2020 UNLV Rebels football team

2020 UNLV Rebels football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record0–6 (0–6 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGlenn Thomas (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorPeter Hansen (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumAllegiant Stadium
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 San Jose State y$   6 – 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 – 3  
Wyoming   2 – 4     2 – 4  
New Mexico   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Colorado State   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Utah State   1 – 5     1 – 5  
  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

The 2020 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Marcus Arroyo, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 0–6 record with an identical mark in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the MW. The team played home games at the newly-opened Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On September 24, 2020, the Mountain West Conference resumed all fall sports competitions. Due to scheduling issues with the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, UNLV moved its September 5, 2020 home game to Sam Boyd Stadium, but the game was later canceled.[3]

Schedule

UNLV had games scheduled against Arizona State, California, Iowa State and Louisiana Tech that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

On November 18, the Mountain West canceled UNLV's scheduled game on November 21 against Colorado State due to contact tracing of COVID-19 cases within the UNLV program.[6] On December 2, the conference canceled the Rebels' scheduled game on December 4 against Boise State due to COVID-19 protocols.[7]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
October 247:30 p.m.at San Diego State
CBSSNL 6–340
October 317:30 p.m.Nevada
FS1L 19–372,000
November 712:30 p.m.Fresno State
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
CBSSNL 27–402,000
November 147:30 p.m.at San Jose State
FS2L 17–340
November 212:30 p.m.at Colorado State
FS2Cancelled
November 271:00 p.m.Wyoming
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
FS1L 14–450
December 46:30 p.m.Boise State
  • Allegiant Stadium
  • Paradise, NV
CBSSNCancelled
December 128:00 p.m.at Hawaii
SPEC HIL 21–380

[8][9][10]

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.[11]

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.[12] The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.

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 September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "UNLV football will play game at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2020". Las Vegas Sun. May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Kelley, Kevin (August 6, 2020). "2020 UNLV at Iowa State football game rescheduled to 2030". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "UNLV-Colorado State football game off because of coronavirus". November 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Mountain West cancels UNLV football vs. Boise State - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". December 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "UNLV Rebels Schedule 2020". ESPN. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  9. ^ "2020 UNLV Rebels Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  10. ^ "2020 Football Schedule". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  11. ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Football Virtual Media Days". Mountain West Conference. July 20, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2020 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 21, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
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