2017 UNLV Rebels football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record5–7 (4–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBarney Cotton (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorKent Baer (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumSam Boyd Stadium
2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$  7 –1   11 –3  
Colorado State  5 –3   7 –6  
Wyoming  5 –3   8 –5  
Utah State  4 –4   6 –7  
Air Force  4 –4   5 –7  
New Mexico  1 –7   3 –9  
West Division
Fresno State xy  7 –1   10 –4  
San Diego State  6 –2   10 –3  
UNLV  4 –4   5 –7  
Nevada  3 –5   3 –9  
Hawaii  1 –7   3 –9  
San Jose State  1 –7   2 –11  
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.Howard*
StadiumL 40–4315,667
September 94:00 p.m.at Idaho*
ESPN3W 44–1610,156
September 239:00 a.m.at No. 10 Ohio State*
BTNL 21–54106,187
September 307:30 p.m.San Jose State
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
ESPNUW 41–1315,009
October 77:45 p.m.No. 19 San Diego State
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
ESPN2L 10–4119,770
October 1411:00 a.m.at Air Force
ATTSNRML 30–3426,679
October 213:00 p.m.Utah Statedagger
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
ATTSNRML 28–5218,157
October 287:00 p.m.at Fresno State
ATTSNRMW 26–1627,922
November 43:00 p.m.Hawaii
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV (Island Showdown)
Stadium/SPEC HIW 31–2316,278
November 107:30 p.m.BYU*
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
ESPN2L 21–3119,811
November 176:30 p.m.at New Mexico
ESPN2W 38–3514,744
November 2512:00 p.m.at Nevada
ATTSNRML 16–2317,359
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings 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 234Total
• Bison 7 14715 43
Rebels 6 13147 40
  • Date: September 2, 2017
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 6:06 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 29 minutes
  • Game attendance: 15,667
  • Game weather: Temperature: 108 °F (42 °C) • Weather: Clear and Hot • Wind: ESE 5 MPH
  • Referee: Vidal Jones
  • TV announcers (Stadium): Tony Cordasco and Joe Arrigo
Scoring summary
113:26HOWCaylin Newton 52–yard run (Dakota Lebofsky kick)HOW 7–0
111:23UNLVEvan Pantels 44–yard field goalHOW 7–3
105:36UNLVEvan Pantels 28–yard field goalHOW 7–6
212:56HOWKyle Anthony 1–yard pass from Caylin Newton (Dakota Lebofsky kick)HOW 14–6
209:14UNLVEvan Pantels 26–yard field goalHOW 14–9
205:56HOWDevin Rollins 75–yard fumble recovery (Dakota Lebofsky kick)HOW 21–9
201:27UNLVLexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)HOW 21–16
200:00UNLVEvan Pantels 30–yard field goalHOW 21–19
312:20UNLVDevonte Boyd 25–yard pass from Armani RogersUNLV 26–21
306:45UNLVCharles Williams 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 33–21
301:17HOWAnthony Philyaw 3–yard run (Dakota Lebofsky kick)UNLV 33–28
414:09HOWAnthony Philyaw 11–yard run (Caylin Newton rush)HOW 36–33
410:12UNLVLexington Thomas 3–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 40–36
407:34HOWCaylin Newton 4–yard run (Dakota Lebofsky kick)HOW 43–40

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 234Total
• Rebels 7 32410 44
Vandals 0 376 16
  • Date: September 9, 2017
  • Location: Kibbie Dome
    Moscow, ID
  • Game start: 5:05 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 6 minutes
  • Game attendance: 10,156
  • Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Played Indoors • Wind: None
  • Referee: Jason Autrey
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Peter Young and Darius Walker
Scoring summary
106:59UNLVArmani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
209:32UNLVEvan Pantels 40–yard field goalUNLV 10–0
203:37IDAHOCade Coffey 40–yard field goalUNLV 10–3
313:56UNLVLexington Thomas 60–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 17–3
312:17UNLVLexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 24–3
307:51UNLVEvan Pantels 22–yard field goalUNLV 27–3
303:51IDAHOMatt Linehan 1–yard run (Cade Coffey kick)UNLV 27–10
301:36UNLVLexington Thomas 62–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 34–10
414:51IDAHOReuben Mwehla 4–yard pass from Matt Linehan (Cade Coffey kick failed)UNLV 34–16
413:53UNLVDevonte Boyd 94–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 41–16
402:16UNLVEvan Pantels 27–yard field goalUNLV 44–16

At Ohio State

UNLV at Ohio State
1 234Total
Rebels 0 777 21
• No. 10 Buckeyes 16 28100 54
Scoring summary
111:49OSUParris Campbell 69–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 7–0
105:15OSUJohnnie Dixon 16–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 14–0
101:02OSUTeam safetyOSU 16–0
214:50OSUBinjimen Victor 3–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 23–0
212:39OSUTerry McLaurin 4–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 30–0
208:58OSUK. J. Hill 11–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 37–0
203:32UNLVLexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)OSU 37–7
201:32OSUC. J. Saunders 28–yard pass from Dwayne Haskins (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 44–7
308:46UNLVLexington Thomas 55–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)OSU 44–14
305:36OSUSean Nuernberger 30–yard field goalOSU 47–14
302:55OSURashod Berry 38–yard pass from Dwayne Haskins (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 54–14
413:00UNLVJavin White 65–yard interception return (Daniel Gutierrez kick)OSU 54–17

San Jose State

San Jose State at UNLV
1 234Total
Spartans 3 1000 13
• Rebels 14 2160 41
  • Date: September 30, 2017
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:30 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutes
  • Game attendance: 15,009
  • Game weather: Temperature: 86 °F (30 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SW 9 MPH
  • Referee: Kevin Hassell
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey
Scoring summary
111:28UNLVArmani Rogers 7–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
109:16SJSUBryce Crawford 28–yard field goalUNLV 7–3
103:50UNLVArmani Rogers 7–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–3
208:53SJSUBryce Crawford 23–yard field goalUNLV 14–6
207:50UNLVLexington Thomas 56–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 21–6
203:36UNLVBrandon Presley 44–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 28–6
202:20UNLVLexington Thomas 1–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 35–6
200:09SJSUJaQuan Blackwell 11–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick)UNLV 35–13
303:29UNLVTrevor Kanteman 1–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick failed)UNLV 41–13

San Diego State

San Diego State at UNLV
1 234Total
• No. 19 Aztecs 3 17714 41
Rebels 3 700 10
  • Date: October 7, 2017
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:50 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 10 minutes
  • Game attendance: 19,770
  • Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Calm and Clear Skies • Wind: E 2 MPH
  • Referee: Kevin Boitmann
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick and Kirk Morrison
Scoring summary
102:57SDSUJohn Baron II 27–yard field goalSDSU 3–0
100:26UNLVDaniel Gutierrez 35–yard field goalTIE 3–3
211:57SDSUChristian Chapman 14–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 10–3
210:04SDSUJuwan Washington 34–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 17–3
205:48UNLVKendal Keys 6–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick)SDSU 17–10
200:21SDSUJohn Baron II 33–yard field goalSDSU 20–10
307:29SDSURashaad Penny 3–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 27–10
407:11SDSURashaad Penny 2–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 34–10
401:40SDSUChase Jasmin 8–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 41–10

At Air Force

UNLV at Air Force
1 234Total
Rebels 17 1030 30
• Falcons 0 71314 34
Scoring summary
113:02UNLVLexington Thomas 55–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
101:28UNLVXzaviar Campbell 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–0
100:16UNLVEvan Pantels 40–yard field goalUNLV 17–0
208:37UNLVEvan Pantels 27–yard field goalUNLV 20–0
203:28UNLVArmani Rogers 3–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 27–0
200:42AFArion Worthman 14–yard run (Luke Strebel kick)UNLV 27–7
312:00UNLVEvan Pantels 34–yard field goalUNLV 30–7
308:02AFArion Worthman 1–yard run (Luke Strebel kick)UNLV 30–14
303:21AFArion Worthman 5–yard run (pass failed)UNLV 30–20
412:52AFArion Worthman 6–yard run (Luke Strebel kick)UNLV 30–27
402:14AFArion Worthman 1–yard run (Lake Strebel kick)AF 34–30

Utah State

Utah State at UNLV
1 234Total
• Aggies 7 21717 52
Rebels 14 1400 28
  • Date: October 21, 2017
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 3:08 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 10 minutes
  • Game attendance: 18,157
  • Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Breezy and Clear Skies • Wind: N 6 MPH
  • Referee: Michael VanderVelde
  • TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Caleb Herring (sideline)
Scoring summary
106:49UNLVLexington Thomas 14–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 7–0
102:32UNLVArmani Rogers 6–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 14–0
101:56USUSavon Scarver 70–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)UNLV 14–7
213:58UNLVLexington Thomas 41–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 21–7
212:51USULaJuan Hunt 13–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)UNLV 21–14
206:05UNLVArmani Rogers 7–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 28–14
205:54USUJordan Nathan 75–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)UNLV 28–21
202:28USULaJuan Hunt 1–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)TIE 28–28
306:38USUJordan Love 5–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 35–28
414:15USULaJuan Hunt 30–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 42–28
410:53USUDominik Eberle 24–yard field goalUSU 45–28
400:59USUJusten Hervey 7–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 52–28

At Fresno State

UNLV at Fresno State
1 234Total
• Rebels 3 6710 26
Bulldogs 9 070 16
  • Date: October 28, 2017
  • Location: Bulldog Stadium
    Fresno, CA
  • Game start: 7:08 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 2 hours and 50 minutes
  • Game attendance: 27,922
  • Game weather: Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Weather: Clear and Crisp • Wind: 2 MPH
  • Referee: Daniel Romeo
  • TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)
Scoring summary
109:50FSJordan Mims 3–yard run (Jimmy Camacho kick failed)FS 6–0
105:58UNLVDaniel Gutierrez 38–yard field goalFS 6–3
102:58FSJimmy Camacho 34–yard field goalFS 9–3
210:18UNLVDaniel Gutierrez 27–yard field goalFS 9–6
200:06UNLVDaniel Gutierrez 23–yard field goalTIE 9–9
309:31UNLVJohnny Stanton 7–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 16–9
303:38FSJordan Mims 5–yard run (Jimmy Camacho kick)TIE 16–16
414:53UNLVLexington Thomas 2–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 23–16
405:00UNLVDaniel Gutierrez 25–yard field goalUNLV 26–16

Hawaii

Hawaii at UNLV
(Island Showdown)
1 234Total
Rainbow Warriors 0 6710 23
• Rebels 7 0213 31
  • Date: November 4, 2017
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 3:00 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 35 minutes
  • Game attendance: 16,278
  • Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Beautiful and Clear • Wind: S 16 MPH
  • Referee: Kevin Hassell
  • TV announcers (Stadium/SPEC HI): Robert Kekaula and Rich Miano
Scoring summary
111:01UNLVJohnny Stanton 4–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
206:16UHAlex Trifonovitch 31–yard field goalUNLV 7–3
200:17UHAlex Trifonovitch 38–yard field goalUNLV 7–6
309:53UHDylan Collie 20–yard pass from Dru Brown (Alex Trifonovitch kick)UH 13–7
308:22UNLVBrandon Presley 52–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–13
301:40UNLVKendal Keys 10–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 21–13
300:23UNLVLexington Thomas 3–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 28–13
411:46UHDiocemy Saint Juste 2–yard run (Alex Trifonovitch kick)UNLV 28–20
404:53UNLVEvan Pantels 32–yard field goalUNLV 31–20
402:15UHAlex Trifonovitch 27–yard field goalUNLV 31–23

BYU

BYU at UNLV
1 234Total
• Cougars 0 14143 31
Rebels 0 777 21
  • Date: November 10, 2017
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:30 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutes
  • Game attendance: 19,811
  • Game weather: Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Breezy and Clear • Wind: SSW 8 MPH
  • Referee: Scott Campbell
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
Scoring summary
209:06BYUBrayden El-Bakri 1–yard run (Rhett Almond kick)BYU 7–0
204:25UNLVLexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)TIE 7–7
200:27BYUAleva Hifo 11–yard pass from Joe Critchlow (Rhett Almond kick)BYU 14–7
313:04BYUSqually Canada 2–yard run (Rhett Almond kick)BYU 21–7
304:23UNLVBrandon Presley 18–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick)BYU 21–14
301:40BYUAustin Kafentzis 11–yard run (Rhett Almond kick)BYU 28–14
410:46UNLVDevonte Boyd 13–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick)BYU 28–21
405:39BYURhett Almond 28–yard field goalBYU 31–21

At New Mexico

UNLV at New Mexico
1 234Total
• Rebels 10 14311 38
Lobos 0 14714 35
  • Date: November 17, 2017
  • Location: Dreamstyle Stadium
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Game start: 7:35 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutes
  • Game attendance: 14,744
  • Game weather: Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Mostly Cloudy • Wind: W 17 MPH
  • Referee: Stephen Baron
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
Scoring summary
110:50UNLVEvan Pantels 40–yard field goalUNLV 3–0
103:11UNLVLexington Thomas 14–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 10–0
212:00NMRomell Jordan 8–yard run (Jason Sanders kick)UNLV 10–7
203:26NMDaryl Chestnut Jr. 1–yard run (Jason Sanders kick)NM 14–10
202:43UNLVLexington Thomas 60–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 17–14
201:12UNLVArmani Rogers 83–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 24–14
312:23NMLamar Jordan II 40–yard run (Jason Sanders kick)UNLV 24–21
306:39UNLVEvan Pantels 22–yard field goalUNLV 27–21
409:17NMTyrone Owens 2–yard run (Jason Sanders kick)NM 28–27
406:11UNLVEvan Pantels 40–yard field goalUNLV 30–28
401:11NMLamar Jordan II 41–yard run (Jason Sanders kick)NM 35–30
400:25UNLVKendal Keys 14–yard pass from Armani Rogers (pass)UNLV 38–35

At Nevada

UNLV at Nevada
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)
1 234Total
Rebels 0 1330 16
• Wolf Pack 6 377 23
  • Date: November 25, 2017
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 12:08 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 2 hours and 56 minutes
  • Game attendance: 17,359
  • Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: SE 4 MPH
  • Referee: Michael VanderVelde
  • TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)
Scoring summary
114:03NEVWyatt Demps 21–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick blocked)NEV 6–0
214:47UNLVArmani Rogers 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–6
208:56UNLVEvan Pantels 24–yard field goalUNLV 10–6
202:03UNLVEvan Pantels 37–yard field goalUNLV 13–6
200:21NEVSpencer Pettit 35–yard field goalUNLV 13–9
310:57UNLVEvan Pantels 53–yard field goalUNLV 16–9
300:41NEVTrevion Armstrong 6–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick)TIE 16–16
407:34NEVKelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick)NEV 23–16

References

  1. ↑ Mark Anderson (December 9, 2017). "UNLV coach Tony Sanchez fires defensive coordinator, safeties coach". ReviewJournal.com.
  2. ↑ Purdum, David (September 3, 2017). "Howard stuns UNLV for biggest point-spread upset in college football history". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Chris (September 3, 2017). "Cam Newton's Brother Led The Largest Point-Spread Upset In College Football History". Deadspin.com. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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