UTAH STATE FOOTBALL ® 12 Conference Championships • Back-to-Back-to-Back Bowl Wins • 4 Consecutive Bowl Games • 8 NFL Draft Picks Since 2011 (RV) BYU (8-3) vs. UTAH STATE (6-5, 5-3 MW) 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 2015 • 1:30 P.M. • LOGAN, UTAH • MAVERIK STADIUM (22,509) (6-5, 5-3 Mountain West) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT S 3 SOUTHERN UTAH None W 12-9 S 11 at #24 Utah ESPN2 L 14-24 S 19 at Washington Pac-12 L 17-31 ® O 3 COLORADO STATE* ESPN3 W 33-18 BYU COUGARS UTAH STATE AGGIES O 10 at Fresno State* CBSSN W 56-14 O 16 #21 BOISE STATE* CBSSN W 52-26 2015 RECORD: 8-3 2015 RECORD: 6-5, 5-3 MW O 23 at San Diego State* ESPN2 L 14-48 LAST GAME: Nov. 21, 2015 LAST GAME: Nov. 21, 2015 O 30 WYOMING* ESPN2 W 58-27 • W, 52-10 vs. Fresno State • W, 31-27 vs. Nevada N 7 at New Mexico* CBSSN L 13-14 HEAD COACH: Bronco Mendenhall HEAD COACH: Matt Wells N 14 at Air Force* ESPN3 L 28-35 • School Record: 98-42 (11th year) • School Record: 25-14 (3rd year) N 21 NEVADA* ESPN3 W 31-27 • Career Record: 98-42 (11th year) • Career Record: 25-14 (3rd year) N 28 BYU CBSSN 1:30 pm • vs. Utah State: 6-2 • vs. BYU: 1-1 ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS * Mountain West Game • Rush: Algernon Brown (106-629, 10 TD) • Rush: Devante Mays (134-788, 9 TD) All times Mountain. Home games in BOLD CAPS. • Pass: Tanner Mangum (226-360, 2,778, 17 TD, 7 INT) • Pass: Kent Myers (107-179, 1,470, 14 TD, 3 INT) • Rec.: Mitch Matthews (46-571, 9 TD) • Rec.: Hunter Sharp (53-646, 7 TD) • Def.: Micha Wadsworth (69 tkl., 2.5 tfl) • Def.: Nick Vigil (131 tkl., 12.5 tfl, 3.0 sacks) GAME 12 INFORMATION • Surface .............................................. AstroTurf AGGIES BOWL ELIGIBILITY FOR FIFTH-STRAIGHT YEAR With its 31-27 win against Nevada last weekend, Utah State is bowl • Series History ........... Utah State trails, 35-46-3 eligible for the fifth-straight year. USU has played in four-straight bowls and won each of its last three, both of which are school records. TV: CBS Sports Network • Play-by-Play .................................. Rich Waltz AGGIES HOST BYU IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE • Analyst ................................ Adam Archuleta • Utah State concludes the regular season this week, hosting in- state rival BYU. USU won last year’s meeting in Provo, 35-20, snap- • Reporter ...................................... Cassie Gallo ping a 17-game road losing streak that dated back to 1978. BYU won the last meeting in Logan in 2013, 31-14, snapping a nine- RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK game home winning streak for the Aggies. Overall, USU has won • Play-by-Play ............................... Craig Hislop seven of its last eight home games against in-state opponents • Analyst ...................................... John Pappas dating back to 2009, with its only loss coming to BYU in 2013. • Online: 610kvnu.com • Utah State and BYU spent 37 years as conference foes as mem- bers of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from 1922-37 and Senior LB Kyler Fackrell was TWITTER: #USUAGGIES the Mountain States/Skyline Conference from 1938-61. As confer- named the Mountain West • Official Account ...................... @USUFootball ence foes, USU was 21-13-3 (.608) against BYU. Defensive Player of the Week after recording 10 tackles, WHAT TO WATCH FOR SATURDAY including 0.5 for loss, and re- ONLINE: UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM • With a win against BYU, Utah State will tie the 2012 and 2014 covered a fumble in the end UtahStateAggies.com offers the most com- teams for most home wins (6) in a single-season, and record zone in the fourth quarter for plete and comprehensive coverage of the just the sixth undefeated home season in the 48-year history of the game-winning score in Aggies on gameday. Maverik Stadium, along with the 1968 (4-0), 1972 (5-0), 1982 (4-0), Utah State’s 31-27 Mountain 2012 (6-0) and 2014 (6-0) teams. Overall, USU has had 30 teams West home win against Ne- record undefeated home seasons in school history. vada last weekend. MEDIA RELATIONS • Utah State has won 14 straight home games, which is the third-longest home winning • Football Contact: Doug Hoffman streak in school history. The school record is 17 straight home wins from 1959-63, while the • Office: (435) 797-3714 1905-08 teams won 15 straight home games. That 14-game home winning streak is also the • Cell: (435) 881-8011 third-longest active streak in the nation behind Florida State (21) and Clemson (16). • Email: [email protected] • Utah State has won 23 of its last 25 home games, and is 15-2 at home under head coach • Secondary Contact: Wade Denniston Matt Wells, including a 4-1 non-conference record. In all, Utah State has won 12 of its last 14 non-conference home games. All-time, USU is 135-98 (.579) at Maverik Stadium. • Office: (435) 797-1361 • Cell: (435) 787-8587 • Utah State ranks ninth nationally in pass defense, allowing 171.0 yards per game, while BYU ranks 21st nationally in pass offense, averaging 295.9 yards per game. • Email: [email protected] • Utah State has won 16 of its last 19 games played during the month of November, includ- • Address: 7400 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 ing 10 straight at home, dating back to 2011. • The last time Utah State lost a home game was on Oct. 12, 2013, to Boise State, 34-23, snapping its school-record 13-game conference winning streak. 2015 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ® MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS UTAH STATE QUICK FACTS Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations Doug Hoffman (435-797-3714 office, 435-881- HEAD COACH MATT WELLS 8011 cell, [email protected]) handles all media requests for the Utah State football Years Coached: 3rd season program, along with Assistant Media Relations Coordinator Wade Denniston (435-797-1361 Alma Mater: Utah State, 1996 office, 435-787-8587 cell, [email protected]) Career Record: 25-14 (.641) WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Record at Utah State: 25-14 (.641) Utah State head coach Matt Wells will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during Mountain West Record: 18-6 (.750) the regular season at 11:30 a.m. MT. Selected players will also be available. Live streaming Bowl Record: 2-0 (1.000) of the press conference will be made available at UtahStateAggies.com. Broadcast-quality video is available per request. ASSISTANT COACHES/STAFF • Mark Weber (Associate Head Coach/OL) PRACTICE SCHEDULE Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available for • Josh Heupel (Assistant Head Coach/OC/QB) post-practice interviews on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for Saturday games. There is no • Kevin Clune (Defensive Coordinator/LB) media availability following Monday, Thursday and Friday practices. • Dave Ungerer (Special Teams Coordinator/RB) • Luke Wells (Co-Offensive Coordinator/TE/RC) INTERVIEW REQUESTS • Jovon Bouknight (Passing Game Coordinator/WR) All player and assistant coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Doug Hoffman. • Joe Lorig (Safeties) Requests for post-practice interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal • Ikaika Malloe (Defensive Line) phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to • Kendrick Shaver (Def. Passing Game Coord./CB) conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the media relations staff. • Waqa Damuni (Asst. AD for Football Operations ) POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY • Reed Hornung (Director of Player Personnel) The Utah State locker room is closed at all times. A media relations staffer will collect all • Dave Kragthorpe (Special Asst. to Head Coach) player requests in the press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will • Dillon Sanders (Defensive Graduate Assistant) be available in the Spetman Auditorium on the 2nd floor of the Jim & Carol Laub Athletics- • Manoa Latu (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Academics Complex immediately following head coach Matt Wells’ post-game press • Kelly Bills (Offensive Graduate Assistant) conference. Live streaming of each post-game press conference will be made available • Jon Cooper (Offensive Graduate Assistant) at UtahStateAggies.com. Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance • Joey Halzle (Offensive Administrative Assistant) with the host school’s procedures. • Brad Vonnahme (Defensive/ST Admin. Assistant) CREDENTIALS AND PARKING • Dave Scholz (Strength & Conditioning) Requests for working credentials for the 2015 Utah State football season must be sent to Doug Hoffman. Media parking is located in the Blue lot on the east side of Maverik Stadium as tem- 2015 TEAM INFORMATION porary housing will be utilized to accommodate the media during renovations to the stadium. Record: 6-5 MW Record: 5-3 PRESS BOX AND GAMEDAY SERVICES Lettermen Returning: 38 (O-12, D-24, S-2) Packets with pregame information will be distributed in advance of kickoff on the day of Lettermen Lost: 22 (O-13, D-7, S-2) the game. Play-by-play, quarter, halftime and final statistics along with coach and player Starters Returning: 15 (O-8, D-7) quotes are all regular services on game day. Stat monitors with live, updated statistics are provided for radio and television, while print media can access the same information with Starters Lost: 11 (O-5, D-6) their computers utilizing GameTracker and StatBroadcast. Offensive Starters Returning: 8 OG Taani Fisilau; TE Wyatt Houston; OG Tyshon UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM Mosley; QB Kent Myers; WR Devonte Robinson; For updated statistics, rosters, game notes and all Aggie news on the Internet, go to the WR Hunter Sharp; OT Jake Simonich; OC Austin official Utah State Athletics website at UtahStateAggies.com.