CARSON CITY - This afternoon at Sam Boyd Stadium, the UNLV Rebel and UNR Wolf Pack football teams will compete for the Fremont Cannon, a 545-pound replica of the howitzer that legendary explorer ...
The Fremont Cannon is painted red because UNLV has won the past two meetings. It’s mostly been painted blue because Nevada leads the series 28-21. The cannon has been awarded to the winner every ...
RENO — The Fremont Cannon weighs 545 pounds, requiring wheeling from UNLV’s sideline inside Mackay Stadium across the football field, down a long paved pathway — and into an ebullient Rebels ...
Since becoming an annual matchup in 1989, the Fremont Cannon has been the ultimate prize. In 1966, UNLV, then Nevada Southern, students planned a daring raid to steal a cannon from Nevada’s campus.