2012 UNLV Rebels football team

2012 UNLV Rebels football
2012 UNLV Rebels football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	2–11 (2–6 MW)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Brent Myers (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	J.D. Williams (1st season)
Home stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by third year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 2–11, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in eighth place. This is the third straight year and seventh time in the last nine years that UNLV has finished with only 2 wins.^[1]

2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Boise State	7	–	1	11	–	2
Fresno State	7	–	1	9	–	4
San Diego State	7	–	1	9	–	4
Air Force	5	–	3	6	–	7
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wyoming	3	–	5	4	–	8
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
UNLV	2	–	6	2	–	11
New Mexico	1	–	7	4	–	9
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9

– Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:00 p.m.	Minnesota*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 27–30 ^3OT	16,013
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV		L 14–17	15,257
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Washington State*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ESPN	L 27–35	17,015
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Air Force	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ALT	W 38–35	14,054
September 29	5:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN3	L 13–35	24,226
October 6	4:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech*	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN3/ESPN	L 31–58	21,850
October 13	12:00 p.m.	Nevada	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)	TWCSN	L 37–42	20,565
October 20	12:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	NBCSN	L 7–32	36,012
October 27	5:00 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	TWCSN	L 13–24	23,874
November 3	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	TWCSN	W 35–7	12,835
November 10	4:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	TWCSN/KTVD/RTRM	L 11–33	13,887
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	TWCSN	L 23–28	10,717
November 24	8:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/ESPN3	L 10–48	28,359
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Golden Gophers	0	7	0	6	7	7	3	30
Rebels	3	0	7	3	7	7	0	27

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	7	10	17
Rebels	7	7	0	0	14

This is the second straight year the Rebels were defeated by a team from the FCS after falling to Southern Utah in 2011.

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	14	0	7	35
Rebels	7	13	0	7	27

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	14	0	7	35
Rebels	7	10	14	7	38

At Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	7	6	0	13
Aggies	0	20	0	15	35

At Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	7	10	7	7	31
Bulldogs	20	7	17	14	58

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	0	14	7	21	42
Rebels	14	17	0	6	37

At Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	7	7
No. 22 Broncos	8	17	7	0	32

At San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	6	0	7	0	13
Aztecs	7	7	7	3	24

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	7	0	7
Rebels	7	14	7	7	35

At Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	11	11
Rams	7	17	3	6	33

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	14	0	0	28
Rebels	7	10	0	6	23

At Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	10	10
Warriors	7	24	3	14	48

References

^ "Nevada-Las Vegas Yearly Totals". Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
^ "2019 Football Schedule".

[1] "Nevada-Las Vegas Yearly Totals". Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.

[2] "2019 Football Schedule".

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