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GAME 1 | BYU at Nebraska | Saturday, Sept. 5 | 2:30 p.m. CDT | Lincoln, Neb. | Memorial Stadium | ABC | Cougar IMG Sports Network | www.BYUCougars.com FOOTBALL Brett Pyne, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-4912 | C: (801) 367-1631 | [email protected] | @BYUCougars #BYUatNEB #BYUFootball #GoCougs BYU 2015 SCHEDULE AWAY GAME INFORMATION HOME Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV Kickoff .................. 2:36 p.m. CDT 9/5 Sat at Nebraska 2:30 p.m. ABC TV ............................ ABC 9/12 Sat Boise State 8:15 p.m. ESPN2 Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Chris Spiel- 9/19 Sat at UCLA 7:30 p.m. FS1 man (analyst), Todd McShay (sideline) 9/26 Sat at Michigan TBA TBA Radio ......... Cougar IMG Sports Network 10/2 Fri Connecticut 8:15 p.m. ESPN2 (KSL 1160 AM, 102.7 FM, KSL.com, BYUcou- 10/10 Sat East Carolina TBA TBA gars.com, BYU Radio Sirius XM 143) 10/16 Fri Cincinnati 6 p.m. ESPN 10/24 Sat Wagner 1 p.m. BYUtv Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Marc Lyons 11/6 Fri at San Jose State 8:30 p.m. CBSS (analyst), Nate Meikle (sideline) 11/14 Sat vs. Missouri TBA TBA BYU (0-0, INDEPENDENT) Opp. Radio KXSP 590 AM ESPN, KEZO K-92 92.3 FM NEBRASKA (0-0, 0-0 BIG TEN) 11/21 Sat Fresno State TBA TBA COUGARS TV pregame show .... BYUtv, 1:30 p.m. CST CORNHUSKERS 11/28 Sat at Utah State 1:30 p.m. CBSS All times local to site Head Coach ... Bronco Mendenhall SERIES INFORMATION Head Coach. Mike Riley Alma Mater ........ Oregon St., 1988 Series is tied . 0-0 Alma Mater ......... Alabama, 1975 Career Record �����������������90-39 (.698) This is the first meeting between Career Record �����������������93-80 (.538) WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? Record at BYU ����������������������������Same BYU and Nebraska Record at NEB �������������������������������0-0 “If you haven’t had a chance to see Hill play, you should Mendenhall vs. NEB �����������������������0-0 Riley vs. BYU . .1-2 make a point to watch him and the Cougars this fall... that’s why I find the Cougars to be one of the more BYU STORYLINES fascinating teams to keep an eye on in 2015” - Bruce Feldman, Fox Sports • BIG WINNERS. Both BYU and Nebraska are amongst the top in college football when it comes to total wins in the last 40 seasons. Nebraska ranks No. 1 since 1975 with 389 wins and BYU is No. 5 at 354. “Physically, [Taysom Hill] is unbelievable. He’s just so • SEASON OPENERS. The Cougars are 56-32-2 in season openers since 1922. Opening in true road strong and he’s also extremely fast. We had good calls games, BYU has gone 22-20-1 on the road. Under Mendenhall, the Cougars are 2-2 playing their opener on third-and-short and he just ran through you. He’s a in someone else’s house. lot of fun to watch. He’s kind of a fireball out there.” - Zac Spavital, Texas Tech assistant coach (Former Houston assistant) • MENDENHALL IN SEASON OPENERS. BYU opens the 2015 season against a current Power 5 team for the ninth time in 11 years under Mendenhall. The Cougars have matched up against Boston College, “I think [Taysom Hill} will be the best quarterback on Arizona, Oklahoma, Washington, Ole Miss, Washington State and Virginia. BYU is 5-3 in openers against the field in virtually every matchup they play this year. Power 5 teams under Mendenhall and 7-3 overall in openers. He’s got a lot of talent surrounding him on offense. If • BYU VS. BIG TEN. BYU has played six teams from the current Big Ten in its history. The team has gone they can win and they can survive that early stretch of 3-7-1 in those games, with just three of them coming in the regular season and not in a bowl matchup. games ... I think all of a sudden this is a team that a lot BYU has never played the Cornhuskers. of people will keep their eye on and a team that can • UNFAMILIAR FAMILIARITY. Despite this being the first meeting between BYU and Nebraska, the two potentially make a lot of noise in the postseason.” head coaches are familiar with each other. Though they didn’t work together, both spent significant time - Jesse Palmer, ESPN Analyst as coaches at Oregon State. The two have faced off as head coaches three times. BYU holds a 2-1 ad- “How many QBs do you see with a knee brace running vantage over Riley while at OSU. The Cougars topped the Beavers 44-20 in the 2009 Las Vegas Bowl and for 259 yards in a game, or hurdling over talented Texas again in 2011 in Corvallis 38-28. OSU won the last meeting 42-24 in Provo in 2012. defensive backs? The answer is none. Hill is a unique breed of quarterback. He’s built like an All-American BYU PROJECTED DEPTH CHART linebacker or safety, playing the quarterback position.” OFFENSE DEFENSE - Mitch Harper, Athlon Sports QB 4 Taysom Hill 6-2 234 Sr. LE 90 Bronson Kaufusi 6-8 280 Sr. 12 Tanner Mangum 6-3 210 Fr. 44 Remington Peck 6-4 275 Sr. RB 24 Algernon Brown 6-1 235 Jr. NT 91 Travis Tuiloma 6-2 300 Jr. 26 Nate Carter 5-9 189 Sr. 94 Kesni Tausinga 6-1 302 So. TEAM COMPARISON FB 45 Toloa’i Ho Ching 6-1 240 So. RE 62 Logan Taele 6-2 293 Sr. (Final 2014) 36 Francis Bernard 6-0 235 Fr. 92 Graham Rowley 6-4 280 Sr. HB 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 182 Jr. SLB 4 Fred Warner 6-4 225 So. BYU CATEGORY NEB 6 Trey Dye 5-9 175 So. 47 Scott Huntsman 6-4 220 Fr. 37.1 Scoring Offense 37.8 WR 10 Mitch Mathews 6-6 215 Sr. MLB 21 Harvey Langi 6-3 240 Jr. 27.5 Scoring Defense 26.4 13 Kurt Henderson 6-1 180 Sr. 42 Austin Heder 6-2 242 Jr. and 80 Moroni Laulu-Pututau 6-4 190 Fr. 25.0 First Downs 22.3 BLB 22 Manoa Pikula 6-1 235 Sr. WR 19 Devon Blackmon 6-0 187 Sr. 46 Rhett Sandlin 6-3 230 Fr. 181.8 Rushing Off. 240.2 and 5 Nick Kurtz 6-6 205 Jr. WLB 43 Jherremya Leuta-Douyere 6-0 230 Sr. 121.8 Rushing Def. 177.8 IR 11 Terenn Houk 6-5 225 Sr. 31 Sae Tautu 6-4 246 Jr. 3 Colby Pearson 6-0 204 Jr. 278.7 Passing Off. 212.1 FC 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 200 So. 269.7 Passing Def. 205.8 TE 88 Tanner Balderree 6-3 242 So. 18 Michael Shelton 5-8 169 Fr. 85 Bryan Sampson 6-4 235 Jr. 460.5 Total Offense 452.3 BC 15 Michael Davis 6-2 195 Jr. LT 72 Ryker Mathews 6-6 320 Sr. 5 Dayan Lake 5-11 190 Fr. 391.5 Total Defense 383.7 65 JJ Nwigwe 6-5 265 Fr. KAT 33 Eric Takenaka 5-11 205 Jr. 19.67 Kickoff Return 20.79 LG 67 Kyle Johnson 6-4 303 Jr. 2 Matt Hadley 6-0 195 So. 77 Jaterrius Gulley 6-2 340 Fr. 7.47 Punt Return 15.90 FS 12 Kai Nacua 6-2 213 Jr. 81.0 Penalties (YPG) 50.38 C 56 Tejan Koroma 6-0 290 So. 20 Jordan Preator 6-0 183 So. 54 Parker Dawe 6-3 295 Jr. 41.19 Net Punting 37.27 RG 78 Tuni Kanuch 6-3 330 So. 27:54 Time of Poss. 30:16 or 73 Ului Lapuaho 6-7 330 So. SPECIAL TEAMS DS 64 Matt Foley 6-1 215 Jr. 43.4% 3rd Down % 41.3% RT 73 Ului Lapuaho 6-7 330 So. H 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 182 Jr. or 75 Brad Wilcox 6-7 287 Jr. PR 33 Eric Takenaka 5-10 205 Jr. 65.2% 4th Down % 46.2% or 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 200 So. 27-159 Sacks-Yards 29-240 SPECIAL TEAMS KR 28 Adam Hine 6-1 208 Jr. K 27 Trevor Samson 5-11 177 Sr. or 33 Eric Takenaka 5-10 205 Jr. 36-211 Sacks Allowed 22-129 84 Austin Brasher 6-0 183 Jr. KO 84 Austin Brasher 6-0 183 Jr. 88% Blue Zone % 88.3% or 27 Trevor Samson 5-11 177 Sr. P 31 Jonny Linehan 6-0 195 Jr. 84% Opp. Blue Zone % 81.8% or 29 Rhett Almond 6-4 190 Fr. 2015 BYU FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION-2 FOOTBALL CONTACTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND POLICY Football SID ...........................Brett Pyne Office .............................801-422-4912 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Thank you for your coverage of BYU football for the 2015 season. 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