UNLV MEDIA RELATIONS • BOX 450004 • 4505 MARYLAND PKWY. LAS VEGAS, NV 89154-0004 MARK WALLINGTON • O: (702) 895-4472 • C: (702) 528-6291 • E-MAIL: [email protected] 2009 UNLV QUICK FACTS FOUNDED: 1957 GAME 12 COLORS: Scarlet & Gray ENROLLMENT: 28,000 UNLV REBELS (4-7/2-5 MWC) STADIUM/CAPACITY: Sam Boyd/39,100 at PLAYING SURFACE: Artificial-TurfTech OFFENSE: Shotgun Spread SAN DIEGO STATE (4-7/2-5 MWC) DEFENSE: 4-3 DATE: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 ALL-TIME RECORD: 218-251-4 (42nd year) KICKOFF: 6:06 pm PT MWC RECORD: 21-60 (11th year) SITE: Sam Boyd Stadium (39,100/TurfTech) RECORD IN STADIUM: 132-102-3 (39th year) HEAD COACH: Mike Sanford (USC ‘78) TV: The Mtn. HD (Tim Neverett, Robert Griffith & Molly Sullivan) RECORD AT UNLV: 15-43 (5th year) RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM (Dave McCann & Mike Pritchard) RECORD OVERALL: Same ONLINE: Subscription Audio Broadcast & Live Stats at unlvrebels.com www.unlvrebels.com 2009 UNLV SENIORS (16) SATURDAY’S GAME PREVIEW... NO NAME POS STARTS Two teams with identical records and postseason fates will meet on Saturday night as UNLV (4-7/2-5) hosts San 13 Marquel Martin DB 3 Diego State (4-7/2-5) to close out the 2009 campaign for both sides with an unsual kickoff time of 6 p.m. PT ... This 17 Renan Saint Preux WR 7 will be the final game for Mike Sanford as head coach of the Rebels and also signals the end of the 23 Terrance Lee DB 12 careers of 16 UNLV seniors, who will be recognized on the field before kickoff ... UNLV Interim Athletics Director 27 Chris Brogdon RB 2 Jerry Koloskie announced Nov. 15 that Sanford’s contract would be terminated on Dec. 5 ... UNLV is coming off its 29 Ryan Tillman DB 0 bye week after falling at Air Force, 45-17, on Nov. 14 ... The Rebels are 4-9 after bye weeks since the advent of the 33 Jason Beauchamp LB 35 Mountain West Conference in 1999 ... The Aztecs, meanwhile, look to snap a three-game overall skid after losing at 37 Kyle Watson P/PK 24 Utah 38-7 on Saturday ... Interestingly, the Rebels are 5-5 in their Mountain West finales and just 16-55 in all other 42 Heivaha Mafi DL 5 MWC games ... After finishing 5-7 a year ago, UNLV currently has its most wins over a two-year period (9-14) since 43 Kamu Kapanui LS 35 finishing 11-13 in 2002-03 under John Robinson ... After posting a 4-3 mark at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2008, a victory 57 Adam Gent DL 0 on Saturday would give the Rebels a winning home record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1986-87 59 Joe Hawley OL 32 under ... UNLV honors candidate Ryan Wolfe will not play for the first time in his college career as 61 Mike Donato OL 1 the senior broke a bone in his foot during practice last week ... Wolfe had 11 receptions for 144 yards and two TDs 68 Martin Tevaseu DL 17 in last year’s meeting with the Aztecs ... He remains the nation’s leading active career receiver with 283 grabs, which 84 Rodelin Anthony WR 15 ranks 12th in NCAA FBS history (see complete list on page 8 of this release) ... Wolfe passed San Diego State’s J.R. 85 Jerriman Robinson WR 16 Tolver (262 from 1999-2002) as the conference’s career catch king on Oct. 24 ... UNLV has played SDSU more than 88 Ryan Wolfe WR 43 any other MWC team and the Aztecs lead the all-time series 11-7, including taking six of the last seven meetings ... BOLD=Four-Year Letterwinners The most-recent victory by UNLV was also Sanford’s first MWC victory, 13-10, in Las Vegas on Oct. 8, 2005.

Sept. 5 SACRAMENTO STATE W, 38-3 None UNLV 1-0 22,195 UNLV wins four straight season openers for first time since 1973-77 Sept. 12 RV/# 24 OREGON STATE L, 23-21 CBS C UNLV 3-2 25,967 Beaver field goal with seven seconds left wins it Sept. 19 HAWAII W, 34-33 Mtn. & CBS C UH 12-7 29,717 Rebels post first one-point victory since 2002 Sept. 26 at Wyoming L, 30-27 None Tied 9-9 19,196 Cowboys win turnover battle 4-0 en route to rallying past Rebels Oct. 3 at Nevada, Reno L, 63-28 None UNR 20-15 24,078 Tied at 28, UNR scores 35 unanswered points in final 15:50 Oct. 10 #18/20 BYU L, 59-21 The Mtn. BYU 14-3 25,597 Cougars now 8-0 vs. Rebels in Las Vegas Oct. 17 #24/RV UTAH (Homecoming) L, 35-15 The Mtn. UU 13-2 26,315 Rebels have not won on Homecoming since 2001 Oct. 24 at New Mexico W, 34-17 The Mtn. UNM 9-8 24,021 UNLV’s first MWC road victory since 2004 Oct. 31 at #8/6 TCU L, 41-0 VERSUS TCU 7-1 33,541 Frogs remain only team Rebels have not beaten in MWC play Nov. 7 COLORADO STATE W, 35-16 The Mtn. CSU 12-5-1 15,902 UNLV gets first-ever win over Rams in Las Vegas Nov. 14 at Air Force L, 45-17 The Mtn. AFA 11-4 25,370 Rebels play in sleet and snow perhaps for first time ever Nov. 28 SAN DIEGO STATE 6 pm PT The Mtn. SDSU 11-7 Rebels 5-5 in season-ending games since joining MWC 2009 THE LAST TIME THEY MET SERIES BREAKDOWN REBEL RUNDOWN (Nov. 22, 2008) SDSU LEADS 11-7 SDSU 42, UNLV 21 LAST MEETING: 2008 (SDSU 42-21) Record: 4-7 SDSU at UNLV RECORD: 4-4 UNLV at SDSU RECORD: 3-7 Home: 3-3 A FRUSTRATING END TO THE SEASON SAN DIEGO -- UNLV football saw its bowl hopes end in a UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: 28 (31-3 in 2001) Away: 1-4 SDSU’s LARGEST WIN: 30 (37-7 in 1999) Day Games: 0-4 fourth-quarter blitz by San Diego State, which scored 21 points DATE SITE RESULT Night Games (Start afer 5 pm): 4-3 to break open a tight game. The Rebels could not rally, losing 10-22-77 San Diego SDSU 31-7 TV Games: 4-4 42-21 on a warm Saturday evening at Qualcomm Stadium. 10-11-80 San Diego UNLV 28-17 on CBS College Sports Network 1-1 The loss ended the Rebels’ season at 5-7, including 2-6 in 11-14-81 Las Vegas SDSU 38-20 on The Mtn. 3-3 Mountain West Conference games, and kept the team from 9-25-82 San Diego SDSU 26-23 on VERSUS 0-1 becoming bowl eligible for the first time since the 2003 season. 10-27-83 Las Vegas UNLV 28-10 When Scoring First: 3-1 SDSU (2-10, 1-7), snapped a seven-game losing skid with the 11-3-84 San Diego UNLV 30-14 When Opponent Scores First: 1-6 11-16-96 Las Vegas UNLV 44-42 victory, which came in front of 17,846 fans and a CBS College When Leading at Halftime: 3-0 10-18-97 San Diego (OT) SDSU 20-17 Sports television audience. The evening got off to a good start When Trailing at Halftime: 1-5 11-20-99 Las Vegas SDSU 37-7 for the Rebels, who scored quickly in the first quarter when When Tied at Halftime: 0-2 11-25-00 San Diego UNLV 31-24 Ryan Wolfe caught a pass up the middle from When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 4-0 10-13-01 Las Vegas UNLV 31-3 Mike Clausen for a 33-yard TD that came on fourth down. 10-26-02 San Diego SDSU 31-21 When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-6 Following the score SDSU moved the ball inside the 10 but 11-8-03 Las Vegas SDSU 7-0 In Overtime Games: 0-0 the Rebels appeared to come up with a fumble after Aztec 11-20-04 San Diego SDSU 21-3 When Scoring <20 Points: 0-3 quarterback Ryan Lindley pitched the ball back to running 10-8-05 Las Vegas UNLV 13-10 When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-4 back Atiyyah Henderson, who dropped it. But the officials 11-11-06 San Diego SDSU 21-7 When Scoring 30+ Points: 4-0 11-10-07 Las Vegas SDSU 38-30 ruled it was a forward pass and incomplete, and due to a When Allowing <20 Points: 3-0 11-22-08 San Diego SDSU 42-21 malfunction with the replay equipment, the play could not be When Allowing 20-29 Points: 0-1 reviewed. Two plays later the Aztecs tied the score on a six-yard TD pass from Lindley to DeMarco Sampson When Allowing 30+ Points: 1-6 and then Tyler Campbell scored on a one-yard run to give the Aztecs a 14-7 lead at the half. SDSU added to its When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-4 lead in the third when Darren Mougey rumbled in from three yards out late in the third quarter, giving the Aztecs When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 3-3 a 21-7 advantage. UNLV cut the lead in half when Channing Trotter capped an eight-play drive with a one-yard When Rushing 200+ Yards: 2-0 TD run with 17 seconds left in the third quarter. The two teams traded touchdowns to open the final stanza with When Passing <200 Yards: 1-2 Henderson catching a 12-yard TD followed by Wolfe catching a 24-yarder, his second of the game. On SDSU’s When Passing 200-299 Yards: 2-5 ensuing drive it faced a fourth-and-one from the 49-yard line and the Rebels looked to have stopped Campbell When Passing 300+ Yards: 1-0 on the rush, but a second effort on his part got him the yard for the first down and he finished off the drive with a When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-2 seven-yard TD run and a 35-21 lead. SDSU then ended any hopes of a Rebel comeback when Corey Boudreaux When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 4-5 stepped in front of a Clausen pass and returned it 82 yards for a score and the final margin. Wolfe finished the When Allowing <100 Yds Rush: 2-0 game with 11 catches for 144 yards and two scores, while Clausen threw for 316 yards to lead the Rebel offense. When Allowing 100-199 Yds Rush: 1-3 UNLV’s ground game could not get going, however, as Frank “The Tank” Summers carried the ball just twice When Allowing 200+ Yds Rush: 1-4 before injuring his knee and missing the rest of the game. When Allowing <200 Yds Pass: 1-4 When Allowing 200-299 Yds Pass: 2-2 UNLV ALL-TIME BESTS VS. SAN DIEGO STATE... When Allowing 300+ Yds Pass: 1-1 When Allowing 300+ Yds Tot Off: 2-7 TEAM NO. YEAR INDIVIDUAL NO. (PLAYER) YEAR When Having 100-Yard Rusher: 1-0 Points Scored 44 1996 Passing Yards 503 (27-53, Jon Denton) 1996 When Allowing 100-Yard Rusher: 1-5 First Downs 31 1996 Rushing Yards 187 (26 att., Frank Summers) 2007 Total Offense 627 1996 Receptions 11 (Ryan Wolfe, Nate Turner) 2008, ‘00 When Making No Turnovers: 3-0 Passing Yards 503 1996 Receiving Yards 200 (7 rec., Len Ware) 1996 When Making 1-2 Turnovers: 1-5 Rushing Yards 275 2007 Points Scored 12 (2 TD, Rodelin Anthony/Len Ware) 2007/1996 When Making 3+ Turnovers: 0-2 When No Takeaways: 0-3 SCHOOL LOCATION ELEV. HOST UNLV ON TO THE When 1-2 Takeways: 4-3 1. Wyoming Laramie, WY 7,220 Sept. 26 When 3+ Takeaways: 0-1 UP AND UP 2. Air Force Colorado Springs 6,010 Nov. 14 Eight Bowl Subdivision football pro- When More Time of Poss: 3-2 3. Colorado Boulder, CO 5,328 When Playing on Grass: 1-1 grams are located in cities with an 4. Colorado State Fort Collins, CO 5,003 2010 elevation of at least 4,500 feet above When Playing on Artificial Turf: 3-6 5. New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 4,957 Oct. 24 When Game Decided by a TD or Less: 1-2 sea level and the Rebels regularly play 6. BYU Provo, UT 4,550 2010 at six of them, including four this fall 7. Utah State Logan, UT 4,534 (and the two highest). Las Vegas is just www.unlvrebels.com 8. Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 4,505 Oct. 3 over 2,000 feet above sea level. 2009 REBEL STAT BOX 2009 RED ZONE TEAM INDIVIDUAL (NCAA TOP 100) REDUX CATEGORY MWC NAT CATEGORY MWC NAT UNLV Atts Scores TD FG RUSHING OFFENSE 127.2 7 86 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME Channing Trotter 44.8 12 -- SACRAMENTO STATE 5 5 4 1 PASSING OFFENSE 219.9 T4 T57 OREGON STATE 4 3 3 0 TOTAL OFFENSE 347.1 6 81 TOTAL OFFENSE HAWAII 6 4 4 0 SCORING OFFENSE 24.5 5 78 Omar Clayton 219.4 4 53 at Wyoming 6 5 3 2 PASSING YARDS PER GAME at UNR 2 2 2 0 PASS EFFICIENCY 120.2 7 84 Omar Clayton 195.6 5 62 BYU 2 1 1 0 RUSHING DEFENSE 231.2 9 115 PASSING EFFICIENCY UTAH 5 3 1 2 PASSING DEFENSE YPG 226.0 6 74 at New Mexico 6 5 3 2 Omar Clayton 123.3 5 74 TOTAL DEFENSE 457.2 9 114 at TCU 0 0 0 0 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME COLORADO STATE 4 4 4 0 SCORING DEFENSE 33.2 8 105 Ryan Wolfe 69.1 3 47 at Air Force 3 2 1 1 PASSING EFFY DEF. 152.5 8 109 Phillip Payne 50.4 8 -- SAN DIEGO STATE PUNT RETURNS 6.6 6 90 Michael Johnson 40.3 11 -- SEASON TOTAL 43 34 26 8 KICKOFF RETURNS 21.9 6 60 RECEPTIONS PER GAME PCT. SCORING IN RED ZONE: 79% NET PUNTING 37.4 6 31 Ryan Wolfe 6.73 1 17 PCT. SCORING TD IN RED ZONE: 61% TURNOVER MARGIN -3 7 T76 Phillip Payne 4.82 6 -- OPPONENTS FUMBLES RECOVERED 11 2 T27 Michael Johnson 3.36 T10 -- Atts Scores TD FG FUMBLES LOST 5 2 T7 PUNTING AVERAGE SACRAMENTO STATE 0 0 0 0 INTERCEPT. GAINED 3 9 120 OREGON STATE 4 4 3 1 Kyle Watson 42.6 6 33 HAWAII 3 2 1 1 INTERCEPT. THROWN 11 5 T75 KICKOFF RETURN AVG at Wyoming 5 5 2 3 1ST DOWN -- OFFENSE 231 4 T40 Deante’ Purvis 22.8 5 81 at UNR 6 6 6 0 1ST DOWN -- DEFENSE 249 T7 T109 TOUCHDOWNS BYU 6 6 5 1 3RD DOWN -- OFFENSE 47.1% 2 17 Channing Trotter 8 T4 -- UTAH 3 3 3 0 TACKLES PER GAME at New Mexico 1 1 1 0 3RD DOWN -- DEFENSE 51.1% 8 117 at TCU 3 3 2 1 QB SACKS BY 12 9 T113 Jason Beauchamp 7.3 11 -- COLORADO STATE 4 3 2 1 QB SACKS AGAINST 13 T3 T23 QB SACKS at Air Force 6 5 4 1 PENALTY YPG 44.5 1 T23 Jason Beauchamp 5.5 4 76 SAN DIEGO STATE SEASON TOTAL 41 38 29 9 PCT. SCORING IN RED ZONE: 93% THE O.C. PCT. SCORING TD IN RED ZONE: 71% Despite missing time in all three seasons at UNLV because of injuries, junior QB Omar Clayton has provided the Rebels their most stable quarterbacking situation in at least a half-decade. One of a stunning total of six QBs to start a game at the position during head coach Mike POINTS OFF TURNOVERS Sanford’s five years on campus, Clayton has transformed himself from UNLV OPP a fifth-string, invited walk-on from Normal, IL, into a legitimate threat UNLV No PTS OPP No PTS SAC ST 1 7 SAC ST 0 0 to rewrite many of the school’s passing records. The 2009 preseason OSU 0 0 OSU 2 6 second team All-MWC pick by Athlon’s heads into Saturday’s game UH 1 0 UH 2 7 as UNLV’s career leader in completion percentage (59.5 percent) and at WYO 0 0 at WYO 4 6 ranks second in lowest percentage (18 in 632 attempts). at UNR 4 21 at UNR 1 7 BYU 0 0 BYU 3 14 Last fall he saw his school-record streak of pass attempts without an UTAH 2 3 UTAH 2 14 interception end at 173 but still just tossed four picks on the year to go at UNM 2 7 at UNM 0 0 with an impressive 18 touchdowns throws -- the most by a Rebel since at TCU 2 0 at TCU 2 7 Jon Denton’s 18 in 1997. Clayton has been his team’s leader since CSU 1 7 CSU 0 0 at AFA 1 3 at AFA 1 7 Sanford announced on Aug. 5, 2008, that Clayton would be his starter, SDSU SDSU meaning the program would send out a new QB to take the first snap TOTAL 14 48 TOTAL 16 68 of the season for the fifth straight year. Immediately after replacing Travis Dixon (who has since moved to defense and started at safety) behind center in 2007, Clayton became the first player in school history to pass UNLV: 14 Poss., 8 Scores (57%) for at least 300 yards (304) and rush for at least 100 (135) in the same game. Clayton’s biggest obstacle has 2 FG, 6 TD been staying fully healthy. He left in the second half of the Sept. 12 game vs. Oregon State because of a knee OPP: 16 Poss., 11 Scores (69%) sprain and was knocked out at the very end of the Wyoming game on Sept. 26 and sat out the following week’s 2 FG, 9 TD game at UNR. He missed the final three dates last fall with an MCL injury and the final two of his freshman campaign with a broken hand. Despite having played in just 26 contests (22 of those starts), Clayton already www.unlvrebels.com ranks seventh on UNLV’s career passing list with 4,468 yards (see chart on page 12 of this release).

THE SANFORD FILE HEAD COACH MIKE SANFORD COACHING HISTORY Mike Sanford will coach his final game at UNLV on Saturday. He was 2005-PR UNLV hired as the ninth head coach in Rebel football history on Dec. 6, 2004. Head Coach Charged with reviving a program coming off four straight losing seasons, 2003-04 UTAH Offensive Coordinator, RBs Sanford, now 54, entered his first head coaching position after a career 2002 STANFORD as one of the top assistants in the nation. Offensive Coordinator, QBs At UNLV, Sanford replaced his college coach, John Robinson, who retired 1999-01 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (NFL) after a legendary career that included six seasons with the Rebels. Wide Receivers Before heading to the desert, Sanford spent two seasons as offensive coordinator at the University 1997-98 NOTRE DAME of Utah, which went 21-2 overall and 13-1 in the Mountain West Conference during his time in Salt Lake City. In fact, the 2004 Utes finished ranked fourth in the nation and made history by crashing the elite 1989-96 USC Bowl Championship Series and earning a trip to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Wide Receivers A three-decade college and NFL coaching veteran, Sanford went to Utah from Stanford, where he 1987-88 PURDUE Quarterbacks was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2002. Most of his coaching career has been 1985-86 LONG BEACH STATE spent at the collegiate level, although he spent three years as the receivers coach for the NFL’s San Offensive Coordinator Diego Chargers from 1999-2001. 1983-84 LONG BEACH STATE His NCAA Division I coaching experience includes stints at Notre Dame, USC, Purdue, Long Beach Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers State, Virginia Military Institute and Army. A California native, Sanford is regarded as one the top recruiters 1981-82 VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE of the Golden State, which is a key cog in the building of any winning team at UNLV. Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers, TE Sanford’s first coaching position was as a graduate assistant under the man he replaced here, 1979-80 ARMY Robinson, at Southern California in 1977. His full-time coaching chronology began in 1978 as the Wide Receivers, Tight Ends defensive coordinator at San Diego City College. 1978 SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE Defensive Coordinator As an assistant coach, Sanford 1977 USC participated in nine bowl games Graduate Assistant with three programs. As the wide receivers coach at USC from 1989-96, Sanford assisted EDUCATION in two Pac-10 championships Southern California, 1978 and two Rose Bowl victories Bachelor’s degree in physical education (vs. Michigan in 1990 and Northwestern in 1996). Three PERSONAL DATA of his Trojan receivers were Hometown: Los Altos, Calif. selected in the first round of Birthdate: April 20, 1955 the NFL Draft: Curtis Conway Wife: Melinda in 1992, Johnnie Morton in Children: Daughter, Lindsay (28) 1993 and Keyshawn Johnson, Son, Mike (25) the No. 1 overall pick in the Granddaughter: Hailey (born Sept. 2007) 1996 draft and a consensus All-American in 1995. As a player, Sanford was a CAREER RECORD reserve for USC’s YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL MWC 1973 and 1974 Rose Bowl 2005 UNLV 2-9 1-7 teams (the 1974 team beat 2006 UNLV 2-10 1-7 Ohio State for the national 2007 UNLV 2-10 1-7 championship). He played free 2008 UNLV 5-7 2-6 safety in 1976 when USC beat 2009 UNLV 4-7 2-5 Michigan in the Rose Bowl and TOTAL 5 YRS 15-43 7-32 finished second in the nation. Sanford, born on April 20, 1955, earned his bachelor’s degree from USC in 1978. He and his wife, Melinda, have two children: daughter, Lindsay, and son, Mike, who played quarterback at Boise State from 2001-04, and is in his www.unlvrebels.com first season as a member of the Yale coaching staff. WOLFE WINS WIESNER Before the season-opening victory over Sacramento State, senior 2009 FOOTBALL STAFF wide receiver Ryan Wolfe was recognized as this year’s recipient of the Tom Wiesner (pronounced WEEZE-ner) Award and had the FOOTBALL OFFICE: (702) 895-3400 honor of wearing the Wiesner Jersey throughout the 2009 season. STAFF E-MAIL: first name.last [email protected] The first Rebel receiver to earn the award, Wolfe will miss his final Head Coach: game because of a broken foot suffered in practice but already Mike Sanford (5th Year/USC ‘78) owns his school’s career record for receptions, receiving yards Assoc. HC/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: and 100-yard games. He is the top career active receiver in the Todd Berry (3rd Year/Tulsa ‘83) nation this week and was again a member of the watch list for the Defensive Coordinator/Safeties: Biletnikoff Award, which is given each year to college football’s best Dennis Therrell (3rd Year/Tennessee Tech ‘78) ball catcher. The native of Santa Clarita, Calif. (Hart High School) is Special Teams Coordinator/Cornerbacks: one of the program’s top students, as well, having already earned Mike Bradeson (14th Year/Boise State ’81) a bachelor’s degree in kinesiological sciences and is now pursuing Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line: a master’s in sports education leadership. The four-year member Andre Patterson (2nd Year/Montana ‘83) of the Rebel Leadership Committee has earned academic All- Linebackers: Mountain West Conference each year eligible. The award, which Jed Stugart (1st Year/Azusa Pacific ‘94) debuted in 2002 and is voted on by the coaching staff and senior Running Backs: class, was created to honor one Rebel senior that best exemplifies DeAndre Smith (1st Year/Missouri State ‘92) the late Mr. Wiesner’s courage, enthusiasm, dedication Offensive Line: and toughness. A Wisconsin native and three-time letter- ALL-TIME WIESNER AWARDS Keith Uperesa (5th Year/BYU ‘84) man on the Badger football team, Mr. Wiesner sought Year Player Pos. Offensive Line/Tight Ends: his fortune out West and became one of the Las Vegas’ 2002 Tony Terrell OL Gary Bernardi (5th Year/CS Northridge ‘76) 2003 Dominic Furio OL leading businessmen, philanthropists, politicians and am- Wide Receivers: 2004 Jamaal Brimmer DB Kris Cinkovich (6th Year/Carroll College ‘84) bassadors. The founder of the successful restaurants that 2005 Joe Miklos DB Graduate Assistant Coach (Defense): are part of Big Dog’s Hospitality Group, Mr. Wiesner helped 2006 Erick Jackson RB Rhett Brooks (1st Year/Murray State ‘09) guide Rebel Athletics from their infancy and was inducted 2007 Chris Butler TE into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame as a Distinguished 2008 Jacob Hales DL Graduate Assistant Coach (Offense): Contributor in 1994. Also a member of the Nevada Board 2009 Ryan Wolfe WR (2nd Year/UNLV ‘07) of Regents, he died in 2002 at the age of 63 after a battle Football Program Director: with Leukemia. He was inducted posthumously into the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in Sara Swanson (5th Year/Northern Arizona ‘95) 2008. “Ryan Wolfe is one of the best players in all of college football this season and is a very deserving Assistant Recruiting Coordinator: winner of the Wiesner Award,” said UNLV head coach Mike Sanford. “I think Tom would have loved Jimmy Morimoto (2nd Year/Phoenix ‘02) Ryan’s tremendous work ethic both on and off the field.” Director of Strength & Conditioning: John Grieco (4th Year/Florida ‘95) REBELS PICKED FIFTH Director of Athletic Training: UNLV was picked to finish fifth in the official media poll released by the Mountain West Conference. The Kyle Wilson (26th Year/West Virginia ‘82) Rebels received 108 points, which was one more than Colorado State. The projection was the highest Director of Equipment: for UNLV since tying for BYU for fifth place before the 2004 season. Since the league was formed in Paul Pucciarelli (25th Year/Orange Coast ‘82) 1999, the only other times UNLV was picked as high as fifth was in 2001 when the defending Las Vegas Assistant Equipment Manager: Bowl champions were voted second, and in 2002 when the Rebs were projected fourth. UNLV had been Rocky Rutledge (11th Year/TCU ‘98) picked for last place in the previous two seasons but showed significant progress a year ago by posting Assistant Director of Ticketing: a 5-7 overall record, good for a sixth-place finish. Emily Eskin (2ndt Year/UNLV ‘07) Director of Video Services: 2009 MWC MEDIA POLL UNLV also was picked to finish from John Duncan (3rd Year/Arizona State ‘99) (First place votes in parentheses) fourth to seventh in the MWC in a survey Asst. AD/Game Operations & Facilities: PL TEAM POINTS of various preseason publications: Erik Schwarz (17th Year/West Virginia, ‘93) 1. TCU (15) 207 AGENCY MWC NATION Associate AD/Football Operations: 2. BYU (6) 190 Sports Illustrated 4th 54th Terry Cottle (26th Year/Saint Mary’s ‘80) 3. Utah (3) 179 Phil Steele’s 4th 80th FB Sports Information Director: 4. Air Force 130 NationalChamps.net 4th N/A Mark Wallington (17th Year/Florida ‘93) 5. UNLV 108 Lindy’s 5th 81st Assistant FB Sports Information Director: 6. Colorado State 107 USA TODAY 5th N/A Bryan Haines (6th Year/Montana ‘04) 7. New Mexico 60 Athlon Sports 6th 84th 8. San Diego State 53 Sporting News 6th 88th www.unlvrebels.com 9. Wyoming 46 CFN/Fox Sports 7th 79th 2009 STATES-OF-THE PROGRAM ADDRESS From Alaska to Florida, from Connecticut to American Samoa -- the 2009 Rebels came from hometowns MWC STANDINGS spread across the continent. In fact, no less than 12 different states and one U.S. territory were represented on this year’s roster. While a vast majority of Rebels naturally hail from California and Nevada, two states TEAM CONF ALL STK that have suddenly become fertile recruiting ground are Texas and Arizona. Currently 10 UNLV players #4/4 TCU 7-0 11-0 W13 are products of the Lone Star State, including two second-year tailbacks that have played this fall: C.J. #22/19 Utah 6-1 9-2 W1 Cox (Garland, TX/North Garland HS) and Imari Thompson (DeSoto, TX/Cedar Hill HS). Meanwhile, #18/15 BYU 6-1 9-2 W3 the Grand Canyon State is also home to no less than 10 current Rebels, including lettermen Travis Air Force 5-3 7-5 L1 Dixon (Chandler, AZ/Hamilton HS), Channing Trotter (Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain HS), Chris Brogdon Wyoming 3-4 5-6 L1 (Phoenix, AZ/Desert Vista HS) and John Gianninoto (Tucson, AZ/Catalina Foothills HS). UNLV 2-5 4-7 L1 UNLV vs. RANKED TEAMS (5-25) San Diego State 2-5 4-7 L3 POLL POSITIONS New Mexico 1-6 1-10 W1 UNLV has played 30 teams ranked in at least one AP/COACH OPPONENT RESULT DATE of the two major polls at the time of the game. 2/2 at Tennessee L, 62-3 8-31-96 Colorado State 0-7 3-8 L8 5/5 WISCONSIN L, 20-13 9-8-07 The Rebels hold a 5-25 record against such 8/6 at TCU L, 41-0 10-31-09 MWC THIS WEEK competitors. Four of the Rebels’ 2009 opponents 8/8 at BYU W, 45-41 10-10-81 9/9 at Nebraska L, 48-6 10-1-88 (Oregon State, BYU, Utah and TCU) were ranked 9/10 at Utah L, 63-28 10-23-04 FRIDAY at the time of the game, which means that UNLV 10/10 SMU L, 38-21 12-1-84 Wyoming at Colorado State (Mtn.) 11/8 KANSAS STATE L, 42-3 11-26-94 tied the school record for ranked opponents in 12/12 TCU L, 44-14 11-1-08 a season with four for the second consecutive 12/13 BYU L, 54-14 11-29-80 SATURDAY season. Interestingly, four of UNLV’s wins over 14/14 at Wisconsin L, 52-7 9-19-98 New Mexico at TCU (Mtn.) 14/14 at Tennessee L, 42-17 9-5-04 ranked opponents have come on the road vs. 14/15 at Wisconsin W, 23-5 9-13-03 Utah at BYU (Mtn. & CBS C) teams in the top 15. The only time UNLV downed 15/13 at Arizona State W, 23-20 (OT) 9-13-08 San Diego State at UNLV (Mtn.) 16/13 at Colorado State W, 36-33 11-30-02 a ranked opponent at home was on Nov. 10, 16/20 NORTHWESTERN L, 37-28 9-7-01 17/18 at BYU L, 42-23 10-25-08 MWC LAST WEEK 1984, when QB led the 18/18 at TCU L, 51-3 11-12-05 TCU 48, Wyoming 10 program to a 26-20 victory over No. 20 (UPI) Cal 18/20 BYU L, 59-21 10-10-09 19/19 BYU L, 29-0 10-23-99 BYU 38, Air Force 21 State Fullerton. 19/20 at BYU L, 63-28 10-12-96 Utah 38, San Diego State 7 20/20 BYU L, 35-31 9-29-01 New Mexico 29, Colorado State 27 21/22 at Wisconsin L, 18-3 9-11-04 THE YOUNG-INS 22/23 at Utah L, 42-21 9-6-08 No less than 19 players made their Rebel Football de- 22/21 at Clemson L, 24-14 9-4-93 but in 2009, including transfers. Playing their first game 24/22 HAWAII L, 49-14 9-15-07 UNLV FUTURE 24/NR UTAH L, 35-15 10-17-09 for the Rebels as true freshmen were: TE Jordan Bar- NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS NR/19 BYU L, 27-0 9-2-82 rett, OL Andrew Mack, OL Doug Zismann, WR Mark NR/20 CS FULLERTON W, 26-20 11-10-84 2010 NR/24 OREGON STATE L, 23-21 9-12-09 Barefield and OL Shane Watterson. A trio of redshirt S. 4 WISCONSIN NR/25 WISCONSIN L, 27-7 8-31-02 freshmen saw the field in LB David Blair and linemen S. 18 at Idaho Jason Heath and Yusef Rodgers. Also seeing their first action as Rebels were: four-year transfer DB Calvin O. 2 NEVADA, RENO Randleman and JC transfers DBs Warren Zeigler, Alex De Giacomo and Mike Grant; TE Kyle Watkins; and O. 9 at West Virginia DL B.J. Bell and James Dunlap. Four more players who were members of the squad but saw their first playing D. 4 at Hawaii time at UNLV were DL Matt Kravetz, TE Austin Harrington, OL Thomas Wren and QB Les Obie. 2011 S. 3 at Wisconsin

S. 10 at Washington State CLAUSEN GETS UNLV OUT OF ANOTHER PICKLE With starter Omar Clayton out with an injury, sophomore Mike Clausen came off the bench in Game Two vs. S. 17 HAWAII Oregon State and nearly directed his team to an upset of the 24th-ranked Beavers. Down 20-7 in the fourth O. 8 at Nevada, Reno quarter, Clausen led UNLV on a seven-play, 66-yard drive that culminated with a 13-yard scoring toss to Rodelin 2012 Anthony. After the Rebel defense held, Clausen went back to work, this time on a 6-play, 51-yard drive ending S. 1 MINNESOTA with him finding Phillip Payne in the back corner of the end zone for an eventual 21-20 lead. On the night, S. 8 NEVADA, RENO Clausen completed 6-9 attempts for 58 yards and also rushed four times for 25 net yards. It was not the first S.15 WASHINGTON STATE time Clausen sparked the Rebels to success while spelling an injured Clayton. Last fall, the native of Riverside, S. 22 at Hawaii CA, became the ninth freshman QB to start a game for the Rebels in 41 years of football when he took over for 2013 the final three. He won his first start vs. New Mexico and then downed Wyoming the next week to become only A. 31 at Minnesota the second Rebel rookie to win his first two starts (Scott Sims downed UNR and Utah State in 1987). Clausen S. 7 ARIZONA saw action in nine total games, hitting 70-125 attempts for 767 yards and five scores with just two . S.14 at Nevada, Reno In fact, he broke the school record for most pass attempts without an interception to start a career at 119 -- just 19 attempts short of the NCAA FBS record set by current Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy in 1986. He www.unlvrebels.com earned his fourth career start last week at UNR and completed 26-50 attempts for 276 yards and a score. SALDI STAYS WITH REBELS He may not be on the playing field right now but UNLV’s Bryce COACH LOCATIONS Saldi is always on the minds of his Rebel teammates. The sopho- more linebacker continues to improve from a serious brain injury Where the UNLV coaches are located suffered during a skateboarding accident on July 3. Saldi, a gradu- during games: ate of Texas prep powerhouse Southlake Carroll High School, earned his first UNLV letter last season by playing in all 12 games, PRESS BOX COACHES BOOTH primarily on special teams. The son of former Todd Berry Off. Coord./QBs Jay Saldi was on vacation in Southern California at the Jed Stugart Linebackers time of the accident and was at Loma Linda University Medical Keith Uperesa Offensive Line Center for nearly two months. While he was transported to Baylor SIDELINES Hosptial in Dallas just before UNLV’s season opener and is now at Mike Sanford Head Coach a rehab and care facility in nearby Plano, Saldi’s Rebel locker is Dennis Therrell Def. Coord./Ss SALDI’S LOCKER Andre Patterson Defensive Line AT CAMP REBEL still active, as No. 54’s playing gear is put out before every practice and game, even while the team dressed in an armory at its off- Mike Bradeson S.T. Coord./CBs campus training Gary Bernardi Offensive Line/TE site in August. UNLV Director of Equipment Paul Puc- Kris Cinkovich Wide Receivers ciarelli reports that Saldi’s locker has been decked out DeAndre Smith Running Backs as usual at every game -- home and away -- in 2009 as the program supports its missing player’s recovery. THE BELL BOYS “We are encouraged by the progress Bryce has made UNLV Football has been a real family as he continues to battle back from a terrible accident,” affair for Joanne Wilson of Tustin, CA, said head coach Mike Sanford. “His Rebel Football who sent all three of family is thinking of him every day and our thoughts her sons to play for and prayers go out to Bryce and his family.” Updates the Rebels over the are available through the Caring Bridge website at the past decade. The following link: eldest, linebacker http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/Brycesaldi/guestbook Zach Bell, played for John Robinson GREAT GRADS ZACH from 2001-04 and as All-America candidate wide receiver Ryan Wolfe led a contingent of eight Rebel gridders who already a senior lined up on earned their bachelor’s degree but returned for one more year of football. That number is a program the same defense as record and is tied for fifth in the nation among FBS teams in 2009. The other Rebels who have graduated fellow-LB Beau Bell. but are wearing the Scarlet & Gray this fall were linebacker Jason Beauchamp, running back Chris Beau then played for Brogdon, offensive lineman Mike Donato, long-snapper Kamu Kapanui, defensive back Marquel Mike Sanford his Martin, linebacker Wiselet Rouzard and defensive back Ryan Tillman. Some of those grads helped final three seasons, make up UNLV’s school-record 20 players named to the 2008 Academic All-Mountain West Conference including a Mountain team. That total shattered the previous record of 16 set in 2007. BEAU West Conference Defensive MVP FBS TEAMS WITH MOST PLAYERS WOLFE WALKED campaign in 2007 WHO HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED IN MAY before becoming a SCHOOL NO. CONFERENCE fourth-round NFL Alabama 12 SEC Draft pick by the Boston College 10 ACC Cleveland Browns. Virginia Tech 10 ACC Little brother, B.J. Penn State 9 Big Ten B.J. Bell, went to Santa UNLV 8 Mountain West Ana College out of Miami, Fla. 8 ACC high school but the 2008 J.C. Gridwire Auburn 8 SEC First Team All-American also joined the East Carolina 8 C-USA Rebels this fall to play defensive end Notre Dame 8 Independent and ring up another Bell in the Scarlet Texas Tech 8 Big XII & Gray. UCF 7 C-USA Texas A&M 7 Big XII www.unlvrebels.com REBELATIONS... GET THE POINT? UNLV senior LB/DE Jason Beauchamp needs just one tackle to tie former Rebel great Beau Bell in second place on the school’s career total tackles list. Beauchamp heads into the final week with 319 takedowns while Senior PK Kyle Watson, a California kid Bell finished with 320. The school’s all-time leader is former LB Adam Seward (2001-04) with 433 ... UNLV’s who started his career at Texas Southern fastest player, CB Deante’ Purvis, has already shattered the school and MWC records for kickoff returns and before transferring closer to home, has kickoff return yards in a single season. The sophomore has 46 returns, which bested the previous mark of shattered the UNLV record for consecutive 37 set by Rebel teammate Michael Johnson just last year. He also has 1,049 yards, which pushed him past PATs. Watson made all 37 extra-points for Johnson’s 853 yards in 2008. Against BYU, Purvis broke the school’s 118-game streak of not having a kickoff the Rebels in 2008 (because of a recently return for a touchdown, taking one back 94 yards and finding the end zone to mark his program’s first such discovered UNLV stats-crew error, the play since Lenny Ware did it at home vs. Utah way back in 1999. Purvis currently ranks 81st in the nation with 2008 team statistics and 2009 media guide a 22.8-yard average ... The Rebels are still looking for their first punt return for a TD since 2001, however, as both shorted Watson two points that were the program’s 95-game drought currently ranks fifth in the nation ... After getting zero fumble recoveries in the incorrectly credited to fellow booter Ben first 17 quarters of play this fall, UNLV scooped up three in just one quarter and four overall at UNR in Game Jaekle). After nailing his first 33 attempts Five. After bringing in two more each vs. Utah, UNM and TCU, and one vs. Air Force, the Rebels are now, this season, Watson has moved into remarkably, second in the MWC and 27th nationally with 11 recoveries ... UNLV did not experience a similar second place on the MWC list. turnaround when it comes to grabbing interceptions as the Rebels are dead last in the NCAA FBS with just three UNLV PASS RECEPTIONS PER GM MWC CONSECUTIVE EXTRA PTS. total picks on the year. In fact, when Marquel Martin PL AVG PLAYER YEAR(S) RK NO PLAYER, SCHOO YEAR(S) grabbed his first career interception on Nov. 7 vs. CSU, 1. 6.1 Randy Gatewood 1993-94 1. 86 Jason Smith, CSU 2006-08 it snapped the team’s 29-quarter drought without a pick. 2. 6.0 Ryan Wolfe 2006-09 2. 70 Kyle Watson, UNLV 2008-PR The Rebels need two interceptions on Saturday to avoid 3. 4.8 Nate Turner 1999-2000 3. 66 Matt Payne, BYU 2002-04 breaking the school record for fewest in a season (5 in 4. 4.3 Casey Flair 2005-08 4. 65 Garrett Palmer, SDSU 2005-07 2005) ... The UNLV offense showed a big improvement on third downs this fall, currently ranking 17th nationally with a 47-percent conversion rate ... After turning in the third-best completion percentage season in school history a year ago (57.9%), the two Rebel quarterbacks are on an even better pace so far in 2009. Omar Clayton and Mike Clausen have combined to complete FBS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LDRS 227-382 attempts (which includes one attempt each by WRs Michael Johnson and Ryan Wolfe and PK RK NO PLAYER SCHOOL Ben Jaekle) for a percentage of 59.4. The school record is 62.0% set during Randall Cunningham’s senior 1. 316 Taylor Stubblefield Purdue campaign of 1984 ... UNLV is showing impressive discipline again this fall, sitting first in the MWC and 23rd 2. 306 Josh Davis Marshall nationally in penalty yards per game at just 44.5 (489 yards overall). This comes just one season after setting 3. 303 Taurean Henderson Texas Tech the school record for fewest penalty yards with 516 in 2008 ... PK Kyle Watson, who took on the punting du- 4. 300 Arnold Jackson Louisville ties for his senior season has been outstanding at his added position, is averaging 42.6 yards on 49 attempts 5. 298 Trevor Insley UNR and is ranked 33rd in the nation this week ... Watson is the team’s place-kicker on extra points and field goals 6. 295 Geoff Noisy UNR this fall while junior Ben Jaekle handles kickoff duties ... When Clayton did not throw a touchdown pass vs. 7. 293 Rashaun Woods Okla. State Utah on Oct. 17, it snapped his streak of throwing at least one at 14 games. That string was the third-longest 293 Davone Bess Hawaii in MWC history but fell well short of the UNLV record set by Jon Denton. The “Green Valley Gunslinger” 9. 292 Dorien Bryant Purdue found the end zone in 19 straight outings from 1996-97 ... In his first start, Rebel junior RB Channing Trotter 292 Jarett Dillard Rice turned in his first 100-yard collegiate rushing game, going for 102 net yards on 16 carries vs. SAC State. He 292 Jason Rivers Hawaii also scored on three one-yard rushes, making him the first UNLV player to rush for at least three touchdowns 12. 283 Ryan Wolfe UNLV in a game since QB Jason Thomas ran in three vs. Wyoming on Nov. 2, 2002. Trotter has since pushed his 13. 280 Troy Edwards La. Tech total to eight, which ties last year’s UNLV leader -- Frank “The Tank” Summers. 14. 275 Antonio Brown Central Mich. 15. 273 Bryan Anderson Central Mich. 16. 272 Freddie Barnes Bowling Green PRO-REBEL FORCES Of the seven former Rebels that took part in the 2009 NFL preseason, four made regular-season rosters 272 Vincent Marshall Houston and another (Johan Asiata) was added to the ’ official practice squad. Former Cleveland 272 Darius Watts Marshall Browns LB Beau Bell awaits his next opportunity while the final player, 2008 CFL Special Teams Player 269 A.J. Harris NMSU MVP Dominique Dorsey, recently returned to the Toronto Argonauts after being among the final cuts 20. 268 Naaman Roosevelt Buffalo by the Washington Redskins. BOLD=Active Player PLAYER AT UNLV POS CURRENT TEAM Johan Asiata 2007-08 OL Chicago Bears (Practice Squad) Greg Estandia 2003-05 TE Cleveland Browns Adam Seward 2001-04 LB Frank “The Tank” Summers 2007-08 RB Pittsburgh Steelers (Inj. Reserve) www.unlvrebels.com Eric Wright 2006 DB Cleveland Browns O.T. SO NICE, THEY DID IT TWICE! REBELS WITH APPLAUSE UNLV went into the 2008 season with one of college football’s worst records in overtime (only SMU had UNLV OVERTIME HISTORY (3-7) more losses with a 1-8 mark) but the Rebels suddenly won For the third consecutive year, UNLV WR GAME DATE SCORE OT PTS back-to-back OT games at then Ryan Wolfe was a unanimous choice for UNLV at San Diego State Oct. 18, 1997 L, 20-17 0 No. 13 ASU and then vs. Big 12 preseason first team All-Mountain West UNLV vs. San Jose State Nov. 22, 1997 L, 55-48 0 team Iowa State at home. The Conference in the major preview publica- UNLV vs. Wyoming Oct. 17, 1998 L, 28-25 0 Rebels became only the sixth tions as well as being a member of the UNLV at Ole Miss Oct. 28, 2000 L, 43-40 3 team to ever win in overtime in league’s official team. UNLV senior LB UNLV vs. Wyoming Nov. 2, 2002 W, 49-48 7 consecutive games: Northwest- Jason Beauchamp was also a unani- UNLV vs. BYU Oct. 25, 2003 L, 27-20 0 ern did it in both 2004 and ‘07, mous selection by publications and was UNLV vs. Wyoming Nov. 6, 2004 L, 53-45 14 Boston College (2006), TCU also on the official MWC team. Overall, UNLV vs. New Mexico Oct. 14, 2006 L, 39-36 0 (2005), USF (2003) and San 13 Rebels were named to various pre- UNLV at Arizona State Sept. 13, 2008 W, 23-20 3 Diego State (1998). season All-MWC teams. Other honors UNLV vs. Iowa State Sept. 20, 2008 W, 34-31 6 included Wolfe being listed as the Most Dangerous Deep Threat in the MWC by Lindy’s and Sporting News naming him PHILLIP’S HOUSE OF PAYNE: as the receiver with the Best Instincts in OPPONENT END ZONES the league. Despite his team boasting two all-conference-level WRs, true freshman JASON BEAUCHAMP, SR Phillip Payne, a graduate of Las Vegas’ Western High School, made a 1st Team Linebacker – MWC big impact last season, totaling 29 catches for 436 yards and a stunning 1st Team Linebacker – Athlon 1st Team Linebacker – Lindy’s seven touchdowns. Even though he missed three full games because of 1st Team Linebacker – Phil Steele’s a pair of concussions, his TD total in nine games played (Payne missed 1st Team Linebacker – Sporting News TCU, UNM and SDSU) was the most for a Rebel in an entire season OMAR CLAYTON, JR since TE Greg Estandia hauled in seven in 2005. The total was just one 2nd Team Quarterback – Athlon off the school’s freshman record for TD catches in a season (eight by 4th Team Quarterback – Phil Steele’s Lenny Ware in 1996) and the MWC mark of eight (BYU’s Austin Collie in C.J. COX, SO 2004). Payne had at least one score in the first five games last fall, which 3rd Team Running Back – Phil Steele’s TD REC. BY FRESHMEN -- 2008 tied the school STARR FUIMAONO, JR record for most 3rd Team Linebacker – Phil Steele’s UNLV’s Phillip Payne tied for fourth in the nation for consecutive JOE HAWLEY, SR touchdown catches by a freshman with seven. games with a 2nd Team Offensive Line – Phil Steele’s MICHAEL JOHNSON, SO RK TDs GP PLAYER, POS, SCHOOL TD catch (Sam “Disco Kid” Greene 1980). Payne, 4th Team Kick Returner – Phil Steele’s 1. 12 13 DeAndre Brown, WR, USM who turned in a career-high 124 yards vs. Air Force, EVAN MARCHAL, JR 2. 9 13 Tyron Carrier, WR, Houston also made one of the top plays in the nation last 4th Team Offensive Line – Phil Steele’s 9 11 Jeff Fuller, WR, Texas A&M season with a one-handed grab to help the Rebels MATT MURPHY, JR 4. 7 9 Phillip Payne, WR, UNLV upset ASU in Game Three. He followed that up 2nd Team Offensive Line – Lindy’s 7 11 Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame by catching the game-winning TD in overtime vs. 2nd Team Offensive Line – Phil Steele’s 7 12 T.Y. Hilton, WR, FIU Iowa State. RONNIE PAULO, JR 3rd Team Linebacker – Phil Steele’s BEAUCHAMP NAMED PHILLIP PAYNE, SO 2nd Team Wide Receiver – Phil Steele’s PLAYER OF THE WEEK QUINTON POINTER, JR UNLV senior LB/DE Jason Beauchamp (San Diego) was named the Mountain 3rd Team Defensive Back – Phil Steele’s West Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career MALO TAUMUA, JR on Oct. 26. The Steele Canyon High School graduate turned in a dominant 1st Team Defensive Line – Athlon effort to help his school break a 20-game conference road losing streak with a 2nd Team Defensive Line – Phil Steele’s 34-17 victory over New Mexico. Beauchamp totaled nine tackles, including six RYAN WOLFE, SR solo, to go with two quarterback sacks and a third tackle for loss as well as a 1st Team Wide Receiver – MWC forced fumble in the fourth quarter that sealed the win. The Lobos did not score 1st Team Wide Receiver – Athlon 1st Team Wide Receiver – Lindy’s on any of the three series where Beauchamp had a TFL. Beauchamp now has 1st Team Wide Receiver – Phil Steele’s a career-high 5.5 sacks, which ranks him fourth in the league and 46th in the 1st Team Wide Receiver – Sporting News nation. He became only the second Rebel to earn a player of the week honor this season, joining QB Omar Clayton on Sept. 21, and is the first defensive www.unlvrebels.com pick since Beauchamp won the same award on Sept. 29, 2008. UNLV INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES RAF LUNCHEONS Anyone seeking to interview a UNLV football player or coach must contact Football SID Mark Wallington at (702) 895-4472 or by email at [email protected]. Players have Mondays off from practice The Rebel Athletic Fund presents the and media obligations. Tues.-Wed. practices are open to the media only through the first six, five-minute 2009 UNLV Football Luncheon Series periods. Please arrive at the practice field at least 20 minutes before the beginning of practice. Inter- with Head Coach Mike Sanford and views for out-of-town media are generally handled via telephone following practice on Tues. or Wed. emcee Dave McCann. The events will evenings. Interviews with Coach Sanford are arranged, schedule permitting, from Mon.-Wed., usually take place on Fridays at noon before mid-mornings or early afternoon PT. The Rebels’ practice schedule follows, though times are subject to four home football games this fall. The change. Please Note: following games, the UNLV locker room is CLOSED to the media. luncheons will be held on campus at the Board Room inside the Thomas & Mack Sunday OFF No player interviews Center. Tickets for the luncheons are $15 Monday 2:40-4:10 pm TV and Print after per person for the public and $10 for RAF Tuesday 4:05-6:15 pm TV before/Print after members, UNLV alumni, faculty, staff and Wednesday 3:55-6:05 pm TV before/Print after current students. Thursday 3:55-5:45 pm No Interviews (Closed to media) Friday Walk-Thru No Interviews (Closed to media) RAF FOOTBALL LUNCHEON SERIES Saturday Game Day Post-game interviews Friday, Sept. 4 TMC Board Room Friday, Sept. 18 TMC Board Room SIMPLY REB, PLEASE! Friday, Oct. 9 TMC Board Room Please remember, UNLV (acronym on all references, please) is home to the REBEL football team -- not Friday, Nov. 6 TMC Board Room the Runnin’ Rebels! Only the men’s basketball team at UNLV is nicknamed the Runnin’ Rebels.

FOLLOW THE REBELS: MWC WEEKLY MEDIA TELECONFERENCE The Mountain West Conference offers media PACIFIC TIME 9:00 am Moderator opens call weekly access to all nine 9:02 am Kyle Whittingham, Utah head football coaches via 9:12 am Brady Hoke, San Diego State a teleconference each 9:22 am Troy Calhoun, Air Force Tuesday morning. UNLV 9:32 am MIKE SANFORD, UNLV ON THE WEB head coach Mike San- 9:42 am Gary Patterson, TCU 9:52 am Bronco Mendenhall, BYU UNLV and College Sports Online again ford will be available at 9:32-9:41 am PT. Members of team up to present REBEL FOOTBALL 10:02 am Steve Fairchild, Colorado State the media wishing to participate can call UNLV or the 10:12 am Mike Locksley New Mexico GAME DAY CENTRAL, which can MWC office for the contact number. Also, the entire 10:22 am Dave Christensen, Wyoming be found on the web at the recently teleconference will be posted by 2 pm PT the same day relaunched www.unlvrebels.com. Also, on the league’s website, www.TheMWC.com. the weekly release “UNLV Football News” can be accessed in its entirety by Monday morning during game weeks. NEW SYSTEM FOR MWC TV HIGHLIGHTS The complete document will be available The Mountain West Conference introduces an exciting new format for television stations across the in printable form through Adobe Acrobat country to get football highlights in 2009, as well as selected highlights for other sports. The Mountain Reader, which offers a free reader pro- West has teamed with DragonFly Athletics, a leading provider of video highlights and content. The web- gram directly accessible from the football based platform will provide extensive highlights of MWC Football that can be downloaded at anytime section of the site. throughout the 2009 season.

INSTRUCTIONS: ON TWITTER 1. Establish a DragonFly Athletics account by visiting the following link: twitter.com/unlvathletics www.dragonflyathletics.com/mwc. You will be prompted to login. 2. Click on the “REGISTER” link. 3. An e-mail will be sent to you at the e-mail address entered to verify your account. ON FACEBOOK 4. Once your account is verified, you may login at the link below and begin downloading highlights. facebook.com/unlvathletics 5. You will now see a list of all video by school throughout the conference. 6. All entities downloading highlights must follow the MWC Television Policies or access to the Web site will be revoked. www.unlvrebels.com If you have technical questions, please contact: Javan Hedlund at 719-488-4051. PRACTICE PALACE UNLV’s on-campus practice facilities continued their rise toward challenging the nation’s best with the WEEKLY WINNERS installation of a new practice surface in spring 2002. Made possible by a million-dollar donation in 2001, the renamed Ernie A. Becker Sr. Football Fields at Bill The Rebels have had two honorees in “Wildcat” Morris Rebel Park now sport AstroPlay 2009 and 43 all-time winners of the weekly synthetic surface. The donation ranked among the awards since joining the MWC in 1999. biggest in history designated solely for Rebel football. The complete list: The new surface followed other donations secured in OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK the last decade, such as dozens of palm trees to line Omar Clayton, QB Sept. 21, 2009 the fields and a desert garden built behind a Rebel Omar Clayton, QB (Co-) Sept. 22, 2008 Red archway welcoming fans, all of which have Frank Summers, RB (Co-) Sept. 24, 2007 turned the park into one of the most aesthetically , QB (Co-) Nov. 27, 2006 pleasing sports training facilities in the nation. Larry Croom, RB (Co-) Dec. 2, 2002 Jason Thomas, QB Nov. 4, 2002 Joe Haro, RB Oct. 29, 2001 ON THE RADIO Nate Turner, WR Nov. 27, 2000 All 12 UNLV football games will be heard this fall on KWWN Jason Thomas, QB Oct. 2, 2000 ESPN 1100 AM in Southern Nevada and KHIT 1450 AM in Jeremi Rudolph, RB Oct. 11, 1999 the Reno area. The Rebels’ broadcast team is once again made up of KLAS TV-8 (CBS) morning news anchor Dave DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK McCann (left) as play-by-play voice and former college and Jason Beauchamp, LB Oct. 26, 2009 Jason Beauchamp, LB Sept. 29, 2008 NFL star Beau Bell, LB (Co-) Oct. 29, 2007 Mike Pritchard (right), who is in his fourth season Beau Bell, LB (Co-) Oct. 15, 2007 as the school’s analyst. The Las Vegas native played Beau Bell, LB Sept. 24, 2007 for Colorado’s 1990 national championship team and Beau Bell, LB Oct. 10, 2005 went on to a nine-year pro career with the Falcons, Jamaal Brimmer, SS Oct. 11, 2004 Broncos and Seahawks. Saturday’s UNLV-SDSU Joe Miklos, FS Oct. 4, 2004 broadcast will begin with Rebel Warm-Up at 5:30 pm Joe Miklos, FS (Co-) Nov. 3, 2003 (PT). Fans outside of Nevada can hear all the action R. Dodd-Masters, CB Sept. 22, 2003 through UNLV’s official website unlvrebels.com as a Jamaal Brimmer, SS Sept. 13, 2003 subscription to Rebels All-Access is available. John Andrews, LB Sept. 1, 2003 Jamaal Brimmer, SS Oct. 21, 2002 Tyrone Tucker, LB Oct. 7, 2002 “THE MIKE SANFORD RADIO SHOW” DAY DATE TIME Kevin Thomas, CB Nov. 19, 2001 Mike Sanford’s coach’s radio show will air on Tuesday this week Thursday Sept. 3 7-8 pm Amar Brisco, CB Nov. 27, 2000 at 7-8 p.m. on ESPN 1100 AM. UNLV football play-by-play radio Wednesday Sept. 9 7-8 pm Kevin Thomas, CB Oct. 2, 2000 announcer Dave McCann along with analyst Mike Pritchard Thursday Sept. 17 7-8 pm Kevin Thomas, CB Sept. 13, 1999 joins Sanford each week during the season live from a new Thursday Sept. 24 7-8 pm location -- the Liquidity Lounge at Luxor on the Strip. Thursday Oct. 1 7-8 pm SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Thursday Oct. 8 7-8 pm Kyle Watson, PK Nov. 17, 2008 Thursday Oct. 15 7-8 pm Deante’ Purvis, DB Nov. 10, 2008 Thursday Oct. 22 7-8 pm Malo Taumua, DL (Co-) Sept. 15, 2008 Thursday Oct. 29 7-8 pm Sergio Aguayo, PK Oct. 10, 2005 Thursday Nov. 5 7-8 pm Sergio Aguayo, PK Sept. 12, 2005 Wednesday Nov. 11 7-8 pm Dillon Pieffer, PK Nov. 3, 2003 Tuesday Nov. 17 7-8 pm Dillon Pieffer, PK Sept. 22, 2003 Tuesday Nov. 24 7-8 pm Gary Cook, P Sept. 13, 2003 “GAMETIME WITH UNLV FOOTBALL” Greg Estandia, TE Sept. 1, 2003 For the 15th consecutive season, “Gametime with UNLV Dillon Pieffer, PK Dec. 2, 2002 Football” with host Dave McCann can be seen every Troy Mason, PR Oct. 15, 2001 Sunday on KLAS TV-8 (CBS). Regularly running at Gary Cook, P Oct. 7, 2001 11:35 pm, the show features head coach Mike Sanford Troy Mason, KR Nov. 13, 2000 for an entertaining half-hour of game reviews, previews Ray Cheetany, P/PK Oct. 9, 2000 and an inside look at the team. The show will also air Duane James, KR Oct. 11, 1999 earlier in the day on LV ONE (Cox Cable channel 19) at 9:30 p.m. Also, the series will be replayed on The Mtn. (Cox Digital Cable channel 334) starting on Tuesdays www.unlvrebels.com at 9:00 p.m. and on Wednesdays at 11:30 p.m. PT. CLAYTON NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK CLAYTON’S CLIMB UNLV Quarterback Omar Clayton (Normal, Ill./Normal Community HS) was named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week after he led his team to a 34-33 victory over previously Despite playing in only 26 career games, unbeaten Hawaii on Sept. 19 . After a slow start, the junior ended up throwing three touchdown passes junior QB Omar Clayton continues rolling and running in another score himself from 11 yards out. Clayton set career highs with 340 yards passing up the record lists at UNLV. Having broken and 28 completions vs. the Warriors, including a game-winning 15-yard fade pass to Phillip Payne in the into the top five in career TD passes with 34, end zone on third-and-goal with 36 seconds remaining. Clayton, who won his first MWC weekly honor he recently moved into seventh place on the nearly a year ago to the day after a win over Iowa State, is the first UNLV offensive player to not have school’s career chart for passing yards. to share the award since QB Jason Thomas on Nov. 4, 2002 (four co-winners since then).

UNLV CAREER TD PASS WOLFE: LOWE’S MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE RK NO PLAYER YEAR(S) UNLV senior wide receiver Ryan Wolfe was one of only 30 college football players 1. 59 Randall Cunningham 1982-84 announced Sept. 2 as candidates for the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. To 2. 43 Jon Denton 1996-97 be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division 3. 37 1973-76 I senior in the Football Bowl Subdivision and have notable achievements in four 4. 36 Larry Gentry 1977-80 areas of excellence – classroom, character, community and competition. Wolfe is an 5. 34 Omar Clayton 2007-SA All-America candidate who already owns his school’s career record for receptions, receiving yards and 100-yard games. He is again a member of the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, which is given each year to college football’s best ball catcher. The native of Santa Clarita, Calif. (Hart High School) is one of the program’s top students, as well, having already earned a bachelor’s degree UNLV CAREER PASSING YARDS in kinesiological sciences and is now pursuing a master’s in sports education leadership. The four-year RK NO PLAYER YEAR(S) member of the Rebel Leadership Committee has earned academic All-Mountain West Conference every 1. 8,020 Randall Cunningham 1982-84 year eligible. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe’s 2. 6,177 Jon Denton 1996-97 3. 5,393 Sam King 1979-81 Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform 4. 5,095 Glenn Carano 1973-76 in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Lowe’s, an official Corporate 5. 4,997 Jason Thomas 2000-2002 Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award winner in early January. 6. 4,725 Derek Stott 1988-91 7. 4,468 Omar Clatyon 2007-SA 1984 BOWL CHAMPS HONORED UNLV honored its best Division One football team in history as part of the school’s Homecoming events Oct. 17. The 1984 Rebels, under the direction of head coach and boasting players such as quarterback/punter Randall Cunningham, running backs Kirk Jones and Ickey Woods, conference defensive MVP Aaron Moog and linebacker Daryl Knox, went undefeated in Pacific Coast Athletic Association play at 7-0. The team earned a spot in the California Bowl where it downed Toledo 30-13 OH CAPTAINS, in Fresno’s Bulldog Stadium en route to a final overall record of 11-2. To celebrate the 25th anniversary MY CAPTAINS of that record-breaking season, members of the 1984 squad gathered on Friday, Oct. 16 for a reunion at the South Poiint Hotel. The following evening the 1984 team joined all UNLV football lettermen as GAME: Offense, Defense, Special Teams guests of head coach Mike Sanford and the 2009 Rebels at the Homecoming game vs. Utah at Sam SAC ST: Ryan Wolfe, Jason Beauchamp, Chris Brogdon Boyd Stadium. Representatives of the 1984 team served as honorary captains at the pregame coin flip OSU: Joe Hawley, Martin Tevaseu, Nate Carter and the entire squad took the field to be recognized between the first and second quarters. UH: Ryan Wolfe, Starr Fuimaono, Kamu Kapanui at WYO: Jerriman Robinson, Jason Beauchamp, Beau Orth at UNR: Joe Hawley, Starr Fuimaono, Kyle Watson BYU: John Gianninoto, Quinton Pointer, Ben Jaekle UU: Matt Murphy, Martin Tevaseu, Chris Brogdon at UNM: Joe Hawley, Quinton Pointer, Chris Brogdon at TCU: Omar Clayton, Jason Beauchamp, Nate Carter CSU: Ryan Wolfe, Martin Tevaseu, Heivaha Mafi at AFA: Joe Hawley, Quinton Pointer, Chris Brogdon SDSU:

www.unlvrebels.com ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE SENIOR WR RYAN WOLFE “Ryan Wolfe is ... one of the best clutch performers in all of college football with those great hands.” -Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN UNLV: The fi rst-ever two-time fi rst team all-conference receiver in school history returns as a senior All-America candidate in 2009 ... A strong, tough, durable and savvy receiver who is an excellent route runner and has a knack for making the big play ... Already holds the UNLV career records with 283 receptions and 3,495 receiving yards ... College football’s all-time leading active career receiver, eight catches ahead Antonio Bryant of Central Michigan ... His 283 receptions is 12th all-time on the NCAA FBS career list ... Wolfe is also third on NCAA’s active list with 3,495 receiving yards ... A unanimous choice for preseason First Team All-MWC by Lindy’s, Sporting News, Athlon and Phil Steele’s ... Listed as the Most Dangerous Deep Threat in the MWC by Lindy’s, which slotted him No. 19 in the nation among receivers ... Sporting News listed him as having the Best Instincts in the MWC ... Ranks fourth in MWC history for yards and was exactly 176 away from breaking league’s all-time record of 3,634 set by CSU’s David Anderson in 202002-050 ... Wolfe is tops in league history in receptions, passing SDSU WR J.R. Tolver’s career total of 262 catches (1999-2002) ... His 12 career 10100-yard0-yard00-yard receivingreceiving gamesgames area alsoals a Rebel record and is tied for third in MWC history ... Has hit double fi gures in catches in a gagameme fi ve times, which iiss three more than any other Rebel in history ... Tied for fi rst with Randy Gatewood (1993-94) on the school’s career list for rreceptionseceptione per game at 6.1... A team leader who is a member of the 2009 Rebel Leadership Commit- tee and was voted winnerwinnner of UNLV’sU Bill “Wildcat” Morris Most Inspirational Award last season ... A top student who earned a spot on the Dean’s HonorH ListL last fall and spring ... Also took home Academic All-MWC honors in 2008 ... Went through grgraduationaduation ceremoniesceremonnies in May after earning his bachelor’s degree in kinesiological sciences and is currently pursuing a master’s degreedegreee in sportsspo education leadership ... UNLV’s 2009 nominee for the National Football Foundation and College Hall ooff Fame’s National Scholar-Athlete Postgradaute Scholarship Award. 2009: Saw his season come to an end after breakingb his foot in practice during the bye week ... His 74 catches this season is the fourth most in a single seaseasonsoon in UNLVUN history ... Currently 17th in the country with 6.73 receptions per game ... Tied his career high with 111 catches that went for 118 yards and a score at New Mexico (10/24) ... His performance helped him bebecomecome thethee MWC’s all-time receptions leader ... Had eight catches for 69 yards vs. BYU (10/10) ... Hauled in a gamegame-high-highi eight catches for 96 yards and his fi rst TD of the season at Wyoming (9/26) ... Went past 3,000 career receivingreceivinge yardsy by making nine catches for a season-high 130 yards against Hawaii (9/19) ... It was the 1111ththh 100-yard100-yar receiving game of his career ... Recorded nine receptions for 91 yards vs Oregon State (9/12)(9/12)) ... HauledHaule in a game-high fi ve balls for 67 yards in the season opener against Sacramento State (9/5) ... BeforeB the game was named the recipient of the Tom Wiesner Award and will have the honor of wear- inging the WiesnerWie Jersey throughout 2009 ... Started the season on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, the seconds timetim in three years he has been on the initial list. 2008: A First Team All-MWC selection for the second timeti in three years ... Set career highs with 88 receptions for 1,040 yards and six TDs ... His 8888 catchescatche tied the single-season UNLV mark ... Was second in the MWC and tied for ninth in the na- tion with 7.337 receptions per game ... Also fi nished fi fth on team with 91 rushing yards on 14 carries, includingincluding oneo TD on the ground ... Also a fi ne special teams player who totaled seven tackles and even linedlinedn up in a prevent defensive formation and was credited with a pass breakup ... His 86.7 receiving yardsyardds per gamegam was also second in the league and ranked 21st in the country ... Matched his season TD total fromfromo 2007 in the season opener, making two TD catches against Utah State ... Finished with game highs of seven receptionsr for 103 yards ... Hauled in 10 receptions at Utah ... Continued strong start to season with eighteight receptions for 79 yards at then-No. 13 Arizona StateStatte ... Set a sseason high with 167 receivingreceivi yards on eight receptionsreeceptions againstag UNR, includingincludingu a seven-yardsev TD ...... HadH eight cacatches for 78

WOLFE’S RECEIVING STATS YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LG 2009 11-10 74 760 10.3 2 52 2008 12-11 88 1,040 11.8 6 46 2007 12-10 66 784 11.9 2 45 2006 12-12 55 911 16.6 5 75 TOTAL 47-43 283 3,495 12.3 15 75

WOLFE’S RUSHING STATS YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LG 2009 11-10 11 41 3.7 0 10 2008 12-11 14 91 6.5 1 11 2007 12-10 9 103 11.4 0 45 2006 12-12 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 47-43 35 235 6.7 1 45 COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S LEADING ACTIVE RECEIVER yards against Air Force ... Had 10 catches for 13636 yards and a TD at BYU ... Caught seven passes for 100 yardsds againstagainst New Mexico ... Ended the year by making a season-highn-high 11 catches for 144 yards and two scores at SDSUDSU ... Named UNLV’s Sportsman of the Year for 2008-8- 09. 2007: Began his sophomore season on the offi cial Biletnikoff Watch List ... Finished with 66 receptions that went for 784 yards ... Was third in the MWC (T47th in the nation) in receptions and fi fth in receiving yards ... Made seven re- ceptions against Hawaii ... Hauled in seven balls for 92 yards and a TD at UNR ... Set a then-career-high with 10 receptions that went for 164 yards at Air Force ... Followed that with a career-high 11 receptions for 135 yards and a TD against CSU ... Added 103 yards rushing, makingg him the team’s fourth-leading rusher ... Earned hon-on- orable mention All-MWC. 2006: The MWC Freshmanhman of the Year and a fi rst team All-MWC selection ... LLeded the MWC and was 26th in the country in receiving yards per game (75.9) ... Also was seventhventh in the league in receptions per game ... Became the fi rst freshman in the history of the MWC to lead the league in receiving yards with 911 ... Set the Rebel freshman record for receiving yards in a game (176) and the UNLV and MWC freshman single- season receiving yards mark (911 yards) ... Started all 12 games for the Rebels ... Racked up 160 yards, including a 71-yard TD reception against Idaho State in the opener ... The 160 yards set a school freshman record, which he would later break ... Had nine receptions for a career-high 176 yards and two scores against New Mexico ... Also hauled in a two TD passes against the Lobos, with one going for a career-long of 75 ... Led the team with fi ve TD receptions. 2005: Grayshirted after signing with UNLV in February. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Hart HS in Newhall, CA ... A prolifi c pass-catcher and runner for the powerful prep program ... Earned 2004 PrepStar All-West Region honors ... Led the UNLV CAREER GAME HIGHS Foothills League in receiving with 93 catches and 1,268 yards with eight Receiving Total Opponent touchdowns ... His 93 receptions in 2004 set a program record ... Earned Rec 11 three times (last at UNM (10/24/09)) fi rst team all-state honors as a WR under coach Mike Herrington ... Also Yards 176 vs New Mexico (10/14/06) a threat carrying the ball, with six 100-yard games as a senior ... Played TD 2 three times (last vs SDSU (11/22/08)) linebacker as well, fi nishing with 29 solo tackles and 56 assists for 85 LG 75 vs New Mexico (10/14/06) total tackles, fi ve sacks and three interceptions in his fi nal season ... First team All-San Fernando Valley at linebacker ... Also lettered in basketball. Rushing Total Opponent PERSONAL: Ryan D. Wolfe was born on Nov. 23, 1986 ... The son of Att 3 three times (last at BYU (10/25/08)) Jeri and Michelle Wolfe ... Has a sister, Stephanie ... Pursuing a master’s Yards 58 at Nevada, Reno (11/29/07) degree in sports education leadership. LG 45 at Nevada, Reno (11/29/07) TD 1 at Colorado State (10/4/08)

NCAA ACTIVE CAREER RECEPTION LEADERS UNLV CAREER RECEIVING YARDS MWC 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES RK NO PLAYER, SCHOOL RK PLAYER YARDS RK NO PLAYER, SCHOOL YEARS 1. 283 Ryan Wolfe, UNLV 1. RYAN WOLFE (2006-SA) 3,495 1. 17 Austin Collie, BYU 2004, `07-08 2. 275 Antonio Brown, Central Michigan 2. Earvin Johnson (2001-04) 2,604 2. 13 J.R. Tolver, SDSU 1999-2002 3. 273 Bryan Anderson, Central Michigan 3. Damon Wiliams (1995-98) 2,558 3. 12 RYAN WOLFE, UNLV 2006-SA 4. 272 Naaman Roosevelt, Buffalo 4. Henry Bailey (1991-94) 2,515 12 Jeff Webb, SDSU 2001-05 4. 272 Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green 5. Demond Thompkins (1991-93) 2,396 WOLFE’S CAREER 100-YARD GAMES NCAA ACTIVE CAREER RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS MWC CAREER RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS OPPONENT DATE REC YDS AVG TD RK NO PLAYER, SCHOOL RK YDS PLAYER, SCHOOL YEARS New Mexico 10/14/06 9 176 19.6 2 1. 3,551 Naaman Roosevelt, Buffalo 1. 3,634 David Anderson, CSU 2002-05 UNR 9/27/08 8 167 20.9 1 2. 3,523 Emmanuel Sanders, SMU 2. 3,626 Jovon Bouknight, WYO 2002-05 at Air Force 10/6/07 10 164 16.4 0 3. 3,495 Ryan Wolfe, UNLV Idaho State 9/2/06 6 160 26.7 1 4. 3,375 Bryan Anderson, Central Michigan 3. 3,572 J.R. Tolver, SDSU 1999-2002 5. 3,119 Eric Decker, Minnesota 4. 3,495 RYAN WOLFE, UNLV 2006-SA at San Diego State 11/22/08 11 144 13.1 2 5. 3,255 Austin Collie, BYU 2004, `07-08 at BYU 10/25/08 10 136 13.6 1 at Colorado State 10/7/06 11 135 12.3 1 UNLV CAREER RECEPTIONS LEADERS RK PLAYER REC MWC CAREER RECEPTION LEADERS Hawaii 9/19/09 9 130 14.4 0 1. RYAN WOLFE (2006-SA) 283 RK YDS PLAYER, SCHOOL YEARS New Mexico 10/24/09 11 118 10.7 1 2. Casey Flair (2005-08) 202 1. 283 RYAN WOLFE, UNLV 2006-SA Air Force 11/24/06 6 108 18.0 0 3. Damon Williams (1995-98) 187 2. 262 J.R. Tolver, SDSU 1999-2002 Utah State 8/30/08 7 103 14.7 2 4. Earvin Johnson (2001-04) 183 3. 250 Jovon Bouknight, WYO 2002-05 New Mexico 11/8/08 7 100 14.3 0 5. Len Ware (1996-99) 161 4. 231 Ryan McGuffey, WYO 2000-03 5. 223 David Anderson, CSU 2002-05 WR 84 Rodelin Anthony 6-5 230 SR-3L QB 2 Omar Clayton 6-1 200 JR-2L

Set a career high with two TD catches against Oregon State (9/12). Threw for a TD and ran for a 28-yd TD vs Colorado State (11/7). Caught a career-long 55-yard TD vs Sacramento State (9/5). Threw for 204 yards, two TDs and also ran for 50 yards at UNM (10/24). Named MWC Offensive Player of the Week (9/21). RECEIVING Set career high with 340 passing yards against Hawaii (9/19). Also had YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LG three TD passes and ran one in against the Warriors. 2009 7-1 12 194 16.2 4 55 (TD) Was 13-17 for 213 yards and a TD in season opener vs Sac State (9/5). 2008 12-4 17 227 13.4 3 28 2007 12-5 19 300 15.8 3 36 PASSING 2006 12-4 17 235 13.8 2 25 YEAR GP-GS A-C YDS PCT TD INT LG TOTAL 43-14 65 956 14.7 12 55 2009 10-10 291-175 1,956 60.1 12 10 75 2008 9-9 258-152 1,894 58.9 18 4 48 CAREER GAME HIGHS 2007 7-3 95-58 618 61.1 4 5 56 Receiving Total Opponent TOTAL 26-22 644-385 4,468 59.7 34 19 75 Rec 5 twice (last vs Oregon State (9/12/09)) Yards 72 vs San Diego State (11/10/07) RUSHING LG 55 (TD) vs Sacramento State (9/5/09) YEAR ATT YDS AVG TD LG TD 5 vs Oregon State (9/12/09) 2009 70 238 3.4 2 28 2008 67 163 2.4 1 21 QB 6 Mike Clausen 6-2 210 SO-1L 2007 51 179 3.5 2 52 TOTAL 188 580 3.0 5 52 Had 60 yards rushing and a 6-yd TD run at Air Force (11/24). Tied career high with two rushing TDs against CSU (11/7). CAREER GAME HIGHS Set career high with 65 yards rushing at TCU, including a 40-yd run. Passing Total Opponent Made fi rst start of 2009 at UNR (10/3), throwing for 276 yards and a TD. Att 43 vs Utah (10/17/09) Scored rushing TDs off the bench vs UH (9/19) & at UW (9/26). Comp 28 vs Hawaii (9/19/09) Came off bench and threw two TDs vs Oregon State (9/12). Yards 340 vs Hawaii (9/19/09) Scored a 4-yard rushing TD vs Sacramento State (9/5). TD 3 four times (last vs Hawaii (9/19/09)) PASSING LG 75 vs BYU (10/10/09) YEAR GP-GS A-C YDS PCT TD INT LG INT 3 vs Colorado State (10/20/07) 2009 11-1 88-52 463 59.1 4 2 39 2008 9-3 125-70 767 56.0 5 2 33 Rushing Total Opponent TOTAL 20-4 213-122 1,230 57.2 9 4 39 Att 19 vs. Colorado State (10/20/07) Yards 135 vs. Colorado State (10/20/07) RUSHING LG 52 vs. Colorado State (10/20/07) YEAR ATT YDS AVG TD LG TD 1 four times (last vs Hawaii (9/19/09)) 2009 66 288 4.4 7 40 2008 51 87 1.7 2 21 TOTAL 117 375 3.2 9 40 UNLV SINGLE-GAME 100-YARD RUSHING QUARTERBACKS PLAYER DATE RESULT OPP ATT YDS AVG TD CAREER GAME HIGHS Hunkie Cooper 9-14-91 W, 23-9 vs. Oregon State 18 165 9.2 1 (6yd) Omar Clayton 10-20-07 L, 48-23 vs. CSU 19 135 7.1 0 Passing Total Opponent Travis Dixon 8-30-07 W, 23-16 at Utah State 22 129 5.9 1 (15yd) Att 50 at Nevada, Reno (10/3/09) Jason Thomas 12-2-00 W, 34-32 at Hawaii 10 126 12.6 2 (44,1) Comp 26 at twice (last at UNR (10/3/09)) Jason Thomas 9-9-00 L, 37-22 at Iowa State 21 107 5.1 1 (45yd) Yards 316 at San Diego State (11/22/08) Shane Steichen 9-10-05 W, 34-31 vs. Idaho 17 104 6.1 1 (51yd) Jason Thomas 8-3-01 L, 14-10 at Arkansas 12 103 8.6 0 TD 2 twice (last vs Oregon State (9/12/09)) Derek Stott 11-23-91 L, 44-23 vs. Pacifi c 15 103 6.9 0 LG 39 at Nevada, Reno (10/3/09) INT 2 at San Diego State (11/22/08)

Rushing Total Opponent Att 15 at Nevada, Reno (10/3/09) Yards 65 at TCU (10/31/09) LG 40 at TCU (10/31/09) TD 2 at BYU (10/25/08)/vs CSU (11/7/09)

CLAYTON OL 59 Joe Hawley 6-3 310 SR-3L RB 32 Channing Trotter 5-8 200 JR-2L

Named #5 OL of the decade by Orange County Register. Rushed for 45 yards and a TD against Colorado State (11/7). Preseason 2nd Team All-MWC Offensive Line - Phil Steele’s. Scored two TDs on three carries at UNR (10/3). Rushed for 90 yards and a TD on 17 carries at Wyoming (9/26). OL 75 Matt Murphy 6-4 300 JR-2L Rushed for 102 yards and 3 TDs in fi rst career start vs Sac St. (9/5). RUSHING Preseason 2nd Team All-MWC Offensive Line - Lindy’s. YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LG Preseason 2nd Team All-MWC Offensive Line - Phil Steele’s. 2009 11-11 110 493 4.5 8 27 2008 11-0 11 110 10.0 1 58 2007 7-0 10 47 4.7 1 17 (TD) WR 4 Phillip Payne 6-3 200 SO-1L TOTAL 29-10 131 650 5.0 10 58

Had a 30-yd TD catch at Air Force (11/14), longest grab this season. CAREER GAME HIGHS Caught career-high 10 balls for 112 yards at Nevada, Reno (10/3). Rushing Total Opponent Caught eight balls for 94 yards and 2 TDs vs Hawaii (9/19). Att 17 at Wyoming (9/26/09) Caught fi rst TD pass of season, a 10-yard fade vs Oregon State (9/12). Yards 102 vs Sacramento State (9/5/09) Preseason 2nd Team All-MWC Wide Receiver - Phil Steele’s. LG 58 vs TCU (11/1/08) RECEIVING TD 3 vs Sacramento State (9/5/09) YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LG 2009 11-7 53 554 10.5 6 30 2008 9-5 29 436 15.0 7 45 TOTAL 20-12 82 990 12.1 13 45

CAREER GAME HIGHS Receiving Total Opponent Rec 10 at Nevada, Reno (10/3/09) Yards 124 vs Air Force (10/18/08) LG 45 at Utah (9/6/08) TD 2 twice (last vs Hawaii (9/19/09))

SUPPLEMENTAL PLAYER BIO The following player does not appear in the 2009 UNLV Football media guide but could play a signifi cant role this season.

96 JAMES DUNLAP DL 6-1 260 SO-TR Pasadena, CA John Muir HS Citrus College

UNLV: A big, space-fi lling defensive lineman who could see immediate playing time this fall … Joined with the Rebels in time for preseason camp ... Name is pronounced “DUN-lap”. CITRUS: Redshirted in 2008 ... Started all 10 games as a true freshman in 2007 for the junior college located in Glendora, CA ... Recorded 19 total tackles, including nine solo stops ... Added four tackles for loss, one sack, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of John Muir HS … Played along the defensive and offensive lines for the Mustangs under coach Kenny Howard ... Also lettered four times in basketball. PERSONAL: James A. Dunlap was born on July 6, 1989, in Pasadena, CA … The son of Carrie and James Dunlap … Has a younger brother, Chris, and an older sister, Carla. DL 99 Isaako Aaitui 6-3 300 JR-2L LB 56 Ronnie Paulo 6-1 240 JR-2L

Had four tackles and a half sack vs Hawaii (9/19). Did not play at Air Force (11/14). YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL SCK INT Matched season high with 11 tackles against Colorado State (11/7). 2009 11-9 11 16 27 1.5-6 .5-4 0 Did not play vs Utah (10/17). 2008 12-9 14 18 32 7-25 2-11 0 Injured shoulder against BYU and missed most of second half (10/10). 2007 7-0 3 7 10 2-6 0-0 0 Had nine tackles at Wyoming (9/26). 2006 REDSHIRTED Tied for team lead with 11 tackles, including 2 for loss vs Sac St. (9/5). Preseason 3rd Team All-MWC Linebacker - Phil Steele’s. TOTAL 29-18 28 41 69 10.5-37 2.5-15 0 YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL SCK FF 2009 9-9 24 32 56 3.5-8 0 0 LB 33 Jason Beauchamp 6-3 235 SR-3L 2008 11-11 28 62 90 2-4 0 0 2007 8-0 3 4 7 0-0 0 0 Picked up eight tackles at Air Force (11/14). TOTAL 28-20 55 98 153 5.5-12 0 0 Recorded a season-high 14 tackles, 8 solo, against CSU (11/7). Had nine tackles, 3 TFL and 2 sacks at UNM (10/24). Picked up nine tackles at Nevada, Reno (10/3). DB 10 Quinton Pointer 5-10 185 JR-2L Had four tackles and a sack at Wyoming (9/26). Picked up four tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2.5 TFL vs Hawaii (9/19). Had 9 tackles at Air Force (11/14). Had fi ve solo stops, including two for loss and a sack vs OSU (9/12). Reached double-digits with 10 tackles at UNR (10/3). Third all-time in UNLV history with 319 career tackles. Had 8 tackles and a sack vs Oregon St. (9/12). Preseason 3rd Team All-MWC Defensive Back - Phil Steele’s. Currently 11th in career tackles among active FBS players. Preseason 1st Team All-MWC Linebacker - Athlon. Preseason 1st Team All-MWC Linebacker - Lindy’s. YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL INT PBU Preseason 1st Team All-MWC Linebacker - Phil Steele’s. 2009 11-11 46 22 68 4.5-34 0-0 2 Preseason 1st Team All-MWC Linebacker - Sporting News. 2008 11-11 27 17 44 0-0 2-77 6 Preseason 1st Team All-MWC Linebacker - MWC Preseason Poll. 2007 12-8 35 15 50 1.5-4 2-2 2 TOTAL 33-29 112 54 162 6.0-38 4-79 10 YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL SCK FF 2009 11-10 39 41 80 9.5-49 5.5-39 1 2008 12-12 54 73 127 6-33 2-16 0 DL 93 Malo Taumua 6-1 270 JR-2L 2007 12-3 25 18 43 2-9 1-7 0 2006 12-10 39 30 69 6-19 3.5-15 0 Made fi rst career interception vs Sacramento State (9/5). 2005 REDSHIRTED Preseason 1st Team All-MWC Defensive Line - Athlon. TOTAL 47-35 157 162 319 22.5-108 13-79 1 Preseason 2nd Team All-MWC Defensive Line - Phil Steele’s. YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL SCK FF LB 24 Starr Fuimaono 6-0 210 JR-2L 2009 11-11 12 14 26 5.0-13 1-6 0 2008 12-12 13 14 27 6.5-18 1-2 0 Tied a season high with 12 tackles at Air Force (11/14). 2007 12-11 21 15 36 5.5-22 3-15 0 Did not play againt BYU (10/10) due to sprained ankle. Sprained ankle in second quarter and missed rest of UNR game (10/3). 2006 3-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Reached double-digits with 11 tackles at Wyoming (9/26). TOTAL 38-34 48 43 91 17.0-53 5-23 0 Had a season-high 12 tackles vs. Oregon St. (9/12). Had 11 tackles and a sack in opener vs Sacramento St. (9/5). DL 68 Martin Tevaseu 6-2 340 SR-1L Preseason 3rd Team All-MWC Linebacker - Phil Steele’s. Recorded fi rst sack of season at New Mexico (10/24). YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL SCK INT YEAR GP-GS UT AT TOT TFL SCK FF 2009 10-8 29 31 60 3.0-17 1-14 0 2009 11-10 14 10 24 1.5-12 1-12 0 2008 2-2 5 9 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 2008 12-7 6 14 20 2-6 1-5 0 2007 9-9 46 22 68 4.0-14 1.5-12 0-0 TOTAL 23-17 20 24 44 3.5-18 2-17 0 2006 10-4 19 10 29 0.5-1 0 0-0 TOTAL 31-23 99 72 171 7.5-32 2.5-26 0-0 SACRAMENTO STATE 3 NO. 24 OREGON STATE 23 UNLV 38 UNLV 21 GAME 1 GAME 2 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Sept. 5, 2009 • Att. 22,195 Sept. 12, 2009 • Att. 25,967 TRIO OF TROTTER TDs TOPS HORNETS LATE FG DASHES REBELS UPSET BID LAS VEGAS -- UNLV junior running back turnover and complete 17 of 21 passes. LAS VEGAS -- No. 24 Oregon State’s 33-yard fi eld goal one-yard TD pass from Sean Canfi eld to Brady Channing Trotter made the most of his fi rst Trotter got UNLV on the board fi rst, rumbling with just seven seconds left on the clock dashed UNLV’s Camp. Beaver running back Jacquizz Rodgers career start, scoring three rushing touchdowns in from a yard out at the 10:43 mark of the upset, as the Beavers escaped Sam Boyd Stadium got going in the third quarter, scoring on a two-yard in leading UNLV to a 38-3 win over Sacramento fi rst quarter. Less than fi ve minutes later with a hard-fought 23-21 victory on a warm Saturday run that gave his team a 13-0 lead after a drive State in the season opener at Sam Boyd Kyle Watson drilled a 39-yard FG, pushing night. Playing in front of 25,967 fans and a national that saw him rip a run down the right sideline for television audience on CBS College Sports, the Rebels 45 yards. UNLV answered on its fi rst drive of the Stadium. Trotter ran for 102 yards on 16 carries, the lead to 10-0. But the Rebels wouldn’t score again in the fi rst half and entered the stormed back with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to second half, with Deante’ Purvis returning the and his trio of one-yard TD runs marked the take a 21-20 lead with 4:16 left in the game. But the kickoff 64 yards to the OSU 36-yard line, and four locker room up 10-3 at the break following fi rst time that a Rebel scored three rushing Beavers responded with a 12-play drive that featured a plays later the Rebels were in the end zone. UNLV a 44-yard fi eld goal by Sacramento State touchdowns since QB Jason Thomas ran in controversial pass interference call on third-and-26 deep starting QB Omar Clayton connected with Rodelin three vs. Wyoming on Nov. 2, 2002. Trotter’s placekicker Chris Diniz. The second half in their own territory, that allowed them to get 16-yard Anthony for a 19-yard score, cutting the Oregon stellar performance was part of an effi cient would be all Rebels, with Trotter bowling his line and set up Justin Kahut for the game-winning State lead to 13-7 at the 10:38 mark of the third evening by the Rebels in front of 22,195 way in from a yard out in the third and fourth kick. That capped a wild second half that saw the teams quarter. Rodgers got loose again on the following approving fans, who watched UNLV go a quarters, moving the UNLV lead to 24-3. combine for fi ve touchdowns after a defensive fi rst half possession, picking up 47 yards for the longest rush perfect 5-for-5 in the red zone, not commit a The Rebel defense then created the game’s in which Oregon State grabbed an early 6-0 lead on a of his career, and then Canfi eld later found James only turnover, as Hornet quarterback Jason Rodgers for a four-yard TD, making the score 20-7. SAC 0 3 0 0 -- 3 OSU 0 6 14 3 -- 23 UNLV’s fi rst possession of the fourth quarter saw a UNLV 10 0 7 21 -- 38 Smith was picked off by defensive end UNLV 0 0 7 14 -- 21 Malo Taumua, who had actually dropped change at quarterback, with Mike Clausen subbing UNLV - Trotter 1-yd run back into pass coverage and grabbed a OSU - Camp 1-yd pass from Canfi eld for an injured Clayton, who left the game with a sore (Watson kick) 10:43 1st defl ected ball in the end zone. Following (Kahut kick failed) 1:04 2nd knee. Clausen calmly led the Rebels down the fi eld OSU - Jacquizz Rodgers 2-yd run UNLV - Watson 39-yd FG 5:25 1st a 25-yard run by Trotter, UNLV junior and made it a one-possession game with a 13-yard SAC - Diniz 44-yd FG 0:00 2nd (Kahut kick) 13:07 3rd TD strike to Anthony, cutting the lead to 20-14. The quarterback Omar Clayton then hooked up UNLV - Anthony 19-yd pass from Clayton UNLV - Trotter 1-yd run Rebel defense then stood large at midfi eld, stopping (Watson kick) 4:43 3rd with Rodelin Anthony down the right side (Watson kick) 10:42 3rd the Beavers on fourth-and-one, giving the ball back UNLV - Trotter 1-yd run for a 55-yard touchdown and a 31-3 lead. OSU - James Rodgers 4-yd pass from Canfi eld to the UNLV offense at the 49. Clausen needed just (Watson kick) 12:33 4th Sophomore quarterback Mike Clausen (Kahut kick) 7:17 3rd UNLV - Anthony 55-yd pass from Clayton UNLV - Anthony 13-yd pass from Clausen six plays to put UNLV ahead for the fi rst time in the (Watson kick) 6:53 4th then capped the scoring with a four-yard (Watson kick) 10:53 4th game, rushing for 21 yards and going 2-for-3 on UNLV - Clausen 4-yd run TD run of his own with 1:06 left in the game, UNLV - Payne 10-yd pass from Clausen the drive, capping it with a 10-yard fade to Phillip (Watson kick) 4:16 4th (Watson kick) 1:06 4th giving UNLV head coach Mike Sanford his Payne for a 21-20 lead. UNLV then appeared to be OSU - Kahut 33-yd FG 0:07 4th fourth straight season-opening victory, the in great position to close out the upset when senior SAC UNLV First Downs 12 21 fi rst head coach in program history to do so. OSU UNLV linebacker Jason Beauchamp sacked Canfi eld for Rushes-Yards 36-129 41-216 Clayton fi nished the evening 13-of-17 for First Downs 20 19 a 10-yard loss, and the Beavers faced third-and-26. Passing Yards 99 250 213 yards and the long touchdown, which Rushes-Yards 35-184 25-82 The Rebels blitzed, and defensive back Terrance Passes (A-C-I) 19-9-1 21-17-0 moved his streak of consecutive games Passing Yards 198 228 Lee hit Canfi eld as he threw, sending the ball into Total Offense 228 466 Passes (A-C-I) 31-25-0 35-24-1 the air, but Purvis was called for pass interference with a TD pass to 10 games. The Rebel Total Offense 382 310 Punt returns-Yards 2-4 3-26 on the play, and OSU had new life. Following the Kick Returns-Yards 5-85 1-31 defense limited the Hornets to just 99 yards Punt returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-0 passing and 228 total yards, allowing just Kick Returns-Yards 2-28 4-109 automatic fi rst down, OSU methodically moved the Sacks By-Yards 2-14 1-14 12 fi rst downs and no touchdowns. UNLV Interceptions-Yards 1-0 0-0 ball down the fi eld, with Canfi eld completing four Punts-Average 7-39.4 3-45.0 linebackers Starr Fuimaono and Ronnie Sacks By-Yards 1-8 3-26 consecutive passes to set up Kahut for the game Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Punts-Average 4-43.2 3-36.7 winner. Anthony matched his career high with fi ve Paulo each had 11 tackles, with Fuimaono Penalties-Yards 5-38 2-30 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 receptions that went for 57 yards and two scores, added a , the only one on Penalties-Yards 8-56 4-41 Possession Time 29:38 30:22 while senior wide out Ryan Wolfe hauled in nine Possession Time 33:03 26:57 the night for the Rebels. catches for a game-high 91 yards. UNLV linebacker Rushing: (SAC) Dailey 19-101, Wilkins 12-43, Loeliger 1-2, Bethel-Thompson 1-1, Smith Rushing: (OSU) Jacquizz Rodgers 26- Starr Fuimaono had a season-high 12 tackles, 3-(-18) (UNLV) Trotter 16-102, Saint Preux 166, Stevenson 2-28, James Rodgers including one for a loss. 1-40, Clayton 5-20, Johnson 4-19, Clausen 3-16, Canfi eld 4-(-26) (UNLV) Trotter 11-35, REBEL NOTES 6-13, Brogdon 2-7, Thompson 2-7, Wolfe Clausen 4-25, Johnson 4-16, Brogdon 1-9, REBEL NOTES ♦ UNLV won its fourth consecutive season- 1-5, Cox 4-3. Clayton 5-(-3). ♦ UNLV lost to a ranked opponent at home opening game with a 38-3 fi nal over Sacramento for the 10th consecutive time. The only time State in the fi rst-ever meeting between the two Passing: (OSU) Canfi eld 25-31-0-198-2 Passing: (SAC) Smith 8-17-1-85-0, Bethel- the Rebels, who are now 5-23 all-time vs. Thompson 1-2-0-14-0 (UNLV) Clayton 13-17-0- schools. It marked the fi rst time the Rebels (UNLV) Clayton 18-26-1-170-7, Clausen ranked teams, downed a ranked opponent at 213-1, Clausen 4-4-0-37-0. won four straight lid-lifters since taking fi ve 6-9-0-58-2. home was on Nov. 10, 1984, when QB Randall from 1973-77. Cunningham led the program to a 26-20 victory Receiving: (SAC) Wilkins 3-23, Hendershott ♦ The Rebels improved to 22-20 all-time in Receiving: (OSU) Jacquizz Rodgers 10-65, over No. 20 (UPI) Cal State Fullerton. 2-20, Krebs 2-4, Reed 1-32, Lane 1-20 (UNLV) season debuts, including 17-6 when opening James Rodgers 6-48, Bishop 5-43, Adeniji ♦ Oregon State, which improved to 2-3 vs. Wolfe 5-67, Payne 4-55, Anthony 2-73, Robin- the season at home. 2-26, Kjos 1-15, Camp 1-1 (UNLV) Wolfe 9-91, UNLV in the all-time series, was making only son 1-18, Cox 1-12, Saint Preux 1-9, Barefi eld ♦ UNLV improved to 24-7 all-time vs. teams Payne 6-46, Anthony 5-57, Trotter 2-12, Barefi eld 1-13, Robinson 1-9. the fourth visit ever from a Pac-10 Conference 1-8, Watkins 1-7, Trotter 1-1. from the Big Sky Conference while Sac State team and the fi rst since OSU and Washington fell to 0-3 vs. the Mountain West Conference. Tackle Leaders: (SAC) Gordon 13, Schrader Tackle Leaders: (OSU) Kristick 8 (UNLV) State were both in town during the 1991 ♦ The Rebels scored their most points since 13 (UNLV) Fuimaono 11, Paulo 11. Fuimaono 12. season. The Rebels fell to 4-10 all-time vs. winning 42-39 over Air Force on Nov. 24, Pac-10 teams. 2006. The 35-point victory was the biggest for Sacks: (SAC) White 1-10, Shinar 1-4 (UNLV) Sacks: (OSU) Frahm 1-8 (UNLV) Beauchamp ♦ Deante’ Purvis’ 64-yard kickoff return was the UNLV since the last time it played a Big Sky Fuimaono 1-14. 1-10, Pointer 1-10 Taumua 1-6. longest by a Rebel since Dominique Dorsey’s Conference team (54-10 over Idaho State on 87-yarder vs. Northwestern on Sept. 7, 2001. Interceptions: (UNLV) Taumua 1-0. Sept. 2, 2006. Interceptions: (OSU) Mitchell 1-0. HAWAII 33 UNLV 27 UNLV 34 WYOMING 30 GAME 3 GAME 4 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyo. Sept. 19, 2009 • Att. 29,717 Sept. 26, 2009 • Att. 19,196 UNLV TAKES THRILLER REBELS LOSE TIGHT ONE TO COWBOYS LAS VEGAS -- UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton’s (28-43) and three TDs, and the junior signal caller LARAMIE, Wyo. – Turnovers and missed opportunities seven-yard line, setting up a short fi eld goal. UNLV picture-perfect 15-yard fade to Phillip Payne with 36 added an 11-yard rushing score in one of the best plagued UNLV (2-2, 0-1 MWC) all afternoon as the took its fi rst lead of the game later in the fi rst quarter seconds left lifted the Rebels to a scintillating 34-33 performances of his career. UNLV needed it, as Rebels lost, 30-27, in their Mountain West Conference when Channing Trotter rumbled in from 18 yards win in front of a raucous crowd of 29,717 at Sam Boyd Hawaii QB Greg Alexander threw for 477 yards opener against Wyoming (2-2, 1-0 MWC) at sun-baked out, giving his team a 7-3 advantage. In the second Stadium. With a national TV audience on both the Mtn. and three TDs as well, and the Warriors had a trio War Memorial Stadium. The Rebels had a chance to tie quarter the Rebels moved the ball to the 10-yard and CBS College Sports watching, the Rebels rallied of receivers with at least 100 yards receiving. Two the game late in the fourth, lining up for a 50-yard fi eld line twice, but had to settle for short fi eld goals twice in the fourth quarter to come from behind and out- long TD passes from Alexander gave Hawaii a goal with the wind to the back of kicker Kyle Watson. instead of touchdowns. That kept Wyoming in the score the Warriors, giving UNLV its fi rst one-point win 17-7 lead before Clayton connected with Jerriman But he never got the chance to attempt it as the snap game at 13-6, and a freshman quarterback made UNLV pay. Making his fi rst career start, Austyn in seven years. Clayton was sensational in the second Robinson for a 42-yard TD with less than two was fumbled for UNLV’s fourth turnover of the game, Carta-Samuels knotted the game at 13 with a 22- half and fi nished with a career-high 340 yards passing minutes remaining in the half. Hawaii added a and Wyoming ran out most of the remaining clock. The 47-yard FG as time expired to go up 20-14, but game got off to an ominous start when on the Rebels’ yard TD pass to Brandon Stewart with less than third offensive play, the snap went sailing by quarterback three minutes remaining in the half. Following the UH 10 10 0 13 -- 33 its high-powered offense spent the majority of the third quarter watching from the sideline as UNLV Omar Clayton, and the Cowboys recovered at the break, UNLV forced a three-and-out and then the UNLV 7 7 7 13 -- 34 Rebels immediately moved the ball back into the controlled the ball for nearly 13 minutes in the UNLV 7 6 7 7 -- 27 red zone, had a fi rst-and-goal at the fi ve and were UH - Enos 20-yd FG 11:23 1st stanza with two long drives. The second one gave UW 3 10 7 10 -- 30 looking to seize control of the game. Wyoming’s UNLV - Clausen 2-yd run the Rebels the lead as Clayton and Payne hooked (Watson kick) 4:12 2nd defense stiffened, however, forcing a fi ve-yard up for an eight-yard TD that made the score 21-20 UW - Watts 29-yd FG 12:26 1st loss by Trotter before Clayton was picked off by UH - Salas 54-yd pass from Alexander with 29 seconds remaining in the quarter, setting UNLV - Trotter 18-yd run (Enos kick) 1:55 1st (Watson kick) 3:13 1st Cowboy defensive back Tashuan Gipson at the UNLV - Bradley 39-yd pass from Alexander up a wild fi nish. Hawaii didn’t wait long to regain four. UNLV’s defense again forced a three-and-out the lead, putting together an eight-play drive that UW - Watts 22-yd FG 13:48 2nd (Enos kick) 3:24 kick UNLV - Watson 28-yd FG 8:34 2nd and this time the offense converted when backup UNLV - Robinson 42-yd pass from Clayton Alexander ended with this third TD pass of the UNLV - Watson 26-yd FG 5:45 2nd quarterback Mike Clausen scored from a yard out, (Watson kick) 1:35 2nd night, a 23-yard strike to Greg Salas. Just six UW - Stewart 19-yd pass from Carta-Samuels giving the Rebels a 20-13 lead. But the Cowboy UH - Enos 47-yd FG 0:00 2nd plays later the Rebels were back in the end zone. (Watts kick) 2:48 2nd offense answered the Rebels blow-for-blow in the UNLV - Payne 8-yd pass from Clayton Moments after Ryan Wolfe hauled in a 52-yard UNLV - Clausen 1yd run (Watson kick) 0:29 3rd second half, and UW, behind the play-making of reception from Clayton, the quarterback took off (Watson kick) 3:49 3rd Carta-Samuels, tied the score minutes later on a UH - Salas 23-yd pass from Alexander UW - Leonard 34-yd pass from Carta-Samuels (Enos kick) 11:34 4th up the middle for an 11-yard TD. After returning 34-yard TD pass to David Leonard. UNLV retook the kickoff to near midfi eld, the quick-strike Hawaii (Watts kick) 1:29 3rd UNLV - Clayton 11-yd run UNLV - Wolfe 18-yd pass from Clayton the lead early in the fourth when Clayton hooked (Watson kick) 8:53 4th offense rolled down the fi eld and Alex Green (Watson kick) 11:28 4th up with Ryan Wolfe for an 18-yard catch-and-run, UH - Green 2-yd run rumbled in from two yards out. Hawaii couldn’t UW - Burkhalter 15-yd pass from Carta-Samuels the wide out’s fi rst TD of the year. Once again, (Alexander pass failed) 5:27 4th convert on the two-point attempt, however, and (Watts kick) 8:16 4th however, the Cowboys matched the Rebels’ score UNLV - Payne 15-yd pass from Clayton the Warriors led 33-28 with 5:27 left in the game. UW - Watts 28-yd FG 4:21 4th on yet another Carta-Samuels scoring strike, this (Clayton pass fi eld) 0:36 4th Clayton then led his team on a methodical, clock- one a 15-yard connection with Travis Burkhalter UNLV UW in the back of the end zone to tie the game for UH UNLV eating drive, using 14 plays that featured a mix of run and pass, with the end result another fade First Downs 26 19 the third and fi nal time at 27. Two plays later, First Downs 23 28 Rushes-Yards 32-126 32-109 Rushes-Yards 15-28 35-120 TD to Payne that the sophomore hauled in near Clayton would throw his second interception of the Passing Yards 260 248 afternoon, allowing Gipson to record his second Passing Yards 477 340 the side of the end zone for a 34-33 Rebel lead. Passes (A-C-I) 45-26-2 39-25-0 Passes (A-C-I) 48-31-1 43-28-2 UNLV couldn’t convert its two-point attempt, with Total Offense 386 357 pick of the game. The turnover gave Wyoming the Total Offense 505 460 Clayton’s pass sailing out of the end zone. With Punt returns-Yards 2-14 0-0 ball at the UNLV 37 and the Cowboys moved to the Punt returns-Yards 1-4 0-0 one more chance, Hawaii couldn’t move into fi eld Kick Returns-Yards 7-151 3-93 two-yard line but a sack by Rebel linebacker Jason Kick Returns-Yards 5-116 5-136 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 2-3 Beauchamp on third-and-goal forced UW to settle Interceptions-Yards 2-17 1-0 goal range and its Hail Mary at the end of the game was batted harmlessly to the ground. Payne’s two Sacks By-Yards 1-9 0-0 for a 28-yard FG. The Rebels got the ball back with Sacks By-Yards 1-9 2-10 Punts-Average 3-36.3 5-53.2 4:21 left on the clock and Clayton moved his team Punts-Average 1-39 2-44.5 scores were part of a career-high eight catches Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 down fi eld, getting to the Wyoming 28 where UNLV Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 that covered 94 yards, while Wolfe added nine Penalties-Yards 4-40 6-50 faced a second-and-three. The Rebels could not Penalties-Yards 5-40 6-60 grabs for 130 yards, the 11th 100-yard receiving Possession Time 31:19 28:41 convert the fi rst down and continue the drive, as Possession Time 25:46 34:14 game in his career. Jason Beauchamp had 2.5 Clayton threw two incompletions, and after a delay tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks, to lead the Rushing: (UNLV) Trotter 17-90, Cox 4-32, Rushing: (UH) Alexander 9-17, Green 3-10, of game penalty moved the ball fi ve yards back, way defensively. Clayton 6-30, Clausen 2-6, Brogdon 1-0, Wright-Jackson 3-1 (UNLV) Trotter 15-68, Lamers 1-(-5), TEAM 1-(-27) (UW) Alexander holder Brendan Lamers could not handle the snap. Clayton 9-19, Cox 4-12, Wolfe 2-10, Clausen 12-42, Carta-Samuels 12-34, Stewart 6-31, Trotter carried the ball a career-high 17 times for 2-5, Johnson 1-3, Brodgon 2-3. REBEL NOTES Terry 1-3, M. Gipson 1(-1). 90 yards and the score, while Wolfe fi nished with ♦ UNLV broke a two-game losing skid vs. a game-high nine catches for 96 yards. Clayton Passing: (UH) Alexander 31-48-1-477-3 Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 26-43-2-260-1, Hawaii with a 34-33 victory. The Rebels have extended his streak of consecutive games with (UNLV) Clayton 28-43-2-340-3. Clausen 0-1-0-0-0, Johnson 0-1-0-0-0 (UW) now won three of the last four games vs. the a TD pass to 13, the third longest streak in MWC Carta-Samuels 24-37-0-234-3, Benjamin 1-1-0- history. UNLV linebacker Starr Fuimaono led the Receiving: (UH) Pilares 13-146, Bradley Warriors played in Las Vegas. UH, which will 14-0, McCoy 0-1-0-0-0. 8-189, Salas 6-104, Pollard 2-22, Wright- welcome UNLV back to Honolulu in 2010, still defense with 11 tackles, the third time this season Jackson 2-16 (UNLV) Wolfe 9-130, Payne leads the all-time series 12-7. Receiving: (UNLV) Wolfe 8-96, Johnson 5-53, that he reached double-digits. 8-94, Robinson 3-69, Watkins 2-17, Johnson ♦ The game marked the fi rst one-point victory Payne 5-52, Cox 4-15, Robinson 3-39, Trotter 2-13, Trotter 2-7, Anthony 1-5, Barrett 1-5. for UNLV since a 49-48 overtime win against 1-5 (UW) Leonard 6-89, Arnold 5-39, McNeill REBEL NOTES Wyoming on Nov. 2, 2002, in Las Vegas. It 4-17, Burkhalter 3-31, Alexander 3-21, Bolger ♦ The game marked the fi rst time this season Tackle Leaders: (UH) Kiesel-Kauhane 12 was the program’s fi rst one-point victory in 2-28, Stewart 1-19, Bolling 1-4. the Rebels played in the sunshine. They were (UNLV) Lee 9. regulation since getting by New Mexico 23-22 0-2 in day games during the 2008 season. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Fuimaono 11 (UW) ♦ The loss extended UNLV’s school-record Sacks: (UH) Heun 1-9 (UNLV) Beauchamp on Sept. 21, 1991, in Albuquerque. Knapton 17. conference road losing streak to 20. 1.5-6, Aaitui .5-4. ♦ The Rebels improved to 2-1 for the second consecutive season after failing to win at least ♦ UNLV fell to just 2-11 all-time when opening Sacks: (UNLV) Beauchamp 1-9. Interceptions: (UH) Torres 1-17, Silva 1-0 two of their fi rst three games the previous up conference play on the road. Last such win was 23-21 over Utah State in 1994. (UNLV) Grant 1-0. four years. Interceptions: (UW) T. Gipson 2-3. UNLV 28 NO. 18/20 BYU 59 NEVADA, RENO 63 UNLV 21 GAME 5 GAME 6 Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nev. Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Oct. 3, 2009 • Att. 24,078 Oct. 10, 2009 • Att. 25,597 PACK RUNS WILD COUGARS CRUISE BY REBELS RENO, Nev. – UNLV (2-3) kept pace with Nevada, running back C.J. Cox, which came following a LAS VEGAS – No. 18/20 BYU (5-1, 2-0) used a Unga rumbled in for three fi rst-half scores Reno (1-3) for three quarters, but the Wolf Pack used Wolf Pack fumble. It was the fourth lost fumble of balanced offense and opportunistic defense to for the Cougars, fi nishing with 149 yards on a four touchdown blitz in the fourth to turn a close the game and a big reason UNLV was able to stay beat UNLV (2-4, 0-2) 59-21 on Saturday night at 20 carries. UNLV’s lone score of the fi rst half game into a blowout and keep the Fremont Cannon close. From there it was all Wolf Pack, as Mike Sam Boy Stadium, extending the Rebels’ losing was a scintillating 94-yard kickoff return for for a fi fth straight year, beating the Rebels 63-28 at Ball ran in from four yards out with 50 seconds streak to three games. The Cougars raced out a touchdown by Deante’ Purvis. The return Mackay Stadium. The game was tied at 28 with 4:20 remaining in the third to give his team the lead to an early 17-0 lead and the closest the Rebels made the score 17-7, and it ended a 10-year remaining in the third following a 23-yard TD by Rebel for good and propelling UNR to its fi rst win of the would get was 24-14 in the third quarter on a drought by UNLV, as its last kickoff return for a season. Ball put an exclamation point on the victory 75-yard touchdown catch by Michael Johnson TD was by Lenny Ware against Utah on Sept. with an 89-yard TD run late in the fourth, giving the UNLV 0 21 7 0 -- 28 before BYU scored 35 of the game’s next 42 25, 1999. Minutes later, however, Unga sprang UNR 14 7 14 28 -- 63 freshman running back fi ve scores on the ground points to win by a comfortable margin. Harvey free for a 52-yard touchdown that pushed and a game-high 184 yards rushing. Ball was one UNR - Lippincott 12-yd run of three Wolf Pack runners with at least 170 yards the lead to 24-7, and that is where the game (Drake kick) 10:44 1st rushing, as Luke Lippincott added 170 yards BYU 10 14 21 14 -- 59 remained as the teams headed into the locker UNR - Ball 10-yd run UNLV 0 7 7 7 -- 21 room at the half. On their fi rst possession of (Drake kick) 4:41 1st and a score and Colin Kaepernick picked up 173 the second half, the Rebels cut the defi cit to 10 UNLV - Trotter 2-yd run yards. That trio helped UNR rack up 559 yards on BYU - Payne 28-yd FG 5:20 1st (Watson kick) 14:28 2nd the ground and 773 yards of total offense. Lippincott BYU - Unga 33-yd run when quarterback Omar Clayton connected UNR - Ball 1-yd run got the high-scoring game going with a 12-yard TD (Payne kick) 3:36 1st with Johnson and the speedster sprinted into (Drake kick) 10:25 2nd run in the fi rst, and later in the opening quarter Ball BYU - Unga 1-yd run the end zone. It was the fi rst touchdown and UNLV - Robinson 39-yd pass from Clausen burst through the middle for a 10-yard score and (Payne kick) 13:18 2nd the longest reception in Johnson’s career, (Watson kick) 7:27 2nd a 14-0 UNR lead. UNLV answered, as sophomore UNLV - Purvis 94-yd kickoff return UNLV - Trotter 1-yd run (Watson kick) 13:05 2nd and marked the longest pass that Clayton (Watson kick) 0:15 2nd quarterback Mike Clausen, who was making his BYU - Unga 52-yd run had thrown in his career. From there it was all UNR - Ball 32-yd run fi rst start of the season in place of a banged up (Payne kick) 11:12 2nd BYU, with quarterback Max Hall throwing a (Drake kick) 11:43 3rd Omar Clayton, directed an 11-play drive that was UNLV - Johnson 75-yd pass from Clayton pair of touchdown passes in the third quarter UNLV - Cox 23-yd run capped by Channing Trotter’s 2-yard TD run (Watson kick) 10:20 3rd (Watson kick) 4:20 3rd that were sandwiched around a rushing score less than a minute into the second quarter. Ball BYU - Pitta 35-yd pass from Hall UNR - Ball 4-yd run by JoJo Pili, giving the Cougars a 45-14 lead answered with a one-yard score to cap a Wolf Pack (Payne kick) 8:33 3rd (Drake kick) :50 3rd BYU - Pili 1-yd run heading into the fourth. Clayton found Rodelin drive, but from there they got sloppy with the ball, UNR - Green 17-yd pass from Kaepernick (Payne kick) 4:41 3rd Anthony in the back of the end zone for his (Drake kick) 11:21 4th fumbling three times in the second quarter. UNLV BYU - Di Luigi 15-yd pass from Hall second TD pass of the game, and then the UNR - Kaepernick 6-yd pass from Lippincott took advantage of those miscues, turning them into (Payne kick) 2:44 3rd Cougars tacked on a two rushing touchdowns (Drake kick) 6:59 4th 14 points to tie the game at 21 entering the half. UNLV - Anthony 4-yd pass from Clayton UNR - Ball 89-yd run Clausen hooked up with Jerriman Robinson for a (Watson kick) 13:40 4th to close out the scoring. Johnson fi nished the (Drake kick) 4:37 4th BYU - Nelson 2-yd run game with a career-high 113 yards receiving UNR - Randall 26-yd run 39-yard TD and then Trotter bulled his way in from (Payne kick) 13:17 4th on six catches, becoming the third Rebel wide (Drake kick) 3:04 4th a yard out with 15 seconds remaining in the half for BYU - Di Luigi 2-yd run his second multi-touchdown effort of the season. (Payne kick) 8:17 4th out this season to reach the century mark in UNLV UNR UNR opened the second half like it did the fi rst, a game, joining teammates Ryan Wolfe and First Downs 25 32 moving the ball down the fi eld on the ground with BYU UNLV Phillip Payne. Clayton fi nished the game with Rushes-Yards 27-70 55-559 ease, and Ball cruised into the end zone from 32 First Downs 27 17 253 yards while also throwing two interceptions Passing Yards 276 214 Rushes-Yards 43-291 19-45 yards out for his third score of the game and a 28-21 and extended his consecutive games streak Passes (A-C-I) 50-26-0 19-16-0 Passing Yards 320 292 Total Offense 346 773 lead. UNR forced the Rebels to punt on their fi rst Passes (A-C-I) 27-21-0 41-25-3 with a passing TD to 14, which is tied for the Punt returns-Yards 0-0 2-7 possession of the quarter, but the UNLV defense Total Offense 611 337 second longest in Mountain West Conference Kick Returns-Yards 8-120 1-23 stripped Ball of the ball, and nine plays later Cox Punt returns-Yards 4-31 0-0 history. Sophomore safety Chris Jones turned Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 found his way into the end zone, knotting the score Kick Returns-Yards 3-150 8-214 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 1-7 in a career-high 10 tackles on the defensive at 28. The fourth quarter, however, would be devoid Interceptions-Yards 3-1 0-0 Punts-Average 7-40.0 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 2-18 0-0 side of the ball for UNLV. Wolfe caught eight of dramatics, as the hosts continued to run its pistol Fumbles-Lost 2-1 5-4 Punts-Average 2-37.5 5-44.0 passes to move into second place on the Penalties-Yards 9-87 15-169 offense to near perfection, ending any thoughts Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Mountain West Conference career receptions Possession Time 29:12 30:48 of a Rebel victory on a windy afternoon. Clausen Penalties-Yards 6-50 6-35 list, giving him 253 in his career and passing fi nished the game with 276 yards passing and a Possession Time 35:09 24:51 Jovon Bouknight of Wyoming (2002-05). Rushing: (UNLV) Cox 2-19, Clausen 15- TD, while sophomore wide receiver Phillip Payne 16, Wolfe 2-13, Thompson 1-11, Obie 3-8, caught a career-high 10 balls for 112 yards. Rushing: (BYU) Unga 20-149, Di Luigi 6-67, Trotter 3-2, Brogdon 1-1 (UNR) Ball 15-184, Tonga 5-29, Kariya 3-19, Nelson 4-17, Pili 2-6, Kaepernick 17-173, Lippincott 19-170, Hall 1-6 (UNLV) Clausen 5-17, Trotter 5-14, Randall 2-34. REBEL NOTES Johnson 2-11, Cox 2-3, Clayton 5-0. REBEL NOTES ♦ UNLV’s three fumble recoveries in the Passing: (UNLV) Clausen 26-50-0-276-1 Passing: (BYU) Hall 21-27-0-320-2 (UNLV) ♦ BYU improved to 8-0 all-time vs. UNLV in Las second quarter snapped a 17-quarter drought (UNR) Kaepernick 15-18-0-208-1, Lippincott Clayton 20-32-2-253-2, Clausen 5-9-1-39-0. Vegas and the Cougars now lead the all-time to open the season. The Rebels were one of 1-1-0-6-1. series 14-3, including fi ve straight. three schools in the country who had yet to Receiving: (BYU) Tonga 5-62, George 3-61, ♦ UNLV fell to 3-8 in MWC home openers and Receiving: (UNLV) Payne 10-112, Johnson recover a fumble in 2009. Kariya 3-21, Pitta 2-60, Thompson 2-52, 5-24 all-time vs. ranked opponents, including 5-56, Wolfe 5-36, Trotter 4-15, Robinson 2-57 ♦ The last time that UNLV recovered four Chambers 2-27, Ashworth 2-9, Di Luigi 1-15, 1-13 at home. (UNR) Wimberly 5-71, Lippincott 4-77, Session fumbles in a game was against BYU on Oct. Hafoka 1-13 (UNLV) Wolfe 8-69, Johnson ♦ After missing the previous two games due to 3-30, Green 2-29, Kaepernick 1-6, Ball 1-1. 8, 2004. 6-113, Payne 5-46, Anthony 4-59, Robinson a concussion, Rebel wide out Rodelin Anthony ♦ UNLV QB Mike Clausen made his fourth 1-4, Cox 1-1. had four catches for 59 yards and the TD catch. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Pointer 10 (UNR) career start. He started the last three games Thompson 9, Marshall 9. It was his team-leading fourth TD catch of the of the 2008 season in place of an injured Tackle Leaders: (BYU) Bills 4 (UNLV) Jones 10. season and set a career high. Omar Clayton. Sacks: (UNR) Moch 1-7. Sacks: (BYU) Clawson 2-18. NO. 24 UTAH 35 UNLV 34 UNLV 15 NEW MEXICO 17 GAME 7 GAME 8 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. University Stadium • Albuquerque, N.M. Oct. 17, 2009 • Att. 26,315 Oct. 24, 2009 • Att. 24,021 UTES UPEND REBELS ON HOMECOMING REBELS SNAP MWC ROAD STREAK LAS VEGAS – UNLV (2-5, 0-3) could not minutes remaining in the fi rst quarter. Watson ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – UNLV wide receiver at halftime and although the Lobos closed capitalize on its red zone trips and two Utah connected from short range again, this one Ryan Wolfe’s record-setting evening keyed the to within a touchdown in the fourth quarter, (5-1, 2-0) turnovers, as the Rebels lost 35-15 on from 26 yards, to pull the Rebels to within Rebels (3-5, 1-3 MWC) to their fi rst Mountain West UNLV scored the game’s last 10 points to Homecoming at Sam Boyd Stadium, extending one at 7-6 early in the second. Cain threw his Conference road win in fi ve years, a 34-17 victory spoil Homecoming for UNM. UNLV got on the their losing streak to four games in front of 26,315 second TD pass of the game, a six-yard strike over New Mexico (0-7, 0-3) at University Stadium. board fi rst when quarterback Omar Clayton fans and a Mtn. television audience. The Rebels to Ben Hendy and, following an interception Wolfe tied his career high with 11 catches, and in connected with Phillip Payne for an eight- made fi ve trips inside the 20-yard line but came by Omar Clayton, Cain capped a short drive the process became the MWC’s all-time leading yard score, giving the sophomore wideout away with just 13 points, and the No. 24 Utes with an eight-yard run for a 21-6 lead. Utah receiver with 270 in his career, passing SDSU his team-leading fi fth touchdown catch of the used a second-quarter blitz to jump out to a big then used a bizarre play to cap the three- WR J.R. Tolver, who had 262 from 1999-2002. season. Channing Trotter rumbled in from two lead heading into the locker room at the half. touchdown burst, as Clayton was picked off Behind that performance, UNLV snapped its 20- yards out to extend the lead to 14-0, and after UNLV took the lead early in the fi rst quarter on a by Ute defensive lineman Christian Cox, game conference road losing streak, winning a a UNM fi eld goal, Clayton hit Wolfe down the 21-yard fi eld goal by Kyle Watson, the fi rst of a trio who fumbled the ball into the hands of Robert league game away from Las Vegas for the fi rst seam for a 28-yard score and a 21-3 lead. That of three pointers from the senior. Utah answered Johnson who took off down the sideline for a time since a 24-20 victory at BYU on Oct. 8, 2004. capped a marvelous fi rst half for Clayton, who and took the lead on a six-yard scoring pass from 64-yard score. In a span of 6:18 on the game The Rebels jumped out to an early 21-3 lead was 11-13 for 120 yards and two TD passes. Terrance Cain to Aiona Key with less than two clock, the Utes had turned a tenuous one-point New Mexico scored its first touchdown of lead into a comfortable 28-6 margin. Coming UNLV 14 7 3 10 -- 34 the game on a 25-yard pass from Donovan UTAH 7 21 0 7 -- 31 out of half time the Rebels got into the end UNM 0 3 7 7 -- 17 Porterie to Daryl Jones that made the score UNLV 3 3 9 0 -- 21 zone for the fi rst time when Mike Clausen 21-10 in the third quarter. A Kyle Watson fi eld lofted a fade to Phillip Payne, who hauled UNLV - Payne 8-yd pass from Clayton goal from 33 yards out moved the lead back to (Watson kick) 9:42 1st UNLV - Watson 28-yd FG 9:15 1st in the two-yard touchdown despite being two touchdowns, but that was cut in half less UU - Key 6-yd pass from Cain UNLV - Trotter 2-yd run (Phillips kick) 1:58 1st interfered with. The two-point conversion failed (Watson kick) 4:05 1st than a minute into the fourth quarter. Porterie UNLV - Watson 26-yd FG 13:41 2nd but the Rebels would later add a 37-yard fi eld UNM - Aho 44-yd FG 14:02 2nd found Lucas Reed for a 13-yard score and the UU - Hendy 6-yd pass from Cain goal by Watson, trimming the lead to 28-18 UNLV - Wolfe 28-yd pass from Clayton Lobo defense then forced UNLV to punt for the (Watson kick) 1:34 2nd (Phillips kick) 7:29 2nd with 4:33 remaining in the third quarter. UNLV fi rst time all evening, and UNM appeared to UU - Cain 3-yd run UNM - Jones 25-yd pass from Porterie (Phillips kick) 5:17 2nd was again threatening to put points on the (Aho kick) 11:14 3rd be gaining momentum. Lobo returner Bryan UU - Johnson 64-yd interception return board, as the defense forced and recovered a UNLV - Watson 33-yd FG 6:38 3rd Williams muffed the punt and UNLV defensive (Phillips kick) 1:11 2nd fumble in Utah territory and the Rebels moved UNM - Reed 13-yd pass from Porterie back Terrence Lee recovered, giving UNLV the (Aho kick) 11:39 4th UNLV - Payne 2-yd pass from Clausen to the seven-yard line. The drive stalled and on ball at the New Mexico 11-yard line. Two plays (Watson kick) 9:07 3rd UNLV - Clausen 4-yd run UNLV - Watson 37-yd FG 4:33 3rd fourth-and-goal from the 13, UNLV lined up for (Watson kick) 11:39 4th later, sophomore signal caller Mike Clausen UU - Wide 37-yd run a fi eld goal. Head coach Mike Sanford called UNLV - Watson 27-yd FG 4:53 4th scampered in from four yards out to give UNLV (Phillips kick) 12:55 4th for a fake, but the gamble did not pay off with a 31-17 lead, seemingly taking the life out of holder Ben Jaekle throwing an incomplete UNLV UNM the Lobos and the crowd of 24,021. Watson UU UNLV First Downs 29 19 First Downs 14 23 pass. Utah capped the scoring early in the Rushes-Yards 44-210 25-68 tacked on his second fi eld goal of the game, Rushes-Yards 31-153 33-91 fourth quarter with running back Eddie Wide Passing Yards 213 219 a 27-yard boot that closed the scoring for the Passing Yards 174 236 breaking free for a 37-yard scoring run that Passes (A-C-I) 34-23-0 31-20-0 evening. Clayton fi nished the game 20-30 for Passes (A-C-I) 24-17-0 47-25-2 made it 35-15. Payne fi nished with a game- Total Offense 423 287 204 yards and the two scores, and he added Punt returns-Yards 1-6 1-0 Total Offense 327 327 high seven catches for 58 yards and the score 50 yards on the ground, part of a strong team Punt returns-Yards 2-15 0-0 Kick Returns-Yards 4-92 5-101 Kick Returns-Yards 5-135 4-88 while Clayton fi nished with 223 yards, moving Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 effort that saw UNLV churn out 210 rushing Interceptions-Yards 2-95 0-0 him up to No. 7 on UNLV’s career passing list Sacks By-Yards 4-29 1-4 yards. UNLV defensive end/linebacker Jason Sacks By-Yards 3-22 1-12 with 3,971 in just 22 career games as a Rebel. Punts-Average 1-39.0 4-37.2 Beauchamp turned in his best game of the Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Punts-Average 5-33.2 4-46.2 UNLV linebacker Nate Carter made his fi rst season, recording nine tackles, including three Fumbles-Lost 5-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 9-73 Penalties-Yards 10-110 6-45 start of the season and he recorded a career- Possession Time 36:57 23:03 for loss that included two sacks. The two sacks Possession Time 25:16 34:44 high 11 tackles and forced a fumble. gave Beachamp 5.5 for the season, which is Rushing: (UNLV) Trotter 13-65, Clayton a career high. Rushing: (UU) Wide 17-111, Cain 8-22, 6-50, Clausen 7-39, Cox 6-29, Brogdon 6-18, Matthews 2-11, Shakerin 3-10, Reed 1-(-1) Thompson 1-6, Johnson 3-4, Wolfe 1-1, Team (UNLV) Trotter 13-46, Clausen 1-27, Cox 1-(-2) (UNM) Carrier 6-29, Porterie 12-17, REBEL NOTES 5-11, Clayton 11-6, Brogdon 1-6, Barefi eld Wright 5-14, Butler 2-8. ♦ With his big fi nale against the Lobos, Ryan 1-(-2), Wolfe 1-(-3). Wolfe fi nished averaging 8.5 catches for 115.5 REBEL NOTES Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 20-30-0-204-2, yards per game vs. UNM. The senior had at Passing: (UU) Cain 17-24-0-174-2 (UNLV) ♦ In suffering their eighth consecutive Clausen 3-4-0-9-0 (UNM) Porterie 20-30-0- least 100 yards in three of those four meetings, Clayton 23-44-2-223-0, Clausen 2-2-0-13-1, Homecoming defeat, the Rebels fell to 21-21 219-2, James 0-1-0-0-0. including 118 in the 2009 Rebel victory. Jaekle 0-1-0-0-0. all-time in the traditional affairs. ♦ The win was the fi rst for the Rebels in the ♦ UNLV dropped to 5-25 all-time vs. ranked Receiving: (UNLV) Wolfe 11-118, Johnson month of October since beating San Diego 7-44, Payne 3-38, Robinson 1-9, Trotter 1-4 Receiving: (UU) Brooks 6-49, Reed 3-46, Key opponents, including 1-14 at home. State, 13-10, on Oct. 8, 2005. 3-34, Hendy 3-27, Peel 1-10, Wide 1-8 (UNLV) (UNM) James 4-57, Reed 4-34, Jones 3-56, ♦ UNLV honored what was arguably its ♦ UNLV’s two touchdowns in the fi rst quarter Payne 7-58, Johnson 6-86, Wolfe 6-50, Trotter greatest-ever team at the game as the 1984 Butler 3-44, Williams 3-14, Hernandez 1-12, 4-27, Robinson 1-10, Harrington 1-5 Solomon 1-6, Carrier 1-(-4). marked the Rebels’ most points scored in a Rebels held a reunion and were recognized on quarter since also posting 14 in the fourth vs. the fi eld after the fi rst quarter. That squad, led Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Beauchamp 9 Oregon State in Game Two – a span of 17 Tackle Leaders: (UU) Chapman 8 (UNLV) by All-American QB/P Randall Cunningham, Carter 11. (UNM) Messina 17. quarters of play. went 11-2 overall, took the PCAA title with a 7-0 ♦ The 21-3 lead after two quarters marked Sacks: (UU) Kruger 1-9, Cox 1-7, Misi 0.5-3, mark and won the school’s fi rst-ever bowl trip Sacks: (UNLV) Beauchamp 2-14, Tevaseu UNLV’s fi rst halftime lead since being up 10-3 Tui’One 0.5-3 (UNLV) Pointer 1-12. over Toledo in the California Bowl. 1-12, Mafi 1-3 (UNM) Messina 1-4. over Sacramento State in Game One. UNLV 0 COLORADO STATE 16 NO. 8/6 TCU 41 UNLV 35 GAME 9 GAME 10 Amon Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Oct. 31, 2009 • Att. 33,541 Nov. 7, 2009 • Att. 15,902 REBELS BLANKED BY HORNED FROGS REBELS FINALLY BEAT RAMS IN VEGAS FORT WORTH, Texas – UNLV (3-6, 1-4 MWC) Alex De Giacomo had a chance to bring LAS VEGAS – UNLV (4-6, 2-4 MWC) was perfect Clayton got his team on the board with a 28- was no match for No. 6/8 TCU (8-0, 4-0 MWC), down Hicks, but he was able to break the in the red zone, effi cient on offense and made yard TD run early in the second quarter. CSU as the Horned Frogs continued their march tackle and, despite having just one shoe, ran enough plays on defense to earn a 35-16 victory responded with a methodical, 15-play drive toward a BCS game with a dominating 41-0 the rest of the way into the end zone. Less over visiting Colorado State (3-7, 0-6 MWC), that ate up more than nine minutes of the clock win over the Rebels on a Halloween afternoon than two minutes into the second quarter keeping the Rebels’ bowl prospects alive and and was capped by John Mosure’s one-yard at Amon Carter Stadium. The Rebels were kept TCU again found paydirt thanks to a long ending the Rams’ postseason hopes. A crowd of TD, knotting the score at seven with 1:49 left off the scoreboard for the fi rst time since being play, as Ed Wesley ran to the left, broke a 15,902 and a Mtn. television audience watched in the half. That was more than enough time UNLV do something it had never done before, for Clayton, who operated the two-minute drill shut out by San Diego State on Nov. 8, 2003, a tackle, cut back to the right and then ran for which was beat Colorado State at Sam Boyd to perfection and in just six plays, drove his span of 69 games, and UNLV never penetrated a 59-yard touchdown. A 42-yard fi eld goal Stadium, snapping a six-game losing streak team 72 yards and ended it with a 13-yard TD past the TCU 34-yard line. In fact, the Rebels by Evans capped the fi rst-half scoring and against the Rams at home. Following a scoreless strike to Jerriman Robinson. Clayton was a punted on their fi rst nine possessions and 11 TCU went to the locker room with a 20-0 fi rst quarter, UNLV starting quarterback Omar crisp 8-of-9 for 101 yards and the score in the times overall in the game, as Kyle Watson was advantage over the Rebels. Dalton threw half, while adding 27 yards on the ground on kept busy all afternoon. TCU’s fi rst score was a a pair of touchdown passes in the second CSU 0 7 3 6 -- 16 four carries. UNLV extended its lead to start UNLV 0 14 7 14 -- 35 29-yard fi eld goal off the foot of Ross Evans. half, a 14-yard pass to Jeremy Kerley and the third quarter, as sophomore signal caller Later in the fi rst quarter Andy Dalton connected a 21-yard scoring strike to Wesley that UNLV - Clayton 28-yd run Mike Clausen ran in from five yards out with Antoine Hicks for a 75-yard touchdown pushed the margin to 34-0. Horned Frog (Watson kick) 14:25 2nd to push the margin to 21-7. Three different that pushed the score to 10-0. UNLV safety backup quarterback Marcus Jackson’s CSU - Mosure 1-yd run Rebel running backs had runs of 17 yards or 10-yard pass to Billy Pizor in the closing (Deline kick) 1:49 2nd more during the drive. Later in the quarter the UNLV 0 0 0 0 -- 0 UNLV - Robinson 13-yd pass from Clayton Rams connected on a 29-yard fi eld goal to TCU 10 10 7 14 -- 41 minutes of the game accounted for the (Watson kick) 0:54 2nd fi nal touchdown of the game, as TCU won UNLV - Clausen 5-yd run make it a 21-10 game, and then got the ball TCU - Evans 29-yd FG 10:14 1st on its Homecoming and 10th straight game (Watson kick) 11:46 3rd back early in the fourth following a Rebel punt. TCU - Hicks 75-yd pass from Dalton overall. The Rebels were held to 160 total CSU - Deline 29-yd FG 0:13 UNLV’s defense stepped up, however, and on (Evans kick) 4:17 1st UNLV - Clausen 5-yd run third-and-six safety Marquel Martin picked yards of offense and seven fi rst downs, TCU - Wesley 59-yd run (Watson kick) 11:10 4th off CSU backup quarterback Jon Eastman, with 40 of those yards coming on a run by CSU - Mosure 2-yd run (Evans kick) 13:30 2nd the fi rst Rebel interception in 30 quarters of TCU - Evans 42-yd FG 4:58 1st (rush failed) 4:33 4th sophomore quarterback Mike Clausen. play. Clayton kept the ensuing drive alive TCU - Kerley 14-yd pass from Dalton He fi nished with a career-high 65 yards UNLV - Trotter 6-yd run (Evans kick) 10:52 3rd (Watson kick) 2:04 4th by fl oating a perfect pass to Robinson for a TCU - Wesley 21-yd pass from Dalton rushing in the game, and the 40-yard run 28-yard gain on third-and-18, and three plays (Evans kick) 13:31 4th was a career long. Although he was held later Clausen scored again from fi ve yards TCU - Pizor 10-yd pass from Jackson to a season-low fi ve catches for 25 yards, CSU UNLV out, making the score 28-10. The two teams (Evans kick) 1:39 4th Ryan Wolfe now has 275 career receptions, First Downs 26 20 traded rushing TDs after that, with Mosure Rushes-Yards 45-201 34-174 UNLV TCU moving him to 13th all-time in NCAA history. Passing Yards 223 147 scoring from two yards out followed by UNLV First Downs 7 27 TCU racked up 390 yards of rushing on the Passes (A-C-I) 39-22-1 20-11-0 running back Channing Trotter ending the Rushes-Yards 29-118 48-390 ground, while Dalton finished the game Total Offense 223 147 scoring with a six-yard burst. That gave the Passing Yards 42 188 going 12-for-21 for 178 yards passing and Punt returns-Yards 2-0 0-0 Rebels four rushing TDs in the game, marking Passes (A-C-I) 23-9-1 22-13-0 Kick Returns-Yards 6-122 3-57 three touchdown passes. UNLV dropped the fi rst time that the Rebels punched in four Total Offense 160 578 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-0 scores on the ground since the season opener Punt returns-Yards 1-0 4-54 to 5-26 all-time against ranked teams, and Sacks By-Yards 1-10 0-0 Kick Returns-Yards 8-173 1-43 TCU was the third-highest ranked team that Punts-Average 3-40.7 5-43.6 against Sacramento State. Clayton fi nished the game 10-of-17 for 147 yards while adding Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-3 the Rebels have ever played, behind No. 2/2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-77 9-78 a season-high 44 yards on the ground as the Tennessee in 1996 and No. 5/5 Wisconsin Punts-Average 11-41.5 3-40.3 Possession Time 37:59 22:01 Rebels churned out 174 yards of rushing. Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 in 2007. The game was the fourth time UNLV senior Jason Beauchamp was all Rushing: (CSU) Greenwood 13-65, Mason Penalties-Yards 3-23 6-89 this season the Rebels played a ranked over the fi eld, turning in a season-high 14 Possession Time 26:46 33:14 opponent, matching the school record set 10-41, Mosure 7-38, Pauga 7-28, Stucker 4-12, Greer 1-8, Morton 2-6, Borcky 1-3 total tackles, while fellow linebacker Ronnie Rushing: (UNLV) Clausen 7-65, Clayton 6-16, just last year. (UNLV) Trotter 6-45, Clayton 7-44, Brogdon Paulo added 11. Trotter 6-12, Brodgon 3-11, Barefi eld 2-9, Cox 5-34, Cox 5-28, Clausen 6-15, Johnson 1-9, 2-9, Wolfe 1-7, Thompson 1-0, Team 1-(-11) Wolfe 2-6, Team 1-(-2), Barefi eld 1-(-5). REBEL NOTES (TCU) Wesley 7-86, Turner 10-64, Tucker REBEL NOTES 9-59, Dalton 8-53, Jackson 3-40, Dawson Passing: (CSU) Stucker 13-24-0-127-0, East- ♦ UNLV’s victory broke a six-game losing 3-33, Christian 2-25, Kerley 2-14, Fort 3-12, ♦ The 40-yard run by quarterback Mike man 7-13-1-73-0, Morton 2-2-0-23-0 (UNLV) skid vs. Colorado State and marked its fi rst in Cavness 1-4. Clausen tied for the longest rush of the year Clayton 10-17-0-147-1, Clausen 1-2-0-0-0, history over the Rams in Las Vegas. CSU still by a Rebel. Senior wide receiver Renan Saint Wolfe 0-1-0-0-0. leads the series overall 12-5-1 and 6-1-1 at Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 8-21-0-38-0, Preux had a 40-yard carry in the season opener Sam Boyd Stadium. Clausen 1-2-1-4-0 (TCU) Dalton 12-21-0- against Sacramento State. Receiving: (CSU) Greer 7-77, Pauga 4-30, ♦ The Rebels earned their first Mountain 178-3, Jackson 1-1-0-10-1. ♦ Kyle Watson’s 11 punts were the most by a Borcky 4-25, Greenwood 2-24, Morton 2-19, West Conference home victory of the season Mosure 1-25, Gee 1-16, Gardner 1-7 (UNLV) Rebel since since Gary Cook had 12 against and improved to 7-6 at home over the last two Receiving: (UNLV) Wolfe 5-25, Johnson 2-12, Wolfe 4-42, Robinson 3-50, Johnson 2-46, Brigham Young in 2004. seasons - their most wins since posting a 7-4 Payne 1-4, Trotter 1-1 (TCU) Kerley 5-43, Trotter 1-9, Barrett 1-0. ♦ The last time that UNLV was shut out on the mark in 2000-01. Christian 2-8, Hicks 1-75, Wesley 1-21, John- road also happened in Texas, when Rice beat son 1-14, Pizor 1-10, Tucker 1-9, Clay 1-8. Tackle Leaders: (CSU) Sisson 10 (UNLV) ♦ The 19-point margin of victory was the largest the Rebels 38-0 on Sept. 2, 1995. Beauchamp 14. by UNLV over a MWC opponent since blanking Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Lee 9 ♦ UNLV dropped to 3-4 all-time in games Utah 27-0 on Sept. 22, 2007. It was also the (TCU) Brock 6. played on Halloween. It was the fi rst time the Sacks: (CSU) Gipson 1-10. biggest win by the Rebels over the Rams since Rebels had played on the holiday since losing a 56-15 victory on Sept. 27, 1980. Int: (TCU) Johnson 1-3. 20-16 to Tulsa in 1996. Int: (UNLV) Martin 1-0. UNLV 17 AIR FORCE 45 GAME 11 Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colo. Nov. 14, 2009 • Att. 25,370 A SNOWY ENDING TO UNLV’S BOWL HOPES COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Playing in snow the way for Air Force, carrying the ball 18 times for possibly the fi rst time ever and certainly in at for 160 yards and three scores, including two least the past 25 years, UNLV (4-7, 2-5) could in the fourth quarter. He started things for the not slow down Air Force’s (7-4, 5-2) option attack Falcons, scoring on a 24-yard TD run in the and the Rebels saw their bowl hopes end in a fi rst quarter and then Jared Tew rumbled in 45-17 loss on a numbingly-cold evening at Falcon from two yards out to open the second quarter. Stadium. The temperature at kickoff was a brisk UNLV got on the board with a 37-yard fi eld 33 degrees with a wind chill down to 20. As the goal by Kyle Watson, and that was matched game wore on the rain and snow mix turned into by Erik Soderberg’s 34-yard boot that made snow but it did not slow down the Falcons, who the score 17-3. The Rebels were then driving racked up 431 yards of rushing. Asher Clark led and, following an eight-yard run by quarterback Omar Clayton on fourth-and-four, had the ball UNLV 0 3 7 7 -- 17 at the Falcon 11-yard line. But on the following AFA 7 17 7 14 -- 45 play Clayton lofted a pass to Ryan Wolfe that AFA - Clark 24-yd run Air Force safety Chris Thomas came in and (Soderberg kick) 5:53 1st picked off, abruptly ending UNLV’s drive. AFA AFA - Tew 3-yd run converted the turnover into a back-breaking (Soderberg kick) 14:03 2nd touchdown, moving down the fi eld with a mix of UNLV - Watson 37-yd FG 8:58 2nd run and pass, and Savier Stephens ended the AFA - Soderberg 34-yd FG 7:18 2nd drive with a 10-yard score that pushed the lead AFA - Stephens 10-yd run (Soderberg kick) 0:36 2nd to 24-3 entering halftime. UNLV cut into the UNLV - Payne 30-yd pass from Clayton lead midway through the third when Clayton (Watson kick) 7:32 3rd hit Phillip Payne along the sideline and the AFA - Walker 2-yd run sophomore wide out shed a tackle and went 30 (Soderberg kick) 4:02 3rd yards for the touchdown. Air Force didn’t let up, AFA - Clark 2-yd run however, getting a pair of two-yard touchdowns (Soderberg kick) 14:57 4th UNLV - Clausen 6-yd run on the ground from Nathan Walker and then (Watson kick) 9:31 4th Clark that upped the score to 38-10 less than AFA - Clark 40-yd run a minute into the fourth quarter. UNLV backup (Soderberg kick) 9:17 4th quarterback Mike Clausen tacked on his seventh rushing score of the season, a six-yard burst at the 9:31 mark of the fourth that made UNLV AFA First Downs 16 30 the score 38-17. The Rebels then attempted Rushes-Yards 39-147 71-431 an on-side kick that the Falcons recovered at Passing Yards 135 126 the 40. On the very next play Clark took an Passes (A-C-I) 23-13-1 13-8-0 option pitch and skirted down the right sideline Total Offense 282 557 for his third rushing score of the chilly night to Punt returns-Yards 0-0 1-(-3) cap the scoring. With the Falcons carrying the Kick Returns-Yards 6-102 2-40 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-0 ball 71 times the Rebel defense was busy, as Sacks By-Yards 0-0 1-5 safety Terrance Lee recorded a career-high Punts-Average 6-43.3 1-41.0 15 tackles and linebacker Starr Fuimaono Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 brought down 12 ball carriers. Penalties-Yards 2-25 4-30 Possession Time 29:57 30:03

Rushing: (UNLV) Clausen 11-60, Clayton 10-56, Trotter 5-14, Cox 8-14, Brogdon 3-12, Wolfe 1-2, Watson 1-(-11) (AFA) Clark REBEL NOTES 18-160, Jefferson 8-63, Tew 13-61, Warzeka ♦ UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe fi nished 4-43, Stephens 6-33, Getz 9-25, Walker 6-25, the game with four catches, giving him 283 Cochran 1-8, Escamilla 1-8, Halderman 2-3, for his career, which is the 12th most in Southworth 2-2, Team 1-0. college football history. He moved by past Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 9-18-1-108-1, Troy Edwards of Louisiana Tech who had 280 Clausen 4-5-0-27-0 (AFA) Jefferson 8-13-0- career receptions. 126-0. ♦ Taking advantage of a muffed punt return by Air Force in the second quarter, UNLV Receiving: (UNLV) Payne 4-49, Wolfe 4-36, recovered its 11th fumble in the last seven Johnson 2-20, Trotter 1-21, Barefi eld 1-5, games after getting zero in the first four Harrington 1-4 (AFA) Fogler 3-73, Tew 2-28, games of 2009. Warzeka 2-21, Quintana 1-4. ♦ Omar Clayton’s second-quarter interception broke a four-game streak of no turnovers by Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Lee 15 (AFA) Falgout 8. the junior. ♦ UNLV PK Kyle Watson booted a 37-yard Sacks: (AFA) Ricketts 1-5. fi eld goal in the second half, which improved Int: (AFA) Thomas 1-0. the senior to 9-12 for the season. REBEL DEPTH CHART Vs. San Diego State

REBEL OFFENSE REBEL DEFENSE POS NO NAME (HGT, WGT, YR-EXP) STARTS POS NO NAME (HGT, WGT, YR-EXP) STARTS LT 75 Matt Murphy (6-4, 300, JR-2L) 32 DE 42 Heivaha Mafi (6-1, 250, SR-1L) 5 71 Shane Watterson (6-4, 285, FR-HS) 0 47 Daniel Mareko (6-3, 245, JR-SQ) 0 LG 70 Jason Heath (6-3, 280, FR-RS) 8 DT 99 Isaako Aaitui (6-3, 305, JR-2L) 18 61 Mike Donato (6-3, 310, SR-2L) 1 96 James Dunlap (6-1, 260, SO-TR) 0 C 66 John Gianninoto (6-4, 290, JR-2L) 19 DT 68 Martin Tevaseu (6-2, 335, SR-1L) 17 70 Jason Heath (6-3, 280, FR-RS) 8 65 Ramsey Feagai (6-2, 340, JR-2L) 0 RG 59 Joe Hawley (6-3, 310, SR-3L) 32 DE 93 Malo Taumua (6-1, 270, JR-2L) 34 50 Andrew Mack (6-1, 285, FR-HS) 0 53 Matt Kravetz (6-1, 245, SO-SQ) 0 RT 73 Evan Marchal (6-7, 310, JR-2L) 22 WLB 33 Jason Beauchamp (6-3, 240, SR-3L) 35 77 Yusef Rodgers (6-2, 270, FR-RS) 0 57 Adam Gent (5-11, 225, SR-SQ) 0 WR 4 Phillip Payne (6-3, 200, SO-1L) 12 MLB 56 Ronnie Paulo (6-1, 240, JR-2L) 20 81 Tate Knutson (5-10, 175, JR-2L) 2 55 Nate Carter (6-0, 235, SO-1L) 8 WR 7 Michael Johnson (5-8, 170, SO-1L) 21 SLB 24 Starr Fuimaono (6-0, 210, JR-2L) 24 17 Renan Saint Preux (6-1, 185, SR-3L) 7 40 Beau Orth (6-1, 210, SO-1L) 1 WR 84 Rodelin Anthony (6-5, 230, SR-3L) 15 LCB 26 Deante’ Purvis (5-10, 190, SO-1L) 7 86 Aaron Reed (6-4, 215, FR-RS) 0 25 Mike Grant (5-10, 185, JR-TR) 4 WR 85 Jerriman Robinson (6-2, 190, SR-2L) 16 SS 22 Alex De Giacomo (6-1, 185, JR-TR) 5 80 Mark Barefield (5-11, 195, FR-HS) 1 5 Chris Jones (6-2, 190, SO-1L) 7 QB 2 Omar Clayton (6-1, 205, JR-2L) 22 23 Terrance Lee (6-0, 180, SR-1L) 12 6 Mike Clausen (6-2, 210, SO-1L) 4 FS 9 Travis Dixon (6-0, 190, JR-2L) 8 TB 32 Channing Trotter (5-8, 200, JR-2L) 10 13 Marquel Martin (5-11, 190, SR-3L) 3 3 C.J. Cox (5-11, 200, SO-1L) 1 RCB 10 Quinton Pointer (5-10, 185, JR-2L) 30 27 Chris Brogdon (5-7, 215, SR-3L) 2 21 Warren Zeigler (5-11, 170, JR-TR) 3 (TE) 44 Kyle Watkins (6-2, 240, SO-RS) 3 1 Will Chandler (5-11, 185, SO-1L) 1 41 Jordan Barrett (6-3, 225, FR-HS) 2 89 Austin Harrington (6-4, 230, SO-SQ) 0

REBEL SPECIALISTS PK 37 Kyle Watson (5-9, 215, SR-2L) PUNT 37 Kyle Watson (5-9, 215, SR-2L)

39 Ben Jaekle (6-1, 175, JR-2L) 45 Brendon Lamers (5-11, 190, SR-1L) KO 39 Ben Jaekle (6-1, 175, JR-2L) PR 7 Michael Johnson (5-8, 170, SO-1L) 37 Kyle Watson (5-9, 215, SR-2L) 25 Mike Grant (5-10, 185, JR-TR) SNAP 43 Kamu Kapanui (6-0, 245, SR-3L) KR 26 Deante’ Purvis (5-10, 190, SO-1L) HOLD 39 Ben Jaekle (6-1, 175, JR-2L) 30 Imari Thompson (5-9, 200, FR-RS) 10 Quinton Pointer (5-10, 185, JR-2L)

UNLV PLAYER PARTICIPATION

NO NAME GP GS SAC OSU UH WY UNR BYU UU UNM TCU CSU AFA SDSU NO NAME GP GS SAC OSU UH WY UNR BYU UU UNM TCU CSU AFA SDSU 1 Will Chandler 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 50 Andrew Mack 5 0 X X X X X 2 Omar Clayton 10 10 QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 51 Daniel Kaanana 3 C.J. Cox 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 52 Travis Trickey 5 0 X X X X X 4 Phillip Payne 11 8 WR WR X X WR WR WR X WR WR WR 53 Matt Kravetz 9 0 X X X X X X X X X 5 Chris Jones 11 5 FS FS FS FS X FS X X X X X 54 Bryce Saldi 6 Mike Clausen 11 1 X X X X QB X X X X X X 55 Nate Carter 11 1 X X X X X X LB X X X X 7 Michael Johnson 11 8 X X X WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 56 Ronnie Paulo 10 9 LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB 8 Caleb Herring 57 Adam Gent 8 0 X X X X X X X X 9 Travis Dixon 10 6 SS SS SS X X X FS X FS FS 58 David Blair 8 0 X X X X X X X 10 Quinton Pointer 11 11 CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB 59 Joe Hawley 11 11 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 11 Les Obie 1 X 61 Mike Donato 10 1 X X X X X X X X X LG 13 Marquel Martin 9 3 X X SS FS SS X X X X 62 A.J. Lewis 14 Courtney Bridget 63 Sean Tesoro 2 2 LG LG 15 John Therrell 64 Doug Zismann 5 0 X X X X X 16 Allen Hardison 65 Ramsey Feagai 11 1 X X X X X X X X DT X X 17 Renan Saint Preux 10 0 X X X X X X X X X X 66 John Gianninoto 11 11 C C C C C C C C C C C 19 Charles Childers 67 Brad Overand 20 Kenny Brown 1 X 68 Martin Tevaseu 11 10 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT X DT DT DT 21 Warren Zeigler 11 3 X X X X CB X DB CB X X X 70 Jason Heath 10 8 X LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG X 22 Alex De Giacomo 10 5 X X X SS X DB SS SS SS X 71 Shane Watterson 6 0 X X X X X X 23 Terrance Lee 11 7 DB DB DB X X X DB DB FS X SS 72 Thomas Wren 1 0 X 24 Starr Fuimaono 10 8 LB LB X LB LB X LB LB LB LB 73 Evan Marchal 11 11 RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT 25 Mike Grant 11 3 X X DB X X X DB X CB X X 74 Thomas Kilgore 1 0 X 26 Deante’ Purvis 11 7 CB CB CB CB X CB X X X CB CB 75 Matt Murphy 11 11 LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 27 Chris Brogdon 11 2 RB X X X X X X RB X X X 76 Jason Koontz 10 0 X X X X X X X X X X 28 Bradley Randle 77 Yusef Rodgers 6 0 X X X X X X 29 Ryan Tillman 8 0 X X X X X X X X 78 Tyler Lomprey 30 Imari Thompson 10 0 X X X X X X X X X X 80 Mark Barefi eld 11 1 X X X X X X WR X X X X 31 David Biggs 1 0 X 81 Tate Knutson 10 2 X X WR X X X X X X X 32 Channing Trotter 11 10 TB TB TB TB TB TB X TB TB TB TB 82 Gordy Cooper 33 Jason Beauchamp 11 10 LB X LB LB LB LB LB DE LB LB LB 83 Brandon Babineaux 34 Cedric Coleman 84 Rodelin Anthony 7 1 X WR X X X X X 35 Anthony White 85 Jerriman Robinson 11 9 WR X WR WR WR WR WR WR X WR X 36 Xavier Ellis 86 Aaron Reed 37 Kyle Watson 11 11 P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K P/K 87 Tristan Mims 38 Calvin Randleman 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 88 Ryan Wolfe 11 11 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR X WR WR WR 39 Ben Jaekle 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 89 Austin Harrington 10 0 X X X X X X X X X X 40 Beau Orth 11 1 X X X X X LB X X X X X 90 Isaiah Shivers 41 Jordan Barrett 11 3 X X TE X X X X X TE X X 91 Preston Brooks 9 4 X DE X DE X X X DE DE 42 Heivaha Mafi 11 5 X X X X DE DE X DE DE X DE 92 B.J. Bell 5 0 X X X X 43 Kamu Kapanui 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 93 Malo Taumua 11 11 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DT DE DE DT 44 Kyle Watkins 9 3 X TE TE X X X TE X X 94 Willie Tupou 45 Brendon Lamers 4 0 X X X X 95 Alex Klorman 46 Wiselet Rouzard 5 0 X X X X X 96 James Dunlap 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 47 Daniel Mareko 1 0 X 97 Bennielee Shelby 48 Beau Brence 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 98 Jesse Backerman 49 Reggie Umuolo 99 Isaako Aaitui 11 10 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT X DT DT UNLV TEAM STATISTICS 2009 RESULTS (4-7, 2-5 MWC) TEAM STATISTICS UNLV OPP Date Opponent W/L Score Attend SCORING 270 365 Sept. 5 SACRAMENTO ST. W 38-3 22,195 Points Per Game 24.5 33.2 Sept. 12 OREGON STATE L 23-21 25,967 FIRST DOWNS 231 249 Sept. 19 HAWAII W 34-33 29,717 Rushing 84 116 Sept. 26 at Wyoming* L 30-27 19,196 Passing 120 116 Oct. 3 at Nevada, Reno L 63-28 24,078 Penalty 27 17 Oct. 10 BYU* L 59-21 25,597 RUSHING YARDAGE 1399 2543 Oct. 17 UTAH* L 35-15 26,315 Yards gained rushing 1663 2717 Oct. 24 at New Mexico* W 34-17 24,021 Yards lost rushing 264 174 Oct. 31 at TCU* L 41-0 33,541 Rushing Attempts 358 436 Nov. 7 COLORADO STATE* W 35-16 15,902 Average Per Rush 3.9 5.8 Nov. 14 at Air Force* L 45-17 25,370 Average Per Game 127.2 231.2 Nov. 28 SAN DIEGO STATE* TDs Rushing 18 26 *Mountain West Conference game PASSING YARDAGE 2419 2486 Comp-Att-Int 227-382-12 207-312-3 Record Overall Home Away Average Per Pass 6.3 8.0 All Games 4-7 3-3 1-4 Average Per Catch 10.7 12.0 Conference 2-5 1-2 1-3 Average Per Game 219.9 226.0 Non-Conference 2-2 2-1 0-1 TDs Passing 16 20 TOTAL OFFENSE 3818 5029 SCORE BY QUARTERS Total Plays 740 748 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Average Per Play 5.2 6.7 UNLV 41 65 61 86 0 253 Average Per Game 347.1 457.2 Opponents 54 91 73 102 0 320 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 58-1273 38-936 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-46 20-112 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-0 12-119 ATTENDANCE (AVG) KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.9 24.6 Total: 10/246,529 (10/24,652) PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.6 5.6 Home: 6/145,693 (6/24,282) INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 9.9 Away: 4/100,836 (4/25,209) FUMBLES-LOST 11-5 19-11 PENALTIES-Yards 54-489 83-782 Average Per Game 44.5 71.1 ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE PUNTS-Yards 50-2102 35-1428 PLAYER G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Average Per Punt 42.0 40.8 PURVIS, Deante’ 11 0 0 0 1049 0 1049 95.4 Net punt average 37.4 37.2 WOLFE, Ryan 11 41 760 20 0 0 821 74.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 29:45 30:15 TROTTER, C. 11 493 102 0 0 0 595 54.1 JOHNSON, M. 11 62 443 6 48 0 559 50.8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 72/153 69/135 PAYNE, Phillip 11 0 554 0 0 0 554 50.4 3rd-Down Pct 47% 51% CLAUSEN, Mike 11 288 0 0 0 0 288 26.2 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/15 4/16 ROBINSON, J. 11 0 265 0 0 0 265 24.1 4th-Down Pct 47% 25% CLAYTON, Omar 10 238 0 0 0 0 238 23.8 SACKS BY-Yards 12-100 13-97 COX, C.J. 11 160 28 0 43 0 231 21.0 MISC YARDS 0 0 ANTHONY, R. 7 0 194 0 0 0 194 27.7 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 35 47 BROGDON, Chris 11 101 0 0 4 0 105 9.5 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-12 13-16 POINTER, Q. 11 0 0 0 76 0 76 6.9 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-1 THOMPSON, I. 10 24 0 0 49 0 73 7.3 RED-ZONE SCORES 34-43 79% 38-41 93% SAINT PREUX, R. 9 40 9 0 0 0 49 5.4 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 26-43 60% 29-41 71% BAREFIELD, Mark 11 2 26 0 0 0 28 2.5 PAT-ATTEMPTS 33-33 100% 44-45 98% WATKINS, Kyle 9 0 24 0 0 0 24 2.7 ATTENDANCE 145693 126206 GRANT, Mike 11 0 0 20 0 0 20 1.8 Games/Avg Per Game 6/24282 5/25241 HARRINGTON, A. 10 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.9 Neutral Site Games 0/0 OBIE, Les 1 8 0 0 0 0 8 8.0 BARRETT, Jordan 11 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.5 RANDLEMAN, C. 11 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.4 PUNTING LAMERS, Brendon 4 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -1.2 WATSON, Kyle 11 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -1.0 PLAYER No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd TEAM 5 -42 0 0 0 0 -42 -8.4 WATSON, Kyle 49 2085 42.6 64 6 10 12 1 Total 11 1399 2419 46 1273 0 5137 467.0 TEAM 1 17 17.0 17 0 0 0 0 Opponents 11 2543 2486 112 936 119 6196 563.3 Total 50 2102 42.0 64 6 10 12 1 Opponents 35 1428 40.8 67 4 11 9 1 RUSHING KICK RETURNS PLAYER G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Lg Avg/G PLAYER No Yds Avg TD Long TROTTER, C. 11 110 521 28 493 4.5 8 27 44.8 PURVIS, Deante’ 46 1049 22.8 1 94 CLAUSEN, Mike 11 66 333 45 288 4.4 7 40 26.2 POINTER, Q. 4 76 19.0 0 21 CLAYTON, Omar 10 70 332 94 238 3.4 2 28 23.8 COX, C.J. 3 43 14.3 0 19 COX, C.J. 11 42 180 20 160 3.8 1 27 14.5 THOMPSON, I. 2 49 24.5 0 26 BROGDON, Chris 11 25 102 1 101 4.0 0 17 9.2 RANDLEMAN, C. 1 4 4.0 0 4 JOHNSON, M. 11 15 69 7 62 4.1 0 10 5.6 BROGDON, Chris 1 4 4.0 0 4 WOLFE, Ryan 11 11 44 3 41 3.7 0 10 3.7 JOHNSON, M. 1 48 48.0 0 25 SAINT PREUX, R. 9 1 40 0 40 40.0 0 40 4.4 Total 58 1273 21.9 1 94 THOMPSON, I. 10 5 24 0 24 4.8 0 7 2.4 Opponents 38 936 24.6 0 97 OBIE, Les 1 3 9 1 8 2.7 0 7 8.0 BAREFIELD, Mark 11 4 9 7 2 0.5 0 6 0.2 LAMERS, Brendon 4 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 -1.2 FUMBLE RETURNS WATSON, Kyle 11 1 0 11 -11 -11.0 0 0 -1.0 PLAYER No Yds Avg TD Long TEAM 5 4 0 42 -42 -10.5 0 0 -8.4 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 11 358 1663 264 1399 3.9 18 40 127.2 Opponents 1 18 18.0 0 18 Opponents 11 436 2717 174 2543 5.8 26 89 231.2 PASSING PLAYER G Effi c C-A-I Pct Yds TD Lg Avg/G CLAYTON, Omar 10 123.33 175-291-10 60.1 1956 12 75 195.6 INTERCEPTIONS CLAUSEN, Mike 11 113.74 52-88-2 59.1 463 4 39 42.1 JAEKLE, Ben 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PLAYER No Yds Avg TD Long JOHNSON, M. 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 TAUMUA, Malo 1 0 0.0 0 0 WOLFE, Ryan 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 GRANT, Mike 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 11 120.16 227-382-12 59.4 2419 16 75 219.9 MARTIN, Marquel 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 11 152.51 207-312-3 66.3 2486 20 75 226.0 Total 3 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 12 119 9.9 1 64 RECEIVING PLAYER G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G WOLFE, Ryan 11 74 760 10.3 2 52 69.1 PAYNE, Phillip 11 53 554 10.5 6 30 50.4 JOHNSON, M. 11 37 443 12.0 1 75 40.3 PUNT RETURNS TROTTER, C. 11 18 102 5.7 0 21 9.3 PLAYER No Yds Avg TD Long ROBINSON, J. 11 16 265 16.6 3 42 24.1 WOLFE, Ryan 4 20 5.0 0 9 ANTHONY, R. 7 12 194 16.2 4 55 27.7 GRANT, Mike 2 20 10.0 0 15 COX, C.J. 11 6 28 4.7 0 12 2.5 JOHNSON, M. 1 6 6.0 0 6 BAREFIELD, Mark 11 3 26 8.7 0 13 2.4 Total 7 46 6.6 0 15 WATKINS, Kyle 9 3 24 8.0 0 9 2.7 Opponents 20 112 5.6 0 24 HARRINGTON, A. 10 2 9 4.5 0 5 0.9 BARRETT, Jordan 11 2 5 2.5 0 5 0.5 SAINT PREUX, R. 9 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.0 Total 11 227 2419 10.7 16 75 219.9 Opponents 11 207 2486 12.0 20 75 226.0 SCORING |——— PATs ———| TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYER TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points PLAYER G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G WATSON, Kyle 0 9-12 33-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 CLAYTON, Omar 10 361 238 1956 2194 219.4 TROTTER, C. 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 CLAUSEN, Mike 11 154 288 463 751 68.3 CLAUSEN, Mike 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 TROTTER, C. 11 110 493 0 493 44.8 PAYNE, Phillip 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 COX, C.J. 11 42 160 0 160 14.5 ANTHONY, R. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 BROGDON, Chris 11 25 101 0 101 9.2 ROBINSON, J. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 JOHNSON, M. 11 16 62 0 62 5.6 WOLFE, Ryan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 WOLFE, Ryan 11 12 41 0 41 3.7 CLAYTON, Omar 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 12 SAINT PREUX, R. 9 1 40 0 40 4.4 PURVIS, Deante’ 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 THOMPSON, I. 10 5 24 0 24 2.4 JOHNSON, M. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 OBIE, Les 1 3 8 0 8 8.0 COX, C.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 BAREFIELD, Mark 11 4 2 0 2 0.2 Total 35 9-12 33-33 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 270 LAMERS, Brendon 4 1 -5 0 -5 -1.2 Opponents 47 13-16 44-45 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 365 WATSON, Kyle 11 1 -11 0 -11 -1.0 TEAM 5 4 -42 0 -42 -8.4 Total 11 740 1399 2419 3818 347.1 Opponents 11 748 2543 2486 5029 457.2 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS |————Tackles————| |-Sacks-| |—Pass Def—| |-Fumbles-| Blkd NO PLAYER G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 33 BEAUCHAMP, J. 11 39 41 80 9.5-49 5.5-39 . . . 2 . . 10 POINTER, Q. 11 46 22 68 4.5-34 2.0-22 . 2 . 1 . . 24 FUIMAONO, Starr 10 29 31 60 3.0-17 1.0-14 . . 1-0 . . . 23 LEE, Terrance 11 37 21 58 1.0-1 . . 3 1-0 1 . . 56 PAULO, Ronnie 9 24 32 56 3.5-8 . . 3 1-0 . . . 22 DE GIACOMO, A. 10 34 20 54 0.5-0 . . . . 1 . . 55 CARTER, Nate 11 19 18 37 . . . . . 1 . . 42 MAFI, Heivaha 11 17 16 33 3.5-5 1.0-3 . . 2-0 . . . 5 JONES, Chris 11 20 12 32 0.5-1 . . 2 1-0 1 . . 9 DIXON, Travis 10 19 12 31 1.0-3 . . 2 1-0 2 . . 13 MARTIN, Marquel 9 20 10 30 1.5-2 . 1-0 . . . . . 91 BROOKS, Preston 9 15 13 28 ...... 99 AAITUI, Isaako 11 11 16 27 1.5-6 0.5-4 ...... 93 TAUMUA, Malo 11 12 14 26 5.0-13 1.0-6 1-0 . . . . . 68 TEVASEU, Martin 11 14 10 24 1.5-12 1.0-12 ...... 25 GRANT, Mike 11 14 8 22 1.0-2 . 1-0 3 1-0 1 . . 40 ORTH, Beau 11 8 12 20 0.5-1 . . 1 1-0 . . . 26 PURVIS, Deante’ 11 16 4 20 1.0-6 . . 3 1-0 . 1 . 53 KRAVETZ, Matt 9 8 6 14 ...... 21 ZEIGLER, Warren 11 9 2 11 1.0-1 . . . 1-0 1 . . 58 BLAIR, David 7 3 7 10 0.5-1 ...... 65 FEAGAI, Ramsey 11 2 7 9 ...... 96 DUNLAP, James 11 4 4 8 0.5-0 ...... 1 CHANDLER, Will 11 4 3 7 ...... 88 WOLFE, Ryan 11 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . 38 RANDLEMAN, C. 11 3 3 6 ...... 27 BROGDON, Chris 11 2 2 4 ...... 41 BARRETT, Jordan 11 2 1 3 ...... 92 BELL, B.J. 4 2 . 2 ...... 48 BRENCE, Beau 10 1 1 2 ...... 43 KAPANUI, Kamu 11 2 . 2 ...... 39 JAEKLE, Ben 11 2 . 2 ...... 75 MURPHY, Matt 11 1 . 1 ...... 47 MAREKO, Daniel 2 . 1 1 ...... 81 KNUTSON, Tate 10 1 . 1 ...... 29 TILLMAN, Ryan 8 . 1 1 ...... 61 DONATO, Mike 11 1 . 1 ...... 4 PAYNE, Phillip 11 1 . 1 ...... Total 11 446 352 798 41-162 12-100 3-0 20 11-0 11 1 . Opponents 11 390 360 750 57.0-208 13-97 12-119 41 5-18 5 1 .

STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE OPPONENT WR WR LT LG C RG RT WR QB WR TB PK SACRAMENTO ST. Wolfe Robinson Murphy Tesoro Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Brogdon^ Trotter Watson OREGON STATE Wolfe Watkins# Murphy Tesoro Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Anthony Trotter Watson HAWAII Wolfe Watkins# Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Barrett# Clayton Robinson Trotter Watson Wyoming* Wolfe Robinson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Knutson Clayton Johnson Trotter Watson Nevada, Reno Wolfe Robinson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clausen Johnson Trotter Watson BYU* Wolfe Robinson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Johnson Trotter Watson UTAH* Wolfe Robinson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Johnson Barefi eld& Watson New Mexico* Watkins# Robinson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Johnson Clayton Brogdon^ Trotter Watson at TCU* Wolfe Johnson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Barrett# Trotter Watson COLORADO STATE* Wolfe Robinson Murphy Heath Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Johnson Trotter Watson at Air Force* Wolfe Robinson Murphy Donato Gianninoto Hawley Marchal Payne Clayton Johnson Trotter Watson ^Started as a RB #Started as a TE &Started as WR

DEFENSE OPPONENT DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB P SACRAMENTO ST. Lee^ Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Fuimaono Purvis Jones Dixon Pointer Watson OREGON STATE Brooks Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Lee^ Paulo Fuimaono Purvis Jones Dixon Pointer Watson HAWAII Lee^ Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Grant* Purvis Jones Martin Pointer Watson Wyoming* Brooks Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Fuimaono Purvis Jones Dixon Pointer Watson Nevada, Reno Mafi Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Fuimaono Zeigler De Giacomo Martin Pointer Watson BYU* Mafi Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Orth Purvis Jones Martin Pointer Watson UTAH* Lee^ Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Carter Grant^ Zeigler De Giacomo Dixon Pointer Watson New Mexico* Mafi Aaitui Taumua Beauchamp Lee^ Paulo Fuimaono Purvis De Giacomo Dixon Pointer Watson at TCU* Mafi Feagai Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Fuimaono Grant De Giacomo Lee Pointer Watson COLORADO STATE* Brooks Aaitui Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Paulo Fuimaono Purvis De Giacomo Dixon Pointer Watson at Air Force* Mafi Brooks Tevaseu Taumua Beauchamp Grant^ Fuimaono Purvis Lee Dixon Pointer Watson ^Started as a DB. 2009 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS UNLV RUSH PASS OFF. 1STDwn POSS. TOs OPPONENT RUSH PASS OFF. 1STDwn POSS. TOs SACRAMENTO ST. 216 250 466 21 30:22 0 SACRAMENTO ST. 129 99 228 12 29:38 1 OREGON ST. 82 228 310 19 26:57 2 OREGON ST. 184 198 382 20 33:03 0 HAWAII 120 340 460 28 34:14 2 HAWAII 28 477 505 23 25:46 1 at Wyoming 126 260 386 26 31:19 4 at Wyoming 109 249 357 19 28:41 0 at Nevada, Reno 70 276 346 25 29:12 1 at Nevada, Reno 559 214 773 32 30:48 4 BYU 45 292 337 17 24:51 3 BYU 291 320 611 27 35:09 0 UTAH 91 236 327 23 34:44 2 UTAH 153 174 327 14 25:16 2 at New Mexico 210 213 423 29 36:57 0 at New Mexico 68 219 287 19 23:03 2 at TCU 118 42 160 7 26:46 2 at TCU 390 188 578 27 33:14 2 COLORADO ST. 174 147 321 20 22:01 0 COLORADO ST. 201 223 424 26 37:59 1 at Air Force 147 135 282 16 29:57 1 at Air Force 431 126 557 30 30:03 2 SAN DIEGO ST. SAN DIEGO ST. 2009 TEAM SUPERLATIVES UNLV HIGH LOW Points Scored 38 vs Sacramento State (9/5) 0 vs TCU (10/31) First Downs 29 at New Mexico (10/24) 7 vs TCU (10/31) Rushing 12 at New Mexico (10/24) 5 vs TCU (10/31) Passing 15 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 1 vs TCU (10/31) Penalty 7 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 0 at Air Force (11/14) Rushing Attempts 44 at New Mexico (10/24) 19 vs BYU (10/10) Rushing Yards 216 vs Sacramento State (9/5) 45 vs BYU (10/10) Passing Attempts 50 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 20 vs Colorado State (11/7) Passing Completions 28 vs Hawaii (9/19) 9 vs TCU (10/31) Passing Yards 340 vs Hawaii (9/19) 42 vs TCU (10/31) Passes Had Intercepted 3 vs BYU (10/10) 0 three times (last vs Colorado State (11/7)) Total Offensive Plays 80 vs Utah (10/17) 52 vs TCU (10/31) Total Offensive Yards 466 vs Sacramento State (9/5) 160 vs TCU (10/31) Fumbles 2 at Wyoming (9/26)/at TCU (10/31) 0 three times (last at Air Force (11/14)) Lost 2 at Wyoming (9/26) 0 fi ve times (last at Air Force (11/14)) Penalties 9 at Nevada, Reno (10/3)/vs Colorado State (11/7) 2 vs Sacramento State (9/5)/at Air Force (11/14) Yards 87 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 23 at TCU (10/31) Sacks 4 at New Mexico (10/24) 0 four times (last at Air Force (11/14)) Yards 29 at New Mexico (10/24) 0 four times (last at Air Force (11/14))

OPPONENTS HIGH LOW Points Scored 63 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 3 vs Sacramento State (9/5) First Downs 32 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 12 vs Sacramento State (9/5) Rushing 24 at Air Force (11/14) 3 vs Hawaii (9/19) Passing 18 vs Hawaii (9/19) 3 vs Sacramento State (9/5) Penalty 2 six times (last vs Colorado State (11/7)) 0 vs Sacramento State (9/5) Rushing Attempts 71 at Air Force (11/14) 15 vs Hawaii (9/19) Rushing Yards 559 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 28 vs Hawaii (9/19) Passing Attempts 48 vs Hawaii (9/19) 13 at Air Force (11/14) Passing Completions 31 vs Hawaii (9/19) 8 at Air Force (11/14) Passing Yards 477 vs Hawaii (9/19) 99 vs Sacramento State (9/5) Passes Had Intercepted 1 three times (last vs Colorado State (11/7)) 0 eight times (last at Air Force (11/14)) Total Offensive Plays 84 vs Colorado State (11/7)/at Air Force (11/14) 55 vs Sacramento State (9/5) Total Offensive Yards 773 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 228 vs Sacramento State (9/5) Fumbles 5 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 0 vs Sacramento State (9/5)/vs Hawaii (9/19)/BYU (10/10) Lost 4 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 0 three times (last vs Colorado State (11/7)) Penalties 15 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 5 vs Sacramento State (9/5)/vs Hawaii (9/19) Yards 169 at Nevada, Reno (10/3) 30 at Air Force (11/14) Sacks 3 vs Utah (10/17) 0 at Wyoming (9/26)/BYU (10/10)/at TCU (10/31) Yards 22 vs Utah (10/17) 0 at Wyoming (9/26)/BYU (10/10)/at TCU (10/31) 2009 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES UNLV OPPONENT Rushing Attempts: 17, Channing Trotter at Wyoming (9/26) Rushing Attempts: 26, Jacquizz Rodgers vs Oregon State (9/12) Rushing Yards: 102, Channing Trotter vs Sacramento State (9/5) Rushing Yards: 184, Mike Ball at Nevada, Reno (10/3) TD Run: 28, Omar Clayton vs Colorado State (11/7) TD Run: 89, Mike Ball at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Non-Scoring Run: 40, Mike Clausen at TCU (10/31) Non-Scoring Run: 64, Luke Lippincott at Nevada, Reno (10/3)

Passes Attempted: 50, Mike Clausen at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Passes Attempted: 48, Greg Alexander vs Hawaii (9/19) Passes Completed: 28, Omar Clayton vs Hawaii (9/19) Passes Completed: 31, Greg Alexander vs Hawaii (9/19) Passes Had Intercepted: 2, Omar Clayton four times (last vs Utah (10/17)) Passes Had Intercepted: 1, Greg Alexander vs Hawaii (9/19) Completion Percentage: .765, Omar Clayton vs Sacramento State (9/5) Completion Percentage: .833, Colin Kaepernick at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Passing Yards: 340, Omar Clayton vs Hawaii (9/19) Passing Yards: 477, Greg Alexander vs Hawaii (9/19) TD Pass: 75, Omar Clayton to Michael Johnson vs BYU (10/10) TD Pass: 75, Andy Dalton to Antoine Hicks at TCU (10/31) Non-Scoring Pass: 52, Omar Clayton to Ryan Wolfe vs Hawaii (9/19) Non-Scoring Pass: 46, Max Hall to Brett Thompson vs BYU (10/10)

Receptions: 11, Ryan Wolfe at New Mexco (10/24) Receptions: 13, Kealoha Pilares vs Hawaii (9/19) Reception Yards: 130, Ryan Wolfe vs Hawaii (9/19) Reception Yards: 189, Rodney Bradley vs Hawaii (9/19)

Punt Returns: 2, Mike Grant vs Sacramento State (9/5) Punt Returns: 4, O’Neill Chambers vs BYU (10/10) Punt Return Yards: 20, Mike Grant vs Sacramento State (9/5) Punt Return Yards: 54, Jeremy Kerley at TCU (10/31) Punt Return Long: 15, Mike Grant vs Sacramento State (9/5) Punt Return Long: 24, Jeremy Kerley at TCU (10/31) Punt Return, TD: N/A Punt Return, TD: N/A

Kickoff Returns: 6, Deante’ Purvis vs BYU (10/10) Kickoff Returns: 4, Deionte Gordon vs Sacramento State (9/5) Kickoff Return Yards: 185, Deante’ Purvis vs BYU (10/10) Kickoff Return Yards: 124, O’Neill Chambers vs BYU (10/10) Kickoff Return Long: 94, Deante’ Purvis vs BYU (10/10) Kickoff Return Long: 97, O’Neill Chambers vs BYU (10/10) Kickoff Return, TD: 94, Deante’ Purvis vs BYU (10/10) Kickoff Return, TD: N/A

Offensive Attempts: 65, Mike Clausen at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Offensive Attempts: 57, Greg Alexander vs Hawaii (9/19) Offensive Yards: 359, Omar Clayton vs Hawaii (9/19) Offensive Yards: 494, Greg Alexander vs Hawaii (9/19)

All-Purpose Attempts: 17, Channing Trotter vs Sacramento State (9/5)/at UW (9/26) All-Purpose Attempts: 36, Jacquizz Rodgers vs Oregon State (9/12) All-Purpose Yards: 185, Deante’ Purvis vs BYU (10/10) All-Purpose Yards: 247, Luke Lippincott at Nevada, Reno (10/3)

Points: 18, Channing Trotter vs Sacramento State (9/5) Points: 30, Mike Ball at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Touchdowns: 3, Channing Trotter vs Sacramento State (9/5) Touchdowns: 5, Mike Ball at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Field Goals Attempted: 4, Kyle Watson at New Mexico (10/24) Field Goals Attempted: 3, Ian Watts at Wyoming (9/26) Field Goals Made: 3, Kyle Watson vs Utah (10/17) Field Goals Made: 3, Ian Watts at Wyoming (9/26) Longest Field Goal Attempted: 39, Kyle Watson vs Sacramento State (9/5) Longest Field Goal Attempted: 47, Scott Enos vs Hawaii (9/19) Longest Field Goal Made: 39, Kyle Watson vs Sacramento State (9/5) Longest Field Goal Made: 47, Scott Enos vs Hawaii (9/19)

Punts: 11, Kyle Watson at TCU (10/31) Punts: 7, Augie Heath vs Sacramento State (9/5) Best Punting Average: 46.2, Kyle Watson vs Utah (10/17) Best Punting Average: 53.2, Austin McCoy at Wyoming (9/26) Longest Punt: 59, Kyle Watson at Nevada, Reno (10/6) Longest Punt: 60, Austin McCoy at Wyoming (9/26)

Tackles: 15, Terrance Lee at Air Force (11/14) Tackles: 17, Gabe Knapton at Wyoming (9/26) Sacks: 2.0, Jason Beauchamp at New Mexico (10/24) 17, Carmen Messina at New Mexico (10/24) Interceptions: 1, Marquel Martin vs Colorado State (11/7) Sacks: 1, Jake Heun vs Hawaii (9/19) Interception Return: N/A Interceptions: 2, Tashaun Gipson at Wyoming (9/26) Interception Return, TD: N/A Scott Johnson vs BYU (10/10) Fumbles Forced: 2, Travis Dixon at Nevada, Reno (10/3) Interception Return: 64, Robert Johnson vs Utah (10/17) Fumbles Recovered: 1, 10 times (last Heivaha Mafi at TCU (10/31)) Interception Return, TD: 64, Robert Johnson vs Utah (10/17) Fumble Return: N/A Fumbles Forced: 1, Lance Mitchell vs Oregon State (9/12) Fumble Return, TD: N/A Fumbles Recovered: 1, John Fletcher at Wyoming (9/26) Fumble Return: 18, Keaton Kristic vs Oregon State (9/12) Fumble Return, TD: N/A 2009 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING (Att.-Yds.-TD-Long) FIELD GOALS OPPONENT BROGDON COX CLAUSEN CLAYTON TROTTER WOLFE KYLE WATSON ATT MADE SACRAMENTO ST. 2-7-0-6 4-3-0-5 6-13-1-9 5-20-0-10 16-102-3-25 1-5-0-5 SACRAMENTO ST. 1(39) 1(39) OREGON STATE 1-9-0-9 0-0-0-0 4-25-0-14 5-(-3)-0-3 11-35-0-12 0-0-0-0 OREGON STATE - - HAWAII 2-3-0-3 4-12-0-11 2-5-1-5 9-19-1-11 15-68-0-15 2-10-0-9 HAWAII 1(24) - at Wyoming 1-0-0-0 4-32-0-27 2-6-1-5 6-30-0-8 17-90-1-27 0-0-0-0 at Wyoming 2(28,26) 2(28,26) at Nevada, Reno 1-1-0-1 2-19-1-23 15-16-0-7 DNP 3-2-2-2 2-13-0-10 at Nevada, Reno - - BYU 0-0-0-0 2-3-0-3 2-11-0-10 5-0-0-12 5-14-0-4 0-0-0-0 BYU - - UTAH 1-6-0-6 5-11-0-6 1-27-0-27 11-6-0-13 13-46-0-11 1-(-3)-0(-3) UTAH 3(21,26,37) 3(21,26,37) at New Mexico 6-18-0-6 6-29-0-17 7-39-1-14 6-50-0-18 13-65-1-20 1-1-0-1 at New Mexico 4(44,33,38,27) 2(33,27) at TCU 3-11-0-5 2-9-0-7 7-65-0-40 6-16-0-6 6-12-0-3 1-7-0-7 at TCU - - COLORADO STATE 5-34-0-17 5-28-0-19 6-15-2-7 7-44-1-28 6-45-1-19 2-6-0-5 COLORADO STATE - - at Air Force 3-12-0-7 8-14-0-8 11-60-1-13 10-56-0-20 5-14-0-4 1-2-0-2 at Air Force 1(37) 1(37) SAN DIEGO STATE SAN DIEGO STATE TOTALS 12(44) 9(39) PASSING (Att.-Comp.-Int.-Yds.-TD) OPPONENT CLAUSEN CLAYTON SACRAMENTO ST. 4-4-0-34-0 17-13-0-213-1 OREGON STATE 9-6-0-58-2 26-18-1-170-1 HAWAII 0-0-0-0-0 43-28-2-340-3 at Wyoming 0-1-0-0-0 43-26-2-260-1 at Nevada, Reno 50-26-0-276-1 DNP BYU 9-5-1-39-0 32-20-2-253-2 UTAH 2-2-0-13-1 44-23-2-223-0 at New Mexico 4-3-0-9-0 30-20-0-204-2 at TCU 2-1-1-4-0 21-8-0-38-0 COLORADO STATE 2-1-0-0-0 17-10-0-147-1 at Air Force 5-4-0-27-0 18-9-1-108-1 TROTTER SAN DIEGO STATE RECEIVING (Rec.-Yds.-TD-Long) OPPONENT ANTHONY BAREFIELD JOHNSON PAYNE ROBINSON WATKINS WOLFE SACRAMENTO ST. 2-73-1-55 1-8-0-8 0-0-0-0 4-55-0-24 1-18-0-18 1-7-0-7 5-67-0-31 OREGON STATE 5-57-2-19 1-13-0-13 0-0-0-0 6-46-1-14 1-9-0-9 0-0-0-0 9-91-0-34 HAWAII 1-5-0-5 0-0-0-0 2-13-0-8 8-94-2-16 3-69-1-42 2-17-0-9 9-130-0-52 at Wyoming DNP 0-0-0-0 5-53-0-18 5-52-0-17 3-39-0-18 0-0-0-0 8-96-1-18 at Nevada, Reno DNP 0-0-0-0 5-56-0-14 10-112-0-20 2-57-1-39 0-0-0-0 5-36-0-16 BYU 4-59-1-24 0-0-0-0 6-113-1-75 5-46-0-14 1-4-0-4 0-0-0-0 8-69-0-15 UTAH DNP 0-0-0-0 6-86-0-44 7-58-1-20 1-10-0-10 DNP 6-50-0-15 at New Mexico DNP 0-0-0-0 7-44-0-13 3-38-1-20 1-9-0-9 0-0-0-0 11-118-1-28 at TCU 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-12-0-8 1-4-0-4 0-0-0-0 DNP 5-25-0-11 COLORADO STATE 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-46-0-28 0-0-0-0 3-50-1-28 0-0-0-0 4-42-0-20 at Air Force 0-0-0-0 1-5-0-5 2-20-0-11 4-49-1-30 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 4-36-0-14 SAN DIEGO STATE TACKLING (U-A-Tot-TFL-Int-PBU-Sacks) OPPONENT BEAUCHAMP FUIMAONO LEE MARTIN PAULO POINTER TAUMUA SACRAMENTO ST. 3-4-7-0-0-0 6-5-11-1-0-0-1 3-2-5-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-1-0-0-0 6-5-11-2-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-1-0-0 OREGON STATE 5-0-5-2-0-0-1 8-4-12-1-0-0-0 3-1-4-1-0-0-0 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-1-0 7-1-8-1-0-0-1 1-3-4-1-0-0-1 HAWAII 3-1-4-2.5-0-0-1.5 0-3-3-0-0-0-0 6-3-9-0-0-2-0 0-2-2-0-0-0-0 2-6-8-0-0-0-0 4-4-8-0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-0-0 at Wyoming 3-1-4-1-0-0-1 6-5-11-.5-0-0-0 3-1-4-0-0-0-0 DNP 5-7-9-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-0-0 1-1-2-1-0-0-0 at Nevada, Reno 3-6-9-0.5-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-0-0 1-1-2-0-0-0-0 7-1-8-0.5-0-0-0 1-2-3-1.5-0-0-0 8-2-10-0-0-0-0 1-1-2-0-0-0-0 BYU 2-6-8-0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0-0-0 3-3-6-0-0-0-0 1-1-2-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 UTAH 1-3-4-0-0-0-0 2-1-3-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 DNP 3-1-4-1-0-2-1 2-2-4-0.5-0-0-0 at New Mexico 6-3-9-3-0-0-2 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 3-0-3-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 1-3-4-0-0-1-0 5-1-6-0-0-0-0 2-1-3-1-0-0-0 at TCU 3-5-8-0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0-0-0-0 8-1-9-0-0-0-0 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0-0-0-0 3-1-4-0-0-0-0 2-0-2-1-0-0-0 COLORADO STATE 8-6-14-0.5-0-0-0 1-4-5-0.5-0-0-0 2-1-3-0-0-0-0 3-2-5-0-1-0-0 4-7-11-0-0-0-0 5-2-7-2-0-0-0 1-2-3-0-0-0-0 at Air Force 2-6-8-0-0-0-0 4-8-12-0-0-0-0 6-9-15-0-0-0-0 DNP DNP 5-4-9-0.5-0-0-0 1-3-4-0.5-0-0-0 SAN DIEGO STATE THE LAST TIME IN A REBEL FOOTBALL GAME A KICKOFF WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN A TIE GAME WAS PLAYED UNLV: 94 yards by Michael Johnson vs. BYU, Oct. 10, 2009 UNLV: 16-16 vs. San Jose State, Nov. 23, 1985 OPP: 89 yards by Mekell Wesley of SDSU, Nov. 10, 2007 A TEAM BLOCKED A PUNT A PUNT WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN UNLV: Deante Purvis at New Mexico, Oct. 24, 2009 UNLV: 52 yards by Troy Mason vs. San Diego State, Oct. 13, 2001 OPP: Albert Rosette at Nevada, Reno, Oct. 3, 2009 OPP: 75 yards by Johnny Walker of CSU, Nov. 19, 2005 A TEAM BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL A BLOCKED PUNT WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN UNLV: Malo Taumua at Arizona State, Sept. 13, 2008 UNLV: Rodelin Anthony vs. New Mexico, Nov. 8, 2008 OPP: Antwan Applewhite at SDSU, Nov. 11, 2006 OPP: Shaun Harper at Utah, Oct. 23, 2004 AN INDIVIDUAL KICKED FOUR OR MORE FIELD GOALS A BLOCKED FIELD GOAL WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN UNLV: 4 by Dillon Pieffer vs. Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2003 UNLV: Never OPP: 4 by Peter LoCoco vs. TCU, Nov. 4, 2006 OPP: 86 yards by Jim Leonhard at Wisconsin, Sept. 11, 2004 A 50-YARD FIELD GOAL WAS KICKED AN INTERCEPTION WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN UNLV: 52 yards by Ben Jaekle vs. UNM, Nov. 8, 2008 UNLV: 11 yards by Beau Bell at Wyoming, Oct. 27, 2007 OPP: 50 yards by Brett Jaekle at UNR, Sept. 29, 2007 OPP: 64 yards by Robert Johnson vs Utah, Oct. 17, 2009 AN INDIVIDUAL SCORED FOUR OR MORE TOUCHDOWNS A FUMBLE WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN UNLV: 4 by Henry Bailey vs. Central Michigan, Dec. 15, 1994 UNLV: 67 yards by Jeremy Geathers vs. Idaho State, Sept. 2, 2006 OPP: 5 by Mike Ball at Nevada, Reno, Oct. 3, 2009 OPP: 36 yards by Antwan Applewhite at SDSU, Nov. 20, 2004 A TEAM HAD 600 OR MORE YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE A CONVERSION ATTEMPT WAS RETURNED FOR TWO POINTS UNLV: 644 vs. Wyoming, Nov. 2, 2002 UNLV: Never OPP: 611 vs. BYU, Oct. 10, 2009 Len Ware turned this catch into an OPP: Brand Ratcliff of New Mexico, Oct. 12, 2002 82-yard TD in 1997. A TEAM SCORED AT LEAST 50 POINTS A TEAM PASSED FOR LESS THAN 100 YARDS A SAFETY WAS RECORDED UNLV: 54 vs. Idaho State, Sept. 2, 2006 UNLV: 42 at TCU, Oct. 31, 2009 UNLV: Team safety after ball is illegally batted through end zone OPP: 59 vs. BYU, Oct. 10, 2009 OPP: 99 vs. Sacramento State, Sept. 5, 2009 at Wyoming, Nov. 29, 2003 OPP: Mark Zalewski sacks QB in end zone at Wisconsin, Sept. 11, 2004 A TEAM SCORED AT LEAST 60 POINTS A TEAM HAD TWO RECEIVERS WITH AT LEAST 100 YARDS UNLV: 63 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Oct. 16, 1976 UNLV: 108 by Ryan Wolfe and 100 by Casey Flair vs. Air Force, A SHUTOUT WAS RECORDED ON THE ROAD OPP: 63 at Nevada, Reno, Oct. 3, 2009 Nov. 24, 2006 UNLV: 13-0 vs. Cal State Fullerton, Nov. 12, 1983 OPP: 189 by Rodney Bradley, 146 by Kealoha Pilares and 104 OPP: 41-0 at TCU, Oct. 31, 2009 A PASS WAS COMPLETED FOR AT LEAST 70-79 YARDS by Greg Salas vs Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2009 UNLV: 75 by Omar Clayton to Michael Johnson vs. BYU, Oct. 10, 2009 A SHUTOUT WAS RECORDED AT SAM BOYD STADIUM OPP: 75 by Andy Dalton to Antoine Hicks at TCU, Oct. 31, 2009 AN INDIVIDUAL RUSHED FOR AT LEAST 200 YARDS UNLV: 27-0 vs. Utah, Sept. 22, 2007 UNLV: 222 by Larry Croom at Colorado State, Nov. 30, 2002 OPP: 7-0 by San Diego State, Nov. 8, 2003 A PASS WAS COMPLETED FOR AT LEAST 80-89 YARDS OPP: 240 by Colin Kaepernick of Nevada, Reno, Sept. 27, 2008 UNLV: 82 by Jon Denton to Len Ware vs. AFA, Sept. 13, 1997 A TEAM DID NOT COMMIT A TURNOVER OPP: 90 by Nick Graziano to Mike McCoy at UNR, Sept. 29, 2007 A RUN WENT FOR AT LEAST 50-59 YARDS UNLV: vs Colorado State, Nov. 7, 2009 UNLV: 58 by Channing Trotter vs. TCU, Nov. 1, 2008 OPP: vs. BYU, Oct. 10, 2009 AN INDIVIDUAL PASSED FOR AT LEAST 400 YARDS OPP: 59 by Ed Wesley at TCU, Oct. 31, 2009 UNLV: 401 by Jon Denton vs. SJSU, Nov. 22, 1997 A TEAM DID NOT PUNT OPP: 477 by Greg Alexander of Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2009 A RUN WENT FOR AT LEAST 60-69 YARDS UNLV: vs. Tennessee Tech, Sept. 7, 1985 UNLV: 61 by Ronnie Smith vs. Utah, Oct. 22, 2005 OPP: at Nevada, Reno, Oct. 3, 2009 AN INDIVIDUAL PASSED FOR AT LEAST 500 YARDS OPP: 66 by Colin Keapernick vs Nevada, Reno, Sept. 27, 2008 UNLV: 503 by Jon Denton vs. SDSU, Nov. 16, 1996 OPP: 546 by Cody Ledbetter of NMSU, Nov. 18, 1995 A RUN WENT FOR AT LEAST 70-79 YARDS UNLV: 70 by Shane Steichen at UNR, Sept. 17, 2005 AN INDIVIDUAL PASSED FOR AT LEAST 200 YARDS OPP: 75 by Hoost Marsh at Wyoming, Oct. 27, 2007 AND RUSHED FOR AT LEAST 100 YARDS UNLV: 304 yards passing, 135 yards rushing by Omar Clayton A RUN WENT FOR AT LEAST 80-89 YARDS vs. Colorado State, Oct. 20, 2007 UNLV: 89 by Darin Brightmon vs. NMSU, Sept. 223, 1989 OPP: 284 yards passing, 122 yards rushing by Eric Hisaw OPP: 89 by Mike Ball at Nevada, Reno, Oct. 3, 2009 of Idaho, Sept. 17, 1994 A TEAM RUSHED FOR AT LEAST 300 YARDS AN INDIVIDUAL COMPLETED AT LEAST 30 PASSES UNLV: 311 at Utah, Oct. 23, 2004 UNLV: 31 by Jarrod Jackson vs. BYU, Nov. 5, 2005 OPP: 431 at Air Force, Nov. 14, 2009 OPP: 31 by Greg Alexander of Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2009 A TEAM RUSHED FOR LESS THAN 50 YARDS AN INDIVIDUAL THREW AT LEAST FIVE INTERCEPTIONS UNLV: 45 vs. BYU, Oct. 10, 2009 UNLV: 6 by vs. USL, Nov. 20, 1993 OPP: 28 vs Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2009 OPP: 5 by Dave Henigan of Pacifi c, Oct. 3, 1992 A TEAM HAD TWO RUNNERS WITH AT LEAST 100 YARDS AN INDIVIDUAL INTERCEPTED AT LEAST THREE PASSES UNLV: 222 by RB Larry Croom and 126 by RB Joe Haro UNLV: 3 by Ed Saignes vs. Idaho State, Oct. 13, 1984 at Colorado State, Nov. 30, 2002 OPP: 3 by Darius Cunnigan of Pacifi c, Oct. 3, 1992 OPP: 184 by RB Mike Ball, 173 by QB Colin Kaepernick and 170 by RB Luke Lippincott at Nevada, Reno, Oct. 3, 2009 AN INDIVIDUAL HAD AT LEAST 10 RECEPTIONS Jon Denton’s 503 yards vs. SDSU UNLV: 11 by Ryan Wolfe at New Mexico, Oct. 24, 2009 were an NCAA freshman record. OPP: 13 by Kealoha Pilares vs Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2009 UNLV NUMERICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT CL-EX HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S) 1 Will Chandler DB 5-11 185 SO-1L , CA Birmingham HS 2 Omar Clayton QB 6-1 205 JR-2L Normal, IL Normal Community HS 3 C.J. Cox RB 5-11 200 SO-1L Garland, TX North Garland HS 4 Phillip Payne WR 6-3 200 SO-1L Las Vegas, NV Western HS 5 Chris Jones DB 6-2 190 SO-1L Las Vegas, NV Shadow Ridge HS 6 Mike Clausen QB 6-2 210 SO-1L Riverside, CA John W. North HS 7 Michael Johnson WR 5-8 170 SO-1L Suisun, CA Rodriguez HS 8 Caleb Herring QB 6-3 170 FR-HS Moreno Valley, CA Citrus Hill HS 9 Travis Dixon DB 6-0 190 JR-2L Chandler, AZ Hamilton HS 10 Quinton Pointer DB 5-10 185 JR-2L Cape Coral, FL Mariner HS 11 Les Obie QB 5-10 185 JR-RS Huntington Beach, CA Mater Dei HS/Golden West College 13 Marquel Martin DB 5-11 190 SR-3L Rialto, CA Rialto HS 14 Courtney Bridget DB 6-3 180 FR-HS Baltimore, MD Dunbar HS 15 John Therrell DB 6-2 175 FR-HS Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS 16 Allen Hardison PK 6-4 190 FR-HS Newport Beach, CA Corona Del Mar HS 17 Renan Saint Preux WR 6-1 185 SR-3L Immokalee, FL Immokalee HS 18 Dylan Barrera* QB 5-9 180 JR-TR Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS/Redlands 19 Charles Childers DB 6-0 185 FR-HS Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS 20 Kenny Brown CB 5-10 165 SO-TR Palmdale, CA Paraclete HS/College of the Canyons 21 Warren Zeigler CB 5-11 170 JR-TR San Leandro, CA San Leandro HS/College of San Mateo 22 Alex De Giacomo DB 6-1 185 JR-TR Westminster, CA Westminster HS/El Camino College 23 Terrance Lee DB 6-0 180 SR-1L New Britain, CT New Britain HS/Arizona Western 24 Starr Fuimaono LB 6-0 210 JR-2L Chula Vista, CA Bonita Vista HS 25 Mike Grant DB 5-10 185 JR-TR Fresno, CA Laguna Creek HS/Sierra College 26 Deante’ Purvis DB 5-10 190 SO-1L Pinole, CA Pinole Valley HS 27 Chris Brogdon RB 5-7 215 SR-3L Phoenix, AZ Desert Vista HS 28 Bradley Randle RB 5-7 190 FR-HS Murrieta, CA Vista Murrieta HS 29 Ryan Tillman DB 5-10 175 SR-3L Rialto, CA Rialto HS 30 Imari Thompson RB 5-9 200 FR-RS DeSoto, TX Cedar Hill HS 31 David Biggs DB 5-8 175 JR-1L Moreno Valley, CA Rancho Verde HS 32 Channing Trotter RB 5-8 200 JR-2L Mesa, AZ Red Mountain HS 33 Jason Beauchamp LB 6-3 240 SR-3L San Diego, CA Steele Canyon HS 34 Cedric Coleman DB 5-9 145 FR-HS Keller, TX Fossil Ridge HS 35 Thomas Downs RB 5-8 195 JR-TR Sacramento, CA Sheldon HS/Sierra College 35 Anthony White LB 6-1 210 JR-SQ Las Vegas, NV Palo Verde HS 36 Xavier Ellis DB 5-9 175 FR-HS Roseville, CA Woodcreek HS 37 Kyle Watson PK/P 5-9 215 SR-2L R. Cucamonga, CA Rancho Cucamonga HS/Texas Southern 38 Calvin Randleman DB 6-0 195 JR-RS Huron, OH Huron HS/Ashland University 39 Ben Jaekle PK 6-1 175 JR-2L Las Vegas, NV Bonanza HS 40 Beau Orth LB 6-1 210 SO-1L Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS 41 Jordan Barrett TE 6-3 225 FR-HS Oak Park, CA Notre Dame HS 42 Heivaha Mafi DE 6-1 250 SR-1L Oakland, CA San Lorenzo HS/Laney College 43 Kamu Kapanui LS 6-0 245 SR-3L Honolulu, HI Kamehameha HS 44 Kyle Watkins TE 6-2 240 SO-RS Phoenix, AZ Cactus Shadows HS/Scottsdale CC 45 Brendon Lamers P 5-11 190 JR-1L Palos Verdes, CA Palos Verdes HS/El Camino College 47 Daniel Mareko DE 6-3 245 JR-SQ Pago Pago, A. Samoa Faga’itua HS 48 Beau Brence DE 6-3 245 FR-RS Plano, TX Plano Senior HS 49 Reggie Umuolo LB 5-10 215 FR-HS Phoenix, AZ Centennial HS 50 Andrew Mack OL 6-1 285 FR-HS Plano, TX Plano West HS 51 Daniel Kaanana OL 6-5 270 FR-HS Pearl City, HI Kamehameha HS 52 Travis Trickey LB 6-2 220 FR-RS Springerville, AZ Round Valley HS 53 Matt Kravetz LB 6-1 245 SO-SQ Las Vegas, NV Durango HS 54 Bryce Saldi LB 6-2 220 SO-1L Southlake, TX Southlake Carroll HS 55 Nate Carter LB 6-0 235 SO-1L Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas HS 56 Ronnie Paulo LB 6-1 240 JR-2L Las Vegas, NV Western HS 57 Adam Gent LB 5-11 225 SR-SQ Bremerton, WA Bremerton HS/Utah Valley 58 David Blair LB 6-1 235 FR-RS Tempe, AZ McClintock HS 59 Joe Hawley OL 6-3 310 SR-3L Yorba Linda, CA Esperanza HS 61 Mike Donato OL 6-3 310 SR-2L Las Vegas, NV Eldorado HS 62 A.J. Lewis DL 6-1 245 SO-RS Las Vegas, NV Shadow Ridge HS/Southern Utah 63 Sean Tesoro OL 6-2 290 FR-RS Kahului, HI Baldwin HS UNLV NUMERICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT CL-EX HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S) 64 Doug Zismann OL 6-2 285 FR-HS Phoenix, AZ Shadow Mountain HS 65 Ramsey Feagai DL 6-2 340 JR-2L Honolulu, HI Radford HS 66 John Gianninoto OL 6-4 290 JR-2L Tucson, AZ Catalina Foothills HS 67 Brad Overand OL 6-5 280 FR-HS Yakima, WA West Valley HS 68 Martin Tevaseu DL 6-2 335 SR-1L Boonville, CA Anderson Valley HS/Santa Rosa JC 69 Dominic Bonetpels LB 6-1 225 FR-RS Victorville, CA Silverado HS 70 Jason Heath OL 6-3 280 FR-RS Penryn, CA Del Oro HS 71 Shane Watterson OL 6-4 285 FR-HS Saugus, CA Saugus HS 72 Thomas Wren OL 6-6 280 SO-SQ Yorba Linda, CA Esperanza HS 73 Evan Marchal OL 6-7 310 JR-2L Petaluma, CA Casa Grande HS 74 Thomas Kilgore OL 6-4 305 FR-HS Fresno, CA San Joaquin Memorial HS 75 Matt Murphy OL 6-4 300 JR-2L Lake Forest, CA El Toro HS 76 Jason Koontz OL 6-2 300 FR-HS Corona, CA Santiago HS 77 Yusef Rodgers OL 6-2 270 FR-RS Van Nuys, CA Crespi HS 78 Tyler Lomprey OL 6-1 265 FR-HS Moapa Valley, NV Moapa Valley HS 80 Mark Barefield WR 5-11 195 FR-HS Wills Point, TX Wills Point HS 81 Tate Knutson WR 5-10 175 JR-2L Anchorage, AK East HS 82 Gordy Cooper WR 6-5 215 FR-RS San Jacinto, CA San Jacinto HS 83 Brandon Babineaux WR 6-3 190 FR-HS Folsom, CA Folsom HS 84 Rodelin Anthony WR 6-5 230 SR-3L Immokalee, FL Immokalee HS 85 Jerriman Robinson WR 6-2 190 SR-2L Rialto, CA Rialto HS/Texas Southern 86 Aaron Reed WR 6-4 215 FR-RS Las Vegas, NV Silverado HS 88 Ryan Wolfe WR 6-2 210 SR-3L Santa Clarita, CA Hart HS 89 Austin Harrington TE 6-4 230 SO-SQ Grapevine, TX Grapevine HS 89 Trey Mays WR 5-9 175 SO-TR Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS/College of the Desert 90 Isaiah Shivers DL 6-1 280 FR-HS Upland, CA Upland HS 91 Preston Brooks DE 6-3 255 JR-1L Los Angeles, CA Dorsey HS/Washington State 92 B.J. Bell DE 6-2 260 JR-TR Tustin, CA Tustin HS/Santa Ana College 93 Malo Taumua DL 6-1 270 JR-2L Honolulu, HI Aiea HS 94 Willie Tupou DL 6-0 265 FR-HS Reno, NV Hug HS 95 Alex Klorman DL 6-2 255 FR-HS Las Vegas, NV Del Sol HS 96 James Dunlap DL 6-1 260 SO-TR Pasadena, CA John Muir HS/Citrus College 97 Bennielee Shelby DL 6-1 275 FR-RS Greenville, TX Greenville HS 98 Jesse Backerman DE 6-3 265 FR-HS Tucson, AZ Marana HS 99 Isaako Aaitui DE 6-3 305 JR-2L Pago Pago, A. Samoa Faga’itua HS Robert Adell LB 5-9 210 FR-HS Henderson, NV Green Valley HS Jon Kirschbaum LB 6-0 215 FR-HS Las Vegas, NV Del Sol HS

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