(Stillwater, OK) Cam Skattebo accounted for more offensive yards than the entire Oklahoma State offense as Sun Devil Football weathered over two hours of lightning delay to down the Cowboys, 42-21, on Saturday in Stillwater, Okla.
The Sun Devils (6-2; 3-2) put up their first 500-yard offensive performance of the season as redshirt freshman quarterback Sam Leavitt had his first career 300-yard passing game, completing 20-of-29 for 303 yards and three touchdowns with no picks. Skattebo added 274 yards of total offense – compared to 270 total yards for the Cowboys – and Arizona State scored 28 unanswered after Oklahoma State tied the game at 14 in the second quarter to turn things into a rout in the second half coming out of the weather delay.
ASU forced a punt out of possibly the longest halftime in football history – a two-hour and 38 minute lightning delay – and then drove 61 yards in eight plays in 5:19 to take a 28-14 lead. Another Cowboy punt and nine plays and 88 yards later, Skattebo scored another touchdown and ASU led 35-14 with just over 14 minutes left. A fourth-down stop and another Kyson Brown touchdown put the game away.
Skattebo rushed 23 times for 153 yards and a touchdown and added four receptions for 121 yards and two touchdowns in one of the most prolific offensive efforts for a Big 12 running back in nearly 30 years, becoming one of just six league backs to rush and receive for over 100 yards since the 1996 season.
CAM SKATTEBO SUN DEVIL 100-YARD RUSHING TILTS
262 vs. Mississippi State, Sept. 7, 2024 (33 carries)
182 vs. Kansas, Oct. 5, 2024 (25 carries/1 TD)
158 vs. Utah, Oct. 11, 2024 (22 carries/2 TDs)
153 at Oklahoma State, Nov. 2, 2024 (23 carries, 153 yards)
121 vs. Washington State, Oct. 28, 2023 (11 carries/1 TD)
111 vs. USC, Sept. 23, 2023 (20 carries/1 TD)
108 vs. Arizona, Nov. 25, 2023 (17 carries/1 TD)
Brown scored the first two rushing touchdowns of his ASU career as he added 63 yards on the ground. Jordyn Tyson added eight catches for 81 yards and a score.
The Sun Devil defense held 2023 Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon to just 25 yards on the ground while limiting OSU to just 84 total rushing yards as ASU outgained the Cowboys, 529-270.
ASU closed the first half with a clinic, going on a 13-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that took 5:06 off the clock and led to a 21-14 halftime lead.
ASU made it 14-7 with a 50-yard catch and run to Skattebo on a 4th and 1 in the second period, but the Cowboys bounced back to tie it at 14.
The Sun Devils took the opening kick and went 75 yards in eight plays in just under four minutes that was capped off by a Sam Leavitt to Jordan Tyson 22-yard touchdown pass. A 29-yard run by Cam Skattebo on a short third-down was the big play on the drive, as Leavitt also completed a third-down 12-yarder to Tyson to start the drive.
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