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Photos: The band (and team) played on

The UNLV Rebels football team played its first bowl game since 2000 at the Heart of Dallas Bowl in Dallas on Jan. 1, a coda to a surprising year in which the team had its first winning season in more than a decade.

Bowl picture still cloudy for Rebels, Mountain West

As it waits for a potential bowl invitation, UNLV has taken on the attitude of former Fresno State coach Pat Hill of wanting to play anybody, anywhere, anytime. The question is whether the Rebels will get to play at all.

Seeds for success take root

About a year ago, Bobby Hauck sat at his desk as reporters asked him about his tenuous future as UNLV’s football coach. He was upfront, telling them he probably needed to get the Rebels bowl eligible to keep his job.

Utah State next hurdle in UNLV’s bowl path

UNLV coach Bobby Hauck and his players genuinely were ticked off after they lost 34-24 to San Jose State last Saturday.

Streaking UNLV eager to keep it going vs. Hawaii

The trip to Hawaii last football season felt like anything but a visit to paradise for UNLV. Even though the Rebels were 3½-point favorites, they were never in the game in getting blown off the field 48-10.

Rebels’ ineptitude worthy of billboard

It came after UNLV’s football team trotted out its punt unit during the second quarter of its home opener against Arizona at Sam Boyd Stadium.