Jeanty leads Boise State to season-opening win over Georgia Southern

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Ashton Jeanty ran for schoolhouse records of six touchdowns and 267 yards and Boise State overcame Georgia Southern 56-45 connected Saturday successful a play opener.

Spencer Danielson, who coached nan Broncos’ last 4 games past play and went 3-1, picked up his first triumph without nan interim tag.

Jeanty collected his 267 yards connected 20 carries, surpassing Cedric Minter’s 261 yards against Northern Michigan successful 1978. He gave Boise State its first points pinch a 77-yard people and vanished his scoring pinch a 75-yarder that gave nan Broncos a 42-37 lead 13 seconds aft nan Eagles had gone connected apical pinch 13 1/2 minutes near successful nan game.

Freshman Sire Gaines cemented nan result pinch a 38-yard touchdown tally and a 17-yard scoring reception. The 7 squad rushing touchdowns were 1 short of nan schoolhouse grounds and nan astir since 2007.

Boise State’s Maddux Madsen was 22-of-31 passing for 280 yards pinch a TD and an interception.

Georgia Southern’s JC French was 28-of-50 passing for 323 yards and 2 scores and added a rushing TD.

Boise State led 28-9 pinch 2 1/2 minutes near successful nan first half earlier nan Eagles scored nan adjacent 21 points. The teams exchanged nan lead doubly much earlier Jeanty scored his last TD.