2019 FOOTBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES • GAME 1: UC DAVIS at CALIFORNIA • 31 August 2019 FB SID Contact: Mark Honbo • Office: 530.752.8050 • Cell: 530.979.1744 • Email: [email protected] ABOUT TODAY’S GAME 2019 SCHEDULE UC Davis opens its 101st football season by facing its sister Aug. 31 at California .............. 3:30 p.m. school for the 10th time in school history, the second time in Berkeley, Calif. the program’s Division I era, and the first time since September Memorial Stadium (62,467) 4, 2010... The two teams also met up eight times from 1932 to 1939, with 18 other meetings against Cal’s junior varsity team (known as “Cal Ramblers”) between 1915 and 1957. Sept. 7 at San Diego ................. 2 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Torero Stadium (6,000) Who: California When: Saturday, August 31 • 3:37 p.m. Where: Berkeley, Calif. Sept. 14 vs. Lehigh .................. 7 p.m. Venue: Memorial Stadium (62,467) Davis, Calif. Listen: TuneIn (https://listen.tunein.com/ucdavis18s- UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) chedule) Watch: Pac-12 Networks (https://pac-12.com/football/ Sept. 21 at North Dakota State . 2:30 p.m. CDT event/2019/08/31/uc-davis-california) Fargo, N.D. Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (19,000) Today’s Aggies-Golden Bears matchup also marks the seventh time UC Davis has faced a Pac-12 Conference member during Sept. 28 vs. Montana ................. 1 p.m. the D-I or D-I reclassification era, along with Stanford (2005, Davis, Calif. 2014, 2018), Cal (2010), Arizona State (2011) and Oregon UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) (2016)... The Aggies have also announced future dates against USC (2021) and Washington (2025). Oct. 5 at North Dakota ........... 1 p.m. CDT ABOUT THE OPPONENT Grand Forks, N.D. Cal went 7-6 overall with a 4-5 record in the Pac-12 Conference Alerus Center (12,283) in 2018... The season featured a 12-10 upset of Washington on Oct. 27, and an appearance in the Cheez-It Bowl (against TCU) Oct. 12 vs. Cal Poly .................. 4 p.m. on Dec. 26... Senior ILB Evan Weaver leads five total Preseason Davis, Calif. All-Pac-12 picks, along with DE Luc Buquette, CB Camryn By- UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) num, P Steven Coutts and S Ashtyn Davis... Following a season in which he recorded 159 tackles with 4.5 sacks, two intercep- Oct. 19 at Southern Utah ..... 6:05 p.m. CDT tions and six PBUs, Weaver also made preseason watch lists for Cedar City, Utah Eccles Coliseum (8,500) TABLE OF CONTENTS About Today’s Game/2019 Schedule ................................................1 Oct. 26 vs. Weber State .............. 4 p.m. Game Notes ..........................................................................................2-4 Davis, Calif. Pronunciation Guide...............................................................................4 UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) Quick Facts ...............................................................................................5 A Crash Course In UC Davis Football ..........................................6-7 Nov. 9 at Portland State .......... 2:05 p.m. Depth Chart ...........................................................................................8-9 Hillsboro, Ore. Numerical Roster ...............................................................................10-11 Hillsboro Stadium (7,200) Coaching Staff ...................................................................................12-13 Jake Maier: Career Summary & Records Watch ....................14-15 2018 Results ............................................................................................ 16 Nov. 16 vs. Montana State ........... 4 p.m. 2018 Team Statistics ..............................................................................17 Davis, Calif. 2018 Individual Statistics ................................................................18-21 UC Davis Health Stadium (10,743) 2018 Game-by-Game Statistics ................................................ 22-26 2018 Starters Summary ...................................................................... 27 2018 Record Breakdown ................................................................... 27 Nov. 23 at Sacramento State ............ TBA The Last Time It Happened ....................................................... 28-29 66th Causeway Classic All-Time Series Histories ....................................................................30 Sacramento, Calif. About UC Davis: Where We Rank.................................................... 31 Hornet Stadium (21,195) 2019 UC DAVIS FOOTBALL GAME #1 NOTES • 1 GAME 1 NOTES, cont. the Chuck Bednarik Award (collegiate defensive player of the year), Bronko Nagurski Trophy (defensive player of the year) 2019 PRESEASON AWARDS and the Butkus Award (linebacker of the year) Chronologically, as announced EARLY BUZZ HERO SPORTS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA Thanks to its 10-3 record and NCAA quarterfinal appearance Jake Maier, QB (First Team) in 2018, UC Davis opened the season at No. 5 in the preseason Ulonzo Gilliam, RB (Second Team) national polls from the American Football Coaches Association, ATHLON SPORTS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA STATS, Lindy’s and Athlon Sports... HERO Sports had the Ag- Jake Maier, QB gies at No. 3 behind No. 1 James Madison and No. 2 North Dakota State... Street & Smith put UC Davis at No. 7, which PRESEASON ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE matches the team’s final 2018 STATS FCS position. Jake Maier, QB Jared Harrell, WR Individually, senior QB Jake Maier earned preseason All-America honors from four different outlets, plus Big Sky Conference Pre- BIG SKY CONFERENCE PRESEASON season Offensive Player of the Year... The communication major OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR from La Habra and reigning Big Sky Offensive POW also made Jake Maier, QB the preseason watch lists for the Walter Payton Award (FCS of- STATS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA fensive player of the year) and CFPA Performer of the Year... Jake Maier, QB (First Team) Junior WR Jared Harrell joined Maier on the Preseason All-Big Sky Conference team, senior TE Wes Preece garnered Presea- WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST son All-America acclaim from Phil Steele, while sophomore RB Jake Maier, QB Ulonzo Gilliam also appeared on the HERO Sports Preseason All-America rolls... Finally, junior punter Daniel Whelan earned FCS PUNTER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST a spot on the watch list for the Augusta Sports Council’s inaugu- Daniel Whelan, P ral FCS Punter of the Year award... This is the same group that PHIL STEELE’S PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA has awarded the Ray Guy Award since 2000... A full summary of Jake Maier, QB (Second Team) preseason awards can be found on page 2. Wes Preece, TE (Fourth Team) AGGIES ON THE AIRWAVES PHIL STEELE’S PRESEASON ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE UC Davis football returned to Sports 1140 (calls KHTK) in 2018 Jake Maier, QB (First Team) and will continue to air on that station through at least 2020... Jared Harrell, WR (First Team) Scott Marsh (play-by-play) and Doug Kelly (analyst) will pro- Ulonzo Gilliam, Jr., RB (Second Team) vide the call, with Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Famer Scott Barry Wes Preece, TE (Second Team) joining the team for home games... An eventual NFL Draft pick Daniel Whelan, P (Third Team) by the 49ers, Barry earned NCAC Offensive Player of the Year and AP All-America honors as a senior in 1984... He also had the unusual distinction of starting in the 1982 NCAA D-II title game, replacing the injured Ken O’Brien. UC Davis also has half its schedule on TV this year: Cal (Aug. 31) on Pac-12 Networks, Montana (Sept. 28) on ROOT Sports, North Dakota (Oct. 5) on Midco, Cal Poly (Oct. 12), Weber State (Oct. 26) and Montana State (Nov. 16) on Eleven Sports, and Sacramento State (Nov. 23) on CW31... Fans outside the coverage areas of these stations may also stream Big Sky Confer- ence games on WatchBigSky.com. #89 KEELAN DOSS The Aggies’ three-year All-American receiver from 2016-18, Kee- lan Doss was signed as a undrafted free agent by his hometown team, the Oakland Raiders, immediately following last spring’s NFL Draft... In the first three weeks of the 2019 preseason, Doss hauled in 11 receptions (t9th in the NFL) with 99 yards and a touchdown... Doss’ journey through the Raiders’ camp has fea- Keelan Doss chats with UC Davis Chancellor Gary May during a visit to preseason camp on August tured heavily in the 14th season of HBO’s documentary series 5. Doss’ return to campus was captured by HBO for its documentary series Hard Knocks. 2019 UC DAVIS FOOTBALL GAME #1 NOTES • 2 GAME 1 NOTES, cont. Hard Knocks... The second episode (airdate: Aug. 13) particu- larly centered around the Aggie organizational studies grad, and 2018 POSTSEASON AWARDS even featured his August 5 visit to UC Davis Health Stadium. Chronologically, as announced 2018 IN REVIEW GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 8 Ryan Parenteau (First Team) UC Davis enjoyed a banner year in its second season under head Wesley Preece (First Team) coach Dan Hawkins, posting a 10-3 overall record and a 7-1 Tiger Garcia (First Team) mark in the Big Sky Conference... The latter captured the Aggies a tri-championship with Weber State and Eastern Washington... BIG SKY CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR UC Davis also advanced to the NCAA FCS playoffs for the first Jake Maier time in program history, taking down Northern Iowa, 23-16, before falling in the final minute at No. 4 Eastern Washington. ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE The Aggies entered the Stats FCS Top 25 in the second week of Keelan Doss (First Team) the season, then made a 23-21-19-16-14-10 ascension into the