2021 SPRING FOOTBALL GAME 2 NOTES: UC DAVIS (1-0) vs. WEBER STATE (1-0) FB SID Contact: Mark Honbo • Cell: 530.979.1744 • Email: [email protected] ABOUT THE GAME 2021 SPRING SCHEDULE Now ranked No. 23 nationally in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25, UC Davis heads to Ogden, Utah to face No. 2 Weber State. Both teams enter with 1-0 records, having had an early-season date Mar. 6 at #19 Idaho .................... W, 27-17 with Cal Poly postponed. Kickoff time is 1 p.m. Mountain, noon Moscow, Idaho Pacific. Saturday’s contest will air on Sports 1140 and via Watch- ASUI Kibbie Dome (16,000) BigSky, which is also available on the PlutoTV streaming service. Who: Weber State Mar. 13 at #2 Weber State ............ Noon PST When: Saturday, March 13 • Noon PST Ogden, Utah Where: Ogden, Utah Stewart Stadium (17,500) Venue: Stewart Stadium (17,500) Live Stats: https://weberstatesports.com/sidearmstats/football/summary Listen: Sports 1140 on TuneIn app (http://tun.in/serGW) Mar. 20 CAL POLY ....................... 1 p.m. Watch: WatchBigSky (http://watchbigsky.com/) Battle For The Golden Horseshoe Davis, Calif. UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) TABLE OF CONTENTS About Today’s Game/2021 Spring Schedule .................... 1 Mar. 27 IDAHO STATE .................... 1 p.m. Game Notes ............................................................................ 2-4 Davis, Calif. 2019 Season Recap ............................................................. 4-6 UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) 2020-21 Spring Quick Facts .................................................. 7 UC Davis Health Stadium ....................................................... 8 About UC Davis .........................................................................9 Apr. 3 EASTERN WASHINGTON ........... 1 p.m. A Crash Course In UC Davis Football .......................... 10-11 Davis, Calif. Depth Chart .......................................................................... 12-13 UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) Numerical Roster ................................................................ 14-15 2019 Results ...............................................................................16 2019 Statistics ...................................................................... 16-19 Apr. 10 at Cal Poly ....................... 1 p.m. 2021 Spring Superlatives ................................................20-21 San Luis Obispo, Calif. 2021 Spring Game-by-Game Statistics .....................22-24 Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) 2021 Spring Starters Summary .......................................... 25 2021 Spring Record Breakdown ....................................... 25 2021 Spring Game-by-Game Boxscores ..................26-27 The Last Time It Happened ..........................................28-29 2021 FALL SCHEDULE 2021 Spring Opponent Series Histories ..........................30 Sept. 2 at Tulsa 2021 Spring Player Quick Liners ...................................31-37 Sept. 11 at San Diego Sept. 18 DIXIE STATE INFORMATION BOXES Sept. 25 at Weber State* UC Davis 2021 Fall Football Schedule ................................ 1 Oct. 2 IDAHO* 2021 Stats Perform FCS Top 25 ...........................................2 Oct. 9 at Idaho State* Pronunciation Guide ................................................................ 3 Oct. 16 NORTHERN COLORADO (Homecoming)* 2021 Top Passing/Rushing/Receiving Performances ....6 Oct. 23 at Cal Poly (Battle For The Golden Horseshoe)* Nov. 6 at Northern Arizona* Aggie Football History - By The Numbers .......................10 Nov. 13 EASTERN WASHINGTON* Aggie Football History - 1971 Miracle Game .....................11 Nov. 20 SACRAMENTO STATE* 2021 Spring Turnover Log .....................................................16 2021 Spring Touchdown Log ................................................16 * Big Sky Conference game 2021 Spring Week-by-Week Rankings ..............................17 HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS @UCDfootball @ucdavisfootball @ucdavisfootball 2020-21 UC DAVIS SPRING FOOTBALL GAME NOTES #2 • 1 GAME 2 NOTES, cont. UC DAVIS-WEBER STATE SERIES for-66 rushing in his home state... Larison hails from Caldwell, Saturday’s game is the eighth meeting in a series that began some 300 miles south of Moscow on the Oregon border... Junior during UC Davis Division I reclassification era... The Aggies Hunter Rodrigues ushered in his era as the starting Aggie QB in won two of the first three matchups: Sept. 18, 2004 (31-29) and strong fashion: 23 of 29, 243 yards, three TDs and no intercep- Sept. 29, 2012 (37-13), but the Wildcats have claimed the last tions... In fact, the Aggies committed no turnovers in the con- four... The 2012 victory over Weber State has the unusual dis- test, the first game with no giveaways since both Cal Poly and tinction of being UC Davis’ first-ever Big Sky Conference win... Southern Utah in 2019. The Aggies previously competed in the Great West Conference... Weber State won the 2019 meeting, 36-20, but the game fea- On the defensive end, senior LB and co-captain Connor Airey tured one of the most exciting plays of the year: Jaylin White’s posted 10 tackles (5 solo, 5 assist) with 2 TFLs, a 7-yard sack, 100-yard kickoff return touchdown... He became the third a 14-yard interception and a QB hurry... His performance won player in school history to achieve such a feat, joining Namane Big Sky Conference Player of the Week, both from the league Modise (2017) and John Nedderman (1948). itself and by College Sports Madness... Airey was also an honor- able mention for Stats Perform’s national weekly awards... Safety UC DAVIS LAST WEEK Chris Venable notched 8 tackles with 2 PBUs, while fellow safety The Aggies upset then-No. 19 Idaho, 27-17, getting individu- Isaiah Thomas added 7 stops and a pick... Thomas now has four al feats from up and down the roster... Offensively, junior RB career interceptions: one at Stanford in 2018, two against Cal Ulonzo Gilliam, Jr. ran for 145 net yards – his ninth career 100- Poly in 2019, and one against the Vandals. plus rushing game and the 16th game with 100-plus combined yards from scrimmage... Junior WR Carson Crawford made his TO BEAT THE BEST return to action with 8 receptions for 120 yards and two TDs, Saturday’s win over Idaho marks the first time UC Davis has while adding a 36-yard pass of his own (to Jared Harrell)... beaten a team ranked in the Stats Perform Top 25 (previously Freshman WR Lan Larison made his collegiate debut with 10- STATS, Inc and The Sports Network) since a 22-21 win at Cal Poly on November 13, 2010... UC Davis trailed 21-0 early in that contest, but scored 22 unanswered to snipe an upset of then-No. 2021 STATS PERFORM TOP 25 19/18 Mustangs... Randy Wright, now a quality control staffer March 8, 2021 for UC Davis, threw for 302 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Sean Credick in the comeback... During the decade since, the No. School Record Points Prev Aggies have notched numerous wins over teams receiving votes 1 James Madison (29) 3-0 981 1 in the poll, including the recent 2019 thriller at USD and the 2 WEBER STATE (2) 1-0 928 2 2018 NCAA playoff victory against Northern Iowa... The Sept. 3 North Dakota (9) 3-0 919 4 4 UNI 2-1 863 3 15, 2012 win at South Dakota State took place two weeks before 5 North Dakota State 3-1 778 6 the Jackrabbits entered the Top 25. 6 Villanova 1-0 777 5 7 Nicholls 3-0 754 7 HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU 8 South Dakota State 2-1 752 8 With 145 rushing yards on Saturday, Gilliam raised his career 9 Kennesaw State 1-0 653 9 total to 2,370, moving him from sixth to fourth on the school 10 Southern Illinois 3-1 652 11 career Top 10 list... His next target is Ron Austin, who rushed for 10 Jacksonville State 5-1 652 10 12 Sam Houston 1-0 557 12 2,968 ticks in 1977-80... G.P. Muhammad (3,589) and Preston 13 Albany 1-0 538 13 Jackson (3,325) hold the top two spots... Impressively, Jackson 14 Chattanooga 2-1 402 18 put up all but 64 of those yards in his final two seasons... Gil- 15 Furman 2-1 351 17 liam also moved up to No. 4 on the career attempts list with 16 Eastern Washington 1-1 317 22 455, with Jackson (539) next in line... He remains fifth in rush- 17 New Hampshire 0-1 272 14 ing TDs at 25, with Jermaine Rucker (1995-96) and Muhammad 18 Southeastern Louisiana 1-1 239 23 (1995-98) tied for third with 28 each. 19 Delaware 1-0 233 25 20 Wofford 1-1 222 20 21 South Dakota 1-1 185 20 I.T. SPECIALIST 22 Illinois State 0-2 148 15 DB Isaiah Thomas’ interception at the Aggie 27-yard line stopped 23 UC DAVIS 1-0 140 NR an Idaho scoring threat in the final minutes of the first half, but 24 Monmouth 0-0 119 23 his less-heralded role as punt returner puts him in the school 25 UIW 2-0 115 NR record book... He had runbacks of 10 and 8 yards on Saturday, raising his career total to 413... Thomas needs 29 more to sur- ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: VMI 89, Idaho 81, Southeast Mis- pass Jess Oliva (2001-04) for 5th in UC Davis history... How- souri 77, Jackson State 55, Richmond 36, Gardner-Webb 32, ever, no player may ever catch that school benchmark: Armin San Diego 15, ETSU 12, Austin Peay 10, Dixie State 10, Murray State 9, Tarleton 9, Elon 3. Anderson logged 1,176 yards in his career from 1983-85... Best known for never calling for a fair catch, the 5-foot-7 Anderson 2020-21 UC DAVIS SPRING FOOTBALL GAME NOTES #2 • 2 GAME 2 NOTES, cont. still holds NCAA Division II records for punt returns in a season captains remain the same: Gilliam, LB Connor Airey, DL Bryce (61) and career (153), with his yardage total of 1,176 yards al- Rodgers and OL Kooper Richardson... Airey continues a recent most doubling the next Aggie on the list. tradition and a point of pride for head coach Dan Hawkins: a former walk-on elevating to the role of captain... Nas Anesi held Note: what follows are older notes from the 2021 spring sea- such honors in 2018 and 2019, then was joined by Tiger Garcia son, as appeared in previous editions of the game notes..