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It was a game for UNLV in their 17-10 Frisco Bowl loss to Ohio on Tuesday night at the Ford Center. In the fourth quarter, UNLV’s tight end tackled his running back at the goal line.
Down 17-3 with just over five minutes left in the fourth quarter, UNLV was in the red zone looking for a touchdown. It was third-and-goal from the Ohio 1-yard line when the offense sabotaged itself.
Tight end Matt Byrnes got moving pre-snap and the ball was snapped as he got past the left tackle. His job on the play was to come through the formation and seal the edge so that running back Keyvone Lee could burst through into the end zone for a touchdown.
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UNLV Rebels running back Keyvone Lee (2) runs into tight end Matt Byrnes (85) after the pass against the Ohio Bobcats in the second half at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on Dec. 23, 2025. (Raymond Carlin III/Imagn Images)
Instead, Byrnes came across and obliterated Lee behind the line for a 1-yard loss on the play. Lee took the pass and ran two steps before being tackled by his own teammate.
UNLV ended up scoring one play later on fourth-and-goal when quarterback Anthony Colandrea ran it in for a touchdown from two yards out, so it all worked out on that drive.
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Ohio interim head coach John Hauser is giddy after winning the Frisco Bowl NCAA college football game against UNLV. The game was played in Frisco, Texas on December 23, 2025. (LM Otero/AP Photo)
But after scoring the touchdown to make it 17-10, Ohio ran out the clock and never gave the ball back to UNLV. It was the first time UNLV had been held under 20 points in 35 games, which had been the longest streak in the nation.
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For Ohio, it was their seventh straight bowl game victory. Defensive coordinator and interim head coach John Hauser led Ohio to victory after head coach Brian Smith was fired earlier this month for having an affair with an undergraduate student.
