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Release No. 12 | Nov. 23, 2009

RAMS HOST BORDER WAR Game 12 CSU looks to spoil Wyoming’s bowl hopes on Senior Day This week’s notable storylines… CSU, reeling on an eight-game losing streak, looks to end the season on a positive note. The Rams do not want to leave the streak for next year’s team, so Friday is very important. Wyoming Colorado State The Rams, with their first win since Sept. 19 over a Nevada team receiving votes in the polls, would have solid bookend wins to finish 2009, in- COWBOYS RAMS cluding a 23-17 triumph over CU in Boulder Sept. 6. ’09 Record: 5-6, 3-4 MWC ’09 Record: 3-8, 0-7 MWC With a win, the Rams would have victories in the same year over their Ranking: — Ranking: — ‘09 on road: 2-3 ‘09 at home: 2-3 closest rivals — CU and Wyoming — for the first time since 2002. CSU Coach: Dave Christiansen Coach: Steve Fairchild also pulled off that feat in 1999 and 2000. Record at Wyo: 5-6 Record at CSU: 10-14 CSU, in the same position as Wyoming one year ago, can keep the Cow- boys from gaining bowl eligibility on its home field in the senior day reg- 2009 leaders 2009 leaders ular-season finale. The Rams’ win to close 2008 and vault them into the Rushing: A.Alexander Rushing: L.Mason New Mexico Bowl, was CSU’s last conference win. (114-474, 4.2 avg., 6 TD) (136-647, 4.8 avg., 2 TD) Friday marks the final college game for 15 CSU seniors, who will be hon- Passing: A.Carta-Samuels Passing: G.Stucker ored in a pregame ceremony. (161-274-4, 1615, 7 TD) (133-251-12, 1874, 12 TD) Receiving: D.Leonard Receiving: R.Greer Including the starts lost by Davis Burl and Cory Macon Saturday at UNM, (64-576, 9.0 avg., 1 TD) (41-688, 16.8 avg, 0 TD) key contributors have now combined to miss 38 starts, and 32 games. Plus, 27 of those starts, and 22 overall games, are on Inside... the defensive side of the ball. In the first half Saturday, QB Media Info ...... 2 The setting... This week’s game ...... 3 Grant Stucker left with a chest injury, and T Cole Pemberton MWC standings...... 6 Date: Friday, Nov. 27 departed after aggravating his sprained ankle. Last week’s game ...... 8 Kickoff: 12:06 p.m. MST CSU can win a third straight over Wyoming, something the Team notes...... 10 Location: Fort Collins, Colo. Rams haven’t done since a four-game streak from 1999-2002. Coaches in the press box ...... 10 Site: Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Individual notes...... 13 Opponent schedules/results ...... 15 Capacity: 32,500 CSU football media contacts Rosters...... 16 Series: Colorado State leads, 54-40-5 Director/Football SID — Zak Gilbert Depth chart...... 18 Telephone...... 970/491-5067 Pronunciation guide ...... 18 Statistics ...... 20 Broadcast information E-mail...... [email protected] The Last Time...... 22 Television — The Mtn. Student assistant — Stuart Buchanan CSU W-L record breakdown...... 22 DirecTV: Ch. 616 E-mail...... [email protected] Game-by-game/miscellaneous stats...... 23 DirecTV: Ch. 616-1 (HD) Student assistant — Nick Frank Updated bios/career stats...... 31 Game summaries ...... 49 Comcast Digital E-mail ...... [email protected] Cable: Ch. 411 2009 Schedule/Results Comcast HD: Ch. 664 (701 in Colorado Springs/Pueblo) Date Opponent Site Time/Final TV Series Notes DISH Network: Unavailable S 6 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. W, 23-17 FSN 20-59-2 CSU’s first Boulder win since 1986 Play-by-play: James Bates S 12 WEBER STATE Fort Collins, Colo. W, 24-23 (none) 3-0-0 G.Miller last-minute fumble recovery Color Analyst: Todd Christensen S 19 NEVADA Fort Collins, Colo. W, 35-20 (none) 9-1-0 Rams’ first 3-0 start since 1994 Sideline Reporters: Roger Bailey, Natalie Vickers S 26 at No. 19 BYU* Provo, Utah L, 42-23 The Mtn. 27-37-3 CSU outscored 21-0 in first quarter Producer: Jeff Graham O 3 at Idaho Moscow, Idaho L, 31-29 ESPNU 3-3-0 Rams can’t hold 20-7 lead Director: John Claybrook O 10 UTAH* Fort Collins, Colo. L, 24-17 The Mtn. 22-54-2 CSU three second-half INTs O 17 at No. 12 TCU* Fort Worth, Texas L, 44-6 VERSUS 1-6-0 CSU up 6-0 late in first half Colorado State Sports Network O 24 SAN DIEGO ST.* Fort Collins, Colo. L, 42-28 The Mtn. 13-16-0 Mosure 130 ru. yards; CSU up 21-7 at half Flagship station: KLZ, 560-AM, Denver O 31 AIR FORCE* Fort Collins, Colo. L, 34-16 The Mtn. 19-28-1 AFA owns longest strk. (4) over CSU since 80s Internet: CSURams.com/allaccess N 7 at UNLV* Las Vegas, Nev. L, 35-16 The Mtn. 12-5-1 CSU first-ever loss in city of Las Vegas Voice of the Rams: Jerry Schemmel N 21 at New Mexico* Albuquerque, N.M. L, 29-27 The Mtn. 32-25-0 UNM last-sec FG for 3rd time in 4 yrs Color Analyst: Kevin McGlue N 27 WYOMING* Fort Collins, Colo. Noon The Mtn. 54-40-5 Rams own five-gm. home winning strk. Engineer: Bob Greenfield All times mountain *—Mountain West Conference opponent; The Colorado State radio 2009 home events — Ag Day (Sept. 12), Ram Legends Weekend (Sept. 19), Homecoming & Family Weekend (Oct. broadcast begins with a 10), Band Day (Oct. 24), Hall of Fame Game (Oct. 31), Border War (Nov. 27). pregame show two hours prior to kickoff.

LiveStats: CSURams.com (GameTracker) Colorado State Football Media Policies, Information & Services Welcome…The Colorado State athletic media rela- CSURAMS.com Weekly Steve Fairchild shows tions office genuinely appreciates your coverage of The official Web site of Colorado State athletics is Television CSU football, and looks forward to each and every time CSURams.com, featuring the latest news, informa- The Steve Fairchild it can welcome you to Fort Collins. Members of the of- tion, statistics and rosters for all of the Rams’ 16 Show with the head fice, including director Zak Gilbert, assistant directors athletic programs. Rams fans worldwide can also coach of the Rams and Danny Mattie and Danielle Marshall, and several stu- listen to the live play-by-play coverage offered by host Susie Wargin airs dent assistants, are available to assist with your cov- the Colorado State Sports Network through the In- each Sunday at 11 erage. The office is happy to help you however it can. ternet site (CSURams.com/allaccess). p.m., beginning Sept. 13 and continuing through Please feel free to contact Zak Gilbert via phone Nov. 29 on 9NEWS-KUSA, Denver’s No. 1-rated sta- (970/491-5067) or e-mail ([email protected]) MWC Head Coaches Teleconference tion. The coach of the Rams and Wargin will review at any time with questions regarding the media policy. The Mountain West Conference football coaches par- previous game action and provide insight on the up- ticipate in a weekly media teleconference coming opponent each week. It re-airs on The Mtn. Interviews… on Tuesday mornings. The calls are sched- Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. MT, Fridays at 5:30 p.m. MT, All interviews with any member of the uled every Tuesday, from Sept. 1-Nov. 24. and additionally as available on a weekly basis. football program, including the coach- The call can be heard live via the MWC ing staff and student-athletes, must be Web site or by calling the MWC communi- Radio coordinated through the athletic media cations office (719/488-4051) for the call- The final Coors Light Steve Fairchild Coach’s Show relations office. in number. A replay of each teleconference airs Monday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m., offering insight and Head Coach Steve Fairchild is available either in-per- also will be made available on the MWC Web site. information on the Rams with the head coach, and son or by phone, by appointment through his as- Call schedule (MT) play-by-play announcer Jerry Schemmel. The show sistant, Linda Krier (970/491-7818). 10 a.m. Moderator opens call originates from The Stonehouse Grille, 125 S. Col- Telephone interviews with a coach or student-ath- 10:02 a.m. Kyle Whittingham — Utah lege in Fort Collins. Fans can attend the show live or lete should be arranged at least 24 hours in advance 10:12 a.m. Brady Hoke — San Diego State call in with questions by dialing 1-866/888-5449, or of the requested session, through the athletic media 10:22 a.m. Troy Calhoun — Air Force e-mail them from CSURams.com. The show airs live relations office. 10:22 a.m. Chuck Long — San Diego State on the Colorado State Sports Network. Phone calls (cell, office or home) to any coach or 10:32 a.m. Mike Sanford — UNLV student-athlete are strictly prohibited, unless previ- 10:42 a.m. Gary Patterson – TCU ously arranged through the athletic media relations 10:52 a.m. Bronco Mendenhall — BYU CSU media availability... office. Media should contact the athletic media rela- 11:02 a.m. Steve Fairchild — Colorado State tions office, rather than the individual coaches 11:12 a.m. Mike Locksley — New Mexico Monday, Nov. 23 and/or student-athletes, when needing personal 11:22 a.m. Dave Christiansen — Wyoming 12:30 p.m. Steve Fairchild weekly press conference, Hall contact information, such as phone numbers or e- of Fame Room (south concourse, mail addresses. Weekly football highlights Moby Arena); Coordinators Larry TV stations across the country can access football Kerr (defense) and Larry Lewis (spe- Postgame… highlights through DragonFly Athletics, a leading cial teams) available after practice 1:30 p.m. Practice, Moby fields (videography only All players and coaches must report immediately to provider of video highlights and content. The Web- allowed through stretching) 2 the locker room before conducting interviews of any based platform provides extensive highlights of MWC Post-practice Fairchild unavailable; assistant coaches kind. Colorado State does not allow on-field inter- football that can be downloaded at anytime through- and players available upon request views in the minutes following the final gun. out the 2009 season. Instructions: 6 p.m. Final Coors Light Steve Fairchild Coach’s Head Coach Steve Fairchild will meet the media, fol- Establish a DragonFly Athletics account at Show, Stonehouse Grille lowing his radio interview, in a designated area. www.dragonflyathletics.com. You will be prompted When Fairchild is finished taking questions, CSU to login. Tuesday, Nov. 24 players and assistants will be made available to Click on the “REGISTER” link. 11 a.m. Fairchild available on Mountain West media upon request. The locker room is closed. An e-mail will be sent to you at the e-mail address coaches teleconference (contact entered to verify your account. MWC office for dial-in information) Injuries… Once your account is verified, you may log in at the 1:30 p.m. Practice, Moby fields (videography only At all times throughout the calendar year, including link below and begin downloading highlights. allowed through stretching) spring practice, Head Coach Steve Fairchild will You will now see a list of all video by school Post-practice Fairchild unavailable; assistant coaches serve as the sole source for injury information. All throughout the conference. and players available upon request questions related to injuries should be directed to All entities downloading highlights must follow the Fairchild. Athletic training staff members will refer MWC television policies or access to the Web site Wednesday, Nov. 25 injury questions to Fairchild. will be revoked. If you have technical questions, Practice closed If Fairchild is unavailable, contact the athletic media please contact Javan Hedlund at 719/488-4051. Post-practice (approx. 10:15 a.m.) relations office. Fairchild, assistant coaches available Indoor practice facility upon request (players unavailable) Photography/videography… Due to space limitations and to ensure players have the Thursday, Nov. 26 Video cameras are permitted to shoot B-roll of prac- full focus of their coaches, all practices inside the new No availability tice as early as the first players arrive (usually 20-30 indoor practice facility will be closed to the media and minutes prior to the start), but are asked to stop public. filming once the team’s stretching period, usually The facility will open to reporters immediately fol- Friday, Nov. 27 very early in practice, concludes. 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Collegepressbox.com is the official media Web site for Mountain West Conference football. Access and down- load weekly game notes, statistics, media guides and more for the conference and each of its nine member schools, as well as several other major conferences, throughout the calendar year. The MWC office will distrib- ute login information to accredited media; media can also apply for a password by e-mailing password@collegepressbox.com. COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING This week’s game — Wyoming The Bronze Boot (courtesy John Hirn): Since 1968, the Bronze Boot has become possibly the most famous piece of footwear in And in the opposite corner... college football history. This US Army combat boot, gilded in bronze, is the traveling trophy that is exchanged between RAMS vs. COWBOYS the University of Wyoming and Colorado State All-time, overall: 54-40-5 University for the winning football team. Game Notes All-time, in Fort Collins: 30-19-1 In the 41 years the boot has been exchanged, All-time, in Laramie: 24-21-4 CSU has won 21 games, while Wyoming has won 20 games, making the Border War the most balanced rivalry in First official meeting: 1900; terms of wins and losses over the period since the boot was first intro- in Fort Collins; CSU won 16-0 duced. Last meeting, overall: Nov. 22, 2008, in Laramie; CSU won, 31-20 Few fans of both schools realize the history behind this famous boot be- Last meeting, Fort Collins: Nov. 23, 2007; CSU won, 36-28 fore it became the trophy both schools live for each and every football season. It started as a United States issued Army combat boot to Cap- Series streaks: The Rams have a two-game winning streak against tain Dan Romero. Romero, a native of Colorado and 1955 graduate from the Cowboys heading into Friday’s game. Pueblo Central High School attended Pueblo Junior College for two years before he graduated from Adams State College. While at Adams State, COACHES CAPSULES Dan Romero met his wife and he played varsity basketball and baseball. CSU — Steve Fairchild: 10-14,.417, second year overall as head coach As the war in Vietnam heated up and a draft was immanent, Romero UW — Dave Christensen : 5-6, .455; first year overall as head coach joined the Army before he was drafted. He then attended Officer Candi- Head-to-head: (first meeting) date School (OCS) where he received his commission to become an officer. Romero was then sent to Vietnam for a tour of duty and in the Dave Christensen — The Wyoming football program gained a dynamic spring of 1968 he returned to the United States where he was assigned and innovative new leader on Dec. 1, 2008, as University of Wyoming to the Colorado State University ROTC Military Science Department as Athletics Director Tom Burman announced that Dave Christensen, as- an assistant professor. Since he was at CSU as an assistant professor, sistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Missouri since 2001, Romero enrolled as a graduate student as expected when officers are had been selected as the new head coach of the Cowboys. He becomes assigned to ROTC duty. the 31st coach in Wyoming Football history. Christensen was named the 2007 National Offensive Coordinator of the Year by Rivals.com and Senior Day: Friday’s game marks the final college contest for 15 of was also runner-up for the 2007 Frank Broyles Award, which honors the CSU’s seniors, four of whom are team captains. Each of the Rams’ seniors top assistant coach in the nation each season. He helped lead the Mis- will be recognized and honored prior to kickoff Friday. souri Tigers to the Big 12 championship game in both the 2007 and SS Klint Kubiak, who was having a phenomenal season when a pectoral 2008 seasons as champions of the Big 12 North. injury premarturely ended his college career following the Utah game 3 (Oct. 10), will be honored with his senior teammates. CONNECTIONS Of CSU’s remaining 14 seniors, nine are starters, while the remaining CSU strength and conditioning coach Greg Scanlan was an all-confer- six should play, either as a reserve or on special teams ence selection as a team captain at Wyoming, where he played from The Rams’ 2009 senior class (*—team captain): 1990-93 and won the Cowboys’ strength and conditioning Athlete of the WR Ryan Gardner Year. Scanlan followed up his playing career at Wyoming as a student CB Nick Oppenneer* assistant strength and condition coach from 1993-94…CSU freshman RB/KR Alex Square linebacker Chris Gipson and Wyoming’s Marcell and Tashaun Gipson QB Grant Stucker are cousins…Wyoming assistant head coach Dan Hammerschmidt is TE Norman Gee a former CSU player and also coached with the Rams from 1996-2007 SS Klint Kubiak under Sonny Lubick. During his tenure at CSU, Hammerschmidt helped SS Josh Gabler the Rams to eight different bowl season…Wyoming Director of Foot- WR Dion Morton ball operations Jason Petrino used to coach CSU cornerback Nick Op- T Cole Pemberton penneer at the University of Mary in 2005. Petrino served as the G Scott Benedict defensive coordinator from 2005-07 and saw Oppenneer come through C Tim Walter the program in 05…Wyoming center Russ Arnold is from Westmin- G Adrian Martinez ster, Colo., where he played high school ball at Northglen High DT James Morehead School…UW linebacker Matt Barella is from Centennial, Colo., where G Shelley Smith he attended Arapahoe High School…wide receiver Greg Bolling is from WR Rashaun Greer Aurora, Colo., where he played high school ball at Gateway…UW de- DE Sam Stewart fensive tackle John Fletcher attended Ralston Valley High School in Erie, Colo. …UW linebacker Brian Hendricks attended Burlington High Regular-season finales: The Rams have won three of their last School in Burlington, Colo. …UW linebacker Weston Johnson is from four regular-season finales, defeating Wyoming in 2007 and 2008, and top- Wray, Colo. where he attended Wray High School…UW offensive line- ping UNLV in 2005. Their only loss in that stretch was at San Diego State man Zach Kennedy is from Colorado Springs, Colo. where he attended in 2006. Pine Creek High School…UW Gabe Knapton attended Skyline High In home finales, the Rams have won two in a row, over Wyoming in 2007 School in Mead Colo. …UW OL Ryan Otterson is from Brighton, Colo. and New Mexico in 2008. where he attended Thornton High School…UW senior defensive lineman Mitch Unrein attended Eaton High School in Eaton, Colo. Officially meeting No. 100 this week: CSU and Wyoming share the longest continuous rivalry west of the Mississippi, with an unof- NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES VS. WYO ficial 101st Border War meeting on tap this week. The teams’ first meeting In 2008 WR Dion Morton caught six passes for 160 yards and three in 1899 was a CSU forfeit win, making this week officially the 100th meet- TDs. ing. The NCAA does not recognize forfeits in all-time won-loss records. LB Mychal Sisson recorded 14 tackles against the Cowboys in 2008.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING THIS WEEK’S GAME continued Recent history: CSU owns a five-game home winning streak against Wyoming, and has not lost in Fort Collins to the Cowboys since Nov. 7, Team 1998. comparisons... It’s not only football, it’s blood: The age-old gridiron rivalry between Colorado State and Wyoming has an added incentive again this season, and fans now are part of the game. Colorado State Wyoming Before supporters of the two schools converge Friday, those fans 2009 RANKINGS Avg NCAA MWC Avg NCAA MWC squared off in another arena — donating blood, last Friday. Rushing Offense ...... 142.18 64 5 130.91 82 6 Passing Offense ...... 208.55 70 7 173.73 103 8 The third annual `Border War Blood Drive' was last week and the winner, Total Offense ...... 350.73 79 5 304.64 109 9 like the winner of the football game, receives a traveling trophy. Fans Scoring Offense ...... 22.18 92 7 16.91 T-111 8 who donate the most blood will win for their school the Bronze Heart, Rushing Defense ...... 157.18 75 5 170.82 89 8 which drive organizers will present at the game. CSU won last year. Pass Efficiency Defense . . .142.16 103 7 131.05 71 6 Colorado State is working with the Garth Englund Blood Donation Cen- Total Defense ...... 401.82 92 7 399.55 87 6 ter, part of the Poudre Valley Health System, to encourage fans to help Scoring Defense ...... 31.00 97 7 28.27 84 5 save lives by unselfishly donating blood. Net Punting ...... 32.83 111 9 38.41 13 3 Punt Returns ...... 8.91 59 4 11.27 36 3 Donors received a free T-shirt. Kickoff Returns ...... 23.22 36 2 22.03 58 5 Turnover Margin ...... 0.18 53 4 0.55 28 2 Fairchild against the Cowboys: Steve Fairchild owns an 8-3 Pass Defense ...... 244.64 98 8 228.73 77 7 record against Wyoming as a member of the CSU football program: Passing Efficiency ...... 127.63 66 4 103.64 114 9 Sacks ...... 1.82 66 6 1.45 93 8 As quarterback (1-1): Tackles For Loss ...... 4.55 T-104 7 5.09 85 5 ...... Oct. 28 ...1978 ...... L Fort Collins Sacks Allowed ...... 1.55 T-44 6 2.82 105 8 ...... Nov. 1.....1980 ...... W Fort Collins 2009 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS & RANKINGS Rushing ...... Avg/Gm NCAA Conf As CSU coach (7-2): CSU: Leonard Mason ...... 71.89 64 3 ...... Nov. 20...1993 ...... W Laramie WYO: Alvester Alexander ...... 43.09 - 14 ...... Nov. 5.....1994 ...... W Fort Collins Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) ...... Oct. 28 ...1995 ...... W Laramie CSU: Grant Stucker ...... 121.92 76 6 ...... Nov. 16...1996 ...... L Fort Collins WYO: Austyn Carta-Samuels ...... 113.78 94 7 ...... Oct. 18 ...1997 ...... W Laramie Total Offense ...... Nov. 7.....1998 ...... L Fort Collins CSU: Grant Stucker ...... 171.18 89 7 ...... Oct. 23 ...1999 ...... W Laramie WYO: Austyn Carta-Samuels ...... 170.55 90 8 Receptions Per Game ...... Nov. 16...2000 ...... W Fort Collins 4 CSU: Rashaun Greer ...... 3.73 - 8 ...... Nov. 22,..2008 ...... W Laramie WYO: David Leonard ...... 5.82 T-31 3 Receiving Yards Per Game ...... Senior Day success: Whether playing on their own senior day or on CSU: Rashaun Greer ...... 62.55 71 5 the road in their opponent’s final regular-season home game, the Rams WYO: David Leonard ...... 52.36 - 7 have played well in such contests. Interceptions ...... Since Sonny Lubick became head coach in 1993, the Rams are 20-7 in CSU: Nick Oppenneer ...... 0.36 T-32 2 WYO: Weston Johnson ...... 0.27 T-72 T-6 combined home and road senior days. Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) ...... CSU is 2-1 under Head Coach Steve Fairchild on senior days, sweeping CSU: Pete Kontokiakos ...... 41.13 58 7 them last year, including a win at Wyoming in the Nov. 22 regular-sea- WYO: Austin McCoy ...... 43.53 21 2 son finale. Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) ...... In Fort Collins, the Rams have won two in a row, a Nov. 15, 2008, tri- CSU: No qualifiers ...... - - - umph over New Mexico and a Nov. 23, 2007, victory over the Cowboys. WYO: David Leonard ...... 10.64 23 2 Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) ...... 1993 2001 CSU: Dion Morton ...... 24.47 55 4 Oct. 30 New Mexico W 21-20 Nov. 8 Air Force W 28-21 WYO: Marcell Gipson ...... 22.72 84 6 Nov. 20 @ Wyoming W 41-20 2002 Field Goals ...... 1994 Nov. 30 UNLV L 36-33 CSU: Ben DeLine ...... 1.00 T-63 5 Nov. 12 Arkansas State W 48-3 2003 WYO: Austin McCoy ...... 0.36 - 9 Nov. 19 @ Fresno State W 44-42 Nov. 15 SDSU W 21-6 Scoring ...... 1995 Nov. 22 @ UNLV W 24-23 CSU: Ben DeLine ...... 5.27 - 9 Nov. 11 Hawaii W 22-0 2004 WYO: Alvester Alexander ...... 3.27 - T-24 Nov. 25 @ SDSU W 24-13 Nov. 13 UNLV W 45-10 All-Purpose Runners ...... 1996 Nov. 20 @ Air Force L 47-17 CSU: Dion Morton ...... 120.09 62 2 Nov. 16 #23 Wyoming L 25-24 2005 WYO: David Leonard ...... 68.18 - 18 1997 Nov. 12 SDSU L 30-10 Sacks ...... Nov. 8 Fresno State W 41-3 Nov. 19 @UNLV W 31-27 CSU: Mychal Sisson ...... 0.36 - 11 Nov. 22 @ SDSU W 38-17 2006 WYO: John Fletcher ...... 0.64 T-41 3 1998 Nov. 25 TCU L 45-14 Tackles ...... Nov. 7 Wyoming L 27-19 2007 CSU: Mychal Sisson ...... 7.55 - 10 Nov. 14 @ SMU W 32-10 Nov. 23 Wyoming W 36-28 WYO: Brian Hendricks ...... 11.22 6 2 1999 2008 Tackles For Loss ...... Nov. 18 Air Force W 41-21 Nov. 15 New Mexico W 20-6 CSU: Mychal Sisson ...... 1.23 T-28 T-3 Nov. 27 @ UNLV W 35-17 Nov. 22 @Wyoming W 31-20 WYO: John Fletcher ...... 1.14 T-45 5 2000 2009 Nov. 16 Wyoming W 37-13 Nov. 21 @ New Mexico L 29-27

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING THIS WEEK’S GAME continued Wyoming’s last trip to Fort Collins (Nov. 23, 2007): Col- This month in CSU football history orado State's Michael Myers came off the bench to score the go-ahead touchdown on an 18-yard carry on Friday as the Rams beat Wyoming 36- By John Hirn 28. Aggies to Rams: The History of Football at Colorado State University Myers, subbing for the injured Gartrell Johnson, carried for 40 yards on the drive and gave Colorado State a victory in the annual Border War. Nov. 2, 1974 – (35 years ago) The CSU Rams beat the University of Myers finished with 44 yards. Johnson ran for 103 yards and two touch- Wyoming for the first time since 1966. It marks the first time the downs and had one touchdown reception before leaving late in the third Rams capture the Bronze Boot, which was established as a traveling quarter with an ankle injury. trophy in 1968. Colorado State's Caleb Hanie completed 16 of 22 passes for 245 yards Nov. 6, 1954 – (55 years ago) Quarterback Gary Glick single-hand- and two touchdowns. edly drives the Colorado A&M Aggie-Rams to two touchdowns to The Cowboys (5-7, 2-6) ended the season with a four-game losing beat the University of Utah at Colorado Field. Glick is awarded the streak. “Back of the Week” by the national media, the first such award for Wyoming's Karsten Sween completed 20 of 33 passes for 204 yards, any program player. and Devin Moore ran for 76 yards and a touchdown. Wynel Seldon added Nov. 18, 1967 – The CSU Rams beat Emporia State 77-0 in the sec- 21 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. ond to last game played at Colorado Field. It is still the largest mar- The Rams drove to the Wyoming 9 on their first possession but had to gin of victory in CSU football history. settle for a 29-yard field goal by Jason Smith with 11:43 left. Nov. 19, 1994 – (15 years ago) The 10th-ranked CSU Rams come The Cowboys used a gimmick play to set up their first score. Greg Bolling from behind in Fresno to beat the Bulldogs and finish the regular took a lateral from Sween and then passed to a wide-open Hoost Marsh, season at 10-1. The Rams’ No. 10 ranking remains the highest any who took the ball to the Wyoming 9. Two plays later, Moore ran it into CSU team has been ranked in the national polls. National polls/Nov. 22 Nov. 23, 1985 – The Rams travel to Miami, Fla., to play the No. 4 Associated Press USA Today Coaches Hurricanes. It marks the highest-ranked foe any CSU team had Rk Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts Rk Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts 1 Florida (36) ...... 11-0 1463 1 Florida (47) 11-0 1459 played until the Rams faced No. 1 USC in 2004. 2 Alabama (13) ...... 11-0 1428 2 Texas (4) ...... 11-0 1398 Nov. 24, 1934 – (75 years ago) The Aggies beat Colorado College to 3 Texas (11) ...... 11-0 1425 3 Alabama (8) ...... 11-0 1388 4 TCU ...... 11-0 1309 4 TCU ...... 11-0 1279 force a three-way tie for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 5 Cincinnati ...... 10-0 1245 5 Cincinnati ...... 10-0 1224 championship. The Aggies share the championship with Northern 6 Boise State ...... 11-0 1218 6 Boise State ...... 11-0 1181 7 Georgia Tech ...... 10-1 1138 7 Georgia Tech ...... 10-1 1125 Colorado and the University of Colorado, the only time three Col- 8 Pittsburgh ...... 9-1 1041 8 Ohio State ...... 10-2 1031 orado schools have tied for a championship. 9 Ohio State ...... 10-2 1016 9 Pittsburgh ...... 9-1 1021 10 Oregon ...... 9-2 983 10 Oregon ...... 9-2 941 Nov. 26, 1925 – The 1925 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 11 Oklahoma State ...... 9-2 793 11 Penn State ...... 10-2 843 champion Colorado Aggies beat the University of Wyoming for the 12 Penn State ...... 10-2 773 12 Oklahoma State ...... 9-2 815 13 Iowa ...... 10-2 766 13 Iowa ...... 10-2 714 ninth win of the season and 10th win in a row dating back to 1924. 14 Virginia Tech ...... 8-3 675 14 Virginia Tech ...... 8-3 656 Nov. 28, 1946 – The legendary Harry Hughes coaches his final col- 15 Clemson ...... 8-3 609 15 Brigham Young ...... 9-2 510 lege football game in a loss to the University of Colorado. Hughes 16 Oregon State ...... 8-3 541 16 Clemson ...... 8-3 467 5 17 LSU ...... 8-3 409 17 LSU ...... 8-3 463 had returned to the sidelines, replacing Julius “Hans” Wagner in Oc- 18 Brigham Young ...... 9-2 399 18 Oregon State ...... 8-3 450 19 Miami (FL) ...... 8-3 347 19 Utah ...... 9-2 318 tober, but did not win any of the four games he coached in 1946. 20 Mississippi ...... 8-3 333 20 Houston ...... 9-2 305 21 California ...... 8-3 263 21 Miami (FL) ...... 8-3 266 22 Utah ...... 9-2 249 22 USC ...... 7-3 261 Did you know? 23 North Carolina ...... 8-3 237 23 Nebraska ...... 8-3 191 This year marks the unofficial 100th anniversary of when the school 24 USC ...... 7-3 225 24 North Carolina ...... 8-3 167 25 Houston ...... 9-2 199 25 Mississippi ...... 8-3 165 colors became green and gold. Although no official announcement has Dropped from rankings: Stanford 14, Wisconsin 17, Dropped from rankings: Wisconsin 14, Stanford 17 been found in records, school yearbooks and newspapers began to Rutgers 25 Others receiving votes: California 149, Wisconsin 123, refer to the school’s colors as green and gold around the time Dr. Others receiving votes: Stanford 169, Nebraska 126, Stanford 58, Navy 50, West Virginia 30, CENTRL Charles A. Lory took over as college president in 1909. From 1893- Wisconsin 40, Temple 32, Navy 24, Texas Tech 11, MICHIGAN 27, Arkansas 17, Temple 17, Arizona 15, West Virginia 3, Northwestern 3, Nevada 2, Auburn 2, Northwestern 13, Texas Tech 12, Nevada 12, Auburn 1909 the official school colors were green and orange. Kentucky 2, Arizona 1, CENTRL MICHIGAN 1 9, TROY 2, South Florida 1, Kentucky 1, Missouri 1

Harris Interactive From Aggies to Rams: 2009 CSU opponents in bold Rk Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts This season also marks the 50th anniversary of when Colorado State 1 Florida (78) ...... 11-0 2793 BCS STANDINGS 2 Texas (18) ...... 11-0 2711 University officially accepted “Rams” as the school’s mascot/nickname. 3 Alabama (15) ...... 11-0 2688 Rk Team W-L Although the Ram was adopted by students in 1945 as their mascot 4 TCU (3) ...... 11-0 2487 1 Florida ...... 11-0 5 Cincinnati ...... 10-0 2358 (an actual Ram first appeared at a basketball game in 1946), the school 2 Alabama ...... 11-0 6 Boise State ...... 11-0 2307 3 Texas ...... 11-0 did not officially recognize it until 1959. The term “Aggies” continued 7 Georgia Tech ...... 10-1 2178 4 TCU ...... 11-0 8 Ohio State ...... 10-2 1989 to be accepted by the school until 1966, when the more popular 5 Cincinnati ...... 10-0 9 Pittsburgh ...... 9-1 1907 6 Boise State ...... 11-0 “Rams” completely took over. 10 Oregon ...... 9-2 1822 7 Georgia Tech ...... 10-1 11 Penn State ...... 10-2 1613 8 Oregon ...... 9-2 12 Oklahoma State ...... 9-2 1561 9 Pittsburgh ...... 9-1 13 Iowa ...... 10-2 1423 10 Ohio State ...... 10-2 14 Virginia Tech ...... 8-3 1196 Aggies to Rams, the first definitive publication on the 11 Iowa ...... 10-2 15 Brigham Young ...... 9-2 972 12 Oklahoma State ...... 9-2 rich history of football at Colorado State University, is hot 16 LSU ...... 8-3 915 13 Penn State ...... 10-2 17 Clemson ...... 8-3 891 off the presses and now in the CSU and Rams bookstores. 14 Virginia Tech ...... 8-3 18 Oregon State ...... 8-3 789 15 LSU ...... 8-3 The book, which contains countless pictures, stories and 19 Utah ...... 9-2 770 16 Oregon State ...... 8-3 20 Houston ...... 9-2 631 information spanning every era of CSU football history, 17 Miami (FL) ...... 8-3 21 Miami (FL) ...... 8-3 606 18 Clemson ...... 8-3 is the life’s passion of author John Hirn. A CSU gradu- 22 USC ...... 7-3 598 19 Brigham Young ...... 9-2 23 California ...... 8-3 396 ate, Hirn is unselfishly donating 80 percent of net profits 20 USC ...... 7-3 24 Nebraska ...... 8-3 314 21 Utah ...... 9-2 to the university’s Athletic General Scholarship Fund, so 25 Mississippi ...... 8-3 285 22 California ...... 8-3 Others receiving votes: North Carolina 199, Wisconsin readers can help future Rams continue the tradition of 23 Houston ...... 9-2 193, Stanford 170, Navy 64, West Virginia 57, Temple 24 North Carolina ...... 8-3 excellence at Colorado State. 48, Central Michigan 30, Arizona 27, Northwestern 20, 25 Mississippi ...... 8-3 South Florida 18, Nevada 9, Texas Tech 7, Oklahoma Head Coach Steve Fairchild wrote the foreword this 5, Tennessee 3. past spring.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING THIS WEEK’S GAME continued the end zone from the 1 and the Cowboys had a 7-3 lead. After Hanie threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Johnson on the first play of the second quarter, CSU QuickFacts the Cowboys answered with an 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive and retook the lead 14-10. The Rams took over at midfield when Billy Vinnedge's punt rolled dead at the Wyoming 49. Six Colorado State University Location ...... Fort Collins, Colo. 80523 plays later, Luke Roberts reached over Wyoming free safety Quincy Rogers to grab Hanie's 29- Enrollment ...... 25,413 yard toss in the end zone. With the PAT, Colorado State led 17-14. Nickname, Colors ...... Rams, Forest Green & Gold The Rams led 27-14 after Smith kicked a field goal and Johnson rushed for a touchdown. But Stadium ...... Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Capacity ...... 32,500 Wyoming reclaimed the lead when Moore ran a kickoff off back 98 yards for a touchdown and Conference ...... Mountain West Sheldon scored another TD on a 2-yard run. President ...... Dr. Anthony A. Frank Myers gave Colorado State the lead back for good with his 18-yard score. A 2-point conversion Director of Athletics ...... Paul Kowalczyk attempt failed and the Rams led 33-28. Head Coach ...... Steve Fairchild Career Record ...... 10-12, second season Wyoming was driving when Sween coughed up the ball on a John Clark hit with 5:01 left. Jesse Office Phone ...... 970/491-6131 Nading recovered for the Rams at midfield. Offensive Formation ...... Multiple Smith sealed the game with a 39-yard field goal with 2:14 left. Defensive Formation ...... 4-3 2008 Record/MWC ...... 7-6/4-4 (5th) 2008 Total Lettermen ...... 65 Short week: The Rams’ current senior class, those players who were true freshmen in 2005, 2009 Lettermen Returning/Lost ...... 44/21 are used to short weeks, something CSU is en- 2009 Starters Returning (O/D) ...... 12 (7/5) during as it prepares for Wyoming. What to look for…Two CSU players are 2008 Starters Lost (O/D) ...... 11 (4/7) And the senior class actually has had several approaching notable milestones in the school Athletic Media Relations such weeks in its recent past, including as re- record books, and could make a move this Director/Football Contact ...... Zak Gilbert cently as a Sept. 12 win vs. Weber State, and week or this season. Office phone ...... 970/491-5067 E-mail ...... [email protected] last year, a win vs. Sacramento State, and Nov. FAX ...... 970/491-1348 17-23, 2007, when the Rams won their 2007 fi- WR Dion Morton on the CSU receiving list: Press Box Phone ...... 970/491-8100, 8111 nale in the Border War against Wyoming. The Needs two TDs to tie No. 7 Greg Primus Web site ...... CSURams.com Rams’ seniors are 4-1 on short weeks (2005- (17, 1989-92) and Mark R. Bell (17, 1975- General Information 09). CSU as a program has won five of its last 78). Morton, who tied the single-season First Year of Football ...... 1893 six. record with 10 last year, enters the week All-Time Record ...... 472-518-33 (.478) with 15 career TD catches. Home ...... 237-182-11 (.564) Away ...... 222-322-22 (.412) Injury city: CSU injuries and illness have com- Needs 236 receiving yards to crack the ca- Hughes Stadium ...... 119-95-2 (.556) bined to prevent 38 starts this season. And among reer top 13, and pass Chris Pittman (1,720; Conference Championships ...... 15 13 key contributors, health ailments have claimed 2000-03). Morton enters the week with Last Championship ...... 2002, Mountain West 32 combined games. 1,485 career yards. Bowl Appearances ...... 12 (5-7) First Appearance ...... Jan. 1, 1949 Eric Peitz, CSU’s starting tight end, is the latest Bowl ...... Raisin Bowl (Fresno, Calif.) to go down. He left the Oct. 31 contest against Career receiving touchdowns, CSU Result ...... Occidental 21, Colorado A&M 20 6 Air Force in the second quarter, and did not re- Player TD Years Last Appearance ...... 2008 Jeff Champine ...... 21 1980-83 Bowl ...... New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, N.M.) turn with a shoulder injury. He will miss the bal- David Anderson ...... 20 2002-05 Result ...... Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 ance of the season. Kory Sperry ...... 20 2004-08 But injuries have hit the defensive side of the Paul Turner ...... 19 1993-97 Coaching & Support Staff Willie Miller ...... 18 1972-74 ball hardest. Gone for at least the remainder of Larry Kerr ...... Assistant Head Coach/ Mark R. Bell ...... 17 1975-78 Defensive Coordinator & LBs the regular season are two starters, Klint Kubiak Greg Primus ...... 17 1989-92 Scott Brown ...... Defensive Line and Michael Kawulok. Dion Morton ...... 15 2006-09 Tim Duffie ...... Cornerbacks Pete Rebstock ...... 13 1998-01 Anthoney Hill ...... Running Backs Frank Rice ...... 13 1997-00 Larry Lewis ...... Special Teams Coordinator J.D. Brookhart ...... 13 1985-87 & Safeties Coach Damon Morton ...... 12 2004-07 Marc Lubick ...... Tight Ends Pat Meyer ...... Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line WR Rashaun Greer on the CSU receiving list: Greg Peterson ...... Recruiting Coordinator Daren Wilkinson ...... Quarterbacks/ Needs 47 receiving yards to crack the ca- Assistant Recruiting Coordinator reer top 10, and pass Dallas Davis (1,848; Tom Ehlers ...... Director of Football Operations 1997-2001). Greer enters the week with Jason Gallimore ...... Graduate Assistant/Defense 1,802 career yards. Darrell Ballard ...... Graduate Assistant/Offense Marcie Johnston ...... Admin. Asst. Linda Krier ...... Admin. Asst. Greg Scanlan . . . . .Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Terry DeZeeuw ...... Head Athletic Trainer Kris Young ...... Equipment Manager Jeff Dotson ...... Video Coordinator Mel Sanders ...... Director of Academic Services

2009 Mountain West Conference Standings

Conference ...... Overall ...... Team MWC PF PA Hm Rd Pct W-L PF PA Hm Rd Nu Pct Streak TCU 7-0 298 80 3-0 4-0 1.000 11-0 437 139 5-0 6-0 0-0 1.000 Won 13 BYU 6-1 260 150 2-1 4-0 .857 9-2 391 237 3-2 5-0 1-0 .818 Won 3 Utah 6-1 215 134 4-0 2-1.857 9-2 328 210 6-0 3-2 0-0 .818 Won 1 Air Force 5-3 206 141 3-1 2-2 .625 7-5 339 184 5-1 2-4 0-0 .583 Lost 1 Wyoming 3-4 117 196 2-2 1-2.429 5-6 186 311 3-3 2-30-0 .455 Lost 1 San Diego State 2-5 153 235 1-3 1-2 .286 4-7 256 338 3-3 1-4 0-0 .364 Lost 3 UNLV 2-5 149 243 1-2 1-3 .286 4-7 270 365 3-3 1-4 0-0 .364 Lost 1 New Mexico 1-6 125 227 1-3 0-3 .143 1-10 186 380 1-5 0-5 0-0 .091 Won 1 Colorado State 0-7 133 250 0-3 0-4 .000 3-8 244 341 2-3 1-5 0-0 .273 Lost 8

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING CSU rallies to defeat Wyoming, 31-20 LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Billy Farris threw three touchdown passes to Dion Morton as Col- orado State came from behind to beat Wyoming 31-20 on Saturday and secure bowl eligibility. Colorado State (6-6, 4-4 Mountain West) started slow but relied on big plays and Wyoming turnovers to make head coach Steve Fairchild the win- ningest first-year coach in Rams' history. Farris was 15-of-25 with one interception and touchdown Last Meeting passes of 31, 43 and 51 yards to Morton, who finished with six catches for 160 yards. COLORADO STATE ...... 31 Senior running back Wynel Seldon led the Cowboy rushing attack with 107 yards on 19 carries. Quarterback Chris Stutzriem was 20-of-37 for 89 yards with no interceptions. WYOMING ...... 20 Wyoming (4-8, 1-7) continued to be hampered by turnovers, losing three fumbles at key points in the game. Game 12; Sat, Nov. 22, 2008; War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyo.; Time: 3:21; Attendance: 18,569 Colorado State ...... 0 10 7 14 31 Wyoming ...... 7 7 6 0 20

1st 07:51 WY SUNDBERG, Chris 19 yd pass from SELDON, Wynel (LANDESS, Nick kick) 6 plays, 84 yards, TOP 2:14 0 - 7 2nd 13:28 CS Smith, Jason 23 yd field goal 11 plays, 70 yards, TOP 4:49 3 - 7 03:04 WY DOBBS, Ward 24 yd interception return (LANDESS, Nick kick) 3 - 14 00:10 CS Morton, Dion 51 yd pass from Farris, Billy (Smith, Jason kick) 4 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:36 10 - 14 3rd 11:07 CS Morton, Dion 43 yd pass from Farris, Billy (Smith, Jason kick) 3 plays, 46 yards, TOP 1:24 17 - 14 03:02 WY LANDESS, Nick 44 yd field goal 20 plays, 52 yards, TOP 8:05 17 - 17 00:36 WY LANDESS, Nick 34 yd field goal 6 plays, 17 yards, TOP 2:13 17 - 20 4th 11:09 CS Morton, Dion 31 yd pass from Farris, Billy (Smith, Jason kick) 11 plays, 74 yards, TOP 4:27 24 - 20 02:42 CS JOHNSON, Gartrell 5 yd run (Smith, Jason kick) 11 plays, 56 yards, TOP 6:21 31 - 20 TEAM TOTALS CS WY COLORADO STATE WYOMING FIRST DOWNS ...... 17 25 RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing ...... 8 12 JOHNSON, Gartrell ...... 23 135 1 25 5.9 SELDON, Wynel ...... 19 107 0 20 5.6 7 Passing ...... 9 11 Bell, Kyle ...... 4 28 0 10 7.0 MOORE, Devin ...... 19 78 0 20 4.1 Penalty ...... 0 2 Mosure, John ...... 3 22 0 9 7.3 STEWART, B...... 2 23 0 22 11.5 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 186 209 Myers, Michael ...... 3 9 0 9 3.0 STUTZRIEM, C...... 4 2 0 8 0.5 Rushing Attempts ...... 38 45 Farris, Billy ...... 2 3 0 6 1.5 TEAM ...... 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 Average Per Rush ...... 4.9 4.6 Morton, Dion ...... 2 0 0 1 0.0 Totals...... 45 209 0 22 4.6 Rushing Touchdowns ...... 1 0 Hartz, Anthony ...... 1 -11 0 0 -11.0 Yards Gained Rushing ...... 203 222 Totals...... 38 186 1 25 4.9 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 17 13 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 236 220 PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack Completions-Attempts-Int ...... 16-29-2 22-43-0 Farris, Billy 15-25-1 235 3 51 0 STUTZRIEM, C. 21-39-0 201 0 33 1 Average Per Attempt ...... 8.1 5.1 Kubiak, Klay 1-4-1 1 0 1 0 TEAM 0-2-0 0 0 0 0 Average Per Completion ...... 14.8 10.0 Totals... 16-29-2 236 3 51 0 BOLLING, Greg 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Passing Touchdowns ...... 3 1 SELDON, Wynel 1-1-0 19 1 19 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ...... 422 429 Totals... 22-43-0 220 1 33 1 Total offense plays ...... 67 88 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg Average Gain Per Play ...... 6.3 4.9 Morton, Dion ...... 6 160 3 51 SALYARDS, J...... 5 51 0 20 Fumbles: Number-Lost ...... 4-1 4-3 Greer, Rashaun ...... 4 50 0 21 STEWART, B...... 3 38 0 16 Penalties: Number-Yards ...... 5-55 6-43 JOHNSON, Gartrell ...... 3 14 0 8 BOLLING, Greg ...... 3 22 0 9 PUNTS-YARDS ...... 4-209 4-216 Gardner, Ryan ...... 1 6 0 6 JOHNSON, Chris ...... 3 21 0 10 Average Yards Per Punt ...... 52.2 54.0 Mosure, John ...... 1 5 0 5 GENHO, Greg ...... 3 15 0 8 Net Yards Per Punt ...... 47.2 41.8 Pauga, Zac ...... 1 1 0 1 MOORE, Devin ...... 2 16 0 10 Inside 20 ...... 3 0 Totals...... 16 236 3 51 LEONARD, David ...... 1 33 0 33 50+ Yards ...... 2 2 ...... SUNDBERG, Chris ...... 1 19 1 19 Touchbacks ...... 1 2 SELDON, Wynel ...... 1 5 0 5 Fair catch ...... 0 0 Totals...... 22 220 1 33 KICKOFFS-YARDS ...... 6-413 5-330 Average Yards Per Kickoff ...... 68.8 66.0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Net Yards Per Kickoff ...... 55.2 44.0 Hartz, Anthony ...... 4 209 52.2 64 3 1 MCCOY, Austin ...... 4 216 54.0 65 0 2 Touchbacks ...... 2 1 Totals...... 4 209 52.2 64 3 1 Totals...... 4 216 54.0 65 0 2 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ...... 2-9-0 1-0-0 ...... Average Per Return ...... 4.5 0.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ....4-90-0 3-42-0 Punts Kickoffs Intercept Punts Kickoffs Intercept Average Per Return ...... 22.5 14.0 ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ...... 0-0-0 2-24-1 Mosure, John . .0 0 0 2 52 26 0 0 0 STEWART, B. . .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ..1-11-0 1-6-0 Square, Alex . . .2 9 7 1 18 18 0 0 0 MOORE, Devin .0 0 0 2 35 21 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Yards ...... 0 0 Myers, Michael .0 0 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 PROSINSKI, C. .0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Possession Time ...... 27:53 32:07 Totals...... 2 9 7 4 90 26 0 0 0 DOBBS, Ward . .0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 24 Third-Down Conversions ...... 7 of 14 6 of 18 GIPSON, Marcell 0 0 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 2 2 of 4 Totals...... 1 0 0 3 42 21 2 24 24 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 2-2 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 1-2 0-0 PAT Kicks ...... 4-4 2-2 Field Goals ...... 1-1 2-3 ......

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING Last week’s game — at New Mexico TEAM NOTES INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Interception I: Gerard Thomas’ first-quarter interception was the Rams’ • Nick Oppenneer: Returned a fourth-quarter interception 97 yards for a first INT since Oct. 10, vs. Utah (Nick Oppenneer). go-ahead touchdown. The INT was his fourth this season, his fifth career and first score as a Division I player. Interception II: Nick Oppenneer’s 97-yard interception touchdown return • Jon Eastman: Found Lou Greenwood for a 50-yard, go-ahead touchdown to give CSU go-ahead points in the fourth quarter was the first INT the in the third quarter, Eastman’s first Division I TD pass. The quarterback Rams returned for a TD since Jesse Nading had a 31-yard return at BYU, stood in the pocket and absorbed a hit after releasing the ball. Nov. 3, 2007. • Grant Stucker: Left in the second quarter with a chest injury and did not return. Another game, more injuries: Including the starts lost by Davis Burl and • Nuku Latu: Blocked a third-quarter PAT attempt to hold New Mexico’s Cory Macon Saturday at UNM, key contributors have now combined to lead at two points, 23-21, late in the third quarter. miss 38 starts, and 32 games. Plus, 27 of those starts, and 22 overall • John Mosure: Eclipsed 100 yards rushing on the Rams’ initial drive of the games, are on the defensive side of the ball. In the first half, QB Grant second half to register his second career 100-yard effort (also 130 vs. Stucker left with a shoulder injury, and T Cole Pemberton departed with San Diego State, Oct. 24, 2009). Mosure, who posted a multi-TD game another injury, believed to be an aggravation of his sprained ankle. tonight, also had two rushing touchdowns in CSU’s last game, at UNLV Nov. 7. His 39-yard carry in the fourth quarter and his total rushing yards Blocked kicks: The Rams have now blocked two kicks this season, includ- tonight were career highs. ing Nuku Latu’s play in the third quarter. James Morehead also blocked a • John Mosure: Had only his second fumble this year in 138 touches (120 PAT vs. San Diego State, Oct. 24. carries, one pass, 13 receptions, three kickoff returns, one fumble recovery). He also fumbled vs. Utah. Fumbles lost: CSU uncharacteristically lost a fumble, two in fact, and both • Gerard Thomas: Registered his second career interception, ending cost the Rams dearly. Entering the game, the Rams were among national UNM’s second drive. It was his first INT since Nov. 1, 2008, when he leaders with only one fumble lost. picked off BYU’s Max Hall, and actually returned the play for a touchdown, but a penalty nullified the yardage. CSU lost in a dramatic game, 45-42. • Shelley Smith: One of the Rams’ top NFL Draft prospects, had three key blocks on the team’s initial drive, a game-tying touchdown march. Smith paved the way for Lou Greenwood’s 13-yard spurt and John Mosure’s 14-yard carry and 1-yard TD run. • James Skelton: Made his second career start, but his first in the base defense. His first career start came as a fourth linebacker when the Rams opened in their dollar package, Sept. 19, vs. Nevada, their last win. • Davis Burl: Played on his 20th birthday. 8

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING Rams lose last-minute thriller to Lobos, 29-27

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)--James Aho's 27-yard field goal with 12 seconds left sent New Mexico to a 29-27 victory over Colorado State on COLORADO STATE ...... 27 Saturday night, ending the Lobos' 14- Last Week NEW MEXICO...... 29 game losing streak. Colorado State's John Mosure ran for a career-high Game 11; Sat., Nov. 21, 2009; University Stadium 177 yards and two touchdowns and Nick Oppenneer Albuquerque, N.M.; Time: 2:52 Attendance: 21,751 returned an interception 97 yards to give the Rams (3- Colorado State...... 7 7 7 6 — 27 8, 0-7 Mountain West ) a 27-23 fourth-quarter lead. New Mexico...... 7 10 6 6 — 29 But Mosure fumbled at the New Mexico 5 late in the

1st 10:36 UNM JAMES, Victor 12 yd pass from PORTERIE, Donov (AHO, James kick) fourth quarter and the Lobos (1-10, 1-6) drove for a 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:24 0 - 7 05:57 CSU Mosure, John 1 yd run (DeLine, Ben kick) field goal to pull within a point. 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 4:32 7 - 7 2nd 11:10 UNM AHO, James 21 yd field goal The final drive started at the Colorado State 45. Quar- 17 plays, 69 yards, TOP 8:10 7 - 10 07:04 UNM SOLOMON, Quinte 21 yd pass from PORTERIE, Donov (AHO, James kick) terback Donovan Porterie converted a fourth-and-2 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 3:48 7 - 17 00:38 CSU Mosure, John 2 yd run (DeLine, Ben kick) with a 5-yard scramble, and Kasey Carrier followed with 12 plays, 87 yards, TOP 6:18 14 - 17 3rd 03:09 CSU Greenwood, Lou 50 yd pass from Eastman, Jon (DeLine, Ben kick) a 22-yard run to the 11, setting up Aho's game-winning 4 plays, 59 yards, TOP 2:17 21 - 17 02:50 UNM DENNIS, Demond 42 yd run (AHO, James kick blockd) kick. 1 play, 42 yards, TOP 0:11 21 - 23 4th 13:26 CSU Oppenneer, Nick 97 yd interception return (DeLine, Ben kick blockd) 27 - 23 10:19 UNM AHO, James 37 yd field goal 6 plays, 46 yards, TOP 3:00 27 - 26 00:12 UNM AHO, James 27 yd field goal 8 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:10 27 - 29

TEAM TOTALS CSU UNM ...... FIRST DOWNS ...... 18 26 COLORADO STATE NEW MEXICO 9 Rushing ...... 9 15 RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg Passing ...... 9 11 Penalty ...... 0 0 Mosure, John ...... 27 177 2 39 6.6 DENNIS, Demond ...... 7 133 1 50 19.0 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 197 270 Stucker, Grant ...... 1 14 0 14 14.0 CARRIER, Kasey ...... 15 87 0 22 5.8 Rushing Attempts ...... 36 35 Greenwood, Lou ...... 6 10 0 13 1.7 WRIGHT, James ...... 4 20 0 10 5.0 Average Per Rush ...... 5.5 7.7 Morton, Dion ...... 1 4 0 4 4.0 PORTERIE, Donov ...... 7 17 0 10 2.4 Rushing Touchdowns ...... 2 1 Eastman, Jon ...... 1 -8 0 0 -8.0 JAMES, Victor ...... 1 7 0 7 7.0 Yards Gained Rushing ...... 212 287 Totals...... 36 197 2 39 5.5 GRUNER, Brad ...... 1 6 0 6 6.0 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 15 17 Totals...... 35 270 1 50 7.7 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 173 197 PASSING Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack PASSING Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack Completions-Attempts-Int ...... 12-17-1 22-38-2 Average Per Attempt ...... 10.2 5.2 Eastman, Jon 9-12-1 145 1 50 1 PORTERIE, Donov . . . .22-37-2 197 2 26 3 Average Per Completion ...... 14.4 9.0 Stucker, Grant 3-5-0 28 0 16 0 TEAM ...... 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Passing Touchdowns ...... 1 2 Totals... 12-17-1 173 1 50 1 Totals...... 22-38-2 197 2 26 3 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ...... 370 467 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lg RECEIVING ...... No Yds TD Lg Total offense plays ...... 53 73 Greenwood, Lou ...... 4 76 1 50 JAMES, Victor ...... 6 62 1 14 Average Gain Per Play ...... 7.0 6.4 Greer, Rashaun ...... 3 31 0 15 KIRK, Ty ...... 6 58 0 26 Fumbles: Number-Lost ...... 2-2 1-0 Pauga, Zac ...... 2 13 0 11 DENNIS, Demond ...... 3 25 0 15 Penalties: Number-Yards ...... 4-30 1-5 Steele, Byron ...... 1 16 0 16 CARRIER, Kasey ...... 3 11 0 7 PUNTS-YARDS ...... 3-87 1-41 Yemm, Matt ...... 1 15 0 15 SOLOMON, Quinte ...... 2 26 1 21 Average Yards Per Punt ...... 29.0 41.0 Mosure, John ...... 1 15 0 15 WILLIAMS, Bryan ...... 1 13 0 13 Net Yards Per Punt ...... 27.0 21.0 Inside 20 ...... 0 0 Starr, Mark ...... 0 7 0 0 REED, Lucas ...... 1 2 0 2 50+ Yards ...... 0 0 Totals...... 12 173 1 50 Totals...... 22 197 2 26 Touchbacks ...... 0 1 Fair catch ...... 0 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB KICKOFFS-YARDS ...... 5-328 7-443 KONTODIAKOS, Pe . . . . .3 87 29.0 37 0 0 MILLER, Adam ...... 1 41 41.0 41 0 1 Average Yards Per Kickoff ...... 65.6 63.3 Totals...... 3 87 29.0 37 0 0 Totals...... 1 41 41.0 41 0 1 Net Yards Per Kickoff ...... 38.4 41.9 ...... Touchbacks ...... 1 0 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ...... 0-0-0 1-6-0 Punts Kickoffs Intercept Punts Kickoffs Intercept Average Per Return ...... 0.0 6.0 ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ...... 7-150-0 4-116-0 Greenwood, Lou 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 CARRIER, Kasey 0 0 0 3 85 49 0 0 0 Average Per Return ...... 21.4 29.0 Thomas, Gerard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 BACA, Frankie . .0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ...... 2-97-1 1-0-0 OPPENNEER, Nick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 97 97 SOLOMON, Franki 1 6 6 1 31 31 0 0 0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 Square, Alex . . .0 0 0 1 41 33 0 0 0 Totals...... 1 6 6 4 116 49 1 0 0 Miscellaneous Yards ...... 0 0 Morton, Dion . .0 0 0 6 106 29 0 0 0 Possession Time ...... 29:37 30:23 Totals...... 0 0 0 7 150 33 2 97 97 1st Quarter ...... 6:21 8:39 2nd Quarter ...... 6:26 8:34 3rd Quarter ...... 10:34 4:26 4th Quarter ...... 6:16 8:44 Third-Down Conversions ...... 5 of 9 6 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 0 3 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 2-3 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 3-15 1-8 PAT Kicks ...... 3-4 2-3 Field Goals ...... 0-0 3-3 COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING Team Notes VISION…Steve Fairchild’s theme for his second Colorado State football Fairchild knows that level of success won’t happen immediately, but he’s team is VISION. Throughout the team’s meeting areas and offices are ban- communicating that vision to his team as it prepares for the upcoming ners presenting the theme: campaign, so the Rams can at least eye the prize. “And the thing I wanted to be very clear about with our coaches and our Colorado State Football will progress in 2009 with a VISION. football team,” he said, “everybody on campus, and anyone that has anything to do with Colorado State football, is I don’t want to set that “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” sight too low. —Proverbs 29:18 “And that’s our message to our football team, ‘Why not us? Why can’t we do something extra special?’ And if we try and don’t get there this Vision is not fate; it is direction… Not a command, but a commitment. year, so be it. But at least we aimed high.” Vision does not determine the future, rather mobilizes resources and And that was evident in early February, when the team began its first mat energies to make the future. drills, the Rams certainly won’t be shooting low in 2009. Every player and coach has a sense of what to expect. CSU isn’t learning from the “In the long run, you only hit what you aim at. Therefore…you had ground up like it was last season. better aim at something high.” —Henry David Thoreau These Rams have experienced success, coming off the program’s first winning season since 2003. They also understand what’s expected, that Like the Rams’ two new athletic facilities near Moby Arena, Colorado they continue their upward trend, and to do that will require working State’s football program needed to solidify a foundation before it could harder than in 2008. grow.That foundation – after a resounding 40-35 triumph in the New Now, with the coaching staff and foundation in place, and with a clear vi- Mexico Bowl to stamp an exclamation point on Steve Fairchild’s first sea- sion for a successful future, the Rams bid to take the next step, and eye son as head coach – is now in place. So, where do the Rams go from their next target. here? Well, the road doesn’t get any easier. “We can contend for this conference title,” Fairchild said, “and why can’t “Last year, we trained hard and made a step in the right direction,” Colorado State be the team that goes to the Sugar Bowl and squares off Fairchild said. “But the first steps are always the easiest. And now as we against an Alabama, or a Georgia, or an Ohio State? try to build back into the elite-type team that we think we can be, those “Maybe it’s next year, maybe it’s five years down the road. But I still want next few steps are harder.” to set our sights there because I feel like when you have a vision, then So, this offseason, Fairchild and his staff turned up the volume on the you’re not working aimlessly. And I think we have talented football play- team’s conditioning program, including the grueling mat drills that begin ers. I think we’ve got talented coaches. I think, it’s time now to say, at 6 a.m. two days per week. The Rams did more of the mat drills, started ‘Where do we want to go?,’ instead of just, ‘How do we want to work?’ them earlier, and changed some of the things they did compared to last offseason, so the drills became more difficult. $20 million athletic facilities are open: Like a proud parent, “I like the way our team’s responded,” Fairchild said, “ and we just need the Colorado State athletic department formally introduced the public to 10 to keep working.” its new fraternal twins Sept. 18. Work they did, beginning Aug. 7 when fall practice kicked off. The Rams A ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicated CSU’s new $13 million Indoor are leaps and bounds ahead of where they were a year ago, thanks in part Practice Facility and $7 million Academic and Training Center. to the two weeks of bonus practice they earned prior to their bowl game Following the ceremony, the public toured both buildings. in December. Colorado State first announced plans for the new buildings, a $20 mil- The Rams will use that springboard to take the next step. And, unlike lion leap toward a vivid future, in April 2009. The buildings represent last year, when results were not the defining aspect of CSU in its first sea- CSU’s largest commitment toward athletic facilities in four decades, son of a new era, the Rams are up and running. Results now will start since the construction of Hughes Stadium and Moby Arena. to define where they want to go. "These buildings show that Colorado State is unmistakably serious about “What we needed to define us last year was establishing a toughness, a achieving its stretch goals," Director of Athletics Paul Kowalczyk said. work ethic, an accountability in the way we operated, and I think we did "These buildings, combined with the recent renovations at our football that,” Fairchild said. “And now I’d like to start aiming at something.” stadium, put us where we need to be in terms of offering quality, state- That something – at least in 2009 – still isn’t entirely clear, because the of-the-art facilities to our coaches and student-athletes, those who are Rams know they haven’t earned the respect that comes with consistent here now and those who are thinking about coming here. There has success built of several winning seasons. But Fairchild certainly has a vi- never been a better time to be a Ram." sion, looking forward to a team that legitimately challenges for the Moun- The process began in October 2006, when Kowalczyk and associate ath- tain West title every year, and takes an occasional stab at a BCS bowl letic director Doug Max made the new buildings a priority within the ath- game. letic department's long-term plans. But without the help of the CSU COLORADO STATE COACHES IN THE PRESS BOX ON GAMEDAY

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COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING TEAM NOTES continued Nation’s most experienced offensive line: CSU has to re- place a starting quarterback in Billy Farris, as well as its starting tight end administration and the Board of Governors, the university would not Kory Sperry and 2008 MWC rushing champion Gartrell Johnson — all NFL have reached this point. players. Designed by Aller-Lingle Architects P.C., and RATIO Architects, Inc., the But as ESPN radio analyst Colin Cowherd pointed out, the common facilities were built by Saunders Construction, Inc. Aller-Lingle, a local thread in most successful college or NFL football teams is a solid of- firm instrumental in several campus projects, including recent Hughes fensive line. So, CSU fans should take some comfort in knowing that the Stadium renovations, served as the lead architect on both new build- Rams’ inexperienced skill players will be protected by a CSU roster that ings. The firm sought the assistance of Indianapolis-based RATIO be- entered 2009 leading the nation with 125 combined starts at offensive cause of its recent experience in the design of similar venues at BCS line positions. universities such as Illinois, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana. Saunders Last year, eight of the top 10 teams in the final AP poll had at least 65 has played a significant role in the construction of several prominent career starts among their offensive linemen entering the season. On the Colorado projects, including the Denver Broncos’ training center. other side, three of last season’s teams that didn’t meet lofty preseason expectations — Clemson, Missouri and preaseason No. 1 Georgia — Former Quarterback U: In addition to starting QB Grant Stucker, had fewer than 40. CSU has six players who are contributors and all of them were high school In research, Wall Street Journal reporter Darren Everson found: “While quarterbacks: offensive line experience is hardly the only factor in a team’s perform- Matt Yemm, WR (holder on all placements, plays as reserve WR, QB at ance, it foretold some of last season’s biggest sleepers, including Ole Fort Collins, Colo., High School) Miss (101 starts heading into 2008) and Oregon State (78).” T.J. Borcky, WR (plays as reserve WR, made switch from QB as a red- CSU has four returning senior starters in tackle Cole Pemberton, center shirt freshman after volunteering to do a test-drive as a scout-team WR, Tim Walter (Rimington Trophy candidate) and guards Adrian Martinez QB at Lake Highland Prep in Orlando) and Shelley Smith (Lombardi Award candidate). Meanwhile, Mark Starr, Tyson Liggett, WR (caught 11 passes for 156 yards Sept. 26 at BYU, who started five additional games in 2007 as a converted blocking tight most receptions by a CSU player in four years, current walk-on, QB at end and the first half of 2008 after returning to offensive line, fills the Limon, Colo., High School) other tackle position. Dion Morton, WR (had two TD passes in the first three games this year, Most combined starts at offensive line on FBS rosters entering 2009: has thrown several passes in career, starting senior WR moving his way Colorado State ...... 125 up the school’s career TD receptions list, QB at Riverside, Calif., North Louisiana-Lafayette ...... 113 High School) Alabama-Birmingham ...... 107 Nick Oppenneer, CB (starting CB, former walk-on who now is a team Florida International ...... 101 captain as a senior, backs up Yemm as holder for placements, QB at East Carolina ...... 101 Virginia Tech ...... 100 Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.) Notre Dame ...... 100 Alex Williams, LB (starting MLB, former walk-on, QB at Sidney, Neb., Georgia ...... 99 High School) Middle Tennesse State ...... 99 Iowa ...... 98 11 In the polls: Colorado State's football program, fresh off a resounding Minnesota ...... 96 23-17 win at intrastate rival Colorado from the Big 12, received votes in Toledo ...... 96 both national polls released Sept. 8. Wake Forest ...... 95 The Rams picked up four votes in the Associated Press poll and one in North Texas ...... 93 Texas ...... 91 the USA Today coaches poll. The last time CSU earned votes was after Connecticut ...... 91 defeating Weber State on Sept. 13, 2003, the week of an eventual loss USC ...... 91 to Ben Roethlisberger and Miami (Ohio). Louisiana Tech ...... 91 After their win over Weber State Sept. 12, and over Nevada Sept. 19, the San Jose State ...... 87 Rams continued to receive votes in both polls. They didn’t get votes after Florida State ...... 86 their first loss, at BYU (Sept. 26). Oklahoma State ...... 86 Akron ...... 86 First-time starters: The Rams had seven players start their first Di- UTEP ...... 86 Indiana ...... 84 vision I game in the Sept. 6 opener, and 18 have made their first career Rutgers ...... 83 starts in a Rams uniform this season: TE Adam Seymore, WR T.J. Borcky, Kentucky ...... 83 LB Davis Burl, S Ivory Herd, OT Paul Madsen, LB James Skelton, DL Nuku Washington State ...... 82 Latu, CB DeAngelo Wilkinson, RB Leonard Mason, QB Grant Stucker, RB Boston College ...... 80 John Mosure, LB Alex Williams, DT Guy Miller, DE Cory Macon, WR Tyson Tennessee ...... 80 Liggett, LB Chris Gipson, DE Zach Tiedgen and G Jake Gdowski, who inci- 23 straight: The Rams on Oct. 17 at No. 8 TCU did not score a touch- dentally celebrated his 21st birthday in his start Sept. 6 at Colorado. down for the first time in 23 games, since a 27-3 loss vs. Utah, in Fort Collins, Oct. 27, 2007. Division I debut: All told, including four more debuts vs. Nevada (Sept. 19), 21 players have seen their first Division I action in a CSU uni- 13 straight: The Rams also entered the Oct. 17 contest at No. 8 TCU form this season. having thrown for a TD pass in 13 consecutive games, and 21 of their last The 10 players to debut at Colorado (Sept. 6): WR Jyrone Hickman, DB 22 contests, a streak that began Nov. 10, 2007, at New Mexico. The only Marcus Shaw, DB Travis Ford, TE Broderick Sargent, LB Davis Burl, P instance over that 22-game stretch in which CSU did not throw a TD pass Pete Kontodiakos (true freshman), LB James Skelton, OL Scott Carter, was vs. TCU, Oct. 11, 2008, a 13-7 loss. The stretch ended Oct. 17. DE C.J. James (true freshman) and RB Leonard Mason. CSU’s 13-game streak entering the day was its longest since a 14-game The five players to debut vs. Weber State (Sept. 12): FB Jason Klinger- stretch, Aug. 30, 2003, to Sept. 4, 2004. man, DE Zach Tiedgen, RB Lou Greenwood (true freshman), K Chad Van- derMolen and LB Chris Gipson. Four losses: The Rams on Oct. 17 completed the nation’s toughest The four players to debut vs. Nevada (Sept. 19): WR Byron Steele, DL four-game stretch. The four opponents to whom CSU lost from Sept. 26- Kelly Seward, QB Jon Eastman, DL Ben Tedford. Oct. 17, nationally ranked BYU, Utah, and TCU, and Idaho (receving votes), The two players to debut at TCU (Oct. 17): LB Andy Clements and OL Joe were a combined 23-3 (.885) entering the weekend of Oct. 24. Caprioglio.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING TEAM NOTES continued 2015, date at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium, the home-and-home Interceptions: The Rams also on Oct. 17 at No. 8 TCU saw the end contract also calls for a return game at Minnesota on Sept. 24, 2016. of their streak of seven consecutive contests intercepting an opponent, a The Gophers this season open 50,805-seat TCF Bank Stadium, a $288.5 stretch that began with Tommie Hill’s game-changing play in the 2008 New million facility, in Minneapolis, Minn. Mexico Bowl. Colorado State played a home-and-home series with the Gophers earlier The streak was their longest stretch since they had INTs in seven straight, this decade, dropping both contests, in 2004 at then-No. 22 Minnesota, from Nov. 17, 2001, to Sept. 28, 2002. That streak included the 2001 and 2005 in Fort Collins. The Gophers last season advanced to the In- New Orleans Bowl. sight.com bowl against Kansas. Had they extended it to eight, CSU would’ve had its longest since what The Rams now have two non-conference opponents from automatic- is believed to be the Rams’ school record, a 15-game stretch from Oct. qualifying BCS conferences – the University of Colorado from the Big 16, 1993, to Nov. 12, 1994. That streak began after Fresno State’s Trent 12 and Minnesota from the Big Ten – on both 2015 and 2016 schedules. Dilfer was 31-of-54 for 415 yards and three TDs, with no INTs, in a 34- Colorado State is working to finalize its remaining dates and opponents 32 CSU win on Oct. 9, 1993. The streak ended when Fresno State’s on each schedule. Richie Donati was 29-of-41 for 356 yards and two TDs, with no INTs, in a 44-42 CSU win on Nov. 19, 1994. True freshmen: Colorado State used five true freshmen in 2008: Ben CSU also had seven-game streaks in 1995 and ’97, and from 2001-02. DeLine, Marquise Law, Adam Wilson, Gerard Thomas and Michael Kawu- The Rams already have more INTs than they had during all of 2008 lok. Thomas and Kawulok started, while DeLine had served as the primary (eight), 2007 (seven) and 2006 (seven). kicker after a preseason injury to Jason Smith. Over the previous two years combined (2006-07), the Rams used just Close games: In Steve Fairchild’s inaugural season as head coach, six two, both in 2007 (tight end Eric Peitz and long-snapper Steve Bryan). of the Rams’ seven wins, and eight of the team’s 13 overall games, were In 2006, CSU and Wake Forest were the only Division I programs that did decided in the final 3 minutes. not use a true freshman. The Rams played six games decided by one score or less, and posted a Over the previous three years (2005-07), the number is just five, in- 4-2 record in those contests. CSU’s only two losses were to BYU (45-42) cluding S Klint Kubiak, DT Shaun McGoveran and DE Wade Landers in and TCU (13-7), two nationally ranked teams at season’s end. 2005. The last time CSU used as many as five true freshmen in an en- Finding a way to win close games was one characteristic the Rams tire season was six in 2004 -- WR Damon Morton, RB Gartrell Johnson, lacked during the program’s slide in the middle of this decade. Prior to DE Matt Rupp, TE Kory Sperry, QB Caleb Hanie and RB Kyle Bell. Sept. 6, 2008, when the Rams won a walk-off field goal vs. Sacramento State, the last time the Rams won a game by a field goal or less was Permanent team captains: Nick Oppenneer, who came to Col- Nov. 22, 2003, at UNLV. orado State as a walk-on in 2006, will represent the Rams as a permanent Against arch-rival Colorado alone, the Rams lost three games by three team captain this season, Head Coach Steve Fairchild announced Sept. 2. points each over a four-year stretch, from 2004-07. Oppenneer, a 5-foot-10, 182-pound senior out of Littleton, Colo., earned CSU’s starting cornerback role last season, and is one of really four re- Coaching continuity: Colorado State is one of only 27 schools to turning starters in the CSU secondary. A former QB at Columbine High 12 return this fall every member of its 2008 full-time coaching staff. School, Oppenneer was the first walk-on to earn a scholarship after Head The Rams are joined by Air Force, Alabama-Birmingham, Baylor, Duke, Coach Steve Fairchild’s initial spring practice in 2008. He transferred to East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Houston, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan the Rams from the University of Mary in North Dakota. State, Navy, Nebraska, Nevada, N.C. State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas Voted by teammates, senior safety Klint Kubiak joins Oppenneer as one A&M, Troy, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington of two defensive captains. Guard Shelley Smith and tackle Cole Pem- State, West Virginia and Wisconsin. berton, both seniors who make up part of the most experienced offensive line in the nation, are the offensive captains, and junior John Mosure The CSU offense: In a conference filled with “spread” offenses, Steve earned his teammates’ respect as the Rams’ special teams captain. Fairchild’s system at Colorado State, while one of three offenses cur- “I take captains very seriously,” Fairchild said, “because I was a captain rently in use by National Football League teams, is unique in the Moun- back in 1980 here at CSU.” tain West. For the first time in since 1992, the Rams began in 2008 voting for per- The system, sometimes called the Coryell Offense, has its roots where manent team captains. Fairchild grew up, in San Diego. Former Chargers head coach Don Coryell, using three future Hall of CoachFair.com: The Colorado State football program has a new Famers (Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow), made the sys- coach, a new level of excitement and, now, a new Web site. tem famous while Fairchild was CSU’s starting QB in the late 70s. CoachFair.com has been live on the Internet since Sept. 1, 2008. The Disciples of the offense include Ernie Zampese, Joe Gibbs, Mike Martz, site houses a multitude of exclusive behind-the-scenes content, includ- Norv Turner and Al Saunders. Martz, Fairchild’s coach at Mesa Commu- ing countless video clips assembled by the university's award-winning nity College in San Diego before Fairchild signed with the Rams as a JC creative services staff. transfer, also was influenced by Sid Gillman. Each coach is featured in the videos, providing a personal look into his Gibbs used the Coryell Offense to win three Super Bowls with the Red- philosophies and assessment of football at CSU under new Head Coach skins, using a system the Rams follow, with a smash-mouth running Steve Fairchild. Linebacker Ricky Brewer takes visitors on a tour of the game powered by mobile and versatile “hogs” up front. university's facilities, including the Joey Porter Locker Room. And, re- While with the Cowboys, Turner used Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and cent graduate Joey Rucks shares his thoughts on CSU's academic sup- Troy Aikman to win Super Bowls with a similar version of the offense. port for student-athletes. Additionally, Fairchild offers a personal blog, Led by Martz, the system led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl title and providing insight throughout the year. another NFC championship in the last decade. One aspect of the offense that is unique is the flipping of offensive line- The Rams on Twitter: CSU has two Twitter pages related to its men, assigning two players always to the weak side of the formation and football program. Twitter, a free social networking and micro-blogging serv- the other guard and tackle always to the strong side. The Rams do that ice available at www.twitter.com, allows its users to send and read other to reduce the amount those linemen have to learn, increasing efficiency. users' updates (also known as "tweets"). Fans can receive updates on CSU football directly from a Twitter page or on their mobile phone. CSU adds Big Ten Stalwart Minnesota: Colorado State will Head Coach Steve Fairchild is believed to be one of the only football bring the Minnesota Golden Gophers to Fort Collins in 2015, Director of coaches in the country who updates his page during halftime of each Athletics Paul Kowalczyk announced Sept. 4. In addition to the Sept. 12, game (with the help of CSU media relations personnel). COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING Follow CSU football — www.twitter.com/CSUFootball New coaching staff…Every spring in college football, players come Follow Head Coach Steve Fairchild — www.twitter.com/CoachFairchild and go. But for the first time since 1993 at Colorado State, the Rams in 2008 had a new coaching staff. Many of those coaches aren’t new, though. Number changes: The Rams during fall camp made several changes Including Head Coach Steve Fairchild, half of CSU’s full-time coaches have to uniform numbers, to prevent the possibility of two players with the same returned to Fort Collins. A list of those individuals and their previous ties number being on the same special-teams unit. The changes, which differ to CSU: from the media guide: TE Eric Peitz has moved from 11 to 45 RB Chris Nwoke moved from 45 to 11 New coach Title Previous CSU connection S Derek Good moved from 13 to 26 Steve Fairchild Head Coach Played QB, 1978-80; S Jarrad McKay moved from 23 to 19 Assistant coach, 1993-2000 Anthoney Hill Running backs Played QB, 1990-94; Graduating into the NFL, life: Not only did a great number of Student assistant, 1998 CSU’s 17 seniors land in the NFL (five, after Tommie Hill signed with the Larry Kerr Asst. head coach/ Assistant coach, 1993-2002 New York Giants last weekend), but all 17 of them are expected to gradu- Def. coordinator ate. In fact, 16 of the 17 will graduated by the end of the spring 2009 se- Marc Lubick Tight ends Student assistant, 2000-01; mester. Nine already graduated at the end of the fall 2008 semester, on the Graduate assistant, 2002; same day CSU beat Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl, Dec. 20. The re- Assistant coach, 2005-07 maining player will complete his final coursework and graduate soon. Pat Meyer Offensive line Played OL, 1990-94 “If a guy stays here and goes through the program, he’s graduating,” Daren Wilkinson Quarterbacks Played QB, 1995-96; Fairchild said. “I’m confident of that. We have too much academic help Graduate assistant, 1997-98 and our coaches care too much. If a player comes to school here and stays all four or five years, he's going to get a degree. I like what Pat Midseason all-conference: On Oct. 16, Phil Steele announced his Summitt, the coach of Tennessee's women's basketball team, said. She annual mid-season all-Mountain West selections. CSU’s Adrian Martinez said they have a 99-percent graduation rate, asterisk, with those who (G) and Mychal Sisson (LB) were first-team selections; Leonard Mason stay. If someone chooses to go through this program at CSU, he's going (RB), Dion Morton (WR and KR), Eric Peitz (TE), Tim Walter (C), Klint Ku- to get a degree.” biak (S) and Pete Kontodiakos (P) were second-team choices; and Rashaun Greer (WR) was the Rams’ lone third-team selection. Offense features four awards candidates: The Rams have four candidates nominated for national awards, all on offense: Starting guard Shelley Smith, a preseason all-conference selection, is on the national watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award, for the na- Individual Notes tion’s top interior lineman. Starting center Tim Walter appears on the preseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation’s best player at his position. Fairchild has team moving in right direction: Not every 13 CSU’s other preseason all-conference choice, WR Rashaun Greer, is up new 2008 Division I FBS head coach had his team’s win total moving in the for the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best wideout. right direction. While several first-year coaches reached bowl eligibility, And starting guard Adrian Martinez was nominated for the Allstate Good only one other coach made a better improvement from his program’s 2007 Works Team. record: 2008 2007 Win Lombardi and Rimington candidates: Colorado State features First-year coach Program record record diff. one of just 10 offensive lines in the nation with players on the watch lists Houston Nutt Mississippi 9-4 3-9 +6 for both the Rimington Trophy (Tim Walter) and Lombardi Award (Shelley Steve Fairchild Colorado State 7-6 3-9 +4 Smith): Jerry Kill Northern Illinois 6-6 2-10 +4 Bo Pelini Nebraska 9-4 5-7 +4 School Rimington Lombardi David Cutliffe Duke 4-8 1-11 +3 Boston College Matthew Tennant Anthony Castonzo Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 9-4 7-6 +2 Colorado State Tim Walter Shelley Smith Art Briles Baylor 4-8 3-9 +1 Florida Maurkice Pouncey Mike Pouncey June Jones SMU 1-11 1-11 0 Florida State Ryan McMahon Rodney Hudson Kevin Sumlin Houston 8-5 8-5 0 Fresno State Joe Bernardi Andrew Jackson Ken Niumatalolo Navy 8-5 8-5 0 Louisiana Tech Lon Roberts Rob McGill Larry Fedora Sourthern Miss 7-6 7-6 0 Mississippi Daverin Geralds John Jerry Rick Neuheisel UCLA 4-8 6-7 -2 Rutgers Ryan Blaszczyk Anthony Davis Bill Stewart West Virginia 9-4 11-2 -2 Texas Chris Hall Adam Ulatoski Mike Sherman Texas A&M 4-8 7-6 -3 Wisconsin John Moffitt Gabe Carimi Bobby Petrino Arkansas 5-7 8-5 -3 Paul Wulff Washington State 2-11 5-7 -3 Among first-year CSU coaches: Steve Fairchild won the most Hawaii Greg McMackin 7-7 12-1 -5 games by any first-year head coach in CSU history. With a sixth win Nov. Rich Rodriguez Michigan 3-9 9-4 -6 22, he passed Matt Rothwell (5-1, 1903), Bob Davis (5-4-1, 1947), Sark Ar- slanian (5-6, 1973), Earle Bruce (5-5-1, 1989) and Sonny Lubick (5-6, Stucker pulls off unique trifecta: After catching a 40-yard pass 1993). from Dion Morton on a double-reverse pass to give the Rams an early lead Fairchild also became the first CSU coach to lead his team to a bowl vs. Weber State (Sept. 12), starting QB Grant Stucker became one of the game in his inaugural season. only football players in college history to have been involved in his career’s first three touchdowns as a ball carrier (18-yard run in 2008 New Mexico Bowl vs. Fresno State), a passer (13-yard TD connection with John Mosure at CU Sept. 6), and receiver (from Morton vs. Weber State).

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING INDIVIDUAL NOTES continued Walter up for Rimington: Colorado State center Tim Walter is a candidate for the 2009 Rimington Trophy, the award’s committee an- Smith earns spot on Lombardi watch list: Colorado State nounced in May. offensive guard Shelley Smith has earned another preseason honor. Walter, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound senior out of Manhattan Beach, Calif., is Smith, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound senior from Phoenix, Ariz., received recog- one of 44 players listed on the Rimington Trophy watch list. He is the nition in August on the watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award, given third Colorado State player listed on a watch list for the Rimington, first annually to the best college football lineman -- offense or defense -- who, presented in 2000, joining Mark Dreyer (2003) and Albert Bimper (2005). in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the An all-conference performer in 2008, Walter will anchor a veteran CSU discipline of Vince Lombardi. The Rotary Lombardi Award Foundation offensive line that will feature four senior starters. The Rams’ roster leads made the announcement. the nation with 125 combined career starts on the offensive line. Last A third-year starter, Smith also received preseason all-Mountain West season, that line paved the way for 1,476-yard rusher Gartrell Johnson, Conference honors last month. In 2008, Smith garnered second-team the MWC rushing champion who was drafted by the San Diego Charg- all-MWC honors while playing in 12 games, including the New Mexico ers, and gave quarterback Billy Farris enough time to pass for 2,934 Bowl. He enters 2009 having started 23 games at guard for the Rams. yards. The last Ram to be named to the Lombardi watch list was offensive line- With 27 career starts at center entering 2009 (including all 13 games last man Erik Pears, currently a member of the Oakland Raiders, in 2004. season), Walter will be a vital cog in CSU’s offense this season as the There are 11 players nominated for the award from the MWC. Rams need to break in new starters at both quarterback and running back. Kubiak up for Academic Heisman: CSU senior safety Klint Ku- The 2009 watch list includes two other centers from the Mountain West, biak was named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the Na- San Diego State’s Trask Iosefa and New Mexico’s Eric Cook. tional Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced Oct. 1. Kubiak, a senior team captain and the Rams' starting strong safety, is Martinez nominated for Good Works Team: Colorado State among CSU leaders in total tackles and has a 3.39 GPA. He is a restau- senior Adrian Martinez is an early candidate for the 2009 Allstate American rant and resort management major, on target to graduate in the spring. Football Coaches Association Good Works Team, the two organizations an- A fixture in the community, he and teammate Adrian Martinez recently nounced in July. became involved with the Matthews House, working as a mentor for Martinez, a 6-foot-4, 299-pound guard from San Clemente, Calif., has troubled teenagers in Fort Collins. been a rock on CSU’s offensive front, having started 34 of 36 career Players nominated must be well-rounded. To be nominated, the player games played entering 2009. He owns the most career starts on a ros- must be a senior with a GPA of 3.2 or above, be a contributing starter on ter of offensive linemen that leads the nation in combined starts at the the team, and show good citizenship on and off the field. position, with 125. "The Campbell Trophy semifinalists represent everything great about col- Off the field, Martinez has promoted literacy by reading to children at lege football, having achieved excellence in all aspects of their lives," NFF Bauder Elementary School in Fort Collins, and participated in a kids President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell said. Super Bowl party for children in Grades 1-6, assisting at a football skills Last year, CSU linebacker Jeff Horinek was nominated for the same station and facilitating contests, crafts, games and other fun activities 14 award, which is also referred to as the “Academic Heisman” and was for youth in the City of Fort Collins on Super Bowl Sunday. The com- formally known as the Draddy Trophy. Horinek advanced to the finals, munity-outreach event helped generate awareness for involvement in where California center Alex Mack ended up taking the honor. Horinek did youth sports, and raised funds for the city’s youth football program. walk away with the NCAA post-graduate scholarship worth $18,000. He also has participated in organizing and staging a community garage Kubiak will know if he has become a finalist by Oct. 29, when up to 15 sale in his hometown to raise money for a neighbor with a serious heart out of the 154 semifinalists from the Football Bowl Subdivision, Football condition, and helped the university in a campus-wide outreach to sev- Championship Subdivision, Divisions II and III, and NAIA are named fi- eral thousand incoming freshmen students at ‘Ram Welcome.’ Finally, nalists by the NFF. each spring he has assisted at Ram Jam, the athletic department’s The NFF scholar-athlete program began in 1959 and was the first pro- largest community outreach event. The event, which annually hosts ap- gram to reward football players for both academic and athletic achieve- proximately 1,000 youth from the region inside the Rams’ basketball ments. The trophy was introduced in 1990, marking this year as the 20th arena, features free activities and autographs. anniversary for the award. Two Colorado State players have earned a spot on the Good Works team during its 18 years of existence, both defensive backs. Ray Jackson re- Greer a Biletnikoff candidate: Colorado State senior wide received the honor in 1995 and Myron Terry in 1996. ceiver Rashaun Greer is among 37 individuals selected to the watch list for One of 52 players in the Football Bowl Subdivision nominated for the the 2009 Biletnikoff Award, which recognizes the top wide receiver in col- honor, Martinez if selected for the team will earn a trip to the 2010 All- lege football, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced in state Sugar Bowl this winter in New Orleans, where he and his fellow August. Good Works members will complete a community project during the A 6-foot-1, 202-pound wideout from North Las Vegas, Nev., Greer week of the game. Allstate and the AFCA hope to announce the two 11- ranked second in the MWC last season with 1,114 receiving yards. He member teams, one for the FBS and one for the Football Championship became the first 1,000-yard receiver for the Rams since 2005 and was Subdivision, in September. was a second-team all-conference performer in 2008. Greer was also Among MWC schools, only BYU and Air Force also have players up for ranked 24th nationally in receiving yards per game with 85.7, and was the honor. 10th in the nation in average yards per catch at 17.7. Greer also is a preseason all-conference selection. The last Ram to be named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list was current Houston Texan David Anderson in 2005. The winner of the 17th Biletnikoff Award will be announced as part of ESPN's College Football Awards Show on Dec. 10. The award will be officially presented to the winner at the annual Biletnikoff Award dinner, hosted by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club, on Feb. 12. The Mountain West had three players in total named to the watch list. The other two nominees are BYU tight end Dennis Pitta and UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe.

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING 2009 Opponent Schedules/Results

Colorado Idaho Air Force Sept. 6 Colorado State ...... L, 23-17 Sept. 5 at New Mexico State*...... W, 21-6 Sept. 5 Nicholls State ...... W, 72-0 Sept. 11 at Toledo...... L, 54-38 Sept. 12 at Washington ...... L, 42-23 Sept. 12 at Minnesota...... L, 20-13 Sept. 19 Wyoming...... W, 24-0 Sept. 19 San Diego State...... W, 34-20 Sept. 19 at New Mexico*...... W, 37-13 Oct. 1 at West Virginia ...... L, 35-24 Sept. 26 at Northern Illinois...... W, 34-31 Sept. 26 San Diego State*...... W, 26-14 Oct. 10 at Texas* ...... L, 38-14 Oct. 3 Colorado State...... W, 31-29 Oct. 3 at Navy ...... L, 16-13 Oct. 17 Kansas*...... W, 34-30 Oct. 10 at San Jose State*...... W, 29-25 Oct. 10 TCU* ...... L, 20-17 Oct. 24 at Kansas State*...... L, 20-6 Oct. 17 Hawaii*...... W, 35-23 Oct. 17 Wyoming*...... W, 10-0 Oct. 31 Missouri* ...... L, 36-17 Oct. 24 at Nevada*...... L, 70-45 Oct. 24 at Utah*...... L, 23-16 Nov. 7 Texas A&M* ...... W, 35-34 Oct. 31 Louisiana Tech*...... W, 35-34 Oct. 31 at Colorado State*...... W, 34-16 Nov. 14 at Iowa State*...... L, 17-10 Nov. 7 Fresno State* ...... L, 31-21 Nov. 7 Army...... W, 35-7 Nov. 19 at Oklahoma State* ...... L, 31-28 Nov. 14 at Boise State*...... L, 63-25 Nov. 14 UNLV* ...... W, 45-17 Nov. 27 Nebraska* Nov. 28 Utah State* Nov. 21 at Brigham Young*...... L, 38-21 * Big 12 Game *WAC Game *MWC Game

Weber State Utah UNLV Sept. 5 at Wyoming ...... L, 29-22 Sept. 3 Utah State...... W, 35-17 Sept. 5 Sacramento State ...... W, 38-3 Sept. 12 at Colorado State...... L, 24-23 Sept. 12 at San Jose State...... W, 24-14 Sept. 12 Oregon State...... L, 23-21 Sept. 19 Idaho State* ...... W, 44-17 Sept. 19 at Oregon...... L, 31-24 Sept. 19 Hawaii...... W, 34-33 Sept. 26 at Portland State*...... W, 36-29 Sept. 26 Louisville ...... W, 30-14 Sept. 26 at Wyoming* ...... L, 30-27 Oct. 3 Montana State* ...... L, 26-21 Oct. 10 at Colorado State*...... W, 24-17 Oct. 3 at Nevada...... L, 63-28 Oct. 10 at Eastern Washington*...... W, 31-13 Oct. 17 at UNLV* ...... W, 35-15 Oct. 10 Brigham Young* ...... L, 24-7 Oct. 17 Sacramento State* ...... W, 49-10 Oct. 24 Air Force* ...... W, 23-16 Oct. 17 Utah*...... L, 35-15 Oct. 24 at Northern Colorado*...... W, 28-20 Oct. 31 Wyoming*...... W, 22-10 Oct. 24 at New Mexico*...... W, 34-17 Oct. 31 at Montana* ...... L, 31-10 Nov. 7 New Mexico*...... W, 45-14 Oct. 31 at TCU*...... L, 41-0 Nov. 14 Northern Arizona* ...... W, 27-9 Nov. 14 at TCU*...... L, 55-28 Nov. 7 Colorado State*...... W, 35-16 Nov. 21 Cal Poly...... W, 47-14 Nov. 21 San Diego State*...... W, 38-7 Nov. 14 at Air Force* ...... L, 45-17 *Big Sky Game Nov. 28 at Brigham Young* Nov. 28 San Diego State* *MWC Game *MWC Game Nevada Sept. 5 at Notre Dame ...... L, 35-0 TCU New Mexico Sept. 19 at Colorado State...... L, 35-20 Sept. 12 at Virginia ...... W, 30-14 Sept. 5 at Texas A&M ...... L, 41-6 Sept. 25 Missouri ...... L, 31-21 Sept. 19 Texas State ...... W, 56-21 Sept. 12 Tulsa...... L, 44-10 Oct. 3 UNLV ...... W, 63-28 Sept. 26 at Clemson ...... W, 14-10 Sept. 19 Air Force* ...... L, 37-13 Oct. 9 Louisiana Tech*...... W, 37-14 Oct. 3 Southern Methodist...... W, 39-14 Sept. 26 New Mexico State...... L, 20-17 Oct. 17 at Utah State*...... W, 35-32 Oct. 10 at Air Force* ...... W, 20-17 Oct. 3 at Texas Tech ...... L, 48-28 Oct. 24 Idaho* ...... W, 70-45 Oct. 17 Colorado State*...... W, 44-6 Oct. 10 at Wyoming* ...... L, 37-13 15 Oct. 31 Hawaii*...... W, 31-21 Oct. 24 at Brigham Young*...... W, 38-7 Oct. 24 UNLV* ...... L, 34-17 Nov. 8 at San Jose State*...... W, 62-7 Oct. 31 UNLV* ...... W, 41-0 Oct. 31 at San Diego State* ...... L, 23-20 Nov. 14 Fresno State* ...... W, 52-14 Nov. 7 at San Diego State* ...... W, 55-12 Nov. 7 at Utah*...... L, 45-14 Nov. 21 at New Mexico State*...... W, 63-20 Nov. 14 Utah*...... W, 55-28 Nov. 14 Brigham Young*...... L, 24-19 Nov. 27 at Boise State* Nov. 21 at Wyoming*...... W, 45-10 Nov. 21 Colorado State*...... W, 29-27 * WAC Game Nov. 28 New Mexico* Nov. 28 at TCU* * MWC Game *MWC Game BYU Sept. 5 vs. Oklahoma (Dallas)...... W, 14-13 San Diego State Wyoming Sept. 12 at Tulane...... W, 54-3 Sept. 5 at UCLA ...... L, 33-14 Sept. 5 Weber State...... W, 29-22 Sept. 19 Florida State ...... L, 54-28 Sept. 12 Southern Utah ...... W, 35-19 Sept. 12 Texas ...... L, 41-10 Sept. 26 Colorado State*...... W, 42-23 Sept. 19 at Idaho ...... L, 34-20 Sept. 19 at Colorado...... L, 24-0 Oct. 2 Utah State...... W, 35-17 Sept. 26 at Air Force* ...... L, 26-14 Sept. 26 UNLV* ...... W, 30-27 Oct. 10 at UNLV* ...... W, 24-7 Oct. 3 New Mexico State...... W, 34-17 Oct. 3 at Florida Atlantic...... W, 30-28 Oct. 17 at San Diego State* ...... W, 38-28 Oct. 17 Brigham Young*...... L, 38-28 Oct. 10 New Mexico*...... W, 37-13 Oct. 24 TCU* ...... L, 38-7 Oct. 24 at Colorado State*...... W, 42-28 Oct. 17 at Air Force* ...... L, 10-0 Nov. 7 at Wyoming* ...... W, 52-0 Oct. 31 New Mexico*...... W, 23-20 Oct. 31 at Utah*...... L, 22-10 Nov. 14 at New Mexico*...... W, 24-19 Nov. 7 TCU* ...... L, 55-12 Nov. 7 Brigham Young*...... L, 52-0 Nov. 21 Air Force*...... W, 38-21 Nov. 14 Wyoming*...... L, 30-27 Nov. 14 at San Diego State* ...... W, 30-27 Nov. 28 Utah* Nov. 21 at Utah*...... L, 38-7 Nov. 21 TCU*...... L, 45-10 *MWC Game Nov. 28 at UNLV* Nov.27 at Colorado State* *MWC Game *MWC Game

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING 2009 COLORADO STATE ROSTERS

Head Coach — Steve Fairchild, second season. Roster as of Nov. 23 Assistant coaches — Larry Kerr (assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers), Darrell Ballard (graduate assistant), Scott Brown (defensive line), Tim Duffie (cornerbacks), Jason Gallimore (graduate assistant), Anthoney Hill (running backs), Larry Lewis (special teams coordinator and safeties), Marc Lubick (tight ends), Pat Meyer (run game coordinator/offensive line), Greg Peterson (recruiting coordinator), Daren Wilkinson (quarterbacks and assistant recruiting coordinator). NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Clock Yrs 40 Akisanya, Adam ...... LB 1 Ryan Gardner WR 6-1 180 Sr 1L Fairfield, Calif./Diablo Valley College 1/1 71 Albritton, Scott ...... LS 2 Leonard Mason RB 6-0 216 Jr JC Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./College of the Desert 2/2 79 Becker, Justin ...... OL 2 DeAngelo Wilkinson CB 5-10 181 Jr 1L Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman 2/2 55 Benedict, Scott ...... OL 3 Matt Yemm WR 5-11 187 So 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins 3/3 73 Biard, Jared ...... OL 3 Chris Gipson LB 5-11 215 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Kimball 4/4 87 Blevins, Hunter ...... P 4 Jyrone Hickman WR 6-3 200 Jr JC Pahokee, Fla./Scottsdale Community College 2/2 17 Borcky, T.J...... WR/QB 4 Brandon Owens CB 6-0 178 So 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Ridgeview 3/3 56 Brewer, Ricky ...... LB 5 Gerard Thomas DB 5-9 171 So 1L Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola 4/3 34 Brown, Joe ...... TE 6 Mychal Sisson LB 5-11 203 So 1L Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 3/3 94 Brown, Te'Jay ...... DT 6 M.J. McPeek QB 6-4 220 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Kansas State 4/4 7 John Mosure RB 5-10 211 Jr 2L Miami, Fla./Columbus 2/2 39 Burl, Davis ...... LB 8 Byron Steele WR 6-3 212 Fr RS Arlington, Texas/Lamar 4/4 77 Caprioglio, Joe ...... OL 9 Marquise Law WR 6-4 191 Fr RS Miami, Fla./American 4/4 20 Carter, Raymond ...... RB 10 Klay Kubiak QB 6-0 196 So 1L Englewood, Colo./Regis 3/3 68 Carter, Scott ...... OL 11 Nick Oppenneer CB 5-10 182 Sr 2L Littleton, Colo./Columbine 1/1 28 Clements, Andy ...... LB 11 Chris Nwoke RB 6-0 208 Fr HS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 5/4 32 Connor, Micheal ...... RB 12 Jon Eastman QB 6-2 219 Jr JC Sandy, Utah/Snow College 2/2 61 Daniels, Eugene ...... DL 13 Ezra Thompson S 6-2 205 Fr HS Tinley Park, Ill./Lincoln-Way East 5/4 14 DeLine, Ben ...... K 14 Alex Square RB 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 1/1 44 Diehl, Luke ...... LB 14 Ben DeLine K 6-0 175 So 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs 4/3 12 Eastman, Jon ...... QB 15 Marcus Shaw CB 5-8 174 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Duncanville 4/4 25 Ford, Travis ...... S 16 Nico Ranieri QB 6-2 195 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips 5/4 16 17 T.J. Borcky WR/QB6-4 202 So 1L Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 3/3 27 Gabler, Josh ...... S 18 Grant Stucker QB 6-2 203 Sr 1L Parker, Colo./Ponderosa 1/1 1 Gardner, Ryan ...... WR 19 Norman Gee TE 6-5 249 Sr 1L Severna Park, Md./Duke 1/1 25 Gaye, Jonathan ...... RB 19 Jarrad McKay S 6-0 192 So VR Wheat Ridge, Colo./Lakewood 3/3 58 Gdowski, Jake ...... OL 20 Klint Kubiak DB 6-0 212 Sr 3L Englewood, Colo./Regis 1/1 19 Gee, Norman ...... TE 20 Raymond Carter RB 6-0 210 Jr TR Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA 2/2 3 Gipson, Chris ...... LB 22 Elijah-Blu Smith DB 5-11 186 So 1L Los Angeles, Calif./Crenshaw 3/3 26 Good, Derek ...... DB 23 Tyson Liggett WR 5-9 184 Jr 1L Limon, Colo./Limon 2/2 64 Gragert, Jordan ...... OL 24 Cory Macon DE 6-6 242 Jr 1L Anchorage, Alaska/East Anchorage 2/2 33 Greenwood, Lou ...... RB 25 Travis Ford S 6-3 205 Jr JC Oakland, Calif./Laney Community College 2/2 84 Greer, Rashaun ...... WR 25 Jonathan Gaye RB 6-0 180 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mullen 4/4 65 Griffith, Ryan ...... OL 26 Derek Good DB 5-10 200 So 1L Berthoud, Colo./Berthoud 3/3 27 Josh Gabler S 6-0 210 Sr 1L Longmont, Colo./Skyline 1/1 75 Haynes, Brandon ...... OL 28 Andy Clements LB 5-11 210 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield 4/4 59 Hedstrom, Tanner ...... LS 28 Dillon Holliam S 6-1 189 Fr HS St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood West 5/4 35 Herd, Ivory ...... DB 29 Broderick Sargent LB/TE 6-2 214 Fr RS Chesterfield Mo./Parkway Central 4/4 4 Hickman, Jyrone ...... WR 30 Dru Taylor CB 5-10 165 Fr HS Oak Cliff, Texas/Lincoln 5/4 28 Holliam, Dillon ...... S 31 Dion Morton WR 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./John W. North 1/1 91 James, C.J...... DE 32 Scott Zick DB 6-0 186 Jr 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Hays State 2/2 89 Johnson, Alex ...... WR 32 Micheal Connor RB 5-10 196 Fr RS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship 4/4 52 Kawulok, Michael ...... LB 33 Lou Greenwood RB 6-0 175 Fr HS Conroe, Texas/Conroe 5/4 42 Klingerman, Jason ...... FB 34 Joe Brown TE 6-3 220 Fr HS Wichita, Kan./Bishop Carroll 5/4 41 Kontodiakos, Pete ...... P 35 Ivory Herd DB 5-11 191 So 1L Vista, Calif./Rancho Buena Vista 3/3 10 Kubiak, Klay ...... QB 36 Alex Stratton S 6-2 203 Fr RS Cheyenne, Wyo./Cheyenne East 4/4 36 Zac Pauga FB 6-0 240 Jr 2L Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain 2/2 20 Kubiak, Klint ...... DB 37 Doug Richau FB 5-11 229 Fr HS Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 5/4 92 Latu, Nuku ...... DT 38 Immanuel Mitchell CB 5-11 170 Fr HS Corona, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt 5/4 9 Law, Marquise ...... WR 39 Davis Burl LB 6-2 205 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Grandview 4/4 23 Liggett, Tyson ...... WR 40 Adam Akisanya LB 5-10 206 So VR Lakewood, Colo./Alameda 3/3 58 Loughery, Cam ...... LB 41 Pete Kontodiakos P 6-3 185 Fr HS Tarpon Springs, Fla./Countryside 5/4 24 Macon, Cory ...... DE 42 Jason Klingerman FB 6-1 242 Fr RS Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center 4/4 76 Madsen, Paul ...... OL 43 James Skelton LB 6-2 215 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield 4/4 60 Martinez, Adrian ...... OL 44 Luke Diehl LB 6-1 213 So VR Sedalia, Colo./Douglas County 3/3

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Exp Hometown (High School/Previous College) Clock Yrs 45 Eric Peitz TE 6-5 251 Jr 2L Crofton, Neb./Crofton 3/2 2 Mason, Leonard ...... RB 46 Ty Whittier DT 6-5 264 Jr 1L Wellington, Colo./Poudre 2/2 72 McDermott, Tyler ...... OL 47 Zach Tiedgen DE 6-4 250 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 4/4 19 McKay, Jarrad ...... S 49 Chad VanderMolen K 5-11 159 So VR Garden Grove, Calif./Tulsa 3/3 6 McPeek, M.J...... QB 50 Kelly Seward DL 6-2 270 Jr VR Yuma, Colo./Hutchinson College 2/2 66 Miller, Guy ...... DT 51 Alex Williams LB 6-2 222 Jr 1L Sidney, Neb./Sidney 2/2 38 Mitchell, Immanuel ...... CB 52 Michael Kawulok LB 6-3 217 So 1L Boulder, Colo./Monarch 4/3 62 Morehead, James ...... DT 53 Cole Pemberton OL 6-7 318 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 1/1 31 Morton, Dion ...... WR 54 Connor Smith OL 6-4 285 Jr 1L Canyon Lake, Texas/Northwestern 2/2 86 Moss, Cameron ...... TE 55 Scott Benedict OL 6-4 289 Sr 3L Aurora, Colo./Rangeview 1/1 7 Mosure, John ...... RB 56 Ricky Brewer LB 6-2 211 Jr 2L Denver, Colo./Mullen 2/2 93 Murphy, Ryan ...... TE 57 Tim Walter OL 6-6 289 Sr 3L Manhattan Beach, Calif./Loyola 1/1 58 Jake Gdowski OL 6-3 301 So VR Grand Island, Neb./Grand Island 3/3 11 Nwoke, Chris ...... RB 58 Cam Loughery LB 6-1 215 Fr HS Atlanta, Ga./Holy Innocents 5/4 11 Oppenneer, Nick ...... CB 59 Tanner Hedstrom LS 6-1 216 Fr HS Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins 5/4 4 Owens, Brandon ...... CB 60 Adrian Martinez OL 6-4 299 Sr 3L San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente 1/1 36 Pauga, Zac ...... FB 61 Eugene Daniels DL 6-3 240 So VR Fort Hood, Texas/Shoemaker 3/3 45 Peitz, Eric ...... TE 62 James Morehead DT 6-6 320 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 1/1 53 Pemberton, Cole ...... OL 64 Jordan Gragert OL 6-4 257 Fr HS Libby, Mont./Libby 4/4 87 Price, Brennan ...... TE 65 Ryan Griffith OL 6-4 270 Jr 1L Alta Loma, Calif./Los Osos 2/2 16 Ranieri, Nico ...... QB 66 Guy Miller DT 6-3 288 Jr 2L Scott City, Kan./Scott 2/2 37 Richau, Doug ...... FB 67 Josh Tashiro OL 6-2 289 So VR Brighton, Colo./Thornton 3/3 70 Richburg, Weston ...... OL 68 Scott Carter OL 6-3 285 So VR Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 3/3 88 Robinson, Chris ...... WR 70 Weston Richburg OL 6-4 265 Fr HS Amarillo, Texas/Bushland 5/4 71 Scott Albritton LS 6-3 229 Jr 1L San Diego, Calif./Santa Barbara City College 2/2 29 Sargent, Broderick ...... LB/TE 72 Tyler McDermott OL 6-2 270 So VR Lake Worth Fla./Palm Beach Central 3/3 80 Scott, Vernon ...... WR 73 Jared Biard OL 6-7 290 Fr HS League City, Texas/Clear Creek 5/4 50 Seward, Kelly ...... DL 74 Shelley Smith OL 6-4 300 Sr 2L Phoenix, Ariz./Westview 1/1 81 Seymore, Adam ...... TE 75 Brandon Haynes OL 6-3 290 Fr HS Cedar Hill Texas/Dallas Jesuit 5/4 15 Shaw, Marcus ...... CB 76 Paul Madsen OL 6-4 297 So 1L Provo, Utah/San Ramon Valley 3/3 6 Sisson, Mychal ...... LB 77 Joe Caprioglio OL 6-6 290 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch 4/4 43 Skelton, James ...... LB 78 Mark Starr OL 6-5 285 Jr 2L Goodland, Kan./Goodland 2/2 54 Smith, Connor ...... OL 79 Justin Becker OL 6-7 257 Fr HS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 5/4 22 Smith, Elijah-Blu ...... DB 17 80 Vernon Scott WR 6-0 185 Fr HS Muskogee, Okla./Muskogee 5/4 74 Smith, Shelley ...... OL 81 Adam Seymore TE 6-4 250 Jr 2L Alta Loma, Calif./Alta Loma 2/2 14 Square, Alex ...... RB 83 Matt Weems TE 6-4 238 Fr HS Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe 5/4 84 Rashaun Greer WR 6-1 202 Sr 1L North Las Vegas, Nev./Mojave 1/1 78 Starr, Mark ...... OL 85 Blake Swain WR 6-1 181 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Denver East 4/4 8 Steele, Byron ...... WR 86 Cameron Moss TE 6-5 236 Fr HS El Cajon, Calif./Steele Canyon 5/4 90 Stewart, Sam ...... DE 87 Brennan Price TE 6-6 215 Fr RS Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy 4/4 36 Stratton, Alex ...... S 87 Hunter Blevins P 6-0 180 Fr RS Eagle, Colo./Eagle Valley 4/4 18 Stucker, Grant ...... QB 88 Ben Tedford DL 6-6 247 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Columbine 4/4 85 Swain, Blake ...... WR 88 Chris Robinson WR 6-4 170 Fr HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Stoneman Douglas 5/4 67 Tashiro, Josh ...... OL 89 Alex Johnson WR 6-2 192 Fr RS Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek 4/4 30 Taylor, Dru ...... CB 90 Sam Stewart DE 6-3 249 Sr VR Tustin, Calif./Santa Ana College 1/1 88 Tedford, Ben ...... DL 91 C.J. James DE 6-3 241 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Colonial 5/4 5 Thomas, Gerard ...... DB 92 Nuku Latu DT 6-2 287 So 1L Mesa, Ariz./Highland 3/3 13 Thompson, Ezra ...... S 93 Ryan Murphy TE 6-7 245 Fr HS Parker, Colo./Chaparral 5/4 94 Te'Jay Brown DT 6-2 260 Fr HS St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg 5/4 47 Tiedgen, Zach ...... DE 96 Curtis Wilson DL 6-4 240 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek 5/4 49 VanderMolen, Chad ...... K 57 Walter, Tim ...... OL #L — number of varsity letters earned entering 2009; HS — high school; RS — used allotted redshirt year as a freshman; 83 Weems, Matt ...... TE TR — transferred to CSU from Division I FBS school (ineligble for competition/year in residence); VR — varsity reserve 46 Whittier, Ty ...... DT performer; NOTE — Clock years indicate remaining number of years available to play/number of years eligible entering 2 Wilkinson, DeAngelo ...... CB 2009. 51 Williams, Alex ...... LB 96 Wilson, Curtis ...... DL 3 Yemm, Matt ...... WR 32 Zick, Scott ...... DB

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING COLORADO STATE DEPTH CHART ASOFNOV. 23, 2009 OFFENSE

XWR 84 Rashaun Greer 6-1 202 Sr 1L North Las Vegas,Nev./Mojave 1 Ryan Gardner 6-1 180 Sr 1L Fairfield, Calif./Diablo Valley College 9 Marquise Law 6-4 191 Fr RS Miami, Fla./American WT 53 Cole Pemberton 6-7 318 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 65 Ryan Griffith 6-4 270 Jr 1L Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos 77 Joe Caprioglio 6-6 290 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch WG 74 Shelley Smith 6-4 300 Sr 2L Phoenix, Ariz./Westview 58 Jake Gdowski 6-3 301 So VR Grand Island, Neb./Grand Island C 57 Tim Walter 6-6 289 Sr 3L Manhattan Beach, Calif./Loyola 72 Tyler McDermott 6-2 270 So VR Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach Central SG 60 Adrian Martinez 6-4 299 Sr 3L San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente 55 Scott Benedict 6-4 289 Sr 3L Aurora, Colo./Rangeview ST 76 Paul Madsen 6-4 297 So 1L Pleasanton, Calif./San Ramon Valley 78 Mark Starr 6-5 285 Jr 2L Goodland, Kan./Goodland TE 81 Adam Seymore 6-4 250 Jr 2L Alta Loma, Calif./Alta Loma 19 Norman Gee 6-5 249 Sr 1L Severna Park, Md./Duke University YWR 23 Tyson Liggett 5-9 184 Jr 1L Limon, Colo./Limon 4 Jyrone Hickman 6-3 200 Jr JC Pahokee, Fla./Scottsdale Community College 3 Matt Yemm 5-11 187 So 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins ZWR 31 Dion Morton 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./North 17 T.J. Borcky 6-4 202 So 1L Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 8 Byron Steele 6-3 212 Fr RS Arlington, Texas/Lamar QB 18 Grant Stucker 6-2 203 Sr 1L Parker, Colo./Ponderosa 12 Jon Eastman 6-2 219 Jr JC Sandy Utah/Snow College 17 T.J. Borcky 6-4 202 So 1L Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 18 RB 7 John Mosure 5-10 211 Jr 2L Miami, Fla./Columbus 33 Lou Greenwood 6-0 175 Fr HS Conroe, Texas/Conroe 2 Leonard Mason 6-0 216 Jr JC Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./College of the Desert 14 Alex Square 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre FB 36 Zac Pauga 6-0 240 Jr 2L Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain 29 Broderick Sargent 6-2 214 Fr RS Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central 42 Jason Klingerman 6-1 242 Fr RS Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Players Adam Akisanya ...... awk-eh-SAHN-yah Pete Kontodiakos .....cunn-DOH-DEE-aack-iss Nico Ranieri...... NEE-ko ruh-NEAR-ee Scott Albritton...... awl-BRITT-in Klay Kubiak...... KOOB-ee-ack Doug Richau ...... RICK-ow (as in now) Jared Biard...... BEARD Klint Kubiak...... KOOB-ee-ack Mychal Sisson ...... SISS-in Te’Jay Brown ...... T-J Nuku Latu...... NOO-koo LAH-too Gerard Thomas ...... jurr-ARD Joe Capriolglio...... KAP-ree-OH-lee-oh Marquise Law ...... mar-KEECE Zach Tiedgen ...... TEE-jin Andy Clements...... KLEMM-ints Tyson Liggett...... LIGG-itt Ty Whittier ...... WHITT-ee-er Ben DeLine ...... duh-LINE Cam Loughery...... LOCK-err-ee Luke Diehl ...... DEEL Cory Macon ...... MAKE-in Coaches/Staff Josh Gabler...... GABB-ler Immanuel Mitchel...... E-man-you-ell Marc Lubick...... LOOB-ik Jake Gdowski...... guh-DOW-skee Dion Morton...... DEE-on Terry DeZeeuw ...... duh-ZAY-o Norman Gee...... JEE John Mosure ...... MOH-zyur Tom Ehlers ...... L-ers Jordan Gragert...... GRAY-gurt Chris Nwoke ...... WOH-kay Paul Kowalczyk...... kuh-WALL-check Rashaun Greer ...... ray-SHAWN Nick Oppenneer...... awp-in-EER Jyrone Hickman ...... jy-ROWN Zac Pauga ...... pah-UNG-ah Michael Kawulok ...... kuh-WALL-ik Eric Peitz...... PYTS

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING COLORADO STATE DEPTH CHART ASOFNOV. 23, 2009 DEFENSE

RE 46 Ty Whittier 6-5 264 Jr 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 47 Zach Tiedgen 6-4 250 Fr RS Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 91 C.J. James 6-3 241 Fr HS Orlando, Fla./Colonial DT 62 James Morehead 6-6 320 Sr 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge 92 Nuku Latu 6-2 287 So 1L Gilbert, Ariz./Highland 88 Ben Tedford 6-6 247 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Columbine NG 66 Guy Miller 6-3 288 Jr 2L Scott City, Kan./Scott City 92 Nuku Latu 6-2 287 So 1L Gilbert, Ariz./Highland 50 Kelly Seward 6-2 270 Jr VR Yuma, Colo./Hutchinson College LE 24 Cory Macon 6-6 242 Jr 1L Anchorage, Alaska/East 61 Eugene Daniels 6-3 240 So VR Fort Hood, Texas/Shoemaker 90 Sam Stewart 6-3 249 Sr VR Garden Grove, Calif./Santa Ana College SLB 39 Davis Burl 6-2 205 Fr RS Aurora, Colo./Grandview 43 James Skelton 6-2 215 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield MLB 51 Alex Williams 6-2 222 Jr 1L Sidney, Neb./Sidney 3 Chris Gipson 5-11 215 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Kimball WLB 6 Mychal Sisson 5-11 203 So 1L Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 43 James Skelton 6-2 215 Fr RS Littleton, Colo./Chatfield RCB 11 Nick Oppenneer 5-10 182 Sr 2L Littleton, Colo./University of Mary 15 Marcus Shaw 5-8 174 Fr RS Dallas, Texas/Duncanville LCB 4 Brandon Owens 6-0 178 So 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Ridgeview 5 Gerard Thomas 5-9 171 So 1L Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola 2 DeAngelo Wilkinson 5-10 181 Jr 1L Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman FS 22 Elijah-Blu Smith 5-11 186 So 1L Los Angeles, Calif./Crenshaw 19 Jarrad McKay OR 6-0 192 So VR Wheat Ridge, Colo./Lakewood 32 Scott Zick 6-0 186 Jr 1L Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins SS 35 Ivory Herd 5-11 191 So 1L Vista, Calif./Rancho Buena Vista 19 25 Travis Ford 6-3 205 Jr JC Oakland, Calif./Laney Community College

SPECIAL TEAMS P 41 Pete Kontodiakos 6-3 185 Fr HS Tarpon Springs, Fla./Countryside PK 14 Ben DeLine 6-0 175 So 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs 49 Chad VanderMolen 5-11 159 So VR Garden Grove, Calif./University of Tulsa LS 71 Scott Albritton 6-3 229 Jr 1L San Diego, Calif./Santa Barbara City College 59 Tanner Hedstrom 6-1 216 Fr HS Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins H 3 Matt Yemm 5-11 187 So VR Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins 11 Nick Oppenneer 5-10 182 Sr 2L Littleton, Colo./University of Mary KR 31 Dion Morton 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./North 33 Lou Greenwood 6-0 175 Fr HS Conroe, Texas/Conroe 14 Alex Square 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre PR 31 Dion Morton 5-10 172 Sr 3L Riverside, Calif./North 5 Gerard Thomas 5-9 171 So 1L Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola 14 Alex Square 5-9 182 Sr 2L Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING 2009 STATISTICS WON 3, LOST 8 (0-7 MOUNTAIN WEST) RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Mason, Leonard ...... 9 136 671 24 647 4.8 2 44 71.9 Mosure, John ...... 10 120 631 17 614 5.1 7 39 61.4 Greenwood, Lou ...... 10 39 148 23 125 3.2 1 14 12.5 RESULTS (*—Mountain West game) Attend Time Greer, Rashaun ...... 11 3 56 0 56 18.7 0 45 5.1 S 6 @. Colorado FSN W, 23-17 53,168 3:23 Pauga, Zac ...... 11 14 56 0 56 4.0 0 10 5.1 S12 Weber State - W, 24-23 23,417 3:04 Morton, Dion ...... 11 10 65 20 45 4.5 1 26 4.1 S19 Nevada - W, 35-20 24,967 2:59 Square, Alex ...... 7 10 40 4 36 3.6 0 11 5.1 S26 @BYU The Mtn. L, 23-42 64,091 3:14 Borcky, T.J...... 7 3 9 0 9 3.0 0 4 1.3 O3 @Idaho ESPNU L, 29-31 16,000 3:23 Stucker, Grant ...... 11 38 139 130 9 0.2 2 35 0.8 O10 Utah The Mtn. L, 17-24 30,499 2:48 Liggett, Tyson ...... 11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 O17 @TCU VS. L, 6-44 31,156 2:57 Walter, Tim ...... 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 O24 SDSU The Mtn. L, 28-42 20,631 3:00 TEAM ...... 3 5 0 14 -14 -2.8 0 0 -4.7 O31 Air Force The Mtn. L, 16-34 22,025 2:44 Eastman, Jon ...... 5 2 0 19 -19 -9.5 0 0 -3.8 N7 @UNLV The Mtn. L, 16-35 15,902 3:01 Total...... 11 381 1815 251 1564 4.1 14 45 142.2 N21 @UNM The Mtn. L, 27-29 21,751 2:52 Opponents...... 11 401 2000 271 1729 4.3 20 50 157.2

PASSING G Effic Cmp- Att- Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G CSU OPP TEAM STATISTICS Stucker, Grant ...... 11 121.9 133- 251- 12 53.0 1874 12 57 170.4 SCORING ...... 244 341 Eastman, Jon ...... 5 118.6 21- 39- 2 53.8 309 1 50 61.8 Points Per Game ...... 22.2 31.0 Morton, Dion ...... 11 449.8 4- 4 -0 100.0 88 2 40 8.0 FIRST DOWNS ...... 202 248 Mosure, John ...... 10 623.2 1- 1- 0 100.0 23 1 23 2.3 Rushing ...... 83 105 Total...... 11 127.6 159- 295- 14 53.9 2294 16 57 208.5 Passing ...... 103 128 Opponents...... 11 142.2 230- 361- 11 63.7 2691 24 60 244.6 Penalty ...... 16 15 RUSHING YARDAGE ...... 1564 1729 RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Yards gained rushing ...... 1815 2000 Yards lost rushing ...... 251 271 Greer, Rashaun ...... 11 41 688 16.8 0 57 62.5 Rushing Attempts ...... 381 401 Morton, Dion ...... 11 22 392 17.8 4 57 35.6 Average Per Rush ...... 4.1 4.3 Pauga, Zac ...... 11 19 181 9.5 2 32 16.5 Average Per Game ...... 142.2 157.2 Liggett, Tyson ...... 11 17 253 14.9 3 40 23.0 TDs Rushing ...... 14 20 Peitz, Eric ...... 9 14 114 8.1 3 25 12.7 PASSING YARDAGE ...... 2294 2691 Mosure, John ...... 10 13 155 11.9 1 25 15.5 20 Att-Comp-Int ...... 295-159-14 361-230-11 Greenwood, Lou ...... 10 11 192 17.5 2 50 19.2 Average Per Pass ...... 7.8 7.5 Borcky, T.J...... 7 6 60 10.0 0 19 8.6 Average Per Catch ...... 14.4 11.7 Mason, Leonard ...... 9 5 29 5.8 0 13 3.2 Average Per Game ...... 208.5 244.6 Yemm, Matt ...... 11 4 48 12.0 0 18 4.4 TDs Passing ...... 16 24 Steele, Byron ...... 3 2 60 30.0 0 44 20.0 TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 3858 4420 Gardner, Ryan ...... 9 2 50 25.0 0 43 5.6 Total Plays ...... 676 762 Stucker, Grant ...... 11 1 40 40.0 1 40 3.6 Average Per Play ...... 5.7 5.8 Gee, Norman ...... 11 1 16 16.0 0 16 1.5 Average Per Game ...... 350.7 401.8 Square, Alex ...... 7 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 55-1277 45-1075 Starr, Mark ...... 9 0 7 0.0 0 0 0.8 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 11-98 17-219 Total...... 11 159 2294 14.4 16 57 208.5 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 11-227 14-117 Opponents...... 11 230 2691 11.7 24 60 244.6 KICK RETURN AVERAGE ...... 23.2 23.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ...... 8.9 12.9 |——— PATs ———| TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts INT RETURN AVERAGE ...... 20.6 8.4 SCORING FUMBLES-LOST ...... 10-3 18-8 DeLine, Ben ...... 0 11-15 25-27 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 58 PENALTIES-Yards ...... 60-545 68-636 Mosure, John ...... 8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 48 Average Per Game ...... 49.5 57.8 Morton, Dion ...... 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 PUNTS-Yards ...... 48-1933 35-1498 Liggett, Tyson ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Average Per Punt ...... 40.3 42.8 Stucker, Grant ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 18 Net punt average ...... 32.4 36.0 Greenwood, Lou ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0-0 0 0 18 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game ...... 29:28 30:31 Peitz, Eric ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 3RD-DOWN Conversions ...... 47/136 88/159 Mason, Leonard ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 3rd-Down Pct ...... 35% 55% Pauga, Zac ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 4TH-DOWN Conversions ...... 9/17 10/16 Walter, Tim ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 4th-Down Pct ...... 53% 62% OPPENNEER, Nick ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 SACKS BY-Yards ...... 20-151 17-137 Total...... 31 11-15 25-27 0-4 0 0-0 0 0 244 MISC YARDS ...... 0 0 Opponents...... 45 10-12 35-41 1-1 2 2-2 0 0 341 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ...... 31 45 UNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ...... 11-15 10-12 P ON-SIDE KICKS ...... 0-2 0-2 KONTODIAKOS, Pe ...... 47 1933 41.1 76 8 12 12 9 1 RED-ZONE SCORES ...... 25-31 81% 32-42 76% TEAM ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS ...... 19-31 61% 28-42 67% Total...... 48 1933 40.3 76 8 12 12 9 1 PAT-ATTEMPTS ...... 25-27 93% 35-41 85% Opponents...... 35 1498 42.8 66 7 6 8 8 0 ATTENDANCE ...... 121539 202068 Games/Avg Per Game ...... 5/24308 6/33678 FIELD GOALS M-A Pct 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Neutral Site Games ...... 0/0 DeLine, Ben ...... 11-15 73.3 1-1 4-4 2-5 4-4 0-1 47 0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT — Total Colorado State 79 60 48 57 244 Opponents 45 84 112 100 341 COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long Official Press Box |——Tackles——| |-Sacks-||—Pass Def—| |-Fumbles-| Blkd GP UT AT Total ForLossNo-Yards Int-Yds BU PD QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf Thomas, Gerard ...... 7 46 6.6 0 18 DEFENSE Morton, Dion ...... 4 52 13.0 0 41 6 Sisson, Mychal 11 45 38 83 13.5- 55 4.0- 29 . 5 5 3 1 - 6 1 . . Total...... 11 98 8.9 0 41 22 SMITH, Elijah-B 11 41 28 69 . . 3- 54 4 7 . 1- 28 1 . . Opponents...... 17 219 12.9 1 69 11 OPPENNEER, Nick 11 37 22 59 2.0 - 3 . 4- 155 5 9 . 1 - 6 . . . 3G Gipson, Chris 10 22 29 51 3.5- 19 3.0- 18 . 3 3 . . . . . 20 Kubiak, Klint 6 26 22 48 1.5 - 7 1.0 - 7 1 - 0 . 1 . . . . . KICKOFF RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long 51 Williams, Alex 8 18 30 48 3.0 - 4 . . 1 1 . 2 - 0 1 . . Morton, Dion ...... 34 832 24.5 0 43 5 Thomas, Gerard 10 27 11 38 . . 1 - 0 4 5 . . . . . Greenwood, Lou ...... 14 271 19.4 0 38 66 Miller, Guy 11 17 20 37 6.0- 28 2.0- 20 . 1 1 1 1 - 0 1 . . Mosure, John ...... 3 63 21.0 0 30 43 Skelton, James 11 16 21 37 1.0 - 3 0.5 - 2 1- 18 . 1 1 . . . . Square, Alex ...... 3 85 28.3 0 34 35 Herd, Ivory 11 14 18 32 . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . Thomas, Gerard ...... 1 26 26.0 0 26 24 Macon, Cory 9 14 18 32 4.0- 42 2.5- 22 . . . 1 . . . . Total...... 55 1277 23.2 0 43 52 KAWULOK, Michae 8 18 13 31 1.5 - 4 . 1 - 0 2 3 . . 1 . . Opponents...... 45 1075 23.9 0 50 2A WILKINSON, DeAn 8 18 9 27 . . . 3 3 1 1 - 0 . . . 62 MOREHEAD, James 11 8 18 26 5.0- 30 2.5- 21 . . . 2 . . 1 . INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long 47 Tiedgen, Zach 10 10 14 24 3.0- 10 0.5 - 2 . . . 3 . . . . OPPENNEER, Nick ...... 4 155 38.8 1 97 39 Burl, Davis 11 5 10 15 ...... SMITH, Elijah-B ...... 3 54 18.0 0 22 25 Ford, Travis 10 11 4 15 . . . 1 1 . . . . . Kubiak, Klint ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 91 James, C.J. 10 5 8 13 0.5 - 0 . . . . 2 . . . . Thomas, Gerard ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 4A Owens, Brandon 8 5 7 12 . . . 1 1 . . . . . Skelton, James ...... 1 18 18.0 0 18 46 Whittier, Ty 8 7 5 12 1.0- 10 1.0- 10 . . . 1 . . . . KAWULOK, Michae ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 92 Latu, Nuku 11 4 7 11 2.0 - 5 1.5 - 5 . . . . . 1 1 . Total...... 11 227 20.6 1 97 1C McKay, Jarrad 10 10 . 10 ...... Opponents...... 14 117 8.4 0 42 61 DANIELS, Eugene 6 5 3 8 1.5 - 9 0.5 - 6 . 1 1 . . 1 . . 26 Good, Derek 10 3 5 8 ...... TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 29 SARGENT, Broder 11 4 1 5 ...... Stucker, Grant ...... 11 289 9 1874 1883 171.2 32 Zick, Scott 10 3 2 5 ...... Mason, Leonard ...... 9 136 647 0 647 71.9 28 Clements, Andy 2 1 3 4 0.5 - 6 0.5 - 6 . . . 1 1 - 0 . . . Mosure, John ...... 10 121 614 23 637 63.7 19 Gee, Norman 11 1 3 4 ...... Eastman, Jon ...... 5 41 -19 309 290 58.0 15 Shaw, Marcus 10 3 1 4 . . . . . 1 . . . . Morton, Dion ...... 11 14 45 88 133 12.1 27 Gabler, Josh 11 3 1 4 ...... Greenwood, Lou ...... 10 39 125 0 125 12.5 71 ALBRITTON, Scot 9 2 1 3 ...... Greer, Rashaun ...... 11 3 56 0 56 5.1 25 Ford, T. 1 1 2 3 ...... Pauga, Zac ...... 11 14 56 0 56 5.1 68 Carter, Scott 11 2 1 3 ...... Square, Alex ...... 7 10 36 0 36 5.1 49 VANDERMOLEN, Ch 8 2 1 3 ...... Borcky, T.J...... 7 3 9 0 9 1.3 60 MARTINEZ, Adria 11 1 1 2 ...... TEAM ...... 3 5 -14 0 -14 -4.7 31 Morton, Dion 11 1 1 2 ...... Total...... 11 676 1564 2294 3858 350.7 88 Tedford, Ben 2 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . Opponents...... 11 762 1729 2691 4420 401.8 TEAM 3 1 . 1 ...... 21 36 Pauga, Zac 11 1 . 1 ...... 90 Stewart, Sam 4 . 1 1 ...... LL URPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Tot Avg A -P 50 Seward, Kelly 2 . 1 1 0.5 - 3 0.5 - 3 ...... Morton, Dion ...... 11 45 392 52 832 0 1321 120.1 58 Gdowski, Jake 9 1 . 1 ...... Mosure, John ...... 10 614 155 0 63 0 832 83.2 Total...... 11 414 380 794 50- 238 20- 15111- 22732 43 18 8- 40 8 2 . Greer, Rashaun ...... 11 56 688 0 0 0 744 67.6 Opponents...... 11 420 295 715 54- 228 17- 13714- 11737 51 14 3 - 0 6 3 . Mason, Leonard ...... 9 647 29 0 0 0 676 75.1 Greenwood, Lou . . . . .10 125 192 0 271 0 588 58.8 Liggett, Tyson ...... 11 0 253 0 0 0 253 23.0 Pauga, Zac ...... 11 56 181 0 0 0 237 21.5 OPPENNEER, Nick . . . .11 0 0 0 0 155 155 14.1 Square, Alex ...... 7 36 9 0 85 0 130 18.6 Peitz, Eric ...... 9 0 114 0 0 0 114 12.7 Thomas, Gerard . . . . .10 0 0 46 26 0 72 7.2 Borcky, T.J...... 7 9 60 0 0 0 69 9.9 Steele, Byron ...... 3 0 60 0 0 0 60 20.0 SMITH, Elijah-B ...... 11 0 0 0 0 54 54 4.9 Gardner, Ryan ...... 9 0 50 0 0 0 50 5.6 Stucker, Grant ...... 11 9 40 0 0 0 49 4.5 Yemm, Matt ...... 11 0 48 0 0 0 48 4.4 Skelton, James ...... 11 0 0 0 0 18 18 1.6 Gee, Norman ...... 11 0 16 0 0 0 16 1.5 Starr, Mark ...... 9 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.8 TEAM ...... 3 -14 0 0 0 0 -14 -4.7 Eastman, Jon ...... 5 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 -3.8 Total...... 11 1564 2294 98 1277 227 5460 496.4 Opponents...... 11 1729 2691 219 1075 117 5831 530.1 FG SEQUENCE CSU OPPONENTS Colorado ...... (29),(45),(18) (54) Weber State ...... (28),38 34,(47) Nevada ...... - - BYU ...... 32,(38) - Idaho ...... 50,(43) (47) Utah ...... (43) (41) TCU ...... (31),(47) (36) San Diego State ...... - 32 Air Force ...... (22) (50),(30) UNLV ...... 37,(29) - New Mexico ...... - (21),(37),(27) COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING THE LAST TIME INDIVIDUAL COLORADO STATE OPPONENT 30 Rushing Attempts 30 Gartrell Johnson III vs. New Mexico; Nov. 15, 2008 31 Chad Hall, vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 200 Yards Rushing 285 Gartrell Johnson III vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 256 Chad Hall, vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 100 Yards Rushing 177 John Mosure at New Mexico; Nov. 21, 2009 133 Demond Dennis at New Mexico; Nov. 21, 2009 4 Touchdowns Rushing 4 Todd Yert vs. Cal State-Fullerton; Sept. 16, 1989 4 Chad Hall, vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 3 Touchdowns Rushing 3 Gartrell Johnson III vs. UNLV; Oct. 4, 2008 3 Harvey Unga, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 400 Yards Passing 419 Justin Holland vs. Wyoming; Oct. 22, 2005 459 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 350 Yards Passing 372 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 389 Max Hall, vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 50 Pass Attempts 51 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 55 Case Keenum, vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 40 Pass Attempts 40 Caleb Hanie vs. New Mexico; Oct. 28, 2006 43 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 30 Pass Attempts 35 Grant Stucker, at Idaho, Oct. 3, 2009 38 Nathan Enderle, at Idaho, Oct. 3, 2009 25 Pass Completions 31 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 29 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 20 Pass Completions 24 Billy Farris vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 22 Donovan Porterie, at New Mexico; Nov. 21, 2009 4 Touchdown Passes 4 Grant Stucker, at Idaho, Oct. 3, 2009 6 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 400 Yards Total Offense 400 Justin Holland vs. Wyoming; Oct. 22, 2005 450 Ryan Lindley, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 300 Yards Total Offense 336 Grant Stucker, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 319 Terrance Cain vs. Utah; Oct. 10, 2009 10 Receptions 11 Tyson Liggett, at BYU, Sept. 26, 2009 15 DeMarcus Sampson, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 200 Receiving Yards 211 Rashaun Greer vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 257 DeMarcsu Sampson, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 3 Touchdown Receptions 3 Dion Morton at Wyoming; Nov. 22, 2008 3 DeMarcsu Sampson, vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 3 Field Goals Made 3 Ben DeLine at CU; Sept. 6, 2009 3 James Aho, at New Mexico, Nov. 21, 2009 2 Pass Interceptions 2 Darryl Williams at UNLV; Oct. 20, 2007 3 R. Johnson vs. Utah; Oct. 10, 2009 50-Yard Field Goal 52 Jason Smith at Utah; Oct. 18, 2008 50 Eric Soderberg, vs. Air Force; Oct. 31, 2009 60-Yard Punt 67 Pete Kontodiakos at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 66 Mike Snoy, vs. Weber State; Sept. 12, 2009 Kickoff Return For Touchdown 90 John Mosure vs. CU; Aug. 31, 2008 93 Davion Mauldin at San Diego State; Oct. 25, 2008 Punt Return For Touchdown 58 Damon Morton at Fresno State; Sept. 30, 2006 69 Jeremy Kerly at TCU; Oct.17, 2009 Fumble Return For Touchdown 20 Mychal Sisson vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 37 Kenneth Fontenette, at Houston; Sept. 22, 2007 Interception Return For Touchdown 97 Nick Oppenneer at New Mexico; Nov. 21, 2009 24 Ward Dobbs at Wyoming; Nov. 22, 2008 TEAM COLORADO STATE OPPONENT 30 First Downs 30 at San Diego State; Nov. 16, 2002 32 vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 400 Yards Rushing 440 at BYU; Nov. 1, 2001 410 at BYU; Nov. 1, 2001 300 Yards Rushing 362 vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 335 at Utah; Oct. 18, 2008 60 Rushing Attempts 70 at Utah; Oct. 28, 1989 60 vs. Georgia Southern; Nov. 17, 2007 50 Rushing Attempts 52 vs. Wyoming; Nov. 23, 2007 59 vs. Air Force; Oct. 31, 2009 4 Rushing Touchdowns 4 vs. Weber State; Sept. 2, 2006 4 at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 400 Yards Passing 419 vs. Wyoming; Oct. 22, 2005 459 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 50 Pass Attempts 51 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 55 vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 40 Pass Attempts 40 vs. New Mexico; Oct. 28, 2006 43 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 30 Pass Completions 31 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 35 vs. BYU; Nov. 1, 2008 4 Touchdown Passes 4 vs. Idaho; Oct. 10, 2009 6 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 600 Yards Total Offense 619 vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 606 vs. TCU; Nov. 25, 2006 80 Total Plays 84 at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 83 vs. Weber State; Sept. 12, 2009 4 Turnovers 4 vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 5 vs. Nevada; Sept. 19, 2009 0 Turnovers 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 2 Players In Game/100 Yards Rushing 2 at Nevada; Sept. 28, 2002 2 vs. Fresno State; Dec. 20, 2008 22 3 Players In Game/100 Yards Rushing 3 vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga; Aug. 31, 1996 3 vs. Air Force; Sept. 30, 1989 100-yd. Rusher and 100-yd. Receiver 1 vs. Georgia Southern; Nov. 17, 2007 1 at UNLV; Oct. 20, 2007 10 or Fewer First Downs 7 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 9 at San Diego State; Dec. 2, 2006 4 Passes Had Intercepted 4 vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 5 at New Mexico; Nov. 17, 2001 (CSU record) 100 Yards Or Fewer Rushing 70 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 70 at Idaho; Oct. 4, 2009 300 Yards Or Fewer Total Offense 268 vs, Air Force; Oct. 31, 2009 251 at CU; Sept. 6, 2009 Scored a Safety 1 at New Mexico; Oct. 28, 2005 1 at TCU; Nov. 5, 2005 Blocked Punt 1 at Nevada; Sept. 16, 2006 1 at BYU; Sept. 26, 2009 2-Point Conversion 1 vs. UNLV; Oct. 4, 2008 1 San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 35:00 Time Of Possession 37:59 at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 35:18 vs. San Diego State; Oct. 24, 2009 50 Points Scored 58 at BYU; Oct. 9, 2003 51 vs. Navy; Dec. 22, 2005 (Poinsettia Bowl) Shutout 63-0 vs. Hawaii; Oct. 4, 1997 24-0 at Wyoming. Oct. 21, 2006 0 Points Scored 1st Quarter 0 at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 0 at UNLV; Nov. 7, 2009 0 Points Scored, 1st Half 0 at Cal; Sept. 27, 2008 0 vs. Nevada; Sept. 19, 2009 0 Points Scored, 3rd Quarter 0 vs. Air Force; Oct. 31, 2009 0 vs. New Mexico, Nov. 15, 2008 0 Points Scored Through 3 Quarters 0 at Wyoming; Oct. 21, 2006 0 at Colorado; Aug. 31, 2002 0 Points Scored, 4th Quarter 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 vs. Weber State; Sept. 12, 2009 0 Points Scored, 2nd Half 0 at TCU; Oct. 17, 2009 0 vs TCU; Oct. 11, 2008 CSU’S W-L RECORD BREAKDOWN 2009 SEASON — 2008 SEASON — UNDER STEVE FAIRCHILD (2008-09) — OVERALL VS. MWC HOME ROAD NEU OVERALL VS. MWC HOME ROAD NEU OVERALL VS. MWC HOME ROAD NEU Overall 3-8 0-7 2-3 1-5 0-0 7-6 4-4 4-2 2-3 1-1 10-14 4-11 6-5 3-8 1-1 On grass 1-3 0-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-4 1-3 0-0 2-3 1-1 On artificial surfaces 2-5 0-4 2-3 0-2 0-0 5-5 3-4 4-2 1-3 0-0 7-10 3-8 6-5 1-5 0-0 When scoring first 3-3 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-3 2-3 3-2 0-1 0-0 6-6 2-5 5-3 1-3 0-0 When opponents scored first 0-5 0-5 0-2 0-3 0-0 4-3 2-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 4-8 2-6 1-2 2-5 1-1 In overtime 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 When leading after first quarter 3-3 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 5-5 1-4 4-3 1-2 0-0 When leading at halftime 2-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 0-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 When leading after third quarter 2-2 0-2 1-2 1-0 0-0 5-0 3-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 7-2 3-2 5-2 2-0 0-0 When trailing after first quarter 0-3 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-0 4-3 3-2 1-0 2-3 1-0 4-6 3-5 1-2 2-4 1-0 When trailing at halftime 1-5 0-5 1-1 0-4 0-0 5-5 3-3 2-1 2-3 1-1 6-10 3-8 3-2 2-7 1-1 When trailing after third quarter 1-6 0-5 1-1 0-5 0-0 2-6 1-4 0-2 1-3 1-1 3-12 1-9 1-3 1-8 1-1 When tied at halftime 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 On Saturday 2-8 0-7 2-3 0-5 0-0 7-5 4-4 4-2 2-3 1-0 9-13 4-11 6-5 2-8 1-0 On Sunday 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 Day games (before 4 p.m.) 2-3 0-3 2-2 0-1 0-0 6-3 3-2 4-1 1-2 1-0 8-6 3-5 6-3 1-3 1-0 Night games (4 p.m./later) 1-5 0-4 0-1 1-4 0-0 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 2-8 1-6 0-2 2-5 0-1 When CSU had 100-yard rusher 1-3 0-3 0-2 1-1 0-0 5-1 4-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 6-4 4-4 2-3 3-1 1-0 When CSU had 100-yard receiver 1-3 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-0 4-2 2-2 3-1 1-1 0-0 5-5 2-4 4-2 1-3 0-0 When CSU had 300-yard passer 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 When OPP had 100-yard rusher 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 4-3 3-3 1-1 2-2 1-0 4-6 3-6 1-2 2-4 1-0 When OPP had 100-yard receiver 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-3 2-3 0-1 0-0 When OPP had 300-yard passer 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-0

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL NOTES | NOV. 23, 2009 | GAME 12 | RAMS VS. WYOMING