2020 UNLV Rebels football team

The 2020 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by first–year head coach Marcus Arroyo. They played their home games at Allegiant Stadium as members of the Mountain West Conference.[2]

2020 UNLV Rebels football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2020 record0–6 (0–6 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlenn Thomas (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorPeter Hansen (1st season)
Home stadiumAllegiant Stadium
(Capacity: 65,000)
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 24 San Jose State y$  7 –0     7 –1  
Boise State y  5 –0     5 –2  
Nevada  6 –2     7 –2  
San Diego State  4 –2     4 –4  
Hawaii  4 –4     5 –4  
Fresno State  3 –3     3 –3  
Air Force  2 –2     3 –2  
Wyoming  2 –4     2 –4  
New Mexico  2 –5     2 –5  
Colorado State  1 –3     1 –3  
Utah State  1 –5     1 –5  
UNLV  0 –6     0 –6  
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the season, but later decided to begin play on October 24.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

It was the first season for the UNLV Rebels football team at Allegiant Stadium. They played their first game there on October 31 against Nevada.

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

On September 24, 2020, the Mountain West Conference resumed all fall sports competitions.

Due to scheduling issues with the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, UNLV moved its September 5, 2020 home game to Sam Boyd Stadium which was later canceled.[4]

Playing no non–conference games, the Rebels finished the season 0–6 in Mountain West play to finish in last place, their worst record since 1998.

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

Mountain West media days

The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled to take place from July 27–29, 2020 virtually, but were canceled.[5]

Media poll

The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Rebels were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW West Division.[6] The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.

West
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1San Diego State122 (19)
2Nevada100 (2)
3Hawaii74
4Fresno State73
5San Jose State43
6UNLV29
Mountain
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Boise State125 (20)
2Wyoming90 (1)
3Air Force86
4Utah State60
5Colorado State59
6New Mexico21

Schedule

UNLV had games scheduled against Arizona State, California, Iowa State and Louisiana Tech that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]

On November 18, the Mountain West canceled their scheduled November 21 game vs. Colorado State due to COVID-19 cases related to contact tracing within the UNLV program.[9]

On December 2, the Mountain West canceled their scheduled December 4 game vs. Boise State due to COVID-19 protocols.[10]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
October 24 7:30 p.m. at San Diego State
CBSSN L 6–34 0
October 31 7:30 p.m. Nevada
FS1 L 19–37 2,000
November 7 12:30 p.m. Fresno State
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
CBSSN L 27–40 2,000
November 14 7:30 p.m. at San Jose State
FS2 L 17–34 0
November 27 1:00 p.m. Wyoming
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
FS1 L 14–45 0
December 12 8:00 p.m. at Hawaii
SPEC HI L 21–38 0

Source:[11][12]

Game summaries

at San Diego State
See also: 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0 0 6 0 6
Aztecs 7 20 0 7 34

Nevada
See also: 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team and Fremont Cannon
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 10 14 3 10 37
Rebels 3 9 7 0 19

Fresno State
See also: 2020 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 6 14 7 13 40
Rebels 7 10 10 0 27

at San Jose State
See also: 2020 San Jose State Spartans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 3 7 7 0 17
Spartans 10 14 7 3 34

Wyoming
See also: 2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 10 7 21 7 45
Rebels 0 7 0 7 14

at Hawaii
See also: 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0 7 14 0 21
Rainbow Warriors 7 14 14 3 38

References
  1. "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. "New Head Coach Marcus Arroyo Ready Leads Rebels". UNLV.edu. December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  3. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. "UNLV football will play game at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2020". Las Vegas Sun. May 4, 2020.
  5. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Football Virtual Media Days". Mountain West Conference. July 20, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  6. "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2020 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 21, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  7. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  8. Kelley, Kevin (August 6, 2020). "2020 UNLV at Iowa State football game rescheduled to 2030". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  9. https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-football/unlv-colorado-state-football-game-off-because-of-coronavirus-2186022/
  10. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/dec/02/mountain-west-cancels-unlv-football-vs-boise-state/
  11. "2020 Football Schedule". University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  12. "2020 UNLV Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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