Nevada (2-4) vs. Oregon State (4-1)
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Reno, Nev. - Mackay Stadium

TV: CBS Sports Network (PxP: John Sadak; Analyst: Ross Tucker; Sideline: Tiffany Blackmon)
Radio: FM 105.7 KOZZ (PxP: John Ramey; Analyst: Mike Edwards)

RENO, Nev. - Nevada closes its regular-season non-conference slate this Saturday, hosting Oregon State for a 4:30 p.m. kickoff. Saturday's contest against the Beavers will be broadcast on truTV and the Max app, with John Sadak (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) on the call.

The Wolf Pack Radio Network will call the game on KOZZ 105.7 FM in Northern Nevada, online at www.thevarsitynetwork.com and on the Varsity Network app. John Ramey (play-by-play) and Mike Edwards (analyst) will be in the booth, with the 60-minute pregame show to begin at 3:30 p.m.

CELEBRATING THE UNIVERSITY'S SESQUICENTENNIAL
Saturday's contest bookends a year-long celebration of the University of Nevada's Sesquicentennial Celebration, and falls exactly on the University's 150th Birthday--Oct. 12.

On Oct. 12, 1874, the University officially opened its doors in Elko to seven students.In 1885, Nevada Governor Jewett Adams signed a legislative bill moving the University to Reno, where, in 1886, it reopened in Morrill Hall with 75 students enrolled.

SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's meeting will be the fifth all-time between the Wolf Pack and Beavers, and the first since Nevada's 37-35 victory at Mackay Stadium in 2018. Oregon State leads the overall series, 3-1.

While it is just the fifth all-time meeting between the programs, it has been over a century since the first. The Wolf Pack traveled to Corvallis for a Thanksgiving Day contest on Nov. 26, 1903, which the Beavers won, 15-0.

ABOUT OREGON STATE
Oregon State is 4-1 under new head coach Trent Bray, and has captured its past two contests, most recently defeating Colorado State, 39-31, in overtime this past Saturday.

The Beavers play a unique schedule set up in 2024--with they and Washington State the only two members of the Pac-12 this athletic year, the teams entered a scheduling agreement with the Mountain West to play eight games apiece against MW programs. The schedule-makers saw fit to face off the Beavers with Nevada in Reno for the teams' meeting, and the contest is officially considered a non-conference one for the Wolf Pack.

RED-ZONE TOUGHNESS ON BOTH ENDS
Nevada's red-zone performance on both offense and defense has been a significant turnaround in 2024. On offense, the Wolf Pack has converted 21 of 22 red-zone trips into points, the 95.5 percent rate ranking 11th in the country. Of those 22 trips, 20(!) have resulted in touchdowns, an 91.7-percent rate. That rate has, so far, well out-distanced the Pack's 2023 rate in which it only scored 16 touchdowns on 35 red-zone trips (45.7 percent).

On defense, the Pack ranks third in the Mountain West with opponents succeeding in scoring on a red-zone trip just 84.2 percent of the time (16-for-19). More impressively, Nevada has limited its opponents to just 10 touchdowns on those 19 trips.