Canada runs for 213 yards, 1 TD; BYU beats UNLV 31-21
LAS VEGAS -- Squally Canada had a career-best 213 yards rushing and one of BYU's season-high three rushing touchdowns to help the Cougars beat UNLV 31-21 on Friday night.
Canada, who had never topped the 100-yard plateau coming in, had a career-high 25 carries. Joe Critchlow, a freshman making his first career start, was 14-of-22 passing for 160 yards and one touchdown for BYU (3-8)
UNLV (4-6), pinned deep in its own territory, went 78 yards on 15 plays over seven-plus minutes before BYU's Zayne Anderson intercepted a pass in a the end zone. Austin Kafentzis had a 20-yard run before Critchlow hit Micah Simon for a 30-yard gain and Aleva Hifo for a 19-yarder to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Brayden El-Bakri to open the scoring with 9:06 left in the first half.
Lexington Thomas capped a nine-play, 79-yard drive with a 1-yard scoring run to tie it nearly five minutes later, but Critchlow completed 5 of 7 passes for 50 yards -- including an 11-yard scoring strike to Hifo -- and had a 2-yard run on fourth-and-1 as BYU made it 14-7 with 27 seconds left in the half.
Canada ripped off a 54-yard run on the first play from scrimmage in the second half and, after two 6-yard runs by Kafentzis, made it 21-7 with a 2-yard touchdown run. After UNLV's Johnny Stanton hit Brandon Presley for an 18-yard TD late in the third, Canada had four carries for 58 yards to set up Kafentzis' 11-yard scoring run to make it 28-14 going into the fourth.
Stanton was 20-of-33 passing for 325 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for UNLV.
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2023 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
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Texas | 8-1 | 12-2 |
Oklahoma State | 7-2 | 10-4 |
Oklahoma | 7-2 | 10-3 |
Iowa State | 6-3 | 7-6 |
Kansas State | 6-3 | 9-4 |
West Virginia | 6-3 | 9-4 |
Texas Tech | 5-4 | 7-6 |
Kansas | 5-4 | 9-4 |
UCF | 3-6 | 6-7 |
TCU | 3-6 | 5-7 |
Houston | 2-7 | 4-8 |
BYU | 2-7 | 5-7 |
Baylor | 2-7 | 3-9 |
Cincinnati | 1-8 | 3-9 |
2023 Mountain West Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
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Boise State | 6-2 | 8-6 |
San José State | 6-2 | 7-6 |
UNLV | 6-2 | 9-5 |
Air Force | 5-3 | 9-4 |
Wyoming | 5-3 | 9-4 |
Fresno State | 4-4 | 9-4 |
Utah State | 4-4 | 6-7 |
Hawai'i | 3-5 | 5-8 |
Colorado State | 3-5 | 5-7 |
Nevada | 2-6 | 2-10 |
New Mexico | 2-6 | 4-8 |
San Diego State | 2-6 | 4-8 |