Nevada Takes Down Hawaii--31 to 9

  Wolf Pack football coach Brian Polian felt ‘hopeful’ last week that starting QB Cody Fajardo would return to the field for the Mountain West Conference opener this past Saturday. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Fajardo remained on the sidelines during Saturdays home game against Hawaii after sustaining a knee injury during the Pack’s win against UC Davis in week two. 

Despite the loss of Fajardo, the Wolf Pack ended up on top of Hawaii thanks to a great display by the red-shirt Freshman Tyler Stewart.






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On a side note, a new season of Wolf Pack football is among us, and we have a trending video around Nevada's campus about the unofficial mascot J.C., who is a staple within the student section at many of our games.

VIDEO WAS REMOVED PER UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA'S REQUEST

Pack Can't Hold On, Seminoles Take The Win

Holding???? Photo from: orlandosentinel.com

Florida State: 62
Nevada: 7

Even with Florida State’s redshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston’s first home game, FSU rolled to a solid win over the pack on September 14, 2013. 

The Pack looked great, the first and second quarter, with their second string quarterback, Devin Combs, in the game. Combs passed  to Brandon Wimberly for an 11-yard touchdown at the end of the second quarter to put the Pack on top 7-3. However, the lead didn’t last long for the Pack and the Seminoles led the pack 17-7 at the half.

The game went downhill from there for Nevada, by the third quarter the Seminoles were winning 45-7. FSU coach Jimbo Fisher put in his reserve team late in the third quarter after the starters proved they could put on a show.

The reserves continued to add points for the Seminoles and concluded with a final score of 62-7.

Nevada Falls to UCLA in Season Opener

AP Photo/Chris Carlson

NEVADA: 20

UCLA: 58

The Nevada Wolf Pack opened this season against UCLA. Nevada’s opponent entered into this game ranked No. 21, and favored to win by 20+ points, which was surpassed in the final score. Nevada traveled to the Rose Bowl excited and hopeful, but even with Cody Fajardo’s (QB) okay passing game while also rushing for 106 yards, the Pack couldn’t keep up after a hopeful first and second quarter, going into halftime trailing 13-17.

During the second half UCLA pulled away from the Wolf Pack—putting an impressive 41 points on the board during the next two quarters. UCLA was the first to score out of the gate by Brett Hundley, the sophomore QB, ran for 11 yards and the touchdown, then a blocked punt returned for a touchdown by the fullback #44 Phillip Ruhl.  With only one more TD for Nevada—a rush for 19 yards into the end zone by Fajardo, the Pack dropped to 0-1 to start of the 2013 football season. 

They head home to Reno for their own season opener against UC Davis, September 7^th 2013 at 6:05pm PT at Chris Ault Field.