No. 14 NEVADA (11-1, 6-1 WAC)
at LOUISIANA TECH (5-6, 4-3 WAC)Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 – 12:07 p.m. PT
Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600) – Ruston, La.
RADIO: University of Nevada Sports Network (Flagship: ESPN Radio 94.5 FM/630 AM) with Ryan Radtke (PxP) and Chris Vargas (analyst).
TV: WAC Sports Network with Guy Haberman (PxP) and ralph Gaston (analyst).
SERIES HISTORY: Nevada leads 6-4 and has won the last five meetings.
LAST MEETING: Nevada took a 37-14 win in Reno last year for Coach Chris Ault’s 200th career victory.
THE SKINNY
Coming off the biggest win in school history -- a 34-31 win over then-No. 3 Boise State, the Nevada football looks to secure its share of a WAC title this week at Louisiana Tech ... A win would give the Pack a 7-1 mark in WAC play, which would tie Hawaii and potentially Boise State ... The game will be televised by the WAC Sports Network, which is available in Northern Nevada on KAME ... Nevada is ranked No. 14 in the AP Poll, No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the BCS Standings ... The rankings for the latter two are the highest in school history ... The highest Nevada has ever been ranked in the AP poll was No. 10 in 1948 ... At 11 wins, this marks Nevada’s first double-digit win season in its FBS history (since 1992) and is the most wins since the 1991 team went 12-1 ... Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named a semifinalist for the Manning Award, the Maxwell Award and is a finalist for the Unitas Trophy ... Kaepernick has set a slew of NCAA records and milestones and is nearing others (more later in this release) ... Kaepernick and running back Vai Taua are both over the1,000-yard rushing mark for the third straight year ... Nevada defensive end Dontay Moch is the nation’s active leader in tackles for loss with 61.0 ... Moch’s total is 6th in NCAA history and is also the current school and WAC record ... Moch is 1.0 sack away from the school and WAC record ... Nevada is already bowl eligible for a program-record sixth straight season ... The Wolf Pack returned 15 starters from last year’s team that went 8-5 overall and 7-1 (second place) in Western Athletic Conference play ... Overall, Nevada returned nine starters on offense as the Wolf Pack led the nation in rushing in 2009
... Nevada is coming off its fifth straight bowl appearance.
