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BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, UT • (801) 422-8948 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 • www.byucougars.com Football Contact Info. • Jeff Reynolds • [email protected] • (801) 372-2080 • Asst. Football Contact • Kyle Chilton • [email protected] • (801) 358-5206 2005 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD BYU (6-4, 5-2) vs. Utah (5-5, 3-4) Date Opponent Time/Results Sept. 3 No. 22 BOSTON COLLEGE L, 3-20 LaVell Edwards Stadium Sept. 10 EASTERN ILLINOIS . W, 45-10 Sept. 24 TCU . L, 50-51 (OT) Provo, Utah Oct. 1 at San Diego State . .L, 10-31 November 19, 2005 Oct. 8 at New Mexico . W, 27-24 1 p.m. (MST); ESPN+Plus (KJZZ-14) Oct. 15 COLORADO STATE . W, 24-14 Oct. 22 at No. 9 Notre Dame . L, 23-49 GAME INFORMATION Oct. 29 AIR FORCE . W, 62-41 KICKOFF: . .1 p.m. (MST) Nov. 5 at UNLV . W, 55-14 SITE:. LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) Nov. 12 at Wyoming . W, 35-21 TELEVISION: . ESPN+Plus (KJZZ Channel 14) Nov. 19 UTAH . 1 p.m./ESPN+Plus RADIO (Local): . KSL-Radio; 1160 AM and 102.7 FM (Greg Wrubell, Marc Lyons and James Dye) INTERNET WEBCAST: . http://www.byucougars.com/ 2005 QUICK FACTS THE SERIES: . Utah Leads, 28-48-4 Location: . .Provo, Utah IN LARAMIE: . Utah Leads, 13-16-1 Founded: . Oct. 15, 1875 LAST MEETING: . .2004: Utah won 52-21 Elevation: . 4,553 feet Enrollment: . 33,278 COUGARS SET TO BATTLE UTES Nickname: . Cougars The Cougars, bowl eligible for the first time since 2001 after Saturdayʼs win over Wyoming, are 6-4 Mascot: . Cosmo overall and 5-2 in the Mountain West Conference. BYU has also clinched a share of second place in the Colors: . Dark Blue and White conference. Colorado State and New Mexico could equal the Cougarsʼ conference record but BYU holds Stadium (capacity): . LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) the advantage over both teams. The Cougars will conclude their regular season at home against in-state Surface: . Natural Grass rival Utah. BYU defeated Wyoming 35-21 behind a solid defensive effort and a methodical offensive Conference: . Mountain West Conference attack. The Cougars ran for 267 yards, including 153 by Curtis Brown, on a season-high 50 rushes while President: . Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson John Beck completed 20-of-29 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns to Jonny Harline. Justin Luett- Athletics Director: . Tom Holmoe gerodt led a defensive attack that forced five turnovers by recovering three fumbles and intercepting one Head Coach: . Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, ‘88) pass to go along with seven tackles, including one for an 11-yard loss. Seasons: . .First Year Career Record: . 5-4 (.556) Seasons at BYU: . .First Year A LOOK AT THE UTES Record at BYU: . 5-4 (.556) Utah is coming off a 31-27 loss against New Mexico and is currently 5-5 overall and 3-4 in the MWC. The 2004 Overall Record: . 5-6 (.455) Utes led the Lobos for much of the game until New Mexico scored on a fumble return with just under eight MWC Record: . 4-3 (.571) minutes remaining. Utah was shutout in the second half and fell for the fourth time in the last six games. Final Conference Finish: . 3rd Quinton Ganther ran 15 times for 98 yards and Brian Johnson threw for 360 yards and four touchdowns First Year of Football: . 1922 before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the fourth quarter. The Utes turned the ball over five times, All-time Record: . 462-363-26 (.558) including twice in the fourth quarter. For the season, Ganther has rushed for 869 yards and six touchdowns. All-time Home Record: . 250-125-6 (.664) Johnson was one of the top quarterbacks in the conference before the injury, passing for 2,892 yards and All-time Road Record: . 193-220-19 (.469) 18 touchdowns while only throwing seven interceptions. Brett Ratliff, who replaced Johnson against New All-time Neutral Record: . 19-18-1 (.513) Mexico, will get the start on Saturday. The Utes need a win over the Cougars to become bowl eligible. All-time MWC Record: . 29-19-0 (.604) All-time MWC Home Record: . 14-10 (.583) COMPLETE BROADCAST PLANS All-time MWC Road Record: . 16-9 (.640) TELEVISION: BYUʼs game against Utah will be broadcast by ESPN+Plus. Kickoff is scheduled Stadium Record: . 178-60 (.748) for 1 p.m. (MST). The game can be seen locally on KJZZ-TV Channel 14. Stadium Record (since 1982 expansion): . 109-38 (.741) Stadium Record (since renaming in 2000): . 18-12 (.600) RADIO: Fans can also catch the game by tuning into KSL Radio, 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, and Conference Championships: . 21 follow the game live as Greg Wrubell calls the action, Marc Lyons offers expert analysis and James Bowl Game Appearances: . 23 Dye reports from the sideline. Last Bowl Appearance: . 2001, Liberty Bowl Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 40/21 INTERNET: A live webcast of the game, which includes play-by-play and up-to-the minute statistics, Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 19/11 can be viewed by logging on to: http://www.byucougars.com/. In addition to the webcast, a live audio Defensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 21/10 stream will be available on the following URLs: http://ksl.com and http://www.byuradio.og/streaming Starters Returning/Lost: . 13/9 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: . 7/4 SERIES INFORMATION Offensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 Saturdayʼs game will be the 81st meeting between BYU and Utah. The Cougars trail the Utes 28-48-4 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . .6/5 overall and 13-16-1 in Provo. Last season, the Utes won 52-21 in Salt Lake to complete a perfect 11-0 Defensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 regular season. The Cougars kept the score close in the first half, trading touchdowns with the Utes. Down 7-0 in the second quarter, John Beck completed a five-yard touchdown pass to Todd Watkins to tie the score. After a Utah touchdown, Curtis Brown scored on a six-yard run late in the second quarter to even the score at 14-all. The Utes found the endzone once more before the half and outscored BYU 31-7 in the second half to secure the victory. Beck finished the game with 213 passing yards and two touchdown passes, including a 16-yarder to Austin Collie in the third quarter. Brown ran for 84 yards and one score. Quinton Ganther led Utah with 122 rushing yards on 11 carries. BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL Page 2 • BYU Football 2005 BYU IN THE STANDINGS AND BOWL ELIGIBILITY STADIUM SELLOUT With Saturdayʼs 35-21 victory over Wyoming, BYU improved to 6-4 on the season and Saturdayʼs game at Edwards Stadium has been sold out. A crowd of over 64,045 is ex- 5-2 in the MWC. With the win, the Cougars clinched at least a share of second-place in the pected. While the Cougars are averaging a league-high 56,982 fans per game, Saturdayʼs conference. With the victory on Nov. 12, the Cougars improved to 6-4 on the season and game will be the first sellout of the season. It will also mark the third sellout in the past moved two games over the .500 mark for the first time since opening the 2002 season with two seasons, and the first time a capacity crowd attended last yearʼs game against UNLV. back-to-back wins. BYU has won its last five conference games, defeating New Mexico, Colorado State, Air Force, UNLV and Wyoming during the streak. It is the Cougarsʼ first TOUCHDOWN PASSES five-game conference win streak since 2001, when BYU went undefeated in the MWC. John Beck threw two touchdown passes against Wyoming, both to Jonny Harline, With six wins on the season, the Cougars are bowl eligible.BYU was last bowl eligible in Beck now has 22 touchdown passes for the season, tied with Cody Bramlet for fifth 2001. The Cougars will wrap up the season in Provo against in-state rival Utah. most in the MWC for a single season. He also has 42 in his career, third best in the MWC for career touchdowns and five from tying Alex Smith for second most. FIVE MORE TAKEAWAYS Against Wyoming, Corby Hodgkiss picked off a Corey Bramlet pass with just over WHERE’S THE BEEF? a minute left in the first half. It was the third turnover of the half the Cougars forced. The BYU offensive line doesnʼt order salads when it goes out to eat. Each starter It marked the third-consecutive game BYU forced at least three turnovers. Wyoming weighs over 300 pounds for an average of 325 and a total of 1,625 pounds. They will ended up turning the ball over five times, including three fumbles and two intercep- be going up against a Utah defensive line that weighs an average of 304.4 pounds. tions. The Cougars forced five turnovers against Air Force and three against UNLV and The Ute offensive line weighs on average of 305.2 pounds while BYUʼs defensive have only turned the ball over twice in those three games, both against the Falcons. line weighs an average of 285.25 pounds. BYU has forced 22 turnovers this season, and given up 17 for a +5 turnover margin, good for second best in the conference. Going into the Air Force game, the Cougars NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER were last in the conference and 101st in the nation in turnover margin at -6. Since 1972—LaVell Edwards first year as a head coach at BYU—the Cougars have posted an impressive 92-25-1 (.784) record in the month of November.