San Jose State beats Oregon State 24-13

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Walker Eget had 365 yards passing, including a 36-yard touchdown pass to Nick Nash, who finished with six receptions for 161 yards and San Jose State beat Oregon State 24-13 on Saturday to become bowl eligible.

DJ Harvey returned an interception 16 yards for a touchdown to give San Jose State the lead for good at 17-13 with 11:02 to play. Oregon State failed to convert a fourth-and-4 from its own 46 and six plays later Floyd Chalk scored on an 11-yard run to cap the scoring with 6:22 remaining.

Ben Gulbranson was 24-of-37 passing for 292 yards with two interceptions for Oregon State. Anthony Hankerson had 30 carries for 121 yards and a TD.

Nash went up high to catch a back-shoulder pass from Eget in the end zone to give San Jose State (6-3) a 7-3 lead early in the second quarter and Kyle Halverson kicked a 37-yard field goal to make it a seven-point game with 6 minutes left in period.

Hankerson ran 10-yard touchdown run just before halftime and Everett kicked a 34-yard field goal on the opening drive of the second half to give Oregon State (4-5) a 13-10 lead.

Nash, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound senior, has 80 receptions for 995 yards and 12 TDs — including at least one touchdown in each game — this season.

Eget was 18-of-35 passing with an interception. Justin Lockhart added five receptions for 128 yards for the Spartans.

————

SAN JOSE STATE 24, OREGON STATE 13

San Jose St.   0             10          0             14—24

Oregon St.      0             10          3             0—13

Second Quarter

OSU—FG Hayes 45, 13:30.

SJS—Nash 36 pass from Eget (Halvorsen kick), 12:06.

SJS—FG Halvorsen 32, 6:12.

OSU—Hankerson 10 run (Hayes kick), :36.

Third Quarter

OSU—FG Hayes 34, 9:47.

Fourth Quarter

SJS—Harvey 16 interception return (Halvorsen kick), 11:02.

SJS—Chalk 11 run (Halvorsen kick), 6:22.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—San Jose St., Chalk 11-45, Eget 2-13, Bates 3-12, (Team) 2-(minus 2). Oregon St., Hankerson 30-121, Allah 9-68, Gulbranson 6-(minus 7).

PASSING—San Jose St., Eget 18-35-1-395. Oregon St., Gulbranson 24-37-2-292.

RECEIVING—San Jose St., Nash 6-161, Lockhart 5-128, Stewart 2-46, Hurry 2-28, Chalk 1-22, Coleman 1-6, Macaluso 1-4. Oregon St., T.Walker 11-151, Noga 4-47, Hankerson 3-8, Terry 2-54, Clemons 2-10, Reddicks 1-18, Allah 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—San Jose St., Halvorsen 26.