UNLV players observe aft defeating Northern Illinois 31-24 successful an NCAA assemblage shot crippled astatine Allegiant Stadium Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. Photo by: Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun
Associated Press
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 | 7:04 a.m.
Jackson Arnold threw 3 touchdown passes, Jai’Den Thomas had 114 yards rushing and a touchdown connected 16 carries, and UNLV bushed Northern Illinois 31-24 connected Saturday night, the Huskies 10th consecutive loss.
Northern Illinois (0-7, 0-4 Mountain West Conference) is winless since a 45-3 triumph astatine UMass connected Nov. 12, 2025.
Arnold was 20-of-30 passing for 269 yards, threw 2 interceptions and added 86 yards rushing connected 13 carries for UNLV (5-3, 3-1).
JJ Schlenhardt kicked a 27-yard tract extremity that gave the Huskies a 17-10 pb with 10:15 near successful the archetypal half, but Arnold deed Keyan Burnett with a 31-yard touchdown walk astir 3 minutes aboriginal and past threw a 2-yard scoring onslaught to Taeshaun Lyons with 20 seconds near to marque it 24-17 astatine halftime.
Taron Dickens threw a 12-yard touchdown walk to DeAree Rogers and connected with George Dimopoulos for a 61-yard TD that capped the scoring with 9:31 near successful the 3rd quarter. Telly Johnson Jr. added a 20-yard rushing TD for Northern Illinois.
On the archetypal play from scrimmage, Arnold threw a heavy walk arsenic helium was rolling to his close that was caught astatine the 30 by Jayden McGee, who raced to the endzone for a 75-yard touchdown. McGee finished with 4 receptions for 106 yards
Thomas burst up the mediate and raced untouched for a 60-yard rushing touchdown little than 4 minutes into the 2nd fractional to springiness UNLV a 14-point lead. Thomas has 35 vocation rushing TDs, 3rd astir successful programme history, and his 40 full touchdowns are tied for 2nd astatine UNLV.
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