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GAME 9 | BYU at Cincinnati | Saturday, Nov. 5 | 3:30 p.m. EDT | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | CBS Sports | Cougar IMG Sports Network | www.BYUCougars.com Brett Pyne, BYU Athletic CommunicationsBYU | O: (801) 422-4912 | C: (801)FOOTBALL 367-1631 | [email protected] | @BYUCougars #BYUvsCINCY #BYUFootball #GoCougs BYU 2016 SCHEDULE GAME INFORMATION Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV Kickoff ................. 3:30 p.m. EDT 9/3 Sat. vs. Arizona W 18-16 FS1 TV ................ CBS Sports Network 9/10 Sat. at Utah L 20-19 FOX Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Corey Chavous 9/17 Sat. UCLA L 17-14 ESPN2 (analyst), Melanie Collins (sideline) 9/24 Sat. vs. West Virginia L 35-32 ESPN2 Radio ........ Cougar IMG Sports Network 9/30 Fri. Toledo W 55-53 ESPN2 (KSL 1160 AM, 102.7 FM, KSL.com, BYU- 10/8 Sat. at Michigan State W 31-14 ABC/ESPN2 cougars.com, BYU Radio Sirius XM 143) 10/14 Fri. Mississippi State* W 28-21/2OT ESPN Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Marc Lyons (analyst), Nate Meikle (sideline) 10/20 Thur. at Boise State L 28-27 ESPN TV pregame show ... .BYUtv, 2:30 p.m. EDT 11/5 Sat. at Cincinnati 3:30 p.m. CBSSN BYU (4-4) CINCINNATI (4-4, 1-4 AAC) 11/12 Sat. Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. BYUtv COUGARS SERIES INFORMATION BEARCATS 11/19 Sat. UMass TBA TBA Series ��������������������������������������������������� 1-0 Head Coach ........ Kalani Sitake Head Coach .... Tommy Tuberville 11/26 Sat. Utah State TBA TBA In Cincinnati . 0-0 Alma Mater . BYU, 2000 Alma Mater . .Southern Arkansas, 1976 All times local to site *Homecoming game In Provo ������������������������������������������������� 1-0 Career FBS Record. .159-95 Career Record �������������������������������4-4 Neutral . 0-0 Record at BYU .............. same Last meeting . 10/16/15 Record at Cincinnati �������������������29-18 1,000 RUSHING YARDS CLUB Sitake vs. Cincinnati ........... 0-0 BYU won 38-24 in Provo Tuberville vs. BYU ............. 0-1 Jamaal Williams is already one of 10 BYU players to ever rush for 1,000 yards in a single season (2013, 1,233 BYU STORYLINES yards). The 10 players have accomplished the feat 14 • SERIES HISTORY. Last year, BYU defeated the Bearcats 38-24 in the two schools' first meeting. Trailing 24-17, times, with Harvey Unga, Curtis Brown and Jamal Willis BYU scored 21 points in the fourth quarter at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Nick Kurtz had 119 receiving yards and two as the only players do it multiple times (Unga 3, Brown touchdowns and Algie Brown scored two rushing touchdowns and had 88 rushing yards. and Willis 2). Williams can become the fourth player in • THE AMERICAN. BYU is facing an opponent from the American Athletic Conference, marking the seventh different BYU history with multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons with conference BYU has faced in 2016. The team has already played games against the Pac-12, Big 12, MAC, Big Ten, another 58 yards. SEC and Mountain West. • TOUGH SCHEDULE. BYU's 2016 schedule ranks 17th in the Jeff Sagarin USA Today rankings. The Cougars CLOSE GAMES have played six Power 5 teams, going 3-3 against them. Three of the four losses have come at the hands of teams Seven of BYU's eight games this season have been currently ranked in the top 20 (No. 14/15 WVU, No. 16 Utah and No. 24 Boise State). decided by seven points or fewer. The Cougars have had • NFF NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE. Taysom Hill was named one of 12 finalists for the William V. Campbell just two seasons with more than seven games decided by Trophy and a National Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation. With the honor he earns an $18,000 seven points or less - 1993 and 1994. In 1993, BYU was postgraduate scholarship. Hill graduated in finance with a 3.45 GPA. The winner will have their scholarship increased 4-4 in the close games and finished 6-6 overall. The 1994 to $25,000 and will be announced Dec. 6 in New York. team was 6-2 in close ones and 10-3 overall. The 1978 • JIM THORPE AWARD. Defensive back Kai Nacua was named as one of 16 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, team also had seven games within seven points, going honoring the nation's top defensive back. Nacua is tied for No. 2 nationally in interceptions with five. 4-3 in those games and went 9-4 on the year. BYU PROJECTED DEPTH CHART BYE WEEKS AND NOVEMBER GAMES OFFENSE DEFENSE BYU is 11-2 when coming off of a bye week over the QB 7 Taysom Hill 6-2 235 Sr. E 49 Moses Kaumatule 6-2 280 So. past 10 seasons. Both losses came in 2013 against 12 Tanner Mangum 6-3 215 So. -or- 90 Corbin Kaufusi 6-9 270 So. Utah and Wisconsin. The Cougars are also 31-6 in the RB 21 Jamaal Williams 6-2 220 Sr. N 92 Handsome Tanielu 6-2 318 Jr. month of November over the past 10 seasons. 22 Squally Canada 5-11 205 So. -or- 94 Kesni Tausinga 6-1 305 Jr. FB 24 Algernon Brown 6-1 250 Sr. T 62 Logan Taele 6-2 299 Sr. 35 Brayden El-Bakri 6-0 235 So. 50 Tevita Mo’Unga 6-2 314 So. WR 5 Nick Kurtz 6-6 215 Sr. OE 21 Harvey Langi 6-3 252 Sr. -or- 3 Colby Pearson 6-0 203 Sr. -or- 31 Sae Tautu 6-4 245 Sr. TEAM COMPARISON -or- 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 184 Sr. FLB 4 Fred Warner 6-4 230 Jr. BYU CATEGORY CINCY WR 1 Moroni Laulu-Pututau 6-4 220 So. 51 Morgan Unga 6-4 215 So. -or- 84 Jonah Trinnaman 6-0 190 Jr. 28.0 Scoring Offense 22.8 -or- 88 Aleva Hifo 5-10 180 Fr. MLB 38 Butch Pau’u 6-0 223 So. -or- 41 Adam Pulsipher 6-1 227 So. 25.5 Scoring Defense 25.6 TE 89 Tanner Balderree 6-3 250 So. 42 Austin Heder 6-3 240 Sr. -or- 96 Hunter Marshall 6-3 242 So. 22.1 First Downs 20.4 BLB 13 Francis Bernard 6-1 240 So. 192.6 Rushing Off. 122.6 LT 79 Andrew Eide 6-5 301 Sr. 30 Kavika Fonua 6-0 220 So. 65 JJ Nwigwe 6-5 280 So. 130.9 Rushing Def. 179.4 LC 11 Troy Warner 6-1 195 Fr. LG 76 Keyan Norman 6-3 305 Jr. -or- 5 Dayan Lake 5-11 200 Fr. 202.0 Passing Off. 263.5 70 Jacob Jimenez 6-5 292 So. -or- 32 Chris Wilcox 6-2 175 Fr. 292.1 Passing Def. 256.9 C 56 Tejan Koroma 6-0 295 Jr. FS 12 Kai Nacua 6-2 215 Sr. 55 Quin Ficklin 6-3 280 Jr. -or- 2 Matt Hadley 6-0 205 Jr. 394.6 Total Offense 386.2 36 Zayne Anderson 6-2 200 So RG 54 Parker Dawe 6-3 307 Sr. 423.0 Total Defense 436.2 -or- 78 Tuni Kanuch 6-3 330 Jr. SS 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 205 Jr. -or- 33 Eric Takenaka 5-10 210 Sr. 20.0 Kickoff Return 20.4 RT 59 Thomas Shoaf 6-5 280 Fr. 25 Tanner Jacobson 5-10 185 So. 9.7 Punt Return 4.8 -or- 71 Austin Hoyt 6-8 300 So. RC 15 Michael Davis 6-2 196 Sr. 61.8 Penalties (YPG) 49.2 SPECIAL TEAMS 27 Austin McChesney 6-1 190 Fr. 3 Isaiah Armstrong 6-2 193 So. 43.1 Net Punting 36.8 KO 16 Corey Edwards 6-0 206 So. -or- 83 Andrew Mikkelsen 6-0 200 So. SPECIAL TEAMS 31:14 Time of Poss. 26:35 PK 26 Rhett Almond 6-4 198 So. PR 23 Garrett Juergens 5-10 187 Sr. 45.5 3rd Down % 42.5 83 Andrew Mikkelsen 6-0 200 So. 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 184 Sr. 50.0 4th Down % 50.0 -or- 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 205 Jr. P 31 Jonny Linehan 6-0 203 Sr. 16-97 Sacks-Yards 16-104 26 Rhett Almond 6-4 198 So. KR 88 Aleva Hifo 5-10 180 Fr. 18-94 Sacks Allowed 14-89 H 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 184 Sr. 2 Matt Hadley 6-0 205 Jr. 31 Jonny Linehan 6-0 203 Sr. 84 Jonah Trinnaman 6-0 190 Jr. 96.7 Blue Zone % 88.9 23 Garrett Juergens 5-10 187 Sr. DS 64 Matt Foley 6-1 217 So. 76.0 Opp. Blue Zone % 71.0 36 Mitch Harris 6-4 216 Fr. 2016 BYU FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION-2 FOOTBALL CONTACTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND POLICY Football Media Relations Director ..........Brett Pyne WEEKLY GAME NOTES Thank you for your coverage of BYU football for the 2016 season. These game notes have been designed to Office .............................801-422-4912 provide local, regional and national media with useful information about the BYU football program, specific to Cell ...............................801-367-1631 this week’s game. Additional information on BYU’s history and tradition, along with much more in-depth team Email [email protected] information can be found in your copy of the 2016 BYU Football Almanac or at BYUCougars.com. Should you Assistant FB Media Relations Director ......Kenny Cox need additional information such as photographs, video or additional almanacs, please contact the BYU Athletic Cell ...............................801-420-7703 Communications office at (801) 422-8948. Email [email protected] BYUtv PREGAME AND POSTGAME SHOWS Assistant FB Media Relations Director ..Kimberlie Haner Watch the football pregame and postgame shows before every kickoff and after the game on BYUtv and byutv.