2019 UNLV Rebels football team

2019 UNLV Rebels football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
Record	2–7 (0–5 MW)
Head coach	Tony Sanchez (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Barney Cotton (5th season: resigned) Garin Justice (1st season as OC, 2nd overall season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tim Skipper (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium (Capacity: 35,000)

2019 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 22 Air Force		7	–	1					11	–	2
Utah State		6	–	2					7	–	6
Wyoming		4	–	4					8	–	5
Colorado State		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Hawaii xy		5	–	3					10	–	5
San Diego State x		5	–	3					10	–	3
Nevada		4	–	4					7	–	6
San Jose State		2	–	6					5	–	7
UNLV		2	–	6					4	–	8
Fresno State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 UNLV Rebels football team represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels are led by fifth year head coach Tony Sanchez and play their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They are members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. This will be the final season UNLV plays at Sam Boyd Stadium, with their November 23 match against San Jose State being their final game at the site. The UNLV Rebels will move into the newly constructed Allegiant Stadium in 2020 where they will share the venue with the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders.

Previous season

The 2018 UNLV Rebels football team went 4–8 overall and 2–6 in Conference play last year and did not qualify for a bowl game last season.

Coaching changes

Barney Cotton resigned as offensive coordinator citing health reasons. Offensive Lineman Garin Justice took over as the Rebels' Offensive Coordinator.

Preseason

Media poll

The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Rebels were predicted to finish in fifth place in the MW West Division.

West

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Fresno State	122 (17)
2	San Diego State	106 (3)
3	Nevada	74
4	Hawaii	67 (1)
5	UNLV	51
6	San Jose State	21

Mountain

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Boise State	120 (15)
2	Utah State	108 (6)
3	Air Force	73
4	Wyoming	66
5	Colorado State	52
6	New Mexico	22

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Southern Utah*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Stadium	W 56–23	17,421
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Stadium on Facebook	L 17–43	18,742
September 14	12:30 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 14–30	37,714
September 28	5:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPNU	L 17–53	23,029
October 5	7:30 p.m.	No. 16 Boise State	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 13–38	24,681
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	W 34–10	20,048
October 18	7:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	CBSSN	L 27–56	26,256
October 26	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 17–20	19,652
November 2	12:30 p.m.	at Colorado State	Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ATTSNRM	L 17–37	24,103
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Island Showdown)	Stadium/SPEC HI
November 23	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ATTSNRM
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)	ATTSNRM
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Southern Utah

Southern Utah at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 0 16 23 • Rebels 7 28 21 0 56 Date: August 31, 2019 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes Game attendance: 17,421 Game weather: Temperature: 105 °F (41 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: 9 MPH Referee: Dwayne Johnson TV announcers (Stadium): Tony Cordasco and Joe Haro

Scoring summary 1 04:58 UNLV Charles Williams 22–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 7–0 1 14:13 UNLV Charles Williams 8–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 14–0 2 09:34 SUU Chris Helbig 2–yard run (Kekoa Sasaoka kick) UNLV 14–7 2 05:51 UNLV Armani Rogers 1–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 21–7 2 02:36 UNLV Mekhi Stevenson 18–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 28–7 2 00:40 UNLV Charles Williams 5–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 35–7 2 13:46 UNLV Armani Rogers 66–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 42–7 3 09:00 UNLV Courtney Reese 11–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 49–7 3 05:21 UNLV Darran Williams 4–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 56–7 4 06:08 SUU Zach Nelson 7–yard pass from Tyler Skidmore (Kekoa Sasaoka kick) UNLV 56–14 4 00:19 SUU Zach Nelson 5–yard pass from Tyler Skidmore (Kekoa Sasaoka kick) UNLV 56–21 4 00:17 SUU Team 1–yard safety UNLV 56–23

See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	Sep. 24, 2011	L, 16–41

Arkansas State

Arkansas State at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • Red Wolves 10 13 10 10 43 Rebels 0 3 7 7 17 Date: September 7, 2019 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 5 minutes Game attendance: 18,742 Game weather: Temperature: 101 °F (38 °C) • Weather: Mostly Clear • Wind: 18 SW MPH Referee: Wayne Walker TV announcers (Stadium on Facebook): Noah Coslov, Ikechuku Ndukwe and Kristen Balboni (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 13:45 ASU Jeremy Smith 35–yard interception (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 7–0 1 04:40 ASU Blake Grupe 26–yard field goal ASU 10–0 2 13:42 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 27–yard field goal ASU 10–3 2 08:45 ASU Logan Bonner 1–yard run (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 17–3 2 02:49 ASU Ryan Graham 9–yard run (Blake Grupe kick blocked) ASU 23–3 3 12:30 ASU Kirk Merritt 37–yard pass from Logan Bonner (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 30–3 3 07:53 UNLV Charles Williams 3–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) ASU 30–10 3 05:53 ASU Blake Grupe 38–yard field goal ASU 33–10 4 12:58 ASU Omar Bayless 71–yard pass from Logan Bonner (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 40–10 4 03:33 ASU Blake Grupe 31–yard field goal ASU 43–10 4 01:53 UNLV Randal Grimes 56–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick) ASU 43–17

See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	Sep. 22, 2018	L, 20–27

at Northwestern

UNLV at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 7 0 0 14 • Wildcats 10 6 7 7 30 Date: September 14, 2019 Location: Ryan Field Evanston, IL Game start: 12:46 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 2 minutes Game attendance: 37,714 Game weather: Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: SE 9 MPH Referee: Larry Smith TV announcers (BTN): Lisa Byington, James Laurinaitis and Elise Menaker (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:32 NU Hunter Johnson 1–yard run (Charlie Kuhbander kick) NU 7–0 1 11:14 UNLV Charles Williams 65–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) TIE 7–7 1 06:21 NU Charlie Kuhbander 33–yard field goal NU 10–7 2 10:56 UNLV Charles Williams 37–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 14–10 2 06:01 NU Charlie Kuhbander 30–yard field goal UNLV 14–13 2 01:19 NU Charlie Kuhbander 44–yard field goal NU 16–14 3 05:58 NU J. J. Jefferson 50–yard pass from Hunter Johnson (Charlie Kuhbander kick) NU 23–14 4 01:30 NU Drake Anderson 7–yard run (Charlie Kuhbander kick) NU 30–14

See also: 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	Sep. 7, 2001	L, 28–37

at Wyoming

UNLV at Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 10 0 0 7 17 • Cowboys 7 26 0 20 53 Date: September 28, 2019 Location: War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY Game start: 6:02 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 22 minutes Game attendance: 23,029 Game weather: Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: SE 28 MPH Referee: Mike Cuttone TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia

Scoring summary 1 09:03 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 40–yard field goal UNLV 3–0 1 04:50 WYO Xazavian Valladay 7–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 7–0 1 01:09 UNLV Giovanni Fauolo Sr. 54–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 10–7 2 14:18 WYO Sean Chambers 17–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick failed) WYO 13–10 2 10:36 WYO Josh Harshman 56–yard pass from Sean Chambers (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 20–10 2 03:53 WYO Cooper Rothe 41–yard field goal WYO 23–10 2 02:08 WYO Cooper Rothe 21–yard field goal WYO 26–10 2 01:04 WYO Jackson Marcotte 20–yard pass from Sean Chambers (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 33–10 4 14:49 WYO Sean Chambers 5–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 40–10 4 10:24 UNLV Kenyon Oblad 1–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) WYO 40–17 4 09:44 WYO Titus Swen 44–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick failed) WYO 46–17 4 09:26 WYO Xazavian Valladay 4–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 53–17

See also: 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–12	Nov. 12, 2016	W, 69–66 3OT

Boise State

Boise State at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 16 Broncos 7 10 7 14 38 Rebels 0 0 7 6 13 Date: October 5, 2019 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 29 minutes Game attendance: 24,681 Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Clear Skies • Wind: 2 NE MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (CBSSN): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor and Jenny Dell (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:33 BSU Garrett Collingham 2–yard pass from Hank Bachmeier (Eric Sachse kick) BSU 7–0 2 13:38 BSU John Hightower 76–yard pass from Hank Bachmeier (Eric Sachse kick) BSU 14–0 2 00:00 BSU Joel Velazquez 52–yard field goal BSU 17–0 3 06:40 BSU Akilian Butler 23–yard run (Eric Sachse kick) BSU 24–0 3 02:33 UNLV Mekhi Stevenson 11–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick) BSU 24–7 4 05:31 BSU Khalil Shakir 24–yard pass from Chase Cord (Eric Sachse kick) BSU 31–7 4 01:23 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 12–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick failed) BSU 31–13 4 01:07 BSU Andrew Van Buren 6–yard run (Eric Sachse kick) BSU 38–13

See also: 2019 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–7	Nov. 18, 2016	L, 25–42

at Vanderbilt

UNLV at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total • Rebels 7 17 0 10 34 Commodores 7 3 0 0 10 Date: October 12, 2019 Location: Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN Game start: 3:01 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 7 minutes Game attendance: 20,048 Game weather: Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NW 6 MPH Referee: David Alvarez TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal, D. J. Shockley and Dawn Davenport (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:10 VANDY Ke'Shawn Vaughn 4–yard run (Ryley Guay kick) VANDY 7–0 1 05:45 UNLV Charles Williams 5–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) TIE 7–7 2 14:52 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 44–yard field goal UNLV 10–7 2 12:05 UNLV Randal Grimes 63–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 17–7 2 09:28 VANDY Ryley Guay 48–yard field goal UNLV 17–10 2 03:39 UNLV Noah Bean 5–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 24–10 4 14:56 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 29–yard field goal UNLV 27–10 4 10:44 UNLV Chad Magyar 14–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 34–10

See also: 2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Fresno State

UNLV at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 3 14 3 7 27 • Bulldogs 7 21 7 21 56 Date: October 18, 2019 Location: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Game start: 7:09 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 25 minutes Game attendance: 26,256 Game weather: Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NW 4 MPH Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (CBSSN): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor and Jenny Dell (sideline)

See also: 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–14	Nov. 3, 2018	L, 3–48

San Diego State

San Diego State at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • Aztecs 14 3 3 0 20 Rebels 0 7 3 7 17 Date: October 26, 2019 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:32 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 15 minutes Game attendance: 19,652 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Clear Skies • Wind: 5 SE MPH Referee: Brad Van Vark TV announcers (CBSSN): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor and Jenny Dell (sideline)

See also: 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–18	Nov. 10, 2018	W, 27–24

at Colorado State

UNLV at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 0 0 3 14 17 • Rams 21 3 3 10 37 Date: November 2, 2019 Location: Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO Game start: 1:38 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutes Game attendance: 24,103 Game weather: Temperature: 44 °F (7 °C) • Weather: Clear and Sunny • Wind: E 5 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner, Brad Thompson (sideline) and Taylor McGregor (sideline)

See also: 2019 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15–1	Oct. 22, 2016	L, 23–42

Hawaii

Hawaii at UNLV
(Island Showdown)

1 2 Total Rainbow Warriors 0 Rebels 0 Date: November 16, 2019 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 1:00 p.m. PST TV announcers (Stadium/SPEC HI): Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano, Scott Robbs (sideline) and Bryan Salmond (sideline)

See also: 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–15	Nov. 17, 2018	L, 28–35

San Jose State

San Jose State at UNLV

1 2 Total Spartans 0 Rebels 0 Date: November 23, 2019 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 1:00 p.m. PST TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner, Brad Thompson (sideline) and Taylor McGregor (sideline)

See also: 2019 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–16–1	Oct. 27, 2018	L, 37–50

at Nevada

UNLV at Nevada
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)

1 2 Total Rebels 0 Wolf Pack 0 Date: November 30, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:00 p.m. PST TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner, Brad Thompson (sideline) and Taylor McGregor (sideline)

See also: 2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–27	Nov. 24, 2018	W, 34–29