UNLV 2011 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DATE
Sept. 1 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Dec. 3
OPPONENT
SITE
TV
at Wisconsin Madison, WI TBA at Washington State Pullman, WA TBA HAWAII LAS VEGAS The Mtn. SOUTHERN UTAH LAS VEGAS The Mtn. OPEN at Nevada, Reno Reno, NV TBA at Wyoming* Laramie, WY The Mtn. OPEN COLORADO STATE* LAS VEGAS The Mtn. BOISE STATE* (HC) LAS VEGAS CBS SN at New Mexico* Albuquerque, NM The Mtn. at Air Force* Colorado Springs The Mtn. SAN DIEGO STATE* LAS VEGAS The Mtn. at TCU* Fort Worth, TX VERSUS
*Mountain West Conference Game
UNLV 2010 RESULTS (2-11/2-6/T6th MWC)
DATE OPPONENT Sept. 4 #12/12 WISCONSIN Sept. 11 at #20/20 Utah Sept. 18 at Idaho Sept. 25 NEW MEXICO Oct. 2 #25/25 NEVADA, RENO Oct. 9 at West Virginia Oct. 16 at Colorado State Oct. 30 #4/4 TCU Nov. 6 at BYU Nov. 13 WYOMING Nov. 18 AIR FORCE Nov. 27 at San Diego State Dec. 4 at #25/RV Hawaii
RESULT TV L, 41-21 VERSUS L, 38-10 The Mtn. L, 30-7 ESPNU W, 45-10 The Mtn. L, 44-26 The Mtn. L, 49-10 BEN/KVVU L, 43-10 The Mtn. L, 48-6 CBS C L, 55-7 The Mtn. W, 42-16 The Mtn. L, 35-20 CBS C L, 48-14 The Mtn. L, 59-21 ESPN3/PPV
SERIES UW 7-2 UU 14-2 Tied 3-3 Tied 9-9 UNR 21-15 WVU 1-0 CSU 13-5-1 TCU 8-1 BYU 15-3 UNLV 10-9 AFA 12-4 SDSU 12-8 UH 13-7
ATT 31,107 45,102 15,390 16,961 28,958 58,234 30,753 16,745 61,283 16,111 13,790 22,091 37,820
TIME (PT) SERIES TBA TBA 7:00 pm 6:00 pm
UW 7-2 WSU 4-0 UH 13-7 UNLV 3-0
TBA 11:00 am
UNR 21-15 UNLV 10-9
3:00 pm 7:30 pm 7:00 pm 3:00 pm 7:00 pm 11:30 am
CSU 13-5-1 Tied 3-3 Tied 9-9 AFA 12-4 SDSU 12-7 TCU 8-1
NOTE TO KNOW UNLV loses season opener for first time since 2005 Rebels drop to 0-8 all-time in Salt Lake City UNLV traveled to state of Idaho for first time since 1977 35-pt. margin of victory biggest for UNLV vs. conference foe Pack becomes first team to win six straight in series Rebels fall in first meeting with Big East Conference team CSU’s 33-point win biggest ever for Rams in series Frogs only team UNLV has not beaten in MWC play (0-6) Rebels dropped in perhaps last-ever trip to Provo UNLV wins first Homecoming game since 2001 Rebels lose a Thursday game for first time since 2001 UNLV falls to 6-6 all-time in final MWC games of season Rebels close out longest schedule in school history
2011 SPRING PROSPECTUS 2011 UNLV QUICK FACTS
Location: Las Vegas, NV 89154 Founded: 1957 Enrollment: 29,000 Nickname: Rebels (Please, Not Runnin’) Colors: Scarlet & Gray President: Dr. Neal Smatresk Director of Athletics: Jim Livengood Faculty Representative: Brackley Frayer Conference: Mountain West Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium Capacity/Surface: 36,800/Artificial (TurfTech) Record in Stadium: 135-106-3 (.559/40 seasons) UNLV All-Time Record: 221-262-4 (.466/43 seasons) All-Time MWC Record: 24-66 (.267/12 seasons) 2010 Record: 2-11 overall/2-6 MWC (6th place) Lettermen Returning: 52 (28 offense/23 defense/1 ST) Lettermen Lost: 21 (7 offense/12 defense/2 ST) Starters Returning: 12 (7 offense/4 defense/1 kicker) Starters Lost: 12 (4 offense/7 defense/1 punter) Base Offense: Multiple Base Defense: 4-3 Head Coach/Special Teams: Bobby Hauck (Montana 1988) Record at UNLV: 2-11 (2nd Year) Record Overall: 82-28 (.746/9th Year) Asst. HC/Pass Def. Coord./DBs: J.D. Williams (2nd Year/Fresno State 1990) Offensive Coord./QBs: Rob Phenicie (2nd Year/Memphis 1989) Defensive Coord./DEs: Kraig Paulson (2nd Year/Montana 1987) Defensive Tackles: Michael Gray (2nd Year/Oregon 1984) Linebackers: Robin Ross (1st Year/Washington State 1977) Wide Receivers: Cedric Cormier (2nd Year/Colorado 2001) Offensive Line: Chad Germer (2nd Year/Montana 1993) Running Backs: Dominic Daste (2nd Year/Washington 2001) Tight Ends: Brent Myers (2nd Year/Eastern Washington 1982) Strength & Conditioning: Mike Gerber (2nd Year/Maine 1981) Football Program Coordinator: Sara Swanson (7th Year/Northern Arizona 1995) Dir. Player Personnel/Asst. RC: Jimmy Morimoto (4th Year/University of Phoenix 2002) Defensive Graduate Asst.: Rhett Brooks (3rd Year/Murray State 2009) Offensive Graduate Asst.: Mike Ferriter (2nd Year/Montana 2009) Dir. Athletic Training: Kyle Wilson (28th Year/West Virginia 1982) Dir. Equipment: Paul Pucciarelli (27th Year/Orange Coast College 1982) Dir. FB Game Operations: Erik Schwarz (19th Year/West Virginia 1993)
KEEPING IN TOUCH – AREA CODE (702)
Sam Boyd Press Box: 895-1248 Rebel Football Office: 895-3400 UNLV Athletic Dept: 895-4729 UNLV Ticket Office: (702) 739-FANS UNLV Website Address: unlvrebels.com UNLV Radio Flagship: ESPN 1100 AM & 98.9 FM Media Relations Office: PH 895-3207 FAX 895-0989 Media Relations Address: TMC 74 Box 450004, 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154-0004 Football Contact: Mark Wallington (19th Year/Florida 1993) Wallington Phone Numbers: Office: 895-4472/Cell: 528-6291 Wallington e-mail Address: mark.wallington@unlv.edu Asst. Football Contact: Paul Pancoe (O: 895-3764/C: 528-4227)
REBEL DEPTH CHART POST-SPRING 2011 REBEL OFFENSE
POS NO NAME (HGT, WGT, YR-EXP) LT 78 Cameron Jefferson (6-6, 265, FR-RS) 71 Shane Watterson (6-4, 290, JR-1L) LG 64 Doug Zismann (6-2, 290, JR-2L) -or 70 Jason Heath (6-3, 280, JR-2L) C 79 Robert Waterman (6-2, 275, FR-RS) -or 50 Andrew Mack (6-1, 275, JR-2L) RG 63 Sean Tesoro (6-2, 310, SO-1L) 76 Jason Koontz (6-2, 310, JR-2L) RT 77 Yusef Rodgers (6-2, 250, JR-2L) 69 Brett Boyko (6-7, 295, FR-RS) TE 88 Anthony Vidal (6-5, 250, SR-1L) 89 Austin Harrington (6-4, 235, SR-2L) WR 4 Phillip Payne (6-3, 205, SR-3L) 21 Taylor Spencer (6-1, 190, FR-RS) WR 18 Marcus Sullivan (5-9, 185, SO-1L) -or 9 Eric Johnson (5-7, 170, JR-TR) QB 8 Caleb Herring (6-3, 190, SO-1L) 14 Sean Reilly (6-4, 210, JR-TR) RB 35 Tim Cornett (6-0, 190, SO-1L) -or- 33 Dionza Bradford (6-0, 210, FR-HS) 26 Deante’ Purvis (5-11, 195, SR-3L) -or 28 Bradley Randle (5-7, 195, SO-1L) H-BACK 44 Kyle Watkins (6-2, 245, SR-2L) 86 Aaron Reed (6-4, 220, JR-1L)
REBEL DEFENSE POS DE DT DT DE WLB MLB SLB CB SS FS CB
NO NAME (HGT, WGT, YR-EXP) 92 B.J. Bell (6-2, 260, SR-1L) -or53 Matt Kravetz (6-1, 255, SR-1L) 95 Alex Klorman (6-2, 260, SO-1L) -or98 Desmond Tautofi (6-3, 300, FR-HS) 68 Nate Holloway (6-3, 350, SO-1L) -or99 Tyler Gaston (6-3, 265, SO-1L) 96 James Dunlap (6-1, 265, SR-2L) 47 Trent Allmang-Wilder (6-6, 280, JR-TR) 41 Tani Maka (6-1, 240, SO-1L) 37 William Vea (6-0, 220, FR-RS) 36 Nate Carter (6-1, 235, SR-3L) 93 Perry Cooper (6-3, 225, FR-RS) 43 Tim Hasson (6-2, 195, SO-1L) -or3 C.J. Cox (5-11, 205, JR-2L) 34 Cedric Coleman (5-9, 150, SO-1L) -or1 Will Chandler (5-11, 185, SR-3L) 17 Kenneth Penny (5-11, 165, FR-RS) 13 Eric Tuiloma-Vaa (5-11, 180, SO-1L) 31 Corbin Brown (6-0, 175, JR-TR) 29 Tajh Hasson (6-1, 185, FR-RS) 20 Kenny Brown (5-10, 175, JR-1L) 23 Sidney Hodge (5-8, 175, SO-1L) -or10 Quinton Pointer (5-10, 185, SR-3L) 17 Kenneth Penny (5-11, 165, FR-RS)
REBEL SPECIALISTS PK KO SNAP HOLD
27 27 72 87
Nolan Kohorst (6-1, 170, SO-1L) Chase Lansford (6-2, 190, JR-TR) Nolan Kohorst (6-1, 170, SO-1L) Chase Lansford (6-2, 190, JR-TR) Thomas Wren (6-6, 290, SR-1L) Trey Mays (5-10, 160, JR-1L)
PUNT KR 18 9 26 35 28
Chase Lansford (6-2, 190, JR-TR) Marcus Sullivan (5-9, 185, SO-1L) Eric Johnson (5-7, 170, JR-TR) Deante’ Purvis (5-10, 195, SR-3L) Tim Cornett (6-0, 190, SO-1L) Bradley Randle (5-7, 195, SO-1L)
2011 SQUAD BREAKDOWN RETURNING LETTERMEN
INCOMING PLAYERS
BY CLASS
RETURNING SCHOLARSHIP REDSHIRTS: 11 Taylor Barnhill (QB), Brett Boyko (OL), Perry Cooper (LB), Tajh Hasson (DB), Cameron Jefferson (OL), Kenneth Penny (DB), Brian Roth (OL), Jordan Sparkman (TE), Taylor Spencer (WR), William Vea (LB), Robert Waterman (OL)
52 – 28 Offense/23 Defense/1 Special Teams SENIORS: 16 B.J. Bell (DL), Nate Carter (LB), Will Chandler (DB), Mike Clausen (DB), James Dunlap (DL), Austin Harrington (TE), Michael Johnson (WR), Chris Jones (DB), Matt Kravetz (DL), Phillip Payne (WR), Deante’ Purvis (RB), #Bryce Saldi (LB), Anthony Vidal (TE), Kyle Watkins (H-BACK) Quinton Pointer (DB), Thomas Wren (OL)
37 – 11 Redshirts/8 Transfers/18 Freshmen
JUNIOR-COLLEGE TRANSFERS: 8 Allen Carroll (OL), Louvan Green (DL), Princeton Jackson (LB), Eric Johnson* (RB), Chase Lansford (P/PK), Sean Reilly* (QB), JUNIORS: 12 Beau Brence (DL), Kenny Brown (DB), C.J. Cox (LB), Jason Heath (OL), Ken Spigner (DB), Trent Allmang-Wilder* (DL) *Midyear signee who participated in 2011 Spring Practice Jason Koontz (OL), Andrew Mack (OL), Trey Mays (WR), Aaron Reed (TE), Yusef Rodgers (OL), GRAYSHIRT FRESHMEN: 3 Imari Thompson (RB), Shane Watterson (OL), Doug Zismann (OL) Dionza Bradford (RB), Alex Novosel (OL), Desmond Tautofi (DL) SOPHOMORES: 24 FRESHMAN SIGNEES: 15 Brandon Babineaux (WR), Mark Barefield (WR), Ian Bobak (DL), Connor Afoa (LB), Brandon Baker (DB), Tyler Bergsten (TE), Charles Childers (WR), Cedric Coleman (DB), Tim Cornett (RB), Patrick Carroll (OL), Devante Davis (WR), David Green (DL), Kurt Davis (WR), Tyler Gaston (DL), Tim Hasson (LB), Nick Gstrein (TE), Kenny Keys (DB), Andrew Oberg (OL), Caleb Herring (QB), Sidney Hodge (DB), Nate Holloway (DL), Elijhaa Penny (RB), Jake Phillips (TE), Sonny Sanitoa (DL), Max Johnson (TE), Alex Klorman (DL), Nolan Kohorst (PK), Nick Sherry (QB), Nick White (OL), Fred Wilson (DB) Tani Maka (LB), Bradley Randle (RB), Brett Rather (FB), Irshad Stolden (WR), Marcus Sullivan (WR), Sean Tesoro (OL), John Therrell (DB), Eric Tuiloma-Vaa (DB), Reggie Umuolo (LB)
BY POSITION
OFFENSE: 28 QB (1): Caleb Herring WR (9): Brandon Babineaux, Mark Barefield, Charles Childers (DB in 2010), Kurt Davis, Michael Johnson, Trey Mays, Phillip Payne, Irshad Stolden, Marcus Sullivan RB (4): Tim Cornett, Deante’ Purvis, Bradley Randle, Imari Thompson TE (3): Austin Harrington, Max Johnson, Anthony Vidal FB/HB (3): Brett Rather, Aaron Reed (WR in 2010), Kyle Watkins OL (8): Jason Heath, Jason Koontz, Andrew Mack, Yusef Rodgers, Sean Tesoro, Shane Waterson, Thomas Wren, Doug Zismann DEFENSE: 23 DL (7): B.J. Bell, Ian Bobak, Beau Brence, James Dunlap, Tyler Gaston, Nate Holloway, Alex Klorman, Matt Kravetz, LB (6): Nate Carter, C.J. Cox (RB in 2010), Tim Hasson, Tani Maka, #Bryce Saldi, Reggie Umuolo, DB (9): Kenny Brown, Will Chandler, Mike Clausen, Cedric Coleman, Sidney Hodge, Chris Jones, Quinton Pointer, John Therrell, Eric Tuiloma-Vaa SPECIAL TEAMS: 1 P (0): PK (1): Nolan Kohorst
RETURNING STARTERS (12) OFFENSE (7) C 50 RG 64 TE 88 WR 4 WR 7 RB 35 H-BACK 44 DEFENSE (4) DE 92 DT 96 CB 1 S 13 KICKERS (1) PK 27
Andrew Mack (6-1, 275, JR-2L) Doug Zismann (6-2, 290, JR-2L) Anthony Vidal (6-5, 250, SR-1L) Phillip Payne (6-3, 205, SR-3L) Michael Johnson (5-8, 175, SR-3L) Tim Cornett (6-0, 190, SO-1L) Kyle Watkins (6-2, 245, SR-2L) B.J. Bell (6-2, 260, SR-1L) James Dunlap (6-1, 265, SR-2L) Will Chandler (5-11, 185, SR-3L) Eric Tuiloma-Vaa (5-11, 185, SO-1L) Nolan Kohorst (6-1, 170, SO-1L)
#Medically unable to participate in 2011.
2011 UNLV NUMERICAL ROSTER
N O
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 41 42 43 44 47 48 49 50 53 54 58 60 62 63 64 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74
NAME
POS
Will Chandler DB C.J. Cox LB Phillip Payne WR Chris Jones DB Mike Clausen# DB Michael Johnson# WR Caleb Herring QB Eric Johnson RB Quinton Pointer DB Kurt Davis WR Eric Tuiloma-Vaa DB Sean Reilly QB John Therrell DB Taylor Barnhill QB Kenneth Penny DB Marcus Sullivan WR Charles Childers WR Kenny Brown CB Taylor Spencer WR Sidney Hodge DB Deante’ Purvis RB Nolan Kohorst PK Bradley Randle RB Tajh Hasson DB Imari Thompson RB Corbin Brown DB Dionza Bradford RB Cedric Coleman DB Tim Cornett RB *Nate Carter LB William Vea LB Tani Maka LB Brett Rather FB Tim Hasson DB Kyle Watkins TE Trent Allmang-Wilder DL Beau Brence DE Reggie Umuolo LB Andrew Mack OL Matt Kravetz DL Bryce Saldi LB Brian Roth OL Billy Paddack DL Sean Miller OL Sean Tesoro OL Doug Zismann OL Samuel Tuala OL Brad Overand OL Nate Holloway DL Brett Boyko OL Jason Heath OL Shane Watterson OL Thomas Wren OL Alex Novosel OL
HGT WGT
5-11 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-2 5-8 6-3 5-7 5-10 6-5 5-11 6-4 6-1 6-4 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-8 5-11 6-1 5-7 6-1 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-6 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-5 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-6 6-6
185 205 205 185 220 175 190 170 185 195 180 210 175 220 165 185 195 175 190 175 195 170 195 185 205 175 210 150 190 235 220 240 240 195 245 280 250 210 275 255 220 295 260 275 310 290 300 280 350 295 280 290 290 275
CL-EX
SR-3L JR-2L SR-3L SR-3L SR-3L SR-3L SO-1L JR-TR SR-3L SO-1L SO-1L JR-TR SO-1L FR-RS FR-RS SO-1L SO-1L JR-1L FR-RS SO-1L SR-3L SO-1L SO-1L FR-RS SO-1L JR-TR FR-HS SO-1L SO-1L SR-3L FR-RS SO-1L SO-1L SO-1L SR-2L JR-TR JR-2L SO-1L JR-2L SR-1L SR-1L FR-RS FR-RS SO-SQ SO-1L JR-2L FR-RS SO-SQ SO-1L FR-RS JR-2L JR-1L SR-1L FR-HS
HOMETOWN
HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S)
Pacoima, CA Birmingham HS Garland, TX North Garland HS Las Vegas, NV Western HS Las Vegas, NV Shadow Ridge HS Riverside, CA John W. North HS Suisun, CA Rodriguez HS Moreno Valley, CA Citrus Hill HS Green Cove Springs, FL Fleming Island HS/C. of the Sequoias Fort Myers, FL Mariner HS Bellflower, CA Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV Desert Pines HS Trabuco Canyon, CA Trabuco Hills HS/Saddleback College Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Rhome, TX Justin NW HS Lancaster, TX Lancaster HS North Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne HS Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Palmdale, CA Paraclete HS/College of the Canyons Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV Palo Verde HS Pinole, CA Pinole Valley HS Henderson, NV Green Valley HS Murrieta, CA Vista Murrieta HS Los Angeles, CA Cathedral HS DeSoto, TX Cedar Hill HS Las Vegas, NV Spring Valley HS/Air Force Phelan, CA Serrano HS Keller, TX Fossil Ridge HS Galena Park, TX North Shore HS Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas HS Alamo, NV Pahranagat Valley HS Long Beach, CA Jordan HS Las Vegas, NV Green Valley HS Las Vegas, NV Cimarron-Memorial HS Phoenix, AZ Cactus Shadows HS/Scottsdale CC Palm Springs, CA Palm Springs HS/College of the Desert Plano, TX Plano Senior HS Phoenix, AZ Centennial HS Plano, TX Plano West HS Las Vegas, NV Durango HS Southlake, TX Southlake Carroll HS Lake Forest, CA El Toro HS Las Vegas, NV Mountain View Christian School Rialto, CA Carter HS Kahului, HI Baldwin HS Phoenix, AZ Shadow Mountain HS Las Vegas, NV Canyon Springs HS Yakima, WA West Valley HS North Las Vegas, NV Spring Valley HS Saskatoon, Sask. St. Joseph HS Penryn, CA Del Oro HS Saugus, CA Saugus HS Yorba Linda, CA Esperanza HS Littleton, CO Chatfield Senior HS
2011 UNLV NUMERICAL ROSTER NO 76 77 78 79 80 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
NAME
POS
Jason Koontz OL Yusef Rodgers OL Cameron Jefferson OL Robert Waterman OL Mark Barefield WR Brandon Babineaux# WR Irshad Stolden WR Jordan Sparkman TE Aaron Reed TE Trey Mays WR Anthony Vidal TE Austin Harrington TE B.J. Bell DE Perry Cooper LB Willie Tupou DL Alex Klorman DL James Dunlap DL Ian Bobak DL Desmond Tautofi DL Tyler Gaston DL Connor Afoa LB Troy Aoki FB Brandon Baker DB Brian Bennett RB Tyler Bergsten TE Allen Carroll OL Patrick Carroll OL Devante Davis WR David Green DL Nick Gstrein TE Louvan Green DL Mike Horsey DB Princeton Jackson LB Max Johnson TE Kenny Keys DB Chase Lansford P/PK Andrew Oberg OL Elijhaa Penny RB Jake Phillips TE Keahi Raikes DB Sonny Sanitoa DL Nick Sherry QB Ken Spigner DB Nick White OL Fred Wilson DB
HGT WGT
CL-EX
HOMETOWN
HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S)
6-2 6-2 6-6 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-9 6-6 6-4 5-10 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-9 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-7 6-2 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-5 5-11 6-6 5-11
JR-2L JR-2L FR-RS FR-RS SO-1L SO-1L SO-1L FR-RS JR-1L JR-1L SR-1L SR-2L SR-1L FR-RS SO-SQ SO-1L SR-SL SO-1L FR-HS SO-1L FR-HS SO-TR FR-HS FR-RS FR-HS JR-TR FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS JR-TR FR-RS JR-TR SO-1L FR-HS JR-TR FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS JR-RS FR-HS FR-HS JR-TR FR-HS FR-HS
Corona, CA Van Nuys, CA Las Vegas, NV Castaic, CA Wills Point, TX Folsom, CA R. Cucamonga, CA San Diego, CA Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Huntington Beach, CA Grapevine, TX Tustin, CA The Woodlands, TX Reno, NV Las Vegas, NV Pasadena, CA Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV North Las Vegas, NV Henderson, NV Kihei, HI Lancaster, TX Reno, NV Phoenix, AZ Oakland, CA La Canada, CA Galena Park, TX Wasilla, AK Irvine, CA Fresno, CA Baltimore, MD Houston, TX Elsinore, CA San Diego, CA Yorba Linda, CA Islip, NY Norwalk, CA Lakewood, CA Maui, HI Pago Pago, A. Samoa Petaluma, CA Miami, FL Chandler, AZ Bakersfield, CA
Santiago HS Crespi HS Desert Oasis HS West Ranch HS Wills Point HS Folsom HS Rancho Cucamonga HS Point Loma HS Silverado HS Bishop Gorman HS/College of the Desert Huntington Beach HS/Orange Coast CC Grapevine HS Tustin HS/Santa Ana College The Woodlands HS Hug HS Del Sol HS John Muir HS/Citrus College Bishop Gorman HS Calvary Chapel HS Rancho HS Foothill HS Baldwin HS/Montana Western Lancaster HS Hug HS Greenway HS McClymonds HS/Washington/C. of the Sequoias St. Francis HS North Shore HS Wasilla HS Woodbridge HS Fresno HS/College of the Sequoias Dunbar HS Cypress HS/Blinn College Elsinore HS Helix HS El Dorado HS/Santa Ana College Islip HS Norwalk HS Lakewood HS Kamehameha HS/Orange Coast CC Samoana HS Casa Grande HS Jackson HS/College of the Sequoias Gilbert HS West HS
310 250 265 275 195 205 150 220 220 160 250 235 260 225 290 260 265 230 300 265 215 230 180 175 230 300 275 195 245 255 295 165 230 225 190 190 260 245 240 195 235 220 190 265 165
*2011 Battle Born Jersey Honoree #Did not compete in spring practice because of team suspension
SALDI STAYS WITH REBELS
He may not be on the playing field but UNLV’s Bryce Saldi is always on the minds of his Rebel teammates as the senior linebacker continues to improve from a serious brain injury suffered during a skateboarding accident on July 3, 2009. Saldi, a graduate of Texas prep powerhouse Southlake Carroll High School, earned his first UNLV letter as a freshman in 2008 by playing in all 12 games, primarily on special teams. The son of former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Saldi was on vacation in Southern California at the time of the accident and is now continuing his rehabilitation back in the Lone Star State. In 2011, Saldi’s locker inside UNLV’s Lied Athletic Complex remains his and you will still find his No. 54 on all active Rebel football rosters through what would have been his senior season with the program this fall.
2011 UNLV ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO 47 83 80 16 92 97 69 33 48 31 20 36* 1 19 6 34 93 35 3 11 96 99 89 29 43 70 8 23 68 78 9 7 5 95 27 76 53 50 41
NAME
POS
Connor Afoa LB Trent Allmang-Wilder DL Troy Aoki FB Brandon Babineaux# WR Brandon Baker DB Mark Barefield WR Taylor Barnhill QB B.J. Bell DE Brian Bennett RB Tyler Bergsten TE Ian Bobak DL Brett Boyko OL Dionza Bradford RB Beau Brence DE Corbin Brown DB Kenny Brown CB Allen Carroll OL Patrick Carroll OL Nate Carter LB Will Chandler DB Charles Childers WR Mike Clausen# DB Cedric Coleman DB Perry Cooper LB Tim Cornett RB C.J. Cox LB Devante Davis WR Kurt Davis WR James Dunlap DL Tyler Gaston DL David Green DL Louvan Green DL Nick Gstrein TE Austin Harrington TE Tajh Hasson DB Tim Hasson DB Jason Heath OL Caleb Herring QB Sidney Hodge DB Nate Holloway DL Mike Horsey DB Princeton Jackson LB Cameron Jefferson OL Eric Johnson RB Max Johnson TE Michael Johnson# WR Chris Jones DB Kenny Keys DB Alex Klorman DL Nolan Kohorst PK Jason Koontz OL Matt Kravetz DL Chase Lansford P/PK Andrew Mack OL Tani Maka LB
HGT WGT
6-0 6-6 5-10 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-2 5-9 6-4 6-3 6-7 6-0 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-5 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-6 5-7 6-1 5-8 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-1
215 280 230 205 180 195 220 260 175 230 230 295 210 250 175 175 300 275 235 185 195 220 150 225 190 205 195 195 265 265 245 295 255 235 185 195 280 190 175 350 165 230 265 170 225 175 185 190 260 170 310 255 190 275 240
CL-EX
FR-HS JR-TR SO-TR SO-1L FR-HS SO-1L FR-RS SR-1L FR-RS FR-HS SO-1L FR-RS FR-HS JR-2L JR-TR JR-1L JR-TR FR-HS SR-3L SR-3L SO-1L SR-3L SO-1L FR-RS SO-1L JR-2L FR-HS SO-1L SR-SL SO-1L FR-HS JR-TR FR-HS SR-2L FR-RS SO-1L JR-2L SO-1L SO-1L SO-1L FR-RS JR-TR FR-RS JR-TR SO-1L SR-3L SR-3L FR-HS SO-1L SO-1L JR-2L SR-1L JR-TR JR-2L SO-1L
HOMETOWN
HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S)
Henderson, NV Foothill HS Palm Springs, CA Palm Springs HS/College of the Desert Kihei, HI Baldwin HS/Montana Western Folsom, CA Folsom HS Lancaster, TX Lancaster HS Wills Point, TX Wills Point HS Rhome, TX Justin NW HS Tustin, CA Tustin HS/Santa Ana College Reno, NV Hug HS Phoenix, AZ Greenway HS Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Saskatoon, Sask. St. Joseph HS Phelan, CA Serrano HS Plano, TX Plano Senior HS Las Vegas, NV Spring Valley HS/Air Force Palmdale, CA Paraclete HS/College of the Canyons Oakland, CA McClymonds HS/Washington/C. of the Sequoias La Canada, CA St. Francis HS Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas HS Pacoima, CA Birmingham HS Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Riverside, CA John W. North HS Keller, TX Fossil Ridge HS The Woodlands, TX The Woodlands HS Galena Park, TX North Shore HS Garland, TX North Garland HS Galena Park, TX North Shore HS Bellflower, CA Centennial HS Pasadena, CA John Muir HS/Citrus College North Las Vegas, NV Rancho HS Wasilla, AK Wasilla HS Fresno, CA Fresno HS/College of the Sequoias Irvine, CA Woodbridge HS Grapevine, TX Grapevine HS Los Angeles, CA Cathedral HS Las Vegas, NV Cimarron-Memorial HS Penryn, CA Del Oro HS Moreno Valley, CA Citrus Hill HS Las Vegas, NV Palo Verde HS North Las Vegas, NV Spring Valley HS Baltimore, MD Dunbar HS Houston, TX Cypress HS/Blinn College Las Vegas, NV Desert Oasis HS Green Cove Springs, FL Fleming Island HS/Coll. of the Sequoias Elsinore, CA Elsinore HS Suisun, CA Rodriguez HS Las Vegas, NV Shadow Ridge HS San Diego, CA Helix HS Las Vegas, NV Del Sol HS Henderson, NV Green Valley HS Corona, CA Santiago HS Las Vegas, NV Durango HS Yorba Linda, CA El Dorado HS/Santa Ana College Plano, TX Plano West HS Long Beach, CA Jordan HS
2011 UNLV ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO 87 62 74 67 60 4 17 10 26 28 42 86 14 58 54 85 21 84 18 98 63 15 30 66 13 94 49 37 88 79 44 71 72 64
NAME
Trey Mays Sean Miller Alex Novosel Andrew Oberg Brad Overand Billy Paddack Phillip Payne Elijhaa Penny Kenneth Penny Jake Phillips Quinton Pointer Deante’ Purvis Keahi Raikes Bradley Randle Brett Rather Aaron Reed Sean Reilly Brian Roth Bryce Saldi Sonny Sanitoa Nick Sherry Jordan Sparkman Taylor Spencer Ken Spigner Irshad Stolden Marcus Sullivan Desmond Tautofi Sean Tesoro John Therrell Imari Thompson Samuel Tuala Eric Tuiloma-Vaa Willie Tupou Reggie Umuolo William Vea Anthony Vidal Robert Waterman Kyle Watkins Shane Watterson Nick White Fred Wilson Thomas Wren Doug Zismann
POS
WR OL OL OL OL DL WR RB DB TE DB RB DB RB FB TE QB OL LB DL QB TE WR DB WR WR DL OL DB RB OL DB DL LB LB TE OL TE OL OL DB OL OL
HGT WGT
5-10 6-2 6-6 6-7 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-6 5-10 5-11 6-2 5-7 5-11 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-9 6-3 6-2 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-6 5-11 6-6 6-2
160 275 275 260 280 260 205 245 165 240 185 195 195 195 240 220 210 295 220 235 220 220 190 190 150 185 300 310 175 205 300 180 290 210 220 250 275 245 290 265 165 290 290
CL-EX
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HOMETOWN
Las Vegas, NV Rialto, CA Littleton, CO Islip, NY Yakima, WA Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Norwalk, CA Lancaster, TX Lakewood, CA Fort Myers, FL Pinole, CA Maui, HI Murrieta, CA Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Trabuco Canyon, CA Lake Forest, CA Southlake, TX Pago Pago, A. Samoa Petaluma, CA San Diego, CA Las Vegas, NV Miami, FL R. Cucamonga, CA North Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Kahului, HI Las Vegas, NV DeSoto, TX Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Reno, NV Phoenix, AZ Alamo, NV Huntington Beach, CA Castaic, CA Phoenix, AZ Saugus, CA Chandler, AZ Bakersfield, CA Yorba Linda, CA Phoenix, AZ
*2011 Battle Born Jersey Honoree #Did not compete in spring practice because of team suspension
HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S)
Bishop Gorman HS/College of the Desert Carter HS Chatfield Senior HS Islip HS West Valley HS Mountain View Christian School Western HS Norwalk HS Lancaster HS Lakewood HS Mariner HS Pinole Valley HS Kamehameha HS/Orange Coast CC Vista Murrieta HS Green Valley HS Silverado HS Trabuco Hills HS/Saddleback College El Toro HS Southlake Carroll HS Samoana HS Casa Grande HS Point Loma HS Bishop Gorman HS Jackson HS/College of the Sequoias Rancho Cucamonga HS Cheyenne HS Calvary Chapel HS Baldwin HS Bishop Gorman HS Cedar Hill HS Canyon Springs HS Desert Pines HS Hug HS Centennial HS Pahranagat Valley HS Huntington Beach HS/Orange Coast CC West Ranch HS Cactus Shadows HS/Scottsdale CC Saugus HS Gilbert HS West HS Esperanza HS Shadow Mountain HS
2011 SEASON OUTLOOK YOUNG REBELS HOPE TO HURRY PROCESS
S
econd-year UNLV head coach Bobby Hauck was quoted during spring practice as saying youth will be served (again) this season. In fact, a quick check of his team’s class breakdown confirms that 2011 will offer a Las Vegas-level buffet of freshmen and sophomores at Sam Boyd Stadium. Looking for more upperclassmen? Sorry, we’re running low. After ranking fifth in the nation last year with 14 true freshmen played (and 23 freshmen overall), if everyone returns, UNLV will field a senior class of 15 scholarship seniors and just 10 – that’s right, 10 – returning scholarship juniors. Those stark numbers were the primary reason Hauck’s second recruiting class here jumped from one junior-college signee to eight such transfers in February. “We may be the youngest team in college football next year,” says Hauck. “I can’t imagine anyone being more youthful. We’re young across the board, including having just one senior offensive lineman.” Asked about what he learned about the 2-11 campaign of last year, Hauck is blunt but hopeful. “We need to improve. We need to continue to be persistent and work hard at improving as a football team. We have a chance to be a good football team eventually. We will continue building this team the right way – recruiting primarily high school kids, becoming good fundamentally, working hard at everything we do. I know that persistence will pay off here.”
QUARTERBACKS
The bad news is that UNLV has to replace the man who played more games at this position (Omar Clayton with 40) than anyone in school history. The good news is that there are four men ready to combine into perhaps one of the strongest quarterback corps in Rebel history. The only returning letterman under center is Caleb Herring (6-3, 190, SO-1L), a third-year player who got into his first eight games last season while spelling Clayton. After a redshirt year, he certainly showed flashes of what made him a highly touted recruit out of high school, throwing touchdown passes in four hostile environments (inside at Idaho, at West Virginia, at BYU and at Hawaii) en route to finishing with 365 yards and three interceptions. With just one other quarterback on the roster – promising redshirt freshman Taylor Barnhill (6-4, 220, FR-RS) – Hauck decided to sign the school’s first junior-college signal caller since 2005 in the form of Sean Reilly (6-4, 210, JR-TR). Reilly threw for 2,425 yards and 26 touchdowns
THE OFFENSE
Transitioning away from Mike Sanford’s former purely spread offense, the 2010 Rebels finished with an average of just 274.2 yards per game. Playing the toughest schedule in school history had a lot to do with that, of course, as UNLV had little trouble scoring more than 40 points in both of its victories last fall. With a deeper quarterback position and HAUCK load of talented running backs at the staff’s disposal in year two, expect tangible progress this season. “I like the work we did this spring,” Hauck says. “We’re extremely excited about our young players at every position – from the line through the quarterbacks. With the youth on that side of the ball – the variable is time – but we have a chance to have a very productive offense.”
HERRING
with just six picks as a sophomore at Saddleback College and joined the Rebels at midyear. Hitting town this fall will be one of Hauck’s top signees to date, nice-sized Nick Sherry (6-5, 220, FR-HS) out of California’s Casa Grande High School. The highly productive thrower was ranked the No. 86 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scouts Inc. Herring exited spring ball leading Reilly and Barnhill but Hauck says there is no timetable for naming the team’s starter against Wisconsin. HAUCK SAYS: “I like the competition we have going. We are going to be youthful at the position, which can lead to some frustration at times but the talent level at the position with the addition of Sean Reilly and Nick Sherry gives us some options as well as a chance to be really deep in terms of quality. Caleb’s ahead right now but that should be expected as he has had a year in the system. We’ll give the guys a chance to compete for it in fall camp and we’ll see where it goes. The door is not closed. When we think it’s productive to name a starter, we will. “Caleb is going to continue to strive to be consistent day-in and dayout. He has a good chance to be a really solid player. Certainly he has a
2011 SEASON OUTLOOK huge advantage having played in this system for a year and getting into games. He did some good things. We tried to get him in whenever we had plays available for him last fall and we hope that will pay dividends down the road. Taylor is a young, inexperienced player. He has good athletic ability but is still learning the nuances of the position and it will be fun to watch him develop. It’s hard to tell right now with Sean because he’s only had 15 spring practices to gauge where he is. As the summer wears on and he can become less hesitant and more comfortable in the system, it will lead us to having a great competition in the fall. We’ll give Nick a look -- see how quickly he can grasp the principles in our offense -- and then make a determination on whether it will be more productive for him to play or redshirt. You ideally want to redshirt all of your freshmen.”
RUNNING BACKS
UNLV lost only one running back (graduating senior Channing Trotter) and brings back three that netted at least 100 yards in 2010. Leading the way is hard-nosed Texan Tim Cornett (6-0, 190, SO-1L), who took over the starting job in midseason and promptly became the first freshman in school history to lead the team in rushing yards with 546. His eight total touchdowns (six on the ground) also tied UNLV’s single-season record for a rookie. Pushing him on the depth chart is grayshirt addition Dionza Bradford (6-0, 210, FR-HS) who displayed tremendous potential during spring practice and should be in the mix for CORNETT starting duties as a true freshman this fall. Another big addition to the group was one of three midyear JC signees who took part in spring ball – Eric Johnson (57, 170, JR-TR). One of four new Rebels out of College of the Sequoias, the scat-back is able to line up at various spots and is listed on the postspring depth chart at a receiver spot. The old man of the group is senior speedster Deante’ Purvis (5-11, 195, SR-3L), who picked up 223 yards after converting from cornerback during the year to add some burst to the ground attack. The high-motored Bradley Randle (5-7, 195, SO-1L; 109 yards, 1 TD) is also back along with Imari Thompson (5-9, 2-5, SO-1L), who missed all of last year with a foot injury. High school star/bulldozer in a helmet Elijhaa Penny (6-2, 245, FR-HS) could add another dimension come autumn. The H-back position sports a couple of versatile veterans in returning starter Kyle Watkins (6-2, 245, SR-2L; 8 receptions for 110 yards, 1 TD) and recently converted receiver Aaron Reed (6-4, 220, JR-1L; 1-14).
HAUCK SAYS: “We have a lot of youth at running back -- our top players are freshmen and sophomores, except for Deante’ Purvis. But the position has the potential to be a real strength for us.”
WIDE RECEIVERS
A school-record-tying 18 different Rebels hauled in at least one reception in 2010 and only three of those players are not scheduled to return this fall. That translates into 90 percent of the team’s receptions (171 out of 191), 92 percent of the yards (2,040 of the 2,222) and 94 percent of the touchdowns (17 of 18) through the air remaining on the roster. The group is led by UNLV’s top awards candidate going into the season, senior Phillip Payne (6-3, 205, SR-3L). Despite missing two games because of suspension, the Las Vegas native rallied to finish with 40 receptions for a careerbest 689 yards (17.2 yard per catch) to go with five scores. Just five TD catches away from tying UNLV’s alltime record, Payne showed during spring ball that he is now flourishing and seems poised to post receiving statistics that match his considerable talents. Payne’s bookend was supposed to be fellow senior Michael Johnson (5-8, 175, SR3L; 51-571, 5 TD). PAYNE The speedster led the team in receptions as a junior but was suspended in January for academic reasons and his return at all is in question. Picking up the slack during spring practice was local product Marcus Sullivan (5-9, 185, SO1L; 6-102, 2 TD) and versatile JC signee Eric Johnson, who also lines up in the backfield. Another former Las Vegas prep star, Taylor Spencer (61, 190, FR-RS) is now a factor on offense after redshirting as a defensive back in 2010. A pair of pass-catching Texans are back this season in the form of Mark Barefield (6-0, 195, SO-1L; 2-24), who earned an injury medical redshirt last fall, and nice-sized sophomore Kurt Davis (6-5, 195, SO-1L; 3-37). Also picking up playing time last fall was Trey Mays (5-10, 160, JR-1L; 6-82) and Irshad Stolden (5-9, 185, SO-1L; 3-19, 1 TD). HAUCK SAYS: “We’ll need some of the young players to come along. The position is wide open and we expect some new players to step forward and come through for us. That being said, Phillip Payne coming back for his senior season is a good start. He’s had a strong off-season, working hard in the weight room, working hard on his skills on the field. He’s doing a really nice job trying to improve and he deserves to have a big senior season.”
2011 SEASON OUTLOOK TIGHT ENDS
Expect plenty of newcomers vying for time here in the fall (three of 13 UNLV high school signees in 2011 were listed as tight ends) but a pair of veteran returnees give the Rebels a solid base for the fall. Anthony Vidal (6-5, 250, SR-1L; 14-107, 1 TD) emerged as starter midway through the season while Austin Harrington (64, 235, SR-2L; 16-163) started the first half of the campaign and made an impression by leading all Rebels in receptions in three different games. Look for impressively sized redshirt Jordan Sparkman (6-6, 220, FRRS) to also compete for field time.
VIDAL
HAUCK SAYS: “We have a couple of veteran players and numerous young players who need to get in the mix, including a redshirt. I would expect one or two of those (new) guys to play this year.”
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
Only two starters return at a position where no seniors are to be found among the two-deep. Yusef Rodgers (6-2, 250, JR-2L) leads the tackle spots and is listed as the starter on the right side while promising youngster Cameron Jefferson (6-6, 265, FR-RS) closed spring practice leading on the left. Shane Watterson (6-4, 290, JR-1L) and Brett Boyko (6-7, 295, FR-RS), the latter of whom missed spring recovering from shoulder surgery, are two more blockers in the conversation. The guards have more experience as Doug Zismann (6-2, 290, JR-2L) and Jason Heath (6-3, 280, JR-2L) are listed as the leaders on the left side while Sean Tesoro (6-2, 310, SO-1L) mans the right ahead of Jason Koontz (6-2, 310, JR-2L). Some immediate help is on the way as one of UNLV’s eight JC signees is former University of Washington blocker Allen Carroll (6-4 300 JR-TR), who comes over from the College of the Sequoias this fall. At center, redshirt Robert Waterman (6-2, 275, FR-RS) is battling returning starter Andrew Mack (6-1, 275, JR-2L) in the middle. HAUCK SAYS: “We’ve got a ways to go on the O-line. I like our potential but in order for us to have success on offense they need to realize it quickly. It will be highly competitive for playing time.”
THE DEFENSE
There are plenty of holes to fill on a defense that allowed 450 yards a game last year. But there is also optimism about this group’s development as the moving parts start to come together. “On the defensive side of the ball, aside from the corner position, there isn’t a lot of experience,” says Hauck. “We need to get better, big-
ger, faster -- understand the game more. It’s a complete work in progress on defense but I like where we’re headed. We are short-handed in the front seven and need more numbers on that side of the ball. We have been in that perdicatment for a year and there is no quick fix. We need to continue to recruit defensive players. Adding productive junior college players over there should allow us to begin playing better defense. We will need to continue to improve this defense to be competitive in our league.”
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Coaches are again hoping to pump some life into the Rebel pass rush, which produced only 12 QB sacks in 2010. There is some experience on the ends. Senior James Dunlap (61, 265, SR-2L) was credited by Hauck as having one of the top spring efforts on the team after totaling 38 tackles last year. Another pair of seniors, B.J. Bell (6-2, 260, SR-1L; 51 TT, 3.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks) and BELL Matt Kravetz (6-1, 255, PAULO SR-1L) ended spring leading way at the other end position. One of the JC midyear additions bolsters this spot as Trent Allmang-Wilder (6-6, 280, JR-TR) spent last year at College of the Desert. No one older than a sophomore is present on the two-deep for the interior linemen. Local product Alex Klorman (6-2, 260, SO-1L; 10 TT) has been a pleasant surprise after walking on; Desmond Tautofi (6-3, 300, FR-HS) is an emerging prospect who grayshirted in 2010 and went through his first spring ball; big Nate Holloway (6-3, 350, SO-1L; 15 TT) is expected to be a bigger contributor in his second season; and Tyler Gaston (6-3, 265, SO-1L; 13 TT, 3.0 TFL) was pushed into action as a true freshman and projects to have a bright future. HAUCK SAYS: “The defensive line is a concern. A year ago we were forced to play a lot of freshmen on the front, which makes it difficult to hold up as a defense. We’re hoping that those players continue to mature and improve and become a strength on our team. The three seniors need to play well this fall.”
LINEBACKERS
All three starting linebackers from 2010 are history and only one name on the post-spring depth chart has the word senior next to it – this year’s Battle Born Jersey No. 36 honoree Nate Carter (6-1, 235, SR-3L; 35 TT, 1 INT), who heads up the middle spot. Tani Maka (6-1, 240, SO1L; 34 TT, 2 TFL) leads on the weakside while Tim Hasson (6-2, 195, SO-1L; 19 TT) and converted running back C.J. Cox (5-11, 205, JR-2L) are battling at the strongside position. Perry Cooper (6-3, 225, FR-RS)
2011 SEASON OUTLOOK and William Vea (6-0, 220, FR-RS) are also in the mix. Coaches are looking for highly touted JC signee Princeton Jackson (6-0, 230, JR-TR) to make a big impression right away. HAUCK SAYS: “We’re working on improving our linebacker group top to bottom. I believe we’ve done that through recruiting, position moves and young people gaining some experience last year and becoming better. It’s the position that is probably the biggest question coming out of spring ball. The jobs are open and it’s a spot where we’re looking for more production. We do have a highly recruited junior college player coming in who will need to perform for us.”
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Cornerback is the defensive spot with the most experience as five quality candidates are listed on the depth chart after spring. Sidney Hodge (5-8, 175, SO-1L; 44 TT, 1.5 TFL) looked like a potential standout after playing in nine games as a true freshman while veteran tackler Quinton Pointer (5-10, 185, SR-3L) is an NFL prospect hoping to be back at full speed after missing last year and this spring with a knee injury, Cedric Coleman (5-9, 150, SO-1L; 4 TT) got his feet wet last fall while Will Chandler (5-11, 185, SR-3L; 37 TT, 2.5 TFL) tied for the MWC lead with five interceptions to go with two fumble recoveries. Youngster Kenneth Penny (5-11, 165, FR-RS) is the new face of the group after redshirting 2010. The safety position POINTER is not as crowded. Eric Tuiloma-Vaa (5-11, 180, SO-1L; 48 TT, 1.5 TFL) is a returning starter and leads the strong spot while Tajh Hasson (6-1, 185, FR-RS) had a good spring at free. Former Air Force transfer Corbin Brown (6-0, 175, JRTR) and veteran Kenny Brown (5-10, 175, JR1L; 5 TT) are also part of the picture. HAUCK SAYS: “We have some solid experience at corner and that looks to be a strength for us. At the same time, safety is young and inexperienced. It’s a position where you have to take charge and know how everything works. There is a steep learning curve for young players at that position so we have some work to do.”
THE SPECIAL TEAMS
Nolan Kohorst (6-1, 170, SO-1L) showed as a freshman why he was the first place-kicker signed by UNLV out of high school in years as he led the team in points after nailing 8-11 field-goal attempts and 29-30 extra points. Coming in to compete for both punting and kicking duties is JC signee Chase Lansford (6-2, 190, JR-TR) out of Santa Ana College. Receiver Marcus Sullivan was arguably the nation’s top freshman
return man a year ago, finishing 17th in all FBS with an average of 27.9 yards per attempt. Deante’ Purvis (3 returns for 39 yards) and Tim Cornett (14-333) and Bradley Randle (18-329) are all expected to vie for return duties along with newcomer Eric Johnson. Following spring, Thomas Wren (6-6, 290, SR-1L) is listed as the long-snapper and Trey Mays as the holder on kicks. HAUCK SAYS: “Kohorst is back and Lansford will come in and challenge for all three spots (punter, PK and kickoff). I think we have a chance to have a good return game this season. Our kickoff return game was pretty good and the coverage teams were good. We need to get our punt return game going as last year was not up to our standards. We have a chance to be real solid in all of those areas.”
THE SCHEDULE
A year ago, UNLV faced one of the most challenging schedules in all of college football (third-toughest for any member of a Non-Automatic Qualifying Conference since the advent of the BCS in 1998 according to Sagarin Ratings Index) and it doesn’t figure to get much easier this fall. In fact, UNLV will play four teams that finished ranked 11th or higher last season and host only five games total at Sam Boyd Stadium. On Thursday, Sept. 1, the Rebels will begin their second season under Hauck by traveling to Wisconsin, which finished No. 7 in the final AP poll after playing in the Rose Bowl. It will mark UNLV’s first trip to storied Camp Randall Stadium since 2004. The Rebels will remain on the road and play at Washington State on Sept. 10 to mark the first meeting with the Pac-10 Conference program in 20 years and the first in Pullman, Wash., since 1986. UNLV’s home opener is set for Sept. 17 when future MWC member Hawaii comes to town for what will be the Rebels’ latest Sam Boyd Stadium debut since 2004. That game will be followed up by a Sept. 24 visit from Southern Utah University for the first time since 1970. The Thunderbirds, who are scheduled to join the NCAA FCS Big Sky Conference in 2012, have played the Rebels three times in history (1968-70). For the first time since 2003, UNLV will have two open weeks in its schedule and the first one comes on Oct. 1. One week later, the 37th edition of the now-annual Battle for the Fremont Cannon will be waged when the Rebels head north to play another future MWC member, Nevada, Reno on Oct. 8. A trip to Wyoming on Oct. 15 will mark the latest conference opener in school history before the second bye week kicks in on Oct. 22. Colorado State comes to Sam Boyd on Oct. 29 before Boise State (No. 9 AP) on Nov. 5 plays the Rebels for the first time since 1977 and against UNLV in Las Vegas for the first time since 1976. Trips to New Mexico on Nov. 12 and then Air Force on Nov. 19 will be followed by the home finale vs. San Diego State on Nov. 26. The regular season ends on Dec. 3 with a visit to defending Rose Bowl champion TCU, which finished ranked second in the nation. HAUCK SAYS: “With seven road games, four games against teams that were ranked No. 11 or higher last year, and two non-conference road games vs. teams from BCS auto-bid conferences, we’ll certainly be tested again every week. The addition of Boise State to an already strong league makes our conference as strong as ever. We had better get to work so we can compete with the teams on this schedule.”
HEAD COACH BOBBY HAUCK Bobby Hauck, who was the winningest coach in Division I FCS, was hired as the 10th head coach in Rebel football history on Dec. 23, 2009. Hauck (pronounced HOWK) immediately got to work rebuilding the UNLV program and guided his new school through the toughest schedule in its history, including taking on five conference champions and three opponents that finished ranked in the top 11 of the final AP poll. His first Rebel team emerged from that guantlet with a 2-11 overall record but tied for sixth place in the Mountain West Conference. Hauck had spent the previous seven seasons as the record-setting head coach of the University of Montana where he compiled an overall record of 80-17, including leading the Grizzlies to three national championship games in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). The winningest coach in Big Sky Conference history, Hauck earned at least a share of the league’s title all seven years at Montana en route to compiling a record of 47-6. The more-recent numbers were even more impressive as his records in his last four seasons were 51-6 overall and 31-1 in conference play. Hauck, 46, was named Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2009 and AFCA Regional FCS Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2009. He became the youngest head coach in modern Montana history when he was named to the post in 2002, and record-setting success soon followed as he compiled four more conference championships than anyone else in Grizzly history. His final UM team in 2009 team finished 14-1 and reached the FCS Championship game for the second consecutive season. “It’s my belief that Bobby Hauck is one of the great young coaches in America today,” UNLV Athletics Director Jim Livengood said. “His ability to direct a program, his history of success in recruiting and his love for the game of football clearly project him as having an exciting future here at UNLV.” A veteran of eight bowl games, Hauck also brought tremendous experience from stints coaching in both the Pacific-10 and Big 12 conferences. Previous to taking over his alma mater, he spent four years at the University of Washington (1999-2002) where he coached defensive backs and special teams and was considered one of the top recruiters in college football. Before that he was at the University of Colorado for four seasons (1995-98) where he was the special teams and recruiting coordinator while also coaching the safeties. Before joining the Buffaloes, Hauck coached the outside linebackers and handled recruiting duties for Northern Arizona University (1993-94). He served as a graduate assistant at UCLA in 1990-91 and in 1992 served as the Bruins’ on-campus recruiting coordinator. Hauck began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant for Montana in 1988-89, working with the secondary and then the inside linebackers. A native of the Treasure State, Hauk was a three-sport star at Sweet Grass High School in Big Timber, Mont., and went on to twice letter in track and field at the University of Montana. His first coaching position was in 1987 as an assistant at his prep alma mater before joining the collegiate ranks. Hauck, born on June 14, 1964, earned his bachelor’s degree from Montana in 1987 and master’s from UCLA in 1991. He and his wife, Stacey, have four children: daughters Sydney, Alexandra and Elise and son Robby. His father, Robert Hauck Sr., coached high school football in the state of Montana for three decades and his brother, Tim Hauck, played 13 seasons as a defensive back in the NFL and spent 2010 as an assistant coach with the Tennessee Titans.
COACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-PR 2003-09 2002 1999-2001 1998 1995-97 1993-94 1992 1990-91 1989 1988-89 1987
UNLV – Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator Montana – Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator Washington – Defensive Backs Washington – Safeties, Special Teams Coordinator Colorado – Safeties, Special Teams, Recruiting Coordinator Colorado – Outside Linebackers, Special Teams Coordinator Northern Arizona – OLB, Special Teams, Recruiting Coordinator UCLA – Assistant Recruiting Coordinator UCLA – Graduate Assistant Montana – Defensive Line Montana – Secondary Sweet Grass High School (Big Timber, MT) – Assistant Coach
EDUCATION
Montana, 1988 Bachelor’s degree in business
PERSONAL DATA
Hometown: Big Timber, MT Birthdate: June 14, 1964, in Missoula Wife: Stacey Children: Daughters Sydney, Alexandria and Elise; Son Robby
HAUCK YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD YEAR SCHOOL ALL 2010 UNLV 2-11 2009 Montana 14-1 2008 Montana 14-2 2007 Montana 11-1 2006 Montana 12-2 2005 Montana 8-4 2004 Montana 12-3 2003 Montana 9-4 TOTAL Eight Years 82-28 (.746) *Big Sky Conference Champions
CONF. POSTSEASON 2-6 8-0* FCS Championship Game 7-1* FCS Championship Game 8-0* FCS First Round 8-0* FCS Semifinals 5-2* FCS First Round 6-1* FCS Championship Game 5-2* FCS First Round 49-12 (.803)
BOWL GAMES 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1996 1995 1991
Sun Bowl Holiday Bowl Rose Bowl Holiday Bowl Aloha Bowl Holiday Bowl Cotton Bowl Sun Bowl
REBEL NOTES & NUMBERS 2010=TOUGHEST UNLV SCHEDULE EVER PHILLIP'S HOUSE OF PAYNE: UNLV faced not only one of the toughest schedules in all of college football in 2010 but the 13game slate ranked No. 3 for difficulty for any member of a Non-Automatic Qualifying Conference since the advent of the BCS in 1998. The Rebels’ gauntlet finished 19th in the Sagarin Ratings Index, which was 26 spots higher than the next-toughest schedule for a Non-AQ league member (Colorado State at 45). In comparison, the highest Non-AQ schedule in 2009 was ranked 55 (UNM). The highest in 2008 was 54 (UNM), in 2007 it was 55 (SDSU), in 2006 it was 48 (Utah State) and in 2005 it was 57 (Ball State). Research shows that the only two Non-AQ teams to face a tougher schedule were the BYU squads of 2003 (14th-toughest schedule) and 2004 (11th toughest). UNLV’s previous highest schedule strength ranking was 42 in 1998, which was also led all Non-AQ schools that season. Some facts about the Rebels’ 2010 schedule: five opponents were ranked at the time of the UNLV game, which was a school record; eight of the 13 teams spent time in at least one of the two major polls during the regular season and three finished in the AP’s top 11 (No. 2 TCU, No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 11 UNR); nine of the 13 played in bowl games, including both schools appearing in the Rose Bowl (TCU & Wisconsin); and five of the 13 won at least a share of their conference championship. Overall, the 11 opponents that defeated UNLV in 2010 finished with a stunning combined record of 100-44 with five schools reaching double-digit win totals and three more with nine victories. SCHOOL 1. Wyoming 2. Air Force 3. Colorado 4. Colorado State 5. New Mexico 6. BYU 7. Utah State 8. Nevada, Reno
LOCATION ELEV. UNLV Laramie, WY 7,220 2011 Colorado Springs 6,010 2011 Boulder, CO 5,328 Fort Collins, CO 5,003 2012 Albuquerque, NM 4,957 2011 Provo, UT 4,550 Logan, UT 4,534 Reno, NV 4,505 2011
REBELATIONS...
ON TO THE UP AND UP Eight FBS programs are located in cities with an elevation of at least 4,500 feet above sea level and the Rebels regularly play at five of them, including four next season. Las Vegas is just over 2,000 feet above sea level.
OPPONENT END ZONES
After 32 games played, UNLV WR Phillip Payne has compiled 19 receiving touchdowns. The Las Vegas native needs just one more to move into the top three at the school and just five more in 2011 would tie him with all-time record-holder Henry Bailey (24 from 1991-94). A product of Las Vegas’ Western High School, he will head into his senior season with 127 receptions (12th all-time at UNLV) for 1,786 yards (13th). His freshman mark of seven TDs was just one shy of the school’s rookie record and also the MWC mark of eight by BYU’s Austin Collie in 2004. Payne had at least one score in his first five career games, which tied the school record for most consecutive games with a TD catch.
UNLV CAREER TD RECEPTIONS RK 1. 2. 3. 4.
TDs 24 21 20 19
PLAYER, YEARS Henry Bailey Sam “Disco Kid” Greene Nathaniel Hawkins Phillip Payne
1991-94 1979-80 1968-71 2008-SA
With UNLV’s season-opening game at Wisconsin moving to a Thursday (Sept. 1), the Rebels will play their 13th Thursday game in history. The program boasts an 8-4 record on Thursdays (including one bowl game) and an impressive overall non-Saturday record of 14-7-1. Youth will be served again by UNLV this fall as the Rebels last year tied for seventh overall in the FBS with 23 true and redshirt freshmen having seen action for Bobby Hauck in 2010, including six that started at least one game. The program also tied for fifth in the country for most true freshmen getting on the field with 14. In fact, there are twice as many returning lettermen sophomores (24) than juniors (12) for the Scarlet & Gray in 2011. Four of those new Rebel players earned a spot on the Rivals.com Freshman All-MWC Team in 2010 -- and all of them were true freshmen: CB Sidney Hodge, DE Ian Bobak, PK Nolan Kohorst and KOR Marcus Sullivan. Sullivan finished second in the league and ranked 17th in the nation in kickoff return average at 27.9. The Las Vegas native, who also caught six passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns as a wideout, turned in at least one return over 36 yards in six of the last eight games of the season. He had the most kick returns among anyone in the NCAA FBS top 20 in average with 35 attempts and shattered the UNLV record for kickoff return yards in a game with 224 (former record was 185 by teammate Deante’ Purvis set in 2009) vs. San Diego State on Nov. 27. Another UNLV true freshman, RB Tim Cornett, became the first freshman to ever lead the Rebels in rushing in a season after he took over as the starter in Week Six and went on to net 546 yards on 144 carries. The big Texan finished with eight touchdowns on the year (six rushing and two receiving), which tied the UNLV freshman record for a season (WR Lenny Ware with eight in 1996). A school-record-tying 18 different Rebels recorded at least one reception in 2010 and only three of those 18 are not scheduled to return this fall. That means despite guaranteeing a new starting quarterback, UNLV will enjoy players accounting for 90 percent of the team’s receptions (171 out of 191), 92 percent of the yards (2,040 of the 2,222) and 94 percent of the touchdowns (17 of 18) through the air remaining on the roster Hauck began a new tradition at UNLV in 2010 with the introduction of the “Battle Born Jersey No. 36.” In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union, and the state’s official slogan, which appears on the state flag, is “Battle Born,” reflecting the state’s entry on the Union side during the American Civil War. Rebel Football Jersey No. 36 -- complete with a patch on the back of the state flag, will be worn by a Nevadan who best exemplifies the Battle Born spirit of his state and the toughness and pride of Rebel Football. The inaugural recipient was senior linebacker Ronnie Paulo, who turned in his No. 56 just before the season. In 2011, another senior LB from Las Vegas takes over the honored number as Nate Carter switched from his usual 55 during spring. Cornerback Will Chandler tied for the MWC lead in interceptions as a junior in 2010 with five and stood among the national FBS leaders with seven total takeaways. The Los Angeles product matched what the entire Rebel defense mustered in 2009 as five different players recorded one pick each that fall. The second year of the Hauck era brings only one new face to the coaching staff as veteran mentor Robin Ross took over as linebackers coach just before spring practice opened. He replaced Brent Guy, who left to become defensive coordinator at Tulsa.
ASSISTANT COACHES CEDRIC CORMIER
2nd Year Wide Receivers Cedric Cormier (pronounced cormee-AIR) came from Miami (Ohio) University to take over the Rebel receiving corps. He spent the 2009 season coaching the RedHawk wide receivers after working the previous two seasons in the same capacity at Montana. In Missoula he coached future NFL wideout Marc Mariani, who in 2008 was a second team All-American with 1,308 receiving yards, 15 touchdowns and a school-record 2,265 all-purpose yards. Prior to Montana, Cormier was an assistant coach at Baytown (Texas) High School for two seasons after starting his coaching career at Channelview (Texas) High School in 2004. The Houston native was a four-year letterman at receiver Colorado from 1998-2001.
DOMINIC DASTE
2nd Year Running Backs Former Pac-10 player and coach Dominic Daste (pronounced DAS-tee) oversees UNLV’s running backs after seven seasons as an assistant at Montana. He coached the Grizzlies’ tight ends during his last four years at UM and also spent 2009 as running game coordinator for its high-powered offense. He began his tenure coaching the offensive line. Daste went to Missoula after two seasons as graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Washington, after lettering four years for the Huskies at guard.
MIKE GERBER
2nd Year Strength & Conditioning Mike Gerber (pronounced GRR-burr) is in his second year at UNLV as strength and conditioning coach for the football program. Gerber came to the desert after finishing his fourth season as the University of Montana’s strength coach in charge of football. He joined the Grizzlies after being in private business in New York as owner of Mike Gerber SportStrength and co-owner and president of Strength in Motion. He served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Syracuse University from 1995-2000 and also made stops at the University of Maryland, Yale University and Middlebury College.
CHAD GERMER
2nd Year Offensive Line Chad Germer (pronounced JUR-mur) was hired as offensive line coach after serving in that same capacity at Montana. In the previous two years, his lines opened holes for standout running back Chase Reynolds as the 2009 second team All-American rushed for a combined 44 touchdowns and 3,085 yards in 2008-09. In 2009, the Grizzlies ranked 18th in the FCS in fewest QB sacks allowed. Germer is also a veteran of the MWC after coaching the line at Wyoming from 2003-08. A 1991 All-American center at Montana, he began his coaching career at his alma mater in 1998 and went on to coach four All-Americans during his first stint at UM.
MICHAEL GRAY
2nd Year Defensive Tackles Michael Gray, who coaches defensive tackles at UNLV, boasts an extensive resume. A veteran of the Pac-10 and SEC, Gray spent four seasons coaching the defensive line at his alma mater, the University of Oregon, from 2005-08. He returned to the Ducks after coaching two years at the University of Kentucky (2003-04). That was preceded by a six-year stint at Oregon State (19972002) during which the Beavers played in three bowl games, including the team’s 41-9 rout of Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.Gray spent two seasons in the NFL as part of the staff of the Los Angeles Rams (1996-97), two years at Weber State (1994-95) and got his first coaching job for the Canadian Football League’s British Columbia Lions (1993-94). The Baltimore, Md., native played two seasons at Oregon (1981-82) before turning in an eightyear career (1985-92) playing in the CFL for B.C. and Winnipeg.
BRENT MYERS
2nd Year Tight Ends Brent Myers brought three decades of collegiate coaching experience to Las Vegas where he coaches the UNLV tight ends. Myers spent the previous three seasons as offensive line coach and running game coordinator at the University of Louisville. Before joining the Cardinals he spent three seasons in the same position at Arizona State of the Pac-10 Conference. A veteran of eight bowl games, Myers also served one season as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Utah in 2003. He joined the Utes after spending three seasons as the offensive line coach at Washington (2000-02). He was also the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Boise State (1998-99) and Myers’ other stops included Northern Arizona (1992-97), Eastern Washington (1982-83, 1985-91) and Southern Illinois (1984). A Seattle native, Myers was a Division II honorable mention All-America player at EWU in 1981 and earned his degree from the school in 1982.
ASSISTANT COACHES KRAIG PAULSON
2nd Year Defensive Coordinator Defensive Ends Kraig Paulson serves as defensive coordinator for the Rebels and oversees the team’s defensive ends as well. Paulson spent the presvious six seasons as Hauck’s defensive coordinator at Montana while also coaching the ends. He also served as UM’s assistant head coach for five years. Paulson’s 2009 defense led the FCS in turnovers gained with 37, including bringing in a stunning 26 interceptions. Paulson boasts two-plus decades of college coaching experience, including serving as defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Utah State from 2000-03. The former Montana fullback actually had two stints coaching at his alma mater. He worked with the linebackers, defensive line and secondary from 1987-99, moving from graduate assistant to defensive coordinator during his first stop in Missoula.
ROBIN ROSS
1st Year Linebackers Linebackers coach Robin Ross is the only new face on the 2011 UNLV staff. Ross finished his second year as tight ends coach as a graduate assistant at Oregon State after having spent the previous three seasons as the head coach at NCAA Division II Western Washington University before that institution eliminated its football program after the 2008 season. Ross began his coaching career at Long Beach State and made stops that included Cincinnati, Washington State, Iowa State, Fresno State and Oregon before he spent two seasons coaching in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders, including the 2000 AFC West Championship squad. He later returned to Oregon and then OSU before taking over as head coach at WWU. Ross received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Washington State in 1977. He played at Rio Hondo Community College in Whittier, Calif., before transferring to WSU where he earned second team All-Pac-8 and became a 10th round draft choice by the San Francisco 49ers in 1976.
ROB PHENICIE
2nd Year Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Rob Phenicie (pronounced FEN-ahsee) took over as UNLV’s offensive coordinator in 2010 during what is actually his second stint at the school, as he spent one year assisting John Robinson’s first Rebel staff in 1999. In 2009, Phenicie’s Montana offense ranked second in the nation among FCS teams with 35.8 points per game and ninth in total yards with 427.4 per game while Griz quarterback Andrew Selle ranked fourth in the country in pass efficiency. Prior to joining UM, Phenicie spent three seasons coaching at MWC member Wyoming from 2000-02. He coached the Cowboys’ receivers and was the program’s recruiting coordinator in 2001 before becoming co-offensive coordinator for one campaign. He was also offensive coordinator at Cal State Northridge from 1997-98 after serving as a graduate assistant coach at UCLA and his alma mater, the University of Memphis.
RHETT BROOKS MIKE FERRITER Graduate Asst. Coach
Graduate Asst. Coach
J.D. WILLIAMS
2nd Year Assistant Head Coach Pass Defense Coordinator Defensive Backs A coach familiar with the Mountain West Conference, J.D. Williams came from the University of Utah to serve as UNLV’s assistant head coach, pass defense coordinator and defensive backs coach. Williams coached the Ute cornerbacks in 2009 as the team ranked 17th in the nation in pass defense and went on to a Poinsettia Bowl championship. He joined Utah after seven years working in Pac-10 secondaries (2006-08 at Washington and 20022005 at California). Prior to that, Williams served two seasons as secondary coach at his alma mater, Fresno State, from 2000-01. He also coached the secondary at San Jose State in 1999 and Cal Poly in 1998. He began his coaching career in 1997 as a Fresno State graduate assistant. A second team All-American at corner for the Bulldogs, Williams was a first round NFL Draft pick in 1990, going to the Buffalo Bills with the 16th selection. He went on to play in four Super Bowls with the Bills and also played for the Cardinals and 49ers before his pro career ended after the 1996 season.
2011 UNLV SIGNEES HAUCK ANNOUNCES HIS SECOND UNLV CLASS
LAS VEGAS – Head coach Bobby Hauck brought in players from states ranging from Florida to New York to Alaska to Nevada -and all the way from American Samoa -- as his second UNLV football class, made up of 23 future Rebels, was announced on the initial day of the national signing period. “This was a good day for UNLV, a real good day,” Hauck said. “Rebel Football took a big step forward with this recruiting class. These guys are big, tough football players and along with last year’s class, will be the basis for success in the future.” UNLV’s class boasted seven players who were assigned at least three stars by Scout, Rivals or Scouts Inc. The group consisted of student-athletes whose hometowns are spread among seven states and one territory: 12 from California, three from Texas, two each from Arizona and Florida and one each from Nevada, Alaska, New York and American Samoa. “We sure covered some ground this year,” Hauck said. “We’ll go wherever we need to go to put together a good class. Sometimes that is down the street and sometimes that’s in Anchorage. Texas is a hot-bed of talent that remains productive for us, as we signed three guys out of there this year.” The recruits list, which didnot include three grayshirts who signed a year ago but joined the program this semester as true freshmen, featured 15 high school players and eight junior-college players, just one year after a class that included only one JC signee. “We have a group of junior college players that can provide us some immediate help. It was necessary to recruit a number of JC players because the size of our junior class was so small. The basis of our recruiting remains high school players but we needed to balance the numbers out.” The class was largely even with 12 offensive players and 10 on defense, plus one special teams player. The full breakdown is was follows: 4 DL, 4 OL, 4 DB, 3 TE, 2 LB, 2 RB, 2 QB, 1 WR and 1 PK/P. “We’re trying to change the makeup of our team -- trying to get bigger and more physical and certainly this class answers some of those concerns. It takes some time to develop the young guys but down the road this will provide us a big, physical group.”
UNLV 2011 FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS (23) NAME Connor Afoa Brandon Baker Tyler Bergsten Patrick Carroll Devante Davis David Green Nick Gstrein Kenny Keys Andrew Oberg Elijhaa Penny Jake Phillips Sonny Sanitoa Nick Sherry Nick White Fred Wilson
POS LB DB TE OL WR DL TE DB OL RB TE DL QB OL DB
HIGH SCHOOL SIGNEES (15) HT 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-2 6-6 6-4 6-5 6-6 5-11
WT 215 180 230 275 195 245 260 190 260 245 240 235 220 265 165
CL-EXP FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS
HOMETOWN Henderson, NV Lancaster, TX Phoenix, AZ La Canada, CA Galena Park, TX Wasilla, AK Irvine, CA San Diego, CA Islip, NY Norwalk, CA Lakewood, CA Pago Pago, A. Samoa Petaluma, CA Chandler, AZ Bakersfield, CA
JUNIOR COLLEGE SIGNEES (8)
NAME POS HT WT CL-EXP HOMETOWN Allen Carroll OL 6-4 300 JR-TR Oakland, CA Louvan Green DL 6-2 295 JR-TR Fresno, CA Princeton Jackson LB 6-0 230 JR-TR Houston, TX Eric Johnson* RB/KR 5-8 175 JR-TR Green Cove Springs, FL Chase Lansford P/PK 6-2 190 JR-TR Yorba Linda, CA Sean Reilly* QB 6-4 210 JR-TR Trabuco Canyon, CA Ken Spigner DB 5-11 190 JR-TR Miami, FL Trent Allmang-Wilder* DL 6-7 280 JR-TR Palm Springs, CA *Midyear Junior-College Transfer Already Enrolled at UNLV
PREVIOUS SCHOOL Foothill HS Lancaster HS Greenway HS St. Francis HS North Shore HS Wasilla HS Woodbridge HS Helix HS Islip HS Norwalk HS Lakewood HS Samoana HS Casa Grande HS Gilbert HS West HS
PREVIOUS SCHOOL College of the Sequoias College of the Sequoias Blinn College College of the Sequoias Santa Ana College Saddleback College College of the Sequoias College of the Desert
UNLV STATISTICAL LEADERS Top-100 National Rankings are in Bold Italics
RETURNING
LOST
RUSHING (ATT-YDS-AVG-TD)
Tim Cornett (144-546-3.8-6) Deante’ Purvis (57-223-3.9-0)
Channing Trotter (71-236-3.3-1)
PASSING
Caleb Herring Omar Clayton - 91st (28 CMP-56 ATT, 3 INT, 50.0 PCT, 365 YDS, 4 TD) (158 CMP-283 ATT, 9 INT, 55.8 PCT, 1,818 YDS, 13 TD)
RECEPTIONS (REC-YDS-AVG-TD) Phillip Payne (40-689-17.2-5) Michael Johnson (51-571-11.2-5)
RECEIVING YARDS
Channing Trotter (10-41-4.1-1)
Phillip Payne (62.6 YPG) - 74th
Tate Knutson (9.6 YPG
Tim Cornett (546, 42.0 YPG)
Omar Clayton (2,012, 154.8 YPG) - 92nd
Marcus Sullivan (1,105, 100.5 YPG)
Channing Trotter (277, 21.3 YPG)
TOTAL OFFENSE
ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE
PUNT RETURNS
Michael Johnson (9-22, 2.4 AVG, 0 TD)
None
KICKOFF RETURNS
Marcus Sullivan (35-976, 27.9 AVG, 0 TD) - 17th None
SCORING
Nolan Kohorst (53 PTS-8 FGs/29 XP) Tim Cornett (48 PTS-8 TD)
Channing Trotter (12 PTS-2 TD)
PUNTING
Brendon Lamers (76-2,872, 37.8 AVG) - 88th None
PLACE-KICKING
Nolan Kohorst (8-11 FG, 29-30 XP) None
INTERCEPTIONS
Will Chandler (5 INT, 32 YDS, 0 TD) - T22nd None
TACKLES
B.J. Bell (29 UT, 22 AT, 51 TT) Eric Tuiloma (26 UT, 22, 48 TT)
TACKLES FOR LOSS
B.J. Bell (3.5 TFL, 20 YDS)
Ronnie Paulo (41 UT, 44 AT, 85 TT) Alex De Giacomo (56 UT, 28 AT, 84 TT)
Preston Brooks (5.5 TFL, 26 YDS)
QB SACKS
B.J. Bell (1.5 SCK, 15 YDS) Preston Brooks (3.0 SCK, 12 YDS) Sidney Hodge (1.5 SCK, 20 YDS)
PASSES DEFENDED
Will Chandler (3 PBU, 5 INT)
Alex De Giacomo (4 PBU, 0 INT)
2010 UNLV STATISTICS UNLV TEAM STATISTICS
2010 RESULTS (2-11, 2-6 MWC)
TEAM STATISTICS UNLV OPP SCORING 239 516 Points Per Game 18.4 39.7 FIRST DOWNS 204 291 Rushing 82 153 Passing 97 121 Penalty 25 17 RUSHING YARDAGE 1,343 2,895 Yards gained rushing 1,719 3,113 Yards lost rushing 376 218 Rushing Attempts 453 554 Average Per Rush 3.0 5.2 Average Per Game 103.3 222.7 TDs Rushing 9 39 PASSING YARDAGE 2,222 2,961 Comp-Att-Int 191-352-12 208-325-7 Average Per Pass 6.3 9.1 Average Per Catch 11.6 14.2 Average Per Game 170.9 227.8 TDs Passing 18 25 TOTAL OFFENSE 3,565 5,856 Total Plays 805 879 Average Per Play 4.4 6.7 Average Per Game 274.2 450.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 74-1,719 35-724 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-88 21-203 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-67 12-192 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.2 20.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.8 9.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.6 16.0 FUMBLES-LOST 17-6 19-11 PENALTIES-Yards 77-767 79-707 Average Per Game 59.0 54.4 PUNTS-Yards 77-2,852 40-1,532 Average Per Punt 37.0 38.3 Net punt average 33.4 33.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:53 31:07 3RD-DOWN Conversions 61/178 75/159 3rd-Down Pct 34% 47% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 10/27 13/20 4th-Down Pct 37% 65% SACKS BY-Yards 12-86 36-231 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 31 67 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-11 17-19 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-2 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES 25-30 83% 52-65 80% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 18-30 60% 42-65 65% PAT-ATTEMPTS 29-30 97% 63-67 94% ATTENDANCE 123,672 270,673 Games/Avg Per Game 6/20,612 7/38,668 Neutral Site Games 0/0
Date Opponent W/L Sept. 4 No. 12/12 WISCONSIN L Sept. 11 at No. 20/20 Utah L Sept. 18 at Idaho L Sept. 25 NEW MEXICO W Oct. 2 No. 25/25 NEVADA, RENO L Oct. 9 at West Virginia L Oct. 16 at Colorado State L Oct. 30 No. 4/4 TCU L Nov. 6 at BYU L Nov. 13 WYOMING W Nov. 18 AIR FORCE L Nov. 27 at San Diego State L Dec. 4 at No. 25 Hawai’i L *Mountain West Conference game Record All Games Conference Non-Conference
No 76 1 77 40
Yds Avg 2872 37.8 -20 -20.0 2852 37.0 1532 38.3
Long 54 0 54 60
TB 4 0 4 5
FC 33 0 33 13
I20 13 0 13 11
Home 2-4 2-2 0-2
Attend 31,107 45,102 15,390 16,961 28,958 58,234 30,753 16,745 61, 283 16,111 13,790 22,091 37,820 Away 0-7 0-4 0-3
SCORE BY QUARTERS UNLV Opponents
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 62 65 37 75 - 239 148 169 130 69 - 516
ATTENDANCE (AVG) Total: Home: Away:
13/394,345 (13/30,334) 6/123,672 (6/20,612) 7/270,673 (7/38,668)
ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE
PUNTING PLAYER LAMERS, Brendon TEAM Total Opponents
Overall 2-11 2-6 0-5
Score 41-21 38-10 30-7 45-10 44-26 49-10 43-10 48-6 55-7 42-16 35-20 48-14 59-21
Blkd 0 0 0 2
PLAYER SULLIVAN, M. CORNETT, Tim PAYNE, Phillip JOHNSON, M. RANDLE, Bradle TROTTER, C. PURVIS, Deante CLAYTON, Oma HARRINGTON, A. KNUTSON, Tate WATKINS, Kyle VIDAL, Anthony MAYS, Trey COX, C.J. CARTER, Nate DAVIS, Kurt HODGE, Sidney CHANDLER, Will TUILOMA, Eric BAREFIELD, M. HASSON, Tim STOLDEN, Irshad REED, Aaron BRENCE, Beau CLAUSEN, Mike KOHORST, Nolan LAMERS, B. TEAM HERRING, Caleb Total Opponents
G Rush Rec PR 11 27 102 0 13 546 98 0 11 0 689 0 13 -2 571 22 13 109 11 0 13 236 41 0 13 223 8 0 13 194 16 0 13 0 163 0 13 0 125 0 13 0 110 0 13 0 107 0 12 0 82 0 3 56 0 0 13 0 0 21 10 0 37 0 9 0 0 -2 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 27 3 0 24 0 13 0 0 20 7 0 19 0 12 0 14 0 13 0 5 0 12 -11 0 0 13 -1 0 0 13 -2 0 0 4 -11 0 0 8 -21 0 0 13 1343 2222 88 13 2895 2961 203
KOR IR 976 0 333 0 0 0 0 0 329 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 39 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1719 67 724 192
Tot Avg/G 1105 100.5 977 75.2 689 62.6 591 45.5 449 34.5 277 21.3 270 20.8 210 16.2 163 12.5 125 9.6 110 8.5 107 8.2 82 6.8 56 18.7 38 2.9 37 3.7 37 4.1 32 2.5 27 2.1 24 8.0 20 1.5 19 2.7 14 1.2 8 0.6 7 0.6 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 -11 -2.8 -21 -2.6 5439 418.4 6975 536.5
2010 UNLV STATISTICS RUSHING
KICK RETURNS
PLAYER G Att CORNETT, Tim 13 144 TROTTER, C. 13 71 PURVIS, Deante` 13 57 CLAYTON, Omar 13 97 RANDLE, Bradley 13 25 COX, C.J. 3 21 SULLIVAN, M. 11 3 KOHORST, Nolan 13 1 JOHNSON, M. 13 2 LAMERS, Brendon 13 2 TEAM 4 3 CLAUSEN, Mike 12 6 HERRING, Caleb 8 21 Total 13 453 Opponents 13 554
Gain Loss 587 41 262 26 239 16 366 172 110 1 64 8 27 0 0 1 4 6 0 2 0 11 7 18 53 74 1719 376 3113 218
Net Avg TD Lg 546 3.8 6 46 236 3.3 1 18 223 3.9 0 27 194 2.0 1 33 109 4.4 1 16 56 2.7 0 18 27 9.0 0 25 -1 -1.0 0 0 -2 -1.0 0 4 -2 -1.0 0 0 -11 -3.7 0 0 -11 -1.8 0 3 -21 -1.0 0 12 1343 3.0 9 46 2895 5.2 39 72
Avg/G 42.0 18.2 17.2 14.9 8.4 18.7 2.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -2.8 -0.9 -2.6 103.3 222.7
PASSING PLAYER CLAYTON, Omar HERRING, Caleb CLAUSEN, Mike LAMERS, B. JOHNSON, M. Total Opponents
G Effic 13 118.59 8 117.61 12 83.93 13 0.00 13 234.40 13 117.34 13 161.61
C-A-I Pct Yds TD Lg Avg/G 158-283-9 55.8 1818 13 65 139.8 28-56-3 50.0 365 4 51 45.6 4-11-0 36.4 23 1 16 1.9 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1-1-0 100.0 16 0 16 1.2 191-352-12 54.3 2222 18 65 170.9 208-325-7 64.0 2961 25 73 227.8
RECEIVING PLAYER G JOHNSON, M. 13 PAYNE, Phillip 11 HARRINGTON, A. 13 VIDAL, Anthony 13 CORNETT, Tim 13 TROTTER, C. 13 KNUTSON, Tate 13 WATKINS, Kyle 13 SULLIVAN, M. 11 MAYS, Trey 12 PURVIS, Deante` 13 DAVIS, Kurt 10 STOLDEN, Irshad 7 BAREFIELD, Mark 3 CLAYTON, Omar 13 REED, Aaron 12 RANDLE, Bradley 13 BRENCE, Beau 13 Total 13 Opponents 13
No Yds 51 571 40 689 16 163 14 107 13 98 10 41 9 125 8 110 6 102 6 82 6 8 3 37 3 19 2 24 1 16 1 14 1 11 1 5 191 2222 208 2961
Avg 11.2 17.2 10.2 7.6 7.5 4.1 13.9 13.8 17.0 13.7 1.3 12.3 6.3 12.0 16.0 14.0 11.0 5.0 11.6 14.2
TD 5 5 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 25
Long 60 65 17 23 20 15 51 27 41 23 9 20 9 19 16 14 11 5 65 73
Avg/G 43.9 62.6 12.5 8.2 7.5 3.2 9.6 8.5 9.3 6.8 0.6 3.7 2.7 8.0 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.4 170.9 227.8
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYER CLAYTON, Omar CORNETT, Tim HERRING, Caleb TROTTER, C. PURVIS, Deante` RANDLE, Bradley COX, C.J. SULLIVAN, M. JOHNSON, M. CLAUSEN, Mike KOHORST, Nolan LAMERS, B. TEAM Total Opponents
G 13 13 8 13 13 13 3 11 13 12 13 13 4 13 13
Plays 380 144 77 71 57 25 21 3 3 17 1 3 3 805 879
Rush 194 546 -21 236 223 109 56 27 -2 -11 -1 -2 -11 1343 2895
Pass 1818 0 365 0 0 0 0 0 16 23 0 0 0 2222 2961
Total 2012 546 344 236 223 109 56 27 14 12 -1 -2 -11 3565 5856
Avg/G 154.8 42.0 43.0 18.2 17.2 8.4 18.7 2.5 1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -2.8 274.2 450.5
PLAYER SULLIVAN, M. RANDLE, Bradley CORNETT, Tim PURVIS, Deante` HODGE, Sidney BRENCE, Beau REED, Aaron Total Opponents
No 35 18 14 3 2 1 1 74 35
Yds 976 329 333 39 39 3 0 1719 724
Avg 27.9 18.3 23.8 13.0 19.5 3.0 0.0 23.2 20.7
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Avg 82.0 40.0 64.0 62.0 13.0
TD 0 1 1 2 1
Long 73 26 58 18 20 3 0 73 74
FUMBLE RETURNS PLAYER CHANDLER, Will BELL, B.J. CLAUSEN, Mike Total Opponents
No 1 1 1 3 3
Yds 82 40 64 186 39
Long 82 40 64 82 20
INTERCEPTIONS PLAYER CHANDLER, Will CARTER, Nate CLAUSEN, Mike Total Opponents
No 5 1 1 7 12
Yds 32 17 18 67 192
Avg 6.4 17.0 18.0 9.6 16.0
TD 1 0 0 1 1
Long 19 17 18 19 43
PUNT RETURNS PLAYER JOHNSON, M. HODGE, Sidney TUILOMA, Eric CARTER, Nate HASSON, Tim Total Opponents
No 9 2 1 1 0 13 21
Yds Avg 22 2.4 -2 -1.0 27 27.0 21 21.0 20 0.0 88 6.8 203 9.7
TD 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Long 19 3 0 0 19 19 77
SCORING PLAYER KOHORST, Nolan CORNETT, Tim JOHNSON, M. PAYNE, Phillip TROTTER, C. SULLIVAN, M. CLAYTON, Omar VIDAL, Anthony HASSON, Tim STOLDEN, Irshad WATKINS, Kyle RANDLE, Bradley CLAUSEN, Mike BELL, B.J. CHANDLER, Will Total Opponents
|——— PATs ———| TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points - 8-11 29-30 - - - - - 53 8 - - - - - - - 48 5 - - 0-1 - - - - 30 5 - - - - - - - 30 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6 31 8-11 29-30 0-1 - - - - 239 67 17-19 63-67 - - - - - 516
2010 UNLV STATISTICS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS NO PLAYER 36 PAULO, Ronnie 22 DE GIACOMO, A. 24 FUIMAONO, Starr 38 RANDLEMAN, C. 92 BELL, B.J. 13 TUILOMA, Eric 23 HODGE, Sidney 25 GRANT, Mike 91 BROOKS, Preston 96 DUNLAP, James 1 CHANDLER, Will 55 CARTER, Nate 41 MAKA, Tani 6 CLAUSEN, Mike 99 AAITUI, Isaako 47 MAREKO, Daniel 43 HASSON, Tim 97 BOBAK, Ian 68 HOLLOWAY, Nate 61 GASTON, Tyler 15 THERRELL, John 95 KLORMAN, Alex 9 DIXON, Travis 18 SULLIVAN, M. 57 OILAND, Kjelby 5 JONES, Chris 28 RANDLE, Bradley 26 PURVIS, Deante` 20 BROWN, Kenny 34 COLEMAN, Cedric 46 WHITE, Anthony 48 BRENCE, Beau 81 KNUTSON, Tate 87 MAYS, Trey 44 WATKINS, Kyle 64 ZISMANN, Doug 75 MURPHY, Matt 73 MARCHAL, Evan 65 FEAGAI, Ramsey 10 POINTER, Q. 45 LAMERS, Brendon 8 HERRING, Caleb 39 JAEKLE, Ben 35 CORNETT, Tim 32 TROTTER, C. 4 PAYNE, Phillip 94 TUPOU, Willie 2 CLAYTON, Omar 66 GIANNINOTO, J. Total Opponents
G 13 13 12 13 13 13 9 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 8 11 13 4 11 5 8 13 13 7 6 11 13 13 12 13 10 13 13 12 1 13 8 13 13 13 11 1 13 13 13 13
|————Tackles————| Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds 41 44 85 2.0-4 56 28 84 4.0-6 39 42 81 2.5-4 40 17 57 3.0-18 29 22 51 3.5-20 26 22 48 1.5-3 33 11 44 1.5-20 17 22 39 1.5-6 18 20 38 5.5-26 17 21 38 1.0-2 24 13 37 2.5-5 17 18 35 . 15 19 34 2.0-13 13 18 31 . 14 13 27 5.0-22 16 10 26 4.0-26 13 6 19 1.0-3 7 10 17 1.5-3 9 6 15 1.5-5 7 6 13 3.0-11 9 4 13 1.0-2 6 4 10 0.5-0 4 5 9 . 7 2 9 . 2 4 6 . 5 1 6 . 3 3 6 . 4 2 6 . 5 . 5 . 3 1 4 . 1 3 4 . 2 1 3 . 3 . 3 . 2 1 3 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 520 403 923 48-199 434 469 903 91-374
|-Sacks-| No-Yds . . . 1.0-7 1.5-15 . 1.5-20 . 3.0-12 . . . . . 1.5-12 1.5-13 . 1.0-2 . 1.0-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-86 36-231
|—Pass Def—| |-Fumbles-| Int-Yds BrUp-QH Rcv-Yds FF . 1 . . . . 4 . 2-0 . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1-40 1 . 3 . . . . 2 . 1-0 2 . 3 . . 1 . . 1 1-0 . . . . . . 5-32 3 . 2-82 . 1-17 . . . . . 1 . . 1 1-18 . . 1-64 . . 1 . 1-0 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 . 1-0 . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-67 30 2 11-186 12 12-192 41 9 7-39 8
Blkd Kick . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .
Saf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE OPPONENT WISCONSIN at Utah at Idaho NEW MEXICO NEVADA, RENO at West Virginia at Colorado State TCU at BYU WYOMING AIR FORCE at San Diego State at Hawaii
WR WR/TE LT LG C RG Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Reed Davis Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Knutson Johnson M. Murphy Gianninoto Mack Zismann Payne Johnson M. Murphy Rodgers Gianninoto Zismann Payne Johnson M. Murphy Marchal Gianninoto Heath Payne Watkins Murphy Marchal Gianninoto Heath Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Marchal Gianninoto Heath Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Marchal Gianninoto Heath Payne Johnson, M. Murphy Heath Gianninoto Marchal
DEFENSE OPPONENT WISCONSIN at Utah at Idaho NEW MEXICO NEVADA, RENO at West Virginia at Colorado State TCU at BYU WYOMING AIR FORCE at San Diego State at Hawaii
DE Dunlap Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Brooks Dunlap Brooks
DT Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Aaitui Dunlap
DT Feagai Dunlap Dunlap Dunlap Dunlap Dunlap Dunlap Dunlap Dunlap Holloway Holloway Holloway Holloway
DE Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell
LB Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Maka Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono Fuimaono
LB Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo Paulo
RT Marchal Marchal Marchal Marchal Marchal Marchal Marchal Marchal Rodgers Rodgers Rodgers Rodgers Rodgers
LB Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman Randleman
TE Harrington Harrington Harrington Harrington Harrington Harrington Harrington Vidal Vidal Vidal Vidal Vidal Vidal CB Chandler Chandler Chandler Chandler Chandler Grant Chandler Chandler Chandler Chandler Chandler Hodge Hodge
QB TE/WR/FB TB PK Clausen Watkins Trotter Kohorst Clayton Watkins Cox Kohorst Clayton Sullivan Trotter Kohorst Clayton Sullivan Trotter Kohorst Clayton Watkins Trotter Kohorst Clayton Brence Cornett Kohorst Clayton Davis Purvis Kohorst Clayton Brence Cornett Kohorst Clayton Knutson Purvis Kohorst Clayton Brence Cornett Kohorst Clayton Knutson Cornett Kohorst Clayton Watkins Cornett Kohorst Clayton Knutson Cornett Kohorst S De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo De Giacomo
S Grant Grant Dixon Dixon Clausen Clausen Clausen Clausen Tuiloma Tuiloma Tuiloma Tuiloma Tuiloma
CB Purvis Purvis Hodge Hodge Hodge Hodge Grant Grant Grant Grant Grant Grant Grant
P Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers Lamers
2010 UNLV STATISTICS 2010 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS UNLV
RUSH PASS OFF. 1STDwn POSS. TOs
WISCONSIN 112 at Utah 102 at Idaho 59 NEW MEXICO 185 NEVADA, RENO 80 at West Virginia 96 at Colorado State 149 TCU 69 at BYU 22 WYOMING 197 AIR FORCE 113 at San Diego State 67 at Hawai’i 92
105 217 128 230 214 180 125 128 122 179 224 167 203
217 319 187 415 294 276 274 197 144 376 337 234 295
10 18 11 19 15 15 19 12 11 23 18 15 18
21:41 36:33 28:01 28:39 27:25 36:03 32:08 27:11 24:32 32:13 30:21 23:41 27:23
1 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 3
OPPONENT
RUSH PASS OFF. 1STDwn Poss.
WISCONSIN 278 at Utah 131 at Idaho 122 NEW MEXICO 114 NEVADA, RENO 374 at West Virginia 219 at Colorado State 259 TCU 273 at BYU 216 WYOMING 133 AIR FORCE 343 at San Diego State 250 at Hawaii 183
197 207 210 177 142 236 233 257 300 140 111 338 423
475 338 332 291 516 445 492 530 516 273 454 588 606
23 14 19 17 29 16 18 30 29 15 26 30 25
38:19 23:27 31:59 31:01 32:35 23:57 27:52 32:49 35:28 27:47 29:39 36:19 32:37
TOs
2 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
2010 TEAM SUPERLATIVES UNLV HIGH Points Scored 45 vs. New Mexico (9/25) First Downs 23 vs. Wyoming (11/13) Rushing 12 vs. Wyoming (11/13) Passing 12 vs. Air Force (11/18) Penalty 4, at Hawai’i (12/4) Rushing Attempts 45 at Colorado State (10/16) Rushing Yards 197 vs. Wyoming (11/13) Passing Attempts 37 at Utah (9/11) Passing Completions 20 at West Virginia (10/9) Passing Yards 230 vs. New Mexico (9/25) Passes Had Intercepted 3, at Hawai’i (12/4) Total Offensive Plays 79 at Utah (9/11) Total Offensive Yards 415 vs. New Mexico (9/25) Fumbles 3 at Colorado State (10/16) Lost 2 at Colorado State (10/16) Penalties 10 vs. Nevada (10/2) Yards 132 vs. Nevada (10/2) Sacks 4 vs. New Mexico (9/25) Yards 39 vs. New Mexico (9/25)
LOW 6 vs. TCU (10/30) 10 vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 3 at Idaho (9/19) 3 vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 1, five times, last at San Diego State (11/27) 24 vs. TCU (10/30) 22 at BYU (10/6) 15 at Idaho (9/19) 7 at Idaho (9/19) 105 vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 0, six times, last at San Diego State (11/27) 51 at Idaho (9/19) 144 at BYU (10/6) 0, five times, last at San Diego State (11/27) 0, six times, at Hawai’i (12/4) 3, at San Diego State (11/27) 30 vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 0, five times, at San Diego State (11/27) 0, five times, at San Diego State (11/27)
OPPONENTS HIGH Points Scored 59 at Hawai’i (12/4) First Downs 30, twice, last at San Diego State (11/27) Rushing 21 vs. Nevada (10/2) Passing 16 at Hawai’i (12/4) Penalty 4 vs. Wyoming (11/13) Rushing Attempts 62 vs. Air Force (11/18) Passing Attempts 46 at Hawai’i (12/4) Passing Completions 31 at Hawai’i (12/4) Passing Yards 423 at Hawai’i (12/4) Passes Had Intercepted 2 vs. New Mexico (9/25) Total Offensive Plays 83 at BYU (10/6) Total Offensive Yards 606 at Hawai’i (12/4) Fumbles 3, twice, last at Colorado State (10/16) Lost 2, three times, last vs. Air Force (11/18) Penalties 9, twice, last vs. Wyoming (11/13) Yards 85 at Hawai’i (12/4) Sacks 6, twice, last at Colorado State (10/16) Yards 50 at Idaho (9/18)
LOW 10 vs. New Mexico (9/25) 14 at Utah (9/11) 5 at Utah (9/11) 3 vs. Wyoming (11/13) 0, three times, lastat Hawai’i (12/4) 28, twice, last at Hawai’i (12/4) 9 vs. Air Force (11/18) 10 at Colorado State (10/16) 140 vs. Wyoming (11/13) 0, five times, at San Diego State (11/27) 48 at Utah (9/11) 273 vs. Wyoming (11/13) 0, four times, last at BYU (10/6) 0, five times, last at Hawai’i (12/4) 3 vs. TCU (10/30) 30 at BYU (10/6) 0, twice, last vs. Air Force (11/18) 0, twice, last vs. Air Force (11/18)
2010 UNLV STATISTICS 2010 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES UNLV 24, Tim Cornett vs. Air Force (11/18) 85, Deante’ Purvis at Colorado State (10/16) 46, Tim Cornett vs. New Mexico (9/25) 45, Tim Cornett at West Virginia (10/9)
Rushing Attempts: Rushing Yards: TD Run: Non-Scoring Run:
Passes Attempted: 37, Omar Clayton at Utah (9/11) Passes Completed: 18, twice, Omar Clayton vs. Air Force (11/18) Omar Clayton at Utah (9/11) Passes Had Intercepted: 3, Omar Clayton at Hawai’i (12/4) Completion Percentage: .750, Caleb Herring at Hawai’i (12/4) Passing Yards: 224, Omar Clayton vs. Air Force (11/18) TD Pass: 60, Omar Clayton to Michael Johnson at Hawai’i (12/4) Non-Scoring Pass: 65, Omary Clayton to Phillip Payne vs. Nevada (10/2) Receptions: 8, Phillip Payne vs. Nevada (10/2) Michael Johnson vs. New Mexico (9/25) Reception Yards: 170, Phillip Payne vs. Nevada (10/2) Punt Returns: Punt Return Yards: Punt Return Long: Punt Return, TD:
3, Michael Johnson vs. New Mexico (9/25) 27, Eric Tuiloma at Colorado State (10/16) 27, Eric Tuiloma at Colorado State (10/16) 19, Tim Hasson at Utah (9/11)
Kickoff Returns: Kickoff Return Yards: Kickoff Return Long: Kickoff Return, TD:
8, Bradley Randle vs. TCU (10/30) 224, Marcus Sullivan at San Diego State (11/27) 73, Marcus Sullivan at San Diego State (11/27) N/A
Offensive Attempts: Offensive Yards:
32, Omar Clayton at San Diego State (11/27) 262, Omar Clayton vs. Nevada (10/2)
All-Purpose Attempts: All-Purpose Yards:
21, Tim Cornett vs. Wyoming (11/13) 170, Phillip Payne vs. Nevada (10/2)
Points: Touchdowns: Field Goals Attempted: Field Goals Made: Longest Field Goal Attempted: Longest Field Goal Made: Punts: Best Punting Average: Longest Punt: Tackles: Sacks: Interceptions: Interception Return: Interception Return, TD: Fumbles Forced: Fumbles Recovered: Fumble Return: Fumble Return, TD:
24, Tim Cornett vs. Wyoming (11/13) 4, Tim Cornett vs. Wyoming (11/13) 2, twice, Nolan Kohorst vs. Air Force (11/18) Nolan Kohorst vs. Nevada (10/2) 2, twice, Nolan Kohorst vs. Air Force (11/18) Nolan Kohorst vs. Nevada (10/2) 48, Nolan Kohorst vs. Wisconsin (9/4) Nolan Kohorst vs. New Mexico (9/25) 47, Nolan Kohorst at Colorado State (10/16) 10, Brendon Lamers at BYU (11/6) 43.2, Brendon Lamers at West Virginia (10/9) Brendon Lamers at Utah (9/11) 54, Brendon Lamers at Utah (9/11)
15, Starr Fuimaono vs. Air Force (11/18) 1.5, Daniel Mareko vs. New Mexico (9/25) 1, Nate Carter at Hawai’i (12/4) Will Chandler vs. Wyoming (11/13) Will Chandler vs. Nevada (10/2) Will Chandler vs. New Mexico (9/25) Mike Clausen vs. New Mexico (9/25) Will Chandler at Idaho (9/18) Will Chandler vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 19 yards, Will Chandler vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 19, Will Chandler vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 1, 11 tied, last was Tyler Gaston at Hawai’i (12/4) 1, nine tied 82 yards, Will Chandler vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 64, Mike Clausen at San Diego State (11/27) 40, B.J. Bell vs. New Mexico (9/25)
OPPONENT 19, Ronnie Hillman at San Diego State (11/27) JJ Di Luigi at BYU (11/6) Vai Taua vs. Nevada (10/2) 188, Vai Taua vs. Nevada (10/2) 72, Austyn Alexander vs. Wyoming (11/13) Vai Taua vs. Nevada (10/2) 52, Leonard Mason at Colorado State (10/16)
Rushing Attempts: Rushing Yards: TD Run: Non-Scoring Run: Passes Attempted: Passes Completed: Passes Had Intercepted: Completion Percentage: Passing Yards: TD Pass: Non-Scoring Pass:
43, Bryant Moniz at Hawai’i (12/4) 29, Bryant Moniz at Hawai’i (12/4) 2, Tarean Austin vs. New Mexico (9/25) .777, Tim Jefferson vs. Air Force (11/18) 380, Bryant Moniz at Hawai’i (12/4) 73, Pete Thomas at Colorado State (10/16) 54, Nathan Enderle to Daniel Hardy at Idaho (9/18)
Receptions: Reception Yards: Punt Returns: Punt Return Yards: Punt Return Long: Punt Return, TD:
9, Kealoha Pilares at Hawai’i (12/4) 157, Kealoha Pilares at Hawai’i (12/4) 4, J.D. Falslev at BYU (11/6) 42, J.D. Falslev at BYU (11/6) 19, J.D. Falslev at BYU (11/6) N/A
Kickoff Returns: Kickoff Return Yards: Kickoff Return Long: Kickoff Return, TD:
5, Shaky Smithson at Utah (9/11) 74, Derek Good at Colorado State (10/16) Emm McPhearson vs. New Mexico (9/25) 74, Derek Good at Colorado State (10/16) N/A
Offensive Attempts: Offensive Yards:
33, Tarean Austin vs. New Mexico (9/25) 411, Bryant Moniz at Hawai’i (12/4)
All-Purpose Attempts: All-Purpose Yards:
25, Tim Jefferson vs. Air Force (11/18) 188, Vai Taua vs. Nevada (10/2)
Points: Touchdowns:
18, Tim Jefferson vs. Air Force (11/18) Joshua Quezada at BYU (11/6) Brad Starks at West Virginia (10/9) Vai Taua vs. Nevada (10/2) 3, Tim Jefferson vs. Air Force (11/18) Joshua Quezada at BYU (11/6) Brad Starks at West Virginia (10/9) Vai Taua vs. Nevada (10/2)
Field Goals Attempted: Field Goals Made: Longest Field Goal Attempted: Longest Field Goal Made: Punts: Best Punting Average: Longest Punt: Tackles: Sacks: Interceptions: Interception Return: Interception Return, TD: Fumbles Forced: Fumbles Recovered: Fumble Return: Fumble Return, TD:
4, Ben DeLine at Colorado State (10/16) 3, Ben DeLine at Colorado State (10/16) Trey Farquhar at Idaho (9/18) 53, Abel Perez at San Diego State (11/27) 53, Abel Perez at San Diego State (11/27) 11, Ben Skaer vs. New Mexico (9/25) 60.0, Sean Sellwood at Utah (9/11) 70, Brad Nortman vs. Wisconsin (9/4) 16, Chaz Walker at Utah (9/11) 4.5, Guy Miller at Colorado State (10/16) 2, Keith Tandy at West Virginia (10/9) 43, Richard Torres at Hawai’i (12/4) N/A 1,Vaughn Meatoga at Hawai’i (12/4) Mike Orakpo at Colorado State (10/16) Josh Taylor at West Virginia (10/9) Dontay Moch vs. Nevada (10/2) J.M. Johnson vs. Nevada (10/2) J.J. Watt vs. Wisconsin (9/4) Eddie Wide at Utah (9/11) Aaron Lavarias at Idaho (9/18) 1, James Caraway vs. Wyoming (11/13) Cock Gillmore at Colorado State (10/16) Ricky Brewer at Colorado State (10/16) Thaddeus Brown vs. Nevada (10/2) Aaron Henry vs. Wisconsin (9/4) Eddie Wide at Utah (9/11) Benson Mayowa at Idaho (9/18) 20, Aaron Henry vs. Wisconsin (9/4) N/A
2010 UNLV STATISTICS 2010 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING (Att.-Yds.-TD-Long)
FIELD GOALS
OPPONENT CLAYTON CORNETT COX RANDLE TROTTER PURVIS NOLAN KOHORST ATT MADE WISCONSIN 9-59-0-19 3-36-0-27 5-25-0-18 1-3-0-3 3-3-0-2 0-0-0-0 WISCONSIN 1 (48) at Utah 10-28-0-11 3-7-0-4 16-31-0-11 8-29-0-6 3-9-0-4 0-0-0-0 at Utah 1 (28) 1 (28) at Idaho 8-(-14)-0-6 1-5-0-5 DNP 4-28-0-11 15-62-0-14 0-0-0-0 at Idaho - NEW MEXICO 8-23-0-15 2-50-1-46 DNP 8-43-0-16 15-63-1-18 4-12-0-14 NEW MEXICO 2, (24, 48) 1 (24) NEVADA, RENO 11-48-1-33 7-9-0-11 DNP 3-4-1-3 12-19-0-14 0-0-0-0 NEVADA, RENO 2, (24, 32) 2, (24, 32) at West Virginia 5-(-2)-0-7 12-56-0-45 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-3-0-2 17-48-0-9 at West Virginia 1 (39) 1 (39) at Colorado State 10-(-24)-0-8 17-74-1-14 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 14-85-0-27 at Colorado State 1 (47) 1 (47) TCU 4-14-0-6 11-28-0-6 DNP 0-0-0-0 2-5-0-3 7-25-0-17 TCU - at BYU 3-2-0-2 13-47-0-14 DNP 0-0-0-0 2-(-3)-0-5 1-(-1)-0-0 at BYU - WYOMING 11-50-0-14 21-70-3-17 DNP 0-0-0-0 5-25-0-12 6-27-0-9 WYOMING - AIR FORCE 6-14-0-7 24-69-1-9 DNP 0-0-0-0 3-21-0-12 2-8-0-5 AIR FORCE 2 (32, 32) 2 (32, 32) at San Diego State 4-(-14)-0-6 16-61-0-17 DNP 0-0-0-0 1-(-2)-0-0 6-20-0-12 at San Diego State 1 (44) at Hawaii 8-6-0-6 14-36-0-9 DNP 0-0-0-0 7-34-0-11 0-0-0-0 at Hawaii - TOTALS 11 8
PASSING (Att.-Comp.-Int.-Yds.-TD)
OPPONENT WISCONSIN at Utah at Idaho NEW MEXICO NEVADA, RENO at West Virginia at Colorado State TCU at BYU WYOMING AIR FORCE at San Diego State at Hawaii
CLAYTON CLAUSEN HERRING 16-6-0-82-1 10-4-0-23-1 DNP 37-18-0-217-0 DNP DNP 8-3-0-41-0 0-0-0-0-0 7-4-1-87-1 20-14-0-194-3 0-0-0-0-0 5-3-0-36-0 23-14-1-214-1 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 18-12-1-79-0 0-0-0-0-0 14-8-1-101-1 23-15-0-114-0 0-0-0-0-0 1-1-0-11-0 29-15-2-128-1 0-0-0-0-0 2-0-0-0-0 8-3-1-13-0 0-0-0-0-0 21-8-1-109-1 18-13-0-163-3 0-0-0-0-0 DNP 30-18-1-224-1 1-0-0-0-0 DNP 28-13-0-167-1 0-0-0-0-0 2-1-0-0-0 25-14-3-182-2 0-0-0-0-0 4-3-0-21-1
RECEIVING (Rec.-Yds.-TD-Long)
OPPONENT WISCONSIN at Utah at Idaho NEW MEXICO NEVADA, RENO at West Virginia at Colorado State TCU at BYU WYOMING AIR FORCE at San Diego State at Hawaii
PAYNE 4-71-1-35 4-30-0-14 3-79-1-43 4-39-0-13 7-180-0-65 DNP DNP 2-67-0-23 1-16-0-16 1-21-1-21 2-61-1-36 5-91-0-39 6-84-1-34
KNUTSON 2-18-0-13 1-7-0-7 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-51-0-51 1-6-0-6 1-16-0-16 0-0-0-0-0 1-6-0-6 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 2-21-0-12
JOHNSON, M. STOLDEN 2-9-0-7 1-9-1-9 7-94-0-30 0-0-0-0 3-38-0-28 0-0-0-0 8-138-3-43 0-0-0-0 3-27-0-12 0-0-0-0 2-10-0-6 2-10-0-9 3-12-0-9 0-0-0-0 7-67-1-23 DNP 2-19-0-13 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 6-43-0-13 0-0-0-0 5-38-0-14 0-0-0-0 3-76-1-60 0-0-0-0
TACKLING (U-A-Tot-TFL-Int-PBU-Sacks) OPPONENT
WISCONSIN at Utah at Idaho NEW MEXICO NEVADA, RENO at West Virginia at Colorado State TCU at BYU WYOMING AIR FORCE at San Diego State at Hawaii
PAULO
DE GIACOMO
RANDLEMAN
TROTTER 1-(-2)-0-(-2) 0-0-0-0 1-11-0-11 1-15-0-15 1-(-1)-0-0 1-(-1)-0-0 1-12-0-12 0-0-0-0-0 1-(-5)-0-0 1-4-0-4 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-8-1-4 HODGE
HARRINGTON 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-10-0-10 0-0-0-0 3-34-0-15 6-58-0-14 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 5-50-0-17 1-11-0-11 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 BELL
VIDAL 0-0-0-0 2-29-0-23 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-4-1-4 2-12-0-6 1-4-0-4 2-7-0-5 1-6-0-6 2-23-0-13 1-11-0-11 1-4-0-4 1-7-0-7 CHANDLER
FUIMAONO
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2010 UNLV GAME REVIEWS No. 20/20 UTAH No. 12/12 wisconsin 41 unlv unlv 21 GAME 2
GAME 1
Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah Sept. 11, 2010 • Att. 45,102
Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Sept. 4, 2010 • Att. 31,107
BADGERS RIDE RUNNING GAME TO WIN LAS VEGAS -- Wisconsin running back John Clay rushed for 123 yards on 17 carries and added two touchdowns as the No. 12 Badgers amassed 278 yards on the ground en route to a 41-21 win over UNLV in the season-opener at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. Rebel quarterback Omar Clayton came off the bench in the third quarter and finished with a team-high 59 yards rushing on nine carries in addition to going 6-for-16 for
82 yards and a touchdown through the air. Wide receiver Phillip Payne grabbed his 15th career touchdown reception, hauling in a pass from starting quarterback Mike Clausen late in the second quarter which brought the Rebels to within three at 17-14 at the close of the first half. Payne led all receivers with 71 yards on four catches on the night. Clay picked up 39 yards on the ground during Wisconsin’s 14-play, 80-yard opening drive which gave the Badgers WISC 14 3 24 0 -- 41 an early 7-0 lead. Following a three and UNLV 7 7 0 7 -- 21 out from UNLV, the Badgers continued to WISC - Clay 5-yd run hammer the ball on the ground, this time (Welch kick) 7:23 1st Montee Ball crossed the goal line for a WISC - Ball 1-yd run one-yard touchdown to give UW a 14-0 (Welch kick) 4:32 1st advantage. UNLV - Chandler 19-yd INT Return UNLV capitalized off two Wisconsin (Kohorst kick) 1:56 1st turnovers to the tune of 14 points in the WISC - Welch 20-yd FG 10:13 2nd UNLV - Payne 16-yd pass from Clausen first half, closing the gap to 17-14. Will (Kohorst kick) 1:08 2nd Chandler’s 19-yard interception return WISC - Aaron 20-yd Fumble Return for a touchdown got UNLV on the board (Welch kick) 13:35 3rd late in the first. Chandler came up big WISC - Welch 33-yd FG 8:25 3rd again in the second quarter, scooping up WISC - Clay 16-yd run a Nick Toon fumble at the two-yard line (Welch kick) 6:22 3rd WISC - Ball 16-yd run and rumbling 82 yards down to the UW (Welch kick) 1:39 3rd 16, setting up a Clausen strike to Payne UNLV - Stolden 9-yd pass from Clayton one play later. (Kohorst kick) 12:42 4th The Badgers’ Aaron Henry returned a fumble for a touchdown less than two WIS UNLV First Downs 23 10 minutes into the second half, extending the UW lead to 24-14. Wisconsin would Rushes-Yards 50-278 27-112 Passing Yards 197 105 go on to score 17 more points in the third Passes (A-C-I) 20-15-1 26-10-0 quarter behind a pair of 16-yard rushing Total Offense 475 217 touchdowns from Clay and Ball, putting Punt returns-Yards 1-2 2-18 the game out of reach at 41-14. Kick Returns-Yards 3-52 5-93 Clayton finished off the scoring for Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-19 the night with a nine-yard pass to Irshad Sacks By-Yards 4-22 0-0 Punts-Average 5-45.2 8-34.4 Stolden, capping an eight-play, 80-yard Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 drive for the Rebels. Penalties-Yards 5-35 4-30 Possession Time 38:19 21:41 Rushing: (WIS) Clay 17-123, Ball 16-79, White 11-59, Toon 2-10, Gilreath 1-8, Tolzien 1-1, Anderson 2-(-2) (UNLV) Clayton 9-59, Cornett 3-36, Cox 5-25, Randle 1-3, Trotter 3-0, Clausen 6-(-11). Passing: (WIS) Tolzien 15-20-1-197-0, (UNLV) Clayton 6-16-0-82-1, Clausen 4-10-0-23-1. Receiving: (WIS) Gilreath 4-68, Toon 4-54, White 3-37, Jefferson 1-21, Ball 1-6, Pederson 1-6, Kendricks 1-5 (UNLV) Payne 4-71-1, Knutson 2-18, Johnson, M. 2-9, Stolden 1-9-1, Trotter 1-(-2). Tackle Leaders: (WIS) St. Jean 7 (UNLV) Paulo 11. Sacks: (WIS) Borland 1-6, Rouse 1-10, Kohout 1-4, Nzegwu 1-2. Interceptions: (UNLV) Chandler 1-19-1.
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REBEL NOTES
♦ Cornerback Will Chandler got UNLV on the scoreboard with a 19-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter. It was the first career pick for the junior and marked the second consecutive game the Rebels scored on a “pick six” (Terrance Lee took one back 40 yards in the season finale win over San Diego State on Nov. 28, 2009). ♦ Chandler’s 82-yard fumble return in the second quarter was the third-longest in UNLV history (100 by Kevin Thomas at Baylor in 1999 and 84 by Amar Brisco at Wyoming in 1997). ♦ The attendance of 31,107 marked the 12thlargest home crowd in UNLV football history. ♦ The Rebels fell to 2-9 all-time vs. Big 10 Conference opponents in what was the first of four straight season openers vs. the league. UNLV is scheduled to open 2011 at Wisconsin, host Minnesota in 2012 and travel to Minnesota in 2013.
UTES EARN RECORD WIN OVER UNLV SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah capitalized on several UNLV special teams mistakes and put up 14 points in both the second and third quarters to run away with a 38-10 win in perhaps the final game between the two teams at RiceEccles Stadium in Salt Lake City Saturday afternoon. Terrance Cain got the starting nod at quarterback in place of an injured Jordan Wynn and threw for 207 yards and a pair of touchdowns, helping extend the Utes’
home winning streak to a Mountain West Conference record 19 games. UNLV used an 18-play 79-yard drive capped by Nolan Kohorst’s first collegiate field goal to knot the game at 3-3 late in the first quarter. Utah regained the lead at 10-3 when Eddie Wide punched it in from three yards out. The Utes added to their lead before the end of the first half, turning a UNLV fumbled punt return into seven points after Jereme Brooks found himself UNLV 3 0 7 0 -- 10 on the receiving end of a 20-yard pass UTAH 3 14 14 7 -- 38 from Cain with just over 30 seconds left UU - Phillips 44-yard FG 12:35 1st in the second quarter. UNLV - Kohorst 28-yard FG 3:16 1st Just over a minute into the third UU - Wide 3-yard run quarter Cain found a streaking Shaky (Phillips kick) 7:44 2nd Smithson for a 55-yard touchdown, UU - Brooks 20-yard pass from Cain (Phillips kick) 0:32 2nd bringing the score to 24-3. UU - Smithson 55-yard pass from Cain The Rebels lone touchdown of the day (Phillips kick) 13:47 3rd came off a blocked punt by Nate Carter. UNLV - Hasson 19-yard block punt return Freshman Tim Hasson scooped up the (Kohorst kick) 11:06 3rd block and sprinted 19 yards for the score, UU - Smithson 77-yard punt return (Phillips kick) 7:22 3rd closing the gap to 24-10. UU - Wide 13-yard run Smithson found the end zone again (Phillips kick) 13:08 4th late in the third following a 77-yard punt return for a touchdown, restoring the Ute UNLV UTAH First Downs 18 14 lead to 21 at 31-10. Rushes-Yards 42-102 28-131 Omar Clayton started his first game Passing Yards 217 207 of the season and finished 18-of-37 Passes (A-C-I) 37-18-0 20-13-0 for a game-high 217 yards in passing. Total Offense 319 338 Punt returns-Yards 3-39 5-128 Clayton also moved into fifth place on Kick Returns-Yards 5-65 2-34 UNLV’s all-time passing yards list with Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 his performance. Sacks By-Yards 0-0 2-11 Wide receiver Michael Johnson led Punts-Average 7-34.1 5-33 all wideouts on the day, hauling in seven Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-41 7-10 catches for 94 yards. Possession Time 36:33 23:27 Rushing: (UNLV) Cox 16-31, Randle 8-29, Clayton 10-28, Trotter 3-9, Cornett 3-7, Team 1-(-1), Kohorst 1-(-1) (UTAH) Wide 15-77-2, Asiata 8-39, Cain 3-9, Vakapuna 2-6. Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 18-37-0-217-0 (UTAH) Cain 13-20-0-207-2. Receiving: (UNLV) Johnson 7-94, Payne 4-30, Vidal 2-29, Barefield 2-24, Sullivan 1-24, Watkins 1-9, Knutson 1-7 (UTAH) Brooks 4-77-1, Wide 2-8, Smithson 1-55-1, CLifford 1-16, Asiata 1-15, Matthews 1-12, Moeai 1-11, Christopher 1-8, Asiata 1-5. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Fuimaono 9 (UTAH) Walker 16. Sacks: (UTAH) Chapman 1.5-8, A’Asa 0.5-3. Interceptions: None.
REBEL NOTES
♦ Senior quarterback Omar Clayton started his first game of the season and came out hot, hitting seven of his first eight pass attempts for 75 yards. Those seven completions went to five different receivers. ♦ Clayton moved into fifth place on UNLV’s all-time passing yards list, pushing his total to 5,041 yards after his 217 yard performance against the Utes. He stands 54 yards from moving into fourth place. ♦ Linebacker Starr Fuimaono forced a fumble that cornerback Will Chandler recovered, giving Chandler his third turnover in the first five quarters of play during the 2010 season. He posted an interception and fumble recovery in Week One. Chandler already matches the team-high of two such recoveries from all of 2009 (Heivaha Mafi). ♦ Nate Carter’s blocked Utah punt was returned 19 yards for a UNLV touchdown by Tim Hasson to mark the first blocked punt return for a score by the Rebels since Rodelin Anthony did it vs. New Mexico on Nov. 28, 2008.
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GAME 3 Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho Sept. 18, 2010 • Att. 15,390
VANDALS CRUISE TO VICTORY AT HOME MOSCOW, Idaho -- Idaho scored on its first four possessions of the game and jumped out to a commanding 24-0 lead by halftime in a 30-7 win over UNLV at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow late Saturday night. It was the first time in series history that the Vandals were able to knock off the Rebels on their home turf. Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle was 15-of-27 on the day for 210 yards and a touchdown, hitting nine different receivers
along the way. Tight end Daniel Hardy caught three receptions for a game-high 82 yards and a score. The Vandals opened the game up with a 14-play, 69-yard drive capped by a Deonte’ Jackson one-yard touchdown run. Jackson also scored from one yard out late in the second quarter and finished the game with 21 yards on 11 carries. The Rebel offense could not get much going in the first half, gaining just UNLV 0 0 0 7 -- 7 64 yards of total offense. After throwing IDAHO 10 14 3 3 -- 30 for over 200 yards a week ago, starting UI - Deonte’ Jackson 1-yard run quarterback Omar Clayton was kept (Farquhar kick) 8:29 1st in check, finishing 3-for-8 for 41 yards UI - Farquhar 50-yard FG 4:43 1st on the night before being pulled in the UI - Hardy 17-yard pass from Enderle middle of the third quarter. (Farquhar kick) 11:02 2nd UI - Deonte’ Jackson 1-yard run Clayton’s replacement, redshirt (Farquhar kick) 6:10 2nd freshman Caleb Herring was 4-of-7 UI - Farquhar 44-yard FG 8:06 3rd on the night with a touchdown and an UI - Farquhar 27-yard FG 3:10 4th interception. Herring’s 25-yard TD pass UNLV - Payne 25-yard pass from Herring to Phillip Payne capped a five-play, 80 (Kohorst kick) 1:19 4th yard drive with just over a minute left in UNLV IDAHO the game to avoid the shutout. First Downs 11 19 Channing Trotter ran for 62 yards on Rushes-Yards 36-59 39-122 16 carries while Bradley Randle added Passing Yards 128 210 Passes (A-C-I) 15-7-1 27-15-1 28 yards on four carries. Total Offense 187 332 UNLV’s defense stepped up in the Punt returns-Yards 0-0 2-16 second half, limiting the Idaho offense to Kick Returns-Yards 5-104 1-16 just two field goals and coming up with a Interceptions-Yards 1-0 1-10 Sacks By-Yards 2-18 6-50 huge stop on fourth and goal from their Punts-Average 7-36.1 2-49.5 own two yard line. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Will Chandler nabbed his second Penalties-Yards 7-56 6-70 interception of the year while the Rebels Possession Time 28:01 31:59 recorded their first two quarterback sacks Rushing: (UNLV) Trotter 15-62, Randle of the season. 4-28, Cornett 1-5, Johnson 1-4, Sullivan 1-1, Lamers 1-(-2), Clayton 8-(-10), Herring 5-(-29) (IDAHO) McCarty 12-63, Bailey REBEL NOTES 5-33, Vital 7-23, Jackson 11-21-2, Team 2-0, ♦ The Rebels played in the state of Idaho for Enderle 2-(-18). the first time since 1977. ♦ UNLV made only its second appearance Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 3-8-0-41-0, Herring on ESPNU and first since playing at Nevada, 4-7-1-87-1 (IDAHO) Enderle 15-27-1-210-1. Reno in 2005. Receiving: (UNLV) Payne 3-79-1, Johnson ♦ The Rebels played in a domed stadium 3-38, Trotter 1-11 (IDAHO) Hardy 3-82-1, for the first time since facing Houston in the Bailey 3-33, Shaw 2-45, Johnson 2-14, Astrodome on Sept. 8, 1990. Jackson 1-11, LaGrone 1-9, Elmo 1-8, Davis ♦ CB Will Chandler’s interception gave him 1-4, McCarty 1-4. four takeaways in the first three games of 2010 (2 fumbles, 2 picks). Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Randleman 9 ♦ Phillip Payne’s late touchdown gave the (IDAHO) Grymes 6. junior 16 for his career, which tied him for sixth all-time at the school. Sacks: (UNLV) Hodge 1-5, Bell 1-5, Aaitui 1-8 (IDAHO) Lavarias 2-16, Scheidt 2-17, Ferguson 1-12, Siavii 1-5.
Interceptions: (UNLV) Chandler 1-0 (IDAHO) Keo 1-10.
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GAME 4 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Sept. 25, 2010 • Att. 16, 961
REBELS RUN AWAY WITH FIRST WIN IN 2010 LAS VEGAS -- Omar Clayton completed 14of-20 passes for 194 yards and the UNLV Rebels used an explosive first half to grab a 28-7 lead, never looking back as first-year head coach Bobby Hauck picked up his first win in UNLV’s 45-10 drubbing of conference rival New Mexico at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Rebels racked up 415 yards of total offense and their 45 points were the most since a 54-10 win over Idaho State in 2006.
The Lobos struck first midway through the opening quarter when Bryan Williams hauled in a 46-yard touchdown pass from Tarean Austin, but UNM would be held in check while the Rebels scored 45 unanswered points. Channing Trotter capped off the ensuing UNLV drive with a three-yard touchdown run, marking the first rushing touchdown of the year for the Rebels and knotting the game at 7-7. Will Chandler’s third interception of the year set up UNLV at the Lobo 22NEW MEXICO 7 0 0 3 -- 10 yard line and Clayton made quick work, UNLV 14 14 14 3 -- 45 finding Michael Johnson from 10 yards UNM - Williams 48-yard pass from Austin out to grab a 14-7 lead. (Aho kick) 6:52 1st Johnson finished the game with a UNLV - Trotter 3-yard run career-high eight catches and three (Kohorst kick) 3:59 1st touchdowns, adding strikes from 43 and UNLV - Johnson 10-yard pass from Clayton 35 yards. Johnson, one of eight UNLV (Kohorst kick) 2:20 1st receivers to grab at least one catch on UNLV - Cornet 46-yard run (Kohorst kick) 5:13 2nd the night ended with a game-high 138 UNLV - Johnson 43-yard pass from Clayton yards. (Kohorst kick) 1:12 2nd Freshman Tim Cornett’s 46-yard UNLV - Johnson 35-yard pass from Clayton touchdown scamper was the Rebels’ (Kohorst kick) 9:29 3rd longest run from scrimmage of the UNLV - Bell 40-yard fumble return season and gave UNLV a two-score (Kohorst kick) 4:14 3rd UNLV - Kohorst 24-yard field goal 5:23 4th advantage late in the first half. UNM - Aho 42-yard field goal :20 4th Johnson closed the half with his second trip to the end zone and widened UNM UNLV the gap to 35-7 five minutes into the third First Downs 17 19 quarter with his third touchdown. Rushes-Yards 38-114 39-185 Sidney Hodge’s bone-jarring hit on Passing Yards 177 230 Austin caused a fumble that B.J. Bell Passes (A-C-I) 40-17-2 25-17-0 Total Offense 291 415 would pick up and rumble 40 yards for a Punt returns-Yards 0-0 3-19 score, sealing the game for UNLV. Kick Returns-Yards 4-99 2-58 Nolan Kohorst added a 24-yard field Interceptions-Yards 0-0 2-30 goal late in the fourth to round out the Sacks By-Yards 1-4 4-39 scoring for the Rebels. Punts-Average 11-39.5 8-39.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 REBEL NOTES Penalties-Yards 9-69 5-50 ♦ Omar Clayton threw three touchdown passes Possession Time 31:01 29:39 for the fifth time in his career and for the first time since vs. Hawaii on Sept. 19, 2009. Rushing: (UNM) Dennis 13-88, Austin 16-16, Clayton moved past Glenn Carano (1973-76) Carrier 7-9, Wright 2-1 (UNLV) Trotter 15-63-1, Cornett 2-50-1, Randle 8-43, Clayton 8-23, into sole possession of third place on UNLV’s Purvis 4-12, Team 1-(-2), Herring 1-(-4). career list with 39 scoring passes. ♦ The 35-point margin of victory was the Passing: (UNM) Austin 17-40-2-177-1 (UNLV) biggest in UNLV history vs. a conference Clayton 14-20-0-194-3, Herring 3-5-0-36-0. opponent. The Rebels first joined a league (what is now the Big West Conference) in 1982. Receiving: (UNM) Hernandez 7-66, Reed The previous biggest win vs. a conference foe 4-22, Williams 2-51-1, Solomon 1-17, Scarlett was 28 points in a 31-3 win over San Diego 1-9, Kirk 1-8, Carrier 1-4 (UNLV) Johnson State on Oct. 13, 2001. 8-138-3, Payne 4-39, Trotter 1-15, Watkins ♦ Will Chandler’s second-quarter interception 1-15, Randle 1-11, Harrington 1-10, Sullivan was the junior’s third pick of the season and 1-2. his fifth takeaway through the first 14 quarters of play in 2010. He already has the most Tackle Leaders: (UNM) Merritt, Messina, Forinterceptions in a season for a UNLV player rest 9 (UNLV) De Giacomo, Fuimaono 6. since LB Beau Bell had four in 2007. No Rebel Sacks: (UNM) Latchison 0.5-2, Ellis 0.5-2 had more than one pick in 2009. (UNLV) Mareko 1.5-13, Hodge 1.0-15, Randle♦ Michael Johnson became the first Rebel to man 1.0-7, Aaitui 0.5-4. catch at least three touchdowns in one game since Lenny Ware had three at Hawaii on Oct. Interceptions: (UNLV) Clausen 1-18, 19, 1996. Johnson finished with a career-high Chandler 1-12. eight catches for a career-best 138 yards.
2010 UNLV GAME REVIEWS NO. 25/25 nevada, reno 44 West Virginia unlv 26 unlv GAME 5 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Oct. 2, 2010 • Att. 28,958
WOLF PACK MAKES IT SIX IN A ROW LAS VEGAS -- Vai Taua rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries and the No. 25 Wolf Pack racked up 374 yards on the ground en route to a 44-26 victory over the Rebels at Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday night. UNR won its sixth straight game in the series behind 516 yards of total offense and two Rebel turnovers. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick finished the night 13-of-17 for 124 yards and a touchdown through the air
and added 97 yards rushing on 13 carries and a touchdown on the ground. The two teams traded scores late into the second quarter with the game knotted at 14-14 following Omar Clayton’s eight-yard touchdown run, but two UNR scores in of the last three minutes of the half gave the Pack a two touchdown lead heading into the locker room. The UNLV defense clamped down for most of the third quarter, giving up just a field goal before Taua sprinted 72 yards for his second rushing touchdown of the UNR 7 21 10 6 -- 44 night. UNLV 7 7 3 9 -- 26 The Rebels cut the lead to 38-20 early UNR - Kaepernick 16-yard run in the fourth, but the Wolf Pack marched (Martinez kick) 10:18 1st down the field with Taua capping a UNLV - Randle 1-yard run seven-play, 60-yard drive with his third (Kohorst kick) 5:23 1st UNR - Randall 1-yard run rushing touchdown of the night from six (Martinez kick) 13:24 2nd yards out. UNLV - Clayton 8-yard run Clayton found Anthony Vidal in the (Kohorst kick) 7:47 2nd corner of the end zone late in the fourth, UNR - Taua 3-yard run (Martinez kick) 2:40 2nd bringing the score to 44-26 before a UNR - Taua 22-yard pass from Kaepernick failed two-point attempt. (Martinez kick) :57 2nd Clayton was 14-of-23 for 214 yards UNR - Martinez 29-yard FG 2:42 3rd and touchdown through the air and UNLV - Kohorst 24-yard field goal :31 3rd finished as the Rebels’ leading rusher UNR - Taua 72-yard run (Martinez kick) :15 3rd with 48 yards on 11 carries and a UNLV - Kohorst 32-yard field goal 11:57 4th touchdown. UNR - Vai 2-yard run Phillip Payne hauled in a career-high (Martinez kick) 8:59 4th 170 yards receiving on eight catches to UNLV - Vidal 4-yard pass from Clayton (Kohorst kick) 4:35 4th lead all wideouts on the night. Defensively, Ronnie Paulo led UNR UNLV First Downs 29 15 all players with 13 total tackles and Will Chandler picked up his fourth Rushes-Yards 50-374 33-80 Passing Yards 142 214 interception of the season. Passes (A-C-I) 19-14-1 23-14-1 Total Offense 516 294 Punt returns-Yards 3-7 0-0 REBEL NOTES Kick Returns-Yards 4-81 6-228 ♦ The 36th Battle for the Fremont Cannon saw Interceptions-Yards 1-0 1-0 one of the two teams ranked in the matchup Sacks By-Yards 3-19 1-5 for the first time ever as the Wolf Pack entered Punts-Average 0-0.0 4-41.5 the polls for the first time since 1948 at No. 25. Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1 ♦ UNLV senior QB Omar Clayton moved past Penalties-Yards 5-61 10-132 Sam King into third place on the school’s career Possession Time 32:35 27:25 passing yardage list. His 214 yards gave him 5,490 yards all-time. Rushing: (UNR) Taua 19-188-3; Kaepernick ♦ UNLV senior linebacker and Las Vegas 13-97-1; Mark 9-60; Randall 6-21-1; Wellingproduct Ronnie Paulo posted a career-high 13 ton 1-8; Jefferson 1-5; Lantrip 1-(-5) (UNLV) total tackles in his final Battle for the Fremont Clayton 11-48-1; Trotter 12-19; Cornett 7-9; Cannon. Randle 3-4-1. ♦ Will Chandler, who came into the game tied for the national lead in takeways with five, got Passing: (UNR) Kaepernick 13-17-1-124-1; Lantrip 1-2-0-18-0 (UNLV) Clayton 14-23-1his fourth interception (and sixth takeaway) 214-1. of the season in the second quarter off Colin Kaepernick pass. That total already ties Beau Receiving: (UNR) Wimberly 5-35; Wellington Bell’s four picks in 2007 for the single-season 2-28; Matthews 2-18; Taua 2-17-1; Green 2-10; lead by any Rebel since All-American Jamaal Session 1-34 (UNLV) Payne 8-170; Johnson Brimmer grabbed six in 2003. 3-27; Watkins 1-14; Vidal 1-4-1; Trotter 1-(-1). ♦ Phillip Payne’s 65-yard reception from Omar Clayton was the longest of the junior’s career, Tackle Leaders: (UNR) Moch - 9 (UNLV) surpassing the 45-yarder at Utah on Sept. 6, Paulo - 13. 2008. It also pushed Payne over the 100-yard mark for the first time this season and the Sacks: (UNR) Moch1.0-3; Roy 1.0-7; Frey fourth time in his career, which ties him with 0.5-5 (UNLV) Brooks 1.0-5. three others for the 15th most in school history. Payne finished with a career-high 170 yards on Interceptions: (UNR) Marshall 1-0 (UNLV) Chandler 1-0. eight catches.
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GAME 6 Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, W.Va. Oct. 9, 2010 • Att. 58,234
MOUNTAINEERS ROLL PAST REBELS MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Geno Smith passed for 220 yards and three touchdowns while Noel Devine added 84 yards on just three carries, scoring twice to lead the West Virginia Mountaineers to a 49-10 win over UNLV in the first-ever meeting between the two schools in Morgantown. WVU struck early and often, jumping out to a 21-0 lead after the first quarter of play. Smith found Brad Starks from 38 yards out just over a minute into the game to grab the
early 7-0 lead before Devine reversed field on his first carry of the game and scored from 28 yards out just over three minutes later. West Virginia’s Jock Sanders scored on an end-around from 10 yards out to cap the scoring in the first quarter. Devine raced to the endzone from 48 yards out to make it 28-0 in favor of the home team and Starks caught his second of three touchdowns on the day from Smith, this time connecting from UNLV 0 0 3 7 -- 10 48-yards out, running the total to 35-0 WVU 21 14 7 7 -- 49 just before half. WVU - Starks 38-yard pass from Smith Starks’s third touchdown of the day - a (Bitancurt kick) 13:59 1st four-yard pass from Smith - made it 42-0 WVU - Devine 28-yard run before the UNLV offense would answer (Bitancurt kick) 10:31 1st back. WVU - Sanders 10-yard run Nolan Kohorst connected from (Bitancurt kick) 4:42 1st WVU - Devine 48-yard run 39-yards out after the Rebels’ drive (Bitancurt kick) 9:49 2nd stalled late in the third, giving UNLV its WVU - Starks 48-yard pass from Smith first points of the game. (Bitancurt kick) :43 2nd Freshman Tim Cornett provided WVU - Starks 4-yard pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) 8:47 3rd UNLV its only touchdown of the day, a UNLV - Kohorst 39-yard FG :24 3rd six-yard strike from backup quarterback UNLV - Cornett 6-yard pass from Herring Caleb Herring early in the fourth, but it (Kohorst kick) 9:40 4th was too little, too late as WVU scored WVU - Lindamood 1-yard run (Bitancurt kick) 5:09 4th once more with just over five minutes remaining to extend its lead to 49-10. UNLV WVU Omar Clayton started the game First Downs 15 16 and finished 12-of-18 for 79 yards while Rushes-Yards 40-96 33-219 Herring was 8-of-14 for 101 yards with Passing Yards 180 226 Passes (A-C-I) 32-20-2 20-13-0 a touchdown and interception on the Total Offense 276 445 day. In all, 11 different Rebel recievers Punt returns-Yards 2-7 1-6 caught a pass on the day, led by Austin Kick Returns-Yards 6-105 0-0 Harrington’s three catches for 34 yards. Interceptions-Yards 0-0 2-35 Sacks By-Yards 1-5 3-21 Cornett finished the day with 56 yards Punts-Average 5-43.2 5-44.4 on 12 carries while Deante’ Purvis Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 rushed for 48 yards on 17 carries, both Penalties-Yards 4-43 8-68 career-high numbers for the converted Possession Time 36:03 23:57 defensive back. Rushing: (UNLV) Cornett 12-56; Purvis 17 Defensively, the Rebels were led 48; Trotter 3-3; Herring 2-(-1); Clayton 5-(-2); by their trio of starting linebackers, Team 1-(-8) (WVU) Devine 3-84-2; Alston Tani Maka, Ronnie Paulo and Calvin 6-32; Smith 5-19; Austin 2-19; Lindamood Randleman, who each tallied four 4-16-1; Johnson 6-15; Hargrett 2-14; Sanders 1-10-1; CLarke 1-5; Brunetti 1-4; McCartney tackles on the day. 1-2; Team 1-(-1). Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 12-18-1-79-0; Herring 8-14-1-101-1 (WVU) Smith 12-16-0-220-3; Brunetti 1-4-0-6-0. Receiving: (UNLV) Harrington 3-34; Cornett 3-18-1; Purvis 3-6; Vidal 2-12; Johnson 2-10; Stolden 2-10; Knutson 1-51; Watkins 1-21; Reed 1-14; Brence 1-5; Trotter 1-(-1) (WVU) Starks 4-100-3; Austin 3-52; Sanders 2-25; Johnson 1-18; Bailey 1-17; Devine 1-8; Johnson 1-6. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Therrell - 4 (WVU) Glover, Miller, Garvin - 7. Sacks: (UNLV) Brooks 1.0-5 (WVU) Glover 1.0-8; Irvin 1.0-8; Miller 0.5-2; Sands 0.5-2. Interceptions: (UNLV) None (WVU) Tandy 2-30.
REBEL NOTES
♦ UNLV played a team from the Big East Conference for the first time . ♦ The Rebels fell to 0-9 in game played in the Eastern Time Zone. ♦ DL Tyler Gaston became the 14 true freshman to make an appearance for the Rebels in 2010. ♦ UNLV saw five players make their first career start against the Mountaineers. ♦ Freshman RB Tim Cornett scored his first career TD on a pass from Caleb Herring. ♦ Two Rebels, WR Aaron Reed and FB Beau Brence, posted their first career receptions.
2010 UNLV GAME REVIEWS COLORADO STATE unlv
43 No. 4/4 TCU 10 unlv
GAME 7
GAME 8
Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colo. Oct. 16, 2010 • Att. 30,753
Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Oct. 30, 2010 • Att. 16,745
RAMS AIR ATTACK SINKS REBELS FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Colorado State freshman quarterback Pete Thomas threw three for 233 yards and three touchdowns, helping lead the Rams to a 43-10 win over UNLV Saturday afternoon in Fort Collins. CSU jumped out to a 14-3 lead after the first quarter and extended it to 34-10 before half, racking up 298 yards of offense along the way. Leonard Mason put the Rams on the board after scoring from three yards out to
cap an eight-play, 44-yard drive. Mason finished the game with 122 yards rushing on 14 attempts, averaging 8.6 yards per carry. After Nolan Kohorst connected on a career-long 47-yard field goal to cut the lead to 7-3, Thomas tossed his first touchdown of the day, hitting Eric Peitz from 14 yards out. Thomas made it 21-3 in favor of CSU when Lou Greenwood capitalized on a slip in the UNLV secondary, hauling in a UNLV 3 7 0 0 -- 10 73-yard touchdown pass. CSU 14 20 3 6 -- 43 Freshman Tim Cornett capped CSU - Mason three-yard run a 12-play, 73-yard drive late in the (DeLine kick) 9:11 1st second quarter with his second rushing UNLV - Kohorst 39-yard FG 2:27 1st touchdown of the season from three CSU - Peitz 14-yard pass from Thomas yards out. Cornett finished with 74 yards (DeLine kick) 1:22 1st on a game-high 17 carries. CSU - Greenwood 73-yard pass from Thomas (DeLine kick) 9:10 2nd The Rams’ Derek Good returned UNLV - Cornett three-yard run the ensuing kickoff 74 yards and John (Kohorst kick) 3:13 2nd Mosure punched it in from nine yards CSU - Mosure nine-yard run out two plays later, bringing the score to (kick failed) 2:23 2nd CSU - Peitz 29-yard pass from Thomas 27-10. (DeLine kick) 1:30 2nd UNLV reached into its bag of tricks, CSU - DeLine 36-yard FG 12:15 3rd opting to run a fake punt from its own CSU - DeLine 19-yard FG 10:42 4th 29-yard line on a fourth and one, but CSU - DeLine 23-yard FG 5:12 4th failed to pick up the first down, giving UNLV CSU CSU prime field position with just over a First Downs 19 18 minute left in the half. Rushes-Yards 45-149 42-259 Thomas made the Rebels pay with Passing Yards 125 233 his third touchdown pass of the half, a Passes (A-C-I) 24-16-0 14-10-0 Total Offense 274 492 29-yard strike to Pietz. Punt returns-Yards 1-28 1-4 CSU tacked on three field goals in Kick Returns-Yards 5-110 1-74 the second half and held the Rebels Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 scoreless to walk away with the Sacks By-Yards 2-7 6-38 Punts-Average 5-42.0 3-22.3 homecoming win. Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-0 Penalties-Yards 6-72 4-35 Possession Time 32:08 27:52
Rushing: (UNLV) Purvis 14-88; Cornett 17-74-1; Herring 3-14; Lamers 1-0; Clayton 10-(-24) (CSU) Mason 14-121-1; Nwoke 8-75; Pauga 1-21; Good 7-18; Greenwood 2-12; Mosure 3-11-1; Thomas 4-6; Kubiak 1-1; Team 1-(-3); Drake 1-(-3). Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 15-23-0-114-0; Herring 1-1-0-11-0 (CSU) Thomas 10-14-0-233-3. Receiving: (UNLV) Harrington 6-58; Johnson 3-12; Cornett 2-29; Trotter 1-12; Mays 1-11; Knutson 1-6; Vidal 1-4; Purvis1-(-7) (CSU) Greenwood 2-128-1; Peitz 2-43-2; Drake 2-39; Liggett 2-10; Borcky 1-12; Pauga 1-1. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) De Giacomo - 9 (CSU) Sisson - 13. Sacks: (UNLV) Gaston 1.0-5; Bobak 1.0-2 (CSU) Miller 4.5-33; SIsson 1.0-1; Williams 0.5-5. Interceptions: (UNLV) None (WVU) None.
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REBEL NOTES
♦ Junior Deante’ Purvis, who just three weeks previous was a reserve cornerback, made his first UNLV start at tailback vs. the Rams. ♦ CSU’s three-yard touchdown run in the first quarter meant all seven of UNLV’s opponents have scored first in 2010. ♦ Nolan Kohorst got the Rebels on the board with a 46-yard field goal in the second quarter. It was a career-long for the freshman. ♦ Junior tight end Austin Harrington set career highs in catches (4) and yards (39) in the first quarter alone. ♦ When CSU missed a 47-yard field goal attempt at the end of the second quarter, it marked the first time in nine attempts in 2010 that a UNLV opponent missed a field goal. ♦ Freshman DB Eric Tuiloma blocked a CSU punt in the third quarter to mark the second blocked punt by the Rebels this season as Nate Carter got one at Utah.
FROGS FLY BY REBELS LAS VEGAS -- Andy Dalton threw for 252 yards and the fourth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs amassed 530 yards of total offense en route to a 48-6 win over UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. Jeremy Kerley put TCU up 7-0 with a five-yard end around in the first quarter. The Frogs would extend their lead to 14-0 on Ed Wesley’s one-yard rushing touchdown and eventually made it 21-0 after Colin Jones picked off an Omar Clayton pass and
returned it 30 yards for the touchdown. Clayton threw two interceptions in a game for the first time this season. The senior signal caller finished the night completing 15-of-29 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown. The lone touchdown strike for UNLV was a 10-yard completion from Clayton to Michael Johnson midway through the second quarter, making the score 21-6 after a failed PAT attempt. Johnson caught a game-high seven TCU 7 21 7 13 -- 48 passes for 67 yards on the night. UNLV 0 6 0 0 -- 6 Dalton would punch it in from a yard TCU - Kerley five-yard run out to put TCU ahead 28-6 heading into (Evans kick) 9:31 1st the locker room at half. TCU - Wesley one-yard run Josh Boyce found himself on the (Evans kick) 14:57 2nd receiving end of a 54-yard touchdown TCU - Jones 30-yard interception return pass from Dalton for the only score of (Evans kick) 13:57 2nd UNLV - Johnson 10-yard pass from Clayton the third quarter. (kick failed) 9:02 2nd Kerley scored his second touchdown TCU - Dalton one-yard run of the night when he hauled in a 24-yard (Evans kick) 1:00 2nd pass from Dalton to make it 42-6 in favor TCU - Boyce 54-yard pass from Dalton (Evans failed) 14:09 3rd of the Frogs. Casey Pachall rounded out TCU - Kerley 24-yard pass from Dalton the scoring for TCU with an 8-yard run (Evans kick) 14:55 4th with just over four minutes to go. TCU - Pachall eight-yard run Leading UNLV on the defensive side (kick failed) 4:10 4th of the ball was senior middle linebacker Ronnie Paulo who tied for a game-high TCU UNLV 10 tackles. First Downs 30 12 Bradley Randle returned a seasonRushes-Yards 52-273 24-69 high eight kicks for 158 yards for UNLV. Passing Yards 257 128 Passes (A-C-I) 25-17-0 32-15-2 Total Offense 530 197 REBEL NOTES Punt returns-Yards 2-(-3) 1-0 ♦ TCU became the highest ranked team to Kick Returns-Yards 2-28 8-158 ever play a football game in Las Vegas. The Interceptions-Yards 2-30 0-0 No. 4 Horned Frogs bested the No. 5 ranking Sacks By-Yards 0-0 0-0 by Wisconsin to open the 2007 season at UNLV. Punts-Average 1-36.0 6-32.8 ♦ TCU was also the second-highest ranked Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 team to ever play UNLV in football. No. 2 Penalties-Yards 3-35 9-88 Tennessee, behind quarterback Peyton Possession Time 32:49 27:11 Manning, was the highest on Aug. 31, 1996. ♦ UNLV starting center Andrew Mack Rushing: (TCU) Wesley 13-64-1; James 9-61; was taken to the hospital before the game Dean 5-47; Dalton 6-30-1; Tucker 7-28; Fort suffering from appendicitis. Senior guard 4-26; Pachall 2-18-1; Kerley 1-5-1; Hicks 1-0; John Gianninoto moved over to center while Team 4-(-6) (UNLV) Cornett 11-26; Purvis sophomore blocker Yusef Rodgers made his 7-24; Clayton 4-14; Trotter 2-5. first career start as a Rebel at a tackle spot. ♦ Despite the unplanned lineup change, Passing: (TCU) Dalton 16-23-0-252-2; Pachall 1-2-0-5-0 (UNLV) Clayton 15-29-2-128-1; HerUNLV allowed zero sacks for the first time ring 0-2-0-0-0; Lamers 0-1-0-0-0. all season. The Rebels came into the TCU game ranked 113th in the nation with 25 sacks Receiving: (TCU) Kerley 5-82-1; Young 4-43; allowed, including six in their last game at Boyce 2-64-1; Tucker 2-21; Johnson 1-29; Colorado State. Wesley 1-8; Dawson 1-5; Hicks 1-5 (UNLV) ♦ UNLV QB Omar Clayton found Michael Johnson 7-67-1; Payne 2-27; Cornett 2-9; Vidal Johnson for a 10-yard touchdown passing play 2-7; Knutson 1-16; Watkins 1-2. in the second quarter. It marked Clayton’s 41st career scoring throw, which is third all-time at Tackle Leaders: (TCU) Carder - 10 (UNLV) the school and just two behind Jon Denton’s Paulo - 10. total of 43 (1996-97) in second place. ♦ UNLV was called for holding on a successful Sacks: (TCU) None (UNLV) None. extra point attempt on its second-quarter touchdown. That backed up kicker Nolan Interceptions: (TCU) Colin Jones 1-30-1; Kohorst 10 yards, who then missed the PAT Jason Teague 1-0 (UNLV) None. in the retry. It marked the first missed extrapoint attempt by UNLV since Oct. 20, 2007 – breaking a streak of 97 successful attempts. Kohorst , a freshman, had made the first 15 attempts of his career.
2010 UNLV GAME REVIEWS BYU unlv
55 WYOMING 7 unlv
GAME 9
GAME 10
LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah Nov. 6, 2010 • Att. 61, 283
Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. Nov. 13, 2010 • Att. 16, 111
COUGARS ROUT REBELS IN PROVO PROVO, Utah -- Jake Heaps threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns while BYU amassed 516 yards of total offense in a 55-7 route of the Rebels in Provo. The Cougars jumped out to an early 14-0 lead after the first quarter and extended it to 38-0 by half, racking up the most points in a game all year in just two quarters of play. Brian Logan picked off Omar Clayton’s pass on the first play from scrimmage, setting BYU up at the UNLV 41. The Rebel
defense held tough, forcing a three and out in their first series of the day. Following UNLV’s three and out, the Cougars started their second drive inside the Rebel 50, this time capping it off with a Joshua Quezada touchdown run from 13 yards out to go up 7-0. Quezada finished the game with 65 yards on 13 carries, scoring three times on the day. BYU would score on its four ensuing possessions, including an 11-play, 86yard drive capped by Bryan Kariya’s UNLV 14 24 14 3 -- 55 two-yard touchdown run. The Cougars BYU 0 0 0 7 -- 7 rushed for 216 yards on the day, with JJ BYU - Quezada 13-yard run Di Luigi leading all runners with 80 yards (Payne kick) 7:53 1st on 19 attempts and adding a touchdown. BYU - Kariya two-yard run Freshman Tim Cornett rushed for 47 (Payne kick) 2:31 1st yards on 13 carries and was one of only BYU - Du Luigi one-yard run two Rebel rushers to gain positive yards (Payne kick) 12:40 2nd BYU - Hoffman 37-yard pass from Heaps in the game as UNLV ran for a season (Payne kick) 9:27 2nd low 22 yards. Cornett also became BYU - Quezada 13-yard run the first Rebel to lead the team in both (Payne kick) 3:01 2nd rushing and receiving in a game this year BYU - Payne 48-yard FG :00 2nd BYU - Ashworth 42-yard pass from Heaps after grabbing three catches for 26 yards. (Payne kick) 9:51 3rd Clayton, who was 3-for-8 for 13 yards BYU - Quezada four-yard run in the game and also led his team’s (Payne kick) 1:26 3rd first three drives of the second half, BYU - Payne 25-yard FG 8:00 4th UNLV - Sullivan 24-yard pass from Herring was pulled in favor of freshman Caleb (Kohorst kick) :41 4th Herring in the first quarter. Herring was 8-for-21 for 109 yards on the day and led UNLV to its only touchdown of the day, a UNLV BYU First Downs 11 29 24-yard strike to Marcus Sullivan with Rushes-Yards 28-22 51-216 just 41 seconds left in the game. Passing Yards 122 300 Herring has led UNLV to its only Passes (A-C-I) 29-11-2 32-20-0 touchdown in a game three times this Total Offense 144 516 season, all of which have come on the Punt returns-Yards 0-0 4-42 Kick Returns-Yards 5-167 2-50 road (at Idaho, at West Virginia, at BYU) Interceptions-Yards 0-0 2-7 Defensively, Alex De Giacomo and Sacks By-Yards 0-0 5-31 Starr Fuimaono each had a game-high Punts-Average 10-35.7 3-36.3 nine tackles on the day. De Giacomo Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-70 4-30 added two pass breakups from his safety Possession Time 24:32 35:28 position.
Rushing: (UNLV) Cornett 13-47; Clayton 3-2; Purvis 1-(-1); Trotter 2-(-3); Johnson 1-(-6); Herring 8-(-17) (BYU) Di Luigi 19-801; Quezada 13-65; Kariya 11-46; Foote 2-15; Folsom 5-11; Team 1-(-1). Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 3-8-1-13-0; Herring 8-21-1-109-1 (BYU) Heaps 19-31-0-294-2; Lark 1-1-0-6-0. Receiving: (UNLV) Cornett 3-26; Johnson 2-19; Sullivan 1-24-1; Davis 1-20; Payne 1-16; Mays 1-16; Vidal 1-6; Trotter 1-(-5) (BYU) Ashworth 5-83-1; Jacobson 4-70; Di Luigi 4-44; Hoffman 2-57-1; Kariya 1-14; Hafoka 1-11; Mathews 1-9; Peterson 1-6; Mahina 1-6. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) De Giacomo, Fuimaono - 9 (BYU) Hunter - 5. Sacks: (UNLV) None (BYU) Putnam 1.0-1; Jorgensen 1.0-2, Rowley 1.0-6; Hess 1.0-11; Eason 1.0-11. Interceptions: (UNLV) None (BYU) Frazier 1-7; Logan 1-0.
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REBEL NOTES
♦ When BYU scored a touchdown on its second drive of the game, it meant all nine Rebel opponents have scored first this season. ♦ WR Marcus Sullivan returned the lineup for the first time since suffering a chest injury at West Virginia on Oct. 9. He recorded his first touchdown as a Rebel with a 24-yard score in the quarter. ♦ OG Jason Heath made his first start of the season, filling in for the injured Doug Zismann. Heath started the final eight games of 2009. It marked the second straight week that a UNLV starting offensive lineman was lost to injury as C Andrew Mack had his appendix removed last weekend. ♦ Freshman Kurt Davis caught his first collegiate pass late in the fourth quarter, a 20-yard strike from Caleb Herring. ♦ Tim Cornett became the first Rebel to lead the team in rushing and receiving in a game this season.
REBELS TAME COWBOYS ON HOMECOMING LAS VEGAS -- Freshman running back Tim Cornett found the end zone four times and Omar Clayton threw for three touchdowns as the UNLV Rebels sprinted past the Wyoming Cowboys, 42-16 on Homecoming night at Sam Boyd Stadium. UNLV racked up nearly 200 yards on the ground and dominated the possession time against the Cowboys. Cornett became the first player in 16 years at UNLV to score four touchdowns as he rushed for three and added a 12-yard TD reception late in the game. He finished the
night with 70 yards on 20 carries. Clayton was nearly perfect, going 13for-18 for 163 yards and three touchdowns, moving into second place on the school’s career touchdowns passes list (44). The senior signal caller also moved to within 161 yards of second place on the all-time passing yards list with his sterling effort against the Cowboys. Alvester Alexander broke through the Rebel defense and sprinted 72 yards on the first play from scrimmage to give the Cowboys an early 7-0 lead. Cornett knotted the game at 7-7 with his first touchdown of the night from seven WYOMING 13 0 3 0 -- 16 yards out. UNLV 7 14 7 14 -- 42 After Wyoming recaptured the lead at 13-7 on a 32-yard pass from Austyn WYO - Alexander 72-yard run Carta-Samuels to T.J. Smith, the Rebels’ (Watts kick) 14:41 1st defense clamped down, limiting Wyoming UNLV - Cornett seven-yard run to just a field goal in the second half. (Kohorst kick) 12:14 1st Junior Phillip Payne was on the WYO - Smith 32-yard pass from Carta-Samuels receiving end of a 21-yard strike from (kick kick) :36 1st Clayton with 30 seconds left in the half to UNLV - Cornett three-yard run put UNLV up 21-13 heading into the locker (Kohorst kick) 10:28 2nd room. UNLV - Payne 21-yard pass from Clayton Cornett’s third touchdown of the night (Kohorst kick) :30 2nd came from a yard out early in the third UNLV - Cornett 1-yard run quarter and extended the lead to 28-13 (Kohorst kick) 12:05 3rd before Ian Watts connected on a 46-yard WYO - Watts 46-yard FG 7:32 3rd field goal. UNLV - Sullivan 41-yard pass from Clayton The Rebels found the end zone twice (Kohorst kick) 9:54 4th in the fourth quarter, both strikes from UNLV - Cornett 12-yard pass from Clayton Clayton. Marcus Sullivan caught a 41 (Kohorst kick) 2:04 4th yard touchdown while Cornett sealed the win with his 12-yard catch. Ronnie Paulo led all players with 10 WYO UNLV tackles on the night while Will Chandler First Downs 15 23 nabbed his fifth interception of the season. Rushes-Yards 30-133 44-197 Passing Yards 140 179 Passes (A-C-I) 23-14-1 19-14-0 Total Offense 273 376 REBEL NOTES Punt returns-Yards 1-0 2-(-3) ♦ UNLV broke a five-game losing streak by Kick Returns-Yards 6-94 5-109 defeating Wyoming 42-16 to take a 10-9 all-time Interceptions-Yards 0-0 1-1 lead in the series between the two schools. Sacks By-Yards 1-2 1-10 ♦ UNLV won its first Homecoming since 2001 Punts-Average 3-36.3 4-32.0 to improve to 22-21 all-time in Homecoming Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 games. Penalties-Yards 9-64 8-89 ♦ UNLV QB Omar Clayton’s three touchdown Possession Time 27:47 32:13 passes moved the senior into second place on the school’s career list with 44. He trails Rushing: (WYO) Alexander 17-92-1; Cartaonly Randall Cunningham, who had 59 from Samuels 7-28; Herron 6-13 (UNLV) Cornett 1982-84. 21-70-3; Clayton 11-50; Purvis 6-27; Sullivan ♦ UNLV ran for a season-high 197 net yards vs. 1-25; Trotter 5-25. Wyoming, besting the 185 vs. New Mexico. The Rebels also set a season high for first downs Passing: (WYO) Carta-Samuels 13-22-1-108-0; with 23 after having posted 19 twice this fall. Leonard 1-1-0-32-1 (UNLV) Clayton 13-18-0♦ Marcus Sullivan, who came into the game 163-3; Johnson 1-1-0-16-0. ranked 13th in the nation in kickoff return average with 28.2, returned three kicks vs. the Receiving: (WYO) Leonard 5-20; Smith 3-59-1; Cowboys for an average of 39.0 and total of McNeill 3-15; Bolger 2-48; Ogbonna 1-(-2) 117 yards (18, 46 and 53 yards). (UNLV) Harrington 5-50; Vidal 2-23; Sullivan ♦ Phillip Payne’s 21-yard touchdown reception 1-41-1; Payne 1-21-1; Clayton 1-16; Cornett in the second quarter was the junior’s first score 1-12-1; Purvis 1-6; Knutson 1-6; Trotter 1-4. since at Idaho on Sept. 18 but gave him 17 for his career, which ranks him fifth in school Tackle Leaders: (WYO) Biezuns, Gipson, history, tied with Demond Thompkins. Prosinski - 9 (UNLV) Paulo - 10. ♦Rebel true freshman running back Tim Cornett became the first UNLV player to score Sacks: (WYO) Biezuns 1.0-2 (UNLV) Bell four touchdowns in one game (three rushing 1.0-10. and one receiving) since RB/WR Henry Bailey had four (also three rushing and one receiving) Interceptions: (WYO) None (UNLV) Chandler vs. Central Michigan in the Las Vegas Bowl 1-1. on Dec. 15, 1994. Cornett had 70 net yards rushing on 21 carries, including scoring runs of seven, three and one, to go with a 12-yard TD reception.
2010 UNLV GAME REVIEWS Air force unlv
35 SAN Diego state 20 unlv
GAME 11 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada Nov. 18, 2010 • Att. 13,790
FALCONS DOWN REBELS IN HOME FINALE LAS VEGAS -- Air Force came back from a 17-7 first-half deficit to down the UNLV Rebels, 35-20, in the season finale at Sam Boyd Stadium. The nation’s second-leading rushing team amassed 343 yards on the ground, led by starting quarterback Tim Jefferson. Jefferson finshed the night with 64 yards on 16 carries and three rushing touchdowns to go along with his 7-for-9 performance for 111 yards and a touchdown through the air. UNLV’s freshman running back Tim
Cornett continued his solid play, racking up 69 yards on a game-high 24 carries and added a touchdown. Omar Clayton set the UNLV record for games played at quarterback with his 38th appearance against the Falcons. The senior signal-caller also moved into second place on the all-time passing list at UNLV with his 224-yard performance. Clayton finished the night 18-of-30 with a pick and a touchdown and added 14 yards on the ground. Clayton hit a season-high 10 receivers AFA 7 7 14 7 -- 35 on the night, with Michael Johnson UNLV 7 10 3 0 -- 20 leading the way with six catches for 43 yards. Phillip Payne scored UNLV’s only AFA - Kauth five-yard pass from Jefferson other touchdown on a 36-yard strike from (Bell kick) 12:48 1st Clayton and finished with two catches for UNLV - Cornett two-yard run 61 yards. (Kohorst kick) 8:11 1st UNLV - Kohorst 32-yard FG 10:59 2nd Following a UNLV turnover on its first UNLV - Payne 36-yard pass from Clayton possession of the game, the Falcons (Kohorst kick) 6:24 2nd quickly captialized with Jerfferson finding AFA - Jefferson one-yard run Zack Kauth from five yards out to grab (Bell kick) 1:49 2nd the early 7-0 lead. AFA - Warzeka 54-yard run UNLV would respond, scoring the next (Bell kick) 10:45 3rd 17 points following touchdowns from AFA - Jefferson two-yard run Cornett and Payne and a 32-yard Nolan (Bell kick) 5:14 3rd UNLV - Kohorst 32-yard FG 1:23 3rd Kohorst field goal. AFA - Jefferson two-yard run Jefferson scored from a yard out with (Bell kick) 9:33 4th less than two minutes before half to cut the Rebel lead to 17-14 heading into the locker room. Air Force broke the game open in the AFA UNLV First Downs 26 18 third quarter with touchdowns runs of 54 and two yards by Jonath Warzeka and Rushes-Yards 62-343 36-113 Passing Yards 111 224 Jefferson, respectively. Passes (A-C-I) 9-7-0 31-18-1 Kohorst added his second 32-yard Total Offense 454 337 field goal of the night, bringing UNLV Punt returns-Yards 1-1 0-0 within eight at 28-20 heading into the Kick Returns-Yards 5-89 6-93 final quarter. Interceptions-Yards 1-24 0-0 Midway through the fourth Jefferson Sacks By-Yards 0-0 0-0 added his third rushing touchdown of the Punts-Average 1-44.0 2-47.5 night, sealing the win for the Falcons. Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-35 3-33 Defensively, Starr Fuimaono tallied Possession Time 29:39 30:21 a game and career-high 15 tackles in his final home game as a Rebel. Rushing: (AFA) Clark 14-82; Warzeka 2-64-1; Jefferson 16-64-3; Walker 15-60; Hunter 1-30; Halderman 5-26; Southworth 5-18; Getz 1-5; Team 3-(-6) (UNLV) Cornett 24-69; Trotter REBEL NOTES 3-21; Clayton 6-14; Purvis 2-8; Sullivan 1-1. ♦ UNLV freshman running back Tim Cornett Passing: (AFA) Jefferson 7-9-0-111-1 (UNLV) scored UNLV’s first touchdown of the night. It Clayton 18-30-1-224-1; Clausen 0-1-0-0-0. marked his fifth consecutive quarter scoring a TD after picking up four the previous week vs. Receiving: (AFA) Kauth 3-53-1; Warzeka 2-46; Halderman 1-8; Hirneise 1-4 (UNLV) Wyoming. With the two-yard rush, Cornett has Johnson 6-43; Mays 3-50; Payne 2-61-1; Wateight touchdowns on the season (six rushing kins 1-22; Harrington 1-11; Vidal 1-11; Davis and two receiving), which tied the UNLV 1-10; Sullivan 1-10; Purvis 1-3; Cornett 1-3. freshman record for a season (WR Lenny Ware with eight in 1996). Tackle Leaders: (AFA) Niklas - 14 (UNLV) Fuimaono - 15. ♦ With his 14th-career 200-yard game as a Rebel, senior QB Omar Clayton moved Sacks: (AFA) None (UNLV) None. into second place on UNLV’s career passing yardage list with 6,211. He passed Jon Denton, Interceptions: (AFA) Morris 1-24 (UNLV) None. who totaled 6,177 from 1996-97. ♦ Senior Night 2010 saw 19 UNLV players honored before the game as Air Force defeated UNLV 35-20 for its fourth consecutive victory over the Rebels.
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GAME 12 Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, Calif. Nov. 27, 2010 • Att. 22,091
SDSU CRUISES IN MWC ENDER SAN DIEGO -- Ryan Lindley threw for 338 yards and four touchdowns as the San Diego State Aztecs jumped out to a 17-0 lead and never looked back, downing UNLV in both teams’ Mountain West Conference finale, 48-14 at Qualcomm Stadium Saturday night. Despite freshman returner Marcus Sullivan’s 60-yard kick return to open the game, giving the Rebels great field position, UNLV could not come away with any points on the possession. SDSU took over on its own 39-yard line
and drove the 61 yards in just five plays with Lindley finding Brandon Sullivan on a 17-yard strike to go ahead 7-0. Sullivan notched his second touchdown of the night, this time on a one-yard rush to give the Aztecs a twoscore lead with just over five minutes to go in the first. Abel Perez added a 42-yard field goal to put SDSU ahead 17-0 before UNLV answered. Sullivan returned the ensuing kick 73 yards down to the San Diego State UNLV 7 0 0 7 -- 14 27-yard-line, setting up the Rebels’ first SDSU 17 14 17 0 -- 48 score of the night as Omar Clayton found H-back Kyle Watkins in the flats SDSU - Sullivan 17-yard pass from Lindley for a 27-yard touchdown pass. (Perez kick) 12:26 1st Clayton finished the game 13-of-28 SDSU - Sullivan one-yard run for 167 yards and a touchdown. The TD (Perez kick) 5:30 1st SDSU - Perez 42-yard FG 0:14 1st pass was the 46th of his career. UNLV - Watkins 27-yard pass from Clayton SDSU would score the only (Kohorst kick) 0:00 1st points of the second quarter, with SDSU - Sampson 41-yard pass from Lindley Lindley finding DeMarco Sampson for (Perez kick) 2:26 2nd touchdown receptions of 41 and 50 yards SDSU - Sampson 50-yard pass from Lindley respectively, giving the Aztecs a 31-7 (Perez kick) 1:12 2nd lead at half. SDSU - Brown three-yard pass from Lindley Lindley found Vincent Brown from (Perez kick) 11:59 3rd SDSU - Perez 53-yard FG 7:07 3rd seven yards out minutes into the third SDSU - Hillman 10-yard run and Perez added a 53-yard field goal (Shields kick) 2:01 3rd to bring the score to 48-7 in favor of the UNLV - Clausen 64-yard run fumble return home team. (Kohorst kick) 1:07 4th UNLV’s other score came with just over a minute on the clock when safety Mike Clausen picked up a fumble and returned it 64 yards for the score. UNLV SDSU First Downs 15 30 Phillip Payne and Michael Johnson Rushes-Yards 28-67 51-250 each pulled in five receptions on the night Passing Yards 167 338 while Sidney Hodge tallied a game-high Passes (A-C-I) 30-14-0 30-22-0 10 tackles. Total Offense 234 588 Punt returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kick Returns-Yards 7-242 2-42 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 3-20 REBEL NOTES Punts-Average 5-34.4 0-0.0 ♦ Freshman Marcus Sullivan had a recordFumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 breaking night returning kicks. The WR’s six Penalties-Yards 3-31 7-50 Possession Time 23:41 36:19 returns included a career-long 73 yarder and another effort that went 60 to open the game. Rushing: (UNLV) Cornett 16-61; Purvis His 224 total yards shattered UNLV’s record 6-20; Randle 1-2; Trotter 1-(-2); Clayton and ranked second in MWC history for KOR 4-(-14) (SDSU) Hillman 19-152-1; Kazee yards in a game while moving the rookie up 16-63; Brown 10-30; Sullivan 3-7-1; Young 1-1; Team 2-(-3). to sixth in the nation with an average of 29.96. ♦ SDSU’s first-drive touchdown meant all 12 Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 13-29-0-167-1; Herof UNLV’s opponents in 2010 have scored first. ring 1-2-0-0-0 (SDSU) Lindley 22-30-0-338-4. Only one of those was a field goal. Receiving: (UNLV) Payne 5-91; Johnson 5-38; ♦ Nolan Kohorst’s missed 44-yard field goal in Watkins 2-27-1; Davis 1-7; Vidal 1-4 (SDSU) the first quarter snapped the true freshman’s Sampson 6-128-2; Brown 5-74-1; Escobar string of seven made attempts, dating back to 4-42; Sullivan 3-61-1; Hillman 2-12; Sandifer the New Mexico game on Sept. 25. 1-20; Quigley 1-1. ♦ Junior H-back Kyle Watkins scored his first Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Hodge - 10 (SDSU) touchdown as a Rebel with a 27-yard pass from Burris - 7. Omar Clayton to close the first quarter. The scoring toss was the 46th of Clayton’s career, Sacks: (UNLV) None (SDSU) Burris - 1.5-7; which ranks second at the school behind only Tauanuu - 1.0-10; Long 0.5-3. Randall Cunningham’s 59 from 1982-84. Interceptions: (UNLV) None (SDSU) None. ♦ UNLV dropped its fifth consecutive game at San Diego State as the Aztecs took a 12-8 lead in the all-time series.
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GAME 13 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, O’ahu Dec. 4, 2010 • Att. 37,820
REBELS SAY ALOHA TO 2010 HONOLULU -- Bryant Moniz passed for 380 yards and four touchdowns, leading the 25th-ranked Hawai’i Warriors to a 59-21 win over UNLV in the season finale for the Rebels. Hawai’i broke a 7-7 tie late in the first and scored 45 unanswered points, taking a commanding 31-7 lead into the locker room at halftime. Moniz connected on a 33-yard pass to Royce Pollard with just under seven minutes to go in the first to grab the early 7-0 lead.
UNLV knotted the game at 7-7 when senior quarterback Omar Clayton found Michael Johnson for a 60-yard score just over a minute later. Clayton was 14-of-25 with two touchdowns and three interceptions in his final game as a Rebel. Johnson hauled in three receptions on the night for 76 yards. The Warriors grabbed the lead after Moniz called his own number from four yards out with 3:28 left in the first. Hawai’i extended the lead to 21-7 following UNLV 7 0 0 14 -- 21 Moniz’s second rushing touchdown HAWAII 14 17 14 14 -- 59 on the night from a yard out just three minutes into the second quarter, capping UH - Pollard 33-yard pass from Moniz a 10-play, 71-yard drive. (Enos kick) 6:56 1st UNLV - Johnson 60-yard pass from Clayton Scott Enos connected on a 25-yard (Kohorst kick) 5:22 1st field goal while Alex Green scored the UH - Moniz four-yard rush third rushing touchdown of the night to (Enos kick) 3:28 1st bring the total to 31-7. UH - Moniz one-yard rush (Enos kick) 12:08 2nd Moniz added two more touchdown UH - Enos 25-yard FG 6:45 2nd passes in the third and one in the fourth UH - Green one-yard run before the Rebels were able to find the (Enos kick) 6:14 2nd end zone again. UH - Salas 22-yard pass from Moniz UNLV’s Phillip Payne caught a nine (Enos kick) 9:32 3rd UH - Pilares three-yard pass from Moniz yard touchdown pass from Clayton with (Enos kick) 4:17 3rd just over four minutes to go in the fourth UH - Salas 54-yard pass from Moniz and Channing Trotter added a four-yard (Enos kick) 14:12 4th touchdown reception from freshman UNLV - Payne nine-yard pass from Clayton Caleb Herring with 16 seconds left for the (Kohorst kick) 4:06 4th UH - Heun three-yard run final score of the game. Payne caught a (Enos kick) 1:29 4th team-high six passes for 84 yards in the UNLV - Trotter four-yard pass from Herring game. (Kohorst kick) :16 4th Defensively, Eric Tuiloma notched a game-high 11 tackles and Nate Carter picked off his first pass of the season. UNLV HAWAII Seniors Ronnie Paulo and Alex De First Downs 18 25 Giacomo finished with five and four Rushes-Yards 31-92 28-183 tackles made respectively. Passing Yards 203 423 Passes (A-C-I) 29-17-3 46-31-1 Total Offense 295 606 Punt returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 REBEL NOTES Kick Returns-Yards 9-159 4-73 Interceptions-Yards 1-17 3-86 ♦ Hawai’i marked the fifth opponent of the Sacks By-Yards 1-2 1-11 season that the Rebels played that has been Punts-Average 6-37.7 2-45.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 ranked in one of the two major polls. Penalties-Yards 5-32 7-85 ♦ Omar Clayton threw three interceptions for Possession Time 27:23 32:37 the first time since his first-career start against Rushing: (UNLV) Cornett 14-36; Trotter 7-34; Colorado State in 2007. Herring 2-16; Clayton 8-6 (UH) Green 15-136; ♦ The December 4th game marked the first Moniz 5-29; Dimude 5-16; Heun 1-3; Bradley 1-2; Team 1-(-3). time the Rebels had competed in the final month of the year since winning at Hawai’i Passing: (UNLV) Clayton 14-25-3-182-2; Herring 3-4-0-21-1 (UH) Moniz 29-43-1-380-4; in 2000. Rausch 2-3-0-43-0. ♦ The three UNLV turnovers against the Receiving: (UNLV) Payne 6-84-1; Johnson Warriors marked the first time all seaosn that 3-76-1; Knutson 2-21; Trotter 2-8-1; Vidal the Rebels had turned the ball over more than 1-7; Mays 1-5; Sullivan 1-1; Cornett 1-1 (UH) two times. Pilares 9-157-1; Pollard 7-95-1; Salas 5-94-2; Bradley 5-35; Tinoco 2-43; Green 2-(-5); ♦ The Rebels fell to 17-24-2 all-time in their Blount 1-4. final regular-season games, including 6-6 since Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) E. Tuiloma - 11 (UH) joining the Mountain West Conference. Torres - 7. ♦ The Hawai’i game marked UNLV’s final trip Sacks: (UNLV) Brooks 1.0-2 (UH) Torres to the island as a non-conference opponent 1.0-11. as the Warriors are set to start competing as Interceptions: (UNLV) Carter 1-17 (UH) Torres Mountain West Conference members in football 1-43; Silva 1-26; Paredes 1-17. only in 2012.
NO NAME GP GS WIS UTAH ID UNM UNR WVU CSU TCU BYU WYO AFA SDSU UH 50 Andrew Mack 8 7 C C C C C C C X 51 Daniel Kaanana 52 Travis Trickey 2 0 X X 53 Matt Kravetz 54 Bryce Saldi 55 Nate Carter 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 56 Troy Aoki 57 Kjelby Oiland 5 0 X X X X X 58 Brian Roth 59 Bennielee Shelby 60 Bill Paddack 61 Tyler Gaston 8 0 X X X X X X X X 63 Sean Tesoro 4 0 X X X X 64 Doug Zismann 10 8 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG X X 65 Ramsey Feagai 13 1 DT X X X X X X X X X X X X 66 John Gianninoto 13 13 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG C C C C C C 67 Brad Overand 68 Nate Holloway 13 3 X X X X X X X X X X DT DT DT 69 Brett Boyko 70 Jason Heath 10 5 X X X X X LG LG LG LG LG 71 Shane Watterson 72 Thomas Wren 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 73 Evan Marchal 13 13 RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RG RG RG RG RG 74 Sean Miller 75 Matt Murphy 13 13 LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 76 Jason Koontz 9 0 X X X X X X X X X 77 Yusef Rodgers 13 6 X X X X X X X LG RT RT RT RT RT 78 Cameron Jefferson 79 Robert Waterman 80 Mark Barefield 3 0 X X X 81 Tate Knutson 13 4 X X X X X X WR X WR X WR X WR 82 Mike Horsey 83 Brandon Babineaux 2 0 X X 84 Irshad Stolden 6 0 X X X X X X 85 Jordan Sparkman 86 Aaron Reed 12 1 X X X X WR X X X X X X X 87 Trey Mays 12 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X 88 Anthony Vidal 13 6 X X X X X X X TE TE TE TE TE TE 89 Austin Harrington 13 7 TE TE TE TE TE TE TE X X X X X X 90 Isaiah Shivers 91 Preston Brooks 13 11 X DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE X DE 92 B.J. Bell 13 13 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 93 Perry Cooper 93 Max Johnson 1 0 X 94 Willie Tupou 95 Alex Klorman 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 96 James Dunlap 13 12 DE DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT X DT DT 97 Ian Bobak 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 99 Isaako Aaitui 12 12 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT
2010 UNLV PLAYER PARTICIPATION NO NAME GP GS WIS UTAH ID UNM UNR WVU CSU TCU BYU WYO AFA SDSU UH 1 Will Chandler 13 10 LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB X LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB X X 2 Omar Clayton 13 12 X QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 3 C.J. Cox 3 1 X RB X 4 Phillip Payne 11 11 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 5 Chris Jones 9 0 X X X X X X X X X 6 Mike Clausen 12 6 QB X X FS FS FS FS FS X X X X 7 Michael Johnson 13 11 WR WR WR WR WR X WR WR WR X WR WR WR 8 Caleb Herring 8 0 X X X X X X X X 9 Travis Dixon 4 2 X X FS FS 10 Quinton Pointer 1 0 X 11 Kurt Davis 10 2 X X WR WR X X X X X X 13 Eric Tuiloma 13 4 X X X X X X X X X FS FS FS FS 14 Courtney Bridget 14 Conor Embree 15 John Therrell 12 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 Taylor Barnhill 17 Kenneth Penny 18 Marcus Sullivan 11 2 X X WR WR X X X X X X X 19 Charles Childers 2 0 X X 20 Kenny Brown 7 0 X X X X X X X 21 Taylor Spencer 22 Alex De Giacomo 13 13 SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS 23 Sidney Hodge 11 6 X X RCB RCB RCB RCB X X X RCB RCB 24 Starr Fuimaono 12 12 WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB 25 Mike Grant 13 10 FS FS X X X LCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB LCB LCB 25 Brian Bennett 26 Deante’ Purvis 13 4 DB DB X X X X RB X RB X X X X 27 Nolan Kohorst 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 28 Bradley Randle 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 28 Keahi Raikes 29 Tajh Hasson 30 Imari Thompson 31 Michael Tuiloma 31 Corbin Brown 32 Channing Trotter 13 4 RB X RB RB RB X X X X X X X X 34 Cedric Coleman 6 0 X X X X X X 35 Tim Cornett 13 6 X X X X X RB X RB X RB RB RB RB 36 Ronnie Paulo 13 13 MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB 37 William Vea 38 Calvin Randleman 13 13 SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB 39 Ben Jaekle 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 40 Beau Orth 41 Tani Maka 13 1 X X X X X WLB X X X X X X X 42 Brett Rather 2 0 X X 43 Tim Hasson 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 44 Kyle Watkins 13 5 TE FB X X HB X X X X TE X TE X 45 Brendon Lamers 13 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 46 Anthony White 11 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 47 Daniel Mareko 12 0 X X X X X X X X X X X 48 Beau Brence 13 3 X X X X X FB X FB X FB X X X 49 Reggie Umuolo 1 0 X