SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kekoa Visperas passed for a touchdown and ran for another score, Jared Taylor had 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns Saturday night and Eastern Washington scored 21 consecutive second-half points as the Eagles beat Sacramento State 35-28.
Visperas was 15-of-17 passing for 141 yards and added 45 yards rushing on 14 carries. Tuna Altahir ran for 102 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown, and caught a 4-yard TD pass for Eastern Washington (2-4, 1-1 Big Sky Conference).
Taylor scored on a 14-yard run midway through the third quarter that gave the Eagles the lead for good at 28-21. The senior ripped off a 23-yard scoring run that capped a 10-play, 99-yard drive and made it a 14-point game with 2:46 left in the fourth.
Carson Conklin hit Jared Gipson for a 37-yard gain and Elijah Tau-Tolliver for 30 yards before his 8-yard scoring strike to Danny Scudero for Sacramento State (2-4, 0-2) trimmed the deficit to 35-28 with 1:53 to play but EWU ran out the clock.
Conklin finished 21-of-35 for 238 yards and four touchdowns. Tau-Tolliver added 94 yards rushing on 18 carries for the Hornets.
EWU will host No. 6 UC Davis next Saturday in Cheney. Kick off is set for 4 pm.
