HONOLULU ? Nevada proved Central Florida wasn’t the only team to have an amazing turnaround this season.

Jeff Rowe scored on a four-yard naked bootleg in overtime, leading the Wolf Pack to a 49-48 victory over the Golden Knights in the Hawaii Bowl on Saturday night.

UCF kicker Matt Prater, who had three field goals during the game, missed the tying extra point wide right, giving the Nevada the win and sending Wolf Pack players running on the field as stunned Central Florida looked on.

B.J. Mitchell ran for 178 yards and two touchdowns, and Robert Hubbard had 126 yards rushing and three touchdowns for the Wolf Pack (9-3), who finished with their best season since 1996 and spoiled Central Florida’s bowl debut.

“We knew it was going to be a hard fight,” Hubbard said.

Earlier this season, the Golden Knights (8-5) ended what was the nation’s longest Division I-A losing streak at 17 games. After going 0-11 last year, they were trying to tie the 1940 Stanford team for the second-biggest, one-season turnaround in NCAA football history.