LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Seth Doege scrambled, looked right and found a wide open Eric Ward with 44 seconds left to rally the Red Raiders to a 35-34 win over Nevada on Saturday night.
Ward caught Doege’s third TD pass of the night as the Red Raiders (3-0) came back from a 28-14 deficit midway through the third quarter.
The winning score happened on a fourth-and-three.
He threw touchdowns of 4, 8 and 2 yards en route to completing 26 of 38 passes for 222 yards.
The Red Raiders struggled on defense, giving up 562 total yards and Nevada (1-2) capitalized.
Redshirt freshman Cody Fajardo threw two touchdowns passes and ran for a 56-yarder for Nevada. He finished with 139 yards on 10 carries.
Fajardo also ran for a 6-yard touchdown and threw a 16-yard TD pass. Mike Ball compiled 139 yards on 27 carries.
