The 2012 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The Rebels were led by third year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium.

They were members of the Mountain West Conference.

They finished the season 2–11, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in eighth place.

[1] [2] This is the second straight year the Rebels were defeated by a team from the FCS after falling to Southern Utah in 2011.