The cougars contiued their at home winning streak by beating a scrappy UNLV squad 42-35

The game opened with a BYU season longest, 75 yard kick-off return, by Austin Collie.  As I sat in the North end-zone and watched that open up, I am still surprised it didn’t go for 6.  By the 12:25 mark, Adrew George was in the end-zone, and the cougs were up 7-0.

From there on out, the teams seemed to just trade scores.  BYU’s offense looked back on track, and seemed to be able to march downfield on cue. But the defense was hard pressed to come up with stops.  the half ended 21-21

Second Half

The Defense seemed to be able to come up with a couple of stops when needed, and, although the offensive play calling got a little conservative late in the game,  The cougars dropped behind 34-35  but then put together a good drive that ate up the clock and ended in a recently rare, Dennis Pitta touchdown.  The cougars went for two. Then Harvey Unga, on the receiving end of a swing pass, trotted into the end-zone, untouched.

UNLV put together one last drive, that ended up in and Andrew Rich Interception in the end-zone, as time ran out.

Max Hall was 24-30 for 245 yards and 4 touchdowns.  Austin Collie had his sixth straight 100-yard receiving game.  The tandem of Unga and Vakapuna ran for 156 yards and a pair of scores.

Oct 25th by Jim