LJ Martin rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns, and Bear Bachmeier completed 12 of 16 passes for 227 yards and an interception as No. 11 BYU rolled to a 41-23 win over Colorado State on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.
Freshman wide receiver Legend Glasker caught five passes for 131 yards and also rushed for a touchdown, and Preston Rex had a rushing score for the Cougars (3-0).
The Cougars racked up a 559-302 advantage in total yards.
Colorado State quarterback Hauss Hejny connected on 6 of 10 passing attempts for 80 yards and a touchdown but left the game in the first quarter with a hamstring injury. Backup quarterback K’saan Farrar threw for 70 yards and an interception. No. 3 quarterback Darius Curry passed for 70 yards and a touchdown.
RJ Vick Jr. and Nader Chirchi had touchdown catches and Durell Robinson added a rushing score for the Rams (2-1).
BYU needed just two plays to cover 65 yards and open the scoring. Martin was bottled up at the line, bounced to a hole, broke two tackles and reeled off a 56-yard touchdown, giving the Cougars a 7-0 lead.
The Rams immediately answered, tying the game at 7-7 on Hejny’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Vick with 11:22 left in the first quarter.
On the next BYU drive, Bachmeier’s 70-yard completion to Glasker, who made a one-handed over-the-shoulder grab, set up Martin’s 2-yard plunge to give the Cougars a 14-7 lead at the 9:42 mark of the first quarter.
Martin was at it again in the final minute of the first quarter, breaking tackles on his way to an 8-yard score with 51 seconds left that gave BYU a 21-7 lead.
Mathias Dunn added a 44-yard field goal before Glasker’s 5-yard touchdown run on an end-around gave BYU a 31-7 halftime lead.
With 9:29 left in the third, the Cougars went up 38-7 when Rex coasted into the end zone untouched for a 5-yard score.
Robinson had a 1-yard rushing touchdown and Chirchi caught a 1-yard score in the fourth quarter.