A look at the history of the Nevada-UNLV football rivalry:

GAME-BY-GAME GLANCE
1969
Nevada* 30, UNLV 28
The first game of the series is perhaps the most dramatic. The Rebels led 28-27 with a minute to play when Nevada's John Barnes kicked a 33-yard field goal to give the Wolf Pack and first-year coach Jerry Scattini the victory. A crowd of 7,000 watched the game at the 6,000-seat Mackay Stadium.
Series: Nevada leads 1-0

1970
UNLV* 42, Nevada 30
This is the first year the John C. Fremont Cannon is offered as the trophy to the winning team and the Rebels secure it for Las Vegas. It was the final game of the season and the Rebels saved it for their homecoming. UNLV's coach is Bill Ireland, a longtime coach at Nevada.
Series: Tied 1-1

1971
UNLV 27, Nevada* 13
The Rebels retained the Fremont Cannon with their only road victory of the season in front of 5,200 fans at Mackay. The Wolf Pack finishes with a 5-5 season.
Series: UNLV leads 2-1

1972
Nevada 41, UNLV* 13
Not even a final-game homecoming could help the Rebels, who were struggling to a 1-10 season. The Pack, behind star running back Gary Hulsey, led 20-6 at halftime, then sewed up the game with 14 fourth-quarter points.
Series: Tied 2-2

1973
Nevada* 19, UNLV 3
The Wolf Pack spoils the first season of Ron Meyer, a former Dallas Cowboys assistant, who took over the UNLV program and led it to a top-10 ranking. But the Pack shut down star running back Mike Thomas and went on to victory
Series: Nevada leads 3-2

1974
UNLV* 28, Nevada 7
The Rebels roll to the best record in the school's history, finishing the regular season 11-0 before losing to Delaware in the Grantland Rice Bowl. The battle for Nevada is again UNLV's homecoming and it puts on a show before a sellout crowd of 17,119 at the Silver Bowl.
Series: Tied 3-3

1975
UNLV 45, Nevada* 7
This is a matchup of two teams going in the opposite direction. The Pack will finish 3-8 in the final season for Jerry Scattini as coach, while the Rebels post a 7-4 record. Former Wooster High quarterback Glenn Carano tears up the Wolf Pack defense, passing for two touchdowns and rushing for another.
Series: UNLV leads 4-3

1976
UNLV* 49, Nevada 33
Nevada's first-year head coach Chris Ault, a former three-year UNLV assistant, suffers a loss in his first meeting with the Rebels after predicting a victory. UNLV again was led by Carano, who later played for the Dallas Cowboys. Carano passed for four touchdowns and ran for two others. Nevada quarterback Jeff Tisdel passed for 335 yards and four touchdowns.
Series: UNLV leads 5-3

1977
UNLV 27, Nevada* 12
After the Wolf Pack takes a 7-0 lead on a 15-yard run by Stanley Wilson, UNLV scores 27 unanswered points. Raymond Strong rushes for two touchdowns for the Rebels, including an 80-yard scamper to give the Rebels the lead for good.
Series: UNLV leads 6-3

1978
Nevada 23, UNLV* 14
The Wolf Pack was on its way to an 11-0 regular season and the Division I-AA playoffs. The Pack led 20-0 as Frank Hawkins plunged in from a yard out, and Larry Worman passed for one touchdown and ran for another. UNLV scored on a blocked punt and a 10-yard TD run by Russell Ellis. Fernando Serrano sealed the victory for the Pack with a 38-yard field goal.
Series: UNLV leads 6-4

1979
UNLV 26, Nevada* 21
The Rebels took back the Fremont Cannon as quarterback Larry Gentry rushed for two touchdowns and Mike Morton two others for UNLV. Nevada's Larry Worman passed for two touchdowns and Frank Hawkins ran for another.
Series: UNLV leads 7-4

1983
UNLV* 28, Nevada 18
The Wolf Pack gave the Rebels and their All-America quarterback Randall Cunningham all they could handle, but Cunningham was too strong in the end. The Pack cut the Rebel lead to 21-18 early in the fourth quarter, but Cunningham led a drive the Pack couldn't stop and his touchdown pass with two minutes left sealed the Rebels' victory.
Series: UNLV leads 8-4

1985
Nevada* 48, UNLV 7
The Rebels scored the first touchdown of the game and didn't see the end zone again. Eric Beavers threw for 277 yards and four touchdowns and former Las Vegas prep stars Charvez Foger and Lucius Floyd each rushed for a touchdown.
Series: UNLV leads 8-5

1987
UNLV* 24, Nevada 19
Ickey Woods' shuffling and Sean Blunt's 62-yard interception return of a Jim Zaccheo pass put the Rebels ahead 21-3 before the Wolf Pack rallied on two touchdown runs by Lucius Floyd to make it 21-16. The teams could only trade field goals after that as the Rebels held on for the victory.
Series: UNLV leads 9-5

1989
Nevada* 45, UNLV 7
Fred Gatlin threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns as the Wolf Pack built a 45-0 lead after three quarters. Tight end Demetrius Davis had six catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns.
Series: UNLV leads 9-6

1990
Nevada 26, UNLV* 14
Nevada's balanced attack never allowed the Rebels into the game. Fred Gatlin threw for 246 yards and a touchdown and Ray Whalen ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns. The Wolf Pack lost in the Division I-AA championship game to Georgia Southern.
Series: UNLV leads 9-7

1991
Nevada* 50, UNLV 8
Fred Gatlin and Chris Vargas combined to pass for more than 400 yards, while the Rebels were held to 118 yards of total offense. The Pack led 43-0 after three quarters, scoring 23 third-quarter points to ice the victory.
Series: UNLV leads 9-8

1992
Nevada 14, UNLV* 10
One of the closest contests in the series saw each team turn the ball over five times in the inaugural Big West Conference meeting between the two. It was one of those UNLV turnovers that cost the Rebels the game. Nevada's William Lackey picked up a Shannon McLean fumble at the UNLV 2-yard-line and bulled into the end zone for the deciding touchdown.
Series: Tied 9-9

1993
Nevada* 49, UNLV 14
First-year Wolf Pack coach Jeff Horton, taking over for Chris Ault after 17 seasons, won his first game in the series. Chris Vargas hit 30 of 39 passes for 538 yards as the Wolf Pack rolled up a school-record 794 yards of total offense. Nevada built a 49-0 lead before the Rebels scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Series: Nevada leads 10-9

1994
UNLV* 32, Nevada 27
Jeff Horton's greatest victory is Chris Ault's toughest defeat. Horton had moved to UNLV in the spring after one year as coach at Nevada and Ault returned to coach the Wolf Pack. The Rebels' last-second victory put them, instead of the Wolf Pack, into the Las Vegas Bowl.
Series: Tied 10-10

1995
Nevada* 55, UNLV 32
Ault gets his revenge in a brawl-marred game. Nevada scores a last-second, in-your-face touchdown to retaliate for a pregame fight started by UNLV players and coaches. Ault and UNLV safety Quincy Sanders, a Reed High graduate, are involved in a postgame confrontation as another melee breaks out.
Series: Nevada leads 11-10

1996
Nevada 54, UNLV* 17
UNLV quarterback Jon Denton guaranteed a win. Nevada, under first-year coach Jeff Tisdel, rolled up 566 yards of total offense. The Rebels ended up with another humiliating loss in a 1-11 season. Nevada ends up with the Big West title and a Las Vegas Bowl victory.
Series: Nevada leads 12-10

1997
Nevada* 31, UNLV 14
Chris Lemon rushed 34 times for 156 yards and a touchdown, and John Dutton threw three touchdown passes as the Pack won this closer-than-it-looks game. The Pack led 10-7 to start the second quarter, and two long back-to-back drives by UNLV were thwarted by turnovers. Nevada took a 17-7 halftime lead.
Series: Nevada leads 13-10

1998
Nevada 31, UNLV* 10
Lemon rushed for a personal-best 190 yards and one touchdown in this tragedy-marred game. Nevada cheerleader Melissa Link, a freshman and Wooster High graduate, is killed in a car accident while en route to Las Vegas for the game.
Series: Nevada leads 14-10

1999
Nevada* 26, UNLV 12
The Pack wins its fifth straight in the series, matching a series high and spoiling the debut of UNLV coach John Robinson. The victory was the first of the season in five games for the Pack. It was Nevada's 10th victory in the last 11 games in the series.
Series: Nevada 15-10

2000
UNLV* 38, Nevada 7
Sophomore quarterback Jason Thomas lived up to his hype as he rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two more TDs to spoil the series debut for Nevada coach Chris Tormey. UNLV fans celebrate the end of a five-game Nevada win streak by tearing down the goal posts.

Series: Nevada 15-11

2001
UNLV 27, Nevada* 12
Freshman Dominique Dorsey rushes for 180 yards and the Rebels erase a 6-0 halftime deficit with 17 quick points in the third quarter. Wolf Pack quarterback David Neill aids the Rebel comeback with two second-half interceptions. It is UNLV's first victory at Mackay Stadium since 1979.
Series: Nevada 15-12

2002
UNLV* 21, Nevada 17
The Pack is leading 17-14 in the fourth quarter, but Rebel quarterback Jason Thomas connects with Larry Croom on a 45-yard touchdown pass with 6:03 to play as the Rebels win their third straight in the series. Nevada coach Chris Tormey is 0-3 in the series.
Series: Nevada 15-13

2003
UNLV 16, Nevada* 12
Dyante Perkins scored on a 29-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to give the Rebels a 13-12 lead, their first lead since it was 3-0. Nevada head coach Chris Tormey, who would be fired after the season, goes 0-4 against UNLV.
Series: Nevada 15-14

2004
UNLV* 48, Nevada 13
Dominique Dorsey ran for 141 yards on 21 carries and the Rebels got two touchdowns each from three players. UNLV head coach John Robinson had announced during the week that he would retire at season's end. It was also the first season of Chris Ault's third stint as Nevada's head coach.
Series: Tied 15-15

2005
Nevada* 22, UNLV 14
Jeff Rowe completed 21 of 32 passes for 265 yards, and Robert Hubbard scored two touchdowns as Nevada snaps a five-game losing streak to UNLV. Caleb Spencer had 12 catches for 144 yards. It is the first game of the Mike Sanford era at UNLV.
Series: Nevada 16-15

2006
Nevada 31, UNLV* 3
Jeff Rowe threw a 79-yard TD pass to Mike McCoy and Brandon Fragger scored on a 66-yard run as the Wolf Pack narrowly missed the series' first shutout. Rebel kicker Sergio Aguayo hit a 21-yard field goal with 4:49 left in the game.
Series: Nevada 17-15

2007
Nevada* 27, UNLV 20
Nick Graziano threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Sammons with 27.5 seconds left to give Nevada the victory. UNLV had scored with 1:02 left to tie the game when Travis Dixon threw a 30-yard TD pass to Ryan Wolfe. Graziano finished with 330 passing yards and three TDs.
Series: Nevada 18-15

2008
Nevada 49, UNLV* 27
The Rebels jumped out to a 17-7 lead after the first quarter, but Wolf Pack QB Colin Kaepernick threw a TD pass and ran for another in the second quarter as the Pack took a 28-20 lead. Kaepernick added TD runs of 66 and 28 yards in the second half and finished with 240 rushing yards, 176 passing yards and a total of five TDs.
Series: Nevada 19-15

2009
Nevada* 63, UNLV 28
Mike Ball had 15 carries for 184 yards and five touchdowns as the Wolf Pack became the first team in the series to top 60 points. Colin Kaepernick added 173 rushing yards and Luke Lippincott 170 as the Pack racked up 559 rushing yards on 55 carries. The game was tied at 21 at halftime and at 28 until Ball scored with 50 seconds left in the third quarter, part of 35-0 run in a span of 12:46.
Series: Nevada 20-15

2010
Nevada 44, UNLV* 26
The Wolf Pack entered the game ranked 25th in the nation and jumped out to a 28-14 halftime lead behind a pair of Vai Taua touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving. Taua finished with four TDs, including a 72-yard run that gave Nevada a 38-17 lead with 15 seconds left in the third quarter. He had 188 rushing yards on 19 carries.
Series: Nevada 21-15

2011
Nevada* 37, UNLV 0
The Wolf Pack made it seven straight wins in the series when it pitched the first shutout in the series history. Tyler Lantrip threw for 366 yards and three TDs, and the Pack defense limited the Rebels to 110 total yards on 53 offensive plays. Quarterback Caleb Herring was 1-for-14 for eight yards.
Series: Nevada 22-15

2012
Nevada 42, UNLV* 37
Devin Combs made his first collegiate start in place of the injured Cody Fajardo and led the Wolf Pack to the biggest comeback in series history. UNLV jumped out to a 21-0 and 28-7 lead, but the Wolf Pack outscored the Rebels 35-9 the rest of the way. Combs passed for 167 yards, rushed for 111 yards and accounted for three TDs.
Series: Nevada 23-15

2013
UNLV 27, Nevada* 22
Caleb Herring threw for 335 yards and three touchdowns as the Rebels ended the Wolf Pack's winning streak at a series-record eight games and handed coach Brian Polian a loss in his first Battle for the Fremont Cannon game. Nevada, which had 13 penalties for 105 yards, had a chance to win late but a pass from Cody Fajardo to Jerico Richardson on 4th-and-4 from its own 40 fell incomplete.
Series: Nevada 23-16

2014
Nevada 49, UNLV* 27
Wolf Pack quarterback Cody Fajardo predicted a Nevada victory before the season started.
On July 16 he tweeted: ''The greatest part of the 2014 schedule is ending our senior year bringing back the cannon! #Cannonwillbeblue #seniors #justwatch.''
Fajardo made good on his proclamation, rushing for 143 yards and a touchdown, while throwing for three additional scores, to lead the Wolf Pack to a 49-27 win over in-state rival UNLV in the Battle for the Fremont Cannon.
Series: Nevada 24-16

2015
UNLV 23, Nevada* 17
UNLV held off a late Nevada rally to preserve a 23-17 win at Mackay Stadium. After Nevada scored 10 unanswered points and pulled within a field goal at 13-10 in the fourth quarter, Ryan McAleenan intercepted a Tyler Stewart pass and ran 52 yards for a UNLV touchdown. The play proved critical for the Rebels after their offense struggled in the second half after starting quarterback Blake Decker left the game in the final minute of the first half with an injury. On his second play following Decker's injury, backup Kurt Palandech connected on a 25-yard pass to receiver Kendal Keys. On the next play from the Nevada 12-yard line, Palandech scampered into the end zone for the Rebels second score of the game with :30 left in the half, sending UNLV into halftime with a 13-0 lead after outgaining the Wolf Pack 246-103.
Series: Nevada 24-17

2016
Nevada 45, UNLV* 10
James Butler ran for a career-best 196 yards and three touchdowns and caught a pass for another score to lead Nevada to a 45-10 victory over UNLV. Butler, a junior, eclipsed his previous best of 189 yards to end the season with 3,313 career yards rushing. He scored on a 33-yard run and a 14-yard pass from Ty Gangi as the Wolf Pack took a 27-10 halftime lead. He added scoring runs of 3 and 13 yards in the fourth quarter. Spencer Pettit kicked three field goals and Gangi, who had 193 yards passing and 99 rushing, ran 19 yards for a score. Brian Polian evened his record in the rivalry at 2-2 in his final game coaching the Wolf Pack.
Series: Nevada 25-17

2017
Nevada* 23, UNLV 16
Jay Norvell's debut in the rivalry series spelled disaster for the Rebels. Kelton Moore scored from the 1 as Nevada drove for the winning score in the fourth quarter to break a tie and defeat UNLV 23-16 and keep the Rebels out of a bowl game.
Ty Gangi had earlier thrown a 6-yard TD pass to Trevion Armstrong that lifted the Wolf Pack into a 16-16 tie as the third quarter was ending. Gangi threw for two touchdowns while the Runnin' Rebels, after an early score on a 12-yard keeper by Armani Rogers, were held to three Evan Pantels field goals, including a 53-yarder, the rest of the game.
Nevada's game-winning drive covered 61 yards in eight plays. Moore had four carries on the drive. Senior lineman Austin Corbett became eligible for a second-and-1 play and lost a yard on the only carry of his career. Moore carried the ball 23 times for 109 yards, Gangi connected on 24 of 33 passes for 266 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Series: Nevada 26-17

2018
UNLV* 34, 29
The Wolf Pack built a 23-0 lead early but three Nevada turnovers aided a Rebels comeback victory. Nevada head coach Jay Norvell kept his team on the field to watch the Rebels' postgame celebration with the Fremont Cannon.
Armani Rogers accounted for five touchdowns and Javin White had two fourth-quarter interceptions to help UNLV to the win. Rogers was 13-of-20 passing for 172 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions and added 14 carries for 46 yards and two scores.White picked off a pass from Ty Gangi at the UNLV 15 and Rogers led a 12-play, 73-yard drive that made it 34-28 when he scored on a 3-yard run with 2:34 to play. Gangi quickly moved the Wolf Pack back into UNLV territory before White's second interception sealed it with 1:19 left. Kelton Moore had 13 carries for 129 yards and a score for Nevada. 
Series: Nevada 26-18

DID YOU KNOW?
The trophy: The Fremont Cannon became the game's official trophy in 1970, just before the second game in the series. UNLV's first football coach, Bill Ireland — a former longtime Nevada coach — felt the fledgling in-state rivalry needed a symbolic trophy to help stimulate interest. So was born the idea for the Fremont Cannon, an exact replica of the howitzer used by Captain John C. Fremont as he headed west into Nevada in 1843. Legend has it that Fremont violated U.S. War Department rules by taking the cannon with him without permission. The trophy was built by the Kennecott Copper Corporation. It is believed to be the biggest — and loudest — symbol of rivalry in college football.

The series: The two teams have met 44 times since 1969 and every year since 1989 when the Nevada Legislature passed a law requiring the two teams to play every season, so the rivalry will continue far into the future.

Biggest margin in series: 8 — Nevada's 42-37 victory in Las Vegas in 2012 gave the Wolf Pack a 23-15 lead in the series. It also was the Wolf Pack's eighth straight win, the longest such streak in the series.

One shutout: There has been just one shutout in the series, the 37-0 Nevada win in Reno in 2011.

Coaching changes: UNLV has had 11 different head coaches in the series (Bill Ireland, Ron Meyer, Tony Knap, Harvey Hyde, Wayne Nunnely, Jim Strong, Jeff Horton, John Robinson, Mike Sanford, Bobby Hauck and Tony Sanchez). Nevada has had seven (Jerry Scattini, Chris Ault, Horton, Jeff Tisdel, Chris Tormey, Brian Polian and Jay Norvell). Strong (0-4), Tormey (0-4) and Sanford (0-5) are the only coaches without a victory.

Last UNLV win in Reno: 2015 (23-17).

Last Nevada win in Reno: 2017 (23-16).

Last UNLV win in Las Vegas: 2018 (30-29).

Last Nevada win in Las Vegas: 2016 (45-10).

Closest game: 1969 — Nevada won 30-28 on a last-minute field goal by John Barnes.

Largest winning margin for Nevada: 1991 (50-8).

Largest winning margin for UNLV: 1975 (45-7).

Best passing performance: 1995 — Mike Maxwell passed for 543 yards and seven touchdowns as Nevada won, 55-32. He was 41-for-54 and 18 of those completions went to Alex Van Dyke.

Best rushing performance: 2008 — Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick had 240 yards on 18 carries (13.3 yards per carry) in a 49-27 Nevada win.

Largest crowd in Reno: 1995 — 33,391 turned out at Mackay Stadium to see the Wolf Pack's 55-32 victory.

Largest crowd in Las Vegas: 2006 — 37,179 turned out at Sam Boyd Stadium to see the Wolf Pack's 31-3 victory.

(Note: information from multiple sources, including the Reno Gazette-Journal, Associated Press and Las Vegas Review-Journal, was used in this review).