MARK WALLINGTON • O: (702) 895-4472 • C: (702) 528-6291 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @UNLVFBSID SARAH MICINSKI• O: (702) 895-3207 • C: (509) 499-4656 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @sarahsaj25 2018 REBEL QUICK FACTS GAME 5: ALL-TIME RECORD: 248-326-4 (51st year) MW RECORD: 42-101 (20th year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 154-132-3 (48th year) UNLV REBELS (2-2/0-0 Mountain West) HEAD COACH: Tony Sanchez (NMSU ‘98) Vs SANCHEZ UNLV REC: 14-26 (4th year) SANCHEZ OVERALL: 14-26 (4th year) New Mexico (2-2/0-0 Mountain West) DATE: Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 FOLLOW UNLV FOOTBALL KICKOFF: 1:08 pm PT SITE: Sam Boyd Stadium (35,500/SPRINTURF), Las Vegas TV: AT&T SportsNet (Drew Goodman, Sed Bonner & Brad Thompson) unlvfootball @unlvfootball RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield) unlvathletics @unlvfootball @unlvathletics @unlvathletics unlvathletics ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com SATURDAY’S PREVIEW... UNLV (2-2/0-0) looks to win its first three home games for the first time since 2000 when it opens Mountain West play by hosting New Mexico (2-2/0- 0) in what is the league debut for both teams ... The Rebels are coming off a bye while the Lobos fell to Liberty at home, 52-33 ... UNLV is 13-23 in conference openers, including 9-9 when they take place at home ... Rebel head coach Tony Sanchez is 3-0 in MW lid-lifters making him the first UNLV leader to win his first three ... With starter Armani Rogers out this week because of injury, it has now been 22 years since the same quarterback has started every game of a season for the Rebels (Jon Denton 1996) ... UNLV is the only team in college football with two rushers in the nation’s top 25: QB Armani Rogers is ninth with 122.0 YPG while RB Lexington Thomas is 14th with 116.3 YPG and is in third place on the school’s career rushing yards list with 2,953 ... #LightningLex, who needs 197 more yards to move past two-time All-American Mike Thomas into second place on UNLV’s career rushing list, has run for at least 100 yards in three of four outings this fall and is within one such game of tying Tim Cornett (16 in 2011-14) for second on the school’s all-time list ... As a team, UNLV sits third in the nation with 336.5 yards per game rushing behind only option-based attacks Navy and Georgia Tech ... Under new coordinator Tim Skipper, UNLV’s defense has already equaled its QB sack total from a year ago with 11 in four games. REBELS vs. LOBOS NOTES... UNLV’s thrilling 38-35 victory in the meeting last fall gave the Rebels a 12-11 lead in the all-time series ... UNLV has taken six of the last eight vs. UNM, including three of the last four at home ... The Lobos, however, won the most recent Las Vegas meeting, 31-28, in 2014 ... UNM has passed for exactly five combined yards in the last two meetings with UNLV, including zero last fall in Albuquerque ... Eight of the last 13 games played between the two programs have been decided by 7 points or less ... These schools played five straight seasons (1978-82) when UNLV first thought itself headed to the Western Athletic Conference ... Ironically, the teams never met while both actually were members of the WAC (1996-98) ... While four UNLV staffers coached or played at New Mexico State (HC Tony Sanchez, director of strength & conditioning Sean Manuel, DL coach Tony Samuel and OC Barney Cotton), the only current member of the staff who coached at UNM is first-year safeties coach Al Simmons, who spent 2015-17 with the Lobos. Sept. 1 at #15/15 USC L, 43-21 P12N USC 2-0 58,708 Trojans score 24 in fourth quarter to pull away Sept. 8 UTEP W, 52-24 AT&T SportsNet UNLV 6-2 14,122 Rebels score on seven of first eight posssessions Sept. 15 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W, 46-17 MWN UNLV 2-0 14,786 QB Armani Rogers ties school record with 4 rush TDs Sept. 22 at Arkansas State L, 27-20 ESPN3 Tied 1-1 18,537 Rain soaks Rebels in program’s first trip to Jonesboro Oct. 6 NEW MEXICO* 1 pm PT AT&T SportsNet UNLV 12-11 UNLV has won six of last eight meetings with Lobos Oct. 13 at Utah State* 1 pm PT Facebook USU 16-7 Rebels looking for first win over USU in MW play Oct. 19 AIR FORCE* (HC) 7 pm PT CBS SN AFA 15-6 UNLV led 27-0 last year before Falcons rallied for win Oct. 27 at San Jose State* 3:30 pm PT AT&T SportsNet SJSU 15-6-1 Rebs trying to earn first victory at Spartan Stadium since ‘93 Nov. 3 FRESNO STATE* 7:30 PT CBS SN FS 13-7 UNLV going for third straight win at home over ‘Dogs Nov. 10 at San Diego State* TBA ESPN Networks SDSU 17-9 Rebels haven’t won in San Diego since 2000 Nov. 17 at Hawai’i* 8 pm PT TBA UH 15-12 UNLV looking to win two straight on Islands for first time Nov. 24 UNR* 6:30 pm PT CBS SN UNR 26-17 Rebels looking for first win over Pack at SBS since ‘04 #REBBLOODED 2018 REBEL RUNDOWN Record: 2-2 Home: 2-0 Away: 0-2 Day Games (Start before 5 pm): 0-1 Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 2-1 TV Games: 1-2 on PAC-12 Network 0-1 on AT&T SportsNet 1-0 on CBS Sports Network 0-0 on ESPN3 0-1 on Facebook 0-0 on Spectrum PPV 0-0 When Scoring First: 2-0 When Opponent Scores First: 0-2 When Leading at Halftime: 2-0 When Trailing at Halftime: 0-2 When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 2-1 When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-1 In Overtime Games: 0-0 When Scoring <20 Points: 0-0 When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-2 HAPPY 50TH, NSU REBELS! When Scoring 30+ Points: 2-0 UNLV honored the 50th anniversary of its first football team at the home opener vs. UTEP. That 1968 squad When Allowing <20 Points: 1-0 of Rebels was still a year away from being known as UNLV -- as it played a lone season under the name When Allowing 20-29 Points: 1-1 Nevada Southern University. NSU -- led by original coach Bill Ireland -- played its home games at old When Allowing 30+ Points: 0-1 Cashman Field and enjoyed stunning success for a fledgling college squad, winning its first eight games, When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-0 including a 69-0 pasting of Cal Tech, before falling by four points in the season finale to Cal Lutheran. The When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 0-0 team was part of the inaugural class inducted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame in 1987. When Rushing 200+ Yards: 2-2 When Passing <200 Yards: 2-2 When Passing 200-299 Yards: 0-0 LIKE FATHER, LIKES REBELS With two centers banged up, UNLV started When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-0 FATHER-SON COMBOS WHO LETTERED AT UNLV When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-0 redshirt freshman Jackson Reynolds vs. SON, POS, YRS LETTERED FATHER, POS, YRS LETTERED When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 2-2 Prairie View A&M and the walk-on played Jackson Reynolds, OL, 2018 Jerry Reynolds, OL, 1990-93 When Allowing <100 Yds Rush: 1-0 every offensive snap. Reynolds, a gradu- Alex Perry, DB, 2018 Archie Perry, DB, 1991 When Allowing 100-199 Yds Rush: 0-1 ate of Foothill High School in Henderson, Ron Scoggins Jr., OL, 2012-14 Ron Scoggins, OL, 1983-85 When Allowing 200+ Yds Rush: 1-1 NV, is the son of former Rebel offensive Corbin Brown, DB, 2011 Greg Brown, WR, 1970-71 When Allowing <200 Yds Pass: 1-1 lineman Jerry Reynolds. After walking on When Allowing 200-299 Yds Pass: 1-1 Nolan Kohorst, PK, 2010-13 Keith Kohorst, OL, 1981-82 to the program himself, the elder Reynolds When Allowing 300+ Yds Pass: 0-0 Brett Rather, FB, 2010 Bob Rather, LB, 1977-78 lettered from 1990-93 and was taken in the When Allowing 400+ Yds Tot Off: 0-1 Chris Jones, DB, 2008-10 Kirk Jones, RB, 1983-86 sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft before When Having 100-Yard Rusher: 2-2 Richie Plunkett, OL, 2007-08 Art Plunkett, DL, 1977-80 When Allowing 100-Yard Rusher: 1-1 playing three years with the New York When Making No Turnovers: 1-0 Giants. Another new Rebel, Arizona State When Making 1-2 Turnovers: 0-1 transfer Alex Perry, is the son of former When Making 3+ Turnovers: 1-1 UNLV COLOR COMBO CONVO 2018 UNLV safety Archie Perry, who played When No Takeaways: 0-1 WK OPPONENT HELMET JERSEY PANT the 1991 season alongside Jerry Reynolds. When 1-2 Takeways: 1-1 1 at USC Red White Red When 3+ Takeaways: 1-0 2 UTEP Black Red Black 3 PVAMU Red Black Red When More Time of Poss: 2-0 4 at Arkansas State Silver White Black When Playing on Artificial Turf: 2-1 5 NEW MEXICO When Playing on Natural Grass: 0-1 6 at Utah State When Game Decided by TD or Less: 0-1 7 AIR FORCE When Game Decided by FG or Less: 0-0 8 at San Jose State 9 FRESNO STATE 10 at San Diego State www.unlvrebels.com 11 at Hawai’i 12 UNR 2018 REBEL STAT BOX 2018 RED ZONE REDUX TEAM INDIVIDUAL (NCAA TOP 100) CATEGORY MW NAT CATEGORY MW NAT UNLV Atts Scores TD FG RUSHING OFFENSE 336.5 1 3 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME at USC 2 1 1 0 PASSING OFFENSE 92.2 12 127 Armani Rogers 122.0 2 8 UTEP 5 4 3 1 TOTAL OFFENSE 462.0 4 44 Lexington Thomas 116.2 3 14 PVAMU 7 6 5 1 SCORING OFFENSE 34.8 7 45 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS PER GAME at ARKANSAS STATE 3 2 2 0 Armani Rogers 122.0 4 40 NEW MEXICO PASS EFFICIENCY 93.7 12 127 at Utath State RUSHING DEFENSE 180.2 9 93 Lexington Thomas 118.0 5 T46 AIR FORCE PASSING DEFENSE 210.5 4 52 TOTAL OFFENSE PER GAME at San Jose State TOTAL DEFENSE 390.8 7 82 Armani Rogers 214.2 8 73 FRESNO STATE POINTS RESPONSIBLE FOR at San Diego State SCORING DEFENSE 27.8 7 82 at Hawai’i Armani Rogers 72 T4 T27 PASSING EFFY DEF.