SMU begins its first campaign as a Power Four program Saturday as it travels to face Nevada in Week 0's primetime slot. Though it's been a while since the Mustangs and Wolf Pack have met, these two teams do have some history with one another.
It will be a new era for both SMU and Nevada when they face off in Week 1 of the college football season.
After two consecutive 2-10 seasons, Nevada brought in Texas defensive coordinator Jeff Choate as its new head coach to provide a spark for the Wolf Pack.
SMU is entering a new era in a new conference. After winning the American Athletic Conference last season, the Mustangs left to become a member of the ACC. After finishing 12-2 last season, the team will hope their success carries over against even tougher opponents.
SMU is returning many of their major playmakers from last season, while Nevada will hope to reinvent their defensive identity under Choate.
Which team will get the victory in Reno?
It will be a new era for both SMU and Nevada when they face off in Week 1 of the college football season.
After two consecutive 2-10 seasons, Nevada brought in Texas defensive coordinator Jeff Choate as its new head coach to provide a spark for the Wolf Pack.
SMU is entering a new era in a new conference. After winning the American Athletic Conference last season, the Mustangs left to become a member of the ACC. After finishing 12-2 last season, the team will hope their success carries over against even tougher opponents.
SMU is returning many of their major playmakers from last season, while Nevada will hope to reinvent their defensive identity under Choate.
Which team will get the victory in Reno?
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They were each members of the WAC from 2000-04 and played one another each year in that span. Nevada held a 3-2 record in those five games with all three of its wins coming consecutively from 2001-03. When SMU left for Conference USA ahead of the 2005 season, its brief series with Nevada was put on hiatus until 2009.
There, the Mustangs met the Wolf Pack in the Hawaii Bowl and cruised to a 45-10 victory, their first postseason win since 1984. Since then, SMU has largely been on an upward trajectory -- barring a rough first few years in the AAC -- and are coming off an 11-win season under coach Rhett Lashlee in which it won its first American title.
Nevada, meanwhile, has struggled since former coach Jay Norvell -- who took the program to four straight bowl games from 2018-21 -- left for Colorado State three years ago. The Wolf Pack are 4-20 in two seasons since.
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It will be a new era for both SMU and Nevada when they face off in Week 1 of the college football season.
After two consecutive 2-10 seasons, Nevada brought in Texas defensive coordinator Jeff Choate as its new head coach to provide a spark for the Wolf Pack.
SMU is entering a new era in a new conference. After winning the American Athletic Conference last season, the Mustangs left to become a member of the ACC. After finishing 12-2 last season, the team will hope their success carries over against even tougher opponents.
SMU is returning many of their major playmakers from last season, while Nevada will hope to reinvent their defensive identity under Choate.
Which team will get the victory in Reno?
It will be a new era for both SMU and Nevada when they face off in Week 1 of the college football season.
After two consecutive 2-10 seasons, Nevada brought in Texas defensive coordinator Jeff Choate as its new head coach to provide a spark for the Wolf Pack.
SMU is entering a new era in a new conference. After winning the American Athletic Conference last season, the Mustangs left to become a member of the ACC. After finishing 12-2 last season, the team will hope their success carries over against even tougher opponents.
SMU is returning many of their major playmakers from last season, while Nevada will hope to reinvent their defensive identity under Choate.
Which team will get the victory in Reno?
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They were each members of the WAC from 2000-04 and played one another each year in that span. Nevada held a 3-2 record in those five games with all three of its wins coming consecutively from 2001-03. When SMU left for Conference USA ahead of the 2005 season, its brief series with Nevada was put on hiatus until 2009.
There, the Mustangs met the Wolf Pack in the Hawaii Bowl and cruised to a 45-10 victory, their first postseason win since 1984. Since then, SMU has largely been on an upward trajectory -- barring a rough first few years in the AAC -- and are coming off an 11-win season under coach Rhett Lashlee in which it won its first American title.
Nevada, meanwhile, has struggled since former coach Jay Norvell -- who took the program to four straight bowl games from 2018-21 -- left for Colorado State three years ago. The Wolf Pack are 4-20 in two seasons since.
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