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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: Barry Odom
Conference: Mountain West-

Nevada Las Vegas

Team Timeline
First Team: 1971

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1994
Division Championships
2023

Team Records
Overall Record	262-389-4
Winning Pct.	40%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	18
Adjusted Record	262-389-4
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	482 (2023)
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	2-3-0
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	26-31
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
12/18/2024 (Wed) California in LA Bowl @ Inglewood, CA
Last Time: Nevada Las Vegas lost 14-20 in 2022.
All-Time:
Nevada Las Vegas vs. California	0-1-0	0.0%

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

2024 Season Totals
Record	10-3
Scoring	471-285
Conference Record	6-1
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	6-1

2024 Mountain West Standings
Season		Conference
Boise State	12-1	7-0
Colorado State	9-3	6-1
Nevada Las Vegas	10-3	6-1
Fresno State	6-6	4-3
Air Force	5-7	3-4
Hawaii	5-7	3-4
New Mexico	5-7	3-4
San Jose State	7-5	3-4
Utah State	4-8	3-4
San Diego State	3-9	2-5
Wyoming	3-9	2-5
Nevada	3-10	0-7

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	102-165
20 or more	98-98
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	91-196
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

College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.