Rebels running back Xzaviar Campbell (35) scores a touchdown in the first half at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV played its annual game against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. The official stat sheet said only 16,717 were on hand to watch the Rebels tally a school-record 80 points — Idaho State had 8 — and do chest bumps on the sideline.
Blame the turnout on the quality of the opponent, four winning seasons in the past 28, on the fact the pope's U.