2018 UNLV Rebels football team

2018 UNLV Rebels football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 MW)
Head coach	Tony Sanchez (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Barney Cotton (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tim Skipper (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium (Capacity: 35,500)

2018 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State x		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 22 Utah State		7	–	1					11	–	2
Wyoming		4	–	4					6	–	6
Air Force		3	–	5					5	–	7
Colorado State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
No. 18 Fresno State x$		7	–	1					12	–	2
Nevada		5	–	3					8	–	5
Hawaii		5	–	3					8	–	6
San Diego State		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		2	–	6					4	–	8
San Jose State		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 19, Boise State 16 (OT)
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by fourth-year head coach Tony Sanchez and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8 and 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

Previous season

The Rebels finished the 2017 season 5–7 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Maxwell Award	Armani Rogers	QB	SO
Doak Walker Award	Lexington Thomas	RB	SR
Lou Groza Award	Evan Pantels	K	SR
Wuerffel Trophy	Darren Wood, Jr.	WR	JR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award	Lexington Thomas	RB	SR

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Rebels were predicted to finish in third place in the West Division.

Media poll

West Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Fresno State	126 (16)
2	San Diego State	116 (6)
3	UNLV	78
4	Nevada	72
5	Hawaii	45
6	San Jose State	25

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Rebels had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.

Offense

Lexington Thomas – RB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:00 p.m.	at No. 15 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 21–43	58,708
September 8	6:00 p.m.	UTEP*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ATTSNRM	W 52–24	14,122
September 15	7:00 pm	Prairie View A&M*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Stadium	W 46–17	14,786
September 22	4:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State*	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 20–27	18,537
October 6	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ATTSNRM	L 14–50	18,949
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	Stadium on Facebook	L 28–59	21,212
October 19	7:00 p.m.	Air Force	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 35–41	17,881
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	ATTSNRM	L 37–50	16,165
November 3	7:30 p.m.	No. 20 Fresno State	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 3–48	15,276
November 10	7:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	W 27–24	24,986
November 17	8:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Island Showdown)	Stadium/SPEC HI	L 28–35	25,697
November 24	6:30 p.m.	Nevada	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)	CBSSN	W 34–29	19,921
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Schedule Source: 2018 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule

Game summaries

at USC

UNLV at USC

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 7 0 7 21 • No. 15 Trojans 6 13 0 24 43 Date: September 1, 2018 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA Game start: 1:07 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutes Game attendance: 58,708 Game weather: Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Clear Skies • Wind: Calm Referee: Kevin Mar TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth and Jill Savage (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 14:07 USC Chase McGrath 46–yard field goal USC 3–0 1 03:18 USC Chase McGrath 38–yard field goal USC 6–0 1 02:37 UNLV Lexington Thomas 71–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–6 2 13:12 USC Chase McGrath 29–yard field goal USC 9–7 2 10:32 UNLV Kendal Keys 31–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–9 2 09:19 USC Chase McGrath 47–yard field goal UNLV 14–12 2 01:04 USC Vavae Malepeai 2–yard run (Chase McGrath kick) USC 19–14 4 14:52 USC Amon-Ra St. Brown 43–yard pass from J. T. Daniels (Chase McGrath kick) USC 26–14 4 12:39 USC Aca'Cedric Ware 15–yard run (Chase McGrath kick) USC 33–14 4 08:06 UNLV Giovanni Fauolo Sr. 5–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) USC 33–21 4 04:39 USC Chase McGrath 36–yard field goal USC 36–21 4 01:38 USC Vavae Malepeai 20–yard run (Chase McGrath kick) USC 43–21

See also: 2018 USC Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1997	USC, 35–21

UTEP

UTEP at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total Miners 10 0 7 7 24 • Rebels 14 24 7 7 52 Date: September 8, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 6:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours Game attendance: 14,122 Game weather: Temperature: 106 °F (41 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SW 14 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Ari Wolfe and Sherdrick Bonner

Scoring summary 1 12:42 UNLV Mekhi Stevenson 51–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0 1 07:58 UTEP Kai Locksley 1–yard run (Jason Filley kick) TIE 7–7 1 04:55 UNLV Tyleek Collins 5–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–7 1 03:02 UTEP Jason Filley 33–yard field goal UNLV 14–10 2 14:52 UNLV Armani Rogers 28–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–10 2 08:23 UNLV Lexington Thomas 40–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–10 2 03:38 UNLV Evan Pantels 35–yard field goal UNLV 31–10 2 00:22 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 22–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 38–10 3 14:35 UNLV Lexington Thomas 4–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 45–10 3 03:49 UTEP Kai Locksley 20–yard run (Jason Filley kick) UNLV 45–17 4 12:43 UNLV Tyleek Collins 3–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 52–17 4 08:26 UTEP Quardraiz Wadley 22–yard run (Jason Filley kick) UNLV 52–24

See also: 2018 UTEP Miners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	1993	UTEP, 41–24

Prairie View A&M

Prairie View A&M at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 0 14 3 17 • Rebels 20 14 0 12 46 Date: September 15, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutes Game attendance: 14,786 Game weather: Temperature: 100 °F (38 °C) • Weather: Clear and Windy • Wind: SSW 15 MPH Referee: Dwayne Johnson TV announcers (Stadium): Tony Cordasco and Joe Haro

Scoring summary 1 09:23 UNLV Drew Tejchman 24–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick failed) UNLV 6–0 1 08:01 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 13–0 1 01:29 UNLV Armani Rogers 6–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 20–0 2 08:12 UNLV Armani Rogers 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 27–0 2 00:51 UNLV Armani Rogers 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 34–0 3 05:38 PVAM Tristen Wallace 4–yard pass from Jalen Morton (Zach Elder kick) UNLV 34–7 3 01:44 PVAM Zarrian Holcombe 13–yard pass from Jalen Morton (Zach Elder kick) UNLV 34–14 4 08:28 PVAM Zach Elder 28–yard field goal UNLV 34–17 4 05:04 UNLV Evan Pantels 32–yard field goal UNLV 37–17 4 04:15 UNLV Armani Rogers 8–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 44–17 4 00:37 UNLV Team 17–yard safety UNLV 46–17

See also: 2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1974	UNLV, 63–28

at Arkansas State

UNLV at Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 0 13 0 20 • Red Wolves 6 7 6 8 27 Date: September 22, 2018 Location: Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR Game start: 6:05 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 11 minutes Game attendance: 18,537 Game weather: Temperature: 65 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Overcast and Rain • Wind: NE 9 MPH Referee: Scott Campbell TV announcers (ESPN3): Roger Twibell, Pete Cordelli and Rich Zvosec (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:37 ASU Justin McInnis 16–yard pass from Justice Hansen (Blake Grupe rush fumbled) ASU 6–0 1 03:08 UNLV Evan Owens 41–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–6 2 06:59 ASU Jonathan Adams Jr. 24–yard pass from Justice Hansen (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 13–7 3 11:08 ASU Javonis Isaac 2–yard pass from Justice Hansen (pass failed) ASU 19–7 3 04:11 UNLV Armani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) ASU 19–14 3 01:38 UNLV Lexington Thomas 10–yard run (Armani Rogers pass failed) UNLV 20–19 4 13:19 ASU Marcel Murray 39–yard run (rush) ASU 27–20

See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1995	UNLV, 28–23

New Mexico

New Mexico at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • Lobos 0 29 7 14 50 Rebels 0 0 0 14 14 Date: October 6, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 1:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 51 minutes Game attendance: 18,949 Game weather: Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: N 8 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 2 14:57 NM Zahneer Shuler 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick blocked) NM 6–0 2 09:34 NM Tyrone Owens 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick failed) NM 12–0 2 04:37 NM Andrew Shelley 43–yard field goal NM 15–0 2 02:56 NM Elijah Lilly 74–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 22–0 2 00:17 NM Anselem Umeh 26–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 29–0 3 02:25 NM Emmanuel Harris 33–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 36–0 4 14:46 UNLV Brandon Presley 19–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) NM 36–7 4 11:07 NM Delane Hart-Johnson 11–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 43–7 4 07:57 NM Zahneer Shuler 2–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 50–7 4 04:43 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 11–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) NM 50–14

See also: 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–11	2017	UNLV, 38–35

at Utah State

UNLV at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 0 7 14 28 • Aggies 14 28 7 10 59 Date: October 13, 2018 Location: Maverik Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 2:00 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutes Game attendance: 21,212 Game weather: Temperature: 57 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: W 14 MPH Referee: Eddy Shelton TV announcers (Stadium on Facebook): Ari Wolfe, Bruce Gradkowski and Dani Klupenger (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 05:38 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0 1 03:17 USU Jordan Nathan 24–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) TIE 7–7 1 00:22 USU Jalen Greene 80–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 14–7 2 13:48 USU Savon Scarver 26–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 21–7 2 11:35 USU Baron Gajkowski 16–yard blocked punt return (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 28–7 2 09:27 USU Darwin Thompson 7–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 35–7 2 00:18 USU Ron'quavion Tarver 7–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 42–7 3 07:00 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 25–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) USU 42–14 3 05:11 USU Ron'quavion Tarver 29–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 49–14 4 10:25 UNLV Drew Tejchman 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) USU 49–21 4 03:15 USU Dominik Eberle 24–yard field goal USU 52–21 4 02:58 UNLV Tyleek Collins 79–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) USU 52–28 4 01:55 USU Henry Colombi 37–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 59–28

See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–16	2017	USU, 52–28

Air Force

Air Force at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 3 17 21 0 41 Rebels 7 14 7 7 35 Date: October 19, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:02 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutes Game attendance: 17,881 Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Clear Skies • Wind: NNE 15 MPH Referee: David Alvarez TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan and Corey Chavous

Scoring summary 1 07:16 AF Jake Koehnke 32–yard field goal AF 3–0 1 02:16 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–3 2 13:01 AF Jake Koehnke 26–yard field goal UNLV 7–6 2 12:23 UNLV Lexington Thomas 74–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–6 2 08:46 AF Isaiah Sanders 6–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) UNLV 14–13 2 03:53 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 13–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–13 2 00:36 AF Isaiah Sanders 3–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) UNLV 21–20 3 11:00 AF Isaiah Sanders 8–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) AF 27–21 3 08:26 AF Ronald Cleveland 69–yard pass from Isaiah Sanders (Jake Koehnke kick) AF 34–21 3 05:45 AF Cole Fagan 49–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) AF 41–21 3 00:40 UNLV Lexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) AF 41–28 4 07:34 UNLV Brandon Presley 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) AF 41–35

See also: 2018 Air Force Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15	2017	AF, 34–30

at San Jose State

UNLV at San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 14 7 9 37 • Spartans 7 17 17 9 50 Date: October 27, 2018 Location: CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA Game start: 3:38 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutes Game attendance: 16,165 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NW 12 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 07:39 UNLV Max Gilliam 6–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0 1 06:16 SJSU Tyler Nevens 4–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick) TIE 7–7 2 12:28 SJSU Josh Oliver 2–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 14–7 2 06:25 SJSU Bryce Crawford 50–yard field goal SJSU 17–7 2 06:14 UNLV Tyleek Collins 75–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) SJSU 17–14 2 01:36 UNLV Tyleek Collins 4–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–17 2 00:34 SJSU Tre Walker 37–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 24–21 3 10:48 SJSU Brett Foley 1–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 31–21 3 04:17 SJSU Tre Hartley 9–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 38–21 3 02:01 UNLV Tyleek Collins 46–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) SJSU 38–28 3 00:15 SJSU Bryce Crawford 36–yard field goal SJSU 41–28 4 13:44 SJSU Dakari Monroe 50–yard interception (Bryce Crawford kick failed) SJSU 47–28 4 10:46 UNLV Evan Pantels 23–yard field goal SJSU 47–31 4 07:11 SJSU Bryce Crawford 45–yard field goal SJSU 50–31 4 02:28 UNLV Tyleek Collins 4–yard pass from Max Gilliam (pass failed) SJSU 50–37

See also: 2018 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15–1	2017	UNLV, 41–13

Fresno State

Fresno State at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 20 Bulldogs 7 10 17 14 48 Rebels 0 0 0 3 3 Date: November 3, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:32 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes Game attendance: 15,276 Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NE 5 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and Cassie McKinney (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:39 FS Jamire Jordan 12–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick) FS 7–0 2 14:55 FS Ronnie Rivers 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 14–0 2 00:36 FS Asa Fuller 35–yard field goal FS 17–0 3 10:45 FS Kyle Riddering 9–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick) FS 24–0 3 08:22 FS Josh Hokit 5–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 31–0 3 04:42 FS Asa Fuller 47–yard field goal FS 34–0 4 14:54 FS Derrion Grim 10–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 41–0 4 10:13 UNLV Evan Pantels 28–yard field goal FS 41–3 4 08:14 FS Saevion Johnson 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 48–3

See also: 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–13	2017	UNLV, 26–16

at San Diego State

UNLV at San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total • Rebels 6 7 0 14 27 Aztecs 0 14 10 0 24 Date: November 10, 2018 Location: SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA Game start: 7:36 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutes Game attendance: 24,986 Game weather: Temperature: 61 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SW 3 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Neely, Ray Bentley and Alex Corddry (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:30 UNLV Evan Pantels 21–yard field goal UNLV 3–0 1 07:08 UNLV Evan Pantels 45–yard field goal UNLV 6–0 2 13:54 SDSU Tim Wilson Jr. 13–yard pass from Christian Chapman (John Baron II kick) SDSU 7–6 2 10:35 UNLV Lexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 13–7 2 00:28 SDSU Juwan Washington 2–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 14–13 3 04:51 SDSU John Baron II 33–yard field goal SDSU 17–13 3 00:00 SDSU Tim Wilson Jr. 34–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (John Baron II kick) SDSU 24–13 4 09:19 UNLV Brandon Presley 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (pass failed) SDSU 24–19 4 03:27 UNLV Lexington Thomas 75–yard run (Brandon Presley pass) UNLV 27–24

See also: 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15–1	2017	SDSU, 41–10

at Hawaii

UNLV at Hawaii
(Island Showdown)

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 14 0 7 28 • Rainbow Warriors 3 3 7 22 35 Date: November 17, 2018 Location: Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI Game start: 6:07 p.m. Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutes Game attendance: 25,697 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Cloudy and 74% Humidity • Wind: NNE 13 MPH Referee: Brad Van Vark TV announcers (Stadium/SPEC HI): Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano and Scott Robbs (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 08:04 UH Ryan Meskell 36–yard field goal UH 3–0 1 00:18 UNLV Noah Bean 9–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–3 2 07:29 UNLV Lexington Thomas 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–3 2 02:22 UNLV Lexington Thomas 45–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–3 2 00:06 UH Ryan Meskell 41–yard field goal UNLV 21–6 3 04:46 UH Cole McDonald 3–yard run (Ryan Meskell kick) UNLV 21–13 4 14:21 UNLV Evan Owens 16–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–13 4 11:42 UH JoJo Ward 64–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (John Ursua pass) UNLV 28–21 4 04:23 UH JoJo Ward 20–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Ryan Meskell kick) TIE 28–28 4 01:25 UH John Ursua 68–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 35–28

See also: 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–14	2017	UNLV, 31–23

Nevada

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

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 20 6 0 3 29 • Rebels 0 21 7 6 34 Date: November 24, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 6:32 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 23 minutes Game attendance: 19,921 Game weather: Temperature: 53 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NE 3 MPH Referee: Cal McNeill TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and A.J. Ross (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:03 NEV McLane Mannix 5–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 7–0 1 06:14 NEV Cole Turner 24–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 14–0 1 00:46 NEV Kelton Moore 46–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick failed) NEV 20–0 2 14:12 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 29–yard field goal NEV 23–0 2 12:31 UNLV Lexington Thomas 38–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 23–7 2 09:47 UNLV Giovanni Fauolo Sr. 18–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 23–14 2 03:34 UNLV Armani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 23–21 2 00:36 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 26–yard field goal NEV 26–21 3 04:46 UNLV Noah Bean 1–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–26 4 11:21 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 36–yard field goal NEV 29–28 4 02:34 UNLV Armani Rogers 3–yard run (rush failed) UNLV 34–29

See also: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team and Fremont Cannon

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–27	2017	NEV, 23–16