Behind quarterback Caylin Newton, younger brother of Cam Newton, the Howard University Bison defeated the UNLV Rebels on Sept. 2, 43-40, completing the biggest point spread upset in college football history.
Coming into the game, the Runnin’ Rebels were favored by 45 points. ESPN gave the Bison a 1.2% chance to win.
Following the game, the Rebels’ head coach Tony Sanchez was very vocal about his team’s inability to avoid making mental mistakes.
“We shot ourselves in the foot so many times early on in that first half,” Sanchez said. “Our inability to play well on third down on defense was pretty evident, our red zone offense was really poor, we had two missed field goals and the penalties we had pushed drives back.