B IG S KY C ONFERENCE F OOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Conference History .................................................................................2 Big Sky Conference Football History ......................................................3 Big Sky SID Directory .............................................................................4 Division I National Championship ...........................................................5 Big Sky and Pro Football ........................................................................6 2010 Composite Schedule .....................................................................7 Big Sky Media .........................................................................................8 Returning All-Conference Performers .....................................................9 Returning Statistical Leaders ................................................................10 2009 Season In Review ...................................................................11-14 2491 Washington Blvd., Suite 201 Final 2009 Statistics ........................................................................15-20 Ogden, Utah 84401 2009 Week-by-Week Scores ................................................................21 Phone: 801.392.1978 Team Pages (See Below for Breakdown) ........................................22-57 Fax: 801.392.5568 Composite All-Time Standings .............................................................58 Website: www.bigskyconf.com Composite Coaching Records ..............................................................59 Year-by-Year Final Standings ..........................................................60-68 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION Year-by-Year All-Conference Teams ................................................69-79 Multiple First Team All-Big Sky Selections .......................................80-81 Division I-AA football is no more. The Big Sky Conference competes in Annual Award Winners .........................................................................82 the NCAA Football Champsio nhip Subdivision, or the FCS. Our playoffs All-Academic Teams ........................................................................83-86 and national championship game is now called the NCAA Division I Big Sky Individual Records ..............................................................87-89 Football Championship. We expect all of those involved in the college Big Sky Team Records ....................................................................90-91 football community to spread the word about the name change. Individual Career and Season Bests ............................................. 92-111 Year-by-Year Team Leaders ........................................................ 112-113 Offensive Football Trends ............................................................ 114-115 Defensive Football Trends ........................................................... 116-117 INTERNET The offi cial Web site of the Big Sky Conference can be accessed by visiting Attendance Figures and Records ....................................................... 118 www.bigskyconf.com. Weekly game notes, news releases, statistics and stand- Postseason History ......................................................................119-121 ings are updated on the Web site. Football statistics are updated on Sunday Big Sky in the Final Polls ....................................................................122 mornings following Saturday games on the Web site. FCS Playoff Results ....................................................................123-124 Academic All-America Selections .......................................................125 PLAYER OF THE WEEK All-America Selections .................................................................126-127 Each week of the 2009 football season the Big Sky Conference offi ce selects an Big Sky Players In Postseason All-Star Games .................................128 offensive, defensive and special teams player of the week. Each week’s winners Past Big Sky Players of the Week ...............................................129-133 are announced Mondays by noon via a PDF document email and are also made Big Sky Players Drafted by the NFL ............................................134-136 available on the Web site. Nominations are made by each institution’s sports information director. INDIVIDUAL TEAM PAGES WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE Eastern Washington ........................................................................22-25 The Big Sky Conference media relations department produces a weekly football Idaho State ......................................................................................26-29 release every Monday during the season. Media can receive the releases as a Montana ...........................................................................................30-33 PDF document via email by contacting Jon Kasper at 801.392.1978 ext. 16 or by Montana State .................................................................................34-37 email at [email protected]. Northern Arizona ..............................................................................38-41 Northern Colorado ...........................................................................42-45 ALL-CONFERENCE/INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Following completion of the regular season the Big Sky names First Team, Portland State ..................................................................................46-49 Second Team and Honorable Mention All-Conference teams. Individual awards Sacramento State ............................................................................50-53 consist of Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer Weber State .....................................................................................54-57 of the Year and Coach of the Year. CREDITS BIG SKY CONFERENCE OFFICE STAFF The 2010 Big Sky Conference media guide was produced by the Big Sky Commissioner ........................................................................... Douglas Fullerton Conference. It was written and edited by Jon Kasper Front cover designed by Associate Commissioner .................................................................... Ron Loghry Mackenzie Kasper. A special thanks to the nine Big Sky institutional media rela- Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations ................................................. Jon Kasper Asst. Commissioner/Compliance ................................................ Jaynee Nadolski tions staffs and photo departments for all their help putting the guide together. Media Relations/Marketing ..............................................................Tanner Gooch Media Relations Intern ....................................................................Anne Morrison Supervisor of Football Offi cials ........................................................... Doug Toole Supervisor of Basketball/Volleyball Offi cials .................................. Marla Denham Administrative Assistant .............................................................. Janet Carpenter Business Manager .......................................................................... Christy Hatley BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 1 BIGSKYCONF.COM B IG S KY C ONFERENCE H ISTORY he Big Sky Conference enters its 48th year of athletic competition in 2010-11. The Big Sky is an NCAA Divi- sion I member in all sports, with member institutions BIG SKY CONFERENCE INSTITUTIONS classifi ed in the Football Championship Subdivision Cal State University Sacramento (formally I-AA). For the fi fth straight year, the Big Sky is Sacramento, Calif. a nine-team league. T Member since 1996 The current lineup includes Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Eastern Washington University Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Cheney, Wash. Portland State, Sacramento State and Weber State. Northern Member since 1987 Colorado is the newest member of the league, having joined the conference in 2006. Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho The league has become one of the strongest Division I confer- Charter member since 1963 ences in the West and is a national leader in the Football Cham- pionship Subdivision. Five times, Big Sky teams have won the University of Montana Division I National Championship, and Montana has played for the Missoula, Mont. title each of the past two seasons. Charter member since 1963 The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter Montana State University Bozeman, Mont. members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana Charter member since 1963 State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in 1970 by add- Northern Arizona University ing Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga left the Sky in Flagstaff, Ariz. 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, which gave the league eight Member since 1970 members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washington. University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo. The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning Member since July 1, 2006 in 1992 when Nevada departed and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time Portland State University the conference added Portland State, Sacramento State and Cal Portland, Ore. State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for fi ve Member since 1996 years