2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represents the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack are led by fourth–year head coach Jay Norvell and play their home games at Mackay Stadium. They are members of the Western Division of the Mountain West Conference.[1]

2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coachJay Norvell (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Mumme (4th season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorBrian Ward (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
(Capacity: 30,000)
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Air Force  0 –0     0 –0  
Boise State  0 –0     0 –0  
Colorado State  0 –0     0 –0  
New Mexico  0 –0     0 –0  
Utah State  0 –0     0 –0  
Wyoming  0 –0     0 –0  
West Division
Fresno State  0 –0     0 –0  
Hawaii  0 –0     0 –0  
Nevada  0 –0     0 –0  
San Diego State  0 –0     0 –0  
San Jose State  0 –0     0 –0  
UNLV  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

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

Media poll

The preseason poll will be released at the Mountain West media days in late July 2020.


Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
August 29UC Davis (Div. I FCS)*
September 5at Arkansas*
September 12UTEP*
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
September 19at South Florida*
September 26San Diego State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
October 3at Hawaii
October 17at New Mexico
October 24Fresno State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
October 31Utah State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
November 7at San Jose State
November 14Wyoming
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
November 28at UNLV
  • *Non-conference game

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches  
CFP Not released Not released

Game summaries

UC Davis
UC Davis at Nevada
1 2Total
Aggies (Div. I FCS) 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 UC Davis Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–21–3 Sep. 3, 2015 W 31–17

at Arkansas
Nevada at Arkansas
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Razorbacks 0
See also: 2020 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

UTEP
UTEP at Nevada
1 2Total
Miners 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 UTEP Miners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 Sep. 21, 2019 W 37–21

at South Florida
Nevada at South Florida
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Bulls 0
See also: 2020 South Florida Bulls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 Sep. 8, 2012 L 31–32

San Diego State
San Diego State at Nevada
1 2Total
Aztecs 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–7 Nov. 9, 2019 W 17–13

at Hawaii
Nevada at Hawaii
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Rainbow Warriors 0
See also: 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–10 Sep. 28, 2019 L 54–3

at New Mexico
Nevada at New Mexico
(Battle of the Wolves)
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Lobos 0
See also: 2020 New Mexico Lobos football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3–1 Nov. 2, 2019 W 21–10

Fresno State
Fresno State at Nevada
1 2Total
Bulldogs 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–29–1 Nov. 23, 2019 W 35–28

Utah State
Utah State at Nevada
1 2Total
Aggies 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 Utah State Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–7 Oct. 19, 2019 L 10–36

at San Jose State
Nevada at San Jose State
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Spartans 0
See also: 2020 San Jose State Spartans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–9–2 Oct. 12, 2019 W 41–38

Wyoming
Wyoming at Nevada
1 2Total
Cowboys 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–5 Oct. 26, 2019 L 3–31

at UNLV
Nevada at UNLV
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)
1 2Total
Wolf Pack 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 UNLV Rebels football team and Fremont Cannon
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–18[n 1] Nov. 30, 2019 L 30–33OT

Notes
  1. In 1985, UNLV was forced to forfeit all 7 wins from the 1983 season and all 11 wins from the 1984 season, including their victory in the California Bowl.[2] Nevada was given a win on the Fremont Cannon as a result. See Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Vacated victories for an explanation of how vacated victories are recorded.

References
  1. "2020 Nevada Football Schedule". Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  2. McCurdie, Jim (March 13, 1985). "UNLV Punished for Using Ineligible Football Players". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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