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LOGAN, Utah -- Owen Pochman kicked a 33-yard field goal in overtime and Kevin Feterik threw for four touchdowns as Brigham Young beat Utah State 34-31 on Friday night.
When the kick sailed through the uprights, the Cougars (3-1) celebrated on their sideline while 31,220 fans, the third-largest crowd in the 32-year history of Romney Stadium, went away disappointed.
The Cougars (3-1) blew a 31-20 lead in the fourth quarter and caught a huge break when Brad Bohn, who kicked a career-best 55-yard field goal as the first half expired, missed from 42 yards on Utah State's overtime possession.
Bohn had connected on a 37-yard attempt seconds earlier, but the Aggies (1-3) were penalized for illegal procedure and moved back five yards. Bohn's 42-yard try was wide left and BYU took over.
Utah State had rallied in the final six minutes of regulation. Bohn made a 47-yard field goal with 5:42 to play to pull the Aggies within 31-23.
The Cougars seemed poised to put the game away by driving to Utah State's 26 but Pochman missed a 43-yard field goal attempt with 1:07 to play.
The Aggies knew what they needed to do and quarterback Doug Crosbie helped them do it. He directed a 74-yard drive in 38 seconds, throwing a 4-yard TD pass to Demario Brown with 21 seconds remaining to make it 31-29.
On fourth-and-10 from the Aggies 41, Crosbie found Aaron Jones on a crossing route for a 44-yard gain to the BYU 15 with 29 seconds to play. Two plays later, he found Brown in the right corner of the end zone for the TD.
On the ensuing 2-point conversion, Crosbie threw a timing route in the same spot to Jones, who outleaped BYU's Heishu Robertson to force overtime.
Feterik took a beating but showed he could handle it, throwing two of his four touchdowns to reserve tight end Doug Jolley, including a 5-yard score that gave the Cougars a 24-20 lead with 3:44 remaining in the third quarter.
The Aggies came hard at Feterik and delivered lots of hard hits, usually on his release. Feterik even left briefly during the third quarter after two Aggies converged on his knees, leaving him sprawled on the turf for three minutes.
After going to the locker room, Feterik returned on BYU's next possession to lead a six-play, 65-yard drive, capped by his second TD pass to Jolley.
BYU stretched the lead to 31-20 midway through the fourth quarter when Feterik threw a 14-yard TD strike to Tevita Ofahengaue.
The game was played on Friday because the annual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints begins Saturday. BYU is owned and operated by the church.
