PULLMAN, Wash. - Jason Gesser threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third score as Washington State beat Boise State 42-35 on Saturday in a game that featured nearly 900 yards.

Washington State (3-2) won at home for the first time in a year, and rose above .500 for the first time since they were 3-2 in the 1998 season.

Boise State (3-2) lost despite 335 passing yards and four touchdowns by Bart Hendricks.

Washington State had lost four home games since beating Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 9, 1999.

With the score tied at 35, Washington State took possession on Boise State's 38 after an end zone punt and drove to the 1. Runs were stopped twice before Adam Hawkins bulled over for a touchdown that lifted WSU to a 42-35 lead with 1:15 left.

Boise State's final drive ended on a Hendricks' fumble.

Hendricks had hit a diving Lou Fanucchi on a 12-yard touchdown pass, then connected with Shay Swan for a 2-point conversion to tie it at 35 with 7:19 left.

Boise State scored first, recovering Gesser's fumble on the first series at the WSU 33. Brock Forsey caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Hendricks.

Gesser's 2-yard scramble tied it at 7.

Hendricks hit Robby Snelling on a 53-yard pass on the next series to give Boise State a 14-7 lead.

Anousith Wilaikul kicked field goals of 38 and 22 yards on consecutive series to cut Boise State's lead to 14-13 with 3:45 left in the half.

Washington State drove 70 yards in less than a minute on its next possession. Gesser hit Collin Henderson on a 15-yard touchdown pass, but the conversion pass failed and WSU led 19-14 with 37 seconds left.

Boise State's Nick Calaycay kicked a 46-yard field goal to cut WSU's halftime lead to 19-17.

Hawkins' 2-yard run lifted WSU to a 26-17 lead early in the third.

Rien Long recovered Forsey's fumble at the Boise State 16 on the first play of the next series. But the Cougars settled for Wilaikul's 34-yard field goal.

Davy Malaythong caught a 9-yard touchdown reception from Hendricks to narrow WSU's lead to 29-24.

Washington State's Alan Cox kicked a 54-yard punt that was downed at the BSU 1. Hendricks' pass to Jerry Smith was stripped by Marcus Trufant and recovered by Billy Newman on the Boise State 10. Gesser fired a 9-yard touchdown pass to Farwan Zubedi to lift WSU to a 35-24 lead.

Nick Calaycay's 27-yard field goal cut WSU's lead to 35-27 with 10:58 left.

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press Writer