Nevada-Las Vegas 27, Nevada 22
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - Johnathan Baldwin broke up a Nate Cox fourth-down pass on the final play of the game to preserve UNLV's 27-22 win over rival Nevada to claim the Fremont Cannon in the annual rivalry game.
Nick Williams pulled in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Harrison Bailey with 6:45 left in the game to stake the Rebels to a 27-16 lead, but Nevada rallied. Cox drove the Wolf Pack 75 yards in 12 plays, cutting the deficit to 27-22 when Toa Taua punched in from a yard out with 2:28 left.
UNLV was unable to move the ball and punted with 2:05 left and Cox engineered a drive that set up a third-and-1 at the UNLV 5-yard line. Cox threw incomplete on third down and his pass for Jamaal Bell on fourth down was well defended.
Bailey was 16 of 27 for 209 yards and two touchdowns with an interception to lead the Rebels (5-7, 3-5 Mountain West). Williams had five catches for 84 yards and a touchdown. Kyle Williams added four catches for 76 yards and a score.
Cox completed 27 of 44 passes for 276 yards and a touchdown, but had two second-half interceptions for the Wolf Pack (2-10, 0-8). Taua carried 29 times for 144 yards and a touchdown.
November 26, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Nevada | UNLV |
| Nevada |
FG |
11:04 |
Brandon Talton 25 yd FG |
3 |
0 |
| Nevada |
FG |
6:59 |
Brandon Talton 26 yd FG |
6 |
0 |
| Nevada |
TD |
5:45 |
B.J. Casteel 75 yd pass from Nate Cox (Brandon Talton kick) |
13 |
0 |
| UNLV |
TD |
0:00 |
Johnathan Baldwin 55 yd fumble return (Daniel Gutierrez kick) |
13 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
Nevada | UNLV |
| UNLV |
TD |
11:32 |
Kyle Williams 49 yd pass from Harrison Bailey (Daniel Gutierrez kick) |
13 |
14 |
| UNLV |
FG |
1:20 |
Daniel Gutierrez 33 yd FG |
13 |
17 |
| Third Quarter |
Nevada | UNLV |
| Nevada |
FG |
10:36 |
Brandon Talton 40 yd FG |
16 |
17 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Nevada | UNLV |
| UNLV |
FG |
13:30 |
Daniel Gutierrez 43 yd FG |
16 |
20 |
| UNLV |
TD |
6:45 |
Nick Williams 30 yd pass from Harrison Bailey (Daniel Gutierrez kick) |
16 |
27 |
| Nevada |
TD |
2:28 |
Toa Taua 1 yd run (failed 2pt pass) |
22 |
27 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Nevada |
UNLV |
| First downs |
22 |
11 |
| Rushing |
10 |
2 |
| Passing |
12 |
8 |
| Penalty |
0 |
1 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
6-19, 32% |
5-15, 33% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-3, 33% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
41-182 |
28-69 |
| Passing Yards |
278 |
209 |
| Return Yards |
91 |
52 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
27-45-2 |
16-29-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
3--5 |
5--18 |
| Punts |
6 |
8 |
| Punts-Average |
42.3 |
41.1 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-1 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-50 |
5-45 |
| Time of Possession |
34:26 |
25:34 |
| Nevada Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| N. Cox |
27 |
44 |
278 |
1 |
2 |
| T. Taua |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| UNLV Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| H. Bailey |
16 |
27 |
209 |
2 |
1 |
| D. Brumfield |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nevada Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Taua |
29 |
144 |
5.0 |
1 |
| N. Cox |
11 |
30 |
2.7 |
0 |
| J. Bell |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| UNLV Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| A. Robbins |
20 |
87 |
4.4 |
0 |
| D. Brumfield |
2 |
4 |
2.0 |
0 |
| H. Bailey |
4 |
-17 |
-4.3 |
0 |
| Nevada Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| B. Casteel |
5 |
90 |
18.0 |
1 |
| D. Campbell |
8 |
63 |
7.9 |
0 |
| S. Curtis |
3 |
62 |
20.7 |
0 |
| J. Bell |
3 |
25 |
8.3 |
0 |
| D. Frank |
2 |
20 |
10.0 |
0 |
| T. Taua |
6 |
18 |
3.0 |
0 |
| UNLV Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| N. Williams |
5 |
84 |
16.8 |
1 |
| K. Williams |
4 |
76 |
19.0 |
1 |
| A. Robbins |
3 |
27 |
9.0 |
0 |
| J. Weimer |
2 |
15 |
7.5 |
0 |
| S. McKie |
1 |
11 |
11.0 |
0 |
| R. White |
1 |
-4 |
-4.0 |
0 |
| Nevada Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| D. Watts |
1 |
19 |
| UNLV Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Baldwin |
1 |
15 |
| B. Harris |
1 |
5 |
| Nevada Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Freem |
6 |
254 |
42.3 |
| UNLV Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Nichols |
7 |
329 |
47.0 |
| Nevada Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Sanders |
3 |
36 |
12.0 |
| M. Allen-Patmon |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
| UNLV Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Weimer |
3 |
15 |
5.0 |
| Nevada Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Sanders |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
| N. Mateialona |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
| UNLV Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Reese |
1 |
17 |
17.0 |
| Nevada Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| UNLV Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
