2018 UNLV Rebels football team explained

Mode:	football
Year:	2018
Team:	UNLV Rebels
Conference:	Mountain West Conference
Division:	West Division
Short Conf:	MW
Record:	4–8
Conf Record:	2–6
Head Coach:	Tony Sanchez
Hc Year:	4th
Off Coach:	Barney Cotton
Oc Year:	4th
Off Scheme:	Multiple
Def Coach:	Tim Skipper
Dc Year:	1st
Def Scheme:	3–4
Stadium:	Sam Boyd Stadium

The 2018 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by fourth-year head coach Tony Sanchez and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8 and 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Maxwell Award^[1]	Armani Rogers	QB	SO
Doak Walker Award^[2]	Lexington Thomas	RB	SR
Lou Groza Award^[3]	Evan Pantels	K	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[4]	Darren Wood Jr.	WR	JR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award^[5]	Lexington Thomas	RB	SR

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Rebels were predicted to finish in third place in the West Division.^[6]

Media poll

West Division
1	Fresno State	126 (16)
2	San Diego State	116 (6)
3	UNLV	78
4	Nevada	72
5	Hawaii	45
6	San Jose State	25

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Rebels had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.^[7]

Offense

Lexington Thomas – RB

Schedule

Schedule Source: 2018 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule

Game summaries

At USC

See also: 2018 USC Trojans football team.

UTEP

See also: 2018 UTEP Miners football team.

Prairie View A&M

At Arkansas State

See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.

New Mexico

See also: 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team.

At Utah State

See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team.

Air Force

See also: 2018 Air Force Falcons football team.

At San Jose State

See also: 2018 San Jose State Spartans football team.

Fresno State

See also: 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team.

At San Diego State

See also: 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team.

At Hawaii

See also: 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team.

Nevada

See also: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team and Fremont Cannon.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Maxwell Award Watch List. July 16, 2018. July 17, 2018. July 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194824/https://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/2018-maxwell-watch-list/. dead.
2. Web site: 2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates. July 18, 2018. July 18, 2018.
3. Web site: Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List. July 25, 2018. July 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20090817150753/http://www.lougrozaaward.com/Current_Watch_List.html. August 17, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
4. Web site: Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List. July 26, 2018. July 26, 2018. July 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726215108/https://www.wuerffeltrophy.org/news1/wuerffel-trophy-unveils-2018-watch-list. dead.
5. Web site: 2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. August 16, 2018. August 17, 2018.
6. Web site: Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2018 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles.
7. Web site: 2018 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team.