2019_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team

2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football
2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, L 21−30 vs. Ohio
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	West Division
Record	7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Jay Norvell (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Mumme (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Casteel (3rd season, regular season); Jody Sears (1st season, bowl game)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

American college football season

The 2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by third–year head coach Jay Norvell and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.^[1] They finished the season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West division.

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2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Melquan Stovall	Fr
RB	`2`	Devonte Lee	So
WR	`3`	Kaleb Fossum	Sr
WR	`4`	Elijah Cooks	Jr
QB	`6`	Hamish McClure	Fr
WR	`7`	Romeo Doubs	So
QB	`8`	Kaymen Cureton	So
WR	`8`	Brendan O'Leary–Orange	Sr
TE	`9`	Crishaun Lappin	So
WR	`10`	Ben Putman	Sr
QB	`12`	Carson Strong (C)	Fr
QB	`13`	Cristian Solano	Sr
WR	`14`	Dominic Christian	Sr
TE	`15`	Henry Ikahihifo	Fr
QB	`16`	Malik Henry (I)	Jr
WR	`17`	Justin Lockhart	Fr
QB	`18`	Kaiden Bennett	Fr
WR	`18`	John Humphrey	Sr
WR	`19`	Cole Turner	So
RB	`20`	Roger Neal	Jr
RB	`23`	Kelton Moore	Sr
WR	`25`	Jeshua Fixel	Fr
TE	`31`	Reagan Roberson	Jr
RB	`35`	Toa Taua	So
RB	`39`	Aundre Carter	Jr
TE	`40`	Daniel Grzesiak	Fr
RB	`42`	Terrell Johnson	Jr
OL	`52`	Cole Watts	Fr
OL	`54`	Jermaine Ledbetter	Jr
OL	`55`	Tyler Orsini	Jr
OL	`56`	Zac Welch	Fr
OL	`60`	Donovan Carter	Fr
OL	`61`	Alex Tancreto	Jr
OL	`64`	Blake Baughman	Fr
OL	`65`	Aaron Frost	So
OL	`67`	Gray Davis	So
OL	`69`	Trey Price	So
OL	`70`	Nathan Edwards	Jr
OL	`71`	Jake Nelson	Sr
OL	`72`	Miles Beach	Jr
OL	`73`	Christopher Love	Fr
OL	`75`	Jack Bolduc	Fr
OL	`76`	Nate Brown	Jr
OL	`77`	Trey Hamilton	Fr
OL	`79`	Moses Landis	So
WR	`81`	Charles Ross	Fr
TE	`86`	Ryan Brocks	Jr
WR	`87`	Will Barnard	So
WR	`89`	Carson Walters	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Berdale Robins	Jr
DB	`2`	Cam Stephens	Fr
DL	`3`	Javasia Brunson	Fr
DB	`4`	E.J. Muhammad	Sr
DB	`5`	Emany Johnson	Fr
DB	`6`	Tyson Williams	So
LB	`7`	Gabriel Sewell	Sr
DL	`9`	Breylon Garcia	Fr
LB	`11`	Daiyan Henley	Jr
DB	`12`	Mar'Quette Jackson	Jr
DB	`13`	Jordan Lee	So
DB	`14`	Kacee Williams	Fr
DB	`15`	Jaden Dedman	Fr
LB	`16`	Maliek Broady	Sr
LB	`17`	James Fotofili	So
DB	`18`	John Humphrey	Sr
DB	`19`	Kieran Clark	Fr
DB	`22`	Jayce Godley	Fr
LB	`23`	Jack Powers	Fr
LB	`24`	Lucas Weber	Sr
DB	`25`	Daniel Brown (S)	Sr
DB	`26`	Avery Carrington	Fr
DB	`28`	Austin Arnold (S)	Jr
DB	`29`	Isaiah Hamilton	Jr
LB	`30`	Lawson Hall	Jr
DB	`31`	Christian Swint	So
LB	`32`	Giovanni Miranda	Fr
DB	`33`	JoJuan Claiborne	So
LB	`34`	Josiah Bradley	Fr
DB	`37`	Daylon Johnson	Jr
DB	`40`	Maurice Wilmer	Fr
LB	`42`	Erick Kroll	So
DB	`42`	Patrick Willis	Fr
LB	`44`	Javanz Dornners	Fr
LB	`45`	Trevor Price	So
DE	`47`	Kameron Toomer	Jr
LB	`50`	Lamin Touray	So
LB	`52`	Kyle Adams	Sr
DE	`53`	Zak Mahannah	Jr
DT	`54`	Chris Green	Jr
LB	`56`	Sheldon Wilkinson	So
DE	`57`	Jaden Lewis	So
LB	`58`	Ryan Madole	Fr
LB	`59`	Anthony Allen	Fr
DE	`63`	Amir Johnson	So
DL	`73`	Christopher Love	Fr
DB	`83`	Mikael Bradford	Jr
DL	`90`	Breylon Garcia	Fr
DE	`91`	Adam Lopez	Sr
DE	`92`	Kaleb Meder	Sr
DL	`93`	Curtis Bonam	Fr
DL	`94`	Logan Arnold	Fr
DT	`95`	Tristan Nichols	Jr
DT	`96`	Hausia Sekona (S)	Sr
LB	`97`	Jace Keema	Fr
DE	`98`	Sam Hammond	Jr
DE	`99`	Dom Peterson	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`35`	Quinton Conaway	Sr
PK	`36`	Julian Diaz	Jr
PK	`43`	Brandon Talton	Fr
P	`46`	Eric Fellenzer	Fr
PK	`48`	Spencer Pettit	Sr
LS	`49`	Karson Thomas	So
LS	`51`	Robert Hill	Jr
LS	`85`	Austin Ortega	Fr

Head coach

Jay Norvell

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Angus McClure – Assistant head coach/offensive line
Matt Mumme – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Jeff Casteel – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
Jody Sears – Interim Defensive coordinator/linebackers
Mike Chamoures – Safeties
Josh Brown – Interim Safeties
David Lockwood – Secondary
John Landwehr – Interim Secondary
Tommy Perry – Special teams
Timmy Chang – Inside receivers
Jason Kaufusi – Defensive line
Eric Scott – Wide receivers
Jackie Shipp – Defensive line
Vai Taua – Running backs
Clayton Webb – Offensive quality control
Ben Bezilla – Defensive quality control
Jimbo Davis – Special teams quality control
Jack Ray – Special teams quality control
Jordon Simmons – Director of football strength and conditioning
Jarwarski Beckum – Assistant director of football strength and conditioning
Tyler Crandall – Student Assistant/strength and conditioning coach
Chad Savage – Graduate assistant (Offense)
Gunnar White – Graduate assistant (Offense)
Korey Rush – Graduate assistant (Defense)

Support staff

Vince Hug – Director of football operations
Nicole Wadden – Assistant director of football operations
Lucas Gauthier – Director of player personnel
Colton Bosnos – Assistant director of player personnel
Ryan Mitchell – Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Intercollegiate Services
Andrew Caudill – Assistant athletic director and academics
Chad Hartley – Associate Athletic Director and Strategic Communications
Spencer Hiett – MS, LAT and ATC Assistant Director of Sports Medicine
Morgan Demartini – MS Assistant Director of Sports Medicine
Damien Garrett – Assistant athletic director and equipment operations
Kaleb Daws – Assistant equipment manager
Shannon O'Hair – Assistant equipment manager
Cindy Breeden – Administrative assistant

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 9, 2021

Game summaries

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Award	Player	Position	Year
Maxwell Award^[4]	Toa Taua	RB	SO
Chuck Bednarik Award^[4]	Gabriel Sewell	LB	SR
Doak Walker Award^[5]	Toa Taua	RB	SO
Outland Trophy^[6]	Jake Nelson	OL	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[7]	Lucas Weber	LB	SR
Ted Hendricks Award^[8]	Dom Peterson	DE	SO

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:30 p.m.	Purdue*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	W 34–31	20,144
September 7	4:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 6–77	50,920
September 14	4:00 p.m.	No. 6 (Div. I FCS) Weber State*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	W 19–13	14,174
September 21	5:00 p.m.	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN3	W 37–21	10,493
September 28	7:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN2	L 3–54	15,137
October 12	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	AT&T RM	W 41–38	15,311
October 19	7:15 p.m.	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ESPNU	L 10–36	15,240
October 26	11:00 a.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	AT&T RM	L 3–31	16,126
November 2	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle of the Wolves)	ESPNU	W 21–10	15,631
November 9	7:30 p.m.	at No. 24 San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	W 17–13	27,973
November 23	7:30 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPN2	W 35–28	32,303
November 30	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Silver State Series)	AT&T RM	L 30–33 ^OT	16,683
January 3, 2020	12:30 p.m.	vs. Ohio*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–30	13,611
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Statistics	Purdue	Nevada
First downs	24	19
Total yards	519	404
Rushing yards	96	109
Passing yards	423	295
Turnovers	8	0
Time of possession	31:23	28:37

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Purdue	Passing	Elijah Sindelar	34/52, 423 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Zander Horvath	19 carries, 66 yards
	Receiving	Rondale Moore	2 receptions, 124 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Carson Strong	30/51, 295 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Toa Taua	12 carries, 56 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Toa Taua	8 receptions, 64 yards

Statistics	Nevada	Oregon
First downs	12	28
Total yards	192	623
Rushing yards	83	221
Passing yards	109	402
Turnovers	6	2
Time of possession	33:35	26:25

2019_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team

2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Coaching changes

Preseason

Award watch lists

Mountain West media days

Media poll

Preseason All–Mountain West Team

Schedule

Personnel

Game summaries

Purdue

At Oregon

Weber State

At UTEP

Hawaii

San Jose State

At Utah State

At Wyoming

New Mexico

At San Diego State

At Fresno State

UNLV

Vs. Ohio (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 22 Air Force	7	–	1	11	–	2
Utah State	6	–	2	7	–	6
Wyoming	4	–	4	8	–	5
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
New Mexico	0	–	8	2	–	10
West Division
Hawaii xy	5	–	3	10	–	5
San Diego State x	5	–	3	10	–	3
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
San Jose State	2	–	6	5	–	7
UNLV	2	–	6	4	–	8
Fresno State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Fresno State	122 (17)
2	San Diego State	106 (3)
3	Nevada	74
4	Hawaii	67 (1)
5	UNLV	51
6	San Jose State	21

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Boise State	120 (15)
2	Utah State	108 (6)
3	Air Force	73
4	Wyoming	66
5	Colorado State	52
6	New Mexico	22

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Weber State	Passing	Kaden Jenks	6/21, 57 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Kevin Smith	13 carries, 26 yards
	Receiving	Rashid Shaheed	3 receptions, 30 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Carson Strong	30/44, 299 yards, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Toa Taua	16 carries, 85 yards
	Receiving	Kaleb Fossum	5 receptions, 77 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Hawaii	Passing	Cole McDonald	25/30, 312 yards, 4 TDs
	Rushing	Fred Holly III	11 carries, 63 yards
	Receiving	Jason–Matthew Sharsh	9 receptions, 123 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Cristian Solano	11/17, 59 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Toa Taua	17 carries, 72 yards
	Receiving	Elijah Cooks	5 receptions, 38 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
San Jose State	Passing	Josh Love	23/45, 405 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Nick Nash	3 carries, 23 yards
	Receiving	Bailey Gaither	5 receptions, 131 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Malik Henry	22/37, 352 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Toa Taua	34 carries, 160 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Romeo Doubs	5 receptions, 146 yards, 1 TD

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
New Mexico	Passing	Tevaka Tuioti	19/36, 237 yards
	Rushing	Ahmari Davis	15 carries, 80 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Marcus Williams	6 receptions, 74 yards
Nevada	Passing	Carson Strong	28/40, 305 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Devonte Lee	9 carries, 68 yards
	Receiving	Romeo Doubs	11 receptions, 167 yards, 1 TD

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UNLV	Passing	Kenyon Oblad	16/22, 229 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Charles Williams	20 carries, 138 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Steve Jenkins	5 receptions, 140 yards, 2 TDs
Nevada	Passing	Carson Strong	33/54, 351 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Devonte Lee	11 carries, 44 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Elijah Cooks	12 receptions, 151 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ohio	Passing	Nathan Rourke	9/17, 144 yards
	Rushing	De'Montre Tuggle	10 carries, 97 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Isiah Cox	3 receptions, 73 yards
Nevada	Passing	Carson Strong	31/49, 402 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Toa Taua	6 carries, 48 yards
	Receiving	Elijah Cooks	14 receptions, 197 yards, 1 TD