2020 UNLV Rebels football team
| 2020 UNLV Rebels football | |
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| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 0–6 (0–6 MW) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Glenn Thomas (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Peter Hansen (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Allegiant Stadium (Capacity: 65,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 San Jose State y$ | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State y | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2020 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by first–year head coach Marcus Arroyo. They played their home games at Allegiant Stadium as members of the Mountain West Conference.[2]
It was the first season for the UNLV Rebels football team at Allegiant Stadium. They played their first game there on October 31 against Nevada.
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
On September 24, 2020, the Mountain West Conference resumed all fall sports competitions.
Due to scheduling issues with the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, UNLV moved its September 5, 2020 home game to Sam Boyd Stadium which was later canceled.[4]
Playing no non–conference games, the Rebels finished the season 0–6 in Mountain West play to finish in last place, their worst record since 1998.
Preseason
Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled to take place from July 27–29, 2020 virtually, but were canceled.[5]
Media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Rebels were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW West Division.[6] The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | San Diego State | 122 (19) |
| 2 | Nevada | 100 (2) |
| 3 | Hawaii | 74 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 73 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 43 |
| 6 | UNLV | 29 |
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Boise State | 125 (20) |
| 2 | Wyoming | 90 (1) |
| 3 | Air Force | 86 |
| 4 | Utah State | 60 |
| 5 | Colorado State | 59 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 21 |
Schedule
UNLV had games scheduled against Arizona State, California, Iowa State and Louisiana Tech that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]
On November 18, the Mountain West canceled their scheduled November 21 game vs. Colorado State due to COVID-19 cases related to contact tracing within the UNLV program.[9]
On December 2, the Mountain West canceled their scheduled December 4 game vs. Boise State due to COVID-19 protocols.[10]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| October 24 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | CBSSN | L 6–34 | 0 | |||
| October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Nevada | FS1 | L 19–37 | 2,000 | |||
| November 7 | 12:30 p.m. | Fresno State |
| CBSSN | L 27–40 | 2,000 | ||
| November 14 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Jose State | FS2 | L 17–34 | 0 | |||
| November 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Wyoming |
| FS1 | L 14–45 | 0 | ||
| December 12 | 8:00 p.m. | at Hawaii |
| SPEC HI | L 21–38 | 0 | ||
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Game summaries
At San Diego State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rebels | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Aztecs | 7 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
Nevada
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Wolf Pack | 10 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 37 |
| Rebels | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
Fresno State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| Rebels | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
At San Jose State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rebels | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Spartans | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
Wyoming
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Cowboys | 10 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| Rebels | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
At Hawaii
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rebels | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Rainbow Warriors | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
References
- ^ "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "New Head Coach Marcus Arroyo Ready Leads Rebels". UNLV.edu. December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "UNLV football will play game at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2020". Las Vegas Sun. May 4, 2020.
- ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Football Virtual Media Days". Mountain West Conference. July 20, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2020 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 21, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (August 6, 2020). "2020 UNLV at Iowa State football game rescheduled to 2030". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "UNLV-Colorado State football game off because of coronavirus". November 18, 2020.
- ^ "Mountain West cancels UNLV football vs. Boise State - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". December 2, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Football Schedule". University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "2020 UNLV Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.