Likely in his final game as head coach at USU, Dreiling wasn’t about to single players out for mistakes made, but he did acknowledge Utah State was its own worst enemy in the final frame. Without the Aggies’ help, Colorado State doesn’t make its incredible comeback.

The Utah State football team could not hold a 30-13 fourth quarter lead in its season finale at Colorado State, and the Aggies end the season with a 42-37 loss to the Rams. Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi threw three of his four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and ran for the

Utah State football’s 2024 season is over, and the final game of the year was kind of a microcosm of the Aggies’ season. Up by three scores entering the fourth quarter Friday — powered by great offensive play, plus the continued resurgence of the defense — Utah State collapsed and lost to Colorado State, 42-37.

All that and more is a good way to start in describing Friday’s college football game at Canvas Stadium. Colorado State won 42-37 after erasing a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit. CSU outscored Utah State 29-7 in the fourth quarter as Utah State's only points came with 15 seconds left in the game.

CSU, (8-4 overall, 6-1 Mountain West), defeated Utah State (4-8 overall, 3-4 MW), 42-37 after being down 17 at the end of the third quarter. The Rams went for 29 unanswered points over the Aggies in the fourth quarter after initially one of the worst home performances of the season.