2012 FOOTBALL

2012 UTAH STATE SCHEDULE TEXAS STATE at UTAH STATE A 30 SOUTHERN UTAH (KMYU) W 34-3 S 7 UTAH (ESPN2) W 27-20 OT GAME TEN INFORMATION S 15 at #22 Wisconsin (BTN) L 14-16 S 22 at Colorado State (KTVD) W 31-19 Date: Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 S 29 UNLV (Homecoming) (ESPN3) W 35-13 Kickoff: 1:07 p.m. (MT) O 5 at BYU (ESPN) L 3-6 Location: Logan, Utah O 13 at San Jose State * (ERT) W 49-27 Stadium: Merlin Olsen Field at O 20 NEW MEXICO STATE * (KMYU) W 41-7 O 27 at UTSA * (ESPN3) W 48-17 Romney Stadium (25,513) N 3 TEXAS STATE * (KMYU) 1 pm TEXAS STATE UTAH STATE Surface: AstroTurf N 10 BYE BOBCATS AGGIES Series: First Meeting N 17 at Louisiana Tech * (ESPN3) 5 pm N 24 IDAHO * (ERT) 1 pm 2012 Record: 3-4, 1-1 WAC 2012 Record: 7-2, 3-0 WAC TV: KMYU * WAC Game Last Game: Oct. 27, 2012 Last Game: Oct. 27, 2012 Mychal Clanton (Play-by-Play) All times are mountain L, 31-20 at San Jose State W, 48-17 at UTSA Kevin White (Analyst) Home games in BOLD CAPS Coach: Dennis Franchione Coach: Gary Andersen School Record: 22-19 (4th) School Record: 22-24 (4th) Brooks Hansen (Reporter) Career Record: 196-111-2 (27th) DI Career Record: 22-24 (4th) Radio: Utah State Sports Network UTAH STATE COACHING STAFF vs. Utah State: 0-0 vs. Texas State: 0-0 Al Lewis (Play-by-Play) Head Coach: ...... Gary Andersen Craig Hislop (Analyst) Alma Mater: ...... (Utah, ‘86) STATS LEADERS STATS LEADERS Live Stats: UtahStateAggies.com Record at USU: ...... 22-24 (4th) Rushing: Marcus Curry Rushing: Kerwynn Williams Defensive Coordinator/DL: ...... Dave Aranda 62 car., 333 yds., 6 TD 144 car., 885 yds., 9 TD Twitter Updates: /USUFootball Passing: Shaun Rutherford Passing: Chuckie Keeton Assoc. HC/Special Teams Coor./DB: ...... Bill Busch YouTube: /USUAthletics 100-148, 1149 yds, 9 TD, 4 INT 197-290, 2355 yds, 19 TD, 5 INT Assistant Head Coach/RB/TE: ...... Mike Sanford Receiving: Andy Erickson Receiving: Kerwynn Williams Facebook: /USUFootball Offensive Coordinator/QB: ...... Matt Wells 28 rec., 385 yds., 3 TD 33 rec., 493 yds., 3 TD Tickets: 1-888-USTATE-1 Wide Receivers: ...... Jovon Bouknight Linebackers: ...... Kevin Clune WHAT TO WATCH FOR... Defensive Line: ...... Frank Maile • Utah State’s 7-2 start to the season is its best since 1978 when that Aggie team also won : ...... Kendrick Shaver Offensive Line: ...... T.J. Woods seven of its first nine games. Furthermore, USU is 3-0 in conference play for the first time since Offensive Graduate Assistant:...... David Fiefia 2000 when that team won its first four Big West games. Offensive Graduate Assistant: ...... Vince Natali • Utah State has now won at least seven games in back-to-back seasons for the first time Offensive Graduate Assistant:...... Zach Nyborg since the 1978 and 1979 campaigns, and for just the eighth time in school history. Overall, it Defensive Graduate Assistant: ...... Spencer Toone Defensive Admin. Assistant: ...... Kite Afeaki is the 21st time in school history that USU has won at least seven games. Special Teams Admin. Assistant: ..... Nick Schindler • Utah State’s 12-3 record in its last 15 games under head coach Gary Andersen is its best Offensive Admin. Assistant: ...... Hunter Teafatiller stretch since going 12-3 during the 1972-73 seasons as the 1972 team won its final five Director of Operations: ...... Mark Andersen games and the 1973 squad started the year with a 7-3 record. USU’s three losses during its Team Coordinator: ...... Steve Mathis last 15 games have been by a combined six points against Ohio (24-23) in the 2011 Famous Strength & Conditioning: ...... Evan Simon Equipment Coordinator: ...... Mike Bair Idaho Potato Bowl, and at No. 22 Wisconsin (16-14) and at BYU (6-3) this season. Video Coordinator: ...... Bill Garren • Utah State’s eight-straight WAC wins is the most league wins in a row in school history bettering the 1979 and 1980 teams that combined for seven-straight Big West Conference UTAH STATE QUICK FACTS wins. All-time, USU is 21-37 (.362) in WAC play. Location: ...... Logan, Utah • Utah State has won each of its last six home games and is 14-7 (.667) at home under Founded: ...... 1888 Andersen including a 6-6 (.500) conference record. USU’s current six-game home winning Enrollment: ...... 28,994 streak is its longest since the 1966-68 teams combined to win eight-straight home games. President: ...... Stan Albrecht Director of Athletics: ...... Scott Barnes All-time, USU is 119-95 (.556) at Romney Stadium. Conference: ...... Western Athletic (WAC) • Utah State has 55 players in its program from the state of Utah, while Texas State has 87 Nickname: ...... Aggies players on its roster from the state of Texas. Colors: ...... Navy Blue, White and Pewter Grey • Utah State has out-scored its opponents 89-6 in the first quarter this year and 171-45 in the Stadium: ...... Merlin Olsen Field at ...... Romney Stadium (25,513) first-half. Overall, USU had led at the half in eight of its nine games this year (trailed BYU, 6-3). Playing Surface: ...... AstroTurf • Utah State has won fourth-straight games during the month of November and is 8-3 dur- ing the 11th month of the year under Andersen. USU is also 5-6-1 all-time in known games played on Nov. 3. 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

WEEK 10 vs. TEXAS STATE Monday 29 Tuesday 30 Wednesday 31 Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday 3 Sunday 4 WAC Teleconference Interviews Interviews No media availability No media availability Game 10 No media availability 11:07 am - Gary Andersen Coaches and players Coaches and players Texas St. at Utah St. Gary Andersen Radio Show available after practice. available after practice. 1:07 p.m. (MT) USU Press Conference 6-7 p.m. 11:30 am - Gary Andersen EKMYU 11:45 am - Select Players Postgame Interviews Coach Andersen and Coaches and players players in Spetman available after practice. Auditorium. UTAH STATE CONTINUES WAC PLAY HOSTING TEXAS STATE MEDIA INFORMATION Utah State (7-2, 3-0 WAC) continues Western Athletic Conference play this week as it UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM hosts Texas State (3-4, 1-1) on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 1:07 p.m. (MT). The game will be tele- For updated statistics, rosters, game notes and all vised regionally by KMYU (Comcast Ch. 22, Dish Network Ch. 12, DirecTV Ch. 12, Over- Aggie news on the internet, go to the official Utah the-Air 2.2) with Mychal Clanton (play-by-play), Kevin White (analyst) and Brooks Hansen State Athletics website at UtahStateAggies.com. For (reporter) on the call. Live audio and streaming of the game is also available at www. those out of range of the Aggie Sports Network’s ra- UtahStateAggies.com. Live stats will be available through GameTracker, while Twitter dio broadcast, live audio of every game, and live updates - @USUFootball - will also be a part of Utah State’s GameDay coverage. streaming of all home games, is available through UtahStateAggies.com’s All-Access. UTAH STATE RECEIVING VOTES IN ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL Following its third straight win, a 48-17 road victory at UTSA in its last game, Utah State re- WEEKLY UTAH STATE PRESS RELEASE ceived four votes in this week’s ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll to rank tied for 39th in the Each Monday on game weeks, a complete release nation along with Western Kentucky. It is the second time this year that USU has received previewing the upcoming game and reviewing the top 25 votes, as it garnered one vote in the Associated Press top 25 poll following its 27- season will be available on UtahStateAggies.com. 20 overtime home win against Utah on Sept. 7. Prior to this season, the last time USU re- The release will also be e-mailed upon request. ceived votes in any top 25 poll was in 1978 when that Aggie team won its first five games to rank 18th in the country in the United Press International Poll (UPI). USU is one of two WEEKLY UTAH STATE PRESS CONFERENCE Utah State head football coach Gary Andersen will WAC teams to receive top 25 votes this week as Louisiana Tech (7-1, 2-0 WAC) is ranked conduct a weekly press conference each Monday 22nd in the AP poll and 23rd in the coaches’ poll. USU plays at LTU on Saturday, Nov. 17. during the season at 11:30 a.m., followed by select- ed players at 11:45 a.m. Contact the USU Athletic UTAH STATE BOWL-ELIGIBLE FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT SEASON Media Relations Office for more information. With its 7-2 record thus far in 2012, Utah State is bowl-eligible for the second time in as many seasons. In all, USU has played in six bowl games in school history (1946 Raisin Bowl, UTAH STATE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FTP SITE 1960 Sun Bowl, 1961 Gotham Bowl, 1993 Las Vegas Bowl, 1997 Humanitarian Bowl, 2011 Utah State provides broadcast-quality video of Famous Idaho Potato Bowl) and has gone to back-to-back bowl games just once play- Monday press conferences via FTP download. Con- ing in the 1960 Sun Bowl and the 1961 Gotham Bowl. tact the Utah State Athletic Media Relations Office for more information. UTAH STATE RECORDS SEVENTH WIN IN OCTOBER FOR THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY With its 48-17 win at UTSA, Utah State recorded its seventh win in the month of October INTERVIEWS for just the third time in school history joining the 1960 and 1965 teams. Contact the media relations office for all player or coach interview requests. All interviews with players UTAH STATE ONE OF 23 TEAMS IN THE NATION WITH SEVEN WINS and coaches will take place after practice through Utah State is one of 23 teams in the nation with seven wins on the season after posting a Wednesday during game weeks. Please do not 48-17 road win at UTSA in its last game. Ohio State leads the nation with nine wins, while contact a player or coach without scheduling the interview through the media relations office. Alabama, Florida State, Kansas State, Louisville, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, Oregon and Toledo all have eight wins. Schools with seven wins thus far this year include, Boise POSTGAME INTERVIEWS State, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Kent State, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Mississippi State, North- Coach Andersen will hold a postgame news con- western, Ohio, Rutgers, South Carolina, Tulsa and Utah State. ference with the media in the Spetman Audito- rium (2nd floor). Selected players will be available ANDERSEN EIGHTH WINNINGEST COACH IN SCHOOL HISTORY for interviews in the Spetman Auditorium following Following Utah State’s 48-17 road win at UTSA in its last outing, head coach Gary Ander- Coach Andersen. The Utah State locker room is sen is now 22-24 in his fourth year at USU to rank as the eighth-most wins in school history. closed to the media. UTAH STATE OFFENSIVELY DURING ITS LAST THREE GAMES CREDENTIALS AND PARKING Utah State has played very well offensively during its last three games in wins at San Jose All credential requests should be directed to As- State (49-27), at home against New Mexico State (41-7), and at UTSA (48-17). During its sistant Athletics Director for Media Relations Doug last three games, Utah State is averaging 46.0 points and 507.7 yards of total offense per Hoffman ([email protected]). Media parking game (309.0-passing, 198.7-rushing). USU is also 23-of-43 (.535) on third downs during its is located in the Blue and Silver lots on the West side last three games and averaging 7.6 yards per play. Individually, senior running back Ker- (pressbox side) of Romney Stadium. wynn Williams has 41 carries for 348 yards (116.0 ypg) to go along with 10 receptions for 192 yards (64.0) during his last three games, while scoring seven (6-rushing, PRESSBOX AND GAMEDAY SERVICES 1-receiving). Sophomore Chuckie Keeton is 69-of-97 passing for 870 yards Packets with pregame information will be distributed in advance of kickoff on the day of the game. Play- (290.0) with eight touchdowns and one during his last three games. Keeton by-play, quarter, halftime and final statistics along has also carried the ball 19 times for 129 yards (43.0) with three touchdowns. Senior wide with coach and player quotes are all regular ser- receiver Chuck Jacobs has nine receptions for 146 yards (48.7 ypg) with two touch- vices on game day. Stat monitors with live, updated downs, senior Matt Austin has nine receptions for 115 yards (38.3 ypg) with statistics are provided for radio and television, while one , senior wide receiver Cameron Webb has nine receptions for 106 yards print media can access the same information with (35.3 ypg) with one touchdown, and senior tight end Kellen Bartlett has 12 receptions for their computers utilizing GameTracker. 85 yards (28.3 ypg) with one touchdown in USU’s last three game.

WIRELESS INTERNET DID YOU KNOW? Complimentary access to wireless internet is avail- Utah State has had 66 players earn academic all-WAC honors and 84 players have gradu- able at Romney Stadium and information about ated from Utah State University in Gary Andersen’s first three years as head coach. In 2011, how to access it will be available in the pressbox. USU had a WAC-leading 18 academic all-conference honorees.

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A LOOK AT UTAH STATE Utah State is 7-2 on the year and 3-0 in WAC play after posting a 48-17 road win at UTSA WAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS in its last outing. Offensively, USU is led by sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton who WAC Overall is 197-of-290 passing for 2,355 yards (251.9 ypg) with 19 touchdowns and five intercep- Utah State 3-0 7-2 tions. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams leads the team with 885 rushing yards on 144 Louisiana Tech 2-0 7-1 carries (98.3 ypg) with nine touchdowns, and Williams leads the team with 33 catches San Jose State 2-1 6-2 for 493 yards (54.8 ypg) and three touchdowns. Defensively, senior safety McKade Brady Texas State 1-1 3-4 leads the team with 74 tackles (30-solo, 44-assist), including 1.0 tackles for loss. Sopho- UTSA 1-2 5-3 more linebacker Zach Vigil has 71 tackles (28-solo, 43-assist) with 8.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 Idaho 1-2 1-7 sacks, one blocked kick and one recovery. And junior linebacker Jake Doughty New Mexico State 0-4 1-7 has 65 tackles (17-solo, 48-assist) with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks and one fumble recov- ery. As a team, USU is averaging 31.3 points and 448.6 yards of total offense per game UPCOMING WAC SCHEDULE (270.4-passing, 178.1-rushing) and allowing just 14.2 points and 319.4 yards of total offense Saturday, Nov. 3 (223.4-passing, 96.0-rushing). New Mexico State at Auburn, 10:30 am (CSS) *Texas State at Utah State, 1 pm (KMYU) UTAH STATE HAS WON SIX OF ITS LAST EIGHT ROAD GAMES *UTSA at Louisiana Tech, 2 pm (ERT) Utah State has won six of its last eight road games dating back to 2011, including a 3-2 *San Jose State at Idaho, 3 pm (KTRV) record this year as it lost at No. 22 Wisconsin (16-14), won at Colorado State (31-19), lost at BYU (6-3), won at San Jose State (49-27), and won at UTSA (48-17). USU ended the 2011 * WAC game season with road wins at Hawai`i (35-31), Idaho (49-42 2OT), and New Mexico State (24- 21). USU has also won five-straight WAC road games to rank as the longest conference winning streak on the road since the 1995, 1996 and 1997 teams combined to win six- straight Big West road games. Overall, USU is 8-16 (.333) in road games under Andersen.

UTAH STATE SCORES 40-PLUS POINTS IN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES WEEKLY WAC TELECONFERENCE Following its 48-17 road win at UTSA, Utah State has now scored 40-plus points in three- Utah State head coach Gary Andersen will be straight games to go along with its 49-27 road win at San Jose State and its 41-7 home available on the weekly Western Atheltic Confer- win against New Mexico State. The last time USU scored 40-plus points in three-straight ence Coaches Teleconference every Monday, games was during the 1990 season when it defeated New Mexico State (55-10) at home, beginning Aug. 27 and concluding Nov. 19 from Cal State Fullerton (45-17) on the road and Pacific (51-45) at home. Furthermore, USU 11:07-11:14 a.m. (MT). Email Dave Chaffin (dchaf- has scored at least 27 points in the first-half of each of its last three games with 28 points [email protected]) for the media dial-in-number. Below against SJSU and NMSU, and 27 points against UTSA. In its previous 113 years of Utah State is the order of participants. football, no Aggie team has ever scored 40-plus points in four-straight games. 10:32 a.m. - Mike MacIntyre, San Jose State 10:39 a.m. - Larry Coker, UTSA UTAH STATE SCORING FIRST TOUCHDOWN IN A HURRY IN LAST TWO GAMES 10:46 a.m. - Dennis Franchione, Texas State Utah State has scored its first touchdown in each of its last two games in a hurry. Two 10:53 a.m. - Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech weeks ago against New Mexico State, USU scored on its first offensive play of the game 11:00 a.m. - DeWayne Walker, New Mexico State on a 76-yard screen pass from sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton to senior running 11:07 a.m. - Gary Andersen, Utah State back Kerwynn Williams. This past week against UTSA, USU scored on its second offensive 11:14 a.m. - Robb Akey, Idaho play of the game as Keeton threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end Kellen Bartlett. UTAH STATE RADIO NETWORK

UTAH STATE BLOCKS FIFTH KICK OF THE YEAR AGAINST NEW MEXICO STATE Every Utah State football game can be heard live Utah State blocked its fifth kick of the season in its last game at UTSA as junior corner- on the Aggie Radio Network. Al Lewis serves as back Devonta Glover-Wright blocked a punt on UTSA’s first series of the game. USU’s first the play-by-play announcer, while Craig Hislop blocked kick of the season was by sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil who blocked a Utah will provide color analysis. Games can also be punt that was recovered in the end zone by junior safety Clayton Christensen. The Ag- heard on the internet (www.UtahStateAggies. gies’ second blocked kick of the year was by redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan com) by clicking on the ‘Listen Live’ link. Nielsen who blocked an extra point in the Wisconsin game. USU’s third blocked kick of the Logan KVNU (610 AM/102.1 FM) season was at BYU as junior defensive lineman Paul Piukala blocked a 34-yard field goal Logan/Tremonton KLZX (95.9 FM) attempt. And its fourth blocked kick of the year was against New Mexico State as redshirt KZNS (97.5 FM) freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell blocked a 42-yard field goal attempt. St. George KZNU (1450 AM) Vernal KVEL (920 AM) UTAH STATE GIVES UP JUST SECOND RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON TO UTSA Price KRPX (95.3 FM) Utah State allowed just its second rushing touchdown of the season in its last game at Montpelier, ID KLZX (105.3 FM) UTSA as the Roadrunners’ Evans Okotcha scored from seven yards out in the third quarter. Wisconsin’s Montee Ball has the only other rushing touchdown against USU this year on a UTAH STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 17-yard run, also in the third quarter. Director: Doug Hoffman (Football Contact) Office: (435) 797-3714 TEAM NOTABLES AGAINST UTSA Cell: (435) 881-8011 Utah State’s 522 yards of total offense are its third-most this year and USU has had 500-plus E-Mail: [email protected] yards of total offense four times in nine games this season. USU also had 394 passing yards Fax: (435) 797-2615 against UTSA, which are its second-most of the season. Utah State tied its season-high with Associate: Zach Fisher (Secondary Football) 10 third-down conversions as it was 10-of-17 in the game. USU was also 10-of-17 on third Office: (435) 797-2066 downs at Colorado State. Utah State has now scored on its first possession of the game Cell: (435) 213-0318 for the third-straight game and for the fifth time this year joining the Southern Utah and E-Mail: [email protected] Colorado State games. Assistant: Kara Fisher Office: (435) 797-1361 DID YOU KNOW? Cell: (435) 757-8184 Utah State has won each of its last three games by at least 22 points with wins against E-Mail: [email protected] San Jose State (48-27), New Mexico State (41-7) and UTSA (48-17). The last time USU won Graduate Assistants: Megan Allen, three games by at least 20 points was in 1990 when that Aggie team recorded home wins Travis Hansen, Couper Sorenson against UNLV (31-6) and New Mexico State (55-10), to go along with a road win at Cal Office: (435) 797-8584 State Fullerton (45-17). October 29, 2012 • 3 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL KEETON NAMED WAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THIRD TIME THIS SEASON UTAH STATE’S RECORD WHEN... For the third time this season, sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton has been named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in leading Utah State to a 2012 Under Andersen 48-17 WAC road win at UTSA Saturday afternoon. Keeton was also named College Sports Overall ...... 7-2 ...... 22-24 Madness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. Against WAC ...... 3-0 ...... 13-13 UTSA, Keeton helped Utah State score 40-plus points in its third-straight game for the first Non-Conference ...... 4-2 ...... 10-11 time since 1990 as the Aggies had 522 yards of total offense (394-passing, 128-rushing). Home ...... 4-0 ...... 14-7 Overall, Keeton completed 27-of-36 passes for 340 yards against the Roadrunners, as those 27 completions are a career-high. Keeton also had three touchdowns in the game to go Away ...... 3-2 ...... 9-17 along with one rushing yard on six carries. Overall, it was Keeton’s third career 300-yard Neutral ...... 0-0 ...... 0-1 passing game as his 340 yards Saturday rank as the second-most in his career. Overall, Current Streak ...... W3...... W3 Keeton is the fifth Aggie this year to earn WAC Player of the Week honors for the eighth Current Home Streak ...... W6 ...... W6 time joining senior punter Tyler Bennett (9/10), senior running back Kerwynn Williams Current Away Streak ...... W2 ...... W2 (9/24), redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell (10/8, 10/15), and redshirt sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz (10/22). Keeton, who was also named the WAC’s Offensive Player Day Game ...... 3-0 ...... 11-9 of the Week on Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, becomes the first Aggie to earn conference player Night Game ...... 4-2 ...... 11-15 of the week honors three times in one season since Aaron Jones was named the Big West August ...... 1-0...... 1-0 Conference Offensive Player of the Week three times in 2000. As for the WAC, Keeton is September ...... 3-1 ...... 6-9 the league’s first three-time winner since Hawaii’s Bryant Moniz and Boise State’s Kellen October ...... 3-1 ...... 6-10 Moore won Offensive Player of the Week honors, four and three times apiece, respectively, during the 2010 season. November ...... 0-0 ...... 8-4 December ...... 0-0 ...... 1-2 BARTLETT AND FACKRELL EARN PERFORMANCE AWARDS vs. top-25 teams ...... 0-1 ...... 0-7 Senior tight end Kellen Bartlett and redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell both earned vs. non-ranked teams ...... 6-1 ...... 18-17 honorable mention honors at their respective positions from College Football Performance vs. FCS (1-AA) ...... 1-0 ...... 4-0 Awards this past week following Utah State’s 48-17 road win against at UTSA. Bartlett had On natural grass ...... 0-1 ...... 1-9 five receptions for 39 yards against UTSA, including his second career touchdown recep- On artificial surface...... 7-1 ...... 21-15 tion on a 2-yard pass on USU’s first offensive series of the game. Fackrell had a team-high tying seven tackles (2-solo, 5-assist) against UTSA, to go along with his second career Scoring first...... 6-2 ...... 14-15 interception that he returned two yards. Fackrell also had one tackle for loss in the game. Coming-from-behind ...... 2-2 ...... 8-12 KEETON COMPLETES CAREER-HIGH 27 PASSES AT UTSA Leading after 1st quarter ...... 6-2 ...... 14-7 Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 27-of-36 passing for 340 yards with three Behind after 1st quarter ...... 0-0 ...... 4-12 touchdowns and one interception in his last game at UTSA, and those 27 completions are Tied after 1st quarter ...... 1-0 ...... 4-5 a career-high. Furthermore, those 340 passing yards are the second-most for Keeton in Leading at halftime ...... 7-1 ...... 16-9 his career and it is the third-time in his career that he has thrown for 300 yards in a game. Behind at halftime ...... 0-1 ...... 4-13 Overall, Keeton has now thrown for at least 200 yards seven times this season and 10 times in Tied at halftime ...... 0-0 ...... 2-2 his career. As for touchdown passes, it is the third time this year and fourth time in his career Leading after 3rd quarter ...... 6-0 ...... 14-7 he has thrown at least three touchdown passes in a game. It is also the seventh time this Behind after 3rd quarter ...... 0-2 ...... 3-15 year and 10th time in his career he has thrown at least two touchdown passes in a game. Tied after 3rd quarter ...... 1-0 ...... 5-3 Overtime ...... 1-0 ...... 2-1 TWELVE AGGIES CATCH A PASS AGAINST UTSA Utah State had 12 different players catch at least one pass in its last game at UTSA, which is a season-high, and the most since 13 Aggies caught passes against New Mexico State Scoring 20 points or less ...... 0-2 ...... 0-10 in 2008. Players with at least one reception against UTSA include: Keegan Andersen, Matt Scoring 20 + points ...... 7-0 ...... 22-13 Austin, Kellen Bartlett, Devonta Glover-Wright, Joe Hill, Chuck Jacobs, Kelvin Lee, Travis Scoring 30 + points ...... 6-0 ...... 15-6 Leeuwen, Bruce Natson, Travis Reynolds, Cameron Webb and Kerwynn Williams. Allowing 20 points or less ...... 6-1 ...... 12-2 Allowing 10 points or less ...... 2-1 ...... 3-1 UTAH STATE RECORDS TWO AGAINST UTSA For the first time since its 2011 season finale at New Mexico State, Utah State intercepted With 100-yard rusher ...... 4-0 ...... 14-9 a pair of passes in the same game as senior Will Davis recorded his second Allow 100-yard rusher ...... 0-1 ...... 1-14 interception of the season on the last play of the first half, while redshirt freshman line- With 300-yard passer ...... 3-0 ...... 5-5 backer Kyler Fackrell recorded his second career interception in the third quarter. Over- Allow 300-yard passer ...... 1-0 ...... 2-5 all, USU now has six interceptions on the season (2-Will Davis, 2-Kyler Fackrell, 1-Terrence Outgain opponent ...... 7-1 ...... 20-9 Alston, 1-La’Bradford Harold) as compared to just four during the 2011 season. Total offense + 300 yards ...... 7-1...... 21-17 PLAYER NOTABLES AGAINST UTSA Allow + 300 yards offense ...... 5-1 ...... 17-21 Junior cornerback Devonta Glover-Wright recorded his first career blocked kick on a punt in the first quarter. Glover-Wright also had a career-high two receptions for a career-best No turnovers ...... 1-1 ...... 3-7 15 yards. Senior tight end Kellen Bartlett caught his second career touchdown pass, from Less than three turnovers ...... 6-2 ...... 17-22 two yards, in the first quarter. Senior wide receiverCameron Webb caught his first career Three or more turnovers ...... 1-0 ...... 3-1 touchdown pass, a 29-yard reception in the second quarter. Webb had a career-high five No takeaways ...... 1-0 ...... 2-7 catches for a career-high 59 yards in the game. Freshman wide receiver Bruce Natson had Three or more takeaways ...... 0-0 ...... 1-2 a career-high four catches for a career-high 29 yards. Sophomore running back Joe Hill Fewer turnovers ...... 2-1 ...... 5-12 recorded his fifth rushing touchdown of the season with a 1-yard run in the third quarter. Equal turnovers ...... 1-0 ...... 16-3 He also tied his career-high with three receptions and had his second career receiving touchdown on a 16-yard pass, also in the third quarter. Freshman running back Kelvin Lee More turnovers ...... 4-1 ...... 13-12 had career-highs in receptions (2) and receiving yards (42). He also had a career-high Control time of possession ...... 3-0 ...... 9-5 seven rushes in the game. Sophomore quarterback Craig Harrison was 5-of-6 passing for Opponent controls TOP ...... 4-2 ...... 13-19 54 yards, all of which are career-highs. Senior defensive lineman Al Lapuaho recorded his third sack of the year and fourth of his career. Junior defensive lineman Connor Williams recorded his fifth sack of the season. Junior linebacker Cade Cowdin had a career-high six tackles. Sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz tied his career-high with two field goals (24, 22). Diaz also made a pair of field goals last week versus New Mexico State.

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UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS AMONG THE TOP 20 NATIONALLY IN FOUR CATEGORIES Utah State’s defense continues to be among the best in the nation and currently ranks first in UTAH STATE’S 2012 RANKINGS the WAC and fifth in the country averaging 3.56 sacks per game. USU also leads the WAC and ranks sixth in the nation in scoring defense (14.2 ppg), first in the WAC and 11th in the nation in 2012 TEAM RANKINGS rushing defense (96.0 ypg), first in the WAC and 19th in the nation in total defense (319.4 ypg), Category WAC NCAA first in the WAC and 28th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (114.8), and second in the Total Offense (448.6) ...... 2 ...... 34 WAC and 50th in the nation in passing defense (223.4 ypg). Rushing Offense (178.1) ...... 2 ...... 48 Passing Efficiency (152.9) ...... 3 ...... 21 UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS 10TH IN THE NATION IN REDZONE EFFICIENCY Passing Offense (270.4) ...... 3 ...... 38 Utah State’s defense has done a great job of not allowing teams to score once it enters the Scoring Offense (31.3) ...... 3 ...... 50 redzone as USU’s opponents are 18-of-27 (.667) inside the 20 this season to lead the WAC and Sacks Allowed (1.67) ...... 4 ...... 53 rank 10th in the nation. Of those 25 trips USU’s opponents have made to the redzone, they have come away with just nine touchdowns and nine field goals, to go along with two missed field Sacks (3.56) ...... 1 ...... 5 goals, two interceptions, one fumble and a loss on downs four times. Scoring Defense (14.2) ...... 1 ...... 6 Rushing Defense (96.0) ...... 1 ...... 11 UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS EIGHTH IN THE NATION IN THREE-AND-OUTS Total Defense (319.4) ...... 1 ...... 19 Utah State’s defense ranks eighth in the nation with an average of 4.89 three-and-outs per Passing Eff. Defense (114.8).... 1 ...... 28 game on the season and has forced a three-and-out by its opposition 44 times on 124 drives, Passing Defense (223.4) ...... 2 ...... 50 which averages out to 35.5 percent of the time. Punt Returns (11.0)...... 3 ...... 33 UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS 21ST IN THE NATION IN THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY Net Punting (38.6) ...... 3 ...... 35 Utah State’s defense is allowing its opponents to convert just 32.69 percent of its third downs Kickoff Returns (21.3) ...... 4 ...... 63 (51-156), which leads the WAC and ranks 21st in the nation. TO Margin (-0.44) ...... 5 ...... 87

UTAH STATE RANKS SECOND IN THE WAC IN TOTAL OFFENSE 2012 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS After producing 522 yards of total offense in its last game, Utah State now ranks second in the Individual Avg. WAC NCAA WAC and 34th in the nation in total offense (448.6 ypg). USU also ranks second in the WAC Chuckie Keeton (QB) and 48th in the nation in rushing offense (178.1 ypg), third in the WAC and 21st in the nation Total Offense ...... 301.4 ...... 2 ...... 17 in passing efficiency (152.9), third in the WAC and 38th in the nation in passing offense (270.4 Passing Effic ...... 154.3 ...... 3 ...... 20 ypg), third in the WAC and 50th in the nation in scoring offense (31.3 ppg), and fourth in the Passing ...... 261.7 ...... 3 ...... 29 WAC and 53rd in the nation in sacks allowed (1.67 pg). Rushing ...... 39.8 ...... 10 ...... - Kerwynn Williams (RB) UTAH STATE RANKS 38TH IN THE NATION IN PUNTING All-Purpose ...... 153.1 ...... 1 ...... 16 As of Oct. 28, Utah State ranks third in the WAC and 35th in the nation in net punting (38.6 ypk), third in the WAC and 33rd in the nation in punt returns (11.0 ypr), and fourth in the WAC and Rushing ...... 98.3 ...... 2 ...... 32 63rd in the nation in kickoff returns (21.3 ypr). Scoring ...... 8.0...... 4 ...... T-57 Receiving ...... 54.8...... 8 ...... - UTAH STATE PLAYERS IN THE WAC AND NATIONAL RANKINGS Total Offense ...... 98.3 ...... 9 ...... - As of Oct. 28, senior running back Kerwynn Williams ranks first in the WAC and 16th in the na- Chuck Jacobs (WR) tion in all-purpose yards (153.1 ypg), second in the WAC and 32nd in the nation in rushing (98.3 Kick Returns ...... 23.5...... 4 ...... 43 ypg), fourth in the WAC and tied for 57th in the nation in scoring (8.0 ppg), eighth in the WAC in Cameron Webb (WR) receiving (54.8 ypg), and ninth in the WAC in total offense (98.3 ypg). Sophomore quarterback Punt Returns ...... 9.2...... 3 ...... 36 Chuckie Keeton ranks second in the WAC and 17th in the nation in total offense (301.4 ypg), Terrence Alston (CB) third in the WAC and 20th in the nation in passing efficiency (154.3), third in the WAC and 29th Passes Defended .. 0.89 ...... 7 ...... T-85 in the nation in passing (261.7 ypg), and 10th in the WAC in rushing (39.8 ypg). Senior punter McKade Brady (S) Tyler Bennett ranks fifth in the WAC and 44th in the nation in punting (42.0 ypk). Senior wide Tackles ...... 8.2 ...... 4 ...... T-82 receiver Cameron Webb ranks third in the WAC and 36th in the nation in punt returns (9.2 ypr). Will Davis (CB) Senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs ranks fourth in the WAC and 43rd in the nation in kick returns Passes Defended .. 1.67 ...... 2 ...... 8 (23.5 ypr). Senior safety McKade Brady ranks fourth in the WAC and tied for 82nd in the nation Interceptions ...... 0.22 ...... T-9 ...... - in tackles (8.2 pg). Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil ranks fourth in the WAC and tied for 95th Tackles ...... 4.7...... 39 ...... - in the nation in tackles for loss (0.94 pg), tied for fourth in the WAC and tied for 74th in the na- Jake Doughty (LB) tion in sacks (0.56 pg), and sixth in the WAC and tied for 100th in the nation in tackles (7.9 pg). Tackles ...... 7.2 ...... 8 ...... - Junior linebacker Jake Doughty ranks eighth in the WAC in tackles (7.2 pg). Redshirt freshman Kyler Fackrell (LB) linebacker Kyler Fackrell ranks tied for ninth in the WAC in interceptions (0.22) and 12th in the Interceptions ...... 0.22 ...... T-9 ...... - WAC in tackles (6.9 pg). Sophomore safety Brian Suite ranks 17th in the WAC in tackles (6.6 pg). Tackles ...... 6.9 ...... 12 ...... - Junior cornerback Nevin Lawson ranks 27th in the WAC in tackles (5.4 pg). Senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu (LB) Bojay Filimoeatu ranks 34th in the WAC in tackles (5.1 pg). Senior cornerback Will Davis ranks Tackles ...... 5.1...... 34 ...... - second in the WAC and eighth in the nation in passes defended (1.67 pg), tied for ninth in the Nevin Lawson (CB) WAC in interceptions (0.22), and 39th in the WAC in tackles (4.7 pg). Senior cornerback Terrence Tackles ...... 5.4 ...... 27 ...... - Alston ranks seventh in the WAC and tied for 85th in the nation in passes defended (0.89 pg). Jordan Nielsen (DL) Junior defensive lineman Connor Williams ranks tied for fourth in the WAC and tied for 74th in Sacks...... 0.44 ...... 6 .... T-100 the nation in sacks (0.56 pg). And redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen ranks Brian Suite (S) sixth in the WAC and tied for 100th in the nation in sacks (0.44 pg). Tackles ...... 6.6 ...... 17 ...... - Connor Williams (DL) AGGIES DEFENSE RANKS AMONG THE BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY Sacks...... 0.56...... T-4...... T-74 Utah State is allowing just 14.2 points per game which is the fewest by an Aggie defense since Zach Vigil (LB) the 1963 team allowed 9.9 points per game. In fact, the last Aggie defense to allow fewer than Sacks ...... 0.56...... T-4 ...... T-74 20 points a game was in 1983 (19.5). Furthermore, USU’s defense has not allowed a single team Tackles for Loss ..... 0.94 ...... 4 ...... T-95 this year to run from more than 160 yards. In fact, USU has held 18 straight opponents to less than Tackles ...... 7.9 ...... 6 .... T-100 200 yards rushing and the last team to rush for 200 yards against Utah State was BYU (208) in 2011. Tyler Bennett (P) Punting ...... 42.0 ...... 5 ...... 44 DID YOU KNOW? Junior cornerback Devonta Glover-Wright is the first Utah State player to play on both sides of the ball since redshirt sophomore teammate Rashard Stewart did so during his freshman season in 2010.

October 29, 2012 • 5 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL WILLIAMS RANKS AMONG BEST ALL-AROUND PLAYERS IN WAC HISTORY UTAH STATE CAREER RANKINGS Senior running back Kerwynn Williams ranks as one of the best all-around offensive players in Western Athletic Conference history as he has 6,081 all-purpose yards to rank second all-time All-Purpose Yards Years Yds. at Utah State and fourth all-time in the WAC. Kevin Robinson (2004-07) is USU’s all-time leader 1. Kevin Robinson 2004-07 6,479 in all-purpose yardage with 6,479 yards, while New Mexico State’s Terance Mathis is the WAC’s 2. Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 6,081 all-time leader with 6,691 all-purpose yards. Williams is also the WAC’s all-time leader in kick return yards with 3,392 and is the conference’s active leader in career rushing yards with 1,888. Rushing Average Years Avg. (Minimum 150 Attempts) WILLIAMS RANKS 10TH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 1. Michael Smith 2009-11 7.1 Senior running back Kerwynn Williams now ranks 10th all-time at Utah State with 16 career rush- 2. Tom Larscheid 1959-61 7.0 ing touchdowns after scoring on a pair of 1-yard runs in his last game against UTSA. Williams is 3. MacArthur Lane 1965-67 6.9 now one rushing touchdown shy of tying (2007-10) for ninth-place with 17 career 4. Roy Shivers 1964-65 6.8 rushing touchdowns and the school record is 40 rushing touchdowns set by (2007- 5. Buddy Allen 1958-59 6.4 6. Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 6.1 09, 2011) and Abu Wilson (1992, 1994-96). Overall, Williams now has nine rushing touchdowns 7. Robert Turbin 2007-09,11 5.9 this year and three multi-touchdown rushing games, to go along with three career receiving 8. Emmett White 1998-01 5.4 touchdowns. He also has three 100-yard rushing games this year and four in his career. 9. Archie Gibson 1972-73 5.2 10. Demario Brown 1996-99 5.1 WILLIAMS NEARING UTAH STATE CAREER TOP 10 IN RUSHING Senior running back Kerwynn Williams has rushed for 1,888 yards during his Aggie career and is Rushing Touchdowns Years TD now just 35 yards shy of tying Jay Van Noy (1946-49) for 10th all-time in school history with 1,923 1. Robert Turbin 2007-09,11 40 career rushing yards. Thus far this year, Williams has rushed for 885 yards and is just 115 yards Abu Wilson 1992, 94-96 40 shy of becoming the 11th Aggie to rush for 1,000 yards in a single-season for the 16th time in 3. Demario Brown 1996-99 37 school history. 4. Tom Larscheid 1959-61 29 5. Emmett White 1998-01 27 KEETON RANKS FIRST ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 6. Rick Parros 1976-79 26 Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton is 303-of-464 passing during his brief Utah State ca- 7. Louie Giammona 1973-75 21 reer with a completion percentage of 65.3 percent, which ranks first all-time in school history. 8. Roy Shivers 1964-65 18 Keith Myers (1976-77) entered the 2011 season as the school record holder at 60.7 percent. 9. Diondre Borel 2007-10 17 10. Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 16 Thus far in 2012, Keeton is completing 67.9 percent of his passes (197-290), which would rank second all-time at USU for a single-season behind Adam Kennedy’s mark last year (.691). Completion Pct. Years Pct. (Minimum 150 Completions) KEETON RANKS EIGHTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN TOUCHDOWN PASSES 1. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres .653 After throwing three touchdown passes in his last game at UTSA, sophomore quarterback 2. Keith Myers 1976-77 .607 Chuckie Keeton now ranks among the top 10 all-time in school history in touch- 3. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 .582 down passes. Through nine games this year, Keeton has thrown 19 touchdown passes to rank 4. Travis Cox 2001-04 .573 tied for sixth all-time at USU for a single-season along with (1993). The school 5. Diondre Borel 2007-10 .561 record for touchdown passes in a single season is 24 set by Jose Fuentes in 2001. Keeton also has 30 touchdown passes in his career to rank tied for eighth all-time in school history with John Touchdown Passes Years TD Pappas (1966-68). The school record for career touchdown passes is 60 set by Fuentes (1999- 1. Jose Fuentes 1998-2002 60 2002). Overall, Keeton is now just one touchdown pass shy of tying Fuentes (2002), Brent Snyder 2. Tony Adams 1970-72 52 (1987) and (1980) for third-place on the USU single-season list with 20 touchdown 3. Brent Snyder 1987-88 39 passes, and one touchdown pass shy of tying (1990-91) for seventh-place on the 4. Diondre Borel 2007-10 36 USU career list with 31 touchdown passes. 5. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 35 6. 1976-79 34 7. Ron Lopez 1990-91 31 KEETON RANKS 10TH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN COMPLETIONS 8. John Pappas 1966-68 30 With his career-high 27 completions in his last game at UTSA, sophomore quarterback Chuckie Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 30 Keeton now ranks 10th all-time at Utah State with 303 career completions and is 31 comple- tions shy of tying Matt Sauk (1996-97) for ninth-place with 334 career completions. The school Passing Completions Years No. record is 704 completions set by Jose Fuentes (1999-2002). Thus far this year, Keeton has com- 1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 704 pleted 197 passes and is just four completions shy of tying Anthony Calvillo (1992) for 10th all- 2. Diondre Borel 2007-10 517 time in school history in a single-season with 201 completions. The single-season school record 3. Brent Snyder 1987-88 472 for completions is 260 set by Fuentes in 2001. 4. Eric Hipple 1976-79 459 5. Tony Adams 1970-72 456 KEETON RANKS 10TH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN TOTAL OFFENSE 6. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 448 Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton had 341 yards of total offense in his last game 7. Travis Cox 2001-04 423 against UTSA, and now has 4,206 yards of total offense in his career to rank 10th all-time in 8. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 382 school history. The school record for total offense is 8,791 yards by Jose Fuentes (1999-2002) 9. Matt Sauk 1996-97 334 and Keeton is now 638 yards of total offense shy of tying Travis Cox (2001-04) for ninth-place 10. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 303 with 4,844 yards. Keeton also has 2,713 yards of total offense thus far in 2012 to rank 10th all- Total Offense Years Yds. time at Utah State for a single-season and is now just 61 yards of total offense shy of tying Brent 1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 8,791 Snyder (1987) for ninth-place with 2,774 yards. The school record for total offense is 3,343 yards 2. Diondre Borel 2007-10 8,096 set by Diondre Borel in 2009. 3. Tony Adams 1970-72 6,587 4. Eric Hipple 1976-79 6,121 BENNETT RANKS SECOND ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN PUNTING 5. Brent Snyder 1987-88 5,928 Senior Tyler Bennett has a career punt average of 43.0 yards on 105 punts (4,518), which ranks 6. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 5,838 second all-time in school history behind Jerry Arguello (1997-98) who averaged 43.5 yards per 7. Matt Sauk 1996-97 5,466 punt. In 2012, Bennett has punted 47 times for an average of 42.0 yards. He has also had eight 8. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 5,035 punts of 50-plus yards, while 24 have been downed inside the 20-yardline. 9. Travis Cox 2001-04 4,844 10. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 4,206 DID YOU KNOW? Senior running back Kerwynn Williams is the NCAA’s active leader in four statistical categories as he leads the nation in all-purpose yards (6,081), all-purpose yards per play (12.04), kickoff return yards (3,392) and kickoff returns (134).

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UTAH STATE HAS THREE QUICK SCORING DRIVES AGAINST UTSA UNIFORM OPTIONS IN 2012 Utah State continued its trend as a quick scoring offense in its last game against UTSA, as it had four scoring drives of five plays or less including a two-play scoring drive on its first AGGIE UNIFORM OPTIONS IN 2012 offensive series, to go along with a three-play scoring drive, a four-play scoring drive, and Utah State will have nine different jersey and pant a five-play scoring drive. On the season, USU’s has had three one-play scoring drives, combinations, manufactured by Nike, to go along five two-play scoring drives this year, six three-play scoring drives, four four-play scoring with two different helmet options for a total of 18 drives, and four five-play scoring drives for a total of 21 drives of five plays or less on the different uniform combinations for the 2012 season. season out of a total of 44 scoring drives. Along with its traditional blue and white uniforms, a new pewter grey uniform will be utilized this season. UTAH STATE HAS HAD EIGHT SCORING DRIVES OF AT LEAST 10 PLAYS THIS YEAR Two helmet options are also available including a Utah State had two 10-play scoring drives in its last game against UTSA and now has had new diamond pattern blue and black helmet with a eighth scoring drives this year of at least 10 plays. Utah State had 19 scoring drives of at black face mask, along with its traditional white hel- least 10 plays in 2011; 15 scoring drives of at least 10 plays in 2010; and nine scoring drives met with a blue face mask. Home uniform options of at least 10 plays in 2009 for a total of 51 scoring drives of at least 10 plays in Andersen’s feature a traditional combination of blue jersey with four years. blue or white pants, as well as an option of blue jersey and pewter pants. Road uniform combinations can UTAH STATE HAS LED FOR MOST OF THE SEASON be built around the newly-designed pewter jersey or Through nine games and 540 minutes of play this season, Utah State has led or been tied the traditional white jersey. The road pewter jerseys for all but 55:40 (90 %). USU began the season by never trailing against Southern Utah in a can be combined with pewter, blue or white pants, 34-3 win, and never trailed in its 27-20 overtime win against Utah. Against Wisconsin, USU while white jerseys can be worn with white, blue or led for the first 41:54 of that game before the Badgers took the lead late in the third quarter pewter pants. Both helmet options will also be utilized and neither team scored in the fourth quarter. USU then led for the entire game against with the various uniform combinations for both home Colorado State and trailed for just 3:21 during the second quarter against UNLV. Against and away games. BYU, USU led for the first 29:57 of the game before BYU scored a touchdown with three GM 1 (H) - Blue Jersey, Blue Pants, Blue Helmet seconds remaining in the half. USU then trailed the entire second half. Against San Jose GM 2 (H) - Blue Jersey, Pewter Pants, Blue Helmet State, the Spartans scored a field goal and led for 4:10 before USU scored a touchdown GM 3 (A) - Pewter Jersey, Blue Pants, Blue Helmet on its first drive and never trailed the rest of the game. And in its last two games against GM 4 (A) - Pewter Jersey, Pewter Pants, Blue Helmet New Mexico State and UTSA, USU never trailed. GM 5 (H) - White Jersey, White Pants, White Helmet GM 6 (A) - White Jersey, Blue Pants, Blue Helmet AGGIES IN OVERTIME GM 7 (A) - Pewter Jersey, White Pants, White Helmet With its 27-20 overtime win against Utah on Sept. 7, Utah State improved to 5-4 all-time in GM 8 (H) - Blue Jersey, White Pants, Blue Helmet overtime, including winning each of its last two as it won a double-overtime game at Idaho GM 9 (A) - White Jersey, White Pants, Blue Helmet (49-42) in 2011. Under Andersen, USU is 2-1 in overtime games with wins against Utah (27-20 OT) and at Idaho (49-42 2OT), and a loss to Colorado State (35-34 2OT). All-time, USU is 3-2 in single-overtime games, 2-1 in double-overtime games, and 0-1 in triple overtime games. WAC PRESEASON POLLS FORMER WALK-ONS PAYING DIVIDENDS AT UTAH STATE The Western Athletic Conference announced its pre- Utah State has had great success with its walk-on program under current head coach season coaches and media polls on July 28 and Utah Gary Andersen including a pair of middle linebackers who are now starting in junior Jake State was picked to finish second in 2012 by both the Doughty and sophomore Zach Vigil. Other former walk-ons who have started this season media and coaches. include senior safety McKade Brady, senior wide receiver Cameron Webb and sophomore safety Frankie Sutera. Other former walk-ons who have made contributions this year in- PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL clude junior defensive lineman B.J. Larsen and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan 1. Louisiana Tech (6) ...... 36 Nielsen, along with junior placekicker Josh Thompson. 2. UTAH STATE (1)...... 31 3. San Jose State ...... 24 THOMPSON SETS SCHOOL RECORDS IN KICKING IN 2011 4. New Mexico State ...... 22 Junior placekicker Josh Thompson set new Utah State single-season extra point records 5. Idaho ...... 17 in 2011 with 57 makes in 58 attempts. Thompson also ranked fifth in school history in extra 6. Texas State ...... 10 point percentage (.983). All-time, Thompson ranks fourth at USU in extra point percent- 7. UTSA ...... 7 age (.971), tied for fifth in extra points made (68) and sixth in extra points attempted (70). PRESEASON MEDIA POLL EIGHTH AND FINAL YEAR IN THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 1. Louisiana Tech (25) ...... 193 Utah State is entering its eighth and final year as a member of the Western Athletic Con- 2. UTAH STATE (3)...... 164 ference as it will officially join the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2013. In its first 3. San Jose State ...... 130 seven years in the WAC, USU has posted an 18-37 (.327) mark. Prior to joining the WAC, 4. Idaho ...... 102 Utah State was a member of the Sun Belt Conference from 2003-04 and spent two years 5. New Mexico State ...... 95 as a independent (2001-02). USU was also a member of the PCAA/Big West Conference 6. Texas State ...... 57 (1978-2000), the Mountain States Conference/Skyline (1938-61), and the Rocky Mountain 7. UTSA ...... 43 Athletic Conference (1916-37).

DID YOU KNOW? Utah State has eight players on its team who are married (McKade Brady, Clayton Chris- tensen, Nate Needham, Joe Summers, Brad Theurer, Josh Thompson, Kevin Whimpey, Kyle Whimpey), while 17 Aggies have served a two-year LDS Church Mission (Eric Bern- ston, Clayton Christensen, Jefferson Court, Derek Keller, B.J. Larsen, Jason Luke, Logan Malohifo’ou, Jeff Manning, Alex Marsaw, Nate Needham, Travis Parrish, Eric Schultz, Brad Theurer, Cameron Webb, Kevin Whimpey, Kyle Whimpey and Daniel Wray).

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A LOOK AT TEXAS STATE TEXAS STATE at UTAH STATE Texas State is 3-4 on the season and 1-1 in WAC play following its 31-20 road loss at San Jose State last weekend. The Bobcats began the year with a 30-13 road win at Houston, followed by 58-10 home loss to Texas Tech. TSU then recorded a home win against Ste- phen F. Austin (41-37), followed by a home loss to Nevada (34-21), a road loss at New Mexico (35-14), and a home win against Idaho (38-7), to go along with its road loss at SJSU. Offensively, Texas State is led by senior quarterback Shaun Rutherford who is 100- of-148 passing for 1,149 yards (164.1 ypg) with nine touchdowns and four interceptions. 2012 UTAH STATE STATS (7-2/3-0 WAC) Senior running back Marcus Curry leads the team with 333 rushing yards on 62 carries (55.5 ypg), and junior wide receiver Andy Erickson has 28 catches for 385 yards (55.0 ypg) TEAM STATISTICS USU OPP with three touchdowns. Defensively, senior safety Jason McLean leads the team with 56 Points/Game ...... 31.3 ...... 14.2 tackles (36-solo, 20-assist), while junior linebacker has 41 tackles (22-solo, First Downs ...... 20.0 ...... 17.9 19-assist). As a team, TSU is averaging 24.9 points and 356.7 yards of total offense per Rushing/Game ...... 178.1 ...... 96.0 game (193.1-passing, 163.6-rushing) and allowing 30.7 points and 462.4 yards of total of- Passing/Game ...... 270.4 ...... 223.4 fense per game (269.0-passing, 193.4-rushing). Overall, Texas State returns 18 starters (O- Total Offense/Game ...... 448.6 ...... 319.4 8, D-9, ST-1) and 46 lettermen from last year’s team that went 6-6 as an FBS Independent. -Lost ...... 17-8 ...... 8-4 Dennis Franchione is 22-19 in his fourth year as the Bobcats head coach and 196-111 in Pen.Yds/Game ...... 687/76.3.... 413/45.9 27 years as a collegiate head coach. Time of Possession ...... 27:50 ...... 32:10 Third Down Conversions ...... 60-132 ...... 51-156 UTAH STATE AND TEXAS STATE Fourth Down Conversions ...... 4-8 ...... 6-13 Utah State and Texas State will be meeting for the first time ever this weekend. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG UTAH STATE VERSUS THE STATE OF TEXAS Williams 144 885 6.1 9 98.3 Utah State is 9-15-1 (.380) all-time against teams from the state of Texas including a 5-0 Keeton 86 358 4.2 3 39.8 record against West Texas, a 4-3 record against North Texas, a 2-0 record versus UTEP, Hill 26 177 6.7 5 21.8 1-0 records Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin at UTSA, 0-3 records against Baylor and Texas, an 0-2-1 record against TCU, an 0-2 record versus Texas Tech, and 0-1 records Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD YPG against Houston and Texas A&M. Keeton 197-290-5 67.9 2355 19 261.7 Harrison 7-8-0 87.5 79 0 15.8 AGGIES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS Kennedy 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0.0 Utah State has three players on its active roster from the state of Texas in junior running Webb 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0.0 back Robert Marshall (Dallas/A. Maceo Smith HS), sophomore quarterback Chuckie Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Keeton (Houston/Cypress Creek HS) and redshirt freshman linebacker La’Bradford Harold K. Williams 33 493 14.9 3 54.8 (Crowley/Crowley HS). Austin 31 425 13.7 4 47.2 Bartlett 31 235 7.6 2 26.1 Jacobs 26 376 14.5 5 41.8 FIRST TIME STARTERS IN 2012 Defense U-A-T TFL Int FF-FR Eight games into the 2012 season, Utah State has had 11 players make their first career Brady 30-44-74 1.0 0 1-0 starts at the Division I level. Against Southern Utah, freshman placekicker Brock Warren; Z. Vigil 28-43-71 8.5 0 1-0 senior defensive lineman Havea Lasike; junior offensive guard Kyle Whimpey; junior line- Doughty 17-48-65 2.5 0 0-1 backer Zach Vigil; sophomore safety Frankie Sutera; and redshirt freshman linebacker Fackrell 18-44-62 4.5 2 1-0 Kyler Fackrell all started for the first time. Against Utah, sophomore offensive tackleKevin Suite 22-37-59 0 0 0-0 Whimpey, sophomore running back Joe Hill and sophomore safety Brian Suite all made their first career starts. At Wisconsin, sophomore defensive linemanElvis Kamana-Matagi 2012 TEXAS STATE STATS (3-4/1-1 WAC) made his first career start. And at Colorado State, senior wide receiver Cameron Webb TEAM STATISTICS TXST OPP made his first career start. Points/Game ...... 24.9 ...... 30.7 First Downs ...... 17.9 ...... 24.9 YOUNG AGGIES GAINING EXPERIENCE Rushing/Game ...... 163.6 ...... 193.4 Of the 66 players that saw action for Utah State in its season opener against Southern Utah, Passing/Game ...... 193.1 ...... 269.0 26 were underclassmen including four true freshmen (K. Lee, L. Malohifo’ou, B. Natson, B. Total Offense/Game ...... 356.7 ...... 462.4 Warren), seven redshirt freshmen (K. Fackrell, T. Fisilau, L. Harold, D. Keller, J. Nielsen, T. Fumbles-Lost ...... 7-5 ...... 8-7 Seefeldt, B. Swindall), and 15 sophomores (K. Andersen, J. Bentrude, C. Harrison, J. Haueter, Pen.Yds/Game ...... 475/67.9.... 432/61.7 J. Hill, J. Jenkins, E. Kamana-Matagi, C. Keeton, T. McMillian, N. Needham, R. Stewart, B. Time of Possession ...... 31:17 ...... 28:30 Suite, F. Sutera, A. Wheat, Jr., Kevin Whimpey). Furthermore, of the 66 players that Utah Third Down Conversions ...... 36-92 ...... 40-91 State played in its season opener against Southern Utah, 22 were playing in their first-ever Fourth Down Conversions ...... 3-10 ...... 4-12 Division I game, while 11 were playing in their first-ever collegiate game. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Att Net Avg TD YPG AGGIES IN THE NFL Curry 62 333 5.4 6 55.5 Utah State has eight former football players who are on NFL rosters for the 2012 season Rutherford 88 288 3.3 3 41.1 including Diondre Borel (Green Bay), Jarrett Bush (Green Bay), John Chick (Jacksonville), Curtis Marsh (Philadelphia), Donald Penn (Tampa Bay), Michael Smith (Tampa Bay), Rob- Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD YPG ert Turbin (Seattle) and (Seattle). Rutherford 100-148-4 67.6 1149 9 164.1 Arndt 20-47-3 42.6 203 1 67.7 FROM CANADA Junior defensive lineman Connor Williams (Kanata, Ontario) is one of 46 Canadians cur- Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG rently on Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) rosters. Erickson 28 385 13.8 3 55.0 Harper 16 188 11.8 3 26.9 DID YOU KNOW? Battle 12 222 18.5 1 55.5 Utah State has had a player rush for at least 100 yards 25 times in the last three-plus years Defense U-A-T TFL Int FF-FR under current head coach Gary Andersen. Prior to that, USU produced a 100-yard rusher McLean 36-20-56 1 0 1-0 23 times in the previous eight seasons combined. Furthermore, USU has had a player Mayo 22-19-41 1 0 0-1 rush for 200 or more yards twice in the past two seasons, but just once in the previous 10 seasons combined.

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UTAH STATE SETS SCHOOL RECORD WITH 13 SACKS AT SAN JOSE STATE Utah State set a school record with 13 sacks in its last game against San Jose State 2012 SEASON SUPERLATIVES as junior defensive lineman Connor Williams, junior cornerback Nevin Lawson, redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES Nielsen all had a career-high two sacks in the game. Aggies with one sack against Rushing SJSU included senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu, senior defensive lineman Al Lapuaho, 1. Kerwynn Williams 205 at Colorado State junior linebacker Jake Doughty, junior defensive lineman A.J. Pataiali’i, and sophomore 2. Kerwynn Williams 176 at San Jose State linebacker Zach Vigil. USU’s previous school record for sacks in a game was eight versus 3. Joe Hill 116 vs. Southern Utah Colorado in 1998 and the NCAA record for sacks in a game is 15 set by TCU in 2000. USU 4. Kerwynn Williams 113 vs. UNLV entered its game against the Spartans with 14 sacks on the season. Passing DIAZ NAMED WAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK 1. Chuckie Keeton 404 vs. UNLV Sophomore redshirt placekicker Nick Diaz was named the Western Athletic Conference 2. Chuckie Keeton 340 at UTSA Special Teams Player of the Week for the first time in his career following his performance 3. Chuckie Keeton 304 vs. Southern Utah in Utah State’s 41-7 home win against New Mexico State. Diaz, who made two field goals 4. Chuckie Keeton 273 at San Jose State and five extra points against NMSU, connected on his first-ever field goal attempt from Receiving 53 yards and added a 48-yarder later in the fourth quarter. The 53-yarder was the eighth- 1. Kerwynn Williams 147 vs. UNLV longest in school history and the longest for the Aggies since 2008. 2. Matt Austin 119 vs. Southern Utah 3. Chuck Jacobs 101 vs. UNLV FACKRELL FOURTH FRESHMAN IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO EARN WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS 4. Chuck Jacobs 94. vs. New Mexico State Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell was named the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8 and Oct. 15 and is the first Aggie freshman to earn conference Tackles player of the week honors in consecutive weeks since Demario Brown was named the 1. McKade Brady 14 at BYU Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks during the 2. Jake Doughty 13 vs. UNLV 1996 season. Overall, Fackrell is just the fourth freshman in school history to earn con- 2. Brian Suite 13 at Wisconsin ference player of the week honors joining current sophomore quarterback teammate 4. Bojay Filimoeatu 12 vs. Utah Chuckie Keeton who was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week in 2011, along 5. Kyler Fackrell 11 vs. Utah with Brown in 1996 and Profail Grier who was named the Big West’s Offensive Player of 5. Kyler Fackrell 11 at San Jose State the Week in 1993. Fackrell is also the first player to earn back-to-back WAC Player of the Week honors since Hawaii’s Corey Paredes accomplished the feat in 2010. Going back TOP TEAM PERFORMANCES - OFFENSE Rushing to 1999, no freshman in the WAC has earned back-to-back player of the week honors. 1. 265 vs. Southern Utah 2. 262 at Colorado State KEETON NAMED WAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER CAREER-HIGH 404 PASSING YARDS 3. 256 vs. New Mexico State Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was named the Western Athletic Conference 4. 212 at San Jose State Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in leading Utah State to a 35-13 Homecom- ing win against UNLV as he completed 21-of-34 passes for a career-high 404 yards against Passing the Rebels. Keeton also had four touchdown passes in the game, the second-most of his 1. 426 vs. UNLV career, to go along with four rushing yards on six carries. The 404 passing yards for Keeton 2. 394 at UTSA rank as the 10th-best in school history and the most by an Aggie quarterback since 2002. 3. 304 vs, Southern Utah 4. 273 at San Jose State WILLIAMS HAS CAREER NIGHT AGAINST UNLV Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had a career night against UNLV as he had a Total Offense career-high seven catches for a career-high 147 yards, including a 74-yard touchdown 1. 569 vs. Southern Utah reception, which is a career-long and the longest play from scrimmage for USU this year. 2. 564 vs. UNLV The 147 receiving yards for Williams is the most by an Aggie since Kevin Curtis caught 13 3. 522 at UTSA 4. 516 vs. New Mexico State passes for 177 yards against Middle Tennessee in 2002 and the most by a non-receiver since running back Tom Larscheid had 172 receiving yards on three receptions against TOP TEAM PERFORMANCES - DEFENSE Hawai`i in 1959. Williams also rushed for 113 yards against the Rebels on 20 carries to Rushing become the first Utah State player to have 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same 1. 4 at San Jose State game since Robert Turbin rushed for 104 yards on 17 carries and added 116 receiving 2. 51 at UTSA yards on four receptions against Southern Utah in 2009. For Williams, it was his third career 3. 56 vs. Southern Utah 100-yard rushing game to go along with his first-ever 100-yard receiving game. Passing WILLIAMS’ 205 RUSHING YARDS AGAINST COLORADO STATE AMONG BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY 1. 78 at Wisconsin Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had one of the best rushing days in school history 2. 153 vs. Southern Utah against Colorado State as his 205 rushing yards on 21 carries ranks tied for the 22nd- 3. 188 vs. UNLV best single-game rushing performance in school history and the best since Robert Turbin rushed for 208 yards at Idaho in 2011. Overall, Williams had 227 yards of total offense as Total Offense he rushed for 205 yards on 21 carries with two touchdowns, all career-highs, and added 1. 209 vs. Southern Utah three receptions for 22 yards. Williams had touchdown runs of 26 and 58 yards in the 2. 234 at Wisconsin 3. 299 at UTSA game, with the 58-yarder being a career-long.

WILLIAMS RECORDS EIGHTH-LONGEST RUSH IN SCHOOL HISTORY AGAINST SAN JOSE STATE Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had his third 100-yard rushing game of the season and the fourth of his career with 176 yards on just 15 carries (11.7 ypc) to go along with a career-high three rushing touchdowns in Utah State’s 49-27 road win at San Jose State. Williams had touchdown runs of 50, 86 and 12 yards in the game, and his 86-yard burst in the third quarter ranks as the eighth-longest rush in school history and the longest since Robert Turbin had a school-record 96-yard touchdown run at Utah in 2009.

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GAME NINE RECAP

October 27, 2012 THE ALAMODOME SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah State 7 20 21 0 48 UTSA 3 0 7 7 17

First Quarter USU - Bartlett 2 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 12:11) UTSA - Stern 29 yd field goal (5:26) Second Quarter USU - Diaz 22 yd field goal (14:44) Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 90 yards on just 13 carries, including a 68-yard run USU - K. Williams 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 9:34) on the first play of the third quarter in helping Utah State to a 48-17 road win at UTSA. Williams, who USU - Webb 29 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 6:44) also caught three passes for 68 yards, had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs in the game. USU - Diaz 24 yd field goal (1:26) Third Quarter SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton threw for 340 yards and three USU - K. Williams 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 14:09) touchdowns and senior running back Kerwynn Williams added 90 rushing yards and two more USU - Hill 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 11:14) scores to lead Utah State (7-2, 3-0) to an easy 48-17 road win at UTSA (5-3, 1-2) Saturday. UTSA - Okotcha 7 yd run (Stern kick, 8:55) Keeton finished the day completing 27-of-36 passes for 340 yards, to go along with three USU - Hill 16 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 0:46) touchdowns passes in just three quarters of action. For Keeton, those 27 completions are a Fourth Quarter UTSA - Hicks 23 yd pass from Polite (Stern kick, 13:36) career-high, while his 340 passing yards are the second-most of his career and his third 300-yard Attendance: 23,519 passing game this season. Williams finished the game with 90 rushing yards on just 13 carries, which included a 68-yard TEAM STATISTICS run on the first play of the third quarter. He then scored from 1-yard out two plays later to give USU UTSA USU a 34-3 lead just 51 seconds into the second-half. Williams also scored on a 1-yard run on First Downs 23 13 a fourth down play in the second quarter to cap a 10-play, 71-yard drive to give the visitors a Rushing 128 51 Passing 394 248 17-3 advantage. For Williams, it was his third-career multi-touchdown rushing game. Williams Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 also had three receptions for 68 yards in the game. Penalties: Number-Yards 5-51 8-59 Utah State also got a pair of touchdowns from sophomore running back Joe Hill who carried Punts-Yards/Avg. 3-101/33.7 9-267/29.7 the ball seven times for 21 yards and added three receptions for 65 yards. Hill’s first score of the Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-47-0/11.8 1-(-7)-0/(-7.0) game was on a 1-yard run early in the third quarter to give Utah State a 41- 3 advantage, and Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-87-0/21.8 8-138-0/17.2 his second touchdown came late in the third period on a 16-yard reception from Keeton to put Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-8-0 1-0-0 the visitors ahead 48-10. Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 32:46 27:14 Utah State finished the game with 522 yards of total offense (394-passing, 128 rushing) and Third-Down Conversions 10-of-17 5-of-16 held the ball for 32:46. USU was also 10-of-17 on third-down, tying its season-high. Utah State’s special teams made the first big play of the day as junior cornerback Devonta INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Glover-Wright blocked a UTSA punt that went out of bounds at the 5-yardline on the first series UTSA: Polite 10-19; Glasco II 5-10 of the game. Two plays later, Keeton hit senior tight end Kellen Bartlett from two yards out to USU: K. Williams 13-90 2TD; Hill 7-21 TD; Lee 9-19; Keeton make the score 7-0. 6-1 UTSA scored its only points of the first-half on a 29-yard field goal following an interception in INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) the Utah State end zone on a tipped pass from Keeton. In all, the Roadrunners drove 68-yards UTSA: Polite 21-36-2, 248, 2TD in 10 plays before stalling at the USU 12. USU: Keeton, 27-36-1, 340, 3TD; Harrison 5-6-0, 54 Utah State increased its lead to 10-3 early in the second quarter on a 22-yard field goal by redshirt sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz. Williams then scored from 1-yard out, senior wide INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING receiver Cameron Webb scored his first career touchdown on a 29 yard pass from Keeton and UTSA: Holmes 4-54; Hubble 3-54; Jones 3-20 Diaz added another field goal from 24 yards out to give Utah State a 27-3 halftime lead. USU: Webb 5-59 TD; Bartlett 5-39 TD; Natson 4-29; K. After scoring 20 points in the second quarter, Utah State added 21 more in the third on Wil- Williams 3-68; Hill 3-65 TD; Lee 2-42; Austin 2-21; Jacobs 2-20; Van Leeuwen 2-16; Glover-Wright 2-15; Reynolds liams’ second 1-yard run of the game to go along with Hill’s two touchdowns as USU scored 34 1-15; Andersen 1-5 straight points to put the game away. UTSA’s first touchdown of the game USU Punt Returns: Webb, 3-40; Glover-Wright 1-7 came midway through the third quarter USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 4-87 on a 7-yard run from Evans Okotcha and USU Interception Returns: Davis 1-6; Fackrell 1-2 the final points of the game were scored USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 7; Fackrell 7; Z. Vigil 6; early in the fourth quarter on a 23-yard Cowdin 6; Suite 6; Lawson 5; Davis 4; Brady 4 pass from Ryan Polite to Cole Hicks to UTAH STATE STARTERS make the final score 48-17. OFFENSE DEFENSE Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler LT Kev. Whimpey DE C. Williams Fackrell had a game-high seven tack- LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi les, along with junior linebacker Jake C T. Larsen DE Lapuaho Doughty to lead Utah State. Fackrell RG Ky. Whimpey LB Filimoeatu also intercepted his second pass of the RT Schultz LB Doughty TE Bartlett LB Fackrell season in the third quarter, while senior TE Tialavea LB Z. Vigil cornerback Will Davis also recorded his WR Austin CB Lawson second interception of the season on WR Reynolds FS Brady the last play of the first-half. Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton completed RB Williams SS Suite UTSA finished the game with 299 yards 27-of-36 passes for 340 yards and three touchdowns QB Keeton CB Davis of total offense (248-passing, 51-rushing). against the Roadrunners.

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UTAH STATE WEEKLY PLAYER HONORS Sept. 7 (W, 27-20 OT vs. Utah) PRESEASON HONORS Tyler Bennett - WAC Special Teams Player of the Week. The following is a listing of Utah State players who have garnered pre- Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; Davey O’Brien hon- season all-conference recognition or were placed on a publication’s orable mention national Quarterback of the Week. watch list. Bojay Filimoeatu - College Football Performance Awards honorable men- tion national Linebacker of the Week. Matt Austin (Sr., WR) Sept. 15 (L, 14-16 at No. 22 Wisconsin) - Athlon Second-Team Zach Vigil - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention na- tional Linebacker of the Week. Tyler Bennett (Sr., P) Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men- - College Football Performance Special Teams Award Watch List; Phil tion national All-Purpose Performer of the Week. Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Third-Team; Sept. 22 (W, 31-19 at Colorado State) College Sports Madness Third-Team Tyler Bennett - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Punter of the Week. McKade Brady (Sr., FS) Zach Vigil - College Sports Madness’ WAC Defensive Player of the Week; - Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Third- College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Line- Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team backer of the Week. Kerwynn Williams - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Football Jake Doughty (Jr., LB) Performance Awards honorable mention national Running Back of the - Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Week. Sept. 29 (W, 35-13 vs. UNLV) Kyler Fackrell (Fr., LB) Tyler Bennett - College Football Performance Awards national Punter of - College Sports Madness WAC Freshman of the Year the Week. Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Sports Mad- Bojay Filimoeatu (Sr., LB) ness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week. - Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; Phil Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men- Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; tion national All-Purpose Performer of the Week. Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness First-Team; CBSSports.com Oct. 5 (L, 3-6 at BYU) All-Conference Kyler Fackrell - WAC Defensive Player of the Week. Oct. 13 (W, 49-27 at San Jose State) Chuckie Keeton (So., QB) Kyler Fackrell - WAC Defensive Player of the Week; College Football Per- - College Football Performance Offensive Awards Watch List; Phil Steele’s formance Awards honorable mention national Linebacker of the Week. College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Second-Team; Chuckie Keeton - College Football Performance Awards honorable men- Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness Third-Team; CBSSports. tion national Quarterback of the Week. com All-Conference Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men- tion national Running Back of the Week. Tyler Larsen (Jr., C) Oct. 20 (W, 41-7 vs. New Mexico State) - Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; Phil Will Davis - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention na- Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; tional Defensive Back of the Week. Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness First-Team Nick Diaz - WAC Special Teams Player of the Week; College Football Per- formance Awards honorable mention national Placekicker of the Week. Al Lapuaho (Sr., DE) Chuckie Keeton - College Football Performance Awards honorable men- - Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Sec- tion national Quarterback of the Week. ond-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team Oct. 27 (W, 48-17 at UTSA) Kellen Bartlett - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention Nevin Lawson (Jr., CB) national Tight End of the Week. - Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Kyler Fackrell - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention First-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness First-Team; national Linebacker of the Week. CBSSports.com All-Conference Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Sports Mad- ness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week. Oscar Molina-Sanchez (Sr., OT) - Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Sec- PRESEASON NATIONAL WATCH LISTS ond-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team The following is a list of current Utah State players who are listed among various watch lists for the National College Football Awards Association. Jumanne Robertson (Sr., CB) Davey O’Brien Award ...... Chuckie Keeton (So., QB) - Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; Phil Doak Walker Award ...... Kerwynn Williams (Sr., RB) Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Second- Paul Hornung Award ...... Kerwynn Williams (Sr., RB) Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness Third-Team; CBSSports. Lombardi Award ...... Tyler Larsen (Jr., C) com All-Conference Outland Trophy ...... Tyler Larsen (Jr., C) Rimington Trophy ...... Tyler Larsen (Jr., C) Eric Schultz (Jr., OG) Ray Guy Award ...... Tyler Bennett (Sr., P) - Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Third- Team; Athlon First-Team; CBSSports.com All-Conference NIELSEN NAMED TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS NATION- AL FRESHMAN PERFORMER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST Josh Thompson (Jr., PK) Redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen is one of 28 Football - College Sports Madness Third-Team Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players, and one of just three defensive lineman, named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) 2012 Na- Kerwynn Williams (Sr., RB/KR) tional Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List. Nielsen is one of three - Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; players from the WAC to be named to the CFPA Freshman Performer College Football Performance Award Watch List for Special Teams; Phil of the Year Watch List along with Louisiana Tech running back Ken- Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; neth Dixon and San Jose State placekicker Austin Lopez, and of just two Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team (PR); College players from the state of Utah recognized along with BYU running back Sports Madness Third-Team (RB/KR); CBSSports.com All-Conference Jamaal Williams. (Returner); Watch List (RB)

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2012 UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME INFORMATION CAREER PUNT RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 2, vs. Southern NEVIN LAWSON TRAVIS VAN LEEUWEN Utah (8/30/12); Yards: 40, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); 1 5-10 • 183 • Jr.-2L 7 6-3 • 195 • Jr.-2L Long Return: 30, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); TD: 0. Lauderhill, Fla. Provo, Utah CB (Piper HS) WR (Timpview HS) CHUCKIE KEETON 16 6-1 • 200 • So.-1L 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME Houston, Texas UTSA: Had five tackles.NMSU: Recorded five tack- UTSA: Had two catches for 16 yards. NMSU: (Cypress Creek HS) les. SJSU: Had eight tackles and his first two career Caught one pass for three yards. SJSU: Had two QB sacks. BYU: Had six tackles and one pass breakup. catches for 32 yards including one TD. BYU: Did 2012 GAME-BY-GAME UNLV: Had five tackles. CSU: Had five tackles, in- not record any stats. UNLV: Did not record any UTSA: Was 27-of-36 passing for 340 yards and cluding a career-high two for loss. UW: Had five stats. CSU: Had a career-high four catches for three TD’s and one INT... Those 27 completions tackles and two pass breakups. Utah: Recorded 37 yards. UW: Did not record any stats. Utah: Had are a career-high... Also carried the ball six times a season-high seven tackles and added one pass one catch for 28 yards. SUU: Caught one pass for for one yard. NMSU: Was 16-of-26 passing for 257 breakup. SUU: Recorded three tackles. eight yards. yards with two TD’s, including a career-long 76- CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 9, vs. Nevada (11/26/11); CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 4, at Colorado St. yard TD pass to Kerwynn Williams... Also rushed INT: 1, twice; PBU: 3, at Hawai`i (11/5/11); Sacks: 2, (9/22/12); Yards: 60, at Fresno St. (10/15/11); Long seven times for 81 yards with two TD’s, tying a at San Jose St. (10/13/12). Catch: 36, at Fresno St. (10/15/11); TD: 1, three times. career-high... Had a career-long run of 76 yards for a TD. SJSU: Was 26-of-35 passing for 273 yards MATT AUSTIN TRAVIS REYNOLDS with three TDs... Also rushed six times for 47 yards, 4 6-2 • 202 • Sr.-2L 8 5-11 • 180 • Jr.-2L including a 28-yard TD run. BYU: Was 22-of-38 pass- Monrovia, Calif. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. ing for 202 yards... Those 38 attempts are a career- WR (Charter Oak HS) (Boyd Anderson HS) high... Also carried the ball 10 times for 23 yards. (Mt. San Antonio JC) WR UNLV: Was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME the Week as he was 21-of-34 passing for a career- UTSA: Caught two passes for 21 yards. NMSU: Had UTSA: Had one catch for 15 yards. NMSU: Caught high 404 yards with four TDs and one INT... Had one catch for one yard. SJSU: Caught six passes two passes for 25 yards. SJSU: Had two catches a career-long pass of 74 yards... Also rushed six for 93 yards, including one TD. BYU: Had a career- for 11 yards and returned two kicks for 45 yards, times for four yards. CSU: Was 23-of-30 passing for high seven catches for 72 yards. UNLV: Did not re- including a career-long of 32. BYU: Had two 178 yards with one TD and two INT... Also rushed cord any stats. CSU: Had six catches for 75 yards catches for 22 yards. UNLV: Caught two passes for 12 times for 38 yards. UW: Was 18-of-34 passing for with one TD. UW: Caught two passes for 16 yards, 24 yards. CSU: Caught one pass for seven yards. 181 yards with two TDs... Also rushed 15 times for including an 11-yard TD. Utah: Had two catches UW: Did not record any stats. Utah: Caught three 75 yards. Utah: Was named the WAC’s Offensive for 28 yards. SUU: Caught five passes for a career- passes for 35 yards. SUU: Caught three passes for Player of the Week as he completed 22-of-32 high 119 yards, including a 39-yard TD... Notched 18 yards. passes for 216 yards with two TDs... Also rushed a his first-career 100-yard receiving game. CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 5, vs. Idaho St. (9/11/10); career-high 17 times for a career-high 86 yards. CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 7, at BYU (10/5/12); Yards: 36, at Oklahoma (9/4/10); Long Catch: 36, at SUU: Completed 22-of-25 passes for a 304 yards to Yards: 119, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); Long Oklahoma (9/4/10); TD: 0. go along with two TDs and one INT... Carried the Catch: 59, at Oklahoma (9/4/10); TD: 2, at New CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 2, at ball seven times for three yards. Mexico St. (12/3/11). San Jose St. (10/13/12); Yards: 45, at San Jose CAREER PASSING HIGHS - Att: 38, at BYU (10/5/12); St. (10/13/12); Long Return: 32, at San Jose St. Comp: 27, at UTSA (10/27/12); Yards: 404, vs. UNLV TERRENCE ALSTON (10/13/12); TD: 0. (9/29/12); TD: 5, vs. Wyoming (10/8/11); Long Pass: 5 5-9 • 176 • Sr.-1L 76, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12). Richmond, Calif. CHUCK JACOBS CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 17, vs. Utah (Vanden HS) 10 6-0 • 178 • Sr.-1L (9/7/12); Yards: 86, vs. Utah (9/7/12); TD: 2, twice; CB (Solano CC) Richmond, Calif. Long Rush: 76, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12). 2012 GAME-BY-GAME (Kennedy HS) WR (Laney JC) TAVARIS McMILLIAN UTSA: Had two tackles. NMSU: Had four tackles, in- 16 6-2 • 230 • So.-1L cluding one for loss... Also had two pass breakups. 2012 GAME-BY-GAME Miami, Fla. SJSU: Had three tackles. BYU: Had two tackles. UTSA: Had two catches for 20 yards... Also re- (Miami Jackson HS) UNLV: Recorded his first career interception... Also turned four kicks for 87 yards. NMSU: Caught four LB had one pass breakup. CSU: Did not record any passes for 94 yards, including a 49-yard TD... Also stats. UW: Had one tackle and one pass breakup. returned two kickoffs for 49 yards. SJSU: Had three 2012 GAME-BY-GAME Utah: Had two tackles and a career-high three catches for 32 yards with one TD... Also had three UTSA: Had three tackles, including one for loss. pass break-ups. SUU: Had his best game as an kick returns for 44 yards. BYU: Did not record any NMSU: Had four tackles, including his first career, Aggie with a team-leading five tackles, which in- stats. UNLV: Caught four passes for a career-high sack, to go along with one pass breakup. SJSU: cluded his first-career sack. 101 yards... Had a career-high two TD catches, Had one tackle. BYU: Had a season-high five tack- CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 5, vs. Southern Utah including a career-long of 50 yards. CSU: Caught les, to go along with one pass breakup. UNLV: Had (8/30/12); Sacks: 1, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12) one pass for six yards... Also had a career-long four tackles. CSU: Did not record any stats. UW: INT: 1, vs. UNLV (9/29/12) PBU: 3, Utah (9/7/12). kick return of 55 yards. UW: Caught a career-high Had one tackle. Utah: Had three tackles. SUU: Re- six passes for 41 yards. Utah: Had two catches for corded three tackles and had a tackle for loss. 18 yards. SUU: Had four receptions for 64 yards, CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 7, at New Mexico St. including a 48-yard TD... Also had two punt returns (12/3/11); Sacks: 1, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12). for 40 yards with a long of 30, and a kick return for 21 yards. CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 6, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); Yards: 101, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Long Catch: 50, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); TD: 2, vs. UNLV (9/29/12). CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 6, vs. San Jose St. (11/12/11); Yards: 181, vs. San Jose St. (11/12/11); Long Return: 55, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); TD: 0.

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WILL DAVIS KERWYNN WILLIAMS JOE HILL 17 6-0 • 186 • Sr.-1L 25 5-8 • 189 • Sr.-3L 32 5-11 • 185 • So.-1L Spokane, Wash. Las Vegas, Nev. Fullerton, Calif. (Central Valley HS) (Valley HS) (Fullerton HS) CB (De Anza College) RB RB 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME UTSA: Had four tackles, including one for loss... In- UTSA: Carried the ball 13 times for 90 yards with UTSA: Carried the ball seven times for 21 yards tercepted his second career pass and had one two TDs... Also had three receptions for 68 yards. with one TD... Also had three receptions for 65 pass breakup. NMSU: Had eight tackles, including NMSU: Had 13 carries for 82 yards with one TD... yards and one TD. NMSU: Had four carries for 17 two for loss, to go along with his first career INT that Also had three receptions for 94 yards with one TD, yards. SJSU: Did not record any stats. BYU: Did not he returned 35 yards... Also had one pass breakup which was a career-long 76 yarder. SJSU: Rushed play. UNLV: Had a career-high three catches for SJSU: Had six tackles, including one for loss. BYU: for 176 yards on 15 carries (11.7 ypc) with a career- a career-best 88 yards, including a career-long of Had five tackles and one pass breakup. UNLV: high three TDs (50, 86, 12)... His 86-yard TD run was 65 yards... Also had one carry for one yard. CSU: Had seven tackles and two pass breakups. CSU: the eighth-longest in school history... Also caught Had two rushes for 16 yards, includng a 15 yard TD Had four tackles, including 0.5 for loss... Also had four passes for 30 yards. BYU: Carried the ball 14 run... Also had two receptions for minus two yards. three pass breakups. UW: Had on tackle. Utah: times for 18 yards... Also had five receptions for UW: Had one carry for three yards. Utah: Caught Had six tackles and a career-high four pass break- 39 yards. UNLV: Had 20 carries for 113 yards and one pass for 15 yards, which was his first-career ups. SUU: Had one tackle and one pass breakup. added a career-high seven receptions for a ca- receiving TD. SUU: Had his best game as an Aggie CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 10, at Idaho (11/19/11); reer-best 147 receiving yards, including a career- with 11 carries for 116 yards and 3 TDs, all of which INT: 1, twice; PBU: 4, vs. Utah (9/7/12); TFL: 2, New long 74 TD. CSU: Carried the ball 21 times for 205 are career-highs... Had TD runs of 27, 19 and 33 Mexico St. (10/20/12). yards with two TDs, all career-highs... Had TD runs yards... Also had one reception for 17 yards. of 26 and 58 yards, which is a career-long... Also CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 11, vs. South- DEVONTA GLOVER-WRIGHT had three receptions for 22 yards. UW: Had six re- ern Utah (8/30/12); Yards: 116, vs. Southern Utah 20 6-0 • 170 • Jr.-JC ceptions for 78 yards, while recording his first ca- (8/30/12); TD: 3, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); Long Mableton, Ga. reer receiving TD... Also carried the ball 16 times Rush: 33, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12). (Campbell HS) for 43 yards. Utah: Carried the ball 17 times for 95 CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 3, vs. UNLV CB (Eastern Arizona JC) yards with one TD... Scored the game-wining TD (9/29/12); Yards: 88, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Long Catch: 2012 GAME-BY-GAME in OT. SUU: Carried the ball 15 times for 63 yards... 65, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); TD: 1, vs. Utah (9/7/12). UTSA: Blocked his first career kick on a punt... Also had two receptions for 15 yards. Also had career-highs with two receptions for 15 CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 21, at Colorado McKADE BRADY 5-11 • 197 • Sr.-2L yards... Also had one tackle. NMSU: Carried the St. (9/22/12); Yards: 205, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); 36 Cove, Utah ball five times for 39 yards, both career-highs... TD: 3, at San Jose St. (10/13/12); Long Rush: 86, at (Sky View HS) Also had two tackles and one QBH. SJSU: Had San Jose St. (10/13/12). S (Brigham Young) one tackle. BYU: Had one tackle. UNLV: Had one CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 7, vs. UNLV carry for five yards and also recorded one tackle. (9/29/12); Yards: 147, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Long 2012 GAME-BY-GAME CSU: Caught one pass for minus one yard. UW: Catch: 76, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12); TD: 1, UTSA: Had four tackles. NMSU: Had seven tackles, Returned two kicks for 30 yards and added one three times. including one pass breakup. SJSU: Had 10 tackles tackle. Utah: Returned three kickoffs for 66 yards. CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 8, at San and forced a fumble. BYU: Had a season-high 14 SUU: Recorded two tackles... Also returned one Diego St. (9/25/10); Yards: 201, vs. New Mexico St. tackles. UNLV: Had six tackles and one QB hurry. kick for 23 yards. (11/6/10); Long Return: 92, at Nevada (10/30/10); TD: CSU: Had 10 tackles, to go along with one pass CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 2, twice. 1, at Nevada (10/30/10). breakup. UW: Had eight tackles. Utah: Had 10 CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 3, vs. Utah CAREER PUNT RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 3, vs. Idaho tackles, including one for loss. SUU: Had five tack- (9/7/12); Yards: 66, vs. Utah (9/7/12); Long Return: 35, St. (9/11/10); Yards: 53, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); les. vs. Utah (9/7/12); TD: 0. Long Return: 42, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); TD: 0. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 16, at Idaho (11/19/11); INT: 0; PBU: 3, vs. San Jose St. (11/12/11). BRIAN SUITE ROBERT MARSHALL 21 6-3 • 205 • So.-RS 27 6-0 • 233 • Jr.-2L CONNOR WILLIAMS Honolulu, Hawaii Dallas, Texas 40 6-3 • 271 • Jr.-2L S (Punahou HS) RB (A. Maceo Smith HS) Kanaa, Ontario DE (Holy Trinity HS) 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME UTSA: Had six tackles and one pass breakup. UTSA: Did not play. NMSU: Did not play. SJSU: Had 2012 GAME-BY-GAME NMSU: Had six tackles, including one pass break- one catch for 12 yards. BYU: Had a career-high UTSA: Had one sack. NMSU: Had one QB hurry. up. SJSU: Had five tackles. BYU: Had nine tackles two catches for 11 yards... Also returned a kick SJSU: Had three tackles, including a career-high and one pass breakup. UNLV: Had eight tackles 16 yards. UNLV: Had three carries for eight yards. two sacks. BYU: Tied his career-high with five and one pass breakup. CSU: Had six tackles to CSU: Carried the ball three times for eight yards. tackles. UNLV: Had one tackle. CSU: Had three go along with one pass breakup. UW: Recorded UW: Carried the ball two times for five yards.Utah: tackles, to go along with one sack. UW: Had four a career-high 13 tackles and had his first career Caught one pass for 11 yards. SUU: Had nine car- stops, including one tackle for loss. Utah: Had one pass breakup. Utah: Had three tackles. SUU: Re- ries for 53 yards, with a career-long of 16 yards. tackle. SUU: Had four tackles to go along with one corded three tackles and one quarterback hurry. CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 12, at San Jose St. sack and a quarterback hurry. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 13, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); (11/13/10); Yards: 54, at San Jose St. (11/13/10); TD: CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 5, twice; Sacks: 2, at PBU: 1, at Wisconsin (9/15/12). 1, twice; Long Rush: 16, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12). San Jose, St. (10/13/12); TFL: 2, at San Jose, St. CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 2, at BYU (10/13/12). (10/5/12); Yards: 12, twice; Long Catch: 12, at Ne- vada (10/30/10); TD: 0.

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PAUL PIUKALA career-high two for loss... Also forced a fumble, had his first career sack, and added a career- HAVEA LASIKE 6-5 • 255 • Jr.-JC 48 best two QB hurries. Utah: Recorded his first-career 57 6-1 • 297 • Sr.-1L Oakland, Calif. punt block, which was recovered for a TD... Had San Jose, Calif. (Castlemont HS) a career-high 10 tackles including 0.5 for loss. SUU: (Lincoln HS) DL (Laney CC) DL Had five tackles. (Foothill JC) 2012 GAME-BY-GAME CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 10, four times; TFL: 3, at 2012 GAME-BY-GAME UTSA: Had two tackles and one pass breakup. NMSU: Colorado State (9/22/12); Sacks: 2, at Colorado St. UTSA: Did not record any stats. NMSU: Had one Had one tackle. SJSU: Tied his career-high with four (9/22/12); QBH: 2, at Wisconsin (9/15/12). tackle. SJSU: Had two tackles. BYU: Did not record tackles. BYU: Blocked his first career kick, a FG.UNLV: any stats. UNLV: Had two tackles. CSU: Had two Had one tackle. CSU: Did not record any stats. UW: JAMIE MARKOSIAN tackles and tied his career-high with one sack. Had a career-high four tackles, including one for 54 6-2 • 302 • Jr.-2L UW: Had one tackle. Utah: Had one tackle. SUU: loss. Utah: Did not play. SUU: Had two tackles. Salt Lake City, Utah Had three tackles and a half of a tackle for loss. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 4, twice; TFL: 1, at Wiscon- (Juan Diego HS) CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 5, at Idaho (11/19/11); sin (9/15/12). OG Sacks: 1, twice. 2012 GAME-BY-GAME JAKE DOUGHTY UTSA: Graded out at 83 percent, including 98 TYLER LARSEN 6-0 • 230 • Jr.-2L 51 percent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. 58 6-4 • 312 • Jr.-2L Draper, Utah NMSU: Graded out at 84 percent, including 100 Salt Lake City, Utah (Juan Diego HS) LB percent in assingment... Had two knockdowns. C (Jordan HS) SJSU: Graded out at 88 percent, including 100 2012 GAME-BY-GAME percent in assingment... Had six knockdowns. 2012 GAME-BY-GAME UTSA: Had seven tackles, including 0.5 for loss and BYU: Graded out at 78 percent, including 98 UTSA: Graded out at 88 percent, including 97 per- one QBH. NMSU: Had 10 tackles. SJSU: Had nine percent in assingment... Had three knockdowns. cent in assingment... Had six knockdowns. NMSU: tackles, including his first career sack. BYU: Had UNLV: Graded out at 88 percent, including 100 Graded out at 86 percent, including 100 per- five tackles. UNLV: Recorded a career-high 13 percent in assingment... Had four knockdowns. cent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. SJSU: tackles, including 1.0 for loss. CSU: Had five tack- CSU: Graded out at 83 percent, including 100 Graded out at 92 percent, including 100 percent les. UW: Had four tackles and recovered his first- percent in assingment... Had six knockdowns. UW: in assingment... Had four knockdowns. BYU: career fumble. Utah: Had nine tackles. SUU: Had Graded out at 82 percent, including 97 percent in Graded out at 90 percent, including 98 percent three tackles. assingment... Had one knockdown. Utah: Graded in assingment... Had three knockdowns. UNLV: CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 13, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); out at 82 percent, including 96 percent in assign- Graded out at 84 percent, including 100 per- Sack: 1, at San Jose State (10/13/12). ment... Had three knockdowns. SUU: Graded out cent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. CSU: at 81 percent, including 98 percent in assignment... Graded out at 85 percent, including 99 percent KYLER FACKRELL Had nine knockdowns. in assignment... Had 10 knockdowns. UW: Graded 52 6-5 • 236 • Fr.-RS out at 81 percent and was perfect on his assign- Mesa, Ariz. BOJAY FILIMOEATU ments... Had one knockdown. Utah: Graded out (Mesa HS) 55 6- • 258 • Sr.-1L at 89 percent, including 97 percent in assignment... LB West Valley City, Utah Had four knockdowns. SUU: Graded out at 82 per- (Granger HS) cent, including 97 percent in assignment... Had 2012 GAME-BY-GAME LB (Mt. San Antonio JC) eight knockdowns. UTSA: Had seven tackles. including one for loss... 2012 GAME-BY-GAME Recorded his second career INT. NMSU: Had eight ERIC SCHULTZ tackles, including 0.5 for loss... Also had one QB UTSA: Had three tackles, including 0.5 for loss. 6-4 • 303 • Jr.-2L hurry, one pass breakup, and blocked a 42-yard NMSU: Had six tackles and a career-high three 66 Connell, Wash. FG attempt. SJSU: Named the WAC’s Defensive QB hurries... Also forced a fumble. SJSU: Had three (Connell HS) Player of the Week as he tied his career-high tackles including one sack. BYU: Had two tackles OG with 11 tackles and recorded a career-high two and one QB hurry. UNLV: Had seven tackles to go sacks... Also forced and recoverd a fumble. BYU: along with two QB hurries, 1.0 TFL and 0.5 sacks. 2012 GAME-BY-GAME Named the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Week CSU: Had four tackles and one QB hurry. UW: Had UTSA: Graded out at 86 percent, including 99 as he had 10 tackles and intercepted his first ca- six tackles, including one for loss. Utah: Recorded percent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. reer pass. UNLV: Had five tackles, including 1.0 for a career-high 12 tackles, including 2.5 for loss... NMSU: Graded out at 88 percent, including 100 loss, to go along with a career-high three QB hur- Also had one sack. SUU: Had three tackles. percent in assingment... Had two knockdowns. ries. CSU: Had two tackles. UW: Had four tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 12, Utah (9/7/12); TFL: SJSU: Graded out at 86 percent, including 98 per- Utah: Had a career-high 11 tackles, including two 2.5, Utah (9/7/12); QBH: 3, New Mexico State cent in assingment... Had 0.5 knockdowns. BYU: QB hurries. SUU: Had four tackles. (10/20/12); Sacks: 1, five times. Graded out at 79 percent, including 94 percent CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 11, twice; Sacks: 2, at San in assingment... Had three knockdowns. UNLV: Jose State (10/13/12); QBH: 3, vs. UNLV (9/29/12). AJ PATAIALI’I Graded out at 89 percent, including 98 percent in 56 6-3 • 307 • Jr.-JC assingment... Had one knockdown. CSU: Graded ZACH VIGIL West Valley City, Utah out at 85 percent, including 100 percent in assign- 53 6-2 • 228 • So.-1L (Hunter HS) ment... Had four knockdowns. UW: Graded out at Clearfield, Utah LB (Snow College) 86 percent, inclduing 96 percent in assingment... LB (Clearfield HS) 2012 GAME-BY-GAME Had one knockdown. Utah: Graded out at 82 per- UTSA: Did not record any stats. NMSU: Recovered cent, including 94 percent in assignment... Had 2012 GAME-BY-GAME his first career fumble. SJSU: Tied his career-high one knockdown. SUU: Graded out at 84 percent, UTSA: Had six tackles. NMSU: Had six tackles, one with four tackles and had his first career sack. including 99 percent in assignment... Had eight sack and one QB hurry. SJSU: Tied his career-high BYU: Had one tackle. UNLV: Had a career-high knockdowns. with 10 tackles and had one sack. BYU: Tied his four tackles, including 0.5 for loss. CSU: Had three career-high with 10 tackles. UNLV: Tied his career- tackles. UW: Did not play. Utah: Had one tackle. high with 10 tackles, to go along with 1.0 TFL and SUU: Had two tackles. one QB hurry. CSU: Had seven tackles to go along CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 4, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); with a career-high three TFL and a career-high Sack: 1, at San Jose State (10/13/12). two sacks. UW: Had seven tackles, including a 14 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL 2012 UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME INFORMATION

KYLE WHIMPEY CAMERON WEBB AL LAPUAHO 73 6-6 • 307 • Jr.-SQ 84 5-10 • 187 • Sr.-1L 90 6-3 • 284 • Sr.-1L Highland, Utah Millville, Utah West Valley City, Utah (Lone Peak HS) (Mountain Crest HS) (Granger HS) OG (Idaho State WR (Snow College) DL (Snow College) 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 2012 GAME-BY-GAME UTSA: Graded out at 80 percent, including 98 per- UTSA: Had career-highs in both receptions (5) and UTSA: Had two tackles, two QBHs and one sack. cent in assingment... Had five knockdowns.NMSU: receiving yards (59) and also scored his first -ca NMSU: Had five tackles. SJSU: Had two tackles Graded out at 78 percent, including 98 percent in reer TD... Returned three punts for 40 yards. NMSU: and one sack. BYU: Had five tackles and one pass assingment... Had four knockdowns. SJSU: Grad- Caught two passes for 25 yards... Returned three breakup. UNLV: Had two tackles to go along with ed out at 81 percent, including 97 percent in punts for 48 yards, including a career-long of 44 one sack. CSU: Had three tackles including 0.5 for assingment... Had 0.5 knockdowns. BYU: Graded yards. SJSU: Had two catches for 22 yards... Also loss. UW: Had two tackles. Utah: Had five tackles. out at 74 percent, including 100 percent in ass- returned one punt for zero yards. BYU: Had two SUU: Recorded two tackles, including one for loss. ingment... Had four knockdowns. UNLV: Graded catches for 25 yards... Returned one punt for six CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 6, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); out at 79 percent, including 100 percent in ass- yards. UNLV: Returned two punts for five yards. Sacks: 1, twice. ingment... Had three knockdowns. CSU: Graded CSU: Returned two punts for nine yards. UW: Had out at 81 percent, including 100 percent in assign- a career-high three receptions for a career-best NICK DIAZ ment... Had 8.5 knockdowns. UW: Performed the 41 yards... Also returned two punts for 21 yards. 93 5-7 • 197 • So.-RS right assingment 96 percent of the time... Had two Utah: Caught two passes for 18 yards... Also re- Redondo Beach, Calif. knockdowns. Utah: Graded out at 79 percent, in- turned five punts for 45 yards. SUU: Caught two (Redondo Union HS) cluding 99 percent in assignment... Had two knock- passes for seven yards. PK downs. SUU: Graded out at 81 percent, including CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 5, at UTSA 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 100 percent in assignment. (10/27/12); Yards: 59, at UTSA (10/27/12); Long UTSA: Was 2-of-2 on FGs (22, 24) and 6-for-6 on Catch: 36, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); TD: 1, at UTSA PATs. NMSU: Was 2-of-3 on FGs, connecting from KEVIN WHIMPEY (10/27/12); 53 and 48 yards... The 53-yard FG is a career-long 6-5 • 296 • So.-RS CAREER PUNT RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 5, vs. Utah 74 and tied for the eighth-longest in school history... Highland, Utah (9/7/12); Yards: 45, vs. Utah (9/7/12); Long Return: Was also 5-of-5 on PATs. SJSU: Was 7-of-7 on PATs. (Lone Peak HS) 44, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12); TD: 0. OT (Idaho State BYU: Did not play. UNLV: Did not play. CSU: Did not play. UW: Did not play. Utah: Did not play. SUU: 2012 GAME-BY-GAME TYLER BENNETT 5-11 • 218 • Sr.-1L Did not play. UTSA: Graded out at 80 percent, including 98 88 Phoenix, Ariz. CAREER HIGHS - FG 2, twice; Long: 53, vs. New percent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. (North Canyon HS) Mexico St. (10/20/12). NMSU: Graded out at 82 percent, including 98 P (Phoenix CC) percent in assingment... Had six knockdowns. JORDAN NIELSEN SJSU: Graded out at 80 percent, including 98 2012 GAME-BY-GAME 97 6-5 • 253 • Fr.-RS percent in assingment... Had three knockdowns. UTSA: Had three punts for an average of 33.7 Smithfield, Utah BYU: Graded out at 79 percent, including 95 per- yards and had one punt downed inside the 20. (Sky View HS) cent in assingment... Had two knockdowns. UNLV: NMSU: Had three punts for an average of 36.0 DL Graded out at 70 percent, including 97 percent yards... All three punts were downed inside the 2012 GAME-BY-GAME in assingment. CSU: Graded out at 78 percent, 20. SJSU: Punted five times for an average of 42.0 UTSA: Had one tackle. NMSU: Had two tackles in- including 100 percent in assignment... Had 3.5 yards... Had a long of 50 yards and one punt cluding 0.5 for loss. SJSU: Tied his career-highs with knockdowns. UW: Graded out at 71 percent, in- downed inside the 20. BYU: Had seven punts for four tackles and two sacks. BYU: Had one tackle. cluding 97 percent in assingment. Utah: Graded an average of 42.4 yards per kick... Also had four UNLV: Had one tackle. CSU: Had one tackle and out at 72 percent, including 91 percent in assign- punts downed inside the 20. UNLV: Named Col- one pass breakup. UW: Had one tackle and ment... Had one knockdown. SUU: Executed the lege Football Performance’s National Punter of blocked an extra point. Utah: Recorded a career- right assignment 94 percent of the time... Led the the Week as he had five punts for an average of high four tackles and a career-high two sacks. SUU: team with 15.5 knockdowns. 47.4 yards, including two over 50 yards... Had a Recorded one tackle. career-high five punts down inside the 20. CSU: CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 4, twice; Sacks: 2, twice. KELLEN BARTLETT Punted three times for an average of 47.0 yards, 81 6-2 • 248 • R-Sr.-3L including two over 50 yards... Had two punts Blue Springs, Mo. downed inside the 20. UW: Punted a career-high B.J. LARSEN (Blue Springs HS) 10 times for a 39.3 average... Had four punts 99 6-5 • 268 • Jr.-1L TE downed inside the 20. Utah: Was named the Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 2012 GAME-BY-GAME WAC’s Special Teams Player of the Week as he DL UTSA: Caught five passes for 39 yards, including punted a career-high nine times for an average his second career TD. NMSU: Caught four passes of 45.3 yards... Had a long punt of 59 yards and 2012 GAME-BY-GAME for 18 yards. SJSU: Had three catches for 28 yards. had four punts downed inside the 20. SUU: Punted UTSA: Had one tackle. NMSU: Had one tackle. BYU: Caught two passes for 23 yards. UNLV: Had twice for 81 yards with a long of 42 yards. SJSU: Had two tackles, including one for loss. BYU: three catches for 33 yards. CSU: Caught three CAREER HIGHS - Punts: 10, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); Did not record any stats. UNLV: Had two tackles passes for 21 yards. UW: Had one catch for five Avg: 54.3, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); Long: 67, at BYU and two QB hurries to go along with his first-career yards. Utah: Caught a career-high eight passes (9/30/11); I20: 5, vs. UNLV (9/29/12). sack. CSU: Had a career-high three tackles. UW: for 47 yards... Also notched his first-career TD.SUU: Carried the ball one time for one yard. Utah: Did Caught two passes for 21 yards. not record any stats. SUU: Had two tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 8, vs. Utah (9/7/12); Yards: CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 3, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); 121, at Nevada (10/30/10); Long Catch: 63, at Ne- Sacks: 1, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); QBH: 2, vs. UNLV (9/29/12). vada (10/30/10); TD: 1, vs. Utah (9/7/12).

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HEAD COACH ANDERSEN TIDBITS • Andersen was named Utah State’s head GARY ANDERSEN football coach on Dec. 4, 2008, becoming Utah, 1986 the 26th head coach in 115 years of Aggie Fourth Year at Utah State football. • Andersen has coached a total of 25 play- During the 2011 season, Andersen’s high- ers on NFL rosters, including Bobby Wagner octane spread offense was statistically one (2nd/47th), Robert Turbin (4th/106th) and of the best in the country as it led the WAC Michael Smith (7th/212th) who were all se- and ranked sixth in the nation in rushing of- lected in the 2012 Draft, while Curtis Marsh fense (282.69 ypg). USU also ranked first in (3rd/90th) was drafted in 2011. the WAC and 18th in the nation in passing Gary Andersen was named Utah State’s efficiency (151.8), first in the WAC and 23rd • Andersen has coached 18 first-team all- 26th head coach on Dec. 4, 2008, and since in the nation in scoring offense (33.62 ppg), conference players, including three-time that day Andersen and his staff have worked second in the WAC and 20th in the nation in first-team all-WAC linebacker Bobby Wag- non-stop to create a culture of accountabil- total offense (457.31 ypg), and second in the ner. Other USU notable players coached ity and responsibility that would translate into WAC and 33rd in the nation in fewest sacks by Andersen include first-team all-WAC success both on and off the field. allowed per game (1.38 pg). running back Robert Turbin who was also And in 2011, Aggie fans saw that plan pay In 2011, Utah State also established school named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the dividends as USU produced a 7-6 record (5-2 records for total offense (5,945 yards), rush- Year in 2011, first-team all-WAC offensive Western Athletic Conference) and partici- ing yards (3,675), total points (437) and total lineman Philip Gapelu and first-team all- pated in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the touchdowns (60). WAC center Tyler Larsen. school’s first bowl game since 1997. Highlighting Utah State’s offense in 2011 In his first three years at Utah State, Ander- was junior running back Robert Turbin who • In 2011, Andersen led Utah State to its sen has compiled a 15-22 (.407) record in- ended the season as the WAC’s Offensive first bowl game, the Famous Idaho Potato cluding a 10-13 (.435) WAC mark as those 15 Player of the Year, USU’s first in its six years Bowl, since the 1997 season. Furthermore, wins are the most by an Aggie coach in his in the league, and just its second such of- USU’s seven overall wins and five league first three years since John L. Smith went 16-18 fensive award in school history. During the wins in 2011 were its most since 1993, while (.471) from 1995-97. Furthermore, Andersen season, Turbin ranked first in the WAC and its second-place conference finish was its has coached 10 players who have earned eighth in the nation in scoring (10.62 ppg), best since 2000. first or second team all-WAC honors and six second in the WAC and 13th in the nation players who are currently on NFL rosters, in- in rushing (116.69 ypg), and sixth in the WAC • Utah State’s five league wins in 2011 cluding Michael Smith, Robert Turbin and and 40th in the nation in all-purpose yard- were tied with five other Aggie teams Bobby Wagner who were all selected in the age (129.85 ypg). He ended the year set- (1953, 1960, 1990, 1991, 1993) for the most 2012 NFL Draft. That trio of Aggies drafted in ting single-season school records for rushing in school history. 2012 is the most selections in one year since touchdowns (19), total touchdowns (23) and five USU players were chosen in 1980. Wag- points scored (138), while his 1,517 rushing • Utah State won its final five games of the ner, who was drafted in the second round yards rank third all-time at USU for a single- regular season in 2011, which is tied for the (47) by the , becomes the season. eighth-longest winning streak in school his- highest drafted Aggie since Rulon Jones was Turbin, who was drafted in the fourth tory and the longest since the 1993 squad the 42nd overall pick in the second round in round (106) of the 2012 NFL Draft by the won its final six games of the year. 1980 by the Denver Broncos. Seattle Seahawks, ended his Aggie career Along with playing in its first bowl game in ranking first in both total touchdowns (51) • Utah State’s three-win turnaround from over a decade during the 2011 season, Utah and points scored (308), while his 3,315 ca- four wins in 2010 to seven wins in 2011 was State’s seven overall wins and five league reer rushing yards ranks fifth all-time in school among the top 15 in the Football Bowl Sub- victories were its most since 1993, while its history. division for the year. second-place conference finish was its best Andersen’s defense was also formidable since the 2000 team ended the year sec- during the 2011 season as it ended the year • Under Andersen, Utah State has had 66 ond in the Big West. Furthermore, those five ranking first in the WAC and 50th in the na- players earn academic all-WAC honors, league wins in 2011 were tied with five other tion in total defense (366.23), second in the including a league-leading 18 during the teams (1953, 1960, 1990, 1991, 1993) for the WAC and 31st in the nation in rushing de- 2011-12 academic year. most in school history, while its seven over- fense (127.70 ypg), second in the WAC and all wins are tied for the 10th most all-time at 53rd nationally in tackles for loss (5.92 pg), • Under Andersen, Utah State has gradu- Utah State. third in the WAC and 48th in the nation in ated 84 players, including 26 who gradu- Utah State also won its final five games of pass efficiency defense (125.58), and third in ated during the 2011-12 academic year. the regular season in 2011, which is tied for the WAC and 59th in the nation in sacks (1.92 the eighth-longest winning streak in school pg). • At Utah, Andersen coach two players history and the longest since the 1993 squad Utah State’s top defensive player in 2011 who earned Mountain West Conference won its final six games of the year. USU’s was Wagner who earned first-team all-WAC Defensive Player of the Year honors three three-win turnaround from four wins in 2010 honors after ranking first in the league and times in John Frank (1999) and Eric Weddle to seven wins in 2011 was among the top 15 eighth nationally with 11.31 tackles per (2005, 2006). Weddle was also a consen- in the Football Bowl Subdivision for the year. game. Wagner, who is one of just eight sus first-team All-America in 2006, while Morgan Scalley earned second-team All- ANDERSEN YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD AT UTAH STATE American honors in 2004. Conf. Conf. Year Overall Home Away Neutral Rec. Finish • Andersen was a part of two Utah teams 2009 4-8-0 3-2-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 3-5-0 T5th that went 2-0 in BCS action, finishing No. 2 2010 4-8-0 3-3-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 2-6-0 7th in the 2008 AP Poll and No. 4 in 2004. 2011 7-6-0 4-2-0 3-3-0 0-1-0 5-2-0 T2nd 2012 7-2-0 4-0-0 3-2-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 ------Total 22-24-0 14-7-0 8-16-0 0-1-0 13-13-0

16 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL players in school history to be a three-time first-team all- conference selection, ended his career with 446 career ANDERSEN’S FILE tackles to rank first all-time in WAC and tied for first all-time Date Hired • December 4, 2008 in school history. Along with all of his Utah State accolades, Wagner also Coaching Experience received some national exposure after being named the 2009- Utah State -- Head Coach Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Senior Bowl, leading the 2005-08 Utah -- Defensive Coordinator/Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line North to a 23-13 win. Smith was also recognized for his per- 2004 Utah -- Defensive Line formance in the Players Classic All-Star Game as he was 2003 Southern Utah -- Head Coach named the North’s Offensive MVP. 2002 Utah -- Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line Other Aggies to earn first-team all-WAC honors un- 2001 Utah -- Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Tackles/Strong Side der Andersen’s tutelage include offensive linemen Philip Ends/Special Teams Coordinator Gapelu (2011) and Tyler Larsen (2011), while those who 1997-2000 Utah -- Defensive Tackles/Strong Side Ends have been named to the league’s second-team include 1995-96 Northern Arizona -- Assistant Head Coach/Def. Line/Special Teams defensive end Levi Koskan (2011), tight end Tarren Lloyd 1994-95 Park City HS (Utah) -- Head Coach (2011), defensive back Curtis Marsh (2010) and Turbin 1992-94 Idaho State -- Defensive Line (2009). 1989-92 Ricks College (BYU-Idaho) -- Offensive Line Along with all of Utah State’s success on the field un- 1988 Southeastern Louisiana -- Assistant Head Coach der Andersen, there has been just as much success in the classroom as 66 Aggies have earned academic all-WAC Playing Experience honors, while another 84 have graduated from the Univer- 1985-86 Utah -- Center sity. Furthermore, Utah State had 18 football players earn 1983-84 Ricks College -- Center academic all-WAC honorees this past year to rank first in the conference. Education Andersen came to Utah State after five seasons as the 1986 Utah -- Political Science (B.S.) assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defen- sive line coach at Utah, where he helped guide the Utes Personal to a 13-0 record in 2008. Utah finished the season ranked • Born Feb. 19, 1964 in Salt Lake City No. 2 in the Associated Press poll after winning the BCS • Married to the former Stacey Lambert Sugar Bowl with a dominating 31-17 victory against Ala- • Sons Keegan (21), Chasen (17), Hagen (17) bama. In 2008, Andersen was named a finalist for the Broyles ANDERSEN’S BOWL EXPERIENCE (7-1) Award, honoring the top assistant coach in college foot- 1999 - Las Vegas Bowl - Utah vs. Fresno State - W, 17-16 ball. He was also named a Rivals.com top 10 non-BCS re- 2001- Las Vegas Bowl - Utah vs. USC - W, 10-6 cruiter in 2008 and tabbed as the No. 1 non-BCS recruiter 2004 (2005) - Fiesta Bowl - Utah vs. Pittsburgh - W, 35-7 by Rivals.com in 2005. 2005 - Emerald Bowl - Utah vs. Georgia Tech - W, 38-10 Overall, Andersen spent 11 seasons as an assistant 2006 - Armed Forces Bowl - Utah vs. Tulsa - W, 25-13 coach at Utah after coaching for the Utes from 1997-2002 2007 - Poinsettia Bowl - Utah vs. Navy - W, 35-32 before becoming the head coach at Southern Utah in 2008 (2009) - Sugar Bowl - Utah vs. No. 4 Alabama - W, 31-17 2003 and then returning to Utah in 2004. During his ten- 2011 - Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Utah State vs. Ohio - L, 23-24 ure at Utah, Andersen was a part of seven winning bowl teams, including two BCS Bowls as Utah went 12-0 in 2004 and won the Fiesta Bowl, along with its perfect record and AGGIE HONORS UNDER ANDERSEN Sugar Bowl win in 2008. Name Position Honor During his tenure at Utah, Andersen coached 14 first- Diondre Borel QB Manning Award Watch List team all-conference players (three in 2008), including two James Brindley S NFL Free Agent Mountain West Conference Defensive Players of the Year Peter Caldwell P Ray Guy Award Semi-Finalist in John Frank (1999) and Eric Weddle (2005 and 2006), Philip Gapelu OG First Team All-WAC as well as a consensus All-American in Weddle in 2006. Levi Koskan DE Second Team All-WAC Andersen also coached 10 Ute players drafted in the NFL Tyler Larsen OC First Team All-WAC in Richard Seals, John Frank, Lauvale Sape, Sione Pouha, Two-time Rimington Award Watch List Jonathan Fanene, Eric Weddle, Paul Soliai, Sean Smith, Tarren Lloyd Second Team All-WAC Brice McCain and Paul Kruger, in addition to several other Curtis Marsh CB Second Team All-WAC players who made NFL rosters as free agents. NFL Combine Invitee Andersen’s coaching career began in 1988 as the as- NFL Draft Pick sistant head coach and offensive coordinator at South- Eric Moats WR Wuerffel Trophy Candidate eastern Louisiana, where he coached for one season Michael Smith RB Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MVP before going to Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) from 1989- Players All-Star Classic MVP 92 as the offensive line coach. His other coaching stints NFL Draft Pick include Idaho State (1992-94, defensive line), Park City HS Robert Turbin RB WAC Offensive Player of the Year (1994-95, head coach) and Northern Arizona (1995-96, as- Two-Time All-WAC Honoree sistant head coach/defensive line/special teams). NFL Combine Invitee NFL Draft Pick A 1986 graduate of Utah, Andersen earned his bach- Bobby Wagner LB Three-Time First Team All-WAC elor’s degree in political science. He played center for Butkus Award Watch List Utah from 1985-86 after garnering first-team junior college Senior Bowl MVP All-American honors in 1984 at Ricks College. NFL Combine Invitee Andersen is married to the former Stacey Lambert, and NFL Draft Pick they have three sons: Keegan (21) and twins Chasen and Kerwynn Williams KR/RB NCAA Kick Return Record Holder Hagen (17). Keegan is currently a sophomore tight end on Hornung Award Watch List Utah State’s football team, while Chasen and Hagen are both seniors at Logan High School. Andersen’s brother, Utah State Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Mark, is USU’s director of football operations. Beehive Boot Old Wagon Wheel

October 29, 2012 • 17 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME EIGHT RECAP

October 20, 2012 MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL New Mexico State 0 0 7 0 7 Utah State 14 14 10 3 41

First Quarter USU - Williams 76 yd run ( Diaz kick, 14:38) USU - Jacobs 49 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 6:26) Second Quarter Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 16-of-26 passing for 257 yards with two touchdowns USU - Keeton 76 yd run (Diaz kick, 14:37) in Utah State’s 41-7 home win against New Mexico State. Keeton also had 81 rushing yards on seven USU - Williams 3 yd run ( Diaz kick, 0:39) carries with two touchdowns, including a career-long 76 yard scoring run. Third Quarter USU - Diaz 53 yd field goal (10:48) LOGAN, Utah - Utah State (6-2, 2-0 WAC) became bowl eligible for the second-straight NMSU - Franklin 6 yd pass from Manley (Johnson kick, 8:15) year with a 41-7 rout against New Mexico State (1-6, 0-2 WAC) at Merlin Olsen Field at USU - Keeton 9 yd run (Diaz kick, 3:38) Romney Stadium Saturday. Fourth Quarter Utah State becomes bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1960 and USU - Diaz 48 yd field goal (12:13) 1961. USU has also now won seven-straight Western Athletic Conference games, its longest Attendance: 17,001 conference winning streak since the 1979 and 1980 teams won seven Big West games in TEAM STATISTICS a row, and its 6-2 start is its best since the 1978 team won seven of its first nine games. NMSU USU Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 16-of-26 passing for 257 yards and two First Downs 21 20 touchdowns, the first on a 76-yard screen pass to senior running back Kerwynn Williams on Rushing 132 256 USU’s first play from scrimmage. Williams ended the day with three catches for 94 yards, Passing 189 260 while adding 13 carries for 82 yards with a touchdown. Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 1-15 8-76 Keeton also rushed seven times for 81 yards with two touchdowns, including a career- Punts-Yards/Avg. 6-264/44.0 3-108/36.0 long 76 yard run on USU’s first possession of the second quarter to give the home team a Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 0-0-0/0.0 3-48-0/16.0 21-0 lead as USU amassed 256 rushing yards with three touchdowns. Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 3-47-0/15.7 2-49-0/24.5 Utah State also totalled 260 yards through the air as sophomore quarterback Craig Har- Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-35-0 rison completed his lone pass of the afternoon for three yards. Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs had four catches for 94 yards, with 49 yards coming Possession Time 33:42 26:18 on a scoring strike from Keeton for USU’s second touchdown of the first quarter. Third-Down Conversions 6-of-16 7-of-13 Junior linebacker Jake Doughty led the USU defense with 10 tackles, while senior cor- INDIVIDUAL RUSHING nerback Will Davis tallied eight stops, including two tackles for loss and also snared his UNLV: G. Morrison 19-96; T. Colwell 5-31 first career interception that he returned out of NMSU’s endzone for 35 yards. Freshman USU: K. Williams 13-82 TD; Keeton 7-81 2TD; Lee 5-46; linebacker Kyler Fackrell also had eight tackles and blocked a 42-yard New Mexico State Glover-Wright 5-39 field goal attempt, USU’s fourth blocked kick this season. Utah State connected on two field goals, as sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz boomed INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) a career-long 53-yarder early in the third quarter and added a 48-yarder at the start of the NMSU: A. Manley, 19-37-1, 177, 1TD; T. Colwell, 1-1-0, 12 USU: Keeton, 16-26-0, 257, 2TD; Harrison, 1-1-0, 3 fourth stanza. The 53-yard field goal was USU’s longest since a 56-yarder by Chris Ulinski in 2008, which also came at home against New Mexico State. Diaz’s field goal is tied for the INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING eighth-longest in school history. NMSU: Franklin 8-84 TD; Morrison 4-28, Walls 3-37 New Mexico State quarterback Andrew Manley was 19-of-37 for 177 yards with one USU: Jacobs 4-94 TD; Williams 3-94 TD; Barlett 4-18; touchdown and one interception. Manley connected with Austin Franklin for a 6-yard Reynolds 2-25; Webb 2-25; Van Leeuwen 1-3; Austin 1-1 touchdown at the 8:15 mark of the third quarter for the visitor’s only score of the afternoon. New Mexico State finished with 321 yards of total offense (189-passing, 132-rushing). USU Punt Returns: Webb, 3-48 USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 2-49 Davis Cazares posted a game-high 12 tackles and blocked a Diaz field goal attempt in USU Interception Returns: Davis 1-35 the fourth quarter to pace the visitor’s defense. USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 10; Davis 8; Fackrell 8; Williams and Jacobs’ long catch Brady 7; Filimoeatu 6; Suite 6; Vigil 6 and run scoring plays gave USU the early 14-0 lead as the navy Aggies have now out-scored their opposition, 82-3, in the first quarter. Utah State took a 28-0 lead into UTAH STATE STARTERS halftime, as Williams added a 3-yard OFFENSE DEFENSE run with 39 seconds before intermission LT Kev. Whimpey DE C. Williams to improve the northern Aggies to a LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi 144-42 first-half scoring advantage this C T. Larsen DE Lapuaho season. RG Schultz LB Filimoeatu Diaz’s 53-yarder put USU ahead RT Ky. Whimpey LB Doughty TE Bartlett LB Fackrell 31-0 before NMSU got on the board WR Van Leeuwen LB Z. Vigil with the scoring pass. Keeton’s 9-yard WR Austin CB Lawson run came with 1:01 to go in the third WR Webb FS Brady quarter and Diaz capped the scoring Senior cornerback Will Davis had eight tackles, including RB Williams SS Suite with his 48-yard upright split with 12:13 two for loss, to go along with his first career interception QB Keeton CB Davis left in the game. that he returned 35 yards against the Southern Aggies.

18 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME SEVEN RECAP

October 13, 2012 SPARTAN STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah State 14 14 14 7 49 San Jose State 3 17 7 0 27

First Quarter SJSU - Lopez 25 yd field goal (10:07) USU - Jacobs 17 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 5:57) USU - Austin 5 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 1:37) Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 176 yards on just 15 carries (11.7 ypc) with three Second Quarter touchdowns in Utah State’s 49-27 WAC road win at San Jose State. Williams had touchdown runs of USU - Williams 50 yd run (Diaz kick, 14:18) 50, 86 and 12 yards in the game, and added four receptions for 30 yards. USU - Van Leeuwen 21 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 9:26) SJSU - Nunn 3 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick, 6:18) SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nine Aggies combined for a school-record 13 sacks, senior running back SJSU - Lopez 26 yd field goal (3:13) Kerwynn Williams scored three rushing touchdowns and sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton SJSU - Grigsby 20 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick, 0:24) had four total touchdowns (3-pass, 1-rush) in leading Utah State to a convincing 49-27 WAC road Third Quarter win against San Jose State here Saturday. USU - Williams 86 yd run (Diaz kick, 13:47) Overall, the Aggies scored touchdowns on its first four possessions of the game to record its USU - Keeton 28 yd run (Diaz kick, 9:55) largest road win since a 34-7 victory at North Texas in 1999. SJSU - Grigsby 4 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick, 1:56) Utah State’s defense set the tone for the game on the very first play as junior linebacker Jake Fourth Quarter USU - Williams 12 yd run (Diaz kick, 2:44) Doughty sacked Spartan quarterback David Fales. Junior defensive lineman Connor Williams, Attendance: 15,168 junior cornerback Nevin Lawson, redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen all had a career-high two sacks in the game. TEAM STATISTICS Despite getting sacked on the first play of the game, San Jose State drove down to the Utah USU SJSU State 8-yardline before settling for a 25-yard field goal, marking the first time this year USU has al- First Downs 18 27 lowed any points in the first quarter. Rushing 212 4 Utah State’s first touchdown of the game came on a 17-yard pass from Keeton to senior wide Passing 273 467 receiver Chuck Jacobs midway through the first quarter after driving 86 yards in 13-plays. On its next Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-45 5-40 series, Keeton hit senior wide receiver Matt Austin with a 5-yard pass as USU drove 53 yards in just Punts-Yards/Avg. 5-210/42.2 5-163/32.6 four plays. The Aggies’ third touchdown came on the first play of its next series as Williams scored Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-0-0/0.0 1-(-1)-0/(-1.0) from 50 yards out. And USU’s final touchdown of the first-half was on a 21-yard pass from Keeton Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 5-89-0/17.8 5-103-0/20.6 to junior wide receiver Travis Van Leeuwen as USU drove 50 yards in 6-plays. Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 San Jose State then scored 17 points on its final three possessions of the second quarter to make Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 the halftime score 28-20 in favor of Utah State as the Aggies now hold a 116-42 scoring advantage Possession Time 21:36 38:24 in the first half this year, including a 68-3 margin in the first quarter. Third-Down Conversions 6-of-13 8-of-19 Williams got Utah State going in the third quarter as he scored from 86 yards out to give the visitors a 35-20 advantage. That 86-yard burst by Williams was the eighth-longest rush in school history. On INDIVIDUAL RUSHING SJSU: Eskridge 14-58; Jurich 6-18; Fales 14-(-98) its next series, Keeton scored on a 28-yard run to cap an 8-play, 68-yard drive to make the score USU: K. Williams 15-176 3TD; Keeton 6-47 TD 42-20 with 9:55 to play in the third quarter. San Jose State scored its only points of the second half late in the third quarter on a 4-yard INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) touchdown pass from Fales to Noel Grisby, but the Spartans could not get any closer as Williams SJSU: Fales 38-50-0, 467, 3 added his third touchdown run of the game from 12 yards out late in the fourth quarter to make USU: Keeton 26-35-0, 273, 3 the final score 49-27. Williams finished the game with 176 rushing yards on just 15 carries (11.7 ypc) as he had scoring INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING runs of 50, 86 and 12 yards. For Williams, it was his third 100-yard rushing game of the season and SJSU: Grigsby 11-181 2TD; Carr 7-51; Nunn 2-17 TD the fourth of his career. USU: Austin 6-93 TD; Williams 4-30; Jacobs 3-32 TD; Keeton was 26-of-35 passing for 273 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions as those Bartlett 3-28; Van Leeuwen 2-32 TD; Webb 2-22; Reyn- olds 2-11; Natson 2-10; Marshall 1-12, Swindall 1-3 26 completions are a career-high. Keeton also had 47 yards rushing on six carries including his 28 yard touchdown run. USU Punt Returns: Webb, 1-0 Austin had a team-high six catches for USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 3-44; Reynolds 2-45 93 yards, including his fourth touchdown USU Tackle Leaders: Fackrell 11; Brady 10; Z. Vigil 10; reception of the season. In all, 10 Aggies Doughty 9; Lawson 8; Davis 6; Suite 5 caught passes in the contest. For the game, Utah State had 485 yards of total offense (273-passing, 212-rushing) UTAH STATE STARTERS and averaged 8.2 yards per play, despite OFFENSE DEFENSE LT Kev. Whimpey DE C. Williams possessing the ball for just 21:36 and run- LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi ning just 59 offensive plays. C T. Larsen DE Lapuaho The Spartans finished with 471 yards RG Ky. Whimpey LB Filimoeatu of total offense (467-passing, 4-rushing), RT Schultz LB Doughty ran 92 plays (33 more than USU) and TE Tialavea LB Fackrell controlled the ball for 38:24. TE Bartlett LB Z. Vigil Along with its school-record 13 sacks, WR Reynolds CB Lawson Utah State also limited San Jose State to Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell tied his WR Austin FS Brady four net yards rushing to rank tied for the career-high with 11 tackles and added his first two ca- RB Williams SS Suite reer sacks. Fackrell also forced and recovered his first QB Keeton CB Davis 14th-fewest rushing yards in a game in school history. career fumble against the Spartans.

October 29, 2012 • 19 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME SIX RECAP

October 5, 2012 MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah State 3 0 0 0 3 BYU 0 6 0 0 6

First Quarter USU - J. Thompson 26 yd field goal (00:34) Second Quarter BYU - Falslev 3yd pass from Hill (Stephenson kick failed, 00:03) Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton (16) was 22-of-38 passing for 202 yards in Utah State’s 6-3 Third Quarter loss at BYU. Keeton also carried the ball 10 times for 23 yards. None Fourth Quarter None PROVO, Utah - Utah State lost to Brigham Young, 6-3, Friday night in a nationally televised Attendance: 63,086 game on ESPN. The nine combined points between the Aggies and Cougars was the fewest in the series since a 0-0 tie in 1946. USU is now 4-2 with the loss while BYU improved to 4-2. TEAM STATISTICS Utah State was held to 243 yards of total offense, over half of its season average coming USU BYU into Friday night. The Aggies had 202 yards passing as sophomore quarterback Chuckie First Downs 16 20 Rushing 41 145 Keeton was 22-of-38. USU had a season-low 41 rushing yards, its fewest since rushing for Passing 202 235 just 27 yards at home against Utah in 2008. Keeton had 23 yards on 10 carries while senior Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0 running back Kerwynn Williams had 18 yards on 14 carries. Penalties: Number-Yards 7-44 6-50 Senior wide receiver Matt Austin led the team with a career-high seven catches for 72 Punts-Yards/Avg. 7-297/42.4 6-254/42.3 yards while Williams added five catches for 39 yards. Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-6-0/6.0 2-(-2)-0/(-1.0) Senior safety McKade Brady led the Aggie defense with 14 tackles, while the linebacker Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-27-0/13.5 2-37-0/18.5 duo of sophomore Zach Vigil and redshirt-freshman Kyler Fackrell followed with 10 each. Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-8-0 1-0-0 Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Fackrell also snared his first career interception,while Vigil’s 10 tackles tied his career-high. Possession Time 25:11 34:49 Senior Tyler Bennett punted seven times for a 42.4 yards per punt average with four inside Third-Down Conversions 4-of-14 9-of-20 the 20. BYU was led by freshman quarterback Taysom Hill who had 235 passing yards, complet- INDIVIDUAL RUSHING ing 24-of-36 passes. Hill also had 19 rushes for a total of 80 yards. Junior wide receiver Cody BYU: Hill 19-80; J. Williams 17-71 Hoffman led the BYU receiving corps with eight catches for a total of 114 yards. USU: Keeton 10-23; K. Williams 14-18 The Cougar defense was led by Brandon Ogletree with seven stops, while Preston Hadley and Spencer Hadley had six tackles each. INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) BYU: Hill 24-36-1, 235, 1 The Aggies opened the scoring with a 26-yard field goal from junior placekicker Josh USU: Keeton 22-38-0, 202, 0; Webb 0-1-1, 0, 0 Thompson with 34 seconds left in the first quarter, capping a 13-play, 49-yard drive. It was USU’s second-longest scoring drive of the season behind its 19-play scoring drive in the INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Colorado State game. The first quarter ended with the 3-0 score, as the Aggies have now BYU: Hoffman 8-114; Friel 5-53; Falslev 4-17 TD out-scored their opponents in the first quarter, 54-0. USU: Austin 7-72; K. Williams 5-39; Webb 2-25; Bartlett The score would remain 3-0 until three seconds were left in the half when BYU scored 2-23; Reynolds 2-22; Marshall 2-11; Glover-Wright 2-10 on a 3-yard pass from Hill to JD Falslev, but Riley Stephenson’s PAT attempt was wide left, leaving the score 6-3 in BYU’s favor heading into halftime. USU Punt Returns: Webb, 1-6 USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 1-11; Marshall 1-16 On USU’s first possession of the second half, the Aggies fumbled and BYU recovered at USU Interception Returns: Fackrell 1-8 the USU 9, but the Aggie defense forced a Cougars’ field goal attempt. BYU tried a fake USU Tackle Leaders: Brady 14; Z. Vigil 10; Fackrell 10; field goal but the USU defense sniffed it out, as the Aggies chased BYU holder JD Falslev Suite 9; Lawson 6 and he fell down for a 16-yard loss back to the 23-yardline. The teams traded punts back-and-forth until early in the fourth quarter when Fackrell snared his first career interception, batting the ball out of the air and then snaring it, to give the Aggies the ball at their own 48. USU’s offense took over with 10:21 to go and drove down to the BYU 20, but Thompson’s 38-yard field goal attempt floated wide left, leaving the score still at 6-3. USU’s defense forced BYU to punt UTAH STATE STARTERS and got the ball back with 5:06 to go, OFFENSE DEFENSE but were 94 yards from the end zone. LT Kev. Whimpey DE C. Williams LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi The Aggies got out to the 30, but the C T. Larsen DE Lapuaho drive stalled and they had the punt RG Schultz LB Filimoeatu it back to the Cougars with just over RT Ky. Whimpey LB Doughty two minutes to play and USU with two TE Tialavea LB Fackrell timeouts. TE Bartlett LB Z. Vigil Facing a 3rd-and-6 from the BYU 28, WR Jacobs CB Lawson the Cougars picked up the first down RB Marshall FS Brady with 1:44 left, and ran out the clock Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell had 10 RB Williams SS Suite for the win. tackles and intercepted his first career pass against the QB Keeton CB Davis Cougars.

20 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME FIVE RECAP

September 29, 2012 MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL UNLV 0 7 6 0 13 Utah State 0 20 0 15 35

First Quarter None Second Quarter USU - Thompson 32 yd field goal (14:16) Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton (16) was 21-of-34 passing for a career-high 404 yards in UNLV - Johnson 3 yd pass from Sherry (Kohorst kick, 10:45) Utah State’s 35-13 Homecoming win against UNLV. Keeton also had four touchdown passes in the USU - Tialavea 1 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 07:24) game, which are the second-most in his career, to go along with four rushing yards on six carries. USU - Jacobs 50 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 05:25) USU - Thompson 31 yd field goal (00:00) LOGAN, Utah - Career nights from senior running back Kerwynn Williams and sophomore Third Quarter quarterback Chuckie Keeton led Utah State to a 35-13 Homecoming win against UNLV. UNLV - Kohorst 24 yd field goal (12:44) With the win, the Aggies improve to 4-1 on the year, their best start since 1978, by amass- UNLV - Kohorst 26 yd field goal (01:21) ing 564 total yards, the second-most this season and 17th-most in school history. Fourth Quarter With career-highs of seven catches for 147 yards with one score, Williams amassed the USU - K. Williams 74 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 14:44) USU - Jacobs 17 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick failed, 10:47) most receiving yards by a non-receiver since running back Tom Larscheid had 172 receiving USU - Team safety (05:10) yards in 1959. Williams added 20 rushes for 113 yards to also became the first USU player Attendance: 24,226 with 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game since Robert Turbin with 116 yards receiving and 104 rushing against Southern Utah in 2009. TEAM STATISTICS Keeton threw for a career-best 404 yards on 21-of-34 passing with four touchdowns, UNLV USU one to Williams for 74 yards. The 404 passing yards is the 10th-most in school history and First Downs 19 21 Rushing 117 138 the most since Jose Fuentes threw for 426 against Middle Tennessee in 2002. Passing 188 426 Two of Keeton’s touchdown tosses went to senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs, who Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1 finished with four receptions for a career-high 101 yards, scoring on a 50-yard pass play Penalties: Number-Yards 5-50 9-123 and a 17-yard catch. The 100-yard receiving tandem of Williams and Jacobs are the first Punts-Yards/Avg. 8-333/41.6 5-237/47.4 pair of Aggies with 100-yards receiving since 2002 when Chris Cooley (5-105) and Kevin Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-5-0/2.5 2-5-0/2.5 Curtis (13-177) accomplished the feat against Middle Tennessee. Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-68-0/17.0 1-39-0/39.0 Utah State ended the night with 426 yards passing, which is the eighth-best mark in Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-3-0 Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 school history and the most since throwing for 442 yards against Middle Tennessee in 2002. Possession Time 32.05 27.55 The stout Aggie defense was led by the linebacker tandem of junior Jake Doughty and Third-Down Conversions 7-of-19 7-of-14 sophomore Zach Vigil, as Doughty had a career-high 13 tackles and Vigil tied his career- high with 10, while senior cornerback Terrence Alston recorded his first-career interception. INDIVIDUAL RUSHING The Rebels had 188 yards passing and 117 yards rushing for 305 total yards. UNLV: Randle 14-91; Cornett 17-36 After USU’s defense pitched its fifth-straight first quarter shutout, the Aggies got on the USU: K. Williams 20-113; Keeton 6-4; Marshall 3-8; Lee 2-6 board first with a 32-yard field goal from sophomore placekicker Josh Thompson just 44 INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) seconds into the second quarter for a 3-0 Aggie advantage. UNLV countered on its ensu- UNLV: Sherry, 18-39-1, 188, 1 ing drive with a 3-yard scoring pass for the Aggies’ first touchdown yielded in the first half USU: Keeton, 21-34-1, 404, 4 and a 7-3 Rebels’ lead, only the second time this season that USU has trailed. The Aggies responded by marching down the field, with Keeton capping the drive with a INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING 1-yard toss to junior tight end D.J. Tialavea. After the USU defense forced a three-and-out, UNLV: Sullivan 6-34; Davis 5-90; M. Johnson 1-3 TD the home team took over at midfield and on the second play, Keeton hit Jacobs down USU: K. Williams 7-147 TD; Jacobs 4-101 2TD; Bartlett the middle for a 50-yard catch and run for a 17-7 lead. 3-33; Hill 3-88; Reynolds 2-24; Tialavea 2-11 TD; Natson 1-22 With 31 ticks on the clock, USU took over at its own 18 and four plays later, Thompson split the uprights from 31-yards out for USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-5 a 20-7 USU lead at the half. USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 1-39 Utah State fumbled on their first USU Interception Returns: Alston 1-3 play in the second half at their own USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 13; Z. Vigil 10; Suite 8; 22, but the Aggie defense held strong, Davis 7; Filimoeatu 7; Brady 6 forcing a UNLV field goal for a 20-10 deficit. The Rebels added another UTAH STATE STARTERS third-quarter field goal to make the OFFENSE DEFENSE score 20-13. LT Kev. Whimpey DE C. Williams The Aggies started the fourth quar- LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi ter scoring on Williams’ 74-yard scor- C T. Larsen DE Lapuaho ing pass play from Keeton. On USU’s RG Schultz LB Filimoeatu next possession, Keeton hit Jacobs RT Ky. Whimpey LB Doughty TE Tialavea LB Fackrell across the middle in the end zone TE Bartlett LB Z. Vigil for a 17-yard toss to put the Aggies WR Austin CB Lawson ahead, 33-13 with 10:47 remaining WR Jacobs FS Brady in the game. Fackrell and Doughty’s RB Williams SS Suite safety capped the scored with 5:10 Junior linebacker Jake Doughty (51) had a career-high QB Keeton CB Davis to go. 13 tackles, including one for loss, against the Rebels.

October 29, 2012 • 21 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME FOUR RECAP

September 22, 2012 SONNY LUBICK FIELD AT HUGHES STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah State 10 7 7 0 31 Colorado State 0 0 6 13 19

First Quarter USU - Williams 26 yd run (Thompson kick, 9:52) USU - Thompson 20 yd field goal (1:58) Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had a career-night in Utah State’s 31-19 win at Colorado Second Quarter State as he rushed 21 times for 205 yards with two touchdowns, all career-highs. Williams, who also USU - Austin 1 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 7:14) had three receptions for 22 yards in the game, had touchdown runs of 26 and 58 yards. Third Quarter CSU - Roberts 28 yd field goal (7:10) CSU - Roberts 31 yd field goal (2:23) FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for a career-high USU - Williams 58 yd run (Thompson kick, 0:42) 205 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Utah State to a 31-19 road win against Fourth Quarter Colorado State here Saturday night at Hughes Stadium. CSU - Vinson 4yd pass from Grayson (Roberts kick, 10:40) Utah State continued its stellar play on defense as it has now out-scored its opponents USU - Hill 15 yd run (Thompson kick, 7:50) 51-0 in the first quarter this year after leading 10-0 following the first 15 minutes against CSU - Law 29 yd pass from Grayson (Roberts kick, 1:43) the Rams, and has not allowed a first-half touchdown as the Aggies have a 65-9 scoring Attendance: 23,374 advantage in the first-half this year. With the win, Utah State improves to 3-1, which is its best start to a season since the 1978 TEAM STATISTICS USU CSU team won its first five games of the year. USU also snapped a four-game losing streak to First Downs 28 18 CSU as the series is now 36-31-2 in favor of the Rams. Overall, USU has now won eight of Rushing 262 107 its last 10 games dating back to 2011, including four of its last five on the road. Passing 178 224 Williams, who recorded his second-career 100-yard rushing game and his first this year, Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0 carried the ball a career-high 21 times highlighted by a career-long 58-yard touchdown Penalties: Number-Yards 5-68 4-37 run in the third quarter. Overall, Williams now has 10 career rushing touchdowns after his Punts-Yards/Avg. 3-141/47.0 7-307/43.9 first-career multi-touchdown game. Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-9-0/4.5 1-1-0/1.0 Utah State finished the game with 440 yards of total offense (262-rushing, 178-passing) Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-55-0/55.0 1-18-0/18.0 and had 24 first downs that translated into possessing the ball for 31:04 of the game. USU Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-0-0 also converted a season-best 10 third downs on 17 attempts. Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 31.04 28.56 Williams scored Utah State’s first touchdown of the game with 9:52 to play in the first Third-Down Conversions 10-of-17 8-of-19 quarter on a 26-yard run to cap an 8-play, 77-yard drive. Junior placekicker Josh Thomp- son made the score 10-0 later in the first-quarter on a 20-yard field goal after the Aggies’ INDIVIDUAL RUSHING 9-play, 45-yard drive stalled at the 1-yardline. CSU: Morris 8-76; Nwoke 6-17 Utah State extended its lead to 17-0 in the second quarter as sophomore quarterback USU: K. Williams 21-205 2TD; Keeton 12-38; Hill 2-16 TD Chuckie Keeton connected with senior wide receiver Matt Austin for a 1-yard touchdown pass on fourth down. Overall, USU’s scoring drive covered 85 yards in 19 plays and took INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) 7:46 off the clock. For USU, those 19 plays were the most in a drive since at least the 2004 CSU: Grayson 22-40-0, 224, 2 season, according to available records. The drive was also its longest in terms of possession USU: Keeton, 23-30-2, 178, 1 time since 2007. INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Colorado State scored back-to-back field goals in the third quarter to get within 17-6 CSU: Lovett 7-64; Law 4-76 TD; Hansley 3-35; Coffman before Williams extended the Aggies advantage on his 58-yard scoring run. CSU scored its 2-19; Vinson 2-5 TD first touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter, but failed on its two-point conver- USU: Austin 6-75 TD; Van Leeuwen 4-37; K. Williams sion to make the score 24-12. 3-22; Barlett 3-21; Webb 1-10; Reynolds 1-7; Jacobs 1-6; Utah State’s final touchdown of the night came on a 15-yard run by sophomore running Natson 1-3 back Joe Hill, his fourth rushing touchdown of the season, to up USU’s advantage to 31-12 midway through the fourth quarter. The Rams added another touchdown with 1:43 to play USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-9 on a 29-yard pass play to make the USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 1-55 USU Interception Returns: None final score 31-19. USU Tackle Leaders: Brady 10, Z. Vigil 7, Suite 6, Lawson Defensively, Utah State was led by 5, Cowdin 5, Doughty 5 senior safety McKade Brady who tied his season-high with 10 tackles for his UTAH STATE STARTERS fifth-career double-figure tackle out- OFFENSE DEFENSE ing. Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil LT Kev. Whimpey DE C. Williams added seven tackles and had career- LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi highs with three tackles for loss and C T. Larsen DE Lapuaho two sacks, while senior cornerback RG Schultz LB Filimoeatu Will Davis had three pass breakups RT Ky. Whimpey LB Doughty TE Bartlett LB Fackrell to go along with four tackles. WR Austin LB Z. Vigil Colorado State finished the game WR Webb CB Lawson with 331 yards of total offense WR Reynolds FS Brady (224-passing, 107-rushing), most of RB Williams SS Suite which came in the second half as QB Keeton CB Davis USU limited the Rams to just four first- Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil had seven tackles half first downs and just 61 yards on against Colorado State, including a career-high three 27 plays in the first half. for loss to go along with a career-best two sacks.

22 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME THREE RECAP

September 15, 2012 CAMP RANDALL STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Utah State 7 7 0 0 14 #22 Wisconsin 0 3 13 0 16

First Quarter USU - Williams 39 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 9:17) Second Quarter Senior running back Kerwynn Williams caught six passes for 78 yards, both career-highs, and caught WIS - French 19 yd field goal (14:16) his first career receiving touchdown on a career-long 39-yard pass in Utah State’s 16-14 loss at No. USU - Austin 11 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 0:29) 22 Wisconsoin. Williams also rushed for 47 yards in the game on 16 carries. Third Quarter WIS - Doe 82 yd punt return (French kick, 7:06) WIS - Ball 17 yd run (French kick, blocked, 3:06) MADISON, Wis. - Just like in two of its three games this season and 12 of its last 16 games Fourth Quarter dating back to last year, Utah State football found itself in a one-score game, but came None up short as the Aggies’ lost 16-14 at No. 22 Wisconsin Saturday. Attendance: 79,332 Utah State had its seven-game regular-season win streak halted with the loss after a 37-yard field goal missed wide right by junior placekicker Josh Thompson with six seconds TEAM STATISTICS left. The Aggies’ also had their three-game road game winning streak halted, in falling to USU WIS First Downs 13 12 2-1 on the year. Wisconsin improved to 2-1 with the win which also evened the all-time Rushing 127 156 series between the Aggies and Badgers at 1-1 after USU’s 20-0 win in 1968. Passing 181 78 The Aggie defense limited Wisconsin to 234 total yards and the USU offense totalled 308 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 yards, with sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton completing 18-of-34 passes for 181 Penalties: Number-Yards 7-70 6-40 yards, while rushing for 75 yards on 15 carries, part of USU’s 127 total yards on the ground. Punts-Yards/Avg. 11-412/37.5 9-373/41.4 Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had a career-night receiving with six catches Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-21-0/10.5 1-82-1/82.0 for 78 yards with one touchdown, all career-highs. Senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 3-30-0/15.0 3-59-0/19.7 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 matched Williams with a career-high six receptions, totally 41 yards. Fellow senior wide Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 receiver Cameron Webb added a career-best three receptions for 41 yards with 36 Possession Time 26.55 33.05 coming on an amazing catch down the sideline to set the Aggies up with a 1st-and-10 Third-Down Conversions 6-of-19 3-of-15 at the UW 15 on its last drive of the game. Sophomore safety Brian Suite led the Aggie defense with a career-high 13 tackles, while INDIVIDUAL RUSHING senior safety McKade Brady added eight stops and junior linebacker Zach Vigil tallied WIS: Ball 37-139 TD; Gordon 2-18 seven stops, including two tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble. USU: Keeton 15-75; K. Williams 16-43 Wisconsin was led by Montee Ball with 139 yards rushing on 37 carries and one touch- INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) down. Danny O’Brien was 5-of-10 passing for 63 yards in the first half, before getting WIS: O’Brien 5-10-0, 63, 0; Stave 2-6-0, 15, 0 relieved by Joel Stave who was 2-of-6 for 15 yards. Brian Wozniak led the Badgers with USU: Keeton, 18-34-0, 181, 2 two catches for 24 yards. Kenzel Doe had one punt return for an 82-yard touchdown. Mike Taylor led the Badger defense with a game-high 15 tackles. INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Williams started his career receiving night with the Aggies’ first score on a 39-yard WIS: Wozniak, 2-24; White, 2-17; Love 1-19; Fredrick catch-and-run to the end zone from 1-17; Pedersen, 1-1 USU: K. Williams, 6-78 TD; Jacobs 6-41; Webb 3-41; Keeton for a 7-0 USU lead with 9:17 Austin 2-16 TD; Bartlett, 1-5 to go in the first quarter. Kyle French hit a 19-yard field goal to pull the USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-21 Badgers within 7-3 at the 14:16 mark USU KO Returns: Glover-Wright, 2-30 of the second quarter. USU Interception Returns: None After the Aggie defense made USU Tackle Leaders: Suite, 13; Brady, 8; Z. Vigil, 7; repeated stops, with Vigil forcing his Filimoeatu, 6; Lawson, 5 fumble that was recovered by fel- low junior linebacker Jake Doughty at the UW 33 with 2:17 left in the first half, Keeton drove the Aggies to the end zone and hit senior wide receiver Matt Austin from 11 yards out with 29 UTAH STATE STARTERS seconds left for a 14-3 USU lead at OFFENSE DEFENSE LT Kev. Whimpey DE Lapuaho intermission. LG Markosian NG Kamana-Matagi Doe’s big punt return for a score C T. Larsen DE C. Williams came with 7:06 to play in the third RG Ky. Whimpey LB Filimoeatu quarter to pull Wisconsin within, 14- RT Shultz LB Z. Vigil 10, and exactly four minutes later, TE Tialavea LB Doughty Ball darted in from 17 yards out but TE Bartlett LB Fackrell French’s PAT was blocked by redshirt- WR Jacobs CB Lawson WR Reynolds FS Brady freshman defensive lineman Jordan RB Williams SS Suite Nielsen, leaving the score 16-14 and Sophomore safety Brian Suite had a career-high 13 QB Keeton CB Davis the Aggies within the game-winning tackles against the Badgers to go along with one pass field goal attempt. breakup.

October 29, 2012 • 23 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME TWO RECAP

September 7, 2012 MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL Utah 0 3 10 7 0 20 Utah State 13 0 0 7 7 27

First Quarter Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-32 passing for 216 yards and two touchdowns in USU - Christensen 0 yd blocked punt return (Warren kick, 7:59) leading Utah State to a 27-20 overtime win against Utah. Keeton also rushed 17 times for 86 yards. USU - Hill 15 yd pass from Keeton (Warren kick, 0:03) Second Quarter LOGAN, Utah - Kerwynn Williams’ 1-yard run in overtime gave Utah State the lead and UTAH - Petersen 42 yd field goal (0:00) senior cornerback Will Davis’ pass break-up in the end zone sealed Utah State’s 27-20 Third Quarter win against Utah in front of a sold-out crowd as Friday’s win was USU’s first against Utah UTAH - Scott 28 yd pass from Wilson (Petersen kick, 11:34) since 1997, as well as improving to 2-0 for the first time since that same year. UTAH - Petersen 40 yd field goal (4:22) USU also won its seventh-straight regular-season game dating back to last year, while Fourth Quarter Utah leveled it record at 1-1. The Aggies’ win snapped their 12-game losing skein to the USU - Bartlett 4 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 9:10) UTAH - Scott 24 yd pass from Hays (Petersen kick, 3:19) Utes. Overtime Utah State had 380 total yards, as sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton tied his USU - K. Williams 1 yd run (Thompson kick) career-high for completions on 22-of-32 passing for 216 yards with two touchdowns, Attendance: 25,513 adding a career-high 86 yards rushing. Senior running back Williams had 17 carries for 95 yards and the game-winning score, as USU finished with 164 total yards on the ground. TEAM STATISTICS Senior tight end Kellen Bartlett had a career-high eight catches for 47 yards and his first UTAH USU career touchdown on a 4-yard toss from Keeton with 9:10 on the fourth-quarter clock. First Downs 19 16 Utah tied the game with 3:19 to go on a 24-yard pass from Jon Hays to Kenneth Scott. Rushing 96 164 Hays came into the game in the second quarter after Utes’ starting quarterback Jordan Passing 229 216 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 5-2 Wynn suffered a game-ending shoulder injury. Penalties: Number-Yards 10-87 12-102 Hays ended the night 12-of-26 passing for 154 yards with one touchdown, while Wynn Punts-Yards/Avg. 11-526/47.8 9-408/45.3 was 6-of-11 for 47 yards before getting hurt. Travis Wilson only had one pass attempt, a Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-3-0/1.5 6-78-1/13.0 28-yard scoring strike to Scott in the third quarter. John White rushed 27 times for 97 yards, Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-34-0/17.0 4-71-0/17.8 while DeVonte Christopher had six catches for 56 yards and Scott ended with three re- Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 ceptions for 82 yards and two touchdowns. Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 The Aggie defense sacked Wynn three times, with redshirt-freshman defensive tackle Possession Time 34:50 25:10 Jordan Nielsen logging two and senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu posted one as part Third-Down Conversions 2-of-17 2-of-13 of his game and career-high 12 total tackles. Redshirt-freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell added 11 tackles, while senior safety McKade Brady and junior linebacker Zach Vigil INDIVIDUAL RUSHING posted 10 stops apiece. Davis, a senior cornerback, had a career-best four pass break- UTAH: White, 27-96; Anderson, 2-19; Hays 3-15 USU: K. Williams, 17-95 TD; Keeton, 17-86 ups and senior Terrence Alston logged three. The game went into overtime after Utah’s Coleman Peterson missed a 52-yard field at INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) the end of regulation. UTAH: Hays, 12-26-0, 154, 1; Wynn, 6-11-0, 47; Wilson, The home team got the ball first and facing a third-and-nine, Keeton darted out of 1-1-0, 28, 1. pressure and skirted 23 yards toward the end zone before getting pushed out at the one. USU: Keeton, 22-32-0, 216, 2 Two players later, Williams darted around the right side to score the winning touchdown. On Utah’s overtime possession, Davis knocked away Utah’s fourth-down pass from the INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING 17-yardline on the game’s final play. UTAH: Scott, 3-82 2TD The Aggies got on the board first as Vigil broke through the punt-blocking line, and USU: Bartlett, 8-47 TD; Reynolds, 3-35; Austin, 2-28; Van junior safety Clayton Christensen Leeuwen, 1-2; Jacobs, 2-18; Webb, 2-18; Swindall, 2-16; Hill, 1-15 TD; Marshall, 1-11 recovered the kick in the end zone for a 7-0 USU lead with 7:59 on the USU Punt Returns: Webb, 5-45; Z. Vigil, 1-33 first-quarter clock. USU wasn’t done USU KO Returns: Glover-Wright, 3-66; Reynolds, 1-5 scoring in the first quarter, as Keeton USU Interception Returns: None hit sophomore running back Joe Hill USU Tackle Leaders: Filimoeatu, 12; Fackrell, 11; Brady, with a 15-yard touchdown toss with 10; Z. Vigil, 10 three seconds left in the first frame, but the PAT missed. Petersen booted a 42-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, UTAH STATE STARTERS sending the teams into halftime with OFFENSE DEFENSE LT Kev. Whimpey DE Lapuaho USU ahead, 13-3. LG Markosian NG Lasike The Utes opened the second half C T. Larsen DE C. Williams scoring on Wilson’s 28-yard scoring RG Schultz LB Filimoeatu pass to Scott with 11:34 left in the third RT Ky. Whimpey LB Z. Vigil quarter. Petersen booted a 40-yard TE Tialavea LB Doughty field goal with 4:22 to play in the third TE Bartlett LB Fackrell quarter to knot the score at 13-all. WR Austin CB Lawson At the 9:10 mark of the fourth quar- RB K. Williams FS Brady ter, Keeton hit Bartlett with the 4-yard Senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu recorded a career- high 12 tackles, including one sack and 2.5 tackles for RB Hill SS Suite TD toss for USU’s 20-13 lead, setting up QB Keeton CB Davis loss against the Utes. the final drama.

24 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME ONE RECAP

August 30, 2012 MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Southern Utah 0 3 0 0 3 Utah State 21 0 7 6 34

First Quarter Sophomore running back Joe Hill rushed for a career-high 116 yards and scored a career-best USU - Jacobs 48 yd pass from Keeton (Warren kick, 8:51) three touchdowns on a career-high 11 carries to lead Utah State past Southern Utah, 34-3 USU - Austin 35 yd pass from Keeton (Warren kick, 6:15) USU - Hill 27 yd run (Warren kick, 1:01) LOGAN, Utah - Utah State used a pair a 90+ yard scoring drives in the first quarter, Second Quarter scoring on its first three possessions to jump out to a 21-0 lead and cruised to a 34-3 win SUU - Cook 22 yd field goal (7:49) against Southern Utah Thursday night in both teams’ season-opener. Third Quarter Sophomore running back Joe Hill ran for a career-best 116 yards and three touchdowns USU - Hill 19 yd run (Warren kick, 11:53) Fourth Quarter as USU won its sixth-straight regular-season game while improving to 37-14-1 when open- USU - Hill 33 yd run (PAT failed, 14:51) ing a season at home, after losing its previous three home openers to start a season. Attendance: 17,009 With Thursday’s win, the Aggies improve to 3-0 against the Thunderbirds, and have out-scored them 87-37 in their last two meetings after USU’s 53-34 win on Sept. 26, 2009 TEAM STATISTICS in Gary Andersen’s first home game as USU head coach. SUU USU The Aggies amassed 569 yards of total offense Thursday night, the 13th-most in school First Downs 12 28 Rushing 56 265 history and the most since last season when USU put up 635 yards on Weber State in its Passing 153 304 home-opener. The Aggies totalled 265 total rushing yards, as senior running back Kerwynn Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1 Williams added 15 carries for 63 yards. Penalties: Number-Yards 4-35 10-108 Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-25 passing for 304 yards, with two Punts-Yards/Avg. 9-411/45.7 3-120/40.0 touchdowns, one to senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs for 48-yards to cap USU’s open- Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 0-0-0/0.0 2-40-0/20.0 ing scoring drive that ate up 97 yards. Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-78-0/19.5 2-44-0/22.0 Keeton added a 35-yard scoring toss to senior wide receiver Matt Austin on the Aggies’ Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-0-0 Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 next possession after a 30-yard punt return by Jacobs gave USU the ball at the SUU 45. Possession Time 26:25 33:35 Keeton’s 22 completions and 304 passing yards were both career-highs. Third-Down Conversions 3-of-15 8-of-12 On the Aggies’ third possession, Hill dashed in from 27-yards out, capping a 98-yard drive for a 21-0 USU lead with 1:01 on the first quarter clock. INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Austin led USU with five catches for a career-high 119 yards and the one touchdown, SUU: Brown 9-21 while Jacobs tallied four receptions for 64 yards and a score. USU: Hill 11-116, 3TD; K. Williams 15-63; Marshall 9-53; Lee Southern Utah quarterback Brad Sorensen was 12-of-31 for 153 yards, while getting 6-20; Toure 2-6; Kennedy 1-5; Keeton 7-3. intercepted by USU redshirt-freshman linebacker La’Bradford Harold in the end zone to INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD) end the game. Henna Brown led the T-Birds in rushing with nine carries for 21 yards, while SUU: Sorenson, 12-31-1, 153, 0 Fatu Moala had five catches for 68 yards. USU: Keeton, 22-25-1, 304, 2; Kennedy, 1-1-0, 0, 0 The Aggie defense held its opposition to single-digits for the first time since a 24-9 win against San Jose State on Nov. 7, 2009, and the fewest under head coach Gary Andersen. INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Senior safety McKade Brady, senior SUU: Moala 5-68 cornerback Terrence Alston and ju- USU: Austin 5-119, TD; Jacobs 4-63, TD; Reynolds 3-18; Bartlett 2-21; Natson 2-19; K. Williams 2-15; Webb 2-7; nior linebacker Zach Vigil all posted Hill 1-17; Andersen 1-16; Van Leeuwen 1-8 five tackles, with Alston posting one sack, matching junior defensive end USU Punt Returns: Jacobs 2-40 Connor Williams with one sack. USU KO Returns: Jacobs 1-21; Glover-Wright 1-23 Overall, the 209 yards of total of- USU Interception Returns: Harold 1-0 fense allowed by USU was its fewest USU Tackle Leaders: Alston 5; Brady 5; Z. Vigil 5; C. Wil- since New Mexico State had just 156 liams 4; Fackrell 4. total yards during the 2008 season. The T-Birds were led by Namar Flen- troy and Rickey Clark with 13 tackles each. SUU got on the board with 7:49 UTAH STATE STARTERS on the clock in the second quarter OFFENSE DEFENSE on a 22-yard field goal from Colton WR Austin DE C. Williams LT Molina-Sanchez NG Lasike Cook to make the score 21-3, which LG Markosian DE Lapuaho it would remain at the half. C T. Larsen LB Filimoeatu Utah State took the second-half RG Ky. Whimpey LB Z. Vigil kickoff and marched down the field, RT Schultz LB Doughty with Hill darting in from 19-yards out TE Bartlett LB Fackrell to put USU ahead, 28-3, just 3:07 into QB Keeton CB Lawson the second half. Hill capped his three- RB K. Williams FS Brady WR Jacobs SS Sutera touchdown outing with a 33-yard Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-25 WR Reynolds CB Davis scoring scamper with 14:51 left in the passing for a career-high 304 yards to go along with fourth quarter, but the PAT failed. two touchdown passes against the Thunderbirds.

October 29, 2012 • 25 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALLThe Automated ScoreBook Utah State Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2012) 2012 UTAH STATE OVERALLAll games STATISTICS & RESULTS

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Aug 30, 2012 SOUTHERN UTAH W 34-3 17009 All games 7-2 4-0 3-2 0-0 Sep 07, 2012 UTAH W 27-20 25513 Conference 3-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 Sep 15, 2012 at Wisconsin L 14-16 79332 Non-Conference 4-2 3-0 1-2 0-0 Sep 22, 2012 at Colorado State W 31-19 23374 Sep 29, 2012 UNLV W 35-13 24226 Team Statistics USU OPP Oct 05, 2012 at BYU L 3-6 63086 FIRST DOWNS 180 161 * Oct 13, 2012 at San Jose State W 49-27 15168 R u s h i n g 70 51 * Oct 20, 2012 NEW MEXICO STATE W 41-7 17001 * Oct 27, 2012 at UTSA W 48-17 23519 P a s s i n g 102 86 P e n a l t y 8 24 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g RUSHING YARDAGE 1603 864 Williams, Kerwy 9 144 928 43 885 6.1 9 86 98.3 Rushing Attempts 320 331 Keeton, Chuckie 9 86 447 89 358 4.2 3 76 39.8 Hill, Joe 8 26 177 3 174 6.7 5 33 21.8 Average Per Rush 5.0 2.6 Lee, Kelvin 7 22 95 4 91 4.1 0 24 13.0 Average Per Game 178.1 96.0 Marshall, Rober 8 17 79 5 74 4.4 0 16 9.2 TDs Rushing 17 2 Glover-Wright, 9 6 44 0 44 7.3 0 14 4.9 Larsen, B.J. 9 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 10 1.2 PASSING YARDAGE 2434 2011 Toure, Abou 1 2 9 3 6 3.0 0 9 6.0 C o m p - A t t - I n t 205-301-6 181-326-6 Kennedy, Adam 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.7 Average Per Pass 8.1 6.2 Jacobs, Chuck 9 3 5 12 -7 -2.3 0 3 -0.8 Average Per Catch 11.9 11.1 Harrison, Craig 5 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.6 TEAM 8 10 0 30 -30 -3.0 0 0 -3.8 Average Per Game 270.4 223.4 Total 9 320 1800 197 1603 5.0 17 86 178.1 TDs Passing 19 11 Opponents 9 331 1153 289 864 2.6 2 33 96.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 4037 2875 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Play 6.5 4.4 Keeton, Chuckie 9 154.32 197-290-5 67.9 2355 19 76 261.7 Average Per Game 448.6 319.4 Harrison, Craig 5 170.45 7-8-0 87.5 79 0 37 15.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 23-491 32-582 Webb, Cameron 9 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 23-254 10-81 TEAM 8 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Kennedy, Adam 3 100.00 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-54 6-0 Total 9 152.88 205-301-6 68.1 2434 19 76 270.4 FUMBLES-LOST 17-8 8-4 Opponents 9 114.79 181-326-6 55.5 2011 11 50 223.4 PENALTIES-Yards 68-687 49-413 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g PUNTS-AVG 49-41.5 70-41.4 Williams, Kerwy 9 33 493 14.9 3 76 54.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 5 0 3 2 : 1 0 Austin, Matt 9 31 425 13.7 4 47 47.2 3RD-DOWN Conversions 60/132 51/156 Bartlett, Kelle 9 31 235 7.6 2 21 26.1 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/8 6/13 Jacobs, Chuck 9 26 376 14.5 5 50 41.8 Webb, Cameron 9 19 207 10.9 1 36 23.0 Reynolds, Travi 9 16 157 9.8 0 24 17.4 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Van Leeuwen, Tr 9 11 124 11.3 1 28 13.8 Fackrell, Kyler 2 10 5.0 0 8 Hill, Joe 8 10 183 18.3 2 65 22.9 Natson, Bruce 8 10 83 8.3 0 22 10.4 Davis, Will 2 41 20.5 0 35 Glover-Wright, 9 5 24 4.8 0 12 2.7 Alston, Terrenc 1 3 3.0 0 3 Marshall, Rober 8 4 34 8.5 0 12 4.2 Harold, La'Brad 1 0 0.0 0 0 Swindall, Brand 8 3 19 6.3 0 9 2.4 Lee, Kelvin 7 2 42 21.0 0 37 6.0 Andersen, Keega 9 2 21 10.5 0 16 2.3 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Tialavea, D.J. 8 2 11 5.5 1 10 1.4 Bennett, Tyler 47 1976 42.0 59 2 20 24 8 0 Total 9 205 2434 11.9 19 76 270.4 Bentrude, Jaron 2 58 29.0 39 10000 Opponents 9 181 2011 11.1 11 50 223.4

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Warren, Brock 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 Webb, Cameron 19 174 9.2 0 44 Thompson, Josh 4-6 66.7 0-0 2-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 32 0 Jacobs, Chuck 2 40 20.0 0 30 Diaz, Nick 4-5 80.0 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-1 53 1 Vigil, Zach 1 33 33.0 0 0 PAT Glover-Wright, 1 7 7.0 0 0 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Christensen, Cl 0 0 0.0 1 0 Williams, Kerwy 12 ------72 Hill, Joe 7 ------42 Total 23 254 11.0 1 44 Diaz, Nick - 4-5 18-18 - - - - - 30 Opponents 10 81 8.1 1 82 Jacobs, Chuck 5 ------30 Austin, Matt 4 ------24 Thompson, Josh - 4-6 11-12 - - - - - 23 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Keeton, Chuckie 3 ------18 Jacobs, Chuck 13 306 23.5 0 55 Bartlett, Kelle 2 ------12 Glover-Wright, 6 119 19.8 0 35 Tialavea, D.J. 1 ------6 Reynolds, Travi 3 50 16.7 0 32 Christensen, Cl 1 ------6 Webb, Cameron 1 ------6 Marshall, Rober 1 16 16.0 0 16 Van Leeuwen, Tr 1 ------6 Total 23 491 21.3 0 55 Warren, Brock - 0-1 5-6 - - - - - 5 Opponents 32 582 18.2 0 35 TEAM ------1 2 Bentrude, Jaron - - - 0-1 - - - - 0 Total 37 8-12 34-36 0-1 - - - 1 282 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Opponents 14 11-15 11-13 - - 0-1 - - 128 Williams, Kerwy 9 885 493 0 0 0 1378 153.1 Jacobs, Chuck 9 -7 376 40 306 0 715 79.4 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Utah State 89 82 59 45 7 282 Austin, Matt 9 0 425 0 0 0 425 47.2 Opponents 6 39 56 27 0 128 Webb, Cameron 9 0 207 174 0 0 381 42.3 Keeton, Chuckie 9 358 000035839.8 Total 9 1603 2434 254 491 54 4836 537.3 Opponents 9 864 2011 81 582 0 3538 393.1

26 • October 29, 2012 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g The Automated ScoreBook2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL Utah State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2012) 2012 UTAHAll STATE games TEAM STATISTICS

Team Statistics USU OPP SCORING 282 128 Points Per Game 31.3 14.2 FIRST DOWNS 180 161 R u s h i n g 70 51 P a s s i n g 102 86 P e n a l t y 8 24 RUSHING YARDAGE 1603 864 Yards gained rushing 1800 1153 Yards lost rushing 197 289 Rushing Attempts 320 331 Average Per Rush 5.0 2.6 Average Per Game 178.1 96.0 TDs Rushing 17 2 PASSING YARDAGE 2434 2011 C o m p - A t t - I n t 205-301-6 181-326-6 Average Per Pass 8.1 6.2 Average Per Catch 11.9 11.1 Average Per Game 270.4 223.4 TDs Passing 19 11 TOTAL OFFENSE 4037 2875 Total Plays 621 657 Average Per Play 6.5 4.4 Average Per Game 448.6 319.4 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 23-491 32-582 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 23-254 10-81 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-54 6-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.3 18.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 11.0 8.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.0 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST 17-8 8-4 PENALTIES-Yards 68-687 49-413 Average Per Game 76.3 45.9 PUNTS-Yards 49-2034 70-2898 Average Per Punt 41.5 41.4 Net punt average 38.6 35.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 52-3298 33-2054 Average Per Kick 63.4 62.2 Net kick average 52.7 40.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 5 0 3 2 : 1 0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 60/132 51/156 3rd-Down Pct 45% 33% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/8 6/13 4th-Down Pct 50% 46% SACKS BY-Yards 32-219 15-88 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 37 14 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-12 11-15 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (25-31) 81% (18-27) 67% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (19-31) 61% (9-27) 33% PAT-ATTEMPTS (34-36) 94% (11-13) 85% ATTENDANCE 83749 204479 Games/Avg Per Game 4/20937 5/40896 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Utah State 89 82 59 45 7 282 Opponents 6 39 56 27 0 128

October 29, 2012 • 27 The Automated ScoreBook 2012 UTAH STATEUtah State FOOTBALL Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2012) All games 2012 UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Williams, Kerwy 9 144 928 43 885 6.1 9 86 98.3 Webb, Cameron 19 174 9.2 0 44 Keeton, Chuckie 9 86 447 89 358 4.2 3 76 39.8 Jacobs, Chuck 2 40 20.0 0 30 Hill, Joe 8 26 177 3 174 6.7 5 33 21.8 Vigil, Zach 1 33 33.0 0 0 Lee, Kelvin 7 22 95 4 91 4.1 0 24 13.0 Glover-Wright, 1 7 7.0 0 0 Marshall, Rober 8 17 79 5 74 4.4 0 16 9.2 Christensen, Cl 0 0 0.0 1 0 Glover-Wright, 9 6 44 0 44 7.3 0 14 4.9 Total 23 254 11.0 1 44 Larsen, B.J. 9 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 10 1.2 Opponents 10 81 8.1 1 82 Toure, Abou 1 2 9 3 6 3.0 0 9 6.0 Kennedy, Adam 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.7 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Jacobs, Chuck 9 3 5 12 -7 -2.3 0 3 -0.8 Fackrell, Kyler 2 10 5.0 0 8 Harrison, Craig 5 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.6 Davis, Will 2 41 20.5 0 35 TEAM 8 10 0 30 -30 -3.0 0 0 -3.8 Alston, Terrenc 1 3 3.0 0 3 Total 9 320 1800 197 1603 5.0 17 86 178.1 Harold, La'Brad 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 9 331 1153 289 864 2.6 2 33 96.0 Total 6 54 9.0 0 35 Opponents 6 0 0.0 0 0 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Keeton, Chuckie 9 154.32 197-290-5 67.9 2355 19 76 261.7 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Harrison, Craig 5 170.45 7-8-0 87.5 79 0 37 15.8 Jacobs, Chuck 13 306 23.5 0 55 Kennedy, Adam 3 100.00 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 Glover-Wright, 6 119 19.8 0 35 Webb, Cameron 9 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Reynolds, Travi 3 50 16.7 0 32 TEAM 8 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Marshall, Rober 1 16 16.0 0 16 Total 9 152.88 205-301-6 68.1 2434 19 76 270.4 Total 23 491 21.3 0 55 Opponents 9 114.79 181-326-6 55.5 2011 11 50 223.4 Opponents 32 582 18.2 0 35

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Williams, Kerwy 9 33 493 14.9 3 76 54.8 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Austin, Matt 9 31 425 13.7 4 47 47.2 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Bartlett, Kelle 9 31 235 7.6 2 21 26.1 Jacobs, Chuck 9 26 376 14.5 5 50 41.8 Webb, Cameron 9 19 207 10.9 1 36 23.0 Reynolds, Travi 9 16 157 9.8 0 24 17.4 Van Leeuwen, Tr 9 11 124 11.3 1 28 13.8 Hill, Joe 8 10 183 18.3 2 65 22.9 Natson, Bruce 8 10 83 8.3 0 22 10.4 Glover-Wright, 9 5 24 4.8 0 12 2.7 Marshall, Rober 8 4 34 8.5 0 12 4.2 Swindall, Brand 8 3 19 6.3 0 9 2.4 Lee, Kelvin 7 2 42 21.0 0 37 6.0 Andersen, Keega 9 2 21 10.5 0 16 2.3 Tialavea, D.J. 8 2 11 5.5 1 10 1.4 Total 9 205 2434 11.9 19 76 270.4 Opponents 9 181 2011 11.1 11 50 223.4

28 • October 29, 2012 The Automated ScoreBook Utah State Overall Individual Statistics2012 (asUTAH of Oct 27,STATE 2012) FOOTBALL All games 2012 UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Williams, Kerwy 12 ------72 Keeton, Chuckie 9 376 358 2355 2713 301.4 Hill, Joe 7 ------42 Williams, Kerwy 9 144 885 0 885 98.3 Jacobs, Chuck 5 ------30 Hill, Joe 8 26 174 0 174 21.8 Diaz, Nick - 4-5 18-18 - - - - - 30 Lee, Kelvin 7 22 91 0 91 13.0 Austin, Matt 4 ------24 Marshall, Rober 8 17 74 0 74 9.2 Thompson, Josh - 4-6 11-12 - - - - - 23 Harrison, Craig 5 9 -8 79 71 14.2 Keeton, Chuckie 3 ------18 Glover-Wright, 9 6 44 0 44 4.9 Bartlett, Kelle 2 ------12 Larsen, B.J. 9 2 11 0 11 1.2 Christensen, Cl 1 ------6 Toure, Abou 1 2 6 0 6 6.0 Webb, Cameron 1 ------6 Kennedy, Adam 3 2 5 0 5 1.7 Van Leeuwen, Tr 1 ------6 Jacobs, Chuck 9 3 -7 0 -7 -0.8 Tialavea, D.J. 1 ------6 TEAM 8 11 -30 0 -30 -3.8 Warren, Brock - 0-1 5-6 - - - - - 5 Total 9 621 1603 2434 4037 448.6 TEAM ------1 2 Opponents 9 657 864 2011 2875 319.4 Bentrude, Jaron - - - 0-1 - - - - 0 Total 37 8-12 34-36 0-1 - - - 1 282 Opponents 14 11-15 11-13 - - 0-1 - - 128

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Warren, Brock 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 Bennett, Tyler 47 1976 42.0 59 2 20 24 8 0 Thompson, Josh 4-6 66.7 0-0 2-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 32 0 Bentrude, Jaron 2 58 29.0 39 1 0 0 0 0 Diaz, Nick 4-5 80.0 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-1 53 1 Total 49 2034 41.5 59 3 20 24 8 0 Opponents 70 2898 41.4 72 7 26 15 16 2 FG Sequence Utah State Opponents Southern Utah - (22) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Utah 45 (42),(40),52 Bentrude, Jaron 42 2673 63.6 16 0 Wisconsin 37 (19),36 Warren, Brock 6 385 64.2 1 0 Colorado State (20) (28),(31) Haueter, Jacob 3 190 63.3 1 1 UNLV (32),(31) (24),(26) Thompson, Josh 1 50 50.0 1 0 BYU (26),38 34 Total 52 3298 63.4 19 1 18.2 43.1 21 San Jose State - (25),(26) Opponents 33 2054 62.2 9 1 21.3 40.5 24 New Mexico State (53),(48),44 42 UTSA (22),(24) (29)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

October 29, 2012 • 29 2012 UTAH UtahSTATE State OverallFOOTBALL Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 29, 2012) All games 2012 UTAH STATE DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 36 Brady, McKade 9 30 44 74 1.0-2 . . 2 1 . 1 . . 53 Vigil, Zach 9 28 43 71 8.5-38 5.0-34 . 1 4 . 1 1 . 51 Doughty, Jake 9 17 48 65 2.5-9 1.0-9 . 3 2 1-0 . . . 52 Fackrell, Kyler 9 18 44 62 4.5-15 2.0-11 2-10 2 6 1-0 1 1 . 21 Suite, Brian 9 22 37 59 . . . 6 1 . . . . 1 Lawson, Nevin 9 35 14 49 4.0-22 2.0-17 . 4 . . . . . 55 Filimoeatu, Boj 9 17 29 46 6.0-32 2.5-26 . 1 10 . 1 . . 17 Davis, Will 9 29 13 42 4.5-14 . 2-41 13 1 . . . . 90 Lapuaho, Al 9 11 17 28 4.5-22 3.0-20 . 1 4 . . . . 1G McMillian, Tava 9 11 15 26 2.5-9 1.0-7 . 2 . . . . . 45 Cowdin, Cade 8 6 16 22 1.0-2 ...... 40 Williams, Conno 9 13 9 22 6.0-30 5.0-28 . . 2 . . . . 5 Alston, Terrenc 9 11 8 19 2.0-11 1.0-10 1-3 7 1 . . . . 97 Nielsen, Jordan 9 7 9 16 4.5-26 4.0-25 . 1 2 . . 1 . 46 Sutera, Frankie 9 4 11 15 1.0-3 1.0-3 . 1 . . . . . 56 Pataiali'i, AJ 9 2 13 15 1.5-11 1.0-10 . . . 1-0 . . . 48 Piukala, Paul 8 2 12 14 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . 1 . 57 Lasike, Havea 9 2 10 12 1.5-4 1.0-3 ...... 99 Larsen, B.J. 9 5 6 11 2.0-13 1.0-10 . . 2 . . . . 20 Glover-Wright, 9 5 4 9 . . . . 1 . . 1 . 70 Seefeldt, Travi 9 1 6 7 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 6 Stewart, Rashar 8 5 2 7 . . . 1 . . . . . 15 Robertson, Juma 7 1 5 6 . . . 3 . . . . . 89 Needham, Nate 9 2 3 5 ...... 23 Okonkwo, Michae 7 2 2 4 1.0-4 1.0-4 ...... 12 Thompson, Terre 6 1 2 3 0.5-2 0.5-2 . 1 1 . . . . 13 Jackson, Ladale 7 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . 3 Byrd, Quinton 3 2 1 3 ...... 0C Sanders, Camero 5 1 2 3 ...... 42 Harold, La'Brad 7 2 . 2 1.0-1 . 1-0 ...... 26 Christensen, Cl 8 2 . 2 ...... 63 Warren, Brock 2 2 . 2 ...... 28 DeMartino, Joey 3 1 . 1 ...... 7 Van Leeuwen, Tr 9 1 . 1 ...... 96 Kamana-Matagi, 8 . 1 1 ...... 85 Swindall, Brand 8 . 1 1 ...... 38 Bentrude, Jaron 9 1 . 1 ...... 92 Keller, Derek 6 . 1 1 ...... 49 Dabb, Forrest 8.11 ...... 91 Tialavea, D.J. 8 . 1 1 ...... 29 Lee, Kelvin 71.1 ...... 2H Hamala, Dee 3 . 1 1 ...... TM TEAM 8...... 1 Total 9 302 432 734 61-271 32-219 6-54 51 38 4-0 4 5 1 Opponents 9 335 328 663 45-177 15-88 6-0 37 22 8-0 14 1 .

30 • October 29, 2012 The Automated ScoreBook Utah State Team Game-by-Game2012 (as UTAH of Oct 27, 2012)STATE FOOTBALL 2012 UTAH STATE TEAM/OPPONENTAll games STATISTICS

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 53 275 3 33 23 304 2 48 23-26-1 304 2 48 2 44 0 23 2 40 0 30 579 Sep 07 UTAH 35 164 1 34 22 216 2 28 22-32-0 216 2 28 4 71 0 35 6 78 1 24 380 Sep 15 at Wisconsin 35 127 0 12 18 181 2 39 18-35-0 181 2 39 2 30 0 18 2 21 0 16 308 Sep 22 at Colorado State 41 262 3 58 23 178 1 25 23-30-2 178 1 25 1 55 0 55 2 9 0 9 440 Sep 29 UNLV 35 138 0 38 22 426 4 74 22-35-1 426 4 74 1 39 0 39 2 5 0 4 564 Oct 05 at BYU 24 41 0 12 22 202 0 16 22-39-1 202 0 16 2 27 0 16 1 6 0 6 243 Oct 13 at San Jose State 24 212 4 86 26 273 3 47 26-35-0 273 3 47 5 89 0 32 1 0 0 0 485 Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 36 256 3 76 17 260 2 76 17-27-0 260 2 76 2 49 0 25 3 48 0 44 516 Oct 27 at UTSA 37 128 3 68 32 394 3 42 32-42-1 394 3 42 4 87 0 28 4 47 0 25 522 Utah State 320 1603 17 86 205 2434 19 76 205-301-6 2434 19 76 23 491 0 55 23 254 1 44 4037 Opponents 331 864 2 33 181 2011 11 50 181-326-6 2011 11 50 32 582 0 35 10 81 1 82 2875

Games played: 9 Avg per rush: 5.0 Avg per catch: 11.9 Pass efficiency: 152.88 Kick ret avg: 21.3 Punt ret avg: 11.0 All purpose avg/game: 537.3 Total offense avg/gm: 448.6 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Aug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 18 46 64 5.0-16 2.0-12 0 0-0 1-0 5 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 34 Sep 07 UTAH 20 76 96 6.0-33 3.0-28 0 1-0 0-0 7 9 1 3-4 0 0 0 27 Sep 15 at Wisconsin 36 30 66 5.0-14 1.0-9 1 1-0 0-0 2 5 1 2-2 0 0 0 14 Sep 22 at Colorado State 38 32 70 10.0-28 5.0-19 0 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Sep 29 UNLV 22 72 94 7.0-29 3.0-23 0 0-0 1-3 11 7 0 3-4 0 0 1 35 Oct 05 at BYU 53 34 87 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-8 1 6 1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Oct 13 at San Jose State 59 38 97 15.0-107 13.0-102 2 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 7-7 0 0 0 49 Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 22 68 90 7.0-28 3.0-19 1 1-0 1-35 8 8 1 5-5 0 0 0 41 Oct 27 at UTSA 34 36 70 6.0-16 2.0-7 0 0-0 2-8 3 3 1 6-6 0 0 0 48 Utah State 302 432 734 61.0-271 32.0-219 4 4-0 6-54 38 51 5 34-36 0 0 1 282 Opponents 335 328 663 45.0-177 15.0-88 14 8-0 6-0 22 37 1 11-13 0 0 0 128

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 3 120 40.0 42 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 385 64.2 1 1 Sep 07 UTAH 9 408 45.3 59 0 1 3 3 4 0-1 0 0 4 255 63.8 2 0 Sep 15 at Wisconsin 11 412 37.5 48 0 1 4 0 4 0-1 0 0 3 189 63.0 0 0 Sep 22 at Colorado State 3 141 47.0 54 0 0 1 1 2 1-1 20 0 6 405 67.5 5 0 Sep 29 UNLV 5 237 47.4 59 0 0 0 2 5 2-2 32 0 6 383 63.8 2 0 Oct 05 at BYU 7 297 42.4 53 0 0 4 1 4 1-2 26 0 2 130 65.0 0 0 Oct 13 at San Jose State 5 210 42.0 50 0 0 3 1 1 0-0 0 0 8 491 61.4 3 0 Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 3 108 36.0 41 0 0 2 0 3 2-3 53 1 8 518 64.8 5 0 Oct 27 at UTSA 3 101 33.7 44 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 24 0 9 542 60.2 1 0 Utah State 49 2034 41.5 59 0 3 20 8 24 8-12 53 1 52 3298 63.4 19 1 Opponents 70 2898 41.4 72 2 7 26 16 15 11-15 42 2 33 2054 62.2 9 1

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 27 56 0 15 12 153 0 29 12-31-1 153 0 29 4 78 0 25 0 0 0 0 209 Sep 07 UTAH 42 96 0 15 19 229 2 30 19-39-0 229 2 30 2 34 0 35 2 3 0 2 325 Sep 15 at Wisconsin 45 156 1 17 7 78 0 19 7-16-0 78 0 19 3 59 0 22 1 82 1 82 234 Sep 22 at Colorado State 34 107 0 33 22 224 2 29 22-40-0 224 2 29 1 18 0 18 1 1 0 1 331 Sep 29 UNLV 35 117 0 23 18 188 1 47 18-39-1 188 1 47 4 68 0 22 2 5 0 3 305 Oct 05 at BYU 45 145 0 17 24 235 1 28 24-36-1 235 1 28 2 37 0 21 2 -2 0 0 380 Oct 13 at San Jose State 41 4 0 14 38 467 3 50 38-51-0 467 3 50 5 103 0 33 1 -1 0 0 471 Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 34 132 0 16 20 189 1 29 20-38-1 189 1 29 3 47 0 21 0 0 0 0 321 Oct 27 at UTSA 28 51 1 9 21 248 1 44 21-36-2 248 1 44 8 138 0 22 1 -7 0 0 299 Opponents 331 864 2 33 181 2011 11 50 181-326-6 2011 11 50 32 582 0 35 10 81 1 82 2875 Utah State 320 1603 17 86 205 2434 19 76 205-301-6 2434 19 76 23 491 0 55 23 254 1 44 4037

Games played: 9 Avg per rush: 2.6 Avg per catch: 11.1 Pass efficiency: 114.79 Kick ret avg: 18.2 Punt ret avg: 8.1 All purpose avg/game: 393.1 Total offense avg/gm: 319.4 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Aug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 34 74 108 8.0-31 2.0-19 2 1-0 1-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Sep 07 UTAH 40 40 80 5.0-16 2.0-9 4 2-0 0-0 4 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 Sep 15 at Wisconsin 41 26 67 4.0-12 1.0-2 0 0-0 0-0 1 9 0 1-2 0 0 0 16 Sep 22 at Colorado State 34 46 80 4.0-9 1.0-6 2 1-0 2-0 1 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 19 Sep 29 UNLV 31 46 77 4.0-13 2.0-6 2 1-0 1-0 1 7 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 Oct 05 at BYU 40 8 48 9.0-30 3.0-13 1 1-0 1-0 4 6 0 0-1 0 0 0 6 Oct 13 at San Jose State 35 20 55 2.0-17 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 27 Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 33 36 69 4.0-24 3.0-23 1 0-0 0-0 6 3 1 1-1 0 0 0 7 Oct 27 at UTSA 47 32 79 5.0-25 1.0-10 1 1-0 1-0 4 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 Opponents 335 328 663 45.0-177 15.0-88 14 8-0 6-0 22 37 1 11-13 0 0 0 128 Utah State 302 432 734 61.0-271 32.0-219 4 4-0 6-54 38 51 5 34-36 0 0 1 282

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 9 411 45.7 72 0 0 4 3 4 1-1 22 0 2 130 65.0 0 0 Sep 07 UTAH 11 526 47.8 64 1 1 3 6 1 2-3 42 0 4 240 60.0 0 0 Sep 15 at Wisconsin 9 373 41.4 55 0 1 5 2 3 1-2 19 0 4 250 62.5 1 1 Sep 22 at Colorado State 7 307 43.9 50 0 2 3 1 1 2-2 31 0 4 258 64.5 3 0 Sep 29 UNLV 8 333 41.6 54 0 1 2 1 2 2-2 26 0 5 328 65.6 4 0 Oct 05 at BYU 6 254 42.3 57 0 1 1 2 1 0-1 0 1 2 108 54.0 0 0 Oct 13 at San Jose State 5 163 32.6 44 0 0 3 0 1 2-2 26 0 6 379 63.2 1 0 Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 6 264 44.0 57 0 1 2 1 1 0-1 0 1 2 129 64.5 0 0 Oct 27 at UTSA 9 267 29.7 44 1 0 3 0 1 1-1 29 0 4 232 58.0 0 0 Opponents 70 2898 41.4 72 2 7 26 16 15 11-15 42 2 33 2054 62.2 9 1 Utah State 49 2034 41.5 59 0 3 20 8 24 8-12 53 1 52 3298 63.4 19 1

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2012 UTAH STATE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE LT LG OC RG RT TE WR/TE* WR WR/RB* RB QB So. Utah Molina-Sanchez Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Jacobs Austin Reynolds K. Williams Keeton Utah Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Hill* K. Williams Keeton at Wisconsin Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Jacobs Reynolds K. Williams Keeton at Colorado St. Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Webb Austin Reynolds K. Williams Keeton ULNV Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Jacobs K. Williams Keeton at BYU Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Jacobs Marshall* K. Williams Keeton at SJSU Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Reynolds K. Williams Keeton NMSU Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Webb Austin Van Leeuwen K. Williams Keeton at UTSA Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Reynolds K. Williams Keeton Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho

DEFENSE DE/CB* NG DE LB LB LB LB CB S S CB So. Utah Lapuaho Lasike C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Sutera Brady Lawson Utah Lapuaho Lasike C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at Wisconsin Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at Colorado St. Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson ULNV Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at BYU Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at SJSU Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson NMSU Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at UTSA Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OFFENSE (att-yds-TD-LG) Rushing Passing (C-A-TD-YD-INT-LG) Total Off. FD TO Pen. Punts Time Pts. So. Utah 52-265-3-33 23-26-2-304-1-48 78-569-5-48 28 2 10-108 3-120 33:35 34 Utah 35-164-1-34 22-32-2-216-0-28 67-380-3-34 16 2 12-102 9-408 25:10 27 at Wisconsin 35-127-0-12 18-35-2-181-0-39 70-308-2-39 13 0 7-70 11-412 26:55 14 at Colorado St. 41-262-3-58 23-30-1-178-2-25 71-440-4-58 24 3 5-68 3-141 31:04 31 UNLV 35-138-0-38 22-35-4-426-1-74 70-564-4-74 21 2 9-123 5-237 27:55 35 at BYU 24-41-0-12 22-39-0-202-1-16 63-243-0-16 16 2 7-44 7-297 25:11 3 at SJSU 24-212-4-86 26-35-3-273-0-47 59-485-7-86 18 1 5-45 5-210 21:36 49 NMSU 36-256-3-76 17-27-2-260-0-76 63-516-5-76 20 0 8-76 3-108 26:18 41 at UTSA 37-128-3-68 27-36-3-394-1-42 79-522-6-68 23 2 5-51 3-101 32:46 48 Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho

DEFENSE (att-yds-TD-LG) Rushing Passing (C-A-TD-YD-INT-LG) Total Off. FD TO Pen. Punts Time Pts. So. Utah 27-56-0-15 12-31-0-153-1-29 58-209-0-29 12 1 4-35 9-411 26:25 3 Utah 42-96-0-15 19-39-2-229-0-30 81-325-2-30 19 1 10-87 11-526 34:50 20 at Wisconsin 45-156-1-17 7-16-0-78-0-19 61-234-1-19 12 0 6-40 9-373 33:05 16 at Colorado St. 34-107-0-33 22-40-2-224-0-29 74-331-2-33 18 0 4-37 7-307 28:56 19 UNLV 35-117-0-23 18-39-1-188-1-47 74-305-1-47 19 1 5-50 8-333 32:05 13 at BYU 45-145-0-17 24-36-1-235-1-28 81-380-1-28 20 1 6-50 6-254 34:49 6 at SJSU 41-4-0-14 38-50-3-467-0-50 92-471-3-50 27 1 5-40 5-163 38:24 27 NMSU 34-132-0-16 20-38-1-189-1-29 72-321-1-29 21 2 1-15 6-264 33:42 7 at UTSA 28-51-1-9 21-36-1-248-2-44 64-299-2-44 13 2 8-59 9-267 27:14 17 Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho

RUSHING (att-yds-TD-LG) Hill Keeton Kennedy Lee Marshall Toure K. Williams So. Utah 11-116-3-33 7-3-0-14 1-5-0-5 6-20-0-7 9-53-0-16 2-6-0-9 15-63-0-21 Utah 0-0-0-0 17-86-0-23 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 17-95-1-34 at Wisconsin 1-3-0-3 15-75-0-12 DNP DNP 2-5-0-3 DNP 16-43-0-11 at Colorado St. 2-16-1-15 12-38-0-12 DNP DNP 3-8-0-6 DNP 21-205-2-58 UNLV 1-1-0-1 6-4-0-7 DNP 2-6-0-6 3-8-0-10 DNP 20-113-0-38 at BYU DNP 10-23-0-12 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 14-18-0-7 at SJSU 0-0-0-0 6-47-1-28 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 15-176-3-86 NMSU 4-17-0-7 7-81-2-76 DNP 5-46-0-24 DNP DNP 13-82-1-25 at UTSA 7-21-1-7 6-1-0-6 DNP 9-19-0-4 0-0-0-0 DNP 13-90-2-68 Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho

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2012 UTAH STATE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS PASSING (c-a-i-yds-TD-LG) Harrison Keeton Kennedy So. Utah 0-0-0-0-0-0 22-25-1-304-2-48 1-1-0-0-0-0 Utah DNP 22-32-0-216-2-28 DNP at Wisconsin DNP 18-34-0-181-2-39 DNP at Colorado St. DNP 23-30-2-178-1-25 DNP UNLV 1-1-0-22-0-22 21-34-1-404-4-74 DNP at BYU 0-0-0-0-0-0 22-38-0-202-0-16 DNP at SJSU DNP 26-35-0-273-3-47 DNP NMSU 1-1-0-3-0-3 16-26-0-257-2-76 DNP at UTSA 5-6-0-54-0-37 27-36-1-340-3-42 DNP Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho Others: Webb (at BYU, 0-1-1-0-0-0) RECEIVING (no-yds-TD-LG) Andersen Austin Bartlett Hill Jacobs Natson Reynolds Tialavea Van Leeuwen Webb K. Williams So. Utah 1-16-0-16 5-119-1-39 2-21-0-13 1-17-0-17 4-64-1-48 2-19-0-10 3-18-0-11 DNP 1-8-0-8 2-7-0-7 2-15-0-9 Utah 0-0-0-0 2-28-0-23 8-47-1-11 1-15-1-15 2-18-0-16 0-0-0-0 3-35-0-24 0-0-0-0 1-28-0-28 2-18-0-12 0-0-0-0 at Wisconsin 0-0-0-0 2-16-1-11 1-5-0-5 0-0-0-0 6-41-0-12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-41-0-12 6-78-1-39 at Colorado St. 0-0-0-0 6-75-1-25 3-21-0-9 2-(-2)-0-1 1-6-0-6 1-3-0-3 1-7-0-7 0-0-0-0 4-37-0-18 1-10-0-0 3-22-0-10 UNLV 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-33-0-21 3-88-0-65 4-101-2-50 1-22-0-22 2-24-0-15 2-11-1-10 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 7-147-1-74 at BYU 0-0-0-0 7-72-0-15 2-23-0-16 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-22-0-12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-25-0-13 5-39-0-13 at SJSU 0-0-0-0 6-93-1-47 3-28-0-11 0-0-0-0 3-32-1-17 2-10-0-6 2-11-0-6 0-0-0-0 2-32-1-21 2-22-0-14 4-30-0-13 NMSU 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-1 4-18-0-8 0-0-0-0 4-94-1-49 DNP 2-25-0-14 0-0-0-0 1-3-0-3 2-25-0-13 3-94-1-76 at UTSA 1-5-0-5 2-21-0-12 5-39-1-18 3-65-1-42 2-20-0-12 4-29-0-15 1-15-0-15 0-0-0-0 2-16-0-12 5-59-1-29 3-69-0-34 Texas St. at La. Tech Idaho Others: Lee (at UTSA, 2-42-0-37); Marshall (Utah, 1-11-0-11; at BYU, 2-11-0-11); Swindall (Utah, 2-16-0-9); Glover-Wright (at CSU, 1-[-1]-0-0; at BYU, 2-10-0- 12; at UTSA, 2-15-0-15) FIELD GOALS (underlined are good) (made-att) Bentrude Diaz Thompson Warren So. Utah None None None None Utah None None None 45 at Wisconsin None None 37 None at Colorado St. None None 20 None UNLV None None 32, 31 None at BYU None None 26, 38 None at SJSU None None None None NMSU None 53, 48, 44 None None at UTSA None 22, 24 None None Texas St. at La. Tech ^ = Blocked KICKOFF RETURNS (no-yds-TD-LG) Glover-Wright Jacobs Reynolds Marshall So. Utah 1-23-0-23 2-21-0-18 None None Utah 3-66-0-35 None 1-5-0-5 None at Wisconsin 2-30-0-18 None None None at Colorado St. None 1-55-0-55 None None UNLV None 1-39-0-39 None None at BYU None 1-11-0-11 None 1-16-0-16 at SJSU None 3-44-0-16 2-45-0-32 None NMSU None 2-49-0-25 None None at UTSA None 4-87-0-28 None None Texas St. at La. Tech PUNT RETURNS (no-yds-TD-LG) Jacobs Webb Z. Vigil Glover-Wright So. Utah 2-40-0-30 None None None Utah None 5-45-0-24 1-33-0-0^ None at Wisconsin None 2-21-0-16 None None at Colorado St. None 2-9-0-9 None None UNLV None 2-5-0-4 None None at BYU None 1-6-0-6 None None at SJSU None 1-0-0-0 None None NMSU None 3-48-0-44 None None at UTSA None 3-40-0-25 None 1-7-0-7 Texas St. at La. Tech ^ = Blocked Punt 34 • October 29, 2012 2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

2012 UTAH STATE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS DEFENSIVE TACKLES (S-A-Total) Defensive Line Lapuaho Larsen Lasike Matagi Nielsen Pataiali`i Piukala Seefeldt C. Williams So. Utah 1-1-2 1-1-2 0-3-3 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-2-2 0-1-1 1-3-4 Utah 0-5-5 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 at Wisconsin 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-0-0 3-1-4 at Colorado State 2-1-3 0-3-3 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 UNLV 1-1-2 1-1-2 0-2-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-4-4 0-1-1 0-3-3 0-1-1 at BYU 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-5 at SJSU 2-0-2 2-0-2 1-1-2 0-1-1 2-2-4 1-3-4 0-4-4 0-1-1 3-0-3 NMSU 1-4-5 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 at UTSA 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 Texas St. at La. Tech

Linebackers Cowdin Doughty Fackrell Filimoeatu Harold McMillian Okonkwo T. Thompson Z. Vigil So. Utah 0-1-1 0-3-3 0-4-4 0-3-3 2-0-2 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-4-5 Utah 0-2-2 1-8-9 1-10-11 4-8-12 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-10-10 at Wisconsin 0-2-2 1-3-4 2-2-4 3-3-6 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-3-7 at Colorado State 3-2-5 1-4-5 1-1-2 3-1-4 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 6-1-7 UNLV 0-0-0 2-11-13 0-5-5 0-7-7 0-0-0 0-4-4 0-1-1 0-2-2 2-8-10 at BYU 1-2-3 2-3-5 4-6-10 1-1-2 0-0-0 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-4-10 at SJSU 0-0-0 4-5-9 7-4-11 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-5-10 NMSU 0-3-3 2-8-10 1-7-8 2-4-6 0-0-0 3-1-4 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-5-6 at UTSA 2-4-6 4-3-7 2-5-7 1-2-3 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 3-3-6 Texas St. at La. Tech

Secondary Alston Brady Byrd Davis Glover-Wright Lawson Robertson Sanders Stewart Suite Sutera So. Utah 5-0-5 1-4-5 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-2 1-2-3 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-3-3 DNP Utah 0-2-2 2-8-10 1-1-2 4-2-6 0-0-0 1-6-7 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-1-3 0-3-3 DNP at Wisconsin 0-1-1 2-6-8 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 5-0-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 9-4-13 DNP at Colorado State 0-0-0 5-5-10 DNP 1-3-4 0-0-0 4-1-5 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-4-6 2-0-2 UNLV 0-0-0 0-6-6 DNP 6-1-7 1-0-1 5-0-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-7-8 1-4-5 at BYU 2-0-2 11-3-14 DNP 4-1-5 1-0-1 6-0-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 5-4-9 0-0-0 at SJSU 2-1-3 6-4-10 DNP 6-0-6 1-0-1 7-1-8 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-5 0-1-1 NMSU 1-3-4 1-6-7 DNP 3-5-8 0-2-2 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-6 1-4-5 at UTSA 1-1-2 2-2-4 DNP 3-1-4 0-1-1 4-1-5 0-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-6 0-2-2 Texas St. at La. Tech

Others: Bentrude (UNLV, 1-0-1); Christensen (SJSU, 2-0-2) Dabb (NMSU, 0-1-1); DeMartino (at UTSA, 1-0-1); Jackson (UNLV, 0-1-1; at BYU, 1-0-1;NMSU 1-0-1); Keller (Southern Utah, 0-1-1); Lee (at UTSA, 1-0-1); Marshall (at UTSA, 0-1-1); Needham (Utah, 0-2-2; CSU 1-0-1; UNLV 0-1-1); Tialavea (UNLV, 0-1-1); Van Lee- wan (CSU, 1-0-1); Warren (Southern Utah, 1-0-1; Utah, 1-0-1);

DEFENSIVE SPECIAL PLAYS Opponent Sacks Int. FF FR PBU QBH So. Utah Alston, C. Williams Harold ------Davis, Doughty Filimoeatu, Lapuaho Robertson, T. Thompson Nielsen, Suite, C. Williams Utah Nielsen (2), Filimoeatu ------Seefeldt Davis (4), Alston (3) Filimoeatu (2), Fackrell (2) Lawson, Z. Vigil Lapuaho, Nielsen, Alston at Wisconsin Z. Vigil --- Z. Vigil Doughty Suite, Lawson (2), Alston, Sutera Z. Vigil (2) at Colorado State Vigil (2), C. Williams, ------Brady, Suite, Filimoeatu Sutera, Lasike Davis (3)

UNLV Lapuaho, B.J. Larsen Alston ------Davis (2), Suite, Alston Fackrell (3), Filimoeatu (2) Filimoeatu (.5) Robertson, Jackson B.J. Larsen (2), Z. Vigil, Davis T. Thompson (.5) Filimoeatu Brady, T. Thompson at BYU -- Fackrell -- -- Suite, Lawson, Davis Filimoeatu McMillian, Lapuaho at SJSU Fackrell (2), Lawson (2) --- Fackrell Fackrell Doughty (2), Fackrell None Nielsen (2), C. Williams (2) Brady Doughty, Filimoeatu, Lapuaho, Pataiali’i Doughty NMSU Vigil, McMillian, Davis Filimoeatu Pataiali’i Alston(2), McMillian Filimoeatu(3),Doughty, Fackrell, Okonkwo Suite, Brady, Davis Lawson, Glover-Wright, Williams at UTSA Lapuaho, C. Williams Fackrell -- -- Suite, Piukala Lapuaho (2), Doughty Davis Glover-Wright Texas St. at La. Tech * = Returned for TD

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2012 UTAH STATE MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS 2012 CAPTAINS POINTS OFF TURNOVERS EXPLOSIVES NO NAME YR POS Utah State Opponent (20-Plus Yard Plays) 1 Nevin Lawson JR CB # TD FG # TD FG Utah State Opponent 2 Adam Kennedy SR QB SUU 1 0 0 2 0 0 Run Pass TD Run Pass TD 3 Quinton Byrd SR CB UU 1 1 0 2 1 1 SUU 3 4 4 0 3 0 4 Matt Austin SR WR UW 1 1 0 0 0 0 UU 3 3 0 0 5 2 16 Chuckie Keeton SO QB CSU 0 0 0 2 0 2 UW 0 3 1 0 0 0 16 Tavaris McMillian SO LB UNLV 1 0 1 2 0 1 CSU 4 2 2 2 3 1 21 Brain Suite SO S BYU 1 0 0 2 0 0 UNLV 1 8 2 1 1 0 22 Keegan Andersen SO TE SJSU 1 1 0 1 0 0 BYU 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 Michael Okonkwo FR LB NMSU 2 0 1 0 0 0 SJSU 3 2 4 1 8 1 32 Joe Hill SO RB UTSA 2 1 0 2 1 1 NMSU 2 3 3 0 3 0 33 Jefferson Court SO LB TSU UTSA 1 3 1 0 4 1 36 McKade Brady SR S LTU TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Connor Williams JR DE UI LTU 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 La’Bradford Harold FR LB Totals UI 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 Jake Doughty JR LB USU - 10 TO’s, 6 Scores (60.0%) 52 Kyler Fackrell FR LB Opp. - 13 TO’s, 7 Scores (53.8%) Totals 17 28 16 4 30 5 53 Zach Vigil JR LB 54 Jamie Markosian JR OL INDIVIDUAL EXPLOSIVES 55 Bojay Filimoeatu SR LB SCORE BY QUARTERS (20-Plus Yard Plays) 66 Eric Schultz JR OL Utah State Opponent (Touchdowns Underlined) 85 Brandon Swindall FR WR SUU 21-0-7-6=34 0-3-0-0=3 Rushing (18) 88 Tyler Bennett SR P UU 13-0-0-7-7=27 0-3-10-7-0=20 K. Williams - 12 (20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 26, 34, 38, 50, 89 Nate Needham SO LS UW 7-7-0-0=14 0-3-13-0=16 58, 68, 86) 90 Al Lapuaho SR DL CSU 10-7-7-7=31 0-0-6-13=19 Keeton - 3 (23, 28,76) 91 D.J. Tialavea JR TE UNLV 0-20-0-15=35 0-7-6-0=13 Hill - 2 (27, 33) BYU 3-0-0-0=3 0-6-0-0=6 Lee - 1 (24) WAC POW NOMINEES SJSU 14-14-14-7=49 3-17-7-0=27 Receiving (27) (offense-defense-special teams) NMSU 14-14-10-3=41 0-0-7-0=7 Austin - 7 (21, 21, 23, 25, 35, 39, 47) (Winners In All Caps) UTSA 7-20-21-0=48 3-0-7-7=17 K. Williams - 6 (26, 34, 39, 45, 74, 76) Offense Defense Special TSU Jacobs - 4 (24, 48, 50, 49) SUU Keeton C. Williams Jacobs LTU Hill - 2 (21, 65) UU Keeton Filimoeatu Bennett UI Webb - 2 (29, 36) UW K. Williams Z. Vigil Bennett Totals Van Leeuwen - 2 (28, 21) CSU K. Williams Z. Vigil Bennett USU 89-82-59-45-7-0 = 282 / 31.3 ppg Bartlett - 1 (21) UNLV Keeton Doughty Bennett Opp. 6-39-56-27-0-0 = 128 / 14.2 ppg Lee - 1 (37) BYU Austin Fackrell Bennett Natson - 1 (22) SJSU Williams Fackrell Bennett Reynolds - 1 (24) NMSU Keeton Davis Diaz UTSA CAREER START CHART TSU No. Player, Year, Pos. Cons. Total 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 58 Tyler Larsen, Jr., OC 34 34 8 13 12 — — LTU 66 Eric Schultz, Jr., RT 28 28 8 13 6 — — UI 1 Nevin Lawson, Jr., CB 22 24 8 13 2 — — 36 McKade Brady, Sr., FS 22 23 8 13 1 — — 55 Bojay Filimoeatu, Sr. LB 22 22 8 13 — — — RED ZONE 40 Connor Williams, Jr., DE 11 12 8 2 1 — — Utah State Opponent 90 Al Lapuaho, Sr., DL 8 20 7 12 — — — # TD FG # TD FG 81 Kellen Bartlett, R-Sr., TE 9 21 8 0 7 3 1 16 Chuckie Keeton, So., QB 9 17 8 8 — — — SUU 3 1 0 2 0 1 25 Kerwynn Williams, Sr., RB 9 14 8 0 5 — — UU 3 3 0 2 0 0 17 Will Davis, Sr., CB 9 14 8 5 — — — UW 2 1 0 2 1 1 54 Jaime Markosian, Jr., OL 9 11 8 2 0 — — CSU 3 2 1 3 1 2 51 Jake Doughty, Jr., LB 9 10 8 1 — — — 52 Kyler Fackrell, Fr., LB 9 9 8 — — — — UNLV 4 2 2 3 1 2 53 Zach Vigil, Jr., LB 9 9 8 0 0 — — BYU 2 0 1 3 1 0 73 Kyle Whimpey, Jr., OG 9 9 8 0 — — — SJSU 3 3 0 7 3 2 74 Kevin Whimpey, R-So., OG 8 8 7 — — — — 21 Brian Suite, R-So., S 8 8 7 0 — — — NMSU 3 2 0 2 1 0 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi, So, NG 7 7 6 — — — — UTSA 8 5 2 2 1 1 91 D.J. Tialavea, Jr., TE 6 13 5 0 — — — TSU 4 Matt Austin, Sr., WR 3 16 6 8 1 — — 8 Travis Reynolds, Jr., WR 2 8 4 1 2 — — LTU 7 Travis Van Leeuwen, Jr., WR 1 10 1 6 3 — — UI 10 Chuck Jacobs, Sr., WR 0 9 5 4 — — — Totals 31 19 6 26 9 9 27 Robert Marshall, Jr., RB 0 4 1 2 1 — — USU - 31 Poss., 25 Score (80.6%) 67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez, Sr.,OL 0 21 1 13 7 — — 13 Jumanne Robertson, Sr., CB 0 10 0 10 — — — Opp - 26 Poss., 18 Score (69.2%) 16 Tavaris McMillian, So., LB 0 8 0 8 — — — 2 Adam Kennedy, Sr., QB 0 5 0 5 — — — 2 Cameron Sanders, Jr., CB 0 4 0 0 4 — — 3 Quinton Byrd, Sr., CB 0 3 0 0 2 1 ­­— 57 Havea Lasike, Sr., DL 0 3 3 0 — — — 28 Joey DeMartino, Jr., RB 0 1 0 0 1 — — 6 Rashard Stewart, So., CB 0 1 0 0 1 — — 95 Tevita Vaifoou, So., DL 0 1 0 0 1 — — 46 Frankie Sutera, So., S 0 1 1 0 — — — 32 Joe Hill, So., RB 0 1 1 0 — — — 13 Ladale Jackson,Fr., CB 0 1 1 — — — — 84 Cameron Webb, Sr., WR 0 1 1 — — — —

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2012 UTAH STATE MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS UTAH STATE SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES AVERAGE FIELD POSITION Opp. Qtr Pl-Yds Time Score Opp. Qtr Pl-Yds Time Score Utah State Opponent SUU 1st 11-97 4:57 Jacobs 48 Pass SUU 2nd 15-70 8:05 22 FG SUU Own 27 Own 20 SUU 1st 3-45 1:14 Austin 35 Pass UU 2nd 9:48 1:11 42 FG UU Own 26 Own 28 SUU 1st 9-98 3:44 Hill 27 Run UU 3rd 4-53 1:36 28 Pass UW Own 30 Own 27 SUU 3rd 8-77 3:07 Hill 19 Run UU 3rd 6-22 2:43 40 FG CSU Own 32 Own 25 SUU 4th 2-49 0:20 Hill 33 Run UU 4th 5-67 2:00 24 Pass UNLV Own 30 Own 19 UU 1st 6-72 2:13 Hill 15 Pass UW 2nd 10-62 5:23 19 FG BYU Own 27 Own 25 UU 4th 3-66 0:44 Bartlett 4 Pass UW 3rd 6-42 3:03 17 Run SJSU Own 29 Own 29 UU OT 5-25 N/A K. Williams 1 Run CSU 3rd 7-42 2:14 28 FG NMSU Own 19 Own 34 UW 1st 3-52 0:51 K. Williams 39 Pass CSU 3rd 8-39 4:05 31 FG UTSA Own 39 Own 24 UW 2nd 5-24 1:48 Austin 11 Pass CSU 4th 15-75 5:02 4 Pass CSU 1st 8-77 2:26 K. Williams 26 Run CSU 4th 12-91 2:55 29 Pass USU Drive Start Position/Result CSU 1st 9-45 3:27 Thompson FG UNLV 2nd 6-78 3:25 3 Pass (-20 = inside or at own 20 yard line; CSU 2nd 19-85 7:46 Austin 1 Pass UNLV 3rd 5-15 2:07 24 FG 50+=drives started on other side of 50 - in CSU 3rd 4-75 1:41 K. Williams 58 Run UNLV 3rd 15-76 6:51 26 FG opponent territory) CSU 4th 5-43 2:40 Hill 15 Run BYU 2nd 4-61 0:25 3 Pass UNLV 2nd 12-52 3:40 Thompson 32 FG SJSU 1st 12-67 4:53 25 FG -20 TD FG 50+ TD FG UNLV 2nd 9-75 3:21 Tialavea 1 Pass SJSU 2nd 7-75 3:08 3 Pass SUU 10 3 0 2 2 0 UNLV 2nd 2-50 0:11 Jacobs 50 Pass SJSU 2nd 5-54 1:54 26 FG UU 6 0 0 0 0 0 UNLV 2nd 4-69 0:31 Thompson 31 FG SJSU 2nd 9-85 0:54 20 Pass UW 7 0 0 1 1 0 UNLV 4th 3-75 1:37 K. Williams 74 Pass SJSU 3rd 6-62 2:28 6 Pass CSU 3 1 0 2 1 1 UNLV 4th 6-82 2:22 Jacobs 17 Pass NMSU 3rd 6-75 2:33 6 Pass UNLV 4 1 1 1 0 0 BYU 1st 13-49 3:09 Thompson 26 FG UTSA 1st 10-68 5:26 29 FG BYU 4 0 0 0 0 0 SJSU 1st 13-86 4:10 Jacobs 17 Pass UTSA 3rd 6-75 2:19 7 Run SJSU 7 2 0 3 3 0 SJSU 1st 4-53 0:57 Austin 5 Pass UTSA 4th 1-23 0:08 23 Pass NMSU 2 1 0 2 0 2 SJSU 2nd 1-50 0:09 K. Williams 50 Run UTSA 2 0 0 4 2 1 SJSU 2nd 6-50 2:29 Van Leeuwan 21 Pass Non Offensive Scores TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 SJSU 3rd 3-94 1:13 K. Williams 86 Run SUU None LT 0 0 0 0 0 0 SJSU 3rd 8-68 2:28 Keeton 28 Run UU None UI 0 0 0 0 0 0 SJSU 4th 2-27 0:49 K. Williams 12 Run UW 82 yd Punt Return NMSU 1st 1-76 0:22 Williams 76 Pass CSU None Totals 45 8 1 15 9 4 NMSU 1st 7-80 2:18 Jacobs 49 Pass UNLV None NMSU 2nd 1-76 0:12 Keeton 76 Run BYU None Opp. Start Position/Result NMSU 2nd 10-69 3:33 Williams 3 Run SJSU None (-20 = inside or at own 20 yard line; NMSU 3rd 7-8 3:06 Diaz 53 FG UTSA None 50+=drives started on other side of 50 - in NMSU 3rd 8-52 3:38 Keeton 9 Run opponent territory) NMSU 4th 6-18 2:35 Diaz 38 FG UTSA 1st 2-5 0:41 Barlett 2 Pass -20 TD FG 50+ TD FG UTSA 2nd 8-68 3:16 Diaz 22 FG SUU 12 0 1 0 0 0 UTSA 2nd 10-71 3:21 K. Williams 1 Run UU 6 0 0 2 0 1 UTSA 2nd 5-50 1:35 Webb 29 Pass UW 7 0 0 1 0 1 UTSA 2nd 9-42 2:43 Diaz 24 FG CSU 4 1 0 0 0 0 UTSA 3rd 3-72 0:51 K. Williams 1 Run UNLV 8 0 1 1 0 1 UTSA 3rd 4-44 1:12 Hill 1 Run BYU 7 0 0 1 0 0 UTSA 3rd 10-65 3:48 Hill 16 Pass SJSU 3 1 0 0 0 0 NMSU 5 0 0 0 0 0 Non Offensive Scores UTSA 8 0 1 1 1 0 SUU None TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 UU 0 yd Blocked Punt Return LT 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW None UI 0 0 0 0 0 0 CSU None UNLV Safety Totals 52 2 3 5 1 3 BYU None SJSU None NMSU None UTSA None

DRIVE CHARTS Drives Scores TD FG Punt TO Downs Half Safety Scoring Pct. Utah State 109 38 32 6 46 14 4 5 0 34.86% Opponent 113 24 12 12 64 8 6 6 1 21.21%

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LAST TIME IN UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

UTAH STATE... OPPONENT... Offense Defense 200 Yards Rushing - 256 vs. NEW MEXICO ST., 2012 200 Yards Rushing - 200 at BYU, 2011 300 Yards Rushing - 345 vs. Ohio, 2011 300 Yards Rushing - 387 at Nevada, 2010 400 Yards Rushing - 440 vs. Weber State, 2011 400 Yards Rushing - 408 at Oregon, 2008 300 Yards Passing - 394 at UTSA, 2012 300 Yards Passing - 315 vs. Nevada, 2011 400 Yards Passing - 426 vs. UNLV, 2012 400 Yards Passing - 467 at SAN JOSE ST., 2012 500 Yards Passing - 509 vs. Boise State, 2000 500 Yards Passing - 505 at Texas Tech, 2000 500 Yards Total Offense - 522 at UTSA, 2012 500 Yards Total Offense - 500 vs. Nevada, 2011 600 Yards Total Offense - 635 vs. Weber State, 2011 600 Yards Total Offense - 605 vs. Hawai’i, 2010 40 Points - 48 at UTSA, 2012 40 Points - 42 at Idaho, 2011 50 Points - 54 vs. Weber State, 2011 50 Points - 56 at Nevada, 2010 60 Points - 63 vs. Wyoming, 2011 60 Points - 66 at Oregon, 2008 Safety By USU - vs. UNLV, 2012 Safety Against USU - New Mexico State, 2010

UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL 100 Yards Rushing - 15-184, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. SAN JOSE ST., 2012 200 Yards Rushing - 21-205 2 TDs, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. COLORADO STATE, 2012 100 Yards Rushing by a Quarterback - 22-105 TD, Diondre Borel at Fresno State, 2009 Two Players with 100 Yards Rushing - Michael Smith (12-157 2TD) and Robert Turbin (20-101) vs. Ohio, 2011 300 Yards Passing - 340 (27-of-36), CHUCKIE KEETON at UTSA, 2012 400 Yards Passing - 426 (21-34), CHUCKIE KEETON vs. UNLV, 2012 Three or More TD Passes - 3, CHUCKIE KEETON at UTSA, 2012 Four or More TD Passes - 5, Chuckie Keeton vs. Wyoming, 2011 Two Players with 100 Yards Passing - Patrick Mullins (11-for-16, 105) and Matt Sauk (12-for-25, 169) vs. BYU, 1996 100 Yards Receiving - 7-147 TD, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. UNLV, 2012 and 4-101 2TD, CHUCK JACOBS vs. UNLV, 2012 200 Yards Receiving - 11-221, Kevin Curtis at South Florida, 2001 Two Players with 100 Yards Receiving - KERWYNN WILLIAMS (7-147, TD) and CHUCK JACOBS (4-101, 2TD) vs. UNLV, 2012 100 Yards Receiving by a Running Back - 7-147 TD, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. UNLV, 2012 100 Yards Rushing and Receiving - 113 rush, 147 rec, KERWYNN WILLIAMS, vs. UNLV, 2012 200 Yards All Purpose - 206, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. SAN JOSE ST., 2012 More Than Two Rushing TD In One Game - 3, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. SAN JOSE ST., 2012 More Than Three Rushing TD In One Game - 4, Robert Turbin vs. Colorado State, 2011 More Than One Receiving TD In Game - 2, CHUCK JACOBS vs. UNLV, 2012 More Than Three Combined TD In Game - 5, Robert Turbin (3 rush, 2 rec), at Idaho, 2009 TD Pass By A Non-QB - 34, Stanley Morrison (WR), vs. Nevada, 2011 80-Yard Run For A Touchdown - 86, KERWYNN WILLIAMS at SAN JOSE ST., 2012 80-Yard Pass For A Touchdown - 85, Xavier Bowman from Diondre Borel, at Idaho, 2009 50-Yard Field Goal - 53, NICK DIAZ, vs. NEW MEXICO STATE, 2012 Three Field Goals - Chris Ulinski vs. Louisiana Tech, 2009 Kickoff Return For A Touchdown - 92, Kerwynn Williams at Nevada, 2010 Punt Return For A Touchdown - 70, Kevin Robinson vs. Nevada, 2007 Interception Return For A Touchdown - 38, De’von Hall at Wyoming, 2007 Fumble Return For A Touchdown - 0, Ben Calderwood vs. Idaho, 2008 Kick Blocked For A Touchdown - (PUNT) 1, ZACH VIGIL vs. UTAH, 2012 Two-Point Conversion - (Pass) Diondre Borel to Robert Turbin vs. Nevada, 2009

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL 100 Yards Rushing - 37-139 TD, MONTEE BALL (WISCONSIN), 2012 200 Yards Rushing - 35-208 2TD’s, DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma), 2010 Two Players With 100 Yards Rushing - 13-121 4TD’s Doug Martin and 16-116 2TD’s Jeremy Avery, (Boise State), 2009 300 Yards Passing - 19-37-1, 331, 2TD’s Jordan La Secla (San Jose State), 2010 400 Yards Passing - 38-50-0, 467, 3TD’s, DAVID FALES (San Jose State), 2012 100 Yards Receiving - 11-181, NOEL GRIGSBY (BYU), 2012 200 Yards Receiving - 12-205, Rihshard Matthews (Nevada), 2011 Two Players With 100 Yards Receiving - Maurice Shaw 7-131 2TD’s and Max Komar 5-110 2 TD’s (Idaho), 2009 Three Players With 100 Yards Receiving - C.J.Hawthorne, 9-116 1TD, J.Rivers 7-130 TD and R.Grice-Mullen, 5-113 (Hawai’i), 2007 80-Yard Run For A Touchdown - 92, Demarco Murray (Oklahoma), 2007 80-Yard Pass For A Touchdown - 82, To Vincent Brown (San Diego State), 2010 50-Yard Field Goal - 52, Kyle Brotzman (Boise State), 2009 Kickoff Return For A Touchdown - 95, Tyler Ervin (San Jose State), 2011 Punt Return For A Touchdown - 82, KENZEL DOE (WISCONSIN), 2012 Interception Return For A Touchdown - 78, Quin Ashley( Idaho), 2011 Fumble Return For A Touchdown - 0, James Caraway (Wyoming), 2011 Kick Blocked For A Touchdown - (Punt) 16, Ia Falo (Boise State), 2007

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UTAH STATE DEPTH CHART - TEXAS STATE (WEEK 10) OFFENSE DEFENSE PRONUNCIATIONS X-WR 4 Matt Austin (6-2, 202, Sr., 2L) DE 90 Al Lapuaho (6-3, 284, Sr., 1L) Players 85 Brandon Swindall (6-4, 194, Fr., RS) 97 Jordan Nielsen (6-5, 253, Fr., RS) No. Name...... Pronunciation 48 Paul Piukala (6-5, 255, Jr., JC) 65 Austin Albrecht...... All-breck T-WR 10 Chuck Jacobs (6-0, 178, Sr., 1L) 59 Nick Ciancone...... Shan-coney 84 Cameron Webb (5-10, 187, Sr., 1L) NG 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi (6-1, 288, So., 1L) 51 Jake Doughty...... Doubt-ee 18 Bruce Natson (5-7, 145, Fr., HS) 56 A.J. Pataiali’i (6-3, 307, Jr., JC) 30 Marquan Ellison...... Mar-kwon 57 Havea Lasike (6-1, 297, Sr., 1L) 52 Kyler Fackrell...... Kie-ler Fack-rull LT 74 Kevin Whimpey (6-5, 296, So., RS) 55 Bojay Filimoeatu... Fee-lee-moy-ah-too 79 Logan Molohifo’ou (6-6, 292, Fr., HS) DE 40 Connor Williams (6-3, 271, Jr., 2L) 75 Taani Fisilau..... Ta-ha-knee Fee-see-lau 99 B.J. Larsen (6-5, 268, Jr., 1L) 98 Jake Gallegos...... Guy-eh-gose LG 54 Jamie Markosian (6-2, 302, Jr., 2L) 20 Devonta Glover-Wright.....Duh-von-tay 62 Bryce Walker (6-8, 310, So., RS) OLB 55 Bojay Filimoeatu (6-1, 258, Sr., 1L) 27 Dee Hamala...... Huh-ma-la 42 La’Bradford Harold (5-11, 224, Fr., RS) 83 Shaan Johnson...... Shawn C 58 Tyler Larsen (6-4, 312, Jr., 2L) 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi... Kuh-ma-na Ma-ta-gee 60 Joe Summers (6-2, 293, So., JC) ILB 51 Jake Doughty (6-0, 230, Jr., 2L) 90 Al Lapuaho...... Lap-ooh-ah-ho 16 Tavaris McMillian (6-2, 230, So., 1L) 57 Havea Lasike...Huh-vey-uh Lay-see-kay RG 73 Kyle Whimpey (6-6, 307, Jr., SQ) 79 Logan Malohifo’ou...Mah-low-he-fah-oh 75 Taani Fisilau (6-2, 296, Fr., RS) ILB 53 Zach Vigil (6-2, 228, So., 1L) 31 Sione Makoni.... See-o-nee Ma-cone-e 45 Cade Cowdin (6-2, 225, Jr., JC) 54 Jamie Markosian...... Mar-koz-ian RT 66 Eric Schultz (6-4, 303, Jr., 2L) 16 Tavaris McMillian...... Tuh-Varis McMill-in 78 Jorden Mattinson (6-4, 290, Fr., RS) OLB 52 Kyler Fackrell (6-5, 236, Fr., RS) 67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez.. Mo-lee-na-Sanchez 12 Terrell Thompson (6-1, 220, Jr., RS) 23 Michael Okonkwo...... Oh-konk-wo Y-TE 91 D.J. Tialavea (6-4, 260, Jr., 2L) 56 A.J. Pataiali`i ...... Pah-tie-ah-lee-e 86 Brad Theurer (6-3, 245, Jr., 2L) CB 17 Will Davis (6-0, 186, Sr., 1L) 48 Paul Piukala...... Pee-u-kah-la 13 Ladale Jackson (5-11, 178, Fr., RS) 15 Jumanne Robertson...... Ju-mahnee H-TE 81 Kellen Bartlett (6-2, 248, Sr., RS) 70 Travis Seefeldt...... See-felt 22 Keegan Andersen (6-2, 237, So., 1L) SS 21 Brian Suite (6-3, 205, So., RS) 29 Sharrieff Shah...... Sha-reef Shaw 46 Frankie Sutera (6-1, 201, So., 1L) 76 Jake Simonich...... Sie-mon-ich Z-WR 8 Travis Reynolds (5-11, 180, Jr., 2L) 46 Frankie Sutera...... Suh-tear-uh 7 Travis Van Leeuwen (6-3, 195, Jr., 2L) FS 36 McKade Brady (5-11, 197, Sr., 2L) 85 Brandon Swindall...... Swin-dull 20 Devonta Glover-Wright (6-0, 170, Jr., JC) 77 Sini Tauauve’a...See-knee Tao-ow-veh-ah RB 25 Kerwynn Williams (5-8, 189, Sr., 3L) 86 Brad Theurer...... Tire 32 Joe Hill (5-11, 185, So., 1L) CB 1 Nevin Lawson (5-10, 183, Jr., 2L) 12 Terrell Thompson...... Tuh-rell 6 Rashard Stewart (5-10, 184, So., RS) 91 D.J. Tialavea...... Tee-al-uh-vah-uh QB 16 Chuckie Keeton (6-1, 200, So., 1L) 34 Abou Toure...... Ah-boo Tore-ay 14 Craig Harrison (6-2, 203, So., JC) NICK 5 Terrence Alston (5-9, 176, Sr., 1L) 95 Tevita Vaifo’ou . Tuh-veeta Vie-uh-foo-o 7 Travis Van Leeuwen...... Van Loo-win DIME 15 Jumanne Robertson (5-11, 182, Sr., 1L) 61 Daquan Vandross...... Day-kwon SPECIALISTS P 88 Tyler Bennett (5-11, 218, Sr., 1L) Coaches 38 Jaron Bentrude (6-1, 207, So., 1L) Name...... Pronunciation Dave Aranda...... A-ran-da PK 93 Nick Diaz (5-7, 197, So., RS) Jovon Bouknight...... Juh-vonn Bo-night 19 Josh Thompson (5-9, 191, Jr., 1L) Kevin Clune...... Kloon Frank Maile...... My-leh LS 89 Nate Needham (6-2, 227, So., 1L) David Fiefia...... Fee-eh-fee-uh 47 Mark Hutchinson (5-10, 205, Fr., RS) Vince Natali...... Na-TAW-lee Zach Nyborg...... Nye-borg HLD 38 Jaron Bentrude (6-1, 207, So., 1L) Hunter Teafatiller...... Tee-fuh-tiller Kite Afeaki...... Kee-tay Ah-fee-ah-kee PR 84 Cameron Webb (5-10, 187, Sr., 1L) 10 Chuck Jacobs (6-0, 178, Sr., 1L) 36 McKade Brady (5-11, 197, Sr., 2L)

KOR 10 Chuck Jacobs (6-0, 178, Sr., 1L) 8 Travis Reynolds (5-11, 180, Jr., 2L)

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2012 ALPHABETICAL/NUMERICAL ROSTERS ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 65 Albrecht, Austin OL 1 Nevin Lawson CB 5-10 183 Jr. 2L Lauderhill, Fla. (Piper HS) 5 Alston, Terrence CB 2 Cameron Sanders S 5-10 185 Jr. 2L Oklahoma City, Okla. (Millwood HS) 22 Andersen, Keegan TE 2 Adam Kennedy QB 6-5 219 Sr. 1L Elk Grove, Calif. (Franklin HS/San Joaquin Delta College) 4 Austin, Matt WR 3 Quinton Byrd CB 5-10 180 Sr. 3L Miami, Fla. (Miramar HS) 81 Bartlett, Kellen TE 4 Matt Austin WR 6-2 202 Sr. 2L Monrovia, Calif. (Charter Oak HS/Mt. San Antonio JC) 88 Bennett, Tyler P 5 Terrence Alston CB 5-9 176 Sr. 1L Richmond, Calif. (Vanden HS/Solano CC) 38 Bentrude, Jaron PK 6 Rashard Stewart CB 5-10 184 So. RS Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) 77 Bitters, Zac OL 7 Travis Van Leeuwen WR 6-3 195 Jr. 2L Provo, Utah (Timpview HS) 36 Brady, McKade S 8 Travis Reynolds WR 5-11 180 Jr. 2L Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS) 3 Byrd, Quinton CB 9 Dwayne Lorick WR 6-5 215 Jr. JC Washington, D.C. (Anacostia HS/West Hills College) 37 Centers, Devin CB 10 Chuck Jacobs WR 6-0 178 Sr. 1L Richmond, Calif. (Kennedy HS/Laney JC) 13 Chislock, Mike QB 11 Alex Wheat, Jr. WR 6-4 214 So. JC Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta HS/Palomar JC) 26 Christensen, Clayton S 12 Terrell Thompson LB 6-1 220 Jr. RS Aurora, Colo. (Eaglecrest HS/Glendale CC) 59 Ciancone, Nick LB 13 Mike Chislock QB 6-2 202 Fr. HS Huntington Beach, Calif. (Hungtington Beach HS) 33 Court, Jefferson LB 13 Ladale Jackson RB 5-11 178 Fr. RS Las Vegas, Nev. (Silverado HS) 45 Cowdin, Cade LB 14 Craig Harrison QB 6-2 203 So. JC Grantsville, Utah (Grantsville HS/Snow College) 49 Dabb, Forrest LB 15 Jumanne Robertson CB 5-11 182 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Deer Valley (Ariz.) HS/Phoenix CC) 17 Davis, Will CB 16 Chuckie Keeton QB 6-1 200 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek HS) 28 DeMartino, Joey RB 16 Tavaris McMillian LB 6-2 230 So. 1L Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) 93 Diaz, Nick PK 17 Will Davis CB 6-0 186 Sr. 1L Spokane, Wash. (Central Valley HS/De Anza College) 51 Doughty, Jake LB 17 Jeff Manning QB 6-4 200 Fr. HS Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 30 Ellison, Marquan CB 18 Bruce Natson WR 5-7 145 Fr. HS Oakland Park, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS) 52 Fackrell, Kyler LB 19 Josh Thompson PK 5-9 191 Jr. 1L Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 55 Filimoeatu, Bojay LB 20 Devonta Glover-Wright CB 6-0 170 Jr. JC Mableton, Ga. (Campbell HS/Eastern Arizona CC) 75 Fisilau, Taani OL 21 Brian Suite S 6-3 205 So. RS Honolulu, Hawaii (Punahou HS) 77 Gallegos, Jake DL 22 Keegan Andersen TE 6-2 237 So. 1L Logan, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 20 Glover-Wright, Devonta CB 22 Dredan Snowden CB 5-10 150 Fr. HS American Fork, Utah (American Fork HS) 39 Green, Torrey LB 23 Michael Okonkwo LB 6-1 204 Fr. RS Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) 80 Gunderson, Lars WR 24 Isaiah Jones S 5-10 195 Sr. SQ Macon, Ga. (Mount De Sales Academy) 27 Hamala, Dee CB 25 Kerwynn Williams RB/KR 5-8 189 Sr. 3L Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley HS) 42 Harold, La’Bradford LB 26 Clayton Christensen S 5-10 196 Jr. JC Sterling, Utah (Manti HS/Snow College) 14 Harrison, Craig QB 27 Dee Hamala CB 5-10 178 So. SQ Murray, Utah (Murray HS) 89 Hasten, Jevon WR 27 Robert Marshall RB 6-0 223 Jr. 2L Dallas, Texas (A. Maceo Smith HS) 32 Hill, Joe RB 28 Joey DeMartino RB 5-11 210 Jr. RS San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel HS/Grossmont JC) 34 Hoover, Dustin LB 29 Kelvin Lee RB 5-10 180 Fr. HS South Daytona, Fla. (Mainland HS) 47 Hutchinson, Mark LS 29 Sharrieff Shah RB 6-1 220 Fr. HS Sandy, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 13 Jackson, Ladale RB 30 Marquan Ellison CB 5-11 170 Fr. HS Milwaukee, Wis. (Bradley Tech HS) 10 Jacobs, Chuck WR 31 Sione Makoni RB 5-11 190 Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS) 82 Jenkins, Jordon WR 32 Joe Hill RB 5-11 185 So. 1L Fullerton, Calif. (Fullerton HS) 83 Johnson, Shaan WR 33 Jefferson Court LB 6-3 238 So. SQ Alta, Utah (Alta HS/BYU) 24 Jones, Isaiah S 34 Dustin Hoover LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Waimea, Hawaii (Hawaii Prep Academy) 96 Kamana-Matagi, Elvis DL 34 Abou Toure RB 6-2 230 Jr. JC Framingham, Mass. (Framingham HS/Dean JC) 16 Keeton, Chuckie QB 36 McKade Brady S 5-11 197 Sr. 2L Cove, Utah (Sky View HS/BYU) 92 Keller, Derek TE 37 Devin Centers CB 5-9 180 Fr. HS Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) 2 Kennedy, Adam QB 38 Jaron Bentrude PK 6-1 207 So. 1L Draper, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 90 Lapuaho, Al DL 39 Torrey Green LB 6-1 218 Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Rubidoux HS) 64 Larmay, Josh OL 40 Connor Williams DE 6-3 271 Jr. 2L Kanata, Ontario, Canada (Holy Trinity HS) 99 Larsen, B.J. DL 41 LB 6-2 206 Fr. HS Plain City, Utah (Fremont HS) 58 Larsen, Tyler OC 42 La’Bradford Harold LB 5-11 224 Fr. RS Crowley, Texas (Crowley HS) 57 Lasike, Havea DL 43 Alex Marsaw LB 6-0 206 Fr. HS Torrance, Calif. (West HS) 1 Lawson, Nevin CB 45 Cade Cowdin LB 6-2 225 Jr. JC St. George, Utah (Dixie HS/College of the Desert) 29 Lee, Kelvin RB 45 Quincy Mason TE 6-3 244 Fr. HS Layton, Utah (Layton Christian Academy) 9 Lorick, Dwayne WR 46 Frankie Sutera S 6-1 201 So. 1L Murray, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 31 Makoni, Sione RB 47 Mark Hutchinson LS 5-10 205 Fr. RS Corona, Calif. (Corona Santiago HS) 79 Malohifo’ou, Logan OL 47 Travis Parrish LB 6-3 224 Fr. HS West Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS) 17 Manning, Jeff QB 48 Paul Piukala DL 6-5 255 Jr. JC Oakland, Calif. (Castlemont HS/Laney CC) 54 Markosian, Jamie OL 49 Forrest Dabb LB 5-11 214 Sr. 3L South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS/Utah) 43 Marsaw, Alex LB 50 Bridger Peck LB 6-1 216 Fr. HS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 27 Marshall, Robert RB 51 Jake Doughty LB 6-0 230 Jr. 2L Draper, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 45 Mason, Quincy TE 52 Kyler Fackrell LB 6-5 236 Fr. RS Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS) 78 Mattinson, Jorden OL 53 Zach Vigil LB 6-2 228 So. 1L Clearfield, Utah (Clearfield HS) 16 McMillian, Tavaris LB 54 Jamie Markosian OL 6-2 302 Jr. 2L Salt Lake City, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 67 Molina-Sanchez, Oscar OL 55 Bojay Filimoeatu LB 6-1 258 Sr. 1L West Valley City, Utah (Granger HS/Mt. San Antonio JC) 18 Natson, Bruce WR 56 AJ Pataiali’i DL 6-3 307 Jr. JC West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS/Snow College) 89 Needham, Nate LS 57 Havea Lasike DL 6-1 297 Sr. 1L San Jose, Calif. (Lincoln HS/Foothill JC) 97 Nielsen, Jordan DL 58 Tyler Larsen OC 6-4 312 Jr. 2L Salt Lake City, Utah (Jordan HS) 23 Okonkwo, Michael LB 59 Nick Ciancone LB 6-3 224 So. RS Layton, Utah (Layton HS) 47 Parrish, Travis LB 60 Joe Summers OL 6-2 293 So. JC Tremonton, Utah (Bear River HS/Snow College) 56 Pataiali’i, AJ DL 61 Daquan Vandross OL 6-4 285 Jr. JC Bronx, N.Y. (South Bronx Campus HS/College of the Canyons) 50 Peck, Bridger LB 62 Bryce Walker OL 6-8 310 So. RS Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS)

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NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) No. Name Pos. 63 Brock Warren PK 6-2 176 Fr. HS Hyde Park, Utah (Sky View HS) 48 Piukala, Paul DL 64 Josh Larmay OL 6-6 296 So. RS De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere HS/Minnesota St. Moorhead) 69 Ramage, Josh OL 65 Austin Albrecht OL 6-5 284 Fr. HS Sandy, Utah (Alta HS) 8 Reynolds, Travis WR 66 Eric Schultz OL 6-4 303 Jr. 2L Connell, Wash. (Connell HS) 15 Robertson, Jumanne CB 67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez OL 6-5 299 Sr. 3L Baldwin Park, Calif. (Baldwin Park HS) 2 Sanders, Cameron S 69 Josh Ramage OL 6-3 255 So. JC Lindon, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS/Dixie State) 66 Schultz, Eric OL 70 Travis Seefeldt DL 6-2 299 Fr. RS Sun City, Ariz. (Liberty HS) 70 Seefeldt, Travis DL 73 Kyle Whimpey OL 6-6 307 Jr. SQ Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Idaho State) 29 Shah, Sharrieff RB 74 Kevin Whimpey OL 6-5 296 So. RS Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Idaho State) 76 Simonich, Jake OL 75 Taani Fisilau OL 6-2 296 Fr. RS Glendale, Utah (Cottonwood HS) 22 Snowden, Dredan CB 76 Jake Simonich OL 6-5 258 Fr. HS Danville, Calif. (San Roman Valley HS) 6 Stewart, Rashard CB 77 Zac Bitters OL 6-1 300 Fr. HS Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) 21 Suite, Brian S 77 Jake Gallegos DL 6-2 258 Fr. HS Hooper, Utah (Fremont HS) 60 Summers, Joe OL 77 Sini Tauauve’a OL 6-2 339 Jr. JC West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS/Snow College) 46 Sutera, Frankie S 78 Jorden Mattinson OL 6-4 290 Fr. RS Spanish Fork, Utah (Spanish Fork HS) 85 Swindall, Brandon WR 79 Logan Malohifo’ou OL 6-6 292 Fr. HS West Jordan, Utah (Copper Hills HS) 77 Tauauve’a, Sini OL 80 Lars Gunderson WR 5-10 178 Jr. SQ Sandy, Utah (Juan Diego HS/Phoenix CC) 86 Theurer, Brad TE 81 Kellen Bartlett TE 6-2 248 Sr. RS Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS) 19 Thomspon, Josh PK 82 Jordon Jenkins WR 5-10 199 So. JC St. Louis, Mo. (Vashon HS/Coffeyville CC) 12 Thompson, Terrell LB 83 Shaan Johnson WR 6-1 196 So. SQ Cerritos, Calif. (Gahr HS) 91 Tialavea, D.J. TE 84 Cameron Webb WR 5-10 187 Sr. 1L Millville, Utah (Mountain Crest HS/Snow College) 34 Toure, Abou RB 85 Brandon Swindall WR 6-4 194 Fr. RS Oklahoma City, Okla. (Millwood HS) 95 Vaifo’ou, Tevita DL 86 Brad Theurer TE 6-3 245 Jr. 2L Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 61 Vandross, Daquan OL 88 Tyler Bennett P 5-11 218 Sr. 1L Phoenix, Ariz. (North Canyon HS/Phoenix CC) 7 Van Leeuwen, Travis WR 89 Jevon Hasten WR 5-11 165 Fr. HS El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla HS) 41 Vigil, Nick LB 89 Nate Needham LS 6-2 227 So. 1L St. George, Utah (Pine View HS) 53 Vigil, Zach LB 90 Al Lapuaho DL 6-3 284 Sr. 1L West Valley City, Utah (Granger HS/Snow College) 62 Walker, Bryce OL 91 D.J. Tialavea TE 6-4 260 Jr. 2L West Jordan, Utah (West Jordan HS) 63 Warren, Brock K 92 Derek Keller TE 6-3 234 Fr. RS Draper, Utah (Alta HS) 84 Webb, Cameron WR 93 Nick Diaz PK 5-7 197 So. RS Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 11 Wheat, Jr., Alex WR 95 Tevita Vaifo’ou DL 6-1 267 Jr. 1L Hauula, Hawaii (Kahuku HS) 74 Whimpey, Kevin OL 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi DL 6-1 288 So. 1L Maui, Hawaii (King Kekaulike HS) 73 Whimpey, Kyle OL 97 Jordan Nielsen DL 6-5 253 Fr. RS Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 40 Williams, Connor DE 99 B.J. Larsen DL 6-5 268 Jr. 1L Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 25 Williams, Kerwynn RB/KR

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Gary Andersen (Utah, 1986), Fourth Season; Defensive Coordinator (Defensive Line): Dave Aranda (California Lutheran, 1999), First Season; Associate Head Coach (Special Teams Coord./DBs): Bill Busch (Nebraska Wesleyan, 1988), Fourth Season; Assistant Head Coach (Running Backs/Tight Ends): Mike Sanford (USC, 1978), First Season ; Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks): Matt Wells (Utah State, 1996), Sec- ond Season; Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers): Jovon Bouknight (Wyoming, 2006), Fourth Season; Assistant Coach (Linebackers): Kevin Clune (Cal State Fullerton, 2000), Fourth Season; Assistant Coach (Defensive Line): Frank Maile (Utah State, 2007), Fifth Season; Assistant Coach (Cornerbacks): Kendrick Shaver (Missouri State, 2002), Second Season; Assistant Coach (Offensive Line): T.J. Woods (Azuza Pacific, 2002), Fourth Season; Offensive Graduate Assistant: Vince Natali (New Mexico, 2008), First Season; Defensive Graduate Assistant: Spencer Toone (Utah, 2005), Second Season; Offensive Graduate Assistant: Zach Nyborg (BYU, 2011), Third Season; Offensive Graduate Assistant: David Fiefia (Utah State, 2003), First Season; Offensive Administrative Assistant: Hunter Teafatiller (Nebraska, 2009), Third Season; Defensive Administrative Assistant: Kite Afeaki (Utah, 2006), First Season; Special Teams Administrative Assistant: Nick Schindler, Second Season; Strength & Condition- ing: Evan Simon (Frostburg State, 2002), Fourth Season; Director of Operations/Team Coordinator: Steve Mathis (Snow College, 1980), Fourth Season; Director of Operations: Mark Andersen (Westminster College, 1993), Third Season; Video Coordinator: Bill Garren (Idaho State, 2002), Seventh Season; Equipment Coordinator: Mike Bair (Utah State, 1995), 15th Season

GARY ANDERSEN DAVE ARANDA MIKE SANFORD JOVON BOUKNIGHT KEVIN CLUNE Head Coach Def. Coord./DL Asst. HC/RB/TE Wide Receivers Linebackers

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FRANK MAILE KENDRICK SHAVER T.J. WOODS BILL BUSCH MATT WELLS Defensive Line Cornerbacks Offensive Line Assoc. HC/ST/S Off. Coord./QB

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