UNLV seniors David Greene and Troy Hawthorne helped the Rebels to the Heart of Dallas Bowl in the 2013 season, but they said beating rival UNR trumps that.
“Beating Reno is always a career highlight,” Hawthorne said.
Greene and Hawthorne are part of a senior class that will try to help UNLV top the Wolf Pack for the third time in four years at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium in the 42nd Battle for the Fremont Cannon.
The squad’s 16 departing players — who will be honored on the field before the game on Senior Day — won’t close out their career in a bowl game, as they’d hoped, but going out with their first home win over UNR since 2004 might be even sweeter.