Members of the record-breaking 1984 UNLV football team were in attendance at the Spring Showcase, echoing the current team’s goal of a championship.
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Talent everywhere — from those returning and those arriving — could make the UNLV football offense of coordinator Brennan Marion even more potent in 2024.
The Rebels, who opened spring practice Saturday, said they could have done more last season than win nine games and reach a bowl game.
The Rebels looked very much the part of a team playing in its first Mountain West championship game, falling to Boise State on Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.
Mountain West teams will play either Oregon State or Washington State during the 2024 football season, the conference announced Friday.
Jackson Woodard followed coach Barry Odom from Arkansas to Las Vegas, and the junior has responded with a team-leading 104 tackles for the 9-3 Rebels.
UNLV lost to San Jose State on Saturday, but still managed the program’s most wins since 1984. And the Rebels will likely still play in the Mountain West title game.
Ranked sixth nationally, UNLV’s special teams units have had as much to do with the 9-2 start as any facet of the Rebels’ game. UNLV hosts San Jose State on Saturday.
Far from perfect, UNLV’s football team overcame a 24-7 deficit Saturday to defeat Air Force and climb within one victory of playing for a conference title.
The UNLV football team made a late goal-line stand to defeat Air Force in a showdown of the teams tied for first place in the Mountain West.
First-year UNLV football coach Barry Odom has preached competing for conference titles since taking the job, a pursuit the Rebels will continue against Air Force.
The UNLV football team is 7-2 under first-year coach Barry Odom and has been able to move on from victories quickly to focus on a bigger prize.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Jayden Maiava has helped lead UNLV to bowl eligibility since taking over for injured Doug Brumfield in the third game this season.
Barry Odom is a really good football coach. But perhaps more impressive than on-field results has been the attitude Odom instills in his team. A winning one.
The 4-1 Rebels meet the Wolf Pack — one of the nation’s worst teams with a 15-game losing streak — in an annual rivalry game on Saturday at Mackay Stadium.