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10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 22 BOWL APPEARANCES | 136 ALL-AMERICANS HOUSTON FOOTBALL Athletics Communications // 3100 Cullen Blvd. // Houston, TX 77204 // www.uhcougars.com Football Contacts: David Bassity // (713) 743- 9409 // [email protected] // Allison McClain // (713) 743-9406 // [email protected] UH COUGAR SCOREBOARD Aug. 29 ... UTSA...............ESPNU............L, 27-7 The Game At A Glance Sept. 6.... Grambling..........ESPN3...........W, 47-0 Sept. 11.....#25/RV at BYU .........ESPN ................8 p.m. Date:...Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 Sept. 20... UNLV ..............ESPN3............7 p.m. Time: ..............8 p.m. CST Oct. 2 ..... UCF................ESPN.............6 p.m. Location: ............Provo, Utah Oct. 11 ......NR/RV at Memphis .....TBA ...................TBA Oct. 17 . Temple.............ESPNU.............. TBA Venue: . LaVell Edwards Stadium Nov. 1 ......at USF ................TBA ...................TBA Capacity: ................63,470 Nov. 8 .... Tulane (H) ..........TBA . TBA Nov. 22 ... Tulsa ..............TBA . TBA Surface: ............Natural Grass Nov. 28 .....at SMU................TBA ...................TBA TV: ........................ESPN Houston (1-1, 0-0 The American) #25/RV BYU (2-0) Dec. 6.......RV/RV at Cincinnati . .TBA ...................TBA Live Stats:.....UHCougars.com * all times Central … rankings are AP/Coaches Poll COUGARS COUGARS (H) - Homecoming HOUSTON COACHING STAFF THE COACHES Tony Levine ..................................................................HEAD COACH ..................................................................Bronco Mendenhall Tony Levine, Head Coach ..........................................7th Season Minnesota, 1996 ......................................................... ALMA MATER .................................................................. Oregon State, 1988 David Gibbs, Defensive Coordinator .........................2nd Season 15-13 (3rd year as HC/7th year at UH) ..........................RECORD/EXP ............................. 84-34 (entering year) (10th season at BYU) Travis Bush, Asst. HC/Off. Coord./Quarterbacks [B] ........3rd Season Jamie Christian, Special Teams Coord./Inside WRs ....3rd Season FAST FACTS ON THE SERIES Dan Hammerschmidt, Running Backs ...................... 1st Season Series Record Overall ................................................................................................................................................BYU leads, 1-0 Vernon Hargreaves, Linebackers ..............................2nd Season Series Record at Houston .........................................................................................................................................BYU leads, 1-0 Tony Jeffery, Outside Receivers ................................. 1st Season Series Record at BYU ...................................................................................................................................................First Meeting Last Meeting ...........................................................................................................BYU 47, Houston 46 (Oct. 19, 2013 at Houston) Ricky Logo, Defensive Tackles ...................................3rd Season Gordy Shaw, Offensive Line ...................................... 1st Season HITS ON HOUSTON Zac Spavital, Defensive Backs [B] .............................7th Season « Houston hits the road for the first time this season when it faces BYU in an ESPN nationally-televised showdown Thursday [B] - denotes coaches in the press box at 8 p.m. CT at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. Houston (1-1) comes off its first win of the season, 47-0 over Grambling, CAPTAINS while the meeting marks BYU’s home opener after road wins over UConn (35-10) and Texas (41-7). Kenneth Farrow (Jr.), Derrick Mathews (Sr.), Joey Mbu (Sr.), Bryce « Houston opened its new on-campus facility, TDECU Stadium, on Aug. 29. The 40,755 at Houston’s opener set a record for Redman (Sr.), Daniel Spencer (Sr.), Trevon Stewart (Jr.) games played on the UH campus and was the largest Houston home crowd since 1991. « UH is 20-45-3 all-time in road openers and 1-1 under Tony Levine with a win at Temple in 2013 and a loss at UCLA in 2012. TELEVISION (ESPN) « Houston’s depth chart sports 14 underclassmen vs. 30 upperclassmen, including 13 seniors. It’s a change from 2013 when Rece Davis..................................play-by-play 23 underclassmen dotted the Houston depth chart in the season opener. The change in numbers are evidence of the talented Jesse Palmer.................................... analyst depth built by Tony Levine’s first three recruiting classes, billed by some as the best in UH history. David Pollack ................................... analyst « QB John O’Korn led all true freshmen nationally last season with 28 passing touchdowns. Samantha Ponder ...............................sideline « The Third Ward Defense leads The American in scoring defense (13.5/game) and was the third most-improved defense in * - Houston is 9-16-1 on ESPN 2013 in scoring defense, moving from 107th nationally in 2012 to 20th in 2013. RADIO (KPRC 950 AM) « The Cougars led the nation in 2013 with a +25 turnover margin and 43 turnovers gained. Kevin Eschenfelder...........................play-by-play « Houston has forced multiple turnovers in 21 of its last 23 games and has a turnover in 25 straight games. Ted Pardee ..................................... analyst « Trevon Stewart led the nation in 2013 with 10 turnovers - six fumble recoveries and four interceptions. His six fumble recoveries Jeremy Branham ................................sideline led the nation and set a Houston single-season record. Matt “Jermaine Jones” Thomas ...............pregame host THE M.O. ON THE TACKLING MACHINES ON THE WEB « Derrick Mathews (L) leads all players nationally with 371 career tackles Official Site ..............................UHCougars.com while Efrem Oliphant (R) led Houston with 134 tackles in 2013. Twitter.....................UHCougarSports / UHCougarFB « Oliphant has 11 career games with double-digit tackles including both Facebook........HoustonAthletics / HoustonCougarFootball games this year. Mathews has 14 career games with 10 stops or more. (see YouTube ................................... UHAthletics more on page 11). Instagram ..................HoustonCougars / UHCougarFB NCAA ACTIVE LEADERS IN CAREER TACKLES UHCougarFB // #GoCoogs 1 HoustonCougarFootball 10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 22 BOWL APPEARANCES | 136 ALL-AMERICANS UH COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Sunday Monday Tuesday*#^ Wednesday Thursday- David Bassity* Associate Athletics Director First 30 minutes of First 30 minutes of Media luncheon No availability Saturday E-mail [email protected] practice open to media. practice open to media. (11:30 a.m.), Carl Lewis No availability Jeff Conrad Director of Communications Time: 6:15 p.m. Time: 4:45 p.m. Auditorium. E-mail [email protected] Allison McClain* Assoc. Communications Dir. Players and Coaches Players and Coaches Coaches available E-mail [email protected] available post practice available post practice post practice Derrick Fazendin Asst. Communications Dir. Estimated time: 7:25 p.m. Estimated time: 6:40 p.m. Estimated time: 5:35 p.m. E-mail [email protected] Jessika Bailey Asst. Communications Dir. E-mail [email protected] Roman Petrowski Communications Assistant [email protected] * Some players have evening classes and are not available. # Players and coaches who appear at the media luncheon are not available * denotes football contacts after the Tuesday practice. ^Coach Levine’s radio show is Tuesday evenings and he is not available after practice that evening. Office Phone 713-743-9404 Press Box 713-743-0550 WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEON Website UHCougars.com Each Tuesday during the season Houston hosts a media luncheon at the Carl Lewis Auditorium at the Athletics/Alumni Center. The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m., as Houston head coach Tony Levine steps to the podium. A limited number of UH COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESS players are on hand for interviews. University of Houston Athletics Communications 3100 Cullen Blvd., Suite 2008 CREDENTIALS Athletics/Alumni Center Requests for credentials are accepted online. To receive the link to the web site, e-mail David Bassity at dbassity@central. Houston, TX 77204 uh.edu or Jeff Conrad at [email protected]. Requests must be submitted by a sports director/editor at least eight days prior to the contest. Media must show government issued photo identification upon entering the stadium. If the OPPONENT CONTACT name on the credential and the photo ID do not match, the credential is void. BYU ......................................................Brett Pyne E-mail ................................ [email protected] PRACTICE The first 30 minutes of Sunday and Tuesday practices are open to the media while all other practice sessions are closed to RECORD BREAKDOWN media and public unless otherwise posted. On days when post-practice interviews are conducted, media should gather 2014 Streak Under Levine around the corner from the outdoor turf at the Houston Football practice facility 10-15 minutes before the workout is Overall 1-1 W1 15-13 complete. Late requests for interviews will be accepted at that time and members of the athletics communications staff Home 1-1 W1 8-6 will escort players to the media present at the practice
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