LAS VEGAS-As the Southern Utah University football team heads to Las Vegas Saturday, they usher in the last season the host UNLV Rebels will play at Sam Boyd Stadium, which has housed Rebels football for 49 years.
The Thunderbirds are searching for good vibes to cast out the memory of a regrettable 1-10 season in 2018.
In so doing, they hope to repeat their 41-16 rout of the Rebels at Las Vegas in 2011, their last visit to UNLV.
The Rebels are coming off a 4-8 season themselves and will go with Los Angeles native, junior Armani Rogers, as their starting signal-caller Saturday.
With the temperatures expected to be 101 degrees at kickoff at Sam Boyd Stadium, SUU head coach Demario Warren has prepared his Thunderbirds for the conditions by having them practice at Dixie High School in St. George last week.
Warren cites the Rebels’ linebackers as one of their greatest strengths, calling them “one of the best that we’ve faced.”
After facing the FBS Rebels, the Thunderbirds stay on the road September 7 as they will face the No. 18 Northern Iowa Panthers at Cedar Falls, Iowa.
UNLV leads the all-time series 3-1.
