# 2018 UNLV Rebels football team

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
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Maxwell Award | Armani Rogers | QB | SO |
| Doak Walker Award | Lexington Thomas | RB | SR |
| Lou Groza Award | Evan Pantels | K | SR |
| Wuerffel Trophy | Darren Wood Jr. | WR | JR |
| Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award | 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.

#### Media poll

West Division :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 15 USC* | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | P12N | L 21–43 | 58,708 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | UTEP* | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | ATTSNRM | W 52–24 | 14,122 |
| September 15 | 7:00 pm | Prairie View A&M* | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | Stadium | W 46–17 | 14,786 |
| September 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State* | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | L 20–27 | 18,537 |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | New Mexico | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | ATTSNRM | L 14–50 | 18,949 |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Utah State | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | Stadium on Facebook | L 28–59 | 21,212 |
| October 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Air Force | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | CBSSN | L 35–41 | 17,881 |
| October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at San Jose State | CEFCU StadiumSan Jose, CA | ATTSNRM | L 37–50 | 16,165 |
| November 3 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 20 Fresno State | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | CBSSN | L 3–48 | 15,276 |
| November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | ESPN2 | W 27–24 | 24,986 |
| November 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at Hawaii | Aloha StadiumHalawa, HI (Island Showdown) | Stadium/SPEC HI | L 28–35 | 25,697 |
| November 24 | 6:30 p.m. | Nevada | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series) | CBSSN | W 34–29 | 19,921 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||
    Schedule Source: 2018 UNLV Rebels Football Schedule

## Game summaries
### At USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • No. 15 Trojans | 6 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 43 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| • Rebels | 14 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 52 |

### Prairie View A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| • Rebels | 20 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 46 |

### At Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| • Red Wolves | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 |

### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Lobos | 0 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 50 |
| Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### At Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| • Aggies | 14 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 59 |

### Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Falcons | 3 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 41 |
| Rebels | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### At San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 7 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37 |
| • Spartans | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 50 |

### Fresno State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 20 Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 48 |
| Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### At San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Rebels | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Aztecs | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |

### At Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| • Rainbow Warriors | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 35 |

### Nevada

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolf Pack | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| • Rebels | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 34 |