Kansas vs. UNLV

Kansas and UNLV have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2002; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Kansas wins
2
UNLV wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2002
Longest streak
2 Kansas
Current streak
1 UNLV
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s1–⁠1
2020s1–⁠1
Average margin
12.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
1–⁠0 Kansas’s record at home
At UNLV
1–⁠0 UNLV’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Kansas first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and UNLV, 2002 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jason Bean Kansas19 of 28, 449 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT2023 Passing
Luke Grimm Kansas4 catches, 160 yards, 3 TD2023 Receiving

Named most valuable

Jason Bean Kansas2023
Kenny Logan Kansas2023

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 13, 2024UNLV 23, Kansas 20Children’s Mercy Park
Dec 26, 2023Kansas 49, UNLV 36Chase FieldGuaranteed Rate Bowl
Sep 6, 2003Kansas 46, UNLV 24at Kansas
Sep 7, 2002UNLV 31, Kansas 20at UNLV

Every game is listed as played on the field.