UNLV "Rebels" Vs Northeast Louisiana "Indians"
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UNLV Football Programs UNLV Athletics 10-6-1973 UNLV "Rebels" vs Northeast Louisiana "Indians" University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/football_programs Part of the American Popular Culture Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Repository Citation University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1973). UNLV "Rebels" vs Northeast Louisiana "Indians". 1-30. Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/football_programs/14 This Pamphlet is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Pamphlet in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. This Pamphlet has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Football Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact [email protected]. :z: =........... CD= I» ...•• en -Ul ...... ,..... = en-· -·I» = I»- =-= -·I» =en UNLY FOOTBALL GENERAL INFORMATION TONIGHT'S GAME UNLV vs NORTHEAST LOUISIANA By Dominic Clark RON MEYER UN LV Sports Information Director OLLIE K ELLER UNLV Coach NLU Coach Things don't get any easier for the UN LV football team as the Rebels host a tremendously t ough Northeast Louisiana team tonight. UNLV is 3-1 following last Saturday's narrow 7-3 loss t o Utah State while t he Indians come in with a 1-0-2 record after just beating the 13th ranked Northwestern State (La.) University, 16-1 3. BILL IRELAND ROGER BARNSON SHERMAN BENNETT RODNEY POINDEXTER Ron Meyer is hoping to bounce back this week after the hard-fought loss to the visiting Aggies and t onigh t's Athletic Director Assistant A. o_ T icket Manager Head T rai ner clash is a pivotal one for UN LV as the Rebels need a victory here to ready themselves for the remai nder of t he strong 1973 schedule. HOME GAMES . LAS VEGAS STADIUM (15,000) N LU, coached by Ollie Keller, is a bigger, more physical team than Utah State and has two of the top running backs in the nation in Matthew Williams (No. 32) and Joe Ricky Mitchell (33). Both of them have rushed f or over DAT E OPPONENT TIME 100 yards a game and in last weekend's upset triumph over NSU, Williams picked up 88 yards on 15 carries an d Sept. 8 STATE COLLEGE OF ARKANSAS 8:00pm PDT workhorse Mitchell totaled 117 on 34 carries. Sept. 15 CAL STATE, LOS ANGELES 8:00pm PDT The Indians opened up the season with a 15-15 tie with perennial small-college power Troy State an d t hen, Sept. 21 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY 8:00pm PDT playing on the road, tied major college opponent, Mississippi State, 21-21. Mississippi State, it should be noted, as Sept. 29 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY 8:00pm PDT gone on to defeat Vanderbilt, 55-21 and the University of Florida, 33-13. Oct. 6 NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY 8:00pm PDT UN LV has done well in posting its 3-1 record thus far, and the team has some credible statistics t o bear this out. Oct. 13 ROISE STATE COLLEGE 8:00pm PDT Definitely a running team, UN LV is averaging 321 yards a game in total offense while holding opponents t o 175 Oct. 20 * U. OF WISCONSIN, Ml LWAUKEE 8:00pm PDT (including only 76 yards a game rushing). The Rebels are scoring 28 points a game while holding f oes t o a meager Nov. 10 NORTHERN ARIZONA U. 8:00pm PST seven per contest and the alert defensive secondary has picked off seven aerials to four by Rebe l challengers. * Homecoming Speedy junior tailback Mike Thomas continues his frantic rushing pace as he carried 34 times (UN LV re cord) AWAY GAMES against Utah State for 137 net yards. For the season he now has 488 net yards on 98 carries for a 5.0 per carry average and five touchdowns. DATE OPPONENT TIME LODGING Defensively, strong safety Sonny Brockman, leads the Rebels in hits, tackles, assists, and interceptions and over Oct. 27 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 7:30pm HST Reef Hotel all, the defensive unit of coaches Vince Zimmer, Doug Carder, Ralph Readout and Dave Madison has done a su perb Nov. 3 UNIVERSITY OF SANTA C-LARA 7:30pm PST One-day charter job against some of the toughest opposition UN LV has ever faced. Nov. 17 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO 1:00pm PST One-day charter Seven UN LV single game individual and team records have now fallen and two more have been tied. Against Utah State, Thomas set his record for most carries (34), the team had the fewest yards gained passing (58) and de MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION fensive safety Jimmy Andrews picked off two Aggie aerials to tie that mark. HALFTIME . Intermission will be 20 minutes for all home games HOW FUTURE REBEL FOES FARED LAST WEEKEND: UNIFORMS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA (1-0-2) 16, Northwestern State 13; BOISE STATE (3-0) 64, Portland State 7; Western Illinois 28, U. WI SCONSI N, M ILWA U Home Scarlet He lmets, Scarlet Jerseys, Gray Pants KEE (2-1-1) 3; HAWAII (3-0) 24, Texas Southern 21 ; UC Davis 13, U. SANTA CLARA (1-3) 10; N O RTHERN A R I ZO N A (1-2 ) 14, M ontana 10; U. NEV ADA, RENO (3-1) 38, Idaho State 14. Away .. Scarlet Helmets, White Jerseys, Gray Pants GAME FOOTBALL . Wilson TD, with white stripes SURFACE . AstroTurf This is the official University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels football program, published by the Department SHOE BANK . Shoes for games played in Las Vegas Stadium will be supplied of Intercollegiate Athletics for all home games. It is printed by American Printing, 1514 East Fremont, from the shoe bank at the facility Las Vegas, and represented for national advertising by: Spencer Marketing Services, 370 Lexington Avenue, SCOUTING TICKETS, PRESS & New York, N.Y. 10017 RADIO CREDENTIALS Dominic Clark, Sports Information Director TICKET PRICES .. ... $2.50 general admission, $4.50 reserved seats, $30 season Photography: John Goad, -------------------------------------------------------------KEY STAFF MEMBERS Editor: Dominic Clark Lee Bernhard, Wes Williams NCAA NAME TITL E PHONE (AREA CODE 702) Bill Ireland Director of Athletics 739-3483 Campus Features: Mark Hughes Member Advertising: Dominic Clark Ron Meyer Head Football Coach 739-3400 Roger Barnson Ass istant Athletic Direct or 739-3480 Sherman Bennett T icket Manager 739-3678 Dominic Clark Sports Information Direct or 739-3207 Rod Poindexter Head Athletic T ra iner 739-3380 LUXURY FRAVEL Next time your team is traveling why not take LTR, the luxury ROUFE travel route? LTR can take your team or entire league to where the action is for a lot less money. You'll get there quickly and comfortably on LTR 's air-conditioned, restroom equipped after the game visit the 'BOAT coaches. Arrive together and enjoy the fun. And, of course, LTR will deliver you and 'y'<)Ur party directly to your destination. Why not call LTR today and make reservations tor your next outing? SHOWBOAT Hotel, Casino a Lanes lar, let alone ten cents. Radio, as we knew it then, has disappeared entirely, and television has become the University of Nevada, Las Vegas rite !Jest dominant influence in communications. Now the children of the fifties look back to those Of rrivia days of Allen's Alley, The Shadow and Big John and 1973 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sparky with fond memories. This is nostalgia or trivia. Those insignificant things that were so important BY TERRY SHONKWILER P ub licit y D irector - S h owboat H otel while we were growing up. No wonder so many of us DAY DATE UNLV OPPONENT OPP LOCATION TIME /ATTENDANCE can remember the words of the "Bosco" jingle but This week we will make a departure from our not our sister's birthday. Sat. Sept. 8 38 State College of Arkansas 6 Las Vegas 7,854 usual sports trivia and enter into another realm of And so it is that trivia, or as the dictionary de Sat. Sept. 15 42 Cal State, Los Angeles 7 Las Vegas 7,023 useless knowledge ... that of old movies, television, -fines it, "Unimportant matters" is so much fun. Be Fri. Sept. 21 31 Marshall University 9 Las Vegas 9,186 radio and the comics. cause those things were a part of growing up, which Sat. Sept. 29 3 Utah State University 7 Las Vegas 12,486 Perhaps nostalgia belongs to the children of the was, and is still so much fun. Sat. Oct. 6 Northeast Louisiana Univ. Las Vegas 8:00pm PDT fifties more so than any other generation. It was a So, "return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thunder Sat. Oct. 13 Boise State College Las Vegas 8:00pm PDT time of domestic tranquility and technical change. ing hoofbeats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ran Sat. Oct. 20 *U. Wisconsin, Milwaukee Las Vegas 8:00pm PDT The radio was still a part of American family life, but that new invention, television was flickering in more ger rides again .... " Sat. Oct. 27 University of Hawaii Honolulu 7:30pm HST and more homes. Saturday afternoon was spent at the Sat. Nov. 3 University of Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA 7:30pm PST l. Wh at were t he nam es of t he o rig i]lal m en on t he street o n movies where a dime bought a triple feature, four t he o ld Steve A ll en Show7 Sat.