Game-Changing 3 Plays · 2026 Week 3 · September 19, 2026

LJ Martin: three touchdowns in the first quarter

BYU at Colorado State · 41-23 · Canvas Stadium

What happened

No. 11 BYU at Colorado State, September 19, 2026. LJ Martin runs 56 yards for a touchdown on BYU's first drive, answers Colorado State's tying score from the 2, and scores from 8 yards out with 51 seconds left in the first quarter for a 21-7 lead. BYU wins 41-23. Three snaps from the official play-by-play, redrawn on the board.

The plays

From the official play-by-play. Win-probability swing is the change on that snap.

WhenDownSpotPlayResultWP swing
Q1 14:112nd & 1own 44Martin middle +56, TDTouchdown
Q1 9:421st & 2at the 2Martin middle +2, TDTouchdown
Q1 0:511st & 8at the 8Martin middle +8, TDTouchdown

Narration

LJ Martin scored three touchdowns in the first quarter.

Opening drive, second and one. Martin runs up the middle, fifty-six yards.

Colorado State ties it. Martin answers from the two.

Fifty-one seconds left in the quarter. Martin from eight. Twenty-one to seven.

BYU forty-one, Colorado State twenty-three.

Players in this breakdown

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Questions

What decided BYU at Colorado State?

No. 11 BYU at Colorado State, September 19, 2026. LJ Martin runs 56 yards for a touchdown on BYU's first drive, answers Colorado State's tying score from the 2, and scores from 8 yards out with 51 seconds left in the first quarter for a 21-7 lead. BYU wins 41-23. Three snaps from the official play-by-play, redrawn on the board.

Which plays are in the BYU at Colorado State breakdown?

Q1 14:11 — 2nd & 1: Martin middle +56, TD (Touchdown) Q1 9:42 — 1st & 2: Martin middle +2, TD (Touchdown) Q1 0:51 — 1st & 8: Martin middle +8, TD (Touchdown)

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