November 1, 1998
LAS VEGAS -
OFF WEEKNEXT GAME:UNLV (0-9, 0-6 WAC)vs. RICE
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998KICKOFF: 12:00 pm PSTSITE: Rice Stadium (70,000/Artificial) HoustonTV: NoneRADIO: KXNT-840 AM, 11:30 am PST (Tony Cordasco & Hunkie Cooper)
OFF-WEEK SCHEDULE
UNLV (0-9) takes its first and only off-week of the season ... The Rebels' next game is at Rice on Nov. 14 ... The Owls (3-5), who are coming off a 35-23 upset win over Colorado State, play at TCU (4-4) this Saturday ... UNLV has lost its last three games by a total of 10 points ... The team will practice only three days this week (Tuesday through Thursday) and get the weekend off ... The next Quarterback Club Luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Las Vegas Club downtown ... Because of election coverage, Coach Horton's weekly radio show will move this week to KSFN-AM 1140 from the usual station, KXNT-AM 840 ... Four of UNLV's first nine opponents received votes in this week's USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Poll: No. 7 Wisconsin, No. 21 Air Force, Wyoming (27th) and BYU (32nd).
MONDAY: No Practice TUESDAY: No Quarterback Club Luncheon Team Photo Day 3-5 pm Practice 5-6:30 pm Jeff Horton Radio Show 7-8 pm (KSFN-AM 1140) WEDNESDAY: Practice 4:30 pm THURSDAY: Practice TBA FRIDAY: No Practice SATURDAY: No Practice SUNDAY: Return to Regular Schedule
UNLV (0-9) 1998 SCHEDULEDate Opponent Result/Time S. 5 at Northwestern L, 41-7S. 12 AIR FORCE L, 52-10S. 19 at Wisconsin L, 52-7S. 26 at Colorado St. L, 38-16O. 3 NEVADA, RENO L, 31-20O. 10 at BYU L, 38-14O. 17 WYOMING (HC) L, 28-25 (OT) O. 24 at SMU L, 10-7O. 31 TULSA L, 20-16N. 7 OPENN. 14 at Rice 2 pm CSTN. 21 TCU 1 pm PST
UNLV HEAD COACH JEFF HORTON
Jeff Horton, who turned 41 this summer, is in his fifth season at the helm of the Rebel football program and sixth as a Div. I-A head coach. The seventh head man in UNLV's 30 years of football history, Horton has a career record of 20-46 and 13-42 for the Rebels. Facing a half-decade in charge, Horton will tie original coach Bill Ireland (1968-72) for second-longest stint leading UNLV football. Only Tony Knap (1976-81) coached the Rebels longer. Named the 1994 Big West Co-Coach of the Year after leading UNLV to its second-ever league title and bowl win, Horton graduated from Nevada, Reno in 1981 and later received his master's from the Univ. of San Francisco. He came to Las Vegas after spending the 1993 season as head coach of UNR, where he also had been assistant coach from 1985-89 and '92. Horton also served a stint as a UNLV assistant from 1990-91. Born July 13, 1957, Horton is married to the former Teri Arden of Reno.
HORTON'S CAREER RECORDYEAR SCHOOL TOT CONF FIN1998 UNLV 0-9 0-6 8th1997 UNLV 3-8 2-6 7th1996 UNLV 1-11 1-7 T7th1995 UNLV 2-9 1-5 10th1994 UNLV 7-5 5-1 T1st1993 UNR 7-4 4-2 3rd
TOTAL 6 Years 20-45 13-26
NO ORDINARY JOE KRISTOSIK LEADS NATION IN PUNTING
After a down junior season, UNLV punter Joe Kristosik is making his senior campaign the best of his career. In fact, he may just become the fourth punter in UNLV history to earn All-American honors. The Las Vegas native currently leads the nation with a 46.6 average coming on 66 attempts, which is the most of any punter in the nation's top-50. At BYU, Kristosik tied the UNLV and record for punts in one game with 13 and averaged an 52.5. Of those boots, eight went 50 yards or longer and four went 60 or longer, including two at a season long of 67 yards. On the year, Kristosik has an amazing 24 kicks that traveled at least 50 yards, including eight that went 60 yards or longer. The former prep quarterback at Bishop Gorman High School has twice been named the WAC's Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 28 after averaging 51.3 YPK at CSU and Oct. 12 after the BYU game) to become the first punter in school history to earn a conference player of the week honor since the program joined the Big West in 1982. Kristosik is just six punts away from the UNLV single-season record set by Steve Gortz in 1978 and 16 away from the career record of 232 held by Jim DiFiore (1970-73).
1998 NCAA DIV. I-A PUNTING LEADERS (MIN 3.6 PUNTS PER GAME) NO AVG 1. Joe Kristosik, UNLV 66 46.59 2. Stephen Baker, Arizona State 37 46.05 3. Craig Jarrett, Michigan State 43 45.98 4. Deone Horinek, Colorado State 44 45.50 5. Brian Schmitz, North Carolina 49 45.45
GAME NINE IN REVIEWREBELS SUFFER THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS BY LESS THAN FIVE POINTS TULSA 20, UNLV 16
LAS VEGAS -- UNLV (0-9) lost for the 14th consecutive time and for the third straight time by four points or less -- this time to Tulsa (3-5) in front of 15,187 at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Rebels took a 10-7 lead in the first quarter on a James Wofford one-yard plunge. The Golden Hurricane, however, responded with 10 straight points to earn a 17-10 halftime lead, including just its second field goal of the season. The only third-quarter scoring came on a QB Chad Reed run from three yards out but the extra point attempt never got off the ground to make it 17-16 heading into the fourth. TU then made another field goal with under 11 minutes. UNLV's final drive, which pushed into Hurricane territory, was thwarted by an injury to Reed. The senior twisted his ankle after a first-down pass and his replacement, freshman Chris Hayward, was soon intercepted by Chris Miller to make sure TU snapped its own five-game losing streak. Despite UNLV holding its opponent to under 30 points for the third consecutive game, the Hurricane moved to 3-0 all-time vs. UNLV and handed the Rebels their first loss in three career games at home on Halloween. UNLV was led by Wofford's 96 yards on the ground and Damon Williams' 71 reception yards. Also, senior WR Carlos Baker caught one pass to move into a tie for third all-time at the school for receptions with 155. Punter Joe Kristosik averaged 50 yards on six kicks, which moved the senior into first place in the nation with a 46.6-yard season mark.
REBEL STAT BOXTEAM Category WAC NAT RUSHING OFFENSE 113.4 15 91PASSING OFFENSE 135.6 12 94TOTAL OFFENSE 249.0 16 112SCORING OFFENSE 13.6 15 109RUSHING DEFENSE 213.0 14 99PASSING DEF. 143.2 16 97TOTAL DEFENSE 437.8 15 101SCORING DEFENSE 34.4 15 104PUNT RETURNS 15.1 2 5KO RETURNS 20.7 11 57NET PUNTING 41.6 1 2TURNOVER MARGIN -5 12 773RD DOWN OFF. .250 15 --3RD DOWN DEF. .475 16 --QB SACKS 14 11 --
INDIVIDUAL* Category WAC NAT RUSHING YPG James Wofford 70.7 11 --RECEIVING YPGLen Ware 46.9 17 --RECEPTIONS PG Len Ware 4.3 8 --ALL-PURPOSEDuane James 95.9 17 --PUNTING AVGJoe Kristosik 46.6 1 1 KICKOFF RETURNSDuane James 23.5 8 37
