2018 UNLV Rebels football team

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.

2018 UNLV Rebels football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (2–6 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBarney Cotton (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTim Skipper (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumSam Boyd Stadium
(Capacity: 35,500)
2018 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Maxwell Award[1] Armani Rogers QB SO
Doak Walker Award[2] Lexington Thomas RB SR
Lou Groza Award[3] Evan Pantels K SR
Wuerffel Trophy[4] Darren Wood Jr. WR JR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[5] Lexington Thomas RB SR

Mountain West media days

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
West Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Fresno State126 (16)
2San Diego State116 (6)
3UNLV78
4Nevada72
5Hawaii45
6San Jose State25

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Rebels had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[7]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.at No. 15 USC*
P12NL 21–4358,708
September 86:00 p.m.UTEP*
ATTSNRMW 52–2414,122
September 157:00 pmPrairie View A&M*
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
StadiumW 46–1714,786
September 224:00 p.m.at Arkansas State*
ESPN3L 20–2718,537
October 61:00 p.m.New Mexico
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
ATTSNRML 14–5018,949
October 131:00 p.m.at Utah State
Stadium on FacebookL 28–5921,212
October 197:00 p.m.Air Forcedagger
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
CBSSNL 35–4117,881
October 273:30 p.m.at San Jose State
ATTSNRML 37–5016,165
November 37:30 p.m.No. 20 Fresno State
  • Sam Boyd Stadium
  • Whitney, NV
CBSSNL 3–4815,276
November 107:30 p.m.at San Diego State
ESPN2W 27–2424,986
November 178:00 p.m.at Hawaii
Stadium/SPEC HIL 28–3525,697
November 246:30 p.m.Nevada
CBSSNW 34–2919,921
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
Schedule Source: 2018 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule

Game summaries

At USC
UNLV at USC
1 234Total
Rebels 7 707 21
• No. 15 Trojans 6 13024 43
Scoring summary
114:07USCChase McGrath 46–yard field goalUSC 3–0
103:18USCChase McGrath 38–yard field goalUSC 6–0
102:37UNLVLexington Thomas 71–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–6
213:12USCChase McGrath 29–yard field goalUSC 9–7
210:32UNLVKendal Keys 31–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–9
209:19USCChase McGrath 47–yard field goalUNLV 14–12
201:04USCVavae Malepeai 2–yard run (Chase McGrath kick)USC 19–14
414:52USCAmon-Ra St. Brown 43–yard pass from J. T. Daniels (Chase McGrath kick)USC 26–14
412:39USCAca'Cedric Ware 15–yard run (Chase McGrath kick)USC 33–14
408:06UNLVGiovanni Fauolo Sr. 5–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)USC 33–21
404:39USCChase McGrath 36–yard field goalUSC 36–21
401:38USCVavae Malepeai 20–yard run (Chase McGrath kick)USC 43–21
See also: 2018 USC Trojans football team

UTEP
UTEP at UNLV
1 234Total
Miners 10 077 24
• Rebels 14 2477 52
Scoring summary
112:42UNLVMekhi Stevenson 51–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
107:58UTEPKai Locksley 1–yard run (Jason Filley kick)TIE 7–7
104:55UNLVTyleek Collins 5–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–7
103:02UTEPJason Filley 33–yard field goalUNLV 14–10
214:52UNLVArmani Rogers 28–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 21–10
208:23UNLVLexington Thomas 40–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 28–10
203:38UNLVEvan Pantels 35–yard field goalUNLV 31–10
200:22UNLVDarren Woods Jr. 22–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 38–10
314:35UNLVLexington Thomas 4–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 45–10
303:49UTEPKai Locksley 20–yard run (Jason Filley kick)UNLV 45–17
412:43UNLVTyleek Collins 3–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 52–17
408:26UTEPQuardraiz Wadley 22–yard run (Jason Filley kick)UNLV 52–24
See also: 2018 UTEP Miners football team

Prairie View A&M
Prairie View A&M at UNLV
1 234Total
Panthers 0 0143 17
• Rebels 20 14012 46
  • Date: September 15, 2018
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:06 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutes
  • Game attendance: 14,786
  • Game weather: Temperature: 100 °F (38 °C) • Weather: Clear and Windy • Wind: SSW 15 MPH
  • Referee: Dwayne Johnson
  • TV announcers (Stadium): Tony Cordasco and Joe Haro
Scoring summary
109:23UNLVDrew Tejchman 24–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick failed)UNLV 6–0
108:01UNLVLexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 13–0
101:29UNLVArmani Rogers 6–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 20–0
208:12UNLVArmani Rogers 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 27–0
200:51UNLVArmani Rogers 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 34–0
305:38PVAMTristen Wallace 4–yard pass from Jalen Morton (Zach Elder kick)UNLV 34–7
301:44PVAMZarrian Holcombe 13–yard pass from Jalen Morton (Zach Elder kick)UNLV 34–14
408:28PVAMZach Elder 28–yard field goalUNLV 34–17
405:04UNLVEvan Pantels 32–yard field goalUNLV 37–17
404:15UNLVArmani Rogers 8–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 44–17
400:37UNLVTeam 17–yard safetyUNLV 46–17
See also: 2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

At Arkansas State
UNLV at Arkansas State
1 234Total
Rebels 7 0130 20
• Red Wolves 6 768 27
Scoring summary
112:37ASUJustin McInnis 16–yard pass from Justice Hansen (Blake Grupe rush fumbled)ASU 6–0
103:08UNLVEvan Owens 41–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–6
206:59ASUJonathan Adams Jr. 24–yard pass from Justice Hansen (Blake Grupe kick)ASU 13–7
311:08ASUJavonis Isaac 2–yard pass from Justice Hansen (pass failed)ASU 19–7
304:11UNLVArmani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)ASU 19–14
301:38UNLVLexington Thomas 10–yard run (Armani Rogers pass failed)UNLV 20–19
413:19ASUMarcel Murray 39–yard run (rush)ASU 27–20
See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

New Mexico
New Mexico at UNLV
1 234Total
• Lobos 0 29714 50
Rebels 0 0014 14
Scoring summary
214:57NMZahneer Shuler 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick blocked)NM 6–0
209:34NMTyrone Owens 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick failed)NM 12–0
204:37NMAndrew Shelley 43–yard field goalNM 15–0
202:56NMElijah Lilly 74–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick)NM 22–0
200:17NMAnselem Umeh 26–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick)NM 29–0
302:25NMEmmanuel Harris 33–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick)NM 36–0
414:46UNLVBrandon Presley 19–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)NM 36–7
411:07NMDelane Hart-Johnson 11–yard pass from Sheriron Jones (Andrew Shelley kick)NM 43–7
407:57NMZahneer Shuler 2–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick)NM 50–7
404:43UNLVDarren Woods Jr. 11–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)NM 50–14
See also: 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team

At Utah State
UNLV at Utah State
1 234Total
Rebels 7 0714 28
• Aggies 14 28710 59
Scoring summary
105:38UNLVLexington Thomas 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
103:17USUJordan Nathan 24–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)TIE 7–7
100:22USUJalen Greene 80–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 14–7
213:48USUSavon Scarver 26–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 21–7
211:35USUBaron Gajkowski 16–yard blocked punt return (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 28–7
209:27USUDarwin Thompson 7–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 35–7
200:18USURon'quavion Tarver 7–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 42–7
307:00UNLVDarren Woods Jr. 25–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)USU 42–14
305:11USURon'quavion Tarver 29–yard pass from Jordan Love (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 49–14
410:25UNLVDrew Tejchman 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)USU 49–21
403:15USUDominik Eberle 24–yard field goalUSU 52–21
402:58UNLVTyleek Collins 79–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)USU 52–28
401:55USUHenry Colombi 37–yard run (Dominik Eberle kick)USU 59–28
See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team

Air Force
Air Force at UNLV
1 234Total
• Falcons 3 17210 41
Rebels 7 1477 35
  • Date: October 19, 2018
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:02 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutes
  • Game attendance: 17,881
  • Game weather: Temperature: 78 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Clear Skies • Wind: NNE 15 MPH
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan and Corey Chavous
Scoring summary
107:16AFJake Koehnke 32–yard field goalAF 3–0
102:16UNLVDarren Woods Jr. 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–3
213:01AFJake Koehnke 26–yard field goalUNLV 7–6
212:23UNLVLexington Thomas 74–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–6
208:46AFIsaiah Sanders 6–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick)UNLV 14–13
203:53UNLVDarren Woods Jr. 13–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 21–13
200:36AFIsaiah Sanders 3–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick)UNLV 21–20
311:00AFIsaiah Sanders 8–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick)AF 27–21
308:26AFRonald Cleveland 69–yard pass from Isaiah Sanders (Jake Koehnke kick)AF 34–21
305:45AFCole Fagan 49–yard run (Jake Koehnke kick)AF 41–21
300:40UNLVLexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)AF 41–28
407:34UNLVBrandon Presley 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)AF 41–35
See also: 2018 Air Force Falcons football team

At San Jose State
UNLV at San Jose State
1 234Total
Rebels 7 1479 37
• Spartans 7 17179 50
  • Date: October 27, 2018
  • Location: CEFCU Stadium
    San Jose, CA
  • Game start: 3:38 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutes
  • Game attendance: 16,165
  • Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: NW 12 MPH
  • Referee: Stephen Baron
  • TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Drew Goodman, Sherdrick Bonner and Brad Thompson (sideline)
Scoring summary
107:39UNLVMax Gilliam 6–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–0
106:16SJSUTyler Nevens 4–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick)TIE 7–7
212:28SJSUJosh Oliver 2–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick)SJSU 14–7
206:25SJSUBryce Crawford 50–yard field goalSJSU 17–7
206:14UNLVTyleek Collins 75–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)SJSU 17–14
201:36UNLVTyleek Collins 4–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 21–17
200:34SJSUTre Walker 37–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick)SJSU 24–21
310:48SJSUBrett Foley 1–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick)SJSU 31–21
304:17SJSUTre Hartley 9–yard pass from Josh Love (Bryce Crawford kick)SJSU 38–21
302:01UNLVTyleek Collins 46–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)SJSU 38–28
300:15SJSUBryce Crawford 36–yard field goalSJSU 41–28
413:44SJSUDakari Monroe 50–yard interception (Bryce Crawford kick failed)SJSU 47–28
410:46UNLVEvan Pantels 23–yard field goalSJSU 47–31
407:11SJSUBryce Crawford 45–yard field goalSJSU 50–31
402:28UNLVTyleek Collins 4–yard pass from Max Gilliam (pass failed)SJSU 50–37
See also: 2018 San Jose State Spartans football team

Fresno State
Fresno State at UNLV
1 234Total
• No. 20 Bulldogs 7 101714 48
Rebels 0 003 3
  • Date: November 3, 2018
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:32 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes
  • Game attendance: 15,276
  • Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NE 5 MPH
  • Referee: Kevin Hassell
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray and Cassie McKinney (sideline)
Scoring summary
110:39FSJamire Jordan 12–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick)FS 7–0
214:55FSRonnie Rivers 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick)FS 14–0
200:36FSAsa Fuller 35–yard field goalFS 17–0
310:45FSKyle Riddering 9–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Asa Fuller kick)FS 24–0
308:22FSJosh Hokit 5–yard run (Asa Fuller kick)FS 31–0
304:42FSAsa Fuller 47–yard field goalFS 34–0
414:54FSDerrion Grim 10–yard run (Asa Fuller kick)FS 41–0
410:13UNLVEvan Pantels 28–yard field goalFS 41–3
408:14FSSaevion Johnson 2–yard run (Asa Fuller kick)FS 48–3
See also: 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

At San Diego State
UNLV at San Diego State
1 234Total
• Rebels 6 7014 27
Aztecs 0 14100 24
Scoring summary
111:30UNLVEvan Pantels 21–yard field goalUNLV 3–0
107:08UNLVEvan Pantels 45–yard field goalUNLV 6–0
213:54SDSUTim Wilson Jr. 13–yard pass from Christian Chapman (John Baron II kick)SDSU 7–6
210:35UNLVLexington Thomas 2–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 13–7
200:28SDSUJuwan Washington 2–yard run (John Baron II kick)SDSU 14–13
304:51SDSUJohn Baron II 33–yard field goalSDSU 17–13
300:00SDSUTim Wilson Jr. 34–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (John Baron II kick)SDSU 24–13
409:19UNLVBrandon Presley 10–yard pass from Max Gilliam (pass failed)SDSU 24–19
403:27UNLVLexington Thomas 75–yard run (Brandon Presley pass)UNLV 27–24
See also: 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team

At Hawaii
UNLV at Hawaii
(Island Showdown)
1 234Total
Rebels 7 1407 28
• Rainbow Warriors 3 3722 35
  • Date: November 17, 2018
  • Location: Aloha Stadium
    Halawa, HI
  • Game start: 6:07 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 17 minutes
  • Game attendance: 25,697
  • Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Cloudy and 74% Humidity • Wind: NNE 13 MPH
  • Referee: Brad Van Vark
  • TV announcers (Stadium/SPEC HI): Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano and Scott Robbs (sideline)
Scoring summary
108:04UHRyan Meskell 36–yard field goalUH 3–0
100:18UNLVNoah Bean 9–yard pass from Max Gilliam (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 7–3
207:29UNLVLexington Thomas 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 14–3
202:22UNLVLexington Thomas 45–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 21–3
200:06UHRyan Meskell 41–yard field goalUNLV 21–6
304:46UHCole McDonald 3–yard run (Ryan Meskell kick)UNLV 21–13
414:21UNLVEvan Owens 16–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 28–13
411:42UHJoJo Ward 64–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (John Ursua pass)UNLV 28–21
404:23UHJoJo Ward 20–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Ryan Meskell kick)TIE 28–28
401:25UHJohn Ursua 68–yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Ryan Meskell kick)UH 35–28
See also: 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Nevada
Nevada at UNLV
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)
1 234Total
Wolf Pack 20 603 29
• Rebels 0 2176 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
112:03NEVMcLane Mannix 5–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick)NEV 7–0
106:14NEVCole Turner 24–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Ramiz Ahmed kick)NEV 14–0
100:46NEVKelton Moore 46–yard run (Ramiz Ahmed kick failed)NEV 20–0
214:12NEVRamiz Ahmed 29–yard field goalNEV 23–0
212:31UNLVLexington Thomas 38–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)NEV 23–7
209:47UNLVGiovanni Fauolo Sr. 18–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)NEV 23–14
203:34UNLVArmani Rogers 1–yard run (Evan Pantels kick)NEV 23–21
200:36NEVRamiz Ahmed 26–yard field goalNEV 26–21
304:46UNLVNoah Bean 1–yard pass from Armani Rogers (Evan Pantels kick)UNLV 28–26
411:21NEVRamiz Ahmed 36–yard field goalNEV 29–28
402:34UNLVArmani Rogers 3–yard run (rush failed)UNLV 34–29
See also: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team and Fremont Cannon

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