RENO, Nev.  - Saturday was one of those days when little went right for the Idaho Vandals - and little went wrong for the Nevada Wolf Pack.

Nevada quarterback Jeff Rowe was surgical in his dissection of the Vandal defense. And the Vandal offense was dissonant in an effort that netted just 14 points as Nevada won 62-14 before its homecoming crowd of 11,584 at Mackay Stadium. Idaho is 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the Western Athletic Conference; Nevada is 3-2 and 2-0.

"It was just bad day; a total embarrassment," UI coach Nick Holt said. "We didn't do anything very well. We didn't get any stops on defense. We didn't move the ball on offense ... just a complete bad game. Give Reno credit. They did a good job. We need to get better."

Holt made no excuses; could not pinpoint a reason for the drop in productivity in just one week by the Vandals.

"I don't know. We practiced well," he said. "We have to do a better job as coaches getting these guys coming out better. You can't go three-and-out, basically, the first half.

"Nothing was good today. We have a lot of work today. We regressed. We were not a good football team today."

Wichman, who completed 80 percent of his passes one week ago, was just a touch over 50 percent (25-of-49 with one interception and two TDs) this week. Part of his numbers reflected a running game that could not soften the defense (net 38 yards) and a collection of dropped passes. He finished with 275 yards in passing but it wound up a what-if day had there not been so many drops.

Those drops, junior receiver D.J. Smith said, likely were the result of a lack of focus.

"It was a lack of concentration," said Smith, who caught nine for 77 yards but clearly remembers two drops. "It's stuff that coaches preach over and over. We made mistakes. It was nothing that was excusable."

Things didn't go the Vandals' way from the outset.

Nevada scored first after the Vandals weren't able to escape from a deep hole when their first drive started at their own 6 as the resulted of a miscalculation on the opening kickoff. A punt to near midfield followed by a return to the UI 21 put the Wolf Pack in prime position for its first TD - a four-yard run by B.J. Mitchell with 9:59 to go in the first.

The Vandals moved the ball in spurts on their next series but only were able to cross over the midfield stripe before coming up short on fourth-down and about 18 inches to return the ball to Nevada. Again, the short field - and a late hit - played into the hands of the Wolf Pack. Nevada moved to the Vandal 22, was backed up to the UI 27 on a delay of game penalty, before Mitchell broke free to the UI 14. A late hit called on Ryan Davis gave Nevada the ball at the UI 7 and Mitchell darted through the ride side to score in the next play for a 14-0 Wolf Pack lead with 6:07 to go.

Poor field position continued to haunt the Vandals as the first quarter wound down and the second began. The two teams traded possessions on five successive series before the Wolf Pack struck again - this time on a 20-yard pass from Jeff Rowe to Caleb Spencer with 6:12 to go before the half.

The Wolf Pack followed with an onside kick and used the midfield start to march in for its fourth score of the half. Rowe slipped a two-yard shuffle pass to tight end Adam Bishop for the 28-0 advantage with 2:25 to play in the opening half.

The Vandals finally scored when Wichman and Smith hooked up on a seven-yard pass for the TD with :59 remaining in the second. However, Mike Barrow's PAT was blocked to leave the score at 28-6.

The second half began much the same way as the first. Rowe mixed accurate passing with runs by Mitchell to take the Wolf Pack on an 80-yard scoring drive on their first series. The big play - and the scoring play - was Mitchell's 56-yard run on third-down-and-two at the Nevada 44. Add the PAT and Nevada was up 35-6 with 13:37 to go in the third.

Then, as in the first quarter, the Wolf Pack struck again when Mitchell followed the surge through from the seven for a 42-6 lead with 7:53 left in the third.

The Wolf Pack added two fourth-quarter scores - one a Rowe to Spencer pass and the other two via the defense - a 90-yard fumble return by Nick Hawthorne and a 47-yard interception return by DeAngelo Wilson.

The added one final TD when Wichman connected with true freshman Wes Williams on a 31-yard pass play to which the Vandals added a two-point conversion with Wichman going to Wendell Octave.

The Vandals are off this week before turning to action Oct. 22 against Fresno State at the Kibbie Dome. Kickoff is 2 p.m.