San Jose State’s turnovers show pricey in 26-16 loss to Air Drive

SAN JOSE — Three turnovers doomed San Jose State’s possibilities towards Air Drive on Saturday, resulting in a 26-16 loss at CEFCU Stadium, the Spartans’ third loss of their final 4 video games.

When Air Drive quarterback Liam Szarka threw a 12-yard landing to huge receiver Quin Smith to realize a 23-13 lead with 9:11 left within the fourth quarter, the sport was starting to appear out of attain.

On the following drive, a discipline objective by Spartans kicker Denis Lynch introduced San Jose State inside one rating with 5:43 left within the sport. It might be as shut because the Spartans (3-6, 2-3 in Mountain West) would get.

Air Drive (3-6, 2-4 MW) put the sport away on its ultimate drive. The Falcons drove methodically down the sector consuming up the sport clock, capping it off with a 33-yard discipline objective with 31 seconds remaining to make it 26-16 and successfully ending SJSU’s hopes.

Air Drive gained the time of possession battle 35:51 to 23:34, permitting the Falcons to notch simply their second win of their final eight video games.

After solely scoring six factors within the first half, Spartans operating again Steve Chavez-Soto scored on an 8-yard landing run and kicker Mathias Brown had a 29-yard discipline objective as SJSU pulled inside 16-13 at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

However in the end, it was a primary half stuffed with self-inflicted errors that made the deficit an excessive amount of to beat.

With San Jose State pinned at its personal 2 within the ultimate two minutes of the opening half, quarterback Walker Eget’s move was deflected by the Air Drive defensive position. Eget then batted it within the air and operating again Lamar Radcliffe caught it ultimately zone, the place he was taken down for a security making it 16-3 Air Drive.

With 8:43 to go within the first quarter, Eget went down with an damage after a 12-yard scramble for a primary down. Eget left the sport and was changed by Xavier Ward, who fumbled on a learn choice play giving the ball to Air Drive.

When Eget returned to the sport, he threw two consecutive interceptions on the following two drives. The second interception got here when SJSU opted to go for a fourth and 5 at its personal 22 yard-line.

Eget completed the sport 27-for-42 passing for 334 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions.

Air Drive utilized its triple choice offense to take advantage of the clock and maintain SJSU’s explosive offense off  the sector. The Falcons’ ball dominance included a 15-play, 81-yard drive that took 8:37 off the sport clock. The lengthy drive was capped off with a 3-yard scoring run by Szarka, making the Ward fumble pricey. Szarka punched in a quarterback sneak and took a 14-3 lead, capitalizing on each turnovers.

San Jose State had a tough time coping with the Falcons’ operating sport as Air Drive rolled up 261 yards dashing. The Falcons’ Owen Allen ran for a game-high 109 yards on 20 carries, whereas Szarka gained 87 yards on 25 makes an attempt, together with the 2 TD runs.

After a two-game homestand, SJSU will likely be again on the street subsequent Saturday to face Nevada (1-7, 0-4 MW), the present last-place crew within the Mountain West. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.