2017_UNLV_Rebels_football_team

2017 UNLV Rebels football team

2017 UNLV Rebels football team

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.[1]

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Schedule

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Schedule Source: 2017 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule

Game summaries

Howard

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UNLV's season-opening loss to Howard represented the largest upset in college football history in terms of point spread.[2] 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.[3]

At Idaho

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At Ohio State

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San Jose State

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San Diego State

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At Air Force

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Utah State

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At Fresno State

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Hawaii

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BYU

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At New Mexico

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At Nevada

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References

  1. Mark Anderson (December 9, 2017). "UNLV coach Tony Sanchez fires defensive coordinator, safeties coach". ReviewJournal.com.
  2. Purdum, David (September 3, 2017). "Howard stuns UNLV for biggest point-spread upset in college football history". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. 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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