HOW THEY SCORED

CSU UNLV

41 28

UNLV 14 0 0 14 – 28

CSU 3 14 10 14 – 41

FIRST QUARTER

Colorado State 3, UNLV 0, 10:13 — FG Jason Smith 24. Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, 2:29. Key play: Rams quarterback Billy Farris opens the drive with a 44-yard completion to wide receiver Rashaun Greer. An 11-yard face-mask penalty is tacked on, moving the ball to UNLV’s 11-yard line.

UNLV 7, Colorado State 3, 5:04 — Ryan Wolfe 11 run (Kyle Watson kick). Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 4:59. Key play: UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton is intercepted, but a roughing-the-passer penalty on Colorado State linebacker Jeff Horinek gives the Rebels new life. Combined with a late-hit penalty on UNLV offensive tackle Evan Marchal, the Rebels get a first down at the Rams’ 23.

UNLV 14, Colorado State 3, 3:29 — Casey Flair 2 pass from Clayton (Watson kick). Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards, 3:29. Key play: Beau Orth’s jarring hit on Rams kick returner John Mosure knocks the ball loose, and UNLV’s Chris Brogdon recovers at Colorado State’s 9.

SECOND QUARTER

UNLV 14, Colorado State 10, 8:32 — Gartrell Johnson 3 run (Smith kick). Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 5:28. Key play: Facing third-and-13 from their 12, the Rams pick up the first down on Farris’ 22-yard pass to Greer between two UNLV defenders.

Colorado State 17, UNLV 14, 2:47 — Johnson 3 run (Smith kick). Drive: 4 plays, 98 yards, 1:33. Key play: Farris goes deep to Greer, who hauls in the pass, fumbles and recovers at UNLV’s 3 for a 62-yard gain.

THIRD QUARTER

Colorado State 20, UNLV 14, 7:11 — FG Smith 29. Drive: 6 plays, 12 yards, 3:17. Key play: Clayton’s pass is batted by Colorado State defensive end Tommie Hill, who catches the ball out of the air and returns the interception 13 yards to the Rebels’ 24.

Colorado State 27, UNLV 14, 2:47 — Greer 46 pass from Farris (Smith kick). Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards, 2:20. Key play: Greer easily beats UNLV cornerback Will Chandler down the right sideline on the deep pass.

FOURTH QUARTER

Colorado State 27, UNLV 21, 12:56 — Frank Summers 1 run (Watson kick). Drive: 10 plays, 68 yards, 4:18. Key play: Summers takes the fourth-and-goal handoff behind tight end Ryan Worthen and right tackle Marchal in for the 1-yard score.

UNLV 28, Colorado State 27, 6:05 — Jerriman Robinson 21 pass from Clayton (Watson kick). Drive: 7 plays, 94 yards, 2:10. Key play: Clayton converts a third-and-7 with a pass over the deep middle to wide receiver Phillip Payne, who makes a nice catch in stride and break two tackles for a 32-yard gain to Colorado State’s 25.

Colorado State 35, UNLV 28, 0:09 — Johnson 10 run (Johnson run). Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:05. Key play: Farris completes a 30-yard pass to tight end Kory Sperry to UNLV’s 47.

Colorado State 41, UNLV 28, 0:00 — Mosure 7 fumble return. Key play: UNLV tries a series of laterals on a kickoff, and the ball gets loose for Mosure to pick up and easily score.

Attendance — 19,703

TEAM STATISTICS

UNLV CSU

First downs 20 24

Rushes-yards 33-174 44-216

Passing 173 294

Comp-Att-Int 14-26-1 15-21-0

Return Yards 10 11

Punts-Avg. 4-45.5 3-50.3

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1

Penalties-Yards 6-56 7-73

Time of Possession 27:38 32:22

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–UNLV, Summers 20-109, Cox 2-29, Wolfe 1-18, Clayton 9-12, M.Johnson 1-6. Colorado State, G.Johnson 33-191, Mosure 3-10, Sperry 1-6, Farris 5-6, Bell 2-3.

PASSING–UNLV, Clayton 14-26-1-173. Colorado State, Farris 15-21-0-294.

RECEIVING–UNLV, Flair 5-47, Wolfe 4-24, Robinson 2-44, Payne 2-37, Anthony 1-21. Colorado State, Greer 8-211, G.Johnson 4-21, Sperry 3-62.