2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by first–year head coach Jay Norvell and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.[1][2] They finished the season 3–9 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Head coach Jay Norvell at the 2017 Mountain West Conference Media Days at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada on July 25, 2017
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	West Division
2017 record	3–9 (3–5 MW)
Head coach	Jay Norvell (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Mumme (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Casteel (1st season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 27,000)

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Wyoming		5	–	3					8	–	5
Utah State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		4	–	4					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
San Diego State		6	–	2					10	–	3
UNLV		4	–	4					5	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2016 season 5–7 and 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a three–way tie for third place in the West Division and did not qualify for a bowl game. Head coach Brian Polian was replaced by Jay Norvell.

Preseason

Mountain West media days

The Mountain West media days were held on July 24–26, 2017, at the Cosmopolitan in Paradise, Nevada.[3]

Media poll

The preseason poll was released on July 25, 2017. The Wolf Pack were predicted to finish in fourth place in the MW West Division.[4]

West

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	San Diego State	168 (28)
2	Hawaii	135
3	UNLV	105
4	Nevada	79
5	San Jose State	54
6	Fresno State	47

Mountain

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Boise State	161 (21)
2	Colorado State	135 (6)
3	Wyoming	114 (1)
4	Air Force	82
5	New Mexico	68
6	Utah State	28

Preseason All–Mountain West Team

The Wolf Pack had two players selected to the preseason All–Mountain West Team; one from the offense and one from the defense.[5]

Offense Austin Corbett – OL

Defense Malik Reed – DL

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:30 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 20–31	33,018
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Toledo*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 24–37	18,617
September 16	4:00 p.m.	Idaho State (Div. I FCS)*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	AT&T RM	L 28–30	16,394
September 23	3:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 7–45	30,317
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	AT&T RM	L 21–41	27,434
October 7	7:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	W 35–21	16,566
October 14	7:15 p.m.	at Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	L 42–44	36,765
October 20	6:30 p.m.	Air Force	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	L 42–45	16,789
November 4	4:00 p.m.	at Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 14–41	30,858
November 11	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	W 59–14	14,604
November 18	7:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 23–42	29,265
November 25	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)	AT&T RM	W 23–16	17,359
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Northwestern

Nevada at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 7 10 0 3 20 • Wildcats 7 0 10 14 31 Date: September 2, 2017 Location: Ryan Field Evanston, IL Game start: 2:40 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 24 minutes Game attendance: 33,018 Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: NE 5 MPH Referee: Timothy O'Dey TV announcers (BTN): Brandon Gaudin (play–by–play), Chuck Long (analyst) and Michelle McMahon (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 07:13 NU Macan Wilson 33–yard pass from Clayton Thorson (Charlie Kuhbander kick) (5 plays, 43 yards, 2:06) NU 7–0 05:31 NEV Wyatt Demps 11–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (8 plays, 75 yards, 1:42) TIE 7–7 2 09:48 NEV Mannix McLane 41–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (4 plays, 51 yards, 0:55) NEV 14–7 00:36 NEV Spencer Pettit 31–yard field goal (11 plays, 73 yards, 2:25) NEV 17–7 3 11:36 NU Charlie Kuhbander 23–yard field goal (10 plays, 49 yards, 2:31) NEV 17–10 06:16 NU Riley Lees 19–yard pass from Clayton Thorson (Charlie Kuhbander kick) (8 plays, 70 yards, 3:28) TIE 17–17 4 10:13 NEV Spencer Pettit 33–yard field goal (4 plays, 1 yard, 1:18) NEV 20–17 05:28 NU Clayton Thorson 1–yard run (Charlie Kuhbander kick) (11 plays, 75 yards, 4:45) NU 24–20 00:52 NU Clayton Thorson 1–yard run (Charlie Kuhbander kick) (6 plays, 47 yards, 2:37) NU 31–20

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +24	60.5[6]

Statistics	Nevada	Northwestern
First downs	19	27
Total yards	341	508
Rushing yards	142	156
Passing yards	199	352
Turnovers	3	2
Time of possession	21:05	38:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	16/37, 199 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Jaxson Kincaide	15 carries, 86 yards
	Receiving	McLane Mannix	2 receptions, 76 yards, 1 TD
Northwestern	Passing	Clayton Thorson	28/38, 352 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Justin Jackson	30 carries, 109 yards
	Receiving	Bennett Skowronek	8 receptions, 123 yards

Toledo

Toledo at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Rockets 10 10 14 3 37 Wolf Pack 3 7 14 0 24 Date: September 9, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:05 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 35 minutes Game attendance: 18,617 Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: None Referee: Ron Hudson TV announcers (ESPN3): Trey Bender (play–by–play) and Jay Taylor (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 10:51 TOLEDO Jameson Vest 25–yard field goal (9 plays, 38 yards, 2:11) TOLEDO 3–0 08:54 NEV Spencer Pettit 47–yard field goal (6 plays, 45 yards, 1:57) TIE 3–3 03:21 TOLEDO Diontae Johnson 12–yard pass from Logan Woodside (Jameson Vest kick) (8 plays, 50 yards, 3:06) TOLEDO 10–3 2 10:59 TOLEDO Terry Swanson 3–yard run (Jameson Vest kick) (5 plays, 34 yards, 1:53) TOLEDO 17–3 05:17 TOLEDO Jameson Vest 26–yard field goal (12 plays, 60 yards, 4:56) TOLEDO 20–3 00:52 NEV Daiyan Henley 19–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (13 plays, 75 yards, 4:25) TOLEDO 20–10 3 08:41 TOLEDO Terry Swanson 1–yard run (Jameson Vest kick) (13 plays, 75 yards, 6:19) TOLEDO 27–10 07:11 NEV Ty Gangi 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (6 plays, 75 yards, 1:30) TOLEDO 27–17 03:45 TOLEDO Cody Thompson 8–yard pass from Logan Woodside (Jameson Vest kick) (7 plays, 75 yards, 3:26) TOLEDO 34–17 03:36 NEV McLane Mannix 75–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (1 play, 75 yards, 0:09) TOLEDO 34–24 4 04:31 TOLEDO Jameson Vest 23–yard field goal (9 plays, 31 yards, 4:18) TOLEDO 37–24

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +10.5	67.5[7]

Statistics	Toledo	Nevada
First downs	28	22
Total yards	426	386
Rushing yards	194	109
Passing yards	232	277
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	40:14	19:46

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Toledo	Passing	Logan Woodside	19/27, 232 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Terry Swanson	27 carries, 101 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Cody Thompson	8 receptions, 101 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	19/37, 277 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Jaxson Kincaide	12 carries, 63 yards
	Receiving	McLane Mannix	6 receptions, 139 yards, 1 TD

Idaho State

Idaho State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Bengals (Div. I FCS) 10 13 7 0 30 Wolf Pack 0 7 7 14 28 Date: September 16, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 4:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 25 minutes Game attendance: 16,394 Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: E 7 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (AT&T RM): Ari Wolfe (play–by–play), Sherdrick Bonner (analyst) and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:57 ISU Parker Johnson 36–yard field goal (10 plays, 50 yards, 2:29) ISU 3–0 06:45 ISU Ty Flanagan 1–yard run (Parker Johnson kick) (6 plays, 25 yards, 1:44) ISU 10–0 2 11:31 NEV Mannix McLane 2–yard pass from Kaymen Cureton (Spencer Pettit kick) (13 plays, 58 yards, 6:08) ISU 10–7 09:27 ISU Parker Johnson 36–yard field goal (7 plays, 56 yards, 2:04) ISU 13–7 03:12 ISU Hagen Graves 15–yard pass from Tanner Gueller (Parker Johnson kick) (9 plays, 57 yards, 2:48) ISU 20–7 00:10 ISU Parker Johnson 19–yard field goal (6 plays, 31 yards, 1:10) ISU 23–7 3 10:00 ISU Michael Dean 50–yard pass from Tanner Gueller (Parker Johnson kick) (5 plays, 80 yards, 1:59) ISU 30–7 07:10 NEV Blake Wright 12–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (8 plays, 65 yards, 2:42) ISU 30–14 4 09:42 NEV Wyatt Demps 10–yard pass from Kaymen Cureton (Trevion Armstrong kick) (12 plays, 67 yards, 3:45) ISU 30–21 00:58 NEV Wyatt Demps 3–yard pass from Kaymen Cureton (pass failed) (8 plays, 78 yards, 3:11) ISU 30–28

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV –33.5	N/A[8]

Statistics	Idaho State	Nevada
First downs	18	25
Total yards	383	423
Rushing yards	114	218
Passing yards	269	205
Turnovers	1	9
Time of possession	24:34	35:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Idaho State	Passing	Tanner Gueller	19/38, 269 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	James Madison	17 carries, 84 yards
	Receiving	Michael Dean	5 receptions, 133 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Kaymen Cureton	19/33, 205 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Jaxson Kincaide	15 carries, 96 yards
	Receiving	McLane Mannix	7 receptions, 82 yards, 1 TD

at Washington State

Nevada at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 0 0 7 7 • No. 18 Cougars 14 21 3 7 45 Date: September 23, 2017 Location: Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Game start: 3:01 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 59 minutes Game attendance: 30,317 Game weather: Temperature: 57 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Broken Clouds • Wind: 0–5 MPH Referee: Chris Coyte TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play–by–play), Yogi Roth (analyst) and Jill Savage (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 07:34 WSU Jamal Morrow 12–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) (6 plays, 76 yards, 1:58) WSU 7–0 03:24 WSU James Williams 13–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) (7 plays, 64 yards, 3:11) WSU 14–0 2 12:50 WSU Tavares Martin 40–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) (6 plays, 73 yards, 2:37) WSU 21–0 06:35 WSU James Williams 1–yard run (Erik Powell kick) (10 plays, 86 yards, 4:22) WSU 28–0 00:20 WSU Jamire Calvin 6–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) (11 plays, 80 yards, 4:24) WSU 35–0 3 12:34 WSU Erik Powell 28–yard field goal (5 plays, 64 yards, 2:26) WSU 38–0 4 12:06 WSU Tavares Martin 19–yard pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) (11 plays, 65 yards, 5:00) WSU 45–0 01:56 NEV Maliek Broady 3–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (8 plays, 38 yards, 3:48) WSU 45–7

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +28.5	66[9]

Statistics	Nevada	Washington State
First downs	13	31
Total yards	151	560
Rushing yards	46	55
Passing yards	105	505
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	21:14	38:46

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	David Cornwell	13/25, 97 yards, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Blake Wright	5 carries, 37 yards
	Receiving	Wyatt Demps	6 receptions, 39 yards
Washington State	Passing	Luke Falk	36/47, 478 yards, 5 TDs
	Rushing	Jamal Morrow	11 carries, 73 yards
	Receiving	Tavares Martin	4 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TDs

at Fresno State

Nevada at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 14 0 7 21 • Bulldogs 10 21 7 3 41 Date: September 30, 2017 Location: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Game start: 7:08 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutes Game attendance: 27,434 Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: WNW 11 MPH Referee: David Alvarez TV announcers (AT&T RM): Ari Wolfe (play–by–play), Sherdrick Bonner (analyst) and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 13:21 FS KeeSean Johnson 10–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Jimmy Camacho kick) (4 plays, 29 yards, 1:39) FS 7–0 00:00 FS Jimmy Camacho 29–yard field goal (12 plays, 63 yards, 6:37) FS 10–0 2 13:12 FS KeeSean Johnson 16–yard pass from Josh Hokit (Jimmy Camacho kick) (3 plays, 73 yards, 1:01) FS 17–0 05:05 FS Jaron Bryant 18–yard interception (Jimmy Camacho kick) FS 24–0 02:08 FS KeeSean Johnson 40–yard pass from Marcus McMaryion (Jimmy Camacho kick) (4 plays, 73 yards, 1:24) FS 31–0 00:54 NEV Wyatt Demps 17–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (6 plays, 75 yards, 1:26) FS 31–7 00:35 NEV Trevion Armstrong 21–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (1 play, 21 yards, 0:07) FS 31–14 3 07:58 FS Ronnie Rivers 5–yard run (Jimmy Camacho kick) (6 plays, 56 yards, 2:41) FS 38–14 4 02:44 FS Jimmy Camacho 27–yard field goal (10 plays, 48 yards, 7:28) FS 41–14 00:23 NEV Blake Wright 2–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (12 plays, 73 yards, 2:21) FS 41–21

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +7.5	59.5[10]

Statistics	Nevada	Fresno State
First downs	16	22
Total yards	314	504
Rushing yards	61	192
Passing yards	253	312
Turnovers	0	6
Time of possession	22:52	37:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	31/48, 253 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	5 carries, 26 yards
	Receiving	Wyatt Demps	10 receptions, 96 yards, 1 TD
Fresno State	Passing	Marcus McMaryion	24/32, 296 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Ronnie Rivers	12 carries, 82 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	KeeSean Johnson	7 receptions, 104 yards, 3 TDs

Hawaii

Hawaii at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 7 7 7 0 21 • Wolf Pack 7 14 7 7 35 Date: October 7, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 7:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes Game attendance: 16,566 Game weather: Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Weather: Clear and Perfect • Wind: W 12 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz (play–by–play), Aaron Murray (analyst) and Jordan Daigle (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 04:52 UH John Ursua 10–yard pass from Dru Brown (Alex Trifonovitch kick) (6 plays, 80 yards, 2:53) UH 7–0 02:30 NEV Mannix McLane 7–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (5 plays, 91 yards, 2:17) TIE 7–7 2 03:55 UH Kade Greeley 42–yard pass from Dru Brown (Alex Trifonovitch kick) (8 plays, 84 yards, 4:53) UH 14–7 02:32 NEV Ty Gangi 17–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (4 plays, 75 yards, 1:23) TIE 14–14 00:18 NEV Wyatt Demps 2–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (4 plays, 66 yards, 0:26) NEV 21–14 3 01:56 NEV Kelton Moore 22–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (5 plays, 46 yards, 2:00) NEV 28–14 01:45 UH Diocemy Saint Juste 75–yard run (Alex Trifonovitch kick) (1 play, 75 yards, 0:11) NEV 28–21 4 11:16 NEV Wyatt Demps 32–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (4 plays, 36 yards, 1:44) NEV 35–21

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +3.5	62.5[11]

Statistics	Hawaii	Nevada
First downs	20	26
Total yards	477	566
Rushing yards	248	268
Passing yards	229	298
Turnovers	3	4
Time of possession	29:01	30:59

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Hawaii	Passing	Dru Brown	18/27, 229 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Diocemy Saint Juste	25 carries, 241 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	John Ursua	9 receptions, 126 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	25/32, 278 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	19 carries, 216 yards
	Receiving	Wyatt Demps	7 receptions, 111 yards, 2 TDs

at Colorado State

Nevada at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 14 7 21 0 42 • Rams 14 14 10 6 44 Date: October 14, 2017 Location: Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO Game start: 8:26 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 39 minutes Game attendance: 36,765 Game weather: Temperature: 43 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: E 7 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick (play–by–play) and Kirk Morrison (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 13:34 CSU Michael Gallup 56–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick) (4 plays, 75 yards, 1:26) CSU 7–0 09:56 CSU Michael Gallup 7–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick) (5 plays, 69 yards, 1:55) CSU 14–0 02:54 NEV Trevion Armstrong 5–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (15 plays, 77 yards, 6:57) CSU 14–7 01:12 NEV Mannix McLane 57–yard pass from Kelton Moore (Spencer Pettit kick) (1 play, 57 yards, 0:10) TIE 14–14 2 12:25 CSU Izzy Matthews 1–yard run (Wyatt Bryan kick) (9 plays, 61 yards, 3:41) CSU 21–14 08:17 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (9 plays, 75 yards, 4:08) TIE 21–21 04:36 CSU Dalton Fackrell 14–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick) (8 plays, 75 yards, 3:41) CSU 28–21 3 09:50 NEV Daiyan Henley 6–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (6 plays, 95 yards, 2:26) TIE 28–28 09:04 NEV Wyatt Demps 65–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (1 play, 65 yards, 0:10) NEV 35–28 04:52 CSU Wyatt Bryan 51–yard field goal (4 plays, 5 yards, 1:37) NEV 35–31 03:13 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 55–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (3 plays, 68 yards, 1:30) NEV 42–31 01:57 CSU Dalyn Dawkins 59–yard run (Wyatt Bryan kick) (3 plays, 82 yards, 1:09) NEV 42–38 4 12:08 CSU Michael Gallup 17–yard pass from Nick Stevens (Wyatt Bryan kick failed) (11 plays, 74 yards, 3:08) CSU 44–42

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +24.5	65.5[12]

Statistics	Nevada	Colorado State
First downs	23	23
Total yards	564	608
Rushing yards	56	224
Passing yards	508	384
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	30:50	29:10

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	23/40, 428 yards, 4 TDs
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	14 carries, 29 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	McLane Mannix	7 receptions, 150 yards, 1 TD
Colorado State	Passing	Nick Stevens	26/37, 384 yards, 4 TDs
	Rushing	Dalyn Dawkins	17 carries, 191 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Michael Gallup	13 receptions, 263 yards, 3 TDs

Air Force

Air Force at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 7 21 7 10 45 Wolf Pack 14 6 8 14 42 Date: October 20, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 6:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 29 minutes Game attendance: 16,789 Game weather: Temperature: 46 °F (8 °C) • Weather: Cool • Wind: W 12 MPH Referee: Kevin Boitmann TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz (play–by–play), Aaron Murray (analyst) and Cassie McKinney (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:19 NEV Mannix McLane 14–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (9 plays, 75 yards, 3:41) NEV 7–0 02:46 AF Garrett Amy 5–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) (10 play, 71 yards, 3:57) TIE 7–7 02:05 NEV Wyatt Demps 28–yard pass from Andrew Celis (Spencer Pettit kick) (3 plays, 75 yards, 0:41) NEV 14–7 2 14:38 AF Taven Birdow 3–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) (6 plays, 93 yards, 2:22) TIE 14–14 13:09 NEV Spencer Pettit 35–yard field goal (6 plays, 29 yards, 1:29) NEV 17–14 10:25 NEV Spencer Pettit 37–yard field goal (7 plays, 34 yards, 1:21) NEV 20–14 03:18 AF Tim McVey 4–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) (15 plays, 75 yards, 7:07) AF 21–20 02:09 AF Ronald Cleveland 43–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) (4 plays, 54 yards, 1:08) AF 28–20 3 12:02 NEV Ty Gangi 13–yard run (Wyatt Demps pass) (6 plays, 37 yards, 1:36) TIE 28–28 02:09 AF Arion Worthman 1–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) (20 plays, 82 yards, 9:47) AF 35–28 4 11:39 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (7 plays, 56 yards, 2:40) TIE 35–35 06:43 AF Arion Worthman 3–yard run (Luke Strebel kick) (12 plays, 75 yards, 4:51) AF 42–35 03:57 NEV Daiyan Henley 31–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (7 plays, 82 yards, 2:41) TIE 42–42 00:00 AF Luke Strebel 30–yard field goal (12 plays, 62 yards, 3:57) AF 45–42

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +6	64[13]

Statistics	Air Force	Nevada
First downs	36	21
Total yards	591	424
Rushing yards	550	157
Passing yards	41	267
Turnovers	5	1
Time of possession	41:20	18:40

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Air Force	Passing	Arion Worthman	4/7, 41 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Tim McVey	18 carries, 139 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Marcus Bennett	2 receptions, 28 yards
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	17/33, 239 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	14 carries, 101 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Brendan O'Leary–Orange	3 receptions, 90 yards

at Boise State

Nevada at Boise State
(rivalry)

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 7 7 0 0 14 • Broncos 10 21 7 3 41 Date: November 4, 2017 Location: Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID Game start: 5:02 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours Game attendance: 30,858 Game weather: Temperature: 42 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Partly Sunny • Wind: NW 9 MPH Referee: Stephen Baron TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick (play–by–play) and Kirk Morrison (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 08:45 NEV Kelton Moore 4–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (13 plays, 75 yards, 6:15) NEV 7–0 03:58 BSU Haden Hoggarth 20–yard field goal (11 plays, 70 yards, 4:42) NEV 7–3 01:42 BSU Alexander Mattison 13–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) (7 plays, 37 yards, 1:11) BSU 10–7 2 12:42 NEV Trevion Armstrong 1–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (8 plays, 75 yards, 4:00) NEV 14–10 11:50 BSU Cedrick Wilson Jr. 44–yard pass from Brett Rypien (Haden Hoggarth kick) (2 plays, 46 yards, 0:50) BSU 17–14 05:35 BSU Ryan Wolpin 1–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) (7 plays, 47 yards, 3:00) BSU 24–14 00:31 BSU Jake Roh 25–yard pass from Brett Rypien (Haden Hoggarth kick) (7 plays, 75 yards, 2:18) BSU 31–14 3 11:03 BSU Alexander Mattison 6–yard run (Haden Hoggarth kick) (8 plays, 71 yards, 3:57) BSU 38–14 4 12:48 BSU Haden Hoggarth 41–yard field goal (11 plays, 46 yards, 5:23) BSU 41–14

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +20	61[14]

Statistics	Nevada	Boise State
First downs	17	24
Total yards	302	479
Rushing yards	142	140
Passing yards	160	339
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	28:31	31:29

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	24/37, 160 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	17 carries, 106 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Wyatt Demps	6 receptions, 61 yards
Boise State	Passing	Brett Rypien	20/27, 258 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Alexander Mattison	12 carries, 64 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	5 receptions, 80 yards, 1 TD

San Jose State

San Jose State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 7 0 0 7 14 • Wolf Pack 14 24 14 7 59 Date: November 11, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:05 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 14 minutes Game attendance: 14,604 Game weather: Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Cool and Sunny • Wind: SE 2 MPH Referee: Daniel Romeo TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenney (play–by–play) and Al Groh (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 05:51 SJSU Tyler Nevens 12–yard run (Bryce Crawford kick) (3 plays, 28 yards, 0:55) SJSU 7–0 03:02 NEV Wyatt Demps 39–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (7 plays, 75 yards, 2:49) TIE 7–7 01:06 NEV Dameon Baber 6–yard blocked punt return (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 14–7 2 11:55 NEV Ty Gangi 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (9 plays, 70 yards, 3:09) NEV 21–7 07:51 NEV Dameon Baber 100–yard interception (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 28–7 04:28 NEV Wyatt Demps 3–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (5 plays, 75 yards, 1:31) NEV 35–7 00:06 NEV Spencer Pettit 20–yard field goal (6 plays, 22 yards, 0:42) NEV 38–7 3 10:35 NEV Jaxson Kincaide 6–yard pass (Spencer Pettit kick) (11 plays, 75 yards, 4:25) NEV 45–7 01:17 NEV Dameon Baber 39–yard interception (Spencer Pettit kick) NEV 52–7 4 06:54 NEV Blake Wright 7–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (7 plays, 54 yards, 2:34) NEV 59–7 00:17 SJSU Sean Pinson 12–yard pass from Michael Carrillo (Bryce Crawford kick) (4 plays, 48 yards, 1:00) NEV 59–14

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV –18	67[15]

Statistics	San Jose State	Nevada
First downs	23	20
Total yards	302	441
Rushing yards	173	176
Passing yards	129	265
Turnovers	5	0
Time of possession	30:16	29:44

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
San Jose State	Passing	Montel Aaron	9/18, 108 yards, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Tyler Nevens	21 carries, 118 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Tre Hartley	2 receptions, 50 yards
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	16/23, 232 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	20 carries, 79 yards
	Receiving	Wyatt Demps	7 receptions, 115 yards, 2 TDs

at San Diego State

Nevada at San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 10 7 0 6 23 • Aztecs 14 7 7 14 42 Date: November 18, 2017 Location: SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA Game start: 7:39 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes Game attendance: 29,265 Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: Calm Referee: David Alvarez TV announcers (CBSSN): Ben Holden (play–by–play), Jay Feely (analyst) and Tina Cervasio (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 06:07 NEV Spencer Pettit 23–yard field goal (8 plays, 63 yards, 2:11) NEV 3–0 05:44 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 48–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (2 plays, 48 yards, 0:09) NEV 10–0 03:45 SDSU Rashaad Penny 23–yard run (John Baron II kick) (5 plays, 69 yards, 1:53) NEV 10–7 02:05 SDSU Rashaad Penny 70–yard punt return (John Baron II kick) SDSU 14–10 2 09:07 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 9–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (4 plays, 89 yards, 1:26) NEV 17–14 00:39 SDSU Mikah Holder 5–yard pass from Christian Chapman (8 plays, 52 yards, 2:19) SDSU 21–17 3 09:22 SDSU Juwan Washington 1–yard run (John Baron II kick) (9 plays, 70 yards, 3:37) SDSU 28–17 4 13:43 NEV Brendan O'Leary-Orange 2–yard pass from Ty Gangi (pass failed) (12 plays, 89 yards, 5:06) SDSU 28–23 13:30 SDSU Rashaad Penny 100–yard kickoff return (John Baron II kick) SDSU 35–23 08:31 SDSU Rashaad Penny 67–yard return (John Baron II kick) (2 plays, 79 yards, 0:35) SDSU 42–23

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV +17	55.5[16]

Statistics	Nevada	San Diego State
First downs	18	25
Total yards	448	494
Rushing yards	34	289
Passing yards	414	205
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	26:11	33:49

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	33/54, 414 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	13 carries, 18 yards
	Receiving	Brendan O'Leary–Orange	11 receptions, 214 yards, 3 TDs
San Diego State	Passing	Christian Chapman	15/23, 205 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Rashaad Penny	24 carries, 222 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Mikah Holder	5 receptions, 85 yards, 1 TD

UNLV

UNLV at Nevada
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)

1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 0 13 3 0 16 • Wolf Pack 6 3 7 7 23 Date: November 25, 2017 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:08 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 56 minutes Game attendance: 17,359 Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: SE 4 MPH Referee: Michael VanderVelde TV announcers (AT&T RM): Drew Goodman (play–by–play), Sherdrick Bonner (analyst) and Brad Thompson (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 14:03 NEV Wyatt Demps 21–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick blocked) (3 plays, 68 yards, 0:57) NEV 6–0 2 14:47 UNLV Armani Rogers 12–yard run (Evan Pantels kick) (12 plays, 88 yards, 5:07) UNLV 7–6 08:56 UNLV Evan Pantels 24–yard field goal (6 plays, 18 yards, 2:54) UNLV 10–6 02:03 UNLV Evan Pantels 37–yard field goal (13 plays, 49 yards, 5:25) UNLV 13–6 00:21 NEV Spencer Pettit 35–yard field goal (11 plays, 56 yards, 1:42) UNLV 13–9 3 10:57 UNLV Evan Pantels 53–yard field goal (10 plays, 29 yards, 4:03) UNLV 16–9 00:41 NEV Trevion Armstrong 6–yard pass from Ty Gangi (Spencer Pettit kick) (10 plays, 91 yards, 3:48) TIE 16–16 4 07:34 NEV Kelton Moore 1–yard run (Spencer Pettit kick) (8 plays, 61 yards, 3:18) NEV 23–16

Pregame line	Over/under
NEV –3	70.5[17]

Statistics	UNLV	Nevada
First downs	22	18
Total yards	324	411
Rushing yards	164	117
Passing yards	160	294
Turnovers	3	3
Time of possession	36:30	23:30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UNLV	Passing	Armani Rogers	12/23, 160 yards
	Rushing	Lexington Thomas	15 carries, 63 yards
	Receiving	Brandon Presley	4 receptions, 59 yards
Nevada	Passing	Ty Gangi	24/33, 266 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Kelton Moore	23 carries, 109 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	McLane Mannix	7 receptions, 109 yards

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Austin Corbett	G	2	33	Cleveland Browns

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