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Paint It … Scarlet!

Photos from the Fremont Cannon parade and ceremonial painting.

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Athletics
October 5, 2015
By R. Marsh Starks

Athletics
October 5, 2015
By R. Marsh Starks

UNLV football's 23-17 victory on Saturday over UNR brought the campus more than bragging rights. The winner of the rivalry game also gets to keep the Fremont Cannon and paint it in the team's colors. The team paraded the trophy from the Lied Athletic Center to the Student Union on Oct. 5, 2015.

Head football coach Tony Sanchez was the first to splash some fresh paint on the cannon.

UNLV President Len Jessup gets in on the painting action.

Each member of the football team added to the cannon's Rebel transformation. After the ceremony, the trophy was delivered to the UNLV paint shop, where workers will fully refinish the cannon in scarlet paint.

The cannon will now be displayed at all home football games until UNR wins it back in the (hopefully distant) future.

A paintbrush with wet fresh paint about to be used.

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campus life, UNLV history, spirit and traditions

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