In a game that was reminiscent of the old WAC days, someone had to lose at some point. The gods of college football ordained that it would be Wyoming.
The game started out innocuously enough. UNLV came out of the gate and punched Wyoming in the mouth, jumping out to a 10-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Cowboys would quickly respond as Brian Hill took it to the house. On the ensuing UNLV possession, quarterback Kurt Palandech fumbled the ball in the end zone. UW jumped on it to take a 17-10 lead with 14 minutes left in the half.