MARK WALLINGTON • O: (702) 895-4472 • C: (702) 528-6291 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @UNLVFBSID MARK WASIK• O: (702) 895-3208 • C: (702) 528-0289 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @UNLVSIDWasik 2019 REBEL QUICK FACTS GAME 3: ALL-TIME RECORD: 251-332-4 (52nd year) MW RECORD: 44-107 (21st year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 154-132-3 (49th year) UNLV REBELS (1-1/0-0 Mountain West) HEAD COACH: Tony Sanchez (NMSU ‘98) At SANCHEZ UNLV REC: 17-33 (5th year) SANCHEZ OVERALL: 17-33 (5th year) Northwestern (0-1/0-0 Big Ten) #SBSFAREWELL NEXT UP DATE: Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 DATE: KICKOFF: 12:40 pm PT October 5 vs. Boise State SITE: Ryan Field (47,120/Artifi cial), Evanston, IL GIVEAWAY: First 1,500 fans TV: BTN (Lisa Byington, James Laurinaitis & Elise Menaker) receive ‘90s-inspired T-shirt, RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofi eld) courtesy of Findlay Toyota ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com SATURDAY’S PREVIEW... UNLV (1-1/0-0) continues its non-conference schedule by playing its fi rst road game of the season Saturday afternoon at Northwestern (0-1/0/0) ... This will mark the fourth appearance UNLV has made on the Big Ten Network ... This is the latest that the Rebels, who will travel east on Thursday, play their fi rst away game since Sept. 29, 2012 ... UNLV fell 43-17 at home vs. Arkansas State on Saturday while Northwestern had the weekend off ... UNLV started a season with back-to-back home games for the fi rst time since 2012 ... The Rebels currently stand 16th in the nation with 259.5 rushing yards per game and are tied for seventh with eight rushing touchdowns ... UNLV is also tied for fi fth with just four total penalties committed ... Rebel junior Armani Rogers needs just 36 more yards to break Jason Thomas’ school record for career rushing yards by a quarterback (1,528 set in 2000-02) ... After never having scored more than one touchdown in a game, running back Charles Williams found the end zone three times in the season opener and then added his fourth score last week vs. Arkansas State ... After two games, Williams is the No. 3 rusher in the FBS with 155.5 yards per game, including a career-high 168 vs. the Red Wolves on Saturday ... The junior now has fi ve career 100-yard efforts ... Calling the plays for the Rebs is second-year assistant Garin Justice, who took over as offensive coordinator after veteran OC Barney Cotton announced in July that he was leaving the program to await a heart transplant . REBELS vs. WILDCATS NOTES... Northwestern leads the all-time series between these two programs 2-0 ... The Rebels made their only other trek to Evanston in 1998 and then hosted the Wildcats in 2002 ... This marks the Rebels’ fi rst trip to the state of Illinois since playing at Northern Illinois in head coach Tony Sanchez’s Rebel debut in 2015 ... UNLV, which last played a a Big Ten Conference opponent when it traveled to Ohio State in 2017, is 2-15 all-time vs. teams that currently make up the league (2-8 vs. Wisconsin, 0-2 vs. Northwestern, 0-2 vs. Minnesota, and 0-1 vs. Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State) ... The Rebels are 3-8 all-time vs. teams from the Land of Lincoln (1-0 vs. Illinois State, 2-1 vs. Western Illinois, 0-5 vs. NIU and 0-2 vs. Northwestern) ... Two members of the Rebel coaching staff spent time on the sidelines for Big Ten schools during their career: Tony Samuel (Purdue) and Ron O’Dell (Illinois). DATE OPPONENT TIME TV SERIES ATTEND THE NOTE TO KNOW Aug. 31 SOUTHERN UTAH W, 56-23 UNLVRebels.com UNLV 3-1 17,421 Rebels tie school record with 7 rushing touchdowns Sept. 7 ARKANSAS STATE L, 43-17 Facebook ASU 2-1 18,742 Charles Williams rushes for career-high 168 yards Sept. 14 at Northwestern 12:30 pm PT Big Ten Network NW 2-0 Rebels travel to Evanston for fi rst time in 18 years Sept. 28 at Wyoming* TBA ESPN Networks WYO 12-11 Only three of other meetings came before October Oct. 5 BOISE STATE* 7:30 pm PT CBS SN BSU 7-3 Last UNLV win over Broncos came in 1976 Oct. 12 at Vanderbilt TBA TBA First Meeting Vandy will return game in Las Vegas in 2023 Oct. 18 at Fresno State* 7 pm PT CBS SN FS 14-7 Rebels have won three of last fi ve meetings with ‘Dogs Oct. 26 SAN DIEGO STATE* 7:30 pm PT CBS SN SDSU 18-10 Rebs won in San Diego last fall for fi rst time 2000 Nov. 2 at Colorado State* 12:30 PT AT&T SportsNet CSU 16-6-1 UNLV visits Canvas Stadium for fi rst time Nov. 16 HAWAI’I* (HC) 1 pm PT Spectrum UH 16-12 Rebels have won fi ve straight home meetings Nov. 17 SAN JOSE STATE* 1 pm PT AT&T SportsNet SJSU 16-6-1 UNLV plays its 299th and fi nal game at Sam Boyd Nov. 24 at UNR* 12 pm PT AT&T SportsNet UNR 26-18 Rebels have won two of last three visits to Reno #REBBLOODED UNLV COLOR COMBO CONVO 2019 SERIES BREAKDOWN 2019 WK OPPONENT HELMET JERSEY PANT 1 SOUTHERN UTAH Silver Red White REBEL RUNDOWN 2 ARKANSAS STATE Red Black Red NW LEADS 2-0 3 at Northwestern UNLV at NW RECORD: 0-1 Record: 1-1 4 at Wyoming NW AT UNLV RECORD: 1-0 Home: 1-1 5 BOISE STATE UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: N/A Away: 0-0 6 at Vanderbilt NW’s LARGEST WIN: 34 (41-7 in 1998) Day Games (Start before 5 pm): 0-0 7 at Fresno State DATE SITE RESULT Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 1-1 8 SAN DIEGO STATE 9-5-98 Evanston NW 41-7 TV Games: 0-1 9 at Colorado State 9-7-01 Las Vegas NW 37-28 on Big Ten Network 0-0 10 HAWAI’I on SEC Network 0-0 11 SAN JOSE STATE 12 at UNR on CBS Sports Network 0-0 on ESPN3 0-0 on AT&T SportsNet 0-0 REBELATIONS... on Spectrum PPV 0-0 UNLV has not returned a punt for a touchdown in 18 years on Facebook 0-1 -- believed to be the longest drought in the nation. The last When Scoring First: 1-0 Rebel to do it was Troy Mason, who went 52 yards vs. San When Opponent Scores First: 0-1 Diego State on Oct. 13, 2001, at Sam Boyd Stadium. Hoping When Leading at Halftime: 1-0 to change that stat is the team’s new return man, Jacob Gas- When Trailing at Halftime: 0-1 ser, a receiver who signed with the Rebels in February out When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 of Cerritos College ... Senior punter Hayes Hicken, whose When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 1-0 44.4-yard average after two games ranks 23rd in the nation, When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-1 In Overtime Games: 0-0 had an up-and-down night on Saturday against Ark State, When Scoring <20 Points: 0-1 booting a season-short 17-yarder in the fi rst half and then When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-0 a career-long 71-yarder in the second. The 71 yards tied for the 12th-longest in UNLV history ... Redshirt When Scoring 30+ Points: 1-0 freshman QB Kenyon Oblad relieved starter Armani Rogers late in the game against the Red Wolves and When Allowing <20 Points: 0-0 completed all three of his attempts, including a 56-yard scoring strike to Randal Grimes. Grimes, who trans- When Allowing 20-29 Points: 1-0 ferred to UNLV from USC during the off-season, scored his fi rst touchdown as a Rebel and led his new team When Allowing 30+ Points: 0-1 with 74 receiving yards on three grabs ... Preseason First Team All-Mountain West selection Justin Polu has When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-0 started all 38 games of his collegiate career at right guard. The local product is on track to become the fi rst When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 0-1 First Team All-MW honoree after a season since Tony Terrell in 2002 ... Starting his fi rst game as a Rebel in When Rushing 200+ Yards: 1-0 Week One was linebacker Rayshad Jackson, a graduate transfer from the University of Florida who started When Passing <200 Yards: 0-1 three games for the Gators last season before heading to the desert for his fi nal campaign ... From Hawaii to When Passing 200-299 Yards: 1-0 When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-0 Florida, from Alaska to Rhode Island -- the 2019 Rebels come from hometowns spread across the continent. When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-0 In fact, no less than 19 different states are represented on this year’s roster. While a vast majority of Rebels When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 1-1 naturally hail from California (47) and Nevada (21), a state that continues as a fertile recruiting ground is Texas When Allowing <100 Yds Rush: 1-0 as currently six UNLV players are products of the Lone Star State. Meanwhile, nearby Arizona is home to When Allowing 100-199 Yds Rush: 0-0 fi ve Rebels and Georgia and Hawai’i are both next up with four.