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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] • @UNLVFBSID 2012 UNLV QUICK FACTS GAME 3 FOUNDED: 1957 COLORS: Scarlet & Gray ENROLLMENT: 27,500 UNLV REBELS (0-2/0-0 MW) STADIUM/CAPACITY: Sam Boyd/36,800 VS. PLAYING SURFACE: Artificial-TurfTech OFFENSE: Multiple WASHINGTON STATE (1-1/0-0 Pac-12) DEFENSE: 4-3 DATE: Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 ALL-TIME RECORD: 223-274-4 (45th year) KICKOFF: 6:01 pm PT MW RECORD: 25-72 (14th year) RECORD IN STADIUM: 136-111-3 (42nd year) SITE: Sam Boyd Stadium (36,800/TurfTech Artificial Turf) HEAD COACH: Bobby Hauck (Montana ‘88) TV: ESPN (Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill) HAUCK UNLV RECORD: 4-23 (3rd year) RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 98.9 FM (Russ Langer & Mike Pritchard) HAUCK OVERALL: 84-40 (10th year) ONLINE: Live Stats at unlvrebels.com www.unlvrebels.com FRIDAY’S GAME PREVIEW... UNLV (0-2/0-0), still looking for its initial win of the 2012 season, hosts Washington State (1-1/0-0) for the first time in 21 years in a Friday night game on ESPN ... Football and Fireworks 2012 will feature a post-game fireworks show at Sam Boyd Stadium sponsored by GEICO ... While the Rebels opened last season with an ESPN Thursday game (at Wisconsin), this will mark the first time since 2003 that a UNLV home game will appear on the network ... The Rebels are 6-1-1 all-time in games played on a Friday, including its most recent such date, 42-39 over Air Force, on Nov. 24, 2006 ... UNLV has lost both games this fall on a last-minute field goal (Minnesota ended a triple-overtime outing with a 32-yarder in the opener and NAU hit a 33-yarder with 12 seconds left on Saturday) ... The Rebels have held two consecutive opponents to less than 20 points in regulation for the first time since 2006 (beat Idaho State 54-10 on Sept. 2 and lost 16-10 at Iowa State on Sept. 9) ... UNLV lost by three points or less in back-to-back games for the first time since falling 28-25 in OT to Wyoming and then 10-7 at the following week SMU in 1998 ... This is the third of four consecutive home games to start 2012 ... UNLV is 4-11 all-time vs. teams that were members of the Pac-12 Conference at the time of the game. REBELS vs. COUGARS NOTES... Washington State has won all five meetings between these two schools, which were spread out over five decades ... WSU lists zero players from Nevada but UNLV has two squad members from the Evergreen State, junior OL Brad Overand out of Yakima (West Valley HS) and true freshman tight end Andrew Price out of Blaine HS ... History was made the last time these teams hooked up in Las Vegas as Cougar PK Jason Hanson booted a NCAA Division-I record-long 62-yard field goal without a tee (the kicking tee was banned in 1990) for what is still the Sam Boyd Stadium record ... Hanson’s record was bested by Kansas State’s Martin Gramatica in 1998) ... The first-ever game in this series on Sept. 9, 1978, also marked UNLV’s first game after moving up to NCAA Division I. UNLV actually out-rushed the Pac-10 opponent that night 183-170 but Cougar star QB Jack Thompson completed 21-of-35 attempts for 296 yards and three TDs to spark the 34-7 WSU victory ... UNLV went into halftime trailing 38-7 in the 1983 meeting before outscoring the hosts 21-3 in the second half of a 41-28 loss. Future All-American Randall Cunningham completed 24-of-42 attempts for 296 yards for the Rebels ... The 1986 meeting opened the season for both teams and WSU used a 71-yard interception return for a TD in coasting to a 34-14 win. Kirk Jones ran for 116 yards and future NCAA rushing champ and NFL dancing icon Ickey Woods added 55 on the ground for UNLV. Aug. 30 MINNESOTA L, 30-27 (3OT) CBS SN Minn 1-0 16,013 Rebels play first OT game in four years (second 3OT ever) Sept. 8 NORTHERN ARIZONA L, 17-14 None UNLV 5-3 15,257 NAU shut out in first half, UNLV blanked in second half Sept. 14 WASHINGTON STATE 6 pm PT ESPN WSU 5-0 Cougars come to town for first time since 1991 Sept. 22 AIR FORCE* 7 pm PT TBA AFA 13-4 First time opening with 4 straight home games since ‘73 Sept. 29 at Utah State 5 pm PT ESPN3 USU 12-7 Final non-conference meeting as Aggies join MW in 2013 Oct. 6 at Louisiana Tech 4 pm PT ESPN3 UNLV 2-0 Rebs snapped Tech’s 18-game home win streak last visit (‘93) Oct. 13 NEVADA, RENO* 12 pm PT TBA UNR 22-15 Only fifth time teams will meet as conference foes Oct. 20 at Boise State* 12:30 pm PT NBC SN BSU 4-3 UNLV heads to Boise for first time in a quarter century Oct. 27 at San Diego State* 5 pm PT TBA SDSU 13-8 Rebs face another former UNLV head coach, Jeff Horton Nov. 3 NEW MEXICO* 1 pm PT TBA UNM 10-9 UNLV looking for third straight home win over Lobos Nov. 10 at Colorado State* 4 pm PT TBA CSU 13-6-1 Rebs seeking to win 3-of-4 vs. CSU for first time since 1978-82 Nov. 17 WYOMING* 1 pm PT TBA Tied at 10 Home squad has won five straight in this series Nov. 24 at Hawai’i* 8 pm PT TBA UH 13-8 Teams meeting as league rivals for first time since 1997 THE LAST TIME THEY MET 2012 SERIES BREAKDOWN (Sept. 10, 2011) REBEL RUNDOWN WSU 59, UNLV 7 WSU LEADS 5-0 Record: 0-2 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Marshall Lobbestael threw for career LAST MEETING: 2011 (WSU 59-7) Home: 0-2 highs of 361 yards and five touchdowns as Washington WSU at UNLV RECORD: 1-0 Away: 0-0 State beat UNLV 59-7 in the first meeting of the programs UNLV at WSU RECORD: 0-4 Day Games: 0-0 since 1991. Washington State (2-0) scored touchdowns UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: N/A Night Games (Start after 5 pm): 0-2 on its first five possessions and held a 35-0 lead WSU’s LARGEST WIN: 52 (2011) TV Games: 0-1 at halftime to win its first two games of the season DATE SITE RESULT on CBS Sports Network 0-1 for the first time since 2005. Lobbestael, who took 9-9-78 Spokane WSU 34-7 on NBC Sports Network 0-0 9-24-83 Spokane WSU 41-28 over as starter after Jeff Tuel suffered a fractured 9-6-86 Pullman WSU 34-14 on ESPN 0-0 collarbone last week, completed 24 of 32 passes. 9-28-91 Las Vegas WSU 40-13 on Cox Cable/ESPN3 0-0 The fifth-year senior was not intercepted. 9-10-11 Pullman WSU 59-7 When Scoring First: 0-2 UNLV (0-2) was scoreless until Tim Cornett’s 95-yard When Opponent Scores First: 0-0 kickoff return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. The Rebels gained just 158 yards and could not When Leading at Halftime: 0-1 stop the WSU offense, which produced 610 yards. Backup quarterback Connor Halliday threw a pair When Trailing at Halftime: 0-1 of late touchdown passes for WSU, giving them seven for the game. UNLV quarterback Caleb Herring When Tied at Halftime: 0-0 completed just 11-of-20 passes for 60 yards. Marquess Wilson caught five passes for 102 yards and a When Leading After 3rd Quarter: 0-2 touchdown for WSU. Jared Karstetter had six receptions for 66 yards and two touchdowns. This one When Trailing After 3rd Quarter: 0-0 was over early, as Rickey Galvin ran 48 yards for a touchdown on WSU’s opening drive. Galvin finished In Overtime Games: 0-1 When Scoring <20 Points: 0-1 with 80 yards on five carries. On WSU’s second possession, Karstetter caught a five-yard touchdown When Scoring 20-29 Points: 0-1 pass from Lobbestael to cap a 74-yard drive for a 14-0 Cougars’ lead. On WSU’s third possession, When Scoring 30+ Points: 0-0 Lobbestael completed passes of 22 and 37 yards to Wilson, then hit a diving Karstetter for a 19-yard When Allowing <20 Points: 0-1 touchdown strike in the end zone. When Allowing 20-29 Points: 0-0 When Allowing 30+ Points: 0-1 NEW LIDS FOR THE KIDS When Rushing <100 Yards: 0-0 UNLV came out sporting a new helmet and uniform design in the When Rushing 100-199 Yards: 0-2 season opener vs. Minnesota. The helmet, redesigned by head When Rushing 200+ Yards: 0-0 coach Bobby Hauck and longtime director of equipment Paul When Passing <200 Yards: 0-1 Pucciarelli, included a new base gray color, changing from black to When Passing 200-299 Yards: 0-1 dark gray facemasks and adding three stripes to the center. While When Passing 300+ Yards: 0-0 the traditional UNLV arch logo (first introduced in 1999) returns, When <300 Yards Total Offense: 0-1 the color scheme has changed from red lettering outlined in black When 300+ Yards Total Offense: 0-1 to white lettering outlined in red.