2001 UTAH FOOTBALL Jon M. Huntsman Center Assistant AD/Sports Information Dir.: Liz Abel 1825 E. South Campus Dr. • Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0900 Associate SID: Mike Lageschulte Phone 801.581.3510 • Fax 801.581.4358 Assistant SID: Julie Lapomarda Publications Coordinator: Melissa Hall Released Sept. 17, 2001 2001 UTAH SCHEDULE/RESULTS (1-1, 0-0 MWC) Contact: Liz Abel, SID (801) 581-3511; [email protected] Date Opponent Time/Result TV 9-1 Utah State W, 23-19 KJZZ NEXT UP FOR UTAH IS INDIANA 9-8 at Oregon L, 10-24 KJZZ 9-15 (AFA postponed) 9-22 at Indiana 4:00 p.m. EST KJZZ Game 3 Utah (1-1, 0-0 MWC) vs. Indiana (0-1, 0-0 Big Ten) 9-29 New Mexico* (HC) 1:00 p.m. ESPN+Plus Date Sat., Sept. 22 10-6 South Florida 6:00 pm. KJZZ Kickoff 4:00 p.m. EST (3:00 MDT) 10-13 open Site Bloomington, Ind. [Memorial Stadium--52,354] 10-20 Wyoming* TBA TV KJZZ 10-27 at Colorado State* TBA Radio KALL 910 AM 11-3 at UNLV* TBA 11-10 San Diego State* TBA 11-17 at Brigham Young* TBA 12-1 at Air Force* TBA *Mountain West Conference Game QUICKLY After an unplanned ‘bye’ week, Utah (1-1, 0-0 MWC) plays at 2001 INDIANA SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-1, 0-0 BIG TEN) Indiana (0-1, 0-0 Big Ten) on Sat., Sept. 22 in Bloomington, Ind. Date Opponent Result … Game time is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, which is 3:00 9-6 at North Carolina St. L, 14-35 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time … Both Utah and Indiana 9-22 Kentucky postponed postponed scheduled games on September 15: Utah at Air 9-22 Utah 4:00 p.m. EST (3:00 MDT) Force and Indiana vs. Kentucky … Utah and Indiana have met 9-29 Ohio State just once before, in 1975 in Bloomington. Indiana won that 10-6 at Wisconsin game 31-7 … The Utah-IU game will be televised live on KJZZ- 10-13 Illinois TV … The game will also be broadcast live on KALL 910 (AM) 10-20 at Iowa 11-3 Northwestern radio and on the Internet (www.kall910.com). 11-10 at Michigan State 11-17 at Penn State CONFERENCE OPENER POSTPONED 11-24 Purdue The Utah-Air Force game, which was scheduled for September 15, will be made up on December 1 in Colorado Springs. Instead TELEVISION of opening the Mountain West Conference season against KJZZ. Talent: Steve Brown (play by play), Mike Norseth each other, the two teams will play in the final conference game (analyst), Chris Harris (sidelines). Satellite Coordinates: tba. of the year. The game time has yet to be determined, pending television arrangements. RADIO All Ute football games are broadcast live on the Utah Sports Network: KALL 910 AM (Salt Lake City), KUTA 790 AM PRACTICE DETAILS (Blanding), KOAL 1080 AM (Price), KSVC 980 AM All Ute practices are closed to the general public, but open to (Richfield), KTSP 1450 AM (St. George), KVEL 920 AM the media. Practices are scheduled to run from 3:40-5:40 p.m., (Vernal). Talent: Play-by-play Bill Marcroft; commentary Monday-Thursday, but times change. Call the sports informa- Frank Dolce; sidelines Sharrieff Shah. Brad Stone hosts the pre- tion office at 581-3511 to check on times. game and post-game shows. MWC TELECONFERENCE Tuesdays from Aug. 28-Nov. 13 at 10:32 a.m. (MT) Coach McBride will participate in the MWC teleconference. The call- Series Record: Indiana leads 1-0 in number is (801) 303-7410. Replay is (402) 220-0148. First Game: 1975 (Indiana 31-7) SERIES Series Streak: Indiana 1 KJZZ COACH'S SHOW AT A Last Utah Win: n/a The Coach's Show with Ron McBride is televised each Sunday Last IU Win: 1975 (31-7) at 10:30 p.m. on KJZZ-TV. GLANCE In Bloomington: IU leads 1-0 Last Ute Win in Bloomington: n/a Last IU Win in Bloomington: 1975 (31-7) www.UtahUtes.com 1 2001 UTAH FOOTBALL NOTES INTERVIEW POLICIES Utah General Information Player and coach interviews are conducted at the conclusion of practice. Location: Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Liz Abel, the assistant athletics director for sports information, will staff President: Dr. Bernie Machen practice. To arrange for interviews, please call Liz at 801-581-3511. Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill Conference: Mountain West Conference Enrollment: 25,391 LAST ACTION Nickname: Utes Utah kept it close for most of the game with the No. 7 ranked Oregon Colors: Crimson, White Ducks in Eugene on September 8, but eventually fell 24-10 before a sold- Stadium: Rice-Eccles (45,634/Grass) out Autzen Stadium crowd. Utah tied the game at 10-10 six minutes into the second quarter, when Adam Tate bulled in from three yards out. Utah Utah Sports Information Contact failed to score again, despite some long drives into Oregon territory. The Assistant A.D./SID (football): Liz Abel O: (801) 581-3511 Ute defense shut out the Ducks in the third quarter and allowed just one H: (801) 596-1650 touchdown in the fourth in a fine effort against Oregon’s highly touted email: [email protected] offense. Utah’s offense gained 373 yards, 104 from running back Dameon Hunter on a career day. Lance Rice was 21-of-39 for 170 passing yards Utah Football Coach Ron McBride and Cliff Russell had seven catches for 100 yards. Second-string QB Alma Mater: San Jose State, 1964 Ryan Breska relieved Rice late in the fourth quarter and was 4-of-12 for Utah Record: 76-54 (12th year) 82 yards in his first college game. Career Record: same HEAD COACH RON MCBRIDE Utah Honor Candidates Ron McBride has a 76-54 record in his 12th year as head Ute coach. He Cliff Russell, WR; Doug Kaufusi, OL; Garrett has the second most wins of any coach in Utah football history. McBride Smith, DL; Arnold Parker, DB; Jason Kaufusi, has won a share of two conference titles (1995 and 1999) and his teams DL/LB; Jordan Gross, OL; Ma'ake Kemoeatu, have finished at .500 or better nine times, with eight winning seasons. He DL; Sheldon Deckart, LB; Adam Tate, RB; has taken the Utes to five bowl games and has a 2-3 bowl record. Utah’s Antwoine Sanders, DB. most recent bowl appearance was in 1999, when the Utes beat Fresno State 17-16 in the Las Vegas Bowl. McBride is 0-0 against Indiana. 2001 Utah Captains Doug Kaufusi, Cliff Russell, Thomas Fortune, Maake Kemoeatu, Sheldon Deckart MAC AND THE BIG TEN Utah’s 12th-year head coach Ron McBride has first hand knowledge of 2001 Utah MWC Players of the Week Big Ten football. He coached the offensive line at Wisconsin from 1983- Sept. 3--Antwoine Sanders, defense 84. As a head coach (all at Utah), McBride is 1-1 against Big Ten schools. He won at Minnesota in 1990, his first year as head Ute coach. Utah lost to Wisconsin in the 1996 Freedom Bowl. THE KALL RADIO RED ZONE & COACH'S SHOW UTAH AGAINST THE BIG TEN The Red Zone, a radio sports magazine show Utah football teams are 4-7 all-time against Big Ten football teams. Utah’s featuring University of Utah sports, is aired record against Big Ten schools follows: Illinois (0-1), Indiana (0-1), Iowa (1- from 1:00-2:00 p.m., Monday through 0), Minnesota (1-1), Ohio State (0-1), Northwestern (1-1), Wisconsin (1-2). Friday, on KALL-910 Radio. Host is Kent Rupe. The Coach's Show with Head Coach SERIES SHORTS Ron McBride is the guest every Wednesday Indiana won the only contest, 31-7 in 1975 in Bloomington. from 1:05-1:50 p.m. POSTPONED PAST FAX BACK Four other times in its 109-year football history, Utah has had games From the handset of your fax machine, dial either canceled or postponed. One game involved Utah State and three (770) 558-6000 and follow the voice involved Hawaii. The Utes were to play Utah State on Thanksgiving Day generated menu. The MWC pass code is 692. in 1919, but the game was postponed for two days due to high winds in The Utah numbers follow: 2201 entire release (notes, stats, quotes); 2202 statistics only; Salt Lake City. Newspapers reported that head Ute coach Thomas 2203 latest game statistics. Media can also Fitzpatrick kicked a football toward the east end zone and the ball landed obtain the above information on the Internet in the west end zone seats, at which point the decision to postpone the under www.mediateamlink.com. game was made. Utah beat the Aggies two days later, 10-0. Utah was scheduled to host Hawaii for Homecoming on Nov. 14, 1936, but the Rainbows could not depart the Islands due to a ship strike. Texas A&M filled in on one week’s notice and beat Utah 20-7. In 1940-41, Utah was scheduled to play two games in Hawaii, the first on December 20, and the second (the Pineapple Bowl) on January 1. Both games were canceled due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 2 www.UtahUtes.com 2001 UTAH FOOTBALL NOTES GRIDBITS UPCOMING UTE OPPONENT: INDIANA Utah does not have any Indiana natives on its roster … all-time Ute record is 523-392-31 … Utes are 241-129-10 in home games, 10-8 in Rice- Indiana Sports Information Contact Eccles Stadium (1998-on) and 283-264-21 in road/neutral games.