HOW THEY SCORED
UNLV NEW MEXICO
34 17
UNLV 14 7 3 10 - 34
UNM 0 3 7 7 - 17
FIRST QUARTER
UNLV 7, New Mexico 0, 9:42 -- Phillip Payne 8 pass from Omar Clayton (Kyle Watson kick). Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 5:18. Key play: On third-and-2, Clayton completes a 10-yard pass to wide receiver Ryan Wolfe to New Mexico's 13-yard line.
UNLV 14, New Mexico 0, 4:05 -- Channing Trotter 2 run (Watson kick). Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:13. Key plays: Clayton rushes for gains of 15 and 18 yards.
SECOND QUARTER
UNLV 14, New Mexico 3, 14:02 -- FG James Aho 44. Drive: 13 plays, 52 yards, 4:57. Key play: Facing third-and-9, Lobos quarterback Donovan Porterie completes a 12-yard pass to wide receiver Chris Hernandez to UNLV's 42.
UNLV 21, New Mexico 3, 1:34 -- Wolfe 28 pass from Clayton (Watson kick). Drive: 10 plays, 84 yards, 4:09. Key play: Clayton connects with Payne for a 10-yard pass to the Lobos' 41 to convert a third-and-4.
THIRD QUARTER
UNLV 21, New Mexico 10, 11:14 -- Daryl Jones 25 pass from Porterie (Aho kick). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 3:46. Key plays: The Lobos pick up five first downs.
UNLV 24, New Mexico 10, 6:38 -- FG Watson 33. Drive: 11 plays, 54 yards, 4:30. Key play: Clayton completes a 20-yard pass down the right sideline as Payne makes an outstanding leaping grab while getting a foot inbounds at New Mexico's 18.
FOURTH QUARTER
UNLV 24, New Mexico 17, 14:21 -- Lucas Reed 13 pass from Porterie (Aho kick). Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 2:57. Key play: New Mexico tailback Kasey Carrier rushes for 15 yards, and the combination of a holding call on the Lobos and a late hit on the Rebels puts the ball on UNLV's 24.
UNLV 31, New Mexico 17, 11:39 -- Mike Clausen 4 run (Watson kick). Drive: 2 plays, 11 yards, 0:46. Key play: New Mexico's Bryant Williams muffs a punt, and UNLV's Terrance Lee recovers at the Lobos' 11.
UNLV 34, New Mexico 17, 4:53 -- FG Watson 27. Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards, 4:23. Key play: Clayton converts two third downs with passes to Wolfe.
A -- 24,021.
TEAM STATISTICS
UNLV NM
First downs 29 19
Rushes-yards 44-210 25-68
Passing 213 219
Comp-Att-Int 23-34-0 20-31-0
Return Yards 6 0
Punts-Avg. 1-39.0 4-37.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 3-25 9-73
Time of possession 36:57 23:03
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- UNLV, Trotter 13-65, Clayton 6-50, Clausen 7-39, Cox 6-29, Brogdon 6-18, Thompson 1-6, Johnson 3-4, Wolfe 1-1, Team 1-(minus 2). New Mexico, Carrier 6-29, Porterie 12-17, Wright 5-14, Butler 2-8.
PASSING -- UNLV, Clayton 20-30-0-204, Clausen 3-4-0-9. New Mexico, Porterie 20-30-0-219, James 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING -- UNLV, Wolfe 11-118, Johnson 7-44, Payne 3-38, Robinson 1-9, Trotter 1-4. New Mexico, James 4-57, Reed 4-34, Dary.Jones 3-56, Butler 3-44, B.Williams 3-14, C.Hernandez 1-12, Q.Solomon 1-6, Carrier 1-(minus 4).
