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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — UNLV Football, coming off a third-consecutive league championship game appearance and bowl trip, will make its first-ever regular-season appearance on FOX to highlight a 2026 schedule that includes at least 11 national TV appearances as the Mountain West announced its TV lineup Wednesday.
Second-year head coach Dan Mullen’s team will kick off the Rebels’ 59th season of football on Aug. 29 by playing Memphis for the first time. The highly anticipated Week Zero clash of conference contenders at Allegiant Stadium will cap off the nation’s first day of college football. UNLV’s previous three appearances on FOX came in MW championship games.
Six of UNLV’s 12 games have been selected to be broadcast by CBS Sports Network, starting with a first-ever home meeting with Cal from the ACC on Oct. 3, with a 12:30 pm kickoff. A trip to Air Force (Oct. 17 at 12:30 pm PT); a Halloween home game vs. new league member NIU (Oct. 31 at 7:30 pm); a home game vs. Wyoming (Nov. 7 at 7:30 pm); a game at San Jose State (Nov. 21 at 4 pm); and the annual Battle for the Fremont Cannon vs. UNR (Nov. 28 at 6 pm) in Las Vegas to round out the CBSSN slate.
New Mountain West partner The CW (Cox channel 6 in Southern Nevada) picked up a trio of Rebel games: at Hawai’i (Sept. 5 at 7 pm PT), home vs. another new MW member NDSU (Oct. 10 at 4 pm) for Homecoming, and at New Mexico (Nov. 14 at 4:30 pm PT).
In addition, a road game at North Texas on Sept. 12 will be on ESPNU starting at 12:45 pm PT and a trip to Akron on Sept. 26 will be televised by an ESPN channel, to be decided 12 days out along with the kick time.
UNLV, which has won 30 games in the last three years, will look to earn a fourth-straight spot in the Mountain West Football Championship Game, which will be played at the home stadium of the first-place team on Friday, Dec. 4 at 6 pm PT on FOX.
2026 UNLVFOOTBALL SCHEDULE
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 29 | Memphis | 7:00 pm |
| Sept. 5 | at Hawai’i* | 7:00 pm |
| Sept. 12 | at North Texas | 12:45 pm |
| Sept. 26 | at Akron | TBA |
| Oct. 3 | CAL | 12:30 pm |
| Oct. 10 | NDSU* | 4:00 pm |
| Oct. 17 | at Air Force* | 12:30 pm |
| Oct. 31 | NIU* | 7:30 pm |
| Nov. 7 | WYOMING* | 7:30 pm |
| Nov. 14 | at New Mexico* | 4:30 pm |
| Nov. 21 | at San Jose State* | 4:00 pm |
| Nov. 28 | UNR* | 6:00 pm |
*Mountain West Game
Season tickets for the six-game 2026 home schedule are available now by visiting unlvtickets.com or calling (702) 739-FANS (3267). Mini-plans go on sale June 2 and single-game tickets will go on sale July 8.
For information on all-inclusive VIP club seats or suites at Allegiant Stadium, contact the Premium Sales office at [email protected] or by calling (702) 739-FANS (3267).
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