American college football season
The 2018 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Rebels were led by fourth-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 4–8 and 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
Mountain West media days [ edit ] During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip , the Rebels were predicted to finish in third place in the West Division.[6]
Media poll [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] The Rebels had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[7]
Offense
Lexington Thomas – RB
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 1:00 p.m. at No. 15 USC * P12N L 21–4358,708 September 8 6:00 p.m. UTEP * ATTSNRM W 52–2414,122 September 15 7:00 pm Prairie View A&M * Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Stadium W 46–1714,786 September 22 4:00 p.m. at Arkansas State * ESPN3 L 20–2718,537 October 6 1:00 p.m. New Mexico Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ATTSNRM L 14–5018,949 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Utah State Stadium on Facebook L 28–5921,212 7:00 p.m. Air Force Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV CBSSN L 35–4117,881 October 27 3:30 p.m. at San Jose State ATTSNRM L 37–5016,165 November 3 7:30 p.m. No. 20 Fresno State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV CBSSN L 3–4815,276 November 10 7:30 p.m. at San Diego State ESPN2 W 27–2424,986 November 17 8:00 p.m. at Hawaii Stadium/SPEC HI L 28–3525,697 November 24 6:30 p.m. Nevada CBSSN W 34–2919,921 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Schedule Source: 2018 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule Game summaries [ edit ] UNLV at USC 1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 7 0 7 21 • No. 15 Trojans 6 13 0 24 43
Scoring summary 1 14:07 USC Chase McGrath 46–yard field goal USC 3–0 1 03:18 USC Chase McGrath 38–yard field goal USC 6–0 1 02:37 UNLV Lexington Thomas 71–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–6 2 13:12 USC Chase McGrath 29–yard field goal USC 9–7 2 10:32 UNLV Kendal Keys 31–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–9 2 09:19 USC Chase McGrath 47–yard field goal UNLV 14–12 2 01:04 USC Vavae Malepeai 2–yard run (Chase McGrath kick)USC 19–14 4 14:52 USC Amon-Ra St. Brown 43–yard pass from J. T. Daniels (Chase McGrath kick)USC 26–14 4 12:39 USC Aca'Cedric Ware 15–yard run (Chase McGrath kick) USC 33–14 4 08:06 UNLV Giovanni Fauolo Sr. 5–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) USC 33–21 4 04:39 USC Chase McGrath 36–yard field goal USC 36–21 4 01:38 USC Vavae Malepeai 20–yard run (Chase McGrath kick) USC 43–21
UTEP at UNLV 1 2 3 4 Total Miners 10 0 7 7 24 • Rebels 14 24 7 7 52
Scoring summary 1 12:42 UNLV Mekhi Stevenson 51–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0 1 07:58 UTEP Kai Locksley 1–yard run (Jason Filley kick) TIE 7–7 1 04:55 UNLV Tyleek Collins 5–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–7 1 03:02 UTEP Jason Filley 33–yard field goal UNLV 14–10 2 14:52 UNLV Armani Rogers 28–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–10 2 08:23 UNLV Lexington Thomas 40–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–10 2 03:38 UNLV Evan Pantels 35–yard field goal UNLV 31–10 2 00:22 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 22–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 38–10 3 14:35 UNLV Lexington Thomas 4–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 45–10 3 03:49 UTEP Kai Locksley 20–yard run (Jason Filley kick) UNLV 45–17 4 12:43 UNLV Tyleek Collins 3–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 52–17 4 08:26 UTEP Quardraiz Wadley 22–yard run (Jason Filley kick) UNLV 52–24
Prairie View A&M [ edit ] Prairie View A&M at UNLV 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 0 14 3 17 • Rebels 20 14 0 12 46
Date: September 15, 2018Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutesGame attendance: 14,786Game weather: Temperature: 100 °F (38 °C) • Weather: Clear and Windy • Wind: SSW 15 MPH Referee: Dwayne JohnsonTV announcers (Stadium ): Tony Cordasco and Joe Haro Scoring summary 1 09:23 UNLV Drew Tejchman 24–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick failed) UNLV 6–0 1 08:01 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 13–0 1 01:29 UNLV Armani Rogers 6–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 20–0 2 08:12 UNLV Armani Rogers 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 27–0 2 00:51 UNLV Armani Rogers 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 34–0 3 05:38 PVAM Tristen Wallace 4–yard pass from Jalen Morton (Zach Elder kick) UNLV 34–7 3 01:44 PVAM Zarrian Holcombe 13–yard pass from Jalen Morton (Zach Elder kick) UNLV 34–14 4 08:28 PVAM Zach Elder 28–yard field goal UNLV 34–17 4 05:04 UNLV Evan Pantels 32–yard field goal UNLV 37–17 4 04:15 UNLV Armani Rogers 8–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 44–17 4 00:37 UNLV Team 17–yard safety UNLV 46–17
At Arkansas State [ edit ] UNLV at Arkansas State 1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 0 13 0 20 • Red Wolves 6 7 6 8 27
Scoring summary 1 12:37 ASU Justin McInnis 16–yard pass from Justice Hansen (Blake Grupe rush fumbled)ASU 6–0 1 03:08 UNLV Evan Owens 41–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–6 2 06:59 ASU Jonathan Adams Jr. 24–yard pass from Justice Hansen (Blake Grupe kick) ASU 13–7 3 11:08 ASU Javonis Isaac 2–yard pass from Justice Hansen (pass failed) ASU 19–7 3 04:11 UNLV Armani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) ASU 19–14 3 01:38 UNLV Lexington Thomas 10–yard run (Armani Rogers pass failed) UNLV 20–19 4 13:19 ASU Marcel Murray 39–yard run (rush) ASU 27–20
New Mexico [ edit ] New Mexico at UNLV 1 2 3 4 Total • Lobos 0 29 7 14 50 Rebels 0 0 0 14 14
Scoring summary 2 14:57 NM Zahneer Shuler 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick blocked) NM 6–0 2 09:34 NM Tyrone Owens 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick failed) NM 12–0 2 04:37 NM Andrew Shelley 43–yard field goal NM 15–0 2 02:56 NM Elijah Lilly 74–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 22–0 2 00:17 NM Anselem Umeh 26–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 29–0 3 02:25 NM Emmanuel Harris 33–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 36–0 4 14:46 UNLV Brandon Presley 19–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) NM 36–7 4 11:07 NM Delane Hart-Johnson 11–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 43–7 4 07:57 NM Zahneer Shuler 2–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 50–7 4 04:43 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 11–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) NM 50–14
At Utah State [ edit ] UNLV at Utah State 1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 0 7 14 28 • Aggies 14 28 7 10 59
Scoring summary 1 05:38 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0 1 03:17 USU Jordan Nathan 24–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) TIE 7–7 1 00:22 USU Jalen Greene 80–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 14–7 2 13:48 USU Savon Scarver 26–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 21–7 2 11:35 USU Baron Gajkowski 16–yard blocked punt return (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 28–7 2 09:27 USU Darwin Thompson 7–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 35–7 2 00:18 USU Ron'quavion Tarver 7–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 42–7 3 07:00 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 25–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) USU 42–14 3 05:11 USU Ron'quavion Tarver 29–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 49–14 4 10:25 UNLV Drew Tejchman 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) USU 49–21 4 03:15 USU Dominik Eberle 24–yard field goal USU 52–21 4 02:58 UNLV Tyleek Collins 79–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) USU 52–28 4 01:55 USU Henry Colombi 37–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 59–28
Air Force [ edit ] Air Force at UNLV 1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 3 17 21 0 41 Rebels 7 14 7 7 35
Scoring summary 1 07:16 AF Jake Koehnke 32–yard field goal AF 3–0 1 02:16 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–3 2 13:01 AF Jake Koehnke 26–yard field goal UNLV 7–6 2 12:23 UNLV Lexington Thomas 74–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–6 2 08:46 AF Isaiah Sanders 6–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) UNLV 14–13 2 03:53 UNLV Darren Woods Jr. 13–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–13 2 00:36 AF Isaiah Sanders 3–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) UNLV 21–20 3 11:00 AF Isaiah Sanders 8–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) AF 27–21 3 08:26 AF Ronald Cleveland 69–yard pass from Isaiah Sanders (Jake Koehnke kick) AF 34–21 3 05:45 AF Cole Fagan 49–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick) AF 41–21 3 00:40 UNLV Lexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) AF 41–28 4 07:34 UNLV Brandon Presley 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) AF 41–35
At San Jose State [ edit ] UNLV at San Jose State 1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 14 7 9 37 • Spartans 7 17 17 9 50
Scoring summary 1 07:39 UNLV Max Gilliam 6–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0 1 06:16 SJSU Tyler Nevens 4–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick) TIE 7–7 2 12:28 SJSU Josh Oliver 2–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick)SJSU 14–7 2 06:25 SJSU Bryce Crawford 50–yard field goal SJSU 17–7 2 06:14 UNLV Tyleek Collins 75–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) SJSU 17–14 2 01:36 UNLV Tyleek Collins 4–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–17 2 00:34 SJSU Tre Walker 37–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 24–21 3 10:48 SJSU Brett Foley 1–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 31–21 3 04:17 SJSU Tre Hartley 9–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) SJSU 38–21 3 02:01 UNLV Tyleek Collins 46–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) SJSU 38–28 3 00:15 SJSU Bryce Crawford 36–yard field goal SJSU 41–28 4 13:44 SJSU Dakari Monroe 50–yard interception (Bryce Crawford kick failed) SJSU 47–28 4 10:46 UNLV Evan Pantels 23–yard field goal SJSU 47–31 4 07:11 SJSU Bryce Crawford 45–yard field goal SJSU 50–31 4 02:28 UNLV Tyleek Collins 4–yard pass from Max Gilliam (pass failed) SJSU 50–37
Fresno State [ edit ] Fresno State at UNLV 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 20 Bulldogs 7 10 17 14 48 Rebels 0 0 0 3 3
Date: November 3, 2018Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:32 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutesGame attendance: 15,276Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NE 5 MPH Referee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (CBSSN ): Rich Waltz , Aaron Murray and Cassie McKinney (sideline) Scoring summary 1 10:39 FS Jamire Jordan 12–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick) FS 7–0 2 14:55 FS Ronnie Rivers 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 14–0 2 00:36 FS Asa Fuller 35–yard field goal FS 17–0 3 10:45 FS Kyle Riddering 9–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick) FS 24–0 3 08:22 FS Josh Hokit 5–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 31–0 3 04:42 FS Asa Fuller 47–yard field goal FS 34–0 4 14:54 FS Derrion Grim 10–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 41–0 4 10:13 UNLV Evan Pantels 28–yard field goal FS 41–3 4 08:14 FS Saevion Johnson 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick) FS 48–3
At San Diego State [ edit ] UNLV at San Diego State 1 2 3 4 Total • Rebels 6 7 0 14 27 Aztecs 0 14 10 0 24
Scoring summary 1 11:30 UNLV Evan Pantels 21–yard field goal UNLV 3–0 1 07:08 UNLV Evan Pantels 45–yard field goal UNLV 6–0 2 13:54 SDSU Tim Wilson Jr. 13–yard pass from Christian Chapman (John Baron II kick) SDSU 7–6 2 10:35 UNLV Lexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 13–7 2 00:28 SDSU Juwan Washington 2–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 14–13 3 04:51 SDSU John Baron II 33–yard field goal SDSU 17–13 3 00:00 SDSU Tim Wilson Jr. 34–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (John Baron II kick) SDSU 24–13 4 09:19 UNLV Brandon Presley 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (pass failed) SDSU 24–19 4 03:27 UNLV Lexington Thomas 75–yard run (Brandon Presley pass) UNLV 27–24
At Hawaii [ edit ] UNLV at Hawaii (Island Showdown ) 1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 14 0 7 28 • Rainbow Warriors 3 3 7 22 35
Date: November 17, 2018Location: Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI Game start: 6:07 p.m. Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutesGame attendance: 25,697Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Cloudy and 74% Humidity • Wind: NNE 13 MPH Referee: Brad Van VarkTV announcers (Stadium /SPEC HI ): Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano and Scott Robbs (sideline) Scoring summary 1 08:04 UH Ryan Meskell 36–yard field goal UH 3–0 1 00:18 UNLV Noah Bean 9–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–3 2 07:29 UNLV Lexington Thomas 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–3 2 02:22 UNLV Lexington Thomas 45–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–3 2 00:06 UH Ryan Meskell 41–yard field goal UNLV 21–6 3 04:46 UH Cole McDonald 3–yard run (Ryan Meskell kick)UNLV 21–13 4 14:21 UNLV Evan Owens 16–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–13 4 11:42 UH JoJo Ward 64–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (John Ursua pass) UNLV 28–21 4 04:23 UH JoJo Ward 20–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Ryan Meskell kick) TIE 28–28 4 01:25 UH John Ursua 68–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Ryan Meskell kick) UH 35–28
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, 2018Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 6:32 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 23 minutesGame attendance: 19,921Game weather: Temperature: 53 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NE 3 MPH Referee: Cal McNeillTV 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
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