BROOKINGS, S.D. - Brad Nelson threw four touchdown passes, Brian Janecek caught 11 for 141 yards, Anthony Watson rushed for 151 yards, converted linebacker Justin Kubesh caught two touchdown passes and James Epps returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown as South Dakota State defeated Augustana 38-9 in the Hobo Day game Saturday at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.

SDSU is now 5-4 on the season, with a pair of Great West Conference road games left, starting next Saturday at Southern Utah. Augustana ended its season seven-game losing streak to finish 3-8,

Nelson completed 22-of-30 passes for 250 yards as he became SDSU's all-time leader in touchdown passes, pushing his career total to 45. That's two more than Ted Wahl had during his career 1985-88.

Janecek's shortest reception of the day was a one-yard TD catch. On the play before the score, the Janecek to Nelson combo clicked for 24 yards. His longest catch went for a 37-yard gain to set up a two-yard Nelson to Ryan Lowry TD in the fourth quarter.

Watson failed to score despite picking up 151 yards on 22 attempts for the ninth 100-yard game of his career - all SDSU victories.

Kubesh, who moved to offense two weeks ago, caught a routine 4-yard pitch from Nelson for a TD in the second quarter, then had an acrobatic 17-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter. Those were his only two catches of the game.

Epps snared a deflected pass and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown just before halftime, then had a 14-yard interception return in the fourth quarter. Freshman Brock Gentile also had an interception for the Jacks.

Hank McCall and Chris Coauette had 10 tackles each to lead the defense. D.J. Fischer had five tackles and a fumble recovery.

SDSU finished with a 403-294 advantage in total offense.

Augustana's quarterbacks Ryan DeGraff (12-25-1, 92) and Tommy Flyger (13-22-2, 139) passed for 231 yards but their leading rusher, Jordan Nordquist, gained just 27 yards and Augustana had 63 net yards rushing on 25 attempts.

Linebacker Brett Scherschligt led the Viking defense with 15 tackles, eight of them solos.

The teams each scored on their first possession, trading field goals with Parker Douglass hitting from 43 yards for SDSU and Andrew Olson from 22 yards for Augie.

The Jacks moved on top 10-3 when Nelson found Kubesh with a TD pass to cap a 40-yard drive with 8:02 to play.

Then SDSU scored twice in less than a minute to take a 24-3 halftime lead. First, Janecek and Nelson hooked up on a one-yard TD pass, then Epps had his interception return for a TD 24 seconds before halftime.

After a scoreless third quarter, State built it to 31-3 when Nelson and Lowry combined on a two-yard TD pitch with 13:33 to play.

Augustana countered with a 12-yard pass from Tommy Flyger to Tom Ellingson but the Jacks marched right back, going 84 yards in eight plays scoring on the second Nelson-to-Kubesh TD pass.

SDSU's 91st Hobo Day game, played on a sunny day with gametime temperature at 66 degrees, drew 13,116 fans.