20th-Ranked Fresno State Eases By Rebels

Saturday, November 3

LAS VEGAS

7:30 PM PT

University of Nevada Las Vegas

2-7 , 0-5

Fresno State

8-1 , 5-0

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Fresno State	7	10	17	14	48
UNLV	0	0	0	3	3

11/4/2018 12:31:00 AM | Football

Box Score

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV football (2-7/0-5) continues to look for its first Mountain West victory of the season after falling 48-3 to No. 20/23 Fresno State (8-1/5-0) Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium.

The Bulldogs finished with 466 yards of offense and methodically pulled away after leading 17-0 at halftime. FS scored in every quarter, including 17 in the third quarter. The Rebels only managed a 28-yard field goal by Evan Pantels with 10:13 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Quarterback Max Gilliam, again starting in place of injured starter Armani Rogers, completed 14 of 30 attempts for only 98 yards.

STAT OF THE GAME:
UNLV, which missed an earlier field goal and ended the game on the Fresno State six-yard line, was able to extend its school-record streak of not being shut out to 91 games when it hit the fourth-quarter field goal. The last time the Rebels were shut out was Oct. 29, 2011 (37-0 at UNR).

REBEL OF THE GAME:
Fresno native Charles Williams led all rushers with 121 yards on 16 carries. It marked the third Rebel this season to reach the century-mark game this season, joining RB Lexington Thomas (four times) and QB Armani Rogers (three times). In just two games against his hometown team, Williams has rushed for 274 yards on just 34 carries.

QUOTABLE:
"I thought the guys came out and played with some good energy early in the game. You saw that defensively, I thought our guys held up really well and did some really good things and made them work for what they were getting. Offensively, that was tough, they're a good defense and when they are playing a lot of drop-eight and coverage, you've got to be able to run the football downhill and we struggled doing that tonight. Obviously very disappointed in the outcome and we've got to continue to work."
-UNLV Head Coach Tony Sanchez

REBEL NOTES:
-FS took a 14-7 lead in the all-time series vs. UNLV
-UNLV came into the game having won three of the last four vs. the Bulldogs
-The Rebels dropped to 5-42 all-time vs. ranked opponents
-UNLV senior safety Dalton Baker turned in a game-high 11 total tackles, which gave him exactly 100 for the season after finishing with 99 in 2017
-When the Rebels failed to score on the final drive of the game, it marked the first time in Mountain West play that UNLV did not score in the red zone. The Rebels were 13-13 previously in conference action, with 11 of those resulting in touchdowns
-True freshman QB Kenyon Oblad made his collegiate debut and completed 1-5 for seven yards in the fourth quarter
-LB Javin White brought in his second interception of the season, which marked only the third pick for UNLV as a team in 2018
-Sophomore WR Andre Collins Jr. recorded his first reception as a Rebel with a seven-yard grab in the fourth quarter
-Redshirt freshman Justice Oluwuseun made his first start as a Rebel at right tackle
-Also seeing his first time on the field was true freshman WR Patrick Ballard

NEXT FOR THE REBELS:
UNLV will head to San Diego State Saturday at 7:30 p.m. PT.