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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-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Nevada Las Vegas 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1971  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1994
Division Championships
  2023
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 260-388-4
 Winning Pct. 40%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 18
 Adjusted Record 260-388-4
 Winning Pct. 40%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 1
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 63-158-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 172-167-3
 Away Record 86-218-1
 
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 1
 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  24-30
 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
 11/22/2024 (Fri)  
@ San Jose State in a Conference Game
Last Time: Nevada Las Vegas lost 31-37 in 2023.
All-Time:
 Nevada Las Vegas vs. San Jose State 6-21-1 22.2% 
 
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  
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. Nevada  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record8-2
  Scoring399-234
  Conference Record2-1
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record5-0
 
2024 Mountain West  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Boise State 9-13-0
Colorado State 8-23-0
San Jose State 6-43-1
Nevada Las Vegas 8-22-1
Air Force 3-71-2
Fresno State 5-51-1
Hawaii 4-71-2
New Mexico 5-61-2
San Diego State 3-71-1
Utah State 3-71-2
Wyoming 2-81-2
Nevada 3-80-2
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Nevada Las Vegas & Nevada have played 49 games.
Nevada Las Vegas has won 20 games.
Nevada has won 29 games.
with 0 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-31
 10 or more 100-165
 20 or more  96-98
 30 or more 73-25
 40 or more 35-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 11-1
 10 or more 89-195
 20 or more 55-189
 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.

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