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coach Matt Wells talked about focusing Sample sports edition email internally and making sure his guys played to the best of their abilities. On Saturday night against Weber State, he got as close to a perfect game as possible. The Aggies steamrolled the overmatched Wildcats 70-6 for a homecoming victory in front of a sellout crowd of 25,513 at Romney Stadium. The final margin of victory was the sixth- largest in Utah State history as well as the sixth-most points scored in school history. “It was a total team effort and a total team victory,” Wells said. “We had a great week of practice and I thought we played well tonight.” Both sides of the ball were firing on all Utah State Aggies tight end D.J. Tialavea (91) cylinders early and often for USU. The celebrates his touch down with Utah State Aggies wide receiver Bruce Natson (9) against Utah State defense held Weber State Weber St. during NCAA football in Logan without a first down on its first seven Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. drives, while the Aggie offense turned all Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News seven of those stops into touchdowns. Utah State led 49-0 at halftime in a

View 25 photos » performance that was seemingly as flawless as Wells could have asked for. Adv ertise with us Report this ad “It was pretty clean. I’ll find something tomorrow,” Summary Most Popular Wells said when asked about any possible mistakes. The Aggies steamrolled the overmatched Wildcats 70-6 for a Quarterback Chuckie Keeton tied his own school record In Sports Across Site homecoming victory in front of a sellout crowd of 25,513 at Romney with five touchdown tosses and finished with 249 Union coaches hoped to help their players and... Stadium. passing yards despite not taking a snap in the second BYU football: Will BYU receiver Cody Hoffman... half. The junior hit tight end D.J. Tialavea (twice), Travis BYU football: Cougars focused on eliminating... Scoreboard Reynolds, Ronald Butler and linebacker Kyler Fackrell How BYU, Utah and USU's opponents fared in... WEBER ST for his five scores. Utes basketball: Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak... USU Fackrell, a wide receiver in high school, had been used How BYU, Utah and USU's opponents fared in... Taking a stand: Union High coach suspends... www.deseretnews.com/article/865586443a/Us taa hd-eSctaotey- Wanebde br-lSotcaktee-fro ointb aglol-aAlg-gliinese- poaucnkda-Wgeilsd cdautsr-ionng-homecoming-night.html?pg=all 1/4 9/30/13 Utah State, Weber State football: Aggies pound Wildcats on homecoming night | Deseret News as a decoy and blocker in goal-line packages during Taking a stand: Union High coach suspends... 70 6 USU's first two games, but was able to come down with a Ryan Teeples: BYU's rapid offensive is... fade route to score on his first career reception. Final “Biggest celebration I had,” Keeton said of hitting his Get The Deseret News Everywhere Full box score/Player stats new tight end for a score. “It’s special to get him out

there. He’s a kid we are happy to have because he’s such Subscribe Mobile Facebook Twitter RSS Email Upcoming Games a great athlete.” Most Commented USU Football With the heavy lifting already done, Wells opted to get USU football stats & schedule his second and third units some reps in the second half. In Sports Across Site BYU @ USU But not much changed. Utes football: Utah preparing to battle... 45 Romney Stadium, Logan Oct. 4, 6:00 p.m. The Aggies had three scoring drives on just four total Embracing the grind: 10 things the Utes... 44

4 Days 2 Hrs 23 Mins 45 Secs plays in a little more than three minutes of game time BYU football: Cougars overcome... 41 early in the third quarter. The scores came courtesy of a Utah basketball: Runnin' Utes ready to... 40 60-yard Joey DeMartino run, a 56- Dick Harmon: BYU QB Taysom Hill... 31 More Coverage yard touchdown pass from Craig BYU-Middle Tennessee live blog: Cougars... 30 Harrison to Keegan Andersen, and a Dick Harmon: BYU needs to focus on... 27 Utah State’s Chuckie Keeton, Joey DeMartino and 2-yard Robert Marshall plunge National attention, support overwhelm... 27 D.J. Tialavea earn College Football Performance following a fumbled kickoff. honors DeMartino finished with a career game on the ground. The senior ran the ball just eight times, but produced 105 yards and three scores — both career highs. “It’s pretty easy. All the credit goes to the O-line and the perimeter blocking from the tight ends and wide receivers. They open up the holes and as a running back I just run through them,” DeMartino said. “It wasn’t much I did.” Adv ertise with us Report this ad 1st half highlights of USU vs. WSU Only a Weber State fumble recovery for a touchdown with under a minute to go kept the Utah State defense from posting its first shutout “It was a total team since October 2004. Overall, the Aggie defense held Weber State to just 138 yards on 56 plays, including just effort and a total 34 net passing yards. The total defense was the Aggies' team victory. We best effort since allowing just 83 total yards to UNLV in had a great week of 1990. practice and I The Aggies now turn their attention to USC. Utah State thought we played will be looking to make a name for itself on a national well tonight.” stage during a showdown with the Trojans at the L.A.

Matt Wells, USU head football Memorial Coliseum Saturday afternoon. Kraig Williams is a 2010 Utah State University graduate and regular Deseret News sports blogger. He can be followed on Twitter @DesNewsKraig.

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