San Jose State escaped with its third Mountain West Conference win, 24-14, against Wyoming on Saturday at CEFCU Stadium.

“It’s kind of hard for me to celebrate this win to be honest,” head coach Ken Niumatalolo said. “We didn’t play championship football.”

Nick Nash caught a touchdown reception for a school-record seventh straight game, and quarterback Walker Eget got his first-career start after splitting reps with Emmett Brown the last two weeks.

“I saw a lot of things quicker so just being able to get the ball out,” Eget said. “We put up a lot of yards but we just didn’t finish drives, and I think that’s the biggest thing we need to work on.”

Eget finished 20 for 38 with 318 passing yards, one touchdown, two interceptions and a lost fumble.

The touchdown, the first of Eget’s career, was a 17-yard connection to Nash, who set an SJSU record by hauling it in. He hit wide receiver Justin Lockhart for a 57-yard reception that set the Spartans up for a field goal — career-longs for both players — that gave SJSU a 10-point lead in the third quarter.

Brown saw the field late in the third quarter for a series and had one pass for a completion. That drive stalled out after multiple penalties pushed the Spartans to a third-and-21.

“At times (the offense) was really really good, to the standard that we want, but other times it sort of feels like we hit a roadblock, and I think part of that was my decision making, but I think when this offense is rolling no one can stop it,” Eget said.

Niumatalolo said Eget will only continue to get better, and it was important he got his first conference win before next week’s rivalry game in Fresno.

“He stayed very calm, we had some early turnovers, some early adversity, but he stayed calm and fought through all of it and made some really good reads,” wide receiver Nick Nash said of Eget.

SJSU avoided a disastrous first half after a blocked field goal, an Eget fumble on a scramble, an Eget interception and a muffed punt return by Matthew Coleman halted the Spartans’ drives. The Spartans were up 14-0 at halftime.

“We need to clean those mistakes up in order to really see this offense really get rolling,” Nash said.

Niumatalolo said the blocked kick was inexcusable and was not pleased with the special teams as a whole.

“It’s gonna be hard to beat people with four turnovers,” Niumatalolo said.

The Spartans finished with a season-high 176 rushing yards.

“I thought the O-line did a really good job with blocking,” Niumatalolo said. “We had some nice runs with quarterback keeps too, we just gotta take care of the football,”

Spartans running back Floyd Chalk IV scored on a 39-yard touchdown on the first drive.

“He’s just a freaking baller,” Eget said. “After every play (Chalk) and I will have a little back-and-forth like ‘Hey what’d you see’ and he’s like ‘I think I could have took that one.’ ”

Eget’s second interception was caused by pressure from Cowboys defensive end Sabastian Harsh, tipped by linebacker Connor Shay and snatched by nickelback Wrook Brown

“We’re stopping them but they’re getting the ball right back,” Niumatalolo said. “It’s hard enough to beat the other team, but we can’t beat ourselves.”

Wyoming (1-6, 1-2 MWC) followed up the turnover with a five-play 55-yard drive for a touchdown after taking possession at its own 45-yard line in the third quarter.

SJSU defensive back Amir Wallace picked off an overthrown screen in the red zone early in the fourth quarter. After the pick, SJSU running back Jabari Bates finished the drive with a 19-yard rushing touchdown.

Spartans safety Robert Rahimi and defensive back Jalen Apalit-Williams both had interceptions in the final minutes to seal the win for SJSU.

“Obviously they all did a really good job on the edges, I thought we did a good job in the run game, I thought the defense responded well after the last couple weeks,” Niumatalolo said.

SJSU held Wyoming to 56 rushing yards, the fewest it has allowed all season.

Linebacker Noah McNeal-Franklin and defensive end John Ward led the Spartans with eight total tackles each.