2020 UNLV Rebels football team

The 2020 UNLV Rebels football team represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels are led by first–year head coach Marcus Arroyo. They play their home games at Allegiant Stadium as a primary and Sam Boyd Stadium as a secondary. They are members of the Mountain West Conference.[1]

2020 UNLV Rebels football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coachMarcus Arroyo (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorGlenn Thomas (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorPeter Hansen (1st season)
Home stadiumAllegiant Stadium
(Capacity: 65,000)
Sam Boyd Stadium
(Capacity: 35,000)
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

This will be the first season for the UNLV Rebels football team at Allegiant Stadium. They will play their first game there on August 29, 2020 against California.

Due to scheduling issues with the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, UNLV moved its September 5, 2020 home game to Sam Boyd Stadium.[2]

Previous season

The 2019 UNLV Rebels football team went 4–8 overall and 2–6 in conference play last year for the second straight year and did not qualify for a bowl game last season. Head coach Tony Sanchez was replaced by Marcus Arroyo, the former offensive coordinator at Oregon.

Preseason

Media poll

The Preseason media poll will be released in late July 2020.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 California*
September 5 Louisiana Tech*
September 12 Arizona State*
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
September 19 at Iowa State*
October 3 at San Diego State
October 10 Wyoming
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
October 17 at San Jose State
October 23[lower-alpha 1] Colorado State
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
October 31 at Boise State
November 7 Fresno State
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
November 14 at Hawaii
November 28 Nevada
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Source:[3][4]

  1. Originally scheduled for Saturday, October 24.

Game summaries

California
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 California Golden Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Louisiana Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2012 LATECH, 58–31

Arizona State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2008 ASU, 23–20

at Iowa State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0
Cyclones 0
See also: 2020 Iowa State Cyclones football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2008 UNLV, 34–31

at San Diego State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0
Aztecs 0
See also: 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–20 2019 SDSU, 20–17

Wyoming
1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–13 2019 WYO, 53–17

at San Jose State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0
Spartans 0
See also: 2020 San Jose State Spartans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–17–1 2019 UNLV, 38–35

Colorado State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 Colorado State Rams football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–17–1 2019 CSU, 37–17

at Boise State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0
Broncos 0
See also: 2020 Boise State Broncos football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–8 2019 BSU, 38–13

Fresno State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–16 2019 FRES, 56–27

at Hawaii
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0
Rainbow Warriors 0
See also: 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–17 2019 HAW, 21–7

Nevada
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team and Fremont Cannon
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–27 2019 UNLV, 33–30OT

References
  1. "New Head Coach Marcus Arroyo Ready Leads Rebels". UNLV.edu. December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. "UNLV football will play game at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2020". Las Vegas Sun. May 4, 2020.
  3. "2020 Football Schedule". University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. "2020 UNLV Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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