The Western Michigan Broncos overwhelmed the shorthanded Nevada Wolf Pack on Monday with a 52-24 victory in the Quick Lane Bowl.
Nevada, without a majority of their coaching staff plus nearly half their regular starters, suffered its worst bowl loss since it lost 45-10 against SMU in the 2009 Hawai’i Bowl, the Pack’s worst loss in their 19-game bowl history. It was forced to put together a makeshift coaching staff with three new coordinators after Jay Norvell’s in-conference departure to Colorado State, led by interim head coach Vai Taua, who was the team’s running backs coach throughout the season.