UNLV SPORTS INFORMATION • 4505 MARYLAND PKWY. • LAS VEGAS, NEV. 89154-0004 Mark Wallington • O: (702) 895-4472 • H: (702) 434-5911 • E-MAIL: [email protected] 2001 SCHEDULES/RESULTS U N LV (2-5) Date Opponent TV Result A. 30 at Arkansas ESPN L, 14-10 S. 7 NORTHWESTERN ESPN L, 37-28 S. 22 at Arizona KFBT L, 38-21 S. 29 BYU ABC L, 35-31 O. 6 at Nevada, Reno KLAS W, 27-12 O. 13 SAN DIEGO STATE ABC W, 31-3 UNLV (2-5, 1-2 MOUNTAIN WEST) O. 20 COLORADO STATE KLAS L, 26-24 O. 27 at Wyoming LV One 3 pm PT vs. N. 3 UTAH TBA 1 pm PT N. 10 at New Mexico KLAS 4 pm PT WYOMING (2-5, 0-4 MOUNTAIN WEST) N. 17 at Air Force TBA TBA DATE: Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001 W YOMING (2-5) KICKOFF: 3:07 pm PDT Date Opponent Result (MT) SITE: War Memorial Stadium (33,500/Natural Grass) Laramie S. 1 FURMAN W, 20-14 S. 6 TEXAS A&M L, 28-20 TV: SportsWest:Las Vegas One/Cable 39 (Dave McCann and Irv Brown) S. 22 at Utah State W, 43-42 RADIO: ESPN 920 AM (Tim Neverett, Tony Cordasco) S. 29 COLORADO STATE L, 42-14 O. 6 NEW MEXICO L, 30-29 O. 13 at Air Force L, 24-13 GAME PREVIEW O. 20 at Utah L, 35-0 O. 27 UNLV 4 pm UNLV (2-5) looks for its first Mountain West Conference road victory of the season as it travels to take on N. 10 BYU TBA Wyoming (2-5) ... This is the second consecutive week that the Rebels will play an opponent with an identical N. 17 at San Diego State TBA overall record ... The game will be shown in Las Vegas on Cox Cable channels 1 and 39 ... The Rebels are N. 24 at Kansas 12 pm coming off a 26-24 home loss to Colorado State while the Cowboys lost their fourth straight, 35-0 at Utah ... UNLV, which plays three of its final four dates on the road, must win all of its remaning games to earn a second 2001 UNLV QUICK FACTS consecutive winning season ... The Rebels have posted only three winning seasons in the last 14 years ... Location: Las Vegas, NV 89154 UNLV has boasted a 100-yard rusher in five of seven games this fall, including three straight ... The five teams Founded: 1957 that have defeated UNLV this season have a combined record of 20-13 ... UNLV head coach John Robinson Enrollment: 23,000 is 2-0 vs. Wyoming in his career ... The Rebels have played in front of seven consecutive crowds larger than Nickname: Rebels (Not Runnin’) 20,000 this season for only the second time in history (1983). Colors: Scarlet & Gray President: Dr. Carol C. Harter SERIES NOTES SERIES RECORD: UNLV leads 5- 4 Dir. of Athletics: Charles Cavagnaro UNLV leads the all-time series 5-4 ... The only other LAST MEETING: 2000 (UNLV 42-23) UNLV at WYO RECORD: 2-2 Faculty Representative: Dr. Hal K. Rothman MWC schools that the Rebels have a winning record against are SDSU (6-5) and UNM (5-3) ... The Rebels WYO at UNLV RECORD: 2-3 Conference: Mountain West UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: 19 (42-23 in 2000) Stadium/Opened: Sam Boyd/1971 won the first three games in the series by a total of 13 WYO’s LARGEST WIN: 24 (45-21 in 1981) points ... Wyoming then had a four-game winning streak Capacity/Surface: 36,800/Natural Grass DATE SITE RESULT Record in Stadium: 114-72-3 (30th season) before 1999’s upset victory in Laramie, which gave UNLV 11-11-78 Las Vegas UNLV, 12-10 All-Time Record: 188-184-4 (34th season) its third and final victory of the year during Robinson’s 10-27-79 Laramie UNLV, 28-24 All-Time vs. MWC: 24-35-1 first year in Las Vegas ... UNLV’s five victories in the 11-8-80 Las Vegas UNLV, 33-26 Head Coach: John Robinson series have come by a total of 35 points ... The Rebel- 10-3-81 Laramie WYO, 45-21 Poke history is a high-scoring one as the winning team 9-28-96 Las Vegas WYO, 33-21 Record at UNLV: 13-18 (.419/3rd year) 11-8-97 Laramie WYO, 35-23 Record Overall: 117-53-4 (.684/15th year) has reached at least 32 points in six of the last eight 10-17-98 Las Vegas WYO, 28-25 (OT) 2000 Record: 8-5/4-3 (T3rd MWC) meetings and the average score for the series stands at 10-9-99 Laramie UNLV, 35-32 Offense: Multiple 31-20 ... Former Rebel QB Jon Denton set a then- 10-21-00 Las Vegas UNLV, 42-23 Defense: 4-3 NCAA freshman single-game record when he threw for 486 yards vs. the Pokes in 1996. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

THE LAST TIME THEY MET 2001 REBEL UNLV 42, WYOMING 23 RUNDOWN POKES FALL IN LAS VEGAS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE ‘80 Record: 2-5 LAS VEGAS -- (Oct. 21, 2000) UNLV (4-3) got touchdowns from six different players and recorded Home: 1-3 eight sacks as the Rebels won their fourth straight home game in the same season for the first time since 1989 Away: 1-2 with a 42-23 victory over Wyoming before 19,967 at Sam Boyd Stadium and a SportsWest TV audience. Day Games: 2-3 The win, which was the first over Wyoming in Las Vegas since 1980, moved the Rebels above .500 after Night Games (After 6 pm): 0-2 seven games for the first time since 1994. UNLV saw seven players score six points apiece, including two TV Games: 2-5 unusual plays to open the scoring. First, wide receiver Nate Turner took a lateral from quarterback Jason on ABC 1-1 Vaughan, who was making his first start of the season, and hit Bobby Nero for a 33-yard touchdown strike. on ESPN 0-2 Just four minutes later, special teams standout Nate Rydalch blocked a Wyoming punt that Kevin Rhaburn on ESPN2 0-0 recovered in the end zone for a touchdown and a 14-0 UNLV lead. It was the first time UNLV scored on a on ESPN+Plus 0-0 blocked punt since Mark Byers did it at New Mexico State in 1994. After the Cowboys came back with a Jay on ESPN Regional at UNLV 0-1 Stoner to Nate Scott TD, Jason Thomas, who was overcoming a sprained foot suffered a week earlier, on SportsWest 1-1 When Scoring First: 1-2 entered the game and promptly led his team on a drive that culminated in a 10-yard Thomas rushing score. When Opponents Score First: 1-3 A Cowboy field goal made the halftime score 21-10 but a three-yard Kevin Brown TD gave the hosts an 18- When Leading at Halftime: 1-1 point lead. The teams traded scores but UW never got closer than 12 points the rest of the way as UNLV When Trailing at Halftime: 1-4 posted its most points since a 55-48 overtime loss to San Jose State on Nov. 22, 1997. The seventh player When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 to reach six points was freshman walk-on kicker Dillon Pieffer, who made all of his extra points in his collegiate When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 2-1 debut. Jeremi Rudolph led the Rebel runners with 102 yards on just 11 carries, including a game-long 43 When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-3 yarder, while Turner caught four balls for 96 yards. CB Kevin Thomas had 10 tackles and DE Anton Palepoi In Overtime Games: 0-0 had four of his team’s sacks to lead the UNLV defense as the Rebels got to four wins in a season for the first When Scoring <20 Points: 0-1 time since 1994 and won their first Homecoming game in three seasons and only fourth in the last 11 years. When Scoring 20-29 Points: 1-3 When Scoring 30+ Points: 1-1 When Allowing <20 Points: 2-1 EBEL TRAVEL PLANS When Allowing 20-29 Points: 0-1 R When Allowing 30+ Points: 0-3 UNLV will fly to Cheyenne, Wyo., on Friday, Oct. 26, via National Airlines charter. The Rebels will depart Las When Rushing For <100 Yards: 0-0 Vegas at 10:30 am PDT. After arriving, the team will bus to Laramie and to War Memorial Stadium for a brief When Rushing For 100-199 Yards: 0-3 walk-through from 3-4 p.m, which is open to the media. The squad will then check into the Best Western When Rushing For 200+ Yards: 2-2 Foster’s Country Inn (307) 742-8371. UNLV will depart immediately following Saturday’s game and is When Passing For <200 Yards: 2-4 scheduled to return to the National Airlines hangar at approximately 11 pm PDT. When Passing For 200-299 Yards: 0-0 When Passing For 300+ Yards: 0-1 When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-2 When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 2-3 INJURY UPDATE When Allowing Opp’s <100 Yds. Rush: 1-1 UNLV Head Athletic Trainer Kyle Wilson reports that RB Dominique Dorsey’s sprained ankles will make When Allowing 100-199 Yards Rushing: 0-4 him DOUBTFUL for this week’s game. DE Anton Palepoi is expected to return to practice after sitting out When Allowing 200+ Yards Rushing: 1-0 the last two games. Against BYU, senior LB James Sunia, who had only recently returned to the field after When Allowing <200 Yards Passing: 1-2 two ACL/MCL operations over the past year, broke his left ankle and his career is over. When Allowing 200-299 Yards Passing: 1-3 Following is a list of injured players and their status for the Wyoming game: When Allowing 300+ Yards Passing: 0-0 PLAYER, POS. (INJURY) STATUS GMS MISSED When Allowing 300+ Yards Total Off: 1-4 Brandon Bair, OL (Right Thigh Bruise) Questionable 0 When Having A 100-yard Rusher: 2-3 Steven Costa, FB (Right Toe Sprain) Questionable 0 When Allowing A 100-yard Rusher: 0-2 Dominique Dorsey, RB (Left & Right Ankle Sprain) Doubtful 0 When Having No Turnovers: 0-0 Erik Elkington, WR (Right ACL Tear) Out Season When Having <3 Turnovers: 2-1 Sheddrick Mitchell, OL (Left Foot Sprain) Out 7 When Having 3+ Turnovers: 0-4 Anton Palepoi, DE (Right MCL Sprain) Probable 2 When Having No Takeaways: 1-0 Matt Parkhurst, OL (Lower Back Surgery) Out Season When Having <3 Takeaways: 1-2 James Sunia, LB (Left Ankle Fracture Surgery) Out Season When Having 3+ Takeaways: 0-2 When Having > 30:00 Time of Poss: 2-3 When Having < 30:00 Time of Poss: 0-2 W E E K L Y R E B E L R U N D O W N

MONDAY 22 TUESDAY 23 WEDNESDAY 24 THURSDAY 25 FRIDAY 26 SATURDAY 27 SUNDAY 28 Luncheon 12-1 Practice 7-9 Practice 4-5:30 Practice 4-5 Travel To WYO UNLV at WYO TV Show OFF DAY Teleconference Radio Show 7-8 4 pm MDT 5:30 pm OCTOBER UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 HEAD COACH JOHN ROBINSON

2000 MWC COACH OF THE YEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD In a historic move for the team, school and entire Las Vegas COLLEGE Valley, famed football coach John Robinson was hired as the eighth Year School Overall Conf.(Pl.) Bowl head coach in UNLV history on Dec. 3, 1998. 1976 USC 11-1 7-0 (1st) Rose (W) Bringing instant credibility to a program that was staring at a move 1977 USC 8-4 5-2 (2nd) Bluebonnet (W) into the newly formed Mountain West Conference, Robinson came to 1978 USC 12-1 6-1 (1st) Rose (W) town as one of college football’s most successful and recognizable figures and the former national 1979 USC 11-0-1 6-0 (1st) Rose (W) 1980 USC 8-2-1 4-2-1 (3rd) - champion has done nothing while leading the Rebels to tarnish his winning image. In fact, Robinson 1981 USC 9-3 5-2 (2nd) Fiesta (L) is so committed to the university that earlier this year he signed a five-year contract extension through 1982 USC 8-3 5-2 (3rd) - the 2005 season and then agreed to add the duties of athletics director beginning on Jan. 1, 2002. 1993 USC 8-5 6-2 (T1st) Freedom (W) Still passionate about the game he teaches, Robinson’s stunning move to the desert and subse- 1994 USC 8-3-1 6-2 (T2nd) Cotton (W) quent courting of Southern Nevada’s loyalties has rapidly mined a football spirit not before seen in the 1995 USC 9-2-1 6-1-1 (T1st) Rose (W) 1996 USC 6-6 3-4 (5th) - City of Lights. What’s more, the ramifications of Robinson taking the Rebels’ reigns are apparent not 1997 USC 6-5 4-4 (T5th) - just locally, but also transcend beyond the West and into the highest reaches of the national college 1999 UNLV 3-8 1-6 (8th) - football scene. 2000 UNLV 8-5 4-3 (T3rd) Las Vegas (W) “My goal is to keep John Robinson for life,” UNLV President Carol C. Harter said this summer. 2001 UNLV 2-5 1-2 “If at the end of five years, he wants to continue coaching, he can have a new contract.” TOTAL 117-53-4 (.684) - 15th season Robinson, 66, is the nation’s 10th-winningest active coach with a career record of 117-53-4, for a percentage of .684. In addition, his 8-1 bowl record gives him a higher winning percentage in the LOS ANGELES RAMS (NFL) postseason (.889) than any college coach in history with a minimum of bowl eight games. Year Rec. Div. Playoffs Robinson, who earned his 100th career victory at the University of Southern California in 1997 1983 9-7 2nd First Round with a win vs. UNLV, had two stints with the Trojans. He first became head coach in 1976 and spent 1984 10-6 2nd Wild Card 1985 11-5 1st NFC Championship Game seven years leading Troy. His teams won 82 percent of their games (67-14-2) in his original run, 1986 10-6 2nd First Round averaging nearly 10 victories a year. In fact, Robinson tied a NCAA record for most wins by a first- 1987 6-9 3rd - year head coach after his team went 11-1 and earned a Rose Bowl berth. 1988 10-6 2nd First Round He won the 1978 national championship with a 12-1 mark (USC was ranked No. 2 in both 1976 1989 11-5 2nd NFC Championship Game and ’79), led the Trojans to three Pac-10 titles and guided Troy to five postseason bowls. Also, from 1990 5-11 3rd - 1991 3-13 4th - 1978 through 1980, USC posted a school-record 28-game unbeaten streak. TOTAL 79-74 (.516) - 9 seasons Along the way, he coached two Heisman Trophy winners (running backs Charles White in CAREER 196-127-4 (.606) 24th season 1979 and Marcus Allen in 1981) and a Lombardi Award honoree (guard Brad Budde in 1979). Also, Robinson was named National Coach of the Year in 1979 following an 11-0-1 campaign. After spending four months as USC’s senior vice president for university relations, Robinson headed to the NFL to take over the Los Angeles Rams. His stint in pro ball produced the most victories (79) in Rams history. During his nine years with the club (1983-91), he reached the playoffs six times and twice advanced to the NFC championship game (1985 & ’89). He spent 1992 as a television analyst before returning to USC for the 1993 season. His second term at Troy lasted until 1997 and featured three more bowl victories, including the Rose Bowl title over Northwestern following the 1995 season that improved his career record in the Grand Daddy of Them All to a sparkling 4-0. Robinson began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, the University of Oregon, for 12 seasons (1960-71). He moved to USC to direct the school’s offense for three years (1972-74) before serving as the backfield WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES coach for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders in 1975 under childhood friend John Madden. (Minimum five years as I-A head coach) Considered an expert on the running game, Robinson has produced four NFL COACH, COLLEGE YR RECORD PCT rushing champions and two NCAA rushing leaders. Overall, he has tutored 24 first 1. Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 10th 88-19-0 .822 team All-Americans, 22 NFL first-round selections and 87 NFL draft picks. 2. Lloyd Carr, Michigan 7th 63-17-0 .788 3. Bobby Bowden, Florida State 36th 319-89-4 .779 Born on July 25, 1935, Robinson grew up in Daly City, Calif., and starred in 4. Steve Spurrier, Florida 15th 137-39-2 .775 football and baseball at Serra High School San Mateo. He then lettered as an end for 5. Joe Paterno, Penn State 36th 323-94-3 .773 Oregon when the Ducks won the 1957 Pacific Coast Conference title and played in 6. R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M 13th 115-38-2 .748 the Rose Bowl. He received his bachelor’s degree in education in 1958. 7. Dennis Erickson, Oregon St. 16th 133-50-1 .726 Robinson and wife, Linda, have six grown children: daughters Teresa, Lynn, 8. Rick Neuheisel, Washington 7th 56-21-0 .727 Karilyn and Beth and sons David and Christopher. The family also includes eight 9. Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse 16th 121-54-1 .690 grandchildren. 10. JOHN ROBINSON, UNLV 15th 117-53-4 .684 “We’re excited about living here,” Robinson said of his home in the Silver State. 11. Bill Snyder, Kansas State 13th 101-47-1 .681 “The fun of coaching is as enjoyable at UNLV as it was with the Los Angeles Rams or 12. Lou Holtz, South Carolina 30th 230-111-7 .670 12. Dennis Franchione, Alabama 19th 141-69-2 .670 USC. I’m having as good a time now as I’ve had in my life.” UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

‘ 0 1 R E B E L S T A T B O X TACKLE RECORD TEAM INDIVIDUAL* STANDS Category MWC NAT Category MWC NAT RUSHING OFFENSE 223.1 3 15 RUSHING YPG Joe Haro 103.4 4 23 Last season, senior strong safety Randy PASSING OFFENSE 148.3 7 104 Black became his school’s all-time tackle TOTAL OFFENSE 371.4 5 59 Dominique Dorsey 54.8 9 -- leader with 294 in four years. Just one year SCORING OFFENSE 24.6 4 65 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS later, one of Black’s former teammates was PASS EFFICIENCY 108.3 5 83 Joe Haro 112.9 5 59 looking to push that total down to No. 2 on RUSHING DEFENSE 142.3 3 48 Troy Mason 111.7 6 60 the list. Black was battling linebacker James PASSING DEFENSE YPG 186.3 2 28 Dominique Dorsey 103.5 8 94 Sunia to see who would finish 2000 as the TOTAL DEFENSE 328.6 3 35 PASSING EFFICIENCY UNLV Takedown King before Sunia suf- SCORING DEFENSE 23.6 3 T51 Jason Thomas 101.6 5 89 fered a season-ending knee injury in Game PASSING YPG Five. After missing eight games, including PASSING EFFY DEF. 101.2 1 18 PUNT RETURNS 12.8 1 15 Jason Thomas 140.7 4 NA the Las Vegas Bowl, Sunia re-injured his TOTAL OFFENSE ACL/MCL just before spring practice kicked KO RETURNS 28.8 1 1 Jason Thomas 183.0 5 65 off and the Hawaii native was back in reha- NET PUNTING 32.6 8 96 bilitation mode. Sunia gradually made his TURNOVER MARGIN -2 7 T74 RECEIVING YPG way back into practice and played for the FUMBLES RECOVERED 11 1 T5 Troy Mason 44.9 9 -- first time in 11 games on Sept. 22 at Ari- FUMBLES LOST 10 8 T105 PUNT RETURNS zona. His four tackles vs. the Wildcats moved INTERCEPT. GAINED 5 7 T68 Troy Mason 13.2 2 17 Sunia up one spot into a tie with former INTERCEPT. THROWN 8 4 T66 KICKOFF RETURNS teammate Jerrad Pierucci in eighth place 3RD DOWN -- OFFENSE 35% 6 -- Troy Mason 21.2 9 -- on the all-time list. Bad luck struck again, 3RD DOWN -- DEFENSE 30% 1 -- PUNTING AVG however, as Sunia broke his left ankle just Gary Cook 37.0 8 100 one week later vs. BYU on Sept. 29 without 4TH DOWN -- OFFENSE 15% 8 -- 4TH DOWN -- DEFENSE 62% 6 -- TACKLES PER GAME registering a tackle vs. the Cougars mean- Sam Brandon 8.0 8 NA ing Sunia’s career has now ended 30 tack- QB SACKS BY 14 4 -- FUMBLES FORCED les short of the record. After leading the QB SACKS AGAINST 8T4-- team in tackles both of his first two seasons, Ryan Claridge 6 1 NA *INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS PASSES DEFENDED Sunia was averaging 10.6 takedowns per ARE TOP-100 game before only playing in seven games Kevin Thomas 9 1 NA his final two seasons.

UNLV CAREER TACKLE LEADERS* PL PLAYER (POS) YEARS TOT IT’S A FACT: STAFF INTACT 1. Randy Black (DB) 1997-00 294 UNLV’s assistant coaching staff returned unchanged in 2001, which marked the first time UNLV saw 2. Darnell Pickens (LB) 1984-87 289 everyone come back since 1985 when the Rebels were coming off a California Bowl victory. There was 3. Doc Wise (DL) 1986-89 280 one significant title change, however, as offensive line coach Rob Boras earned the additional title of 4. Greg Gales (LB) 1996-98 277 offensive coordinator, though John Robinson will continue to call the plays. Entering the 2001 season, 5. Jason Davis (DB) 1991-94 276 Boras was the third-youngest coordinator from either side of the ball in all of Divison I-A. 6. Harvey Allen (DB) 1982-85 272 7. Quincy Sanders (DB) 1995-99 270 YOUNGEST DIVISION I-A COORDINATORS 8. James Sunia (LB) 1998-PR 264 RK COACH SCHOOL AGE POSITION Jerrad Pierucci (LB) 1996-99 264 1. Tyrone Nix Southern Mississippi 28 Defensive 10. Jody Reinoehl (LB) 1987-90 260 2. Bill Lazor Buffalo 29 Offensive *Since 1979 when UNLV tackle records became official 3. Rob Boras UNLV 30 Offensive 4. Matt Eberflus Missouri 31 Defensive Jon Wauford Miami (Ohio) 31 Defensive Bill O’Brien Georgia Tech 31 Offensive 7. Mark Hudspeth Navy 32 Offensive Al Golden Virginia 32 Defensive 9. Rob Chudzinski Miami (Fla.) 33 Offensive John Milligan Central Michigan 33 Defensive Butch Jones Central Michigan 33 Offensive Bill Musgrave Virginia 33 Offensive UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

NO STREAKING UNLV head coach John Robinson has put an end to all major negative streaks that were active when he took over for the 1999 season. Following is a thumbnail sketch of Robinson’s streak breaking in the desert. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WEB STREAK BROKEN 16-game overall losing streak By downing North Texas 26-3 in debut game UNLV’s sports information office and its BEGAN: Oct. 18, 1997 ENDED: Sept. 2, 1999 partner, FANSonly, once again will feature 22-game road losing streak Same as above REBEL FOOTBALL CENTRAL at the BEGAN: Oct. 15, 1994 ENDED: Sept. 2, 1999 website www.unlvrebels.com. The in- 17-game conference road losing streak By upsetting heavily favored Wyoming 35-32 BEGAN: Oct. 15, 1994 ENDED: Oct. 9, 1999 creased coverage of UNLV football fea- 12-game home losing streak By shutting out North Texas 38-0 tures new daily content, including a weekly BEGAN: Nov. 1, 1997 ENDED: Sept. 16, 2000 column from radio analyst Tony Cordasco 10-game conference home losing streak By upsetting Air Force 34-13 on ABC called “Dasco’s Details” and a player jour- BEGAN: Nov. 1, 1997 ENDED: Sept. 30, 2000 nal. The site also features everything from Five-game losing streak to Nevada, Reno By downing UNR 38-7 before record Cannon crowd at SBS directions to Sam Boyd Stadium to the BEGAN: Oct. 28, 1995 ENDED: Oct. 7, 2000 weather forecast for the area the Rebels Seven-game November road losing streak By defeating San Diego State 31-24 are playing in each Saturday. BEGAN: Nov. 5, 1994 ENDED: Nov. 25, 2000 Five-year bowl-game drought By earning spot in Las Vegas Bowl IX BEGAN: 1995 ENDED: 2000 Seven-game losing streak in Reno By downing Pack 27-12 for first win of season BEGAN: 1979 ENDED: Oct. 6, 2001

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION UNLV head football coach John Robinson was unanimously approved by a UCCSN Board of Regents vote on Aug. 16 to be appointed UNLV’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics effective Jan. 1, 2002. “We are very pleased that the regents recognized UNLV’s unique opportunity to place a nationally recognized REBEL figure, John Robinson, into a critical leadership role at the university,” UNLV President Carol Harter said. FOOTBALL “I look forward to our partnership as we re-energize and reaffirm the positive values of athletics within the academic community. We also look forward to strengthening relationships with the community at large, as CENTRAL John brings great enthusiasm and energy to these tasks.” Robinson, who will be one of only two dual head coach/ADs in the Div. I-A football along with Arkanas State’s Joe Hollis, is under contract to coach the MONDAY: “Dasco’s Details” -- insider commentary Rebels at least through the 2005 season. “I made a commitment to UNLV and this community when I came Luncheon Quotes here in 1999, and I’m excited about this opportunity to build on the successes we have already achieved,” Robinson said. “My goal is to fulfill my commitment to the football program while also moving the athletic TUESDAY: department forward as one unit - all sports working together. I am convinced this is a people-oriented MWC Coaches Teleconference Replay operation and I plan to fully utilize the tremendous talent of all the people in the department to help us create a dynamic, well-rounded program. Having the added responsibility of athletic director will be every bit as WEDNESDAY: much fun as coaching. I am at my best when I am challenged, and I look forward to this opportunity.” “Parkhurst Place” Weekly player diary

AYE, AYE CAPTAINS THURSDAY: Just as in the last two seasons under John Robinson, UNLV will use different game captains each week “The John Robinson Radio Show” until full-time captains are voted on by the team later in the season. FRIDAY: “The KNIGHT WRITER” at Arkansas: (Defense) FS Sam Brandon (Offense) C Peter Tramontanas Player interviews by star OL Tony Terrell NORTHWESTERN: (Defense) LB Shanga Wilson (Offense) WR Bobby Nero at Arizona: (Defense) LB Shanga Wilson (Offense) RB Jabari Johnson SATURDAY: BYU: (Defense) DE Scott Parkhurst & James Sunia (Offense) Brandon Bair Gameday at UNR: (Defense) DE Steve Newton (Offense) OL Brandon Bair SDSU: (Defense) DE Adrian Watson (Offense) QB Chris Hayward SUNDAY: CSU: (Defense) FS Sam Brandon (Offense) OL Greg Hulett Weekly Media Release at Wyoming: UTAH: at New Mexico: at Air Force: UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

REBELATIONS RED-ZONE ON THE OFFENSIVE: UNLV has scored at least 30 combined points in all four quarters this year but the Rebels’ best efforts have come in the fourth period where they have put up 55 points ... The Rebel REDUX offensive line has allowed only two sacks in the last three games and only eight in seven games this fall ... UNLV have been successful on fourth down only twice in 12 attempts this season after finishing 7-13 on such plays a year ago ... Sophomore WR Michael Johnson set a Mountain West Conference record with 174 UNLV yards on a career-high eight receptions vs. Northwestern. It was the 14th-best receiving day in school ATT TD FG history and the most since Len Ware had 200 vs. SDSU in 1996 ... A week after UNLV threw for the at Arkansas 5 1 1 second-least yards in school history with 40 vs. Arkansas, Jason Thomas rebounded to toss for a career- NORTHWESTERN 4 2 0 high 304 yards and two touchdowns vs. Northwestern. It marked the first 300-yard game for a UNLV at Arizona 2 2 0 quarterback since Jon Denton threw for 401 vs. San Jose State in 1997. BYU 4 3 1 FOR THE DEFENSE: SDSU’s 3 points in Game Six was the lowest total ever allowed by UNLV to a at Nevada, Reno 5 3 1 MWC opponent ... The Rebels are tied for seventh in the nation in fumbles recovered with nine ... SAN DIEGO STATE 5 3 1 Sophomore LB Ryan Claridge is among the national leaders with six forced fumbles and is just one behind COLORADO STATE 4 2 1 single-season UNLV record holder Bruce Gray (1970) ... FS Sam Brandon, who had a team-season- at Wyoming high 12 tackles at UNR, has led his team in takedowns in all but two games in 2001 ... Despite missing the UTAH last two weeks with a sprained knee, Lombardi Award candidate Anton Palepoi stands fourth in the MWC at New Mexico with 3.5 QB sacks ... Senior Scott Parkhurst, who started the first two games at LB, moved back to the line at Air Force in time for the Arizona game while Adam Seward moved over and now is the starter on the strong side ... TOTAL 29 16 5 UNLV held Arkansas to only 114 yards in Game One, which broke the school record of 131 yards by Cal State Fullerton in 1983. PCT. SCORING IN RED ZONE: SPECIAL (TEAMS) DELIVERY: The Rebels have had two players bring home MWC Special 72% Teams Player of the Week honors this fall as freshman punter Gary Cook earned the title on Oct. 8 after averaging 45.3 yards per kick at UNR and PR Troy Mason earned the award on Oct. 15 after returning PCT. SCORING TD IN RED ZONE: two punts longer than 50 yards vs. SDSU ... Despite being perfect in 20 PAT attempts, PK Dillon Pieffer is only 6 of 11 in field goals this season after making 6-7 as a rookie a year ago ... The Rebels have a new 55% kickoff man in the form of import Hubi Schulze Zumkley, a freshman from Herbern, Germany, who took over the duties beginning in Game Four ... Kick coverage ace Derek Olsen earned his first career score when he scooped up a BYU fumble on the opening kickoff and ran 22 yards for a TD ... UNLV ranks first in OPPONENTS the MWC in both kickoff returns (1st NCAA with 28.8) and punt returns (15th NCAA with 12.8). ATT TD FG at Arkansas 1 1 0 JERSEY JOE NORTHWESTERN 6 5 0 UNLV junior Jersey Joe Haro burst into the starting tailback spot after a long journey back and forth across at Arizona 5 3 1 the line of scrimmage. An all-state performer out of Clifton, N.J., Haro joined the Rebels in 1998 and earned BYU 3 2 1 a medical hardship after rushing for four yards on two carries. He carried the ball only eight times in 1999 at Nevada, Reno 3 1 1 but still managed to be his team’s leading rusher vs. BYU with 59 yards on just four carries. With a senior SAN DIEGO STATE 2 0 1 logjam at the UNLV tailback spot in 2000, Haro moved to defensive back but fractured his right fibula in Game COLORADO STATE 3 1 2 Two and missed the remainder of the season. Haro moved back to offense during bowl-game practices last at Wyoming December and earned the No. 2 tailback spot heading into the UTAH season opener. During halftime at Arkansas, Haro had five carries at New Mexico for zero yards, but then Jersey Joe exploded to finish with a game- at Air Force high 131 yards on 24 total carries. Starting his first game vs. North- TOTAL 23 13 6 western the following week, Haro proved his gutty rushing style was no fluke as he gained 104 yards on 25 carries, including his PCT. SCORING IN RED ZONE: first career touchdown run of 10 yards. Haro has had career-best 83% days two weeks in a row as he ran for 136 vs. SDSU and then 146 yards and two touchdowns vs. CSU for his third and fourth cen- PCT. SCORING TD IN RED ZONE: tury-mark games this fall. With 724 yards, Haro needs 276 yards in the final four games to reach 1,000. It would mark only the sixth 57% 1,000-yard season in UNLV history but the second in two years as former Rebel Jeremi Rudolph rushed for 1,005 in 2000. Haro currently ranks 23rd in the nation and fourth in the MWC with 103.4 yards per game and fifth in the league and 59th in the country in all- purpose yards with 112.9 per game. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 TAKE A PEEK AT NEEK Diminutive UNLV tailback Dominique (pronounced dom-in-NEEK) Dorsey was creating a sensation in Las Vegas before suffering ankle injuries. The 5- DORSEY BY THE foot-6-inch, 165-pound true freshman did not even play in the season’s first NUMBERS game but then exploded into a versatile gridiron weapon. Dorsey gained 18 NUMBERS Dominique Dorsey’s 180 yards at UNR in yards on his first career carry vs. Northwestern and then minutes later re- Game Five represented the second-best to- turned his first kickoff 87 yards. After returning six balls, he skyrocketed to No. tal in school history and most ever in the 1 in the nation with a 46.7-yard average. Dorsey, who has only had one MWC by a freshman runner. Also, his 318 return in the last two weeks, fell out of the rankings this week but would still lead net rushing yards already put him seventh the nation at 41.7 with one more attempt. Dorsey broke out of the backfield vs. on UNLV’s single-season list. He needs just BYU when he gained 77 yards on 14 carries and scored his first two TDs. 82 more yards to break the top five and 296 Then, still coming off of the bench at Nevada, Reno, “Little D” rolled up a MWC in the final five games to break James freshman-record 180 yards on just 18 carries, including a career-long 56-yarder and another score. Wofford’s record set four years ago. Also, Dorsey sprained his ankle vs. SDSU and left after gaining just 17 yards on four carries and then, vs. CSU, Neek’s performance on kickoff returns not sprained the other ankle after just three attempts and is doubtful to play vs. Wyoming. Despite his injuries, he only put him atop the national list for two weeks, currently ranks ninth in the MWC in rushing (54.8) and eighth in all-purpose yards (103.5). but also helped his team reach No. 1. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Dominique Dorsey is not the only Rebel rookie to already make an impact in 2001. On offense, highly U N LV SINGLE-SEASON touted WR recruit Earvin Johnson is now fifth on the team with eight receptions for 109 yards. The team’s FRESHMAN RUSHING oldest rookie, 21-year-old QB Kurt Nantkes, made his collegiate debut at Arizona and completed 2 of 3 PL YDS PLAYER YEAR attempts for 33 yards, including his first touchdown pass. In Game Six vs. SDSU’s first unit, Nantkes completed 1. 624 James Wofford 1997 both of his attempts, which included another short scoring pass. The two successful brief performances gave 2. 483 Omar Love 1992 the former Oakland Athletics farmhand an astronomical QB rating of 301.04. On special teams, Gary Cook 3. 437 Tommy Jackson 1987 has settled into the team’s starting punting job while Hubi Schulze Zumkley is the squad’s new kickoff man. 4. 433 Willie Russell 1975 On defense, redshirt LB and newly installed starter Adam Seward is seventh on the team with 26 tackles and 5. 411 Michael Morton 1978 had his first career sack at UNR. Redshirt DB Jamaal Brimmer has 13 tackles while Ruschard Dodd- 6. 404 Kirk Jones 1983 Masters (nine) and Zach Bell (seven) also are contributing. 7. 329 Dominique Dorsey 2001 8. 317 Matt Wills 1991 PICK ME! With his two interceptions vs. Nevada, Reno -- the first multiple-interception game of his career -- UNLV U N LV SINGLE-GAME preseason All-American cornerback Kevin Thomas moved all the way from 11th into a tie for fifth on the FRESHMAN RUSHING school’s career list. The senior then moved all alone into fifth when he had one pick vs. CSU. KT led the PL YDS PLAYER OPP, YEAR squad in 1999 with five interceptions and paced the Rebels again last fall with two and now leads the 2001 1. 221 Heny Melton N.M. Highlands, 1974 team with three. With his next int., the Sacramento, Calif., native will move into 2. 180 Dominique Dorsey UNR, 2001 3. 170 James Wofford SJSU, 1997 a tie for third all-time with former Rebels David Hollis and Patt Medchill. 4. 145 Michael Morton BYU, 1978 UNLV CAREER INTERCEPTION LIST 5. 144 Omar Love SJSU, 1992 PL PLAYER (YEARS) NO NCAA I-A INDIVIDUAL 1. Marlon Beavers (1973-76) 17 KICKOFF RETURNS 2. Charles Jarvis (1978-81) 14 NR Dominique Dorsey 7 41.70 3. David Hollis (1983-86) 11 PLPLAYER, SCHOOL RET AVG Patt Medchill (1970-72) 11 1. Herb Haygood, Mich St. 8 34.38 5. Kevin Thomas (1998-PR) 10 2. Aaron Lockett, KSU 9 33.78 6. Rodney Mazion (1991-94) 9 3. Derek Watson, S. Carolina 10 32.60 Jim Farnham (1970-71) 9 4. Antwone Savage, Okla. 8 32.00

NCAA I-A TEAM CAREER PASS BREAKUPS REAK IT UP KICKOFF RETURNS B 1. Kevin Thomas, 1998-PR 54 CB Kevin Thomas, has already obliterated the school’s PLSCHOOL RET AVG 2. Randy Black, 1997-2000 27 career pass breakup record with 54 -- amazingly dou- 1. UNLV 21 28.76 Anthony Blue, 1983-86 27 bling the 27 second-place Anthony Blue knocked 2. Oregon 25 28.00 4. Rodney Mazion, 1991-94 26 away in 1983-86 and Randy Black totaled during his 3. East Carolina 24 27.33 5. Carlton Johnson, 1989-91 24 career from 1997-2000. Thomas, who had a career- 4. Colorado State 17 27.12 6. Charles Dimry, 1984-87 21 high six breakups vs. UNR on Oct. 7, 2000, also set 5. Ole Miss 15 26.80 David Hollis, 1983-86 21 UNLV’s single-season mark with 24 in 1999. 7. Clarence Mack, 1991-92 20 UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 S.I. DO The UNLV football team earned a top-25 ranking by Sports Illustrated magazine for the first time in school REBEL history. The Rebels, who were coming off an 8-5 record, were No. 25 in the publication’s 2001 preseason RANKINGS issue, which was dated August 13. The ranking came with a full-page team preview with the headline “John Robinson’s gamble will continue to pay off for the up-and-coming Rebels.” The team, which was the only 2001 MWC Mountain West Conference program included in the top 25, was listed in the complete national rankings with the following note — “Don’t be surprised if (junior quarterback) Jason Thomas makes a Heisman run.” The MEDIA POLL ranking was even more historic when considering the team’s recent predicted finishes by the same source. (First-Place votes in parentheses) The 2000 Rebels were listed at No. 58 and fifth in the MWC by Sports Illustrated while Head Coach John Robinson’s first UNLV team in 1999 appeared at 89 and seventh in the league. The team was ranked as low PL TEAM as No. 99 in the nation by the magazine five seasons ago. UNLV, which also was ranked No. 24 in Football 1. Colorado State (11) Digest’s 2001 preseason list and No. 26 by Lindy’s, has never been ranked in the top 25 in either the writers’ 2. UNLV (4) or coaches’ polls. 3. BYU (1) 4. San Diego State (1) UNLV IN RECENT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RANKINGS 5. Air Force YEAR NAT RK LEAGUE RK (CONFERENCE) 6. Utah 2001 25 1 (MWC) 7. New Mexico 2000 58 5 (MWC) 8. Wyoming 1999 89 7 (MWC) 1998 98 7 (WAC Division) UNLV also was picked to finish first in the 1997 93 6 (WAC Division) MWC by at least three sources in a survey of 1996 99 7 (WAC Division) various preseason publications. National rankings are listed where available. PAC-10 EAST? Under the guidance of former USC head coach John Robinson, UNLV has attracted no less than eight PUBLICATION MWC NATION former Pac-10 Conference players to the roster. Jason Thomas, Deon Burnett, Larry Croom, Matt Sports Illustrated 1st 25th Harris and now-former Rebel Kevin Brown transferred directly from their respective schools while the Phil Steele’s 1st remaining three came to Las Vegas after stops at junior colleges. Burnett, Croom and Harris must sit out Collegefootballnews.com 1st 2001 and will be eligible to play in 2002. Two other D-I transfers sitting out at UNLV this season are former Football Digest 2nd 24th Iowa State linebacker Tyrone Tucker and former Alabama defensive back Connie Brown. Lindy’s 2nd 26th Playboy 2nd 43rd PLAYER POSITION PAC-10 SCHOOL Street & Smith’s 2nd Kevin Brown* Running Back Washington State Preview Sports 2nd Deon Burnett# Running Back Washington State Athlon Sports 3rd 35th Larry Croom# Running Back Arizona The Sporting News 3rd 53rd Matt Harris# Quarterback USC Jabari Johnson Running Back Washington Bobby Nero Wide Receiver Oregon Jason Thomas Quarterback USC Shanga Wilson Linebacker Arizona *Exhausted eligibility in 2000 #Eligible in 2002 REBELS BOWL A PERFECT GAME With its 31-14 win over Arkansas in last year’s Las Vegas Bowl, UNLV moved to 3-0 in D-I postseason bowl games. The Rebels’ victory helped the Mountain West Conference become the only league to go unde- feated in multiple bowl games last season as Air Force won the Silicon Valley Classic over Fresno State and Colorado State took care of Louisville in the Liberty Bowl. UNLV, which is one of the youngest football programs in the NCAA (34 seasons), also won the 1984 California Bowl over Toledo, 30-13, in Fresno, Calif., and the 1994 Las Vegas Bowl over Central Michigan, 52-14. UNLV now stands as the only active I- SIMPLY REB! A program with a perfect record in bowl games with a minimum of three games played. Please remember, UNLV (acronym on all references, please) is home to the REBEL football team -- not the Runnin’ BOWLED OVER Rebels! Only the men’s basketball team UNLV head coach John Robinson is the winningest bowl coach in NCAA Div. I-A history with a minimum at UNLV is nicknamed the Runnin’ Rebels. of eight games. His 8-1 slate gives him a winning percentage of .889. The only other two active coaches ranked in the top 10 are Florida State’s Bobby Bowden at No. 5 (.729) and Penn State’s Joe Paterno at No. 10 (.683). UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

MWC WEEKLY MEDIA TELECONFERENCE Once again, the Mountain West Conference will offer media weekly access to all eight head football coaches 2001 MWC via a teleconference each Tuesday morning. UNLV head coach John Robinson will be available at STANDINGS 10:32-10:41 am PDT. A schedule of all coaches follows. Members of the media wishing to participate can call (801) 303-7410. For those needing a replay, the entire teleconference will be posted by 2 pm PDT the TEAM CONF ALL same day on the league’s website, www.mountainwestconf.com. Coach Robinson’s portion will also ap- BYU 3-0 7-0 pear as part of Rebel Football Central on the website www.unlvrebels.com. Utah 2-0 4-2 Air Force 2-1 4-2 PACIFIC TIME COACH, SCHOOL Colorado State 2-1 3-4 9:30 am Moderator opens call New Mexico 1-2 2-4 9:32 am Ron McBride, Utah UNLV 1-2 2-5 9:42 am Gary Crowton, BYU SDSU 1-2 2-5 9:52 am Rocky Long, New Mexico Wyoming 0-4 2-5 10:02 am Sonny Lubick, Colorado State 10:12 am Fisher DeBerry, Air Force THIS WEEK: 10:22 am Vic Koenning, Wyoming Saturday, October 27 10:32 am JOHN ROBINSON, UNLV Air Force at New Mexico, 4 p.m. MT 10:42 am Ted Tollner, San Diego State (SportsWest) 10:52 am Craig Thompson, MWC Comm. BYU at San Diego State, 6 p.m. PT (SportsWest) Utah at Colorado State, 1 p.m. MT O-FER-OT (ESPN+Plus) When UNLV fell 43-40 at Ole Miss in 2000, the Rebels’ record in overtime games dropped to 0-4. In fact, UNLV at Wyoming, 4 p.m. MT Dillon Pieffer’s 33-yard field goal on the team’s first and only possession in OT was the first time UNLV had (SportsWest) even scored a point in an extra session. ALL-TIME UNLV OT HISTO RY LAST WEEK: DATE OPP SCORE Saturday, October 20 10-28-00 at Ole Miss L, 43-40 BYU 63, Air Force 33 10-17-98 WYOMING L, 28-25 Utah 35, Wyoming 0 11-22-97 SAN JOSE STATE L, 55-48 Ohio State 27, San Diego State 12 10-18-97 at San Diego State L, 20-17 Colorado State 26, UNLV 24 UNLV FUTURE RO-REBEL FORCES NON-CONFERENCE P OPPONENTS With two 2000 Rebel stars -- WR Nate Turner of the Chargers and RB James Wofford of the Vikings -- being cut from their respective teams as part of the final cut on Sept. 2, UNLV now has four players currently 2002 on active rosters. Turner, however, did sign on with San Diego’s practice squad. A. 31 WISCONSIN PLAYER AT UNLV POS CURRENT NFL TEAM S. 7 KANSAS Randall Cunningham 1981-84 QB Baltimore Ravens S. 14 at Oregon State Keenan McCardell 1987-90 WR Jacksonville Jaguars S. 28 TBA Talance Sawyer 1995-98 DL Minnesota Vikings O. 5 UNR Keith Washington 1991-93 DL Denver Broncos 2003 S. 13 at Wisconsin S. 20 HAWAII KEEPING IN TOUCH S. 27 at Kansas O. 4 at UNR UNLV FOOTBALL CONTACT: Mark Wallington (702) 895-4472 FAX-ON-DEMAND TBA UNLV SID E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: (770) 558-6000 UNLV SID FAX: (702) 895-0989 MWC CODE: 692 2004 S. 4 at Tennessee UNLV BROADCASTING: Tina Kunzer-Murphy 895-2868 FULL RELEASE: 1901 S. 11 at Wisconsin ESPN REGIONAL @ UNLV: (702) 895-2866 ROSTERS: 1902 S. 25 UTAH STATE UNLV FOOTBALL OFFICE: Karen Hogan (702) 895-3400 SEASON STATS: 1903 O. 2 UNR UNLV TICKET MGR: Meredith Delay (702) 895-3679 DEPTH CHART: 1905 UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 REBELS ON THE AIR RADIO All 11 UNLV football games can be heard this fall on ESPN 920 AM WEEKLY for the third consecutive year. The Rebels’ new play-by-play voice LUNCHEONS Tim Neverett will be joined in the booth by longtime announcer Tony Cordasco, who returns as analyst. Also new to the broadcast The UNLV Rebel Football Foundation once is former Rebel recevier great Lenny Ware, who will serve as again is sponsoring a weekly luncheon with sideline reporter for all five home games. The Wyoming broadcast will begin Saturday with Rebel Warm-Up Coach Robinson on MONDAYS at NOON. at 2:00 pm PDT. For the second consecutive year there is a permanent location -- 10 of the11 luncheons UNLV SPORTS RADIO NETWORK LOCATION FREQUENCY will take place at Big Dog’s Cafe (6390 West For the first time the Rebel football games will be Las Vegas (Network Flagship) 920 AM Sahara Ave.), while the traditional home- heard on a regional network of stations. ESPN Parhump, NV 95.9 FM coming luncheon (Oct. 8) will be held at the Regional at UNLV and Lotus Broadcasting have Amargosa Valley, NV 96.7 FM Beatty, NV 93.5 FM Tam Alumni Center on campus. Selected teamed up with PV Radio and KZBZ Radio to help create the first-ever UNLV Sports Network, a seven- Scotty’s Junction, NV 94.3 FM players and staff also will be in attendance. Death Valley, CA 91.1 FM station grouping that will reach across the state Admittance is free to working media mem- Pioche, NV 98.9 FM bers who make reservations with the sports and into parts of Arizona, California and Utah. (Lincoln County and most of Southern Utah) information office. “THE JOHN ROBINSON RADIO SHOW” “The John Robinson Radio Show” can be heard live each Thursday from 7-8 pm on ESPN 920 AM. The coach’s radio program originates this fall from a new venue - the ESPN Zone located in New York, New York hotel on the Strip. An archived version of the show also can be heard at the website unlvrebels.com. Co-hosts Tim Neverett and Tony Cordasco join Coach Robinson for a fast-paced hour program that cov- ers not just UNLV, but the entire world of football, including special guests from across the nation.

Monday, Aug. 27 Big Dog’s Cafe Monday, Sept. 3 Big Dog’s Cafe TELEVISION: FULL TUBE SEASON ON TAP After the Rebels appeared on live television in Las Vegas a record four times in 1999, the program saw 11 Monday, Sept. 10 Big Dog’s Cafe of its 13 games picked up for broadcast last season through various outlets, including the nationally televised Monday, Sept. 17 Big Dog’s Cafe Las Vegas Bowl. This season’s first two games were shown on ESPN (the rescheduled game vs. CSU Monday, Sept. 24 Big Dog’s Cafe also was to be on ESPN) while two more were selected for ABC regional broadcasts. Regional broad- Monday, Oct. 1 Big Dog’s Cafe caster SportsWest will show from two to four games on KLAS and Las Vegas One while ESPN+Plus Monday, Oct. 8 Tam Alumni Center has designated three Rebel games as possible selections for its 23-station regional network’s weekly MWC Monday, Oct. 15 Big Dog’s Cafe Game of the Week package, which is once again being carried locally by KFBT Gold 33 (Cable 6). The Monday, Oct. 22 Big Dog’s Cafe league’s weekly broadcast crew is made up by Jim Kelly (play-by-play), JC Pearson (analyst) and Beth Monday, Oct. 29 Big Dog’s Cafe Mowins (sideline reporter). On SportsWest games, KLAS Sports Director Dave McCann handles play- Monday, Nov. 5 Big Dog’s Cafe by-play duties and is joined in the booth by former BYU player Blaine Fowler. Only one UNLV game - vs. Monday, Nov. 12 Big Dog’s Cafe Utah on Nov. 3 - is not guaranteed to be televised because it is one of two eligible on that day to be broadcast by ESPN+Plus. Stunningly, including this fall, UNLV will have appeared on various networks at least 18 times since John Robinson came to the school compared to just 11 times in the program’s first 31 years.

“GAMETIME WITH UNLV FOOTBALL” For the seventh consecutive season, “Gametime with UNLV Football” with host Dave McCann can be seen every Sunday on KLAS TV-8 (CBS). Running at a new time of 5:30-6 pm, the show will feature head coach John Robinson for an entertaining half-hour of game reviews, previews and an inside look at the team. Also, for the first time, the program will be repeated on sister station Las Vegas One at 9 pm Sundays. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

GAME 1 IN REVIEW ARKANSAS 14, UNLV 10 OUR TURN REBELS LET HOGS OFF HOOK LITTLE ROCK -- (Aug. 30, 2001) Despite holding its opponent to record-low UNLV made a big jump during both of head offensive numbers, UNLV (0-1) allowed Arkansas (1-0) to score a game-winning coach John Robinson’s first two years on last-minute touchdown and capture a 14-10 victory in the season opener for both schools. Playing its campus. His first Rebel team shook off the earliest game in history, UNLV took on the Hogs in a rematch of last season’s Las Vegas Bowl, which the effects of the school’s first-ever winless sea- Rebels won 31-14. UNLV fell to 17-17 all time in season openers and just 4-12 in lid lifters away from home. son in 1998 to win its first two games and Playing on ESPN for the first time since 1994, the Rebels fell to 5-3 in Thursday games. The Razorbacks finish 3-8 for a +3 in the victory column. snapped UNLV’s four-game losing streak despite earning its first first down other than by penalty midway in The three-game bump tied for the fifth-best the fourth quarter. Set up by a 39-yard punt return by Troy Mason, Dillon Pieffer opened the scoring with in college football in 1999. Then, last fall, a 27-yard field gaol in the first quarter. The Rebels then converted an interception into a six-yard touchdown UNLV’s march to an 8-5 finish, which shuttle pass from Jason Thomas to Jabari Johnson. Arkansas finally got on the board in the third quarter inlcluded a Las Vegas Bowl victory over with a 45-yard interception return for a score to make it 10-7. UNLV, wasted a 53-yard run by Thomas and Arkansas, produced a five-game improve- then a 68-yard scamper by Joe Haro by missing two 29-yard field-goal attempts that would have iced the ment. That effort tied for the third-best turn- game. Still leading by three with under two minutes remaining, just-inserted UNLV punter Ryan McDonald around in Division I-A. bobbled a snap and was tackled for 10-yard loss at his own 49. With no timeouts remaining, UA quarterback Ryan Sorahan completed two fourth-down pass attempts and then hit Richard Smith for 23 yards before 2000 I-A Cedric Cobbs romped in from a yard out for the improbable winning score. Haro led all rushers with 131 TOP TURNAROUNDS yards on 24 carries while Thomas netted 103 for his third career century-mark game. JT struggled through the air, however, completing a school-record low four passes in 16 attempts for 40 yards and three interceptions. The hosts, who were 0-15 on third down, managed only five total first downs and earned just RK IMP SCHOOL 1999 2000 26 yards on 25 attempts en route to being out-gained in total yards, 298-114. 1. +8 South Carolina 0-11 8-4 2. +6 Oklahoma 7-5 13-0 3. +5 UNLV 3-8 8-5 +5 Iowa State 4-7 9-3 GAME 2 IN REVIEW +5 Northwestern 3-8 8-4 +5 Ball State 0-11 5-6 NORTHWESTERN 37, UNLV 28 +5 Louisiana State 3-8 8-4 MISTAKES DOOM HOPES OF UPSETTING NO. 16 CATS 8. +4 Cincinnati 3-8 7-5 LAS VEGAS -- (Sept. 7, 2001) UNLV (0-2) had a big hand in snapping its own six- +4 Toledo 6-5 10-1 game home winning streak as multiple Rebel mistakes helped 16th-ranked Northwest- +4 Notre Dame 9-3 5-7 ern (1-0) win 37-28 in front of 26,721 fans and a ESPN national audience. Playing on a +4 Oregon State 7-5 11-1 Friday for the first time since 1979, UNLV fell to 22-12 in home openers as it faced the highest-ranked team +4 Washington 7-5 11-1 to come to Sam Boyd Stadium since No. 8 Kansas State in 1994. In a matchup between two preseason +4 Auburn 5-6 9-4 Heisman Trophy candidates in NU running back Damien Anderson and UNLV quarterback Jason +4 San Jose State 3-7 7-5 Thomas, it was the Wildcats’ signal-caller, Zak Kustok, who instead dominated the game by rushing for three touchdowns and throwing for two more. A short Kustok TD opened the scoring but the extra-point attempt failed. UNLV’s defense forced Anderson’s first fumble in 319 carries and Thomas’ three-yard scoring dive gave his team a 7-6 lead. UNLV threatened for more points but failed on a fourth-down attempt at the NU 24. The Cats quickly got in position to kick a 45-yard field goal to regain the lead and the momentum heading into halftime. NU flew down field to open the third and made it 16-7. UNLV’s Joe Haro ran for a 10-yard TD to make it 16-14. The Cats later intercepted Thomas and converted it into a 23-14 lead. The Rebels tried to answer but Haro fumbled at the NU 23 while attempting to dive for a first down. After returning the turnover 45 yards, Kustok hit Sam Simmons, who finished with 161 yards on 11 catches, for an 18-yard TD and a 30-14 lead. UNLV did not quit, however, as Thomas launched a 42-yard scoring pass to Michael Johnson. The Rebel defense held, but shaky special teams bit UNLV for the second straight week as punter Gary Cook couldn’t right a bad snap and was tackled at his own 42. NU converted the miscue into a 37-22 lead. Freshman Dominique Dorsey took his first career kickoff return 87 yards but the Rebels were turned away at the goal line. After forcing a NU punt, another Thomas Hail Mary attempt found Johnson from 53 yards out to give UNLV hope. Lining up for the extra point, the Rebels looked to pull within eight with two minutes left before a bobbled conversion snap virtually ended the game. Despite seven passes dropped by Rebel receivers, Thomas threw for a career-high 304 yards. Johnson set a Mountain West Conference record with 174 yards on a career-high eight receptions while Troy Mason added 106 yards receiving. On the ground, Haro posted his second straight century-mark game with 104 yards while NU’s Anderson managed 113 yards on 28 carries. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

THREE REBELS GAME 3 IN REVIEW BEING WATCHED ARIZONA 38, UNLV 21 UNLV seniors Kevin Thomas and Anton ARIZONA ROMPS REBELS IN FIRST-EVER MEETING Palepoi and junior Jason Thomas all TUCSON, Ariz. -- (Sept. 22, 2001) UNLV became the first college team under have been named to national awards John Robinson to begin a season 0-3 as it was dominated by Pac-10 Conference watch lists for their respective positions in member Arizona (3-0) in both teams’ first game since the terrorist attacks hit the U.S. 2001. Kevin Thomas was included in the Wildcat QB Jason Johnson was sharp while throwing for 247 yards and three scores in front of 47,031 Jim Thorpe Award Watch List for the at Arizona Stadium. After UA scored first and was driving, UNLV tied things as Ahmad Briggs picked up a second consecutive season. The trophy fumble and ran it in 30 yards for the team’s first defensive score of the season. UNLV showed life after has gone to the nation’s top defensive back blocking a Wildcat field goal attempt and driving to the Arizona 24. Rebel PK Dillon Pieffer, however, each year since 1986. Tabbed the pre- missed his third consecutive FGA of the season and UNLV never challenged again as the Cats built a 24- season MWC Defensive Player of the Year 7 lead capped off by an 80-yard TD run by Tremaine Cox before halftime. The lead bulged to as high as 31-7 before UNLV scored its only two offensive touchdowns on a Joe Haro 7-yard run and a Bobby Nero by Lindy’s magazine, KT was listed as the 15-yard scoring catch from Kurt Nantkes, who was making his collegiate debut in relief of Jason Thomas. nation’s fourth-best cornerback heading Arizona’s final score came via a 40-yard fumble return for a TD as UNLV’s all-time record vs. Pac-10 teams into the 2002 NFL Draft by The Sporting fell to 3-8 News. Palepoi is one of 52 members of the 2001 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List after leading the Rebels and tying for second in the MWC with eight GAME 4 IN REVIEW quarterback sacks for a loss of 39 yards in 2000. Also, preseason MWC Player of No. 20 BYU 35, UNLV 31 the Year Jason Thomas is one of 30 can- HEARTBREAK RETURNS AS COUGARS RALLY didates for the Davey O’Brien National LAS VEGAS -- (Sept. 29, 2001) UNLV (0-4) failed in its best attempt ever to Quarterback Award, which has gone to defeat a ranked team at home as the Rebels allowed BYU (4-0) to drive for a last- college football’s top singal-caller for 24 minute, game-winning touchdown in a 35-31 final. With gametime temperatures at years. 100 degrees and playing in front of an ABC-TV regional audience and the second- biggest crowd to ever watch UNLV play at Sam Boyd Stadium (32,601), the Rebels played their best game of the season but still saw their record vs. ranked teams drop to 1-12 all-time. A wild first quarter began with a BYU fumble on the opening kickoff, which Derek Olsen returned 22 yards for his first career score. The EARLY INVITE Cougars quickly drove down field to tie things and then took their first lead with the a 50-yard Matt Payne field goal -- the longest vs. UNLV since 1995. After a 53-yard kickoff return by Dominique Dorsey, UNLV Two standouts on the UNLV football team used a three-yard Joe Haro run to take a 14-10 lead. After Sam Brandon hauled in BYU QB Brandon are among five Mountain West Confer- Doman’s first interception of the year, the Rebels took its largest lead of the season -- 21-10 -- on an eight- ence players that have already earned yard Dorsey run. Heading into the second quarter, BYU scored 18 points, including a 54-yard TD strike an invitation to the fourth annual Rotary from Doman to Rod Wilkerson with under a minute left, to build a 28-21 halftime advantage. The only Gridiron Classic presented by Tyco. Se- points of the third quarter allowed UNLV to tie the score on a another Dorsey TD run. The see-saw battle nior cornerback Kevin Thomas and se- took another turn when BYU fumbled deep in Rebel territory to thwart a game-sealing drive. UNLV took nior defensive tackle Ahmad Miller both advantage and pulled out a 15-play, 88-yard drive -- the longest in both yards and time of the season -- to will have the opportunity to play in the the BYU four-yard-line before settling for a 22-yard Dillon Pieffer field goal and 31-28 lead with 6:32 on Florida all-star game, which will take place the clock. After trading possessions, BYU got the ball back with 2:26 remaining. Aided by a 15-yard face at the Orlando Citrus Bowl on Saturday, mask penalty on second-and-13 on its own 17, BYU moved down field and faced a game-deciding fourth- Jan. 26, 2002. Thomas, a three-time first- and-four. Doman then hit Mike Rigell for a 42-yard gain to the UNLV 21 and then the QB ran it in himself team all-conference selection, is the UNLV on the very next play to put his team up by four with just over a minute left. The Rebels, needing a TD, all-time leader in pass breakups with 51. moved down field quickly and had a first-and-10 at the BYU 39. The Rebels picked up nine yards but a If he accepts the invitation, Thomas would Jason Thomas pass attempt only found the sideline and UNLV turned the ball over on downs and lost its play for Team USA. Miller, who is from sixth consecutive conference opener. Doman hit on 23-of-37 attempts for 281 yards and two scores while Bradenton, Fla., is tied for the team lead Luke Staley rushed for 77 and caught 40 more yards to lead the visitors. Haro led all rushers with 80 with two quarterback sacks and would suit yards on 21 attempts but fumbled for the third time in 2001. Dorsey finished with 77 yards on 14 carries and up for Team Florida. UNLV had its first- 115 yards on three kickoff returns in his first extensive action as a collegian. Thomas struggled through the air with only 132 yards passing and two interceptions. Defensively, UNLV forced three more turnovers ever participant in last year’s game when (four) than BYU had commited all season. Ahmad Miller had two of the Rebels’ four sacks on the night -- tailback Jeremi Rudolph helped Team three more than the team had surrendered in the previous three games combined. Despite the effort, the Florida win 10-0. 2001 Rebels became the first John Robinson-led football team - pro of college - to begin a season 0-4 and UNLV fell to 0-4 for the fourth time in school history (1998, ’96 and ’82) and 1-8 vs. BYU all-time, including 0-4 in Las Vegas. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 GAME 5 IN REVIEW UNLV 27, UNR 12 CANNON STAYS RED WITH WIN UP NORTH RENO -- (Oct. 6, 2001) UNLV won in Reno for the first time since 1979 with TWO FOR 200 a come-from-behind 27-12 victory over in-state rival UNR in front of 24,238 fans at Mackay Stadium and a SportsWest TV audience. The Rebels earned their first When UNR ran for 243 yards against UNLV win of the season by rushing for 313 yards and converting two turnovers into 10 points. UNLV avoided in Game Five, it marked the first time in 14 starting a season 0-5 for only the third time in history despite being shut out in the first half. After UNLV threw games that a Rebel opponent hit the 200- an interception on the first play, UNR was held to a short field goal. The teams bungled through most of the yard mark on the ground. Previously, the remainder of the half, including the Rebels’ fumbling at the UNR six after a 73-yard drive. However, the last team to do it was Air Force, which picked Pack struck again on the final play of the second quarter as Damon Fine booted a school-record-tying 58- up only 219 yards despite finishing the year yard field goal, which was the second-longest ever kicked against UNLV. UNR opened the third quarter ranked third nationally in the category with with a long drive that was thwarted by a rare 30-yard penalty for two late hits. The fouls moved the Pack 295 per game. In fact, the Falcons and Wolf from the Rebel 13 back to the 43 and a subsequent field-goal attempt failed. Down 6-0, UNLV was finally Pack are the only teams to hit the mark in the awakened by the running of Dominique Dorsey as the freshman’s 56-yard scamper set up a four-yard last 21 UNLV games. Haro TD run and gave the visitors their first lead. UNR QB David Neill was intercepted on the next drive by Kevin Thomas and the preseason All-American CB returned it 25 yards. UNLV QB Jason Thomas, who only passed for 80 yards on the day, rushed for 35 to help his team reach the UNR 10 before a Dillon DATE OPPONENT RUSH Pieffer field goal made the score 10-6. UNLV’s next possession was capped by a nine-yard Dorsey TD 1999 TOTAL run that made it 17-6 to begin the fourth quarter. With Neill knocked out of the game with an injury, UNR was 11-27 CSU 126 sparked by QB Zac Threadgill, who moved his team down field and into the end zone, which pulled the 2000 Pack to within 17-12 after a failed two-point conversion attempt. Looking to ice the game, UNLV drove to the 9-9 at Iowa State 150 UNR 24 but had to settle for a 41-yard Pieffer field goal. Down by only eight, UNR failed to move the ball and 9-16 NORTH TEXAS 108 Kevin Thomas earned his ninth career pick and returned it to the three with 13 seconds remaining. Jason 9-23 at BYU 196 Thomas ran the ball in from there for the day’s final points. Dorsey finished with 180 yards on just 18 carries 9-30 AIR FORCE 219 while UNR was paced by Chance Krestschemer as the WAC’s leading rusher put up 163 yards on 23 10-7 UNR 109 carries. Defensively, Sam Brandon led the way with 12 tackles and three sacks were spread among the 10-14 at CSU 158 defense. The win broke a seven-game losing streak in Reno and marked the first time UNLV downed its 10-21 WYOMING 193 northern neighbor in successive seasons for the first time since 1976-77. The Rebels, who improved to 3- 10-28 at Ole Miss 164 0 on artificial turf under Robinson, won a game after being shut out in the first half for the first time since a 23- 11-4 at Utah 193 22 victory at New Mexico on Sept. 21, 1991. 11-11 NEW MEXICO 143 11-25 at SDSU 90 GAME 6 IN REVIEW 12-2 at Hawaii 37 12-21 ARKANSAS 115 UNLV 31, SAN DIEGO ST. 3 2001 REBELS ROLL FOR FIRST MWC WIN 8-30 at Arkansas 25 LAS VEGAS -- (Oct. 13, 2001) UNLV (2-4) won its second straight game 9-7 NORTHWESTERN 187 overall and evened its Mounain West record at 1-1 by routing San Diego State (2- 9-22 at Arizona 184 4) before 22,100 at Sam Boyd Stadium and an ABC regional TV audience. The Rebels improved to 21-13 9-29 BYU 167 in homecoming games by dominating in all facets of the game. On offense, UNLV rolled to 274 yards on the 10-6 at UNR 243 ground and 427 overall. On defense, SDSU was held to 39 yards rushing, including just 46 by the nation’s 10-13 SDSU 39 third-leading rusher Larry Ned. On special teams, UNLV blocked a punt, which led to a score, and returned 10-20 CSU 151 another for a touchdown. With speedster Dominique Dorsey sidelined early with a sprained ankle, the Rebels were led by a career-high 136 yards on 23 carries by RB Joe Haro, who had his third 100-yard game by halftime. The scoring opened with an eight-yard Jason Thomas to DeJhown Mandley touch- down pass. After the Aztecs hit a 34-yard field goal, Rebel booter Dillon Pieffer kicked his fourth consecu- tive three-pointer from 32 yards out. With Thomas off the field with a mild concussion, a 57-yard punt return by Troy Mason set up reserve freshman signal-caller Kurt Nantkes to hit Steven Costa for a 10-yard score. Later in the quarter, UNLV blocked a punt and Thomas returned to run for an eight-yard score. With SDSU unable to move the ball with a minute to go, the Rebels called timeouts to force the Aztecs to punt -- and the decision would deliver the knockout blow. Mason caught the punt at his own 48 and, with no time on the clock, returned the ball 52 yards for a touchdown and a shocking 31-3 halftime lead -- the largest for UNLV in 17 games. With the outcome virtually decided, UNLV concentrated on running out the clock behind Haro and seven other runners. Despite emptying the bench, the Rebel defense held off all Aztec scoring threats and only a missed Pieffer 29-yard field-goal attempt dimmed the team’s total effort. The game marked the first time that UNLV downed SDSU in successive seasons since 1983-84 and the 31-3 final meant UNLV held an opponent to 3 points or less for the sixth time since the school moved to Div. I in 1978. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

GAME 7 IN REVIEW COLORADO STATE 26, UNLV 24 001 UNLV COLORADO STATE 26, UNLV 24 2 HOSTS FUMBLE THROUGH LOSS FOOTBALL STAFF LAS VEGAS -- (Oct. 20, 2001) UNLV (2-5) fumbled five times and lost four of them as part of a mistake-filled performance en route to losing to Colorado State (3-5) for the sixth consecu- Head Coach: tive time, 26-24, in front of 20,049 fans and a SportsWest TV audience. The game began with UNLV punter John Robinson (3rd Year/Oregon, ‘58) Gary Cook fumbling a punt attempt and Ram Ameer Lowe running it in four yards for a touchdown. CSU Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs: eventually went up 10-0 with a 23-yard field goal at the end of the first quarter. UNLV got back in the game John Jackson (3rd Year/New York, ‘56) on a bizarre play where a Jason Thomas pass was caught by a falling Michael Johnson, who, laying Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line: on his back, flicked the ball in the air to a streaking Troy Mason who ran it in 10 yards for the lateral-aided Rob Boras (3rd Year/DePauw, ‘92) touchdown. The Rams, who struggled offensively all day, used a trick play for their next score as running Tight Ends/Option Coach: back Henri Childs threw a halfback pass to quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt, who made his way for a 56- Ken Niumatalolo (3rd Year/Hawaii, ’89) yard score. A botched extra point made the score 16-7 and then UNLV used a short Dillon Pieffer field goal just before halftime to close to within six. To start the third quarter, the Rebels forced a fumble of their own Wide Receivers/Quarterbacks: and Joe Haro ran in from 11 yards out to give UNLV its only lead of the day, 17-16. However, Dominique DelVaughn Alexander (2nd Year/USC, ‘95) Dorsey’s second of his two fumbles would then lead to another CSU field goal. The Rebels would drive 64 Defensive Coordinator/Secondary: yards before stalling and missing a 37-yard field goal attempt that left the score at 19-17. In the fourth quarter, Mike Bradeson (6th Year/Boise State, ’81) CSU completed its only long drive of the game (11 plays, 80 yards) with a seven-yard Chris Pittman Defensive Backs: scoring run. UNLV answered with it own 80-yard drive, which was capped by Haro’s second score from Steve Leach (3rd Year/Troy State, ‘91) five yards out to make the score 26-24 with seven minutes remaining. UNLV then got the break it needed Defensive Line: on the next Ram drive when Kevin Thomas intercepted Van Pelt in the end zone with more than four Craig Wederquist (2nd Year/Drake, ‘82) minutes left. After a earning a first down at their own 26, the Rebels stalled and were forced to go on fourth Linebackers/Kickers: and 2. Thomas hit Steven Costa for first down yardage before a crushing Justin Gallimore hit jolted the Steve Johns (2nd Year/Occidental, ‘91) ball loose for an incompletion. With UNLV using its three timeouts and CSU facing a third and 24 at midfield, Offensive Asst./Recruiting Coordinator: the Rebels looked set for another attempt before a personal foul penalty gave the Rams an automatic first Joe Hubbard (3rd Year/UC San Diego, ’82) down. UNLV would hold again but two Hail Mary attempts went incomplete to close the game and the Rams Director of Football Operations: moved to 3-0-1 all-time vs. UNLV in Las Vegas despite being outrushed (280-164) and outpassed (173- Joli Hatch (2nd Year/UNLV, ‘99) 168). The Rebels, who have lost the last two games to the Rams by a combined three points, were led by Graduate Assistant Coaches: Haro’s career-high 146 yards on 30 carries. CSU’s Drew Wood was the defensive star with 18 tackles Jonathan Himebauch (2nd Year/USC, ‘97) and two of the team’s four fumble recoveries. Eric Espinoza (1st Year/USC, ‘98) Director of Strength & Conditioning: CENTURY-MARK CENTER Mark Philippi (11th Year/Montana Tech, ‘86) Under the guidance of John Robinson and running coordinator John Jackson, UNLV has had 19 100- Director of Athletic Training: yard rushing efforts in the last 19 regular-season games, which were turned in by six different players: Kyle Wilson (18th Year/West Virginia, ‘82) Jeremi Rudolph (6), Joe Haro (4), Jason Thomas (3), Kevin Brown (3), Dominique Dorsey (1) Director of Equipment: and James Wofford (1). The Rebels, however, only have a 7-7 record in those 100-yard games. Paul Pucciarelli (17th Year) Coordinator of Video: PLAYER POS ATT-YD OPP DATE RESULT Jon Kinney (3rd Year/USC, ‘98) Jason Thomas QB 27-107 at Iowa State Sept. 9, 2000 L, 37-22 Coordinator of Game Operations: Kevin Brown TB 9-103 NORTH TEXAS Sept. 16, 2000 W, 38-0 Erik Schwarz (9th Year/West Virginia, ‘93) Kevin Brown TB 16-104 UNR Oct. 7, 2000 W, 38-7 Sports Information Director: Jeremi Rudolph TB 13-103 UNR Oct. 7, 2000 W, 38-7 Mark Wallington (9th Year/Florida, ‘93) Kevin Brown TB 17-134 at CSU Oct. 14, 2000 L, 20-19 Jeremi Rudolph TB 11-102 WYOMING Oct. 21, 2000 W, 42-23 James Wofford FB 10-138 at Ole Miss Oct. 28, 2000 L, 43-40 (OT) Jeremi Rudolph TB 17-107 at Ole Miss Oct. 28, 2000 L, 43-40 (OT) Jeremi Rudolph TB 16-110 at Utah Nov. 4, 2000 L, 38-16 Jeremi Rudolph TB 19-106 NEW MEXICO Nov. 11, 2000 W, 18-14 Jeremi Rudolph TB 26-159 at Hawaii Dec. 2, 2000 W, 34-32 Kevin Brown TB 19-139 at Hawaii Dec. 2, 2000 W, 34-32 Jason Thomas QB 10-126 at Hawaii Dec. 2, 2000 W, 34-32 Joe Haro TB 24-131 at Arkansas Aug. 28, 2001 L, 14-10 Jason Thomas QB 12-103 at Arkansas Aug. 28, 2001 L, 14-10 Joe Haro TB 25-104 NORTHWESTERN Sept. 7 2001 L, 37-28 Dominique Dorsey TB 18-180 at UNR Oct. 6, 2001 W, 27-12 Joe Haro TB 23-136 SDSU Oct. 13, 2001 W, 31-3 Joe Haro TB 30-146 C S U Oct. 20, 2001 L, 26-24 UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

UNLV vs. WYOMING TENTATIVE DEPTH CHART

REBEL OFFENSE REBEL DEFENSE WR 86 Troy Mason (5-10, 170, JR-2L) LDE 47 Anton Palepoi (6-4, 275, SR-1L) 8 Michael Johnson (5-10, 180, SO-1L) 45 Steve Newton (6-3, 245, SR-2L) WR 1 Bobby Nero (6-1, 180, SR-1L) DT 44 Ahmad Miller (6-4, 310, SR-1L) 4 Earvin Johnson (6-3, 195, FR-HS) 92 Phil Reed (6-3, 265, JR-2L) LT 69 Brandon Bair (6-6, 295, SR-2L) NG 91 Dietrich Canterberry (6-4, 300, SO-1L) 67 Eddie Freas (6-2, 300, JR-RS) 93 Garrett Brassington (6-2, 285, JR-TR) LG 63 Greg Hulett (6-3, 300, SR-1L) RDE 90 Ahmad Briggs (6-3, 230, JR-2L) 76 Marcus Johnson (6-1, 290, FR-RS) 99 Adrian Watson (6-3, 240, SR-1L) C 61 Peter Tramontanas (6-5, 275, SR-3L) 37 Scott Parkhurst (6-3, 245, SR-1L) 73 Dominic Furio (6-2, 285, SO-1L) SLB 55 Adam Seward (6-2, 235, FR-RS) RG 70 Tony Terrell (6-4, 295, JR-2L) 13 LaMar Owens (6-2, 235, SR-1L) 60 Ernie Calanche (6-4, 290, JR-1L) MLB 49 Ryan Claridge (6-3, 245, SO-1L) RT 75 Shane Wagers (6-5, 300, SR-2L) 36 Shanga Wilson (6-1, 215, SR-1L) 77 Jimy Zoll (6-6, 300, FR-RS) WLB 36 Shanga Wilson (6-1, 215, SR-1L) TE 80 DeJhown Mandley (6-4, 240, JR-2L) 18 Tosh Burrus (6-0, 200, JR-2L) 84 Brad Osterhout (6-4, 245, JR-1L) CB 19 Jamal Wynn (6-0, 185, JR-2L) QB 2 Jason Thomas (6-4, 230, JR-1L) 3 Ruschard Dodd-Masters (5-11, 175, FR-RS) 7 Kurt Nantkes (6-4, 215, FR-RS) SS 21 Chameion Sutton (5-11, 180, JR-TR) TB 34 Joe Haro (5-10, 190, JR-2L) 41 Ross Dalton (6-3, 205, JR-2L) 32 Jabari Johnson (5-11, 200, SR-1L) FS 42 Sam Brandon (6-3, 195, SR-2L) FB 24 Steven Costa (6-1, 225, JR-2L) 27 Jamaal Brimmer (6-1, 205, FR-RS) 40 George Gordon (6-0, 235, JR-RS) CB 28 Kevin Thomas (5-11, 180, SR-3L) 3 Ruschard Dodd-Masters (5-11, 175, FR-RS)

REBEL SPECIALISTS REBEL SPECIALISTS PK 95 Dillon Pieffer (5-11, 180, SO-1L) P 16 Gary Cook (5-11, 180, FR-HS) PR 86 Troy Mason (5-10, 170, JR-2L) KO 14 Hubi Schulze Zumkley (6-2, 215, FR-HS) HOLD 23 Toby Smeltzer (5-10, 185, JR-2L) KR 86 Troy Mason (5-10, 170, JR-2L) LS 67 Eddie Freas (6-2, 300, JR-RS) 1 Bobby Nero (6-1, 180, SR-1L) 34 Joe Haro (5-10, 190, JR-2L) UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

UNLV 2001 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE OPPONENT WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE/WR QB TB FB PK at Arkansas Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers Mandley J. Thomas J. Johnson Costa Pieffer NORTHWESTERN Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers Mandley J. Thomas Haro Costa Pieffer at Arizona Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers Mandley J. Thomas Haro Costa Pieffer BYU Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers Mandley J. Thomas Haro Costa Pieffer at Nevada, Reno Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers Mandley J. Thomas Haro Costa Pieffer SAN DIEGO STATE Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers E. JohnsonJ. Thomas Haro Costa Pieffer COLORADO STATE Mason Nero Bair Hulett Tramontanas Terrell Wagers Mandley J. Thomas Haro Costa Pieffer at Wyoming UTAH at New Mexico at Air Force

DEFENSE OPPONENT LDE DT NG RDE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB P at Arkansas Palepoi Miller Canterberry Briggs S. Parkhurst Claridge Wilson Wynn Dalton Brandon K. Thomas Cook NORTHWESTERN Palepoi Miller Canterberry Briggs S. Parkhurst Claridge Wilson Wynn Sutton Brandon K. Thomas Cook at Arizona Palepoi Miller Canterberry Briggs Owens Claridge Wilson Wynn Dalton Brandon K. Thomas Cook BYU Palepoi Miller Canterberry Briggs Owens Claridge Wilson Wynn Sutton Brandon K. Thomas Cook at Nevada, Reno Palepoi Miller Canterberry Briggs Seward Claridge Wilson Wynn Sutton Brandon K. Thomas Cook SAN DIEGO STATE Watson Miller Canterberry S. Parkhurst Seward Claridge Wilson Wynn Sutton Brandon K. Thomas Cook COLORADO STATE Newton Miller Canterberry Briggs Seward Claridge Wilson Wynn Sutton Brandon K. Thomas Cook at Wyoming UTAH at New Mexico at Air Force

UNLV ACTIVE UNLV CONSECUTIVE STARTS LEADERS STARTS LEADERS POS PLAYER YR GMS* POS PLAYER YR GMS* CB Kevin Thomas SR 41# CB Kevin Thomas SR 41# OL Peter Tramontanas SR 35 (Includes 8 games as TE in 1999) DL Ahmad Miller SR 25 OL Tony Terrell JR 29 OL Tony Terrell JR 24 DL Ahmad Miller SR 29 C Peter Tramontanas SR 21 OT Brandon Bair SR 28 OL Greg Hulett SR 19 LB James Sunia SR 27 OL Bradon Bair SR 19 TE DeJhown Mandley JR 20 WR Troy Mason JR 19 FS Sam Brandon SR 19 WR Troy Mason JR 18 LB Shanga Wilson SR 17 DL Anton Palepoi SR 15 *Does not include 2000 Las Vegas Bowl #Every game of career UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

UNLV 2001 PRESEASON HONORS BRANDON SAM BRANDON, FS Honorable Mention All-America – Street & Smith’s BAIR First Team All-MWC – Collegefootballnews.com First Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s 6-6, 300, SR-2L Second Team All-MWC – Lindy’s OFFENSIVE LINEMAN RYAN CLARIDGE, LB HENDERSON, NV Second Team All-MWC – Lindy’s (BASIC HS/ TROY MASON, PR SOUTHERN UTAH) Honorable Mention All-America – Phil Steele’s First Team All-MWC - Athlon First Team All-MWC – Street & Smith’s 69 Second Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s

AHMAD MILLER, DL Third Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s UNLV: A hulking blocker who has stepped up as a conference honors candidate on the ANTON PALEPOI, DE Rebel offensive line … A former walk-on from a local high school … 2001: Started all Honorable Mention All-America – Phil Steele’s seven games at left tackle ... 2000: Shook off spring shoulder surgery to start all 13 Honorable Mention All-America – Street & Smith’s First Team All-MWC – Athlon games at left tackle for the Rebels, including the bowl game … 1999: Started nine of 11 First Team All-MWC – Collegefootballnews.com games at left tackle … AT SOUTHERN UTAH: Spent the 1997 spring season at the First Team All-MWC – Lindy’s school but never played for the Thunderbirds … HIGH SCHOOL: A 1996 graduate of First Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s Basic HS … Played for coach Cliff Frazier … PERSONAL: The son of Chris and First Team All-MWC – Preview Sports Linda Bair … Married his wife, Becky, on June 26, 1999 … Majoring in environmental First Team All-MWC – Street & Smith’s First Team All-MWC – The Sporting News studies.

DILLON PIEFFER, K BAIR’S SEASON MARKS First Team All-MWC – Preview Sports GAME GRADE KNOCKDOWNS Second Team All-MWC – Lindy’s Arkansas 89% 5 TONY TERRELL, OL Northwestern 84% 5 Second Team All-MWC – Lindy’s Arizona 92% 6 JASON THOMAS, QB BYU 85% 5 Second Team All-America – Phil Steele’s Nevada, Reno 90% 6 Honorable Mention All-America – Street & Smith’s San Diego State 88% 3 MWC Most Valuable Player – Lindy’s MWC Offensive Player of the Year – Collegefootballnews.com Colorado State 94% 4 MWC Offensive Player of the Year – Preview Sports TOTALS 89% 34 MWC Offensive Player of the Year – Street & Smith’s MWC Offensive Player of the Year – The Sporting News First Team All-MWC – Athlon First Team All-MWC – Collegefootballnews.com First Team All-MWC – Lindy’s First Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s ROBINSON SAYS: First Team All-MWC – Preview Sports “Brandon Bair has First Team All-MWC – Street & Smith’s First Team All-MWC – The Sporting News made as much

KEVIN THOMAS, CB progress in the Third Team All-America – Athlon offensive line as Honorable Mention All-America – Phil Steele’s Honorable Mention All-America – Street & Smith’s any player I’ve MWC Defensive Player of the Year – Lindy’s ever coached. He MWC Defensive Player of the Year – Street & Smith’s First Team All-MWC – Athlon has developed First Team All-MWC – Lindy’s First Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s size, strength and First Team All- MWC – Preview Sports skill in dramatic First Team All-MWC – Street & Smith’s First Team All-MWC – The Sporting News fashion. Although this man is still PETER TRAMONTANAS, C Third Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s growing, he is now

SHANGA WILSON, LB well over 300 pounds and with Third Team All-MWC – Phil Steele’s his long frame, can become a very good tackle.” UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

BRANDON’S DEFENSIVE STATS SAM YEAR UT AT TOT PBU INT 2001 43 13 56 6 1 BRANDON 2000 52 30 82 6 1 6-3, 195, SR-2L TOTALS 95 43 138 12 2 FREE SAFETY RIVERSIDE, CA (NORTH HS) ROBINSON SAYS: “Sam Brandon is a true hitter. He could move up and be a great college line- 42 backer. Last year was great for him in that he was forced to play deep, which made him an accomplished pass de- *2001 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA* fender. He combines cover ability and *2001 PRESEASON FIRST TEAM ALL-MWC* run-forcing ability very well.” UNLV: A former wide receiver for the Rebels who used his great speed to have impressive debut on defense, which included being voted team’s Defen- sive MVP … Tabbed preseason honorable mention All-America by Street & Smith’s … Also tabbed first team all-league by Phil Steele’s and Collegefootballnews.com … 2001: Ranks seventh in the MWC with 8.0 tackles per game ... Has led the squad in tackling in five of the seven games ... Has a season-best 12 takedowns at UNR, including two PBUs ... Intercepted BYU’s Brandon Doman and returned it 20 yards to set up a UNLV TD ... Recorded five tackles and broke up one pass vs. Arizona ... Led an all- around outstanding defensive effort at Arkansas in which the Rebels set a school record by holding the Razorbacks to just 114 yards total offense ... Tops on the squad with seven tackles and two PBUs vs. the Hogs ... Matched a career high with a team-best 11 takedowns against Northwestern ... 2000: An honorable mention All-MWC selection at safety by league coaches … Started all 13 games, including bowl game … Led team with 82 total tackles in the regular season, including 52 unassisted takedowns … Grabbed first ca- reer interception to help Rebels defeat Hawaii in regular-season finale and returned the pick 22 yards … Defended seven passes on the year and had one sack for a two-yard loss … Blocked a key field goal attempt at Ole Miss to allow UNLV to later tie game and take the SEC-version Rebels into overtime … Hit double figures for tackles in five games last season, including career- high 11 at BYU … 1999: Member of squad but ineligible to play … Practiced with team on defense … 1998: Turned in strong rookie campaign at receiver … Played in nine games and started three times (Wyoming, SMU, Tulsa) … Finished fifth on team in receptions with 12 for 122 yards … First career catch was a season-long 32-yarder vs. Air Force … Scored first career touchdown with an 11-yard catch from Chad Reed for the Rebels’ only points at SMU … Totaled career-high five catches for 26 yards vs. the Mustangs … 1997: Redshirted … HIGH SCHOOL: A 1997 graduate of Riverside HS … Lettered thrice for coach Mark Paredes … Helped the Huskies to a 14-0 record and CIF championship during junior year … Named first team all-league in 1995- 96 … Also tabbed first team all-CIF in ’96 … Also played forward on the basketball team … Competed in five track events as well, including the 200m … PERSONAL: Sam Brandon was born on July 5, 1979, in Toledo, OH … The son of Michael and Lillie Brandon … Majoring in social science studies. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

MASON’S RECEIVING STATS TROY YEAR REC YDS AVG TD LG 2001 17 314 18.5 1 41 MASON 2000 27 492 18.2 1 54 5-10, 170, JR-2L 1999 2 12 6.0 0 7 WIDE RECEIVER TOTAL 46 818 17.8 2 54 BASTROP, LA (BASTROP HS) MASON’S PUNT RETURN STATS YEAR ATT YDS AVG TD LG 2001 18 238 13.2 1 57 2000 23 378 16.4 1 84 86 TOTALS 41 616 15.0 2 84

MASON’S KICKOFF RETURN STATS YEAR ATT YDS AVG TD LG *PRESEASON HM ALL-AMERICAN RETURNER* 2001 11 233 21.2 0 31 *2001 PRESEASON FIRST TEAM ALL-MWC* 2000 15 262 17.5 0 34 1999 15 347 23.1 0 46 UNLV: The Rebels’ leading returning receiver and return man ... Tabbed preseason TOTAL 41 842 20.5 0 46 honorable mention All-America as a punt returner by Phil Steele’s as well as a first team all-league returner by Athlon and Street & Smith’s … Hails from the same high school MASON’S TOP RECEIVING PERFORMANCES as former UNLV All-WAC DE Talance Sawyer, who started last fall for the Minnesota YEAR OPPONENT REC YDS TD Vikings … 2001: Leads the team with 17 receptions and 314 yards ... Ranks second 2001 NORTHWESTERN 7 106 0 in the league and 17th nationally with a 13.2 punt return average ... Scored his first 2000 at BYU 5 102 0 receiving TD of the year after taking a lateral from Michael Johnson 10 yards to the end zone vs. Colorado State ... Earned MWC Special Teams Player of the Week honors 2000 AIR FORCE 4 122 0 after taking two SDSU punts for more than 50 yards, including a 52-yarder for a score 2001 at Arizona 4 87 0 ... Caught four passes for 87 yards at Arizona, including a season-long 40 yarder ... 2000 ARKANSAS 3 89 1 Held without a catch in the season opener at Arkansas, but returned four punts for 61 yards (15.3 average), including a 39-yard return to set up the Rebels’ first field goal ... ROBINSON SAYS: Posted his third career 100-yard receiving game with 7 grabs for 106 yards vs. Northwestern ... 2000: Voted first team all-conference by the media as a punt returner … “Troy Mason established himself Started all 13 games at receiver opposite Nate Turner … Team’s second-leading ball in two areas last year. First, as catcher, finishing with 27 receptions (19 more than No. 3 receiver) for 492 yards … Led one of the nation’s top punt team with 18.2 yards-per-catch average … Also added three catches for 89 yards in Las Vegas Bowl, including a stunning 54-yardTD to put the Rebels on top for good … returners. And second, he Earned first career TD with 23-yard score thrown by Thomas at Colorado State … Set made dramatic progress Las Vegas Bowl record with five punt returns for 51 yards, including a long of 24, and as a wide receiver. He added two kickoff returns in the 31-14 win as well … Second on squad with two 100- yard games, which came back to back at BYU (5-102) and vs. Air Force (4-122) … may well take his Had dazzling 49-yard catch vs. Cougars and another jaw-dropping 54-yard reception place among our vs. Falcons … Caught a pass in all but two games last season (UNT and Ole Miss) conference’s best … Finished ranked seventh in nation in punt returns with a 16.4-yard average … Named the MWC Special Teams Player of the Week after ripping off an 84-yard punt receivers. He is not return for a touchdown to spark UNLV to 18-14 win over New Mexico … That return big but fast and very was the second-longest in school and league history … Also led squad in kickoff returns strong. If he continues to with 15 for an average of 17.5 per attempt with a long of 34 … Ranked second on team and seventh in conference in all-purpose yardage with 94.3-yard average … 1999: improve he will be a real Earned his first letter after playing in all 11 games … Caught two passes for 12 yards in all-star.” rookie campaign … Returned 15 kickoffs for an average of 23.1 and a long of 46 … 1998: Redshirted … HIGH SCHOOL: A 1998 graduate of Bastrop HS … A three-year letterman who was named first team all-district and All-Northern Louisiana … Hauled in 26 passes for 533 yards and five touchdowns as a senior … Added two scores off punt returns … Also played three years as a point guard for the Rams and ran the 100m and 200m events for the track team … Top time of 10.6 in the 100m … PERSONAL: Troy Dewaine Mason was born on March 17, 1980 … The son of Mavis Hawkins and stepfather Mizell Hawkins … Majoring in communications. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

ANTON PALEPOI’S DEFENSIVE STATS YEAR UT AT TOT TFL SACKS FF PALEPOI 2001 11 4 15 5-27 3.5-29 1 6-4, 275, SR-1L 2000 25 13 38 12-53 8-39 1 DEFENSIVE END TOTALS 36 17 53 17-80 11.5-68 2 SALT LAKE CITY, UT (HUNTER HS/ DIXIE COLLEGE) 47

*PRESEASON HONORABLE MENTION A LL-AMERICA* *LOMBARDI A WARD CANDIDATE* ROBINSON SAYS: *2001 PRESEASON FIRST TEAM ALL-MWC* “Anton Palepoi has All-America-type talent. No question about it. He is also a definite NFL player. He can get to the UNLV: A former JC first team All-American defensive lineman who lived up to his billing during his first season on the I-A level … Named to 2001 Lombardi quarterback with the best of them. Now that he has one year Award Watch List … Tabbed honorable mention All-America by Street & under his belt at this level, we expect an even bigger year Smith’s and Phil Steele’s … Also a unanimous first-team all-league selection out of him and all five of our ends coming off the edge.” … Listed as the No. 4 player overall in the MWC by Lindy’s and No. 12 by Collegefootballnews.com … 2001: Did not play vs. SDSU or Colorado State while recovering from a sprained MCL ... Ranks fourth in the MWC with 3.5 sacks and eighth in the league with 1.2 tackles for loss per game ... Recorded his second sack of the year against BYU ... Also posted two tackles for loss and broke up one pass vs. the Cougars ... Statistically, enjoyed his best game of the season at Arizona, collecting four takedowns, recording one sack for 12 yards, forcing one fumble and blocking a field goal attempt ... Had a second sack erased by penalty vs. the Wildcats ... Turned in a spectacular defensive effort at Arkansas despite recording only three tackles ... Added constant pressure to the Razorbacks’ quarterbacks and registered one tackle for loss ... Batted a pass up that was intercepted by Shanga Wilson and returned 40 yards to set up UNLV’s first touchdown ... Made three tackles and broke up one pass against Northwestern ... 2000: Voted First Team All-MWC by the league’s coaches … Played in all 13 games and started 11 at left defensive end … Led team and tied for second in conference with eight sacks for 39 yards … Also paced Rebels with 12 tackles for loss for 53 yards … Finished 10th on team with 38 total tackles during regular season … Best game of season came vs. Wyoming when he tallied four sacks … Registered first two QB takedowns of Rebel career at BYU in Game Three … AT DIXIE: Played two seasons for the school located in St. George, Utah ... One of two first-team JC All-American defensive linemen to sign with the Rebels last year … Runs a 4.7 40 … Named to the PrepStar Juco Super 24 national squad … Selected as the Western States Football League Most Valuable Player in 1999 after leading Dixie College to an appearance in the junior college national championship game … Has tremendous quickness and push and used those skills to collect 16.5 sacks and one fumble recovery … One of Max Emfinger’s Junior College Super 124 Bluechips … HIGH SCHOOL: A 1996 graduate of Hunter HS in Salt Lake City … Earned first-team all-state honors played as a strong safety … PERSONAL: Anton Charles Palepoi was born on Jan. 19, 1978, in American Samoa … The son of Tony and Tutaga Palepoi, both of whom graduated from BYU … Majoring in social science studies. UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 third quarter that traveled more than 60 yards in the air … Against Hawaii, ran for two touchdowns and threw for another to get Rebels into bowl contention ... His 126 yards JASON on just 10 carries vs. Warriors made him first UNLV QB to ever rush for 100 yards in a game twice in a career … Set career highs for pass attempts (31), completions (19) THOMAS and yards (277) in the win at San Diego State ... Also threw two scoring strikes in that game: a 53-yarder to Bobby Nero and a 16-yard toss to Nate Turner ... Capped a 10- 6-4, 230, JR-1L play, 69-yard scoring drive in the last three minutes of the game with a two-yard TD toss QUARTERBACK to Nate Turner to lead UNLV to a come-from-behind win over New Mexico ... Did not COMPTON, CA play at Utah, still suffering from a sprained foot ... Scored two touchdowns and threw for (DOMINGUEZ HS/ another at Ole Miss ... Suffered a sprain of his right foot at Colorado State that forced him USC) to miss the second half of that game ... Ran for two TDs and threw for two more in win over Nevada, Reno ... Named MWC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 2 after leading UNLV to a win over Air Force with one rushing TD and one passing TD ... 2 Threw for 200 yards in back-to-back games (253 vs. Air Force, 202 vs. BYU) ... Threw for a two-point conversion and rushed for one vs. Air Force ... Recorded UNLV’s first 200-yard passing game of the season at BYU on 11-of-17 passing for 202 yards ... Had *2001 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA* a 72-yard breakaway on a QB draw at BYU, UNLV’s longest run from scrimmage since an 89-yard rush by Darin Brightmon against New Mexico State in 1989 ... Threw *DAVEY O’BRIEN A WARD C ANDIDATE* for two touchdowns and 129 yards on 6-for-11 passing and rushed for another 74 yards *2001 PRESEASON MWC OFF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR* and a score despite only playing a little more than two quarters against North Texas ... Made his eagerly awaited collegiate debut at Iowa State and led the Rebels in both UNLV: One of 11 players listed as Heisman Trophy candidates by USA TODAY as rushing and passing ... Scored UNLV’s first touchdown of the season, scampering 45 part of the national newspaper’s college football preview ... A preseason Second-Team yards on his first series as a collegian ... Completed nine of 25 pass attempts for 190 All-America selection by Phil Steele’s preview magazine … Also ranked by Lindy’s yards, two touchdowns and one interception ... Became third Rebel QB in history to (No. 10), Phil Steele’s (No. 7) and CBS Sportsline.com (one of 18) as a Heisman rush for more than 100 yards, gaining 107 yards on 21 carries … 1999: Sat out season Trophy candidate for 2001 … The preseason conference MVP according to Lindy’s also per NCAA transfer rules, but dazzled onlookers while running the Rebel scout team ... was chosen the league’s offensive player of the year by The Sporting News, Street & AT USC: Redshirted 1998 season while rehabilitating injury suffered as prep senior ... Smith’s and Preview Sports … Listed as the No. 1 player overall in the MWC by HIGH SCHOOL: A 1998 graduate of Dominguez High School in Compton, CA ... Lindy’s and Collegefootballnews.com … Will start at quarterback for Rebels for second Named a 1997 Parade All-American, SuperPrep National 50, The Sporting News Top consecutive season in 2001 … 100% healthy after rehabilitating his foot following a mid- 100, SuperPrep All-America, PrepStar Dream Team, PrepStar All-America, SuperPrep season injury … Despite missing seven quarters of play, was able to lead his team to All-Far West, PrepStar All-Western Region Super 30 and first team Long Beach Press- four consecutive victories at the end of last season … Got UNLV bowl eligible and went Telegram Best in the West as a senior quarterback despite missing most of the season on to win MVP honors in Las Vegas Bowl with a stunning performance before a national with a dislocated ankle ... Threw for 1,431 yards and 10 TDs and rushed for 694 yards TV audience … Described by many as the most important recruit in school history ... and 22 TDs as a junior in 1996 ... Honored that season as USA Today All-USA Chose UNLV over such programs as Nebraska, Miami, Syracuse and Kansas State ... Transferred to UNLV before the 1999 season after redshirting for one year at Southern California while recovering from injury sustained as a prepster ... Brings pro-like size and strength to the quarterback position, yet is very nimble and scrambles with the ball well ... Has thrown a football at least 70 yards in the air ... Also an accomplished basketball player who flirted playing for the Runnin’ Rebels as well before his mid- season injury … Voted the top local male college athlete by Las Vegas Review-Journal and its readers … 2001: Ranks fifth in the MWC in total offense with 183.0 yards per game ... Tallied 52 yards and a TD on the ground vs. SDSU and another 133 yards and a score through the air ... Rushed for 50 yards and a score at UNR ... Held without a rushing or passing touchdown for the second straight game against BYU, the only two times in his career that has happened ... Connected with six different receivers vs. BYU for 132 yards ... Threw for a career high 304 yards and two touchdowns against Northwestern ... Found Michael Johnson for both TDs, the first of the sophomore’s career ... Also ran for a score against the Wildcats ... Endured perhaps the worst performance of his career as a Rebel in the season opener at Arkansas, connecting on only four of 16 passes and tossing three interceptions ... Despite the passing statistics, still rushed for 103 yards and threw a six-yard TD pass ... It was the third 100-yard rushing game of his career ... 2000: Voted the MWC Offensive Newcomer of the Year by the league’s media … Named 2000 preseason first team All-Mountain West Conference by Lindy’s magazine before ever stepping on the field … Tabbed MWC Newcomer of the Year by Lindy’s and league’s offensive newcomer of the year by The Sporting News … Despite foot injury, already became his school’s career rushing quarterback with 599 yards … Threw at least one TD pass in all but one of 12 games played last year (BYU) ... Put on a show in Las Vegas Bowl by lighting up Arkansas’ top-10 defense when he completed 12 of 17 pass attempts (LV Bowl record .706 completion pct.) for 217 yards and three touchdowns without throwing an interception ... Also rushed for 32 yards on 10 carries … Hit Troy Mason with a pin-point 54-yard touchdown throw in the UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 honorable mention, Student Sports Junior All-America, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team and All-CIF division II Offensive MVP ... Also lettered in basketball at Dominguez, UNLV CAREER QB RUSHING YARDS leading the Dons to back-to-back California state Division II titles ... Among other hoops PLAYER YEARS ATT YDS AVG TD honors, was named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West, becoming 1. Jason Thomas 2000-PR 210 895 4.26 14 only the fourth player ever to earn the honor in both football and basketball ... Also tabbed 2. Derek Stott 1989-91 270 579 2.14 6 a first-team Student Sports Grid-Hoops All-American in 1997 and ‘98 ... Named the 3. Don Kennedy 1969-70 168 542 3.23 10 1997 Student Sports California Junior Athlete of the Year and the 1996 Student Sports 4. Larry Gentry 1977-80 231 520 2.25 10 California Sophomore Athlete of the Year ... PERSONAL: Jason E. Thomas was born on Dec. 16, 1979 in Los Angeles … The son of Charles and Lois Thomas, both of whom UNLV CAREER QB RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS have moved to Las Vegas … Sister, Nicole, was a hurdler on Arizona’s track team ... PLAYER YEARS TD YDS Second cousin Daylon McCutcheon played cornerback at USC from 1995-98 and is 1. Glenn Carano 1973-76 20 139 a member of the Cleveland Browns … Majoring in sociology. 2. Jason Thomas 2000-PR 14 895 3. Don Kennedy 1969-70 10 542 THOMAS’ OFFENSIVE STATS Larry Gentry 1977-80 10 520 CATEGORY AVG MWC NCAA 5. Randall Cunningham1982-84 9 223 Passing efficiency 101.6 5 89 Total offense/game 183.0 5 65 UNLV SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING TDS Passing yards/game 140.7 4 — PLAYER POS YEAR TD 1. Mike Thomas RB 1973 20 RUSHING 2. Mike Thomas RB 1974 17 YEAR ATT YDS AVG TD LG 3. Jason Thomas QB 2000 11 2001 72 296 4.1 3 53 Mack Gilchrist RB 1969 11 2000 138 599 4.3 11 72 5. Ickey Woods RB 1989 10 TOTALS 210 895 4.3 14 72 Darall Moore RB 1975 10 Mack Gilchrist RB 1970 10 PASSING YEAR A-C YDS PCT TD INT LG JT BIG PLAY 2001 143-62 995 .434 5 8 53 Jason Thomas’ game-winning one-yard touchdown pass to Nate Turner at Hawaii was 2000 201-106 1,708 .527 14 9 57 the shortest scoring throw of his young career. He has now thrown seven TD tosses of TOTALS 342-168 2,693 .491 19 17 57 40 yards or more. In addition, Thomas had touchdown runs of 45 yards (at ISU), 44 yards (at UH) and 20 yards (vs. Air Force), another 45-yard run (vs. UNR) plus a rush for 72 yards (at BYU) that was the longest run from scrimmage for the Rebels since 1989. ROBINSON SAYS: “Jason Thomas may be the most gifted athlete I’ve ever coached. He brings THOMAS TD PASSES TOP THOMAS RUSHES stunning gifts to the quarterback position but the best thing about Jason may be his YDS RECEIVER GAME YDS GAME competitiveness … He wants to do whatever it takes. The great players that I’ve 57 Nate Turner NORTH TEXAS 72 at BYU had the good fortune to coach were all ambitious and curious and willing to do 56 Nate Turner at Iowa State 53 at Arkansas 54 Troy Mason vs. Arkansas* 45 at Iowa State (TD) anything if it was going to help them become better. This man has all of that.” 53 Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern 45 UNR 53 Bobby Nero at SDSU 44 at Hawaii (TD) 42 Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern 34 at Ole Miss A RUSHIN’ REBEL 40 Charles James NORTH TEXAS 28 vs. CSU 37 Nate Turner UNR 27 vs. ARKANSAS* Jason Thomas used his first series as a collegian to run for an electrifying 45-yard 35 Troy Mason Colorado State 23 at UNR touchdown and then went on to become his school’s career QB rushing yardage 31 Nate Turner at Iowa State 23 NORTH TEXAS leader in just his first season. In the regular-season finale at Hawaii, Thomas be- 23 Troy Mason at CSU 20 AIR FORCE (TD) came the first QB in school history to have two 100-yard rushing games IN A CA- 19 Nate Turner UNR *Las Vegas Bowl not reflected in season statistics REER when he posted 126 yards on just 10 carries (former UNLV star Randall 19 Nate Turner vs. Arkansas* 18 Bobby Nero AIR FORCE Cunningham, who is the NFL career leader in rushing for a quarterback, had a 16 Nate Turner at SDSU single-game career high of just 57 yards in 1983). Thomas skyrocketed up the 15 DeJhown Mandley WYOMING school’s charts in both yards and touchdowns. His two rushing TDs at UH gave him 12 Nate Turner at Ole Miss 11 on the season — the third most in one year by any Rebel regardless of position. 8 DeJhown Mandley vs. SDSU Thomas, who had at least one such score in eight of his 11 games last fall, needs six 5 Nate Turner vs. Arkansas* 2 Nate Turner NEW MEXICO more this year to tie Glenn Carano for career QB rushing TDs at UNLV with 20. 1 Nate Turner at Hawaii

UNLV SINGLE-GAME 100-YARD RUSHING QUARTERBACKS PLAYER DATE OUTCOME ATT YDS AVG TD Hunkie Cooper 9/14/91 W, 23-9 vs. Oregon State 18 165 9.2 1 (6yd) Jason Thomas 12/2/00 W, 34-32 at Hawaii 10 126 12.6 2 (44,1) Jason Thomas 9/9/00 L, 37-22 at Iowa State 21 107 5.1 1 (45yd) Jason Thomas 8/30/01 L, 14-10 at Arkansas 12 103 8.6 0 Derek Stott 11/23/91 L, 44-23 vs. Pacific 15 103 6.9 0 UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001 most shocking play of 1999 when he returned a fumble 100 yards against Baylor with no time remaining to hand UNLV a 27-24 upset road win … Also scored on his first KEVIN career interception when he returned a pick 49 yards for a touchdown to seal victory at North Texas … Finished with 52 total tackles, good for seventh on the squad … Tabbed THOMAS by The Sporting News as preseason second team all-league ... 1998: Started all 11 5-11, 180, SR-3L games at right corner as a redshirt freshman ... Finished 12th on team with 41 tackles ... Led Rebels with seven pass breakups, which tied for 18th in the WAC ... Also tied CORNERBACK for squad lead with two fumble recoveries ... 1997: Redshirted ... HIGH SCHOOL: A SACRAMENTO, CA 1997 graduate of Foothill HS ... A two-year letterwinner for coach Frank Negri as both (FOOTHILL HS) a DB and wide receiver ... Recorded five interceptions as senior and three as junior ... Named first team all-conference as senior as well as being the team’s defensive MVP ... Tabbed second team All-Metro as a DB ... A top return man who had four punt returns for scores in 1996 ... Helped Mustangs to a 12-1 record ... Also a two-time all-league 28 small forward on basketball team ... PERSONAL: Marvin Kevin Thomas was born on July 28, 1978, in Phoenix ... The son of Marvin and Yolando Thomas ... Nickname is K.T. … Majoring in social science studies.

*2001 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA* THOMAS’ DEFENSIVE STATS *THORPE AWARD CANDIDATE* YEAR UT AT TOT PBU INT FR *2001 PRESEASON MWC DEF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR* 2001 19 3 22 4 3 0 *TWO-TIME F IRST TEAM ALL-MWC* 2000 39 7 46 14 2 1 1999 43 9 52 24 5 1 UNLV: Described by head coach John Robinson as one of the best college football 1998 33 8 41 7 0 2 players in the United States, the Mountain West Conference’s top cornerback will return TOTAL 134 27 161 49 10 4 as a senior in 2001 … Listed as college football’s 23rd-best NFL prospect by FOXsports.com … A preseason second-team All-America selection by Athlon magazine a year ago, he was tabbed third team this season by the same publication … Named ROBINSON SAYS: preseason MWC Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, this “Kevin Thomas comes back after year by Lindy’s and Street & Smith’s … Also tabbed first team All-MWC by six having in my opinion an outstanding preseason magazines … Tabbed the No. 2 overall player in the MWC behind only year. He didn’t have as much teammate Jason Thomas by Lindy’s … A member of the Watch List for the annual Jim Thorpe Award … Already the school’s leader in pass breakups with 48 … Is super success as his sophomore quick and reads receivers well … Has knack for being in right place at right time … season but still played at a 2001: Team leader in games started with 40 consecutive starting nods ... Intercepted his very high level. He is simply 10th career pass against Colorado State, the fifth-best total in school history ... Picked one of the best players in off his first two passes of the season at UNR ... Also made six tackles vs. the Wolf the United States at his Pack ... Tallied seven tackles and a PBU against BYU ... Recovered a blocked field goal attempt at Arizona and returned it 28 yards ... Added three PBUs to his school- position. He is just one of record total in the loss at Arkansas ... Recorded two takedowns as part of the defensive those people who can effort that held the Hogs to just 114 yards of total offense ... 2000: Named first team All- cover one on one. He has Mountain West Conference by the league’s coaches, media and Football News ... outstanding speed and Finished fifth on team with 46 total tackles … Missed most of season finale at Hawaii with ankle injury was back at full strength for Las Vegas Bowl IX where he added three quickness and I UT and broke up three Arkansas pass attempts … Led squad with seven tackles and think he can one PBU at San Diego State ... Scored third touchdown of his career, returning a fumble become an All- 31 yards for a score late in game at Utah ... Made a season-best 10 tackles against American this Wyoming and defended two passes ... Named MWC Defensive Player of the Week on year.” Oct. 2 after intercepting a pass for second straight week and returning it 32 yards against Air Force ... That interception marked his seventh career pick, which tied him for 10th on UNLV career interception list ... Made one tackle and gave up just one reception at Colorado State ... Recorded a career-high six pass breakups against Nevada, Reno ... Finished second in MWC with 16 passes defended (2 INT + 14 PBU) ... Grabbed sixth career interception and first of the season at BYU, stepping in front of the first Cougar pass of the day and returning it seven yards ... Made two tackles in a quiet performance against North Texas ... Helped defense hold the Eagles to just 163 yards through the air ... Was team’s second-leading tackler at Iowa State, recording eight takedowns ... Also broke up one pass … 1999: Named first team All-MWC by Football News … Led team and finished fourth in conference and 20th in nation with five interceptions … Also led league in passes defended with 29 (5 INT, 24 PBU) … His 24 pass breakups eclipsed a 16-year-old record of 18 set by Anthony Blue in 1984 … Turned in college football’s UNLV FOOTBALL NEWS 2001

TONY PETER TERRELL TRAMONTANAS 6-4, 310, JR-2L 6-5, 285, SR-3L OFFENSIVE LINEMAN CENTER LAWNDALE, CA ALTURAS, CA (HAWTHORNE HS) (MODOC HS)

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UNLV: The team’s emerging blocking star along the line … Tabbed preseason second UNLV: Solidified the middle of the line last fall and will return as one of nation’s top team All-MWC by Lindy’s … An involved student who is football’s representative on the centers in 2001 … Recruited as a linebacker, he is a talented blocker who already has UNLV Student-Athlete Advisory Board … 2001: Started all seven games at right guard started at three positions for Rebels during career (guard, tight end and center) and has ... 2000: Named preseason second team All-MWC by The Sporting News … Started developed into an NFL prospect … Named preseason third team All-MWC by Phil all 13 games at right guard … Tabbed honorable mention All-MWC in both the league’s Steele’s … 2001: The veteran of the offensive line with 35 career starts ... 2000: media and coaches polls … 1999: Earned first collegiate letter by playing in 10 of 11 Started all 13 games at center … Tabbed honorable mention All-MWC by the league’s games … Missed trip to Wyoming because of injury … Started 10 games at right guard media … 1999: Successfully moved from offensive line during spring practice and … 1998: Redshirted … HIGH SCHOOL: A 1998 graduate of Hawthorne HS … A three- went on to start first eight games at tight end … Caught three passes for 20 yards … year letterwinner for the Cougars … Helped coach Daniel Robbins’ squad to an 8-4 Moved to center late in year and started final two games as team’s snapper … 1998: record in both junior and senior seasons … Named first team All-Daily Breeze, All-CIF Earned first collegiate letter by becoming valuable addition to offensive line … Started and All-Bay League in ’97 … Also played basketball and competed in track … PER- final five games at right guard spot after making first career start in game six as a left SONAL: Tony Terrell was born on Nov. 3, 1980, in Los Angeles … The son of Tyrone guard at BYU … 1997: Redshirted … HIGH SCHOOL: A 1996 graduate of Modoc Terrell and Sherry McKnight … A strong student who is active in his church … Major HS … An outstanding athlete who lettered in four sports … Named to All-Northern is social science studies. Section team as an end by the Redding Record-Searchlight … Honored as member of Cal-Hi small school all-state team … Recorded 12 sacks as a senior and added 22 GAME GRADE KNOCKDOWNS catches for more than 400 yards playing tight end for the Braves … Also punted for Arkansas 83% 5 coach Shawn Wood’s squad, which won the CIF-North Section 2A Championship in Northwestern 82% 6 1994 going 11-0 … Also was a member of the Modoc band, playing tuba since the Arizona 78% 6 fourth grade … PERSONAL: Peter Tramontanas was born on March 29, 1977, in Lodi, CA … The son of George and Cynthia Tramontanas … Majoring in secondary BYU 81% 5 education. Nevada, Reno 82% 5 San Diego State 86% 9 GAME GRADE KNOCKDOWNS Colorado State 90% 5 Arkansas 83% 5 TOTALS 83% 41 Northwestern 84% 7 Arizona 81% 4 BYU 83% 11 ROBINSON SAYS: Nevada, Reno 85% 5 “Tony Terrell has traveled a San Diego State 84% 5 tremendous distance in these few Colorado State 89% 7 years. He is now one of the most TOTALS 84% 44 impressive physical specimens among all college offensive linemen. He is a young ROBINSON SAYS: man with great ambition. I expect him to be a very successful “I love Pete Tramontanas’ man on the football field and in life. approach to football. He is as He reminds me a little bit of Jackie competitive a player as we Slater in his approach to life.” have. He has thrived in the move back to center (from tight end). Now in his second year there, he will be one of the top centers in our league.” 2001 UNLV REBEL FOOT BALL UNLV Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct. 21, 2001) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (2-5-0) (1-3-0) (1-2-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (1-2-0) (1-2-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3-0) (0-1-0) (1-2-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND —————— —————————— — —— ——— Aug 30, 2001 at Arkansas L 10-14 52213 Sep 07, 2001 NORTHWESTERN L 28-37 26721 Sep 22, 2001 at Arizona L 21-38 47031 *Sep 29, 2001 BRIGHAM YOUNG L 31-35 32601 Oct 06, 2001 at Nevada W 27-12 24238 *Oct 13, 2001 SAN DIEGO STATE W 31-3 22100 *Oct 20, 2001 COLORADO STATE L 24-26 20049 * denotes conference game

TEAM STATISTICS UNLV OPP —————————————————————————- FIRST DOWNS...... 121 131 Rushing...... 65 52 Passing...... 46 65 Penalty...... 10 14 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1562 996 Yards gained rushing... 1734 1171 Yards lost rushing..... 172 175 Rushing Attempts...... 344 257 Average Per Rush...... 4.5 3.9 Average Per Game...... 223.1 142.3 TDs Rushing...... 12 9 PASSING YARDAGE...... 1038 1304 Att-Comp-Int...... 148-66-8 244-121-5 Average Per Pass...... 7.0 5.3 Average Per Catch...... 15.7 10.8 Average Per Game...... 148.3 186.3 TDs Passing...... 7 8 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2600 2300 Total Plays...... 492 501 Average Per Play...... 5.3 4.6 Average Per Game...... 371.4 328.6 KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS. 21-604 28-701 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 19-244 16-176 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 5-131 8-82 FUMBLES-LOST...... 22-10 19-11 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 55-468 43-425 PUNTS-AVG...... 40-37.0 45-42.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 31:51 28:09 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 37/107 32/110 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 2/13 8/13 RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G —————————————————————————————— HARO, Joe 7 154 756 32 724 4.7 6 68 103.4 DORSEY, Dominiq 6 48 331 2 329 6.9 3 56 54.8 THOMAS, Jason 7 72 385 89 296 4.1 3 53 42.3 COSTA, Steven 7 26 137 1 136 5.2 0 18 19.4 JOHNSON, Jabari 5 36 110 10 100 2.8 0 14 20.0 GORDON, George 7 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 6 1.3 FAGA, Andrew 5 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 GRAHAM, Johnny 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.2 MASON, Troy 7 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.4 COOK, Gary 7 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -1.3 Team 3 2 0 26 -26 -13.0 0 0 -8.7 Total...... 7 344 1734 172 1562 4.5 12 68 223.1 Opponents...... 7 257 1171 175 996 3.9 9 80 142.3

PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ———————————————————————————————— THOMAS, Jason 7 101.57 143-62-8 43.4 985 5 60 140.7 NANTKES, Kurt 2 301.04 5-4-0 80.0 53 2 18 26.5 Total...... 7 108.31 148-66-8 44.6 1038 7 60 148.3 Opponents...... 7 101.20 244-121-5 49.6 1304 8 56 186.3

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ————————————————————————— MASON, Troy 7 17 314 18.5 1 41 44.9 JOHNSON, Michae 7 14 241 17.2 2 53 34.4 NERO, Bobby 7 10 208 20.8 1 60 29.7 MANDLEY, DeJhow 7 10 86 8.6 1 11 12.3 JOHNSON, Earvin 7 8 109 13.6 0 23 15.6 COSTA, Steven 7 5 56 11.2 1 20 8.0 SMELTZER, Toby 6 1 18 18.0 0 18 3.0 JOHNSON, Jabari 5 1 6 6.0 1 6 1.2 Total...... 7 66 1038 15.7 7 60 148.3 Opponents...... 7 121 1304 10.8 8 56 186.3

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ————————————————————————————————- PIEFFER, Dillon 6-11 54.5 0-0 4-7 1-2 1-2 0-0 41 0

|——— PATs ———| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ——————————————————————————————- PIEFFER, Dillon 0 6-11 20-20 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 38 HARO, Joe 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 THOMAS, Jason 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 20 DORSEY, Dominiq 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 JOHNSON, Michae 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 MASON, Troy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 NERO, Bobby 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 JOHNSON, Jabari 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 MANDLEY, DeJhow 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 COSTA, Steven 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 OLSEN, Derek 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 BRIGGS, Ahmad 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 22 6-11 20-20 1-2 0 0-0 0 0 172 Opponents...... 20 9-13 16-17 1-2 0 0-1 0 0 165

BY QUARTER 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total —————— — — — — —- Team...... 41 45 31 55 - 172 Opponents... 46 40 31 48 - 165 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long ———————————————————- THOMAS, Kevin 3 71 23.7 0 34 BRANDON, Sam 1 20 20.0 0 20 WILSON, Shanga 1 40 40.0 0 40 Total...... 5 131 26.2 0 40 Opponents...... 8 82 10.3 1 45

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ——————————————————————————- COOK, Gary 40 1480 37.0 64 3 8 15 0 Total...... 40 1480 37.0 64 3 8 15 0 Opponents...... 45 1898 42.2 63 8 5 10 2

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ———————————————————- MASON, Troy 18 238 13.2 1 57 BRIMMER, Jamaal 1 6 6.0 0 0 Total...... 19 244 12.8 1 57 Opponents...... 16 176 11.0 0 41

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ———————————————————- MASON, Troy 11 233 21.2 0 31 DORSEY, Dominiq 7 292 41.7 0 87 HARO, Joe 2 66 33.0 0 34 GORDON, George 1 13 13.0 0 13 Total...... 21 604 28.8 0 87 Opponents...... 28 701 25.0 0 61

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ——————————————————————————— HARO, Joe 7 724 0 0 66 0 790 112.9 MASON, Troy 7 -3 314 238 233 0 782 111.7 DORSEY, Dominiq 6 329 0 0 292 0 621 103.5 THOMAS, Jason 7 296 0 0 0 0 296 42.3 JOHNSON, Michae 7 0 241 0 0 0 241 34.4 NERO, Bobby 7 0 208 0 0 0 208 29.7 COSTA, Steven 7 136 56 0 0 0 192 27.4 JOHNSON, Earvin 7 0 109 0 0 0 109 15.6 JOHNSON, Jabari 5 100 6 0 0 0 106 21.2 MANDLEY, DeJhow 7 0 86 0 0 0 86 12.3 THOMAS, Kevin 7 0 0 0 0 71 71 10.1 WILSON, Shanga 7 0 0 0 0 40 40 5.7 GORDON, George 7 9 0 0 13 0 22 3.1 BRANDON, Sam 7 0 0 0 0 20 20 2.9 SMELTZER, Toby 6 0 18 0 0 0 18 3.0 BRIMMER, Jamaal 7 0 0 6 0 0 6 0.9 FAGA, Andrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 1.0 GRAHAM, Johnny 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 Total...... 7 1562 1038 244 604 131 3579 511.3 Opponents...... 7 996 1304 176 701 82 3259 465.6

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ——————————————————————— THOMAS, Jason 7 215 296 985 1281 183.0 HARO, Joe 7 154 724 0 724 103.4 DORSEY, Dominiq 6 48 329 0 329 54.8 COSTA, Steven 7 26 136 0 136 19.4 JOHNSON, Jabari 5 36 100 0 100 20.0 NANTKES, Kurt 2 5 0 53 53 26.5 GORDON, George 7 2 9 0 9 1.3 FAGA, Andrew 5 1 5 0 5 1.0 GRAHAM, Johnny 5 1 1 0 1 0.2 Total...... 7 492 1562 1038 2600 371.4 Opponents...... 7 501 996 1304 2300 328.6 |———Tackles———| |-Sacks-| |—Pass Def—| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No-Yards Int-Yds PD QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ———————————————————————————————————————————————- 42 BRANDON, Sam 7 43 13 56 . . 1-20 7 . 1-0 1 . . 49 CLARIDGE, Ryan 7 27 18 45 7/25 2.0-19 . . . 1-0 6 . . 36 WILSON, Shanga 7 24 15 39 7/17 1.0-7 1-40 2 . 3-0 2 . . 41 DALTON, Ross 7 16 14 30 3/8 1.0-5 ...... 19 WYNN, Jamal 7 22 7 29 1/3 . . 2 . 1-0 1 . . 28 THOMAS, Kevin 7 22 5 27 . . 3-71 9 . . 1 . . 55 SEWARD, Adam 7 19 7 26 2/10 1.0-8 . 1 . . . . . 21 SUTTON, Chameio 7 15 6 21 1/2 . . 4 . 1-0 . . . 18 BURRUS, Tosh 7 15 5 20 2/9 1.0-6 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 47 PALEPOI, Anton 5 11 5 16 6/31 3.5-29 . 3 . . 1 1 . 27 BRIMMER, Jamaal 7 8 5 13 1/1 ...... 1 . 90 BRIGGS, Ahmad 7 7 5 12 1/1 . . 1 . 1-30 . . . 91 CANTERBERRY, Di 7 7 5 12 1/2 ...... 37 PARKHURST, Scot 7 9 3 12 2/3 ...... 44 MILLER, Ahmad 7 6 6 12 3/10 2.0-7 . 2 . . . . . 99 WATSON, Adrian 6 4 6 10 4/13 1.5-10 . . . . 1 . . 3 DODD-MASTERS, R 7 6 3 9 1/1 ...... 45 NEWTON, Steve 7 5 4 9 2/11 1.0-8 . . . 1-0 1 . . 13 OWENS, LaMar 5 3 5 8 1/1 ...... 46 BELL, Zach 7 6 1 7 ...... 93 BRASSINGTON, Ga 5 5 . 5 1/1 ...... 43 SUNIA, James 2 2 2 4 ...... 38 OLSEN, Derek 7 4 . 4 . . . . . 1-22 . . . 25 MACKEY, Sean 6 3 1 4 ...... 23 SMELTZER, Toby 6 3 1 4 ...... 1 . . 8 JOHNSON, Michae 7 3 . 3 ...... 39 GRAHAM, Johnny 5 2 1 3 ...... 32 JOHNSON, Jabari 5 2 1 3 ...... 92 REED, Phil 6 2 1 3 ...... TM Team 3 3 . 3 ...... 34 HARO, Joe 7 2 . 2 ...... 24 COSTA, Steven 7 1 1 2 ...... 85 BARNES, Deon 1 1 . 1 ...... 84 OSTERHOUT, Brad 6 1 . 1 ...... 30 ADAMS, Brian 1 . 1 1 ...... 80 MANDLEY, DeJhow 7 . 1 1 ...... 69 BAIR, Brandon 7 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 7 310 148 458 46/149 14-99 5-131 32 . 11-52 15 3 . Opponents...... 7 - - - - 8-25 8-82 28 . 10-89 13 . . 2001 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS UNLV RUSH PASS OFF. 1STDwn POSS. TOs OPPONENT RUSH PASS OFF. 1STDwn POSS. TOs at Arkansas 258 40 298 11 35:46 4 at Arkansas 25 89 114 5 24:14 4 Northwestern 149 304 453 24 29:23 2 Northwestern 187 224 411 27 30:37 1 at Arizona 124 156 280 11 28:02 2 at Arizona 184 256 440 24 31:58 2 BYU 189 132 321 18 32:45 3 BYU 167 281 448 26 27:15 4 at Nevada, Reno 313 80 393 14 27:09 2 at Nevada, Reno 243 165 408 23 32:51 2 San Diego State 274 153 427 23 36:34 1 San Diego State 39 121 160 12 23:36 0 Colorado State 255 173 428 20 33:19 4 Colorado State 151 168 319 14 26:41 3 at Wyoming at Wyoming Utah Utah at New Mexico at New Mexico at Air Force at Air Force

2001 TEAM SUPERLATIVES UNLV HIGH LOW Points Scored 31 vs. BYU, vs. San Diego St. 10 at Arkansas First Downs 24 vs. Northwestern 11 at Arkansas, at Arizona Rushing 14 vs. San Diego St. 4 at Arizona Passing 13 vs. Northwestern 2 at Arkansas Penalty 4 vs. Northwestern 1 six times Rushing Attempts 57 vs. Colorado State 37 at Arizona Rushing Yards 313 at Nevada, Reno 124 at Arizona Passing Attempts 39 vs. Northwestern 15 at Nevada, Reno Passing Completions 18 vs. Northwestern 4 at Arkansas Passing Yards 304 vs. Northwestern 40 at Arkansas Passes Had Intercepted 3 at Arkansas 0 at Arizona, vs. Colorado State Total Offensive Plays 80 vs. Northwestern 57 at Arizona Total Offensive Yards 453 vs. Northwestern 280 at Arizona Fumbles 5 vs. Colorado State 1 vs. San Diego St. Lost 4 vs. Colorado State 0 vs. San Diego St. Penalties 12 at Arizona 3 vs. BYU Yards 105 at Arizona 34 vs. BYU Sacks 4 vs. San Diego St. 0 vs. Colorado State Yards 32 vs. San Diego St. 0 vs. Colorado State

OPPONENTS HIGH LOW Points Scored 38 at Arizona 3 vs. San Diego St. First Downs 27 vs. Northwestern 5 at Arkansas Rushing 14 vs. BYU, at Nevada, Reno 0 at Arkansas Passing 15 vs. Northwestern, at Arizona 4 at Arkansas Penalty 4 vs. Northwestern, at Arizona 0 at Nevada, Reno Rushing Attempts 49 vs. Northwestern 26 at Arkansas, vs. San Diego St. Rushing Yards 243 at Nevada, Reno 25 at Arkansas Passing Attempts 49 vs. Northwestern 21 vs. Colorado State Passing Completions 24 vs. Northwestern 9 vs. Colorado State Passing Yards 281 vs. BYU 89 at Arkansas Passes Had Intercepted 2 at Nevada, Reno 0 vs. three times Total Offensive Plays 98 vs. Northwestern 54 vs. San Diego St. Total Offensive Yards 448 vs. BYU 114 at Arkansas Fumbles 6 vs. BYU 1 three times Lost 3 at Arkansas, vs. BYU 0 at Nevada, Reno, vs. San Diego St. Penalties 10 vs. Northwestern, at Nevada, Reno 2 vs. San Diego St. Yards 113 vs. Northwestern 15 vs. San Diego St. Sacks 3 at Arizona 0 three times Yards 11 at Arizona 0 three times 2001 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING (Att.-Yds.-TD-Long) FIELD GOALS OPPONENT J. THOMAS HARO J. JOHNSON COSTA DORSEY DILLON PIEFFER ATT MADE at Arkansas 12-103-0-53 24-131-0-68 13-26-0-9 4-10-0-4 DNP at Arkansas 3 (27,30,30) 1 (27) Northwestern 7-19-1-6 25-104-1-17 4-12-0-4 2-3-0-3 2-20-0-18 Northwestern 0 0 at Arizona 9-(-10)-0-9 15-71-1-12 5-21-0-14 1-18-0-18 7-24-0-8 at Arizona 1 (41) 0 BYU 8-(-5)-0-5 21-80-1-12 DNP 5-40-0-40 14-77-2-12 BYU 1 (22) 1 (22) at Nevada, Reno 11-50-1-17 16-56-1-7 DNP 5-27-0-12 18-180-1-56 at Nevada, Reno 2 (27,41) 2 (27,41) San Diego State 10-52-1-22 23-136-0-41 11-31-0-7 5-23-0-8 3-17-0-14 San Diego State 2 (32,29) 1 (29) Colorado State 15-87-0-28 30-146-2-31 3-10-0-7 4-15-0-9 4-11-0-4 Colorado State 2 (25,37) 1 (25) at Wyoming at Wyoming Utah Utah at New Mexico at New Mexico at Air Force at Air Force TOTALS 11 (41) 6 (41)

PASSING (Att.-Comp.-Int.-Yds.-TD) OPPONENTS ATT MADE OPPONENT J. THOMAS NANTKES HAYWARD at Arkansas 0 0 at Arkansas 16-4-3-40-1 DNP DNP Northwestern 2 (45,34) 1 (45) Northwestern 39-18-1-304-2 DNP DNP at Arizona 2 (30,20) 1 (20) at Arizona 17-5-0-123-0 3-2-0-33-1 DNP BYU 3 (50,42,41) 2 (50,42) BYU 18-11-2-132-0 DNP DNP at Nevada, Reno 3 (25,58,54) 2 (25,58) at Nevada, Reno 15-6-1-80-0 DNP DNP San Diego State 1 (34) 1 (34) San Diego State 17-10-1-133-1 2-2-0-20-1 DNP Colorado State 2 (23,31) 2 (23,31) Colorado State 21-8-0-173-1 DNP DNP at Wyoming at Wyoming Utah Utah at New Mexico at New Mexico at Air Force at Air Force TOTALS 13 (58) 9 (58)

RECEIVING (Rec.-Yds.-TD-Long) OPPONENT MASON NERO MANDLEY M. JOHNSON E. JOHNSON J. JOHNSON SMELTZER at Arkansas 0-0-0-0 1-14-0-14 2-20-0-11 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-6-1-6 DNP Northwestern 7-106-0-32 1-17-0-17 0-0-0-0 8-174-2-53 1-4-0-4 0-0-0-0 DNP at Arizona 4-87-0-40 2-51-1-36 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-18-0-18 BYU 3-31-0-14 2-23-0-15 2-19-0-11 2-18-0-11 1-21-0-21 DNP 0-0-0-0 at Nevada, Reno 0-0-0-0 2-27-0-19 1-9-0-9 1-10-0-10 2-34-0-23 DNP 0-0-0-0 San Diego State 2-56-0-41 0-0-0-0 3-23-1-10 1-7-0-7 3-34-0-19 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Colorado State 1-34-1-24 2-76-0-60 2-15-0-10 2-32-0-25 1-16-0-16 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 at Wyoming Utah at New Mexico at Air Force

TACKLING (U-A-Tot-TFL-Int-PBU-Sacks) OPPONENT BRANDON BRIGGS CLARIDGE PALEPOI PARKHURST SEWARD MILLER K. THOMAS WILSON at Arkansas 5-2-7-0-0-2-0 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 3-0-3-1-0-0-1 3-0-3-1-0-1-0 3-0-3-1-0-0-0 3-0-3-0-0-0-0 2-0-2-1-0-0-1 2-0-2-0-0-3-0 1-0-1-1-1-0-0 Northwestern 7-4-11-0-0-0-0 2-3-5-1-0-0-0 3-6-9-0-0-0-0 2-1-3-0-0-1-0 1-1-2-0-0-0-0 4-0-4-0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0-0-1-0 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 5-4-9-1-0-1-0 at Arizona 5-0-5-0-0-1-0 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 5-2-7-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-1-0-0-1 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 4-1-5-0-0-0-0 3-2-5-0-0-0-0 BYU 6-2-8-0-1-0-0 2-0-2-0-0-1-0 5-1-6-0-0-0-0 2-1-3-2-0-1-1 1-1-2-1-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-1-0 2-2-4-2-0-0-1 5-2-7-0-0-1-0 2-3-5-1-0-0-0 at Nevada, Reno 11-1-12-0-0-2-0 0-1-1-0-0-0-0 3-4-7-1-0-0-0 2-0-2-1-0-0-1 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 3-3-6-1-0-0-1 1-2-3-0-0-1-0 6-0-6-0-2-0-0 4-3-7-1-0-0-0 San Diego State 1-1-2-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 5-1-6-2-0-0-1 DNP 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 3-0-3-0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-2-0 3-1-4-1-0-0-1 Colorado State 8-3-11-0-0-1-0 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 2-4-6-2-0-0-0 DNP 1-1-2-0-0-0-0 4-1-5-0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-1-0-0 6-2-8-1-0-0-0 at Wyoming Utah at New Mexico at Air Force 2001 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES UNLV OPPONENT Rushing Attempts: 30, Joe Haro vs. Colorado State Rushing Attempts: 28, Damien Anderson, Northwestern Rushing Yards: 180, Dominique Dorsey at Nevada, Reno Rushing Yards: 163, Chance Krestschmer, Nevada, Reno TD Run: 12, Dominique Dorsey vs. BYU TD Run: 80, Tremaine Cox, Arizona Non-Scoring Run: 68, Joe Haro at Arkansas Non-Scoring Run: 28, Damien Anderson, Northwestern

Passes Attempted: 39, Jason Thomas vs. Northwestern Passes Attempted: 49, Zak Kustok, Northwestern Passes Completed: 18, Jason Thomas vs. Northwestern Passes Completed: 24, Zak Kustok, Northwestern Passes Had Intercepted: 3, Jason Thomas at Arkansas Passes Had Intercepted: 1, four times Completion Percentage: .611 (11-18), Jason Thomas vs. BYU Completion Percentage: .667 (10-15), Zack Threadgill, Nevada, Reno Passing Yards: 304, Jason Thomas vs. Northwestern Passing Yards: 281, Brandon Doman, BYU TD Pass: 53, Jason Thomas to Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern TD Pass: 56, Henri Childs to Bradlee Van Pelt, Colorado State Non-Scoring Pass: 60, Jason Thomas to Bobby Nero vs. Colorado State Non-Scoring Pass: 42, Brandon Doman to Mike Rigell, BYU

Receptions: 8, Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern Receptions: 11, Sam Simmons, Northwestern Reception Yards: 174, Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern Reception Yards: 161, Sam Simmons, Northwestern

Punt Returns: 4, Troy Mason at Arkansas Punt Returns: 3, Mike Rigell, BYU 4, Troy Mason at Arizona 3, Marlon McLaughlin, Nevada, Reno Punt Return Yards: 114, Troy Mason vs. San Diego St. Punt Return Yards: 41, Pete Rebstock, Colorado State Punt Return Long: 57, Troy Mason vs. San Diego St. Punt Return Long: 41, Pete Rebstock, Colorado State Punt Return, TD: 52, Troy Mason vs. San Diego St. Punt Return, TD: none

Kickoff Returns: 4, Troy Mason vs. Northwestern Kickoff Returns: 4, Mike Rigell, BYU Kickoff Return Yards: 115, Dominique Dorsey vs. BYU 4, Donte Gamble, San Diego St. Kickoff Return Long: 87, Dominique Dorsey vs. Northwestern 4, Pete Rebstock, Colorado State Kickoff Return, TD: none Kickoff Return Yards: 114, Donte Gamble, San Diego St. Kickoff Return Long: 61, Donte Gamble, San Diego St. Offensive Attempts: 46, Jason Thomas vs. Northwestern Kickoff Return, TD: none Offensive Yards: 323, Jason Thomas vs. Northwestern Offensive Attempts: 70, Zak Kustok, Northwestern All-Purpose Attempts: 30, Joe Haro vs. Colorado State Offensive Yards: 329, Brandon Doman, BYU All-Purpose Yards: 198, Troy Mason vs. San Diego St. All-Purpose Attempts: 28, Damien Anderson, Northwestern All-Purpose Yards: 173, Mike Rigell, BYU Points: 12, Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern 12, Dominique Dorsey vs. BYU Points: 18, Zak Kustok, Northwestern 12, Joe Haro vs. Colorado State Touchdowns: 3, Zak Kustok, Northwestern Touchdowns: 2, Michael Johnson vs. Northwestern Field Goals Attempted: 3, Matt Payne, BYU 2, Dominique Dorsey vs. BYU 3, Damon Fine, Nevada, Reno 2, Joe Haro vs. Colorado State Field Goals Made: 2, Matt Payne, BYU Field Goals Attempted: 3, Dillon Pieffer at Arkansas 2, Damon Fine, Nevada, Reno Field Goals Made: 2, Dillon Pieffer at Nevada, Reno 2, Kent Naughton, Colorado State Longest Field Goal Attempted: 41, Dillon Pieffer at Arizona Longest Field Goal Attempted: 58, Damon Fine, Nevada, Reno 41, Dillon Pieffer at Nevada, Reno Longest Field Goal Made: 58, Damon Fine, Nevada, Reno Longest Field Goal Made: 41, Dillon Pieffer at Nevada, Reno Punts: 10, Richie Butler, Arkansas Punts: 9, Gary Cook at Arizona Best Punting Average: 46.4, J.J. Standring, Northwestern Best Punting Average: 45.3, Gary Cook at Nevada, Reno Longest Punt: 63, J.J. Standring, Northwestern Longest Punt: 64, Gary Cook at Nevada, Reno Tackles: 18, Drew Wood, Colorado State Tackles: 12, Sam Brandon at Nevada, Reno Sacks: 2, Johnny Jackson, Arizona Sacks: 1.5, Anton Palepoi vs. BYU Interceptions: 1, eight times Interceptions: 2, Kevin Thomas at Nevada, Reno Interception Return: 45, Lawrence Richardson, Arkansas Interception Return: 40, Shanga Wilson at Arkansas Interception Return, TD: 45, Lawrence Richardson, Arkansas Interception Return, TD: none Fumbles Forced: 1, 12 times Fumbles Recovered: 2, Drew Wood, Colorado State Fumbles Forced: 2, Ryan Claridge vs. BYU Fumble Return: 45, Kevin Bentley, Northwestern 2, Shanga Wilson vs. Colorado State Fumble Return, TD: 40, Michael Jolivette, Arizona Fumbles Recovered: 1, 11 times 4, Ameer Lowe, Colorado State Fumble Return: 30, Ahmad Briggs at Arizona Fumble Return, TD: 30, Ahmad Briggs at Arizona 22, Derek Olsen vs. BYU