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September 11, 2016 (San Diego) - Donnel Pumphrey had a career night in San Diego State's wild 45-40 win over California on Saturday night.
Pumphrey rushed for three touchdowns, a career-high 281 yards and surpassed Marshall Faulk as the Aztecs' all-time leader in rushing yards.
''I'm not really worried about the individual accolades because it's my whole offense that's picking me up,'' Pumphrey said.
It still almost wasn't enough.
San Diego State (1-1) held the lead for the majority of the game, but the Bears closed the gap to 45-40 with 21-yard touchdown catch by Raymond Hudson and then an onside kick recovery with 55 seconds left. Damontae Kazee's interception at the SDSU 17 with 9 seconds left sealed the victory.
"'Even when we got down two scores and it didn't look good I think we all felt like we had an opportunity to win the game,'' said Cal head coach Sonny Dykes. ''It kind of played out that way, we just didn't make enough plays down the stretch.''
SDSU avenged a 35-7 loss to Cal last year and extended its win streak to 12 games, the second-longest active win streak among FBS teams.
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