GAME 3

UNLV REBELS (1-1/0-0 Mountain West)
vs.
North Texas (2-1/1-0 Conference USA)

DATE:    
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022

KICKOFF:    
12:00 pm PT 

SITE:    
Allegiant Stadium (65,000/Artificial Turf) Las Vegas

TV:    
SSSEN/Mountain West Network (Matt Neverett & Steve Cofield)

RADIO:     
ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Jon Von Tobel)

ONLINE:       
Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com

SATURDAY'S PREVIEW...
UNLV (1-1/0-0) returns home to host North Texas (2-1/1-0) of Conference USA for the first time in 22 years with a high-noon kickoff Saturday at Allegiant Stadium ... The broadcast will be produced by UNLV for a Mountain West Network stream and will also be the first college football game appearing on the new Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network (SSSEN), which can be viewed on Cox channel 125 or over the air at 5.2 ... The Rebels are coming off a 20-14 loss at Cal while the Mean Green downed Texas Southern 59-27 ... The 20 points scored on Saturday by the Golden Bears tied for the fewest allowed by UNLV vs. a Pac-12 Conference opponent since 1991 (also allowed 20 in a 2008 win at ASU) ... UNLV will be looking to win two of its first three games in a season for only the second time since 2009 and first time since 2018 ... Sponsored by the CFP Foundation, Extra Yard for Teachers Week will be celebrated during the game ... Family 4 Packs this week offer fans four tickets and a parking pass for just $96 by using the code 4PACK22 at unlvtickets.com (deadline is Tuesday at midnight).

REBELS vs. MEAN GREEN NOTES... 
UNLV leads the all-time series 4-1 but UNT won the most-recent meeting, 38-14, which came in the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl in the famed Cotton Bowl Stadium on New Year's Day ... The Rebels have won all three previous meetings staged in Las Vegas, including the most recent, 38-0, in 2000 ... UNLV will return this game by traveling to Denton on Sept. 12, 2026 ... This marks the second consecutive season UNLV will face a Conference USA  team from the state of Texas after it fell 24-17 at UTSA last October ... The Mean Green is the first Texas team to play in Las Vegas since UTEP and then Prairie View A&M appeared in back-to-back weeks in September 2018 ... The Rebels are 12-7 all-time vs. teams that currently make up C-USA ... UNLV has nine players from the Lone Star State on its current roster, including Denton native and OLB Jordan Eubanks who transferred to Las Vegas from Florida State after graduating from John H. Guyer HS in 2021 ... Bishop Gorman HS grad and former UNLV three-year letterman at safety Greg Francis played his final season of college football at UNT last year ... Current UNT President Neal Smatresk moved to Denton in 2014 after serving the same job at UNLV for five years.