Rebels strike late, upset Fresno State 26-16

One week ago, UNLV football head coach Tony Sanchez said his team had to understand it was not going to shut other teams out.

Saturday, his defense responded with a strong performance in the Runnin’ Rebels’ 26-16 win over the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Junior defensive back Dalton Baker led the way with 10 tackles while senior linebacker Brian Keyes was next in line with seven.

The Bulldogs were in first place in the Mountain West and undefeated in conference play.

“Even with the tough stuff we’ve gone through you see the players show up every week and play a great first half tonight,” Sanchez said. “This time we put it together. We really challenged the guys. We said we’re going to play a good…