List of UNLV Rebels football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the UNLV Rebels football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). UNLV's first football team was fielded in 1968.

UNLV football began in 1968. After spending time in the Big West Conference between 1982 and 1995, and the Western Athletic Conference between 1996 and 1998, the Rebels joined the Mountain West Conference as one of the founding members in 1999, of which it has been a member since.

Seasons

Year Coach Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Bill Ireland (Independent) (1968–1972)
1968 Nevada Southern 8–1
1969 UNLV 6–4
1970 UNLV 6–4
1971 UNLV 5–4–1
1972 UNLV 1–10
Ron Meyer (Div. II Independent) (1973–1975)
1973 UNLV 8–3
1974 UNLV 12–1 L NCAA Division II Semifinal
1975 UNLV 7–4
Tony Knap (Div. II Independent) (1976–1977)
1976 UNLV 9–3 L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
1977 UNLV 9–2
Tony Knap (I-A Independent) (1978–1981)
1978 UNLV 7–4
1979 UNLV 9–1–2
1980 UNLV 7–4
1981 UNLV 6–6
Harvey Hyde (PCAA) (1982–1985)
1982 UNLV 3–8 1–4 6th
1983 UNLV 0–11[A] 0–6 7th
1984 UNLV 0–13[A] 0–7 8th L California[A]
1985 UNLV 5–5–1 4–2–1 3rd
Wayne Nunnely (PCAA/Big West Conference) (1986–1989)
1986 UNLV 6–5 3–4 T–4th
1987 UNLV 5–6 4–3 T–2nd
1988 UNLV 4–7 3–4 T–5th
1989 UNLV 4–7 3–4 5th
Jim Strong (Big West Conference) (1990–1993)
1990 UNLV 4–7 3–4 5th
1991 UNLV 4–7 2–5 T–5th
1992 UNLV 6–5 3–3 T–4th
1993 UNLV 3–8 2–4 T–6th
Jeff Horton (Big West Conference) (1994–1995)
1994 UNLV 7–5 5–1 T–2nd W Las Vegas
1995 UNLV 2–9 1–5 10th
Jeff Horton (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–1998)
1996 UNLV 1–11 1–8 8th (Pacific)
1997 UNLV 3–8 2–6 7th (Pacific)
1998 UNLV 0–11 0–8 8th (Mountain)
John Robinson (Mountain West Conference) (1999–2004)
1999 UNLV 3–8 1–6 8th
2000 UNLV 8–5 4–3 T–3rd W Las Vegas
2001 UNLV 4–7 3–4 6th
2002 UNLV 5–7 3–4 T–5th
2003 UNLV 6–6 2–5 T–7th
2004 UNLV 2–9 1–6 8th
Mike Sanford Sr. (Mountain West Conference) (2005–2009)
2005 UNLV 2–9 1–7 9th
2006 UNLV 2–10 1–7 T–8th
2007 UNLV 2–10 1–7 9th
2008 UNLV 5–7 2–6 T–6th
2009 UNLV 5–7 3–5 6th
Bobby Hauck (Mountain West Conference) (2010–2014)
2010 UNLV 2–11 2–6 T–6th
2011 UNLV 2–10 1–6 T–6th
2012 UNLV 2–11 2–6 8th
2013 UNLV 7–6 5–3 T–3rd (West) L Heart of Dallas
2014 UNLV 2–11 1–7 6th (West)
Tony Sanchez (Mountain West Conference) (2015–2019)
2015 UNLV 3–9 2–6 T–4th (West)
2016 UNLV 4–8 3–5 T–3rd (West)
2017 UNLV 5–7 4–4 T–3rd (West)
2018 UNLV 4–8 2–6 5th (West)
2019 UNLV 4–8 2–6 5th (West)
Marcus Arroyo (Mountain West Conference) (2020–2022)
2020 UNLV 0–6 0–6 12th
2021 UNLV 2–10 2–6 6th (West)
2022 UNLV 5–7 3–5 4th (West)
Barry Odom (Mountain West Conference) (2023–2024)
2023 UNLV 9–5 6–2 T–1st L Guaranteed Rate
2024 UNLV 11–3 6–1 T–2nd W LA
Total: 269–381–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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Notes

  • A In March 1985, the NCAA ruled UNLV to forfeit all of its victories from their 1983 and 1984 seasons due to playing with ineligible players, including 7 wins in 1983 and 11 wins in 1984 as well as the 1984 California Bowl.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Sports Network Football Bowl Subdivision". www.sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels Stats, History, and More - databaseFootball.com/College". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "Nevada-Las Vegas Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "2021 UNLV Rebels Schedule".
  5. ^ McCurdie, Jim (March 13, 1985). "UNLV Punished for Using Ineligible Football Players". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2024.