BOISE, Idaho — Kellen Moore threw two touchdown passes and caught another on a trick play, helping No. 3 Boise State beat Louisiana Tech 49-20 on Tuesday night for its 21st consecutive victory.
Moore was 20 of 28 for 298 yards while directing the Broncos to 468 total yards. Tyler Shoemaker caught six passes for a career-high 124 yards and Doug Martin had 21 carries for a career-best 150 yards and 2 scores.
Moore threw a 6-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to Austin Pettis, who snapped a three-game drought without a touchdown. Moore threw a 32-yarder to Shoemaker in the second to give the Broncos a 21-7 lead.
Pettis returned the favor in the third when he took a pitch on an end-around and quickly fired a 7-yard pass to Moore all alone in the right corner ofthe end zone.
The Broncos (7-0, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) also got a big boost from Martin, who had a 2-yard touchdown run in the first that made it 7-0 and a 20-yard run in the fourth that wrapped up the scoring for Boise State.
The Broncos never trailed, building a 28-7 halftime lead thanks to Moore’s accurate passing and some miscues by Louisiana Tech (3-5, 2-2).
Sports, Pages 22 on 10/27/2010