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28–25
Final
 Falcon Stadium, USAF AcademyAF -3.5
FINALNevada 28, Air Force 25UPSETNEV covered +3.5CLOSED AF -3.5

Highlights

1 CLIPS · ESPN
Lewis returns interception for 99-yard TDVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
AFA WINNING
NEV WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: AFA 68% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 29 PTS

Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

Elijah Cooks 40 Yd pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed Kick)

10:15
7-0
Q2
Interception Return Touchdown

Zane Lewis 99 Yd Interception Return (Jake Koehnke Kick)

9:58
7-7
Passing Touchdown

McLane Mannix 29 Yd pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed Kick)

6:52
14-7
Passing Touchdown

Brendan O'Leary-Orange 30 Yd pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed Kick)

0:27
21-7
Q3
Field Goal Good

Jake Koehnke 43 Yd Field Goal

11:13
21-10
Passing Touchdown

Elijah Cooks 23 Yd pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed Kick)

9:32
28-10
Passing Touchdown

Marcus Bennett 2 Yd pass from Donald Hammond III (Jake Koehnke Kick)

3:36
28-17
Q4
Rushing Touchdown

Donald Hammond III 9 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)

6:48
28-23
Safety

Team Safety

0:17
28-25

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Gangi's 4 TD passes carry Nevada past Air Force 28-25

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Ty Gangi threw for four touchdowns, two of them to Elijah Cooks , and Nevada held off a late Air Force rally to beat the Falcons 28-25 on Saturday. Gangi completed 24-of-33 for 259 yards with scoring passes of 40 and 23 yards to Cooks, 29 yards to McLane Mannix and 30 yards to Brendan O'Leary-Orange . Nevada (3-2, 1-0 Mountain West) withstood Zane Lewis ' school-record 99-yard interception return in the second quarter to win its conference opener and beat Air Force (1-3, 0-2) for the first time in three trips to Falcon Stadium. Nevada's defense also dug in to turn back the Falcons in the final minutes.

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Top performers

NEV
PASSINGTy Gangi24/33, 259 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGToa Taua13 CAR, 76 YDS
RECEIVINGElijah Cooks2 REC, 63 YDS, 2 TD
AFA
PASSINGDonald Hammond III6/15, 71 YDS, 1 TD
RUSHINGKadin Remsberg13 CAR, 71 YDS
RECEIVINGMarcus Bennett4 REC, 52 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

NEV · AFA
436
TOTAL YARDS
250
259
PASSING
96
177
RUSHING
154
19
1ST DOWNS
16
7-15
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
3-14
2
TURNOVERS
2
13-103
PENALTIES
5-40
31:07
POSSESSION
28:53

FALCON STADIUM, USAF ACADEMY · ATTENDANCE 23,707

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