Teams / Mountain West / Nevada
Index · this season
56
▲ Above its 5-year level +4▲ Up 5 this season
Career58since 1936
Peak772010
Last 552seasons
#100 nationally · 2-3 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #121 · better than its record
Schedule so far #137
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Nevada Wolf Pack
Mountain West · Reno, NV · Mackay Stadium · Head coach Jeff Choate
Rival
UNLV · also Fresno State
Established rivalry
25-17 all time (42 meetings since 1978)
Nevada leads
Last: lost 42-17 (2025) · UNLV has won 4 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
0All-Americans
25NFL picks
47.8%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1915. Every season →
Chemistry
56
49Foundation
67Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▲ Above its norm +5Trending up
early · #77 of 138
HC year3
Ret. starters27%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 2-3 | Mountain West | — | #100 | 56 | Jeff Choate |
| 2025 | 3-9 | Mountain West | — | #117 | 51 | Jeff Choate |
| 2024 | 3-10 | Mountain West | — | #103 | 54 | Jeff Choate |
| 2023 | 2-10 | Mountain West | — | #127 | 42 | Ken Wilson |
| 2022 | 2-10 | Mountain West | — | #125 | 40 | Ken Wilson |
| 2021 | 8-5 | Mountain West | — | #43 | 73 | Jay Norvell; Vai Taua |
| 2020 | 7-2 | Mountain West | — | #34 | 67 | Jay Norvell |
| 2019 | 7-6 | Mountain West | — | #112 | 53 | Jay Norvell |
| 2018 | 8-5 | Mountain West | — | #85 | 60 | Jay Norvell |
| 2017 | 3-9 | Mountain West | — | #98 | 56 | Jay Norvell |
| 2016 | 5-7 | Mountain West | — | #110 | 52 | Brian Polian |
| 2015 | 7-6 | Mountain West | — | #95 | 55 | Brian Polian |
| 2014 | 7-6 | Mountain West | — | #71 | 62 | Brian Polian |
| 2013 | 4-8 | Mountain West | — | #90 | 58 | Brian Polian |
| 2012 | 7-6 | Mountain West | — | #68 | 62 | Chris Ault |
| 2011 | 7-6 | Western Athletic | — | #53 | 67 | Chris Ault |
| 2010 | 13-1 | Western Athletic | #11 | #21 | 77 | Chris Ault |
| 2009 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #58 | 65 | Chris Ault |
| 2008 | 7-6 | Western Athletic | — | #62 | 64 | Chris Ault |
| 2007 | 6-7 | Western Athletic | — | #85 | 55 | Chris Ault |
| 2006 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #49 | 69 | Chris Ault |
| 2005 | 9-3 | Western Athletic | — | #86 | 57 | Chris Ault |
| 2004 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #105 | 50 | Chris Ault |
| 2003 | 6-6 | Western Athletic | — | #87 | 55 | Chris Tormey |
| 2002 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #85 | 56 | Chris Tormey |
| 2001 | 3-8 | Western Athletic | — | #101 | 51 | Chris Tormey |
| 2000 | 2-10 | Western Athletic | — | #109 | 36 | Chris Tormey |
| 1999 | 3-8 | Big West | — | #101 | 50 | Jeff Tisdel |
| 1998 | 6-5 | Big West | — | #81 | 57 | Jeff Tisdel |
| 1997 | 5-6 | Big West | — | #68 | 62 | Jeff Tisdel |
| 1996 | 9-3 | Big West | — | #46 | 68 | Jeff Tisdel |
| 1995 | 9-3 | Big West | — | #64 | 63 | Chris Ault |
| 1994 | 9-2 | Big West | — | #43 | 68 | Chris Ault |
| 1993 | 7-4 | Big West | — | #67 | 61 | Jeff Horton |
| 1992 | 7-5 | Big West | — | #91 | 53 | Chris Ault |
| 1950 | 1-9 | FBS Independents | — | #94 | 35 | Joseph Sheeketski |
| 1949 | 5-5 | FBS Independents | — | #75 | 56 | Joseph Sheeketski |
| 1948 | 9-2 | FBS Independents | — | #36 | 71 | Joseph Sheeketski |
| 1947 | 9-2 | FBS Independents | — | #62 | 60 | Joseph Sheeketski |
| 1946 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #64 | 60 | Jim Aiken |
| 1945 | 1-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1944 | 1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1943 | 1-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1942 | 0-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1941 | 0-4 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1924 | 0-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1923 | 0-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1922 | 0-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1921 | 2-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1920 | 2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1916 | 1-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1915 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.