SAN JOSE, Calif. — Emmanuel Michel ran for a career-high 148 yards and three touchdowns, John Lee Eldridge III ran for 102 and two scores and Air Power raced to a 45-20 win over San Jose State on Friday night time, the Falcons’ ninth-straight victory.
Air Power (4-0, 2-0 Mountain West Convention) took management within the third quarter, opening with a 15-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Eldridge’s five-yard run. After the Spartans ran three performs in 50 seconds, the Falcons began a 13-play, 71-yard drive, capped by Michel’s one-yard run at 12:50 of the fourth quarter.
Each working backs went over 1,000 yards for his or her profession.
Air Power scored on five-straight drives and had 5 drives of a minimum of 10 performs. The Falcons completed with 430 complete yards, 402 on the bottom and had a18-minute benefit in time of possession. San Jose State had not allowed that many speeding yards in 19 seasons.
The Falcons wrapped it up when Eldridge went round proper finish, broke a sort out, hurdled a tackler, ran by a tackler and carried a tackler into the tip zone for a 34-yard landing. That got here on the fourth snap after San Jose State was stopped on 4th-and-1 at its 40 and made it 38-20.
Chevan Cordeiro was 24 of 35 for 239 yards for San Jose State (1-4, 0-1), passing Andy Dalton for fifth in MWC profession passing yards (10,440)
Kairee Robinson ran for 2 touchdowns for the Spartans and Michel had a pair for the Falcons within the first half. The distinction was Cordeiro, who accomplished all 11 of his passes and scored the opening landing on a 10-yard ran.
Each groups had a minimum of 200 yards however San Jose State led 20-17. The Spartans completed with 354 complete yards.
