Nevada working again Savion Purple seems to be for room final season in opposition to Oregon State. Purple will play at Mackay Stadium once more on Saturday, however this time for visiting Sacramento State following an low season switch.
Nevada Attraction file
By Joe Santoro
Thursday, September 4, 2025
A sit up for the Nevada Wolf Pack soccer sport on Saturday at Mackay Stadium in opposition to the Sacramento State Hornets:
KICKOFF: 2 p.m., at Mackay Stadium.
RECORDS: Each groups are 0-1.
TV: Nevada Sports activities Web
RADIO: 105.7
AT STAKE FOR NEVADA: The Wolf Pack will take a seven-game shedding streak into Mackay Stadium on Saturday and hope to keep away from an embarrassing loss to an FCS workforce from the Massive Sky Convention.
AT STAKE FOR SAC STATE: The Hornets have introduced their intention to leap to the FBS within the close to future and wish to present they will compete with and beat the one FBS opponent on their schedule this 12 months.
THE RIVALRY: Nevada leads, 17-9. The 2 packages met 24 instances from 1954 via 1978, with Nevada profitable 15 instances. The Wolf Pack is 10-5 in opposition to the Hornets in Reno. Sacramento State received six of 9 video games in opposition to Nevada from 1964-75. The Pack and Hornets had been members of the Far Western Convention from 1954-68.
THE LAST TIME: Nevada and Sacramento State haven’t met since a 59-7 Wolf Pack win on Sept. 11, 2004, at Mackay Stadium. Offensive linemen Adam Kiefer fell on a fumble by working again B.J. Mitchell ultimately zone late within the first quarter to open the scoring. Quarterback Jeff Rowe accomplished 20-of-28 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns whereas Drew Robinson (106 yards), Likelihood Kretschmer (103) and Mitchell (83) led a Pack floor sport that produced 312 yards on 51 carries within the 12 months earlier than the Wolf Pack invented the Pistol offense. Nevada had 38 first downs to Sac State’s 9 and outgained the Hornets, 598-177.
THE HEAD COACHES: Nevada’s Jeff Choate is 3-11 and in his second season as head coach. The 55-year-old has misplaced his final seven video games and is 31-33 in his profession as a head coach at Nevada and Montana State (28-22 from 2016-19). Choate was 0-2 in opposition to Sacramento State as Montana State’s head coach, shedding 41-38 in 2016 in Sacramento and 34-21 in 2019 at residence. Sacramento State had misplaced 13 of its earlier 14 video games earlier than beating Montana State in 2016 and was unranked within the FCS when it beat No. 6 Montana State in 2019. Sacramento State’s Brennan Marion misplaced his first sport as a head coach final week, 20-3, at South Dakota State. The 38-year-old Marion was UNLV’s offensive coordinator when the Rebels beat Nevada 38-14 in Las Vegas in 2024 and 45-27 at Mackay Stadium in 2023. Marion (vast receivers) and Choate (co-defensive coordinator) had been assistant coaches at Texas in 2022.
NEVADA LAST WEEK: The Wolf Pack misplaced at Penn State, 46-11, and did not rating a landing till there have been 25 seconds left to play on a 9-yard cross from backup quarterback A.J. Bianco to vast receiver Marcus Bellon. Bellon caught six passes for 76 yards. Quarterback Chubba Purdy ran for 55 yards on 14 carries and accomplished 7-of-15 passes for 97 yards with an interception. The Wolf Pack offense produced 13 first downs and 203 yards. The 35-point loss is the most important by Nevada since Choate turned head coach, as are the 46 factors allowed.
SAC STATE LAST WEEK: The Hornets fell at South Dakota State, 20-3. Sac State had simply seven first downs and 136 yards on offense. The Hornets had been a mixed 2-of-17 on third down and fourth down (0-for-4) and had the ball for slightly below 19 minutes. The one vivid spot was seven sacks by the Sac State protection.
WHEN SAC STATE HAS THE BALL: Quarterback Jaden Rashada was 11-of-27 for 112 yards with an interception within the season opener at South Dakota State. Rodney Hammond led the Hornet floor sport with 12 yards on six carries. Jamar Curtis had 11 yards on 5 carries because the Hornets completed with 24 dashing yards on 24 carries. Former Wolf Pack working again Savion Purple, who performed at Texas in 2022 when Marion and Choate had been each Longhorns’ assistant coaches, had simply three carries for seven yards. Jordan Anderson had 4 catches for 49 yards (33 on one catch). Backup quarterback Cardell Williams is anticipated to see motion on Saturday if Rashada struggles once more.
WHEN NEVADA HAS THE BALL: Sixth-year senior Chubba Purdy was 7-of-15 final week at Penn State for 97 yards and an interception. He additionally picked up 55 yards (22 on one carry) dashing on 14 carries regardless of shedding 15 yards on three sacks. Working backs Herschel Turner (eight carries, minus-15 yards), Caleb Ramseur (5 carries, 10 yards), Ky Woods (10 yards, one carry) and Ashton Hayes (two carries, 6 yards) run the ball when Purdy is not scrambling. Broad receiver Marcus Bellon caught six passes for 76 yards and a 9-yard landing at Penn State. Broad receiver Jordan Brown caught two passes for 32 yards (28 on one catch) whereas tight finish Jeff Carpenter had a 12-yard catch and likewise caught a 2-point conversion. Carpenter, who spent 2021-24 at Jap Washington, caught one cross for 15 yards in opposition to Sacramento State final 12 months.
HORNETS-PACK ROSTER SWITCHES: Wolf Pack beginning security Murvin Kenion and backup linebacker Nakian Jackson performed at Sacramento State final 12 months, whereas Hornets working again Savion Purple and defensive finish Kris Ross performed at Nevada a 12 months in the past. Kenion had eight tackles final week at Penn State; Jackson didn’t have a sort out. Purple, who rushed for 687 yards and eight touchdowns at Nevada final 12 months, had seven yards on simply three carries final week in opposition to South Dakota State. Ross, who had 29 tackles and a pair of.5 sacks for the Pack in 2024, didn’t have a sort out final week in opposition to South Dakota State. Ross and Purple had been teammates at Texas in 2022 and 2023, at Nevada final 12 months and now in Sacramento State.
HORNET QB QUESTIONS: The Hornets have a pair of quarterbacks (Jaden Rashada, Cardell Williams) with attention-grabbing resumes. Rashada, who performed at three excessive faculties, is now related together with his fifth school workforce. He dedicated to the Miami Hurricanes in January 2022 reportedly as a result of he was supplied $9.5 million in NIL cash however signed a Letter of Intent with Florida a pair months later when he was supplied a deal value $13.8 million. The NIL take care of Florida fell via (he’s presently suing the Gators) so he transferred to Arizona State in 2023, the place he accomplished 44-of-82 passes for 485 yards and 4 touchdowns. He then transferred to Georgia in April 2024, didn’t play final 12 months after which headed again into the portal in January 2025 earlier than signing with Sacramento State. Rashada was 11-of-27 for 112 yards in his Hornet debut at South Dakota State. Backup quarterback Cardell Williams joined the Hornets after spending the final three seasons at Tulsa. He redshirted in 2022 after which was 84-of-143 for 1,186 yards and 10 touchdowns for Tulsa during the last two seasons. Choate stated he expects each Rashada and Williams to see the sector on Saturday.
PACK BACKS HOPE TO REBOUND: Final week was not a productive one for the Wolf Pack working backs. The backs mixed for simply 11 whole yards on 16 carries. Starter Herschel Turner had eight carries for minus-15 yards. Turner and Caleb Ramseur additionally misplaced fumbles. The sport final week at Penn State was additionally the return of working backs coach Jim Mastro, who coached the Pack backs from 2000-10 earlier than leaving for UCLA, Washington State and Oregon.
WOLF PACK FOOTBALL
Who: Sacramento State (0-1) at Nevada (0-1)
When: Saturday, 2 p.m.
The place: Mackay Stadium (27,000)
TV: NSN
Radio: 105.7 FM (John Ramey, Mike Edwards)
Collection: Nevada leads, 17-9
Final time: Nevada 59, Sacramento State 7 (2004)
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