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Colorado State gets by Nevada in shootout
Sept. 11, 1999
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Matt Newton threw for 312 yards and three
touchdowns as No. 24 Colorado State overcame a slow start and then held off
Nevada 38-33 on Saturday.
Kevin McDougal, who ran for 190 yards for Colorado State last week, finished with 147 before leaving the game with a leg injury in the fourth quarter. Dallas Davis added 122 yards receiving for the Rams, who improved to 4-0 against Nevada. The game was a shootout in the second half as the teams ran and passed at will, scoring on eight of 11 possessions. Nathan Allen's 10-yard touchdown catch pulled Nevada to 31-25 with 10:17 remaining, but the Wolf Pack couldn't stop the Rams on a third-and-10 play three minutes later. Cory Woolstenhulme's 25-yard catch kept the drive going, and Colorado State scored on a 1-yard run by Rahsaan Sanders to push the lead to 38-26 lead with 5:38 left. Nevada quickly countered as Chris Lemon's 3-yard touchdown run capped a 12-play, 85-yard drive with 2:33 to go. Lemon finished with 124 yards rushing and caught five passes for 83 yards and a score. The Wolf Pack had one last chance after Rams punter Deone Horinek pinned them at the 3, but they turned the ball over when Trevor Insley fumbled after a 23-yard catch at the Colorado State 49 with 19 seconds left. Insley, who 175 yards receiving last week against Oregon State, finished with 17 catches, one short of a school record, for 194 yards. David Neill was 35 of 52 for 429 yards and three touchdowns for Nevada. Colorado State, coming off an emotional victory over Colorado last week, fell behind 10-7 in the second quarter but took the lead for good when Frank Rice beat Christian Broussard for a 52-yard touchdown catch just before halftime.
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