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BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, UT • (801) 422-8948 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 • www.byucougars.com Football Contact Info. • Jeff Reynolds • [email protected] • (801) 372-2080 • Asst. Football Contact • Carey Hoki • [email protected] • (801) 422-8999 2007 MWC CHAMPIONS No. 15 BYU (1-0) vs. Washington (0-1) 2008 SCHEDULE Husky Stadium (72,500) Date Opponent Time/Results ddAug. 30 NORTHERN IOWA. W, 41-17 Seattle, Wash. Sept. 6 at Washington. 12 p.m. (FSN) Sept. 6, 2008 Sept. 13 UCLA . .1:30 p.m. (VERSUS) Sept. 20 WYOMING. .1 p.m. (MTN) 12 p.m. (PT); FSN Oct. 3 at Utah State. .TBA (TBA) Oct. 11 NEW MEXICO . .4 p.m. (MTN) GAME INFORMATION Oct. 16 at TCU. 7 p.m. (VERSUS) KICKOFF: ............................................................................................................ 12:00 p.m. (PT) Oct. 25 UNLV . .12 p.m. (MTN) SITE: ............................................................................. Seattle, Wash.; Husky Stadium (72,500) Nov. 1 at Colorado State. 4 p.m. (MTN) Nov. 8 SAN DIEGO STATE. .12 p.m. (MTN) TELEVISION: ......................................FSN (Barry Tompkins, Petros Papadakis, John Jackson) Nov. 15 at Air Force . .1:30 pm. (CBS-CS) RADIO (Local): .....................................................................KSL-Radio; 1160 AM and 102.7 FM Nov. 22 at Utah. 4 p.m. (MTN) (Greg Wrubell, Marc Lyons and Nate Meikle) INTERNET WEBCAST: .................................................................... http://www.byucougars.com 2008 QUICK FACTS THE SERIES: ..........................................................................................................................2-4 Location:. .Provo, Utah IN SEATTLE: ...........................................................................................................................0-3 Founded: . Oct. 15, 1875 LAST MEETING: .......................................................BYU won, 35-28, in Provo (Oct. 10, 1999) Elevation: . 4,553 feet Enrollment: . 33,278 Nickname: . Cougars THE BYU-WASHINGTON SERIES Mascot: . Cosmo Saturday’s matchup will be the seventh meeting between BYU and Washington, dating Colors: . Dark Blue and White back to the 1985 season. Washington owns a 4-2 advantage over BYU, as the Cougars Stadium (capacity): . LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) have an 0-3 record playing against the Huskies in Seattle. Washington won four consecu- Surface: . Natural Grass tive matchups throughout 1986-1998, before BYU rebounded in 1999 with a 35-28 win in Conference: . Mountain West Conference Provo. President: . Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Athletics Director: . Tom Holmoe ON THE TUBE Head Coach:. Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, ‘88) Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on FOX Sports Network. The game will be Seasons: . Entering Fourth regionally available on FSN through cable and satellite providers. Barry Tompkins, Petros Career Record: . 29-10 (.744) Papadakis and John Jackson will provide the commentary. Seasons at BYU: . Entering Fourth Record at BYU: . 29-10 (.744) 2007 Overall Record: . 11-2 MWC Record: . 8-0 Final Conference Finish: . 1st First Year of Football: . 1922 2008 BROADCAST PLANS All-time Record: . 485-369-26 (.566) Ten of BYU’s 12 games this season will be broadcast to a national audience on The Mtn., VERSUS and CBS All-time Home Record: . 264-126-6 (.674) College Sports Network. The Cougars will have seven games televised on The Mtn., including the season All-time Road Record: . 201-224-19 (.474) opener against Northern Iowa and the closing game against in-state rival the University of Utah. Direct TV All-time Neutral Record: . 20-19-1 (.513) launched The Mtn. nationally on Aug. 27, 2008, giving fans from across the country ultimate access to Moun- All-time MWC Record: . 46-20-0 (.697) tain West Conference sports. VERSUS will carry the UCLA and TCU games, and CBS-CS will televise the All-time MWC Home Record: . 22-11 (.667) Cougars’ trip to Air Force on Nov. 15. BYU’s game at Washington will be shown regionally on FOX Sports. All-time MWC Road Record: . 24-9 (.727) Stadium Record: . 191-61 (.758) VERSUS THE PAC-10 Stadium Record (since 1982 expansion): . 122-39 (.758) A 17-16 victory over UCLA in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl improved BYU’s record against Pac-10 opponents to Stadium Record (since renaming in 2000): . 31-13 (.705) 3-2 over the past two seasons. Throughout the 2006-07 seasons, the Cougars are 1-1 against Arizona, 1-1 Conference Championships: . 23 against UCLA and 1-0 against Oregon. Interestingly, BYU has outscored Pac-10 opponents 120-93 over the Bowl Game Appearances: . 26 past five match-ups. Last Bowl Appearance: . 2007, Las Vegas Bowl Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 51/21 Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 24/5 A LOOK BACK: BYU 41-NORTHERN IOWA 17 Defensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 23/16 BYU extended the nation’s longest win streak to 11 games after downing FCS opponent Starters Returning/Lost: . 12/10 Northern Iowa, 41-17, in front of a sell-out crowd at LaVell Edwards Stadium. The Cougars Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: ........................... 9/2 were led by junior tight end Dennis Pitta who racked up 213 yards receiving with 11 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost:. 3/8 catches--a new MWC tight end record. An All-America candidate, Pitta’s performance equaled the 10th highest performance by a receiver in BYU history. Another All-America candidate, Max Hall, threw for 486 yards and two touchdowns against the Panthers. Junior linebacker Matt Bauman led the defense with 11 tackles on the night. With the win the Cougars extend their home-opening record to 31-11-1, bringing their overall home winning streak to 13 games. Tradition Spirit Honor BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL Page 2 • BYU Football 2008 SETTING THE GAME: BYU vs. WASHINGTON ACTIVE WINNING STREAKS Date. .Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 BYU currently owns the longest active winning streak among FBS (Division I-A) teams, having Game Time. 12:00 p.m. (PT) won 11 consecutive games. The top, current winning streaks in the NCAA are as follows: Location. Seattle, Wash. Team Streak Stadium . Husky Stadium (72,500) BYU 11 Away Team. BYU Georgia 8 Head Coach. Bronco Mendenhall Southern California 6 Career Record. 29-10 (.744) 2007 Record. 11-2 (.846) UNDEFEATED AT HOME Home Team . Washington BYU finished the 2007 season with a perfect 6-0 record at home, for the second consecutive Head Coach. Tyrone Willingham year. The last time BYU had a perfect record at home for two straight seasons was in 1990- Record at Northern Iowa. 11-25 (.306) 1991. Since the stadium was built in 1964, BYU has gone undefeated at home 14 times: 2007 Record. 4-9 Overall Series. Washington leads 4-2 2007: 6-0 Television. FOX Sports Network (Regional) 2006: 6-0 Radio . .KSL, 102.7 FM, 1160 AM 2001: 6-0 1998: 6-0 2008 OPPONENT CAPSULE: WASHINGTON 1996: 7-0 Date Opponent Score 1991: 6-0 Aug. 30 at Oregon . L, 10-44 1990: 6-0 Sept. 6 BYU. 1988: 6-0 Sept. 13 Oklahoma. 1984: 6-0 Sept. 27 Stanford. 1983: 5-0 Oct. 4 at Arizona . 1980: 6-0 Oct. 18 Oregon State. 1979: 5-0 Oct. 25 Notre Dame. 1977: 5-0 Nov. 1 at USC. 1967: 5-0 Nov. 8 Arizona State. Nov. 15 UCLA. OTHER NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS Nov. 22 at Washington State. UCLA - Meeting for the third time since the beginning of the 2007 season, Dec. 6 at California. UCLA will visit Provo on Sept. 13. The Cougars recorded their second consecutive bowl victory after narrowly defeating the Bruins 17-16 at the BRIGHAM YOUNG-WASHINGTON TIES 2007 Las Vegas Bowl. Coming off a 6-7 season, the meeting will mark a BYU’s current roster features three players from the state of Washington: freshman RB Jerry homecoming of sorts for UCLA offensive coordinator Norm Chow, who spent 27 years coach- Bruner (Vancouver), freshman LB Spencer Hadley (Connell and senior WR Bryce Mahuika ing at BYU. (Vancouver). The UW roster includes one player from Utah: redshirt-freshman LB Cort Den- nizon, who attended Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City. UTAH STATE - BYU’s final non-conference game will be against in-state rival Utah State on Oct. 3. The Cougars hold a 41-33-3 lead in the series, Several members of the BYU and Washington coaching staffs have crossed paths before. which dates back to 1922. BYU’s 38-0 win against the Aggies in 2006 Husky tight ends and special teams coach Brian White was on the same staff at UNLV as marked the Cougars’ first shutout win since 1999. BYU’s offensive line coach Mark Weber (1994). Also, Washington defensive coordinator Ed Donatell and BYU linebackers coach Barry Lamb spent three years together on the coaching LOOKING TO THE FUTURE staff at Idaho (1986-88). The following is a list of BYU’s future non-conference schedules: 2009: at Arizona State, Florida State, Utah State NO PLACE LIKE HOME TO START THE SEASON 2010: Washington, at Florida State, at Utah State, Nevada 2011: at Washington, Arizona State, Utah State Dating back to the Cougars’ first season in 1922, BYU has posted a record of 31-11-1 when 2012: Washington, at Utah State, Boise State opening the season in Provo -- that’s a winning percentage of 73.3 percent! Interestingly, BYU’s longest home-opening win streak is 10 seasons, dating from 1930 through 1939. Overall BYU has won six of its last seven home-openers. COUGARS CONTINUE TO WIN With a 41-17 victory over Northern Iowa in their season opener, the Cougars have won 22 of SEASON OPENERS their last 24 games, dating back to the 2006 season. BYU is currently on an eleven-game win streak that includes a narrow 17-16 win over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl, a 25-point win at The Cougars opened with a win for only the second consecutive season as BYU defeated Wyoming, a win over TCU, a 19-point victory over CSU, a 35-point victory over Eastern Wash- Northern Iowa 41-17 at home in LaVell Edwards Stadium.