 Arizona came in to the fourth quarter trailing Nevada by 17 points . Arizona was able to cut the lead to 45 @-@ 35 on a 63 @-@ yard touchdown pass from Scott to Austin Hill soon after the 4th quarter began . Nevada then took a 48 @-@ 35 lead on a 25 @-@ yard field goal from Hardison , for a 13 @-@ point lead with only 1 : 44 left in regulation time . Arizona , with no timeouts and needing two scores to win the game , was able to cut the lead down to 48 @-@ 42 with only 42 seconds left in regulation on a short touchdown pass from Scott to Hill . After Marquis Flowers successfully recovered the onside kick , Arizona quickly scored with another short Scott touchdown pass , this time to Tyler Slavin , to take tie the game at 48 with only 19 seconds left in regulation . Prior to the extra point attempt , Nevada coach Chris Ault called his final timeout to try to ice kicker John Bonano . The tactic was unsuccessful , as Bonano made the extra point to give Arizona a one @-@ point lead . The final 19 seconds of the game were the only time that Arizona led . Arizona held on to the lead after Arizona 's Flowers intercepted a Fajardo pass with a few seconds remaining in the game . 
