Las Vegas, NV (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV football team will both begin and end the 2023 regular season inside its home at Allegiant Stadium as the tentative league-wide schedule was released Thursday by the Mountain West.
Under first-year head coach Barry Odom, the Rebels will kick off their 56th season of football on Saturday, September 2nd by hosting FCS opponent Bryant University.
UNLV next travels to Big Ten Conference powerhouse Michigan on September 9th, followed by a second consecutive Power Five matchup one week later as Vanderbilt comes to Allegiant Stadium.
The team's nonconference schedule closes with UNLV's first trip to UTEP since 1993 on September 23.
UNLV opens Mountain West play on September 30 by welcoming Hawai'i in the annual Ninth Island Showdown sponsored by the California Hotel. After an open week, the Rebels will take part in their second consecutive trophy game by traveling to UNR with the famed (and currently red) Fremont Cannon on the line.
Next up, Colorado State comes to town on October 21 in what will be the Rams' first appearance in Las Vegas since 2016. UNLV will then make back-to-back road trips for the only time this fall -- October 28 at Fresno State and November 4 at New Mexico.
UNLV returns to host Wyoming on November 11 before heading out for its last away game, at Air Force on November 18. Finally, Senior Day is set for Thanksgiving Week on Saturday, September 25 vs. San Jose State.
"It's a challenging schedule and a great setup for our student-athletes," said Odom. "I have great respect for the Mountain West and we understand each week will be a great challenge. We'll embrace every opportunity and focus on taking each game one moment at a time with full preparation for that week's opponent. We also need to work toward creating a home field advantage playing in the greatest venue in college sports at Allegiant Stadium. I want UNLV Football to become Las Vegas' team!"
UNLV opened spring practice this week and will hold its annual free Spring Game on Saturday, April 8 at 1 p.m. inside Allegiant Stadium.
Now through March 31, renewal pricing, which starts at $125 per season ticket, is available and includes the option of using payment plans until the deadline. New football season tickets are also on sale now. Call (702) 739-FANS or visit unlvtickets.com.
