BIG EAST Football Report Week 3 • Sept. 7, 2008

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Contact: Chuck Sullivan, Director of Communications ([email protected] • 401.453.0660); John Paquette, Associate Commissioner ([email protected]) 2008 Standings BIG EAST OVERALL School (AP/USA Today) W-L Pct PF PA h A W-L Pct PF PA h A N Streak Connecticut (rv/rv) 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1.000 47 9 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 USF (17/18) 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1.000 87 31 1-0 1-0 0-0 Won 2 Cincinnati (rv/rv) 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500 66 59 1-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 Louisville 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500 53 37 1-1 0-0 0-0 Won 1 Pittsburgh 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500 44 43 1-1 0-0 0-0 Won 1 West Virginia (8/8) 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500 51 45 1-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 Rutgers (rv/-) 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 .000 7 24 0-1 0-0 0-0 Lost 1 Syracuse 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-2 .000 38 72 0-1 0-1 0-0 Lost 6

Sept. 2 Associated Press Top 25: 8 - West Virginia, 17 - USF, rv - Cincinnati, Connecticut, Rutgers. Sept. 2 USA Today Top 25: 8 - West Virginia, 18 - USF, rv - Cincinnati, Connecticut.

THIS WEEK WEEK 2 ROUNDUP

Thursday, September 11 Four BIG EAST teams came away with wins on a busy Saturday, with two teams scoring overtime North Carolina at Rutgers...... 7:30 p.m. decisions to remain unbeaten. Television: ESPN Series: Rutgers leads, 3-0 Connecticut and USF pulled out overtime wins on the road under dramatically different conditions to Last Meeting: Sept. 2, 2006 — Rutgers, 21-16 stand at 2-0 thus far. Pittsburgh and Louisville, meanwhile, both defended their home stadiums Saturday to pick up their first wins of the season. Friday, September 12 Connecticut, which held off upset-minded Temple last year at Rentschler Field, found itself battling Kansas at USF...... 8 p.m. Television: ESPN2 harsh weather in Philadelphia and an Owl team driven by the previous result. The Huskies used a pair Series: Kansas leads, 1-0 of Tony Ciaravino field goals in the fourth quarter to force overtime, however, before Donald Brown Last Meeting: Sept. 23, 2006 — Kansas, 13-7 capped his career day with a 7-yard touchdown run in the extra period to give Connecticut a 12-9 win. It marked the second straight game in which the Huskies held their opponent without a touchdown.

Saturday, September 13 USF, meanwhile, dominated just about every statistical category against Central Florida, but saw the Penn State at Syracuse...... 3:30 p.m. Knights score twice in the last 2:14 of regulation to tie the score at 24-24. Bull quarterback Matt Grothe Television: ABC took over from there as he found Taurus Johnson for a 25-yard touchdown on USF’s first possession Series: Penn State leads, 40-23-5 of OT, and the Bull defense denied the Knights on fourth-and-5 to clinch the 31-24 win. Grothe gained Last Meeting: Oct. 13, 1990 — Penn State, 27-21 400 yards of offense (346 passing, 54 rushing) and threw three touchdown passes. Virginia at Connecticut...... 7:30 p.m. Television: ESPNU Pittsburgh held a one-point halftime lead against upset-minded Buffalo at Heinz Field before the Series: Virginia leads, 1-0 Panthers pulled away in the second half of a 27-16 victory. All of Pitt’s scoring came from the tandem Last Meeting: Oct. 13, 2007 — Virginia, 17-16 of running back LeSean McCoy, who ran for three touchdowns, and kicker Conor Lee, who added two field goals and three PATs.

Louisville had little drama in its 51-10 win against Tennessee Tech as the Cardinals gained 451 offensive Bye Weeks yards while adding touchdowns on defense and special teams. The Louisville defense remained stout Cincinnati Next Game: Sept. 20 vs. Miami (Ohio) through two games as the Cardinals held the visitors to 13 plays that went for negative yardage and allowed just 176 yards of offense. Louisville Next Game: Sept. 17 vs. Kansas State (ESPN2) Cincinnati and West Virginia saw their records level at 1-1 with tough road losses. The Bearcats fell at No. 4 Oklahoma 52-26 despite 365 all-purpose yards from Mardy Gilyard, who had 119 receiving Pittsburgh yards and a BIG EAST-record 246 yards on kickoff returns, including a 95-yard touchdown. The eighth- Next Game: Sept. 20 vs. Iowa ranked Mountaineers dropped a 24-3 decision at East Carolina, which registered its third straight win against a top-25 program. West Virginia Next Game: Sept. 18 at Colorado (ESPN) Syracuse fell to 0-2 despite a second-half comeback from a 14-point deficit against Akron at the Carrier Dome. The Zips had the final answer, however, as the visitors scored the last 14 points of the game in a 42-28 Akron win. The Orange got a career-high 143 rushing yards from Curtis Brinkley, while quarterback Cameron Dantley threw three touchdown passes in just his second career start. BIG EAST NOTEBOOK

Better Than Ever Sharing The Wealth Pickoff Moves Under its current alignment, the BIG EAST was Connecticut is the seventh different team in the Cincinnati CB DeAngelo Smith and S Mike Mickens a combined 89-37 in nonleague games. (.706) last six years that has won at least a piece of the combined for 14 interceptions in 2007. Smith had through the end of the 2007 season. That stands BIG EAST title. eight picks to rank second nationally, while Mickens as the best three-year nonleague record in the had six and was 18th in the country. Connecticut history of the conference. Behind Center FS Robert Vaughn had seven picks and was fourth Six of the eight BIG EAST schools return their nationally. BIG EAST Nonconference Record starting quarterbacks from last season. Only Cin- Includes Bowl Games cinnati (Ben Mauk) and Louisville (Brian Brohm) Just Win Year Won Lost Tied Pct. are without their starting QBs from last year. A Connecticut and USF both matched their program 2007 32 13 0 .711 quick look at who’s back behind center: records with nine wins in 2007. Cincinnati tied its 2006 37 8 0 .822 Connecticut...... Tyler Lorenzen program record by winning 10 games last season. 2005 20 16 0 .556 Pittsburgh...... Bill Stull/Pat Bostick West Virginia reached 11 wins for the fifth time 2004 23 16 0 .590 Rutgers...... Mike Teel in program history and the third consecutive 2003 27 18 0 .600 USF...... Matt Grothe season. 2002 30 16 0 .652 Syracuse...... Andrew Robinson 2001 26 12 0 .684 West Virginia...... Pat White Big Returns 2000 28 9 0 .757 Syracuse sophomore Max Suter set the NCAA 1999 19 18 0 .514 Depth Perception record for kickoff return yardage last season 1998 19 17 0 .528 Seven of the eight BIG EAST teams received (1,299 yards). Suter averaged 25.5 yards on 1997 13 24 0 .351 at least one vote in the preseason USA Today kickoff returns. 1996 20 17 0 .541 coaches poll. Six of the eight schools were 1995 15 20 0 .429 ranked or received votes in the Associated Press Long Distance Runaround 1994 22 15 0 .595 preseason poll. The two longest field goals in BIG EAST history 1993 23 12 1 .653 have been made by active kickers. USF’s Delbert 1992 27 21 2 .560 Poll Positions Alvarado hit a 56-yard attempt against Syracuse 1991 33 21 0 .611 Four of the eight BIG EAST teams were ranked Nov. 11, 2006, and Cincinnati’s Jake Rogers was Total 414 273 3 .602 among the national top 10 during the 2007 season. good from 55 yards against Oregon State Sept. Two different schools — West Virginia and USF — 6, 2007. were ranked No. 2 in the AP poll during the year, The Main Event while West Virginia was ranked No. 1 in the Nov. Good Company The BIG EAST representative to the Bowl Cham- 25 USA Today poll. USF QB Matt Grothe was one of just two players pionship Series has won its BCS bowl in each of nationally to rush for 850 yards and throw for more the last three seasons: The General Consensus than 3,500 yards last season. The other was Heis- USF DE George Selvie and Cincinnati P Kevin Huber man Trophy winner Tim Tebow of Florida. 2007-08 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl were NCAA consensus All-America selections last West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28 year. Selvie was the national leader in tackles for We’ll Take That loss, with a BIG EAST-record 32 in 2007, while USF and Cincinnati tied for the national lead in 2006-07 FedEx Orange Bowl Huber led the nation in punting average (46.9 takeaways (42) in 2007. Louisville 24, Wake Forest 13 yards). Any Way You Want It 2005-06 Nokia Sugar Bowl Top Of The List Rutgers became the first team in college football West Virginia 38, Georgia 35 Three BIG EAST players finished as national statis- history to have a 3,000-yard passer (QB Mike tical leaders in 2007. Pittsburgh LB Scott McKillop Teel), a 2,000-yard rusher (RB Ray Rice) and led the nation in tackles (12.58 per game), Cincin- two 1,000-yard receivers (WRs Kenny Britt and Going Bowling nati P Kevin Huber was first in punting (46.9 yards Tiquan Underwood) in the same season. Britt and Following the 2007 season, BIG EAST schools are per punt), USF DE George Selvie led in tackles for Underwood are the first BIG EAST teammates with 9-2 in their last 11 bowl games. The conference loss (2.42 per game). 1,000-yard seasons in the same year. was 3-2 in bowl games in the 2007 season and 5-0 in 2006. Sudden Impact See Them While You Can Pittsburgh RB LeSean McCoy set the BIG EAST The BIG EAST returns its standing Offensive Player We Are The Champions freshman rushing record in 2007. McCoy rushed of the Year (Pat White, West Virginia), Defensive West Virginia and Connecticut finished the regular for 1,328 yards on 276 carries, breaking the pre- Player of the Year (George Selvie, USF) and Spe- season as BIG EAST Conference co-champions. vious mark of 1,261 yards set by Rutgers’ Terrell cial Teams Player of the Year (Kevin Huber, Cincin- Connecticut got a share of the title when Pitts- Willis in 1993. nati) in 2008. It marks the first time in conference burgh defeated West Virginia in the last game of history that all of the major award winners from the regular season. On The Run one season returned for the following season. West Virginia QB Pat White has set the BIG Four For Five EAST’s single-season record for rushing yards by Repeat Performances West Virginia has won at least a share of four of a quarterback in each of his three seasons with If Pat White is named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the last five BIG EAST championships. the Mountaineers. White has rushed for 3,506 the Year in 2008, he would become the first three- career yards, shattering the BIG EAST quarterback time winner of the award since Donovan McNabb Two For Three record previously held by Rasheed Marshall of of Syracuse won in 1996, 1997 and 1998. George West Virginia has claimed the BIG EAST’s BCS West Virginia (2,040 from 2001-04). Selvie could become the first player to repeat as berth twice in the last three seasons. The Moun- Defensive Player of the Year since Virgina Tech’s taineers were second to Louisville in the 2006 Seventh Heaven Corey Moore won in 1998 and 1999. The last standings. Pat White enters his senior year ranked seventh player to repeat as Special Teams Player of the on the BIG EAST’s career rushing chart. He is the Year was Pittsburgh’s Andy Lee, who shared the Making History only quarterback in the all-time top 10. award in 2002 and 2003. Connecticut’s BIG EAST title is the Huskies’ first in just four years as a member of the conference. TEAM NOTEBOOKS

CINCINNATI LOUISVILLE RUTGERS SYRACUSE (1-1, 0-0) (1-1, 0-0) (0-1, 0-0) (0-2, 0-0)

Cincinnati trailed No. 4 Okla- Louisville, which was held Rutgers and Fresno State Syracuse rallied from a homa by eight points at half- without a touchdown were locked in a scoreless 14-point halftime deficit to time, but saw the Sooners take con- against Kentucky in its first game of tie into the third quarter, but the forge a 28-28 tie against Akron, trol of the final 30 minutes in a 52-26 the season, scored early and often Bulldogs put 24 second-half points but the Zips countered with 14 loss in Norman, Okla. … The Bearcats against Tennessee Tech, cruising to on the board to take a 24-7 win in the unanswered points to take a 42-28 also will have to deal with the loss of a 51-10 win at Papa John’s Cardinal season-opener at Rutgers Stadium decision at the Carrier Dome … RB starting QB Dustin Grutza, who suf- Stadium … The Cardinals amassed … The Scarlet Knights held Fresno Curtis Brinkley rushed for a career- fered a broken leg and is expected to 451 yards of offense and added State to six punts on seven first-half high 143 yards with a touchdown be out for at least a month … Grutza touchdowns on defense and special possessions, with the halftime gun on 21 carries, marking the second had completed 19 of 29 passes for teams … Louisville’s defense forced ending the seventh … The second 100-yard game of his career … He 218 yards and a touchdown and Tennessee Tech to 13 plays that went half, however, saw Fresno State score became the first Orange player to also had a rushing TD against the for negative yardage … The Cardinals on four of its first five drives before break 100 yards since the 2006 sea- Sooners … Tony Pike is expected to held the Golden Eagles to just 176 the Bulldogs were able to take a son … QB Cameron Dantley made his take over behind center while Grutza yards of offense — the fewest by a knee on their sixth … Rutgers wasn’t second career start and responded recovers … Oklahoma amassed 592 Louisville opponent since the Cardi- without its own chances, though, by throwing three touchdown passes yards of offense against Cincinnati nals held Cincinnati to 176 yards Nov. as the Scarlet Knights saw first-half … Dantley completed 13 of 20 passes … The loss spoiled an incredible ef- 7, 2002 … RB Victor Anderson had 12 drives stall on the Fresno State 3- for 135 yards and three TDs against fort by WR Mardy Gilyard, who carries for 114 yards for the first 100- and 4-yard lines and saw another one interception … Dantley’s per- finished with a school-record 365 yard game of his career … QB Hunter possession with a missed field goal formance came just one day after all-purpose yards … Gilyard caught Cantwell completed 15 of 23 passes … RB Kordell Young started in the he traveled to Springfield, Mass., to seven passes for 119 yards and had for 203 yards and two touchdowns … backfield and ran for 94 yards and a see his father — former NBA great a BIG EAST-record 246 yards on five DT Adrian Grady scored on a 19-yard touchdown on 26 carries … QB Mike Adrian Dantley — inducted to the kickoff returns, including a 97-yard fumble return when he picked up an Teel completed 20 of 39 passes for Basketball Hall of Fame … Akron return for a touchdown … The return errant lateral and found the end zone 263 yards and two interceptions … scored on four of its first five drives yardage total broke the previous … RB Brock Bolen scored two rushing Fresno State was 4-for-4 in the red and finished with 478 total yards … mark of 208 yards, held by Najeh touchdowns … The Cardinals held a zone, while Rutgers was just 1-for-3 Syracuse was penalized just once for Davenport of Miami since Nov. 28, 34-3 lead at halftime and held a 51-3 … The Scarlet Knights are back in ac- five yards … Syracuse was 3 for 9 on 1998 … Gilyard’s touchdown ended lead after three quarters … Louisville tion Thursday, Sept. 11 against North third down, while Akron converted 10 a stretch of 145 games for Cincinnati, enjoys a bye in Week 3 and will face Carolina at Rutgers Stadium … The of 14 … Syracuse was 3 for 3 in the spanning 13 years, without a TD on Kansas State Sept. 17 at Papa John’s game will be televised on ESPN. red zone … The Orange host Penn a kickoff return. Cardinal Stadium on ESPN2. State Saturday on ABC.

CONNECTICUT (2-0, 0-0) PITTSBURGH USF WEST VIRGINIA (1-1, 0-0) (2-0, 0-0) (1-1, 0-0) Connecticut overcame an early 6-0 deficit to score 12 RB LeSean McCoy USF dominated just about The poor weather forecast points after the start of the and K Conor Lee ac- every statistical category for gametime at Greenville, fourth quarter to take a 12-6 over- counted for all of Pittsburgh’s scoring against Central Florida Saturday, but N.C., had come and gone, but West time win at Temple … The Huskies in the Panthers’ 27-16 win against found itself needing overtime to get Virginia found the conditions less scored the only touchdown of the Buffalo Saturday … The Panther’s the 31-24 victory in Orlando, Fla. … than favorable as East Carolina game when RB Donald Brown scored held a 10-9 lead at halftime before The Bulls finished with a 504-226 stunned the No. 8 Mountaineers from seven yards on Connecticut’s two McCoy touchdowns and a Lee advantage in total offense and a 24-3 … West Virginia went without first possession of overtime … The field goal help Pittsburgh pull away … 25-12 gap in first downs … QB Matt a touchdown for the first time since game was tied at 6-6 after regulation McCoy rushed for three touchdowns Grothe had 400 yards of total offense a 45-3 loss to Miami Oct. 25, 2001 and Connecticut’s defense limited and had 93 yards on 20 carries, while as he completed 23 of 40 passes for … The Mountaineers gained just 251 Temple to a 21-yard field goal on Lee was good on field goals of 21 and 346 yards and three touchdowns yards of offense and converted 3 of the Owls’ OT possession … Brown 42 yards … The three-touchdown while rushing for a team-high 54 12 third downs … That helped East took the ball on all three Connecti- game was the first in McCoy’s career yards on 20 carries … Grothe hit WR Carolina finish with an 11:22 advan- cut plays in overtime, covering all … The Panthers improved to 26-3 Taurus Johnson for a 25-yard TD on tage in time of possession … West 25 yards on the ground … Brown all-time against the Mid-American third-and-10 in USF’s overtime pos- Virginia nearly had a pair of 100-yard finished with a career-high 214 yards Conference and 25-1 against MAC session … Johnson finished with 143 rushers as QB Pat White finished with on 36 carries … Brown enjoyed the schools in Pittsburgh … QB Bill Stull receiving yards on six catches and 97 yards on the ground and RB Noel second 200-yard game of his career completed 22 of 33 passes for 241 was one of 10 USF players with at Devine had 94 … Devine averaged and his eighth game with at least yards and one interception … LB least one catch … RB Moise Plancher 7.8 yards per carry, getting his total 100 rushing yards … The 214-yard Scott McKillop, who led the nation made his first start in two years and on 12 runs … White completed 11 of effort was good for 10th on Con- in tackles per game last season, responded by running for 50 yards 18 passes for 72 yards … White had necticut’s single-game rushing chart had a game-high 15 stops against and a touchdown on nine carries 179 yards of total offense, surpassing … The Huskies rushed for 293 yards Buffalo … The Panthers held a slight … Plancher is the cousin of Ereck 8,000 yards in his career and moving against the Owls at a rainy Lincoln edge in total yards 352-348 while Plancher, a Central Florida freshman into fourth place on the BIG EAST ca- Financial Field … The weather limited both teams finished with 22 first receiver who died during offseason reer chart … White has 5,666 career the teams to a combined 21 com- downs … Lee extended his streak conditioning drills … USF took ad- rushing yards, moving two spots to pleted passes … Connecticut QB Tyler to 80 consecutive PATs by making vantage of 148 yards in penalties fourth on the all-time NCAA chart … Lorenzen completed 10 of 22 passes three against Buffalo … After com- by the Knights … Grothe surpassed The Mountaineers faced a 14-point for 86 yards and one interception … mitting four turnovers in the Week 7,000 career yards of total offense in halftime deficit for the first time since Lorenzen also finished with 75 rush- 1 loss to Bowling Green, Pitt had the win (7,255) … Grothe surpassed they trailed Louisville 17-0 Oct. 15, ing yards … The Huskies were held just one giveaway against Buffalo … Dononvan McNabb on the BIG EAST’s 2005 — a game that West Virginia scoreless through three quarters for Pittsburgh, which does not play this career chart for rushing yards by a eventually won … The Mountaineers the first time since Nov. 12, 2005 week, returns to Heinz Field Sept. 20 quarterback (1,513) … USF takes on don’t play until a Sept. 18 trip to against Pittsburgh … The Huskies against Iowa. Kansas Friday, Sept. 12 at Raymond Colorado on ESPN. take on Virginia at Rentschler Field James Stadium. Sept. 13. NATIONAL POLLS

Associated Press Poll USA Today Poll BIG EAST Preseason Media Poll Preseason Preseason School Record Pts School Record Pts School Pts 1. Southern California (21) 1-0 1,539 1. Southern California (23) 1-0 1,462 1. West Virginia (22) 189 2. Georgia (20) 1-0 1,506 2. Georgia (20) 1-0 1,442 2. USF (1) 149 3. Ohio State (15) 1-0 1,497 3. Ohio State (10) 1-0 1,385 3. Pittsburgh (1) 128 4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1,432 4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1,344 4. Rutgers 110 5. Florida (5) 1-0 1,415 5. Florida (3) 1-0 1,295 5. Cincinnati 98 6. Missouri (1) 1-0 1,301 6. Louisiana State (3) 1-0 1,202 6. Connecticut 97 7. Louisiana State (1) 1-0 1,207 7. Missouri 1-0 1,197 7. Louisville 69 8. West Virginia 1-0 1,108 8. West Virginia 1-0 1,035 8. Syracuse 24 9. Auburn 1-0 1,033 9. Texas 1-0 1,030 10. Texas 1-0 1,028 10. Auburn 1-0 962 11. Wisconsin 1-0 849 11. Wisconsin 1-0 853 12. Texas Tech 1-0 842 12. Kansas 1-0 820 13. Alabama 1-0 834 13. Texas Tech 1-0 732 14. Kansas 1-0 748 14. Arizona State 1-0 679 15. Arizona State 1-0 672 15. Brigham Young 1-0 629 Brigham Young 1-0 672 16. Oregon 1-0 566 17. USF 1-0 588 17. Alabama 1-0 538 18. Oregon 1-0 508 18. USF 1-0 480 19. Penn State 1-0 467 19. Penn State 1-0 450 20. Wake Forest 1-0 414 20. Wake Forest 1-0 388 21. Fresno State 1-0 242 21. Fresno State 1-0 269 22. Utah 1-0 214 22. Clemson 0-1 186 23. UCLA 1-0 151 23. Utah 1-0 158 24. Illinois 0-1 147 24. South Carolina 1-0 134 South Carolina 1-0 147 25. Illinois 0-1 92

Receiving votes: Clemson 143, East Carolina Receiving votes: UCLA 91, California 79, East 108, California 91, Boston College 36, Florida State Carolina 56, Tennessee 56, Boston College 36, 36, Cincinnati 35, Tennessee 30, Boise State 19, Florida State 29, Virginia Tech 25, Boise State 24, Bowling Green 17, Virginia Tech 14, Connecticut Kentucky 20, Texas Christian 15, Connecticut 9, Rutgers 6, Kentucky 5, Nebraska 4, Oklahoma 13, Cincinnati 13, Nebraska 12, Arizona 8, State 3, Texas Christian 2, Arizona 2, North Caro- Oklahoma State 5, Notre Dame 4, Colorado 3, lina 1, Notre Dame 1, Miami (Fla.) 1, Tulsa 1. Georgia Tech 2, Bowling Green 2, Miami (Fla.) 1, Stanford 1, Tulsa 1, Central Florida 1.

WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS

The BIG EAST has been a regular presence in the national rankings since the league first kicked off in 1991. Below is a weekly look at each team’s spot in the Associated Press, USA Today and Harris Interactive polls in 2008. The USA Today and Harris Interactive polls are both components of the Bowl Championship Series selection process, while the AP poll is not included in the BCS process. The Associated Press and USA Today polls begin with preseason rankings, while the Harris Interactive poll begins the week of Sept. 22.

Rankings are listed as AP/USA Today until Sept. 15 and AP/USA Today/Harris Interactive beginning Sept. 22.

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Offense Defense A look at where current BIG EAST players rank among Team Rush Pass Total Scoring Rush Pass Total Scoring the conference’s all-time leaders. Cincinnati 5 1 2 2 5 8 6 7 Most Yards of Total Offense (Career) Connecticut 1 6 3 5 3 3 3 1 Donovan McNabb, Syracuse 9,950 1995-98 Louisville 6 5 6 3 1 2 2 3 Brian Brohm, Louisville 9,919 2005-07 Pittsburgh 7 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 Ken Dorsey, Miami 9,486 1999-2002 Rutgers 8 3 5 8 7 5 7 6 PAT WHITE, West Virginia 8,153 2005-present USF 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 Ryan Hart, Rutgers 8,149 2002-05 Syracuse 3 8 8 7 8 6 8 8 West Virginia 4 7 7 4 6 7 5 5 Most Touchdowns Responsible For (Career) Donovan McNabb, Syracuse 96 1995-98 Ken Dorsey, Miami 88 1999-2002 PAT WHITE, West Virginia 79 2005-present Tyler Palko, Pittsburgh 78 2002-06 2008 Home attendance Rod Rutherford, Pittsburgh 74 2000-03

SCHOOL (Capacity) GP TOTAL AVG. LARGEST CROWD Most Yards Rushing (Career) Cincinnati (35,000) 1 26,913 26,913 26,913 (vs. Eastern Kentucky) Avon Cobourne, West Virginia 5,039 1999-2002 Connecticut (40,000) 1 37,583 37,583 37,583 (vs. Hofstra) Ray Rice, Rutgers 4,926 2005-07 Louisville (42,000) 2 81,390 40,695 42,696 (vs. Kentucky Steve Slaton, West Virginia 3,923 2005-07 Pittsburgh (65,050) 2 87,557 43,779 45,063 (vs. Bowling Green) Amoz Zereoue, West Virginia 3,907 1996-98 Rutgers (42,500) 1 42,508 42,508 42,508 (vs. Fresno State) Derrick Knight, Boston College 3,725 2000-03 USF (65,897) 1 48,058 48,058 48,058 (vs. Tennessee-Martin) PAT WHITE, West Virginia 3,666 2005-present Syracuse (49,262) 1 31,808 31,808 31,808 (vs. Akron) Mike Cloud, Boston College 3,597 1995-98 West Virginia (60,000) 1 60,566 60,566 60,566 (vs. Villanova) Most Yards Rushing by a Quarterback (Career) 2008 TOTALS 10 416,383 41,638 60,566 (WVU vs. Villanova) PAT WHITE, West Virginia 3,666 2005-present Rasheed Marshall, West Virginia 2,040 2001-04 MATT GROTHE, USF 1,567 2006-present Donovan McNabb, Syracuse 1,561 1995-98 2008 TOP PERFORMANCES Most Rushing Touchdowns (Career) Lee Suggs, Virginia Tech 53 1999-2002 A number of active BIG EAST Conference players have surpassed the 100-yard rushing, 100-yard Steve Slaton, West Virginia 50 2005-07 receiving and 300-yard passing marks in a game. Below is a breakdown of the current players who Ray Rice, Rutgers 49 2005-07 have surpassed these marks (includes bowl games) both for their careers and in 2008. Walter Reyes, Syracuse 45 2002-04 Avon Cobourne, West Virginia 42 1999-2002 100-Yard Rushing Games PAT WHITE, West Virginia 39 2005-present Player, School, Year 2008 Career Pat White, West Virginia, Sr. 15 Best Completion Percentage (Career) Brian Brohm, Louisville 65.7 2005-07 Donald Brown, Connecticut, Jr. 2 8 PAT WHITE, West Virginia 64.8 2005-present LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh, So. 7 Dan Orlovsky, Connecticut 63.0 2004 LaRod Stephens-Howling, Pittsburgh, Sr. 5 MATT GROTHE, USF 61.2 2006-present Andre Dixon, Connecticut, Jr. 4 Marc Bulger, West Virginia 61.2 1996-99 Matt Grothe, USF, Jr. 3 Noel Devine, West Virginia, So. 3 Most Field Goals (Career) Curtis Brinkley, Syracuse, Sr. 1 2 Jeremy Ito, Rutgers 80 2004-07 Shayne Graham, Virginia Tech 68 1996-99 Mike Ford, USF, So. 2 Jay Taylor, West Virginia 49 1996-99 Brock Bolen, Louisville, Sr. 2 Nate Trout, Syracuse 49 1996-99 Delone Carter, Syracuse, So. 2 Art Carmody, Louisville 48 2005-07 Victor Anderson, Louisville, Fr. 1 1 John Matich, Boston College 46 1996-99 Aston Samuels, USF, So. 1 Todd Sievers, Miami 45 1998, 2000-02 D.J. Hernandez, Connecticut, Sr. 1 PAT McAFEE, West Virginia 44 2005-present

Most PATs (Career) 100-Yard Receiving Games Carter Warley, Virginia Tech 190 2000-03 Player, School, Year 2008 Career Nate Trout, Syracuse 187 1996-99 Tiquan Underwood, Rutgers, Sr. 6 PAT McAFEE, West Virginia 180 2005-present Kenny Britt, Rutgers, Jr. 6 Art Carmody, Louisville 176 2005-07 Dominick Goodman, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 5 Todd Sievers, Miami 174 1998, 2000-02 Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati, Sr. 2 4 Taurus Johnson, USF, Sr. 1 3 Most Consecutive PATs (Career) Art Carmody, Louisville 116 2005-07 Carlton Mitchell, USF, So. 2 PAT McAFEE, West Virginia 112 2005-present Marcus Barnett, Cincinnati, So. 2 Shayne Graham, Virginia Tech 102 1997-99 Tim Brown, Rutgers, Jr. 2 Jay Taylor, West Virginia 96 1996-98 Derek Kinder, Pittsburgh, Sr. 2 Jeremy Ito, Rutgers 87 2006-07 Connor Barwin, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 CONOR LEE, Pittsburgh 80 2006-present Oderick Turner, Pittsburgh, Jr. 1

300-Yard Passing Games Player, School, Year 2008 Career Mike Teel, Rutgers, Sr. 6 Matt Grothe, USF, Jr. 1 4 Andrew Robinson, Syracuse, Jr. 2 Hunter Cantwell, Louisville, Sr. 1 AWARD WINNERs against the conferences

BIG EAST OffensIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ATLANTIC COAST (0-0) MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC (0-0) Sept. 1 Dustin Grutza, QB, Cincinnati North Carolina at Rutgers (9/11) Morgan State at Rutgers (9/27) Sept. 8 Virginia at Connecticut (9/13) Sept. 15 USF at North Carolina State (9/27) Ohio Valley (3-0) Sept. 22 Connecticut at North Carolina (10/4) Cincinnati 40, Eastern Kentucky 7 (8/28) Sept. 29 USF 56, Tennessee-Martin 7 (8/30) Oct. 6 BIG 12 (0-1) Louisville 51, Tennessee Tech 10 (9/6) Oct. 13 Oklahoma 52, Cincinnati 26 (9/6) Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Kansas at USF (9/12) SOUTHEASTERN (0-1) Nov. 3 Kansas State at Louisville (9/17) Kentucky 27, Louisville 2 (8/31) Nov. 10 West Virginia at Colorado (9/18) Auburn at West Virginia (10/23) Nov. 17 Baylor at Connecticut (9/19) Nov. 24 SUN BELT (0-0) Dec. 1 BIG TEN (0-1) USF at Florida International (9/20) Dec. 8 Northwestern 30, Syracuse 10 (8/30) Middle Tennessee State at Louisville (10/18) Penn State at Syracuse (9/13) BIG EAST Defensive PLAYER OF THE WEEK Iowa at Pittsburgh (9/20) WESTERN ATHLETIC (0-1) Sept. 1 Mortty Ivy, LB, West Virginia Fresno State 24, Rutgers 7 (9/1) Sept. 8 COLONIAL ATHLETIC (2-0) Cincinnati at Hawaii (12/6) Sept. 15 Connecticut 35, Hofstra 3 (8/28) Sept. 22 West Virginia 48, Villanova 21 (8/30) INDEPENDENTS (0-0) Sept. 29 Northeastern at Syracuse (9/20) Rutgers at Navy (9/20) Oct. 6 Pittsburgh at Navy (10/18) Oct. 13 Oct. 20 CONFERENCE USA (1-1) Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (11/1) Oct. 27 East Carolina 24, West Virginia 3 (9/6) Syracuse at Notre Dame (11/22) Nov. 3 USF 31, Central Florida 24 (ot) (9/6) Army at Rutgers (11/22) Nov. 10 Marshall at West Virginia (9/27) Nov. 17 Cincinnati at Marshall (10/3) Total Nonconference Records Nov. 24 Louisville at Memphis (10/10) All Games...... 8-7 Dec. 1 FBS Opponents...... 3-7 Dec. 8 MID-AMERICAN (2-2) FCS Opponents...... 5-0 Bowling Green 27, Pittsburgh 17 (8/30) AP Top 25...... 0-2 BIG EAST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Connecticut 12, Temple 9 (ot) (9/6) USA Today Top 25...... 0-1 Sept. 1 Pat McAfee, K/P, West Virginia Pittsburgh 27, Buffalo 16 (9/6) Sept. 8 Akron 42, Syracuse 28 (9/6) Sept. 15 Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati (9/20) Sept. 22 Cincinnati at Akron (9/27) Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 YEAR-BY-YEAR CHAMPIONS Dec. 1 Year champion BIG EAST OVERALL HEAD COACH Dec. 8 2007 West Virginia ! 5-2 11-2 Rich Rodriguez aCTIVE CAREER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Connecticut 5-2 9-4 Randy Edsall 7 — Pat White (West Virginia, QB); Pat McAfee (West Virginia, 2006 Louisville 6-1 12-1 Bobby Petrino K/P) 2005 West Virginia 7-0 11-1 Rich Rodriguez 2004 Pittsburgh ! 4-2 8-4 Walt Harris 4 — Dustin Grutza (Cincinnati, QB) Boston College 4-2 9-3 Tom O’Brien West Virginia 4-2 8-4 Rich Rodriguez 2 – Scott Lutrus (Connecticut, LB); Matt Grothe (USF, QB); Syracuse 4-2 6-6 Paul Pasqualoni George Selvie (USF, DE); Mortty Ivy (West Virginia, LB) 2003 Miami ! 6-1 11-2 Larry Coker West Virginia 6-1 8-5 Rich Rodriguez 1 – Kevin Huber (Cincinnati, P); Ryan Manalac (Cincinnati, LB); 2002 Miami 7-0 12-1 Larry Coker Mike Mickens (Cincinnati, CB); Jake Rogers (Cincinnati, K); 2001 Miami # 7-0 12-0 Larry Coker Tony Ciaravino (Connecticut, K); D.J. Hernandez (Connecticut, 2000 Miami 7-0 10-1 Butch Davis QB/WR); Brock Bolen (Louisville, RB); Dave Brytus (Pittsburgh, 1999 Virginia Tech 7-0 11-1 Frank Beamer P); Joe Clermond (Pittsburgh, DE); Conor Lee (Pittsburgh, K); 1998 Syracuse 6-1 8-3 Paul Pasqualoni LeSean McCoy (Pittsburgh, RB); Scott McKillop (Pittsburgh, LB); LaRod Stephens-Howling (Pittsburgh, RB); Joe Lefeged 1997 Syracuse 6-1 9-3 Paul Pasqualoni (Rutgers, LB); Tiquan Underwood (Rutgers, WR); Jamaal 1996 Virginia Tech 6-1 10-2 Frank Beamer Westerman (Rutgers, DE); Nate Allen (USF, FS); Delbert Miami 6-1 9-3 Butch Davis Alvarado (USF, K/P); Mike Ford (USF, RB); Andrew Robinson Syracuse 6-1 9-3 Paul Pasqualoni (Syracuse, QB); Patrick Shadle (Syracuse, K); Max Suter 1995 Virginia Tech 6-1 10-2 Frank Beamer (Syracuse, KR) 1994 Miami 7-0 10-2 Dennis Erickson 1993 West Virginia 7-0 11-1 Don Nehlen 1992 Miami 4-0 11-1 Dennis Erickson 1991 Miami # 2-0 12-0 Dennis Erickson

# - National Champion! – Earned BIG EAST’s automatic BCS bid. big east aMONG 2008 NCAA STATISTICAL LEADERS

individual Leaders Sacks/Game Scoring Defense...... PPG Tackles For Loss...... Per Game Rushing...... YPG 16. Connor Barwin, UC...... 1.00 7. Connecticut...... 6.00 t12. Connecticut...... 8.00 2. Donald Brown, UConn...... 180.00 16. Cody Brown, UConn...... 1.00 33. USF...... 15.50 t18. Louisiville...... 7.5 32. Curtis Brinkley, SU...... 96.00 16. John Holmes, WVU...... 1.00 46. Louisville...... 18.50 t22. West Virginia...... 7.00 35. Kordell Young, RU...... 94.00 16. Peter Tverdov, RU...... 1.00 54. Pittsburgh...... 21.50 t37. Pittsburgh...... 6.50 62. West Virginia...... 22.50 t48. Cincinnati...... 6.00 Passing...... Comp/Gm Forced Fumbles...... FF/Game 69. Rutgers...... 24.00 t64. USF...... 5.50 11. Bill Stull, Pitt...... 25.50 21. Eight tied with...... 0.50 88. Cincinnati...... 29.50 t64. Syracuse...... 5.50 40. Dustin Grutza, UC...... 20.00 101. Syracuse...... 36.00 t79. Rutgers...... 5.00 40. Mike Teel, RU...... 20.00 Passes Defended...... PD/Game 47. Pat White, WVU...... 18.00 35. Scott McKillop, Pitt...... 1.50 Net Punting...... Net. Avg Sacks ...... Per Game 2. Cincinnati...... 43.20 t2. Connecticut...... 4.50 Total Passing Yards...... Pyds Tackles for Loss...... TFL/Game 6. West Virginia...... 41.43 t9. West Virginia...... 3.50 21. Dustin Grutza, UC...... 514 14. Arthur Jones, SU...... 2.00 23. Syracuse...... 38.90 t28. Pittsburgh...... 2.50 24. Bill Stull, Pitt...... 505 14. Peter Tverdov, RU...... 2.00 46. Pittsburgh...... 35.57 t42. Rutgers...... 2.00 40. Matt Grothe, USF...... 442 44. Six tied with...... 1.50 48. Rutgers...... 35.40 t64. Cincinnati...... 1.50 57. Louisville...... 34.57 t64. Syracuse...... 1.50 Passing Efficiency...... Rating 70. Connecticut...... 33.00 t78. Louisville...... 1.00 24. Dustin Grutza, UC...... 165.5 Rushing Offense...... YPG. 99. USF...... 29.57 t104. USF...... 0.50 25. Matt Grothe, USF...... 163.8 15. Connecticut...... 255.50 40. Pat White, WVU...... 145.1 23. USF...... 229.00 Punt Returns...... Avg Sacks Allowed ...... Per Game 48. Syracuse...... 170.00 17. Connecticut...... 19.00 t15. Connecticut...... 0.50 Passing Yards Per Game...... YPG 51. West Virginia...... 164.00 20. USF...... 18.67 t28. Rutgers...... 1.00 23. Mike Teel, RU...... 263.00 66. Cincinnati...... 148.00 41. West Virginia...... 12.00 t53. West Virginia...... 1.50 26. Dustin Grutza, UC...... 257.00 69. Louisville...... 143.50 45. Cincinnati...... 11.50 t69. Louisville...... 2.00 29. Bill Stull, Pitt...... 252.50 81. Pittsburgh...... 120.00 63. Louisville...... 8.33 t69. Syracuse...... 2.00 47. Matt Grothe, USF...... 221.00 94. Rutgers...... 106.00 63. Rutgers...... 8.33 t69. USF...... 2.00 79. Pittsburgh...... 6.40 t101. Cincinnati...... 3.00 Total Offense...... YPG Passing Offense...... YPG 92. Syracuse...... 4.00 t101. Pittsburgh...... 3.00 25. Dustin Grutza, UC...... 279.0 22. Cincinnati...... 293.50 30. Mike Teel, RU...... 263.0 25. USF...... 283.00 Kickoff Returns...... Avg 33. Matt Grothe, USF...... 257.5 32. Rutgers...... 263.00 4. Cincinnati...... 34.89 49. Bill Stull, Pitt...... 236.5 38. Pittsburgh...... 252.50 39. USF...... 23.50 81. Louisville...... 184.50 44. West Virginia...... 22.63 Receiving Yards Per Game...... YPG 92. Connecticut...... 159.50 79. Syracuse...... 19.17 18. Marshwan Gilyard, UC...... 110.00 99. West Virginia...... 138.50 82. Pittsburgh...... 19.00 25. Dominick Goodman, UC...... 102.00 107. Syracuse...... 119.00 96. Rutgers...... 16.25 42. Kenny Britt, RU...... 89.00 99. Connecticut...... 16.00 Total Offense...... YPG 112. Louisville...... 13.50 Receiving Yards...... Yards 17. USF...... 512.00 14. Marshwan Gilyard, UC...... 220 36. Cincinnati...... 441.50 Turnover Margin...... Margin/Game 20. Dominick Goodman, UC...... 204 43. Connecticut...... 415.00 42. Cincinnati...... 0.50 42. Doug Beaumont, UofL...... 160 65. Pittsburgh...... 372.50 53. West Virginia...... 0.00 49. Taurus Johnson, USF...... 153 66. Rutgers...... 369.00 53. Syracuse...... 0.00 83. Louisville...... 328.00 83. Connecticut...... -1.00 Receptions Per Game...... RPG 91. West Virginia...... 302.50 83. Louisville...... -1.00 9. Dominick Goodman, UC...... 8.0 98. Syracuse...... 289.00 99. Pittsburgh...... -1.50 23. Doug Beaumont, UofL...... 7.0 106. Rutgers...... -2.00 30. Marshwan Gilyard, UC...... 6.5 Scoring Offense...... Avg 115. USF...... -2.50 36. Kenny Britt, RU...... 6.0 22. USF...... 43.50 36. Tiquan Underwood, RU...... 6.0 44. Cincinnati...... 33.00 Fumbles Recovered...... Total 66. Louisville...... 26.50 t10. Louisville...... 3 Interceptions...... Int/Game 70. West Virginia...... 25.50 t50. Syracuse...... 1 36. 14 tied with...... 0.50 80. Connecticut...... 23.50 t50. Connecticut...... 1 83. Pittsburgh...... 22.00 t50. West Virginia...... 1 Punting...... Avg 97. Syracuse...... 19.00 t50. Cincinnati...... 1 5. Kevin Huber, UC...... 46.90 116. Rutgers...... 7.00 t94. South Florida...... 0 15. Rob Long, SU...... 44.60 t94. Rutgers...... 0 40. Teddy Dellaganna, RU...... 39.80 Rushing Defense...... YPG t94. Pittsburgh...... 0 42. Cory Goettsche...... 39.71 7. Louisville...... 48.00 18. USF...... 67.50 Interceptions...... Total Punt Returns...... Avg 32. Connecticut...... 84.00 t7. Connecticut...... 4 17. Jasper Howard, UConn...... 19.00 39. Pittsburgh...... 94.50 t23. Cincinnati...... 3 23. Marcus Edwards, USF...... 15.38 62. Cincinnati...... 122.50 t41. West Virginia...... 2 45. Ellis Lankster, WVU...... 8.50 71. West Virginia...... 138.00 t41. Louisville...... 2 101. Rutgers...... 206.00 t41. Pittsburgh...... 2 Kickoff Returns...... Avg 112. Syracuse...... 243.50 t41. Syracuse...... 2 3. Marshwan Gilyard, UC...... 45.33 t71. USF...... 1 Pass Defense...... YPG t101. Rutgers...... 0 Field Goals...... FG/Game 5. USF...... 94.00 20. Conor Lee, Pitt...... 1.50 27. Louisville...... 145.00 Turnovers Gained...... Total 20. Pat McAfee, WVU...... 1.50 31. Connecticut...... 150.00 t19. Connecticut...... 5 36. Tony Ciaravino, UConn...... 1.00 60. Pittsburgh...... 206.50 t19. Louisville...... 5 69. Rutgers...... 216.00 t37. Cincinnati...... 4 Scoring...... PPG 77. Syracuse...... 237.50 t60. West Virginia...... 3 6. Donald Brown, UConn...... 15.00 88. West Virginia...... 254.50 t60. Syracuse...... 3 12. LeSean McCoy, Pitt...... 12.00 100. Cincinnati...... 271.00 t78. Pittsburgh...... 2 t102. USF...... 1 Points Responsible For...... PPG Pass Efficiency Defense...... Rating t114. Rutgers...... 0 12. Dustin Grutza, UC...... 18.00 13. USF...... 79.96 28. Pat White, WVU...... 15.00 16. Connecticut...... 80.71 Turnovers Lost...... Total 28. Matt Grothe, USF...... 15.00 26. Louisville...... 93.27 t21. Rutgers...... 2 28. Donald Brown, UConn...... 15.00 59. Pittsburgh...... 115.21 t44. Cincinnati...... 3 46. LeSean McCoy, Pitt...... 12.00 72. Rutgers...... 121.40 t44. Syracuse...... 3 83. West Virginia...... 130.42 t44. West Virginia...... 3 Tackles...... TPG 112. Syracuse...... 161.81 t88. Pittsburgh...... 5 20. Scott McKillop, Pitt...... 10.50 115. Cincinnati...... 180.94 t101. USF...... 6 t108. Connecticut...... 7 Solo Tackles...... PG Total Defense...... YPG t108. Louisville...... 7 34. Scott Lutrus, UConn...... 6.00 1. USF...... 161.50 34. Scott McKillop, Pitt...... 6.00 13. Louisville...... 193.00 Passing Efficiency...... Rating 48. Jake Flaherty, SU...... 5.50 20. Connecticut...... 234.00 26. USF...... 158.44 48. Jerome Murphy, USF...... 5.50 46. Pittsburgh...... 301.00 42. West Virginia...... 143.83 48. Eric Thatcher, Pitt...... 5.50 80. West Virginia...... 392.50 44. Cincinnati...... 142.57 82. Cincinnati...... 393.50 85. Syracuse...... 110.24 92. Rutgers...... 422.00 68. Pittsburgh...... 109.08 110. Syracuse...... 481.00 97. Louisville...... 99.39 101. Rutgers...... 97.69 106. Connecticut...... 89.95 bowl championsHIp series

About the BCS BCS Automatic Qualifications BCS Schedule Of Games The Bowl Championship 1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings January 2009 Series (BCS), which will play in the national championship enters its 11th season game. in 2008-09, is a five- g a m e a r ra n g e m e n t 2. The champions of the Atlantic Coast, for postseason college BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and football that is designed Southeastern Conferences automatically to match the two top- qualify for BCS games each year. rated teams in a national championship game and to create exciting and competitive matchups 3. One team from among the champions between eight other highly regarded teams in four of Conference USA, the Mid-American other BCS games. Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western The BIG EAST has been a charter member in the Athletic Conference automatically qualify for Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi championship agreement. The league continues as a BCS game if either: A. Such team is ranked Jan. 1 • Pasadena, Calif. an automatic qualifier in the new BCS agreement in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or, that began in 2006. B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the The Tostitos Fiesta, FedEx Orange, Allstate Sugar final BCS Standings is higher than that of a and Rose Bowls have joined with the BIG EAST, champion of a conference that has an annual Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-10 and automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls. Southeastern Conferences and the University of Notre Dame to form the Bowl Championship 4. Notre Dame will automatically qualify for a Series. In the existing BCS agreement, which BCS bowl if it is in the top eight of the final began in 2006, each bowl will host two games BCS Standings. once every four years - its traditional game plus the BCS National Championship contest approximately 5. If any of the 10 slots remain open after one week later. application of provisions 1 through 4, and FedEx Orange Bowl an at-large team from a conference with an Jan. 1 • Miami Gardens, Fla. The BCS is managed by the commissioners of the annual automatic berth for its champion is 11 NCAA Division I-A conferences, the director ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Standings, that of athletics at the University of Notre Dame and team shall become an automatic qualifier. representatives of the bowl organizations. The conference commissioners and the Notre Dame 6. If any of the 10 slots remain open after athletics director make decisions regarding all BCS application of provisions 1 through 5, and if issues, in consultation with an athletics directors Step No. 5 has not been applied and an at- advisory group and subject to approval of a large team from a conference with an annual presidential oversight committee whose members automatic berth for its champion is ranked represent all 120 Division I-A programs. No. 4 in the final BCS Standings, that team shall become an automatic qualifier. The BCS conferences have a contract with Fox Sports to televise the Fiesta, Orange and 7. If any slots remain unfilled after the Allstate Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowls through 2010 and the National placement of all teams qualifying for an Jan. 2 • New Orleans, La. Championship Games through 2009. ABC has automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose an agreement to continue to televise the 2010 their participants from the “pool of eligible National Championship Game and the Rose Bowl teams” (see below.) through 2014. Pool of Eligible Teams The BIG EAST has fared particularly well in the If berths are available after the automatic qualifiers BCS. The conference has produced three straight have been identified, then the bowls shall select winners in BCS games, including a dramatic 48- at-large participants from the “pool of eligible 28 win for West Virginia against Oklahoma in last teams,” which shall include any Division I-A team season’s Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:

A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, not including exempted games, and Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 5 • Glendale, Ariz. B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings

FedEx BCS National Championship Game Jan. 8 • Miami Gardens, Fla. BIG EAST 2008 BOWL LINEUP

In addition to the Bowl Championship Series, the BIG EAST Conference also has agreements with a number of other postseason bowl games. The BIG EAST and Big 12 Conferences — along with Notre Dame — forged a bowl partnership beginning in 2006. This agreement assures both BCS Confer- ences’ and Notre Dame’s participation in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl and Brut Sun Bowl over a four-year period. The Konica Minolta Gator Bowl or Brut Sun Bowl will pick a BIG EAST team after the league’s representative to the Bowl Championship Series has been determined. The Atlantic Coast Conference will provide the opposition in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl and the Pac-10 Confer- ence will participate in the Brut Sun Bowl. The Gator Bowl has the first selection at the conclusion of each season. During the four years of the deal, the BIG EAST (or Notre Dame) will send a team to both the Gator Bowl and the Sun Bowl twice. The Meineke Car Care Bowl is now in its sixth year with the BIG EAST Confer- ence. The Meineke Car Care Bowl, which is played in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., picks after the Toyota Gator Bowl or Brut Sun Bowl. The BIG EAST aligned itself with two additional bowls beginning in the 2006 season. The International Bowl, played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, pairs the BIG EAST representative against an opponent from the Mid-America Confer- ence, while the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., matches the BIG EAST selection against a school from the Southeastern Conference. The 2008 season sees the addition of a new bowl to the BIG EAST landscape as the conference partnered with Conference USA to provide the matchup for the St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field.

2008 bIG EAST BOWL affiliations

Date Bowl Game conference Matchup Site TV Time Dec. 20 St. Petersburg Bowl BIG EAST vs. St. Petersburg, Fla. ESPN2 4:30 p.m. stpetersburgbowl.com Conference USA Tropicana Field

Dec. 27 Meineke Car Care Bowl ACC vs. Charlotte, N.C. ESPN 1 p.m. meinekecarcarebowl.com BIG EAST Bank of America Stadium

Dec. 29 PapaJohn’s.com Bowl BIG EAST vs. SEC Birmingham, Ala. ESPN2 3 p.m. papajohnsbowl.com Legion Field

Dec. 31 Brut Sun Bowl Big 12/BIG EAST/Notre Dame El Paso, Texas CBS 2 p.m. sunbowl.org vs. Pac-10 Sun Bowl

Jan. 1 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl ACC vs. Jacksonville, Fla. CBS 1 p.m. gatorbowl.com Big 12/BIG EAST/Notre Dame Jacksonville Municipal Stadium

Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi *BCS vs. BCS Pasadena, Calif. ABC 5:10 p.m. tournamentofroses.com Rose Bowl

Jan. 1 FedEx Orange Bowl *BCS vs. BCS Miami, Fla. Fox 8 p.m. orangebowl.org Dolphin Stadium

Jan. 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl *BCS vs. BCS New Orleans, La. Fox 8:30 p.m. allstatesugarbowl.com Louisiana Superdome

Jan. 5 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl *BCS vs. BCS Glendale, Ariz. Fox 8 p.m. tostitosfiestabowl.com University of Phoenix Stadium

Jan. 5 International Bowl BIG EAST vs. Toronto, Canada ESPN2 Noon internationalbowl.org MAC Rogers Centre

Jan. 8 FedEx BCS National Championship *BCS No. 1 Miami, Fla. Fox 8 p.m. bcsfootball.org vs. BCS No. 2 Dolphin Stadium bIG EAST ON TELEVISION & RADIO

NATIONAL TELEVISION SCHEDULE BIG EAST NETWORK Game of the Week The BIG EAST will have an extensive schedule of games on national televi- Numerous contests will be broadcast by the BIG EAST Network as part of sion. The following telecasts were known at press time. Other games will be its BIG EAST Game of the Week package. The following dates and games added via the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process. were scheduled at press time. Many picks will be made later in the season as 12-day selections (schedule subject to change). ABC Sat., Sept. 6 Cincinnati at Oklahoma 3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 27 PITTSBURGH at SYRACUSE Sat., Sept. 13 Penn State at Syracuse 3:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 4 RUTGERS at WEST VIRGINIA Fri., Nov. 28 West Virginia at Pittsburgh Noon Sat., Oct. 11 SYRACUSE at WEST VIRGINIA or Other games to be determined via 12-day and 6-day advance selection RUTGERS at CINCINNATI process. Sat., Oct. 18 SYRACUSE at USF or CONNECTICUT at RUTGERS ESPN Sat., Oct. 25 TBD Sun., Aug. 31 Kentucky at Louisville 3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1 LOUISVILLE at SYRACUSE or Mon., Sept. 1 Fresno State at Rutgers 4 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA at CONNECTICUT Sat., Sept. 6 West Virginia at East Carolina 4:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 8 TBD Thurs., Sept. 11 North Carolina at Rutgers TBD Sat., Nov. 15 CONNECTICUT at SYRACUSE or Thurs., Sept. 18 West Virginia at Colorado 8:30 p.m. RUTGERS at USF Thurs., Oct. 2 PITTSBURGH at USF TBD Sat., Nov. 22 PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI or Fri., Oct. 3 Cincinnati at Marshall 8 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA at LOUISVILLE Fri., Oct. 10 Louisville at Memphis 8 p.m. Sat., Nov. 29 SYRACUSE at CINCINNATI Thurs., Oct. 23 Auburn at West Virginia TBD Thurs., Oct. 30 USF at CINCINNATI TBD Sun., Nov. 23 CONNECTICUT at USF 8:15 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 4 LOUISVILLE at RUTGERS TBD Sat., Dec. 6 PITTSBURGH at CONNECTICUT * TBD Sat., Dec. 6 USF at WEST VIRGINIA * TBD

ESPN2 The BIG EAST/ISP NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK Sat., Sept. 6 USF at Central Florida 7 p.m. Four conference matchups and three nonleague contests of national impor- Fri., Sept. 12 Kansas at USF 8 p.m. tance highlight the 2008 BIG EAST/ISP Football Game of the Week schedule. Wed., Sept. 17 Kansas State at Louisville 8 p.m. The affiliate list will vary from week to week, depending on game times, prior Fri., Sept. 19 Baylor at Connecticut 8 p.m. station commitments and blackout restrictions protecting BIG EAST member Fri., Sept. 26 CONNECTICUT at LOUISVILLE 8 p.m. school networks. Last year’s affiliate list had stations representing 15 of the Fri., Nov. 14 CINCINNATI at LOUISVILLE 8 p.m. country’s top 20 radio markets. Most games will be carried on XM Radio. In Sat., Dec. 6 PITTSBURGH at CONNECTICUT * TBD addition to the radio presence, the broadcasts will be available on the BIG Sat., Dec. 6 USF at WEST VIRGINIA * TBD EAST’s official website at BigEast.tv. ESPNU 2008 BIG EAST/ISP Football Game of the Week Schedule Sat., Aug. 30 Bowling Green at Pittsburgh Noon Sun., Aug. 31 Kentucky at Louisville 3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 6 Connecticut at Temple Noon Fri., Sept. 12 Kansas at USF 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 13 Virginia at Connecticut 7:30 p.m. Fri., Sept. 26 CONNECTICUT at LOUISVILLE 8 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 2 PITTSBURGH at USF 7:30 p.m. CBS College Sports Thurs., Oct. 23 Auburn at West Virginia 7:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 20 Rutgers at Navy 3:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 30 USF at CINCINNATI 7:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 18 Pittsburgh at Navy 3:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 28 WEST VIRGINIA at PITTSBURGH Noon NBC Sat., Nov. 1 Pittsburgh at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 22 Syracuse at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. The BIG EAST ON SNY The BIG EAST and SNY announced a comprehensive multi-year partnership in All times Eastern and subject to change. July 2008 that will feature more than 800 hours of conference programming BIG EAST Games in CAPS. in the New York metropolitan area. SNY will carry a minimum of 16 football games per season, including the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week, which * The Pittsburgh/Connecticut and USF/West Virginia games of Dec. 6 will will be wrapped by in-depth pregame, halftime and postgame shows. The air either on ESPN or ESPN2 network also will air weekly BIG EAST football coaches shows.

Visit BigEast.org during the 2008 season to obtain the latest TV schedules The BIG EAST On The Dial and selections In addition to its extensive television coverage, BIG EAST football games are broadcast by major commercial stations or wide-ranging radio networks.

School Flagship Station(s) Dial Cincinnati WLW-AM 700 Connecticut WTIC-AM 1080 Louisville WHAS-AM 840 WKRD -AM 790 Pittsburgh WPGB-FM 104.7 WBGG-AM 970 Rutgers WOR-AM 710 WCTC-AM 1450 USF WFLA-AM 970 Syracuse WTKW-FM 99.5 West Virginia WAJR-AM 1440 bIGBIG EASTEA SFOOTBALLT MEDIA MED IASERV SERVIICCESES

BIG EAST Weekly Teleconference weekly release & statistics BIG EAST Media Contacts The BIG EAST football coaches will hold a weekly Media members may access PDF versions of the teleconference for the media beginning Monday, complete weekly release, including conference BIG EAST...... Chuck Sullivan Aug. 25. The call will take place each Monday dur- and team-by-team statistics, on BIGEAST.org. Phone...... (401) 453-0660 ing the season, concluding Dec. 1. Each coach will Regular updates of the weekly release will be be available for approximately 10 minutes. Media distributed via e-mail from the conference office. Fax...... (401) 751-8540 members who wish to access the teleconference To be included on the distribution list, send an Email...... [email protected] should contact Chuck Sullivan to receive the dial-in e-mail request to [email protected]. number. The call begins promptly at 11 a.m. with Cincinnati...... Ryan Koslen the order of schools as follows: Weekly awards Phone...... (513) 497-3132 The BIG EAST names offensive, defensive and Fax...... (513) 556-0619 11 a.m. Greg Schiano, Rutgers special teams Players of the Week each Monday Press Box...... (513) 556-1010 11:10 a.m. Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville morning during the season. Winners are chosen 11:20 a.m. Dave Wannstedt, Pittsburgh from nominations provided by BIG EAST sports Email...... [email protected] 11:30 a.m. Bill Stewart, West Virginia information directors. The information will be 11:40 a.m. Randy Edsall, Connecticut available from the BIG EAST office via release as Connecticut...... Mike Enright 11:50 a.m. Greg Robinson, Syracuse well as on the league web site. Phone...... (860) 486-2241 Noon Jim Leavitt, USF Fax...... (860) 486-5085 12:10 p.m. Brian Kelly, Cincinnati BIG EAST WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Press Box...... (860) 610-4778 The BIG EAST will once again hold weekly E-mail...... [email protected] For those who are not able to participate during teleconferences with its eight head football the live teleconference, an archive of Monday’s call coaches, beginning in August and continuing will be available at approximately 5 p.m. Eastern at each Monday through the end of November. Each Louisville...... Rocco Gasparro (402) 220-2955. The replay passcode is 5991964. coach will be available for 10 minutes. Media Phone...... (502) 852-0102 The teleconferences also will be available on the representatives wishing to participate in the Fax...... (502) 852-7401 BIG EAST website at www.bigeast.tv. Users may teleconference should contact the BIG EAST office Press Box...... (502) 852-6703 access the call either the live or archived audio of for the phone number and schedule. E-mail...... [email protected] the call through the website. ANNUAL AWARDS BIG EAST Weekly Satellite Feed All-BIG EAST First and Second Teams, Players of Pittsburgh...... E.J. Borghetti The BIG EAST will begin its weekly football the Year on offense, defense and special teams, Phone...... 412) 648-8240 satellite broadcast Wednesday, Sept. 3. The Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year are Fax...... (412) 648-8248 feed will be available each Wednesday from selected by a vote of the league’s eight head Press Box...... (412) 697-7198 3-3:30 p.m. during the season, concluding Dec. coaches at the conclusion of the regular season. E-mail...... [email protected] 3. Approximately three-and-a-half minutes of The awards will be announced on Dec. 1, 2008. highlights and interviews are available for each The BIG EAST All-Academic Team is comprised team in the conference. The satellite coordinates of letterwinners who are starters or important Rutgers...... Jason Baum are: reserves, and have an overall grade-point average Phone...... (732) 445-4200 of 3.00 or better over the past academic year. Fax...... (732) 445-3063 Galaxy 16 C-Band analog/Transponder 8 Press Box...... (732) 445-7028 Located at 99 degrees West longitude E-mail...... [email protected] Received vertically at 3860 MHz USF...... Chris Freet BIGEAST.ORG The official website of the BIG EAST Conference Phone...... (813) 974-4086 features up-to-date information on all facets of Fax...... (813) 974-5328 the league, including the eight football playing Press Box...... (813) 974-6225 members. Football standings, results, statistics E-mail...... [email protected] and notes are updated as games are played. In addition, in-game scores for all football contests Syracuse...... Sue Cornelius Edson involving BIG EAST teams will be updated in- Phone...... (315) 443-2608 progress. Fax...... (315) 443-2076 COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Press Box...... (315) 443-4241 CollegePressBox.com is the official media web- E-mail...... [email protected] site for BIG EAST football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media West Virginia...... Mike Montoro guides and more for the conference and each of Phone...... (304) 293-2821 its eight member schools throughout the season. Fax...... (304) 293-4105 Login information will be distributed to accredited media, or you can apply for a password by sending Press Box...... (304) 293-3799 an e-mail to [email protected]. E-mail...... [email protected] SCHEDULES & RESULTS cincinnati (1-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/28 Eastern Kentucky (7:30 p.m.) W, 40-7 26,913 209 348 557 26-35-0 1 48 147 195 1 9/6 at Oklahoma (3:30 p.m., ABC) L, 26-52 84,476 87 239 326 22-42-2 2 197 395 592 2 9/20 Miami (Ohio) 9/27 at Akron (3:30 p.m.) 10/3 at Marshall (8 p.m., ESPN) 10/11 RUTGERS 10/25 at CONNECTICUT 10/30 USF (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 11/8 at WEST VIRGINIA 11/14 at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/22 PITTSBURGH 11/29 SYRACUSE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 12/6 at Hawaii

CONNECTICUT (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/28 Hofstra (7:30 p.m., BEN Local) W, 35-3 37,583 218 233 451 18-30-3 5 40 130 170 3 9/6 at Temple (Noon, ESPNU) W, 12-9 ot 17,194 293 86 379 10-22-1 2 128 170 298 2 9/13 Virginia (7:30 p.m., ESPNU) 9/19 Baylor (8 p.m., ESPN2) 9/26 at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN2) 10/4 at North Carolina 10/18 at RUTGERS 10/25 CINCINNATI 11/1 WEST VIRGINIA 11/15 at SYRACUSE 11/23 at USF (8:15 p.m., ESPN) 12/6 PITTSBURGH (ESPN/ESPN2)

LOUISVILLE (1-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/31 Kentucky (3:30 p.m., ESPN) L, 2-27 42,696 53 152 205 20-43-3 5 63 147 210 1 9/6 Tennessee Tech (3:30 p.m., WHAS) W, 51-10 38,694 234 217 451 17-26-0 2 33 143 176 4 9/17 Kansas State (8 p.m., ESPN2) 9/26 CONNECTICUT (8 p.m., ESPN2) 10/10 at Memphis (8 p.m., ESPN) 10/18 Middle Tennessee State 10/25 USF 11/1 at SYRACUSE 11/8 at PITTSBURGH 11/14 CINCINNATI (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/22 WEST VIRGINIA 12/4 at RUTGERS (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

PITTSBURGH (1-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 Bowling Green (Noon, ESPNU) L, 17-27 45,063 129 264 393 29-51-1 4 64 190 254 1 9/6 Buffalo (6 p.m., BEN Local) W, 27-16 42,494 111 241 352 22-34-1 1 125 223 348 1 9/20 Iowa 9/27 at SYRACUSE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 10/2 at USF (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 10/18 at Navy (3:30 p.m., CBS CS) 10/25 RUTGERS 11/1 at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) 11/8 LOUISVILLE 11/22 at CINCINNATI 11/28 WEST VIRGINIA (ABC) 12/6 at CONNECTICUT (ESPN/ESPN2)

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RUTGERS (0-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/1 Fresno State (4 p.m., ESPN) L, 7-24 42,508 106 263 369 20-39-2 2 206 216 422 0 9/11 North Carolina (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 9/20 at Navy (3:30 p.m., CBS CS) 9/27 Morgan State (3:30 p.m., BEN Local) 8/4 at WEST VIRGINIA (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 8/11 at CINCINNATI 8/18 CONNECTICUT 8/25 at PITTSBURGH 11/8 SYRACUSE 11/15 at USF 11/22 Army 12/4 LOUISVILLE (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

USF (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 Tennessee-Martin (7 p.m., BEN Local) W, 56-7 48,058 300 220 520 14-19-1 4 59 38 97 1 9/6 at Central Florida (7 p.m., ESPN2) W, 31-24 ot 46,805 158 346 504 23-41-2 2 77 150 227 0 9/12 Kansas (8 p.m., ESPN2) 9/20 at Florida International 9/27 at North Carolina State 8/2 PITTSBURGH (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 8/18 SYRACUSE 8/25 at LOUISVILLE 8/30 at CINCINNATI (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 11/15 RUTGERS 11/23 CONNECTICUT (8:15 p.m., ESPN) 12/6 at WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN/ESPN2)

SYRACUSE (0-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 at Northwestern (Noon, ESPN2) L, 10-30 20,015 64 190 254 26-42-1 1 129 264 393 2 9/6 Akron (3:30 p.m.) L, 28-42 31,808 218 135 353 13-20-1 2 218 260 478 1 9/13 Penn State (3:30 p.m., ABC) 9/20 Northeastern (3:30 p.m.) 9/27 PITTSBURGH (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 8/11 at WEST VIRGINIA 8/18 at USF 11/1 LOUISVILLE 11/8 at RUTGERS 11/15 CONNECTICUT 11/22 at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) 11/29 at Cincinnati (Noon, BIG EAST Network)

WEST VIRGINIA (1-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 Villanova (3:30 p.m., BEN Local) W, 48-21 60,566 149 205 354 26-34-1 1 133 266 399 3 9/6 at East Carolina (4:30 p.m., ESPN) L, 3-24 43,610 179 72 251 11-18-0 2 143 243 386 0 9/18 at Colorado (8:30 p.m., ESPN) 9/27 Marshall (3:30 p.m., BEN Local) 8/4 RUTGERS (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 8/11 SYRACUSE 8/23 Auburn (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 11/1 at CONNECTICUT 11/8 CINCINNATI 11/22 at LOUISVILLE 11/28 at PITTSBURGH (ABC) 12/6 USF (ESPN/ESPN2)

BIG EAST games in CAPS • BEN Local – BIG EAST Network Local Telecast 2008 composite SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Thursday, August 28 Saturday, October 4 Cincinnati 40, Eastern Kentucky 7 RUTGERS at WEST VIRGINIA (Noon, BIG EAST Network) Connecticut 35, Hofstra 3 (BIG EAST Network) Connecticut at North Carolina

Saturday, August 30 Friday, October 10 Bowling Green 27, Pittsburgh 17 (ESPNU) Louisville at Memphis (8 p.m., ESPN) Northwestern 30, Syracuse 10 (ESPN2) West Virginia 48, Villanova 21 (BIG EAST Network) Saturday, October 11 USF 56, Tennessee-Martin 7 (BIG EAST Network) RUTGERS at CINCINNATI SYRACUSE at WEST VIRGINIA Sunday, August 31 Kentucky 27, Louisville 2 (ESPN) Saturday, October 18 Pittsburgh at Navy (3:30 p.m., CBS CS) Monday, September 1 CONNECTICUT at RUTGERS Fresno State 24, Rutgers 7 (ESPN) Middle Tennessee State at Louisville SYRACUSE at USF Saturday, September 6 Connecticut 12, Temple 9 (ot) (ESPNU) Thursday, October 23 Oklahoma 52, Cincinnati 26 (ABC) Auburn at West Virginia (7:30 p.m., ESPN) Louisville 51, Tennessee Tech 10 (BIG EAST Network) Akron 42, Syracuse 28 (Time Warner Syracuse) Saturday, October 25 East Carolina 24, West Virginia 3 (ESPN) CINCINNATI at CONNECTICUT Pittsburgh 27, Buffalo 16 (BIG EAST Network) USF at LOUISVILLE USF 31, Central Florida 24 (ot) (ESPN2) RUTGERS at PITTSBURGH

Thursday, September 11 Thursday, October 30 North Carolina at Rutgers (7:30 p.m., ESPN) USF at CINCINNATI (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Friday, September 12 Saturday, November 1 Kansas at USF (8 p.m., ESPN2) Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) LOUISVILLE at SYRACUSE Saturday, September 13 WEST VIRGINIA at CONNECTICUT Penn State at Syracuse (3:30 p.m., ABC) Virginia at Connecticut (7:30 p.m., ESPNU) Saturday, November 8 CINCINNATI at WEST VIRGINIA Wednesday, September 17 LOUISVILLE at PITTSBURGH Kansas State at Louisville (8 p.m., ESPN2) SYRACUSE at RUTGERS

Thursday, September 18 Friday, November 14 West Virginia at Colorado (8:30 p.m., ESPN) CINCINNATI at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN2)

Friday, September 19 Saturday, November 15 Baylor at Connecticut (8 p.m., ESPN2) CONNECTICUT at SYRACUSE RUTGERS at USF Saturday, September 20 Rutgers at Navy (3:30 p.m., CBS CS) Saturday, November 22 Northeastern at Syracuse (3:30 p.m.) Syracuse at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati PITTSBURGH at CINCINNATI Iowa at Pittsburgh WEST VIRGINIA at LOUISVILLE USF at Florida International Army at Rutgers

Friday, September 26 Sunday, November 23 CONNECTICUT at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN2) CONNECTICUT at USF (8:15 p.m., ESPN)

Saturday, September 27 Friday, November 28 PITTSBURGH at SYRACUSE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) WEST VIRGINIA at PITTSBURGH (Noon, ABC) Marshall at West Virginia (3:30 p.m., BIG EAST Network) Morgan State at Rutgers (3:30 p.m., BIG EAST Network) Saturday, November 29 Cincinnati at Akron (3:30 p.m.) SYRACUSE at CINCINNATI (Noon, BIG EAST Network) USF at North Carolina State Thursday, December 4 Thursday, October 2 LOUISVILLE at RUTGERS (7:30 p.m., ESPN) PITTSBURGH at USF (7:30 p.m., ESPN) Saturday, December 6 Friday, October 3 Cincinnati at Hawaii Cincinnati at Marshall (8 p.m., ESPN) PITTSBURGH at CONNECTICUT (ESPN/ESPN2) USF at WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN/ESPN2) 2008 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 06, 2008

RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Long Int/G ------1. BROWN, Donald...... CONN JR 2 59 360 6.1 5 32 180.0 1. IVY, Mortty...... WVU SR 2 1 29 1 29 0.50 2. BRINKLEY, Curtis.... SYR SR 2 30 192 6.4 2 28 96.0 MOORE, Justin...... CIN SO 2 1 12 0 12 0.50 3. YOUNG, Kordell...... RUT SO 1 26 94 3.6 1 13 94.0 WILSON, Lawrence.... CONN SO 2 1 11 0 11 0.50 4. McCOY,LeSean...... PITT SO 2 43 164 3.8 4 18 82.0 SMITH,Derrell...... SYR SO 2 1 4 0 4 0.50 5. WHITE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 29 160 5.5 0 23 80.0 BROWN,A.J...... SYR SR 2 1 1 0 1 0.50 6. ANDERSON, Victor.... LOU FR 2 24 145 6.0 1 20 72.5 RANSOM,Austin...... PITT SR 2 1 0 0 0 0.50 7. DEVINE, Noel...... WVU SO 2 21 141 6.7 0 34 70.5 THATCHER,Eric...... PITT SR 2 1 0 0 0 0.50 8. CARTER,Delone...... SYR SO 2 19 122 6.4 0 32 61.0 WILLIAMS,Carlt...... USF SR 2 1 0 0 0 0.50 9. PLANCHER,Moise...... USF JR 2 17 115 6.8 3 34 57.5 LUTRUS, Scott...... CONN SO 2 1 0 0 0 0.50 10.LORENZEN, Tyler..... CONN SR 2 18 97 5.4 0 23 48.5 DELESTON, Dahna..... CONN SR 2 1 0 0 0 0.50

PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff. ------1. TEEL, Mike...... RUT SR 1 39 20 2 51.3 263 0 263.0 1. GRUTZA, Dustin...... CIN SR 2 57 40 1 70.2 514 4 165.6 2. GRUTZA, Dustin...... CIN SR 2 57 40 1 70.2 514 4 257.0 2. GROTHE,Matt...... USF JR 2 48 29 2 60.4 442 5 163.8 3. STULL,Bill...... PITT JR 2 84 51 2 60.7 505 1 252.5 3. WHITE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 51 36 1 70.6 280 5 145.1 4. GROTHE,Matt...... USF JR 2 48 29 2 60.4 442 5 221.0 4. STULL,Bill...... PITT JR 2 84 51 2 60.7 505 1 110.4 5. CANTWELL, Hunter.... LOU SR 2 66 35 3 53.0 355 2 177.5 5. CANTWELL, Hunter.... LOU SR 2 66 35 3 53.0 355 2 99.1 6. WHITE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 51 36 1 70.6 280 5 140.0 6. TEEL, Mike...... RUT SR 1 39 20 2 51.3 263 0 97.7 7. LORENZEN, Tyler..... CONN SR 2 47 24 4 51.1 270 0 135.0 7. PIKE, Tony...... CIN JR 2 18 8 1 44.4 73 1 85.7 8. PIKE, Tony...... CIN JR 2 18 8 1 44.4 73 1 36.5 8. LORENZEN, Tyler..... CONN SR 2 47 24 4 51.1 270 0 82.3 9. GREGORY,Grant...... USF SR 2 7 4 1 57.1 38 0 19.0 9. BROWN, Jarrett...... WVU JR 2 1 1 0 100.0 -3 0 74.8 10.BARNETT, Marcus..... CIN SO 2 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 10.GREGORY,Grant...... USF SR 2 7 4 1 57.1 38 0 74.2

TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg ------1. GRUTZA, Dustin...... CIN SR 2 44 514 76 558 279.0 1. HOWARD, Jasper...... CONN SO 2 5 95 0 31 19.0 2. TEEL, Mike...... RUT SR 1 0 263 41 263 263.0 2. EDWARDS,Marcus...... USF SR 2 8 123 0 39 15.4 3. GROTHE,Matt...... USF JR 2 73 442 72 515 257.5 3. LANKSTER, Ellis..... WVU JR 2 4 34 0 25 8.5 4. STULL,Bill...... PITT JR 2 -32 505 91 473 236.5 4. ROBINSON, Mason..... RUT SO 1 2 14 0 12 7.0 5. WHITE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 160 280 80 440 220.0 5. BERRY,Aaron...... PITT JR 2 5 32 0 12 6.4 6. LORENZEN, Tyler..... CONN SR 2 97 270 65 367 183.5 7. BROWN, Donald...... CONN JR 2 360 0 59 360 180.0 8. CANTWELL, Hunter.... LOU SR 2 -37 355 72 318 159.0 9. BRINKLEY, Curtis.... SYR SR 2 192 0 30 192 96.0 10.YOUNG, Kordell...... RUT SO 1 94 0 26 94 94.0

RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Rec/G KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg ------1. GOODMAN, Dominick... CIN SR 2 16 204 3 36 12.8 8.00 1. GILYARD, Mardy...... CIN JR 2 6 272 1 97 45.3 2. BEAUMONT, Doug...... LOU SO 2 14 160 0 34 11.4 7.00 2. SANDERS, Jock...... WVU SO 2 5 108 0 32 21.6 3. GILYARD, Mardy...... CIN JR 2 13 220 2 57 16.9 6.50 3. BUTLER, Darius...... CONN SR 2 3 64 0 27 21.3 4. BRITT, Kenny...... RUT JR 1 6 89 0 41 14.8 6.00 4. STEPHENS-HOWLING, L. PITT SR 2 4 84 0 26 21.0 UNDERWOOD, Tiqu..... RUT SR 1 6 73 0 24 12.2 6.00 5. SUTER,Max...... SYR SO 2 10 204 0 28 20.4 6. SANDERS, Jock...... WVU SO 2 11 82 2 17 7.5 5.50 6. JOHNSON,Taurus...... USF SR 2 3 61 0 25 20.3 7. TURNER,Oderick...... PITT JR 2 10 111 0 36 11.1 5.00 7. WRIGHT,Aundre...... PITT FR 2 4 76 0 24 19.0 8. McGEE,Cedric...... PITT JR 2 9 83 0 17 9.2 4.50 8. UNDERWOOD, Tiqu..... RUT SR 1 4 65 0 24 16.2 KINDER,Derek...... PITT SR 2 9 77 1 15 8.6 4.50 9. POWELL, Bilal...... LOU SO 2 4 54 0 17 13.5 DEVINE, Noel...... WVU SO 2 9 46 0 17 5.1 4.50

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Long Avg ------1. GILYARD, Mardy...... CIN JR 2 13 220 2 57 16.9 110.0 1. HUBER, Kevin...... CIN SR 2 10 469 57 46.9 2. GOODMAN, Dominick... CIN SR 2 16 204 3 36 12.8 102.0 2. LONG,Rob...... SYR SO 2 10 446 72 44.6 3. BRITT, Kenny...... RUT JR 1 6 89 0 41 14.8 89.0 3. DELLAGANNA, Ted..... RUT SO 1 5 199 49 39.8 4. BEAUMONT, Doug...... LOU SO 2 14 160 0 34 11.4 80.0 4. GOETTSCHE, Cory..... LOU JR 2 14 556 50 39.7 5. JOHNSON,Taurus...... USF SR 2 7 153 1 42 21.9 76.5 6. UNDERWOOD, Tiqu..... RUT SR 1 6 73 0 24 12.2 73.0 7. TURNER,Oderick...... PITT JR 2 10 111 0 36 11.1 55.5 8. BROCK, Kevin...... RUT SR 1 2 44 0 25 22.0 44.0 9. BOGAN,Dontavia...... USF SO 2 4 83 0 36 20.8 41.5 McGEE,Cedric...... PITT JR 2 9 83 0 17 9.2 41.5

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts Pts/G ------1. GILYARD, Mardy...... CIN JR 2 0 220 0 272 492 246.0 1. BROWN, Donald...... CONN JR 2 5 0 0 0 30 15.0 2. BROWN, Donald...... CONN JR 2 360 12 0 0 372 186.0 2. McCOY,LeSean...... PITT SO 2 4 0 0 0 24 12.0 3. UNDERWOOD, Tiqu..... RUT SR 1 0 73 0 65 138 138.0 3. GILYARD, Mardy...... CIN JR 2 3 0 0 0 18 9.0 4. DEVINE, Noel...... WVU SO 2 141 46 0 47 234 117.0 GOODMAN, Dominick... CIN SR 2 3 0 0 0 18 9.0 5. McCOY,LeSean...... PITT SO 2 164 69 0 0 233 116.5 PLANCHER,Moise...... USF JR 2 3 0 0 0 18 9.0 6. YOUNG, Kordell...... RUT SO 1 94 19 0 0 113 113.0 6. MCAFEE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 0 6 3 0 15 7.5 7. SANDERS, Jock...... WVU SO 2 28 82 0 108 218 109.0 ALVARADO,Delbe...... USF JR 2 0 12 1 0 15 7.5 8. JOHNSON,Taurus...... USF SR 2 0 153 0 61 214 107.0 8. LEE,Conor...... PITT SR 2 0 5 3 0 14 7.0 9. SUTER,Max...... SYR SO 2 0 0 0 204 204 102.0 9. SANDERS, Jock...... WVU SO 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 GOODMAN, Dominick... CIN SR 2 0 204 0 0 204 102.0 HILL,Cedric...... USF SR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 2008 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 06, 2008

SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G ------1. BROWN, Donald...... CONN JR 2 5 5 0 0 0 30 15.0 1. MCAFEE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 3 3 100.0 1.50 2. McCOY,LeSean...... PITT SO 2 4 4 0 0 0 24 12.0 LEE,Conor...... PITT SR 2 3 4 75.0 1.50 3. GOODMAN, Dominick... CIN SR 2 3 0 3 0 0 18 9.0 3. CIARAVINO, Tony..... CONN SR 2 2 5 40.0 1.00 GILYARD, Mardy...... CIN JR 2 3 0 2 1 0 18 9.0 4. SHADLE,Patrick...... SYR SR 2 1 2 50.0 0.50 PLANCHER,Moise...... USF JR 2 3 3 0 0 0 18 9.0 PHILPOTT, Chris..... LOU FR 2 1 2 50.0 0.50 6. YOUNG, Kordell...... RUT SO 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 6.0 ALVARADO,Delbe...... USF JR 2 1 4 25.0 0.50 BOLEN, Brock...... LOU SR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 GRUTZA, Dustin...... CIN SR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 SANDERS, Jock...... WVU SO 2 2 0 2 0 0 12 6.0 HILL,Cedric...... USF SR 2 2 0 2 0 0 12 6.0

SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G FIELD GOAL PCT Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct. ------1. ALVARADO,Delbe...... USF JR 2 12-12 1-4 15 7.5 1. MCAFEE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 3 3 52 100.0 MCAFEE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 6-6 3-3 15 7.5 2. LEE,Conor...... PITT SR 2 3 4 42 75.0 3. LEE,Conor...... PITT SR 2 5-5 3-4 14 7.0 3. SHADLE,Patrick...... SYR SR 2 1 2 36 50.0 4. CIARAVINO, Tony..... CONN SR 2 5-5 2-5 11 5.5 PHILPOTT, Chris..... LOU FR 2 1 2 19 50.0 5. SHADLE,Patrick...... SYR SR 2 5-5 1-2 8 4.0 5. CIARAVINO, Tony..... CONN SR 2 2 5 37 40.0 6. PHILPOTT, Chris..... LOU FR 2 4-5 1-2 7 3.5 6. ALVARADO,Delbe...... USF JR 2 1 4 20 25.0 7. YINGLING, Brandon... CIN SR 2 6-7 0-0 6 3.0 7. TE, San San...... RUT FR 1 0 2 0 0.0 8. TE, San San...... RUT FR 1 1-1 0-2 1 1.0

PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct. ------1. ALVARADO,Delbe...... USF JR 2 12 12 100.0 MCAFEE, Pat...... WVU SR 2 6 6 100.0 LEE,Conor...... PITT SR 2 5 5 100.0 SHADLE,Patrick...... SYR SR 2 5 5 100.0 CIARAVINO, Tony..... CONN SR 2 5 5 100.0 6. YINGLING, Brandon... CIN SR 2 6 7 85.7 7. PHILPOTT, Chris..... LOU FR 2 4 5 80.0 2008 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 06, 2008

TACKLES (All positions) SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G Player Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack ------1. HOLMES, John...... WVU SR 2 LB 2 0 16 2.0 1.00 1. McKILLOP,Scott...... PITT SR 2 LB 12 9 21 10.5 0.0 BARWIN, Connor...... CIN SR 2 DE 2 0 12 2.0 1.00 2. MALAST, Kevin...... RUT SR 1 LB 2 7 9 9.0 0.0 3. THOMAS, J.T...... WVU SO 2 LB 1 1 15 1.5 0.75 3. FLAHERTY,Jake...... SYR SR 2 LB 11 6 17 8.5 0.0 BROWN, Cody...... CONN SR 2 DE 1 1 11 1.5 0.75 4. LUTRUS, Scott...... CONN SO 2 LB 12 4 16 8.0 0.0 SHEARD,Jabaal...... PITT SO 2 DL 1 1 10 1.5 0.75 ANDREWS, Quint...... WVU JR 2 DB 8 8 16 8.0 0.0 6. TOLBERT, Cedric..... CIN SR 2 DB 1 0 15 1.0 0.50 THOMAS, J.T...... WVU SO 2 LB 4 12 16 8.0 1.5 WILLIAMS,Mick...... PITT JR 2 DL 1 0 11 1.0 0.50 GREENE, Courtne..... RUT SR 1 DB 2 6 8 8.0 0.0 PERKINS, Anthony.... SYR SO 2 DT 1 0 10 1.0 0.50 D'IMPERIO, Ryan..... RUT JR 1 LB 3 5 8 8.0 0.0 MUSTAKAS,Gus...... PITT JR 2 DL 1 0 8 1.0 0.50 9. CHIARA,Paul...... SYR SR 2 10 4 14 7.0 0.0 MCKENZIE, Tyrone.... USF SR 2 LB 1 0 8 1.0 0.50 RANSOM,Austin...... PITT SR 2 LB 10 4 14 7.0 0.0 SMITH, DeAngelo..... CIN SR 2 DB 9 5 14 7.0 0.0 TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G THATCHER,Eric...... PITT SR 2 DB 11 3 14 7.0 0.0 ------IVY, Mortty...... WVU SR 2 LB 4 10 14 7.0 0.5 1. JONES,Arthur...... SYR JR 2 DT 4 0 17 4.0 2.00 GIRUZZI, Vincenzo... SYR SR 2 DE 7 7 14 7.0 1.0 2. ROMEUS,Greg...... PITT SO 2 DL 2 2 3 3.0 1.50 ABREU, Manny...... RUT FR 1 LB 2 5 7 7.0 0.5 BARWIN, Connor...... CIN SR 2 DE 3 0 13 3.0 1.50 TVERDOV, Pete...... RUT SR 1 DT 2 5 7 7.0 1.0 SCOTT, L.D...... LOU SO 2 3 0 7 3.0 1.50 LEFEGED, Joe...... RUT SO 1 DB 5 2 7 7.0 0.0 MARSHALL,Craig...... USF SO 2 DL 3 0 5 3.0 1.50 18.BROWN,A.J...... SYR SR 2 SS 6 7 13 6.5 0.0 MCKENZIE, Tyrone.... USF SR 2 LB 3 0 10 3.0 1.50 MELE,Mike...... SYR SO 2 LB 4 9 13 6.5 0.0 7. THOMAS, J.T...... WVU SO 2 LB 2 1 23 2.5 1.25 20.MURPHY,Jerome...... USF JR 2 DB 11 1 12 6.0 0.0 HOLMES, John...... WVU SR 2 LB 2 1 17 2.5 1.25 WILSON, Lawrence.... CONN SO 2 LB 5 7 12 6.0 0.0 McKILLOP,Scott...... PITT SR 2 LB 2 1 5 2.5 1.25 LLOYD, Greg...... CONN SO 2 LB 6 6 12 6.0 1.0 10.HEYMAN, Earl...... LOU SR 2 2 0 7 2.0 1.00 HOLMES, John...... WVU SR 2 LB 3 9 12 6.0 2.0 MCKENZIE, Tyrone.... USF SR 2 LB 10 2 12 6.0 1.0 FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num Avg/G ALLEN, Franchot..... WVU JR 2 DB 8 4 12 6.0 1.0 ------MANALAC, Ryan...... CIN SR 2 LB 7 5 12 6.0 0.0 1. RANSOM,Austin...... PITT SR 2 1 0.50 REVELS, Andre...... CIN JR 2 LB 6 6 12 6.0 0.0 GRADY, Adrian...... LOU SR 2 1 0.50 28.MERKERSON, Da'Mon... SYR SO 2 6 5 11 5.5 0.0 KIMMEL,Jared...... SYR SO 2 1 0.50 LAZEAR, Pat...... WVU SO 2 LB 3 8 11 5.5 0.0 CAMPA, Chris...... LOU JR 2 1 0.50 RICHARDSON, Ken..... WVU JR 2 DB 7 4 11 5.5 0.0 DELESTON, Dahna..... CONN SR 2 1 0.50 SMITH,Derrell...... SYR SO 2 LB 6 5 11 5.5 0.0 SMITH, DeAngelo..... CIN SR 2 1 0.50 32.DEMPSEY, Jon...... LOU JR 2 9 1 10 5.0 0.0 HOLMES, John...... WVU SR 2 1 0.50 SMITH, Corey...... CIN SR 2 LB 5 5 10 5.0 0.0 McCOURTY, Jason..... RUT SR 1 CB 3 2 5 5.0 0.0 FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num Avg/G MUNOZ, Damas...... RUT JR 1 LB 2 3 5 5.0 0.0 ------36.HOLMES,Mike...... SYR SO 2 CB 6 3 9 4.5 0.0 1. IVY, Mortty...... WVU SR 2 1 0.50 McKINNON,Randy...... SYR SO 2 5 4 9 4.5 0.0 BUCHANAN, Bobby..... LOU SR 2 1 0.50 WILLIAMS,Greg...... PITT FR 2 LB 7 2 9 4.5 0.0 HEATH, Brandon...... LOU SO 2 1 0.50 JONES,Arthur...... SYR JR 2 DT 5 4 9 4.5 1.0 FREY, Robbie...... CONN FR 2 1 0.50 BROWN, Cody...... CONN SR 2 DE 3 6 9 4.5 1.5 MATHEWS, Ricardo.... CIN JR 2 1 0.50 DeCICCO,Dom...... PITT SO 2 DB 8 1 9 4.5 0.0 GRADY, Adrian...... LOU SR 2 1 0.50 SMITH, Eain...... WVU FR 2 DB 2 7 9 4.5 0.0 GIRUZZI, Vincenzo... SYR SR 2 1 0.50 PATRICK, Johnny..... LOU SO 2 7 2 9 4.5 0.0 TURENNE, Woodny..... LOU SR 2 7 2 9 4.5 0.0 PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total Avg/G BUTLER, Darius...... CONN SR 2 CB 8 1 9 4.5 0.0 ------46.LANKSTER, Ellis..... WVU JR 2 DB 6 2 8 4.0 0.0 1. McKILLOP,Scott...... PITT SR 2 3 0 3 1.50 BARWIN, Connor...... CIN SR 2 DE 5 3 8 4.0 2.0 2. McCOURTY, Devin..... RUT JR 1 1 0 1 1.00 UNDERWOOD, Brandon.. CIN SR 2 DB 4 4 8 4.0 0.0 MURPHY,Jerome...... USF JR 2 2 0 2 1.00 VAUGHN, Robert...... CONN JR 2 4 4 8 4.0 0.0 LUTRUS, Scott...... CONN SO 2 1 1 2 1.00 SELVIE,George...... USF JR 2 DL 8 0 8 4.0 0.0 THATCHER,Eric...... PITT SR 2 1 1 2 1.00 WILLIAMS,Carlt...... USF SR 2 1 1 2 1.00 UNDERWOOD, Brandon.. CIN SR 2 1 1 2 1.00 DeCICCO,Dom...... PITT SO 2 2 0 2 1.00 BERRY,Aaron...... PITT JR 2 2 0 2 1.00 McCOURTY, Jason..... RUT SR 1 1 0 1 1.00 2008 BIG EAST Conference Team Statistics Through games of Sep 06, 2008

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G ------1. USF...... 2 12 12 0 0 1 0 87 43.5 1. Connecticut...... 2 98 511 5.2 6 255.5 2. Cincinnati...... 2 10 6 0 0 0 0 66 33.0 2. USF...... 2 96 458 4.8 6 229.0 3. Louisville...... 2 7 6 0 0 1 1 53 26.5 3. Syracuse...... 2 73 340 4.7 2 170.0 4. West Virginia...... 2 6 6 0 0 3 0 51 25.5 4. West Virginia...... 2 58 328 5.7 0 164.0 5. Connecticut...... 2 6 5 0 0 2 0 47 23.5 5. Cincinnati...... 2 73 296 4.1 4 148.0 6. Pittsburgh...... 2 5 5 0 0 3 0 44 22.0 6. Louisville...... 2 72 287 4.0 3 143.5 7. Syracuse...... 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 38 19.0 7. Pittsburgh...... 2 66 240 3.6 4 120.0 8. Rutgers...... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 7.0 8. Rutgers...... 1 34 106 3.1 1 106.0

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G ------1. Connecticut...... 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 6.0 1. Louisville...... 2 55 96 1.7 1 48.0 2. USF...... 2 4 4 0 0 1 0 31 15.5 2. USF...... 2 56 135 2.4 0 67.5 3. Louisville...... 2 4 4 0 0 3 0 37 18.5 3. Connecticut...... 2 62 168 2.7 0 84.0 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 6 4 0 0 1 0 43 21.5 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 60 189 3.2 3 94.5 5. West Virginia...... 2 6 6 0 0 1 0 45 22.5 5. Cincinnati...... 2 72 245 3.4 2 122.5 6. Rutgers...... 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 24 24.0 6. West Virginia...... 2 92 276 3.0 5 138.0 7. Cincinnati...... 2 8 8 0 0 1 0 59 29.5 7. Rutgers...... 1 39 206 5.3 3 206.0 8. Syracuse...... 2 10 10 0 0 0 1 72 36.0 8. Syracuse...... 2 88 487 5.5 3 243.5

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G ------1. Cincinnati...... 2 77 48 2 62.3 587 7.6 5 293.5 1. USF...... 2 458 566 156 1024 6.6 11 512.0 2. USF...... 2 60 37 3 61.7 566 9.4 5 283.0 2. Cincinnati...... 2 296 587 150 883 5.9 9 441.5 3. Rutgers...... 1 39 20 2 51.3 263 6.7 0 263.0 3. Connecticut...... 2 511 319 150 830 5.5 6 415.0 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 85 51 2 60.0 505 5.9 1 252.5 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 240 505 151 745 4.9 5 372.5 5. Louisville...... 2 69 37 3 53.6 369 5.3 2 184.5 5. Rutgers...... 1 106 263 73 369 5.1 1 369.0 6. Connecticut...... 2 52 28 4 53.8 319 6.1 0 159.5 6. Louisville...... 2 287 369 141 656 4.7 5 328.0 7. West Virginia...... 2 52 37 1 71.2 277 5.3 5 138.5 7. West Virginia...... 2 328 277 110 605 5.5 5 302.5 8. Syracuse...... 2 48 27 2 56.2 238 5.0 3 119.0 8. Syracuse...... 2 340 238 121 578 4.8 5 289.0

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G ------1. USF...... 2 58 26 1 44.8 188 3.2 2 94.0 1. USF...... 2 135 188 114 323 2.8 2 161.5 2. Louisville...... 2 64 36 2 56.2 290 4.5 1 145.0 2. Louisville...... 2 96 290 119 386 3.2 2 193.0 3. Connecticut...... 2 56 28 4 50.0 300 5.4 0 150.0 3. Connecticut...... 2 168 300 118 468 4.0 0 234.0 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 76 47 2 61.8 413 5.4 3 206.5 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 189 413 136 602 4.4 6 301.0 5. Rutgers...... 1 24 11 0 45.8 216 9.0 0 216.0 5. West Virginia...... 2 276 509 158 785 5.0 6 392.5 6. Syracuse...... 2 61 43 2 70.5 475 7.8 6 237.5 6. Cincinnati...... 2 245 542 128 787 6.1 8 393.5 7. West Virginia...... 2 66 44 2 66.7 509 7.7 1 254.5 7. Rutgers...... 1 206 216 63 422 6.7 3 422.0 8. Cincinnati...... 2 56 42 3 75.0 542 9.7 6 271.0 8. Syracuse...... 2 487 475 149 962 6.5 9 481.0

KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg PUNT RETURN AVG G Ret Yds TD Avg ------1. Cincinnati...... 2 9 314 1 34.9 1. Connecticut...... 2 5 95 0 19.0 2. USF...... 2 6 141 0 23.5 2. USF...... 2 12 224 1 18.7 3. West Virginia...... 2 8 181 0 22.6 3. West Virginia...... 2 5 60 0 12.0 4. Syracuse...... 2 12 230 0 19.2 4. Cincinnati...... 2 4 46 0 11.5 5. Pittsburgh...... 2 9 171 0 19.0 5. Rutgers...... 1 3 25 0 8.3 6. Rutgers...... 1 4 65 0 16.2 Louisville...... 2 3 25 0 8.3 7. Connecticut...... 2 5 80 0 16.0 7. Pittsburgh...... 2 5 32 0 6.4 8. Louisville...... 2 4 54 0 13.5 8. Syracuse...... 2 1 4 0 4.0

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P PR Avg TB Net/P PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic ------1. Cincinnati...... 2 10 469 46.9 17 1.7 1 43.2 1. USF...... 2 60 37 61.7 3 566 5 158.4 2. West Virginia...... 2 7 310 44.3 0 0.0 1 41.4 2. West Virginia...... 2 52 37 71.2 1 277 5 143.8 3. Syracuse...... 2 10 446 44.6 17 1.7 2 38.9 3. Cincinnati...... 2 77 48 62.3 2 587 5 142.6 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 7 275 39.3 6 0.9 1 35.6 4. Syracuse...... 2 48 27 56.2 2 238 3 110.2 5. Rutgers...... 1 5 199 39.8 22 4.4 0 35.4 5. Pittsburgh...... 2 85 51 60.0 2 505 1 109.1 6. Louisville...... 2 14 556 39.7 72 5.1 0 34.6 6. Louisville...... 2 69 37 53.6 3 369 2 99.4 Connecticut...... 2 7 278 39.7 7 1.0 2 33.0 7. Rutgers...... 1 39 20 51.3 2 263 0 97.7 8. USF...... 2 7 318 45.4 71 10.1 2 29.6 8. Connecticut...... 2 52 28 53.8 4 319 0 90.0

|--Gained--||---Lost---| PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effic TURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G ------1. USF...... 2 58 26 1 44.8 188 2 80.0 1. Cincinnati...... 2 1 3 4 1 2 3 +1 0.50 2. Connecticut...... 2 56 28 4 50.0 300 0 80.7 2. West Virginia...... 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 +0 0.00 3. Louisville...... 2 64 36 2 56.2 290 1 93.2 Syracuse...... 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 +0 0.00 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 76 47 2 61.8 413 3 115.3 4. Connecticut...... 2 1 4 5 3 4 7 -2 -1.00 5. Rutgers...... 1 24 11 0 45.8 216 0 121.4 Louisville...... 2 3 2 5 4 3 7 -2 -1.00 6. West Virginia...... 2 66 44 2 66.7 509 1 130.4 6. Pittsburgh...... 2 0 2 2 3 2 5 -3 -1.50 7. Syracuse...... 2 61 43 2 70.5 475 6 161.8 7. Rutgers...... 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -2.00 8. Cincinnati...... 2 56 42 3 75.0 542 6 180.9 8. USF...... 2 0 1 1 3 3 6 -5 -2.50 2008 BIG EAST Conference Team Statistics Through games of Sep 06, 2008

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 3RD-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct ------1. USF...... 2 22 25 3 50 1. USF...... 2 16 31 51.6 2. Pittsburgh...... 2 15 31 3 49 2. Pittsburgh...... 2 14 29 48.3 3. Connecticut...... 2 28 17 3 48 3. West Virginia...... 2 9 21 42.9 4. Cincinnati...... 2 19 25 3 47 4. Cincinnati...... 2 10 28 35.7 5. Louisville...... 2 16 18 6 40 Louisville...... 2 10 28 35.7 6. West Virginia...... 2 19 14 0 33 6. Connecticut...... 2 8 23 34.8 7. Syracuse...... 2 18 11 2 31 7. Rutgers...... 1 4 14 28.6 8. Rutgers...... 1 4 15 3 22 8. Syracuse...... 2 6 23 26.1

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct ------1. Rutgers...... 1 11 5 0 16 1. USF...... 2 6 30 20.0 2. USF...... 2 4 12 2 18 Louisville...... 2 6 30 20.0 3. Connecticut...... 2 7 13 3 23 3. Rutgers...... 1 3 13 23.1 Louisville...... 2 5 9 9 23 4. Connecticut...... 2 8 29 27.6 5. Pittsburgh...... 2 15 20 2 37 5. Cincinnati...... 2 8 25 32.0 6. Cincinnati...... 2 13 23 2 38 6. Pittsburgh...... 2 13 31 41.9 7. West Virginia...... 2 18 26 4 48 7. West Virginia...... 2 16 30 53.3 8. Syracuse...... 2 27 26 1 54 8. Syracuse...... 2 15 25 60.0

SACKS BY G Sacks Yards SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards ------1. Connecticut...... 2 9 59 1. Connecticut...... 2 1 1 2. West Virginia...... 2 7 43 Rutgers...... 1 1 5 3. Pittsburgh...... 2 5 34 3. West Virginia...... 2 3 13 4. Syracuse...... 2 3 18 4. Syracuse...... 2 4 30 5. Rutgers...... 1 2 12 Louisville...... 2 4 35 Louisville...... 2 2 13 USF...... 2 4 33 Cincinnati...... 2 2 26 7. Cincinnati...... 2 6 45 8. USF...... 2 1 8 Pittsburgh...... 2 6 38

PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct ------1. Rutgers...... 1 2 15 15.0 1. West Virginia...... 2 3 3 1.000 2. Pittsburgh...... 2 5 35 17.5 2. Pittsburgh...... 2 3 4 .750 3. Syracuse...... 2 6 41 20.5 3. Syracuse...... 2 1 2 .500 4. West Virginia...... 2 9 76 38.0 Louisville...... 2 1 2 .500 5. USF...... 2 12 83 41.5 5. Connecticut...... 2 2 5 .400 6. Connecticut...... 2 10 107 53.5 6. USF...... 2 1 4 .250 7. Louisville...... 2 14 141 70.5 7. Cincinnati...... 2 0 0 .000 8. Cincinnati...... 2 19 170 85.0 Rutgers...... 1 0 2 .000

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct ------1. USF...... 2 23 241 120.5 1. USF...... 2 12 12 1.000 2. Connecticut...... 2 16 155 77.5 West Virginia...... 2 6 6 1.000 3. Louisville...... 2 19 149 74.5 Syracuse...... 2 5 5 1.000 4. West Virginia...... 2 16 120 60.0 Connecticut...... 2 5 5 1.000 5. Cincinnati...... 2 11 117 58.5 Pittsburgh...... 2 5 5 1.000 6. Pittsburgh...... 2 13 114 57.0 Rutgers...... 1 1 1 1.000 7. Syracuse...... 2 11 95 47.5 7. Louisville...... 2 6 7 .857 8. Rutgers...... 1 6 46 46.0 8. Cincinnati...... 2 6 9 .667

4TH-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G ------1. USF...... 2 2 2 100.0 1. Connecticut...... 2 66:06 33:03 2. Cincinnati...... 2 6 8 75.0 2. USF...... 2 64:52 32:26 Pittsburgh...... 2 3 4 75.0 3. Rutgers...... 1 31:52 31:52 4. Louisville...... 2 1 2 50.0 4. Pittsburgh...... 2 62:31 31:15 5. Syracuse...... 2 1 3 33.3 5. Cincinnati...... 2 61:48 30:54 6. West Virginia...... 2 0 1 0.0 6. Louisville...... 2 58:21 29:10 Rutgers...... 1 0 2 0.0 7. Syracuse...... 2 55:18 27:39 Connecticut...... 2 0 0 0.0 8. West Virginia...... 2 46:57 23:28

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg Retn TB NetAvg ------1. USF...... 2 0 1 0.0 1. Pittsburgh...... 2 9 578 64.2 119 1 48.8 Connecticut...... 2 0 2 0.0 2. Cincinnati...... 2 11 748 68.0 197 2 46.5 Louisville...... 2 0 0 0.0 3. Louisville...... 2 10 613 61.3 129 1 46.4 4. West Virginia...... 2 1 2 50.0 4. Rutgers...... 1 2 128 64.0 40 0 44.0 5. Pittsburgh...... 2 2 2 100.0 5. West Virginia...... 2 10 655 65.5 149 4 42.6 Rutgers...... 1 2 2 100.0 6. USF...... 2 14 911 65.1 305 2 40.4 Syracuse...... 2 1 1 100.0 7. Syracuse...... 2 9 569 63.2 209 1 37.8 Cincinnati...... 2 3 3 100.0 8. Connecticut...... 2 9 585 65.0 211 2 37.1 2008 BIG EAST Conference Team Statistics Through games of Sep 06, 2008

RED ZONE OFFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other ------1. Pittsburgh...... 2 7-7 100.0 5 4/1 2-2 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 Syracuse...... 2 5-5 100.0 4 2/2 1-1 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 West Virginia...... 2 5-5 100.0 3 0/3 2-2 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 4. Cincinnati...... 2 8-9 88.9 8 4/4 0-0 0/ 1/ 0/ 0 5. Louisville...... 2 5-6 83.3 4 3/1 1-1 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 6. USF...... 2 8-10 80.0 7 5/2 1-2 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 7. Connecticut...... 2 8-12 66.7 6 6/0 2-3 1/ 2/ 0/ 0 8. Rutgers...... 1 1-3 33.3 1 1/0 0-1 0/ 0/ 1/ 0

RED ZONE DEFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other ------1. USF...... 2 1-2 50.0 1 0/1 0-0 0/ 0/ 1/ 0 2. Connecticut...... 2 3-5 60.0 0 0/0 3-3 0/ 1/ 1/ 0 3. Louisville...... 2 5-6 83.3 2 1/1 3-4 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 4. Cincinnati...... 2 6-7 85.7 5 2/3 1-1 0/ 1/ 0/ 0 West Virginia...... 2 6-7 85.7 6 5/1 0-0 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 6. Syracuse...... 2 7-8 87.5 7 2/5 0-0 0/ 0/ 0/ 1 7. Rutgers...... 1 4-4 100.0 3 3/0 1-1 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 Pittsburgh...... 2 6-6 100.0 5 3/2 1-1 0/ 0/ 0/ 0

ON-SIDE KICK SUCCESS G OnSide Percent ON-SIDE KICK ALLOWED G OnSide Percent ------1. USF...... 2 0-0 0.0 1. USF...... 2 0-0 0.0 Connecticut...... 2 0-0 0.0 Connecticut...... 2 0-0 0.0 Louisville...... 2 0-0 0.0 Louisville...... 2 0-0 0.0 Cincinnati...... 2 0-0 0.0 Cincinnati...... 2 0-0 0.0 West Virginia...... 2 0-0 0.0 West Virginia...... 2 0-0 0.0 Syracuse...... 2 0-0 0.0 Syracuse...... 2 0-0 0.0 Rutgers...... 1 0-0 0.0 Rutgers...... 1 0-0 0.0 Pittsburgh...... 2 0-0 0.0 Pittsburgh...... 2 0-0 0.0 2008 BIG EAST Conference Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Sep 06, 2008

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS ------Points scored...... 24 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 18 McCOY,LeSean (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Touchdowns...... 4 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 3 McCOY,LeSean (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) TD responsibility...... 5 WHITE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [0r,5p] 4 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [4r,0p] 4 GRUTZA, Dustin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [1r,3p] Points scored kicking.... 12 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2fg,6pat] 9 LEE,Conor (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [2fg,3pat] Total offense yards...... 400 GROTHE,Matt (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [54r,346p] 329 GRUTZA, Dustin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [33r,296p] Total offense plays...... 60 GROTHE,Matt (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [20r,40p] 55 STULL,Bill (Pittsburgh) vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) [4r,51p] Total offense yards/play. 15.6 DANIELS,BJ (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [5-78] 14.0 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-28] Rushing yards...... 214 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 146 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) Rushing attempts...... 36 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 26 YOUNG, Kordell (Rutgers) vs FRESNO STATE (Sept 1, 2008) Yards per rush...... 14.0 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-28] 11.7 WILLIAMS,Benja (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [6-70] Rushing TDs...... 4 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 3 McCOY,LeSean (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Longest rush...... 50 JOHNSON, Scott (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 45 WILLIAMS,Benja (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Passing yards...... 346 GROTHE,Matt (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) 296 GRUTZA, Dustin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Passing attempts...... 51 STULL,Bill (Pittsburgh) vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 43 CANTWELL, Hunter (Louisville) vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Passing TDs...... 5 WHITE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 3 GRUTZA, Dustin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 3 DANTLEY, Cameron (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) 3 GROTHE,Matt (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) Longest pass...... 57 GRUTZA, Dustin (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 47 GRUTZA, Dustin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Passes completed...... 29 STULL,Bill (Pittsburgh) vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 25 WHITE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) Had intercepted...... 3 LORENZEN, Tyler (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 3 CANTWELL, Hunter (Louisville) vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Pass completion pct...... 100.0 DANIELS,BJ (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [4-4] 80.0 ENDRES, Cody (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [4-5] Pass yards/attempt...... 21.5 DANIELS,BJ (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [4-86] 12.0 GROTHE,Matt (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [8-96] Pass yards/catch...... 21.5 DANIELS,BJ (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [4-86] 16.0 GROTHE,Matt (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [6-96] Receiving yards...... 144 GOODMAN, Dominick (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 143 JOHNSON,Taurus (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) Receptions...... 10 GOODMAN, Dominick (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 9 BEAUMONT, Doug (Louisville) vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Yards per catch...... 26.3 BOGAN,Dontavia (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [3-79] 23.8 JOHNSON,Taurus (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [6-143] Receiving TDs...... 2 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 2 GOODMAN, Dominick (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 2 ARNETT, Alric (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 2 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 2 HESTER,Jessie (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 2 OWEN,Mike (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) 2 HILL,Cedric (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) Longest reception...... 57 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 47 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Field goal attempts...... 5 CIARAVINO, Tony (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 3 ALVARADO,Delbe (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) Field goals made...... 2 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 2 CIARAVINO, Tony (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 2 LEE,Conor (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Longest field goal...... 52 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 42 LEE,Conor (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Field goal pct...... 100.0 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-2] 100.0 LEE,Conor (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted...... 8 ALVARADO,Delbe (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 6 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) PAT kicks made...... 8 ALVARADO,Delbe (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 6 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) PAT kicks pct...... 100.0 ALVARADO,Delbe (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [8-8] 100.0 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [6-6] 100.0 CIARAVINO, Tony (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [5-5] 100.0 YINGLING, Brandon (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [4-4] 100.0 SHADLE,Patrick (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) [4-4] 100.0 ALVARADO,Delbe (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [4-4] 100.0 LEE,Conor (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [3-3] 100.0 LEE,Conor (Pittsburgh) vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) [2-2] 100.0 PAYNE, Ryan (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) [2-2] Punts...... 9 GOETTSCHE, Cory (Louisville) vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) 7 LONG,Rob (Syracuse) at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) Yards punted...... 357 GOETTSCHE, Cory (Louisville) vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) [9-357] 330 LONG,Rob (Syracuse) at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) [7-330] Longest punt...... 72 LONG,Rob (Syracuse) at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) 64 MCAFEE, Pat (West Virginia) at East Carolina (Sep 06, 2008) Punting avg...... 47.7 HUBER, Kevin (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) [6-286] 47.1 LONG,Rob (Syracuse) at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) [7-330] Punt returns...... 7 EDWARDS,Marcus (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 3 BERRY,Aaron (Pittsburgh) vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 3 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 3 LANKSTER, Ellis (West Virginia) at East Carolina (Sep 06, 2008) Punt return yards...... 124 EDWARDS,Marcus (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 67 WILSON,Theo (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Longest punt return...... 67 WILSON,Theo (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 39 EDWARDS,Marcus (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Punt return TDs...... 1 WILSON,Theo (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Punt return avg...... 21.0 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [2-42] 17.7 EDWARDS,Marcus (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [7-124] Kick returns...... 5 SUTER,Max (Syracuse) at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) 5 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 5 SUTER,Max (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) Kick return yards...... 246 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 105 SUTER,Max (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) Kick return avg...... 49.2 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) [5-246] 27.0 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-54] Longest kick return...... 97 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 36 MURPHY,Jerome (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Kick return TDs...... 1 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) Combined PR/KR yards..... 246 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) [0pr-246kr] 124 EDWARDS,Marcus (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [124pr-0kr] Interceptions...... 1 LUTRUS, Scott (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 1 BAGSBY, Aaron (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 1 MOORE, Justin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 1 BROWN,A.J. (Syracuse) at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) 1 RANSOM,Austin (Pittsburgh) vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 1 IVY, Mortty (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 1 HOLMES, John (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 1 WILLIAMS,Carlt (USF) vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 1 WILSON, Lawrence (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 1 DELESTON, Dahna (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 1 JONES, Brad (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 1 UNDERWOOD, Brandon (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 1 SMITH,Derrell (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) 1 CAMPA, Chris (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 1 BRYANT, James (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 1 THATCHER,Eric (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Interception return yds.. 29 IVY, Mortty (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 12 MOORE, Justin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 12 BRYANT, James (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Longest interception rtn. 29 IVY, Mortty (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 12 MOORE, Justin (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 12 BRYANT, James (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Interception return TDs.. 1 IVY, Mortty (West Virginia) vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) All-purpose yards...... 365 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 219 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) Tackles...... 15.0 McKILLOP,Scott (Pittsburgh) vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [9-6] 12.0 LUTRUS, Scott (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) [9-3] 12.0 REVELS, Andre (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) [6-6] Sacks...... 2.0 WITTEN, Lindsey (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [1-2] 2.0 BARWIN, Connor (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [2-0] Tackles for loss...... 3.0 WITTEN, Lindsey (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [2-2] 3.0 BARWIN, Connor (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [3-0] 3.0 JONES,Arthur (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) [3-0] 3.0 SCOTT, L.D. (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) [3-0] 2008 BIG EAST Conference Individual Stellar Games Through games of Sep 06, 2008

200-Yard Rushing Performances 214 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008)

100-Yard Rushing Performances 214 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 146 BROWN, Donald (Connecticut) vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 143 BRINKLEY, Curtis (Syracuse) vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) 114 ANDERSON, Victor (Louisville) vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008)

Number of 100-Yard Rushing Performances BROWN, Donald, Connecticut - 2 ANDERSON, Victor, Louisville - 1 BRINKLEY, Curtis, Syracuse - 1 2008 BIG EAST Conference Individual Stellar Games Through games of Sep 06, 2008

500-Yard Passing Performances None

400-Yard Passing Performances None

300-Yard Passing Performances 346 GROTHE,Matt (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008)

Number of 300-Yard Passing Performances GROTHE,Matt, USF - 1 2008 BIG EAST Conference Individual Stellar Games Through games of Sep 06, 2008

200-Yard Receiving Performances None

100-Yard Receiving Performances 144 GOODMAN, Dominick (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 143 JOHNSON,Taurus (USF) at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) 119 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 101 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08)

Number of 100-Yard Receiving Performances GILYARD, Mardy, Cincinnati - 2 GOODMAN, Dominick, Cincinnati - 1 JOHNSON,Taurus, USF - 1 2008 BIG EAST Conference Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Sep 06, 2008

TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by) ------Points...... 56 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 51 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Points scored kicking.... 12 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2fg,6pat] 9 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) [1fg,6pat] 9 Pittsburgh vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [2fg,3pat] Touchdowns...... 8 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 7 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Total offense yards...... 557 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [209r,348p] 520 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [300r,220p] Total offense plays...... 86 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) [35r,51p] 85 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [44r,41p] Total offense yards/play. 7.3 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [71-520] 7.1 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [79-557] Rushing yards...... 300 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 293 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) Rushing attempts...... 55 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 52 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Yards per rush...... 6.8 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [22-149] 5.8 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [52-300] Rushing TDs...... 5 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 5 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Longest rush...... 50 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 45 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Passing yards...... 348 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 346 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) Passing attempts...... 51 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 43 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Passing TDs...... 5 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 4 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Longest pass...... 57 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 47 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Passes completed...... 29 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 26 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 26 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) Had intercepted...... 3 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 3 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Pass completion pct...... 76.5 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [26-34] 74.3 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [26-35] Passing yards/attempt.... 11.6 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [19-220] 9.9 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) [35-348] Yards per catch...... 15.7 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [14-220] 15.0 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [23-346] Field goal attempts...... 5 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 3 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) Field goals made...... 2 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 2 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 2 Pittsburgh vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Longest field goal...... 52 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 42 Pittsburgh vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) Field goal pct...... 100.0 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-2] 100.0 Pittsburgh vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted...... 8 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 7 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) PAT kicks made...... 8 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 6 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 6 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) PAT kicks pct...... 100.0 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [8-8] 100.0 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [6-6] 100.0 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [5-5] 100.0 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) [4-4] 100.0 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) [4-4] 100.0 Pittsburgh vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) [3-3] 100.0 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) [2-2] 2-point PAT attempts..... 1 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) Punts...... 9 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) 7 Syracuse at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) Longest punt...... 72 Syracuse at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) 64 West Virginia at East Carolina (Sep 06, 2008) Yards punted...... 357 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) [9-357] 330 Syracuse at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) [7-330] Punting avg...... 47.7 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) [6-286] 47.1 Syracuse at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) [7-330] Punt returns...... 10 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 4 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Punt return yards...... 226 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 53 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) Punt return avg...... 25.5 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-51] 22.6 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [10-226] Punt return TDs...... 1 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Longest punt return...... 67 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 31 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) Kick returns...... 7 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 7 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) Kick return yards...... 265 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 131 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) Kick return avg...... 37.9 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) [7-265] 26.7 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [3-80] Longest kick return...... 97 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 36 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Kick return TDs...... 1 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) Interceptions...... 2 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 2 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 2 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 2 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 2 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Interception return yds.. 29 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 12 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 12 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Interception return avg.. 14.5 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) [2-29] 6.0 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) [2-12] Longest interception rtn. 29 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 12 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 12 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Interception return TDs.. 1 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) Fumbles lost...... 3 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 3 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) Fumbles recovered...... 2 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 1 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 1 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 1 Syracuse at Northwestern (Aug 30, 2008) 1 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 1 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Sacked by opp...... 4 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 3 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 3 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 3 West Virginia at East Carolina (Sep 06, 2008) 3 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) QB sacks...... 7 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 6 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) Turnovers committed...... 5 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 5 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) Turnovers caused...... 4 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 3 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 3 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) Kicks blocked...... 1 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 1 West Virginia vs VILLANOVA (Aug 30, 2008) 1 Pittsburgh vs BUFFALO (09/06/08) First downs...... 28 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 27 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) 27 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 1st downs rushing...... 16 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 13 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) 1st downs passing...... 16 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 16 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 1st downs by penalty..... 3 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) 3 Rutgers vs FRESNO STATE (Sept 1, 2008) 3 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 3 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Penalties...... 11 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 8 Cincinnati at Oklahoma (Sep 06, 2008) 8 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) Penalties yards...... 106 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 80 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 2008 BIG EAST Conference Conference Opponent Game Lows Through games of Sep 06, 2008

OPPONENT LOWS (lowest totals allowed by) ------Total offense yards...... 97 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 170 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) Total offense yards/play. 1.8 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [54-97] 3.0 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [56-170] Rushing yards...... 33 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 40 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) Rushing attempts...... 22 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 28 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) 28 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 28 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 28 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 28 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) Yards per rush...... 1.4 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) [28-40] 1.5 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) [22-33] Longest rush...... 11 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 13 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) 13 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) Passing attempts...... 18 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 24 Rutgers vs FRESNO STATE (Sept 1, 2008) Passing yards...... 38 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 130 Connecticut vs HOFSTRA (Aug 28, 2008) Yards per completion..... 4.2 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [9-38] 7.2 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) [20-143] Passes completed...... 9 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 11 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) 11 Rutgers vs FRESNO STATE (Sept 1, 2008) Pass completion pct...... 34.6 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) [9-26] 39.3 Connecticut at Temple (Sep 06, 2008) [11-28] Longest pass...... 11 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 20 Louisville vs KENTUCKY (Aug 31, 2008) First downs...... 6 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 8 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 1st downs rushing...... 2 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 2 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 2 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 2 USF at Central Florida (Sep 06, 2008) 1st downs passing...... 3 USF vs TENNESSEE-MARTIN (Aug 30, 2008) 4 Louisville vs TENNESSEE TECH (Sep 06, 2008) 1st downs by penalty..... 0 Pittsburgh vs BOWLING GREEN (08/30/08) 0 Rutgers vs FRESNO STATE (Sept 1, 2008) 0 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) Penalties...... 3 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 5 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008) Penalties yards...... 25 Cincinnati vs EASTERN KENTUCKY (08/28/08) 30 Syracuse vs AKRON (Sep 06, 2008)