BIG EAST Football Report Week 8 • Oct. 19, 2009

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Contact: Chuck Sullivan, Director of Communications ([email protected] • 401.453.0660); John Paquette, Associate Commissioner ([email protected]) 2009 Standings BIG EAST OVERALL School W-L Pct PF PA h A W-L Pct PF PA h A N Streak Pittsburgh 3-0 1.000 83 48 1-0 2-0 6-1 .857 233 130 3-0 3-1 0-0 Won 3 Cincinnati 2-0 1.000 81 32 0-0 2-0 6-0 1.000 244 86 2-0 4-0 0-0 Won 6 West Virginia 1-0 1.000 34 13 0-0 1-0 5-1 .833 191 125 4-0 1-1 0-0 Won 3 USF 1-1 .500 51 54 0-1 1-0 5-1 .833 202 81 2-1 3-0 0-0 Lost 1 Connecticut 1-1 .500 59 49 1-0 0-1 4-2 .667 174 109 2-1 2-1 0-0 Won 1 Rutgers 0-2 .000 32 71 0-2 0-0 4-2 .667 176 106 3-2 1-0 0-0 Lost 1 Louisville 0-2 .000 35 73 0-1 0-1 2-4 .333 131 167 2-1 0-3 0-0 Lost 1 Syracuse 0-2 .000 33 68 0-2 0-0 2-4 .333 138 177 2-3 0-1 0-0 Lost 2

Oct. 19 BCS Standings: 5- Cincinnati; 20 - Pittsburgh; 23 - West Virginia Oct. 19 Associated Press Top 25: 5 - Cincinnati; 20 - Pittsburgh; 22 - West Virginia; rv - USF Oct. 19 USA Today Top 25: 6 - Cincinnati; 19 - Pittsburgh; 22 - West Virginia; rv - USF, Rutgers Oct. 19 Harris Interactive Poll: 6 - Cincinnati; 20 - Pittsburgh; 23 - West Virginia; 24 - USF; rv - Connecticut THIS WEEK OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Friday, October 23 Dion Lewis • Fr. • RB • Pittsburgh • Albany, N.Y. Rutgers at Army...... 8 p.m. Lewis ran for 180 yards on 31 carries, including touchdown runs of 1 and 58 yards, to Television: ESPN2 help Pittsburgh improve to 3-0 in the BIG EAST with a 24-17 win at Rutgers. Lewis aver- Series: Army leads, 18-17 aged 5.8 yards per carry against a Scarlet Knight defense that had limited opponents Last Meeting: Nov. 22, 2008 — Rutgers, 30-3 to just 2.3 yards per attempt. Lewis leads the BIG EAST and ranks third nationally in rushing (131.1 yards per game). Saturday, October 24 Connecticut at West Virginia...... Noon DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Television: ESPNU Series: West Virginia leads, 5-0 Lawrence Wilson • Jr. • LB • Connecticut • Tuscaloosa, Ala. Last Meeting: Nov. 1, 2008 — West Virginia, 35-13 Wilson had a game-high 16 tackles — the most by a BIG EAST player this season — to go USF at Pittsburgh...... Noon with a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery to lead a Connecticut defense that forced four BIG EAST Network Game of the Week turnovers in a 38-25 win against Louisville. Wilson leads the BIG EAST with 66 tackles this Television: BIG EAST Network season and is 19th nationally with 11 tackles per game. Series: Tied, 3-3 Last Meeting: Oct. 2, 2008 — Pittsburgh, 26-21 special teams PLAYER OF THE WEEK Louisville at Cincinnati...... 3:30 p.m. Television: ESPNU Jacob Rogers • Jr. • K/P • Cincinnati • Warsaw, Ind. Series: Cincinnati leads, 27-21 Rogers was a key player in Cincinnati’s 34-17 win at No. 21/21 USF as he scored 10 points Last Meeting: Nov. 14, 2008 — Cincinnati, 28-20 and averaged 45.1 yards on seven punts. Rogers made field goals of 37 and 29 yards, had a long punt of 53 yards and had two kickoffs go for touchbacks. Akron at Syracuse...... 3:30 p.m. Television: BIG EAST Network Series History: Akron leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Sept. 6, 2008 — Akron 42-28 WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Zach Collaros, QB, Cincinnati — Came off the bench to rush for 132 yards and two touchdowns while All times Eastern going 4-for-7 with 72 passing yards in a 34-17 win at No. 21/21 USF.

Andre Dixon, RB, Connecticut — Ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carries in a 38-25 win against Louisville.

Jon Dempsey, LB, Louisville — Had a game-high 16 tackles — the most by a BIG EAST player this season — with a half sack and a tackle for loss in a 38-25 loss at Connecticut.

Devin McCourty, CB, Rutgers — Had 11 tackles, including a tackle for loss, and registered his fifth career blocked kick with a punt block in a 24-17 loss to Pittsburgh.

Reed Williams, LB, West Virginia — Had eight tackles with a forced fumble and two pass breakups to help hold Marshall to 207 yards of offense in a 24-7 win. BIG EAST NOTEBOOK

Better Than Ever Strength Of Schedule Getting It Done Under its current alignment, which is in its fifth The BIG EAST has a 26-7 nonconference record The BIG EAST’s .788 winning percentage in 2009 season, the BIG EAST is a combined 148-58 in through seven weeks of the 2009 season. The ag- is good for second among FBS conferences. nonleague games. (.718). That would stand as gregate record of the seven teams to defeat BIG 2009 Nonconference Records the best five-year nonleague record in the history EAST opponents this season is 30-16. Conference W L Pct. of the conference. SEC 27 5 .844 BIG EAST Nonconference Record To The Victor Goes The Spoils BIG EAST 26 7 .788 Includes Bowl Games Six of the eight current BIG EAST teams have Big Ten 28 10 .737 Year Won Lost Tied Pct. won at least a share of the BIG EAST title in the Big 12 34 13 .723 2009 26 7 0 .788 last five years. Pac 10 20 8 .714 2008 33 14 0 .702 Year BIG EAST Champion ACC 25 13 .658 2007 32 13 0 .711 2008 Cincinnati Mountain West 20 15 .571 2006 37 8 0 .822 2007 West Virginia, Connecticut WAC 17 17 .500 2005 20 16 0 .556 2006 Louisville Conference USA 18 25 .419 2004 23 16 0 .590 2005 West Virginia MAC 15 32 .319 2003 27 18 0 .600 2004 Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Sun Belt 9 28 .243 2002 30 16 0 .652 West Virginia, Boston College 2001 26 12 0 .684 Favorable Comparisons 2000 28 9 0 .757 Sharing The Wealth A look at how Cincinnati QB Tony Pike and Pitts- 1999 19 18 0 .514 Cincinnati is the eighth different team in the last burgh QB Bill Stull compare with some of college 1998 19 17 0 .528 seven years that has won at least a piece of the football’s top signal-callers. 1997 13 24 0 .351 BIG EAST title. C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD 1996 20 17 0 .541 Pike, Cincinnati 128-199-3 64.3 1633 15 1995 15 20 0 .429 What A Rush Stull, Pitt 114-171-3 66.7 1409 14 1994 22 15 0 .595 The BIG EAST has seen its single-season rushing Tebow, Florida 72-110-2 65.5 1032 8 1993 23 12 1 .653 record set in each of the last three seasons. Clausen, ND 124-191-2 64.9 1804 14 1992 27 21 2 .560 2008 Donald Brown, Connecticut, 2,083 yards McCoy, Texas 156-223-7 70.0 1537 11 1991 33 21 0 .611 2007 Ray Rice, Rutgers, 2,012 yards Harris, Miami 105-162-7 64.8 1518 11 Total 473 294 3 .616 2006 Ray Rice, Rutgers, 1,794 yards Moore, Boise State 114-164-2 69.5 1404 16

Where We Stand Genuine Draft The Huskies Have Arrived The BIG EAST ranks third among FBS conferences The BIG EAST had 27 players chosen in the 2009 Connecticut made back-to-back bowl game ap- in nonconference winning percentage since the NFL Draft, good for second in conference history. pearances for the first time in program history in 2005 season. The BIG EAST record was set in 2004, when the 2007 and 2008. Nonconference Records (2005-09) conference had 28 players chosen. Conference W L Pct. Scarlet Success SEC 192 51 .790 Depth Perception Rutgers has won three straight bowl games and Big 12 186 70 .727 Seven of the eight BIG EAST teams were either has played in four straight postseason games – BIG EAST 148 58 .718 ranked or received votes in one of the three major both program firsts. Big Ten 163 69 .703 top-25 polls (Associated Press, USA Today, Harris Pac 10 114 58 .663 Interactive) during the 2008 season. Bulls Here To Stay ACC 166 87 .656 USF likewise reached a bowl game for a program- Mountain West 106 83 .561 Head Of The Class record fourth straight year. WAC 85 108 .440 Six BIG EAST players have been named as semi- Conference USA 98 150 .395 finalists for the 2009 William V. Campbell Trophy, Best In A While MAC 81 173 .319 given by the National Football Foundation & Col- Prior to its loss in last year’s Brut Sun Bowl, Pitts- Sun Belt 40 132 .233 lege Hall of Fame. Semifinalists must be seniors or burgh went 9-3 to enjoy its best regular season graduate students with cumulative GPAs of at least since 1982. 3.2. The award, formerly known as the Draddy Road, Sweet Road Trophy, last went to a BIG EAST player in 2006, Huskies Win On Gridiron And Hardwood The visiting team has won six of the first eight BIG when Rutgers’ Brian Leonard earned the honor. Connecticut is the only school in the nation to EAST games in 2009. Pittsburgh became the first William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalists see its football team win a bowl game and see home team to win a BIG EAST game when the Jeff Linkenbach, OT, Cincinnati both its men’s and women’s basketball teams Panthers defeated Connecticut last Saturday. Brad Kanuch, WR, Connecticut reach the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament Joseph Tronzo, FB, Louisville in 2008-09. Going Bowling Devin McCourty, CB, Rutgers Following the 2008 season, BIG EAST schools are Andrew Robinson, TE, Syracuse 13-4 in their last 17 bowl games. The conference Reed Williams, LB, West Virginia was 4-2 in bowl games in 2008, 3-2 in 2007 and 5-0 in 2006. TALKING POINTS

CINCINNATI LOUISVILLE RUTGERS SYRACUSE (6-0, 2-0) (2-4, 0-2) (4-2, 0-2) (2-4, 0-2)

BIG EAST Ranks BIG EAST Ranks BIG EAST Ranks BIG EAST Ranks Total Offense...... 457.0...... 1st Total Offense...... 376.5...... 5th Total Offense...... 351.2...... 7th Total Offense...... 313.2...... 8th Total Defense...... 324.7...... 5th Total Defense...... 359.7...... 7th Total Defense...... 314.8...... 4th Total Defense...... 382.0...... 8th Scoring Offense...... 40.7...... 1st Scoring Offense...... 21.8...... 8th Scoring Offense...... 29.3...... 5th Scoring Offense...... 23.0...... 7th Scoring Defense...... 14.3...... 2nd Scoring Defense...... 27.8...... 7th Scoring Defense...... 17.7...... 3rd Scoring Defense...... 29.5...... 8th

• QB Tony Pike threw two first-half • Louisville gained 457 yards of • Rutgers saw a four-game winning • QB Ryan Nassib threw for 120 touchdown passes against USF, offense, but couldn’t overcome streak snapped with last Friday’s yards and two touchdowns off but suffered a left wrist injury in four turnovers in the loss at Con- loss to Pittsburgh. the bench in the Oct. 10 loss to the Bearcats’ last series of the necticut. West Virginia. Nassib played the second quarter. Pike played the • The Rutgers defense has reg- entire second half in place of first series of the second half • QB Adam Froman was 24-for-31 istered at least one sack in 13 starter Greg Paulus. before leaving the game. for 295 yards and a touchdown consecutive games. The Scarlet with two interceptions against Knights have had multiple sacks • WR Mike Williams is tied with • QB Zach Collaros had two second- Connecticut. Froman had a streak in five straight games. Marvin Harrison for second on half rushing touchdowns, includ- of 16 consecutive completions the Orange’s career touchdown ing a 75-yard run in the third during the game. • Rutgers is 11-2 in its last 13 receptions list (20). Williams quarter. games. needs two TD catches to tie Rob • Froman completed passes to 10 Moore for the all-time lead. • Cincinnati had five rushing yards different receivers against Con- • Eight different Rutgers players in the first half against USF and necticut. had at least one tackle for loss • Syracuse had a bye in Week 7 184 rushing yards in the second against Pittsburgh. and returns to the Carrier Dome half. • LB Jon Dempsey had a game-high to face Akron Oct. 24. 16 tackles against Connecticut. • CB Devin McCourty registered his • The Bearcats have led at halftime fifth career blocked kick when he • Syracuse dedicated the Carrier in all six games this season. • Louisville has had at least 400 blocked a punt against Pittsburgh Dome field Ernie Davis Legends yards of offense in each of its last last Friday. Field at halftime of the game two games. against West Virginia.

CONNECTICUT PITTSBURGH USF WEST VIRGINIA (4-2, 1-1) (5-1, 2-0) (5-1, 1-1) (5-1, 1-0)

BIG EAST Ranks BIG EAST Ranks BIG EAST Ranks BIG EAST Ranks Total Offense...... 372.7...... 6th Total Offense...... 387.0...... 4th Total Offense...... 407.3...... 3rd Total Offense...... 426.5..... 2nd Total Defense...... 312.5...... 3rd Total Defense...... 328.7...... 6th Total Defense...... 286.0...... 1st Total Defense...... 292.8..... 2nd Scoring Offense...... 29.0...... 6th Scoring Offense...... 33.3...... 3rd Scoring Offense...... 33.7...... 2nd Scoring Offense...... 31.8...... 4th Scoring Defense...... 18.2...... 4th Scoring Defense...... 18.6...... 5th Scoring Defense...... 13.5...... 1st Scoring Defense...... 20.8...... 6th

• RB Andre Dixon ran for three • RB Dion Lewis ran for 180 yards • USF stands at 5-1 for the third • West Virginia saw its streak of touchdowns and 153 yards in the and two touchdowns in the win time in the program’s 13-year six straight games with at least win against Louisville. Dixon had at Rutgers. history. 30 points snapped in its 24-7 win a career-high 33 carries. against Marshall. • Lewis ranks third nationally in • The Bulls drew 63,976 for Thurs- • Dixon has registered three 100- rushing (131.1 ypg) and is the day’s game against Cincinnati, • QB Jarrett Brown left the game yard games this season. only freshman among the na- marking the fourth-largest home against Marshall in the first tional top 20. crowd by a BIG EAST team in a quarter. QB Geno Smith, a true • S Robert McClain had his BIG midweek game. freshman, threw for 147 yards EAST-leading fourth interception • QB Bill Stull completed 16 of 24 on 15-for-21 passing in relief. of the season against Louisville. passes for 153 yards and a touch- • QB B.J. Daniels has led the Bulls down. Stull ranks seventh nation- in both passing and rushing in • West Virginia trailed at halftime • WR Marcus Easley had six recep- ally in pass efficiency (159.39). two of his three starts. for the first time this season when tions for 108 yards and a touch- Marshall had a 7-3 advantage af- down against Louisville. • Pittsburgh had three sacks against • Despite starting just three of the ter 30 minutes. The Mountaineers Rutgers, giving the Panthers 28 Bulls’ six games, Daniels leads scored the last 24 points of the • Connecticut will wear helmet de- sacks on the season. Pitt leads USF in both passing yards (810) game. cals with the initials JH to honor the nation in total sacks and is and rushing yards (365). the late Jasper Howard — the third in sacks per game (4.0). • West Virginia held Marshall to Huskies’ starting cornerback who • S Nate Allen is tied for the BIG 207 total yards and forced four was killed following the Louisville • TE Dorin Dickerson has eight of EAST lead with three intercep- Thundering Herd turnovers. game Saturday. Pittsburgh’s 15 touchdown recep- tions. tions this season. Week 8 Previews

Friday, October 23 • 8 p.m. • ESPN2 Saturday, October 24 • Noon • ESPNU RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS connecticut huskies at at Army Black Knights WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS Michie Stadium (40,000/AstroPlay) Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000/Field Turf) West Point, N.Y. Morgantown, W.Va. Television Television ESPN2 — Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore ESPNU — Clay Matvick and David Diaz-Infante Rutgers Radio Connecticut Radio West Virginia Radio WOR-AM 710 (flagship) WTIC-AM 1080 (flagship) Mountaineer Sports Network Sirius Ch. 125, XM 203 Sirius Ch. 127, XM Ch. 203

THE GAME THE GAME Friday’s game will be the 36th meeting between Rutgers and Army in a series Saturday’s game will be the sixth meeting between Connecticut and West that dates to 1891 … Army holds an 18-17 series lead, but Rutgers has won Virginia … The Mountaineers have won all five previous meetings … Last the five meetings and eight of the last 10 … Rutgers was a 30-3 winner last year’s game saw West Virginia overcome a 13-7 halftime deficit behind three year at Rutgers Stadium behind 359 passing yards from QB Mike Teel and third-quarter touchdowns by WR Jock Sanders in a 35-13 Mountaineer win 197 receiving yards from WR Kenny Britt. The schools are slated to play a … QB Pat White also ran for two scores for West Virginia. Nov. 12, 2011, game at Yankee Stadium … Friday’s game shapes up as a battle between two of the nation’s six true freshman starting quarterbacks CONNECTICUT (4-2, 1-1 BIG EAST) in Rutgers’ Tom Savage and Army’s Trent Steelman. Head Coach Randy Edsall (Syracuse ’80) RUTGERS (4-2, 0-2 BIG EAST) 62-62, 11th season Head Coach Greg Schiano (Bucknell ’88) Information Contact 50-53, ninth season Mike Enright (860) 486-2241, [email protected] Information Contact Jason Baum NOTES (732) 445-7885, [email protected] Connecticut will take the field with a collective heavy heart Saturday as the Huskies mourn the passing of Jasper Howard … Howard was killed early NOTES Sunday morning just hours after playing a key role as a starting cornerback Rutgers saw a four-game winning streak end with a 24-17 loss to Pittsburgh in Connecticut’s win against Louisville at Rentschler Field … The Huskies will last Friday … After allowing 47 points to Cincinnati in the season-opener, the recognize Howard with a helmet decal for the remainder of the season … RB Scarlet Knights have allowed just 52 points in the last five games combined Andre Dixon and RB Jordan Todman comprised the BIG EAST’s top backfield … Rutgers has won eight straight games against teams from New York state tandem, with Dixon rushing for 616 yards and seven touchdowns and Todman … Friday’s game is just the second road game for Rutgers this year … QB bringing 502 yards and six TDs into Saturday’s game … QB Cody Endres has Tom Savage has thrown five touchdown passes and just one interception in thrown for 936 yards and four touchdowns and is ranked 14th nationally in 124 attempts this year … Savage is looking to become just the second true pass efficiency rating (152.72) … WR Marcus Easley, who had not scored a freshman quarterback in school history to win a road game (Ryan Cubit won touchdown in his first 26 career games, has both reached the end zone and at Buffalo in 2001) … RBs Joe Martinek (five touchdowns) and Jourdan Brooks had more than 100 receiving yards in back-to-back games … LB Lawrence (four TDs) have accounted for nine of the team’s 12 rushing touchdowns … Wilson has a team-high 66 tackles to go with three sacks and two forced WR Tim Brown is third in the BIG EAST in receiving yards (91.3 per game) fumbles … DE Lindsey Witten has 9.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss. … DE Jonathan Freeny has 6.5 sacks to rank third in the BIG EAST in total sacks and second in sacks per game (1.08). No. 22/22 WEST VIRGINIA (5-1, 1-0 BIG EAST) Head Coach ARMY (3-4) Bill Stewart (Fairmont State ’75) Head Coach 15-5, second season at West Virginia Rich Ellerson (Hawaii ’77) 23-30, fifth season as collegiate head coach 3-4, first season at Army 63-44, 10th season as collegiate head coach Information Contact Mike Montoro Information Contact (304) 293-2821, [email protected] Bob Beretta (845) 938-3303 NOTES West Virginia won its third straight game with a 24-7 decision against Marshall NOTES last Saturday … It was the first time that West Virginia did not score at least Army fell to 3-4 after a 27-13 loss to Temple in Philadelphia … The Black 30 points … The Mountaineers have moved into the Associated Press and USA Knights have won three games in each of the last three seasons and have Today top 25 polls for the first time … QB Jarrett Brown left the game against already hit that number under first-year head coach Rich Ellerson … QB Trent Marshall after a helmet-to-helmet hit and is questionable for Saturday’s game Steelman runs Army’s trademark triple option and is the team’s leading rusher … True freshman QB Geno Smith could make his first career start against and passer … Steelman has run for 407 yards and three touchdowns and Connecticut … Smith has completed 23 of 33 passes for 211 yards and a has thrown for 266 yards and two TDs … The Black Knights average one touchdown and one interception in limited action this year … RB Noel Devine pass attempt for every four running plays … WR Ali Villanueva has all four is averaging 122.3 yards per game, good for sixth nationally, and has nine of Army’s touchdown receptions … Army ranks 12th nationally in rushing rushing touchdowns … WR Jock Sanders is seventh nationally in receptions (222.6 yards per game) and is 17th in total defense (285 yards per game) per game (7.5 rpg) … DE Julian Miller has team highs of 4.5 sacks and six … LB Josh McNary has 9.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss, ranking third tackles for loss … K Tyler Bitancurt has gone 6-for-6 in field goal attempts, nationally in both categories … K Alex Carlton is the leading scorer with 44 but has attempted just two three-pointers in the last five games … P Scott points … Carlton has made 12 of 16 field goal attempts, including 4 of 5 Kozlowski is ranked fourth nationally in punting (46.3 ypp). from 40 yards or longer. Week 8 Previews

Saturday, October 24 • Noon • BIG EAST Network Saturday, October 24 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPNU USF BULLS LOUISVILLE CARDINALS at at PITTSBURGH PANTHERS CINCINNATI BEARCATS Heinz Field (65,050/Natural Grass) Nippert Stadium (35,000/FieldTurf) Pittsburgh, Pa. Cincinnati, Ohio Television • BIG EAST Network Game of the Week Television Mike Gleason, John Congemi and Quint Kessenich ESPNU — Todd Harris, Charles Arbuckle and Melissa Knowles

USF Radio Pittsburgh Radio Louisville Radio National Radio Cincinnati Radio WLFA-AM 970 (flagship) WTKW-FM 98.5 (flagship) WHAS-AM 840 (flagship) Westwood One WLW-AM 700 (flagship) Sirius Ch. 158 Sirius Ch. 123, XM Ch. 144 Sirius Ch. 158 John Tautges and Eddie George Sirius Ch. 127, XM Ch. 203

THE GAME THE GAME USF and Pittsburgh meet for the seventh time Saturday with the winner Saturday’s game will be the 50th meeting between Louisville and Cincin- taking a one-game lead in the series standings … The series stands tied at nati in a rivalry that dates to 1922 … Cincinnati holds a 27-21-1 series lead 3-3 following Pittsburgh’s 26-21 win at Raymond James Stadium last year … after taking a 28-20 decision last year at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium … Pitt RB LeSean McCoy ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns in last year’s Bearcat QB Tony Pike threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns last year to game … USF has taken two of the three meetings at Heinz Field. help Cincinnati erase a 17-14 halftime deficit … The Cardinals had won five straight in the series prior to last year’s game. USF (5-1, 1-1 BIG EAST) Head Coach LOUISVILLE (2-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) Jim Leavitt (Missouri ’78) Head Coach 91-53, 13th season Steve Kragthorpe (West Texas State ’88) 13-17, third season at Louisville Information Contact 42-39, seventh season as collegiate head coach Chris Freet (813) 974-4086, [email protected] Information Contact Rocco Gasparro NOTES (502) 852-0102, [email protected] USF suffered its first loss of the season with a 34-17 setback to Cincinnati … The Bulls fell out of the Associated Press and USA Today top 25 polls, but are NOTES ranked No. 24 in this week’s Harris Interactive poll … USF is the only Bowl Louisville looks for its first win in BIG EAST play as the Cardinals fell to 0-2 in Subdivision team to have started 5-0 in each of the last three seasons … the conference with a 38-25 loss at Connecticut … Louisville reeled off 457 QB B.J. Daniels has started the last three games in place of the injured Matt yards of offense against the Huskies, but was undone by four turnovers … Grothe and enters Saturday’s game as the Bulls’ leading rusher and passer QB Adam Froman strung together 16 consecutive completed passes during … Daniels has thrown seven touchdown passes and has run for four TDs … the Connecticut game … Froman has started the last three games behind WR Carlton Mitchell is the leading receiver with 23 catches for 404 yards and center and has completed 64.4 percent of his passes … RB Victor Anderson three touchdowns … DE George Selvie has 6.5 tackles for loss and is 8.5 away is the leading rusher (70.7 yards per game), but was limited to spot duty from the NCAA career record of 75, held by Jason Babin of Western Michigan against Connecticut due to a deep leg bruise … WR Scott Long leads a deep … DE Jason Pierre-Paul is tabbed at No. 12 on Mel Kiper’s NFL draft board group of receivers with 28 receptions, 468 yards and a touchdown … WR … S Nate Allen has a team-high three interceptions and is the Bulls’ leading Trent Guy is averaging 117.3 all-purpose yards per game and is averaging tackler (36) … DT Craig Marshall has a team-high four sacks. 25.6 yards on kickoff returns … LB Jon Dempsey has a team-high 64 tackles … DT William Savoy has three sacks … K Ryan Payne is the only barefooted No. 20/19 PITTSBURGH (6-1, 3-0 BIG EAST) kicker in the Bowl Subdivision. Head Coach Dave Wannstedt (Pittsburgh ’74) No. 5/6 CINCINNATI (6-0, 2-0 BIG EAST) 31-24, fifth season Head Coach Brian Kelly (Assumption ’83) Information Contact 28-6, third season at Cincinnati E.J. Borghetti 165-57-2, 19th season as collegiate head coach (412) 648-8240, [email protected] Information Contact NOTES Ryan Koslen Pittsburgh improved to 3-0 in the BIG EAST and 6-1 overall with a 24-17 (513) 556-5191, [email protected] win at Rutgers last Friday … The Panthers moved into the national polls for the first time this season and are ranked No. 19 in the USA Today poll and NOTES No. 20 in the Associated Press poll … Pitt was the favorite to win the BIG Cincinnati continues to climb in the national rankings as the Bearcats enter EAST title in the preseason media poll … A win against USF would leave this week’s game at No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and No. 6 in the USA Pittsburgh at 7-1 for the first time since Dan Marino led the 1982 Panthers Today poll … Cincinnati is No. 5 in the first BCS standings of 2009 after finish- to seven wins in their first eight games … Pitt is 16-5 in its last 21 games ing the 2008 season at No. 12 in the final standings … Cincinnati has won its for the Panthers’ best stretch since a 17-4 run from 2001-03 … RB Dion four road games by an average of 20.8 points … The Bearcats play at home Lewis enters Saturday’s game as the BIG EAST leader in rushing (131.1 for just the third time this season when they face Louisville … QB Tony Pike yards per game) … Lewis ranks third nationally … Lewis was chosen as the suffered an injury to his left (non-throwing) wrist against USF last Thursday Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week after his 180-yard effort against and is questionable for Saturday’s game … QB Zach Collaros came off the Rutgers last week … TE Dorin Dickerson is tied for the national lead with bench to rush for 132 yards and two touchdowns against USF … WR Mardy eight touchdown receptions … QB Bill Stull leads the BIG EAST in pass ef- Gilyard is averaging 98.7 yards per game and has seven touchdown catches ficiency (159.4) and is seventh nationally … Stull has thrown 14 touchdown … Cincinnati has allowed just nine touchdowns this year … Conversely, the passes and just three interceptions …The Panthers are averaging 4.1 sacks Bearcats have scored 33 touchdowns and have punted just 26 times … LB per game, good for third among Bowl Subdivision teams, and are allowing Alex Daniels has a team-high 5.5 sacks, while LB J.K. Schaffer and S Aaron fewer than one sack per game. Webster have three interceptions each. Week 8 Previews Saturday, October 24 • 3:30 p.m. • BIG EAST Network SYRACUSE ORANGE vs. Akron Zips Carrier Dome (49,262/Field Turf) Syracuse, N.Y. Television BIG EAST Network — Mark Larson, Dale Drypolcher and Chris Watson

Syracuse Radio WTKW-FM 99.5 (flagship) Sirius Ch. 130

THE GAME Syracuse and Akron have met just once prior to Saturday’s game … The Zips took a 42-28 win last year on three touchdown passes by QB Chris Jacquemain … The game was tied 28-28 early in the fourth quarter before Akron pulled away … RB Curtis Brinkley ran for 143 yards and a TD for Syracuse.

SYRACUSE (2-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) Head Coach Doug Marrone (Syracuse ’91) 2-4, first season

Information Contact Sue Edson (315) 443-2608, [email protected]

NOTES Syracuse looks to snap a two-game slide with Saturday’s game against Akron … Syracuse needs just one win to match last season’s total … The Orange play the fifth game of a six-game homestand and are 2-2 in that stretch … Syracuse has allowed 34 points in three of its six games, including each of the last two … QB Greg Paulus has thrown for 1,187 yards and eight touchdowns with 10 interceptions … QB Ryan Nassib came off the bench to throw two touchdown passes in the second half against West Virginia in the Orange’s most recent game … WR Mike Williams is ranked sixth nationally in receiv- ing yards (118.7 ypg) … Williams has 45 receptions for 712 yards and six touchdowns … RB Delone Carter is the leading rusher with 360 yards and five touchdowns … LB Derrell Smith has team highs of 55 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … DT Arthur Jones and his younger brother, DE Chandler Jones, have five tackles for loss each … K Ryan Lichtenstein has made 9 of 10 field goal attempts … P Rob Long is averaging 42.9 yards per punt and has dropped 12 of his 32 kicks inside the 20-yard line.

AKRON (1-5) Head Coach J.D. Brookhart (Colorado State ’88) 28-38, sixth season

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NOTES Akron dropped its fourth straight game with a 21-17 setback at Buffalo last Saturday … The Zips’ lone win of 2009 was a 41-0 decision against Morgan State Sept. 12 … Akron plays the second of three straight road games with Saturday’s trip to Syracuse … The Zips have been outscored 92-52 in the first half … Akron went with true freshman QB Patrick Nicely behind center against Buffalo after QB Matt Rodgers was lost for the season with a knee injury during the loss to Ohio a week earlier … Rodgers had assumed the starting spot following the dismissal of three-year starter Chris Jacquemain two weeks earlier … Nicely has appeared in just two games and has com- pleted 26 of 57 passes with two interceptions … Akron’s top defensive player has been freshman LB Brian Wagner, who is averaging 11 tackles per game to lead the Mid-American Conference and rank sixth nationally … Wagner also has team highs of two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 4.5 tackles for loss … Akron’s men’s soccer team is ranked No. 1 in the nation in last week’s coaches poll . NATIONAL POLLS

Associated Press Poll USA Today Poll Harris Interactive Poll Oct. 18 Oct. 18 Oct. 18 School Record Pts School Record Pts School Record Pts 1. Alabama (39) 7-0 1,447 1. Florida (49) 6-0 1464 1. Florida (77) 6-0 2,802 2. Florida (20) 6-0 1,434 2. Alabama (9) 7-0 1398 2. Alabama (33) 7-0 2,736 3. Texas 6-0 1,365 3. Texas (1) 6-0 1386 3. Texas (4) 6-0 2,661 4. Southern California 5-1 1,213 4. Southern California 5-1 1237 4. Southern California 5-1 2,394 5. Cincinnati 6-0 1,163 5. Boise State 6-0 1153 5. Boise State 6-0 2,289 6. Boise State 6-0 1,156 6. Cincinnati 6-0 1104 6. Cincinnati 6-0 2,173 7. Iowa 7-0 1,092 7. Texas Christian 6-0 1069 7. Iowa 7-0 2,045 8. Miami (Fla.) 5-1 1,056 8. Iowa 7-0 1037 8. Texas Christian 6-0 2,015 9. Louisiana State 5-1 1,014 9. Miami (Fla.) 5-1 998 9. Louisiana State 5-1 1,996 10. Texas Christian 6-0 1,001 10. Louisiana State 5-1 995 10. Miami (Fla.) 5-1 1,896 11. Georgia Tech 6-1 861 11. Penn State 6-1 894 11. Penn State 6-1 1,620 12. Oregon 5-1 849 12. Oklahoma State 5-1 795 12. Oregon 5-1 1,577 13. Penn State 6-1 753 13. Georgia Tech 6-1 779 13. Georgia Tech 6-1 1,489 14. Oklahoma State 5-1 690 14. Oregon 5-1 769 14. Oklahoma State 5-1 1,436 15. Virginia Tech 5-2 684 15. Virginia Tech 5-2 672 15. Virginia Tech 5-2 1,278 16. Brigham Young 6-1 601 16. Brigham Young 6-1 577 16. Brigham Young 6-1 1,210 17. Houston 5-1 478 17. Ohio State 5-2 481 17. Ohio State 5-2 937 18. Ohio State 5-2 373 Houston 5-1 421 18. Houston 5-1 834 19. Utah 5-1 350 19. Pittsburgh 6-1 328 19. Utah 5-1 627 20. Pittsburgh 6-1 330 20. Utah 5-1 300 20. Pittsburgh 6-1 545 21. Texas Tech 5-2 286 21. Kansas 5-1 222 21. Kansas 5-1 403 22. West Virginia 5-1 205 22. West Virginia 5-1 188 22. Texas Tech 5-2 316 23. South Carolina 5-2 159 23. South Carolina 5-2 142 23. West Virginia 5-1 275 24. Kansas 5-1 120 24. Texas Tech 5-2 132 24. USF 5-1 252 25. Oklahoma 3-3 117 25. Mississippi 4-2 114 25. Oklahoma 3-3 247

Receiving votes: Notre Dame 61, Mississippi Receiving votes: Oklahoma 113, USF 104, Receiving votes: South Carolina 216, Mississippi 59, USF 57, Nebraska 52, Michigan 41, Central Nebraska 84, Central Michigan 34, Notre Dame 181, Notre Dame 105, Nebraska 99, Michigan Michigan 39, Arizona 25, California 9, Arkansas 8, 31, Boston College 26, Wisconsin 26, Arkansas 63, Central Michigan 61, Arkansas 37, Boston Oregon State 5, Missouri 4, Navy 4, Wisconsin 4, 19, Michigan 13, Georgia 12, Missouri 11, College 28, California 28, Missouri 28, Idaho 27, Idaho 4, Auburn 3, Boston College 3. Oregon State 10, Idaho 10, Auburn 8, California Arizona 19, Auburn 18, Wisconsin 18, Oregon 7, Arizona 7, Michigan State 5, North Carolina 1, State 17, Michigan State 14, Connecticut 14, Rutgers 1. Georgia 9, Navy 7, Clemson 3, Stanford 3, Temple 1, Troy 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. 27.

Rankings are listed as AP/USA Today until Sept. 20 and AP/USA Today/Harris Interactive from Sept. 27 to Dec. 13. The final rankings are listed as AP/USA Today.

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BCS Standings Harris Interactive USA Today Computer Rankings BCS Rank Pts Pct. Rank Pts Pct A&H B cM M S W Pct. Rank Avg 1 Florida 1 2802 .9832 1 1464 .9925 25 24 23 25 25 25 .9900 1 .9886 2 Alabama 2 2,736 .9600 2 1398 .9478 23 25 24 24 24 23 .9500 2 .9526 3 Texas 3 2661 .9337 3 1386 .9397 22 23 22 17 11 19 .8000 6 .8911 4 Boise State 5 2289 .8032 5 1153 .7817 20 22 20 22 21 21 .8400 5 .8083 5 Cincinnati 6 2173 .7625 6 1104 .7485 21 18 21 21 22 22 .8500 4 .7870 6 Iowa 7 2045 .7175 8 1037 .7031 24 21 25 23 23 24 .9400 3 .7869 7 Southern California 4 2394 .8400 4 1237 .8386 17 15 13 14 18 17 .6300 11 .7695 8 Texas Christian 8 2015 .7070 7 1069 .7247 18 19 19 15 13 20 .7100 8 .7139 9 Louisiana State 9 1996 .7004 10 995 .6746 19 20 16 18 20 18 .7500 7 .7083 10 Miami (Fla.) 10 1896 .6653 9 998 .6766 13 13 14 13 16 14 .5400 13 .6273 11 Oregon 12 1577 .5533 14 769 .5214 16 17 15 20 19 16 .6800 9 .5849 12 Georgia Tech 13 1489 .5225 13 779 .5281 15 16 18 19 17 15 .6600 10 .5702 13 Penn State 11 1620 .5684 11 894 .6061 12 10 11 10 0 1 .3200 17 .4982 14 Virginia Tech 15 1278 .4484 15 672 .4556 14 11 17 16 15 13 .5800 12 .4947 15 Oklahoma State 14 1436 .5039 12 795 .5390 7 9 8 2 0 0 .1700 21 .4043 16 Brigham Young 16 1210 .4246 16 577 .3912 5 7 3 0 0 0 .0800 25 .2986 17 Houston 18 834 .2926 18 421 .2854 9 2 9 0 2 9 .2200 18 .2660 18 Utah 19 627 .2200 20 300 .2034 6 14 0 5 12 10 .3300 14 .2511 19 Ohio State 17 937 .3288 17 481 .3261 0 1 1 0 0 0 .0100 32 .2216 20 Pittsburgh 20 545 .1912 19 328 .2224 11 0 12 0 0 8 .1900 20 .2012 21 Wisconsin 38 18 .0063 31 26 .0176 10 0 10 11 8 5 .3300 14 .1180 22 Arizona 37 19 .0067 40 7 .0047 3 0 6 12 14 12 .3300 14 .1138 23 West Virginia 23 275 .0965 22 188 .1275 8 0 7 4 0 0 .1100 24 .1113 24 South Carolina 26 216 .0758 23 142 .0963 2 4 0 9 6 2 .1400 22 .1040 25 Kansas 21 403 .1414 21 222 .1505 0 0 2 0 0 0 .0000 33 .0973

POLL EXPLANATION & ABOUT THE BCS: To derive a team’s poll percentages in the Harris Interactive and USA Today polls, each team’s point total is divided by a maximum 2825 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1475 possible points in the USA Today Poll. Teams are assigned an inverse point total (25 for No. 1, 24 for No. 2, etc.) for each of their respective computer poll rankings to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the sum total of the remaining four rankings is divided by 100 (the maximum possible points). This figure produces a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester (A&H), Richard Billingsley (B), Colley Matrix (CM), Kenneth Massey (M), Jeff Sagarin (S) and Peter Wolfe (W). Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength within its formula. The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive and USA Today Polls, and Computer rankings. The highest BCS Average receives the No. 1 ranking, the second highest receives No. 2, and so forth.

The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in the final BCS standings in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information, visit www.bcsfootball.org. The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Dec. 6 BCS standings will play in the BCS National Championship Game presented by Citi Jan. 7, 2010 in Pasadena, Calif. The winner of the game will be presented the American Football Coaches Associa- tion National Championship Trophy. statistical rankings NATIONAL HONORS

Offense Defense BIG EAST players are candidates for all of college foot- Team Rush Pass Total Scoring Rush Pass Total Scoring ball’s highest honors. The players listed below appear Cincinnati 6 1 1 1 6 4 5 2 on the respective awards’ watch lists, unless otherwise noted. Connecticut 3 7 6 6 5 3 3 4 Louisville 7 3 5 8 8 2 7 7 Bednarik Award • Defensive Player of the Year Pittsburgh 4 6 4 3 4 7 6 5 Ryan D’Imperio, LB, Rutgers; Arthur Jones, DT, Syra- Rutgers 5 8 7 5 2 6 4 3 cuse; Scott Lutrus, LB, Connecticut; Greg Romeus, DE, USF 1 5 3 2 7 1 1 1 Pittsburgh; George Selvie, DE, USF; Reed Williams, LB, West Virginia Syracuse 8 4 8 7 3 8 8 8 West Virginia 2 2 2 4 1 5 2 6 Biletnikoff Award • Outstanding Wide Receiver Doug Beaumont, Louisville; Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati Home attendance Butkus Award • Top Linebacker Ryan D’Imperio, Rutgers; Kion Wilson, USF SCHOOL (Capacity) GP TOTAL AVG. LARGEST CROWD Walter Camp Award • Player of the Year Cincinnati (35,000) 2 63,331 31,666 32,910 (vs. Fresno State) Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnati; George Selvie, DE, USF Connecticut (40,000) 3 116,707 38,902 40,000 (vs. Louisville) Louisville (42,000) 3 116,560 38,853 39,948 (vs. Pittsburgh) William V. Campbell Trophy • Top Scholar-Athlete Pittsburgh (65,050) 3 148,454 49,485 55,064 (vs. Navy) Semifinalists Rutgers (52,454) 4 192,901 48,255 53,737 (vs. Cincinnati) Jeff Linkenbach, OT, Cincinnati; Brad Kanuch, WR, Con- USF (65,897) 3 143,134 47,711 63,976 (vs. Cincinnati) necticut; Joseph Tronzo, FB, Louisville; Devin McCourty, Syracuse (49,262) 5 204,791 40,958 48,617 (vs. Minnesota) CB, Rutgers; Reed Williams, LB, West Virginia West Virginia (60,000) 4 321,653 57,913 60,055 (vs. Colorado) Lou Groza Award • Outstanding Placekicker 2009 TOTALS 28 1,267,827 45,280 63,976 (USF vs. Cincinnati) Jake Rogers, Cincinnati; Dave Teggart, Connecticut

Rotary Lombardi Award • Outstanding Down Lineman TOP PERFORMANCES Nate Byham, TE, Pittsburgh; Arthur Jones, DT, Syra- cuse; George Selvie, DE, USF A number of active BIG EAST Conference players have surpassed the 100-yard rushing, 100-yard re- ceiving and 300-yard passing marks in a game. Below is a breakdown of the current players who have Lott Trophy • Impact Player of the Year surpassed these marks (includes bowl games) both for their careers and in 2009. George Selvie, DE, USF

100-Yard Rushing Games John Mackey Award • Outstanding Tight End Player, School, Year 2009 Career Nate Byham, Pittsburgh Noel Devine, West Virginia, Jr. 4 12 Manning Award • Top Quarterback Andre Dixon, Connecticut, Sr. 3 7 Matt Grothe, USF; Tony Pike, Cincinnati Victor Anderson, Louisville, So. 1 6 Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh, Fr. 4 4 Maxwell Award • Player of the Year Jourdan Brooks, Rutgers, So. 1 3 Noel Devine, RB, West Virginia; Mardy Gilyard, WR, Matt Grothe, USF, Sr. 3 Cincinnati; Matt Grothe, QB, USF; Tony Pike, QB, Jordan Todman, Connecticut, So. 2 2 Cincinnati B.J. Daniels, USF, Fr. 2 2 Joe Martinek, Rutgers, So. 2 2 Nagurski Trophy • Outstanding Defensive Player Mike Ford, USF, Jr. 2 Arthur Jones, DT, Syracuse; Jerome Murphy, CB, USF; Delone Carter, Syracuse, Jr. 2 George Selvie, DE, USF Moise Plancher, USF, Sr. 1 1 Jacob Ramsey, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 1 Davey O’Brien Award • Top Quarterback DeAntwan Williams, Rutgers, Fr. 1 1 Jarrett Brown, West Virginia; Matt Grothe, USF; Tony Zach Collaros, Cincinnati, So. 1 1 Pike, Cincinnati Doug Hogue, Syracuse, Jr. 1 Bilal Powell, Louisville, Jr. 1 Outland Trophy • Outstanding Interior Lineman Kordell Young, Rutgers, Jr. 1 Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers; Arthur Jones, DT, Syracuse Antwon Bailey, Syracuse, So. 1 Rimington Trophy • Outstanding Center Aston Samuels, USF, Jr. 1 Ryan Blaszczyk, Rutgers; Jim McKenzie, Syracuse

100-Yard Receiving Games Jim Thorpe Award • Outstanding Defensive Back Player, School, Year 2009 Career Aaron Berry, Pittsburgh Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati, Sr. 2 10 Tim Brown, Rutgers, Sr. 2 6 Doak Walker Award • Outstanding Running Back Jonathan Baldwin, Pittsburgh, So. 3 4 Noel Devine, West Virginia; Andre Dixon, Connecticut; Carlton Mitchell, USF, Jr. 2 4 Jordan Todman, Connecticut Mike Williams, Syracuse, Sr. 2 4 Marcus Easley, Connecticut, Sr. 2 2 Scott Long, Louisville, Sr. 1 2 Doug Beaumont, Louisville, Jr. 2 Marcus Barnett, Cincinnati, Jr. 2 Mohamed Sanu, Rutgers, Fr. 1 1 D.J. Woods, Cincinnati, So. 1 1 Jock Sanders, West Virginia, Jr. 1 1 T.J. Porter, Pittsburgh, Sr. 1 Jessie Hester, USF, Sr. 1 Oderick Turner, Pittsburgh, Sr. 1

300-Yard Passing Games Player, School, Year 2009 Career Matt Grothe, USF, Sr. 6 Tony Pike, Cincinnati, Sr. 3 5 Andrew Robinson, Syracuse, Sr. 2 Jarrett Brown, West Virginia, Sr. 1 1 Greg Paulus, Syracuse, Gr. 1 1 AWARD WINNERs against the conferences

BIG EAST OffensIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ATLANTIC COAST (2-2) MOUNTAIN WEST (0-1) Sept. 7 Tony Pike, QB, Cincinnati North Carolina 12, Connecticut 10 (9/12) Utah 30, Louisville 14 (9/26) Sept. 14 Jarrett Brown, QB, West Virginia USF 17, Florida State 7 (9/26) Sept. 21 Mike Williams, WR, Syracuse North Carolina State 38, Pittsburgh 31 (9/26) Ohio Valley (1-0) Sept. 28 Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnati Rutgers 34, Maryland 13 (9/26) Cincinnati 70, Southeast Missouri State 3 (9/12) Oct. 5 Bill Stull, QB, Pittsburgh Miami (Fla.) at USF (11/27) Oct. 12 Noel Devine, RB, West Virginia PACIFIC-10 (1-0) Oct. 19 Dion Lewis, RB, Pittsburgh BIG 12 (2-0) Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18 (9/19) Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Connecticut 30, Baylor 22 (9/19) Nov. 9 West Virginia 35, Colorado 24 (10/1) SOUTHEASTERN (0-2) Nov. 16 Kentucky 31, Louisville 27 (9/19) Nov. 23 BIG TEN (1-2) Auburn 41, West Virginia 30 (9/19) Nov. 30 Minnesota 23, Syracuse 20 (ot) (9/5) Dec. 7 Syracuse 28, Penn State 7 (9/12) SOUTHERN (1-0) Syracuse 37, Northwestern 34 (9/19) USF 40, Wofford 7 (9/5) BIG EAST Defensive PLAYER OF THE WEEK Illinois at Cincinnati (11/27) Sept. 7 Lindsey Witten, DE, Connecticut SOUTHWEST ATHLETIC Sept. 14 Adam Gunn, LB, Pittsburgh BIG SOUTH (2-0) Rutgers 42, Texas Southern 0 (10/10) Sept. 21 Dan Mason, LB, Pittsburgh West Virginia 33, Liberty 20 (9/5) Sept. 28 Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, USF USF 59, Charleston Southern 0 (9/19) SUN BELT (2-0) Oct. 5 Nate Allen, S, USF USF 35, Western Kentucky 13 (9/12) Oct. 12 Robert Vaughn, S, Connecticut COLONIAL ATHLETIC (2-0) Rutgers 23, Florida International 15 (9/19) Oct. 19 Lawrence Wilson, LB, Connecticut Connecticut 52, Rhode Island 10 (9/26) Arkansas State at Louisville (10/31) Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Syracuse 41, Maine 24 (9/26) Nov. 9 WESTERN ATHLETIC (1-0) Nov. 16 CONFERENCE USA (3-0) Fresno State at Cincinnati (9/26) Nov. 23 West Virginia 35, East Carolina 20 (9/12) Nov. 30 Louisville 25, Southern Mississippi 23 (10/10) INDEPENDENTS (1-0) Dec. 7 West Virginia 24, Marshall 7 (10/17) Pittsburgh 27, Navy 14 (9/19) Rutgers at Army (10/23) MID-AMERICAN (3-0) Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (11/14) BIG EAST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Connecticut 23, Ohio 16 (9/5) Connecticut at Notre Dame (11/21) Sept. 7 Tyler Bitancurt, K, West Virginia Pittsburgh 54, Buffalo 27 (9/12) Sept. 14 Mardy Gilyard, WR, Cincinnati Cincinnati 37, Miami (Ohio) 13 (10/3) Total Nonconference Records Sept. 21 Ryan Lichtenstein, K, Syracuse Akron at Syracuse (10/24) All Games...... 26-7 Sept. 28 Teddy Dellaganna, P, Rutgers FBS Opponents...... 16-7 Oct. 5 Scott Kozlowski, P, West Virginia MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC (1-0) BCS Automatic Qualifiers...... 6-6 Oct. 12 Dan Hutchins, K/P, Pittsburgh Rutgers 45, Howard 7 (9/12) FCS Opponents...... 10-0 Oct. 19 Jacob Rogers, K/P, Cincinnati Oct. 26 AP Top 25...... 1-2 Nov. 2 MISSOURI VALLEY (2-0) USA Today Top 25...... 2-2 Nov. 9 Pittsburgh 38, Youngstown State 3 (9/5) Bowl Games...... 0-0 Nov. 16 Louisville 30, Indiana State 10 (9/5) Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 7 YEAR-BY-YEAR CHAMPIONS aCTIVE CAREER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Year Champion BIG EAST OVERALL HEAD COACH 5 — ­Matt Grothe (USF, QB) 1991 Miami # 2-0 12-0 Dennis Erickson 1992 Miami 4-0 11-1 Dennis Erickson 4 — Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati, WR) 1993 West Virginia 7-0 11-1 Don Nehlen 1994 Miami 7-0 10-2 Dennis Erickson 3 — Jake Rogers (Cincinnati, K/P) 1995 Virginia Tech 6-1 10-2 Frank Beamer 1996 Virginia Tech 6-1 10-2 Frank Beamer 2 – Scott Lutrus (Connecticut, LB); Dave Teggart (K, Miami 6-1 9-3 Butch Davis Connecticut); Robert Vaughn (Connecticut, SS); Teddy Syracuse 6-1 9-3 Paul Pasqualoni Dellaganna (Rutgers, P); George Selvie (USF, DE); Noel 1997 Syracuse 6-1 9-3 Paul Pasqualoni Devine (West Virginia, RB) 1998 Syracuse 6-1 8-3 Paul Pasqualoni 1999 Virginia Tech 7-0 11-1 Frank Beamer 1 – Tony Pike (Cincinnati, QB); Aaron Webster (Cincinnati, 2000 Miami 7-0 10-1 Butch Davis SS); Lawrence Wilson (Connecticut, LB); Lindsey Witten 2001 Miami # 7-0 12-0 Larry Coker (Connecticut, DE); Victor Anderson (Louisville, RB); 2002 Miami 7-0 12-1 Larry Coker Johnny Patrick (Louisville, CB); Adam Gunn (Pittsburgh, 2003 Miami ! 6-1 11-2 Larry Coker LB); Dan Hutchins (Pittsburgh, K/P); Dion Lewis West Virginia 6-1 8-5 Rich Rodriguez (Pittsburgh, RB); Dan Mason (Pittsburgh, LB); Bill Stull 2004 Pittsburgh ! 4-2 8-4 Walt Harris (Pittsburgh, QB); Ryan D’Imperio (Rutgers, LB); Joe Boston College 4-2 9-3 Tom O’Brien Lefeged (Rutgers, LB); Kordell Young (Rutgers, RB); Nate West Virginia 4-2 8-4 Rich Rodriguez Allen (USF, S); Delbert Alvarado (USF, K/P); Dontavia Syracuse 4-2 6-6 Paul Pasqualoni Bogan (USF, WR); Maikon Bonani (USF, K); Mike Ford 2005 West Virginia 7-0 11-1 Rich Rodriguez (USF, RB); Jason Pierre-Paul (USF, DE); Arthur Jones 2006 Louisville 6-1 12-1 Bobby Petrino (Syracuse, DT); Ryan Lichtenstein (Syracuse, K); Andrew 2007 West Virginia ! 5-2 11-2 Rich Rodriguez Robinson (Syracuse, QB); Max Suter (Syracuse, KR); Mike Connecticut 5-2 9-4 Randy Edsall Williams (Syracuse, WR); Tyler Bitancurt (West Virginia, 2008 Cincinnati 6-1 11-3 Brian Kelly K); Jarrett Brown (West Virginia, QB); Sidney Glover (West Virginia, DB); Scott Kozlowski (West Virginia, P) # - National Champion ! – Earned BIG EAST’s automatic BCS bid. big east aMONG 2009 NCAA STATISTICAL LEADERS

individual Leaders Sacks ...... SPG Pass Efficiency Defense...... Rating Tackles For Loss...... Per Game Rushing...... YPG 2. Lindsey Witten, UConn...... 1.58 18. USF...... 98.55 1. Cincinnati...... 10.17 3. Dion Lewis, Pitt...... 131.14 9. Jonathan Freeny, RU...... 1.08 25. Cincinnati...... 103.89 6. Rutgers...... 8.50 6. Noel Devine, WVU...... 122.33 14. Greg Romeus, Pitt...... 1.00 26. West Virginia...... 106.04 12. Pittsburgh...... 7.86 20. Andre Dixon, UConn...... 102.67 20. Alex Daniels, UC...... 0.92 59. Rutgers...... 124.94 t19. USF...... 7.50 44. Jordan Todman, UConn...... 83.67 32. Julian Miller, WVU...... 0.75 66. Connecticut...... 127.68 t48. Connecticut...... 6.17 32. George Johnson, RU...... 0.75 82. Pittsburgh...... 132.77 t48. Syracuse...... 6.17 Passing...... Comp/Gm 32. Derrell Smith, SU...... 0.75 105. Louisville...... 144.79 t51. West Virginia...... 6.00 17. Tony Pike, UC...... 21.33 46. Craig Marshall, USF...... 0.67 111. Syracuse...... 153.72 87. Louisville...... 4.83 44. Greg Paulus, SU...... 18.00 46. Walter Stewart, UC...... 0.67 Total Defense...... YPG Sacks ...... Per Game Total Passing Yards...... Pyds Forced Fumbles...... FF/Game 18. USF...... 286.00 2. Cincinnati...... 4.17 10. Tony Pike, UC ...... 591 2. Derrell Smith, SU...... 0.67 20. West Virginia...... 292.83 3. Pittsburgh...... 4.00 12. Jarrett Brown, WVU ...... 577 6. Sabbath Joseph, USF...... 0.50 28. Connecticut...... 312.50 t6. Rutgers...... 3.33 17. Mick Williams, Pitt...... 0.43 39. Rutgers...... 314.83 t9. Connecticut...... 3.17 Passing Efficiency...... Rating 34. Damaso Munoz, RU...... 0.33 43. Cincinnati...... 324.67 t19. USF...... 2.83 7. Bill Stull, Pitt...... 159.39 34. Jerome Murphy, USF...... 0.33 41. Pittsburgh...... 328.71 t41. West Virginia...... 2.33 11. Tony Pike, UC...... 155.11 34. Lawrence Wilson, UConn...... 0.33 56. Louisville...... 359.67 t41. Syracuse...... 2.33 13. Jarrett Brown, WVU...... 152.83 34. Lindsey Witten, UConn...... 0.33 86. Syracuse...... 382.00 t83. Louisville...... 1.50 14. Cody Endres, UConn...... 152.72 Passes Defended...... PD/Game Scoring Defense...... PPG Sacks Allowed ...... Per Game Passing Yards Per Game...... YPG 23. Robert McClain III, UConn...... 1.17 9. USF...... 13.50 t13. Pittsburgh...... 0.86 8. Tony Pike, UC...... 298.60 23. Nate Allen, USF...... 1.17 13. Cincinnati...... 14.33 t16. Cincinnati...... 1.00 36. Jarrett Brown, WVU...... 236.50 23. Jerome Murphy, USF...... 1.17 22. Rutgers...... 17.67 t43. West Virginia...... 1.50 40. Greg Paulus, SU...... 231.40 41. JK Schaffer, UC...... 1.00 24. Connecticut...... 18.17 t56. USF...... 1.83 41. Reed Williams, WVU...... 1.00 27. Pittsburgh...... 18.57 t81. Syracuse...... 2.33 Total Offense...... YPG 38. West Virginia...... 20.83 t90. Connecticut...... 2.50 15. Tony Pike, UC...... 276.50 Tackles for Loss...... TFL/Game 84. Louisville...... 27.83 t102. Louisville...... 2.83 42. Jarrett Brown, WVU...... 236.33 13. Mick Williams, Pitt...... 1.64 98. Syracuse...... 29.50 t102. Rutgers...... 2.83 20. Lindsey Witten, UConn...... 1.50 Receiving Yards Per Game...... YPG 26. Jason Pierre-Paul, USF...... 1.42 Net Punting...... Net Avg Turnover Margin...... Margin/Game 6. Mike Williams, SU...... 118.67 30. Jonathan Freeny, RU...... 1.33 12. West Virginia...... 38.87 2. Rutgers...... 2.00 14. Mardy Gilyard, UC...... 98.67 41. Alex Silvestro, RU...... 1.25 27. Louisville...... 37.54 5. Cincinnati...... 1.50 23. Tim Brown, RU...... 91.33 36. Connecticut...... 37.29 12. USF...... 1.00 34. Jonathan Baldwin, Pitt...... 78.43 44. Pittsburgh...... 36.93 18. Connecticut...... 0.83 35. Scott Long, UofL...... 78.00 TEAM Leaders 57. Rutgers...... 36.25 30. Pittsburgh...... 0.57 46. Jock Sanders, WVU...... 72.17 Rushing Offense...... YPG 59. Syracuse...... 36.21 77. Syracuse...... -0.33 25. USF...... 187.00 67. Cincinnati...... 35.62 90. Louisville...... -0.50 Receiving Yards...... Yards 29. West Virginia...... 184.67 72. USF...... 35.38 103. West Virginia...... -0.83 7. Mike Williams, SU...... 712 37. Connecticut...... 179.83 20. Mardy Gilyard, UC...... 592 39. Pittsburgh...... 174.57 Punt Returns...... Avg Passing Efficiency...... Rating 26. Jonathan Baldwin, Pitt...... 549 46. Rutgers...... 158.83 8. Cincinnati...... 17.50 10. Pittsburgh...... 159.94 27. Tim Brown, RU...... 548 58. Cincinnati...... 146.83 29. West Virginia...... 12.31 28. Cincinnati...... 157.02 44. Scott Long, UofL...... 468 67. Louisville...... 138.67 58. Connecticut...... 9.12 38. USF...... 153.45 109. Syracuse...... 90.33 78. USF...... 7.25 41. West Virginia...... 149.22 Receptions Per Game...... RPG 79. Louisville...... 7.14 77. Connecticut...... 134.68 7. Jock Sanders, WVU...... 7.50 Passing Offense...... YPG 92. Syracuse...... 5.75 83. Syracuse...... 127.91 7. Mike Williams, SU...... 7.50 10. Cincinnati...... 310.17 94. Pittsburgh...... 5.58 96. Louisville...... 123.89 14. Mardy Gilyard, UC...... 7.17 39. West Virginia...... 241.83 112. Rutgers...... 3.38 113. Rutgers...... 120.53 42. Louisville...... 237.83 Interceptions...... Int/Game 55. Syracuse...... 222.83 Kickoff Returns...... Avg 6. Robert Vaughn, UConn...... 0.67 58. USF...... 220.33 21. Louisville...... 25.24 15. Robert McClain III, UConn...... 0.50 66. Pittsburgh...... 212.43 30. Cincinnati...... 24.29 15. Nate Allen, USF...... 0.50 84. Connecticut...... 192.83 31. Syracuse...... 24.16 15. JK Schaffer, UC...... 0.50 85. Rutgers...... 192.33 35. Pittsburgh...... 23.96 15. Aaron Webster, UC...... 0.50 43. USF...... 23.16 Total Offense...... YPG 54. Connecticut...... 22.14 Punting...... Avg 11. Cincinnati...... 457.00 64. West Virginia...... 21.58 4. Scott Kozlowski, WVU...... 46.30 26. West Virginia...... 426.50 115. Rutgers...... 17.20 19. Desi Cullen, UConn...... 43.68 39. USF...... 407.33 22. Rob Long, SU...... 42.94 55. Pittsburgh...... 387.00 Fumbles Recovered...... Total 27. Cory Goettsche, UofL...... 42.75 60. Louisville...... 376.50 t5. Rutgers...... 10 44. Teddy Dellaganna, RU...... 41.79 62. Connecticut...... 372.67 t8. Syracuse...... 9 80. Rutgers...... 351.17 t8. USF...... 9 Punt Returns...... Avg 99. Syracuse...... 313.17 t28. Pittsburgh...... 7 26. Jock Sanders, WVU...... 11.00 t45. Connecticut...... 6 35. Jasper Howard, UConn...... 9.13 Scoring Offense...... Avg t85. Louisville...... 4 47. Aaron Smith, Pitt...... 5.90 4. Cincinnati...... 40.67 t97. West Virginia...... 3 17. USF...... 33.67 t118. Cincinnati...... 1 Kickoff Returns...... Avg 18. Pittsburgh...... 33.29 35. Trent Guy, UofL...... 25.65 28. West Virginia...... 31.83 Interceptions...... Total 43. Robbie Frey, UConn...... 24.69 45. Rutgers...... 29.33 t4. Cincinnati...... 12 49. Connecticut...... 29.00 t7. Connecticut...... 10 Field Goals...... FG/Game 91. Syracuse...... 23.00 t18. West Virginia...... 9 22. Ryan Lichtenstein, SU...... 1.50 98. Louisville...... 21.83 t31. Rutgers...... 8 22. San San Te, RU...... 1.50 t31. USF...... 8 47. Ryan Payne, UofL...... 1.17 Rushing Defense...... YPG t58. Louisville...... 6 7. West Virginia...... 80.17 t67. Syracuse...... 5 Scoring...... PPG 11. Rutgers...... 91.50 t86. Pittsburgh...... 4 10. Noel Devine, WVU...... 10.00 17. Syracuse...... 97.33 17. Mardy Gilyard, UC...... 9.00 20. Pittsburgh...... 99.29 Turnovers Gained...... Total 25. Dion Lewis, Pitt...... 8.57 29. Connecticut...... 109.17 t7. Rutgers...... 18 34. Andre Dixon, UConn...... 8.00 38. Cincinnati...... 116.00 t10. USF...... 17 46. San San Te, RU...... 7.67 44. USF...... 118.83 t14. Connecticut...... 16 85. Louisville...... 158.67 t30. Syracuse...... 14 Points Responsible For...... PPG t44. Cincinnati...... 13 6. Tony Pike, UC...... 17.00 Pass Defense...... YPG t56. West Virginia...... 12 23. Bill Stull, Pitt...... 13.43 18. USF...... 167.17 t68. Pittsburgh...... 11 49. B.J. Daniels, USF...... 10.00 41. Louisville...... 201.00 t77. Louisville...... 10 43. Connecticut...... 203.33 Tackles...... TPG 47. Cincinnati...... 208.67 Turnovers Lost...... Total 19. Lawrence Wilson, UConn...... 11.00 57. West Virginia...... 212.67 t1. Cincinnati...... 4 25. Jon Dempsey, UofL...... 9.60 69. Rutgers...... 223.33 t8. Rutgers...... 6 39. Derrell Smith, SU...... 9.17 78. Pittsburgh...... 229.43 t12. Pittsburgh...... 7 118. Syracuse...... 284.67 t46. Connecticut...... 11 Solo Tackles...... PG t46. USF...... 11 6. Lawrence Wilson, UConn...... 11.00 t72. Louisville...... 13 14. Jon Dempsey, UofL...... 10.67 t103. Syracuse...... 16 34. Derrell Smith, SU...... 9.17 t109. West Virginia...... 17 40. Greg Lloyd, UConn...... 9.00 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 12th season game. in 2009-10, 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 Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, final BCS Standings is higher than that of a Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl presented by champion of a conference that has an annual Citi have joined with the BIG EAST, Atlantic Coast, automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls. Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-10 and Southeastern Conferences and the University of Notre Dame 4. Notre Dame will automatically qualify for a to form the Bowl Championship Series. In the BCS bowl if it is in the top eight of the final existing BCS agreement, which began in 2006, BCS Standings. each bowl will host two games once every four years - its traditional game plus the BCS National 5. If any of the 10 slots remain open after Championship contest approximately one week application of provisions 1 through 4, and Allstate Sugar Bowl later. an at-large team from a conference with an Jan. 1 • New Orleans, La. annual automatic berth for its champion is The BCS is managed by the commissioners of the ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Standings, that 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision conferences, team shall become an automatic qualifier. the director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame and representatives of the bowl 6. If any of the 10 slots remain open after organizations. The conference commissioners application of provisions 1 through 5, and if and the Notre Dame athletics director make Step No. 5 has not been applied and an at- decisions regarding all BCS issues, in consultation large team from a conference with an annual with an athletics directors advisory group and automatic berth for its champion is ranked subject to approval of a presidential oversight No. 4 in the final BCS Standings, that team committee whose members represent all 120 shall become an automatic qualifier. FBS programs. 7. If any slots remain unfilled after the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl The BCS conferences have a contract with placement of all teams qualifying for an Jan. 4 • Glendale, Ariz. Fox Sports to televise the Fiesta, Orange and automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose Sugar Bowls through 2010 and the National their participants from the “pool of eligible Championship Games through 2009. ABC has teams” (see below.) an agreement to continue to televise the 2010 National Championship Game and the Rose Bowl Pool of Eligible Teams through 2014. If berths are available after the automatic qualifiers have been identified, then the bowls shall select at- The BIG EAST has fared particularly well in the large participants from the “pool of eligible teams,” BCS. The conference has produced three winners which shall include any FBS team that is bowl- in BCS games in the last four years. eligible and meets the following requirements:

A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, not including exempted games, and FedEx Orange Bowl B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Jan. 5 • Miami Gardens, Fla. Standings

BCS National Championship Game presented by Citi Jan. 7 • Pasadena, Calif. BIG EAST 2009 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 and ending with the 2009 season. This agreement assured both BCS Conferences’ 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 chooses a BIG EAST team after the league’s representative to the Bowl Championship Series has been determined. The Atlantic Coast Conference provides the opposition in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl and the Pac-10 Conference participates in the Brut Sun Bowl. The Gator Bowl has the first selection at the conclusion of each season and will select a BIG EAST team or Notre Dame in 2009. 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 Konica Minolta 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 St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field will put the BIG EAST’s representative against a team from Conference USA.

2009 bIG EAST BOWL affiliations

Date Bowl Game Conference Matchup Site TV Time Dec. 19 St. Petersburg Bowl BIG EAST vs. Conference USA St. Petersburg, Fla. ESPN2 8 p.m. stpetersburgbowl.com Tropicana Field

Dec. 26 Meineke Car Care Bowl BIG EAST vs. Charlotte, N.C. ESPN 4:30 p.m. meinekecarcarebowl.com Atlantic Coast Bank of America Stadium

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

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

Jan. 1 Allstate Sugar Bowl BCS vs. BCS New Orleans, La. Fox 8:30 p.m. allstatesugarbowl.com Louisiana Superdome

Jan. 2 International Bowl BIG EAST vs. Toronto, Canada ESPN2 Noon internationalbowl.org Mid-American Rogers Centre

Jan. 2 PapaJohn’s.com Bowl BIG EAST vs. Birmingham, Ala. ESPN 2 p.m. papajohnsbowl.com Southeastern Legion Field

Jan. 4 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl BCS vs. BCS Glendale, Ariz. Fox 8 p.m. tostitosfiestabowl.com University of Phoenix Stadium

Jan. 5 FedEx Orange Bowl BCS vs. BCS Miami, Fla. Fox 8 p.m. orangebowl.org Dolphin Stadium

Jan. 7 BCS National Championship presented by Citi BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 Pasadena, Calif. ABC 8 p.m. bcsfootball.org Rose Bowl bIG EAST ON TELEVISION & RADIO

The National television Schedule BIG EAST NETWORK Game of the Week The BIG EAST will have an extensive schedule of games on national televi- Ten BIG EAST contests will be produced by ESPN Regional Television as part sion. The following telecasts are known as of today. Other games will be of its BIG EAST Network Game of the Week package. The following dates added via the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process. and games were scheduled as of today. All other picks will be made later in the season as 12-day selections (schedule subject to change). All BIG EAST ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 Network Games of the Week will start at noon Eastern. selections to be determined via 12-day advance selection process Sat., Nov. 14 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh...... TBD Sat., Sept. 26 Fresno State at CINCINNATI Fri., Nov. 27 PITTSBURGH at WEST VIRGINIA...... TBD Sat., Oct. 3 USF at SYRACUSE RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE...... TBD Sat., Oct. 10 WEST VIRGINIA at SYRACUSE Illinois at Cincinnati...... TBD Sat., Oct. 17 LOUISVILLE at CONNECTICUT Sat., Dec. 5 CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH...... TBD Sat., Oct. 24 USF at PITTSBURGH USF at CONNECTICUT...... TBD Sat., Oct. 31 CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE or WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS...... TBD RUTGERS at CONNECTICUT Sat., Nov. 7 TBD Other games to be determined via 12-day and 6-day advance selection Sat., Nov. 14 SYRACUSE at LOUISVILLE process. Sat., Nov. 21 LOUISVILLE at USF or RUTGERS at SYRACUSE ABC Sat., Nov. 28 SYRACUSE at CONNECTICUT Sat., Oct. 10 CONNECTICUT at PITTSBURGH...... 3:30 p.m. BIG EAST Games in CAPS. ESPN Mon., Sept. 7 CINCINNATI at RUTGERS...... 4 p.m. Thu., Oct. 1 Colorado at West Virginia...... 7:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 15 CINCINNATI at USF...... 7:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 16 PITTSBURGH at RUTGERS...... 8 p.m. Thu., Nov. 12 USF at RUTGERS...... 7:30 p.m.

ESPN2 The BIG EAST/ISP NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK Sat., Sept. 5 Minnesota at Syracuse...... Noon Six conference matchups highlight the 2009 BIG EAST/ISP Football Game of Sat., Sept. 19 West Virginia at Auburn...... 7:45 p.m. the Week schedule. The affiliate list will vary from week to week, depending Fri., Oct. 2 PITTSBURGH at LOUISVILLE...... 8 p.m. on game times, prior station commitments and blackout restrictions protect- Fri., Oct. 23 Rutgers at Army...... 8 p.m. ing BIG EAST member school networks. Last year’s affiliate list had stations Fri., Oct. 30 WEST VIRGINIA at USF...... 8 p.m. representing 15 of the country’s top 20 radio markets. All games will be carried Fri., Nov. 13 WEST VIRGINIA at CINCINNATI...... 8 p.m. on Sirius XM satellite radio. In addition to the radio presence, the broadcasts will be available on the BIG EAST’s official website at BigEast.tv. ESPNU Sat., Sept. 12 North Carolina at Connecticut...... Noon 2009 BIG EAST/ISP Football Game of the Week Schedule Sat., Sept. 19 Louisville at Kentucky...... Noon Thurs., Oct. 1 Colorado at West Virginia 7:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 26 USF at Florida State...... Noon Fri., Oct. 2 PITTSBURGH at LOUISVILLE 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at North Carolina State...... 3:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 15 CINCINNATI at USF 7:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 10 Southern Mississippi at Louisville...... 7:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 30 WEST VIRGINIA at USF 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24 CONNECTICUT at WEST VIRGINIA...... Noon Thurs., Nov. 12 USF at RUTGERS 7:30 p.m. LOUISVILLE at CINCINNATI...... 3:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 13 WEST VIRGINIA at CINCINNATI 8 p.m. Fri., Nov. 27 PITTSBURGH at WEST VIRGINIA TBD NBC Sat., Nov. 21 Connecticut at Notre Dame...... 2:30 p.m. The BIG EAST ON SNY CBS College Sports The BIG EAST and SNY announced a comprehensive multi-year partnership Sat., Sept. 26 Louisville at Utah...... 7:30 p.m. in 2008 that will feature more than 800 hours of conference programming in the New York metropolitan area. SNY will carry a minimum of 16 football FSN games per season, including the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week, which Sat., Sept. 19 Cincinnati at Oregon State...... 6:45 p.m. will be wrapped by in-depth pregame, halftime and postgame shows. The network also will air weekly BIG EAST football coaches shows. Big Ten Network Sat., Sept. 12 Syracuse at Penn State...... Noon The BIG EAST On The Dial In addition to its extensive television coverage, BIG EAST football games are All times Eastern and subject to change. broadcast by major commercial stations or wide-ranging radio networks. BIG EAST Games in CAPS. 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 MEDIA SERV SERVIICCESES

BIG EAST Weekly Teleconference COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM BIG EAST Media Contacts The BIG EAST football coaches will hold a weekly CollegePressBox.com is the official media web- teleconference for the media beginning Monday, site for BIG EAST football. Access and download BIG EAST...... Chuck Sullivan Aug. 31. The call will take place each Monday dur- weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media Phone...... (401) 453-0660 ing the season, concluding Nov. 30. Each coach will guides and more for the conference and each of be available for approximately 10 minutes. Media its eight member schools throughout the season. Fax...... (401) 751-8540 members who wish to access the teleconference Login information will be distributed to accredited Email...... [email protected] should contact Chuck Sullivan to receive the dial-in media, or you can apply for a password by sending number. The call begins promptly at 11 a.m. with an e-mail to [email protected]. Cincinnati...... Ryan Koslen the order of schools as follows: Phone...... (513) 497-3132 weekly release & statistics Fax...... (513) 556-0619 11 a.m. Greg Schiano, Rutgers Media members may access PDF versions of the Press Box...... (513) 556-1010 11:10 a.m. Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville complete weekly release, including conference 11:20 a.m. Dave Wannstedt, Pittsburgh and team-by-team statistics, on BIGEAST.org. Email...... [email protected] 11:30 a.m. Bill Stewart, West Virginia Regular updates of the weekly release will be 11:40 a.m. Randy Edsall, Connecticut distributed via e-mail from the conference office. Connecticut...... Mike Enright 11:50 a.m. Doug Marrone, Syracuse To be included on the distribution list, send an Phone...... (860) 486-2241 Noon Brian Kelly, Cincinnati e-mail request to [email protected]. Fax...... (860) 486-5085 12:10 p.m. Jim Leavitt, USF Press Box...... (860) 610-4778 Weekly awards E-mail...... [email protected] For those who are not able to participate during The BIG EAST names offensive, defensive and the live teleconference, an archive of Monday’s special teams Players of the Week each Monday call will be available on the BIG EAST website at morning during the season. Winners are chosen Louisville...... Rocco Gasparro www.bigeast.tv. from nominations provided by BIG EAST sports Phone...... (502) 852-0102 information directors. The information will be Fax...... (502) 852-7401 BIGEAST.ORG available from the BIG EAST office via release as Press Box...... (502) 852-6703 The official website of the BIG EAST Conference well as on the league web site. E-mail...... [email protected] features up-to-date information on all facets of the league, including the eight football playing ANNUAL AWARDS members. Football standings, results, statistics All-BIG EAST First and Second Teams, Players of Pittsburgh...... E.J. Borghetti and notes are updated as games are played. In the Year on offense, defense and special teams, Phone...... 412) 648-8240 addition, in-game scores for all football contests Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year are Fax...... (412) 648-8248 involving BIG EAST teams will be updated in- selected by a vote of the league’s eight head Press Box...... (412) 697-7198 progress. coaches at the conclusion of the regular season. E-mail...... [email protected] The awards will be announced Dec. 7, 2009. BIG EAST ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER The BIG EAST All-Academic Team is comprised The BIG EAST Conference has expanded its public of letterwinners who are starters or important Rutgers...... Jason Baum information distribution to the popular social net- reserves, and have an overall grade-point average Phone...... (732) 445-4200 working sites Facebook and Twitter. of 3.00 or better over the past academic year. Fax...... (732) 445-3063 Press Box...... (732) 445-7028 Facebook E-mail...... [email protected] www.facebook.com/bigeastconference USF...... Chris Freet Twitter www.twitter.com/BigEastFB Phone...... (813) 974-4086 Fax...... (813) 974-5328 BIG EAST WEEKLY SATELLITE FEED Press Box...... (813) 974-6225 The BIG EAST Conference will once again provide E-mail...... [email protected] a weekly feed of highlights and comments from head coaches during the 2009 season. The feed Syracuse...... Sue Cornelius Edson will run each Wednesday at 3 p.m. and will feature Phone...... (315) 443-2608 approximately three-and-a-half minutes of content for each team. The satellite coordinates are: Fax...... (315) 443-2076 Galaxy 16 C-Band analog/Transponder 8 Press Box...... (315) 443-4241 Located at 99 degrees West longitude E-mail...... [email protected] Received vertically at 3860 MHz West Virginia...... Mike Montoro Phone...... (304) 293-2821 Fax...... (304) 293-4105 Press Box...... (304) 293-3799 E-mail...... [email protected] SCHEDULES & RESULTS cincinnati (6-0, 2-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/7 at RUTGERS (ESPN) W, 47-15 53,737 168 396 564 29-36-1 1 50 243 293 3 9/12 Southeast Missouri State (FSN Ohio) W, 70-3 30,421 227 351 578 24-35-0 0 54 122 176 4 9/19 at Oregon State (FSN) W, 28-18 41,909 76 332 408 31-49-1 1 104 240 344 1 9/26 Fresno State (BIG EAST Network) W, 28-20 32,910 57 300 357 18-26-0 0 290 153 443 1 10/3 at Miami (Ohio) (ESPN360.com) W, 37-13 23,493 164 270 434 23-42-1 1 30 286 316 2 10/15 at USF (ESPN) W, 34-17 63,976 189 212 401 16-32-1 1 169 208 376 2 10/24 LOUISVILLE (3:30 p.m., ESPNU) 10/31 at SYRACUSE (Noon, ESPNU) 11/7 CONNECTICUT 11/13 WEST VIRGINIA (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/27 Illinois (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 12/5 at PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

CONNECTICUT (4-2, 1-1 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/5 at Ohio (ESPN360.com) W, 23-16 24,617 259 127 386 11-24-3 4 61 186 247 2 9/12 North Carolina (ESPNU) L, 10-12 38,087 72 124 196 14-26-1 2 35 233 268 2 9/19 at Baylor W, 30-22 40,147 235 147 382 12-23-0 0 147 119 266 3 9/26 Rhode Island (ESPN360.com) W, 52-10 38,620 199 289 488 23-30-0 3 29 119 148 3 10/10 at PITTSBURGH (ABC) L, 21-24 44,893 106 197 303 17-23-0 1 221 268 489 2 10/17 LOUISVILLE (BIG EAST Network) W, 38-25 40,000 208 273 481 14-21-1 1 162 295 457 4 10/24 at WEST VIRGINIA (Noon, ESPNU) 10/31 RUTGERS (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 11/7 at CINCINNATI 11/21 at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) 11/28 SYRACUSE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 12/5 USF (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

LOUISVILLE (2-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/5 Indiana State (BIG EAST Network) W, 30-10 39,344 176 243 419 20-35-2 2 19 82 101 4 9/19 at Kentucky (ESPNU) L, 27-31 70,988 133 245 378 15-29-1 2 168 178 346 3 9/26 at Utah (CBS C) L, 14-30 45,588 80 181 261 15-33-1 3 214 202 416 1 10/2 PITTSBURGH (ESPN2) L, 10-35 39,948 101 204 305 19-31-0 1 162 242 404 1 10/10 Southern Mississippi (ESPNU) W, 25-23 37,268 180 259 439 15-27-1 1 181 229 410 0 10/17 at CONNECTICUT (BIG EAST Network) L, 25-38 40,000 162 295 457 24-31-2 4 208 273 481 1 10/24 at CINCINNATI (3:30 p.m., ESPNU) 10/31 Arkansas State (3:30 p.m., BIG EAST Network) 11/7 at WEST VIRGINIA 11/14 SYRACUSE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 11/21 at USF 11/27 RUTGERS (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

PITTSBURGH (6-1, 3-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/5 Youngstown State W, 38-3 48,497 187 203 390 16-24-1 1 46 113 159 2 9/12 at Buffalo (BIG EAST Network) W, 54-27 21,870 209 172 381 21-30-0 0 67 433 500 4 9/19 Navy (ESPN360.com) W, 27-14 55,064 126 243 369 19-26-0 1 129 89 218 0 9/26 at North Carolina State (ESPNU) L, 38-31 57,583 94 206 300 12-23-0 0 208 322 530 1 10/2 at LOUISVILLE (ESPN2) W, 35-10 39,948 162 242 404 16-23-0 1 101 204 305 1 10/10 CONNECTICUT (ABC) W, 24-21 44,893 221 268 489 21-31-2 2 106 197 303 1 10/16 at RUTGERS (ESPN) W, 24-17 50,296 223 153 376 16-24-0 2 38 248 286 2 10/24 USF (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 11/7 SYRACUSE 11/14 Notre Dame (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 11/27 at WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN) 12/5 CINCINNATI (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) SCHEDULES & RESULTS

RUTGERS (4-2, 0-2 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/7 CINCINNATI (ESPN) L, 15-47 53,737 50 243 293 23-37-3 3 168 396 564 1 9/12 Howard (BIG EAST Network) W, 45-7 43,722 245 223 468 8-14-0 1 113 151 264 3 9/19 Florida International (BIG EAST Network) W, 23-15 45,273 160 234 394 12-31-0 0 42 218 260 3 9/26 at Maryland (ESPN360.com) W, 34-13 43,848 207 42 249 4-13-0 0 28 271 299 5 10/10 Texas Southern W, 42-0 50,169 253 164 417 15-22-0 0 -25 151 126 4 10/16 PITTSBURGH (ESPN) L, 17-24 50,296 38 248 286 23-41-1 2 223 153 376 2 10/23 at Army (8 p.m., ESPN2) 10/31 at CONNECTICUT (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 11/12 USF (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 11/21 at SYRACUSE 11/27 at LOUISVILLE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 12/5 WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

USF (5-1, 1-1 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/5 Wofford (BIG EAST Network) W, 40-7 40,360 174 185 359 21-25-1 2 177 34 211 2 9/12 at Western Kentucky (BIG EAST Network) W, 35-13 20,568 253 208 461 13-22-1 2 200 84 284 1 9/19 Charleston Southern W, 59-0 38,798 249 298 547 21-27-0 0 53 135 188 2 9/26 at Florida State (ESPNU) W, 17-7 83,524 153 215 368 8-21-2 2 19 269 288 4 10/3 at SYRACUSE (BIG EAST Network) W, 34-20 40,147 125 208 333 12-20-0 3 75 269 344 7 10/15 CINCINNATI (ESPN) L, 17-34 63,976 168 208 376 15-34-2 2 10/24 at PITTSBURGH (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 10/30 WEST VIRGINIA (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/12 at RUTGERS (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 11/21 LOUISVILLE 11/28 Miami (Fla.) 12/5 at CONNECTICUT (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

SYRACUSE (2-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/5 Minnesota (ESPN2) L, 20-23 ot 48,617 90 167 257 19-31-1 2 112 248 360 2 9/12 at Penn State (Big Ten Network) L, 7-28 106,387 65 135 200 18-25-2 2 78 240 318 3 9/19 Northwestern (ESPN360.com) W, 37-34 40,251 125 346 471 24-36-1 2 52 414 466 3 9/26 Maine W, 41-24 35,632 115 270 385 21-28-0 1 90 340 430 2 10/3 USF (BIG EAST Network) L, 20-34 40,147 75 269 344 25-46-5 7 125 208 333 3 10/10 WEST VIRGINIA (BIG EAST Network) L, 13-34 40,144 72 150 222 12-25-1 2 127 258 385 1 10/24 Akron (3:30 p.m.) 10/31 CINCINNATI (Noon, ESPNU) 11/7 at PITTSBURGH 11/14 at LOUISVILLE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) 11/21 RUTGERS 11/28 at CONNECTICUT (Noon, BIG EAST Network)

WEST VIRGINIA (5-1, 1-0 BIG EAST) Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/5 Liberty (BIG EAST Network) W, 33-20 57,950 195 243 438 19-26-0 0 89 210 299 1 9/12 East Carolina (ESPN360.com) W, 35-20 59,216 175 334 509 24-31-1 4 62 175 237 1 9/19 at Auburn (ESPN2) L, 30-41 87,451 207 302 509 24-41-5 6 100 300 400 1 10/1 Colorado (ESPN) W, 35-24 60,055 257 148 405 12-19-0 4 100 292 392 3 10/10 at SYRACUSE (BIG EAST Network) W, 34-13 40,144 127 258 385 25-34-0 1 72 150 222 2 10/17 Marshall (BIG EAST Network) W, 24-7 54,432 147 166 313 16-23-0 2 58 149 207 4 10/24 CONNECTICUT (Noon, ESPNU) 10/30 at USF (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/7 LOUISVILLE 11/13 at CINCINNATI (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/27 PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN) 12/5 at RUTGERS (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 2009 composite SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Saturday, September 5 Saturday, October 17 Minnesota 23, Syracuse 20 (ot) (ESPN2) CONNECTICUT 38, LOUISVILLE 25 (BIG EAST Network) West Virginia 33, Liberty 20 (BIG EAST Network) West Virginia 24, Marshall 7 (BIG EAST Network) Pittsburgh 38, Youngstown State 3 Connecticut 23, Ohio 16 (ESPN360.com) Friday, October 23 USF 40, Wofford 7 (Bright House Sports Network) Rutgers at Army (8 p.m., ESPN2) Louisville 30, Indiana State 10 (BIG EAST Network) Saturday, October 24 Monday, September 7 CONNECTICUT at WEST VIRGINIA (Noon, ESPNU) CINCINNATI 47, RUTGERS 15 (ESPN) USF at PITTSBURGH (Noon, BIG EAST Network) LOUISVILLE at CINCINNATI (3:30 p.m., ESPNU) Saturday, September 12 Akron at Syracuse (3:30 p.m.) Pittsburgh 54, Buffalo 27 (BIG EAST Network) North Carolina 12, Connecticut 10 (ESPNU) Friday, October 30 Penn State 28, Syracuse 7 (Big Ten Network) WEST VIRGINIA at USF (8 p.m., ESPN2) Rutgers 45, Howard 7 (BIG EAST Network) West Virginia 35, East Carolina 20 (ESPN360.com) Saturday, October 31 USF 35, Western Kentucky 13 (BIG EAST Network) CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE (Noon, ESPNU) Cincinnati 70, Southeast Missouri State 3 (FSN Ohio) RUTGERS at CONNECTICUT (Noon, BIG EAST Network) Arkansas State at Louisville (3:30 p.m., BIG EAST Network) Saturday, September 19 Kentucky 31, Louisville 27 (ESPNU) Saturday, November 7 Connecticut 30, Baylor 22 CONNECTICUT at CINCINNATI Rutgers 23, Florida International 15 (BIG EAST Network) LOUISVILLE at WEST VIRGINIA Pittsburgh 27, Navy 14 (ESPN360.com) SYRACUSE at PITTSBURGH Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18 (FSN) USF 59, Charleston Southern 0 Thursday, November 12 Syracuse 37, Northwestern 34 (ESPN360.com) USF at RUTGERS (7:30 p.m., ESPN) Auburn 41, West Virginia 30 (ESPN2) Friday, November 13 Saturday, September 26 WEST VIRGINIA at CINCINNATI (8 p.m., ESPN2) Connecticut 52, Rhode Island 10 (ESPN360.com) Cincinnati 28, Fresno State 20 (BIG EAST Network) Saturday, November 14 USF 17, Florida State 7 (ESPNU) SYRACUSE at LOUISVILLE (Noon, BIG EAST Network) North Carolina State 38, Pittsburgh 31 (ESPNU) Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) Rutgers 34, Maryland 13 (ESPN360.com) Syracuse 41, Maine 24 (7 p.m.) Saturday, November 21 Utah 30, Louisville 14 (CBS C) LOUISVILLE at USF RUTGERS at SYRACUSE Thursday, October 1 Connecticut at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC) West Virginia 35, Colorado 24 (ESPN) Friday, November 27 Friday, October 2 PITTSBURGH at WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN) PITTSBURGH 35, LOUISVILLE 10 (ESPN2) RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) Illinois at Cincinnati (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) Saturday, October 3 USF 34, SYRACUSE 20 (BIG EAST Network) Saturday, November 28 Cincinnati 37, Miami (Ohio) 13 (ESPN360.com) SYRACUSE at CONNECTICUT (Noon, BIG EAST Network) Miami (Fla.) at USF Saturday, October 10 WEST VIRGINIA 34, SYRACUSE 13 (BIG EAST Network) Saturday, December 5 PITTSBURGH 24, CONNECTICUT 21 (ABC) CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) Rutgers 42, Texas Southern 0 USF at CONNECTICUT (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) Louisville 25, Southern Mississippi 23 (ESPNU) WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

Thursday, October 15 All times Eastern CINCINNATI 34, USF 17 (ESPN) All dates and times subject to change

Friday, October 16 PITTSBURGH 24, RUTGERS 17 (ESPN) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 19, 2009

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yds Avg. TD Lg Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G 1. LEWIS, Dion-PITT Fr 7 162 918 5.7 9 85 131.1 1. PIKE, Tony-CIN Sr 6 26 1633 218 1659 276.5 2. DEVINE, Noel-WVU Jr 6 114 734 6.4 9 77 122.3 2. BROWN, Jarrett-WVU Sr 6 209 1209 190 1418 236.3 3. DIXON, Andre-CONN Sr 6 123 616 5.0 7 32 102.7 3. STULL, Bill-PITT Sr 7 13 1409 185 1422 203.1 4. TODMAN, Jordan-CONN So 6 100 502 5.0 6 58 83.7 4. DANIELS, BJ-USF Fr 6 365 810 152 1175 195.8 5. MARTINEK, Joe-RUT So 6 84 434 5.2 5 61 72.3 5. PAULUS, Greg-SYR Sr 6 -15 1187 199 1172 195.3 6. ANDERSON, Victor-LOU So 6 74 424 5.7 5 37 70.7 6. SAVAGE, Tom-RUT Fr 5 -4 941 145 937 187.4 7. DANIELS, BJ-USF Fr 6 64 365 5.7 4 44 60.8 7. ENDRES, Cody-CONN So 5 -88 936 118 848 169.6 8. CARTER, Delone-SYR Sr 6 100 360 3.6 5 16 60.0 8. LEWIS, Dion-PITT Fr 7 918 0 162 918 131.1 9. RAMSEY, Jacob-CIN Sr 6 44 291 6.6 3 62 48.5 9. DEVINE, Noel-WVU Jr 6 734 0 114 734 122.3 10. BROOKS, Jourdan-RUT So 5 51 236 4.6 4 57 47.2 10. DIXON, Andre-CONN Sr 6 616 0 123 616 102.7

PASSING AVG/GAME Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Avg/G SCORING Cl G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G 1. PIKE, Tony-CIN Sr 6 128-199-3 1633 15 272.2 1. DEVINE, Noel-WVU Jr 6 10 0 0 0 60 10.0 2. BROWN, Jarrett-WVU Sr 6 96-140-5 1209 8 201.5 2. GILYARD, Mardy-CIN Sr 6 9 0 0 0 54 9.0 3. STULL, Bill-PITT Sr 7 114-171-3 1409 14 201.3 3. LEWIS, Dion-PITT Fr 7 10 0 0 0 60 8.6 4. PAULUS, Greg-SYR Sr 6 108-169-10 1187 8 197.8 4. DIXON, Andre-CONN Sr 6 8 0 0 0 48 8.0 5. SAVAGE, Tom-RUT Fr 5 71-124-1 941 5 188.2 5. TE, San San-RUT So 6 0 9 19 0 46 7.7 6. ENDRES, Cody-CONN So 5 69-104-1 936 4 187.2 6. ROGERS, Jacob-CIN Jr 6 0 4 32 0 44 7.3 7. DANIELS, BJ-USF Fr 6 47-88-4 810 7 135.0 7. HUTCHINS, Dan-PITT Jr 7 0 8 27 0 51 7.3 8. NATALE, Domenic-RUT Sr 5 14-28-3 213 0 4 2 .6 8. LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan-SYR Fr 6 0 9 15 0 42 7.0 9. COLLAROS, Zach-CIN So 6 10-18-1 201 2 3 3 .5 9. DICKERSON, Dorin-PITT Sr 7 8 0 0 0 48 6.9 10. BEAUMONT, Doug-LOU Jr 6 1-1-0 38 0 6 .3 10. BITANCURT, Tyler-WVU Fr 6 0 6 23 0 41 6.8

PASS EFFICIENCY Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Eff. SCORING (TDs) Cl G TD Run Pass Ret Pat Pts Avg/G 1. STULL, Bill-PITT Sr 7 114-171-3 1409 14 159.4 1. DEVINE, Noel-WVU Jr 6 10 9 1 0 0 60 10.0 2. PIKE, Tony-CIN Sr 6 128-199-3 1633 15 155.1 2. GILYARD, Mardy-CIN Sr 6 9 1 7 1 0 54 9.0 3. BROWN, Jarrett-WVU Sr 6 96-140-5 1209 8 152.8 3. LEWIS, Dion-PITT Fr 7 10 9 1 0 0 60 8.6 4. ENDRES, Cody-CONN So 5 69-104-1 936 4 152.7 4. DIXON, Andre-CONN Sr 6 8 7 1 0 0 48 8.0 5. SAVAGE, Tom-RUT Fr 5 71-124-1 941 5 132.7 5. DICKERSON, Dorin-PITT Sr 7 8 0 8 0 0 48 6.9 6. PAULUS, Greg-SYR Sr 6 108-169-10 1187 8 126.7 6. CLARKE, Ryan-WVU Fr 5 5 5 0 0 0 30 6.0 TODMAN, Jordan-CONN So 6 6 6 0 0 0 36 6.0 RECEPTIONS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Rec/G WILLIAMS, Mike-SYR Sr 6 6 0 6 0 0 36 6.0 1. WILLIAMS, Mike-SYR Sr 6 45 712 6 66 118.7 7.5 CARTER, Delone-SYR Sr 6 6 5 1 0 0 36 6.0 SANDERS, Jock-WVU Jr 6 45 433 2 38 72.2 7.5 10. MARTINEK, Joe-RUT So 6 5 5 0 0 0 30 5.0 3. GILYARD, Mardy-CIN Sr 6 43 592 7 56 98.7 7.2 4. BROWN, Tim-RUT Sr 6 28 548 3 68 91.3 4.7 SCORING (KICK) Cl G PAT FG Pts Avg/G LONG, Scott-LOU Sr 6 28 468 1 92 78.0 4.7 1. TE, San San-RUT So 6 19-19 9-14 46 7.7 6. BINNS, Armon-CIN Jr 6 26 310 3 54 51.7 4.3 2. ROGERS, Jacob-CIN Jr 6 32-33 4-6 44 7.3 SANU, Mohamed-RUT Fr 6 26 245 0 21 40.8 4.3 3. HUTCHINS, Dan-PITT Jr 7 27-29 8-10 51 7.3 8. BALDWIN, Jonathan-PITT So 7 28 549 3 79 78.4 4.0 4. LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan-SYR Fr 6 15-16 9-10 42 7.0 9. DICKERSON, Dorin-PITT Sr 7 27 274 8 37 39.1 3.9 5. BITANCURT, Tyler-WVU Fr 6 23-24 6-6 41 6.8 10. MITCHELL, Carlton-USF Jr 6 23 404 3 85 67.3 3.8 6. TEGGART, Dave-CONN So 6 22-22 6-9 40 6.7 7. PAYNE, Ryan-LOU Sr 6 12-14 7-10 33 5.5 RECEIVE YDS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/C Yds/G 8. ALVARADO, Delbert-USF Sr 6 14-14 1-5 17 2.8 1. WILLIAMS, Mike-SYR Sr 6 45 712 6 66 15.8118.7 2. GILYARD, Mardy-CIN Sr 6 43 592 7 56 13.8 98.7 PUNT RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 3. BROWN, Tim-RUT Sr 6 28 548 3 68 19.6 91.3 1. SANDERS, Jock-WVU Jr 6 8 88 0 35 11.0 4. BALDWIN, Jonathan-PITT So 7 28 549 3 79 19.6 78.4 2. HOWARD, Jasper-CONN Jr 6 16 146 0 56 9.1 5. LONG, Scott-LOU Sr 6 28 468 1 92 16.7 78.0 3. SMITH, Aaron-PITT So 7 10 59 0 17 5.9 6. SANDERS, Jock-WVU Jr 6 45 433 2 38 9.6 72.2 4. HORNES, Faron-USF Jr 5 9 46 0 21 5.1 7. MITCHELL, Carlton-USF Jr 6 23 404 3 85 17.6 67.3 8. WOODS, DJ-CIN So 5 19 286 1 45 15.1 57.2 KICK RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 9. BINNS, Armon-CIN Jr 6 26 310 3 54 11.9 51.7 1. GUY, Trent-LOU Sr 6 20 513 0 65 25.6 10. STARKS, Brad-WVU So 6 17 295 1 58 17.4 49.2 2. FREY, Robbie-CONN So 6 13 321 0 39 24.7 3. JONES, Mike-SYR So 6 28 681 0 79 24.3 4. GILYARD, Mardy-CIN Sr 6 13 299 0 32 23.0 5. RODGERS, Mark-WVU So 6 16 365 0 44 22.8 6. BOGAN, Dontavia-USF Jr 6 15 342 0 40 22.8 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 19, 2009

ALL PURPOSE Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G 1. GILYARD, Mardy-CIN Sr 6 8 592 95 299 994 165.7 2. DEVINE, Noel-WVU Jr 6 734 92 0 53 879 146.5 3. LEWIS, Dion-PITT Fr 7 918 82 0 0 1000 142.9 4. JONES, Mike-SYR So 6 25 14 12 681 732 122.0 5. WILLIAMS, Mike-SYR Sr 6 -7 712 0 0 705 117.5 6. GUY, Trent-LOU Sr 6 36 120 35 513 704 117.3 7. DIXON, Andre-CONN Sr 6 616 53 0 0 669 111.5 8. TODMAN, Jordan-CONN So 6 502 59 0 84 645 107.5 9. SANDERS, Jock-WVU Jr 6 65 433 88 0 586 97.7 10. BROWN, Tim-RUT Sr 6 -8 548 0 33 573 95.5

PUNTING Cl G No. Yds Lg I20 50+ TB Avg. 1. KOZLOWSKI, Scott-WVU Sr 6 23 1065 63 6 9 3 46.3 2. CULLEN, Desi-CONN Sr 6 28 1223 59 10 7 6 43.7 3. LONG, Rob-SYR Jr 6 32 1374 59 12 7 5 42.9 4. GOETTSCHE, Cory-LOU Sr 6 24 1026 57 5 4 2 42.8 5. DELLAGANNA, Ted-RUT Jr 6 28 1170 54 13 8 5 41.8 6. HUTCHINS, Dan-PITT Jr 7 26 1074 54 13 6 1 41.3 7. ALVARADO, Delbert-USF Sr 6 24 990 57 5 6 2 41.2

FIELD GOALS Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. FG/G 1. LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan-SYR Fr 6 9 10 43 90.0 1.50 TE, San San-RUT So 6 9 14 39 64.3 1.50 3. PAYNE, Ryan-LOU Sr 6 7 10 42 70.0 1.17 4. HUTCHINS, Dan-PITT Jr 7 8 10 45 80.0 1.14 5. BITANCURT, Tyler-WVU Fr 6 6 6 45 100.0 1.00 TEGGART, Dave-CONN So 6 6 9 47 66.7 1.00 7. ROGERS, Jacob-CIN Jr 6 4 6 42 66.7 0.67 8. ALVARADO, Delbert-USF Sr 6 1 5 30 20.0 0.17

FIELD GOAL PCT Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. 1. TE, San San-RUT So 6 9 14 39 64.3

PAT KICKING PCT Cl G Made Att. Pct. 1. TEGGART, Dave-CONN So 6 22 22 100.0 TE, San San-RUT So 6 19 19 100.0 ALVARADO, Delbert-USF Sr 6 14 14 100.0 4. ROGERS, Jacob-CIN Jr 6 32 33 97.0 5. BITANCURT, Tyler-WVU Fr 6 23 24 95.8 6. LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan-SYR Fr 6 15 16 93.8 7. HUTCHINS, Dan-PITT Jr 7 27 29 93.1 8. PAYNE, Ryan-LOU Sr 6 12 14 85.7 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 19, 2009

TACKLES (All positions) Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G SACKS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 1. WILSON, Lawrence-CONN Jr 6 LB 34 32 66 11.0 1. WITTEN, Lindsey-CONN Sr 6 DE 9 1 9.5 1.58 2. DEMPSEY, Jon-LOU Sr 6 LB 33 31 64 10.7 2. FREENY, Jonatha-RUT Jr 6 DE 6 1 6.5 1.08 3. SMITH, Derrell-SYR Sr 6 LB 38 17 55 9.2 3. ROMEUS, Greg-PITT Jr 7 DL 6 2 7.0 1.00 4. LLOYD, Greg-CONN Jr 6 LB 33 21 54 9.0 4. DANIELS, Alex-CIN Sr 6 5 1 5.5 0.92 5. SUTER, Max-SYR Jr 6 SS 34 16 50 8.3 5. MILLER, Julian-WVU So 6 DL 4 1 4.5 0.75 6. REVELS, Andre-CIN Sr 6 12 37 49 8.2 JOHNSON, George-RUT Sr 6 DE 3 3 4.5 0.75 7. CAMPA, Chris-LOU Sr 6 LB 21 25 46 7.7 SMITH, Derrell-SYR Sr 6 LB 4 1 4.5 0.75 8. DeCICCO, Dom-PITT Jr 7 DB 33 19 52 7.4 8. MARSHALL, Craig-USF Jr 6 DE 4 0 4.0 0.67 9. GRUDER, Max-PITT So 7 LB 29 20 49 7.0 STEWART, Walter-CIN Fr 6 3 2 4.0 0.67 10. HOLMES, Mike-SYR Jr 6 LS 27 12 39 6.5 10. WILLIAMS, Mick-PITT Sr 7 DL 3 0 4.0 0.57 11. FREY, Drew-CIN Fr 5 20 12 32 6.4 11. HARRIS, Aaron-USF Sr 6 DL 3 0 3.0 0.50 12. McCOURTY, Devin-RUT Sr 6 CB 16 22 38 6.3 SAVOY, William-LOU So 6 DE 3 0 3.0 0.50 13. GLOVER, Sidney-WVU Jr 5 DB 23 8 31 6.2 GOULBOURNE, Ovid-WVU Sr 6 LB 3 0 3.0 0.50 14. ALLEN, Nate-USF Sr 6 17 19 36 6.0 SELVIE, George-USF Sr 6 DE 3 0 3.0 0.50 SCHAFFER, JK-CIN So 6 22 14 36 6.0 MATHEWS, Ricardo-CIN Sr 6 1 4 3.0 0.50 16. HOGUE, Doug-SYR Jr 6 LB 19 16 35 5.8 WILSON, Lawrence-CONN Jr 6 LB 3 0 3.0 0.50 WILSON, Kion-USF Sr 6 LB 16 19 35 5.8 WOLFE, Derek-CIN So 6 2 2 3.0 0.50 LOWERY, Antonio-RUT Jr 6 LB 13 22 35 5.8 18. CARAGEIN, Myles-PITT So 7 DL 3 0 3.0 0.43 THOMAS, J.T.-WVU Jr 6 LB 16 19 35 5.8 19. SHEARD, Jabaal-PITT Jr 7 DL 2 1 2.5 0.36 HOWARD, Jasper-CONN Jr 6 CB 23 12 35 5.8 20. SCOTT, L.D.-LOU Sr 6 DT 2 0 2.0 0.33 21. HOGAN, Brandon-WVU Jr 6 DB 21 13 34 5.7 D'IMPERIO, Ryan-RUT Sr 6 LB 16 18 34 5.7 TACKLES FOR LOSS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 23. WILLIAMS, Reed-WVU Sr 5 LB 9 19 28 5.6 1. WITTEN, Lindsey-CONN Sr 6 DE 9 2 10.0 1.67 24. DANIELS, Alex-CIN Sr 6 10 23 33 5.5 2. WILLIAMS, Mick-PITT Sr 7 DL 10 3 11.5 1.64 THOMPSON, Chaz-LOU Sr 6 22 11 33 5.5 3. PIERRE-PAUL, Jason-USF Jr 6 DE 8 1 8.5 1.42 26. LAZEAR, Pat-WVU Jr 6 LB 19 13 32 5.3 4. FREENY, Jonatha-RUT Jr 6 DE 7 2 8.0 1.33 VAUGHN, Robert-CONN Sr 6 15 17 32 5.3 5. SILVESTRO, Alex-RUT Jr 6 DE 6 3 7.5 1.25 KITCHEN, Zaire-RUT Sr 6 DB 13 19 32 5.3 6. DANIELS, Alex-CIN Sr 6 6 2 7.0 1.17 29. PATRICK, Johnny-LOU Jr 6 CB 21 10 31 5.2 JOHNSON, George-RUT Sr 6 DE 4 6 7.0 1.17 30. JONES, Demetrius-CIN Jr 6 15 15 30 5.0 8. SELVIE, George-USF Sr 6 DE 6 1 6.5 1.08 31. CANADY, Antwon-LOU Sr 6 LB 17 12 29 4.8 MATHEWS, Ricardo-CIN Sr 6 3 7 6.5 1.08 WEBSTER, Aaron-CIN Sr 6 14 15 29 4.8 SMITH, Derrell-SYR Sr 6 LB 6 1 6.5 1.08 33. JOHNSON, George-RUT Sr 6 DE 9 19 28 4.7 11. ROMEUS, Greg-PITT Jr 7 DL 6 2 7.0 1.00 34. MUNOZ, Damaso-RUT Sr 6 LB 10 17 27 4.5 MILLER, Julian-WVU So 6 DL 5 2 6.0 1.00 35. BATTLE, Dominique-CIN So 5 18 4 22 4.4 STEWART, Walter-CIN Fr 6 5 2 6.0 1.00 36. WITTEN, Lindsey-CONN Sr 6 DE 16 10 26 4.3 WILSON, Lawrence-CONN Jr 6 LB 6 0 6.0 1.00 SELVIE, George-USF Sr 6 DE 14 12 26 4.3 15. SHEARD, Jabaal-PITT Jr 7 DL 5 3 6.5 0.93 MURPHY, Jerome-USF Sr 6 CB 18 8 26 4.3 16. JONES, Arthur-SYR Sr 6 DT 5 0 5.0 0.83 GIORDANO, Dan-CIN So 6 7 19 26 4.3 JONES, Chandler-SYR So 6 DE 5 0 5.0 0.83 40. ROBINSON, Chris-USF Sr 6 LB 21 4 25 4.2 18. GLOVER, Sidney-WVU Jr 5 DB 4 0 4.0 0.80 41. WILLIAMS, Mick-PITT Sr 7 DL 19 9 28 4.0 19. MARSHALL, Craig-USF Jr 6 DE 4 1 4.5 0.75 MATHEWS, Ricardo-CIN Sr 6 9 15 24 4.0 LeGRAND, Eric-RUT So 6 DE 3 3 4.5 0.75 MILLER, Julian-WVU So 6 DL 11 13 24 4.0 LEFEGED, Joe-RUT Jr 6 DB 12 12 24 4.0 45. SHEARD, Jabaal-PITT Jr 7 DL 15 12 27 3.9 46. SOWERS, Nate-WVU Sr 6 DB 15 8 23 3.8 47. JOSEPH, Sabbath-USF Jr 6 LB 15 7 22 3.7 RAGLIN, Richard-LOU Sr 6 18 4 22 3.7 JONES, Brad-CIN Sr 6 18 4 22 3.7 MASON, Dan-PITT Fr 6 LB 11 11 22 3.7 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 19, 2009

PASSES DEFENDED Cl G BrUp Int. Total Avg/G 1. MCCLAIN, Robert-CONN Sr 6 3 4 7 1.17 MURPHY, Jerome-USF Sr 6 5 2 7 1.17 HOGAN, Brandon-WVU Jr 6 6 1 7 1.17 ALLEN, Nate-USF Sr 6 4 3 7 1.17 5. WILLIAMS, Reed-WVU Sr 5 5 0 5 1.00 SCHAFFER, JK-CIN So 6 3 3 6 1.00 7. CHAPPEL, Jovani-PITT Sr 7 6 0 6 0.86 8. WEBSTER, Aaron-CIN Sr 6 2 3 5 0.83 CAMPA, Chris-LOU Sr 6 5 0 5 0.83 THOMAS, J.T.-WVU Jr 6 4 1 5 0.83 PATRICK, Johnny-LOU Jr 6 3 2 5 0.83 SANDS, Robert-WVU So 6 2 3 5 0.83 SCOTT, Kevyn-SYR Jr 6 3 2 5 0.83 14. McCOURTY, Devin-RUT Sr 6 3 1 4 0.67 VAUGHN, Robert-CONN Sr 6 1 3 4 0.67 WREH-WILSON, Blidi-CONN Fr 6 3 1 4 0.67 ROWE, David-RUT So 6 3 1 4 0.67 D'IMPERIO, Ryan-RUT Sr 6 3 1 4 0.67 ANDERSON, Billy-RUT Sr 6 3 1 4 0.67 HOGUE, Doug-SYR Jr 6 3 1 4 0.67

INTERCEPTIONS Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 1. MCCLAIN, Robert-CONN Sr 6 4 21 0 7 0.67 2. WEBSTER, Aaron-CIN Sr 6 3 104 0 83 0.50 ALLEN, Nate-USF Sr 6 3 40 0 23 0.50 SCHAFFER, JK-CIN So 6 3 23 0 13 0.50 VAUGHN, Robert-CONN Sr 6 3 20 1 20 0.50 SANDS, Robert-WVU So 6 3 0 0 0 0.50 7. MURPHY, Jerome-USF Sr 6 2 36 0 36 0.33 PATRICK, Johnny-LOU Jr 6 2 3 0 3 0.33 SCOTT, Kevyn-SYR Jr 6 2 0 0 0 0.33 10. DeCICCO, Dom-PITT Jr 7 2 -3 0 0 0.29

FUMBLES FORCED Cl G No. Avg/G 1. SMITH, Derrell-SYR Sr 6 4 0.67 2. JOSEPH, Sabbath-USF Jr 6 3 0.50 3. WILLIAMS, Mick-PITT Sr 7 3 0.43 4. WITTEN, Lindsey-CONN Sr 6 2 0.33 MURPHY, Jerome-USF Sr 6 2 0.33 WILSON, Lawrence-CONN Jr 6 2 0.33 MUNOZ, Damaso-RUT Sr 6 2 0.33 8. WILLIAMS, Greg-PITT So 7 2 0.29 9. LANDI, Evan-USF Fr 5 1 0.20 WILLIAMS, Reed-WVU Sr 5 1 0.20

FUMBLES RECOVERED Cl G No. Avg/G 1. WASHINGTON, Quenton-USF So 5 2 0.40 2. SMITH, Derrell-SYR Sr 6 2 0.33 SILVESTRO, Alex-RUT Jr 6 2 0.33 JONES, Arthur-SYR Sr 6 2 0.33 LeGRAND, Eric-RUT So 6 2 0.33 JOHNSON, George-RUT Sr 6 2 0.33 MUNOZ, Damaso-RUT Sr 6 2 0.33 VAUGHN, Robert-CONN Sr 6 2 0.33 9. MUSTAKAS, Gus-PITT Sr 7 2 0.29 10. WALKER, L.T.-LOU Sr 5 1 0.20 2009 BIG EAST Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 17, 2009

SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G PASS OFFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G 1. Cincinnati 6 33 4 32 0 0 1 244 40.7 1. Cincinnati 6 141-220-4 64.1 1861 8.5 17 310.2 2. USF 6 27 4 26 0 0 1 202 33.7 2. West Virginia 6 120-174-6 69.0 1451 8.3 9 241.8 3. Pittsburgh 7 30 8 27 1 0 0 233 33.3 3. Louisville 6 108-186-7 58.1 1427 7.7 5 237.8 4. West Virginia 6 25 6 23 0 0 0 191 31.8 4. Syracuse 6 119-191-10 62.3 1337 7.0 10 222.8 5. Rutgers 6 21 9 19 2 0 0 176 29.3 5. USF 6 90-149-6 60.4 1322 8.9 12 220.3 6. Connecticut 6 22 6 22 0 0 1 174 29.0 6. Pittsburgh 7 121-181-3 66.9 1487 8.2 15 212.4 7. Syracuse 6 16 9 15 0 0 0 138 23.0 7. Connecticut 6 91-147-5 61.9 1157 7.9 6 192.8 8. Louisville 6 16 7 12 1 0 0 131 21.8 8. Rutgers 6 85-158-4 53.8 1154 7.3 5 192.3

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G PASS DEFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G 1. USF 6 9 6 9 0 0 0 81 13.5 1. USF 6 98-182-8 53.8 1003 5.5 4 167.2 2. Cincinnati 6 9 7 7 1 0 1 86 14.3 2. Louisville 6 99-146-6 67.8 1206 8.3 7 201.0 3. Rutgers 6 13 4 12 1 0 1 106 17.7 3. Connecticut 6 114-172-10 66.3 1220 7.1 7 203.3 4. Connecticut 6 13 6 7 2 0 1 109 18.2 4. Cincinnati 6 132-218-12 60.6 1252 5.7 4 208.7 5. Pittsburgh 7 17 4 16 0 0 0 130 18.6 5. West Virginia 6 111-220-9 50.5 1276 5.8 10 212.7 6. West Virginia 6 15 7 14 0 0 0 125 20.8 6. Rutgers 6 117-192-8 60.9 1340 7.0 8 223.3 7. Louisville 6 20 9 20 0 0 0 167 27.8 7. Pittsburgh 7 123-213-4 57.7 1606 7.5 10 229.4 8. Syracuse 6 24 4 21 0 0 0 177 29.5 8. Syracuse 6 137-206-5 66.5 1708 8.3 14 284.7

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. 1. Cincinnati 6 881 1861 391 2742 7.0 31 457.0 1. Pittsburgh 7 121-181-3 66.9 1487 212.4 15 159.9 2. West Virginia 6 1108 1451 397 2559 6.4 25 426.5 2. Cincinnati 6 141-220-4 64.1 1861 310.2 17 157.0 3. USF 6 1122 1322 384 2444 6.4 25 407.3 3. USF 6 90-149-6 60.4 1322 220.3 12 153.5 4. Pittsburgh 7 1222 1487 426 2709 6.4 29 387.0 4. West Virginia 6 120-174-6 69.0 1451 241.8 9 149.2 5. Louisville 6 832 1427 404 2259 5.6 16 376.5 5. Connecticut 6 91-147-5 61.9 1157 192.8 6 134.7 6. Connecticut 6 1079 1157 404 2236 5.5 21 372.7 6. Syracuse 6 119-191-10 62.3 1337 222.8 10 127.9 7. Rutgers 6 953 1154 387 2107 5.4 17 351.2 7. Louisville 6 108-186-7 58.1 1427 237.8 5 123.9 8. Syracuse 6 542 1337 371 1879 5.1 16 313.2 8. Rutgers 6 85-158-4 53.8 1154 192.3 5 120.5

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS DEFENSE EFFIC. G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. 1. USF 6 713 1003 380 1716 4.5 9 286.0 1. USF 6 98-182-8 53.8 1003 167.2 4 98.6 2. West Virginia 6 481 1276 402 1757 4.4 14 292.8 2. Cincinnati 6 132-218-12 60.6 1252 208.7 4 103.8 3. Connecticut 6 655 1220 382 1875 4.9 13 312.5 3. West Virginia 6 111-220-9 50.5 1276 212.7 10 106.0 4. Rutgers 6 549 1340 378 1889 5.0 13 314.8 4. Rutgers 6 117-192-8 60.9 1340 223.3 8 125.0 5. Cincinnati 6 696 1252 447 1948 4.4 9 324.7 5. Connecticut 6 114-172-10 66.3 1220 203.3 7 127.7 6. Pittsburgh 7 695 1606 458 2301 5.0 16 328.7 6. Pittsburgh 7 123-213-4 57.7 1606 229.4 10 132.8 7. Louisville 6 952 1206 374 2158 5.8 19 359.7 7. Louisville 6 99-146-6 67.8 1206 201.0 7 144.8 8. Syracuse 6 584 1708 406 2292 5.6 23 382.0 8. Syracuse 6 137-206-5 66.5 1708 284.7 14 153.7

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. 1. USF 6 235 1122 4.8 44 13 187.0 1. Louisville 6 25 631 0 65 25.2 2. West Virginia 6 223 1108 5.0 77 16 184.7 2. Cincinnati 6 17 413 1 100 24.3 3. Connecticut 6 257 1079 4.2 58 15 179.8 3. Syracuse 6 31 749 0 79 24.2 4. Pittsburgh 7 245 1222 5.0 85 14 174.6 4. Pittsburgh 7 24 575 0 54 24.0 5. Rutgers 6 229 953 4.2 61 12 158.8 5. USF 6 19 440 0 40 23.2 6. Cincinnati 6 171 881 5.2 75 14 146.8 6. Connecticut 6 21 465 0 39 22.1 7. Louisville 6 218 832 3.8 37 11 138.7 7. West Virginia 6 24 518 0 44 21.6 8. Syracuse 6 180 542 3.0 18 6 90.3 8. Rutgers 6 15 264 0 36 17.6

RUSHING DEFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Long Avg. 1. West Virginia 6 182 481 2.6 36 4 80.2 1. Cincinnati 6 8 140 1 53 17.5 2. Rutgers 6 186 549 3.0 62 5 91.5 2. West Virginia 6 13 160 0 49 12.3 3. Syracuse 6 200 584 2.9 26 9 97.3 3. Connecticut 6 17 155 0 56 9.1 4. Pittsburgh 7 245 695 2.8 42 6 99.3 4. USF 6 12 87 0 43 7.2 5. Connecticut 6 210 655 3.1 72 6 109.2 5. Louisville 6 7 50 0 31 7.1 6. Cincinnati 6 229 696 3.0 33 5 116.0 6. Syracuse 6 8 46 0 14 5.8 7. USF 6 198 713 3.6 75 5 118.8 7. Pittsburgh 7 12 67 0 17 5.6 8. Louisville 6 228 952 4.2 32 12 158.7 8. Rutgers 6 8 27 0 11 3.4 2009 BIG EAST Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 17, 2009

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. SACKS AGAINST G No. Yards Avg/G 1. Cincinnati 6 12 160 0 83 13.3 1. Cincinnati 6 6 46 1.00 2. Connecticut 6 10 55 1 20 5.5 Pittsburgh 7 6 36 0.86 3. West Virginia 6 9 122 0 53 13.6 3. West Virginia 6 9 89 1.50 4. USF 6 8 128 1 36 16.0 4. USF 6 11 57 1.83 5. Rutgers 6 8 162 3 56 20.2 5. Syracuse 6 14 87 2.33 6. Louisville 6 6 28 0 21 4.7 6. Connecticut 6 15 103 2.50 7. Syracuse 6 5 52 0 30 10.4 7. Louisville 6 16 87 2.67 8. Pittsburgh 7 4 27 0 30 6.8 8. Rutgers 6 17 114 2.83

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P Ret. Avg/R TB Net/P FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 1. West Virginia 6 23 1065 46.3 111 4.8 3 38.9 1. Pittsburgh 7 63 63 7 133 19.0 2. Louisville 6 24 1026 42.8 85 3.5 2 37.5 2. Cincinnati 6 47 75 5 127 21.2 3. Connecticut 6 28 1223 43.7 59 2.1 6 37.3 3. West Virginia 6 55 60 6 121 20.2 4. Pittsburgh 7 27 1074 39.8 57 2.1 1 36.9 4. Louisville 6 46 62 11 119 19.8 5. Rutgers 6 28 1170 41.8 55 2.0 5 36.2 5. USF 6 56 51 10 117 19.5 6. Syracuse 6 33 1397 42.3 102 3.1 5 36.2 6. Connecticut 6 62 51 3 116 19.3 7. Cincinnati 6 26 1029 39.6 83 3.2 1 35.6 7. Rutgers 6 49 48 12 109 18.2 8. USF 6 24 990 41.2 101 4.2 2 35.4 8. Syracuse 6 31 63 10 104 17.3

KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Ret. TB NetAvg OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 1. Cincinnati 6 44 2978 67.7 614 12 48.3 1. Connecticut 6 34 55 2 91 15.2 2. Connecticut 6 33 2191 66.4 542 4 47.5 2. West Virginia 6 29 57 9 95 15.8 3. Pittsburgh 7 44 2853 64.8 674 8 45.9 3. Rutgers 6 36 55 6 97 16.2 4. Syracuse 6 29 1873 64.6 536 1 45.4 4. USF 6 41 46 12 99 16.5 5. Rutgers 6 36 2209 61.4 566 3 44.0 5. Louisville 6 49 56 6 111 18.5 6. USF 6 36 2266 62.9 686 2 42.8 6. Cincinnati 6 42 67 6 115 19.2 7. Louisville 6 28 1754 62.6 661 2 37.6 7. Syracuse 6 35 72 10 117 19.5 8. West Virginia 6 37 2136 57.7 736 1 37.3 8. Pittsburgh 7 47 68 18 133 19.0

FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct. 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. West Virginia 6 6 6 1.000 1. West Virginia 6 35 76 46.1 2. Syracuse 6 9 11 .8 1 8 2. Cincinnati 6 30 66 45.5 3. Pittsburgh 7 8 10 .8 0 0 3. Pittsburgh 7 37 85 43.5 4. Louisville 6 7 10 .7 0 0 4. Connecticut 6 35 84 41.7 5. Connecticut 6 6 9 .6 6 7 5. USF 6 31 75 41.3 Cincinnati 6 4 6 .6 6 7 6. Louisville 6 30 80 37.5 7. Rutgers 6 9 14 .6 4 3 7. Rutgers 6 31 85 36.5 8. USF 6 4 11 .3 6 4 8. Syracuse 6 18 71 25.4

PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct. OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Connecticut 6 22 22 1.000 1. USF 6 22 76 28.9 Rutgers 6 19 19 1.000 2. West Virginia 6 32 95 33.7 3. Cincinnati 6 32 33 .9 7 0 3. Connecticut 6 31 86 36.0 4. USF 6 26 27 .9 6 3 4. Cincinnati 6 38 104 36.5 5. West Virginia 6 23 24 .9 5 8 5. Rutgers 6 29 78 37.2 6. Syracuse 6 15 16 .9 3 8 6. Pittsburgh 7 37 99 37.4 7. Pittsburgh 7 27 29 .9 3 1 7. Syracuse 6 32 83 38.6 8. Louisville 6 12 14 .8 5 7 8. Louisville 6 32 75 42.7

SACKS BY G No. Yards Avg/G 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Pittsburgh 7 29 190 4.14 1. USF 6 5 6 83.3 2. Cincinnati 6 25 161 4.17 2. Pittsburgh 7 4 6 66.7 3. Rutgers 6 20 125 3.33 Cincinnati 6 2 3 66.7 4. Connecticut 6 19 115 3.17 4. Connecticut 6 3 5 60.0 5. USF 6 17 119 2.83 5. Rutgers 6 6 11 54.5 6. Syracuse 6 14 90 2.33 6. Louisville 6 4 8 50.0 West Virginia 6 14 88 2.33 7. Syracuse 6 2 5 40.0 8. Louisville 6 9 64 1.50 8. West Virginia 6 1 4 25.0 2009 BIG EAST Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 17, 2009

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. RED ZONE DEFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO 1. Rutgers 6 1 4 25.0 1. USF 6 12-18 66.7 7 4-3 5-8 1 2. USF 6 4 12 33.3 2. Pittsburgh 7 13-19 68.4 10 6-4 3-5 2 3. Pittsburgh 7 5 13 38.5 3. West Virginia 6 9-12 75.0 7 3-4 2-3 2 4. West Virginia 6 4 9 44.4 4. Connecticut 6 13-17 76.5 8 5-3 5-5 3 5. Connecticut 6 3 6 50.0 5. Rutgers 6 11-13 84.6 9 4-5 2-3 1 6. Cincinnati 6 8 14 57.1 Louisville 6 22-26 84.6 14 11-3 8-9 1 7. Syracuse 6 5 8 62.5 7. Cincinnati 6 12-14 85.7 8 5-3 4-4 2 8. Louisville 6 4 5 80.0 8. Syracuse 6 19-22 86.4 15 8-7 4-5 1

PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G ON-SIDE KICKS BY G Recovered Attempts Success% 1. Connecticut 6 24 164 27.3 1. Connecticut 6 1 1 100.0 2. Cincinnati 6 29 268 44.7 2. Syracuse 6 0 1 0.0 3. Rutgers 6 44 324 54.0 West Virginia 6 0 0 0.0 4. West Virginia 6 36 337 56.2 Louisville 6 0 0 0.0 5. Syracuse 6 38 346 57.7 Cincinnati 6 0 0 0.0 6. Pittsburgh 7 42 455 65.0 Rutgers 6 0 0 0.0 7. Louisville 6 46 415 69.2 Pittsburgh 7 0 0 0.0 8. USF 6 50 487 81.2 USF 6 0 0 0.0

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G ON-SIDE KICKS AGAINST G Recovered Attempts Success% 1. USF 6 44 414 69.0 1. Connecticut 6 0 1 0.0 2. Rutgers 6 50 413 68.8 Rutgers 6 0 1 0.0 3. Louisville 6 41 393 65.5 West Virginia 6 0 1 0.0 4. Syracuse 6 45 357 59.5 Louisville 6 0 0 0.0 5. Pittsburgh 7 51 414 59.1 Pittsburgh 7 0 0 0.0 6. Cincinnati 6 38 337 56.2 USF 6 0 0 0.0 7. West Virginia 6 37 305 50.8 7. Syracuse 6 2 2 100.0 8. Connecticut 6 22 196 32.7 Cincinnati 6 1 1 100.0

TIME OF POSSESSION G Total possesion Avgerage/game 1. Rutgers 6 190:48 31:48 2. West Virginia 6 189:14 31:32 3. USF 6 182:50 30:28 4. Louisville 6 180:44 30:07 5. Pittsburgh 7 208:19 29:45 6. Connecticut 6 176:31 29:25 7. Syracuse 6 173:57 28:59 8. Cincinnati 6 150:39 25:06

Gained Lost TURNOVER MARGIN Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Margin Per/G 1. Rutgers 6 10 8 18 2 4 6 +12 2.00 2. Cincinnati 6 1 12 13 0 4 4 +9 1.50 3. USF 6 9 8 17 5 6 11 +6 1.00 4. Connecticut 6 6 10 16 6 5 11 +5 0.83 5. Pittsburgh 7 7 4 11 4 3 7 +4 0.57 6. Syracuse 6 9 5 14 6 10 16 -2 -0.33 7. Louisville 6 4 6 10 6 7 13 -3 -0.50 8. West Virginia 6 3 9 12 11 6 17 -5 -0.83

RED ZONE OFFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO 1. West Virginia 6 23-26 88.5 18 13-5 5-5 2 2. Connecticut 6 21-24 87.5 17 14-3 4-5 1 3. Pittsburgh 7 27-31 87.1 21 12-9 6-7 2 4. USF 6 19-22 86.4 16 11-5 3-5 1 5. Cincinnati 6 24-28 85.7 21 12-9 3-5 0 6. Syracuse 6 16-19 84.2 11 6-5 5-6 1 7. Rutgers 6 17-22 77.3 10 8-2 7-11 0 8. Louisville 6 21-28 75.0 14 11-3 7-10 2 2009 BIG EAST Conference Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS

Points scored 24 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 24 CARTER, Delone (Syracuse) vs MAINE (Sep 26, 2009) Touchdowns 4 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 4 CARTER, Delone (Syracuse) vs MAINE (Sep 26, 2009) TD responsibility 4 STULL, Bill (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) [1r,3p] 4 BROWN, Jarrett (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) [0r,4p] 4 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) [1r,3p] Points scored kicking 15 BITANCURT, Tyler (West Virginia) vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) [4fg,3pat] 13 TE, San San (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) [3fg,4pat] 13 LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) [3fg,4pat] Total offense yards 407 BROWN, Jarrett (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) [73r,334p] 369 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) [7r,362p] 347 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) [15r,332p] 341 DANIELS, BJ (USF) at Florida State (Sep 26, 2009) [126r,215p] 320 PAULUS, Greg (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) [-26r,346p] Total offense plays 55 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) [6r,49p] 55 PAULUS, Greg (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) [9r,46p] Total offense yards/play 12.1 DANIELS, BJ (USF) vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) [21-254] 12.0 ENDRES, Cody (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) [22-265] Rushing yards 220 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) 190 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 180 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Rutgers (Oct 16, 2009) 158 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 157 TODMAN, Jordan (Connecticut) at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009) Rushing attempts 33 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) 31 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 31 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Rutgers (Oct 16, 2009) Yards per rush 10.0 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) [22-220] 8.5 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) [15-128] Rushing TDs 3 BROOKS, Jourdan (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 3 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 3 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) 3 TODMAN, Jordan (Connecticut) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 3 CARTER, Delone (Syracuse) vs MAINE (Sep 26, 2009) 3 RAMSEY, Jacob (Cincinnati) at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) 3 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) Longest rush 85 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 77 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) Passing yards 362 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 346 PAULUS, Greg (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 334 BROWN, Jarrett (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 332 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 300 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) Passing attempts 49 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 46 PAULUS, Greg (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Passing TDs 4 BROWN, Jarrett (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 3 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 3 STULL, Bill (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 3 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 3 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) 3 STULL, Bill (Pittsburgh) at Louisville (Oct 2, 2009) Longest pass 92 FROMAN, Adam (Louisville) vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 85 DANIELS, BJ (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Passes completed 31 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

27 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) Had intercepted 5 PAULUS, Greg (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 4 BROWN, Jarrett (West Virginia) at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) Pass completion pct 82.6 GROTHE, Matt (USF) vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) [19-23] 79.4 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) [27-34] Pass yards/attempt 13.0 ENDRES, Cody (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) [21-273] 11.5 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) [26-300] Pass yards/catch 19.5 ENDRES, Cody (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) [14-273] 16.7 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) [18-300] Receiving yards 209 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 186 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 177 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) 146 LONG, Scott (Louisville) vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 139 MITCHELL, Carlton (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Receptions 13 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 12 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) Yards per catch 29.2 LONG, Scott (Louisville) vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) [5-146] 23.2 MITCHELL, Carlton (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) [6-139] Receiving TDs 3 DICKERSON, Dorin (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 2 ARNETT, Alric (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 2 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 2 BOGAN, Dontavia (USF) vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 2 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 2 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) 2 DICKERSON, Dorin (Pittsburgh) at Louisville (Oct 2, 2009) 2 MITCHELL, Carlton (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 2 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 2 BINNS, Armon (Cincinnati) at USF (Oct 15, 2009) Longest reception 92 LONG, Scott (Louisville) vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 85 MITCHELL, Carlton (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Field goal attempts 5 TE, San San (Rutgers) vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 4 BITANCURT, Tyler (West Virginia) vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) 4 PAYNE, Ryan (Louisville) vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 4 TE, San San (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 4 TEGGART, Dave (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 4 LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) Field goals made 4 BITANCURT, Tyler (West Virginia) vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) 3 PAYNE, Ryan (Louisville) vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 3 TE, San San (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 3 TEGGART, Dave (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 3 TE, San San (Rutgers) vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 3 LICHTENSTEIN, Ryan (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 3 HUTCHINS, Dan (Pittsburgh) vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) Longest field goal 50 SCHWARTZ, Eric (USF) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) 47 TEGGART, Dave (Connecticut) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) Field goal pct 100.0 BITANCURT, Tyler (West Virginia) vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) [4-4] 100.0 HUTCHINS, Dan (Pittsburgh) vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) [3-3] PAT kicks attempted 10 ROGERS, Jacob (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 8 HUTCHINS, Dan (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) PAT kicks made 10 ROGERS, Jacob (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 7 TEGGART, Dave (Connecticut) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) PAT kicks pct 100.0 ROGERS, Jacob (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) [10-10] 100.0 TEGGART, Dave (Connecticut) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) [7-7] 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

100.0 ROGERS, Jacob (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) [6-6] 100.0 TE, San San (Rutgers) vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) [6-6] Punts 9 LONG, Rob (Syracuse) vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) 9 ALVARADO, Delbert (USF) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) Yards punted 381 LONG, Rob (Syracuse) vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) [9-381] 369 ALVARADO, Delbert (USF) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) [9-369] Longest punt 63 KOZLOWSKI, Scott (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 59 LONG, Rob (Syracuse) vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) 59 CULLEN, Desi (Connecticut) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) Punting avg 49.0 GOETTSCHE, Cory (Louisville) at Utah (Sep 26, 2009) [7-343] 48.2 KOZLOWSKI, Scott (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) [4-193] Punt returns 5 HORNES, Faron (USF) vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) 4 DAVIS, Donte (Syracuse) vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) 4 SMITH, Aaron (Pittsburgh) vs YOUNGSTOWN STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 4 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009) 4 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 4 SANU, Mohamed (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 4 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) Punt return yards 74 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 58 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) Longest punt return 56 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 53 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Punt return TDs 1 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Punt return avg 24.7 HOWARD, Jasper (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) [3-74] 23.0 WILSON, Theo (USF) vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) [2-46] Kick returns 6 JONES, Mike (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 6 JONES, Mike (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Kick return yards 170 GUY, Trent (Louisville) at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) 154 JONES, Mike (Syracuse) vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) Kick return avg 34.0 GUY, Trent (Louisville) at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) [5-170] 34.0 COLLIER, Averin (Syracuse) vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) [2-68] Longest kick return 100 WILLIAMS, Darrin (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 79 JONES, Mike (Syracuse) vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) Kick return TDs 1 WILLIAMS, Darrin (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Combined PR/KR yards 171 GUY, Trent (Louisville) at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) [1pr-170kr] 154 JONES, Mike (Syracuse) vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) [0pr-154kr] Interceptions 2 MCCLAIN, Robert (Connecticut) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 2 ALLEN, Nate (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 2 VAUGHN, Robert (Connecticut) at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009) Interception return yds 83 WEBSTER, Aaron (Cincinnati) at USF (Oct 15, 2009) 56 ROWE, David (Rutgers) vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) Longest interception rtn 83 WEBSTER, Aaron (Cincinnati) at USF (Oct 15, 2009) 56 ROWE, David (Rutgers) vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) Interception return TDs 1 D'IMPERIO, Ryan (Rutgers) vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 1 LOWERY, Antonio (Rutgers) at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 1 PIERRE-PAUL, Jason (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 1 VAUGHN, Robert (Connecticut) at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009) 1 ROWE, David (Rutgers) vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) All-purpose yards 241 GUY, Trent (Louisville) at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) 236 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 227 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) 226 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) 209 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

Tackles 16.0 DEMPSEY, Jon (Louisville) at Connecticut (Oct 17, 2009) [4-12] 16.0 WILSON, Lawrence (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) [10-6] 15.0 LLOYD, Greg (Connecticut) at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009) [12-3] 14.0 DEMPSEY, Jon (Louisville) at Utah (Sep 26, 2009) [4-10] 13.0 REVELS, Andre (Cincinnati) at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) [1-12] Sacks 4.0 WITTEN, Lindsey (Connecticut) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) [4-0] 4.0 DANIELS, Alex (Cincinnati) at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) [4-0] 3.5 ROMEUS, Greg (Pittsburgh) at Louisville (Oct 2, 2009) [3-1] 3.0 WITTEN, Lindsey (Connecticut) at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009) [3-0] 3.0 GUNN, Adam (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) [3-0] Tackles for loss 4.5 WITTEN, Lindsey (Connecticut) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) [4-1] 4.5 WILLIAMS, Mick (Pittsburgh) at North Carolina State (Sep 26, 2009) [4-1] 4.0 DANIELS, Alex (Cincinnati) at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) [4-0] 3.5 GUNN, Adam (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) [3-1] 3.5 ROMEUS, Greg (Pittsburgh) at Louisville (Oct 2, 2009) [3-1] 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Steller Games Through games of Oct 17, 2009

200-Yard Rushing Performances

220 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009)

100-Yard Rushing Performances

220 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) 190 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 180 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) at Rutgers (Oct 16, 2009) 158 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 157 TODMAN, Jordan (Connecticut) at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009) 153 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) 149 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 147 MARTINEK, Joe (Rutgers) at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 132 WILLIAMS, De'An (Rutgers) vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) 132 COLLAROS, Zach (Cincinnati) at USF (Oct 15, 2009) 129 LEWIS, Dion (Pittsburgh) vs YOUNGSTOWN STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 128 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) 126 DANIELS, BJ (USF) at Florida State (Sep 26, 2009) 124 BROOKS, Jourdan (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 121 MARTINEK, Joe (Rutgers) vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 115 PLANCHER, Moise (USF) at Western Kentucky (Sep 12, 2009) 112 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) 110 ANDERSON, Victor (Louisville) at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) 105 DANIELS, BJ (USF) vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 103 TODMAN, Jordan (Connecticut) at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 103 RAMSEY, Jacob (Cincinnati) at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) 103 DEVINE, Noel (West Virginia) vs MARSHALL (Oct 17, 2009) 100 DIXON, Andre (Connecticut) at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009)

Number of 100-Yard Rushing Performances

DEVINE, Noel, West Virginia - 4 LEWIS, Dion, Pittsburgh - 4 DIXON, Andre, Connecticut - 3 DANIELS, BJ, USF - 2 MARTINEK, Joe, Rutgers - 2 TODMAN, Jordan, Connecticut - 2 ANDERSON, Victor, Louisville - 1 BROOKS, Jourdan, Rutgers - 1 COLLAROS, Zach, Cincinnati - 1 PLANCHER, Moise, USF - 1 RAMSEY, Jacob, Cincinnati - 1 WILLIAMS, De'An, Rutgers - 1

500-Yard Passing Performances

None 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Steller Games Through games of Oct 17, 2009

400-Yard Passing Performances

None

300-Yard Passing Performances

362 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 346 PAULUS, Greg (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 334 BROWN, Jarrett (West Virginia) vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 332 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 300 PIKE, Tony (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009)

Number of 300-Yard Passing Performances

PIKE, Tony, Cincinnati - 3 BROWN, Jarrett, West Virginia - 1 PAULUS, Greg, Syracuse - 1

200-Yard Receiving Performances

209 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009)

100-Yard Receiving Performances

209 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 186 WILLIAMS, Mike (Syracuse) vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 177 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) 146 LONG, Scott (Louisville) vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 139 MITCHELL, Carlton (USF) at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 132 BROWN, Tim (Rutgers) vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 131 BROWN, Tim (Rutgers) vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 130 MITCHELL, Carlton (USF) at Western Kentucky (Sep 12, 2009) 117 WOODS, DJ (Cincinnati) at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 115 SANDERS, Jock (West Virginia) at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) 111 GILYARD, Mardy (Cincinnati) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 111 BALDWIN, Jonathan (Pittsburgh) vs NAVY (Sep 19, 2009) 108 EASLEY, Marcus (Connecticut) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) 105 BALDWIN, Jonathan (Pittsburgh) at Louisville (Oct 2, 2009) 104 BALDWIN, Jonathan (Pittsburgh) vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 101 SANU, Mohamed (Rutgers) vs CINCINNATI (Sep 7, 2009) 100 EASLEY, Marcus (Connecticut) at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009)

Number of 100-Yard Receiving Performances

BALDWIN, Jonathan, Pittsburgh - 3 BROWN, Tim, Rutgers - 2 EASLEY, Marcus, Connecticut - 2 GILYARD, Mardy, Cincinnati - 2 MITCHELL, Carlton, USF - 2 WILLIAMS, Mike, Syracuse - 2 LONG, Scott, Louisville - 1 SANDERS, Jock, West Virginia - 1 2009 BIG EAST Conference Individual Steller Games Through games of Oct 17, 2009

SANU, Mohamed, Rutgers - 1 WOODS, DJ, Cincinnati - 1 2009 BIG EAST Conference Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by)

Points 70 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 59 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) Points scored kicking 15 West Virginia vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) [4fg,3pat] 13 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) [3fg,4pat] 13 Syracuse vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) [3fg,4pat] Touchdowns 10 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 8 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 8 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) Total offense yards 578 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) [227r,351p] 564 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) [168r,396p] Total offense plays 81 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) [58r,23p] 80 West Virginia at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) [39r,41p] Total offense yards/play 8.5 Cincinnati vs FRESNO STATE (Sep 26, 2009) [42-357] 8.1 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) [58-468] Rushing yards 259 Connecticut at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009) 257 West Virginia vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) Rushing attempts 58 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 49 Connecticut at Ohio (Sep 5, 2009) 49 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) Yards per rush 8.6 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) [19-164] 7.5 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) [28-209] Rushing TDs 5 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 4 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 4 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 4 West Virginia at Syracuse (Oct 10, 2009) 4 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) 4 Connecticut vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) Longest rush 85 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 77 West Virginia vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) Passing yards 396 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 351 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Passing attempts 49 Cincinnati at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 46 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Passing TDs 5 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 4 West Virginia vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) Longest pass 92 Louisville vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 85 USF at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Passes completed 31 Cincinnati at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 29 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) Had intercepted 5 West Virginia at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) 5 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Pass completion pct 84.0 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) [21-25] 80.6 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) [29-36] Passing yards/attempt 15.9 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) [14-223] 13.0 Connecticut vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) [21-273] Yards per catch 27.9 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) [8-223] 26.9 USF at Florida State (Sep 26, 2009) [8-215] Field goal attempts 5 Rutgers vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 4 West Virginia vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) 4 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 4 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 4 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 4 Syracuse vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) Field goals made 4 West Virginia vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) 3 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

3 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 3 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 3 Rutgers vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 3 Syracuse vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 3 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) Longest field goal 50 USF vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) 47 Connecticut vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) Field goal pct 100.0 West Virginia vs LIBERTY (Sep 5, 2009) [4-4] 100.0 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) [3-3] 100.0 Syracuse vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) [2-2] 100.0 Pittsburgh vs NAVY (Sep 19, 2009) [2-2] 100.0 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) [2-2] 100.0 Syracuse vs MAINE (Sep 26, 2009) [2-2] 100.0 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted 10 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 8 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 8 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) PAT kicks made 10 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 8 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) PAT kicks pct 100.0 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) [10-10] 100.0 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) [8-8] 2-point PAT attempts 1 Rutgers vs CINCINNATI (Sep 7, 2009) 1 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 1 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 1 West Virginia at Syracuse (Oct 10, 2009) 1 Louisville vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 1 Louisville at Connecticut (Oct 17, 2009) 2-point PATs made 1 Rutgers vs CINCINNATI (Sep 7, 2009) 1 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 1 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 1 Louisville vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) Punts 9 Syracuse vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) 9 USF vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) Longest punt 63 West Virginia vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 59 Syracuse vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) 59 Connecticut vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) Yards punted 381 Syracuse vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) [9-381] 369 USF vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) [9-369] Punting avg 49.5 West Virginia at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) [2-99] 49.0 Louisville at Utah (Sep 26, 2009) [7-343] Punt returns 5 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 5 USF vs CINCINNATI (Oct 15, 2009) Punt return yards 80 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 74 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) Punt return avg 40.0 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) [2-80] 24.7 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) [3-74] Punt return TDs 1 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Longest punt return 56 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 53 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Kick returns 7 Louisville at Connecticut (Oct 17, 2009) 6 West Virginia at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) 6 Syracuse vs NORTHWESTERN (Sep 19, 2009) 6 Pittsburgh at North Carolina State (Sep 26, 2009) 6 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 6 Syracuse vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) Kick return yards 170 Louisville at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

165 Syracuse vs WEST VIRGINIA (Oct 10, 2009) Kick return avg 66.0 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) [2-132] 34.0 Louisville at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) [5-170] Longest kick return 100 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 79 Syracuse vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) Kick return TDs 1 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) Interceptions 5 USF at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 3 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 3 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 3 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 3 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 3 West Virginia vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) Interception return yds 83 Cincinnati at USF (Oct 15, 2009) 70 Rutgers vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) Interception return avg 41.5 Cincinnati at USF (Oct 15, 2009) [2-83] 35.0 Rutgers vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) [2-70] Longest interception rtn 83 Cincinnati at USF (Oct 15, 2009) 56 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) Interception return TDs 1 Rutgers vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) 1 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 1 USF at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 1 Connecticut at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009) 1 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) Fumbles lost 4 West Virginia vs COLORADO (Oct. 1, 2009) 3 West Virginia vs EAST CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 3 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 3 USF at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Fumbles recovered 4 USF at Florida State (Sep 26, 2009) 3 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 3 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 3 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Sacked by opp 6 Louisville vs PITTSBURGH (Oct 2, 2009) 5 Rutgers vs CINCINNATI (Sep 7, 2009) QB sacks 10 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) (Oct 3, 2009) 7 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) Turnovers committed 7 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 6 West Virginia at Auburn (Sep 19, 2009) Turnovers caused 7 USF at Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) 5 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) Kicks blocked 1 Syracuse vs MINNESOTA (Sep 5, 2009) 1 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 1 Pittsburgh at North Carolina State (Sep 26, 2009) 1 Rutgers vs PITTSBURGH (Oct 16, 2009) First downs 26 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 26 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 26 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 1st downs rushing 15 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 14 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 1st downs passing 16 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Sep 7, 2009) 16 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) 16 Louisville at Connecticut (Oct 17, 2009) 1st downs by penalty 4 Cincinnati at USF (Oct 15, 2009) 3 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 3 Rutgers vs HOWARD (Sep 12, 2009) 3 Louisville at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) 3 Louisville at Utah (Sep 26, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 17, 2009

3 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 3 USF at Florida State (Sep 26, 2009) 3 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Penalties 14 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 13 Rutgers vs FLORIDA INTL. (Sep 19, 2009) Penalties yards 128 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 119 Pittsburgh at Buffalo (Sep 12, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Conference Opponent Game Lows Through games of Oct 17, 2009

OPPONENT LOWS (lowest totals allowed by)

Total offense yards 101 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 126 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) Total offense yards/play 1.9 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) [52-101] 2.5 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) [51-126] Rushing yards -25 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) 19 USF at Florida State (Sep 26, 2009) 19 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) Rushing attempts 17 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 20 Pittsburgh at Rutgers (Oct 16, 2009) Yards per rush -1.0 Rutgers vs TEXAS SOUTHERN (Oct 10, 2009) [24--25] 0.6 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) [31-19] Longest rush 5 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 8 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) Passing attempts 11 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) 20 Syracuse vs USF (Oct 3, 2009) Passing yards 34 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) 82 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) Yards per completion 6.5 USF at Western Kentucky (Sep 12, 2009) [13-84] 7.0 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) [17-119] Passes completed 4 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) 6 Pittsburgh vs NAVY (Sep 19, 2009) Pass completion pct 27.3 Pittsburgh vs NAVY (Sep 19, 2009) [6-22] 36.4 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) [4-11] Longest pass 11 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) 16 USF at Western Kentucky (Sep 12, 2009) 16 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) First downs 5 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 7 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 7 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 1st downs rushing 1 Louisville vs INDIANA STATE (Sep 5, 2009) 2 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 2 USF vs CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (Sep 19, 2009) 2 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 2 West Virginia at Syracuse (Oct 10, 2009) 1st downs passing 1 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) 1 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 1st downs by penalty 0 USF vs WOFFORD (Sep 5, 2009) 0 Rutgers vs CINCINNATI (Sep 7, 2009) 0 Connecticut vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 12, 2009) 0 Cincinnati vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (Sep 12, 2009) 0 Louisville at Kentucky (Sep 19, 2009) 0 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 0 Cincinnati at Oregon State (Sep 19, 2009) 0 Rutgers at Maryland (Sep 26, 2009) 0 Connecticut at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009) 0 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 0 Louisville vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (Oct 10, 2009) 0 Connecticut vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 17, 2009) Penalties 2 Rutgers vs CINCINNATI (Sep 7, 2009) 2 Syracuse at Penn State (Sep 12, 2009) 2 Connecticut at Baylor (Sep 19, 2009) 2 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009) 2 Connecticut at Pittsburgh (Oct 10, 2009) 2 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) Penalties yards 5 Pittsburgh vs CONNECTICUT (Oct 10, 2009) 2009 BIG EAST Conference Opponent Game Lows Through games of Oct 17, 2009

15 Syracuse at Penn State (Sep 12, 2009) 15 Connecticut vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 26, 2009)