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GAME 10 | UNLV at BYU | Saturday, Nov. 15 | 5 p.m. MST | Provo. Utah | LaVell Edwards Stadium | ESPNU | KSL Radio | www.BYUcougars.com FOOTBALL Brett Pyne, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-4912 | C: (801) 367-1631 | [email protected] | twitter: @byucougars, facebook.com/byufootball BYU 2014 SCHEDULE HOME GAME INFORMATION AWAY Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV Kickoff ................... 5 p.m. MST 8/29 Fri @ UConn W, 35-10 ESPN TV .......................... ESPNU 9/6 Sat @ No. 24 Texas W, 41-7 Fox S 1 Anish Shroff (play-by-play), 9/11 Thu Houston W, 33-25 ESPN Kelly Stouffer (analyst) 9/20 Sat Virginia W, 41-33 ESPN Radio ......... Cougar IMG Sports Network 10/3 Fri Utah State L, 35-20 ESPN (KSL 1160 AM, 102.7 FM, KSL.com, BYUcou- 10/9 Thu @ Central Florida L, 31-24 ESPN gars.com, BYU Radio Sirius XM 143) 10/18 Sat Nevada L, 42-35 ESPN2 10/24 Fri @ Boise State L, 55-30 ESPN Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Marc Lyons 11/1 Sat @ MIddle Tennessee W, 27-7 CBSS (analyst), Nate Meikle (sideline) 11/15 Sat UNLV 5 p.m. ESPNU UNLV (2-8, 1-5 MW) Opp. Radio .................. 1100 AM, 100.9 FM BYU (5-4) 11/22 Sat Savannah State 1 p.m. BYUtv RUNNIN’ REBELS Live Stats .............. BYUcougars.com COUGARS 11/29 Sat @ California TBA TBA TV pregame show ...... BYUtv, 4 p.m. MST All times local to site Head Coach ........... Bobby Hauck Head Coach ...... Bronco Mendenhall Alma Mater ......... Montana 1988 SERIES INFORMATION Alma Mater ........ Oregon St., 1988 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Career Record �����������������93-55 (.633) BYU leads . 15-3 Career Record �����������������87-38 (.696) Record at UNLV . .15-45 Last Meeting ...... BYU won 55-7, 11/6/10 Record at BYU ����������������������������Same • Tied for No. 5 in total wins (358) since 1974 (40 years)— Record vs. BYU . .0-1 H/A/N ................... 6-3, 8-0, 1-0 Record vs. UNLV . .6-0 the top five include Nebraska (396), Oklahoma (373), Ohio State (369), Florida State (360) and BYU (358) and Michigan (358) BYU STORYLINES • Last meeting. BYU last played UNLV as a conference opponent in the Cougars’ final year in the • Tops all FBS programs for most players selected (35) Mountain West. BYU defeated the Rebels 55-7 at home Nov. 6, 2010. to NFF Hampshire Honor Society since program began in • BYU vs. MW. BYU has 275 wins against Mountain West opponents. Its last victory against a team from its 2007 (starter/significant contributer finishing career with 3.2 former conference was the 2013 win against Nevada. Its last matchup with a MW opponent was the Oct. 24 GPA or better) loss to Boise State. • 10 seasons. Bronco Mendenhall is now in his 10th season as head coach of the Cougars. Menden- • One of six schools with winners of the Heisman Trophy, hall has an 87-38 record, and BYU ranks 12th in total wins nationally during his tenure. Outland Trophy, Davey O’Brien Award and Doak Walker • Beating the best. Since 2003, BYU has 17 wins against Power 5 schools, which ranks second Award (BYU, Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, Iowa, Boston College) among non-Power 5 schools behind fellow independent Navy. BYU has the longest season streak, with nine straight seasons with a Power 5 win. • BYU and Penn State are the only schools in the nation • No. 1. BYU punter Scott Arellano recorded the longest punt in BYU history and in the NCAA this sea- to boast winners of the Heisman Trophy, Outland Trophy, son with an 81-yarder vs. Middle Tennessee. He broke former NFL punter Lee Johnson’s BYU record Doak Walker Award, Davey O’Brien Award and Sammy set in 1983 vs. Wyoming. Baugh Trophy. • 10 weeks in the spotlight. BYU’s game Saturday will be its 10th straight on national TV. BYU has been on ESPN six times, ESPN2 once, Fox Sports 1 once and CBS Sports Network once. Saturday’s • BYU has won a game against a Power 5 team in the game will be the Cougars’ first time on ESPNU this season. last nine seasons, the longest streak among non Power 5 • Blackout. Saturday’s game is a blackout game. The team will wear black alternate jerseys. teams BYU PROJECTED DEPTH CHART • Five 10-win seasons since 2005 ranks No. 10 nationally OFFENSE DEFENSE QB 7 Christian Stewart 6-2 208 Sr. LE 92 Graham Rowley 6-4 280 Jr. • Nine-straight bowl appearances; 6-3 record, including 17 McCoy Hill 6-6 230 Fr. 62 Logan Taele 6-2 280 Jr. wins over Oregon, UCLA, Oregon State and San Diego State. RB 28 Adam Hine 6-1 208 Jr. NT 91 Travis Tuiloma 6-2 285 So. 26 Nate Carter 5-9 185 Jr. 99 Marques Johnson 6-2 308 Sr. TEAM COMPARISON FB 33 Paul Lasike 5-11 232 Sr. RE 44 Remington Peck 6-4 271 Jr. (as of 11/10) 45 Toloa’i Ho Ching 6-1 242 Fr. 48 Tomasi Laulile 6-3 285 So. BYU CATEGORY UNLV HB 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 182 So. SLB 5 Alani Fua 6-5 234 Sr. 31.8 Scoring Offense 20.0 86 Trey Dye 5-9 175 Fr. or 34 Fred Warner 6-3 220 Fr. 27.2 Scoring Defense 37.2 WR 10 Mitch Mathews 6-6 215 Jr. MLB 47 Zac Stout 6-1 235 Sr. 13 Kurt Henderson 6-1 185 Jr. or 21 Harvey Langi 6-2 240 So. 25.2 First Downs 20.2 25 Teu Kautai 6-1 231 Jr. WR 9 Jordan Leslie 6-3 215 Sr. 183.1 Rushing Off. 122.4 19 Devon Blackmon 6-1 185 Jr. BLB 22 Manoa Pikula 6-1 235 Jr. or 18 Keanu Nelson 5-11 184 Sr. 43 Jherremya Leuta-Douyere 6-1 236 Jr. 112.8 Rushing Def. 279.7 IR 11 Terenn Houk 6-5 223 Jr. WLB 90 Bronson Kaufusi 6-7 265 Jr. 253.7 Passing Off. 255.4 3 Colby Pearson 6-0 191 So. 42 Michael Alisa 6-1 228 Sr. 284.8 Passing Def. 225.4 31 Sae Tautu 6-3 235 So. TE 84 Devin Mahina 6-6 251 Sr. 436.8 Total Offense 377.8 85 Bryan Sampson 6-4 221 So. FC 4 Roberston Daniel 6-1 205 Sr. 15 Michael Davis 6-2 181 So. 397.6 Total Defense 505.1 LT 71 Ului Lapuaho 6-7 333 Fr. 72 Ryker Mathews 6-6 320 Jr. BC 11 Jordan Preator 6-0 183 Fr. 22.1 Kickoff Return 20.7 1 Harvey Jackson 6-3 215 Sr. LG 67 Kyle Johnson 6-4 303 So. 7.5 Punt Return 4.3 73 Solomone Kafu 6-2 338 Sr. KAT 2 Dallin Leavitt 5-11 200 So. 85.3 Penalties (YPG) 55.8 12 Kai Nacua 6-1 207 So. C 56 Tejan Koroma 6-0 280 Fr. 41.6 Net Punting 38.6 50 Edward Fusi 6-0 322 Sr. FS 20 Craig Bills 6-1 205 Sr. 7 Skye PoVey 6-0 200 Sr. 27:27 Time of Poss. 27:04 RG 70 Terrance Alletto 6-3 305 Jr. 55 Brayden Kearsley 6-4 295 So. 44% 3rd Down % 39% RT 57 De’Ondre Wesley 6-7 330 Sr. 53% 4th Down % 43% 77 Michael Yeck 6-8 305 Sr. SPECIAL TEAMS 18-99 Sacks-Yards 18-94 DS 96 Kevin O’Mary 6-4 240 Sr. SPECIAL TEAMS H 23 Scott Arellano 6-1 190 Sr. 29-146 Sacks Allowed 32-194 K 27 Trevor Samson 5-11 183 Sr. PR 18 Keanu Nelson 5-11 184 Sr. KO 29 Andrew Mikkelsen 6-0 200 Fr. 19 Devon Blackmon 6-1 185 Jr. 85% Blue Zone % 79% P 23 Scott Arellano 6-1 190 Sr. KR 28 Adam Hine 6-1 208 Jr. and 33 Paul Lasike 5-11 232 Sr. 83% Opp. Blue Zone % 85% 2014 BYU FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION-2 FOOTBALL CONTACTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND POLICY Football SID ...........................Brett Pyne Office .............................801-422-4912 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Thank you for your coverage of BYU football for the 2014 season. 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