Nevada Wolf Pack football

Nevada Wolf Pack football
2023 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
First season	1896
Athletic director	Stephanie Rempe
Head coach	Jeff Choate 1st season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium	Mackay Stadium (capacity: 27,000)
Field	Chris Ault Field
Year built	1966 (1966)
Field surface	Natural grass (1966–1999) FieldTurf (2000–present)
Location	Reno, Nevada
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	Mountain West
Division	West (2013–2019, 2021–2022)
Past conferences	Independent (1896–1924) Far Western (1925–1939) Independent (1940–1953) Far Western (1954–1968) College Division Independent (1969–1972) Division II Independent (1973–1977) Division I-AA Independent (1978) Big Sky (1979–1991) Big West (1992–1999) WAC (2000–2011)
All-time record	575–511–33 (.529)
Bowl record	7–12 (.368)
Conference titles	14
Rivalries	UNLV (rivalry) Boise State (rivalry) San Jose State Fresno State UC Davis
Consensus All-Americans	1 (1991)
Colors	Navy blue and silver[1]
Fight song	"Nevada Fight Song"
Mascot	Alphie and Wolfie Jr.
Marching band	Pride of the Sierra
Website	NevadaWolfPack.com

The Nevada Wolf Pack football program represents the University of Nevada, Reno (commonly referred to as "Nevada" in athletics) in college football. The Wolf Pack competes in the Mountain West Conference at the Football Bowl Subdivision level of the NCAA Division I. It was founded on October 24, 1896, as the Sagebrushers in Reno, Nevada.

The Wolf Pack's home field is Mackay Stadium, located at the north end of its campus in Reno, having been moved from it original location which opened on October 23, 1909. The "new" Mackay Stadium saw its first game 58 years ago on October 1, 1966 with a seating capacity of 7,500 and has undergone several renovations. The stadium seats 27,000 and has played to crowds in excess (see attendance records), but decreased its capacity from 30,000 to 26,000 by the 2016 season to increase the quality of the experience in the stadium and later increased its capacity to 27,000 by the 2017 season.^[2] The elevation of its playing field is 4,610 feet (1,410 m) above sea level.

Nevada has had three individuals inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. They are coach Chris Ault, running back Frank Hawkins, and former coach Buck Shaw. Fullback Marion Motley is the only Nevada player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Three-time Super Bowl champion Charles Mann played for Nevada from 1979 to 1982 while being named Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 1982.^[3] Mann was inducted into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995.^[4] Another Nevada alumnus with a long career in the NFL was free safety Brock Marion. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys where he played most of his career, and won two Super Bowls. Marion was selected to three Pro Bowls and one All-Pro team.

Nevada has not fielded a Heisman Trophy winner; however, Stan Heath was fifth in Heisman voting in 1948 and Colin Kaepernick (QB) was eighth among 2010 candidates. Nevada football's rich tradition has produced 40 All-Americans and 45 All-American selections. Nevada's only consensus All-American was Matt Clafton (LB) in 1991, which was Nevada's last year in the Division I-AA; the Wolf Pack is awaiting its first FBS consensus All-American. The Wolf Pack has also produced two Academic All-Americans: David Heppe (P, 1982) and Erick Streelman (TE, 2002)^[5]