LAS VEGAS – Prairie View A&M University football will complete its non-conference schedule taking on UNLV Saturday night.
Kickoff is at 9 p.m. CT game in Las Vegas. The Panther Sports Network radio broadcast begins at 8:30 p.m. with Panthers Countdown To Kickoff online at pvpanthers.com/sportsnetwork. The game can also be viewed online via the Mountain West Network, with a link to watch live via pvpanthers.com.
The Panthers arrived here earlier today and completed on-field work with the 'Fast Friday' practice on the UNLV Campus. It will be a matchup of top running backs at PVAMU RB
Dawonya Tucker (542) leads all of Division I in rushing. UNLV RB and Houston native Lexington Thomas (263 yards) is 12
th in the FBS.
"I thought we had a good week of practice," said PVAMU head coach
Eric Dooley said. "I wasn't too pleased with today as we had a little adversity set in (schedule wise), but we have to follow our motto which is spot the football. When we say spot the ball, it doesn't matter what we have to go through. I thought the guys recharged and came back out and understand the focus we must have to play a great football team."
The Rebels (1-1) lost their opening game 43-21 at USC before winning its home opener against UTEP 52-24. UNLV ranks 12
th in the nation in rushing, averaging 361.0 yards per game.
We have to execute and we have to minimize our mistakes," Dooley said. "We have to play for 60 minutes."
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