LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV football (1-4/0-2) returned home for the first time in nearly a month Saturday night but fell 38-13 to No. 16/15 Boise State (5-0/2-0) at Sam Boyd Stadium.
 
Redshirt freshman quarterback Kenyon Oblad out of Henderson's Liberty High School made his first collegiate start as regular starter Armani Rogers continues to rebound from being knocked out of last week's game at Wyoming. Oblad, who graduated as the state's all-time leader in passing yards, threw two touchdown passes as part of his 262-yard night but was sacked five times and threw one interception.
 
The Broncos led 7-0 after the first quarter. The Rebels finally got on the board in the third when Oblad found Mekhi Stevenson from 11 yards out for the receiver's fourth career score as a Rebel.
 
Senior Darren Woods Jr. led the Rebels with 93 yards on five catches, including a 12-yard touchdown that was his first of the season but seventh of his career. Safety Greg Francis, out of Las Vegas' Bishop Gorman High School, led all tacklers with a career-high 10 takedowns.
 
STAT OF THE GAME:
Oblad's 55 pass attempts (24 completions) were the fifth-most in UNLV history. The school record of 61 was set by fellow redshirt freshman Jon Denton vs. San Jose State in 1996.
 
REBEL OF THE GAME:
Punter Hayes Hicken was a busy man against the Broncos. The senior punted a career-high 10 times for an average of 43.7 yards per attempt, including four that went at least 50 yards.
 
QUOTABLE:
"Disappointed with the outcome but there were some positives -- our guys played hard, we physically did not get pushed around in this game and that was a big deal. We've got to go back to work and get better and improve on offense."
-UNLV Head Coach Tony Sanchez
 
REBEL NOTES:
-The crowd of 24,681 marked the biggest for a UNLV home game since 31,262 saw No. 13 UCLA come to town on Sept. 12, 2015
-UNLV forced Boise State to punt eight times, which doubled the Broncos' previous high for a game this season (four at Florida State in the season opener)
-Boise State won its sixth straight vs. UNLV and improved its record in the series to 8-3. The Rebels last won against the Broncos in 1976
-UNLV fell to 13-14 all-time vs. teams from the state of Idaho
-The Broncos were the highest-ranked team to play the Rebels in Las Vegas since No. 13 UCLA in 2015
-Running back Chad Magyar made his season debut after missing the first four games because of personal reasons. He caught two passes for 13 yards and rushed 10 times for a net of 43 yards
-Quarterback Armani Rogers missed a game because of injury for the third straight season (two in 2017 and six in 2018)
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS:
UNLV will play Vanderbilt for the first time when it heads to Nashville to close out the 2019 non-conference schedule on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. PT on SEC Network.