Oct. 28, 2000

Recap 

UNLV          7  0 15 15  3-40
Mississippi  14  9  7  7  6-43

First Quarter
UM-Gunn 2 run (Brinkley kick), 8:42.
UM-L.J. Taylor 39 pass Miller (Brinkley kick), 2:19.
UNLV-Turner 12 pass from Thomas (Pieffer kick), :15.

Second Quarter
UM-Williams 31 run (Brinkley kick), 8:59.
UM-Safety, Burgess blocked punt out of endzone, 1:07.

Third Quarter
UNLV-Thomas 5 run (Turner pass from Thomas), 11:33.
UM-Heard 65 pass from Miller (Brinkley kick), 11:12.
UNLV-Wofford 41 run (Peiffer kick), 1:49.

Fourth Quarter
UM-Heard 53 pass from Miller (Brinkley kick), 14:39.
UNLV-Thomas 1 run (Peffier kick), 9:04.
UNLV-Rudolph 17 run (Bryan run), :00.

Overtime
UNLV-FG Peiffer 33.
UM-McAllister 1 run.

A-40,338.

                         UNLV  UM
First downs                25      19
Rushes-yards           59-378  38-164
Passing                    93     288
Comp-Att-Int           7-25-2 18-29-0
Return Yards              132     140
Punts-Avg.              4-28.5   5-45
Fumbles-Lost              3-0     0-0
Penalties-Yards          3-17    5-34
Time of Possession      34:44   25:16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING - UNLV, Wofford 10-138, Rudolph 17-107, Brown 15-95, Thomas 14-32, Costa 2-7, team 1-(minus 1). Mississippi, Gunn 23-84, Williams 4-42, Stackhouse 4-18, Miller 3-15, McAllister 4-5.

PASSING - UNLV, Thomas 7-25-2-93. Mississippi, Miller 18-29-0-288.

RECEIVING - UNLV, Turner 5-65, Johnson 1-23, Nero 1-5. Mississippi, Heard 7-169, Collins 4-19, L.J.Taylor 2-53, Gunn 2-11, Stackhouse, 1-16, Rayford 1-13, Armstrong 1-7.