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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) 378-5737 2005 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD BYU (3-4, 2-2) vs. Air Force (3-5, 2-4) 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 October 29, 2005 Oct. 8 at New Mexico . W, 27-24 1 p.m. (MT); 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 . 1 p.m. (ESPN+Plus) KICKOFF: . .1 p.m. (MT) Nov. 5 at UNLV . TBA SITE:. .Provo, Utah; LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) Nov. 12 at Wyoming . TBA TELEVISION: . ESPN+Plus (KJZZ-14) Nov. 19 UTAH . TBA 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: . BYU Leads, 19-6 Location: . .Provo, Utah IN PROVO: . BYU Leads, 9-2 Founded: . Oct. 15, 1875 LAST MEETING: . .2004: BYU Won, 41-24 Elevation: . 4,553 feet Enrollment: . 33,278 COUGARS SET TO BATTLE THE FALCONS Nickname: . Cougars The Cougars, coming off a 49-23 loss to No. 9 Notre Dame, will return to Provo for a conference Mascot: . Cosmo matchup with Air Force. BYU is now 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the Mountain West Conference while the Colors: . Dark Blue and White Falcons are 3-5 and 2-4. The Cougars were competitive with the Irish for three-and-a-half quarters, Stadium (capacity): . LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) pulling within five at 28-23 when John Beck completed a 10-yard scoring pass to Todd Watkins on Surface: . Natural Grass fourth-and-six. From there, the Irish scored three-consecutive touchdowns to put the game out of Conference: . Mountain West Conference reach. Beck completed 26-of-45 attempts for 317 yards and threw for two touchdowns while Jonny President: . Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Harline had 100 yards and one touchdown on eight receptions. Fahu Tahi also had a solid game for Athletics Director: . Tom Holmoe BYU, running for 63 yards on 14 carries and catching five passes for 73 yards. Head Coach: . Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, ‘88) Seasons: . .First Year Career Record: . 3-4 (.429) A LOOK AT AIR FORCE Seasons at BYU: . .First Year Air Force is coming off a 42-10 loss to conference-leading TCU. The Falcons ended Record at BYU: . 3-4 (.429) a four-game losing streak the week before with a 42-7 win over UNLV but fell behind 2004 Overall Record: . 5-6 (.455) early against the Horned Frogs and never recovered. Air Force is led by quarterback MWC Record: . 4-3 (.571) Shawn Carney, who has thrown for 999 yards and five touchdowns while rushing for Final Conference Finish: . 3rd 476 yards and eight scores. Seven Falcons have run for over 100 yards on the season, First Year of Football: . 1922 including Jacobe Kendrick (355 yards and four touchdowns) and Chad Hall (281 yards). As a team, Air All-time Record: . 459-363-26 (.556) Force averages 250.5 rushing yards per game. The teamʼs top receiver is Jason Brown, who has recorded All-time Home Record: . 249-125-6 (.663) 551 yards and two touchdowns on 31 receptions. The Falconsʼ conference wins have come against UNLV All-time Road Record: . 191-220-19 (.466) and San Diego State. All-time Neutral Record: . 19-18-1 (.513) All-time MWC Record: . 27-19-0 (.587) COMPLETE BROADCAST PLANS All-time MWC Home Record: . 13-10 (.565) TELEVISION: BYUʼs game against Air Force will be broadcast on KJZZ. Kickoff is scheduled for All-time MWC Road Record: . 14-9 (.609) 1 p.m. (MT). The game can be seen locally on KJZZ-TV Channel 14. Stadium Record: . 177-60 (.747) Stadium Record (since 1982 expansion): . 108-38 (.740) RADIO: Fans can also catch the game by tuning into KSL Radio, 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, and Stadium Record (since renaming in 2000): . 17-12 (.586) follow the game live as Greg Wrubell calls the action, Marc Lyons offers expert analysis and James Conference Championships: . 21 Dye reports from the sideline. Bowl Game Appearances: . 23 Last Bowl Appearance: . 2001, Liberty Bowl INTERNET: A live webcast of the game, which includes play-by-play and up-to-the minute Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 40/21 statistics, can be viewed by logging on to: http://www.byucougars.com/football. In addition to the Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 19/11 webcast, a live audio stream will be available on the following URLs: http://ksl.com and http:// Defensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 21/10 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 26th meeting between BYU and Air Force. The Cougars lead the series 19-6 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . .6/5 overall and 9-2 in Provo. BYU defeated the Falcons 41-24 in 2004 in Colorado Springs despite trailing 10-3 Defensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 at the half. The Cougar offense came to life in the second half as John Beck hit Todd Watkins for a 70-yard score on their first possession. Later in the quarter, Beck found Pitta on an 11-yard scoring pass to give BYU the lead at 17-10. Gary Lovely returned a blocked punt for a score, Beck threw two more touchdowns and Matt Payne hit a 53-yard field goal to round out the scoring. Beck threw for four touchdown passes on the day while Curtis Bown ran for 128 yards and Watkins had 153 yards receiving. The last time the teams played in Provo was in 2003 and Air Force won 24-10. BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL Page 2 • BYU Football 2005 BECK CLOSING IN ON MWC PASSING RECORDS ROOKIE HEAD COACHES John Beck threw for 317 yards and two touchdowns against Notre Dame. He now Bronco Mendenhall became BYUʼs 14th head coach, the 13th man to hold the job, on Dec. has eight career 300-yard passing games, 5,646 career passing yards and 34 touch- 13, 2004. The coaches have had varied levels of success in their first year at the helm. Four down passes. He is now just 41 passing yards from taking sole possession of third head coaches have enjoyed winning records at the beginning of their tenures, including in the MWC for career passing yards and two touchdown pass from tying for fifth in Eddie Kimball (twice), LaVell Edwards and Gary Crowton. Two coaches won half of their the league for most career touchdown passes. games while the rest had losing seasons. In their debut games, rookie coaches are 7-7. It is interesting to note that both Bronco Mendenhall and LaVell Edwards started 1-2. Edwards GOOD GRIEF CURTIS BROWN went on to finish 7-4 in his first campaign. Following is a list of BYU football coachesʼ first year records. Curtis Brown carried the ball 31 times for 147 yards and scored two touchdowns against Colorado State, marking season-high numbers in each category. Brown had Coach . .First Season Record Through Game 7 his eighth career 100-yard game--tied for second most in BYU history--by halftime Alvin Twitchell (1922) . .1-5 1-5 as he ran for 103 yards on 18 carries in the opening half. Brown opened the scoring C.J. Hart (1925). .3-3 3-3 in the second quarter with a four-yard touchdown run--his fourth rushing touchdown G. Ott Romney (1928) . .3-3-1 3-3-1 of the year. For the season, he has 562 yards and five touchdowns on 118 carries. Eddie Kimball (1937) . .6-3 4-3 BYU is 7-1 when Brown rushes for over 100 yards. The only loss came in 2004 Floyd Millet (1942) . .2-5 2-5 against UNLV when he had 102 yards on eight carries. Eddie Kimball (1946) . .5-4-1 3-4 Chick Atkinson (1949) . .0-11 0-7 WEARING OUT THE TURF Hal Kopp (1956) . .2-7-1 1-5-1 The Cougars relied on the rushing game in their 24-14 win over Colorado State. Led Tally Stevens (1959) . .3-7 2-5 by Curtis Brown and Fahu Tahi, BYU amassed 274 yards rushing on 52 attempts. Hal Mitchell (1961) . .2-8 1-6 Brown accumulated 147, Tahi had 86 and John Beck added 37. It was the most Tom Hudspeth (1964) . .3-6-1 2-4-1 rushing yards gained by BYU since the Cougars had 410 yards on 45 carries against LaVell Edwards (1972) . .7-4 4-3 Colorado State on November 1, 2001. The Cougars defeated the Rams 56-34 in that Gary Crowton (2001) . .12-2 7-0 contest. Bronco Mendenhall (2005). .3-4 3-4 Total . .52-72-4 36-57-3 STAT WATCH John Beck and the Cougar offense are among national and conference leaders. SCORING FIRST Beck currently ranks fourth nationally in passing yards per game (317.0 p/g) and is BYU struck first against Notre Dame on a 44-yard field goal by Jared McLaughlin. fifth in total passing yards (2,219).