NCAA reconsiders, UNLV is eligible for Bowl
Earlier it was reported that the NCAA slapped UNLV with a post season ban for producing a deficient Academic Progress (APR) Score of 925. News flash: We have learned that the NCAA reconsidered its ruling and overturned UNLV’s football postseason ban in 2014.
The NCAA accepted what the school called an “updated” APR score, raising the school’s mark to the minimum 930 needed...
Report: UNLV Lineman Cameron Jefferson will transfer to Arkansas
Report: According to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Cameron Jefferson has decided to transfer to Arkansas and play his final season of collegiate football with the Razorbacks. The 6-foot-6, 305 lb Offensive Lineman will be able to play immediately as UNLV was placed on a post season ban for low APR scores.
Coach Bret Bielema will try to get his squad to perform better in...
Offensive lineman transfers to Arkansas from UNLV because of APR rule
Cameron Jefferson is now an Arkansas Razorback.
The former UNLV offensive lineman transferred to Arkansas Saturday and will be immediately eligible to play. He's eligible because UNLV is ineligible for a bowl game.
“We're thrilled to add Cameron Jefferson to the Razorback football program,” Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said in a statement. “As we continue to build...
UNLV OL Cameron Jefferson transfers to Arkansas.
He's Just Not That Into YouCameron Jefferson. Via College Football Talk.Cameron Jefferson is an ex-Rebel. The former UNLV offensive lineman has transferred to Arkansas. Jefferson will be able to avoid those pesky NCAA regulations requiring players to transfer to sit out a year for a couple of reasons. One is that he has graduated from UNLV. The other involves UNLV being ineligible...
Report: UNLV WR Maika Mataela gets another year of eligibility
Reported by the Las Vegas Sun, UNLV Wide Receiver Maika Mataela was granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA. The Hawaii native originally attended Oregon State but transferred to UNLV. He did not play football for Oregon State or in his first year at UNLV, which was may have factored in the NCAA’s decision.
Mataela had 36 catches and 411 yards, along with three...
UNLV Running Rebels season preview
It’s been a long time since Las Vegas was known for their college football prowess, that day has come after Bobby Hauck led the Runnin’ Rebels to the Heart of Dallas Bowl in 2013. UNLV lost 36-14 to North Texas, but finished 7-6 overall, thus being the first winning season of Hauck’s tenure. The Rebels scored 30 points per game in 2013 and gave up even more (31.8). Coach...
UNLV fades in Heart of Dallas loss to North Texas
Caleb Herring led UNLV on a 95-yard scoring drive the first time he had the ball against one of the nation's top scoring defenses.
By the time the Rebels found the end zone again, the Heart of Dallas Bowl was all but over.
Herring was sacked five times and UNLV struggled in the second half of a 36-14 loss to North Texas on Wednesday.
Derek Thompson threw for 256 yards and...
Heart of Dallas Bowl: More proof anyone can play in Jan. 1 bowl game
UNLV Rebels (7-5) vs. North Texas Mean Green (8-4)
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 12:00 p.m. EST, ESPNU
Line: North Texas by 7.0
How UNLV got here: After opening the season 0-2, it looked like it was going to be a typical season for the Rebels. It also looked like the Bobby Hauck era would end. But then UNLV beat Central Michigan 31-21 and started a four-game winning streak. Probably the...
Heart of Dallas Bowl: More proof anyone can play in Jan. 1 bowl game
UNLV Rebels (7-5) vs. North Texas Mean Green (8-4)
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 12:00 p.m. EST, ESPNU
Line: North Texas by 7.0
How UNLV got here: After opening the season 0-2, it looked like it was going to be a typical season for the Rebels. It also looked like the Bobby Hauck era would end. But then UNLV beat Central Michigan 31-21 and started a four-game winning streak. Probably...
Herring's 6 TDs lead UNLV past San Diego St, 45-19
Senior quarterback Caleb Herring threw five touchdown passes and ran for another Saturday night, leading UNLV to a 45-19 victory over San Diego State.
After falling behind 41 seconds into the game, when San Diego State opened up a 7-0 lead after Colin Lockett hauled in a 39 yard pass from Quinn Kaehler, the Rebels scored 31 unanswered points through the 11:36 mark of the third quarter...
UNLV becomes bowl eligible as Cornett runs for 220 vs. Air Force
Tim Cornett rushed for a career-high 220 yards and four touchdowns and UNLV became bowl eligible for the first time since 2000 with a 41-21 win over Air Force on Thursday night.
Cornett, UNLV's all-time leading rusher, crossed the 1,000-yard mark for the second consecutive season while notching his 16th career 100-yard game. The Rebels (6-5, 4-3 Mountain West) defeated the Falcons...
Cornett leads UNLV to 41-21 win over Air Force
Tim Cornett rushed for a career-high 220 yards and four touchdowns and UNLV became bowl eligible for the first time since 2000 with a 41-21 win over Air Force on Thursday night.
Cornett, UNLV's all-time leading rusher, crossed the 1,000-yard mark for the second consecutive season while notching his 16th career 100-yard game. The Rebels (6-5, 4-3 Mountain West) defeated the Falcons...
Herring shines as UNLV holds off Nevada 27-22
The Fremont Cannon will be changing colors for the first time in nine years.
Caleb Herring passed for 335 yards and three touchdowns and UNLV defeated upstate rival Nevada 27-22 on Saturday.
The victory snapped an eight-game Wolf Pack winning streak in the series and gave the Rebels possession of the Fremont Cannon - the most expensive trophy in college football - for the first...
Nevada, UNLV to wear helmet decals to honor victims of school shooting (photo)
.@NevadaWolfPack, @UNLVAthletics to honor Sparks Middle School victims, wear helmet decal in rivalry game Sat. #mwfb pic.twitter.com/EFxXKTJO4L — Mountain West (@mountainwest) October 24, 2013 On Saturday, when the Nevada Wolfpack face the UNLV Revels Clarence Mackay Stadium, the teams will set the in-state rivalry aside in order to show solidarity with the victims of the […...
Kohorst's 44-yd FG lifts UNLV past Hawaii, 39-37
UNLV's Nolan Kohorst kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give UNLV a 39-37 win over Hawaii Saturday night.
It was the senior placekicker's first career game-winning field goal.
With 1:39 remaining, UNLV (4-2, 2-0 Mountain West) started on its own 26-yard line and drove 51 yards in 12 plays to get Kohorst in position to win the game with 5 seconds left on the...
Surprising UNLV goes for 4th straight win
Usually it's UNLV men's basketball team that generates the buzz around campus.
But this week a lot of the talk is focused on the Runnin' Rebels football team - which has won two games each of the last three seasons - and whether it will win its fourth in a row Saturday against Hawaii at Sam Boyd Stadium.
A victory would be the program's first four-game win streak...
UNLV outlasts New Mexico in a 56-42 shootout.
The UNLV duo of quarterback Caleb Herring and receiver Devante Davis hooked up on three touchdowns Saturday to overcome New Mexico's record-setting ground attack in the Rebels' 56-42 victory Saturday.
Herring threw four touchdowns, including the game-winner to Davis with 4:46 remaining. UNLV running back Tim Cornett also had three touchdowns, going for a career high 179...
Herring leads UNLV to 38-7 win over W. Illinois
Caleb Herring threw for 140 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another 57 to lead UNLV to a 38-7 win over Western Illinois Saturday night.
The UNLV Rebels (2-2) scored the second time they had the ball as Tim Cornett capped a 46-yard drive with a 3-yard run for the score.
The Western Illinois Leathernecks (2-2) came right back with a 10-play drive to UNLV's 20 but could not...
UNLV rallies to beat Central Michigan 31-21
Caleb Herring connected three times with Devante Davis as UNLV rallied from a 21-point deficit - tying the biggest comeback in school history - to defeat Central Michigan 31-21 Saturday night.
Herring's second touchdown pass to Davis, a 42-yard play, lifted the Rebels (1-2) into a tie at 21 with 2:58 left in the third.
Nolan Kohorst's 34-yard field goal early in the fourth...
Arizona expects physical battle in road clash at UNLV
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona gets a step up in class on Saturday when it faces Nevada-Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The quality of the step-up is to be determined.
Alhough the Rebels have won just six games in three-plus seasons, they are an opponent the Wildcats can't overlook.
Just this week, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez had to strongly scold his team for its effort in practice...
Game Preview: Gophers vs UNLV Runnin' Rebels
Pop Quiz Hotshot. Who are the best UNLV Runnin' Rebels football players of all time?
Give up?
They have one number retired and it's Randall Cunningham. He was pretty f'n good. They also had Ickey Woods and Keenan McCardell. They had music mogul and Vanilla Ice Dangler Suge Knight play for them a bit. Kenny Mayne apparently was a quarterback there too, which...
Report: NCAA Questioning Ole Miss On Recruitment Of 5-Star MSU Freshman Chris Jones
Chris Jones, a five-star defensive end from Houston, Mississippi, was recruited heavily by both SEC schools in his hometown state. And while he eventually decided on Mississippi State, it appears he’s not done dealing with the Ole Miss Rebels. CBS Sports is reporting that Jones is being questioned by the NCAA over his recruitment at Ole Miss.
The NCAA has interviewed Mississippi...
No Players Taken In The 2013 Supplemental Draft
The 2013 Supplemental Draft has concluded with no players being taken.
There were six eligible players including: UNLV DE James Boyd and DT Nate Holloway, Central Florida DE Toby Jackson, Houston WR DeWayne Peace, South Alabama CB Damond Smith and Purdue WR O.J. Ross.
There was some speculation that one of these players could be selected in later rounds, but that obviously...
No. 111 UNLV Rebels season preview: Could be Hauck's final season if Rebels don't improve
No. 111 UNLV Rebels (2-11) Coach Bobby Hauck (fourth season, 6-32 at UNLV, 86-49 overall)Returning Starters: 19, 8 offense, 10 defense, 1 special teamsRecruiting Rank: 114Strength of Schedule: 71 Things haven’t exactly gone the way Hauck would have wanted them at UNLV. After seven successful seasons at FCS Montana, where he led the Grizzlies to three national title games, Hauck’s...
2013 Pre-Season Preview: UNLV Rebels
2012 Record: 2-11 (2-6 in MWC)
Head Coach: Bobby Hauck (6-32 at UNLV, 86-49 All-Time)
Last Bowl Game: 2000 Las Vegas Bowl: beat Arkansas 31-14
Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV (capacity = 36,800)
Home Field Advantage: ranked 47th out of 55 mid-major teams
Schedule Glimpse:
2013 Schedule Link
Out of Conference: 8/29 at Minnesota, 9/7...
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