Griffin and Hankerson each run for a TD, Oregon State beats San Diego State 21-0

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jam Griffin and Anthony Hankerson each ran for a touchdown, Gevani McCoy threw a 21-yard scoring strike to Bryce Caufield and Oregon State beat San Diego State 21-0 Saturday night.

McCoy, a redshirt junior transfer from Idaho, was 16-of-26 passing for 181 yards. Griffin finished with 18 carries for 89 yards and Hankerson added 71 yards rushing. Trent Walker had eight receptions for 92 yards for Oregon State (2-0).

The Beavers recorded their first shutout since September of 2021, when they beat Idaho 42-0 (McCoy, a freshman at the time, did not play for the Vandals) and Oregon State’s first road shutout since a 0-0 tie with Oregon in 1983.

San Diego State (1-1) went three-and-out on the opening drive and Griffin scored on a 16-yard run to give the Beavers a 7-0 lead about 3 minutes into the game.

Jack Kane forced a fumble by quarterback Danny O’Neil and Oregon State’s Nikko Taylor recovered it at the 2 before Hankerson’s 15-yard TD run on the first play of the fourth quarter capped a 13-play, 98-yard drive that took more than 8 minutes off the clock and made it 14-0.

McCoy, on third-and-3, faked a hand off and rolled to his right before firing on the run and hitting a wide-open Caufield in the end zone to cap the scoring with 4:36 to go.

O’Neil was 11-of-24 passing for 107 yards for San Diego State. Marquez Cooper had 54 yards rushing on 14 carries.

Oregon State 21, San Diego St. 0

ORST_Griffin 16 run (Hayes kick), 11:47.

Fourth Quarter

ORST_Hankerson 15 run (Hayes kick), 14:53.

ORST_Caufield 21 pass from G.Johnson (Hayes kick), 4:36.

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_Oregon St., Griffin 18-89, Hankerson 16-71, Allah 11-33, G.Johnson 1-23, McCoy 2-10, Reichle 2-6, Card 1-5. San Diego St., Cooper 13-53, Armstead 7-18, O’Neil 5-1.

PASSING_Oregon St., McCoy 15-25-0-160, G.Johnson 2-2-0-23. San Diego St., O’Neil 11-24-0-107.

RECEIVING_Oregon St., T.Walker 8-92, Reddicks 4-35, Griffin 2-9, Caufield 1-21, Hankerson 1-14, D.Wells 1-12. San Diego St., Poke 3-25, Brown 2-45, Cooper 2-19, Brooks 1-7, Bennett 1-5, Wolfe 1-4, Harrison 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_Oregon St., Hayes 54, Hayes 38.