HOW THEY SCORED

SOUTHERN UTAH UNLV

41 16

S. UTAH 0 10 14 17 – 41

UNLV 7 3 0 6 – 16

FIRST QUARTER

UNLV 7, Southern Utah 0, 9:58 — Austin Harrington 23 pass from Mike Clausen (Nolan Kohorst kick). Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, 1:27. Key play: UNLV linebacker Tani Maka jumps in front of wide receiver Jared Ursua to make an interception to give the Rebels possession at Southern Utah’s 25-yard line.

SECOND QUARTER

UNLV 7, Southern Utah 3, 13:07 — FG Colton Cook 35. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 2:12. Key play: A pass interference penalty on Rebels cornerback Will Chander allows the Thunderbirds to convert a third down rather than punt.

Southern Utah 10, UNLV 7, 11:11 — Nick Witzmann 35 interception return (Cook kick). Key play: UNLV quarterback Caleb Herring throws a screen pass right to Witzmann, and the 5-foot-11-inch, 270-pound nose tackle has nothing but open field in front of him.

UNLV 10, Southern Utah 10, 0:10 — FG Kohorst 45. Drive: 6 plays, 48 yards, 0:56. Key plays: Herring completes passes of 21 and 25 yards to wide receiver Phillip Payne to move to the Thunderbirds’ 30.

THIRD QUARTER

Southern Utah 16, UNLV 10, 14:53 — Blake Fenn 22 interception return (kick failed). Key play: Herring throws the ball right to Fenn, who has plenty of open room to the end zone.

Southern Utah 24, UNLV 10, 7:37 — Austin Minefee 6 run (Abbel Aiono pass from Sorensen). Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards, 3:48. Key play: Quarterback Brad Sorensen completes a 41-yard pass to Ursua to the Rebels’ 26.

FOURTH QUARTER

Southern Utah 27, UNLV 10, 14:14 — FG Cook 40. Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards, 5:06. Key play: Sorensen completes a 24-yard pass to Ursua to Southern Utah’s 47.

Southern Utah 34, UNLV 10, 9:11 — Minefee 2 run (Cook kick). Drive: 5 plays, 31 yards, 3:08. Key play: Southern Utah defensive end Tyler Osborne sacks quarterback Sean Reilly, forcing and recovering a fumble at UNLV’s 31.

Southern Utah 41, UNLV 10, 8:12 — Erron Vonner 74 interception return (Cook kick). Key play: Vonner pulls in the interception and heads up the right sideline, receiving a huge block en route to the end zone.

Southern Utah 41, UNLV 16, 0:25 — Payne 19 pass from Herring (pass failed). Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 1:15. Key play: On fourth-and-3, Herring completes an 18-yard pass to wide receiver Devante Davis to the Thunderbirds’ 19.

Attendance — 18,102.

TEAM STATISTICS

S. UTAH UNLV

First downs 16 21

Rushes-yards 26-78 38-108

Passing 178 294

Comp-Att-Int 16-34-2 29-49-3

Return Yards 132 43

Punts-Avg. 5-43.4 5-47.4

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2

Penalties-Yards 4-26 8-95

Time of Possession 24:38 35:22

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Southern Utah, Minefee 16-61, Sorensen 3-13, Alexander 4-5, Tagliaferri 2-1, team 1-(minus 2). UNLV, Cornett 11-65, Randle 9-28, Bradford 4-25, Herring 12-2, Reilly 2-(minus 12).

PASSING — Southern Utah, Sorensen 16-34-2-178. UNLV, Herring 23-41-3-223, Reilly 5-6-0-48, Clausen 1-1-0-23, Lansford 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING — Southern Utah, Moala 5-71, Ursua 4-78, Minefee 3-24, Measom 2-4, Fox 1-2, Alexander 1-(minus 1). UNLV, Payne 13-175, Cornett 4-12, Mays 3-28, D.Davis 2-25, Bradford 2-7, Harrington 1-23, Barefield 1-11, Mi.Johnson 1-5, Randle 1-5, Vidal 1-3.