Nov. 2, 2002
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Jason Thomas' three first-half rushing touchdowns gave him 24 for his career, which ranks third all-time at the school and is only one behind Mack Gilchrist in second.
UNLV won an overtime game for the first time in history. The Rebels had been 0-4 before tonight and had never even scored a touchdown in an extra period. The last OT was at Ole Miss on Oct. 28, 2000, and the last home OT game was Oct. 17, 1998, vs. Wyoming, which the Cowboys won 28-25.
Wyoming is now 2-2 in overtime games and three of those happened in Sam Boyd Stadium, including losing to BYU in the inaugural WAC Championship game on Dec. 7, 1996.
The Rebels have now won four consecutive games vs. Wyoming and hold a 7-4 advantage in the series. The Cowboys are the only MWC opponent against which UNLV has a winning record.
UNLV broke a three-game losing streak to MWC opponents at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The 49 points by UNLV are the most ever scored by the Rebels under head coach John Robinson. UNLV has now scored 96 points in its last two games vs. the Pokes. It was the most points scored by UNLV in a regular-season game since a 58-42 win over New Mexico State on Nov. 15, 1986. The Rebels did score 52 points in a 52-24 Las Vegas Bowl victory over Central Michigan in 1994.
UNLV had two 100-yard rushers in the same game since Joe Haro had 131 and QB Jason Thomas had 103 at Arkansas on Aug. 30, 2001.
Jason Thomas passed for a career-high 329 yards and completed a career-high 20 passes in 25 attempts. The only other 300-yard game of his career was a 304-yard effort in a loss to Northwestern on Sept. 7, 2001. It is only the second time a Rebel quarterback reached the 300-yard mark since 1997.
UNLV RB Larry Croom had his first career 100-yard rushing day as a collegian (108 yards on 13 carries).
The 35 points scored by UNLV in the first half were the most scored in any half since the Rebels scored 36 in the second half in a 43-21 win over Long Beach State on Nov. 4, 1989.
The 56 combined first-half points (UNLV 35-21) marked the highest scoring half in a UNLV game since the Rebels and San Jose State combined for 62 in the first half in the Spartans' 55-48 overtime win on Nov. 22, 1997.
Haro moved into eighth place on the school's career rushing list with 1,776.
UNLV is now 4-0 when scoring first and 0-5 when the opponent scores first.
UNLV is now 8-4 when broadcast by SportsWest TV and 11-21 in all other games since 1999.
Rebel fullback Steven Costa had a career-high 102 yards receiving, making him the fourth different UNLV player to earn a 100-yard receiving game this year.
Running back Dominique Dorsey's 73-yard scoring burst in the second quarter was the longest run from scrimmage for UNLV since Darin Brightmon scampered 89 yards for a score against New Mexico State on Sept. 23, 1989.
UNLV's 644 yards of total offense were the second-best total in school history, behind the Rebels' 671 against Idaho on Nov. 5, 1977.
