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UNLV MEDIA RELATIONS • BOX 450004 • 4505 MARYLAND PKWY. LAS VEGAS, NV 89154-0004 MARK WALLINGTON • O: (702) 895-4472 • C: (702) 528-6291 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @UNLVFBSID 2013 REBEL QUICK FACTS GAME 1 ALL-TIME RECORD: 225-283-4 (46th year) MW RECORD: 27-78 (15th year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 139-114-3 (43rd year) UNLV REBELS (0-0/0-0 MW) HEAD COACH: Bobby Hauck (Montana ‘88) at HAUCK UNLV RECORD: 6-32 (4th year) HAUCK OVERALL: 86-49 (11th year) MINNESOTA (0-0/0-0 BIG TEN) DATE: Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 FOLLOW UNLV ATHLETICS KICKOFF: 4:06 pm PT SITE: TCF Bank Stadium (50,805/FieldTurf) TV: Big Ten Network (Matt Devlin & Glen Mason) unlvathletics @unlvathletics RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 98.9 FM (Russ Langer & Mike Pritchard) @unlvathletics unlvathletics ONLINE: BTN2Go.com or live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com THURSDAY’S GAME PREVIEW... UNLV opens its 46th season of football by traveling to the North Star State for the fi rst time ever, taking on Minnesota in a special Thursday night matchup ... Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. PT as the Rebels will make their fi rst appearance on the Big Ten Network (BTN) ... This marks the second consecutive year that the Rebels open early on the fi rst day of the season against the Golden Gophers and the fourth straight year that UNLV debuts against a Big Ten Confer- ence opponent as it played at Wisconsin in 2011 and hosted the Badgers to start the 2010 campaign ... The Rebels are 22-23 all-time in season lid-lifters, including 5-15 when opening on the road ... UNLV boasts an 8-6 record on Thursday games (see Page 2 graphic) ... UNLV will play a game in the month of August for the eighth time in history ... The Rebels are 3-4 in August and have won three of their last four pre-Labor Day outings ... UNLV has played on Aug. 29 just one other time and defeated Toledo 28-18 at home in 2003 ... UNLV is 2-12 all-time vs. current Big Ten teams: 0-1 vs. Minnesota, 2-8 vs. Wisconsin, 0-2 vs. Northwestern and 0-1 vs. Nebraska, which was a member the Big 8 at the time of the 1988 game ... The Rebels will face another team from the league when they travel to Michigan on Sept. 19, 2015 ... The Gophers and Rebels have two common opponents this season as each will host both FCS program Western Illinois and new Mountain West member San Jose State this fall . REBELS vs. GOLDEN GOPHERS NOTES... UNLV’s trip to Minneapolis was originally scheduled to happen in 2009 before the series was pushed back ... UNLV head coach Bobby Hauck holds a 1-1 record vs. Minnesota’s Jerry Kill as Hauck’s Montana team downed Kill’s Southern Illinois squad 20-6 in the quarterfi nals of the 2006 NCAA FCS playoffs ... While the Rebels are looking for their fi rst win over the Gophers, one UNLV player has two to his credit. RB Adonis Smith sat out last year after transfer- ring from Northwestern and the Wildcats went 2-0 against Minnesota while he was in Evanston. In the 2011 game, Smith rushed 10 times for 31 yards after logging just two carries for one yard in the previous fall’s matchup ... Minnesota senior DB Brock Vereen’s father is former Rebel WR-RB Henry “Varoom” Vereen (1975-78) and his mother, Venita, played tennis at UNLV (1978-81) ... Interestingly, these two programs share a former head coach as former Rebel head man Jeff Horton (1994-98) served as interim head coach of the Gophers at the end of the 2010 season, going 2-3 after replacing Tim Brewster. Aug. 29 at Minnesota 4:00 pm PT BTN UM 1-0 Rebels open vs. Big Ten team for fourth straight season Sept. 7 ARIZONA 7:30 pm PT CBSSN ARIZ 1-0 UNLV hosts Wildcats for fi rst time Sept. 14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7:00 pm PT MWN UNLV 2-1 First meeting since 1994 Las Vegas Bowl Sept. 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 6:00 pm PT Tied 1-1 Teams haven’t played each other since 1977 Sept. 28 at New Mexico* 5:00 pm PT TBA Tied 10-10 Winning team will break a 10-10 tie in all-time series Oct. 12 HAWAI’I* 5:00 pm PT TWC UH 14-8 Rebels have won two straight at home vs. UH Oct. 19 at Fresno State* 7:00 pm PT MWN FS 11-4 UNLV makes fi rst trip to Fresno State since 1997 Oct. 26 at Nevada, Reno* TBA ESPN Networks UNR 23-15 Batte for Fremont Cannon on Nevada Day Wknd for fi rst time Nov. 2 SAN JOSE STATE* 1:00 pm PT MWN SJSU 11-5-1 Longtime rivalry is renewed for fi rst time since 1997 Nov. 9 UTAH STATE* TBA ESPN Networks USU 13-7 Originally a non-conference meeting, now a MW matchup Nov. 21 at Air Force* 6:30 pm PT ESPNU AFA 13-5 Rebels look for only their second win at Academy (2001) Nov. 30 SAN DIEGO STATE* TBA ESPN Networks SDSU 14-8 Fifth time UNLV has closed its MW season vs. Aztecs 2012 THE LAST TIME THEY MET SERIES BREAKDOWN REBEL RUNDOWN (Aug. 30, 2012) MINN LEADS 1-0 Minnesota 30, UNLV 27 (3OT) Record: 2-11 UNLV at UM RECORD: 0-0 Home: 2-5 LAS VEGAS -- Playing late on a Thursday night in August, UNLV and Minnesota faced each other for the fi rst time ever UM at UNLV RECORD: 1-0 Away: 0-6 UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: N/A and helped kick off the 2012 college football season before Day Games: 1-3 UM’s LARGEST WIN: 3 (30-27 in 2012) Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 1-8 a national TV audience. They also nearly played their way TV Games: 2-10 right into the next day as the Golden Gophers escaped with DATE SITE RESULT on CBS Sports Network 0-1 a 30-27 win in triple overtime. Debuting newly designed 8-30-12 Las Vegas UM 30-27 3OT on NBC Sports Network 0-1 helmets and uniforms and hosting just the third Big Ten on ESPN 0-1 Conference team to ever come to Las Vegas, UNLV struck fi rst with a 39-yard Nolan Kohorst fi eld goal on TWC SportsNet 2-5 that was set up by a tipped-pass interception by Tim Hasson that he returned 44 yards. Things stayed that on ESPN3/ERT 0-2 way until James Gillum got the Gophers on the board with a 16-yard rushing TD to end the scoring in the When Scoring First: 1-4 fi rst half. The Rebels retook the lead when a Minnesota muffed punt return (also recovered by Hasson) When Opponent Scores First: 1-7 When Leading at Halftime: 1-2 was converted into a Tim Cornett one-yard scoring plunge. The Gophers tied it, and then took the lead, When Trailing at Halftime: 1-9 with a pair of fourth-quarter fi eld goals. However, the Rebels eventually sent it to overtime courtesy of a When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 35-yard Kohorst fi eld goal. Playing in OT for the fi rst time since 2008, UNLV rolled into the end zone with an When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 2-3 18-yard Cornett scamper. A Rebel late hit on UM QB MarQueis Gray set the Gophers up for a game-tying When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-8 answer as Gray found John Rabe to extend the evening. That same combo hooked up for a 25-yard TD In Overtime Games: 0-1 just minutes later before UNLV answered with a Nick Sherry to Devante Davis six-yard scoring pass on When Scoring <20 Points: 0-6 fourth down. Sherry, who was just the third freshman QB to ever start a UNLV season opener, went fi rst in When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-3 the third overtime and tossed his third interception in the game in the end zone. The Gophers soon ended When Scoring 30+ Points: 2-2 it with a 32-yard fi eld goal. Cornett would fi nish with 127 yards and two rushing scores while Hasson had When Allowing <20 Points: 1-1 seven tackles, including a sack, to go with his two recovered turnovers. When Allowing 20-29 Points: 0-2 When Allowing 30+ Points: 1-8 When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-2 NON-SATURDAY SUCCESS When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 1-9 In its 45-year history, UNLV has played 14 Thursday games, eight Friday contests, one Sunday matchup When Rushing 200+ Yards: 1-0 and one Monday game in 2005 at New Mexico. The Rebels boast a 6-1-1 record on Fridays and an When Passing <200 Yards: 0-6 When Passing 200-299 Yards: 2-3 impressive overall non-Saturday record of 14-9-1. When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-2 UNLV ALL-TIME NON-SATURDAY GAMES When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-4 DAY DATE OPPONENT TV RESULT SCORE When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 2-7 Thursday Oct. 22, 1970 At Cal State Fullerton None Won 20-10 When Allowing <100 Yds Rush: 0-3 Thursday Nov. 26, 1970 NEVADA, RENO None Won 42-30 When Allowing 100-199 Yds Rush: 0-3 Friday Sept. 21, 1973 MARSHALL None Won 31-9 When Allowing 200+ Yds Rush: 2-5 Friday Nov.