Oct. 24, 2005

LAS VEGAS - UNLV's homecoming football game vs. BYU on Nov. 5 has been selected by ESPN+Plus as the Mountain West Conference Game of the Week and will kick off at noon PT, the league announced Monday.

The Rebels and Cougars will square off on ESPN+Plus' 22-station network and appear live in Las Vegas on KFBT-TV Gold 33 (Cox Cable 6).

The selection means UNLV will show up on ABC/ESPN's family of networks at least five times this fall. The season opener at New Mexico on Sept. 5 was on ESPN2, the Battle for the Fremont Cannon at Nevada, Reno was picked up by the new ESPNU, the San Diego State game on Oct. 8 was also broadcast by ESPN+Plus, and last week's contest vs. Utah was live on ABC.

UNLV has already appeared as the MWC Game of the Week 12 times since the league was formed, including the Rebels' home victory over the Aztecs last month.

Tickets for both the BYU game and the season finale vs. Colorado State on Nov. 19 are on sale now by calling 739-FANS or logging on to unlvtickets.com.