GAME 1: SATURDAY's PREVIEW... REBELS Vs. TROJANS NOTES
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MARK WALLINGTON • O: (702) 895-4472 • C: (702) 528-6291 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @UNLVFBSID SARAH MICINSKI• O: (702) 895-3207 • C: (509) 499-4656 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @sarahsaj25 2018 REBEL QUICK FACTS GAME 1: ALL-TIME RECORD: 246-323-4 (51st year) MW RECORD: 42-101 (20th year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 152-132-3 (48th year) UNLV REBELS (0-0/0-0 Mountain West) HEAD COACH: Tony Sanchez (NMSU ‘98) At SANCHEZ UNLV REC: 12-24 (4th year) SANCHEZ OVERALL: 12-24 (4th year) #15/15 USC (0-0/0-0 Pac-12) DATE: Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 FOLLOW UNLV FOOTBALL KICKOFF: 1:07 pm PT SITE: LA Memorial Coliseum (78,467/Grass), Los Angeles TV: PAC-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth & Jill Savage) unlvfootball @unlvfootball RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield) unlvathletics @unlvfootball @unlvathletics @unlvathletics unlvathletics ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com SATURDAY’S PREVIEW... UNLV opens its 51st season of football by traveling to The Coliseum to face USC, which first fielded a team in 1888 ... The Rebels are 23-27 all-time in season lid-lifters, including 5-18 when they happen on the road ... UNLV opens against a ranked opponent for the first time since falling at No. 11/10 Wisconsin in 2011 ... The Rebels face a Pac-12 Conference team for the first time since traveling to UCLA in 2015 ... UNLV is 4-15 all-time against teams who were in the Pac-12 at the time of the game ... Rebel senior RB Lexington Thomas returns after ranking fourth in school single-season history with 1,336 rushing yards ... Starting at quarterback for the Rebels will be sophomore Armani Rogers. The Mountain West Freshman of the Year was one of just five players in the nation who averaged at least 140 yards passing and 75 yards rushing per game in 2017 (joining Louisville’s Lamar Jackson, USF’s Quinton Flowers, Mississippi State’s Nick Fitzgerald and Arizona’s Khalil Tate) ... Rogers (one of three Rebels from LA’s Hamilton High School) is one of 42 players on the current UNLV roster who graduated from California programs ... UNLV, which won five games last season, improved its record three straight years for the first time in school history. Only two other FBS programs have the same streak heading into 2018 (Troy and SMU). REBELS vs. TROJANS NOTES... UNLV and USC have faced each other on the football field just once before as the Trojans pulled away for a 35-21 win in 1997 ... The two schools share a former head coach in legendary Hall of Famer John Robinson who actually faced the Rebels in that first meeting before taking over the UNLV program two years later and coaching in Las Vegas from 1999-2004 ... There are multiple former UNLV staffers currently at USC: RBs coach Tim Drevno coached the same position in Las Vegas in 1998; special teams analyst Andy LaRussa is a former GA and then returned to the Rebels’ staff from 2015-17; longtime SC director of video Eric Espinoza held the same job at UNLV during the Robinson era; and strength coach Keith Belton directed the Rebels’ weight room efforts during Sanchez’s first two years here ... UNLV LB JD Alexander’s father, current Notre Dame assistant Del Alexander, played at USC as a WR in 1993-94 and began his coaching career as a GA for the Trojans before serving as a UNLV assistant in 1998 and then again in 2000-02. Sept. 1 at USC 1 pm PT P12N USC 1-0 UNLV making only its second trip to face Troy (1997) Sept. 8 UTEP 6 pm PT AT&T SportsNet UNLV 5-2 Rebels host Miners for first time in a quarter-century Sept. 15 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 7 pm PT MWN UNLV 1-0 These teams’ only other meeting came in 1974 Sept. 22 at Arkansas State TBA TBA UNLV 1-0 Rebels making program’s first trip to Jonesboro Oct. 6 NEW MEXICO* 1 pm PT AT&T SportsNet UNLV 12-11 UNLV has won six of last eight meetings with Lobos Oct. 13 at Utah State* 1 pm PT Facebook USU 16-7 Rebels looking for first win over USU in MW play Oct. 19 AIR FORCE* (HC) 7 pm PT CBS SN A AF 15-6 UNLV led 27-0 last year before Falcons rallied for win Oct. 27 at San Jose State* 3:30 pm PT AT&T SportsNet SJSU 15-6-1 Rebs trying to earn first victory at Spartan Stadium since ‘93 Nov. 3 FRESNO STATE* 7:30 PT AT&T SportsNet FS 13-7 UNLV going for third straight win at home over ‘Dogs Nov. 10 at San Diego State* TBA ESPN Networks SDSU 17-9 Rebels haven’t won in San Diego since 2000 Nov. 17 at Hawai’i* 8 pm PT TBA UH 15-12 UNLV looking to win two straight on Islands for first time Nov. 24 UNR* 6:30 pm PT CBS SN UNR 26-17 Rebels looking for first win over Pack at SBS since ‘04 #REBBLOODED 2017 UNLV vs. RANKED TEAMS POLL POSITIONS REBEL RUNDOWN UNLV has played 44 teams ranked in at least AP/COACH OPPONENT RESULT DATE one of the two major polls at the time of the 2/2 at Tennessee L, 62-3 8-31-96 Record: 5-7 4/4 TCU L, 48-6 10-30-10 game. The Rebels hold a 5-39 record against 5/5 BOISE STATE L, 48-21 11-5-11 Home: 2-4 5/5 WISCONSIN L, 20-13 9-8-07 such competitors. The Rebels’ most recent win Away: 3-3 8/6 at TCU L, 41-0 10-31-09 over a ranked team came in 2008 when they 8/8 at BYU W, 45-41 10-10-81 Day Games (Start before 5 pm): 2-4 9/9 at Nebraska L, 48-6 10-1-88 upset No. 15/13 Arizona State, 23-20 in overtime 9/10 at Utah L, 63-28 10-23-04 Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 3-3 10/9 at Ohio State L, 54-21 9-23-17 (pictured, below). In fact, the last four UNLV wins TV Games: 5-6 10/10 SMU L, 38-21 12-1-84 11/10 at Wisconsin L, 51-7 9-1-11 over ranked opponents have come on the road . on ESPNU 1-0 11/8 KANSAS STATE L, 42-3 11-26-94 on ESPN2 1-2 12/12 WISCONSIN L, 41-21 9-4-10 12/12 TCU L, 44-14 11-1-08 on Big Ten Network 0-1 12/13 BYU L, 54-14 11-29-80 on ESPN3 1-0 13/13 UCLA L, 37-3 9-12-15 14/14 at Wisconsin L, 52-7 9-19-98 on AT&T SportsNet 1-3 14/14 at Tennessee L, 42-17 9-5-04 14/15 at Wisconsin W, 23-5 9-13-03 on Spectrum PPV 1-0 15/13 at Arizona State W, 23-20 (OT) 9-13-08 When Scoring First: 4-2 16/13 at Colorado State W, 36-33 11-30-02 16/20 NORTHWESTERN L, 37-28 9-7-01 When Opponent Scores First: 1-5 17/18 at TCU L, 56-9 12-3-11 When Leading at Halftime: 4-1 17/18 at BYU L, 42-23 10-25-08 17/19 at Fresno State L, 38-14 10-19-13 When Trailing at Halftime: 0-4 18/18 at TCU L, 51-3 11-12-05 When Tied at Halftime: 1-2 18/20 BYU L, 59-21 10-10-09 19/19 BYU L, 29-0 10-23-99 When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 5-2 19/20 at BYU L, 63-28 10-12-96 19/21 at San Diego State L, 41-10 10-7-17 When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-4 20/20 at Utah L, 38-10 9-11-10 In Overtime Games: 0-0 20/20 BYU L, 35-31 9-29-01 21/22 at Wisconsin L, 18-3 9-11-04 When Scoring <20 Points: 0-2 22/23 at Boise State L, 42-25 11-18-16 When Scoring 20-29 Points: 1-3 22/23 at Utah L, 42-21 9-6-08 22/21 at Clemson L, 24-14 9-4-93 When Scoring 30+ Points: 4-2 24/22 at Boise State L, 32-7 10-20-12 When Allowing <20 Points: 3-0 24/22 HAWAII L, 49-14 9-15-07 24/NR UTAH L, 35-15 10-17-09 When Allowing 20-29 Points: 1-0 25/25 NEVADA, RENO L, 44-26 10-2-10 25/NR at Hawaii L, 59-21 12-4-10 When Allowing 30+ Points: 1-6 NR/19 BYU L, 27-0 9-2-82 When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-0 NR/20 CS FULLERTON W, 26-20 11-10-84 NR/24 OREGON STATE L, 23-21 9-12-09 When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 2-4 NR/25 WISCONSIN L, 27-7 8-31-02 When Rushing 200+ Yards: 3-3 When Passing <200 Yards: 1-5 When Passing 200-299 Yards: 4-1 When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-1 PRO-REBEL FORCES When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-2 A total of seven former Rebels were in NFL training camps this summer, When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 5-5 including two who landed on injured reserve.