FORT COLLINS -- Tim Jefferson did less thinking and better playing.

Jefferson, starting for the injured Connor Dietz, threw two touchdowns passes and Air Force rolled to a 34-16 victory over Colorado State on Saturday.

"Before I would think a lot when I was out on the field," Jefferson said. "When I got to sit back and watch Connor, relax and see how the team moved progressively down the field, I noticed I was able to do the same thing.

Jefferson completed 7-of-12 passes for 111 yards and ran for 35 yards of Air Force`s 271 yards on the ground.

Kyle Halderman scored two touchdowns and Erik Soderberg kicked two field goals, including a career-long 50-yarder for Air Force (5-4, 4-2 Mountain West).

Reggie Rembert had

Air Force running back Jared Tew (42) stiff-arms Colorado State safety Ivory Herd in the third quarter of the Falcons' win on Saturday in Fort Collins. ( JACK DEMPSEY )
his third interception of the season and Air Force punted only once.

Grant Stucker ran for a touchdown and Ben LeLine had a 22-yard field goal for Colorado State (3-6, 0-5).

The Rams have lost six in a row, their longest streak since losing 13 in a row over 2006 and 07.

"We just couldn`t put points on the board, couldn`t stay in a drive," Stucker said. "We couldn`t make the big play and we just couldn`t execute."

Colorado State got within 14-10 in the second quarter.

Air Force 34, Colorado St. 16

Air Force 14 3 14 3--34

Colorado St. 0 10 0 6--16

First Quarter

AFA -- Halderman 8 pass from Jefferson (Soderberg kick), 7:14.

AFA -- Tew 6 run (Soderberg kick), 1:05.

Second Quarter

CSU -- FG DeLine 22, 8:17.

CSU -- Stucker 13 run (DeLine kick), 1:43.

AFA -- FG Soderberg 50, :00.

Third Quarter

AFA -- Warzeka 24 pass from Jefferson (kick failed), 11:28.

AFA -- Halderman 14 run (Fogler pass from Jefferson), 1:34.

Fourth Quarter

AFA -- FG Soderberg 30, 8:50.

CSU -- Greenwood 2 run (run failed), 3:48.

A -- 22,025.

AFA CSU

First downs 25 16

Rushes-yards 59-271 38-180

Passing 111 87

Comp-Att-Int 7-12-0 7-19-1

Return Yards 13 0

Punts-Avg. 1-34.0 2-47.5

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 3-50 6-65

Time of Possession 29:29 30:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Air Force, Tew 20-87, Clark 10-75, Jefferson 11-35, Walker 7-29, Halderman 3-22, Warzeka 1-10, Stephens 3-8, Hunter 1-6, Southworth 1-2, Team 2-(minus 3). Colorado St., Mason 19-95, Stucker 6-32, Mosure 5-25, Greenwood 5-16, Pauga 1-8, Borcky 1-4, Liggett 1-0.

PASSING -- Air Force, Jefferson 7-12-0-111. Colorado St., Stucker 5-10-1-49, Eastman 2-9-0-38.

RECEIVING -- Air Force, Fogler 2-41, Warzeka 2-41, Quintana 1-16, Halderman 1-8, Demerath 1-5. Colorado St., Greer 2-36, Liggett 2-26, Pauga 2-18, Peitz 1-7.

Utah 22, Wyoming 10

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah freshman Jordan Wynn passed for 82 yards and a touchdown in his college debut, replacing starter Terrance Cain in the second half and rallying the 19th-ranked Utes over Wyoming.

Eddie Wide tied a school record with his fifth straight 100-yard rushing game and added a late touchdown to seal the win for Utah (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West), which trailed 10-3 at halftime.

Wyoming 3 7 0 0--10

Utah 0 3 6 13--22

First Quarter

Wyo -- FG Watts 32, 8:02.

Second Quarter

Utah -- FG Phillips 43, 11:08.

Wyo -- Carta-Samuels 30 pass from Benjamin (Watts kick), 4:56.

Third Quarter

Utah -- FG Phillips 26, 7:46.

Utah -- FG Phillips 38, :19.

Fourth Quarter

Utah -- Brooks 22 pass from Wynn (Phillips kick), 7:35.

Utah -- Wide 5 run (pass failed), 1:41.

A -- 44,837.

Wyo Utah

First downs 12 19

Rushes-yards 25-51 38-152

Passing 151 211

Comp-Att-Int 20-31-1 20-28-0

Return Yards 5 16

Punts-Avg. 6-44.0 4-35.5

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0

Penalties-Yards 7-44 7-51

Time of Possession 26:08 33:52

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Wyoming, Stewart 6-28, Alexander 4-10, Carta-Samuels 12-9, Benjamin 1-5, Bolger 1-2, Team 1-(minus 3). Utah, Wide 24-135, Christopher 4-18, Matthews 2-14, Shakerin 1-3, Wynn 1-2, Cain 5-(minus 2), Team 1-(minus 18).

PASSING -- Wyoming, Carta-Samuels 19-30-1-121, Benjamin 1-1-0-30. Utah, Wynn 9-14-0-82, Cain 10-13-0-121, Christopher 1-1-0-8.

RECEIVING -- Wyoming, Bolger 4-26, Stewart 4-15, Bolling 3-35, D.Leonard 3-19, Benjamin 3-17, Carta-Samuels 1-30, McNeill 1-6, O.Arnold 1-3. Utah, Reed 7-59, Brooks 3-65, Matthews 3-18, Key 2-17, Peel 2-17, Moeai 1-22, Wide 1-12, Hendy 1-1.

Northern Colorado 21,

South Dakota 17

GREELEY -- Bryan Waggener threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns as Northern Colorado rallied to beat South Dakota.

Andre Harris scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to cap a 13-play, 89-yard drive with 5:20 left for the Bears.

South Dakota 0 10 7 0--17

N. Colorado 7 7 0 7--21

First Quarter

NoCo -- Thompson 53 pass from Waggener (York kick), 5:15.

Second Quarter

NoCo -- J.Davis 24 pass from Waggener (York kick), 13:16.

SDak -- FG Nowotny 19, 8:58.

SDak -- Flanagan 8 pass from Shepard (Nowotny kick), 1:01.

Third Quarter

SDak -- Shepard 1 run (Nowotny kick), 9:40.

Fourth Quarter

NoCo -- Harris 1 run (York kick), 5:20.

A -- 2,714.

SDak NoCo

First downs 22 22

Rushes-yards 29-197 35-114

Passing 212 281

Comp-Att-Int 23-40-2 21-32-0

Return Yards 18 31

Punts-Avg. 2-33.0 5-40.8

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 9-120 17-177

Time of Possession 29:57 30:03

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- South Dakota, Ganious 9-68, Newton 10-67, Shepard 9-46, Flanagan 1-16. N. Colorado, Harris 19-57, Robinson 3-17, Waggener 5-14, Orms 1-11, Walker 1-10, Burnley 3-5, Hutchings 1-4, Team 2-(minus 4).

PASSING -- South Dakota, Shepard 23-40-2-212. N. Colorado, Waggener 21-32-0-281.

RECEIVING -- South Dakota, Flanagan 6-50, Ganious 6-39, Landry 4-45, Nowotny 3-38, Powell 2-26, Skelly 2-14. N. Colorado, Thompson 7-109, Harris 4-19, J.Davis 3-58, Hutchings 2-48, Walker 2-19, Morris 2-17, Sewell 1-11.