UNLV rushed for 331 yards and seven touchdowns to defeat Southern 56-23 on Saturday in the season opener at Sam Boyd Stadium. The rushing TDs tied a school record.
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Eight Southern Utah players are from Las Vegas, making Saturday’s game against UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium a homecoming for them.
A position-by-position breakdown of UNLV’s game against Southern Utah at 7 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The two-deep lineups for UNLV and Southern Utah. They meet at 7 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV is a 24-point favorite in Saturday’s 7 p.m. season opener against Southern Utah at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Rebels need to validate their bowl hopes with a strong performance.
A highly choreographed six-week project is planned to make Allegiant Stadium an indoor venue with the installation of steel cables to support a translucent roof.
UNLV quarterback Caleb Herring threw three interceptions that were returned for touchdowns in a 2011 loss to Southern Utah. He came back two years later to take the Rebels to a bowl.
UNLV’s season opens at 7 p.m. Saturday against Southern Utah at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Rebels need to become bowl eligible for coach Tony Sanchez to get a sixth season.
Numbers rarely lie and those of the junior quarterback Armani Rogers suggest bowl eligibility for the Rebels in 2019 will be directly linked to whether or not he has grown into a more accurate passer.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez’s radio show begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and will be broadcast on KWWN (1100 AM, 100.9 FM).
Major questions face the contenders for the Mountain West divisional races, creating an opportunity for a school picked lower in the standings to move up.
Mike Thomas, one of the greatest running backs in UNLV history whose career rushing record stood for almost four decades, died Friday in Houston after a long illness.
UNLV opens its season against Southern Utah on Saturday. Openers are often sloppy, but 17 of the Rebels’ projected starters are juniors and seniors.
UNLV football is ready to open up its 49th and final season at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday against Southern Utah.
UNLV’s football program will take a major step when the Fertitta Football Complex and Allegiant Stadium open within the next year. But the Rebels know they must continue to invest.