BOISE, Idaho — Kellen Moore threw two touchdown passes and caught another on a trick play, helping No. 2 Boise State beat Louisiana Tech 49-20 on Tuesday night for its 21st consecutive victory.
Moore was 20-of-28 for 298 yards while coolly 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 two scores.
Moore threw a 6-yard TD pass in the first quarter to Austin Pettis, who snapped a three-game drought without a TD. Moore tossed a 32-yarder to Shoemaker in the second quarter to give the Broncos a 21-7 lead.
Pettis returned the favor in the third when he took a pitchout on an end-around and quickly fired a 7-yard pass to Moore all alone in the right corner of the end zone.
The Broncos (7-0, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) also got a boost from Martin, who had a 2-yard run in the first that made it 7-0 and a 20-yard scamper in the fourth that wrapped up the scoring for Boise State.
The Bulldogs (3-5, 2-2) used their hurry-up, spread offense to roll up 394 total yards against the nation’s top-ranked defense. But they hurt themselves with several costly penalties and mistakes.
