2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 26th overall and 7th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium and were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[1][2] They finished the regular season 12–1 and 7–1 in WAC play to share the conference championship with Boise State and Hawaii. They were invited to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they defeated Boston College 20–13 to finish the season with a 13–1 record.

2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Nevada on the field vs. UNLV on October 2, 2010 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada
WAC co-champion Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl champion
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, W 20–13 vs. Boston College
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 11
2010 record	13–1 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	Chris Ault (26th season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Buh (3rd season)
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 29,993)

2010 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Nevada +		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 9 Boise State +		7	–	1					12	–	1
Hawaii +		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Louisiana Tech		4	–	4					5	–	7
Idaho		3	–	5					6	–	7
Utah State		2	–	6					4	–	8
New Mexico State		1	–	7					2	–	10
San Jose State		0	–	8					1	–	12
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2009 season 8–5 and 7–1 in WAC play to finish in second place and lost the Hawaii Bowl against SMU by 10 to 45.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington (Div. I FCS)*		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 49–24	16,313[3]
September 11	7:30 p.m.	Colorado State*		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 51–6	18,098[4]
September 17	7:00 p.m.	California*		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN2	W 52–31	28,809[5]
September 25	3:00 p.m.	at BYU*		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	MWSN	W 27–13	61,471[6]
October 2	7:00 p.m.	at UNLV*	No. 25	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon)	MWSN	W 44–26	28,958[7]
October 9	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 21	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 35–13	20,636[8]
October 16	8:30 p.m.	at Hawaii	No. 19	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	KAME-TV/WSN/Oceanic PPV	L 21–27	42,031[9]
October 30	7:30 p.m.	Utah State		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 56–42	11,558[10]
November 6	2:00 p.m.	at Idaho	No. 25	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	KAME-TV/WSN	W 63–17	11,247[11]
November 13	7:30 p.m.	at Fresno State	No. 21	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPN	W 35–34	37,116[12]
November 20	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	No. 19	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 52–6	10,906[13]
November 26	7:15 p.m.	No. 3 Boise State	No. 19	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (rivalry)	ESPN	W 34–31 ^OT	30,712[14]
December 4	12:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	No. 14	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	KAME-TV/WSN	W 35–17	18,562[15]
January 9, 2011	6:00 p.m.	vs. Boston College*	No. 13	AT&T Park San Francisco, CA (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–13	41,063[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 10 Colin Kaepernick Sr WR 15 Rishard Matthews Jr RB 34 Vai Taua Sr TE 85 Virgil Green Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 55 Dontay Moch Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 40 Anthony Martinez  Fr	Head coach Chris Ault Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 2010 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	NR	NR	RV	RV	25	21	19	RV	RV	25	21	19	19	14	13	11
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	RV	RV	23	21	18	19	17	15	13
Harris	Not released						20	25	24	23	21	18	19	15	14	Not released
BCS	Not released							NR	24	23	21	18	19	17	15	Not released

Game summaries

Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles (Div. I FCS) 7 3 14 0 24 • Wolf Pack 21 7 7 14 49 Date: September 2, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:09 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 5 minutes Game attendance: 16,313 Game weather: Temperature: 90 °F (32 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: Calm Referee: Robert Cameron TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 13:09 NEV Vai Taua 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 08:41 NEV Colin Kaepernick 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–0 1 08:23 EWU Taiwan Jones 82–yard pass from Bo Levi Mitchell (Mike Jarrett kick) NEV 14–7 1 03:27 NEV Colin Kaepernick 5–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–7 2 14:08 EWU Mike Jarrett 40–yard field goal NEV 21–10 2 00:17 NEV Virgil Green 48–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–10 3 12:26 NEV Virgil Green 40–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 35–10 3 11:16 EWU Brandon Kaufman 5–yard pass from Bo Levi Mitchell (Mike Jarrett kick) NEV 35–17 3 01:21 EWU Darriell Beaumonte 1–yard run (Mike Jarrett kick) NEV 35–24 4 09:17 NEV Vai Taua 3–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 42–24 4 03:38 NEV Lampford Mark 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 49–24

See also: 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	1991	NEV, 51–14

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 3 0 3 0 6 • Wolf Pack 17 17 7 10 51 Date: September 11, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:39 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 49 minutes Game attendance: 18,098 Game weather: Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: 5 MPH Referee: Robert Cameron TV announcers (ESPNU): Todd Harris and David Diaz-Infante

Scoring summary 1 12:31 NEV Anthony Martinez 31–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 09:01 NEV Colin Kaepernick 44–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 10–0 1 05:48 NEV Tray Session 29–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 17–0 1 03:11 CSU Ben DeLine 40–yard field goal NEV 17–3 2 12:12 NEV Virgil Green 15–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 24–3 2 02:48 NEV Vai Taua 4–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 31–3 2 00:03 NEV Anthony Martinez 33–yard field goal NEV 34–3 3 06:52 NEV Colin Kaepernick 8–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 41–3 3 00:54 CSU Ben DeLine 38–yard field goal NEV 41–6 4 10:15 NEV Anthony Martinez 22–yard field goal NEV 44–6 4 01:40 NEV Stefphon Jefferson 21–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 51–6

See also: 2010 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–9	2009	CSU, 35–20

California

California at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Bears 7 7 10 7 31 • Wolf Pack 7 17 14 14 52 Date: September 17, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:05 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 19 minutes Game attendance: 28,809 Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: NW 14–25 MPH Referee: Steve Strimling TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Neely and David Norrie

Scoring summary 1 08:23 NEV Tray Session 15–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 03:06 CAL Shane Vereen 59–yard run (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) TIE 7–7 2 12:45 NEV Colin Kaepernick 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–7 2 08:22 NEV Colin Kaepernick 8–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–7 2 03:19 CAL Shane Vereen 1–yard run (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) NEV 21–14 2 00:02 NEV Anthony Martinez 30–yard field goal NEV 24–14 3 11:59 CAL Shane Vereen 50–yard run (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) NEV 24–21 3 08:41 NEV Marlon Johnson 65–yard interception (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 31–21 3 05:14 CAL Giorgio Tavecchio 22–yard field goal NEV 31–24 3 01:14 NEV Rishard Matthews 0–yard fumble recovery (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 38–24 4 07:43 NEV Vai Taua 54–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 45–24 4 06:20 CAL Eric Stevens 4–yard pass from Kevin Riley (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) NEV 45–31 4 03:29 NEV Colin Kaepernick 27–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 52–31

See also: 2010 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–22–1	1996	CAL, 33–15

at BYU

Nevada at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 14 10 0 3 27 Cougars 7 3 0 3 13 Date: September 25, 2010 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 4:06 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 9 minutes Game attendance: 61,471 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: WSW 7 MPH Referee: Marvel July TV announcers (MWSN): Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler and Sammy Linebaugh (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:16 NEV Courtney Randall 6–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 07:04 BYU J. J. Di Luigi 2–yard run (Mitch Payne kick) TIE 7–7 1 01:39 NEV Vai Taua 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–7 2 09:18 NEV Colin Kaepernick 4–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–7 2 01:20 BYU Mitch Payne 27–yard field goal NEV 21–10 2 00:00 NEV Ricky Drake 38–yard field goal NEV 24–10 4 11:27 NEV Anthony Martinez 29–yard field goal NEV 27–10 4 07:46 BYU Mitch Payne 29–yard field goal NEV 27–13

See also: 2010 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4–2	2002	NEV, 31–28

at UNLV

Nevada at UNLV
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon)

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 25 Wolf Pack 7 21 10 6 44 Rebels 7 7 3 9 26 Date: October 2, 2010 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours Game attendance: 28,958 Game weather: Temperature: 86 °F (30 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: ESE 8 MPH Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (MWSN): Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler and Molly Sullivan (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:18 NEV Colin Kaepernick 16–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 05:23 UNLV Bradley Randle 1–yard run (Nolan Kohorst kick) TIE 7–7 2 13:24 NEV Courtney Randall 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–7 2 07:47 UNLV Omar Clayton 8–yard run (Nolan Kohorst kick) TIE 14–14 2 02:40 NEV Vai Taua 3–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–14 2 00:57 NEV Vai Taua 22–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–14 3 02:42 NEV Anthony Martinez 29–yard field goal NEV 31–14 3 00:31 UNLV Nolan Kohorst 24–yard field goal NEV 31–17 3 00:15 NEV Vai Taua 72–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 38–17 4 11:57 UNLV Nolan Kohorst 32–yard field goal NEV 38–20 4 08:59 NEV Vai Taua 2–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick failed) NEV 44–20 4 04:35 UNLV Anthony Vidal 4–yard pass from Omar Clayton (Michael Johnson rush fumbled) NEV 44–26

See also: 2010 UNLV Rebels football team and Fremont Cannon

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–14[n 1]	2009	NEV, 63–28

San Jose State

San Jose State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 10 3 0 0 13 • No. 21 Wolf Pack 14 7 7 7 35 Date: October 9, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutes Game attendance: 20,636 Game weather: Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: Varies Referee: Robert Cameron TV announcers (ESPNU): Todd Harris and David Diaz-Infante

Scoring summary 1 13:05 NEV Colin Kaepernick 13–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 08:35 SJSU Brandon Rutley 13–yard run (Harrison Waid kick) TIE 7–7 1 03:00 NEV Colin Kaepernick 20–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–7 1 00:11 SJSU Harrison Waid 28–yard field goal NEV 14–10 2 12:43 NEV Vai Taua 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–10 2 00:12 SJSU Harrison Waid 42–yard field goal NEV 21–13 3 09:36 NEV Vai Taua 73–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–13 4 10:23 NEV Vai Taua 4–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 35–13

See also: 2010 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–8–2	2009	NEV, 62–7

at Hawaii

Nevada at Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Wolf Pack 0 0 7 14 21 • Warriors 14 3 0 10 27 Date: October 16, 2010 Location: Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI Game start: 5:37 p.m. Elapsed time: 3 hours and 13 minutes Game attendance: 42,031 Game weather: Temperature: 83 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NE 14 MPH Referee: Jim Farmer TV announcers (KAME-TV/WSN/Oceanic PPV): Guy Haberman, Dick Tomey and Lauren Mickler (sideline) of KAME-TV/WSN and Jim Leahey, Shawn Ching and Russell Yamanoha (sideline) of Oceanic PPV

Scoring summary 1 09:55 UH Kealoha Pilares 6–yard pass from Bryant Moniz (Scott Enos kick) UH 7–0 1 04:59 UH Kealoha Pilares 16–yard pass from Bryant Moniz (Scott Enos kick) UH 14–0 2 07:42 UH Scott Enos 24–yard field goal UH 17–0 3 01:18 NEV Colin Kaepernick 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) UH 17–7 4 11:10 UH Scott Enos 31–yard field goal UH 20–7 4 09:30 NEV Vai Taua 18–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) UH 20–14 4 05:27 UH Royce Pollard 11–yard pass from Bryant Moniz (Scott Enos kick) UH 27–14 4 03:06 NEV Mike Ball 10–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) UH 27–21

See also: 2010 Hawaii Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–7	2009	NEV, 31–21

Utah State

Utah State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 0 21 21 42 • Wolf Pack 14 21 14 7 56 Date: October 30, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 23 minutes Game attendance: 11,558 Game weather: Temperature: 50 °F (10 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: W 9 MPH Referee: Jim Farmer TV announcers (ESPNU): Todd Harris and David Diaz-Infante

Scoring summary 1 09:11 NEV Mike Ball 8–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 03:45 NEV Tyler Lantrip 13–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–0 2 10:00 NEV Lampford Mark 5–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–0 2 02:18 NEV Colin Kaepernick 59–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–0 2 01:35 NEV Mike Ball 5–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 35–0 3 10:00 USU Tarren Lloyd 15–yard run from Diondre Borel (Peter Caldwell kick) NEV 35–7 3 08:00 NEV Mike Ball 35–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 42–7 3 05:30 USU Diondre Borel 1–yard run (Peter Caldwell kick) NEV 42–14 3 02:02 NEV Nick Hale 20–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 49–14 3 00:06 USU Robert Marshall 3–yard run (Peter Caldwell kick) NEV 49–21 4 11:01 USU Dontel Watkins 15–yard pass from Diondre Borel (Peter Caldwell kick) NEV 49–28 4 02:23 USU Kerwynn Williams 7–yard run (Peter Caldwell kick) NEV 49–35 4 01:07 NEV Courtney Randall 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 56–35 4 00:55 USU Kerwynn Williams 92–yard kickoff return (Peter Caldwell kick) NEV 56–42

See also: 2010 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–4	2009	NEV, 35–32

at Idaho

Nevada at Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 25 Wolf Pack 14 14 14 21 63 Vandals 0 3 14 0 17 Date: November 6, 2010 Location: Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID Game start: 2:07 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutes Game attendance: 11,247 Game weather: Temperature: N/A • Weather: N/A • Wind: N/A Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (KAME-TV/WSN): Guy Haberman and Dick Tomey

Scoring summary 1 10:31 NEV Shane Anderson 28–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 03:47 NEV Rishard Matthews 53–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–0 2 14:12 NEV Malcolm Shepherd 6–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–0 2 05:31 IDAHO Trey Farquhar 31–yard field goal NEV 21–3 2 00:00 NEV Rishard Matthews 2–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–3 3 11:35 NEV Virgil Green 7–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 35–3 3 06:24 IDAHO Nathan Enderle 12–yard run (Trey Farquhar kick) NEV 35–10 3 03:38 NEV Rishard Matthews 7–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 42–10 3 02:47 IDAHO Justin Veltung 75–yard pass from Nathan Enderle (Trey Farquhar kick) NEV 42–17 4 13:21 NEV Mike Ball 7–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 49–17 4 08:16 NEV Mike Ball 6–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 56–17 4 03:28 NEV Tray Session 57–yard pass from Tyler Lantrip (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 63–17

See also: 2010 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–9	2009	NEV, 70–45

at Fresno State

Nevada at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 21 Wolf Pack 7 14 7 7 35 Bulldogs 14 3 14 3 34 Date: November 13, 2010 Location: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Game start: 7:30 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 15 minutes Game attendance: 37,116 Game weather: Temperature: 52 °F (11 °C) • Weather: Clear and Crisp • Wind: W 1 MPH Referee: Steve Strimling TV announcers (ESPN): Todd Harris and David Diaz-Infante

Scoring summary 1 12:37 FS Robbie Rouse 2–yard run (Kevin Goessling kick) FS 7–0 1 10:37 NEV Colin Kaepernick 47–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) TIE 7–7 1 07:42 FS Robbie Rouse 12–yard pass from Ryan Colburn (Kevin Goessling kick) FS 14–7 2 04:18 FS Kevin Goessling 42–yard field goal FS 17–7 2 01:01 NEV Vai Taua 4–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) FS 17–14 2 00:34 NEV Vai Taua 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–17 3 11:52 FS Isaiah Burse 26–yard pass from Ryan Colburn (Kevin Goessling kick) FS 24–21 3 09:28 NEV Colin Kaepernick 19–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–24 3 06:27 FS Robbie Rouse 44–yard run (Kevin Goessling kick) FS 31–28 4 14:55 FS Kevin Goessling 34–yard field goal FS 34–28 4 04:51 NEV Vai Taua 24–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 35–34

See also: 2010 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–24–1	2009	NEV, 52–14

New Mexico State

New Mexico State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 3 3 0 6 • No. 19 Wolf Pack 10 21 7 14 52 Date: November 20, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:05 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 55 minutes Game attendance: 10,906 Game weather: Temperature: 40 °F (4 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: S 14 MPH Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 09:17 NEV Vai Taua 2–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 7–0 1 06:38 NEV Anthony Martinez 36–yard field goal NEV 10–0 2 12:47 NEV Virgil Green 22–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 17–0 2 03:40 NEV Colin Kaepernick 9–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 24–0 2 00:52 NMSU Tyler Stampler 47–yard field goal NEV 24–3 2 00:22 NEV Vai Taua 79–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 31–3 3 09:08 NMSU Tyler Stampler 39–yard field goal NEV 31–6 3 04:44 NEV Vai Taua 7–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 38–6 4 10:03 NEV Lampford Mark 57–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 45–6 4 05:17 NEV Khalid Wooten 90–yard interception (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 52–6

See also: 2010 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–2	2009	NEV, 63–20

Boise State

Boise State at Nevada
(rivalry)

1 2 3 4 OT Total No. 3 Broncos 3 21 0 7 0 31 • No. 19 Wolf Pack 0 7 7 17 3 34 Date: November 26, 2010 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:26 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes Game attendance: 30,712 Game weather: Temperature: 30 °F (−1 °C) • Weather: Cold • Wind: Calm Referee: Robert Cameron TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore

Scoring summary 1 06:28 BSU Kyle Brotzman 33–yard field goal BSU 3–0 2 12:38 BSU Doug Martin 4–yard run (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 10–0 2 05:47 BSU Titus Young 26–yard pass from Kellen Moore (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 17–0 2 04:20 NEV Vai Taua 5–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) BSU 17–7 2 02:59 BSU Doug Martin 51–yard run (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 24–7 3 01:23 NEV Colin Kaepernick 18–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) BSU 24–14 4 13:01 NEV Rishard Matthews 44–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) BSU 24–21 4 05:14 NEV Anthony Martinez 23–yard field goal TIE 24–24 4 04:53 BSU Doug Martin 79–yard pass from Kellen Moore (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 31–24 4 00:13 NEV Rishard Matthews 7–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) TIE 31–31 OT 15:00 NEV Anthony Martinez 34–yard field goal NEV 34-31

See also: 2010 Boise State Broncos football team and Boise State–Nevada football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–24	2009	BSU, 44–33

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at Louisiana Tech

Nevada at Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 14 Wolf Pack 0 14 7 14 35 Bulldogs 7 7 3 0 17 Date: December 4, 2010 Location: Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA Game start: 2:07 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 53 minutes Game attendance: 18,562 Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: S 5–10 MPH Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (KAME-TV/WSN): Guy Haberman and Ralph Gaston

Scoring summary 1 11:16 LATECH Eric Harper 20–yard pass from Ross Jenkins (Matt Nelson kick) LATECH 7–0 2 13:00 NEV Vai Taua 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) TIE 7–7 2 09:01 LATECH Ross Jenkins 1–yard run (Matt Nelson kick) LATECH 14–7 3 02:10 NEV Colin Kaepernick 5–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) TIE 14–14 3 09:32 NEV Colin Kaepernick 1–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 21–14 3 03:51 LATECH Matt Nelson 25–yard field goal NEV 21–17 4 13:53 NEV Colin Kaepernick 28–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 28–17 4 10:15 NEV Vai Taua 6–yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 35–17

See also: 2010 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4	2009	NEV, 37–14

vs. Boston College (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)

Nevada vs. Boston College
(Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 13 Wolf Pack 14 3 3 0 20 Eagles 7 0 3 3 13 Date: January 9, 2011 Location: AT&T Park San Francisco, CA Game start: 6:06 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes Game attendance: 41,063 Game weather: Temperature: 50 °F (10 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NW 4 MPH Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones, Bob Davie, Rod Gilmore (sideline) and Quint Kessenich (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 08:30 BC Andre Williams 30–yard run (Nate Freese kick) BC 7–0 1 03:40 NEV Rishard Matthews 27–yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) TIE 7–7 1 02:27 NEV Rishard Matthews 72–yard punt return (Anthony Martinez kick) NEV 14–7 2 05:48 NEV Anthony Martinez 32–yard field goal NEV 17–7 3 11:08 BC Nate Freese 22–yard field goal NEV 17–10 3 01:17 NEV Anthony Martinez 27–yard field goal NEV 20–10 4 03:52 BC Nate Freese 32–yard field goal NEV 20–13

See also: 2010 Boston College Eagles football team and 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (January)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

NFL Draft

2nd Round, 36th Overall Pick by the San Francisco 49ers—Sr. QB Colin Kaepernick

3rd Round, 66th Overall Pick by the Cincinnati Bengals—Sr. LB Dontay Moch

7th Round, 204th Overall Pick by the Denver Broncos—Sr. TE Virgil Green

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.[17] 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.

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