San José State Spartans at UNLV Rebels

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San José State Spartans

4-4, 2-3 Away

Final
27 - 20

UNLV Rebels

0-7, 0-4 Home

Nash TD dash lifts San Jose St. past UNLV in 27-20 thriller

Nash passed for 213 yards and ran for a career-high 121 more.

The Spartans (4-4, 2-2 Mountain West) never led until there was 7:06 remaining in the game, capping a comeback 24-3 run and then holding off UNLV's final 19-play drive until time expired. The Rebels came as close as the 11-yard line.

San Jose State, the defending Mountain West champion, had fought into a 20-20 tie a series earlier after a grinding 88-yard, 11-play drive on Tyler Neven's TD from the 10 — cutting away from would-be tacklers at the 5 — less than a minute into the fourth quarter.

The Spartans then partially blocked a 39-yard field goal attempt, foiling UNLV's attempt to retake the lead. Rebels kicker Daniel Gutierrez had hit twice earlier, including a career-long 53-yarder, extending his school-record streak of made field goals to 16.

The loss extends UNLV's losing streak to 12 games, reaching through the 2020 season. Early on, UNLV (0-7, 0-3) turned two San Jose State fumbles into short touchdown drives — from the 20 and the 18 — as the Rebels built a 17-3 lead deep into the second quarter.

Cameron Friel completed 20 of 28 passes for 240 yards and a touchdown for UNLV. Charles Williams carried 24 times for 94 yards and a touchdown.

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TV Channel: Spartans at Rebels 2021 College Football, week 8, is broadcasted on CBSSN.
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Scoring Summary

TD	1st Period 12:47	Steve Jenkins 6 Yd pass from Cameron Friel (Daniel Gutierrez Kick)
FG	1st Period 7:29	Matt Mercurio 26 Yd Field Goal
FG	2nd Period 12:20	Daniel Gutierrez 53 Yd Field Goal
TD	2nd Period 5:51	Charles Williams 1 Yd Run (Daniel Gutierrez Kick)
FG	2nd Period 1:07	Matt Mercurio 36 Yd Field Goal
TD	2nd Period 0:02	Tyler Nevens 1 Yd Run (Matt Mercurio Kick)
FG	3rd Period 8:56	Daniel Gutierrez 30 Yd Field Goal
TD	4th Period 14:21	Tyler Nevens 10 Yd Run (Matt Mercurio Kick)
TD	4th Period 7:14	Nick Nash 15 Yd Run (Matt Mercurio Kick)

Statistics

SJSU		UNLV
20	1st Downs	18
7-11	3rd down efficiency	10-18
0-2	4th down efficiency	1-1
429	Total Yards	335
213	Passing	240
17/28	Comp/Att	20/29
7.6	Yards per pass	8.3
216	Rushing	95
33	Rushing Attempts	40
6.5	Yards per rush	2.4
1-5	Penalties	3-18
2	Turnovers	1
2	Fumbles lost	1
0	Interceptions thrown	0
25:39	Possession	34:21

Game Information

Allegiant Stadium

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 19,318 · Capacity:

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