2011 Miners at a Glance
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2011 FOOTBALL UTEP Athletics Media Relations | 201 Glory Road, El Paso, Texas 79902 | (915) 747-6451 | (915) 747-5444 | www.utepathletics.com GAME 5 UTEP (2-2, 0-1 C-USA) vs Houston (4-0,0-0 C-USA ) Sept. 29, 2011 n 6 p.m. MT 2011 MINERS AT A GLANCE Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500) TELEVISION: CBS Sports Network For Starters ENGLISH RADIO: KOFX 92.3 FM UTEP (2-2, 0-1 C-USA) will host Houston SPANISH RADIO: Maria 1650 AM (4-0, 0-0 C-USA) on Thursday, Sept. SERIES RECORD: Tied, 4-4. 29 in the Sun Bowl. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. MT. The game will be UTEP CAPTAINS: nationally televised on CBS Sports OFFENSE OL Eloy Atkinson, RB Joe Banyard, WR Donavon Kemp DEFENSE LB Jeremy Springer Network with Todd Harris (play-by- SPECIAL TEAMS LS Matt Camili play) and Doug Chapman (analyst) calling the action. STATISTICAL COMPARISON UTEP CATEGORY HOUSTON 22.0 Scoring Offense 44.2 Miners to Honor First Bowl Team 28.5 Scoring Defense 22.8 UTEP will observe the 75th 69.5 Offensive Plays Per Game 81.3 anniversary of its first bowl team with 30.8 Rushing Attempts Per Game 34.0 commemorative helmet decals on 38.8 Passing Attempts Per Game 47.3 338.8 Total Offense 585.0 Thursday. The 1936 Texas College 408.3 Total Defense 382.3 of Mines squad finished 5-3-1 under 86.5 Rushing Offense 138.8 coach Mack Saxon – including 2-1-1 191.5 Rushing Defense 172.8 in the Border Conference -- and lost to Hardin-Simmons, 34-6, in the second 252.3 Passing Offense 446.3 216.8 Passing Defense 209.5 annual Sun Bowl. 10 Total Touchdowns 24 5 Rushing Touchdowns 11 Series History 5 Passing Touchdowns 13 The series is tied 4-4 but UTEP holds a 4-1 advantage in El Paso. Houston leads 6 (2/4) Turnovers Gained (I/F) 9 (4/5) 11 (7/4) Turnovers Lost (I/F) 8 (3/5) the series 4-2 since the Miners became members of Conference USA. The last -5 Turnover Margin +1 meeting in the Sun Bowl between the two squads came on Oct. 3, 2009 when .339 Third Down Conversion Pct .603 the Miners upset the 12th-ranked Cougars 58-41. 31:32 Average Time of Possession 27:05 2011 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result Top Rusher Top Passer Top Receiver Field Goals Top Tackler Sept. 3 Stony Brook W, 31-24 (OT) Joe Banyard (12-17-1) Nick Lamaison (24-38-2-3-365) Donavon Kemp (4-114-1) Dakota Warren (44) Travaun Nixon (15) Sept. 10 at SMU* L, 17-28 Leilyon Myers (5-23-2) Nick Lamaison (15-26-0-0-142) Donavon Kemp (6-92-0) Dakota Warren (34) DeShawn Grayson (7) Sept. 17 at NM State W, 16-10 Joe Banyard (7-90-0)) Jay Hall (9-28-1-0-124) Mike Edwards (3-73-0) Dakota Warren (42, 47, 37) Jeremy Springer (9) Sept. 24 at [18] USF L, 24-52 Nathan Jeffery (6-39-0) Carson Meger (26-40-3-2-240) Jordan Leslie (2-64-0) Dakota Warren (24) DeShawn Grayson (9.5) Sept. 29 Houston* 6 p.m. Oct. 15 at Tulane* 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22 Colorado State (HC) 6 p.m. Oct. 29 Southern Miss* 6 p.m. Nov. 5 at Rice* TBA Nov. 12 East Carolina* 6 p.m. Nov. 19 Tulsa* 1 p.m. Nov. 25 at UCF* 5 p.m. * Indicates Conference USA Game (HC) Indicates Homecoming All Times Mountain 1 GAME 5: HOUSTON 2011 UTEP MINERS FOOTBALL Scouting Houston PRONUNCIATIONS MEDIA INFO Houston comes to El Paso a perfect 4-0 UTEP MEDIA RELATIONS FOOTBALL CONTACTS including a 56-0 thumping of Georgia Corin Brooks Core-in Director of Media Relations (Primary Contact)Angela Olivas Matt Camilli Cuh-meal-ee Office (915) 747-6451 State on Saturday. Case Keenum threw LaQuintus Dowell Luh-quint-us Cell (915) 588-7335 for 415 yards with two touchdown Jamie Fehoko Fuh-ho-ko Email [email protected] Josh Fely Feel-ee Senior Associate AD/Communications (Secondary Contact)Jeff Darby passes, but it was Houston’s running Katrae Ford Kuh-tray Office (915) 747-6652 game that produced five touchdowns. Cell (915) 204-0642 Davian Harper Day-vee-un Email [email protected] The Cougars racked up 732 yards of Ishmael Harrison Ish-my-el Media Relations Fax(915) 747-5444 total offense and held Georgia State Shane Huhn Hahn to 241. The Cougars also defeated Donavon Kemp Don-uh-vin UTEP INFORMATION GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK Nick Lamaison Lam-uh-son The 2011 UTEP football fact book is available for download at http:// UCLA, North Texas and Louisiana Tech Yahchaaroah Lightbourne Yuh-shaw-row utepathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/ respectively to open the season. Carson Meger Me-grrr INTERVIEW REQUESTS Horace Miller Hor-ACE Please contact Angela Olivas with all interview requests for Miner The Cougars are climbing their way Kyle Morin More-in coaches and players. Do not call players or coaches at home, Leilyon Myers Lee-lun unless arranged by the media relations office. UTEP’s locker room up the national polls after receiving Felix Neboh Knee-bo is closed following games. Jeff Darby will be on hand to assist with votes in both the AP (38) and coaches Travaun Nixon Tray-vonn postgame interviews. (70) poll on Sunday. Houston ranks Bernard Obi Oh-bee PRACTICE COVERAGE first nationally in passing offense Paul Santillan Sahn-tee-ahn UTEP practices are open to the media unless otherwise specified by (446.3 ypg). The Cougars also rank in Isaac Tauaefa Taw-uh-ef-uh head coach Mike Price. Please contact Angela Olivas for practice Jerel Watkins Juh-rel schedules and to let her know that you will be attending. the top-20 nationally in total offense Lavorick Williams Luh-voar-ik (third, 585.0 ypg), net punting (third, The best time to interview players and coaches is after practice. There will be no player interviews the day before the game, 44.1 ypg), scoring offense (11th, 44.3 although coach Price will be available. ypg) and passing efficiency (13th, Joe Banyard, freshman RB LaQuintus MIKE PRICE MEDIA LUNCHEONS 169.7). Keenum ranks first nationally in Luncheons are held on Mondays during the season at 11:30 a.m. in total offense (388.0 ypg) and eighth Dowell, freshman DB Robert Jackson, the Hall of Champions in the Larry K. Durham Sports Center. senior OL Nathan McCage, senior DL (No luncheon on Oct. 3 during UTEP’s off week) in passing efficiency (177.1). Sammy Brown also ranks first nationally in Bernard Obi, senior LB Royzell Smith, MIKE PRICE RADIO AND TV SHOW tackles for loss (2.38). junior DL Greg Watkins, freshman Mike Price Radio Show Schedule OL Jerel Watkins & junior DB Darren (all shows Wednesdays from 7-8 p.m. on KOFX 92.3 FM) The Last Meeting Woodard). Oct. 12 Border City Ale House Oct. 19 Brew Sports Pub & Grill Bryce Beall and Michael Hayes each Oct. 26 Border City Ale House ran for three touchdowns as Houston UTEP freshman K Steven Valadez and Nov. 2 Brew Sports Pub & Grill Houston senior LB Marcus McGraw Nov. 9 Border City Ale House racked up 308 yards on the ground in Nov. 16 Brew Sports Pub & Grill a 54-24 win over UTEP last season at attended Bowie HS in Arlington, Texas. Nov. 23 Border City Ale House Robertson Stadium. Houston QB Case UTEP freshman OL Jerel Watkins and The address for Border City Ale House is 1506 North Lee Trevino. The Keenum completed 15-of-24 passes for Houston junior DL Tyrone Campbell address for Brew Sports Pub & Grill is 8041 North Mesa. 279 yards before exiting the game in graduated from Channelview (Texas) HS. UTEP freshman DB Shane Huhn and Coach Price’s television show airs on Time Warner Cable MetroSports the third quarter. Keenum was injured Southwest Channel 24 on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. and Fridays at 11:30 while trying to make a tackle on UTEP’s Houston sophomore DB D.J. Jones a.m. It also airs statewide on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. CT and Fridays at attended Steele HS in Cibolo, Texas. 12:30 p.m. CT on Time Warner Cable channel 888 in Austin, Corpus Travaun Nixon after being intercepted. Christi, Laredo, Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, Waco/Temple/Bryan UTEP’s Trevor Vittatoe was 30-for-54 UTEP freshman DL Roy Robertson and and Wichita Falls/Lawton, and channel 185 in Dallas. passing with 340 yards and three Houston junior WR Dewayne Peace C-USA COACHES TELECONFERENCE touchdowns. The Cougars finished the graduated from South Grand Prairie Conference USA will hold a football coaches teleconference during HS. UTEP freshman DB Robert Jackson the week of the C-USA Championship game involving the coaches game with 656 yards of offense. of the two participating teams. The call-in number is (719) 325-2919. & junior DL Greg Watkins and Houston A playback will be available beginning at 4 p.m. MDT by dialing freshman RB Vernon Jefferies attended (402) 220-1009 with a replay passcode of 6171048. UTEP-Houston Player Ties Four Miners hail from the city of Houston Katy (Texas) HS. UTEP senior LB Royzell WEBSITE - senior DB Antwon Blake, sophomore Smith and Houston sophomore OL UTEP’s official athletic department website is located at www. Ralph Oragwu attended Thurgood utepathletics.com. Game notes, statistics, press releases, coaches’ TE Katrae Ford, freshman WR Mark shows and player/coach biographies are available on the site, Jackson and freshman WR Jordan Marshall HS in Missouri City, Texas.