HOW THEY SCORED

UTAH UNLV

38 10

UNLV 3 0 7 0 - 10

Utah 3 14 14 7 - 38

FIRST QUARTER

Utah 3, UNLV 0, 12:35 -- FG Joe Phillips 44. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 0:51. Key play: Shaky Smithson returns a punt 30 yards to the Rebels 32-yard line.

UNLV 3, Utah 3, 3:16 -- FG Nolan Kohorst 28. Drive: 18 plays, 79 yards, 9:15. Key plays: UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton completes six passes to four receivers.

SECOND QUARTER

Utah 10, UNLV 3, 7:44 -- Eddie Wide 3 run (Phillips kick). Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 6:02. Key plays: Utes quarterback Terrance Cain completes 29- and 18-yard passes to wide receiver Jereme Brooks.

Utah 17, UNLV 3, 0:32 -- Brooks 20 pass from Cain (Phillips kick). Drive: 1 plays, 20 yards, 0:05. Key plays: UNLV's Sidney Hodge fumbles a punt, and Wide recovers at the Rebels 20.

THIRD QUARTER

Utah 24, UNLV 3, 13:47 -- Smithson 55 pass from Cain (Phillips kick). Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:13. Key play: Smithson gets behind the defense to haul in the long pass for an easy score.

Utah 24, UNLV 10, 11:06 -- Tim Hasson 19 blocked punt return (Kohorst kick). Key play: Nate Carter blocks the punt, and Hasson runs it in.

Utah 31, UNLV 10, 7:22 -- Smithson 77 punt return (Phillips kick). Key play: Smithson freezes four UNLV defenders after receiving the ball, then takes off down the left sideline.

FOURTH QUARTER

Utah 38, UNLV 10, 13:08 -- Wide 13 run (Phillips kick). Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 2:37. Key play: A snap over UNLV's Brendon Lamers results in a minus-20-yard punt to give Utah field position at the Rebels 33.

A -- 45,102.

TEAM STATISTICS

UNLV UTAH

First downs 18 14

Rushes-yards 42-102 28-131

Passing 217 207

Comp-Att-Int 18-37-0 13-20-0

Return Yards 39 162

Punts-Avg. 7-34.1 5-33.0

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1

Penalties-Yards 7-41 7-70

Time of poss. 36:33 23:27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- UNLV, Cox 16-31, Randle 8-29, Clayton 10-28, Trotter 3-9, Cornett 3-7, Kohorst 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 1). Utah, Wide 15-77, Asiata 8-39, Cain 3-9, Vakapuna 2-6.

PASSING -- UNLV, Clayton 18-37-0 217. Utah, Cain 13-20-0 207.

RECEIVING -- UNLV, M.Johnson 7-94, Payne 4-30, Vidal 2-29, Barefield 2-24, Sullivan 1-24, Watkins 1-9, Knutson 1-7. Utah, Brooks 4-77, Wide 2-8, Smithson 1-55, Clifford 1-16, Asiata 1-15, Mathews 1-12, Moeai 1-11, Christopher 1-8, Asiata 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS -- None.