USF STORYLINES Pittsburgh, and USF will have three road games against teams that BIG EAST & BCS BOUND have combined for eight Associated Press national championships. From zero to BCS in nine years.The word “impressive” may In the first seven games of the season, USF will have met Penn understate USF’s ability to go from non-existence to a debut in the State, Miami and Pittsburgh on the road and Louisville and West BIG EAST and the BCS alliance that comes with that in rapid fash- Virginia at home. ion. So how does Coach Leavitt feel? Jim Leavitt was named the program’s first-ever head coach in “I don’t say whether I like it or not. I just play the games,” he told December 1995, and he and his staff signed their first recruiting class a group of boosters this summer (as quoted by St. Petersburg Times, in February 1996 (a class that included current Dallas Cowboy June 3).“It’s a pretty difficult challenge, and most people don’t think we’ll do much. But our guys are excited about playing and going Anthony Henry, who had 10 interceptions as a rookie for Cleveland after it, seeing how competitive we’ll be.” in 2001). In the fall of 1996, the squad simply practiced and held three high-profile intrasquad scrimmages at local high schools.And on FUTURE SCHEDULES September 6, 1997, the Bulls debuted for real in front of 49,212 fans While the BIG EAST schedules for future years remain to be set, in the old Tampa Stadium.The end result? the Bulls will continue their willingness to play BCS level football. USF 80, Kentucky Wesleyan 3. 2006 In just eight seasons, the Bulls have traveled light years in terms of Sept. 2 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL competition, but they have always lived up to the task. In moving Sept. 16 at UCF from start-up to I-AA independence to I-A independence to Sept. 23 at North Carolina Conference USA and now the BIG EAST, the Bulls have compiled an impressive 55-33 record. 2007 For a complete timeline of USF football, see pages 8-9. Sept. 15 at Auburn Sept. 22 NORTH CAROLINA 2008 Sept. 13 at Florida Sept. 20 at Florida International 2009 Sept. 5 at Florida Sept. 19/26 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Ryan BOURDEAU Boar-doe JARRIETT BUIE Jair-et Boo-ee Nick CAPOGNA Cuh-po-nuh Richard CLEBERT KLEE-burt ANTWANE Cox AN-twon Greg FREY Fry USF President Judy Genshaft (far right) joined USF Athletics Louis GACHETTE GUH-shet Director Doug Woolard (far left) and several head coaches in Matt HUNERS HUE-nurs celebrating USF’s official entry into the BIG EAST July 1, 2005. AMARRI Jackson UH-mar-ee Pat JULMISTE JULE-miss Josh JULMISTE JULE-miss STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE Rick KRAVITZ KRAV-its Jim LEAVITT LEV-it Along with the move to the BIG EAST and BCS football, USF is greet- BROUCE MOMPREMIER Bruce Mom-pre-mere ed with what can easily be considered the toughest schedule in the Mike PADILLA Puh-dill-uh young history of the program.Already, Sportsline.com has ranked the Ricky PONTON PONT-un Bulls’ schedule the eighth toughest in the nation, and the number Mike RUEGGER Rue-gur one schedule of all the Florida schools. Patrick ST. LOUIS Saint Lewis In addition to the upgrade in conference opponents alone with SIAOSI UHATAFE Sy-oss-ee Ooh-wah-toffee the move from C-USA to the BIG EAST, USF faces Penn State and Danny VERPAELE VUR-pail TRAE Williams Tray Miami, both on the road.Throw in a road game at the BIG EAST’s 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS USF Storylines . 1 2004 Season Review U Pronunciation Guide . 1 Game-By-Game Review . 80 2004 Single Game Bests . 91 Table of Contents/Credits . 2 2004 Team Statistics . 92 S . 3 2004 Defensive Stats . 94 Media Information Starters Game-By-Game . 95 USF Media Policies . 4 Statistics Game-By-Game . 96 F Bulls On the Air . 6 Team Game by Game . 97 USF Media Outlets . 7 USF’s NCAA Rankings . 98 USF Chronology . 8-9 The University Discover USF . 100 Raymond James Stadium . 10-11 F Tampa Bay . 102 USF in the Community . 12 Dr. Judy Genshaft, President . 104 Outlook and Rosters Dr. John T. Romeo, Faculty Representative . 104 O USF Board Of Trustees . 105 2005 Outlook . 14 Doug Woolard,Athletic Director of Athletics . 106 Alphabetical Roster . 20 Lee Roy Selmon, President – USF Foundation Partnership for Athletics 107 O Numerical Roster . 22 Associate Directors . 108 Geographical Roster . 24 Academic Services . 110 T Coaches and Football Staff Sports Medicine . 112 Head Coach Jim Leavitt . 26 Strength & Conditioning . 113 Wally Burnham . 30 The Bulls Club . 114 B The Bulls Club Staff . 115 Lawrence Dawsey . 31 USF Head Coaches . 116 Carl Franks . 32 Athletic Department Staff . 117 A Greg Frey . 33 BIG EAST Conference Football 2005 . 126 Greg Gregory . 34 A System of Success – A Look At BIG EAST . 128 L Rick Kravitz . 35 Earl Lane . 36 The Record Book Rich Rachel . 37 Rushing . 122 L Rod Smith . 38 Passing . 124 Larry Antonucci . 39 Receiving . 126 Chad Barnhardt . 40 Total Offense/All Purpose . 127 Jared Davis . 40 Combined Yards/Punt Returns . 128 Graham Anderson . .40 Kickoff Returns . 129 Jamie DeGerome . 40 Total Returns . 130 Kimberly Hannah . .40 Punting . 131 David Lane . 40 Defense/Interceptions . 132 Travis Larimore . 40 Scoring . 133 Ronnie McKeefery . 40 Placekicking . 134 Jeff Parsons . 40 Annual Leaders . 135 Larry Scott . 40 Team Single Game . 136 Steve Walz . 40 Team Season Records . 140 Tanya West . 40 The Last Time . 142 The Firsts . 144 Players Opponent Records . 145 Player Bios . 42 All-Time Scores . 146 New Players . ..