American college football season
The 2017 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Rebels were led by third-year head coach Tony Sanchez and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium . They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference . They finished the season 5–7 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West Division. Following the season, head coach Tony Sanchez released Kent Baer (defensive coordinator/linebackers) and Andy LaRussa (special teams/safeties) from their contracts.[1]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. Howard * Stadium L 40–4315,667
September 9 4:00 p.m. at Idaho * ESPN3 W 44–1610,156
September 23 9:00 a.m. at No. 10 Ohio State * BTN L 21–54106,187
September 30 7:30 p.m. San Jose State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPNU W 41–1315,009
October 7 7:45 p.m. No. 19 San Diego State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPN2 L 10–4119,770
October 14 11:00 a.m. at Air Force ATTSNRM L 30–3426,679
October 21 3:00 p.m. Utah State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ATTSNRM L 28–5218,157
October 28 7:00 p.m. at Fresno State ATTSNRM W 26–1627,922
November 4 3:00 p.m. Hawaii Stadium/SPEC HI W 31–2316,278
7:30 p.m. BYU * Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPN2 L 21–3119,811
6:30 p.m. at New Mexico ESPN2 W 38–3514,744
November 25 12:00 p.m. at Nevada ATTSNRM L 16–2317,359
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Schedule Source: 2017 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule
Game summaries
Howard
Howard at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bison
7
14 7 15
43
Rebels
6
13 14 7
40
Date: September 2, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 6:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 29 minutesGame attendance: 15,667Game weather: Temperature: 108 °F (42 °C) • Weather: Clear and Hot • Wind: ESE 5 MPH Referee: Vidal JonesTV announcers (Stadium ): Tony Cordasco and Joe Arrigo
UNLV's season-opening loss to Howard represented the largest upset in college football history in terms of point spread.[2] Howard was a 45-point underdog to UNLV and pulled the upset on the back of quarterback Caylin Newton, brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton , who had 330 total offensive yards in the game.[3]
At Idaho
UNLV at Idaho
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
7
3 24 10
44
Vandals
0
3 7 6
16
Date: September 9, 2017Location: Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID Game start: 5:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 6 minutesGame attendance: 10,156Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Played Indoors • Wind: NoneReferee: Jason AutreyTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Peter Young and Darius Walker
At Ohio State
UNLV at Ohio State
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
0
7 7 7
21
• No. 10 Buckeyes
16
28 10 0
54
San Jose State
San Jose State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
Spartans
3
10 0 0
13
• Rebels
14
21 6 0
41
Date: September 30, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:30 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 15,009Game weather: Temperature: 86 °F (30 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SW 9 MPH Referee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (ESPNU ): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey
San Diego State
San Diego State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 19 Aztecs
3
17 7 14
41
Rebels
3
7 0 0
10
At Air Force
UNLV at Air Force
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
17
10 3 0
30
• Falcons
0
7 13 14
34
Utah State
Utah State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Aggies
7
21 7 17
52
Rebels
14
14 0 0
28
Date: October 21, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 3:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 10 minutesGame attendance: 18,157Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Breezy and Clear Skies • Wind: N 6 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVeldeTV announcers (ATTSNRM ): Drew Goodman , Sherdrick Bonner and Caleb Herring (sideline)
At Fresno State
UNLV at Fresno State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
3
6 7 10
26
Bulldogs
9
0 7 0
16
Hawaii
Hawaii at UNLV (Island Showdown )
1
2 3 4 Total
Rainbow Warriors
0
6 7 10
23
• Rebels
7
0 21 3
31
Date: November 4, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 3:00 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 35 minutesGame attendance: 16,278Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Beautiful and Clear • Wind: S 16 MPH Referee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (Stadium /SPEC HI ): Robert Kekaula and Rich Miano
BYU
BYU at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Cougars
0
14 14 3
31
Rebels
0
7 7 7
21
Date: Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:30 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 19,811Game weather: Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Breezy and Clear • Wind: SSW 8 MPH Referee: Scott CampbellTV announcers (ESPN2): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
At New Mexico
UNLV at New Mexico
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
10
14 3 11
38
Lobos
0
14 7 14
35
At Nevada
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