Air Force Runs 61 Times, Throws 3, and Beats UNLV
Air Force passed for 18 yards. It ran for 431. It won 41-31, because that is how Air Force wins, and UNLV, to its credit, made it a real game for three quarters.
The lead changed hands six times. Air Force kicked a field goal first, UNLV's Jackson Arnold hit Kayden McGee for 60 yards, and Evan Medders ran 24 yards to put the Falcons back in front. Jai'Den Thomas answered with a 3-yard run, Air Force kicked a field goal, and then Ethan Schwartz hit a 60-yard field goal as the half ended to make it 17-13 UNLV. Air Force took the lead with a Rocco Conti run early in the third quarter, UNLV went back up 24-20 on an 8-yard Arnold pass to McGee, and that is where it stood going into the fourth.
Then it ended. Medders scored from 32 yards with 14:54 left and from 1 yard with 9:11 left, and Owen Allen added a 2-yard score with 3:53 to go. That is 21 straight points, and it made it 41-24. Arnold ran in a 3-yarder with 38 seconds left for the final margin. Air Force had 61 rushing attempts and 449 total yards to UNLV's 376, with no turnovers, while UNLV threw an interception and lost a fumble.
Air Force is 5-1 and UNLV is 4-3. Arnold's 35.6 points were the most on the board, but Medders did it on 2 completions in 3 attempts and 152 rushing yards, which is its own kind of fantasy.