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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:
Conference: Mountain West-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Nevada Las Vegas 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1971  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1994
Division Championships
  2023
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 263-389-4
 Winning Pct. 40%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 18
 Adjusted Record 263-389-4
 Winning Pct. 40%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 1
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 67-158-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 173-167-3
 Away Record 87-219-1
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 57
 Winning Seasons (#1) 22
 Losing Seasons (#1)35
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (1974)
 Most Loses in A Season 13 (1984)
 10 Win Seasons 2
 Most Points Scored in a Game 80 (9/26/2015)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 495 (2024)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 69 (10/24/1981)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 551 (1996)
 Largest Margin of Victory 72 (9/26/2015)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 69 (9/2/1989)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 135 (11/12/2016)
 Last Shutout 9/22/2007
 Last Time Shutout 10/8/2011
 Shutouts All-Time 9
 Been Shutout All-Time 15
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 12 (9/14/1974-11/30/1974)
 Longest Losing  24 (9/3/1983-12/15/1984)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 3-3-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  27-31
 2010-19  35-89
 2000-09  41-77
 1990-99 33-79
 1980-89 40-72-1
 1970-79 73-36-3
 1960-69 14-5
 1950-59 0-0
 1940-49 0-0
 1930-39 0-0
 1920-29 0-0
Next Game
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  @ Houston  27-7 W
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Utah Tech  72-14 W
 Fri., Sep. 13  @ Kansas  23-20 W
 Sat., Sep. 21  OPEN 
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Fresno State  59-14 W
 Fri., Oct. 4  vs. Syracuse  41-44 L
 Fri., Oct. 11  @ Utah State  50-34 W
 Sat., Oct. 19  @ Oregon State  33-25 W
 Fri., Oct. 25  vs. Boise State  24-29 L
 Sat., Nov. 2  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 9  @ Hawaii  29-27 W
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. San Diego State  41-20 W
 Fri., Nov. 22  @ San Jose State  27-16 W
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. Nevada  38-14 W
 Fri., Dec. 6  @ Boise State  7-21 L
 Wed., Dec. 18  @ California  24-13 W
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record11-3
  Scoring495-298
  Conference Record6-1
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record6-1
 
2024 Mountain West  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Boise State 12-27-0
Colorado State 9-46-1
Nevada Las Vegas 11-36-1
Fresno State 6-74-3
Air Force 5-73-4
Hawaii 5-73-4
New Mexico 5-73-4
San Jose State 7-63-4
Utah State 4-83-4
San Diego State 3-92-5
Wyoming 3-92-5
Nevada 3-100-7
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Nevada Las Vegas & Nevada have played 50 games.
Nevada Las Vegas has won 21 games.
Nevada has won 29 games.
with 0 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-32
 10 or more 103-165
 20 or more  99-98
 30 or more 74-25
 40 or more 35-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 11-1
 10 or more 92-196
 20 or more 55-190
 30 or more 19-148
 40 or more 3-87
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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.