LAS VEGAS — Super Cam has a super little brother.
Caylin Newton, the brother of the Panthers star, accounted for 330 total offensive yards and three touchdowns to lead 45-point underdog and FCS-member Howard to a stunning 43-40 win Saturday night in the season opener and debut for new Bison coa🐓ch Mike London.
Howard spoiled the start of UNLV’s 50th season of play with the biggest upset in college football history based on point spread. Stanford held the previous record when it was declared a 40-point underdog against USC in 2007 and beat the Trojans.
The Rebels started the game flagged for offside on the opening kickoff, and at one point, the officials stopped a play because UNLV’s cheerleaders were still on the field.
Newton, a true freshman from Atlanta, had 21 carries for 190 yards and two scores and passed for 140 and a score. He’s quite a bit smaller than his famous brother — he’s listed at 5-foot-11, whereas Cam is 6-foot-5 — but Caylin has a similar dynamism to his game.
As for the former Virginia coach, he inherited a team that was 3-19 in the last two seaso🐟ns that included losses last year of 52-13 to Maryland, 52-14 against Rutgers, and in 2015, suffered a 49-0 loss to Appalachian State and a 76-0 defeat against Boston College.
Howard raced to a 21-9 lead when Devin Rollins returned a fumble 🃏for a 75-yard score. The Rebels responded by reeling off 24 consecutive points and led 33-21 when Charles Williams plunged in from a yard out with 6:45 left in the third.
Anthony Philyaw posted touchdown runs of 3 and 11 yards respectively to put the Bison back up 36-33. Lexington Thomas scored for UNLV for a 40-36 lead, an🅰d Newton concluded the scoring with a 4-yard run with 7:34 left to play.
Thomas had 21 carries for 151 yards and tw🐭o touchdowns, and Armani Rogers passed for 220 yards and a touch🅘down for UNLV.