2020 UNLV Rebels football team

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

2020 UNLV Rebels football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Marcus Arroyo (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Glenn Thomas (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Peter Hansen (1st season)
Home stadium	Allegiant 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			–							–
Boise State			–							–
Colorado State			–							–
New Mexico			–							–
Utah State			–							–
Wyoming			–							–
West Division
Fresno State			–							–
Hawaii			–							–
Nevada			–							–
San Diego State			–							–
San Jose State			–							–
UNLV			–							–
Championship: TBA
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the 2020 football season. As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

This was scheduled to be the first season for the UNLV Rebels football team at Allegiant Stadium. They were to 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]

On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

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

UNLV had games scheduled against Arizona State, California, and Iowa State, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		Louisiana Tech*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV
October 3		at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA
October 10		Wyoming	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV
October 17		at San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA
October 23[lower-alpha 1]		Colorado State	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV
October 31		at Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID
November 7		Fresno State	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV
November 14		at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI
November 28		Nevada	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:[6][7]

1. Originally scheduled for Saturday, October 24.

Game summaries

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

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, 33–30^OT

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. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
4. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
5. Kelley, Kevin (6 August 2020). "2020 UNLV at Iowa State football game rescheduled to 2030". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
6. "2020 Football Schedule". University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
7. "2020 UNLV Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.