RENO, Nev. (AP) Colin Kaepernick rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another as Nevada beat Utah State 44-17 on Saturday.
Vai Taua rushed for 122 and a touchdown for the Wolf Pack (4-3 overall, 2-1 WAC).
Kaepernick came off the bench after sitting out the first quarter and scored on a 19-yard run on his first touch of the game. He also scored on a 1-yard run and threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Marko Mitchell.
He completed 10 of 20 passes for 197 yards and threw one interception.
Diondre Borel was 19 of 38 for 262 yards and two touchdowns for Utah State (1-6, 0-3 WAC).
His first of two touchdown passes to Otis Nelson pulled the Aggies to within six points of the Wolf Pack, 13-6 with 2:27 left in the first half.
Nevada answered with 6-play, 68-yard drive capped by a 10-yard touchdown run by Mike McCoy to lead 20-7 at halftime.
The Wolf Pack stretched the lead to 30-7 on a 26-yard field goal by Brett Jaekle and Kaepernick’s 75-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell with 5:54 left in the third quarter.
Mitchell had 4 catches for 122 yards.
After a Utah State field goal made it 30-10, Kaepernick scored on a one-yard run to make it 37-10.
The Aggies cut it to 37-17 on a 52-yard strike from Borel to Nelson with 9:48 left in the first.
Nevada’s Jared Silva-Purcell picked off Borel and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown for the game’s final score.
Nick Graziano started in place of Kaepernick and played the first quarter and on the final series in the fourth. He completed 4 of 8 passes for 42 yards and had one interception.
