GAME ONE - ARIZONA STATE THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 2011 - 7:00 P.M. PT TEMPE, ARIZ. - SUN DEVIL STADIUM (71,706) 2011 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES SERIES RECORD - ASU LEADS 1-0 SID Contact: Ryan Burns C - (530) 219-4063 [email protected] ucdavisaggies.com Game Coverage Kickoff 7:00 p.m. PT UC DAVIS SCHEDULE & RESULTS Radio KHTK (1140 AM) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV Fox Sports Arizona Sept. 1 at Arizona State 7 p.m. Webcast thesundevils.com Sept. 10 at Montana State 12:05 p.m. Free Audio (Online) ucdavisaggies.com SEPT. 17 SAN DIEGO 6 P.M. AGGIES (0-0) Live Stats ucdavisaggies.com SUN DEVILS (0-0) Sept. 24 at Hawai’i 9 p.m. OCT. 8 HUMBOLDT STATE 6 P.M. OPENING KICKOFFS (OKTOBERFEST) OCT. 15 UNIV. OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO 2 P.M. » UC Davis begins its 93rd season of collegiate football this week by playing Arizona State, a team it has not (HOMECOMING) faced in 71 years, last facing the Sun Devils in 1940. Oct. 22 at South Dakota * 2 p.m. » In the only meeting between the two schools, Arizona State won 21-13 on Sept. 21, 1940. Oct. 29 at Southern Utah * Noon » UC Davis starts the 2011 season playing a Pac-12 opponent for the second consecutive year after facing California in 2010. NOV. 5 CAL POLY * 2 P.M. » The Aggies play an FBS opponent as a season opener for the fourth consecutive season. (Arizona State - (PARENT AND FAMILY WEEKEND) 2011, California - 2010, Fresno State - 2009, San Jose State - 2008). NOV. 12 NORTH DAKOTA * 2 P.M. » UC Davis has played at least one FBS opponent since 2005, including two last season and two this season. Nov. 19 at Sacramento State 2:05 p.m. » The Aggies are 2-18 all-time against current members of the Pac-12 conference, with victories coming (58th annual Causeway Classic) against Stanford (W, 20-17 - 2005) and Arizona (W, 9-7 - 1923). » Head coach Bob Biggs is 8-10 in 18 previous season openers, including a 3-6 mark on the road. The last HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS victory on the road to start the year was 38-7 at Northern Colorado in 2006. * Great West Conference game » The Aggies are embarking on their fifth season at the NCAA Division I level... Note: When UC Davis beat All times Pacific and subject to change Stanford in 2005, it was officially an NCAA Div. II program but was playing a Div. I schedule as part of its reclassification. UC Davis Coaching Staff » Dennis Erickson is the first head coach with an FBS National Championship that UC Davis football has Bob Biggs - Head Coach faced. The Aggies also play UTSA this season, led by Larry Coker who won an FBS title, also with Miami. Brad Bedell - Assistant Coach (run game coord./O-Line) PLAYERS TO WATCH Jeff Copp - Assistant Coach (ST coord./safeties) Jason Fisk - Assistant Coach (D-Line) Notes: Sophomore QB starting in his second consecutive season... GWC RANDY WRIGHT - QB Mark Johnson - Assistant Coach (def. coord./LBs) ROY last season... All-GWC honorable mention in 2010... Threw for 2,432 Tim Keane - Assistant Coach (running backs) 17 6-3 - 202 - So. - Santa Rosa, Calif. yrds, 17 TDs and just 8 INTs last season... Finished with a 129.12 passing Mike Moroski - Assistant Head Coach (tight ends) Cardinal Newman HS ‘09 rating... Had a season-best 302 passing yards vs. Cal Poly. Wes Nurse - Assistant Coach (cornerbacks) Tim Plough - Assistant Coach (passing game coord./QBs) Notes: 1 of 4 team captains in 2011... Played 8 games and started 2 at Dallas Sartz - Assistant Coach (D-Line) BOBBY ERSKINE - DE right DE last season... Battled through injuries to finish with 35 tackles Matt Wade - Assistant Coach (recruiting coord./WRs) 42 6-3 - 245 - Jr. - San Diego, Calif. (22 solo, 13 ast)... Had 2.5 tackles for 10 yrds lost in 2010... Tallied 1.0 Neil Parry - Def. admin. assistant St. Augustine HS ‘07 sack for a 6 yrd loss.. Recovered 1 fumble. Matt Brand - Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Greg Chapla - Dir. of Football Operations Notes: GWC Preseason ST Co-POY in 2011... All-GWC 1st Team last SEAN KELLEY - K season... Had career highs for FGs made (13) and attempted (17) for 65 4 6-5 - 195 - Jr. - Antioch, Calif. pts last year... Made all but one of 27 PATs... Scored game-winning 21-yrd Athletics Communications Staff California / Antioch High School ‘07 FG in Causeway Classic win over Sac State to cap off the season. Mike Robles - Assistant AD/Communications (Secondary FB) (O) - (530) 752-3680 / Email - [email protected] AT A GLANCE Ryan Burns - Assistant Dir. - Communications (Primary FB) (O) - (530) 752-3505 / Email - [email protected] Mark Honbo - Assistant Dir. - Communications UC DAVIS ARIZONA STATE (O) - (530) 752-8050 / Email - [email protected] Amanda Piechowski - Assistant Dir. - Communications Record 0-0, 0-0 Great West Record 0-0, 0-0 Pac-12 (O) - (530) 752-6233 / Email - [email protected] Ranking (FCS) NR, The Sports Network Ranking (FBS) NR, Associated Press NR, FCS Coaches NR, USA Today/Coaches Radio Talent Last Game def. Sac. State, 17-16 Last Game def. Arizona, 30-29 (2OT) (UC Davis - KHTK 1140 AM) Scott Marsh - play-by-play Next Game Montana State, Sept. 10 Next Game Missouri, Sept. 9 (ESPN) Doug Kelly - analyst Head Coach Bob Biggs, 18 yrs. Head Coach Dennis Erickson, 4 yrs. Bill Herenda - sidelines (Home games) Career Record 136-71-1 (.657) Career Record 173-89-1 (.660) 23 yrs. School Record Same School Record 25-24 (.510) 2011 Football 1 ucdavisaggies.com 2011 UC DAVIS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES - GAME 1 AT ARIZONA STATE OPENING KICKOFFS CONT. UC DAVIS QUICK FACTS » UC Davis closed out the 2010 season with a 17-16 victory over cross-town rival Sacramento State. » The Aggies have finished with a 6-5 record for the past two seasons, claiming a Great West championship School University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in 2009 and a second place finish in 2010. Address One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 » Sophomore quarterback Randy Wright returns for his second season as the starter under center for UC Established/Founded 1905/1908 Davis. Last season Wright was named GWC Rookie of the Year and earned All-GWC honorable mention. Enrollment 32,153 » Wright is the first freshman, redshirt or otherwise, to start at QB for UC Davis since 2000. He is also the Nickname Aggies first freshman to start in every game at QB since 1960. Colors Yale Blue & Gold » UC Davis is picked to finish third in the Great West this season... The Aggies won the league with a 3-1 National Affiliation NCAA Division I mark in 2009, their second conference title... They also won it in 2005. Conference Big West Conference » The Aggies have four captains for the 2011 season with two on offense and two defense. Senior RB Josh Home Facility The Pavilion (7,100) Reese and junior C Ray Wilburn will command the offense, while junior DE Bobby Erskine and junior LB Jordan Glass hold down the defense. Chancellor Dr. Linda Katehi (Athens Polytechnic ’77) » K Sean Kelley, who has 35 career field goals and 72 career AD (Interim) Nona Richardson (Michigan State, ’83) PAT’s is the Great West Conference Preseason Special < Quarterback Randy Teams Player of the Year for the second consecutive Wright returns for his Athletics Communications Contact Ryan Burns year. He shares the award with North Dakota’s Brett sophomore campaign Cameron this season. Burns Email [email protected] after starting all 11 Burns Office (530) 752-3505 » Wright lost his two favorite targets from a Press Box Phone (530) 752-9367 year ago, as UC Davis graduated WR games as a redshirt Radio Station KHTK (1140 AM) Sean Creadick and TE Dean Rog- freshman last season Aggies on the Web http://www.ucdavisaggies.com ers. Creadick led the Aggies with 66 catches, 928 yards and eight touchdowns. Rogers was second on the squad with 30 catches ARIZONA STATE QUICK FACTS for 404 yards and three TDs. » WRs Anthony Soto and Location .... ....................................Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505 Tom Hemmingsen Enrollment .......................... ....................................67,082 combined for 42 Nickname ........................................................... Sun Devils catches, 448 yards Colors .......................................................... Maroon & Gold and four touch- Conference .......................................................... Pacific-12 downs last season President .................................................. Dr. Michael Crow and will likely be Vice President for University Athletics .............Lisa Love the go-to targets Faculty Representative ............................Prof. Myles Lynk this season. Stadium .......................... Frank Kush Field/Sun Devil Stadium » Junior TB/FB Nick Capacity ............... ..................................................71,706 Aprile is the teams Playing Surface ............................................. Natural Grass leading rusher from Head Coach ...................Dennis Erickson (Montana State ‘70) 2010 and will see several of- Erickson’s Career Record ..................173-89-1 (22 years) fensive packages in 2011 as well. Erickson at ASU .........................................25-23 (4 years) 2010 ASU Record .......................................................6-6 2010 Pac-10 Record (Finish) .........................4-5 (T-6th) STATS COMPARISON (2010) Offensive Set ........................................................Multiple Defensive Set ........................................................Multiple Lettermen Returning .............53 (26 off., 26 def., 1 spec.) Offensive Starters Returning .....................................11 Defensive Starters Returning .......................................9 All-Time Record ...................................555-349-24 (.612) Stat Category UCD NCAA Rks Opp Stat Category ASU NCAA Rks (FBS) Opp Scoring Avg. 21.2 83rd 26.8 Scoring Avg. 32.2 28th 25.0 2011 Arizona State Schedule Rushing yds/game 79.8 112th 167.8 Rushing yds/game 139.2 78th 119.7 Passing yds/game 223.4 34th 204.4 Passing yds/game 286.4 15th 245.2 Date Opponent Time Total Offense 303.2 91st 372.2 Total Offense 425.7 29th 364.9 Sept.