin rushed for 124 yards and scored five times as Utah State defeated Idaho 52-49 on Saturday.
Turbin rushed for three touchdowns and caught passes for two more. His fifth TD, a 1-yard run after Utah State (4-8, 3-5 WAC) recovered an Idaho fumble, gave the Aggies a 52-42 lead with 8:46 remaining.
Diondre Borel threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns for Utah State.
Nathan Enderle, who completed 16 of 25 passes for 262 yards and three TDs for the Vandals (7-5, 4-4), went out with a shoulder injury early in the fourth quarter.
Backup QB Brian Reader hit Daniel Hardy for a touchdown to get Idaho within a field goal with 1:16 to play, but the Aggies recovered the onside kick.
It was USU's first road win since two years ago on the very field as Saturday, last winning on Nov. 24, 2007 at Idaho.
The Aggies finish head coach Gary Andersen's first year at the helm of the USU program with a 4-8 mark, USU's most wins since 2002 and a progressive win total since 2006's one win. Utah State finished 3-5 in Western Athletic Conference action, matching last season for top conference record in USU's five seasons in the league.
It was USU's third-straight win over Idaho and fourth in the last six meetings, taking a 18-16-2 series lead and leveling the series ledger at Moscow at 9-9-1.
"It looked like we were still in the bye week in the first quarter," said Idaho coach Robb Akey, whose team trailed 21-7 after the first 15 minutes and was down 31-7 before a four-touchdown burst pulled the Vandals ahead. "We didn't play well at all. We had a little window where we played well but we didn't finish that."
Utah St. 52
Idaho 49
At Moscow, Idaho
Utah St. 21 10 0 21 -- 52
Idaho 7 14 14 14 -- 49
First quarter
Utah State--Turbin 3 run (Ulinski kick), 11:23.
Idaho--P.Davis 11 run (Farquhar kick), 8:26.
Utah State--Bowman 85 pass from Borel (Ulinski kick), 7:24.
Utah State--Turbin 48 pass from Borel (Ulinski kick), 3:50.
Second quarter
Utah State--Turbin 22 pass from Borel (Ulinski kick), 12:07.
Utah State--Ulinski 48 field goal, 8:43.
Idaho--Komar 30 pass from Enderle (Farquhar kick), 5:38.
Idaho--Komar 15 pass from Enderle (Farquhar kick), 1:37.
Third quarter
Idaho--McCarty 17 run (Farquhar kick), 9:55.
Idaho--Shaw 7 pass from Enderle (Farquhar kick), 4:02.
Fourth quarter
Utah State--Turbin 1 run (Ulinski kick), 12:51.
Idaho--Shaw 29 pass from Reader (Farquhar kick), 9:41.
Utah State--Morrison 75 pass from Borel (Ulinski kick), 9:05.
Utah State--Turbin 1 run (Ulinski kick), 8:46.
Idaho--Hardy 10 pass from Reader (Farquhar kick), 1:16.
A--8,532.
USU Id
First downs 23 32
Rushes-yards 39-163 36-135
Passing 376 395
Comp-att-int 19-31-0 23-40-1
Return yards 46 0
Punts-avg. 3-42.7 5-39.6
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties-yards 13-187 7-80
Time of possession 25:42 34:18
Individual statistics
Rushing--Utah St., Turbin 24-113, Morrison 2-26, Speight 3-19, M.Smith 2-5, Borel 6-2, Team 2-(minus 2). Idaho, Woolridge 11-59, McCarty 8-46, P.Davis 2-25, Jackson 8-8, Reader 3-6, Bailey 1-3, Enderle 3-(minus 12).
Passing--Utah St., Borel 18-29-0-369, Morrison 1-1-0-7, Team 0-1-0-0. Idaho, Enderle 16-25-0-262, Reader 6-14-1-113, P.Davis 1-1-0-20.
Receiving--Utah St., M.Smith 4-19, Morrison 3-90, M.Morgan 3-33, Bowman 2-98, Turbin 2-70, Moats 2-38, Sawyer 2-21, Mitchell 1-7. Idaho, Shaw 7-131, Hardy 6-88, Komar 5-110, Jackson 2-29, P.Davis 1-17, Woolridge 1-13, Small 1-7.
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