Utah State at UNLV

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Utah State beat UNLV 31–⁠21. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Utah State led the series 11–⁠5 as played.

AwayUtah State3–⁠8 in 2004
31
HomeUNLV2–⁠9 in 2004
21

Final at Sam Boyd Stadium, WhitneyAttendance 19,116

At kickoff
90°F, clear, wind 5 mph from the eastWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Mccarran International Airport (KLAS), 13 km from the stadium

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Utah State6781031
UNLV777021

Standouts

Player stats

Utah State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Travis Cox12/2617710
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Chris Forbes727011
Travis Cox101216
Lawrence Lovelace2906
Tony Pennyman3703
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Tony Pennyman4119179
Patrick McNutt220012
Raymond Hicks21309
Kevin Robinson1808
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Robert Watts21001
Antonio Taylor2710

UNLV

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Kurt Nantkes20/3528314
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Dominique Dorsey18189153
JaJa Riley947015
Erick Jackson530013
Dyante Perkins91517
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Earvin Johnson690023
Dyante Perkins577028
Alvin Marshall363033
Michael Freund234021

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Utah StateUNLV
291Total yards550
183Passing yards302
114Rushing yards267
6.8Yards per pass8.1
3.5Yards per rush5.9
14First downs24
5–⁠15Third downs8–⁠16
0–⁠0Fourth downs1–⁠3
0Turnovers5
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
14:30Possession21:18

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

UNLV 64% to win. Utah State won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Utah State leads 20–⁠8; as played, 18–⁠10 in 28 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025UNLV 29, Utah State 26
2024UNLV 50, Utah State 34
2022UNLV 34, Utah State 24
2021Utah State 28, UNLV 24
2018Utah State 59, UNLV 28
2017Utah State 52, UNLV 28

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