2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Conference Mountain West Conference
Division West Division
2018 record 3–4 (1–2 MW)
Head coach Jay Norvell (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Matt Mumme (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel (2nd season)
Base defense Multiple
Home stadium Mackay Stadium
(Capacity: 27,000)
2018 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Utah State  2 –0     5 –1  
Boise State  2 –1     4 –2  
Colorado State  2 –1     3 –4  
New Mexico  1 –1     3 –3  
Air Force  0 –3     2 –4  
Wyoming  0 –3     2 –5  
West Division
Hawaii  3 –0     6 –2  
Fresno State  2 –0     5 –1  
San Diego State  2 –0     5 –1  
Nevada  1 –2     3 –4  
UNLV  0 –2     2 –4  
San Jose State  0 –3     0 –6  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represents the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack are led by second-year head coach Jay Norvell and play their home games at Mackay Stadium. They are members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2017 season 3–9, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[1] Sean Krepsz C SR
Chuck Bednarik Award[2] Malik Reed LB SR
Maxwell Award[3] Ty Gangi QB SR
Doak Walker Award[4] Kelton Moore RB JR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[5] McLane Mannix WR SO
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[6] Malik Reed LB SR
Outland Trophy[7] Sean Krepsz C SR
Paul Hornung Award[8] McLane Mannix WR/KR SO
Wuerffel Trophy[9] Ty Gangi QB SR
Ted Hendricks Award[10] Korey Rush DE SR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[11] Ty Gangi QB SR
Manning Award[12] Ty Gangi QB SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[13] Kelton Moore RB JR
McLane Mannix WR SO

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Wolf Pack were predicted to finish in fourth place in the West Division.[14]

Media poll

West Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Fresno State126 (16)
2San Diego State116 (6)
3UNLV78
4Nevada72
5Hawaii45
6San Jose State25

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Wolf Pack had three players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[15]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.Portland State*
W 72–1917,525
September 89:00 a.m.at Vanderbilt*
SECNL 10–4125,676
September 154:00 p.m.Oregon State*
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
ESPNUW 37–3520,462
September 229:00 a.m.at Toledo*
CBSSNL 44–6323,675
September 2912:00 p.m.at Air Force
ESPNewsW 28–2523,707
October 67:30 p.m.Fresno State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
ESPNUL 3–2115,367
October 137:30 p.m.Boise Statedagger
CBSSNL 27–3121,431
October 209:00 p.m.at Hawaii
SPEC HI
October 27San Diego State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
ESPN Networks
November 10Colorado State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
ESPN Networks
November 172:00 p.m.at San Jose State
ESPN3
November 246:30 p.m.at UNLV
CBSSN
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
Schedule Source: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack Football Schedule

Game summaries

Portland State

Portland State at Nevada
1 234Total
Vikings 9 1000 19
• Wolf Pack 9 212814 72
  • Date: August 31, 2018
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 6:06 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 36 minutes
  • Game attendance: 17,525
  • Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Clear • Wind: N 10 MPH
  • Referee: Dwyane Johnson
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 1976 NEV, 35–22

at Vanderbilt

Nevada at Vanderbilt
1 234Total
Wolf Pack 0 1000 10
• Commodores 0 17177 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

[16]

Oregon State

Oregon State at Nevada
1 234Total
Beavers 7 14014 35
• Wolf Pack 16 1407 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 1999 OSU, 28–13

at Toledo

Nevada at Toledo
1 234Total
Wolf Pack 7 17146 44
• Rockets 14 211414 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 TOL, 37–24

at Air Force

Nevada at Air Force
1 234Total
• Wolf Pack 7 1470 28
Falcons 0 7108 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 AF, 45–42

Fresno State

Fresno State at Nevada
1 234Total
• Bulldogs 0 777 21
Wolf Pack 0 300 3
  • Date: October 6, 2018
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 7:30 p.m. PDT
  • Game attendance: 15,367
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–28–1 2017 FRES, 41–21

Boise State

Boise State at Nevada
(Rivalry)
1 2Total
Broncos 0
Wolf Pack 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–29 2017 BSU, 41–14

at Hawaii

Nevada at Hawaii
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Rainbow Warriors 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–9 2017 NEV, 35–21

San Diego State

San Diego State at Nevada
1 2Total
Aztecs 0
Wolf Pack 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–7 2017 SDSU, 42–23

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nevada
1 2Total
Rams 0
Wolf Pack 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–12 2017 CSU, 44–42

at San Jose State

Nevada at San Jose State
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Spartans 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–9–2 2017 NEV, 59–14

at UNLV

Nevada at UNLV
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon)
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Rebels 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–17 2017 NEV, 23–16

References

  1. ↑ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Preseason Watch List - 2018 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award" (PDF). August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Manning Award: See which quarterbacks made the preseason watch list for 2018". August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  13. ↑ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  14. ↑ https://themw.com/news/2018/7/24/boise-state-fresno-state-picked-to-win-2018-mountain-west-football-divisional-titles.aspx
  15. ↑ https://themw.com/news/2018/7/24/2018-mountain-west-football-preseason-all-conference-team.aspx
  16. ↑ "Nevada vs. Vanderbilt - Game Summary - September 8, 2018". ESPN. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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