American college football season
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.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. Howard *Stadium L 40–43 15,667
September 9 4:00 p.m. at Idaho * ESPN3 W 44–16 10,156
September 23 9:00 a.m. at No. 10 Ohio State * BTN L 21–54 106,187
September 30 7:30 p.m. San Jose State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPNU W 41–13 15,009
October 7 7:45 p.m. No. 19 San Diego State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPN2 L 10–41 19,770
October 14 11:00 a.m. at Air Force ATTSNRM L 30–34 26,679
October 21 3:00 p.m. Utah State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ATTSNRM L 28–52 18,157
October 28 7:00 p.m. at Fresno State ATTSNRM W 26–16 27,922
November 4 3:00 p.m. Hawaii Stadium/SPEC HI W 31–23 16,278
November 10 7:30 p.m. BYU *Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPN2 L 21–31 19,811
November 17 6:30 p.m. at New Mexico ESPN2 W 38–35 14,744
November 25 12:00 p.m. at Nevada ATTSNRM L 16–23 17,359
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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
2 3 4 Total
• Bison
7
14 7 15
43
Rebels
6
13 14 7
40
Date: September 2, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 6:06 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 29 minutesGame attendance: 15,667Game weather: Temperature: 108 °F (42 °C) • Weather: Clear and Hot • Wind: ESE 5 MPH Referee: Vidal JonesTV announcers (Stadium ): Tony Cordasco and Joe Arrigo
Scoring summary 1 13:26 HOW Caylin Newton 52–yard run (Dakota Lebofsky kick) HOW 7–0
1 11:23 UNLV Evan Pantels 44–yard field goal HOW 7–3
1 05:36 UNLV Evan Pantels 28–yard field goal HOW 7–6
2 12:56 HOW Kyle Anthony 1–yard pass from Caylin Newton (Dakota Lebofsky kick) HOW 14–6
2 09:14 UNLV Evan Pantels 26–yard field goal HOW 14–9
2 05:56 HOW Devin Rollins 75–yard fumble recovery (Dakota Lebofsky kick) HOW 21–9
2 01:27 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) HOW 21–16
2 00:00 UNLV Evan Pantels 30–yard field goal HOW 21–19
3 12:20 UNLV Devonte Boyd 25–yard pass from Armani Rogers UNLV 26–21
3 06:45 UNLV Charles Williams 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 33–21
3 01:17 HOW Anthony Philyaw 3–yard run (Dakota Lebofsky kick) UNLV 33–28
4 14:09 HOW Anthony Philyaw 11–yard run (Caylin Newton rush) HOW 36–33
4 10:12 UNLV Lexington Thomas 3–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 40–36
4 07:34 HOW Caylin Newton 4–yard run (Dakota Lebofsky kick) HOW 43–40
See also: 2017 Howard Bison football team
UNLV's season-opening loss to Howard represented the largest upset in college football history in terms of point spread. 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.
At Idaho
UNLV at Idaho
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
7
3 24 10
44
Vandals
0
3 7 6
16
Date: September 9, 2017Location: Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID Game start: 5:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 6 minutesGame attendance: 10,156Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Played Indoors • Wind: NoneReferee: Jason AutreyTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Peter Young and Darius Walker
Scoring summary 1 06:59 UNLV Armani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0
2 09:32 UNLV Evan Pantels 40–yard field goal UNLV 10–0
2 03:37 IDAHO Cade Coffey 40–yard field goal UNLV 10–3
3 13:56 UNLV Lexington Thomas 60–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 17–3
3 12:17 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 24–3
3 07:51 UNLV Evan Pantels 22–yard field goal UNLV 27–3
3 03:51 IDAHO Matt Linehan 1–yard run (Cade Coffey kick) UNLV 27–10
3 01:36 UNLV Lexington Thomas 62–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 34–10
4 14:51 IDAHO Reuben Mwehla 4–yard pass from Matt Linehan (Cade Coffey kick failed) UNLV 34–16
4 13:53 UNLV Devonte Boyd 94–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 41–16
4 02:16 UNLV Evan Pantels 27–yard field goal UNLV 44–16
See also: 2017 Idaho Vandals football team
At Ohio State
UNLV at Ohio State
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
0
7 7 7
21
• No. 10 Buckeyes
16
28 10 0
54
Scoring summary 1 11:49 OSU Parris Campbell 69–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 7–0
1 05:15 OSU Johnnie Dixon 16–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick) OSU 14–0
1 01:02 OSU Team safety OSU 16–0
2 14:50 OSU Binjimen Victor 3–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 23–0
2 12:39 OSU Terry McLaurin 4–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 30–0
2 08:58 OSU K. J. Hill 11–yard pass from J. T. Barrett (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 37–0
2 03:32 UNLV Lexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) OSU 37–7
2 01:32 OSU C. J. Saunders 28–yard pass from Dwayne Haskins (Sean Nuernberger kick) OSU 44–7
3 08:46 UNLV Lexington Thomas 55–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) OSU 44–14
3 05:36 OSU Sean Nuernberger 30–yard field goal OSU 47–14
3 02:55 OSU Rashod Berry 38–yard pass from Dwayne Haskins (Sean Nuernberger kick)OSU 54–14
4 13:00 UNLV Javin White 65–yard interception return (Daniel Gutierrez kick) OSU 54–17
See also: 2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
San Jose State
San Jose State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
Spartans
3
10 0 0
13
• Rebels
14
21 6 0
41
Date: September 30, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:30 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 15,009Game weather: Temperature: 86 °F (30 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SW 9 MPH Referee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (ESPNU ): Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey
Scoring summary 1 11:28 UNLV Armani Rogers 7–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0
1 09:16 SJSU Bryce Crawford 28–yard field goal UNLV 7–3
1 03:50 UNLV Armani Rogers 7–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–3
2 08:53 SJSU Bryce Crawford 23–yard field goal UNLV 14–6
2 07:50 UNLV Lexington Thomas 56–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–6
2 03:36 UNLV Brandon Presley 44–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 28–6
2 02:20 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 35–6
2 00:09 SJSU JaQuan Blackwell 11–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick) UNLV 35–13
3 03:29 UNLV Trevor Kanteman 1–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick failed) UNLV 41–13
See also: 2017 San Jose State Spartans football team
San Diego State
San Diego State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 19 Aztecs
3
17 7 14
41
Rebels
3
7 0 0
10
Scoring summary 1 02:57 SDSU John Baron II 27–yard field goal SDSU 3–0
1 00:26 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 35–yard field goal TIE 3–3
2 11:57 SDSU Christian Chapman 14–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 10–3
2 10:04 SDSU Juwan Washington 34–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 17–3
2 05:48 UNLV Kendal Keys 6–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Daniel Gutierrez kick) SDSU 17–10
2 00:21 SDSU John Baron II 33–yard field goal SDSU 20–10
3 07:29 SDSU Rashaad Penny 3–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 27–10
4 07:11 SDSU Rashaad Penny 2–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 34–10
4 01:40 SDSU Chase Jasmin 8–yard run (John Baron II kick) SDSU 41–10
See also: 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team
At Air Force
UNLV at Air Force
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
17
10 3 0
30
• Falcons
0
7 13 14
34
Scoring summary 1 13:02 UNLV Lexington Thomas 55–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0
1 01:28 UNLV Xzaviar Campbell 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–0
1 00:16 UNLV Evan Pantels 40–yard field goal UNLV 17–0
2 08:37 UNLV Evan Pantels 27–yard field goal UNLV 20–0
2 03:28 UNLV Armani Rogers 3–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 27–0
2 00:42 AF Arion Worthman 14–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) UNLV 27–7
3 12:00 UNLV Evan Pantels 34–yard field goal UNLV 30–7
3 08:02 AF Arion Worthman 1–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) UNLV 30–14
3 03:21 AF Arion Worthman 5–yard run (pass failed) UNLV 30–20
4 12:52 AF Arion Worthman 6–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) UNLV 30–27
4 02:14 AF Arion Worthman 1–yard run (Lake Strebel kick) AF 34–30
See also: 2017 Air Force Falcons football team
Utah State
Utah State at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Aggies
7
21 7 17
52
Rebels
14
14 0 0
28
Date: October 21, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 3:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 10 minutesGame attendance: 18,157Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Breezy and Clear Skies • Wind: N 6 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVeldeTV announcers (ATTSNRM ): Drew Goodman , Sherdrick Bonner and Caleb Herring (sideline)
Scoring summary 1 06:49 UNLV Lexington Thomas 14–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 7–0
1 02:32 UNLV Armani Rogers 6–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 14–0
1 01:56 USU Savon Scarver 70–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)UNLV 14–7
2 13:58 UNLV Lexington Thomas 41–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 21–7
2 12:51 USU LaJuan Hunt 13–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) UNLV 21–14
2 06:05 UNLV Armani Rogers 7–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 28–14
2 05:54 USU Jordan Nathan 75–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick) UNLV 28–21
2 02:28 USU LaJuan Hunt 1–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) TIE 28–28
3 06:38 USU Jordan Love 5–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 35–28
4 14:15 USU LaJuan Hunt 30–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 42–28
4 10:53 USU Dominik Eberle 24–yard field goal USU 45–28
4 00:59 USU Justen Hervey 7–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick) USU 52–28
See also: 2017 Utah State Aggies football team
At Fresno State
UNLV at Fresno State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
3
6 7 10
26
Bulldogs
9
0 7 0
16
Scoring summary 1 09:50 FS Jordan Mims 3–yard run (Jimmy Camacho kick failed) FS 6–0
1 05:58 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 38–yard field goal FS 6–3
1 02:58 FS Jimmy Camacho 34–yard field goal FS 9–3
2 10:18 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 27–yard field goal FS 9–6
2 00:06 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 23–yard field goal TIE 9–9
3 09:31 UNLV Johnny Stanton 7–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick)UNLV 16–9
3 03:38 FS Jordan Mims 5–yard run (Jimmy Camacho kick) TIE 16–16
4 14:53 UNLV Lexington Thomas 2–yard run (Daniel Gutierrez kick) UNLV 23–16
4 05:00 UNLV Daniel Gutierrez 25–yard field goal UNLV 26–16
See also: 2017 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Hawaii
Hawaii at UNLV (Island Showdown )
1
2 3 4 Total
Rainbow Warriors
0
6 7 10
23
• Rebels
7
0 21 3
31
Date: November 4, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 3:00 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 35 minutesGame attendance: 16,278Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Beautiful and Clear • Wind: S 16 MPH Referee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (Stadium /SPEC HI ): Robert Kekaula and Rich Miano
Scoring summary 1 11:01 UNLV Johnny Stanton 4–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–0
2 06:16 UH Alex Trifonovitch 31–yard field goal UNLV 7–3
2 00:17 UH Alex Trifonovitch 38–yard field goal UNLV 7–6
3 09:53 UH Dylan Collie 20–yard pass from Dru Brown (Alex Trifonovitch kick) UH 13–7
3 08:22 UNLV Brandon Presley 52–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 14–13
3 01:40 UNLV Kendal Keys 10–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 21–13
3 00:23 UNLV Lexington Thomas 3–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 28–13
4 11:46 UH Diocemy Saint Juste 2–yard run (Alex Trifonovitch kick)UNLV 28–20
4 04:53 UNLV Evan Pantels 32–yard field goal UNLV 31–20
4 02:15 UH Alex Trifonovitch 27–yard field goal UNLV 31–23
See also: 2017 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
BYU
BYU at UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
• Cougars
0
14 14 3
31
Rebels
0
7 7 7
21
Date: November 10, 2017Location: Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Game start: 7:30 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 19,811Game weather: Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Breezy and Clear • Wind: SSW 8 MPH Referee: Scott CampbellTV announcers (ESPN2): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
Scoring summary 2 09:06 BYU Brayden El-Bakri 1–yard run (Rhett Almond kick) BYU 7–0
2 04:25 UNLV Lexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) TIE 7–7
2 00:27 BYU Aleva Hifo 11–yard pass from Joe Critchlow (Rhett Almond kick) BYU 14–7
3 13:04 BYU Squally Canada 2–yard run (Rhett Almond kick) BYU 21–7
3 04:23 UNLV Brandon Presley 18–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick) BYU 21–14
3 01:40 BYU Austin Kafentzis 11–yard run (Rhett Almond kick) BYU 28–14
4 10:46 UNLV Devonte Boyd 13–yard pass from Johnny Stanton (Evan Pantels kick) BYU 28–21
4 05:39 BYU Rhett Almond 28–yard field goal BYU 31–21
See also: 2017 BYU Cougars football team
At New Mexico
UNLV at New Mexico
1
2 3 4 Total
• Rebels
10
14 3 11
38
Lobos
0
14 7 14
35
Date: November 17, 2017Location: Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM Game start: 7:35 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutesGame attendance: 14,744Game weather: Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Mostly Cloudy • Wind: W 17 MPH Referee: Stephen BaronTV announcers (ESPN2): Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek and Molly McGrath (sideline)
Scoring summary 1 10:50 UNLV Evan Pantels 40–yard field goal UNLV 3–0
1 03:11 UNLV Lexington Thomas 14–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 10–0
2 12:00 NM Romell Jordan 8–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) UNLV 10–7
2 03:26 NM Daryl Chestnut Jr. 1–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) NM 14–10
2 02:43 UNLV Lexington Thomas 60–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 17–14
2 01:12 UNLV Armani Rogers 83–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 24–14
3 12:23 NM Lamar Jordan II 40–yard run (Jason Sanders kick)UNLV 24–21
3 06:39 UNLV Evan Pantels 22–yard field goal UNLV 27–21
4 09:17 NM Tyrone Owens 2–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) NM 28–27
4 06:11 UNLV Evan Pantels 40–yard field goal UNLV 30–28
4 01:11 NM Lamar Jordan II 41–yard run (Jason Sanders kick) NM 35–30
4 00:25 UNLV Kendal Keys 14–yard pass from Armani Rogers (pass) UNLV 38–35
See also: 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team
At Nevada
UNLV at Nevada (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series )
1
2 3 4 Total
Rebels
0
13 3 0
16
• Wolf Pack
6
3 7 7
23
Date: November 25, 2017Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:08 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 56 minutesGame attendance: 17,359Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: SE 4 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVeldeTV announcers (ATTSNRM ): Drew Goodman , Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)
Scoring summary 1 14:03 NEV Wyatt Demps 21–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick blocked) NEV 6–0
2 14:47 UNLV Armani Rogers 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) UNLV 7–6
2 08:56 UNLV Evan Pantels 24–yard field goal UNLV 10–6
2 02:03 UNLV Evan Pantels 37–yard field goal UNLV 13–6
2 00:21 NEV Spencer Pettit 35–yard field goal UNLV 13–9
3 10:57 UNLV Evan Pantels 53–yard field goal UNLV 16–9
3 00:41 NEV Trevion Armstrong 6–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) TIE 16–16
4 07:34 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 23–16
See also: 2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team and Fremont Cannon
References
Mark Anderson (December 9, 2017). "UNLV coach Tony Sanchez fires defensive coordinator, safeties coach" . ReviewJournal.com.
Purdum, David (September 3, 2017). "Howard stuns UNLV for biggest point-spread upset in college football history" . ESPN.com . Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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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