HOW THEY SCORED

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).