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BRIGHAM YOUNG F O O T B A L L Athletic Media Relations • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT 84602 • 801-422-8948 • Fax 801-422-0633 BYU 2002 SCOREBOARD Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 • Game 8 Date Opponent Time/Result (TV) Aug. 29 SYRACUSE . W, 42-21 Brigham Young (3-4, 0-2) Sept. 6 HAWAII . W, 35-32 Sept. 14 Nevada . L, 28-31 at Colorado State (6-2, 2-0) Sept. 21 Georgia Tech . L, 19-28 Oct. 4 Utah State . W, 35-34 Oct. 12 Air Force* . L, 9-52 Oct. 24, 2002 • 8 p.m. (MT) • ESPN2 Oct. 19 UNLV* . L, 3-24 Fort Collins, Colo. • Hughes Stadium (30,000) Oct. 24 Colorado State* . 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Nov. 2 SAN DIEGOSTATE* . TBA (TBD) ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 •ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 • ESPN2 Nov. 9 WYOMING* . TBA (KSL, SportsWest) Nov. 16 NEW MEXICO* . TBA (KSL, SportsWest) COUGARS TO PLAY FIFTH ROAD GAME IN SIX WEEKS Nov. 23 UTAH* . TBA (TBD) After suffering its worst home loss since a 22-point defeat against Washington on Sept. 6, 1997, BYU (3-4, 0-2) will look to end a two-game losing streak on Thursday, Oct. 24 at league-leading * - MWCGame All Times are Local to Site and are Subject to Change Colorado State (6-2, 2-0). The game will mark the Cougars fifth road trip in the past six weeks. BYU enters this week’s contest following a 24-3 loss against UNLV, while the Rams enter MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Thursday’s game riding a two-game win streak, including a 28-20 win over Utah on Saturday. Football Contact . .Jeff Reynolds Colorado State is currently tied with Air Force with a 2-0 MWC record. E-Mail . [email protected] Office Phone . .(801) 422-4909 WEEKLY SCHEDULE FAX . .(801) 422-0633 MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT Home Phone . .(801) 798-9221 Media Luncheon Practice** Practice** Game Day TBA TBA Cell Phone . .(801) 372-2080 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. 3:50 - 6:00 p.m. 3:50 - 6:00 p.m. 8 p.m. Practice* (Closed) (Closed) Pressbox . (801) 378-2609 3:50 - 6:00 p.m. Homepage . .www.byucougars.com All practices are closed to the general public. * - Media may conduct interviews with Coach Crowton prior to practice, and players following practice. ** - Practices scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday are closed. BYU QUICK FACTS Location . Provo, Utah 84602 Enrollment . 30,069 (Daytime) TRAVEL PLANS Founded . Oct. 15, 1875 Following practice on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Cougars will depart Provo at 7 p.m. via Frontier Air charter service. The team is expected to land in Fort Collins at 8:15 p.m. (MT). While in Fort Colors . Dark Blue, White and Tan Collins, the team will stay at the Holiday Inn. BYU will return to Provo immediately following Nickname . Cougars the game. Mascot . Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation . NCAA Division I-A BROADCAST PLANS Conference . Mountain West Thursday’s game will be broadcast live to a national television audience on ESPN2. Kickoff is Stadium . LaVell Edwards Stadium (65,000) scheduled for 8:05 p.m. (MT). For the third time this season, Jeff Hullinger will call the action, Surface . Natural Grass with former Cougars standout and NFLPro Bowler, Todd Christensen, lending expert analysis. President . Merrill J. Bateman Stacy Paetz will report from the sidelines. Fans can also tune to KSL 1160-AM with Greg Men’s AD . Val Hale Wrubell calling the action and Marc Lyons lending expert analysis. Bill Riley will report from the Ticket Office Phone . (801) 378-BYU1 sidelines. Homepage . www.byucougars.com All-Time Record . 445-342-26 (.563) THE RAMS CSU won its sixth game of the season, including its second straight, defeating Utah on Saturday, 28-20 ... Quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt scored twice and threw a touchdown pass against the Utes ... Running back Cecil Sapp, who scored on a five-yard touchdown run at Utah, has scored at least 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 1 one touchdown in 12 straight games, including all eight games this season ... The Rams are 5-1 all time in Thursday night games in Fort Collins, including a 5-0 mark under head coach Sunny M W C Lubick ... The Cougars are 0-1 against CSU in Fort Collins on Thursday nights and 2-1 overall ... F o o t b a l l The Rams have won their first two MWC games for the fourth time under Lubick. C h a m p i o n s www.byucougars.com/football BRIGHAM YOUNG F O O T B A L L BYU vs. COLORADO STATE BYU COACHING STAFF Thursday’s game will mark the 61st meeting between the two schools, dating back to the 1922 Head Coach . .Gary Crowton season. The Cougars own a slight 32-25-3 advantage over the Rams, including a 4-2 margin over At BYU . 15-6 (.714); 2nd Season head coach Sunny Lubick. Colorado State has posted a 15-13-3 record against BYU in Fort Career . 36-19 (.655) Collins, including a 45-21 victory in the Cougars’last visit to Hughes Stadium in 2000. BYU Asst. Head Coach (O-Line) . Lance Reynolds has not won a game in Fort Collins since the 1995 season. Offensive Coordinator (Receivers) . Mike Borich Defensive Coordinator (Linebackers) . .Ken Schmidt A LOOK BACK (BYU 56, CSU 34) Special Teams Coord. (Safeties) . Barry Lamb In a battle between two MWC heavy weights, BYU’s Luke Staley delivered one too many blows in leading the Cougars to a 56-34 victory over Colorado State in Provo on Nov. 1, 2001. BYU Recruiting Coord. (Running Backs) . Paul Tidwell jumped all over Colorado State in the first quarter, sprinting out to a 21-0 lead. But Colorado Quarterbacks . Robbie Bosco State refused to roll over. The Rams roared back to score 21 straight points to tie the game. BYU Tight Ends . Mike Empey added a touchdown and Colorado State countered with a field goal to give BYU a 28-24 lead at Cornerbacks . Brian Mitchell the half. Colorado State continued its momentum and scored first after the half to take the lead, Defensive Line . TomRamage but BYU’s defense buckled down when it had to. BYU only allowed a field goal the rest of the Strength and Conditioning . Jay Omer game. The defense also came up with big plays, including two interceptions in its own end zone. Graduate Assistant . Dustin Staley Jernaro Gilford intercepted a pass on Colorado State’s first possession, halting a long drive for Graduate Assistant . Kalani Sitake the Rams. Colorado State attacked BYU’s defense with its own one-two punch all night long. Running back Henri Childs rushed for 237 yards while quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt rushed 174 BYU SUPPORT STAFF yards and two touchdowns. The Rams finished the game with 440 yards rushing. But in the end, it was too much Staley and Doman. Staley finished the game with five touchdowns, 196 yards Director of Football Operations . Duane Busby rushing on 22 carries and three catches for 28 yards. Brandon "The Domanator" Doman per- Equipment Manager . Mick Hill fectly complemented Staley’s ground attack by rushing for a career-high 164 yards and throw- Head Trainer . George Curtis ing for another 284 yards. He rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another. Orthopedic Surgeon . Dr. Kirt Kimball Team Physician . Dr. Darrell Stacey NEXT WEEK Video Coordinator . Chad Bunn Following its fifth road game in six weeks, BYU will return home for a three game homestand, Football Administrative Asst. Shirley Johnson beginning on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Cougars will play host to San Diego Sate at Edwards Football Administrative Asst. Roselyn Daley Stadium. Game time has yet to be determined. Football Administrative Asst. Karilyn McMahan Director High School Relations . Chris Pella REBELS END COUGARS’ 10-GAME HOME WIN STREAK Academic Coach . E.J. Caffaro STATS UNLV BYU Media Relations Coord. Jeff Reynolds First Downs . .19 24 Special Events Director . Larry Duffin Rushes-Yds . .45-164 39-133 Ticket Manager . David Miles Passing Yds . .155 275 Director Photo Services . Mark Philbrick Passes Att-Comp-Int. .16-12-0 43-23-2 Business Manager . Mike King Total Offense . .319 408 Fumbles: Number-Lost . .3-3 4-2 2001 BYU RESULTS Penalties: Number-Yards . .2-13 10-84 Date Opponent Time/Result Punt Returns: Number-Yards . .1-2 1-11 Aug. 25 TULANE . W, 70-35 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards . .1-22 3-45 Interceptions: Number-Yards . .2-38 0-0 Sept. 1 NEVADA . W, 52-7 Punts-Avg . .5-37.2 3-43.7 Sept. 8 California . W, 44-16 Possession Time . .31:49 28:11 Sept. 29 UNLV* . W, 35-31 Sacks By: Number-Yards . .3-22 2-15 Oct. 5 UTAH STATE . W, 54-34 Third-Down Conversions . .6-13 4-17 Oct. 13 New Mexico* . W, 24-20 Fourth-Down Conversions . .0-0 2-7 Oct. 20 AIRFORCE* . W, 63-33 Red Zone Scores . .2-3 1-2 Oct. 27 San Diego State* . W, 59-21 Nov. 1 COLORADOST.* . W, 56-34 UNLV scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to pull away from BYU and record Nov. 10 Wyoming* . W, 41-34 only its second-ever victory over the Cougars, 24-3, on Saturday. The UNLV victory also Nov. 17 UTAH* . W, 24-21 ended a BYU 10-game home win streak, dating back to Oct. 26, 2000. The UNLV defense held firm all night, holding BYU to just three points on the night.