2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Head coach Jay Norvell at the 2017 Mountain West Conference Media Days at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada on July 25, 2017
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
Record	3–9 (3–5 MW)
Head coach	Jay Norvell (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Mumme (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Casteel (1st season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 27,000)

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Wyoming		5	–	3					8	–	5
Utah State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		4	–	4					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
San Diego State		6	–	2					10	–	3
UNLV		4	–	4					5	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by first–year head coach Jay Norvell and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2016 season 5–7 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a three–way tie for third place in the West Division and did not qualify for a bowl game. Head coach Brian Polian was replaced by Jay Norvell.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:30 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 20–31	33,018
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Toledo*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 24–37	18,617
September 16	4:00 p.m.	Idaho State (Div. I FCS)*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ATTSNRM	L 28–30	16,394
September 23	3:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 7–45	30,317
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ATTSNRM	L 21–41	27,434
October 7	7:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	W 35–21	16,566
October 14	7:15 p.m.	at Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	L 42–44	36,765
October 20	6:30 p.m.	Air Force	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	L 42–45	16,789
November 4	4:00 p.m.	at Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 14–41	30,858
November 11	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	W 59–14	14,604
November 18	7:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 23–42	29,265
November 25	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)	ATTSNRM	W 23–16	17,359
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Northwestern

Nevada at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 7 10 0 3 20 • Wildcats 7 0 10 14 31 Date: September 2, 2017 Location: Ryan Field Evanston, IL Game start: 2:40 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 24 minutes Game attendance: 33,018 Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: NE 5 MPH Referee: Timothy O'Dey TV announcers (BTN): Brandon Gaudin, Chuck Long and Michelle McMahon (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 07:13 NU Macan Wilson 33–yard pass from Clayton Thorson (Charlie Kuhbander kick) NU 7–0 1 05:31 NEV Wyatt Demps 11–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 7–7 2 09:48 NEV Mannix McLane 41–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–7 2 00:36 NEV Spencer Pettit 31–yard field goal NEV 17–7 3 11:36 NU Charlie Kuhbander 23–yard field goal NEV 17–10 3 06:16 NU Riley Lees 19–yard pass from Clayton Thorson (Charlie Kuhbander kick) TIE 17–17 4 10:13 NEV Spencer Pettit 33–yard field goal NEV 20–17 4 05:28 NU Clayton Thorson 1–yard run (Charlie Kuhbander kick) NU 24–20 4 00:52 NU Clayton Thorson 1–yard run (Charlie Kuhbander kick) NU 31–20

See also: 2017 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2007	NW, 36–31

Toledo

Toledo at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Rockets 10 10 14 3 37 Wolf Pack 3 7 14 0 24 Date: September 9, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:05 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 35 minutes Game attendance: 18,617 Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: None Referee: Ron Hudson TV announcers (ESPN3): Trey Bender and Jay Taylor

Scoring summary 1 10:51 TOLEDO Jameson Vest 25–yard field goal TOLEDO 3–0 1 08:54 NEV Spencer Pettit 47–yard field goal TIE 3–3 1 03:21 TOLEDO Diontae Johnson 12–yard pass from Logan Woodside (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 10–3 2 10:59 TOLEDO Terry Swanson 3–yard run (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 17–3 2 05:17 TOLEDO Jameson Vest 26–yard field goal TOLEDO 20–3 2 00:52 NEV Daiyan Henley 19–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TOLEDO 20–10 3 08:41 TOLEDO Terry Swanson 1–yard run (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 27–10 3 07:11 NEV Ty Gangi 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) TOLEDO 27–17 3 03:45 TOLEDO Cody Thompson 8–yard pass from Logan Woodside (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 34–17 3 03:36 NEV McLane Mannix 75–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TOLEDO 34–24 4 04:31 TOLEDO Jameson Vest 23–yard field goal TOLEDO 37–24

See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1997	TOL, 31–13

Idaho State

Idaho State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Bengals (Div. I FCS) 10 13 7 0 30 Wolf Pack 0 7 7 14 28 Date: September 16, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 25 minutes Game attendance: 16,394 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: E 7 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Ari Wolfe, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:57 ISU Parker Johnson 36–yard field goal ISU 3–0 1 06:45 ISU Ty Flanagan 1–yard run (Parker Johnson kick) ISU 10–0 2 11:31 NEV Mannix McLane 2–yard pass from Kaymen Cureton (Spencer Pettit kick) ISU 10–7 2 09:27 ISU Parker Johnson 36–yard field goal ISU 13–7 2 03:12 ISU Hagen Graves 15–yard pass from Tanner Gueller (Parker Johnson kick) ISU 20–7 2 00:10 ISU Parker Johnson 19–yard field goal ISU 23–7 3 10:00 ISU Michael Dean 50–yard pass from Tanner Gueller (Parker Johnson kick) ISU 30–7 3 07:10 NEV Blake Wright 12–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) ISU 30–14 4 09:42 NEV Wyatt Demps 10–yard pass from Kaymen Cureton (Trevion Armstrong kick) ISU 30–21 4 00:58 NEV Wyatt Demps 3–yard pass from Kaymen Cureton (pass failed) ISU 30–28

See also: 2017 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–11	1991	NEV, 41–20

at Washington State

Nevada at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 0 0 7 7 • No. 18 Cougars 14 21 3 7 45 Date: September 23, 2017 Location: Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Game start: 3:01 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 59 minutes Game attendance: 30,317 Game weather: Temperature: 57 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Broken Clouds • Wind: 0–5 MPH Referee: Chris Coyte TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth and Jill Savage (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 07:34 WSU Jamal Morrow 12–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) WSU 7–0 1 03:24 WSU James Williams 13–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) WSU 14–0 2 12:50 WSU Tavares Martin 40–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) WSU 21–0 2 06:35 WSU James Williams 1–yard run (Erik Powell kick) WSU 28–0 2 00:20 WSU Jamire Calvin 6–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) WSU 35–0 3 12:34 WSU Erik Powell 28–yard field goal WSU 38–0 4 12:06 WSU Tavares Martin 19–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) WSU 45–0 4 01:56 NEV Maliek Broady 3–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) WSU 45–7

See also: 2017 Washington State Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	NEV, 24–13

at Fresno State

Nevada at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 14 0 7 21 • Bulldogs 10 21 7 3 41 Date: September 30, 2017 Location: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Game start: 7:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutes Game attendance: 27,434 Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: WNW 11 MPH Referee: David Alvarez TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Ari Wolfe, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 13:21 FS KeeSean Johnson 10–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Jimmy Camacho kick) FS 7–0 1 00:00 FS Jimmy Camacho 29–yard field goal FS 10–0 2 13:12 FS KeeSean Johnson 16–yard pass from Josh Hokit (Jimmy Camacho kick) FS 17–0 2 05:05 FS Jaron Bryant 18–yard interception (Jimmy Camacho kick) FS 24–0 2 02:08 FS KeeSean Johnson 40–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Jimmy Camacho kick) FS 31–0 2 00:54 NEV Wyatt Demps 17–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) FS 31–7 2 00:35 NEV Trevion Armstrong 21–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) FS 31–14 3 07:58 FS Ronnie Rivers 5–yard run (Jimmy Camacho kick) FS 38–14 4 02:44 FS Jimmy Camacho 27–yard field goal FS 41–14 4 00:23 NEV Blake Wright 2–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) FS 41–21

See also: 2017 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–27–1	2016	NEV, 27–22

Hawaii

Hawaii at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 7 7 7 0 21 • Wolf Pack 7 14 7 7 35 Date: October 7, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes Game attendance: 16,566 Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Clear and Perfect • Wind: W 12 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and Jordan Daigle (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 04:52 UH John Ursua 10–yard pass from Dru Brown (Alex Trifonovitch kick) UH 7–0 1 02:30 NEV Mannix McLane 7–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 7–7 2 03:55 UH Kade Greeley 42–yard pass from Dru Brown (Alex Trifonovitch kick) UH 14–7 2 02:32 NEV Ty Gangi 17–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 14–14 2 00:18 NEV Wyatt Demps 2–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 21–14 3 01:56 NEV Kelton Moore 22–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 28–14 3 01:45 UH Diocemy Saint Juste 75–yard run (Alex Trifonovitch kick) NEV 28–21 4 11:16 NEV Wyatt Demps 32–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 35–21

See also: 2017 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–9	2016	HAW, 38–17

at Colorado State

Nevada at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 14 7 21 0 42 • Rams 14 14 10 6 44 Date: October 14, 2017 Location: Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO Game start: 8:26 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 39 minutes Game attendance: 36,765 Game weather: Temperature: 43 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: E 7 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick and Kirk Morrison

Scoring summary 1 13:34 CSU Michael Gallup 56–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick) CSU 7–0 1 09:56 CSU Michael Gallup 7–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick) CSU 14–0 1 02:54 NEV Trevion Armstrong 5–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) CSU 14–7 1 01:12 NEV Mannix McLane 57–yard pass from Kelton Moore (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 14–14 2 12:25 CSU Izzy Matthews 1–yard run (Wyatt Bryan kick) CSU 21–14 2 08:17 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 21–21 2 04:36 CSU Dalton Fackrell 14–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick) CSU 28–21 3 09:50 NEV Daiyan Henley 6–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 28–28 3 09:04 NEV Wyatt Demps 65–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 35–28 3 04:52 CSU Wyatt Bryan 51–yard field goal NEV 35–31 3 03:13 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 55–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 42–31 3 01:57 CSU Dalyn Dawkins 59–yard run (Wyatt Bryan kick) NEV 42–38 4 12:08 CSU Michael Gallup 17–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick failed) CSU 44–42

See also: 2017 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–11	2015	NEV, 28–23

Air Force

Air Force at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 7 21 7 10 45 Wolf Pack 14 6 8 14 42 Date: October 20, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 29 minutes Game attendance: 16,789 Game weather: Temperature: 46 °F (8 °C) • Weather: Cool • Wind: W 12 MPH Referee: Kevin Boitmann TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and Cassie McKinney (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:19 NEV Mannix McLane 14–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 7–0 1 02:46 AF Garrett Amy 5–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) TIE 7–7 1 02:05 NEV Wyatt Demps 28–yard pass from Andrew Celis (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–7 2 14:38 AF Taven Birdow 3–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) TIE 14–14 2 13:09 NEV Spencer Pettit 35–yard field goal NEV 17–14 2 10:25 NEV Spencer Pettit 37–yard field goal NEV 20–14 2 03:18 AF Tim McVey 4–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) AF 21–20 2 02:09 AF Ronald Cleveland 43–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) AF 28–20 3 12:02 NEV Ty Gangi 13–yard run (Wyatt Demps pass) TIE 28–28 3 02:09 AF Arion Worthman 1–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) AF 35–28 4 11:39 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 35–35 4 06:43 AF Arion Worthman 3–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) AF 42–35 4 03:57 NEV Daiyan Henley 31–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 42–42 4 00:00 AF Luke Strebel 30–yard field goal AF 45–42

See also: 2017 Air Force Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2014	AF, 45–38OT

at Boise State

Nevada at Boise State
(rivalry)

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 7 7 0 0 14 • Broncos 10 21 7 3 41 Date: November 4, 2017 Location: Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID Game start: 5:02 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours Game attendance: 30,858 Game weather: Temperature: 42 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Partly Sunny • Wind: NW 9 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick and Kirk Morrison

Scoring summary 1 08:45 NEV Kelton Moore 4–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 7–0 1 03:58 BSU Haden Hoggarth 20–yard field goal NEV 7–3 1 01:42 BSU Alexander Mattison 13–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 10–7 2 12:42 NEV Trevion Armstrong 1–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–10 2 11:50 BSU Cedrick Wilson Jr. 44–yard pass from Brett Rypien (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 17–14 2 05:35 BSU Ryan Wolpin 1–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 24–14 2 00:31 BSU Jake Roh 25–yard pass from Brett Rypien (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 31–14 3 11:03 BSU Alexander Mattison 6–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 38–14 4 12:48 BSU Haden Hoggarth 41–yard field goal BSU 41–14

See also: 2017 Boise State Broncos football team and Boise State–Nevada football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–28	2014	BSU, 51–46

San Jose State

San Jose State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 7 0 0 7 14 • Wolf Pack 14 24 14 7 59 Date: November 11, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:05 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 14 minutes Game attendance: 14,604 Game weather: Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Cool and Sunny • Wind: SE 2 MPH Referee: Daniel Romeo TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenney and Al Groh

Scoring summary 1 05:51 SJSU Tyler Nevens 12–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 7–0 1 03:02 NEV Wyatt Demps 39–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 7–7 1 01:06 NEV Dameon Baber 6–yard blocked punt return (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–7 2 11:55 NEV Ty Gangi 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 21–7 2 07:51 NEV Dameon Baber 100–yard interception (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 28–7 2 04:28 NEV Wyatt Demps 3–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 35–7 2 00:06 NEV Spencer Pettit 20–yard field goal NEV 38–7 3 10:35 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 6–yard pass (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 45–7 3 01:17 NEV Dameon Baber 39–yard interception (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 52–7 4 06:54 NEV Blake Wright 7–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 59–7 4 00:17 SJSU Sean Pinson 12–yard pass from Michael Carrillo (Bryce Crawford kick) NEV 59–14

See also: 2017 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–9–2	2016	SJSU, 14–10

at San Diego State

Nevada at San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 10 7 0 6 23 • Aztecs 14 7 7 14 42 Date: November 18, 2017 Location: SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA Game start: 7:39 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes Game attendance: 29,265 Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: Calm Referee: David Alvarez TV announcers (CBSSN): Ben Holden, Jay Feely and Tina Cervasio (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 06:07 NEV Spencer Pettit 23–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 05:44 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 48–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 10–0 1 03:45 SDSU Rashaad Penny 23–yard run (John Baron II kick) NEV 10–7 1 02:05 SDSU Rashaad Penny 70–yard punt return (John Baron II kick) SDSU 14–10 2 09:07 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 9–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 17–14 2 00:39 SDSU Mikah Holder 5–yard pass from Christian Chapman SDSU 21–17 3 09:22 SDSU Juwan Washington 1–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 28–17 4 13:43 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 2–yard pass from Ty Gangi (pass failed) SDSU 28–23 4 13:30 SDSU Rashaad Penny 100–yard kickoff return (John Baron II kick) SDSU 35–23 4 08:31 SDSU Rashaad Penny 67–yard return (John Baron II kick) SDSU 42–23

See also: 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2016	SDSU, 46–16

UNLV

UNLV at Nevada
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 0 13 3 0 16 • Wolf Pack 6 3 7 7 23 Date: November 25, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:08 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 56 minutes Game attendance: 17,359 Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: SE 4 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 14:03 NEV Wyatt Demps 21–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick blocked) NEV 6–0 2 14:47 UNLV Armani Rogers 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–6 2 08:56 UNLV Evan Pantels 24–yard field goal UNLV 10–6 2 02:03 UNLV Evan Pantels 37–yard field goal UNLV 13–6 2 00:21 NEV Spencer Pettit 35–yard field goal UNLV 13–9 3 10:57 UNLV Evan Pantels 53–yard field goal UNLV 16–9 3 00:41 NEV Trevion Armstrong 6–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 16–16 4 07:34 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 23–16

See also: 2017 UNLV Rebels football team and Fremont Cannon

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–16	2016	NEV, 45–10

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

See also: 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Austin Corbett	G	2	33	Cleveland Browns