Nevada Las Vegas Football Team History
Nevada Las Vegas Runnin
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Founded: 1957 Stadium: Allegiant Stadium Capacity: 65,000 Colors: Scarlet & Gray Coach: Bill Ireland Conference: Independent-
1971 Season Highlights
Bill Ireland enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Nevada Las Vegas.
This was the first season Nevada Las Vegas fielded a team.
1971 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 18 vs. Adams St. (CO)
38
0
W
Sat., Sep. 25 @
Utah State
7
27
L
Sat., Oct. 9 vs. Santa Clara (CA)
23
14
W
Sat., Oct. 16 @ Northern Arizona
7
20
L
Sat., Oct. 23 vs. Weber State
17
30
L
Sat., Oct. 30 vs. New Mexico Highlands
55
31
W
Sat., Nov. 6 vs. Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
3
13
L
Sat., Nov. 13 vs. North Dakota
17
17
T
Sat., Nov. 20 @
Nevada
27
13
W
Sat., Nov. 27 vs. University of Mexico
63
6
W
1971 Season Totals
Record 5-4
-1
Points Scored 257
Scoring Average 25.7
Points Allowed 171
Defense Average 17.1
Opponents Record 13-8
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 4-2
-1
Away Record 1-2
1971 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1971 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1971 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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