2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by second–year head coach Jay Norvell and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.[1][2] They finished the season 8–5 and 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West division.

2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Arizona Bowl champion
Arizona Bowl, W 16–13^OT vs. Arkansas State
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2018 record	8–5 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Jay Norvell (2nd season)
Associate head coach	Angus McClure (2nd overall, 1st straight season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Mumme (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Casteel (2nd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

2018 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State x		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 22 Utah State		7	–	1					11	–	2
Wyoming		4	–	4					6	–	6
Air Force		3	–	5					5	–	7
Colorado State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
No. 18 Fresno State x$		7	–	1					12	–	2
Nevada		5	–	3					8	–	5
Hawaii		5	–	3					8	–	6
San Diego State		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		2	–	6					4	–	8
San Jose State		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 19, Boise State 16 (OT)
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2017 season 3–9 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division and did not qualify for a bowl game.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Rimington Trophy[3]	Sean Krepsz	C	SR
Chuck Bednarik Award[4]	Malik Reed	LB	SR
Maxwell Award[5]	Ty Gangi	QB	SR
Doak Walker Award[6]	Kelton Moore	RB	JR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[7]	McLane Mannix	WR	SO
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[8]	Malik Reed	LB	SR
Outland Trophy[9]	Sean Krepsz	C	SR
Paul Hornung Award[10]	McLane Mannix	WR/KR	SO
Wuerffel Trophy[11]	Ty Gangi	QB	SR
Ted Hendricks Award[12]	Korey Rush	DE	SR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[13]	Ty Gangi	QB	SR
Manning Award[14]	Ty Gangi	QB	SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[15]	Kelton Moore	RB	JR
	McLane Mannix	WR	SO

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Wolf Pack were predicted to finish in fourth place in the West Division.[16]

Media poll

West Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Fresno State	126 (16)
2	San Diego State	116 (6)
3	UNLV	78
4	Nevada	72
5	Hawaii	45
6	San Jose State	25

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Wolf Pack had three players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[17]

Offense McLane Mannix – WR Defense Malik Reed – LB Dameon Baber – DB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Portland State (Div. I FCS)*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 72–19	17,525
September 8	9:00 a.m.	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	L 10–41	25,676
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Oregon State*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 37–35	20,462
September 22	9:00 a.m.	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	CBSSN	L 44–63	23,675
September 29	12:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPNews	W 28–25	23,707
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	L 3–21	15,367
October 13	7:30 p.m.	Boise State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (rivalry)	CBSSN	L 27–31	21,431
October 20	9:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	KAME-TV/Stadium/SPEC HI	W 40–22	24,475
October 27	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 28–24	14,545
November 10	7:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 49–10	13,755
November 17	12:00 p.m.	at San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN3	W 21–12	12,271
November 24	6:30 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)	CBSSN	L 29–34	19,921
December 29	10:15 a.m.	vs. Arkansas State*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Arizona Bowl)	CBSSN	W 16–13 ^OT	32,368
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Portland State

Portland State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Vikings (Div. I FCS) 9 10 0 0 19 • Wolf Pack 9 21 28 14 72 Date: August 31, 2018 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 36 minutes Game attendance: 17,525 Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Clear • Wind: N 10 MPH Referee: Dwayne Johnson TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 12:07 PSU Charlie Taumoepeau 48–yard pass from Davis Alexander (Cody Williams kick) PSU 7–0 1 04:06 PSU Semise Kofe 1–yard safety PSU 9–0 1 03:38 NEV Daniel Brown 42–yard interception (Team kick blocked) PSU 9–6 1 00:00 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 46–yard field goal TIE 9–9 2 13:16 NEV McLane Mannix 58–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 16–9 2 04:52 NEV Devonte Lee 14–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 23–9 2 04:39 NEV Charlie Taumoepeau 75–yard from Davis Alexander (Cody Williams kick) NEV 23–16 2 00:59 NEV McLane Mannix 18–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 30–16 2 00:05 PSU Cody Williams 31–yard field goal NEV 30–19 3 13:16 NEV Kelton Moore 9–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 37–19 3 11:34 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 73–yard pass from Toa Taua (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 44–19 3 08:36 NEV McLane Mannix 47–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 51–19 3 06:46 NEV Ty Gangi 5–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 58–19 4 09:33 NEV Cristian Solano 9–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 65–19 4 06:48 NEV Romeo Doubs 80–yard punt return (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 72–19

See also: 2018 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–2	1976	NEV, 35–22

at Vanderbilt

Nevada at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 10 0 0 10 • Commodores 0 17 17 7 41 Date: September 8, 2018 Location: Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN Game start: 9:01 a.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 19 minutes Game attendance: 25,676 Game weather: Temperature: 84 °F (29 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: S 8 MPH Referee: Chris Snead TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal, D. J. Shockley and Dawn Davenport (sideline)

Scoring summary 2 13:16 VANDY Kalija Lipscomb 2–yard pass from Kyle Shurmur (Ryley Guay kick) VANDY 7–0 2 12:24 VANDY Ke'Shawn Vaughn 7–yard run (Ryley Guay kick) VANDY 14–0 2 05:41 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 32–yard field goal VANDY 14–3 2 03:13 VANDY Ryley Guay 35–yard field goal VANDY 17–3 2 00:49 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 9–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) VANDY 17–10 3 07:14 VANDY Ryley Guay 25–yard field goal VANDY 20–10 3 06:17 VANDY Ke'Shawn Vaughn 46–yard run (Ryley Guay kick) VANDY 27–10 3 00:23 VANDY Kalija Lipscomb 11–yard pass from Kyle Shurmur (Ryley Guay kick) VANDY 34–10 4 01:10 VANDY Josh Crawford 1–yard run (Ryley Guay kick) VANDY 41–10

See also: 2018 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

[18]

Oregon State

Oregon State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Beavers 7 14 0 14 35 • Wolf Pack 16 14 0 7 37 Date: September 15, 2018 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:00 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 45 minutes Game attendance: 20,462 Game weather: Temperature: 71 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: Moderate Referee: Jay Edwards TV announcers (ESPNU): Trey Bender and Tyoka Jackson

Scoring summary 1 12:00 NEV Toa Taua 5–yard (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 7–0 1 08:15 OSU Isaiah Hodgins 5–yard pass from Conor Blount (Jordan Choukair kick) TIE 7–7 1 02:17 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 26–yard field goal NEV 10–7 1 00:01 NEV McLane Mannix 24–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick failed) NEV 16–7 2 12:33 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 9–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 23–7 2 10:18 NEV Malik Reed 48–yard fumble recovery (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 30–7 2 04:12 OSU Jermar Jefferson 2–yard run (Jordan Choukair kick) NEV 30–14 2 00:22 OSU Isaiah Hodgins 3–yard pass from Jake Luton (Jordan Choukair kick) NEV 30–21 4 11:40 OSU Jermar Jefferson 1–yard run (Jordan Choukair kick) NEV 30–28 4 09:13 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 37–28 4 04:40 OSU Kase Rogers 1–yard run (Jordan Choukair kick) NEV 37–35

See also: 2018 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1999	OSU, 28–13

at Toledo

Nevada at Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 7 17 14 6 44 • Rockets 14 21 14 14 63 Date: September 22, 2018 Location: Glass Bowl Toledo, OH Game start: 9:02 a.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 55 minutes Game attendance: 23,675 Game weather: Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Weather: Cloudy Skies • Wind: NE 9 MPH Referee: Kevin Boitmann TV announcers (CBSSN): Ben Holden and Ross Tucker

Scoring summary 1 11:33 TOLEDO Jon'Vea Johnson 38–yard pass from Mitchell Guadagni (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 7–0 1 06:44 NEV Ty Gangi 1–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) TIE 7–7 1 03:07 TOLEDO Reggie Gilliam 9–yard blocked punt return (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 14–7 2 14:56 NEV Elijah Cooks 22–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) TIE 14–14 2 14:43 TOLEDO Diontae Johnson 98–yard kickoff return (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 21–14 2 09:24 NEV Toa Taua 31–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) TIE 21–21 2 06:08 TOLEDO Cody Thompson 4–yard pass from Mitchell Guadagni (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 28–21 2 00:17 TOLEDO Mitchell Guadagni 27–yard run (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 35–21 2 00:00 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 50–yard field goal TOLEDO 35–24 3 14:15 NEV Kelton Moore 23–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) TOLEDO 35–31 3 10:26 TOLEDO Diontae Johnson 26–yard run from Mitchell Guadagni (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 42–31 3 10:11 NEV Toa Taua 66–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) TOLEDO 42–38 3 01:27 TOLEDO Cody Thompson 20–yard pass from Mitchell Guadagni (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 49–38 4 11:49 TOLEDO Cody Thompson 19–yard pass from Desmond Phillips (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 56–38 4 08:04 NEV Toa Taua 2–yard run (Ty Gangi pass failed) TOLEDO 56–44 4 07:26 TOLEDO Mitchell Guadagni 34–yard run (Jameson Vest kick) TOLEDO 63–44

See also: 2018 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2017	TOL, 37–24

at Air Force

Nevada at Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 7 14 7 0 28 Falcons 0 7 10 8 25 Date: September 29, 2018 Location: Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO Game start: 12:01 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 15 minutes Game attendance: 23,707 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Hazy • Wind: SSW 10 MPH Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (ESPNews): Doug Sherman and Dustin Fox

Scoring summary 1 10:15 NEV Elijah Cooks 40–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 7–0 2 09:58 AF Zane Lewis 99–yard interception (Jake Koehnke kick) TIE 7–7 2 06:52 NEV McLane Mannix 29–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 14–7 2 00:27 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 30–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 21–7 3 11:13 AF Jake Koehnke 43–yard field goal NEV 21–10 3 09:32 NEV Elijah Cooks 23–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 28–10 3 03:36 AF Marcus Bennett 2–yard pass from Donald Hammond III (Jake Koehnke kick) NEV 28–17 4 06:48 AF Donald Hammond III 9–yard run (rush failed) NEV 28–23 4 00:17 AF Team 6–yard safety NEV 28–25

See also: 2018 Air Force Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2017	AF, 45–42

Fresno State

Fresno State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 0 7 7 7 21 Wolf Pack 0 3 0 0 3 Date: October 6, 2018 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours Game attendance: 15,367 Game weather: Temperature: 52 °F (11 °C) • Weather: Cold and Rainy • Wind: N 10 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia

Scoring summary 2 13:11 FS Ronnie Rivers 19–yard from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick) FS 7–0 2 08:00 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 41–yard field goal FS 7–3 3 10:20 FS Ronnie Rivers 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 14–3 4 08:28 FS KeeSean Johnson 27–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick) FS 21–3

See also: 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–28–1	2017	FRES, 41–21

Boise State

Boise State at Nevada
(rivalry)

1 2 3 4 Total • Broncos 7 10 14 0 31 Wolf Pack 10 7 10 0 27 Date: October 13, 2018 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes Game attendance: 21,431 Game weather: Temperature: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Cold and Breezy • Wind: NNE 9 MPH Referee: Cal McNeill TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and Cassie McKinney (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:44 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 35–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 06:25 BSU John Hightower 88–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 7–3 1 02:17 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 21–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 10–7 2 13:49 BSU Tyler Horton 99–yard interception (Hadden Hoggarth kick) BSU 14–10 2 00:42 NEV Elijah Cooks 11–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 17–14 2 00:00 BSU Haden Hoggarth 31–yard field goal TIE 17–17 3 10:12 BSU C. T. Thomas 36–yard pass from Brett Rypien (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 24–17 3 06:51 NEV McLane Mannix 50–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) TIE 24–24 3 05:37 BSU A. J. Richardson 41–yard pass from Brett Rypien (Haden Hoggarth kick) BSU 31–24 3 01:21 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 28–yard field goal BSU 31–27

See also: 2018 Boise State Broncos football team and Boise State–Nevada football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–29	2017	BSU, 41–14

at Hawaii

Nevada at Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 10 10 6 14 40 Rainbow Warriors 14 0 0 8 22 Date: October 20, 2018 Location: Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI Game start: 6:07 p.m. Elapsed time: 3 hours and 14 minutes Game attendance: 24,475 Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Mostly Clear • Wind: NNE 12 MPH Referee: Eddy Shelton TV announcers (KAME-TV/Stadium/SPEC HI): Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano, Scott Robbs (sideline) and Alex Margulies (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 07:11 UH Cedric Byrd 8–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 7–0 1 04:14 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 23–yard field goal UH 7–3 1 02:06 NEV Elijah Cooks 29–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 10–7 1 00:00 UH John Ursua 70–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 14–10 2 11:00 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 27–yard field goal UH 14–13 2 06:24 NEV Devonte Lee 5–yard (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 20–13 3 09:18 NEV Elijah Cooks 40–yard run (Ty Gangi pass failed) NEV 26–14 4 10:33 NEV Toa Taua 13–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 33–14 4 03:15 UH JoJo Ward 2–yard pass from Cole McDonald (Marcus Brown-Armstrong pass) NEV 33–22 4 00:59 NEV Devonte Lee 6–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 40–22

See also: 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–9	2017	NEV, 35–21

San Diego State

San Diego State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 14 10 0 0 24 • Wolf Pack 9 6 10 3 28 Date: October 27, 2018 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 25 minutes Game attendance: 14,545 Game weather: Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Weather: Mild • Wind: N 6 MPH Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (ESPNU): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey

Scoring summary 1 09:16 SDSU Chase Jasmin 2–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (John Baron II kick) SDSU 7–0 1 04:41 SDSU Kahale Warring 16–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (John Baron II kick) SDSU 14–0 1 02:12 NEV Team -3–yard safety SDSU 14–2 1 00:09 NEV Toa Taua 40–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) SDSU 14–9 2 08:50 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 26–yard from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick failed) NEV 15–14 2 04:19 SDSU John Baron II 26–yard field goal SDSU 17–15 2 01:31 SDSU Kahale Warring 30–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (John Baron II kick) SDSU 24–15 3 11:39 NEV Devonte Lee 2–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) SDSU 24–22 3 05:13 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 32–yard field goal NEV 25–24 4 08:54 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 34–yard field goal NEV 28–24

See also: 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–7	2017	SDSU, 42–23

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 0 0 10 10 • Wolf Pack 7 21 21 0 49 Date: November 10, 2018 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:35 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 22 minutes Game attendance: 13,755 Game weather: Temperature: 46 °F (8 °C) • Weather: Cool • Wind: NE 8 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (ESPNU): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey

Scoring summary 1 08:53 NEV Romeo Doubs 20–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 7–0 2 09:03 NEV Elijah Cooks 38–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick failed) NEV 13–0 2 02:28 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Elijah Cooks pass) NEV 21–0 2 01:02 NEV Romeo Doubs 36–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 28–0 3 11:34 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 35–0 3 07:08 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 7–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 42–0 3 01:42 NEV Kaleb Fossum 28–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 49–0 4 08:32 CSU Preston Williams 8–yard pass from Collin Hill (Wyatt Bryan kick) NEV 49–7 4 04:21 CSU Wyatt Bryan 32–yard field goal NEV 49–10

See also: 2018 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–12	2017	CSU, 44–42

at San Jose State

Nevada at San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 0 7 7 7 21 Spartans 6 0 6 0 12 Date: November 17, 2018 Location: CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA Game start: 12:06 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 58 minutes Game attendance: 12,271 Game weather: Temperature: 56 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Hazy • Wind: WNW 5 MPH Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (ESPN3): Trey Bender and Al Groh

Scoring summary 1 00:52 SJSU Josh Oliver 1–yard pass from Michael Carrillo (Bryce Crawford kick failed) SJSU 6–0 2 01:48 NEV Ty Gangi 2–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 7–6 3 12:21 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 9–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–6 3 03:24 SJSU DeJon Packer 22–yard pass from Michael Carrillo (pass failed) NEV 14–12 4 12:38 NEV Toa Taua 9–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 21–12

See also: 2018 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–9–2	2017	NEV, 59–14

at UNLV

Nevada at UNLV
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 20 6 0 3 29 • Rebels 0 21 7 6 34 Date: November 24, 2018 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 6:32 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 23 minutes Game attendance: 19,921 Game weather: Temperature: 53 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NE 3 MPH Referee: Cal McNeill TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and A.J. Ross (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:03 NEV McLane Mannix 5–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 7–0 1 06:14 NEV Cole Turner 24–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 14–0 1 00:46 NEV Kelton Moore 46–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick failed) NEV 20–0 2 14:12 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 29–yard field goal NEV 23–0 2 12:31 UNLV Lexington Thomas 38–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 23–7 2 09:47 UNLV Giovanni Fauolo Sr. 18–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 23–14 2 03:34 UNLV Armani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) NEV 23–21 2 00:36 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 26–yard field goal NEV 26–21 3 04:46 UNLV Noah Bean 1–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–26 4 11:21 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 36–yard field goal NEV 29–28 4 02:34 UNLV Armani Rogers 3–yard run (rush failed) UNLV 34–29

See also: 2018 UNLV Rebels football team and Fremont Cannon

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–16[n 1]	2017	NEV, 23–16

vs. Arkansas State (Arizona Bowl)

Arkansas State vs. Nevada
(Arizona Bowl)

1 2 3 4 OT Total Red Wolves 0 7 0 3 3 13 • Wolf Pack 0 3 0 7 6 16 Date: December 29, 2018 Location: Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ Game start: 10:15 a.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 54 minutes Game attendance: 32,368 Game weather: Temperature: 43 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: ENE 1 MPH Referee: Tom Stapleton TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and John Schriffen (sideline)

Scoring summary 2 05:09 NEV Ramiz Ahmed 36–yard field goal NEV 3–0 2 03:08 ASU Marcel Murray 2–yard run (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 7–3 4 01:06 NEV Devonte Lee 1–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick) NEV 10–7 4 00:00 ASU Blake Grupe 32–yard field goal TIE 10–10 OT 15:00 ASU Blake Grupe 24–yard field goal ASU 13–10 OT 15:00 NEV Reagan Roberson 11–yard pass from Ty Gangi NEV 16–13

See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team and 2018 Arizona Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	1999	ARST, 44–28

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.[19] 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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