Air Force leads Nevada, 31-21, at halftime at Falcon Stadium.
Air Force scored on its first drive. Parker Herrington’s 45-yard field goal gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead.
After a fumble by Air Force quarterback Connor Dietz, Nevada pushed into the lead with a 1-yard run by quarterback Cody Fajardo.
Air Force answered with a 75-yard drive. Fullback Mike DeWitt went the final 8 yards for the touchdown.
Nevada had only 42 yards of total offense in the first quarter. Stefphon Jefferson, the nation’s leading rusher, was held to 15 yards on seven carries.
Air Force pushed its lead to 17-7 on a 46-yard pass from Dietz to Dontae Strickland. Nevada answerd with a 3-yard run by Fajardo, cutting the lead to 17-14.
Stickland scored his second touchdown, this one on a 12-yard run, to push Air Force to a 24-14 lead.
Nevada cut the lead to 24-21 after a 14-yard pass from Fajrado to Aaron Bradley with 2:57 left in the half.
Air Force jumped to a 31-21 lead with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Dietz to Marc Hendricks.
Air Force collected 384 yards total offense in the first half with 261 yards rushing. The Falcons already have 22 first downs.
This game has UNLV and Navy written all over it…up 10, offense driving and another fumble…this fumbling epidemic is pathetic.
Huge win!!!
Great win! This is one super win for a team that does not let
naysayer moaning and groaning bring them down.
What a great victory and what an offensive performance and a great performance by our defense against a great offensive team.
I can’t help but think what this season could’ve been if this team didn’t fumble against UNLV and Navy…tonight they overcame the 2 fumbles somehow.
Wonder if they would have played this well if they won the other games.
Those two big wins over the past two weeks are paying dividends.
This was a big win for us!
36 first downs!
Unbelievable!
We needed some ball control….
@ Mark, true.
One more win and I think this team goes bowling in December!!!
Well you can color me delightfully amazed. I thought AFA would have a tough time beating Nevada. I’m happy to have been wrong about this one. Great job men. Now enjoy the weekend and get to work next week on beating Army. Nice win!
Offensive was prolific last night. (And they had to be to overcome those 2 fumbles.) Nevada had no answer on the defensive side of the ball. I don’t think we punted.
Defense still gave up too many plays and points, but unlike other games this season, they stepped up and made some big plays when they had to.
That’s the team we’ve been waiting on all season. What could have been ….
Great win by Air Force…next up: Beat the Cadets…Beat Army
(I’m surprised there are no CC fans here complaining that this is about AF football not CC hockey)
So happy and greatful with the BIG Win! Now let’s take care of Army…………… Go Falcons