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29:UNLV Rebels football
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1217:Whitney, NV
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830:September 6
810:Whitney, NV
721:and made a
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1848:Categories
1475:Bowl games
1309:References
1286:Homecoming
1169:New Mexico
1162:November 8
1125:November 1
1087:11:00 a.m.
1084:October 25
1047:October 18
1008:11:00 a.m.
928:Iowa State
794:Utah State
782:Attendance
739:New Mexico
723:field goal
695:Iowa State
500:New Mexico
84:Todd Berry
45:Conference
1322:UNLV 2008
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1105:Provo, UT
1054:Air Force
1050:7:00 p.m.
1005:October 4
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898:Tempe, AZ
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833:5:00 p.m.
790:7:00 p.m.
787:August 30
747:bowl game
719:touchdown
715:Air Force
377:Air Force
1497:Hey Reb!
1479:Nevada:
1325:Archived
770:Opponent
757:Schedule
731:starting
679:overtime
178:Overall
1544:Seasons
1291:AP Poll
1207:Wyoming
743:Wyoming
707:kickoff
697:of the
689:of the
635:AP Poll
617:
611:–
592:–
576:
570:–
551:–
541:Wyoming
535:
529:–
510:–
494:
488:–
469:–
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447:–
428:–
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406:–
387:–
371:
365:–
346:–
326:
320:–
301:–
281:
275:–
256:–
235:
113:Seasons
1516:People
1433:Venues
1275:17,846
1234:18,154
1193:13,154
1157:16,121
1120:64,081
1079:21,055
1042:19,703
1000:33,078
968:Nevada
956:25,567
953:34–31
916:59,852
913:23–20
869:45,587
825:18,815
779:Result
753:team.
711:fumble
699:Big 12
691:Pac-10
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55:Record
1272:21–42
1231:22–14
1224:CBSCS
1190:27–20
1154:14–44
1117:35–42
1076:28–29
1039:28–41
997:27–49
866:21–42
822:27–17
1833:2024
1828:2023
1823:2022
1818:2021
1813:2020
1808:2019
1803:2018
1798:2017
1793:2016
1788:2015
1783:2014
1778:2013
1773:2012
1768:2011
1763:2010
1758:2009
1753:2008
1748:2007
1743:2006
1738:2005
1733:2004
1728:2003
1723:2002
1718:2001
1713:2000
1708:1999
1703:1998
1698:1997
1693:1996
1688:1995
1683:1994
1678:1993
1673:1992
1668:1991
1663:1990
1658:1989
1653:1988
1648:1987
1643:1986
1638:1985
1633:1984
1628:1983
1623:1982
1618:1981
1613:1980
1608:1979
1603:1978
1598:1977
1593:1976
1588:1975
1583:1974
1578:1973
1573:1972
1568:1971
1563:1970
1558:1969
1553:1968
1070:MWSN
1033:MWSN
991:MWSN
947:MWSN
859:MWSN
838:Utah
773:Site
767:Time
764:Date
741:and
642:The
459:UNLV
245:Utah
184:Team
170:Conf
124:2009
119:2007
25:2008
1245:at
1092:BYU
1011:at
906:FSN
727:BYU
662:in
614:10
362:10
336:BYU
334:25
332:No.
317:11
291:TCU
287:No.
272:13
247:$
241:No.
1850::
1336:^
776:TV
674:.
608:2
595:7
589:1
573:8
567:4
554:7
548:1
532:8
526:4
513:6
507:2
491:7
485:5
472:6
466:2
450:6
444:7
431:4
425:4
409:5
403:8
390:3
384:5
368:3
349:2
343:6
323:2
304:1
298:7
289:7
278:0
259:0
253:8
243:2
1416:e
1409:t
1402:v
1270:L
1229:W
1188:W
1152:L
1115:L
1074:L
1037:L
995:L
985:)
971:*
951:W
931:*
911:W
885:*
864:L
820:W
797:*
230:L
220:W
203:L
193:W
161:e
154:t
147:v
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