BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL BYU Athletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, UT • (801) 422-8948 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 • www.byucougars.com Football Contact Info. • Jeff Reynolds • [email protected] • (801) 372-2080 • Asst. Football Contact • Kyle Chilton • [email protected] • (801) 378-5737 2005 SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD BYU (1-1, 0-0) vs. TCU (2-1, 1-0) Date Opponent Time/Results Sept. 3 No. 22 BOSTON COLLEGE L, 3-20 LaVell Edwards Stadium Sept. 10 EASTERN ILLINOIS . W, 45-10 Sept. 24 TCU . 1 p.m. (ESPN+Plus; KJZZ, Ch. 14) Provo, Utah Oct. 1 at San Diego State . 7:05 p.m. (ESPN Classic) September 24, 2005 Oct. 8 at New Mexico . 6 p.m. (SportsWest) 1 p.m. (MT); ESPN+Plus (KJZZ, Ch. 14) Oct. 15 COLORADO STATE . TBA Oct. 22 at Notre Dame . 1:30 p.m. (NBC) Game Information Oct. 29 AIR FORCE . TBA KICKOFF: . 1 p.m. (MT) Nov. 5 at UNLV . TBA SITE: . Provo, Utah; LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) Nov. 12 at Wyoming . TBA TELEVISION: . ESPN+Plus (KJZZ) Nov. 19 UTAH . TBA RADIO (Local): . KSL-Radio; 1160 AM and 102.7 FM (Greg Wrubell, Marc Lyons and James Dye) INTERNET WEBCAST: . http://www.byucougars.com 2005 QUICK FACTS THE SERIES: . .BYU Leads, 3-1 Location: . .Provo, Utah IN PROVO: . .BYU Leads, 2-0 Founded: . Oct. 15, 1875 LAST MEETING: . BYU Won, 31-10 Elevation: . 4,553 feet Enrollment: . 33,278 COUGARS OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY WITH TCU Nickname: . Cougars BYU picked up its first win of the season, and the first of Coach Bronco Mendenhallʼs career, Sept. Mascot: . Cosmo 10, against Eastern Illinois. The Cougars will open Mountain West Conference play coming off a bye Colors: . Dark Blue and White week by hosting TCU, Sept. 24 at LaVell Edwards Stadium. BYU is 1-1 while TCU is 2-1 overall and Stadium (capacity): . LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) 1-0 in the MWC. In the Cougars win over Eastern Illinois, BYU racked up 431 yards of total offense, Surface: . Natural Grass including Curtis Brownʼs 110 yards on the ground and John Beckʼs 255 yards through the air. Conference: . Mountain West Conference President: . Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Athletics Director: . Tom Holmoe A LOOK AT THE HORNED FROGS Head Coach: . Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, ‘88) TCU has been up and down so far this season. After shocking the football Seasons: . .First Year world with an upset win, 17-10, over then-No. 7 Oklahoma, the Horned Career Record: . 1-1 Frogs fell the next week to SMU 21-10. Last Thursday, Sept. 15, TCU Seasons at BYU: . .First Year defeated Utah 23-20 in overtime, ending the Utes 18-game win streak. Record at BYU: . 1-1 The Frogs defeated Utah with a strong running attack and solid defense. 2004 Overall Record: . 5-6 (.455) Freshman running back Aaron Brown, playing in his first game, had his MWC Record: . 4-3 way against the Utes, running 17 times for 168 yards. Robert Merrill added 67 rushing yards and Final Conference Finish: . 3rd two touchdowns, while quarterback Tye Gunn was 8-of-17 for 88 yards and threw a game-winning First Year of Football: . 1922 touchdown to Michael Depriest. Merrill has 189 yards on the season and Cory Rodgers leads the All-time Record: . 457-360-26 (.558) team in receiving with 172 yards on 20 catches. All-time Home Record: . 248-124-6 (.664) All-time Road Record: . 190-218-19 (.467) COMPLETE BROADCAST PLANS All-time Neutral Record: . 19-18-1 (.513) TELEVISION: ESPN+Plus will broadcast BYUʼs game against TCU. The game can be seen in All-time MWC Record: . 25-17-0 (.595) Utah on KJZZ, Ch. 14. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (MT). Saturdayʼs game against TCU will All-time MWC Home Record: . 12-9 (.571) also be rebroadcast by BYU Television and KBYU-TV. BYU TV will rebroadcast the game Saturday, All-time MWC Road Record: . 13-8 (.619) Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. K-BYU will televise the game Saturday, Sept. 24 at Stadium Record: . 176-59 (.749) 10 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 p.m. To check availability in your area, visit http://www.byutv. Stadium Record (since 1982 expansion): . 107-37 (.741) org/getbyutv/. Stadium Record (since renaming in 2000): . 16-11 (.593) Conference Championships: . 21 RADIO: Fans can also catch the game by tuning into KSL Radio, 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, and Bowl Game Appearances: . 23 follow the game live as Greg Wrubell calls the action, Marc Lyons offers expert analysis and James Last Bowl Appearance: . 2001, Liberty Bowl Dye reports from the sideline. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 40/21 Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 19/11 INTERNET: A live webcast of the game, which includes play-by-play and up-to-the minute Defensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 21/10 statistics, can be viewed by logging on to: http://www.byucougars.com/football. In addition to the Starters Returning/Lost: . 13/9 webcast, a live audio stream will be available on the following URLs: http://ksl.com and http:// Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: . 7/4 www.byuradio.og/streaming Offensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . .6/5 SERIES INFORMATION Defensive Players Returning with Starting Experience: . 11 BYU and TCU have played played four times with the Cougars owning the series lead, 3-1. The last time the teams met was in 1997 in Provo. BYU defeated the Horned Frogs 31-10 to improve to 2-0 in Provo against TCU. After a slow first half that ended in a 3-3 tie, the Cougars scored 28 consecutive points, in- cluding 21 in the third. Brian McKenzie scored on a two-yard run to start the run and Drew Miller threw touchdown passes on the next three scores. Aaron Roderick caught the first and third while Ben Cahoon caught the second. Miller finished 16-of-26 on the day for 180 yards and three touchdowns. Cahoon caught 10 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown. BYU defeated the Frogs 45-21 the previous season. BRIGHAM YOUNG FOOTBALL Page 2 • BYU Football 2005 TWO GAMES, TWO TEAMS YOUNG GUN Between the first and second games of the season, the Cougars have improved on While Mendenhall has 16 years of assistant coaching experience, he is now a head penalties and backpedaled on turnovers. Against Boston College, BYU had 10 penal- coach for the first time in his career. Despite his extensive experience, he is the fourth ties for 85 and zero turnovers. In game two against Eastern Illinois, the Cougars had youngest coach in NCAA Division I-A football at the age of 39. Mike Gundy of Okla- just 5 penalties for 30 yards but turned the ball over four times on two interceptions homa State is 38 and is one year, five months and 22 days younger than Mendenhall. and two fumbles. Coach School Birthday SLOW START, GOOD FINISH Mike Gundy Oklahoma State 08/12/67 While BYU fell 20-3 in its season opener to Boston College, historical trends indi- Shane Montgomery Miami (Ohio) 03/14/67 cate the Cougars should still have a successful season. Since 1974, BYU has opened Greg Schiano Rutgers 06/01/66 12 seasons with a loss. In those 12 seasons, the Cougars had winning records in 11 Bronco Mendenhall BYU 02/21/66 and were .500 in the other. The last time BYU opened the season with a loss and Mike Shula Alabama 06/03/65 had a losing record was 1973 when the team finished 5-6. On the other hand, BYU opened with a win from 2002-04 and finished with a losing record. The following is WHERE’S THE BEEF? a list of the 12 seasons since 1974 BYU opened with a loss: The BYU offensive line doesnʼt order salads when it goes out to eat. Each starter weighs over 300 pounds for an average of 325 and a total of 1,625. They will be Season Record GET BACK ON THE WINNING SIDE going up against a TCU defensive line that weighs an average of 264 pounds. The 1974 7-4-1 The Cougars endured three-consecutive losing seasons from Horned Frogsʼ offensive line weighs on average of 297 pounds while BYUʼs defen- 1975 6-5 2002-04 for the first time since 1962-64. An interesting paral- sive line weighs an average of 317.3. 1976 9-3 lel is that legendary coach LaVell Edwards joined the staff in 1980 12-1 1962 as a defensive coach when the team was struggling but CURTIS BROWN’S BIG DAY 1983 11-1 took over in 1972 as head coach and took the team to 22 bowl Curtis Brown rushed for 110 rushing yards on 18 carries and scored one touchdown 1987 9-4 games. Mendenhall joined the team in 2003, BYUʼs second- against Eastern Illinois, Sept. 10, 2005. It was the first time since BYU played San 1988 9-4 consecutive losing season, as the defensive coordinator. Diego State, Nov. 6, 2004, that a Cougar player had 100 yards rushing. That day 1991 8-3-2 Brown had 106 yards in BYUʼs 49-16 win. Brown also had four catches for 14 yards 1995 7-4 against Eastern Illinois. Brown has run for over 100 yards six times in his career. 1997 6-5 1998 9-5 2000 6-6 ROOKIE HEAD COACHES Total 99-45-5 Bronco Mendenhall became BYUʼs 14th head coach, the 13th man to hold the job, on Dec.