Game notes: Wyoming at UNLV
Saturday, November 7, 10:30 p.m. ET, Allegiant Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Wyoming (4–3, 3–1 in conference) at UNLV (4–3, 2–1 in conference), Saturday, November 7, 10:30 p.m. ET, Allegiant Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 28th meeting; Wyoming leads the series 14–13.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, October 4, 2025: UNLV 31, Wyoming 17.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1978: UNLV 12, Wyoming 10.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- UNLV is 8–6 at home against Wyoming.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: UNLV 31–17 (at Wyoming); 2023: UNLV 34–14 (at UNLV); 2020: Wyoming 45–14 (at UNLV); 2019: Wyoming 53–17 (at Wyoming); 2016: UNLV 69–66 (at UNLV).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Wyoming
- Wyoming is 4–3 (3–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 13–35 at Colorado State; W 21–13 vs. Northern Colorado; L 10–24 at Central Michigan; W 27–10 vs. Hawai’i; L 0–28 at North Dakota State; W 16–13 at San José State; W 41–23 vs. Northern Illinois.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Wyoming is No. 107 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jay Sawvel is 11–20 in his third season at Wyoming.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jay Sawvel is 0–1 against UNLV.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Tyler Hughes (QB): 1,018 passing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Markell Holman (RB): 390 rushing yards, 3 TD.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jones Thomas (S): 50 tackles, 2 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2009, Wyoming lost to No. 25 BYU 52–0.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
UNLV
- UNLV is 4–3 (2–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 21–27 vs. Memphis; W 21–6 at Hawai’i; L 6–44 at North Texas; W 38–10 at Akron; W 39–31 vs. California; W 13–7 vs. North Dakota State; L 31–41 at Air Force.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- UNLV is No. 47 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Dan Mullen is 14–7 in his second season at UNLV and 117–68 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Dan Mullen is 1–0 against Wyoming.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jackson Arnold (QB): 1,391 passing yards, 10 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jai’Den Thomas (RB): 543 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jake Pope (S): 63 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jai’Den Thomas needs 155 yards to pass Mike Thomas (3,149, 1973–74) for third on UNLV’s career rushing yards list. He has 2,995 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Jai’Den Thomas is tied with Charles Williams (34, 2016–21) for third on UNLV’s career rushing touchdowns list, at 34 so far; one more rushing touchdown breaks the tie.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2020, UNLV lost to Fresno State 40–27.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Dan Mullen is 1–0 against Jay Sawvel’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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