By Vickie Sellers
UNLV GAME NOTES
https://unlvrebels.com/documents/2023/12/23/UNLV_FB_Game_14_Guaranteed_Rate_Bowl_vs_Kansas.pdf
KANSAS GAME NOTES
https://unlvrebels.com/documents/2023/12/23/Kansas_Game_Notes.pdf
GAME 14: Guaranteed Rate Bowl
UNLV REBELS (9-4/6-2 Mountain West)
Vs.
Kansas (8-4/5-4 Big 12)
DATE: Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023
KICKOFF: 6:00 pm PT (7:00 pm local)
SITE: Chase Field (39,056/Natural Grass) Phoenix
TV: ESPN (Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison & Stormy Buonantony)
RADIO: ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM (Russ Langer, Caleb Herring & Steve Cofield)
NATIONAL: ESPN Radio (Jorge Sedano and Max Starks)
GUARANTEED RATE BOWL PREVIEW…
Playing a 14th game in a season for the first time in program history, UNLV (9-4/6-2) is in Phoenix to play Kansas (8-4/5-4) in Tuesday’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks … The Rebels, who were on both CBS and FOX this season, will be making their first appearance on either ESPN or ESPN2 since playing at Arizona State in 2021 … This will mark the first time UNLV plays on a grass field since Nov. 5, 2022, at San Diego State … San Diego was also the site of the most-recent Rebel game played at a stadium that housed a MLB team as the Padres still called the Aztecs’ Qualcomm Stadium home when UNLV competed there in 2002 … The Rebels also played at Houston in 1990 when the Astros still made their home inside the Astrodome … The Rebels are bowl-eligible for the first time since playing in the Heart of Dallas Bowl after the 2013 season … UNLV has reached the nine-win mark for only the sixth time in history and first time since finishing 11-2 in 1984 when Randall Cunningham lined up at QB … The Rebels are 2-5 all-time playing in the Grand Canyon State with their most-recent victory coming vs. the Sun Devils in 2008 … UNLV is 3-1 all-time in bowl games (won 1984 Cal Bowl, won 1994 and 2000 Las Vegas Bowls, lost Heart of Dallas Bowl played on New Year’s Day 2014 … A win in the GRB would tie the Rebels with FAU (4-1) for second-best bowl-game win percentage in the nation (minimum 5 appearances) behind only Appalacian State (.875 at 7-1).
