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2015 SCHEDULE Colorado State CSU vs. Minnesota Minnesota At A Glance Saturday, Sept. 5 • Fort Collins, Colo. rams GOlden SAVANNAH STATE 1-0 (0-0 MW) W, 65-13 Date: Saturday, Sept. 12 goPHERS Time: 1:30 p.m. MT 0-1 (0-0 B1G) Saturday, Sept. 12 • 1:30 p.m. MT TV: CBS Sports Network MINNESOTA Radio: ESPN 105.5 Fort Collins, Colo. • CBS Sports Location: Fort Collins, Colo. Saturday, Sept. 19 • 5 p.m. MT Venue: Sonny Lubick Field vs. COLORADO at Hughes Stadium Denver, Colo. • CBS Sports Surface: FieldTurf Saturday, Sept. 26 • 5 p.m. MT Capacity: 32,500 at UTSA Series: 2-0, Minnesota San Antonio, Texas • CBS Sports

Saturday, Oct. 3 • TBA A victory Saturday would… at UTAH STATE Logan, Utah • ESPN Networks Extend CSU’s school-record home win streak to 10 games. The Rams haven’t lost at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium since the 2013 Saturday, Oct. 10 • 5 p.m. MT season. BOISE STATE Fort Collins, Colo. • CBS Sports Improve CSU’s record to 2-0, the first time since 2011 that the Rams would begin a season with consecutive victories. Saturday, Oct. 24 • 1:30 p.m. MT AIR FORCE Make head coach the third coach in CSU history to begin Fort Collins, Colo. • CBS Sports his career 2-0. Julius “Hans” Wagner did it in 1942 and Bob Davis accomplished the feat in 1947. Saturday, Oct. 31 • 1:30 p.m. MT STATE Give the Rams a win over a Power-5 school for the fourth consecu- Fort Collins, Colo. • CBS Sports tive season, a streak which would rank second nationally. Be CSU’s first non-conference victory over a current member of a Saturday, Nov. 7 • TBA at WYOMING Power-5 conference at Hughes Stadium since defeating Louisville in Laramie, Wyo. • ESPN Networks 2002.

Saturday, Nov. 14 • 5 p.m. MT Be the Rams’ first win over Minnesota. The Golden Gophers won the UNLV first two matchups in the series, in 2004 and 2005. Fort Collins, Colo. • ROOT Sports

Saturday, Nov. 21 • 3:30 p.m. MT at NEW MEXICO Albuquerque, N.M. • ROOT Sports

Saturday, Nov. 28 • 7 p.m. MT at FRESNO STATE Fresno, Calif. • CBS Sports

Saturday, Dec. 5 • TBA MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday will mark the first time since 2007 that a member TBD of a Power-5 conference has visited Hughes Stadium.

www.CSURams.com • Twitter: @CSUFootball • Instagram: @CSURamsFB • Phone: 970/491-5067 • Fax: 970/491-1348 • Tickets: 1-800-491-RAMS previewing the teams 2 COLORADO STATE football

FOLLOW THE GAME THE TEAMS AT A GLANCE TV (CBS Sports Network) Ben Holden ...... Play-By-Play COLORADO STate Minnesota Jay Feely ...... Color Analyst Rams Golden Gophers John Schriffen ...... Sideline

Radio (Colorado State Sports Network) Flagship: KJAC 105.5 ESPN KRFD 100.1 FM/KJME 890 AM/KKVT 100.7 FM/ Sirius 135/XM 195 • Under first-year head coach Mike Bobo, formerly the • Led by Jerry Kill, who is in his fifth season with the Gary Miller ...... Play-By-Play offensive coordinator at Georgia. Golden Gophers (25-27). Brian Roth ...... Color Analyst • Return 17 starters from last year’s 10-win team (7 on • Return 15 starters from 2014, including seven on the Kevin McGlue ...... Sideline offense, 8 on defense, 2 on special teams). defensive side of the ball. • Looking for third consecutive bowl game berth. • QB Mitch Leidner has started 17 career games, pass- • Picked to finish third in the Mountain West’s Moun- ing for 15 touchdowns and rushing for 17, third-most FOLLOW THE RAMS tain Division. in school history. Twitter • Highlighted by consensus All-America wide receiver • Five Gophers were named to preseason watch lists: @CSUFootball @CSURamsGameday Rashard Higgins, who led the NCAA FBS for yards Peter Mortell (Ray Guy, Wuerffel), De’Vondre Camp- @CoachBobo_CSU @CSUAthletics (1,750) and touchdowns (17) in 2014 and was one of bell (Butkus), Rodrick Williams (Earl Campbell Tyler Instagram three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award. Rose), Briean Boddy-Calhoun (Bronko Nagurski, @CSURamsFB @CSUAthletics • As a team, return 83 percent of its receiving yardage Chuck Bednarik) and Eric Murray (Bronco Nagurski, Facebook from 2014. The team’s pass catchers lead the NCAA Chuck Bednarik). Facebook.com/CSURamsFootball FBS with more than 6,400 career yards combined. • Began the season receiving 25 votes in the USA • Began the season 1-0 for the fourth time in the past Today Coaches Poll. five seasons. • Lost to No. 2/2 TCU, 23-17, in the season opener. TEAM COMPARISON • In the season opener, scored the fifth-most points Minnesota rushed for 144 yards and passed for 197. CSU UM in school history and won by 52 points, the largest • Went 8-5 in 2014, appearing in the school’s third Rushing Offense...... 217.0...... 144.0 margin of victory since 1997. consecutive bowl game. Passing Offense...... 381.0...... 197.0 • In 2014, Minnesota rushed 599 times for 2,801 yards Total Offense...... 598.0...... 341.0 and 32 touchdowns. Scoring Offense...... 65.0...... 17.0 Rushing Defense...... 83.0...... 203.0 Pass Efficiency Defense...... 71.30...... 114.20 Colorado State leaders minnesota leaders Total Defense...... 183.0...... 449.0 Category Player Total Category Player Total Scoring Defense...... 13.0...... 23.0 Touchdowns 9 players 1 Touchdowns KJ Maye 1 Net Punting...... -...... 43.57 Passing Yards Nick Stevens 289 Rodney Smith 1 Punt Returns...... 12.00...... 0.00 Passing TDs Nick Stevens 5 Passing Yards Mitch Leidner 197 Kickoff Returns...... 100.00...... 20.00 Rushing Yards Jasen Oden, Jr. 74 Passing TDs Mitch Leidner 1 Turnover Margin...... -3.0...... 0.0 Receptions Rashard Higgins 7 Rushing Yards Rodney Smith 88 Passing Efficiency...... 213.34...... 110.99 Receiving Yards Rashard Higgins 84 Receptions Eric Carter 4 Sacks...... 7.0...... 1.0 Total Offense Rashard Higgins 84 KJ Maye 4 Tackles For Loss...... 16.0...... 6.0 Tackles Josh Watson 9 Receiving Yards KJ Maye 73 Sacks Allowed...... 2.0...... 2.0 Interceptions DeAndre Elliott 1 Total Offense Rodney Smith 88 Forced Fumbles Joe Kawulok 1 Tackles Damarius Travis 10 NCAA RANK COMPARISON Fumble Recoveries Kevin Davis 1 Interceptions Eric Murray 1 Sacks Martavius Foster 3.0 Forced Fumbles N/A 0 CSU UM Tackles for Loss Martavius Foster 3.0 Fumble Recoveries N/A 0 Total Offense...... 15...... 91 Josh Watson 3.0 Sacks Hendrick Ekpe 0.5 Rushing Offense ...... 42...... 84 Punt Return Avg. Deionte Gaines 26.0 Robert Ndondo-Lay 0.5 Passing Offense ...... 10...... 81 Kick Return Avg. Jordon Vaden 100.0 Tackles for Loss Theiren Cockran 2.0 Team Passing Efficiency ...... 13...... 96 Punt Return Avg. N/A 0.0 Scoring Offense ...... 6...... T-91 Kick Return Avg. Jalen Myrick 20.0 Total Defense ...... 14...... 92 Rushing Defense ...... 33...... T-95 Passing Yards Allowed ...... T-11...... 79 Team Passing Efficiency Defense ....12...... 55 series history: Colorado State vs. minnesota Scoring Defense ...... T-31...... T-67 Turnover Margin ...... T-111...... T-52 Sept. 18, 2014 1 2 3 4 F Sept. 10, 2005 1 2 3 4 F 3rd Down Conversion Pct...... 6...... 100 #22 Minnesota 14 10 7 3 34 Colorado State 0 10 0 14 24 4th Down Conversion Pct...... T-69...... T-51 Colorado State 3 7 6 0 16 Minnesota 3 19 20 14 56 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense....16...... T-63 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense....89...... T-1 Colorado State welcomed the largest home-opening game Laurence Maroney ran 26 times for 133 yards and two touch- Red Zone Offense ...... 63...... T-108 crowd in school history for the first game in the expanded downs, leading Minnesota to a 56-24 victory over Colorado Red Zone Defense ...... T-61...... T-28 and renovated Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. With State. Maintaining his position as a darkhorse Heisman Punt Returns ...... 31...... T-19 the first phase of the project in place - the addition of 4,800 Trophy contender, Maroney gave the Gophers room to Kickoff Returns ...... T-1...... T-84 permanent seats in the north end zone, two new score- breathe by scoring on runs of 2 and 32 yards in the second First Downs Offense ...... T-5...... T-89 boards and a video board, a record crowd for home openers quarter. The latter came on a toss sweep in which the junior First Downs Defense ...... T-20...... T-93 of 33,501 watched as the University of Minnesota became zipped across the line of scrimmage untouched and broke Fewest Penalties Per Game .....T-55...... T-73 the first Big 10 Conference member to play in Fort Collins. a tackle attempt by free safety Robert Herbert at the 5-yard Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game.... T-83...... T-78 Running back Uldis Jaunarajs led Colorado State by gaining line on his way to the end zone. Minnesota won with a Time Of Possession ...... 111...... 101 98 yards on 22 carries, while wide receiver Dustin Osborn smothering defense, though, holding the Rams to 59 yards had the finest night of his career with six receptions for 122 rushing, forcing three turnovers and turning a blocked punt yards and a 26-yard scoring toss from quarterback Justin into a short touchdown during a 20-point third quarter. Justin LOOKING AT THE SERIES Holland, who threw for 298 yards. Safety Ben Stratton led a Holland threw a 33-yard scoring pass to a wide-open Dustin All-time, overall: 0-2 defensive effort that limited the Gophers to just 162 yards in Osborn that cut the Gophers’ lead to 22-10 with 1:36 left All-time, in Fort Collins: 0-1 the second half with a game-high 13 tackles. before halftime, one of only a few mistakes by Minnesota’s All-time, in Minneapolis: 0-1 first team defense. First official meeting: Sept. 18, 2004 Last meeting: Sept. 10, 2005 coaching comparison 3 COLORADO STATE football

MIKE BOBO | COLORADO STATE JERRY KILL | MINNESOTA Colorado State University President Tony Frank Jerry Kill was named head coach of the Univer- announced the appointment of Mike Bobo as head sity of Minnesota football program on December 7, coach of the Rams’ football program on Dec. 23, 2010. He is in his fifth year at Minnesota and 22nd 2014. Bobo is the 22nd head coach in the history of overall of being a head college football coach in the program, and came to Fort Collins from the Uni- 2015. His career record is 152-99. versity of Georgia, where had spent the previous 14 The Gophers were 3-9 in Kill’s first season in 2011, seasons, including the last eight as his alma mater’s but reached a bowl game and finished 6-7 in 2012. offensive coordinator. As custom with Kill and his staff, the third year at a Bobo’s 14-year stint at Georgia, where he had school usually turns into a memorable season and starred at quarterback in the late 1990s, began in 2013 was no different at Minnesota as the Gophers January, 2001, when head coach Mark Richt hired finished the season with an 8-5 overall record and him as quarterbacks coach, for his second stint with a 4-4 mark in conference play. Kill was a combined the school. He was promoted by Richt to offensive coordinator in 2007. 9-26 in his first year at Minnesota and at his previous two schools Northern Illi- During his time at UGA, Bobo helped lead the Bulldogs to 135 victories, in- nois (NIU) and Southern Illinois (SIU). In his third year, the schools produced a cluding two Southeastern Conference championships, five SEC Eastern Division combined record of 28-9. titles and eight bowl victories. The 2012 Broyles Award Finalist held the offensive The success from 2013 carried over into 2014, as Kill’s Gophers finished 8-5 coordinator spot for 92 games with the Bulldogs, scoring 30-plus points 57 times, overall, but were 5-3 in the Big Ten. Kill guided Minnesota to its first back-to-back 40-plus points 29 times and more than 50 points 13 times. eight-win seasons since 2002 (eight wins) and 2003 (10 wins). Since 1906, Minne- In 2014 Bobo led a Bulldogs offense that averaged 41.7 points per game, which sota has won eight games in consecutive seasons only five times. The 2013 and ranked eighth nationally, and racked up 454.9 yards of total offense per game. 2014 seasons were Minnesota’s first consecutive four-win conference seasons Against teams currently that ended the regular season ranked in the Top 25, UGA since 1999 (5-3) and 2000 (4-4). compiled a 3-2 record while scoring 34.4 points per game. In 2014, Kill coached the Gophers to resounding wins against rivals Michigan Additionally, the Bull- (30-14) and Iowa (51-14) to claim the Little Brown Jug and Floyd of Rosedale. Last dogs’ offense ranked in season marked the first time that Minnesota had beaten Michigan and Iowa in the BOBO’S Career background the top 15 nationally in same season since 1967. Under Kill’s direction, Minnesota also erased a 14-point Seasons Team/School Title/Position Coached rushing offense (255.0; halftime deficit at Nebraska to beat the ranked Huskers on the road for the first 1998-99 Georgia Graduate Assistant 2000 Jacksonville State Assistant 12th FBS), team passing time since 1960. 2001-06 Georgia Quarterbacks efficiency (157.86; 9th Kill coached the Big Ten tight end of the year in Maxx Williams and the Big Ten 2007-14 Georgia Offensive Coordinator FBS), scoring offense (41.7; punter of the year in Peter Mortell and in total five Gophers were named All-Big 8th FBS) and fourth-down Ten First Team, the most since 2004. Postseason experience conversion percentage Kill and Minnesota earned a berth and played in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Season Appearance Opponent (85.7%; 1st FBS). Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. The game marked Minnesota’s first appear- 2001 Music City Bowl Boston College The 537 points scored in ance in the historic Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl and was the first time that (quarterbacks coach at Georgia) 2014 established a Geor- Minnesota played a bowl game in January in Florida. Kill led the Gophers to a 2002 Sugar Bowl Florida State gia single-season record. January bowl game for the first time since 1962 when Minnesota beat UCLA 21-3 (quarterbacks coach at Georgia) The previous single-sea- on Jan. 1, in the Rose Bowl. 2003 Capital One Bowl Purdue son record was set in 2012 For his efforts, Kill was voted the Big Ten’s Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the (quarterbacks coach at Georgia) while Bobo was offensive Year by the conference’s coaches and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year by the 2004 Outback Bowl Wisconsin coordinator. media who cover the Big Ten. He also was named Region 3 Coach of the Year by (quarterbacks coach at Georgia) Bobo guided several the Coaches Association for the second straight year. Kill, who 2005 Sugar Bowl West Virginia talented quarterbacks at was the only repeat winner among the five Football Bowl Subdivision coaches, (quarterbacks coach at Georgia) Georgia, including Aaron was recognized by the AFCA for the fourth time, as he was also named a Region- 2006 Chik-fil-A Bowl Virginia Tech Murray, who played from al Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 while at Southern Illinois. Noted analyst (quarterbacks coach at Georgia) 2010-13. Murray, who was Tom Lemming also tabbed Kill as his National Coach of the Year. 2007 Sugar Bowl Hawai’i chosen in the fifth round In 2013, the Gophers reached eight wins for the first time under Kill and for only (offensive coordinator at Georgia) of the 2014 NFL Draft by the seventh time since 1960. Kill and his staff led Minnesota to four straight Big 2008 Capital One Bowl Virginia Tech the Kansas City Chiefs, Ten wins for the first time since 1973 and ended a 16-game losing streak to Ne- (offensive coordinator at Georgia) set more than 25 UGA re- braska, as Kill was named Region 3 Coach of the Year by the American Football 2009 Independence Bowl Texas A&M cords and four SEC marks. Coaches Association. (offensive coordinator at Georgia) He became the first player The NFL is also taking note of Kill’s rebuilding of the Minnesota program, as 2010 Central Florida in SEC history to have at six Gophers have been selected in the last two NFL Drafts. In 2014, Ra’Shede (offensive coordinator at Georgia) least 3,000 passing yards Hageman was selected in the second round by the Atlanta Falcons and Brock 2011 Outback Bowl Michigan State in four consecutive sea- Vereen was a fourth round pick of the Chicago Bears. In 2015, Maxx Williams was (offensive coordinator at Georgia) sons. taken in the second round by the Baltimore Ravens, while Damien Wilson (fourth 2012 Capital One Bowl Michigan State The NFL’s No. 1 draft round to the Dallas Cowboys), David Cobb (fifth round to the Tennessee Titans) (offensive coordinator at Georgia) choice in 2009, Matthew and Cedric Thompson (fifth round to the Miami Dolphins) also heard their named 2013 Gator Bowl Nebraska Stafford, also blossomed called by NFL teams. (offensive coordinator at Georgia) under Bobo’s tutelage. The four draft picks from 2015 are the most that Minnesota has had since it also The Detroit Lions’ starting had four players picked in 2006. The six combined picks from 2014 and 2015 are quarterback was second-team All-SEC and earned All-America recognition in more than Minnesota had drafted from 2007-13 (Gophers had four players taken 2008 for Georgia and was MVP of the 2009 Capital One Bowl. during this time). In Bobo’s time at Georgia he also mentored quarterback David Greene (2001- Kill’s rebuilding of the Minnesota program is also taking place in the classroom. 04), who was the winningest quarterback in NCAA Division I history at the time The Gophers recorded a 994 Academic Progress Rate (APR) for the 2013-14 sea- (42), wide receiver A.J. Green, running back Todd Gurley and many others. In all, son as well as the the 2012-13 and 2011-12 seasons. The 994 score is the highest Bobo helped mold four first-round NFL draft choices at Georgia: Stafford (No. 1 single-season score that the Minnesota football team has ever recorded and the in 2009), running back Knowshon Moreno (No. 12 in 2009), Green (No. 4 in 2011) Gophers’ multi-year rate of 975 is also a school record. and Gurley (No. 10 in 2015). Kill came to Minnesota after spending three seasons on the sidelines at NIU. Prior to joining Richt’s staff in Georgia, Bobo served one year as an assistant Kill led the Huskies to three consecutive bowl games during his tenure and also coach at Jacksonville State, after working as an administrative assistant and coached NIU to a berth the Mid-American Conference Championship game in graduate assistant from 1998-99 at UGA. 2010. Kill was 23-16 in his three seasons with the Huskies. Bobo was a quarterback for the Bulldogs from 1994-97, earning four letters, At NIU, Kill coached two winners of the Mid-American Conference Vern Smith and led the team in passing in 1996 and ’97. Among all UGA quarterbacks, Bobo Leadership Award, given annually to the conference’s top football player. Defen- ranks first in single-season completion percentage (65% in ’97), single-season sive end Larry English won the award in 2008, Kill’s first season. Running back passing efficiency rating (155.8 in ‘97), second in career touchdown passes (38) Chad Spann was honored in 2010. English went on to be the No. 16 overall choice and third in career pass completions (445), season passing yards (2,751 in ’97), in the 2009 NFL Draft and currently plays for the San Diego Chargers. career passing yards (6,334) and single-season touchdown passes (19). In his During 2010, Kill mentored six first-team All-MAC selections. In his three sea- career Bobo threw for 6,334 yards, which is third-most all-time by a Georgia quar- sons, the Huskies earned 10 first-team all-MAC honors. His 2010 squad ranked terback. No. 7 in the nation in rushing offense, No. 12 in scoring offense, No. 19 in total Bobo and his wife, Lainie, have five children, a son Drew (11); triplets Olivia, Jake offense, No. 14 in scoring defense, No. 26 in total defense, No. 24 in rushing and Ava Grace (9); and Kate (6). defense and No. 44 in passing defense. quick hits 4 COLORADO STATE football

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• A win Saturday would extend CSU’s school-record home win streak to 10 games. The Rams haven’t lost at home since 2013. • .CoachBobo_CSU can become the Rams’ 3rd head coach to begin his career 2-0. He’s one of five to win his debut. • CSU has beaten a school from a Power 5 conference in 3 consecutive seasons, tied for 2nd nationally. • Minnesota is the first Power 5 school to play at Hughes Stadium since No. 10 Cal in 2007. • Minnesota leads the series with CSU, 2-0, beating the Rams in 2004 in Fort Collins and 2005 in Minneapolis. • Through Week 1, CSU had 16 tackles for loss, most in @NCAAFootball. Watson and Foster had 3 apiece. • CSU ranks 6th in @NCAAFootball for scoring, 10th for passing offense and 15th for total offense. • CSU, Appalachian State and San Jose State are the only 3 schools in NCAA FBS to rank in the top 15 for both total offense and total defense. • The Rams’ win over Savannah State was the school’s 500th all-time. CSU’s first win came in January 1893. • CSU’s season-opening win marked the fourth time in the past five years that the Rams have started the season 1-0. • CSU’s 65 points Saturday vs. Savannah State were the 5th-most in school history and third-most at Hughes Stadium. • CSU’s 52-point margin of victory over Savannah State was the program’s largest since beating Hawai’i 63-0 in 1997. • CSU’s 9 touchdowns in Week 1 tied for the 3rd-most in school history, and its 6 passing touchdowns were the 2nd-most. • The Rams finished Week 1 with 598 total yards of offense, the 14th time since the start of the 2013 season that CSU has been over 500. • CSU scored 47 seconds into its game against Savannah State, the 2nd-fastest score to open the season in school history. • Six of the Rams’ nine touchdowns were scored in 1:00 or less, including one in 8 seconds and another on defense. • CSU’s rushers averaged 6.6 yards per carry, totaling 217 yards on the ground. Oden led CSU with 11 carries for 74 yards. This Week in CSU Football History Sept. 7-13 • 18 #CSURams made their collegiate debuts last Saturday, in addition to six players who earned their first starts. September 7, 1996 – The #5 Colorado Buffaloes come • Kivon Cartwright’s TD vs. SSU was just his 2nd catch since 2013. The 6th- to Hughes Stadium for the final time in the history of the rivalry. Since 1996, CU has not made the trip to Fort year senior has 11 career TDs. Collins again and will not play at the Rams’ home before • CSU improved to 6-0 in #OrangeOut games last week. The jerseys represent they move to their new stadium in 2017. CU wins 34-48. the school’s original colors of pumpkin and alfalfa. September 8, 1990 – The Rams play the first of six • Six of CSU’s opponents played in a bowl game in 2014, and four began the home games at Hughes Stadium in a throttling of Mon- season ranked or receiving votes in the USAT/Coaches’ top 25 poll. tana State by a score of 41-5. The Rams go undefeated • CSU’s first three contests will be played inside the state of Colorado. The last at home in 1990, the first time in Hughes Stadium histo- time that happened was to begin the 2009 season (3-0). ry that the Rams did not lose a game at home and until 2014 the most home wins in a season. • CSU returns 17 starters from last year’s 10-win squad (7 on offense, 8 on defense, 2 on special teams). September 9, 2006 – Coach Sonny Lubick and the • CSU has pass catchers who have accounted for 479 career receptions for Rams beat CU in Denver 14-10 to carry out some vengeance after heartbreaking losses in Boulder the 6,606 yards (1st in NCAA FBS) and 55 touchdowns (2nd). previous two years. Kyle Bell and Kory Sperry along with • #HollywoodHiggins enters 2015 as the nation’s top receiver. He led the Caleb Haine contribute to the win. NCAA FBS in 2014 with 1,750 yards and 17 touchdowns. • #HollywoodHiggins is one of 4 returning consensus All-America position September 10, 1977 – The Rams open the storied 1977 season against the University of the Pacific on a 20-3 players. He is the only returning @BiletnikoffAwrd finalist. win. Running back Ron Harris rushes for 124 yards, • #HollywoodHiggins has caught a pass in 27 consecutive games, every colle- including a 68-yard option pitch for a touchdown in the giate contest he has played in. first quarter. The top-ranked CSU defense holds the Tigers at the one-inch line behind the Rams’ legendary lineman Mike Bell. It was a 50-yard diving catch by Mark R. “Tinker” Bell that stole the show from the Pacific Tigers.

September 11, 1993 – First-year head coach Sonny Lubick gets his first win as a CSU head coach against in-state rival Air Force by a very low score of 8-5. Lubick went on to win 107 more games as the Rams head coach from 1993 to 2007.

September 12, 1970 – The era begins with a win in Las Cruces with over the New Mexico State Aggies. The Rams running game is dominated by Jake Green and Lawrence McCutcheon. McCutcheon would go on to be the first CSU player to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season.

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THE HUGHES ADVANTAGE “Any time you get a chance to play anything, I don’t care if it’s the With Saturday’s victory over Savannah State, Colorado State first or the 50th or the 100th, I like to win,” Bobo said afterward. “I extended its home win streak to a school-best nine games. The like to compete. I’m 41, and 36 years probably, since I was five, I’ve streak began Nov. 9, 2013 with a victory over Nevada, and con- sat in there and listed to the head coach talk, wondering what it’s tinued through the entire 2014 season (6-0) and now into 2015. like to be a head coach, how I’d feel. But it really ain’t about me; Previously, the program’s best streak was eight, accomplished from it’s about them… Them playing together and playing for each other, 1989-91 and again across the 1999-2001 seasons. and I thought they did that today.”

Other notes: TAKING DOWN THE POWERFUL • CSU has won 14 of its last 16 home games dating back to CSU is one of four Group-of-Five schools with a victory over a 2012, the best period of success since winning 15 of 17 from school from a Power 5 conference in three consecutive seasons. 1997-2001. The Rams defeated Colorado in 2012, Washington State in 2013 • Since the inception of the Mountain West in 1999, CSU is and both Colorado and Boston College in 2014. They will have at 22-7 (.759) in non-conference games at Hughes Stadium. least two chances to improve upon that streak in 2015, beginning • Since Oct. 19, 2013, CSU has compiled a 17-5 record overall Saturday against Minnesota and again against Colorado on Sept. (.773), the eighth-most wins in the NCAA FBS during that 19. period, and the third-most among Group-of-Five schools. • CSU won 18 games over the 2013 and 2014 seasons, tied for BYU holds the nation’s active record, extending its streak to 10 the second-best two-year win total in program history. seasons with its win over Nebraska last Saturday, followed by CSU, Louisiana Monroe and Northern Illinois with three apiece. 500 AND COUNTING Several firsts and records were set with Saturday’s victory over Prior to CSU’s Las Vegas Bowl loss to Utah on Dec. 20, the Rams Savannah State, but perhaps the most special was the fact that it had won three consecutive games against teams from Power 5 gave the program its 500th all-time victory. CSU football, which conferences, which was tied for the for the second-longest active began in 1893 and earned its first win on Jan. 28 of that year, is streak in the NCAA FBS. 500-553-33 (.475) all-time. The Rams became the seventh school in the Mountain West to reach the milestone. non-conference home games against current Power 5 MILESTONE VICTORIES Year Opponent Conference At Time Result 2007 #10 California Pac-10 L, 34-28 FIRST WIN: Jan. 28, 1893 300th WIN: Oct. 27, 1979 2004 #22 Minnesota Big Ten L, 34-16 Longmont Academy, 24-16 Air Force, 20-6 2002 Louisville Conference USA W, 36-33 50th WIN: Oct. 23, 1920 350th WIN: Oct. 10, 1992 Colorado Mines, 27-0 UTEP, 42-24 1996 #5 Colorado Big 12 L, 48-34 100th WIN: Oct. 19, 1929 400th WIN: Oct. 17, 1998 1993 Oregon Pac-10 L, 23-9 at Colorado Mines, 12-0 at New Mexico State, 47-28 1988 Colorado Big Eight L, 23-17 150th WIN: Sept. 21, 1946 450th WIN: Sept. 29, 2005 1987 Colorado Big Eight L, 29-16 at Fort Warren, 25-0 Air Force, 41-23 1981 #19 Mississippi State Southeastern L, 37-27 200th WIN: Oct. 8, 1955 500th WIN: Sept. 5, 2015 at Wyoming, 14-13 Savannah State, 65-13 1980 West Virginia Independent L, 52-24 250th WIN: Sept. 27, 1969 1978 West Virginia Independent W, 50-14 Wichita State, 50-21 THE POWER 5 AT HUGHES ONE AND COUNTING Saturday will be the first time since 2007 that a school from a While Saturday’s victory was the school’s 500th all-time, it was Power 5 conference has played at Hughes Stadium. Dating back Mike Bobo’s first as a head coach. Bobo is the fifth Rams coach to the venue’s opening in 1968, just 10 schools currently part of the to win his debut, joining Julius “Hans” Wagner, Bob Davis, Jerry Power 5 have played non-conference games at Hughes. Wampfler and Jim McElwain. The Rams’ lone wins were over Louisville in 2002 and West Virgin- ia in 1978. Louisville (now with the ACC) at the time was a member of Conference USA, while West Virginia (Big 12) was an indepen- dent.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION CSU lost its starting quarterback to the NFL, its leading rusher and is under a new, no-huddle system under a new head coach, but there were few hiccups Saturday as CSU poured on 598 yards of offense for 65 points in its season-opening victory.

• The 65 points were the fifth-most in CSU history, including the third-most at home and the most in a season opener. • CSU’s 52-point margin of victory was the program’s largest since beating Hawai’i 63-0 on Oct. 4, 1997. It was CSU’s 11th quick hits 6 COLORADO STATE football

victory by 52-plus points all-time, including the sixth time at Of the Rams’ six receiving touchdowns (second-most in school home. history), all six went to different receivers. The 11 pass catchers • CSU’s nine touchdowns tied for the third-most in school his- included six receivers, two tight ends, two running backs and one tory, and its six passing touchdowns were the second-most. fullback. The list does not include Preseason All-Mountain West • The Rams finished with 598 total yards of offense, the 14th tight end Steven Walker. time since the start of the 2013 season that CSU has been over 500. GROUND GAME • CSU’s 33 first downs were tied for the third-most in a game. No doubt, the ball was flying through the air and receivers were CSU held SSU to 11 first downs. making plays, but CSU also saw success on the ground Saturday. • CSU did not punt once during the game. The Rams passed 36 times and ran 33, with five different backs receiving a carry. Purdue transfer Dalyn Dawkins started the game QUICK STRIKES and carried the rock five times for 37 yards. Senior Jasen Oden, CSU scored 47 seconds into the game, the second-fastest score to Jr. was next in line and led the team with 11 carries and 74 yards, open the season in school history. The early strike was a preview including a long of 28. He also had two receptions, including a for what was ahead, as CSU scored on 10 total drives. Six of the four-yard catch and score late in the second quarter. Rams’ nine touchdowns were scored in 1:00 or less, including one in eight seconds and another on defense. Overall, the Rams In addition to a 25-yard reception, wide receiver Deionte Gaines had the ball for just 38.8 percent of the game, despite scoring 65 had one carry, taking it 18 yards around the right side for a touch- points. down. Sophomore Deron Thompson had six carries for 47 yards and true freshman Izzy Matthews made his debut and did not STRONG DEBUT disappoint, totaling 53 yards on six carries, including a 37-yard Sophomore Nick Stevens had a debut to remember Saturday, his touchdown on the final play of the game. first career start. The quarterback led CSU to scores on six of his first eight drives, jumping out to a commanding 45-7 lead at half- All told, CSU’s rushers averaged 6.6 yards per carry, totaling 217 time. When all was said and done, his final stat line read: 20-for-28, yards on the ground. 289 yards, 5 touchdowns, 0 interceptions. DEFENSIVE STATEMENT “I think it went well for the first game,” Stevens said. “I obviously The offense put up big numbers Saturday, but the defense was made some mistakes and have some things to improve on for next also deserving of praise, keeping Savannah State off the board week, but it went really well and I was happy with the performance until late in the second quarter, and out of the end zone on all but today. I think I came in with a lot less nerves than what I thought I one drive. would have, and I think we did a good job of coming off fast and that got the nerves off everybody.” Led by senior Martavius Foster’s three sacks, the Rams got to the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage six times, and recorded As a redshirt freshman in 2014, Stevens backed up Garrett 16 tackles for loss overall – which leads the NCAA FBS through Grayson, appearing in five games and completing 15-of-25 passes one week of play. Redshirt freshman Josh Watson had three of for 136 yards. those tackles for loss, part of his team-most nine tackles on the day. Additionally, senior DeAndre Elliott had an interception and PLAYER OF THE WEEK junior Kevin Davis pounced on a bad snap two plays into the game Stevens’ strong performance Saturday was to recover a fumble and score his first collegiate touchdown. It recognized by the conference, being named marked the fourth time in CSU history that the team’s first score of the Mountain West Offensive Player of the season came on defense or special teams. the Week on Monday. It marks the second consecutive season that a CSU player has Savannah State was limited to 183 yards of offense and 11 first earned the honor following the first week downs, and through the first quarter had negative yards. of action. In 2014, running back Dee Hart was named the offensive player of the week SHARING TIME AT QB while kicker Jared Roberts earned special Bobo announced during his press conference last Monday that teams honors after defeating Colorado in he would use backup quarterback Coleman Key during Saturday’s the Rocky Mountain Showdown. opener and continuously throughout the season. He reiterated that Stevens’ job was secure, but that he wanted to get Key into game SPREADING THE LOVE action on a regular basis, noting that other positions can play spe- The Rams spread the ball around Saturday, with 11 different players cial teams to get time on the field but that quarterback is different. catching at least one pass. CSU began the game with three receiv- ers lined up, and the first pass went to All-America wide receiver Key made his debut in the second quarter, and played a significant Rashard Higgins. The junior led all players with seven catches for amount in the second half. The redshirt freshman showed some 84 yards and a touchdown, but he was hardly the only target. Se- positives, completing 7-of-8 passes for 92 yards and his first touch- nior Joe Hansley had five catches for 67 yards and a score, while down pass, but also fumbled twice and threw an interception. senior tight end Kivon Cartwright caught three passes for 56 yards and the team’s first offensive touchdown. quick hits 7 COLORADO STATE football

2015 Preseason Awards

Jake Bennett...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West fourth team Sam Carlson...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West second team Kivon Cartwright...... John Mackey Award Watch List ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West fourth team Dalyn Dawkins...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West fourth team Deionte Gaines...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West first team ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West first team Justin Hansen...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West fourth team Rashard Higgins...... Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Watch List ...... Maxwell Award Watch List ...... Biletnikoff Award Pre-Season Watch List ...... Phil Steele All-America first team ...... Sporting News All-America first team ...... ESPN All-America first team ...... Sports Illustrated All-America first team ...... USA Today All-America first team ...... Athlon Sports All-America third team ...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West first team ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West first team ...... Sporting News All-Mountain West first team Hayden Hunt...... Ray Guy Award Watch List ...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West second team ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West second team #HOLLYWOODHIGGINS Cory James...... Butkus Award Watch List ...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West second team Colorado State has one of the most-decorated players in the entire ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West second team country in junior Rashard “Hollywood” Higgins. In two seasons, Joe Kawulok...... Sporting News All-Mountain West first team the wide receiver has rewritten the CSU record books, holding the ...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West third team school’s marks for single-season yards and touchdowns in addition ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West third team to career touchdowns. Trent Matthews...... Jim Thorpe Award Watch List ...... Wuerffel Trophy Watch List His game has elevated CSU to new heights, and the nation has ...... Allstate AFCA Good Works Team candidate taken notice. In 2014, Higgins was a consensus first-team All-Amer- ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West first team ...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West second team ican – CSU’s first since 1995 and third ever – after leading the Kevin Pierre-Louis...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West third team NCAA FBS with 1,750 receiving yards, 17 touchdown receptions ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West third team and 18.2 yards per catch. He totaled at least 100 yards in nine con- Nick Stevens...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West third team secutive games, a CSU record and a streak which led the nation. Steven Walker...... John Mackey Award Watch List ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West first team Higgins was one of three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award – the ...... Sporting News All-Mountain West first team other two, Amari Cooper and Kevin White, were drafted in the first ...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West third team round of the NFL Draft. This summer, he was one of three players Fred Zerblis...... Athlon Sports All-Mountain West first team ...... Phil Steele All-Mountain West second team named to watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year. Of the Walter Camp nominees, just three others were also first-team Walter Camp All-Americans in 2014. In July, he was picked as the Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year, and has been named to preseason All-America first teams by ESPN, Sports Illustrated, USA Today.

GET YOUR POPCORN READY In an effort to promote Higgins for major awards, including the Biletnikoff Award, Heisman Trophy and others, the CSU Athletics Department launched a campaign, including a website - www. HollywoodHiggins.com - and promotional popcorn. The bags of popcorn have a photo of Higgins with the text, “Hollywood performances are best enjoyed with popcorn.” The popcorn was distributed to members of the media at Mountain West Media Days in July, and will continue to be sent out throughout the season.

The Hollywood nickname was given to Higgins by his peewee coach and has taken off over the past two seasons as Higgins’ game has continued to elevate. quick hits 8 COLORADO STATE football

SETTING THE TEMPO RETURNING PRODUCTION A cliché across sports is that a win in the season opener sets the While the Rams graduated two NFL Draft picks in 2014, they return tone for the entire season, and while last Saturday was just Game a large nucleus of their record-breaking season. In total, CSU 1 of 12, it was an important first victory. Of the 60 seasons that CSU brings back 55 letterwinners from its 10-win team, including 15 has won its opener, it has gone on to have a winning record 38 starters. The Rams also return five players who registered at least times (.633). CSU’s season-opening victory was its fourth in the three starts in 2014, and tight end Kivon Cartwright, a starter in 23 past five seasons. career games who was granted a sixth year of eligibility in Febru- ary by the NCAA. LOOKING FOR NUMBER 2 Just five CSU coaches have won their debut, and a win Saturday In total, CSU returns 82.5 percent of its receiving yardage from over Minnesota would make Bobo one of three to begin their 2014, 40.7 percent of its rushing yardage and 34.9 percent of its career 2-0. The feat hasn’t been accomplished in nearly 70 years. touchdowns. On defense, the Rams return more than two-thirds Julius “Hans” Wagner did it in 1942, while Bob Davis started 2-0 in of their tackles (67.8 percent), tackles for loss (73.7), sacks (92.1), 1947. interceptions (76.9), pass defense (69.5), forced fumbles (70.7) and fumble recoveries (83.3). They also return their punter and primary BEGINNING THE SEASON AT HOME kick returner. Over the past 11 years, CSU has won its home opener nine times, • Offensive returning starters: OL Sam Carlson, WR Joe Hans- but Saturday was just the second time during that span that the ley, WR Rashard Higgins, OL Kevin O’Brien, TE Nolan Peralta, team’s home opener came during the same week as the team’s TE Steven Walker, OL Fred Zerblis season opener. In 2006, CSU beat Weber State 30-6 on Sept. 2, • Defensive returning starters: DL Justin Hansen, DB Preston setting up a 4-1 start to the year. Hodges, DL Terry Jackson, Jr., LB Cory James, DL Joe Kawu- lok, DB Trent Matthews, DB Kevin Pierre-Louis, DB Tyree DEBUTS Simmons Bobo and much of his staff weren’t the only Rams making their • Special teams returning starters: P Hayden Hunt, LS Trent debuts Saturday. Six Rams made their first career starts against Sieg Savannah State, while 18 players made their collegiate debuts: Wyatt Bryan, Braxton Davis, Dalyn Dawkins, Patrick Elsenbast, John NO SHORTAGE ON PASS-CATCHING TARGETS Freismuth, Colton Foster. Kyle Jacobs, Olabisi Johnson, Coleman No team nationally has logged more career receiving yards than Key, Izzy Matthews, George Maumau, Saladin McCullough II, Colby CSU, and only Cincinnati has more touchdown receptions. CSU’s Meeks, Braylin Scott, Trey Smith, Demontrie Taylor, Tre Thomas quarterbacks will be looking for targets – wide receivers, tight and Darnell Thompson. ends and running backs – who have accounted for 455 career receptions (7th) for 6,268 yards (1st) and 50 touchdowns (2nd) WELCOME BACK, KIVON entering 2015. Playing for the first time in more than a year, sixth-year senior tight end Kivon Cartwright had an emotional return, catching three pass- CSU returns its top four pass catchers from 2014 and 10 of the 12 es for 56 yards, including the team’s first offensive touchdown. The players who caught at least three or more passes last season. The nine-yard touchdown in the first quarter was just his second catch wide receiver corps alone has logged 350 career receptions for since 2013, and his first touchdown since Oct. 19, 2013 at Wyoming. 4,986 yards (14.2) and 36 touchdowns.

Cartwright missed all but one game in 2014 with an injury and WR TOTALS: 350-4986 (14.2), 36 TDs received a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA in February. Cart- Higgins: 164-2587 (15.8), 23 TDs wright was an All-Mountain West performer in 2013 and has been Hansley: 108-1427 (13.2), 6 TDs named to the John Mackey Award Watch List each of the past two Williams: 30-430 (14.3), 3 TDs seasons. Vaden: 27-297 (11.0), 3 TDs Masters, Jr.: 10-156 (15.6), 1 TD ORANGE IS THE NEW GREEN Gaines: 9-69 (7.7) 0 TDs Ruiz: 1-11 (11.0), 0 TDs Colorado State honored its Aggie heritage last Saturday, as fans Long: 1-6 (6.0), 0 TDs and the team wore the color orange in honor of the school’s annu- al Ag Day celebration. Formerly the Colorado A&M Aggies (prior TE TOTALS: 91-1173 (12.9), 13 TDs to 1957), CSU’s jerseys represented the school’s original colors of Cartwright: 57-857 (15.0), 9 TDs pumpkin and alfalfa. Walker: 30-279 (9.3), 4 TDs Peralta: 4-37 (9.2), 0 TDs Since 1981 Ag Day, hosted by CSU’s College of Agricultural Scienc- es and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics along with Colorado RB TOTALS: 14-109 (7.8), 1 TD agricultural organizations and associations, is a non-profit event Oden, Jr.: 3-17 (5.7), 1 TD with Ag Day proceeds furnishing scholarships to CSU agricultural Jarrells: 11-92 (8.4), 0 TDs science students. Prior to the game, Colorado agricultural growers and producers prepared Colorado’s premier outdoor barbecue from quality Colorado food products.

While donning the orange uniforms in Orange Outs, CSU is 6-0. quick hits 9 COLORADO STATE football

HIGH-PRODUCTION TANDEM CAREER PARTICIPATION Junior wide receiver Rashard Higgins (164 rec., 2,587 yds.) and senior wide receiver Joe Hans- Player...... GP/GS ley (108 rec., 1,427 yds.) are the first tandem in CSU football history to enter a season both with Cole Anderson ...... 4/0 at least 108 career receptions and at least 1,427 yards. The only other time in school history Jake Bennett ...... 4/4 that another Rams duo began a season each with 100 or more receptions was in 2001 when Jordan Benson ...... 1/0 Dallas Davis and Pete Rebstock entered the season with 105 and 103 receptions, respectively. Josh Bowman ...... 6/0 Wyatt Bryan ...... 1/0 Jakob Buys ...... 10/0 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION Nick Callender ...... 12/4 Sam Carlson ...... 16/13 All-America wide receiver Rashard Higgins has recorded a catch in all 27 collegiate contests Kivon Cartwright ...... 34/24 he has played in. Just six receivers have hauled in a catch in more consecutive games. Arizona Deonte Clyburn ...... 26/1 State’s D.J. Foster leads the group with 41 games in a row. Evan Colorito ...... 13/0 Pierre Copeland III ...... 5/0 Braxton Davis ...... 1/0 YOUNG KID ON THE BLOCK Kevin Davis ...... 23/2 Dalyn Dawkins ...... 1/1 After 15 years as an assistant, Mike Bobo will make his head coaching debut on Saturday, DeAndre Elliott ...... 37/24 and will do so at the age of 41. That makes him the 13th-youngest head coach in the NCAA Patrick Elsenbast ...... 1/0 Nu’uvali Fa’apito ...... 34/0 FBS. Among the 18-youngest coaches, five come from the Mountain West (Boise State’s Bryan Colton Foster ...... 1/0 Harsin, 38; Nevada’s Brian Polian, 40; UNLV’s Tony Sanchez, 41; and Utah State’s Matt Wells, Martavius Foster ...... 18/1 41). PJ Fleck of Western Michigan is the FBS’s youngest coach, at 34. Deionte Gaines ...... 12/1 Zack Golditch ...... 6/1 Justin Hansen ...... 21/11 BUILDING MOMENTUM Joe Hansley ...... 37/27 Rashard Higgins ...... 27/27 Coming off of its first 10-win season since 2002, the Colorado State football team looks to build Preston Hodges ...... 13/12 off its 2014 success to accomplish several rare feats. A bowl-game appearance this fall would Hayden Hunt ...... 26/0 be CSU’s third in a row, which hasn’t been done since playing in five consecutive bowl games Terry Jackson ...... 24/10 Kyle Jacobs ...... 1/0 from 1999-2003 under Head Coach Sonny Lubick. Additionally, if the Rams are able to post a Cory James ...... 38/34 double-digit win total again, it would mark their first back-to-back 10-win seasons ever. All-time, Nick Januska ...... 32/2 Treyous Jarrells ...... 10/0 2014 was CSU’s fifth 10-win season in school history. Olabisi Johnson ...... 1/0 Shun Johnson ...... 12/1 A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE Brett Jordan ...... 1/0 Joe Kawulok ...... 33/14 • For the first time since 2011, CSU will not open the season with the Rocky Mountain Coleman Key ...... 1/0 Showdown against Colorado. The Sept. 19 (Week 3) matchup is the latest in the series Craig Leonard ...... 2/0 Sammie Long IV ...... 9/0 since the two foes met Oct. 1, 1988. Since the turn of the century, the Rams and Buffs Josh Lovingood ...... 15/3 have played later than Week 1 just three times (2002, 06, 11), with CSU going 2-1 in those Elroy Masters, Jr...... 12/1 contests. Izzy Matthews ...... 1/0 Trent Matthews ...... 39/38 • CSU will face a Power 5 opponent in back-to-back weeks (Minnesota on Sept. 12 and George Maumau ...... 1/0 Colorado on Sept. 19) for the first time since 2007, when CSU faced CU before hosting Saladin McCullough II ...... 1/0 Colby Meeks ...... 1/0 No. 10 California. SteveO Michel ...... 27/2 • The Rams won’t travel outside of the state of Colorado until Sept. 26, when the Rams Christian Montes ...... 2/0 take on UTSA in San Antonio, Texas. The last time CSU opened the season with three Trae Moxley ...... 12/0 Blake Nowland ...... 3/0 games in the Centennial State was 2009, with the Rams opening the season 3-0 against Kevin Nutt, Jr...... 13/0 CU, Weber State and Nevada. Danny Nwosu ...... 25/0 • CSU will play six opponents, including five Mountain West foes, which participated in Kevin O’Brien ...... 12/10 Jasen Oden, Jr...... 36/5 2014 bowl games. Air Force beat Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Bryan Ohene-Gyeni ...... 18/0 Boise State beat Arizona in the Fiesta Bowl and Utah State defeated UTEP in the New Nolan Peralta ...... 23/4 Bryce Peters ...... 1/0 Mexico Bowl. Fresno State lost to Rice in the Hawai’i Bowl, Minnesota fell to Missouri in Kevin Pierre-Louis ...... 34/25 the Citrus Bowl and San Diego State lost to Navy in the . Tomas Rivera ...... 10/0 • In the third year of the Mountain West’s 12-team, two-division format, the Rams are Adrian Robinson ...... 3/0 Kiel Robinson ...... 13/1 members of the Mountain Division and will not play West Division foes Hawai’i, Nevada Robert Ruiz ...... 9/0 and San José State. However, CSU will renew series against Fresno State, UNLV and Jake Schlager ...... 18/0 Johnny Schupp ...... 19/0 San Diego State. The Rams have not played these three teams since 2012. SDSU holds a Braylin Scott ...... 1/0 19-13 advantage in the series, while the Rams are 14-6-1 over UNLV and hold a 7-6 record Trent Sieg ...... 13/0 against Fresno State. Tyree Simmons ...... 26/11 Trey Smith ...... 1/0 Nick Stevens ...... 6/1 RECORDS WATCH Justin Sweet ...... 9/0 Demontrie Taylor ...... 1/0 A pair of CSU players are in position to finish their careers among the best in CSU history: Tre Thomas ...... 1/0 • Rashard Higgins Darnell Thompson ...... 1/0 • Career touchdown: Has 24, already a school record Deron Thompson ...... 7/0 Willie Udofia ...... 22/0 • Career receiving yards: Has 2,671, needing 964 to become CSU’s leader Jordon Vaden ...... 19/1 • Has 171 receptions, needing 53 to move ahead of David Anderson for first Steven Walker ...... 13/9 Josh Watson ...... 1/0 • Cory James Eric Williams ...... 21/0 • Has 22 sacks, which ranks fifth, and is in position to move into second Xavier Williams ...... 13/4 Fred Zerblis ...... 16/13 quick hits 10 COLORADO STATE football

ON-CAMPUS STADIUM IN 2017 After five decades playing at Hughes Stadium, the Rams will bring football back #NEXTLEVELRAMS to campus beginning in 2017. The new, $220 million on-campus stadium will Colorado State is one of 15 NCAA FBS schools hold 41,000 people, and will be located on the heart of campus, at the intersec- nationally to have multiple NFL Draft picks in rounds tion of Pitkin and Meridian (Hughes Stadium is located approximately three miles 1-3 in each of the past two seasons. Not only are west of campus). The state-of-the-art, multi-purpose stadium will have the ability the #NextLevelRams continuing their careers, but to be used by multiple sports teams, will have an alumni center and academic they’re also producing. Of CSU’s four Draft picks in space built in. the past two seasons, three are expected to start for their respective teams this fall, and another is cur- Site prep began in May, and a groundbreaking ceremony will take place prior to rently learning from future NFL Hall of Famer Drew CSU’s game against Minnesota on Sept. 12. More information can be found at Brees. Additionally, veteran Shelley Smith begins www.stadium.colostate.edu. his sixth season in the League, while Erik Pears, who is in position to start for the 49ers, begins his THURSDAY-NIGHT TV 10th. Linebacker Shaquil Barrett last week made the Thursday Night Football will have to take a backseat for Rams fans. Debuting Broncos’ 53-man roster after having one of the high- last week, fans in the region have two opportunities to get an inside glimpse of est preseason performance ratings among all NFL CSU football. The Rams Report is back for its second season on ROOT SPORTS, linebackers, according to Pro Football Focus. and will air every Thursday from 6:30-7 p.m. Prior to that, Todd Romero and former CSU and NFL standout Joel Dreessen will co-host STATE of the Rams on Player Pos. Team Altitude, from 6-6:30 p.m. Shaquil Barrett LB Denver Broncos Kapri Bibbs RB Denver Broncos^ COORS LIGHT COACH’S SHOW RETURNS Crockett Gillmore TE Baltimore Ravens The Coors Light Coach Bobo Coach’s Show will debut on Wednesday, Sept. Garrett Grayson QB New Orleans Saints 2, at 7 p.m. MT at C.B. & Potts on Elizabeth Street. The show will occur every Erik Pears OL San Francisco 49ers Wednesday with the exception of Oct. 21 (bye week) and Nov. 25 (moved up Weston Richburg OL New York Giants to Nov. 24). The show can also be heard on CSU’s flagship radio station, ESPN Ty Sambrailo OL Denver Broncos 105.5. Shelley Smith OL Denver Broncos

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2015 GAME-BY-GAME CAPTAINS

Game captains for the 2015 season will be decided on a week-by-week basis. At the end of the season, the coaching staff and players will decide on four players that will earn the honor of ‘season captains.’ Below are the weekly COIN TOSS captains: Opponent Coin Toss Game Result Savannah State Lost (kicked off) W, 65-13 Savannah State ...... S. Carlson, K. Cartwright, K. Pierre-Louis, E. Williams Minnesota Minnesota ...... S. Carlson, M. Foster, J. Kawulok, J. Schlager vs. Colorado vs. Colorado ...... TBD at UTSA at UTSA ...... TBD at Utah State at Utah State ...... TBD Boise State Boise State ...... TBD Air Force Air Force ...... TBD San Diego State San Diego State ...... TBD at Wyoming at Wyoming ...... TBD UNLV UNLV ...... TBD at New Mexico at New Mexico ...... TBD at Fresno State at Fresno State ...... TBD game review 11 COLORADO STATE football

savannah state 13 GAME 1 Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, Colo. colorado STATE 65 Attendance: 24,571

• Saturday’s win was the 500th in school history. The program began in 1893, and is SCORING SUMMARY 500-553-33 (.475) all-time. First Quarter • Mike Bobo, the 22nd head coach in CSU history, is the fifth to win his first game. 14:13 CSU K. Davis 0-yard fumble recovery (W. Bryan kick) • Dating back to Nov. 9, 2013, CSU has won nine consecutive games at Hughes Stadi- 12:35 CSU K. Cartwright 9-yard pass from N. Stevens (W. Bryan kick) um, a school record. 5:35 CSU W. Bryan 31-yard field goal • The 52-point margin of victory is CSU’s largest since beating Hawai’i 63-0 on Oct. 0:18 CSU D. Gaines 18-yard run (W. Bryan kick) 4, 1997. Second Quarter • It marks CSU’s 11th victory by 52-plus points all-time, including the sixth time at home. 12:54 CSU R. Higgins 12-yard pass from N. Stevens (W. Bryan kick) • CSU is 6-0 in Orange Out games dating back to 2010, when CSU began wearing 7:01 CSU X. Williams 35-yard pass from N. Stevens (W. Bryan kick) orange jerseys. The jerseys honor the school’s Aggie heritage and its original color 4:15 SSU: R. Williams 63-yard run (J. Barron kick) (along with alfalfa) until 1957. 1:48 CSU J. Oden 4-yard pass from N. Stevens (W. Bryan kick) • The Rams began the season with a victory for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Third Quarter • CSU scored 47 seconds into the game, the second-fastest score to open the season 13:14 CSU J. Hansley 12-yard pass from N. Stevens in school history. Jeremy Calhoun caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Moses 2:37 CSU O. Johnson 13-yard pass from C. Key (W. Bryan kick) Moreno on the first snap against Tennessee-Chattanooga in 1996, scoring at 14:50. Fourth Quarter • Saturday’s opening score marked the fourth time that CSU has scored its first point 12:55 SSU J. Barron 44-yard field goal of the season on defense. 5:33 SSU J. Barron 28-yard field goal • QB Nick Stevens threw touchdown passes to five different receivers (Cartwright, 0:02 CSU I. Matthews 37-yard run (W. Bryan kick) Higgins, Williams, Oden and Hansley). A sixth receiver caught a touchdown in the third quarter when Coleman Key connected with Olabisi Johnson. Eleven different receivers caught a pass overall. • CSU scored 65 points despite having the ball for just 23:15 (Savannah State’s time of possession was 36:45). • CSU recorded six sacks, including three by senior DL Martavius Foster (the first three of his career). Sophomore LB Kiel Robinson also recorded his first career sack. • Of CSU’s nine touchdowns, six were scored in 1:00 or less, including one in eight seconds and another on defense. • CSU’s nine touchdowns tied for the third-most in school history, and its six passing touchdowns were the second-most. • The Rams finished with 598 total yards of offense, the 14th time since the start of the 2013 season that CSU has been over 500. quick facts 12 COLORADO STATE football

SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORY Facebook ...... Facebook.com/CSURamsFootball Colorado State Football Media Contacts Twitter ...... @CSUFootball Paul Kirk, Assistant A.D. for Communications ...... @CSUAthletics (covers all 16 sports) O: (970) 491-4672 | [email protected] | @PaulKirk_CSU ...... @CSURamsGameday (in-game updates for all 16 sports) Nic Hallisey, Assistant Director of Communications ...... @PaulKirk_CSU (Assistant A.D./Football SID) O: (970) 491-6172 | C: (970) 231-4789 | [email protected] ...... @CoachBobo_CSU (Head Coach) ...... @CoachWillFriend (Offensive Coord./Offensive Line) 311 McGraw Athletic Center | Fort Collins, CO 80523 ...... @TysonSummersCSU (Defensive Coord./Safeties) ...... @jeffhammerschmi (Special Teams Coord./Tight Ends) ...... @BryanApplewhite (Running Backs) First Year of Football ...... 1893 ...... @CoachMEnglish (Linebackers) All-Time Record ...... 500-553-33 (.475) ...... @CoachFairCSU (Cornerbacks) Home ...... 255-195-11 (.567) ...... @RonnieLetson (Quarterbacks) Away ...... 230-341-22 (.414) ...... @CoachLogo (Defensive Line) Hughes Stadium ...... 137-108-2 (.559) ...... @CoachWhitted (Wide Receivers) Conference Championships ...... 15 Instagram ...... @CSURamsFB Mountain West Championships (Last) ...... 3 (2002) YouTube ...... YouTube.com/CSURamsAthletics Bowl Appearances (Record) ...... 14 (6-8) First Appearance ...... Jan. 1, 1989 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Bowl ...... Raisin Bowl (Fresno, Calif.) Location ...... Fort Collins, Colo. Result ...... Occidental 21, Colorado A&M 20 Founded ...... 1870 Last Apperance ...... Dec. 20, 2014 Enrollment ...... 27,034 Bowl ...... Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl President ...... Dr. Anthony A. Frank Result ...... Utah 45, Colorado State 10 Director of Athletics ...... Joe Parker NCAA Affiliation ...... Division I ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS/FOOTBALL CONTACTS Athletics Conference ...... Mountain West Assistant Athletics Director ...... Paul Kirk (@PaulKirk_CSU) Nickname ...... Rams Office ...... (970) 491-4672 Official Mascot ...... CAM the Ram Cell ...... (970) 988-3482 Colors ...... Green (PMS 350) and Gold (PMS 4515) Email ...... [email protected] Stadium (capacity) ...... Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (32,500) Stadium Surface ...... FieldTurf Assistant Director ...... Nic Hallisey Office ...... (970) 491-6127 COACHING STAFF Cell ...... (970) 231-4789 Head Coach ...... Mike Bobo (1st Season) Email ...... [email protected] Offensive Coord./Offensive Line ...... Will Friend (1st Season) Defensive Coord./Safeties ...... Tyson Summers (1st Season) Athletics Communications Office ...... (970) 491-5067 Special Teams Coord./Tight Ends .... Jeff Hammerschmidt (4th Season) Athletics Department ...... (970) 491-5300 Running Backs ...... Bryan Applewhite (1st Season) Ticket Office ...... (970) 491-RAMS (7267) Linebackers ...... Marty English (4th Season) Hughes Stadium Press Box ...... (970) 491-8100 Cornerbacks ...... Terry Fair (1st Season) ...... (970) 491-8111 Quarterbacks ...... Ronnie Letson (1st Season) Defensive Line ...... Ricky Logo (1st Season) DIRECTIONS Wide Receivers ...... Alvis Whitted (4th Season) Location: Hughes Stadium is located just west of the CSU campus on Offensive Graduate Assistant...... Joe Cox Overland Trail. Offensive Graduate Assistant...... Ricky Santo Defensive Graduate Assistant...... Andrew Dodge GPS Address: 2011 S. Overland Trail, Fort Collins, CO 80521 Defensive Graduate Assistant...... Walter Vaughn Special Teams Quality Control ...... Heath Pulver From Denver: From I-25 North, merge onto Prospect Road, via Exit 268, travel west on Prospect Road for approximately 7 miles, turn left TEAM INFORMATION on Overland Trail and then turn right into Hughes Stadium parking lots. 2014 Record/MW Finish ...... 10-3/2nd Mountain Division Offensive Scheme ...... Pro Style From Cheyenne, Wyo.: From I-25 South, merge onto Mulberry St., via Defensive Scheme ...... 4-3 Exit 269B, travel west on Mulberry St. for approximately 7 miles, turn Lettermen Returning ...... 51 left on Overland Trail, turn right into Hughes Stadium parking lots. Lettermen Lost ...... 13 2015 Signees ...... 13 Offensive Starters Returning ...... 7 Carlson, Hansley, Higgins, O’Brien, Peralta, Walker, Zerblis Defensive Starters Returning ...... 8 Hansen, Hodges, Jackson, James, Kawulok, Matthews, Pierre-Louis, Simmons media policies 13 COLORADO STATE football

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA COVERAGE GUIDELINES Gameday • Phone calls (cell, office or home) to any coach or student-athlete • Every member of the program must report to the locker room fol- are strictly prohibited, unless previously arranged through the ath- We appreciate your coverage of Colorado State Athletics, and look lowing the game before conducting interviews. Other than network letic Communications office. forward to working with you to accommodate you and your organiza- TV and radio obligations, CSU does not allow on-field interviews in • Media should contact the Athletics Communications office, rather tion within the framework of the following media policy. The policies the minutes following the game’s conclusion. than the individual coaches and/or student-athletes, when need- are jointly established by Head Coach Mike Bobo and the Athletics • The CSU locker room will be open and players from the interview ing personal contact information, such as phone numbers or e-mail Communications office. For your own benefit, please take a few min- list will be available for breakout interviews in the locker room. As- addresses. utes to read through the policies. Violations of these policies could re- sistant coaches or true freshmen players are not available. sult in revoked credentials or limitations on access. Please feel free to • Head Coach Mike Bobo will meet the media in the interview room CSURams.com/social media contact Asst. A.D. for Communications Paul Kirk at (970) 491-4672 or after the player-interview period has concluded. • The official Web site of Colorado State athletics is CSURams.com, via email at [email protected], at any time with any questions. featuring the latest news, information, statistics, and rosters for all Recruiting period of the Rams’ 16 athletic programs. Rams fans worldwide can also lis- Interview access to players and coaches throughout the calendar • Access to Head Coach Mike Bobo will be less regular during this ten to the live play-by-play coverage offered by the Colorado State year is as follows: time, from the end of the regular season through signing day, the Sports Network through the Internet site. Fans can click on www. first Wednesday in February, due to recruiting responsibilities. As- CSURams.com,then click on the radio broadcast icon on the site’s General policies sistant coaches are not available during this period. front page for football and men’s and women’s basketball live radio • All interviews with any member of the football program, including coverage. News also will be disseminated via the Colorado State Mike Bobo, the coaching and football staffs, and student-athletes, All other times football program’s official twitter account, @CSUFootball, as well must be coordinated through the Athletics Communications office. • Head Coach Mike Bobo is available either in-person or by phone, as the general athletics account, @CSUAthletics, and Asst. A.D. for • True freshmen and other student-athletes in their first year in the by appointment through Assistant A.D. for Communications Paul Communications Paul Kirk (@PaulKirk_CSU) program are not eligible to be included on the regular interview list. Kirk ([email protected]). • Regarding unique subject matter, such as human-interest angles, • All assistant coaches are unavailable other than designated ses- Media credentials members of the media are welcome to approach the Communica- sions on Wednesdays during regular season game weeks and on • Credentials must be requested through Paul Kirk in writing at tions office at least 48 hours in advance with requests to interview each coach’s designated day during spring practice. That schedule least seven days in advance of an event. Approved requests will any member of the program, provided the requested individual is will be issued prior to the start of spring ball. be mailed or can be picked up in the Communications office, or not a true-freshman player. Requests approved by Coach Bobo will • Phone calls (cell, office or home) to any coach, staff member, or at the game. be granted. student-athlete are strictly prohibited, unless previously arranged • Members of the media are strictly prohibited from contacting any through the Athletics Communications office. Photographer credentials coach, staff member or student-athlete by any means, including • Media should contact the Athletic Communications office, rather • Photo credentials are issued only to accredited photographers. text messages, e-mail, phone calls (cell, office or home) or social than the individual coaches and/or student-athletes, when need- Passes must be displayed at all times. All photographers must re- media, such as Facebook and Twitter, without first approaching the ing personal contact information, such as phone numbers or e-mail main outside the 25-yard lines on both sides of the field. Athletics Communications office. addresses, or contact information for family members and friends • For all practices, no live reporting of practice details is permissi- where such interviews will enhance a feature story. Game-day services ble, nor live streaming in any method. Upon conclusion of practice, • A pregame luncheon is served 90 minutes prior to kickoff in the questions based on observations made during the media viewing Injuries press box. In-game services include statistics and play-by-play in- period may be asked of Coach Bobo, and reported on as answered • At all times throughout the calendar year, including spring practice, formation following each quarter and notes and statistics following by the coach. Head Coach Mike Bobo will serve as the sole source for injury in- the conclusion of the game. • Designated student-athletes from the interview list will be made formation. All questions related to injuries should be directed to • Hughes Stadium offers complimentary wireless Internet access. available on specified days during the spring and preseason prac- Bobo, and not to any other member of the program, including ath- Check the seat-assignment label on press row for access informa- tice periods (see schedule), and on Tuesdays during the regular letic trainers, doctors, the injured student-athlete, or his teammates. tion. season. • If Bobo is unavailable, please contact Paul Kirk. • The south tunnel contains a small photographer workroom with • Head Coach Mike Bobo will be available following most practices. a table, chairs and several hard-line, high-speed Internet connec- Exceptions include, during preseason camp, night practices at the Practice guidelines tions. stadium on two-practice days. • All Colorado State football practices are open for the first few pe- • All interviews must take place at field level, either inside or outside riods unless otherwise noted. At a designated time after individual Parking the southwest Moby Arena doors, or on the practice field. Media drills have concluded, the remainder of the session will be closed • Media parking is available at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium are not permitted in the football office area, or in the training room to the media. in selected lots. Please contact the CSU Communications office to or locker room, unless the Communications office has previously • Videography is allowed during the media viewing period, but no request a Hughes Stadium parking pass. made such arrangements. sound may be recorded. • Access to the parking lot immediately west of the McGraw Cen- • The outdoors cold-tub rehabilitation area during preseason camp, • During the spring, some scrimmages are open to the media. Fall ter will require an “A” permit from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. in the shade near the softball field, is considered an extension of scrimmages are not open. A limited number of single-day passes are available through the the training room. Photographs, videography, or interviews are not • All media should remain on the sidelines, standing a safe distance Communications office. Annual permits can be purchased through permitted in this area. from the boundary to prevent collisions. Also for safety reasons, the Office of Parking Management Web site: www.colostate.edu/ media are asked to stand rather than sit or kneel, and should either depts/parking. Spring practice hold personal bags or set them behind a barrier, so they are not a • The CSU Communications office will provide complimentary annual • Assistant coaches are available one time each, following practice, potential injury source for players or the media. passes to this lot for select media organizations and members of on the day designated in the media schedule issued by the Com- the press who demonstrate a consistent willingness to cover the munications department. Photography/videography guidelines Rams. Those passes are not replaceable and should be treated • Cameras are restricted from shooting/filming any 11-on-11 period, as like cash. Preseason camp well as selected other periods (Athletics Communications staff will • Coordinators will be made available on Media Day (date and time notify). Photography must be tight, “iso” shots that do not reveal Stadium directions/will call TBA). No other assistant coach access is available during presea- alignments or strategy. • Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium is located two miles west son camp. • No sound may be captured during the shooting of practice video. of the central campus at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills, • Photographers are allowed to shoot individual drills and group ac- below the “Aggie A.” The stadium is just south of Prospect on Over- Regular-season game weeks tivity as directed by the Athletics Communications staff. No photog- land Trail. From I-25, media should take the Prospect exit west to • On Mondays, Head Coach Mike Bobo will conduct a weekly press raphy is allowed of injured players or players receiving treatment the mountains, then turn left on Overland Trail. Press box access conference in Bob Davis Hall, located on the south concourse of from medical staff. is on the west side of the stadium via elevator to the fourth level. Moby Arena. Bobo will begin speaking at 12 p.m. and the session • Photographers and videographers are not allowed to bring tripods • Ticket will call is located at the southwest corner of the south tunnel should conclude by 12:30 p.m. Designated players will be made onto the practice field. parking lot. There is no separate media will call. Provided arrange- available following Coach Bobo’s press conference. • Photographers and videographers should remain on the sidelines, ments are made in advance, passes will be left at the ticket will-call • Following Tuesday’s practice, student-athletes on the interview or behind the end lines. They are not permitted in any drill or in location. list will be made available. Regarding unique subject matter, such close proximity to any team or position-group huddles at any time. as human-interest angles, members of the media are welcome to • Photographers should stand a safe distance from the boundary Video highlights approach the Communications office at least 48 hours in advance to prevent collisions. Also for safety reasons, photographers are • Please contact the CSU Athletics Communications office to request with requests to interview any member of the program, provided asked to stand rather than sit or kneel, and should either hold per- video highlights. the requested individual is not a true-freshman player. Approved sonal bags and/or camera equipment, or set them behind a barrier, requests will be granted, but those interviews need to take place so they are not a potential injury source for players or the media. Weekly releases on Tuesday following practice. • Media are not permitted within listening distance of the post-prac- • The weekly news release will be available by approximately 12 • On Wednesday, a designated assistant coach will be made avail- tice team huddle, nor may photography of any kind take place noon each Monday during the season on the school’s official Web able to the media at 12 p.m. The Communications office will provide during the huddle. site, CSURAMS.com. News releases are also e-mailed to media out- in advance the names and dates of that coach availability. Those • All posed photo shoots must take place at times arranged prior to lets upon request, and available by Twitter link via @CSUFootball. Wednesdays will represent the only assistant-coach availability of the beginning of practice, working through the Athletics Commu- the week. nications office. Posed photo shoots are not permitted during any Colorado State media e-mail list • On Wednesday, Bobo will be available following practice. practice. • To receive e-mail updates on the Rams, e-mail Paul Kirk at paul. • Following Wednesday availability, there is no further access to [email protected] with a message stating that you would like to members of the program until the end of the game Saturday, except Telephone interviews receive the news releases via e-mail. for contractual broadcast obligations. • Head Coach Mike Bobo is available for phone interviews as time permits. Media should call to make an appointment through Paul Kirk ([email protected]). projected offensive starters 14 COLORADO STATE football

QB | NICK STEVENS | 7 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Pass Completions 20, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Sophomore | 6-3, 205 Pass Yards 289, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) Pass TDs 5, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Long Pass 35, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 36, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14)

RB | DALYN DAWKINS | 1 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Rushing Attempts 5, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Sophomore | 5-9, 175 Rushing Yards 37, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Louisville, Ky. (Purdue) Rushing TDs N/A N/A Long Rush 12, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same

FB | NU’UVALI FA’APITO | 45 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Receptions 2, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Senior | 6-0, 230 Receiving Yards 5, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same La Quinta, Calif. (La Quinta) Receiving TDs N/A N/A Long Reception 5, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) N/A

WR | RASHARD HIGGINS | 82 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Receptions 7, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 12, at Air Force (11/28/14) Junior | 6-2, 190 Receiving Yards 84, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 194, at Nevada (10/11/14) Dallas, Texas (Mesquite) Receiving TDs 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 4, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14) Long Reception 23, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 73, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14)

WR | JOE HANSLEY | 25 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Receptions 5, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 7, vs. Colorado (9/1/13) Senior | 5-10, 180 Receiving Yards 67, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 149, vs. Boise State (9/6/14) Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch) Receiving TDs 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 2, vs. New Mexico (11/24/12) Long Reception 19, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 73, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14)

WR | DEIONTE GAINES SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Receptions 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 3, at Nevada (10/11/14) Sophomore | 5-8, 180 Receiving Yards 25, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips) Receiving TDs N/A (1 rush TD) N/A Long Reception 25, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 26, vs. Wyoming (10/25/14)

TE | Kivon Cartwright | 86 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Receptions 3, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 4, on three occasions Senior | 6-4, 245 Receiving Yards 56, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 91, vs. San Jose State (10/12/13) Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo South) Receiving TDs 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 2, on two occasions Long Reception 24, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 51, vs. Washington State (12/21/13)

LT | Zack Golditch | 61 Sophomore | 6-6, 290 Aurora, Colo. (Gateway)

LG | Jake Bennett | 77 Sophomore | 6-3, 295 Lakewood, Colo. (Bear Creek)

C | Kevin O’Brien | 72 Senior | 6-3, 295 Katy, Texas (University of the Incarnate Word)

RG | Fred Zerblis | 54 Junior | 6-3, 295 Grayson, Ga. (Grayson)

RT | Sam Carlson | 71 Senior | 6-4, 295 Wellington, Colo. (Poudre) projected defensive starters 15 COLORADO STATE football

LDE | Martavius Foster | 9 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 3, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 3, on two occasions Senior | 6-4, 270 Tackles For Loss 3, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Starkville, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) Sacks 3, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Interceptions N/A 1, vs. Hawai’i (11/8/14)

DT | Justin Hansen | 68 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles N/A 5, vs. Utah (12/20/14) Senior | 6-5, 305 Tackles For Loss N/A 1.0, vs. Hawai’i (11/8/14) Longmont, Colo. (Longmont) Sacks N/A N/A Interceptions N/A N/A

NT | Terry Jackson, Jr. | 93 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles N/A 8, at Air Force (11/28/14) Senior | 6-1, 295 Tackles For Loss N/A 2.5, at Air Force (11/28/14) Tulsa, Okla. (Coffeyville CC) Sacks N/A 1.0, vs. Washington St. (12/21/13) Interceptions N/A N/A

RDE/Buck | Joe Kawulok | 90 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 4, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 10, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14) Senior | 6-6, 250 Tackles For Loss 2.0, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 3.5, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14) Boulder, Colo. (Monarch) Sacks 1.0, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 3.5, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14) Fumbles Forced 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 1, on two occasions

SLB | Kiel Robinson | 15 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 6, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Sophomore | 6-2, 225 Tackles For Loss 2.0, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same San Marcos, Calif. (Mission Hills) Sacks 1.0, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Interceptions N/A N/A

MLB | Cory James | 31 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 10, at Air Force (11/28/14) Senior | 6-0, 245 Tackles For Loss N/A 3.5, vs. Colorado (9/1/12) Del Rio, Texas (Del Rio) Sacks N/A 3.0, vs. Colorado (9/1/12) Fumbles Forced N/A 1, on four occasions

WLB | Kevin Davis | 33 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 3, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 8, vs. Fresno State (10/6/12) Junior | 6-3, 240 Tackles For Loss 1.5, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same Fountain, Colo. (Fountain-Fort Carson) Sacks N/A 1.0, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14) Fumbles Recovered 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) Same

LCB | DeAndre Elliott | 13 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles N/A 7, vs. Utah State (9/22/12) Senior | 6-1, 185 Tackles For Loss N/A 2.0, vs. Utah State (9/22/12) Dallas, Texas (Carter) Fumbles Recovered N/A 1, at San Diego State (10/13/12) Interceptions 1, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 2, vs. Hawai’i (10/27/12)

RCB | Preston Hodges | 24 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles N/A 10, at San Jose State (11/1/14) Junior | 5-11, 200 Tackles For Loss N/A 1.0, on four occasions Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield CC) Fumbles Forced N/A 2, vs. Hawai’i (11/8/14) Interceptions N/A 1, vs. Tulsa (10/4/14)

SS | Trent Matthews | 16 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 3, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 9, vs. Hawai’i (10/27/12) Senior | 6-3, 210 Sacks N/A 1.0, vs. Nevada (11/9/13) Converse, Texas (Judson) Interceptions N/A 1, on eight occasions Fumbles Forced N/A 1, vs. Hawai’i (10/27/12)

FS | KEVIN PIERRE-LOUIS | 26 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Tackles 8, vs. Savannah State (9/5/15) 15, vs. Colorado (9/1/13) Senior | 6-1, 215 Sacks N/A 1.0, vs. Hawai’i (11/8/14) Del Rio, Texas (Del Rio) Interceptions N/A 1, at Hawai’i (10/26/13) Fumbles Forced N/A 1, on three occasions The Last Time It Happened... 16 COLORADO STATE football

INDIVIDUAL COLORADO STATE OPPONENT 30 Rushing Attempts 38 Kapri Bibbs at New Mexico; Nov. 16, 2013 35 Joey DeMartino at Utah State; Nov. 23, 2013 300 Yards Rushing 312 Kapri Bibbs vs. Nevada; Nov. 9, 2013 (CSU record) - - 200 Yards Rushing 230 Dee Hart vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 222 Cody Getz at Air Force; Sept. 29, 2012 100 Yards Rushing 115 Dee Hart at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 162 Devontae Booker vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 4 Touchdowns Rushing 5 Dee Hart vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 5 Alvester Alexander, at Wyoming; Nov. 20, 2010 3 Touchdowns Rushing 5 Kapri Bibbs vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 3 Travis Wilson vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 400 Yards Passing 425 Garrett Grayson vs. UC Davis; Sept. 13, 2014 410 Connor Halliday vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 350 Yards Passing 366 Garrett Grayson at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 352 Grant Hedrick at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 50 Pass Attempts 58 Garrett Grayson at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 51 Joe Gray at San Jose State; Nov. 1, 2014 40 Pass Attempts 46 Garrett Grayson at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 47 Ikaika Woolsey vs. Hawai’i; Nov. 8, 2014 35 Pass Attempts 46 Garrett Grayson at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 47 Ikaika Woolsey vs. Hawai’i; Nov. 8, 2014 30 Pass Completions 31 Garrett Grayson at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 37 Connor Halliday vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 25 Pass Completions 27 Garrett Grayson at Boston College; Sept. 27, 2014 26 Joe Gray at San Jose State; Nov. 1, 2014 20 Pass Completions 20 Nick Stevens vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 26 Joe Gray at San Jose State; Nov. 1, 2014 4 Touchdown Passes 5 Nick Stevens vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 6 Connor Halliday vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 400 Yards Total Offense 406 Garrett Grayson vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 432 Grant Hedrick at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 300 Yards Total Offense 406 Garrett Grayson vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 337 Joe Gray at San Jose State; Nov. 1, 2014 10 Receptions 12 Rashard Higgins at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 10 Jerricho Richardson at Nevada; Oct. 12, 2014 200 Receiving Yards 211 Rashaun Greer vs. Houston; Sept. 20, 2008 208 Paul Richardson vs. Colorado; Sept. 1, 2013 3 Touchdown Receptions 4 Rashard Higgins vs. Tulsa; Oct. 4, 2014 3 Zack Kauth vs. Air Force; Nov. 26, 2011 3 Field Goals Made 3 Jared Roberts vs. Utah State; Oct. 18, 2014 4 Will Oliver, vs. Colorado; Sept. 1, 2013 2 Pass Interceptions 2 Tyree Simmons vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 2 Marcell Gibbons vs. Northern Colorado, Sept. 10, 2011 50-Yard Field Goal 53 Jared Roberts at San Jose State; Nov. 1, 2014 50 Eric Soderberg vs. Air Force; Oct. 31, 2009 60-Yard Punt 63 Hayden Hunt vs. Tulsa; Oct. 4, 2014 71 John Marron, vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 Kickoff Return For Touchdown 90 John Mosure vs. Colorado; Aug. 31, 2008 100 Carlos Wiggins at New Mexico; Nov. 16, 2013 Punt Return For Touchdown 74 Joe Hansley vs. Colorado; Sept. 1, 2013 69 Jeremy Kerly at TCU; Oct.17, 2009 Fumble Return For Touchdown 73 Max Morgan at Hawai’i; Oct. 26, 2013 53 Greg Henderson vs. Colorado; Sept. 1, 2013 Interception Return For Touchdown 49 Shaquil Barrett vs. UNLV; Nov. 10, 2012 99 Blair Burns at Wyoming; Nov. 3, 2012

TEAM COLORADO STATE OPPONENT 30 First Downs 33 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 35 at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 400 Yards Rushing 440 at BYU; Nov. 1, 2001 459 at Air Force; Sept. 29, 2012 300 Yards Rushing 347 at New Mexico; Nov. 16, 2013 359 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 60 Rushing Attempts 70 at Utah; Oct. 28, 1989 63 at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 50 Rushing Attempts 56 vs. Boise State; Nov. 2, 2013 63 at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 4 Rushing Touchdowns 5 vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 5 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 400 Yards Passing 406 vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 410 vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 50 Pass Attempts 58 at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 51 at San Jose State; Nov. 1, 2014 40 Pass Attempts 46 at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 49 vs. Hawai’i; Nov. 8, 2014 30 Pass Completions 31 at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 37 vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 4 Touchdown Passes 5 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 6 vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 600 Yards Total Offense 698 vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 (CSU record) 676 at Boise State; Sept. 6, 2014 80 Total Plays 81 vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 85 vs. Hawai’i; Nov. 8, 2014 4 Turnovers 5 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 4 vs. New Mexico; Nov. 22, 2014 0 Turnovers 0 vs. Wyoming; Oct. 25, 2014 0 vs. Wyoming; Oct. 25, 2014 2 Players In Game/100 Yards Rushing 2 Hart (139)/Jarrells (121) vs. Colorado; Aug. 29, 2014 2 at Nevada; Sept. 11, 2010 3 Players In Game/100 Yards Rushing 3 vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga; Aug. 31, 1996 3 vs. Air Force; Sept. 30, 1989 100-yd. Rusher and 100-yd. Receiver 1 Hart (115 ru.)/Higgins (193 rec.) at Air Force; Nov. 28, 2014 1 at UNLV; Oct. 20, 2007 2 Players In Game/100 Yards Receiving 2 Higgins (147)/Masters Jr. (112) vs. UC Davis; Sept. 13, 2014 - - 10 or Fewer First Downs 9 at Tulsa; Sept. 7, 2013 9 vs. Northern Colorado; Sept. 10, 2011 4 Passes Had Intercepted 4 vs. Air Force; Oct. 13, 2007 5 at New Mexico; Nov. 17, 2001 (CSU record) 100 Yards Or Fewer Rushing 12 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 83 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 300 Yards Or Fewer Total Offense 278 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 183 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 Scored a Safety 1 vs. UTEP; Sept. 28, 2013 1 vs. Hawai’i; Nov. 8, 2014 Blocked Punt 1 at Nevada; Oct. 12, 2014 1 vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 Blocked Field Goal 1 vs. Wyoming; Oct. 25, 2014 1 vs. North Dakota State, Sept. 8, 2012 2-Point Conversion 1 vs. Washington State; Dec. 21, 2013 1 at Hawai’i; Oct. 26, 2013 35:00 Time Of Possession 35:45 vs. Utah State; Oct. 18, 2014 36:45 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 50 Points Scored 65 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 63 vs. Boise State; Oct. 15, 2011 Shutout 63-0 vs. Hawaii; Oct. 4, 1997 13-0 at Utah State; Nov. 23, 2013 0 Points Scored 1st Quarter 0 at Nevada; Oct. 12, 2014 0 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 0 Points Scored, 1st Half 0 at Utah State; Nov. 23, 2013 0 vs. Air Force; Nov. 30, 2013 0 Points Scored, 3rd Quarter 0 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 0 vs. Savannah State; Sept. 5, 2015 0 Points Scored Through 3 Quarters 0 at Utah State; Nov. 23, 2013 0 vs. Air Force; Nov. 30, 2013 0 Points Scored, 4th Quarter 0 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 0 vs. Hawai’i; Nov. 8, 2014 0 Points Scored, 2nd Half 0 vs. Utah; Dec. 20, 2014 0 at New Mexico; Sept. 3, 2011 The Automated ScoreBook Colorado State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 06, 2015) team statistics All games 17 COLORADOTeam STATE Statistics football CS OPP SCORING 65 13 Points Per Game 65.0 13.0 FIRST DOWNS 33 11 R u s h in g 11 4 P a s s in g 20 5 P e n a lt y 2 2 RUSHING YARDAGE 217 83 Yards gained rushing 235 183 Yards lost rushing 18 100 Rushing Attempts 33 49 Average Per Rush 6.6 1.7 Average Per Game 217.0 83.0 TDs Rushing 2 1 PASSING YARDAGE 381 100 C o m p - A t t - I n t 27-36-1 10-23-1 Average Per Pass 10.6 4.3 Average Per Catch 14.1 10.0 Average Per Game 381.0 100.0 TDs Passing 6 0 TOTAL OFFENSE 598 183 Total Plays 69 72 Average Per Play 8.7 2.5 Average Per Game 598.0 183.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 1-100 6-80 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-48 0-0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-29 1-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 100.0 13.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.0 0.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 29.0 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 5-1 PENALTIES-Yards 6-62 8-78 Average Per Game 62.0 78.0 PUNTS-Yards 0-0 10-415 Average Per Punt 0.0 41.5 Net punt average 0.0 32.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 11-673 3-193 Average Per Kick 61.2 64.3 Net kick average 49.4 14.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 3 : 1 5 3 6 : 4 5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 6/9 3/18 3rd-Down Pct 67% 17% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/1 2/3 4th-Down Pct 0% 67% SACKS BY-Yards 7-49 2-13 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 9 1 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 1-2 2-2 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (7-8) 88% (1-1) 100% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (6-8) 75% (0-1) 0% PAT-ATTEMPTS (8-9) 89% (1-1) 100% ATTENDANCE 24571 0 Games/Avg Per Game 1/24571 0/0 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Colorado State 24 21 13 7 0 65 Opponents 0 7 0 6 0 13 The Automated ScoreBook Colorado StateThe Automated Combined ScoreBook Team Statistics (as of Sep 06, 2015) individual statisticsColorado - offense State Overall Individual StatisticsAll games (as of Sep 06, 2015) 18 All games COLORADO STATE football Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Sep 05, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 65-13 24571 All games 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns Conferenceno. yds avg0-0td lg 0-0 0-0 0-0 ODEN,Rushing Jasen 1 gp11 att74 gain0 loss74 6.7 net0 avg28 74.0td lg avg/gHANSLEY, JoeNon-Conference3 22 7.31-00 12 1-0 0-0 0-0 MATTHEWS,ODEN, Jasen Izzy 1 16 1155 274 530 8.8 741 376.7 53.00 28 74.0GAINES, Deionte 1 26 26.0 0 26 THOMPSON,MATTHEWS, Deron Izzy 1 16 496 255 472 7.8 530 198.8 47.01 37 53.0Total Team Statistics4 48 12.0 0 26 CS OPP DAWKINS,THOMPSON, Dalyn Deron 1 15 376 049 372 7.4 470 127.8 37.00 19 47.0Opponents FIRST DOWNS0 0 0.0 0 0 33 11 GAINES,DAWKINS, Deionte Dalyn 1 11 185 037 18018.0 371 187.4 18.00 12 37.0 R u s h in g 11 4 STEVENS,GAINES, DeionteNick 1 12 12 618 -40-2.0 180 18.02 -4.01 18 18.0Interceptions P a s s in g no. yds avg td lg 20 5 KEY,STEVENS, Coleman Nick 1 12 20 8 2 -86-4.0 -40 -2.00 -8.00 2 -4.0ELLIOTT, DeAndre P e n a l ty 1 29 29.0 0 29 2 2 TotalKEY, Coleman 1 33 1 2352 18 0 2178 6.6 -82 -4.037 217.00 0 -8.0Total RUSHING YARDAGE1 29 29.0 0 29 217 83 OpponentsTotal 1 49 1 18333 100235 8318 1.72171 636.6 83.02 37 217.0Opponents Rushing Attempts1 0 0.0 0 0 33 49 Opponents 1 49 183 100 83 1.7 1 63 83.0 Average Per Rush 6.6 1.7 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kick Returns Average Perno. Gameyds avg td lg 217.0 83.0 STEVENS,Passing Nick 1 217.06gp effic20-28-0comp-att-int71.4 289pct5 35yds289.0td lg avg/gVADEN, Jordon TDs Rushing1 100100.0 0 99 2 1 KEY,STEVENS, Coleman Nick 1 200.35 1 217.067-8-1 20-28-087.5 9271.41 24289 92.05 35 289.0Total PASSING YARDAGE1 100100.0 0 99 381 100 TotalKEY, Coleman 1 213.34 1 200.3527-36-1 7-8-175.0 38187.56 3592381.01 24 92.0Opponents C o m p - A t t- In6 t 80 13.3 0 20 27-36-1 10-23-1 OpponentsTotal 1 71.30 1 213.3410-23-127-36-143.5 10075.00 32381100.06 35 381.0 Average Per Pass 10.6 4.3 Opponents 1 71.30 10-23-1 43.5 100 0 32 100.0Fumble Returns Average Perno. Catchyds avg td lg 14.1 10.0 Average Per Game 381.0 100.0 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g DAVIS, Kevin 0 0 0.0 1 0 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g TDs Passing 6 0 HIGGINS,HIGGINS, Rashard Rashard 1 17 847 12.084 12.01 23 84.01 23 84.0 Total TOTAL OFFENSE0 0 0.0 1 0 598 183 HANSLEY,HANSLEY, Joe Joe 1 15 675 13.467 13.41 19 67.01 19 67.0 Opponents Average Per0 Play0 0.0 0 0 8.7 2.5 CARTWRIGHT,CARTWRIGHT, Kivon Kivon 1 13 563 18.756 18.71 24 56.01 24 56.0 Average Per Game 598.0 183.0 WILLIAMS,WILLIAMS, Xavier Xavier 1 12 492 24.549 24.51 35 49.01 35 49.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 1-100 6-80 MASTERS,MASTERS, Elroy Elroy 1 12 352 17.535 17.50 25 35.00 25 35.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-48 0-0 ODEN,ODEN, Jasen Jasen 1 12 162 8.016 18.012 16.01 12 16.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-29 1-0 FA'APITO,FA'APITO, Nu'uvali Nu'uvali 1 12 25 2.55 02.5 5 05.0 5 5.0 FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 5-1 DAWKINS,DAWKINS, Dalyn Dalyn 1 11 271 27.027 27.00 27 27.00 27 27.0 PENALTIES-Yards 6-62 8-78 GAINES,GAINES, Deionte Deionte 1 11 251 25.025 25.00 25 25.00 25 25.0 PUNTS-AVG 0-0.0 10-41.5 JOHNSON,JOHNSON, Olabisi Olabisi 1 11 131 13.013 13.01 13 13.01 13 13.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 3 :1 5 3 6 :4 5 PERALTA,PERALTA, Nolan Nolan 1 11 14 4.04 04.0 5 04.0 5 4.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 6/9 3/18 TotalTotal 1 27 1 38127 14.1381 14.16 35 381.06 35 381.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/1 2/3 OpponentsOpponents 1 10 1 10010 10.0100 10.00 32 100.00 32 100.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk ELLIOTT, DeAndre 1 29 29.0 0 29 BRYAN, Wyatt 1-2 50.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 31 0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg BRYAN, Wyatt - 1-2 8-9 - - - - - 11 HANSLEY, Joe 3 22 7.3 0 12 CARTWRIGHT, Kivon 1 ------6 GAINES, Deionte 1 26 26.0 0 26 MATTHEWS, Izzy 1 ------6 Total 4 48 12.0 0 26 ODEN, Jasen 1 ------6 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 HANSLEY, Joe 1 ------6 DAVIS, Kevin 1 ------6 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg HIGGINS, Rashard 1 ------6 VADEN, Jordon 1 100100.0 0 99 GAINES, Deionte 1 ------6 Total 1 100100.0 0 99 JOHNSON, Olabisi 1 ------6 Opponents 6 80 13.3 0 20 WILLIAMS, Xavier 1 ------6 Total 9 1-2 8-9 - - - - - 65 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Opponents 1 2-2 1-1 - - - - - 13 VADEN, Jordon 1 0 0 0 100 0 100 100.0 ODEN, Jasen 1 74 16 0 0 0 90 90.0 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total HANSLEY, Joe 1 0 67 22 0 0 89 89.0 Colorado State 24 21 13 7 0 65 HIGGINS, Rasha 1 0 84 0 0 0 84 84.0 Opponents 0 7 0 6 0 13 GAINES, Deionte 1 18 25 26 0 0 69 69.0 Total 1 217 381 48 100 29 775 775.0 Opponents 1 83 100 0 80 0 263 263.0

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g STEVENS, Nick 1 30 -4 289 285 285.0 KEY, Coleman 1 10 -8 92 84 84.0 ODEN, Jasen 1 11 74 0 74 74.0 MATTHEWS, Izzy 1 6 53 0 53 53.0 THOMPSON, Deron 1 6 47 0 47 47.0 Total 1 69 217 381 598 598.0 Opponents 1 72 83 100 183 183.0

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 55 WATSON, Josh 1 4 5 9 3.0-13 ...... 26 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kevin 1 6 2 8 1.5-2 ...... 15 ROBINSON, Kiel 1 4 2 6 2.0-9 1.0-8 ...... 12 CLYBURN, Deonte 1 3 2 5 0.5-0 ...... 52 THOMAS, Tre 1 4 1 5 0.5-3 ...... Total 1 45 24 69 16-62 7-49 1-29 2 3 1-0 1 . . Opponents 1 41 20 61 4-17 2-13 1-0 3 2 4-0 3 . . individual statistics - defense The Automated ScoreBook 19 Colorado State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 06, 2015) COLORADO STATE football All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 55 WATSON, Josh 1 4 5 9 3.0-13 ...... 26 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kevin 1 6 2 8 1.5-2 ...... 15 ROBINSON, Kiel 1 4 2 6 2.0-9 1.0-8 ...... 12 CLYBURN, Deonte 1 3 2 5 0.5-0 ...... 52 THOMAS, Tre 1 4 1 5 0.5-3 ...... 90 KAWULOK, Joe 1 3 1 4 2.0-9 1.0-6 . . 1 . 1 . . 4 MICHEL, SteveO 1 1 3 4 1.0-3 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . 8 SCHLAGER, Jake 1 3 1 4 1.0-3 ...... 91 BUYS, Jakob 1 2 1 3 ...... 9 FOSTER, Martavius 1 3 . 3 3.0-18 3.0-18 ...... 16 MATTHEWS, Trent 1 2 1 3 ...... 33 DAVIS, Kevin 1 1 2 3 1.5-2 . . . . 1-0 . . . 99 FOSTER, Colton 1 2 . 2 ...... 42 ELSENBAST, Patrick 1 1 . 1 ...... 41 WILLIAMS, Eric 1 1 . 1 ...... 31 JAMES, Cory 1 . 1 1 ...... 17 JOHNSON, Shun 1 1 . 1 ...... 6 ODEN, Jasen 1 1 . 1 ...... 94 THOMPSON, Darnell 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 36 OHENE-GYENI, Bryan 1 1 . 1 ...... 9A BOWMAN, Josh 1 1 . 1 ...... 22 JANUSKA, Nick 1 1 . 1 ...... 24 HODGES, Preston 1 . 1 1 ...... 5 SIMMONS, Tyree 1 ...... 2 . . . . . 13 ELLIOTT, DeAndre 1 . . . . . 1-29 ...... Total 1 45 24 69 16-62 7-49 1-29 2 3 1-0 1 . . Opponents 1 41 20 61 4-17 2-13 1-0 3 2 4-0 3 . .

TACKLING LEADERS

SPECIAL TEAMS SOLO Assisted tackles for loss

PLAYER TACKLES PLAYER TACKLES PLAYER TACKLES PLAYER TACKLES Josh Bowman 1 Kevin Pierre-Louis 6 Josh Watson 5 Martavius Foster 3.0 Nick Januska 1 Kiel Robinson 4 SteveO Michel 3 Josh Watson 3.0 Jasen Oden, Jr. 1 Tre Thomas 4 Four players 2 Joe Kawulok 2.0 Jake Schlager 1 Josh Watson 4 Kiel Robinson 2.0 Eric Williams 1 Four players 3 Kevin Davis 1.5 Kevin Pierre-Louis 1.5 game-by-game statistics, comparison The Automated ScoreBook 20 Colorado State Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 06, 2015) COLORADO STATE football All games

CSU game-by-game statistics TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 05 SAVANNAH STATE 33 217 2 37 27 381 6 35 27-36-1 381 6 35 1 100 0 99 4 48 0 26 598 Colorado State 33 217 2 37 27 381 6 35 27-36-1 381 6 35 1 100 0 99 4 48 0 26 598 Opponents 49 83 1 63 10 100 0 32 10-23-1 100 0 32 6 80 0 20 0 0 0 0 183

Games played: 1 Avg per rush: 6.6 Avg per catch: 14.1 Pass efficiency: 213.34 Kick ret avg: 100.0 Punt ret avg: 12.0 All purpose avg/game: 775.0 Total offense avg/gm: 598.0 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Sep 05 SAVANNAH STATE 45 24 69 16.0-62 7.0-35 1 1-0 1-29 3 2 0 8-9 0 0 0 65 Colorado State 45 24 69 16.0-62 6.0-35 1 1-0 1-29 3 2 0 8-9 0 0 0 65 Opponents 41 20 61 4.0-17 2.0-13 3 4-0 1-0 2 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 13

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avgThelong Automatedblkd tb ScoreBookfc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 05 SAVANNAH STATEColorado0 State0 Opponent0.0 0 Game-by-Game0 0 0 0 (as0 of1-2 Sep31 06,0 2015)11 673 61.2 2 3 Colorado State 0 0 0.0 0 All0 games0 0 0 0 1-2 31 0 11 673 61.2 2 3 Opponents 10 415 41.5 71 0 2 1 2 2 2-2 44 0 3 193 64.3 2 1 Opponent game-by-game statistics OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 05 SAVANNAH STATE 49 83 1 63 10 100 0 32 10-23-1 100 0 32 6 80 0 20 0 0 0 0 183 Opponents 49 83 1 63 10 100 0 32 10-23-1 100 0 32 6 80 0 20 0 0 0 0 183 Colorado State 33 217 2 37 27 381 6 35 27-36-1 381 6 35 1 100 0 99 4 48 0 26 598

Games played: 1 Avg per rush: 1.7 Avg per catch: 10.0 Pass efficiency: 71.30 Kick ret avg: 13.3 All purpose avg/game: 263.0 Total offense avg/gm: 183.0 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Sep 05 SAVANNAH STATE 41 20 61 4.0-17 2.0-13 3 4-0 1-0 2 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 Opponents 41 20 61 4.0-17 2.0-13 3 4-0 1-0 2 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 Colorado State 45 24 69 16.0-62 6.0-35 1 1-0 1-29 3 2 0 8-9 0 0 0 65

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 05 SAVANNAH STATE 10 415 41.5 71 0 2 1 2 2 2-2 44 0 3 193 64.3 2 1 Opponents 10 415 41.5 71 0 2 1 2 2 2-2 44 0 3 193 64.3 2 1 Colorado State 0 0 0.0 The0 Automated0 0 ScoreBook0 0 0 1-2 31 0 11 673 61.2 2 3 Colorado State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Sep 06, 2015) CSU/Opponent comparison All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs SAVANNAH STATE 65 - 13 33 / 11 11 / 4 20 / 5 2 / 2 33-217 / 49-83 27-36-1 / 10-23-1 381 / 100 69-598 / 72-183 177 / 80 5 / 2 Totals 65 - 13 33 / 11 11 / 4 20 / 5 2 / 2 33-217 / 49-83 27-36-1 / 10-23-1 381 / 100 69-598 / 72-183 177 / 80 5 / 2

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks SAVANNAH STATE 6-9 / 3-18 0-1 / 2-3 23:15 / 36:45 -13:30 6.6 / 1.7 10.6 / 4.3 8.7 / 2.5 0-0.0 / 10-41.5 6-62 / 8-78 7 / 2 Totals 6-9 / 3-18 0-1 / 2-3 23:15 / 36:45 -13:30 6.6 / 1.7 10.6 / 4.3 8.7 / 2.5 0-0.0 / 10-41.5 6-62 / 8-78 7 / 2

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category superlatives The Automated ScoreBook 21 The Automated ScoreBook Colorado State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 06, 2015) Colorado State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 06, 2015) All games COLORADO STATE footAllball games TEAM GAME HIGHS individual game highsINDIVIDUAL - colorado GAME HIGHS state team game highs - colorado state Rushes 11 ODEN, Jasen vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Rushes 33 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Rushing 74 ODEN, Jasen vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Rushing 217 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Rushes 1 GAINES, Deionte vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Rush 6.6 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1 MATTHEWS, Izzy vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Rushes 2 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Rush 37 MATTHEWS, Izzy vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass attempts 36 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass attempts 28 STEVENS, Nick vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass completions 27 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass completions 20 STEVENS, Nick vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Passing 381 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Passing 289 STEVENS, Nick vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Passes 5 STEVENS, Nick vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Pass 10.6 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Pass 35 STEVENS, Nick vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Passes 6 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Receptions 7 HIGGINS, Rashard vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Total Plays 69 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Receiving 84 HIGGINS, Rashard vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Total Offense 598 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Receptions 1 ODEN, Jasen vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Play 8.7 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1 HANSLEY, Joe vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Points 65 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1 JOHNSON, Olabisi vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Sacks By 7 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1 HIGGINS, Rashard vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) First Downs 33 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1 WILLIAMS, Xavier vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1 CARTWRIGHT, Kivon vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Penalties 6 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Reception 35 WILLIAMS, Xavier vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Penalty Yards 62 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Field Goals 1 BRYAN, Wyatt vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Turnovers 5 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Field Goal 31 BRYAN, Wyatt vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Interceptions By 1 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt Return 26 GAINES, Deionte vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt Return 26 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Kickoff Return 99 VADEN, Jordon vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Tackles 9 WATSON, Josh vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Sacks 3.0 FOSTER, Martavius vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Tackles For Loss 3.0 FOSTER, Martavius vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 3.0 WATSON, Josh vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Interceptions 1 ELLIOTT, DeAndre vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015)

The Automated ScoreBook The Automated ScoreBook Colorado State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 06, 2015) Colorado State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 06, 2015) All games All games OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS individual gameOPPONENT highs INDIVIDUAL- opponents GAME HIGHS team game highs - opponents Rushes 16 SMITH,Tino, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Rushes 49 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Rushing 73 WILLIAMS,R., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Rushing 83 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Rushes 1 WILLIAMS,R., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Rush 1.7 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Rush 63 WILLIAMS,R., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) TD Rushes 1 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass attempts 14 SMITH,Tino, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass completions 6 SMITH,Tino, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass attempts 23 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Passing 50 SMITH,Tino, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Pass completions 10 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Pass 32 WILSON,K., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Passing 100 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Receptions 2 WILSON,K., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Pass 4.3 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 2 KIRKLAND,Derek, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Total Plays 72 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 2 CARRERA,N., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Receiving 32 HARRIS,J., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Total Offense 183 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Reception 32 HARRIS,J., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Play 2.5 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Field Goals 2 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Points 13 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Field Goal 44 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Sacks By 2 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Punts 10 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) First Downs 11 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Punting Avg 41.5 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt 71 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Penalties 8 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Punts inside 20 2 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Penalty Yards 78 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Kickoff Return 20 RAYMOND,A., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Turnovers 2 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Tackles 10 BENNETT,Isiah, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Interceptions By 1 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Sacks 1.0 MOBLEY,Jovanta, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1.0 BANKS,Stefen, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Punts 10 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Tackles For Loss 1.0 HILLIARD,Q., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Punting Avg 41.5 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1.0 MOBLEY,Jovanta, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt 71 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) 1.0 BANKS,Stefen, vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Punts inside 20 2 vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Interceptions 1 VAZQUEZ,S., vs Savannah State (Sep 05, 2015) Miscellaneous statistics 22 COLORADO STATE footballThe Automated ScoreBook Colorado State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Sep 06, 2015) All games conversions by quarter 3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 05, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 65-13 6-9 66.7 1-2 50.0 3-5 60.0 0-0 0.0 2-2 100.0 Colorado State 6-9 66.7 1-2 50.0 3-5 60.0 0-0 0.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 3-18 16.7 0-4 0.0 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 05, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 65-13 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Colorado State 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 05, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 65-13 23:15 6:48 6:57 4:28 5:02 Colorado State Total 23:15 6:48 6:57 4:28 5:02 0:00 Avg. 23:15 6:48 6:57 4:28 5:02 0:00 Opponents Total 36:45 8:12 8:03 10:32 9:58 0:00 Avg. 36:45 8:12 8:03 10:32 9:58 0:00 The Automated ScoreBook Colorado State Red-Zone Results (as of Sep 06, 2015) All games red zone statistics

Colorado State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 05, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 65-13 8 7 44 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 8 7 44 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 of 8 (87.5%)

Opponents Inside Colorado State Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 05, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 65-13 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 of 1 (100.0%) game-by-game individual statistics 23 COLORADO STATE football

D. Dawkins I. Matthews J. Oden, jr. D. Thompson D. Gaines RUSHING No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD LG Avg 9/5 Savannah State 5 37 0 12 7.4 6 53 1 37 8.8 11 74 0 28 6.7 6 47 0 19 7.8 1 18 1 18 18.0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 5 37 0 12 7.4 6 53 1 37 8.8 11 74 0 28 6.7 6 47 0 19 7.8 1 18 1 18 18.0

ADDITIONAL RUSHING: N. Stevens 2-(-4) vs. Savannah State (9/5); C. Key 2-(-8) vs. Savannah State (9/5).

N. Stevens C. Key PASSING Cmp Att Pct Int Yds TD Lg Sck Cmp Att Pct Int Yds TD Lg Sck 9/5 Savannah State 20 28 71.4 0 289 5 35 1 7 8 87.5 1 92 1 24 1 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 20 28 71.4 0 289 5 35 1 7 8 87.5 1 92 1 24 1

k. cartwright d. dawkins n. fa’apito d. gaines j. hansley Receiving No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD LG Avg 9/5 Savannah State 3 56 1 24 18.7 1 27 0 27 27.0 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 25 0 25 25.0 5 67 1 19 13.4 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 3 56 1 24 18.7 1 27 0 27 27.0 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 25 0 25 25.0 5 67 1 19 13.4

R. Higgins o. johnson e. masters, jr. j. oden, jr. x. williams receiving No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD Lg Avg No Yds TD LG Avg 9/5 Savannah State 7 84 1 23 12.0 1 13 1 13 13.0 2 35 0 25 17.5 2 16 1 12 8.0 2 49 1 35 24.5 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 7 84 1 23 12.0 1 13 1 13 13.0 2 35 0 25 17.5 2 16 1 12 8.0 2 49 1 35 24.5

ADDITIONAL RECEIVING: N. Peralta 1-4 vs. Savannah State (9/5). game-by-game individual statistics 24 COLORADO STATE football

j. watson k. pierre-louis k. robinson t. thomas d. clyburn DEFENSE SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU 9/5 Savannah State 4 5 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 4 2 1.0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 4 5 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 4 2 1.0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 j. kawulok j. schlager s. michel m. foster t. matthews DEFENSE SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU 9/5 Savannah State 3 1 1.0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1.0 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 3 1 1.0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1.0 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 j. buys k. davis c. foster j. oden, jr. j. bowman DEFENSE SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU 9/5 Savannah State 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 b. ohene-gyeni e. williams p. elsenbast s. johnson n. januska DEFENSE SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU 9/5 Savannah State 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 d. thompson p. hodges c. james t. simmons d. elliott DEFENSE SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU SO AST SK INT PBU 9/5 Savannah State 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 25 COLORADO STATE football

W. Bryan b. davis k. jacobs |------kickoffs------| |------kickoffs------| |------kickoffs------| KICKING FG PAT NO TB AVG OB KICKING FG PAT NO TB AVG OB KICKING FG PAT NO TB AVG OB 9/5 Savannah State 1-2 8-9 2 0 59.5 1 9/5 Savannah State 0-0 0-0 5 1 51.0 2 9/5 Savannah State 0-0 0-0 4 1 62.2 0 9/12 Minnesota ------9/12 Minnesota ------9/12 Minnesota ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/26 at UTSA ------9/26 at UTSA ------9/26 at UTSA ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/3 at Utah State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/10 Boise State ------10/17 Air Force ------10/17 Air Force ------10/17 Air Force ------10/31 San Diego State ------10/31 San Diego State ------10/31 San Diego State ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/7 at Wyoming ------11/14 UNLV ------11/14 UNLV ------11/14 UNLV ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/21 at New Mexico ------11/28 at Fresno State ------11/28 at Fresno State ------11/28 at Fresno State ------Totals 0 0 0.0 0 59.5 0 Totals 0-0 0-0 5 1 51.0 2 Totals 0 0 4 1 62.2 0 H. HUNT J. Hansley D. Gaines PUNTING NO YDS AVG LNG IN20 TB PUNT RETURN No Yds Avg TD LG PUNT RETURN No Yds Avg TD LG 9/5 Savannah State 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 9/5 Savannah State 3 22 7.3 0 12 9/5 Savannah State 1 26 26.0 0 26 9/12 Minnesota ------9/12 Minnesota - - - - - 9/12 Minnesota - - - - - 9/19 vs. Colorado ------9/19 vs. Colorado - - - - - 9/19 vs. Colorado - - - - - 9/26 at UTSA ------9/26 at UTSA - - - - - 9/26 at UTSA - - - - - 10/3 at Utah State ------10/3 at Utah State - - - - - 10/3 at Utah State - - - - - 10/10 Boise State ------10/10 Boise State - - - - - 10/10 Boise State - - - - - 10/17 Air Force ------10/17 Air Force - - - - - 10/17 Air Force - - - - - 10/31 San Diego State ------10/31 San Diego State - - - - - 10/31 San Diego State - - - - - 11/7 at Wyoming ------11/7 at Wyoming - - - - - 11/7 at Wyoming - - - - - 11/14 UNLV ------11/14 UNLV - - - - - 11/14 UNLV - - - - - 11/21 at New Mexico ------11/21 at New Mexico - - - - - 11/21 at New Mexico - - - - - 11/28 at Fresno State ------11/28 at Fresno State - - - - - 11/28 at Fresno State - - - - - Totals 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Totals 3 22 7.3 0 12 Totals 1 26 26.0 0 26

J. Hansley KICK RETURN No Yds Avg TD LG 9/5 Savannah State 1 99 99.0 0 99 9/12 Minnesota - - - - - 9/19 vs. Colorado - - - - - 9/26 at UTSA - - - - - 10/3 at Utah State - - - - - 10/10 Boise State - - - - - 10/17 Air Force - - - - - 10/31 San Diego State - - - - - 11/7 at Wyoming - - - - - 11/14 UNLV - - - - - 11/21 at New Mexico - - - - - 11/28 at Fresno State - - - - - Totals 1 99 99.0 0 99

longest and shortest scoring drives

COLORADO STATE opponents Most Plays Fewest Plays Most Plays Fewest Plays 12 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 0 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 12 Savannah State, 9/5 7 Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (75 yards, 3:56) (TD) (0 yards, 0:00) (FG) (58 yards, 5:50) (TD) (91 yards, 2:40) 7 vs. Savannah State, 9/6 1 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 9 Savannah State, 9/5 9 Savannah State, 9/5 (three times) (TD) (18 yards, 0:08) (FG) (28 yards, 4:36) (FG) (28 yards, 4:36) 2 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 7 Savannah State, 9/5 12 Savannah State, 9/5 Most Yards (TD) (35 yards, 0:35) (TD) (91 yards, 2:40) (FG) (58 yards, 5:50) 84 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 2 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (7 plays, 3:16) (TD) (11 yards, 0:47) Most Yards Fewest Yards 75 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 91 Savannah State, 9/5 28 Savannah State, 9/5 (FG) (12 plays, 3:56) Fewest Yards (TD) (7 plays, 2:40) (FG) (9 plays, 4:36) 75 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 0 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 58 Savannah State, 9/5 58 Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (5 plays, 1:46) (TD) (0 plays, 0:00) (FG) (12 plays, 5:50) (FG) (12 plays, 5:50) 11 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 28 Savannah State, 9/5 91 Savannah State, 9/5 Most Time (TD) (2 plays, 0:47) (FG) (9 plays, 4:36) (TD) (7 plays, 2:40) 3:56 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 18 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (12 plays, 75 yards) (TD) (1 play, 0:08) Most Time Least Time 3:16 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 5:50 Savannah State, 9/5 2:40 Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (7 plays, 84 yards) Least Time (FG) (12 plays, 58 yards) (TD) (7 plays, 91 yards) 2:27 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 0:00 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 4:36 Savannah State, 9/5 4:36 Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (7 plays, 65 yards) (TD) (0 plays, 0 yards) (FG) (9 plays, 28 yards) (FG) (9 plays, 28 yards) 0:08 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 2:40 Savannah State, 9/5 5:50 Savannah State, 9/5 (TD) (1 play, 18 yards) (TD) (7 plays, 91 yards) (FG) (12 plays, 58 yards) 0:31 vs. Savannah State, 9/5 (2 plays, 35 yards) game-by-game team statistics 26 COLORADO STATE football

game-by-game statistics

|--First Downs--| |-Rushing-| |--Net Passing--| QB |--Offense--| Fum Pen Punts 3rd 4th Time Offense 1 2 3 4 OT F Tot Ru Pa Pe Att Yds TD Att Cmp Int Yds TD Sk Pl Yds Avg No/Lost No/Yds No/Avg Down Down Poss 9/5 Savannah State 24 21 13 7 -- 65 33 11 20 2 33 217 2 36 27 1 381 6 2 69 598 8.7 5/4 6/62 0/- 6-9 0-1 23:15 9/12 Minnesota ------/- -/- -/------9/19 vs Colorado ------/- -/- -/------9/26 at UTSA ------/- -/- -/------10/3 at Utah State ------/- -/- -/------10/10 Boise State ------/- -/- -/------10/17 Air Force ------/- -/- -/------10/31 San Diego State ------/- -/- -/------11/7 at Wyoming ------/- -/- -/------11/14 UNLV ------/- -/- -/------11/21 at New Mexico ------/- -/- -/------11/28 at Fresno State ------/- -/- -/------Totals 24 21 13 7 -- 65 33 11 20 2 33 217 2 36 27 1 381 6 2 69 598 8.7 5/4 6/62 0/- 6-9 0-1 23:15

|--First Downs--| |-Rushing-| |--Net Passing--| QB |--Offense--| Fum Pen Punts 3rd 4th Time DEFENSE 1 2 3 4 OT F Tot Ru Pa Pe Att Yds TD Att Cmp Int Yds TD Sk Pl Yds Avg No/Lost No/Yds No/Avg Down Down Poss 9/5 Savannah State 0 7 0 6 -- 13 11 4 5 2 49 83 1 23 10 1 100 0 7 72 183 2.5 5-1 8-78 10/415 3-18 2-3 36:45 9/12 Minnesota ------/- -/- -/------9/19 vs Colorado ------/- -/- -/------9/26 at UTSA ------/- -/- -/------10/3 at Utah State ------/- -/- -/------10/10 Boise State ------/- -/- -/------10/17 Air Force ------/- -/- -/------10/31 San Diego State ------/- -/- -/------11/7 at Wyoming ------/- -/- -/------11/14 UNLV ------/- -/- -/------11/21 at New Mexico ------/- -/- -/------11/28 at Fresno State ------/- -/- -/------Totals 0 7 0 6 -- 13 11 4 5 2 49 83 1 23 10 1 100 0 7 72 183 2.5 5-1 8-78 10/415 3-18 2-3 36:45

game-by-game starters

OFFENSE STARTERS WR TE LT LG C RG RT WR QB RB FB 3rd WR OTHER 9/5 Savannah State R. Higgins K. Cartwright Z. Golditch J. Bennett K. O’Brien F. Zerblis S. Carlson J. Hansley N. Stevens D. Dawkins -- D. Gaines -- 9/12 Minnesota 9/19 vs. Colorado 9/26 at UTSA 10/3 at Utah State 10/10 Boise State 10/17 Air Force 10/31 San Diego State 11/7 at Wyoming 11/14 UNLV 11/21 at New Mexico 11/28 at Fresno State

DEFENSE STARTERS DE DT DT BUCK/DE SLB MLB WLB RCB LCB SS FS 3rd CB 3rd DT 9/5 Savannah State M. Foster J. Hansen J. Lovingood J. Kawulok K. Robinson C. James K. Davis P. Hodges D. Elliott N. Januska K. Pierre-Louis -- -- 9/12 Minnesota 9/19 vs. Colorado 9/26 at UTSA 10/3 at Utah State 10/10 Boise State 10/17 Air Force 10/31 San Diego State 11/7 at Wyoming 11/14 UNLV 11/21 at New Mexico 11/28 at Fresno State

longest plays from scrimmage

Colorado State opponents Yards Date, Opponent Play Yards Date, Opponent Play 35 9/5, Savannah State I. Matthews rush 63 9/5, Savannah State R. Williams rush 35 9/5, Savannah State N. Stevens pass to X. Williams 32 9/5, Savannah State K. Wilson pass to J. Harris 28 9/5, Savannah State J. Oden, Jr., rush 24 9/5, Savannah State T. Smith rush 27 9/5, Savannah State N. Stevens pass to D. Dawkins 25 9/5, Savannah State N. Stevens pass to D. Gaines 3 plays of 20-plus yards (2 rush, 1 pass) 25 9/5, Savannah State C. Key pass to Elroy Masters, Jr. 1 plays of 40-plus yards (1 rush, 0 pass)

8 plays of 20-plus yards (2 rush, 6 pass) 0 plays of 40-plus yards (0 rush, 0 pass) scoring drives 27 COLORADO STATE football

Date Opponent Plays Yards Time Result Quarter Scoring Play Quarterback 9/5 Savannah State 0 0 0:00 TD 1st K. Davis fumble recovery - 9/5 Savannah State 5 65 0:43 TD 1st N. Stevens 9-yard pass to K. Cartwright N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 12 75 3:56 FG 1st W. Bryan 31-yard field goal N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 1 18 0:08 TD 1st D. Gaines 18-yard rush N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 2 35 0:31 TD 2nd N. Stevens 12-yard pass to R. Higgins N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 4 62 1:00 TD 2nd N. Stevens 35-yard pass to X. Williams N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 7 65 2:27 TD 2nd N. Stevens 4-yard pass to J. Oden N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 5 75 1:46 TD 3rd N. Stevens 12-yard pass to J. Hansley N. Stevens 9/5 Savannah State 2 11 0:47 TD 3rd C. Key 13-yard pass to O. Johnson C. Key 9/5 Savannah State 7 84 3:16 TD 4th I. Matthews 37-yard rush C. Key drive charts & takeaways 28 COLORADO STATE football

Game-Opening Drives Scoring Drive Length Colorado State Opponent Colorado State Opponent Date Opponent Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Yards TD FG TD FG 9/5 Savannah State 7 3 65 0 0 -20 0-9 1 0 0 0 9/12 Minnesota 10-19 2 0 0 0 9/19 vs. Colorado 20-29 0 0 0 1 9/26 at UTSA 30-39 1 0 0 0 10/3 at Utah State 40-49 0 0 0 0 10/10 Boise State 50-59 0 0 0 1 10/17 Air Force 60-69 3 0 0 0 10/31 San Diego State 70-79 1 1 0 0 11/7 at Wyoming 80-89 1 0 0 0 11/14 UNLV 90-99 0 0 1 0 11/21 at New Mexico Season 9 1 1 2 11/28 at Fresno State

Second Half-Opening Drives Takeaway Breakdown Colorado State Opponent Total Colorado State Opponent Date Opponent Pts FD Yds Pts FD Yds Interceptions 1 1 9/5 Savannah State 7 3 75 0 1 29 Fumble Recoveries 1 4 9/12 Minnesota Points Off Turnovers 21 3 9/19 vs. Colorado Touchdowns 3 0 9/26 at UTSA Field Goals 0 1 10/3 at Utah State 10/10 Boise State 10/17 Air Force 10/31 San Diego State 11/7 at Wyoming 11/14 UNLV 11/21 at New Mexico 11/28 at Fresno State

Takeaway Analysis Colorado State Opponent Game Int Fum Tot Int Fum Tot Gm Diff Cum Diff 9/5 Savannah State 1 4 5 1 1 2 -3 -3 9/12 Minnesota 9/19 vs. Colorado 9/26 at UTSA 10/3 at Utah State 10/10 Boise State 10/17 Air Force 10/31 San Diego State 11/7 at Wyoming 11/14 UNLV 11/21 at New Mexico 11/28 at Fresno State participation chart 29 The Automated ScoreBook COLORADO STATEColorado foot Stateball Games Played (as of Sep 06, 2015) All games

No.## PLAYERName GP-GSGP/GS SSU UM CU UTSA USU BSU AFA SDSU WYO UNLV UNM FS 87 ANDERSON, Cole 1/- X X X 77 BENNETT, Jake 1/1 START 70 BENSON, Jordan 1/- X X X 9A BOWMAN, Josh 1/- X X X 96 BRYAN, Wyatt 1/- X X X 91 BUYS, Jakob 1/- X X X 71 CARLSON, Sam 1/1 START 86 CARTWRIGHT, Kiv 1/1 START 12 CLYBURN, Deonte 1/- X X X 43 COLORITO, Evan 1/- X X X 9C DAVIS, Braxton 1/- X X X 33 DAVIS, Kevin 1/1 START 1 DAWKINS, Dalyn 1/1 START 13 ELLIOTT, DeAndr 1/1 START 42 ELSENBAST, Patr 1/- X X X 45 FA'APITO, Nu'uv 1/- X X X 99 FOSTER, Colton 1/- X X X 9 FOSTER, Martavi 1/1 START 2 GAINES, Deionte 1/1 START 61 GOLDITCH, Zack 1/1 START 68 HANSEN, Justin 1/1 START 25 HANSLEY, Joe 1/1 START 82 HIGGINS, Rashar 1/1 START 24 HODGES, Preston 1/1 START 9E JACOBS, Kyle 1/- X X X 31 JAMES, Cory 1/1 START 22 JANUSKA, Nick 1/1 START 81 JOHNSON, Olabis 1/- X X X 17 JOHNSON, Shun 1/- X X X 78 JORDAN, Brett 1/- X X X 90 KAWULOK, Joe 1/1 START 1B KEY, Coleman 1/- X X X 19 LONG, Sammie 1/- X X X 92 LOVINGOOD, Josh 1/1 START 88 MASTERS, Elroy 1/- X X X 35 MATTHEWS, Izzy 1/- X X X 16 MATTHEWS, Trent 1/- X X X 34 MAUMAU, George 1/- X X X 14 MCCULLOUGH, Sal 1/- X X X 5A MEEKS, Colby 1/- X X X 4 MICHEL, SteveO 1/- X X X 65 MONTES, Christi 1/- X X X 60 MOXLEY, Trae 1/- X X X The Automated ScoreBook 10 NUTT, Kevin 1/- Colorado X X X State Games Played (as of Sep 06, 2015) 38 NWOSU, Danny 1/- X X X All games 72 O'BRIEN, Kevin 1/1 START ##6 PLAYERODEN, Jasen GP-GS1/- SSU X X X 36 OHENE-GYENI, Br 1/- X X X 32 PERALTA, Nolan 1/- X X X 26 PIERRE-LOUIS, K 1/1 START 15 ROBINSON, Kiel 1/1 START 8 SCHLAGER, Jake 1/- X X X 98 SCHUPP, Johnny 1/- X X X 18 SCOTT, Braylin 1/- X X X 58 SIEG, Trent 1/- X X X 5 SIMMONS, Tyree 1/- X X X 27 SMITH, Trey 1/- X X X 7A STEVENS, Nick 1/1 START 29 SWEET, Justin 1/- X X X 7 TAYLOR, Demontr 1/- X X X 52 THOMAS, Tre 1/- X X X 94 THOMPSON, Darne 1/- X X X 39 THOMPSON, Deron 1/- X X X 11 VADEN, Jordon 1/- X X X 30 WALKER, Steven 1/- X X X 55 WATSON, Josh 1/- X X X 41 WILLIAMS, Eric 1/- X X X 84 WILLIAMS, Xavie 1/- X X X 54 ZERBLIS, Fred 1/1 START opponent schedules & Mountain WesT 30 COLORADO STATE football

ALL TIMES LISTED AS MOUNTAIN TIME (MT) AIR FORCE Date Opponent Result/Time 2015 Mountain West Standings SAVANNAH STATE Sept. 5 Morgan State W, 63-7 Mountain Date Opponent Result/Time Sept. 12 San Jose State 8:15 p.m. Sept. 5 at Colorado State L, 65-13 Sept. 19 at Michigan State 10 a.m. Team MW Pct. Overall Pct. Sept. 19 at Akron 12 p.m. Oct. 3 at Navy 1:30 p.m. Air Force 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Sept. 26 at Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m. Oct. 10 Wyoming TBA Boise State 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Oct. 3 Florida A&M 4 p.m. Oct. 17 at Colorado State 1:30 p.m. Colorado State 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Oct. 10 at Morgan State 4 p.m. Oct. 24 Fresno State TBA New Mexico 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Oct. 17 North Carolina Central 2 p.m. Oct. 31 at Hawai’i 8:30 p.m. Utah State 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Oct. 31 at Howard 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Army TBA Wyoming 0-0 - 0-1 .000 Nov. 7 Norfolk State 2 p.m. Nov. 14 Utah State TBA Nov. 14 Hampton 1 p.m. Nov. 20 at Boise State 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 South Carolina State 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at New Mexico TBA West Team MW Pct. Overall Pct. MINNESOTA SAN DIEGO STATE Fresno State 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Date Opponent Result/Time Date Opponent Result/Time Hawai’i 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Sept. 3 #2/2 TCU L, 23-17 Sept. 5 San Diego W, 37-3 Nevada 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Sept. 12 at Colorado State 1:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at California 3 p.m. Sept. 19 Kent State 10 a.m. Sept. 19 South Alabama 6 p.m. San Diego State 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Sept. 26 Ohio 1:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Penn State TBA San Jose State 0-0 - 1-0 1.000 Oct. 3 at Northwestern TBA Oct. 3 Fresno State 8:30 p.m. UNLV 0-0 - 0-1 .000 Oct. 10 at Purdue TBA Oct. 10 at Hawai’i 10 p.m. Oct. 17 Nebraska TBA Oct. 17 at San Jose State TBA Oct. 31 Michigan 6 p.m. Oct. 23 Utah State 8:30 p.m. 2014 Rams in the MW Rankings Nov. 7 at Ohio State 5/6 p.m. Oct. 31 at Colorado State 1:30 p.m. TEAM CATEGORY NUMBER RANK Nov. 14 at Iowa 6 p.m. Nov. 14 Wyoming 8:30 p.m. Scoring Offense 33.9 2 Nov. 21 Illinois TBA Nov. 21 at UNLV 8:30 p.m. Total Offense 480.9 2 Nov. 28 Wisconsin TBA Nov. 28 Nevada TBA Scoring Defense 25.1 4 Total Defense 425.0 7 COLORADO WYOMING Date Opponent Result/Time Date Opponent Result/Time Rushing Offense 159.3 8 Sept. 3 at Hawai’i L, 28-20 Sept. 5 North Dakota L, 24-13 Rushing Defense 200.8 7 Sept. 12 Massachusetts 12 p.m. Sept. 12 Eastern Michigan 2 p.m. Pass Efficiency 164.5 1 Sept. 19 vs. Colorado State 5 p.m. Sept. 19 at Washington State 6:30 p.m. Pass Efficiency Defense 116.2 4 Sept. 26 Nicholls State TBA Sept. 26 New Mexico 1 p.m. Pass Offense 321.6 1 Oct. 3 Oregon TBA Oct. 3 at Appalachian State TBA Pass Defense 224.2 4 Oct. 10 at Arizona State TBA Oct. 10 at Air Force TBA Net Yards Per Punt 38.8 3 Oct. 17 Arizona TBA Oct. 17 Nevada TBA Kickoff Return Average 21.6 3 Oct. 24 at Oregon State TBA Oct. 24 at Boise State TBA Oct. 31 at UCLA TBA Oct. 30 at Utah State 8:15 p.m. Punt Return Average 3.9 12 Nov. 7 Stanford 7 p.m. Nov. 7 Colorado State TBA Turnover Margin +2 5 Nov. 13 USC TBA Nov. 14 at San Diego State 8:30 p.m. First Downs/game 23.0 2 Nov. 21 at Washington State TBA Nov. 28 UNLV 12 p.m. First Down Defense/game 22.5 9 Nov 28 at Utah TBA 3rd-Downs 48.9 1 UNLV 3rd-Down Defense 42.0 8 UTSA Date Opponent Result/Time 4th-Downs 35.7 11 Date Opponent Result/Time Sept. 5 at Northern Illinois L, 38-30 4th-Downs Defense 58.8 8 Sept. 3 at #22/22 Arizona L, 42-32 Sept. 12 UCLA 8:30 p.m. Sept. 12 Kansas 10 a.m. Sept. 19 at Michigan 10 a.m. Sacks/game 1.5 10 Sept. 19 at Oklahoma State 1:30 pm. Sept. 26 Idaho State 7 p.m. Sacks Allowed 2.2 6 Sept. 26 Colorado State 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at Nevada 5 p.m. Penalty Yards/game 54.5 9 Oct. 3 at UTEP 6 p.m. Oct. 10 San Jose State 7 p.m. Oct. 10 Louisiana Tech 5 p.m. Oct. 16 at Fresno State 8:30 p.m. INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY PLAYER, NUMBER RANK Oct. 17 at Southern Miss 5 p.m. Oct. 31 Boise State TBA Passing Yards/game Garrett Grayson, 308.2 1 Oct. 31 at North Texas 5 p.m. Nov. 7 Hawai’i 4 p.m. Passing Efficiency Garrett Grayson, 166.2 1 Nov. 7 Old Dominion 5 p.m. Nov. 14 at Colorado State 5 p.m. Rushing Yards/game Dee Hart, 98.1 4 Nov. 14 at Charlotte TBA Nov. 21 San Diego State 8:30 p.m. Scoring (points per game) Rashard Higgins, 8.5 3 Nov. 21 Rice 5 p.m. Nov. 28 at Wyoming 12 p.m. Nov. 28 Middle Tennessee 12:30 p.m. Dee Hart, 8.3 4 NEW MEXICO Jared Roberts, 7.2 8 Utah State Date Opponent Result/Time Total Offense Garrett Grayson, 304.6 2 Date Opponent Result/Time Sept. 5 Mississippi Valley State W, 66-0 Receptions/game Rashard Higgins, 8.0 1 Sept. 3 Southern Utah W, 12-9 Sept. 12 Tulsa 6 p.m. Receiving Yards/game Rashard Higgins, 145.8 1 Sept. 11 at Utah 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at Arizona State 8 p.m. All Purpose Rashard Higgins, 145.8 4 Sept. 19 at Washington 3 p.m. Sept. 26 at Wyoming 1 p.m. Kick Return Average Deionte Gaines, 24.9 3 Oct. 3 Colorado State TBA Oct. 3 New Mexico State 6 p.m. Punting Average Hayden Hunt, 43.8 2 Oct. 10 at Fresno State 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at Nevada 5 p.m. Oct. 16 Boise State 7 p.m. Oct. 17 Hawai’i 5 p.m. Tackles/game Aaron Davis, 9.1 5 Oct. 23 at San Diego State 8:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at San Jose State 5 p.m. Sacks/game Cory James, 0.50 8 Oct. 30 Wyoming 8:15 p.m. Nov. 7 Utah State 1:30 p.m. Tackles for Loss/game N/A - - Nov. 7 at New Mexico 1:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Boise State TBA Nov. 14 at Air Force TBA. Nov. 21 Colorado State 3:30 p.m. Nov. 21 Nevada TBA Nov. 28 Air Force TBA 2015 MW Players of the Week Nov. 28 BYU 1:30 p.m. WEEK PLAYERS (Offense, Defense, Special Teams) FRESNO STATE 1 Nick Stevens (CSU), Calvin Munson (SDSU), Andrew Rodriguez (USU) BOISE STATE Date Opponent Result/Time Date Opponent Result/Time Sept. 3 Abilene Christian W, 34-13 Sept. 4 Washington W, 16-13 Sept. 12 at Ole Miss 1:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at BYU 8:15 p.m. Sept. 19 Utah 8:30 p.m. Sept. 18 Idaho State 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at San Jose State 8:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at Virginia 6 p.m. Oct. 3 at San Diego State 8:30 p.m. Oct. 3 Hawai’i TBA Oct. 10 Utah State 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at Colorado State 5 p.m. Oct. 16 UNLV 8:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at Utah State 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at Air Force TBA Oct. 24 Wyoming TBA Nov. 5 Nevada 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at UNLV TBA Nov. 14 at Hawai’i 9 p.m. Nov. 14 New Mexico TBA Nov. 21 at BYU TBA Nov. 20 AIr Force 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 Colorado State 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at San Jose State 1:30 p.m. depth chart - week 2 31 COLORADO STATE football

Colorado State Rams 2015 Depth Chart OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS QB LDE PR 7 Nick Stevens, 6-3, 205, SO* 9 Martavius Foster, 6-4, 270, SR 25 Joe Hansley, 5-10, 180, SR 12 Coleman Key, 6-4, 220, FR* 92 Josh Lovingood, 6-4, 290, SO KR RB DT 2 Deionte Gaines, 5-8, 180, SO 1 Dalyn Dawkins, 5-9, 175, SO* 68 Justin Hansen, 6-5, 305, SR* LS 6 Jasen Oden, Jr., 5-11, 220, SR 91 Jakob Buys, 6-4, 265, SO* 58 Trent Sieg, 6-4, 230, SO* FB NT SS 45 Nu'uvali Fa'apito, 6-0, 230, SR* 93 Terry Jackson, 6-1, 295, SR 58 Trent Sieg, 6-4, 230, SO* 38 Danny Nwosu, 6-3, 245, JR* 99 Colton Foster, 6-3, 285, FR* H WR RDE/Buck 25 Joe Hansley, 5-10, 180, SR 82 Rashard Higgins, 6-2, 190, JR 90 Joe Kawulok, 6-6, 250, SR* P 11 Jordon Vaden, 6-3, 195, JR* 4 SteveO Michel, 6-1, 230, SR* 49 Hayden Hunt, 5-11, 220, JR* 19 Sammie Long, 6-3, 195, SO* SLB K WR 15 Kiel Robinson, 6-2, 225, SO* 96 Wyatt Bryan, 6-0, 175, FR* 25 Joe Hansley, 5-10, 180, SR 52 Tre Thomas, 6-1, 215, FR* 84 Xavier Williams, 6-4, 215, SO* MLB * has redshirted 88 Elroy Masters, 6-2, 210, SO* 31 Cory James, 6-0, 245, SR* WR 55 Josh Watson, 6-2, 230, FR* 2 Deionte Gaines, 5-8, 180, SO WLB 81 Olabisi Johnson, 6-0, 180, FR 33 Kevin Davis, 6-3, 240, JR TE 12 Deonte Clyburn, 6-1, 230, JR 86 Kivon Cartwright, 6-4, 245, SR* LCB 32 Nolan Peralta, 6-3, 245, JR* OR 13 DeAndre Elliott, 6-1, 185, SR* 30 Steven Walker, 6-2, 235, SR 18 Braylin Scott, 6-3, 185, FR LT RCB 61 Zack Golditch, 6-6, 290, SO* 24 Preston Hodges, 5-11, 200, JR 60 Trae Moxley, 6-5, 320, SO* 5 Tyree Simmons, 5-11, 185, JR LG SS 77 Jake Bennett, 6-3, 295, SO* 16 Trent Matthews, 6-3, 210, SR* 60 Trae Moxley, 6-5, 320, SO* 8 Jake Schlager, 6-0 205, SO* C FS 72 Kevin O'Brien, 6-3, 295, SR* 26 Kevin Pierre-Louis, 6-1, 215, SR* 51 Colby Meeks, 6-4, 300, FR 22 Nick Januska, 6-2, 210, SR RG 54 Fred Zerblis, 6-3, 295, JR* 65 Christian Montes, 6-4, 270, JR* RT 71 Sam Carlson, 6-4, 295, SR* 76 Nick Callender, 6-5, 315, JR* 78 Brett Jordan, 6-5, 275, SO* roster 32 COLORADO STATE football 2015 COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL ROSTER (as of Aug. 30, 2015) ALPHABETICAL NUMERIC No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Prev. School) No. Name Pos. 87 Anderson, Cole WR 6-4 205 Sr.* VR Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Valparaiso) 1 Dawkins, Dalyn RB 27 Bares, Jack LB 5-10 170 Fr.* RS Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Tesoro) 2 Gaines, Deionte WR 77 Bennett, Jake OL 6-3 295 So.* 1L Lakewood, Colo. (Bear Creek) 3 Jarrells, Treyous RB 70 Benson, Jordan OL 6-3 280 Fr.* RS Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) 4 Michel, SteveO LB 9 Bowman, Josh DB 6-0 195 Jr.* VR Abilene, Texas (Cooper) 5 Simmons, Tyree DB 41 Boyce, Chance LB 6-0 191 Fr. HS Lakewood, Colo. (Green Mountain) 6 Oden Jr., Jasen RB 49 Bridges, Chandler CB 5-10 156 So. TR Columbus, Ohio (Denison) 7 Stevens, Nick QB 96 Bryan, Wyatt K 6-0 175 Fr.* RS Larkspur, Colo. (Douglas County) 7 Taylor, Demontrie LB 91 Buys, Jakob DL 6-4 265 So.* 1L Arvada, Colo. (Ralston Valley) 8 Leonard, Craig QB 76 Callender, Nick OL 6-5 315 Jr.* 1L Hayward, Calif. (St. Mary’s College HS) 8 Schlager, Jake S 71 Carlson, Sam OL 6-4 295 Sr.* 1L Wellington, Colo. (Poudre) 9 Bowman, Josh DB 86 Cartwright, Kivon TE 6-4 245 Sr.* 3L Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo South) 9 Foster, Martavius DL 13 Cassell, John WR 6-4 200 So. VR Evergreen, Colo. (Evergreen) 10 Nutt Jr., Kevin DB 97 Cerriteno, Jose DE 6-2 230 Sr. VR Las Vegas, Nev. (Feather River College) 10 Robles, J.C. QB 12 Clyburn, Deonte LB 6-1 230 Jr. 2L Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier) 11 Vaden, Jordon WR 43 Colorito, Evan LB 6-4 240 So.* 1L Beaverton, Ore. (Beaverton) 12 Clyburn, Deonte LB 51 Copeland II, Pierre LB 6-2 205 So.* 1L Colorado Springs, Colo. (Vista Ridge) 12 Key, Coleman QB 93 Davis, Braxton K 5-11 170 Fr. HS Fort Collins, Colo. (Poudre) 13 Cassell, John WR 33 Davis, Kevin LB 6-3 240 Jr. 2L Fountain, Colo. (Fountain-Fort Carson) 13 Elliott, DeAndre DB 1 Dawkins, Dalyn RB 5-9 175 So.* TR Louisville, Ky. (Purdue) 14 McCullough II, Saladin CB 16 Drachslin, Chandler QB 6-3 190 Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Polytechnic) 15 Robinson, Kiel LB 13 Elliott, DeAndre DB 6-1 185 Sr.* 3L Dallas, Texas (Carter) 16 Drachslin, Chandler QB 42 Elsenbast, Patrick LB 6-1 210 So.* VR Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield) 16 Matthews, Trent S 45 Fa’apito, Nu’uvali FB 6-0 230 Sr.* 3L La Quinta, Calif. (La Quinta) 17 Johnson, Shun CB 40 Falls, Justin FB 6-0 200 So. TR Denver, Colo. (Southern Utah) 18 Lehman, Cole WR 99 Foster, Colton DL 6-3 285 Fr.* RS Bakersfield, Calif. (Frontier) 18 Scott, Braylin DB 9 Foster, Martavius DL 6-4 270 Sr. 2L Starkville, Miss. (East Mississippi C.C.) 19 Long IV, Sammie WR 80 Freismuth, John WR 6-4 220 Fr.* RS Loveland, Colo. (Loveland) 19 Wessbecker, Blake CB 23 Fulton, Brenden WR 5-9 170 Fr. HS Greeley, Colo. (Northridge) 20 Peterson-Hester, Malachi S 2 Gaines, Deionte WR 5-8 180 So. 1L Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips) 20 Udofia, Willie S 74 Gaoa, Salofi DL 6-6 270 Fr. HS Fort Collins, Colo. (Rocky Mountain) 22 Januska, Nick DB 26 Giesner, Derek WR 6-0 185 Fr.* RS Forest Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake) 23 Fulton, Brenden WR 61 Golditch, Zack OL 6-6 290 So.* VR Aurora, Colo. (Gateway) 23 Wilson, Marcus CB 29 Haas, Jesse RB 6-2 215 Sr. VR Wellington, Colo. (Poudre) 24 Hodges, Preston DB 68 Hansen, Justin DL 6-5 305 Sr.* 2L Longmont, Colo. (Longmont) 24 Peters, Bryce RB 25 Hansley, Joe WR 5-10 180 Sr. 3L Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch) 25 Hansley, Joe WR 82 Higgins, Rashard WR 6-2 190 Jr. 2L Dallas, Texas (Mesquite) 26 Giesner, Derek WR 24 Hodges, Preston DB 5-11 200 Jr. 1L Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield C.C.) 26 Pierre-Louis, Kevin DB 49 Hunt, Hayden P 5-11 220 Jr.* 2L Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly) 27 Bares, Jack LB 56 Jackson, O’Shea DL 6-1 290 Fr. HS Arlington, Texas (Martin) 27 Smith, Trey WR 93 Jackson, Terry DL 6-1 295 Sr. 2L Tulsa, Okla. (Coffeyville C.C.) 28 Jones, Devin CB 95 Jacobs, Kyle K 5-8 175 Fr. HS Colorado Springs, Colo. (Classical Academy) 29 Haas, Jesse RB 31 James, Cory LB 6-0 245 Sr.* 3L Del Rio, Texas (Del Rio) 29 Sweet, Justin DB 22 Januska, Nick DB 6-2 210 Sr. 3L Ventura, Calif. (Ventura) 30 Walker, Steven TE 3 Jarrells, Treyous RB 5-7 185 Sr. 1L Sanford, Fla. (Grossmont College) 31 James, Cory LB 81 Johnson, Olabisi WR 6-0 185 Fr. HS Lakewood, Colo. (Bear Creek) 32 Peralta, Nolan TE 17 Johnson, Shun CB 5-11 170 So. 1L Denver, Colo. (Denver South) 33 Davis, Kevin LB 28 Jones, Devin CB 5-10 170 Fr.* RS Woodland, Calif. (Woodland) 34 Maumau, George TE 78 Jordan, Brett OL 6-5 275 So.* VR Houston, Texas (Bellaire) 35 Matthews, Izzy RB 90 Kawulok, Joe DL 6-6 250 Sr.* 3L Boulder, Colo. (Monarch) 36 Ohene-Gyeni, Bryan LB 81 Kelleghan, Cahill TE 6-4 200 So. TR Boulder, Colo. (Adams State) 37 Obinnah, Chuk RB 12 Key, Coleman QB 6-4 220 Fr.* RS Broken Arrow, Okla. (Broken Arrow) 38 Nwosu, Danny FB 95 King, Richard DL 6-5 260 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. (Rangeview) 39 Thompson, Deron RB 94 Kovac, Michael DE 6-4 230 Fr. HS Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo South) 40 Falls, Justin FB 18 Lehman, Cole WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Parker, Colo. (Chaparral) 40 Lewis, Johnathan RB 8 Leonard, Craig QB 6-4 225 Jr.* VR Fort Collins, Colo. (Jireh Prep) 41 Boyce, Chance LB 67 Levy, Jake OL 6-4 220 Fr. HS Basalt, Colo. (Basalt) 41 Williams, Eric RB 40 Lewis, Johnathan RB 5-11 190 Fr.* RS La Porte, Texas (La Porte) 42 Elsenbast, Patrick LB 19 Long IV, Sammie WR 6-3 195 So.* 1L Lakewood, Wash. (Lakes) 43 Colorito, Evan LB 92 Lovingood, Josh DL 6-4 290 So. 1L Fresno, Calif. (Clovis North) 44 Mayes, Deshon LB 59 Lucas, Nathan LS 6-2 195 Fr.* RS Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) 45 Fa’apito, Nu’uvali FB 88 Masters Jr., Elroy WR 6-2 210 So.* 1L Peoria, Ariz. (Sunrise Mountain) 46 Prentice, Adam FB 35 Matthews, Izzy RB 6-0 215 Fr. HS Redding, Calif. (Enterprise) 47 Ryken, Nate FB 16 Matthews, Trent S 6-3 210 Sr.* 3L Converse, Texas (Judson) 47 Summer, Brandon LB 34 Maumau, George TE 5-11 255 Sr.* VR Denver, Colo. (Valor Christian) 49 Bridges, Chandler CB 44 Mayes, Deshon LB 6-2 200 Jr. JC Arvada, Colo. (Glendale (Ariz.) C.C.) 49 Hunt, Hayden P 14 McCullough II, Saladin CB 5-10 175 Jr.* VR Pasadena, Calif. (Moorpark College) 51 Copeland II, Pierre LB roster 33 COLORADO STATE football 2015 COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL ROSTER (as of Aug. 30, 2015) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Prev. School) No. Name Pos. 51 Meeks, Colby OL 6-4 300 Fr. HS Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips) 51 Meeks, Colby OL 4 Michel, SteveO LB 6-1 230 Sr.* 3L Orlando, Fla. (Jones) 52 Nowland, Blake OL 65 Montes, Christian OL 6-4 270 Jr.* RS Garden Grove, Calif. (Golden West College) 52 Thomas, Tre LB 60 Moxley, Trae OL 6-5 320 So.* 1L Carbondale, Colo. (Roaring Fork) 53 Smith, Caleb LB 52 Nowland, Blake OL 6-6 315 So.* VR Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County) 54 Zerblis, Fred OL 64 Nunez, Justin OL 6-5 325 Fr. HS Red Bluff, Calif. (Red Bluff) 55 Watson, Josh LB 10 Nutt Jr., Kevin DB 5-10 190 So. 1L Fresno, Calif. (Edison) 56 Jackson, O’Shea DL 38 Nwosu, Danny FB 6-3 245 Jr.* 2L Washington, D.C. (Dunbar) 57 Prudhomme, Isaac DL 37 Obinnah, Chuk RB 6-0 215 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. (Grandview) 58 Sieg, Trent LS 72 O’Brien, Kevin OL 6-3 295 Sr.* 1L Katy, Texas (Incarnate Word) 59 Lucas, Nathan LS 6 Oden Jr., Jasen RB 5-11 220 Sr. 3L Buffalo, N.Y. (Buffalo East) 60 Moxley, Trae OL 36 Ohene-Gyeni, Bryan LB 6-1 225 Jr.* 2L Arlington, Texas (Mansfield Summit) 61 Golditch, Zack OL 85 Parsons, Mitch TE 6-4 255 Fr.* TR Parker, Colo. (Vanderbilt) 62 Perzanowski, Evan OL 32 Peralta, Nolan TE 6-3 245 Jr. 2L Murrieta, Calif. (Elsinore) 63 Reynolds, Corey OL 62 Perzanowski, Evan OL 6-6 255 So. TR Huntington Beach, Calif. (Orange Coast College) 64 Nunez, Justin OL 24 Peters, Bryce RB 5-11 205 So.* VR Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls) 65 Montes, Christian OL 20 Peterson-Hester, Malachi S 6-0 192 Fr. HS Manitou Springs, Colo. (Manitou Springs) 66 Robinson, Adrian DL 26 Pierre-Louis, Kevin DB 6-1 215 Sr.* 3L Del Rio, Texas (Del Rio) 67 Levy, Jake OL 46 Prentice, Adam FB 6-0 220 Fr. HS Fresno, Calif. (Clovis) 68 Hansen, Justin DL 57 Prudhomme, Isaac DL 6-3 235 Fr.* RS Centennial, Colo. (Arapahoe) 70 Benson, Jordan OL 63 Reynolds, Corey OL 6-2 280 Fr. HS Cedaridge, Colo. (Cedaridge) 71 Carlson, Sam OL 73 Rivera, Tomas OL 6-6 330 Jr.* 1L Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly) 72 O’Brien, Kevin OL 66 Robinson, Adrian DL 6-5 250 So.* VR Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Christian) 73 Rivera, Tomas OL 15 Robinson, Kiel LB 6-2 225 So.* 1L San Marcos, Calif. (Mission Hills) 74 Gaoa, Salofi DL 10 Robles, J.C. QB 6-5 200 Fr. HS Visalia, Calif. (El Diamante) 75 Stefo, Zach OL 89 Ruiz, Robert WR 5-9 176 Jr.* 1L El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla) 76 Callender, Nick OL 47 Ryken, Nate FB 6-2 245 Fr.* RS Berthoud, Colo. (Berthoud) 77 Bennett, Jake OL 8 Schlager, Jake S 6-0 205 So.* 1L McCook, Neb. (McCook) 78 Jordan, Brett OL 98 Schupp, Johnny DL 6-5 275 Jr.* 2L Vacaville, Calif. (Vacaville) 79 Watts, Dylan DL 18 Scott, Braylin DB 6-3 185 Fr. HS Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty) 80 Freismuth, John WR 58 Sieg, Trent LS 6-4 230 So.* 1L Eaton, Colo. (Eaton) 81 Johnson, Olabisi WR 5 Simmons, Tyree DB 5-11 185 Jr. 2L Gardena, Calif. (Gardena) 81 Kelleghan, Cahill TE 53 Smith, Caleb LB 6-4 250 So. JC Inglewood, Calif. (Santa Monica) 82 Higgins, Rashard WR 27 Smith, Trey WR 6-0 190 Fr.* RS Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County) 83 Woldu, Dawit WR 75 Stefo, Zach OL 6-5 295 Fr.* RS Arvada, Colo. (Pomona) 84 Williams, Xavier WR 7 Stevens, Nick QB 6-3 205 So.* 1L Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) 85 Parsons, Mitch TE 47 Summer, Brandon LB 6-0 215 Fr. HS Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo West) 86 Cartwright, Kivon TE 29 Sweet, Justin DB 5-10 190 So.* 1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) 87 Anderson, Cole WR 7 Taylor, Demontrie LB 5-11 190 Fr.* RS Denton, Texas (Guyer) 88 Masters Jr., Elroy WR 52 Thomas, Tre LB 6-1 215 Fr.* RS Denver, Colo. (Overland) 89 Ruiz, Robert WR 94 Thompson, Darnell DL 6-5 275 So. JC Raleigh, N.C. (Highland (Kan.) C.C.) 90 Kawulok, Joe DL 39 Thompson, Deron RB 5-10 178 So. 1L Wichita, Kan. (Northwest) 91 Buys, Jakob DL 20 Udofia, Willie S 6-1 200 Sr.* 2L Atlanta, Ga. (East L.A. College) 92 Lovingood, Josh DL 11 Vaden, Jordon WR 6-3 195 Jr.* 2L Henderson, Colo. (Prairie View) 93 Davis, Braxton K 30 Walker, Steven TE 6-2 235 Sr. 1L Wichita, Kan. (Butler County C.C.) 93 Jackson, Terry DL 55 Watson, Josh LB 6-2 230 Fr.* RS Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South) 94 Kovac, Michael DE 79 Watts, Dylan DL 6-4 315 So. TR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Midwestern State) 94 Thompson, Darnell DL 19 Wessbecker, Blake CB 6-1 175 Fr. HS Castle Rock, Colo. (Castle View) 95 Jacobs, Kyle K 41 Williams, Eric RB 5-9 205 Jr. 2L Castle Rock, Colo. (Rock Canyon) 95 King, Richard DL 84 Williams, Xavier WR 6-4 215 So.* 1L San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic) 96 Bryan, Wyatt K 23 Wilson, Marcus CB 5-10 190 Fr.* RS Aurora, Colo. (Valor Christian) 97 Cerriteno, Jose DE 83 Woldu, Dawit WR 6-2 190 Fr. HS Denver, Colo. (Thomas Jefferson) 98 Schupp, Johnny DL 54 Zerblis, Fred OL 6-3 295 Jr.* 1L Grayson, Ga. (Grayson) 99 Foster, Colton DL * Indicates play has utilized a redshirt season

Coaching Staff

Mike Bobo - head coach Joe Cox (offensive graduate assistant), Andrew Dodge (defensive graduate assistant), Will Friend - offensive coordinator/offensive line Ricky Santo (offensive graduate assistant), Walter Vaughn (defensive graduate assistant), Jeff Hammerschmidt - special teams coordinator/tight ends Heath Pulver (special teams quality control) Tyson Summers - defensive coordinator/safeties Bryan Applewhite - running backs John Michael Clay (assistant strength & conditioning), Michael Ray (assistant strength & conditioning), Marty English - linebackers Joe McKay (strength & conditioning grad. asst.), Mike Stacchiotti (strength & conditioning grad. asst.) Terry Fair - cornerbacks Ronnie Letson - quarterbacks Tom Ehlers (director of operations), Ricky Logo - defensive line Anthoney Hill (director of player development & community/alumni relations), Alvis Whitted - wide receivers Geoff Martzen (director of player personnel), Leah Knight (assistant director of operations) Ryan Davis - head football strength & conditioning