2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
| 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football | |
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| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| West Division | |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Matt Mumme (4th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Air raid |
| Defensive coordinator | Brian Ward (1st season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| Home stadium | Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) |
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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 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was to represent the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were to led by fourth–year head coach Jay Norvell and play their home games at Mackay Stadium as members of the Western Division of the Mountain West Conference.[2]
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 2019 season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West to finish in third place in the West Division and lost the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Ohio by 21 to 30.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
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| Outland Trophy[4] | Dom Peterson | DL | JR |
Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled to take place from July 27–29, 2020 virtually, but were indefinitely postponed.[5]
Media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Wolf Pack were predicted to finish in second place in the MW West Division.[6]
| 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 |
Preseason All−Mountain West Team
The Wolf Pack had two players selected to the preseason All−Mountain West Team; one from the offense and one from the defense.[7]
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Offense Brandon Talton – PK |
Defense Dom Peterson – DL |
References
- ^ "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "2020 Nevada Football Schedule". Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Outland Trophy Watch List Unveiled". Football Writers Association of America. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Football Virtual Media Days". Mountain West Conference. July 20, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2020 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Mountain West Football Preseason All−Conference Team". Mountain West Conference. July 22, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.