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: Tony Sanchez Conference: Mountain West-West
2016 Season Highlights
Tony Sanchez enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Nevada Las Vegas.
2016 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Thu., Sep. 1 vs. Jackson State
63
13
W
Sat., Sep. 10 @
UCLA
21
42
L
Sat., Sep. 17 @
Central Michigan
21
44
L
Sat., Sep. 24 vs. Idaho
30
33
L
Sat., Oct. 1 vs.
Fresno State
45
20
W
Sat., Oct. 8 @
San Diego State
7
26
L
Sat., Oct. 15 @
Hawaii
41
38
W
Sat., Oct. 22 vs.
Colorado State
23
42
L
Sat., Oct. 29 @
San Jose State
24
30
L
Sat., Nov. 12 vs.
Wyoming
69
66
W
Fri., Nov. 18 @
Boise State
25
42
L
Sat., Nov. 26 vs.
Nevada
10
45
L
2016 Season Totals
Record 4-8
Points Scored 379
Scoring Average 31.6
Points Allowed 441
Defense Average 36.8
Opponents Record 63-66
Conference Record 3-5
Home Record 3-3
Away Record 1-5
2016 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2016 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2016 All Mountain West Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.