Wyoming Holds Off UNLV in a 41-35 Shootout
Wyoming threw for 132 yards and won by six. UNLV threw for 141 and lost. That is the story of the 41-35 game in one line, and Wyoming ran for 355 yards on 54 carries to make it work.
It was tied exactly once, at 7-7 after Jai'Den Thomas answered Kyle Frendt's opening touchdown catch. From there Wyoming never trailed. Erik Sandvik's 43-yard field goal made it 10-7, Samuel Harris scored from the 1 early in the second quarter, and Jake Wilson caught an 18-yard pass from Landon Sims to make it 24-7. UNLV tried to storm back right away, with two Jackson Arnold touchdown passes (33 yards to Kayden McGee, 8 to Taz Reddicks) inside three minutes to make it 24-21. Wyoming got a 13-yard Sims run with 49 seconds left and a 35-yard Sandvik field goal on the final play of the half, and it was 34-21 at the break.
Harris then broke a 42-yard run in the third quarter for 41-21. Alex Orji got UNLV back to 41-28 with 22 seconds left in the third, and Thomas ran in from 11 yards out with 8:32 to play for 41-35. That was the last score of the day. Nobody scored in the last 8:32, so Wyoming's six-point cushion held.
The box score has a few reasons. UNLV threw two interceptions to Wyoming's one, and Wyoming had five sacks to UNLV's one. Wyoming outgained UNLV 487 yards to 304 and ran for more than twice as many yards (355 to 163). Wyoming used two quarterbacks, Tyler Hughes and Sims, and between them they completed seven passes. It worked anyway.
Wyoming improves to 6-3 and UNLV falls to 5-4. Harris is the fantasy winner here, with a season high.