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2006 Arizona Football Notes Arizona (1-0, 0-0 Pac-10) at No. 8 LSU (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Saturday, Sept. 9 - Tiger Stadium TV - ESPN2/Radio - 1290 AM

Opponent: Louisiana State 2006 Arizona Schedule Kickoff: 5:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. Tucson) Opponent Time(Result)/TV Site: Tiger Stadium (Cap. - 92,400) - Baton Rouge, La. TV: ESPN2 (Ron Franklin, Ed Cunningham, Dave Lamont) September Radio: 1290 AM (Brian Jeffries, Lamont Lovett) 2 Brigham Young W, 16-13/TBS LSU and Arizona Historical Fast Facts 9 at No. 8 LSU 5:30 p.m./ESPN2 First Meeting: 1984 (LSU 27 - Arizona 26) Last Meeting: 2003 (LSU 59 - Arizona 13) 16 Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m./FSNA All-Time Series Record: LSU leads 2-0 23 USC 5 p.m./ABC Current Streak: LSU has won both meetings between the two Notes on the Series: 2006 will mark just the second trip for Arizona to Baton Rouge (1984) 30 Washington 7p.m./TBA ... The Wildcats dropped a one-point decision (27-26) to the No. 13-ranked Tigers the last October time the two schools met in Louisiana. Trailing by one, Arizona drove the ball to the LSU 43 yard-line with 18 seconds left in the game, but QB Alfred Jenkins lost the handle on a 4th 7 at UCLA 12:30 p.m./TBA and 4 attempt for a fumble to hand the Tigers the ball and eventually the game ... The last 14 at Stanford 1 p.m./TBA time Arizona played LSU (2003), the Tigers earned a share of the national title with USC. That year, Arizona and Auburn were the only two schools to face both eventual national 21 Oregon State ^ 4 p.m./TBA champions during the regular season ... Arizona’s game against LSU is just the seventh all- time for the Wildcats against a school from the SEC. UA is 1-4-1 all-time against SEC November schools, with the lone victory coming against Auburn in 1976 in Tucson (31-19). 4 at Washington St. 1 p.m./TBA Some Game Themes...: After the nice appeal of a full crowd at home, the Cats get an 11 Cal % 4 p.m./TBA introduction to SEC hospitality as demonstrated in the ambience of Tiger Stadium, one of 18 at Oregon 12:30 p.m./TBA the nation’s largest college football venues, also known as “Death Valley”… Arizona’s coaches and players spent an offseason pointing at one game – last week’s -- but no one 25 Arizona State 4 p.m./FSN would argue that this one in Baton Rouge didn’t perk up the glands mightily… If Arizona ^ Family Weekend held anything back in its opener, it may well have to open up more of its playbook against the 8th-ranked Tigers. Sophomore quarterback Willie Tuitama will take a crack in leading % Homecoming Weekend his mates against a team that gave up only 63 passing yards and 176 total yards in its All times are local to the site and are opener… UA tries its hand at breaking the Tigers’ streak of 10 consecutive quarters without subject to change without notice. allowing a touchdown ... UA’s secondary, considered a team strength with headliners Michael Johnson, Antoine Cason and Wilrey Fontenot, will contend with a passing game that netted a phenomenal 13 yards per attempt last week in LSU’s opener. JaMarcus Russell Media Relations hit 13 of 17 throws for 253 yards and 3 TDs for an outrageous 259.72 pass efficiency Official Website rating… UA sophomore linebacker and www.arizonaathletics.com special teams player James Alford gets a Statistical Analysis - Arizona at LSU visit to his home state, where he prepped at Mailing Address Metarie… UA LSU Media Relations Points Avg. 16.0 45.0 Room 106 McKale Center Last Week: The kicking game dominated, Opponents 13.0 3.0 Tucson, Ariz., 85721 and Arizona’s Nick Folk was the dominant First Downs 15 24 force, knocking home a 48-yard field goal Opponents 17 8 Director of Media Relations with one second remaining to snap a late Yards Rushing Avg. 67 170 Tom Duddleston - 520-621-4163 fourth-quarter tie and lift the Wildcats to a Opponents 24 113 [email protected] 16-13 victory over BYU and give Arizona a Yards Passing Avg. 186 299 good start to its season. The ninth-largest Opponents 289 63 Asst. Director of Media Relations crowd in Arizona history, 58,450 strong, Total Offense Avg. 253 469 (Football Assistant) watched a tightly fought contest marked by Opponents 313 176 Matt Rector - 520-621-0914 good defense on both sides. But Arizona Kickoff Return Avg. 22.0 13.5 [email protected] mounted three notable drives – a 10-play, Opponents 12.5 15.0 70-yard march leading to Folk’s second Punt Return Avg. - 7.3 Media Relations Fax field goal in the second quarter, an 80-yard Opponents 14.5 N/A 520-621-2681 drive in nine plays to retake the lead at 13- Punting (Gross) 52.0 41.0 10 in the third quarter, and the final clock- Opponents 37.2 41.0 Please see page 3 of the notes for Arizona’s eating 13-play drive of 44 yards to put the Punting (Net) 42.3 - FB media policy senior kicker in position for the game Opponents 37.2 - winner. Folk did more, kicking off five 3rd-Down Conv. 21% 55% times with three touchbacks and the time Opponents 25% 17% expunging squib kick at game’s end, plus 4th-Down Conv. N/A 100% he showcased his punting skill with three Opponents 0% 50% kicks for an average of 60 yards including a Penalty Yards Avg. 61 55 career-best 75-yarder. He more than Opponents 76 78 countered BYU kicker Jared McLaughlin’s TOP 28:22 28:29 two field goals. UA junior running back Opponents 31:38 31:31 Chris Henry led all rushers with 63 net yards, most of those coming on a 54-yard scamper How Do You Say That? that helped set up the lone Wildcat touchdown. Sophomore quarterback Willie Tuitama had Alphabetical a modest 186 yards throwing (19 for 39, 1 interception), but connected with Anthony Johnson for the two-yard scoring strike and found Syndric Steptoe (93 yards) and Johnson 38 Akin Akinniyi .... ah-KEEN ah-KIN-ee-yee (40 yards) six times apiece in an outing that was not illustrative of the Cats’ playbook. UA’s 16 Conan Amituanai ah-mee-TOO-uh-nigh defense, spearheaded by 12 tackles from linebacker Spencer Larsen, two sacks by Louis 96 Yaniv Barnett...... YAH-neeve Holmes and ball-nosing play by safety Michael Johnson (nine hits, fumble recovery), limited 13 Jason Bondzio ...... BOND-zee-oh BYU to 24 net rushing yards and keeping BYU receivers – nine of them – to underneath 77 Eben Britton ...... eh-ben catches and one lone scoring catch from QB John Beck, who had a good night with 28-for- 3 Wilrey Fontenot .... will-ray FAHN-tin-oh 37 passing and 289 yards. The bottom line for Arizona was it maintained poise and 76 Peter Graniello ...... gran-YELL-oh pressure, did enough of the right things at the right times and found a way to win a close 57 Jovon Hayes ...... JOE-vahn game at the end. After a string of close-enough-but-not-quite skirmishes in the past two 13 Kris Heavner ...... HEAVE-ner years, it was a resounding success. 15 Xavier Kelley ...... ZAVE-yer 31 Michael Klyce ...... Klice Taking It to the End: Nick Folk’s game-winning field goal with one second left in the fourth 39 Dane Krogstad ...... Krogs-tad quarter in the season opener against BYU on Sept. 2 was the latest in a game the Wildcats 71 Erick Levitre ...... luh-VEE-tree have rallied for a victory in regulation since Bobby Wade caught a 42-yard pass from Keith 94 Lolomana Mikaele ...... Smith with no time remaining on the clock at Washington State on Sept. 25, 1999 (Arizona ...... lo-lo-MAH-nah mee-kah-AY-lay won a three-overtime game against WSU in Dick Tomey’s final season as head coach in 30 Xavier Smith ...... ZAVE-yer 2000). 1 Syndric Steptoe ...... SIN-drick 7 Willie Tuitama ...... too-ee-TAH-mah BYU Quick Hits: Senior Nick Folk’s 30-yard field goal in the first quarter not only handed 52 Bill Wacholz ...... WAH-kohlz Arizona an early 3-0 lead, but also marked the fourth straight game that the Wildcats have scored on their opening possession dating back to last season (TD vs. UCLA on 11/5/05, TD Numerical vs. Washington on 11/12/05, FG at Arizona State on 11/25/05, FG vs. BYU on 9/2/06) ... Folk, who booted the game-winning FG from 48 yards out with one second left, tallied a 1 Syndric Steptoe ...... SIN-drick career-best three scoring kicks in the game (30, 22, 48) ... Chris Henry’s 54-yard run in the 3 Wilrey Fontenot .... will-ray FAHN-tin-oh third quarter was the longest in his career and his 63 yards rushing in the game were most 7 Willie Tuitama ...... too-ee-TAH-mah in single game in his career ... Senior WR Syndric Steptoe (6 rec., 93 yards vs. BYU) extended 13 Jason Bondzio ...... BOND-zee-oh his streak of consecutive games with at least one catch to 18 straight contests ... Steptoe’s 13 Kris Heavner ...... HEAVE-ner 93 yards receiving were the second-most in a single game in his career and his six recep- 15 Xavier Kelley ...... ZAVE-yer tions were one away from his career single-game high (7 vs. Arizona State, Nov. 28, 2003) ... 16 Conan Amituanai ah-mee-TOO-uh-nigh Junior LB Spencer Larsen recorded his second-most tackles in a single game with 12 total 30 Xavier Smith ...... ZAVE-yer stops (career best 17 TT at Oregon State in 2005) ... CB Wilrey Fontenot had a career-best 31 Michael Klyce ...... Klice with two PBU ... The 24 yards rushing surrendered to the Cougars were the fewest in a 38 Akin Akinniyi .... ah-KEEN ah-KIN-ee-yee contest since giving up only 10 yards on the ground to USC in a 35-15 win over the Trojans 39 Dane Krogstad ...... Crogs-tad in 2000. The previous low in the two-year Mike Stoops Era was 28 rushing yards by 52 Bill Wacholz ...... WAH-kohlz Washington State on Sept. 25, 2004. 57 Jovon Hayes ...... JOE-vahn 71 Erick Levitre ...... luh-VEE-tree Nick Folk Named Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week: Senior Nick Folk was named 76 Peter Graniello ...... gran-YELL-oh the Pac-10 ST POW after booting a career-best three field goals, including the game-winner 77 Eben Britton ...... eh-ben from 48 yards out in the waning moments, in Arizona’s 16-13 win over visiting BYU in 94 Lolomana Mikaele ...... front of a capacity 58,450 fans at Arizona Stadium last weekend. The senior accounted for ...... lo-lo-MAH-nah mee-kah-AY-lay 10 of UA’s 16 points in the contest, connecting on field goals of 22, 30 and 48 yards on the 96 Yaniv Barnett...... YAH-neeve night and adding one PAT. Folk handed the Wildcats their sixth-straight home-opening win when he capped off the night with his game-winning kick with one second remaining in the fourth quarter. The last second 48-yard game-winner tied for the third-longest FG in Folk’s four-year career at UA. In addition to his game-changing place-kicking duties, Folk replaced an ineffective Kyle McQuown as the team’s punter in the first half, and averaged a very impressive 56 yards per punt on four kicks, including a fourth quarter career-long 75-yard boot that placed the Cougars at their own five yard-line. On kickoffs, three of Folk’s five kicks went into the endzone for touchbacks, and BYU averaged just 12.5 yards per return on the two kicks they attempted to bring out.

Getting a Taste: Including three starters, 13 Wildcats saw their first career action against BYU on Sept. 2. On offense, redshirt freshmen Blake Kerley, Daniel Borg and Eben Britton all earned starting roles in the trenches along the offensive line, while running backs Chris Jennings (Jr.) and Xavier Smith (RS-F) both filled in behind starter Chris Henry. True freshman H-back Earl Mitchell also participated in his first contest for the Cats. On the other side of the ball, junior Louis Holmes made his presence felt on the D-line along with RS frosh Donald Horton. Horton’s classmates Xavier Kelly and Corey Hall both saw the field for the first time, while Devin Ross and Cam Nelson showed enough moxie as true freshmen to appear in the game for UA.

“We’re Going to the Boot”: That’s how UA junior LB and New Orleans native James Alford Did You Know? put it, and the Cats are indeed headed for Louisiana. The trip to bayou country will be The 58,450 fans that came to UA’s Arizona’s first roadie of the season and its last until the beginning of October. After 16-13 win over BYU last weekend meeting up with the Tigers this Saturday, Arizona will then host Stephen F. Austin, USC and Washington in Tucson over the final three weekends of September. After LSU, the were the most for a home opener Wildcats’ next road game is at UCLA on Oct. 7. in school history. A Quick Look at LSU: The Bayou Bengals enter the contest with Arizona 1-0 at whipping in- state for Louisiana-Lafayette 44-3 in their season opener last weekend. ... LSU returns 39 letterwinners (17 off./20 def.), including 13 starters (6 off./5 def./2 spec.), from last Wildcat Sports Properties Affiliates season’s 11-2, Peach Bowl championship team ... Highlighting the returners on offense is Sr. All Arizona football games are broadcast live QB JaMarcus Russell who torched ULL for 253 yards and three TDs on 13 completions in on a statewide radio network. KCUB 1290 the season opener ... Senior receivers Dwayne Bowe (88 yards, TD) and Craig Davis (82 AM in Tucson serves as the flagship station. yards) hauled in four passes each for a combined 170 yards against ULL ... Junior RBs Alley Douglas KDAP - 96.5 FM Broussard (46 yds, 8 att.) and Matt Flynn (36 yds, 4 att.) teamed up for 6.8 YPC average Globe KIKO - 106.1 FM after rushing for a combined 82 yards on 12 attempts ... The LSU defense limited ULL to Phoenix KKNT - 960 AM 176 yards of total offense (3.4 yards per play) and picked off two passes in the season- Safford/Thatcher KWRQ - 102.3 FM opening win ... Senior strong safety Jessie Daniels paced the Tigers with eight tackles and Show Low KVMW - 970 AM tallied a sack ... Junior cornerback Jonathan Zenon picked off two passes against ULL, and Sierra Vista/Bisbee KTAN - 1420 AM returned one 20 yards for a TD ... LSU head coach Les Miles is in his second season in Baton Tucson # KCUB - 1290 AM Rouge and has posted a 12-2 overall record with the Tigers. Tucson KHYT - 107.5 FM Tucson ** KQTL - 1210 AM Familiar Foes: Saturday’s confrontation in Baton Rouge might the first meeting between Prescott KNOT - 1450 AM Arizona’s Mike Stoops and LSU’s Les Miles as head coaches, but the two are more than a Yuma KJOK - 1400 AM little familiar with each other. Miles spent four seasons (2001-04) as the head coach at # Flagship Station Oklahoma State, the in-state rival of Stoops’ previous stop, Oklahoma, where he served as ** Home games broadcast in Spanish defensive coordinator. The two matched wits on field three times (2001-03) in the Sooner State before Stoops left for Arizona. The Cowboys won the first two meetings (16-13 in Media Policy 2001 and 38-28 in 2002), but the Sooners rallied to snap OSU’s seven-game winning streak Arizona Stadium Postgame with a 52-9 win in 2003. In an odd twist of fate, OU went on to play for the national There is no player availability on the championship that season against a Nick Saben-coached LSU squad. field immediately after the game. Arizona has a closed locker room policy after games. At Let’s Hear It For the D: Sure the Wildcats surrendered 313 total yards to BYU in their home games, individual players and coaches will season opener on Sept. 2. However when taking into consideration that the Cougars be made available to media members for post- returned eight offensive starters, including All-Mountain West selections John Beck (QB), game interviews in a tent adjacent to the UA Curtis Brown (RB) and Jonny Harline (TE), from a squad that averaged 462 yards per game lockerroom only through request and approval last season, and that UA limited BYU to 24 yards rushing and did not allow a play over 25 of the media relations and coaching staffs. On yards, suddenly that 313 doesn’t look so imposing. Additionally, the potent Cougar offense the road, the locker room situation will dic- - the one that averaged 33 points per game last season and nearly 43 points per game over tate postgame protocol, please consult the UA the final five contests of 2005 - managed just 13 points in the loss to the Wildcats. SID staff members. Head coach Mike Stoops will address the assembled media only after his post- Spencer For Hire: Junior LB Spencer Larsen served notice against BYU on Sept. 2 that he is game radio show responsibilities have been com- a man to be reckoned with. Tallying a game-high 12 total tackles, he also forced a fumble pleted both at home and on the road. Coach and was credited with 1 1/2 sacks. Dating back to last season, Larsen is averaging 10 Stoops will address the media prior to any tackles per contest over his last five games played. player comments. Thanks, I’ll Take That: Michael Johnson’s fumble recovery in the first quarter against BYU Weekly Practices on Sept. 2 was his fifth takeaway in Arizona’s last five games. The senior strong safety has All practices will be closed to the media dur- picked off four passes, including one for a 40-yard TD at Oregon State last year, and ing the season. Arizona players and coaches will scooped up the fumble caused by Spencer Larsen on the first offensive play against BYU. be available postpractice to the media on Mon- day-Wednesday only. Players and coaches will It’s Elementary My Dear Watson: It seems that junior Louis Holmes was worth the wait. not be available to the media postpractice on The top-rated junior college transfer from Scottsdale Community College signed a National Thursdays and Fridays. Media members are re- Letter of Intent to play for the Wildcats last December, but was not admitted to the quested to make post-practice interviews with in- university until the third day of fall camp at the beginning of August. The nearly seven dividual players through the media relations staff. month-long wait for the 6-6, 270-lb defensive end paid off in UA’s season-opening victory over BYU on Sept. 9, as Holmes racked up two sacks, broke up a pass and forced a fumble Phone Requests by Cougars’ QB John Beck late in the second quarter to thwart a BYU drive that had probed Phone interviews Monday through Wednes- into Arizona territory. day with requested players will be taken by the media relations staff and every effort will be made A Spring in his Step: Senior Syndric Steptoe has proven to be a pain for the opposition to fulfill them. However, due to class schedules throughout his career in his role as wide receiver/kick returner. His 143 all-purpose yards and team commitments, not all interview re- against BYU in the season opener marked the 13th time in his career, and the fourth quests can be honored. Student-athletes are not straight contest, he has racked up 100 or more all-purpose yards in a contest. With 2,942 available for phone interviews on Sunday, Thurs- career all-purpose yards on 202 total plays (14.7/play), Step is closing in on Hubie Oliver’s day or Friday. No student-athlete phone num- No. 11 spot all-time at UA. A bruising power fullback who played from 1977-80, Oliver bers will be provided to media members. racked 3,404 all purpose yards on 699 plays. To crack the all-time top 10, Step needs 757 more yards this season to displace No. 10 Eddie Wolgast (1945-48, 3,698 APY). Dennis Weekly Media Opportunities Northcutt (1996-99) is UA’s all-time leader with 5,392 all-purpose yards. With Coach Stoops Step’s All-Purpose Yards Monday’s Year Rushing Receiving Kickoff Returns Punt Returns Totals 11 a.m.-12 p.m. 2003 1-3 9-77 28-480 15-69 53-629 Weekly Press Conference in McKale Center 2004 3-30 30-446 17-384 6-39 56-899 Coaches and players will be available to 2005 8-73 37-493 19-484 20-221 84-1,271 media members in attendance. 2006 1-6 6-93 2-44 0-0 9-143 Tuesday’s Totals 13-112 82-1,109 66-1,392 41-329 202-2,942 10:20 a.m. Weekly Pac-10 media teleconference Kick Folk: Well actually it’s Nick, but with the way the senior kicker has boomed the ball in Please consult SID staff for number and the past, maybe a name change is in order. The multi-talented kicker appears headed for a access code. season of double duty as the place kicker and punter for the Wildcats. His season debut against BYU certainly showcased his talents as he connected for a career-best three field goals (30, 22, 48), including the game-winner with one second remaining, while also booting four punts for a net average of 56 yards per kick. His 75-yard punt against the Cougars was a career-long and pinned BYU on its own 5 yard-line. Due to a statistical error Quips and Quotes (since corrected), Year FGM-FGA 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Long Folk was not "Preparing for his third season rebuild- 2003 0-3 (00.0) 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 - credited with his ing the downtrodden Wildcats pro- 2004 8-13 (61.5%) 0-0 2-2 3-4 2-5 1-2 53 first punt of the 2005 7-11 (63.6%) 1-1 0-1 4-5 1-2 1-2 51 gram, Stoops has seldom had to raise game, a 44-yarder in 2006 3-4 (75.0%) 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 48 the second quarter his voice in fall camp. The presence of Totals 18-31 (58.0%) 1-1 3-6 8-11 4-9 2-4 53 that ended up at the talented sophomore quarterback Willie BYU 1 yard-line. With Tuitama and a secondary that might PAT Kick Off Numbers the correction, Folk be the best in the Pac-10 have the Year Att-Made No. Avg. Yds. TB Pct TB qualifies for the coach believing his efforts are about to 2003 8-8 35 61.1 2.139 0 0 national leaders in bear fruit." - Associated Press 2004 18-18 38 55.8 2,121 14 37% punts and his 56- 2005 31-33 53 64.0 3,390 38 72% yard per kick 2006 1-1 5 56.0 280 3 60% "Head coach Mike Stoops has won just average is the tops in Totals 58-60 131 60.5 7,930 55 42% Division I. six games in two years, however, it’s Known for having a big leg on field clear he has Arizona moving in a goals (career-long 53 yards) and Folk’s Punting Numbers northern direction. He continues kickoffs (55 career touchbacks), his Year No. Yds Avg. Long I20 improving the talent base in Tucson punting prowess came out of necessity 2005 22 983 44.7 61 8 for the Wildcats. After punter Danny and now has a franchise quarterback 2006 4 224 56.0 75 2 Baugher went down with a season- in Willie Tuitama to build the offense Totals 26 1,207 46.5 75 10 around. If some of the kids develop ending knee injury in the Wildcats’ quicker than expected, the ‘Cats have a seventh game last year, Folk took over the punting duties to go along with his normal place kicking chores. As the “fill in” punter, chance to equal the win total of the all Folk did was post a net average of 44.7 yards per kick (Baugher, a finalist for the 2005 last two years, and vie for a program- Ray Guy Award, average 47.5 net yards per punt), hit a season-high 61-yarder and place boosting bowl trip for the first time in eight of his 22 kicks inside the opposition’s 20 yard-line. eight years." - Richard Cirminiello, CollegeFootballNews.com Sophomore Signal Callers: Including heralded Willie Tuitama, UA has had a host of second- year QBs stand under center over the years. However, one would have to go back to Keith "Mike Stoops no longer is just the Smith in 1996 to find a sophomore QB that was “the guy” entering the season and played "brother" of Bob Stoops, a second that way throughout. The list of sophomore QBs to make an impact at Arizona over the last 25 years is somewhat exclusive. Here’s a look at the few that jump out: football fiddle to the main event for Name Year Final Team Record Final Stats (Att-Comp-Int) the tradition-steeped Oklahoma Tom Tunnicliffe 1981 6-5 11 GP, 328-176-14, 2,520 yds, 18 TD Sooners. Stoops heads his own pro- Alfred Jenkins 1984 7-4 11 GP, 312-156-17, 2,202 yds, 11 TD gram now, at Arizona, looking and Ronnie Veal 1988 7-4 10 GP, 105-40-3, 669 yds, 4 TD sounding every bit of a throwback Dan White 1993 10-2 11 GP, 231-115-9, 1,548 yds, 13 TD* leader who constantly booms of good Keith Smith 1996 5-6 11 GP, 193-117-6, 1,450 yds, 11 TD cheer (the man needs no microphone Willie Tuitama 2006 1-0 1 GP, 39-19-1, 186 yards, 1 TD to make a point) ... Fresh off 3-8 * Includes White’s stats from the 1994 Fiesta Bowl records in his first two seasons, Stoops SRO: The Arizona faithful came, stayed and were extremely loud in UA’s home-opening 16- works in a town that starves for a 13 win over BYU on Sept. 2. A crowd of 58,450 fans packed Arizona Stadium on Sept. 9, to winner again ... Stoops has nine mark UA’s first sellout since the 2000 season (Sept. 9 vs. Ohio State). The attendance figure returning starters on defense, still his was the ninth-largest crowd in school history, the fifth-largest non-Arizona State/rivalry specialty, and an emerging quarter- crowd, the biggest opening day group ever and the most for a Wildcat game since 58,738 back in Stockton native Willie Tuitama fans crammed into an Oct. 10, 1998 contest against UCLA. The all-time attendance record to bolster bowl hopes. What's more, for the Wildcats at Arizona Stadium is 59, 920 set at 1996’s rivalry game against the Sun Stoops secured a top-20 recruiting Devils on Nov. 23. class." - Joe Davidson, Sacramento Zoo-tastic: A large part of UA’s attendance boost was the support of the Wildcats’ student Bee section - The ZonaZoo. Numbering 10,000-plus and stretching from the north endzone well into the south stands, the student section, a general admission/first-come, first-served "The Wildcats are one of those feared endeavor, was a jam-packed sea of red that was bursting capacity well before kickoff and dark-horse bowl teams with a wealth vocal throughout the game. Kudos to the ZonaZoo. of talent back on defense and an emerging star in Tuitama." - Crystal Gazing: The Pac-10 media predicted that the Wildcats 2006 Pac-10 Preseason Poll Sacramento Bee will finish sixth in the conference this season. While it’s no where near where the Wildcats aspire to end the year, at least - 1. USC as head coach Mike Stoops put it - “It’s better than being picked 2. Cal "Wildcat fans have become so impa- last”. In fact, UA’s predicted sixth-place finish is the highest the 3. Oregon tient that they no longer wait for a Wildcats have been picked to finish in the preseason poll since 4. Arizona State winning season -- they come anyway. A 1999 when they were selected to win the Pac-10 after finishing 5. UCLA home average of 53,613 paid to see the previous season 12-1 ... Three-time defending conference 6. Arizona Stoops' second UA team, or roughly 85 champ USC was named the team to beat for the fourth straight 7. Oregon State percent of capacity. Arizona hasn't had season ... Arizona will have first crack at ending the Trojans’ 8. Washington State 9. Stanford a winning season since 1998, yet Pac-10 record 23-game conference contest winning streak when the two schools meet up on Sept. 23 in Tucson. 10. Washington Stoops has created such a positive atmosphere that it's likely the Wildcats Closing the Gap: If UA’s season-opening three-point win over BYU is any indicator, maybe will sell out home games against USC, UA’s hard luck ways are in for change. In 2003, the season prior to Mike Stoops tenure as BYU, Arizona State and Cal." - Sports the head coach, Arizona went 2-10 and lost all but two games by 21 points or more. In fact, Illustrated the Wildcats lost their 10 games by a margin of over four touchdowns (28.8 points) per contest that year. Playing with basically the same roster the next year, the 2004 team Arizona Quick Facts shaved over 10 points off that number (18.3) in Stoops’ first season at the helm. Last year, Location Tucson, Ariz. the Wildcats continued to lay a foundation for success, and dropped five of their eight Founded 1885 losses by an agonizingly close seven points or less, including three contests by four points Enrollment 35,400 or less. With an emphasis on playing fundamentally sound and mistake-free football this Nickname Wildcats season, UA has learned its lessons from 2005 and will look to turn those close defeats into Colors Cardinal and Navy wins this year. Affiliation NCAA Division I-A Conference Pacific-10 Depth Perception: As noted below, the Arizona coaching staff has begun to amass depth President Dr. Michael Shelton throughout the program. Armed with back-to-back top 20 ranked recruiting classes, third- Athletic Director Jim Livengood year head coach Mike Stoops and his staff have more “game-ready” players in the starting lineup and on the depth chart then in recent seasons. Notably the D-line, O-line, linebackers Football and receiving corps are among the deepest the Wildcats have had in a number of years. First Year 1899 All-Time Record 524-378-32 (.578) Down in the Trenches: The Wildcats are building some quality depth along the front lines Pac-10 Record 103-103-6 (.500) of the offense. Returning this season are five players (Peter Graniello, Tanner Bell, Erick Stadium Arizona Stadium Levitre, Joe Longacre and Adam Hawes) with a combined 60 career starts between them. Stadium First Game 1929 Add in redshirt freshmen Daniel Borg, Eben Britton, Blake Kerley, who all earned their first Capcity 56,002 career starts against BYU, as well as sophomore Bill Wacholz, and the Wildcats have a Largest Crowd 59,920 vs. ASU 1992 number of capable players ready to protect the offensive punch this season.

Football Coaches D-Line Depth: The depth continues along the D-line with five solid defensive ends (Sr. Head Coach Mike Stoops Marcus Smith, So. Johnathan Turner, So. Michael Shelton So. Jason Parker and Jr. Louis Record at Arizona 7-16 (.304) Holmes) and a host of big bodies (Jr. Yaniv Barnett, Jr. Lionel Dotson, Sr. Paul Philipp, RS-F. Career Record Same Donald Horton Jr.) in the interior. At DE Smith, Turner and Shelton have teamed up to start Off. Coord./QBs Mike Canales 31 total games, and Holmes showed off his credentials as one of the most sought-after JC Def. Coord./DBs Mark Stoops transfers in the nation against BYU. Inside Barnett, Dotson and Philipp have combined for RBs Kasey Dunn 39 career starts, while Bertrand has caught the eye of the coaching staff as a helpful inside TEs Dana Dimel threat and Horton Jr is expected to make an impact after redshirting in 2005. WRs Charlie Williams OL Eric Wolford Mr. Smith Stays in Tucson: The Wildcats welcome back senior DE Marcus Smith for DTs Mike Tuiasosopo another season. Granted a medical hardship after injuring his knee in the just the second DEs/Special Teams Joe Robinson contest last year, 2006 marks the fifth that Marcus will be a member of the team. One of LBs Tim Kish the most experienced players on the defensive side of the ball, Smith has made 20 starts Def. GA Travis Ochs and played in 35 career contests along the defensive line. He has amassed 105 total tackles, Off. GA Kevin Patullo including seven sacks and 13 total for a loss.

Football Support Staff Second To None: The Arizona defensive backfield has served notice that they are a group Operations Dir. Erick Harper not to be trifled with. The group has been named by numerous publications as not only one Recruiting Coord. Dan Berezowitz of the top secondaries in the Pac-10, but in the nation as well. Junior corners Antoine Cason Strenghth Coach Corey Edmund (Career - 7 Int, 11 PBU, 3 FF, 122 TT) and Wilrey Fontenot (Career - 4 Int, 12 PBU, 3 FR, 1 FF, Asst. Strength Coach Mark Hill 104 TT) have been rock solid after playing every defensive snap for the past two seasons, Dir. of Equipment Services Wendall Neal and appear to have a pair of nice backups in true freshmen Mike Turner and Devin Ross. Football Equipment Jeff Cook Senior strong safety Michael Johnson turned heads last season with not only with his Video - Football Bob Ford three-interception game (including one for a TD) against Oregon State, but also when he Dir. Medical Services Randy Cohen caught future Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush from behind in UA’s contest with USC Asst. Ath. Trainer Jenny Allen in Los Angeles. Despite making only four starts last year, Johnson finished second on the Team Physician Dr. Don Porter team in total tackles, ending the season with 60 stops. The one question mark for the secondary entering the year was who would step up Football Office Number 520-621-4917 and replace departed team captain and defensive leader Darrell Brooks as the starting free Stoops’ Admin. Asst. Kelly Hooker safety? The hard-hitting Dominic Patrick has claimed the role and posted a solid six total FB Admin. Asst. Amy Edges tackles in UA’s season-opener last weekend. FB Admin. Asst. Ana Verdin Coach O Told You So: When Arizona hired Mike Stoops as its head football coach at the Football Overview end of the 2003 season, UA basketball coach Lute Olson warned the Wildcat fans early on 2005 Record 3-8 not to delay, and get their season tickets now or they’d be left out. It seems that Coach O is 2005 Pac-10 Record 2-6 (t-8th) not only a pretty darn good hoops coach, but a fairly decent seer as well. Season ticket sales Last Bowl Appearance 1998 in the Old Pueblo have reached near-record levels. Arizona has sold over 26,000 season Culligan Holiday Bowl tickets for the 2006 campaign, the third mosted for a single year ever at UA. The all-time record for season ticket sales is 27,779 for the 1994 season. BTW, the top two seasons for season ticket sales (1994 and 1999) came following 10-2 and 12-1 seasons - a fact that shows, despite back-to-back 3-8 seasons, that the Wildcat football program in the minds of the Tucson community has begun to change under Stoops, the coaches and the players. Keenyn Crier - 47 Punter Freshman, 6-1, 180 Spring, Texas (Wesfield)

Arizona: Recruited walk-on in fall 2006, to contend for punting job...

High School: Westfield High School, Spring, Texas, 2005... Averaged 42 yards per punt as a senior, 46.0 as a junior...

Personal: Date of birth March 23, 1989.

Louis Holmes - 1 Defensive End Junior, 6-6, 270 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Scottsdale CC)

Arizona: Projected as a top-unit player on the defensive front, earning preseason All-Pac-10 nods from several publications... Signed a letter of intent in December but did not enroll at mid-year; moved to Tucson and worked out while completing final requirements for August admission to the University...

Scottsdale Community College: 2005... NJCAA All-Region 1 first-team honors... SuperPrep Juco 100... Second-team All-Western States Football League... 192 tackles, 40 for losses and 16 sacks in two-year JC career... JCFootball.com 5-star... Rated among the top three defensive linemen in the class of 2006... Fab50Recruiting top 25... First-team 2004 NJCAA All-America... Preseason 2005 first- team NJCAA All-America...

High School: Dillard High School, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.... Attended three years of high school in Memphis, his hometown, before moving to Florida... Played tight end and defensive line at Dillard HS in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla....

Personal: Date of birth Feb. 24, 1985... Attended a Maine prep school, Brighton Academy in 2003...

Chris Jennings - 28 Running Back Junior, 5-10, 220 Ashland, Ky. (Arizona Western CC)

Arizona: Walk-on tailback who joined team in fall camp 2006 with some fanfare... Earned reps with top units from the onset of drills... Tallied over 100 yards of total offense (95 rush, 20 rec.) in Arizona’s final tune-up scrimmage of fall camp ... Scampered for a 50-yard TD in the scrimmage.

Junior College: Arizona Western, Yuma, Ariz., 2006... Preseason NJCAA honorable mention All-America in 2005...Rushed for 1,10 yards, with 12 touchdowns in two-year career... Team captain as sophomore... Arizona All-Combine team selection final year...

High School: Fairview High School, Ashland, Ky., 2004... Gatorade Player of Year for state as a senior... Noted linebacker, earning first-team all-state honors... All-area, all-district and conference Player of the Year... School rushing record with 2,003 yards and 36 touchdowns final year... 11.7 yards per carry... Career 3,000-yard rusher... Attended Huntington, W. Va., High School first two years...

Personal: Date of birth Dec. 12, 1985 ... Vertical leap of 40 inches, with reported 4.47 speed OFFENSE Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown/Last School WR 10 Mike Thomas 5-8 173 So.-1L DeSoto, Texas/Desoto 4 B.J. Dennard 5-11 194 Jr.-2L Phoenix, Ariz./Brophey Prep 84 Terrell Turner 6-2 170 Fr.-HS Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial LT 76 Peter Graniello 6-5 296 Jr.-2L El Paso, Texas/Coronado 66 James Tretheway 6-6 300 Jr.-JC San Francisco, Calif./San Mateo CC LG 74 Adam Hawes 6-4 302 Sr.-1L Marysville, Calif./Yuba CC 52 Bill Wacholz 6-6 294 So.-SQ Poway, Calif./Rancho Bernardo C 50 Blake Kerley 6-2 273 Fr.-RS Garland, Texas/South Garland 71 Erick Levitre 6-1 282 Sr.-2L Ben Lomand, Calif./San Lorenzo RG 68 Daniel Borg 6-5 270 Fr.-RS Tucson, Ariz./Ironwood Ridge 75 Joe Longacre 6-3 303 So.-1L Katy, Texas/Katy RT 77 Eben Britton 6-6 280 Fr.-RS Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs 72 Tanner Bell 6-8 294 Sr.-3L Castroville, Calif./North Monterey County TE 17 Brad Wood 6-2 228 Sr.-2L Tucson, Ariz./Pima CC 87 Brandyn McCall 6-4 245 Jr.-RS Kailua, Hawaii/Golden West JC 86 Travis Bell 6-6 235 So.-1L Castroville, Calif./North Monterey County WR 1 Syndric Steptoe 5-9 182 Sr.-3L Bryan, Texas/Bryan 9 Anthony Johnson 6-2 205 Jr.-2L San Diego, Calif./Horizon 11 Terrell Reese 6-4 195 Fr.-HS Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson QB 7 Willie Tuitama 6-3 218 So.-1L Stockton, Calif./St. Mary’s 14 Adam Austin 6-3 217 Sr.-SQ Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein FB 45 Brandon Lopez 6-1 224 So.-1L Vail, Ariz./Cienega 49 Earl Mitchell 6-2 250 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas/North Shore RB 19 Chris Henry 6-0 215 Jr.-2L Stockton, Calif./Edison 28 Chris Jennings 5-10 220 Jr.-TR Ashland, Ky./Arizona Western JC 30 Xavier Smith 5-11 196 Fr.-RS Tucson, Ariz./Sunnyside

DEFENSE DE 97 Johnathan Turner 6-3 250 So.-1L Corona, Calif./Corona 53 Jason Parker 6-3 258 Jr.-1L San Diego, Calif./Mission Bay NG 96 Yaniv Barnett 6-1 285 Jr.-2L Schertz, Texas/Clemens 46 Donald Horton Jr. 6-0 259 Fr.-RS DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto DT 54 Lionel Dotson 6-4 278 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas/Dobie 56 Paul Philipp 6-3 294 Sr.-3L San Bernardino, Calif./San Bernardino DE 55 Marcus Smith 6-5 266 Sr.-RS/3L San Diego, Calif./Mission Bay 1 Louis Holmes 6-6 270 Jr.-TR Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Scottsdale CC SLB 39 Dane Krogstad 6-2 236 Jr.-2L Guerneville, Calif./El Molino 40 John McKinney 5-11 226 Sr.-3L Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove MLB 33 Ronnie Palmer 6-2 239 So.-1L Spring, Texas/Spring 25 Adrian McCovy 6-2 223 So.1L Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood WLB 51 Spencer Larsen 6-1 236 Jr.-2L Gilbert, Ariz./Highland 15 Xavier Kelly 5-11 193 Fr.-RS Denton, Texas/Ryan CB 5 Antoine Cason 6-0 182 Jr.-1L Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos 21 Cam Nelson 6-1 175 Fr.-HS Dallas, Texas/Kimball FS 8 Dominic Patrick 6-1 207 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas/Klein Forest 34 Brandon Tatum 6-1 181 So.-1L Fort Worth, Texas/Dunbar SS 23 Michael Johnson 6-2 205 Sr.-1L Pflugerville, Texas/Tyler CC 31 Michael Klyce 6-0 193 So.-SQ Los Angeles, Calif./Alain Leroy Locke CB 3 Wilrey Fontenot 5-9 174 Jr.-1L Humble, Texas/Humble 6 Devin Ross 5-11 180 Fr.-HS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga 2 Mike Turner 5-11 170 Fr.-HS Manteca, Calif./Manteca

SPECIALISTS PK 12 Nick Folk 6-1 215 Jr.-2L Sherman Oaks, Calif./Notre Dame HS 13 Jason Bondzio 5-9 168 Fr.-RS Humble, Texas/Humble P 12 Nick Folk 6-1 215 Jr.-2L Sherman Oaks, Calif./Notre Dame HS 27 Kyle McQuown 5-9 170 Jr.-SQ Tucson, Ariz./Idaho State Hold 27 Kyle McQuown 5-9 170 Jr.-SQ Tucson, Ariz./Idaho State LS 65 Garen McHone 6-4 269 Jr.-SQ Suisun, Calif./Justin-Siena KR 1 Syndric Steptoe(All) 5-9 182 Jr.-2L Bryan, Texas/Bryan 4 B.J. Dennard (KO) 5-11 194 So.-1L Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy Prep 10 Mike Thomas 5-8 173 So.-1L DeSoto, Texas/Desoto 5 Antoine Cason 6-0 182 Jr.-1L Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos When Arizona has the Ball TE LTLG C RG RT #17 Brad Wood #76 Peter Graniello #74 Adam Hawes #50 Blake Kerley #68 Daniel Borg #77 Eben Britton Sr. - Tucson, AZ Sr. - El Paso, TX Sr. - Marysville, CA Fr.- Garland, TX Fr.- Tucson, AZ Fr. - El Paso, TX - Team-high 6 TD - 3rd yr starter - Made 3 starts at LG - Reshirted in ‘05 - Reshirted in ‘05 - Reshirted in ‘05 rec. in ‘05 - 11 starts in ‘05 as a JC transfer in ‘05 - 27 rec. for 304 yds - 22 career starts #71 Erick Levitre #75 Joe Longacre #72 Tanner Bell in ‘05 #52 Bill Wacholz Sr. - Ben Lomand, CA So - Katy, TX Sr. - Castroville, CA - Averaged 11.3 YPC #66 James Tretheway So. - Poway, CA - 11 starts in ‘05 - 4 starts at RG as - 3rd yr starter in ‘05 Jr. - San Francisco, CA - Appeared in one - 12 career starts RS Frosh in ‘05 - 11 starts in ‘05 - JC Transfer from San game last season - 18 career starts #87 Brandyn McCall Mateo JC (NAU) Jr. - Kailua, Hawaii - Redshirted in ‘05 #86 Travis Bell QB So. - Castorville, CA #7 Willie Tuitama - 4 rec. for 42 and 2 So. - Stockton, CA TDs in 2005 - 5 GP, 4 starts as a true frosh in 2005 - 82 of 142 for 1,105 yards, 9 TDs and 5 Ints #14 Adam Austin Sr. - Mundelein, IL WR - 1 GP in 2005 (at Utah) WR - Career 3 for 5 for 32 #1 Syndric Steptoe #10 Mike Thomas yards So. - DeSoto, TX Sr. - Bryan, TX - ‘05 Pac-10 FOY - ‘05 All-Pac-10 HM - Team leader in rec. (52) - 2nd for UA in ‘05 in and yds (771) in ‘05 FB RB rec. (37) and yds (493) - Averaged 14.8 YPC and #45 Brandon Lopez #19 Chris Henry - 13.3 avg/catch in ‘05 70.1 YPG in ‘05 So. - Vail, AZ Jr. - Stockton, CA - Started two games in 2005 - 311 career yards on 104 #4 B.J. Dennard #9 Anthony Johnson - 4 rec. for 35 yds. carries. Jr. - Phoenix, AZ Jr. - San Diego, CA - 2 TDs in 2004 at UCLA - 7 rec. for 72 yds in ‘05 - 32 rec. for 419 yds #49 Earl Mitchell - Averaged 10.3 YPC in and 3 TDs in ‘05 Fr. - Houston, TX #30 Xavier Smith ‘05 - Averaged 13.1 YPC in Fr. - Tucson, AZ ‘05 - Redshirted in 2005 #84 Terrell Turner Fr. - Garland, TX #11 Terrell Reese #28 Chris Jennings - True freshman Fr. - Pflugerville, TX Jr.- Ashland, KY - True freshman - JC transfer from Arizona Western CC When the Opposition has the Ball DE DT NG DE #97 Johnathan Turner #96 Yaniv Barnett #54 Lionel Dotson #55 Marcus Smith So., Corona, CA Jr., Cibolo, TX Jr., Houston, TX Sr., San Diego, Calif. - 11 GP, 10 starts in 2005 - Career 16 GP, 11 starts - Career 17 GP, 10 starts - Medical redshirt in ‘05 after - 27 TT, 4 TFL, 1.5 sacks as a RS - 32 TT, 5 TFL, sack in two years - 40 TT, 3.5 TFL, 3 sacks injuring leg in second game of the frosh last year year (NAU). #46 Donald Horton Jr. #56 Paul Philipp - Career 34 GP, 19 starts #53 Jason Parker Fr., DeSoto, TX Sr., San Bernardino, CA - 104 TT, 13 TFL, 7 sacks Jr., San Diego, CA - Redshirted in 2005 - Career 28 GP, 16 starts - 11 GP in 2005 - 23 TT, 6 TFL, 3 sacks #1 Louis Holmes - 14 TT, 1.5 TFL, FF in 2005 - Has missed time due to shoulder Jr., Fort Lauderdale, FL injuries each of the last 2 yrs - Top-ranked JC recruit in the nation - Transferred from Scottsdale CC WLB MLB SLB #51 Spencer Larsen #33 Ronnie Palmer #39 Dane Krogstad Jr., Gilbert, AZ So., Spring, TX Jr., Guerneville, CA - 2-yr starter, Career 20 GP, 7 starts - Career 6 GP, 5 starts - Career 16 GP, 10 starts - Career 92 TT, 6 TFL, 3 sacks - Missed first 5 games in ‘05 with - Missed six games last season due - Spent 2003 and 2004 seasons on injury. to injury church mission in Chile - Career 38 TT, 2 TFl, 1.5 sacks - Career 86 TT, 6.5 TFl, 2 sacks #15 Xavier Kelly #25 Adrian McCovy #40 John McKinney Fr., Denton, TX So., Lakewood, Calif. Sr., Copperas Cove, TX - Redshirted in 2005 - Played in all 11 games as a true - Career 33 GP, 6 starts freshman at LB and on ST - 52 TT, 6 TFL, 0.5 sacks CB SS FS CB #5 Antoine Cason #23 Michael Johnson #8 Dominic Patrick #3 Wilrey Fontenot Jr., Long Beach, CA Sr., Austin, TX Jr., Houston, TX Jr., Humble, TX - Has started and played every - 2nd on team in ‘05 with 60 TT - Career 13 GP, 14 TT, 1 FR, 1 FF - Has started and played every defensive snap in all 22 career depsite making only 4 starts - Won starting FS spot in fall camp defensive snap in all 22 games games - Played in all 11 games - Career 97 TT, 2.5 TFL, 4 INT, 10 - Preseason AA, named to Thorpe - Led UA with 4 INTs, including #34 Brandon Tatum PBU, 3 FR Award watch list one for a TD (3 vs. OSU) So., Fort Worth, TX - Career 120 TT, 8 TFL, 7 INT, 11 - Transferred from Tyler JC - Saw action all 11 games as a true #2 Mike Turner PBU frosh in ‘05 Fr., Manteca, CA #31 Michael Klyce - Finished with 4 TT on ST - True Frosh #20 Cam Nelson So., Los Angeles Fr., Dallas, TX - Saw action one game in 2005 #6 Devin Ross - True Frosh (NAU) Fr., Rancho Cucamonga, CA - True Frosh Total Offense Arizona’s Record When ... Total Defense 99 or less ...... 0-0 99 or less ...... 0-0 100-150 yds ...... 0-0 at home ...... 1-0 100-150 yds ...... 0-0 150-199 yds ...... 0-0 on the road ...... 0-0 150-199 yds ...... 0-0 200-249 yds ...... 0-0 on grass ...... 1-0 200-249 yds ...... 0-0 250-299 yds ...... 1-0 on turf ...... 0-0 250-299 yds ...... 0-0 300-349 yds ...... 0-0 300-349 yds ...... 1-0 350-399 yds ...... 0-0 UA scores first ...... 1-0 350-399 yds ...... 0-0 400-449 yds ...... 0-0 Opp. scores first ...... 0-0 400-449 yds ...... 0-0 450-499 yds ...... 0-0 Leading after the 1st quarter .... 0-0 450-499 yds ...... 0-0 500 or more ...... 0-0 Tied after the 1st quarter ...... 0-0 500 or more ...... 0-0 Trailing after the 1st quarter .... 1-0 Passing Offense Leading at half ...... 0-0 Passing Defense 99 or less ...... 0-0 UA’s largest halftime lead ...... - 99 or less ...... 0-0 100-150 yds ...... 0-0 Tied at half ...... 0-0 100-150 yds ...... 0-0 150-199 yds ...... 1-0 Trailing at half ...... 1-0 150-199 yds ...... 0-0 200-249 yds ...... 0-0 UA’s largest halftime deficit ...... 1 200-249 yds ...... 0-0 250-299 yds ...... 0-0 Leading after the 3rd quarter ... 1-0 250-299 yds ...... 1-0 300-349 yds ...... 0-0 Tied after the 3rd quarter ...... 0-0 300-349 yds ...... 0-0 350-399 yds ...... 0-0 Trailing after 3rd quarter ...... 0-0 350-399 yds ...... 0-0 400-449 yds ...... 0-0 400-449 yds ...... 0-0 450-499 yds ...... 0-0 Scoring 20 or more points ...... 0-0 450-499 yds ...... 0-0 500 or more ...... 0-0 Holding opponent to 20 or less 1-0 500 or more ...... 0-0 Decided by 3 points or less ...... 1-0 Rushing Offense Decided by 4-10 points ...... 0-0 Rushing Defense 99 or less ...... 1-0 Decided by 11-20 points ...... 0-0 99 or less ...... 1-0 100-150 yds ...... 0-0 Decided by 21 or more points .. 0-0 100-150 yds ...... 0-0 150-199 yds ...... 0-0 150-199 yds ...... 0-0 200-249 yds ...... 0-0 it commits fewer turnovers...... 1-0 200-249 yds ...... 0-0 250-299 yds ...... 0-0 it commits more turnovers ...... 0-0 250-299 yds ...... 0-0 300-349 yds ...... 0-0 Turnovers are equal...... 0-0 300-349 yds ...... 0-0 350-399 yds ...... 0-0 it has fewer penalty yards ...... 1-0 350-399 yds ...... 0-0 400-449 yds ...... 0-0 it has more penalty yards ...... 0-0 400-449 yds ...... 0-0 450-499 yds ...... 0-0 it leads in TOP...... 0-0 450-499 yds ...... 0-0 500 or more ...... 0-0 it leads in 1st Downs ...... 0-0 500 or more ...... 0-0

Arizona In the NCAA/Pac-10 Rankings Arizona In the NCAA/Pac-10 Rankings Team Individual Category/Avg. NCAA Pac-10 Category/ Player & Avg. NCAA Pac-10 Rush Off/67.0 92 9 Rushing/ Henry 67.0 79 9 Pass Off/186.0 61 8 Pass Eff./Tuitama 92.11 83 10 Total Off./253.0 89 10 Total Off./Tuitama 177.0 T-69 8 Scoring Off./16.0 74 8 Henry 63.0 - 19 Rush Def./24.0 6 2 Rec. per game/Steptoe 6 T-30 3 Pass Eff. Def./150.23 87 6 A.Johnson T-30 3 Total Def./313.0 57 5 Rec. yds per game/ Steptoe 93 29 3 Scoring Def./13.0 40 3 Field Goals/Folk 3 T-2 1 Net Punting/42.33 16 3 Scoring/Folk 10 62 8 Punt Returns/0.00 T-83 T-8 All-Purpose/Steptoe 143 41 3 Kickoff Returns/22.0 35 4 Sacks/Holmes 2 T-5 2 Turnover Margin/1.00 16 4 Tackles/Larsen 11 10 2 Pass Def./289.0 99 8 M. Johnson 9 28 3 Pass Eff./92.1 91 10 TFL/Holmes 2 T-30 3 Sacks/3.0 T-23 4 Larsen T-30 3 TFL/5.00 60 7 Sacks Allowed T.62 6 Arizona Game-By-Game Offensive Starters Game WR WR/TE/FB TE LT LG C RG RT WR/TE QB RB/WR BYU Thomas A. Johnson Wood Graniello Hawes Kerley Borg Britton Steptoe Tuitama Henry LSU SFA USC Wash. UCLA Stanford OSU WSU Cal Oregon ASU Arizona Game-By-Game Defensive Starters Game DE DT DT DE LB/NB LB LB CB SS FS CB BYU J. Turner Barnett Dotson M. Smith Hollingsworth Palmer Larsen Cason M. Johnson Patrick Fontenot LSU SFA USC Wash. UCLA Stanford OSU WSU Cal Oregon ASU

Career/Season Starts Offensive Defensive Player 02 03 04 05 06 Tot Player 02 03 04 05 06 Tot Graniello - - 11 10 1 22 Cason - - 11 11 1 23 Steptoe - 1 10 8 1 20 Fontenot - - 11 11 1 23 Tan. Bell 24111-18M. Smith 0 6 11 2 1 20 A. Johnson - - 6 7 1 14 Philipp - 754- 16 Levitre - - 1 11 - 12 Larsen 7 - - 7 1 15 Wood - - 1 6 1 8 Barnett - - 0 11 1 12 Thomas ---415Dotson - - 6 4 1 11 Tuitama ---415Krogstad - - 5 4 - 9 Dennard - - 2 2 - 4 Turner ---9110 Longacre ---4-4Hollingsworth 0 1 - 7 1 9 Hawes ---314McKinney - 105- 6 Kilpatrick---2-2Palmer ---515 Lopez ---2-2M. Johnson ---415 McCall ---1-1Patrick ----1 1 Tra. Bell ---1-1Akinniyi ---1- 1 Kerley ----11Shelton ---1- 1 Borg ----11 Britton ----11 Henry ----11 2006 Arizona Touchdown Breakdown Yards No. of TD No. of TD drives between: TOP TD Drives 1-10 1 - 0:01-1:00 - 11-20 - - 1:01-1:30 - 21-30 - - 1:31-2:00 - 31-40 - - 2:01-3:00 - 41-50 - - 3:01-4:00 1 51-60 - - 4:01-5:00 - 61-70 - - 5:01-6:00 - 71-80 - 1 6:01-7:00 - 81-90 - - 7:01+ - 91+ - - OT - Totals Totals Longest TD: 2 yards (Tuitama to A. Johnson, BYU) Shortest TD Drive Time: 3:11 vs. BYU Shortest TD: 2 yards (Tuitama to A. Johnson, BYU) Longest TD Drive Time: 3:11 vs. BYU Avg yds on TD Drives: 80 yards Avg. TD Drive Time: 3:11 Plays on TD Drives TDs Non-Offensive Touchdowns 1 Play - 2 Plays - 3 Plays - 4 Plays - 5 Plays - 6 Plays - 7 Plays - 8 Plays - 9 Plays 1 10 Plays - 11+ Plays - Avg. No. of plays on TD Drives: 9 2006 Arizona Inside the Red Zone Game No. Pct. TD Rush/Pass FG Fumbles Int. Downs BYU 3 for 3 100% 1 0/1 2 of 2 0 0 0 at LSU SFA USC Washington at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St. Totals 3 for 3 100% 1 0/1 2 of 2 0 0 0 2006 Opponents Inside the Red Zone Opponent No. Pct. TD Rush/Pass FG Fumbles Int. Downs BYU 3 of 4 75% 1 0/1 2 of 2 0 0 1 at LSU SFA USC Washington at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St. Totals 3 of 4 75% 1 0/1 2 of 2 0 0 1 2006 Drive Charts Arizona Drives TD FG Missed FG Punts Fumbles Int Downs Half Avg. Start BYU 12 1 3 1 6 0 1 0 0 Own 27 at LSU SFA USC Washington at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St.

Opponents Drives TD FG Missed FG Punts Fumbles Int Downs Half Avg. Start BYU 13 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 2 Own 34 at LSU SFA USC Washington at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St.

2006 Arizona Scoring Drives Game Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards TOP Score Quarter Time of Score BYU Fumble Nick Folk 22-yd FG 6 21 2:37 UA 3-0 1st 11:52 Kickoff Nick Folk 30-yd FG 10 70 4:03 BYU 7-6 2nd 12:53 Kickoff A. Johnson 2-yd TD 9 80 3:11 UA 13-10 3rd 6:52 Kickoff Nick Folk 48-yd FG 13 44 5:13 UA 16-13 4th 0:01 at LSU SFA USC Washington at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St. 2006 Third Down Conversions 3rd Down and... 1234567891011+Overall Arizona 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-4 3-14 Opponents 1-1 0-1 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-4 3-12

Arizona Pct. .000 .500 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .214 Opponent Pct. 1.000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .250

Longest 3rd down conversion: seven yards vs. BYU

2006 Fourth Down Conversions 4th Down and ... 1234567891011+Overall Arizona 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opponents 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

Arizona Pct. .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Opponent Pct. .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

Longest 4th down conversion: N/A

2006 First Down Rushes 2006 UA Big Offensive Plays (20+ Yards) Italics Denote Season High — * Denotes TD Scored on Play Henry - 1; Jennings - 1 Rushing (1) 2006 First Down Receptions Henry BYU 54 yards Steptoe - 4; Henry - 3; A. Johnson - 2; Thomas - 1; Receiving (2) Steptoe BYU 48 yards Wood - 1 Steptoe BYU 20 yards

Returns (2) Steptoe BYU 22 yards Steptoe BYU 22 yards

2006 First and Goal Numbers Arizona Opponents Possessions 2 2 Total Scores 2 2 Touchdowns 1 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 1 Field Goals 1 1 Missed Field Goals 0 0 Interceptions 0 0 Fumbles 0 0 Downs 0 0 Clock Expire 0 0 Scoring Pct. 100% 100% Touchdown Pct. 50% 50% 2006 Single Game Highs

Arizona Team Opponent Team Rushes ...... 25 - vs. BYU Rushes ...... BYU - 24 Rushing Yards ...... 67 - vs. BYU Rushing Yards ...... BYU - 24 Yards per Rush ...... 2.8 - vs. BYU Yards per Rush ...... BYU - 1.0 Rushing Touchdowns ...... - Rushing Touchdowns ...... - Passing Attempts ...... 39 - vs. BYU Passing Attempts ...... BYU - 37 Passing Completions ...... 19 - vs. BYU Passing Completions ...... BYU - 28 Passing Yards ...... 186 - vs. BYU Passing Yards...... BYU - 289 Yards per Pass ...... 4.8 - vs. BYU Yards per Pass ...... BYU - 7.8 Passing Touchdowns...... 1 - vs. BYU Passing Touchdowns...... BYU - 1 Total Plays ...... 63 - vs. BYU Total Plays ...... BYU - 61 Total Offense ...... 253 - vs. BYU Total Offense ...... BYU - 313 Yards Per Play ...... 4.0 - vs. BYU Yards Per Play ...... BYU - 5.1 Points ...... 16 - vs. BYU Points ...... BYU - 13 Sacks By ...... 3 - vs. BYU Sacks By ...... BYU - 2 First Downs ...... 15 - vs. BYU First Downs ...... BYU - 17 Time of Possession ...... 28:22 - vs. BYU Time of Possession ...... BYU - 31:38 Penalties ...... 8 - vs. BYU Penalties ...... BYU - 10 Penalty Yards ...... 61 - vs. BYU Penalty Yards ...... BYU - 76 Turnovers (Giveaways) ...... 1 - vs. BYU Turnovers (Giveaways) ...... BYU - 2 Interceptions By ...... 1 Interceptions By ...... BYU - 1 Field Goals ...... 3 - vs. BYU Field Goals ...... BYU - 2 Punts ...... 6 - vs. BYU Punts ...... BYU - 5

Arizona Individual Opponent Individual Rushes ...... 13 - Henry, vs. BYU Rushes ...... 11 - Brown, BYU Rushing Yards ...... 63- Henry, vs. BYU Rushing Yards ...... 23 - Brown, BYU Rushing Touchdowns ...... - Rushing Touchdowns ...... - Longest Rush ...... 54- Henry, vs. BYU Longest Rush ...... 9 - Vakapuna, BYU Passing Attempts ...... 39 - Tuitama, vs. BYU Passing Attempts ...... 37 - Beck, BYU Passing Completions ...... 19 - Tuitama, vs. BYU Passing Completions ...... 28 - Beck, BYU Passing Yards ...... 186 - Tuitama, vs. BYU Passing Yards...... 289 - Beck, BYU Passing Touchdowns...... 1 - Tuitama, vs. BYU Passing Touchdowns...... 1 - Beck, BYU Longest Pass ...... 48 - Tuitama, vs. BYU Longest Pass ...... 25 - Beck, BYU Receptions ...... 6 - Steptoe, A. Johnson, vs. BYU Receptions ...... 6 - Brown, BYU Receiving Yards ...... 93 - Steptoe, vs. BYU Receiving Yards ...... 71 - Harline, BYU Receiving Touchdowns ...... 1 - A. Johnson, vs. BYU Receiving Touchdowns ...... 1 - Coats, BYU Longest Reception ...... 48 - Steptoe, vs. BYU Longest Reception ...... 25 - Coats, BYU Field Goals ...... 3 - Folk, vs. BYU Field Goals ...... 2 - McLaughlin, BYU Longest Field Goal ...... 48 - Folk, vs. BYU Longest Field Goal ...... 31 - McLaughlin, BYU Punts ...... 3 - Folk, McQuown, vs. BYU Punts ...... 5 - McLaughlin, BYU Punting Average ...... 60.0 - Folk, vs. BYU Punting Average ...... 37.2- McLaughlin, BYU Longest Punt ...... 75 - Folk, vs. BYU Longest Punt ...... 66 - McLaughlin, BYU Longest Punt Return ...... - Longest Punt Return ...... 19 - Meikle, BYU Longest Kickoff Return ...... 22 - Steptoe, vs. BYU Longest Kickoff Return ...... 19 - Brown, BYU Tackles ...... 12 - Larsen, vs. BYU Tackles ...... 7 - Gooch, BYU Tackles For Loss ...... 2.0 - Holmes, vs. BYU Tackles For Loss ...... 2.5 - Kehl, BYU Sacks ...... 2.0 - Holmes, vs. BYU Sacks ...... 1 - Jorgensen, Paongo, BYU Pass Break Ups ...... 2 - Fontenot, vs. BYU Pass Break Ups ...... 1 - Multiple players Interceptions ...... - Interceptions ...... 1 - Jensen, BYU Fumbles Forced ...... 1 - Larsen, Holmes, vs. BYU Fumbles Forced ...... - Fumbles Recovered ...... 1 - M. Johnson, Philipp, vs. BYU Fumbles Recovered ...... - 2006 Arizona Game-By-Game Statistics Rushing (Att.-Yds-TD) Henry X. Smith Jennings BYU 13-63-0 0-0-0 6-7-0 at LSU SFA USC Wash. at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St.

Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int.-Yds-TD) Tuitama Austin BYU 39-19-1-186-1 DNP at LSU SFA USC Wash. at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St.

Receiving (Rec.-Yds-TD) A.Johnson Steptoe Thomas Dennard Wood Henry BYU 6-40-1 6-93-0 1-14-0 1-2-0 1-12-0 4-25-0 at LSU SFA USC Wash. at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St.

Tackles (UA-AT-TT-TFL-Sack) J. Turner Holmes M. Smith Dotson Barneett Krogstad BYU 0-1-1-0.5-0 3-0-3-2-1 1-0-1-0-0 1-3-4-0-0 1-1-2-0-0 2-0-2-0-0 at LSU SFA USC Wash. at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St. Tackles (UA-AT-TT-TFL-Sack) Larsen Palmer M. Johnson Patrick Cason Fontenot BYU 9-3-12-1.5-1 5-1-6-0-0 8-1-9-0-0 5-1-6-0-0 2-0-2-0-0 5-2-7-1-0 at LSU SFA USC Wash. at UCLA at Stanford Oregon St. at Wash. St. Cal at Oregon Arizona St. Offensive Career Game Highs

Running Backs Quarterbacks

#27 Chris Henry #7 Willie Tuitama Rushing Attempts 13 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Passing Attempts 41 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Rushing Yards 63 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Passing Completions 22 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Rushing Touchdowns 2 - at UCLA 10/9/2004 Passing Yards 335 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Longest Rush 54 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Passing TDs 2 - Four times, last vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Receptions 4 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Longest Pass 75 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Receiving Yards 25 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Rushing Attempts 7 - vs. Oregon 10/22/2005 Longest Reception 14 - Twice Rushing Yards -2 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Rushing TDs — Receivers Longest Rush 5 - vs. Oregon 10/22/2005

#4 B.J. Dennard #14 Adam Austin Receptions 2 - Twice, last vs. Oregon 10/22/2005 Passing Attempts 5 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Receiving Yards 33 - vs. Arizona State 11/26/2004 Passing Completions 3 - at Utah 9/2/2005 TD Receptions — Passing Yards 32 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Longest Reception 33 - vs. Arizona State 11/26/2004 Passing TDs — Kick Off Returns 5 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Longest Pass 17 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Longest KO Return 32 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Rushing Attempts 2 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Punt Returns — Rushing Yards -15 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Longest Punt Return — Rushing TDs — Longest Rush — #9 Anthony Johnson Receptions 7 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Receiving Yards 56 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 TD Receptions 1 - Four times, last vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Longest Reception 68 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Kick Off Returns — Longest KO Return —

#1 Syndric Steptoe Receptions 7 - at Arizona State 11/28/2003 Receiving Yards 105 - vs. Washington State 9/25/2004 TD Receptions 2 - vs. Washington State 9/25/2004 Longest Reception 50 - at Washington 11/6/2004 Kick Off Returns 5 - at Purdue 9/20/2003 5 0 - at USC 10/8/2005 Longest KO Return 76 - at USC 10/8/2005 Punt Returns 4 - at Washington 11/6/2004 Longest Punt Return 63 (TD) - vs. UCLA 11/5/2005

#10 Mike Thomas Receptions 8 - Twice, last vs. Oregon 10/22/2005 Receiving Yards 162 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 TD Receptions 1 - Four times, last vs. UCLA 11/5/2005 Longest Reception 42 - vs. Northern Arizona 9/10/2005 42 - at USC 10/8/2005 Kick Off Returns — Longest KO Return — Punt Returns — Longest Punt Return —

Tight Ends

#17 Brad Wood Receptions 5 - Twice, last vs. Stanford 10/15/2005 Receving Yards 96 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 TD Receptions 2 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Longest Reception 34 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Defensive Career Game Highs

Defensive Line

#1 Louis Holmes #40 John McKinney Tackles 3 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Tackles 8 - vs. UTEP 8/31/2003 Solo Tackles 3 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Solo Tackles 8 - vs. UTEP 8/31/2003 Tackles For Loss 2 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Tackles For Loss 1.0 - at Cal 10/1/2005 Sacks 2 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Sacks 0.5 - at Oregon State 11/1/2003 Pass Breakups 1 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Pass Breakups 1 - vs. Oregon 9/13/2003

#54 Lionel Dotson #51 Spencer Larsen Tackles 5 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Tackles 17 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Solo Tackles 4 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Solo Tackles 9 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Tackles For Loss — Tackles For Loss 1.5 - 3 times, last vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Sacks — Sacks 1.0 - Multiple times Pass Breakups 1 - Three times, last at Oregon State 10/20/2005 Pass Breakups 2 - at Cal 11/16/2002

#55 Marcus Smith Secondary Tackles 8 - vs. Washington 11/8/2003 #8 Dominic Patrick Solo Tackles 6 - vs. USC 11/15/2003 Tackles 6 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Tackles For Loss 3.0 - vs. Washington 11/8/2003 Solos Tackles 5 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Sacks 2.0 - vs. Washington 11/8/2003 Tackles for Loss — Pass Breakups 3 - at Washington 11/6/2004 Sacks — Pass Breakups — #56 Paul Phillip Tackles 3 - Twice, last vs. Utah 9/11/2004 #23 Michael Johnson Solo Tackles 3 - vs. Utah 9/11/2004 Tackles 10 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Tackles For Loss 1.0 - Three times, last vs. Wisconsin 9/18/2004 Solo Tackles 8 - Twice, last vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Sacks 1 - Twice, last at UCLA 10/9/2004 Tackles For Loss 1.5 - vs. Oregon 10/22/2005 Pass Breakups 1 - vs. Utah 9/11/2004 Sacks — Pass Breakups 1 - Multiple times #96 Yaniv Barnett Tackles 4 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 #24 Marcus Hollingsworth Solo Tackles 3 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Tackles 11 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Tackles For Loss 2.0 - vs. Northern Arizona 9/10/2005 Solo Tackles 7 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Sacks 1.0 - vs. Washington 11/12/2005 Tackles For Loss 2.0 - vs. UCLA 10/11/2003 Pass Breakups 1 - Twice, last at Arizona State 11/25/2005 Sacks 1.0 - twice, last vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Pass Breakups 1 - at Washington 11/6/2004 #97 Jonathan Turner Tackles 4 - Thrice, last at Oregon State 10/29/2005 #5 Antoine Cason Solo Tackles 4 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Tackles 13 - vs. Northern Artizona 9/4/2004 Tackles For Loss 1.0 - Four times, last at Arizona State 11/25/2005 Solo Tackles 12 - vs. Northern Arizona 9/4/2004 Sacks 1.0 - vs. Oregon 10/22/2005 Tackles For Loss 2 - vs. Utah 9/11/2004 Pass Breakups 1 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Sacks — Pass Breakups 1 - Multiple Times Linebackers #3 Wilrey Fontenot #33 Ronnie Palmer Tackles 9 - at Oregon 10/16/2004 Tackles 14 - at Oregon State 10/29/2005 Solo Tackles 8 - at Oregon 10/16/2004 Solo Tackles 5 - UCLA 12/5/2005 Tackles For Loss 1.0 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Tackles for Loss 1.0 - at Arizona State 11/25/2005 Sacks — Sacks 1.0 - at Arizona State 11/25/2005 Pass Breakups 2 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006 Pass Break ups 1 - vs. BYU 9/2/2006

#38 Akin Akinniyi Tackles 7 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Solo Tackles 7 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Tackles For Loss 1.0 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Sacks 1.0 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005 Pass Breakups 1 - vs. Purdue 9/17/2005

#39 Dane Krogstad Tackles 15 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Solo Tackles 9 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Tackles For Loss 2.0 - at Utah 9/2/2005 Sacks 1.0 - Twice, last at Cal 10/1/2005 Pass Breakups — Game 1- vs. BYU BYU (0-1) 13 winning FG from 48 yards out with one second left, talled a career- September 2, 2005 best three scoring kicks in the game (30, 22, 48) ... Chris Henry’s Arizona Stadium Arizona (1-0) 16 54-yard run in the third quarter was the longest in his career and Attendance - 58,450 his 63 yards rushing in the game were most in single game in his Weather - 90 Degrees; Partly Cloudy career ... Senior WR Syndric Steptoe (6 rec., 93 yards vs. BYU) Kick Off - 7:28 p.m. extended his streak of consecutive games with at least one catch End of Game - 10:50 p.m. to 18 straight contests ... Steptoe’s 93 yards receiving were the Total Time - 3:22 second-most in a single game in his career and his six receptions were one away from his career single-game high (7 vs. Arizona State, Nov. 28, 2003) ... Junior LB Spencer Larsen recorded his Team 1234F second-most tackles in a single game with 12 total stops (career BYU703313 best 17 TT at Oregon State in 2005) ... CB Wilrey Fontenot had a Arizona 337316 career-best with two PBU ... The 24 yards rushing surrendered to Scoring the Cougars were the fewest in a contest since giving up only 10 1st - 11:52 - Arizona 3-0 yards on the ground to USC in a 35-15 win over the Trojans in UA - Folk 30-yd Field Goal - 6 plays, 21 yards, 2:37 TOP 2000. The previous low in the two-year Mike Stoops Era was 28 1st - 2:06 - BYU 7-3 rushing yards by Washington State on Sept. 25, 2004. BYU - Coats 5-yd pass from Beck (McLaughlin kick) - 5 plays, 34 yards, 2:34 TOP Team Statistics BYU Arizona 2nd - 12:53 - BYU 7-6 First Downs 17 15 UA - Folk 22-yd Field Goal - 10 plays, 70 yards, 4:03 TOP Rushes-Yards 24-24 24-67 3rd - 10:08- BYU 10-6 Passing Yards 289 186 BYU - McLaughlin 20-yd Field Goal - 5 plays, 30 yards, 2:33 TOP Att-Comp-Int 37-28-0 39-19-1 3rd - 6:52 - Arizona 13-10 Plays-Total Offense 61-313 63-253 UA - A. Johnson 2-yd pass from Tuitama (Folk kick) - 9 Time of Possession 31:38 28:22 plays, 80 yards, 3:11 TOP Punts-Average 5-37.2 6-52.0 4th - 5:23 - Tied 13-13 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 BYU - McLaughlin 31-yd Field Goal - 12 plays, 38 yards, 4:42 TOP Penalties-Yards 10-76 8-61 4th - 0:01 - Arizona 16-13 Third-Down Conv. 3-12 3-14 UA - Nick Folk 48-yd Field Goal - 13 plays, 44 yards, 5:13 TOP Fourth-Down Conv. 0-1 0-0 Tucson, Ariz. — The kicking game dominated, and Arizona’s Sacks By-Yards 2-15 3-22 Nick Folk was the dominant force, knocking home a 48-yard field goal with one second remaining to snap a late fourth-quarter tie Individual Statistics and lift the Wildcats to a 16-13 victory over BYU and give Arizona Rushing - BYU - Brown 11-23; Vakapuna 6-21; Tonga 1-2; a good start to its season. The ninth-largest crowd in Arizona TEAM 1-(-7); Beck 5-(-15); UA - Henry 13-63; Jennings 6-7; history, 58,450 strong, watched a tightly fought contest marked Steptoe 1-6; Tuitama 1-(-9) by good defense on both sides. But Arizona mounted three notable Passing - BYU - Beck 37-28-0, 289 yards TD; UA - Tuitama drives – a 10-play, 70-yard march leading to Folk’s second field 39-19-1, 186 yards, TD goal in the second quarter, an 80-yard drive in nine plays to retake Receiving - BYU - Brown 6-39; Harline 5-71, Meikle 4-26; the lead at 13-10 in the third quarter, and the final clock-eating 13-play drive of 44 yards to put the senior kicker in position for Coats 3-35, TD; Tonga 3-11; Jacobson 2-35; Reed 2-26; Collie the game winner. Folk did more, kicking off five times with three 2-22; Vakapuna 1-24; UA - Steptoe 6-93; A. Johnson 6-40, touchbacks and the time expunging onside kick at game’s end, TD; Henry 4-25; Thomas 1-14; Wood 1-12; Dennard 1-2 plus he showcased his punting skill with three kicks for an Defense average of 60 yards including a career-best 75-yarder. He more Tackle Leaders and Misc. than countered BYU kicker Jared McLaughlin’s two field goals. UA BYU - Gooch 3-4-7, PBU; Criddle 5-1-6, TFL, PBU; Kehl 4-2-6, junior running back Chris Henry led all rushers with 63 net yards, 2.5 TFL, PBU; Wagner 3-3-6, 0.5 TFL; UA - Larsen 9-3-12, 1.5 most of those coming on a 54-yard scamper that helped set up the TFL; M. Johnson 8-1-9, FR, PBU; Fontenot 5-2-7, TFL, 2 PBU; lone Wildcat touchdown. Sophomore quarterback Willie Tuitama Patrick 5-1-6; Palmer 5-1-6, PBU had a modest 186 yards throwing (19 for 39, 1 interception), but Interceptions connected with Anthony Johnson for the two-yard scoring strike and found Syndric Steptoe (93 yards) and Johnson (40 yards) six BYU - Jensen; UA - None times apiece in an outing that was not illustrative of the Cats’ Sacks playbook. UA’s defense, spearheaded by 12 tackles from line- BYU - Jorgensen, Paongo; UA - Holmes 2; Larsen backer Spencer Larsen, two sacks by Louis Holmes and ball-nosing play by safety Michael Johnson (nine hits, fumble recovery), So Says Stoops limited BYU to 24 net rushing yards and keeping BYU receivers – “Obviously I am very pleased and excited for everyone – the nine of them – to underneath catches and one lone scoring catch players, coaches and the fans. I’m very proud how everyone stood from QB John Beck, who had a good night with 28-for-37 passing by us through some difficult times that we had tonight, it really and 289 yards. The bottom line for Arizona was it maintained helped us to do well against a good team. I’m glad we could come poise and pressure, did enough of the right things at the right through with a win tonight for our fans. It means a great deal to times and found a way to win a close game at the end. After a the guys and I have always said that in order to win at this level string of close-enough-but-not-quite skirmishes in the past two you need support from everyone. It meant a lot ... This was one of years, it was a resounding success. the best defensive games for us. Holding BYU to only 13 points is Game Notes: Senior Nick Folk’s 30-yard field goal in the first very difficult to do. I was happy with the defense throughout the quarter not only handed Arizona an early 3-0 lead, but also game, but our offense was off and didn’t have a good rhythm marked the fourth straight game that the Wildcats have scored on from the start ...Nick Folk I think is the best kicker in America. He their opening possesion dating back to last season (TD vs. UCLA barely missed a the field goal … and this one felt really good to on 11/5/05, TD vs. Washington on 11/12/05, FG at Arizona State him.” on 11/25/05, FG vs. BYU on 9/2/06) ... Folk, who booted the game- The Automated ScoreBook Arizona Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 04, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ARIZ OPP ------Sep 02, 2006 BRIGHAM YOUNG W 16-13 58450 FIRST DOWNS...... 15 17 * denotes conference game Rushing...... 2 3 Passing...... 11 12 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Penalty...... 2 2 ------RUSHING YARDAGE...... 67 24 Henry,Chris 1 13 76 13 63 4.8 0 54 63.0 Yards gained rushing... 97 58 Jennings, C. 1 6 9 2 7 1.2 0 4 7.0 Yards lost rushing..... 30 34 Steptoe, S. 1 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 6.0 Rushing Attempts...... 24 24 Tuitama, Willie 1 4 6 15 -9 -2.2 0 4 -9.0 Average Per Rush...... 2.8 1.0 Total...... 1 24 97 30 67 2.8 0 54 67.0 Average Per Game...... 67.0 24.0 Opponents...... 1 24 58 34 24 1.0 0 9 24.0 TDs Rushing...... 0 0 PASSING YARDAGE...... 186 289 PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Att-Comp-Int...... 39-19-1 37-28-0 ------Average Per Pass...... 4.8 7.8 Tuitama, Willie 1 92.11 19-39-1 48.7 186 1 48 186.0 Average Per Catch...... 9.8 10.3 Total...... 1 92.11 19-39-1 48.7 186 1 48 186.0 Average Per Game...... 186.0 289.0 Opponents...... 1 150.21 28-37-0 75.7 289 1 25 289.0 TDs Passing...... 1 1 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 253 313 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Total Plays...... 63 61 ------Average Per Play...... 4.0 5.1 Steptoe, S. 1 6 93 15.5 0 48 93.0 Average Per Game...... 253.0 313.0 Johnson,A. 1 6 40 6.7 1 11 40.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 2-44 2-25 Henry,Chris 1 4 25 6.2 0 14 25.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 0-0 4-58 Thomas, Mike 1 1 14 14.0 0 14 14.0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 0-0 1-0 Wood, Brad 1 1 12 12.0 0 12 12.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 0-0 2-2 Dennard, BJ 1 1 2 2.0 0 2 2.0 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 8-61 10-76 Total...... 1 19 186 9.8 1 48 186.0 PUNTS-AVG...... 6-52.0 5-37.2 Opponents...... 1 28 289 10.3 1 25 289.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:22 31:38 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 3/14 3/12 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 0/0 0/1 ------Folk,Nick 3-4 75.0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 48 0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------|------PATs ------| Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Opponents...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 ------Folk,Nick 0 3-4 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 10 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Johnson,A. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ------Total...... 1 3-4 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 16 Folk,Nick 4 224 56.0 75 0 0 2 0 Opponents...... 1 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 13 McQuown, K. 2 88 44.0 46 0 0 0 0 Total...... 6 312 52.0 75 0 0 2 0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Opponents...... 5 186 37.2 66 0 0 2 0 ------Arizona...... 3 3 7 3 - 16 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents...... 7 0 3 3 - 13 ------Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Opponents...... 4 58 14.5 0 19 ------Tuitama, Willie 1 43 -9 186 177 177.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Henry,Chris 1 13 63 0 63 63.0 ------Jennings, C. 1 6 7 0 7 7.0 Steptoe, S. 2 44 22.0 0 22 Steptoe, S. 1 1 6 0 6 6.0 Total...... 2 44 22.0 0 22 Total...... 1 63 67 186 253 253.0 Opponents...... 2 25 12.5 0 19 Opponents...... 1 61 24 289 313 313.0 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Steptoe, S. 1 6 93 0 44 0 143 143.0 Henry,Chris 1 63 25 0 0 0 88 88.0 Johnson,A. 1 0 40 0 0 0 40 40.0 Thomas, Mike 1 0 14 0 0 0 14 14.0 Wood, Brad 1 0 12 0 0 0 12 12.0 Total...... 1 67 186 0 44 0 297 297.0 Opponents...... 1 24 289 58 25 0 396 396.0

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------51 Larsen, Spencer 1 9 3 12 1.5-9 1.0-7 . . . . 1 . . 23 Johnson, M. 1 8 1 9 . . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 3 Fontenot,W. 1 5 2 7 1.0-7 . . 2 . . . . . 8 Patrick,D. 1 5 1 6 ...... 33 Palmer,Ronnie 1 5 1 6 . . . 1 . . . . . 54 Dotson,Lionel 1 1 3 4 ...... 1D Holmes, L. 1 3 . 3 2.0-15 2.0-15 . 1 . . 1 . . 24 Hollingsworth 1 1 2 3 ...... 5 Cason,Antoine 1 2 . 2 ...... 46 Horton, D. 1 1 1 2 ...... 39 Krogstad,Dane 1 2 . 2 ...... 96 Barnett,Yaniv 1 1 1 2 ...... 15 Kelley, X. 1 1 . 1 ...... 97 Turner, J. 1 . 1 1 0.5-3 ...... 55 Smith,Marcus 1 1 . 1 ...... 21 Hall, C. 1 1 . 1 ...... 56 Philipp,Paul 1 ...... 1-0 . . . Total...... 1 46 16 62 5-34 3-22 . 5 . 2-0 2 . . Opponents...... 1 33 18 51 9-31 2-15 1-0 4 . . . . . When Was The Last Time Arizona? Returned a punt for a TD: Syndric Steptoe (63 yards) vs. UCLA, 2005 Returned a blocked punt for a TD: Lamon Means at California, 2002 (27 yards, Lance Relford block) Returned a blocked FG for a TD: Gary Love vs. North Texas, 2002 (60 yards, C. Williams block) Returned a kickoff for TD: Chris McAlister (100 yards) at Hawaii, 1998 Returned an interception for a TD: Michael Johnson (40 yards) at Oregon State, 2005 Returned a fumble for a TD: Marcus Hollingsworth (0 yards) vs. UCLA, 2005 Blocked a punt for a safety: Andrae Thurman at San Diego State, 2001 Scored a safety: Team safety vs. Stanford, 2005 (Intentional) Did not score: vs. California, 2005 (Cal 28-0) Did not score a touchdown: vs. California, 2005 (Cal 28-0) A back ran for 100 yards: Mike Bell (27-117, TD) at Arizona State, 2005 A back ran for 200 yards: Mike Bell (26-222, 3 TD) vs. Washington, 2003 Team rushed for 100 yards: at Arizona State (50-164), 2005 Team rushed for 200 yards vs. Oregon (37-212), 2005 (and below) Team rushed for 250 yards: at UCLA (39-258), 2004 (and below) Team rushed for 300 yards vs. UCLA (43-315), 2005 Rushed for negative yardage: at California (32- -5), 2002 A quarterback ran for 100 yards: Ortege Jenkins (11-104) vs. UCLA, 2000 A quarterback passed for 200 yards: Richard Kovalcheck (40-23-1-283, 3 TD) vs. Purdue, 2005 (and below) A quarterback passed for 300 yards: Willie Tuitama (22-13-0-335, 2 TD) at Oregon State, 2005 A quarterback passed for 400 yards: Jason Johnson (45-31-1-492, 4 TD), at California, 2002 Team 300 yards passing: at Oregon State (22-13-0-335, 2 TD) at Oregon State, 2005 Team 400 yards passing: at California, 2002 (45-31-1-492-4), 2002 Had 400 yards in total offense: vs. Oregon (212 rush, 199 pass, 78 plays, 411 total yards), 2005 Had 500 yards in total offense: vs. UCLA (315 rush, 204 pass, 67 plays, 519 yards), 2005 Ran 70 plays: at Arizona State (77-377), 2005 Ran 80 plays: at ASU (83-452), 2003 A receiver had 100 yards: Mike Thomas (5-104, TD) vs. UCLA, 2005 A receiver had 200 yards: Bobby Wade (11-222, 1 TD) at California, 2002 Two receivers had 100 yards Mike Thomas (4-162, TD) and Anthony Johnson (3-117, TD) at Oregon State, 2005 Two players rushed for 100 yards: M. Bell (16-153, TD) and G. Harris (16-113, TD) vs. UCLA, 2005 A player intercepted two passes Michael Johnson (3, inc. 40-yd TD return) at Oregon State, 2005 Blocked a punt: Copeland Bryan (for a team safety), Marcus Hollingsworth, both at Washington, 2004 Blocked a field goal: Carlos Williams vs. WSU, 2002 Blocked a PAT kick: Peter Hansen at USC, 2000 Scored a 2-pt. conversion: Jason Johnson to Andrae Thurman pass at San Diego State, 2001 Missed a PAT kick: Nick Folk at Oregon State, 2005 Made a field goal: Nick Folk (30, 22, 48) vs. BYU, 2006 Missed a field goal: Nick Folk (42) vs. BYU, 2006 Beat a ranked team: 52-14 vs. No. 7 UCLA, 2005 Lost to a ranked team: 28-21 vs. No. 15 Oregon, 2005 Beat an unranked team: 16-13, vs. BYU, 2006 Lost to an unranked team: 23-20, at Arizona State, 2005 Won as a ranked team: 53-47 vs. Washington State (Arizona No. 22), 2000 Won as an unranked team: 16-13, vs. BYU, 2006 Lost as a ranked team: 27-24 vs. UCLA, 2000 (Arizona No. 24) Lost as an unranked team: 23-20, at Arizona State, 2005 Played in overtime game: 10-13 vs. TCU, 2003 (1 OT); 2-3 all time in overtime games

When Was The last time an Opponent? Returned a punt for a TD: T. Richardson (71 yards) at Arizona State, 2005 Recovered a blocked punt for a TD: Kenny Farley (24 yards), at Oregon State, 2001 Returned a blocked FG for a TD: James Bethea (60 yards), at California, 2002 Returned a kickoff for TD: LaShaun Ward (94 yards) at California, 2002 Returned an interception for a TD: Roy Lewis (42 yards) vs. Washington, 2005 Returned a fumble for a TD: Brent Haberyl (34 yards) vs. Oregon, 2005 Scored a safety: Arizona State (Bad snap on a Nick Folk punt attempt), 2005 Did not score: Illinois, 1996 (UA 41-0) Did not score a touchdown: Northern Arizona, 2004 (UA 21-3) Rushed for 200 yards: at Oregon State (44-218, 2 TD), 2005 and below Rushed for 250 yards: at Wisconsin (47-260), 2002 Rushed for 275 yards: at Purdue (52-292), 2003 Rushed for 300 yards vs. Washington (52-333), 2005 Rushed for negative yardage: at UCLA (30- -31), 1999 A back ran for 100 yards: Yvenson Bernard (52-192, 2 TD) at Oregon State, 2005 - and below Two backs ran for 100 yards each: LenDale White (24-179, 4 TDs) and Reggie Bush (14-110) at USC, 2005 A back ran for 200 yards: James Sims (30-200, TD) vs. Washington, 2005 Had 400 yards in total offense: Washington (71-490), 2005 A quarterback passed for 300 yards: Matt Moore (43-32-6, 436 yards, TD) at Oregon State, 2005 Team passed for 300 yards: at Oregon State (43-23-6, 436 yards, TD), 2005 A receiver had 100 yards: Mike Hass (11-190) at Oregon State Two receivers had 100 yards: Dwayne Jarrett (116 yards, 2 TDs) and Steve Smith (7-135 yards) at USC, 2005 Blocked a punt: James Sims (Danny Baugher punt), vs. Washington, 2003 Blocked a field goal: Nu’u Tafisi (Nick Folk 50-yard attempt) at California, 2005 Blocked a PAT kick: at Oregon State (Nick Folk attempt), 2005 Scored a 2-pt. conversion: QB Rudy Carpenter to Zach Miller, at Arizona State, 2005