Air Force 29, UNLV 28

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	26	22
Total Yards	508	404
Passing	162	251
Rushing	346	153
Penalties	8-67	4-40
3rd Down Conversions	7-14	8-13
4th Down Conversions	2-3	0-1
Turnovers	0	0
Possession	31:47	28:13

Air/Ground Leaders
Air Force Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Jefferson 6/7 162 2 0	UNLV Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clayton 19/30 251 2 0
Air Force Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Newell 22 134 1 52 Jefferson 13 99 0 31	UNLV Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Summers 11 69 1 45 Cox 13 60 1 16
Air Force Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Dekker 1 59 0 59 Halderman 1 44 1 44	UNLV Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Payne 6 124 1 28 Wolfe 8 78 0 19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				AFA	UNLV
	TD	05:48	Todd Newell 52 Yd Run (Ryan Harrison Kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER				AFA	UNLV
	TD	13:36	Josh Cousins 28 Yd Pass From Tim Jefferson (Ryan Harrison Kick)	14	0
	TD	08:14	C.J. Cox 5 Yd Run (Kyle Watson Kick)	14	7
	FG	01:36	Ryan Harrison 26 Yd	17	7
	TD	00:14	Phillip Payne 28 Yd Pass From Omar Clayton (Kyle Watson Kick)	17	14
THIRD QUARTER				AFA	UNLV
	FG	07:22	Ryan Harrison 23 Yd	20	14
	TD	03:09	Casey Flair 9 Yd Pass From Omar Clayton (Kyle Watson Kick)	20	21
FOURTH QUARTER				AFA	UNLV
	TD	14:50	Frank Summers 45 Yd Run (Kyle Watson Kick)	20	28
	TD	13:47	Kyle Halderman 44 Yd Pass From Tim Jefferson (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	26	28
	FG	02:36	Ryan Harrison 19 Yd	29	28

LAS VEGAS -- Ryan Harrison made a 19-yard field goal with 2:36 to play to give Air Force a 29-28 victory over UNLV on Saturday night.

Tim Jefferson threw two touchdown passes to help the Falcons (5-2, 3-1 Mountain West) improve to 4-0 on the road this season.

Down 28-20 after UNLV's Frank Summers' 45-yard TD run on the first play of the fourth quarter, the Falcons cut it to 28-26 on Jefferson's 44-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Halderman with 13:47 to go. Halderman was stopped on a 2-point conversion attempt.

Jefferson, a freshman, led the Falcons on a 91-yard drive to set up Harrison's winner, his third field goal of the game. The freshman quarterback ran for 105 yards on 13 carries and completed six of seven passes for 167 yards.

"He stepped up and made some big plays," Air Force receiver Ty Paffett said. "He's going to be fun to watch the next three years."

Jefferson split time with senior Shea Smith last week in a 35-10 victory over San Diego State, then played the entire game against UNLV.

"You can see the maturation process that is taking place," coach Troy Calhoun said. "He made some big plays, but we aren't a single guy team. We're a full unit."

UNLV's final possession stalled at the Air Force 47 with 57 seconds left.

Air Force fullback Todd Newell opened the scoring with a 52-yard run with 5:48 to play in the first quarter, and the Falcons made it 14-0 in the second quarter on Jefferson's 28-yard pass to Josh Cousins.

UNLV (3-4, 0-3) cut it to 17-14 by halftime when Omar Clayton threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to freshman Phillip Payne. The score was Payne's seventh touchdown this season, which leads all freshman receivers. C.J. Cox scored UNLV's first points on a 5-yard run at the 8:14 mark of the second quarter.

UNLV took its first lead in the third quarter when Clayton threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Casey Flair for a 21-20 advantage with 3:09 to play in the quarter.