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UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ® 12 Conference Championships • Back-to-Back-to-Back Bowl Wins • 4 Consecutive Bowl Games • 8 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 UTAH STATE (5-3, 4-1 MW) vs. NEW MEXICO (4-4, 2-2 MW) 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS SATURDAY, NOV. 7, 2015 • 1:30 P.M. • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. • UNIVERSITY STADIUM (37,457) (5-3, 4-1 Mountain West) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT S 3 SOUTHERN UTAH None W 12-9 S 11 at #24 Utah ESPN2 L 14-24 S 19 at Washington Pac-12 L 17-31 ® O 3 COLORADO STATE* ESPN3 W 33-18 UTAH STATE NEW MEXICO O 10 at Fresno State* CBSSN W 56-14 AGGIES LOBOS O 16 #21 BOISE STATE* CBSSN W 52-26 2015 RECORD: 5-3, 4-1 MW 2015 RECORD: 4-4, 2-2 MW O 23 at San Diego State* ESPN2 L 14-48 LAST GAME: Oct. 30, 2015 LAST GAME: Oct. 24, 2015 O 30 WYOMING* ESPN2 W 58-27 • W, 58-27 vs. Wyoming • L, 21-31 at San José State N 7 at New Mexico* CBSSN 1:30 pm HEAD COACH: Matt Wells HEAD COACH: Bob Davie N 14 at Air Force* ESPN3 12 pm • School Record: 24-12 (3rd year) • School Record: 15-30 (4th year) N 21 NEVADA* ESPN Net. TBA • Career Record: 24-12 (3rd year) • Career Record: 50-55 (9th year) N 28 BYU CBSSN 1:30 pm • vs. New Mexico: 2-0 • vs. Utah State: 0-2 MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP D 5 TBA ESPN2 5:30 pm ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS * Mountain West Game • Rush: Devante Mays (83-586, 7 TD) • Rush: Teriyon Gibson (78-502, 5 TD) All times Mountain. Home games in BOLD CAPS. • Pass: Kent Myers (69-106, 893, 9 TD, 1 INT) • Pass: Lamar Jordan (47-85, 599, 3 TD, 2 INT) • Rec.: Hunter Sharp (28-364, 4 TD) • Rec.: Dameon Gamblin (28-371, 2 TD) • Def.: Nick Vigil (89 tkl., 8.5 tfl, 3.0 sacks) • Def.: Dakota Cox (61 tkl., 9.0 tfl, 3.5 sacks) GAME NINE INFORMATION AGGIES PLAY AT NEW MEXICO ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK • Surface ............................................... FieldTurf • Utah State continues Mountain West play at New Mexico on • Series History ........... Utah State trails, 10-11-0 CBS Sports Network on Saturday afternoon. USU is 17-4 (.810) all- time in the Mountain West and has won 28 of its last 32 (.875) TV: CBS SPORTS NETWORK league games dating back to 2011. • Play-by-Play ....................... Andrew Catalon • Utah State has won 13 of its last 16 (.813) conference road games • Analyst ....................................... Randy Cross and 15 of its last 27 (.556) road games overall. Under head coach • Reporter .......................................... Rashan Ali Matt Wells, USU is 7-3 in Mountain West road games and 8-10 over- all in road games. During its last 13 conference road wins, USU is RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK averaging 40.7 points and 494.3 yards per game, while its average margin of victory is 19.5 points per game. • Play-by-Play ...................................... Al Lewis Junior RB Devante Mays • Analyst ........................................ Craig Hislop AGGIES ONE WIN AWAY FROM BOWL ELIGIBILITY rushed for a career-best 176 yards on a career-high • Online: 610kvnu.com • With a win at New Mexico, Utah State will be bowl eligible for the 22 carries and scored two fifth-straight year. USU has played in four-straight bowl games and touchdowns in Utah State’s TWITTER: #USUAGGIES won each of its last three bowls, both of which are school records. 58-27 home win against Wy- • Official Account ...................... @USUFootball • Utah State concluded its 2014 season with a 21-6 win against oming last weekend. Mays UTEP in the GILDAN New Mexico Bowl. leads the Mountain West and ranks ninth nationally ONLINE: UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM with his 7.1 yards per carry. UtahStateAggies.com offers the most com- WHAT TO WATCH FOR SATURDAY plete and comprehensive coverage of the • Utah State has scored 50 or more points in three of its last four games (56 at Fresno State, Aggies on gameday. 52 vs. No. 21 Boise State, 58 vs. Wyoming), marknig only the second time in school history that USU has scored 50-plus points in three games in one season along with the 1961 team. • Sophomore Kent Myers is 9-2 as Utah State’s starting quarterback and the Aggies are 18-6 MEDIA RELATIONS over the past three years with a backup quarterback as their starter. • Football Contact: Doug Hoffman • Utah State has won 15 of its last 16 games played during the month of November dating • Office: (435) 797-3714 back to 2011, including six of its last seven on the road. • Cell: (435) 881-8011 • Despite not forcing any turnovers in each of its last two games, Utah State has still forced • Email: [email protected] 18 turnovers in its last six games with 10 fumbles and eight interceptions. On the season, USU • Secondary Contact: Wade Denniston ranks first nationally in fumbles recovered (10), 13th nationally in turnovers forced (18) and • Office: (435) 797-1361 23rd in the nation in turnover margin (+5). • Cell: (435) 787-8587 • Utah State ranks 41st nationally in rushing defense (143.9 ypg), while New Mexico ranks • Email: [email protected] 12th nationally in rushing offense (248.4 ypg). • Address: 7400 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 • Utah State has won 19 straight games with a 100-yard rusher, including a 2-0 record this year, 23 of its last 24 games when it rushes at least 40 times, including a 4-0 record this year, and 20 straight games when it rushes for 200 yards, including a 3-0 record this year. 2015 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ® MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS UTAH STATE QUICK FACTS Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations Doug Hoffman (435-797-3714 office, 435-881- HEAD COACH MATT WELLS 8011 cell, [email protected]) handles all media requests for the Utah State football Years Coached: 3rd season program, along with Assistant Media Relations Coordinator Wade Denniston (435-797-1361 Alma Mater: Utah State, 1996 office, 435-787-8587 cell, [email protected]) Career Record: 24-12 (.667) WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Record at Utah State: 24-12 (.667) Utah State head coach Matt Wells will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during Mountain West Record: 17-4 (.810) the regular season at 11:30 a.m. MT. Selected players will also be available. Live streaming Bowl Record: 2-0 (1.000) of the press conference will be made available at UtahStateAggies.com. Broadcast-quality video is available per request. ASSISTANT COACHES/STAFF • Mark Weber (Associate Head Coach/OL) PRACTICE SCHEDULE Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available for • Josh Heupel (Assistant Head Coach/OC/QB) post-practice interviews on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for Saturday games. There is no • Kevin Clune (Defensive Coordinator/LB) media availability following Monday, Thursday and Friday practices. • Dave Ungerer (Special Teams Coordinator/RB) • Luke Wells (Co-Offensive Coordinator/TE/RC) INTERVIEW REQUESTS • Jovon Bouknight (Passing Game Coordinator/WR) All player and assistant coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Doug Hoffman. • Joe Lorig (Safeties) Requests for post-practice interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal • Ikaika Malloe (Defensive Line) phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to • Kendrick Shaver (Def. Passing Game Coord./CB) conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the media relations staff. • Waqa Damuni (Asst. AD for Football Operations ) POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY • Reed Hornung (Director of Player Personnel) The Utah State locker room is closed at all times. A media relations staffer will collect all • Dave Kragthorpe (Special Asst. to Head Coach) player requests in the press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will • Dillon Sanders (Defensive Graduate Assistant) be available in the Spetman Auditorium on the 2nd floor of the Jim & Carol Laub Athletics- • Manoa Latu (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Academics Complex immediately following head coach Matt Wells’ post-game press • Kelly Bills (Offensive Graduate Assistant) conference. Live streaming of each post-game press conference will be made available • Jon Cooper (Offensive Graduate Assistant) at UtahStateAggies.com. Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance • Joey Halzle (Offensive Administrative Assistant) with the host school’s procedures. • Brad Vonnahme (Defensive/ST Admin. Assistant) CREDENTIALS AND PARKING • Dave Scholz (Strength & Conditioning) Requests for working credentials for the 2015 Utah State football season must be sent to Doug Hoffman. Media parking is located in the Blue lot on the east side of Maverik Stadium as tem- 2015 TEAM INFORMATION porary housing will be utilized to accommodate the media during renovations to the stadium. Record: 5-3 MW Record: 4-1 PRESS BOX AND GAMEDAY SERVICES Lettermen Returning: 38 (O-12, D-24, S-2) Packets with pregame information will be distributed in advance of kickoff on the day of Lettermen Lost: 22 (O-13, D-7, S-2) the game. Play-by-play, quarter, halftime and final statistics along with coach and player Starters Returning: 15 (O-8, D-7) quotes are all regular services on game day. Stat monitors with live, updated statistics are provided for radio and television, while print media can access the same information with Starters Lost: 11 (O-5, D-6) their computers utilizing GameTracker and StatBroadcast. Offensive Starters Returning: 8 OG Taani Fisilau; TE Wyatt Houston; OG Tyshon UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM Mosley; QB Kent Myers; WR Devonte Robinson; For updated statistics, rosters, game notes and all Aggie news on the Internet, go to the WR Hunter Sharp; OT Jake Simonich; OC Austin official Utah State Athletics website at UtahStateAggies.com.