Thoughts of regaining its footing and possibly again creating a legitimate path to bowl eligibility were pretty much crushed Friday night when UNLV fell to Air Force 41-35 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
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Three takeaways from UNLV’s 41-35 loss to Air Force on Friday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV trailed 41-21 in the third quarter, but rallied to within a possession of Air Force. The Falcons turned back a last-ditch UNLV effort and won 41-35.
UNLV defensive back Ty’Jason Roberts returned to Sam Boyd Stadium on Friday night, about a month after he suffered a spinal fracture on the same field. He wore his No. 38 jersey and a neck brace and walked with a cane.
If the Rebels, who are 10-point underdogs, beat Air Force at Sam Boyd Stadium, they will put life back into their season and bring back postseason talk.
A position-by-position breakdown of UNLV’s game against Air Force at 7 p.m. Friday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV has given up 109 points the past two games after allowing a 27.8 average over the first four weeks. The Rebels need to return to prior form with Air Force visiting Sam Boyd Stadium on Friday.
UNLV running back Lexington Thomas is probable for Friday’s game against Air Force at Sam Boyd Stadium. He suffered a head injury on Saturday at Utah State.
Sexual harassment allegations triggered an investigation of Eric Toliver, then-compliance director for UNLV’s athletic department, by an outside law firm earlier this year. Toliver quit Feb. 9 and hasn’t been heard from since.
Star senior running back Lexington Thomas went out early in the third quarter of the 59-28 defeat to Utah State with a head injury.