New Mexico St. 48, Nevada 45

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	28	28
Total Yards	513	507
Passing	409	194
Rushing	104	313
Penalties	6-39	7-64
3rd Down Conversions	7-16	5-10
4th Down Conversions	3-3	0-1
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	31:16	28:44

Air/Ground Leaders
New Mexico State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Holbrook 28/47 409 3 1	Nevada Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kaepernick 15/26 194 3 1
New Mexico State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Colston 24 118 1 58 Opetaia 5 16 0 6	Nevada Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Taua 20 188 2 48 Kaepernick 12 54 1 32
New Mexico State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Williams 6 128 0 33 Harris 6 95 0 37	Nevada Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Mitchell 5 97 0 23 Taua 5 49 2 16

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NMSU	NEV
	TD	12:50	Colin Kaepernick 32 Yd Run (Brett Jaekle Kick)	0	7
	TD	07:17	Marquell Colston 3 Yd Run (Kyle Hughes Kick)	7	7
	FG	01:21	Brett Jaekle 41 Yd	7	10
SECOND QUARTER				NMSU	NEV
	TD	13:40	Weston Neiman 14 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	14	10
	TD	09:59	Vai Taua 8 Yd Run (Brett Jaekle Kick)	14	17
	TD	06:30	Marquell Colston 17 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	21	17
	TD	02:43	Vai Taua 3 Yd Run (Brett Jaekle Kick)	21	24
THIRD QUARTER				NMSU	NEV
	TD	12:35	Chase Holbrook 2 Yd Run (Kyle Hughes Kick)	28	24
	TD	09:46	Vai Taua 5 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (Brett Jaekle Kick)	28	31
	FG	07:04	Kyle Hughes 29 Yd	31	31
	TD	05:20	Oren Long 83 Yd Fumble Return (Kyle Hughes Kick)	38	31
	TD	00:51	Vai Taua 16 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (Brett Jaekle Kick)	38	38
FOURTH QUARTER				NMSU	NEV
	TD	13:38	Marcus Anderson 7 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	45	38
	FG	06:27	Kyle Hughes 18 Yd	48	38
	TD	03:51	Chris Wellington 19 Yd Pass From Colin Kaepernick (Brett Jaekle Kick)	48	45

RENO, Nev. -- Chase Holbrook passed for 409 yards and 3 touchdowns to help New Mexico State win a shootout over Nevada 48-45 on Saturday.

Holbrook also rushed for a touchdown for the Aggies (3-2 overall, 1-0 WAC), who controlled the ball for the final 3:51 to run out the clock in a game that saw the two teams combine for more than 1,000 yards in total offense.

New Mexico State had 513 yards in total offense, while the Wolf Pack (3-3, 1-1 WAC) had 507 yards in a seesaw game that had nine lead changes and three ties.

Nevada?s Vai Taua rushed for 188 yards and scored a career-best four touchdowns. He took in a 16-yard screen pass from Colin Kaepernick from 14 yards to tie the score at 38 with 51 seconds left in the third quarter.

New Mexico State responded with a seven-play, 80-yard drive capped by a 7-yard touchdown pass from Holbrook to Marcus Anderson to go ahead 45-38 with 13:38 left in the game.

After Nevada was forced to punt, Kyle Hughes kicked an 18-yard field goal to put the Aggies up 48-38.

Nevada scored on a 19-yard pass from Kaepernick to Chris Wellington with 3:51 left to pull to within 3 points, but the Wolf Pack could never get the ball back as the Aggies ran out the clock.

Holbrook completed 28 of 47 passes and had one interception. Kaepernick was 15 of 26 for 194 yards and three touchdowns and one interception.

New Mexico State defensive lineman Oren Long picked up a Kaepernick fumble and ran it back 83 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to give New Mexico State a 38-31 lead.

Marque Colston rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown for the Aggies. He also caught a touchdown pass from Holbrook. Chris Williams had 6 catches for 128 yards. New Mexico was also 3 of 3 on fourth-down conversions.

Nevada led 24-21 at halftime.