UNLV remains winless after whipping by No. 14 Iowa State

UNLV started its crippled against No. 14 Iowa State with a antithetic quarterback.

It finished the crippled with a akin result.

The Rebels totaled a specified 130 yards of discourtesy Saturday nighttime astatine Allegiant Stadium successful a 48-3 nonaccomplishment to the Cyclones earlier an announced assemblage of 35,193 that featured acold much Iowa State fans than UNLV fans.

Redshirt freshman Doug Brumfield didn’t formal aft missing the week of practice, clearing the mode for existent freshman Cameron Friel to marque his collegiate debut arsenic UNLV’s starter. He completed 8 of 13 passes for 67 yards and an interception, and ceded the occasional play to fifth-year inferior Tate Martell, who finished 2 of 6 for 27 yards portion adding 4 carries for 2 yards.

The Rebels (0-3) person played 4 quarterbacks successful 3 games, and lone Brumfield has engineered a touchdown drive.

The Cyclones (2-1) athletics an discourtesy comprised of mostly juniors and seniors, and the corporate gashed UNLV successful the aerial and connected the crushed amid small resistance.

Receivers roamed escaped successful the secondary, allowing backmost Brock Purdy to implicit 21 of 24 passes for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns. Running backmost Breece Hall, regarded arsenic 1 of the apical tailback prospects successful the 2022 NFL draft, sliced and diced his mode for 100 rushing yards and 2 scores.

The 2 watched astir of the 4th fourth arsenic Iowa State’s backups tacked connected 10 much points.

Friel played astir of the archetypal fractional for UNLV, ceding 1 play to Martell, whose archetypal play was negated by a holding penalty. Friel quarterbacked an discourtesy that generated 18 first-half yards.

The 2 divided repetitions successful the 2nd fractional and led UNLV connected its lone scoring drive, a 14-play 1 that culminated successful a 30-yard tract extremity from Daniel Gutierrez.

Neither backmost could ace a antiaircraft portion that dominated the enactment of scrimmage, stuffed the tally and blanketed receivers downfield for 4 quarters.

The Rebels unfastened Mountain West play connected Friday astatine Fresno State.

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