UNLV releases football schedule

What could be the most demanding schedule in UNLV football history was released today.

The 13-game schedule includes seven road trips and a school-record nine games against teams that played in bowls last season.

"We've got our hands full, that's for sure," first-year coach Bobby Hauck said.

Hauck noted the Mountain West Conference didn't help the Rebels by scheduling a Sept. 11 trip to Utah the week after opening at home against Wisconsin.

"But no one on the schedule's a gimme," he said. "That doesn't matter. We have to play them as they come."

Hauck, though, did raise a concern about the Nov. 18 home game against Air Force, a Thursday night contest just five days after hosting Wyoming.

"They didn't do us any favors," Hauck said of having to prepare for the triple option.

SCHEDULE (All times Pacific)
Sept. 4, Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Sept. 11, at Utah, 1 p.m.
Sept. 18, at Idaho, TBD
Sept. 25, New Mexico, 7 p.m.
Oct. 2, UNR, 7 p.m.
Oct. 9, at West Virginia, TBD
Oct. 16, at Colorado State, 11 a.m.
Oct. 30, Texas Christian, 8 p.m.
Nov. 6, at Brigham Young, 11 a.m.
Nov. 13, Wyoming, 7 p.m.
Nov. 18, Air Force, 7 p.m.
Nov. 27, at San Diego State, 5 p.m.
Dec. 4, at Hawaii, TBD