GAME 9

UNLV REBELS (0-8/0-4 Mountain West)
At
New Mexico (3-5/1-3 Mountain West)

DATE: Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021

KICKOFF: 4:06 pm PT 

SITE: University Stadium (39,224/FieldTurf), Albuquerque, NM

TV/STREAM:  Stadium (Ari Wolfe & Max Browne)

RADIO:  ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield)

ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com

SATURDAY'S PREVIEW...
UNLV (0-8/0-4) will play on a Saturday for the first time in three weeks when it travels to New Mexico (3-5/1-3) ... The game will be shown by Stadium and available online at unlvrebels.com and on various Sinclair stations, including Cox channel 90 in Las Vegas ... The Rebels are coming off a 51-20 loss at in-state rival UNR while the Lobos had the week off ... All eight opponents who have played UNLV in 2021 currently boast a winning record and combine for an eye-popping mark of 49-17 ... Earlier this year the Rebels played three consecutive games vs. ranked teams for the first time in school history and four of the seven FBS teams who faced UNLV have spent time in the AP Top 25 ... Currently standing 27th in the nation with 93.6 YPG, Charles Williams comes in with the most career net rushing yards gained on the FBS level (3,689) among all current players. Liberty's Joshua Mack has more career yards but a majority of them were gained on the FCS level before transferring to his current school. Williams needs 45 yards to pass Tim Cornett (2010-13) and become UNLV's career rushing king ... After adding a pick on Friday in Reno, DB Phillip Hill is tied for second in the Mountain West with three interceptions, which is one more than UNLV had as a team during the shortened 2020 season. The Rebels now have six interceptions overall this fall.

REBELS vs. LOBOS NOTES... 
Despite UNLV and New Mexico both calling Las Vegas home last season during the pandemic, the teams have not played each other since 2018 ... UNM's 50-14 win in the most recent meeting, which took place at now-closed Sam Boyd Stadium, tied the all-time series at 12-12 ... UNLV has taken six of the last nine vs. UNM, including the last two staged in Albuquerque ... Eight of the last 14 games played between these two programs have been decided by seven 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 second-year running backs coach Scott Baumgartner, who is in his first season also serving as the Rebels' special teams coordinator, was a member of the Lobos' staff from 2013-19.