SAN DIEGO – Jam Griffin and Anthony Hankerson each ran for a touchdown, Gevani McCoy threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Bryce Caufield and Oregon State defeated San Diego State 21-0 on Saturday night.
McCoy, a redshirt junior transfer from Idaho, completed 16 of 26 passes for 181 yards. Griffin finished the game with 18 carries for 89 yards and Hankerson had 71 rushing yards. Trent Walker caught eight passes for 92 yards for Oregon State (2-0).
The Beavers recorded their first shutout since September 2021, when they beat Idaho 42-0 (McCoy, then a freshman, did not play for the Vandals) and Oregon State’s first road shutout since a 0-0 tie with Oregon in 1983.
San Diego State (1-1) scored three points on the opening drive and was out, and Griffin scored on a 16-yard run that gave the Beavers a 7-0 lead about 3 minutes into the game.
Jack Kane forced a fumble by quarterback Danny O’Neil and Oregon State’s Nikko Taylor recovered the ball at the 2-yard line before Hankerson’s 15-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter capped a 13-play, 98-yard drive that took more than 8 minutes off the clock and made the game 14-0.
On the third and third attempt, McCoy faked a handoff and let the ball roll to the right before he took off on a run and hit the completely free Caufield in the end zone to score the winning goal with 4:36 minutes left.
O’Neil completed 11 of 24 passes for 107 yards for San Diego State. Marquez Cooper rushed for 54 yards on 14 carries.
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