Nevada·Mountain West

2019 — The 2019 Season

Nevada's 2019 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Purdue 34-31 L @ Oregon 6-77 W vs Webe Sta 19-13 W @ UTEP 37-21 L vs Hawai'i 3-54 W vs San Sta 41-38 L @ Utah Sta 10-36 L @ Wyoming 3-31 W vs New Mex 21-10 W @ San Sta 17-13 W @ Fres Sta 35-28 L vs UNLV 30-33 L vs Ohio 21-30 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Nevada 37, UTEP 21. A 16-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Nevada 6, Oregon 77. A 71-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Nevada fell to Ohio 21-30 in the postseason.

"Battle Born"
— Nevada fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Nevada — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.