HOW THEY SCORED

AIR FORCE UNLV

45 17

UNLV 0 3 7 7 -- 17

Air Force 7 17 7 14 -- 45

FIRST QUARTER

Air Force 7, UNLV 0, 5:53 -- Asher Clark 24 run (Erik Soderberg kick). Drive: 11 plays, 95 yards, 4:20. Key play: On third-and-4, Clark rushes 7 yards to the Falcons' 30-yard line.

SECOND QUARTER

Air Force 14, UNLV 0, 5:53 -- Jared Tew 3 run (Soderberg kick). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards, 5:41. Key play: Tew rushes for 10 yards to UNLV's 41 to convert on third-and-2.

Air Force 14, UNLV 3, 8:58 -- FG Kyle Watson 37. Drive: 4 plays, 0 yards, 1:25. Key play: UNLV's Deante Purvis recovers a punt at the Falcons' 20 after it hits the back of Air Force's Brian Lindsay.

Air Force 17, UNLV 3, 8:58 -- FG Soderberg 34. Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards, 1:34. Key play: Falcons quarterback Tim Jefferson completes a 43-yard pass to wide receiver Kevin Fogler to the Rebels' 17.

Air Force 24, UNLV 3, 0:36 -- Savier Stephens 10 run (Soderberg kick). Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 2:29. Key play: Clark rushes 25 yards to the Rebels' 14 to convert a third-and-6.

THIRD QUARTER

Air Force 24, UNLV 10, 7:32 -- Phillip Payne 30 pass from Omar Clayton (Watson kick). Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:25. Key play: The pass to Payne converts a fourth-and-6.

Air Force 31, UNLV 10, 4:02 -- Nathan Walker 2 run (Soderberg kick). Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 3:23. Key play: On third-and-3, wide receiver Jonathan Warzeka rushes 22 yards to the Rebels' 43.

FOURTH QUARTER

Air Force 38, UNLV 10, 14:57 -- Clark 2 run (Soderberg kick). Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 2:56. Key plays: The Falcons pick up four first downs.

Air Force 38, UNLV 17, 9:31 -- Mike Clausen 2 run (Watson kick). Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 5:20. Key play: Clausen rushes 13 yards to Air Force's 7.

Air Force 45, UNLV 17, 9:17 -- Clark 40 run (Soderberg kick). Drive: 1 play, 40 yards, 0:14. Key play: Clark goes off the right side, then bolts to the sideline and scores easily.

A -- 25,370.

TEAM STATISTICS

UNLV AFA

First downs 16 30

Rushes-yards 39-147 71-431

Passing 135 126

Comp-Att-Int 13-23-1 8-13-0

Return Yards 0 (-3)

Punts-Avg. 6-43.3 1-41.0

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 2-25 4-30

Time of Possession 29:57 30:03

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--UNLV, Clausen 11-60, Clayton 10-56, Trotter 5-14, Cox 8-14, Brogdon 3-12, Wolfe 1-2, Watson 1-(minus 11). Air Force, Clark 18-160, Jefferson 8-63, Tew 13-61, Warzeka 4-43, Stephens 6-33, Walker 6-25, Getz 9-25, Cochran 1-8, Escamilla 1-8, Halderman 2-3, Southworth 2-2, Team 1-0.

PASSING--UNLV, Clayton 9-18-1-108, Clausen 4-5-0-27. Air Force, Jefferson 8-13-0-126.

RECEIVING--UNLV, Payne 4-49, Wolfe 4-36, Johnson 2-20, Trotter 1-21, Barefield 1-5, Harrington 1-4. Air Force, Fogler 3-73, Tew 2-28, Warzeka 2-21, Quintana 1-4.