2021 UNLV Rebels football team

2021 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 24 Utah State xy$	6	–	2	11	–	3
Air Force x	6	–	2	10	–	3
Boise State	5	–	3	7	–	5
Wyoming	2	–	6	7	–	6
Colorado State	2	–	6	3	–	9
New Mexico	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy	7	–	1	12	–	2
Fresno State	6	–	2	10	–	3
Nevada	5	–	3	8	–	5
Hawaii	3	–	5	6	–	7
San Jose State	3	–	5	5	–	7
UNLV	2	–	6	2	–	10
Championship: Utah State 46, San Diego State 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 UNLV Rebels football team represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels are led by second–year head coach Marcus Arroyo and play their home games at Allegiant Stadium. They are members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

The Rebels finished the 2020 season 0–6, their worst record since 1998 and were not invited for a bowl game.

The Mountain West media days were held on July 21–22, 2021, at the Cosmopolitan in Paradise, Nevada.

The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2021. The Rebels were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW West Division.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	No. 11 (FCS) Eastern Washington*	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV	Stadium	L 33–35 ^2OT	21,970
September 11	7:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN2	L 10–37	42,918
September 18	7:30 p.m.	No. 14 Iowa State*	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV	CBSSN	L 3–48	35,193
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	CBSSN	L 30–38	35,093
October 2	3:00 p.m.	at UTSA*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	ESPN+
October 16	4:00 p.m.	Utah State	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV	CBSSN
October 21	8:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV	CBSSN
October 29	7:00 p.m.	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)	CBSSN
November 6	4:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	Stadium
November 13		Hawaii	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV (Island Showdown)
November 19	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV	CBSSN
November 26	12:30 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
No. 11 (FCS) Eagles	0	3	0	17	7	8	35
Rebels	0	6	0	14	7	6	33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	3	7	0	0	10
No. 23 Sun Devils	0	14	7	16	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Cyclones	7	17	14	10	48
Rebels	0	0	3	0	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	14	0	7	9	30
No. 22 Bulldogs	0	9	13	16	38

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