LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – Rolled out over social media during the just-completed off week, the official list of UNLV Football's Top 25 Moments of the Quarter-Century is now revealed.

The diverse list, which follows the Quarter-Century Team announced last month, is divided into two sections – top moments for the Rebel program and then the top 10 plays in the time period, which spans from 2000 to 2024. The 25 overall winners were voted on by a select committee made up of longtime media members and staffers. An honorable mention list of 18 more plays and moments that were considered are included in chronological order at the end of this release.

UNLV (6-1) is next in action on Saturday at home vs. New Mexico. Fans can still take advantage of the Showtime Deal which, for only $66, allows fans to attend the three remaining home games at Allegiant Stadium, with seating located on the north 200-level, including access to the Coors Light Landing.
 
The Showtime Deal can be purchased online at UNLVtickets.com. In addition to this plan, there are multiple offers available to catch the Rebels this season, including the Kids Day special vs. New Mexico, with tickets as low as $23.
 
For information on VIP premium club seats or suites at Allegiant Stadium, contact the Premium Sales office at premiumseating@unlv.edu or by calling (702) 739-FANS (3267).

        
 
TOP MOMENTS OF THE QUARTER-CENTURY
25. A stunning 27-0 shutout of Utah at SBS in 2007 is one of just two blankings for UNLV's defense during the quarter century and one of only two in history over a conference opponent
 
24. Jackson Woodard is named the program's first-ever NFF National Scholar Athlete and UNLV leads all of college football with three First Team Academic All-Americans in 2024
 
23. In the highest scoring game in MW history, UNLV intercepts Josh Allen in triple overtime to defeat Wyoming 69-66 to end perhaps the most exciting game in SBS history on Nov. 12, 2016
 
22. The Rebels play their first bowl in 13 years at the historic Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day 2014, falling to North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl
 
21. UNLV wins big at Air Force in 2013 in the coldest game in MW history. RB Tim Cornett goes for 220 yards and four TDs on the icy turf to make the Rebels bowl-eligible for the first time in 13 years
 
20. UNLV dominates at No. 14 Wisconsin in Madison, 23-5, behind Jamaal Brimmer's historic defensive performance on Sept. 13, 2003
 
19. UNLV hires former Missouri head coach Barry Odom, who turns around program and becomes school's first national coach of the year finalist
 
18. The Rebels hire popular ESPN personality and longtime SEC coach Dan Mullen as head coach
 
17. UNLV downs Cal in the LA Bowl to mark its fourth win of the season over a Power 5 team and gives program an 11th win for first time since 1984
 
16. Rebel legend Randall Cunningham is the first UNLV player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Dec. 7, 2016
 
15. UNLV earns its first-ever national ranking during 2024 season (AP, Coaches and CFP)
 
14. UNLV finishes as regular-season champion and earns the right to host the 2023 Mountain West Championship game vs. Boise State
 
13. UNLV's new $2 billon home at Allegiant Stadium opens in 2020
 
12. UNLV defeats Arkansas 31-14 in the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl, downing an SEC opponent and making John Robinson college football's winningest bowl game coach
 
11. The state-of-the-art Fertitta Football Complex opens in 2019, giving UNLV a top day-to-day home
 
TOP PLAYS OF THE QUARTER-CENTURY
10. QB Armani Rogers finds WR Devonte Boyd for a 94-yard pass at Idaho that goes down as the longest play from scrimmage in school history in a blowout win over the Vandals in 2017
 
9. As the clock hits zero before halftime, RB Jet Thomas hauls in an improbable 27-yard touchdown play that propels UNLV to an upset win at Kansas on ESPN in 2024
 
8. QB Dalton Sneed barely avoids a potential safety vs. Fresno State and instead sprints for the longest rush in school history with a 91-yard touchdown run in a big win over the Bulldogs in 2016
 
7. With the clock ticking, quarterback QB Jayden Maiava finds WR Ricky White III deep down the field to stun Vanderbilt and set up the game-winning field goal in the season-changing win over the Commodores in 2023
 
6. Trailing 20-0 and facing fourth down, QB Armani Rogers finds RB Lexington Thomas on a short pass that he turns into a 36-yard touchdown and propels the Rebels to their biggest comeback in school history in 2018
 
5. Homegrown QB Kenyon Oblad suddenly ends the only overtime game in the history of the Battle for the Fremont Cannon by finding WR Steve Jenkins for a 23-yard touchdown on third down to stun UNR in Reno in 2019
 
4. Marshal Nichols hits DB Cam Oliver on a fake punt to help UNLV down Cal in the LA Bowl for the program's 11th win of the year. The play goes viral on social media and is considered by many posters to be one of the best-designed fakes in history
 
3. DL Malo Taumua bursts through the line to block a field goal attempt by Arizona State, which gives UNLV a 23-20 OT win over the 13th-ranked Sun Devils in 2008
 
2. Known as "The Catch," WR Phillip Payne hauls in a one-handed touchdown from Omar Clayton to allow UNLV to tie Arizona State and head to an eventual win over the No. 13 Sun Devils in 2008
 
1. DB Amar Brisco (RIP) flips the script at San Diego State as his 72-yard interception return for a touchdown in 2000 denies the Aztecs the game-winning score and keeps UNLV alive for a bowl bid


 
ALSO CONSIDERED (PRESENTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
-WR Troy Mason brings back a punt return 84 yards for a key touchdown in the Rebels' win over New Mexico in 2000
 
-QB Jason Thomas launches a missile to WR Troy Mason for a 54-yard touchdown to help UNLV down Arkansas in the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl
 
-UNLV bats down a potential game-tying two-point conversion attempt by QB Timmy Chang and the Rebels become bowl-eligible for the first time since 1994 with the 34-32 final at Hawai'i in 2000
 
-A school-record four players are drafted into the NFL off of one defense in 2002
 
-QB Kurt Nantkes hits TE DeJhown Mandley (RIP) for a game-winning 29-yard touchdown in a 36-33 upset of 2002 MW Champion and 13th-ranked Colorado State in Fort Collins
 
-Jamaal Brimmer's 55-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Wisconsin in 2003 was just one of his many highlights in the greatest defensive performance in school history
 
-On Labor Day 2005 on ESPN, UNLV's Mike Sanford becomes the first college coach in history to challenge a call on the field by throwing the red flag in the new replay system
 
-PK Sergio Aguayo hits TWO 52-yard field goals, including the game-winner with 42 seconds left, to help UNLV down San Diego State 13-10 in 2005
 
-DB Deante Purvis rolls 98 yards for a score in a 38-35 win over Colorado State in 2011 – the-second longest return in UNLV history
 
-QB Nick Sherry hits TE Taylor Barnhill on a gorgeous 33-yard touchdown pass that split three defenders at La Tech in 2012. The highlight was voted as the play of the week for college football in an online poll
 
-Trailing at one point by three touchdowns, UNLV changes quarterbacks and Caleb Herring finds Devante Davis for a trio of scores and leads the Rebels to a 31-21 victory over visiting Central Michigan on Sept. 14, 2013, to kick off a four-game winning streak and earn an eventual bowl trip
 
-UNLV breaks an eight-game losing streak vs. UNR to capture the Fremont Cannon in Reno, 27-22, on Oct. 26, 2013
 
-QB Armani Rogers rips off a 72-yard touchdown run at New Mexico to help UNLV down the Lobos in 2017
 
-The Rebels down San Jose State on a last-second interception in the final UNLV game ever at Sam Boyd Stadium on Nov. 22, 2019
 
-RB Charles Williams goes untouched for an 80-yard sprint to the end zone in a win at UNR in 2019
 
-2023 consensus First Team All-America PK Jose Pizano becomes the first Rebel named a finalist for a major national award when he finishes among the top three for the Lou Groza
 
-UNLV dominates UNR 38-14 in 2024 before a crowd of more than 40,000 at Allegiant Stadium to reach the 10-win victory mark for the first time since 1984
 
-WR Ricky White III leads the nation in punt blocks en route to earning 2024 Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year