2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, L 21−30 vs. Ohio
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
Record	7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Jay Norvell (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Mumme (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Casteel (3rd season: 1–12, fired) Jody Sears (1st season: Bowl Game)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

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 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by 3rd year head coach Jay Norvell and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the Western Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West division.

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2018 season 8–5 and 5–3 in Mountain West to finish in second place in the West Division and won the Arizona Bowl against Arkansas State by 16 to 13 in Overtime.

Coaching changes

Jeff Casteel was relieved of his duties as defensive coordinator. Former Sacramento State head coach Jody Sears took over as Wolf Pack's Defensive Coordinator for the bowl game. Norvell said "Jeff, David and Mike have made significant contributions to our program and I'm appreciative of their efforts with the Wolf Pack, We are moving forward in a new direction, and we are preparing for the bowl game at this time." and Norvell again said "We're excited to have these high quality coaches with us as we prepare for a really good Ohio team in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, With the early signing period behind us, our sole purpose is to prepare our players to win the bowl game. We will focus on filling permanent additions to the staff in January. Probably the most important thing is getting the right coaches here for the long term, I'm not going to hurry through that process. I'm going to take my time. I'm going to talk to everybody I know. We'll talk to college coaches, professional coaches, everybody that I respect we'll get information from and we'll make sure we have the right people who have the qualities that we need to take the next step."

Preseason

Media poll

The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Wolf Pack were predicted to finish in third 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 30, 2019	6:30 p.m.	Purdue*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	W 34–31	20,144
September 7	4:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 6–77	50,920
September 14	4:00 p.m.	No. 6 (FCS) Weber State*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	W 19–13	14,174
September 21	5:00 p.m.	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN3	W 37–21	10,493
September 28	7:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN2	L 3–54	15,137
October 12	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ATTSNRM	W 41–38	15,311
October 19	7:15 p.m.	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ESPNU	L 10–36	15,240
October 26	11:00 a.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ATTSNRM	L 3–31	16,126
November 2	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle of the Wolves)	ESPNU	W 21–10	15,631
November 9	7:30 p.m.	at No. 24 San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	W 17–13	27,973
November 23	7:30 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPN2	W 35–28	32,303
November 30	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)	ATTSNRM	L 30–33 OT	16,683
January 3, 2020	12:30 p.m.	vs. Ohio*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–30	13,611
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Purdue

Purdue at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 10 14 7 0 31 • Wolf Pack 0 7 10 17 34 Date: August 30, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:33 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 58 minutes Game attendance: 20,144 Game weather: Temperature: 86 °F (30 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: WNW 10 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan and Corey Chavous

Scoring summary 1 09:37 PUR Brycen Hopkins 2-yard pass from Elijah Sindelar (J. D. Dellinger kick) PUR 7–0 1 02:05 PUR J. D. Dellinger 32-yard field goal PUR 10–0 2 04:43 NEV Dominic Christian 38-yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) PUR 10–7 2 03:15 PUR Jackson Anthrop 38-yard pass from Elijah Sindelar (J. D. Dellinger kick) PUR 17–7 2 00:27 PUR Rondale Moore 39-yard pass from Elijah Sindelar (J. D. Dellinger kick) PUR 24–7 3 06:49 NEV Elijah Cooks 21-yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) PUR 24–14 3 06:19 PUR David Bell 49-yard pass from Elijah Sindelar (J. D. Dellinger kick) PUR 31–14 3 03:21 NEV Brandon Talton 34-yard field goal PUR 31–17 4 06:56 NEV Toa Taua 7-yard run (Brandon Talton kick) PUR 31–24 4 00:52 NEV Elijah Cooks 20-yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) TIE 31–31 4 00:00 NEV Brandon Talton 56-yard field goal NEV 34–31

See also: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	Sep. 24, 2016	L, 14–24

at Oregon

Nevada at Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 3 3 0 0 6 • No. 16 Ducks 7 28 28 14 77 Date: September 7, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:45 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 14 minutes Game attendance: 50,920 Game weather: Temperature: 65 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: SW 10 MPH Referee: Mike McCabe TV announcers (P12N): Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron and Jill Savage (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 06:13 NEV Brandon Talton 24–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 03:56 ORE Jacob Breeland 66–yard pass from Justin Hebert (Camden Lewis kick) ORE 7–3 2 10:38 NEV Brandon Talton 45–yard field goal ORE 7–6 2 08:28 ORE C. J. Verdell 2–yard run (Camden Lewis kick) ORE 14–6 2 07:13 ORE Ryan Bay 16–yard pass from Justin Hebert (Camden Lewis kick) ORE 21–6 2 03:26 ORE Brady Aiello 1–yard pass from Justin Herbert (Camden Lewis kick) ORE 28–6 2 00:12 ORE Bryan Addison 24–yard pass from Justin Herbert (Camden Lewis kick) ORE 35–6 3 10:12 ORE Daewood Davis 16–yard pass from Justin Herbert (Adam Stack kick) ORE 42–6 3 08:14 ORE Cyrus Habibi-Likio 11–yard run (Adam Stack kick) ORE 49–6 3 07:16 ORE Jaylon Reed 7–yard pass from Tyler Shough (Adam Stack kick) ORE 56–6 3 02:02 ORE Brady Breeze 11–yard fumble recovery (Adam Stack kick) ORE 63–6 4 06:58 ORE Hunter Kampmoyer 21–yard pass from Tyler Shough (Adam Stack kick) ORE 70–6 4 02:02 ORE Darrian Felix 62–yard run (Adam Stack kick) ORE 77–6

See also: 2019 Oregon Ducks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–6	Sep. 10, 2011	L, 20–69

Weber State

Weber State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 (FCS) Wildcats 0 10 3 0 13 • Wolf Pack 3 6 7 3 19 Date: September 14, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:05 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 5 minutes Game attendance: 14,174 Game weather: Temperature: 91 °F (33 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: N 4 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ESPN3): Trey Bender and Al Groh

Scoring summary 1 10:38 NEV Brandon Talton 36–yard field goal NEV 3–0 2 13:56 WSU Trey Tuttle 43–yard field goal TIE 3–3 2 11:00 WSU Rashid Shaheed 11–yard pass from Kaden Jenkins (Trey Tuttle kick) WSU 10–3 2 03:34 NEV Brandon Talton 30–yard field goal WSU 10–6 2 00:09 NEV Brandon Talton 25–yard field goal WSU 10–9 3 07:50 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 33–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 16–10 3 00:50 WSU Trey Tuttle 47–yard field goal NEV 16–13 4 04:49 NEV Brandon Talton 34–yard field goal NEV 19–13

See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–6	Oct. 23, 1993	L, 30–47

at UTEP

Nevada at UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 0 21 3 13 37 Miners 7 7 7 0 21 Date: September 21, 2019 Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 6:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 55 minutes Game attendance: 10,493 Game weather: N/A Referee: Rodney Burnette TV announcers (ESPN3): Andy Morgan and Trevor Vittatoe

Scoring summary 1 08:10 UTEP Treyvon Hughes 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick) UTEP 7–0 2 14:56 NEV Toa Taua (Brandon Talton kick) TIE 7–7 2 06:49 UTEP Treyvon Hughes 6–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick) UTEP 14–7 2 03:02 NEV Elijah Cooks 28–yard pass from Cristian Solano (Brandon Talton kick) TIE 14–14 2 02:23 NEV Elijah Cooks 20–yard pass from Cristian Solano (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 21–14 3 05:01 UTEP Kai Locksley 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick) TIE 21–21 3 01:49 NEV Brandon Talton 27–yard field goal NEV 24–21 4 13:22 NEV Kelton Moore 5–yard run (Brandon Talton kick blocked) NEV 30–21 4 04:08 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 37–21

See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	Nov. 9, 2002	W, 23–17

Hawaii

Hawaii at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Rainbow Warriors 7 24 14 9 54 Wolf Pack 0 3 0 0 3 Date: September 28, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 10 minutes Game attendance: 15,137 Game weather: Temperature: 39 °F (4 °C) • Weather: Cool and Rain • Wind: N 9 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick and Ryan Leaf

Scoring summary 1 08:17 UH Cedric Byrd II 36–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 7–0 2 10:40 UH Cedric Byrd II 2–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 14–0 2 09:11 UH Justice Augafa 2–yard blocked punt return (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 21–0 2 05:33 UH Miles Reed 9–yard run (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 28–0 2 00:36 NEV Brandon Talton 36–yard field goal UH 28–3 2 00:02 UH Ryan Meskell 44–yard field goal UH 31–3 3 11:02 UH Jason-Matthew Sharsh 12–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 38–3 3 02:57 UH Cedric Byrd II 20–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 45–3 4 09:20 UH Team 18–yard safety UH 47–3 4 03:42 UH Robert Funkhouser 14–yard pass from Justin Uahinui UH 54–3

See also: 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–9	Oct. 20, 2018	W, 40–22

San Jose State

San Jose State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 3 7 14 14 38 • Wolf Pack 14 10 7 10 41 Date: October 12, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 28 minutes Game attendance: 15,311 Game weather: Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Clear • Wind: S 2 MPH Referee: Cal McNeill TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:17 NEV Devonte Lee 2–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 7–0 1 09:34 NEV Austin Arnold 40–yard interception (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 14–0 1 07:10 SJSU Matt Mercurio 44–yard field goal NEV 14–3 2 14:00 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 21–3 2 05:12 NEV Brandon Talton 25–yard field goal NEV 24–3 2 00:27 SJSU Isaia Hamilton 37–yard pass from Josh Love (Matt Mercurio kick) NEV 24–10 3 14:52 NEV Romeo Doubs 75–yard pass from Malik Henry (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 31–10 3 14:17 SJSU Bailey Gaither 60–yard pass from Josh Love (Matt Mercurio kick) NEV 31–17 3 06:09 SJSU DeJon Packer 1–yard run (Matt Mercurio kick) NEV 31–24 4 08:20 SJSU Tre Walker 20–yard pass from Josh Love (Matt Mercurio kick) TIE 31–31 4 03:53 NEV Toa Taua 1–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 38–31 4 02:36 SJSU DeJon Packer 2–yard run (Matt Mercurio kick) TIE 38–38 4 00:00 NEV Brandon Talton 40–yard field goal NEV 41–38

See also: 2019 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–9–2	Nov. 17, 2018	W, 21–12

at Utah State

Nevada at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 3 0 0 7 10 • Aggies 9 13 0 14 36 Date: October 19, 2019 Location: Maverik Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 8:15 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 34 minutes Game attendance: 15,240 Game weather: Temperature: 35 °F (2 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: SSE 12 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Couzens and Kirk Morrison

Scoring summary 1 09:45 NEV Brandon Talton 23–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 09:33 USU Savon Scarver 100–yard kickoff return (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 7–3 1 00:08 USU Justus Te'i 1–yard safety USU 9–3 2 10:58 USU Dominik Eberle 29–yard field goal USU 12–3 2 05:33 USU Caleb Repp 13–yard pass from Jordan Love USU 19–3 2 02:07 USU Dominik Eberle 32–yard field goal USU 22–3 4 11:27 USU Gerold Bright 67–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 29–3 4 10:03 USU Gerold Bright 9–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 36–3 4 04:48 NEV Toa Taua 20–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) USU 36–10

See also: 2019 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–6	Nov. 19, 2016	W, 38–37

at Wyoming

Nevada at Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 3 0 0 0 3 • Cowboys 14 10 7 0 31 Date: October 26, 2019 Location: War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY Game start: 12:08 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 49 minutes Game attendance: 16,126 Game weather: Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: WSW 26 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 13:14 WYO Xazavian Valladay 53–yard pass from Sean Chambers (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 7–0 1 08:49 WYO Sean Chambers 2–yard run (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 14–0 1 02:21 NEV Brandon Talton 28–yard field goal WYO 14–3 2 09:28 WYO Raghib Ismail Jr. 37–yard pass from Sean Chambers (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 21–3 2 00:00 WYO Cooper Rothe 20–yard field goal WYO 24–3 3 11:54 WYO Jackson Marcotte 25–yard pass from Tyler Vander Waal (Cooper Rothe kick) WYO 31–3

See also: 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	Oct. 22, 2016	L, 34–42

New Mexico

New Mexico at Nevada
(Battle of the Wolves)

1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 7 0 3 0 10 • Wolf Pack 0 14 0 7 21 Date: November 2, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 15 minutes Game attendance: 15,631 Game weather: Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: ESE 4 MPH Referee: Eddy Shelton TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick and Ryan Leaf

Scoring summary 1 06:48 NM Ahmari Davis 4–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 7–0 2 07:50 NEV Toa Taua 1–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) TIE 7–7 2 05:08 NEV Romeo Doubs 57–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 14–7 3 11:14 NM Andrew Shelley 49–yard field goal NEV 14–10 4 05:45 NEV Elijah Cooks 20–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 21–10

See also: 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3–1	Nov. 5, 2016	L, 26–35

at San Diego State

Nevada at San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 3 0 7 7 17 No. 24 Aztecs 0 3 7 3 13 Date: November 9, 2019 Location: SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA Game start: 7:35 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 14 minutes Game attendance: 27,973 Game weather: Temperature: 64 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: Calm Referee: Mike Cuttone TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick and Ryan Leaf

Scoring summary 1 03:22 NEV Brandon Talton 34–yard field goal NEV 3–0 2 13:15 SDSU Matt Araiza 21–yard field goal TIE 3–3 3 07:12 NEV Elijah Cooks 13–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 10–3 3 01:24 SDSU Chance Bell 3–yard run (Matt Araiza kick) TIE 10–10 4 10:31 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 17–10 4 03:46 SDSU Matt Araiza 44–yard field goal NEV 17–13

See also: 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–7	Oct. 27, 2018	W, 28–24

at Fresno State

Nevada at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 14 0 14 7 35 Bulldogs 7 14 7 0 28 Date: November 23, 2019 Location: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Game start: 7:35 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutes Game attendance: 32,303 Game weather: Temperature: 57 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: Still Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ESPN2): Mike Couzens and Kirk Morrison

Scoring summary 1 11:58 NEV Elijah Cooks 29–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 7–0 1 02:14 NEV Romeo Doubs 1–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 14–0 1 00:41 FS Ronnie Rivers 34–yard pass from Jorge Reyna (Cesar Silva kick) NEV 14–7 2 07:27 FS Keric Wheatfall 17–yard pass from Ben Wooldridge (Cesar Silva kick) TIE 14–14 2 05:16 FS Emoryie Edwards 12–yard pass from Jorge Reyna (Cesar Silva kick) FS 21–14 3 10:20 FS Derrion Grim 3–yard pass from Jorge Reyna (Cesar Silva kick) FS 28–14 3 07:27 NEV Romeo Doubs 5–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) FS 28–21 3 01:49 NEV Devonte Lee 25–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) TIE 28–28 4 00:12 NEV Toa Taua 3–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) NEV 35–28

See also: 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–29–1	Oct. 6, 2018	L, 3–21

UNLV

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

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Rebels 17 7 0 3 6 33 Wolf Pack 0 13 0 14 3 30 Date: November 30, 2019 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:08 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 19 minutes Game attendance: 16,683 Game weather: Temperature: 29 °F (−2 °C) • Weather: Cool Overcast • Wind: ESE 4 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:19 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 40–yard field goal UNLV 3–0 1 04:43 UNLV Charles Williams 80–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 10–0 1 01:38 UNLV Mekhi Stevenson 32–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 17–0 2 13:09 NEV Devonte Lee 2–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) UNLV 17–7 2 08:02 NEV Brandon Talton 27–yard field goal UNLV 17–10 2 03:10 NEV Brandon Talton 31–yard field goal UNLV 17–13 2 02:58 UNLV Steve Jenkins 75–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 24–13 4 09:08 NEV Daniel Gutierrez 50–yard field goal UNLV 27–13 4 06:47 NEV Dominic Christian 24–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick) UNLV 27–20 4 01:32 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Brandon Talton kick) TIE 27–27 OT 15:00 NEV Brandon Talton 42–yard field goal NEV 30–27 OT 15:00 UNLV Steve Jenkins 19–yard pass from Kenyon Oblad UNLV 33–30

See also: 2019 UNLV Rebels football team

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

vs. Ohio (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)

Nevada vs. Ohio
(Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total • Bobcats 3 17 10 0 30 Wolf Pack 3 6 0 12 21 Date: January 3, 2020 Location: Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID Game start: 1:33 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutes Game attendance: 13,611 Game weather: Temperature: 47 °F (8 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NNE 1 MPH Referee: Billy Williams TV announcers (ESPN): Bill Roth, John Congemi and Kris Budden (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:26 NEV Brandon Talton 51–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 07:00 OHIO Louie Zervos 29–yard field goal TIE 3–3 2 12:28 OHIO Julian Ross 12–yard run (Louie Zervos kick) OHIO 10–3 2 07:21 NEV Brandon Talton 36–yard field goal OHIO 10–6 2 06:21 OHIO Nathan Rourke 35–yard run (Louie Zervos kick) OHIO 17–6 2 02:17 OHIO Louie Zervos 33–yard field goal OHIO 20–6 2 00:00 NEV Brandon Talton 33–yard field goal OHIO 20–9 3 11:00 OHIO Louie Zervos 26–yard field goal OHIO 23–9 3 05:26 OHIO De'Montre Tuggle 2–yard run (Louie Zervos kick) OHIO 30–9 4 10:48 NEV Elijah Cooks 8–yard pass from Carson Strong (Brandon Talton kick blocked) OHIO 30–15 4 08:42 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Carson Strong pass failed) OHIO 30–21

See also: 2019 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting