Roadrunners maintain off Rams on Saturday night time – UTSA Athletics

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Nnanna Anyanwu posted three sacks and Robert Henry Jr. turned in his sixth straight 100-yard speeding recreation to assist UTSA maintain off Colorado State, 17-16, on Saturday night time at Canvas Stadium.

What started as a low-scoring affair led to thrilling style. After the Rams (1-2) tied the rating at 10-10 with beneath seven minutes left to play, the Roadrunners (2-2) grabbed the lead once more after Henry broke free for a 74-yard landing reception.

Colorado State wouldn’t go away although, as Jackson Brousseau spearheaded a 13-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a TD move to Rocky Beers with 29 seconds remaining. Initially, CSU tied the rating with a profitable extra-point try by Isaiah Hankins. However, UTSA was referred to as for offsides on the try to the Rams determined to simply accept the penalty and go for a possible game-winning two-point conversion. Another Rams quarterback, Tahj Bullock, entered the sport and rolled to his proper, however his move sailed incomplete out of bounds resulting from tight protection from the Roadrunners. The ensuing onside kick went out of bounds and UTSA ran out the clock to assert victory within the sequence for the primary time in three conferences.

Anyanwu was liable for 4 of the Roadrunners’ 5 tackles for loss on a protection that held the Rams to 223 yards of offense via the primary three quarters. Making his first profession begin, he grew to become the seventh UTSA participant to report three-or-more sacks in a recreation and simply the sixth to log four-plus TFLs.

Meanwhile, Henry rushed for 144 yards and a landing on 21 carries and he added 76 receiving yards to offer him 220 all-purpose yards on the night time, the fifth-best single-game efficiency in program historical past. He prolonged his school-record streak of 100-yard speeding video games to 6, a stretch that has seen him register a rush of not less than 74 yards in every contest.

After a scoreless first quarter, UTSA struck first thanks to a different lengthy landing run from Henry. Facing a 3rd down and three from their very own 24-yard line, the senior operating again broke free for a 76-yard sprint to paydirt to place the Roadrunners on the board first.

The Rams responded with a seven-play, 69-yard drive that was capped with a 23-yard subject aim from Hankins on the 7:04 mark of the second stanza.

UTSA added a subject aim within the remaining minute of the opening half when Michael Petro cut up the uprights from 40 yards at hand the guests a 10-3 benefit on the break.

Both defenses proved powerful to achieve yards in opposition to within the third quarter, because the groups mixed for 46 yards of offense within the body.

Colorado State put collectively a game-tying drive halfway via the fourth. Tahj Bullock’s 10-yard quarterback keeper put an finish to a nine-play, 67-yard march and Hankins’ further level knotted the rating with 6:19 left to play, establishing the thrilling remaining minutes.

Shad Banks Jr. and Jimmy Wyrick paced the UTSA protection with 11 tackles apiece, the primary time two Roadrunners have made double-digit stops in the identical recreation for the reason that 2022 season opener.

Following their first idle week of the season, the Roadrunners will open American Conference play on Saturday, Oct. 4, in opposition to Temple in Philadelphia.

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