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2012 FOOTBALL2012 UTAH STATE SCHEDULE

A 30 SOUTHERN UTAH (KMYU) W 34-3S 7 UTAH (ESPN2) W 27-20 OTS 15 at #22 Wisconsin (BTN) L 14-16S 22 at Colorado State (KTVD) W 31-19S 29 UNLV (Homecoming) (ESPN3) W 35-13O 5 at BYU (ESPN) L 3-6O 13 at San Jose State * (ERT) W 49-27O 20 NEW MEXICO STATE * (KMYU) W 41-7O 27 at UTSA * (ESPN3) W 48-17N 3 TEXAS STATE * (KMYU) W 38-7N 10 BYE N 17 at #19 Louisiana Tech * (ESPN3) W 48-41 OTN 24 IDAHO * (ERT) 1 pm* WAC GameAll times are mountainHome games in BOLD CAPS

UTAH STATE COACHING STAFF

IDAHO at #25 UTAH STATE

UTAH STATEAGGIES2012 Record: 9-2, 5-0 WACLast Game: Nov. 17, 2012W, 48-41 OT at #19 Louisiana TechCoach: Gary AndersenSchool Record: 24-24 (4th)DI Career Record: 24-24 (4th)vs. Idaho: 2-1

STATS LEADERSRushing: Kerwynn Williams 183 car., 1167 yds., 11 TDPassing: Chuckie Keeton237-351, 3011 yds, 25 TD, 7 INTReceiving: Kerwynn Williams 39 rec., 624 yds., 4 TD

GAME TWELVE INFORMATION

Date: Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012

Kickoff: 1:05 p.m. (MT)

Location: Logan, Utah

Stadium: Merlin Olsen Field at

Romney Stadium (25,513)

Surface: AstroTurf

Series: USU leads, 19-17-2

TV: ESPN Regional/Altitude Sports

Trey Bender (Play-by-Play)

Jay Taylor (Analyst)

Radio: Utah State Sports Network

Al Lewis (Play-by-Play)

Craig Hislop (Analyst)

Live Stats: UtahStateAggies.com

Twitter Updates: /USUFootball

YouTube: /USUAthletics

Facebook: /USUFootball

Tickets: 1-888-USTATE-1

Location: ........................................ Logan, UtahFounded: ..................................................... 1888Enrollment: ............................................... 28,994President: ..................................... Stan Albrecht Director of Athletics: .................... Scott Barnes Conference: .............. Western Athletic (WAC) Nickname: ............................................... AggiesColors: ...... Navy Blue, White and Pewter GreyStadium: ........................... Merlin Olsen Field at ...............................Romney Stadium (25,513)Playing Surface: ................................... AstroTurf

UTAH STATE QUICK FACTS

WHAT TO WATCH FOR...• With a victory against Idaho, Utah State will win its first outright league championship since the 1936 team won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) with a 6-0-1 record, and just its third in school history joining the 1921 team that also won the RMAC title with a 3-0 league record. Overall, USU has won or shared 11 league titles in school history (1921, 1936, 1946, 1960, 1961, 1978, 1979, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2012). • With a victory against Idaho, Utah State will set the school record for single season wins with 10, bettering the previous mark of nine victories set by the 1960 (9-2-0) and 1961 (9-1-1) teams. USU’s current 9-2 record is its best start to a season since 1961.• With a victory against Idaho, Utah State will improve to 6-0 at Romney Stadium for its first unde-feated home season since 1982 (4-0) and just its fourth in the 45 years of the facility along with the 1968 (4-0) and 1972 (5-0) teams. USU will also set the single-season school record for home wins with a victory against UI as the current record is five set by the 1931, 1935 and 1972 teams. • Utah State has won seven-straight home games and is 15-7 (.682) at home under head coach Gary Andersen including a 7-6 (.538) WAC record. USU’s current seven-game home win-ning streak is its longest since the 1966-68 teams combined to win eight-straight home games, which ranks as the seventh-longest home winning streak in school history. The school record for consecutive home wins is 17 set from 1959-63. All-time, USU is 119-95 (.556) at Romney Stadium.• Utah State is 5-0 in conference play for the first time since 1960 and the only Aggie team to win six league games was in 1936 (6-0-1 RMAC). Overall, it is the 12th time in school history that USU has won at least five conference games (1925, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1960, 1990, 1991,1993, 2011, 2012) and no Aggie team has gone 6-0 in league play.• Utah State’s current five-game winning streak is tied with Florida State, Ball State, Georgia, Nebraska, San Jose State, Stanford UCLA and Vanderbilt for the eighth-longest active winning streak in the nation behind Notre Dame (11), Ohio State (11), Northern Illinois (10), Kent State (9), Clemson (7), Arkansas State (6) and San Diego State (6). That five-game winning streak also ranks tied for the seventh-longest in school history and the longest since the 2011 team won five-straight games. The school record for consecutive wins is nine set in 1960, while the 1907, 1963 and 1965 teams all won seven straight, and the 1953 and 1961 teams won six-straight.

IDAHOVANDALS2012 Record: 1-10, 1-4 WACLast Game: Nov. 17, 2012L, 34-27 vs. UTSAInterim Coach: Jason GesserSchool Record: 0-3 (1st)Overall Record: 0-3 (1st)vs. Utah State: 0-0

STATS LEADERSRushing: Ryan Bass 108 car., 389 yds., 0 TDPassing: Logan Bushnell 53-104, 635 yds, 2 TD, 5 INTReceiving: Mike Scott 58 rec., 660 yds., 4 TD

Head Coach: .................................. Gary Andersen Alma Mater: ........................................ (Utah, ‘86) Record at USU: .................................... 24-24 (4th)Defensive Coordinator/DL: .............. Dave ArandaAssoc. HC/Special Teams Coor./DB: ...... Bill BuschAssistant Head Coach/RB/TE: ........... Mike Sanford Offensive Coordinator/QB: .................... Matt WellsWide Receivers: ............................ Jovon BouknightLinebackers: .......................................... Kevin CluneDefensive Line: ...................................... Frank MaileCornerbacks: ................................. Kendrick ShaverOffensive Line: ........................................ T.J. WoodsOffensive Graduate Assistant: ...............David FiefiaOffensive Graduate Assistant: ........... Vince NataliOffensive Graduate Assistant: ............ Zach NyborgDefensive Graduate Assistant: ...... Spencer TooneDefensive Admin. Assistant: .................. Kite AfeakiSpecial Teams Admin. Assistant: .... Nick SchindlerOffensive Admin. Assistant: ......... Hunter TeafatillerDirector of Operations: .................. Mark AndersenTeam Coordinator: .............................. Steve MathisStrength & Conditioning: ...................... Evan SimonEquipment Coordinator: .......................... Mike BairVideo Coordinator: ................................. Bill Garren

2012 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

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UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COMFor updated statistics, rosters, game notes and all Aggie news on the internet, go to the official Utah State Athletics website at UtahStateAggies.com. For those out of range of the Aggie Sports Network’s ra-dio broadcast, live audio of every game, and live streaming of all home games, is available through UtahStateAggies.com’s All-Access.

WEEKLY UTAH STATE PRESS RELEASEEach Monday on game weeks, a complete release previewing the upcoming game and reviewing the season will be available on UtahStateAggies.com. The release will also be e-mailed upon request.

WEEKLY UTAH STATE PRESS CONFERENCEUtah State head football coach Gary Andersen will conduct a weekly press conference each Monday during the season at 11:30 a.m., followed by select-ed players at 11:45 a.m. Contact the USU Athletic Media Relations Office for more information.

UTAH STATE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FTP SITEUtah State provides broadcast-quality video of Monday press conferences via FTP download. Con-tact the Utah State Athletic Media Relations Office for more information.

INTERVIEWSContact the media relations office for all player or coach interview requests. All interviews with players and coaches will take place after practice through Wednesday during game weeks. Please do not contact a player or coach without scheduling the interview through the media relations office.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWSCoach Andersen will hold a postgame news con-ference with the media in the Spetman Audito-rium (2nd floor). Selected players will be available for interviews in the Spetman Auditorium following Coach Andersen. The Utah State locker room is closed to the media.

CREDENTIALS AND PARKINGAll credential requests should be directed to As-sistant Athletics Director for Media Relations Doug Hoffman ([email protected]). Media parking is located in the Blue and Silver lots on the West side (pressbox side) of Romney Stadium.

PRESSBOX AND GAMEDAY SERVICESPackets with pregame information will be distributed in advance of kickoff on the day of the game. Play-by-play, quarter, halftime and final statistics along with coach and player quotes are all regular ser-vices on game day. Stat monitors with live, updated statistics are provided for radio and television, while print media can access the same information with their computers utilizing GameTracker.

WIRELESS INTERNETComplimentary access to wireless internet is avail-able at Romney Stadium and information about how to access it will be available in the pressbox.

MEDIA INFORMATION

WEEK 12 vs. IDAHO

19WAC Teleconference11:07 am - Gary AndersenUSU Press Conference11:30 am - Gary Andersen11:45 am - Select Players

MondayGame 12Idaho at Utah State1:05 p.m. (MT)Altitude SportsPostgameCoach Andersen and players in Spetman Auditorium.

Gary Andersen Radio Show6-6:30 p.m.

NO. 25 UTAH STATE CONCLUDES 2012 REGULAR SEASON AT HOME AGAINST IDAHOUtah State (9-2, 5-0 WAC), who is tied for 25th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll, will conclude its 2012 regular season with a Western Athletic Conference home game against Idaho (1-10, 1-4) on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 1:05 p.m. (MT). The game will be tele-vised regionally by ESPN and broadcast live on Altitude Sports (Comcast, Ch. 61, DirecTV Ch. 681, DISH Network Ch. 410) with Trey Bender (play-by-play) and Jay Taylor (analyst) on the call. Live audio and streaming of the game is available at www.UtahStateAggies.com. Live stats will be available through GameTracker, while Twitter updates - @USUFoot-ball - will also be a part of Utah State’s GameDay coverage.

UTAH STATE ON SENIOR DAYPrior to kickoff of its home and regular season finale against Idaho, Utah State will honor its 19 seniors (CB-Terrence Alston; WR-Matt Austin; TE-Kellen Bartlett; P-Tyler Bennett; FS-McKade Brady; CB-Quinton Byrd; LB-Forrest Dabb; CB-Will Davis; LB-Bojay Filimoeatu; WR-Chuck Jacobs; CB-Isaiah Jones; QB-Adam Kennedy; DE-Al Lapuaho; DT-Havea Lasike; OT-Oscar Molina-Sanchez; CB-Jumanne Robertson; OL-Stetson Tenney; WR-Cameron Webb; RB-Kerwynn Williams) in a pre-game ceremony. USU is 1-2 on Senior Day under current head coach Gary Andersen and 65-37-3 (.633) all-time on Senior Day.

UTAH STATE RANKED 25TH IN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLLFollowing its 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, Utah State climbed into the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 as the Aggies are ranked tied for 25th in the nation along with Mississippi State. In the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, USU received 74 votes and is ranked 26th overall and just 12 votes outside the top 25. Last week, Utah State was ranked 31st in the nation in the coaches’ poll with 20 votes and tied for 36th in the nation in the AP poll with four votes. Utah State garnered 82 votes in this week’s AP poll to be nationally ranked for the first time since 1978 when that Aggie team started the year with a 5-0 record and was 18th in the country in the United Press International (UPI) poll. As for the AP poll, it is the first time USU has been nationally ranked since finishing the 1961 sea-son 10th in the country. Overall, it is just the fourth time in school history that USU has been nationally ranked in the AP poll as it was listed 18th and 19th in consecutive weeks during the 1960 season. Utah State has slowly been climbing up the national polls this year as it received its first AP vote following its 27-20 overtime home win against Utah in the second week of the year. Three weeks ago, USU received four votes in the coaches’ poll to rank 39th in the nation following its 48-17 road win at UTSA. Two weeks ago, USU garnered 13 votes in the coaches’ poll to rank 35th nationally and four votes in the AP poll to rank 40th following a 38-7 home win against Texas State. And following a bye last week, USU received 20 votes in the coaches’ poll to rank 31st nationally and four votes in the AP poll to rank tied for 36th. Prior to this season, the last time Utah State received votes in any poll was at the end of the 1993 campaign when it garnered one vote in the final AP poll after defeating Ball State, 42-33, in the Las Vegas Bowl II to finish the year with a 7-5 record.

UTAH STATE’S RECORD AS AN ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMUtah State is nationally ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll for just the fourth time in school history joining the 1960 team that was ranked 18th and 19th in consecutive week on Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, and the 1961 team that was ranked 10th on Dec. 4. All-time, USU is 2-1 when ranked in the AP poll as it defeated Wyoming (17-13) and Pacific (45-6) in 1960, and lost to Baylor (24-9) in the 1961 Gotham Bowl.

UTAH STATE BOWL-ELIGIBLE FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT SEASONWith its 9-2 record thus far in 2012, Utah State is bowl-eligible for the second time in as many seasons. In all, USU has played in six bowl games in school history (1946 Raisin Bowl, 1960 Sun Bowl, 1961 Gotham Bowl, 1993 Las Vegas Bowl, 1997 Humanitarian Bowl, 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl) and has gone to back-to-back bowl games just once play-ing in the 1960 Sun Bowl and the 1961 Gotham Bowl.

UTAH STATE’S SENIOR CLASS HAS 24 WINS TO RANK THIRD ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORYWith its 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, Utah State’s senior class now has 24 wins over the last four years (2009-12) to rank as the third-winningest senior class in school history. The school record for wins by a senior class is 26 set in 1962 as that group won nine games in 1960 and 1961, and eight in 1962, and the second-most wins by a senior class is 25 set in 1963. Prior to the 1979 season, freshman were not eligible to play, meaning that seniors prior to 1982 only played three seasons.

20 21Tuesday Wednesday 22 23Thursday Friday 24 25Saturday SundayInterviewsCoaches and players available after practice.

No media availabilityNo media availability No media availabilityInterviewsCoaches and players available after practice.


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WAC OverallUtah State 5-0 9-2Louisiana Tech 4-1 9-2San Jose State 4-1 9-2UTSA 2-3 7-4Texas State 1-3 3-7Idaho 1-4 1-10New Mexico State 0-5 1-9

UPCOMING WAC SCHEDULESaturday, Nov. 24Texas State at UTSA, 12 pm*Idaho at Utah State, 1 pm (Altitude) BYU at New Mexico State, 1:30 pm (ESPN3)*Louisiana Tech at San Jose St., 8:30 pm (ESPN2)

* WAC game

WAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS

WEEKLY WAC TELECONFERENCE

Utah State head coach Gary Andersen will be available on the weekly Western Atheltic Confer-ence Coaches Teleconference every Monday, beginning Aug. 27 and concluding Nov. 19 from 11:07-11:14 a.m. (MT). Email Dave Chaffin ([email protected]) for the media dial-in-number. Below is the order of participants.10:32 a.m. - Mike MacIntyre, San Jose State10:39 a.m. - Larry Coker, UTSA10:46 a.m. - Dennis Franchione, Texas State10:53 a.m. - Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech11:00 a.m. - DeWayne Walker, New Mexico State11:07 a.m. - Gary Andersen, Utah State11:14 a.m. - Robb Akey, Idaho

UTAH STATE RADIO NETWORK

Every Utah State football game can be heard live on the Aggie Radio Network. Al Lewis serves as the play-by-play announcer, while Craig Hislop will provide color analysis. Games can also be heard on the internet (www.UtahStateAggies.com) by clicking on the ‘Listen Live’ link. Logan KVNU (610 AM/102.1 FM)Logan/Tremonton KLZX (95.9 FM)Salt Lake City KZNS (97.5 FM)St. George KZNU (1450 AM)Vernal KVEL (920 AM)Price KRPX (95.3 FM)Montpelier, ID KLZX (105.3 FM)

Director: Doug Hoffman (Football Contact) Office: (435) 797-3714 Cell: (435) 881-8011 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: (435) 797-2615Associate: Zach Fisher (Secondary Football) Office: (435) 797-2066 Cell: (435) 213-0318 E-Mail: [email protected]: Kara Fisher Office: (435) 797-1361 Cell: (435) 757-8184 E-Mail: [email protected] Assistants: Megan Allen, Travis Hansen, Couper Sorenson Office: (435) 797-8584

UTAH STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

A LOOK AT UTAH STATEUtah State is 9-2 on the year and 5-0 in WAC play after posting a 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech in its last outing. Offensively, USU is led by sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton who is 237-of-351 passing for 3,011 yards (273.7 ypg) with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams leads the team with 1,167 rushing yards on 183 carries (106.1 ypg) with 11 touchdowns, and Williams leads the team with 39 catches for 624 yards (56.7 ypg) and four touchdowns. Defensively, junior lineback-er Jake Doughty leads the team with 89 tackles (28-solo, 61-assist), including 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one interception and one fumble recovery. Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil has 87 tackles (29-solo, 58-assist) with 9.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, one blocked kick and one forced fumble. And senior safety McKade Brady has 87 tackles (35-solo, 52-assist) with 2.0 tackles for loss and one forced fumble. As a team, USU is averaging 33.5 points and 479.6 yards of total offense per game (281.7-passing, 197.9-rushing) and allowing just 16.0 points and 332.9 yards of total offense (225.7-passing, 107.2-rushing).

UTAH STATE OFFENSIVELY DURING ITS LAST FIVE GAMESUtah State has played very well offensively during its last five games in wins at San Jose State (49-27), at home against New Mexico State (41-7), at UTSA (48-17), at home against Texas State (38-7), and at No. 19 Louisiana Tech. During its last five games, Utah State is av-eraging 44.8 points and 552.4 yards of total offense per game (318.4-passing, 234.0-rush-ing). USU is also 35-of-70 (.500) on third downs during its last five games and averaging 7.8 yards per play. Individually, senior running back Kerwynn Williams has 80 carries for 630 yards (126.0 ypg) to go along with 16 receptions for 323 yards (64.6 ypg) during his last five games, while scoring 10 touchdowns (8-rushing, 2-receiving). Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton is 109-of-158 passing for 1,526 yards (305.2 ypg) with 14 touchdowns and three interceptions during his last five games, and has also carried the ball 46 times for 298 yards (59.6 ypg) with six touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Matt Austin has 16 recep-tions during his last five games for 301 yards (60.2 ypg) with two touchdowns, while senior tight end Kellen Bartlett has 16 receptions for 99 yards (19.8 ypg) with three touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs has 15 receptions in his last five games for 298 yards (59.6 ypg) with two touchdowns, while fellow senior wide receiver Cameron Webb has 13 receptions for 162 yards (32.4 ypg) with one touchdown.

UTAH STATE DOMINATING THE FIRST-HALF IN ITS LAST FOUR GAMESUtah State has been dominating the first-half of its last four games as it held a 28-0 lead against New Mexico State, a 27-3 lead at UTSA, a 35-0 lead against Texas State, and a 17-3 lead at No. 19 Louisiana Tech. During its last four games, USU is averaging 26.8 points in the first half to go along with 305.3 yards of total offense (207.3-passing, 98.0-rushing). Defensively, USU is allowing just 1.5 points and 160.6 yards of total offense (89.3-passing, 70.8-rushing) in the first half during its last four games.

UTAH STATE HAS NOT TRAILED IN ITS LAST FOUR GAMES Through 11 games and 660 minutes of play this season, Utah State has led or been tied for all but 55:40 (91.6 %). USU began the season by never trailing against Southern Utah in a 34-3 win, and never trailed in its 27-20 overtime win against Utah. Against Wisconsin, USU led for the first 41:54 of that game before the Badgers took the lead late in the third quarter and neither team scored in the fourth quarter. USU then led for the entire game against Colorado State and trailed for just 3:21 during the second quarter against UNLV. Against BYU, USU led for the first 29:57 of the game before BYU scored a touchdown with three seconds remaining in the half. USU then trailed the entire second half. Against San Jose State, the Spartans scored a field goal and led for 4:10 before USU scored a touchdown on its first drive and never trailed the rest of the game. And in its last four games against New Mexico State, UTSA, Texas State and Louisiana Tech, USU never trailed.

UTAH STATE IN THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEUtah State has won 10 straight WAC games, which is a school record. The previous record for consecutive conference wins was seven in the Big West Conference during the 1979 and 1980 seasons. All-time, USU is 23-37 (.383) in WAC play.

UTAH STATE HAS WON 14 OF ITS LAST 17 GAMESUtah State is 14-3 in its last 17 games under head coach Gary Andersen, which is USU’s best stretch since going 14-3 during the 1962-64 seasons. USU’s three losses during its last 17 games have been by a combined six points against Ohio (24-23) in the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and at No. 22 Wisconsin (16-14) and at BYU (6-3) this year. Prior to its current run, USU was 5-12 in its previous 17 games.

DID YOU KNOW?Utah State has out-scored its opponents 117-6 in the first quarter this year allowing only field goals by San Jose State and UTSA. USU also has a 223-48 scoring advantage in the first-half this season. In all, USU has held nine of its 11 opponents scoreless in the first quarter and three opponents scoreless in the first half this season. Overall, USU had led at the half in all but one game this year (trailed BYU, 6-3), and has scored first in every game except at San Jose State (FG). Furthermore, USU and Penn State are the only two teams in the nation who have not allowed a first quarter touchdown this season.


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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25

RK. SCHOOL RECORD PTS.1. Notre Dame (60) 11-0 15002. Alabama 10-1 13993. Georgia 10-1 13164. Ohio State 11-0 12925. Oregon 10-1 12466. Florida 10-1 11717. Kansas State 10-1 10648. LSU 9-2 10489. Texas A&M 9-2 102810. Florida State 10-1 102611. Stanford 9-2 99112. Clemson 10-1 87413. South Carolina 9-2 79514. Oklahoma 8-2 73415. UCLA 9-2 62416. Oregon State 8-2 59917. Nebraska 9-2 55918. Texas 8-2 49819. Louisville 9-1 36220. Michigan 8-3 28221. Rutgers 9-1 26522. Oklahoma State 7-3 24023. Kent State 10-1 15524. Northern Illinois 10-1 14425. UTAH STATE 9-2 8225. Mississippi State 8-3 82

Others Receiving Votes: Boise State 20, Northwestern 20, Washington 20, Arizona 13, USC 12, Tulsa 10, San Jose State, 8, Fresno State 7, Louisiana Tech 4, Wisconsin 4, San Diego State 2, TCU 1, Iowa State 1, Baylor 1, Vanderbilt 1.

RK. SCHOOL RECORD PTS.1. Notre Dame (56) 11-0 14692. Alabama (2) 10-1 13863. Georgia (1) 10-1 13484. Oregon 10-1 12275. Florida State 10-1 11996. Florida 10-1 11667. LSU 9-2 10628. Kansas State 10-1 10569. Clemson 10-1 102910. Texas A&M 9-2 99411. Stanford 9-2 93412. South Carolina 9-2 85313. Oklahoma 8-2 79814. Nebraska 9-2 65415. Texas 8-2 59316. UCLA 9-2 59017. Oregon State 8-2 56318. Louisville 9-1 45319. Rutgers 9-1 40820. Michigan 8-3 28921. Oklahoma State 7-3 25822. Boise State 9-2 24323. Northern Illinois 10-1 14924. Mississippi State 8-3 9925. Kent State 10-1 86

Others Receiving Votes: Utah State 74, Northwestern 59, Louisiana Tech 36, Wash-ington 36, Tulsa 14, USC 14, San Jose State 7, San Diego State 6, Arizona 5, Vanderbilt 4, Wisconsin 4, Fresno State 3, Middle Ten-nessee 3, Arkansas State 2, Cincinnati 1, Texas Tech 1.

ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES’ TOP 25

UTAH STATE WINS FIRST-EVER ROAD GAME AGAINST RANKED OPPONENT Utah State won its first-ever road game against a ranked opponent in its last outing with a 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech. In fact, the win against LTU is USU’s second-ever against a ranked team joining its 20-19 victory against No. 25 Fresno State on Nov. 2, 1991 in Logan. Prior to its win at Louisiana Tech, Utah State had lost 29 straight games to ranked opponents and was 0-39 all-time on the road against ranked teams. All-time, Utah State is now 2-50 versus Associated Press ranked teams.

AGGIES WIN THIRD-STRAIGHT OVERTIME GAME With its 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech in its last game, Utah State improved to 6-4 all-time in overtime, including winning each of its last three. Under Andersen, USU is 3-1 in overtime games with wins against Louisiana Tech (48-41 OT) and Utah (27-20 OT) this year, and at Idaho (49-42 2OT) last year, and a loss to Colorado State (35-34 2OT) last year. All-time, USU is 4-2 in single-overtime games, 2-1 in double-overtime games, and 0-1 in triple overtime games.

UTAH STATE’S OFFENSE PRODUCES SEASON-HIGHS AGAINST LOUISIANA TECHUtah State’s offense had its best game of the season statistically for the second time in as many games in its last outing at No. 19 Louisiana Tech as it had a season-high 646 yards of total offense, which also ranks as the eighth-most in school history. USU also had a season-high in rushing yards for the second-straight game as it accumulated 306 yards on the ground to go along with 340 passing yards. Overall, Utah State has now produced at least 500 yards of total offense six times this year, including in each of its last four games.

UTAH STATE SCORES 38-PLUS POINTS IN FIVE STRAIGHT GAMESWith its 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, Utah State extended its own school record by scoring 38-plus points in five-straight games. During the first half of its last five games, USU has scored on 21 of its 29 possessions (.724) with 18 touchdowns and three field goals, while punting six times, missing a field goal and throwing one interception.

UTAH STATE CONTINUES TO START GAMES WITH TOUCHDOWNSFor the fifth time in as many games and for the seventh time this year, Utah State scored a touchdown on its opening series of a game with its 1-play, 86-yard touchdown pass at No. 19 Louisiana Tech. USU also had a 6-play, 51-yard drive on its first series against Texas State, a 2-play, 5-yard touchdown drive on its first series at UTSA, a 1-play, 76-yard touchdown drive on its first series against New Mexico State, and a 13-play, 86-yard touchdown drive on its first se-ries at San Jose State. USU also scored a touchdown on its first drive of the game against both Southern Utah (11-plays, 97-yards) and Colorado State (8-plays, 77-yards).

UTAH STATE SCORES AGAIN ON FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME AT LOUISIANA TECHFor the second time in four games, Utah State scored a touchdown on its first offensive play as sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton hit senior running back Kerwynn Williams on an 86-yard screen pass. Keeton and Williams also connected for a 76-yard touchdown pass on USU’s first offensive play against New Mexico State. On the season, USU’s has had four one-play scoring drives, five two-play scoring drives, seven three-play scoring drives, six four-play scoring drives, and seven five-play scoring drives for a total of 28 drives of five plays or less on the season out of a total of 58 scoring drives.

UTAH STATE HAS HAD 10 SCORING DRIVES OF AT LEAST 10 PLAYS THIS YEARAlong with having 28 scoring drives of five plays or less, Utah State has also been able to control the clock at times and put together lengthy drives. In fact, USU had a 16-play, 86-yard touchdown drive in its last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, which is its second-longest drive of the season in terms of plays. On the season, Utah State has now had 10 scoring drives of at least 10 plays. Utah State had 19 scoring drives of at least 10 plays in 2011; 15 scoring drives of at least 10 plays in 2010; and nine scoring drives of at least 10 plays in 2009 for a total of 53 scoring drives of at least 10 plays in Andersen’s four years.

UTAH STATE BLOCKS SIXTH KICK OF THE YEAR AT LOUISIANA TECHUtah State blocked its sixth kick of the season at No. 19 Louisiana Tech as redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen blocked a 43-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter. USU’s first blocked kick of the season was by sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil who blocked a Utah punt that was recovered in the end zone by junior safety Clayton Christensen. The Aggies’ second blocked kick of the year was by Nielsen who blocked an extra point in the Wisconsin game. USU’s third blocked kick of the season was at BYU as junior defensive lineman Paul Piukala blocked a 34-yard field goal attempt. USU’s fourth blocked kick of the year was against New Mexico State as redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell blocked a 42-yard field goal attempt. And its fifth blocked kick of the year was at UTSA as junior cornerback Devonta Glover-Wright blocked a punt on UTSA’s first series of the game.

UTAH STATE GIVES UP THREE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS AT LOUISIANA TECHUtah State allowed three rushing touchdowns in its last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech after allowing just three rushing touchdowns in its first 10 games of the season. LTU’s Kenneth Dixon also became the second back this year to rush for 100 yards against USU as he had 109 yards on 22 carries (5.0 ypg). Wisconsin’s Montee Ball is the other back who rushed for 100 yards against the Aggies as he had 139 yards on 37 carries (3.8 ypc).


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UTAH STATE’S RECORD WHEN...

2012 Under AndersenOverall ...................................... 9-2 ..................... 24-24WAC ......................................... 5-0 ..................... 15-13Non-Conference ..................... 4-2 ..................... 10-11Home ........................................ 5-0 ........................15-7Away ........................................ 4-2 ..................... 10-17Neutral ...................................... 0-0 ......................... 0-1Current Streak ......................... W5 ......................... W5Current Home Streak ............. W7 ........................ W7Current Away Streak .............. W3 ........................ W3

Day Game ............................... 5-0 ....................... 13-9Night Game ............................. 4-2 ..................... 11-15August ...................................... 1-0 .......................... 1-0September ............................... 3-1 ......................... 6-9October .................................... 3-1 ....................... 6-10November ................................ 2-0 ....................... 10-4December ................................ 0-0 ......................... 1-2vs. top-25 teams ...................... 1-1 ......................... 1-7vs. non-ranked teams ............. 7-1 ..................... 19-17vs. FCS (1-AA) .......................... 1-0 ......................... 4-0On natural grass ...................... 0-1 ......................... 1-9On artificial surface ................. 9-1 ..................... 22-15

Scoring first ............................... 8-2 ..................... 16-15Coming-from-behind .............. 2-2 ....................... 8-12Leading after 1st quarter ....... 8-2 ....................... 16-7Behind after 1st quarter .......... 0-0 ....................... 4-12Tied after 1st quarter ............... 1-0 ......................... 4-5Leading at halftime ................ 9-1 ....................... 18-9Behind at halftime ................... 0-1 ....................... 4-13Tied at halftime ........................ 0-0 ......................... 2-2Leading after 3rd quarter ....... 8-0 ....................... 16-7Behind after 3rd quarter ......... 0-2 ....................... 3-15Tied after 3rd quarter .............. 1-0 ......................... 5-3Overtime .................................. 2-0 ......................... 3-1

Scoring 20 points or less .......... 0-2 ....................... 0-10 Scoring 20 + points .................. 9-0 ..................... 24-13Scoring 30 + points .................. 8-0 ....................... 17-6Allowing 20 points or less ........ 7-1 ....................... 13-2Allowing 10 points or less ........ 3-1 ......................... 4-1

With 100-yard rusher ............... 6-0 ....................... 16-9Allow 100-yard rusher .............. 1-1 ....................... 2-14With 300-yard passer ............... 5-0 ......................... 7-5Allow 300-yard passer ............. 2-0 ......................... 3-5Outgain opponent .................. 9-1 ....................... 22-9Total offense + 300 yards ........ 9-1 ...................... 25-17Allow + 300 yards offense ....... 6-1 ..................... 18-21

No turnovers ............................. 2-1 ......................... 4-7Less than three turnovers ........ 7-2 ..................... 18-22Three or more turnovers ......... 2-0 ......................... 4-1No takeaways ......................... 1-0 ......................... 2-7Three or more takeaways ...... 1-0 ......................... 2-2Fewer turnovers ....................... 3-1 ....................... 6-12Equal turnovers ........................ 1-0 ....................... 16-3More turnovers ......................... 5-1 ..................... 14-12Control time of possession ..... 5-0 ....................... 11-5Opponent controls TOP .......... 4-2 ..................... 13-19

KEETON NAMED WAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR FOURTH TIME THIS SEASONSophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this year and fifth time in his career following his performance against No. 19 Louisiana Tech as he completed 20-of-34 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 86-yard pass for a score on USU’s first offensive play of the game. Keeton also tied his career-high with 17 rushing attempts and ran for a career-high 121 yards, tying the USU single-game school record by a quarterback. Keeton also tied his career-high with two rushing touchdowns. In the game, Keeton set new single-season school records for touchdown passes (25) and total offense (3,538). Keeton was also named College Sports Madness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week fol-lowing the Louisiana Tech game and was one of eight quarterbacks nationally to earn Manning Award Stars as he helped USU’s offense produce season-highs in total offense (646) and rushing offense (306). Overall, Keeton is one of six Aggie this year to earn WAC Player of the Week honors 10 times joining senior punter Tyler Bennett (9/10), senior running back Kerwynn Williams (9/24), redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell (10/8, 10/15), redshirt sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz (10/22), and senior defensive back Will Davis (11/5). Keeton was also named WAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 10, Oct. 1 and Oct. 29 and is the first player to be named WAC Player of the Week four times in a single season since Hawaii’s Bryant Moniz accomplished the feat in 2010. As for Utah State, Keeton is the first player in school history to earn conference player of the week honors four times in a single season. The school record for player of the week honors by a team is 11 set during the 1997 season.

KEETON AND WILLIAMS EARN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDSSophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton and senior running back Kerwynn Williams both earned honorable mention honors at their respective positions from College Football Performance Awards following Utah State’s 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech last weekend. Keeton was 20-of-34 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 86-yard pass for a score on USU’s first offensive play of the game. Keeton also tied his career-high with 17 rushing attempts and ran for a career-high 121 yards, tying the USU single-game school record by a quarterback. Keeton also tied his career-high with two rushing touchdowns. Williams rushed for 162 yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns, and added 125 yards receiving on four receptions with another score that came on an 86-yard screen pass from Keeton on USU’s first offensive play of the game. In all, Williams’ 303 all-purpose yards, which included 16 yards on a kickoff return, gives him 6,510 all-purpose yards during his career to set the school record that was previously held by Kevin Robinson who had 6,479 all-purpose yards from 2004-07.

WILLIAMS HAS 100 YARDS RUSHING AND RECEIVING AGAINST LOUISIANA TECHSenior running back Kerwynn Williams recorded his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the sea-son and the sixth of his career in his last outing against No. 19 Louisiana Tech as he carried the ball 20 times for 162 yards with two touchdowns for his fourth multi-touchdown game of the season on the ground. Williams also had his second 100-yard receiving game of the season and his career with 125 yards on four receptions, including an 86-yard touch-down which is a career-long. For Williams, it is the second time this year he has recorded 100-yards rushing and receiving in the same game as he also accomplished the feat against UNLV. Overall, it is the first time in school history that a player has recorded multiple 100-yard rushing and receiving games, and Williams is just the third player in school history to accomplish the feat as Robert Turbin did so in 2009 and Emmett White did so in 2000.

KEETON TIES SINGLE-GAME RECORD FOR RUSHING YARDS BY A QUARTERBACKSophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton rushed for a career-high 121 yards on a career-high tying 17 carries in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, tying the single-game school record for rushing yards by a quarterback that was set by Tony Adams against Colorado State during the 1972 season. For Keeton, it was his first career 100-yard rushing game, while he also tied his career-high with two rushing touchdowns for the third time in his career. Overall, Keeton now has six rushing touchdowns this year and 10 in his career. KEETON THROWS FOR 300 YARDS FOR THIRD-STRAIGHT GAMESophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 20-of-34 passing for 340 yards with two touchdowns in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, marking the third time in as many games and fifth time in his career that he has thrown for 300 yards in a game. Overall, it is the ninth time this year and 12th time in his career he has thrown multiple touchdown passes in a game.

DAVIS HAS INTERCEPTIONS IN EACH OF HIS LAST FOUR GAMESSenior cornerback Will Davis has now intercepted a pass in each of his last four games after picking off Louisiana Tech’s Colby Cameron in the second quarter snapping a streak of 444 consecutive pass attempts without an interception, which was a single-season NCAA record. Prior to his current run, Davis did not have a single interception in his first 20 games at Utah State. For Davis, he is the first Aggie to intercept a pass in four-straight games since Robert Fuhriman intercepted a pass in five-straight games during the 1973 season. Davis’ four interceptions this year are the most by an Aggie since Terrence Washington had five during the 2003 season.


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2012 SEASON SUPERLATIVESAGGIES HAVE PAIR OF 100-YARD RUSHERS AGAINST LOUISIANA TECHFor the first time since the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Ohio, Utah State had a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game as senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 162 yards on 20 carries, while sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton rushed for a career-high 121 yards on a career-high tying 17 carries. Against Ohio in 2011, running backs Michael Smith (157) and Robert Turbin (101) both rushed for over 100 yards. Overall, Utah State has now had a player rush for at least 100 yards 28 times in the last three-plus years under current head coach Gary Andersen, including seven times this season. Prior to that, USU produced a 100-yard rusher 23 times in the previous eight seasons combined. Furthermore, USU has had a player rush for 200 or more yards twice in the past two seasons, but just once in the previous 10 seasons combined.

DOUGHTY RECORDS CAREER-HIGH 18 TACKLES AGAINST LOUISIANA TECHJunior linebacker Jake Doughty recorded a career-high 18 tackles (11-solo) in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, which are the most tackles by a USU player since Bobby Wagner had 20 tackles against LTU during the 2011 season. Doughty, who had one tackle for loss in the game, also recorded his first career interception against Louisiana Tech in the end zone in the fourth quarter and made the final tackle of the game in overtime to preserve the USU win.

VIGIL TIES CAREER-HIGH WITH 10 TACKLES AGAINST LOUISIANA TECHSophomore linebacker Zach Vigil tied his career-high with 10 tackles (1-solo) in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, marking the fifth time this year he has record double-figure tackles.

PLAYER NOTABLES AGAINST LOUISIANA TECHSenior tight end Kellen Bartlett caught his fourth touchdown pass of the season and his career in the first quarter. Senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu recorded a sack in the first quarter and now has 3.5 sacks this year and 6.5 sacks in his career. Junior safety Cam-eron Sanders recorded his first career fumble recovery in the third quarter. Junior tight end D.J. Tialavea had a career-high three receptions.

UTAH STATE ONE OF 24 TIMES IN THE NATION WITH AT LEAST NINE WINSFollowing its 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, Utah State is now one of 24 teams in the nation with at least nine wins. Notre Dame and Ohio State have the most wins in the nation with 11, while Alabama, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kan-sas State, Kent State, Northern Illinois and Oregon all have 10 wins. Teams win nine wins thus far this year include Boise State, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Louisville, Nebraska, Rutgers, San Jose State, South Carolina, Stanford, Texas A&M, Tulsa, UCLA and Utah State.

UTAH STATE ONE OF SIX TEAMS IN THE NATION WITHOUT A CONFERENCE LOSSHeading into its final regular season game, Utah State is 5-0 in WAC play and one of just six teams nationally who are undefeated in league play along with Kent State and Northern Illinois who are both 7-0 in the Mid-American Conference, Ohio State who is 7-0 in the Big Ten Conference, Rutgers who is 5-0 in the Big East Conference, and Tulsa who is 7-0 in Conference USA.

UTAH STATE ON THE ROADUtah State has won seven of its last nine road games dating back to 2011, including a 4-2 record this year. USU has also won six-straight WAC road games to rank as the longest winning streak on the road since the 1995-1997 teams combined to win six-straight Big West Conference road games. Overall, USU is 9-16 (.360) in road games under Andersen.

UTAH STATE WINS ANOTHER CLOSE GAMEWith its 48-41 overtime win at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, Utah State improved to 2-2 this sea-son and has won seven of its last 10 games decided by seven or fewer points.

TWO-WAY PLAYERJunior cornerback Devonta Glover-Wright is the first Utah State player to play on both sides of the ball since redshirt sophomore defensive back and current teammate Rashard Stewart did so during his freshman season in 2010.

ANDERSEN NOW RANKS TIED FOR SEVENTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE WITH 24 WINSFollowing Utah State’s 38-7 home win against Texas State, head coach Gary Andersen is now 24-24 in his fourth year at USU and those 24 victories are tied for the seventh-most in school history along with Clayton T. Teetzel (1909-15).

DID YOU KNOW? Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton is averaging 321.6 yards of total offense per game this year which is more than 12 teams at the FBS level. Overall, Keeton is averaging more yards of total offense per game than Connecticut (320.60), Iowa (320.45), Temple (320.20), Auburn (317.91), Tulane (313.18), Memphis (307.55), Kentucky (306.18), Illinois (301.64), Wake Forest (300.55), Colorado (292.27), Hawai’i (281.90) and Maryland (273.91).

TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCESRushing1. Kerwynn Williams 205 at Colorado State2. Kerwynn Williams 176 at San Jose State3. Kerwynn WIlliams 162 at Louisiana Tech4. Kerwynn Williams 120 vs. Texas State 5. Joe Hill 116 vs. Southern Utah

Passing1. Chuckie Keeton 404 vs. UNLV2. Chuckie Keeton 340 at UTSA2. Chuckie Keeton 340 at Louisiana Tech4. Chuckie Keeton 316 vs. Texas State5. Chuckie Keeton 304 vs. Southern Utah

Receiving1. Kerwynn Williams 147 vs. UNLV2. Kerwynn Williams 125 vs. Louisiana Tech3. Matt Austin 124 vs. Texas State4. Matt Austin 119 vs. Southern Utah5. Chuck Jacobs 101 vs. UNLV

Tackles1. Jake Doughty 18 at Louisiana Tech2. McKade Brady 14 at BYU3. Jake Doughty 13 vs. UNLV3. Brian Suite 13 at Wisconsin5. Bojay Filimoeatu 12 vs. Utah

TOP TEAM PERFORMANCES - OFFENSERushing1. 306 at Louisiana Tech2. 268 vs. Texas State3. 265 vs. Southern Utah4. 262 at Colorado State5. 256 vs. New Mexico State

Passing1. 426 vs. UNLV2. 394 at UTSA3. 340 at Louisiana Tech4. 325 vs. Texas State5. 304 vs, Southern Utah

Total Offense1. 646 at Louisiana Tech2. 593 vs. Texas State3. 569 vs. Southern Utah4. 564 vs. UNLV5. 522 at UTSA

TOP TEAM PERFORMANCES - DEFENSERushing1. 4 at San Jose State2. 51 at UTSA3. 56 vs. Southern Utah4. 82 vs. Texas State

Passing1. 76 vs. Texas State2. 78 at Wisconsin3. 153 vs. Southern Utah4. 188 vs. UNLV

Total Offense1. 158 vs. Texas State2. 209 vs. Southern Utah3. 234 at Wisconsin4. 299 at UTSA


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UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS AMONG THE TOP 21 NATIONALLY IN FIVE CATEGORIES Utah State’s defense continues to be listed with the best in the nation and currently ranks among the top 21 defenses in the nation in five different statistical categories, including being ranked first in the WAC and eighth in the nation in scoring defense (16.0 ppg). USU also ranks second in the WAC and seventh nationally in sacks (3.27 pg), first in the WAC and 10th in the country in rushing defense (107.2 ypg), first in the WAC and 18th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (111.3), first in the WAC and 21st in the nation in total defense (332.9 ypg), and second in the WAC and 47th in the nation in passing defense (225.7 ypg).

UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS SIXTH IN THE NATION IN RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Utah State’s defense leads the WAC and ranks sixth in the nation in red zone efficiency as its opponents have scored on 24-of-38 (.632) red zone possessions this year. Of those 38 trips USU’s opponents have made to the red zone, they have come away with just 13 touchdowns and 11 field goals, to go along with two missed field goals, five interceptions, one fumble and a loss on downs five times.

UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS 14TH IN THE NATION IN THREE-AND-OUTS Utah State’s defense ranks 14th in the nation with an average of 4.73 three-and-outs per game on the season and has forced a three-and-out by its opposition 52 times on 150 drives, which averages out to 34.7 percent of the time.

UTAH STATE’S DEFENSE RANKS 24TH IN THE NATION IN THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY Utah State’s defense is allowing its opponents to convert just 32.8 percent of its third downs (61-186), which ranks second in the WAC and 24th in the nation.

UTAH STATE THIRD IN THE NATION IN SACK DIFFERENTIALUtah State has 36 sacks thus far this year and has given up only 16 sacks, and that differential of 20 sacks ranks third in the nation behind Tulsa (36) and Stanford (29).

UTAH STATE RANKS SECOND IN THE WAC IN TOTAL OFFENSE After producing a season-high 646 yards of total offense in its last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, Utah State now ranks second in the WAC and 21st in the nation in total offense (479.6 ypg). USU also ranks second in the WAC and 13th in the nation in passing efficiency (157.8), second in the WAC and 35th in the nation in rushing offense (197.9 ypg), third in the WAC and 31st in the nation in passing offense (281.7 ypg), third in the WAC and 36th in the nation in scoring offense (33.5 ppg), and third in the WAC and 36th in the nation in sacks allowed (1.45 pg).

UTAH STATE RANKS 33RD IN THE NATION IN PUNT RETURNS As of Nov. 18, Utah State ranks third in the WAC and 33rd in the nation in punt returns (10.6 ypr), third in the WAC and 39th in the nation in net punting (38.2 ypk), and fifth in the WAC and 66th in the nation in kickoff returns (21.1 ypr).

UTAH STATE PLAYERS IN THE WAC AND NATIONAL RANKINGS As of Nov. 18, senior running back Kerwynn Williams ranks first in the WAC and 10th in the nation in all-purpose yards (159.1 ypg), first in the WAC and 23rd in the nation in rushing (106.1 ypg), third in the WAC and tied for 42nd in the nation in scoring (8.2 ppg), fifth in the WAC in receiving (56.7 ypg), and seventh in the WAC in total offense (106.1 ypg). Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton ranks second in the WAC and 11th in the nation in total offense (321.6 ypg), second in the WAC and 13th in the nation in passing efficiency (159.1), third in the WAC and 25th in the nation in passing (273.3 ypg), and seventh in the WAC in rushing (47.9 ypg). Senior wide receiver Matt Austin ranks seventh in the WAC in receiving (55.5 ypg). Senior cornerback Will Davis ranks first in the WAC and second in the nation in passes defended (1.82 pg), tied for second in the WAC and tied for 19th in the nation in interceptions (0.36 pg), and tied for 36th in the WAC in tackles (4.7 pg). Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil ranks third in the WAC in tackles for loss (0.82 pg), tied for fifth in the WAC and tied for 86th in the nation in tackles (7.9 pg), and tied for sixth in the WAC and tied for 98th in the nation in sacks (0.45 pg). Junior linebacker Jake Doughty ranks fourth in the WAC and tied for 78th in the nation in tackles (8.1 pg). Senior safety McKade Brady ranks tied for fifth in the WAC and tied for 86th in the nation in tackles (7.9 pg). Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell ranks tied for eighth in the WAC in interceptions (0.18) and tied for 10th in the WAC in tackles (6.6 pg). Sophomore safety Brian Suite ranks 19th in the WAC in tackles (6.3 pg). Junior cornerback Nevin Lawson ranks tied for 28th in the WAC in tackles (5.5 pg). Senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu ranks tied for ninth in the WAC in sacks (0.32 pg) and tied for 36th in the WAC in tackles (4.7 pg). Senior cornerback Terrence Alston ranks eighth in the WAC and tied for 96th in the nation in passes defended (0.82 pg). Junior defensive lineman Connor Williams ranks tied for sixth in the WAC and tied for 98th in the nation in sacks (0.45 pg). Redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen ranks eighth in the WAC in sacks (0.41 pg). Senior punter Tyler Bennett ranks fifth in the WAC and 40th in the nation in punting (42.1 ypk). Senior wide receiver Cameron Webb ranks second in the WAC and 37th in the nation in punt returns (8.9 ypr). And senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs ranks fourth in the WAC and 45th in the nation in kick returns (23.2 ypr), and ninth in the WAC in all-purpose yards (89.0 ypg).

FROM CANADAJunior defensive lineman Connor Williams (Kanata, Ontario) is one of 46 Canadians currently on Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) rosters.

UTAH STATE’S 2012 RANKINGS

2012 TEAM RANKINGSCategory WAC NCAAPassing Efficiency (157.8) ...... 2 .......... 13Total Offense (479.6) .............. 2 .......... 21Rushing Offense (197.9) ......... 2 .......... 35Passing Offense (281.7) ......... 3 .......... 31Scoring Offense (33.5) ........... 3 .......... 36Sacks Allowed (1.45) .............. 3 .......... 36

Sacks (3.27) ............................. 2 ............ 7Scoring Defense (16.0) .......... 1 ............ 8Rushing Defense (107.2) ........ 1 .......... 10Passing Eff. Defense (111.3) ... 1 .......... 18Total Defense (332.9) ............. 1 .......... 21Passing Defense (225.7) ......... 2 .......... 47

Punt Returns (10.6) .................. 3 .......... 33Net Punting (38.2) ................... 4 .......... 39Kickoff Returns (21.1) .............. 5 .......... 66TO Margin (-0.27) .................... 5 .......... 75

2012 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGSIndividual Avg. WAC NCAAChuckie Keeton (QB) Total Offense ..... 321.6 ......... 2 ........ 11 Passing Effic . ....... 159.1 ......... 2 ........ 13 Passing ................. 273.3 .......... 3 ........25 Rushing ................. 47.9 .......... 7 .......... -Kerwynn Williams (RB) All-Purpose ......... 164.3 ......... 1 ........ 10 Rushing ............... 106.1 ......... 1 ........ 23 Scoring .................... 8.2 ......... 3 ..... T-42 Receiving ............. 56.7 ......... 5 .......... - Total Offense ..... 106.1 ......... 7 .......... -Matt Austin (WR) Receiving ............. 55.5 ......... 7 .......... -Chuck Jacobs (WR) Kick Returns .......... 23.2 ......... 4 ........ 45 All-Purpose ........... 89.0 ......... 9 .......... -Cameron Webb (WR) Punt Returns ........... 8.9 ......... 2 ........ 37Terrence Alston (CB) Passes Defended .. 0.82 ......... 8 ..... T-96McKade Brady (S) Tackles .................... 7.9 ....... T-5 ..... T-86Will Davis (CB) Passes Defended .. 1.82 ......... 1 .......... 2 Interceptions ........ 0.36 ....... T-2 ..... T-19 Tackles .................... 4.7 .......T-36 .......... -Jake Doughty (LB) Tackles .................... 8.1 ......... 4 ..... T-78Kyler Fackrell (LB) Interceptions ........ 0.18 ....... T-8 .......... - Tackles .................... 6.6 ..... T-10 .......... -Bojay Filimoeatu (LB) Tackles .................... 4.7 ......T-36 .......... - Sacks ...................... 0.32 ....... T-9 .......... -Nevin Lawson (CB) Tackles .................... 5.5 ....... 28 .......... -Jordan Nielsen (DL) Sacks ...................... 0.41 ......... 8 .......... -Brian Suite (S) Tackles .................... 6.3 ....... 19 .......... -Connor Williams (DL) Sacks ...................... 0.45 ....... T-6 ..... T-98Zach Vigil (LB) Tackles for Loss .... 0.82 ......... 3 .......... - Tackles .................... 7.9 ....... T-5 ..... T-86 Sacks ..................... 0.45 ....... T-6 ..... T-98 Tyler Bennett (P) Punting ................. 42.1 ......... 5 ........ 40


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WILLIAMS SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN A CAREERSenior running back Kerwynn Williams became Utah State’s career leader in all-purpose yards in his last game against No. 19 Louisiana Tech as he had 303 all-purpose yards against the Bull-dogs giving him 6,510 all-purpose yards in his career (2,170-rushing, 797-receiving, 3,408-kick re-turns, 135-punt returns) to break the school record of 6,479 all-purpose yards set by Kevin Rob-inson (2004-07). Williams also ranks second all-time in the history of the WAC in all-purpose yards and is just 181 yards shy of tying New Mexico’s Terance Mathis (1985-87, ’89) for the WAC’s all-time record with 6,691 all-purpose yards. Williams is also the WAC’s all-time leader in kick return yards with 3,408 and is the conference’s active leader in career rushing yards with 2,170.

WILLIAMS IS NCAA’S ACTIVE LEADER IN FOUR CATEGORIESSenior running back Kerwynn Williams is the NCAA’s active leader in four statistical categories as he leads the nation in all-purpose yards (6,510), all-purpose yards per play (12.04), kickoff return yards (3,408) and kickoff returns (135).

WILLIAMS RANKS NINTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN RUSHINGSenior running back Kerwynn Williams has rushed for 2,170 yards during his Aggie career to rank ninth all-time in school history as he is just the ninth player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards. Williams is now 36 yards shy of tying Tom Larscheid (1959-61) for eighth-place with 2,206 yards. The school record for rushing yards is 4,053 set by Demario Brown (1996-99). Thus far this year, Williams has rushed for 1,167 yards becoming the 11th Aggie to rush for 1,000 yards in a single-season for the 16th time in school history.

WILLIAMS RANKS EIGHTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSSenior running back Kerwynn Williams ranks tied for eighth all-time at Utah State with 18 career rushing touchdowns along with Roy Shivers (1964-65) and is now three rushing touchdowns shy of tying Louie Giammona (1973-75) for seventh-place with 21 career rushing touchdowns. The school record for rushing touchdowns is 40 set by Robert Turbin (2007-09, 2011) and Abu Wilson (1992, 1994-96). For his career, Williams has 23 touchdowns (18-rushing, 4-receiving, 1-kickoff return) to rank ninth all-time in school history and is now four touchdowns shy of tying Rick Parros (1976-79) for eighth all-time with 27 career touchdowns. Overall, Williams has 11 rushing touchdowns this year and four multi-touchdown rushing games, to go along with four receiv-ing touchdowns.

KEETON RANKS FIRST ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN COMPLETION PERCENTAGESophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton is 343-of-525 passing during his brief Utah State ca-reer with a completion percentage of 65.3 percent, which ranks first all-time in school history. Keith Myers (1976-77) entered the 2011 season as the school record holder at 60.7 percent.

KEETON RANKS FOURTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN TOUCHDOWN PASSESAfter throwing two touchdown passes in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton now ranks tied for fourth all-time in school history with 36 touch-down passes along with Diondre Borel (2007-10). Keeton is now three touchdown passes shy of tying Brent Snyder (1987-88) for third all-time with 39 career touchdown passes. The school record for career touchdown passes is 60 set by Jose Fuentes (1999-2002).

KEETON RANKS NINTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN COMPLETIONSWith his 20 completions in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton now ranks ninth all-time at Utah State with 343 career completions and is 39 completions shy of tying Leon Jackson III (2004-07) for eighth-place with 382 career comple-tions. The school record is 704 completions set by Jose Fuentes (1999-2002).

KEETON RANKS NINTH ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN TOTAL OFFENSESophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton had 461 yards of total offense in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech, and now has 5,031 yards of total offense in his career to rank ninth all-time in school history. The school record for total offense is 8,791 yards by Jose Fuentes (1999-2002) and Keeton is now four yards of total offense shy of tying Leon Jackson III (2004-07) for eighth-place with 5,035 yards.

KEETON RANKS 10TH ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN PASSING YARDSSophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton has thrown for 4,211 yards to rank 10th all-time in school history and is now 10 yards shy of tying Leon Jackson III for ninth-place with 4,221 pass-ing yards. The school record for passing yards is 9,168 set by Jose Fuentes (1999-2002).

BENNETT RANKS SECOND ALL-TIME AT UTAH STATE IN PUNTINGSenior Tyler Bennett has a career punt average of 43.0 yards on 111 punts (4,775), which ranks second all-time in school history behind Jerry Arguello (1997-98) who averaged 43.5 yards per punt.

DID YOU KNOW?Utah State has had 59 explosive plays this year (plays of 20-plus yards), including six rushes and eight passes of at least 50 yards. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams leads the team with 22 explosive plays (15-rushing, 7-receiving) and each of his last three receiving explosives have been for at least 50 yards (74, 76, 86).

UTAH STATE CAREER RECORDS

All-Purpose Yards Years Yds.1. Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 6,5102. Kevin Robinson 2004-07 6,479

Rushing Yardage Years Yds.1. Demario Brown 1996-1999 4,0532. Abu Wilson 1992, 94-96 3,9333. Rick Parros 1976-79 3,5374. Louie Giammona 1973-75 3,4995. Robert Turbin 2007-09,11 3,3156. Emmett White 1998-01 2,7917. Roger Grant 1990-91 2,3878. Tom Larscheid 1959-61 2,2069. Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 2,170

Rushing Touchdowns Years TD1. Robert Turbin 2007-09,11 40 Abu Wilson 1992, 94-96 403. Demario Brown 1996-99 374. Tom Larscheid 1959-61 295. Emmett White 1998-01 276. Rick Parros 1976-79 267. Louie Giammona 1973-75 218. Roy Shivers 1964-65 18 Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 18

Rushing Average Years Avg.(Minimum 150 Attempts)1. Michael Smith 2009-11 7.12. Tom Larscheid 1959-61 7.03. MacArthur Lane 1965-67 6.94. Roy Shivers 1964-65 6.85. Buddy Allen 1958-59 6.46. Kerwynn Williams 2009-pres. 6.1

Completion Pct. Years Pct.(Minimum 150 Completions)1. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres .6532. Keith Myers 1976-77 .607

Touchdown Passes Years TD1. Jose Fuentes 1998-2002 602. Tony Adams 1970-72 523. Brent Snyder 1987-88 394. Diondre Borel 2007-10 36 Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 36

Passing Yardage Years Yds.1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 9,1682. Diondre Borel 2007-10 6,6983. Tony Adams 1970-72 6,2264. Brent Snyder 1987-88 6,1055. Eric Hipple 1976-79 6,0736. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 5,6427. Matt Sauk 1996-97 5,3858. Travis Cox 2001-04 4,7229. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 4,22110. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 4,211

Passing Completions Years No.1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 7042. Diondre Borel 2007-10 5173. Brent Snyder 1987-88 4724. Eric Hipple 1976-79 4595. Tony Adams 1970-72 4566. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 4487. Travis Cox 2001-04 4238. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 3829. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 343

Total Offense Years Yds.1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 8,7912. Diondre Borel 2007-10 8,0963. Tony Adams 1970-72 6,5874. Eric Hipple 1976-79 6,1215. Brent Snyder 1987-88 5,9286. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 5,8387. Matt Sauk 1996-97 5,4668. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 5,0359. Chuckie Keeton 2011-pres 5,031


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UTAH STATE SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS

Touchdown Passes Year No.1. Chuckie Keeton, So. 2012 252. Jose Fuentes, Jr. 2001 24

Completion Percentage Year Pct.(Minimum 100 Completions)1. Chuckie Keeton, So. 2012 .6752. Leon Jackson III, Sr. 2007 .6543. Chuckie Keeton, Fr. 2011 .6094. Eric Hipple, Sr. 1979 .602

Passing Completions Year Comp.1. Jose Fuentes, Jr. 2001 2602. Anthony Calvillo, Sr. 1993 2473. Jose Fuentes, Sr. 2002 246 Brent Snyder, Sr. 1988 2465. Chuckie Keeton, So. 2012 237

Passing Yardage Year Yds.1. Jose Fuentes, Sr. 2002 3,2682. Brent Snyder, Sr. 1988 3,2183. Anthony Calvillo, Sr. 1993 3,1484. Jose Fuentes, Jr. 2001 3,1005. Chuckie Keeton, So. 2012 3,011

Total Offense Year Yds.1. Chuckie Keeton, So. 2012 3,5382. Diondre Borel, Jr. 2009 3,343

Rushing Average Year Yds.(Minimum 100 Attempts)1. Tom Larscheid, Jr. 1960 8.42. Michael Smith, Sr. 2011 7.63. Jack Hill, Sr. 1956 6.64. Kerwynn Williams, Sr. 2012 6.4

Touchdowns Year TD1. Robert Turbin, Jr. 2011 232. Robert Turbin, So. 2009 183. Emmett White, Sr. 2001 16 Abu Wilson, Sr. 1996 16 Roy Shivers, Jr. 1965 166. Kerwynn Williams 2012 15 Emmett White, Jr. 2000 15 Demario Brown, Sr. 1999 15 Rick Parros, Sr. 1979 15 Abu Wilson, Jr. 1995 15 Tom Larscheid, Jr. 1960 15 Tom Larscheid, Sr. 1961 15 Jack Hill 1956 15 Punting Year Avg.1. Steve Mullins, Jr. 2001 44.8 Jerry Arguello, Jr. 1997 44.83. Guy McClure, Sr. 1981 44.54. Ben Chaet, Jr. 2004 44.45. Tyler Bennett, Jr. 2011 43.86. Herick Mandel, Jr. 1986 42.97. Louie Aguiar, Jr. 1987 42.88. Rusty Carlsen, Sr. 1991 42.79. Louie Aguiar, Sr. 1988 42.410. Tyler Bennett, Sr. 2012 42.1

KEETON RANKS FIRST IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETION PERCENTAGESophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton is completing 67.5 percent of his passes in 2012 as he is 237-of-351 passing and that completion percentage ranks first all-time in school history. The previous school record was held by Leon Jackson III who completed 65.4 percent of his passes in 2007 as he was 151-of-231 passing. In 2011, Keeton completed 60.9 percent of his passes (106-174) to rank third all-time at USU for a single-season.

KEETON SETS SINGLE-SEASON SCHOOL RECORDS FOR TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND TOTAL OFFENSESophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton set single-season school records for touchdown passes (25) and total offense (3,538) in his last game at No. 19 Louisiana Tech breaking the previous record of 24 touchdown passes set by Jose Fuentes (2001) and the previous record of 3,343 yards of total offense set by Diondre Borel (2009).

KEETON RANKS FIFTH IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETIONSSophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton is 237-of-351 passing thus far in 2012 and those 237 comple-tions rank fifth all-time at Utah State for a single-season. Overall, Keeton is now nine completions shy of tying Jose Fuentes (2002) and Brent Snyder (1988) for third all-time with 246 completions, and the single-season school record for completions is 260 set by Fuentes in 2001. Keeton is also 10 pass attempts shy of entering the single-season top 10 at USU.

KEETON RANKS FIFTH IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN SINGLE-SEASON PASSING YARDSSophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton has passed for 3,011 yards thus far in 2012 to rank fifth all-time at Utah State for a single season. Overall, Keeton is now 89 yards shy of tying Jose Fuentes (2001) for fourth-place with 3,100 passing yards. The school record for single-season passing yards is 3,268 set by Fuentes in 2002 and Keeton is 257 yards shy of that mark.

WILLIAMS RANKS FOURTH ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY FOR SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING AVERAGESenior running back Kerwynn Williams is averaging 6.38 yards per carry in 2012 to rank fourth all-time in school history for a single-season. On the year, Williams has carried the ball 183 times for 1,167 yards. The school record for rushing average is 8.4 yards per carry set by Tom Larscheid in 1960.

WILLIAMS RANKS TIED FOR SIXTH ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY FOR SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWNSSenior running back Kerwynn Williams has 15 total touchdowns (11-rushing, 4-receiving) thus far in 2012, which is tied with Emmett White (2000), Demario Brown (1999), Rick Parros (1979), Abu Wilson (1995), Tom Larscheid (1960, 1961) and Jack Hill (1956) for eighth all-time at USU for a single season.

WILLIAMS CLOSE TO RANKING AMONG SINGLE-SEASON TOP 10 IN RUSHING YARDS AND TOUCHDOWNSSenior running back Kerwynn Williams has rushed for 1,167 yards on 183 carries thus far in 2012 and is now just 69 rushing yards shy of tying Rick Parros (1979) for 10th-place all-time in school history for single-season rushing yards with 1,236. The single-season school record for rushing yards is 1,536 set by Demario Brown in 1999. Williams is also just two rushing touchdowns shy of entering the single-season top 10 in that category as well.

WILLIAMS LEADING UTAH STATE IN RECEPTIONS AND RECEIVING YARDS AS WELLAlong with leading the team in rushing attempts (183) and rushing yards (1,167), senior running back Kerwynn Williams has a team-leading 39 receptions on the season, which are the second-most by a running back in a single-season in school history behind Emmett White’s 48 receptions in 2001. Wil-liams also leads the team with 624 receiving yards this season, and the school record for receiving yards by a running back in a single-season is 639 set by Jerry Hughes in 1972.

BENNETT RANKS 10TH ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY FOR SINGLE-SEASON PUNTING AVERAGESenior punter Tyler Bennett is averaging 42.1 yards per kick thus far in 2012 to rank 10th all-time in school history for a single-season. In 2012, Bennett has punted 53 times for 2,233 yards. He has also had 10 punts of 50-plus yards, while 26 have been downed inside the 20-yardline. As a junior in 2011, Bennett averaged 43.8 yards per punt to rank fifth all-time at Utah State for a single-season.

UTAH STATE’S 2012 OFFENSE RANKS AMONG THE BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORYUtah State’s offense has emerged in 2012 as one of the best in school history as it is currently av-eraging 479.6 yards of total offense per game (281.7-passing, 197.9-rushing), which currently ranks first all-time in school history for a single-season ahead of the 1996 team that averaged 468.5 yards of total offense per game. Furthermore, USU’s scoring average of 33.5 points per game in 2012 currently ranks fourth all-time in school history for a single-season trailing the 1961 (38.7 ppg), 1997 (33.6 ppg) and 2011 (33.6 ppg) teams.

UTAH STATE’S 2012 PASSING OFFENSE AMONG BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORYUtah State’s passing offense in 2012 currently ranks among the best in school history completing 246-of-363 passes for 3,099 yards. The single-season school record for completions is 270 set in 2001, while the single-season school record for passing yards is 3,493 set in 1996. For USU in 2012, it is now just 24 completions and just 394 passing yards shy of tying the school record in each of those categories.

AGGIES DEFENSE RANKS AMONG THE BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORYUtah State is allowing just 16.0 points per game in 2012, which is the fewest by an Aggie defense since the 1963 team allowed 9.9 points per game and currently ranks as the fourth-fewest points allowed in a single-season in school history trailing the 1960 (6.5 ppg), 1961 (7.8 ppg) and 1963 (9.9 ppg) teams. In fact, the last Aggie defense to allow fewer than 20 points a game was in 1983 (19.5).


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A LOOK AT IDAHOIdaho is 1-10 on the season and 1-4 in WAC play following its 34-27 home loss to UTSA last weekend. The Vandals began the year with losses to Eastern Washington (20-3) at home, at Bowling Green State (20-13), at LSU (63-14), to Wyoming (40-37) at home in overtime, and at North Carolina (66-0), before winning its only game of the season at home against New Mexico State (26-18). Since that win, UI has lost at Texas State (38-7), at Louisiana Tech (70-28), to San Jose State (42-13) at home, at BYU (52-13), and to UTSA at home. Offensively, Idaho is led by senior quarterback Logan Bushnell who is 53-of-104 passing for 635 yards (79.4 ypg) with two touchdowns and five interceptions. Senior running back Ryan Bass leads the team with 389 rushing yards on 108 carries (35.4 ypg) with zero touchdowns, and senior wide receiver Mike Scott has 58 catches for 660 yards (60.0 ypg) with four touchdowns. Defensively, senior free safety Gary Walker leads the team with 90 tackles (56-solo, 34-assist), while senior linebacker Su’a Tuala has 73 tackles (34-solo, 39-assist). As a team, UI is averaging 16.5 points and 325.1 yards of total offense per game (240.7-passing, 84.4-rushing) and allowing 42.2 points and 493.3 yards of total offense per game (289.5-passing, 203.7-rushing). Overall, Idaho returns 11 starters (O-5, D-4, ST-2) and 43 lettermen from last year’s team that went 2-10 overall and finished in eighth-place in the WAC with a 1-6 league mark. Jason Gesser is 0-4 this year as the Vandals interim head coach.

UTAH STATE AND IDAHO SERIES HISTORYUtah State and Idaho will be meeting for the 38th time in series history this weekend with the Aggies holding a 19-17-2 advantage, including an 8-7 record at home. USU has won four of the last five games played in the series including a 49-42 double-overtime win in Moscow last year. The last time the two teams played in Logan was on Nov. 20, 2010 with Idaho posting a 28-6 win. The first game played in the series was on Nov. 25, 1916 in Logan with Idaho winning, 27-15.

UTAH STATE-IDAHO SERIES FIFTH-LONGEST IN SCHOOL HISTORYUtah State and Idaho will be meeting for the 38th time in series history this weekend in what is the fifth-most played series in school history trailing Utah (110), BYU (82), Colorado State (69) and Wyoming (63).

TOP AGGIE PERFORMERS VERSUS IDAHORushing Yards: Louie Giammona (1974), 247Passing Yards: Jose Fuentes (2000), 421Receiving Yards: Bob Wicks (1971), 211

UTAH STATE VERSUS THE STATE OF IDAHOUtah State is a combined 37-32-2 (.535) against teams from the state of Idaho, with a 14-2 record against Idaho State, a 19-17-2 record against Idaho, and a 4-13 record against Boise State.

GARY ANDERSEN VERSUS IDAHOGary Andersen is 2-1 against Idaho as Utah State’s head coach, defeating the Vandals, 52-49 on the road in 2009 and 49-42 on the road last year in double overtime. In 2010, Ida-ho posted a 28-6 road win against USU. Andersen never faced UI as an assistant at Utah.

UTAH STATE-IDAHO CONNECTIONSIdaho defensive coordinator Mark Criner was a graduate assistant at Utah State from 1991-92 and an assistant coach for the Aggies from 1992-93. John L. Smith coached at both schools, leading Utah State to a 16-18 (.471) record from 1995-97, while coaching the Vandals from 1989-94, amassing a 53-21 (.716) ledger at Idaho, and is UI’s winningest coach for wins and No. 2 in winning percentage.

UTAH STATE AND IDAHO AS CONFERENCE FOESUtah State and Idaho will play their final conference game against one another for the foreseeable future as USU joins the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2013. Both teams were members of the Big West Conference from 1996-2000, followed by a two-year stint in the Sun Belt Conference from 2003-04, and then conference members in the Western Athletic Conference for the past eight years (2005-12). In the Big West Confer-ence, USU held a 3-2 series advantage against UI, while the two teams split its two games as members of the Sun Belt. Since joining the WAC, USU has a 4-3 series advantage against Idaho.

UTAH STATE-IDAHO IN-STATE PLAYERSUtah State has 55 players in its program from the state of Utah, while Idaho has 20 players on its roster from the state of Idaho.

DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBERUtah State has won six-straight games during the month of November and is 10-3 in No-vember under Andersen. USU is also 3-6-1 all-time in known games played on Nov. 24. This will also be the 20th meeting against Idaho in the month of November including the fifth time in the last six years. Overall, Utah State is 9-11 against Idaho during the month of November.

IDAHO at UTAH STATE

2012 UTAH STATE STATS (9-2/5-0 WAC)TEAM STATISTICS USU OPPPoints/Game ............................... 33.5 ......... 16.0First Downs ................................... 21.0 ......... 18.8Rushing/Game ......................... 197.9 ....... 107.2Passing/Game .......................... 281.7 ....... 225.7Total Offense/Game ................ 479.6 ....... 332.9Fumbles-Lost ............................... 18-9 ........... 9-5Pen.Yds/Game .................... 817/74.3 ... 535/48.6Time of Possession .................... 28:41 ....... 31:19Third Down Conversions ........ 72-159 ......61-186Fourth Down Conversions ........... 5-9 ......... 7-15

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att Net Avg TD YPGWilliams 183 1167 6.4 11 106.1Keeton 113 527 4.7 6 47.9Hill 34 220 6.5 5 22.0

Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD YPGKeeton 237-351-7 67.5 3011 25 273.7Harrison 7-8-0 87.5 79 0 13.2Glover-Wright 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 0.9Kennedy 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0.0Webb 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0.0

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPGK. Williams 39 624 16.0 4 56.7 Austin 38 611 16.1 5 55.5 Bartlett 35 249 7.1 4 22.6Jacobs 32 528 16.5 5 48.0

Defense U-A-T TFL Int FF-FRDoughty 28-61-89 3.5 1 0-1Z. Vigil 29-58-87 9.0 0 1-0Brady 35-52-87 2.0 0 1-0Fackrell 26-47-73 7.5 2 1-1Suite 30-39-69 0.0 0 0-0

2012 IDAHO STATS (1-10/1-4 WAC)TEAM STATISTICS UI OPPPoints/Game ............................... 16.5 ......... 42.2First Downs ................................... 15.6 ..........23.7 Rushing/Game ........................... 84.4 ....... 203.7Passing/Game .......................... 240.7 ....... 289.5Total Offense/Game ................ 325.1 ....... 493.3Fumbles-Lost ............................. 26-16 ....... 22-13Pen.Yds/Game .................... 676/61.5 ... 547/49.7Time of Possession .................... 28:31 ....... 31:29Third Down Conversions ........ 43-156 ..... 67-152Fourth Down Conversions ......... 7-17 ....... 10-22

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att Net Avg TD YPGBass 108 389 3.6 0 35.4Baker 81 343 4.2 2 31.2

Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD YPGBushnell 53-104-5 51.0 635 2 79.4

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPGScott 58 660 11.4 4 60.0Lovett 47 537 11.4 6 48.8Level 46 538 11.7 2 48.9

Defense U-A-T TFL Int FF-FRWalker 56-34-90 2.0 1 1-1Tuala 34-39-73 6.0 0 2-0


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LAST MEETING AGAINST IDAHO - (USU 49, UI 42 - 2OT)November 19, 2011 • Moscow, Idaho • The Kibbie DomeUtah State (5-5, 3-2) registered its third-straight game-winning touchdown in the final minute or with no time on the clock with a wild 49-42 double-overtime victory at Idaho (2-9, 1-6) on Nov. 19, 2011. Junior running back Robert Turbin rushed for a career-high 208 yards with three rushing touchdowns, two coming in overtime, while senior linebacker Bobby Wagner gathered in a deflection and collected an interception at the goalline to seal the win. Saturday was USU’s third-straight game in which the Aggies scored in the final minute or with no time on the clock as in overtime, and was also USU’s seventh game this season decided by one score. Turbin went over 3,000 yards for his career and broke USU’s single-season rushing touchdown, single-season total touchdown, single-season scoring and the Aggies’ career scoring records. USU had 310 total rushing yards as part of 492 yards of total offense, as junior quarterback Adam Kennedy was 13-of-18 passing for 182 yards with two touchdowns. Idaho had 450 yards of total offense with 275 passing and 175 rushing. The Aggies opened a 21-10 lead in the first half, but Idaho rallied with 18 third-quarter points and another touchdown in the fourth, knotting the game at 35-all with 9:14 left in regulation, forcing overtime. Junior safety McKade Brady had a career-best 16 tackles, his second double-digit tackle outing in the last three games, while Wagner posted 11 stops, his eighth double-digit tackle outing of the season and 22nd of his ca-reer. Junior cornerback Will Davis posted a career-high 10 tackles. Senior running back Michael Smith rushed for two touchdowns and sophomore placekicker Josh Thompson was 7-of-7 on extra points extending his USU single-season PAT record.

Score By Quarters OT1 OT2Utah State 7 14 7 7 7 7 - 49Idaho 7 3 18 7 7 0 - 42

Scoring SummaryUSU - 1st 10:37 - Smith, Michael 1 yd run (Thompson kick)UI - 1st 02:37 - Mike Scott 13 yd pass from Brian Reader (Farquhar kick)USU - 2nd 14:54 - Van Leeuwen, T. 3 yd pass from Kennedy, A. (Thompson kick)USU - 2nd 10:13 - Turbin, Robert 80 yd run (Thompson kick)UI - 2nd 02:23 - Farquhar 23 yd field goal UI - 3rd 10:08 - Farquhar 23 yd field goalUI - 3rd 08:19 - Quin Ashley 78 yd interception returnUSU - 3rd 06:56 - Morrison, S. 63 yd pass from Kennedy, A. (Thompson kick)UI - 3rd 03:38 - Korey Toomer 1 yd run (Farquhar kick) USU - 4th 13:09 - Smith, Michael 7 yd run (Thompson kick) UI - 4th 09:14 - Korey Toomer 1 yd run (Farquhar kick)UI - OT1 00:00 - Korey Toomer 2 yd run (Farquhar kick)USU - OT1 00:00 - Turbin, Robert 1 yd run (Thompson kick)USU - OT2 00:00 - Turbin, Robert 2 yd run (Thompson kick)Attn: 8,216

Team Statistics USU UIFirst Downs 21 26 Rushing 310 175Passing 182 275 Total Offense 492 450 Fumbles: Number-Lost 5-3 4-1Penalties: Number-Yards 7-75 10-87 Punts-Yards/Avg. 3-131/43.7 4-179/44.8Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 0-0-0/0.0 2-14-0/7.0 Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 7-201-0/28.7 6-131-0/21.8 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-1-0 1-78-1Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-11-0 Possession Time 21:31 38.29 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 11 of 22Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 2 of 3

Individual RushingUSU: Turbin 24-208; Smith 15-58; Kennedy 7-39; Williams 4-9; Team 1-0; Jacobs 1 (-4)UI: Bailey 23-110Individual Passing (C-A-I, Yds, TD)USU: Kennedy 13-18-1, 182, 2 Ui: Reader 27-39-1, 275, 1Individual Receiving (Yds-Rec.)USU: Morrison 3-83; Van Leeuwen 3-40; Austin 3-26; Jacobs 1-17; Lloyd 1-9; Williams 1-6UI: LaGrone 3-63USU Punt Returns: 0-0-0 | USU KO Returns: Jacobs 4-98; Williams 3-103USU Interception Returns: Wagner 1-1-0USU Tackle Leaders: Brady 16; Wagner 11; Davis 10

IDAHO at UTAH STATE

SERIES HISTORY Overall ............................................. USU leads, 19-17-2In Logan ............................................... USU leads, 8-7-0In Moscow .......................................... Series tied, 8-8-1Neutral Site .......................................... USU leads, 3-2-1Longest USU Win Streak ............................... 5, 1971-97Longest UI Win Streak ................................... 3, 1956-58Largest USU Margin of Victory .......... (69) 69-0 -- 1961Largest UI Margin of Victory .............. (33) 33-0 -- 1932

11-25-16 L 15-27 H11-26-32 L 0-33 A11-21-36 W 10-0 A10-16-37 T 0-0 A11-19-38 L 0-14 A11-4-39 L 7-19 A10-26-40 T 0-0 N +10-18-41 L 0-16 H10-11-52 L 3-6 H11-2-53 W 19-7 N +11-10-56 L 20-42 A11-9-57 L 7-34 A11-15-58 L 7-34 A9-20-59 W 14-0 H10-8-60 W 33-6 N +10-28-61 W 69-0 H9-22-62 W 45-7 N +11-14-64 L 22-27 N +10-9-65 W 30-19 H11-22-69 W 31-21 A11-14-70 L 14-42 H11-21-71 W 42-13 A11-4-72 W 51-7 H11-2-74 W 17-3 A10-26-96 W 35-28 H10-25-97 W 63-17 A10-17-98 L 14-26 H10-23-99 L 3-31 N ^10-21-00 W 31-14 H11-22-03 L 13-20 A10-11-04 W 14-7 H10-1-05 L 13-27 A9-30-06 L 21-41 H11-24-07 W 24-19 A9-20-08 W 42-17 H11-28-09 W 52-49 A11-20-10 L 6-28 H11-19-11 W 49-42** A

* overtiime+ game played in Boise, ID^ game played in Pullman, WA

GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS


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UTAH STATE vs. IDAHO IN THE WAC

UTAH STATE vs. IDAHO IN WAC GAMESTEAM STATISTICS USU UIPoints/Game ............................... 29.6 ......... 31.9First Downs ................................... 20.3 ......... 22.0Rushing/Game ......................... 196.7 ....... 138.9Passing/Game .......................... 192.9 ....... 245.9Total Offense/Game ................ 389.0 ....... 384.1Fumbles-Lost ............................... 11-6 ......... 15-7Pen.Yds/Game ....................... 44-477 ..... 53-546Time of Possession .................... 27:04 ....... 32:56Third Down Conversions .......... 38-91 ..... 58-112Fourth Down Conversions ......... 9-12 ....... 12-15

USU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS VS. IDAHORushing Att Net Avg TD YPGK. Williams 8 26 3.3 0 13.0 Marshall 7 27 3.9 0 27.0Kennedy 7 39 5.6 0 39.0Jacobs 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4.0

Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD YPGKennedy 13-18-1 72.2 182 2 182.0

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPGVan Leeuwen 4 44 11.0 1 22.0 K. Williams 4 14 3.5 0 7.0Marhsall 1 7 7.0 0 7.0 Jacobs 1 17 17.0 0 17.0Tialavea 1 1 1.0 0 1.0

Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg TD YPGK. Williams 11 372 33.8 0 124.0Jacobs 4 98 24.5 0 98.0

Punt Returns No. Yds Avg TD YPGK. Williams 1 4 4.0 0 4.0

Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB AvgDiaz 3 179 0 0 59.7

Punts No. Yds Avg In20 TBBennett 2 95 47.5 1 0

Defense (UA-A=Tot) TFL Int BU QH FF-FRBrady 5-11=16 0 0 0 0 0-0Davis 5-5=10 1 1 0 0 0-0Filimoeatu 6-1=7 3 0 0 1 1-1Lawson 4-2=6 0 0 0 0 1-0Lasike 5-0=5 1 0 0 1 1-0Lapuaho 0-4=4 0 0 0 0 0-0McMillian 1-2=3 1 0 0 0 0-0C. Williams 0-3=3 0 0 0 0 0-0Byrd 2-0=2 0 0 0 0 0-0B.J. Larsen 2-0=2 0 0 1 0 0-0Doughty 1-1=2 0 0 0 0 0-0Sutera 0-2=2 0 0 0 0 0-0Vaifoou 0-2=2 0 0 0 0 0-0K. Williams 1-0=1 0 0 0 0 0-0Robertson 1-0=1 0 0 1 0 0-0Altson 0-1=1 0 0 0 0 0-0

LAST MEETING AGAINST IDAHO IN LOGAN - (UI 28, USU 6)November 20, 2010 • Logan, Utah • Merlin Olsen Field at Romney StadiumUtah State’s final home game for its seniors was spoiled by Idaho, as the Vandals pulled away from a 7-6 game with 21 unanswered points for a 28-6 victory on Nov. 20, 2010. One of the Aggie seniors, placekicker Peter Caldwell put USU on the board first, with a 44-yard field goal at the 4:29 mark of the first quarter. Caldwell’s kick capped a drive that was kept alive with a fake punt play featuring an 11-yard pass from senior quarterback Diondre Borel to junior linebacker Bobby Wagner on fourth-and-seven at the Idaho 29. The Vandals took the ensuing kick and marched down the field, with Nathan Enderle hitting Eric Greenwood with a 10-yard touchdown pass for a 7-3 UI lead with eight seconds left on the first quarter clock. Caldwell split the uprights from 24-yards out to pull USU within 7-6 with 12:52 left in the second stanza. That would be the final Aggie points put on the board, as Enderle and Greenwood connected from 28-yards out with just 1:18 to go in the half giving UI a 14-6 halftime lead. Neither team scored in the third frame before Idaho’s Deonte’ Jackson darted in from 4-yards out with 8:50 to go and then sealed the Vandal victory with a 10-yard pass from Enderle with 5:20 left in the game. UI’s first scoring drive was its only scoring drive less than 70 yards, as the Vandals marched out drives of 74 yards (10 plays), 79 yards (15 plays) and 76 yards (seven plays). Idaho also converted 10 of its 18 third-downs and both of its fourth-down tries. USU was 6-of-18 on third-down and 2-of-3 on fourth-down, finishing the game with 242 yards of total offense, as Borel was 14-of-35 passing for 103 yards. The Aggies had a total of 139 rushing yards, getting a game-high 80 yards from senior running back Derrvin Speight. Sophomore wide receiver Dontel Watkins had four catches for 32 yards. Idaho totalled 355 yards of total offense, as Enderle was 20-of-32 passing for 243 yards with three touchdowns and one intercep-tion, while the Vandals totalled 112 yards on the ground. Greenwood tallied 114 yards receiving on four catches with two touchdowns, while Jackson had 62 yards with one touchdown rushing and one receiving. The Aggie defense was led by Wagner’s game-high 16 stops. Junior linebacker Kyle Gallagher totalled 11 stops. Senior cornerback Curtis Marsh snared his second interception of the season.

Score By QuartersIdaho 7 7 0 14 - 28Utah State 3 3 0 0 - 6

Scoring SummaryUSU - 1st 04:29 - Caldwell, Peter 44 yd field goal UI - 1st 00:08 - Eric Greenwood 10 yd pass from Nathan Enderle (Trey Farquhar kick)USU - 2nd 12:52 - Caldwell, Peter 24 yd field goal UI - 2nd 01:18 - Eric Greenwood 28 yd pass from Enderle (Farquhar kick)UI - 4th 8:50 - Deonte Jackson 4 yd run (Farquhar kick)UI - 4th 05:20 - Jackson 10 yd pass from Enderle (Farquhar kick) Attn: 14,072

Team Statistics UI USUFirst Downs 15 16Rushing 112 139Passing 243 103Total Offense 355 242Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-0 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 4-53 4-27Punts-Yards/Avg. 6-287/47.8 7-273/39.0Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 5-7-0/1.4 1-4-0/4.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 3-100-0/33.3 3-70-0/23.3Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-0-0 1-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 33:28 26:32Third-Down Conversions 10 of 18 6 of 18

Individual RushingUI: Jackson 18-62USU: Speight 17-80, Marshall 7-27, Borel 7-19, Williams 4-17, DeMartino 1-(-3)Individual Passing (C-A-I, Yds, TD)UI: Enderle 20-31-1, 243, 3USU: Borel 14-35-2, 103, 0Individual ReceivingUI: Greenwood 4-114USU: Watkins 4-32, Alder 1-15, Wagner 1-11, Speight 1-11, Williams 3-8, Moats 1-8, Mor-gan 1-7, Marshall 1-7, Van Leeuwan 1-4USU Punt Returns: Williams 1-4USU KO Returns: Williams 3-70USU Interception Returns: Marsh 1-0USU Tackle Leaders: Wagner 16, Gallagher 11, Coleman 8


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DAVIS ACCEPTS INVITATION TO SENIOR BOWLFor the third time in the last four years, Utah State has had a player selected to partici-pate in the Senior Bowl as Will Davis has accepted an invitation to play in the annual All-Star game. The 64th Senior Bowl will be played on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., and the game and all practices will be televised by the NFL Network (Comcast Ch. 180, Dish Network Ch. 154, DirectTV Ch. 212). Overall, Davis is the 17th Utah State player selected to the Senior Bowl since 1962 and the third in the past four years under current head coach Gary Andersen as linebacker Bobby Wagner was named the North’s Most Outstanding Player a year ago, while defensive back Curtis Marsh was selected in 2010. Marsh began his Aggie career at running back before mov-ing to the defensive backfield in Andersen’s first season at USU.

PHENOMINAL FRESHMANRedshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell was named the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8 and Oct. 15 and is the first Aggie freshman to earn conference player of the week honors in consecutive weeks since Demario Brown was named the Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks during the 1996 season. Overall, Fackrell is just the fourth freshman in school history to earn con-ference player of the week honors joining current sophomore quarterback teammate Chuckie Keeton who was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week in 2011, along with Brown in 1996 and Profail Grier who was named the Big West’s Offensive Player of the Week in 1993. Fackrell is also the first player to earn back-to-back WAC Player of the Week honors since Hawaii’s Corey Paredes accomplished the feat in 2010. Going back to 1999, no freshman in the WAC has earned back-to-back player of the week honors.

FACKRELL AND NIELSEN NAMED TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS NATION-AL FRESHMAN PERFORMER OF THE YEAR WATCH LISTRedshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen were both named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) 2012 National Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List, which consists of 32 players. Overall, Fackrell and Nielsen were one of just three players at their respective positions to be named to the watch list.

BRADY EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORSSenior safety McKade Brady is one of six players from the Western Athletic Conference and one of seven players from the state of Utah to be named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VIII team. Brady has a cumulative 3.57 grade-point average in human movement science and has earned academic all-conference honors three times in her career.

FORMER WALK-ONS PAYING DIVIDENDS AT UTAH STATEUtah State has had great success with its walk-on program under current head coach Gary Andersen including a pair of middle linebackers who are now starting in junior Jake Doughty and sophomore Zach Vigil. Other former walk-ons who have started this season include senior safety McKade Brady, senior wide receiver Cameron Webb and sophomore safety Frankie Sutera. Other former walk-ons who have made contributions this year in-clude junior defensive lineman B.J. Larsen and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen, along with junior placekicker Josh Thompson.

AGGIES IN THE NFLUtah State has eight former football players who are on NFL rosters for the 2012 season including Diondre Borel (Tampa Bay), Jarrett Bush (Green Bay), John Chick (Jackson-ville), Curtis Marsh (Philadelphia), Donald Penn (Tampa Bay), Michael Smith (Tampa Bay), Robert Turbin (Seattle) and Bobby Wagner (Seattle).

AROUND THE NATIONUtah State head coach Gary Andersen is one of six head coaches across the country who have a son playing on his team in sophomore tight end Keegan Andersen. Ander-sen joins Army’s Rich Ellerson, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, Miami of Ohio’s Don Treadwell, New Mexico State’s DeWayne Walker and Texas Tech’s Tommy Tuberville as the only other head coaches in the nation at the FBS level to have sons on their teams. Overall, there are 25 coaches at the FBS level who have sons playing on their respective teams.

AGGIES WHO ARE MARRIED AND HAVE BEEN ON MISSIONSUtah State has nine players on its team who are married (McKade Brady, Clayton Chris-tensen, Havea Lasike, Nate Needham, Joe Summers, Brad Theurer, Josh Thompson, Kev-in Whimpey, Kyle Whimpey), while 17 Aggies have served a two-year LDS Church Mis-sion (Eric Bernston, Clayton Christensen, Jefferson Court, Derek Keller, B.J. Larsen, Jason Luke, Logan Malohifo’ou, Jeff Manning, Alex Marsaw, Nate Needham, Travis Parrish, Eric Schultz, Brad Theurer, Cameron Webb, Kevin Whimpey, Kyle Whimpey and Daniel Wray).

DID YOU KNOW?Utah State has had 66 players earn academic all-WAC honors and 84 players have gradu-ated from Utah State University in Gary Andersen’s first three years as head coach. In 2011, USU had a WAC-leading 18 academic all-conference honorees

UNIFORM OPTIONS IN 2012

AGGIE UNIFORM OPTIONS IN 2012Utah State will have nine different jersey and pant combinations, manufactured by Nike, to go along with two different helmet options for a total of 18 different uniform combinations for the 2012 season. Along with its traditional blue and white uniforms, a new pewter grey uniform will be utilized this season. Two helmet options are also available including a new diamond pattern blue and black helmet with a black face mask, along with its traditional white hel-met with a blue face mask. Home uniform options feature a traditional combination of blue jersey with blue or white pants, as well as an option of blue jersey and pewter pants. Road uniform combinations can be built around the newly-designed pewter jersey or the traditional white jersey. The road pewter jerseys can be combined with pewter, blue or white pants, while white jerseys can be worn with white, blue or pewter pants. Both helmet options will also be utilized with the various uniform combinations for both home and away games.GM 1 (H) - Blue Jersey, Blue Pants, Blue HelmetGM 2 (H) - Blue Jersey, Pewter Pants, Blue HelmetGM 3 (A) - Pewter Jersey, Blue Pants, Blue HelmetGM 4 (A) - Pewter Jersey, Pewter Pants, Blue HelmetGM 5 (H) - White Jersey, White Pants, White HelmetGM 6 (A) - White Jersey, Blue Pants, Blue HelmetGM 7 (A) - Pewter Jersey, White Pants, White HelmetGM 8 (H) - Blue Jersey, White Pants, Blue HelmetGM 9 (A) - White Jersey, White Pants, Blue HelmetGM 10 (H) - Blue Jersey, White Pants, White HelmetGM 11 (A) - Pewter Jersey, Pewter Pants, Blue Helmet

WAC PRESEASON POLLS

The Western Athletic Conference announced its pre-season coaches and media polls on July 28 and Utah State was picked to finish second in 2012 by both the media and coaches.

PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL1. Louisiana Tech (6) ................................................ 362. UTAH STATE (1) ....................................................... 313. San Jose State ...................................................... 244. New Mexico State ................................................ 225. Idaho ..................................................................... 176. Texas State ............................................................ 107. UTSA ......................................................................... 7

PRESEASON MEDIA POLL1. Louisiana Tech (25) ............................................ 1932. UTAH STATE (3) ..................................................... 1643. San Jose State .................................................... 1304. Idaho ................................................................... 1025. New Mexico State ................................................ 956. Texas State ............................................................ 577. UTSA ....................................................................... 43

EIGHTH AND FINAL YEAR IN THE WACUtah State is entering its eighth and final year as a member of the Western Athletic Conference as it will officially join the Mountain West Confer-ence on July 1, 2013. Prior to joining the WAC, Utah State was a member of the Sun Belt Con-ference from 2003-04 and spent two years as a independent (2001-02). USU was also a member of the PCAA/Big West Conference (1978-2000), the Mountain States Conference/Skyline (1938-61), and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer-ence (1916-37).


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NEVIN LAWSON5-10 • 183 • Jr.-2LLauderhill, Fla.(Piper HS)CB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Tied his season-high with seven tackles and had two pass breakups. TXST: Had four tackles, one pass breakup and one QB hurry. UTSA: Had five tackles. NMSU: Had five tackles. SJSU: Had eight tackles and his first two career sacks. BYU: Had six tackles and one pass breakup. UNLV: Had five tackles. CSU: Had five tackles, including a career-high two for loss. UW: Had five tackles and two pass breakups. Utah: Re-corded a season-high seven tackles and added one pass breakup. SUU: Recorded three tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 9, vs. Nevada (11/26/11); INT: 1, twice; PBU: 3, at Hawai`i (11/5/11); Sacks: 2, at San Jose St. (10/13/12).

2012 UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME INFORMATION

TRAVIS VAN LEEUWEN6-3 • 195 • Jr.-2LProvo, Utah(Timpview HS)WR

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had one catch for 19 yards. TXST: Did not re-cord any stats. UTSA: Had two catches for 16 yards. NMSU: Caught one pass for three yards. SJSU: Had two catches for 32 yards including one TD. BYU: Did not record any stats. UNLV: Did not record any stats. CSU: Had a career-high four catches for 37 yards. UW: Did not record any stats. Utah: Had one catch for 28 yards. SUU: Caught one pass for eight yards. CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 4, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); Yards: 60, at Fresno St. (10/15/11); Long Catch: 36, at Fresno St. (10/15/11); TD: 1, three times.

TRAVIS REYNOLDS5-11 • 180 • Jr.-2LLauderdale Lakes, Fla.(Boyd Anderson HS)WR

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had three catches for 34 yards. TXST: Caught two passes for 11 yards, including his first career TD, on a 7-yard pass... Also had one kickoff return for 19 yards. UTSA: Had one catch for 15 yards. NMSU: Caught two passes for 25 yards. SJSU: Had two catches for 11 yards and returned two kicks for 45 yards, including a career-long of 32. BYU: Had two catches for 22 yards. UNLV: Caught two passes for 24 yards. CSU: Caught one pass for seven yards. UW: Did not record any stats. Utah: Caught three passes for 35 yards. SUU: Caught three passes for 18 yards. CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 5, vs. Idaho St. (9/11/10); Yards: 36, at Oklahoma (9/4/10); Long Catch: 36, at Oklahoma (9/4/10); TD: 1, vs. Texas St. (11/3/12). CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 2, at San Jose St. (10/13/12); Yards: 45, at San Jose St. (10/13/12); Long Return: 32, at San Jose St. (10/13/12); TD: 0.

CHUCKIE KEETON6-1 • 200 • So.-1LHouston, Texas(Cypress Creek HS)QB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Was 20-of-34 passing for 340 yards with two TDs and no INTs, and a career-long pass of 86 yards... Also tied his career-high with 17 rushes for a career-high 121 yards, tying the single-game school record for rushing by a QB... Also had two rushing TDs. TXST: Was 20-of-27 passing for 316 yards with four TDs and two INTs... Also had 10 rushes for 48 yards and one TD. UTSA: Was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week as he was 27-of-36 passing for 340 yards and three TD’s and one INT... Those 27 completions are a career-high... Also carried the ball six times for one yard. NMSU: Was 16-of-26 passing for 257 yards with two TD’s, including a career-long 76-yard TD pass to Kerwynn Williams... Also rushed seven times for 81 yards with two TD’s, tying a career-high... Had a career-long run of 76 yards for a TD. SJSU: Was 26-of-35 passing for 273 yards with three TDs... Also rushed six times for 47 yards, including a 28-yard TD run. BYU: Was 22-of-38 passing for 202 yards... Those 38 attempts are a career-high... Also carried the ball 10 times for 23 yards. UNLV: Was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week as he was 21-of-34 passing for a career-high 404 yards with four TDs and one INT... Had a career-long pass of 74 yards... Also rushed six times for four yards. CSU: Was 23-of-30 passing for 178 yards with one TD and two INT... Also rushed 12 times for 38 yards. UW: Was 18-of-34 pass-ing for 181 yards with two TDs... Also rushed 15 times for 75 yards. Utah: Was named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week as he completed 22-of-32 passes for 216 yards with two TDs... Also rushed a career-high 17 times for a career-high 86 yards. SUU: Com-pleted 22-of-25 passes for a 304 yards to go along with two TDs and one INT... Carried the ball seven times for three yards.CAREER PASSING HIGHS - Att: 38, at BYU (10/5/12); Comp: 27, at UTSA (10/27/12); Yards: 404, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); TD: 5, vs. Wyoming (10/8/11); Long Pass: 86, at Louisiana Tech (11/17/12).CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 17, twice; Yards: 121, at Louisiana Tech (11/17/12); TD: 2, three times; Long Rush: 76, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12).

MATT AUSTIN6-2 • 202 • Sr.-2LMonrovia, Calif.(Charter Oak HS)(Mt. San Antonio JC)WR

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Caught three passes for 62 yards. TXST: Caught four passes for a career-high 124 yards with one TD... Had a pair of career-long 61-yard catches. UTSA: Caught two passes for 21 yards. NMSU: Had one catch for one yard. SJSU: Caught six passes for 93 yards, including one TD. BYU: Had a career-high seven catches for 72 yards. UNLV: Did not record any stats. CSU: Had six catches for 75 yards with one TD. UW: Caught two passes for 16 yards, including an 11-yard TD. Utah: Had two catches for 28 yards. SUU: Caught five passes for a career-high 119 yards, including a 39-yard TD... Notched his first-career 100-yard receiving game.CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 7, at BYU (10/5/12); Yards: 124, vs. Texas St. (11/3/12); Long Catch: 61, vs. Texas St. (11/3/12); TD: 2, at New Mexico St. (12/3/11).

TERRENCE ALSTON5-9 • 176 • Sr.-1LRichmond, Calif.(Vanden HS)(Solano CC)CB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had four tackles and one pass breakup. TXST: Did not record any stats. UTSA: Had two tackles. NMSU: Had four tackles, including one for loss... Also had two pass breakups. SJSU: Had three tackles. BYU: Had two tackles. UNLV: Recorded his first career interception... Also had one pass breakup. CSU: Did not record any stats. UW: Had one tackle and one pass breakup. Utah: Had two tackles and a career-high three pass break-ups. SUU: Had his best game as an Aggie with a team-leading five tackles, which included his first-career sack. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 5, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); Sacks: 1, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12) INT: 1, vs. UNLV (9/29/12) PBU: 3, Utah (9/7/12).

2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had four catches for 82 yards and returned five kicks for 112 yards. TXST: Had two catches for 74 yards, including a career-long of 64. UTSA: Had two catches for 20 yards... Also returned four kicks for 87 yards. NMSU: Caught four passes for 94 yards, including a 49-yard TD... Also returned two kickoffs for 49 yards. SJSU: Had three catches for 32 yards with one TD... Also had three kick returns for 44 yards. BYU: Did not record any stats. UNLV: Caught four passes for a career-high 101 yards... Had a career-high two TD catches. CSU: Caught one pass for six yards... Also had a career-long kick return of 55 yards. UW: Caught a career-high six passes for 41 yards. Utah: Had two catches for 18 yards. SUU: Had four recep-tions for 64 yards, including a 48-yard TD... Also had two punt returns for 40 yards with a long of 30, and a kick return for 21 yards.CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 6, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); Yards: 101, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Long Catch: 64, vs. Texas St. (11/33/12); TD: 2, vs. UNLV (9/29/12).CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 6, vs. San Jose St. (11/12/11); Yards: 181, vs. San Jose St. (11/12/11); Long Return: 55, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); TD: 0.

CHUCK JACOBS6-0 • 178 • Sr.-1LRichmond, Calif.(Kennedy HS)(Laney JC)WR

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CAREER PUNT RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 2, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); Yards: 40, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); Long Return: 30, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); TD: 0.

TAVARIS McMILLIAN6-2 • 230 • So.-1LMiami, Fla.(Miami Jackson HS)LB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had five tackles. TXST: Had one sack. UTSA: Had three tackles, including one for loss. NMSU: Had four tackles, including his first career, sack, to go along with one pass breakup. SJSU: Had one tackle. BYU: Had a season-high five tackles, to go along with one pass breakup. UNLV: Had four tackles. CSU: Did not record any stats. UW: Had one tackle. Utah: Had three tackles. SUU: Recorded three tackles and had a tackle for loss. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 7, at New Mexico St. (12/3/11); Sacks: 1, twice.


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WILL DAVIS6-0 • 186 • Sr.-1LSpokane, Wash.(Central Valley HS)(De Anza College)CB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had five tackles, two pass breakups and an in-terception. TXST: Was named the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Week as he had four tackles, one pass breakup, one QB hurry and an interception. UTSA: Had four tackles, including one for loss... Intercepted his second career pass and had one pass breakup. NMSU: Had eight tackles, including two for loss, to go along with his first career INT that he returned 35 yards... Also had one pass breakup SJSU: Had six tackles, including one for loss. BYU: Had five tackles and one pass breakup. UNLV: Had seven tackles and two pass breakups. CSU: Had four tackles, in-cluding 0.5 for loss... Also had three pass breakups. UW: Had on tackle. Utah: Had six tackles and a ca-reer-high four pass breakups. SUU: Had one tackle and one pass breakup. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 10, at Idaho (11/19/11); INT: 1, four times; PBU: 4, vs. Utah (9/7/12); TFL: 2, New Mexico St. (10/20/12).

KERWYNN WILLIAMS5-8 • 189 • Sr.-3LLas Vegas, Nev.(Valley HS)RB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had 20 carries for 162 yards andd two TDs... Also had four receptions for 125 yards and one TD. TXST: Had 19 carries for 120 yards... Also had two recep-tions for six yards. UTSA: Carried the ball 13 times for 90 yards with two TDs... Also had three receptions for 68 yards. NMSU: Had 13 carries for 82 yards with one TD... Also had three receptions for 94 yards with one TD, which was a career-long 76 yarder. SJSU: Rushed for 176 yards on 15 carries (11.7 ypc) with a career-high three TDs (50, 86, 12)... His 86-yard TD run was the eighth-longest in school history... Also caught four passes for 30 yards. BYU: Carried the ball 14 times for 18 yards... Also had five receptions for 39 yards. UNLV: Had 20 carries for 113 yards and added a career-high seven receptions for a career-best 147 receiving yards, including a career-long 74 TD. CSU: Carried the ball 21 times for 205 yards with two TDs, all career-highs... Had TD runs of 26 and 58 yards, which is a career-long... Also had three receptions for 22 yards. UW: Had six receptions for 78 yards, while re-cording his first career receiving TD... Also carried the ball 16 times for 43 yards. Utah: Carried the ball 17 times for 95 yards with one TD... Scored the game-wining TD in OT. SUU: Carried the ball 15 times for 63 yards... Also had two receptions for 15 yards.CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 21, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); Yards: 205, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); TD: 3, at San Jose St. (10/13/12); Long Rush: 86, at San Jose St. (10/13/12).CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 7, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Yards: 147, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Long Catch: 86, at Louisiana Tech (11/17/12); TD: 1, four times.CAREER KICKOFF RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 8, at San Diego St. (9/25/10); Yards: 201, vs. New Mexico St. (11/6/10); Long Return: 92, at Nevada (10/30/10); TD: 1, at Nevada (10/30/10).CAREER PUNT RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 3, vs. Idaho St. (9/11/10); Yards: 53, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); Long Return: 42, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); TD: 0.

JOE HILL 5-11 • 185 • So.-1LFullerton, Calif.(Fullerton HS)RB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had five carries for 20 yards. TXST: Had three car-ries for 26 yards. UTSA: Carried the ball seven times for 21 yards with one TD... Also had three receptions for 65 yards and one TD. NMSU: Had four carries for 17 yards. SJSU: Did not record any stats. BYU: Did not play. UNLV: Had a career-high three catches for a career-best 88 yards, including a career-long of 65 yards... Also had one carry for one yard. CSU: Had two rushes for 16 yards, includng a 15 yard TD run... Also had two receptions for minus two yards. UW: Had one carry for three yards. Utah: Caught one pass for 15 yards, which was his first-career receiving TD. SUU: Had his best game as an Aggie with 11 car-ries for 116 yards and 3 TDs, all of which are career-highs... Had TD runs of 27, 19 and 33 yards... Also had one reception for 17 yards.

DEVONTA GLOVER-WRIGHT6-0 • 170 • Jr.-JCMableton, Ga.(Campbell HS)(Eastern Arizona JC)CB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had two tackles. TXST: Had a career-high three tackles... Also carried the ball five times for 22 yards and completed his first career pass. UTSA: Blocked his first career kick on a punt... Also had career-highs with two receptions for 15 yards... Also had one tack-le. NMSU: Carried the ball five times for 39 yards, both career-highs... Also had two tackles and one QBH. SJSU: Had one tackle. BYU: Had one tackle. UNLV: Had one carry for five yards and also recorded one tackle. CSU: Caught one pass for minus one yard. UW: Returned two kicks for 30 yards and added one tackle. Utah: Returned three kickoffs for 66 yards. SUU: Recorded two tackles... Also returned one kick for 23 yards. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 3, vs. Texas St. (11/3/12).CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 5, twice; Yards: 39, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12); Long Rush: 14, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12); TD: 0.

McKADE BRADY5-11 • 197 • Sr.-2LCove, Utah(Sky View HS)(Brigham Young)S

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had six tackles and one pass breakup. TXST: Had seven tackles, including one for loss. UTSA: Had four tackles. NMSU: Had seven tackles, including one pass breakup. SJSU: Had 10 tackles and forced a fumble. BYU: Had a season-high 14 tackles. UNLV: Had six tackles and one QB hurry. CSU: Had 10 tack-les and one pass breakup. UW: Had eight tackles. Utah: Had 10 tackles, including one for loss. SUU: Had five tackles.CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 16, at Idaho (11/19/11); INT: 0; PBU: 3, vs. San Jose St. (11/12/11).

CONNOR WILLIAMS6-3 • 271 • Jr.-2LKanaa, Ontario(Holy Trinity HS)DE

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had two tackles. TXST: Had two tackles. UTSA: Had one sack. NMSU: Had one QB hurry. SJSU: Had three tackles, including a career-high two sacks. BYU: Tied his career-high with five tackles. UNLV: Had one tackle. CSU: Had three tackles, to go along with one sack. UW: Had four stops, including one tackle for loss. Utah: Had one tackle. SUU: Had four tackles to go along with one sack and a quarterback hurry. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 5, twice; Sacks: 2, at San Jose, St. (10/13/12); TFL: 2, at San Jose, St. (10/13/12).

BRIAN SUITE6-3 • 205 • So.-RSHonolulu, Hawaii(Punahou HS)S

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had seven tackles. TXST: Had three tackles. UTSA: Had six tackles and one pass breakup. NMSU: Had six tackles, including one pass breakup. SJSU: Had five tackles. BYU: Had nine tackles and one pass breakup. UNLV: Had eight tackles and one pass breakup. CSU: Had six tackles to go along with one pass breakup. UW: Recorded a career-high 13 tack-les and had his first career pass breakup. Utah: Had three tackles. SUU: Recorded three tackles and one quarterback hurry. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 13, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); PBU: 1, at Wisconsin (9/15/12).

CAREER RUSHING HIGHS - Rushes: 11, vs. South-ern Utah (8/30/12); Yards: 116, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); TD: 3, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12); Long Rush: 33, vs. Southern Utah (8/30/12).CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 3, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Yards: 88, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Long Catch: 65, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); TD: 1, vs. Utah (9/7/12).

PAUL PIUKALA6-5 • 255 • Jr.-JCOakland, Calif.(Castlemont HS)(Laney CC)DL

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Did not record any stats. TXST: Did not record any stats. UTSA: Had two tackles and one pass breakup. NMSU: Had one tackle. SJSU: Tied his career-high with four tackles. BYU: Blocked his first career kick, a FG. UNLV: Had one tackle. CSU: Did not record any stats. UW: Had a career-high four tackles, including one for loss. Utah: Did not play. SUU: Had two tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 4, twice; TFL: 1, at Wisconsin (9/15/12).


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JAKE DOUGHTY6-0 • 230 • Jr.-2LDraper, Utah(Juan Diego HS)LB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had a career-high 18 tackles, with one for loss, to go along with his first career interception. TXST: Had six tackles. UTSA: Had seven tackles, including 0.5 for loss and one QBH. NMSU: Had 10 tackles. SJSU: Had nine tackles, including his first career sack. BYU: Had five tackles. UNLV: Had 13 tackles, including 1.0 for loss. CSU: Had five tackles. UW: Had four tackles and recovered his first-career fumble. Utah: Had nine tackles. SUU: Had three tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 18, at Louisiana Tech (11/17/12); Sack: 1, at San Jose State (10/13/12); INT: 1, at Louisiana Tech (11/17/12).

TYLER LARSEN6-4 • 312 • Jr.-2LSalt Lake City, Utah(Jordan HS)C

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Graded out at 84 percent, including 99 per-cent in assignment... Had seven knockdowns. TXST: Graded out at 88 percent, including 98 percent in assignment... Had four knockdowns. UTSA: Graded out at 88 percent, including 97 percent in assing-ment... Had six knockdowns. NMSU: Graded out at 86 percent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. SJSU: Graded out at 92 per-cent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had four knockdowns. BYU: Graded out at 90 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had three knockdowns. UNLV: Graded out at 84 percent, in-cluding 100 percent in assingment... Had five knock-downs. CSU: Graded out at 85 percent, including 99 percent in assignment... Had 10 knockdowns. UW: Graded out at 81 percent and was perfect on his as-signments... Had one knockdown. Utah: Graded out at 89 percent, including 97 percent in assignment... Had four knockdowns. SUU: Graded out at 82 per-cent, including 97 percent in assignment... Had eight knockdowns.

JAMIE MARKOSIAN6-2 • 302 • Jr.-2LSalt Lake City, Utah(Juan Diego HS)OG

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Graded out at 89 percent, including 99 percent in assignment... Had nine knockdowns. TXST: Graded out at 87 percent, including 98 percent in assign-ment... Had five knockdowns. UTSA: Graded out at 83 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. NMSU: Graded out at 84 per-cent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had two knockdowns. SJSU: Graded out at 88 percent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had six knock-downs. BYU: Graded out at 78 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had three knockdowns. UNLV: Graded out at 88 percent, including 100 per-cent in assingment... Had four knockdowns. CSU: Graded out at 83 percent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had six knockdowns. UW: Graded out at 82 percent, including 97 percent in assing-ment... Had one knockdown. Utah: Graded out at 82 percent, including 96 percent in assignment... Had three knockdowns. SUU: Graded out at 81 per-cent, including 98 percent in assignment... Had nine knockdowns.

ERIC SCHULTZ6-4 • 303 • Jr.-2LConnell, Wash.(Connell HS)OG

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Graded out at 91 percent, including 100 per-cent in assignment... Had four knockdowns. TXST: Graded out at 86 percent, including 98 percent in assignment... Had 2.5 knockdowns. UTSA: Graded out at 86 percent, including 99 percent in assing-ment... Had five knockdowns. NMSU: Graded out at 88 percent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had two knockdowns. SJSU: Graded out at 86 per-cent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had 0.5 knockdowns. BYU: Graded out at 79 percent, includ-ing 94 percent in assingment... Had three knock-downs. UNLV: Graded out at 89 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had one knockdown. CSU: Graded out at 85 percent, including 100 per-cent in assignment... Had four knockdowns. UW: Graded out at 86 percent, inclduing 96 percent in assingment... Had one knockdown. Utah: Graded out at 82 percent, including 94 percent in assign-ment... Had one knockdown. SUU: Graded out at 84 percent, including 99 percent in assignment... Had eight knockdowns.

BOJAY FILIMOEATU6- • 258 • Sr.-1LWest Valley City, Utah(Granger HS)(Mt. San Antonio JC)LB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had two tackles including one sack. TXST: Had three tackles. UTSA: Had three tackles, including 0.5 for loss. NMSU: Had six tackles and a career-high three QB hurries... Also forced a fumble. SJSU: Had three tackles including one sack. BYU: Had two tack-les and one QB hurry. UNLV: Had seven tackles to go along with two QB hurries, 1.0 TFL and 0.5 sacks. CSU: Had four tackles and one QB hurry. UW: Had six tack-les, including one for loss. Utah: Recorded a career-high 12 tackles, including 2.5 for loss... Also had one sack. SUU: Had three tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 12, Utah (9/7/12); TFL: 2.5, Utah (9/7/12); QBH: 3, New Mexico State (10/20/12); Sacks: 1, five times.

KYLER FACKRELL6-5 • 236 • Fr.-RSMesa, Ariz.(Mesa HS)LB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had seven tackles, including two for loss. TXST: Had four tackles, including one for loss and 0.5 sacks... Also had one QB hurry. UTSA: Had seven tackles. including one for loss... Recorded his second career INT. NMSU: Had eight tackles, including 0.5 for loss... Also had one QB hurry, one pass breakup, and blocked a 42-yard FG attempt. SJSU: Named the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Week as he tied his career-high with 11 tackles and recorded a career-high two sacks... Also forced and recoverd a fum-ble. BYU: Named the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Week as he had 10 tackles and intercepted his first career pass. UNLV: Had five tackles, including 1.0 for loss, to go along with a career-high three QB hurries. CSU: Had two tackles. UW: Had four tackles. Utah: Had a career-high 11 tackles, including two QB hur-ries. SUU: Had four tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 11, twice; Sacks: 2, at San Jose State (10/13/12); QBH: 3, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); INT: 1, twice.

HAVEA LASIKE6-1 • 297 • Sr.-1LSan Jose, Calif.(Lincoln HS)(Foothill JC)DL

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Did not record any stats. TXST: Did not record any stats. UTSA: Did not record any stats. NMSU: Had one tackle. SJSU: Had two tackles. BYU: Did not re-cord any stats. UNLV: Had two tackles. CSU: Had two tackles and one sack. UW: Had one tackle. Utah: Had one tackle. SUU: Had three tackles and a half of a tackle for loss. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 5, at Idaho (11/19/11); Sacks: 1, twice.

ZACH VIGIL6-2 • 228 • So.-1LClearfield, Utah(Clearfield HS)LB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Tied his career-high with 10 tackles. TXST: Had five tackles, including 0.5 for loss. UTSA: Had six tack-les. NMSU: Had six tackles, one sack and one QB hurry. SJSU: Tied his career-high with 10 tackles and had one sack. BYU: Tied his career-high with 10 tack-les. UNLV: Tied his career-high with 10 tackles, to go along with 1.0 TFL and one QB hurry. CSU: Had seven tackles to go along with a career-high three TFL and a career-high two sacks. UW: Had seven tackles, including a career-high two for loss... Also forced a fumble, had his first career sack, and added a career-best two QB hurries. Utah: Recorded his first-career punt block, which was recovered for a TD... Had a career-high 10 tackles including 0.5 for loss. SUU: Had five tackles.CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 10, four times; TFL: 3, at Colorado State (9/22/12); Sacks: 2, at Colorado St. (9/22/12); QBH: 2, at Wisconsin (9/15/12).

AJ PATAIALI’I6-3 • 307 • Jr.-JCWest Valley City, Utah(Hunter HS)(Snow College)LB

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had two tackles and one pass breakup. TXST: Had two tackles. UTSA: Did not record any stats. NMSU: Recovered his first career fumble. SJSU: Tied his career-high with four tackles and had his first career sack. BYU: Had one tackle. UNLV: Had a career-high four tackles, including 0.5 for loss. CSU: Had three tackles. UW: Did not play. Utah: Had one tackle. SUU: Had two tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 4, vs. UNLV (9/29/12); Sack: 1, at San Jose State (10/13/12).


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TYLER BENNETT5-11 • 218 • Sr.-1LPhoenix, Ariz.(North Canyon HS)(Phoenix CC)P

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Punted five times for an average of 40.0 yards, with a long of 51 and two punts downed inside the 20. TXST: Had one punt for 57 yards. UTSA: Had three punts for an average of 33.7 yards and had one punt downed inside the 20. NMSU: Had three punts for an average of 36.0 yards... All three punts were downed inside the 20. SJSU: Punted five times for an average of 42.0 yards... Had a long of 50 yards and one punt downed inside the 20. BYU: Had seven punts for an average of 42.4 yards per kick... Also had four punts downed inside the 20. UNLV: Named College Foot-ball Performance’s National Punter of the Week as he had five punts for an average of 47.4 yards, in-cluding two over 50 yards... Had a career-high five punts down inside the 20. CSU: Punted three times for an average of 47.0 yards, including two over 50 yards... Had two punts downed inside the 20. UW: Punted a career-high 10 times for a 39.3 average... Had four punts downed inside the 20. Utah: Was named the WAC’s Special Teams Player of the Week as he punted a career-high nine times for an aver-age of 45.3 yards... Had a long punt of 59 yards and had four punts downed inside the 20. SUU: Punted twice for 81 yards with a long of 42 yards. CAREER HIGHS - Punts: 10, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); Avg: 54.3, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); Long: 67, at BYU (9/30/11); I20: 5, vs. UNLV (9/29/12).

JORDAN NIELSEN6-5 • 253 • Fr.-RSSmithfield, Utah(Sky View HS)DL

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had five tackles and blocked a 43-yard FG. TXST: Had a career-high six tackles to go along with 0.5 sacks and one QB hurry. UTSA: Had one tackle. NMSU: Had two tackles including 0.5 for loss. SJSU: Had four tackles and a career-high two sacks. BYU: Had one tackle. UNLV: Had one tackle. CSU: Had one tackle and one pass breakup. UW: Had one tackle and blocked an extra point. Utah: Had four tackles and a career-high two sacks. SUU: Recorded one tackle. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 6, vs. Texas St. (11/3/12); Sacks: 2, twice.

B.J. LARSEN6-5 • 268 • Jr.-1LLogan, Utah(Logan HS)DL

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Did not record any stats. TXST: Tied his career-highs with three tackles and one sack. UTSA: Had one tackle. NMSU: Had one tackle. SJSU: Had two tackles, including one for loss. BYU: Did not record any stats. UNLV: Had two tackles and two QB hurries to go along with his first-career sack. CSU: Had a career-high three tackles. UW: Carried the ball one time for one yard. Utah: Did not record any stats. SUU: Had two tackles. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 3, twice; Sacks: 1, twice; QBH: 2, vs. UNLV (9/29/12).

NICK DIAZ5-7 • 197 • So.-RSRedondo Beach, Calif.(Redondo Union HS)PK

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KYLE WHIMPEY6-6 • 307 • Jr.-SQHighland, Utah(Lone Peak HS)(Idaho StateOG

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Graded out at 85 percent, including 99 percent in assignment... Had 5.5 knockdowns. TXST: Graded out at 80 percent, including 97 percent in assignment... Had 6.5 knockdowns. UTSA: Graded out at 80 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had five knock-downs. NMSU: Graded out at 78 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had four knockdowns. SJSU: Graded out at 81 percent, including 97 percent in assingment... Had 0.5 knockdowns. BYU: Graded out at 74 percent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had four knockdowns. UNLV: Graded out at 79 per-cent, including 100 percent in assingment... Had three knockdowns. CSU: Graded out at 81 percent, includ-ing 100 percent in assignment... Had 8.5 knockdowns. UW: Performed the right assingment 96 percent of the time... Had two knockdowns. Utah: Graded out at 79 percent, including 99 percent in assignment... Had two knockdowns. SUU: Graded out at 81 percent, in-cluding 100 percent in assignment.

KEVIN WHIMPEY6-5 • 296 • So.-RSHighland, Utah(Lone Peak HS)(Idaho StateOT

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Graded out at 80 percent, including 93 percent in assignment... Had 7.5 knockdowns. TXST: Graded out at 79 percent, including 98 percent in assign-ment... Had three knockdowns. UTSA: Graded out at 80 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had five knockdowns. NMSU: Graded out at 82 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had six knock-downs. SJSU: Graded out at 80 percent, including 98 percent in assingment... Had three knockdowns. BYU: Graded out at 79 percent, including 95 percent in assingment... Had two knockdowns. UNLV: Graded out at 70 percent, including 97 percent in assing-ment. CSU: Graded out at 78 percent, including 100 percent in assignment... Had 3.5 knockdowns. UW: Graded out at 71 percent, including 97 percent in assingment. Utah: Graded out at 72 percent, includ-ing 91 percent in assignment... Had one knockdown. SUU: Executed the right assignment 94 percent of the time... Led the team with 15.5 knockdowns.

KELLEN BARTLETT6-2 • 248 • R-Sr.-3LBlue Springs, Mo.(Blue Springs HS)TE

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Had a 3-yard TD reception. TXST: Had three catches for 11 yards, including a 9-yard TD. UTSA: Caught five passes for 39 yards, including his second career TD. NMSU: Caught four passes for 18 yards. SJSU: Had three catches for 28 yards. BYU: Caught two passes for 23 yards. UNLV: Had three catches for 33 yards. CSU: Caught three passes for 21 yards. UW: Had one catch for five yards. Utah: Caught a career-high eight passes for 47 yards... Also notched his first-career TD. SUU: Caught two passes for 21 yards.CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 8, vs. Utah (9/7/12); Yards: 121, at Nevada (10/30/10); Long Catch: 63, at Ne-vada (10/30/10); TD: 1, four times.

CAMERON WEBB5-10 • 187 • Sr.-1LMillville, Utah(Mountain Crest HS)(Snow College)WR

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Returned one punt for 11 yards. TXST: Had four receptions for 56 yards... Also had two punt returns for 10 yards. UTSA: Had career-highs in both recep-tions (5) and receiving yards (59) and also scored his first career TD... Returned three punts for 40 yards. NMSU: Caught two passes for 25 yards... Returned three punts for 48 yards, including a career-long of 44 yards. SJSU: Had two catches for 22 yards... Also returned one punt for zero yards. BYU: Had two catches for 25 yards... Returned one punt for six yards. UNLV: Returned two punts for five yards. CSU: Returned two punts for nine yards. UW: Had a career-high three receptions for a career-best 41 yards... Also returned two punts for 21 yards. Utah: Caught two passes for 18 yards... Also returned five punts for 45 yards. SUU: Caught two passes for seven yards.CAREER RECEIVING HIGHS - Catches: 5, at UTSA (10/27/12); Yards: 59, at UTSA (10/27/12); Long Catch: 36, at Wisconsin (9/15/12); TD: 1, at UTSA (10/27/12);CAREER PUNT RETURN HIGHS - Returns: 5, vs. Utah (9/7/12); Yards: 45, vs. Utah (9/7/12); Long Return: 44, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12); TD: 0.

2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Was 2-for-3 on FGs, connecting from 30 and 38 yards, and missing from 28... Was 6-for-6 on PATs. TXST: Was 1-of-2 on FGs, making from 48 and missing from 50... Was also 5-of-5 on PATs. UTSA: Was 2-of-2 on FGs (22, 24) and 6-for-6 on PATs. NMSU: Was 2-of-3 on FGs, connect-ing from 53 and 48 yards... The 53-yard FG is a career-long and tied for the eighth-longest in school history... Was also 5-of-5 on PATs. SJSU: Was 7-of-7 on PATs. BYU: Did not play. UNLV: Did not play. CSU: Did not play. UW: Did not play. Utah: Did not play. SUU: Did not play.CAREER HIGHS - FG 2, twice; Long: 53, vs. New Mexico St. (10/20/12).

AL LAPUAHO6-3 • 284 • Sr.-1LWest Valley City, Utah(Granger HS)(Snow College)DL

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME LTU: Did not record any stats. TXST: Had three tackles. UTSA: Had two tackles, two QB hurries and one sack. NMSU: Had five tackles. SJSU: Had two tackles and one sack. BYU: Had five tackles and one pass break-up. UNLV: Had two tackles to go along with one sack. CSU: Had three tackles, including 0.5 for loss. UW: Had two tackles. Utah: Had five tackles. SUU: Recorded two tackles, including one for loss. CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 6, vs. Weber St. (9/10/11); Sacks: 1, twice.


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ANDERSEN TIDBITS

• Andersen was named Utah State’s head football coach on Dec. 4, 2008, becoming the 26th head coach in 115 years of Aggie football.

• Andersen has coached a total of 25 play-ers on NFL rosters, including Bobby Wagner (2nd/47th), Robert Turbin (4th/106th) and Michael Smith (7th/212th) who were all se-lected in the 2012 Draft, while Curtis Marsh (3rd/90th) was drafted in 2011.

• Andersen has coached 18 first-team all-conference players, including three-time first-team all-WAC linebacker Bobby Wag-ner. Other USU notable players coached by Andersen include first-team all-WAC running back Robert Turbin who was also named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2011, first-team all-WAC offensive lineman Philip Gapelu and first-team all-WAC center Tyler Larsen.

• In 2011, Andersen led Utah State to its first bowl game, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, since the 1997 season. Furthermore, USU’s seven overall wins and five league wins in 2011 were its most since 1993, while its second-place conference finish was its best since 2000.

• Utah State’s five league wins in 2011 were tied with five other Aggie teams (1953, 1960, 1990, 1991, 1993) for the most in school history.

• Utah State won its final five games of the regular season in 2011, which is tied for the eighth-longest winning streak in school his-tory and the longest since the 1993 squad won its final six games of the year.

• Utah State’s three-win turnaround from four wins in 2010 to seven wins in 2011 was among the top 15 in the Football Bowl Sub-division for the year.

• Under Andersen, Utah State has had 66 players earn academic all-WAC honors, including a league-leading 18 during the 2011-12 academic year.

• Under Andersen, Utah State has gradu-ated 84 players, including 26 who gradu-ated during the 2011-12 academic year.

• At Utah, Andersen coach two players who earned Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors three times in John Frank (1999) and Eric Weddle (2005, 2006). Weddle was also a consen-sus first-team All-America in 2006, while Morgan Scalley earned second-team All-American honors in 2004.

• Andersen was a part of two Utah teams that went 2-0 in BCS action, finishing No. 2 in the 2008 AP Poll and No. 4 in 2004.

Gary Andersen was named Utah State’s 26th head coach on Dec. 4, 2008, and since that day Andersen and his staff have worked non-stop to create a culture of accountabil-ity and responsibility that would translate into success both on and off the field. And in 2011, Aggie fans saw that plan pay dividends as USU produced a 7-6 record (5-2 Western Athletic Conference) and partici-pated in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the school’s first bowl game since 1997. In his first three years at Utah State, Ander-sen has compiled a 15-22 (.407) record in-cluding a 10-13 (.435) WAC mark as those 15 wins are the most by an Aggie coach in his first three years since John L. Smith went 16-18 (.471) from 1995-97. Furthermore, Andersen has coached 10 players who have earned first or second team all-WAC honors and six players who are currently on NFL rosters, in-cluding Michael Smith, Robert Turbin and Bobby Wagner who were all selected in the 2012 NFL Draft. That trio of Aggies drafted in 2012 is the most selections in one year since five USU players were chosen in 1980. Wag-ner, who was drafted in the second round (47) by the Seattle Seahawks, becomes the highest drafted Aggie since Rulon Jones was the 42nd overall pick in the second round in 1980 by the Denver Broncos. Along with playing in its first bowl game in over a decade during the 2011 season, Utah State’s seven overall wins and five league victories were its most since 1993, while its second-place conference finish was its best since the 2000 team ended the year sec-ond in the Big West. Furthermore, those five league wins in 2011 were tied with five other teams (1953, 1960, 1990, 1991, 1993) for the most in school history, while its seven over-all wins are tied for the 10th most all-time at Utah State. Utah State also won its final five games of the regular season in 2011, which is tied for the eighth-longest winning streak in school history and the longest since the 1993 squad won its final six games of the year. USU’s three-win turnaround from four wins in 2010 to seven wins in 2011 was among the top 15 in the Football Bowl Subdivision for the year.

HEAD COACH GARY ANDERSENUtah, 1986Fourth Year at Utah State

During the 2011 season, Andersen’s high-octane spread offense was statistically one of the best in the country as it led the WAC and ranked sixth in the nation in rushing of-fense (282.69 ypg). USU also ranked first in the WAC and 18th in the nation in passing efficiency (151.8), first in the WAC and 23rd in the nation in scoring offense (33.62 ppg), second in the WAC and 20th in the nation in total offense (457.31 ypg), and second in the WAC and 33rd in the nation in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.38 pg). In 2011, Utah State also established school records for total offense (5,945 yards), rush-ing yards (3,675), total points (437) and total touchdowns (60). Highlighting Utah State’s offense in 2011 was junior running back Robert Turbin who ended the season as the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Year, USU’s first in its six years in the league, and just its second such of-fensive award in school history. During the season, Turbin ranked first in the WAC and eighth in the nation in scoring (10.62 ppg), second in the WAC and 13th in the nation in rushing (116.69 ypg), and sixth in the WAC and 40th in the nation in all-purpose yard-age (129.85 ypg). He ended the year set-ting single-season school records for rushing touchdowns (19), total touchdowns (23) and points scored (138), while his 1,517 rushing yards rank third all-time at USU for a single-season. Turbin, who was drafted in the fourth round (106) of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks, ended his Aggie career ranking first in both total touchdowns (51) and points scored (308), while his 3,315 ca-reer rushing yards ranks fifth all-time in school history. Andersen’s defense was also formidable during the 2011 season as it ended the year ranking first in the WAC and 50th in the na-tion in total defense (366.23), second in the WAC and 31st in the nation in rushing de-fense (127.70 ypg), second in the WAC and 53rd nationally in tackles for loss (5.92 pg), third in the WAC and 48th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (125.58), and third in the WAC and 59th in the nation in sacks (1.92 pg). Utah State’s top defensive player in 2011 was Wagner who earned first-team all-WAC honors after ranking first in the league and eighth nationally with 11.31 tackles per game. Wagner, who is one of just eight

ANDERSEN YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD AT UTAH STATE Conf. Conf.Year Overall Home Away Neutral Rec. Finish2009 4-8-0 3-2-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 3-5-0 T5th2010 4-8-0 3-3-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 2-6-0 7th2011 7-6-0 4-2-0 3-3-0 0-1-0 5-2-0 T2nd2012 9-2-0 5-0-0 4-2-0 0-0-0 5-0-0 ------Total 24-24-0 15-7-0 9-16-0 0-1-0 15-13-0


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players in school history to be a three-time first-team all-conference selection, ended his career with 446 career tackles to rank first all-time in WAC and tied for first all-time in school history. Along with all of his Utah State accolades, Wagner also received some national exposure after being named the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Senior Bowl, leading the North to a 23-13 win. Smith was also recognized for his per-formance in the Players Classic All-Star Game as he was named the North’s Offensive MVP. Other Aggies to earn first-team all-WAC honors un-der Andersen’s tutelage include offensive linemen Philip Gapelu (2011) and Tyler Larsen (2011), while those who have been named to the league’s second-team include defensive end Levi Koskan (2011), tight end Tarren Lloyd (2011), defensive back Curtis Marsh (2010) and Turbin (2009). Along with all of Utah State’s success on the field un-der Andersen, there has been just as much success in the classroom as 66 Aggies have earned academic all-WAC honors, while another 84 have graduated from the Univer-sity. Furthermore, Utah State had 18 football players earn academic all-WAC honorees this past year to rank first in the conference. Andersen came to Utah State after five seasons as the assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defen-sive line coach at Utah, where he helped guide the Utes to a 13-0 record in 2008. Utah finished the season ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press poll after winning the BCS Sugar Bowl with a dominating 31-17 victory against Ala-bama. In 2008, Andersen was named a finalist for the Broyles Award, honoring the top assistant coach in college foot-ball. He was also named a Rivals.com top 10 non-BCS re-cruiter in 2008 and tabbed as the No. 1 non-BCS recruiter by Rivals.com in 2005. Overall, Andersen spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Utah after coaching for the Utes from 1997-2002 before becoming the head coach at Southern Utah in 2003 and then returning to Utah in 2004. During his ten-ure at Utah, Andersen was a part of seven winning bowl teams, including two BCS Bowls as Utah went 12-0 in 2004 and won the Fiesta Bowl, along with its perfect record and Sugar Bowl win in 2008. During his tenure at Utah, Andersen coached 14 first-team all-conference players (three in 2008), including two Mountain West Conference Defensive Players of the Year in John Frank (1999) and Eric Weddle (2005 and 2006), as well as a consensus All-American in Weddle in 2006. Andersen also coached 10 Ute players drafted in the NFL in Richard Seals, John Frank, Lauvale Sape, Sione Pouha, Jonathan Fanene, Eric Weddle, Paul Soliai, Sean Smith, Brice McCain and Paul Kruger, in addition to several other players who made NFL rosters as free agents. Andersen’s coaching career began in 1988 as the as-sistant head coach and offensive coordinator at South-eastern Louisiana, where he coached for one season before going to Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) from 1989-92 as the offensive line coach. His other coaching stints include Idaho State (1992-94, defensive line), Park City HS (1994-95, head coach) and Northern Arizona (1995-96, as-sistant head coach/defensive line/special teams). A 1986 graduate of Utah, Andersen earned his bach-elor’s degree in political science. He played center for Utah from 1985-86 after garnering first-team junior college All-American honors in 1984 at Ricks College. Andersen is married to the former Stacey Lambert, and they have three sons: Keegan (21) and twins Chasen and Hagen (17). Keegan is currently a sophomore tight end on Utah State’s football team, while Chasen and Hagen are both seniors at Logan High School. Andersen’s brother, Mark, is USU’s director of football operations.

ANDERSEN’S FILEDate Hired• December 4, 2008

Coaching Experience2009- Utah State -- Head Coach2005-08 Utah -- Defensive Coordinator/Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line2004 Utah -- Defensive Line2003 Southern Utah -- Head Coach2002 Utah -- Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line2001 Utah -- Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Tackles/Strong Side Ends/Special Teams Coordinator1997-2000 Utah -- Defensive Tackles/Strong Side Ends 1995-96 Northern Arizona -- Assistant Head Coach/Def. Line/Special Teams1994-95 Park City HS (Utah) -- Head Coach1992-94 Idaho State -- Defensive Line1989-92 Ricks College (BYU-Idaho) -- Offensive Line1988 Southeastern Louisiana -- Assistant Head Coach

Playing Experience1985-86 Utah -- Center1983-84 Ricks College -- Center

Education1986 Utah -- Political Science (B.S.)

Personal• Born Feb. 19, 1964 in Salt Lake City• Married to the former Stacey Lambert• Sons Keegan (21), Chasen (17), Hagen (17)

AGGIE HONORS UNDER ANDERSENName Position HonorDiondre Borel QB Manning Award Watch ListJames Brindley S NFL Free AgentPeter Caldwell P Ray Guy Award Semi-FinalistPhilip Gapelu OG First Team All-WACLevi Koskan DE Second Team All-WACTyler Larsen OC First Team All-WAC Two-time Rimington Award Watch ListTarren Lloyd Second Team All-WACCurtis Marsh CB Second Team All-WAC NFL Combine Invitee NFL Draft PickEric Moats WR Wuerffel Trophy CandidateMichael Smith RB Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MVP Players All-Star Classic MVP NFL Draft PickRobert Turbin RB WAC Offensive Player of the Year Two-Time All-WAC Honoree NFL Combine Invitee NFL Draft PickBobby Wagner LB Three-Time First Team All-WAC Butkus Award Watch List Senior Bowl MVP NFL Combine Invitee NFL Draft PickKerwynn Williams KR/RB NCAA Kick Return Record Holder Hornung Award Watch List

Utah State Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Beehive Boot Old Wagon Wheel

ANDERSEN’S BOWL EXPERIENCE (7-1) 1999 - Las Vegas Bowl - Utah vs. Fresno State - W, 17-16 2001- Las Vegas Bowl - Utah vs. USC - W, 10-62004 (2005) - Fiesta Bowl - Utah vs. Pittsburgh - W, 35-72005 - Emerald Bowl - Utah vs. Georgia Tech - W, 38-10 2006 - Armed Forces Bowl - Utah vs. Tulsa - W, 25-132007 - Poinsettia Bowl - Utah vs. Navy - W, 35-322008 (2009) - Sugar Bowl - Utah vs. No. 4 Alabama - W, 31-172011 - Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Utah State vs. Ohio - L, 23-24


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UTAH STATE WEEKLY PLAYER HONORSSept. 7 (W, 27-20 OT vs. Utah)Tyler Bennett - WAC Special Teams Player of the Week.Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; Davey O’Brien hon-orable mention national Quarterback of the Week.Bojay Filimoeatu - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Linebacker of the Week.Sept. 15 (L, 14-16 at No. 22 Wisconsin)Zach Vigil - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention na-tional Linebacker of the Week.Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national All-Purpose Performer of the Week.Sept. 22 (W, 31-19 at Colorado State)Tyler Bennett - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Punter of the Week.Zach Vigil - College Sports Madness’ WAC Defensive Player of the Week; College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Line-backer of the Week.Kerwynn Williams - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Running Back of the Week.Sept. 29 (W, 35-13 vs. UNLV)Tyler Bennett - College Football Performance Awards national Punter of the Week.Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Sports Mad-ness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week.Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national All-Purpose Performer of the Week.Oct. 5 (L, 3-6 at BYU)Kyler Fackrell - WAC Defensive Player of the Week.Oct. 13 (W, 49-27 at San Jose State)Kyler Fackrell - WAC Defensive Player of the Week; College Football Per-formance Awards honorable mention national Linebacker of the Week.Chuckie Keeton - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Quarterback of the Week.Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Running Back of the Week.Oct. 20 (W, 41-7 vs. New Mexico State)Will Davis - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention na-tional Defensive Back of the Week.Nick Diaz - WAC Special Teams Player of the Week; College Football Per-formance Awards honorable mention national Placekicker of the Week.Chuckie Keeton - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Quarterback of the Week.Oct. 27 (W, 48-17 at UTSA)Kellen Bartlett - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Tight End of the Week.Kyler Fackrell - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Linebacker of the Week.Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Sports Mad-ness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week.Nov. 3 (W, 38-7 vs. Texas State)Tyler Bennett - College Football Performance Awards honorable mention national Punter of the Week.Will Davis - WAC Defensive Player of the Week; College Sports Madness’ WAC Defensive Player of the Week.Chuckie Keeton - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Quarterback of the Week.Nov. 17 (W, 48-41 OT at #19 Louisiana Tech)Chuckie Keeton - WAC Offensive Player of the Week; College Sports Mad-ness’ WAC Offensive Player of the Week; One of Eight Manning Award Stars of the Week; College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Quarterback of the Week.Kerwynn Williams - College Football Performance Awards honorable men-tion national Running Back of the Week; One of Four Nominees for Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week Award.

PRESEASON NATIONAL WATCH LISTSThe following is a list of current Utah State players who are listed among various watch lists for the National College Football Awards Association.Davey O’Brien Award ...................................... Chuckie Keeton (So., QB)Doak Walker Award .......................................... Kerwynn Williams (Sr., RB)Paul Hornung Award ......................................... Kerwynn Williams (Sr., RB)Lombardi Award ........................................................... Tyler Larsen (Jr., C)Outland Trophy ............................................................. Tyler Larsen (Jr., C)Rimington Trophy .......................................................... Tyler Larsen (Jr., C)Ray Guy Award ........................................................... Tyler Bennett (Sr., P)

PRESEASON HONORS

The following is a listing of Utah State players who have garnered pre-season all-conference recognition or were placed on a publication’s watch list.

Matt Austin (Sr., WR)- Athlon Second-Team

Tyler Bennett (Sr., P)- College Football Performance Special Teams Award Watch List; Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Third-Team; College Sports Madness Third-Team

McKade Brady (Sr., FS)- Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Third-Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team

Jake Doughty (Jr., LB)- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

Kyler Fackrell (Fr., LB)- College Sports Madness WAC Freshman of the Year

Bojay Filimoeatu (Sr., LB)- Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness First-Team; CBSSports.com All-Conference

Chuckie Keeton (So., QB)- College Football Performance Offensive Awards Watch List; Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Second-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness Third-Team; CBSSports.com All-Conference

Tyler Larsen (Jr., C)- Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness First-Team

Al Lapuaho (Sr., DE)- Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Sec-ond-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team

Nevin Lawson (Jr., CB)- Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness First-Team; CBSSports.com All-Conference

Oscar Molina-Sanchez (Sr., OT)- Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Sec-ond-Team; Athlon Second-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team

Jumanne Robertson (Sr., CB)- Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Second-Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness Third-Team; CBSSports.com All-Conference

Eric Schultz (Jr., OG)- Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference Third-Team; Athlon First-Team; CBSSports.com All-Conference

Josh Thompson (Jr., PK)- College Sports Madness Third-Team

Kerwynn Williams (Sr., RB/KR)- Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-Conference; College Football Performance Award Watch List for Special Teams; Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Preseason All-Conference First-Team; Athlon First-Team; College Sports Madness Second-Team (PR); College Sports Madness Third-Team (RB/KR); CBSSports.com All-Conference (Returner); Senior Bowl Watch List (RB)


November 19, 2012 • 21

RUSTON, La. - Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton had 461 yards of total offense with four touchdowns and senior running back Kerwynn Williams had 303 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns including the game-winner in overtime to lead Utah State to a 48-41 victory at No. 19 Louisiana Tech Saturday. With the win, Utah State (9-2, 5-0 WAC) recorded its first-ever road victory against a ranked opponent and just its second-ever win versus a top 25 team. USU also claimed at least a share of its first-ever Western Athletic Conference title. Louisiana Tech, who had won 10-straight WAC games, falls to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in WAC play with the loss. Keeton finished the game 20-of-34 passing for 340 yards with two touchdowns to go along with 121 rushing yards on 17 carries and two more scores as he set single-season school records for touchdown passes (25) and total offense (3,538) in the game. For Keeton, it was his third-straight 300-yard passing game, while his 121 yards on the ground ties the USU single-game school record for rushing yards by a quarterback set by Tony Adams set in 1972. Williams also had a record-setting night for Utah State as he had 162 rushing yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns, and added 125 yards receiving on four receptions with another score that came on an 86-yard screen pass from Keeton on USU’s first offensive play of the game. In all, Williams’ 303 all-purpose yards, which included 16 yards on a kickoff return, gives him 6,510 all-purpose yards during his career to set the school record. For the game, Utah State produced 646 yards of total offense, which is a season-high and the eighth-most in school history as it had a season-high 306 rushing yards to go along with 340 yards passing. Louisiana Tech finished the game with 629 yards of total offense, including 233 rushing yards and 396 passing yards. Junior linebacker Jake Doughty led Utah State’s defense as he recorded a career-high 18 tackles to go along with his first career interception in the USU end zone in the fourth quarter. Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil tied his career-high in tackles for the fifth time this year with 10 stops, and senior cornerback Will Davis recorded his fourth interception in as many games as he picked off LTU’s Colby Cameron in the end zone late in the second quarter. Following its 86-yard touchdown on its first offensive play of the game, Utah State increased its lead to 14-0 late in the first quarter on a 3-yard pass from Keeton to senior tight end Kellen Bartlett. Both teams exchanged field goals in the second quarter, a 36-yarder by LTU’s Matt Nelson and a 38-yarder by USU’s Nick Diaz, giving the visitors a 17-3 lead at halftime. After scoring a combined 20 points in the first-half, the two teams combined for 45 third quarter points as USU scored 24 points on touchdown runs of 13 and 25 yards by Keeton, to go along with a 1-yard run by Williams and a 30-yard field by Diaz. LTU’s offense scored two touchdowns and then scored on a 98-yard kickoff return to make the score 41-24 heading into the final 15 minutes. Louisiana Tech cut the deficit to 10 at 41-31 early in the fourth quarter and then scored 10 points in the final 1:54 of the game, including a 32-yard field goal on the final play of regulation to send the game into overtime. In overtime, Utah State scored on three plays as Williams accounted for all 25 yards with a 13-yard rush, an 8-yard reception, and a 4-yard touchdown run. On Louisiana Tech’s possession it ran for two yards on first down, passed for five yards on second down, threw an incomplete pass on third down, and was stopped on a fourth down rush for no gain by Doughty to end the game.

GAME ELEVEN RECAP

November 17, 2012JOE AILLET STADIUM SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 OT FINALUtah State 14 3 24 0 7 48#19 La. Tech 0 3 21 17 0 41

First QuarterUSU - Williams 86 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 13:57)USU - Bertlett 3 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 00:58)Second QuarterLATECH - Nelson 36 yd field goal (12:19)USU - Diaz 38 yd field goal (3:55)Third QuarterUSU - Keeton 13 yd run (Diaz kick, 13:24)USU - Diaz 30 yd field goal (11:34)LATECH - Dixon 2 yd run (Nelson kick, 8:17)USU - Keeton 25 yd run (Diaz kick, 5:20)LATECH - White 25 yd pass from Cameron (Nelson kick, 4:04)USU - Williams 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 1:00)LATECH - Banks 98 yd kickoff return (Nelson kick, 0:48)Fourth Quarter LATECH - Dixon 1 yd run (Nelson kick, 10:54)LATECH - Lee 7 yd run (Nelson kick, 1:54)LATECH - Nelson 32 yd field goal (0:00)OvertimeUSU - K. Williams 4 yd run (Diaz kick, 15:00)Attendance: 25,614

TEAM STATISTICS USU LATECHFirst Downs 27 37Rushing 306 233Passing 340 396Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards 8-110 9-56Punts-Yards/Avg. 5-200/40.0 3-141/47.0Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-11-0/11.0 2-13-0/6.5Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 6-128-0/21.3 7-235-1/33.6Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 31:33 28:27Third-Down Conversions 6-of-15 7-of-17

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGLATECH: Dixon 22-190 2TD; Holley 15-77; Lee 3-12 1TD USU: K. Williams 20-162 2TD; Keeton 17-121 2TD; Hill 5-20; Natson 1-8

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)LATECH: Cameron, 35-60-2, 396, 1TDUSU: Keeton, 20-34-0, 340, 2 TD

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGLATECH: Patton 11-181; Gru 4-47; White 4-44USU: K. Williams 4-125 1TD; Jacobs 4-82; Austin 3-62; Reynolds 3-34; Tialavea 3-12; Van Leeuwen 1-19; Bartlett 1-3 TD; Natson 1-3

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 1-11USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 5-112; K. Williams 1-16USU Interception Returns: Davis 1-0; Doughty 1-0USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 18, Vigil 10, Fackrell 7, Suite 7, Lawson 7, Brady 6, Davis 5, McMillian 5

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Pataiali’iC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Ky. Whimpey LB FilimoeatuRT Schultz LB DoughtyWR Jacobs LB FackrellWR Reynolds LB Z. VigilWR Austin CB LawsonRB Hill FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 20-of-34 passing for 340 yards with two touchdowns in leading Utah State to a 48-41 overtime win on the road against 19th-ranked Louisiana Tech. Keeton also rushed for a career-high 121 yards on a career-high tying 17 carries with two more scores.

Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had 162 rushing yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns, and added 125 receiving yards on four catches with another score against the Bulldogs.


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LOGAN, Utah - Behind a season-high 593 yards of total offense, Utah State won its eighth game in a season for the first time since 1974 as it blasted the Bobcats of Texas State, 38-7, Saturday afternoon at Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. USU also set a school-record Saturday as it has now scored 38-plus points in each of its last four games. The Aggies, who lead 35-0 at the half, improved to 8-2 overall and 4-0 in Western Athletic Conference play, winning their last nine WAC games to extend its own school record. USU also won its seven-straight home game and notched its fifth-straight win in November. Texas State fell to 3-5 overall and 1-2 in WAC play with the loss. Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton accounted for all five of Utah State’s scores as he was 20-of-27 passing for 316 yards and four touchdowns, throwing scoring strikes to junior wide receiver Travis Reynolds, senior tight end Kellen Bartlett, freshman wide receiver Bruce Natson and senior wide receiver Matt Austin all in the first half. Keeton also had 10 rushes for 48 yards and another touchdown on a 3-yard run in the second quarter to give the home team a 21-0 lead. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 120 yards on 19 carries and went over 1,000 yards for the season, becoming the 11th player in Utah State history to reach the milestone for the 16th time. Williams also went over the 2,000 yard rushing milestone for his career in the game and now ranks ninth all-time at USU with 2,008 yards. Austin finished the game with four receptions for 124 yards, a new career high, with one touchdown on a 4-yard pass from Keeton. Austin had a pair of 61-yard receptions in the game, both of which are career-longs. Senior safety McKade Brady led the Utah State defense with seven tackles, while junior linebacker Jake Doughty and redshirt-freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen had six stops apiece, as those six tackles by Nielsen are a career-high. Senior cornerback Will Davis also intercepted a pass in his third-straight game on Texas State’s first offensive series in the end zone to stop the Bobcats scoring threat. The Aggie defense limited Texas State to 158 yards of total offense (82-rushing, 76-passing), which is a season-low and the fewest yards allowed since the 2008 season. Furthermore, the 76 passing yards by the Bobcats are the fewest by an Aggie opponent since 2000. Marcus Curry rushed for 46 yards on nine carries and had the Bobcats’ only touchdown on the day, with a 3-yard plunge early in the third quarter after Texas State had a short field following an interception. Utah State got on the board on their first drive, as Keeton hit Reynolds from 4-yards out for his first career touchdown. Keeton then added a 2-yard touchdown toss to Bartlett with 3:53 left in the first frame. After using his arm for the Aggies’ first two scores, Keeton used his legs for their third, on a 3-yard scamper with 11:09 to go in the second quarter. Natson scored his first touchdown of his Aggie career with a 23-yard catch from Keeton with 6:52 left until halftime. And Austin caught his touchdown pass on a 4-yard toss by Keeton with 46 seconds left until halftime, giving USU a 35-0 intermission advantage. For Utah State, its 593 yards of total offense (325-passing, 268-rushing) rank as the 12th-most in school history as it also had a season-high 268 yards rushing. For USU, it has now produced at least 500 yards of total offense five times on the season.

GAME TEN RECAP

November 3, 2012MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALTexas State 0 0 7 0 7Utah State 14 21 3 0 38

First QuarterUSU - Reynolds 4 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 12:46)USU - Bartlett 2 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 3:53)Second QuarterUSU - Keeton 3 yd run (Diaz kick, 11:09)USU - Natson 23 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 6:52)USU - Austin 4 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 0:46)Third QuarterTXST - Curry 3 yd run (Johnson kick, 10:44)USU - Diaz 48 yd field goal (6:04)Fourth Quarter NoneAttendance: 17,222

TEAM STATISTICS TXST USUFirst Downs 9 24Rushing 82 268Passing 76 325Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards 7-66 2-20Punts-Yards/Avg. 9-361/40.1 1-57/57.0Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-17-0/17.0 2-10-0/5.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-59-0/29.5 2-36-0/18.0Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-13-0 1-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 26:30 33:30Third-Down Conversions 3-of-13 6-of-12

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGTXST: Curry 9-46 TDUSU: K. Williams 19-120; Keeton 10-48 TD; Lee 7-39; Hill 3-26; Glover-Wright 5-22; Natson 1-7; Harrison 2-6

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)TXST: Rutherford 8-15-1, 71, 0; Arndt 2-8-0, 5, 0USU: Keeton, 20-27-2, 316, 4TD; Glover-Wright, 1-1-0, 9, 0

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGTXST: Ijah 5-42; Smith 2-18; Erickson 2-16; Gaines 1-0USU: Austin 4-124 TD; Webb 4-56; Bartlett 3-11 TD; Ja-cobs 2-70; Natson 2-30 TD; Reynolds 2-11 TD; K. Williams 2-6; Gunderson 1-9; Tialavea 1-8

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-10USU KO Returns: Reynolds, 1-19USU Interception Returns: Davis 1-0USU Tackle Leaders: Brady 7; Nielsen 7; Doughty 6; Z. Vigil 6; Davis 5; Lawson 4; Fackrell 4; B.J. Larsen 4; Filimoeatu 4

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Ky. Whimpey LB FilimoeatuRT Schultz LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellTE Tialavea LB Z. VigilWR Austin CB LawsonWR Reynolds FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Senior wide receiver Matt Austin had four receptions for a career-high 124 yards in Utah State 38-7 home win against Texas State. Austin, who had a 4-yard touchdown catch in the game, had two receptions for 61 yards in the contest, which are career-longs.

Redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen had a career-high six tackles to go along with 0.5 sacks and one quarterback hurry against the Bobcats.


November 19, 2012 • 23

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton threw for 340 yards and three touchdowns and senior running back Kerwynn Williams added 90 rushing yards and two more scores to lead Utah State (7-2, 3-0) to an easy 48-17 road win at UTSA (5-3, 1-2) Saturday. Keeton finished the day completing 27-of-36 passes for 340 yards, to go along with three touchdowns passes in just three quarters of action. For Keeton, those 27 completions are a career-high, while his 340 passing yards are the second-most of his career and his third 300-yard passing game this season. Williams finished the game with 90 rushing yards on just 13 carries, which included a 68-yard run on the first play of the third quarter. He then scored from 1-yard out two plays later to give USU a 34-3 lead just 51 seconds into the second-half. Williams also scored on a 1-yard run on a fourth down play in the second quarter to cap a 10-play, 71-yard drive to give the visitors a 17-3 advantage. For Williams, it was his third-career multi-touchdown rushing game. Williams also had three receptions for 68 yards in the game. Utah State also got a pair of touchdowns from sophomore running back Joe Hill who carried the ball seven times for 21 yards and added three receptions for 65 yards. Hill’s first score of the game was on a 1-yard run early in the third quarter to give Utah State a 41- 3 advantage, and his second touchdown came late in the third period on a 16-yard reception from Keeton to put the visitors ahead 48-10. Utah State finished the game with 522 yards of total offense (394-passing, 128 rushing) and held the ball for 32:46. USU was also 10-of-17 on third-down, tying its season-high. Utah State’s special teams made the first big play of the day as junior cornerback Devonta Glover-Wright blocked a UTSA punt that went out of bounds at the 5-yardline on the first series of the game. Two plays later, Keeton hit senior tight end Kellen Bartlett from two yards out to make the score 7-0. UTSA scored its only points of the first-half on a 29-yard field goal following an interception in the Utah State end zone on a tipped pass from Keeton. In all, the Roadrunners drove 68-yards in 10 plays before stalling at the USU 12. Utah State increased its lead to 10-3 early in the second quarter on a 22-yard field goal by redshirt sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz. Williams then scored from 1-yard out, senior wide receiver Cameron Webb scored his first career touchdown on a 29 yard pass from Keeton and Diaz added another field goal from 24 yards out to give Utah State a 27-3 halftime lead. After scoring 20 points in the second quarter, Utah State added 21 more in the third on Wil-liams’ second 1-yard run of the game to go along with Hill’s two touchdowns as USU scored 34 straight points to put the game away. UTSA’s first touchdown of the game came midway through the third quarter on a 7-yard run from Evans Okotcha and the final points of the game were scored early in the fourth quarter on a 23-yard pass from Ryan Polite to Cole Hicks to make the final score 48-17. Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell had a game-high seven tack-les, along with junior linebacker Jake Doughty to lead Utah State. Fackrell also intercepted his second pass of the season in the third quarter, while senior cornerback Will Davis also recorded his second interception of the season on the last play of the first-half. UTSA finished the game with 299 yards of total offense (248-passing, 51-rushing).

GAME NINE RECAP

October 27, 2012THE ALAMODOME SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALUtah State 7 20 21 0 48UTSA 3 0 7 7 17

First QuarterUSU - Bartlett 2 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 12:11)UTSA - Stern 29 yd field goal (5:26)Second QuarterUSU - Diaz 22 yd field goal (14:44)USU - K. Williams 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 9:34)USU - Webb 29 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 6:44)USU - Diaz 24 yd field goal (1:26)Third QuarterUSU - K. Williams 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 14:09)USU - Hill 1 yd run (Diaz kick, 11:14)UTSA - Okotcha 7 yd run (Stern kick, 8:55)USU - Hill 16 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 0:46)Fourth Quarter UTSA - Hicks 23 yd pass from Polite (Stern kick, 13:36)Attendance: 23,519

TEAM STATISTICS USU UTSAFirst Downs 23 13Rushing 128 51Passing 394 248Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 5-51 8-59Punts-Yards/Avg. 3-101/33.7 9-267/29.7Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-47-0/11.8 1-(-7)-0/(-7.0)Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-87-0/21.8 8-138-0/17.2Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-8-0 1-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 32:46 27:14Third-Down Conversions 10-of-17 5-of-16

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGUTSA: Polite 10-19; Glasco II 5-10USU: K. Williams 13-90 2TD; Hill 7-21 TD; Lee 9-19; Keeton 6-1

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)UTSA: Polite 21-36-2, 248, 2TDUSU: Keeton, 27-36-1, 340, 3TD; Harrison 5-6-0, 54

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGUTSA: Holmes 4-54; Hubble 3-54; Jones 3-20USU: Webb 5-59 TD; Bartlett 5-39 TD; Natson 4-29; K. Williams 3-68; Hill 3-65 TD; Lee 2-42; Austin 2-21; Jacobs 2-20; Van Leeuwen 2-16; Glover-Wright 2-15; Reynolds 1-15; Andersen 1-5

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 3-40; Glover-Wright 1-7USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 4-87USU Interception Returns: Davis 1-6; Fackrell 1-2USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 7; Fackrell 7; Z. Vigil 6; Cowdin 6; Suite 6; Lawson 5; Davis 4; Brady 4

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Ky. Whimpey LB FilimoeatuRT Schultz LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellTE Tialavea LB Z. VigilWR Austin CB LawsonWR Reynolds FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 90 yards on just 13 carries, including a 68-yard run on the first play of the third quarter in helping Utah State to a 48-17 road win at UTSA. Williams, who also caught three passes for 68 yards, had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs in the game.

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton completed 27-of-36 passes for 340 yards and three touchdowns against the Roadrunners.


24 • November 19, 2012

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State (6-2, 2-0 WAC) became bowl eligible for the second-straight year with a 41-7 rout against New Mexico State (1-6, 0-2 WAC) at Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium Saturday. Utah State becomes bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1960 and 1961. USU has also now won seven-straight Western Athletic Conference games, its longest conference winning streak since the 1979 and 1980 teams won seven Big West games in a row, and its 6-2 start is its best since the 1978 team won seven of its first nine games. Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 16-of-26 passing for 257 yards and two touchdowns, the first on a 76-yard screen pass to senior running back Kerwynn Williams on USU’s first play from scrimmage. Williams ended the day with three catches for 94 yards, while adding 13 carries for 82 yards with a touchdown. Keeton also rushed seven times for 81 yards with two touchdowns, including a career-long 76 yard run on USU’s first possession of the second quarter to give the home team a 21-0 lead as USU amassed 256 rushing yards with three touchdowns. Utah State also totalled 260 yards through the air as sophomore quarterback Craig Har-rison completed his lone pass of the afternoon for three yards. Senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs had four catches for 94 yards, with 49 yards coming on a scoring strike from Keeton for USU’s second touchdown of the first quarter. Junior linebacker Jake Doughty led the USU defense with 10 tackles, while senior cor-nerback Will Davis tallied eight stops, including two tackles for loss and also snared his first career interception that he returned out of NMSU’s endzone for 35 yards. Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell also had eight tackles and blocked a 42-yard New Mexico State field goal attempt, USU’s fourth blocked kick this season. Utah State connected on two field goals, as sophomore placekicker Nick Diaz boomed a career-long 53-yarder early in the third quarter and added a 48-yarder at the start of the fourth stanza. The 53-yard field goal was USU’s longest since a 56-yarder by Chris Ulinski in 2008, which also came at home against New Mexico State. Diaz’s field goal is tied for the eighth-longest in school history. New Mexico State quarterback Andrew Manley was 19-of-37 for 177 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Manley connected with Austin Franklin for a 6-yard touchdown at the 8:15 mark of the third quarter for the visitor’s only score of the afternoon. New Mexico State finished with 321 yards of total offense (189-passing, 132-rushing). Davis Cazares posted a game-high 12 tackles and blocked a Diaz field goal attempt in the fourth quarter to pace the visitor’s defense. Williams and Jacobs’ long catch and run scoring plays gave USU the early 14-0 lead as the navy Aggies have now out-scored their opposition, 82-3, in the first quarter. Utah State took a 28-0 lead into halftime, as Williams added a 3-yard run with 39 seconds before intermission to improve the northern Aggies to a 144-42 first-half scoring advantage this season. Diaz’s 53-yarder put USU ahead 31-0 before NMSU got on the board with the scoring pass. Keeton’s 9-yard run came with 1:01 to go in the third quarter and Diaz capped the scoring with his 48-yard upright split with 12:13 left in the game.

GAME EIGHT RECAP

October 20, 2012MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALNew Mexico State 0 0 7 0 7Utah State 14 14 10 3 41

First QuarterUSU - Williams 76 yd run ( Diaz kick, 14:38)USU - Jacobs 49 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 6:26) Second QuarterUSU - Keeton 76 yd run (Diaz kick, 14:37)USU - Williams 3 yd run ( Diaz kick, 0:39)Third QuarterUSU - Diaz 53 yd field goal (10:48) NMSU - Franklin 6 yd pass from Manley (Johnson kick, 8:15)USU - Keeton 9 yd run (Diaz kick, 3:38)Fourth Quarter USU - Diaz 48 yd field goal (12:13)Attendance: 17,001

TEAM STATISTICS NMSU USUFirst Downs 21 20Rushing 132 256Passing 189 260Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 1-15 8-76Punts-Yards/Avg. 6-264/44.0 3-108/36.0Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 0-0-0/0.0 3-48-0/16.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 3-47-0/15.7 2-49-0/24.5Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-35-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 33:42 26:18Third-Down Conversions 6-of-16 7-of-13

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGUNLV: G. Morrison 19-96; T. Colwell 5-31 USU: K. Williams 13-82 TD; Keeton 7-81 2TD; Lee 5-46; Glover-Wright 5-39

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)NMSU: A. Manley, 19-37-1, 177, 1TD; T. Colwell, 1-1-0, 12USU: Keeton, 16-26-0, 257, 2TD; Harrison, 1-1-0, 3

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGNMSU: Franklin 8-84 TD; Morrison 4-28, Walls 3-37USU: Jacobs 4-94 TD; Williams 3-94 TD; Barlett 4-18; Reynolds 2-25; Webb 2-25; Van Leeuwen 1-3; Austin 1-1

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 3-48USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 2-49USU Interception Returns: Davis 1-35USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 10; Davis 8; Fackrell 8; Brady 7; Filimoeatu 6; Suite 6; Vigil 6

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Schultz LB FilimoeatuRT Ky. Whimpey LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellWR Van Leeuwen LB Z. VigilWR Austin CB LawsonWR Webb FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 16-of-26 passing for 257 yards with two touchdowns in Utah State’s 41-7 home win against New Mexico State. Keeton also had 81 rushing yards on seven carries with two touchdowns, including a career-long 76 yard scoring run.

Senior cornerback Will Davis had eight tackles, including two for loss, to go along with his first career interception that he returned 35 yards against the Southern Aggies.


November 19, 2012 • 25

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nine Aggies combined for a school-record 13 sacks, senior running back Kerwynn Williams scored three rushing touchdowns and sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton had four total touchdowns (3-pass, 1-rush) in leading Utah State to a convincing 49-27 WAC road win against San Jose State here Saturday. Overall, the Aggies scored touchdowns on its first four possessions of the game to record its larg-est road win since a 34-7 victory at North Texas in 1999. Utah State’s defense set the tone for the game on the very first play as junior linebacker Jake Doughty sacked Spartan quarterback David Fales. Junior defensive lineman Connor Williams, junior cornerback Nevin Lawson, redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen all had a career-high two sacks in the game. Despite getting sacked on the first play of the game, San Jose State drove down to the Utah State 8-yardline before settling for a 25-yard field goal, marking the first time this year USU has al-lowed any points in the first quarter. Utah State’s first touchdown of the game came on a 17-yard pass from Keeton to senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs midway through the first quarter after driving 86 yards in 13-plays. On its next series, Keeton hit senior wide receiver Matt Austin with a 5-yard pass as USU drove 53 yards in just four plays. The Aggies’ third touchdown came on the first play of its next series as Williams scored from 50 yards out. And USU’s final touchdown of the first-half was on a 21-yard pass from Keeton to junior wide receiver Travis Van Leeuwen as USU drove 50 yards in 6-plays. San Jose State then scored 17 points on its final three possessions of the second quarter to make the halftime score 28-20 in favor of Utah State as the Aggies now hold a 116-42 scoring advantage in the first half this year, including a 68-3 margin in the first quarter. Williams got Utah State going in the third quarter as he scored from 86 yards out to give the visitors a 35-20 advantage. That 86-yard burst by Williams was the eighth-longest rush in school history. On its next series, Keeton scored on a 28-yard run to cap an 8-play, 68-yard drive to make the score 42-20 with 9:55 to play in the third quarter. San Jose State scored its only points of the second half late in the third quarter on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Fales to Noel Grisby, but the Spartans could not get any closer as Williams added his third touchdown run of the game from 12 yards out late in the fourth quarter to make the final score 49-27. Williams finished the game with 176 rushing yards on just 15 carries (11.7 ypc) as he had scoring runs of 50, 86 and 12 yards. For Williams, it was his third 100-yard rushing game of the season and the fourth of his career. Keeton was 26-of-35 passing for 273 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions as those 26 completions are a career-high. Keeton also had 47 yards rushing on six carries including his 28 yard touchdown run. Austin had a team-high six catches for 93 yards, including his fourth touchdown reception of the season. In all, 10 Aggies caught passes in the contest. For the game, Utah State had 485 yards of total offense (273-passing, 212-rushing) and averaged 8.2 yards per play, despite possessing the ball for just 21:36 and run-ning just 59 offensive plays. The Spartans finished with 471 yards of total offense (467-passing, 4-rushing), ran 92 plays (33 more than USU) and controlled the ball for 38:24. Along with its school-record 13 sacks, Utah State also limited San Jose State to four net yards rushing to rank tied for the 14th-fewest rushing yards in a game in school history.

GAME SEVEN RECAP

October 13, 2012SPARTAN STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALUtah State 14 14 14 7 49San Jose State 3 17 7 0 27

First QuarterSJSU - Lopez 25 yd field goal (10:07)USU - Jacobs 17 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 5:57)USU - Austin 5 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 1:37)Second QuarterUSU - Williams 50 yd run (Diaz kick, 14:18)USU - Van Leeuwen 21 yd pass from Keeton (Diaz kick, 9:26)SJSU - Nunn 3 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick, 6:18)SJSU - Lopez 26 yd field goal (3:13) SJSU - Grigsby 20 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick, 0:24)Third QuarterUSU - Williams 86 yd run (Diaz kick, 13:47)USU - Keeton 28 yd run (Diaz kick, 9:55)SJSU - Grigsby 4 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick, 1:56)Fourth Quarter USU - Williams 12 yd run (Diaz kick, 2:44)Attendance: 15,168

TEAM STATISTICS USU SJSUFirst Downs 18 27Rushing 212 4Passing 273 467Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards 5-45 5-40Punts-Yards/Avg. 5-210/42.2 5-163/32.6Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-0-0/0.0 1-(-1)-0/(-1.0)Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 5-89-0/17.8 5-103-0/20.6Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 21:36 38:24Third-Down Conversions 6-of-13 8-of-19

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGSJSU: Eskridge 14-58; Jurich 6-18; Fales 14-(-98)USU: K. Williams 15-176 3TD; Keeton 6-47 TD

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)SJSU: Fales 38-50-0, 467, 3USU: Keeton 26-35-0, 273, 3

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGSJSU: Grigsby 11-181 2TD; Carr 7-51; Nunn 2-17 TDUSU: Austin 6-93 TD; Williams 4-30; Jacobs 3-32 TD; Bartlett 3-28; Van Leeuwen 2-32 TD; Webb 2-22; Reyn-olds 2-11; Natson 2-10; Marshall 1-12, Swindall 1-3

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 1-0USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 3-44; Reynolds 2-45USU Tackle Leaders: Fackrell 11; Brady 10; Z. Vigil 10; Doughty 9; Lawson 8; Davis 6; Suite 5

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Ky. Whimpey LB FilimoeatuRT Schultz LB DoughtyTE Tialavea LB FackrellTE Bartlett LB Z. VigilWR Reynolds CB LawsonWR Austin FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 176 yards on just 15 carries (11.7 ypc) with three touchdowns in Utah State’s 49-27 WAC road win at San Jose State. Williams had touchdown runs of 50, 86 and 12 yards in the game, and added four receptions for 30 yards.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell tied his career-high with 11 tackles and added his first two ca-reer sacks. Fackrell also forced and recovered his first career fumble against the Spartans.


26 • November 19, 2012

PROVO, Utah - Utah State lost to Brigham Young, 6-3, Friday night in a nationally televised game on ESPN. The nine combined points between the Aggies and Cougars was the fewest in the series since a 0-0 tie in 1946. USU is now 4-2 with the loss while BYU improved to 4-2. Utah State was held to 243 yards of total offense, over half of its season average coming into Friday night. The Aggies had 202 yards passing as sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-38. USU had a season-low 41 rushing yards, its fewest since rushing for just 27 yards at home against Utah in 2008. Keeton had 23 yards on 10 carries while senior running back Kerwynn Williams had 18 yards on 14 carries. Senior wide receiver Matt Austin led the team with a career-high seven catches for 72 yards while Williams added five catches for 39 yards. Senior safety McKade Brady led the Aggie defense with 14 tackles, while the linebacker duo of sophomore Zach Vigil and redshirt-freshman Kyler Fackrell followed with 10 each. Fackrell also snared his first career interception,while Vigil’s 10 tackles tied his career-high. Senior Tyler Bennett punted seven times for a 42.4 yards per punt average with four inside the 20. BYU was led by freshman quarterback Taysom Hill who had 235 passing yards, complet-ing 24-of-36 passes. Hill also had 19 rushes for a total of 80 yards. Junior wide receiver Cody Hoffman led the BYU receiving corps with eight catches for a total of 114 yards. The Cougar defense was led by Brandon Ogletree with seven stops, while Preston Hadley and Spencer Hadley had six tackles each. The Aggies opened the scoring with a 26-yard field goal from junior placekicker Josh Thompson with 34 seconds left in the first quarter, capping a 13-play, 49-yard drive. It was USU’s second-longest scoring drive of the season behind its 19-play scoring drive in the Colorado State game. The first quarter ended with the 3-0 score, as the Aggies have now out-scored their opponents in the first quarter, 54-0. The score would remain 3-0 until three seconds were left in the half when BYU scored on a 3-yard pass from Hill to JD Falslev, but Riley Stephenson’s PAT attempt was wide left, leaving the score 6-3 in BYU’s favor heading into halftime. On USU’s first possession of the second half, the Aggies fumbled and BYU recovered at the USU 9, but the Aggie defense forced a Cougars’ field goal attempt. BYU tried a fake field goal but the USU defense sniffed it out, as the Aggies chased BYU holder JD Falslev and he fell down for a 16-yard loss back to the 23-yardline. The teams traded punts back-and-forth until early in the fourth quarter when Fackrell snared his first career interception, batting the ball out of the air and then snaring it, to give the Aggies the ball at their own 48. USU’s offense took over with 10:21 to go and drove down to the BYU 20, but Thompson’s 38-yard field goal attempt floated wide left, leaving the score still at 6-3. USU’s defense forced BYU to punt and got the ball back with 5:06 to go, but were 94 yards from the end zone. The Aggies got out to the 30, but the drive stalled and they had the punt it back to the Cougars with just over two minutes to play and USU with two timeouts. Facing a 3rd-and-6 from the BYU 28, the Cougars picked up the first down with 1:44 left, and ran out the clock for the win.

GAME SIX RECAP

October 5, 2012MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALUtah State 3 0 0 0 3BYU 0 6 0 0 6

First QuarterUSU - J. Thompson 26 yd field goal (00:34)Second QuarterBYU - Falslev 3yd pass from Hill (Stephenson kick failed, 00:03)Third QuarterNoneFourth Quarter NoneAttendance: 63,086

TEAM STATISTICS USU BYUFirst Downs 16 20Rushing 41 145Passing 202 235Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 7-44 6-50Punts-Yards/Avg. 7-297/42.4 6-254/42.3Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-6-0/6.0 2-(-2)-0/(-1.0)Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-27-0/13.5 2-37-0/18.5Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-8-0 1-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 25:11 34:49Third-Down Conversions 4-of-14 9-of-20

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGBYU: Hill 19-80; J. Williams 17-71USU: Keeton 10-23; K. Williams 14-18

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)BYU: Hill 24-36-1, 235, 1USU: Keeton 22-38-0, 202, 0; Webb 0-1-1, 0, 0

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGBYU: Hoffman 8-114; Friel 5-53; Falslev 4-17 TDUSU: Austin 7-72; K. Williams 5-39; Webb 2-25; Bartlett 2-23; Reynolds 2-22; Marshall 2-11; Glover-Wright 2-10

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 1-6USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 1-11; Marshall 1-16USU Interception Returns: Fackrell 1-8USU Tackle Leaders: Brady 14; Z. Vigil 10; Fackrell 10; Suite 9; Lawson 6

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Schultz LB FilimoeatuRT Ky. Whimpey LB DoughtyTE Tialavea LB FackrellTE Bartlett LB Z. VigilWR Jacobs CB LawsonRB Marshall FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton (16) was 22-of-38 passing for 202 yards in Utah State’s 6-3 loss at BYU. Keeton also carried the ball 10 times for 23 yards.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell had 10 tackles and intercepted his first career pass against the Cougars.


November 19, 2012 • 27

LOGAN, Utah - Career nights from senior running back Kerwynn Williams and sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton led Utah State to a 35-13 Homecoming win against UNLV. With the win, the Aggies improve to 4-1 on the year, their best start since 1978, by amass-ing 564 total yards, the second-most this season and 17th-most in school history. With career-highs of seven catches for 147 yards with one score, Williams amassed the most receiving yards by a non-receiver since running back Tom Larscheid had 172 receiving yards in 1959. Williams added 20 rushes for 113 yards to also became the first USU player with 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game since Robert Turbin with 116 yards receiving and 104 rushing against Southern Utah in 2009. Keeton threw for a career-best 404 yards on 21-of-34 passing with four touchdowns, one to Williams for 74 yards. The 404 passing yards is the 10th-most in school history and the most since Jose Fuentes threw for 426 against Middle Tennessee in 2002. Two of Keeton’s touchdown tosses went to senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs, who finished with four receptions for a career-high 101 yards, scoring on a 50-yard pass play and a 17-yard catch. The 100-yard receiving tandem of Williams and Jacobs are the first pair of Aggies with 100-yards receiving since 2002 when Chris Cooley (5-105) and Kevin Curtis (13-177) accomplished the feat against Middle Tennessee. Utah State ended the night with 426 yards passing, which is the eighth-best mark in school history and the most since throwing for 442 yards against Middle Tennessee in 2002. The stout Aggie defense was led by the linebacker tandem of junior Jake Doughty and sophomore Zach Vigil, as Doughty had a career-high 13 tackles and Vigil tied his career-high with 10, while senior cornerback Terrence Alston recorded his first-career interception. The Rebels had 188 yards passing and 117 yards rushing for 305 total yards. After USU’s defense pitched its fifth-straight first quarter shutout, the Aggies got on the board first with a 32-yard field goal from sophomore placekicker Josh Thompson just 44 seconds into the second quarter for a 3-0 Aggie advantage. UNLV countered on its ensu-ing drive with a 3-yard scoring pass for the Aggies’ first touchdown yielded in the first half and a 7-3 Rebels’ lead, only the second time this season that USU has trailed. The Aggies responded by marching down the field, with Keeton capping the drive with a 1-yard toss to junior tight end D.J. Tialavea. After the USU defense forced a three-and-out, the home team took over at midfield and on the second play, Keeton hit Jacobs down the middle for a 50-yard catch and run for a 17-7 lead. With 31 ticks on the clock, USU took over at its own 18 and four plays later, Thompson split the uprights from 31-yards out for a 20-7 USU lead at the half. Utah State fumbled on their first play in the second half at their own 22, but the Aggie defense held strong, forcing a UNLV field goal for a 20-10 deficit. The Rebels added another third-quarter field goal to make the score 20-13. The Aggies started the fourth quar-ter scoring on Williams’ 74-yard scor-ing pass play from Keeton. On USU’s next possession, Keeton hit Jacobs across the middle in the end zone for a 17-yard toss to put the Aggies ahead, 33-13 with 10:47 remaining in the game. Fackrell and Doughty’s safety capped the scored with 5:10 to go.

GAME FIVE RECAP

September 29, 2012MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALUNLV 0 7 6 0 13Utah State 0 20 0 15 35

First QuarterNoneSecond QuarterUSU - Thompson 32 yd field goal (14:16)UNLV - Johnson 3 yd pass from Sherry (Kohorst kick, 10:45)USU - Tialavea 1 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 07:24)USU - Jacobs 50 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 05:25)USU - Thompson 31 yd field goal (00:00)Third QuarterUNLV - Kohorst 24 yd field goal (12:44)UNLV - Kohorst 26 yd field goal (01:21)Fourth Quarter USU - K. Williams 74 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 14:44)USU - Jacobs 17 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick failed, 10:47)USU - Team safety (05:10)Attendance: 24,226

TEAM STATISTICS UNLV USUFirst Downs 19 21Rushing 117 138Passing 188 426Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties: Number-Yards 5-50 9-123Punts-Yards/Avg. 8-333/41.6 5-237/47.4Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-5-0/2.5 2-5-0/2.5Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-68-0/17.0 1-39-0/39.0Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-3-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 32.05 27.55Third-Down Conversions 7-of-19 7-of-14

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGUNLV: Randle 14-91; Cornett 17-36USU: K. Williams 20-113; Keeton 6-4; Marshall 3-8; Lee 2-6

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)UNLV: Sherry, 18-39-1, 188, 1USU: Keeton, 21-34-1, 404, 4

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGUNLV: Sullivan 6-34; Davis 5-90; M. Johnson 1-3 TDUSU: K. Williams 7-147 TD; Jacobs 4-101 2TD; Bartlett 3-33; Hill 3-88; Reynolds 2-24; Tialavea 2-11 TD; Natson 1-22

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-5USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 1-39USU Interception Returns: Alston 1-3USU Tackle Leaders: Doughty 13; Z. Vigil 10; Suite 8; Davis 7; Filimoeatu 7; Brady 6

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Schultz LB FilimoeatuRT Ky. Whimpey LB DoughtyTE Tialavea LB FackrellTE Bartlett LB Z. VigilWR Austin CB LawsonWR Jacobs FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton (16) was 21-of-34 passing for a career-high 404 yards in Utah State’s 35-13 Homecoming win against UNLV. Keeton also had four touchdown passes in the game, which are the second-most in his career, to go along with four rushing yards on six carries.

Junior linebacker Jake Doughty (51) had a career-high 13 tackles, including one for loss, against the Rebels.


28 • November 19, 2012

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for a career-high 205 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Utah State to a 31-19 road win against Colorado State here Saturday night at Hughes Stadium. Utah State continued its stellar play on defense as it has now out-scored its opponents 51-0 in the first quarter this year after leading 10-0 following the first 15 minutes against the Rams, and has not allowed a first-half touchdown as the Aggies have a 65-9 scoring advantage in the first-half this year. With the win, Utah State improves to 3-1, which is its best start to a season since the 1978 team won its first five games of the year. USU also snapped a four-game losing streak to CSU as the series is now 36-31-2 in favor of the Rams. Overall, USU has now won eight of its last 10 games dating back to 2011, including four of its last five on the road. Williams, who recorded his second-career 100-yard rushing game and his first this year, carried the ball a career-high 21 times highlighted by a career-long 58-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Overall, Williams now has 10 career rushing touchdowns after his first-career multi-touchdown game. Utah State finished the game with 440 yards of total offense (262-rushing, 178-passing) and had 24 first downs that translated into possessing the ball for 31:04 of the game. USU also converted a season-best 10 third downs on 17 attempts. Williams scored Utah State’s first touchdown of the game with 9:52 to play in the first quarter on a 26-yard run to cap an 8-play, 77-yard drive. Junior placekicker Josh Thomp-son made the score 10-0 later in the first-quarter on a 20-yard field goal after the Aggies’ 9-play, 45-yard drive stalled at the 1-yardline. Utah State extended its lead to 17-0 in the second quarter as sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton connected with senior wide receiver Matt Austin for a 1-yard touchdown pass on fourth down. Overall, USU’s scoring drive covered 85 yards in 19 plays and took 7:46 off the clock. For USU, those 19 plays were the most in a drive since at least the 2004 season, according to available records. The drive was also its longest in terms of possession time since 2007. Colorado State scored back-to-back field goals in the third quarter to get within 17-6 before Williams extended the Aggies advantage on his 58-yard scoring run. CSU scored its first touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter, but failed on its two-point conver-sion to make the score 24-12. Utah State’s final touchdown of the night came on a 15-yard run by sophomore running back Joe Hill, his fourth rushing touchdown of the season, to up USU’s advantage to 31-12 midway through the fourth quarter. The Rams added another touchdown with 1:43 to play on a 29-yard pass play to make the final score 31-19. Defensively, Utah State was led by senior safety McKade Brady who tied his season-high with 10 tackles for his fifth-career double-figure tackle out-ing. Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil added seven tackles and had career-highs with three tackles for loss and two sacks, while senior cornerback Will Davis had three pass breakups to go along with four tackles. Colorado State finished the game with 331 yards of total offense (224-passing, 107-rushing), most of which came in the second half as USU limited the Rams to just four first-half first downs and just 61 yards on 27 plays in the first half.

GAME FOUR RECAP

September 22, 2012SONNY LUBICK FIELD AT HUGHES STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALUtah State 10 7 7 0 31Colorado State 0 0 6 13 19

First QuarterUSU - Williams 26 yd run (Thompson kick, 9:52)USU - Thompson 20 yd field goal (1:58)Second QuarterUSU - Austin 1 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 7:14)Third QuarterCSU - Roberts 28 yd field goal (7:10)CSU - Roberts 31 yd field goal (2:23)USU - Williams 58 yd run (Thompson kick, 0:42)Fourth Quarter CSU - Vinson 4yd pass from Grayson (Roberts kick, 10:40)USU - Hill 15 yd run (Thompson kick, 7:50)CSU - Law 29 yd pass from Grayson (Roberts kick, 1:43)Attendance: 23,374

TEAM STATISTICS USU CSUFirst Downs 28 18Rushing 262 107Passing 178 224Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 5-68 4-37Punts-Yards/Avg. 3-141/47.0 7-307/43.9Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-9-0/4.5 1-1-0/1.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 1-55-0/55.0 1-18-0/18.0Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 31.04 28.56Third-Down Conversions 10-of-17 8-of-19

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGCSU: Morris 8-76; Nwoke 6-17 USU: K. Williams 21-205 2TD; Keeton 12-38; Hill 2-16 TD

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)CSU: Grayson 22-40-0, 224, 2 USU: Keeton, 23-30-2, 178, 1

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGCSU: Lovett 7-64; Law 4-76 TD; Hansley 3-35; Coffman 2-19; Vinson 2-5 TDUSU: Austin 6-75 TD; Van Leeuwen 4-37; K. Williams 3-22; Barlett 3-21; Webb 1-10; Reynolds 1-7; Jacobs 1-6; Natson 1-3

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-9USU KO Returns: Jacobs, 1-55USU Interception Returns: NoneUSU Tackle Leaders: Brady 10, Z. Vigil 7, Suite 6, Lawson 5, Cowdin 5, Doughty 5

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE C. WilliamsLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE LapuahoRG Schultz LB FilimoeatuRT Ky. Whimpey LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellWR Austin LB Z. VigilWR Webb CB LawsonWR Reynolds FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had a career-night in Utah State’s 31-19 win at Colorado State as he rushed 21 times for 205 yards with two touchdowns, all career-highs. Williams, who also had three receptions for 22 yards in the game, had touchdown runs of 26 and 58 yards.

Sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil had seven tackles against Colorado State, including a career-high three for loss to go along with a career-best two sacks.


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MADISON, Wis. - Just like in two of its three games this season and 12 of its last 16 games dating back to last year, Utah State football found itself in a one-score game, but came up short as the Aggies’ lost 16-14 at No. 22 Wisconsin Saturday. Utah State had its seven-game regular-season win streak halted with the loss after a 37-yard field goal missed wide right by junior placekicker Josh Thompson with six seconds left. The Aggies’ also had their three-game road game winning streak halted, in falling to 2-1 on the year. Wisconsin improved to 2-1 with the win which also evened the all-time series between the Aggies and Badgers at 1-1 after USU’s 20-0 win in 1968. The Aggie defense limited Wisconsin to 234 total yards and the USU offense totalled 308 yards, with sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton completing 18-of-34 passes for 181 yards, while rushing for 75 yards on 15 carries, part of USU’s 127 total yards on the ground. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams had a career-night receiving with six catches for 78 yards with one touchdown, all career-highs. Senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs matched Williams with a career-high six receptions, totally 41 yards. Fellow senior wide receiver Cameron Webb added a career-best three receptions for 41 yards with 36 com-ing on an amazing catch down the sideline to set the Aggies up with a 1st-and-10 at the UW 15 on its last drive of the game. Sophomore safety Brian Suite led the Aggie defense with a career-high 13 tackles, while senior safety McKade Brady added eight stops and junior linebacker Zach Vigil tallied seven stops, including two tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble. Wisconsin was led by Montee Ball with 139 yards rushing on 37 carries and one touch-down. Danny O’Brien was 5-of-10 passing for 63 yards in the first half, before getting relieved by Joel Stave who was 2-of-6 for 15 yards. Brian Wozniak led the Badgers with two catches for 24 yards. Kenzel Doe had one punt return for an 82-yard touchdown. Mike Taylor led the Badger defense with a game-high 15 tackles. Williams started his career receiving night with the Aggies’ first score on a 39-yard catch-and-run to the end zone from Keeton for a 7-0 USU lead with 9:17 to go in the first quarter. Kyle French hit a 19-yard field goal to pull the Badgers within 7-3 at the 14:16 mark of the second quarter. After the Aggie defense made repeated stops, with Vigil forcing his fumble that was recovered by fel-low junior linebacker Jake Doughty at the UW 33 with 2:17 left in the first half, Keeton drove the Aggies to the end zone and hit senior wide receiver Matt Austin from 11 yards out with 29 seconds left for a 14-3 USU lead at intermission. Doe’s big punt return for a score came with 7:06 to play in the third quarter to pull Wisconsin within, 14-10, and exactly four minutes later, Ball darted in from 17 yards out but French’s PAT was blocked by redshirt-freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen, leaving the score 16-14 and the Aggies within the game-winning field goal attempt.

GAME THREE RECAP

September 15, 2012CAMP RANDALL STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALUtah State 7 7 0 0 14#22 Wisconsin 0 3 13 0 16

First QuarterUSU - Williams 39 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 9:17)Second QuarterWIS - French 19 yd field goal (14:16)USU - Austin 11 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 0:29)Third QuarterWIS - Doe 82 yd punt return (French kick, 7:06)WIS - Ball 17 yd run (French kick, blocked, 3:06)Fourth Quarter NoneAttendance: 79,332

TEAM STATISTICS USU WISFirst Downs 13 12Rushing 127 156Passing 181 78Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards 7-70 6-40Punts-Yards/Avg. 11-412/37.5 9-373/41.4Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-21-0/10.5 1-82-1/82.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 3-30-0/15.0 3-59-0/19.7Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 26.55 33.05Third-Down Conversions 6-of-19 3-of-15

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGWIS: Ball 37-139 TD; Gordon 2-18 USU: Keeton 15-75; K. Williams 16-43

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)WIS: O’Brien 5-10-0, 63, 0; Stave 2-6-0, 15, 0 USU: Keeton, 18-34-0, 181, 2

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGWIS: Wozniak, 2-24; White, 2-17; Love 1-19; Fredrick 1-17; Pedersen, 1-1USU: K. Williams, 6-78 TD; Jacobs 6-41; Webb 3-41; Austin 2-16 TD; Bartlett, 1-5

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 2-21USU KO Returns: Glover-Wright, 2-30USU Interception Returns: NoneUSU Tackle Leaders: Suite, 13; Brady, 8; Z. Vigil, 7; Filimoeatu, 6; Lawson, 5

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE LapuahoLG Markosian NG Kamana-MatagiC T. Larsen DE C. WilliamsRG Ky. Whimpey LB FilimoeatuRT Shultz LB Z. VigilTE Tialavea LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellWR Jacobs CB LawsonWR Reynolds FS BradyRB Williams SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Senior running back Kerwynn Williams caught six passes for 78 yards, both career-highs, and caught his first career receiving touchdown on a career-long 39-yard pass in Utah State’s 16-14 loss at No. 22 Wisconsoin. Williams also rushed for 47 yards in the game on 16 carries.

Sophomore safety Brian Suite had a career-high 13 tackles against the Badgers to go along with one pass breakup.


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LOGAN, Utah - Kerwynn Williams’ 1-yard run in overtime gave Utah State the lead and senior cornerback Will Davis’ pass break-up in the end zone sealed Utah State’s 27-20 win against Utah in front of a sold-out crowd as Friday’s win was USU’s first against Utah since 1997, as well as improving to 2-0 for the first time since that same year. USU also won its seventh-straight regular-season game dating back to last year, while Utah leveled it record at 1-1. The Aggies’ win snapped their 12-game losing skein to the Utes. Utah State had 380 total yards, as sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton tied his career-high for completions on 22-of-32 passing for 216 yards with two touchdowns, adding a career-high 86 yards rushing. Senior running back Williams had 17 carries for 95 yards and the game-winning score, as USU finished with 164 total yards on the ground. Senior tight end Kellen Bartlett had a career-high eight catches for 47 yards and his first career touchdown on a 4-yard toss from Keeton with 9:10 on the fourth-quarter clock. Utah tied the game with 3:19 to go on a 24-yard pass from Jon Hays to Kenneth Scott. Hays came into the game in the second quarter after Utes’ starting quarterback Jordan Wynn suffered a game-ending shoulder injury. Hays ended the night 12-of-26 passing for 154 yards with one touchdown, while Wynn was 6-of-11 for 47 yards before getting hurt. Travis Wilson only had one pass attempt, a 28-yard scoring strike to Scott in the third quarter. John White rushed 27 times for 97 yards, while DeVonte Christopher had six catches for 56 yards and Scott ended with three re-ceptions for 82 yards and two touchdowns. The Aggie defense sacked Wynn three times, with redshirt-freshman defensive tackle Jordan Nielsen logging two and senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu posted one as part of his game and career-high 12 total tackles. Redshirt-freshman linebacker Kyler Fackrell added 11 tackles, while senior safety McKade Brady and junior linebacker Zach Vigil posted 10 stops apiece. Davis, a senior cornerback, had a career-best four pass break-ups and senior Terrence Alston logged three. The game went into overtime after Utah’s Coleman Peterson missed a 52-yard field at the end of regulation. The home team got the ball first and facing a third-and-nine, Keeton darted out of pressure and skirted 23 yards toward the end zone before getting pushed out at the one. Two players later, Williams darted around the right side to score the winning touchdown. On Utah’s overtime possession, Davis knocked away Utah’s fourth-down pass from the 17-yardline on the game’s final play. The Aggies got on the board first as Vigil broke through the punt-blocking line, and junior safety Clayton Christensen recovered the kick in the end zone for a 7-0 USU lead with 7:59 on the first-quarter clock. USU wasn’t done scoring in the first quarter, as Keeton hit sophomore running back Joe Hill with a 15-yard touchdown toss with three seconds left in the first frame, but the PAT missed. Petersen booted a 42-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, sending the teams into halftime with USU ahead, 13-3. The Utes opened the second half scoring on Wilson’s 28-yard scoring pass to Scott with 11:34 left in the third quarter. Petersen booted a 40-yard field goal with 4:22 to play in the third quarter to knot the score at 13-all. At the 9:10 mark of the fourth quar-ter, Keeton hit Bartlett with the 4-yard TD toss for USU’s 20-13 lead, setting up the final drama.

GAME TWO RECAP

September 7, 2012MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 OT FINALUtah 0 3 10 7 0 20Utah State 13 0 0 7 7 27

First QuarterUSU - Christensen 0 yd blocked punt return (Warren kick, 7:59)USU - Hill 15 yd pass from Keeton (Warren kick, 0:03)Second QuarterUTAH - Petersen 42 yd field goal (0:00)Third QuarterUTAH - Scott 28 yd pass from Wilson (Petersen kick, 11:34)UTAH - Petersen 40 yd field goal (4:22)Fourth Quarter USU - Bartlett 4 yd pass from Keeton (Thompson kick, 9:10)UTAH - Scott 24 yd pass from Hays (Petersen kick, 3:19)OvertimeUSU - K. Williams 1 yd run (Thompson kick)Attendance: 25,513

TEAM STATISTICS UTAH USUFirst Downs 19 16Rushing 96 164Passing 229 216Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 5-2Penalties: Number-Yards 10-87 12-102Punts-Yards/Avg. 11-526/47.8 9-408/45.3Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-3-0/1.5 6-78-1/13.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 2-34-0/17.0 4-71-0/17.8Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 34:50 25:10Third-Down Conversions 2-of-17 2-of-13

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGUTAH: White, 27-96; Anderson, 2-19; Hays 3-15USU: K. Williams, 17-95 TD; Keeton, 17-86

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)UTAH: Hays, 12-26-0, 154, 1; Wynn, 6-11-0, 47; Wilson, 1-1-0, 28, 1.USU: Keeton, 22-32-0, 216, 2

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGUTAH: Scott, 3-82 2TDUSU: Bartlett, 8-47 TD; Reynolds, 3-35; Austin, 2-28; Van Leeuwen, 1-2; Jacobs, 2-18; Webb, 2-18; Swindall, 2-16; Hill, 1-15 TD; Marshall, 1-11

USU Punt Returns: Webb, 5-45; Z. Vigil, 1-33USU KO Returns: Glover-Wright, 3-66; Reynolds, 1-5USU Interception Returns: NoneUSU Tackle Leaders: Filimoeatu, 12; Fackrell, 11; Brady, 10; Z. Vigil, 10

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSELT Kev. Whimpey DE LapuahoLG Markosian NG LasikeC T. Larsen DE C. WilliamsRG Schultz LB FilimoeatuRT Ky. Whimpey LB Z. VigilTE Tialavea LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellWR Austin CB LawsonRB K. Williams FS BradyRB Hill SS SuiteQB Keeton CB Davis

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-32 passing for 216 yards and two touchdowns in leading Utah State to a 27-20 overtime win against Utah. Keeton also rushed 17 times for 86 yards.

Senior linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu recorded a career-high 12 tackles, including one sack and 2.5 tackles for loss against the Utes.


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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State used a pair a 90+ yard scoring drives in the first quarter, scoring on its first three possessions to jump out to a 21-0 lead and cruised to a 34-3 win against Southern Utah Thursday night in both teams’ season-opener. Sophomore running back Joe Hill ran for a career-best 116 yards and three touchdowns as USU won its sixth-straight regular-season game while improving to 37-14-1 when open-ing a season at home, after losing its previous three home openers to start a season. With Thursday’s win, the Aggies improve to 3-0 against the Thunderbirds, and have out-scored them 87-37 in their last two meetings after USU’s 53-34 win on Sept. 26, 2009 in Gary Andersen’s first home game as USU head coach. The Aggies amassed 569 yards of total offense Thursday night, the 13th-most in school history and the most since last season when USU put up 635 yards on Weber State in its home-opener. The Aggies totalled 265 total rushing yards, as senior running back Kerwynn Williams added 15 carries for 63 yards. Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-25 passing for 304 yards, with two touchdowns, one to senior wide receiver Chuck Jacobs for 48-yards to cap USU’s open-ing scoring drive that ate up 97 yards. Keeton added a 35-yard scoring toss to senior wide receiver Matt Austin on the Aggies’ next possession after a 30-yard punt return by Jacobs gave USU the ball at the SUU 45. Keeton’s 22 completions and 304 passing yards were both career-highs. On the Aggies’ third possession, Hill dashed in from 27-yards out, capping a 98-yard drive for a 21-0 USU lead with 1:01 on the first quarter clock. Austin led USU with five catches for a career-high 119 yards and the one touchdown, while Jacobs tallied four receptions for 64 yards and a score. Southern Utah quarterback Brad Sorensen was 12-of-31 for 153 yards, while getting intercepted by USU redshirt-freshman linebacker La’Bradford Harold in the end zone to end the game. Henna Brown led the T-Birds in rushing with nine carries for 21 yards, while Fatu Moala had five catches for 68 yards. The Aggie defense held its opposition to single-digits for the first time since a 24-9 win against San Jose State on Nov. 7, 2009, and the fewest under head coach Gary Andersen. Senior safety McKade Brady, senior cornerback Terrence Alston and sophomore linebacker Zach Vigil all posted five tackles, with Alston posting one sack, matching junior defensive end Connor Williams with one sack. Overall, the 209 yards of total of-fense allowed by USU was its fewest since New Mexico State had just 156 total yards during the 2008 season. The T-Birds were led by Namar Flen-troy and Rickey Clark with 13 tackles each. SUU got on the board with 7:49 on the clock in the second quarter on a 22-yard field goal from Colton Cook to make the score 21-3, which it would remain at the half. Utah State took the second-half kickoff and marched down the field, with Hill darting in from 19-yards out to put USU ahead, 28-3, just 3:07 into the second half. Hill capped his three-touchdown outing with a 33-yard scoring scamper with 14:51 left in the fourth quarter, but the PAT failed.

GAME ONE RECAP

August 30, 2012MERLIN OLSEN FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 FINALSouthern Utah 0 3 0 0 3Utah State 21 0 7 6 34

First QuarterUSU - Jacobs 48 yd pass from Keeton (Warren kick, 8:51)USU - Austin 35 yd pass from Keeton (Warren kick, 6:15)USU - Hill 27 yd run (Warren kick, 1:01)Second QuarterSUU - Cook 22 yd field goal (7:49)Third QuarterUSU - Hill 19 yd run (Warren kick, 11:53)Fourth Quarter USU - Hill 33 yd run (PAT failed, 14:51)Attendance: 17,009

TEAM STATISTICS SUU USUFirst Downs 12 28Rushing 56 265Passing 153 304Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties: Number-Yards 4-35 10-108Punts-Yards/Avg. 9-411/45.7 3-120/40.0Punt returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 0-0-0/0.0 2-40-0/20.0Kickoff Returns: No-Yds-TD/Avg. 4-78-0/19.5 2-44-0/22.0Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-0-0Fumble Returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time 26:25 33:35Third-Down Conversions 3-of-15 8-of-12

INDIVIDUAL RUSHINGSUU: Brown 9-21USU: Hill 11-116, 3TD; K. Williams 15-63; Marshall 9-53; Lee 6-20; Toure 2-6; Kennedy 1-5; Keeton 7-3.

INDIVIDUAL PASSING (A-C-I, Yds, TD)SUU: Sorenson, 12-31-1, 153, 0USU: Keeton, 22-25-1, 304, 2; Kennedy, 1-1-0, 0, 0

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVINGSUU: Moala 5-68USU: Austin 5-119, TD; Jacobs 4-63, TD; Reynolds 3-18; Bartlett 2-21; Natson 2-19; K. Williams 2-15; Webb 2-7; Hill 1-17; Andersen 1-16; Van Leeuwen 1-8

USU Punt Returns: Jacobs 2-40USU KO Returns: Jacobs 1-21; Glover-Wright 1-23USU Interception Returns: Harold 1-0USU Tackle Leaders: Alston 5; Brady 5; Z. Vigil 5; C. Wil-liams 4; Fackrell 4.

UTAH STATE STARTERSOFFENSE DEFENSEWR Austin DE C. WilliamsLT Molina-Sanchez NG LasikeLG Markosian DE LapuahoC T. Larsen LB FilimoeatuRG Ky. Whimpey LB Z. VigilRT Schultz LB DoughtyTE Bartlett LB FackrellQB Keeton CB LawsonRB K. Williams FS BradyWR Jacobs SS SuteraWR Reynolds CB Davis

Sophomore running back Joe Hill rushed for a career-high 116 yards and scored a career-best three touchdowns on a career-high 11 carries to lead Utah State past Southern Utah, 34-3

Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton was 22-of-25 passing for a career-high 304 yards to go along with two touchdown passes against the Thunderbirds.


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2012 UTAH STATE OVERALL STATISTICS & RESULTS

The Automated ScoreBookUtah State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 17, 2012)

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Date Opponent Score Att.Aug 30, 2012 SOUTHERN UTAH W 34-3 17009Sep 07, 2012 UTAH W 27-20 25513Sep 15, 2012 at Wisconsin L 14-16 79332Sep 22, 2012 at Colorado State W 31-19 23374Sep 29, 2012 UNLV W 35-13 24226Oct 05, 2012 at BYU L 3-6 63086

* Oct 13, 2012 at San Jose State W 49-27 15168* Oct 20, 2012 NEW MEXICO STATE W 41-7 17001* Oct 27, 2012 at UTSA W 48-17 23519* Nov 03, 2012 TEXAS STATE W 38-7 17222* Nov 17, 2012 at #19 Louisiana Tech W 48-41 25614

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gWilliams, Kerwy 11 183 1219 52 1167 6.4 11 86 106.1Keeton, Chuckie 11 113 626 99 527 4.7 6 76 47.9Hill, Joe 10 34 223 3 220 6.5 5 33 22.0Lee, Kelvin 9 29 134 4 130 4.5 0 24 14.4Marshall, Rober 7 17 79 5 74 4.4 0 16 10.6Glover-Wright, 11 11 69 3 66 6.0 0 14 6.0Natson, Bruce 10 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 8 1.5Larsen, B.J. 11 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 10 1.0Toure, Abou 1 2 9 3 6 3.0 0 9 6.0Kennedy, Adam 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.7Harrison, Craig 6 3 6 8 -2 -0.7 0 5 -0.3Jacobs, Chuck 11 3 5 12 -7 -2.3 0 3 -0.6TEAM 9 12 0 35 -35 -2.9 0 0 -3.9Total 11 412 2401 224 2177 5.3 22 86 197.9Opponents 11 409 1510 331 1179 2.9 6 33 107.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gKeeton, Chuckie 11 159.10 237-351-7 67.5 3011 25 86 273.7Harrison, Craig 6 170.45 7-8-0 87.5 79 0 37 13.2Glover-Wright, 11 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 0.8Kennedy, Adam 3 100.00 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0Webb, Cameron 11 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0TEAM 9 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 11 157.80 246-363-8 67.8 3099 25 86 281.7Opponents 11 111.26 226-410-9 55.1 2483 12 52 225.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gWilliams, Kerwy 11 39 624 16.0 4 86 56.7Austin, Matt 11 38 611 16.1 5 61 55.5Bartlett, Kelle 11 35 249 7.1 4 21 22.6Jacobs, Chuck 11 32 528 16.5 5 64 48.0Webb, Cameron 11 23 263 11.4 1 36 23.9Reynolds, Travi 11 21 202 9.6 1 24 18.4Natson, Bruce 10 13 116 8.9 1 23 11.6Van Leeuwen, Tr 11 12 143 11.9 1 28 13.0Hill, Joe 10 10 183 18.3 2 65 18.3Tialavea, D.J. 10 6 31 5.2 1 10 3.1Glover-Wright, 11 5 24 4.8 0 12 2.2Marshall, Rober 7 4 34 8.5 0 12 4.9Swindall, Brand 8 3 19 6.3 0 9 2.4Lee, Kelvin 9 2 42 21.0 0 37 4.7Andersen, Keega 11 2 21 10.5 0 16 1.9Gunderson, Lars 3 1 9 9.0 0 9 3.0Total 11 246 3099 12.6 25 86 281.7Opponents 11 226 2483 11.0 12 52 225.7

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkWarren, Brock 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0Thompson, Josh 4-6 66.7 0-0 2-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 32 0Diaz, Nick 7-10 70.0 0-0 2-3 2-2 2-3 1-2 53 1

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsWilliams, Kerwy 15 - - - - - - - 90Diaz, Nick - 7-10 29-29 - - - - - 50Hill, Joe 7 - - - - - - - 42Keeton, Chuckie 6 - - - - - - - 36Jacobs, Chuck 5 - - - - - - - 30Austin, Matt 5 - - - - - - - 30Bartlett, Kelle 4 - - - - - - - 24Thompson, Josh - 4-6 11-12 - - - - - 23Natson, Bruce 1 - - - - - - - 6Reynolds, Travi 1 - - - - - - - 6Van Leeuwen, Tr 1 - - - - - - - 6Webb, Cameron 1 - - - - - - - 6Christensen, Cl 1 - - - - - - - 6Tialavea, D.J. 1 - - - - - - - 6Warren, Brock - 0-1 5-6 - - - - - 5TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2Bentrude, Jaron - - - 0-1 - - - - 0Total 48 11-17 45-47 0-1 - - - 1 368Opponents 20 13-18 17-19 - - 0-1 - - 176

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalUtah State 117 106 86 45 14 368Opponents 6 42 84 44 0 176

Record: Overall Home Away NeutralAll games 9-2 5-0 4-2 0-0Conference 5-0 2-0 3-0 0-0Non-Conference 4-2 3-0 1-2 0-0

Team Statistics USU OPPFIRST DOWNS 231 207 R u s h i n g 97 72 P a s s i n g 124 107 P e n a l t y 10 28RUSHING YARDAGE 2177 1179 Rushing Attempts 412 409 Average Per Rush 5.3 2.9 Average Per Game 197.9 107.2 TDs Rushing 22 6PASSING YARDAGE 3099 2483 C o m p - A t t - I n t 246-363-8 226-410-9 Average Per Pass 8.5 6.1 Average Per Catch 12.6 11.0 Average Per Game 281.7 225.7 TDs Passing 25 12TOTAL OFFENSE 5276 3662 Average Per Play 6.8 4.5 Average Per Game 479.6 332.9KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 31-655 41-876PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 26-275 13-111INT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-54 8-13FUMBLES-LOST 18-9 9-5PENALTIES-Yards 78-817 65-535PUNTS-AVG 55-41.7 82-41.5TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 4 1 3 1 : 1 93RD-DOWN Conversions 72/159 61/1864TH-DOWN Conversions 5/9 7/15

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgDavis, Will 4 41 10.2 0 35Fackrell, Kyler 2 10 5.0 0 8Alston, Terrenc 1 3 3.0 0 3Doughty, Jake 1 0 0.0 0 0Harold, La'Brad 1 0 0.0 0 0

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkBennett, Tyler 53 2233 42.1 59 3 22 26 10 0Bentrude, Jaron 2 58 29.0 39 1 0 0 0 0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgWebb, Cameron 22 195 8.9 0 44Jacobs, Chuck 2 40 20.0 0 30Glover-Wright, 1 7 7.0 0 0Vigil, Zach 1 33 33.0 0 0Christensen, Cl 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 26 275 10.6 1 44Opponents 13 111 8.5 1 82

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgJacobs, Chuck 18 418 23.2 0 55Glover-Wright, 6 119 19.8 0 35Reynolds, Travi 4 69 17.2 0 32Marshall, Rober 1 16 16.0 0 16Williams, Kerwy 1 16 16.0 0 16Court, Jefferso 1 17 17.0 0 17Total 31 655 21.1 0 55Opponents 41 876 21.4 1 98

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gWilliams, Kerwy 11 1167 624 0 16 0 1807 164.3Jacobs, Chuck 11 -7 528 40 418 0 979 89.0Austin, Matt 11 0 611 0 0 0 611 55.5Keeton, Chuckie 11 527 0 0 0 0 527 47.9Webb, Cameron 11 0 263 195 0 0 458 41.6Total 11 2177 3099 275 655 54 6260 569.1


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2012 UTAH STATE TEAM STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBookUtah State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 17, 2012)

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Team Statistics USU OPPSCORING 368 176 Points Per Game 33.5 16.0FIRST DOWNS 231 207 R u s h i n g 97 72 P a s s i n g 124 107 P e n a l t y 10 28RUSHING YARDAGE 2177 1179 Yards gained rushing 2401 1510 Yards lost rushing 224 331 Rushing Attempts 412 409 Average Per Rush 5.3 2.9 Average Per Game 197.9 107.2 TDs Rushing 22 6PASSING YARDAGE 3099 2483 C o m p - A t t - I n t 246-363-8 226-410-9 Average Per Pass 8.5 6.1 Average Per Catch 12.6 11.0 Average Per Game 281.7 225.7 TDs Passing 25 12TOTAL OFFENSE 5276 3662 Total Plays 775 819 Average Per Play 6.8 4.5 Average Per Game 479.6 332.9KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 31-655 41-876PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 26-275 13-111INT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-54 8-13KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.1 21.4PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.6 8.5INT RETURN AVERAGE 6.0 1.6FUMBLES-LOST 18-9 9-5PENALTIES-Yards 78-817 65-535 Average Per Game 74.3 48.6PUNTS-Yards 55-2291 82-3400 Average Per Punt 41.7 41.5 Net punt average 38.2 36.4KICKOFFS-Yards 67-4251 42-2604 Average Per Kick 63.4 62.0 Net kick average 52.5 40.5TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 4 1 3 1 : 1 93RD-DOWN Conversions 72/159 61/186 3rd-Down Pct 45% 33%4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/9 7/15 4th-Down Pct 56% 47%SACKS BY-Yards 36-249 16-95MISC YARDS 32 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 48 20FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 11-17 13-18ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1RED-ZONE SCORES (35-44) 80% (24-38) 63%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (27-44) 61% (13-38) 34%PAT-ATTEMPTS (45-47) 96% (17-19) 89%ATTENDANCE 100971 230093 Games/Avg Per Game 5/20194 6/38349 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalUtah State 117 106 86 45 14 368Opponents 6 42 84 44 0 176


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2012 UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBookUtah State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 17, 2012)

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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gWilliams, Kerwy 11 183 1219 52 1167 6.4 11 86 106.1Keeton, Chuckie 11 113 626 99 527 4.7 6 76 47.9Hill, Joe 10 34 223 3 220 6.5 5 33 22.0Lee, Kelvin 9 29 134 4 130 4.5 0 24 14.4Marshall, Rober 7 17 79 5 74 4.4 0 16 10.6Glover-Wright, 11 11 69 3 66 6.0 0 14 6.0Natson, Bruce 10 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 8 1.5Larsen, B.J. 11 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 10 1.0Toure, Abou 1 2 9 3 6 3.0 0 9 6.0Kennedy, Adam 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.7Harrison, Craig 6 3 6 8 -2 -0.7 0 5 -0.3Jacobs, Chuck 11 3 5 12 -7 -2.3 0 3 -0.6TEAM 9 12 0 35 -35 -2.9 0 0 -3.9Total 11 412 2401 224 2177 5.3 22 86 197.9Opponents 11 409 1510 331 1179 2.9 6 33 107.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gKeeton, Chuckie 11 159.10 237-351-7 67.5 3011 25 86 273.7Harrison, Craig 6 170.45 7-8-0 87.5 79 0 37 13.2Webb, Cameron 11 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Kennedy, Adam 3 100.00 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0Glover-Wright, 11 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 0.8TEAM 9 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 11 157.80 246-363-8 67.8 3099 25 86 281.7Opponents 11 111.26 226-410-9 55.1 2483 12 52 225.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gWilliams, Kerwy 11 39 624 16.0 4 86 56.7Austin, Matt 11 38 611 16.1 5 61 55.5Bartlett, Kelle 11 35 249 7.1 4 21 22.6Jacobs, Chuck 11 32 528 16.5 5 64 48.0Webb, Cameron 11 23 263 11.4 1 36 23.9Reynolds, Travi 11 21 202 9.6 1 24 18.4Natson, Bruce 10 13 116 8.9 1 23 11.6Van Leeuwen, Tr 11 12 143 11.9 1 28 13.0Hill, Joe 10 10 183 18.3 2 65 18.3Tialavea, D.J. 10 6 31 5.2 1 10 3.1Glover-Wright, 11 5 24 4.8 0 12 2.2Marshall, Rober 7 4 34 8.5 0 12 4.9Swindall, Brand 8 3 19 6.3 0 9 2.4Lee, Kelvin 9 2 42 21.0 0 37 4.7Andersen, Keega 11 2 21 10.5 0 16 1.9Gunderson, Lars 3 1 9 9.0 0 9 3.0Total 11 246 3099 12.6 25 86 281.7Opponents 11 226 2483 11.0 12 52 225.7

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgWebb, Cameron 22 195 8.9 0 44Jacobs, Chuck 2 40 20.0 0 30Glover-Wright, 1 7 7.0 0 0Vigil, Zach 1 33 33.0 0 0Christensen, Cl 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 26 275 10.6 1 44Opponents 13 111 8.5 1 82

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgDavis, Will 4 41 10.2 0 35Fackrell, Kyler 2 10 5.0 0 8Harold, La'Brad 1 0 0.0 0 0Alston, Terrenc 1 3 3.0 0 3Doughty, Jake 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 9 54 6.0 0 35Opponents 8 13 1.6 0 9

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgJacobs, Chuck 18 418 23.2 0 55Glover-Wright, 6 119 19.8 0 35Reynolds, Travi 4 69 17.2 0 32Williams, Kerwy 1 16 16.0 0 16Marshall, Rober 1 16 16.0 0 16Court, Jefferso 1 17 17.0 0 17Total 31 655 21.1 0 55Opponents 41 876 21.4 1 98

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0


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The Automated ScoreBookUtah State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 17, 2012)

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PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsWilliams, Kerwy 15 - - - - - - - 90Diaz, Nick - 7-10 29-29 - - - - - 50Hill, Joe 7 - - - - - - - 42Keeton, Chuckie 6 - - - - - - - 36Jacobs, Chuck 5 - - - - - - - 30Austin, Matt 5 - - - - - - - 30Bartlett, Kelle 4 - - - - - - - 24Thompson, Josh - 4-6 11-12 - - - - - 23Natson, Bruce 1 - - - - - - - 6Webb, Cameron 1 - - - - - - - 6Van Leeuwen, Tr 1 - - - - - - - 6Reynolds, Travi 1 - - - - - - - 6Tialavea, D.J. 1 - - - - - - - 6Christensen, Cl 1 - - - - - - - 6Warren, Brock - 0-1 5-6 - - - - - 5TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2Bentrude, Jaron - - - 0-1 - - - - 0Total 48 11-17 45-47 0-1 - - - 1 368Opponents 20 13-18 17-19 - - 0-1 - - 176

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gKeeton, Chuckie 11 464 527 3011 3538 321.6Williams, Kerwy 11 183 1167 0 1167 106.1Hill, Joe 10 34 220 0 220 22.0Lee, Kelvin 9 29 130 0 130 14.4Harrison, Craig 6 11 -2 79 77 12.8Glover-Wright, 11 12 66 9 75 6.8Marshall, Rober 7 17 74 0 74 10.6Natson, Bruce 10 2 15 0 15 1.5Larsen, B.J. 11 2 11 0 11 1.0Toure, Abou 1 2 6 0 6 6.0Kennedy, Adam 3 2 5 0 5 1.7Jacobs, Chuck 11 3 -7 0 -7 -0.6TEAM 9 13 -35 0 -35 -3.9Total 11 775 2177 3099 5276 479.6Opponents 11 819 1179 2483 3662 332.9

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkWarren, Brock 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0Thompson, Josh 4-6 66.7 0-0 2-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 32 0Diaz, Nick 7-10 70.0 0-0 2-3 2-2 2-3 1-2 53 1

FG Sequence Utah State OpponentsSouthern Utah - (22)Utah 45 (42),(40),52Wisconsin 37 (19),36Colorado State (20) (28),(31)UNLV (32),(31) (24),(26)BYU (26),38 34San Jose State - (25),(26)New Mexico State (53),(48),44 42UTSA (22),(24) (29)Texas State (48),50 -Louisiana Tech 28,(38),(30) (36),43,(32)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkBennett, Tyler 53 2233 42.1 59 3 22 26 10 0Bentrude, Jaron 2 58 29.0 39 1 0 0 0 0Total 55 2291 41.7 59 4 22 26 10 0Opponents 82 3400 41.5 72 7 33 20 19 2

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnBentrude, Jaron 56 3566 63.7 22 0Warren, Brock 6 385 64.2 1 0Haueter, Jacob 3 190 63.3 1 1Thompson, Josh 2 110 55.0 1 0Total 67 4251 63.4 25 1 21.4 41.0 23Opponents 42 2604 62.0 10 1 21.1 40.5 24


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2012 UTAH STATE DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBookUtah State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 17, 2012)

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf51 Doughty, Jake 11 28 61 89 3.5-13 1.0-9 1-0 3 2 1-0 . . .53 Vigil, Zach 11 29 58 87 9.0-38 5.0-34 . 1 4 . 1 1 .36 Brady, McKade 11 35 52 87 2.0-5 . . 3 1 . 1 . .52 Fackrell, Kyler 11 26 47 73 7.5-23 2.5-15 2-10 2 7 1-0 1 1 .21 Suite, Brian 11 30 39 69 . . . 6 1 . . . .1 Lawson, Nevin 11 44 16 60 4.0-22 2.0-17 . 7 1 . . . .55 Filimoeatu, Boj 11 18 34 52 7.5-36 3.5-29 . 1 11 . 1 . .17 Davis, Will 11 36 16 52 4.5-14 . 4-41 16 3 . . . .1G McMillian, Tava 11 15 18 33 4.0-21 2.0-19 . 2 . . . . .90 Lapuaho, Al 11 11 20 31 4.5-22 3.0-20 . 1 4 . . . .97 Nielsen, Jordan 11 9 19 28 5.0-30 4.5-29 . 1 3 . . 2 .45 Cowdin, Cade 10 8 20 28 1.0-2 . . . . . . . .40 Williams, Conno 11 13 13 26 6.0-30 5.0-28 . . 2 . . . .5 Alston, Terrenc 11 12 11 23 2.0-11 1.0-10 1-3 8 1 . . . .56 Pataiali'i, AJ 11 3 16 19 1.5-11 1.0-10 . 1 . 1-0 . . .99 Larsen, B.J. 11 7 9 16 3.0-20 2.0-17 . . 2 . . . .46 Sutera, Frankie 11 4 11 15 1.0-3 1.0-3 . 1 . . . . .48 Piukala, Paul 10 2 12 14 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . 1 .20 Glover-Wright, 11 7 7 14 . . . . 1 . . 1 .57 Lasike, Havea 11 2 10 12 1.5-4 1.0-3 . . . . . . .70 Seefeldt, Travi 10 2 6 8 . . . . . 1-0 . . .15 Robertson, Juma 9 2 5 7 . . . 3 . . . . .6 Stewart, Rashar 10 5 2 7 . . . 1 . . . . .23 Okonkwo, Michae 9 2 3 5 1.0-4 1.0-4 . . . . . . .12 Thompson, Terre 8 2 3 5 0.5-2 0.5-2 . 1 2 . . . .89 Needham, Nate 11 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .0C Sanders, Camero 7 1 3 4 . . . . . 1-0 . . .26 Christensen, Cl 10 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .13 Jackson, Ladale 7 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .3 Byrd, Quinton 3 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .29 Lee, Kelvin 9 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .28 DeMartino, Joey 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .42 Harold, La'Brad 7 2 . 2 1.0-1 . 1-0 . . . . . .38 Bentrude, Jaron 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .63 Warren, Brock 2 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .96 Kamana-Matagi, Elvis 10 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .49 Dabb, Forrest 9 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .2H Hamala, Dee 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .58 Larsen, Tyler 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .16 Keeton, Chuckie 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .92 Keller, Derek 6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .2 Kennedy, Adam 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .7 Van Leeuwen, Tr 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .85 Swindall, Brand 8 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .91 Tialavea, D.J. 10 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Total 11 374 524 898 71-313 36-249 9-54 60 45 5-0 4 6 1Opponents 11 412 424 836 52-201 16-95 8-13 39 23 9-0 15 1 .


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2012 UTAH STATE TEAM/OPPONENT STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBookUtah State Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 17, 2012)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offAug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 53 275 3 33 23 304 2 48 23-26-1 304 2 48 2 44 0 23 2 40 0 30 579Sep 07 UTAH 35 164 1 34 22 216 2 28 22-32-0 216 2 28 4 71 0 35 6 78 1 24 380Sep 15 at Wisconsin 35 127 0 12 18 181 2 39 18-35-0 181 2 39 2 30 0 18 2 21 0 16 308Sep 22 at Colorado State 41 262 3 58 23 178 1 25 23-30-2 178 1 25 1 55 0 55 2 9 0 9 440Sep 29 UNLV 35 138 0 38 22 426 4 74 22-35-1 426 4 74 1 39 0 39 2 5 0 4 564Oct 05 at BYU 24 41 0 12 22 202 0 16 22-39-1 202 0 16 2 27 0 16 1 6 0 6 243Oct 13 at San Jose State 24 212 4 86 26 273 3 47 26-35-0 273 3 47 5 89 0 32 1 0 0 0 485Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 36 256 3 76 17 260 2 76 17-27-0 260 2 76 2 49 0 25 3 48 0 44 516Oct 27 at UTSA 37 128 3 68 32 394 3 42 32-42-1 394 3 42 4 87 0 28 4 47 0 25 522Nov 03 TEXAS STATE 47 268 1 60 21 325 4 64 21-28-2 325 4 64 2 36 0 19 2 10 0 7 593Nov 17 at Louisiana Tech 45 306 4 42 20 340 2 86 20-34-0 340 2 86 6 128 0 32 1 11 0 11 646Utah State 412 2177 22 86 246 3099 25 86 246-363-8 3099 25 86 31 655 0 55 26 275 1 44 5276Opponents 409 1179 6 33 226 2483 12 52 226-410-9 2483 12 52 41 876 1 98 13 111 1 82 3662

Games played: 11 Avg per rush: 5.3 Avg per catch: 12.6 Pass efficiency: 157.80 Kick ret avg: 21.1 Punt ret avg: 10.6 All purpose avg/game: 569.1 Total offense avg/gm: 479.6

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT AttemptsDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf ptsAug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 18 46 64 5.0-16 2.0-12 0 0-0 1-0 5 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 34Sep 07 UTAH 20 76 96 6.0-33 3.0-28 0 1-0 0-0 7 9 1 3-4 0 0 0 27Sep 15 at Wisconsin 36 30 66 5.0-14 1.0-9 1 1-0 0-0 2 5 1 2-2 0 0 0 14Sep 22 at Colorado State 38 32 70 10.0-28 5.0-19 0 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 31Sep 29 UNLV 22 72 94 7.0-29 3.0-23 0 0-0 1-3 11 7 0 3-4 0 0 1 35Oct 05 at BYU 53 34 87 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-8 1 6 1 0-0 0 0 0 3Oct 13 at San Jose State 59 38 97 15.0-107 13.0-102 2 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 7-7 0 0 0 49Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 22 68 90 7.0-28 3.0-19 1 1-0 1-35 8 8 1 5-5 0 0 0 41Oct 27 at UTSA 34 36 70 6.0-16 2.0-7 0 0-0 2-8 3 3 1 6-6 0 0 0 48Nov 03 TEXAS STATE 18 52 70 6.0-32 3.0-27 0 0-0 1-0 7 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 38Nov 17 at Louisiana Tech 54 40 94 4.0-10 1.0-3 0 1-0 2-0 0 7 1 6-6 0 0 0 48Utah State 374 524 898 71.0-313 36.0-249 4 5-0 9-54 45 60 6 45-47 0 0 1 368Opponents 412 424 836 52.0-201 16.0-95 15 9-0 8-13 23 39 1 17-19 0 0 0 176

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obAug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 3 120 40.0 42 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 385 64.2 1 1Sep 07 UTAH 9 408 45.3 59 0 1 3 3 4 0-1 0 0 4 255 63.8 2 0Sep 15 at Wisconsin 11 412 37.5 48 0 1 4 0 4 0-1 0 0 3 189 63.0 0 0Sep 22 at Colorado State 3 141 47.0 54 0 0 1 1 2 1-1 20 0 6 405 67.5 5 0Sep 29 UNLV 5 237 47.4 59 0 0 0 2 5 2-2 32 0 6 383 63.8 2 0Oct 05 at BYU 7 297 42.4 53 0 0 4 1 4 1-2 26 0 2 130 65.0 0 0Oct 13 at San Jose State 5 210 42.0 50 0 0 3 1 1 0-0 0 0 8 491 61.4 3 0Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 3 108 36.0 41 0 0 2 0 3 2-3 53 1 8 518 64.8 5 0Oct 27 at UTSA 3 101 33.7 44 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 24 0 9 542 60.2 1 0Nov 03 TEXAS STATE 1 57 57.0 57 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 48 0 7 449 64.1 5 0Nov 17 at Louisiana Tech 5 200 40.0 51 0 1 2 1 2 2-3 38 0 8 504 63.0 1 0Utah State 55 2291 41.7 59 0 4 22 10 26 11-17 53 1 67 4251 63.4 25 1Opponents 82 3400 41.5 72 2 7 33 19 20 13-18 42 3 42 2604 62.0 10 1


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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offAug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 27 56 0 15 12 153 0 29 12-31-1 153 0 29 4 78 0 25 0 0 0 0 209Sep 07 UTAH 42 96 0 15 19 229 2 30 19-39-0 229 2 30 2 34 0 35 2 3 0 2 325Sep 15 at Wisconsin 45 156 1 17 7 78 0 19 7-16-0 78 0 19 3 59 0 22 1 82 1 82 234Sep 22 at Colorado State 34 107 0 33 22 224 2 29 22-40-0 224 2 29 1 18 0 18 1 1 0 1 331Sep 29 UNLV 35 117 0 23 18 188 1 47 18-39-1 188 1 47 4 68 0 22 2 5 0 3 305Oct 05 at BYU 45 145 0 17 24 235 1 28 24-36-1 235 1 28 2 37 0 21 2 -2 0 0 380Oct 13 at San Jose State 41 4 0 14 38 467 3 50 38-51-0 467 3 50 5 103 0 33 1 -1 0 0 471Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 34 132 0 16 20 189 1 29 20-38-1 189 1 29 3 47 0 21 0 0 0 0 321Oct 27 at UTSA 28 51 1 9 21 248 1 44 21-36-2 248 1 44 8 138 0 22 1 -7 0 0 299Nov 03 TEXAS STATE 31 82 1 13 10 76 0 14 10-23-1 76 0 14 2 59 0 33 1 17 0 17 158Nov 17 at Louisiana Tech 47 233 3 15 35 396 1 52 35-61-2 396 1 52 7 235 1 98 2 13 0 7 629Opponents 409 1179 6 33 226 2483 12 52 226-410-9 2483 12 52 41 876 1 98 13 111 1 82 3662Utah State 412 2177 22 86 246 3099 25 86 246-363-8 3099 25 86 31 655 0 55 26 275 1 44 5276

Games played: 11 Avg per rush: 2.9 Avg per catch: 11.0 Pass efficiency: 111.26 Kick ret avg: 21.4 Punt ret avg: 8.5 All purpose avg/game: 423.8 Total offense avg/gm: 332.9

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT AttemptsDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf ptsAug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 34 74 108 8.0-31 2.0-19 2 1-0 1-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 3Sep 07 UTAH 40 40 80 5.0-16 2.0-9 4 2-0 0-0 4 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 20Sep 15 at Wisconsin 41 26 67 4.0-12 1.0-2 0 0-0 0-0 1 9 0 1-2 0 0 0 16Sep 22 at Colorado State 34 46 80 4.0-9 1.0-6 2 1-0 2-0 1 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 19Sep 29 UNLV 31 46 77 4.0-13 2.0-6 2 1-0 1-0 1 7 0 1-1 0 0 0 13Oct 05 at BYU 40 8 48 9.0-30 3.0-13 1 1-0 1-0 4 6 0 0-1 0 0 0 6Oct 13 at San Jose State 35 20 55 2.0-17 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 27Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 33 36 69 4.0-24 3.0-23 1 0-0 0-0 6 3 1 1-1 0 0 0 7Oct 27 at UTSA 47 32 79 5.0-25 1.0-10 1 1-0 1-0 4 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 17Nov 03 TEXAS STATE 38 54 92 5.0-14 0.0-0 1 1-0 2-13 1 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 7Nov 17 at Louisiana Tech 39 42 81 2.0-10 1.0-7 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 41Opponents 412 424 836 52.0-201 16.0-95 15 9-0 8-13 23 39 1 17-19 0 0 0 176Utah State 374 524 898 71.0-313 36.0-249 4 5-0 9-54 45 60 6 45-47 0 0 1 368

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obAug 30 SOUTHERN UTAH 9 411 45.7 72 0 0 4 3 4 1-1 22 0 2 130 65.0 0 0Sep 07 UTAH 11 526 47.8 64 1 1 3 6 1 2-3 42 0 4 240 60.0 0 0Sep 15 at Wisconsin 9 373 41.4 55 0 1 5 2 3 1-2 19 0 4 250 62.5 1 1Sep 22 at Colorado State 7 307 43.9 50 0 2 3 1 1 2-2 31 0 4 258 64.5 3 0Sep 29 UNLV 8 333 41.6 54 0 1 2 1 2 2-2 26 0 5 328 65.6 4 0Oct 05 at BYU 6 254 42.3 57 0 1 1 2 1 0-1 0 1 2 108 54.0 0 0Oct 13 at San Jose State 5 163 32.6 44 0 0 3 0 1 2-2 26 0 6 379 63.2 1 0Oct 20 NEW MEXICO STATE 6 264 44.0 57 0 1 2 1 1 0-1 0 1 2 129 64.5 0 0Oct 27 at UTSA 9 267 29.7 44 1 0 3 0 1 1-1 29 0 4 232 58.0 0 0Nov 03 TEXAS STATE 9 361 40.1 59 0 0 5 1 3 0-0 0 0 2 114 57.0 0 0Nov 17 at Louisiana Tech 3 141 47.0 54 0 0 2 2 2 2-3 36 1 7 436 62.3 1 0Opponents 82 3400 41.5 72 2 7 33 19 20 13-18 42 3 42 2604 62.0 10 1Utah State 55 2291 41.7 59 0 4 22 10 26 11-17 53 1 67 4251 63.4 25 1


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2012 UTAH STATE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSOFFENSE LT LG OC RG RT TE/WR* WR/TE* WR WR/RB* RB QBSo. Utah Molina-Sanchez Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Jacobs Austin Reynolds K. Williams Keeton Utah Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Hill* K. Williams Keetonat Wisconsin Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Jacobs Reynolds K. Williams Keeton at Colorado St. Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Webb Austin Reynolds K. Williams KeetonULNV Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Jacobs K. Williams Keetonat BYU Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Jacobs Marshall* K. Williams Keetonat SJSU Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Reynolds K. Williams KeetonNMSU Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Webb Austin Van Leeuwen K. Williams Keetonat UTSA Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Reynolds K. Williams KeetonTexas St. Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Bartlett Tialavea* Austin Reynolds K. Williams Keetonat La. Tech Kev. Whimpey Markosian Larsen Ky. Whimpey Schultz Reynolds* Jacobs Austin Hill* K. Williams KeetonIdaho

DEFENSE DE/CB* NG DE LB LB LB LB CB S S CBSo. Utah Lapuaho Lasike C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Sutera Brady LawsonUtah Lapuaho Lasike C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawsonat Wisconsin Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at Colorado St. Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady LawsonULNV Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at BYU Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawson at SJSU Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady LawsonNMSU Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawsonat UTSA Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady LawsonTexas St. Lapuaho Kamana-Matagi C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady Lawsonat La. Tech Lapuaho Pataiali’i C. Williams Filimoeatu Doughty Z. Vigil Fackrell Davis Suite Brady LawsonIdaho

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICSOFFENSE(att-yds-TD-LG) Rushing Passing (C-A-TD-YD-INT-LG) Total Off. FD TO Pen. Punts Time Pts.So. Utah 52-265-3-33 23-26-2-304-1-48 78-569-5-48 28 2 10-108 3-120 33:35 34 Utah 35-164-1-34 22-32-2-216-0-28 67-380-3-34 16 2 12-102 9-408 25:10 27at Wisconsin 35-127-0-12 18-35-2-181-0-39 70-308-2-39 13 0 7-70 11-412 26:55 14 at Colorado St. 41-262-3-58 23-30-1-178-2-25 71-440-4-58 24 3 5-68 3-141 31:04 31UNLV 35-138-0-38 22-35-4-426-1-74 70-564-4-74 21 2 9-123 5-237 27:55 35at BYU 24-41-0-12 22-39-0-202-1-16 63-243-0-16 16 2 7-44 7-297 25:11 3at SJSU 24-212-4-86 26-35-3-273-0-47 59-485-7-86 18 1 5-45 5-210 21:36 49NMSU 36-256-3-76 17-27-2-260-0-76 63-516-5-76 20 0 8-76 3-108 26:18 41at UTSA 37-128-3-68 27-36-3-394-1-42 79-522-6-68 23 2 5-51 3-101 32:46 48Texas St. 47-268-1-60 21-28-4-325-2-64 75-593-5-64 24 3 2-20 1-57 33:30 38at La. Tech 45-306-4-42 20-34-0-340-2-86 79-646-6-86 27 0 8-110 5-200 31:33 48Idaho DEFENSE(att-yds-TD-LG) Rushing Passing (C-A-TD-YD-INT-LG) Total Off. FD TO Pen. Punts Time Pts.So. Utah 27-56-0-15 12-31-0-153-1-29 58-209-0-29 12 1 4-35 9-411 26:25 3 Utah 42-96-0-15 19-39-2-229-0-30 81-325-2-30 19 1 10-87 11-526 34:50 20at Wisconsin 45-156-1-17 7-16-0-78-0-19 61-234-1-19 12 1 6-40 9-373 33:05 16at Colorado St. 34-107-0-33 22-40-2-224-0-29 74-331-2-33 18 0 4-37 7-307 28:56 19UNLV 35-117-0-23 18-39-1-188-1-47 74-305-1-47 19 1 5-50 8-333 32:05 13at BYU 45-145-0-17 24-36-1-235-1-28 81-380-1-28 20 1 6-50 6-254 34:49 6at SJSU 41-4-0-14 38-50-3-467-0-50 92-471-3-50 27 1 5-40 5-163 38:24 27NMSU 34-132-0-16 20-38-1-189-1-29 72-321-1-29 21 2 1-15 6-264 33:42 7at UTSA 28-51-1-9 21-36-1-248-2-44 64-299-2-44 13 2 8-59 9-267 27:14 17Texas St. 31-82-1-13 10-23-0-76-1-14 54-158-1-14 9 1 7-66 9-361 26:30 7at La. Tech 47-233-3-15 35-61-1-396-1-52 108-629-4-52 37 3 9-56 3-141 28:27 41Idaho RUSHING(att-yds-TD-LG) Hill Keeton Kennedy Lee Marshall Toure K. WilliamsSo. Utah 11-116-3-33 7-3-0-14 1-5-0-5 6-20-0-7 9-53-0-16 2-6-0-9 15-63-0-21 Utah 0-0-0-0 17-86-0-23 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 17-95-1-34at Wisconsin 1-3-0-3 15-75-0-12 DNP DNP 2-5-0-3 DNP 16-43-0-11at Colorado St. 2-16-1-15 12-38-0-12 DNP DNP 3-8-0-6 DNP 21-205-2-58UNLV 1-1-0-1 6-4-0-7 DNP 2-6-0-6 3-8-0-10 DNP 20-113-0-38at BYU DNP 10-23-0-12 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 14-18-0-7at SJSU 0-0-0-0 6-47-1-28 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 15-176-3-86NMSU 4-17-0-7 7-81-2-76 DNP 5-46-0-24 DNP DNP 13-82-1-25at UTSA 7-21-1-7 6-1-0-6 DNP 9-19-0-4 DNP DNP 13-90-2-68Texas St. 3-26-0-21 10-48-1-16 DNP 7-39-0-9 DNP DNP 19-120-0-60at La. Tech 5-20-0-8 17-121-2-25 DNP DNP DNP DNP 20-162-2-42IdahoOthers: Glover Wright (vs. Texas St., 5-22-0-10); Harrison (vs. Texas St., 2-6-0-5); Natson (vs. Texas St., 1-7-0-7)


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PASSING (c-a-i-yds-TD-LG) Harrison Keeton Kennedy So. Utah 0-0-0-0-0-0 22-25-1-304-2-48 1-1-0-0-0-0 Utah DNP 22-32-0-216-2-28 DNP at Wisconsin DNP 18-34-0-181-2-39 DNP at Colorado St. DNP 23-30-2-178-1-25 DNP UNLV 1-1-0-22-0-22 21-34-1-404-4-74 DNP at BYU 0-0-0-0-0-0 22-38-0-202-0-16 DNP at SJSU DNP 26-35-0-273-3-47 DNPNMSU 1-1-0-3-0-3 16-26-0-257-2-76 DNPat UTSA 5-6-0-54-0-37 27-36-1-340-3-42 DNPTexas St. 0-0-0-0-0-0 20-27-2-316-4-64 DNPat La. Tech DNP 20-34-0-340-2-86 DNPIdaho Others: Glover-Wright (vs. Texas St., 1-1-0-9-0-9); Webb (at BYU, 0-1-1-0-0-0)

RECEIVING(no-yds-TD-LG) Andersen Austin Bartlett Hill Jacobs Natson Reynolds Tialavea Van Leeuwen Webb K. WilliamsSo. Utah 1-16-0-16 5-119-1-39 2-21-0-13 1-17-0-17 4-64-1-48 2-19-0-10 3-18-0-11 DNP 1-8-0-8 2-7-0-7 2-15-0-9Utah 0-0-0-0 2-28-0-23 8-47-1-11 1-15-1-15 2-18-0-16 0-0-0-0 3-35-0-24 0-0-0-0 1-28-0-28 2-18-0-12 0-0-0-0at Wisconsin 0-0-0-0 2-16-1-11 1-5-0-5 0-0-0-0 6-41-0-12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-41-0-12 6-78-1-39at Colorado St. 0-0-0-0 6-75-1-25 3-21-0-9 2-(-2)-0-1 1-6-0-6 1-3-0-3 1-7-0-7 0-0-0-0 4-37-0-18 1-10-0-0 3-22-0-10UNLV 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-33-0-21 3-88-0-65 4-101-2-50 1-22-0-22 2-24-0-15 2-11-1-10 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 7-147-1-74at BYU 0-0-0-0 7-72-0-15 2-23-0-16 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-22-0-12 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-25-0-13 5-39-0-13at SJSU 0-0-0-0 6-93-1-47 3-28-0-11 0-0-0-0 3-32-1-17 2-10-0-6 2-11-0-6 0-0-0-0 2-32-1-21 2-22-0-14 4-30-0-13NMSU 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-1 4-18-0-8 0-0-0-0 4-94-1-49 DNP 2-25-0-14 0-0-0-0 1-3-0-3 2-25-0-13 3-94-1-76at UTSA 1-5-0-5 2-21-0-12 5-39-1-18 3-65-1-42 2-20-0-12 4-29-0-15 1-15-0-15 0-0-0-0 2-16-0-12 5-59-1-29 3-69-0-34Texas St. 0-0-0-0 4-124-1-61 3-11-1-9 0-0-0-0 2-70-0-64 2-30-1-23 2-11-1-7 1-8-0-8 0-0-0-0 4-56-0-26 2-6-0-6at La. Tech 0-0-0-0 3-62-0-39 1-3-1-3 0-0-0-0 4-82-0-43 1-3-0-3 3-34-0-19 3-12-0-6 1-19-0-19 0-0-0-0 4-125-1-86IdahoOthers: Glover-Wright (at CSU, 1-[-1]-0-0; at BYU, 2-10-0-12; at UTSA, 2-15-0-15); Gunderson (vs. Texas St., 1-9-0-9); Lee (at UTSA, 2-42-0-37); Marshall (Utah, 1-11-0-11; at BYU, 2-11-0-11); Swindall (Utah, 2-16-0-9)

FIELD GOALS (underlined are good) (made-att) Bentrude Diaz Thompson WarrenSo. Utah None None None NoneUtah None None None 45at Wisconsin None None 37 Noneat Colorado St. None None 20 NoneUNLV None None 32, 31 Noneat BYU None None 26, 38 Noneat SJSU None None None NoneNMSU None 53, 48, 44^ None Noneat UTSA None 22, 24 None NoneTexas St. None 48, 50 None Noneat La. Tech None 28, 38, 30 None NoneIdaho^ = Blocked

KICKOFF RETURNS (no-yds-TD-LG) Glover-Wright Jacobs Reynolds Marshall Court K. WilliamsSo. Utah 1-23-0-23 2-21-0-18 None None None NoneUtah 3-66-0-35 None 1-5-0-5 None None Noneat Wisconsin 2-30-0-18 None None None None Noneat Colorado St. None 1-55-0-55 None None None NoneUNLV None 1-39-0-39 None None None Noneat BYU None 1-11-0-11 None 1-16-0-16 None Noneat SJSU None 3-44-0-16 2-45-0-32 None None NoneNMSU None 2-49-0-25 None None None Noneat UTSA None 4-87-0-28 None None None NoneTexas St. None None 1-19-0-19 None 1-17-0-17 Noneat La. Tech None 5-122-0-32 None None None 1-16-0-16Idaho

PUNT RETURNS (no-yds-TD-LG) Jacobs Webb Z. Vigil Glover-WrightSo. Utah 2-40-0-30 None None NoneUtah None 5-45-0-24 1-33-0-0^ Noneat Wisconsin None 2-21-0-16 None None at Colorado St. None 2-9-0-9 None NoneUNLV None 2-5-0-4 None Noneat BYU None 1-6-0-6 None Noneat SJSU None 1-0-0-0 None NoneNMSU None 3-48-0-44 None Noneat UTSA None 3-40-0-25 None 1-7-0-7Texas St. None 2-10-0-7 None Noneat La. Tech None 1-11-0-11 None NoneIdaho^ = Blocked Punt


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DEFENSIVE TACKLES (S-A-Total)Defensive Line Lapuaho Larsen Lasike Matagi Nielsen Pataiali`i Piukala Seefeldt C. WilliamsSo. Utah 1-1-2 1-1-2 0-3-3 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-2-2 0-1-1 1-3-4 Utah 0-5-5 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1at Wisconsin 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-0-0 3-1-4at Colorado State 2-1-3 0-3-3 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3UNLV 1-1-2 1-1-2 0-2-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-4-4 0-1-1 0-3-3 0-1-1at BYU 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-5at SJSU 2-0-2 2-0-2 1-1-2 0-1-1 2-2-4 1-3-4 0-4-4 0-1-1 3-0-3NMSU 1-4-5 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0at UTSA 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-2 1-0-1 1-0-1Texas St. 0-3-3 1-3-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-7-7 0-2-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-2-2at La. Tech 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-3-5 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2Idaho

Linebackers Cowdin Doughty Fackrell Filimoeatu Harold McMillian Okonkwo T. Thompson Z. Vigil So. Utah 0-1-1 0-3-3 0-4-4 0-3-3 2-0-2 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-4-5 Utah 0-2-2 1-8-9 1-10-11 4-8-12 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-10-10at Wisconsin 0-2-2 1-3-4 2-2-4 3-3-6 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-3-7at Colorado State 3-2-5 1-4-5 1-1-2 3-1-4 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 6-1-7UNLV 0-0-0 2-11-13 0-5-5 0-7-7 0-0-0 0-4-4 0-1-1 0-2-2 2-8-10at BYU 1-2-3 2-3-5 4-6-10 1-1-2 0-0-0 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-4-10at SJSU 0-0-0 4-5-9 7-4-11 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-5-10 NMSU 0-3-3 2-8-10 1-7-8 2-4-6 0-0-0 3-1-4 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-5-6at UTSA 2-4-6 4-3-7 2-5-7 1-2-3 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 3-3-6Texas St. 0-2-2 0-6-6 1-3-4 0-4-4 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-6-6at La. Tech 2-2-4 11-7-18 7-0-7 1-1-2 0-0-0 3-2-5 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-9-10Idaho

Secondary Alston Brady Byrd Davis Glover-Wright Lawson Robertson Sanders Stewart Suite SuteraSo. Utah 5-0-5 1-4-5 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-2 1-2-3 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-3-3 DNP Utah 0-2-2 2-8-10 1-1-2 4-2-6 0-0-0 1-6-7 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-1-3 0-3-3 DNPat Wisconsin 0-1-1 2-6-8 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 5-0-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 9-4-13 DNP at Colorado State 0-0-0 5-5-10 DNP 1-3-4 0-0-0 4-1-5 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-4-6 2-0-2UNLV 0-0-0 0-6-6 DNP 6-1-7 1-0-1 5-0-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-7-8 1-4-5at BYU 2-0-2 11-3-14 DNP 4-1-5 1-0-1 6-0-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 5-4-9 0-0-0at SJSU 2-1-3 6-4-10 DNP 6-0-6 1-0-1 7-1-8 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-5 0-1-1 NMSU 1-3-4 1-6-7 DNP 3-5-8 0-2-2 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-6 1-4-5at UTSA 1-1-2 2-2-4 DNP 3-1-4 0-1-1 4-1-5 0-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-6 0-2-2Texas St. 0-0-0 3-4-7 DNP 4-1-5 0-3-3 3-1-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-0at La. Tech 1-3-4 2-4-6 DNP 3-2-5 2-0-2 6-1-7 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 7-0-7 0-0-0IdahoOthers: Bentrude (UNLV, at LaTech 2-0-2); Christensen (SJSU, at LaTech 2-1-3) Dabb (NMSU, 0-1-1); DeMartino (at UTSA, 1-0-1; vs. Texas St., 0-1-1); Jackson (UNLV, 0-1-1; at BYU, 1-0-1;NMSU 1-0-1); Keeton (vs. Texas St., 1-0-1); Keller (Southern Utah, 0-1-1); Larsen (vs. Texas St., 1-0-1); Lee (at UTSA, at LaTech 2-0-2); Marshall (at UTSA, 0-1-1); Needham (Utah, 0-2-2; CSU 1-0-1; UNLV 0-1-1); Tialavea (UNLV, 0-1-1); Van Leewan (CSU, 1-0-1); Warren (Southern Utah, 1-0-1; Utah, 1-0-1);

DEFENSIVE SPECIAL PLAYSOpponent Sacks Int. FF FR PBU QBHSo. Utah Alston, C. Williams Harold --- --- Davis, Doughty Filimoeatu, Lapuaho Robertson, T. Thompson Nielsen, Suite, C. WilliamsUtah Nielsen (2), Filimoeatu --- --- Seefeldt Davis (4), Alston (3) Filimoeatu (2), Fackrell (2) Lawson, Z. Vigil Lapuaho, Nielsen, Alstonat Wisconsin Z. Vigil --- Z. Vigil Doughty Suite, Lawson (2), Alston, Sutera Z. Vigil (2)at Colorado State Vigil (2), C. Williams, --- --- --- Brady, Suite, Filimoeatu Sutera, Lasike Davis (3) UNLV Lapuaho, B.J. Larsen Alston --- --- Davis (2), Suite, Alston Fackrell (3), Filimoeatu (2) Filimoeatu (.5) Robertson, Jackson B.J. Larsen (2), Z. Vigil, Davis T. Thompson (.5) Filimoeatu Brady, T. Thompsonat BYU -- Fackrell -- -- Suite, Lawson, Davis Filimoeatu McMillian, Lapuahoat SJSU Fackrell (2), Lawson (2) --- Fackrell Fackrell Doughty (2), Fackrell None Nielsen (2), C. Williams (2) Brady Doughty, Filimoeatu, Lapuaho, Pataiali’i DoughtyNMSU Vigil, McMillian, Davis Filimoeatu Pataiali’i Alston (2), McMillian Filimoeatu (3),Doughty, Fackrell, Okonkwo Suite, Brady, Davis Lawson, Glover-Wright, Williamsat UTSA Lapuaho, C. Williams Fackrell -- -- Suite, Piukala Lapuaho (2), Doughty Davis Glover-WrightTexas St. McMillian, B.J. Larsen Davis -- -- Davis, Lawson Davis (2), Nielsen, Lawson Fackrell (.5), Nielsen (.5) Fackrell, Filimoeatu, T. Thompsonat La. Tech Filimoeatu Davis -- Sanders Lawson (2), Brady Doughty Davis (2), Alston Pataiali’i Idaho* = Returned for TD


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2012 UTAH STATE MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

2012 CAPTAINSNO NAME YR POS 1 Nevin Lawson JR CB 2 Adam Kennedy SR QB 3 Quinton Byrd SR CB 4 Matt Austin SR WR 16 Chuckie Keeton SO QB 16 Tavaris McMillian SO LB 21 Brain Suite SO S 22 Keegan Andersen SO TE 23 Michael Okonkwo FR LB 32 Joe Hill SO RB 33 Jefferson Court SO LB 36 McKade Brady SR S 40 Connor Williams JR DE 42 La’Bradford Harold FR LB 51 Jake Doughty JR LB 52 Kyler Fackrell FR LB 53 Zach Vigil JR LB 54 Jamie Markosian JR OL 55 Bojay Filimoeatu SR LB 66 Eric Schultz JR OL 85 Brandon Swindall FR WR 88 Tyler Bennett SR P 89 Nate Needham SO LS 90 Al Lapuaho SR DL 91 D.J. Tialavea JR TE

WAC POW NOMINEES(offense-defense-special teams)

(Winners In All Caps) Offense Defense SpecialSUU Keeton C. Williams JacobsUU Keeton Filimoeatu BennettUW K. Williams Z. Vigil BennettCSU K. Williams Z. Vigil BennettUNLV Keeton Doughty BennettBYU Austin Fackrell BennettSJSU Williams Fackrell BennettNMSU Keeton Davis Diaz UTSA Keeton Fackrell DiazTSU Austin Davis DiazLTU Keeton Doughty BennettUI

RED ZONE Utah State Opponent # TD FG # TD FGSUU 3 1 0 2 0 1UU 3 3 0 2 0 0UW 2 1 0 2 1 1CSU 3 2 1 3 1 2UNLV 4 2 2 3 1 2BYU 2 0 1 3 1 0SJSU 3 3 0 7 3 2NMSU 3 2 0 2 1 0UTSA 8 5 2 2 1 1TSU 6 4 0 2 1 0LTU UI Totals 37 23 6 28 10 9USU - 37 Poss., 29 Score (78.4%)Opp - 28 Poss., 19 Score (67.9%)

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS Utah State Opponent # TD FG # TD FGSUU 1 0 0 2 0 0UU 1 1 0 2 1 1UW 1 1 0 0 0 0CSU 0 0 0 3 0 2UNLV 1 0 1 2 0 1BYU 1 0 0 2 0 0SJSU 1 1 0 1 0 0NMSU 2 0 1 0 0 0UTSA 2 1 0 2 1 1TSU 1 0 0 3 1 0LTU 0 0 0 3 0 1UI Totals USU - 11 TO’s, 6 Scores (54.5%)Opp. - 20 TO’s, 9 Scores (45.0%)

SCORE BY QUARTERS Utah State OpponentSUU 21-0-7-6=34 0-3-0-0=3UU 13-0-0-7-7=27 0-3-10-7-0=20UW 7-7-0-0=14 0-3-13-0=16CSU 10-7-7-7=31 0-0-6-13=19UNLV 0-20-0-15=35 0-7-6-0=13BYU 3-0-0-0=3 0-6-0-0=6SJSU 14-14-14-7=49 3-17-7-0=27NMSU 14-14-10-3=41 0-0-7-0=7UTSA 7-20-21-0=48 3-0-7-7=17TSU 14-21-3-0=38 0-0-7-0=7LTU 14-3-24-0-7=48 0-3-21-17-0=41UITotals USU 117-106-86-45-14-0 = 368 / 33.5 ppgOpp. 6-42-84-44-0-0 = 176 / 16.0 ppg

EXPLOSIVES(20-Plus Yard Plays)

Utah State Opponent Run Pass TD Run Pass TDSUU 3 4 4 0 3 0UU 3 3 0 0 5 2UW 0 3 1 0 0 0CSU 4 2 2 2 3 1UNLV 1 8 2 1 1 0BYU 0 0 0 0 3 0SJSU 3 2 4 1 8 1 NMSU 2 3 3 0 3 0UTSA 1 3 1 0 4 1TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0LTU 3 4 2 0 5 1 UI 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 20 32 18 4 35 6

INDIVIDUAL EXPLOSIVES(20-Plus Yard Plays)

(Touchdowns Underlined)Rushing (23)K. Williams - 15 (20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 26, 34, 38, 50, 58, 60, 68, 86, 25, 42) Keeton - 4 (23, 28, 76, 25) Hill - 3 (21, 27, 33)Lee - 1 (24)Receiving (36)Austin - 10 (21, 21, 23, 25, 35, 39, 47, 61, 61, 39) K. Williams - 7 (26, 34, 39, 45, 74, 76, 86) Jacobs - 7 (24, 48, 49, 50, 64, 20, 43)Webb - 3 (26, 29, 36) Hill - 2 (21, 65)Natson - 2 (22, 23) Van Leeuwen - 2 (28, 21)Bartlett - 1 (21)Lee - 1 (37)Reynolds - 1 (24)

CAREER START CHARTNo. Player, Year, Pos. Cons. Total 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 58 Tyler Larsen, Jr., OC 36 36 11 13 12 — — 66 Eric Schultz, Jr., RT 30 30 11 13 6 — — 1 Nevin Lawson, Jr., CB 24 26 11 13 2 — — 36 McKade Brady, Sr., FS 24 25 11 13 1 — — 55 Bojay Filimoeatu, Sr. LB 24 24 11 13 — — — 40 Connor Williams, Jr., DE 13 14 11 2 1 — — 90 Al Lapuaho, Sr., DL 11 23 11 12 — — — 81 Kellen Bartlett, R-Sr., TE 10 21 10 0 7 3 1 16 Chuckie Keeton, So., QB 11 19 11 8 — — — 25 Kerwynn Williams, Sr., RB 11 16 11 0 5 — — 17 Will Davis, Sr., CB 11 16 11 5 — — — 54 Jaime Markosian, Jr., OL 11 13 11 2 0 — — 51 Jake Doughty, Jr., LB 11 12 11 1 — — — 52 Kyler Fackrell, Fr., LB 11 11 11 — — — — 53 Zach Vigil, Jr., LB 11 11 11 0 0 — — 73 Kyle Whimpey, Jr., OG 11 11 11 0 — — — 74 Kevin Whimpey, R-So., OG 10 10 10 — — — — 21 Brian Suite, R-So., S 10 10 10 0 — — — 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi, So, NG 8 8 8 — — — — 4 Matt Austin, Sr., WR 5 18 9 8 1 — — 91 D.J. Tialavea, Jr., TE 2 13 7 6 — — — 8 Travis Reynolds, Jr., WR 3 9 7 1 1 — — 7 Travis Van Leeuwen, Jr., WR 0 10 1 6 3 — — 10 Chuck Jacobs, Sr., WR 1 10 6 4 — — — 56 AJ Pataiali’i, Jr., NG 1 1 1 — — — — 27 Robert Marshall, Jr., RB 0 4 1 2 1 — — 67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez, Sr.,OL 0 21 1 13 7 — — 13 Jumanne Robertson, Sr., CB 0 10 0 10 — — — 16 Tavaris McMillian, So., LB 0 8 0 8 — — — 2 Adam Kennedy, Sr., QB 0 5 0 5 — — — 2 Cameron Sanders, Jr., CB 0 4 0 0 4 — — 3 Quinton Byrd, Sr., CB 0 3 0 0 2 1 — 57 Havea Lasike, Sr., DL 0 3 3 0 — — — 28 Joey DeMartino, Jr., RB 0 1 0 0 1 — — 6 Rashard Stewart, So., CB 0 1 0 0 1 — — 95 Tevita Vaifoou, So., DL 0 1 0 0 1 — — 46 Frankie Sutera, So., S 0 1 1 0 — — — 32 Joe Hill, So., RB 0 1 1 0 — — — 13 Ladale Jackson,Fr., CB 0 1 1 — — — — 84 Cameron Webb, Sr., WR 0 1 1 — — — —


November 19, 2012 • 43

2012 UTAH STATE MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

DRIVE CHARTS Drives Scores TD FG Punt TO Downs Half Safety Scoring Pct.Utah State 136 52 43 9 52 17 4 7 0 38.24%Opponent 140 32 17 14 76 15 7 7 1 22.86%

UTAH STATE SCORING DRIVESOpp. Qtr Pl-Yds Time ScoreSUU 1st 11-97 4:57 Jacobs 48 PassSUU 1st 3-45 1:14 Austin 35 PassSUU 1st 9-98 3:44 Hill 27 RunSUU 3rd 8-77 3:07 Hill 19 RunSUU 4th 2-49 0:20 Hill 33 RunUU 1st 6-72 2:13 Hill 15 PassUU 4th 3-66 0:44 Bartlett 4 PassUU OT 5-25 N/A K. Williams 1 RunUW 1st 3-52 0:51 K. Williams 39 PassUW 2nd 5-24 1:48 Austin 11 PassCSU 1st 8-77 2:26 K. Williams 26 RunCSU 1st 9-45 3:27 Thompson FGCSU 2nd 19-85 7:46 Austin 1 PassCSU 3rd 4-75 1:41 K. Williams 58 RunCSU 4th 5-43 2:40 Hill 15 RunUNLV 2nd 12-52 3:40 Thompson 32 FGUNLV 2nd 9-75 3:21 Tialavea 1 PassUNLV 2nd 2-50 0:11 Jacobs 50 PassUNLV 2nd 4-69 0:31 Thompson 31 FGUNLV 4th 3-75 1:37 K. Williams 74 PassUNLV 4th 6-82 2:22 Jacobs 17 PassBYU 1st 13-49 3:09 Thompson 26 FGSJSU 1st 13-86 4:10 Jacobs 17 PassSJSU 1st 4-53 0:57 Austin 5 PassSJSU 2nd 1-50 0:09 K. Williams 50 RunSJSU 2nd 6-50 2:29 Van Leeuwan 21 PassSJSU 3rd 3-94 1:13 K. Williams 86 RunSJSU 3rd 8-68 2:28 Keeton 28 RunSJSU 4th 2-27 0:49 K. Williams 12 RunNMSU 1st 1-76 0:22 Williams 76 PassNMSU 1st 7-80 2:18 Jacobs 49 PassNMSU 2nd 1-76 0:12 Keeton 76 RunNMSU 2nd 10-69 3:33 Williams 3 RunNMSU 3rd 7-8 3:06 Diaz 53 FGNMSU 3rd 8-52 3:38 Keeton 9 RunNMSU 4th 6-18 2:35 Diaz 38 FGUTSA 1st 2-5 0:41 Barlett 2 PassUTSA 2nd 8-68 3:16 Diaz 22 FGUTSA 2nd 10-71 3:21 K. Williams 1 RunUTSA 2nd 5-50 1:35 Webb 29 PassUTSA 2nd 9-42 2:43 Diaz 24 FGUTSA 3rd 3-72 0:51 K. Williams 1 RunUTSA 3rd 4-44 1:12 Hill 1 RunUTSA 3rd 10-65 3:48 Hill 16 PassTXST 1st 6-51 2:14 Reynolds 4 PassTXST 1st 5-80 1:50 Bartlett 2 PassTXST 2nd 4-72 1:34 Keeton 3 RunTXST 2nd 6-54 2:30 Natson 23 PassTXST 2nd 7-88 3:14 Austin 4 PassTXST 3rd 10-51 4:34 Diaz 48 FGLTU 1st 1-86 0:15 Williams 86 PassLTU 1st 16-86 6:00 Bartlett 3 PassLTU 2nd 5-45 2:09 Diaz 38 FGLTU 3rd 5-78 1:36 Keeton 13 RunLTU 3rd 4-0 1:50 Diaz 30 FGLTU 3rd 7-66 2:57 Keeton 25 RunLTU 3rd 9-77 3:04 Williams 1 RunLTU OT 3-25 0:00 Williams 4 Run

Non Offensive ScoresUU 0 yd Blocked Punt ReturnUNLV Safety

OPPONENT SCORING DRIVESOpp. Qtr Pl-Yds Time ScoreSUU 2nd 15-70 8:05 22 FGUU 2nd 9:48 1:11 42 FGUU 3rd 4-53 1:36 28 PassUU 3rd 6-22 2:43 40 FGUU 4th 5-67 2:00 24 PassUW 2nd 10-62 5:23 19 FGUW 3rd 6-42 3:03 17 RunCSU 3rd 7-42 2:14 28 FGCSU 3rd 8-39 4:05 31 FGCSU 4th 15-75 5:02 4 PassCSU 4th 12-91 2:55 29 PassUNLV 2nd 6-78 3:25 3 PassUNLV 3rd 5-15 2:07 24 FGUNLV 3rd 15-76 6:51 26 FGBYU 2nd 4-61 0:25 3 PassSJSU 1st 12-67 4:53 25 FGSJSU 2nd 7-75 3:08 3 PassSJSU 2nd 5-54 1:54 26 FGSJSU 2nd 9-85 0:54 20 PassSJSU 3rd 6-62 2:28 6 PassNMSU 3rd 6-75 2:33 6 PassUTSA 1st 10-68 5:26 29 FGUTSA 3rd 6-75 2:19 7 RunUTSA 4th 1-23 0:08 23 PassTXST 3rd 2-6 0:39 3 RunLTU 2nd 11-54 3:39 Nelson 36 FGLTU 3rd 11-78 3:17 Dixon 2 RunLTU 3rd 4-75 1:16 White 25 PassLTU 4th 12-80 3:11 Dixon 1 RunLTU 4th 8-86 1:24 Lee 7 RunLTU 4th 11-62 1:24 Nelson 32 FG

Non Offensive Scores UW 82 yd Punt ReturnLTU 98 yd Kickoff Return

AVERAGE FIELD POSITION Utah State OpponentSUU Own 27 Own 20UU Own 26 Own 28 UW Own 30 Own 27 CSU Own 32 Own 25UNLV Own 30 Own 19BYU Own 27 Own 25SJSU Own 29 Own 29NMSU Own 19 Own 34UTSA Own 39 Own 24TXST Own 26 Own 32LTU Own 30 Own 28

USU Drive Start Position/Result(-20 = inside or at own 20 yard line;

50+=drives started on other side of 50 - in opponent territory)

-20 TD FG 50+ TD FGSUU 10 3 0 2 2 0UU 6 0 0 0 0 0UW 7 0 0 1 1 0CSU 3 1 0 2 1 1UNLV 4 1 1 1 0 0BYU 4 0 0 0 0 0SJSU 7 2 0 3 3 0NMSU 2 1 0 2 0 2UTSA 2 0 0 4 2 1TXST 6 2 1 1 0 0LT 6 2 0 2 1 1UI 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 57 12 2 18 10 5

Opp. Start Position/Result(-20 = inside or at own 20 yard line;

50+=drives started on other side of 50 - in opponent territory)

-20 TD FG 50+ TD FGSUU 12 0 1 0 0 0UU 6 0 0 2 0 1UW 7 0 0 1 0 1CSU 4 1 0 0 0 0UNLV 8 0 1 1 0 1BYU 7 0 0 1 0 0SJSU 3 1 0 0 0 0NMSU 5 0 0 0 0 0UTSA 8 0 1 1 1 0TSU 1 0 0 1 1 0LT 7 2 0 1 0 0UI 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 60 4 3 7 2 3


44 • November 19, 2012

LAST TIME IN UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

UTAH STATE... OPPONENT...Offense Defense200 Yards Rushing - 268 vs. TEXAS ST., 2012 200 Yards Rushing - 233 at LA TECH, 2012300 Yards Rushing - 306 at LA TECH, 2012 300 Yards Rushing - 387 at Nevada, 2010400 Yards Rushing - 440 vs. Weber State, 2011 400 Yards Rushing - 408 at Oregon, 2008300 Yards Passing - 340 at LA TECH, 2012 300 Yards Passing - 396 at LA TECH, 2012400 Yards Passing - 426 vs. UNLV, 2012 400 Yards Passing - 467 at SAN JOSE ST., 2012500 Yards Passing - 509 vs. Boise State, 2000 500 Yards Passing - 505 at Texas Tech, 2000500 Yards Total Offense - 593 vs. TEXAS ST., 2012 500 Yards Total Offense - 500 vs. Nevada, 2011600 Yards Total Offense - 646 at LA TECH, 2012 600 Yards Total Offense - 629 at LA TECH, 201240 Points - 48 at LA TECH, 2012 40 Points - 41 at LA TECH, 201250 Points - 54 vs. Weber State, 2011 50 Points - 56 at Nevada, 201060 Points - 63 vs. Wyoming, 2011 60 Points - 66 at Oregon, 2008Safety By USU - vs. UNLV, 2012 Safety Against USU - New Mexico State, 2010

UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL100 Yards Rushing - 20-162 2 TD’s KERWYNN WILLIAMS at LA TECH, 2012200 Yards Rushing - 21-205 2 TDs, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. COLORADO STATE, 2012100 Yards Rushing by a Quarterback - 17-121 2TD’s, CHUCKIE KEETON at LA TECH, 2012Two Players with 100 Yards Rushing - KERWYNN WILLIAMS (20-162 2TD) and CHUCKIE KEETON (17-121) at LA TECH, 2012300 Yards Passing - 340 (20-34), CHUCKIE KEETON at LA TECH, 2012400 Yards Passing - 426 (21-34), CHUCKIE KEETON vs. UNLV, 2012Three TD Passes - 3, CHUCKIE KEETON at UTSA, 2012Four TD Passes - 4, CHUCKIE KEETON vs. TEXAS ST., 2012Five or More TD Passes - 5, Chuckie Keeton vs. Wyoming, 2011Two Players with 100 Yards Passing - Patrick Mullins (11-for-16, 105) and Matt Sauk (12-for-25, 169) vs. BYU, 1996100 Yards Receiving - 4-125 1TD, KERWYNN WILLIAMS at LA TECH, 2012200 Yards Receiving - 11-221, Kevin Curtis at South Florida, 2001Two Players with 100 Yards Receiving - KERWYNN WILLIAMS (7-147, TD) and CHUCK JACOBS (4-101, 2TD) vs. UNLV, 2012100 Yards Receiving by a Running Back - 4-125 TD, KERWYNN WILLIAMS at LA TECH, 2012100 Yards Rushing and Receiving - 162 rush, 125 rec, KERWYNN WILLIAMS, at LA TECH, 2012200 Yards All Purpose - 303, KERWYNN WILLIAMS at LA TECH, 2012More Than Two Rushing TD In One Game - 3, KERWYNN WILLIAMS vs. SAN JOSE ST., 2012More Than Three Rushing TD In One Game - 4, Robert Turbin vs. Colorado State, 2011More Than One Receiving TD In Game - 2, CHUCK JACOBS vs. UNLV, 2012More Than Three Combined TD In Game - 5, Robert Turbin (3 rush, 2 rec), at Idaho, 2009TD Pass By A Non-QB - 34, Stanley Morrison (WR), vs. Nevada, 201180-Yard Run For A Touchdown - 86, KERWYNN WILLIAMS at SAN JOSE ST., 201280-Yard Pass For A Touchdown - 86, KERWYNN WILLIANS from CHUCKIE KEETON, at LA TECH, 201250-Yard Field Goal - 53, NICK DIAZ, vs. NEW MEXICO STATE, 2012Three Field Goals - Chris Ulinski vs. Louisiana Tech, 2009Kickoff Return For A Touchdown - 92, Kerwynn Williams at Nevada, 2010Punt Return For A Touchdown - 70, Kevin Robinson vs. Nevada, 2007Interception Return For A Touchdown - 38, De’von Hall at Wyoming, 2007Fumble Return For A Touchdown - 0, Ben Calderwood vs. Idaho, 2008Kick Blocked For A Touchdown - (PUNT) 1, ZACH VIGIL vs. UTAH, 2012Two-Point Conversion - (Pass) Diondre Borel to Robert Turbin vs. Nevada, 2009

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL100 Yards Rushing - 22-109 2TD, KENNETH DIXON (LA TECH), 2012200 Yards Rushing - 35-208 2TD’s, DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma), 2010Two Players With 100 Yards Rushing - 13-121 4TD’s Doug Martin and 16-116 2TD’s Jeremy Avery, (Boise State), 2009300 Yards Passing - 35-60-2, 396, 1TD, COLBY CAMERON (LA TECH), 2012400 Yards Passing - 38-50-0, 467, 3TD’s, DAVID FALES (San Jose State), 2012100 Yards Receiving - 11-181, QUINTON PATTON (LA TECH), 2012200 Yards Receiving - 12-205, Rihshard Matthews (Nevada), 2011Two Players With 100 Yards Receiving - Maurice Shaw 7-131 2TD’s and Max Komar 5-110 2 TD’s (Idaho), 2009Three Players With 100 Yards Receiving - C.J.Hawthorne, 9-116 1TD, J.Rivers 7-130 TD and R.Grice-Mullen, 5-113 (Hawai’i), 200780-Yard Run For A Touchdown - 92, Demarco Murray (Oklahoma), 200780-Yard Pass For A Touchdown - 82, Ryan Lindley To Vincent Brown (San Diego State), 201050-Yard Field Goal - 52, Kyle Brotzman (Boise State), 2009Kickoff Return For A Touchdown - 98, D.J. BANKS (LA TECH), 2012Punt Return For A Touchdown - 82, KENZEL DOE (WISCONSIN), 2012Interception Return For A Touchdown - 78, Quin Ashley( Idaho), 2011Fumble Return For A Touchdown - 0, James Caraway (Wyoming), 2011Kick Blocked For A Touchdown - (Punt) 16, Ia Falo (Boise State), 2007


November 19, 2012 • 45

UTAH STATE DEPTH CHART - IDAHO (WEEK 12)

OFFENSEX-WR 4 Matt Austin (6-2, 202, Sr., 2L) 85 Brandon Swindall (6-4, 194, Fr., RS)

T-WR 10 Chuck Jacobs (6-0, 178, Sr., 1L) 84 Cameron Webb (5-10, 187, Sr., 1L) 18 Bruce Natson (5-7, 145, Fr., HS)

LT 74 Kevin Whimpey (6-5, 296, So., RS) 79 Logan Molohifo’ou (6-6, 292, Fr., HS)

LG 54 Jamie Markosian (6-2, 302, Jr., 2L) 62 Bryce Walker (6-8, 310, So., RS) C 58 Tyler Larsen (6-4, 312, Jr., 2L) 60 Joe Summers (6-2, 293, So., JC)

RG 73 Kyle Whimpey (6-6, 307, Jr., SQ) 75 Taani Fisilau (6-2, 296, Fr., RS)

RT 66 Eric Schultz (6-4, 303, Jr., 2L) 78 Jorden Mattinson (6-4, 290, Fr., RS)

Y-TE 91 D.J. Tialavea (6-4, 260, Jr., 2L) 86 Brad Theurer (6-3, 245, Jr., 2L)

H-TE 81 Kellen Bartlett (6-2, 248, Sr., RS) 22 Keegan Andersen (6-2, 237, So., 1L)

Z-WR 8 Travis Reynolds (5-11, 180, Jr., 2L) 7 Travis Van Leeuwen (6-3, 195, Jr., 2L)

RB 25 Kerwynn Williams (5-8, 189, Sr., 3L) 32 Joe Hill (5-11, 185, So., 1L)

QB 16 Chuckie Keeton (6-1, 200, So., 1L) 14 Craig Harrison (6-2, 203, So., JC)

SPECIALISTSP 88 Tyler Bennett (5-11, 218, Sr., 1L) 38 Jaron Bentrude (6-1, 207, So., 1L)

PK 93 Nick Diaz (5-7, 197, So., RS) 19 Josh Thompson (5-9, 191, Jr., 1L)

LS 89 Nate Needham (6-2, 227, So., 1L) 47 Mark Hutchinson (5-10, 205, Fr., RS)

HLD 38 Jaron Bentrude (6-1, 207, So., 1L)

PR 84 Cameron Webb (5-10, 187, Sr., 1L) 10 Chuck Jacobs (6-0, 178, Sr., 1L) 36 McKade Brady (5-11, 197, Sr., 2L)

KOR 10 Chuck Jacobs (6-0, 178, Sr., 1L) 8 Travis Reynolds (5-11, 180, Jr., 2L)

DEFENSEDE 90 Al Lapuaho (6-3, 284, Sr., 1L) 97 Jordan Nielsen (6-5, 253, Fr., RS) 48 Paul Piukala (6-5, 255, Jr., JC)

NG 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi (6-1, 288, So., 1L) 56 A.J. Pataiali’i (6-3, 307, Jr., JC) 57 Havea Lasike (6-1, 297, Sr., 1L) DE 40 Connor Williams (6-3, 271, Jr., 2L) 99 B.J. Larsen (6-5, 268, Jr., 1L)

OLB 55 Bojay Filimoeatu (6-1, 258, Sr., 1L) 42 La’Bradford Harold (5-11, 224, Fr., RS)

ILB 51 Jake Doughty (6-0, 230, Jr., 2L) 16 Tavaris McMillian (6-2, 230, So., 1L)

ILB 53 Zach Vigil (6-2, 228, So., 1L) 45 Cade Cowdin (6-2, 225, Jr., JC)

OLB 52 Kyler Fackrell (6-5, 236, Fr., RS) 12 Terrell Thompson (6-1, 220, Jr., RS)

CB 17 Will Davis (6-0, 186, Sr., 1L) 5 Terrence Alston (5-9, 176, Sr., 1L)

SS 21 Brian Suite (6-3, 205, So., RS) 46 Frankie Sutera (6-1, 201, So., 1L)

FS 36 McKade Brady (5-11, 197, Sr., 2L) 20 Devonta Glover-Wright (6-0, 170, Jr., JC)

CB 1 Nevin Lawson (5-10, 183, Jr., 2L) 6 Rashard Stewart (5-10, 184, So., RS)

NICK 5 Terrence Alston (5-9, 176, Sr., 1L) DIME 15 Jumanne Robertson (5-11, 182, Sr., 1L)

PRONUNCIATIONSPlayersNo. Name ...............................Pronunciation65 Austin Albrecht ........................ All-breck59 Nick Ciancone .................. Shan-coney51 Jake Doughty ........................ Doubt-ee30 Marquan Ellison .....................Mar-kwon52 Kyler Fackrell ..................Kie-ler Fack-rull55 Bojay Filimoeatu .. Fee-lee-moy-ah-too75 Taani Fisilau .... Ta-ha-knee Fee-see-lau98 Jake Gallegos ..................Guy-eh-gose20 Devonta Glover-Wright ....Duh-von-tay27 Dee Hamala .........................Huh-ma-la83 Shaan Johnson ............................ Shawn96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi .. Kuh-ma-na Ma-ta-gee90 Al Lapuaho ................... Lap-ooh-ah-ho57 Havea Lasike ..Huh-vey-uh Lay-see-kay79 Logan Malohifo’ou ..Mah-low-he-fah-oh31 Sione Makoni ... See-o-nee Ma-cone-e54 Jamie Markosian ................Mar-koz-ian16 Tavaris McMillian .....Tuh-Varis McMill-in67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez . Mo-lee-na-Sanchez23 Michael Okonkwo ............Oh-konk-wo56 A.J. Pataiali`i ............. Pah-tie-ah-lee-e48 Paul Piukala ......................Pee-u-kah-la15 Jumanne Robertson .......... Ju-mahnee70 Travis Seefeldt .............................See-felt29 Sharrieff Shah ................. Sha-reef Shaw76 Jake Simonich ................... Sie-mon-ich46 Frankie Sutera ......................Suh-tear-uh85 Brandon Swindall .................... Swin-dull77 Sini Tauauve’a ..See-knee Tao-ow-veh-ah86 Brad Theurer ......................................Tire12 Terrell Thompson ........................ Tuh-rell91 D.J. Tialavea ..............Tee-al-uh-vah-uh34 Abou Toure ..................Ah-boo Tore-ay95 Tevita Vaifo’ou . Tuh-veeta Vie-uh-foo-o7 Travis Van Leeuwen ..........Van Loo-win61 Daquan Vandross .................Day-kwon

CoachesName ......................................PronunciationDave Aranda ..................................A-ran-daJovon Bouknight .............Juh-vonn Bo-nightKevin Clune ...........................................KloonFrank Maile ..............................................My-lehDavid Fiefia ...............................Fee-eh-fee-uhVince Natali ..............................Na-TAW-leeZach Nyborg ................................. Nye-borgHunter Teafatiller ......................Tee-fuh-tillerKite Afeaki ..............Kee-tay Ah-fee-ah-kee


46 • November 19, 2012

2012 ALPHABETICAL/NUMERICAL ROSTERS

NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Nevin Lawson CB 5-10 183 Jr. 2L Lauderhill, Fla. (Piper HS) 2 Cameron Sanders S 5-10 185 Jr. 2L Oklahoma City, Okla. (Millwood HS) 2 Adam Kennedy QB 6-5 219 Sr. 1L Elk Grove, Calif. (Franklin HS/San Joaquin Delta College) 3 Quinton Byrd CB 5-10 180 Sr. 3L Miami, Fla. (Miramar HS) 4 Matt Austin WR 6-2 202 Sr. 2L Monrovia, Calif. (Charter Oak HS/Mt. San Antonio JC) 5 Terrence Alston CB 5-9 176 Sr. 1L Richmond, Calif. (Vanden HS/Solano CC) 6 Rashard Stewart CB 5-10 184 So. RS Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) 7 Travis Van Leeuwen WR 6-3 195 Jr. 2L Provo, Utah (Timpview HS) 8 Travis Reynolds WR 5-11 180 Jr. 2L Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS) 9 Dwayne Lorick WR 6-5 215 Jr. JC Washington, D.C. (Anacostia HS/West Hills College) 10 Chuck Jacobs WR 6-0 178 Sr. 1L Richmond, Calif. (Kennedy HS/Laney JC) 11 Alex Wheat, Jr. WR 6-4 214 So. JC Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta HS/Palomar JC) 12 Terrell Thompson LB 6-1 220 Jr. RS Aurora, Colo. (Eaglecrest HS/Glendale CC) 13 Mike Chislock QB 6-2 202 Fr. HS Huntington Beach, Calif. (Hungtington Beach HS) 13 Ladale Jackson RB 5-11 178 Fr. RS Las Vegas, Nev. (Silverado HS) 14 Craig Harrison QB 6-2 203 So. JC Grantsville, Utah (Grantsville HS/Snow College) 15 Jumanne Robertson CB 5-11 182 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Deer Valley (Ariz.) HS/Phoenix CC) 16 Chuckie Keeton QB 6-1 200 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek HS) 16 Tavaris McMillian LB 6-2 230 So. 1L Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) 17 Will Davis CB 6-0 186 Sr. 1L Spokane, Wash. (Central Valley HS/De Anza College) 17 Jeff Manning QB 6-4 200 Fr. HS Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 18 Bruce Natson WR 5-7 145 Fr. HS Oakland Park, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS) 19 Josh Thompson PK 5-9 191 Jr. 1L Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 20 Devonta Glover-Wright CB 6-0 170 Jr. JC Mableton, Ga. (Campbell HS/Eastern Arizona CC) 21 Brian Suite S 6-3 205 So. RS Honolulu, Hawaii (Punahou HS) 22 Keegan Andersen TE 6-2 237 So. 1L Logan, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 22 Dredan Snowden CB 5-10 150 Fr. HS American Fork, Utah (American Fork HS) 23 Michael Okonkwo LB 6-1 204 Fr. RS Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) 24 Isaiah Jones S 5-10 195 Sr. SQ Macon, Ga. (Mount De Sales Academy) 25 Kerwynn Williams RB/KR 5-8 189 Sr. 3L Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley HS) 26 Clayton Christensen S 5-10 196 Jr. JC Sterling, Utah (Manti HS/Snow College) 27 Dee Hamala CB 5-10 178 So. SQ Murray, Utah (Murray HS) 27 Robert Marshall RB 6-0 223 Jr. 2L Dallas, Texas (A. Maceo Smith HS) 28 Joey DeMartino RB 5-11 210 Jr. RS San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel HS/Grossmont JC) 29 Kelvin Lee RB 5-10 180 Fr. HS South Daytona, Fla. (Mainland HS) 29 Sharrieff Shah RB 6-1 220 Fr. HS Sandy, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 30 Marquan Ellison CB 5-11 170 Fr. HS Milwaukee, Wis. (Bradley Tech HS) 31 Sione Makoni RB 5-11 190 Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS) 32 Joe Hill RB 5-11 185 So. 1L Fullerton, Calif. (Fullerton HS) 33 Jefferson Court LB 6-3 238 So. SQ Alta, Utah (Alta HS/BYU) 34 Dustin Hoover LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Waimea, Hawaii (Hawaii Prep Academy) 34 Abou Toure RB 6-2 230 Jr. JC Framingham, Mass. (Framingham HS/Dean JC) 36 McKade Brady S 5-11 197 Sr. 2L Cove, Utah (Sky View HS/BYU) 37 Devin Centers CB 5-9 180 Fr. HS Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) 38 Jaron Bentrude PK 6-1 207 So. 1L Draper, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 39 Torrey Green LB 6-1 218 Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Rubidoux HS) 40 Connor Williams DE 6-3 271 Jr. 2L Kanata, Ontario, Canada (Holy Trinity HS) 41 Nick Vigil LB 6-2 206 Fr. HS Plain City, Utah (Fremont HS) 42 La’Bradford Harold LB 5-11 224 Fr. RS Crowley, Texas (Crowley HS) 43 Alex Marsaw LB 6-0 206 Fr. HS Torrance, Calif. (West HS) 45 Cade Cowdin LB 6-2 225 Jr. JC St. George, Utah (Dixie HS/College of the Desert) 45 Quincy Mason TE 6-3 244 Fr. HS Layton, Utah (Layton Christian Academy) 46 Frankie Sutera S 6-1 201 So. 1L Murray, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 47 Mark Hutchinson LS 5-10 205 Fr. RS Corona, Calif. (Corona Santiago HS) 47 Travis Parrish LB 6-3 224 Fr. HS West Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS) 48 Paul Piukala DL 6-5 255 Jr. JC Oakland, Calif. (Castlemont HS/Laney CC) 49 Forrest Dabb LB 5-11 214 Sr. 3L South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS/Utah) 50 Bridger Peck LB 6-1 216 Fr. HS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 51 Jake Doughty LB 6-0 230 Jr. 2L Draper, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 52 Kyler Fackrell LB 6-5 236 Fr. RS Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS) 53 Zach Vigil LB 6-2 228 So. 1L Clearfield, Utah (Clearfield HS) 54 Jamie Markosian OL 6-2 302 Jr. 2L Salt Lake City, Utah (Juan Diego HS) 55 Bojay Filimoeatu LB 6-1 258 Sr. 1L West Valley City, Utah (Granger HS/Mt. San Antonio JC) 56 AJ Pataiali’i DL 6-3 307 Jr. JC West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS/Snow College) 57 Havea Lasike DL 6-1 297 Sr. 1L San Jose, Calif. (Lincoln HS/Foothill JC) 58 Tyler Larsen OC 6-4 312 Jr. 2L Salt Lake City, Utah (Jordan HS) 59 Nick Ciancone LB 6-3 224 So. RS Layton, Utah (Layton HS) 60 Joe Summers OL 6-2 293 So. JC Tremonton, Utah (Bear River HS/Snow College) 61 Daquan Vandross OL 6-4 285 Jr. JC Bronx, N.Y. (South Bronx Campus HS/College of the Canyons) 62 Bryce Walker OL 6-8 310 So. RS Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS)

ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos. 65 Albrecht, Austin OL 5 Alston, Terrence CB 22 Andersen, Keegan TE 4 Austin, Matt WR 81 Bartlett, Kellen TE 88 Bennett, Tyler P 38 Bentrude, Jaron PK 77 Bitters, Zac OL 36 Brady, McKade S 3 Byrd, Quinton CB 37 Centers, Devin CB 13 Chislock, Mike QB 26 Christensen, Clayton S 59 Ciancone, Nick LB 33 Court, Jefferson LB 45 Cowdin, Cade LB 49 Dabb, Forrest LB 17 Davis, Will CB 28 DeMartino, Joey RB 93 Diaz, Nick PK 51 Doughty, Jake LB 30 Ellison, Marquan CB 52 Fackrell, Kyler LB 55 Filimoeatu, Bojay LB 75 Fisilau, Taani OL 77 Gallegos, Jake DL 20 Glover-Wright, Devonta CB 39 Green, Torrey LB 80 Gunderson, Lars WR 27 Hamala, Dee CB 42 Harold, La’Bradford LB 14 Harrison, Craig QB 89 Hasten, Jevon WR 32 Hill, Joe RB 34 Hoover, Dustin LB 47 Hutchinson, Mark LS 13 Jackson, Ladale RB 10 Jacobs, Chuck WR 82 Jenkins, Jordon WR 83 Johnson, Shaan WR 24 Jones, Isaiah S 96 Kamana-Matagi, Elvis DL 16 Keeton, Chuckie QB 92 Keller, Derek TE 2 Kennedy, Adam QB 90 Lapuaho, Al DL 64 Larmay, Josh OL 99 Larsen, B.J. DL 58 Larsen, Tyler OC 57 Lasike, Havea DL 1 Lawson, Nevin CB 29 Lee, Kelvin RB 9 Lorick, Dwayne WR 31 Makoni, Sione RB 79 Malohifo’ou, Logan OL 17 Manning, Jeff QB 54 Markosian, Jamie OL 43 Marsaw, Alex LB 27 Marshall, Robert RB 45 Mason, Quincy TE 78 Mattinson, Jorden OL 16 McMillian, Tavaris LB 67 Molina-Sanchez, Oscar OL 18 Natson, Bruce WR 89 Needham, Nate LS 97 Nielsen, Jordan DL 23 Okonkwo, Michael LB 47 Parrish, Travis LB 56 Pataiali’i, AJ DL 50 Peck, Bridger LB


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2012 ALPHABETICAL/NUMERICAL ROSTERS

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Gary Andersen (Utah, 1986), Fourth Season; Defensive Coordinator (Defensive Line): Dave Aranda (California Lutheran, 1999), First Season; Associate Head Coach (Special Teams Coord./DBs): Bill Busch (Nebraska Wesleyan, 1988), Fourth Season; Assistant Head Coach (Running Backs/Tight Ends): Mike Sanford (USC, 1978), First Season ; Offensive Coordinator (Quarterbacks): Matt Wells (Utah State, 1996), Sec-ond Season; Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers): Jovon Bouknight (Wyoming, 2006), Fourth Season; Assistant Coach (Linebackers): Kevin Clune (Cal State Fullerton, 2000), Fourth Season; Assistant Coach (Defensive Line): Frank Maile (Utah State, 2007), Fifth Season; Assistant Coach (Cornerbacks): Kendrick Shaver (Missouri State, 2002), Second Season; Assistant Coach (Offensive Line): T.J. Woods (Azuza Pacific, 2002), Fourth Season; Offensive Graduate Assistant: Vince Natali (New Mexico, 2008), First Season; Defensive Graduate Assistant: Spencer Toone (Utah, 2005), Second Season; Offensive Graduate Assistant: Zach Nyborg (BYU, 2011), Third Season; Offensive Graduate Assistant: David Fiefia (Utah State, 2003), First Season; Offensive Administrative Assistant: Hunter Teafatiller (Nebraska, 2009), Third Season; Defensive Administrative Assistant: Kite Afeaki (Utah, 2006), First Season; Special Teams Administrative Assistant: Nick Schindler, Second Season; Strength & Condition-ing: Evan Simon (Frostburg State, 2002), Fourth Season; Director of Operations/Team Coordinator: Steve Mathis (Snow College, 1980), Fourth Season; Director of Operations: Mark Andersen (Westminster College, 1993), Third Season; Video Coordinator: Bill Garren (Idaho State, 2002), Seventh Season; Equipment Coordinator: Mike Bair (Utah State, 1995), 15th Season

NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 63 Brock Warren PK 6-2 176 Fr. HS Hyde Park, Utah (Sky View HS) 64 Josh Larmay OL 6-6 296 So. RS De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere HS/Minnesota St. Moorhead) 65 Austin Albrecht OL 6-5 284 Fr. HS Sandy, Utah (Alta HS) 66 Eric Schultz OL 6-4 303 Jr. 2L Connell, Wash. (Connell HS) 67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez OL 6-5 299 Sr. 3L Baldwin Park, Calif. (Baldwin Park HS) 69 Josh Ramage OL 6-3 255 So. JC Lindon, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS/Dixie State) 70 Travis Seefeldt DL 6-2 299 Fr. RS Sun City, Ariz. (Liberty HS) 73 Kyle Whimpey OL 6-6 307 Jr. SQ Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Idaho State) 74 Kevin Whimpey OL 6-5 296 So. RS Highland, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Idaho State) 75 Taani Fisilau OL 6-2 296 Fr. RS Glendale, Utah (Cottonwood HS) 76 Jake Simonich OL 6-5 258 Fr. HS Danville, Calif. (San Roman Valley HS) 77 Zac Bitters OL 6-1 300 Fr. HS Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) 77 Jake Gallegos DL 6-2 258 Fr. HS Hooper, Utah (Fremont HS) 77 Sini Tauauve’a OL 6-2 339 Jr. JC West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS/Snow College) 78 Jorden Mattinson OL 6-4 290 Fr. RS Spanish Fork, Utah (Spanish Fork HS) 79 Logan Malohifo’ou OL 6-6 292 Fr. HS West Jordan, Utah (Copper Hills HS) 80 Lars Gunderson WR 5-10 178 Jr. SQ Sandy, Utah (Juan Diego HS/Phoenix CC) 81 Kellen Bartlett TE 6-2 248 Sr. RS Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS) 82 Jordon Jenkins WR 5-10 199 So. JC St. Louis, Mo. (Vashon HS/Coffeyville CC) 83 Shaan Johnson WR 6-1 196 So. SQ Cerritos, Calif. (Gahr HS) 84 Cameron Webb WR 5-10 187 Sr. 1L Millville, Utah (Mountain Crest HS/Snow College) 85 Brandon Swindall WR 6-4 194 Fr. RS Oklahoma City, Okla. (Millwood HS) 86 Brad Theurer TE 6-3 245 Jr. 2L Logan, Utah (Logan HS) 88 Tyler Bennett P 5-11 218 Sr. 1L Phoenix, Ariz. (North Canyon HS/Phoenix CC) 89 Jevon Hasten WR 5-11 165 Fr. HS El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla HS) 89 Nate Needham LS 6-2 227 So. 1L St. George, Utah (Pine View HS) 90 Al Lapuaho DL 6-3 284 Sr. 1L West Valley City, Utah (Granger HS/Snow College) 91 D.J. Tialavea TE 6-4 260 Jr. 2L West Jordan, Utah (West Jordan HS) 92 Derek Keller TE 6-3 234 Fr. RS Draper, Utah (Alta HS) 93 Nick Diaz PK 5-7 197 So. RS Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 95 Tevita Vaifo’ou DL 6-1 267 Jr. 1L Hauula, Hawaii (Kahuku HS) 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi DL 6-1 288 So. 1L Maui, Hawaii (King Kekaulike HS) 97 Jordan Nielsen DL 6-5 253 Fr. RS Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 99 B.J. Larsen DL 6-5 268 Jr. 1L Logan, Utah (Logan HS)

ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos. 48 Piukala, Paul DL 69 Ramage, Josh OL 8 Reynolds, Travis WR 15 Robertson, Jumanne CB 2 Sanders, Cameron S 66 Schultz, Eric OL 70 Seefeldt, Travis DL 29 Shah, Sharrieff RB 76 Simonich, Jake OL 22 Snowden, Dredan CB 6 Stewart, Rashard CB 21 Suite, Brian S 60 Summers, Joe OL 46 Sutera, Frankie S 85 Swindall, Brandon WR 77 Tauauve’a, Sini OL 86 Theurer, Brad TE 19 Thomspon, Josh PK 12 Thompson, Terrell LB 91 Tialavea, D.J. TE 34 Toure, Abou RB 95 Vaifo’ou, Tevita DL 61 Vandross, Daquan OL 7 Van Leeuwen, Travis WR 41 Vigil, Nick LB 53 Vigil, Zach LB 62 Walker, Bryce OL 63 Warren, Brock K 84 Webb, Cameron WR 11 Wheat, Jr., Alex WR 74 Whimpey, Kevin OL 73 Whimpey, Kyle OL 40 Williams, Connor DE 25 Williams, Kerwynn RB/KR

GARY ANDERSENHead Coach

KENDRICK SHAVERCornerbacks

DAVE ARANDADef. Coord./DL

T.J. WOODSOffensive Line

MIKE SANFORDAsst. HC/RB/TE

BILL BUSCHAssoc. HC/ST/S

JOVON BOUKNIGHTWide Receivers

MATT WELLSOff. Coord./QB

KEVIN CLUNELinebackers

FRANK MAILEDefensive Line

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