BYU football adds future games with UNLV, North Alabama

Ryan Miller | The Spectrum

BYU is getting (North) Alabama.

Brigham Young University announced Monday it has scheduled future football games with old conference rival UNLV and North Alabama.

BYU and UNLV have agreed to a two-game series with matchups in Provo in 2023 and Las Vegas in 2024. The Cougars will host the Rebels in LaVell Edwards Stadium on Nov. 4, 2023. BYU will make a trip south the next season, playing UNLV in Las Vegas Stadium on Nov. 2, 2024.

BYU and UNLV have played 20 times since 1978, with the Cougars holding a 17-3 advantage in the series. The schools were both members of the Western Athletic Conference and founding members of the Mountain West Conference.

Since BYU's move to independence, the series has continued. The two teams played last season in Las Vegas with the Cougars earning a 31-21 victory at Sam Boyd Stadium. The teams also met in Provo in 2014, a 42-23 BYU victory.

The Cougars will host the University of North Alabama, one of the newest Division 1 schools in the nation, at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Nov. 21, 2020. The Lions are entering their first year as a D-1 program this season (their first game will be against SUU in Cedar City on Sept. 1) and will be competing as an independent in 2018 before joining the Big South Conference as a member in 2019.

The scheduled game with BYU will mark UNA’s first game against an FBS opponent since 1997 when the Lions beat Louisiana-Lafayette 48-42 in four overtimes in Lafayette.

Kickoff times and broadcast plans will be determined at a later date.