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MARK WALLINGTON • O: (702) 895-4472 • C: (702) 528-6291 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @UNLVFBSID SARAH MICINSKI• O: (702) 895-3207 • C: (509) 499-4656 • EMAIL: [email protected] • @sarahsaj25 2020 REBEL QUICK FACTS GAME 3: ELEVATION: 2,100 Feet FOUNDED: 1957 ENROLLMENT: 31,142 UNLV REBELS (0-2/0-2 Mountain West) ALL-TIME RECORD: 254-341-4 (53rd year) vs. MW RECORD: 46-113 (22nd year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 0-1 (1st year) Fresno State (1-1/1-1 Mountain West) HEAD COACH: Marcus Arroyo (SJSU ‘03) DATE: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 ARROYO UNLV REC: 0-2 (1st year) KICKOFF: 12:32 pm PT SITE: Allegiant Stadium (65,000/Artificial), Las Vegas, NV TV: CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden & Ross Tucker) RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer and Caleb Herring) WATCH THE GAME: ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com 1333 HD 221 HD 158 HD SATURDAY’S PREVIEW... UNLV (0-2/0-2) plays its first day game of the season when it hostsFresno State (1-1/1-1) Saturday at Allegiant Stadium ... Last week the Rebels debuted at their new home by falling to in-state rival UNR 37-19 while the Bulldogs, who are this week hitting the road for the first time in 2020, downed Colorado State 38-17 on Thursday ... UNLV looks to win its first game under new head coach Marcus Arroyo who was hired by UNLV in December after helping Oregon win the Pac-12 Championship (and then Rose Bowl) as offensive coordinator ... Allegiant Stadium is the fourth home of UNLV football (and the closest to campus at three miles away) ... The Rebels downed St. Mary’s in their inaugural home game played at old Cashman Field in 1968; won their first game at Butcher Memorial Field vs. Southern Utah in 1970; and lost to Weber State in mid-season 1971 when opening up Sam Boyd Stadium (then known as Las Vegas Stadium), which became the program’s home for the next half-century. REBELS vs. BULLDOGS NOTES... These programs have played each other as part of three different conferences (Big West, WAC and now MW) ... FS leads the overall series 15-7 but the teams have split their last six meetings ... FS lists two senior players who transferred home after signing with UNLV but never played for the Rebels: LB David Tate Jr. and DL Leevel Tatum III ... Two first-year UNLV assistants previously coached for the Bulldogs: OL coach Cameron Norcross was at Fresno State in 2012-15 and LB coach Kenwick Thompson was with the Bulldogs in 2018-19 ... Fresno State cornerbacks coach J.D. Williams worked at UNLV in 2015-16. LIMITED FANS APPROVED FOR FIRST TWO GAMES... UNLV Athletics’ plan to allow a limited number of fans at its home football games at Allegiant Stadium was approved for the first two games by the Southern Nevada Health District as well as the state of Nevada’s department of Business & Industry on Oct. 23. Although the Governor’s directive for gatherings at stadiums does allow for up to 10% capacity, to comply with restrictions requiring independent section zones of 250 people or less, separated by at least 25 feet that operate and function separately without attendees leaving their zones, UNLV is limited to 3% of capacity which equates to 2,000 patrons. Game attendees must be screened upon entry, be required to wear face coverings and maintain social distance, and follow other health and safety protocols. Plans for games that occur after November 14 must be resubmitted. DATE OPPONENT TIME TV SERIES ATTEND THE NOTE TO KNOW Oct. 24 at San Diego State L, 34-6 CBS SN SDSU 19-10 No fans Rebels use three QBS in first half of Arroyo’s debut Oct. 31 UNR L, 37-19 FS1 UNR 27-19 2,000 UNLV debuts its new home at Allegiant Stadium Nov. 7 FRESNO STATE 12:30 pm PT CBS SN FS 15-7 These teams have split last six meetings Nov. 14 at San Jose State 7:30 pm PT FS2 SJSU 17-6-1 Rebels looking for first win at SJSU since 1993 (0-5) Nov. 21 at Colorado State TBA FS1/FS2 CSU 17-6-1 UNLV plays back-to-back seasons in Fort Collins Nov. 27 WYOMING TBA FS1 WYO 13-11 Last LV meeting was highest-scoring MW game ever Dec. 4 BOISE STATE 6:30 pm PT CBS SN BSU 8-3 Most recent UNLV win over Broncos came in 1976 Dec. 12 at Hawai’i 8:00 pm PT Spectrum Sports UH 17-12 Last 3 in series played on islands decided by 1 score 2020 SERIES BREAKDOWN REBELATIONS... REBEL RUNDOWN FS LEADS 15-7 Senior RB Charles Williams needs just 33 rushing FS at UNLV RECORD: 6-4 yards this weekend to pass Kirk Jones (2,656 from Record: 0-2 UNLV at FS RECORD: 3-9 1983-86)9into fifth place on UNLV’s career list ... Despite Home: 0-1 UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: 29 (35-6 in 1980) having made just 21 total starts as a Rebel, the Chuck Away: 0-1 FS’s LARGEST WIN: 45 (48-3 in 2018) Wagon heads into the Fresno State game standing 13th Day Games (Start before 5 pm): 0-0 DATE SITE RESULT in the FBS with 2,624 net rush yards ... Williams, a native Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 0-2 11-3-79 Fresno UNLV 31-28 of Fresno, has rushed for 356 yards in three appearances TV Games: 0-2 9-13-80 Las Vegas UNLV 35-6 against the Bulldogs (118.6 YPG) ... The Rebels converted on CBS Sports Network 0-1 11-7-81 Fresno FS 42-26 5 of 6 fourth-down attempts against UNR and currently on FS1 0-1 11-20-82 Las Vegas FS 30-28 on FS2 0-0 rank 15th in the nation at 80% on the year ... UNLV 11-5-83 Fresno UNLV 20-7 features an entirely new coaching staff in 2020 but one on Spectrum 0-0 11-24-84 Las Vegas UNLV 27-13 When Scoring First: 0-0 9-14-85 Fresno FS 26-6 that brings unprecedented combined on-field experience When Opponent Scores First: 0-2 10-6-86 Las Vegas FS 36-7 to Las Vegas. Not only is head coach Marcus Arroyo When Leading at Halftime: 0-0 10-31-87 Fresno FS 45-10 the first former Power Five coordinator to take over the When Trailing at Halftime: 0-2 11-12-88 Las Vegas FS 31-14 Rebels, of his 10 full-time assistant coaches, eight came When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 10-28-89 Fresno FS 31-17 directly from P5 programs spread out among the Pac-12 When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 0-0 11-3-90 Las Vegas FS 45-18 (4), Big 12 (2), SEC (1) and Big Ten (1). UNLV’s head When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-2 10-26-91 Fresno FS 48-22 coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator In Overtime Games: 0-0 10-26-96 Las Vegas FS 34-23 also boast NFL experience on their resumes. Arroyo When Scoring <20 Points: 0-2 10-25-97 Fresno FS 46-28 was the interim offensive coordinator for the Tampa When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-0 10-19-13 Fresno FS 38-14 When Scoring 30+ Points: 0-0 10-10-14 Las Vegas UNLV 30-27(OT) Bay Buccaneers in 2014, defensive coordinator Peter When Allowing <20 Points: 0-0 10-16-15 Fresno FS 31-28 Hansen spent three years with the San Francisco 49ers When Allowing 20-29 Points: 0-0 10-1-16 Las Vegas UNLVWilliams 45-20 in between stints at Stanford, and offensive coordinator When Allowing 30+ Points: 0-2 10-28-17 Fresno UNLV 26-16 Glenn Thomas spent six years with the Atlanta Falcons When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-1 11-3-18 Las Vegas FS 48-3 ... UNLV has not returned a punt for a touchdown in 19 When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 0-1 10-18-19 Fresno FS 56-27 years -- believed to be the longest drought in the nation. When Rushing 200+ Yards: 0-0 The last Rebel to do it was Troy Mason, who went 52 When Passing <200 Yards: 0-1 yards vs. San Diego State on Oct. 13, 2001, at Sam Boyd Stadium ... When senior Max Gilliam took the When Passing 200-299 Yards: 0-1 first snap October 24, he became the 12th different quarterback in the last 17 years to start a UNLV season When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-0 opener. The man who started the previous three openers, Armani Rogers, is now at Ohio University as When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-1 a graduate transfer. When Rogers went down with an injury in 2018, Gilliam was pushed into the starting When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 0-1 When Allowing <100 Yds Rush: 0-0 role and started seven of his 11 outings that fall. He did not see the field as a junior in 2019 but drew the When Allowing 100-199 Yds Rush: 0-1 start against the Aztecs and tossed his 15th career touchdown for UNLV’s only points on the night ... Also When Allowing 200+ Yds Rush: 0-1 seeing action against SDSU were quarterbacks Kenyon Oblad and Justin Rogers. Oblad started the When Allowing <200 Yds Pass: 0-1 final eight games of 2019 while Rogers was granted immediate eligibility from the NCAA after coming over When Allowing 200-299 Yds Pass: 0-0 from TCU where he only appeared briefly in one game, running one series in the Horned Frogs’ bowl trip When Allowing 300+ Yds Pass: 0-1 in 2018 ..