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: John Robinson Conference: Mountain West-
2000 Season Highlights
John Robinson enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Nevada Las Vegas.
2000 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 9 @
Iowa State
22
37
L
Sat., Sep. 16 vs.
North Texas
38
0
W
Sat., Sep. 23 @
Brigham Young
7
10
L
Sat., Sep. 30 vs.
Air Force
34
13
W
Sat., Oct. 7 vs.
Nevada
38
7
W
Sat., Oct. 14 @
Colorado State
19
20
L
Sat., Oct. 21 vs.
Wyoming
42
23
W
Sat., Oct. 28 @
Mississippi
40
43
L
Sat., Nov. 4 @
Utah
16
38
L
Sat., Nov. 11 vs.
New Mexico
18
14
W
Sat., Nov. 25 @
San Diego State
31
24
W
Sat., Dec. 2 @
Hawaii
34
32
W
Thu., Dec. 21
Arkansas
31
14
W
@ Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Bowl
2000 Season Totals
Record 8-5
Points Scored 370
Scoring Average 28.5
Points Allowed 275
Defense Average 21.2
Opponents Record 68-84
Conference Record 4-3
Home Record 5-0
Away Record 2-5
2000 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2000 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2000 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.