Nevada·Mountain West

2020 — The 2020 Season

Nevada's 2020 season (7-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-2
Final result Bowl season Won the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -3.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Wyoming 37-34 W @ UNLV 37-19 W vs Utah Sta 34-9 W @ New Mex 27-20 W vs San Sta 26-21 L @ Hawai'i 21-24 W vs Fres Sta 37-26 L @ San Sta 20-30 W vs Tulane 38-27 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Nevada 34, Utah State 9. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Nevada 20, San José State 30. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Nevada beat Tulane 38-27 in the postseason.

"Battle Born"
— Nevada fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 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.