Feb. 24, 2003
LAS VEGAS - A first-ever trip to Kansas, games against a school-record six bowl teams, and four of the Rebels' last six dates coming at Sam Boyd Stadium highlight the 2003 UNLV football schedule, which was released by the Mountain West Conference Monday.
Season tickets are now on sale by calling (702) 739-FANS. Prices for the six-game home schedule are $70 in the end zone and $140 for sideline seating. Individual tickets, which will not go on sale until August 1, will be priced at $13 (end zone) and $26 (sideline) for all games.
The Rebels, who finished 5-7 in 2002, open their season at Sam Boyd Stadium for the second straight year but for only the second time since 1994 by welcoming Motor City Bowl participant Toledo on August 30.
A trip to Big 12 Conference member Kansas on Sept. 6 will open the road slate. UNLV downed the Jayhawks at home last year in the first-ever meeting between the schools.
On Sept. 13, the Rebels take on Wisconsin in Madison for the third time in history and first time since 1998. The game will be the sixth in the series between the Big Ten and MWC teams. The Badgers, who last season downed UNLV 27-7 before a school-record crowd of 42,075 at Sam Boyd, won the 2002 Alamo Bowl.
Next, UNLV comes home to host former Western Athletic Conference rival Hawaii on Sept. 20. The Rebels have won only five of 15 all-time meetings but have taken the last two, including the Warriors' last Las Vegas appearance in 1997. UH capped last season by playing in the inaugural Hawaii Bowl.
After the first of two off weeks on Sept. 27, UNLV will wage the 29th edition of the Battle for the Fremont Cannon at Nevada, Reno on Oct. 4. The Rebels will attempt to win four straight in the series for only the second time ever and first time since 1974-77. The Mountain West Conference schedule kicks off Oct. 11 with a trip to Air Force, which played in the inaugural San Francisco Bowl in 2002.
UNLV will then begin a stretch of four home games in five dates when it hosts Utah on Oct. 18. The Rebels have not defeated the Utes since their first-ever meeting in 1979. BYU, which has never lost at Sam Boyd Stadium, comes to town for an Oct. 25 meeting. Last year in Provo, the Rebels downed the Cougars for the first time since 1981.
The Rebels will look for their first win in Albuquerque since 1991 during a Nov. 1 trip to New Mexico. The Lobos played in the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl.
UNLV will then return home to take on San Diego State on Nov. 8 before the final bye week on Nov. 15
The home schedule closes out Nov. 22 when defending MWC champion Colorado State comes to Sam Boyd Stadium. The Rams, whose only league loss in 2002 came at the hands of UNLV, went on to play in the Liberty Bowl.
The regular-season finale will be a trip to play Wyoming during Thanksgiving weekend. The Nov. 29 date will mark by far the latest UNLV has headed to Laramie in six all-time meetings, besting the game on Nov. 8, 1997.
2003 UNLV FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT SITE SERIES
Aug. 30 TOLEDO Las Vegas Tied 1-1Sept. 6 at Kansas Lawrence, KS UNLV 1-0Sept. 13 at Wisconsin Madison, WI UW 4-1Sept. 20 HAWAII Las Vegas UH 10-5Sept. 27 OFFOct. 4 at Nevada, Reno Reno, NV UNR 15-13Oct. 11 at Air Force* Colorado Springs AFA 5-3Oct. 18 UTAH* Las Vegas UU 7-1Oct. 25 BYU* Las Vegas BYU 8-2Nov. 1 at New Mexico* Albuquerque, NM Tied 5-5Nov. 8 SAN DIEGO STATE* Las Vegas Tied 6-6Nov. 15 OFFNov. 22 COLORADO STATE* Las Vegas CSU 6-4-1Nov. 29 at Wyoming* Laramie, WY UNLV 7-4
*Mountain West Conference Game
2003 UNLV FOOTBALL TICKET PRICES
SEASON
End Zone $70Sidelines $140
SINGLE-GAME (On sale beginning Aug. 1, 2003)
End Zone $13Sidelines $26
