Sept. 5, 2011
NEVADA (0-0) at OREGON (0-1)
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 - 12:30 p.m. PT
Autzen Stadium - Eugene, Ore.
RADIO: Wolf Pack Radio Network (Flagship: ESPN Radio 94.5 FM/630 AM) with Ryan Radtke (PxP) and Chris Vargas (analyst). Pre-game show with broadcast crew and Alex Van Dyke begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff.
TV: FX with Gus Johnson (PxP), Charles Davis (analyst) and Tim?Brewster (sidelines).
SERIES?HISTORY: Oregon leads the all-time series 5-1.
LAST?MEETING: Oregon took a 31-23 decision at Autzen Stadium in 2003.
THE SKINNY
The 2011 season finally begins for the Nevada football team as the Wolf Pack travels to Autzen Stadium in Eugene,?Ore., to face the Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12 Conference ... This will be the seventh meeting all-time between the teams and Nevada will be looking for its first win over the Ducks since 1947 ... The Wolf Pack opened the 2011 season with a bye during the first week of action while Oregon fell to LSU in Dallas ... Nevada is not ranked in either of the two Top 25 polls but the Pack did receive a vote in each to begin the year ... The Wolf Pack finished the 2010 season ranked 11th in the AP Poll and 13th in the USA Today Coaches Poll ... Nevada enters this game with a seven-game winning streak as the last time the Pack lost was Oct. 16, 2010 at Hawaii (27-21) ... Nevada has not lost a regular-season non-conference game in nearly two years with the last one being a 31-21 defeat to Missouri on?Sept. 25, 2009 ... Nevada returns 14 starters (6/7/1) from last year's 13-1 team and 31 overall letterwinners (15/15/1) ... Amongst the returners are four All-WAC players in 2010 in senior wideout Rishard Matthews, junior offensive lineman Chris Barker, senior linebacker James-Michael Johnson and senior cornerback Isaiah Frey.
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