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GAME 2 | BYU at Utah | Saturday, Sept. 10 | 5:30 p.m. MDT | Salt Lake City | Rice-Eccles Stadium | FOX | Cougar IMG Sports Network | www.BYUCougars.com Brett Pyne, BYU Athletic CommunicationsBYU | O: (801) 422-4912 | C: (801)FOOTBALL 367-1631 | [email protected] | @BYUCougars #BYUvsUTAH #BYUFootball #GoCougs BYU 2016 SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV 9/3 Sat. vs. Arizona W 18-16 FS1 9/10 Sat. at Utah 5:30 p.m. FOX 9/17 Sat. UCLA 8:15 p.m. ESPN/2 9/24 Sat. vs. West Virginia TBA TBA 9/30 Fri. Toledo 8:15 p.m. ESPN2 10/8 Sat. at Michigan State TBA TBA 10/14 Fri. Mississippi State 8:15 p.m. ESPN BYU (1-0) UTAH (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) 10/20 Thur. at Boise State 8:15 p.m. ESPN SERIES INFORMATION 11/5 Sat. at Cincinnati TBA TBA COUGARS UTES Series . 31-55-4 11/12 Sat. Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. BYUtv Head Coach ......... Kalani Sitake In SLC . 16-35-3 Head Coach ..... Kyle Whittingham 11/19 Sat. UMass TBA TBA Alma Mater . BYU, 2000 In Provo . 15-19-1 Alma Mater . BYU, 1981 11/26 Sat. Utah State TBA TBA Career Record . .1-0 Neutral . 0-1 Career FBS Record. .96-46 All times local to site Record at BYU .............. same Last meeting . Dec. 19, 2015 Record at Utah . same Sitake vs. Utah ................0-0 Utah won 35-28 Whittingham vs. BYU . .7-3 BYU/UTAH STORYLINES • SERIES HISTORY. BYU and Utah resume the rivalry and the Deseret First Duel after just one regular-season GAME INFORMATION game between the last meeting. The Cougars and Utes met in the Las Vegas Bowl in 2015. The Utes jumped out to a 35-0 lead after five consecutive BYU turnovers to start the game. BYU came back to make it 35-28 Kickoff . 5:30 p.m. MDT but fell short. The Utes lead the all time series 55-31-4. In the past 20 meetings, 15 of the games have been TV . FOX decided by 7 points or less. Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), • COACHING TREE. BYU head coach Kalani Sitake coached 10 seasons under Kyle Whittingham at Utah, working his way up to Whittingham’s No. 2 man as assistant head coach. Sitake returned home to BYU as head coach Shannon Spake (sideline) where both he and Whittingham had played under Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards. Defensive coordinator Ilaisa Radio ........... Cougar IMG Sports Network Tuiaki, defensive line coach Steve Kaufusi and tight ends coach Steve Clark have all spent time on the Utah staff. (KSL 1160 AM, 102.7 FM, KSL.com, BYUcou- Utah co-offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, linebackers coach Justin Ena and wide receivers coach Guy Holliday all spent time at BYU as players or staff members and are among many rivalry ties between the two schools. gars.com, BYU Radio Sirius XM 143) • PAC-12. The Cougars are facing their second consecutive Pac-12 team and will have one more next week with Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Marc Lyons (analyst), UCLA. BYU is 72-122-6 overall against the Pac-12. Nate Meikle (sideline) BYU PROJECTED DEPTH CHART TV pregame show . BYUtv,1 hour prior to kickoff OFFENSE DEFENSE QB 7 Taysom Hill 6-2 235 Sr. E 48 Tomasi Laulile 6-4 288 Jr. 12 Tanner Mangum 6-3 215 So. -or- 49 Moses Kaumatule 6-2 280 So. 90 Corbin Kaufusi 6-9 270 So. RB 21 Jamaal Williams 6-2 220 Sr. 22 Squally Canada 5-11 205 So. N 54 Merrill Taliauli 6-2 305 So. 94 Kesni Tausinga 6-1 305 Jr. FB 24 Algernon Brown 6-1 250 Sr. 35 Brayden El-Bakri 6-0 235 So. T 62 Logan Taele 6-2 299 Sr. 92 Handsome Tanielu 6-2 318 Jr. WR 5 Nick Kurtz 6-6 215 Sr. -or- 50 Tevita Mo’Unga 6-2 314 So. -or- 3 Colby Pearson 6-0 203 Sr. -or- 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 184 Sr. OE 21 Harvey Langi 6-3 252 Sr. TEAM COMPARISON -or- 31 Sae Tautu 6-4 245 Sr. WR 1 Moroni Laulu-Pututau 6-4 220 So. BYU CATEGORY UTAH -or- 84 Jonah Trinnaman 6-0 190 Jr. FLB 4 Fred Warner 6-4 230 Jr. 37 Grant Jones 6-6 215 Jr. 18.0 Scoring Offense 24.0 TE 89 Tanner Balderree 6-3 250 So. -or- 51 Morgan Unga 6-4 215 So. 16.0 Scoring Defense 0.0 -or- 96 Hunter Marshall 6-3 242 So. MLB 38 Butch Pau’u 6-0 223 So. 24.0 First Downs 19.0 LT 79 Andrew Eide 6-5 301 Sr. 42 Austin Heder 6-3 240 Sr. 65 JJ Nwigwe 6-5 280 So. -or- 22 Phillip Amone 6-0 240 So. 213.0 Rushing Off. 138.0 LG 76 Keyan Norman 6-3 305 Jr. BLB 13 Francis Bernard 6-1 240 So. 115.0 Rushing Def. 116.0 70 Jacob Jimenez 6-5 292 So. 30 Kavika Fonua 6-0 220 So. -or- 43 Johnny Tapusoa 5-10 225 Fr. 202.0 Passing Off. 298.0 C 56 Tejan Koroma 6-0 295 Jr. 55 Quin Ficklin 6-3 280 Jr. LC 11 Troy Warner 6-1 195 Fr. 213.0 Passing Def. 42.0 5 Dayan Lake 5-11 200 Fr. 415.0 Total Offense 436.0 RG 54 Parker Dawe 6-3 307 Sr. -or- 3 Isaiah Armstrong 6-2 193 Fr. -or- 78 Tuni Kanuch 6-3 330 Jr. 328.0 Total Defense 158.0 FS 12 Kai Nacua 6-2 215 Sr. RT 73 Ului Lapuaho 6-7 335 Jr. -or- 2 Matt Hadley 6-0 205 Jr. 21.0 Kickoff Return - 71 Austin Hoyt 6-8 300 So. 36 Zayne Anderson 6-2 200 So -or- 59 Thomas Shoaf 6-5 280 Fr 27.0 Punt Return 11.0 SS 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 205 Jr. SPECIAL TEAMS -or- 33 Eric Takenaka 5-10 210 Sr. 65.0 Penalties (YPG) 40.0 KO 20 Corey Edwards 6-0 206 So. 25 Tanner Jacobson 5-10 185 So. 34.7 Net Punting 53.5 -or- 39 Jake Oldroyd 6-1 170 Fr. RC 15 Michael Davis 6-2 196 Sr. 37:37 Time of Poss. 38:50 PK 39 Jake Oldroyd 6-1 170 Fr. 27 Austin McChesney 6-1 190 Fr. 26 Rhett Almond 6-4 198 So. -or- 32 Chris Wilcox 6-2 180 Fr. 46.6 3rd Down % 47.1 P 31 Jonny Linehan 6-0 203 Sr. SPECIAL TEAMS 100.0 4th Down % 100.0 26 Rhett Almond 6-4 198 So. PR 23 Garrett Juergens 5-10 187 Sr. 4-30 Sacks-Yards 3-20 H 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 184 Sr. 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 184 Sr. 1-5 Sacks Allowed 2-15 31 Jonny Linehan 6-0 203 Sr. -or- 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 205 Jr. 100.0 Blue Zone % 60.0 DS 64 Matt Foley 6-1 217 So. 36 Mitch Harris 6-4 216 Fr. KR 84 Jonah Trinnaman 6-0 190 Jr. 50.0 Opp. Blue Zone % 0.0 -or- 2 Matt Hadley 6-0 205 Jr. -or- 88 Aleva Hifo 5-10 180 Fr. -or- 6 Trey Dye 5-9 181 Jr. 2016 BYU FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION-2 FOOTBALL CONTACTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND POLICY Football Media Relations Director ..........Brett Pyne Office .............................801-422-4912 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Thank you for your coverage of BYU football for the 2016 season. These game notes have been designed to Cell ...............................801-367-1631 provide local, regional and national media with useful information about the BYU football program, specific to Email [email protected] this week’s game. Additional information on BYU’s history and tradition, along with much more in-depth team Assistant FB Media Relations Director ......Kenny Cox information can be found in your copy of the 2016 BYU Football Almanac or at BYUCougars.com. Should Cell ...............................801-420-7703 you need additional information such as photographs, video or additional almanacs, please contact the BYU Email [email protected] Athletic Communications office at (801) 422-8948. Assistant FB Media Relations Director ..Kimberlie Haner BYUtv PREGAME AND POSTGAME SHOWS Cell ...............................503-758-9698 Watch the football pregame and postgame shows before every kickoff and after the game on BYUtv and Email [email protected] byutv.org. Also tune into BYUtv and byutv.org for complete replays of every home game. Assistant FB Media Relations Office .....801-422-8999 Associate AD/Communications ............Duff Tittle BYUCOUGARS.COM Office ............................(801) 422-4910 Please visit byucougars.com for press releases, updated player and coach bios, statistics, game notes, press conference transcripts and schedules. With one of the best video players of any collegiate athletics website in Email [email protected] the country, numerous videos of highlights, interviews and features are posted daily. The 2016 BYU Football Media Relations Main Office ...........801-422-8948 Almanac is also available online in PDF at http://byucougars.com/files/2016_byu_football_almanac_online.pdf Media Relations Fax .................801-422-0633 LaVell Edwards Stadium Press Box .....801-422-2609 PRACTICES AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY Website ....................www.byucougars.com Members of the media will be invited to conduct interviews at the conclusion of select practices. Please give Twitter ............ @BYUcougars, @BYUgamenotes at least 24 hours notice with special requests. (PLEASE NOTE THE CALENDAR BELOW FOR MEDIA AVAIL- ABILITY FOR THE WEEK.) 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