UTAH STATE HOSTS UNLV IN HOMECOMING GAME 
Game will be televised live on CBS Sports Network on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. (MT). 
 
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State (1-4, 0-1 MW) continues Mountain West play this week as it hosts UNLV (4-1, 1-0 MW) on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. (MT).  The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network (Xfinity Ch. 269/753HD, DISH Ch. 158, DirecTV Ch. 221)  with Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Randy Cross (analyst) and Amanda Guerra (reporter) on the call.
 
GAME 6 INFORMATION
TV: CBS Sports Network
• Play-by-Play: Carter Blackburn
• Analyst: Randy Cross
• Reporter: Amanda Guerra
• Xfinity (Utah): Ch. 269 / 753HD
• DISH / Direct TV: Ch. 158 / Ch. 221 
 
RADIO: Aggie Sports Network
• Play-by-Play: Scott Garrard 
• Analyst: Kevin White
• Online: kslsports.com/kslsportszone
• National: Sirius XM Ch. 388
 
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• Live Stats: stats.statbroadcast.com
 
KICKOFF COVERAGE
• Utah State is 58-33-2 (.634) all-time in Homecoming games, including a 4-0 record against UNLV. USU is 9-3 in its last 12 Homecoming games.
 
• Interim head coach Nate Dreiling, who was elevated from defensive coordinator on July 2, is the youngest head coach at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level as he is 33 years old. Dreiling is one of only two interim head coaches in the nation along with Fresno State's Tim Skipper.  
 
• Utah State is 52-35 (.598) all-time in Mountain West play, including a 28-16 (.646) home record. USU has the third-best record against MW opponents since it joined the league in 2013. Boise State (74-17) has the best record, while San Diego State (61-28) has the second-best record. Overall, USU is 50-23 (.685) in its last 73 home games.    
 
• Utah State is third in the Mountain West and 37th in the nation in total offense (439.8 yards per game), third in the MW and 32nd in the nation in passing offense (271.2 ypg), and seventh in the MW and 74th in the nation in rushing offense (168.6 ypg). USU is also fourth in the MW and tied for 23rd in the nation in yards per rush (5.3).
 
• Senior WR Jalen Royals was named the Breakout Offensive Player of the Week by the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Offensive Player of the Week by the Reese's Senior Bowl as he caught nine passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns at No. 21 Boise State last weekend.  
 
• Royals is third in the Mountain West and 11th in the nation in receiving (98.2 yards per game), third in the MW and 30th in the nation in receiving touchdowns with four (0.80 pg), fourth in the MW and 14th in the nation in receptions (6.8 pg), and fourth in the MW and 34th in the nation in all-purpose yards (117.8 ypg).
 
SERIES vs. UNLV
• Utah State and UNLV will be meeting for the 27th time in series history this weekend in what is the 15th-most played series in school history. USU owns an 18-8 advantage against UNLV, which includes a 9-4 home record. Overall, USU has won 15 of the last 19 games played in the series. The first game played in the series was on Sept. 25, 1971, in Logan, with USU winning 27-7. UNLV won the last meeting between the two teams in Logan, 34-24, on Sept. 22, 2022, snapping a six-game losing streak to the Aggies.