Chris Murray

cmurray@rgj.com

The Nevada and Washington football programs have agreed to move its game scheduled for 2018 to a to-be-determined later date.

The game, which has been scheduled for several years, was moved in order for Washington to add a game against Auburn in Atlanta, according to a press released issued by the Huskies. Nevada also has removed it from its future schedule list.

The Wolf Pack was contracted to earn $500,000 for playing in Seattle, which by modern-day standards is not a lot for a Group of 5 team playing at a Power 5 school. Moving the game could allow Nevada to net a larger one-game payout.

Nevada has played a $1 million-plus game in each of the last two seasons -- $1.5 million to play at Texas A&M in 2015 and $1 million to play at Notre Dame in 2016 -- and has a $1.3 million game scheduled at Northwestern in 2017. It did not have such a game on the books for 2018.

Pack adds games against UTEP in 2019, 2020

The removal of the Washington game leaves the Wolf Pack needing two more games (one home and one away) in 2018. The team has a home game against Oregon State and a road game at Toledo on the books for 2018. Typically, Nevada has hosted a FCS team and played a big-money road game every year, so those would be the two likely games to be added to the schedule in 2018.

Nevada's 2017 non-conference schedule has been finalized, with road games at Washington State and Northwestern and home games against Toledo and Idaho State. The Wolf Pack will net $925,000 from those contests.

The Wolf Pack also has two non-conference road games scheduled for 2019 (at Oregon, at UTEP), so it's highly unlikely the Washington game would fit that schedule. Nevada and Washington have played just twice in their history. Washington beat Nevada, 2-0, in 1903. Nevada beat Washington, 28-17, in 2003.

WOLF PACK’S NON-CONFERENCE PAYOUTS

Here’s a look at Nevada's non-conference payouts for its future-scheduled games.

2017: at Washington State: +$300,000; vs. Toledo: -$375,000; at Northwestern: +$1.3 million; vs. Idaho State: -$300,000. Net: +$925,000

2018: vs. Oregon State: -$250,000; at Toledo: +$375,000. Net: +$125,000 (two more games to be scheduled)

2019: vs. Purdue: -$400,000; at Oregon: +$650,000; at UTEP: +$400,000 Net: +$650,000 (one more game to be schedule)

2020: vs. UTEP: -$400,000; at South Florida: +$225,000. Net: -$175,000 (two more games to be scheduled)