GAME: 10 SATURDAY's PREVIEW... REBELS Vs. AZTECS 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: 10 ALL-TIME RECORD: 248-331-4 (51st year) MW RECORD: 42-106 (20th year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 154-135-3 (48th year) UNLV REBELS (2-7/0-5 Mountain West) HEAD COACH: Tony Sanchez (NMSU ‘98) At SANCHEZ UNLV REC: 14-31 (4th year) SANCHEZ OVERALL: 14-31 (4th year) San Diego State (7-2/4-1 Mountain West) DATE: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 FOLLOW UNLV FOOTBALL KICKOFF: 7:35 pm PT SITE: SDCCU Stadium (54,000/Grass), San Diego, CA TV: ESPN2 (Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Alex Corddry) 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... Still looking for its first Mountain West win, UNLV (2-7/0-5) travels to San Diego State (7-2/4-1) Saturday evening on ESPN2 ... The Rebels are coming off a 48-3 loss at home to Fresno State while the Aztecs won 31-23 at New Mexico ... This marks only the second game UNLV will play on grass in 2018 (at USC in Game 1) ... With starter Armani Rogers having missed the last five games because of a foot injury, it has now been 22 years since the same quarterback started every game of a season for the Rebels (Jon Denton 1996) ... Rogers, who looks to return to action this week, was ranked in the top 10 in the nation with 122.0 rushing yards per game when he was knocked out in September ... Rogers’ replacement behind center, sophomore Max Gilliam, threw for 12 touchdowns in four games before not finding the end zone last week vs. the Bulldogs ... RB Lexington Thomas sits second in the MW and 40th in the country with 84.9 YPG ... Thomas (764 yards in 2018) is the second player in school history to run for at least 500 yards in four different seasons, joining all-time leading rusher Tim Cornett (2011-14) ... Lex recently moved past two-time All-American Mike Thomas into second place on UNLV’s career rushing list and is one 100-yard rushing game short of tying Thomas’ 44-year-old school record of 17 set in 1973-74 ... UNLV goes into Saturday tied for sixth in the nation with 10 fumbles recovered but sits 121st in the country with just three interceptions. REBELS vs. AZTECS NOTES... UNLV has played SDSU more than any other original MW team (27 times) and the Aztecs lead the series 18-9, including taking the last four meetings ... Aztec head coach Rocky Long is 22-4 against the Rebels in his career after previously coaching more than a decade at New Mexico ... SDSU’s associate head coach/OC Jeff Horton twice worked at UNLV, serving as an assistant in 1990-91 and then as head coach from 1994-98 ... Fourth-year Aztec receivers coach Hunkie Cooper played at UNLV at multiple positions from 1990-91 and later served as the program’s radio analyst. He held the UNLV record for most rushing yards in a game by a quarterback with 165 vs. Oregon State in 1991 until Armani Rogers broke that mark with 193 at New Mexico last fall ... First-year UNLV CB coach Steve Irvin played at and graduated from UNLV but later served as a GA coach at SDSU in 2002-03 and then an assistant director of operations for the Aztecs in 2004-05. He returned to Las Vegas after coaching at USD from 2011-17. Sept. 1 at #15/15 USC L, 43-21 P12N USC 2-0 58,708 Trojans score 24 in fourth quarter to pull away Sept. 8 UTEP W, 52-24 AT&T SportsNet UNLV 6-2 14,122 Rebels score on seven of first eight posssessions Sept. 15 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W, 46-17 MWN UNLV 2-0 14,786 QB Armani Rogers ties school record with 4 rush TDs Sept. 22 at Arkansas State L, 27-20 ESPN3 Tied 1-1 18,537 Rain soaks Rebels in program’s first trip to Jonesboro Oct. 6 NEW MEXICO* L, 50-14 AT&T SportsNet Tied 12-12 18,949 Sanchez loses first MW opener Oct. 13 at Utah State* L, 59-28 Facebook USU 17-7 21,212 Aggies have won five straight in series Oct. 19 AIR FORCE* (HC) L, 41-35 CBS SN AFA 16-6 17,881 Rebels final drive ends at Falcons’ 30-yard line Oct. 27 at San Jose State* L, 50-37 AT&T SportsNet SJSU 16-6-1 16,165 Rebs have not won in San Jose since 1993 Nov. 3 #20/23 FRESNO STATE* L, 48-3 CBS SN FS 14-7 15,276 Bulldogs beat Rebels for first time in three seasons Nov. 10 at San Diego State* 7:30 pm PT ESPN2 SDSU 17-9 Rebels haven’t won in San Diego since 2000 Nov. 17 at Hawai’i* 8 pm PT 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 SERIES BREAKDOWN 2018 SDSU LEADS 18-9 UNLV at SDSU RECORD: 3-11 REBEL RUNDOWN SDSU at UNLV RECORD: 7-6 Record: 2-7 UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: 28 (31-3 in 2001) SDSU’s LARGEST WIN: 38 (52-14 in 2015) Home: 2-3 Away: 0-4 DATE SITE RESULT Day Games (Start before 5 pm): 0-4 10-22-77 San Diego SDSU 31-7 Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 2-3 10-11-80 San Diego UNLV 28-17 TV Games: 1-7 11-14-81 Las Vegas SDSU 38-20 on PAC-12 Network 0-1 9-25-82 San Diego SDSU 26-23 on AT&T SportsNet 1-2 10-27-83 Las Vegas UNLV 28-10 HAPPY 50TH, NSU REBELS! 11-3-84 San Diego UNLV 30-14 on CBS Sports Network 0-2 UNLV honored the 50th anniversary of its first football team 11-16-96 Las Vegas UNLV 44-42 on ESPN3 0-1 at the home opener vs. UTEP. That 1968 squad of Rebels 10-18-97 San Diego (OT) SDSU 20-17 on Facebook 0-1 was still a year away from being known as UNLV -- as it 11-20-99 Las Vegas SDSU 37-7 on Spectrum PPV 0-0 11-25-00 San Diego UNLV 31-24 When Scoring First: 2-2 played a lone season under the name Nevada Southern 10-13-01 Las Vegas UNLV 31-3 When Opponent Scores First: 0-5 University. NSU played its home games at old Cashman 10-26-02 San Diego SDSU 31-21 When Leading at Halftime: 2-1 Field and enjoyed stunning success for a fledgling college 11-8-03 Las Vegas SDSU 7-0 When Trailing at Halftime: 0-6 squad, winning its first eight games, including a 69-0 past- 11-20-04 San Diego SDSU 21-3 When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 ing of Cal Tech, before falling by four points in the season 10-8-05 Las Vegas UNLV 13-10 When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 2-1 11-11-06 San Diego SDSU 21-7 finale to Cal Lutheran. 11-10-07 Las Vegas SDSU 38-30 When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-6 11-22-08 San Diego SDSU 42-21 In Overtime Games: 0-0 11-28-09 Las Vegas UNLV 28-24 When Scoring <20 Points: 0-2 11-27-10 San Diego SDSU 48-14 When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-3 11-26-11 Las Vegas SDSU 31-14 When Scoring 30+ Points: 2-2 10-27-12 San Diego SDSU 24-13 When Allowing <20 Points: 1-0 11-30-13 Las Vegas UNLV 45-19 When Allowing 20-29 Points: 1-1 9-27-14 San Diego SDSU 34-17 When Allowing 30+ Points: 0-6 11-21-15 Las Vegas SDSU 52-14 When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-1 10-1-16 San Diego SDSU 26-7 When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 0-4 10-7-17 Las Vegas SDSU 41-10 When Rushing 200+ Yards: 2-2 When Passing <200 Yards: 2-4 When Passing 200-299 Yards: 0-2 LIKE FATHER, LIKES REBELS When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-1 With two centers banged up, UNLV started FATHER-SON COMBOS WHO LETTERED AT UNLV When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-1 redshirt freshman Jackson Reynolds vs. SON, POS, YRS LETTERED FATHER, POS, YRS LETTERED When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 2-6 Prairie View A&M and the walk-on played When Allowing <100 Yds Rush: 1-0 Jackson Reynolds, OL, 2018 Jerry Reynolds, OL, 1990-93 every offensive snap. Reynolds, a gradu- When Allowing 100-199 Yds Rush: 0-3 Alex Perry, DB, 2018 Archie Perry, DB, 1991 ate of Foothill High School in Henderson, When Allowing 200+ Yds Rush: 1-4 Ron Scoggins Jr., OL, 2012-14 Ron Scoggins, OL, 1983-85 NV, is the son of former Rebel offensive When Allowing <200 Yds Pass: 1-1 Corbin Brown, DB, 2011 Greg Brown, WR, 1970-71 lineman Jerry Reynolds. After walking on When Allowing 200-299 Yds Pass: 1-4 Nolan Kohorst, PK, 2010-13 Keith Kohorst, OL, 1981-82 to the program himself, the elder Reynolds When Allowing 300+ Yds Pass: 0-2 Brett Rather, FB, 2010 Bob Rather, LB, 1977-78 When Allowing 400+ Yds Tot Off: 0-6 lettered from 1990-93 and was taken in the Chris Jones, DB, 2008-10 Kirk Jones, RB, 1983-86 When Having 100-Yard Rusher: 2-4 sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft before Richie Plunkett, OL, 2007-08 Art Plunkett, DL, 1977-80 When Allowing 100-Yard Rusher: 1-3 playing three years with the New York When Making No Turnovers: 1-0 Giants.