SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - David Fales threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead San Jose State to a 20-14 victory against BYU on Saturday night, giving the Spartans their first five-game winning streak since 1990.
Noel Grigsby caught two of the scoring passes and finished with 132 yards on eight receptions for San Jose State (9-2).
Riley Nelson threw for 335 yards and touchdown for the Cougars (6-5), but he was sacked four times. Cody Hoffman had 13 receptions for 155 yards.
Nelson hit David Foote for a 20-yard TD to cut the lead to six points with 2:36 remaining, and BYU recovered the subsequent onside kick. The Cougars drove to the Spartans' 21-yard line, but Nelson fumbled when hit by Keith Smith, and Vince Buhagiar recovered for San Jose State with 1:16 to play.
Twice earlier in the fourth quarter, BYU drove deep into SJSU territory but couldn't score.
Fales passed to Grigsby for scores of 51 and 18 yards. Chandler Jones caught the other scoring toss, an 8-yarder.
By winning the teams' first meeting in San Jose since 1968, the Spartans took a 10-6 lead in the all-time series.
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| Scoring Summary |
| SJST | Noel Grigsby 51 yd pass from David Fales (blocked XP) |
| BYU | Jamaal Williams 16 yd run (Justin Sorensen kick) |
| SJST | Chandler Jones 8 yd pass from David Fales (Austin Lopez kick) |
| SJST | Noel Grigsby 18 yd pass from David Fales (Austin Lopez kick) |
| BYU | David Foote 20 yd pass from Riley Nelson (Justin Sorensen kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| BYU | SJST | |
| First Downs | 24 | 17 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-18 | 8-16 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 84-422 | 66-364 |
| Rushes-Yds | 33-87 | 32-59 |
| Passing Yds | 335 | 305 |
| Kick Return Yds | 46 | 0 |
| Punt Return Yds | 12 | 7 |
| Passes | 28-51-1 | 25-34-1 |
| Punts | 5-250 | 7-284 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 4-30 | 5-52 |
| Time of Poss. | 28:3 | 31:57 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| BYU: Jamaal Williams 15-62, Riley Nelson 14-11, JD Falslev 3-11, David Foote 1-3 |
| SJST: De'Leon Eskridge 17-46, Ina Liaina 6-27, Blake Jurich 2-3, David Fales 3--5, Team 3--5, Kyle Nunn 1--7 |
| PASSING |
| BYU: Riley Nelson 28-51-335-1 |
| SJST: David Fales 25-34-305-1 |
| RECEIVING |
| BYU: Cody Hoffman 13-155, Jamaal Williams 3-50, JD Falslev 3-43, Ross Apo 3-27, David Foote 2-33, Skyler Ridley 2-10, Richard Wilson 1-12, Kaneakua Friel 1-5 |
| SJST: Noel Grigsby 8-132, Jabari Carr 8-42, Chandler Jones 4-30, Ryan Otten 2-63, Peter Tuitupou 2-28, Ina Liaina 1-10 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Brigham Young | 1st FBS Independents | 0-0 | 8-5 |
| San Jose State | 2nd Western Athletic | 5-1 | 11-2 |
