GAME 6 | BYU vs. ECU | Saturday, Oct. 10 | 5:30 p.m. MT | Provo, UT | LaVell Edwards Stadium | ESPNU | Cougar IMG Sports Network | www.BYUCougars.com FOOTBALL Brett Pyne, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-4912 | C: (801) 367-1631 | [email protected] | @BYUCougars #ECUvsBYU #BYUFootball #GoCougs BYU 2015 SCHEDULE AWAY GAME INFORMATION HOME Date Day Opponent Time/Result TV Kickoff ..................... 5:30 p.m. MT 9/5 Sat at Nebraska W 33-28 ABC TV ............................. ESPNU 9/12 Sat Boise State W 35-24 ESPN2 Allen Bestwick (Play by Play) Dan Hawkins 9/19 Sat at UCLA L 24-23 FS1 (Analyst) 9/26 Sat at Michigan L 31-0 ABC Radio ............ Cougar IMG Sports Network 10/2 Fri Connecticut W 30-13 ESPN2 (KSL 1160 AM, 102.7 FM, KSL.com, BYUcougars. 10/10 Sat East Carolina 5:30 p.m. ESPNU com, BYU Radio Sirius XM 143) 10/16 Fri Cincinnati 6 p.m. ESPN Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Marc Lyons (analyst), 10/24 Sat Wagner 1 p.m. BYUtv Nate Meikle (sideline) 11/6 Fri at San Jose State 8:30 p.m. CBSS Opp. Radio .............. Pirate IMG Radio Network 11/14 Sat vs. Missouri TBA TBA EAST CAROLINA (3-2, 1-1 AAC) Jeff Charles (play-by-play), Kevin Monroe (analyst), BYU (3-2, INDEPENDENT) 11/21 Sat Fresno State TBA TBA PIRATES Marty Feurer (sideline) COUGARS 11/28 Sat at Utah State 1:30 p.m. CBSS TV pregame show ....... BYUtv, 4:30 p.m. MT All times local to site Head Coach ........ Ruffin McNeil SERIES INFORMATION Head Coach ... Bronco Mendenhall Alma Mater ...... East Carolina, 1980 Series ��������������������������������������������������� 0-0 Alma Mater ........ Oregon St., 1988 Career Record ���������������������������40-29 Away ����������������������������������������������������� 0-0 Career Record �����������������93-41 (.694) HOMECOMING Record at UConn . .41-29 Home . 0-0 Record at BYU ����������������������������Same BYU vs. East Carolina is the homecoming game for the McNeil vs. BYU . First meeting Neutral . 0-0 Mendenhall vs. ECU ..... First meeting Cougars this year. The Cougars will be wearing BYU’s classic royal blue and white uniform combination. The BYU STORYLINES team holds a 45-23 record during the traditional home- coming game. The Cougars are 7-3 under Mendenhall • FIRST MEETING. BYU is facing East Carolina for the first time in program history. The Pirates will be the in homecoming games. The following calendar includes first team from either of the Carolina’s to make a trip to Provo and represent the first squad from North or some of the on-campus homecoming festivities for the South Carolina to play BYU. BYU is scheduled to play a return game in Greenville in 2017, marking the first week. trip to the Carolinas for the Cougars. • SAGARIN’S TOUGHEST SCHEDULE. BYU ranks No. 1 with the toughest schedule in all of college Tue. Oct. 6 11 a.m. Devotional: football according to the latest ratings by USA Today’s Jeff Sagarin. The top five goes BYU, Texas, Virginia, Homecoming opening ceremonies Hawaii and Alabama. 6 p.m. Hike and Light the “Y” • ECU-BYU CONNECTION. In 1947, the East Carolina Teacher’s College started a football program under Thur. Oct. 8 7:30 p.m. Homecoming Spectacular athletic director Dr. Nephi Moroni Jorgensen, the first son of Danish immigrants born in America after joining the LDS church. Eventually ECTC became ECU in the 1960’s, with the football program and athletic de- Theme of “Make Your Mark,” will partment flourishing under eventual ECU Hall of Famer Jorgensen. Several of Jorgensen’s decendents have feature David Archuleta along with attended either BYU, ECU or both. favorite BYU performing groups: • VS. THE AAC. BYU is 20-5 against the American Athletic Conference as currently constituted. The Cou- Vocal Point, Young Ambassadors, gars have played Tulsa the most, holding a 7-1 record against the Golden Hurricane. Cougarettes, Ballroom Dance Com • GAME SIX. Under Coach Mendenhall, the BYU is 9-1 in game six of the regular season, with the only loss pany, Contemporary Dance Theatre, coming last season to Central Florida in overtime. Women’s Chorus and Synthesis. BYU PROJECTED DEPTH CHART Sat. Oct. 10 8:30 a.m. Free Pancake Breakfast OFFENSE DEFENSE 9:45 a.m. Cougar Run 5K QB 12 Tanner Mangum 6-3 210 Fr. LE 90 Bronson Kaufusi 6-8 280 Sr. All-day on-campus Gameday Fun 7 Beau Hoge 6-1 198 Fr. 48 Tomasi Laulile 6-4 280 Jr. (see byu.edu for details) or 13 Koy Detmer Jr. 5-10 180 Fr. NT 62 Logan Taele 6-2 293 Sr. 10 a.m. Homecoming Parade RB 24 Algernon Brown 6-1 235 Jr. 94 Kesni Tausinga 6-1 302 So. 26 Nate Carter 5-9 189 Sr. RE 92 Graham Rowley 6-4 280 Sr. RB 36 Francis Bernard 6-0 235 Fr. 44 Remington Peck 6-4 275 Sr. 45 Toloa’i Ho Ching 6-1 240 So. SLB 4 Fred Warner 6-4 225 So. TEAM COMPARISON HB 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 182 Jr. 31 Sae Tautu 6-4 246 Jr. 6 Trey Dye 5-9 175 So. ECU CATEGORY BYU MLB 42 Austin Heder 6-2 242 Jr. WR 10 Mitch Mathews 6-6 215 Sr. 25 Teu Kautai 6-1 228 Sr. 31.4 Scoring Offense 24.2 13 Kurt Henderson 6-1 180 Sr. 29.4 Scoring Defense 24.0 and 1 Moroni Laulu-Pututau 6-4 190 Fr. BLB 43 Jherremya Leuta-Douyere 6-0 230 Sr. 22 Manoa Pikula 6-1 235 Sr. 22.6 First Downs 20.4 WR 19 Devon Blackmon 6-0 187 Sr. and 5 Nick Kurtz 6-6 205 Jr. WLB 31 Sae Tautu 6-4 246 Jr. 149.4 Rushing Off. 117.8 16 Sione Takitaki 6-2 240 So. IR 11 Terenn Houk 6-5 225 Sr. 192.0 Rushing Def. 160.4 3 Colby Pearson 6-0 204 Jr. FC 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 200 So. 18 Michael Shelton 5-8 169 Fr. 276.6 Passing Off. 270.4 TE 88 Tanner Balderree 6-3 242 So. 210.6 Passing Def. 216.8 85 Bryan Sampson 6-4 235 Jr. BC 15 Michael Davis 6-2 195 Jr. 1 Micah Simon 6-1 187 Fr. 426.0 Total Offense 388.2 LT 72 Ryker Mathews 6-6 320 Sr. 73 Ului Lapuaho 6-7 330 So KAT 12 Kai Nacua 6-2 213 Jr. 402.6 Total Defense 377.2 33 Eric Takenaka 5-11 205 Jr. LG 67 Kyle Johnson 6-4 305 Jr. 21.8 Kickoff Return 14.5 77 Jaterrius Gulley 6-2 340 Fr. FS 30 Michael Wadsworth 6-2 221 Sr. 2 Matt Hadley 6-0 195 So. 10.0 Punt Return 3.9 C 56 Tejan Koroma 6-0 290 So. 64.6 Penalties (YPG) 46.8 54 Parker Dawe 6-3 295 Jr. 39.9 Net Punting 37.3 RG 73 Ului Lapuaho 6-7 330 So SPECIAL TEAMS 78 Tuni Kanuch 6-3 330 So. DS 64 Matt Foley 6-1 215 Jr. 27:39 Time of Poss. 31:05 H 87 Mitchell Juergens 5-10 182 Jr. RT 75 Brad Wilcox 6-7 287 Jr. 29 Rhett Almond 6-4 190 Fr. 55.0 3rd Down % 39.0 71 Austin Hoyt 6-8 270 Fr. PR 7 Micah Hannemann 6-0 200 So. 33 Eric Takenaka 5-10 205 Jr. 50.0 4th Down % 44.4 SPECIAL TEAMS KR 19 Devon Blackmon 6-0 187 Sr. 13-104 Sacks-Yards 13-77 K 27 Trevor Samson 5-11 177 Sr. or 23 Garrett Juergens 5-10 185 Jr. 84 Austin Brasher 6-0 183 Jr. 7-52 Sacks Allowed 17-102 KO 84 Austin Brasher 6-0 183 Jr. 27 Trevor Samson 5-11 177 Sr. 80.0 Blue Zone % 93.3 P 31 Jonny Linehan 6-0 195 Jr. 29 Rhett Almond 6-4 190 Fr. 82.6 Opp. Blue Zone % 81.3 2015 BYU FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION-2 FOOTBALL CONTACTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND POLICY Football SID ...........................Brett Pyne Office .............................801-422-4912 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Thank you for your coverage of BYU football for the 2015 season. 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