The newly renovated Mackay Stadium will celebrate its 50th anniversary this season. We will count down the 50 most memorable games in the stadium's history with one game per day until the Wolf Pack's 2016 season opener Sept. 2 against Cal Poly. Here is today's entry.
Key stat: 2 - Little did we know at the time, but Texas Southern had a future Hall of Famer on its roster: Michael Strahan, one of two Pro Football Hall of Famers to play at Mackay (Darrell Green is the other).
In short: Nevada became the first team to win a conference championship in its first year as a Division-I school, with Georgia Southern since accomplishing the feat in 2014.