With the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl just hours away, UNLV (9-4) and Kansas (8-4) are going to clash for the first time in 20 years.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!All the way back in 2002-03, both teams squared off in a unique home-and-home series against one another, splitting 1-1.
In Vegas, the Rebels were able to withstand a late, 10-point push by Kansas as UNLV won 31-20 on Sept. 7, 2002.
The Jayhawks would return the favor the following season by scoring 23 in the third quarter to power them to a 46-24 blowout victory in Lawrence, Kansas.
Ever since then, both teams have not met one another since until this evening, sparking a massive amount of uncertainty with what will happen.
Now at a neutral site inside Chase Field as well, no team will have home-field advantage and it is lining up to produce a football classic in the heart of Phoenix.
Kansas are 8-4 in total this season and closed out 5-4 in the Big 12 Conference.
In contrast, UNLV established a 6-2 record in the Mountain West Conference and were 9-4 overall.
Kick off between the Jayhawks and Rebels starts at 7 p.m. MST on ESPN/ESPN+.
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Alec Cipollini is a reporter of the Arizona Coyotes and Cardinals for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account @AlecCipollini
