How They Scored: UNLV vs. Colorado State

CSU 7 6 7 15 — 35
UNLV 10 7 7 14 — 38

FIRST QUARTER

UNLV 3, Colorado State 0, 10:09 — FG Nolan Kohorst 43. Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards, 4:44. Key play: Quarterback Sean Reilly completes a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Michael Johnson to the Rams’ 24-yard line.

Colorado State 7, UNLV 3, 5:14 — Shaquil Barrett 52 interception return (Chad VanderMolen kick). Key play: Reilly telegraphs the pass deep over the middle to Barrett, who makes the interception and heads down the right sideline.

UNLV 10, Colorado State 7, 4:59 — Deante Purvis 98 kickoff return (Kohorst kick). Key play: Purvis finds a seam near the right hash mark and is gone.

SECOND QUARTER

UNLV 10, Colorado State 10, 8:09 — FG VanderMolen 40. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:18. Key play: Wide receiver Lee Clubb runs a reverse 34 yards to UNLV’s 19.

Colorado State 13, UNLV 10, 2:23 — FG VanderMolen 23. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 3:52. Key plays: Rams quarterback Pete Thomas completes passes of 20 and 17 yards to receiver Crockett Gillmore.

UNLV 17, Colorado State 13, 0:14 — Phillip Payne 8 pass from Caleb Herring (Kohorst kick). Drive: 3 plays, 11 yards, 0:37. Key play: CSU’s Momo Thomas muffs a punt that UNLV’s Anthony Vidal recovers at the Rams’ 11.

THIRD QUARTER

Colorado State 20, UNLV 17, 11:27 — Gillmore 1 pass from Thomas (VanderMolen kick). Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 3:28. Key play: Thomas completes 45-yard pass to H-back Kivon Cartwright to UNLV’s 21.

UNLV 24, Colorado State 20, 2:39 — Payne 31 pass from Herring (Kohorst kick). Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 1:35. Key play: Herring converts on third-and-9 with a 9-yard pass to Payne to UNLV’s 40.

FOURTH QUARTER

UNLV 31, Colorado State 20, 11:35 — Dionza Bradford 1 run (Kohorst kick). Drive: 5 plays, 73 yards, 2:10. Key play: Bradford shoots through a hole at the line of scrimmage and is tackled just short of the goal line for a 45-yard gain. It is originally ruled a touchdown, but overturned on replay.

UNLV 31, Colorado State 28, 7:39 — Thomas 12 run (Chris Nwoke run). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 3:51. Key play: Thomas completes a 17-yard pass to wide receiver Thomas Coffman, and a late-hit penalty by UNLV cornerback Sidney Hodge adds 15 yards to put the ball on the Rebels’ 23.

Colorado State 35, UNLV 31, 4:06 — Nwoke 4 run (VanderMolen kick). Drive: 1 play, 4 yards, 0:07. Key play: Shaq Bell blocks a 34-yard field-goal attempt by Kohorst that Austin Gray picks up and returns 61 yards to the Rebels’ 4.

UNLV 38, Colorado State 35, 1:20 — Herring 5 run (Kohorst kick). Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 2:39. Key play: Herring sees an all-out blitz, and spins to wide-open field on his left side and runs 29 yards to Colorado State’s 5.

Attendance — 21,289 paid, 12,431 in house.

TEAM STATISTICS

CSU, UNLV

First downs – 26, 20

Rushes-yards – 47-250, 46-244

Passing – 230, 117

Comp-Att-Int – 17-30-1, 11-16-1

Return Yards – 53, 4

Punts-Avg. – 1-34.0, 4-42.8

Fumbles-Lost – 3-2, 0-0

Penalties-Yards – 8-60, 5-60

Time of possession – 32:26, 27:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Colorado State, Nwoke 23-156, R.Carter 11-43, Clubb 1-34, P.Thomas 11-19, Lovett 1-(minus 2). UNLV, Bradford 21-122, Cornett 11-67, Mi.Johnson 1-28, Herring 5-22, Randle 6-9, Team 2-(minus 4).

PASSING — Colorado State, P.Thomas 17-30-1-230. UNLV, Herring 9-13-0-90, Reilly 2-3-1-27.

RECEIVING — Colorado State, C.Gillmore 6-81, Greenwood 3-54, Cartwright 2-50, J.Brown 2-2, Coffman 1-17, Nwoke 1-14, Levin 1-12, R.Carter 1-0. UNLV, Payne 3-48, Vidal 3-20, Mi.Johnson 2-27, Bradford 2-4, Harrington 1-18.