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Wyoming Hold Off UNLV 41-35 in Las Vegas as Harris Runs for Two Touchdowns

Wyoming led 34-21 at halftime and 41-21 in the third quarter at Allegiant Stadium, then sealed a 41-35 win with a late end zone interception to reach 6-3 and bowl eligibility.

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Wyoming Hold Off UNLV 41-35 in Las Vegas as Harris Runs for Two Touchdowns

Key points

  • Wyoming beat UNLV 41 to 35 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night, November 7, 2026.
  • Samuel Harris ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries.
  • Wyoming rushed for 351 yards and totaled 483 yards.

Wyoming beat UNLV 41 to 35 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night, November 7, 2026. Wyoming led 34 to 21 at halftime and 41 to 21 in the third quarter. UNLV scored two late touchdowns to close to 41-35, and Wyoming held on.

Samuel Harris ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries. He scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter and on a 42-yard run with 5 minutes, 14 seconds left in the third quarter. The second score made it 41-21.

Ground game decides it

Wyoming rushed for 351 yards and totaled 483 yards. Harris and Markell Holman combined for 238 rushing yards, with Holman contributing 110 yards. Wyoming outgained UNLV 306 to 83 in the first half, scored on six of seven drives, and won time of possession by nearly 12 minutes.

Wyoming changed quarterbacks during the game. Starter Tyler Hughes completed 5 of 9 passes for 107 yards and a touchdown and ran for 71 yards before leaving just before halftime with an apparent arm injury. Backup Landon Sims finished 2 of 6 for 25 yards and one touchdown, with one interception, and added a 13-yard touchdown run.

Late interception seals it

UNLV replaced starting quarterback Jackson Arnold with Alex Orji in the second half. Orji ran for a 2-yard touchdown with 22 seconds left in the third quarter, and Jai'Den Thomas scored with 8 minutes, 32 seconds left in the fourth to make it 41-35.

The comeback stopped in the end zone. Cornerback Tyson Shamsid-Deen recorded two interceptions for Wyoming, including the game-sealing interception of Orji in the end zone with 1 minute, 56 seconds left. Holman and Harris then ran out the clock. Wyoming's defense tallied five sacks, three of them from linebacker Ethan Stuhlsatz.

"I couldn't be more proud of our players, coaches and everybody associated with our team," Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel said after the game.

Bowl eligible at 6-3

The win pushed Wyoming to 6 and 3 overall and 5 and 1 in Mountain West play, alone in second place in the conference. It also made Wyoming bowl eligible for the first time under third-year head coach Jay Sawvel. UNLV fell to 5 and 4 overall and 3 and 2 in conference play, and no longer controls its own path to the Mountain West championship game.

Wyoming stays on the road at UTEP in El Paso on Saturday, November 14. UNLV travels to New Mexico.

Timeline

  1. Nov 7, 2026Wyoming lead UNLV 34-21 at halftime at Allegiant Stadium.
  2. Nov 7, 2026Harris scores on a 42-yard run in the third quarter to make it 41-21.
  3. Nov 7, 2026Shamsid-Deen intercepts Orji in the end zone with 1:56 left to seal the 41-35 win.

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