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BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, UT • (801) 422-8948 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 • www.byucougars.com Football Contact Info. • Jeff Reynolds • [email protected] • (801) 372-2080 • Asst. Football Contact • Kyle Chilton • [email protected] • (801) 378-5737 2005 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD BYU (1-3, 0-2) at New Mexico (3-2, 1-1) Date Opponent Time/Results Sept. 3 No. 22 BOSTON COLLEGE L, 3-20 University Stadium Sept. 10 EASTERN ILLINOIS . W, 45-10 Sept. 24 TCU . L, 50-51 (OT) Albuquerque, N.M. Oct. 1 at San Diego State . L 10-31 October 8, 2005 Oct. 8 at New Mexico . 6 p.m. (SportsWest) 6 p.m. (MT); SportsWest Oct. 15 COLORADO STATE . TBA Oct. 22 at Notre Dame . 1:30 p.m. (NBC) GAME INFORMATION Oct. 29 AIR FORCE . TBA KICKOFF: . 6:07 p.m. (MT) Nov. 5 at UNLV . TBA SITE:. Albuquerque, N.M.; University Stadium (37,370) Nov. 12 at Wyoming . TBA TELEVISION: . .SportsWest (KSL-TV) Nov. 19 UTAH . TBA RADIO (Local): . KSL-Radio; 1160 AM and 102.7 FM (Greg Wrubell, Marc Lyons and James Dye) THE SERIES: . BYU Leads, 39-14-1 2005 QUICK FACTS IN ALBUQUERQUE: . BYU Leads, 19-9-1 Location: . .Provo, Utah LAST MEETING: . 2004: New Mexico Won, 21-14 Founded: . Oct. 15, 1875 Elevation: . 4,553 feet COUGARS CONTINUE ROAD TRIP AT NEW MEXICO Enrollment: . 33,278 After Saturdayʼs 31-10 loss to San Diego State, BYU is now 1-3 overall and 0-2 in the Mountain Nickname: . Cougars West Conference. New Mexico is 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the MWC and is coming off a 49-28 loss to Mascot: . Cosmo TCU. The Cougars and Aztecs were scoreless in the first quarter in last weekendʼs loss but San Di- Colors: . Dark Blue and White ego State took control in the second quarter, outscoring BYU 17-3. The Aztecs extended their lead Stadium (capacity): . LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) to 24-3 in the third before Fahu Tahi scored on a one-yard run to pull the Cougars within 14 at 24- Surface: . Natural Grass 10. San Diego State answered after Tahiʼs run, scoring the final touchdown of the day, and putting Conference: . Mountain West Conference the game out of reach. John Beck threw for 261 yards on the night while Jonny Harline set career President: . Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson highs with seven receptions for 123 yards. Tahi also set career highs with eight catches for 80 yards. Athletics Director: . Tom Holmoe Head Coach: . Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, ‘88) Seasons: . .First Year A LOOK AT THE LOBOS Career Record: . 1-2 The Lobos are off to a 3-2 overall start and have a 1-1 MWC record. Seasons at BYU: . .First Year New Mexico started the season 3-0 but have suffered back-to-back Record at BYU: . 1-2 losses to UTEP and TCU. The Lobosʼ conference win came in a 2004 Overall Record: . 5-6 (.455) season-opening win over UNLV, 24-22. New Mexico also defeated MWC Record: . 4-3 Missouri of the Big 12 and New Mexico State. The Lobos lost 21-13 Final Conference Finish: . 3rd to UTEP before their setback against TCU. Quarterback Kole Mc- First Year of Football: . 1922 Mamey leads the team with his arm and legs. He has thrown for 1,029 yards and nine touchdowns All-time Record: . 457-362-26 (.556) through five games and is second on the team in rushing yards and touchdowns with 268 yards and All-time Home Record: . 248-125-6 (.662) two scores. Dontrell Moore is the leading rusher with 543 yards and five touchdowns. He is averag- All-time Road Record: . 190-219-19 (.466) ing 108.6 yards per game and 5.0 yards per carry. Moore had a solid game versus TCU, running 21 All-time Neutral Record: . 19-18-1 (.513) times for 129 yards and three touchdowns. Moore has rushed for over 100 yards in three-consecu- All-time MWC Record: . 25-19-0 (.568) tive contests. Hank Baskett has nearly identical statistics to those of Moore with 543 receiving yards All-time MWC Home Record: . 12-10 (.545) and five touchdowns. He is averaging 17.0 yards per reception. Gabriel Fulbright leads the Lobos on All-time MWC Road Record: . 13-9 (.591) defense with five interceptions, including two games with two picks. Stadium Record: . 176-60 (.746) Stadium Record (since 1982 expansion): . 107-38 (.738) COMPLETE BROADCAST PLANS Stadium Record (since renaming in 2000): . 16-12 (.571) TELEVISION: SportsWest will broadcast BYUʼs game against New Mexico. Kickoff is scheduled Conference Championships: . 21 for 6 p.m. (MT). The game can be viewed in Utah on KSL-TV Channel 5. Bowl Game Appearances: . 23 Last Bowl Appearance: . 2001, Liberty Bowl RADIO: Fans can also catch the game by tuning into KSL Radio, 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, and Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 40/21 follow the game live as Greg Wrubell calls the action, Marc Lyons offers expert analysis and James Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 19/11 Dye reports from the sideline. Defensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 21/10 Starters Returning/Lost: . 13/9 INTERNET: A live audio stream will be available on the following URL: http://ksl.com Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: . 7/4 Offensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 SERIES INFORMATION Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . .6/5 Saturdayʼs game will be the 55th meeting between BYU and New Mexico. The Cougars lead the Defensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 overall series 39-14-1 and hold a 19-9-1 advantage in Albuquerque. The Cougars have won the last three meetings in Albuquerque and five of the last seven. Last season, BYU fell at home to the Lo- bos 21-14. BYU took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when punter Matt Payne passed to Riley Weber on a trick play in the first quater. The Lobos then ran off 21-consecutive points before Beck passed to Fahu Tahi for a score to make it 21-14. The Cougars got the ball back with a chance to tie late in the game, but fumbled it away. BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL Page 2 • BYU Football 2005 CAREER HIGHS LONGEST GAME Tight end Jonny Harline had the best game off his career against San Diego State, The game versus TCU lasted 4 hours and 42 minutes. While the NCAA has been catching seven passes for 123 yards. Both numbers were career highs. Fahu Tahi also set unable to verify the length of the longest game in history, it is believed that the BYU career highs for receptions and receiving yards as he caught eight passes for 80 yards. vs. TCU game is the longest. Arkansas has played in two, seven-overtime period games. The first was against Kentucky in 2003 and lasted 4 hours and 30 minutes. TACKLES FOR LOSS IN FIRST QUARTER The other was against Ole Miss in 2001 and lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes. BYUʼs game versus Hawai`i in 2001 lasted 4 hours and 24 minutes. Following is a list of The Cougar defense made itself at home in the Aztec backfield in the first quarter on some of BYUʼs longest games: Saturday, registering five tackles for a loss of 23 yards. Aaron Wagner led the way with 1.5 while Justin Maddux and Markell Staffieri had 1.0 a piece and T.J. Sitake, Date Opponent Time Result Nathan Soelberg and Dustin Gabriel each had an assist. 9/24/05 vs. TCU 4:42 L, 50-51 12/8/01 at Hawai`i 4:24 L, 45-72 TRAILING AT THE HALF 9/7/89 vs. Washington State 4:04 L, 41-46 Including the 2004 season and Saturday nightʼs game at San Diego State, the Cougars 11/24/84 vs. Utah State 4:03 W, 38-13 have trailed at the half in eight of 15 games. BYUʼs record is 1-7 in those eight games, 9/6/02 vs. Hawai`i 4:00 W, 35-32 including a 31-10 loss to the Aztecs. 10/8/94 at Fresno State 3:54 W, 32-30 11/16/91 at San Diego State 3:54 T, 52-52 IN GOOD COMPANY 11/20/93 vs. Utah 3:53 L, 31-34 9/4/93 at New Mexico 3:50 W, 34-31 Through his freshman and sophomore years, John Beck compiled 3,427 yards 10/30/93 at Utah State 3:50 L, 56-58 passing. Only two BYU quarterbacks passed for more yards in their first two years of college football. Heisman trophy winner Ty Detmer recorded 5,812 yards in 1988-89, including 4,560 in 1989 as a sophomore. John Walsh had 4,678 yards from FIRST DRIVE SHUTOUS 1991-93, including 3,727 as a sophomore in 1993. He threw for 857 in 1992 before The Cougar defense has shutout its opponents on their opening drive for 18-consecu- going down with a shoulder injury and being granted a medical redshirt. Four games tive games, including Saturday against San Diego State. The last team to score on its into his junior season, Beck has thrown for 4,790 yards, including 1,363 yards this opening drive was UNLV, Oct. 25, 2003, when the Rebels managed a field goal to season. Following lists each playersʼ total yards through three games as a junior. open the game. The last team to score a touchdown on its opening drive against the Cougars was Colorado State on Oct. 9, 2003.