Nevada (2-1) at Iowa (1-1)
Saturday, Sept. 17 - 4:30 p.m. PT
Iowa City, Iowa - Kinnick Stadium

TV: B1G Network (PxP: Mark Followill; Analyst: Matt Millen; Sideline: Meghan McKeown)
Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM/The Varsity Network (PxP: John Ramey; Analyst: Mike Edwards)

RENO, Nev. - Nevada (2-1) begins two-straight weekends on the road this Saturday, visiting Iowa (1-1) for a 4:30 p.m. PT kickoff at Kinnick Stadium. Saturday's contest will be aired on the B1G Network with Mark Followill (play-by-play), Matt Millen (analyst), and Meghan McKeown (sideline analyst) on the call.

The Wolf Pack Radio Network will call the game as well on ESPN 94.5 FM with John Ramey (play-by-play) and Mike Edwards (analyst) in the booth, with the 60-minute pregame show to begin at 3:30 p.m. PT.

SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's contest will be the first meeting all-time between Nevada and Iowa.

ABOUT IOWA
Iowa has split its first two games of 2022, following up a 7-3 season-opening victory over South Dakota State with a 10-7 loss at Iowa State.

Quarterback Spencer Petras has thrown for 201 yards over the first two contests, byut it has been the Hawkeye defense which has shined, early on. The Iowa defense has allowed just 6.5 points per game, and ranks sixth in the country in total defense, allowing just 216.5 yards per game.

THE PACK GONNA DO THE B1G THING AGAIN?
Saturday's contest at Iowa is Nevada's first game against a B1G opponent since 2019's dramatic, season-opening 34-31 home victory over Purdue (Aug. 31, 2019). In that game, Nevada scored the final 17 points, including 10 over the final 52 seconds, capped by Brandon Talton's 56-yard field goal as time expired.

The Pack is 1-2 all-time against the B1G, with losses at Wisconsin (1993) and Purdue (2016) along with the 2019 victory over the Boilermakers.

COX GOES FOR 300
Quarterback Nate Cox made his first start of 2022, and his second start in a Nevada uniform, Saturday against Incarnate Word. Cox would finish the game 22-for-43 for 302 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for his second touchdown of the season in the 55-41 loss.

Cox's 300-yard passing game was the first by a Nevada quarterback not named Carson Strong since Malik Henry threw for 352 yards against San José State on Oct. 12, 2019. Between Henry's and Cox's 300-yard games, Strong posted 14 passing performances of at least 300 yards, including four 400-yard games.

BENTLEE SANDERS, BEARER OF THE TAKEAWAY TRIDENT
Nevada unveiled its takeaway symbol, a trident, upon its first takeaway of Aug. 27's season opener at New Mexico State. The symbol has seen plenty of air time through three games, as Nevada leads the country with 11 takeaways (seven INT, four fumble recoveries).

Safety Bentlee Sanders has become the unofficial bearer of the trident, leading Nevada, and the country, with four interceptions, including two in Sept. 3's win over Texas State.

BEHIND THE TRIDENT
The trident was presented to Nevada head coach Ken Wilson and Wolf Pack players Tyson Williams, Toa Taua, Devonte Lee, Dom Peterson, Grant Starck, and Shane Illingworth during a visit to the Naval Air Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) in Fallon, on Aug. 19.

NAWDC commander Rear Admiral Max McCoy presented the trident to University President Brian Sandoval, Wilson, and the players as part of a tribute to the U.S.S. Nevada (BB-36). The battleship survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and was repaired and put back to sea, going on to earn seven battle stars during World War II.

TAUA AND LEE BATTER AWAY AT FRONT FOURS
Fifth-year running backs Toa Taua and Devonte Lee continued to be the battering rams of the Nevada offense Saturday against Incarnate Word, combining to rush for 160 yards and two touchdowns (one apiece) on 37 carries (4.3 ypc).

The pair has combined to rush for 386 yards on 91 carries (4.2 ypc) this season, with seven touchdowns (four for Lee, three for Taua). Taua has posted two 100-yard games early on this season, most recently going for 101 yards and a score against Incarnate Word.

BY LAND AND BY AIR
Running back Toa Taua has been a dual-threat for the Pack his whole career, and got his receiving numbers on track Saturday against Incarnate Word. Taua found the end zone by land (11-yard run) and air (26-yard reception) against the Cardinals, finishing the game with 101 rushing yards and 65 receiving yards on three catches.

Over his Nevada career, Taua has combined for 4,256 yards rushing and receiving (3,332 rushing, 924 receiving), with 29 total touchdowns (25 rush, four receiving).