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GAME 5 | BYU vs. Hawai’i | Friday, Sep. 28, 2012 | 6:00 p.m. MST | Provo, Utah | LaVell Edwards Stadium | ESPN | KSL Radio | www.BYUcougars.com FOOTBALL Brett Pyne, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-4912 | C: (801) 367-1631 | [email protected] | @byuathletics, facebook.com/byufootball BYU 2012 SCHEDULE AWAY GAME INFORMATION HOME Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV Kickoff .................. .6:00 p.m. MT 8/30 Thu Washington State W, 30-6 ESPN TV ............................ ESPN 9/8 Sat Weber State W, 45-13 BYUtv Carter Blackburn (play-by-play) Rod Gilmore (analyst) Jemele Hill (sideline) 9/15 Sat at Utah L, 24-21 ESPN2 Radio .. .KSL (1160 AM, 102.7 FM, KSL.com, 9/20 Thu at Boise State L, 7-6 ESPN simulcast on BYU Radio, Sirius XM143) 9/28 Fri Hawai’i 6:00 p.m. ESPN Greg Wrubell (Play-by-play), Marc Lyons 10/5 Fri Utah State 8:15 p.m. ESPN (analyst), Nate Meikle (sideline) 10/13 Sat Oregon State TBA TBA Opp. Radio .................. .ESPN 1420 AM 10/20 Sat at Notre Dame 3:30 p.m. NBC HAWAI’I (1-2, 0-1) Bobby Curran (play-by-play), John Veneri (analyst), BYU (2-2) 10/27 Sat at Georgia Tech TBA TBA WARRIORS Felipe Ojastro (sideline) COUGARS Live Stats .............. BYUcougars.com 11/10 Sat Idaho TBA TBA Head Coach ........... Norm Chow SERIES INFORMATION Head Coach ...... Bronco Mendenhall 11/17 Sat at San Jose State 1:00 p.m. TBA Alma Mater ............ Utah, 1968 BYU leads . 20-8 Alma Mater ..... Oregon State, 1988 11/24 Sat at New Mexico State 1:30 p.m. TBA Career Record ���������������������1-2 (.333) Last Meeting ...... BYU won 41-20, 12/3/11 Career Record �����������������68-26 (.723) All times local to site Record at BYU ����������������������������Same H/A �����������������������������������������������8-0/12-8 Record at BYU ����������������������������Same COACH TO CURE MD PATCH BYU-HAWAI’I StorYLINES The AFCA will hold its fifth annual Coach to Cure MD effort with the games of September 29. More • This is the 29th meeting between BYU and Hawai’i. The teams renewed an old rivalry last year with BYU than 100 FBS schools will be wearing a Coach to winning in Honolulu 41-20. BYU has a 20-8 edge in the series and has never lost in Provo to the Warriors, Cure MD patch to raise awareness and funding for holding an 8-0 record. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research. • Hawai’i head coach Norm Chow coached at BYU for 27 years. Chow coached in numerous capacities including assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, receiv- The BYU and Hawaii coaching staffs will be wear- ers coach and recruiting coordinator. Working under legendary head coach LaVell Edwards, Chow called the ing Coach to Cure MD patches this week to raise offensive plays at BYU from 1982-99. awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy • BYU has four players from the island of Hawai’i. Running back Michael Alisa (Laie), tight end Kaneakua research. For more information visit Friel (Kaneohe), and defensive linemen Simote Vea (Hau’ula) and Ian Dulan (Hilo). Players with a polynesian www.CoachtoCureMD.org. heritage have had a strong showing at BYU with usually 25-35 percent of the roster occupied by polynesians on a yearly basis. Hawai’i has one player from Utah, tight end Harold Moleni, from West Valley and played his high school football at Hunter High. • Hawai’i is playing its first year in the Mountain West where BYU went 64-26 over 12 seasons. Hawai’i moved from the Western Athletic Conference to the MW for the 2012 season. BYU won outright titles three times and tied for another. The Cougars finished lower than third in the conference only two times in 12 seasons. • BYU wide receiver Cody Hoffman has a caught a pass in 23 straight games, the 18th longest streak in the nation. He has caught a pass in 29 of 30 career games. Hawai’i wide receiver Jeremiah Ostrowski has caught a pass in 15 straight for the Warriors. BYU PROJECTED DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE TEAM COMPARISON QB 13 Riley Nelson 6-0 199 Sr. LE 47 Ezekiel Ansah 6-6 270 Sr. 4 Taysom Hill 6-2 218 Fr. 90 Bronson Kaufusi 6-7 260 Fr. BYU CATEGORY HAWAI’I 25.5 Scoring Offense 29.3 RB 42 Michael Alisa 6-1 220 Jr. NT 98 Romney Fuga 6-2 318 Sr. 27 David Foote 5-11 200 Sr. 93 Simote Vea 5-11 270 Sr. 12.5 Scoring Defense 40.0 SLOT 12 JD Falslev 5-8 184 Jr. RE 52 Russell Tialavea 6-3 265 Sr. 22.0 First Downs 19.7 27 David Foote 5-11 200 Sr. 50 Remington Peck 6-4 236 Fr. 148.2 Rushing Off. 139.7 WR 2 Cody Hoffman 6-4 215 Jr. SLB 2 Spencer Hadley 6-1 227 Jr. 17 Skyler Ridley 6-0 182 Jr. 5 Alani Fua 6-5 215 So. 68.8 Rushing Def. 160.0 219.2 Passing Off. 197.3 WR 1 Ross Apo 6-3 207 So. MLB 4 Uona Kaveinga 5-11 233 Sr. 15 Alex Kuresa 5-11 180 Fr. 41 Uani ‘Unga 6-1 233 Jr. 177.2 Passing Def. 232.3 TE 82 Kaneakua Friel 6-5 250 Jr. BLB 44 Brandon Ogletree 5-11 228 Sr. 367.5 Total Offense 337.0 88 Austin Holt 6-5 250 Jr. 22 Manoa Pikula 6-1 235 Fr. 246.0 Total Defense 392.3 LT 72 Ryker Mathews 6-6 292 Fr. WLB 3 Kyle Van Noy 6-3 235 Jr. 28.5 Kickoff Return 27.9 77 Michael Yeck 6-8 288 So. 56 Jherremya Leuta-Douyere 6-0 236 Fr. 17.3 Punt Return 14.0 LG 76 Braden Hansen 6-6 307 Sr. FC 6 Jordan Johnson 5-10 185 So. 56 Famika Anae 6-6 312 So. 24 Micah Hannemann 6-0 185 Fr. 80.0 Penalties (YPG) 52.7 C 54 Blair Tushaus 6-2 270 So. BC 7 Preston Hadley 6-0 200 Sr. 40.7 Net Punting 27.3 79 Manaaki Vaitai 6-3 317 Jr. 26 Robbie Buckner 5-10 176 Sr. 29:29 Time of Poss. 32:51 RG 74 Brock Stringham 6-6 290 So. KAT 9 Daniel Sorensen 6-2 206 Jr. 41.0% 3rd Down % 36.4% 79 Manaaki Vaitai 6-3 317 Jr. 20 Craig Bills 6-2 209 So. 83.3% 4th Down % 40.0% RT 75 Braden Brown 6-6 300 Sr. FS 1 Joe Sampson 5-10 203 Sr. 73 Solomone Kafu 6-2 305 So. 32 Mike Hague 5-10 190 Sr. 14-89 Sacks-Yards 4-29 SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS 10-59 Sacks Allowed 9-56 K 99 Riley Stephenson 6-0 205 Sr. PR 12 JD Falslev 5-8 184 Jr. -or- 37 Justin Sorensen 6-1 232 Jr. KR 2 Cody Hoffman 6-4 215 Jr. 83.3% (15-18) Blue Zone % 92.3% (12-13) P 99 Riley Stephenson 6-0 205 Sr. 32 Mike Hague 5-10 190 Sr. 37.5 (3-8) Opp. Blue Zone % 100% (11-11) DS 96 Reed Hornung 6-2 249 Sr. H 12 JD Falslev 5-8 184 Jr. 2012 BYU FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 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 2012 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 SID ..........................Kenny Cox information can be found in your copy of the 2012 BYU Football Almanac. You can also find more informa- Office .............................801-422-8999 tion at byucougars.com. Should you need additional information such as photographs, video or additional Cell ...............................801-473-7434 almanacs, please contact the BYU Athletic Communications office at (801) 422-8948. 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The 2012 BYU Football Media Relations Main Office ...........801-422-8948 Almanac is also available online in PDF and HTML at ww.byucougars.com/almanac/m-football/2012. Media Relations Fax .................801-422-0633 PRACTICES AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY LaVell Edwards Stadium Press Box .....801-422-2609 Practices are closed to the media and public. Coaches and players will be available for interviews following Website ....................www.byucougars.com practice on Monday and other predetermined days during game week. An advisory of the practice schedule Twitter ........................... @BYUAthletics and media availability will be provided each week by the Athletic Communications office. Quotes from head Facebook ............... facebook.com/byufootball coach Bronco Mendenhall’s Monday post-practice press briefing will be available online at byucougars.com.