Minnesota 30, UNLV 27: How they scored
August 31, 2012 - 1:11 am
HOW THEY SCORED
MINNESOTA 30, UNLV 27
Minnesota 0 7 0 6 7 7 3 - 30
UNLV 3 0 7 3 7 7 0 - 27
FIRST QUARTER
UNLV 3, Minnesota 0, 9:13 - FG Nolan Kohorst 39. Drive: 7 plays, 22 yards, 2:29. Key play: UNLV's Tani Maka tips a pass that winds up in the hands of fellow linebacker Tim Hasson, who returns the interception 44 yards to the Golden Gophers' 44-yard line.
SECOND QUARTER
Minnesota 7, UNLV 3, 9:26 - James Gillum 16 run (Jordan Wettstein kick). Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:28. Key play: Gophers quarterback MarQueis Gray completes a 39-yard pass to wide receiver A.J. Barker to the Rebels' 16.
THIRD QUARTER
UNLV 10, Minnesota 7, 1:52 - Tim Cornett 1 run (Kohorst kick). Drive: 5 plays, 33 yards, 2:32. Key play: Minnesota's Troy Stoudermire muffs a punt that Hasson recovers at the Gophers' 32.
FOURTH QUARTER
UNLV 10, Minnesota 10, 8:55 - FG Wettstein 39. Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards, 2:58. Key play: Gray completes a 40-yard pass to Barker to UNLV's 23.
Minnesota 13, UNLV 10, 5:40 - FG Wettstein 22. Drive: 5 plays, 20 yards, 2:23. Key play: Derrick Wells intercepts a pass to give Minnesota the ball at the Rebels' 25.
UNLV 13, Minnesota 13, 2:46 - FG Kohorst 35. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 2:54. Key play: Cornett rushes for 25 yards, and a horse-collar penalty on the Gophers' Wells moves the ball to Minnesota's 18.
FIRST OVERTIME
UNLV 20, Minnesota 13 - Cornett 18 run (Kohorst kick). Key play: Cornett breaks outside to the left and scores.
UNLV 20, Minnesota 20 - John Rabe 10 pass from Gray (Wettstein kick). Key play: Gray scrambles for 5 yards, and the Gophers pick up an additional 10 yards on a late hit by UNLV's Parker Holloway to the move the ball to the 10.
SECOND OVERTIME
Minnesota 27, UNLV 20 - Rabe 25 pass from Gray (Wettstein kick). Key play: Rabe is wide open on the first play.
UNLV 27, Minnesota 27 - Devante Davis 6 pass from Nick Sherry (Kohorst kick). Key play: A 10-yard late hit on Minnesota's Aaron Hill puts the ball on the 11.
THIRD OVERTIME
Minnesota 30, UNLV 27 - FG Wettstein 32. Key play: Wells intercepts a pass in the end zone for Minnesota.
A - 16,013.