NCAAF Game Recap - UNLV at Utah State
Sat Oct 13, 2018 4:00 PM EDT

MIZ
10
Bama
39
F
UGA
16
LSU
36
F
MIN
14
OSU
30
F
Pitt
14
ND
19
F
WVU
14
IASt
30
F
Wash
27
Oreg
30
F OT
MSU
21
PSU
17
F
Bayl
17
Tex
23
F
UCF
31
Mem
30
F
Wisc
13
Mich
38
F
Fla
37
Vand
27
F
MiaFL
13
UVA
16
F
Colo
20
USC
31
F
Tenn
30
Aub
24
F
TxAM
26
SCar
23
F
SoFL
25
Tuls
24
F
App
35
ArkSt
9
F
GaSo
15
TxSt
13
F
TxTch
17
TCU
14
F
AF
17
SDSU
21
F
Ariz
10
Utah
42
F
Neb
31
NW
34
F OT
OkSt
12
K St
31
F
Rut
7
MD
34
F
Iowa
42
Ind
16
F
Toled
26
E Mi
28
F
Akr
6
Buff
24
F
Duke
28
GATec
14
F
Lou
20
BC
38
F
UAB
42
Rice
0
F
JMU
37
Vill
0
F
SMiss
7
NorTx
30
F
Troy
16
Lib
22
F
Kent
6
MiaOH
31
F
Ball
24
C Mi
23
F
WestMI
42
BGSU
35
F
Army
52
SJSU
3
F
Ohio
21
NIU
24
F
Purd
46
Ill
7
F
Marsh
42
OD
20
F
Temp
24
Navy
17
F
W Ky
14
UNCC
40
F
UNLV
28
UtSt
59
F
NM
18
ColSt
20
F
E Il
22
JacSt
49
F
AlaSt
7
SoAl
45
F
NMS
38
ULLaf
66
F
ULMon
45
CoCar
20
F
SamHu
42
NWSt
28
F
UCLA
37
Cal
7
F
LT
31
UTSA
3
F
VaTec
22
UNC
19
F
Hou
42
ECU
20
F
Miss
37
Ark
33
F
MidTN
21
FLInt
24
F
Hawaii
23
BYU
49
F
Boise
31
NEV
27
F
Wyo
3
Fres
27
F

Oct 13, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

UNLV (2-4)

7

0

7

14

28

Utah State (5-1)

14

28

7

10

59

Love delivers for Utah State in 59-28 win over UNLV
Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:42 PM

LOGAN, Utah (AP) Jordan Love passed for 322 yards and five touchdowns, including four in a dominant first half, and Utah State rolled to a 59-28 victory over UNLV in Mountain West Conference play on Saturday.

After Lexington Thomas' 1-yard TD plunged staked UNLV to an early 7-0 lead, Love took over. He connected with Jordan Nathan for a 24-yard TD to knot the score and gave the Aggies (5-1, 2-0) a lead they wouldn't relinquish with an 80-yard scoring strike to Jalen Greene. Love sandwiched TD passes of 26 yards to Savon Scarver and 7 yards to Ron'quavion Tarver around Baron Gajkowski 16-yard return of a blocked punt and Darwin Thompson's 7-yard TD run for a 42-7 halftime lead. Love threw just three passes in the third quarter, including his final TD toss - a 29-yarder to Tarver - before sitting out the rest of the game.

Dominik Eberle booted a 24-yard field goal and Henry Colombi added a 37-yard TD run to cap the scoring for the Aggies. Greene finished with five catches for 132 yards.

Max Gilliam threw for 250 yards and three TDs for the Runnin' Rebels (2-4, 0-2).

Utah State piled up 598 yards of offense.

Passing

UNLV Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
M. Gilliam 36 18 50.0 3 250 79 1 88.9
UtSt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Love 23 17 73.9 5 322 80 0 155.3
H. Colombi 8 5 62.5 0 55 38 0 82.8

Rushing

UNLV Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
L. Thomas 12 51 4.3 23 1
E. Owens 6 48 8.0 29 0
UtSt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
G. Bright 11 72 6.5 28 0
D. Thompson 11 52 4.7 29 1

Receiving

UNLV Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Collins 4 139 34.8 79 1
D. Woods Jr. 5 53 10.6 25 1
UtSt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Greene 5 132 26.4 80 1
S. Scarver 2 64 32.0 38 1

Fumbles

UNLV F FL
C. Williams 1 0
UtSt F FL
J. Nathan 1 1

Returning

UNLV KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
E. Owens 3 17.3 0 20 0 0 0
UtSt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Nathan 1 5.0 0 5 5 2.8 0 7
D. Thompkins 0 0 0 2 12.5 0 0

Punting

UNLV Punt Yds Avg LgPu
H. Hicken 8 315 39.4 47
UtSt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
T. Hintze 3 138 46.0 52
Z. Lee 1 38 38.0 38

Takeaways

UtSt Int Yds InTD
J. Rocquemore 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

UNLV UtSt
Points For 28 59
Total Yards 404 598
Rushing Yards 154 221
Passing Yards 250 377
Passing Completions / Attempts 18/36 22/31
Turnovers 1 1
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Fumbles - Lost 1/0 1/1
First Downs 21 24
Penalties - Yards 9/70 5/55
Time Of Possession 26:26 34:34
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 8/21 7/14
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/2 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 9/35 4/44

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter UNLV UtSt
UNLV 09:22 TD Lexington Thomas 1 yd run (Evan Pantels kick) 7 0
UtSt 11:43 TD Jordan Nathan 24 yd pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) 7 7
UtSt 14:38 TD Jalen Greene 80 yd pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) 7 14
2nd Quarter UNLV UtSt
UtSt 01:12 TD Savon Scarver 26 yd pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) 7 21
UtSt 03:25 TD Baron Gajkowski 16 yd punt return (Dominik Eberle kick) 7 28
UtSt 05:33 TD Darwin Thompson 7 yd run (Dominik Eberle kick) 7 35
UtSt 14:42 TD Ron'quavion Tarver 7 yd pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) 7 42
3rd Quarter UNLV UtSt
UNLV 08:00 TD Darren Woods Jr. 25 yd pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) 14 42
UtSt 09:49 TD Ron'quavion Tarver 29 yd pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) 14 49
4th Quarter UNLV UtSt
UNLV 04:35 TD Drew Tejchman 10 yd pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) 21 49
UtSt 11:45 FG Dominik Eberle 24 yd FG 21 52
UNLV 12:02 TD Tyleek Collins 79 yd pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) 28 52
UtSt 13:05 TD Henry Colombi 37 yd run (Dominik Eberle kick) 28 59

Game Information

Stadium: Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium, Logan, Utah
Attendance: 21,212
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