BOISE, Idaho — Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount talked before the game about keeping emotions in check. Then he lost his own cool after No. 14 Boise State pushed around its big-conference neighbors.

Kellen Moore threw for 197 yards and a touchdown and the biggest home game in Boise State history became a four-quarter bullying of the No. 16 Ducks, 19-8 last night, clearing the biggest apparent obstacle between them and a possible second BCS bowl.

D.J. Harper added a 1-yard scoring run for Boise State, but the impressive effort by the Broncos was overshadowed in the postgame scrum when Blount punched Boise State's Byron Hout and was then restrained from fans by police on the field.

"I just apologize to anyone watching that," Blount said. "I just apologize to all of our fans and all of Boise's fans. That's something I shouldn't have done. I lost my head."

Rumors even swirled afterward that Blount would be arrested, but Oregon sports information director Dave Williford said that talk was "absolutely false."

"Our position is that we have full confidence in the NCAA that they're going to address that. As far as from a criminal standpoint there's nothing that I'm aware of that we're doing," Lt. Bryan Hagler of the Boise Police Department told The Associated Press.

As the Broncos began celebrating on their famous blue turf, Hout yelled in Blount's face and tapped him on the shoulder pad. That drew an immediate scream from Boise State head coach Chris Petersen, but before Petersen could pull Hout away, Blount landed a right hand to the defensive end's jaw.

Then as Blount was being pulled off the field, he had to be restrained from fans heckling him on the way to the Oregon locker room.

"I couldn't have envisioned anything worse than this right here," said Blount, who set a Ducks record with 17 rushing touchdowns last season.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly said he would review the game film before making a decision on Blount's future.

"I did not see anything. I will see it on tape and make a decision on what we need to do with him," Kelly said. "There is no place for that. I do not condone that. I will make that decision if that is the case."

Petersen didn't want to comment on what happened.

"It's just unfortunate," he said.

Boise State outgained Oregon 361 to 152, rolling up 22 first downs to the Ducks' six. The struggles of Kelly's offense were stunning, considering Oregon scored a combined 162 points in its final three games of 2008, and brought quarterback Jeremiah Masoli back to run the show.

Masoli, a Saint Louis alum from Honolulu, finished 14 of 27 for 121 yards and an interception.

NO. 19 UTAH 35, UTAH STATE 17

SALT LAKE CITY — Terrance Cain passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns in his debut and the Utes extended the nation's longest winning streak by beating the Aggies.

Matt Asiata ran for a career-best 156 yards and two touchdowns as the Utes won their 15th in a row, beating longtime Utah assistant Gary Andersen in his first game as Utah State's coach. Utah has won the past 12 in the rivalry.

The Aggies kept the score close by forcing three turnovers and getting a 96-yard touchdown run by Robert Turbin, but overall Utah was in control most of the night.

Utah State was 0 for 12 on third down conversions and finished with 342 yards.

OTHER GAMES

SOUTH CAROLINA 7, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 3

Brian Maddox had a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and Stephen Garcia completed a key third-down pass in the final minute to help the Gamecocks run out the clock and beat the Wolfpack at Raleigh, N.C.

IOWA STATE 34, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 17

Austen Arnaud threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns, both to Marquis Hamilton, and the host Cyclones defeated the Bisons at Ames, Iowa to end a 10-game losing streak and make coach Paul Rhoads a winner in his debut.

INDIANA 19, EASTERN KENTUCKY 13

Trea Burgess ran for a touchdown and Ben Chappell threw for 326 yards and a touchdown as the Hoosiers won their sixth straight season opener, beating the Colonels at Bloomington, Ind.

BOWLING GREEN 31, TROY 14

Tyler Sheehan threw two touchdown passes, both to Freddie Barnes, who caught 15 passes for 157 yards, and new Bowling Green coach Dave Clawson made his debut with a victory over the Trojans at Bowling Green, Ohio.

NORTH TEXAS 20, BALL STATE 10

Riley Dodge threw for 216 yards and a touchdown, Lance Dunbar ran for a 3-yard touchdown, and Keremy Knott kicked 24- and 19-yard field goals to lift the Mean Green over the Cardinals at Muncie, Ind.

KENT STATE 18, COASTAL CAROLINA 0

Uegene Jarvis ran for 141 yards and a touchdown, and also returned five punts for 77 yards and caught three passes for 30 yards to lead the Golden Flashes over the Chanticleers at Kent, Ohio.