UNLV Rebels football
The UNLV Rebels football program is a college football team that represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The team is a member of the Mountain West Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conference of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). The program, which began on September 14, 1968, plays its home games at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.
UNLV Rebels football
1968; 56 years ago
Erick Harper
Barry Odom
1st season, 9–3 (.750)
Allegiant Stadium
(capacity: 65,000)
John Sala Intramural Fields South
AstroTurf (1971–1998)
Natural grass (1999–2002)
DURAPlay (2003–2015)
Sprinturf (2015–2019)
FieldTurf (2020–present)
West
College Division Independent (1968–1972)
Division II Independent (1973–1977)
Division I-A Independent (1978–1981)
Pacific Coast / Big West (1982–1995)
WAC (1996–1998)
252–385–4 (.396)
2–2 (.500)
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1 (Division II) 1 (D-1)
Scarlet and gray[1]
Win with the Rebels
No Mascot currently
Star of Nevada
UNLV has won 2 Conference Championships. In 2023, the Rebels earned a share of the Mountain West regular season title along with San Jose State and Boise State.[17] All three teams finished 6-2 in conference play, but the Spartans were left out of the MWC title game after a computer tiebreaker placed UNLV and Boise State higher in the rankings. UNLV played in their 3rd conference championship game and hosted their 1st ever Mountain West Conference Championship game on December 2, 2023, against the Boise State Broncos in 65,000 seat Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.[18] Their 1984 Big West Conference title was forfeited due to using ineligible players. They finished the 1984 11–2 and with a 5–2 conference record prior to the forfeits.
†† Regular Season Co-champion
