Nevada Game Notes vs. San Jose State
Oct. 21, 2006
Nevada has now won eight straight games at Mackay Stadium and 13-of-15 since Chris Ault returned to the sidelines in 2004. In 21-plus years at Nevada, Ault has a career mark of 124-25-1 at Mackay, a winning percentage of .830
Nevada now holds a 12-7-2 advantage over San Jose State in the series between the schools and has won five straight meetings with the Spartans. Nevada is 5-2 against San Jose State since the Wolf Pack joined the WAC in 2000.
Scoring in the first quarter has been pivotal to Nevada’s success this year. In Nevada’s four victories, the Wolf Pack has outscored foes 38-7 in the first quarter.
Senior quarterback Travis Moore made his first career start on Saturday in place of Jeff Rowe and finished the game with 178 yards on 20 of 28 passing. He threw one touchdown pass and has one interception.
Senior running back Robert Hubbard rushed 33 times for 161 yards and a touchdown. That marked his third 100-yard game this season and the fifth of his career
Hubbard scored a touchdown on a 1-yard plunge in the first quarter his first score since Nevada’s win over Northwestern on Sept. 22. Hubbard has four touchdowns this season and all have come at Mackay Stadium
True freshman safety Jonathon Amaya made his first career start.
Senior defensive end J.J. Milan, who entered the week leading the WAC and 18th in the country in sacks, registered his sixth of the season in the first half.
Nevada’s first two touchdowns a 1-yard run Robert Hubbard and a 1-yard one by Moore came after the Wolf Pack defense forced turnovers. Charles Wilson’s interception (the first of his career) set up Hubbard’s TD run in the first quarter. A fumble forced by Devon Walker was picked up by Jeremy Engstrom and set up Moore’s TD run. They marked Nevada’s 17 th and 18th takeaways this season. Nevada has scored 62 points off of those turnovers.
Kicker Brett Jaekle notched touchbacks on his first four kickoffs of the game.
Freshman Nick Graziano took the first snaps at quarterback of his career. He took two snaps in the third quarter and handed off both times.
Guard Barrett Reznick played for the first time since suffering a knee against Northwestern.
Nevada has not been shut out since Sept. 27, 1980, a streak of 311 straight games that is the longest in the nation. The last team to shut out Nevada was Weber State. During the streak, Nevada has recorded six shutouts, the last being a 63-0 win over Cal Poly in 1998 at Mackay Stadium.
For the first time in the last five games, Nevada did not block a kick.
