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
2017 Season Highlights
Tony Sanchez enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Nevada Las Vegas.
2017 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 2 vs. Howard
40
43
L
Sat., Sep. 9 @ Idaho
44
16
W
Sat., Sep. 23 @
Ohio State
21
54
L
Sat., Sep. 30 vs.
San Jose State
41
13
W
Sat., Oct. 7 vs.
San Diego State
10
41
L
Sat., Oct. 14 @
Air Force
30
34
L
Sat., Oct. 21 vs.
Utah State
28
52
L
Sat., Oct. 28 @
Fresno State
26
16
W
Sat., Nov. 4 vs.
Hawaii
31
23
W
Fri., Nov. 10 vs.
Brigham Young
21
31
L
Fri., Nov. 17 @
New Mexico
38
35
W
Sat., Nov. 25 @
Nevada
16
23
L
2017 Season Totals
Record 5-7
Points Scored 346
Scoring Average 28.8
Points Allowed 381
Defense Average 31.8
Opponents Record 58-70
Conference Record 4-4
Home Record 2-4
Away Record 3-3
2017 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2017 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2017 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 Orange Bowl was played between Manhattan College and the University of Miami on New Year's Day in 1935.