UNLV tight end tackles teammate on goal line in bowl game disaster

It was a conflict for UNLV successful their 17-10 Frisco Bowl nonaccomplishment to Ohio connected Tuesday nighttime astatine the Ford Center. In the 4th quarter, UNLV's choky extremity tackled its moving backmost connected the extremity line. 

UNLV was down 17-3 with conscionable implicit 5 minutes near successful the 4th fourth and was successful the reddish portion looking for a touchdown. It was third-and-goal from the Ohio 1-yard enactment erstwhile the discourtesy sabotaged itself. 

Tight extremity Matt Byrnes came successful question pre-snap, and the shot was snapped erstwhile helium got past the near tackle. His occupation connected the play was to travel done the enactment and seal the edge, allowing moving backmost Keyvone Lee to blast done into the extremity portion for a touchdown. 

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UNLV Rebels moving backmost Keyvone Lee (2) runs into choky extremity Matt Byrnes (85) aft the handoff against the Ohio Bobcats during the 2nd fractional astatine the Ford Center astatine The Star successful Frisco, Texas, connected Dec. 23, 2025. (Raymond Carlin III/Imagn Images)

Instead, Byrnes came crossed and wiped retired Lee down the enactment of scrimmage for a 1-yard nonaccomplishment connected the play. Lee took the handoff and ran 2 steps earlier being clobbered by his ain teammate. 

UNLV ended up scoring 1 play aboriginal connected fourth-and-goal arsenic backmost Anthony Colandrea ran it successful for the touchdown from 2 yards out, truthful it each worked retired connected that drive.

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Ohio interim caput manager John Hauser is doused aft winning the Frisco Bowl NCAA assemblage shot crippled against UNLV. The crippled was played successful Frisco, Texas, connected Dec. 23, 2025. (LM Otero/AP Photo)

However, aft scoring the touchdown to chopped it to 17-10, Ohio ran the timepiece retired and ne'er gave the shot backmost to UNLV. It was the archetypal clip that UNLV had been held nether 20 points successful 35 games, which had been the longest streak successful the nation.

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For Ohio, it was their seventh consecutive triumph successful a vessel game. Defensive coordinator and interim caput manager John Hauser led Ohio to the triumph aft caput manager Brian Smith was fired earlier successful the period for having an matter with an undergraduate student.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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