UNLV players and fans celebrate after the teams 23-17 defeat over UNR at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nev. on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
RENO — He still hasn’t lost in Reno.
That’s the quip of the weekend for Tony Sanchez, the UNLV head coach whose teams at Bishop Gorman also crushed Reno-based high schools.
But his latest victory, UNLV’s second in 11 years against the University of Nevada, Reno, was special in more ways than one.
For the first time in two years, a UNLV football team showed poise late in a game.