Brigham Young beats Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl

Hall gave the Cougars their third win in five straight bowl appearances in the Sin City and ended the Beavers' run of five consecutive bowl wins.

Hall threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Luke Ashworth, a 17-yard scoring strike to Dennis Pitta and a 15-yard TD pass to Manase Tonga. He had 139 yards passing in the first half.

Tonga added an 18-yard rushing touchdown, and Harvey Unga finished with 76 yards rushing and a TD for BYU.

Oregon State scored on 1-yard runs by quarterback Sean Canfield and Jacquizz Rodgers, and a 31-yard pass to Damola Adeniji after the game was out of reach. Adeniji led all receivers with seven receptions for 102 yards.

Canfield completed only four passes in the first half as the Beavers struggled to sustain drives. He finished 20 for 41 for 173 yards and an interception.

Winds gusted to 80 kph (50 mph) at Sam Boyd Stadium and temperatures fell below zero degrees (30 F). The gusts were so strong that one of Oregon State's punts traveled untouched only 6 yards.

Oregon State struck first on Canfield's touchdown. The score was set up by consecutive big plays from the Rodgers brothers — an 18-yard rush by Jacquizz on the first play of the drive and a 17-yard run by James.

BYU responded with a touchdown on its next possession, marching 84 yards on 14 plays in just under six minutes and scoring on Unga's 1-yard run.

The normally dependable Rodgers fumbled for the first time in his college career in the first quarter, and Matt Bauman returned it 34 yards for a BYU score.

Oregon State then looked as if it would bounce back from that fumble when it seemingly recovered a muffed punt near the goal line. But a holding call forced Oregon State to punt it again, and BYU drove 69 yards and kicked a 28-yard field goal.

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