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RENO, Nev. (AP) – Owen Allen ran for 107 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, Dylan Carson opened the scoring with an 11-yard TD run and finished with 105 yards rushing Saturday night to help Air Force beat Nevada 22-19.

Air Force (4-7, 2-4 Mountain West) has won three straight games after a seven-game skid.

Quarterback Quentin Hayes added 68 yards rushing, including a 1-yard touchdown that made it 22-12 with 1:11 to play.

Allen scored on a 9-yard run to cap a 14-play, 74-yard drive that took 7 minutes, 37 seconds off the clock and gave the Falcons a 15-12 lead with 8:29 to play and eight plays later Osaro Aihie intercepted a pass and returned it 39 yards to the Air Force 25 to set up Hayes’ TD.

Kian Afrookhteh made field goals from 27 and 26 yards in the second quarter before Brendon Lewis threw a TD pass 23 yards to Jaden Smith in the third that, after the two-point conversion failed, gave Nevada (3-9, 0-6). ) a 12-7 lead.

The Wolf Pack has lost five straight games and six of the last seven.

Cortez Braham Jr. caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Lewis that capped the scoring with 4 seconds left and finished with seven receptions for 123 yards. Lewis completed 22 of 35 passes for 268 yards with an interception and added 53 yards rushing on 13 carries.

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