UNLV Football by the numbers

Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006 | 9:11 a.m.

The UNLV football team reports Sunday for its second preseason training camp under head coach Mike Sanford. After five days of practices at Rebel Park on campus, the team will move its camp to Ely before returning to Las Vegas on Aug. 23. The Rebels open the 2006 season on Sept. 2 against Idaho State at Sam Boyd Stadium.

75-65

The combined 2005 record of UNLV's opponents this season

2-9

UNLV's record in 2005 under first-year head coach Mike Sanford

0-9

92

Linebacker Beau Bell's tackles last season, which was fourth-best in the Mountain West Conference

1983

The last time UNLV's defense recorded a shutout on the road (Nov. 12, 1983, at Cal State Fullerton)

88-33

The margin by which UNLV was outscored in the first quarter last season

1

Number of UNLV games scheduled to be shown on Cox Cable in Las Vegas (Nov. 4 vs. TCU on Outdoor Life Network)

3

Number of bowl games in which UNLV has played in the 38-year history of the program (1984, 1994 and 2000)

15-16

UNLV's all-time record against rival UNR

8

Games in which UNLV allowed 30 or more points last season

52

Sergio Aguayo's longest field goal made last season (twice, in a 13-10 victory against San Diego State)

2

Transfers from USC on this year's roster (quarterback Rocky Hinds and defensive back Eric Wright)

14

Players on this year's roster who hail from Nevada

7

UNLV football players on the spring 2006 Dean's List

58

UNLV's longest scoring pass in 2005 - by wide receiver Tremayne Kirkland

2-4

Sanford's record in coach's challenges during the first season of the Mountain West Conference's instant-replay system

21

Consecutive PATs made by Aguayo in 2005 after missing his first of the season

673

Erick Jackson's team-leading rushing yardage as a junior last season

85

The average high temperature for August in Ely, where UNLV will train for 12 days

105

Average high temperature for August in Las Vegas

COMPILED BY BRIAN HILDERBRAND

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