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30–23
Final
 CEFCU Stadium, San Jose
FINALNevada 30, San Jose State 23

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Nevada 30, San Jose State 23

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Jeff Rowe passed for 226 yards and two touchdowns, including the tiebreaker with 3:39 left, leading Nevada to a 30-23 victory over San Jose State on Saturday. Rowe opened the scoring with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Sammons 3:16 into the game. As the clock ran down in the first quarter, senior B.J. Mitchell scored on a 13-yard run to put the Wolf Pack up 13-0. Nick Hawthorne picked off a pass from Adam Tafralis and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown to give Nevada (2-2, 1-0 Western Athletic Conference) a 20-0 lead with 14:10 left in the second. The Spartans (1-3, 0-1) then scored 20 straight points to pull into a tie. Tafralis had a 19-yard TD pass to John Broussard, Jared Strubeck had a 44-yard field goal and Tafralis connected with Rufus Skillern from 28 yards out to close the gap to 20-17 at the half.

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Top performers

NEV
PASSINGJeff Rowe20/35, 226 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGB.J. Mitchell23 CAR, 114 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGNichiren Flowers6 REC, 63 YDS
SJSU
PASSINGAdam Tafralis20/39, 328 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT
RUSHINGYonus Davis2 CAR, 17 YDS
RECEIVINGRufus Skillern5 REC, 103 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

NEV · SJSU
374
TOTAL YARDS
377
226
PASSING
328
148
RUSHING
49
26
1ST DOWNS
16
11-17
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
2-15
2
TURNOVERS
2
0-0
PENALTIES
0-0
18:27
POSSESSION
14:54

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