Oct. 24, 1999 SportsLine wire reports

LAS VEGAS -- Owen Pochman set a school record and tied another with five field goals as the No. 19 BYU Cougars shut out the Nevada-Las Vegas 29-0 in a Mountain West Conference game Saturday night.

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Pochman kicked field goals of 47, 26, 28, 31 and 30 yards for BYU (6-1, 3-0). He set a record for his 17 points and tied a school record for field goals in a game. The previous record for points was 16, by Joe Liljenquist and Ethan Pochman. He tied Liljenquist's record for field goals in a game.

Cougars quarterback Kevin Feterik struggled throughout, completing 22 of 42 passes for 257 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.

The Rebels (3-4, 1-2) lost for the third straight time at home. It was also the second time UNLV has been shut out at home. The Rebels lost to Iowa State 24-0 on Sept. 18.

Brigham Young's defense limited UNLV to only 118 total yards.

BYU led at the half, 16-0. The Cougars took the opening kick and drove 59 yards on 11 plays for their lone first-half touchdown. Feterik hit Doug Jolley from the 12.

Pochman had three first-half field goals and added two more in the second half. BYU's second touchdown came on a 4-yard run by Luke Staley early in the fourth quarter.

The Rebels managed only 44 first-half yards and didn't earn a first down until 12:59 remained in the second quarter.

UNLV did manage to drive to the BYU 19 midway through the second quarter, but had delay-of-game and holding penalties to move them back to the 36. Jason Vaughan was sacked for a 9-yard loss and then was intercepted by the Cougars' Tyson Smith.

Smith picked off the errant pass at the 41 and returned it to the UNLV 8. The Rebels defense held, however, and forced Pochman's second field goal.