2004 In Review

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE UTES 2004 UTAH NATIONAL HONORS

Coach of the Year: Urban Meyer, Head Coach Offensive Player of the Year: MWC Coach of the Year Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Morgan Scalley Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Home Depot National Coach of the Year First-Team Woody Hayes’ National Coach of the Year QB Alex Smith, Jr. Pro Football Weekly National Coach of the Year WR Steve Savoy, So. Maxwell George Munger Award OL Chris Kemoeatu, Sr. DL Steve Fifita, Jr. Alex Smith, QB, Jr. DL Sione Pouha, Sr. Heisman Finalist (fourth in the voting) DB Morgan Scalley, Sr. The Sporting News National Player of the Year Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year Second-Team Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-American (first team) WR Paris Warren, Sr. SI.com All-American (first team) RB Marty Johnson, Sr. CoSIDA Football Academic All-American of the Year OL Jesse Boone, Jr. Davey O’Brien Finalist DB Eric Weddle, So. Walter Camp Player of the Year Finalist

Honorable Mention Chris Kemoeatu, OL, Sr. OL Makai Aalona, Sr. Sione Pouha was a first-team all- Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-American (first team) RB Quinton Ganther, Jr. MWC defensive tackle in 2004. SI.com All-American (first team) LB Tommy Hackenbruck, Sr. P Matt Kovacevich, Sr. Morgan Scalley, DB, Sr. LB Spencer Toone, Jr. SI.com All-American (second team) CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team) Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2004 UTAH MWC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week Sept. 6 Alex Smith, offense Pat Tillman Award (East-West Shrine Game honor) Sept. 27 Alex Smith, offense; Ryan Smith, defense Oct. 18 Alex Smith, offense Steve Savoy, WR, So. Nov. 1 Alex Smith, offense SI.com All-American (second team) Nov. 8 Alex Smith, offense; Morgan Scalley, defense The Sporting News All-American (honorable mention) Nov. 15 Alex Smith, offense Nov. 22 Steve Savoy, offense Ryan Smith, DB, Fr. The Sporting News Freshman All-American (second team)

Spencer Toone, LB, Jr. CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team POSTSEASON ALL-STAR GAMES

Gridiron Classic 2005 TOSTITIOS AWARDS Paris Warren, WR Co-Offensive Most Valuable Player East-West Shrine Game Alex Smith, QB (29-37-328 yards, 0 INT, 4 TD) Morgan Scalley, DB Paris Warren, WR (15-198, 2 TD) Chris Kemoeatu, OL Paris Warren, WR Defensive Most Valuable Player Steve Fifita, DT (5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack Las Vegas All-America Classic Tommy Hackenbruck, LB Jonathan Fanene, DL

Hula Bowl Steve Fifita was Tommy Hackenbruck played in the Las Vegas All-America Classic. Marty Johnson, RB chosen as the Chris Kemoeatu, OL Fiesta Bowl Sione Pouha, DL Defensive MVP. Morgan Scalley, DB

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rumble in the Rockies was Among the more notable school leading the charge, Utah became the felt all over the country marks to topple last season: most wins first school to win back-to-back outright (12), best start (12-0), most consecutive MWC championships by cruising to in 2004 when the Utah A weeks in the A.P. (16) and Coaches’ (17) a 7-0 league record last fall. The Utes football team shook up college polls, most consecutive weeks in the top led the MWC in scoring offense (45.3), football. 10 (nine in both polls) and highest scor- total offense (499.8), pass efficiency ing average (45.3 ppg). offense (173.5) and defense (108.9), Junior quarterback Smith, a Heisman turnover margin (1.25), kickoff returns The Utes, under second-year head Trophy finalist, was The Sporting News (26.2), field goals (7-7), red zone offense coach Urban Meyer, erupted for a 12-0 and Sports Illustrated National Player (92.5%) and defense (65.6%), third down record, a No. 4 national ranking and a of the Year. In January, Smith decided to conversions (52.3) and first downs (305). victory over Big East champion Pitts- skip his senior year and enter the NFL Ute players also received the MWC’s burgh in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. All draft, where he became the first No. 1 top awards. Smith was named the MWC eyes were on Utah from mid-October on, draft pick in school history—going to the Offensive Player of the Year, while when the Utes broke into the initial Bowl San Francisco ‘49ers. senior free safety Morgan Scalley was Championship Series standings at No. 7. Meyer, who accepted a position at voted co-Defensive Player of the Year. To become the first school from a Florida before coaching his final game at Both were unanimous first-team choices. non-BCS conference to play in one of Utah (the Fiesta Bowl), won four nation- Joining Smith and Scalley on the all- the four “majors,” the Utes had to finish al coach of the year awards on his way MWC first team were offensive lineman the season ranked in the top six in the out—raising his total to five in his two Chris Kemoeatu, receiver Steve Savoy BCS tabulations. Under the direction of years at Utah. His 2004 national coach of and defensive linemen Sione Pouha and quarterback Alex Smith, Utah’s first-ever the year awards included: FWAA/Eddie Steve Fifita. All were first-time first- finalist, that’s exactly Robinson, Woody Hayes, Home Depot teamers. Kemoeatu and Smith were what happened. History was made on and Pro Football Weekly. In 2003, he named to the Cingular Wireless/ABC Jan. 1, 2005, in Tempe, Ariz., when the was named The Sporting News National Sports (formerly FWAA), SI.com and BCS Bustin’ Utes beat Pittsburgh 35-7 to Coach of the Year. Meyer also went two- Pro Football Weekly All-America first conclude a perfect season. for-two in Mountain West Conference teams. Scalley was a second-team SI.com Fittingly, Utah’s road to the Fiesta championships and MWC Coach of the All-American and Savoy was named to Bowl began with a rout of a BCS team. Year awards. The Sporting News’ All-America second Ranked in the top 20 in the preseason Utah became the most dominant team team. Ryan Smith was a TSN Fresh- polls, Utah humbled Big 12 power in the Mountain West Conference under man All-American (second team). In Texas A&M, 41-21, on Sept. 2 in Salt Meyer. With the fiery young head coach the classroom, Smith and Scalley made Lake City. A week later, the Utes earned the ESPN The Magazine (CoSIDA) another BCS stripe, pummeling Ari- Academic All-America first team—the zona 23-6 in Tucson. The rout—and the only time Utah has placed two members route—were on. on the team in a single year. Smith was Utah plotted its entire course without selected as the NCAA Football Academic benefit of a map as its trip to the Tostitos All-American of the Year. Fiesta Bowl was unprecedented for a But one doesn’t need Smith’s smarts school from a non-BCS conference. Utah to know that Utah’s 2004 football season broke the BCS barrier by winning all of will become a page in NCAA football its games—most by enormous margins. history. Here’s a game-by-game look at The 12-0 Utes beat their 2004 opposi- the best season ever at Utah. tion by 26 points per game. In going 4-0 Sept. 2 vs. Texas A&M—Alex Smith against BCS competition, Utah’s average passed for three and rushed for victory margin was 24 points per game. two to lead Utah to a 41-21 mauling of Texas It would have been even more had the A&M. A standing room-only crowd of 45,419 Utes not kneeled inside the 5-yard line and an ESPN national television audience saw with downs remaining in a 46-16 win Smith complete 21 of 29 passes for a career- high 359 yards and rush for another 76 yards. over North Carolina. Sept. 11 vs. Arizona—Utah exploded for Utah’s final regular season rank- 17 first quarter points and the defense did the ings in the Associated Press (No. 4) and rest in a 23-6 Utah win in Tucson. The Utes ESPN-USA Today Coaches (No. 5) were forced four turnovers—two inside the red the best in school history. Its No. 6 final zone—and made a critical goal line stand as BCS ranking (calculated before the bowl the first half wound down. Arizona’s scores games were played) is the best ever for Junior quarterback Alex Smith, a National Player of the came on two field goals. Year and Heisman Trophy Finalist, was the driving force an at-large school. behind the best season in Utah football history.

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260 yards and rushed led 31-7 at the half and 14 of Wyoming’s for 84. Freshman cor- points came in the last minute against the Ute nerback Ryan Smith reserves. came up huge with 10 Nov. 20 vs. Brigham Young—Utah shook tackles, an intercep- off bitter rival Brigham Young in the second tion and pass breakup half and beat the Cougars 52-21 to finish an in the end zone and 11-0 regular season. Receiver Steve Savoy two forced . rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns and Oct. 1 vs. New caught a pass, while running back Mexico—Utah’s Quinton Ganther collected a career-best 122 league-leading of- yards rushing. ESPN Game- fense dominated New Day televised its show from the Rice-Eccles Mexico’s league-lead- Stadium parking lot in the morning and stuck ing defense in a 28-7 around to show Utah’s fans pour onto the field victory in Albuquer- and tear down the goal posts. que. The Utes ran all Jan. 1 vs. Pittsburgh— In the first BCS over UNM, rushing game ever for a non-BCS school, Utah steam- Utah manhandled Big East co-champ Pitt in the BCS Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1. for 278 yards against rolled over Big East co-champion Pittsburgh, a team that came into 35-7, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Led by Sept. 18 vs. Utah State—Utah’s starters the game allowing just 66 rushing yards per offensive co-MVPs Alex Smith and Paris ran up a 41-0 first half lead and a lineup of game. The Ute defense forced 14 Lobo punts, Warren, who teamed up for 15 of Smith’s mostly reserves played the rest of the way in which broke a 55-year-old Utah record for 29 total completions, Utah jumped to a 28-0 a 48-6 Ute win. Utah State’s only score came most punts by an opponent. lead before Pittsburgh’s only score of the day. late in the third quarter. True freshman quar- Oct. 16 vs. North Carolina—Utah won its Warren’s 15 receptions, which went for 198 terback Brian Johnson made sure the Utes had first-ever game against an ACC opponent in yards, was a Fiesta Bowl record. Smith was the final say with the first touchdown pass of convincing fashion, crushing the Tarheels 46- unstoppable, completing 29 of 37 passes for his career. 16. Alex Smith led Utah to the second-most 328 yards and 4 touchdowns (no intercep- Sept. 25 vs. Air Force—Air Force and total yards in school history—669—person- tions). Equally responsible for Utah’s blowout its dreaded option gave Utah its first scare of ally accounting for 396 of those. Receiver victory was the defense, which set a bowl re- the year by jumping to a 14-0 lead. But Utah Steve Savoy had 154 yards and caught one of cord with nine quarterback sacks. Steve Fifita, scored three unanswered touchdowns and Smith’s four TD passes. Eric Weddle led the the defensive MVP, had 5 tackles, 2 tackles Marty Johnson’s school-record-tying four defense with 11 tackles. for loss and a sack. Safety Eric Weddle led rushing touchdowns led the way to a 49-35 Oct. 23 vs. UNLV—Utah tied the school the defense with 11 tackles, a sack and a pass win. Receiver Paris Warren had a career day record with its 28-point first quarter and breakup and senior linebacker Tommy Hack- with 137 yards and Alex Smith passed for breezed to a 63-28 win over UNLV. Morgan enbruck had a monster game in his final Ute Scalley scored a 90-yard touchdown on a outing. Included in Hackenbruck’s 10 total kickoff return on the game’s first play and tackles were 3 sacks for 29 yards. FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN the Utes were off and running. In his first Alex Smith start, freshman kicker David Carroll tied the Morgan Scalley school record by making all nine extra point attempts. ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN OF THE YEAR Oct. 30 vs. San Diego State—La Mesa, Alex Smith Calif., native Alex Smith made a triumphant return home, throwing a career-best five FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIII touchdowns in a 51-28 win over San Diego Alex Smith State. Paris Warren had 113 receiving yards Morgan Scalley and wo touchdowns. Morgan Scalley and Spencer Toone Blake Burdette both blocked kicks. Nov. 6 vs. Colorado State—Alex Smith 2004 ACADEMIC ALL-MWC destroyed Colorado State in the first half and Jason Boone (3.04) came back in for a late game score in a 63-31 Jesse Boone (3.27) Ute win. Smith dissected CSU, completing 21 Bryan Borreson (3.29) of 26 passes for 291 yards and four touch- Kyle Brady (3.06) downs. He took a seat early in the second David Carroll (3.11) Brian Johnson (3.43) half, but returned when the Rams scored three Matt Kovacevich (3.28) fourth quarter TDs. Smith stopped the bleed- Taylor Miller (3.10) ing by marching Utah 77 yards for a score. Bo Nagahi (3.04) Nov. 13 vs. Wyoming—A two-hour power Morgan Scalley (3.50) failure, frigid temperatures and a stiff wind Alex Smith (3.69) couldn’t deter the Utes from clinching their Nik Sonntag (3.59) second straight MWC championship with New head coach Kyle Whittingham (left) and Spencer Toone (3.78) a 45-28 win in Laramie. Alex Smith passed outgoing coach Urban Meyer served as co-head Reza Williams (3.89) for 244 yards and rushed for 90 yards. Utah coaches in Utah’s Fiesta Bowl victory.

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PASSING G EFFIC ATT-CMP-INT PCT YDS TD LNG AVG/G 2004 UTAH RESULTS (12-0, 7-0 MWC) SMITH,Alex 12 176.52 317-214-4 67.5 2952 32 78 246.0 Mountain West Conference Champion JOHNSON, Brian 10 129.66 21-14-1 66.7 142 1 33 14.2 Fiesta Bowl Champion WARREN, Paris 12 138.20 2-1-0 50.0 21 0 21 1.8 TAGOVAILOA, Fano 8 305.80 2-2-0 100.0 49 0 45 6.1 Date Opponent Result Attend TV GANTHER, Quinton 12 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 9-2 Texas A&M W, 41-21 45,419 ESPN SAVOY, Steve 12 100.00 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 9-11 at Arizona W, 23-6 52,790 KJZZ Total 12 173.45 344-232-5 67.4 3164 33 78 263.7 9-18 at Utah State W, 48-6 24,750 KJZZ Opponents 12 108.92 372-196-16 52.7 2439 11 59 203.2 9-25 Air Force* (HC) W, 49-35 44,043 ESPN+Plus 10-1 at New Mexico* W, 28-7 40,182 ESPN2 RECEIVING G NO. YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G 10-16 North Carolina W, 46-16 45,319 KJZZ WARREN, Paris 12 80 1076 13.4 12 65 89.7 10-23 UNLV* W, 63-28 40,341 KJZZ SAVOY, Steve 12 67 961 14.3 11 78 80.1 10-30 at San Diego State* W, 51-28 32,683 KJZZ LATENDRESSE, Travis 12 27 411 15.2 2 45 34.2 11-6 Colorado State* W, 63-31 44,222 ESPN2 MADSEN, John 12 27 377 14.0 5 58 31.4 11-13 at Wyoming* W, 45-28 17,074 ABC GANTHER, Quinton 12 7 49 7.0 1 15 4.1 11-20 Brigham Young* W, 52-21 45,326 ESPN2 JOHNSON, Marty 12 7 46 6.6 1 18 3.8 1-1 Pittsburgh^ W, 35-7 73,519 ABC WRIGHT, Jerome 12 5 64 12.8 1 15 5.3 *MWC game, ^Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, HC-Homecoming BURDETTE, Blake 12 3 20 6.7 0 18 1.7 RICHARDS, Derrek 11 2 53 26.5 0 33 4.8 JOHNSON, Joe 5 2 44 22.0 0 45 8.8 TEAM STATISTICS UTAH OPP SMITH,Alex 12 2 21 10.5 0 21 1.8 Points Per Game 45.3 19.5 HUFF, Thomas 5 1 24 24.0 0 24 4.8 Total First Downs 305 220 CLARK, Jon 12 1 20 20.0 0 20 1.7 Rushing 145 90 WALKER, Justin 9 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2 Passing 136 103 Total 12 232 3164 13.6 33 78 263.7 Penalty 24 27 Opponents 12 196 2439 12.4 11 59 203.2 Rushing Attempts-Yards 525-2833 443-1682 Rushing Avg Per Game 236.1 140.2 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 LG BLK Passing Att-Comp-Int 344-232-5 372-196-16 BORRESON, Bryan 2-2 100.0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 22 0 Passing Yards 3164 2439 CARROLL, David 5-5 100.0 0-0 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 36 0 Passing Avg Per Game 263.7 203.2 Total Offense Plays-Yards 869-5997 815-4121 Total Offense Per Game 499.8 343.4 SCORING TD FG PAT RUSH RCV PASS SAF PTS Punting No.-Yards-Avg. 45-1878-41.7 70-2727-39.0 SAVOY, Steve 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 102 Fumbles-Lost 22-9 19-13 RED ZONE OFFENSE JOHNSON, Marty 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 90 Penalties-Yards 88-765 80-693 Times at or inside 20: 67 WARREN, Paris 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 84 Sacks By-Yards 33-209 20-98 Scores: 62 SMITH,Alex 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 60 Third Down Conversions 80-153 62-177 Touchdowns: 55 CARROLL, David 0 5-5 44-44 0-0 0 0-0 0 59 Third Down Conversion Pct. 52% 35% Field Goals: 7 BORRESON, Bryan 0 2-2 25-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 31 Fourth Down Conversions 9-17 15-25 Scoring percentage: 93% MADSEN, John 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 30 Fourth Down Conversion Pct. 53% 60% TD percentage: 82% GANTHER, Quinto 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 18 Time of Possession Avg. 31:14 28:46 LATENDRESSE, Tr 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 12 Attendance Avg. 44,112 33,496 FIFITA, Steve 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 12 SCALLEY, Morgan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 12 HARPER, Shaun 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 SCORE BY QUARTER 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total FANENE, Jonathan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 Utah 151 190 135 68 0 544 NAGAHI, Bo 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 Opponents 41 69 54 70 0 234 JOHNSON, Brian 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 WRIGHT, Jerome 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 6 RUSHING GP ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LONG AVG/G BEARDALL, Dan 0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 JOHNSON, Marty 12 165 828 26 802 4.9 14 59 66.8 TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 2 GANTHER, Quinton 12 109 683 29 654 6.0 2 56 54.5 Total 75 7-7 71-75 0-0 0 0-0 1 544 SMITH,Alex 12 135 774 143 631 4.7 10 70 52.6 Opponents 32 4-11 30-30 0-1 0 0-1 0 234 SAVOY, Steve 12 22 307 0 307 14.0 6 92 25.6 WARREN, Paris 12 28 158 1 157 5.6 2 17 13.1 TOTAL OFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG JOHNSON, Brian 10 21 108 16 92 4.4 1 16 9.2 SMITH,Alex 12 452 631 2952 3583 298.6 TAGOVAILOA, Fano 8 11 45 1 44 4.0 0 9 5.5 JOHNSON, Marty 12 165 802 0 802 66.8 JOHNSON, Joe 5 11 45 4 41 3.7 0 18 8.2 GANTHER, Quinto 12 110 654 0 654 54.5 WRIGHT, Jerome 12 4 33 2 31 7.8 0 16 2.6 SAVOY, Steve 12 23 307 0 307 25.6 NAGAHI, Bo 11 1 23 0 23 23.0 0 23 2.1 JOHNSON, Brian 10 42 92 142 234 23.4 KOVACEVICH, Matt 12 1 21 0 21 21.0 0 21 1.8 WARREN, Paris 12 30 157 21 178 14.8 AU, Brigham 1 3 21 0 21 7.0 0 18 21.0 Others counted in team totals LATENDRESSE, Tr 12 3 9 0 9 3.0 0 6 0.8 Total 12 869 2833 3164 5997 499.8 FIFITA, Steve 12 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 4 0.4 Opponents 12 815 1682 2439 4121 343.4 MADSEN, Adam 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 POSTON, Darryl 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 3.0 PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG TB FC I20 BLK RICHARDS, Derrek 11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 KOVACEVICH, Mat 45 1878 41.7 68 5 14 14 0 WALKER, Justin 9 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 Total 45 1878 41.7 68 5 14 14 0 TEAM 8 5 0 11 -11 -2.2 0 0 -1.4 Opponents 70 2727 39.0 90 6 14 16 5 Total 12 525 3067 234 2833 5.4 36 92 236.1 Opponents 12 443 1990 308 1682 3.8 19 59 140.2

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ALL PURPOSE G RUSH REC PR KOR IR TOT AVG KICK RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG SAVOY, Steve 12 307 961 17 80 0 1365 113.8 WALKER, Justin 8 261 32.6 0 60 WARREN, Paris 12 157 1076 12 0 0 1245 103.8 NAGAHI, Bo 8 153 19.1 0 27 JOHNSON, Marty 12 802 46 0 0 0 848 70.7 SCALLEY, Morgan 5 209 41.8 1 90 GANTHER, Quinto 12 654 49 0 28 0 731 60.9 SAVOY, Steve 4 80 20.0 0 24 SMITH,Alex 12 631 21 0 0 0 652 54.3 TAGOVAILOA, Fan 2 31 15.5 0 33 LATENDRESSE, Tr 12 9 411 0 0 0 420 35.0 MADSEN, John 1 21 21.0 0 21 MADSEN, John 12 0 377 0 21 0 398 33.2 TOONE, Spencer 1 0 0.0 0 0 SCALLEY, Morgan 12 0 0 0 209 79 288 24.0 RICHARDS, Derre 1 40 40.0 0 40 WALKER, Justin 9 -1 -2 0 261 0 258 28.7 BURDETTE, Blake 1 15 15.0 0 15 WEDDLE, Eric 11 0 0 210 0 34 244 22.2 GANTHER, Quinto 1 28 28.0 0 28 NAGAHI, Bo 11 23 0 0 153 0 176 16.0 Total 32 838 26.2 1 90 TAGOVAILOA, Fan 8 44 0 50 31 0 125 15.6 Opponents 62 1165 18.8 0 41 WRIGHT, Jerome 12 31 64 0 0 0 95 7.9 RICHARDS, Derre 11 0 53 0 40 0 93 8.5 PUNT RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG JOHNSON, Brian 10 92 0 0 0 0 92 9.2 WEDDLE, Eric 20 210 10.5 0 31 JOHNSON, Joe 5 41 44 0 0 0 85 17.0 WARREN, Paris 5 12 2.4 0 6 FANENE, Jonatha 11 0 0 0 0 76 76 6.9 TAGOVAILOA, Fan 3 50 16.7 0 26 BURDETTE, Blake 12 0 20 33 15 0 68 5.7 SAVOY, Steve 3 17 5.7 0 7 MARSHALL, Grady 12 0 0 31 0 0 31 2.6 MARSHALL, Grady 2 31 15.5 0 0 KINSEY, Billy 12 0 0 29 0 0 29 2.4 KINSEY, Billy 1 29 29.0 0 0 DODDS, Corey 12 0 0 0 0 26 26 2.2 BURDETTE, Blake 1 33 33.0 0 0 HUFF, Thomas 5 0 24 0 0 0 24 4.8 HARPER, Shaun 0 0 0.0 1 0 Others counted in team totals Total 35 382 10.9 1 31 TEAM 8 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -1.4 Opponents 8 40 5.0 0 21 Total 12 2833 3164 382 838 227 7444 620.3 Opponents 12 1682 2439 40 1165 97 5423 451.9

DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP SOLO AST TOTAL TFL/YDS SACK-YARDS INT-YDS BRUP QBH FR-YDS FF BLK KICK SAF 9 TOONE, Spencer 12 40 75 115 4.0-7 1.0-2 . 2 . 3-0 1 . . 40 HACKENBRUCK, To 12 46 45 91 9.5-42 4.5-38 . 2 . 1-0 5 . . 32 WEDDLE, Eric 11 47 28 75 4.5-21 1.0-3 4-34 5 . 1-31 1 . . 25 SCALLEY, Morgan 12 27 24 51 2.5-26 2.5-26 6-79 2 . 2-92 . 1 . 55 LEDBETTER, Marq 12 15 31 46 9.0-27 4.5-19 1-6 1 . 1-0 2 . . 94 FIFITA, Steve 12 23 22 45 9.0-44 4.5-33 1-6 2 . . 1 . . 29 SMITH, Ryan 12 26 18 44 3.0-16 2.0-15 1-0 7 . 1-4 2 . . 22 NAGAHI, Bo 11 31 11 42 2.5-5 . . 1 . 1-12 . . . 93 DODDS, Corey 12 10 27 37 4.0-19 2.0-7 1-26 1 . 1-0 . . . 31 EVANS, Casey 12 17 19 36 2.5-6 . . . . . 1 . . 90 POUHA, Sione 10 16 20 36 3.0-15 2.0-8 1-0 4 . . . . . 3 FLETCHER, Geral 11 20 9 29 1.5-7 1.0-6 . 6 . . . . . 53 WILLIAMS, Reza 12 10 15 25 1.5-5 1.0-3 ...... 91 FANENE, Jonatha 11 12 10 22 5.5-27 3.0-23 1-76 1 . 1-0 . . . 4B BRADY, Kyle 12 5 15 20 0.5-0 ...... 42 JIANNONI, Joe 8 4 13 17 1.5-4 ...... 41 MARSHALL, Grady 12 7 9 16 0.5-1 ...... 3 . 16 OATES, Eugene 10 7 8 15 1.0-8 1.0-8 . 1 . . . . . 2 YOUNG, Antonio 11 6 8 14 0.5-1 ...... 96 KEMOEATU, Tevit 12 7 7 14 1.0-5 1.0-5 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 36 KINSEY, Billy 12 6 8 14 ...... 1 . 24 HARRIS, Tim 12 5 8 13 ...... 99 AFEAKI, Kite 11 3 9 12 1.0-2 . . 2 . . . . . 21 HARPER, Shaun 12 5 4 9 ...... 3B MOKOFISI, Malak 8 5 3 8 1.0-2 ...... 89 SONNTAG, Nik 8 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 92 CASTALDI, Tony 3 1 4 5 0.5-0 ...... 61 TASSAINER, JESS 4 2 3 5 0.5-0 ...... 48 BURNETT, Martai 9 3 2 5 1.0-5 1.0-5 . . . . . 1 . 45 PUCCINELLI, Ale 5 . 3 3 . . . RED ZONE . DEFENSE . . . . . 51 PREOBRAZHENSKY, 10 3 . 3 . . . Times opponent . at or inside . 20: .33 . . . 59 CARROLL, David 7 1 2 3 . . . Scores: 22 ...... 19 KOVACEVICH, Mat 12 1 2 3 . . . Touchdowns: . 19 . . . . . 14 MADSEN, Adam 2 1 1 2 . . . Field Goals: . 3 . . . . . 54 MILLER, Taylor 10 . 2 2 . . . Scoring percentage: . 67% . . . . . 11 SMITH,Alex 12 1 1 2 . . . TD percentage: . 58% . . . . . 49 RICHARDS, Derrek 11 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 8 1 . 1 1.0-8 1.0-8 ...... 1 27 UNUTOA, Dymond 4 1 . 1 ...... 10 WALKER, Justin 9 . 1 1 ...... 47 BURDETTE, Blake 12 ...... 1 . Total 12 423 474 897 72-303 33-209 16-227 39 . 13-139 13 7 1 Opponents. 12 - - - - 20-98 5-97 33 . 9-87 13 . .

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2005 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL STARTERS

OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT QB RB X-WR Z-WR H-WR E-WR Tavo David Jesse Chris Makai Alex Marty Steve Travis Paris John Tupola Dirkmaat Boone Kemoeatu Aalona Smith Johnson Savoy LaTendresse Warren Madsen

OFFENSE DE T NG E RLB MLB SLB RC LC FS SS Marquess Sione Steve Jonathan Spencer Tommy Corey Ryan Bo Morgan Eric Ledbetter Pouha Fifita Fanene Toone Hackenbruck Dodds Smith Nagahi Scalley Weddle

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GAME 1 • SEPT. 2 Texas A&M ...... 0 ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 14 ...... 21 Utah ...... 7 ...... 20 ...... 7 ...... 7 ...... 41 Utah Rank Utah 41, Texas A&M 21 Associated Press: 20 Scoring Summary Salt Lake City ESPN/USA Today: 19 UU–Savoy 78 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 13:47, 1st Rice-Eccles Stadium [45,419] Record: 1-0 UU–Savoy 9 run (Borreson kick) 14:53, 2nd UU–Smith 7 run (Borreson kick) 7:20, 2nd UU–Madsen 38 pass from Smith (Borreson kick failed) 3:52, 2nd AM–McNeal 59 run (Pegram kick) 3:02, 2nd SALT LAKE CITY—Alex Smith directed six touchdown drives and Utah UU–Smith 37 run (Borreson kick) 8:58, 3rd mauled Texas A&M, 41-21, on Sept. 2 in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Perform- AM–McNeal 8 run (Pegram kick) 11:35, 4th ing before an ESPN national television audience and a standing room UU–Wright 13 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 7:00, 4th only crowd of 45,419, Smith passed for three touchdowns and ran for two AM–Carter 5 run (Pegram kick) 0:10, 4th scores. He completed 21 of 29 passes for a career-high 359 yards and also Team Statistics AM UU rushed for 13 times for 76 yards. First Downs 17 23 On the fourth play of the game, Smith hit Steve Savoy for a 78-yard Net Rushing 31-167 45-212 touchdown pass. His other TD throws were to John Madsen and Jerome Passing 20-43-0 22-31-0 Wright. Paris Warren led all receivers with seven catches for a career-best Passing Yards 270 370 116 yards, while Savoy had five catches for 108 yards. Playing in his first Total Offense 74-437 76-582 game in two years, senior running back Marty Johnson led all rushers with Fumbles 0-0 1-0 77 yards. Penalties 9-80 8-75 Despite losing its two best strong safeties (Eric Weddle and Kawika 0-0 0-0 Casco) to knee injuries early in the first quarter, the defense never allowed Punting 9-34.0 7-39.6 Punt Returns 0-0 1-3 Texas A&M to get untracked. The Aggies finished with 437 total yards, but Kickoff Returns 3-22 2-59 nearly 40-percent of those (169 yards) came in the fourth quarter when Time of Possession 26:56 33:04 Utah substituted liberally. In his first start, Tommy Hackenbruck led the Third Down Conversions 3-16 7-16 defense with 10 tackles. Fourth Down Conversions 2-4 1-2 Sacks By 2-11 2-22

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: M. Johnson 20-77-0, Smith 13-76- 2. AM: McNeal 13-84-2, Lewis 10-44-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 29-21-0-359-3, B. Johnson 2-1-0-11-0. AM: McNeal 35-14-0-210-0, Branyon 8-6-0- 60-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 7-116-0, Savoy 5-108-1. AM: Murphy 8-116-0, Carter 4-70-0. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Walker 1-39, Nagahi 1-20. AM: Carter 1-16. Punt Returns–Utah: Warren 1-3. AM: none. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Hackenbruck 10 Sacks: Scalley 1-14, R Smith 1-8. TFL: Dodds 2-12. Interceptions: none.

Alex Smith was the national player of the week after leading Utah to a 41-21 rout of Texas A&M.

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GAME 2 • SEPT. 11 Utah ...... 17 ...... 0 ...... 6 ...... 0 ...... 23 Arizona ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 6 Utah Rank Utah 23, Arizona 6 Associated Press: 17 Scoring Summary Tucson, Ariz. ESPN/USA Today: 16 UU–Borreson 21 field goal, 12:07, 1st Record: 2-0 UU–Savoy 5 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 6:21, 1st Arizona Stadium [52,790] UA–Folk 33 field goal, 2:10, 1st UU–Johnson 20 run (Borreson kick) 1:17, 1st UA–Folk 35 field goal, 10:23, 2nd TUCSON—Utah exploded for 17 first-quarter points and went on to beat UU–Savoy 9 pass from Smith (Borreson kick failed) 1:07, 3rd Arizona 23-6 in Tucson. The Ute defense forced four turnovers—two inside the Wildcat 20-yard line—and made a critical goal line stand to end the first Team Statistics UU UA half. First Downs 18 18 The Wildcats had second and goal on Utah’s 1-yard line, but the Utes Net Rushing 38-156 33-114 Passing 12-22-0 19-25-1 stuffed them three times, with Casey Evans forcing a recovered by Passing Yards 170 198 Tommy Hackenbruck on Arizona’s fourth-down try. Hackenbruck also forced Total Offense 326 312 a fumble on the first play of the game and tackle Sione Pouha got his first Fumbles 0-0 4-3 career off a tipped pass. Penalties 8-82 3-25 The U. defense held Arizona to six rushing yards in the second half Interceptions 1-0 0-0 and was almost perfect in the red zone: Arizona got inside the Ute 20 five Punting 5-40.4 3-43.7 times but came away with just two field goals. Punt Returns 2-13 2-11 Conversely, Utah’s offense was 4-4 in the red zone. Marty Johnson Kickoff Returns 1-10 2-54 averaged 5.8 yards per carry in a 105-yard, 1 touchdown game, and Steve Time of Possession 28:24 31:36 Third Down Conversions 7-13 5-12 Savoy caught 7 passes for 95 yards and 2 scores. Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Sacks By 2-10 2-11

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: M. Johnson 18-105-1, Ganther 11-48-0. UA: Harris 15-56-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 22-12-0-170-2. UA: Heavner 25-19-1-198-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Savoy 7-95-2, Warren 3-54-0. UA: Williams 4-58-0, Jefferson 3-35-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Savoy 2-13. UA: Eidson 2-11 Kickoff Returns–Utah: Scalley 1-10. UA: Steptoe 2-54. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Toone 13, Hackenbruck 7. Sacks: Hackenbruck 1-4, Scalley 1-5, Fanne 1-1. TFL: Nagahi 1-3, R. Smith 1-1, Ledbetter 1-4, Scalley 1-5, Fanene 1-1. Interceptions: Pouha 1-0.

Marty Johnson rushed for 105 yards and a TD in Utah’s road win over Arizona.

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GAME 3 • SEPT. 18 Utah ...... 20 ...... 21 ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 48 Utah State ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 6 ...... 0 ...... 6 Utah Rank Utah 48, Utah State 6 Associated Press: 15 Scoring Summary Logan, Utah ESPN/USA Today: 16 UU–Warren 4 run (Borreson kick) 10:49, 1st Record: 3-0 UU–M. Johnson 1 run (Borreson kick) 2:08, 1st Romney Stadium [24,750] UU–Smith 7 run (Borreson kick failed) 0:15, 1st UU–Ganther 2 run (Borreson kick) 8:08, 2nd UU–Warren 10 pass from Smth (Borreson kick) 3:29, 2nd LOGAN—Utah’s starters blasted out to a 41-0 halftime lead and a lineup of UU–Fanene 76 interception return (Beardall kick) 1:25, 2nd mostly reserves played the rest of the way in a 48-6 win over Utah State in US–Richards 8 pass from Cox (pass failed) 7:07, 3rd Logan. It was the most points Utah had ever scored against the Aggies. UU–Madsen 6 pass from B. Johnson (Beardall kick) 3:50, 3rd Alex Smith completed 9-12 passes for 163 yards and 1 TD and rushed for 44 yards and 1 TD in one half of work. True freshman Brian Johnson Team Statistics UU USU First Downs 21 18 played most of the second half at quarterback, while junior Fano Tagovailoa Net Rushing 42-221 35-48 played several series at quarterback and receiver. Johnson completed 5-8 Passing 21-15-1 38-25-2 passes for 53 yards and his first collegiate touchdown—a 6-yard third-quar- Passing Yards 220 247 ter pass to John Madsen. Total Offense 63-441 73-295 Madsen (4 catches,69 yards, 1 TD) and Paris Warren (3 catches, 66 Fumbles 0-0 1-1 yards, 1 TD) led the Ute receivers. Marty Johnson rushed 11 times for 76 Penalties 9-98 9-60 yards (6.9 yards per rush) and 1 TD in less than three quarters. Interceptions 2-102 1-20 Utah held USU to 48 rushing yards (9 in the first half) and the first Punting 3-50.7 5-41.4 string defense did not allow a point. Defensive end Jonathan Fanene picked Punt Returns 2-4 1-21 Kickoff Returns 1-40 6-100 up his first career interception and returned it 76 yards for a touchdown. Time of Possession 28:07 31:53 Third Down Conversions 2-7 6-18 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 2-4 Sacks By 2-11 1-2

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: M. Johnson 11-76-1, Smith 7-44-1 USU: Sheilds 8-20-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 12-9-0-163-1, B. Johnson 8-5-1-53-1, Tagovailoa 1-1-0-4-0. USU: Cox 28-17-2- 163-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Madsen 4-63-1, Warren 3-66-1. USU: Robinson 7-70-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Savoy 1-4. USU: Robinson 1-21. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Richards 1-40. USU: Robinson 3-50. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Toone 6, Brady 6. Sacks: Fifita 1-6, Burnett 1-5. TFL: Fifita 2-10. Interceptions: Fanene 1-76-1, Dodds 1-26.

Defensive lineman Jonathan Fanene returned an interception 76 yards for a TD in Utah’s win.

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GAME 4 • SEPT. 25 Air Force ...... 7 ...... 7 ...... 14 ...... 7 ...... 35 Utah ...... 0 ...... 21 ...... 14 ...... 14 ...... 49 Utah Rank Utah 49, Air Force 35 Associated Press: 14 Scoring Summary Salt Lake City ESPN/USA Today: 14 AF–Carney 5 run (Greenaway kick) 11:13, 1st Record: 4-0 AF–Carney 47 run (Greenaway kick), 11:43, 2nd Rice-Eccles Stadium [44,043] UU–M. Johnson 2 run (Borreson kick) 9:43, 2nd UU–Warren 65 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 2:37, 2nd UU–Smith 10 run (Borreson kick) 1:54, 2nd SALT LAKE CITY—Utah overcame a 14-0 Air Force lead by scoring three UU–Savoy 13 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 12:15, 3rd unanswered touchdowns in the second quarter en route to a 49-35 win. It UU–M. Johnson (Borreson kick) 8:40, 3rd took a 28-point second half for Utah to hold off Air Force, which scored 21 AF–Stahr 6 pass from Carney (Greenaway kick) 5:28, 3rd of its own to finish the game. AF–Carney 2 run (Greenaway kick) 2:14, 3rd Marty Johnson tied the school record with four rushing touchdowns, UU–M. Johnson 2 run (Borreson kick) 12:51, 4th UU–M. Johnson 1 run (Borreson kick) 7:30, 4th while Alex Smith passed for a pair of TDs and ran for another. Paris AF–Moss 5 run (Eberle kick) 0:22, 4th Warren’s 137-yard receiving game was a career-best. Smith averaged 20.0 yards per completion while throwing for 260 yards and he rushed for 84 Team Statistics AFA UU yards. Johnson rushed for 72 yards and Quinton Ganther averaged 10.8 First Downs 21 25 yards per rush in a 65-yard game—a career high. Net Rushing 66-302 45-257 Spencer Toone led the defense with a career-best 14 tackles and Passing 16-11-1 24-14-0 Sione Pouha also had a career game with 13 tackles (2 for a loss, 2 sacks). Passing Yards 169 260 Freshman cornerback Ryan Smith had a pass breakup and an interception Total Offense 82-471 69-505 in the end zone. He also had 10 tackles and 2 forced fumbles. Fumbles 4-2 3-2 Penalties 4-40 4-20 Interceptions 0-0 1-0 Punting 6-45.8 4-43.8 Punt Returns 0-0 4-65 Kickoff Returns 6-110 5-87 Time of Possession 34:33 25:27 Third Down Conversions 13-21 8-13 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 0-1 Sacks By 0-0 4-20

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 13-84-1, M. Johnson 21-72- 4, Ganther 6-65-0. AFA: Carney 21-95-3. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 23-13-0-260-2. AFA: Carney 13-9-0-158-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 6-137-1, LaTendresse 3-41-0. AFA: Messerall 3-55-0, Holstege 2-66-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 4-65. AFA: none. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Nagahi 2-50, Savoy 2-37. AFA: Messerall 5-90. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Toone 14, Pouha 13. Sacks: Fifita 2-11, Pouha 2-6. TFL: Fifita 2-11, Pouha 2-6. Interceptions: Smith 1-0.

Freshman cornerback Ryan Smith earned MWC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his 10-tackle game against Air Force. He also had 2 forced fumbles, an interception and a PBU.

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GAME 5 • OCT. 1 Utah ...... 7 ...... 14 ...... 0 ...... 7 ...... 28 New Mexico ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 7 Utah Rank Utah 28, New Mexico 7 Associated Press: 14 Scoring Summary Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN/USA Today: 14 UU–Smith 3 run (Borreson kick) 7:34, 1st Record: 5-0 NM–Fulbright 68 fumble return (Zunker kick) 0:10, 1st University Stadium [40,182] UU–Warren 7 run (Borreson kick) 12:14, 2nd UU–Smith 6 run (Borreson kick) 4:42, 2nd UU–Savoy 10 run (Borreson kick) 9:06, 4th ALBUQUERQUE—In a game billed as the league’s best offense against its best defense, Utah’s offense won. So did its defense—ranked second in Team Statistics UU NM scoring defense to New Mexico coming into their Oct. 1 game, but winning First Downs 24 8 the upper hand in head-to-head competition, 28-7 in Albuquerque. Net Rushing 53-278 35-74 Entering the game, UNM was only allowing 66.3 rushing yards per Passing 15-29-1 7-24-1 Passing Yards 188 83 game—also best in the MWC. That was before Utah rolled up 278 rushing Total Offense 82-466 59-157 yards while holding the Lobos to just 74. The total offense numbers were Fumbles 3-2 0-0 just as lopsided, as Utah won that battle 466-157. The Lobos managed just Penalties 3-17 8-65 eight first downs against Utah’s stifling defense and punted 14 times, break- Interceptions 1-30 1-0 ing a 55-year-old Utah record for most punts by an opponent. Punting 8-40.8 14-41.4 And New Mexico’s only score did not come against the defense. It Punt Returns 6-31 2-8 came on a questionable fumble return on what appeared to be an incom- Kickoff Returns 1-16 4-69 plete pass. Quinton Ganther ran for a career-high 106 yards, Marty Johnson Time of Possession 35:39 24:21 rushed for 99 yards and Steve Savoy had 150 receiving yards to lead the Third Down Conversions 9-18 3-17 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 offense. Sacks By 3-20 2-13 Eric Weddle led the defense with 7 tackles, while Morgan Scalley had an interception, a sack and a pass breakup, and Tommy Hackenbruck Individual Leaders chipped in 6 tackles (3 for a loss). Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ganther 22-106-0, M. Johnson 11-99-0, Smith 0-6-2. UNM: Cox 13-46-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 28-14-1-167-0, Warren 1-1-0-21-0. UNM: McKamey 22-7-1-83-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Savoy 11-150-0. UNM: Baskett 4-75-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 3-22. UNM: Payne 2-8. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Nagahi 1-16. UNM: Smith 2-32. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Weddle 7. Sacks: Fletcher 1-6, Scalley 1-7, R. Smith 1-7. TFL: Hackenbruck 3-2. Interceptions: Scalley 1-30.

Quinton Ganther rushed for a career-high 106 yards in Utah’s 28-7 victory over New Mexico.

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GAME 6 • OCT. 16 North Carolina ...... 7 ...... 3 ...... 6 ...... 0 ...... 16 Utah ...... 10 ...... 20 ...... 7 ...... 9 ...... 46 Utah Rank Utah 46, North Carolina 16 Associated Press: 11 Scoring Summary Salt Lake City ESPN/USA Today: 10 NC–Hedgecok 1 run (Barth kick) 9:15, 1st Record: 6-0 UU–M. Johnson 6 run (Borreson kick) 6:42, 1st Rice-Eccles Stadium [45,319] UU–Borreson 22 field goal, 0:58, 1st UU–Ganther 5 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 13:39, 2nd NC–Barth 29 field goal, 9:45, 2nd SALT LAKE CITY—Utah exploded past North Carolina in its first-ever UU–Savoy 46 pass from Smith (Borreson kick) 7:50, 2nd game against an ACC opponent, demolishing the Tarheels 46-16 before the UU–Warren 6 pass from Warren (Borreson no good) 0:02, 2nd fourth-largest crowd in school history (45,319). UU–Smith 5 run (Carroll kick) 10:17, 3rd Alex Smith passed for four touchdowns, rushed for another and led NC–Hedgecock 1 run (rush no good) 1:57, 3rd Utah to 669 yards of total offense—second-most in school history and the UU–Madsen 15 pass from Smith (Carroll good), 12:30, 4th UU–team safety, 6:44, 4th most ever relinquished by a UNC team. Eric Weddle’s 11 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, and an inter- Team Statistics NC UU ception highlighted another stalwart effort by the defense, which held UNC First Downs 14 35 to just 221 yards of total offense and made an amazing goal line stand with Net Rushing 27-66 46-301 the Tarheels on the Utah 1-yard line on first down. Passing 16-34-1 31-40-1 Smith was all but invincible, completing 29-37 passes for 341 yards Passing Yards 173 381 and rushing for 55 yards. Johnson rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown Total Offense 221 669 and receiver Steve Savoy had a season-best 154 receiving yards and a Fumbles 1-1 2-1 score. Penalties 4-25 12-86 Interceptions 1-2 1-0 Punting 6-38.0 3-45.7 Punt Returns 0-0 2-23 Kickoff Returns 4-29.5 1-27.0 Time of Possession 24:46 35:14 Third Down Conversions 5-14 6-11 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 Sacks By 1-2 1-8

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: M. Johnson 10-82-1, Ganther 10- 65-0. UNC: Scott 9-16-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 37-29-1-341-4, B. Johnson 2-2-0-40-0. UNC: Durrant 20-10-0-119-0, Baker 13-6-1- 54-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Savoy 10-154-1, Warren 7-83-1. UNC: Pollock 6-36-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Marshall 1-20. UNC: none. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Walker 1-27. UNC: Mason 3-103. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Weddle 11, Toone 9. Sacks: team 1-8. TFL: Weddle 1.5-5, Evans 1.5-3. Interceptions: Weddle 1-0.

Steve Savoy hurt North Carolina with his 154 receiving yards. He also scored a touchdown.

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GAME 7 • OCT. 23 UNLV ...... 7 ...... 7 ...... 7 ...... 7 ...... 28 Utah ...... 28 ...... 14 ...... 21 ...... 0 ...... 63 Utah Rank Utah 63, UNLV 28 Associated Press: 9 Scoring Summary Salt Lake City ESPN/USA Today: 10 UU–Scalley 90 kickoff return (Carroll kick) 14:45, 1st Record: 7-0 UU–Savoy 27 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 11:40, 1st Rice-Eccles Stadium [40,341] UU–LaTendresse 18 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 4:25, 1st LV–Perkins 4 run (Aguayo kick) 1:49, 1st UU–Smith 70 run (Carroll kick) 0:24, 1st SALT LAKE CITY—Utah set the tone from the opening kickoff against UNLV UU–Savoy 28 run (Carroll kick) 14:07, 2nd when Bo Nagahi ran the ball 10 yards out of the end zone and handed it to LV–Dorsey 38 run (IAguayo kick) 6:44, 2nd Morgan Scalley, who raced 90 yards for a touchdown just 15 seconds into a UU–Warren 9 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 0:21, 2nd 63-28 Utah victory. UU–Fifita 6 interception return (Carroll kick) 10:49, 3rd Utah tacked on three additional touchdowns in the first quarter—tying LV–Dorsey 28 run (Aguayo kick) 8:05, 3rd UU–M. Johnson 2 run (Carroll kick) 2:23, 3rd a school record for most points scored in a quarter (28). The statistics didn’t UU–Harper 0 blocked field goal (Carroll kick) 0:15, 3rd tell the tale of this shellacking, partially because most of Utah’s offensive LV–Steichen 25 run (Aguayo kick) 6:00, 4th and defensive starters sat out the entire four quarter—also the only score- less quarter by the Utes. Team Statistics LV UU Still, Alex Smith passed for three touchdowns and ran for a 70-yard First Downs 17 23 score. Grady Marshall blocked a punt, his third of the season. A blocked Net Rushing 48-311 46-281 punt by Billy Kinsey was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown by Passing 9-22-2 12-22-0 Shaun Harper. Passing Yards 111 152 Freshman kicker David Carroll tied a school record in his first start Total Offense 70-422 68-433 Fumbles 3-2 4-1 by making nine extra point attempts. Eric Weddle led the defense with a Penalties 11-89 4-25 career-tying 11 tackles and a forced fumble. Interceptions 0-0 2-13-1 Punting 6-27.3 5-40.8 Punt Returns 1-1 4-59-1 Kickoff Returns 7-126 4-170-1 Time of Possession 30:25 29:35 Third Down Conversions 2-12 6-14 Fourth Down Conversions 2-2 0-2 Sacks By 3-23 0-0

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 9-77-1, M. Johnson 12-45-1. UNLV: Dorsey 24-179-2, Perkins 18-95-1. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 19-11-0-147-3, B. Johnson 3-1-0-5-0. UNLV: Steichen 22-9-2-111-0. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 5-50, Savoy 4-61. UNLV: Marshall 3-46. Punt Returns–Utah: Tagovailoa 1-14. UNLV: Dorsey 1-1. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Scalley 0-90-1. UNLV: Marshall 2-42. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Weddle 11. Sacks: none. TFL: Jiannoni 2-4. Interceptions: Fifita 1-6-1, Scalley 1-7.

True freshman David Carroll tied a school record in his first start by making nine extra points.

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GAME 8 • OCT. 30 Utah ...... 10 ...... 24 ...... 7 ...... 10 ...... 51 SDSU ...... 0 ...... 21 ...... 0 ...... 7 ...... 28 Utah Rank Utah 51, San Diego State 28 Associated Press: 9 Scoring Summary San Diego, Calif. ESPN/USA Today: 10 UU–Warren 5 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 8:17, 1st Record: 8-0 UU–Carroll 29 field goal, 2:02, 1st Qualcomm Stadium [32,683] SD–Webb 9 pass from O’Connell (Palmer kick) 14:56, 2nd UU–Warren 10 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 14:22, 2nd SD–O’Connell 5 run (Palmer kick) 11:24, 2nd SAN DIEGO—Alex Smith decimated the league’s leading defense by pass- UU–Savoy 18 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 7:49, 2nd ing for 298 yards and a career-best five touchdowns in a 51-28 Ute victory SD–Lobel 19 fumble return (Palmer kick) 3:37, 2nd over San Diego State. He also tied for the team lead with 45 rushing yards UU–Carroll 36 field goal, 1:14, 2nd and accounted for 343 of Utah’s 548 total yards. UU–LaTendresse 3 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 0:45, 2nd Receivers Paris Warren (113 yards) and Steve Savoy (70) yards com- UU–M. Johnson 4 run (Carroll kick) 12:45, 3rd SD–Webb 21 pass from O’Connell (Palmer kick) 14:51, 4th bined to score four touchdowns. Special teams played a big role: Morgan UU–Savoy 23 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 13:12, 4th Scalley kept SDSU off the board in the first quarter by blocking a field goal UU–Carroll 23 field goal, 8:26, 4th and Blake Burdette’s blocked punt right before halftime resulted in a touch- down one play later. Team Statistics UU SD Spencer Toone led the defense with nine tackles. Scalley and Eric First Downs 29 23 Weddle each intercepted a pass. Net Rushing 44-173 33-162 Passing 36-25-0 43-21-2 Passing Yards 375 252 Total Offense 80-548 76-414 Fumbles 1-1 1-0 Penalties 6-53 9-116 Interceptions 2-36 0-0 Punting 2-33.0 5-31.0 Punt Returns 4-54 0-0 Kickoff Returns 5-137 8-99 Time of Possession 33:05 26:55 Third Down Conversions 8-14 5-14 Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 2-3 Sacks By 4-15 2-10

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ganther 5-45-0, Smith 15-45-0, M. Johnson 12-45-1. SDSU: Bornes 17-112-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 33-22-0-298-5, B. Johnson 2-2-0-32-0, Tagovailoa 1-1-0-45-0. SDSU: O’Connell 43-21-2-252-2. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 10-113-2, Savoy 4-70-2. SDSU: Webb 9-138-2. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 2-11. SDSU: none. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Scalley 4-109. SDSU: Conerly 5-71. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Toone 9, Weddle 6. Sacks: Ledbetter 1.5-3. TFL: Ledbetter 2-3. Interceptions: Scalley 1-2, Weddle 1-34.

Morgan Scalley stymied San Diego State with an interception and a blocked field goal.

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GAME 9 • NOV. 6 Colorado State ...... 3 ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 21 ...... 31 Utah ...... 21 ...... 21 ...... 14 ...... 7 ...... 63 Utah Rank Utah 63, Colorado State 31 Associated Press: 7 Scoring Summary Salt Lake City ESPN/USA Today: 8 UU–Warren 5 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 9:51, 1st Record: 9-0 UU–Scalley 88 fumble return (Carroll kick) 8:04, 1st Rice-Eccles Stadium [44,222] CS–Babcock, 39 field goal, 4:36, 1st UU–Warren 6 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 1:18, 1st UU–Savoy 22 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 10:04, 2nd SALT LAKE CITY—Alex Smith and Morgan Scalley struck fast and often to UU–M. Johnson 1 run (Carroll kick) 3:50, 2nd lead Utah to a 63-31 thrashing of Colorado State. Smith, who sat out most UU–M. Johnson 1 run (Carroll) 0:39, 2nd of the second half after leading the Utes to a 42-10 halftime lead, shredded CS–Morton 26 pass from Hanie (Babcock kick) 1:12, 2nd CSU by completing 21-26 passes for 291 yards and 4 touchdowns. UU–M. Johnson 1 run (Carroll kick), 9:14, 3rd Scalley stopped CSU in the red zone midway through the first quarter UU–B. Johnson 4 run (Carroll kick) 5:43, 3rd CS–Houston 1 run (Babcock kick) 14:15, 4th by scooping up a fumble and returning it a school-record 88 yards for a CS–Morton 24 from Hanie (Babcock) 11:10, 4th touchdown. He also grabbed two interceptions, returning one to the Colo- CS–Hanie 48 run (Babcock kick) 7:15, 4th rado State 22-yard line. UU–Warren 9 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 5:07, 4th Smith threw a touchdown strike to Steve Savoy (6 catches, 121 yards, 1 TD) on the next play. Paris Warren caught 10 passes for 98 yards and 3 Team Statistics CS UU touchdowns and Marty Johnson rushed for 3 TDs. First Downs 23 28 Utah’s tackle leader was Spencer Toone with 11. Eric Weddle had an Net Rushing 39-226 45-242 interception and a fumble return for the Utes, who played their second and Passing 12-26-3 23-29-0 third string defense during the 21-point CSU fourth quarter. Passing Yards 194 292 Total Offense 65-420 74-534 Fumbles 3-2 2-0 Penalties 7-50 13-130 Interceptions 0-0 3-40 Punting 3-43.0 3-40.0 Punt Returns 2-(-1) 3-45 Kickoff Returns 7-156 2-63 Time of Possession 29:23 30:37 Third Down Conversions 3-11 5-11 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 2-2 Sacks By 2-4 0-0

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ganther 7-81-0, B. Johnson 10-55- 1, Smith 9-55-0. CSU: Green 18-75-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 26-21-0-291-4, B. Johnson 3-2-0-1-0. CSU: Hanie 25-11-3-190-2. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Savoy 6-121-1, Warren 10-98-3. CSU: Dreessen 6-67-0. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 2-19. CSU: Anderson 2-(-1). Kickoff Returns–Utah: Walker 2-63. CSU: Herbert 5-116. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Toone 11. Sacks: none. TFL: Evans 1-3. Interceptions: Scalley 2-40, Weddle 1-0.

Paris Warren caught 10 passes for 98 yards and 3 touchdowns in Utah’s blowout win over CSU.

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GAME 10 • NOV. 13 Utah ...... 17 ...... 14 ...... 14 ...... 0 ...... 45 Wyoming ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 7 ...... 14 ...... 28 Utah Rank Utah 45, Wyoming 21 Associated Press: 7 Scoring Summary Laramie, Wyo. ESPN/USA Today: 8 UU–Smith 27 run (Carroll kick) 12:53, 1st Record: 10-0 UU–M. Johnson 1 run (Carroll kick) 5:30, 1st War Memorial Stadium [17,074] UW–Bouknight 59 pass from Bramlet (Yaussi kick) 3:39, 1st UU–Carroll 25 field goal, 0:14, 1st UU–Warren 26 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 11:04, 2nd LARAMIE—A power failure that caused a nearly two-hour delay, along with UU–Savoy 10 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 4:08, 2nd frigid temperatures and a 21 mile-per-hour wind, did not deter the Utes from UU–Savoy 15 run (Carroll kick) 10:23, 3rd clinching their second straight outright MWC Championship with a 45-28 UW–Bramlet 2 run (Yaussi kick) 2:16, 3rd win over Wyoming in Laramie. UU–Madsen 15 pass (Carroll kick) 0:00,3rd Alex Smith got Utah out of the chute fast, running for a 27-yard touch- UW–Bramlet 1 run (Yaussi kick) 0:46, 4th UW–Bouknight 20 pass from Bramlet (Yaussi kick) 0:34, 1st down on the first series. Smith finished with 334 yards of total offense (90 rushing, 244 passing) and four touchdowns. Marty Johnson tied his season Team Statistics UU UW best by rushing for 105 yards and a score to help Utah sprint to a 31-7 First Downs 28 23 halftime lead. Net Rushing 42-244 39-132 Two Wyoming scores with less than a minute left in the game made Passing 17-27-0 17-28-2 the game appear closer than it was. The Ute defense forced three turn- Passing Yards 244 278 overs, with Morgan Scalley grabbing his sixth interception of the year, while Total Offense 69-488 67-410 Marquess Ledbetter picked off his first. Ledbetter also had a sack and two Fumbles 2-1 1-1 tackles for loss. Penalties 6-35 7-61 Interceptions 2-6 0-0 Tommy Hackenbruck led the Utes with a career-best 13 tackles and Punting 3-50.0 4-50.3 also forced a fumble on Wyoming’s first offensive series. Punt Returns 3-27 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-63 5-140 Time of Possession 30:29 29:31 Third Down Conversions 7-12 6-14 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 3-4 Sacks By 1-3 1-4

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: M. Johnson 14-105-1, Smith 14- 90-1. UW: Bramlet 12-51-2. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 27-17-0-244-3. UW: Bramlet 28-17-2-278-2. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: LaTendresse 4-87-0, Savoy 6-61- 1, Warren 4-57-1. UW: Bouknight 6-142-2. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 3-27. UW: none. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Walker 2-50. UW: Bouknight 4-108. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Hackenbruck, Toone 9. Sacks: Ledbetter 1-3. TFL: 2-4. Interceptions: Scalley 1-0, Ledbetter 1-6.

Travis LaTendresse led Utah with 87 receiving yards in a victory over Wyoming in Laramie.

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GAME 11 • NOV. 20 BYU ...... 0 ...... 14 ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 21 Utah ...... 7 ...... 14 ...... 17 ...... 14 ...... 52 Utah Rank Utah 52, Brigham Young 21 Associated Press: 5 Scoring Summary Salt Lake City ESPN/USA Today: 6 UU–Savoy 2 run (Carroll kick) 0:52, 1st Record: 11-0 BY–Watkins 5 pass from Beck (Payne kick) 12:13, 2nd Rice-Eccles Stadium [45,326] UU–M. Johnson 5 run (Carroll kick) 9:28, 2nd BY–Brown 6 run (Payne kick) 5:40, 2nd UU–Smith 2 run (Carroll kick) 1:19, 2nd SALT LAKE CITY—Utah capped an historic 11-0 regular season with a 52- UU–Carroll 30 field goal, 11:43, 3rd 21 victory over arch-rival Brigham Young on Nov. 20. It was the third straight UU–Nagahi 12 fumble return (Carroll kick) 10:43, 3rd win by the Utes over BYU and the most convincing. BY–Collie 16 pass from Beck (Payne kick) 8:38, 3rd Receiver Steve Savoy powered the Ute offense with 96 yards and 2 UU–Savoy 92 run (Carroll kick), 5:59, 3rd touchdowns rushing, and 47 yards and a TD receiving. Quinton Ganther’s UU–Savoy 20 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 10:34, 4th UU–Fifita 4 run (Carroll kick) 1:03, 4th 122 rushing yards was a career high. Senior cornerback Bo Nagahi made a splash in his last game in Rice- Team Statistics BY UU Eccles Stadium. He scored on a 12-yard fumble return and ran 23 yards First Downs 19 26 on a fake punt for a critical first down with Utah leading just 24-14. Spencer Net Rushing 27-81 48-354 Toone led the Ute defense and tied his career high with 14 tackles. Passing 17-33-1 17-26-2 Utah broke open a 21-14 game with 31 second half points. The Ute Passing Yards 213 184 defense allowed just one touchdown in the second half. On hand for the Total Offense 60-294 74-538 Ute victory was the ESPN College Football GameDay crew, which televised Fumbles 1-1 3-0 its show live from the Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot earlier that day, and Penalties 6-52 8-93 Interceptions 2-75 1-0 ESPN2, which televised the game live nationally. Punting 4-43.0 1-41.0 Much of the fourth-biggest crowd in school history (45,326) poured Punt Returns 0-0 3-48 onto the field after the game to celebrate the conference championship and Kickoff Returns 7-127 4-124 to tear down the goal posts. Time of Possession 23:39 36:21 Third Down Conversions 4-11 7-14 Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 3-4 Sacks By 2-9 3-17

Individual Leaders Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Ganther 11-122-0, Savoy 3-96-2. BYU: Brown 18-84-1. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 24-16-2-184-1. BYU: Beck 32-17-0-213-2. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 8-95, Savoy 5-47. BYU: Watkins 4-41-1. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 3-48. BYU: none. Kickoff Returns–Utah: Savoy 2-43, Walker 1-60. BYU: Mahuika 6-110. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Toone 14, Hackenbruck 9. Sacks: Fanene 1-9, Fifita 1-4. TFL: Fanene 2-10. Interceptions: Weddle 1-0.

Senior Bo Nagahi scored on a 12-yard fumble return in his final game in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

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GAME 12 • JAN. 1, 2005 Pitt ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 7 ...... 0 ...... 7 Utah ...... 7 ...... 7 ...... 21 ...... 0 ...... 35 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL Utah Rank Utah 35, Pittsburgh 7 Associated Press: 5 Scoring Summary Tempe, Ariz. ESPN/USA Today: 6 UU–Ganther 4 run (Carroll kick) 3:09, 1st Record: 12-0 UU–Madsen 6 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 5:29, 2nd Sun Devil Stadium [73,519] UU–M. Johnson 18 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 11:13, 3rd UU–Warren 23 pass from Smith (Carroll kick) 6:22, 3rd PT–Lee 31 pass from Palko (Cummings kick) 4:28, 3rd TEMPE—In the first BCS game ever for a non-BCS school, Utah steam- UU–Warren 18 pass from Smith-Savoy lateral (Carroll kick) 0:25, 3rd rolled over Big East co-champion Pittsburgh, 35-7, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Led by offensive co-MVPs Alex Smith and Paris Warren, who teamed Team Statistics PITT UU up for 15 of Smith’s 29 total completions, Utah jumped to a 28-0 lead before First Downs 19 25 Pittsburgh’s only score of the day. Net Rushing 30-17 31-139 Passing 22-40-0 29-37-0 Warren’s 15 receptions, which went for 198 yards, was a Fiesta Bowl Passing Yards 251 328 record. Smith was unstoppable, completing 29 of 37 passes for 328 yards Total Offense 70-268 68-467 and 4 touchdowns (no interceptions). Utah’s marvelous Heisman Trophy Fumbles 0-0 1-1 finalist QB also led all rushers with 68 net yards. Penalties 3-30 7-51 Equally responsible for Utah’s blowout victory was the defense, which Interceptions 0-0 0-0 set a bowl record with nine quarterback sacks. Nose guard Steve Fifita, the Punting 5-36.0 1-28.0 defensive MVP, had 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and a sack. Safety Eric Punt Returns 0-0 1-10 Weddle led the defense with 11 tackles, a sack and a pass breakup and Kickoff Returns 3-44 2-42 senior linebacker Tommy Hackenbruck had a monster game in his final Time of Possession 31:17 28:43 Third Down Conversions 7-17 8-10 Ute outing. Included in Hackenbruck’s 10 total tackles were 3 sacks for 29 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 yards. Sacks By 2-9 9-73 The Utes enjoyed a home field atmosphere as the vast majority of sold- out Sun Devil Stadium was red-clad. All estimates suggest it was the largest Individual Leaders gathering of Ute fans ever to watch a Utah football game. Rushing (Att-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 15-68-0, Ganther 6-34-1. Pitt: Murphy 12-37-0. Passing (Att-Comp-I-Yds-TD)–Utah: Smith 37-29-0-328-4. Pitt: Palko 40-22-0-251-1. Receiving (No-Yds-TD)–Utah: Warren 15-198-2, Savoy 7-70-0. Pitt: Delsardo 9-109-0, Lee 7-93-1. Punt Returns–Utah: Weddle 1-10. Pitt: none Kickoff Returns–Utah: Walker 1-22, Nagahi 1-20. Pitt: Furman 3-44. Utah Defensive Leaders–Tackles: Weddle 11, Hackenbruck 10. Sacks: Hackenbruck 3-29, Ledbetter 2-13. TFL: Hackenbruck 3-29, Fifita 2-13, Ledbetter 2-13. Interceptions: none.

Utah set a Fiesta Bowl record with nine sacks in its win over Pitt. Steve Fifita (No. 94), who was named the Fiesta Bowl defensive MVP, had one of the sacks and two tackles for loss.

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