RENO, Nev. (AP) — Avery Morrow scored two touchdowns, Justin Marshall also had a rushing touchdown and Colorado State’s special teams played Saturday night as the Rams beat Nevada 38-21.

Colorado State (6-3, 4-0 Mountain West Conference) has won four straight and five of its last six.

Morrow ran for a 7-yard touchdown with 10:40 left in the first quarter and, after a Nevada punt, Marshall capped a seven-play, 80-yard drive with an 8-yard TD run to give the Rams are 14-0. leads with 2:20 left in the first quarter.

Jordan Noyes made a career-long 60-yard field goal (tied for the second-longest in school history) to make it 17-0 at halftime. On the first play from scrimmage of the second half, Ayden Hector forced a fumble that was recovered by Gabe Kirschke to ultimately set up a 21-yard field goal by Noyes with 11:30 left in the third.

On the ensuing kickoff, a miscommunication led to Nevada failing to field the ball. Sophomore receiver Caleb Goodie ran down the field and, inside the 1, met returner Sean Dollars on the ball and sent him into the end zone where Jace Bellah covered him. Jamari Person caught a pass for the 2-point conversion to make it 28-0 with 11:17 left in the third quarter.

Brendon Lewis completed 20 of 28 passes for 252 yards and a touchdown and added a season-high 109 rushing yards on 14 carries, including two 3-yard touchdowns, for the Wolf Pack. Cortez Braham Jr. totaled 141 yards on nine catches.

Noyes hit a 35-yard field goal to cap the scoring with 1:11 left.

Nevada (3-7, 0-4) has lost three straight and four of its last five.

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