2010 SEASON IN REVIEW Season In Review

Inside: Vincent Brown was an all-conference Season Review 98 first-team pick after leading the Aztecs with 69 catches for 1,352 Results and Statistics 99 yards and 10 in 2010. MWC Statistics 104

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MEDIA GUIDE | STATE FOOTBALL | 97 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Season Recap A YEAR TO REMEMBER n Against No. 2 and undefeated TCU, the Aztecs suffered a 5. Alabama 18 3 6.00 San Diego State’s 2010 football season will go down as 40-35 loss. The 35 points were 11 more than any other op - Nevada 6 1 6.00 one of the most memorable in school history. ponent scored against the Horned Frogs and the five-point Wisconsin 12 2 6.00 After suffering through six consecutive losing seasons, 11 margin was the closest call for TCU during their undefeated straight non-winning seasons and 40 seasons without a bowl regular season. TCU was 6-0 at home in 2010 and won its HILLMAN LEADS THE NATION victory, the Aztecs broke all three streaks en route to an im - other five home games by 194 points (38.8 ppg margin). Freshman running back Ronnie Hillman led all NCAA pressive 9-4 campaign. n The Aztecs owned the edge in play against Utah in most classmates in rushing in 2010 while finishing 10th nationally Below are a few of the notables from the 2010 season: statistical categories, including first downs (29-22) and total in rushing yards per game at 117.85. n Won the Poinsettia Bowl (first bowl win since 1969). offense (587-500), but could not overcome a -3 turnover mar - Hillman was nothing short of amazing, producing six n Finished with nine victories (most since 1977). gin and a blocked punt inside the SDSU 5-yard-line in a four- games with at least 150 yards rushing and two games with n Claimed the school’s first winning season in 12 years. point loss to the Utes. Utah ended the regular season more than 200 yards rushing. He rushed for 228 yards at 25th- n Defeated a nationally-ranked team for the first time in 14 campaign with a 10-2 record. ranked Missouri and in the Poinsettia Bowl victory over Navy. years, snapping a 25-game losing streak. Below is a look at the smallest average margins of defeat With 1,532 yards in 13 games, Hillman ended the season n Defeated Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico and in 2010: 54 yards short of Marshall Faulk’s total of 1,586 yards in 1991. Wyoming in the same season for the first time in school his - SMALLEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT Although Faulk ended his freshman campaign with more tory. Rk. Team Margin in L Losses Avg. yards, the NCAA sees Hillman as owning the school record n Snapped a 12-year bowl drought, the ninth-longest active 1. Boise State 3 1 3.00 since Faulk’s total includes 157 yards against Tulsa in the streak in the nation entering the 2010 campaign. Oregon 3 1 3.00 Freedom Bowl. The NCAA does not include bowl games for 3. Iowa 18 5 3.60 n Defeated two teams - Air Force (Independence) and Navy the purposes of season totals prior to 2002. 4. San Diego State 15 4 3.75 (Poinsettia) - that advanced to bowl play after losing 27 con - secutive games to teams that later played in a . n San Diego State was the only football team in Southern n 2010 Individual Honors California - college or pro - to advance to postseason play in 2010. BRADY HOKE ERNIE LAWSON * MWC Coach of the Year * All-MWC (Honorable Mention) AMONG THE MOST IMPROVED * Phil Steele All-MWC (3rd Team) VINCENT BROWN After having the 14th-best scoring margin improvement a * All-MWC (1st Team) RYAN LINDLEY year ago (from -215 in 2008 to -86 in 2009), the Aztecs once * Phil Steele All-MWC (1st Team) * All-MWC (2nd Team) again proved to be a program on the rise. In going from 4-8 * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (1st Team) * Phil Steele All-MWC (2nd Team) in 2009 to 9-4 in 2010, San Diego State’s five-win improve - * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (2nd Team) ment tied for the fourth largest in the country last season. MILES BURRIS * MWC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 29) Below is a look at the leaders in the category: * All-MWC (1st Team) LARGEST INCREASE IN VICTORIES, 2009 TO 2010 * Phil Steele All-MWC (1st Team) JEROME LONG Rk. Team 2009 2010 +/- * MWC co-Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 8) * Phil Steele All-MWC (3rd Team) 1. Miami (Ohio) 1 10 +9 * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (1st Team) * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (3rd Team) 2. Maryland 2 9 +7 TOMMY DRAHEIM LEON MCFADDEN 3. Auburn 8 14 +6 * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (2nd Team) * All-MWC (1st Team) 4. San Diego State 4 9 +5 * Phil Steele All-MWC (1st Team) Michigan State 6 11 +5 GAVIN ESCOBAR * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (3rd Team) Nevada 8 13 +5 * Sporting News Freshman All-American (1st Team) Tulsa 5 10 +5 * Phil Steele Freshman All-American (2nd Team) LARRY PARKER * Rivals.com Freshman All-American (2nd Team) * Phil Steele All-MWC (3rd Team) SO CLOSE... * CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American (2nd Team) As special as the 2010 campaign was for San Diego State, * All-MWC 2nd Team ABELARDO PEREZ * Phil Steele All-MWC (2nd Team) * All-MWC (2nd Team) it is not too difficult for Aztec fans to envision an undefeated campaign. RONNIE HILLMAN JOSE PEREZ The Aztecs’ four losses came by a combined 15 points, * Phil Steele Freshman All-American (1st Team) * All-MWC (Honorable Mention) with no defeat coming by more than five points. San Diego * FWAA Freshman All-American (1st Team) State’s average margin of defeat of 3.75 points was the fourth * Rivals.com Freshman All-American (2nd Team) ANDREW PRESTON smallest in the nation in 2010. * CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American (2nd Team) * All-MWC (Honorable Mention) In addition, the Aztecs suffered from questionable calls in * MWC Freshman of the Year * Poinsettia Bowl Defensive MVP two of the four losses. Below is a look at details from the four * All-MWC (1st Team) losses. * Phil Steele All-MWC (1st Team) DEMARCO SAMPSON n At Missouri, San Diego State led, 24-20, in the final minute * Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week (Oct. 18) *SI.com Honorable Mention All-American of the game when the Tigers completed a short pass that re - * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-American * All-MWC (1st Team) * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (1st Team) * Phil Steele All-MWC (1st Team) sulted in a 68-yard . Replays showed that an ap - * MWC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13) * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (1st Team) parent block in the back at the line of scrimmage that sprang * MWC co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20) * MWC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 1) the play was not called. The Tigers ended the year 10-2 over - * MWC co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18) all (6-0 at home) and won their other five home games by a * Poinsettia Bowl Offensive MVP BRIAN STAHOVICH total of 127 points (25.4 ppg margin). * All-MWC (1st Team) n In the contest at Brigham Young, the Aztecs forced a third- TRASK IOSEFA * Phil Steele All-MWC (1st Team) quarter fumble that was not called despite video evidence to * All-MWC (2nd Team) * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (2nd Team) the contrary. The Cougars went on to score a touchdown on * Phil Steele All-MWC (3rd Team) * MWC Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 1) the drive. Brigham Young was 5-1 at home this season, with * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (3rd Team) its other four home wins coming by a total of 92 points (23.0 B.J. WILLIAMS * Phil Steele Mid-Season All-MWC (3rd Team) ppg margin).

98 | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | MEDIA GUIDE 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Season Results and Statistics SAN DIEGO STATE OVERALL RECORD: 9-4 RUSHING MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: 5-3 Player G Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. TD Long YPG 10+ 5+ Hi Gm HOME: 6-1; AWAY: 3-3 HILLMAN, R. 13 262 1,600 68 1,532 5.8 17 93 117.8 38 104 228 Opp. KAZEE, W. 10 67 326 6 320 4.8 3 46 32.0 8 26 74 Date Opponent Result Score Att. Rk BROWN, D. 13 30 151 7 144 4.8 2 44 11.1 2 8 65 S.4 Nicholls State W 47-0 25,290 SULLIVAN, B. 13 40 126 2 124 3.1 7 12 9.5 1 12 69 S.11 at New Mexico State W 41-21 16,891 S.18 at Missouri L 24-37 56,050 --/25 SANDIFER, D. 13 1 14 0 14 14.0 0 14 1.1 1 1 14 S.25 Utah State W 41-7 45,682 DEAKIN, D. 13 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13 1.0 1 1 13 O.9 *at Brigham Young L 21-24 62,176 SAMPSON, D. 13 4 14 3 11 2.8 0 10 0.8 1 1 12 O.16 * Air Force (HC) W 27-25 28,178 23/23 YOUNG, C. 12 2 4 0 4 2.0 0 3 0.3 0 0 3 O.23 * at New Mexico W 30-20 16,488 BROWN, V. 13 1 0 13 -13 -13.0 0 0 -1.0 0 0 0 O.30 * at Wyoming W 48-38 16,252 TEAM 12 12 0 21 -21 -1.8 0 0 -1.8 0 0 0 N.6 * Colorado State W 24-19 34,689 LINDLEY, R. 13 19 50 81 -31 -1.6 0 9 -2.4 0 5 18 N.13 * at TCU L 35-40 45,694 3/3 N.20 * Utah L 34-38 34,951 25/25 SDSU TOTALS 13 439 2,298 201 2,097 4.8 29 93 161.3 N.27 * UNLV W 48-14 22,091 OPPONENTS 13 521 2,369 435 1,934 3.7 16 49 148.8 D.23 Navy W 35-14 48,049 * - Mountain West Conference Game. HC - Homecoming. Ranking PASSING refers to AP/USA Today Poll at game time. Player G Effic. Cmp. Att. Int. Pct. Yds. TD Long YPG LINDLEY, R. 13 149.43 243 421 14 57.7 3,830 28 90 294.6 SCORE BY QTR 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total San Diego State 100 129 106 120 - 455 BERNARDS, J. 2 184.00 1 1 0 100.0 10 0 10 5.0 Opponents 60 92 50 85 - 287 TEAM 12 0.00 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 BROWN, D. 13 0.00 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM STATISTICS San Diego State Opponents SDSU TOTALS 13 148.11 244 426 14 57.3 3,840 28 90 295.4 SCORING 455 287 OPPONENTS 13 113.41 221 427 10 51.8 2,665 18 68 205.0 Points Per Game 35.0 22.1 FIRST DOWNS 264 263 Rushing 92 112 RECEIVING Passing 154 126 Player G No. Yds. Avg. TD Long YPG 20+ 10+ Hi Re. Hi Yd. Penalty 18 25 BROWN, V. 13 69 1,352 19.6 10 90 104.0 25 43 8 184 RUSHING YARDAGE 2,097 1,934 SAMPSON, D. 13 67 1,220 18.2 8 71 93.8 17 45 12 179 Yards gained rushing 2,298 2,369 ESCOBAR, G. 13 29 323 11.1 4 45 24.8 4 13 6 65 Yards lost rushing 201 435 SULLIVAN, B. 13 26 383 14.7 3 57 29.5 7 12 4 69 Rushing Attempts 439 521 SANDIFER, D. 13 23 263 11.4 0 29 20.2 4 12 6 81 Average Per Rush 4.8 3.7 Average Per Game 161.3 148.8 HILLMAN 13 9 68 7.6 1 20 5.2 1 2 2 26 TDs Rushing 29 16 QUIGLEY, B. 11 5 66 13.2 1 28 6.0 1 3 2 33 PASSING YARDAGE 3,840 2,665 DENSO, D. 13 4 39 9.8 0 12 3.0 0 1 1 12 Comp-Att-Int 244-426-14 221-427-10 BROWN, D. 13 3 30 10.0 0 14 2.3 0 1 1 14 Average Per Pass 9.0 6.2 UMUOLO, A. 2 3 19 6.3 0 11 9.5 0 1 2 15 Average Per Catch 15.7 12.1 KAZEE, W. 10 2 38 19.0 0 28 3.8 1 2 1 28 Average Per Game 295.4 205.0 SHIELDS, D.J. 13 2 29 14.5 1 15 2.2 0 2 2 29 TDs Passing 28 18 TOTAL OFFENSE 5,937 4,599 O'BRIEN, J. 13 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.8 0 1 1 10 Total Plays 865 948 JOHNSON, A. 13 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 Average Per Play 6.9 4.9 SDSU TOTALS 13 244 3,840 15.7 28 90 295.4 Average Per Game 456.7 353.8 OPPONENTS 13 221 2,665 12.1 18 68 205.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 44-851 57-1456 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 28-169 26-255 SCORING INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-106 14-120 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.3 25.5 ------PATs ------PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.0 9.8 Player TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv. Pass DXP Safety Points INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.6 8.6 HILLMAN, R. 18 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 108 FUMBLES-LOST 13-8 16-6 PEREZ, A. 0 17-22 54-56 0 0 0-0 0 0 105 PENALTIES: #-Yards 77-672 81-687 BROWN, V. 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 60 Average Per Game 51.7 52.8 SULLIVAN, B. 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 60 PUNTS: #-Yards 55-2406 77-3038 SAMPSON, D. 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Average Per Punt 43.7 39.5 Net punt average 36.9 35.7 ESCOBAR, G. 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 24 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:15 31:45 KAZEE, W. 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 18 3RD-DOWN Conversions 80/172 71/204 BROWN, D. 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 12 3rd-Down Pct 47% 35% QUIGLEY, B. 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/12 12/25 LONG, J. 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 4th-Down Pct 58% 48% SHIELDS, D.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 SACKS BY: #-Yards 28-202 9-75 SHIELDS, B. 0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 MISC YARDS 35 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 58 36 SDSU TOTALS 58 17-22 56-58 0 0 0-0 0 0 455 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 17-22 13-21 OPPONENTS 36 13-21 32-33 0 0 0-2 0 0 287 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-6 RED-ZONE SCORES (46-56) 82% (38-48) 79% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (32-56) 57% (26-48) 54% PAT-ATTEMPTS 56-58 32-33 ATTENDANCE 238,930 213,551 Games/Avg Per Game 7/34,133 6/35,592

MEDIA GUIDE | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | 99 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Season Statistics PUNT RETURNS PUNTING Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long Player No. Yards Avg. Lg. In.20 50+ Blk. Net yds. Net Avg. PARKER, L. 19 117 6.2 0 29 STAHOVICH, B. 53 2,406 45.4 89 18 16 1 2,031 38.3 MCFADDEN, L. 5 46 9.2 0 23 TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 SANDIFER, D. 362.0 06SDSU TOTALS 55 2,406 43.7 89 18 16 2 2,031 36.9 SDSU TOTALS 28 169 6.0 0 29 OPPONENTS 77 3,038 39.5 58 21 7 0 2,749 35.7 OPPONENTS 26 255 9.8 0 43 FIELD GOALS KICKOFF RETURNS Player FGM-A Pct. 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Lg. Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long PEREZ, A. 17-22 77.3 0-1 8-8 6-7 2-5 1-1 0 53 DAVIS, B. 22 490 22.3 0 37 NICH: 42wl, 44gd, 27gd; NMSU: 25gd, 32gd, 37wl, 45wr; UM: 25gd; UTST: 20gd, 37gd; BYU: 43wl; AF: 23gd, BROWN, D. 16 271 16.9 0 25 27gd, 19wl; UNM: 36gd, 30gd, 31gd; WYO: 21gd, 28gd; CSU: 31gd; TCU: none; UTAH: none; UNLV: 42gd, KAZEE, W. 4 65 16.2 0 24 53gd ; NAVY: none. SANDIFER, D. 2 25 12.5 0 21 SDSU TOTALS 17-22 77.3 0-1 8-8 6-7 2-5 1-1 0 53 SDSU TOTALS 44 851 19.3 0 37 OPPONENTS 13-21 61.9 0-0 4-6 8-10 1-5 0-0 0 46 OPPONENTS 57 1,456 25.5 0 73 TOTAL OFFENSE RETURNS Player G Plays Rush Pass Total YPG Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long LINDLEY, R. 13 440 -31 3,830 3,799 292.2 PRESTON, A. 3 69 23.0 0 29 HILLMAN, R. 13 262 1,532 0 1,532 117.8 MCFADDEN, L. 200.0 00 KAZEE, W. 10 67 320 0 320 32.0 LEWIS, D. 2 27 13.5 0 23 BROWN, D. 13 31 144 0 144 11.1 BERHE, N. 1 10 10.0 0 10 SULLIVAN, B. 13 40 124 0 124 9.5 LEMON, G. 100.0 00 SANDIFER, D. 13 1 14 0 14 1.1 WADE, J. 100.0 00 DEAKIN, D. 13 1 13 0 13 1.0 SDSU TOTALS 10 106 10.6 0 29 SAMPSON, D. 13 4 11 0 11 0.8 OPPONENTS 14 120 8.6 0 29 BERNARDS, J. 2 1 0 10 10 5.0 YOUNG, C. 12 2 4 0 4 0.3 FUMBLE RETURNS BROWN, V. 13 1 -13 0 -13 -1.0 Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long TEAM 12 15 -21 0 -21 -1.8 LONG, J. 000.0 1 0 SDSU TOTALS 13 865 2,097 3,840 5,937 456.7 SDSU TOTALS 0 0 0.0 1 0 OPPONENTS 13 948 1,934 2,665 4,599 353.8 OPPONENTS 3 155 51.7 2 88 ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE Player G Rush Rec. PR KOR IR Total YPG HILLMAN, R. 13 1,532 68 0 0 0 1,600 123.1 BROWN, V. 13 -13 1,352 0 0 0 1,339 103.0 SAMPSON, D. 13 11 1,220 0 0 0 1,231 94.7 SULLIVAN, B. 13 124 383 0 0 0 507 39.0 DAVIS, B. 12 0 0 0 490 0 490 40.8 BROWN, D. 13 144 30 0 271 0 445 34.2 KAZEE, W. 10 320 38 0 65 0 423 42.3 ESCOBAR, G. 13 0 323 0 0 0 323 24.8 SANDIFER, D. 13 14 263 6 25 0 308 23.7 PARKER, L. 12 0 0 117 0 0 117 9.8 PRESTON, A. 13 0 0 0 0 69 69 5.3 QUIGLEY, B. 11 0 66 0 0 0 66 6.0 MCFADDEN, L. 13 0 0 46 0 0 46 3.5 DENSO, D. 13 0 39 0 0 0 39 3.0 SHIELDS, D.J. 13 0 29 0 0 0 29 2.2 LEWIS, D. 13 0 0 0 0 27 27 2.1 UMUOLO, A. 2 0 19 0 0 0 19 9.5 DEAKIN, D. 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.0 BERHE, N. 12 0 0 0 0 10 10 0.8 O'BRIEN, J. 13 0 10 0 0 0 10 0.8 YOUNG, C. 12 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.3 TEAM 12 -21 0 0 0 0 -21 -1.8 Lindley, Ryan 13 -31 0 0 0 0 -31 -2.4 SDSU TOTALS 13 2,097 3,840 169 851 106 7,063 543.3 OPPONENTS 13 1,934 2,665 255 1,456 120 6,430 494.6

Running back Brandon Sullivan had three TD receptions during the 2010 season, including one in the win at Colorado State.

100 | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | MEDIA GUIDE 2010 SEASON STATISTICS CONT. DEFENSIVE |------Tackles------| |--Sacks--| |------Pass Def------| |-----Fumbles-----| Blk Player GP Solo Ast. Total TFL/Yds. No.-Yards Int.-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv.-Yds FF Kick Saf. BURRIS, M. 13 54 26 80 20.0-104 9.5-61 . . . . 4 . . PRESTON, A, 13 54 24 78 4.0-15 . 3-69 3 . . . . . MCFADDEN, L. 13 38 17 55 7.0-40 1.0-11 2-0 12 . . . . . KETCHUM, L. 13 33 19 52 2.5-6 0.5-1 . 2 . . . 1 . LEWIS, D. 13 29 14 43 1.0-2 . 2-27 4 . . . . . YARBROUGH, M. 10 27 15 42 4.5-14 2.0-11 . 1 1 . . . . BERHE, N. 12 26 13 39 1.0-2 . 1-10 4 . 1-0 . . . STEVENS, K. 13 28 9 37 3.5-8 . . 2 . . . . . ANDREWS, R. 13 22 14 36 1.5-8 1.0-6 . 2 . . 1 . . DAVIS, B. 12 24 12 36 2.0-9 1.0-8 . 3 . . . . . ANDREWS, M. 13 20 13 33 1.5-5 . . 5 . . . . . BARKSDALE, D. 13 22 11 33 4.5-22 1.0-14 . 3 . 1-0 . . . LAWSON, E. 13 18 12 30 9.5-34 1.0-11 . 1 2 . . . . LONG, J. 13 16 14 30 6.0-18 1.5-10 . . . 1-0 . 1 . TENHAEFF, N. 13 23 7 30 3.5-25 2.0-19 . . . 1-0 . . . PEREZ, J. 12 20 9 29 3.0-7 . . 11 1 . . . . WADE, J. 13 13 13 26 1.5-7 . 1-0 3 . . . . . SPENCER, N. 13 16 9 25 2.0-7 1.0-3 . . . 1-0 . . . PARKER, L. 12 18 7 25 1.0-4 . . 4 . 1-0 1 . . TAUANUU, J. 13 15 5 20 4.0-16 1.0-10 . 2 . . . . . WILLIAMS, B.J. 9 12 7 19 2.0-12 2.0-12 ...... AUTELE, J.J. 13 8 7 15 3.5-13 1.5-10 ...... LEMON, G. 10 8 2 10 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . GIBBS, L. 7 6 3 9 1.5-7 1.0-6 . 1 . . . . . LOCKETT, C. 11 7 1 8 ...... SILUANO, R. 12 4 4 8 ...... SHUMATE, C. 11 7 . 7 ...... TRUJILLO, F. 8 3 4 7 1.5-4 . . 1 . . 1 . . BREWER, A. 13 3 2 5 ...... HORN, R. 3 4 . 4 ...... HARRIS, V. 4 4 . 4 ...... THOMAS, J. 13 2 . 2 ...... FELY, J. 3 1 1 2 1.5-10 1.0-9 ...... DENSO, D. 13 1 1 2 ...... DRIVER, J. 5 2 . 2 ...... PEREZ, A. 13 2 . 2 ...... SAMPSON, D. 13 2 . 2 ...... BROWN, V. 13 2 . 2 ...... HILLMAN, R. 13 2 . 2 ...... HEMMINGS, D. 2 1 . 1 ...... TEAM 12 1 . 1 1.0-3 . . . . . 1 . . DEAKIN, D. 13 1 . 1 ...... STAHOVICH, B. 12 1 . 1 ...... GORDERT, C. 1 1 . 1 ...... WILLIAMS, R. 3 . 1 1 0.5-0 ...... KAZEE, W. 10 1 . 1 ...... DRAHEIM, T. 13 1 . 1 ...... GUNTHER, K. 13 1 . 1 ...... ESCOBAR, G. 13 1 . 1 ...... SDSU TOTALS 13 605 296 901 95-402 28-202 10-106 65 4 6-0 8 2 . OPPONENTS 13 - - - - 9-75 14-120 42 5 8-155 10 2 .

SCORING DRIVE ANALYSIS GAME OPENING DRIVES 2ND-HALF OPENING DRIVES SDSU Opponent SDSU Opponent SDSU Opponent Distance TD FG TD FG Game Pts. FD Yds. Pts. FD Yds. Game Pts. FD Yds. Pts. FD Yds. (minus) 0 0 0 0 Nicholls State 0 2 53 5 1 1 Nicholls State 3 0 3 9 2 35 0-9 2 0 3 3 at New Mexico State 0 1 20 0 3 61 at New Mexico State 7 2 59 0 0 7 10-19 1 1 2 0 at Missouri 7 4 80 7 5 80 at Missouri 0 2 28 3 5 75 20-29 2 2 2 2 Utah State 7 4 58 0 0 -9 Utah State 0 0 4 0 0 1 30-39 1 3 1 2 at Brigham Young 0 0 5 7 5 78 at Brigham Young 0 0 -12 0 1 12 40-49 3 6 3 0 Air Force 0 2 28 0 1 23 Air Force 0 0 9 0 0 7 50-59 10 2 1 1 at New Mexico 7 4 64 0 0 9 at New Mexico 3 4 48 7 3 80 60-69 9 3 9 3 at Wyoming 0 1 9 0 1 -10 at Wyoming 0 0 -13 0 1 6 70-79 12 0 7 2 Colorado State 0 1 20 3 4 68 Colorado State 3 2 58 0 0 1 80-89 13 0 8 0 at TCU 7 1 54 0 0 0 at TCU 0 0 4 3 2 33 90-99 5 0 0 0 Utah 7 4 74 3 2 66 Utah 7 1 90 0 3 40 UNLV 7 3 61 0 0 1 UNLV 7 4 69 0 2 33 Navy 0 3 49 0 0 5 Navy 0 2 44 0 3 65

MEDIA GUIDE | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | 101 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Season Statistics OFFENSIVE STARTERS Position NICH NMSU MU USU BYU AF UNM WYO CSU TCU Utah UNLV Navy WR V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown Sampson V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown V. Brown LT Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim Draheim LG Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson C Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa Iosefa RG Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate Embernate RT Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther Gunther TE Umuolo Escobar Umuolo Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar Escobar QB Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley Lindley RB D. Brown D. Brown D. Brown Hillman Hillman Hillman Hillman Hillman Hillman Hillman Sullivan Hillman Kazee FB Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan WR Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson Sampson WR Sandifer Sandifer Sandifer Sandifer Sandifer Sandifer TE Shields Quigley TE Quigley

DEFENSIVE STARTERS Position NICH NMSU MU USU BYU AF UNM WYO CSU TCU Utah UNLV NAVY DE Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson DT Long Long Long Spencer Spencer Spencer Long Long Long Long Long Long Long DE Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson Lawson Tauanuu Tauanuu Tauanuu Tauanuu Tauanuu Tauanuu Tauanuu Tauanuu LB Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum Ketchum MLB Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough Yarbrough R. Andrews R. Andrews R. Andrews Yarbrough LB Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris Burris LCB McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden McFadden WAR Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Berhe Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Berhe AZT Preston Preston Preston Preston Preston Stevens Preston Preston Preston Preston Preston Preston Preston WAR Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis M. Andrews Stevens RCB Perez Perez Perez Perez Perez Perez Perez Perez Perez Perez Wade Wade Perez LB Tenhaeff

RED ZONE Times ------Drives Ended By ------Total TD Scoring Inside Opp. 20 TD FG MFG Punts Downs TO SF Clock Points Pct. Pct. SAN DIEGO STATE 38 23 6 5 0 1 3 0 0 177 60.5 76.3 OPPONENTS 48 29 10 5 0 1 3 0 0 232 60.4 81.3

GAME SUMMARIES Score By Quarters First Downs Rushing Passing Total Off. Return Punting Fumbles Pen. Third Avg. Game Score 1 2 3 4 Tot Ru Pa Pn Att Yards TD C-A-I Yards TD Att Yards Yards No-Avg No-Lost No-Yds Downs F. Pos ToP Nicholls St. 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 5 2 37 88 0 12-26-0 83 0 63 171 192 7-42.1 3-1 8-62 3-15 NI29 32:55 at SDSU 47 0 20 10 17 23 10 12 1 34 218 4 18-27-0 313 2 61 531 56 1-56.0 1-1 5-54 6-10 SD33 27:05 at NMSU 21 7 0 7 7 17 5 8 4 26 105 1 17-34-0 223 2 60 328 49 9-40.4 2-1 9-86 2-13 NMS27 26:47 SDSU 41 3 10 14 14 24 8 13 3 40 244 4 20-43-0 319 1 83 563 102 4-50.8 0-0 10-106 9-19 SD32 33:13 at Missouri 27 10 7 3 7 25 6 17 2 27 89 2 28-51-2 351 1 78 440 88 8-45.4 4-1 2-30 5-16 UM26 28:02 SDSU 24 7 7 0 10 17 5 10 2 33 250 3 20-44-1 190 0 77 440 123 10-45.6 0-0 10-56 6-18 SD27 31:58 Utah St. 7 0 0 7 0 14 6 6 2 40 115 1 14-31-1 130 0 71 245 204 8-38.5 0-0 8-80 5-16 USU31 28:43 at SDSU 41 21 7 10 3 18 9 9 0 38 142 2 17-24-1 362 3 62 504 49 3-46 2-1 7-70 6-14 SD28 31:17 at BYU 24 14 0 3 7 24 15 7 2 62 271 3 16-23-1 142 0 85 413 95 4-36.8 1-1 5-25 12-19 BY34 45:01 SDSU 21 0 7 7 7 12 3 9 0 12 53 0 20-36-1 220 3 48 273 59 6-44.3 1-0 4-37 3-10 SD26 14:59 Air Force 25 0 6 6 13 29 20 9 0 62 312 2 13-30-1 175 1 92 487 89 3-41.7 0-0 5-30 10-22 AF25 35:18 at SDSU 27 0 10 7 10 16 8 8 0 31 205 2 14-27-1 247 1 58 452 96 4-43.2 0-0 5-50 5-11 SD35 24:42 at New Mexico 20 3 3 7 7 16 5 6 5 31 110 0 15-36-1 193 2 67 303 90 9-37.1 1-1 10-88 1-12 NM23 25:53 SDSU 30 7 10 10 7 22 8 12 2 41 135 1 18-37-1 249 2 78 384 123 7-46.3 1-1 5-66 7-19 SD41 34:07 at Wyoming 38 0 17 7 14 21 7 12 2 34 152 2 20-40-1 186 3 74 338 136 6-36.3 0-0 10-72 6-16 WY34 31:50 SDSU 48 3 17 7 21 20 2 15 3 37 76 3 16-32-2 365 3 69 441 97 2-44.5 1-1 5-40 11-16 SD40 28:10 Colorado St. 19 3 3 7 6 19 5 13 1 34 27 0 22-41-1 266 1 75 293 122 3-45.0 2-0 4-35 8-18 CSu30 32:43 at SDSU 24 0 7 10 7 19 8 10 1 39 148 2 14-23-2 171 1 62 319 102 3-41.7 3-3 2-15 4-10 SD40 27:17 at TCU 40 13 21 3 3 27 13 12 2 54 226 1 21-36-1 240 4 90 466 234 5-39.8 2-1 6-45 7-18 TC38 40:51 SDSU 35 14 0 7 14 7 1 6 0 21 38 2 11-26-2 262 2 47 300 134 9-40.1 0-0 6-46 2-11 SD25 19:09 Utah 38 3 21 0 14 22 6 15 1 35 138 3 21-34-0 362 2 69 500 163 5-35.0 0-0 8-75 4-14 UT30 31:15 at SDSU 34 14 13 7 0 29 2 25 2 21 59 1 36-54-3 528 4 75 587 91 3-31.3 1-0 8-64 8-12 SD18 28:45 UNLV 14 7 0 0 7 15 5 9 1 28 67 0 14-30-0 167 1 58 234 242 5-34.4 0-0 3-31 3-12 LV27 23:41 at SDSU 48 17 14 17 0 30 14 13 3 51 250 2 22-30-0 338 4 81 588 42 0-0.0 1-1 7-50 6-12 SD38 36:19 Navy 14 0 14 0 0 22 14 7 1 51 235 1 8-15-1 147 1 66 382 127 5-40.6 1-0 3-29 5-13 NVY23 29:41 at SDSU 35 14 7 0 14 27 14 12 1 41 279 3 18-23-0 276 2 64 555 42 3-40.3 2-0 3-18 7-10 SD18 30:19

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SDSU SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Drive Type of Drive Drive Type of Drive Opponent Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr/Time Start Scoring Play Opponent Plays Yds. TOP Score Qtr/Time Start Scoring Play Nicholls State 9 77 4:30 TD 2nd/11:31 SD23 D. Brown 6-yd run Nicholls State ------1 71 0:09 TD 2nd/5:46 SD29 Sampson 71-yd from Lindley at New Mex. St. 4 40 2:12 TD 1st/5:49 SD40 Turner 18-yd run 6 54 2:19 TD 2nd/1:48 SD46 Sampson 18-yd from Lindley 1 58 0:11 TD 3rd/9:07 NM42 Allen 58-yd from Christian 6 68 2:16 TD 3rd/7:00 SD32 D. Brown 21-yd run 3 60 0:53 TD 4th/11:45 NM40 Lee 16-yd from Christian 7 48 2:44 FG 3rd/2:13 SD26 Perez 44-yd FG at Missouri 10 80 3:16 TD 1st/11:44 M20 Moore 17-yd run 10 48 4:38 FG 4th/10:00 SD42 Perez 27-yd FG 7 20 2:15 FG 1st/0:26 SD36 Ressel 34-yd FG 2 47 0:51 TD 4th/8:05 N47 Kazee 46-yd run 8 78 2:07 TD 2nd/1:00 M22 Gabbert 11-yd rush 5 21 2:37 TD 4th/2:29 N21 Hillman 6-yd run 12 75 5:02 FG 3rd/6:52 M05 Ressel 38-yd FG at New Mex. St. 5 57 1:09 FG 1st/1:13 SD35 Perez 25-yd FG 2 88 0:31 TD 4th/0:51 M12 Moe 68-yd from Gabbert 9 30 3:43 FG 2nd/10:28 NM45 Perez 32-yd FG Utah State 5 17 1:08 TD 3rd/9:43 SD17 Speight 7-yd run 9 59 4:20 TD 2nd/1:26 SD41 Escobar 14-yd from Lindley at BYU 19 78 8:34 TD 1st/4:57 BY22 Di Luigi 3-yd run 4 59 1:27 TD 3rd/13:25 SD45 Hillman 44-yd run 5 24 2:40 TD 1st/2:02 SD24 Kariya 2-yd run 5 74 2:05 TD 3rd/6:55 SD26 Hillman 4-yd rush 8 38 4:22 FG 3rd/6:21 SD49 Payne 29-yd FG 6 81 2:47 TD 4th/8:52 SD19 Hillman 2-yd rush 9 67 4:51 TD 4th/13:43 BY33 Kariya 1-yd run 3 13 1:22 TD 4th/4:28 NM13 Hillman 1-yd rush Air Force 11 62 4:47 FG 2nd/3:52 AF30 Soderberg 25-yd FG at Missouri 10 80 4:10 TD 1st/7:34 SD20 Kazee 11-yd run 9 54 2:09 FG 2nd/0:44 AF33 Soderberg 30-yd FG 3 79 0:35 TD 2nd/0:19 SD21 Hillman 75-yd run 10 73 4:25 TD 3rd/3:24 AF27 Clark 20-yd run 2 94 0:56 TD 4th/10:55 SD6 Hillman 93-yd run 16 80 6:51 TD 4th/2:08 AF20 Walker 4-yd run 11 65 1:42 TD 4th/0:18 AF35 Demerath 7-yd from Jefferson 6 37 2:56 FG 4th/2:03 M45 Perez 25-yd FG at New Mexico 4 1 0:58 FG 1st/13:04 SD30 Aho 46-yd FG Utah State 10 58 4:58 TD 1st/7:57 SD42 Hillman 1-yd run 10 72 4:15 FG 2nd/10:50 NM20 Aho 25-yd FG 4 59 1:21 TD 1st/5:14 SD41 Kazee 5-yd run 9 80 3:31 TD 3rd/8:09 NM20 Reed 25-yd from Holbrook 7 70 2:38 TD 1st/0:08 SD30 Quigley 28-yd from Lindley 10 81 2:34 TD 4th/0:14 NM19 Reed 18-yd from Gruner 6 97 2:58 TD 2nd/8:43 SD03 Brown 65-yd from Lindley at Wyoming 2 13 0:49 TD 2nd/11:28 SD13 Bolger 11-yd from Carta-Samuels 2 80 1:01 TD 3rd/8:42 SD20 Brown 82-yd from Lindley 6 2 2:04 FG 2nd/8:05 SD13 Watts 30-yd FG 10 45 4:42 FG 3rd/1:57 UT48 Perez 20-yd FG 8 41 2:55 TD 2nd/3:31 SD41 Leonard 13-yd from Carta-Samuels 8 26 4:54 FG 4th/1:53 UT46 Perez 37-yd FG 7 80 3:54 TD 3rd/3:41 WY20 Leonard 20-yd from Carta-Samuels at BYU 2 52 0:31 TD 2nd/5:00 BY41 Brown 36-yd from Lindley 5 78 2:27 TD 4th/9:59 WY22 Carta-Samuels 20-yd run 8 83 2:38 TD 3rd/3:43 SD17 Escobar 1-yd fom Lindley 3 35 1:24 TD 4th/7:32 SD35 Alexander 17-yd run 6 59 2:38 TD 4th/6:27 SD41 Sullivan 4-yd from Lindley Colorado State 13 68 6:26 FG 1st/8:34 CS22 Deline 27-yd FG Air Force 3 77 1:08 TD 2nd/8:39 SD23 Hillman 65-yd run 7 22 2:42 FG 2nd/5:00 SD38 Deline 33-yd FG 7 69 0:44 FG 2nd/0:00 SD25 Perez 23-yd FG - - - TD 3rd/3:56 CS12 Sisson 88-yd fumble rec. 9 66 4:03 TD 3rd/7:49 SD34 Escobar 8-yd from Lindley 9 68 3:05 TD 4th/2:43 CS32 Pauga 28-yd from Thomas 12 60 5:36 FG 4th/12:48 SD30 Perez 27-yd FG at TCU 11 80 5:33 TD 1st/3:43 TC20 Kerley 33-yd from Dalton 1 44 0:08 TD 4th/2:00 AF44 Hillman 44-yd run 5 40 2:01 TD 1st/0:32 SD40 Brock 15-yd from Dalton at New Mexico 10 64 4:29 TD 1st/8:23 SD36 Hillman 11-yd run 6 63 2:54 TD 2nd/6:39 TC37 James 9-yd run 9 42 3:16 FG 2nd/14:52 SD39 Perez 36-yd FG 7 73 2:59 TD 2nd/2:10 TC27 Kerley 9-yd from Dalton 1 40 0:11 TD 2nd/0:00 NM40 Sampson 40-yd from Lindley 6 60 0:55 TD 2nd/0:24 TC40 Kerley 4-yd from Dalton 9 48 3:22 FG 3rd/11:32 SD39 Perez 30-yd FG 8 33 3:45 FG 3rd/9:32 TC48 Evans 36-yd FG 6 63 2:32 TD 3rd/5:35 SD37 Sampson 32-yd from Lindley 5 -2 1:01 FG 4th/13:06 SD12 Evans 31-yd FG 9 24 4:07 FG 4th/2:54 NM38 Perez 31-yd FG Utah 8 66 3:44 FG 1st/9:17 UT19 Phillips 32-yd FG at Wyoming 7 40 2:44 FG 1st/4:23 WY44 Perez 21-yd FG 3 63 1:39 TD 2ns/11:47 UT37 Matthews 57-yd from Wynn 7 69 1:47 FG 2nd/14:44 SD20 Perez 28-yd FG 3 68 1:06 TD 2nd/4:22 UT32 Wide 16-yd run 5 80 1:39 TD 2nd/6:26 SD20 Sampson 56-yd from Lindley 5 85 0:37 TD 2nd/0:00 UT15 Moeai 47-yd from Wynn 9 80 3:11 TD 2nd/0:20 SD20 Shields 14-yd from Lindley 14 79 6:23 TD 3rd/13:18 UT21 Asiata 1-yd run 6 20 2:07 TD 3rd/7:35 WY20 Sullivan 1-yd run 4 3 1:32 TD 4th/11:54 SD3 Wide 1-yd run 10 71 4:26 TD 4th/14:15 SD29 Sullivan 1-yd run UNLV 1 27 0:14 TD 1st/0:00 SD27 Watkins 27-yd from Clayton 3 4 0:51 TD 4th/12:26 WY09 Sullivan 1-yd run - - - TD 4th/1:07 LV36 Clausen 64-yd fumble return 5 80 2:36 TD 4th/4:56 SD20 Sampson 59-yd from Lindley Navy 11 68 4:58 TD 1st/14:10 N32 Jones 30-yd from Dobbs Colorado State 11 60 4:26 TD 2nd/0:34 SD40 Sullivan 1-yd run 10 73 3:08 TD 2nd/0:07 N27 Dobbs 1-yd run 7 58 3:04 FG 3rd/11:56 SD28 Perez 31-yd FG 5 56 2:24 TD 3rd/1:32 SD44 Hillman 26-yd run 12 80 6:49 TD 4th/8:05 SD20 Sullivan 9-yd from Lindley at TCU 3 54 0:59 TD 1st/12:05 SD46 Sullivan 1-yd run - - - TD 1st/9:16 TC00 Long 0-yd fumble return 6 76 2:12 TD 3rd/1:01 SD24 Sullivan 1-yd run 6 88 2:22 TD 4th/6:43 S12 Brown 33-yd from Lindley 1 35 0:08 TD 4th/4:50 TC35 Brown 35-yd from Lindley Utah 8 74 1:59 TD 1st/13:01 SD26 Brown 10-yd from Lindley 11 98 5:51 TD 1st/0:49 SD02 Brown 11-yd from Lindley 4 79 1:17 TD 2nd/13:26 SD21 Hillman 5-yd run 14 86 6:19 TD 2nd/5:28 SD14 Escobar 14-yd from Lindley 3 90 0:49 TD 3rd/11:12 SD10 Brown 90-yd from Lindley UNLV 5 61 1:38 TD 1st/12:26 SD39 Sullivan 17-yd from Lindley 8 73 2:32 TD 1st/5:30 SD27 Sullivan 1-yd run 8 33 3:03 FG 1st/0:14 SD42 Perez 42-yd FG 7 80 3:16 TD 2nd/2:26 SD20 Sampson 41-yd from Lindley 3 68 0:24 TD 2nd/1:12 SD32 Sampson 50-yd from Lindley 9 69 3:01 TD 3rd/11:59 SD31 Brown 3-yd from Lindley 5 17 1:13 FG 3rd/7:07 SD47 Perez 53-yd FG 7 60 3:39 TD 3rd/2:01 SD40 Hillman 10-yd run Navy 5 59 2:18 TD 1st/9:06 SD41 Hillman 22-yd run 6 93 2:50 TD 1st/4:08 SD7 Brown 53-yd from Lindley 7 80 2:59 TD 2nd/3:15 SD20 Hillman 37-yd run 7 74 3:51 TD 3rd/3:37 SD26 Hillman 15-yd from Lindley 13 80 6:46 TD 4th/12:53 SD20 Hillman 1-yd run

MEDIA GUIDE | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | 103 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 MWC Season Statistics TURNOVER RATIO n 2010 MWC Final Standings Gained Lost Mountain West Overall G Fum-Int-Tot Fum-Int-Tot Mar Per/g W L Pct. W L Pct. 1. TCU 13 10-12-22 7-6-13 +9 0.69 1. TCU 8 0 1.000 13 0 1.000 2. Air Force 13 10-12-22 11-6-17 +5 0.38 2. Utah 7 1 .875 10 3 .769 3. Brigham Young 13 7-16-23 10-11-21 +2 0.15 3. San Diego State 5 3 .625 9 4 .692 4. UNLV 13 11-7-18 7-12-19 -1 -0.08 Air Force 5 3 .625 9 4 .692 Utah 13 13-12-25 14-12-26 -1 -0.08 Brigham Young 5 3 .625 7 5 .583 6. Wyoming 12 6-9-15 9-9-18 -3 -0.25 6. Colorado State 2 6 .250 3 9 .250 7. San Diego State 13 6-10-16 8-14-22 -6 -0.46 UNLV 2 6 .250 2 11 .154 8. Colorado State 12 10-4-14 9-13-22 -8 -0.67 8. Wyoming 1 7 .125 3 9 .250 9. New Mexico 12 15-4-19 16-15-31 -12 -1.00 New Mexico 1 7 .125 1 11 .083

RUSHING OFFENSE G No Yds Avg TD Yds/g 1. Air Force 13 748 3,985 5.3 41 306.5 SCORING OFFENSE 2. TCU 13 600 3,216 5.4 41 247.4 G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 3. Brigham Young 13 518 2,185 4.2 23 168.1 1. TCU 13 73 68 0 0 11 1 541 41.6 4. San Diego St.ate 13 439 2,097 4.8 29 161.3 2. San Diego State 13 58 56 0 0 17 0 455 35.0 5. Utah 13 428 1,988 4.6 27 152.9 3. Utah 13 56 55 0 0 13 2 430 33.1 6. Wyoming 12 402 1,434 3.6 17 119.5 4. Air Force 13 55 48 1 0 7 0 401 30.8 7. Colorado State 12 392 1,356 3.5 10 113.0 5. Brigham Young 13 41 37 1 0 17 2 340 26.2 8. New Mexico 12 440 1,296 2.9 10 108.0 6. Wyoming 12 30 26 0 0 8 0 230 19.2 9. UNLV 13 453 1,343 3.0 9 103.3 7. UNLV 13 31 29 0 0 8 0 239 18.4 8. Colorado State 12 22 18 0 0 16 0 198 16.5 9. New Mexico 12 24 22 0 0 8 0 190 15.8 RUSHING DEFENSE G No Yds Avg TD Yds/g SCORING DEFENSE 1. TCU 13 391 1,296 3.3 9 99.7 G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 2. Utah 13 451 1,452 3.2 9 111.7 1. TCU 13 20 18 0 0 6 0 156 12.0 3. Brigham Young 13 462 1,802 3.9 14 138.6 2. Utah 13 32 25 1 0 15 0 264 20.3 4. San Diego State 13 521 1,934 3.7 16 148.8 3. Air Force 13 34 31 0 0 13 0 274 21.1 5. Colorado State 12 479 2,375 5.0 27 197.9 4. Brigham Young 13 35 35 0 0 12 0 281 21.6 6. Air Force 13 549 2,620 4.8 24 201.5 5. San Diego State 13 36 32 0 0 13 0 287 22.1 7. Wyoming 12 540 2,469 4.6 27 205.8 6. Wyoming 12 46 42 0 0 14 2 364 30.3 8. UNLV 13 554 2,895 5.2 39 222.7 7. Colorado State 12 54 53 0 0 13 0 416 34.7 9. New Mexico 12 567 3,002 5.3 38 250.2 8. UNLV 13 67 63 0 0 17 0 516 39.7 9. New Mexico 12 69 67 0 0 17 0 532 44.3 TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yds Avg/P TD Yds/g PASS OFFENSE 1. TCU 13 3,216 2,983 931 6,199 6.7 70 476.8 G Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds Avg TD Yds/g 2. San Diego State 13 2,097 3,840 865 5,937 6.9 57 456.7 1. San Diego State 13 426-244-14 57.3 3,840 9.0 28 295.4 3. Air Force 13 3,985 1,551 916 5,536 6.0 53 425.8 2. Utah 13 398-248-12 62.3 3,069 7.7 24 236.1 4. Utah 13 1,988 3,069 826 5,057 6.1 51 389.0 3. TCU 13 331-218-6 65.9 2,983 9.0 29 229.5 5. Brigham Young 13 2,185 2,579 946 4,764 5.0 40 366.5 4. Colorado State 12 393-253-13 64.4 2,662 6.8 11 221.8 6. Colorado State 12 1,356 2,662 785 4,018 5.1 21 334.8 5. Brigham Young 13 428-243-11 56.8 2,579 6.0 17 198.4 7. Wyoming 12 1,434 1,992 691 3,426 5.0 29 285.5 6. UNLV 13 352-191-12 54.3 2,222 6.3 18 170.9 8. UNLV 13 1,343 2,222 805 3,565 4.4 27 274.2 7. Wyoming 12 289-174-9 60.2 1,992 6.9 12 166.0 9. New Mexico 12 1,296 1,892 805 3,188 4.0 21 265.7 8. New Mexico 12 365-192-15 52.6 1,892 5.2 11 157.7 9. Air Force 13 168-88-6 52.4 1,551 9.2 12 119.3 TOTAL DEFENSE PASS DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yds Avg/P TD Yds/g G Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds Avg TD Yds/g 1. TCU 13 1,296 1,674 714 2,970 4.2 19 228.5 1. TCU 13 323-157-12 48.6 1,674 5.2 10 128.8 2. Brigham Young 13 1,802 2,499 846 4,301 5.1 34 330.8 2. Air Force 13 321-176-12 54.8 1,921 6.0 10 147.8 3. Utah 13 1,452 2,927 831 4,379 5.3 29 336.8 3. Brigham Young 13 384-205-16 53.4 2,499 6.5 20 192.2 4. Air Force 13 2,620 1,921 870 4,541 5.2 34 349.3 4. San Diego State 13 427-221-10 51.8 2,665 6.2 18 205.0 5. San Diego State 13 1,934 2,665 948 4,599 4.9 34 353.8 5. Wyoming 12 317-188-9 59.3 2,495 7.9 18 207.9 6. Wyoming 12 2,469 2,495 857 4,964 5.8 45 413.7 6. New Mexico 12 318-192-4 60.4 2,626 8.3 25 218.8 7. Colorado State 12 2,375 2,711 785 5,086 6.5 51 423.8 7. Utah 13 380-233-12 61.3 2,927 7.7 20 225.2 8. UNLV 13 2,895 2,961 879 5,856 6.7 64 450.5 8. Colorado State 12 306-213-4 69.6 2,711 8.9 24 225.9 9. New Mexico 12 3,002 2,626 885 5,628 6.4 63 469.0 9. UNLV 13 325-208-7 64.0 2,961 9.1 25 227.8

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PASS EFFICIENCY RECEPTIONS/GAME G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic G Rec Yds TD Avg/c Rec/g 1. TCU 13 331 218 65.9 6 2,983 29 166.8 1. Brown SD 13 69 1,352 10 19.6 5.3 2. San Diego State 13 426 244 57.3 14 3,840 28 148.1 2. Sampson SD 13 67 1,220 8 18.2 5.2 3. Air Force 13 168 88 52.4 6 1,551 12 146.4 3. Kerley TC 13 56 575 10 10.3 4.3 4. Utah 13 398 248 62.3 12 3,069 24 141.0 4. Brooks UT 13 51 633 4 12.4 3.9 5. Wyoming 12 289 174 60.2 9 1,992 12 125.6 Johnson LV 13 51 571 5 11.2 3.9 6. Colorado State 12 393 253 64.4 13 2,662 11 123.9 7. UNLV 13 352 191 54.3 12 2,222 18 117.3 RECEPTION YARDS/GAME 8. Brigham Young 13 428 243 56.8 11 2,579 17 115.4 G Rec Yds TD Avg/c Avg/g 9. New Mexico 12 365 192 52.6 15 1,892 11 97.9 1. Brown SD 13 69 1,352 10 19.6 104.0 2. Sampson SD 13 67 1,220 8 18.2 93.8 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE 3. Payne LV 11 40 689 5 17.2 62.6 G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Effic 4. Christopher UT 12 39 660 6 16.9 55.0 1. TCU 13 323 157 12 48.6 1,674 10 94.9 5. Boyce TC 13 34 646 6 19.0 49.7 2. Air Force 13 321 176 12 54.8 1,921 10 107.9 3. San Diego State 13 427 221 10 51.8 2,665 18 113.4 ALL PURPOSE YARDS/GAME 4. Brigham Young 13 384 205 16 53.4 2,499 20 116.9 G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/g 5. Utah 13 380 233 12 61.3 2,927 20 137.1 1. Hillman SD 13 1,532 68 0 0 1,600 123.1 6. Wyoming 12 317 188 9 59.3 2,495 18 138.5 2. Kerley TC 13 97 575 388 527 1,587 122.1 7. New Mexico 12 318 192 4 60.4 2,626 25 153.2 3. Smithson UT 13 33 383 572 507 1,495 115.0 8. UNLV 13 325 208 7 64.0 2,961 25 161.6 4. Di Luigi BY 13 917 443 0 62 1,422 109.4 9. Colorado State 12 306 213 4 69.6 2,711 24 167.3 5. Warzeka AF 13 312 406 0 632 1,350 103.8

RED ZONE OFFENSE PASS EFFICIENCY G RZ Pct. TDs R/P FG-AT F/I/D/O G A-C-I Pct Yds TD Eff 1. TCU 13 60-68 88.2 50 39-11 10-11 1/2/0/4 1. Dalton TC 13 316-209-6 66.1 2,857 27 166.5 2. Brigham Young 13 44-50 88.0 31 22-9 13-14 0/1/2/2 2. Lindley SD 13 421-243-14 57.7 3,830 28 149.4 3. New Mexico 12 21-25 84.0 17 9-8 4-4 0/2/1/1 3. Wynn UT 10 299-186-10 62.2 2,334 17 139.9 4. Utah 13 41-49 83.7 33 23-10 8-10 0/2/3/1 4. Thomas CS 12 391-253-13 64.7 2,662 11 124.5 5. UNLV 13 25-30 83.3 18 8-10 7-7 0/1/4/0 5. Carta-Samuels WY 11 252-154-8 61.1 1,702 9 123.3 6. San Diego State 13 46-56 82.1 32 19-13 14-17 1/1/2/3 7. Air Force 13 41-50 82.0 36 33-3 5-7 2/0/3/2 PUNTING AVERAGE 8. Colorado State 12 26-35 74.3 12 8-4 14-18 1/0/4/0 G Punt Yds Avg 9. Wyoming 12 24-35 68.6 18 12-6 6-8 2/4/3/0 1. Stahovich SD 12 53 2,406 45.4 2. Kontodiakos CS 12 51 2,231 43.7 RED ZONE DEFENSE 3. McCoy WY 12 68 2,911 42.8 G RZ Pct. TDs R/P FG-AT F/I/D/O 4. Stephenson BY 13 52 2,182 42.0 1. San Diego State 13 38-48 79.2 26 16-10 12-17 0/2/2/1 5. Skaer NM 12 85 3,442 40.5 2. UNLV 13 52-65 80.0 42 34-8 10-11 3/1/4/4 3. Wyoming 12 41-51 80.4 33 26-7 8-14 1/1/1/1 SCORING/GAME 4. New Mexico 12 53-64 82.8 38 31-7 15-17 3/2/2/2 G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/g 5. Brigham Young 13 25-30 83.3 19 11-8 6-7 0/2/0/2 1. Hillman SD 13 18 0 0 108 8.3 Utah 13 30-36 83.3 16 6-10 14-16 0/0/4/0 2. Perez SD 13 0 54 17 105 8.1 7. TCU 13 16-19 84.2 12 8-4 4-4 0/1/2/0 3. Evans TC 13 0 68 11 101 7.8 8. Air Force 13 40-47 85.1 30 22-8 10-12 1/2/2/0 4. Phillips UT 13 0 55 13 94 7.2 9. Colorado State 12 42-49 85.7 30 18-12 12-12 2/0/1/4 5. Alexander WY 12 14 0 0 84 7.0

RUSHING YARDS/GAME FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE G No Yds Avg TD Yds/g G FG FGA Long Pct 1. Hillman SD 13 262 1,532 5.8 17 117.8 1. Aho NM 11 8 9 51 88.9 2. Wesley TC 13 166 1,078 6.5 11 82.9 2. Evans TC 13 11 13 43 84.6 3. Clark AF 13 182 1,031 5.7 5 79.3 3. Payne BY 13 17 21 48 81.0 4. Di Luigi BY 13 178 917 5.2 8 70.5 4. Watts WY 10 8 10 46 80.0 5. Alexander WY 12 189 792 4.2 14 66.0 5. Perez SD 13 17 22 53 77.3

PASSING AVERAGE/GAME TACKLES G A-C-I Pct Yds TD Avg/g G Pos Solo Ast Tot Avg/g Sk 1. Lindley SD 13 421-243-14 57.7 3,830 28 294.6 1. Messina NM 12 LB 52 63 115 9.6 1.5 2. Wynn UT 10 299-186-10 62.2 2,334 17 233.4 2. Gary WY 10 SS 48 46 94 9.4 0.0 3. Thomas CS 12 391-253-13 64.7 2,662 11 221.8 3. Prosinski WY 12 FS 66 42 108 9.0 0.0 4. Dalton TC 13 316-209-6 66.1 2,857 27 219.8 4. Brewer CS 12 LB 45 62 107 8.9 1.0 5. Heaps BY 13 383-219-9 57.2 2,316 15 178.2 5. Walker UT 13 LB 35 78 113 8.7 2.0

TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/g G Int Yds TD Int/g 1. Lindley SD 13 -31 3,830 440 3,799 292.2 1. Rich BY 13 5 69 0 0.38 2. Dalton TC 13 435 2,857 402 3,292 253.2 Chandler LV 13 5 32 1 0.38 3. Wynn UT 10 -11 2,334 317 2,323 232.3 3. Blechen UT 13 4 16 0 0.31 4. Thomas CS 12 -117 2,662 468 2,545 212.1 4. Gipson WY 12 3 77 0 0.25 5. Carta-Samuels WY 11 392 1,702 369 2,094 190.4 5. Preston SD 13 3 69 0 0.23

MEDIA GUIDE | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | 105 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Game Recaps Nicholls State 0 New Mexico State 21 San Diego State 47 San Diego State 41

Sept. 4, 2010 l Qualcomm Stadium l San Diego, Calif. Sept. 11, 2010 l Aggie Memorial Stadium l Las Cruces, N.M.

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State football team put on a dominating performance on both sides of LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Behind freshman Ronnie Hillman’s four, second-half touchdowns, the San the ball, blanking first-time opponent Nicholls State, 47-0, for its first win in a season-opener in six years. Diego State football team started a season 2-0 for the first time in 16 years by defeating New Mexico The Aztecs outgained the Colonels, 531-171, posted their first shutout since 2003, and logged their State for the second consecutive campaign, 41-21, at Aggie Memorial Stadium. largest margin of victory in 14 years in front of 25,290 fans at Qualcomm Stadium. The Aztecs once again used a balanced offensive attack, compiling 244 yards on the ground and Despite the rout, SDSU took awhile to get started with both teams attempting to shake off the first- 315 yards through the air to exceed the 500-yard mark in total offense in back-to-back outings for the game jitters. The Aztecs’ first two drives of the evening resulted in a missed 42-yard field goal and then first time since 2005. The SDSU defense, meanwhile, surrendered only 328 yards with 149 of those a fumble on their own 19-yard line. Luckily, the visitors were unable to capitalize on that mistake, as the yards coming on five plays. SDSU defense stepped up with consecutive sacks followed by another tackle for loss that made Nicholls The Aggies, playing in their first contest of 2010, looked to gain momentum early, taking the opening attempt a 40-yard field goal, which it also missed. kick off and putting together an 11-play, 61-yard The Aztecs used the run game to find the end zone for the first time in 2010, as the team utilized drive, bolstered by a 27-yard reception and an Aztec five consecutive draw plays, capped by a six-yard TD rush by senior Davon Brown, to get on the score - GAME STATISTICS pass interference penalty on third and 20. NMSU board for the first time, 7-0. San Diego St. 3 10 14 14 - 41 kicker Tyler Stampler, however, missed wide right on After Nicholls turned the ball over on downs at the SDSU 29-yard line, the home team wasted little New Mexico St. 7 0 7 7 - 21 a 37-yard field-goal leaving the game still scoreless. time in doubling its lead as Ryan Lindley found DeMarco Sampson down the sideline for Taking over, San Diego State attempted five a quick 71-yard touchdown. NMSU – Turner 18-yd run (Stampler kick) – 4 plays, passes on its first six offensive plays, completing GAME STATISTICS The Aztecs took advantage of good field posi - 40 yards, 2:12 (5:49, 1st) three of them to set up a fourth-and-1 at its own 40- SDSU – A. Perez 25-yd FG – 5 plays, 57 yards, 1:09 Nicholls St. 0 0 0 0 - 0 tion for its final tally of the first half, as Lindley com - yard line. The Aztecs gambled and went for it, but (1:13, 1st) San Diego St. 0 20 10 17 - 47 pleted passes of 14, 20 and finally 18 yards to Davon Brown was stuffed at the line of scrimmage Sampson for the 21-0 lead. SDSU – A. Perez 32-yd FG –9 plays, 30 yards, 3:43 and NMSU took over on downs. Utilizing the short (10:28, 2nd) SDSU – D. Brown 6-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 9 plays, Little changed for either side coming out of the field, the Aggies scored just over two minutes later SDSU – Escobar 14-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez 77 yards, 4:30 (11:31, 2nd) locker room. After its only punt of the game, San on an 18-yard rush by Kenny Turner to take a 7-0 kick) – 9 plays, 59 yards, 4:29 (1:26, 2nd) SDSU – Sampson 71-yd pass from Lindley (kick failed) – Diego State scored on each its final five posses - lead. SDSU – Hillman 44-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 4 plays, 1 plays, 71 yards, 0:09 (5:46, 2nd) sions, posting a pair of field goals and three touch - After a three and out on its next drive, SDSU 59 yards, 1:27 (13:25, 3rd) SDSU – Sampson 18-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) downs by three different running backs to ring up 47 got on the board at the end of the first quarter, set - NMSU – Allen 58-yd pass from Christian (Stampler – 6 plays, 54 yards, 2:19 (1:48, 2nd) points, its highest offensive output since a 52-point tling for a 25-yard Abel Perez field goal, despite hav - kick) – 1 plays, 58 yards, 0:11 (6:55, 3rd) SDSU – D. Brown 21-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 6 plays, outburst in 2007. ing first and goal at the Aggie 10-yard line. SDSU – Hillman 4-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 5 plays, 74 68 yards, 2:16 (7:00, 3rd) Nicholls had just one legitimate scoring chance This proved to be a common theme for the yards, 2:05 (6:55, 3rd) SDSU – A. Perez 44-yd FG – 7 plays, 48 yards, 2:44 in the second half, getting to first and goal from the Aztec offense in the second quarter, as it was unable NMSU – Lee 16-yd pass from Christian (Stampler (2:13, 3rd) Aztec five-yard line on its first drive of the third quar - to get into the end zone on each of its next two pos - kick) – 3 plays, 60 yards, 0:53 (11:45, 4th) SDSU – A. Perez 27-yd FG –10 plays, 48 yards, 4:38 ter. The SDSU defense, however, again turned the sessions, despite getting deep into NMSU territory. SDSU – Hillman 2-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 6 plays, 81 (10:00, 4th) Colonels away, dropping them for a two-yard loss on Place-kicker Perez made a 32-yard field goal, but yards, 2:47 (8:52, 4th) SDSU – Kazee 46-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 2 plays, first down, holding them to no gain on second down missed on his next attempt from 37 yards out, mean - SDSU – Hillman 1-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 3 plays, 13 47 yards, 0:51 (8:05, 4th) and forcing an incomplete pass on third down. The ing SDSU still trailed 7-6. yards, 1:22 (4:28, 4th) SDSU – Hillman 6-yd run (B. Shields kick) – 5 plays, visitors attempted a short 24-yard field goal, but that, The Aztecs finally took the lead with 1:26 left 21 yards, 2:37 (2:29, 4th) too, was turned back when Aztec linebacker Logan until the half, as quarterback Ryan Lindley found SDSU NMSU Ketchum blocked the kick. Gavin Escobar for a 14-yard TD reception and the First Downs 24 17 NICH SDSU Defensively, SDSU held an opponent to under Rushes-Yards 40-244 26-105 13-7 advantage. First Downs 12 23 200 yards of total offense for first time since 2004, Passing Yards 319 223 The second half turned into the Hillman show, Rushes-Yards 37-88 34-218 and to less than 100 yards in both categories for the C-A-I 20-43-0 17-34-0 as he started off the third quarter with a sensational Passing Yards 83 313 first time since 1998. Overall, the defense had 12 Total Offense 563 328 44-yard touchdown run and scored three more C-A-I 12-26-0 18-27-0 tackles for loss, including three sacks, and did not Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 times, logging 15 carries for 120 yards in the final Total Offense 171 531 let Nicholls past its own 43-yard line on its final five Penalties-Yards 10-106 9-86 30 minutes for the first 100-yard effort of his career. Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1 possessions of the game. Possession Time 33:13 26:47 NMSU, whose offense was limited to -3 yards Penalties-Yards 8-62 5-54 Offensively, the Aztecs sported a very bal - Turnovers 0 1 in the second quarter, utilized quick strikes to keep Possession Time 32:55 27:05 anced attack with 218 rushing yards and 313 pass - Average Field Pos. SDSU 32 NMSU 27 the game close, scoring touchdowns on a one-play Turnovers 1 1 ing yards. Lindley was 17-for-26 for 303 yards, no drive and later a three-play possession to only trail Average Field Pos. NICH 29 SDSU 33 interceptions and the two touchdowns, which both Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: Hillman 22-150-4; 27-21 with 11:45 left in the game. went to Sampson, who had seven receptions for 179 Kazee 10-52; D. Brown 4-50; Sullivan 1-1; Sampson SDSU would immediately answer, as a 57-yard Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): NICH: Caston 17-49; yards. SDSU’s Walter Kazee (74 yards), Ronnie Hill - screen pass from Lindley to Brandon Sullivan on a Turner 10-45; Johnson 2-17; Moore 1-2; Warren 1-(- 1-(-3). NMSU: Turner 10-43-1; Christian 9-35; Lee 1- man (65 yards) and Davon Brown (65 yards) all 22; Allen 1-3; Smith 5-2. third and nine led to Hillman’s third TD of the night. 4); Madu 1-(-7); Klann 5-(-14). SDSU: Kazee 6-74-1; scored at least one TD. The freshman capped scoring following an NMSU Hillman 15-65-1; D. Brown 11-65-2; Sullivan 2-14. Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): SDSU: Lindley turnover, rushing three consecutive times to put the final score at 41-21. Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): NICH: Caston 42-20-0, 319, 1; D. Brown 0-1-0, 0, 0; NMSU: Chris - 25-12-0, 83, 0; Klann 1-0-0, 0, 0; SDSU: Lindley 26- tian 34-17-0, 223, 2. 17-0, 303, 2.; Bernards 1-1-0, 10, 0. Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: V. Brown 5-99; Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): NICH: Turner 3-28; Blair Sampson 4-73; Sullivan 3-69; Escobar 2-33-1; 3-20; Warren 2-13; Johnson 2-(-3); Allen 1-16; Nichols Umuolo 2-15; Sandifer 2-9; Denso 1-11; Kazee 1-10. 1-9. SDSU: Sampson 7-179-2; V. Brown 5-39; San - NMSU: Nelson 5-28; Allen 4-114-1; Lee 4-40-1; Pre - difer 2-40; Escobar 1-27; D. Brown 1-14; O’Brien 1- ston 2-27; Smith 1-7; Frazier 1-7. 10; Umuolo 1-4.

106 | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | MEDIA GUIDE 2010 GAME RECAPS CONT. San Diego State 24 Utah State 7 Missouri 27 San Diego State 41

Sept. 18, 2010 l Faurot Field l Columbia, Mo. Sept. 25, 2010 l Qualcomm Stadium l San Diego, Calif.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Heartbreak once again found the San Diego State football team, as host and 25th- SAN DIEGO – San Diego State scored touchdowns on each of its first four possesions of the game, ranked Missouri overcame a four-point deficit on a 68-yard touchdown pass with just 51 seconds left in running out to a 28-0 lead and never looking back, as the Aztecs finished their 2010 non-conference the game to allow the Tigers to escape with a 27-24 victory in front of over 56,000 at Faurot Field in Co - campaign with a 41-7 drubbing of Utah State at Qualcomm Stadium. Over 45,000 fans turned out to lumbia. see the team improve to 3-1 on the season, matching the program’s best start in 29 years. The Aztecs trailed for most of the game, but took their first lead with 10, fourth-quarter points on a SDSU continued to sport a well-balanced attack with 142 yards on the ground and 362 yards through miraculous 93-yard touchdown run by Ronnie Hillman and a 25-yard field goal from Abel Perez to go the air for its third game of the season with over 500 yards of total offense. The Aztec defense, mean - ahead, 24-20, with just over two minutes left. while, put a near lid on anything the Utah State offense could muster, limiting the Aggies to only 245 The SDSU defense, which forced three Missouri turnovers in the fourth quarter, wasn’t able to stop yards and a single touchdown, which was set up by a turnover on special teams. Tiger wideout T.J. Moe, who caught a pass along the far sideline, evaded tacklers and rambled 68 yards After Utah State punted on the initial drive of the game, the Aztecs took over and took six plays, for the game-winner. highlighted by a 21-yard reception by Brandon Sullivan on third-and-4, to get to the Aggie 17-yard line. The Tigers’ scoring drive took just 31 seconds, leaving the Aztecs with 51 ticks to drive the length SDSU then gave the ball to freshman Ronnie Hillman on four consecutive running plays, plunging in of the field. A 27-yard pass play was negated by a penalty and SDSU was able to move only 13 yards from a yard out for the 7-0 lead. before time expired. The Aztecs doubled that advantage just over two and a half minutes later when quarterback Ryan San Diego State had its chances in the fourth quarter to put more points on the board or at least run Lindley connected with Gavin Escobar on a 45-yard reception that set up another rushing down more time on the game clock. Trailing 20-14, the Aztec defense recovered a fumble at the Tigers’ score, this time by sophomore Walter Kazee. seven-yard line, but after getting four yards on first San Diego State used a little trickery on its third down, SDSU quarterback Ryan Lindley overthrew touchdown of the first quarter as Lindley faked a GAME STATISTICS tight end Gavin Escobar and Missouri’s Kevin Rut - GAME STATISTICS handoff on fourth-and-1, kept the ball behind his San Diego St. 7 7 0 10 - 24 land intercepted the pass in the end zone. Utah State 0 0 7 0 - 7 back and then found freshman tight end Bryce Missouri 10 7 3 7 - 27 Leading 21-20 with under five minutes left, the San Diego State 21 7 10 3 - 41 Quigley wide open for a 28-yard touchdown, the first Aztecs had first down at the Missouri 14-yard line, of his collegiate career. MU – Moore 17-yd run (Ressel kick) – 9 plays, 80 but two rushes for six yards and an incomplete pass SDSU – Hillman 1-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 10 plays, With the Aztecs already leading 28-0, Utah yards, 3:16 (11:44, 1st) on third down forced them to settle for a field goal. 58 yards, 4:58 (7:57, 1st) State’s lone scoring threat in the first half stalled at SDSU – Kazee 11-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 10 plays, SDSU got the ball right back two offensive SDSU – Kazee 5-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 4 plays, 59 the SDSU 29, as quarterback Diondre Borel’s pass 80 yards, 4:10 (7:34, 1st) plays later as cornerback Leon McFadden inter - yards, 1:21 (5:14, 1st) fell incomplete on a fourth-and-6. MU – Ressel 34-yd FG – 7 plays, 20 yards, 2:08 (0:26, cepted ’s pass at the Missouri 37. SDSU – Quigley 28-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) The Aggies finally got on the scoreboard at the 1st) With just 1:47 remaining, the Aztecs were un - – 7 plays, 70 yards, 2:38 (0:08, 1st) 9:43 mark of the third quarter, taking advantage of a MU – Gabbert 11-yd run (Ressel kick) – 8 plays, 78 yards, able to get a first down, advancing only two yards SDSU – V. Brown 65-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) San Diego State fumble on a punt return at its own 2:01 (1:00, 2nd) and running off only 25 seconds before being forced – 6 plays, 97 yards, 2:58 (8:43, 2nd) 17-yard line, to reach the end zone on a 7-yard rush SDSU – Hillman 75-yd run ( A. Perez kick ) – 3 plays, to punt and leaving the Tigers with 1:22 to notch the USU – Speight 7-yd run (Loveless kick) – 5 plays, 17 by Derrvin Speight and make the score 28-7. 79 yards, 0:35 (0:19, 2nd) game-winning play. yards, 1:08 (9:43, 3rd) It didn’t take long for the Aztecs to answer, as MU – Ressel 38-yd FG – 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:56 Each team started the game off well offen - SDSU – V. Brown 82-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) Lindley connected with Vincent Brown for the wide - (6:52, 3rd) sively, as both scored a touchdown on its opening – 2 plays, 80 yards, 1:01 (8:42, 3rd) out’s second long touchdown catch of the day - this SDSU – Hillman 93-yd run ( A. Perez kick ) – 2 plays, SDSU – A. Perez 20-yd FG – 10 plays, 45 yards, 4:42 drives. Missouri broke the tie with a 34-yard field goal one for 82 yards - less than a minute later. SDSU 94 yards, 0:56 (10:55, 4th) (1:57, 3rd) at the end of the first quarter and jumped ahead by would tally six more points on two Abel Perez field SDSU – A. Perez 25-yd FG – 6 plays, 37 yards, 2:51 SDSU – A. Perez 37-yd FG – 8 plays, 26 yards, 4:54 10 points with a 11-yard TD run with only a minute goals to capture the 41-7 victory. (2:03, 4th) (1:53, 4th) left until halftime. Lindley finshed with a season-high 362 yards MU – Moe 68-yd pass from Gabbert (Ressel kick) – 2 USU SDSU The Aztecs reclaimed the momentum heading passing, completing over 70 percent of his throws, plays, 88 yards, 0:31 (0:51, 4th) First Downs 14 18 into the locker room, however, when Hillman broke to go with his three TDs. Vincent Brown had five re - Rushes-Yards 40-115 38-142 loose for a 75-yard touchdown with just nine sec - ceptions for 177 yards and two scores, while Hillman SDSU UM Passing Yards 130 362 onds left in the half to put SDSU down only 17-14. had 23 carries for 89 yards and one touchdown. First Downs 17 25 C-A-I 14-31-1 17-24-1 Missouri kicked another field goal in the third Defensively, cornerback Leon McFadden tal - Rushes-Yards 33-250 27-89 Total Offense 245 504 Passing Yards 190 351 quarter, setting up the fateful final 15 minutes, which Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 lied a team-best seven stops and a career-high three C-A-I 20-44-1 28-51-2 began with the Aztecs trailing 20-14. Penalties-Yards 8-80 7-70 tackles for a loss of 20 yards. Total Offense 440 440 Despite the loss, Hillman continued to dazzle, Possession Time 28:43 31:17 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1 carrying 23 times for 228 yards and the touchdown Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-Yards 10-56 2-30 runs of 75 and 93 yards, the latter of which was the Average Field Pos. USU 31 SDSU 28 Possession Time 31:58 28:02 second-longest rush in school history. Turnovers 1 3 SDSU ran for over 200 yards for the third INDIVIDUAL STATS Average Field Pos. SDSU 27 MU 26 straight game and the two sides tied with exacty 440 Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): USU: Speight 11-51-1; yards of total offense apiece. DeMartino 6-35; Williams 4-14; Marshall 1-10; Borel INDIVIDUAL STATS 18-5. SDSU: Hillman 23-89-1; Kazee 9-27-1; Deakin Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: Hillman 23-228-2; 1-13; Sampson 2-12; Sullivan 1-3; Lindley 2-3. Kazee 7-26-1; Sullivan 1-2; D. Brown 1-0; Lindley 1- (-6). MU: Josey 10-36; Moore 6-34-1; Lawrence 3-29; Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): USU: Borel 31- Team 1-(-1); Gabbert 7-(-9)-1. 14-1, 130, 0; SDSU: Lindley 24-17-1, 362, 3.

Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): SDSU: Lindley Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): USU: Watkins 5-51; 44-20-1, 190, 0; MU: Gabbert 28-51-2, 351, 1. Moats 4-31; Bartlett 2-21; Morgan 1-23; Van Leeuwen 1-6; Reynolds 1-(-2). SDSU: V. Brown 5-117-2; Sulli - Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): SDSU :Sampson 6-81; V. van 3-37; Escobar 2-57; Sampson 2-40; Quigley 2- Brown 5-17; Sullivan 2-41; Sandifer 2-9; Escobar 2-5; 33-1; Denso 1-8; Sandifer 1-6; Hillman 1-4. Kazee 1-28; D. Brown 1-7; Hillman 1-2. MU: Egnew 13- 145; Moe 7-119-1; Jackson 4-47; Gerau 1-28; Josey 1- 8; Woodland 1-5; McGaffie 1-(-1).

MEDIA GUIDE | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | 107 2010 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Game Recaps San Diego State 21 Air Force 25 Brigham Young 24 San Diego State 27

Oct. 9, 2010 l LaVell Edwards Stadium l Provo, Utah | The Mtn. Oct. 16, 2010 l Qualcomm Stadium l San Diego, Calif. l CBS Sports

PROVO, Utah –The San Diego State football team spotted host Brigham Young a 14-point first-quarter SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State football team held on despite a furious final few minutes, knocking lead and was never able to catch up, as the Cougars held on for the 24-21 victory in front of 62,176 off its first ranked opponent in 14 years with a 27-25 victory over 23rd-ranked Air Force at Qualcomm fans at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah. The loss was the Aztecs’ second of the 2010 campaign Stadium. The Aztecs never trailed in the game, improving to 4-2 overall, including 3-0 at home, for the by only a three-point margin and denied them the chance to start a season with a 4-1 record for the first program’s best start since the 1996 squad posted an identical record. time since 1996. Following a scoreless first quarter that saw both teams throw an interception, SDSU got on the board BYU dominated the time of possession battle, holding the ball for 45 minutes, running 37 more plays first when freshman running back Ronnie Hillman utilized good blocking up front to scamper 65 yards and owning a 413-273 advantage in total offense, including 271 yards on the ground. for a touchdown and the 7-0 lead. After SDSU was forced to punt on its first possession, the Cougars took 14 plays to get to the visitor’s The Falcons got to within a single point with a pair of Erik Soderberg field goals, the latter of which 32-yard line. The Aztec defense stopped them on a came with only 44 seconds left until the half. GAME STATISTICS third-down play and were looking to get the ball GAME STATISTICS The Aztecs could have run out the clock after back, but BYU faked a punt and Matt Marshall found the ensuing kickoff, but put together three-straight San Diego St. 0 7 7 7 - 21 Air Force 0 6 6 13 - 25 Mike Muehlmann for a 16-yard gain and a first down. 20-plus yard gains with the final one coming on a BYU 14 0 3 7 - 24 San Diego St. 0 10 7 10 - 27 Five consecutive rushes later, the home team went shovel pass from Ryan Lindley to fullback Brandon BYU –Di Luigi 3-yd run (Payne kick) – 19 plays, 78 up 7-0 on a three-yard run by J.J. Di Luigi to finish SDSU – Hillman 65-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 3 plays, Sullivan, which got them all the way down to the Air yards, 8:28 (4:57, 1st) up a drive that covered 78 yards and spanned 8:34. 77 yards, 1:08 (8:39, 2nd) Force 1-yard line. A false start penalty and an in - BYU – Kariya 2-yd run (Payne kick) – 5 plays, 24 San Diego State’s next offensive possession AFA – Soderberg 25-yd FG – 11 plays, 62 yards, 4:47 completion followed, as SDSU settled for a 23-yard yards, 2:40 (2:02, 1st) was very short lived, as quarterback Ryan Lindley’s (3:52, 2nd) field goal to head into the locker room up 10-6. SDSU – V. Brown 36-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) pass on first down was intercepted and returned to AFA – Soderberg 30-yd FG – 9 plays, 54 yards, 2:09 After punting on its first possession of the third – 2 plays, 52 yards, 0:31 (5:00, 2nd) the Aztec 24-yard line. The Cougars promptly turned (0:44, 2nd) quarter, the Aztecs converted three consecutive BYU– Payne 29-yd FG – 8 plays, 38 yards, 4:13 (6:21, that into seven more points and a 14-0 lead on a SDSU – A. Perez 23-yd FG – 7 plays, 69 yards, 0:44 third-down plays on their next drive with a 32-yard 3rd) two-yard touchdown rush by Bryan Kariya. (0:00, 2nd) reception by Vincent Brown, a 36-yard catch by De - SDSU – Escobar 1-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) The SDSU offense which gained only eight SDSU – Escobar 8-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) Marco Sampson and a nifty one-handed grab in the – 8 plays, 83 yards, 2:29 (3:43, 3rd) yards in the first quarter, finally woke up with five min - – 9 plays, 66 yards, 4:03 (7:49, 3rd) end zone by Gavin Escobar for the 17-6 advantage. BYU – Kariya 1-yd run (Payne kick) – 9 plays, 67 utes left in the second quarter as Lindley found wide - AFA – Clark 20-yd run (Clark rush failed) – 10 plays, The 11-point lead was short-lived, however, as yards, 4:51 (13:43, 4th) out Vincent Brown for a 36-yard touchdown, making 73 yards, 4:25 (3:24, 3rd) the Falcons answered back with their first offensive SDSU – Sullivan 4-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) – the score 14-7. SDSU – A. Perez 27-yd FG – 12 plays, 60 yards, 5:36 touchdown against SDSU since 2008, scoring on a 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:31 (6:27, 4th) Both sides had chances to put more points on (12:48, 4th) 20-yard run by Asher Clark to put the visitors back the board before halftime. Aztec defensive back AFA – Walker 4-yd run (Jefferson pass failed) – 16 to within five after a failed two-point conversion. SDSU BYU Leon McFadden intercepted a pass in the end zone plays, 80 yards, 6:51 (2:08, 4th) The fourth quarter proved to be an interesting First Downs 12 24 and linebacker Miles Burris forced fumbles to end SDSU – Hillman 44-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 1 plays, one, as the Aztecs went up by eight points on a 27- Rushes-Yards 12-53 62-271 two Cougar scoring threats and help put SDSU in 44 yards, 0:08 (2:00, 4th) yard field goal and were looking to move it to a two Passing Yards 220 142 position to score. BYU, however, utilized a key last- AFA – Demerath 7-yd pass from Jefferson (Soderberg kick) – possession game, but place-kicker Abel Perez C-A-I 20-36-1 16-23-1 second timeout to ice SDSU place-kicker Abel Perez 11 plays, 65 yards, 1:42 (0:18, 4th) missed a 19-yard attempt, breathing life into the Air Total Offense 273 413 on a 43-yard field goal try as time expired heading Force attack. Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 into the locker room. AFA SDSU The Falcons took advantage with a 16-play, 80- Penalties-Yards 4-37 5-25 Brigham Young increased its lead to 10 points First Downs 29 16 yard drive that resulted in a touchdown. Now trailing Possession Time 14:59 45:01 on a 29-yard field goal in the third quarter, but the Rushes-Yards 62-312 31-205 20-18 with only two minues left, Air Force tried its Turnovers 1 2 Aztecs immediately responded on their next drive by Passing Yards 175 247 second two-point conversion of the night and looked Average Field Pos. SDSU 26 BYU 34 converting a fourth-down-and-goal with a one-yard C-A-I 13-30-1 14-27-1 to be successful in tying the game, but the play on touchdown reception by tight end Gavin Escobar. Total Offense 487 452 the field ended up being overturned by instant replay INDIVIDUAL STATS Each school logged a touchdown in the fourth Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 to preserve the 20-18 SDSU lead. Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: Hillman 11-62; quarter, with BYU notching one first on a 1-yard run Penalties-Yards 5-30 5-50 Hoping to just get a first down and run out the Lindley 1-(-9). BYU: Di Luigi 22-134-1; Kariya 22-85- by Kariya to move the score out to 24-14 with 13:43 Possession Time 35:18 24:42 clock, the Aztecs instead scored just eight seconds 2; Quezada 11-50; Heaps 6-4-0; Team 1-(-2)-0. remaining. SDSU answered with a six-play, 59-yard Turnovers 1 1 later on a 44-yard touchdown run by Hillman. drive culminating in a four-yard TD catch by fullback Average Field Pos. AFA 25 SDSU 35 The Falcons would convert a successful two- Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): SDSU: Lindley Brandon Sullivan. minute drill with another seven points, but SDSU re - 34-20-1, 220, 3; BYU: Heaps 22-15-1, 126, 0; Mar - The Aztec offense got the ball back with 3:26 INDIVIDUAL STATS covered the ensuing on-side kick to perserve the shall 1-1-0, 16, 0. left in the game, but the possession stalled at the Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs):AFA: Clark 19-116-1; Jefferson 27-25 victory for the over 28,000 fans in attendance 20-yard line with three consecutive incompletions. 15-88; Walker 9-29-1; Halderman 3-24; Getz 5-22; for the annual Homecoming game. Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): SDSU : V. Brown 6-101-1; SDSU then elected to punt, hoping for a defensive Warzeka 6-17; Tew 5-16. SDSU: Hillman 24-191-2; Lind - Sampson 4-47; Sandifer 3-25; Sullivan 3-6-1; Quigley stop which it never ended up getting, as the Cougars ley 5-18; Team 2-(-4). 1-19; Denso 1-12; D. Brown 1-9; Escobar 1-1-1. BYU: converted a pair of third downs, including one via Jacobson 4-29; Mathews 3-43; Di Luigi 3-23; Kariya 2- penalty, to run out the clock and secure the 24-21 Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs):AFA: Jefferson 30- 13; Meuhlmann 1-16; Hague 1-10; Mahina 1-5; Hoff - victory. 13-1, 175, 1; SDSU: San Diego State 26-14-1, 247, 1; man 1-3. Team 1-0-0, 0, 0.

Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): AFA : Warzeka 5-55; De - merath 4-52-1; Halderman 2-41; Hirneise 1-18; Freeman 1-9. SDSU: Sampson 4-106; Sullivan 4-43; V. Brown 3- 60; Sandifer 1-22; Hillman 1-8; Escobar 1-8-1.

108 | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | MEDIA GUIDE 2010 GAME RECAPS CONT. San Diego State 30 San Diego State 48 New Mexico 20 Wyoming 38

Oct. 23, 2010 l University Stadium l Albuquerque, N.M. l The Mtn. Oct. 30, 2010 l War Memorial Stadium l Laramie, Wyo. l The Mtn.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – San Diego State got two touchdowns from DeMarco Sampson and three field LARAMIE, Wyo. – San Diego State became bowl eligible for the first time in 12 years, as the Aztecs goals from Abel Perez to help keep New Mexico winless on the year, as the Aztecs moved to 5-2 overall held on in an offensive shootout at Wyoming with a 48-38 victory to move to 6-2 on the season, including and 2-1 in league play with a 30-20 victory at University Stadium. a 3-1 mark in MWC play. The win was SDSU’s first in Albuquerque since the 2000 campaign, and marked the first time the Ahead 6-0 following a pair of field goals, the SDSU special teams unit had three miscues in the sec - Aztecs have claimed consecutive victories over the Lobos in Mountain West Conference history. ond quarter alone, as a fumble on a punt return, a blocked punt and a 59-yard Cowboy kick return all The visitors spotted New Mexico an early lead when junior Larry Parker fumbled a punt return and led to points and a 17-13 Wyoming advantage with just over 3:30 left until halftime. the Lobos recovered at the SDSU 30-yard line just a minute and 10 seconds into the game. UNM only Luckily for the Aztecs, that was just enough time for quarterback Ryan Lindley, who completed three advanced one yard, but place-kicker James Aho put a 46-yard field goal through the uprights for a 3-0 consecutive third-down pass plays, including a 14-yard TD toss to tight end D.J. Shields with 20 seconds lead. left to send the visitors into the locker room up, 20- The Aztec offense finally got the ball for the first time in the game at the 12:52 mark and utilized six GAME STATISTICS 17. consecutive draw plays by running back Ronnie Hillman, including one on fourth down, to get into Lobo San Diego St. 3 17 7 21 - 48 After the two sides combined for 34, second- territory. SDSU quarterback Ryan Lindley then completed three straight passes to set up Hillman’s 11- Wyoming 0 17 7 14 - 38 quarter points, they only managed a touchdown yard touchdown run for the 7-3 advantage. apiece in the third quarter with San Diego State The two sides swapped second-quarter field goals and it looked to be a 10-6 game heading into SDSU – A. Perez 21-yd FG – 7 plays, 40 yards, 2:44 maintaining its three-point lead heading into the final the locker room, but an 11-yard New Mexico punt gave the Aztecs the ball back on the Lobo 40-yard (4:23, 1st) 15 minutes. line with five seconds remaining in the first half. SDSU – A. Perez 28-yd FG – 7 plays, 69 yards, 1:47 Fullback Brandon Sullivan kicked off the fourth SDSU utilized its one final play, as Lindley (14:44, 2nd) quarter with his second and third 1-yard touchdown GAME STATISTICS threw a jump ball into the end zone, which senior WYO – Bolger 11-yd pass from Carta-Samuels (Watts kick) – 2 runs of the game in a span of only 1:49, with the lat - plays, 13 yards, 0:49 (11:28, 2nd) San Diego St. 7 10 10 3 - 30 wideout DeMarco Sampson managed to pull down ter set up by a 29-yard interception return by Andrew WYO – Watts 30-yd FG – 6 plays, 2 yards, 2:04 (8:05, New Mexico 3 3 7 7 - 20 for a touchdown as time expired. Preston, to give the Aztecs their largest lead at 41- The Aztecs used that momentum to add three 2nd) 24. UNM – Aho 46-yd FG – 4 plays, 1 yard, 0:46 (13:04, 1st) more points to their total on another field goal to start SDSU – Sampson 56-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) – While a 17-point deficit would seem daunting SDSU – Hillman 11-yd run (A.Perez kick) – 10 plays, the third quarter, but the Lobos made it a one pos - 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:39 (6:26, 2nd) to any squad, Wyoming stayed in the game by scor - WYO – Leonard 13-yd pass from Carta-Samuels (Watts kick) – 8 64 yards, 4:29 (8:23, 1st) session game at 20-13 on a 25-yard TD pass from ing two touchdowns on consecutive drives with the plays, 41 yards, 2:55 (3:31, 2nd) SDSU – A. Perez 36-yd FG – 9 plays, 42 yards, 3:16 quarterback B.R. Holbrook to Lucas Reed. second one following a Lindley interception to get SDSU – D.J. Shields 14-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) – (14:52, 2nd) SDSU quickly moved its lead back up to 14 back to within a field goal. 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:11 (0:20, 2nd) UNM – Aho 25-yd FG – 10 plays, 72 yards, 4:02 (10:50, Unlike the 2009 contest when it lost after being points just two and a half minutes later when Lindley SDSU – Sullivan 1-yd run (A.Perez kick) – 6 plays, 20 2nd) outscored 24-0 in the fourth quarter, SDSU stopped and Sampson connected for the second time on a yards, 2:07 (7:35, 3rd) SDSU – Sampson 40-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) 32-yard pass play to move the score out to 27-13. the Cowboy rally, answering back with a 59-yard – 1 plays, 40 yards, 0:05 (0:00, 2nd) WYO – Leonard 20-yd pass from Carta-Samuels (Watts kick) – 7 The Aztecs got the ball right back on an inter - plays, 80 yards, 3:54 (3:41, 3rd) touchdown reception by DeMarco Sampson to SDSU – A. Perez 30-yd FG – 9 plays, 48 yards, 3:22 ception by Josh Wade, but failed to turn it into any move the advantage back out to 10 points at 48-38. (11:32, 3rd) SDSU – Sullivan 1-yd run (A.Perez kick) – 10 plays, points as the two sides combined for seven consec - 71 yards, 4:26 (14:15, 4th) The Aztec defense then held strong for the UNM – Reed 25-yd pass from Holbrook (Aho kick) – 9 utive punts from the end of third quarter through final 4:56, logging its fifth sack of Wyoming quarter - plays, 80 yards, 3:23 (8:09, 3rd) SDSU – Sullivan 1-yd run (A.Perez kick) – 3 plays, 4 most of the fourth quarter. back Austyn Carta-Samuels on a fourth-and-12 to SDSU – Sampson 32-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) yards, 0:51 (12:26, 4th) SDSU’s Abel Perez tallied his third field goal of get the turnover on downs and preserve the win. – 6 plays, 63 yards, 2:26 (5:35, 3rd) WYO – Carta-Samuels 20-yd run (Watts kick) – 5 the night following a Lobo fumble and UNM notched Lindley finished the afternoon with his fourth SDSU – A. Perez 31-yd FG – 9 plays, 24 yards, 4:00 plays, 78 yards, 2:27 (9:59, 4th) 300-yard passing effort in 2010, throwing for a sea - (2:54, 4th) a last-second touchdown to round out scoring in the WYO – Alexander 20-yd run (Watts kick) – 3 plays, 35 son-best 365 yards passing and three touchdowns. UNM – Reed 18-yd pass from Gruner (Aho kick) – 10 30-20 Aztec victory. yards, 1:24 (7:32, 4th) plays, 81 yards, 2:33 (0:14, 4th) SDSU – Sampson 59-yd pass from Lindley (A.Perez kick) – Senior wideouts Sampson (175 yards) and Vincent 5 plays, 80 yards, 2:36 (4:56, 4th) Brown (144 yards) each surpassed the 100-yard re - SDSU UNM SDSU WYO ceiving mark, the first time two Aztecs have accom - First Downs 22 16 First Downs 20 21 plished that feat in the same game since 2008. Rushes-Yards 41-135 31-109 Rushes-Yards 37-76 34-152 Passing Yards 249 193 Passing Yards 365 186 C-A-I 18-37-1 15-26-1 C-A-I 16-31-2 20-40-1 Total Offense 384 302 Total Offense 441 338 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-66 10-87 Penalties-Yards 5-40 10-72 Possession Time 34:07 25:53 Possession Time 28:10 31:50 Turnovers 2 2 Turnovers 3 1 Average Field Pos. SDSU 41 UNM 23 Average Field Pos. SDSU 40 UNM 34

INDIVIDUAL STATS INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: Sullivan 18-69; Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: Hillman 21-44; Hillman 18-64; Lindley 1-3; D. Brown 3-5; Team 1-(- Kazee 7-23; Sullivan 6-15-3; D. Brown 1-(-1); Lindley 1). UNM: Wright 11-60; Godfrey 4-17; Holbrook 4-11; 2-(-5). WYO: Alexander 11-89-1; Carta-Samuels 14- Carrier 6-11; Dennis 4-9; Gruner 1-7; Fussell 1-(-6). 51-1; Herron 8-14; Team 1-(-1).

Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): SDSU: Lindley Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): SDSU: Lindley 37-18-1, 249, 2; UNM: Holbrook 27-11-1, 124, 1; 32-16-2, 365, 3; WYO: Carta-Samuels 40-20-1, 186, Gruner 9-4-0, 69, 1. 3.

Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): SDSU : Sampson 7-127- Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): SDSU : Sampson 7-175- 2; V. Brown 7-85; Escobar 2-11; Quigley 1-13; Sandifer 2; V. Brown 5-144; D.J. Shields 2-29-1; Sandifer 1-9; 1-13. UNM: Reed 5-95-2; Hernandez 4-49; Williams 2- Escobar 1-8. WYO: Leonard 7-75-2; Bolger 4-40-1; Mc - 33; Dennis 2-(-11); Carrier 1-17; Kirk 1-10. Neill 4-21; Ogbonna 3-28; Alexander 1-15; Aiken 1-7.

MEDIA GUIDE | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | 109 201008 SEASON IN REVIEW 2010 Game Recaps Colorado State 19 San Diego State 35 San Diego State 24 TCU 40

Nov. 6, 2010 l Qualcomm Stadium l San Diego, Calif. l The Mtn. Nov. 13, 2010 l Amon Carter Stadium l Fort Worth, Texas l Versus

SAN DIEGO – Behind a 151-yard rushing effort by Ronnie Hillman, San Diego State overcame a sea - FORT WORTH, Texas – San Diego State gave No. 3 TCU all it could handle but couldn’t overcome a son-high five turnovers in a 24-19 victory over Colorado State at Qualcomm Stadium. The Aztecs won bad second quarter in a 40-35 loss at Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The loss snapped their fourth consecutive game to improve to 7-2 overall and 4-1 in the Mountain West Conference. the Aztecs’ (7-3, 4-2 Mountain West) four-game winning streak as the Horned Frogs (11-0, 7-0 MWC) The Rams’ Ben DeLine made two of his first three field goal attempts to give the visitors the early won their 24th consecutive regular season game. 6-0 lead. The first, a 27-yarder, came after an impressive 13-play, 68-yard drive to open the game. SDSU’s 35 points were 12 more than TCU had allowed (23) in its previous six MWC games (3.83/g) San Diego State hardly threatened on the offensive end as it went punt, punt, fumble, interception and the most allowed by the top-ranked defensive on its first four drives. The Aztec defense, however, led by Miles Burris, came up with some big plays to GAME STATISTICS team in the nation. keep the damage to a minimum. San Diego State came out of the gate with two San Diego St. 14 0 7 14 - 35 quick first-quarter scores. The first score, a 1-yard Burris sacked CSU quarterback Pete Thomas on a third-and-13 play on the SDSU 21-yard line, TCU 13 21 3 3 - 40 which moved Colorado State out of field goal range touchdown run by Brandon Sullivan, was set up by GAME STATISTICS to begin the second quarter. After the Rams regained SDSU - Sullivan 1-yd run (A. Perez kick) - 3 plays, 54 a long 49-yard flea-flicker pass from Ryan Lindley to Colorado St. 3 3 7 6 - 19 possession on a Walter Kazee fumble, Jerome Long yards, 0:59 (12:05, 1st) Vincent Brown. Minutes later, after Brian Stahovich‘s San Diego St. 0 7 10 7 - 24 blocked DeLine’s 33-yard attempt, keeping the score SDSU - Long 0-yd fumble recovery (A. Perez kick) punt pinned the Horned Frogs inside their own 10- at 3-0. (9:16, 1st) yard line, Rob Andrews sacked TCU quarterback CSU – DeLine 27-yd FG – 13 plays, 68 yards, 6:26 (8:34, CSU got the ball right back again when Mychal TCU - Kerley 38-yd pass from Dalton (Evans kick) - 11 Andy Dalton and Jerome Long pounced on the loose 1st) Sisson picked off Ryan Lindley, which set up a 33- plays, 80 yards, 5:33 (3:43, 1st) ball to give the Aztecs the 14-0 advantage, their CSU – DeLine 33-yd FG – 7 plays, 22 yards, 2:42 (5:00, yard DeLine field goal. TCU - Brock 15-yd pass from Dalton (Evans kick failed) - largest ever against a top-10 opponent and the most 2nd) After DeLine kicked the ball out of bounds, San 5 plays, 40 yards, 2:01 (0:32, 1st) the Horned Frogs have been down in nearly two SDSU – Sullivan 1-yd run (A. Perez kick) – 11 plays, 60 Diego State marched 60 yards on 11 plays before TCU - James 9-yd run (Evans kick) - 6 plays, 63 yards, years. yards, 4:26 (0:34, 2nd) Brandon Sullivan’s 1-yard touchdown rush with 34 2:54 (6:39, 2nd) TCU, however, scored on five of its next six possessions to open up a commanding 34-14 lead SDSU – A. Perez 31-yd FG – 7 plays, 58 yards, 3:04 seconds left gave the home team its first lead at 7- TCU - Kerley 9-yd pass from Dalton (Evans kick) - 7 at the half. Dalton tossed three touchdown strikes to (11:56, 3rd) 6 heading into halftime. plays, 73 yards, 2:59 (2:10, 2nd) Jeremy Kerley (38, 9 and 4 yards) and another to CSU – Sisson 88-yd fumble recovery (DeLine kick) (3:56, The Aztecs took a 10-6 advantage to begin the TCU - Kerley 4-yd pass from Dalton (Evans kick) - 6 Logan Brock (15 yards), and Waymon James added 3rd) second half when Abel Perez converted on a 31-yard plays, 60 yards, 0:55 (0:24, 2nd) a 9-yard touchdown run to account for the Horned SDSU – Hillman 26-yd run (A. Perez kick)– 5 plays, 56 field goal. TCU - Evans 36-yd field goal - 8 plays, 33 yards, 3:45 yards, 2:24 (1:32, 3rd) (9:32, 3rd) Frogs’ scoring in the first half. It appeared SDSU would take a commanding A 36-yard field goal by Ross Evans early in the SDSU – Sullivan 9-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) – lead midway through the third quarter when Andrew SDSU - Sullivan 1-yd run (A. Perez kick) - 6 plays, 76 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:49 (8:05, 4th) third quarter gave TCU its largest lead of the game Preston picked off Thomas and returned it 22 yards yards, 2:12 (1:01, 3rd) CSU – Pauga 28-yd pass from Thomas (DeLine kick) – at 37-14 before SDSU finally answered when Sulli - to the Colorado State 33. San Diego State got all the TCU - Evans 31-yd field goal - 5 plays, -2 yards, 1:01 9 plays, 68 yards, 3:05 (2:43, 4th) (13:06, 4th) van finished off a 6-play, 76-yard drive with another way down to the 2-yard line, but Sisson sacked Lind - SDSU - V. Brown 33-yd pass from Linley (A. Perez kick) - 1-yard touchdown run. It was his sixth, 1-yard touch - ley on third down and returned the fumble 88 yards CSU SDSU 6 plays, 88 yards, 2:22 (6:43, 4th) down run over the past three games and seventh untouched for a touchdown and 13-10 Ram lead. First Downs 19 19 SDSU - V. Brown 35-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) touchdown overall. Rushes-Yards 34-31 39-152 Undeterred, the Aztecs responded with a score - 1 play, 35 yards, 0:08 (4:50, 4th) Tejay Johnson picked off Ryan Lindley to begin Passing Yards 266 171 of their own when Hillman’s 26-yard touchdown put the fourth, which led to another Evans field goal, giv - C-A-I 22-41-1 14-23-2 the hosts back up, 17-13. SDSU TCU ing the Horned Frogs a 40-21 lead with 13:06 re - Total Offense 297 323 On its next possession to begin the fourth First Downs 7 27 maining. Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-3 quarter, SDSU took 6:49 off the clock on a 12-play, Rushes-Yards 21-38 54-226 Following a three and out by San Diego State, Penalties-Yards 4-35 2-15 80-yard drive, that culminated in a 9-yard scoring Passing Yards 262 240 TCU seemed poised to score again after Curtis Possession Time 32:43 27:17 strike from Lindley to Sullivan. C-A-I 11-26-2 21-36-1 Clay’s 33-yard punt return gave it the ball at the 29- Turnovers 1 5 A Hillman fumble on the team’s next drive gave Total Offense 300 466 yard line. But four plays later, Gabe Lemon picked Average Field Pos. CSU 30 SDSU 40 CSU hope and Thomas’ 28-yard pass to Zac Pauga Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 off Dalton at the Aztec 12 to give SDSU some hope. brought the visitors to within five at 24-19. The 2- Penalties-Yards 6-46 6-45 San Diego State responded with two quick INDIVIDUAL STATS point conversion attempt failed and San Diego State Possession Time 19:09 40:51 touchdown strikes from Lindley to Brown to bring the Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): CSU: Carter 11-34; Mason recovered the subsequent onsides kick. Colorado Turnovers 2 2 visitors to within five points at 40-35. 10-11; Pauga 1-7; Mosure 3-2; Thomas 8-(-11); State got the ball back with 1:42 left, but went 4-and- Average Field Pos. SDSU 25 TCU 33 TCU, however, ran eight straight rushing plays Greenwood 1-(-12). SDSU: Hillman 31-151-1; Kazee out, losing three yards in the process, and allowing to end the game and stay in the national champi - 2-10; Sullivan 2-3-1; Sampson 1-2; Team 2-(-4); Lind - the Aztecs to end the game in victory formation. INDIVIDUAL STATS onship hunt. ley 1-(-10). Hillman finished the game with 151 yards on Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: Hillman 13-54; Lindley threw for 262 yards and two touch - 31 carries, while Lindley overcame a sloppy start to Kazee 1-6; Sullivan 3-2-2; Team 1-(-1); Lindley 3-(- downs for the Aztecs, who outscored the Horned Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): CSU: Thomas throw for 171 yards. Burris, meanwhile, had 10 tack - 23). TCU: Tucker 22-131; James 23-102-1; Wesley 1- Frogs, 21-6, in the second half, while Brown caught 40-22-1, 266, 1; Greenwood 1-0-0, 0, 0. SDSU: Lind - les (nine solo), including four tackles for a loss, two 0; Team 1-(-2); Kerley 1-(-2); Dalton 6-(-3). four balls for 167 yards and two scores. Andrew Pre - ley 23-14-2, 171, 1. sacks and two forced fumbles. ston made a season-high 12 tackles, while Miles Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): SDSU: Lindley Burris had nine stops, two for a loss, and an 11-yard Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): CSU: Greenwood 7-68; 26-11-2, 262, 2. TCU: Dalton 36-21-1, 240, 4. sack. Liggett 4-60; Pauga 3-47-1; Borcky 3-3; Law 2-30; Steele 1-31; Yemm 1-26; Carter 1-(-3). Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): SDSU: V. Brown 4-167- 2; Sampson 4-42; Sullivan 2-53; Johnson 1-0. TCU: Kerley 8-85-3; Johnson 4-54; Young 4-44; Boyce 2- 31; Brock 1-15-1; Dawson 1-7; James 1-4.

110 | SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL | MEDIA GUIDE 202100 8G SAEMAES ROENC IANP RSE CVOIENWT. Utah 38 UNLV 14 San Diego State 34 San Diego State 48

Nov. 20, 2010 l Qualcomm Stadium l San Diego, Calif. l The Mtn. Nov. 27, 2010 l Qualcomm Stadium l San Diego, Calif. l The Mtn.

SAN DIEGO – Despite a record day by quarterback Ryan Lindley and receivers Vincent Brown and De - SAN DIEGO – Bowl-bound San Diego State scored on eight of its first nine possessions en route to a Marco Sampson, San Diego State fell to No. 25/24 Utah, 38-34, at Qualcomm Stadium. The Aztecs fell 48-14 win over UNLV at Qualcomm Stadium. to 7-4 overall and 4-3 in the Mountain West, while the Utes improved to 9-2 and 6-1. In their final regular-season home game, the Aztecs sent their 17 seniors out in style by winning SDSU struck first on its opening drive when Lindley found Brown for a 10-yard touchdown pass. their eighth game of the season, the first time an SDSU team had accomplished the feat since 1996. The touchdown less than two minutes into the game was its fastest score (field goal or touchdown) this UNLV returned the opening kickoff 60 yards into Aztec territory, but a Miles Burris sack on fourth- season and the fifth time it scored on its opening drive. and-6 ended the drive. San Diego State wasted no time, marching 61 yards on just five plays. Quarter - Utah got on the scoreboard in its first drive when Joe Phillips nailed a 32-yard field goal. back Ryan Lindley connected with senior Brandon Sullivan on a 17-yard pass to give SDSU a quick 7- It appeared it would stay that way a few drives later when Phillips’ 38-yard punt was downed at the 0 lead. San Diego State 2-yard line. The Aztecs, however, put together a 11-play, 98-yard drive, its longest of After UNLV missed a field goal, the Aztecs doubled their lead on a 1-yard Sullivan touchdown plunge. the season, that culminated in Lindley’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Brown. It was the fourth multiple touchdown game in the last five weeks for Sullivan, and the sixth of his career. After a quick three-and-out by the Utes, SDSU went 79 yards in just four plays. Sampson’s 17 and The Rebels went three and out on their ensuing drive, and San Diego State increased its lead on a 46-yard receptions got San Diego State to the Utah 16 and, two plays later, Ronnie Hillman scampered 42-yard field goal by Abel Perez. Another big return by Marcus Sullivan set the Rebels up at the SDSU into the end zone with a five-yard rush. Even with 27-yard line. One play later, they were on the board after a 27-yard touchdown pass from Omar Clayton GAME STATISTICS Abel Perez’ missed extra-point, the Aztecs still to Kyle Watkins. Utah 3 21 0 14 - 38 owned a 20-3 lead. GAME STATISTICS An impressive goal line stand by UNLV kept the San Diego St. 14 13 7 0 - 34 The Utes came right back with a quick drive of 1 2 3 4 Aztecs from scoring on their first four possessions. their own, as quarterback Jordan Wynn found Luke UNLV 7 0 0 7 - 14 Despite some impressive running by Tim Cornett SDSU - V. Brown 10-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez Matthews on a 57-yard touchdown pass on a third- San Diego St. 17 14 17 0 - 48 and Deante’ Purvis, the Rebels were forced to punt kick) - 8 plays, 74 yards, 1:59 (13:01, 1st) and-4 play. it away to SDSU with less than six minutes remain - UTAH - Phillips 32-yd FG - 8 plays, 66 yards, 3:44 Lindley answered for SDSU with his third SDSU – Sullivan 17-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez ing in the half. (9:17, 1st) touchdown pass of the first half, this time a 14-yard kick) – 5 plays, 61 yards, 1:38 (12:26, 1st) San Diego State went to the air on their last SDSU - V. Brown 11-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez strike to Gavin Escobar, to put San Diego State back SDSU – Sullivan 1-yd run (A. Perez kick ) - 8 plays, two possesions of the half, and UNLV had no an - kick) - 11 plays, 98 yards, 5:51 (0:49, 1st) up by 17 at 27-10. 73 yards, 2:32 (5:30, 1st) swer. Lindley completed seven straight passes on SDSU - Hillman 5-yd run (A. Perez kick failed) - 4 Undeterred, Utah used a 39-yard rush by SDSU – A. Perez 42-yd FG - 8 plays, 33 yards, 3:03 consecutive touchdown drives to put the Aztecs up, plays, 79 yards, 1:17 (13:26, 2nd) Eddie Wide, a 13-yard pass from Wynn to Dallin (0:14, 1st) 31-7. Senior DeMarco Sampson was the main ben - UTAH - Matthews 57-yd pass from Wynn (Phillips Rogers and a 16-yard touchdown rush by Wide to UNLV – Watkins 27-yd pass from Clayton (Kohorst eficiary, hauling in four passes for 106 yards and two kick) - 3 plays, 63 yards, 1:39 (11:47, 2nd) bring the visitors back to within 10 at 27-17. kick) - 1 play, 27 yards, 0:14 (0:00 1st) touchdowns on the two drives alone. SDSU - Escobar 14-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez Looking to add one last score before intermis - SDSU – Sampson 41-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez The Aztecs carried their offensive momentum kick) - 14 plays, 86 yards, 6:19 (5:28, 2nd) sion, the Aztecs got deep into Ute territory, but Lind - kick) - 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:16 (2:26, 2nd) into the second half. SDSU drove 69 yards on their UTAH - Wide 16-yd run (Phillips kick) - 3 plays, 68 ley had his pass intercepted by Brandon Burton at SDSU – Sampson 50-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez opening possession, setting up another touchdown yards, 1:06 (4:22, 2nd) the Utah 3 and returned 12 yards. With only 37 sec - kick) - 3 plays, 68 yards, 0:24 (1:12, 2nd) by another senior. Vincent Brown did UTAH - Moeai 47-yd pass from Wynn (Phillips kick) - onds remaining, Utah got to the SDSU 47 and SDSU – V. Brown 3-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez the honors as he hauled in his ninth touchdown of 5 plays, 85 yards, 0:37 (0:00, 2nd) launched a hail mary pass that deflected off a San kick) - 9 plays, 69 yards, 3:01 (11:59, 3rd) the season. SDSU - V. Brown 90-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez Diego State defender and into the hands of a waiting SDSU – A. Perez 53-yd FG - 5 plays, 17 yards, 1:13 After a fourth-down sack by Jacob Tauanuu, kick) - 3 plays, 90 yards, 0:49 (11:12, 3rd) Kendrick Moeai, giving the Utes just a three-point (7:07, 3rd) the Aztecs again drove into UNLV territory, this time UTAH - Asiata 1-yd run (Phillips kick) - 14 plays, 79 deficit at the half. SDSU – Hillman 10-yd run (B. Shields kick) - 7 plays, settling for a 53-yard field goal from Perez. The deep yards, 6:23 (13:18, 4th) The Aztecs’ first possession of the second half, 60 yards, 3:39 (2:01, 3rd) kick eclipsed Perez’s career high of 44 yards, con - UTAH - Wide 1-yd run (Phillips kick) - 4 plays, 3 yards, which started on their own 10-yard line, ended two UNLV – Clausen 64-yd fumble recovery (Kohorst kick) verted against Nicholls State. 1:32 (10:21, 4th) plays later when Lindley’s pass bounced off a Utah - (1:07, 4th) A Ronnie Hillman 10-yard touchdown run in - UTAH SDSU defender and into the hands of Brown, who ran it all creased SDSU’s lead to 48-7. With the game well in UNLV SDSU First Downs 22 29 the way back for the 90-yard score. hand, the Aztecs consumed most of the fourth quar - First Downs 15 30 Rushes-Yards 35-138 21-59 The score would remain 34-24 SDSU until a 1- ter on a deliberate 18-play (all runs), 57-yard drive Rushes-Yards 28-67 51-250 Passing Yards 362 528 yard rush by Utah’s Matt Asiata early in the fourth that spanned more than 11 minutes. Passing Yards 167 338 C-A-I 21-34-0 36-54-3 quarter. Lindley completed 22 of 30 throws for 338 C-A-I 14-30-0 22-30-0 Total Offense 500 587 After a holding call wiped out Sampson’s 52- yards and four touchdowns, while Ronnie Hillman Total Offense 234 588 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 yard catch and two incomplete passes later, San broke the MWC record for most rushing yards by a Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-75 8-64 Diego State was forced to punt. Brian Stahovich freshman. Possession Time 31:15 28:45 Penalties-Yards 3-31 7-50 bobbled the snap and Greg Bird blocked it, giving Turnovers 0 3 Possession Time 23:41 36:19 the Utes the ball on the Aztec 3-yard line. SDSU held Average Field Pos. UTAH 30 SDSU 18 Turnovers 0 1 Utah the first three plays, but Eddie Wide’s 1-yard Average Field Pos. UNLV 27 SDSU 38 TD rush on 4th and goal gave the Utes their first lead INDIVIDUAL STATS of the game at 38-34. Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): UTAH: Asiata 19-87-1; INDIVIDUAL STATS San Diego State got into Utah territory on each Wide 10-66-1; Wynn 2-3; Brooks 1-(-8); Team 3 (-10). Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): UNLV: Cornett 16-61; of its final possessions, but two more interceptions SDSU: Hillman 14-54-1; Sullivan 3-8; Kazee 2-7; Purvis 6-20; Randle 1-2; Trotter 1-2; Clayton 4-(-14). by Lindley ended the game in favor of the visitors. Lindley 2-(-10). SDSU: Hillman 19-152-1; Kazee 16-63; Brown 10-30; Starting his school record 29th consecutive Sullivan 3-7-1; Young 1-1. Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): UTAH: Wynn 33- game at quarterback, Lindley threw for 528 yards, 21-0, 362, 2; Smithson 1-0-0, 0, 0. SDSU: Lindley 54- the fourth most in school history and the most since Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): NICH: Clayton 36-3, 528, 4. David Lowery’s school-record game of 568 in 1991, 28-13-0, 167, 1; Herring 2-1-0, 0, 0 SDSU: Lindley and four touchdowns in the loss. In addition, Lindley 30-22, 0, 338, 4. Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): UTAH: Rogers 4-49; became the third Aztec with back-to-back 3,000-yard Brooks 3-63; Asiata 3-32; Wide 2-29; Christopher 2- seasons and the first since Billy Blanton in 1995-96. Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): UNLV: Payne 5-91; John - 19; Moala 2-15; Matthews 1-57; Moeai 1-47; Dunn 1- Sampson (12 catches, 154 yards) and Brown son 5-38; Watkins 2-27-1; Davis 1-7; Vidal 1-4. SDSU: 42; Smithson 1-5; Asiata 1-4. SDSU: Sampson (8 catches, 184 yards, 3 touchdowns), meanwhile, Sampson 6-128-2; V. Brown 5-74-1; Escobar 4-42; 12-154; V. Brown 8-184-3; Sandifer 6-81; Escobar 6- became the 18th and 19th SDSU player to break Sullivan 3-61-1; Hillman 2-12; Sandifer 1-20; Quigley 65-1; Hillman 2-26; Sullivan 2-18. 1,000 yards receiving in a season. 1-1.

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SAN DIEGO - San Diego State recorded its first bowl game victory since 1969, as the Aztecs raced ahead of Navy early and never looked back, winning the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl, 35-14. The Red and Black finished the year with a 9-4 record, the school’s most wins in a campaign since 1977. Freshman All-American Ronnie Hillman once again led the charge for the Aztecs, tying a career high in rushing yards with 228 and scor - GAME STATISTICS ing four touchdowns en-route to being named Navy 0 14 0 0 - 14 the Poinsettia Bowl Offensive MVP. San Diego St. 14 7 0 14 - 35 Hillman started the scoring on the Aztecs’ second possession when he took a handoff left SDSU - Hillman 22-yd run (A. Perez kick) - 5 plays, on a third down and cut through three Navy de - 59 yards, 2:18 (9:06, 1st) fenders on his way to a 22-yard touchdown run. SDSU - Brown 53-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez Senior receiver Vincent Brown got into the kick) - 6 plays, 93 yards (4:08, 1st) action on the very next possession when he NAVY - Jones 30-yd pass from Dobbs (Buckley kick) - caught a deep corner route and side stepped 11 plays, 68 yards, 4:58 (3:43, 2nd) a defender before racing up the left sideline for SDSU - Hillman 37-yd run (A. Perez kick) - 7 plays, 80 a 51-yard score to put the Aztecs up 14-0 mid - yards, 2:59 (3:15, 2nd) way through the first quarter. NAVY - Dobbs 1-yd run (Buckley kick) - 10 plays, 73 Brown would gain 165 yards on eight yards, 3:08 (0:07, 2nd) catches during the game, recording his school- Andrew Preston earned the Poinsettia Bowl Defensive MVP award after leading the Aztecs SDSU - Hillman 15-yd pass from Lindley (A. Perez kick) - with 10 tackles (six unassisted), including a tackle-for-loss along with an interception. 7 plays, 74 yards, 3:51 (14:56, 4th) record tying 13th career 100-yard receiving SDSU - Hillman 1-yd run (A. Perez kick) - 13 plays, 80 game. yards, 6:46 (6:07, 4th) After a 30-yard touchdown connection from Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs to Greg Jones NAVY SDSU to begin the second quarter, Hillman followed a First Downs 22 27 great block by pulling guard Nik Embernate and Rushes-Yards 51-235 41-279 burst through the left side of the line for a 37- Passing Yards 147 276 yard score, capping off a seven-play, 80-yard C-A-I 8-15-1 18-23-0 Aztec drive. Total Offense 382 555 The visiting Midshipmen would not go away Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 quietly, however, as they put together a 10-play, Penalties-Yards 3-29 3-18 73-yard drive behind their patient option rush - Possession Time 29:41 30:19 ing attack to close out the half. Dobbs punched Turnovers 1 0 it in himself at the Aztecs’ 1-yard line with 10 Average Field Pos. NAVY 23 SDSU 18 seconds left on the clock to cut the SDSU’s lead to 21-14 going into the locker room. INDIVIDUAL STATS After a scoreless third quarter, the Aztecs Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): NAVY: Dobbs 24-107-1; went ahead 28-14 on what might have been the Teich 10-38; Greene 5-33; Santiago 4-27. SDSU: Hill - play of the day. On third-and-1, Ryan Lindley man 28-228-3; Kazee 7-41; Sullivan 3-2-2; Sandifer took the snap and faked a handoff to fullback 1-14; Team 1-(-1); Lindley 1-8. Brandon Sullivan, who dove over the top of the Navy defense. Lindley patiently kept the ball Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): NAVY: Dobbs behind his back and waited for the Navy de - 8-15-1, 147, 1. SDSU: Lindley 18-23-0, 276, 2. fense to converge on the decoy before firing a 15-yard touchdown pass to a wheeling Hillman Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): NAVY: Jones 3-85-1; for the score. The catch marked the first receiv - Teich 2-9; Greene 1-30; Santiago 1-16. SDSU: Brown ing touchdown of Hillman’s career. 8-165-1; Escobar 3-24; Sampson 2-45; Hillman 2-16, The freshman from La Habra, Calif., would Sandifer 1-10. tack on another score on the Aztecs’ next pos - session to secure the 35-14 victory. Senior defensive back Andrew Preston, who picked off a Dobbs pass deep in SDSU territory with four minutes left in the game, was named the Poinsettia Bowl Defensive MVP. San Diego State put up 555 yards of total offense in the game against Navy, the most by an Aztec team in the school’s bowl history. Ronnie Hillman was named the Offensive MVP of the Poinsettia Bowl as he rushed for three touchdowns, scored another on a pass reception and rushed for a bowl-record 228 yards.

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