Week #3 - Nevada (2-1, 0-0 MW) at Toledo (1-1, 0-0 MAC)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 22
Kickoff: 9 a.m. PT
Stadium: Glass Bowl
Location: Toledo, Ohio
TV: CBS Sports Network
Radio: Wolf Pack Radio Network (Flagship: ESPN Radio 94.5 FM/630 AM); NevadaWolfPack.com/audio
Series: Toledo leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: Sept. 9, 2017; L, 37-24

SERIES HISTORY
Nevada and Toledo have played one another four times in program history but the Wolf Pack has never beaten the Rockets in those four tries. The all-time series dates back to 1995 when the Pack hosted the Rockets in Reno and suffered a 49-35 loss. These two teams have also met with a bowl game title on the line when they squared off later in that same year in the 1995 Las Vegas Bowl. The game, which needed overtime to determine a winner, went the way of the Rockets, 40-37.

Most recently, the Pack and Rockets squared off against each other in 2017 when Toledo came into Reno and Mackay Stadium and won the game 37-24.

NEVADA AGAINST THE MAC
The Wolf Pack has not faced many current members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in its history, but sports a 6-6 record overall. If you take out the Pack's 0-4 record against Toledo, Nevada is 6-2 against other members of the MAC, including a 3-0 mark against Buffalo.

EXPLOSIVE PLAYS
Nevada's offense posted nine explosive plays (20+ yard passes, 15+ yard rushes) during the week three win over Oregon State. The Wolf Pack had five rush plays of 15 or more yards and four pass plays of 20 or more yards. The long run of the game came from true freshman Toa Taua who ripped off a career-long 30-yard rush. The long pass play of the game came from another true freshman, Romeo Doubs, who connected with QB Ty Gangi for a career-long 35-yard reception.

Portland State: 13 (9 pass, 4 rush)
Vanderbilt: 3 (3 pass)
Oregon State: 9 (4 pass, 5 rush)

PACK'S TOP FIVE MARKS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Nevada ranks in the top five in the Mountain West in the following statistical categories: scoring offense (5th, 39.7), rushing defense (5th, 128.7), passing offense (4th, 279.0), punt returns (1st, 27.3), punting (2nd, 40.2), pass efficiency (5th, 137.9), sacks by (1st, 10.0), opponent 3rd down conversion (1st, 21.7).

HOLY POINTS
In the week one win over Portland State, Nevada put up 72 points, the most points it had scored in a single game at Mackay Stadium since it also put up 72 against North Texas in 1991. In turn those 72 points are the most points scored in the Jay Norvell era. It was three points shy of the Mackay Stadium record of 75, set in 1977 when it beat Sacramento State 75-0.

Additionally, the Pack's 72 points were the third-most scored in week one in Division I behind Fresno State's 79 and Ohio State's 77.

RECEIVING DUO
For two of the Pack's top receiving targets, sophomore McLane Mannix and junior Kaleb Fossum, the season opener against Portland State couldn't have gone much better. Both Mannix and Fossum recorded over 100 receiving yards Friday night, led by Fossum's 139. Both Fossum's 139 yards and Mannix's 132 ranked inside the top six in the Mountain West in week one. Mannix added three TD receptions to his stat line as well, marking the first multi-TD game of his career.

Mannix followed up his week one performance with six catches for 86 yards at Vanderbilt to lead the team. Heading into week four, Mannix ranks 21st in the nation in receiving yards (303), is seventh in receiving TDs (4) and ranks 38th in yards per reception (20.2).

NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF OFFENSE
With the creation of the Pistol in 2005 and into the Air Raid of today, Nevada has gained a lot of yards. Since 2006, the Wolf Pack ranks fifth nationally in total yards, behind Houston, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oregon.

1.    Oregon    80,408
2.    Oklahoma    79,912
3.    Texas Tech    78,693
4.    Houston    78,161
5.    Nevada    70,429

#HECKOFAYEAR
For junior P Quinton Conaway, he adopted the tag line of #HeckOfAYear for the 2018 season. Conaway posted one of the best games of his career in the week three win over Oregon State. The Oklahoma native recorded single-game career highs in punt attempts (7), punt yards (313) and longest punt, which went for 63 yards, the second-longest by a Mountain West player this season. Conaway has boosted his punting average up to 42.9 yards per punt, which ranks sixth in the conference and 33rd nationally.

DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!
Three games into the 2018 season, the Wolf Pack defense has been one of the top teams in the nation in a few different defensive categories. Nevada ranks first in the conference and 14th nationally in sacks per game (3.3), is first in the league and 13th nationally in tackles for loss per game (9.3) and is sixth in the MW and 33rd nationally in interceptions (3). The Pack is led on defense by a host of players, including running back turned linebacker Maliek Broady, who leads the team with 4.0 TFL. Behind Broady, senior DE Korey Rush has recorded 3.5 TFL, while senior LB and sophomore DB Nephi Sewell have 3.0 to their credit.

CAREER FIRSTS
In Nevada's 72-19 season-opening win over Portland State, there were a lot of "firsts" by a handful of Wolf Pack players.

Austin Arnold (DB): First career start
Miles Beach (OL): First career start
Daniel Brown (DB): First career interception
Nate Brown (OL): First career start
Elijah Cooks (WR): First career start
Romeo Doubs (WR): First career punt return for TD
Kaleb Fossum (WR): First career start
Sam Hammond (DE): First career blocked punt
Kaleb Meder (DE): First career DI start
Kalei Meyer (OL): First career start at OL
Lucas Weber (LB): First career start

ROMEO, ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO
True freshman Romeo Doubs made a big splash in his collegiate debut against Portland State. On his first collegiate touch in the fourth quarter, Doubs returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. His 80-yard punt return was the longest punt returned for a TD in the Mountain West in week one and was the third-longest in the nation. It was the first punt returned for a TD by a Wolf Pack player since 2011.

Last week against Oregon State, Doubs returned one punt for 29 yards and has slid into the starting punt returner role heading into week four. He is averaging 54.5 yards per punt return on his two returns.

GAME CHANGER
Making just his second career start, junior DB Daniel Brown made a game-changing interception in the season opening win over Portland State. With 3:36 left in the first quarter and the Pack trailing 9-0, Brown picked off Vikings quarterback Davis Alexander and took it 42 yards and into the endzone to put the Pack on the board. It was the first interception of Brown's career and got Nevada started towards 23 unanswered points.

DEGREES COMPLETED
A total of nine Nevada football student-athletes have already obtained a college degree prior to the start of the 2018 season. That number is tied for 15th-most in the nation along with Akron, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Minnesota, South Carolina, Tennessee, UCF and West Virginia. The Wolf Pack players with degrees in hand are: Justin Brent, Jomon Dotson, Ty Gangi, Sean Krepsz, Kalei Meyer, Kelton Moore, Asauni Rufus, Korey Rush, Lucas Weber.

TEAM CAPTAINS
Last season, Coach Norvell and his program chose week-by-week team captains for every game but this season there have been three student-athletes chosen by the team to serve as team captains for the length of the season. Ty Gangi will represent the offense, Malik Reed will represent the defense and Wes Farnsworth will represent the special teams. In addition, Norvell will recognize scout team players each week who will serve as either an honorary captain, US Flag bearer or Nevada state flag bearer.

Portland State: Alec Bonsall (honorary captain), Carson Strong, Zak Mahannah
Vanderbilt: McLane Mannix (honorary captain), Trae Carter-Wells
Oregon State: Lamin Touray (honorary captain), Ben Putman, Sheldon Wilkinson

BABER, MANNIX AND REED NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST TEAM
Nevada seniors Dameon Baber and Malik Reed and sophomore McLane Mannix represented Nevada on this year's preseason All-Mountain West team, which was voted on by coaches at MW media days in Las Vegas.

Mannix, a freshman All-American in 2017, was picked for the All-Conference Preseason team, which honored 25 players with 11 on each side of the ball and three specialists. Mannix caught 57 passes for 778 yards and six touchdowns as a true freshman last year.

Baber was picked on the defensive side along with Reed. Baber is a two-time All-Mountain West selection, earning the honor as a true freshman in 2015 and again last season as a junior. Reed, also a two-time all-conference pick, was selected as he converts from defensive end to linebacker for his senior season.