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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: Tony Sanchez
Conference: Mountain West-West

1971 <-- 2016 <- 2017 -> 2018 --> 2024

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 Mountain West-West Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fresno State	10-4	380	251	Won 33-27	7-1	221	105	Jeff Tedford
San Diego State	10-3	400	263	Lost 35-42	6-2	243	139	Rocky Long
Nevada Las Vegas	5-7	346	381		4-4	220	237	Tony Sanchez
Nevada	3-9	338	407		3-5	259	264	Jay Norvell
Hawaii	3-9	273	407		1-7	151	268	Nick Rolovich
San Jose State	2-11	206	542		1-7	114	336	Ron Caragher

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 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.