They got beat this week too.
Howard pulls biggest point-spread upset in college football history
David Purdum
9/3/17
By point-spread standards, Howard pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in modern college football history Saturday night.
The Bison, an FCS team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, entered as 45-point road underdogs against UNLV and stunned the Rebels 43-40 in Las Vegas. UNLV paid Howard $600,000 for the appearance.
Las Vegas sportsbooks were not offering a money line on the game, but the Bison could be found as 600-1 long shots and even higher at some offshore books.
Howard's win comes a day after the 10-year anniversary of Appalachian State's upset of Michigan in Ann Arbor. No point spread was archived on the game between the Wolverines and the Mountaineers, who at the time played in Division I-AA.
In the same season, Stanford upset USC as a 39-point underdog.
Howard quarterback Caylin Newton, the younger brother of Carolina Panthers star Cam Newton, accounted for 330 total offensive yards and three touchdowns to lead the upset Saturday in the debut for new Bison coach Mike London. Newton had 21 carries for 190 yards and two scores and passed for 140 and a score.
Howard raced to a 21-9 lead when linebacker Devin Rollins returned a fumble for a 75-yard score midway through the second quarter. The Rebels responded by reeling off 24 consecutive points and led 33-21 after Charles Williams plunged in from a yard out with 6:45 left in the third.
Anthony Philyaw scored touchdown runs of 3 and 11 yards to put the Bison back up 34-33. Lexington Thomas scored for UNLV for a 40-36 lead, and Newton concluded the scoring with a 4-yard run with 7:34 left to play.
Thomas had 21 carries for 151 yards and two touchdowns, and Armani Rogers passed for 220 yards and a touchdown for UNLV.
David Purdum
9/3/17
By point-spread standards, Howard pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in modern college football history Saturday night.
The Bison, an FCS team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, entered as 45-point road underdogs against UNLV and stunned the Rebels 43-40 in Las Vegas. UNLV paid Howard $600,000 for the appearance.
Las Vegas sportsbooks were not offering a money line on the game, but the Bison could be found as 600-1 long shots and even higher at some offshore books.
Howard's win comes a day after the 10-year anniversary of Appalachian State's upset of Michigan in Ann Arbor. No point spread was archived on the game between the Wolverines and the Mountaineers, who at the time played in Division I-AA.
In the same season, Stanford upset USC as a 39-point underdog.
Howard quarterback Caylin Newton, the younger brother of Carolina Panthers star Cam Newton, accounted for 330 total offensive yards and three touchdowns to lead the upset Saturday in the debut for new Bison coach Mike London. Newton had 21 carries for 190 yards and two scores and passed for 140 and a score.
Howard raced to a 21-9 lead when linebacker Devin Rollins returned a fumble for a 75-yard score midway through the second quarter. The Rebels responded by reeling off 24 consecutive points and led 33-21 after Charles Williams plunged in from a yard out with 6:45 left in the third.
Anthony Philyaw scored touchdown runs of 3 and 11 yards to put the Bison back up 34-33. Lexington Thomas scored for UNLV for a 40-36 lead, and Newton concluded the scoring with a 4-yard run with 7:34 left to play.
Thomas had 21 carries for 151 yards and two touchdowns, and Armani Rogers passed for 220 yards and a touchdown for UNLV.
Yes...LV's two best high school teams got beat this weekend...Bishop Gorman and UNLV. The program is a complete joke and has been for years. Their last head coach hire was a high school coach with no college experience. They absolutely should disband the program and concentrate on basketball. Now everyone will say just wait for the Raider's stadium to drive recruiting, but you still have the same pathetic foundation in place. I live here and, I guess, the best thing about the situation is that nobody cares. BTW...Idaho will thump them next week.
Since 2005.
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| Date | Game | Spread | Result |
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| Sept. 2, 2017 | Howard at UNLV | -45 | Howard won 43-40 |
| Oct. 6, 2007 | Stanford at USC | -39 | Stanford won 24-23 |
| Sept. 22, 2007 | Syracuse at Louisville | -38.5 | Syracuse won 38-35. |
| Sept. 1, 2012 | Texas State at Houston | -36.5 | Texas State won 30-13 |
| Sept. 2, 2017 | Liberty at Baylor | -33 | Liberty won 48-45 |
| Nov. 14, 2015 | New Mexico at Boise St. | -31 | New Mexico won 31-24 |
| Sept. 5, 2015 | Portland St. at Washington St. | -31 | Portland St. won 24-17 |
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