UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ® 12 Conference Championships • Back-to-Back Bowl Wins • 3 Consecutive Bowl Games • 8 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 UTAH STATE (2-2) vs. #18 BRIGHAM YOUNG (4-0) 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 2014 • 8:15 P.M. • PROVO, UTAH • LAVELL EDWARDS STADIUM (63,470) (2-2, 0-0 Mountain West) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT A 31 at Tennessee SECN L 7-38 S 6 IDAHO STATE MWN W 40-20 S 13 WAKE FOREST CBSSN W 36-24 ® S 20 at Arkansas State ESPN3 L 14-21 (OT) S 27 BYE UTAH STATE AGGIES BRIGHAM YOUNG COUGARS O 3 at #18 BYU ESPN 8:15 pm 2014 RECORD: 2-2, 0-0 MW 2014 RECORD: 4-0 O 11 AIR FORCE* ESPNU 8:15 pm LAST GAME: Sept. 20, 2014 LAST GAME: Sept. 20, 2014 O 18 at Colorado State* CBSSN 5 pm • L, 14-21 (OT) at Arkansas State • W, 41-33 vs. Virginia O 25 UNLV* ESPNN TBA N 1 at Hawai’i* MWN 9 pm HEAD COACH: Matt Wells HEAD COACH: Bronco Mendenhall N 7 at Wyoming* ESPN2 6 pm • School Record: 11-7 (2nd yr) • School Record: 86-34 (10th yr) N 15 NEW MEXICO* ESPNN TBA • Career Record: 11-7 (2nd yr) • Career Record: 86-34 (10th yr) N 21 SAN JOSÉ STATE* ESPN2 7:30 pm • vs. BYU: 0-1 • vs. Utah State: 6-1 N 29 at Boise State* ESPNN TBA STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS D 6 MW Championship CBS 8 pm • Rush: JoJo Natson (17-158) • Rush: Taysom Hill (79-428, 7 TD) * Mountain West Game • Pass: Chuckie Keeton (51-92, 426, 2 TD, 4 INT) • Pass: Taysom Hill (80-121, 876, 6 TD, 3 INT) All times Mountain. Home games in BOLD CAPS. • Rec.: Hunter Sharp (23-305, 2 TD) • Rec.: Jordan Leslie (19-227, 1 TD) • Def.: Nick Vigil (40 tlk., 5.5 tfl, 2.0 sacks) • Def.: Zac Stout (26 tlk., 3.5 tfl, 1.0 sack) GAME FIVE INFORMATION • Surface ...................................... Natural Grass AGGIES PLAY AT BYU ON ESPN • Series History ..................... BYU leads, 46-34-3 • Utah State will play its third road game this season, and second- straight away from home, at BYU on Friday, Oct. 3 at 8:15 p.m., in TV: ESPN a game that will be nationally televised on ESPN. USU has won 11 • Play-by-Play ........................ Dave Flemming of its last 19 road games, dating back to 2012, and is 4-5 in road games under current head coach Matt Wells. • Analyst ........................................ Mike Bellotti • Reporter .................................. Allison Williams • Utah State is 3-51 all-time against Associated Press ranked teams, but has won two of its last three meetings against top 25 com- petition, including its 21-14 win against No. 24 Northern Illinois in RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. In 2012, • Play-by-Play ...................................... Al Lewis USU posted a 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech and in • Analyst ........................................ Craig Hislop 1991 it defeated No. 25 Fresno State at home, 20-19. This will be • Online: 610kvnu.com the 12th meeting between USU and BYU when the Cougars have been nationally ranked. • National: Sirius/XM, Ch. 91 • Utah State and BYU spent 37 years as conference foes as the two TWITTER: #USUAGGIES teams were members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from 1922-37 and the Mountain States/Skyline Conference from • Official Account ...................... @USUFootball 1938-61. As conference foes, USU was 21-13-3 (.608) against BYU. Senior LB Zach Vigil (53) recorded a career-high ty- ONLINE: UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM WHAT TO WATCH FOR FRIDAY ing 3.0 tackles for loss and a UtahStateAggies.com offers the most com- • Utah State has won 27 of its last 37 games and those 10 losses career-high tying 2.0 sacks plete and comprehensive coverage of the have been by a combined 86 points (8.6 ppg). Those 27 wins are as part of his career-best 14 tackles at Arkansas State in Aggies on gameday. the third-most in the West behind Oregon (32) and Stanford (29). the Aggies’ last game. • Utah State’s defense has forced 11 turnovers in its last three MEDIA RELATIONS games, intercepted 23 passes in its last 14 games, and recorded a total of 58 turnovers in • Football Contact: Doug Hoffman its last 27 games. • Office: (435) 797-3714 • Utah State has scored three defensive touchdowns this season and six defensive touch- • Cell: (435) 881-8011 downs in its last 12 games. • E-Mail: [email protected] • Utah State is 4-1 following a loss and 3-0 following a bye or multiple weeks off under current • Fax: (435) 797-2615 head coach Matt Wells. Overall, USU has won five of its last six games following a loss and • Address: 7400 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 has lost back-to-back games just once in its last 37 games dating back to 2011. • Junior WR JoJo Natson needs four receptions for 100 in his career as he would become just the 17th player in school history with 100 career receptions. • Utah State has led at the half in 25 of its last 32 games and is 21-4 in those outings. 2014 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ® MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS UTAH STATE QUICK FACTS Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations and football contact Doug Hoffman (435- HEAD COACH MATT WELLS 797-3714 office, 435-881-8011 cell, [email protected]) handles all media requests for Years Coached: 2nd season the Utah State football program. Alma Mater: Utah State, 1996 Career Record: 11-7 (.611) WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Utah State head coach Matt Wells will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during Record at Utah State: 11-7 (.611) the regular season at 11:30 a.m. MT. Selected players will also be available. Live streaming Mountain West Record: 7-1 (.875) of the press conference will be made available at UtahStateAggies.com. Broadcast-quality Bowl Record: 1-0 (1.000) video is available per request. ASSISTANT COACHES/STAFF PRACTICE SCHEDULE • Mark Weber (Assistant Head Coach/OL) Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available for • Todd Orlando (Defensive Coordinator/S) post-practice interviews on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There is no media availability fol- • Kevin McGiven (Offensive Coordinator/QBs) lowing Monday, Thursday and Friday practices. • Dave Ungerer (Special Teams Coordinator/RBs) INTERVIEW REQUESTS • Luke Wells (Co-Offensive Coordinator/TEs/RC) All player and assistant coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Doug Hoffman. • Jovon Bouknight (Passing Game Coordinator/WRs) Requests for post-practice interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal • Joe Lorig (Linebackers) phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to • Ikaika Malloe (Defensive Line) conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the media relations staff. • Kendrick Shaver (Def. Passing Game Coord./CBs) • Waqa Damuni (Asst. AD for Football Operations ) POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY • Dave Kragthorpe (Special Asst. to Head Coach) The Utah State locker room is closed at all times. A media relations staffer will collect all • David Fiefia (Offensive Graduate Assistant) player requests in the press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will • Funaki Asisi (Offensive Graduate Assistant) be available in the Spetman Auditorium on the 2nd floor of the Jim & Carol Laub Athletics- Academics Complex immediately following head coach Matt Wells’ post-game press • Dillon Sanders (Defensive Graduate Assistant) conference. Live streaming of each post-game press conference will be made available • Manoa Latu (Defensive Graduate Assistant) at UtahStateAggies.com. Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance • Nate Przestrzelski (Defensive/ST Admin. Assistant) with the host school’s procedures. • Naufahu Tahi (Offensive Admin. Assistant) • Dave Scholz (Strength & Conditioning) CREDENTIALS AND PARKING Working credentials for the 2014 Utah State football season must be sent to Doug Hoff- 2013 TEAM INFORMATION man. Media parking is located in the Blue and Silver lots on the West side (pressbox side) Record: 9-5 of Romney Stadium. MW Record (Finish): 7-1 (1st-Mountain) PRESS BOX AND GAMEDAY SERVICES MW Champ. Game: L, 17-24 at No. 24 Fresno St. Packets with pregame information will be distributed in advance of kickoff on the day of Poinsettia Bowl: W, 21-14 vs. No. 24 No. Illinois the game. Play-by-play, quarter, halftime and final statistics along with coach and player Final Ranking (AP/Coaches): RV/RV quotes are all regular services on game day. Stat monitors with live, updated statistics are Lettermen Returning: 38 (O-17, D-18, S-3) provided for radio and television, while print media can access the same information with Lettermen Lost: 28 (O-14, D-13, S-1) their computers utilizing GameTracker. Starters Returning: 14 (O-6, D-5, S-3) Starters Lost: 18 (O-10 D-8, S-0) UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM Offensive Starters Returning: 6 For updated statistics, rosters, game notes and all Aggie news on the internet, go to the QB Darell Garretson; RB Joe Hill; QB Chuckie official Utah State Athletics website at UtahStateAggies.com. For those out of range of the Keeton; WR JoJo Natson; WR Brandon Swindall; OL Aggie Sports Network’s radio broadcast, live audio of every game is available through UtahStateAggies.com’s All-Access. Kevin Whimpey Defensive Starters Returning: 5 TWITTER LB Kyler Fackrell; DE B.J. Larsen; S Brian Suite; LB Follow all of the Aggie coaches and the program on twitter: Matt Wells @CoachWellsU- Nick Vigil; LB Zach Vigil SUFB; Mark Weber @CoachWeberUSUFB; Todd Orlando @CoachTOrlando; Kevin McGiven Specialist Returning: 3 @coachmcgiven; Dave Ungerer @coachungerer; Luke Wells @coachlukewells; Jovon P/H Jaron Bentrude; PK Nick Diaz; K Jake Thompson Bouknight @CoachBouknight; Joe Lorig @CoachJoeLorig; Ikaika Malloe @MalloeMalloe; Kendrick Shaver @CoachkSHAVER; and @USUFootball.