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: Bill Ireland Conference: Independent-
1970 Season Highlights
Bill Ireland enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Nevada Las Vegas.
1970 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 19 vs. Southern Utah
28
6
W
Sat., Sep. 26 @ Idaho State
34
64
L
Sat., Oct. 3 vs. Oregon Tech
56
0
W
Sat., Oct. 10 @ California-Riverside
19
21
L
Sat., Oct. 17 vs. Cal St.-Los Angeles
20
21
L
Thu., Oct. 22 @ Cal St.-Fullerton
20
10
W
Sat., Oct. 31 @ Santa Clara (CA)
35
25
W
Sat., Nov. 7 vs.
Hawaii
21
28
L
Sat., Nov. 14 vs. Montana State
38
36
W
Sat., Nov. 21 vs.
Nevada
42
30
W
1970 Season Totals
Record 6-4
Points Scored 313
Scoring Average 31.3
Points Allowed 241
Defense Average 24.1
Opponents Record 15-5
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 4-2
Away Record 2-2
1970 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1970 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1970 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.