UNLV2001 Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 UNLV REBELS (2-1/0-0 Mountain West) At UTEP (1-3/0-1 Conference USA) DATE: Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 KICKOFF: 6:00 pm PT SITE: Sun Bowl Stadium (45,971/Artificial) El Paso STREAM: ESPN+ (Duke Keith & Jacob Boggs) RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield) ONLINE: Live Stats at www.unlvrebels.com UNLV (2-1/0-0) closes out its non-conference schedule by making the program’s first trip in 30 years to play at UTEP (1-3/0-1) on Saturday night. The last time these two tangled in Texas the Rebels were members of the Big West Conference and the Miners were in the WAC in 1993 The series started in 1978 when UNLV was being considered for WAC membership - UNLV went 4-1 vs UTEP from 1978 to 1982 SERIES INFORMATION Overall: UNLV leads 6-2 in El Paso: UTEP leads 2-1 in Las Vegas: UNLV leads 5-0 UNLV’s LARGEST WIN: 39 (53-14 in 1980) UTEP’s LARGEST WIN: 17 (41-24 in 1993) This game is a return game after UTEP played in Las Vegas in 2018 These schools have also scheduled another home-and-home slate in 2029 (El Paso) and ‘30 (Las Vegas) UTEP is 12-3 in Sun Bowl Stadium since the 2020 season UNLV and UTEP did not face each other when they were members of the same conference when both schools helped make up the 16-team WAC from 1996-98 Sixth-year UTEP head coach Dana Dimel is 2-2 vs. the Rebels, including 2-1 when he coached at Wyoming in 1997- 99 UTEP is one of 10 schools from the state of Texas that UNLV has faced in football (TCU, Houston, SMU, UTSA, North Texas, Rice, Baylor, West Texas A&M and Prairie View A&M) 11 current Rebels graduated from Texas high schools, which is the most for any state other than California (33) The 2023 season marks the 60th year for the Miners at iconic Sun Bowl Stadium, which is considered one of the most picturesque settings for any stadium in the country UTEP is 12-3 in Sun Bowl Stadium over the last three seasons UNLV has won six of its last eight games played at home 11 different Rebels have caught at least one pass through three games UTEP is 8-12 vs. Mountain West schools since 1999 in regular and postseason games The Miners defeated Boise State, 27-10, last season UNLV HC Barry Odom need 5 more wins to tie Marcus Arroyo for 10th place on the UNLV wins list 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickdraw Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 UTEP had 30,000 at their only other home game so far this season. They should have a raucous crowd. This is good experience the Rebs on the road. Another respected opponent, on the road and after a big win. Many teaching opportunities this week but I think coach and staff are up to the challenge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar/Frog Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Haha the Coach Odom only needs 5 wins to tie Arroyo! He should pass him this season. 3 1 Quote Bye Bye, Best of luck! !! May the MWC survive, and prosper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_Lootz Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 I really don’t want to buy ESPN+ but I’ll probably bite the bullet and get it for just for this. Anyone know if there’s a free trial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgaucho Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 that's the funky thing about the WAC-16. UNLV and UTEP skipped each other despite being under the same banner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super six Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/19/2023 at 10:10 AM, B_Lootz said: I really don’t want to buy ESPN+ but I’ll probably bite the bullet and get it for just for this. Anyone know if there’s a free trial? Does your mobile carrier offer it for free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosegreen Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Unlv ranked at # 4 in the conference. Above Boise. https://www.mwcconnection.com/platform/amp/2023/9/18/23877887/mountain-west-football-rankings-2023-week-3-fresno-state-air-force-wyoming-unlv-boise-colorado 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Iam4wyo Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Did Damien motorboat those? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 This has to be one of the only teams UNLV has a series lead over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTanked Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/19/2023 at 12:44 PM, UNLV2001 said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/18/2023 at 7:47 PM, Cougar/Frog said: Haha the Coach Odom only needs 5 wins to tie Arroyo! He should pass him this season. The main key for Odom is that he isn’t resetting the last coaches progressing and starting from scratch. It seems like every new UNLV coach starts with a 0-2 win season despite often being a life a five win or decent team. UNLV is picking up where they left off last season as a decent team. Not gonna lie I’m jealous of Odom, it seems UNLV made a good hire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar/Frog Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/19/2023 at 2:14 PM, bigd said: The main key for Odom is that he isn’t resetting the last coaches progressing and starting from scratch. It seems like every new UNLV coach starts with a 0-2 win season despite often being a life a five win or decent team. UNLV is picking up where they left off last season as a decent team. Not gonna lie I’m jealous of Odom, it seems UNLV made a good hire. Odom brought in a bunch of good transfer portal guys and has maintained his connections to the middle of the country. UNLV is getting a serious talent upgrade and a good season will make it easier. People in the middle of the country dream of coming to Vegas. Add in a decent team and the players will be lining up to come. I said a few months ago that my biggest concern with Odom is that he is too successful and is gone too fast. 6 Quote Bye Bye, Best of luck! !! May the MWC survive, and prosper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 On 9/19/2023 at 2:27 PM, Cougar/Frog said: Odom brought in a bunch of good transfer portal guys and has maintained his connections to the middle of the country. UNLV is getting a serious talent upgrade and a good season will make it easier. People in the middle of the country dream of coming to Vegas. Add in a decent team and the players will be lining up to come. I said a few months ago that my biggest concern with Odom is that he is too successful and is gone too fast. Both truths -- I think UNLV could get a solid program going ...........but keeping a coach, like any non-power program, is the difficult thing if they win .........and Odon being a midwest guy, might be hard to keep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 The thing about this play, was the number of UNLV players that were there at the end zone leading the way 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4UNLV Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/19/2023 at 11:38 AM, Rosegreen said: Unlv ranked at # 4 in the conference. Above Boise. https://www.mwcconnection.com/platform/amp/2023/9/18/23877887/mountain-west-football-rankings-2023-week-3-fresno-state-air-force-wyoming-unlv-boise-colorado Boise’s heads are going to explode if they see that lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4UNLV Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 https://unlvrebels.com/news/2023/9/19/football-national-nods-pizano-a-groza-star-of-the-week-de-jesus-on-hornung-honor-roll.aspx And the FG he missed was because of a bobbled snap, which then hit the upright. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/19/2023 at 2:14 PM, bigd said: The main key for Odom is that he isn’t resetting the last coaches progressing and starting from scratch. It seems like every new UNLV coach starts with a 0-2 win season despite often being a life a five win or decent team. UNLV is picking up where they left off last season as a decent team. Not gonna lie I’m jealous of Odom, it seems UNLV made a good hire. I think we did. He also did relatively well at Missouri considering they have to compete against Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, and Tennessee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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