Wyoming 30, UNLV 27

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	26	19
Total Yards	386	357
Passing	260	248
Rushing	126	109
Penalties	4-40	6-50
3rd Down Conversions	10-17	7-17
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-2
Turnovers	4	0
Possession	31:19	28:41

Air/Ground Leaders
UNLV Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clayton 26/43 260 1 2 Johnson 0/1 0 0 0	Wyoming Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Carta-Samuels 24/37 234 3 0 Benjamin 1/1 14 0 0
UNLV Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Trotter 17 90 1 27 Cox 4 32 0 27	Wyoming Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Alexander 12 42 0 10 Carta-Samuels 12 34 0 19
UNLV Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Wolfe 8 96 1 18 Johnson 5 53 0 18	Wyoming Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Leonard 6 89 1 34 Arnold 5 39 0 14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UNLV	WYO
	FG	12:56	Ian Watts 29 Yd	0	3
	TD	03:13	Channing Trotter 18 Yd Run (Kyle Watson Kick)	7	3
SECOND QUARTER				UNLV	WYO
	FG	13:48	Ian Watts 22 Yd	7	6
	FG	08:34	Kyle Watson 28 Yd	10	6
	FG	05:45	Kyle Watson 26 Yd	13	6
	TD	02:48	Brandon Stewart 19 Yd Pass From Austyn Carta-Samuels (Ian Watts Kick)	13	13
THIRD QUARTER				UNLV	WYO
	TD	03:49	Mike Clausen 1 Yd Run (Kyle Watson Kick)	20	13
	TD	01:29	David Leonard 34 Yd Pass From Austyn Carta-Samuels (Ian Watts Kick)	20	20
FOURTH QUARTER				UNLV	WYO
	TD	11:28	Ryan Wolfe 18 Yd Pass From Omar Clayton (Kyle Watson Kick)	27	20
	TD	08:16	Travis Burkhalter 15 Yd Pass From Austyn Carta-Samuels (Ian Watts Kick)	27	27
	FG	04:21	Ian Watts 28 Yd	27	30

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Austyn Carta-Samuels went 24 of 37 and threw three touchdown passes in his first start to help Wyoming beat UNLV 30-27 in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.

A true freshman, Carta-Samuels led the Cowboys (2-2, 1-0 Mountain West) on two key scoring drives in the fourth quarter, and cornerback Tashaun Gipson picked off Rebel quarterback Omar Clayton twice in the second half to lead the Wyoming defense.

UNLV (2-2, 0-1) had a chance to tie the game with a field goal with 1:19 remaining, but fumbled the snap and Wyoming's Corey Orth recovered the ball at the Cowboys' 38-yard line.

Gabe Knapton made 17 tackles. Clayton went 26 of 43 for the Rebels, who dropped their 20th straight conference road game. Starr Fuimaono led the UNLV defense with 11 tackles.