Postgame Notes: Nevada (7-5, 4-4) 49, UNLV (2-11, 2-6) 27
THE FREMONT CANNON/GOVENOR’S SERIES
Nevada takes a 24-16 lead in the series with UNLV, improving to 10-9 at UNLV … Nevada has claimed the Fremont Cannon in the nine of the past 10 seasons while taking the Fremont Cannon home from Las Vegas for the first time since 1978 … The Wolf Pack takes a 7.5-4.5 lead in the Governor’s Series presented by NV Energy.
OFFENSE LIGHTS UP IN THE SECOND HALF
The Wolf Pack finished with a season-high point total of 49 and its largest margin of victory of the season … Nevada scored 28 unanswered points in the second half after tallying touchdowns in five of their first six drives … The Wolf Pack has now scored 20 unanswered points in the second half in four games this season … Entering the game, Nevada’s +80 fourth quarter scoring margin ranked first in the nation.
NEVADA SETS SEASON-HIGH RUSHING TOTAL
Nevada posted a season-high 408 yards rushing on 53 carries with a 7.7 average yards per carry and three rushing scores … The Wolf Pack’s 408 yards on the ground are its most since posting 418 against Northwestern State on Sept. 15, 2012 … Nevada had three players rush for over 100 yards for the first time since Nov. 6, 2010, against Idaho (Lampford Mark, 116; Vai Taua, 113; Mike Ball, 101) … Senior QB Cody Fajardo rushed 13 times for 143 yards and one touchdown – his 13th career 100-yard game … Junior RB Don Jackson rushed for a career-best 132 yards on 22 carries … Freshman RB James Butler rushed for a career-best 116 yards on 11 carries … Nevada has rushed for 200+ yards in five consecutive games for the first time since the opening five games of the 2012 season … In the past four weeks, Nevada also ran for 295 at Hawai’i, 229 against San Diego State, 223 at Air Force and 227 against Fresno State.
CODY COLLECTS TOUCHDOWN #100
Senior QB Cody Fajardo passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, collecting his 101st touchdown responsible for in his career … Fajardo’s 12-yard TD pass to Jerico Richardson in the third quarter marked touchdown #100 … Entering tonight’s game, Fajardo ranked sixth in the nation amongst active3 FBS players in career TDs responsible for … Fajardo posted his 13th career 100-yard rushing game and fifth of the season … Fajardo’s five 100-yard rushing games rank second by a Mountain West quarterback in conference history.
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BROCK MATCHES PROGRAM RECORD
With four kick returns, senior Kendall Brock tied Mike Ball’s program record with 70 career kickoff returns … The Fresno, Calif., native also caught a three-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter,, marking his first TD catch since Oct. 6, 2012, at Wyoming.
BOWL SCENARIOS
The Wolf Pack closes the 2014 regular season with a 7-5 overall record and bowl eligibility … Nevada has made 13 bowl appearances in program history with its last trip coming in 2012 following eight straight bowl appearances … The Mountain West’s bowl tie-ins are as follows; the Las Vegas Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl, Hawai’i Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and the New Orleans Bowl.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Junior DE Lenny Jones recorded Nevada’s third interception return for a TD this season, picking off Blake Decker in the third quarter and returning it 32 yards for a score … Jones has recorded interceptions in back-to-back weeks with three in his career … In the first quarter, senior CB Charles Garrett recorded his first interception of the season and third of his career after picking off a Decker pass in the end zone … Freshman DB Kendall Johnson recorded a season-high two pass breakups.
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PARTICIPATION
Senior Devin Combs made his second appearance of the season, rushing for a five-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter – his first rushing TD since Oct. 13, 2012, at UNLV … Sophomore QB Tyler Stewart and RS-freshman Dante Mayes also saw their first action of the season … Nevada started in its 4-3-3 formation on defense … Junior Bryan Lane Jr. started at strong safety for the first time this season and sophomore Randy Uzoma made his first career start at linebacker … The Wolf Pack offense started in a three-wide formation for the first time since San Diego State as senior Kendall Brock made his first career start at WR … 11 players started in all 11 games for Nevada in the regular season; QB Cody Fajardo, RB Don Jackson, TE Jarred Gipson, C Matt Galas, RG Connor Talbott, RT Kyle Roberts, DE Ian Seau, DT Jordan Hanson, DE Brock Hekking, FS Nigel Haikins and CB Charles Garrett.