BYU vs. Cal | Saturday, Sept. 8 | 8:15 p.m. MDT | Provo, Utah | LaVell Edwards Stadium | ESPN2 | BYU Sports Network | www.BYUCougars.com BYU1984 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FOOTBALL • 35 BOWL GAMES • NO. 6 IN WINS OVER LAST 40 SEASONS 2018 SCHEDULE GAME INFORMATION Kickoff .....................8:15 p.m. MDT DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV TV ..............................ESPN2 9/1 at Arizona W 28-23 ESPN Roy Philpott (PxP), Tom Ramsey (analyst) Radio ................. BYU Sports Network BYU dominated the line of scrimmage and Squally Canada BYU Radio Sirius XM 143/89.1 FM HD2, ran for three touchdowns en route to a 28-23 victory on the KSL 1160 AM/102.7 FM Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Marc Lyons (analyst), road at Arizona. Mitchell Juergens (sideline) Radio start. .6:15 p.m.MDT 9/8 California 8:15 p.m. ESPN2 Pregame show ...........BYUtv, 7:00 p.m.MDT The Cougars get their home opener against another Pac-12 CALIFORNIA (1-0) BYU (1-0) foe in California. BYU edged the Golden Bears in a shootout SERIES INFORMATION GOLDEN BEARS Games Played . 4 COUGARS in 2014 with a 42-35 victory in California. Series ������������������������������������������������������� 3-1-0 Head Coach . Justin Wilcox (2nd yr) In Tucson ��������������������������������������������������� 2-0-0 Head Coach ..Kalani Sitake (3rd yr) 9/15 at Wisconsin 2:30 p.m. ABC/ESPN Alma Mater ..........Oregon, 1999 In Provo ����������������������������������������������������� 1-0-0 Alma Mater . BYU, 2000 Neutral . 0-1-10 BYU is back on the road in week three with a stiff test Career Record �������������������������������6-7 Last meeting ........BYU won 42-35 at Cal, Career Record ���������������������������14-13 against top-10 opponent Wisconsin. The Cougars held their Record at Cal ............... same Nov. 29, 2014 Record at BYU .............. same own in Madison in 2013 but fell 27-17. Wilcox vs. BYU .........First meeting Sitake vs. Cal ..........First meeting 9/22 McNeese State 4:00 p.m. BYUtv GAME STORYLINES FCS power McNeese State will visit Provo for the first time. • SERIES NOTES. BYU and California are meeting for the fifth time overall and the second time at LaVell Edwards Stadi- The Cowboys have 13 consecutive winning seasons entering um. The Cougars defeated the Golden Bears 42-35 on the road in the regular-season finale in 2014. In Cal's only other visit 2018 and only for losing seasons over the past 30 years. to Provo, BYU topped the Golden Bears 38-28 in 1999. 9/29 at Washington TBA TBA • HOME OPENERS. BYU is 7-3 in home openers over the past 10 seasons, with wins over Power 5 teams Texas, Wash- Its been 10 years since BYU visited Washington. The ington State and Washington. Last season, BYU defeated Portland State 20-6 in the opener at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Cougars blocked the Huskies PAT attempt in 2008 and held • BOUNCE BACK LIKE LAVELL. Head coach Kalani Sitake and the Cougars are hoping to bounce back in 2018 on to win 28-27. similar to how LaVell Edwards and company did after his second season at the helm of the program. Edwards' second season (1973) was his only losing season of his 29-year career as the head coach. In season three of Edwards' tenure, the 10/5 Utah State 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 1974 squad turned around from 5-6 the year before to 7-4-1, a WAC championship and a Fiesta Bowl appearance – the The Aggies return to Provo in a Friday night matchup at first bowl appearance in program history. BYU looks to follow in the hall of famers' footsteps. LaVell Edwards Stadium. Utah State took advantage of • NEW PLACES, NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES. BYU had several changes on the coaching staff in the offseason. seven BYU turnovers last season, winning 40-24. Jeff Grimes is the new offensive coordinator. Grimes spent the last four seasons as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at LSU and brings 25 years of coaching experience to his second stint as a Cougar. Grimes was BYU's offensive 10/13 Hawai'i TBA TBA line coach from 2004-2006. Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Aaron Roderick played at BYU in the late BYU defeated Hawai'i in Honolulu last season in the 90s and spent three years as a graduate assistant with the Cougars. Two other offensive coaches joined the program, Fesi regular-season finale 30-20 behind 285 rushing yards and Sitake and AJ Steward. Sitake was most recently the offensive coordinator at Weber State and Steward coached running a stout defensive performance. backs at Rice. On the defensive side, Preston Hadley is the new safeties coach after coaching defensive backs at Weber 10/27 Northern Illinois TBA TBA State. Hadley played cornerback for BYU in 2011-12. Northern Illinois and BYU meet for the first time. The game • CALIFORNIA NATIVES. BYU has 25 players on the roster from California, second-most next to Utah. Offensive is the first of a home-and-home series with the Cougars lineman Kieffer Longson is from San Ramon about 30 minutes from Berkeley, while fellow lineman Austin Hoyt is about returning the game in 2019. two hours away in Ione. Wideout Dylan Collie is from a more inland El Dorado Hills, California while Squally Canada is from Milpitas, about an hour south of Berkeley. Linebacker Riggs Powell is from Aptos, south of San Jose. 11/3 at Boise State TBA ESPN Networks BYU will head back to the blue turf for the next game of the TEAM COMPARISON GET TO KNOW THE COUGARS series. The road team won for the first time in the renewed CAL CATEGORY BYU series last year with BSU defeating the Cougars 24-7. TANNER MANGUM 24.0 Scoring Offense 28.0 • AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE - Works with various 11/10 at UMass 12 p.m. TBA 17.0 Scoring Defense 23.0 on-campus groups for mental health awareness. • GRADUATED IN 2018 IN SOCIOLOGY - Graduated in spring A senior day setback in 2017, BYU lost 16-10 to UMass 19.0 First Downs 23.0 of 2018 with a degree in sociology. Is currently enrolled in last season. BYU travels to Gillette Stadium, home of the 160.0 Rushing Off. 183.0 post-graduate classes New England Patriots to take on the Minuetmen this year. 164.0 Rushing Def. 129.9 MATT BUSHMAN 11/17 New Mexico State TBA TBA 119.0 Passing Off. 209.0 • MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST - Named to the 2018 Mackey Award Watch List honoring the nation's best tight end. BYU's The Cougars host the Aggies for the second time. BYU 137.0 Passing Def. 197.0 Dennis Pitta was a finalist for the award in 2009. topped New Mexico State 42-7 in 2011 at LaVell Edwards 279.0 Total Offense 392.0 • FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN - Earned freshman All-American status from FWAA, USA Today and 247Sports in 2017. Stadium and 50-14 in 2012 in Las Cruces. 301.0 Total Defense 326.0 • MARRIED TO EMILY LEWIS (DAUGHTER OF NFL TE CHAD LEWIS) - Got 21.0 Kickoff Return 0.0 married in the spring of 2018 to Emily Lewis, BYU volleyball player and daughter 11/24 at Utah TBA TBA or former Cougar, and NFL tight end Chad Lewis. 2.3 Punt Return 15.0 The Deseret Duel returns to the final regular season game • ALSO PLAYED COLLEGIATE BASEBALL AT BYU - Spent the 2017 baseball 35.0 Penalties (YPG) 94.0 season with the program as an outfielder. Bushman was an all-state baseball for the first time since 2010. BYU looks to snap Utah's player at Sabino High School in addition to an all-state football standout. seven game winnng streak. 30.1 Net Punting 40.0 35:52 Time of Poss. 36:33 CORBIN KAUFUSI 23.5 3rd Down % 41.7 • FAMILY TIES - Kaufusi is the middle of five kids. All five have GAME NOTES TWITTER played a collegiate sport including football, basketball and For the most up-to-date notes follow 66.7 4th Down % 50.0 soccer. His older brother Bronson plays for the Baltimore Ravens. 0-0 Sacks-Yards 1-12 His father, former longtime BYU coach, Steve Kaufusi, played @BYUGameNotes on Twitter throughout defensive line at BYU and in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. gameday. Track milestones, news and 4-23 Sacks Allowed 0-0 His mother is Michelle Kaufusi, the current mayor of Provo and a former BYU notes as they happen, along with other 100.0 Blue Zone % 100.0 Cougarette. exciting facts, stats and more. • PLAYED THREE YEARS WITH BYU BASKETBALL - Played three seasons with 100.0 Opp. Blue Zone % 100.0 BYU's basketball team. 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