Release No. 9 | Oct. 26, 2009

COLORADO STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS | ZAK GILBERT, DANNY MATTIE, DANIELLE MARSHALL, ANDREW WOERPEL 311 MCGRAW ATHLETIC CENTER | FORT COLLINS, CO 80523-0120 | TELEPHONE 970/491-5067 (FAX 970/491-1348) | CSURAMS.COM | COACHFAIR.COM

CSU LOOKS TO GET BACK ON TRACK Game 9 Rams host AFA for Hall of Fame Weekend This week’s notable storylines… CSU bids for its first win since Sept. 19, and first conference victory since the 2008 season finale at Wyoming, Nov. 22. Several legends will be back in town for Hall of Fame Weekend, including Air Force Colorado State former football players and Kevin Sheesley, among five Class of 2009 inductees. Moreno in three career starts against the Air FALCONS RAMS Force was 2-1, including a 27-20 upset over the No. 21 Falcons in 1995. ’09 Record: 4-4, 3-2 MWC ’09 Record: 3-5, 0-4 MWC The programs renew a heated Front Range rivalry that began in 1957. Ranking: — Ranking: — ‘09 on road: 1-3 ‘09 at home: 2-2 They’ve met every year since ’s first season as the Rams’ Coach: Troy Calhoun Coach: Steve Fairchild , 1978. Saturday marks the 48th renewal. Record at AFA: 21-13 Record at CSU: 10-11 Fairchild was 2-0 against the Falcons as a field general (1978, 1980), and 5-4 now as a member of the CSU coaching staff. 2009 leaders 2009 leaders CSU sets out to return the Ram-Falcon Trophy back to Fort Collins for the Rushing: J.Tew Rushing: L.Mason first time since Sept. 29, 2005, a 41-23 Thursday night ESPN triumph at (135-465, 3.4 avg., 5 TD) (107-511, 4.8 avg., 2 TD) home. The Falcons’ current three-game winning streak is their longest Passing: T.Jefferson Passing: G.Stucker in the series since a seven-year run from 1983-89. From 1990-2005, (24-44-1, 319, 2 TD) (112-212-11, 1670, 12 TD) Receiving: K.Fogler Receiving: R.Greer CSU went 10-5 against their rivals. (12-227, 18.9 avg., 4 TD) (29-544, 18.8 avg., 0 TD) Both programs had legendary head coaches lead their teams to new heights before tapping the NFL to hire a former player Inside... & assistant coach from their history. Troy Calhoun played and Media Info ...... 2 The setting... This week’s game ...... 3 coached at Air Force before the Falcons hired him from the MWC standings...... 6 Date: Saturday, Oct. 31 to replace Fisher DeBerry. Steve Fairchild Last week’s game ...... 8 Kickoff: 2:06 p.m. MDT played and coached at Colorado State before the Rams hired Team notes...... 10 Location: Fort Collins, Colo. him from the to replace . Coaches in the press box ...... 10 Site: Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium  Individual notes...... 13 CSU quarterback Grant Stucker’s dad, Pat, played for AFA. Opponent schedules/results ...... 15 Capacity: 32,500 CSU football media contacts Rosters...... 16 Series: Air Force leads, 27-19-1 Director/Football SID — Zak Gilbert Depth chart...... 18 Telephone...... 970/491-5067 Pronunciation guide ...... 18 Statistics ...... 20 Broadcast information E-mail...... [email protected] The Last Time...... 22 Television — The Mtn. Student assistant — Stuart Buchanan CSU W-L record breakdown...... 22 DirecTV: Ch. 616 E-mail...... [email protected] Game-by-game/miscellaneous stats...... 23 Comcast Digital Student assistant — Nick Frank Updated bios/career stats...... 31 Game summaries ...... 49 Cable: Ch. 411 E-mail ...... [email protected] DISH Network: Unavailable 2009 Schedule/Results Play-by-Play: James Bates Color Analyst: Todd Christensen Date Opponent Site Time/Final TV Series Notes Sideline Reporter: Roger Bailey S 6 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. W, 23-17 FSN 20-59-2 CSU’s first Boulder win since 1986 Producer: Steve Kurtenbach S 12 WEBER STATE Fort Collins, Colo. W, 24-23 (none) 3-0-0 G.Miller last-minute fumble recovery Director: Dean Andruk S 19 NEVADA Fort Collins, Colo. W, 35-20 (none) 9-1-0 Rams’ first 3-0 start since 1994 S 26 at No. 19 BYU* Provo, Utah L, 42-23 The Mtn. 27-37-3 CSU outscored 21-0 in first quarter Colorado State Sports Network O 3 at Idaho Moscow, Idaho L, 31-29 ESPNU 3-3-0 Rams can’t hold 20-7 lead Flagship station: KLZ, 560-AM, Denver O 10 UTAH* Fort Collins, Colo. L, 24-17 The Mtn. 22-54-2 CSU three second-half INTs Internet: CSURams.com/allaccess O 17 at No. 12 TCU* Fort Worth, Texas L, 44-6 VERSUS 1-6-0 CSU up 6-0 late in first half Voice of the Rams: Jerry Schemmel O 24 SAN DIEGO ST.* Fort Collins, Colo. L, 42-28 The Mtn. 13-16-0 Mosure 130 ru. yards; CSU up 21-7 at half Color Analyst: Brian Roth O 31 AIR FORCE* Fort Collins, Colo. 2 p.m. The Mtn. 19-27-1 AFA owns longest strk. (3) over CSU since 80s Sideline Reporter: N 7 at UNLV* Las Vegas, Nev. 8 p.m. The Mtn. 12-4-1 Rams six-game overall win strk./12 last 13 Kevin McGlue N 21 at New Mexico* Albuquerque, N.M. 4 p.m. The Mtn. 32-24-0 CSU returns to site of ‘08 bowl win Engineer: Bob Greenfield N 27 WYOMING* Fort Collins, Colo. Noon The Mtn. 54-40-5 Rams own five-gm. home winning strk. The Colorado State radio broadcast begins with All times mountain a pregame show two hours prior to kickoff. *—Mountain West Conference opponent; 2009 home events — Ag Day (Sept. 12), Ram Legends Weekend (Sept. 19), Homecoming & Family Weekend (Oct. LiveStats: CSURams.com (GameTracker) 10), Band Day (Oct. 24), Hall of Fame Game (Oct. 31), Border War (Nov. 27). Colorado State Football Media Policies, Information & Services Welcome…The Colorado State athletic media rela- CSURAMS.com Weekly Steve Fairchild shows tions office genuinely appreciates your coverage of  The official Web site of Colorado State athletics is Television CSU football, and looks forward to each and every time CSURams.com, featuring the latest news, informa-  The Steve Fairchild it can welcome you to Fort Collins. Members of the of- tion, statistics and rosters for all of the Rams’ 16 Show with the head fice, including director Zak Gilbert, assistant directors athletic programs. Rams fans worldwide can also coach of the Rams and Danny Mattie and Danielle Marshall, and several stu- listen to the live play-by-play coverage offered by host Susie Wargin airs dent assistants, are available to assist with your cov- the Colorado State Sports Network through the In- each Sunday at 11 erage. The office is happy to help you however it can. ternet site (CSURams.com/allaccess). p.m., beginning Sept. 13 and continuing throughout Please feel free to contact Zak Gilbert via phone the season on 9NEWS-KUSA, Denver’s No. 1-rated (970/491-5067) or e-mail ([email protected]) MWC Head Coaches Teleconference station. The coach of the Rams and Wargin will re- at any time with questions regarding the media policy. The Mountain West Conference football coaches par- view previous game action and provide insight on ticipate in a weekly media teleconference the upcoming opponent each week. It re-airs on The Interviews… on Tuesday mornings. The calls are sched- Mtn. Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. MT, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.  All interviews with any member of the uled every Tuesday, from Sept. 1-Nov. 24. MT, and additionally as available on a weekly basis. football program, including the coach- The call can be heard live via the MWC ing staff and student-athletes, must be Web site or by calling the MWC communi- Radio coordinated through the athletic media cations office (719/488-4051) for the call-  The Coors Light Steve Fairchild Coach’s Show airs relations office. in number. A replay of each teleconference each Wednesday during the season, offering insight  Steve Fairchild is available either in-per- also will be made available on the MWC Web site. and information on the Rams with the head coach, son or by phone, by appointment through his as- Call schedule (MT) and play-by-play announcer Jerry Schemmel. The sistant, Linda Krier (970/491-7818). 10 a.m. Moderator opens call show originates from The Stonehouse Grille, 125 S.  Telephone interviews with a coach or student-ath- 10:02 a.m. Kyle Whittingham — Utah College in Fort Collins, each Wednesday during the lete should be arranged at least 24 hours in advance 10:12 a.m. Brady Hoke — San Diego State season from 7-8 p.m. Fans can attend the show live of the requested session, through the athletic media 10:22 a.m. Troy Calhoun — Air Force or call in with questions by dialing 1-866/888-5449, relations office. 10:22 a.m. Chuck Long — San Diego State or e-mail them from CSURams.com. The show airs  Phone calls (cell, office or home) to any coach or 10:32 a.m. Mike Sanford — UNLV live on the Colorado State Sports Network. student-athlete are strictly prohibited, unless previ- 10:42 a.m. Gary Patterson – TCU ously arranged through the athletic media relations 10:52 a.m. Bronco Mendenhall — BYU CSU media availability... office. Media should contact the athletic media rela- 11:02 a.m. Steve Fairchild — Colorado State Monday, Oct. 26 tions office, rather than the individual coaches 11:12 a.m. Mike Locksley — New Mexico 1 p.m. Steve Fairchild weekly press conference, and/or student-athletes, when needing personal 11:22 a.m. Dave Christiansen — Wyoming Hall of Fame Room (south con- contact information, such as phone numbers or e- course, Moby Arena); coordinators mail addresses. Weekly football highlights Larry Kerr (defense), Greg Peterson TV stations across the country can access football (offense) and Larry Lewis (special Postgame… highlights through DragonFly Athletics, a leading teams) at 1:30; players available if time allows upon request.  All players and coaches must report immediately to provider of video highlights and content. The Web- 2 the locker room before conducting interviews of any based platform provides extensive highlights of MWC Tuesday, Oct. 27 kind. Colorado State does not allow on-field inter- football that can be downloaded at anytime through- 11 a.m. Steve Fairchild available via conference views in the minutes following the final gun. out the 2009 season. Instructions: call, Mountain West head coaches  Head Coach Steve Fairchild will meet the media, fol-  Establish a DragonFly Athletics account at 3:45 p.m. Practice, Moby fields (videography only al- lowing his radio interview, in a designated area. www.dragonflyathletics.com. You will be prompted lowed through stretching) When Fairchild is finished taking questions, CSU to login. Post-practice All assistant coaches and players available upon request (Fairchild unavailable) players and assistants will be made available to  Click on the “REGISTER” link. media upon request. The locker room is closed.  An e-mail will be sent to you at the e-mail address Wednesday, Oct. 28 entered to verify your account. 3:45 p.m. Practice, Moby fields (videography only al- Injuries…  Once your account is verified, you may log in at the lowed through stretching)  At all times throughout the calendar year, including link below and begin downloading highlights. Post-practice Fairchild, assistant coaches and players spring practice, Head Coach Steve Fairchild will  You will now see a list of all video by school available upon request serve as the sole source for injury information. All throughout the conference. 7 p.m. Coors Light Steve Fairchild Coach’s Show, Stonehouse Grille, Fort Collins questions related to injuries should be directed to  All entities downloading highlights must follow the Fairchild. Athletic training staff members will refer MWC television policies or access to the Web site Thursday, Oct. 29 injury questions to Fairchild. will be revoked. If you have technical questions, 4 p.m. Practice closed  If Fairchild is unavailable, contact the athletic media please contact Javan Hedlund at 719/488-4051. Post-practice Fairchild, assistant coaches available upon relations office. request (players unavailable) Indoor practice facility Photography/videography… Due to space limitations and to ensure players have the Friday, Oct. 30 No availability  Video cameras are permitted to shoot B-roll of prac- full focus of their coaches, all practices inside the new tice as early as the first players arrive (usually 20-30 indoor practice facility will be closed to the media and Saturday, Oct. 31 minutes prior to the start), but are asked to stop public. 2:06 p.m. PT Kickoff filming once the team’s stretching period, usually  The facility will open to reporters immediately fol- Postgame Steve Fairchild available in designated very early in practice, concludes. 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Collegepressbox.com is the official media Web site for Mountain West Conference football. Access and down- load weekly game notes, statistics, media guides and more for the conference and each of its nine member schools, as well as several other major conferences, throughout the calendar year. The MWC office will distrib- ute login information to accredited media; media can also apply for a password by e-mailing password@col- legepressbox.com. COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE This week’s game — Air Force Touchdown versatility: Colorado State holds the unique distinction of having the nation’s most offensive players (three) who have caught, run And in the opposite corner... and thrown for a touchdown this season. Two of those three players, Dion Morton and RAMS vs. FALCONS John Mosure, joined the list Saturday vs. San All-time, overall: 19-27-1 Diego State. Morton scored on a 19-yard re- Game Notes All-time, in Fort Collins: 8-11-0 verse, while Mosure threw for a 23-yard All-time, in Colorado Springs: 11-16-1 touchdown, his first career pass. Earlier this All-time, neutral sites: (none) year, Morton — a former high-school quarterback — threw for two TDs. First meeting: Nov. 30, 1957, One of those scores went to his current QB, Grant Stucker, the other at USAFA; CSU won, 20-7 player in that trio. Stucker also has scored a touchdown on the ground. Last meeting: Nov. 8, 2008, at USAFA; Air Foce won, 38-17 Other players in the FBS this season who have caught, run and thrown Last meeting, Fort Collins: Oct. 13, 2007; Air Force won, 45-21 for a touchdown this season: Colin Kaepernick, Nevada Series streaks: Air Force has won three straight, and four of the last *, Northwestern five. However, in Fort Collins, the Rams have taken four of the last Luke Lippincott, Nevada five meetings, since 1999. Dion Morton, Colorado State John Mosure, Colorado State COACHES CAPSULES Grant Stucker, Colorado State CSU — Steve Fairchild: 10-11, .476, second year overall as head coach A.J. Whitmore, Tulsa AFA — Troy Calhoun: 21-13, .618; third year overall as head coach * — same game (vs. Syracuse, Sept. 19) Troy Calhoun is the only coach in the 100-plus year history of service Halloween matinee: The Rams have a rich history with Air Force, academy football to lead teams to at least eight regular-season wins but Saturday marks only the second time the teams have met on Oct. 31. and a bowl game in each of his first two seasons. His players have also In 2002, CSU registered a 31-12 victory at the Academy. Colorado been amazingly successful finishing their academic and leadership re- State's defense allowed 250 total yards and shut out the Falcons in the sponsibilities. second half en route to the Rams' fourth win in a row. The victory put Calhoun has also lifted the Falcon football program to unprecedented Colorado State in control of the Mountain West Conference race and heights within the Mountain West Conference in his two seasons. moved the team to 8-2 overall. Calhoun was 17-9 in his first two seasons after taking over a pro- DB Benny Mastropaolo had 14 tackles, LB Eric Pauly had 13, and DB gram that had posted three straight losing seasons before his ar- Ben Stratton 11 to pace the Rams, who forced three turnovers. K Jeff rival. They have posted wins at Notre Dame and Utah and have been Babcock returned the fumbled second-half kickoff 29 yards for a score to back-to-back bowl games for the first time since becoming a to give Colorado State a 28-12 lead. RB Cecil Sapp finished the night member of the MWC. 3 with 132 yards rushing and two touchdowns while QB threw for 142 yards and ran for 39. CONNECTIONS All-time on Halloween the program is 5-8 overall, 1-2 at home and 4-6 Air Force Head Coach Troy Calhoun held three positions while with on the road. the from 2003-05. He served as the defensive as- With a win Saturday vs. Air Force, CSU will have consecutive Halloween sistant, the offensive assistant and the assistant to the head coach. victories for the first time since 1925. Calhoun graduated from the Air Force Academy and currently resides 1914--CAC Aggies at Denver ...... W, 19-6 in Colorado Springs, Colo. 1925--CAC Aggies at Utah State ...... W, 13-0 AFA senior tight end Sean Quintana attended Highlands Ranch High 1931--CAC Aggies at Utah ...... L, 60-6 School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., a program that also produced fu- 1942--CS Aggies at Utah ...... L, 33-14 ture CSU tackle Joe Caprioglio. 1959--CSU Rams at Montana ...... W, 26-16 Sophomore linebacker Austin Demmel attended Mountain Vista High 1964--CSU Rams at Arizona St...... L, 34-6 School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., a school that also produced CSU’s 1970--CSU Rams vs Utah St...... W, 20-13 starting tackle Cole Pemberton, and reserve offensive lineman Scott 1981--CSU Rams at Wyoming ...... L, 55-21 Carter. 1987--CSU Rams at Wyoming ...... L, 20-15 Freshman tight end Brennan Price is the only player on the Rams’ 1991--CSU Rams vs BYU ...... L, 40-17 roster from Colorado Springs. He attended Air Academy High School. 1992--CSU Rams vs SDSU ...... L, 20-13 1998--CSU Rams at Rice ...... L, 35-23 NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES VS. BYU 2002--CSU Rams at Air Force ...... W, 31-12 In 2008 WR Rashaun Greer caught seven passes for 145 yards.  LB Mychal Sisson recorded 11 tackles against the Falcons in 2008. Hall of Fame Banquet deadline Tuesday: The outstanding  In three career games vs. Air Force, Dion Morton has seven catches CSU Hall of Fame Class of 2009, including Hall of Honor recipient Rich Bir- for 57 yards and one TD, a score that came last year on a fourth- cumshaw, former QB Moses Moreno, former MBB star Pat Durham, swim- and-3 from the Falcons’ 4-yard line. mer Jeanette Marie (Beitz) Crawshaw and wrestler/football player Kevin Sheesley, is set to be inducted on Friday night. Fans wanting to attend the Hall of Fame Banquet need to register either online at www.blacktie-colorado.com (enter RSVP code: CSUbanquet) or via phone by calling 970/491-7285. The registration deadline is Tuesday at 5 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person or $500 per table. The Friday banquet will take place at the Hilton Fort Collins, cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the program will begin an hour later. Business at- tire is required.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE THIS WEEK’S GAME continued Hall of Fame Weekend: An outstanding class of individuals will join the distinguished Colorado State sports Hall of Fame Friday night at a Team special banquet in Fort Collins. Tickets are still available (see previous note). The class biographies: comparisons... Rich Bircumshaw (Hall of Honor Special Award) was a member of the Colorado State radio network since 1999, and had been the play-by-play voice of CSU football and men's basketball since 2002, until he passed Colorado State Air Force away unexpectedly in April. Willing to serve CSU unselfishly as a public 2009 RANKINGS Avg NCAA MWC Avg NCAA MWC ambassador for the ideals of the athletic department on a daily basis, he Rushing Offense ...... 123.25 90 6 320.14 4 1 Passing Offense ...... 226.38 50 4 418.88 119 9 volunteered as an emcee for dozens of CSU events each year. And when Total Offense ...... 349.63 80 6 536.57 86 7 he wasn't speaking to large audiences, he was having quality one-on-one Scoring Offense ...... 23.13 91 7 41.86 74 6 conversations with people. Rushing Defense ...... 126.75 49 4 41.29 46 3 Jeanette Marie (Beitz) Crawshaw (swimming): Was a freshman All- Pass Efficiency Defense . . .145.21 107 7 86.83 17 2 American at UCLA (relays) in 1988...All-American at Fort Collins High Total Defense ...... 406.25 94 7 229.57 9 2 School in 1987...Frank Award (best female athlete at CSU) in Scoring Defense ...... 30.38 97 7 8.88 8 2 1991...NCAA Woman of the Year in 1991...All-American and academic Net Punting ...... 31.90 114 9 44.06 29 5 All-American in 1991...All-conference in 1989, 1990 and 1991...WAC Punt Returns ...... 10.89 40 4 20.00 47 6 Kickoff Returns ...... 23.95 35 4 31.77 24 2 champion in two events (one individual and one relay) in 1991...All-con- Turnover Margin ...... 0.50 37 3 2.25 1 1 ference in four events (three individual and one relay) in 1991...HCAC Pass Defense ...... 279.50 116 9 124.43 4 1 champion in two events (relays) in 1990...HCAC champion in seven Passing Efficiency ...... 135.25 46 5 168.22 91 7 events (three individual and four relay) in 1989...CSU record for most Sacks ...... 1.88 60 4 4.14 16 2 points in a season (325) in 1989. ..Graduated in 1991 with a 3.5 GPA in Tackles For Loss ...... 4.50 97 7 10.43 66 5 accounting. Sacks Allowed ...... 2.00 60 7 0.50 6 1 Pat Durham (men's basketball): Led CSU to the second round of the 1989 NCAA tournament...First-team all-conference in 1988 and 2009 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS & RANKINGS Rushing ...... Avg/Gm NCAA Conf 1989...Set the following records while at CSU: career scoring, season CSU: Leonard Mason ...... 73.00 60 3 scoring (1988), career rebounds, career field goals made and attempted AFA: Jared Tew ...... 58.12 94 5 and career free throws made and attempted...Team was WAC champion Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) ...... in 1988-89...WAC Player of the Year in 1989...CSU Nye Award (best male CSU: Grant Stucker ...... 127.30 67 6 athlete) in 1988...Team MVP in 1988 and 1989...Member of 1988 NIT all- AFA: No qualifiers ...... - - - tournament team...Selected in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Total Offense ...... Dallas Mavericks...Played two seasons in the NBA, one with the Golden CSU: Grant Stucker ...... 202.62 65 6 State Warriors and one with the Minnesota Timberwolves...Played pro- AFA: Connor Dietz ...... 80.86 - 10 Receptions Per Game ...... fessionally in Europe from 1996-2007. 4 CSU: Rashaun Greer ...... 3.62 - 11 Moses Moreno (football): Played quarterback at CSU from 1993-97...Is AFA: No qualifiers ...... - - - in the top five in school history for a number of single-season and ca- Receiving Yards Per Game ...... reer passing records, including passing touchdowns, total passing yards CSU: Rashaun Greer ...... 68.00 T-55 5 and total offense, and among the top 25 in the WAC in the same cate- AFA: Kevin Fogler ...... 28.38 - T-23 gories...In 1997, was named WAC Player of the Year, MVP ...... and team MVP...Has been inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champi- CSU: Elijah-Blu Smith ...... 0.38 T-52 T-6 ons...As a junior, received honorable mention all-conference...As a sen- AFA: Anthony Wright ...... 0.38 T-52 T-6 Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) ...... ior, led the Rams to a Holiday Bowl victory over Missouri and was named CSU: Pete Kontokiakos ...... 41.77 44 6 first-team all-WAC...Ranked ninth nationally in passing efficiency in AFA: Brandon Geyer ...... 42.53 32 4 1997...Finished his career at CSU with a 22-8 record as a starter...Was Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) ...... a seventh-round draft pick of the in 1998...Was a starter CSU: No qualifiers ...... - - - for both the Chicago Bears and the San Diego Chargers...Was Nye Tro- AFA: Reggie Rembert ...... 5.80 54 5 phy (best male athlete) winner in 1998. Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) ...... Kevin Sheesley (wrestling, football): Wrestled and played football at CSU CSU: Dion Morton ...... 26.05 34 3 from 1977-82...Earned four letters in both wrestling and football...Win- AFA: Reggie Rembert ...... 25.85 35 4 Field Goals ...... ningest wrestler in school history -- passing Rob Anderson's career vic- CSU: Ben DeLine ...... 1.12 T-59 3 tory total of 66 wins for first place - having compiled a 67-20 record, AFA: Erik Soderberg ...... 2.12 4 1 including going undefeated in junior and senior years...Likely would have Scoring ...... earned All-America honors as a senior had he not sustained an injury CSU: Ben DeLine ...... 5.88 - 8 prior to nationals...Was undefeated and ranked as high as second in the AFA: Erik Soderberg ...... 8.75 17 1 country prior to injury (just before the national tournament)...Three-time All-Purpose Runners ...... WAC champion in the 190-pound weight class...Finished third in the con- CSU: Dion Morton ...... 129.12 45 3 ference in '78...Two-time M.I.W.A champion and two-time Western Re- AFA: Jared Tew ...... 79.88 - 11 Sacks ...... gional champion...Won the Nye Trophy (best male athlete)...Starting CSU: Mychal Sisson ...... 0.30 - T-11 outside linebacker on football team in junior and senior year, finishing AFA: Ben Garland ...... 0.56 T-81 5 second on the team in tackles both seasons...Voted honorable mention Tackles ...... all-WAC by coaches following 1979 season...Member of the CSU all- CSU: Klint Kubiak ...... 8.00 T-84 T-8 century football team. AFA: John Falgout ...... 7.12 - 13 Tackles For Loss ...... Happy birthday: Two CSU defensive linemen celebrate birthdays this CSU: Mychal Sisson ...... 1.19 T-49 6 week, Cory Macon (Wednesday) and Zach Tiedgen (Thursday). AFA: Ben Garland ...... 1.06 T-84 8

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE THIS WEEK’S GAME continued CSU wives food drive Saturday: The CSU football coaches’ This month in CSU football history wives will be collecting canned-food donations in Ram Town near the in- flatables from 11 a.m. through the 2 p.m. kickoff on Saturday. Others also By John Hirn will be collecting at the main gates of the stadium from 12:30-2 p.m. Aggies to Rams: The History of Football at Colorado State University Anyone who brings a can will receive a voucher for free admission to CSU’s first home men’s basketball game, vs. Western State, on Nov. 7. Oct. 1, 1955 — The defending Skyline Conference champion Uni- The drive, consisting of 100 percent volunteers, has been spearheaded versity of Denver Pioneers are upset at Colorado Field when Colorado by Nancy Fairchild. A&M’s Jerry Callahan, , Larry Barnes and Jerry Zaleski All food will go to the Larimer County Food Bank. score two touchdowns in less than 3 minutes to win a dramatic game CSU held a similar food drive at a volleyball match earlier this month in their march to the 1955 conference championship. and collected more than 200 pounds of non-perishable donations. Oct. 5, 1974 (35 years ago) — One of the most bizarre endings to a CSU football game in its history occurs when the Rams’ Wes Cervany Ram-Falcon Trophy up for grabs: Colorado State has three recovers a late-game fumble by BYU quarterback Gary Sheide at the Front Range rivalries that are celebrated annually with “Trophy Games.” All Cougar 15-yard line. CSU quarterback Mark Driscoll throws a touch- of the traveling trophies are presented to the victorious coach following down pass to Willie Miller to tie the game with no time left on the each year’s game. clock. After an excessive-celebration penalty on the Rams backs the This week, the Ram-Falcon Trophy goes to the victor. Originated in 1980 ball to the 17-yard line for the extra point, CSU kicker Mike Deutsch to highlight the competition and sportsmanship in the series between kicks the PAT to win the game. However, 30 minutes after the game, Colorado State and Air Force, the wood-carved trophy was produced by officials decide that the kick was missed and the game remained a tie. local artist Bill Wrage. The Air Force ROTC detachment on the CSU cam- Oct. 6, 1923 — Harry Hughes and the Colorado Aggies play Amos pus initiated the creation of the trophy, which is held in possession of the Alonzo Stagg’s University of Chicago Maroons for the first game winning program following the game each year until the following con- against a Big Ten school in CSU history. test. Oct. 8, 1994 (15 years ago) — The Rams, ranked 23rd in the nation The Ram-Falcon Trophy is displayed on the sidelines of the stadium of and with a 6-0 record, travel to Tucson, Ariz., to take on the No. 6- the team in possession of the award from the previous season. To date, ranked Arizona Wildcats. In possibly the greatest upset in school his- the Air Force holds a 16-13 advantage in the trophy games. tory, the Rams beat the “Desert Swarm” defense, thanks to a fumble The Bronze Boot symbolizes Colorado State’s series with Wyoming. It recovery by Sean Moran and his 77-yard touchdown return. was established in 1968 by ROTC detachments at both schools. It is a Oct. 13, 1934 (75 years ago) — The Colorado Aggies beat the Uni- bronzed combat boot originally worn in Vietnam by Dan Romero, a grad- versity of Denver Pioneers, 2-0, to help them to the 1934 co-confer- uate of Colorado State. Since its inception, CSU has a 21-20 advantage ence championship. Won on a lone safety, this game remains the in Bronze Boot games. lowest-scoring win in school history. The Centennial Cup signifies the rivalry between the state’s two largest Oct. 23, 1909 (100 years ago) — The Colorado Aggies travel to Boul- public institutions, Colorado State and the University of Colorado. der to play the University of Colorado in their first game in the new Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. CSU remains a member of the Coaching continuity: Colorado State and Air Force are among 27 5 RMAC until the formation of the Mountain States Athletic Confer- schools to return this fall every member of its 2008 full-time coaching staff. ence (a.k.a. Skyline Conference) in 1938. Others: Alabama-Birmingham, Baylor, Duke, East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Oct. 29, 1966 — The Wyoming Cowboys, ranked No. 10 in the na- Houston, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan State, Navy, Nebraska, Ne- tion, come to Colorado Field and lose to the CSU Rams partly be- vada, N.C. State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas A&M, Troy, UTEP, Van- cause of the trick bounce pass known as the “Cowboy Special.” derbilt, Va. Tech, Wake Forest, Wash. State, West Va. and Wisconsin. Oct. 31, 1991 — The Rams play the first night game in Hughes Sta- National polls/Oct. 25 dium history, against BYU in a nationally televised game on ESPN. It is the first game played under the lights in Fort Associated Press USA Today Coaches Collins since 1967. Rk Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts Rk Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts 1 Florida (30) ...... 7-0 1463 1 Florida (46) ...... 7-0 1459 2 Alabama (23) ...... 8-0 1448 2 Alabama (9) ...... 8-0 1399 Other facts: 3 Texas (7) ...... 7-0 1407 3 Texas (4) ...... 7-0 1390  4 USC ...... 6-1 1217 4 USC ...... 6-1 1244 2009 marks the 100th anniversary and 101st season of the Rocky 5 Cincinnati ...... 7-0 1211 5 Boise State ...... 7-0 1152 Mountain Athletic Conference. The conference was founded in the 6 Boise State ...... 7-0 1177 6 TCU ...... 7-0 1131 7 Iowa ...... 8-0 1148 7 Cincinnati ...... 7-0 1126 winter of 1909 with CSU as one of the four charter members; it also 8 TCU ...... 7-0 1132 8 Iowa ...... 8-0 1086 included Colorado, Colorado Mines and Colorado College. During the 9 LSU ...... 6-1 1040 9 LSU ...... 6-1 1037 10 Oregon ...... 6-1 933 10 Penn State ...... 7-1 935 29 years CSU was part of the RMAC, the Aggies won or shared eight 11 Georgia Tech ...... 7-1 923 11 Georgia Tech ...... 7-1 865 conference championships, finished second three times and had 66 12 Penn State ...... 7-1 843 12 Oregon ...... 6-1 839 13 Oklahoma State ...... 6-1 768 13 Oklahoma State ...... 6-1 825 all-conference players. 14 Virginia Tech ...... 5-2 734 14 Virginia Tech ...... 5-2 691 15 Houston ...... 6-1 601 15 Ohio State ...... 6-2 569 16 Pittsburgh ...... 7-1 551 16 Houston ...... 6-1 544 17 Ohio State ...... 6-2 508 17 Pittsburgh ...... 7-1 542 18 Miami (FL) ...... 5-2 501 18 Miami (FL) ...... 5-2 433 19 Utah ...... 6-1 400 19 Utah ...... 6-1 403 Aggies to Rams, the first definitive publication on the 20 West Virginia ...... 6-1 323 20 West Virginia ...... 6-1 365 rich history of football at Colorado State University, is hot 21 South Carolina ...... 6-2 270 21 South Carolina ...... 6-2 279 22 Oklahoma ...... 4-3 210 22 Mississippi ...... 5-2 223 off the presses and now in the CSU and Rams bookstores. 23 Arizona ...... 5-2 164 23 Oklahoma ...... 4-3 168 The book, which contains countless pictures, stories and 24 Mississippi ...... 5-2 142 24 Arizona ...... 5-2 149 25 Notre Dame ...... 5-2 135 25 Notre Dame ...... 5-2 82 information spanning every era of CSU football history, is the life’s passion of author John Hirn. A CSU gradu- Dropped from rankings: Brigham Young 16, Texas Tech Dropped from rankings: Brigham Young 16, Kansas 21, 21, Kansas 24 Texas Tech 24 ate, Hirn is unselfishly donating 80 percent of net profits to the university’s Athletic General Scholarship Fund, so Others receiving votes: Brigham Young 80, CENTRL Others receiving votes: CENTRL MICHIGAN 61, MICHIGAN 76, California 24, Texas Tech 18, Wisconsin Brigham Young 59, Wisconsin 49, California 32, Texas readers can help future Rams continue the tradition of 16, Navy 13, Kansas 12, Clemson 11, Rutgers 1 Tech 14, Kansas 11, Georgia 5, Navy 4, Auburn 2, excellence at Colorado State. Clemson 2 2009 CSU opponents in bold Head Coach Steve Fairchild wrote the foreword this past spring.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE THIS WEEK’S GAME continued Fairchild vs. Air Force: This week Steve Fairchild meets the Falcons for the second time as CSU head coach, but he’s very familiar with the Academy. Fairchild vs. Air Force as a member of the CSU QuickFacts CSU football program (8-4): As quarterback on the Rams’ roster (3-0) Colorado State University Location ...... Fort Collins, Colo. 80523 Oct. 14 , 1978 W 31-13 USAFA (started) Enrollment ...... 25,413 Oct. 27, 1979 W 20-6 Fort Collins (did not play) Nickname, Colors ...... Rams, Forest Green & Gold Oct. 18, 1980 W 21-9 Fort Collins (started) Stadium ...... Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Capacity ...... 32,500 Conference ...... Mountain West On the CSU coaching staff (5-4) President ...... Dr. Anthony A. Frank Sept. 11, 1993 W 8-5 Fort Collins Director of Athletics ...... Paul Kowalczyk Sept. 3,1994 W 34-21 USAFA Head Coach ...... Steve Fairchild Career Record ...... 10-11, second season Sept. 16, 1995 W 27-20 USAFA Office Phone ...... 970/491-6131 Nov. 2, 1996 W 42-41 USAFA Offensive Formation ...... Multiple Sept. 20, 1997 L 0-24 Fort Collins Defensive Formation ...... 4-3 2008 Record/MWC ...... 7-6/4-4 (5th) Sept. 17, 1998 L 27-30 USAFA 2008 Total Lettermen ...... 65 Nov. 18, 1999 W 41-21 Fort Collins 2009 Lettermen Returning/Lost ...... 44/21 Nov. 11, 2000 L 40-44 USAFA 2009 Starters Returning (O/D) ...... 12 (7/5) Nov. 8, 2008 L 17-38 USAFA What to look for…Two CSU players are 2008 Starters Lost (O/D) ...... 11 (4/7) approaching notable milestones in the school Athletic Media Relations Family ties: CSU’s starting quarterback, Grant record books, and could make a move this Director/Football Contact ...... Zak Gilbert Stucker, knows Air Force football very well. In ad- week or this season. Office phone ...... 970/491-5067 E-mail ...... [email protected] dition to meeting the Falcons for the fifth time Sat- FAX ...... 970/491-1348 urday as a member of the CSU program, Stucker’s WR Dion Morton on the CSU receiving list: Press Box Phone ...... 970/491-8100, 8111 dad, Pat, was an offensive tackle at the Air Force Needs two TDs to tie No. 7 Greg Primus Web site ...... CSURams.com from 1978-82. (17, 1989-92) and Mark R. Bell (17, 1975- General Information Incidentally, Pat’s cousin, Lyle Stucker, was a 78). Morton, who tied the single-season First Year of Football ...... 1893 fullback duirng the late 1940s with Colorado record with 10 last year, enters the week All-Time Record ...... 472-515-33 (.479) A&M (now Colorado State), helping the Aggies with 15 career TD catches. Home ...... 237-181-11 (.565)  Away ...... 222-320-22 (.413) to the Raisin Bowl. Needs 255 receiving yards to crack the ca- Hughes Stadium ...... 119-94-2 (.558) reer top 12, and pass Chris Pittman (1,720; Conference Championships ...... 15 Receivers eye century mark: CSU’s 2000-03). Morton enters the week with Last Championship ...... 2002, Mountain West starting receivers, Dion Morton and Rashaun 1,466 career yards. Bowl Appearances ...... 12 (5-7)  First Appearance ...... Jan. 1, 1949 Greer, are each approaching the 100-catch mile- Needs 37 receptions to eclipse No. 11 Bowl ...... Raisin Bowl (Fresno, Calif.) stones in their careers. Chris Pittman (129; 2000-03). Morton en- Result ...... Occidental 21, Colorado A&M 20 6 Morton, a senior, enters the week with 93 ca- ters the week with 93 career receptions. Last Appearance ...... 2008 Bowl ...... New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, N.M.) reer grabs, just seven shy of the mark. Result ...... Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 Greer, also a senior, has 92 career catches and Career receiving touchdowns, CSU needs only eight to hit triple digits. Player TD Years Coaching & Support Staff Jeff Champine ...... 21 1980-83 Larry Kerr ...... Assistant Head Coach/ David Anderson ...... 20 2002-05 Defensive Coordinator & LBs Trick-or-treat: The CSU athletic department Kory Sperry ...... 20 2004-08 Scott Brown ...... Defensive Line and Nelligan Sports Marketing have worked to- Paul Turner ...... 19 1993-97 Tim Duffie ...... Cornerbacks Willie Miller ...... 18 1972-74 gether to create a friendly, safe environment for ...... Running Backs Mark R. Bell ...... 17 1975-78 Larry Lewis ...... Special Teams Coordinator kids who’d like to trick-or-treat in Ram Town be- Greg Primus ...... 17 1989-92 & Safeties Coach fore kickoff Saturday. Dion Morton ...... 15 2006-09 Marc Lubick ...... Tight Ends  Pete Rebstock ...... 13 1998-01 Pat Meyer ...... Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Several CSU sponsors who have tents in the Frank Rice ...... 13 1997-00 Ram Town area will be giving out candy and Greg Peterson ...... / J.D. Brookhart ...... 13 1985-87 Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers other prizes. Damon Morton ...... 12 2004-07 ...... / What’s more, the first 5,000 fans in the gates Assistant Recruiting Coordinator Saturday will receive a prize bag courtesy of WR Rashaun Greer on the CSU receiving list: Tom Ehlers ...... Director of Football Operations Needs 63 receiving yards to crack the ca- Jason Gallimore ...... Graduate Assistant/Defense Qwest. Darrell Ballard ...... Graduate Assistant/Offense There also will be a costume contest during the reer top 12, and pass Chris Pittman (1,720; Marcie Johnston ...... Admin. Asst. game. 2000-03). Greer enters the week with Linda Krier ...... Admin. Asst. 1,658 career yards. Greg Scanlan . . . . .Head Strength & Conditioning Coach  Terry DeZeeuw ...... Head Athletic Trainer Thank you, Mountain West: The Rams Needs 38 receptions to eclipse No. 11 Kris Young ...... Equipment Manager finally completed their brutal conference-opening Chris Pittman (129; 2000-03). Greer enters Jeff Dotson ...... Video Coordinator stretch on Oct. 17. the week with 92 career receptions. Mel Sanders ...... Director of Academic Services The Mountain West schedule makers gave CSU the MWC’s three preseason Top 25 teams in succession to begin the 2009 Mountain West Conference Standings conference slate: BYU (Sept. 26), Utah (Oct. 10) and TCU (Oct. 17). Based on 2008 combined winning percentage, no other team in the na- Conference ...... Overall ...... Team MWC PF PA Hm Rd Pct W-L PF PA Hm Rd Nu Pct Streak tion has a taller three-game hurdle to begin its conference schedule. TCU 3-0 102 30 1-0 2-01.000 7-0 241 89 3-0 4-0 0-01.000 Won 9 Utah 3-0 82 48 1-0 2-01.000 6-1 195 124 3-0 3-1 0-0 .857 Won 4 BYU 3-1 146 110 1-1 2-0 .750 6-2 277 197 2-2 3-0 1-0 .750 Lost 1 Wyoming 2-1 67 50 2-0 0-1 .667 4-3 136 165 3-1 1-2 0-0 .571 Lost 1 Air Force 3-2 106 70 2-1 1-1 .600 4-4 204 106 3-1 1-3 0-0 .500 Lost 1 San Diego State 1-2 84 92 0-1 1-1 .333 3-4 187 195 2-1 1-3 0-0 .429 Won 1 UNLV 1-3 97 141 0-2 1-1 .250 3-5 218 263 2-3 1-2 0-0 .375 Won 1 Colorado State 0-4 74 152 0-2 0-2 .000 3-5 185 243 2-2 1-3 0-0 .375 Lost 5 New Mexico 0-3 43 108 0-2 0-1 .000 0-7 104 261 0-4 0-3 0-0 .000 Lost 11

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE Air Force defeats Rams, 38-17 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP)-The Air Force Falcons turned their grinding, eat-up-the-clock offense into a quick-strike machine in a 38-17 win over Colorado State on Saturday night. Freshman Asher Clark raced for touchdowns of 41 and 45 yards and Tim Jefferson hit Kyle Halderman with a 74-yard touchdown strike as the Falcons improved to 5-0 under their freshman quarterback. Jefferson was 6-for-8 for 171 yards, thanks to Halderman's two receptions for 99 yards. The Falcons broke open a close game with two touchdowns in a span of 2:08 in the third quarter. Last Meeting Clark's career-long 45-yard scamper gave the Falcons a 28-17 lead and came on the heels of linebacker Ken Lamendola's of Billy Farris at the Air Force 20-yard line that squelched the Rams' promising opening drive. COLORADO STATE ...... 17 Cornerback Reggie Rembert picked off Farris' underthrown pass at the Rams 27 and returned it to the 9. Three plays later, Jefferson hit tight end Travis Dekker from 4 yards out to make it 35-17. Ryan Harrison made it 38-17 with a 27-yard field goal, his school record 20th of the season, and the Fal- AIR FORCE...... 38 cons returned to their clock-eating ways when they gained possession again with 9:21 remaining and ate up the rest of the clock, declining to punch it into the end zone again in the waning seconds. The Rams (4-6, 2-4) began to fall apart when Farris' delay of game infraction late in the first half negated Game 10; Sat, Nov. 8, 2008; Falcon Stadium; Gartrell Johnson's 1-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-goal. The 5-yard penalty forced the Rams to settle for Colorado Springs, Colo.; Time: 2:42; Attendance: 39,052 Jason Smith's chip-shot field goal that pulled Colorado State to 21-17 at halftime. The Falcons needed just 10 seconds to break a 14-14 tie when Jefferson recognized broken coverage in the Rams' defensive backfield and hit Halderman in stride for a 74-yard touchdown between defenders Jake Galusha Colorado State ...... 7 10 0 0 17 and Elijah-Blu Smith. The Rams had just scored on Farris' TD toss to Dion Morton on fourth-and-goal from the 4. Air Force ...... 14 7 14 3 38 The Falcons also scored a touchdown on fourth down in the first half, only this one was a 41-yard run by 1st 09:22 CS JOHNSON, Gartrell 1 yd run (Smith, Jason kick) Clark, who took Jefferson's perfectly timed pitch on fourth-and-3 and raced down the Rams' sideline to put Air 8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:46 7 - 0 Force on top 14-7. 06:43 AF LUMPKIN, Kyle 4 yd run (HARRISON, Ryan kick) Rams receiver Rashaun Greer caught seven passes for 145 yards. 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:39 7 - 7 Colorado State defensive back Klint Kubiak, who had missed three games with an ankle injury, went out with 01:58 AF CLARK, Asher 41 yd run (HARRISON, Ryan kick) a knee injury early in the game and didn't return. 7 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:13 7 - 14 2nd 10:27 CS Morton, Dion 4 yd pass from Farris, Billy (Smith, Jason kick) 10 plays, 81 yards, TOP 4:22 14 - 14 10:11 AF HALDERMAN, Kyle 74 yd pass from JEFFERSON, Tim (HARRISON, Ryan kick) 1 play, 74 yards, TOP 0:10 14 - 21 01:38 CS Smith, Jason 23 yd field goal 16 plays, 76 yards, TOP 8:25 17 - 21 3rd 09:25 AF CLARK, Asher 45 yd run (HARRISON, Ryan kick) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:31 17 - 28 07:17 AF DEKKER, Travis 4 yd pass from JEFFERSON, Tim (HARRISON, Ryan kick) 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:04 17 - 35 4th 12:24 AF HARRISON, Ryan 27 yd field goal 12 plays, 59 yards, TOP 5:12 17 - 38

TEAM TOTALS CS AF FIRST DOWNS ...... 19 19 Rushing ...... 5 16 Passing ...... 13 3 Penalty ...... 1 0 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 103 284 7 Rushing Attempts ...... 30 51 Average Per Rush ...... 3.4 5.6 Rushing Touchdowns ...... 1 3 Yards Gained Rushing ...... 119 300 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 16 16 COLORADO STATE AIR FORCE NET YARDS PASSING ...... 251 171 RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg Completions-Attempts-Int ...... 19-36-2 6-8-0 JOHNSON, Gartrell ...... 19 81 1 17 4.3 CLARK, Asher ...... 16 136 2 45 8.5 Average Per Attempt ...... 7.0 21.4 Morton, Dion ...... 2 13 0 13 6.5 NEWELL, Todd ...... 13 60 0 12 4.6 Average Per Completion ...... 13.2 28.5 Bell, Kyle ...... 3 9 0 4 3.0 TEW, Jared ...... 10 50 0 13 5.0 Passing Touchdowns ...... 1 2 Greer, Rashaun ...... 1 5 0 5 5.0 JEFFERSON, Tim ...... 6 22 0 15 3.7 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ...... 354 455 Farris, Billy ...... 5 -5 0 8 -1.0 LUMPKIN, Kyle ...... 4 15 1 7 3.8 Total offense plays ...... 66 59 Totals...... 30 103 1 17 3.4 PAFFETT, Ty ...... 1 1 0 1 1.0 Average Gain Per Play ...... 5.4 7.7 TEAM ...... 1 0 0 0 0.0 Fumbles: Number-Lost ...... 0-0 1-0 Totals...... 51 284 3 45 5.6 Penalties: Number-Yards ...... 5-35 4-25 PUNTS-YARDS ...... 3-140 2-86 PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack Average Yards Per Punt ...... 46.7 43.0 Farris, Billy 19-36-2 251 1 28 2 JEFFERSON, Tim 6-8-0 171 2 74 0 Net Yards Per Punt ...... 33.3 43.0 Totals... 19-36-2 251 1 28 2 Totals... 6-8-0 171 2 74 0 Inside 20 ...... 0 1 50+ Yards ...... 2 1 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Touchbacks ...... 0 0 Greer, Rashaun ...... 7 145 0 28 HALDERMAN, Kyle ...... 2 99 1 74 Fair catch ...... 0 2 Morton, Dion ...... 5 42 1 14 PAFFETT, Ty ...... 1 53 0 53 KICKOFFS-YARDS ...... 4-270 7-469 Sperry, Kory ...... 3 42 0 18 FOGLER, Kevin ...... 1 9 0 9 Average Yards Per Kickoff ...... 67.5 67.0 JOHNSON, Gartrell ...... 2 8 0 7 COUSINS, Josh ...... 1 6 0 6 Net Yards Per Kickoff ...... 43.2 49.4 Bell, Kyle ...... 1 10 0 10 DEKKER, Travis ...... 1 4 1 4 Touchbacks ...... 1 1 Gardner, Ryan ...... 1 4 0 4 Totals...... 6 171 2 74 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ...... 0-0-0 2-40-0 Totals...... 19 251 1 28 Average Per Return ...... 0.0 20.0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ..5-103-0 3-77-0 Hartz, Anthony ...... 3 140 46.7 58 0 0 HARRISON, Ryan ...... 2 86 43.0 51 1 0 Average Per Return ...... 20.6 25.7 Totals...... 3 140 46.7 58 0 0 Totals...... 2 86 43.0 51 1 0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ...... 0-0-0 2-17-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ....0-0-0 0-0-0 Punts Kickoffs Intercept Punts Kickoffs Intercept Miscellaneous Yards ...... 0 0 ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Possession Time ...... 32:12 27:48 Myers, Michael .0 0 0 5 103 30 0 0 0 REMBERT, Reggie 2 40 20 2 60 39 1 17 17 Third-Down Conversions ...... 6 of 14 6 of 12 Totals...... 0 0 0 5 103 30 0 0 0 LAMENDOLA, K. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 2 of 3 1 of 1 CLARK, Asher . .0 0 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 3-4 3-4 Totals...... 2 40 20 3 77 39 2 17 17 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 0-0 2-14 PAT Kicks ...... 2-2 5-5 Field Goals ...... 1-1 39448 ......

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE Last week’s game — vs. San Diego State TEAM NOTES INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Turnover ratio: The Rams came up on the short end of the turnover mar- James Morehead: Blocked a critical extra point late in the third quarter, gin for only the second time this year (also -1 vs. Utah, Oct. 10). preventing SDSU from tying the game at 28. It was CSU’s first blocked kick since Tommie Hill also got his hands on an extra point, Oct. 11, Turnover streak: CSU saw its streak of nine games with at least one take- 2008, vs. TCU. away come to an end Saturday. The last time the Rams didn’t have at least one takeaway was Nov. 15, 2008, in a 20-6 win vs. New Mexico and then- John Mosure: Threw his first career pass, a 23-yard strike to FB Zac head coach Rocky Long. Pauga to give the Rams a 28-21 lead in the third quarter. He became the second non-QB to throw for a touchdown this year, joining Dion Morton, Visiting-team advantage: The visiting team in the series has won five of the who has two. last six meetings. Over the last six years, the only time the home team won was Dec. 2, Mosure also had a career-high 130 rushing yards, eclipsing his previous 2006, a 17-6 Aztecs win at Qualcomm Stadium. best, 99 vs. Nevada (Sept. 19), including a career-long 24-yarder. His CSU has lost three straight in Fort Collins. Bradlee Van Pelt was their QB first 100-yard effort made him the second CSU player to top 100 this the last time the Rams defeated SDSU at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes year, joining Leonard Mason. Stadium, a 21-6 victory on Nov. 15, 2003. Mosure also joins Grant Stucker and Dion Morton as one of three CSU Punt returns: The Rams haven’t had a punt return since Oct. 3 at Idaho. players this season to rush, throw and catch a touchdown.

Mulitple 100s: Both John Mosure and Leonard Mason have each topped Dion Morton: Registered his third career rushing touchdown on a sec- the 100-yard mark on the ground this season. ond-quarter reverse. All three of his rushing TDs have come against the The last time the Rams had multiple players rush for 100 yards in a game Aztecs, including two last season at Qualcomm Stadium. during the same season was 2007 (Kyle Bell, Gartrell Johnson). Ty Whittier: Returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Sept. The last time before Saturday: 26 at BYU. He’s been battling a stinger in his neck. A CSU opponent passed for 400-plus yards was Joel Klatt (402), Aug. 30, 2003, in a 42-35 CSU loss at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver. Klint Kubiak: CSU’s starting strong safety and team captain, was one of A CSU opponent had 200 yards receiving was Trevor Insley (201) vs. the first players to congratulate John Mosure after his first-quarter Nevada, in a 38-33 Rams in Fort Collins, Sept. 11, 1999. touchdown. Kubiak, who sustained a pectoral muscle injury that will sideline him for the remainder of the regular season, has an outside chance of returning if the Rams make a bowl game.

Michael Kawulok: Left the contest midway through the first quarter with 8 a knee injury.

Eugene Daniels: Returned to action, making his first appearance (late in the first quarter) since sustaining a knee injury vs. Nevada (Sept. 19); he shared a second-quarter sack with Andy Clements, the first of Daniels’ career.

Andy Clements, who made his college debut the previous week at TCU, picked up his first career sack late in the first half, a third-down play that not only kept SDSU out of field-goal position, but also forced a fumble. He shared the takedown with Eugene Daniels.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE Rams lose to Aztecs, 42-28

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -Ryan Lindley threw a ca- reer-best six touchdown passes and DeMarco Samp- son hauled in 15 catches for 257 yards, helping San Diego State rally for a 42-28 win over SDSU...... 42 Colorado State on Saturday. Last Week COLORADO STATE ...... 28 Sampson's sizzling performance was the ninth-most yards receiving in a game in Aztecs his- Game 7; Sat., Oct. 24, 2009; Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium tory. Fort Collins, Colo.; Time: 3:00; Attendance: 20,631 Lindley finished 29 of 43 for a career-high 459 yards. SDSU...... 0 7 20 15 — 42 The sophomore hooked up with Sampson on touch- Colorado State...... 14 7 7 0 — 28 down strikes of 5, 33 and 38 yards.

1st 06:24 CS Mosure, John 6 yd run (DeLine, Ben kick) The Aztecs (3-4, 1-2 Mountain West) trailed in this 8 plays, 33 yards, TOP 4:02 0 - 7 03:48 CS Liggett, Tyson 40 yd pass from Stucker, Grant (DeLine, Ben kick) game by as many as 14 points, making this their largest 4 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:00 0 - 14 2nd 12:12 SD SAMPSON, DeMarc 5 yd pass from LINDLEY, Ryan (YOSHIDA, Lane kick) comeback since rallying to beat New Mexico, 17-16, on 14 plays, 79 yards, TOP 6:31 7 - 14 01:25 CS Morton, Dion 19 yd run (DeLine, Ben kick) Nov. 4, 2000. 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:39 7 - 21 3rd 09:59 SD SANDIFER, Domin 33 yd pass from LINDLEY, Ryan (YOSHIDA, Lane kick) 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:01 14 - 21 08:57 SD SAMPSON, DeMarc 33 yd pass from LINDLEY, Ryan (YOSHIDA, Lane kick) 1 play, 33 yards, TOP 0:07 21 - 21 06:52 CS Pauga, Zac 23 yd pass from Mosure, John (DeLine, Ben kick) 6 plays, 71 yards, TOP 1:58 21 - 28 00:00 SD KING, Preston 3 yd pass from LINDLEY, Ryan (YOSHIDA, Lane kick blockd) 13 plays, 85 yards, TOP 6:44 27 - 28 4th 09:29 SD SAMPSON, DeMarc 38 yd pass from LINDLEY, Ryan (SANDIFER, Domin pass from LINDLEY, Ryan) 7 plays, 84 yards, TOP 3:20 35 - 28 03:07 SD UMUOLO, Alston 60 yd pass from LINDLEY, Ryan (YOSHIDA, Lane kick) 7 plays, 84 yards, TOP 4:15 42 - 28 TEAM TOTALS SDSU CSU FIRST DOWNS ...... 25 20 COLORADO STATE SDSU 9 Rushing ...... 5 8 RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg Passing ...... 19 9 Penalty ...... 1 3 Mosure, John ...... 20 130 1 24 6.5 SULLIVAN, Brand ...... 22 65 0 13 3.0 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 72 151 Morton, Dion ...... 2 18 1 19 9.0 KAZEE, Walter ...... 5 11 0 7 2.2 Rushing Attempts ...... 32 28 Borcky, T.J...... 1 2 0 2 2.0 BROWN, Davon ...... 3 7 0 8 2.3 Average Per Rush ...... 2.2 5.4 Stucker, Grant ...... 5 1 0 7 0.2 BROWN, Vincent ...... 1 -2 0 0 -2.0 Rushing Touchdowns ...... 0 2 Totals...... 28 151 2 24 5.4 LINDLEY, Ryan ...... 1 -9 0 0 -9.0 Yards Gained Rushing ...... 96 168 Totals...... 32 72 0 13 2.2 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 24 17 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 459 205 PASSING Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack PASSING Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack Completions-Attempts-Int ...... 29-43-0 14-28-2 Average Per Attempt ...... 10.7 7.3 Stucker, Grant 13-27-2 182 1 40 2 LINDLEY, Ryan ...... 29-43-0 459 6 60 1 Average Per Completion ...... 15.8 14.6 Mosure, John 1-1-0 23 1 23 0 Totals...... 29-43-0 459 6 60 1 Passing Touchdowns ...... 6 2 Totals... 14-28-2 205 2 40 2 ...... TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ...... 531 356 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg RECEIVING ...... No Yds TD Lg Total offense plays ...... 75 56 Greer, Rashaun ...... 6 93 0 24 SAMPSON, DeMarc ...... 15 257 3 38 Average Gain Per Play ...... 7.1 6.4 Pauga, Zac ...... 3 40 1 23 WALLACE, Robert ...... 5 70 0 34 Fumbles: Number-Lost ...... 2-0 1-0 Liggett, Tyson ...... 1 40 1 40 SANDIFER, Domin ...... 3 48 1 33 Penalties: Number-Yards ...... 8-58 4-29 Borcky, T.J...... 1 16 0 16 SULLIVAN, Brand ...... 2 3 0 2 PUNTS-YARDS ...... 3-105 4-177 Peitz, Eric ...... 1 7 0 7 UMUOLO, Alston ...... 1 60 1 60 Average Yards Per Punt ...... 35.0 44.2 Mosure, John ...... 1 5 0 5 KAZEE, Walter ...... 1 9 0 9 Net Yards Per Punt ...... 28.3 37.0 Inside 20 ...... 0 2 Morton, Dion ...... 1 4 0 4 BROWN, Davon ...... 1 9 0 9 50+ Yards ...... 1 1 Totals...... 14 205 2 40 KING, Preston ...... 1 3 1 3 Touchbacks ...... 1 1 Totals...... 29 459 6 60 Fair catch ...... 0 2 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB KICKOFFS-YARDS ...... 7-464 5-307 KONTODIAKOS, Pe . . . . .4 177 44.2 60 2 1 STAHOVICH, Bria ...... 3 105 35.0 54 0 1 Average Yards Per Kickoff ...... 66.3 61.4 Totals...... 4 177 44.2 60 2 1 Totals...... 3 105 35.0 54 0 1 Net Yards Per Kickoff ...... 43.3 47.2 ...... Touchbacks ...... 1 1 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ...... 1-9-0 0-0-0 Punts Kickoffs Intercept Punts Kickoffs Intercept Average Per Return ...... 9.0 0.0 ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ...... 4-51-0 6-141-0 Morton, Dion . .0 0 0 4 106 33 0 0 0 BROWN, Davon 0 0 0 3 36 25 0 0 0 Average Per Return ...... 12.8 23.5 Greenwood, Lou 0 0 0 2 35 18 0 0 0 KING, Preston . .1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ...... 2-29-0 0-0-0 Totals...... 0 0 0 6 141 33 0 0 0 SANDFORD, Nick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 29 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 ...... CAMARDA, Vincen 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Miscellaneous Yards ...... 0 0 MAULDIN, Davion 0 0 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 Possession Time ...... 35:18 24:37 Totals...... 1 9 9 4 51 25 2 29 29 1st Quarter ...... 6:41 8:19 2nd Quarter ...... 7:30 7:30 3rd Quarter ...... 12:00 3:00 4th Quarter ...... 9:07 5:48 Third-Down Conversions ...... 13 of 18 3 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 0 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 2-3 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 2-14 1-12 PAT Kicks ...... 4-5 4-4 Field Goals ...... 0-1 0-0 COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE Team Notes VISION…Steve Fairchild’s theme for his second Colorado State football Fairchild knows that level of success won’t happen immediately, but he’s team is VISION. Throughout the team’s meeting areas and offices are ban- communicating that vision to his team as it prepares for the upcoming ners presenting the theme: campaign, so the Rams can at least eye the prize. “And the thing I wanted to be very clear about with our coaches and our Colorado State Football will progress in 2009 with a VISION. football team,” he said, “everybody on campus, and anyone that has anything to do with Colorado State football, is I don’t want to set that “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” sight too low. —Proverbs 29:18 “And that’s our message to our football team, ‘Why not us? Why can’t we do something extra special?’ And if we try and don’t get there this Vision is not fate; it is direction… Not a command, but a commitment. year, so be it. But at least we aimed high.” Vision does not determine the future, rather mobilizes resources and And that was evident in early February, when the team began its first mat energies to make the future. drills, the Rams certainly won’t be shooting low in 2009. Every player and coach has a sense of what to expect. CSU isn’t learning from the “In the long run, you only hit what you aim at. Therefore…you had ground up like it was last season. better aim at something high.” —Henry David Thoreau These Rams have experienced success, coming off the program’s first winning season since 2003. They also understand what’s expected, that Like the Rams’ two new athletic facilities near Moby Arena, Colorado they continue their upward trend, and to do that will require working State’s football program needed to solidify a foundation before it could harder than in 2008. grow.That foundation – after a resounding 40-35 triumph in the New Now, with the coaching staff and foundation in place, and with a clear vi- Mexico Bowl to stamp an exclamation point on Steve Fairchild’s first sea- sion for a successful future, the Rams bid to take the next step, and eye son as head coach – is now in place. So, where do the Rams go from their next target. here? Well, the road doesn’t get any easier. “We can contend for this conference title,” Fairchild said, “and why can’t “Last year, we trained hard and made a step in the right direction,” Colorado State be the team that goes to the Sugar Bowl and squares off Fairchild said. “But the first steps are always the easiest. And now as we against an Alabama, or a Georgia, or an Ohio State? try to build back into the elite-type team that we think we can be, those “Maybe it’s next year, maybe it’s five years down the road. But I still want next few steps are harder.” to set our sights there because I feel like when you have a vision, then So, this offseason, Fairchild and his staff turned up the volume on the you’re not working aimlessly. And I think we have talented football play- team’s conditioning program, including the grueling mat drills that begin ers. I think we’ve got talented coaches. I think, it’s time now to say, at 6 a.m. two days per week. The Rams did more of the mat drills, started ‘Where do we want to go?,’ instead of just, ‘How do we want to work?’ them earlier, and changed some of the things they did compared to last offseason, so the drills became more difficult. $20 million athletic facilities are open: Like a proud parent, “I like the way our team’s responded,” Fairchild said, “ and we just need the Colorado State athletic department formally introduced the public to 10 to keep working.” its new fraternal twins Sept. 18. Work they did, beginning Aug. 7 when fall practice kicked off. The Rams A ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicated CSU’s new $13 million Indoor are leaps and bounds ahead of where they were a year ago, thanks in part Practice Facility and $7 million Academic and Training Center. to the two weeks of bonus practice they earned prior to their bowl game Following the ceremony, the public toured both buildings. in December. Colorado State first announced plans for the new buildings, a $20 mil- The Rams will use that springboard to take the next step. And, unlike lion leap toward a vivid future, in April 2009. The buildings represent last year, when results were not the defining aspect of CSU in its first sea- CSU’s largest commitment toward athletic facilities in four decades, son of a new era, the Rams are up and running. Results now will start since the construction of Hughes Stadium and Moby Arena. to define where they want to go. "These buildings show that Colorado State is unmistakably serious about “What we needed to define us last year was establishing a toughness, a achieving its stretch goals," Director of Athletics Paul Kowalczyk said. work ethic, an accountability in the way we operated, and I think we did "These buildings, combined with the recent renovations at our football that,” Fairchild said. “And now I’d like to start aiming at something.” stadium, put us where we need to be in terms of offering quality, state- That something – at least in 2009 – still isn’t entirely clear, because the of-the-art facilities to our coaches and student-athletes, those who are Rams know they haven’t earned the respect that comes with consistent here now and those who are thinking about coming here. There has success built of several winning seasons. But Fairchild certainly has a vi- never been a better time to be a Ram." sion, looking forward to a team that legitimately challenges for the Moun- The process began in October 2006, when Kowalczyk and associate ath- tain West title every year, and takes an occasional stab at a BCS bowl letic director Doug Max made the new buildings a priority within the ath- game. letic department's long-term plans. But without the help of the CSU COLORADO STATE COACHES IN THE PRESS BOX ON GAMEDAY

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COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE TEAM NOTES continued Nation’s most experienced offensive line: CSU has to re- place a starting quarterback in Billy Farris, as well as its starting tight end administration and the Board of Governors, the university would not Kory Sperry and 2008 MWC rushing champion Gartrell Johnson — all NFL have reached this point. players. Designed by Aller-Lingle Architects P.C., and RATIO Architects, Inc., the But as ESPN radio analyst Colin Cowherd pointed out, the common facilities were built by Saunders Construction, Inc. Aller-Lingle, a local thread in most successful college or NFL football teams is a solid of- firm instrumental in several campus projects, including recent Hughes fensive line. So, CSU fans should take some comfort in knowing that the Stadium renovations, served as the lead architect on both new build- Rams’ inexperienced skill players will be protected by a CSU roster that ings. The firm sought the assistance of Indianapolis-based RATIO be- entered 2009 leading the nation with 125 combined starts at offensive cause of its recent experience in the design of similar venues at BCS line positions. universities such as Illinois, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana. Saunders Last year, eight of the top 10 teams in the final AP poll had at least 65 has played a significant role in the construction of several prominent career starts among their offensive linemen entering the season. On the Colorado projects, including the Denver Broncos’ training center. other side, three of last season’s teams that didn’t meet lofty preseason expectations — Clemson, Missouri and preaseason No. 1 Georgia — Former Quarterback U: In addition to starting QB Grant Stucker, had fewer than 40. CSU has six players who are contributors and all of them were high school In research, Wall Street Journal reporter Darren Everson found: “While quarterbacks: offensive line experience is hardly the only factor in a team’s perform- Matt Yemm, WR (holder on all placements, plays as reserve WR, QB at ance, it foretold some of last season’s biggest sleepers, including Ole Fort Collins, Colo., High School) Miss (101 starts heading into 2008) and Oregon State (78).” T.J. Borcky, WR (plays as reserve WR, made switch from QB as a red- CSU has four returning senior starters in tackle Cole Pemberton, center shirt freshman after volunteering to do a test-drive as a scout-team WR, Tim Walter (Rimington Trophy candidate) and guards Adrian Martinez QB at Lake Highland Prep in Orlando) and Shelley Smith (Lombardi Award candidate). Meanwhile, Mark Starr, Tyson Liggett, WR (caught 11 passes for 156 yards Sept. 26 at BYU, who started five additional games in 2007 as a converted blocking tight most receptions by a CSU player in four years, current walk-on, QB at end and the first half of 2008 after returning to offensive line, fills the Limon, Colo., High School) other tackle position. Dion Morton, WR (had two TD passes in the first three games this year, Most combined starts at offensive line on FBS rosters entering 2009: has thrown four passes in career, starting senior WR moving his way Colorado State ...... 125 up the school’s career TD receptions list, QB at Riverside, Calif., North Louisiana-Lafayette ...... 113 High School) Alabama-Birmingham ...... 107 Nick Oppenneer, CB (starting CB, former walk-on who now is a team Florida International ...... 101 captain as a senior, backs up Yemm as holder for placements, QB at East Carolina ...... 101 Virginia Tech ...... 100 Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.) Notre Dame ...... 100  Alex Williams, LB (starting MLB, former walk-on, QB at Sidney, Neb., Georgia ...... 99 High School) Middle Tennesse State ...... 99 Iowa ...... 98 11 In the polls: Colorado State's football program, fresh off a resounding Minnesota ...... 96 23-17 win at intrastate rival Colorado from the Big 12, received votes in Toledo ...... 96 both national polls released Sept. 8. Wake Forest ...... 95 The Rams picked up four votes in the Associated Press poll and one in North Texas ...... 93 Texas ...... 91 the USA Today coaches poll. The last time CSU earned votes was after Connecticut ...... 91 defeating Weber State on Sept. 13, 2003, the week of an eventual loss USC ...... 91 to Ben Roethlisberger and Miami (Ohio). Louisiana Tech ...... 91 After their win over Weber State Sept. 12, and over Nevada Sept. 19, the San Jose State ...... 87 Rams continued to receive votes in both polls. They didn’t get votes after Florida State ...... 86 their first loss, at BYU (Sept. 26). Oklahoma State ...... 86 Akron ...... 86 First-time starters: The Rams had seven players start their first Di- UTEP ...... 86 Indiana ...... 84 vision I game in the Sept. 6 opener, and 16 have made their first career Rutgers ...... 83 starts in a Rams uniform this season: LB Davis Burl, S Ivory Herd, OT Paul Kentucky ...... 83 Madsen, LB James Skelton, DL Nuku Latu, CB DeAngelo Wilkinson, RB Washington State ...... 82 Leonard Mason, QB Grant Stucker, RB John Mosure, LB Alex Williams, DT Boston College ...... 80 Guy Miller, DE Cory Macon, WR Tyson Liggett, LB Chris Gipson, DE Zach Tennessee ...... 80 Tiedgen and G Jake Gdowski, who incidentally celebrated his 21st birthday 23 straight: The Rams on Oct. 17 at No. 8 TCU did not score a touch- in his start Sept. 6 at Colorado. down for the first time in 23 games, since a 27-3 loss vs. Utah, in Fort Collins, Oct. 27, 2007. Division I debut: All told, including four more debuts vs. Nevada (Sept. 19), 21 players have seen their first Division I action in a CSU uni- 13 straight: The Rams also entered the Oct. 17 contest at No. 8 TCU form this season. having thrown for a TD pass in 13 consecutive games, and 21 of their last The 10 players to debut at Colorado (Sept. 6): WR Jyrone Hickman, DB 22 contests, a streak that began Nov. 10, 2007, at New Mexico. The only Marcus Shaw, DB Travis Ford, TE Broderick Sargent, LB Davis Burl, P instance over that 22-game stretch in which CSU did not throw a TD pass Pete Kontodiakos (true freshman), LB James Skelton, OL Scott Carter, was vs. TCU, Oct. 11, 2008, a 13-7 loss. The stretch ended Oct. 17. DE C.J. James (true freshman) and RB Leonard Mason. CSU’s 13-game streak entering the day was its longest since a 14-game The five players to debut vs. Weber State (Sept. 12): FB Jason Klinger- stretch, Aug. 30, 2003, to Sept. 4, 2004. man, DE Zach Tiedgen, RB Lou Greenwood (true freshman), K Chad Van- derMolen and LB Chris Gipson. Four losses: The Rams on Oct. 17 completed the nation’s toughest The four players to debut vs. Nevada (Sept. 19): WR Byron Steele, DL four-game stretch. The four opponents to whom CSU lost from Sept. 26- Kelly Seward, QB Jon Eastman, DL Ben Tedford. Oct. 17, nationally ranked BYU, Utah, and TCU, and Idaho (receving votes), The two players to debut at TCU (Oct. 17): LB Andy Clements and OL Joe were a combined 23-3 (.885) entering the weekend of Oct. 24. Caprioglio.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE TEAM NOTES continued 2015, date at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium, the home-and-home Interceptions: The Rams also on Oct. 17 at No. 8 TCU saw the end contract also calls for a return game at Minnesota on Sept. 24, 2016. of their streak of seven consecutive contests intercepting an opponent, a The Gophers this season open 50,805-seat TCF Bank Stadium, a $288.5 stretch that began with Tommie Hill’s game-changing play in the 2008 New million facility, in Minneapolis, Minn. Mexico Bowl. Colorado State played a home-and-home series with the Gophers earlier The streak was their longest stretch since they had INTs in seven straight, this decade, dropping both contests, in 2004 at then-No. 22 Minnesota, from Nov. 17, 2001, to Sept. 28, 2002. That streak included the 2001 and 2005 in Fort Collins. The Gophers last season advanced to the In- New Orleans Bowl. sight.com bowl against Kansas. Had they extended it to eight, CSU would’ve had its longest since what The Rams now have two non-conference opponents from automatic- is believed to be the Rams’ school record, a 15-game stretch from Oct. qualifying BCS conferences – the University of Colorado from the Big 16, 1993, to Nov. 12, 1994. That streak began after Fresno State’s Trent 12 and Minnesota from the Big Ten – on both 2015 and 2016 schedules. Dilfer was 31-of-54 for 415 yards and three TDs, with no INTs, in a 34- Colorado State is working to finalize its remaining dates and opponents 32 CSU win on Oct. 9, 1993. The streak ended when Fresno State’s on each schedule. Richie Donati was 29-of-41 for 356 yards and two TDs, with no INTs, in a 44-42 CSU win on Nov. 19, 1994. True freshmen: Colorado State used five true freshmen in 2008: Ben CSU also had seven-game streaks in 1995 and ’97, and from 2001-02. DeLine, Marquise Law, Adam Wilson, Gerard Thomas and Michael Kawu- The Rams already have more INTs than they had during all of 2008 lok. Thomas and Kawulok started, while DeLine had served as the primary (eight), 2007 (seven) and 2006 (seven). kicker after a preseason injury to Jason Smith. Over the previous two years combined (2006-07), the Rams used just Close games: In Steve Fairchild’s inaugural season as head coach, six two, both in 2007 (tight end Eric Peitz and long-snapper Steve Bryan). of the Rams’ seven wins, and eight of the team’s 13 overall games, were In 2006, CSU and Wake Forest were the only Division I programs that did decided in the final 3 minutes. not use a true freshman. The Rams played six games decided by one score or less, and posted a Over the previous three years (2005-07), the number is just five, in- 4-2 record in those contests. CSU’s only two losses were to BYU (45-42) cluding S Klint Kubiak, DT Shaun McGoveran and DE Wade Landers in and TCU (13-7), two nationally ranked teams at season’s end. 2005. The last time CSU used as many as five true freshmen in an en- Finding a way to win close games was one characteristic the Rams tire season was six in 2004 -- WR Damon Morton, RB Gartrell Johnson, lacked during the program’s slide in the middle of this decade. Prior to DE Matt Rupp, TE Kory Sperry, QB and RB Kyle Bell. Sept. 6, 2008, when the Rams won a walk-off field goal vs. Sacramento State, the last time the Rams won a game by a field goal or less was Permanent team captains: Nick Oppenneer, who came to Col- Nov. 22, 2003, at UNLV. orado State as a walk-on in 2006, will represent the Rams as a permanent Against arch-rival Colorado alone, the Rams lost three games by three team captain this season, Head Coach Steve Fairchild announced Sept. 2. points each over a four-year stretch, from 2004-07. Oppenneer, a 5-foot-10, 182-pound senior out of Littleton, Colo., earned CSU’s starting cornerback role last season, and is one of really four re- Coaching continuity: Colorado State is one of only 27 schools to turning starters in the CSU secondary. A former QB at Columbine High 12 return this fall every member of its 2008 full-time coaching staff. School, Oppenneer was the first walk-on to earn a scholarship after Head The Rams are joined by Air Force, Alabama-Birmingham, Baylor, Duke, Coach Steve Fairchild’s initial spring practice in 2008. He transferred to East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Houston, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan the Rams from the University of Mary in North Dakota. State, Navy, Nebraska, Nevada, N.C. State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas Voted by teammates, senior safety Klint Kubiak joins Oppenneer as one A&M, Troy, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington of two defensive captains. Guard Shelley Smith and tackle Cole Pem- State, West Virginia and Wisconsin. berton, both seniors who make up part of the most experienced offen- sive line in the nation, are the offensive captains, and junior John Mosure The CSU offense: In a conference filled with “spread” offenses, Steve earned his teammates’ respect as the Rams’ special teams captain. Fairchild’s system at Colorado State, while one of three offenses cur- “I take captains very seriously,” Fairchild said, “because I was a captain rently in use by teams, is unique in the Moun- back in 1980 here at CSU.” tain West. For the first time in since 1992, the Rams began in 2008 voting for per- The system, sometimes called the Coryell Offense, has its roots where manent team captains. Fairchild grew up, in San Diego. Former Chargers head coach Don Coryell, using three future Hall of CoachFair.com: The Colorado State football program has a new Famers (, Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow), made the sys- coach, a new level of excitement and, now, a new Web site. tem famous while Fairchild was CSU’s starting QB in the late 70s. CoachFair.com has been live on the Internet since Sept. 1, 2008. The Disciples of the offense include Ernie Zampese, Joe Gibbs, Mike Martz, site houses a multitude of exclusive behind-the-scenes content, includ- and Al Saunders. Martz, Fairchild’s coach at Mesa Commu- ing countless video clips assembled by the university's award-winning nity College in San Diego before Fairchild signed with the Rams as a JC creative services staff. transfer, also was influenced by Sid Gillman. Each coach is featured in the videos, providing a personal look into his Gibbs used the Coryell Offense to win three Super Bowls with the Red- philosophies and assessment of football at CSU under new Head Coach skins, using a system the Rams follow, with a smash-mouth running Steve Fairchild. Linebacker Ricky Brewer takes visitors on a tour of the game powered by mobile and versatile “hogs” up front. university's facilities, including the Joey Porter Locker Room. And, re- While with the Cowboys, Turner used Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and cent graduate Joey Rucks shares his thoughts on CSU's academic sup- Troy Aikman to win Super Bowls with a similar version of the offense. port for student-athletes. Additionally, Fairchild offers a personal blog, Led by Martz, the system led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl title and providing insight throughout the year. another NFC championship in the last decade. One aspect of the offense that is unique is the flipping of offensive line- The Rams on Twitter: CSU has two Twitter pages related to its men, assigning two players always to the weak side of the formation and football program. Twitter, a free social networking and micro-blogging serv- the other guard and tackle always to the strong side. The Rams do that ice available at www.twitter.com, allows its users to send and read other to reduce the amount those linemen have to learn, increasing efficiency. users' updates (also known as "tweets"). Fans can receive updates on CSU football directly from a Twitter page or on their mobile phone. CSU adds Big Ten Stalwart Minnesota: Colorado State will Head Coach Steve Fairchild is believed to be one of the only football bring the Minnesota Golden Gophers to Fort Collins in 2015, Director of coaches in the country who updates his page during halftime of each Athletics Paul Kowalczyk announced Sept. 4. In addition to the Sept. 12, game (with the help of CSU media relations personnel). COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE Follow CSU football — www.twitter.com/CSUFootball New coaching staff…Every spring in college football, players come Follow Head Coach Steve Fairchild — www.twitter.com/CoachFairchild and go. But for the first time since 1993 at Colorado State, the Rams in 2008 had a new coaching staff. Many of those coaches aren’t new, though. Number changes: The Rams during fall camp made several changes Including Head Coach Steve Fairchild, half of CSU’s full-time coaches have to uniform numbers, to prevent the possibility of two players with the same returned to Fort Collins. A list of those individuals and their previous ties number being on the same special-teams unit. The changes, which differ to CSU: from the media guide: TE Eric Peitz has moved from 11 to 45 RB Chris Nwoke moved from 45 to 11 New coach Title Previous CSU connection S Derek Good moved from 13 to 26 Steve Fairchild Head Coach Played QB, 1978-80; S Jarrad McKay moved from 23 to 19 Assistant coach, 1993-2000 Anthoney Hill Running backs Played QB, 1990-94; Graduating into the NFL, life: Not only did a great number of Student assistant, 1998 CSU’s 17 seniors land in the NFL (five, after Tommie Hill signed with the Larry Kerr Asst. head coach/ Assistant coach, 1993-2002 last weekend), but all 17 of them are expected to gradu- Def. coordinator ate. In fact, 16 of the 17 will graduated by the end of the spring 2009 se- Marc Lubick Tight ends Student assistant, 2000-01; mester. Nine already graduated at the end of the fall 2008 semester, on the Graduate assistant, 2002; same day CSU beat Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl, Dec. 20. The re- Assistant coach, 2005-07 maining player will complete his final coursework and graduate soon. Pat Meyer Offensive line Played OL, 1990-94 “If a guy stays here and goes through the program, he’s graduating,” Daren Wilkinson Quarterbacks Played QB, 1995-96; Fairchild said. “I’m confident of that. We have too much academic help Graduate assistant, 1997-98 and our coaches care too much. If a player comes to school here and stays all four or five years, he's going to get a degree. I like what Pat Midseason all-conference: On Oct. 16, Phil Steele announced his Summitt, the coach of Tennessee's women's basketball team, said. She annual mid-season all-Mountain West selections. CSU’s Adrian Martinez said they have a 99-percent graduation rate, asterisk, with those who (G) and Mychal Sisson (LB) were first-team selections; Leonard Mason stay. If someone chooses to go through this program at CSU, he's going (RB), Dion Morton (WR and KR), Eric Peitz (TE), Tim Walter (C), Klint Ku- to get a degree.” biak (S) and Pete Kontodiakos (P) were second-team choices; and Rashaun Greer (WR) was the Rams’ lone third-team selection. Offense features four awards candidates: The Rams have four candidates nominated for national awards, all on offense: Starting guard Shelley Smith, a preseason all-conference selection, is on the national watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award, for the na- Individual Notes tion’s top interior lineman. Starting center Tim Walter appears on the preseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation’s best player at his position. Fairchild has team moving in right direction: Not every 13 CSU’s other preseason all-conference choice, WR Rashaun Greer, is up new 2008 Division I FBS head coach had his team’s win total moving in the for the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best wideout. right direction. While several first-year coaches reached bowl eligibility, And starting guard Adrian Martinez was nominated for the Allstate Good only one other coach made a better improvement from his program’s 2007 Works Team. record: 2008 2007 Win Lombardi and Rimington candidates: Colorado State features First-year coach Program record record diff. one of just 10 offensive lines in the nation with players on the watch lists Houston Nutt Mississippi 9-4 3-9 +6 for both the Rimington Trophy (Tim Walter) and Lombardi Award (Shelley Steve Fairchild Colorado State 7-6 3-9 +4 Smith): Jerry Kill Northern Illinois 6-6 2-10 +4 Bo Pelini Nebraska 9-4 5-7 +4 School Rimington Lombardi David Cutliffe Duke 4-8 1-11 +3 Boston College Matthew Tennant Anthony Castonzo Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 9-4 7-6 +2 Colorado State Tim Walter Shelley Smith Art Briles Baylor 4-8 3-9 +1 Florida Maurkice Pouncey Mike Pouncey June Jones SMU 1-11 1-11 0 Florida State Ryan McMahon Rodney Hudson Kevin Sumlin Houston 8-5 8-5 0 Fresno State Joe Bernardi Andrew Jackson Ken Niumatalolo Navy 8-5 8-5 0 Louisiana Tech Lon Roberts Rob McGill Larry Fedora Sourthern Miss 7-6 7-6 0 Mississippi Daverin Geralds John Jerry UCLA 4-8 6-7 -2 Rutgers Ryan Blaszczyk Anthony Davis Bill Stewart West Virginia 9-4 11-2 -2 Texas Chris Hall Adam Ulatoski Mike Sherman Texas A&M 4-8 7-6 -3 Wisconsin John Moffitt Gabe Carimi Bobby Petrino Arkansas 5-7 8-5 -3 Paul Wulff Washington State 2-11 5-7 -3 Among first-year CSU coaches: Steve Fairchild won the most Hawaii Greg McMackin 7-7 12-1 -5 games by any first-year head coach in CSU history. With a sixth win Nov. Rich Rodriguez Michigan 3-9 9-4 -6 22, he passed Matt Rothwell (5-1, 1903), Bob Davis (5-4-1, 1947), Sark Ar- slanian (5-6, 1973), Earle Bruce (5-5-1, 1989) and Sonny Lubick (5-6, Stucker pulls off unique trifecta: After catching a 40-yard pass 1993). from Dion Morton on a double-reverse pass to give the Rams an early lead Fairchild also became the first CSU coach to lead his team to a bowl vs. Weber State (Sept. 12), starting QB Grant Stucker became one of the game in his inaugural season. only football players in college history to have been involved in his career’s first three touchdowns as a ball carrier (18-yard run in 2008 New Mexico Bowl vs. Fresno State), a passer (13-yard TD connection with John Mosure at CU Sept. 6), and receiver (from Morton vs. Weber State).

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE INDIVIDUAL NOTES continued Walter up for Rimington: Colorado State center Tim Walter is a candidate for the 2009 Rimington Trophy, the award’s committee an- Smith earns spot on Lombardi watch list: Colorado State nounced in May. offensive guard Shelley Smith has earned another preseason honor. Walter, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound senior out of Manhattan Beach, Calif., is Smith, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound senior from Phoenix, Ariz., received recog- one of 44 players listed on the Rimington Trophy watch list. He is the nition in August on the watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award, given third Colorado State player listed on a watch list for the Rimington, first annually to the best college football lineman -- offense or defense -- who, presented in 2000, joining Mark Dreyer (2003) and Albert Bimper (2005). in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the An all-conference performer in 2008, Walter will anchor a veteran CSU discipline of Vince Lombardi. The Rotary Lombardi Award Foundation offensive line that will feature four senior starters. The Rams’ roster leads made the announcement. the nation with 125 combined career starts on the offensive line. Last A third-year starter, Smith also received preseason all-Mountain West season, that line paved the way for 1,476-yard rusher Gartrell Johnson, Conference honors last month. In 2008, Smith garnered second-team the MWC rushing champion who was drafted by the San Diego Charg- all-MWC honors while playing in 12 games, including the New Mexico ers, and gave quarterback Billy Farris enough time to pass for 2,934 Bowl. He enters 2009 having started 23 games at guard for the Rams. yards. The last Ram to be named to the Lombardi watch list was offensive line- With 27 career starts at center entering 2009 (including all 13 games last man Erik Pears, currently a member of the Oakland Raiders, in 2004. season), Walter will be a vital cog in CSU’s offense this season as the There are 11 players nominated for the award from the MWC. Rams need to break in new starters at both quarterback and . Kubiak up for Academic Heisman: CSU senior safety Klint Ku- The 2009 watch list includes two other centers from the Mountain West, biak was named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the Na- San Diego State’s Trask Iosefa and New Mexico’s Eric Cook. tional Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced Oct. 1. Kubiak, a senior team captain and the Rams' starting strong safety, is Martinez nominated for Good Works Team: Colorado State among CSU leaders in total tackles and has a 3.39 GPA. He is a restau- senior Adrian Martinez is an early candidate for the 2009 Allstate American rant and resort management major, on target to graduate in the spring. Football Coaches Association Good Works Team, the two organizations an- A fixture in the community, he and teammate Adrian Martinez recently nounced in July. became involved with the Matthews House, working as a mentor for Martinez, a 6-foot-4, 299-pound guard from San Clemente, Calif., has troubled teenagers in Fort Collins. been a rock on CSU’s offensive front, having started 34 of 36 career Players nominated must be well-rounded. To be nominated, the player games played entering 2009. He owns the most career starts on a ros- must be a senior with a GPA of 3.2 or above, be a contributing starter on ter of offensive linemen that leads the nation in combined starts at the the team, and show good citizenship on and off the field. position, with 125. "The Campbell Trophy semifinalists represent everything great about col- Off the field, Martinez has promoted literacy by reading to children at lege football, having achieved excellence in all aspects of their lives," NFF Bauder Elementary School in Fort Collins, and participated in a kids President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell said. Super Bowl party for children in Grades 1-6, assisting at a football skills Last year, CSU linebacker Jeff Horinek was nominated for the same station and facilitating contests, crafts, games and other fun activities 14 award, which is also referred to as the “Academic Heisman” and was for youth in the City of Fort Collins on Super Bowl Sunday. The com- formally known as the Draddy Trophy. Horinek advanced to the finals, munity-outreach event helped generate awareness for involvement in where California center Alex Mack ended up taking the honor. Horinek did youth sports, and raised funds for the city’s youth football program. walk away with the NCAA post-graduate scholarship worth $18,000. He also has participated in organizing and staging a community garage Kubiak will know if he has become a finalist by Oct. 29, when up to 15 sale in his hometown to raise money for a neighbor with a serious heart out of the 154 semifinalists from the Football Bowl Subdivision, Football condition, and helped the university in a campus-wide outreach to sev- Championship Subdivision, Divisions II and III, and NAIA are named fi- eral thousand incoming freshmen students at ‘Ram Welcome.’ Finally, nalists by the NFF. each spring he has assisted at Ram Jam, the athletic department’s The NFF scholar-athlete program began in 1959 and was the first pro- largest community outreach event. The event, which annually hosts ap- gram to reward football players for both academic and athletic achieve- proximately 1,000 youth from the region inside the Rams’ basketball ments. The trophy was introduced in 1990, marking this year as the 20th arena, features free activities and autographs. anniversary for the award. Two Colorado State players have earned a spot on the Good Works team during its 18 years of existence, both defensive backs. Ray Jackson re- Greer a Biletnikoff candidate: Colorado State senior wide re- ceived the honor in 1995 and Myron Terry in 1996. ceiver Rashaun Greer is among 37 individuals selected to the watch list for One of 52 players in the Football Bowl Subdivision nominated for the the 2009 Biletnikoff Award, which recognizes the top in col- honor, Martinez if selected for the team will earn a trip to the 2010 All- lege football, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced in state Sugar Bowl this winter in New Orleans, where he and his fellow August. Good Works members will complete a community project during the A 6-foot-1, 202-pound wideout from North Las Vegas, Nev., Greer week of the game. Allstate and the AFCA hope to announce the two 11- ranked second in the MWC last season with 1,114 receiving yards. He member teams, one for the FBS and one for the Football Championship became the first 1,000-yard receiver for the Rams since 2005 and was Subdivision, in September. was a second-team all-conference performer in 2008. Greer was also Among MWC schools, only BYU and Air Force also have players up for ranked 24th nationally in receiving yards per game with 85.7, and was the honor. 10th in the nation in average yards per catch at 17.7. Greer also is a preseason all-conference selection. The last Ram to be named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list was cur- rent Houston Texan David Anderson in 2005. The winner of the 17th Biletnikoff Award will be announced as part of ESPN's College Football Awards Show on Dec. 10. The award will be of- ficially presented to the winner at the annual Biletnikoff Award dinner, hosted by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club, on Feb. 12. The Mountain West had three players in total named to the watch list. The other two nominees are BYU tight end Dennis Pitta and UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE 2009 Opponent Schedules/Results

Colorado Idaho Air Force Sept. 6 Colorado State ...... L, 23-17 Sept. 5 at New Mexico State* ...... W, 21-6 Sept. 5 Nicholls State...... W, 72-0 Sept. 11 at Toledo...... L, 54-38 Sept. 12 at Washington...... L, 42-23 Sept. 12 at Minnesota...... L, 20-13 Sept. 19 Wyoming ...... W, 24-0 Sept. 19 San Diego State ...... W, 34-20 Sept. 19 at New Mexico* ...... W, 37-13 Oct. 1 at West Virginia ...... L, 35-24 Sept. 26 at Northern Illinois...... W, 34-31 Sept. 26 San Diego State* ...... W, 26-14 Oct. 10 at Texas*...... L, 38-14 Oct. 3 Colorado State...... W, 31-29 Oct. 3 at Navy...... L, 16-13 Oct. 17 Kansas*...... W, 34-30 Oct. 10 at San Jose State*...... W, 29-25 Oct. 10 TCU*...... L, 20-17 Oct. 24 at Kansas State* ...... L, 20-6 Oct. 17 Hawaii*...... W, 35-23 Oct. 17 Wyoming* ...... W, 10-0 Oct. 31 Missouri* Oct. 24 at Nevada*...... L, 70-45 Oct. 24 at Utah* ...... L, 23-16 Nov. 7 Texas A&M* Oct. 31 Louisiana Tech* Oct. 31 at Colorado State* Nov. 14 at Iowa State* Nov. 7 Fresno State* Nov. 7 Army Nov. 19 at Oklahoma State* Nov. 14 at Boise State* Nov. 14 UNLV* Nov. 27 Nebraska* Nov. 28 Utah State* Nov. 21 at Brigham Young* * Big 12 Game *WAC Game *MWC Game

Weber State Utah UNLV Sept. 5 at Wyoming ...... L, 29-22 Sept. 3 Utah State...... W, 35-17 Sept. 5 Sacramento State ...... W, 38-3 Sept. 12 at Colorado State ...... L, 24-23 Sept. 12 at San Jose State...... W, 24-14 Sept. 12 Oregon State...... L, 23-21 Sept. 19 Idaho State* ...... W, 44-17 Sept. 19 at Oregon...... L, 31-24 Sept. 19 Hawaii...... W, 34-33 Sept. 26 at Portland State*...... W, 36-29 Sept. 26 Louisville ...... W, 30-14 Sept. 26 at Wyoming* ...... L, 30-27 Oct. 3 Montana State* ...... L, 26-21 Oct. 10 at Colorado State* ...... W, 24-17 Oct. 3 at Nevada...... L, 63-28 Oct. 10 at Eastern Washington*...... W, 31-13 Oct. 17 at UNLV*...... W, 35-15 Oct. 10 Brigham Young* ...... L, 24-7 Oct. 17 Sacramento State* ...... W, 49-10 Oct. 24 Air Force* ...... W, 23-16 Oct. 17 Utah*...... L, 35-15 Oct. 24 at Northern Colorado* ...... W, 28-20 Oct. 31 Wyoming* Oct. 24 at New Mexico* ...... W, 34-17 Oct. 31 at Montana* Nov. 7 New Mexico* Oct. 31 at TCU* Nov. 14 Northern Arizona* Nov. 14 at TCU* Nov. 7 Colorado State* Nov. 21 Cal Poly Nov. 21 San Diego State* Nov. 14 at Air Force* *Big Sky Game Nov. 28 at Brigham Young* Nov. 28 San Diego State* *MWC Game *MWC Game Nevada Sept. 5 at Notre Dame ...... L, 35-0 TCU New Mexico Sept. 19 at Colorado State ...... L, 35-20 Sept. 12 at Virginia ...... W, 30-14 Sept. 5 at Texas A&M...... L, 41-6 Sept. 25 Missouri ...... L, 31-21 Sept. 19 Texas State ...... W, 56-21 Sept. 12 Tulsa ...... L, 44-10 Oct. 3 UNLV ...... W, 63-28 Sept. 26 at Clemson...... W, 14-10 Sept. 19 Air Force* ...... L, 37-13 Oct. 9 Louisiana Tech*...... W, 37-14 Oct. 3 Southern Methodist...... W, 39-14 Sept. 26 New Mexico State ...... L, 20-17 Oct. 17 at Utah State*...... W, 35-32 Oct. 10 at Air Force* ...... W, 20-17 Oct. 3 at Texas Tech ...... L, 48-28 Oct. 24 Idaho* ...... W, 70-45 Oct. 17 Colorado State*...... W, 44-6 Oct. 10 at Wyoming* ...... L, 37-13 15 Oct. 31 Hawaii* Oct. 24 at Brigham Young*...... W, 38-7 Oct. 24 UNLV* ...... L, 34-17 Nov. 8 at San Jose State* Oct. 31 UNLV* Oct. 31 at San Diego State* Nov. 14 Fresno State* Nov. 7 at San Diego State* Nov. 7 at Utah* Nov. 21 at New Mexico State* Nov. 14 Utah* Nov. 14 Brigham Young* Nov. 27 at Boise State* Nov. 21 at Wyoming* Nov. 21 Colorado State* * WAC Game Nov. 28 New Mexico* Nov. 28 at TCU* * MWC Game *MWC Game BYU Sept. 5 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma (Dallas) ...... W, 14-13 San Diego State Wyoming Sept. 12 at Tulane ...... W, 54-3 Sept. 5 at UCLA ...... L, 33-14 Sept. 5 Weber State ...... W, 29-22 Sept. 19 Florida State...... L, 54-28 Sept. 12 Southern Utah ...... W, 35-19 Sept. 12 Texas ...... L, 41-10 Sept. 26 Colorado State*...... W, 42-23 Sept. 19 at Idaho ...... L, 34-20 Sept. 19 at Colorado ...... L, 24-0 Oct. 2 Utah State...... W, 35-17 Sept. 26 at Air Force* ...... L, 26-14 Sept. 26 UNLV* ...... W, 30-27 Oct. 10 at UNLV*...... W, 24-7 Oct. 3 New Mexico State...... W, 34-17 Oct. 3 at Florida Atlantic...... W, 30-28 Oct. 17 at San Diego State* ...... W, 38-28 Oct. 17 Brigham Young*...... L, 38-28 Oct. 10 New Mexico*...... W, 37-13 Oct. 24 TCU*...... L, 38-7 Oct. 24 at Colorado State* ...... W, 42-28 Oct. 17 at Air Force* ...... L, 10-0 Nov. 7 at Wyoming* Oct. 31 New Mexico* Oct. 31 at Utah* Nov. 14 at New Mexico* Nov. 7 TCU* Nov. 7 Brigham Young* Nov. 21 Air Force* Nov. 14 Wyoming* Nov. 14 at San Diego State* Nov. 28 Utah* Nov. 21 at Utah* Nov. 21 TCU* *MWC Game Nov. 28 at UNLV* Nov.27 at Colorado State* *MWC Game *MWC Game

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE 2009 COLORADO STATE ROSTERS

Head Coach — Steve Fairchild, second season. Roster as of Oct. 26 Assistant coaches — Larry Kerr (assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers), Darrell Ballard (graduate assistant), Scott Brown (defensive line), Tim Duffie (cornerbacks), Jason Gallimore (graduate assistant), Anthoney Hill (running backs), Larry Lewis (special teams coordinator and safeties), Marc Lubick (tight ends), Pat Meyer (run game coordinator/offensive line), Greg Peterson (offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator and wide receivers), Daren Wilkinson (quarterbacks and assistant recruiting coordinator). NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Clock Yrs 40 Akisanya, Adam ...... LB 1 Ryan Gardner WR 6-1 180 Sr 1L Fairfield, Calif./Diablo Valley College 1/1 71 Albritton, Scott ...... LS 2 Leonard Mason RB 6-0 216 Jr JC Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./College of the Desert 2/2 79 Becker, Justin ...... OL 2 DeAngelo Wilkinson CB 5-10 181 Jr 1L Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman 2/2 55 Benedict, Scott ...... OL 3 Matt Yemm WR 5-11 187 So 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins 3/3 73 Biard, Jared ...... OL 3 Chris Gipson LB 5-11 215 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Kimball 4/4 87 Blevins, Hunter ...... P 4 Jyrone Hickman WR 6-3 200 Jr JC Pahokee, Fla./Scottsdale Community College 2/2 17 Borcky, T.J...... WR/QB 4 Brandon Owens CB 6-0 178 So 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Ridgeview 3/3 56 Brewer, Ricky ...... LB 5 Gerard Thomas DB 5-9 171 So 1L Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola 4/3 34 Brown, Joe ...... TE 6 Mychal Sisson LB 5-11 203 So 1L Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 3/3 94 Brown, Te'Jay ...... DT 6 M.J. McPeek QB 6-4 220 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Kansas State 4/4 7 John Mosure RB 5-10 211 Jr 2L Miami, Fla./Columbus 2/2 39 Burl, Davis ...... LB 8 Byron Steele WR 6-3 212 Fr RS Arlington, Texas/Lamar 4/4 77 Caprioglio, Joe ...... OL 9 Marquise Law WR 6-4 191 Fr RS Miami, Fla./American 4/4 20 Carter, Raymond ...... RB 10 Klay Kubiak QB 6-0 196 So 1L Englewood, Colo./Regis 3/3 68 Carter, Scott ...... OL 11 Nick Oppenneer CB 5-10 182 Sr 2L Littleton, Colo./Columbine 1/1 28 Clements, Andy ...... LB 11 Chris Nwoke RB 6-0 208 Fr HS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 5/4 32 Connor, Micheal ...... RB 12 Jon Eastman QB 6-2 219 Jr JC Sandy, Utah/Snow College 2/2 61 Daniels, Eugene ...... DL 13 Ezra Thompson S 6-2 205 Fr HS Tinley Park, Ill./Lincoln-Way East 5/4 14 DeLine, Ben ...... K 14 Alex Square RB 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 1/1 44 Diehl, Luke ...... LB 14 Ben DeLine K 6-0 175 So 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs 4/3 12 Eastman, Jon ...... QB 15 Marcus Shaw CB 5-8 174 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Duncanville 4/4 25 Ford, Travis ...... S 16 Nico Ranieri QB 6-2 195 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips 5/4 16 17 T.J. Borcky WR/QB6-4 202 So 1L Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 3/3 27 Gabler, Josh ...... S 18 Grant Stucker QB 6-2 203 Sr 1L Parker, Colo./Ponderosa 1/1 1 Gardner, Ryan ...... WR 19 Norman Gee TE 6-5 249 Sr 1L Severna Park, Md./Duke 1/1 25 Gaye, Jonathan ...... RB 19 Jarrad McKay S 6-0 192 So VR Wheat Ridge, Colo./Lakewood 3/3 58 Gdowski, Jake ...... OL 20 Klint Kubiak DB 6-0 212 Sr 3L Englewood, Colo./Regis 1/1 19 Gee, Norman ...... TE 20 Raymond Carter RB 6-0 210 Jr TR Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA 2/2 3 Gipson, Chris ...... LB 22 Elijah-Blu Smith DB 5-11 186 So 1L Los Angeles, Calif./Crenshaw 3/3 26 Good, Derek ...... DB 23 Tyson Liggett WR 5-9 184 Jr 1L Limon, Colo./Limon 2/2 64 Gragert, Jordan ...... OL 24 Cory Macon DE 6-6 242 Jr 1L Anchorage, Alaska/East Anchorage 2/2 33 Greenwood, Lou ...... RB 25 Travis Ford S 6-3 205 Jr JC Oakland, Calif./Laney Community College 2/2 84 Greer, Rashaun ...... WR 25 Jonathan Gaye RB 6-0 180 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mullen 4/4 65 Griffith, Ryan ...... OL 26 Derek Good DB 5-10 200 So 1L Berthoud, Colo./Berthoud 3/3 27 Josh Gabler S 6-0 210 Sr 1L Longmont, Colo./Skyline 1/1 75 Haynes, Brandon ...... OL 28 Andy Clements LB 5-11 210 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield 4/4 59 Hedstrom, Tanner ...... LS 28 Dillon Holliam S 6-1 189 Fr HS St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood West 5/4 35 Herd, Ivory ...... DB 29 Broderick Sargent LB/TE 6-2 214 Fr RS Chesterfield Mo./Parkway Central 4/4 4 Hickman, Jyrone ...... WR 30 Dru Taylor CB 5-10 165 Fr HS Oak Cliff, Texas/Lincoln 5/4 28 Holliam, Dillon ...... S 31 Dion Morton WR 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./John W. North 1/1 91 James, C.J...... DE 32 Scott Zick DB 6-0 186 Jr 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Hays State 2/2 89 Johnson, Alex ...... WR 32 Micheal Connor RB 5-10 196 Fr RS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship 4/4 52 Kawulok, Michael ...... LB 33 Lou Greenwood RB 6-0 175 Fr HS Conroe, Texas/Conroe 5/4 42 Klingerman, Jason ...... FB 34 Joe Brown TE 6-3 220 Fr HS Wichita, Kan./Bishop Carroll 5/4 41 Kontodiakos, Pete ...... P 35 Ivory Herd DB 5-11 191 So 1L Vista, Calif./Rancho Buena Vista 3/3 10 Kubiak, Klay ...... QB 36 Alex Stratton S 6-2 203 Fr RS Cheyenne, Wyo./Cheyenne East 4/4 36 Zac Pauga FB 6-0 240 Jr 2L Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain 2/2 20 Kubiak, Klint ...... DB 37 Doug Richau FB 5-11 229 Fr HS Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 5/4 92 Latu, Nuku ...... DT 38 Immanuel Mitchell CB 5-11 170 Fr HS Corona, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt 5/4 9 Law, Marquise ...... WR 39 Davis Burl LB 6-2 205 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Grandview 4/4 23 Liggett, Tyson ...... WR 40 Adam Akisanya LB 5-10 206 So VR Lakewood, Colo./Alameda 3/3 58 Loughery, Cam ...... LB 41 Pete Kontodiakos P 6-3 185 Fr HS Tarpon Springs, Fla./Countryside 5/4 24 Macon, Cory ...... DE 42 Jason Klingerman FB 6-1 242 Fr RS Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center 4/4 76 Madsen, Paul ...... OL 43 James Skelton LB 6-2 215 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield 4/4 60 Martinez, Adrian ...... OL 44 Luke Diehl LB 6-1 213 So VR Sedalia, Colo./Douglas County 3/3

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Clock Yrs 45 Eric Peitz TE 6-5 251 Jr 2L Crofton, Neb./Crofton 3/2 2 Mason, Leonard ...... RB 46 Ty Whittier DT 6-5 264 Jr 1L Wellington, Colo./Poudre 2/2 72 McDermott, Tyler ...... OL 47 Zach Tiedgen DE 6-4 250 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 4/4 19 McKay, Jarrad ...... S 49 Chad VanderMolen K 5-11 159 So VR Garden Grove, Calif./Tulsa 3/3 6 McPeek, M.J...... QB 50 Kelly Seward DL 6-2 270 Jr VR Yuma, Colo./Hutchinson College 2/2 66 Miller, Guy ...... DT 51 Alex Williams LB 6-2 222 Jr 1L Sidney, Neb./Sidney 2/2 38 Mitchell, Immanuel ...... CB 52 Michael Kawulok LB 6-3 217 So 1L Boulder, Colo./Monarch 4/3 62 Morehead, James ...... DT 53 Cole Pemberton OL 6-7 318 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 1/1 31 Morton, Dion ...... WR 54 Connor Smith OL 6-4 285 Jr 1L Canyon Lake, Texas/Northwestern 2/2 86 Moss, Cameron ...... TE 55 Scott Benedict OL 6-4 289 Sr 3L Aurora, Colo./Rangeview 1/1 7 Mosure, John ...... RB 56 Ricky Brewer LB 6-2 211 Jr 2L Denver, Colo./Mullen 2/2 93 Murphy, Ryan ...... TE 57 Tim Walter OL 6-6 289 Sr 3L Manhattan Beach, Calif./Loyola 1/1 58 Jake Gdowski OL 6-3 301 So VR Grand Island, Neb./Grand Island 3/3 11 Nwoke, Chris ...... RB 58 Cam Loughery LB 6-1 215 Fr HS , Ga./Holy Innocents 5/4 11 Oppenneer, Nick ...... CB 59 Tanner Hedstrom LS 6-1 216 Fr HS Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins 5/4 4 Owens, Brandon ...... CB 60 Adrian Martinez OL 6-4 299 Sr 3L San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente 1/1 36 Pauga, Zac ...... FB 61 Eugene Daniels DL 6-3 240 So VR Fort Hood, Texas/Shoemaker 3/3 45 Peitz, Eric ...... TE 62 James Morehead DT 6-6 320 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 1/1 53 Pemberton, Cole ...... OL 64 Jordan Gragert OL 6-4 257 Fr HS Libby, Mont./Libby 4/4 87 Price, Brennan ...... TE 65 Ryan Griffith OL 6-4 270 Jr 1L Alta Loma, Calif./Los Osos 2/2 16 Ranieri, Nico ...... QB 66 Guy Miller DT 6-3 288 Jr 2L Scott City, Kan./Scott 2/2 37 Richau, Doug ...... FB 67 Josh Tashiro OL 6-2 289 So VR Brighton, Colo./Thornton 3/3 70 Richburg, Weston ...... OL 68 Scott Carter OL 6-3 285 So VR Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 3/3 88 Robinson, Chris ...... WR 70 Weston Richburg OL 6-4 265 Fr HS Amarillo, Texas/Bushland 5/4 71 Scott Albritton LS 6-3 229 Jr 1L San Diego, Calif./Santa Barbara City College 2/2 29 Sargent, Broderick ...... LB/TE 72 Tyler McDermott OL 6-2 270 So VR Lake Worth Fla./Palm Beach Central 3/3 80 Scott, Vernon ...... WR 73 Jared Biard OL 6-7 290 Fr HS League City, Texas/Clear Creek 5/4 50 Seward, Kelly ...... DL 74 Shelley Smith OL 6-4 300 Sr 2L Phoenix, Ariz./Westview 1/1 81 Seymore, Adam ...... TE 75 Brandon Haynes OL 6-3 290 Fr HS Cedar Hill Texas/Dallas Jesuit 5/4 15 Shaw, Marcus ...... CB 76 Paul Madsen OL 6-4 297 So 1L Provo, Utah/San Ramon Valley 3/3 6 Sisson, Mychal ...... LB 77 Joe Caprioglio OL 6-6 290 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch 4/4 43 Skelton, James ...... LB 78 Mark Starr OL 6-5 285 Jr 2L Goodland, Kan./Goodland 2/2 54 Smith, Connor ...... OL 79 Justin Becker OL 6-7 257 Fr HS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 5/4 22 Smith, Elijah-Blu ...... DB 17 80 Vernon Scott WR 6-0 185 Fr HS Muskogee, Okla./Muskogee 5/4 74 Smith, Shelley ...... OL 81 Adam Seymore TE 6-4 250 Jr 2L Alta Loma, Calif./Alta Loma 2/2 14 Square, Alex ...... RB 83 Matt Weems TE 6-4 238 Fr HS Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe 5/4 84 Rashaun Greer WR 6-1 202 Sr 1L North Las Vegas, Nev./Mojave 1/1 78 Starr, Mark ...... OL 85 Blake Swain WR 6-1 181 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Denver East 4/4 8 Steele, Byron ...... WR 86 Cameron Moss TE 6-5 236 Fr HS El Cajon, Calif./Steele Canyon 5/4 90 Stewart, Sam ...... DE 87 Brennan Price TE 6-6 215 Fr RS Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy 4/4 36 Stratton, Alex ...... S 87 Hunter Blevins P 6-0 180 Fr RS Eagle, Colo./Eagle Valley 4/4 18 Stucker, Grant ...... QB 88 Ben Tedford DL 6-6 247 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Columbine 4/4 85 Swain, Blake ...... WR 88 Chris Robinson WR 6-4 170 Fr HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Stoneman Douglas 5/4 67 Tashiro, Josh ...... OL 89 Alex Johnson WR 6-2 192 Fr RS Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek 4/4 30 Taylor, Dru ...... CB 90 Sam Stewart DE 6-3 249 Sr VR Tustin, Calif./Santa Ana College 1/1 88 Tedford, Ben ...... DL 91 C.J. James DE 6-3 241 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Colonial 5/4 5 Thomas, Gerard ...... DB 92 Nuku Latu DT 6-2 287 So 1L Mesa, Ariz./Highland 3/3 13 Thompson, Ezra ...... S 93 Ryan Murphy TE 6-7 245 Fr HS Parker, Colo./Chaparral 5/4 94 Te'Jay Brown DT 6-2 260 Fr HS St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg 5/4 47 Tiedgen, Zach ...... DE 96 Curtis Wilson DL 6-4 240 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek 5/4 49 VanderMolen, Chad ...... K 57 Walter, Tim ...... OL #L — number of varsity letters earned entering 2009; HS — high school; RS — used allotted redshirt year as a freshman; 83 Weems, Matt ...... TE TR — transferred to CSU from Division I FBS school (ineligble for competition/year in residence); VR — varsity reserve 46 Whittier, Ty ...... DT performer; NOTE — Clock years indicate remaining number of years available to play/number of years eligible entering 2 Wilkinson, DeAngelo ...... CB 2009. 51 Williams, Alex ...... LB 96 Wilson, Curtis ...... DL 3 Yemm, Matt ...... WR 32 Zick, Scott ...... DB

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE COLORADO STATE DEPTH CHART ASOFOCT. 26, 2009 OFFENSE

XWR 84 Rashaun Greer 6-1 202 Sr 1L North Las Vegas,Nev./Mojave 1 Ryan Gardner 6-1 180 Sr 1L Fairfield, Calif./Diablo Valley College 9 Marquise Law 6-4 191 Fr RS Miami, Fla./American WT 53 Cole Pemberton 6-7 318 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 65 Ryan Griffith 6-4 270 Jr 1L Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos 77 Joe Caprioglio 6-6 290 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch WG 74 Shelley Smith 6-4 300 Sr 2L Phoenix, Ariz./Westview 58 Jake Gdowski 6-3 301 So VR Grand Island, Neb./Grand Island C 57 Tim Walter 6-6 289 Sr 3L Manhattan Beach, Calif./Loyola 72 Tyler McDermott 6-2 270 So VR Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach Central SG 60 Adrian Martinez 6-4 299 Sr 3L San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente 55 Scott Benedict 6-4 289 Sr 3L Aurora, Colo./Rangeview ST 76 Paul Madsen 6-4 297 So 1L Pleasanton, Calif./San Ramon Valley 78 Mark Starr 6-5 285 Jr 2L Goodland, Kan./Goodland TE 45 Eric Peitz 6-5 251 Jr 2L Crofton, Neb./Crofton 81 Adam Seymore 6-4 250 Jr 2L Alta Loma, Calif./Alta Loma 19 Norman Gee 6-5 249 Sr 1L Severna Park, Md./Duke University YWR 23 Tyson Liggett 5-9 184 Jr 1L Limon, Colo./Limon 4 Jyrone Hickman 6-3 200 Jr JC Pahokee, Fla./Scottsdale Community College 3 Matt Yemm 5-11 187 So 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins ZWR 31 Dion Morton 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./North 17 T.J. Borcky 6-4 202 So 1L Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 8 Byron Steele 6-3 212 Fr RS Arlington, Texas/Lamar QB 18 Grant Stucker 6-2 203 Sr 1L Parker, Colo./Ponderosa 12 Jon Eastman 6-2 219 Jr JC Sandy Utah/Snow College 18 17 T.J. Borcky 6-4 202 So 1L Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep RB 7 John Mosure 5-10 211 Jr 2L Miami, Fla./Columbus 2 Leonard Mason 6-0 216 Jr JC Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./College of the Desert 33 Lou Greenwood 6-0 175 Fr HS Conroe, Texas/Conroe 14 Alex Square 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre FB 36 Zac Pauga 6-0 240 Jr 2L Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain 29 Broderick Sargent 6-2 214 Fr RS Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central 42 Jason Klingerman 6-1 242 Fr RS Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Players Adam Akisanya ...... awk-eh-SAHN-yah Pete Kontodiakos .....cunn-DOH-DEE-aack-iss Nico Ranieri...... NEE-ko ruh-NEAR-ee Scott Albritton...... awl-BRITT-in Klay Kubiak...... KOOB-ee-ack Doug Richau ...... RICK-ow (as in now) Jared Biard...... BEARD Klint Kubiak...... KOOB-ee-ack Mychal Sisson ...... SISS-in Te’Jay Brown ...... T-J Nuku Latu...... NOO-koo LAH-too Gerard Thomas ...... jurr-ARD Joe Capriolglio...... KAP-ree-OH-lee-oh Marquise Law ...... mar-KEECE Zach Tiedgen ...... TEE-jin Andy Clements...... KLEMM-ints Tyson Liggett...... LIGG-itt Ty Whittier ...... WHITT-ee-er Ben DeLine ...... duh-LINE Cam Loughery...... LOCK-err-ee Luke Diehl ...... DEEL Cory Macon ...... MAKE-in Coaches/Staff Josh Gabler...... GABB-ler Immanuel Mitchel...... E-man-you-ell Marc Lubick...... LOOB-ik Jake Gdowski...... guh-DOW-skee Dion Morton...... DEE-on Terry DeZeeuw ...... duh-ZAY-o Norman Gee...... JEE John Mosure ...... MOH-zyur Tom Ehlers ...... L-ers Jordan Gragert...... GRAY-gurt Chris Nwoke ...... WOH-kay Paul Kowalczyk...... kuh-WALL-check Rashaun Greer ...... ray-SHAWN Nick Oppenneer...... awp-in-EER Jyrone Hickman ...... jy-ROWN Zac Pauga ...... pah-UNG-ah Michael Kawulok ...... kuh-WALL-ik Eric Peitz...... PYTS

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE COLORADO STATE DEPTH CHART ASOFOCT. 26, 2009 DEFENSE

RE 46 Ty Whittier 6-5 264 Jr 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 47 Zach Tiedgen 6-4 250 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 91 C.J. James 6-3 241 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Colonial DT 62 James Morehead 6-6 320 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 92 Nuku Latu 6-2 287 So 1L Gilbert, Ariz./Highland 88 Ben Tedford 6-6 247 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Columbine NG 66 Guy Miller 6-3 288 Jr 2L Scott City, Kan./Scott City 92 Nuku Latu 6-2 287 So 1L Gilbert, Ariz./Highland 50 Kelly Seward 6-2 270 Jr VR Yuma, Colo./Hutchinson College LE 24 Cory Macon 6-6 242 Jr 1L Anchorage, Alaska/East 61 Eugene Daniels 6-3 240 So VR Fort Hood, Texas/Shoemaker 90 Sam Stewart 6-3 249 Sr VR Garden Grove, Calif./Santa Ana College SLB 39 Davis Burl 6-2 205 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Grandview 29 Broderick Sargent 6-2 214 Fr RS Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central MLB 51 Alex Williams OR 6-2 222 Jr 1L Sidney, Neb./Sidney 3 Chris Gipson 5-11 215 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Kimball WLB 6 Mychal Sisson 5-11 203 So 1L Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 43 James Skelton 6-2 215 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield RCB 11 Nick Oppenneer 5-10 182 Sr 2L Littleton, Colo./University of Mary 15 Marcus Shaw 5-8 174 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Duncanville LCB 5 Gerard Thomas 5-9 171 So 1L Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola 2 DeAngelo Wilkinson 5-10 181 Jr 1L Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman 4 Brandon Owens 6-0 178 So 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Ridgeview FS 22 Elijah-Blu Smith 5-11 186 So 1L Los Angeles, Calif./Crenshaw 19 Jarrad McKay 6-0 192 So VR Wheat Ridge, Colo./Lakewood 32 Scott Zick 6-0 186 Jr 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins SS 35 Ivory Herd 5-11 191 So 1L Vista, Calif./Rancho Buena Vista 19 25 Travis Ford 6-3 205 Jr JC Oakland, Calif./Laney Community College

SPECIAL TEAMS P 41 Pete Kontodiakos 6-3 185 Fr HS Tarpon Springs, Fla./Countryside PK 14 Ben DeLine 6-0 175 So 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs 49 Chad VanderMolen 5-11 159 So VR Garden Grove, Calif./University of Tulsa LS 71 Scott Albritton 6-3 229 Jr 1L San Diego, Calif./Santa Barbara City College 59 Tanner Hedstrom 6-1 216 Fr HS Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins H 3 Matt Yemm 5-11 187 So VR Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins 11 Nick Oppenneer 5-10 182 Sr 2L Littleton, Colo./University of Mary KR 31 Dion Morton 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./North 33 Lou Greenwood 6-0 175 Fr HS Conroe, Texas/Conroe 7 John Mosure 5-10 211 Jr 2L Miami, Fla./Columbus PR 31 Dion Morton 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./North 5 Gerard Thomas 5-9 171 So 1L Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola 14 Alex Square 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE 2009 STATISTICS WON 3, LOST 5 (0-4 MOUNTAIN WEST) RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Mason, Leonard ...... 7 107 535 24 511 4.8 2 44 73.0 Mosure, John ...... 7 81 389 15 374 4.6 3 24 53.4 Greer, Rashaun ...... 8 2 48 0 48 24.0 0 45 6.0 RESULTS (*—Mountain West game) Attend Time Square, Alex ...... 5 10 40 4 36 3.6 0 11 7.2 S 6 @. Colorado FSN W, 23-17 53,168 3:23 Morton, Dion ...... 8 7 55 20 35 5.0 1 26 4.4 S12 Weber State - W, 24-23 23,417 3:04 Greenwood, Lou ...... 7 15 40 6 34 2.3 0 10 4.9 S19 Nevada - W, 35-20 24,967 2:59 Pauga, Zac ...... 8 6 20 0 20 3.3 0 7 2.5 S26 @BYU The Mtn. L, 23-42 64,091 3:14 Borcky, T.J...... 5 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.4 O3 @Idaho ESPNU L, 29-31 16,000 3:23 Walter, Tim ...... 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 O10 Utah The Mtn. L, 17-24 30,499 2:48 Eastman, Jon ...... 2 1 0 11 -11 -11.0 0 0 -5.5 O17 @TCU VS. L, 6-44 31,156 2:57 TEAM ...... 3 5 0 14 -14 -2.8 0 0 -4.7 O24 SDSU The Mtn. L, 28-42 20,631 3:00 Stucker, Grant ...... 8 27 74 123 -49 -1.8 1 35 -6.1 Total...... 8 262 1203 217 986 3.8 8 45 123.2 Opponents...... 8 273 1211 197 1014 3.7 13 31 126.8

PASSING G Effic Cmp- Att- Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G CSU OPP TEAM STATISTICS Stucker, Grant ...... 8 127.3 112-212-11 52.8 1670 12 57 208.8 SCORING ...... 185 243 Eastman, Jon ...... 2 149.0 3-5-0 60.0 53 0 44 26.5 Points Per Game ...... 23.1 30.4 Morton, Dion ...... 8 703.0 2-2-0 100.0 65 2 40 8.1 FIRST DOWNS ...... 142 177 Mosure, John ...... 7 623.2 1-1-0 100.0 23 1 23 3.3 Rushing ...... 52 61 Total...... 8 135.3 118-220-11 53.6 1811 15 57 226.4 Passing ...... 79 105 Opponents...... 8 145.2 190-291-9 65.3 2236 19 60 279.5 Penalty ...... 11 11 RUSHING YARDAGE ...... 986 1014 Yards gained rushing ...... 1203 1211 Yards lost rushing ...... 217 197 Rushing Attempts ...... 262 273 RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Rush ...... 3.8 3.7 Greer, Rashaun ...... 8 29 544 18.8 0 57 68.0 Average Per Game ...... 123.2 126.8 Morton, Dion ...... 8 20 373 18.6 4 57 46.6 TDs Rushing ...... 8 13 Liggett, Tyson ...... 8 15 227 15.1 3 40 28.4 PASSING YARDAGE ...... 1811 2236 Peitz, Eric ...... 8 13 107 8.2 3 25 13.4 20 Comp-Att-Int ...... 118-220-11 190-291-9 Pauga, Zac ...... 8 11 120 10.9 2 32 15.0 Average Per Pass ...... 8.2 7.7 Mosure, John ...... 7 11 115 10.5 1 19 16.4 Average Per Catch ...... 15.3 11.8 Greenwood, Lou ...... 7 5 92 18.4 1 39 13.1 Average Per Game ...... 226.4 279.5 Mason, Leonard ...... 7 5 29 5.8 0 13 4.1 TDs Passing ...... 15 19 Yemm, Matt ...... 8 3 33 11.0 0 18 4.1 TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 2797 3250 Borcky, T.J...... 5 2 35 17.5 0 19 7.0 Total Plays ...... 482 564 Steele, Byron ...... 2 1 44 44.0 0 44 22.0 Average Per Play ...... 5.8 5.8 Gardner, Ryan ...... 7 1 43 43.0 0 43 6.1 Average Per Game ...... 349.6 406.2 Stucker, Grant ...... 8 1 40 40.0 1 40 5.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 37-886 35-844 Square, Alex ...... 5 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.8 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 9-98 16-213 Total...... 8 118 1811 15.3 15 57 226.4 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 9-130 11-104 Opponents...... 8 190 2236 11.8 19 60 279.5 KICK RETURN AVERAGE ...... 23.9 24.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ...... 10.9 13.3 |——— PATs ———| TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts INT RETURN AVERAGE ...... 14.4 9.5 SCORING FUMBLES-LOST ...... 7-1 14-7 DeLine, Ben ...... 0 9-12 20-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 47 PENALTIES-Yards ...... 41-373 55-503 Morton, Dion ...... 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Average Per Game ...... 46.6 62.9 Mosure, John ...... 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 24 PUNTS-Yards ...... 40-1629 28-1205 Liggett, Tyson ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Average Per Punt ...... 40.7 43.0 Peitz, Eric ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Net punt average ...... 31.9 36.0 Pauga, Zac ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game ...... 28:28 31:31 Mason, Leonard ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 3RD-DOWN Conversions ...... 30/98 65/118 Stucker, Grant ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 12 3rd-Down Pct ...... 31% 55% Walter, Tim ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 4TH-DOWN Conversions ...... 6/10 5/10 Greenwood, Lou ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 4th-Down Pct ...... 60% 50% Total...... 23 9-12 20-21 0-2 0 0-0 0 0 185 SACKS BY-Yards ...... 15-122 16-129 Opponents...... 33 5-7 26-30 1-1 1 1-1 0 0 243 MISC YARDS ...... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ...... 23 33 UNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ...... 9-12 5-7 P ON-SIDE KICKS ...... 0-1 0-2 KONTODIAKOS, Pete ...... 39 1629 41.8 76 7 12 11 7 1 RED-ZONE SCORES ...... 17-21 81% 21-29 72% TEAM ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS ...... 13-21 62% 20-29 69% Total...... 40 1629 40.7 76 7 12 11 7 1 PAT-ATTEMPTS ...... 20-21 95% 26-30 87% Opponents...... 28 1205 43.0 66 5 5 7 7 0 ATTENDANCE ...... 99514 164415 Games/Avg Per Game ...... 4/24878 4/41104 FIELD GOALS M-A Pct 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Neutral Site Games ...... 0/0 DeLine, Ben ...... 9-12 75.0 1-1 2-2 2-4 4-4 0-1 47 0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT — Total Colorado State 72 36 38 39 185 Opponents 24 57 85 77 243

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long Official Press Box |——Tackles——| |-Sacks-||—Pass Def—| |-Fumbles-| Blkd GP UT AT Total ForLossNo-Yards Int-Yds BU PD QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf Thomas, Gerard ...... 7 46 6.6 0 18 DEFENSE Morton, Dion ...... 2 52 26.0 0 41 6 Sisson, Mychal 8 32 28 60 9.5- 40 3.0- 25 . 4 4 3 1 - 6 1 . . Total...... 9 98 10.9 0 41 11 OPPENNEER, Nick 8 29 20 49 0.5 - 0 . 3- 58 4 7 . 1 - 6 . . . Opponents...... 16 213 13.3 1 69 20 Kubiak, Klint 6 26 22 48 1.5 - 7 1.0 - 7 1 - 0 . 1 . . . . . 22 SMITH, Elijah-B 8 29 17 46 . . 3- 54 3 6 . 1- 28 1 . . 3G Gipson, Chris 7 18 18 36 2.5 - 9 2.0 - 8 . 3 3 . . . . . KICKOFF RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long 5 Thomas, Gerard 7 23 9 32 . . . 4 4 . . . . . Morton, Dion ...... 22 573 26.0 0 43 52 KAWULOK, Michae 8 18 13 31 1.5 - 4 . 1 - 0 2 3 . . 1 . . Greenwood, Lou ...... 11 224 20.4 0 38 51 Williams, Alex 5 13 17 30 2.5 - 4 . . 1 1 . 2 - 0 1 . . Mosure, John ...... 3 63 21.0 0 30 2A WILKINSON, DeAn 8 18 9 27 . . . 3 3 1 1 - 0 . . . Thomas, Gerard ...... 1 26 26.0 0 26 24 Macon, Cory 7 11 14 25 3.5- 40 2.5- 22 . . . 1 . . . . Total...... 37 886 23.9 0 43 43 Skelton, James 8 12 12 24 0.5 - 1 . 1- 18 . 1 1 . . . . Opponents...... 35 844 24.1 0 50 66 Miller, Guy 8 13 10 23 5.5- 26 2.0- 20 . 1 1 1 1 - 0 1 . . 35 Herd, Ivory 8 9 10 19 . . . 1 1 . . . . . INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long 62 MOREHEAD, James 8 6 9 15 3.0- 19 1.5- 13 . . . 2 . . 1 . OPPENNEER, Nick ...... 3 58 19.3 0 58 46 Whittier, Ty 7 6 5 11 1.0- 10 1.0- 10 . . . 1 . . . . SMITH, Elijah-B ...... 3 54 18.0 0 22 47 Tiedgen, Zach 7 3 8 11 1.0 - 4 0.5 - 2 . . . 3 . . . . Kubiak, Klint ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 39 Burl, Davis 8 4 6 10 ...... KAWULOK, Michae ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 25 Ford, Travis 7 7 1 8 ...... Skelton, James ...... 1 18 18.0 0 18 91 James, C.J. 7 3 5 8 0.5 - 0 . . . . 2 . . . . Total...... 9 130 14.4 0 58 61 DANIELS, Eugene 3 4 3 7 1.5 - 9 0.5 - 6 . 1 1 . . . . . Opponents...... 11 104 9.5 0 42 92 Latu, Nuku 8 2 4 6 0.5 - 0 ...... 1C McKay, Jarrad 7 6 . 6 ...... 32 Zick, Scott 7 3 2 5 ...... 4A Owens, Brandon 5 1 4 5 ...... TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 26 Good, Derek 7 2 3 5 ...... Stucker, Grant ...... 8 239 -49 1670 1621 202.6 29 SARGENT, Broder 8 4 . 4 ...... Mason, Leonard ...... 7 107 511 0 511 73.0 27 Gabler, Josh 8 3 1 4 ...... Mosure, John ...... 7 82 374 23 397 56.7 68 Carter, Scott 8 2 1 3 ...... Morton, Dion ...... 8 9 35 65 100 12.5 49 VANDERMOLEN, Ch 5 2 1 3 ...... Greer, Rashaun ...... 8 2 48 0 48 6.0 25 Ford, T. 1 1 2 3 ...... Eastman, Jon ...... 2 6 -11 53 42 21.0 19 Gee, Norman 8 1 2 3 ...... Square, Alex ...... 5 10 36 0 36 7.2 71 ALBRITTON, Scot 6 2 1 3 ...... Greenwood, Lou ...... 7 15 34 0 34 4.9 15 Shaw, Marcus 7 3 . 3 . . . . . 1 . . . . Pauga, Zac ...... 8 6 20 0 20 2.5 60 MARTINEZ, Adria 8 1 1 2 ...... Borcky, T.J...... 5 1 2 0 2 0.4 28 Clements, Andy 1 . 1 1 0.5 - 6 0.5 - 6 . . . . . 1 . . TEAM ...... 3 5 -14 0 -14 -4.7 50 Seward, Kelly 1 . 1 1 0.5 - 3 0.5 - 3 ...... Total...... 8 482 986 1811 2797 349.6 88 Tedford, Ben 2 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . Opponents...... 8 564 1014 2236 3250 406.2 58 Gdowski, Jake 7 1 . 1 ...... 21 36 Pauga, Zac 8 1 . 1 ...... TEAM 3 1 . 1 ...... 31 Morton, Dion 8 . 1 1 ...... Total...... 8 321 261 582 36- 182 15- 122 9- 13027 36 17 7- 40 6 1 . G Rush Rec PR KR IR Tot Avg ALL-PURPOSE Opponents...... 8 311 183 494 44- 195 16- 12911- 10431 42 12 1 - 0 4 2 . Morton, Dion ...... 8 35 373 52 573 0 1033 129.1 Greer, Rashaun ...... 8 48 544 0 0 0 592 74.0 Mosure, John ...... 7 374 115 0 63 0 552 78.9 COACHES FILM DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Mason, Leonard ...... 7 511 29 0 0 0 540 77.1 GP Plays UT AT TFL Sk QBH FF FR PD PBU INT Big Hit Exc Hustle Greenwood, Lou ...... 7 34 92 0 224 0 350 50.0 Burl 3 89 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liggett, Tyson ...... 8 0 227 0 0 0 227 28.4 Clements 2 13 0 1 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pauga, Zac ...... 8 20 120 0 0 0 140 17.5 Daniels 4 34 5 1 1.5 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peitz, Eric ...... 8 0 107 0 0 0 107 13.4 Ford 2 39 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas, Gerard ...... 7 0 0 46 26 0 72 10.3 Gipson 6 277 28 13 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 OPPENNEER, Nick . . . . .8 0 0 0 0 58 58 7.2 Herd 5 179 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SMITH, Elijah-B ...... 8 0 0 0 0 54 54 6.8 James 7 144 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Square, Alex ...... 5 36 9 0 0 0 45 9.0 Kawulok 8 416 30 18 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 Steele, Byron ...... 2 0 44 0 0 0 44 22.0 Kubiak 6 362 29 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 Gardner, Ryan ...... 7 0 43 0 0 0 43 6.1 Latu 8 156 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borcky, T.J...... 5 2 35 0 0 0 37 7.4 Macon 7 423 16 12 3.5 2.5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Yemm, Matt ...... 8 0 33 0 0 0 33 4.1 Miller 8 509 24 8 7 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Skelton, James ...... 8 0 0 0 0 18 18 2.2 Morehead 8 381 17 9 3.5 1.5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Stucker, Grant ...... 8 -49 40 0 0 0 -9 -1.1 Oppenneer 8 490 33 19 0 0 0 0 1 12 9 3 0 0 Eastman, Jon ...... 2 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -5.5 Owens 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ...... 3 -14 0 0 0 0 -14 -4.7 Seward 1 21 0 2 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total...... 8 986 1811 98 886 130 3911 488.9 Shaw 4 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Opponents...... 8 1014 2236 213 844 104 4411 551.4 Sisson 8 539 51 24 9 3 4 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 FG SEQUENCE CSU OPPONENTS Skelton 8 175 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 smith 8 478 39 14 1 0 0 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 Colorado ...... (29),(45),(18) (54) Stewart 2 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weber State ...... (28),38 34,(47) Tedford 1 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada ...... - - Thomas 7 428 20 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 BYU ...... 32,(38) - Tiedgen 7 232 3 5 0.5 0.5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho ...... 50,(43) (47) Whittier 6 291 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utah ...... (43) (41) Wilkinson 8 238 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 TCU ...... (31),(47) (36) Williams 4 269 21 17 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 San Diego State ...... - 32

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE THE LAST TIME INDIVIDUAL COLORADO STATE OPPONENT 30 Rushing Attempts 30 Gartrell Johnson III vs. New Mexico; Nov. 15, 2008 31 Chad Hall, vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 200 Yards Rushing 285 Gartrell Johnson III vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 256 Chad Hall, vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 100 Yards Rushing 130 John Mosure vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 102 Eddie Wide vs. Utah; Oct. 10, 2009 4 Touchdowns Rushing 4 Todd Yert vs. Cal State-Fullerton; Sept. 16, 1989 4 Chad Hall, vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 3 Touchdowns Rushing 3 Gartrell Johnson III vs. UNLV; Oct. 4, 2008 3 Harvey Unga, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 400 Yards Passing 419 Justin Holland vs. Wyoming; Oct. 22, 2005 459 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 350 Yards Passing 372 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 389 Max Hall, vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 50 Pass Attempts 51 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 55 Case Keenum, vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 40 Pass Attempts 40 Caleb Hanie vs. New Mexico; Oct. 28, 2006 43 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 30 Pass Attempts 35 Grant Stucker, at Idaho, Oct. 3, 2009 38 Nathan Enderle, at Idaho, Oct. 3, 2009 25 Pass Completions 31 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 29 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 20 Pass Completions 24 Billy Farris vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 21 Chris Stutzriem, at Wyoming; Nov. 22, 2008 4 Touchdown Passes 4 Grant Stucker, at Idaho, Oct. 3, 2009 6 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 400 Yards Total Offense 400 Justin Holland vs. Wyoming; Oct. 22, 2005 450 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 300 Yards Total Offense 336 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 319 Terrance Cain vs. Utah; Oct. 10, 2009 10 Receptions 11 Tyson Liggett, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 15 DeMarcus Sampson, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 200 Receiving Yards 211 Rashaun Greer vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 257 DeMarcsu Sampson, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 3 Touchdown Receptions 3 Dion Morton at Wyoming; Nov. 22, 2008 3 DeMarcsu Sampson, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 3 Field Goals Made 3 Ben DeLine at CU; Sept. 6, 2009 4 John Sullivan, at New Mexico, Nov. 10, 2007 2 Pass Interceptions 2 Darryl Williams at UNLV; Oct. 20, 2007 3 R. Johnson vs. Utah; Oct. 10, 2009 50-Yard Field Goal 52 Jason Smith at Utah; Oct. 18, 2008 54 Aric Goodman, at CU; Sept. 6, 2009 60-Yard Punt 60 Pete Kontodiakos vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 66 Mike Snoy, vs. Weber State; Sept. 12, 2009 Kickoff Return For Touchdown 90 John Mosure vs. CU; Aug. 31, 2008 93 Davion Mauldin at San Diego State; Oct. 25, 2008 Punt Return For Touchdown 58 Damon Morton at Fresno State; Sept. 30, 2006 69 Jeremy Kerly at TCU; Oct.17, 2009 Fumble Return For Touchdown 20 Mychal Sisson vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 37 Kenneth Fontenette, at Houston; Sept. 22, 2007 Interception Return For Touchdown 31 Jesse Nading at BYU, Nov. 3, 2007 24 Ward Dobbs at Wyoming; Nov. 22, 2008 TEAM COLORADO STATE OPPONENT 30 First Downs 30 at San Diego State; Nov. 16, 2002 32 vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 400 Yards Rushing 440 at BYU; Nov. 1, 2001 410 at BYU; Nov. 1, 2001 300 Yards Rushing 362 vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 335 at Utah; Oct. 18, 2008 60 Rushing Attempts 70 at Utah; Oct. 28, 1989 60 vs. Georgia Southern; Nov. 17, 2007 50 Rushing Attempts 52 vs. Wyoming; Nov. 23, 2007 51 at Air Force; Nov. 8, 2008 4 Rushing Touchdowns 4 vs. Weber State; Sept. 2, 2006 4 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 400 Yards Passing 419 vs. Wyoming; Oct. 22, 2005 459 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 50 Pass Attempts 51 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 55 vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 40 Pass Attempts 40 vs. New Mexico; Oct. 28, 2006 43 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 30 Pass Completions 31 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 35 vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 4 Touchdown Passes 4 vs. Idaho; Oct. 10, 2009 6 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 600 Yards Total Offense 619 vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 606 vs. TCU; Nov. 25, 2006 80 Total Plays 83 at Cal; Sept. 27, 2008 83 vs. Weber State; Sept. 12, 2009 4 Turnovers 4 vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 5 vs. Nevada; Sept. 19, 2009 0 Turnovers 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 2 Players In Game/100 Yards Rushing 2 at Nevada; Sept. 28, 2002 2 vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 22 3 Players In Game/100 Yards Rushing 3 vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga; Aug. 31, 1996 3 vs. Air Force; Sept. 30, 1989 100-yd. Rusher and 100-yd. Receiver 1 vs. Georgia Southern; Nov. 17, 2007 1 at UNLV; Oct. 20, 2007 10 or Fewer First Downs 7 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 9 at San Diego State; Dec. 2, 2006 4 Passes Had Intercepted 4 vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 5 at New Mexico; Nov. 17, 2001 (CSU record) 100 Yards Or Fewer Rushing 70 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 70 at Idaho; Oct. 4, 2009 300 Yards Or Fewer Total Offense 298 at Utah; Oct. 18, 2008 251 at CU; Sept. 6, 2009 Scored a Safety 1 at New Mexico; Oct. 28, 2005 1 at TCU; Nov. 5, 2005 Blocked Punt 1 at Nevada; Sept. 16, 2006 1 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 2-Point Conversion 1 vs. UNLV; Oct. 4, 2008 1 San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 35:00 Time Of Possession 37:01 at Colorado; Sept. 1, 2007 35:18 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 50 Points Scored 58 at BYU; Oct. 9, 2003 51 vs. Navy; Dec. 22, 2005 (Poinsettia Bowl) Shutout 63-0 vs. Hawaii; Oct. 4, 1997 24-0 at Wyoming. Oct. 21, 2006 0 Points Scored 1st Quarter 0 vs. Utah; Oct. 10, 2009 0 San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 0 Points Scored, 1st Half 0 at Cal; Sept. 27, 2008 0 vs. Nevada; Sept. 19, 2009 0 Points Scored, 3rd Quarter 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 vs. New Mexico, Nov. 15, 2008 0 Points Scored Through 3 Quarters 0 at Wyoming; Oct. 21, 2006 0 at Colorado; Aug. 31, 2002 0 Points Scored, 4th Quarter 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 vs. Weber State; Sept. 12, 2009 0 Points Scored, 2nd Half 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 vs TCU; Oct. 11, 2008 CSU’S W-L RECORD BREAKDOWN 2009 SEASON — 2008 SEASON — UNDER STEVE FAIRCHILD (2008-09) — OVERALL VS. MWC HOME ROAD NEU OVERALL VS. MWC HOME ROAD NEU OVERALL VS. MWC HOME ROAD NEU Overall 3-5 0-4 2-2 1-3 0-0 7-6 4-4 4-2 2-3 1-1 10-11 4-8 6-4 3-6 1-1 On grass 1-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-3 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 On artificial surfaces 2-3 0-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 5-5 3-4 4-2 1-3 0-0 7-8 3-6 6-4 1-4 0-0 When scoring first 3-3 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-3 2-3 3-2 0-1 0-0 6-6 2-5 5-3 1-3 0-0 When opponents scored first 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 4-3 2-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 4-5 2-3 1-1 2-3 1-1 In overtime 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 When leading after first quarter 3-3 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 5-5 1-4 4-3 1-2 0-0 When leading at halftime 2-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 0-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 When leading after third quarter 2-2 0-2 1-2 1-0 0-0 5-0 3-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 7-2 3-2 5-2 2-0 0-0 When trailing after first quarter 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 4-3 3-2 1-0 2-3 1-0 4-5 3-4 1-1 2-4 1-0 When trailing at halftime 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-2 0-0 5-5 3-3 2-1 2-3 1-1 6-7 3-5 3-1 2-5 1-1 When trailing after third quarter 1-3 0-2 1-0 0-3 0-0 2-6 1-4 0-2 1-3 1-1 3-9 1-6 1-2 1-6 1-1 When tied at halftime 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 On Saturday 2-5 0-4 2-2 0-3 0-0 7-5 4-4 4-2 2-3 1-0 9-10 4-8 6-4 2-6 1-0 On Sunday 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 Day games (before 4 p.m.) 2-2 0-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 6-3 3-2 4-1 1-2 1-0 8-5 3-4 6-2 1-3 1-0 Night games (4 p.m./later) 1-3 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 2-6 1-4 0-2 2-3 0-1 When CSU had 100-yard rusher 1-2 0-2 0-2 1-0 0-0 5-1 4-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 6-3 4-3 2-3 3-0 1-0 When CSU had 100-yard receiver 1-3 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-0 4-2 2-2 3-1 1-1 0-0 5-5 2-4 4-2 1-3 0-0 When CSU had 300-yard passer 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 When OPP had 100-yard rusher 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 4-3 3-3 1-1 2-2 1-0 4-5 3-5 1-2 2-3 1-0 When OPP had 100-yard receiver 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-3 2-3 0-1 0-0 When OPP had 300-yard passer 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-0

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | OCT. 26, 2009 | GAME 9 | RAMS VS. AIR FORCE