Caylin Newton's Three Touchdowns and 330 Yards of Offense Gives FCS Howard 43-40 Upset Over FBS UNLV

By ADD SEYMOUR JR.

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Playing in his first game, true freshman Caylin Newton, younger brother of NFL star Cam Newton, rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 140 yards and another TD to lead Howard to a stunning 43-40 upset of UNLV on the road Saturday night.

Howard (1-0) was a 45-point underdog to UNLV (0-1), making this the biggest point-spread upset in college football history.

Newton's 4-yard touchdown run with 7:34 left to play capped a 22-7 Howard run over nearly nine minutes to give the FCS Bison the win over FBS UNLV.

Newton opened the scoring with a 52-yard touchdown run just 1:34 into the game.  Then early in the second quarter, he threw a 1-yard TD pass to Kyle Anthony that gave Howard a 14-6 lead.  Howard got another score on a 75-yard fumble recovery by Devin Rollins that he took for a TD before UNLV answered with a TD and their second field goal of the quarter to carry Howard into halftime with a 21-19 lead.

Two UNLV touchdowns - Armani Rogers' 25-yard TD toss to Devonte Boyd and a Charles Williams 1-yard plunge - gave the Runnin' Rebels their largest lead of the night at 33-21.

But then Anthony Philyaw's 3-yard touchdown run with 1:17 left in the third quarter started Howard's eight minute, 43 second-run that gave them the victory.

Philyaw finished with 71 yards and two touchdowns rushing to go with Newton's huge debut.