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Rebels Drop Heartbreaker at No. 18 BYU, 42-35

UNLV comes within minutes of snapping the nation's longest home win streak.

Daryl Forte brings down BYU receiver Austin Collie. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Oct. 25, 2008

Final Stats

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Max Hall threw for four touchdowns and No. 18 BYU avoided a second straight loss by rallying to beat UNLV 42-35 Saturday.

Austin Collie had his sixth straight 100-yard receiving game for the Cougars (7-1, 3-1 Mountain West), who were matched nearly score-for-score by the Rebels until the final drive. BYU's Andrew Ridge intercepted Omar Clayton's pass in the end zone on the final play to seal BYU's 17th straight win at home.

The Cougars had the nation's longest winning streak until last week's visit to TCU and were in danger Saturday of falling into a losing streak when UNLV (3-5, 0-4) went up 35-34 with 6:49 left to play.

But Hall led BYU 74 yards and threw a 6-yard touchdown to Dennis Pitta with 1:46 remaining, then completed a pass to Harvey Unga for the 2-point conversion and BYU led 42-35.