American college football season
The 2019 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Rebels were led by fifth 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 .[ 1] [ 2]
This was the final season UNLV played at Sam Boyd Stadium, with their November 23 match against San Jose State being the final game at the site. The Rebels Did move into the newly constructed Allegiant Stadium in 2020 where they will share the venue with the National Football League 's Las Vegas Raiders .
Preseason
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Rebels were predicted to finish in fifth place in the MW West Division.[ 3]
West
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Fresno State
122 (17)
2
San Diego State
106 (3)
3
Nevada
74
4
Hawaii
67 (1)
5
UNLV 51
6
San Jose State
21
Mountain
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Boise State
120 (15)
2
Utah State
108 (6)
3
Air Force
73
4
Wyoming
66
5
Colorado State
52
6
New Mexico
22
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 7:00 p.m. Southern Utah * Stadium W 56–2317,421 September 7 7:00 p.m. Arkansas State * Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Stadium on Facebook L 17–4318,742 September 14 12:30 p.m. at Northwestern * BTN L 14–3037,714 September 28 5:00 p.m. at Wyoming ESPNU L 17–5323,029 October 5 7:30 p.m. No. 16 Boise State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV CBSSN L 13–3824,681 October 12 1:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt * SECN W 34–1020,048 7:00 p.m. at Fresno State CBSSN L 27–5626,256 October 26 7:30 p.m. San Diego State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV CBSSN L 17–2019,652 November 2 12:30 p.m. at Colorado State ATTSNRM L 17–3724,103 November 16 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Stadium on Facebook/SPEC HI L 7–2121,317 November 23 1:00 p.m. San Jose State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ATTSNRM W 38–3517,373 November 30 12:00 p.m. at Nevada ATTSNRM W 33–30 OT 16,683 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Game summaries
Southern Utah
Southern Utah at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds
0
7 0 16
23
• Rebels
7
28 21 0
56
Date: August 31, 2019Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutesGame attendance: 17,421Game weather: Temperature: 105 °F (41 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: 9 MPH Referee: Dwayne JohnsonTV announcers (Stadium ): Tony Cordasco and Joe Haro
Arkansas State
Arkansas State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Red Wolves
10
13 10 10
43
Rebels
0
3 7 7
17
Date: September 7, 2019Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 5 minutesGame attendance: 18,742Game weather: Temperature: 101 °F (38 °C) • Weather: Mostly Clear • Wind: SW 18 MPH Referee: Wayne WalkerTV announcers (Stadium on Facebook ): Noah Coslov, Ikechuku Ndukwe and Kristen Balboni (sideline)
At Northwestern
UNLV at Northwestern
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
7
7 0 0
14
• Wildcats
10
6 7 7
30
Date: September 14, 2019Location: Ryan Field Evanston, IL Game start: 12:46 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 2 minutesGame attendance: 37,714Game weather: Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: SE 9 MPH Referee: Larry SmithTV announcers (BTN ): Lisa Byington , James Laurinaitis and Elise Menaker (sideline)
At Wyoming
UNLV at Wyoming
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
10
0 0 7
17
• Cowboys
7
26 0 20
53
Date: September 28, 2019Location: War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY Game start: 6:02 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 22 minutesGame attendance: 23,029Game weather: Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: SE 28 MPH Referee: Mike CuttoneTV announcers (ESPNU ): Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia
Boise State
Boise State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 16 Broncos
7
10 7 14
38
Rebels
0
0 7 6
13
At Vanderbilt
UNLV at Vanderbilt
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
7
17 0 10
34
Commodores
7
3 0 0
10
At Fresno State
UNLV at Fresno State
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
3
14 3 7
27
• Bulldogs
7
21 7 21
56
San Diego State
San Diego State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Aztecs
14
3 3 0
20
Rebels
0
7 3 7
17
At Colorado State
UNLV at Colorado State
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
0
0 3 14
17
• Rams
21
3 3 10
37
Date: November 2, 2019Location: Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO Game start: 1:38 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutesGame attendance: 24,103Game weather: Temperature: 44 °F (7 °C) • Weather: Clear and Sunny • Wind: E 5 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVeldeTV announcers (ATTSNRM ): Drew Goodman , Sherdrick Bonner , Brad Thompson (sideline) and Taylor McGregor (sideline)
Hawaii
Hawaii at UNLVIsland Showdown )
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rainbow Warriors
0
7 7 7
21
Rebels
7
0 0 0
7
San Jose State
San Jose State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
Spartans
6
0 22 7
35
• Rebels
7
14 3 14
38
At Nevada
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