American Athletic Conference Football Report 2014 Season • Week 7

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2014 STANDINGS

AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NOTABLE East Carolina 19/19 1-0 1.000 45 24 1-0 0-0 4-1 .800 218 126 3-0 1-1 0-0 Won 3 Pirates are in top 25 for first time since 2008 Temple 1-0 1.000 36 10 0-0 1-0 3-1 .750 156 48 1-1 2-0 0-0 Won 2 Owls have won two straight road games Memphis -/rv 1-0 1.000 41 14 0-0 1-0 3-2 .600 178 97 2-0 1-2 0-0 Won 1 Tigers are above .500 for first time since 2007 UCF 1-0 1.000 17 12 0-0 1-0 2-2 .500 92 83 1-0 1-1 0-1 Won 2 Knights have won 10 straight regular-season conference games USF 1-0 1.000 17 14 1-0 0-0 2-3 .400 97 145 2-2 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 Bulls have matched win total from 2013 season Tulsa 1-0 1.000 38 31 1-0 0-0 1-4 .200 117 212 1-2 0-2 0-0 Lost 4 Tulsa has not scored in the first quarter this season Cincinnati 0-1 .000 14 41 0-1 0-0 2-2 .500 131 149 2-1 0-1 0-0 Lost 2 Bearcats had possession for 19:05 against Memphis Houston 0-1 .000 12 17 0-1 0-0 2-3 .400 138 91 2-2 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 Cougars have forced a turnover in 28 straight games Tulane 0-1 .000 31 38 0-0 0-1 1-4 .200 106 174 1-1 0-3 0-0 Lost 2 RB Sherman Badie has two 100-yard games this season SMU 0-1 .000 24 45 0-0 0-1 0-5 .000 36 247 0-2 0-3 0-0 Lost 7 SMU was 5-for-6 on fourth down against East Carolina UConn 0-2 .000 24 53 0-1 0-1 1-4 .200 74 142 1-3 0-1 0-0 Lost 3 Huskies rank second in the conference in total defense THIS WEEK OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Shane Carden • Sr. • QB • East Carolina • Houston, Texas Thursday, October 9 Carden accounted for 457 yards of total offense and threw four first-half touchdown passes to lead Brigham Young at UCF...... 7:30 p.m. East Carolina to a 45-24 win against SMU in the Pirates’ first American Athletic Conference game. Television: ESPN Carden completed 31 of 41 passes for 410 yards and four TDs and rushed for 47 yards on seven carries. Series: Brigham Young leads, 1-0 He turned in his third consecutive game with at least 400 passing yards and became East Carolina’s Last Meeting: Sept. 23, 2011 — Brigham Young, 24-17 career passing leader in the win. Carden has thrown for 9,134 yards in his career, passing the old mark of 9,029, which was set by David Garrard from 1998-2001. Saturday, October 11 Cincinnati at Miami (Fla.)...... Noon Television: ACC Regional Networks DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Series: Miami leads, 10-1 Last Meeting: Sept. 12, 1998 — Miami, 38-12 Tank Jakes • Sr. • LB • Memphis • Phenix City, Ala. Jakes led a Memphis defense that limited preseason American Athletic Conference favorite Cincinnati Tulsa at Temple...... Noon to 14 points and just three third-down conversions in the Tigers’ 41-14 win on the road. Jakes had a Television: ESPNews team-high 10 tackles, with three tackles for loss, two sacks, two quarterback hurries, a pass breakup Series: Tulsa leads, 2-0 and a forced fumble that set up a touchdown. Jakes is the national leader in tackles for loss (2.4 per Last Meeting: Nov. 19, 1988 — Tulsa, 15-10 game) and is ranked sixth nationally in sacks (1.2 per game).

East Carolina at USF...... 7 p.m. Television: ESPNU SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Series: USF leads, 4-0 Kyle Bullard • Jr. • K • Houston • Boerne, Texas Last Meeting: Dec. 23, 2006 — USF, 24-7 Bullard accounted for all of Houston’s scoring in the Cougars’ 17-12 loss to UCF, including a pair of long field goals in the fourth quarter that allowed Houston to have a chance to win on its final possession. He was Houston at Memphis...... 7 p.m. 4-for-4 in field goal attempts for the game, with first-half makes from 39 and 42 yards and fourth-quarter Television: CBS Sports Network kicks from 51 and 49 yards. Bullard, who has made a school-record 18 consecutive field goals dating to last season, is Series: Houston leads, 13-9 the leading scorer in the American Athletic Conference (9.4 ppg) and is the national leader in field goals (2.4 per game). Last Meeting: Oct. 12, 2013 — Houston, 25-15

UConn at Tulane...... 8 p.m. HONOR ROLL Television: ESPNews Brandon Alexander • Sr. • S • UCF • Orlando, Fla. Series: First meeting Had nine tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, an interception and a pivotal forced fumble inside the 1-yard line on Houston’s final series in a 17-12 win against the Cougars. Open Week SMU...... Next Game: Oct. 18 vs. Cincinnati Jaryl Mamea • Sr. • DT • UCF • Fagasa, American Samoa Had four tackles, three sacks and four quarterback hurries in a 17-12 win at Houston, leading a defense that held the Cougars without a touchdown.

Justin Hardy • Sr. • WR • East Carolina • Vanceboro, N.C. Had eight receptions for 120 yards and three first-half touchdowns in a 45-24 win against SMU. Stands 47 receptions shy of the NCAA career record (349, Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma).

Paxton Lynch • So. • QB • Memphis • Deltona, Fla. Threw for a career-high 311 yards with two touchdowns on 18-of-25 passing and added 45 rushing yards and two more TDs in a 41-14 win at Cincinnati.

Darius Joseph • Jr. • WR • SMU • Abilene, Texas Had 13 receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns in a 45-24 loss at No. 22/23 East Carolina. AMERICAN NOTEBOOK

Introduction Best Of The Best WATCH THIS The 2014 season is the second for the American Athletic Four of the 11 teams in The American have earned top- Conference. The 2014 American lineup consists of 11 10 rankings in the BCS since the 1998 season: A look at American Athletic Conference players under consid- eration for 2014 major national awards. Football Bowl Subdivision teams that will play eight Team Highest Ranking - Year conference games. Cincinnati No. 3 - 2009 Maxwell Award (Player of the Year) Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina Houston No. 6 - 2011 Deontay Greenberry, WR, Houston Elite Company USF No. 2 - 2007 Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina The American Athletic Conference was one of three Tulane No. 10 - 1998 John O’Korn, QB, Houston P.J. Walker, QB, Temple Football Bowl Subdivision conferences that had two 12-win teams in the 2013 season (UCF, Louisville). The Hardy Boy Bednarik Award (Defensive Player of the Year) Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Big Ten and the SEC also had two teams with at least East Carolina WR Justin Hardy needs just 47 receptions Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis 12 wins. to set the NCAA career record, currently held by former Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF Oklahoma standout Ryan Broyles. Hardy has 303 career Turnarounds receptions, while Broyles had 349 between 2008 and Mackey Award (Top Tight End) Sean Price, USF Three American Athletic Conference teams (Memphis, 2011. USF, Temple) have already matched their wins totals Rimington Trophy (Top Center) Deyshawn Bond, Cincinnati from last season. Pick Plays Dylan Foxworth, Tulsa Temple and Houston have registered eight defensive Kyle Friend, Temple Running The Table Joey Grant, UCF interceptions in 2014 — good for eighth nationally. Taylor Lasecki, SMU UCF is 9-0 all-time in American Athletic Conference Alex Mateas, UConn games. The Knights went 8-0 in The American last Bryce Redman, Houston Come Back, Shane Austin Reiter, USF season and won their 2014 conference opener against East Carolina QB Shane Carden is among the NCAA Houston last Thursday. UCF has won 10 straight regular- leaders in virtually every passing category in 2014. Lou Groza Award (Top Kicker) Jake Elliott, Memphis season conference games, dating to the 2012 season. Category NCAA Rank Marvin Kloss, USF Completions 6th (28.4 cpg) Shawn Moffitt, UCF Carl Salazar, Tulsa Security Instruments Pass Efficiency 15th (156.8) Temple leads the nation in turnover margin, with a net Passing Touchdowns 8th (15) Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Top Defensive Player) average of 2.50 per game. The Owls have 17 takeaways Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Passing Yards 4th (375.8 ypg) Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis in just four games this season after they registered just Total Offense 3rd (389.0 ypg) Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Derrick Mathews, LB, Houston three in the entire 2013 campaign. Points Responsible For 8th (108) Outland Trophy (Outstanding Interior Lineman) Bring It On Eric Lefeld, OT, Cincinnati Passing Fancy Torrian Wilson, OG, UCF Collectively, the American Athletic Conference plays American Athletic Conference teams averaged a Jim Thorpe Award (Top Defensive Back) the most challenging nonconference schedule of any combined 259.07 passing yards per game in 2013. Football Bowl Subdivision conference in 2014. Lorenzo Doss, Tulane Only the Pac-12 (269.65) had a more prolific collective Clayton Geathers, UCF Nonconference Opponents’ 2013 Winning Pct. Jacoby Glenn, UCF passing game. Trevon Stewart, Houston American .566 2013 Passing Yards Per Game Big 12 .554 Pac-12 269.65 Butkus Award (Top Linebacker) Big Ten .5312 Maurice Falls, ECU American 259.06 Tyler Matakevich, Temple Mountain West .5308 Mountain West 257.23 Derrick Mathews, Houston SEC .527 Terrance Plummer, UCF Big 12 252.60 Stephon Sanders, SMU ACC .522 Sun Belt 236.42 Conference USA .495 Rotary Lombardi Award (Top Lineman) Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis MAC .490 Full Tank Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Sun Belt .482 Derrick Mathews, LB, Houston Memphis LB Tank Jakes is the national leader in tackles Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Cincinnati Pac-12 .449 for loss (2.4 per game) and forced fumbles (0.6 per game) Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF and is sixth nationally in sacks (1.2 per game). Jakes Biletnikoff Award (Top Receiver) Rank And File is tied with USF’s Nigel Harris for the national lead in Geremy Davis, UConn Six of the 11 teams in the American Athletic Conference Deontay Greenberry, Houston forced fumbles. Rannell Hall, UCF have been ranked in the top 25 of the Bowl Champion- Justin Hardy, East Carolina ship Series standings since 2008: It’s Good! Darius Joseph, SMU Team Years Ranked (2008-13) Breshad Perriman, UCF Houston K Kyle Bullard leads all FBS players nationally Daniel Spencer, Houston UCF 2010, 2013 in field goals per game (2.40). Shaq Washington, Cincinnati Cincinnati 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Davey O’Brien Award (Top Quarterback) UConn 2008 Familiar Faces Shane Carden, East Carolina Houston 2009, 2011 John O’Korn, Houston Memphis head coach Justin Fuente played for current P.J. Walker, Temple Tulsa 2008 Tulsa head coach Bill Blankenship when Blankenship USF 2008, 2009 Doak Walker Award (Top Running Back) was head coach at Union High School in Tulsa. Fuente Kenneth Farrow, Houston played against USF head coach Willie Taggart when Kenneth Harper, Temple William Stanback, UCF both were college quarterbacks — Fuente at Murray State and Taggart at Western Kentucky. Walter Camp Award (Outstanding Player) Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF

2 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football TALKING POINTS

UCF EAST CAROLINA USF TULANE 2-2, 1-0 American 4-1, 1-0 American 2-3, 1-0 American 1-4, 0-1 American @ECUPiratesFB @USFFootball @GreenWaveFB Last: Won at Houston, 17-12 Last: Beat SMU, 45-24 Next: Lost at Wisconsin 27-10 Last: Lost at Rutgers, 31-6 Next: Oct. 9 vs. Brigham Young Next: Oct. 11 at USF Next: Oct. 11 vs. East Carolina Next: Oct. 11 vs. UConn @UCF_Football American Ranks American Ranks American Ranks American Ranks Total Offense...... 281.0...... 9th Total Offense...... 581.4...... 1st Total Offense...... 283.4...... 8th Total Offense...... 379.6...... 5th Total Defense...... 334.2...... 4th Total Defense...... 366.6...... 6th Total Defense...... 391.8...... 7th Total Defense...... 424.2...... 8th Scoring Offense...... 23.0...... 7th Scoring Offense...... 43.6...... 1st Scoring Offense...... 19.4...... 9th Scoring Offense...... 21.2...... 8th Scoring Defense...... 20.8...... 4th Scoring Defense...... 25.2...... 5th Scoring Defense...... 29.0...... 7th Scoring Defense...... 34.8...... 8th

• UCF won its 12th consecutive regu- • QB Shane Carden became East • USF and Wisconsin were tied 3-3 at • RB Sherman Badie rushed for 108 lar-season conference game with the Carolina’s career passing leader in halftime before the Badgers pulled yards and a touchdown in the loss win at Houston. the win against SMU (9,134 yards). away in Madison, Wisconsin. to Rutgers.

• FS Brandon Alexander had nine • WR Justin Hardy needs 47 recep- • Freshman RB Marlon Mack leads The • Badie had an 86-yard touchdown run tackles, an interception and a forced tions to set the FBS career record, American in rushing at 107.2 yards against Rutgers, giving him the two fumble against Houston. currently held by Ryan Broyles of per game. longest rushing plays in American Oklahoma (349). Athletic Conference history. Badie • UCF is 9-0 all-time in American • The Bulls look for their second had a 90-yard run against Tulsa Athletic Conference games. Six of • Hardy has caught at least one pass straight 2-0 start in American Athletic earlier this year. those wins have been by five points in 41 straight games — the longest Conference play with the matchup or fewer. active streak in the nation. against East Carolina. • Tulane had a bye in Week 6.

CINCINNATI HOUSTON SMU TULSA 2-2, 0-1 American 2-3, 0-1 American 0-5, 0-1 American 1-4, 1-0 American @BearcatsFB @UHCougarFB @SMU_Football @TulsaFootball Last: Lost to Memphis, 41-14 Last: Lost to UCF, 17-12 Last: Lost at East Carolina, 45-24 Last: Lost at Colorado State, 42-17 Next: Oct. 11 at Miami (Fla.) Next: Oct. 11 at Memphis Next: Oct. 18 vs. Cincinnati Next: Oct. 11 at Temple

American Ranks American Ranks American Ranks American Ranks Total Offense...... 432.0...... 3rd Total Offense...... 375.0...... 6th Total Offense...... 243.8...... 11th Total Offense...... 421.4...... 4th Total Defense...... 561.8...... 11th Total Defense...... 313.6...... 2nd Total Defense...... 557.0...... 10th Total Defense...... 511.0...... 9th Scoring Offense...... 32.8...... 4th Scoring Offense...... 27.6...... 5th Scoring Offense...... 7.2...... 11th Scoring Offense...... 23.4...... 8th Scoring Defense...... 37.2...... 9th Scoring Defense...... 18.2...... 2nd Scoring Defense...... 59.4...... 11th Scoring Defense...... 42.4...... 10th

• Cincinnati scored a touchdown on its • Houston’s bid for the come-from- • QB Garrett Krstich completed 42 of 67 • Tulsa had the advantage in first first offensive play, but had one TD on behind win ended inside the UCF passes for 339 yards and two touch- downs (19-17) and time of possession its next 64 plays against Memphis. 1-yard line in the loss to the Knights. downs in the loss to East Carolina. (34:03-25:57), but it wasn’t enough to get past Colorado State. • QB Gunner Kiel, who has thrown • K Kyle Bullard accounted for all 12 of • Krstich’s 42 completions and 67 at- a league-leading 15 touchdown Houston’s points against UCF. He hit tempts rank second on the American • The Golden Hurricane has not scored passes, suffered a rib injury on the field goals of 39, 42, 51 and 49 yards, Athletic Conference’s single-game in the first quarter this season. Tulsa last play of the first half against extending his streak to 18 consecu- chart. has been outscored 59-0 in the first Memphis and didn’t return. tive made field goals. 15 minutes. • The game at East Carolina was SMU’s • Cincinnati had possession for just • Houston has forced at least one fourth in five games against a team • Tulsa forced two turnovers against 19:05 against Memphis. turnover in 28 consecutive games. that is currently ranked in the top 25. Colorado State.

UCONN MEMPHIS TEMPLE COMING IN 2015 1-4, 0-2 American 3-2, 1-0 American 3-1, 1-0 American The American Athletic Conference will @UConnFootball @TigersAthletics @Temple_FB add its 12th football-playing member Last: Lost to Temple, 36-10 Last: Won at Cinicnnati, 41-14 Last: Won at UConn, 36-10 when Navy joins the league for the 2015 Next: Oct. 11 at Tulane Next: Oct. 11 vs. Houston Next: Oct. 11 vs. Tulsa season. Navy will play in The American’s West Division, along with Houston, American Ranks American Ranks American Ranks Memphis, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa. The Total Offense...... 264.0...... 10th Total Offense...... 441.6...... 2nd Total Offense...... 342.5...... 5th East Division will include UCF, Cincinnati, Total Defense...... 329.6...... 3rd Total Defense...... 357.8...... 5th Total Defense...... 298.8...... 1st UConn, East Carolina, USF and Temple. Scoring Offense...... 14.8...... 10th Scoring Offense...... 35.6...... 3rd Scoring Offense...... 39.0...... 2nd Scoring Defense...... 28.4...... 6th Scoring Defense...... 19.4...... 3rd Scoring Defense...... 12.0...... 1st Navy (2-4) 8/30 vs. Ohio State...... L, 17-34 • UConn’s defense held Temple to 307 • Memphis is above .500 for the first • Temple’s defense accounted for 16 9/6 at Temple...... W, 31-24 yards of offense, but the Huskies time since Nov. 17, 2007, following points in the win against UConn. The 9/13 at Texas State...... W, 35-21 were unable to pick up their first the win at Cincinnati Owls had two defensive touchdowns 9/20 Rutgers...... L, 24-31 conference win. and a safety. 9/27 Western Kentucky...... L, 27-36 • QB Paxton Lynch threw for a career- 10/4 at Air Force...... L, 21-30 • UConn had a season-high 133 rushing high 311 yards and figured in four • Temple has scored seven non- yards against Temple. touchdowns against Cincinnati. offensive touchdowns in four games 10/11 VMI...... 3:30 p.m. this season. 10/25 San Jose State...... 1 p.m. • WR Geremy Davis has at least one • RB Sam Craft had a career-high 170 11/1 vs. Notre Dame...... 8 p.m. reception in 31 consecutive games. rushing yards against Cincinnati on • QB P.J. Walker has figured nine of 11/15 Georgia Southern...... 3:30 p.m. Davis had eight receptions for 80 an American Athletic Conference- Temple’s 12 offensive touchdowns 11/28 at South Alabama...... TBD yards against Temple. record 38 carries. this season. 12/13 vs. Army...... 3 p.m.

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Thursday, Oct. 9 • 7:30 p.m. • ESPN Saturday, Oct. 11 • Noon • ACC Regional Networks Saturday, Oct. 11 • Noon • ESPNews BRIGHAM YOUNG COUGARS CINCINNATI BEARCATS TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE at at at UCF KNIGHTS MIAMI (FLA.) HURRICANES TEMPLE OWLS Bright House Networks Stadium (43,323/Grass) Sun Life Stadium (74,916/Grass) Lincoln Financial Field (68,532/Grass) Orlando, Fla. Miami Gardens, Fla. Philadelphia, Pa.

Television Television Television ESPN— Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack and Samantha Ponder ACC Regional Networks — Chip Caray, Jim Grobe and Hans Heiserer ESPNews — Dave Lamont and Ray Bentley

UCF Radio Cincinnati Radio Tulsa Radio Temple Radio WHFS-FM 98.1 (flagship) WLW-AM 700 (flagship) KRMG-AM 740 (flagship) WPEN-FM 97.5 (flagship)

THE GAME THE GAME THE GAME Thursday’s game will be the second meeting between UCF and Saturday’s game will be the 12th meeting on the gridiron be- Saturday’s game will be the third meeting between Tulsa and Brigham Young … The only previous matchup was BYU’s 24-17 tween Cincinnati and Miami as the Bearcats look for their first Tulane … The schools played a home-and-home series in 1987 win in Provo, Utah, Sept. 23, 2011 … That game saw the Cougars win against the Hurricanes since 1947 … Miami holds a 10-1 and 1988 … Tulsa was a 24-17 winner at Veterans Stadium in close with 14 unanswered points on a 93-yard kickoff return by series lead and has won the last 10 matchups … Cincinnati Philadelphia Oct. 10, 1987, and the Golden Hurricane took a Cody Hoffman and a 6-yard TD run by RB Bryan Kariya … UCF coach Tommy Tuberville was an assistant at Miami from 1986- 15-10 decision at Skelley Stadium (now H.A. Chapman Stadium) QB Jeff Godfrey threw for 272 yards. 93, where he was a part of three national championship teams. in Tulsa Nov. 19, 1988.

rv/rv BRIGHAM YOUNG (4-1) CINCINNATI (2-2, 0-1 American) TULSA (1-4, 1-0 American) Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State ’88) Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas ’76) Bill Blankenship (Tulsa ’79) 86-35, 10th season 11-6, second season at Cincinnati 23-21, fourth season 141-83, 18th season as collegiate head coach Information Contact Information Contact Brett Pyne Information Contact Don Tomkalski (801) 422-4912, [email protected] Ryan Koslen (918) 631-3200, [email protected] (513) 556-5186, [email protected] NOTES NOTES Brigham Young looks to bounce back from its first loss of the NOTES Tulsa looks for a 2-0 start in American Athletic Conference season as the Cougars fell 41-33 to Utah State last Friday … Cincinnati won its first two games of the season, but the play, though the Golden Hurricane will go 44 days between its BYU opened the season with four straight wins, including two Bearcats look to snap a two-game slide following a 41-14 set- conference-opening win against Tulane and Saturday’s game victories against American Athletic Conference opponents (35- back to Memphis last Saturday … The Bearcats rank third in at Temple … Tulsa looks to snap a losing streak that reached 10 at UConn and 33-25 against Houston) … The Cougars have the American Athletic Conference in total offense (432.0 yards four games after a 42-17 loss at Colorado State last Saturday finished at least .500 or better in each of Bronco Mendenhall’s per game) and have averaged 32.8 points per game, but have … Tulsa has not scored a point in the first quarter this season nine seasons in Provo … BYU will play in the Miami Beach allowed an average of 561.8 yards per game … Cincinnati has — the Golden Hurricane has been outscored 59-0 in the first 15 Bowl — the bowl owned and operated by the American Athletic been led offensively by QB Gunner Kiel, who has completed 82 minutes … Tulsa has had two games decided in overtime — the Conference — this season, if the Cougars secure bowl eligibility of 135 passes for 1,257 yards and 15 touchdowns with three 38-31 win against Tulane in double-overtime and a 37-34 loss … The Cougars suffered a significant blow against Utah State interceptions … Kiel suffered a rib injury on the final play of to Texas State, which went to three OT periods … WR Keevan witt the loss of QB Taysom Hill, who suffered a season-ending the first half against Memphis and did not return to the game Lucas has been the offensive standout through four weeks … leg injury … Hill had accounted for 15 touchdowns (seven … Kiel is considered questionable for Saturday’s game … QB Lucas ranks fourth nationally in receptions (8.8 per game) and passing, eight rushing) and was averaging 287.6 yards of total Munchie Legaux would be the probable starter if Kiel doesn’t 12th in receiving yards (108.0 yards per game) … Lucas has offense … QB Christian Stewart is the projected starter against play … WR Shaq Washington has a team-high 18 receptions 44 receptions for 540 yards and six touchdowns … QB Dane UCF … Stewart has completed 10 of 29 passes for 172 yards for 168 yards and a touchdown, while WR Mikale McKay has Evans has completed 117 of 214 passes for 1,367 yards and and three interceptions in limited action … S Craig Bills has a 15 catches for 315 yards and four TDs … WR Chris Moore leads nine touchdowns with nine interceptions … S Michael Mudoh team-high 35 tackles with an interception to lead the defense the team with five touchdown catches … LB Jeff Luc leads the has a team-high 44 tackles, while LB Trent Martin has 43 with … LB Alani Fua has a team-leading three sacks … Brigham nation in tackles (15.5 per game) … Luc has 62 tackles with 1.5 four tackles for loss … Tulsa has forced just four turnovers on Young faces UConn, East Carolina and Cincinnati next season. sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss this season. defense, tying SMU for the fewest in The American.

UCF (2-2, 1-0 American) MIAMI (FLA.) (3-3, 1-2 ACC) TEMPLE (3-1, 1-0 American) Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach George O’Leary (New Hampshire ’69) Al Golden (Penn State ’92) Matt Rhule (Penn State ’97) 74-58, 11th season at UCF 16-14, third season at Miami 5-11, second season 126-91, 19th season as collegiate head coach 43-48, eighth season as collegiate head coach Information Contact Information Contact Information Contact Rich Burg Brian Ormiston Tom Symonds (215) 204-0876, [email protected] (407) 823-2409, [email protected] (305) 284-3248, [email protected] NOTES NOTES NOTES Temple, which enjoyed a bye in Week 6, is off to a 3-1 start to UCF, which went 8-0 in the American Athletic Conference Miami has dropped two of its last three games after the Hur- the season following a 36-10 win against UConn Sept. 27 … The last season, has won 10 straight regular-season conference ricanes fell 28-17 to Georgia Tech last Saturday … The game Owls are looking for their second 2-0 start in conference play games dating to 2012 following a 17-12 victory at Houston last against Cincinnati is the third in a stretch of three straight home in three years … The Owls are 3-1 through four games for the Thursday … The Knights held Houston without a touchdown contests for Miami, which is 3-0 at home … The Hurricanes have third time in the last five years … Temple played in bowl games and won the game on a diving play inside the 1-yard line by S held their opponents to 20 points or fewer in their three wins and in 2010 and 2011 — the last two times it started with three wins Brandon Alexander, who deflected the ball away from Houston’s have allowed 28 or more points in the three losses … The top in four games … Temple had registered just 15 takeaways in the quarterback who was diving for the pylon in the final minute … player for Miami is RB Duke Johnson, a Walter Camp second 2013 season, but has 17 through four games of the 2014 cam- QB Justin Holman has thrown for 659 yards and six touchdowns team All-America choice in 2012 who has returned to form after paign … Temple leads the nation in turnover margin (+2.50 per with two interceptions and has completed 43 of 79 passes … RB an injury-shortened 2013 season … Johnson has rushed for 625 game) and pass efficiency defense (81.39) … The Owls are third William Stanback has rushed for 181 yards and two touchodwns yards and five touchdowns on 100 carries and has averaged in scoring defense (12.0 ppg) and 12th in total defense (298.8 … WR J.J. Worton has a team-high 10 receptions for 159 yards 104.2 rushing yards per game … QB Brad Kaaya has completed ypg) … The offense is led by QB P.J. Walker, who has thrown and a TD, while WR Breshad Perriman has nine catches for 109 of 176 passes for 1,520 yards and 13 touchdowns with nine for 805 yards and seven touchdowns with three interceptions 258 yards and two TDs … The defense is led by LB Terrence interceptions … The top target has been TE Clive Walford, who … WR Jalen Fitzpatrick has team highs with 19 receptions, 28 Plummer, who has a team-high 36 tackles … DE Thomas Niles has 19 catches for 266 yards and three TDs … WR Phillip Dorsett receiving yards and four touchdown receptions … The defense and DT Jamyl Mamea have registered four sacks each after has 13 catches for 407 yards and four TDs and is averaging 31.3 is paced by LB Tyler Matakevich, who has 26 tackles … CB Mamea had three sacks against Houston … CB Jacoby Glenn yards per reception … LB Thurston Armbrister has 35 tackles, Tavon Young has a league-leading three interceptions and has has team-high two interceptions. five sacks and two forced fumbles. 128 yards in interception returns.

4 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football WEEK 7 CAPSULES

Saturday, Oct. 11 • 7 p.m. • ESPNU Saturday, Oct. 11 • 7 p.m. • CBS Sports Network Saturday, Oct. 11 • 8 p.m. • ESPNews EAST CAROLINA PIRATES HOUSTON COUGARS UCONN HUSKIES at at at USF BULLS MEMPHIS TIGERS TULANE GREEN WAVE Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Grass) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (61,000/FieldTurf) Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M) Tampa, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La.

Television Television Television ESPNU — Clay Matvick and Anthony Becht CBS Sports Network — Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Lauren Gardner ESPNews — Mike Couzens and Brian Kinchen

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THE GAME THE GAME THE GAME Saturday’s game will be the fifth meeting between East Carolina Houston and Memphis will meet on the gridiron for the 23rd time Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between UConn and and USF in a series that dates to 2002 … USF has won all four when the teams square off Saturday … Houston holds a 13-9 Tulane on the football field … Tulane will be one of five first-time previous meetings, including a 24-7 decision in the 2004 Papa- series lead and has won four straight against the Tigers … Last opponents for UConn this season, while the Huskies are the Johns.com Bowl the last time the teams played … That win was year’s matchup in Houston saw RB Kenneth Farrow score two only team on the Green Wave’s schedule that Tulane has not the first bowl victory in USF’s program history … Saturday’s second-half touchdowns as the Cougars were 25-15 winners faced previously …The game will be the first American Athletic game will be just the second in the series to be played in Tampa. … Memphis K Jake Elliott kicked five field goals. Conference game at Tulane’s new Yulman Stadium.

19/19 EAST CAROLINA (3-1, 1-0 American) HOUSTON (2-3, 0-1 American) UCONN (1-4, 0-2 The American) Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Ruffin McNeill (East Carolina ’80) Tony Levine (Minnesota ’96) Bob Diaco (Iowa ’95) 33-23, fifth season at East Carolina 16-15, third full season 1-4, first season 34-23, fifth full season as collegiate head coach Information Contact Information Contact Information Contact David Bassity Mike Enright Tom McClellan (713) 743-9409, [email protected] (860) 486-2241, [email protected] (252) 737-1274, [email protected] NOTES NOTES NOTES Houston dropped its American Athletic Conference opener to UConn looks to snap a three-game slide with its trip to New East Carolina has moved up to No. 19 in both major national UCF in heartbreaking fashion, as the Cougars’ bid for the go- Orleans … The Huskies are 0-2 in American Athletic Conference polls after the Pirates scored a 45-24 win against SMU last ahead points ended with a fumble inside the 1-yard line that play after losses to USF (17-14) and Temple (36-10) … UConn Saturday in Greenville, North Carolina … East Carolina has went for a touchback … Houston’s only road game thus far was will play on the road for just the second time this season after won four of its first five games and is looking for its first 5-1 a 33-25 loss to Brigham Young in Provo, Utah … Houston has playing four of its first five games at home … UConn has been start since 1999 … The Pirates rank fourth nationally in total outscored its opponents 47-10 in the fourth quarter … Houston outscored 52-6 in the first quarter, but has a 58-54 scoring offense (581.4 yards per game) and passing offense (395.6 ypg) ranks 18th nationally in scoring defense (18.2 ppg) and 17th in advantage in the second and third periods … QB Chandler … East Carolina is ninth in scoring offense (43.6 ppg) … QB total defense (313.6 ypg) … Head coach Tony Levine has named Whitmer has thrown for 715 yards and five touchdowns in five Shane Carden has started to generate some Heisman Trophy QB Greg Ward Jr. the starter against Memphis … Ward had games … WR Geremy Davis, who had 71 receptions for 1,085 buzz with his early-season performance … Carden has thrown played in every game as a wide receiver before moving behind yards and three touchdowns last season, is off to a solid start for 1,879 yards and 15 touchdowns with three interceptions and center against UCF last week … Ward has completed 11 of 20 to the season … Davis has 25 receptions for 368 yards and has added three rushing touchdowns … Carden became East passes for 124 yards and has 53 rushing yards on 16 carries … three TDs and is averaging 73.6 yards per game … Davis has Carolina’s career passing leader in the win against SMU (9,134 Ward is the Cougars’ third-leading receiver with 15 catches for at least one reception in 31 consecutive games … The Huskies yards) … WR Justin Hardy is the NCAA’s active career leader 139 yards and a touchdown … RB Kenneth Farrow has rushed have just one rushing touchdown this season … LB Marquise in receptions (303) and receiving yards (3,526)… Hardy enters for 321 yards and two touchdowns … WR Daniel Spencer has Vann has registered 52 tackles this season, while LB Graham Saturday’s game 46 receptions shy of the NCAA FBS career five receptions for 236 yards and two TDs … LB Efrem Oliphant Stewart has 36 … UConn has allowed 20 sacks this season and mark of 349, held by Oklahoma’s Ryan Broyles since 2011 … leads the team with 57 tackles, while LB Derrick Mathews has has registered just seven sacks on defense … K Bobby Puyol LB Zeek Bigger has a team-high 61 tackles, while LB Brandon 44 stops to go with two sacks … K Kyle Bullard leads the nation has hit six of his seven goal attempts, while P Justin Wain has Williams has 45 stops with 2.5 sacks and five tackles for loss. in field goals (2.40 per game). averaged 41.8 yards per punt.

USF (2-3, 1-0 American) -/rv MEMPHIS (3-2, 1-0 American) TULANE (1-4, 0-1 American) Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky ’98) Justin Fuente (Murray State ’99) Curtis Johnson (Idaho ’85) 4-13, second season at USF 10-18, third season 10-20, third season 20-33, fifth season as collegiate head coach Information Contact Information Contact Information Contact Ron Mears Roger Dunaway Brian Siegrist (901) 678-2397, [email protected] (504) 862-8240, [email protected] (813) 974-4087, [email protected] NOTES NOTES NOTES Memphis has gone 3-2 against a schedule that includes a pair Tulane fell to 1-4 on the season with a 31-6 setback to Rutgers USF returns from a Week 6 bye to face its second straight top-25 of teams that ranked among the top 17 of this week’s national in Piscataway, New Jersey … The Green Wave had a bye in opponent … The Bulls have dropped their last five meetings polls … The Tigers’ only losses are to UCLA (42-35) and Mis- Week 6 … Tulane is one of three FBS programs to open a new against ranked teams … The last win against a top-25 opponent sissippi (24-3) … Memphis, which did not score more than 31 stadium this season, joining Houston and Baylor … Tulane was a 23-20 win at No. 16/18 Notre Dame in the 2011 season- points in a game last season, has at least 35 points in four of has outscored its first four opponents by an 83-81 margin in opener … USF expects to get a boost from the return of WR its first five games this year … The Tigers are averaging 35.6 the first half, but has been outscored 93-23 after halftime … Andre Davis to the lineup … Davis, who missed four games with points per game … QB Paxton Lynch has completed 99 of 159 QB Tanner Lee, a redshirt freshman, has started the first five a bruised sternum, need 14 receptions and 62 yards to become passes (62.3 percent) for 1,158 yards and seven touchdowns games, throwing for 914 yards and eight touchdowns with nine the Bulls’ career leader in both categories … RB Marlon Mack with three interceptions … Lynch has added five rushing interceptions … Lee left the game against Rutgers with an leads The American and is ranked 26th nationally in rushing touchdowns … RB Sam Craft made his first start in the backfield injury and is questionable for Saturday … RB Sherman Badie at 107.2 yards per game … Mack has turned in two 100-yard after playing the first four games at wide receiver … Craft set an is averaging 91.4 rushing yards per game, good for second in performances in his first five collegiate games … QB Mike American Athletic Conference record with 38 rushing attempts the American Athletic Conference … WR Justyn Shackleford White has thrown for 561 yards and two touchdown on 32-of-80 against Cincinnati and finished with 170 yards … WR Keiwone has 20 receptions for 295 yards and two touchdowns, while WR passing … White leads all FBS players in yards per completion Malone has 21 receptions for 275 yards … TE Alan Cross has Xavier Rush has three touchdowns catches among his 11 total (17.53) … LB Jamie Byrd has a team-high 45 tackles, while LB a team-high three touchdown receptions … The defense has receptions … LB Nico Marley has a team-high 40 tackles with Reshard Cliett has three sacks … The Bulls excel in the kicking been led by LB Tank Jakes, who has a team-high 45 tackles six tackles for loss, an interception and a forced fumble, while S game …K Marvin Kloss has made 7-of-8 field goal attempts, with six sacks, 12 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, an Sam Scofield has 38 stops and two interceptions … CB Lorenzo while P Mattias Ciabatti leads The American in punting (45.4). interception and a safety. Doss was a second-team Walter Camp All-America in 2013.

5 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football NATIONAL POLLS

Associated Press Poll USA Today Poll American Preseason Media Poll Oct. 5 Poll Oct. 5 Poll School Record Pts School Record Pts School Points 1. Florida State (35) 5-0 1,461 1. Florida State (44) 5-0 1,505 1. Cincinnati (17) 311 2. Auburn (23) 5-0 1,459 2. Auburn (16) 5-0 1,477 2. UCF (7) 296 3. Mississippi State (2) 5-0 1,320 3. Baylor (1) 5-0 1,372 3. Houston (6) 268 Mississippi 5-0 1,320 4. Mississippi 5-0 1,308 4. East Carolina 262 5. Baylor 5-0 1,258 5. Notre Dame 5-0 1,269 5. SMU 158 6. Notre Dame 5-0 1,186 6. Mississippi State 5-0 1,237 6. USF 157 7. Alabama 4-1 1,060 7. Alabama 4-1 1,065 7. Memphis 133 8. Michigan State 4-1 981 8. Michigan State 4-1 1,062 8. Temple 105 9. TCU 4-0 979 9. Oklahoma 4-1 929 9. UConn 98 10. Arizona 5-0 951 10. Georgia 4-1 898 Tulane 98 11. Oklahoma 4-1 904 11. Oregon 4-1 897 11. Tulsa 94 12. Oregon 4-1 888 12. TCU 4-0 865 13. Georgia 4-1 854 13. Arizona 5-0 743 14. Texas A&M 5-1 731 14. Texas A&M 5-1 706 15. Ohio State 4-1 534 15. Ohio State 4-1 645 16. Oklahoma State 4-1 527 16. Kansas State 4-1 567 17. Kansas State 4-1 486 17. UCLA 4-1 483 18. UCLA 4-1 460 18. Oklahoma State 4-1 479 19. East Carolina 4-1 344 19. East Carolina 4-1 451 20. Arizona State 4-1 325 20. Arizona State 4-1 354 21. Nebraska 5-1 283 21. Nebraska 5-1 261 22. Georgia Tech 5-0 235 22. Stanford 3-2 241 23. Missouri 4-1 212 23. Georgia Tech 5-0 240 24. Utah 4-1 206 24. Missouri 4-1 182 25. Stanford 3-2 143 25. Clemson 3-2 138

Receiving votes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, USC 61, Receiving votes: Marshall 98, Utah 80, LSU 75, Louisville 36, LSU 35, Brigham Young 26, West Virginia Louisville 36, Wisconsin 36, USC 28, Brigham Young 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn State 5, 16, Minnesota 13, Duke 12, Washington 12, Kentucky Rutgers 4, Kentucky 4, North Dakota State 3, Minnesota 11, West Virginia 8, Iowa 6, Arkansas 6, Memphis 5, 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1 California 4, Penn State 3, Rutgers 2

WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS

Below is a weekly look at each American Athletic Conference team’s spot in the Associated Press and USA Today polls in 2014. Rankings are listed as AP/USA Today.

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6 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football THE 2014 SEASON

2014 HOME ATTENDANCE THE RECORD BOOK

SCHOOL (Capacity) GP TOTAL AVG. LARGEST CROWD The American’s single-game records (through Oct. 4, 2014). UCF (45,323) 1 44,510 44,510 44,510 (vs. Bethune-Cookman) Cincinnati (65,535) 3 99,294 33,098 41,926 (vs. Miami (Ohio)) Most Rushing Yards 1. Marlon Mack, USF vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14) 275 UConn (40,000) 4 116,546 29,136 35,150 (vs. Brigham Young) 2. Sherman Badie, Tulane at Tulsa (8/28/14) 215 East Carolina (50,000) 3 138,869 46,290 51,082 (vs. North Carolina) 3. Breon Allen, East Carolina vs. North Carolina (9/20/14) 211 Houston (40,000) 4 120,929 30,232 40,755 (vs. UTSA) 4. Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan (9/14/13) 192 Memphis (61,000) 2 73,739 36,870 46,378 (vs. Middle Tennessee) 5. Paul James, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 182 USF (65,897) 4 116,549 29,137 31,642 (vs. Western Carolina) SMU (32,000) 2 57,913 28,956 34,820 (vs. Texas A&M) Most Rushing Touchdowns Temple (68,532) 2 47,610 23,805 28,408 (vs. Navy) 1. Marlon Mack, USF vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14) 4 Tulane (30,000) 2 56,358 28,179 30,000 (vs. Georgia Tech) 2. Storm Johnson, UCF at FIU (9/6/13) 3 Tulsa (30,000) 3 69,742 23,247 29,357 (vs. Oklahoma) Paul James, Rutgers vs. Norfolk State (9/7/13) 3 2014 TOTALS 30 942,059 31,402 51,082 (East Carolina vs. North Carolina) Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan (9/14/13) 3 Storm Johnson, UCF vs. Baylor (1/1/14) 3

Longest Rush 1. Sherman Badie, Tulane at Tulsa (8/28/14) 90 yards TOP PERFORMANCES 2. Sherman Badie, Tulane at Rutgers (9/27/14) 86 yards 3. Marcus Shaw, USF vs. McNeese State (8/31/13) 80 yards 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES Player, School, Year 2014 Career Most Passing Yards Ryan Jackson, Houston, Jr. 1 4 1. Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple (10/26/13) 538 Brandon Hayes, Memphis, Sr. 3 2. Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 484 Kenneth Farrow, Houston, Jr. 2 2 Marlon Mack, USF, Fr. 2 2 Most Pass Completions Sherman Badie, Tulane, Fr. 2 2 1. Garrett Gilbert, SMU, vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 45 2, Garrett Krstich, SMU vs. East Carolina (10/2/14) 42 Hosey Williams, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 2 3. Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Texas Tech (8/30/13) 41 William Stanback, UCF, So. 1 1 Breon Allen, East Carolina, Sr. 1 1 Longest Pass Jarvis Cooper, Memphis, Fr. 1 1 1. Blake Bortles, UCF vs. Akron (8/29/13) 91 yards Sam Craft, Memphis, So. 1 1 Lazedrick Thompson, Tulane, So. 1 1 Most Touchdown Passes James Flanders, Tulsa, So. 1 1 1. Gunnner Kiel, Cincinnati vs. Toledo (9/12/14) 6 Kenny Harper, Temple, Sr. 1 2. Gary Nova, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 5 Munchie Legaux, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Ohio (9/1/13) 5 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 5 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES John O’Korn, Houston vs. Rutgers (10/26/13) 5 Player, School, Year 2014 Career Justin Hardy, East Carolina, Sr. 2 11 Most Receiving Yards 1. Robby Anerson, Temple vs. SMU (10/26/13) 239 Geremy Davis, UConn, Sr. 1 6 2. Keevan Lucas, Tulsa vs. Tulane (8/28/14) 233 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, Jr. 1 6 3. Cam Worthy, East Carolina at Virginia Tech (9/13/14) 224 Daniel Spencer, Houston, Sr. 1 6 4. Chris Moore, Cincinnati at Ohio State (9/28/14) 221 Isaiah Jones, East Carolina, So. 3 5 5. Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 217 J.J. Worton, UCF, Sr. 5 Darius Joseph, SMU, Jr. 1 4 Most Receptions Rannell Hall, UCF, Sr. 4 1. Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/15) 18 Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa, Jr. 1 3 2. Deontay Greenberry, Houston at Temple (9/7/13) 14 Breshad Perriman, UCF, Jr. 3 Andre Davis, USF, Sr. 3 Most Touchdown Receptions Keevan Lucas, Tulsa, So. 2 2 1. Leonte Carroo, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 3 Mekale McKay, Cincinnati, Jr. 1 2 Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/15) 3 Jalen Fitzpatrick, Temple, Sr. 1 2 Deontay Greenberry, Houston vs. Rutgers (10/26/13) 3 Jeff Godfrey, UCF vs. UConn (10/26/13) 3 Justyn Shackleford, Tulane, Sr. 1 2 Keevan Lucas, Tulsa vs. Tulane (8/24/14) 3 Shaq Washington, Cincinnati, Sr. 2 Chris Moore, Cincinnati at Ohio State, 9/28/14 3 Deshon Foxx, UConn, Sr. 2 Trevon Brown, East Carolina, Fr. 1 1 Longest Reception Cam Worthy, East Carolina, Sr. 1 1 1. Breshad Perriman, UCF vs. Akron (8/29/13) 91 yards Chris Moore, Cincinnati, Jr. 1 1 Markeith Ambles, Houston, Sr. 1 Most Field Goals Shane Ros, Houston, Sr. 1 1. Richie Leone, Houston at Temple (9/7/13) 5 Keiwone Malone, Memphis, Sr. 1 Jake Elliott, Memphis at Houston (10/12/13) 5 Deonte Welch, USF, Sr. 1 Xavier Rush, Tulane, Sr. 1 Longest Field Goal 1. Jake Elliott, Memphis vs. USF (11/17/03) 56 yards 300-YARD PASSING GAMES Longest Punt Return Player, School, Year 2014 Career 1. Khalif Herbin, Temple vs. Delaware State (9/20/14) 84 yards Shane Carden, East Carolina, Sr. 4 15 John O’Korn, Houston, So. 1 4 Longest Kickoff Return Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati, So. 2 2 1. Janarion Grant, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 100 yards Paxton Lynch, Memphis, So. 2 2 Casey Cochran, UConn, So. 2 Most Tackles P.J. Walker, Temple, So. 2 1. Tyler Matakevich, Temple at Idaho (9/28/23) 24 Chandler Whitmer, UConn, Sr. 2 2. Randall Joyner, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 18 Dane Evans, Tulsa, So. 1 1 Greg Blair, Cincinnati vs. Louisville (12/5/13) 18 Garrett Krstich, SMU, Fr. 1 1 DeDe Lattimore, USF vs. Rutgers (12/7/13) 18 Tim Boyle, UConn, So. 1 Jeff Luc, Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/20/14) 18 Mike White, USF, So. 1 Jeff Luc, Cincinnati at Ohio State, 9/28/14 18 Munchie Legaux, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 Nick Montana, Tulane, Sr. 1

7 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football THE 2014 SEASON

AWARD WINNERS 2014 STATISTICAL RANKINGS

AMERICAN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK OFFENSE DEFENSE Sept. 1 Keevan Lucas, WR, Tulsa Team Rush Pass Total Score Rush Pass Total Score KR PR Int. Sacks TFL T/O Sept. 8 Paxton Lynch, QB, Memphis UCF 9 10 9 7 1 6 4 4 1 5 10 1 3 4 Sept. 15 Gunner Kiel, QB, Cincinnati Cincinnati 8 2 3 4 11 10 11 9 3 9 5 3 8 4 Sept. 22 Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina UConn 10 9 10 10 3 3 3 6 7 2 1 8 3 9 East Carolina 2 1 1 1 2 8 6 5 8 7 7 5 7 7 Sept. 29 Chris Moore, WR, Cincinnati Houston 4 5 6 5 5 2 2 2 4 6 4 5 8 4 Oct. 6 Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina Memphis 1 4 2 3 4 7 5 3 2 4 8 1 1 2 Oct. 13 USF 5 11 8 9 6 4 7 7 6 3 6 4 6 3 Oct. 20 SMU 11 8 11 11 10 11 10 11 9 11 11 11 11 10 Oct. 27 Temple 7 6 7 2 7 1 1 1 10 1 2 5 10 1 Nov. 3 Tulane 3 7 5 8 8 5 8 8 11 10 9 8 5 8 Nov. 10 Tulsa 6 3 4 6 9 9 9 10 5 8 3 8 2 11 Nov. 16 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 AMERICAN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AGAINST THE CONFERENCES Sept. 1 Tavon Young, CB, Temple Sept. 8 Nigel Harris, LB, USF ATLANTIC COAST (2-3) OHIO VALLEY (1-0) Sept. 15 Josh Hawkins, CB, East Carolina Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 21 (9/6) Memphis 63, Austin Peay 0 (8/30) Sept. 22 Tank Jakes, LB, Memphis East Carolina 28, Virginia Tech 21 (9/13) Sept. 29 Praise Martin-Oguike, DE, Temple North Carolina State 49, USF 17 (9/13) PAC-12 (0-1) Oct. 6 Tank Jakes, LB, Memphis Oct. 13 East Carolina 70, North Carolina 41 (9/20) UCLA 42, Memphis 35 (9/6) Oct. 20 Duke 47, Tulane 13 (9/20) Oct. 27 Cincinnati at Miami (Fla.) (10/11) SOUTHEASTERN (1-4) Nov. 3 Temple 37, Vanderbilt 7 (8/28) Nov. 10 BIG 12 (0-3) South Carolina 33, East Carolina 23 (9/6) Nov. 16 Baylor 45, SMU 0 (8/31) Missouri 38, UCF 10 (9/13) Nov. 24 Oklahoma 52, Tulsa 7 (9/6) Texas A&M 58, SMU 6 (9/20) Dec. 1 TCU 56, SMU 0 (9/27) Mississippi 24, Memphis 3 (9/27)

AMERICAN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK BIG TEN (0-5) SOUTHERN (1-0) Sept. 1 Marvin Kloss, K, USF Penn State 26, UCF 24 (8/30) USF 36, Western Carolina 31 (8/30) Sept. 8 Deshon Foxx, WR, UConn Maryland 24, USF 17 (9/6) Sept. 15 Sam Geraci, P, Cincinnati Wisconsin 27, USF 10 (9/27) SOUTHLAND (1-0) Sept. 22 Mattias Ciabatti, P, USF Rutgers 31, Tulane 6 (9/27) Tulane 35, Southeastern Louisiana 20 (9/13) Sept. 29 Austin Jones, K, Temple Ohio State 50, Cincinnati 28 (9/27) Oct. 6 Kyle Bullard, K, Houston Oct. 13 Temple at Penn State (11/15) SOUTHWEST ATHLETIC (1-0) Oct. 20 Houston 47, Grambling State 0 (9/6) Oct. 27 COLONIAL ATHLETIC (1-0) Nov. 3 UConn 19, Stony Brook 16 (9/6) SUN BELT (0-1) Nov. 10 Texas State 37, Tulsa 34 (3ot) (9/27) Nov. 16 CONFERENCE USA (1-3) Nov. 24 UTSA 27, Houston 7 (8/29) INDEPENDENTS (0-3) Dec. 1 North Texas 43, SMU 6 (9/6) Brigham Young 35, UConn 10 (8/29) Florida Atlantic 51, Tulsa 21 (9/13) Navy 31, Temple 24 (9/6) Memphis 36, Middle Tennessee 17 (9/20) Brigham Young 33, Houston 25 (9/11) ACTIVE CAREER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Brigham Young at UCF (10/9) 3 — Marvin Kloss (K, USF) MID-AMERICAN (2-0) UConn vs. Army (11/8) Cincinnati 58, Toledo 34 (9/12) 2 — Terrance Plummer (LB, UCF); Shane Carden (QB, East Cincinnati 31, Miami (Ohio) 24 (9/20) Carolina); Tank Jakes (LB, Memphis Total Nonconference Records 1 — Brandon Alexander (S, UCF); Shawn Moffitt (K, UCF); Sam MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC (3-0) All Games...... 15-25 Geraci (P, Cincinnati); Gunner Kiel (QB, Cincinnati); Chris Moore East Carolina 52, North Carolina Central 7 (8/30) FBS Opponents...... 7-25 (WR, Cincinnati); Deshon Foxx (WR, UConn); Josh Hawkins (CB, Temple 59, Delaware State 0 (9/20) FCS Opponents...... 8-0 East Carolina); Kyle Bullard (K, Houston); Deontay Greenberry UCF 41, Bethune-Cookman 7 (9/20) AP Top 25...... 2-10 (WR, Houston); Willie Jackson (CB, Houston); Derrick Mathews USA Today Top 25...... 1-9 (LB, Houston); John O’Korn (QB, Houston); Trevon Stewart MOUNTAIN WEST (1-2) Bowl Games...... 0-0 (S, Houston); Brandon Wilson (CB, Houston); Jake Elliott (K, Boise State 38, UConn 21 (9/13) Memphis); Martin Ifedi (DE, Memphis)); Paxton Lynch (QB, Houston 47, UNLV 14 (9/20) Memphis); Mattias Ciabatti (P, USF); Nigel Harris (LB, USF); Colorado State 42, Tulsa 17 (10/4) Austin Jones (K, Temple); Praise Martin-Oguike (DE, Temple); Tavon Young (CB, Temple); Keevan Lucas (WR, Tulsa)

8 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football NCAA LEADERS

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Kickoff Returns...... Avg Scoring Offense...... Avg Turnovers Gained...... Total Rushing...... YPG 12. Jordan Akers, UCF...... 28.5 9. East Carolina...... 43.6 3. Temple...... 17 26. Marlon Mack, USF...... 107.2 18. Bobby McCain, Memphis...... 26.5 24. Temple...... 39.0 10. Houston...... 14 41. Sherman Badie, Tulane...... 91.4 33. Rannell Hall, UCF...... 24.7 37. Memphis...... 35.6 17. USF...... 12 56. Cincinnati...... 32.8 Memphis...... 12 Completions Per Game...... CPG All-Purpose Yards...... Avg 76. Houston...... 27.6 32. Tulane...... 11 6. Shane Carden, East Carolina...... 28.40 49. Johnny Holton, Cincinnati...... 119.5 93. Tulsa...... 23.4 79. UCF...... 7 20. Dane Evans, Tulsa...... 23.40 95. UCF...... 23.0 93. East Carolina...... 6 39. Paxton Lynch, Memphis...... 20.50 Field Goals...... FG/Game 106. Tulane...... 21.2 102. UConn...... 5 P.J. Walker, Temple...... 20.50 1. Kyle Bullard, Houston...... 2.40 111. USF...... 18.4 Cincinnati...... 5 28. Marvin Kloss, USF...... 1.40 122. UConn...... 14.8 117. Tulsa...... 4 Passing Yards Per Game...... YPG 45. Austin Jones, Temple...... 1.25 125. SMU...... 7.2 SMU...... 4 4. Shane Carden, East Carolina...... 375.8 47. Bobby Puyol, UConn...... 1.20 13. Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati...... 314.3 Carl Salazar, Tulsa...... 1.20 Scoring Defense...... PPG Turnovers Lost...... Total 27. Dane Evans, Tulsa...... 273.4 3. Temple...... 12.0 6. Cincinnati...... 4 18. Houston...... 18.2 14. Memphis...... 5 Passing Efficiency...... Rating TEAM LEADERS 22. Memphis...... 19.4 28. UCF...... 6 8. Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati...... 171.2 Rushing Offense...... YPG 34. UCF...... 20.8 38. East Carolina...... 7 15. Shane Carden, East Carolina...... 156.8 33. Memphis...... 210.0 67. East Carolina...... 25.2 63. USF...... 9 40. Justin Holman, UCF...... 144.5 48. East Carolina...... 185.8 82. UConn...... 28.4 92. UConn...... 11 64. Tulane...... 171.0 86. USF...... 29.0 99. SMU...... 11 Receptions Per Game...... RPG 77. Houston...... 154.8 100. Tulane...... 34.8 109. Houston...... 13 4. Keevan Lucas, Tulsa...... 8.8 92. USF...... 135.4 111. Cincinnati...... 37.3 Tulsa...... 13 10. Isaiah Jones, East Carolina...... 7.6 95. Tulsa...... 133.8 123. Tulsa...... 42.4 Tulane...... 13 15. Justin Hardy, East Carolina...... 7.4 102. Temple...... 128.3 125. SMU...... 49.4 110. Cincinnati...... 103.5 Turnover Margin...... Margin/Game Receiving Yards Per Game...... YPG 111. UCF...... 102.5 Net Punting...... Net Avg 1. Temple...... 2.50 12. Keevan Lucas, Tulsa...... 108.0 120. UConn...... 78.0 38. USF...... 39.07 6. Memphis...... 1.40 25. Justin Hardy, East Carolina...... 95.8 124. SMU...... 45.6 46. Temple...... 38.89 30. USF...... 0.60 34. Isaiah Jones, East Carolina...... 90.6 51. Houston...... 38.35 54. UCF...... 0.25 37. Chris Moore, Cincinnati...... 85.0 Rushing Defense...... YPG 54. UConn...... 38.24 Cincinnati...... 0.25 44. Mekale McKay, Cincinnati...... 78.8 16. UCF...... 106.0 64. Tulsa...... 37.88 56. Houston...... 0.20 45. Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa...... 78.5 17. East Carolina...... 106.4 66. East Carolina...... 37.63 84. East Carolina...... -0.20 26. UConn...... 112.0 71. Memphis...... 37.39 92. Tulane...... -0.40 Total Offense...... YPG 37. Memphis...... 124.6 80. SMU...... 36.85 116. UConn...... -1.20 3. Shane Carden, East Carolina...... 389.0 70. Houston...... 165.0 102. UCF...... 34.50 117. SMU...... -1.60 13. Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati...... 326.0 80. USF...... 172.4 109. Cincinnati...... 34.09 122. Tulsa...... -1.80 44. Dane Evans, Tulsa...... 265.8 81. Temple...... 175.0 123. Tulane...... 30.40 97. Tulane...... 196.6 Tackles For Loss...... Per Game Scoring...... PPG 110. Tulsa...... 221.4 Punt Returns...... Avg 10. UCF...... 8.0 35. Kyle Bullard, Houston...... 9.4 116. SMU...... 242.0 12. Temple...... 18.00 15. Memphis...... 7.4 50. Warren Harvey, East Carolina...... 8.6 120. Cincinnati...... 255.3 25. UConn...... 13.00 31. Tulsa...... 6.8 34. USF...... 11.43 45. UConn...... 6.4 Tackles...... TPG Passing Offense...... YPG 38. Memphis...... 10.67 52. Tulane...... 6.2 1. Jeff Luc, Cincinnati...... 15.5 4. East Carolina...... 395.6 46. UCF...... 9.44 66. USF...... 5.8 5. Zach Edwards, Cincinnati...... 12.5 14. Cincinnati...... 328.5 78. Houston...... 7.00 73. Cincinnati...... 5.8 7. Zeek Bigger, East Carolina...... 12.2 30. Tulsa...... 287.6 82. East Carolina...... 6.57 77. Temple...... 5.5 11. Efrem Oliphant, Houston...... 11.4 67. Memphis...... 231.6 91. Tulsa...... 6.00 91. East Carolina...... 5.0 18. Marquise Vann, UConn...... 10.4 81. Houston...... 220.0 98. Cincinnati...... 5.50 103. Houston...... 4.6 33. Derrick Mathews, Houston...... 9.8 84. Temple...... 214.3 107. Tulane...... 4.75 123. SMU...... 3.2 50. Jamie Byrd, USF...... 9.0 90. Tulane...... 208.6 121. SMU...... 1.60 Tank Jakes, Memphis...... 9.0 94. SMU...... 198.2 Sacks...... Per Game Brandon Williams, East Carolina...... 9.0 101. UConn...... 186.0 Kickoff Returns...... Avg 16. UCF...... 3.50 Terrance Plummer, UCF...... 9.0 106. UCF...... 178.5 13. UCF...... 26.07 23. Cincinnati...... 3.00 115. USF...... 148.0 24. Memphis...... 24.42 29. Memphis...... 2.80 Tackles For Loss...... TFL/Game 86. Cincinnati...... 19.58 53. Temple...... 2.25 1. Tank Jakes, Memphis...... 2.4 Pass Efficiency Defense...... YPG 95. Houston...... 19.05 54. USF...... 2.20 13. Thomas Niles, UCF...... 1.5 1. Temple...... 81.39 96. Tulsa...... 19.00 81. East Carolina...... 1.80 45. Jaryl Mamea, UCF...... 1.3 5. Houston...... 89.66 102. USF...... 18.67 Houston...... 1.80 42. East Carolina...... 116.36 104. UConn...... 18.50 100. Tulsa...... 1.40 Sacks...... SPG 46. Memphis...... 120.20 East Carolina...... 18.50 Tulane...... 1.40 6. Tank Jakes, Memphis...... 1.20 63. UCF...... 125.73 119. SMU...... 17.20 UConn...... 1.40 10. Thomas Niles, UCF...... 1.00 75. Tulane...... 131.24 121. Temple...... 17.10 118. SMU...... 0.80 Jaryl Memea, UCF...... 1.00 86. USF...... 135.61 125. Tulane...... 15.65 42. Terrell Hartsfield, Cincinnati...... 0.75 106. UConn...... 146.22 Sacks Allowed ...... Per Game 120. SMU...... 162.05 Fumbles Recovered...... Total 16. Memphis...... 1.00 Passes Defended...... PD/Game 121. Tulsa...... 165.51 3. Temple...... 9 Temple...... 1.00 3. Joshua Hawkins, East Carolina...... 2.0 124. Cincinnati...... 170.99 5. USF...... 8 28. Cincinnati...... 1.25 32. Jacoby Glenn, UCF...... 1.3 19. Houston...... 6 35. East Carolina...... 1.40 41. Bobby McCain, Memphis...... 1.2 Total Offense...... YPG Memphis...... 6 USF...... 1.40 4. East Carolina...... 581.4 42. Cincinnati...... 4 87. UCF...... 2.25 Interceptions...... Int/Game 49. Memphis...... 441.6 Tulane...... 4 95. Tulane...... 2.60 5. Tavon Young, Temple...... 0.8 54. Cincinnati...... 432.0 UConn...... 4 104. Houston...... 2.80 13. Joshua Hawkins, East Carolina...... 0.6 61. Tulsa...... 421.4 88. SMU...... 2 117. Tulsa...... 3.40 Bobby McCain, Memphis...... 0.6 89. Tulane...... 397.6 UCF...... 2 120. UConn...... 4.00 28. Jacoby Glenn, UCF...... 0.5 90. Houston...... 374.8 Tulsa...... 2 125. SMU...... 6.40 40. Adrian McDonald, Houston...... 0.4 105. Temple...... 342.5 108. East Carolina...... 1 Parry Nickerson, Tulane...... 0.4 118. USF...... 283.4 Sam Scofield, Tulane...... 0.4 119. UCF...... 281.0 Interceptions...... Total 121. UConn...... 264.0 12. Temple...... 8 Forced Fumbles...... FF/Game 123. SMU...... 243.8 Houston...... 8 1. Nigel Harris, USF...... 0.60 23. Tulane...... 7 Tank Jakes, Memphis...... 0.60 Total Defense...... YPG 33. Memphis...... 6 14. Derrick Alexander, Tulsa...... 0.40 12. Temple...... 298.8 53. UCF...... 5 Adrian McDonald, Houston...... 0.40 17. Houston...... 313.6 East Carolina...... 5 46. Avery Ellis, Temple...... 0.33 26. UConn...... 329.6 68. USF...... 4 30. UCF...... 335.3 108. Tulsa...... 2 Punting...... Avg 42. Memphis...... 357.8 SMU...... 2 11. Mattias Ciabatti, USF...... 45.4 48. East Carolina...... 366.6 120. Cincinnati...... 1 38. Dalton Parks, Tulsa...... 43.3 67. USF...... 391.8 UConn...... 1 43. Jackson Koonce, SMU...... 42.8 82. Tulane...... 424.2 119. Tulsa...... 511.0 Punt Returns...... Avg 123. SMU...... 557.0 10. Khalif Herbin, Temple...... 15.4 124. Cincinnati...... 561.8 11. Deshon Foxx, UConn...... 15.2 45. J.J. Worton, UCF...... 8.1

9 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF

This season, college football enters a new four-team playoff era. The for- 2004-15 College Football Playoff Schedule mat is simple: the best four teams, two semifinals played in bowl games and a championship game played in a different city each year. It’s the biggest innovation in the sport in decades. SEMIFINAL Allstate Sugar Bowl January 1, 2015 How It Works 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN A 13-member selection committee will rank the top 25 teams. The top Mercedez-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La. four ranked teams will play in two semifinal games on New Year’s Day. The two winning teams will play in the championship game in North Texas Jan. 12, 2015. SEMIFINAL Rose Bowl Game Criteria presented by Northwestern Mutual The committee will rank each team based on championships won, January 1, 2015 strength of schedule, head-to-head results, comparative outcomes of 5 p.m. ET, ESPN common opponents and other factors. Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif. Rankings On Oct. 28, the committee will release the first of seven weekly rankings of the top 25 teams. The final ranking will be released Dec. 7. It will be the Capital One Orange Bowl seeding for the playoff. December 31, 2014 8 p.m., ESPN Access Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. Every FBS team will have equal access to the playoff based on its performance. No team or conference will qualify automatically. There will be no limit on the number of teams from a conference that can make Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl the playoff. December 31, 2014 12:30 p.m., ESPN Championship Monday Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. The championship game will be on Monday night every year. Fiesta Bowl Conferences Manage The Event December 31, 2014 The FBS conferences will manage the College Football Playoff. All 10 4 p.m., ESPN conferences are members of the new entity CFP Administration, LLC. Mercedez-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La.

Selection Committee Responsibilities AT&T Cotton Bowl • Select the top four teams for the playoff, rank them and assign January 1, 2015 them to semifinal sites. 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN • Rank the next group of teams to play in other New Year’s bowls if AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas berths are available. • Select the highest-ranked champion from the five conferences without New Year’s bowl contracts. • Assign teams to New Year’s bowls COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF • Create competitive matchups NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Attempt to avoid rematches of regular-season games and repeat • January 12, 2015 appearances 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Consider geography • AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas Participants In New Year’s Bowls Both participants in the Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls are contracted outside the playoff arrange­ment (Big Ten and Pac-12 to Rose Bowl; SEC and Big 12 to Sugar Bowl; ACC to Orange Bowl against the high- est ranked available team from the SEC, Big Ten and Notre Dame). If a conference champion qualifies for the playoff, then the bowl will choose a replacement from that conference. When those bowls host the semifi- nals and their contracted conference champions do not qualify, then the dis­placed champion(s) will play in the other New Year’s bowls.

The Fiesta, Cotton and Peach Bowls will host displaced conference champions and the top-ranked champion from a non-contract confer- ence. The highest-ranked available teams will fill any other berths. The Selection Committee will make the pairings.

10 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football AMERICAN BOWL LINEUP

The Lineup In addition to the College Football Playoff and Host Bowls, the American Birmingham Bowl will have either a primary or secondary affiliation with 12 bowl games Legion Field • Birmingham, Ala. spanning the next six years. The American will work annually with its Jan. 3, 2015 • 1 p.m. • ESPN member schools and bowl partners to create the most sensible and attractive matchups during the new cycle. The Miami Beach Bowl will be played for the first time in 2014 at state- vs. of-the-art Marlins Park in Miami, which sits on the site of the historic Orange Bowl stadium. An American Athletic Conference team will play in the bowl each year, beginning with the 2014 matchup against Brigham Young. Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference are scheduled for future years, though institutions from other Miami Beach Bowl conferences also will have the opportunity to participate. Marlins Park • Miami, Fla. The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman will take place Dec. 22, 2014 • 2 p.m. • Television TBD at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., while the events and activities surrounding the game will be based in Washington, D.C. The American Athletic Conference will face an opponent from the vs. Atlantic Coast Conference in all six years of the coming cycle. The Birmingham Bowl takes place at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., The American/Big East has partnered with the bowl since its inception in the 2006 season. The American Athletic Conference will annually face an opponent from the Southeastern Conference. The Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl is played at Tropicana Field in St. Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl Petersburg, Fla. The American Athletic Conference will supply a team Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, Fla. to the bowl during each year of the six-year cycle. The Atlantic Coast Dec. 26, 2014 • 8 p.m. • ESPN Conference will provide the opposing team in 2014, 2016 and 2018, while Conference USA will play in the game in 2015, 2017 and 2019. vs. The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl is played at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University. The American Athletic Conference will send a team to the bowl in 2014, 2016 and 2018. The opponent will be Army in 2014 and a Big 12 team in 2016 and 2018, with Conference USA as a secondary affiliation. Military Bowl The Sheraton Hawaii Bowl will be played on Hawaiian Airlines Field at presented by Northrop Grumman Aloha Stadium on the campus of the University of Hawaii. The American Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Athletic Conference will participate in the bowl in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Annapolis, Md. The Boca Raton Bowl will be a pre-Christmas game that will feature an Dec. 27, 2014 • 1 p.m. • ESPN American Athletic Conference team three times during the six-year cycle at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. vs. The Bahamas Bowl will be played in at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The American Athletic Conference will face the Mid- American Conference in 2016 and Conference USA in 2018. The R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl is held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The American Athletic Conference has Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl agreed to play in the bowl in 2018 and 2019. Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas The Cure Bowl will debut in 2015 at the newly renovated Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. An American Athletic Conference team would face an Jan. 2, 2015 • Noon • ESPN opponent from the Sun Belt Conference. In addition to the conference’s primary bowl affiliations, The American holds secondary partnerships with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, vs. or Tenn., the Duck Commander Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., and the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego.

Future Lineups 2015 Season 2016 Season 2017 Season 2018 Season 2019 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA St. Petersburg Bowl vs. ACC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA St. Petersburg Bowl vs. ACC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. MAC Miami Beach Bowl vs. Sun Belt Miami Beach Bowl vs. MAC Miami Beach Bowl vs. Sun Belt Military Bowl vs. ACC Military Bowl vs. ACC Military Bowl vs. ACC Military Bowl vs. ACC Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12 Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12 Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. MAC Bahamas Bowl vs. MAC Boca Raton Bowl vs. C-USA Bahamas Bowl vs. C-USA Boca Raton Bowl vs. MAC Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Boca Raton Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt New Orleans Bowl vs. Sun Belt New Orleans Bowl vs. C-USA Liberty Bowl Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Independence Bowl Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Poinsettia Bowl Independence Bowl Independence Bowl Independence Bowl

11 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football AMERICAN ON TELEVISION

The 2014 football season will be the first under the American THE NATIONAL SCENE Athletic Conference’s comprehensive television partnership with The American Athletic Conference will have an extensive schedule of games on national television. The following telecasts were known at press time. Other ESPN. games will be added via the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process. The new arrangement began with the 2013-14 basketball season ABC and will be in place through the 2019-20 academic year. The contract Sat., Sept. 6 Oklahoma at Tulsa Noon provide unprecedented exposure on two of the industry leaders in Sat., Sept. 13 Boise State at UConn Noon sports television. Sat., Sept. 20 Texas A&M at SMU 3:30 p.m. In football, the new contract calls for all conference-controlled ESPN games — which encompasses all conference games and home Fri., Aug. 29 Brigham Young at UConn 8 p.m. Thu., Sept. 11 Houston at Brigham Young 9 p.m. nonconference games — to be televised. Nearly 90 percent of those Sat., Sept. 13 East Carolina at Virginia Tech Noon games will be carried on either national broadcast or national cable Fri., Sept. 19 UConn at USF * 8 p.m. platforms. Thu., Oct. 2 UCF at Houston * 7 p.m. Thu., Oct. 9 Brigham Young at UCF 7:30 p.m. In addition to contracted games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and Thu., Dec. 4 UCF at East Carolina * TBD ESPNews, American Athletic Conference teams will regularly appear on CBS Sports Network through a sublicensing agreement with ESPN. ESPN2 Sat., Aug. 30 UCF vs. Penn State 8:30 a.m. Further, The American will make appearances on the SEC Network, Fri., Nov. 14 Tulsa at UCF * 8 p.m. the Big Ten Network, the Pac-12 Network, Fox Sports 1, FSN and Fox ESPN or ESPN2 College Sports in selected road nonconference games. Fri., Oct. 24 USF at Cincinnati * 7 p.m. Additional nonconference games will be available on ESPN3 — ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network, giving fans an online ESPN2 or ESPNU Fri., Oct. 31 Cincinnati at Tulane * 8 p.m. destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually, Tulsa at Memphis * 8 p.m. including more than 400 college football games. It is available at no Fri., Nov. 7 Memphis at Temple * 7:30 p.m. cost to approximately 86 million homes with a high-speed Internet ESPNU connection from an affiliated provider, as well as to approximately 21 Fri., Aug. 29 Texas-San Antonio at Houston 9 p.m. million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel. It is Sat., Sept. 6 East Carolina at South Carolina 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 12 Toledo at Cincinnati 7 p.m. also accessible through ESPN on Xbox LIVE and on smartphones and Sat., Sept. 20 North Carolina at East Carolina 3:30 p.m. tablets through the WatchESPN app through an affiliated provider. Sat., Sept. 27 USF at Wisconsin Noon Sat., Oct. 4 SMU at East Carolina * Noon WatchESPN delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, Sat., Sept. 11 East Carolina at USF * 7 p.m. ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line on Fri., Oct. 17 Temple at Houston * 9 p.m. computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox and Apple TV. It is currently Thu., Oct. 23 UConn at East Carolina * 7 p.m.

accessible in 55 million households nationwide to fans who receive ESPNews ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from Time Sat., Aug. 30 North Carolina Central at East Carolina 8 p.m. Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Sat., Sept. 6 Georgia Tech at Tulane 4 p.m. Sat., Sept. 27 Tulane at Rutgers Noon Xfinity TV, Midcontinent Communications, Cablevision, Cox, Charter, Temple at UConn * 4 p.m. AT&T U-verse or Google Fiber. Texas State at Tulsa 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 11 Tulsa at Temple * Noon Currently, ESPN and ESPN2 both reach nearly 100 million house- UConn at Tulane * 8 p.m. holds across the nation. ESPNU’s reach has expanded to 74 million households. CBS Sports Network is available to 100 million homes and CBSSN Thu., Aug. 28 Tulane at Tulsa * 8 p.m. may be seen on a digital basic cable package in all American Athletic Sat., Sept. 6 Maryland at USF 3:30 p.m. Conference markets. Sat., Sept. 13 North Carolina State at USF 3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 20 Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 27 TCU at SMU Noon Sat., Oct. 4 Memphis at Cincinnati * 7 p.m. Sat., Oct. 11 Houston at Memphis * 7 p.m. Sat., Oct. 18 Cincinnati at SMU * 3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 8 UConn at Army (Yankee Stadium) 3:30 p.m. SEC Network Thu., Aug. 28 Temple at Vanderbilt 9:15 p.m. Sat., Sept. 13 UCF at Missouri Noon Big Ten Network Sat., Sept. 27 Cincinnati at Ohio State 6 p.m. Pac-12 Network Sat., Sept. 6 Memphis at UCLA 10 p.m. FS1 Sun., Aug. 31 SMU at Baylor 7:30 p.m. FSN Sat., Sept. 6 SMU at North Texas Noon Sat., Sept. 27 Memphis at Mississippi 7:30 p.m. FCS Sat., Sept. 13 Tulsa at Florida Atlantic 7 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change. * American Athletic Conference game

12 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football MEDIABIG EAST FOOTBALLSERVICES MEDIA SERVICES

American Athletic Conference TheAmerican.org Weekly Release & Statistics The official website of the American Athletic Conference Media members may access PDF versions of the Communications Contacts features up-to-date information on all facets of the complete weekly release, including conference and league. Football standings, results, statistics and notes team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org or via UCF are updated as games are played. In addition, in-game CollegePressBox.com. Regular updates of the weekly Brian Ormiston scores for all football contests involving American release will be distributed via e-mail from the confer- Office...... (407) 823-2409 Athletic Conference teams will be updated in-progress. ence office. To be included on the distribution list, Mobile...... (407) 920-1233 send an e-mail request to Chuck Sullivan at csullivan@ e-mail...... [email protected] theamerican.org. CINCINNATI Ryan Koslen Weekly Football Highlights Office...... 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Weekly Awards EAST CAROLINA The American names offensive, defensive and special Tom McClellan teams Players of the Week each Monday morning dur- Office...... (252) 737-1274 Weekly Teleconference ing the season. Winners are chosen from nominations Mobile...... (252) 414-0990 The American Athletic Conference will hold weekly provided by conference sports information directors. e-mail...... [email protected] teleconferences with its 11 head football coaches, The information will be available from the conference beginning Monday, Aug. 25 and continuing each Mon- office via release as well as on the league web site. HOUSTON day through Dec 1. Each coach will be available for 10 David Bassity minutes. Media representatives wishing to participate in Office...... (713) 743-9409 the teleconference should contact The American office Mobile...... (405) 274-1455 for the phone number. This year’s schedule is as follows: Annual Awards The American Athletic Conference will name first and e-mail...... [email protected] second all-conference teams, players of the year on Eastern Central Coach MEMPHIS 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Conference news/award winners offense, defense and special teams, rookie of the year and coach of the year. The awards are chosen by a Ron Mears 11:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. Tom Mason, SMU Office...... (901) 678-2349 11:20 a.m. 10:20 a.m. Bob Diaco, UConn vote of the league’s 11 head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season. The awards will be announced Mobile...... (832) 969-1310 11:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina e-mail...... [email protected] 11:40 a.m. 10:40 a.m. Bill Blankenship, Tulsa Dec. 10, 2014 The American Athletic Conference All- Academic Team is comprised of players who have an 11:50 a.m. 10:50 a.m. Tony Levine, Houston USF Noon 11 a.m. Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better over the previous academic year and completed at least two Brian Siegrist 12:10 p.m. 11:10 a.m. Willie Taggart, USF Office...... (813) 974-4086 12:20 p.m. 11:20 a.m. Matt Rhule, Temple semesters of academic work. The team is announced in early February. The American Athletic Conference Mobile...... (813) 293-3897 12:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. Justin Fuente, Memphis e-mail...... [email protected] 12:40 p.m. 11:40 a.m. George O’Leary, UCF Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year was established to 12:50 p.m. 11:50 a.m. Curtis Johnson, Tulane recognize student-athletes who have achieved success in the classroom and on the field. 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TULSA Don Tomkalski Office...... (918) 631-3200 Mobile...... (918) 640-0683 e-mail...... [email protected]

13 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football SCHEDULES & RESULTS

UCF (2-2, 1-0 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. UCF Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 vs. Penn State 1 (ESPN2) L, 24-26 53,304 rv/rv rv/- 24 222 246 12-22-0 1 57 454 511 3 9/13 at Missouri (SEC Network) L, 10-38 60,348 -/- 20/21 90 209 299 22-36-2 4 178 144 322 1 9/20 Bethune-Cookman (ESPN3) W, 41-7 44,510 -/- -/- 169 182 351 8-13-0 0 72 101 173 0 10/2 at Houston * (ESPN) W, 17-12 26,685 -/- -/- 127 101 228 6-18-0 1 117 214 331 3 10/9 Brigham Young (7:30 p.m., ESPN) 10/18 Tulane * (Noon, ESPNU/ESPNews) 10/25 Temple * 11/1 at UConn * 11/14 Tulsa * (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/22 SMU * 11/28 at USF * 12/4 at East Carolina * (ESPN)

1 Croke Park Classic, Dublin, Ireland

CINCINNATI (2-2, 0-1 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Cin Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 9/12 Toledo (ESPNU) W, 58-34 31,912 rv/rv -/- 148 436 584 29-42-0 0 240 323 563 1 9/20 Miami (Ohio) (CBSSN) W, 31-24 41,926 rv/rv -/- 99 271 370 25-39-2 2 102 262 364 3 9/27 at Ohio State (BTN) L, 28-50 108,362 rv/rv 22/20 70 352 422 21-33-0 0 386 324 710 1 10/4 Memphis * (CBSSN) L, 14-41 25,456 -/rv -/- 97 255 352 16-40-1 2 299 311 610 0 10/11 at Miami (Fla.) (Noon, ACC Regional) 10/18 at SMU * (3:30 p.m., CBSSN) 10/24 USF * (7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2) 10/31 at Tulane * (8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU) 11/13 East Carolina * (7 p.m., ESPN2) 11/22 at UConn * 11/29 at Temple * 12/6 Houston *

UCONN (1-4, 0-2 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. UConn Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/29 Brigham Young (ESPN) L, 10-35 35,150 -/- rv/rv 71 284 355 25-48-1 2 205 308 513 2 9/6 Stony Brook (SNY) W, 19-16 23,543 -/- -/- 81 142 223 12-27-0 2 104 196 300 0 9/13 Boise State (ABC/ESPN2) L, 21-38 30,098 -/- -/rv 48 242 290 22-38-2 3 52 240 292 1 9/19 at USF * (ESPN) L, 14-17 28,723 -/- -/- 57 88 145 6-10-0 1 158 113 271 1 9/27 Temple * (ESPNews) L, 10-36 27,755 -/- -/- 133 174 307 14-28-2 3 41 231 272 1 10/11 at Tulane * (8 p.m., ESPNews) 10/23 at East Carolina * (7 p.m., ESPNU) 11/1 UCF * 11/8 vs. Army 1 (3:30 p.m., CBSSN) 11/22 Cincinnati * 11/29 at Memphis * 12/6 SMU *

1 at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.

EAST CAROLINA (4-1, 1-0 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. EC Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 North Carolina Central (ESPNews) W, 52-7 42,758 -/- -/- 208 374 582 33-46-0 1 70 104 174 1 9/6 at South Carolina (ESPNU) L, 23-33 80,899 -/- 21/21 132 321 453 32-46-2 2 175 266 441 1 9/13 at Virginia Tech (ESPN) W, 28-21 63,267 -/- 17/19 75 427 502 23-47-0 1 13 150 163 2 9/20 North Carolina (ESPNU) W, 70-41 51,082 rv/rv 25/rv 343 446 789 32-51-1 1 145 294 439 1 10/4 SMU * (ESPNU) W, 45-24 45,029 22/23 -/- 171 410 581 31-41-0 1 51 339 390 1 10/11 at USF * (7 p.m., ESPNU) 10/23 UConn * (7 p.m., ESPNU) 11/1 at Temple * 11/13 at Cincinnati * (7 p.m., ESPN2) 11/22 Tulane * 11/28 at Tulsa * 12/4 UCF * (ESPN)

14 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football SCHEDULES & RESULTS

HOUSTON (2-3, 0-1 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Hou Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/29 Texas-San Antonio (ESPNU) L, 7-27 40,755 -/rv -/- -26 234 208 25-50-4 6 142 121 263 1 9/6 Grambling State (ESPN3) W, 47-0 30,081 -/- -/- 275 202 477 15-26-0 2 63 175 238 6 9/11 at Brigham Young (ESPN) L, 25-33 57,630 -/- 25/rv 10 315 325 31-53-0 0 323 200 523 3 9/20 UNLV (ESPN3) W, 47-14 23,408 -/- -/- 399 135 534 12-29-2 2 170 146 316 3 10/2 UCF * (ESPN) L, 12-17 26,685 -/- -/- 117 214 331 22-43-2 3 127 101 228 1 10/11 at Memphis * (7 p.m., CBSSN) 10/17 Temple * (9 p.m., ESPNU) 11/1 at USF * 11/8 Tulane * 11/22 Tulsa * 11/28 at SMU * 12/6 at Cincinnati *

MEMPHIS (3-2, 1-0 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Mem Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 Austin Peay (ESPN3) W, 63-0 27,361 -/- -/- 303 242 545 20-27-1 2 116 30 146 2 9/6 at UCLA (Pac-12 Network) L, 35-42 72,098 -/- 11/11 164 305 469 27-42-0 0 144 396 540 1 9/20 Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) W, 36-17 46,378 -/rv -/- 261 219 480 21-35-1 1 88 237 325 3 9/27 at Mississippi (FSN) L, 3-24 61,291 -/rv 10/11 23 81 104 13-31-1 2 178 248 426 4 10/4 at Cincinnati * (CBSSN) W, 41-14 25,456 -/- -/rv 299 311 610 18-25-0 0 97 255 352 2 10/11 Houston * (7 p.m., CBSSN) 10/25 at SMU * 10/31 Tulsa * (8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU) 11/7 at Temple * (7:30 p.m., ESPNU) 11/15 at Tulane * 11/22 USF * 11/29 UConn *

USF (2-3, 1-0 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. USF Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/30 Western Carolina (ESPN3) W, 36-31 31,642 -/- -/- 294 191 485 10-27-1 2 80 374 454 2 9/6 Maryland (CBSSN) L, 17-24 28,915 -/- -/- 83 174 257 15-37-1 1 116 201 317 6 9/13 North Carolina State (CBSSN) L, 17-49 27,269 -/- -/- 70 89 159 5-20-2 3 315 274 589 2 9/19 UConn * (ESPN) W, 17-14 28,723 -/- -/- 158 113 271 10-18-1 1 57 88 145 1 9/27 at Wisconsin (ESPNU) L, 10-27 78,111 -/- 19/17 72 173 245 8-19-1 2 294 160 454 1 10/11 East Carolina * (7 p.m., ESPNU) 10/18 at Tulsa * (Noon, ESPNU/ESPNews) 10/24 at Cincinnati * (7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2) 11/1 Houston * 11/15 at SMU * 11/22 at Memphis * 11/28 UCF *

SMU (0-5, 0-1 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. SMU Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/31 at Baylor (Fox Sports 1) L, 0-45 45,733 -/- 10/10 -24 91 67 21-40-1 3 261 313 574 2 9/6 at North Texas (FSN) L, 6-43 22,398 -/- -/- 8 266 274 24-45-2 5 245 108 353 0 9/20 Texas A&M (ABC/ESPN2) L, 6-58 34,820 -/- 6/7 102 139 241 14-29-0 0 268 395 663 1 9/27 TCU (CBSSN) L, 0-56 23,093 -/- rv/rv 89 156 245 16-33-1 3 265 349 614 0 10/4 at East Carolina * (ESPNU) L, 24-45 45,029 -/- 22/23 51 339 390 42-67-1 1 169 410 579 1 10/18 Cincinnati * (3:30 p.m., CBSSN) 10/25 Memphis * 11/8 at Tulsa * 11/15 USF * 11/22 at UCF * 11/28 Houston * 12/6 at UConn *

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TEMPLE (3-1, 1-0 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Temple Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/28 at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) W, 37-7 31,731 -/- rv/- 144 207 351 23-36-0 2 54 224 278 7 9/6 Navy (ESPN3) L, 24-31 28,408 -/rv -/- 156 240 396 29-50-1 2 487 30 517 3 9/20 Delaware State (ESPN3) W, 59-0 19,202 -/- -/- 172 179 351 16-21-2 2 26 67 93 4 9/27 at UConn * (ESPNews) W, 36-10 27,755 -/- -/- 41 231 272 20-31-0 1 133 174 307 3 10/11 Tulsa * (Noon, ESPNews) 10/17 at Houston * (9 p.m., ESPNU) 10/25 at UCF * 11/1 East Carolina * 11/7 Memphis * (7:30 p.m., ESPNU) 11/15 at Penn State 11/29 Cincinnati * Dec.6 at Tulane *

TULANE (1-4, 0-1 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Tulane Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/28 at Tulsa * (CBSSN) 2ot L, 31-38 19,032 -/- -/- 254 262 516 22-44-1 2 154 438 592 2 9/6 Georgia Tech (ESPNews) L, 21-38 30,000 -/- -/- 96 231 327 17-35-3 3 344 15 359 3 9/13 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3) W, 35-20 26,358 -/- -/- 122 238 360 14-30-2 3 58 213 271 3 9/20 at Duke (ACC Regional) L, 13-47 20,197 -/- rv/rv 215 160 375 14-36-4 5 256 181 437 2 9/27 at Rutgers (ESPNews) L, 6-31 48,361 -/- -/- 152 152 304 18-29-0 0 171 291 462 1 10/11 UConn * (8 p.m., ESPNews) 10/18 at UCF * (Noon, ESPNU/ESPNews) 10/31 Cincinnati * (8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU) 11/8 at Houston * 11/15 Memphis * 11/22 at East Carolina * 12/6 Temple *

TULSA (1-4, 1-0 American) Rank Offense Defense Date Opponent Result Attend. Tulsa Opp Rush Pass Total Passing TO Rush Pass Total TO 8/28 Tulane * (CBSSN) 2ot W, 38-31 19,032 -/- -/- 154 438 592 31-53-2 2 254 262 516 2 9/6 Oklahoma (ABC) L, 7-52 29,357 -/- 3/4 94 234 328 27-50-3 4 261 319 580 0 9/13 at Florida Atlantic (FCS) L, 21-50 14,112 -/- -/- 94 269 363 24-52-2 3 177 341 518 0 9/27 Texas State (ESPNews) 3ot L, 34-37 21,353 -/- -/- 200 234 434 23-40-1 1 181 228 409 0 10/4 at Colorado State (MW Network) L, 17-42 25,086 -/- -/- 127 263 390 18-35-2 3 234 298 532 2 10/11 at Temple * (Noon, ESPNews) 10/18 USF * (Noon, ESPNU/ESPNews) 10/31 at Memphis * (8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU) 11/8 SMU * 11/14 at UCF * (8 p.m., ESPN2) 11/22 at Houston * 11/28 East Carolina *

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Thursday, August 28 Thursday, October 2 Saturday, November 22 Tulsa 38, Tulsa 31 (2ot) * UCF 17, Houston 12 * SMU at UCF * Temple 37, Vanderbilt 7 Cincinnati at UConn * Saturday, October 4 Tulane at East Carolina * Friday, August 29 East Carolina 45, SMU 24 Tulsa at Houston * Brigham Young 35, UConn 10 Colorado State 42, Tulsa 17 USF at Memphis * Texas-San Antonio 27, Houston 7 Memphis 41, Cincinnati 14 * Friday, November 28 Saturday, August 30 Thursday, October 9 UCF at USF * Penn State 26, UCF 24 1 Brigham Young at UCF (7:30 p.m., ESPN) East Carolina at Tulsa * Memphis 63, Austin Peay 0 Houston at SMU * USF 36, Western Carolina 31 Saturday, October 11 East Carolina 52, North Carolina Central 7 Cincinnati at Miami (Fla.) (Noon, ACC Regional) Saturday, November 29 Tulsa at Temple * (Noon, ESPNews) Cincinnati at Temple * Sunday, August 31 East Carolina at USF * (7 p.m., ESPNU) UConn at Memphis * Baylor 45, SMU 0 Houston at Memphis * (7 p.m., CBSSN) UConn at Tulane * (8 p.m., ESPNews) Thursday, December 4 Saturday, September 6 UCF at East Carolina * (ESPN) UConn 19, Stony Brook 16 Friday, October 17 North Texas 43, SMU 6 Temple at Houston * (9 p.m., ESPNU) Saturday, December 6 Oklahoma 52, Tulsa 7 Houston at Cincinnati * Navy 31, Temple 24 Saturday, October 18 SMU at UConn * Maryland 24, USF 17 Tulane at UCF * (Noon, ESPNU/ESPNews) Temple at Tulane * Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 21 USF at Tulsa * (Noon, ESPNU/ESPNews) South Carolina 33, East Carolina 23 Cincinnati at SMU * (3:30 p.m., CBSSN) Houston 47, Grambling State 0 * American Athletic Conference game UCLA 42, Memphis 35 Thursday, October 23 1 Croke Park Classic, Dublin, Ireland UConn at East Carolina * (7 p.m., ESPNU) 2 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y. Thursday, September 11 Brigham Young 33, Houston 25 Friday, October 24 All times Eastern; all dates and times subject to USF at Cincinnati * (7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2) change Friday, September 12 Cincinnati 58, Toledo 34 Saturday, October 25 Additional television listings will be announced as Temple at UCF * they become available Saturday, September 13 Memphis at SMU * Boise State 38, UConn 21 Missouri 38, UCF 10 Friday, October 31 East Carolina 28, Virginia Tech 21 Cincinnati at Tulane * (8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU) North Carolina State 49, USF 17 Tulsa at Memphis * (8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU) Florida Atlantic 50, Tulsa 21 Tulane 35, Southeastern Louisiana 20 Saturday, November 1 UCF at UConn * Friday, September 19 East Carolina at Temple * USF 17, UConn 14 * Houston at USF *

Saturday, September 20 Friday, November 7 Duke 47, Tulane 13 Memphis at Temple * (7:30 p.m., ESPNU) Temple 59, Delaware State 0 East Carolina 70, North Carolina 41 Saturday, November 8 Texas A&M 58, SMU 6 UConn at Army 2 (3:30 p.m., CBSSN) UCF 41, Bethune-Cookman 7 Tulane at Houston * Cincinnati 31, Miami (Ohio) 24 SMU at Tulsa * Memphis 36, Middle Tennessee 7 Houston 47, UNLV 14 Thursday, November 13 East Carolina at Cincinnati * (7 p.m., ESPN2) Saturday, September 27 Wisconsin 27, USF 10 Friday, November 14 TCU 56, SMU 0 Tulsa at UCF * (8 p.m., ESPN2) Rutgers 31, Tulane 6 Temple 36, UConn 10 * Saturday, November 15 Ohio State 50, Cincinnati 28 Memphis at Tulane * Mississippi 24, Memphis 3 USF at SMU * Texas State 37, Tulsa 34 (3ot) Temple at Penn State

17 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

RUSHING G Att. Yds Avg. TD Lg Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G 1. MACK, Marlon-USF 5 99 536 5.4 5 62 107.2 1. CARDEN, Shane-ECU 5 66 1879 252 1945 389.0 2. BADIE, Sherman-TLN 5 60 457 7.6 3 90 91.4 2. KIEL, Gunner-CIN 4 47 1257 157 1304 326.0 3. ALLEN, Breon-ECU 5 43 380 8.8 3 84 76.0 3. EVANS, Dane-TLS 5 -38 1367 254 1329 265.8 4. FARROW, Kenneth-HOU 5 48 321 6.7 2 55 64.2 4. LYNCH, Paxton-MEM 5 98 1158 200 1256 251.2 5. STANBACK, William-UCF 3 44 181 4.1 2 35 60.3 5. WALKER,P.J.-TEM 4 99 805 156 904 226.0 6. DORCEUS, Doroland-MEM 4 46 237 5.2 4 40 59.2 6. O'KORN, John-HOU 5 18 944 204 962 192.4 7. LANGER, Zack-TLS 4 49 223 4.6 2 20 55.8 7. HOLMAN, Justin-UCF 4 81 659 120 740 185.0 8. FLANDERS, James-TLS 5 57 265 4.6 0 17 53.0 8. LEE, Tanner-TLN 5 -44 914 161 870 174.0 9. CRAFT, Sam-MEM 5 61 252 4.1 3 19 50.4 9. WHITMER, Chandler-UCONN 5 -49 715 145 666 133.2 10. JACKSON, Ryan-HOU 5 35 249 7.1 2 55 49.8 10. WHITE, Mike-USF 5 -15 561 91 546 109.2

PASSING AVG/GAME G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Avg/G SCORING G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G 1. CARDEN, Shane-ECU 5 142-219-3 1879 15 375.8 1. BULLARD, Kyle-HOU 5 0 12 11 0 47 9.4 2. KIEL, Gunner-CIN 4 82-135-3 1257 15 314.2 2. HARVEY, Warren-ECU 5 0 5 28 0 43 8.6 3. EVANS, Dane-TLS 5 117-214-9 1367 9 273.4 3. JONES,Austin-TEM 4 0 5 18 0 33 8.2 4. LYNCH, Paxton-MEM 5 99-159-3 1158 7 231.6 4. ELLIOTT, Jake-MEM 5 0 5 23 0 38 7.6 5. WALKER,P.J.-TEM 4 82-126-3 805 7 201.2 5. MOORE, Chris-CIN 4 5 0 0 0 30 7.5 6. O'KORN, John-HOU 5 89-172-8 944 6 188.8 6. LUCAS, Keevan-TLS 5 6 0 0 0 36 7.2 7. LEE, Tanner-TLN 5 70-142-9 914 8 182.8 7. SALAZAR, Carl-TLS 5 0 6 13 0 31 6.2 8. HOLMAN, Justin-UCF 4 43-79-2 659 6 164.8 KLOSS, Marvin-USF 5 0 7 10 0 31 6.2 9. WHITMER, Chandler-UCONN 5 54-105-3 715 5 143.0 9. STANBACK, William-UCF 3 3 0 0 0 18 6.0 10. WHITE, Mike-USF 5 32-80-3 561 2 112.2 MCKAY, Mekale-CIN 4 4 0 0 0 24 6.0

PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Eff. SCORING (TDs) G TD Run Pass Ret Pat Pts Avg/G 1. KIEL, Gunner-CIN 4 82-135-3 1257 15 171.2 1. MOORE, Chris-CIN 4 5 0 5 0 0 30 7.5 2. CARDEN, Shane-ECU 5 142-219-3 1879 15 156.8 2. LUCAS, Keevan-TLS 5 6 0 6 0 0 36 7.2 3. HOLMAN, Justin-UCF 4 43-79-2 659 6 144.5 3. FITZPATRICK, Jalen-TEM 4 4 0 4 0 0 24 6.0 4. LYNCH, Paxton-MEM 5 99-159-3 1158 7 134.2 DORCEUS, Doroland-MEM 4 4 4 0 0 0 24 6.0 5. WALKER,P.J.-TEM 4 82-126-3 805 7 132.3 LYNCH, Paxton-MEM 5 5 5 0 0 0 30 6.0 6. WHITMER, Chandler-UCONN 5 54-105-3 715 5 118.6 MCKAY, Mekale-CIN 4 4 0 4 0 0 24 6.0 7. EVANS, Dane-TLS 5 117-214-9 1367 9 113.8 STANBACK, William-UCF 3 3 2 1 0 0 18 6.0 8. LEE, Tanner-TLN 5 70-142-9 914 8 109.3 HARDY, Justin-ECU 5 5 0 5 0 0 30 6.0 9. O'KORN, John-HOU 5 89-172-8 944 6 100.1 MACK, Marlon-USF 5 5 5 0 0 0 30 6.0 10. WHITE, Mike-USF 5 32-80-3 561 2 9 9 .7 10. JONES, Isaiah-ECU 5 4 0 4 0 0 24 4.8

RECEPTIONS/GAME G No. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Rec/G SCORING (KICK) G PAT FG Pts Avg/G 1. LUCAS, Keevan-TLS 5 44 540 6 84 108.0 8.8 1. BULLARD, Kyle-HOU 5 11-14 12-12 47 9.4 2. JONES, Isaiah-ECU 5 38 453 4 41 90.6 7.6 2. HARVEY, Warren-ECU 5 28-28 5-8 43 8.6 3. HARDY, Justin-ECU 5 37 479 5 38 95.8 7.4 3. JONES,Austin-TEM 4 18-18 5-7 33 8.2 4. GARRETT, Keyarris-TLS 4 21 314 0 39 78.5 5.2 4. ELLIOTT, Jake-MEM 5 23-23 5-9 38 7.6 JOSEPH,Darius-SMU 4 21 164 2 25 41.0 5.2 5. KLOSS, Marvin-USF 5 10-10 7-8 31 6.2 6. DAVIS, Geremy-UCONN 5 25 368 3 39 73.6 5.0 SALAZAR, Carl-TLS 5 13-13 6-8 31 6.2 7. SPENCER, Daniel-HOU 5 24 236 2 45 47.2 4.8 7. GANTZ, Andrew-CIN 4 17-18 2-3 23 5.8 8. FITZPATRICK, Jalen-TEM 4 19 288 4 42 72.0 4.8 8. PUYOL, Bobby-UCONN 5 6-7 6-7 24 4.8 9. WASHINGTON, S.-CIN 4 18 168 1 22 42.0 4.5 9. MOFFITT, Shawn-UCF 4 9-9 3-4 18 4.5 10. GREENBERRY, D.-HOU 5 21 323 2 67 64.6 4.2 10. DiROCCO, Andrew-TLN 4 10-12 1-4 13 3.2

RECEIVE YDS/GAME G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/C Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 1. LUCAS, Keevan-TLS 5 44 540 6 84 12.3108.0 1. MALONE, Keiwone-MEM 5 12 86 0 18 7.2 2. HARDY, Justin-ECU 5 37 479 5 38 12.9 95.8 3. JONES, Isaiah-ECU 5 38 453 4 41 11.9 90.6 KICK RETURN AVG G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 4. MOORE, Chris-CIN 4 11 340 5 83 30.9 85.0 1. HALL, Rannell-UCF 3 6 148 0 33 24.7 5. MCKAY, Mekale-CIN 4 15 315 4 80 21.0 78.8 2. DUNKLEY, Chris-USF 5 12 282 0 41 23.5 6. GARRETT, Keyarris-TLS 4 21 314 0 39 15.0 78.5 3. HOLTON, Johnny-CIN 4 17 347 0 36 20.4 7. DAVIS, Geremy-UCONN 5 25 368 3 39 14.7 73.6 4. AYERS, Demarcus-HOU 5 17 330 0 43 19.4 8. FITZPATRICK, Jalen-TEM 4 19 288 4 42 15.2 72.0 5. NEWSOME, Arkeel-UCONN 5 16 305 0 34 19.1 9. GREENBERRY, D.-HOU 5 21 323 2 67 15.4 64.6 6. SANDERS,Deion-SMU 4 15 266 0 58 17.7 10. PERRIMAN, Breshad-UCF 4 9 258 2 61 28.7 64.5 7. HILLIARD, Dontrell-TLN 5 14 207 0 28 14.8 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G 1. HOLTON, Johnny-CIN 4 0 131 0 347 478 119.5 2. LUCAS, Keevan-TLS 5 47 540 0 0 587 117.4 3. MACK, Marlon-USF 5 536 20 0 0 556 111.2 4. ALLEN, Breon-ECU 5 380 100 0 53 533 106.6 5. BADIE, Sherman-TLN 5 457 66 0 0 523 104.6 6. JONES, Isaiah-ECU 5 0 453 8 59 520 104.0 7. HARDY, Justin-ECU 5 0 479 21 0 500 100.0 8. NEWSOME, Arkeel-UCONN 5 98 91 0 305 494 98.8 9. AYERS, Demarcus-HOU 5 0 141 0 330 471 94.2 10. MOORE, Chris-CIN 4 0 340 0 2 342 85.5

PUNTING G No. Yds Lg I20 50+ TB Avg. 1. GREGORY, Worth-ECU 5 15 722 63 1 6 3 48.1 2. CIABATTI, Matti-USF 5 28 1272 61 10 7 1 45.4 3. PARKS, Dalton-TLS 5 33 1429 62 10 9 4 43.3 4. KOONCE,Jackson-SMU 5 33 1414 54 4 7 0 42.8 5. STARZYK,Alex-TEM 4 19 797 62 4 4 1 41.9 6. SEIBERT, Dylan-HOU 5 12 503 55 1 2 0 41.9 7. WAIN, Justin-UCONN 4 28 1169 56 7 5 1 41.8 8. SMITH, Spencer-MEM 5 21 839 55 6 3 1 40.0 9. PIPER, Logan-HOU 4 11 433 54 3 1 1 39.4 10. HOUSTON, Caleb-UCF 4 18 690 53 5 3 2 38.3

FIELD GOALS G Made Att. Long Pct. FG/G 1. BULLARD, Kyle-HOU 5 12 12 51 100.0 2.40 2. KLOSS, Marvin-USF 5 7 8 47 87.5 1.40 3. JONES,Austin-TEM 4 5 7 47 71.4 1.25 4. PUYOL, Bobby-UCONN 5 6 7 42 85.7 1.20 SALAZAR, Carl-TLS 5 6 8 42 75.0 1.20 6. HARVEY, Warren-ECU 5 5 8 40 62.5 1.00 ELLIOTT, Jake-MEM 5 5 9 40 55.6 1.00 8. MOFFITT, Shawn-UCF 4 3 4 42 75.0 0.75 9. RADEMACHER,Cody-SMU 5 3 6 37 50.0 0.60 10. GANTZ, Andrew-CIN 4 2 3 34 66.7 0.50

FIELD GOAL PCT G Made Att. Long Pct. 1. BULLARD, Kyle-HOU 5 12 12 51 100.0

PAT KICKING PCT G Made Att. Pct. 1. HARVEY, Warren-ECU 5 28 28 100.0 ELLIOTT, Jake-MEM 5 23 23 100.0 JONES,Austin-TEM 4 18 18 100.0 SALAZAR, Carl-TLS 5 13 13 100.0 KLOSS, Marvin-USF 5 10 10 100.0 MOFFITT, Shawn-UCF 4 9 9 100.0 7. GANTZ, Andrew-CIN 4 17 18 94.4 8. DiROCCO, Andrew-TLN 4 10 12 83.3 9. BULLARD, Kyle-HOU 5 11 14 78.6 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

TACKLES (All positions) G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G SACKS G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 1. LUC, Jeff-CIN 4 27 35 62 15.5 1. JAKES, Tank-MEM 5 LB 6 0 6.0 1.20 2. EDWARDS, Zach-CIN 4 21 29 50 12.5 2. MAMEA, Jaryl-UCF 4 DL 4 0 4.0 1.00 3. BIGGER, Zeek-ECU 5 LB 24 37 61 12.2 NILES, Thomas-UCF 4 DL 4 0 4.0 1.00 4. OLIPHANT, Efrem-HOU 5 25 32 57 11.4 4. HARTSFIELD, T.-CIN 4 2 2 3.0 0.75 5. VANN, Marquise-UCONN 5 LB 31 21 52 10.4 5. ELLIS,Avery-TEM 3 DL 2 0 2.0 0.67 6. MATHEWS, D.-HOU 5 28 21 49 9.8 6. HARRAH, Brad-CIN 4 2 1 2.5 0.62 7. JAKES, Tank-MEM 5 LB 34 11 45 9.0 7. CLIETT, Reshard-USF 5 3 0 3.0 0.60 BYRD, Jamie-USF 5 37 8 45 9.0 8. ALEXANDER, Derrick-TLS 5 DE 2 1 2.5 0.50 WILLIAMS, Brandon-ECU 5 LB 19 26 45 9.0 ORMSBY, Cole-UCONN 4 LB 2 0 2.0 0.50 PLUMMER, T.-UCF 4 LB 20 16 36 9.0 HILL, Demetrius-USF 4 2 0 2.0 0.50 11. MUDOH, Michael-TLS 5 DB 14 30 44 8.8 WILLIAMS, Brandon-ECU 5 LB 2 1 2.5 0.50 12. GEATHERS, Clayton-UCF 4 DB 20 15 35 8.8 12. SMITH, Jeremy-TLS 5 DE 2 0 2.0 0.40 13. MARTIN, Trent-TLS 5 LB 18 25 43 8.6 CALLOWAY, Derri-USF 5 2 0 2.0 0.40 14. TEMPLE, Nick-CIN 4 13 20 33 8.2 AVERY, Genard-MEM 5 LB 2 0 2.0 0.40 15. MARLEY, Nico-TLN 5 LB 22 18 40 8.0 MATHEWS, D.-HOU 5 2 0 2.0 0.40 16. SCOFIELD, Sam-TLN 5 DB 29 9 38 7.6 HARRIS, Nigel-USF 5 2 0 2.0 0.40 17. RICHARDSON,Darrion-SMU 5 DB 25 12 37 7.4 17. LUC, Jeff-CIN 4 1 1 1.5 0.38 GODWIN, Nate-USF 5 30 7 37 7.4 18. PACE, Miles-UCF 3 DL 1 0 1.0 0.33 19. STEWART, Graham-UCONN 5 LB 15 21 36 7.2 19. HUMMINGBIRD, Chris-TLS 5 DE 1 1 1.5 0.30 SUITS, Craig-TLS 5 LB 20 16 36 7.2 GILBERT, Tyler-TLN 5 DE 1 1 1.5 0.30 21. ADAMS, Andrew-UCONN 5 DB 22 13 35 7.0 22. MONROE, Darion-TLN 5 DB 24 10 34 6.8 TACKLES FOR LOSS G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 23. ALEXANDER, Brandon-UCF 4 DB 14 12 26 6.5 1. JAKES, Tank-MEM 5 LB 12 0 12.0 2.40 MATAKEVICH, Tyler-TEM 4 LB 19 7 26 6.5 2. NILES, Thomas-UCF 4 DL 5 2 6.0 1.50 25. GREENBAUER,Hayden-SMU 5 DB 19 13 32 6.4 3. MAMEA, Jaryl-UCF 4 DL 4 2 5.0 1.25 McDONALD, A.-HOU 5 16 16 32 6.4 4. HARRIS, Nigel-USF 5 6 0 6.0 1.20 HARRIS, Nigel-USF 5 27 5 32 6.4 MARLEY, Nico-TLN 5 LB 5 2 6.0 1.20 28. TYSON, Mike-CIN 4 9 16 25 6.2 6. ALEXANDER, Derrick-TLS 5 DE 4 2 5.0 1.00 29. IVEY, Lamar-ECU 5 DB 16 15 31 6.2 WILLIAMS, Brandon-ECU 5 LB 3 4 5.0 1.00 SANDERS,Stephon-SMU 5 LB 22 9 31 6.2 8. WHITE, Johnathon-ECU 5 DL 3 3 4.5 0.90 31. LENNON, Domonique-ECU 5 DB 13 17 30 6.0 HUMMINGBIRD, Chris-TLS 5 DE 3 3 4.5 0.90 MOUHON, S.-CIN 4 10 14 24 6.0 SUITS, Craig-TLS 5 LB 3 3 4.5 0.90 33. MELIFONWU, Obi-UCONN 5 DB 20 9 29 5.8 11. GRAY, Troy-UCF 4 LB 3 1 3.5 0.88 OVERTON, Montese-ECU 5 LB 12 17 29 5.8 FINCH,Sharif-TEM 4 DL 3 1 3.5 0.88 YENGA,Jonathan-SMU 5 LB 15 14 29 5.8 13. STEWART, Graham-UCONN 5 LB 3 2 4.0 0.80 36. MONTES,Ajee-SMU 5 DB 15 13 28 5.6 VANN, Marquise-UCONN 5 LB 3 2 4.0 0.80 ALLEN, Detric-ECU 5 DB 17 11 28 5.6 MARTIN, Trent-TLS 5 LB 3 2 4.0 0.80 STEWART, Trevon-HOU 5 16 12 28 5.6 16. HARTSFIELD, T.-CIN 4 2 2 3.0 0.75 39. OZERITIES, Jordan-UCF 4 DB 17 5 22 5.5 HARRAH, Brad-CIN 4 2 2 3.0 0.75 GLENN, Jacoby-UCF 4 DB 17 5 22 5.5 ANDERSON, D.-UCF 4 DL 3 0 3.0 0.75 SMITH,Nate D.-TEM 4 LB 13 9 22 5.5 PLUMMER, T.-UCF 4 LB 2 2 3.0 0.75 GRAY, Troy-UCF 4 LB 14 8 22 5.5 20. GILBERT, Tyler-TLN 5 DE 3 1 3.5 0.70 JONES, Andre-CIN 4 15 7 22 5.5 44. NELSON, Demarco-TLS 5 DB 20 7 27 5.4 45. HAYES,Will-TEM 4 DB 11 10 21 5.2 46. ASHIRU, Jefferson-UCONN 5 LB 10 16 26 5.2 47. DOSS, Lorenzo-TLN 5 CB 16 9 25 5.0 COLEMAN, Grant-CIN 4 10 10 20 5.0 TAYLOR, Steven-HOU 4 10 10 20 5.0 PAYNE, L.-CIN 4 10 10 20 5.0 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

PASSES DEFENDED G BrUp Int. Total Avg/G 1. HAWKINS, Josh-ECU 5 7 3 10 2.00 2. GLENN, Jacoby-UCF 4 3 2 5 1.25 3. McCAIN, Bobby-MEM 5 3 3 6 1.20 4. YOUNG,Tavon-TEM 4 1 3 4 1.00 GEATHERS, Clayton-UCF 4 3 1 4 1.00 RANDOLPH,Shakiel-SMU 4 3 1 4 1.00 7. JONES, Byron-UCONN 5 3 1 4 0.80 WARD, Johnny-USF 5 3 1 4 0.80 SCOFIELD, Sam-TLN 5 2 2 4 0.80 JACKSON, W.-HOU 5 3 1 4 0.80 11. OZERITIES, Jordan-UCF 4 2 1 3 0.75 BARROW, Will-TLS 4 3 0 3 0.75 EDWARDS, Zach-CIN 4 2 1 3 0.75 14. MARLEY, Nico-TLN 5 2 1 3 0.60 McDANIEL, Austin-TLS 5 3 0 3 0.60 IVEY, Lamar-ECU 5 3 0 3 0.60 RICHARDSON,Darrion-SMU 5 3 0 3 0.60 HIGHTOWER, Lee-HOU 5 3 0 3 0.60 HOLLIER, Bakari-MEM 5 2 1 3 0.60 DUNKLEY, Chris-USF 5 3 0 3 0.60

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 1. YOUNG,Tavon-TEM 4 3 128 1 93 0.75 2. McCAIN, Bobby-MEM 5 3 46 0 29 0.60 HAWKINS, Josh-ECU 5 3 11 0 7 0.60 4. GLENN, Jacoby-UCF 4 2 31 0 31 0.50 5. McDONALD, A.-HOU 5 2 82 0 53 0.40 SCOFIELD, Sam-TLN 5 2 18 0 18 0.40 NICKERSON, Parry-TLN 5 2 0 0 0 0.40 8. SMITH,Nate L.-TEM 3 1 30 0 30 0.33 JEFFERSON, Cequan-TEM 3 1 20 0 20 0.33 10. FINCH,Sharif-TEM 4 1 65 1 65 0.25

FUMBLES FORCED G No. Avg/G 1. HARRIS, Nigel-USF 5 3 0.60 JAKES, Tank-MEM 5 3 0.60 3. ALEXANDER, Derrick-TLS 5 2 0.40 McDONALD, A.-HOU 5 2 0.40 5. ELLIS,Avery-TEM 3 1 0.33 6. CHANDLER,Sean-TEM 4 1 0.25 PLUMMER, T.-UCF 4 1 0.25 TAYLOR, Steven-HOU 4 1 0.25 ASIEGBU, Zik-TLS 4 1 0.25 ALEXANDER, Brandon-UCF 4 1 0.25

FUMBLES RECOVERED G No. Avg/G 1. ROBINSON,Averee-TEM 4 2 0.50 FINCH,Sharif-TEM 4 2 0.50 3. CHANDLER, Todd-USF 5 2 0.40 McDONALD, A.-HOU 5 2 0.40 CROSBY, Cortez-MEM 5 2 0.40 6. HARTSFIELD, T.-CIN 4 1 0.25 MATAKEVICH, Tyler-TEM 4 1 0.25 PAYNE, L.-CIN 4 1 0.25 WILSON, Eric-CIN 4 1 0.25 MARTIN,Jacob-TEM 4 1 0.25 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G RUSHING DEFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G 1. East Carolina 5 29 5 29 0 0 0 218 43.6 1. UCF 4 138 424 3.1 29 2 106.0 2. Temple 4 19 7 19 0 0 1 156 39.0 2. East Carolina 5 159 532 3.3 36 5 106.4 3. Memphis 5 23 5 23 0 0 1 178 35.6 3. UConn 5 178 560 3.1 26 4 112.0 4. Cincinnati 4 18 2 17 0 0 0 131 32.8 4. Memphis 5 176 623 3.5 39 7 124.6 5. Houston 5 15 12 12 0 0 0 138 27.6 5. Houston 5 227 825 3.6 39 8 165.0 6. Tulsa 5 14 6 13 1 0 0 117 23.4 6. USF 5 205 862 4.2 43 9 172.4 7. UCF 4 11 5 11 0 0 0 92 23.0 7. Temple 4 166 700 4.2 56 4 175.0 8. Tulane 5 15 1 13 0 0 0 106 21.2 8. Tulane 5 211 983 4.7 50 9 196.6 9. USF 5 11 7 10 0 0 0 97 19.4 9. Tulsa 5 183 1107 6.0 90 11 221.4 10. UConn 5 8 6 6 1 0 0 74 14.8 10. SMU 5 207 1210 5.8 58 15 242.0 11. SMU 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 36 7.2 11. Cincinnati 4 217 1021 4.7 33 7 255.2

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G PASS OFFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G 1. Temple 4 6 2 6 0 0 0 48 12.0 1. East Carolina 5 151-231-4 65.4 1978 8.6 16 395.6 2. Houston 5 11 4 11 0 0 1 91 18.2 2. Cincinnati 4 91-154-3 59.1 1314 8.5 15 328.5 3. Memphis 5 13 2 11 1 0 0 97 19.4 3. Tulsa 5 123-230-10 53.5 1438 6.3 9 287.6 4. UCF 4 8 9 8 0 0 0 83 20.8 4. Memphis 5 99-160-3 61.9 1158 7.2 7 231.6 5. East Carolina 5 15 7 15 0 0 0 126 25.2 5. Houston 5 105-201-8 52.2 1100 5.5 6 220.0 6. UConn 5 18 5 17 0 0 1 142 28.4 6. Temple 4 88-138-3 63.8 857 6.2 7 214.2 7. USF 5 19 4 19 0 0 0 145 29.0 7. Tulane 5 85-174-10 48.9 1043 6.0 8 208.6 8. Tulane 5 21 8 20 1 0 1 174 34.8 8. SMU 5 117-214-5 54.7 991 4.6 3 198.2 9. Cincinnati 4 18 7 18 0 0 1 149 37.2 9. UConn 5 79-150-5 52.7 930 6.2 5 186.0 10. Tulsa 5 28 5 27 0 0 1 212 42.4 10. UCF 4 48-89-2 53.9 714 8.0 6 178.5 11. SMU 5 31 10 31 0 0 0 247 49.4 11. USF 5 48-121-6 39.7 740 6.1 2 148.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS DEFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G 1. East Carolina 5 929 1978 384 2907 7.6 28 581.4 1. Temple 4 46-92-8 50.0 495 5.4 1 123.8 2. Memphis 5 1050 1158 405 2208 5.5 21 441.6 2. Houston 5 71-142-8 50.0 743 5.2 3 148.6 3. Cincinnati 4 414 1314 258 1728 6.7 18 432.0 3. UConn 5 90-143-1 62.9 1088 7.6 9 217.6 4. Tulsa 5 669 1438 428 2107 4.9 14 421.4 4. USF 5 101-156-4 64.7 1097 7.0 8 219.4 5. Tulane 5 855 1043 358 1898 5.3 15 379.6 5. Tulane 5 79-145-7 54.5 1138 7.8 9 227.6 6. Houston 5 775 1100 362 1875 5.2 14 375.0 6. UCF 4 79-129-5 61.2 913 7.1 5 228.2 7. Temple 4 513 857 281 1370 4.9 12 342.5 7. Memphis 5 101-172-6 58.7 1166 6.8 6 233.2 8. USF 5 677 740 290 1417 4.9 9 283.4 8. East Carolina 5 134-226-5 59.3 1301 5.8 9 260.2 9. UCF 4 410 714 235 1124 4.8 11 281.0 9. Tulsa 5 101-162-2 62.3 1448 8.9 15 289.6 10. UConn 5 390 930 324 1320 4.1 6 264.0 10. Cincinnati 4 85-130-1 65.4 1226 9.4 11 306.5 11. SMU 5 228 991 358 1219 3.4 4 243.8 11. SMU 5 122-185-2 65.9 1575 8.5 15 315.0

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. 1. Temple 4 700 495 258 1195 4.6 5 298.8 1. Cincinnati 4 91-154-3 59.1 1314 328.5 15 159.0 2. Houston 5 825 743 369 1568 4.2 11 313.6 2. East Carolina 5 151-231-4 65.4 1978 395.6 16 156.7 3. UConn 5 560 1088 321 1648 5.1 13 329.6 3. UCF 4 48-89-2 53.9 714 178.5 6 139.1 4. UCF 4 424 913 267 1337 5.0 7 334.2 4. Memphis 5 99-160-3 61.9 1158 231.6 7 133.4 5. Memphis 5 623 1166 348 1789 5.1 13 357.8 5. Temple 4 88-138-3 63.8 857 214.2 7 128.3 6. East Carolina 5 532 1301 385 1833 4.8 14 366.6 6. Tulsa 5 123-230-10 53.5 1438 287.6 9 110.2 7. USF 5 862 1097 361 1959 5.4 17 391.8 7. UConn 5 79-150-5 52.7 930 186.0 5 109.1 8. Tulane 5 983 1138 356 2121 6.0 18 424.2 8. Tulane 5 85-174-10 48.9 1043 208.6 8 102.9 9. Tulsa 5 1107 1448 345 2555 7.4 26 511.0 9. Houston 5 105-201-8 52.2 1100 220.0 6 100.1 10. SMU 5 1210 1575 392 2785 7.1 30 557.0 10. SMU 5 117-214-5 54.7 991 198.2 3 93.5 11. Cincinnati 4 1021 1226 347 2247 6.5 18 561.8 11. USF 5 48-121-6 39.7 740 148.0 2 86.6

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G PASS DEFENSE EFFIC. G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. 1. Memphis 5 245 1050 4.3 40 14 210.0 1. Temple 4 46-92-8 50.0 495 123.8 1 81.4 2. East Carolina 5 153 929 6.1 84 12 185.8 2. Houston 5 71-142-8 50.0 743 148.6 3 89.7 3. Tulane 5 184 855 4.6 90 7 171.0 3. East Carolina 5 134-226-5 59.3 1301 260.2 9 116.4 4. Houston 5 161 775 4.8 55 8 155.0 4. Memphis 5 101-172-6 58.7 1166 233.2 6 120.2 5. USF 5 169 677 4.0 62 7 135.4 5. UCF 4 79-129-5 61.2 913 228.2 5 125.7 6. Tulsa 5 198 669 3.4 23 5 133.8 6. Tulane 5 79-145-7 54.5 1138 227.6 9 131.2 7. Temple 4 143 513 3.6 24 5 128.2 7. USF 5 101-156-4 64.7 1097 219.4 8 135.6 8. Cincinnati 4 104 414 4.0 33 3 103.5 8. UConn 5 90-143-1 62.9 1088 217.6 9 146.2 9. UCF 4 146 410 2.8 35 5 102.5 9. SMU 5 122-185-2 65.9 1575 315.0 15 162.1 10. UConn 5 174 390 2.2 26 1 78.0 10. Tulsa 5 101-162-2 62.3 1448 289.6 15 165.5 11. SMU 5 144 228 1.6 22 1 45.6 11. Cincinnati 4 85-130-1 65.4 1226 306.5 11 171.0 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct. 1. UCF 4 14 365 0 68 26.1 1. Houston 5 12 13 .9 2 3 2. Memphis 5 12 293 0 59 24.4 2. USF 5 7 8 .8 7 5 3. Cincinnati 4 19 372 0 36 19.6 3. UConn 5 6 7 .8 5 7 4. Houston 5 19 362 0 43 19.1 4. UCF 4 5 6 .8 3 3 5. Tulsa 5 16 304 0 27 19.0 5. Temple 4 7 9 .7 7 8 6. USF 5 18 336 0 41 18.7 6. Tulsa 5 6 8 .7 5 0 7. UConn 5 20 370 0 34 18.5 7. Cincinnati 4 2 3 .6 6 7 East Carolina 5 16 296 0 42 18.5 8. Memphis 5 5 9 .5 5 6 9. SMU 5 30 516 0 58 17.2 East Carolina 5 5 9 .5 5 6 10. Temple 4 10 171 0 30 17.1 10. SMU 5 3 6 .5 0 0 11. Tulane 5 17 266 0 28 15.6 11. Tulane 5 1 5 .2 0 0

PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Long Avg. PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct. 1. Temple 4 8 144 2 84 18.0 1. East Carolina 5 29 29 1.000 2. UConn 5 7 91 1 72 13.0 Memphis 5 23 23 1.000 3. UCF 4 8 92 0 21 11.5 Temple 4 19 19 1.000 4. USF 5 7 80 0 24 11.4 Tulsa 5 13 13 1.000 5. Memphis 5 15 160 0 53 10.7 UCF 4 11 11 1.000 6. Houston 5 9 63 0 31 7.0 USF 5 10 10 1.000 7. East Carolina 5 7 46 0 21 6.6 SMU 5 3 3 1.000 8. Tulsa 5 11 66 0 19 6.0 8. Cincinnati 4 17 18 .9 4 4 9. Cincinnati 4 2 11 0 11 5.5 9. Tulane 5 13 15 .8 6 7 10. Tulane 5 4 19 0 10 4.8 10. UConn 5 6 7 .8 5 7 11. SMU 5 5 8 0 11 1.6 11. Houston 5 12 15 .8 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. SACKS BY G No. Yards Avg/G 1. Temple 4 8 243 2 93 30.4 1. Memphis 5 14 88 2.80 2. Houston 5 8 117 0 53 14.6 UCF 4 14 109 3.50 3. Tulane 5 7 49 0 22 7.0 3. Cincinnati 4 12 79 3.00 4. Memphis 5 6 63 1 29 10.5 4. USF 5 11 66 2.20 5. East Carolina 5 5 57 1 46 11.4 5. Houston 5 9 65 1.80 6. UCF 4 5 33 0 31 6.6 Temple 4 9 56 2.25 7. USF 5 4 46 1 46 11.5 East Carolina 5 9 61 1.80 8. Tulsa 5 2 40 0 39 20.0 8. Tulsa 5 7 66 1.40 9. SMU 5 2 10 0 10 5.0 Tulane 5 7 55 1.40 10. Cincinnati 4 1 14 0 14 14.0 UConn 5 7 38 1.40 11. UConn 5 1 70 1 70 70.0 11. SMU 5 4 22 0.80

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P Ret. Avg/R TB Net/P SACKS AGAINST G No. Yards Avg/G 1. USF 5 29 1272 43.9 119 4.1 1 39.1 1. Temple 4 4 18 1.00 2. Temple 4 19 797 41.9 38 2.0 1 38.9 2. Cincinnati 4 5 34 1.25 3. Houston 5 23 936 40.7 34 1.5 1 38.3 Memphis 5 5 44 1.00 4. UConn 5 34 1379 40.6 59 1.7 1 38.2 4. USF 5 7 55 1.40 5. Tulsa 5 33 1429 43.3 99 3.0 4 37.9 East Carolina 5 7 52 1.40 6. East Carolina 5 16 756 47.2 94 5.9 3 37.6 6. UCF 4 9 65 2.25 7. Memphis 5 28 1061 37.9 -6 -0.2 1 37.4 7. Houston 5 12 87 2.40 8. SMU 5 34 1459 42.9 206 6.1 0 36.9 8. Tulane 5 13 102 2.60 9. UCF 4 18 690 38.3 29 1.6 2 34.5 9. Tulsa 5 17 95 3.40 10. Cincinnati 4 23 858 37.3 34 1.5 2 34.1 10. UConn 5 20 125 4.00 11. Tulane 5 25 870 34.8 90 3.6 1 30.4 11. SMU 5 32 175 6.40

KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Ret. TB NetAvg FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 1. SMU 5 10 596 59.6 124 1 44.7 1. East Carolina 5 39 96 13 148 29.6 2. Temple 4 30 1886 62.9 397 8 43.0 2. Memphis 5 50 59 12 121 24.2 3. Memphis 5 33 2126 64.4 297 18 41.8 Tulsa 5 45 65 11 121 24.2 4. Tulsa 5 21 1183 56.3 178 6 40.7 4. Houston 5 41 45 20 106 21.2 5. UConn 5 20 1124 56.2 212 4 40.6 5. Tulane 5 41 44 16 101 20.2 6. Houston 5 32 2000 62.5 458 10 40.4 6. Cincinnati 4 22 57 5 84 21.0 7. USF 5 22 1366 62.1 239 10 39.9 7. UConn 5 26 41 13 80 16.0 8. East Carolina 5 39 2448 62.8 522 15 39.8 8. SMU 5 20 48 11 79 15.8 9. Cincinnati 4 25 1575 63.0 249 14 39.0 9. Temple 4 34 40 1 75 18.8 10. Tulane 5 21 1263 60.1 288 8 36.9 10. USF 5 29 29 4 62 12.4 11. UCF 4 20 1112 55.6 388 5 30.0 11. UCF 4 25 28 7 60 15.0 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G 1. Temple 4 38 20 7 65 16.2 1. Cincinnati 4 18 155 38.8 2. UCF 4 32 34 11 77 19.2 2. SMU 5 26 240 48.0 3. UConn 5 26 50 5 81 16.2 3. Tulsa 5 28 241 48.2 4. Houston 5 48 30 8 86 17.2 4. USF 5 33 252 50.4 5. Memphis 5 35 55 10 100 20.0 5. Temple 4 22 205 51.2 6. Tulsa 5 42 54 8 104 20.8 6. UConn 5 30 276 55.2 7. USF 5 48 53 5 106 21.2 7. UCF 4 30 270 67.5 8. East Carolina 5 32 70 8 110 22.0 8. East Carolina 5 39 353 70.6 9. Tulane 5 54 47 13 114 22.8 9. Houston 5 42 369 73.8 10. Cincinnati 4 64 55 2 121 30.2 10. Memphis 5 39 377 75.4 11. SMU 5 59 73 5 137 27.4 11. Tulane 5 51 434 86.8

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. OPPONENT PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G 1. East Carolina 5 31 62 50.0 1. Houston 5 61 555 111.0 2. Cincinnati 4 21 49 42.9 2. UCF 4 41 373 93.2 3. Memphis 5 33 82 40.2 3. UConn 5 44 425 85.0 4. UCF 4 20 51 39.2 4. SMU 5 42 389 77.8 5. Tulsa 5 37 95 38.9 5. Tulane 5 39 377 75.4 6. Tulane 5 27 74 36.5 6. Memphis 5 38 354 70.8 7. USF 5 24 69 34.8 7. Tulsa 5 32 344 68.8 8. Houston 5 27 78 34.6 8. East Carolina 5 33 315 63.0 9. UConn 5 22 73 30.1 9. Cincinnati 4 28 215 53.8 10. Temple 4 15 54 27.8 10. Temple 4 21 186 46.5 11. SMU 5 20 83 24.1 11. USF 5 27 214 42.8

OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. TIME OF POSSESSION G Total possesion Avgerage/game 1. Temple 4 16 51 31.4 1. Memphis 5 162:06 32:25 2. Memphis 5 23 71 32.4 2. Tulsa 5 158:11 31:38 UConn 5 23 71 32.4 3. UConn 5 153:29 30:41 4. East Carolina 5 29 81 35.8 4. SMU 5 152:58 30:35 5. Houston 5 32 86 37.2 5. Tulane 5 149:46 29:57 6. Tulsa 5 33 76 43.4 6. UCF 4 114:42 28:40 7. UCF 4 29 62 46.8 7. East Carolina 5 139:15 27:51 8. USF 5 33 70 47.1 8. Houston 5 138:43 27:44 Tulane 5 33 70 47.1 9. Temple 4 109:41 27:25 10. SMU 5 33 68 48.5 10. USF 5 134:50 26:58 11. Cincinnati 4 37 67 55.2 11. Cincinnati 4 90:03 22:30

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. Gained Lost 1. Tulsa 5 8 11 72.7 TURNOVER MARGIN Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Margin Per/G 2. Temple 4 7 10 70.0 1. Temple 4 9 8 17 4 3 7 +10 2.50 3. Memphis 5 4 6 66.7 2. Memphis 5 6 6 12 2 3 5 +7 1.40 4. UCF 4 3 5 60.0 3. USF 5 8 4 12 3 6 9 +3 0.60 5. SMU 5 10 20 50.0 4. Cincinnati 4 4 1 5 1 3 4 +1 0.25 East Carolina 5 2 4 50.0 UCF 4 2 5 7 4 2 6 +1 0.25 Cincinnati 4 1 2 50.0 6. Houston 5 6 8 14 5 8 13 +1 0.20 8. UConn 5 2 6 33.3 7. East Carolina 5 1 5 6 3 4 7 -1 -0.20 Houston 5 3 9 33.3 8. Tulane 5 4 7 11 3 10 13 -2 -0.40 10. Tulane 5 3 12 25.0 9. UConn 5 4 1 5 6 5 11 -6 -1.20 11. USF 5 1 5 20.0 10. SMU 5 2 2 4 7 5 12 -8 -1.60 11. Tulsa 5 2 2 4 3 10 13 -9 -1.80 OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Temple 4 1 3 33.3 2. UCF 4 2 5 40.0 3. Houston 5 3 7 42.9 4. UConn 5 3 6 50.0 SMU 5 2 4 50.0 Tulane 5 4 8 50.0 7. USF 5 2 3 66.7 Cincinnati 4 4 6 66.7 Memphis 5 2 3 66.7 10. East Carolina 5 8 10 80.0 11. Tulsa 5 2 2 100.0 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Statistics Through games of Oct 06, 2014

RED ZONE OFFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO Attend Avg Home Away Neutral Total 1. Cincinnati 4 12-13 92.3 10 3-7 2-3 0 Cincinnati 3-33098 1-108362 0-0 4-51914 2. Memphis 5 22-24 91.7 17 12-5 5-5 1 East Carolina 3-46290 2-72083 0-0 5-56607 3. USF 5 9-10 90.0 3 3-0 6-6 0 Houston 4-30232 1-57630 0-0 5-35712 4. East Carolina 5 25-28 89.3 21 10-11 4-6 0 Memphis 2-36870 3-52948 0-0 5-46517 5. UCF 4 12-14 85.7 8 5-3 4-4 1 SMU 2-28956 3-37720 0-0 5-34215 6. Temple 4 15-18 83.3 9 5-4 6-7 1 Temple 2-23805 2-29743 0-0 4-26774 7. Houston 5 20-26 76.9 11 7-4 9-9 4 Tulane 2-28179 3-29197 0-0 5-28790 8. SMU 5 7-10 70.0 4 1-3 3-3 0 Tulsa 3-23247 2-19959 0-0 5-21932 9. Tulsa 5 16-24 66.7 11 5-6 5-7 5 UCF 1-44510 2-43516 1-53304 4-46212 10. Tulane 5 10-17 58.8 9 4-5 1-5 2 UConn 4-29136 1-28723 0-0 5-29054 11. UConn 5 7-13 53.8 3 1-2 4-5 0 USF 4-29137 1-78111 0-0 5-38932 Totals 30-31402 21-45858 1-53304 52-37661 RED ZONE DEFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO 1. Temple 4 4-9 44.4 2 2-0 2-3 1 2. Tulane 5 18-27 66.7 14 9-5 4-7 2 3. Cincinnati 4 16-21 76.2 11 7-4 5-8 1 4. UCF 4 11-14 78.6 4 2-2 7-7 1 5. Tulsa 5 17-21 81.0 15 7-8 2-5 1 6. Memphis 5 10-12 83.3 8 6-2 2-4 0 East Carolina 5 15-18 83.3 10 4-6 5-5 0 8. SMU 5 26-31 83.9 21 13-8 5-8 1 9. USF 5 17-20 85.0 13 7-6 4-4 2 10. Houston 5 13-15 86.7 10 8-2 3-3 1 11. UConn 5 11-12 91.7 7 3-4 4-5 0

ON-SIDE KICKS BY G Recovered Attempts Success% 1. SMU 5 1 1 100.0 2. Tulane 5 0 0 0.0 Cincinnati 4 0 0 0.0 UCF 4 0 0 0.0 Tulsa 5 0 0 0.0 Memphis 5 0 0 0.0 East Carolina 5 0 0 0.0 USF 5 0 0 0.0 Houston 5 0 0 0.0 UConn 5 0 0 0.0 Temple 4 0 0 0.0

ON-SIDE KICKS AGAINST G Recovered Attempts Success% 1. Memphis 5 0 1 0.0 UConn 5 0 1 0.0 East Carolina 5 0 1 0.0 Houston 5 0 0 0.0 Temple 4 0 0 0.0 UCF 4 0 0 0.0 Cincinnati 4 0 0 0.0 Tulane 5 0 0 0.0 SMU 5 0 0 0.0 10. USF 5 1 2 50.0 11. Tulsa 5 1 1 100.0 2014 American Athletic Conference Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS

Points scored 24 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 18 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 18 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 18 HARDY, Justin (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) Touchdowns 4 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 3 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 3 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 3 HARDY, Justin (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) TD responsibility 6 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) [0r,6p] 6 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [2r,4p] Points scored kicking 17 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [4fg,5pat] 12 SALAZAR, Carl (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) [3fg,3pat] 12 KLOSS, Marvin (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) [3fg,3pat] 12 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) [4fg,0pat] Total offense yards 457 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) [47r,410p] 442 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) [24r,418p] Total offense plays 72 KRSTICH,Garrett (SMU) at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) [5r,67p] 62 WALKER,P.J. (Temple) vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) [13r,49p] Total offense yards/play 14.3 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) [15-215] 11.7 ALLEN, Breon (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [18-211] Rushing yards 275 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 215 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) Rushing attempts 38 CRAFT, Sam (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) 31 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs UCONN (Sep 19, 2014) Yards per rush 16.5 ADAMS, Rodney (USF) at Wisconsin (Sep 27, 2014) [2-33] 14.5 ALLEN, Breon (East Carolina) at South Carolina (Sep 06, 2014) [4-58] Rushing TDs 4 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 2 HOLMAN, Justin (UCF) vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) 2 DORCEUS, Doroland (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) 2 LYNCH, Paxton (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) 2 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 2 ALLEN, Breon (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 2 STANBACK, William (UCF) vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) 2 LYNCH, Paxton (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) Longest rush 90 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) 86 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Rutgers (Sep 27, 2014) Passing yards 438 EVANS, Dane (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 438 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) Passing attempts 67 KRSTICH,Garrett (SMU) at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 53 EVANS, Dane (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) Passing TDs 6 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 4 EVANS, Dane (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 4 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 4 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) vs MIAMI (OHIO) (09/20/14) 4 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 4 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) Longest pass 84 EVANS, Dane (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 83 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) Passes completed 42 KRSTICH,Garrett (SMU) at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 32 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) at South Carolina (Sep 06, 2014) Had intercepted 4 O'KORN, John (Houston) vs TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (Aug 29, 2014) 3 LEE, Tanner (Tulane) vs GEORGIA TECH (Sep 06, 2014) 3 LEE, Tanner (Tulane) at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) Pass completion pct 75.6 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) [31-41] 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

74.1 LYNCH, Paxton (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [20-27] Pass yards/attempt 14.6 HOLMAN, Justin (UCF) vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) [14-204] 13.2 HOLMAN, Justin (UCF) vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [11-145] Pass yards/catch 22.7 HOLMAN, Justin (UCF) vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) [9-204] 24.2 HOLMAN, Justin (UCF) vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [6-145] Receiving yards 233 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 224 WORTHY, Cam (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) Receptions 13 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 13 JOSEPH,Darius (SMU) at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) Yards per catch 73.7 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) [3-221] 37.3 WORTHY, Cam (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) [6-224] Receiving TDs 3 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 3 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 3 HARDY, Justin (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) Longest reception 84 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 83 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) Field goal attempts 5 SALAZAR, Carl (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 4 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 4 HARVEY, Warren (East Carolina) at South Carolina (Sep 06, 2014) 4 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) 4 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) Field goals made 4 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 4 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) Longest field goal 51 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) 47 KLOSS, Marvin (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 47 JONES,Austin (Temple) at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) Field goal pct 100.0 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [4-4] 100.0 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) [4-4] 100.0 KLOSS, Marvin (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) [3-3] 100.0 PUYOL, Bobby (UConn) vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) at Brigham Young (Sep 11, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 PUYOL, Bobby (UConn) vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 QUIRARTE, R. (UCF) vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 SALAZAR, Carl (Tulsa) vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted 10 HARVEY, Warren (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 9 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) PAT kicks made 10 HARVEY, Warren (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 9 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) PAT kicks pct 100.0 HARVEY, Warren (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [10-10] 100.0 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [9-9] 100.0 JONES,Austin (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [7-7] 100.0 HARVEY, Warren (East Carolina) vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) [6-6] 100.0 HARVEY, Warren (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) [6-6] 100.0 BULLARD, Kyle (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) at UCLA (Sep 06, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 DiROCCO, Andrew (Tulane) vs SE LOUISIANA (Sep 13, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [5-5] Punts 9 WAIN, Justin (UConn) vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) 9 SMITH, Spencer (Memphis) at Mississippi (Sep 27, 2014) Yards punted 386 SMITH, Spencer (Memphis) at Mississippi (Sep 27, 2014) [9-386] 377 GREGORY, Worth (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) [8-377] Longest punt 63 GREGORY, Worth (East Carolina) vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

62 STARZYK,Alex (Temple) vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) 62 PARKS, Dalton (Tulsa) vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) 62 PARKS, Dalton (Tulsa) at Colorado State (Oct 04, 2014) Punting avg 51.8 STARZYK,Alex (Temple) vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) [5-259] 51.5 GREGORY, Worth (East Carolina) vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) [2-103] Punt returns 6 MALONE, Keiwone (Memphis) vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Sep 20, 2014) 5 WARD Jr., Greg (Houston) vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) Punt return yards 98 HERBIN,Khalif (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 85 FOXX, Deshon (UConn) vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) Longest punt return 84 HERBIN,Khalif (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 72 FOXX, Deshon (UConn) vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) Punt return TDs 1 FOXX, Deshon (UConn) vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) 1 FOSTER,Artrel (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 1 HERBIN,Khalif (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) Punt return avg 49.0 HERBIN,Khalif (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [2-98] 33.0 CRAIG, Joe (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [2-66] Kick returns 7 SANDERS,Deion (SMU) at North Texas (Sep 06, 2014) 6 AYERS, Demarcus (Houston) at Brigham Young (Sep 11, 2014) 6 HOLTON, Johnny (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 6 NEWSOME, Arkeel (UConn) vs TEMPLE (Sep 27, 2014) Kick return yards 142 AKINS, Jordan (UCF) vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) 141 HOLTON, Johnny (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) Kick return avg 40.5 McCAIN, Bobby (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [2-81] 32.5 DUNKLEY, Chris (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) [2-65] Longest kick return 68 AKINS, Jordan (UCF) vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) 59 McCAIN, Bobby (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) Combined PR/KR yards 142 AKINS, Jordan (UCF) vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) [0pr-142kr] 141 HOLTON, Johnny (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) [0pr-141kr] Interceptions 2 YOUNG,Tavon (Temple) at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 2 HAWKINS, Josh (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 2 McCAIN, Bobby (Memphis) at Mississippi (Sep 27, 2014) Interception return yds 93 YOUNG,Tavon (Temple) at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) 70 JONES, Byron (UConn) at USF (Sep 19, 2014) Interception return avg 17.5 YOUNG,Tavon (Temple) at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) [2-35] 8.5 McCAIN, Bobby (Memphis) at Mississippi (Sep 27, 2014) [2-17] Longest interception rtn 93 YOUNG,Tavon (Temple) at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) 70 JONES, Byron (UConn) at USF (Sep 19, 2014) Interception return TDs 1 ETIENNE, Fritz (Memphis) at UCLA (Sep 06, 2014) 1 ROBBINS, Lamar (USF) vs NORTH CAROLINA STATE (Sep 13, 2014) 1 JONES, Byron (UConn) at USF (Sep 19, 2014) 1 FINCH,Sharif (Temple) vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 1 BIGGER, Zeek (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 1 YOUNG,Tavon (Temple) at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) All-purpose yards 280 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 269 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) Tackles 18.0 LUC, Jeff (Cincinnati) vs MIAMI (OHIO) (09/20/14) [7-11] 18.0 LUC, Jeff (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) [11-7] 18.0 EDWARDS, Zach (Cincinnati) vs MEMPHIS (10/04/14) [7-11] Sacks 3.0 MAMEA, Jaryl (UCF) at Houston (Oct 2, 2014) [3-0] 2.5 HARRAH, Brad (Cincinnati) vs MIAMI (OHIO) (09/20/14) [2-1] Tackles for loss 4.0 JAKES, Tank (Memphis) at UCLA (Sep 06, 2014) [4-0] 3.0 MARTIN, Trent (Tulsa) at Florida Atlantic (Sep 13, 2014) [3-0] 3.0 JAKES, Tank (Memphis) vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Sep 20, 2014) [3-0] 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

3.0 MAMEA, Jaryl (UCF) at Houston (Oct 2, 2014) [3-0] 3.0 JAKES, Tank (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [3-0] 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Stellar Games Through games of Oct 06, 2014

200-Yard Rushing Performances

275 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 215 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) 211 ALLEN, Breon (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014)

100-Yard Rushing Performances

275 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 215 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) 211 ALLEN, Breon (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 170 CRAFT, Sam (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) 147 JACKSON, Ryan (Houston) vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) 130 FARROW, Kenneth (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 124 THOMPSON, Lazedrick (Tulane) at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) 113 FARROW, Kenneth (Houston) vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) 112 FLANDERS, James (Tulsa) vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) 108 BADIE, Sherman (Tulane) at Rutgers (Sep 27, 2014) 104 STANBACK, William (UCF) vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) 103 WILLIAMS, Hosey (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 103 MACK, Marlon (USF) vs UCONN (Sep 19, 2014) 101 COOPER, Jarvis (Memphis) vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014)

Number of 100-Yard Rushing Performances

BADIE, Sherman, Tulane - 2 FARROW, Kenneth, Houston - 2 MACK, Marlon, USF - 2 ALLEN, Breon, East Carolina - 1 COOPER, Jarvis, Memphis - 1 CRAFT, Sam, Memphis - 1 FLANDERS, James, Tulsa - 1 JACKSON, Ryan, Houston - 1 STANBACK, William, UCF - 1 THOMPSON, Lazedrick, Tulane - 1 WILLIAMS, Hosey, Cincinnati - 1

500-Yard Passing Performances

None

400-Yard Passing Performances

438 EVANS, Dane (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 438 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 427 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 418 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 410 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Stellar Games Through games of Oct 06, 2014

300-Yard Passing Performances

438 EVANS, Dane (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 438 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 427 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 418 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 410 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) 352 KIEL, Gunner (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 339 KRSTICH,Garrett (SMU) at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 321 CARDEN, Shane (East Carolina) at South Carolina (Sep 06, 2014) 311 LYNCH, Paxton (Memphis) at Cincinnati (10/04/14) 307 O'KORN, John (Houston) at Brigham Young (Sep 11, 2014) 305 LYNCH, Paxton (Memphis) at UCLA (Sep 06, 2014)

Number of 300-Yard Passing Performances

CARDEN, Shane, East Carolina - 4 KIEL, Gunner, Cincinnati - 2 LYNCH, Paxton, Memphis - 2 EVANS, Dane, Tulsa - 1 KRSTICH,Garrett, SMU - 1 O'KORN, John, Houston - 1

200-Yard Receiving Performances

233 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 224 WORTHY, Cam (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 221 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014)

100-Yard Receiving Performances

233 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 224 WORTHY, Cam (East Carolina) at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 221 MOORE, Chris (Cincinnati) at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 175 MCKAY, Mekale (Cincinnati) vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 150 JONES, Isaiah (East Carolina) vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 133 HARDY, Justin (East Carolina) at South Carolina (Sep 06, 2014) 133 SPENCER, Daniel (Houston) at Brigham Young (Sep 11, 2014) 130 JONES, Isaiah (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) 120 HARDY, Justin (East Carolina) vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) 117 BROWN, Trevon (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 117 GARRETT, Keyarris (Tulsa) vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) 116 JONES, Isaiah (East Carolina) vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 113 SHACKLEFORD, Justyn (Tulane) at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) 113 DAVIS, Geremy (UConn) vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) 110 GREENBERRY, D. (Houston) vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 108 FITZPATRICK, Jalen (Temple) at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) 107 FOXX, Deshon (UConn) vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) 101 LUCAS, Keevan (Tulsa) at Colorado State (Oct 04, 2014) 100 JOSEPH,Darius (SMU) at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Stellar Games Through games of Oct 06, 2014

Number of 100-Yard Receiving Performances

JONES, Isaiah, East Carolina - 3 HARDY, Justin, East Carolina - 2 LUCAS, Keevan, Tulsa - 2 BROWN, Trevon, East Carolina - 1 DAVIS, Geremy, UConn - 1 FITZPATRICK, Jalen, Temple - 1 FOXX, Deshon, UConn - 1 GARRETT, Keyarris, Tulsa - 1 GREENBERRY, D., Houston - 1 JOSEPH,Darius, SMU - 1 MCKAY, Mekale, Cincinnati - 1 MOORE, Chris, Cincinnati - 1 SHACKLEFORD, Justyn, Tulane - 1 SPENCER, Daniel, Houston - 1 WORTHY, Cam, East Carolina - 1 2014 American Athletic Conference Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by)

Points 70 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 63 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) Points scored kicking 17 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [4fg,5pat] 13 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) [3fg,4pat] Touchdowns 10 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 9 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) Total offense yards 789 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [343r,446p] 610 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [299r,311p] Total offense plays 97 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [46r,51p] 96 Tulsa vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) [56r,40p] Total offense yards/play 8.1 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [97-789] 8.1 Cincinnati at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) [52-422] Rushing yards 399 Houston vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) 343 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) Rushing attempts 69 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) 58 Tulane at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) Yards per rush 8.9 USF vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) [33-294] 8.5 Tulane at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) [30-254] Rushing TDs 7 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) 5 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) Longest rush 90 Tulane at Tulsa (Aug 28, 2014) 86 Tulane at Rutgers (Sep 27, 2014) Passing yards 446 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 438 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) Passing attempts 67 SMU at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 53 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 53 Houston at Brigham Young (Sep 11, 2014) Passing TDs 6 Cincinnati vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 4 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 4 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 4 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 4 Cincinnati vs MIAMI (OHIO) (09/20/14) 4 Cincinnati at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) 4 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) Longest pass 84 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 83 Cincinnati at Ohio State (Sep 27, 2014) Passes completed 42 SMU at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 33 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) Had intercepted 4 Houston vs TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (Aug 29, 2014) 4 Tulane at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) Pass completion pct 76.2 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [16-21] 75.6 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) [31-41] Passing yards/attempt 14.0 UCF vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [13-182] 12.4 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [25-311] Yards per catch 22.8 UCF vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [8-182] 21.6 USF at Wisconsin (Sep 27, 2014) [8-173] Field goal attempts 5 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 4 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 4 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 4 East Carolina at South Carolina (Sep 06, 2014) 4 Houston vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) 4 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) Field goals made 4 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 4 Houston vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) Longest field goal 51 Houston vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

47 USF vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 47 Temple at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) Field goal pct 100.0 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [4-4] 100.0 Houston vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) [4-4] 100.0 USF vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) [3-3] 100.0 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 UConn vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 UCF vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 Houston vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) [2-2] 100.0 Tulsa vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted 10 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 9 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) PAT kicks made 10 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 9 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) PAT kicks pct 100.0 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) [10-10] 100.0 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [9-9] 100.0 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [8-8] 100.0 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) [7-7] 100.0 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) [6-6] 100.0 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 Memphis at UCLA (Sep 06, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 Tulane vs SE LOUISIANA (Sep 13, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 UCF vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) [5-5] 100.0 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [5-5] 2-point PAT attempts 1 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 1 USF vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 1 UConn vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) 2-point PATs made 1 Tulsa vs TULANE (Aug 28, 2014) 1 UConn vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) Punts 10 Memphis at Mississippi (Sep 27, 2014) 9 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) Longest punt 63 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 62 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) 62 Tulsa vs TEXAS STATE (Sep 27, 2014) 62 Tulsa at Colorado State (Oct 04, 2014) Yards punted 415 Memphis at Mississippi (Sep 27, 2014) [10-415] 377 East Carolina at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) [8-377] Punting avg 51.8 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) [5-259] 51.0 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [2-102] Punt returns 7 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) 6 Memphis vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Sep 20, 2014) Punt return yards 134 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 112 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) Punt return avg 44.7 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [3-134] 21.2 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) [4-85] Punt return TDs 2 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 1 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) Longest punt return 84 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 72 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) Kick returns 8 SMU at North Texas (Sep 06, 2014) 8 SMU vs TCU (Sep 27, 2014) Kick return yards 142 UCF vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) 141 Cincinnati vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) Kick return avg 40.5 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) [2-81] 28.4 UCF vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) [5-142] Longest kick return 68 UCF vs Penn State (Aug 30, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Oct 06, 2014

59 Memphis at Cincinnati (10/04/14) Interceptions 3 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 3 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 3 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 3 Houston vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) Interception return yds 123 Temple at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) 82 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) Interception return avg 61.5 Temple at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) [2-123] 27.3 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) [3-82] Longest interception rtn 93 Temple at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) 70 UConn at USF (Sep 19, 2014) Interception return TDs 1 Memphis at UCLA (Sep 06, 2014) 1 USF vs NORTH CAROLINA STATE (Sep 13, 2014) 1 UConn at USF (Sep 19, 2014) 1 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 1 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 1 Temple at UConn (Sep 27, 2014) Fumbles lost 3 SMU at North Texas (Sep 06, 2014) 2 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 2 Houston vs TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (Aug 29, 2014) 2 SMU at Baylor (Aug 31, 2014) 2 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) 2 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 2 UCF at Missouri (Sep 13, 2014) 2 SMU vs TCU (Sep 27, 2014) Fumbles recovered 4 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 4 USF vs MARYLAND (Sep 06, 2014) Sacked by opp 9 SMU at Baylor (Aug 31, 2014) 9 SMU vs TCU (Sep 27, 2014) QB sacks 8 Cincinnati vs MIAMI (OHIO) (09/20/14) 6 UCF vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 20, 2014) Turnovers committed 6 Houston vs TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (Aug 29, 2014) 5 SMU at North Texas (Sep 06, 2014) 5 Tulane at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) Turnovers caused 7 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 6 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 6 USF vs MARYLAND (Sep 06, 2014) Kicks blocked 1 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 1 SMU at Baylor (Aug 31, 2014) 1 Tulsa at Florida Atlantic (Sep 13, 2014) 1 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 1 SMU vs TCU (Sep 27, 2014) 1 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) First downs 39 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 32 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 1st downs rushing 19 Houston vs UNLV (Sep 20, 2014) 17 Tulane at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) 1st downs passing 21 Cincinnati vs TOLEDO (09/12/14) 21 East Carolina vs NORTH CAROLINA (Sep 20, 2014) 1st downs by penalty 6 UConn vs BRIGHAM YOUNG (Aug 29, 2014) 6 Tulane vs SE LOUISIANA (Sep 13, 2014) Penalties 13 East Carolina at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 13 Tulane at Duke (Sep 20, 2014) Penalties yards 115 Tulane vs SE LOUISIANA (Sep 13, 2014) 114 East Carolina at Virginia Tech (Sep 13, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Conference Opponent Game Lows Through games of Oct 06, 2014

OPPONENT LOWS (lowest totals allowed by)

Total offense yards 93 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 145 USF vs UCONN (Sep 19, 2014) Total offense yards/play 1.8 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [53-93] 2.9 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [50-146] Rushing yards 26 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 41 UConn vs TEMPLE (Sep 27, 2014) Rushing attempts 18 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) 24 UConn vs TEMPLE (Sep 27, 2014) Yards per rush 0.9 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) [30-26] 1.6 Tulane vs SE LOUISIANA (Sep 13, 2014) [36-58] Longest rush 7 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 9 UConn vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) Passing attempts 8 Tulane vs GEORGIA TECH (Sep 06, 2014) 8 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) Passing yards 15 Tulane vs GEORGIA TECH (Sep 06, 2014) 30 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) 30 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) Yards per completion 5.0 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [6-30] 5.0 Tulane vs GEORGIA TECH (Sep 06, 2014) [3-15] Passes completed 3 Tulane vs GEORGIA TECH (Sep 06, 2014) 4 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) Pass completion pct 33.3 Houston vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) [6-18] 37.5 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) [6-16] 37.5 Tulane vs GEORGIA TECH (Sep 06, 2014) [3-8] Longest pass 9 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) 10 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) First downs 6 USF vs UCONN (Sep 19, 2014) 7 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 1st downs rushing 1 UConn vs BOISE STATE (Sep 13, 2014) 2 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 2 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) 2 USF vs UCONN (Sep 19, 2014) 2 Temple vs DELAWARE STATE (Sep 20, 2014) 2 UConn vs TEMPLE (Sep 27, 2014) 1st downs passing 1 Memphis vs AUSTIN PEAY (Aug 30, 2014) 1 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) 1st downs by penalty 0 Temple at Vanderbilt (Aug 28, 2014) 0 Houston vs TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (Aug 29, 2014) 0 East Carolina vs NC CENTRAL (Aug 30, 2014) 0 USF vs WESTERN CAROLINA (Aug 30, 2014) 0 UConn vs STONY BROOK (Sept 6, 2014) 0 SMU at North Texas (Sep 06, 2014) 0 Houston vs GRAMBLING STATE (Sep 6, 2014) 0 USF vs MARYLAND (Sep 06, 2014) 0 Tulsa at Florida Atlantic (Sep 13, 2014) 0 USF vs NORTH CAROLINA STATE (Sep 13, 2014) 0 Memphis vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Sep 20, 2014) 0 Cincinnati vs MIAMI (OHIO) (09/20/14) 0 UConn vs TEMPLE (Sep 27, 2014) 0 Houston vs UCF (Oct 2, 2014) 0 SMU at East Carolina (Oct 04, 2014) 0 Cincinnati vs MEMPHIS (10/04/14) Penalties 1 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) 2 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014) Penalties yards 15 Temple vs NAVY (Sep 6, 2014) 2014 American Athletic Conference Opponent Game Lows Through games of Oct 06, 2014

15 East Carolina vs SMU (Oct 04, 2014)