Air Force Outlasts Nevada 36-33 in Overtime
Air Force threw 12 passes. It carried the ball 70 times. That is the full scouting report, and it was enough to beat Nevada 36-33 in overtime.
The Falcons ran for 363 yards and passed for 92, and nearly all of it ran through Liam Szarka, who carried 33 times for 171 yards and two touchdowns (from 1 and 8 yards out) and also threw a 7-yard touchdown to Matt Long. Nevada was no slouch, with 411 yards of its own and no turnovers, while Air Force threw one interception.
The game never settled. Nevada went up 3-0 and 10-3, Szarka's one-yard run tied it at 10 before the half, and a Carter Cremascoli field goal put Air Force in front 13-10 early in the third quarter. AJ Bianco ran one in from 9 yards and Nevada led 17-13 when the third ended. Then the Falcons scored twice in the fourth, Long's touchdown catch and Szarka's 8-yard run, for a 27-17 lead with 5:56 left.
That was not enough. Joe McFadden hit a 31-yard field goal, and then Herschel Turner broke a 57-yard touchdown run with 1:49 on the clock to tie it at 27-27. Air Force got a field goal in overtime and Nevada answered with one of its own, and the Falcons ended up on top, 36-33.
Air Force moves to 2-1. Nevada drops to 1-3, and it can say it lost without a single turnover.
Fantasy takeaway: a quarterback who throws five completions scored 38.8 points, the top mark in the game.