GAME FIVE:
UNLV REBELS (2-2/0-0 Mountain West)
vs.
New Mexico (2-2/0-0 Mountain West)
DATE:Â Â Â Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018
KICKOFF:Â Â Â 1:08 pm PTÂ
SITE:Â Â Â Sam Boyd Stadium (35,500/SPRINTURF), Las Vegas
TV:Â Â Â AT&T SportsNet (Drew Goodman, Sed Bonner & Brad Thompson)
RADIO: Â Â Â ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield)
ONLINE: Â Â Â Â Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com
TICKETS:Â Visit www.unlvtickets.com or call (702) 739-FANS
SATURDAY'S PREVIEW...
UNLV (2-2/0-0) looks to win its first three home games for the first time since 2000 when it opens Mountain West play by hosting New Mexico (2-2/0-0) in what is the league debut for both teams ... In remembrance to all affected by the 1October tragedy, a red ribbon will appear on the field and on the Rebels' helmets Saturday ... UNLV is coming off a bye while the Lobos fell to Liberty at home, 52-33 ... UNLV is 13-23 in conference openers, including 9-9 when they take place at home ... Rebel head coach
Tony Sanchez is 3-0 in MW lid-lifters making him the first UNLV leader to win his first three ... With starter
Armani Rogers out this week because of injury, it has now been 22 years since the same quarterback has started every game of a season for the Rebels (Jon Denton 1996) ... UNLV is the only team in college football with two rushers in the nation's top 25: QB
Armani Rogers is ninth with 122.0 YPG while RB
Lexington Thomas is 14th with 116.3 YPG and sits in third place on the school's career rushing yards list with 2,953 ... #LightningLex, who needs 197 more yards to move past two-time All-American Mike Thomas into second place on UNLV's career rushing list, has run for at least 100 yards in three of four outings this fall and is within one such game of tying Tim Cornett (16 in 2011-14) for second on the school's all-time list ... As a team, UNLV sits third in the nation with 336.5 yards per game rushing behind only option-based attacks Navy and Georgia Tech ... Under new coordinator
Tim Skipper, UNLV's defense has already equaled its QB sack total from a year ago with 11 in four games.Â
REBELS vs. LOBOS NOTES...Â
UNLV's thrilling 38-35 victory in the meeting last fall gave the Rebels a 12-11 lead in the all-time series ... UNLV has taken six of the last eight vs. UNM, including three of the last four at home ... The Lobos, however, won the most recent Las Vegas meeting, 31-28, in 2014 ... UNM has passed for exactly five combined yards in the last two meetings with UNLV, including zero last fall in Albuquerque ... Eight of the last 13 games played between the two programs have been decided by 7 points or less ... These schools played five straight seasons (1978-82) when UNLV first thought itself headed to the Western Athletic Conference ... Ironically, the teams never met while both actually were members of the WAC (1996-98) ... UNLV's first-year safeties coach
Al Simmons, who spent 2015-17 with the Lobos.
