(Sports Network) - Terrance Cain threw for 174 yards and two
scores, and ran for another touchdown, as 24th-ranked Utah picked up a
landmark victory with a 35-15 win over UNLV.

Cain completed 17-of-24 passes and ran for 22 yards for Utah (5-1, 2-0
Mountain West), which recorded the 600th win in school history. The Utes have
won three in a row since suffering their lone loss of the season, at Oregon on
September 19.

Eddie Wide ran for 111 yards and a score on 17 carries in the win.

Omar Clayton completed 23-of-44 passes for 223 yards, but had no touchdowns
and was picked off twice. Phillip Payne caught seven passes for 58 yards and a
TD from Mike Clausen, as UNLV (2-5, 0-3) tumbled to its fourth straight loss.

The Rebels got on the board first, courtesy of Kyle Watson's 21-yard field
goal nearly six minutes into the contest.

Cain's six-yard TD strike to Aiona Key capped a 10-play drive to put Utah in
front with 1:58 left in the first quarter, but Watson's 26-yarder less than
two minutes into the second frame pulled UNLV within 7-6.

But Utah notched three scores before halftime to pull away: Cain's six-yard
pass to Ben Hendy with 7:29 left, Cain's three-yard run with 5:17 on the
clock, and Robert Johnson's 64-yard fumble return following Christian Cox's
interception of Clayton, which made it a 28-6 game.

Clausen's two-yard pass to Payne provided the Rebels with their lone TD with
9:07 left in the third, and Watson tacked on a 37-yard kick with 4 1/2 minutes
remaining in the stanza to pull UNLV within 28-15.

But the Utes responded with a 37-yard scoring run from Wide, which put Utah up
20 with 13 minutes to play, and they held on from there.

Game Notes

In 116 years of football, Utah's record is 600-418-31...The Utes are 13-2
against UNLV all-time...Jereme Brooks had six catches for 49 yards for
Utah...Channing Trotter had 13 carries for 46 yards for UNLV, while Michael
Johnson caught six passes for 86 yards.



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