BRIGHAM YOUNG F O O T B a L L Athletic Media Relations • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT 84602 • 801-422-8948 • Fax 801-422-0633
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BRIGHAM YOUNG F O O T B A L L Athletic Media Relations • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT 84602 • 801-422-8948 • Fax 801-422-0633 BYU 2002 SCOREBOARD Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 • Game 12 Date Opponent Time/Result (TV) Aug. 29 SYRACUSE . W, 42-21 Brigham Young (5-6, 2-4) Sept. 6 HAWAII . W, 35-32 Sept. 14 Nevada . L, 28-31 at Utah (4-6, 2-4) Sept. 21 Georgia Tech . L, 19-28 Oct. 4 Utah State . W, 35-34 Oct. 12 Air Force* . L, 9-52 Nov. 23, 2002 • 1 p.m. (MST) • ESPN+Plus Oct. 19 UNLV* . L, 3-24 Salt Lake City, Utah • Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,634) Oct. 24 Colorado State* . L, 10-37 Nov. 2 SAN DIEGO STATE* . W, 34-10 ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus • ESPN+Plus Nov. 9 WYOMING* . W, 35-31 Nov. 16 NEW MEXICO* . L, 16-20 COUGARS NEED VICTORY IN FINAL REGULAR-SEASON GAME Nov. 23 UTAH* . 1 p.m. (ESPN+Plus) After losing at home to New Mexico for the first time in 30 years, the Cougars will need a victo- ry over Utah in the regular-season finale in order to keep their bowl hopes alive. While the Utes * - MWCGame All Times are Local to Site and are Subject to Change have been eliminated from post-season consideration with an overall 4-6 record, BYU is just one win away from reaching the necessary 6 wins in order to qualify for post-season bowl considera- tion. The Utes enter Saturday’s game riding a two game win streak, while the Cougars, after win- MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION ning two straight, lost on Saturday against New Mexico. This year’s “Holy War” -- the 78th meet- Football Contact . .Jeff Reynolds ing since 1922 -- will kickoff at 1 p.m. in Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,634). The game will be pro- E-Mail . [email protected] duced by ESPN+Plus and will be broadcast locally on KJZZ-TV, Ch. 14. Office Phone . .(801) 422-4909 FAX . .(801) 422-0633 WEEKLY SCHEDULE Home Phone . .(801) 798-9221 MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT Cell Phone . .(801) 372-2080 Practice* Practice* Media Luncheon Practice** Walk-Through** Game Day Pressbox . (801) 378-2609 4:00 p.m. - 6 p.m. 3:50 - 6:00 p.m. 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. 4:20 - 6:00 p.m. 3 p.m. (Closed) 1 p.m. Practice* (Closed) Travel to SLC Homepage . .www.byucougars.com 3:50 - 6:00 p.m. 4 p.m. All practices are closed to the general public. * - Media may conduct interviews with Coach Crowton prior to practice, and players following practice. BYU QUICK FACTS ** - Practices scheduled for Thursday and Friday are closed. Location . Provo, Utah 84602 Enrollment . 30,069 (Daytime) TRAVEL SCHEDULE Founded . Oct. 15, 1875 The Cougars will depart Provo via charter bus at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22. In Salt Lake City, the Colors . Dark Blue, White and Tan team will headquarter at the Little America Hotel. The team will return to Provo immediately fol- Nickname . Cougars lowing the game. Mascot . Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation . NCAA Division I-A BROADCAST PLANS Conference . Mountain West Saturday’s game will be broadcast live to a regional television audience on ESPN+Plus. Locally, KJZZ-TV, Ch. 14 will carry the game. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. (MT). Gary Bender will Stadium . LaVell Edwards Stadium (65,000) call the action, with former Washington defensive back, J.C. Pearson, lending expert analysis. Surface . Natural Grass Beth Mowins will be reporting from the sidelines. Fans can also tune to KSL 1160-AM with Greg President . Merrill J. Bateman Wrubell calling the action and Marc Lyons lending color commentary. Bill Riley will report from Men’s AD . Val Hale the sidelines. Ticket Office Phone . (801) 378-BYU1 Homepage . www.byucougars.com BATTLE FOR THE BOOT All-Time Record . 447-343-26 (.564) First instituted in 1971, the Beehive Boot is the symbol of gridiron supremacy in the state of Utah. Estimated to be over 100 years old, the Beehive Boot is an authentic piece of Utah history. Unlike other rivalry trophies across the country, the Beehive Boot is presented to the team with the best record against in-state opponents. After Utah State held the boot for a couple years, BYU began 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 1 a dominating run, claiming the boot 19 times in the past 27 years, including a stretch of five straight years from 1983 to 1987. Utah and Utah State are tied for second, having won the boot M W C six times each. The Boot currently resides at BYU where the Cougars are looking to add to the F o o t b a l l two-year stretch it has resided in Provo. With both teams recording victories over Utah State ear- C h a m p i o n s lier in the season, the Cougars and Utes will battle on Saturday for the coveted Beehive Boot. www.byucougars.com/football BRIGHAM YOUNG F O O T B A L L THE BYU-UTAH RIVALRY BYU COACHING STAFF Saturday’s in-state battle between Utah and BYU will mark the Head Coach . .Gary Crowton 78th meeting between the two schools, dating back to 1922. At BYU . 17-8 (.680); 2nd Season Utah owns a 45-28-4 lead in the 77-year rivalry. Prior to 1922, Career . 38-21 (.644) Utah and then B.Y. Academy met six times, posting an identi- Asst. Head Coach (O-Line) . Lance Reynolds cal 3-3 record. (The two teams met three times in 1896, twice Offensive Coordinator (Receivers) . Mike Borich in 1897 and once in 1898 before the Academy disbanded its football team.) Utah also owns a 14- Defensive Coordinator (Linebackers) . .Ken Schmidt 30-3 record against BYUin Salt Lake City. However, the Cougars have won 12 of the last 15 Special Teams Coord. (Safeties) . Barry Lamb meetings in Salt Lake City, including three straight dating back to 1996. Prior to BYU’s 24-21 Recruiting Coord. (Running Backs) . Paul Tidwell victory in Provo last season, the visiting team had won six straight games. Since 1980, the Quarterbacks . Robbie Bosco Cougars have posted a 9-2 record in Salt Lake City, including a mark of three straight wins over the Utes on their home field. In the past five seasons, no team has won by more than 7 points. Tight Ends . Mike Empey Over that time span, the average margin of victory is just 4.2 points per game. Three of the past Cornerbacks . Brian Mitchell five games have been decided by three points or less. No team has won more than nine straight Defensive Line . Tom Ramage games. Utah reeled off nine straight wins from 1929 to 1937, and while it took some 50 years, Strength and Conditioning . Jay Omer BYUmanaged to win nine straight from 1979 to 1987. BYUhead coach Gary Crowton is 1-0 Graduate Assistant . Dustin Staley against Utah, while Ute head coach Ron McBride has posted a 5-7 record against the Cougars. Graduate Assistant . Kalani Sitake No other Ute coach has won more games against BYU since Ray Nagel won 6 games from 1958- 1965. In fact, only three other coaches in Utah football history have won more than five games BYU SUPPORT STAFF against BYU. Director of Football Operations . Duane Busby SIBLING RIVALRY Equipment Manager . Mick Hill A little known fact ... both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University Head Trainer . George Curtis were originally founded by Utah’s first governor -- Brigham Young. Although, Orthopedic Surgeon . Dr. Kirt Kimball when first established in 1850, the University of Utah was originally called the Team Physician . Dr. Darrell Stacey University of Deseret; and Brigham Young University, founded 25 years later in Video Coordinator . Chad Bunn 1875, was originally called the Brigham Young Academy. It wasn’t until later Football Administrative Asst. Shirley Johnson that both Deseret University and B.Y. Academy were re-named to the now famil- Football Administrative Asst. Roselyn Daley iar University of Utah and Brigham Young University. The UofU did not begin Football Administrative Asst. Karilyn McMahan playing football until 1892, playing just one game that season -- a 0-12 loss at Director High School Relations . Chris Pella Utah State. The Academy fielded teams in the late 1800s, playing Utah three times in 1896, twice Academic Coach . E.J. Caffaro in 1897 and once in 1898. For various reasons, including the death of a player, the Academy did Media Relations Coord. Jeff Reynolds not field a team again until 1922, then known as Brigham Young University. Special Events Director . Larry Duffin ON THIS DATE Ticket Manager . David Miles Saturday’s game will mark the fifth time BYU and Utah have met on Nov. 23, dating back to Director Photo Services . Mark Philbrick their first Nov. 23rd meeting during the 1974 season. The Cougars own a 4-0 record when play- Business Manager . Mike King ing on Nov. 23. 2001 BYU RESULTS REGULAR-SEASON FINALE Date Opponent Time/Result It wasn’t until the 1969 season that BYU and Utah started playing each other at the end of the Aug. 25 TULANE . W, 70-35 season, as opposed to earlier in the year. For many years, the Utah-Utah State game marked the end of the Ute’s regular season. However, since 1969 the two teams have met 23 different times Sept.