HOW THEY SCORED

BYU UNLV

59 21

BYU 10 14 21 14 - 59

UNLV 0 7 7 7 - 21

FIRST QUARTER

BYU 3, UNLV 0, 5:20 -- FG Mitch Payne 28. Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards, 5:00. Key play: On third-and-8, Cougars quarterback Max Hall completes a deep pass down the middle to tight end Andrew George for a 34-yard gain to the Rebels' 15-yard line.

BYU 10, UNLV 0, 3:36 -- Harvey Unga 33 run (Payne kick). Drive: 2 plays, 36 yards, 1:09. Key play: UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton runs toward the right sideline and dumps the ball in trying to throw it away, but BYU linebacker Jordan Pendleton reaches up with his left hand and makes an outstanding interception at the Rebels' 36.

SECOND QUARTER

BYU 17, UNLV 0, 13:18 -- Unga 1 run (Payne kick). Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:20. Key play: Hall completes a 25-yard pass to tight end Dennis Pitta to UNLV's 1.

BYU 17, UNLV 7, 13:05 -- Deante Purvis 94 kickoff return (Kyle Watson kick). Key play: Purvis bursts up the field to the right and almost is tripped up at his 25 before tearing down the field for the score.

BYU 24, UNLV 7, 11:12 -- Unga 52 run (Payne kick). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:47. Key play: On third-and-2, Hall completes a 13-yard pass to running back Manase Tonga to the Cougars' 48.

THIRD QUARTER

BYU 24, UNLV 14, 10:20 -- Michael Johnson 75 pass from Clayton (Watson kick). Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:11. Key play: UNLV gets a favorable matchup with BYU linebacker Matt Bauman on the speedy Johnson, who races easily to the end zone.

BYU 31, UNLV 14, 8:33 -- Pitta 35 pass from Hall (Payne kick). Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 1:40. Key plays: Hall completes passes of 24 yards to Tonga and the wide-open scoring toss to Pitta.

BYU 38, UNLV 14, 4:41 -- Jo Jo Pili (Payne kick). Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 2:38. Key play: Hall completes a 46-yard pass to wide receiver Brett Johnson to the Rebels' 11.

BYU 45, UNLV 14, 2:44 -- JJ Di Luigi 15 pass from Hall (Payne kick). Drive: 2 plays, 58 yards, 0:35. Key play: Tonga rushes 38 yards to UNLV's 15.

FOURTH QUARTER

BYU 45, UNLV 21, 13:40 -- Rodelin Anthony 4 pass from Clayton (Watson kick). Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:56. Key play: Clayton completes a 24-yard pass to Anthony to BYU's 32.

BYU 52, UNLV 21, 13:17 -- Riley Nelson 2 run (Payne kick). Drive: 1 play, 2 yards, 0:05. Key play: BYU's O'Neill Chambers returns a kickoff 97 yards to the Rebels' 2.

BYU 529, UNLV 21, 8:17 -- Di Luigi 2 run (Payne kick). Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 3:54. Key play: Di Luigi's 14-yard run and a facemask penalty put the ball at the Rebels' 28.

A -- 25,597.

TEAM STATISTICS

BYU UNLV

First downs 27 17

Rushes-yards 43-291 19-45

Passing 320 292

Comp-Att-Int 21-27-0 25-41-3

Return Yards 32 0

Punts-Avg. 2-37.5 5-44.0

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 6-50 6-35

Time of possession 35:09 24:51

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- BYU, Unga 20-152, Di Luigi 6-67, Tonga 5-29, Kariya 3-19, Nelson 4-17, Hall 1-6, Pili 2-6. UNLV, Clausen 5-18, Trotter 5-14, Johnson 2-11, Cox 2-3, Clayton 5-20.

PASSING -- BYU, Hall 21-27-0 320. UNLV, Clayton 20-32-2 253, Clausen 5-9-1 39.

RECEIVING -- BYU, Tonga 5-62, George 3-61, Kariya 3-21, Pitta 2-60, Thompson 2-52, Chambers 2-27, Ashworth 2-9, Di Luigi 1-15, Hafoka 1-13. UNLV, Wolfe 8-69, Johnson 6-113, Payne 5-46, Anthony 4-59, Robinson 1-4, Cox 1-1.