PROVO, Utah (AP) - Riley Nelson passed for 244 yards and a touchdown in one half of play as Brigham Young built a big lead and cruised to a 45-13 victory Saturday over Weber State.
Nelson was 10 of 10 for 174 yards on three touchdown drives and did not play in the second half as BYU (2-0) led 21-0, and began substituting liberally.
He finished 18 of 29, while counterpart Mike Hoke completed 13 of 26 passes for 91 yards for Weber State (0-2). Hoke was sacked six times and fumbled once.
BYU freshman QB Taysom Hill scored on a 2-yard second-quarter run, and added a 1-yard run late. Cougars senior quarterback James Lark also threw his first career touchdown pass, and added a 6-yard scoring run.
Josh Booker and Kris Parham both had rushing touchdowns for Weber State.
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| Scoring Summary |
| BYU | Cody Hoffman 37 yd pass from Riley Nelson (Riley Stephenson kick) |
| BYU | Taysom Hill 2 yd run (Riley Stephenson kick) |
| BYU | Michael Alisa 8 yd run (Riley Stephenson kick) |
| BYU | Kaneakua Friel 2 yd pass from James Lark (Riley Stephenson kick) |
| WBRST | Josh Booker 1 yd run (blocked XP) |
| BYU | Riley Stephenson 33 yd FG |
| BYU | James Lark 6 yd run (Riley Stephenson kick) |
| BYU | Taysom Hill 1 yd run (Riley Stephenson kick) |
| WBRST | Kris Parham 1 yd run (Shaun McClain kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| WBRST | BYU | |
| First Downs | 15 | 26 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-18 | 7-15 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 71-254 | 79-532 |
| Rushes-Yds | 43-115 | 37-225 |
| Passing Yds | 139 | 307 |
| Kick Return Yds | 105 | 78 |
| Punt Return Yds | 7 | 70 |
| Passes | 15-28-0 | 26-42-1 |
| Punts | 10-507 | 5-266 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 6-45 | 6-69 |
| Time of Poss. | 31:50 | 28:10 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| WBRST: C.J. Tuckett 12-80, Josh Booker 10-64, Kris Parham 5-15, Jordan Adamczyk 1-3, Jordan Clemente 1--1, Tony Epperson 1--8, Mike Hoke 13--38 |
| BYU: Michael Alisa 11-53, JD Falslev 1-53, Jamaal Williams 3-32, Taysom Hill 6-27, Riley Nelson 3-19, David Foote 5-16, Iona Pritchard 3-7, Alex Kuresa 2-7, Paul Lasike 1-6, James Lark 1-6, Team 1--1 |
| PASSING |
| WBRST: Mike Hoke 13-26-91-0, Jordan Adamczyk 2-2-48-0 |
| BYU: Riley Nelson 18-29-244-1, James Lark 7-10-45-0, Taysom Hill 1-3-18-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| WBRST: Jordan Clemente 4-25, Josh Booker 2-17, Tevia Tolutau 2-14, Xavian Johnson 2-14, Erik Walker 2-11, Chase Nakamura 1-39, Shaydon Kehano 1-10, Kris Parham 1-9 |
| BYU: Cody Hoffman 7-115, Alex Kuresa 4-51, Kaneakua Friel 4-30, David Foote 2-16, Michael Alisa 2-8, Richard Wilson 1-32, Devin Mahina 1-18, Austin Holt 1-13, Skyler Ridley 1-9, JD Falslev 1-6, Marcus Mathews 1-6, Jamaal Williams 1-3 |
