Nevada Game Notes vs. Boise State
- Nevada finishes the 2006 regular season at 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the Western Athletic Conference.
- The Wolf Pack is bowl eligible for the second consecutive season.
- Today’s attendance of 25,506 is the 10th largest crowd in Mackay Stadium history.
- Senior safety Nick Hawthrone’s 45-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter was the second TD of his career. It marked his fourth interception of the year and the fourth time that the Nevada defense has scored a touchdown this season.
- Nevada has not been shut out in an NCAA-best 316 straight games, a stretch that goes back to 1980.
- Senior running back Robert Hubbard topped the 100-yard mark for fifth time this season.
- The 28-yard Boise State field goal in the first quarter marked the first points allowed by the Nevada defense since the third quarter of the Idaho game on Nov. 4, a span of 154 minutes, 41 seconds.
- Boise State won toss and deferred to the second half.
