BIG EAST Football Report For Immediate Release 2007 Season, Week 6 BIGEAST.org 2007 STANDINGS BIG EAST OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT . PF PA H A W-L PCT . PF PA H A N STRE A K Connecticut 1-0 1.000 34 14 0-0 1-0 5-0 1.000 183 55 3-0 2-0 0-0 Won 5 USF 1-0 1.000 21 13 1-0 0-0 4-0 1.000 112 59 3-0 1-0 0-0 Won 6 Syracuse 1-0 1.000 38 35 0-0 1-0 1-4 .200 84 170 0-2 1-2 0-0 Lost 1 Cincinnati 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 5-0 1.000 232 53 3-0 2-0 0-0 Won 8 Rutgers 0-0 — 0 0 0-0 0-0 3-1 .750 162 61 3-1 0-0 0-0 Lost 1 West Virginia 0-1 .000 13 21 0-0 0-1 4-1 .800 202 89 2-0 2-1 0-0 Lost 1 Louisville 0-1 .000 35 38 0-1 0-0 3-2 .600 229 140 2-1 1-1 0-0 Won 1 Pittsburgh 0-1 .000 14 34 0-1 0-0 2-3 .400 102 108 2-1 0-2 0-0 Lost 3 Associated Press Top 25: 6-USF, 13-West Virginia, 20-Cincinnati, 21-Rutgers, rv-Connecticut USA Today Top 25: 9-USF, 12-West Virginia, 21-Rutgers, 24-Cincinnati, rv-Connecticut Harris Interactive Top 25: 10-USF, 11-West Virginia, 21-Rutgers, 24-Cincinnati, rv-Connecticut, Louisville BIG EAST SCHEDULE ‑ weeK 6 BIG EAST WEEKLY AWARDS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Friday, October 5 Utah at Louisville — 8 p.m. (ESPN) Ben Mauk, Gr., QB, Cincinnati Series: Utah leads, 2-0 Kenton, Ohio Last Meeting: Sept. 12, 1998 — Utah, 45-22 Mauk threw four touchdown passes – all in the second quarter - to lead unbeaten Cincinnati to a 52-23 win at San Diego State. He completed 17 Saturday, October 6 of 23 passes for 257 yards and led the Bearcat offense to touchdowns West Virginia at Syracuse — Noon ESPN Regional BIG EAST Game of the Week on six of its first seven drives. Series: Syracuse leads, 30-24 Last Meeting: Oct. 14, 2006 — West Virginia, 41-17 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Ben Moffitt, Sr., LB, USF USF at Florida Atlantic — 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Bushnell, Fla. Series: USF leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Aug. 29, 2002 — USF, 51-10 Also named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, Mof- fitt had two interceptions, including a 26-yard return for a touchdown, to Cincinnati at Rutgers — 8:00 p.m. (ESPN2) lead undefeated USF to a 21-13 win against previously unbeaten West Series: Rutgers leads, 7-4-1 Virginia. Moffitt had nine tackles, including two tackles for loss, to lead Last Meeting: Nov. 18, 2006 — Cincinnati, 30-11 a USF defense that forced six turnovers against the Mountaineers. Bye Weeks SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Connecticut: Next game Oct. 13 at Virginia Tyvon Branch, Sr., KR, Connecticut Pittsburgh: Next game Oct. 10 vs. Navy Cicero, N.Y. Branch scored on a 97-yard kickoff return in the second quarter, giving Connecticut the lead for good as the Huskies remained unbeaten with a 44-10 win against Akron. Branch finished with 150 yards on three kickoff returns. BIG EAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Football Media Contacts: Andre Dixon, RB, Connecticut — Had 168 all-purpose yards and two Chuck Sullivan, Director of Communications ([email protected]) touchdowns in a 44-10 win against Akron. Rushed for 116 carries and a John Paquette, Associate Commissioner ([email protected]) TD on 12 carries and caught four passes for 52 yards and a score. BIG EAST on the Web: BigEast.org Danny Lansanah, LB, Connecticut — Had a game-high 13 tackles, in- cluding a sack and two tackles for loss, in a 44-10 win against Akron. The BIG EAST Conference was created in 1979, Brock Bolen, RB, Louisville — Rushed for a career-high 112 yards is a founding member of the Bowl Championship on 18 carries in a 29-10 win at North Carolina State. Series and represents eight Division I Bowl Subdivi- Art Carmody, K, Louisville — Carmody kicked three field goals and sion member institutions for football including the University of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, scored 11 points in a 29-10 win at North Carolina State, surpassing Bowl- University of Louisville, University of Pittsburgh, Rut- ing Green’s Shaun Suisham as the NCAA career leader in PATs (228). gers University, University of South Florida, Syracuse Lamar Myles, LB, Louisville — Had 11 tackles and two fumble recov- University and West Virginia University. eries in a 29-10 win at North Carolina State. Led a Cardinal defense that forced five turnovers and held the Wolfpack to just 85 rushing yards. 222 Richmond Street, Suite 110 • Providence, Rhode Island 02903 • BigEast.org Communications Office Phone: (401) 453-0660 • Communications ax:F (401) 751-8540 BIG EAST NOTEBOOK Conference Call Rank And File Sixtysomething The BIG EAST has gone 24-8 against outside This Saturday’s matchup between Rutgers and Ray Rice (Rutgers) and Steve Slaton (West competition through five weeks of the 2007 Cincinnati will mark the second straight week Virginia) have both scored 60 points this season. in which two ranked opponents meet in a BIG season. EAST game. USF and West Virginia were both The Drive For Five ranked in the top 25 last Friday when the Bulls Seeing Red Cincinnati and Connecticut comprise two of the upset the Mountaineers. Rutgers is 16-for-16 in red zone scoring this 11 teams in the Bowl Subdivision that are 5-0 season. The Scarlet Knights have scored 11 in 2007. The Big 10 has three 5-0 teams, while Brohm’s Away touchdowns and kicked five field goals in their the SEC, Pac-10 and Big 12 have two each. Louisville QB Brian Brohm has 15 career games red zone opportunities. with at least 300 passing yards. No other ac- The Big Three tive BIG EAST quarterback has more than two New Kids On The Block Cincinnati, Connecticut and USF are three of 300-yard games. Pittsburgh freshman RB LeSean McCoy is av- the 15 teams in the Bowl Subdivision without eraging 100.6 rushing yards per game. West a loss in 2007. Century Club Virginia rookie RB Noel Devine is averaging 10.8 West Virginia RB Steve Slaton has rushed for at yards per carry. What Do They Know? least 100 yards in a game 19 times in his career, USF, Cincinnati and Connecticut were picked including four of his five games in 2007. Ball Hawk fourth, fifth and seventh in the BIG EAST pre- Louisville junior LB Lamar Myles has a league- season media poll. Nice Starts leading three fumble recoveries. Cincinnati is 5-0 for the first time since 1954. Winning Is Contagious Connecticut is off to a 5-0 start for the first The Best Offense … Cincinnati’s eight-game winning streak, dating time since 1995. Cincinnati has scored three touchdowns on to last year, is the third-longest active streak in interception returns. the nation. Only Wisconsin (14) and LSU (12) Reverse Thrust have longer active winning streaks. USF’s six- USF sophomore DE George Selvie leads the Bowling Nights game winning streak ranks fifth nationally. nation in tackles for loss (4.25 per game). All eight BIG EAST teams have played in at least one bowl game in the last four years. Scoreboard Watching Paper Or Plastic Four BIG EAST teams (Cincinnati, Louisville, USF’s George Selvie has 9.5 sacks in three You’re One And Only Rutgers, West Virginia) are averaging more games. His average of 2.38 sacks per game The BIG EAST was the only BCS conference than 40 points per game in 2007. leads the nation. that saw each of its members win at least four games in 2006. Camp Ground Pocket Protectors Four BIG EAST players — Louisville QB Brian Rutgers has allowed just two quarterback sacks Seeing Pink Brohm, Rutgers RB Ray Rice, West Virginia this season. BIG EAST football officials will be using pink QB Patrick White and West Virginia RB Steve whistles during the month of October as part Slaton — have been named to the watch list He Scores of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award. West Virginia’s Steve Slaton is the active Divi- For more information on this program, visit Thirty-five players were named to the list. sion I career leader with 47 touchdowns. Sla- www.nbcam.com. ton’s career average of 10.1 points per game Balancing Act leads the nation Looking Ahead Seven different schools have finished as BIG A brief look at the Week 7 schedule: EAST champions in the last five seasons. Five Perfection Wednesday, Oct. 10 different schools have had a hand in the last Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly is 6-0 with the Navy at Pittsburgh three BIG EAST championships (including the Bearcats, making him the first coach in school Saturday, Oct. 13 four-way tie in 2004). history to win his first six games. Central Florida at USF Connecticut at Virginia We’ll Take That Thirtysomething Louisville at Cincinnati Cincinnati leads the nation in turnover margin West Virginia is 129-7-1 since the 1980 season Rutgers at Syracuse (+2.80 per game). The Bearcats have 21 take- when the Mountaineers score at least 30 points.