GAME 3
UNLV REBELS (1-1/0-0 Mountain West)
vs.
VANDERBILT (2-1/0-0 SEC)
DATE: Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023
KICKOFF: 4:02 pm PTÂ
SITE: Allegiant Stadium (61,000/Artificial) Las Vegas
TV:Â CBS Sports Network (Chris Lewis, Ross Tucker, Justin Walters)
RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield)
ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com
TICKETS: Call (702) 739-FANS or visit UNLVTickets.com
SATURDAY'S PREVIEW...
UNLV (1-1/0-0) hosts an SEC team during the regular-season for the first time in history when Vanderbilt (2-1/0-0) comes to town Saturday afternoon ... The game will be televised nationally by CBS Sports Network ... UNLV returns home after playing its highest-ever ranked opponent (tied) in front of its biggest-ever crowd (109,482) in a 35-7 loss at No. 2/2 Michigan ... The Commodores, who opened the season with a home win over Mountain West member Hawai'i, stay on the road after suffering their first loss of the season, 36-20, at Wake Forest ... The Rebels, who are a perfect 7-for-7 in red-zone scoring this fall, are looking for their first passing touchdown of the season after compiling six scores on the ground in the first two games -- from five different players ... UNLV WR/KR
Jacob De Jesus leads the nation in kickoff returns at 52.7 YPR on three attempts ... The former JC transfer, who turned in a 22-yard punt return (team's longest in two years) vs. the Wolverines, also stands 18th in the country in all-purpose yards with 139.0 per game ... Sophomore P
Marshall Nichols who booted a career-long 60-yarder in Ann Arbor, ranks 10th in the nation with a 47.5-yard average.
REBELS vs. COMMODORES NOTES...Â
Head coach Barry Odom comes into Saturday with a 3-1 career record against Vanderbilt after facing the Commodores during each of his years leading Missouri (2016-19) ... First-year UNLV DL coach Ricky Logo coached the same position for the Commodores from 2007-10 ... This matchup completes a home-and-home series that began in 2019 when UNLV traveled to Nashville and came home with a 34-10 victory, the school's first road win over an SEC program ... The Rebels were led on offense that day by QB Kenyon Oblad's 11-of-16 passing for 172 yards and two TDs and RB
Chad Magyar's 116 rushing yards and one score ... UNLV is 3-2 all-time vs. teams from the Volunteer State (0-2 vs. UT, 1-0 vs. Vandy, 1-0 vs. Tenn. State and 1-0 vs. Tenn. Tech) ... Aside from the 2019 trip to Vandy and two games in Knoxville (1996 & 2004), UNLV has tussled with just two other SEC teams in its history: lost 43-40 in OT at Ole Miss in 2000, defeated Arkansas 31-14 in the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl and dropped a 14-10 heart-breaker to the Razorbacks in Little Rock in 2001 ... Vandy will become the second SEC team to play at UNLV's Allegiant Stadium as Florida faced Oregon State in last year's Las Vegas Bowl.
