UNLV-USC football game moved to 2018 from 2019
The UNLV football team will face Southern California on Sept. 1, 2018, one year earlier than previously scheduled, the schools announced Friday.
The Rebels will be paid a guarantee of $1.15 million for the game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that was originally scheduled to be played Aug. 31, 2019.
UNLV received a $1 million payday for playing a game at Michigan last season and is set to pocket a school-record $1.3 million for playing at Ohio State on Sept. 23, 2017.
In the only previous meeting between UNLV and USC in 1997, the Trojans rallied for a 35-21 win.
The Rebels’ nonconference schedule this season features home games against Jackson State (Sept. 1) and Idaho (Sept. 24) and road games against UCLA (Sept. 10) and Central Michigan (Sept. 17).
Here are the Rebels’ future nonconference schedules through 2021 (nine dates have yet to be filled):
2017
Sept. 2: Arkansas State
Sept. 9: at Idaho
Sept. 23: at Ohio State
Nov. 11: Brigham Young
2018
Sept. 1: at USC
Sept. 22: at Arkansas State
2019
No games scheduled yet
2020
Sept. 5: Louisiana Tech
Sept. 12: Arizona State
Sept. 19: at Iowa State
2021
Sept. 11: at Arizona State
Sept. 18: Iowa State
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