Temple kicker Maddux Trujillo hit the longest college football field goal in years at the end of the first half on Saturday. Trujillo nailed a 64-yard kick as time expired in the second quarter against Utah State.

A 64-yard second-quarter field goal and scoring 24 unanswered second-half points fueled the Owls in capturing its first win since Week 9 of the 2023 season.

Note: With EA Sports’ College Football 25 bringing college football back to the video game world, the Deseret News is simulating every Utah State game against an FBS opponent this season. The Utah State Aggies face an almost “must-win” situation in their final nonconference game of the season when they travel to face Temple on Saturday.

Utah State will hit the road one last time in non-conference play to take on Temple, a former powerhouse of the AAC in the 2010s but has since fallen on

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Utah State football couldn’t have experienced much worse of an outcome Saturday. On the road in Philadelphia against a Temple team roundly considered one of the worst at the FBS level, the Aggies fell completely flat.

But Temple had other plans. The Aggies (1-3) lost 45-29 to the Owls (1-3) on Saturday afternoon on the road, marking Temple's first win of the season. Starting quarterback Spencer Petras returned for Utah State after missing the last two games due to injury.