2009 WAC Football Preview

2009 WAC FOOTBALL DIRECTORY

UTAH STATE www.utahstateaggies.com

Mailing AddressAthletic Media Relations7400 Old Main HillLogan, UT 84322

Scott Barnes, Athletics Director ......................................... (435) 797-2060Gary Andersen, Head Coach............................................. (435) 797-1870Press Box .......................................................................... (435) 797-1686Zach Fisher, Football SID [Cell: (435) 213-0318] .............. (435) 797-2066FAX .................................................................................... (435) 797-2615E-Mail Address ......................................................... zach.fi [email protected]

SAN JOSE STATE www.sjsuspartans.com

Mailing AddressSports InformationOne Washington SquareSan Jose, CA 95192

Tom Bowen, Athletics Director ........................................... (408) 924-1200Dick Tomey, Head Coach .................................................. (408) 924-1266Press Box .......................................................................... (408) 924-1234Lawrence Fan, SID [Cell: (408) 768-3424] ........................ (408) 924-1217FAX .................................................................................... (408) 924-1291E-Mail Address ..........................................................ltfan@email.sjsu.edu

NEW MEXICO STATE www.nmstatesports.com

Mailing AddressAthletic Media RelationsMSC 3145, P.O. Box 30001Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

McKinley Boston, Athletics Director ................................... (575) 646-8225DeWayne Walker, Head Coach ......................................... (575) 646-2521Press Box .......................................................................... (575) 646-2700Tyler Dunkel, SID [Cell: (575) 640-7270] ........................... (575) 646-2927FAX .................................................................................... (575) 646-2425E-Mail Address .......................................................... [email protected]

NEVADA www.nevadawolfpack.com

Mailing AddressAthletics Media ServicesLegacy Hall, Mail Stop 264Reno, NV 89557-0110

Cary Groth, Athletics Director ............................................ (775) 682-6970Chris Ault, Head Coach ..................................................... (775) 784-4438Press Box ................................................................. (775) 784-6545/6815Chad Hartley, Football SID [Cell: (775) 229-5513] ............ (775) 682-6982FAX .................................................................................... (775) 784-4386E-Mail Address ...............................................................hartleyc@unr.edu

LOUISIANA TECH www.latechsports.com

Mailing AddressAthletic Media RelationsThomas Assembly Center, Room 161Ruston, LA 71270

Derek Dooley, Head Coach/Athletics Director ................... (318) 257-4546Bruce Van De Velde, Deputy Athletics Director ................. (318) 257-3247Press Box .......................................................................... (318) 257-3144Malcolm Butler, SID [Cell: (318) 614-4513] ....................... (318) 257-3144FAX .................................................................................... (318) 257-3757E-Mail Address ...........................................................mbutler@latech.edu

IDAHO www.uiathletics.com

Mailing AddressMedia RelationsKibbie Activity Center, Room 235EMoscow, ID 83844-2302

Rob Spear, Athletics Director............................................. (208) 885-0200Robb Akey, Head Coach ................................................... (208) 885-0200Press Box ...........................................................................(208) 885-0211Becky Paull, SID [Cell: (208) 669-0411] ............................ (208) 885-0245FAX .................................................................................... (208) 885-0255E-Mail Address ............................................................ [email protected]

HAWAI‘I www.hawaiiathletics.com

Mailing AddressMedia Relations1337 Lower Campus RoadHonolulu, HI 96822-2312

Jim Donovan, Athletics Director......................................... (808) 956-7301Greg McMackin, Head Coach ........................................... (808) 956-6508Press Box .......................................................................... (808) 486-1800Derek Inouchi, SID [Cell: (808) 783-3693]......................... (808) 956-7523FAX .................................................................................... (808) 956-4470E-Mail Address ...........................................................inouchi@hawaii.edu

BOISE STATE www.broncosports.com

Mailing AddressSports Information1910 University DriveBoise, ID 83725-1020

Gene Bleymaier, Athletics Director .................................... (208) 426-1826Chris Petersen, Head Coach ............................................. (208) 426-2408Press Box .......................................................................... (208) 426-1408Max Corbet, SID [Cell: (208) 859-6952] ............................ (208) 426-1515FAX .................................................................................... (208) 426-1778E-Mail Address ...................................................mcorbet@boisestate.edu

FRESNO STATE www.gobulldogs.com

Mailing AddressAthletic Media Relations5305 N. Campus Dr., Room 153Fresno, CA 93740-8020

Thomas Boeh, Athletics Director ....................................... (559) 278-3178Pat Hill, Head Coach ......................................................... (559) 278-3015Press Box .......................................................................... (559) 278-5951Steve Weakland, SID [Cell: (559) 287-3304] ..................... (559) 278-2509FAX .................................................................................... (559) 278-4689E-Mail Address ..................................................sweaklan@csufresno.edu

WAC www.wacsports.com

Mailing Address9250 E. Costilla Ave.Suite 300Englewood, CO 80112

Karl Benson, Commissioner .............................................. (303) 792-3199Jeff Hurd, Senior Associate Commissioner ....................... (303) 962-4216Dave Chaffi n, Asst. Comm. [Home: (720) 488-0998] ........ (303) 962-4212Chaffi n’s Cell Phone .......................................................... (720) 988-6610FAX .................................................................................... (303) 799-3888E-Mail Address .............................................................. dchaffi [email protected]

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WAC Games All Games

W L Pct. PF PA Hm Rd Stk W L Pct. PF PA Hm Rd Neu StkBoise State 8 0 1.000 343 94 4-0 4-0 W8 12 1 .923 489 164 6-0 6-0 0-1 L1Louisiana Tech 5 3 .625 233 215 3-1 2-2 L1 8 5 .615 320 308 5-1 2-4 1-0 W1Nevada 5 3 .625 320 234 2-2 3-1 W1 7 6 .538 489 420 3-3 4-2 0-1 L1Hawai‘i 5 3 .625 223 198 3-1 2-2 W2 7 7 .500 345 404 5-3 2-4 0-0 L2Fresno State 4 4 .500 225 259 2-2 2-2 L1 7 6 .538 385 404 2-3 5-2 0-1 L2San Jose State 4 4 .500 154 181 1-3 3-1 L3 6 6 .500 224 259 3-3 3-3 0-0 L3Utah State 3 5 .375 223 231 3-1 0-4 W1 3 9 .250 288 416 3-3 0-6 0-0 W1New Mexico State 1 7 .125 156 293 0-4 1-3 L7 3 9 .250 266 409 1-5 2-4 0-0 L7Idaho 1 7 .125 148 320 1-3 0-4 L3 2 10 .167 235 513 2-4 0-6 0-0 L3

2008 WAC STANDINGS

WAC News and Notes .......................1-9

Team InformationBoise State .....................................10-12Fresno State...................................13-15Hawai’i............................................16-18Idaho ..............................................19-21Louisiana Tech ...............................22-24Nevada ...........................................25-27New Mexico State ..........................28-30San Jose State ...............................31-33Utah State ......................................34-36WAC Stats ......................................37-40

CONTENTSFOOTBALL MEDIA DAY – The WAC’s annual football preview will be held July 28-30 at the Hilton Salt Lake City Airport hotel. Some of the top players in the nation and all nine head coaches will participate in interview sessions over the two days. More information and reservation forms will be sent out in May.

Tentative Schedule Tuesday, July 28 Reception ..................................... Evening

Wednesday, July 29 Player/Coach Interviews.................All Day Dinner Banquet ............................ Evening

Thursday, July 30 Player/Coach Interviews............... Morning

COACHES TELECONFERENCE – Once again, the WAC will be conducting a weekly coaches teleconference. Every Monday morning from August 31 through November 30, each coach will be available for a seven-minute session with the media. A replay is also made available on Monday afternoons on the WAC web site at www.wacsports.com. A complete schedule will be sent out later this summer.

2009 BOWL LINEUP – The WAC is affi liated with three bowl games this season. WAC teams will play in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, N.M. against a Mountain West op-ponent, the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl in Honolulu against a Conference USA opponent and in the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho versus another team from the Mountain West. The WAC also has an agreement for this season with the San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl that if the Pac-10 cannot fi ll its contracted spot in the bowl game, then the WAC will provide a team. The opponent is also a team from the Mountain West.

BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – Since 1997, the WAC has been an offi cial part of the Bowl Championship Series. Any WAC team with a ranking of 12th or better in the BCS poll will be eligible for an invitation to play in either the Fiesta, Rose, Sugar, Orange or national championship bowls. This year’s national championship game will be played in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 7, 2010.

TOP STAT LEADERS – Following are the returning stat leaders in the WAC for 2009. Nevada’s Vai Taua returns for his junior season after rushing for a WAC-best 117.0 yards per game last year, eighth nationally. New Mexico State’s Marcus Anderson returns for his fi nal year and was eighth in the WAC in receptions per game with 4.2. Fresno State’s Seyi Ajirotutu was sixth in the WAC with 61.2 receiving yards per game. Nevada junior

WAC NEWS AND NOTES

THREE PLAYERS RANKED NUMBER ONE – The WAC had three players fi n-ish at the top nationally in three statistical categories.

New Mexico State defensive back Der-rick Richardson ranked number one in tackles per game with 12.5 after making 137 in 11 games.

Idaho’s T.J. Conley was the country’s top punter with a 47.4-yard average, punting 58 times for 2,751 yards.

San Jose State defensive tackle Jarron Gilbert led the nation in tackles for loss with 1.83 per game after tying a WAC single-season record with 22.0 for a loss of 116 yards.

TOPS IN NATION

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FOOTBALL


quarterback Colin Kaepernick was fi rst in the WAC and 11th nationally in total offense with 306.1 yards per game while Boise State sophomore quarterback Kellen Moore was fi rst in the WAC and 12th in the nation in passing effi ciency (157.1) last year. On the defensive side, New Mexico State linebacker Nick Paden was third in the WAC and 33rd nationally in tackles with 8.9 stops per game as a junior. Nevada junior Dontay Moch is the top returning sack leader with 11.5 last year.

RETURNING ALL-WAC PLAYERS – Of the 27 fi rst-team all-WAC players in 2008, 11 should return for the 2009 season. Louisiana Tech returns four of the 11 in senior running back Daniel Porter, senior defensive lineman D’Anthony Smith, two-time all-WAC fi rst teamer senior defensive back Antonio Baker and junior return specialist Phillip Livas. Nevada returns three in junior quarterback Colin Kaepernick, junior running back Vai Taua and ju-nior defensive lineman Kevin Basped. Boise State has two returning as the Broncos bring back junior defensive lineman Ryan Winterswyk and senior defensive back Kyle Wilson. Hawai‘i returns a two-time fi rst-team all-WAC player in senior offensive lineman John Estes and San Jose State linebacker Duke Ihenacho comes back for his junior season. There were 32 second-team players, and 18 of those should return to action this year. Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada have the most second-team players returning with four each. San Jose State and Utah State have two and Idaho and Louisiana Tech return one each.

NEW COACHES – The WAC welcomes two new head coaches this year. New Mexico State announced the hiring of DeWayne Walker as the school’s 33rd head football coach. Walker was in his third season as UCLA’s defensive coordinator and served as UCLA’s interim head coach for the 2007 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl game. Walker coached defenses for three differ-ent organizations in the National Football League prior to coming to UCLA. He participated in the NFL’s minority coaching internship program, working with the San Francisco 49ers in 1996 and the Patriots in 1997. A former cornerback himself, Walker played three seasons professionally – one in the CFL (Edmonton Eskimos in 1982) and two in the USFL (Oakland Invaders in 1984 and Arizona Outlaws in 1985). In college, he was a two-year starter at Minnesota (1980-81) after playing at Pasadena City College for two years. Walker received his Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Regents College in Albany, NY, in 1992. Gary Andersen was named Utah State’s head football coach, becoming the 26th head coach in the 115 years of Aggie football. Andersen comes to Utah State after fi ve seasons as the assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Utah, where he helped guide the Utes to a 13-0 record last season. 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. Andersen’s coaching career began in 1988 as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Southeastern 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, assistant head coach/defensive line/special teams). A 1986 graduate of Utah, Andersen earned his bachelor’s degree in political science. He played center for Utah from 1985-86 after garnering fi rst-team juco All-America honors in 1984 at Ricks College.

WAC TRIO WITH 166 WINS – Boise State, Fresno State and Hawai‘i have combined for 166 victories since the 2003 season. That total is tied for the fourth most of any FBS confer-ence’s top trio.

Rank Conference Wins (2003-08) 1. Big 12 (Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech) ..................................185 2. SEC (LSU, Georgia, Florida)..................................................184 3. Pac-10 (Southern Cal, California, Oregon) ............................172 4. WAC (Boise State, Hawai‘i, Fresno State) ..........................166 ACC (Virginia Tech, Boston College, Florida State) ...............166 6. Big Ten (Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan) ............................165 7. MWC (Utah, TCU, BYU) ........................................................163 8. Big East (West Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati) .......................155 9. CUSA (Tulsa, Southern Miss, Houston) .................................138 10. MAC (Northern Illinois, Central Michigan, Toledo) .................124 11. Sun Belt (Florida Atlantic, Troy, Arkansas State) ....................114

TEAMS RACK UP VICTORIES – Since the 2003 football season, the WAC’s top teams have established themselves as some of the most successful programs west of the Missis-sippi River. Boise State has won 68 games over the last six years while Hawai‘i has 52 wins, Fresno State has 46 and Nevada has 41. Only USC (71) has won more than Boise State.

Team G Total Avg. HighBoise St. 6 193,649 32,275 32,412Fresno St. 5 189,318 37,864 42,387Hawai‘i 8 328,081 41,010 45,718Idaho 6 92,041 15,340 17,000La. Tech 6 108,121 18,020 25,224Nevada 6 114,259 19,048 27,057NM State 6 106,533 17,756 30,343SJSU 6 125,714 20,952 26,258Utah St. 6 88,418 14,736 23,101Total 55 1,346,134 24,475 45,718

‘08 HOME ATTENDANCE

WAC NEWS AND NOTES

OffenseSept. 2 Ryan Mathews, So., RB, FSSept. 8 Tyler Graunke, Sr., QB, UHSept. 15 Kyle Reed, Jr., QB, SJSUSept. 22 Kellen Moore, Fr., QB, BSUSept. 29 Colin Kaepernick, So., QB, NEVOct. 6 Kellen Moore, Fr., QB, BSUOct. 13 Chase Holbrook, Sr., QB, NMSUOct. 20 Daniel Porter, Jr., RB, LTUOct. 27 Greg Alexander, Jr., QB, UHNov. 3 Daniel Porter, Jr., RB, LTUNov. 10 Vai Taua, So., RB, NEVNov. 17 Colin Kaepernick, So., QB, NEVNov. 24 Austin Pettis, So., WR, BSUDec. 1 Colin Kaepernick, So., QB, NEV

DefenseSept. 2 Deon Young, Jr., S, LTUSept. 8 Isaac Butts, So., CB, UISept. 15 Jeron Johnson, So., S, BSUSept. 22 Derrick Richardson, Sr., FS, NMSUSept. 29 Justin Cole, Jr., LB, SJSUOct. 6 Keao Monteilh, Sr., DB, UHOct. 13 Duke Ihenacho, So., LB, SJSUOct. 20 Brandyn Thompson, So., CB, BSUOct. 27 Josh Shaw, Sr., DE, UINov. 3 Paul Igboeli, Jr., LB, USUNov. 10 Terry Carter, Fr., CB, LTUNov. 17 Byron Hout, Fr., DE, BSUNov. 24 Solomon Elimimian, Sr., LB, UHDec. 1 Ben Calderwood, Sr., DL, USU

Special TeamsSept. 2 Brad Oestriecher, Sr., PK, LTUSept. 8 Eric Hunter, So., CB, UISept. 15 Robert Malone, So., P, FSSept. 22 Kiamni Washington, So., LB, LTUSept. 29 Jared Strubeck, Sr., PK, SJSUOct. 6 Dan Kelly, Sr., PK, UHOct. 13 Kyle Brotzman, So., PK/P, BSUOct. 20 Kyle Brotzman, So., PK/P, BSUOct. 27 Kevin Goessling, Fr., PK, FSNov. 3 Phillip Livas, So., RS, LTUNov. 10 A.J. Jefferson, Jr., KR, FSNov. 17 Chris Williams, Sr., KR, NMSUNov. 24 Keith Brown, Sr., RB, LTUDec. 1 Kyle Wilson, Jr., PR, BSU

‘08 PLAYERS of the WEEK


There are 53 Division IA programs west of the Mississippi that include all of the teams from the WAC, Big 12, Mountain West and Pac-10 and several teams from the Big Ten, Confer-ence USA, SEC and Sun Belt.

Rank Team Wins (2003-08) 1. USC ...................................................................... 71 2. Boise State.......................................................... 68 3. Oklahoma ............................................................ 66 Texas .................................................................... 66 5. Utah...................................................................... 59 6. TCU ...................................................................... 57 7. Texas Tech ........................................................... 53 8. Hawai‘i ................................................................. 52

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE – The 2009 WAC schedule includes 39 non-conference games:

Conference Games TeamsBig East ....................... 1 CincinnatiBig Ten ........................ 4 Illinois, Ohio State, Wisconsin (2)Big 12 .......................... 2 Missouri, Texas A&MConference USA.......... 2 UTEP, TulsaGreat West .................. 4 UC Davis (2), Cal Poly, Southern UtahIndependent (FBS) ...... 3 Navy (2), Notre DameMAC ............................ 3 Bowling Green, Miami (Ohio), Northern IllinoisMountain West .......... 10 Brigham Young, Colorado State (2), UNLV (2), New

Mexico, San Diego State (2), Utah (2)Pac-10 ......................... 5 Oregon, Southern California, Stanford, Washington,

Washington StateSEC ............................. 2 Auburn, LSUSouthland .................... 2 Central Arkansas, Nicholls StateSWAC .......................... 1 Prairie View A&M

BOWL OPPONENTS – Of the 39 non-conference matchups, 18 are against teams that played in bowl games last year and six are at WAC home sites. All nine teams in the WAC play at least one non-conference opponent that competed in a bowl last year while Nevada is playing a WAC-high three bowl opponents. The rest of the teams are playing two apiece except for New Mexico State which has one.

Oregon (Holiday) at Boise State, Sept. 3Utah State at Utah (Sugar), Sept. 3San Jose State at Southern California (Rose), Sept. 5Nevada at Notre Dame (Hawai‘i), Sept. 5Louisiana Tech at Navy (Eaglebank), Sept. 12Fresno State at Wisconsin (Champs Sports), Sept. 12Utah (Sugar) at San Jose State, Sept. 12Nevada at Colorado State (New Mexico), Sept. 19Missouri (Alamo) at Nevada, Sept. 25Fresno State at Cincinnati (Orange), Sept. 26Idaho at Northern Illinois (Independence), Sept. 26Utah State at Brigham Young (Las Vegas), Oct. 2Colorado State (New Mexico) at Idaho, Oct. 3Boise State at Tulsa (GMAC), Oct. 14New Mexico State at Ohio State (Fiesta), Oct. 31Louisiana Tech at LSU (Chick-Fil-A), Nov. 14Navy (Eaglebank) at Hawai‘i, Nov. 28Wisconsin (Champs Sports) at Hawai‘i, Dec. 5

COACHES MOVING UP RECORD LISTS – A couple of WAC coaches are working their way up the NCAA coaching record lists. Nevada head coach Chris Ault fi nished his 24th season as a head coach and is 198-91-1, the sixth winningest active coach in FBS. San Jose State’s Dick Tomey is the seventh winningest active coach as he fi nished his fi fth year with the Spartans and 28th overall with a record of 181-135-7. Tomey previously won 63 games at Hawai‘i from 1977-86 and 95 games at Arizona from 1987-2000. Tomey has coached 323 games, the fourth most among active coaches. In WAC games only, Fresno State head coach Pat Hill has 64 conference victories, the fourth most in league history while Tomey has 48 WAC wins, the sixth most.

WAC NEWS AND NOTES

Final 2008

Rk School Record Points PVS 1. Florida (60) 13-1 1524 2 2. USC 12-1 1393 4 3. Texas 12-1 1389 3 4. Utah (1) 13-0 1375 7 5. Oklahoma 12-2 1333 1 6. Alabama 12-2 1157 4 7. TCU 11-2 1114 11 8. Penn State 11-2 1091 6 9. Oregon 10-3 1011 13 10. Georgia 10-3 904 17 11. Ohio State 10-3 874 10 12. Texas Tech 11-2 867 8 13. Boise State 12-1 809 9 14. Virginia Tech 10-4 740 19 15. Mississippi 9-4 620 24 16. Missouri 10-4 549 23 17. Cincinnati 11-3 493 12 18. Oklahoma St. 9-4 480 14 19. Oregon State 9-4 407 25 20. Iowa 9-4 250 NR 21. BYU 10-3 248 16 22. Georgia Tech 9-4 219 15 23. Florida State 9-4 217 NR 24. Michigan State 9-4 179 18 25. California 9-4 116 NR

Other WAC teams receiving votes: None

USA Today

Final 2008

Rk School Record Points PVS 1. Florida (48) 13-1 1606 1 2. Utah (16) 13-0 1519 7 3. USC (1) 12-1 1481 5 4. Texas 12-1 1478 3 5. Oklahoma 12-2 1391 2 6. Alabama 12-2 1264 4 7. TCU 11-2 1193 11 8. Penn State 11-2 1153 6 9. Ohio State 10-3 1013 10 10. Oregon 10-3 997 15 11. Boise State 12-1 938 9 12. Texas Tech 11-2 916 8 13. Georgia 10-3 903 16 14. Mississippi 9-4 857 20 15. Virginia Tech 10-4 713 21 16. Oklahoma St. 9-4 534 13 17. Cincinnati 11-3 506 12 18. Oregon State 9-4 467 24 19. Missouri 10-4 435 25 20. Iowa 9-4 317 NR 21. Florida State 9-4 246 NR 22. Georgia Tech 9-4 223 14 23. West Virginia 9-4 144 NR 24. Michigan State 9-4 138 19 25. BYU 10-3 137 17

Other WAC teams receiving votes: None

AP Poll


WAC GRID BITS

(11/13) Boise State Broncos (12-1, 8-0 WAC)Led the WAC in total defense and scoring defense for the third year in a row ... fi nished second in the nation in pass effi ciency defense ... tied Nevada for the WAC lead in scoring with 37.6 points per game, the fi rst time the Broncos have led the WAC in scoring since 2004 ... its 35 wins since 2006 are tied with Florida for the most in the nation ... is 60-4 all-time in WAC games ... has won 49 consecutive regular season home games ... has won 38 of its last 39 home games ... its active 19-game home winning streak is currently the second longest in the nation ... is the highest scoring team in the nation since 2000 averaging 41.33 points over 114 games ... junior-to-be Kyle Brotzman has made all 116 of his PATs, an on-going school record (WAC record is 128).

Fresno State Bulldogs (7-6, 4-4 WAC)Fresno State scored touchdowns on its fi rst two possessions of the New Mexico Bowl, the fi rst time it had done that all season ... Lonyae Miller’s 69-yard run for a touchdown in the New Mexico Bowl was the longest run from scrimmage by a Bulldog in a bowl game ... it was his third touchdown run of 69 yards or better last season ... kick returner A.J. Jefferson fi nished last season as the nation’s active career leader in average yards per kickoff return at 32.25 and was tied for second in touchdowns scored via kick return with 3 ... his career average is a WAC record ... the Bulldogs have 44 blocked kicks since 2002, the most in the nation in that time ... has 14 BCS wins since 2000, the second most among non-BCS teams during that time.

Hawai‘i Warriors (7-7, 5-3 WAC)Finished the 2008 season with a non-losing record for the eighth time in the last 10 years ... had its three-game winning streak in the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl snapped in the loss to Notre Dame ... surrendered a season-high eight sacks in the game and a school-record 59 on the season ... for the fi rst time since 1998, UH did not have a 3,000-yard passer ... senior LB Solomon Elimimian fi nished his career with 434 tackles, the second most in WAC history and nine shy of the record (443 by UTEP’s Robert Rodriguez) ... UH is 24-0 when scoring 40 or more points since 2005 ... has won 13 of its last 16 home games, but lost its last two ... played six road games last year, the most since 2003 ... is 9-3 in WAC road games since 2006.

Idaho Vandals (2-10, 1-7 WAC)In its fi nal game, opened with a 14-play, 74-yard touchdown drive in the game at Hawai‘i ... Tino Amancio tied his career-long in that game with a 52-yard fi eld goal ... Amancio became the fi rst Vandal to make every PAT attempt (82) in his career which included 29 last season ... senior T.J. Conley punted four times for 203 yards at Hawai‘i and fi nished as the national leader with a 47.4-yard average ... his 220 career punts were the eighth most among active players ... true freshman Kama Bailey became Idaho’s single-season kickoff return yardage leader with 902 yards ... senior C Adam Korby started every game Idaho played during his career (47) ... Idaho has lost 14 straight road games, the third longest streak in the nation.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (8-5, 5-3 WAC)Posted eight wins for the fi rst time since going 8-3 in 1999 ... won its fi rst bowl game since the 1977 Independence Bowl ... sophomore Phillip Livas’ 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the Independence Bowl was the second longest in the bowl’s history and the sixth longest in Bulldog history ... Livas’ 2,015 all-purpose yards last season were the 10th most in WAC history ... senior RB Patrick Jackson’s 5,169 career all-purpose yards were second in Tech history and the 10th most in WAC history ... senior PR Philip Beck averaged 14.67 yards per punt return in his career, the second best among active players in the nation ... senior LB Quin Harris’ tied a WAC career record with seven fumbles recovered.

Nevada Wolf Pack (7-6, 5-3 WAC)Sophomore QB Colin Kaepernick became the fi fth different player in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards in a season ... sophomore Vai Taua rushed for 1,521 yards on the year, the 12th most in WAC history ... Taua and Kaepernick became the fi fth duo in WAC history to both rush for more than 1,000 yards and the fi rst since 1997 ... Taua (18) and Kaepernick (17) led the WAC in rushing touchdowns ... Nevada racked up 6,611 yards of total offense, a new school record, and led the WAC with 508.5 yards per game ... senior WR Marko Mitchell caught a pass in his last 27 games and 38 of the 39 games in his career ... senior PK Brett Jaekle fi nished his career as the nation’s active leader in PATs with 211.


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New Mexico State Aggies (3-9, 1-7 WAC)Led the WAC in passing, snapping Hawai‘i’s streak of nine straight years ... also led the WAC in passing defense ... senior QB Chase Holbrook threw for more than 300 yards in a game 24 times and and more than 400 yards 10 times ... he had 85 TD passes, the most in NMSU history ... senior A.J. Harris is the school’s all-time career leader in receptions with 269, the 15th most in NCAA history ... he caught a pass in 45 straight games, the longest streak in the WAC ... senior Chris Williams was second among active players in the nation in career receiving yards (3,555) ... senior DB Derrick Richardson ended his career with 318 tackles, the ninth most in WAC history ... NMSU ended the season with a seven-game losing streak, the fi fth longest in the nation.

San Jose State Spartans (6-6, 4-4 WAC)After a 5-2 start, fi nished the regular season losing four of its last fi ve games ... SJSU was held to negative rushing yards in its fi nal two games (-5 against Fresno State and -23 ver-sus Nevada) ... senior DT Jarron Gilbert’s 42.0 career tackles for loss are a school record and tied for the sixth most in WAC history ... he had 22 last year, tying the single-season WAC record ... he also had 21.5 career sacks, tied for the seventh most in WAC history ... sophomore Duke Ihenacho had fi ve interceptions, tied for the most in the WAC ... senior DB Chris Owens had 13 picks in his career, tied for the ninth most among the nation’s active players, but had just one (on opening day) this past year ... head coach Dick Tomey is the president of the AFCA for 2009.

Utah State Aggies (3-9, 3-5 WAC)In its fi nal game, did not allow any offensive points for the fi rst time since 2003 when it de-feated Arkansas State, 49-0 ... held NMSU to -7 yards rushing, the fi rst time USU has held an opponent to negative rushing yards since Sept. 19, 1998 at Colorado when it held the Buffaloes to -2 ... posted three wins for the fi rst time since 2005 (3-8) ... won three WAC games, the most since joining the league ... had 16 TD passes last season, fi ve more than its total from last year ... senior WR Otis Nelson caught a pass in 30 straight games, the third longest active streak in the WAC.

T.J. ConleyPunterIdahoWalter Camp First Team; Sporting News First Team; ESPN First Team; AP Second Team; SI.com Second Team; Rivals.com Third Team

Derrick RichardsonDefensive BackNew Mexico StateSI.com Honorable Mention

A.J. JeffersonKick ReturnerFresno StatePhil Steele’s Second Team

Vai TauaRunning BackNevadaSI.com Honorable Mention

Kyle WilsonPunt ReturnerBoise StateSI.com Second Team; Sporting News Second Team; Rivals.com Third Team

Phillip LivasReturn SpecialistLouisiana TechSI.com Honorable Mention

Chris WilliamsWide ReceiverNew Mexico StatePhil Steele’s Fourth Team

Kellen MooreQuarterbackBoise StateSI.com Honorable Mention

Eddie WilliamsTight EndIdahoSI.com Honorable Mention


WAC NEWS AND NOTES

LOUISIANA TECH POSTS LONE BOWL WIN – Louisiana Tech won its fi rst bowl game since 1977 with a 17-10 victory over Northern Illinois in the Independence Bowl. The Bulldogs were the only WAC school of a record fi ve conference teams participating in bowls, to get a win. Tech’s Daniel Porter rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries while Phillip Livas scored on a 97-yard kickoff return. In other bowl games, Fresno State took a 28-20 lead into the fourth quarter of the New Mexico Bowl, but lost 40-35 to Colorado State after allowing three touchdowns in the fi nal stanza. Anthony Harding rushed for 120 yards and two scores while Lonyae Miller ran for 113 yards and two more touchdowns for the Bulldogs. Boise State’s perfect season came to an end in the San Diego County Credit Union Poin-settia Bowl. The Broncos led TCU 13-0 in the second quarter, but ended up losing 17-16. Ian Johnson rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown to become the WAC’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns with 58. Hawai‘i dropped a 49-21 decision against Notre Dame in the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl. Aaron Bain caught eight passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns for the Warriors. Nevada lost its third straight bowl game, 42-35, against Maryland in the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl. Colin Kaepernick threw for 370 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for a score while Vai Taua ran for 101 yards and a touchdown for the Wolf Pack. In each loss, the WAC team allowed a touchdown on the fi nal or next to the fi nal offensive play prior to halftime.

FIVE BOWL GAMES TIES RECORD – For the second time in its history and fi rst since 1992, the WAC sent fi ve teams to postseason bowl games. It was the fi rst time that the WAC sent more than half of its teams to bowl games as there were 10 teams in 1992. Boise State played in its seventh consecutive bowl game, Fresno State earned its ninth postseason ap-pearance in the last 10 years, Hawai‘i appeared in its sixth bowl over the last seven years, Louisiana Tech earned its fi rst bowl appearance since 2001, and Nevada played in its fourth straight bowl game.

WAC WITH WINNING RECORD IN ALL-TIME BOWL GAMES – The WAC’s nine teams have an all-time record of 34-31-2 (.522) in bowl games. That winning percentage is one of just four above .500 among all FBS conferences. The Pac-10 is fi rst at .533, the SEC is second (.531) and the ACC is third (.524).

WAC WITH SIX BOWL ELIGIBLE TEAMS – For the fi rst time since 1998, the WAC had six bowl eligible teams: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai‘i, Louisiana Tech, Nevada and San Jose State. The last time the WAC had six bowl eligible teams was in 1998 when it had seven (four of which played in bowls). Five of the six this past year earned bowl bids as San Jose State came up just short in receiving an invitation.

BRONCOS WIN FIFTH TITLE WITH PERFECT RECORD – Boise State defeated Fresno State, 61-10, in its fi nal regular season game to post its fi fth 8-0 record in WAC play since 2002. Boise State also was 8-0 in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. The Broncos are the only team in WAC history to go undefeated in the conference fi ve times as both Brigham Young and Wyoming did it four times. The regular season championship was also Boise State’s sixth in seven years as the Broncos tied Nevada with a 7-1 mark in 2005.

BOISE STATE 9TH IN BCS RANKINGS – In the fi nal BCS rankings, Boise State fi nished 9th, a spot it held for the fi nal fi ve weeks of the poll. The Broncos had an average computer ranking of 8th as they were ranked 7th by Anderson & Hester, 8th by Billingsley, 8th by Col-ley, 8th by Massey, 8th by Sagarin and 6th by Wolfe. The BCS poll throws out the best and worst computer ranking to get the average and factors in the USA Today and Harris polls to calculate the BCS rankings. WAC teams have been ranked in the fi nal BCS poll six times since the inception of the poll in 1998.

Team Final Ranking Year Boise State 9th 2008 Hawai‘i 10th 2007 Boise State 8th 2006 Boise State 9th 2004 Boise State 17th 2003 TCU 14th 2000

The highest a WAC team has ever been ranked in any BCS poll was when Boise State was 7th on Nov. 21, 2004.

BRONCOS, WAC UNDEFEATED AGAIN – In 2004, Boise State was 11-0 in the regular

The following 11 games will be televised on either ESPN or ESPN2:

Date Game, NetworkSept. 3 Oregon at Boise StateSept. 18 Boise State at Fresno StateSept. 25 Missouri at NevadaSept. 30 Hawai‘i at Louisiana TechOct. 9 Louisiana Tech at NevadaOct. 14 Boise State at TulsaNov. 6 Boise State at Louisiana TechNov. 8 Nevada at San Jose StateNov. 20 Boise State at Utah StateNov. 27 Nevada at Boise StateDec. 5 Wisconsin at Hawai‘i

Other games may be added at a later date

2009 TV SCHEDULE

2008 WAC BOWLS

Wednesday, December 24Notre Dame 49, Hawai‘i 21

Tuesday, December 23(11/11) TCU 17, (9/9) Boise State 16

Tuesday, December 30Maryland 42, Nevada 35

Saturday, December 20Colorado State 40, Fresno State35

Sunday, December 28Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Ill. 10


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season before losing to Louisville in the Liberty Bowl. In 2006, the Broncos ran the table and were the only undefeated team in the nation with a 13-0 mark after a victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. In 2008, Boise State was again undefeated in the regular season at 12-0. The Broncos are the only team in the nation to have posted three undefeated regular seasons since 2004. Coupled with Hawai‘i’s undefeated regular season in 2007, the WAC has had four teams in the past fi ve years fi nish the regular season without a loss. No other conference has had more than two teams accomplish this since 2004.

NATIONAL POLLS – Following the conclusion of the 2008 bowl season, Boise State dropped two spots to 11th in the AP poll and four spots to 13th in the USA Today coaches’ poll. In the Harris Interactive poll, the Broncos were 9th at the end of the regular season. That ranking was the highest the Broncos have ever been listed during the regular season. Boise State has been ranked in the top 25 at least once in each of the last seven seasons. At least one team from the WAC has been in the polls every week since Sept. 17, 2006 (46 consecutive polls).

THREE WAC PLAYERS RANKED NUMBER ONE – In the fi nal NCAA stats, the WAC had three players that led the nation in statistical categories. New Mexico State defensive back Derrick Richardson ranked number one in tackles per game with 12.5 while Idaho’s T.J. Conley was the country’s top punter with a 47.4-yard average. San Jose State’s Jarron Gilbert led the nation in tackles for loss with 1.83 per game.

HOLBROOK ONE OF TOP QUARTERBACKS IN THE NATION – New Mexico State senior quarterback Chase Holbrook fi nished up his third and fi nal year at the FBS level ranked in the top fi ve in several national active career leader categories. Holbrook was second in attempts per game (43.5), completions per game (30.2) and yards per game (329.1), third in total yards (11,846), completions (1,087) and completion percentage (69.46), fourth in attempts (1,566) and tied for fi fth in touchdowns (85).

IAN JOHNSON ACTIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWN LEADER – Boise State senior running back Ian Johnson fi nished his career as the nation’s active leader in total rushing touchdowns with 58. That total set a new WAC record, breaking the previous high of 57 set by San Diego State’s Marshall Faulk (1991-93). Johnson was second in overall touchdowns scored with 59 (1 receiving) and was fi fth in rushing yards with 4,184. He became the fourth WAC run-ning back to reach 4,000 yards joining LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU, 1997-00; Steve Bartalo, Colorado State, 1983-86; and Marshall Faulk, San Diego State, 1991-93.

IMPROVED TEAMS – The WAC had fi ve teams that posted more wins this past year than in 2007. Louisiana Tech had the biggest turnaround with a three-win improvement while Boise State had two more wins. Nevada, San Jose State and Utah State all improved their win totals by one from 2007.

PETERSEN NAMED FINALIST FOR COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS – Boise State head coach Chris Petersen was named one of 10 fi nalists for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award and one of nine fi nalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award.

ALL-AMERICANS – The WAC had the following players earn All-America honors this past season:

T.J. Conley, P, Idaho-Walter Camp First Team; Sporting News First Team; ESPN First Team; AP Second Team; SI.com Second Team; Rivals.com Third TeamA.J. Jefferson, KR, Fresno State-Phil Steele’s Second TeamPhillip Livas, RS, Louisiana Tech-SI.com Honorable MentionKellen Moore, QB, Boise State-SI.com Honorable MentionDerrick Richardson, DB, New Mexico State-SI.com Honorable MentionVai Taua, RB, Nevada-SI.com Honorable MentionChris Williams, WR, New Mexico State-Phil Steele’s Fourth TeamEddie Williams, TE, Idaho-SI.com Honorable MentionKyle Wilson, PR, Boise State-SI.com Second Team, Sporting News Second Team; Rivals.com Third Team

UNDERCLASSMEN ALL-AMERICANS – Four WAC players earned Freshman All-America honors: Thomas Byrd, OL, Boise State-College Football News Honorable Mention; George Iloka, DB, Boise State-College Football News Honorable Mention; Kellen Moore, QB, Boise

Seven of the nine teams in the WAC return at least 15 starters for the 2009 season.

Team Off. Def. Kickers TotalUtah State 10 7 2 19Fresno State 7 9 2 18Idaho 7 9 0 16La. Tech 9 7 0 16Nevada 7 7 1 15NMSU 7 7 1 15SJSU 7 7 1 15Boise State 6 5 2 13Hawai‘i 7 2 0 9

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Aug. 30 Miss. St. at La. Tech (ESPN2)

Sept. 1 Fresno St. at Rutgers (ESPN)Sept. 6 Idaho St. at Idaho (ALT)Sept. 6 Louisiana Tech at Kansas (FSN)Sept. 13 Wisconsin at Fresno St. (ESPN2)Sept. 13 Nevada at Missouri (FSN)Sept. 13 Hawai‘i at Oregon St. (FSN)Sept. 20 Fresno State at Toledo (ESPNU)Sept. 20 SE La. at Louisiana Tech (ERT)Sept. 20 Idaho at Utah St. (ALT)Sept. 27 Fresno St. at UCLA (ABC)

Oct. 1 La. Tech at Boise St. (ESPN)Oct. 11 Utah State at SJSU (ESPNU)Oct. 11 Boise St. at So. Miss (CBS-CS) Oct. 17 Hawai‘i at Boise St. (ESPN)Oct. 18 Idaho at Louisiana Tech (ERT)Oct. 24 Boise St. at San Jose St. (ESPN2)Oct. 25 New Mexico St. at Idaho (ALT)

Nov. 1 Hawai‘i at Utah St. (ERT)Nov. 7 Nevada at Fresno St. (ESPN2)Nov. 15 New Mexico St. at Fresno St. (ALT)Nov. 21 Fresno St. at SJSU (ESPN2)Nov. 22 Boise St. at Nevada (ESPN2)Nov. 22 Louisiana Tech at NM State (ERT)Nov. 28 Fresno St. at Boise St. (ESPN2)Nov. 29 Nevada at Louisiana Tech (ERT)

Dec. 6 Cincinnati at Hawai‘i (ESPN2)Dec. 20 Fresno St. vs. Colorado St. (ESPN)Dec. 23 Boise St. vs. TCU (ESPN)Dec. 24 Notre Dame at Hawai‘i (ESPN)Dec. 28 La. Tech vs. No. Illinois (ESPN)Dec. 30 Nevada vs. Maryland (ESPN)

2008 TV SCHEDULE

WAC Home Games Avg. Plays Over- Time ofDate Games Reviewed turned Review9/1 4 3 0 1:019/6 3 9 4 2:129/13 5 7 1 1:409/20 2 4 1 1:369/27 2 2 0 1:1510/4 5 7 1 1:5310/11 4 4 0 1:4010/18 4 5 4 2:0510/25 4 6 2 1:2011/1 4 3 0 1:1011/8 4 8 0 1:0511/15 4 3 1 1:5011/22 4 8 2 1:3511/29 4 5 1 1:2712/6 1 1 0 1:50Totals 54 75 17 1:37

2008 INSTANT REPLAY


2008 NCAA FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRushing School Rank YPGVai Taua Nevada 8th 117.0

Receiving Yards School Rank YPGChris Williams NMSU 5th 105.9

Punt Returns School Rank Avg.Phillip Livas La. Tech 7th 15.3

Kick Returns School Rank Avg.A.J. Jefferson FS 4th 29.3

Punting School Rank Avg.T.J. Conley Idaho 1st 47.4

Tackles School Rank TPGDerrick Richardson NMSU 1st 12.5

Tackles for Loss School Rank Avg.Jarron Gilbert SJSU 1st 1.83Carl Ihenacho SJSU 8th 1.54

2008 NCAA FINAL TEAM STATISTICSRushing Offense Rank YPGNevada 3rd 277.8

Passing Offense Rank YPGNew Mexico State 10th 301.3

Total Offense Rank YPGNevada 5th 508.5

Punting Rank Net Avg.Boise State 4th 39.6

Scoring Defense Rank PPGBoise State 3rd 12.6

Rushing Defense Rank YPGNevada 6th 88.6

Passing Defense Rank YPGNew Mexico State 3rd 159.4San Jose State 10th 170.2

Passing Def. Eff. Rank RatingBoise State 2nd 94.4San Jose State 8th 100.1

Punt Returns Rank Avg.Fresno State 10th 14.0

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1,000+ Rushing Yards TotalVai Taua, Nevada 1,521Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech 1,164Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 1,130

1,000+ Receiving Yards TotalChris Williams, New Mexico State 1,271Marko Mitchell, Nevada 1,141

3,000+ Passing Yards TotalKellen Moore, Boise State 3,486Chase Holbrook, New Mexico State 3,361

BIG NUMBERS

State-Sporting News Second Team; College Football News Honorable Mention; and Billy Winn, DT, Boise State-Sporting News First Team. College Football News listed six players to its sophomore All-American honorable mention team: Kevin Basped, DL, Nevada; Andrew Jackson, OL, Fresno State; Ben Jacobs, LB, Fresno State; Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada; Brad Langley, P, Nevada; and Vai Taua, RB, Nevada.

HARRIS, PAYSINGER NAMED WUERFFEL TROPHY FINALISTS – Louisiana Tech senior linebacker Quin Harris and San Jose State senior center Justin Paysinger were two of only 13 fi nalists for the 2008 Wuerffel Trophy won by Florida’s Tim Tebow. The prestigious award is presented to the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with outstanding academic and athletic achievement.

ACADEMIC HONORS – A total of nine WAC football players were named to the 2008 fi rst-team CoSIDA Academic All-District teams. Idaho senior punter T.J. Conley was also named to the Academic All-America second team. Conley led the nation in punting with a 47.4-yard average.

Academic All-District First Team MembersRichie Brockel, Jr., RB, Boise State (District 8)*T.J. Conley, Sr., P, Idaho (District 8)Dallas Dobbs, Gr., LB, Boise State (District 8)Moses Harris, Jr., DB, Fresno State (District 8)Quin Harris, Gr., LB, Louisiana Tech (District 6)Derek Hoke, Gr., OL, Utah State (District 8)Andrew Jackson, So., OL, Fresno State (District 8)Vince Pascoe, So., RB, Fresno State (District 8)Vinny Perretta, Sr., WR, Boise State (District 8)

*Second Team Academic All-America

WAC INDIVIDUAL AWARDS – As voted upon by the WAC’s nine head coaches, Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick was named the Offensive Player of the Year, Hawai‘i’s Solomon Elimimian and San Jose State’s Jarron Gilbert shared Defensive Player of the Year honors, and Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore was named the Freshman of the Year. Boise State’s Chris Petersen was voted the WAC’s Coach of the Year.

ALL-WAC TEAMS – Nevada led the league with six fi rst-team all-WAC honorees, while Boise State placed fi ve on the fi rst team and Hawai‘i and Louisiana Tech each placed four. Repeat fi rst team all-WAC selections from 2007 included Boise State wide receiver Jeremy Childs, Hawai‘i offensive lineman John Estes, Nevada offensive lineman Dominic Green, Hawai‘i linebacker Solomon Elimimian, Hawai‘i linebacker Adam Leonard and Louisiana Tech defensive back Antonio Baker. Boise State placed a WAC-high six players on the second team while Fresno State and San Jose State had fi ve apiece.

NON-CONFERENCE – The WAC was 19-23 (.452) in non-conference games this past season. WAC teams competed against the ACC (0-1), Big East (1-1), Big Sky (3-0), Big Ten (0-1), Big 12 (0-5), Conference USA (2-0), Great West (1-0), FBS Independents (0-2), MAC (3-1), Mountain West (2-7), Pac-10 (3-4), SEC (1-1), Southland (1-0) and SWAC (2-0). The WAC was 1-10 versus AP top-25 non-conference opponents as Hawai‘i lost at No. 5 Florida on Aug. 30, Utah State lost at No. 18 Oregon on Sept. 6, Louisiana Tech lost at No. 14 Kansas on Sept. 6, Nevada lost to No. 12 Texas Tech on Sept. 6, Nevada lost at No. 6 Missouri on Sept. 13, Utah State lost to No. 22 Utah on Sept. 13, Fresno State lost to No. 10 Wisconsin on Sept. 13, Boise State beat No. 17 Oregon on Sept. 20, Utah State lost to No. 8 BYU on Oct. 3, Hawai‘i lost to No. 13 Cincinnati on Dec. 6, and Boise State lost to No. 11 TCU on Dec. 23.


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2008 ACADEMIC ALL-WAC

OffensePos Name School Ht. Wt. YearWR *Jeremy Childs Boise State 6-0 196 Jr.WR Marko Mitchell Nevada 6-4 200 Sr.WR %$Chris Williams New Mexico State 5-8 157 Sr.TE Eddie Williams Idaho 6-1 249 Sr.OL Andrew Woodruff Boise State 6-2 320 Sr.OL Bobby Lepori Fresno State 6-5 290 Sr.OL *John Estes Hawai‘i 6-2 290 Jr.OL %Adam Korby Idaho 6-2 292 Sr.OL *#Dominic Green Nevada 6-3 295 Sr.QB Colin Kaepernick Nevada 6-6 215 So.RB Daniel Porter Louisiana Tech 5-9 189 Jr.RB Vai Taua Nevada 5-10 225 So.

DefensePos Name School Ht. Wt. YearDL Ryan Winterswyk Boise State 6-4 258 So.DL D’Anthony Smith Louisiana Tech 6-2 292 Jr.DL Kevin Basped Nevada 6-6 240 So.DL %Jarron Gilbert San Jose State 6-6 280 Sr.LB Ellis Powers Boise State 5-10 200 Sr.LB *Solomon Elimimian Hawai‘i 6-0 220 Sr.LB *#Adam Leonard Hawai‘i 6-0 235 Sr.LB Duke Ihenacho San Jose State 6-1 200 So.DB %Kyle Wilson Boise State 5-10 185 Jr.DB Ryan Mouton Hawai‘i 5-10 180 Sr.DB *Antonio Baker Louisiana Tech 5-11 200 Jr.DB %Christopher Owens San Jose State 5-10 170 Sr.

SpecialistsPos Name School Ht. Wt. YearPK Brett Jaekle Nevada 6-4 210 Sr.P T.J. Conley Idaho 6-3 216 Sr.ST Phillip Livas Louisiana Tech 5-8 170 So.

OffenseWR Austin Pettis, So., BSUWR Michael Washington, Sr., UHWR David Richmond, Sr., SJSUTE *Bear Pascoe, Sr., FSOL Andrew Jackson, So., FSOL Mike Iupati, Jr., UIOL Rob McGill, So., LTUOL Alonzo Durham, Jr., NEVOL Mike Gallett, So., NEVOL Richie Bolin, Sr., NMSUOL Brennan McFadden, Jr., USUQB Kellen Moore, Fr., BSURB *$Ian Johnson, Sr., BSURB #@Yonus Davis, Sr., SJSU

DefenseDL Mike T. Williams, Sr., BSUDL *David Veikune, Sr., UHDL Keala Watson, Sr., UHDL Dontay Moch, So., NEVDL Carl Ihenacho, Jr., SJSULB Chris Carter, So., FSLB Ben Jacobs, So., FSLB Justin Cole, Jr., SJSULB %Jake Hutton, Sr., USULB Paul Igboeli, Jr., USUDB Jeron Johnson, So., BSUDB Moses Harris, Jr., FSDB Derrick Richardson, Sr., NMSUDB Coye Francies, Sr., SJSU

SpecialistsPK Tino Amancio, Sr., UIP *Chris Keagle, Sr., LTUP Brad Langley, So., NEVST Kyle Wilson, Jr., BSU

The 2008 academic all-WAC football team included 101 players from the nine schools. To be selected, a student-athlete must have com-pleted one academic year, have a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA and have participated in at least fi fty percent of the team’s contests.

BOISE STATEChase Baker, Timothy Brady, Richie Brockel, Michael Choate, Dallas Dobbs, Kyle Gingg, Bush Hamdan, Benjamin Iannacchione, Jeron Johnson, Kellan Moore, Daniel Paul, Vincent Perretta, Austin Pettis, Nathaniel Potter, Tyler Shoemaker, Matthew Slater, Aaron Tevis, Kyle Wilson

FRESNO STATE Tom Brandstater, Kevin Goessling, Anthony Harding, Bryce Harris, Moses Harris, Zak Hill, Andrew Jackson, Ben Jacobs, Drew Lubinsky, Robert Malone, Darren Newborn, Vince Pascoe, Shawn Plummer, Bobby Shepard

HAWAI‘I Alexander Gregory, Solomon Elimimian, David Farmer, Austin Hansen, Aaron Kia, Antwan Mahaley, Vaughn Meatoga, Kealoha Pilares, Royce Pollard, Keanemana Silva, Spencer Smith, Richard Torres, David Veikene, Aaron Watson

IDAHO Justin Allen, Kristopher Anderson, Peter Bjorvik, Andrew Blevins, Timothy Conley, Nathan Enderle, Adam Juratovac, Aaron Lavarias

LOUISIANA TECH David Accardo, Quin Harris, Mason Hitt, Ross Jenkins

NEVADA Nate Agaiava, Daryll Hill, Clayton Johnson, Colin Kaepernick, Zack Madonick, Andy McIntosh, Courtney Randall

NEW MEXICO STATE Kau’a Adolpho, Marcus Anderson, Ross Conner, Jamar Cotton, Julius Fleming, Tonny Glynn, Oren Long, Doug McDaniel, Weston Neiman, Nick Paden, Brandon Perez, Jason Scott, Kyle Smith, Joseph Suder, Derek Thompson, Michael Zant

SAN JOSE STATE Eric Bucholz, Austin Carter, Myles Eden, Aaron Gilbert, Travis Jones, Mohamed Marah, Justin Paysinger, Liam Smith, Braden Storaasli

UTAH STATE Alan Bishop, James Brindley, Andy Carlsen, Jervon Graves, Jacob Hutton, Nnamdi Gwacham, Derek Hoke, Otis Nelson, Jake Poulson, Patrick Scales, Chris Ulinski

*2007 First Team All-WAC; %2007 Second Team All-WAC; $2006 First Team All-WAC; #2006 Second Team All-WAC; @2005 Second Team All-WAC

Offensive Player of the Year Co- Defensive Players of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year Colin Kaepernick Solomon Elimimian Jarron Gilbert Kellen Moore Chris Petersen So., QB, Nevada Sr., LB, Hawai‘i Sr., DT, San Jose State Boise State Boise State

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Date Opponent TimeSept. 3 OREGON (ESPN) ....................8:15Sept. 12 MIAMI-OHIO .............................6:00Sept. 18 *at Fresno State (ESPN) ..........6:00Sept. 26 at Bowling Green ...................... TBAOct. 3 UC DAVIS .................................6:00Oct. 14 at Tulsa (ESPN)........................7:00Oct. 24 *at Hawai‘i ................................ TBAOct. 31 *SAN JOSE STATE ..................1:00Nov. 6 *at Louisiana Tech (ESPN2) .....7:00Nov. 14 *IDAHO .....................................1:00Nov. 20 *at Utah State (ESPN2) ............7:30Nov. 27 *NEVADA (ESPN2) .................. TBADec. 5 *NEW MEXICO STATE ............1:00*WAC Game-All times local/subject to change

2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (12-1, 8-0 WAC, 1st), AP Poll: 11th, USA Today Poll: 13th

BRONCOSBOISE STATE

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 2001Enrollment: .........................................19,667Founded: ................................................1932Colors: .................................Blue and OrangeStadium: ........Bronco (32,000/Blue FieldTurf)Spring Practice Dates: ....... March 9-April 17Spring Game: .....................................April 17

President: ........................... Dr. Robert KustraAthletics Director: ............... Gene BleymaierAssociate AD (SWA): .........Christina Van TolAssistant AD/Football Contact: Max CorbetSID: ........................................... Becca FauldsAssistant SIDs: Doug Link, Michelle RailsbackSID Phone Number: ............... 208-426-1515SID Fax Number: .................... 208-426-1778

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 IDAHO ST. (32,318) W 49-7Sept. 13 BOWLING GREEN (32,335) W 20-7Sept. 20 at (17/12) Ore. (58,713) W 37-32Oct. 1 *LA. TECH (32,071) W 38-3Oct. 11 at Southern Miss (30,912) W 24-7Oct. 17 *HAWAI‘I (32,342) W 27-7Oct. 24 *at San Jose St. (26,258) W 33-16Nov. 1 *at NMSU (15,922) W 49-0Nov. 8 *UTAH STATE (32,171) W 49-14Nov. 15 *at Idaho (17,000) W 45-10Nov. 22 *at Nevada (27,057) W 41-34Nov. 28 *FRESNO ST. (32,412) W 61-10Dec. 23 #(11/11) TCU (34,628) L 16-17 12-1, 8-0 WAC, 1st*WAC Game#Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego)

2008 RESULTS

Kellen Moore-QB: 157.1 passing rating

Boise State has won, or shared, six of the past seven WAC Championships.

Chris Petersen begins his fourth year as the head coach of the Bronco football team. His over-all record is 35-4 for an 89.7 winning percentage. His three-year record in the WAC is 23-1 (95.8%) which includes undefeated league championships in 2006 and 2008, and a runner-up fi nish in 2007. His only WAC loss was at Hawai‘i in 2007.

Petersen received his fi rst WAC Coach of the Year award following the 2008 season. He was a fi nalist for the Paul “Bear” Bryant, Liberty Mutual and Eddie Rob-inson National Coach of the Year awards.

Boise State has the best winning percentage in the country the past 10 years in three different categories: overall (108-20, .843), conference (70-5, .933) and home games (64-2, .970).

Since the start of the 2000 season, Boise State continues to be the highest scoring team in the country with 4,651 points in 113 games (41.2

ppg) – the only team in the nation to average over 40 points per game.

Boise State’s defense was ranked No. 2 in the

country at the end of the 2008 season in de-fensive pass effi ciency with a 94.43 rating.

Kyle Wilson returns as one of the top punt re-turners in the country. Last year he returned 33 punts for 470 yards and three touchdowns.

Quarterback Kellen Moore returns for his sophomore season after breaking the Boise State season record for pass percentage (281-450, .694). As a freshman Moore passed for 3,486 yards and was intercepted only 10 times to fi nish with an effi ciency rating of 157.12.

Boise State was ranked as high as No. 9 by both major polls in 2008, and was also ranked ninth in the fi nal BCS standings. The Broncos have been ranked in the top 25 for at least one week in the past seven years.


FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-Passing-Penalty) 285 (101-163-21) 228 (92-113-23)RUSHING ATTEMPTS-YARDAGE 449-1980 476-1534PASSING YARDAGE 3751 2472 Att-Comp-Int-TDs 438-298-11-30 449-234-22-8TOTAL OFFENSE 5731 4006FUMBLES-LOST 27-15 20-11PENALTIES-YARDS 93-839 84-745PUNTS-YARDS 47-2095 75-2979TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 28:48 31:123RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS (Percentage) 70/162 (43%) 68/209 (33%)4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS (Percentage) 9/13 (69%) 10/36 (28%)SACKS BY-YARDS 34-248 13-102

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalBoise State 88 182 138 81 489Opponents 26 50 45 43 164

TEAM STATS

Richie Brockel, FB, 6-2, 248, Sr.Scored two rushing TDs, both against Idaho State in season-opening win, and caught two TD passes on the season ... rinished regular sea-son with 10 receptions for 101 yards with an average of 9.4 yards per catch ... working on master’s degree in accountancy after graduating cum laude in accountancy last August ... fi nished 2007 season with 12 catches for 104 yards and four touchdowns ... caught touchdown pass in each of Boise State’s last three regular season games that year ... named to the academic all-WAC team.

Kellen Moore, QB, 6-0, 187, So.Named WAC Freshman of the Year and second-team all-conference after spectacular fi rst season, guiding Boise State to 12-1 record ... named to the Football Writers Association of America’s freshman All-America team ... left-hander was the fi rst freshman to ever start season opener at quarterback for the Broncos ... ranked 12th in nation in passing effi ciency and 24th in total offense, averaging 265.85 yards per game ... fi rst in WAC in passing effi ciency (157.1) and second in total offense (265.8) and average passing yards per game (268.2) ... completed 281 of 405 passes for 3,486 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

Kyle Wilson, CB, 5-10, 185, Sr.Named fi rst-team all-WAC cornerback and second-team all-conference punt returner ... named Boise State’s co-Special Teams Player of the Year with kicker Kyle Brotzman by vote of teammates ... led Boise State with fi ve interceptions, 10 pass breakups and 15 passes defended ... 15 passes defended (interceptions plus breakups) tied for 18th best in nation ... fi ve picks also tied for second in WAC and tied for 28th in na-tion ... had two key interceptions in win at Oregon ... has eight career interceptions ... recorded 35 tackles, 26 of which were unassisted ... returned 33 punts for 470 yards and three touchdowns.

Ryan Winterswyk, DE, 6-4, 258, Jr.Earned fi rst-team All-WAC honors following outstanding sophomore season ... named Boise State’s co-Most Valuable Defensive Player with safety Ellis Powers by vote of teammates ... led team with 11.5 tackles for loss for minus 48 yards and 4.5 sacks for minus 33 yards ... had 40 total tackles (22 unassisted tackles and 18 assisted) to fi nish with the most on the team among linemen ... seventh in the WAC in tackles for loss and eighth in sacks ... had six pass breakups, most among linemen, and two forced fumbles ... missed season opener with knee injury.

BOISE STATE OPPONENTS

Lettermen Back ........................................39 Offense ...........................................20 Defense ..........................................17 Special Teams ..................................2

Lettermen Lost .........................................17 Offense .............................................9 Defense ............................................8 Special Teams ..................................0

Offensive Starters Back (6)C Thomas Byrd, 5-11, 275, So.RG Kevin Sapien, 6-4, 274, Jr.RT Nate Potter, 6-6, 272, So.TE Tommy Gallarda, 6-5, 249, Jr.QB Kellen Moore, 6-0, 187, So.FB Richie Brockel, 6-2, 248, Jr.

Defensive Starters Back (5)DE Ryan Winterswyk, 6-4, 258, Jr.S Jeron Johnson, 5-11, 191, Jr.S George Iloka, 6-3, 202, So.CB Brandyn Thompson, 5-10, 180, Jr.CB Kyle Wilson, 5-10, 185, Sr.

Kickers Back (2)PK/P Kyle Brotzman, 5-10, 179, Jr.

Offensive Starters Lost (6)WR Vinny Perretta, 5-10, 195, Sr.WR Jeremy Childs, 6-0, 196, Jr.H Julian Hawkins, 6-3, 223, Sr.LT Andrew Woodruff, 6-2, 320, Sr.LG Jon Gott, 6-3, 286, Sr.RB Ian Johnson, 6-0, 196, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (6)DT Sean Bingham, 6-3, 260, Sr.DT Joe Bozikovich, 6-0, 273, Sr.DE Mike T. Williams, 6-3, 248, Sr.LB Tim Brady, 6-1, 204, Sr.LB Kyle Gingg, 5-11, 203, Sr.S Ellis Powers, 5-10, 200, Sr.

Kickers Lost (0)

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ........................ Chris PetersenAlma Mater: .........................UC Davis, 1988Born: ....................................... Oct. 13, 1964Overall Record: ............35-4 (.897), 3 yearsSchool Record: ...................................SameWAC Record: ................23-1 (.958), 3 years

Assistant Coaches ...........Position (Years)Keith Bhonapha ................................RBs (3)Jeff Choate ...................................LBs/ST (3)Bryan Harsin .................... Off. Coor./QBs (8)Scott Huff ............................................OL (3)Peter Kwiatkowski ............................. DL (11)Brent Pease ......................Asst. HC/WRs (3)Chris Strausser ..... TEs/Run Game Coor. (7)Justin Wilcox ........................... Def. Coor. (5)Marcel Yates .......................... Secondary (6)

COACHES

TOP BRONCOS


2008 BRONCO INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GJohnson,Ian 13 150 810 44 766 5.1 13 69 58.9Avery,Jeremy 13 111 639 25 614 5.5 4 57 47.2Harper,D.J. 13 55 278 13 265 4.8 4 29 20.4Perretta,Vinny 13 22 142 9 133 6.0 2 27 10.2Martin,Doug 11 24 109 2 107 4.5 0 23 9.7Young,Titus 3 5 52 0 52 10.4 2 24 17.3Bissell,Tanyon 12 6 55 7 48 8.0 0 41 4.0Hodge,Jarvis 6 12 49 3 46 3.8 0 8 7.7Hamdan,Bush 7 3 8 1 7 2.3 0 6 1.0Brockel,Richie 12 3 6 0 6 2.0 2 3 0.5Coughlin,Michael 6 7 21 16 5 0.7 0 9 0.8Moore,Kellen 13 38 84 114 -30 -0.8 1 15 -2.3Total 13 449 2253 273 1980 4.4 28 69 152.3Opponents 13 476 1903 369 1534 3.2 9 60 118.0

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GMoore,Kellen 13 157.12 281-405-10 69.4 3486 25 80 268.2Hamdan,Bush 7 104.80 10-20-1 50.0 115 1 22 16.4Coughlin,Michael 6 168.00 3-5-0 60.0 25 1 13 4.2Bissell,Tanyon 12 466.80 3-4-0 75.0 108 2 57 9.0Perretta,Vinny 13 572.80 1-1-0 100.0 17 1 17 1.3Pettis,Austin 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 13 157.55 298-438-11 68.0 3751 30 80 288.5Opponents 13 94.44 234-449-22 52.1 2472 8 81 190.2

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GChilds,Jeremy 12 72 802 11.1 7 57 66.8Pettis,Austin 13 49 567 11.6 9 24 43.6Perretta,Vinny 13 36 578 16.1 2 73 44.5Hawkins,Julian 13 26 322 12.4 3 46 24.8Johnson,Ian 13 22 229 10.4 0 51 17.6Efaw,Kyle 11 17 262 15.4 0 34 23.8Avery,Jeremy 13 16 226 14.1 0 37 17.4Young,Titus 3 10 168 16.8 1 80 56.0O’Neill,Chris 5 10 131 13.1 2 44 26.2Brockel,Richie 12 10 94 9.4 2 21 7.8Shoemaker,Tyler 10 7 110 15.7 2 56 11.0Gallarda,Tommy 10 6 65 10.8 2 16 6.5Bissell,Tanyon 12 6 63 10.5 0 15 5.2Harper,D.J. 13 4 37 9.2 0 20 2.8Martin,Doug 11 3 54 18.0 0 35 4.9Choate,Michael 10 2 29 14.5 0 22 2.9Franklin,Toshi 10 2 14 7.0 0 8 1.4Total 13 298 3751 12.6 30 80 288.5Opponents 13 234 2472 10.6 8 81 190.2

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongWilson,Kyle 33 470 14.2 3 90Perretta,Vinny 5 22 4.4 0 7Young,Titus 4 27 6.8 0 16Johnson,Ian 1 19 19.0 0 0Childs,Jeremy 1 0 0.0 0 0Robinson,Jason 0 1 0.0 0 1Total 44 539 12.2 3 90Opponents 18 95 5.3 0 18

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongAvery,Jeremy 10 239 23.9 0 42Martin,Doug 10 223 22.3 0 30Johnson,Ian 4 108 27.0 0 34Pettis,Austin 1 0 0.0 0 0Harper,D.J. 1 21 21.0 0 21Total 27 591 21.9 0 42Opponents 76 1468 19.3 0 62

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongWilson,Kyle 5 5 1.0 0 4Iloka,George 4 6 1.5 0 6Thompson,Brandyn 4 43 10.8 0 24Johnson,Jeron 3 23 7.7 0 17Powers,Ellis 1 9 9.0 0 9Franklin,Toshi 1 0 0.0 0 0McGowen,Keith 1 30 30.0 0 30Paul,Dan 1 0 0.0 0 0Tevis,Aaron 1 0 0.0 0 0Hout,Byron 1 62 62.0 0 62Total 22 178 8.1 0 62Opponents 11 222 20.2 4 68

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GJohnson,Ian 13 766 229 19 108 0 1122 86.3Avery,Jeremy 13 614 226 0 239 0 1079 83.0Childs,Jeremy 12 0 802 0 0 0 802 66.8Perretta,Vinny 13 133 578 22 0 0 733 56.4Pettis,Austin 13 0 567 0 0 0 567 43.6Wilson,Kyle 13 0 0 470 0 5 475 36.5Martin,Doug 11 107 54 0 223 0 384 34.9Harper,D.J. 13 265 37 0 21 0 323 24.8Hawkins,Julian 13 0 322 0 0 0 322 24.8Efaw,Kyle 11 0 262 0 0 0 262 23.8Young,Titus 3 52 168 27 0 0 247 82.3O’Neill,Chris 5 0 131 0 0 0 131 26.2Bissell,Tanyon 12 48 63 0 0 0 111 9.2Shoemaker,Tyler 10 0 110 0 0 0 110 11.0Brockel,Richie 12 6 94 0 0 0 100 8.3Gallarda,Tommy 10 0 65 0 0 0 65 6.5Hout,Byron 9 0 0 0 0 62 62 6.9Hodge,Jarvis 6 46 0 0 0 0 46 7.7Thompson,Brandyn 13 0 0 0 0 43 43 3.3McGowen,Keith 7 0 0 0 0 30 30 4.3Choate,Michael 10 0 29 0 0 0 29 2.9Johnson,Jeron 13 0 0 0 0 23 23 1.8Franklin,Toshi 10 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.4Powers,Ellis 13 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.7Hamdan,Bush 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 1.0Iloka,George 13 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GCoughlin,Michael 6 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.8Robinson,Jason 12 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1Moore,Kellen 13 -30 0 0 0 0 -30 -2.3Total 13 1980 3751 539 591 178 7039 541.5Opponents 13 1534 2472 95 1468 222 5791 445.5

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsBrotzman,Kyle 0 17-26 50-50 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 101Johnson,Ian 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78Pettis,Austin 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Childs,Jeremy 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42Avery,Jeremy 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Harper,D.J. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Perretta,Vinny 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Brockel,Richie 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Wilson,Kyle 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Young,Titus 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Hawkins,Julian 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Gallarda,Tommy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Shoemaker,Tyler 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12O’Neill,Chris 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Powers,Ellis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Jaramillo,Brock 0 0-0 10-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 10Moore,Kellen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Bissell,Tanyon 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0Total 63 17-26 60-61 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 489Opponents 21 7-13 17-19 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 164

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GMoore,Kellen 13 443 -30 3486 3456 265.8Johnson,Ian 13 150 766 0 766 58.9Avery,Jeremy 13 111 614 0 614 47.2Harper,D.J. 13 55 265 0 265 20.4Bissell,Tanyon 12 10 48 108 156 13.0Perretta,Vinny 13 23 133 17 150 11.5Hamdan,Bush 7 23 7 115 122 17.4Martin,Doug 11 24 107 0 107 9.7Young,Titus 3 5 52 0 52 17.3Hodge,Jarvis 6 12 46 0 46 7.7Coughlin,Michael 6 12 5 25 30 5.0Brockel,Richie 12 3 6 0 6 0.5Total 13 887 1980 3751 5731 440.8Opponents 13 925 1534 2472 4006 308.2

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdBrotzman,Kyle 37 1693 45.8 75 5 1 14 0Elkin,Brad 10 402 40.2 48 2 1 2 0Total 47 2095 44.6 75 7 2 16 0Opponents 75 2979 39.7 57 4 8 17 2

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkJohnson,Jeron 13 72-26-98 4.5-6 0 3-23 7 3-0 0 0Powers,Ellis 13 54-24-78 8.0-43 2.5-30 1-9 1 2-49 1 0Gingg,Kyle 13 47-29-76 6.5-19 2.5-12 0 2 1-0 2 0Iloka,George 13 45-18-63 6.5-14 1.0-9 4-6 6 0 0 0Acrey,Derrell 13 27-32-59 1.0-5 1.0-5 0 1 0 1 0Thompson,Brandyn 13 38-16-54 5.0-17 0 4-43 6 0 0 0Brady,Tim 12 27-15-42 5.0-19 0.5-4 0 0 0 1 0Winterswyk,Ryan 12 22-18-40 11.5-48 4.5-33 0 6 0 2 0Williams,Mike T 12 15-20-35 6.0-25 4.0-21 0 1 0 0 0Wilson,Kyle 13 26-9-35 3.0-5 0 5-5 10 0 0 0Tevis,Aaron 11 14-13-27 3.0-26 2.0-24 1-0 3 1-0 0 0Hout,Byron 9 14-13-27 6.0-39 4.0-35 1-62 1 1-0 1 0Winn,Billy 13 15-11-26 5.5-28 2.5-19 0 2 0 1 0Bozikovich,Joe 11 12-14-26 2.5-10 1.0-8 0 1 1-0 0 0White,Hunter 12 16-9-25 2.0-7 0.5-5 0 0 0 0 0Taylor,Jamar 12 17-7-24 2.0-4 0 0 1 0 0 0Robinson,Jason 12 15-7-22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Dobbs,Dallas 8 10-11-21 1.0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Reveles,Steven 8 6-8-14 1.5-4 0.5-3 0 2 0 0 0Bingham,Sean 12 6-8-14 3.0-20 3.0-20 0 3 0 1 0McClellin,Shea 10 4-10-14 1.0-4 1.0-4 0 0 0 3 0Stanaway,Travis 11 8-5-13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Martin,Doug 11 6-5-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Baker,Chase 10 4-6-10 0 0 0 1 1-0 0 0Silsby,Andy 11 5-4-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Root,Jarrell 9 6-3-9 2.5-9 2.5-9 0 1 0 0 0Nisby,J.P. 7 3-5-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hayes,Chuck 5 1-5-6 0.5-1 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0Febis,Cedric 6 3-1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Day,Garcia 7 2-1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Ruben,Alex 4 1-2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Harper,D.J. 13 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bissell,Tanyon 12 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Efaw,Kyle 11 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Paul,Dan 10 1-1-2 0.5-6 0.5-6 1-0 0 0 0 0Gabbard,Stephen 4 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kaiserman,Matt 4 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shoemaker,Tyler 10 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hodge,Jarvis 6 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McGowen,Keith 7 1-0-1 0 0 1-30 0 0 0 0Choate,Michael 10 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pettis,Austin 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gott,Jon 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hawkins,Julian 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0O’Neill,Chris 5 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lomax,Nick 1 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brotzman,Kyle 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Koch,Chandler 3 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Childs,Jeremy 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Franklin,Toshi 10 0-0-0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0Johnson,Ian 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1Potter,Nate 11 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1


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Date Opponent TimeSept. 5 UC DAVIS .................................7:00Sept. 12 at Wisconsin ............................. TBASept. 18 *BOISE STATE (ESPN) ............6:00Sept. 26 at Cincinnati.............................. TBAOct. 10 *at Hawai‘i ................................ TBAOct. 17 *SAN JOSE STATE ..................7:00Oct. 24 *at New Mexico State ...............6:00Oct. 31 *UTAH STATE ..........................2:00Nov. 7 *at Idaho ...................................2:00Nov. 14 *at Nevada................................ TBANov. 21 *LOUISIANA TECH ..................2:00Dec. 5 at Illinois ................................... TBA

*WAC Game-All times local/subject to change

2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (7-6, 4-4 WAC, T-5th)

BULLDOGSFRESNO STATE

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 1992Enrollment: ........................................ 21,503Founded: ................................................1911Colors: ......................................Red and BlueStadium: ................... Bulldog (41,031/Grass)Spring Practice Dates: .....March 23-April 27Spring Scrimmage: .......................... April 24

President: .......................... Dr. John D. WeltyAthletics Director: ..................Thomas BoehSenior Associate AD (SWA): . Betsy MosherSID: ...................................... Steve WeaklandAssistant SIDs: .Steve Schaack, Elly Garner, ........................................... Alyssa ChambersSID Phone Number: ............... 559-278-2509SID Fax Number: .................... 559-278-4689

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultSept. 1 at Rutgers (42,508) W 24-7Sept. 13 (10/10) WIS. (42,387) L 10-13Sept. 20 at Toledo (20,096) 2OTW 55-54Sept. 27 at UCLA (73,963) W 36-31Oct. 4 *HAWAI‘I (40,572) OTL 29-32Oct. 11 *IDAHO (37,015) W 45-32Oct. 25 *at Utah State (14,071) W 30-28Nov. 1 *at Louisiana Tech (20,300) L 35-38Nov. 7 *NEVADA (33,207) L 28-41Nov. 15 *NMSU (36,137) W 24-17Nov. 21 *at San Jose St. (24,384) W 24-10Nov. 28 *at (9/9) Boise St. (32,412) L 10-61Dec. 20 #Colorado State (24,735) L 35-40 7-6, 4-4 WAC, T-5th*WAC Game#New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque)

2008 RESULTS

Seyi Ajirotutu-WR: 47 catches for 795 yards

For the second straight year, Fresno State will play just fi ve home games.

The Dogs return their top four running backs from last season and fi ve of their top six receivers. The four backs (Anthony Harding, Lonyae Miller, Ryan Mathews and Ja-maal Rashad) accounted for nearly 2,400 yards and 19 touchdowns.

It’s no surprise that Fresno State’s kick-blocking prow-ess is the best in the nation over the last five years. The Dogs lead Texas by three blocked kick for most in the nation since the 2002 season.

The Dogs got two blocks in their last regular game versus Boise State when Bear Pascoe blocked a fi eld goal and Andrew Jackson a PAT. Pascoe had six blocks in his career, 16th-most in NCAA history. His four FG blocks tied for ninth-most in NCAA history.

Fresno State has four players on the roster who have returned balls for touchdowns, and they all had at least one in 2008. Chastin

West, Marlon Moore and Rashad Evans all returned punts for touchdowns last year. To put that into perspective, 72 of the 119 NCAA FBS teams didn’t have any punt returns for

touchdowns last season. Only Kansas State (5) had more punt returns for scores in 2008 than Fresno State. Bulldog A.J. Jefferson had a kickoff return for a touchdown and has three in his career, the most of any active NCAA player.

The Bulldogs return their top five scoring players, led by sophomore kicker Kevin Goessling (91 points). The others are running backs Ryan Mathews (48), Lonyae Miller (42), Anthony Harding (36) and wide receiver Seti Ajirotutu (36).

As head coach Pat Hill enters his 13th season at Fresno State, he ranks fourth all-time in wins among WAC coaches with 92. His nine bowl appearances are the third most in WAC history. He is the longest tenured head coach on the West Coast.



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalFresno State 79 81 122 89 14 385Opponents 88 95 80 125 16 404

TEAM STATS

Chris Carter, DE, 6-3, 245, Jr.Played in all 13 games last year, starting 10 ... was second on the team in tackles with 88, 38 being solo ... had seven tackles for loss and four sacks ... had a season-high 11 tackles against Nevada and 10 tackles at UCLA ... had two tackles for a loss and two sacks against New Mexico State ... earned second team all-WAC honors ... in 2007, had 11 solo tackles during his freshman year and four assisted for a total of 15 tackles on the season ... recovered a fumble and had two tackles resulting in six yards lost.

Andrew Jackson, OG, 6-5, 290, Jr.Earned second team all-WAC honors ... was part of an offensive line that opened holes for an offense that ranked third in the WAC in rushing at 176.8 yards a game ... provided great protection for quarterback Tom Brandstater as the offensive line allowed only 19 sacks ... started the fi nal 11 games of the season at right guard as a freshman ... a valuable member of Fresno State’s special teams ... earned academic all-WAC honors.

Ben Jacobs, LB, 6-3, 235, Jr.Earned second team all-WAC honors ... played and started in all 13 games at middle linebacker ... led the team in tackles with 113, 47 being unassisted ... had seven tackles for loss and one sack ... had fi ve pass breakups and one forced fumble ... had a 29-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown at Toledo ... blocked a kick against Wisconsin ... as a fresh-man, emerged as one of the best middle linebackers in the WAC in his fi rst season on the fi eld ... started all 13 games and fi nished second on the team in tackles ... made bold statement in his second game with 16 tackles at No. 23 Texas A&M.

Moses Harris, SS, 6-1, 205, Sr.A fi nance major who spent part of last summer studying in Hong Kong ... earned second team all-WAC honors ... was third on the team in tackles with 75 ... had 38 unassisted tackles and 37 assisted ... had one sack against UCLA ... had a season-high nine tackles at Toledo ... had eight tackles at Rutgers and seven tackles at Utah State, San Jose State and Boise State ... had four tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and four pass breakups ... had a stellar sophomore season at safety with 62 total tackles to rank fi fth on the team.

FRESNO STATE OPPONENTS



Offensive Starters Back (7)WR Seyi Ajirotutu, 6-2, 210, Sr.LG Devin Cunningham, 6-6, 345, Jr.C Joe Bernardi, 6-3, 285, Jr.RG Andrew Jackson, 6-5, 290, Jr.TB Ryan Mathews, 5-11, 205, Jr.FB Vince Pascoe, 6-0, 240, Jr.WR Marlon Moore, 6-1, 190, Sr.

Defensive Starters Back (9)DE Chris Carter, 6-3, 245, Jr.DT Mark Roberts, 6-4, 300, So.NT Cornell Banks, 6-3, 305, Jr.MLB Ben Jacobs, 6-3, 235, Jr.WLB Kyle Knox, 6-3, 235, So.SLB Nico Herron, 6-4, 245, Jr.SS Moses Harris, 6-1, 200, Sr.FS Lorne Bell, 5-11, 200, Jr.CB Desia Dunn, 5-11, 185, So.

Kickers Back (2)P Robert Malone, 6-2, 215, So.PK Kevin Goessling, 6-1, 200, So.

Offensive Starters Lost (4)LT Bobby Lepori, 6-5, 285, Sr.RT Kenny Avon, 6-3, 285, Sr.TE Bear Pascoe, 6-5, 260, Sr.QB Tom Brandstater, 6-5, 220, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (2)DE Ikenna Ike, 6-3, 245, Sr.CB Sharrod Davis, 5-11, 190, Sr.

Kickers Lost (0)

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ....................................Pat HillAlma Mater: ..................UC Riverside, 1973Born: ......................................Dec. 17, 1951Overall Record: .......92-61 (.601), 12 yearsSchool Record: ..................................SameWAC Record: ...........64-31 (.674), 12 years

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Micah Alba .......................................CBs (0)John Baxter ............Assoc. HC/TEs/STs (11)Derek Frazier .........OL/Run Game Coor. (2)Jeff Grady ........... QBs/Pass Game Coor. (1)Will Plemons ...................................... DL (0)Tim Skipper ...........LBs/Run Game Coor. (2)Randy Stewart ..........Def. Coor./Safeties (6)Joe Wade .........................................RBs (0)Keith Williams .........................Receivers (0)

COACHES

TOP BULLDOGS


2008 BULLDOG INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GHarding,Anthony 13 147 849 27 822 5.6 6 44 63.2Miller,Lonyae 12 120 844 32 812 6.8 7 90 67.7Mathews,Ryan 8 113 616 10 606 5.4 6 49 75.8Rashad,Jamaal 8 35 159 6 153 4.4 0 15 19.1Wylie,Devon 9 4 51 0 51 12.8 0 25 5.7Ajirotutu,Seyi 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0Evans,Rashad 11 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -0.6West,Chastin 13 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -0.6Brandstater,Tom 13 51 99 149 -50 -1.0 4 23 -3.8Total 13 479 2618 248 2370 4.9 24 90 182.3Opponents 13 490 2979 249 2730 5.6 24 77 210.0

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GBrandstater,Tom 13 129.43 221-371-12 59.6 2664 18 77 204.9Miller,Lonyae 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 13 129.08 221-372-12 59.4 2664 18 77 204.9Opponents 13 130.03 224-384-5 58.3 2611 20 69 200.8

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GAjirotutu,Seyi 13 47 795 16.9 5 77 61.2Pascoe,Bear 12 40 400 10.0 4 39 33.3Moore,Marlon 8 23 258 11.2 1 38 32.2Wylie,Devon 9 22 269 12.2 2 47 29.9Evans,Rashad 11 21 232 11.0 0 29 21.1West,Chastin 13 18 214 11.9 1 28 16.5Harding,Anthony 13 14 123 8.8 0 17 9.5Kinter,Isaac 10 13 97 7.5 1 16 9.7Mathews,Ryan 8 8 146 18.2 2 61 18.2Newborn,Darren 10 6 69 11.5 0 21 6.9Pascoe,Vince 9 4 33 8.2 1 11 3.7Skidmore,Ryan 10 3 17 5.7 1 7 1.7Newborne,D. 1 1 8 8.0 0 8 8.0McDowell,Adam 10 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3Total 13 221 2664 12.1 18 77 204.9Opponents 13 224 2611 11.7 20 69 200.8

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongEvans,Rashad 13 171 13.2 1 56West,Chastin 6 97 16.2 1 49Moore,Marlon 5 82 16.4 1 63Jefferson,A.J. 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 25 350 14.0 3 63Opponents 32 448 14.0 2 90

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongJefferson,A.J. 31 908 29.3 1 92West,Chastin 13 249 19.2 0 31Evans,Rashad 8 173 21.6 0 40Wylie,Devon 2 22 11.0 0 12Jacobs,Ben 1 0 0.0 0 0Herron,Nico 1 8 8.0 0 8Total 57 1360 23.9 1 92Opponents 70 1648 23.5 2 96

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongHaynes,Marvin 2 2 1.0 0 2Davis,Sharrod 1 26 26.0 0 26Dunn,Desia 1 6 6.0 0 6Owens,Damion 1 68 68.0 1 68Total 5 102 20.4 1 68Opponents 12 58 4.8 0 15

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GHarding,Anthony 13 822 123 0 0 0 945 72.7Jefferson,A.J. 11 0 0 0 908 0 908 82.5Miller,Lonyae 12 812 0 0 0 0 812 67.7Ajirotutu,Seyi 13 0 795 0 0 0 795 61.2Mathews,Ryan 8 606 146 0 0 0 752 94.0Evans,Rashad 11 -7 232 171 173 0 569 51.7West,Chastin 13 -8 214 97 249 0 552 42.5Pascoe,Bear 12 0 400 0 0 0 400 33.3Wylie,Devon 9 51 269 0 22 0 342 38.0Moore,Marlon 8 0 258 82 0 0 340 42.5Rashad,Jamaal 8 153 0 0 0 0 153 19.1Kinter,Isaac 10 0 97 0 0 0 97 9.7Newborn,Darren 10 0 69 0 0 0 69 6.9Owens,Damion 12 0 0 0 0 68 68 5.7Pascoe,Vince 9 0 33 0 0 0 33 3.7Davis,Sharrod 13 0 0 0 0 26 26 2.0Skidmore,Ryan 10 0 17 0 0 0 17 1.7Herron,Nico 13 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.6Newborne,D. 1 0 8 0 0 0 8 8.0Dunn,Desia 12 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5McDowell,Adam 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.3Haynes,Marvin 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3Brandstater,Tom 13 -50 0 0 0 0 -50 -3.8Total 13 2370 2664 350 1360 102 6846 526.6Opponents 13 2730 2611 448 1648 58 7495 576.5

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsGoessling,Kevin 0 15-22 46-47 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 91Mathews,Ryan 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Miller,Lonyae 7 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 42Harding,Anthony 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Ajirotutu,Seyi 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Pascoe,Bear 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 24Brandstater,Tom 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Wylie,Devon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12West,Chastin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Moore,Marlon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Jefferson,A.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Kinter,Isaac 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Skidmore,Ryan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Pascoe,Vince 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Owens,Damion 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Evans,Rashad 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Davis,Sharrod 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jacobs,Ben 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total 49 15-22 46-47 0-2 0 0-0 0 0 385Opponents 48 23-31 41-45 1-2 1 1-1 1 0 404

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GBrandstater,Tom 13 422 -50 2664 2614 201.1Harding,Anthony 13 147 822 0 822 63.2Miller,Lonyae 12 121 812 0 812 67.7Mathews,Ryan 8 113 606 0 606 75.8Rashad,Jamaal 8 35 153 0 153 19.1Wylie,Devon 9 4 51 0 51 5.7Evans,Rashad 11 1 -7 0 -7 -0.6West,Chastin 13 1 -8 0 -8 -0.6Total 13 851 2370 2664 5034 387.2Opponents 13 874 2730 2611 5341 410.8

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdMalone,Robert 54 2311 42.8 74 5 7 20 0Goessling,Kevin 1 36 36.0 36 1 0 0 0Total 56 2347 41.9 74 6 7 20 1Opponents 55 2213 40.2 60 2 4 14 1

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkJacobs,Ben 13 47-66-113 5.5-9 1.0-2 0 5 1-29 1 1Carter,Chris 13 38-50-88 6.5-25 3.5-16 0 0 0 0 0Harris,Moses 13 38-37-75 2.5-12 1.0-8 0 5 1-0 2 0Herron,Nico 13 27-38-65 2.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0Davis,Sharrod 13 33-24-57 3.5-9 0 1-26 8 1-25 2 0Ike,Ikenna 13 21-34-55 6.5-52 4.5-45 0 4 1-0 2 0Jorde,Jake 13 28-27-55 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Knox,Kyle 11 20-23-43 8.0-32 2.5-15 0 0 0 0 0Dunn,Desia 12 18-23-41 1.5-2 0 1-6 4 0 1 1Bell,Lorne 11 22-19-41 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Owens,Damion 12 28-7-35 0 0 1-68 6 0 1 0Banks,Cornell 12 12-20-32 3.0-5 0 0 1 0 0 0Jefferson,A.J. 11 17-14-31 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Haynes,Marvin 7 14-11-25 1.0-2 0 2-2 0 0 0 0Plummer,Shawn 13 13-12-25 1.0-1 0 0 2 0 0 0Roberts,Mark 12 10-14-24 2.5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0Monga,Jon 7 6-16-22 6.0-34 4.5-30 0 0 0 1 0Bates,Nick 10 7-12-19 1.5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0Harding,Will 11 11-7-18 2.0-3 0 0 1 0 1 0Ramos,Wilson 7 5-10-15 1.5-2 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Harrell,Logan 12 7-7-14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Stuart,Michael 12 8-5-13 2.0-4 0 0 1 1-0 0 0Hill,Zak 10 4-4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Raphael,Austin 10 3-3-6 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0McCree,Sonny 12 2-3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lewis,Chris 6 2-3-5 0 0 0 1 1-0 0 0McEntee,Chase 9 3-2-5 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0Ferdinandi,Stephen 8 4-1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pascoe,Vince 9 3-2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Wylie,Devon 9 3-1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Newborn,Darren 10 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Malone,Robert 13 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hamler,Jamel 1 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Moore,Marlon 8 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Green,Isaiah 9 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pascoe,Bear 12 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Evans,Rashad 11 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mathews,Ryan 8 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shepard,Bobby 11 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harding,Anthony 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jackson,Andrew 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Brown,Eric 2 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lepori,Bobby 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Avon,Kenny 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brandstater,Tom 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Manquero,Frank 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Taumoepeau,Tapa 3 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Goessling,Kevin 13 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cunningham,Devan 8 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Date Opponent TimeSept. 4 CENTRAL ARKANSAS ............ TBASept. 12 Washington State (Seattle) ...... TBASept. 19 at UNLV ....................................6:00Sept. 30 *at Louisiana Tech (ESPN2) .....7:00Oct. 10 *FRESNO STATE ..................... TBAOct. 17 *at Idaho ...................................2:00Oct. 24 *BOISE STATE ......................... TBAOct. 31 *at Nevada................................ TBANov. 7 *UTAH STATE .......................... TBANov. 14 *NEW MEXICO STATE ............ TBANov. 21 *at San Jose State....................5:00Nov. 28 NAVY ........................................ TBADec. 5 WISCONSIN (ESPN/2) ............TBA*WAC Game-All times local/subject to change

2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (7-7, 5-3 WAC, T-2nd)

WARRIORSHAWAI‘I

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 1979Enrollment: .........................................19,969Founded: ................................................1907Colors: Green, Black, White and Silver AccentStadium: ....................Aloha (50,000/Artifi cial)Spring Practice Dates: ..... March 30-April 25Spring Game: .....................................April 25

Chancellor: ......................... Virginia HinshawAthletics Director: ....................Jim DonovanSWA: ............ Marilyn Moniz-Kaho‘ohanohanoSID: ...........................................Derek InouchiAssistants: ..... Neal Iwamoto, Pakalani Bello, ..................... Ryan Reggiani, Kara NishimuraSID Phone Number: ............... 808-956-7523SID Fax Number: .................... 808-956-4470

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 at (5/5) Florida (90,575) L 10-56Sept. 6 WEBER ST. (39,446) W 36-17Sept. 13 at Oregon St. (45,059) L 7-45Sept. 27 *SAN JOSE ST. (40,571) L 17-20Oct. 4 *at (22/21) FS (40,572) OTW 32-29Oct. 11 *LA. TECH (40,246) W 24-14Oct. 17 *at (15/16) Boise St. (32,342) L 7-27Oct. 25 *NEVADA (40,225) W 38-31Nov. 1 *at Utah State (12,112) L 14-30Nov. 8 *at NMSU (10,861) W 42-30Nov. 22 *IDAHO (39,014) W 49-17Nov. 29 WASH ST. (42,312) W 24-10Dec. 6 (13/12) CINCY (40,549) L 24-29Dec. 24 #NOTRE DAME (45,718) L 21-49*WAC Game 7-7, 5-3 WAC, T-2nd#Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl (Honolulu)

2008 RESULTS

Greg Alexander-QB: 1,895 yards and 14 TDs

Hawai‘i fi nished with a 7-7 overall record and 5-3 WAC mark, good for a second place tie in the conference standings.

Eight of the Warriors’ 14 opponents played in bowl games including national champion Florida and Big East champion Cincin-nati.

Hawai‘i played a record fi ve teams from automatic BCS qualifying confer-ences in 2008 (Florida, Oregon State, Washing-ton State, Cincinnati and Notre Dame).

Hawai‘i recorded the school’s fi rst-ever win over a nationally ranked opponent on the road at No. 22 Fresno State, a 32-29 overtime vic-tory.

Season ticket sales in 2008 were the highest since the early 1990s.

Hawai‘i posted its fi rst non-losing record fol-lowing a WAC championship season.

After replacing nine starters on offense from

the 2007 squad, the Warriors must replace nine starters on defense this season. The only returning starters are linebacker Brashton Satele and defensive lineman John Fonoti.

Among Hawai‘i’s fi rst-year head coaches, Greg McMackin posted the second highest win total in school history.

McMackin is the second coach in school his-tory to guide his team to a bowl game in his fi rst season.

Joining the coaching staff is former Idaho and Nevada head coach Chris Tormey, who’ll over-see the special teams, and veteran offensive line coach Gordy Shaw.

Last year, Hawai‘i earned a spot in the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl, its third straight bowl appearance and sixth in the last seven seasons.



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalHawai‘i 86 103 94 59 3 345Opponents 64 126 128 86 0 404

TEAM STATS

Greg Alexander, QB, 6-3, 230, Sr.Started seven games at quarterback including the last six of the regular season ... also started season-opener at Florida ... completed 154-of-245 for 1,895 yards and 14 touchdowns ... career-high 315 yards on 19-of-34 passing against Washington State ... threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns against Idaho and 261 yards and two scores against Notre Dame in the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl ... threw for more than 200 yards in six games ... also had three rushing touchdowns.

John Estes, OL, 6-3, 295, Sr.Named fi rst team all-WAC ... started all 14 games at center ... has a streak of 41 straight starts dating back to freshman season, having started every game of his career ... named to the watch lists of the Rimington, Outland, and Lombardi awards ... as sophomore, anchored an offensive line that ranked fi rst in the nation in scoring (43.4), second in passing (439.5) and third in total offense (512.1).

John Fonoti, DL, 6-2, 255, Sr.Started all 14 games at defensive end ... tallied 62 total tackles, includ-ing 31 solo, and 9.5 for loss (47 yards) ... also posted 3.5 sacks (30 yards) and seven quarterback hurries ... ranked fi fth in the WAC with three fumble recoveries, including two against Nevada ... career-high eight tackles against San Jose State ... as sophomore, appeared in 11 games at defensive end ... totaled 24 tackles, including 3.5 for loss ... had three sacks and two forced fumbles.

Brashton Satele, LB, 6-1, 255, Sr.Started eight games at BUCK and MAC linebacker positions ... fi nished with 53 tackles, including 32 solo, and six for loss (31 yards) ... also had one sack, one interception, one forced fumble, and fi ve pass breakups ... career-high nine tackles and fi rst career interception in win at Fresno State ... as a sophomore, played in 12 games, mainly on special team units.

HAWAI‘I OPPONENTS


Lettermen Lost .........................................34 Offense ...........................................13 Defense ..........................................18 Special Teams ..................................3

Offensive Starters Back (7)QB Greg Alexander, 6-3, 230, Sr.WR Greg Salas, 6-2, 200, Jr.WR Malcolm Lane, 6-1, 180, Sr.RB Kealoha Pilares, 5-11, 190, Jr.OL Aaron Kia, 6-5, 290, Sr.OL John Estes, 6-3, 295, Sr.OL Laupepa Letuli, 6-4, 320, Sr.

Defensive Starters Back (2)DL John Fonoti, 6-2, 255, Sr.LB Brashton Satele, 6-1, 255, Sr.

Kickers Back (0)

Offensive Starters Lost (4)WR Michael Washington, 5-9, 170, Sr.WR Aaron Bain, 5-8, 190, Sr.OL Lafu Tuioti-Mariner, 6-0, 200, Sr.OL Keoni Steinhoff, 6-3, 295, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (9)DL David Veikune, 6-3, 265, Sr.DL Keala Watson, 6-3, 320, Sr.DL Joshua Leonard, 6-3, 305, Sr.LB Solomon Elimimian, 6-0, 225, Sr.LB Adam Leonard, 6-0, 235, Sr.DB Jameel Dowling, 6-3, 200, Sr.DB Ryan Mouton, 5-10, 175, Sr.DB Keao Monteilh, 5-11, 200, Sr.DB Erik Robinson, 5-10, 200, Sr.

Kickers Lost (2)PK Dan Kelly, 6-3, 225, Sr.P Tim Grasso, 5-11, 210, Sr.

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ......................Greg McMackinAlma Mater: ............Southern Oregon, 1967Born: ......................................April 24, 1947Overall Record: ...............7-7 (.500), 1 yearSchool Record: ..................................SameWAC Record: ...................5-3 (.625), 1 year

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Dave Aranda ...................................... DL (1)Cal Lee ............................ Def. Coor./LBs (6)Ron Lee ........................Off. Coor./WRs (10)George Lumpkin ............. Asst. HC/LBs (36)Rich Miano ...................Assoc. HC/Sec. (10)Nick Rolovich ...................................QBs (1)Brian Smith ......................................RBs (1)Gordy Shaw ....................................... OL (0)Chris Tormey ..............................Sec./ST (0)

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2008 WARRIOR INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GLibre,Daniel 13 99 475 32 443 4.5 6 48 34.1Pilares,Kealoha 10 56 316 16 300 5.4 5 34 30.0Funaki,Inoke 11 74 353 138 215 2.9 1 33 19.5Alexander,Greg 9 90 345 206 139 1.5 3 22 15.4Wright-Jackson,Leon 10 28 107 5 102 3.6 1 16 10.2Rego,Jayson 14 21 97 6 91 4.3 0 19 6.5Farmer,David 11 18 60 1 59 3.3 2 9 5.4Washington,Michael 14 2 12 3 9 4.5 0 12 0.6Chopp,A. 1 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 6 7.0Rausch,Brent 3 2 4 4 0 0.0 0 4 0.0Santos,Jake 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Mouton,Ryan 13 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Peoples,Khevin 8 4 2 11 -9 -2.2 0 2 -1.1Graunke,Tyler 4 5 2 22 -20 -4.0 0 2 -5.0Total 14 412 1780 457 1323 3.2 18 48 94.5Opponents 14 515 2454 465 1989 3.9 18 80 142.1

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GAlexander,Greg 9 142.60 154-245-5 62.9 1895 14 82 210.6Funaki,Inoke 11 114.77 100-173-12 57.8 1184 7 53 107.6Graunke,Tyler 4 111.19 30-58-4 51.7 388 3 42 97.0Rausch,Brent 3 59.17 6-14-1 42.9 51 0 15 17.0Total 14 126.68 290-490-22 59.2 3518 24 82 251.3Opponents 14 136.04 240-409-15 58.7 3063 27 84 218.8

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GWashington,Michael 14 62 789 12.7 6 44 56.4Salas,Greg 14 57 831 14.6 3 48 59.4Bain,Aaron 14 52 557 10.7 6 33 39.8Lane,Malcolm 14 35 613 17.5 6 82 43.8Pilares,Kealoha 10 29 246 8.5 2 23 24.6Libre,Daniel 13 15 86 5.7 0 16 6.6Wright-Jackson,Leon 10 10 70 7.0 0 20 7.0Medeiros,Jon 10 9 98 10.9 1 24 9.8Mouton,Ryan 13 8 71 8.9 0 18 5.5Farmer,David 11 6 41 6.8 0 14 3.7Pollard,Royce 8 4 71 17.8 0 29 8.9Taylor,Jovonte 4 2 38 19.0 0 26 9.5Nasca,Nathaniel 7 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.0Total 14 290 3518 12.1 24 82 251.3Opponents 14 240 3063 12.8 27 84 218.8

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongWashington,Michael 19 17 0.9 0 17Bain,Aaron 8 41 5.1 0 17Pilares,Kealoha 2 3 1.5 0 3Nasca,Nathaniel 1 0 0.0 0 0Dowling,Jameel 1 1 1.0 0 1Total 31 62 2.0 0 17Opponents 27 268 9.9 1 74

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongMouton,Ryan 24 514 21.4 1 90Lane,Malcolm 24 635 26.5 0 91Taylor,Jovonte 9 134 14.9 0 30Farmer,David 3 29 9.7 0 19Loloatai,Mana 1 0 0.0 0 0Satele,Liko 1 -2 -2.0 0 0Smith,Spencer 1 4 4.0 0 4Torres, R. 1 24 24.0 0 24Torres, Richard 1 25 25.0 0 25Paredes,C. 1 7 7.0 0 7Total 67 1370 20.4 1 91Opponents 54 1317 24.4 1 96

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongMonteilh,Keao 5 36 7.2 0 13Thomas,Desmond 3 35 11.7 0 24Dowling,Jameel 2 34 17.0 0 29Bryant,Jeramy 1 11 11.0 0 11Roberts,Calvin 1 9 9.0 0 9Robinson,Erik 1 32 32.0 0 32Mouton,Ryan 1 91 91.0 1 91Satele,Brashton 1 4 4.0 0 4Total 15 252 16.8 1 91Opponents 22 248 11.3 3 80

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GLane,Malcolm 14 0 613 0 635 0 1248 89.1Salas,Greg 14 0 831 0 0 0 831 59.4Washington,Michael 14 9 789 17 0 0 815 58.2Mouton,Ryan 13 0 71 0 514 91 676 52.0Bain,Aaron 14 0 557 41 0 0 598 42.7Pilares,Kealoha 10 300 246 3 0 0 549 54.9Libre,Daniel 13 443 86 0 0 0 529 40.7Funaki,Inoke 11 215 0 0 0 0 215 19.5Wright-Jackson,Leon 10 102 70 0 0 0 172 17.2Taylor,Jovonte 4 0 38 0 134 0 172 43.0Alexander,Greg 9 139 0 0 0 0 139 15.4Farmer,David 11 59 41 0 29 0 129 11.7Medeiros,Jon 10 0 98 0 0 0 98 9.8Rego,Jayson 14 91 0 0 0 0 91 6.5Pollard,Royce 8 0 71 0 0 0 71 8.9Monteilh,Keao 14 0 0 0 0 36 36 2.6Dowling,Jameel 14 0 0 1 0 34 35 2.5Thomas,Desmond 14 0 0 0 0 35 35 2.5Robinson,Erik 13 0 0 0 0 32 32 2.5Torres, Richard 8 0 0 0 25 0 25 3.1Torres, R. 2 0 0 0 24 0 24 12.0Bryant,Jeramy 9 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.2Roberts,Calvin 14 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.6Chopp,A. 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 7.0

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GNasca,Nathaniel 7 0 7 0 0 0 7 1.0Paredes,C. 14 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.5Smith,Spencer 14 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.3Satele,Brashton 14 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.3Satele,Liko 9 0 0 0 -2 0 -2 -0.2Peoples,Khevin 8 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.1Graunke,Tyler 4 -20 0 0 0 0 -20 -5.0Total 14 1323 3518 62 1370 252 6525 466.1Opponents 14 1989 3063 268 1317 248 6885 491.8

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsKelly,Dan 0 10-20 41-43 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 71Pilares,Kealoha 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42Washington,Michael 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 38Bain,Aaron 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Libre,Daniel 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Lane,Malcolm 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Alexander,Greg 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 20Salas,Greg 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Mouton,Ryan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Farmer,David 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Medeiros,Jon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Wright-Jackson,Leon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Fonoti,John 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Funaki,Inoke 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Graunke,Tyler 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 0Total 45 10-21 41-43 1-1 1 1-1 0 0 345Opponents 50 18-30 48-48 0-1 0 0-1 0 1 404

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GAlexander,Greg 9 335 139 1895 2034 226.0Funaki,Inoke 11 247 215 1184 1399 127.2Libre,Daniel 13 99 443 0 443 34.1Graunke,Tyler 4 63 -20 388 368 92.0Pilares,Kealoha 10 56 300 0 300 30.0Wright-Jackson,Leon 10 28 102 0 102 10.2Rego,Jayson 14 21 91 0 91 6.5Farmer,David 11 18 59 0 59 5.4Rausch,Brent 3 16 0 51 51 17.0Washington,Michael 14 2 9 0 9 0.6Chopp,A. 1 2 7 0 7 7.0Peoples,Khevin 8 4 -9 0 -9 -1.1Total 14 902 1323 3518 4841 345.8Opponents 14 924 1989 3063 5052 360.9

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdGrasso,Tim 68 2750 40.4 56 6 12 21 0Total 70 2768 39.5 56 6 12 21 2Opponents 62 2779 44.8 75 8 10 17 0

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Date Opponent TimeSept. 5 *at New Mexico State ...............6:00Sept. 12 at Washington .......................... TBASept. 19 SAN DIEGO STATE .................2:00Sept. 26 at Northern Illinois .................... TBAOct. 3 COLORADO STATE .................2:00Oct. 10 *at San Jose State....................5:00Oct. 17 *HAWAI‘I ...................................2:00Oct. 24 *at Nevada................................ TBAOct. 31 *LOUISIANA TECH ..................2:00Nov. 7 *FRESNO STATE .....................2:00Nov. 14 *at Boise State..........................1:00Nov. 28 *UTAH STATE ..........................2:00


2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (2-10, 1-7 WAC, T-8th)

VANDALSIDAHO

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 2005Enrollment: .........................................11,636Founded: ............................................... 1889Colors: .......................Silver and Vandal GoldStadium: ........Kibbie Dome (16,000/Artifi cial)Spring Practice Dates: .....March 26-April 24Spring Game: .................................... April 24

President: ..................................Duane NellisAthletics Director: ..................Dr. Rob SpearAssistant AD (SWA): ...........Maureen ReganSID: ..............................................Becky PaullAssistant SIDs: .........Ian Klei, Spencer FarinSID Phone Number: ............... 208-885-0245SID Fax Number: .................... 208-885-0255

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 at Arizona (47,511) L 0-70Sept. 6 IDAHO STATE (15,013) W 42-27Sept. 13 WESTERN MICH. (15,003) L 28-51Sept. 20 *at Utah State (10,154) L 17-42Sept. 27 at San Diego St. (21,401) L 17-45Oct. 4 *NEVADA (15,013) L 14-49Oct. 11 *at Fresno State (37,015) L 32-45Oct. 18 *at Louisiana Tech (12,400) L 14-46Oct. 25 *NMSU (15,010) W 20-14Nov. 1 *SAN JOSE ST. (15,002) L 24-30Nov. 15 *(9/9) BOISE ST. (17,000) L 10-45Nov. 22 *at Hawai‘i (39,014) L 17-49 2-10, 1-7 WAC, T-8th*WAC Game

2008 RESULTS

Shiloh Keo-DB: 2nd team all-WAC in ‘07

Kibbie Dome is undergoing signifi cant reno-vation this summer with the replacement of the west end wall with translucent panels. The project began in early March and is scheduled for completion in late August. It’s part of a phased project to update and upgrade the 34-year-old facility.

The entirety of spring prac-tice will be on the outdoor SprinTurf practice field because of the Kibbie Dome construction.

The offensive line is under-going a dramatic change after the graduation of mainstays Adam Korby, Kris Anderson and Billy Bates.

Junior safety Shiloh Keo returns to the fi eld af-ter sustaining a season-ending shoulder injury in the Vandals’ fourth game of the season last year.

The Vandals have two new position coaches – Eti Ena who takes over the defensive line and Rob Christoff who takes over the lineback-ers.

Also back is return specialist Kama Bailey, who broke Idaho’s single-season kickoff return yardage record with 955 on 41 returns.

Idaho’s defensive leader, safety Virdell Larkins (a junior college transfer in 2007), also returns after accounting for 70 solo stops, 12 assists and two interceptions in his fi rst season as a Vandal.

Coach Robb Akey begins his third season with the Vandals after eight years at neigh-boring Washington State University. He has added continuity to a program which had been through a fl urry of coaching changes prior to his arrival on campus in 2007.

The Vandals return a host of running backs who saw signifi cant action in a shared role last fall. Junior Deonte` Jackson, who led the Vandals as a true freshman, is back after rushing for 696 yards last fall. Also returning are Princeton McCarty (480 yards) and Troy Vital (210 yards).


FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-Passing-Penalty) 212 (88-104-20) 290 (132-138-20)RUSHING ATTEMPTS-YARDAGE 425-1598 448-2515PASSING YARDAGE 2253 3149 Att-Comp-Int-TDs 379-200-20-20 401-268-9-29TOTAL OFFENSE 3851 5664FUMBLES-LOST 22-12 19-9PENALTIES-YARDS 77-737 72-675PUNTS-YARDS 58-2751 32-1229TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 30:23 29:373RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS (Percentage) 72/176 (41%) 67/152 (44%)4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS (Percentage) 6/24 (25%) 10/22 (45%)SACKS BY-YARDS 10/75 36-254

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalIdaho 66 47 41 81 235Opponents 93 162 140 118 513

TEAM STATS

Nathan Enderle, QB, 6-5, 223, Jr.Earned starting quarterback role as a redshirt freshman in 2007 ... missed three full games and part of a fourth in 2007 after rupturing a tendon in his throwing hand ... for his career, Enderle has completed 316 of 637 passes (49.6 percent) for 3,864 yards ... has 30 TD passes ... best game was 423 yards after completing 27 of 54 passes vs. Northern Illinois on Sept. 22, 2007 ... career passing yards rank ninth all-time at Idaho.

Mike Iupati, G, 6-6, 330, Sr.Iupati didn’t play football until his family moved to California from American Samoa when he was in high school ... was a backup in 2006 before earning a starting role in 2007 ... had shoulder surgery during the offseason and returned to the fi eld three games into the 2008 season ... will be looked upon for a leadership role in 2009 as one of two offensive linemen returning with experience.

Deonte` Jackson, RB, 5-8, 191, Jr.Idaho’s rushing leader in 2007 and 2008 ... carried the ball 240 times for 1,175 yards despite sustaining a late-season ankle injury in 2007 ... shared time in 2008 and had 161 carries for 696 yards ... 2007 totals are fourth (rushing attempts) and seventh (rushing yards) for a single season in Idaho history ... 2007 total all-purpose plays (257) are sixth for a single season ... ranks 10th on all-time career rushing list (1,871) ... single-game highs were 214 yards and 30 carries vs. Cal Poly in 2007.

Shiloh Keo, SS, 5-10, 214, Jr.Pressed into service as a true freshman and emerged as a leader in the secondary ... won Idaho’s Most Valuable Player award as a sophomore ... was voted a team captain in 2008 but was injured in the fi rst quarter of Idaho’s fourth game and missed the remainder of the season ... has 184 total career tackles, 11 tackles for loss and fi ve pass interceptions ... also returns punts and set Idaho record for 100-yard return versus Northern Illinois in 2007 ... has Idaho career record for single-season punt return yards (319) and average per punt return (16.8).

IDAHO OPPONENTS



Offensive Starters Back (7)G Mike Iupati, 6-6, 330, Sr.T Bryce Sinclair, 6-5, 327, Sr.QB Nathan Enderle, 6-5, 223, Jr.RB Deonte` Jackson, 5-8, 191, Jr.TE Peter Bjorvik, 6-4, 245, Sr.WR Preston Davis, 6-1, 191, So.WR Max Komar, 5-10, 202, Sr.

Defensive Starters Back (9)DE Aaron Lavarias, 6-3, 262, Jr.DT Oga Faumui, 6-0, 299, Sr.LB Robert Siavii, 6-2, 195, So.LB JoJo Dickson, 6-1, 215, Jr.FS Virdell Larkins, 6-0, 191, Sr.SS Shiloh Keo, 5-10, 214, Jr.SS Jeromy Jones, 6-0, 200, Sr.CB Isaac Butts, 6-0, 175, So.CB Kenneth Patten, 5-9, 183, So.

Kickers Back (0)

Offensive Starters Lost (4)T Billy Bates, 6-5, 273, Sr.C Adam Korby, 6-2, 292, Sr.G Kris Anderson, 6-3, 283, Sr.H Eddie Williams, 6-1, 235, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (4)DE Josh Shaw, 6-2, 250, Sr.DE Taylor Rust, 6-2, 235, Sr.LB Justin Allen, 5-11, 215, So.LB Jonathan Faraimo, 5-11, 251, So.

Kickers Lost (2)PK Tino Amancio, 5-9, 215, Sr.P T.J. Conley, 6-3, 220, Sr.

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ..............................Robb AkeyAlma Mater: ................... Weber State, 1988Born: .......................................July 24, 1966Overall Record: ...........3-21 (.125), 2 yearsSchool Record: ..................................SameWAC Record: ...............1-15 (.063), 2 years

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Steve Axman ....................Off. Coor./TEs (2)Luther Carr ............Receivers/Rec. Coor. (2)Rob Christoff ...................................... LB (0)Mark Criner .............................Def. Coor. (2)Eti Ena ............................................... DL (0)Dan Finn ............................................ OL (2)Patrick Libey ..........................Secondary (2)Jonathan Smith ................................QBs (5)Jeremy Thielbahr .............................RBs (1)

COACHES

TOP VANDALS


2008 VANDAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GJackson,Deonte` 12 161 734 38 696 4.3 3 28 58.0McCarty,Princeton 12 77 487 7 480 6.2 3 54 40.0Vital,Troy 10 54 221 11 210 3.9 1 13 21.0Williams,Eddie 11 10 114 0 114 11.4 0 32 10.4Davis,Preston 12 7 51 3 48 6.9 0 19 4.0Ashley,Quin 12 12 39 4 35 2.9 0 6 2.9White,Corey 9 9 31 1 30 3.3 1 7 3.3Komar,Max 12 3 22 0 22 7.3 0 11 1.8Bailey,Kama 10 4 18 0 18 4.5 0 12 1.8Hale,Dewey 8 2 11 6 5 2.5 0 11 0.6Conley,T.J. 12 1 1 12 -11 -11.0 0 0 -0.9Korby,Adam 12 1 0 12 -12 -12.0 0 0 -1.0Joseph,Chris 7 6 15 28 -13 -2.2 0 9 -1.9Enderle,Nathan 12 76 216 238 -22 -0.3 1 24 -1.8Total 12 425 1960 362 1598 3.8 9 54 133.2Opponents 12 448 2727 212 2515 5.6 35 90 209.6

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GEnderle,Nathan 12 115.18 184-339-17 54.3 2077 20 81 173.1Joseph,Chris 7 81.16 16-33-2 48.5 176 0 29 25.1Ashley,Quin 12 -66.67 0-3-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Jackson,Deonte` 12 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Komar,Max 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Conley,T.J. 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 12 109.57 200-379-20 52.8 2253 20 81 187.8Opponents 12 152.17 268-401-9 66.8 3149 29 82 262.4

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GWilliams,Eddie 11 54 687 12.7 6 50 62.5Davis,Preston 12 27 296 11.0 3 31 24.7Komar,Max 12 26 298 11.5 0 44 24.8Jackson,Deonte` 12 16 111 6.9 0 33 9.2Smith,Lee 8 15 166 11.1 2 26 20.8Shaw,Maurice 8 11 155 14.1 2 77 19.4Hardy,Daniel 7 9 128 14.2 2 81 18.3McCarty,Princeton 12 9 60 6.7 0 14 5.0Greenwood,Eric 11 8 72 9.0 1 22 6.5Bjorvik,Peter 10 5 37 7.4 1 10 3.7Vital,Troy 10 4 28 7.0 0 16 2.8Ashley,Quin 12 3 51 17.0 0 19 4.2Posey,Marcel 8 3 23 7.7 0 9 2.9Bailey,Kama 10 2 60 30.0 2 33 6.0Brown,Steve 11 2 24 12.0 0 20 2.2Small,Kevin 8 2 20 10.0 1 11 2.5Reuber,Jim 8 2 20 10.0 0 14 2.5White,Corey 9 2 17 8.5 0 9 1.9Total 12 200 2253 11.3 20 81 187.8Opponents 12 268 3149 11.8 29 82 262.4

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongBailey,Kama 9 8 0.9 0 4Keo,Shiloh 4 59 14.8 0 24Brown,Steve 1 3 3.0 0 3Hunter,Eric 1 22 22.0 1 0Total 15 92 6.1 1 24Opponents 34 480 14.1 2 87

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongBailey,Kama 41 955 23.3 0 43Hale,Dewey 12 248 20.7 0 32McCarty,Princeton 9 169 18.8 0 28Williams,Breyon 7 125 17.9 0 25White,Corey 3 56 18.7 0 26Miles,Shelton 3 39 13.0 0 17Posey,Marcel 1 9 9.0 0 9Morales,Justin 1 5 5.0 0 5Siavii,Robert 1 1 1.0 0 1Total 78 1607 20.6 0 43Opponents 26 699 26.9 0 60

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongButts,Isaac 3 41 13.7 0 25Larkins,Virdell 2 3 1.5 0 3Allen,Justin 1 0 0.0 0 0Jones,Jeromy 1 5 5.0 0 5Miles,Shelton 1 0 0.0 0 0Williams,Breyon 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 9 54 6.0 0 25Opponents 20 352 17.6 1 62

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GBailey,Kama 10 18 60 8 955 0 1041 104.1Jackson,Deonte` 12 696 111 0 0 0 807 67.2Williams,Eddie 11 114 687 0 0 0 801 72.8McCarty,Princeton 12 480 60 0 169 0 709 59.1Davis,Preston 12 48 296 0 0 0 344 28.7Komar,Max 12 22 298 0 0 0 320 26.7Hale,Dewey 8 5 0 0 248 0 253 31.6Vital,Troy 10 210 28 0 0 0 238 23.8Smith,Lee 8 0 166 0 0 0 166 20.8Shaw,Maurice 8 0 155 0 0 0 155 19.4Hardy,Daniel 7 0 128 0 0 0 128 18.3Williams,Breyon 10 0 0 0 125 0 125 12.5White,Corey 9 30 17 0 56 5 108 12.0Ashley,Quin 12 35 51 0 0 0 86 7.2Greenwood,Eric 11 0 72 0 0 0 72 6.5Keo,Shiloh 5 0 0 59 0 0 59 11.8Butts,Isaac 12 0 0 0 0 41 41 3.4Miles,Shelton 9 0 0 0 39 0 39 4.3Bjorvik,Peter 10 0 37 0 0 0 37 3.7Posey,Marcel 8 0 23 0 9 0 32 4.0Brown,Steve 11 0 24 3 0 0 27 2.5Hunter,Eric 12 0 0 22 0 0 22 1.8Reuber,Jim 8 0 20 0 0 0 20 2.5

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GSmall,Kevin 8 0 20 0 0 0 20 2.5Morales,Justin 2 0 0 0 5 0 5 2.5Jones,Jeromy 11 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.5Larkins,Virdell 12 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2Siavii,Robert 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1Conley,T.J. 12 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -0.9Korby,Adam 12 -12 0 0 0 0 -12 -1.0Joseph,Chris 7 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -1.9Enderle,Nathan 12 -22 0 0 0 0 -22 -1.8Total 12 1598 2253 92 1607 54 5604 467.0Opponents 12 2515 3149 480 699 352 7195 599.6

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsAmancio,Tino 0 14-18 30-30 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72Jackson,Deonte 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42Williams,Eddie 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Komar,Max 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Shaw,Maurice 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Flowers,Brian 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Bjorvik,Peter 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Bird,Jayson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Keo,Shiloh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Enderle,Nathan 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 6Shaw,Josh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Franks,Stanley 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Smith,Lee 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Greenwood,Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total 31 14-18 30-30 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 258Opponents 58 13-21 54-56 1-1 0 0-1 0 0 443

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GEnderle,Nathan 12 415 -22 2077 2055 171.2Jackson,Deonte` 12 163 696 0 696 58.0McCarty,Princeton 12 77 480 0 480 40.0Vital,Troy 10 54 210 0 210 21.0Joseph,Chris 7 39 -13 176 163 23.3Williams,Eddie 11 10 114 0 114 10.4Davis,Preston 12 7 48 0 48 4.0Ashley,Quin 12 15 35 0 35 2.9White,Corey 9 9 30 0 30 3.3Komar,Max 12 4 22 0 22 1.8Bailey,Kama 10 4 18 0 18 1.8Hale,Dewey 8 2 5 0 5 0.6Conley,T.J. 12 2 -11 0 -11 -0.9Korby,Adam 12 1 -12 0 -12 -1.0Total 12 804 1598 2253 3851 320.9Opponents 12 849 2515 3149 5664 472.0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdConley,T.J. 58 2751 47.4 74 4 9 15 0Total 58 2751 47.4 74 4 9 15 0Opponents 32 1229 38.4 60 0 7 10 1

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkLarkins,Virdell 12 70-12-82 1.5-4 0 2-3 1 1-0 1 0Faraimo,Jonathan 11 46-24-70 5.0-17 0.5-5 0 3 0 1 0Allen,Justin 12 40-28-68 2.5-13 1.0-8 1-0 1 1-0 0 0Jones,Jeromy 11 25-25-50 0 0 1-5 2 0 0 0Shaw,Josh 12 31-16-47 9.5-46 2.5-22 0 0 0 1 1Butts,Isaac 12 30-12-42 0 0 3-41 2 0 1 0Faumui,Faleoga 11 28-13-41 5.0-12 2.0-7 0 1 0 0 0Williams,Breyon 10 25-15-40 2.0-3 0 1-0 2 0 0 0Blevins,Andrew 12 22-16-38 3.0-4 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Patten,Kenneth 12 26-11-37 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Dickson,JoJo 9 26-9-35 4.0-11 1.0-7 0 1 1-0 1 0Rust,Taylor 12 18-15-33 5.0-9 0.5-0 0 2 0 0 0Keo,Shiloh 5 25-6-31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Senescall,Paul 10 12-15-27 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0Miles,Shelton 9 17-5-22 0 0 1-0 2 1-3 0 0Lavarias,Aaron 11 12-9-21 3.0-9 0 0 0 0 0 0Sataraka,Jonah 12 11-10-21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Siavii,Robert 10 12-8-20 4.5-16 1.0-12 0 1 0 0 0Cosgrove,Michael 11 5-13-18 2.0-12 1.0-10 0 0 0 0 0Robinson,Tre`Shawn 6 11-3-14 1.5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0Sekona,Fonomanu 12 8-5-13 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0Hunter,Eric 12 9-3-12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1Pedro,Marcus 8 4-2-6 2.0-9 0 0 0 0 0 0Vital,Troy 10 4-1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Conley,T.J. 12 4-0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bryant,Hank 9 3-1-4 2.0-6 1.0-4 0 0 1-0 0 0Jones,Joel 11 2-2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams,Eddie 11 4-0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Hale,Dewey 8 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bailey,Kama 10 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Komar,Max 12 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ashley,Quin 12 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Artz,Brandon 6 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sturdivant,Devon 7 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hatchett,Robert 6 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Enderle,Nathan 12 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Wieting,Derek 5 2-0-2 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0White,Corey 9 0-2-2 0 0 0-5 0 0 0 0Smith,Charles Jr. 7 1-1-2 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Brooks,Tyler 3 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McCarty,Princeton 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Korby,Adam 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sinclair,Bryce 10 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Davis,Preston 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rico,Vicente 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Greenwood,Eric 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Taylor,T.J. 2 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Date Opponent TimeSept. 5 at Auburn .................................. TBASept. 12 at Navy .....................................3:30Sept. 19 NICHOLLS STATE ...................6:00 Sept. 30 *HAWAI‘I (ESPN2) ...................7:00Oct. 9 *at Nevada (ESPN) ..................6:00Oct. 17 *NEW MEXICO STATE ............3:00Oct. 24 *at Utah State ...........................1:00Oct. 31 *at Idaho ...................................2:00Nov. 6 *BOISE STATE (ESPN2) ..........7:00Nov. 14 at LSU ......................................7:00Nov. 21 *at Fresno State .......................2:00Dec. 5 *SAN JOSE STATE ..................1:00


2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (8-5, 5-3 WAC, T-2nd)

BULLDOGSLOUISIANA TECH

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 2001Enrollment: ......................................... 11,500Founded: ................................................1894Colors: ...................................... Red and BlueStadium: ............. Joe Aillet (30,600/FieldTurf)Spring Practice Dates: ......March 14-April 11Spring Game: .....................................April 11

President: ......................... Dr. Daniel ReneauAthletics Director: ................... Derek DooleyDeputy AD: .....................Bruce Van De VeldeAssociate AD (SWA): ...... Mary Kay HungateSID: ......................................... Malcolm ButlerAssistant SIDs: ...... John Sella, Kyle RobertsSID Phone Number: ............... 318-257-3144SID Fax Number: .................... 318-257-3757

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 MISSISSIPPI ST. (25,224) W 22-14Sept. 6 at (14/12) Kansas (48,621) L 0-29Sept. 20 SE LOUISIANA (17,623) W 41-26Oct. 1 *at (17/18) BSU (32,071) L 3-38Oct. 11 *at Hawai‘i (40,246) L 14-24Oct. 18 *IDAHO (12,400) W 46-14Oct. 25 at Army (27,383) L 7-14Nov. 1 *FRESNO ST. (20,300) W 38-35Nov. 8 *at San Jose St. (16,170) W 21-0Nov. 15 *UTAH STATE (15,320) W 45-38Nov. 22 *at NMSU (17,426) W 35-31Nov. 29 *NEVADA (17,254) L 31-35Dec. 28 #Northern Illinois (41,567) W 17-10 8-5, 5-3 WAC, T-2nd*WAC Game#Independence Bowl (Shreveport)

2008 RESULTS

Daniel Porter-RB: 1,164 yards and 9 TDs

At the end of the 2008 WAC season Louisiana Tech fi nished tied for second place in the standings, the program’s second best fi nish during its eight years as a member of the conference.

Derek Dooley is the only individual to hold the dual role of head coach and athletic director in the FBS. Dooley was named athletic director last spring. He follows in his father’s footsteps who also held the dual role at the Univer-sity of Georgia for many years.

Tech running back Daniel Porter rushed for 1,164 yards on 222 carries in 2008 which made him the eighth Bulldog player ever to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season and it is only the ninth time a Tech player has ac-complished this feat.

Porter has rushed for 2,220 yards in his career. If Porter has the same output in 2009 as last year, he will go down in Louisiana Tech history as the Bulldog’s all-time leading rusher topping Jason Cooper’s record of 3,342 yards from 1991-94.

Tech’s 17-10 bowl victory over Northern Illinois was the fi fth game of 2008 that it won by eight points or less (one possession). Tech was 5-2 in one-possession games on the year.

In seven of Louisiana Tech’s eight wins of 2008, the Bulldogs found themselves trailing at some point during the game.

In Derek Dooley’s fi rst two years as the Bulldog

head coach, Louisiana Tech has posted fi ve fourth quarter come-from-behind wins.

Phillip Livas has already scored touchdowns

in his young career via reception (4 TD recep-tions), rush (3), kickoff return (2) and punt return (2). Livas has scoring plays of at least 70 yards in each of the four categories.

Louisiana Tech was one of the nation’s leaders in scoring non-offensive touchdowns last year as the Bulldogs tied for second nationally with eight. Tech scored fi ve special teams TDs and three defensive touchdowns (all interceptions) during the 2008 season.



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalLouisiana Tech 61 134 71 54 320Opponents 72 110 73 53 308

TEAM STATS

Antonio Baker, FS, 5-11, 200, Sr.Started all 13 games at free safety last year and has 25 consecutive starts ... registered 115 total tackles to lead the team and was named fi rst team all-WAC ... named LSWA Louisiana Defensive Player of the Year and fi rst team all-Louisiana ... has over 300 career tackles ... recorded double digit tackles in eight of thirteen games ... named LSWA Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Nevada game where he recorded 13 tackles and a fumble recovery ... had a season high 14 tackles against Army ... totaled seven PBUs on the year ... intercepted three passes for a total of nine yards returned ... forced two fumbles.

Phillip Livas, WR, 5-8, 175 , Jr.Saw action in 13 games while starting in seven ... named fi rst team all-WAC as a special teams returner ... named Independence Bowl Offensive Player of the game ... named fi rst team all-Louisiana as a returner and second team all-Louisiana as a receiver by the LSWA ... named WAC special teams player of the week following the Fresno State game ... has caught a pass in 23 of 25 career games (23 consecutive) ... returned a kickoff 97 yards for a TD in the Independence Bowl versus Northern Illinois ... averaged 25.8 yards per kick return and 15.3 yards per punt return ... returned 16 punts for 245 yards and two scores.

Daniel Porter, RB, 5-9, 190, Sr.Saw action in all 13 games while starting the fi nal nine games ... became the eighth Bulldog in history to rush for 1000 yards in a single season ... earned fi rst team All-WAC honors after leading the team in rushing with 1164 yards and nine touchdowns ... named second team all-Louisiana by LSWA ... named WAC offensive player of the week twice ... rushed for over 100 yards fi ve times ... scored Tech’s only offensive TD in the Independence Bowl on an 11-yard rush ... fi nished with 145 yards and two scores against Idaho ... totaled season-high 189 yards on 20 carries and two scores against Fresno State.

D’Anthony Smith, DL, 6-2, 300, Sr.Started all 13 games for the Bulldogs on defensive line ... earned fi rst team all-WAC honors ... named fi rst team all-Louisiana by LSWA ... led team with fi ve total sacks and third on team with 65 total tackles ... fi nished with nine total tackles in two separate games ... totaled three pass breakups ... fi nished with two sacks against Utah State ... fi nished with one sack against San Jose State ... started 11 games as a sopho-more ... missed one game due to injury ... totaled 42 tackles, 15 solo and 27 assisted.

LOUISIANA TECH OPPONENTS



Offensive Starters Back (9)QB Ross Jenkins, 6-3, 212, Jr.RB Daniel Porter, 5-9, 190, Sr.WR Phillip Livas, 5-8, 175, Jr.TE Dennis Morris, 6-2, 266, Sr.OL Rob McGill, 6-6, 305, Jr.OL Ben Harris, 6-4, 295, Sr.OL Lon Roberts, 6-3, 277, Jr.OL Kris Cavitt, 6-2, 285, So.OL Cudahy Harmon, 6-6, 327, Jr.

Defensive Starters Back (7)DE Matt Broha, 6-4, 228, So.DT Mason Hitt, 6-1, 268, Jr.DT D’Anthony Smith, 6-2, 300, Sr.DE Jared Barron, 6-2, 230, So.LB Brian White, 6-1, 228, Sr.FS Antonio Baker, 5-11, 200, Sr.SS Deon Young, 5-11, 197, Sr.

Kickers Back (0)

Offensive Starters Lost (2)TE Anthony Harrison, 6-2, 242, Sr.WR Philip Beck, 5-9, 190, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (4)LB Quin Harris, 6-2, 235, Sr.LB Brannon Jackson, 6-1, 265, Sr.CB Weldon Brown, 5-10, 187, Sr.CB Stevon Howze, 5-9, 175, Sr.

Kickers Lost (2)P Chris Keagle, 6-0, 242, Sr.PK Brad Oestriecher, 5-10, 184, Sr.

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: .........................Derek DooleyAlma Mater: ...........................Virginia, 1990Born: .....................................June 10, 1968Overall Record: ........ 13-12 (.520), 2 yearsSchool Record: ................................. SameWAC Record: ................ 9-7 (.563), 2 years

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Jimmy Brumbaugh .............................DL (1)Stan Eggen ...................................... LBs (1)Chino Fontenette .............................RBs (1)Conroy Hines ................................WRs (15)Terry Joseph ..................DBs/Rec. Coor. (2)Pete Perot ........................................OL (20)Frank Scelfo ....................Off. Coor./QBs (2)Tommy Spangler .................... Def. Coor. (2)Mark Tommerdahl ...................... TEs/ST (1)

COACHES

TOP BULLDOGS


2008 BULLDOG INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GPorter,Daniel 13 222 1262 98 1164 5.2 9 43 89.5Jackson,Patrick 13 143 676 23 653 4.6 8 24 50.2Livas,Phillip 13 30 342 5 337 11.2 2 78 25.9Stuart,R.P. 14 9 87 8 79 8.8 2 21 5.6Compton,Myke 12 21 96 22 74 3.5 1 20 6.2Jenkins,Ross 11 61 196 140 56 0.9 1 19 5.1Bennett,Taylor 7 20 82 27 55 2.8 0 20 7.9Gilbert,Allen 2 3 17 0 17 5.7 0 7 8.5Harris,Quin 10 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.6Keagle,Chris 13 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.3Womack,Shane 10 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2Total 13 523 2768 336 2432 4.7 23 78 187.1Opponents 13 435 1656 306 1350 3.1 12 48 103.8

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GJenkins,Ross 11 118.46 92-174-3 52.9 1155 7 68 105.0Bennett,Taylor 7 80.20 66-167-6 39.5 873 2 57 124.7Jackson,Patrick 13 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 13 98.56 158-343-10 46.1 2028 9 68 156.0Opponents 13 133.68 282-470-17 60.0 3545 25 80 272.7

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GLivas,Phillip 13 43 607 14.1 2 68 46.7Beck,Philip 13 25 268 10.7 0 53 20.6Jackson,Patrick 13 16 196 12.2 3 34 15.1Porter,Daniel 13 12 181 15.1 1 44 13.9Tuminello,Houston 11 12 117 9.8 0 16 10.6Harrison,Anthony 13 9 101 11.2 0 32 7.8Womack,Shane 10 8 109 13.6 1 26 10.9Morris,Dennis 12 7 158 22.6 1 60 13.2Mitchell,Dustin 13 7 112 16.0 1 35 8.6Stuart,R.P. 14 7 58 8.3 0 14 4.1Wheeler,Josh 2 4 63 15.8 0 39 31.5Compton,Myke 12 3 6 2.0 0 4 0.5Linwood,Adrian 4 2 48 24.0 0 34 12.0Fiege,Eric 4 2 12 6.0 0 8 3.0Jenkins,Ross 11 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 -0.7Total 13 158 2028 12.8 9 68 156.0Opponents 13 282 3545 12.6 25 80 272.7

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongLivas,Phillip 16 245 15.3 2 81Beck,Philip 12 127 10.6 0 28Brown,Keith 1 23 23.0 0 0Howze,Stevon 1 0 0.0 0 0Baker,Antonio 1 5 5.0 0 0Anderson,Alex 0 2 0.0 1 2Total 31 402 13.0 3 81Opponents 29 174 6.0 1 56

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongLivas,Phillip 32 826 25.8 1 97Beck,Philip 13 324 24.9 0 40Morris,Dennis 2 14 7.0 0 9Jackson,Patrick 1 24 24.0 0 24Stuart,R.P. 1 0 0.0 0 0Mitchell,Dustin 1 6 6.0 0 6Brown,Weldon 1 24 24.0 0 24Total 51 1218 23.9 1 97Opponents 56 1013 18.1 0 48

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongBrown,Weldon 5 10 2.0 0 8Baker,Antonio 3 9 3.0 0 3Young,Deon 3 42 14.0 0 42Carter,Terry 2 50 25.0 1 50Broha,Matt 1 40 40.0 1 40Faust,Dominique 1 60 60.0 1 60Howze,Stevon 1 19 19.0 0 19Harris,Quin 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 17 230 13.5 3 60Opponents 10 101 10.1 1 51

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GLivas,Phillip 13 337 607 245 826 0 2015 155.0Porter,Daniel 13 1164 181 0 0 0 1345 103.5Jackson,Patrick 13 653 196 0 24 0 873 67.2Beck,Philip 13 0 268 127 324 0 719 55.3Morris,Dennis 12 0 158 0 14 0 172 14.3Stuart,R.P. 14 79 58 0 0 0 137 9.8Mitchell,Dustin 13 0 112 0 6 0 118 9.1Tuminello,Houston 11 0 117 0 0 0 117 10.6Womack,Shane 10 -2 109 0 0 0 107 10.7Harrison,Anthony 13 0 101 0 0 0 101 7.8Compton,Myke 12 74 6 0 0 0 80 6.7Wheeler,Josh 2 0 63 0 0 0 63 31.5Faust,Dominique 12 0 0 0 0 60 60 5.0Bennett,Taylor 7 55 0 0 0 0 55 7.9Carter,Terry 13 0 0 0 0 50 50 3.8Jenkins,Ross 11 56 -8 0 0 0 48 4.4Linwood,Adrian 4 0 48 0 0 0 48 12.0Young,Deon 13 0 0 0 0 42 42 3.2Broha,Matt 13 0 0 0 0 40 40 3.1Brown,Weldon 13 0 0 0 24 10 34 2.6Brown,Keith 11 0 0 23 0 0 23 2.1

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GHowze,Stevon 13 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.5Gilbert,Allen 2 17 0 0 0 0 17 8.5Baker,Antonio 13 0 0 5 0 9 14 1.1Fiege,Eric 4 0 12 0 0 0 12 3.0Harris,Quin 10 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.6Keagle,Chris 13 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.3Anderson,Alex 11 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.2Total 13 2432 2028 402 1218 230 6310 485.4Opponents 13 1350 3545 174 1013 101 6183 475.6

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsHorwedel,Danny 0 12-21 25-26 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 61Jackson,Patrick 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Porter,Daniel 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Livas,Phillip 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Jackson,Brian 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Mitchell,Dustin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Champion,Zac 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0-3 0 0 8Anderson,Joe 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6McGilton,Ben 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Morris,Dennis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Wheeler,Josh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Beck,Philip 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Womack,Shane 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total 31 12-21 25-26 1-2 0 0-3 0 0 249Opponents 47 13-22 47-47 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 368

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GJenkins,Ross 11 235 56 1155 1211 110.1Porter,Daniel 13 222 1164 0 1164 89.5Bennett,Taylor 7 187 55 873 928 132.6Jackson,Patrick 13 144 653 0 653 50.2Livas,Phillip 13 30 337 0 337 25.9Stuart,R.P. 14 9 79 0 79 5.6Compton,Myke 12 21 74 0 74 6.2Gilbert,Allen 2 3 17 0 17 8.5Harris,Quin 10 1 6 0 6 0.6Keagle,Chris 13 1 4 0 4 0.3Womack,Shane 10 1 -2 0 -2 -0.2Total 13 866 2432 2028 4460 343.1Opponents 13 905 1350 3545 4895 376.5

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdKeagle,Chris 72 2915 40.5 59 7 15 27 0Total 72 2915 40.5 59 7 15 27 0Opponents 75 2772 37.0 72 1 14 16 4

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkBaker,Antonio 13 63-52-115 4.5-16 0 3-9 4 2-0 3 1Brown,Weldon 13 49-26-75 1.5-5 0.5-3 5-10 6 1-0 2 0Smith,D’Anthony 13 27-38-65 8.0-45 5.0-41 0 3 0 0 0Jackson,Brannon 13 29-35-64 3.5-12 2.5-11 0 1 0 2 0Howze,Stevon 13 37-24-61 1.0-1 0 1-19 10 0 0 0Young,Deon 13 33-26-59 0 0 3-42 7 0 0 0Calais,Tarence 13 28-22-50 3.0-3 1.0-1 0 0 0 1 0Harris,Quin 10 19-30-49 1.0-4 0.5-3 1-0 1 1-0 0 0Faust,Dominique 12 18-24-42 4.5-38 3.0-36 1-60 2 0 0 0Hitt,Mason 14 8-26-34 4.5-14 2.5-9 0 1 0 0 0Barron,Jared 13 13-20-33 7.0-20 2.5-11 0 0 1-0 0 0Washington,Kiamni 13 15-16-31 1.0-1 0 0 2 0 1 1Cole,Adrien 10 14-16-30 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0Carter,Terry 13 16-12-28 0 0 2-50 2 1-6 1 0Broha,Matt 13 12-15-27 3.5-7 1.5-5 1-40 3 0 0 0White,Brian 5 7-12-19 2.0-7 0.5-5 0 1 0 0 0Jordan,Kwame 8 5-11-16 6.0-27 3.5-16 0 0 0 0 0Compton,Myke 12 6-9-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Logan,Adrian 10 10-5-15 2.5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0Darby,Nolan 6 1-12-13 2.0-3 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0Lacey,Christian 8 6-6-12 5.0-26 4.0-24 0 0 0 0 0Jackson,Breon 8 3-8-11 1.0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Grigsby,Randy 9 6-5-11 1.5-7 0.5-4 0 0 0 0 0Victorian,Josh 9 7-4-11 0 0 0 3 0 0 0Rust,Dusty 9 3-6-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brown,Keith 11 5-3-8 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1Anderson,Alex 11 5-2-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Dudley,Jay 4 2-4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harper,Eric 6 2-3-5 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0Mitchell,Dustin 13 3-2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harrison,Anthony 13 4-0-4 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0Longino,Philip 5 0-3-3 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Terry,Darrius 8 2-1-3 0 0 0 2 1-0 1 0Porter,Daniel 13 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Graham,Thomas 10 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Simmons,Shawn 5 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Stuart,R.P. 14 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Perkins,Drexel 3 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oestriecher,Brad 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bennett,Taylor 7 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Livas,Phillip 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gilbert,Allen 2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Falls,Roosevelt 3 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0


FAST

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CT

Date Opponent TimeSept. 5 at Notre Dame (NBC) ...............3:30Sept. 19 at Colorado State .....................3:00Sept. 25 MISSOURI (ESPN) ..................6:00Oct. 3 UNLV ........................................ TBAOct. 9 *LOUISIANA TECH (ESPN) .....6:00Oct. 17 *at Utah State ...........................1:00Oct. 24 *IDAHO ..................................... TBAOct. 31 *HAWAI‘I ................................... TBANov. 8 *at San Jose State (ESPN) ......5:15Nov. 14 *FRESNO STATE ..................... TBANov. 21 *at New Mexico State ...............6:00Nov. 27 *at Boise State (ESPN2) .......... TBA


2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (7-6, 5-3 WAC, T-2nd)

WOLF PACKNEVADA

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 2000Enrollment: ........................................ 17,000Founded: ............................................... 1874Colors: ..........................Navy Blue and SilverStadium: ...............Mackay (29,993/FieldTurf)Spring Practice Dates: .....Feb. 20-March 14Spring Game: ................................. March 14

President: .............................. Dr. Milton GlickAthletics Director: .......................Cary GrothAssociate AD (SWA): ................... Cindy FoxSID: ........................................Rhonda LundinFootball SID: ............................ Chad HartleySID Phone Number: ............... 775-682-6982SID Fax Number: .................... 775-784-4386

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 GRAMBLING ST. (20,078) W 49-13Sept. 6 (12/13) TX. TECH (24,453) L 19-35Sept. 13 at (6/6) Missouri (54,202) L 17-69Sept. 27 at UNLV (33,078) W 49-27Oct. 4 *at Idaho (15,013) W 49-14Oct. 11 *NMSU (12,475) L 45-48Oct. 18 *UTAH STATE (13,159) W 44-17Oct. 25 *at Hawai‘i (40,225) L 31-38Nov. 7 *at Fresno State (33,207) W 41-28Nov. 15 *SAN JOSE ST. (14,343) W 41-17Nov. 22 *(9/9) BOISE ST. (27,057) L 34-41Nov. 29 *at La. Tech (17,254) W 35-31Dec. 30 #Maryland (26,781) L 35-42 7-6, 5-3 WAC, T-2nd*WAC Game#Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl (Boise)

2008 RESULTS

Vai Taua-RB: 1,521 yards and 15 TDs

Nevada has three 1,000-yard rushers on its roster in quarterback Colin Kaepernick and running backs Vai Taua and Luke Lippincott

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick was the 2008 WAC Player of the Year – the second such honor for a Nevada player since the Pack joined the WAC in 2000 (B.J. Mitchell, 2005).

Nevada set four notable team records in 2008: rushing yards in a season (3,611), rushing TDs in a season (39), fi rst downs rushing in a season (174), total offense in a season (6,611 yards).

Kaepernick is just the fi fth player in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards and throw for 2,000 yards in a single season.

Nevada has produced a 1,000-yard rusher or receiver in six of the past seven years.

The Wolf Pack has had four running backs lead the WAC in rushing since 2001: Chance Kretschmer, B.J. Mitchell, Luke Lippincott and Vai Taua.

The Wolf Pack defense recorded 100 tackles for loss in 2008, led by juniors Kevin Basped (18.5) and Dontay Moch (17.5).

In four years of the Pistol offense, Nevada

has had three running backs lead the WAC in rushing and the Pack has had six different players rush for 100 yards or more in a game. In those four years, the Pack has had three different players rush for at least 200 yards in a game.

Nevada will play six teams in 2009 that went to a bowl game last year.

The Wolf Pack will play one-fourth of its sched-ule in non-Saturday games.

Nevada head coach Chris Ault is two wins away from 200 for his career. He is is the winningest coach in school history and has directed the Pack to the postseason in 12 of his 24 years as coach (5 bowl games; 7 FCS playoff appearances).



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNevada 85 123 132 149 489Opponents 96 97 128 99 420

TEAM STATS

Kevin Basped, DE, 6-6, 240, Jr.Finished last season with the team lead in tackles for loss, second in sacks and tied for fourth in overall tackles ... was named fi rst-team all-WAC ... preseason honors included: all-WAC fi rst team by Athlon Sports ... led the WAC in sacks during with the regular season with 10 for a loss of 63 yards ... ranked 15th in the nation in sacks per game ... also fi nished tied for second in the WAC and tied for 10th nationally in tackles for loss per game with 18.5 overall and 1.54 per game.

Colin Kaepernick, QB, 6-6, 215, Jr.Emerged as one of the country’s most dangerous quarterbacks with a strong arm and quick feet ... his name was embedded in the national rankings in rushing, passing, pass effi ciency, total offense and scoring ... was named the WAC Offensive Player of the Year ... is the only quarter-back in Nevada history to rush for more than 1,000 yards and he is just the fi fth quarterback in NCAA FBS history to throw for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season ... fi nished the season 1,130 yards rushing, which ranks 22nd in NCAA history for rushing yards by a quarterback.

Dontay Moch, DE, 6-1, 245, Jr.Earned his fi rst career all-WAC honor with second-team accolades ... fi nished the regular season tied for second in the WAC, and 17th na-tionally, in sacks with 9.5 and 0.79 per game ... was also fourth in the WAC and 30th nationally in tackles for loss with 15.0 on the year and 1.25 per game ... converted to defensive end full-time (he played line-backer in 2007 as a freshman), he fl ourished in Nevada’s 4-3 scheme ... a speed-rusher off the edge, Moch was a state track champion as a sprinter in high school.

Vai Taua, RB, 5-10, 225, Jr.Entered the season fourth on the depth chart at running back but fl our-ished during his sophomore campaign ... also proved to be a dependable pass-catcher out of the backfi eld ... earned fi rst-team All-WAC honors after leading the conference in rushing with an average of 118.3 yards per game, 25 more than teammate Colin Kaepernick who was second ... fi nished the season with 1,521 yards, the fourth-best single-season in Nevada history ... tied for fi rst in touchdown scoring (8.0 ppg) and was third in the conference in all-pupose yardage at 137.2 yards per game.

NEVADA OPPONENTS



Offensive Starters Back (7)OL John Bender, 6-8, 235, Jr.OL Alonzo Durham, 6-4, 285, Sr.OL Mike Gallett, 6-6, 295, Jr.WR Chris Wellington, 6-1, 185, Jr.TE Virgil Green, 6-5, 225, Jr.QB Colin Kaepernick, 6-6, 215, Jr.RB Vai Taua, 5-10, 225, Jr.

Defensive Starters Back (7)DL Nate Agaiava, 6-2, 285, Sr.DL Kevin Basped, 6-6, 240, Jr.DL Dontay Moch, 6-1, 245, Jr.LB James-Michael Johnson, 6-2, 220, So.LB Brandon Marshall, 6-1, 230, So.DB Jonathon Amaya, 6-2, 190, Sr.DB Antoine Thompson, 6-1, 195, Sr.

Kickers Back (1)P Brad Langley, 6-0, 200, Jr.

Offensive Starters Lost (4)OL Dominic Green, 6-3, 295, Sr.OL Greg Hall, 6-3, 290, Sr.WR Marko Mitchell, 6-4, 200, Sr.WR Mike McCoy, 6-0, 190, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (4)DL Mundrae Clifton, 6-2, 290, Sr.LB Joshua Mauga, 6-2, 245, Sr.LB Jerome Johnson, 6-1, 253, Sr.DB Uche Anyanwu, 6-4, 220, Sr.

Kickers Lost (1)PK Brett Jaekle, 6-4, 290, Sr.

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ................................Chris AultAlma Mater: ...........................Nevada, 1968Born: ......................................Nov. 12, 1946Overall Record: ..198-91-1 (.684), 24 yearsSchool Record: ..................................SameWAC Record: .............24-16 (.600), 5 years

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Scott Baumgartner ..........................WRs (5)Nigel Burton ..............Def. Coor./Safeties (1)Jim House .......................................DTs (14)Chris Klenakis ..................Off. Coor./OL (15)Jim Mastro .....................RBs/Rec. Coor. (9)Cameron Norcross ......................TEs/OL (6)Barry Sacks ..................... STs Coor./DEs (7)James Ward .....................................CBs (1)Ken Wilson ....................Assoc. HC/LBs (15)

COACHES

TOP WOLF PACK PLAYERS


2008 WOLF PACK INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GTaua,Vai 13 236 1567 46 1521 6.4 15 79 117.0Kaepernick,Colin 13 161 1298 168 1130 7.0 17 66 86.9Randall,Courtney 12 66 337 10 327 5.0 4 18 27.2Fragger,Brandon 6 30 196 0 196 6.5 1 31 32.7Mark,Lampford 8 43 193 11 182 4.2 0 22 22.8Lippincott,Luke 2 17 106 2 104 6.1 1 33 52.0Mitchell,Marko 13 4 59 14 45 11.2 0 31 3.5McCoy,Mike 13 7 44 3 41 5.9 1 12 3.2Wellington,Chris 13 4 28 1 27 6.8 0 13 2.1King Jr.,Arthur 12 4 23 1 22 5.5 0 12 1.8Green,Virgil 13 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 14 1.4Session,Tray 12 1 17 0 17 17.0 0 17 1.4Graziano,Nick 7 8 38 28 10 1.2 0 22 1.4Anderson,Shane 4 2 2 5 -3 -1.5 0 2 -0.8Total 13 593 3926 315 3611 6.1 39 79 277.8Opponents 13 377 1621 469 1152 3.1 17 66 88.6

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GKaepernick,Colin 13 132.09 208-383-7 54.3 2849 22 75 219.2Graziano,Nick 7 72.44 15-32-2 46.9 145 0 16 20.7Lantrip,Tyler 1 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 6.0Collis,Luke 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 13 126.94 224-418-9 53.6 3000 22 75 230.8Opponents 13 134.70 271-506-16 53.6 4051 31 82 311.6

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GMitchell,Marko 13 61 1141 18.7 10 75 87.8McCoy,Mike 13 53 592 11.2 2 38 45.5Wellington,Chris 13 42 632 15.0 6 70 48.6Taua,Vai 13 30 243 8.1 3 54 18.7Green,Virgil 13 14 164 11.7 1 40 12.6King Jr.,Arthur 12 10 96 9.6 0 19 8.0Fragger,Brandon 6 4 32 8.0 0 14 5.3Lippincott,Luke 2 2 33 16.5 0 24 16.5Randall,Courtney 12 2 19 9.5 0 17 1.6Mark,Lampford 8 2 18 9.0 0 11 2.2Bohr,Kevin 9 1 13 13.0 0 13 1.4Puloka Jr.,Talaiasi 12 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.8Session,Tray 12 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5Fludd,Brian 12 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2Total 13 224 3000 13.4 22 75 230.8Opponents 13 271 4051 14.9 31 82 311.6

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongThompson,Antoine 17 83 4.9 0 15Sanders,Dwayne 6 21 3.5 0 7Amaya,Jonathon 3 59 19.7 0 38Total 26 163 6.3 0 38Opponents 37 339 9.2 1 86

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongFludd,Brian 24 530 22.1 0 41Fragger,Brandon 14 255 18.2 0 26Wellington,Chris 11 172 15.6 0 27Sanders,Dwayne 5 126 25.2 0 34McIntosh,Andy 2 36 18.0 0 36King Jr.,Arthur 1 23 23.0 0 23Puloka Jr.,Talaiasi 1 0 0.0 0 0Green,Deantae 1 9 9.0 0 9Easter,Joe 1 11 11.0 0 11Total 60 1162 19.4 0 41Opponents 67 1747 26.1 2 99

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongAmaya,Jonathon 4 33 8.2 0 33Harvey,Mo 3 40 13.3 0 20Grimes,Kevin 2 6 3.0 0 6Silva-Purcell,Jared 1 47 47.0 1 47Anyanwu,Uche 1 0 0.0 0 0Mauga,Joshua 1 46 46.0 1 46Johnson,James-Micha 1 5 5.0 0 5Thompson,Antoine 1 0 0.0 0 0Marshall,Brandon 1 22 22.0 0 22Johnson,Jerome 1 28 28.0 1 28Total 16 227 14.2 3 47Opponents 9 127 14.1 2 61

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GTaua,Vai 13 1521 243 0 0 0 1764 135.7Mitchell,Marko 13 45 1141 0 0 0 1186 91.2Kaepernick,Colin 13 1130 0 0 0 0 1130 86.9Wellington,Chris 13 27 632 0 172 0 831 63.9McCoy,Mike 13 41 592 0 0 0 633 48.7Fludd,Brian 12 0 2 0 530 0 532 44.3Fragger,Brandon 6 196 32 0 255 0 483 80.5Randall,Courtney 12 327 19 0 0 0 346 28.8Mark,Lampford 8 182 18 0 0 0 200 25.0Green,Virgil 13 18 164 0 0 0 182 14.0Sanders,Dwayne 9 0 0 21 126 0 147 16.3King Jr.,Arthur 12 22 96 0 23 0 141 11.8Lippincott,Luke 2 104 33 0 0 0 137 68.5Amaya,Jonathon 13 0 0 59 0 33 92 7.1Thompson,Antoine 13 0 0 83 0 0 83 6.4Silva-Purcell,Jared 13 0 0 0 0 47 47 3.6Mauga,Joshua 11 0 0 0 0 46 46 4.2Harvey,Mo 13 0 0 0 0 40 40 3.1McIntosh,Andy 13 0 0 0 36 0 36 2.8Johnson,Jerome 13 0 0 0 0 28 28 2.2Session,Tray 12 17 6 0 0 0 23 1.9

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GMarshall,Brandon 13 0 0 0 0 22 22 1.7Bohr,Kevin 9 0 13 0 0 0 13 1.4Easter,Joe 13 0 0 0 11 0 11 0.8Graziano,Nick 7 10 0 0 0 0 10 1.4Green,Deantae 11 0 0 0 9 0 9 0.8Puloka Jr.,Talaiasi 12 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.8Grimes,Kevin 13 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5Johnson,James-Micha 13 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.4Anderson,Shane 4 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.8Total 13 3611 3000 163 1162 227 8163 627.9Opponents 13 1152 4051 339 1747 127 7416 570.5

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsLippincott,Luke 18 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 108Jaekle,Brett 0 16-21 51-54 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 99Mitchell,Marko 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Bishop,Adam 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42Kaepernick,Colin 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 36McCoy,Mike 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Sammons,Kyle 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Fragger,Brandon 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Amaya,Jonathon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Butler,Ezra 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Randall,Courtney 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Taua,Vai 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6King Jr.,Arthur 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Puloka,Junior 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total 56 16-21 51-54 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 435Opponents 51 19-26 49-49 0-0 1 1-2 0 2 418

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GKaepernick,Colin 13 544 1130 2849 3979 306.1Taua,Vai 13 236 1521 0 1521 117.0Randall,Courtney 12 66 327 0 327 27.2Fragger,Brandon 6 30 196 0 196 32.7Mark,Lampford 8 43 182 0 182 22.8Graziano,Nick 7 40 10 145 155 22.1Lippincott,Luke 2 17 104 0 104 52.0Mitchell,Marko 13 4 45 0 45 3.5McCoy,Mike 13 7 41 0 41 3.2Wellington,Chris 13 4 27 0 27 2.1King Jr.,Arthur 12 4 22 0 22 1.8Green,Virgil 13 2 18 0 18 1.4Session,Tray 12 1 17 0 17 1.4Lantrip,Tyler 1 1 0 6 6 6.0Anderson,Shane 4 2 -3 0 -3 -0.8Total 13 1011 3611 3000 6611 508.5Opponents 13 883 1152 4051 5203 400.2

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdLangley,Brad 42 1850 44.0 77 7 6 10 0Jaekle,Brett 22 890 40.5 53 1 1 4 0Total 65 2740 42.2 77 8 7 14 1Opponents 65 2786 42.9 61 6 11 21 0

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkAnyanwu,Uche 13 48-20-68 2.0-5 0 1-0 3 1-0 1 0Amaya,Jonathon 13 49-19-68 2.5-6 0 4-33 6 0 0 0Mauga,Joshua 11 33-21-54 7.5-29 3.5-21 1-46 0 0 1 0Moch,Dontay 13 33-17-50 17.0-109 11.5-90 0 2 0 4 0Basped,Kevin 13 35-15-50 18.5-82 10.0-63 0 3 0 3 0Johnson,James-Micha 13 31-18-49 12.5-32 1.5-4 1-5 1 0 1 0Grimes,Kevin 13 31-14-45 1.0-1 0 2-6 3 0 0 0Johnson,Jerome 13 27-13-40 5.0-21 0.5-7 1-28 2 1-0 0 0Thompson,Antoine 13 26-10-36 0.5-4 0 1-0 8 0 0 0Marshall,Brandon 13 23-10-33 8.5-47 2.0-19 1-22 3 1-0 0 0Clifton,Mundrae 13 18-15-33 3.0-5 0.5-2 0 4 1-0 0 1Evans,Mike 11 24-7-31 1.0-1 0 0 3 0 1 0Bethea,Mike 8 20-9-29 4.5-10 1.0-7 0 1 1-0 0 0Frey,Isaiah 13 18-5-23 1.5-6 0 0 3 0 0 0Liranzo,Adam 13 16-7-23 4.5-30 3.0-27 0 0 0 0 0Harvey,Mo 13 19-3-22 0 0 3-40 4 0 1 1Bayne,Cameron 13 13-6-19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Silva-Purcell,Jared 13 10-7-17 0 0 1-47 0 0 0 0Coulson,Ryan 8 4-7-11 1.5-7 0.5-4 0 0 0 0 1Roy,Brett 11 7-4-11 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 1 0Agaiava,Nate 13 4-6-10 1.5-2 0 0 1 1-0 0 0Slack,Chris 13 6-4-10 1.0-3 0 0 0 1-0 0 0McIntosh,Andy 13 7-3-10 1.0-11 0 0 0 0 0 0Easter,Joe 13 5-4-9 0 0 0 1 1-0 0 0Miller,Doyle 13 7-1-8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0Fludd,Brian 12 6-1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hill,Daryll 10 5-0-5 2.0-12 1.0-8 0 0 0 1 0Jaekle,Brett 13 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Madonick,Zack 11 3-0-3 1.0-2 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0Ott,Jonathan 8 1-1-2 1.0-6 0 0 0 0 0 0Bohr,Kevin 9 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Gallett,Mike 13 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Frisbie,Scott 13 0-1-1 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Wellington,Chris 13 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Collis,Luke 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McCoy,Mike 13 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0King Jr.,Arthur 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Anderson,Shane 4 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ackerman,Kenneth 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bender,John 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Randall,Courtney 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Date Opponent TimeSept. 5 *IDAHO .....................................6:00Sept. 12 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ................6:00Sept. 19 UTEP ........................................6:00Sept. 26 at New Mexico ..........................8:00Oct. 3 at San Diego State ...................5:00Oct. 10 *UTAH STATE ..........................6:00Oct. 17 *at Louisiana Tech ....................3:00Oct. 24 *FRESNO STATE .....................6:00Oct. 31 at Ohio State ............................ TBANov. 14 *at Hawai‘i ................................ TBANov. 21 *NEVADA ..................................6:00Nov. 28 *at San Jose State....................5:00Dec. 5 *at Boise State..........................1:00*WAC Game-All times local/subject to change

2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (3-9, 1-7 WAC, T-8th)

AGGIESNEW MEXICO STATE

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 2005Enrollment: .........................................16,428Founded: ................................................1888Colors: ............................. Crimson and WhiteStadium: .......Aggie Memorial (30,343/Grass)Spring Practice Dates: ..... March 30-April 25Spring Game: .....................................April 25

Interim President: .......... Dr. Waded CruzadoAthletics Director: .............. McKinley BostonAssistant AD (SWA): ................... Maria RothSID: .............................................Tyler DunkelAssistant SIDs: . Jason Clay, Tiffany Franklin, .................................................Eddie MorelosSID Phone Number: ............... 575-646-2927SID Fax Number: .................... 575-646-2425

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultSept. 13 at Nebraska (84,821) L 7-38Sept. 20 at UTEP (42,930) W 34-33Sept. 27 NEW MEXICO (30,343) L 24-35Oct. 4 ALCORN STATE (11,374) W 45-10Oct. 11 *at Nevada (12,475) W 48-45Oct. 18 *SAN JOSE ST. (20,607) L 14-31Oct. 25 *at Idaho (15,010) L 14-20Nov. 1 *(11/11) BOISE ST. (15,922) L 0-49Nov. 8 *HAWAI‘I (10,861) L 30-42Nov. 15 *at Fresno State (36,137) L 17-24Nov. 22 *LA. TECH (17,426) L 31-35Nov. 29 *at Utah State (9,919) L 2-47 3-9, 1-7 WAC, T-8th*WAC Game

2008 RESULTS

Davon House-DB: 40 tackles, 2 interceptions

DeWayne Walker was named NM State’s 33rd head football coach on Dec. 31, 2008. Most recently, Walker completed his third season as UCLA’s defensive coordinator. In addition, he served as UCLA’s interim head coach for the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl.

Linebacker Nick Paden returns as the Aggies’ leading tacklers from the 2008 season. Paden was third in the WAC in tackles per game (8.9) and ranked 33rd in the nation tackles per game. He tallied 107 tackles in 2008.

Marcus Anderson will be the Aggies’ top return-ing receiver in 2009. He ranked eighth in the WAC in 2008 for receptions per game (4.17) after tallying 50 catches for 617 yards and a team-high nine touchdowns. He also led the Aggies in kickoff return with 22 attempts for 522, averaging 23.7 yards a return.

Chuck Taylor has been a main stay at left guard for the past two seasons. In 2008, he helped the Aggie offense rank 10th in the nation in passing. Taylor has started 25 straight games for NM State at left guard.

Place kicker Kyle Hughes returns for his sophomore season after a record-breaking freshman year. He broke the school record for consecutive PATs made with 33 in a row.

In 2009, the Aggies will return all fi ve of their top running backs from 2008. As a group they rushed for 883 yards and fi ve touchdowns.

NM State will be looking for a new quarter-back in 2009. After the departure of Chase Holbrook, who owns 33 school records and back-up quarterback J.J. McDermott transfer-ring to SMU, the Aggies will look to transfer Jeff Fleming, redshirt freshman Trevor Walls and true freshman Tanner Rust to fi ll the roll of offensive gun slinger.

The Aggie defense will return 20 players from last year’s squad and three starters from a defensive back fi eld that helped the Aggies rank third in the nation in pass defense in 2008. The Aggie defense allowed their opponents just 159.4 yards per game through the air.



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNew Mexico State 52 117 45 52 266Opponents 100 149 75 85 409

TEAM STATS

Marcus Anderson, WR, 5-8, 166, Sr.Played in all 12 games in 2008 at the wide receiver position ... tallied 50 catches for 617 yards and nine touchdowns ... the nine touchdowns tied him for fi rst on the team ... best game of the season came against New Mexico where he caught four passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns ... grabbed fi ve passes for 70 yards and a season-high three touchdown receptions versus UTEP ... had a season-high nine receptions against Idaho recorded six games with at least four receptions ... tallied seven receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown against Hawai‘i, followed by a seven reception performance against Louisiana Tech.

Davon House, DB, 6-0, 172, Jr.Started all 12 games for the Aggies at the left defensive back spot in 2008 ... recorded 40 tackles, a tackle-for-a-loss, two fumble recoveries and two interceptions ... opened the season with an eight tackle perfor-mance at Nebraska, followed by a six tackle performance against New Mexico including an interception ... had just one tackle but added a fumble recovery that helped the Aggies pull out the win against UTEP ... in a win against Nevada, tallied six tackles and his second interception of the season, returning it 42 yards ... fi nished up the season with seven tackles versus Utah State.

Nick Paden, LB, 6-3, 235, Sr.Started in all 12 games ... capped off the season second on the team, third in the WAC and 32nd in the nation in tackles with 107, while posting double-digit tackles in fi ve games .. recorded a pair of quarterback sacks for 12 yards, seven tackles-for-a-loss of 30 yards and two interceptions for a total of 33 return yards ... recorded 15 tackles and a pair of sacks for 12 yards against UTEP ... had a season-high 16 tackles versus New Mexico ... recorded back-to-back game interceptions when he snagged a pass against San Jose State for 13 yards and against Idaho for a season-high 20 yards.

Chuck Taylor, OL, 6-3, 345, Jr.Was the only offensive lineman to start and fi nish the season at the same position ... has started in 25 straight games at the left guard position over the last two seasons ... helped the Aggies’ offense rank ninth in the nation in passing offense, averaging 301.3 yards, and 64th in total offense, averaging 355.6 yards ... was a vital part of helping quarterback Chase Holbrook throw for 280 yards a game to rank 27th in the country in total offense ... the offense averaged 22.2 points per game, recorded three games with over 100 yards rushing and seven games with over 300 yards passing, including 486 yards against Louisiana Tech.

NEW MEXICO STATE OPPONENTS


Lettermen Lost .........................................21 Offense ...........................................11 Defense ............................................9 Special Teams ..................................1

Offensive Starters Back (7)OL Joseph Palmer, 6-3, 308, Jr.OL Chuck Taylor, 6-3, 345, Jr.OL Mike Grady, 6-3, 302, So.OL Patrick Blount, 6-3, 275, Jr.OL Kyle Smith, 6-6, 312, Jr.WR Marcus Anderson, 5-8, 166, Sr.FB Brandon Perez, 5-8, 236, Sr.

Defensive Starters Back (7)LB Justen Alford, 6-2, 227, Sr.LB Ross Connor, 5-10, 212, Sr.LB Sam King, 6-0, 223, Sr.LB Nick Paden, 6-3, 235, Sr.LB Jason Scott, 5-10, 207, Jr.DB Alphonso Powell, 5-9, 182, Jr.DB Davon House, 6-0, 172, Jr.

Kickers Back (1)PK/P Kyle Hughes, 6-0, 184, So.

Offensive Starters Lost (6)WR Chris Williams, 5-8, 157, Sr.WR A.J. Harris, 6-0, 210, Sr.WR Wes Neiman, 5-10, 185, So.OL Polo Gutierrez, 6-2, 304, Sr.OL Richard Bolin, 6-1, 291, Sr.QB Chase Holbrook, 6-5, 246, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (7)DL Oren Long, 6-2, 260, Sr.DE Rhyan Anderson, 6-5, 263, Sr.LB Chris Nwoko, 6-1, 228, Sr.LB La’Auli Fonoti, 6-4, 253, Sr.DB Marvin Betts, 5-9, 180, Sr.S Derrick Richardson, 5-11, 190, Sr.S Brennan Baiamonte, 6-1, 211, Sr.

Kickers Lost (0)

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ................... DeWayne WalkerAlma Mater: .............Regents College, 1992Born: ........................................Dec. 3, 1960Overall Record: ...................... 0-0, 1st yearSchool Record: ..................................SameWAC Record: .......................... 0-0, 1st year

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Jason Lenzmeier ................................ OL (0)Dale Lindsey ..................... Asst. HC/LBs (0)R. Todd Littlejohn ...........DBs/Rec. Coor. (0)Keith Murphy ............................WRs/STs (0)Timm Rosenbach ............ Off. Coor./QBs (0)Mike Rutenberg ................................DBs (0)Jesse Williams ................................... DL (0)Earnest Wilson .................................RBs (4)

COACHES

TOP AGGIES


2008 AGGIE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GColston,Marquell 10 82 412 28 384 4.7 4 58 38.4Glynn,Tonny 10 66 224 10 214 3.2 0 23 21.4Perez,Brandon 6 20 115 11 104 5.2 0 18 17.3Opetaia,Ronald 11 15 46 0 46 3.1 1 10 4.2Roberts,Donava 12 20 47 5 42 2.1 0 6 3.5Diaz,Spencer 10 7 39 0 39 5.6 0 12 3.9Hughes,Kyle 12 2 33 3 30 15.0 0 33 2.5Neiman,Wes 6 4 30 5 25 6.2 0 15 4.2Lee,Todd 11 4 12 0 12 3.0 0 6 1.1Williams,Chris 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Harris,A.J. 12 2 1 2 -1 -0.5 0 1 -0.1McDermott,J.J. 4 9 8 38 -30 -3.3 0 4 -7.5Holbrook,Chase 12 82 105 308 -203 -2.5 2 11 -16.9Total 12 318 1072 421 651 2.0 7 58 54.2Opponents 12 508 2925 283 2642 5.2 31 64 220.2

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GHolbrook,Chase 12 141.63 309-456-14 67.8 3361 25 84 280.1McDermott,J.J. 4 107.84 20-34-2 58.8 246 0 55 61.5Roberts,Donava 12 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 0.8Neiman,Wes 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 12 139.07 330-492-16 67.1 3616 25 84 301.3Opponents 12 121.63 176-300-9 58.7 1913 14 68 159.4

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GWilliams,Chris 12 86 1271 14.8 9 84 105.9Harris,A.J. 12 78 713 9.1 3 84 59.4Anderson,Marcus 12 50 617 12.3 9 79 51.4Neiman,Wes 6 27 254 9.4 2 23 42.3Buckley,K. 11 21 216 10.3 0 26 19.6Colston,Marquell 10 14 76 5.4 1 25 7.6Fleming,Julius 12 13 166 12.8 0 55 13.8Nelson,Kyle 12 11 70 6.4 0 13 5.8Glynn,Tonny 10 7 74 10.6 0 33 7.4Williams,L. 9 7 52 7.4 0 23 5.8Lee,Todd 11 6 35 5.8 0 18 3.2Perez,Brandon 6 4 8 2.0 0 7 1.3McDaniel,Doug 12 2 30 15.0 0 21 2.5Opetaia,Ronald 11 2 20 10.0 1 12 1.8Hughes,Kyle 12 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.8Thatcher, Drew 2 1 5 5.0 0 5 2.5Total 12 330 3616 11.0 25 84 301.3Opponents 12 176 1913 10.9 14 68 159.4

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongAnderson,Marcus 7 74 10.6 0 34Williams,Chris 7 105 15.0 1 83Total 14 179 12.8 1 83Opponents 27 339 12.6 2 71

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongAnderson,Marcus 22 522 23.7 0 74Williams,Chris 16 409 25.6 1 96Fleming,Julius 11 181 16.5 0 23Williams,L. 2 37 18.5 0 23Aoelua,Boyblue 1 8 8.0 0 8Neiman,Wes 1 14 14.0 0 9Lee,Todd 1 27 27.0 0 11Total 54 1198 22.2 1 96Opponents 43 883 20.5 0 63

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongPowell,Alphonso 2 29 14.5 0 29House,Davon 2 42 21.0 0 42Paden,Nick 2 33 16.5 0 20Betts,Marvin 2 35 17.5 0 37Richardson,Derrick 1 6 6.0 0 6Total 9 145 16.1 0 42Opponents 16 463 28.9 4 91

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GWilliams,Chris 12 0 1271 105 409 0 1785 148.8Anderson,Marcus 12 0 617 74 522 0 1213 101.1Harris,A.J. 12 -1 713 0 0 0 712 59.3Colston,Marquell 10 384 76 0 0 0 460 46.0Fleming,Julius 12 0 166 0 181 0 347 28.9Neiman,Wes 6 25 254 0 14 0 293 48.8Glynn,Tonny 10 214 74 0 0 0 288 28.8Buckley,K. 11 0 216 0 0 0 216 19.6Perez,Brandon 6 104 8 0 0 0 112 18.7Williams,L. 9 0 52 0 37 0 89 9.9Lee,Todd 11 12 35 0 27 0 74 6.7Nelson,Kyle 12 0 70 0 0 0 70 5.8Opetaia,Ronald 11 46 20 0 0 0 66 6.0Roberts,Donava 12 42 0 0 0 0 42 3.5House,Davon 11 0 0 0 0 42 42 3.8Diaz,Spencer 10 39 0 0 0 0 39 3.9Hughes,Kyle 12 30 9 0 0 0 39 3.2Betts,Marvin 12 0 0 0 0 35 35 2.9Paden,Nick 12 0 0 0 0 33 33 2.8McDaniel,Doug 12 0 30 0 0 0 30 2.5Powell,Alphonso 12 0 0 0 0 29 29 2.4

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GAoelua,Boyblue 7 0 0 0 8 0 8 1.1Richardson,Derrick 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5Thatcher, Drew 2 0 5 0 0 0 5 2.5McDermott,J.J. 4 -30 0 0 0 0 -30 -7.5Holbrook,Chase 12 -203 0 0 0 0 -203 -16.9Total 12 651 3616 179 1198 145 5789 482.4Opponents 12 2642 1913 339 883 463 6240 520.0

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsWilliams,Chris 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66Anderson,Marcus 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Hughes,Kyle 0 7-11 33-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Colston,Marquell 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30Harris,A.J. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Holbrook,Chase 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 12Neiman,Wes 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Opetaia,Ronald 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Long,Oren 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total 35 7-11 33-33 0-0 0 0-2 0 1 266Opponents 53 14-21 47-49 1-2 0 0-2 0 0 409

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GHolbrook,Chase 12 538 -203 3361 3158 263.2Colston,Marquell 10 82 384 0 384 38.4McDermott,J.J. 4 43 -30 246 216 54.0Glynn,Tonny 10 66 214 0 214 21.4Perez,Brandon 6 20 104 0 104 17.3Roberts,Donava 12 21 42 9 51 4.2Opetaia,Ronald 11 15 46 0 46 4.2Diaz,Spencer 10 7 39 0 39 3.9Hughes,Kyle 12 2 30 0 30 2.5Neiman,Wes 6 5 25 0 25 4.2Lee,Todd 11 4 12 0 12 1.1Harris,A.J. 12 2 -1 0 -1 -0.1Total 12 810 651 3616 4267 355.6Opponents 12 808 2642 1913 4555 379.6

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdHughes,Kyle 52 2219 42.7 69 1 8 9 1Total 53 2219 41.9 69 1 8 9 1Opponents 46 1857 40.4 64 10 8 18 0

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkRichardson,Derrick 11 66-71-137 2.5-5 0 1-6 2 2-0 1 0Paden,Nick 12 42-65-107 7.5-33 2.0-12 2-33 1 0 1 0Scott,Jason 12 30-54-84 8.5-28 2.0-9 0 3 0 0 0Baiamonte,Brennan 12 35-39-74 5.0-19 1.0-8 0 7 0 0 0Powell,Alphonso 12 35-36-71 5.5-13 0 2-29 3 0 1 0Fonoti,La’Auli 11 20-36-56 9.0-40 4.0-29 0 1 0 1 0House,Davon 11 26-14-40 1.0-1 0 2-42 6 2-0 0 0Cotton,Jamar 8 15-19-34 5.5-28 2.5-21 0 2 1-33 1 0Alford,Justen 11 12-20-32 1.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0Nwoko,Chris 12 7-23-30 2.5-15 1.0-8 0 0 0 0 0Zant,Michael 12 15-13-28 2.0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0Long,Oren 12 7-19-26 2.5-13 1.0-9 0 3 1-83 2 0Anderson,R. 9 11-14-25 3.0-5 1.0-3 0 1 0 0 0Betts,Marvin 12 16-5-21 1.0-1 0 2-35 5 1-48 0 0Hatchett,Stephon 12 9-10-19 0 0 0 1 1-0 1 0Conner,Ross 12 6-12-18 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0 0 0Moss,Dylan 10 9-8-17 1.5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0King,Sam 11 7-6-13 2.0-12 1.0-9 0 1 1-0 0 0Fils,Pierre 10 8-4-12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Savage,Donte 9 4-7-11 3.0-22 1.5-14 0 0 0 0 0Butler,Vincent 12 4-6-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Diaz,Spencer 10 3-4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Fasavalu,J. 9 4-3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shook,Kawika 4 2-4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Aoelua,Boyblue 7 2-4-6 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Nelson,Kyle 12 6-0-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bradley,Ben 4 1-4-5 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0Buckner,Chris 11 3-2-5 0 0 0 1 1-0 0 0Norman,David 12 3-1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Morris,Will 6 2-2-4 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Hughes,Kyle 12 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Waters,Mark 8 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Colston,Marquell 10 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Roberts,Donava 12 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Grady,Mike 12 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Fleming,Julius 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Adolpho,Ka’ua 6 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Smith,Anthony 2 1-0-1 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 0 0 0Davenport,J. 9 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McDaniel,Doug 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Opetaia,Ronald 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams,Chris 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harris,A.J. 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cannon,E.J. 5 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Buckley,K. 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Huntley,Barry 11 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0


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Date Opponent TimeSept. 5 at Southern California............... TBASept. 12 UTAH ........................................5:00Sept. 19 at Stanford ................................ TBASept. 26 CAL POLY ................................5:00Oct. 10 *IDAHO .....................................5:00Oct. 17 *at Fresno State .......................7:00Oct. 31 *at Boise State..........................1:00Nov. 8 *NEVADA (ESPN) ....................5:15Nov. 14 *at Utah State ...........................1:00Nov. 21 *HAWAI‘I ...................................5:00Nov. 28 *NEW MEXICO STATE ............5:00Dec. 5 *at Louisiana Tech ....................1:00


2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (6-6, 4-4 WAC, T-5th)

SPARTANSSAN JOSE STATE

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 1996Enrollment: .........................................30,908Founded: ................................................1857Colors: ..........................Gold, White and BlueStadium: ..............Spartan (31,218/Field Turf)Spring Practice Dates: ..... March 14-April 25

President: ........................... Dr. Jon WhitmoreAthletics Director: ...................... Tom BowenCFO/Sr. Associate AD/SWA: .....Stacy MartinSID: .......................................... Lawrence FanAssistant SIDs: ............. Amy Villa, Doga GurSID Phone Number: ............... 408-924-1217SID Fax Number: .................... 408-924-1291

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 UC DAVIS (18,730) W 13-10Sept. 6 at Nebraska (84,146) L 12-35Sept. 13 SAN DIEGO ST. (19,854) W 35-10Sept. 20 at Stanford (33,293) L 10-23Sept. 27 *at Hawai‘i (40,571) W 20-17Oct. 11 *UTAH STATE (20,318) W 30-7Oct. 18 *at NMSU (20,607) W 31-14Oct. 24 *(13/13) BSU (26,258) L 16-33Nov. 1 *at Idaho (15,002) W 30-24Nov. 8 *LA. TECH (16,170) L 0-21Nov. 15 *at Nevada (14,343) L 17-41Nov. 21 *FRESNO ST. (24,384) L 10-24 6-6, 4-4 WAC, T-5th* WAC Game

2008 RESULTS

Carl Ihenacho-DE: 18.5 TFL, 7.0 sacks, 3 FFs

The 53 returning letterwinners are the most on a Spartan team since Dick Tomey took over as head coach in December 2004.

Tomey is the 2009 Presi-dent of the 10,000-plus member AFCA.

His 23 coaching wins are the most by a Spartans’ head coach in a four-sea-son span since 1986-89. His 181 FBS victories ranks fourth among active FBS head coaches trail-ing only Penn State’s Joe Paterno, Florida State’s Bobby Bowden and Texas’ Mack Brown.

SJSU is the only 2009 team to face two BCS winners from last season. The Spartans open the season at Rose Bowl champion USC and host Sugar Bowl winner Utah the following week.

Spartan Stadium has a new playing surface. Field Turf was installed in the 76-year-old stadium during the spring semester.

Among the six WAC teams that have been in

the conference since 2003, San Jose State is the most improved in terms of winning percent-age when comparing 2006-08 to the 2003-05 seasons. With a .305 increase, SJSU’s

winning percentage of .541 for the 2006-08 seasons trails only Boise State and Hawai’i.

Kyle Reed is one of seven quarterbacks in school history to complete at least 60 percent of his passes in a season (.640 last year).

Three returning letterwinners, Kevin Jurovich, Jalal Beauchman and Terrance Williams, have caught at least 20 passes in a season. Jurovich, a 2007 second-team All-WAC pick, caught a single-season school record 85 in 2007 and has 100 career receptions.

Two of San Jose State’s returning All-WAC players are defensive end Carl Ihenacho, a second-team choice, and safety Duke Ihenacho, a fi rst-team pick. ESPN.com ranked their combined 2008 season contributions as the 10th best single-season brother act in college football history.



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSan Jose State 57 74 53 40 224Opponents 50 76 33 100 259

TEAM STATS

Ailao Eliapo, OG, 6-2, 320, Jr.Returning starter at an offensive guard position ... only offensive lineman to start in all 12 games last season ... formerly a defensive tackle who moved to the offensive side of the ball midway through the 2007 season ... actually played defensive tackle and running back in the Fresno State game ... was credited with six tackles for the season.

Carl Ihenacho, DE, 6-3, 245, Sr.Returning second-team all-WAC player ... versatile pass rusher with 13.0 career quarterback sacks and 27.5 career tackles for loss ... sixth on the 2008 team in tackles with 64 and led the squad in unassisted stops with 47 ... was the national leader in quarterback sacks and tackles for loss during the fi rst half of the 2008 season ... along with his brother, safety Duke Ihenacho, are the only known brother combination to be NCAA statistical leaders in the same season ... fi nished eighth among FBS players in tackles for loss (18.5), 49th in quarterback sacks (7.0) and 29th in forced fumbles.

Duke Ihenacho, S, 6-1, 200, Jr.Returning fi rst-team all-WAC player ... will be listed as a safety for the 2009 season ... 2008 conference leader in interceptions per game ... ranked 19th nationally and was one of 10 FBS players at the end of last season to return two interceptions for touchdowns ... led the country in interceptions in mid-October and along with his brother, defensive end Carl Ihenacho, are the only known brother combination to be NCAA statistical leaders in the same season ... fi fth on the team in tackles with 66 ... second on the team in pass break-ups with six ... six starts in 2007 were the most for any San Jose State freshman who played defense.

Kevin Jurovich, WR, 6-0, 183, Sr.2007 second-team all-WAC wide receiver who played in just two games in 2008 ... became the 18th player in school history to reach the 100 career receptions plateau ... had 15 catches including the game-winning touchdown reception in the 2008 season-opening UC Davis win ... real-ized a rebirth to his college football career in 2007 moving from safety to wide receiver ... ranked in the top-15 nationally in receptions (13th) and receiving yards (9th) ... set a single-season school record for receptions with 85 ... third Spartan in school history to gain at least 1,000 receiving yards in a season with 1,183 – third most at San Jose State.

SAN JOSE STATE OPPONENTS



Offensive Starters Back (7)OT John Konye, 6-4, 290, Jr.OG Isaac Leatiota, 6-4, 295, Jr.C Ronnie Castillo, 6-0, 292, Jr.OG Ailao Eliapo, 6-2, 320, Jr.OT Jon Moreno, 6-4, 280, Sr.WR Terrance Williams, 6-5, 225, Sr.QB Kyle Reed, 6-3, 215, Sr.

Defensive Starters Back (7)DE Mohamed Marah, 6-0, 245, Sr.DT Adonis Davis, 6-1, 295, Sr.DE Carl Ihenacho, 6-3, 245, Sr.LB Duke Ihenacho, 6-1, 200, Jr.LB Travis Jones, 6-1, 235, Sr.LB Justin Cole, 6-3, 240, Sr.S Devin Newsome, 5-10, 165, Jr.

Kickers Back (1)P Philip Zavala, 6-1, 200, Sr.

Offensive Starters Lost (3)WR David Richmond, 6-4, 200, Sr.TE Jeff Clark, 6-6, 250, Sr.RB Yonus Davis, 5-7, 185, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (4)DT Jarron Gilbert, 6-6, 280, Sr.CB Coye Francies, 6-1, 185, Sr.CB Christopher Owens, 5-10, 170, Sr.S Kyle Flynn, 6-2, 205, Sr.

Kickers Lost (1)PK Jared Strubeck, 5-8, 182, Sr.

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: .............................Dick TomeyAlma Mater: ..........................DePauw, 1960Born: ..................................... June 20, 1938Overall Record: 181-135-7 (.571), 28 yearsSchool Record: ..........23-25 (.479), 4 yearsWAC Record: ........48-41-2 (.538), 12 years

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Kent Baer ..........................................LBs (1)Brent Brennan ...TEs/OTs/Special Teams (4)Keith Burns .....................Def. Coor./DBs (5)Kinji Green .......................................DEs (3)Terry Malley ......................................QBs (0)Ken Margerum ................................WRs (4)Steve Morton ......................Off. Coor./OL (4)Charles Nash ...................................RBs (8)Joe Salave‘a ...................................... DL (1)

COACHES

TOP SPARTANS


2008 SPARTAN INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GDavis,Yonus 10 120 605 47 558 4.7 3 35 55.8Rutley,Brandon 12 79 396 40 356 4.5 3 60 29.7Reese,Chris 5 25 97 5 92 3.7 0 12 18.4Reed,Kyle 10 87 253 173 80 0.9 4 20 8.0Liaina,Ina 8 17 37 0 37 2.2 0 7 4.6Richmond,David 12 5 41 9 32 6.4 0 20 2.7Harrison,Josh 10 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 1.2Avila,Michael 11 4 6 1 5 1.2 0 3 0.5Jurovich,Kevin 2 2 2 0 2 1.0 0 1 1.0Hunsucker,Dominique 4 6 5 4 1 0.2 0 2 0.2Francies,Coye 12 2 0 5 -5 -2.5 0 0 -0.4Eden,Myles 9 17 20 47 -27 -1.6 1 7 -3.0Flynn,Sean 5 12 16 76 -60 -5.0 0 11 -12.0Total 12 386 1490 450 1040 2.7 11 60 86.7Opponents 12 425 2134 437 1697 4.0 18 57 141.4

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GReed,Kyle 10 122.92 162-253-6 64.0 1563 9 77 156.3Flynn,Sean 5 87.35 32-63-1 50.8 298 0 58 59.6Eden,Myles 9 118.96 38-61-5 62.3 452 2 63 50.2La Secla,Jordan 2 36.40 2-3-1 66.7 13 0 7 6.5Rutley,Brandon 12 382.60 2-2-0 100.0 28 1 35 2.3Richmond,David 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 12 116.80 236-383-13 61.6 2354 12 77 196.2Opponents 12 100.09 187-356-16 52.5 2043 9 73 170.2

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GRichmond,David 12 72 832 11.6 7 77 69.3Clark,Jeff 12 24 168 7.0 1 18 14.0Williams,Terrance 11 22 288 13.1 2 53 26.2Harrison,Josh 10 19 135 7.1 0 17 13.5Avila,Michael 11 18 152 8.4 0 29 13.8Davis,Yonus 10 17 149 8.8 0 19 14.9Jurovich,Kevin 2 15 183 12.2 1 55 91.5Rutley,Brandon 12 15 65 4.3 0 16 5.4Elledge,Brian 12 13 198 15.2 1 58 16.5Beauchman,Jalal 4 13 133 10.2 0 26 33.2Paden,Khalil 6 4 31 7.8 0 11 5.2Hunsucker,Dominique 4 3 21 7.0 0 16 5.2Castillo,Ronnie 7 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1Total 12 236 2354 10.0 12 77 196.2Opponents 12 187 2043 10.9 9 73 170.2

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongDavis,Yonus 14 151 10.8 0 54Francies,Coye 10 29 2.9 0 11Jurovich,Kevin 4 28 7.0 0 11Avila,Michael 4 29 7.2 0 12Rutley,Brandon 2 -4 -2.0 0 0Tuipulotu,Tiuke 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 35 233 6.7 0 54Opponents 26 163 6.3 1 49

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongRutley,Brandon 28 748 26.7 0 59Francies,Coye 6 148 24.7 0 37Chattman,Dimitrious 2 12 6.0 0 10Germany,Alex 2 54 27.0 0 35Abbott,Vincent 1 5 5.0 0 5Harrison,Josh 1 3 3.0 0 3Clark,Jeff 1 4 4.0 0 4Total 41 974 23.8 0 59Opponents 41 782 19.1 1 85

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongIhenacho,Duke 5 92 18.4 2 43Francies,Coye 3 17 5.7 0 17Newsome,Devin 2 17 8.5 0 17Flynn,Kyle 2 95 47.5 1 90Cole,Justin 1 62 62.0 1 62Burns,Tanner 1 0 0.0 0 0Ryan,Andrew 1 3 3.0 0 3Owens,Christopher 1 25 25.0 0 25Total 16 311 19.4 4 90Opponents 13 183 14.1 3 50

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GRutley,Brandon 12 356 65 -4 748 0 1165 97.1Richmond,David 12 32 832 0 0 0 864 72.0Davis,Yonus 10 558 149 151 0 0 858 85.8Williams,Terrance 11 0 288 0 0 0 288 26.2Jurovich,Kevin 2 2 183 28 0 0 213 106.5Elledge,Brian 12 0 198 0 0 0 198 16.5Francies,Coye 12 -5 0 29 148 17 189 15.8Avila,Michael 11 5 152 29 0 0 186 16.9Clark,Jeff 12 0 168 0 4 0 172 14.3Harrison,Josh 10 12 135 0 3 0 150 15.0Beauchman,Jalal 4 0 133 0 0 0 133 33.2Flynn,Kyle 12 0 0 0 0 95 95 7.9Ihenacho,Duke 12 0 0 0 0 92 92 7.7Reese,Chris 5 92 0 0 0 0 92 18.4Reed,Kyle 10 80 0 0 0 0 80 8.0Cole,Justin 12 0 0 0 0 62 62 5.2Germany,Alex 9 0 0 0 54 0 54 6.0Liaina,Ina 8 37 0 0 0 0 37 4.6Paden,Khalil 6 0 31 0 0 0 31 5.2Owens,Christopher 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.1Hunsucker,Dominique 4 1 21 0 0 0 22 5.5Newsome,Devin 12 0 0 0 0 17 17 1.4Chattman,Dimitrious 10 0 0 0 12 0 12 1.2Abbott,Vincent 10 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5Ryan,Andrew 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GCastillo,Ronnie 7 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 -0.1Eden,Myles 9 -27 0 0 0 0 -27 -3.0Flynn,Sean 5 -60 0 0 0 0 -60 -12.0Total 12 1040 2354 233 974 311 4912 409.3Opponents 12 1697 2043 163 782 183 4868 405.7

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsJurovich,Kevin 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Strubeck,Jared 0 10-20 22-22 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 52Callier,James T. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Richmond,David 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Tafralis,Adam 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Collins,Dante 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Lowery,Dwight 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12French,Jacob 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Johnson,Will 0 0-3 7-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 7Beauchman,Jalal 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Williams,Terran 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Clark,Jeff 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Harris,Jonathan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Callier,James 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Island,Cameron 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Elledge,Brian 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total 31 10-23 29-30 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 245Opponents 43 17-20 43-43 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 352

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GReed,Kyle 10 340 80 1563 1643 164.3Davis,Yonus 10 120 558 0 558 55.8Eden,Myles 9 78 -27 452 425 47.2Rutley,Brandon 12 81 356 28 384 32.0Flynn,Sean 5 75 -60 298 238 47.6Reese,Chris 5 25 92 0 92 18.4Liaina,Ina 8 17 37 0 37 4.6Richmond,David 12 6 32 0 32 2.7La Secla,Jordan 2 3 0 13 13 6.5Harrison,Josh 10 1 12 0 12 1.2Avila,Michael 11 4 5 0 5 0.5Jurovich,Kevin 2 2 2 0 2 1.0Hunsucker,Dominique 4 6 1 0 1 0.2Francies,Coye 12 2 -5 0 -5 -0.4Total 12 769 1040 2354 3394 282.8Opponents 12 781 1697 2043 3740 311.7

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdZavala,Philip 76 2781 36.6 58 3 15 20 0Strubeck,Jared 1 36 36.0 36 0 0 1 0Total 78 2817 36.1 58 3 15 21 1Opponents 75 3150 42.0 74 6 9 18 1

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkJones,Travis 12 38-34-72 3.5-6 0 0 2 0-2 0 0Francies,Coye 12 47-22-69 3.5-5 0 3-17 3 0 0 0Cole,Justin 12 23-45-68 8.5-38 5.0-32 1-62 5 3-0 0 0Owens,Christopher 12 41-27-68 3.0-11 0 1-25 8 0 2 0Ihenacho,Duke 12 32-34-66 5.5-18 0 5-92 6 1-0 1 0Ihenacho,Carl 12 47-17-64 18.5-88 7.0-62 0 3 0 3 0Newsome,Devin 12 27-32-59 0 0 2-17 0 0 0 0Gilbert,Jarron 12 36-16-52 22.0-116 9.5-74 0 3 0 2 0Festejo,Pompey 12 22-27-49 2.5-4 0 0 2 0 0 0Flynn,Kyle 12 26-17-43 6.5-21 3.0-16 2-95 1 1-0 1 0Marah,Mojamed 10 21-11-32 4.0-16 1.0-10 0 0 0 0 0Schweiger,Jeff 9 6-20-26 2.5-22 1.5-14 0 2 2-0 0 0Davis,Adonis 12 8-12-20 5.5-26 1.0-8 0 0 0 0 0Ryan,Andrew 11 7-4-11 0 0 1-3 0 0 0 0Tuipulotu,Tiuke 12 9-2-11 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Carter,Austin 12 6-4-10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0Storaasli,Braden 10 2-6-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Nigos,Joe 8 4-3-7 2.0-10 1.0-6 0 1 0 0 0Garcia,Pablo 9 1-6-7 1.0-8 1.0-8 0 0 0 0 0Abbott,Vincent 10 4-2-6 1.0-8 1.0-8 0 0 1-0 0 0O’Neal,Kyler 11 2-4-6 1.5-14 1.0-13 0 1 1-0 1 0Chattman,Dimitrious 10 3-2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Ring,Billy 12 2-3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Thompson,Peyton 11 4-1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cressel,Kalvin 10 3-2-5 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Smith,Liam 11 0-4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Burns,Tanner 10 4-0-4 1.0-2 0 1-0 0 0 0 0Keli,Marcus 11 0-4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Johnson,Ralph 11 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Gilbert,Aaron 10 0-2-2 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Strubeck,Jared 12 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Wigley,Matt 12 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Richmond,David 12 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Harrison,Josh 10 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Eden,Myles 9 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jurovich,Kevin 2 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Germany,Alex 9 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Moreno,Jon 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rodriguez,Ray 3 0-1-1 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0O’Neill,Wade 10 1-0-1 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0Maher,Colin 6 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Zavala,Philip 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Davis,Yonus 10 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hunsucker,Dominique 4 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Clark,Jeff 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McHale,Ryan 1 1-0-1 1.0-2 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0Williams,Terrance 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bucholz,Eric 10 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


FAST

FA

CT

Date Opponent TimeSept. 3 at Utah ......................................7:00Sept. 19 at Texas A&M ........................... TBASept. 26 SOUTHERN UTAH ...................6:00Oct. 2 at Brigham Young .....................7:00Oct. 10 *at New Mexico State ...............6:00Oct. 17 *NEVADA ..................................1:00Oct. 24 *LOUISIANA TECH ..................1:00Oct. 31 *at Fresno State .......................2:00Nov. 7 *at Hawai‘i ................................ TBANov. 14 *SAN JOSE STATE ..................1:00Nov. 20 *BOISE STATE (ESPN2) ..........7:30Nov. 28 *at Idaho ...................................2:00


2009 SCHEDULE

2008 (3-9, 3-5 WAC, 7th)

AGGIESUTAH STATE

Joined WAC: .............................. July 1, 2005Enrollment: .........................................24,421Founded: ................................................1888Colors: .......................... Navy Blue and WhiteStadium: .............. Romney (25,513/Sprinturf)Spring Practice Dates: ..... March 17-April 18Spring Game: .....................................April 18

President: ................................. Stan AlbrechtAthletics Director: .................... Scott BarnesSr. Associate AD (SWA): ......... Jana DoggettSID: ..........................................Doug HoffmanFootball SID: ...............................Zach FisherAssistant SID: .............................. Kara IrvingSID Phone Number: ............... 435-797-2066SID Fax Number: .................... 435-797-2615

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent ResultAug. 30 at UNLV (18,815) L 17-27Sept. 6 at (18/16) Oregon (58,060) L 24-66Sept. 13 UTAH (19,061) L 10-58Sept. 20 *IDAHO (10,154) W 42-17Oct. 3 (8/7) BYU (23,101) L 14-34Oct. 11 *at San Jose State (20,318) L 7-30Oct. 18 *at Nevada (13,159) L 17-44Oct. 25 *FRESNO STATE (14,071) L 28-30Nov. 1 *HAWAI‘I (12,112) W 30-14Nov. 8 *at (9/10) BSU (32,171) L 14-49Nov. 15 *at Louisiana Tech (15,320) L 38-45Nov. 29 *NMSU (9,919) W 47-2 3-9, 3-5 WAC, 7th*WAC Game

2008 RESULTS

Paul Igboeli-LB: 78 tackles in ‘08

Gary Andersen was named Utah State’s 26th head coach on Dec. 4, 2008.

Andersen comes to Utah State after fi ve sea-sons as the assistant head coach, defensive coordi-nator and defensive line coach at Utah, where he helped guide the Utes to a 13-0 record last season.

Overall, Andersen spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Utah after coach-ing for the Utes from 1997-2002 before becoming the head coach at Southern Utah in 2003 and then returning to Utah in 2004.

USU won three WAC games in a season for the fi rst time in the Aggies’ four seasons in the league. It was the fi rst time since 2003 that USU won three conference games.

Utah State led the WAC and was tied for third in the NCAA with a 94.1 percent red zone scoring effi ciency in 2008 (32 of its 34 possessions).

USU was one of only two teams in the league without a turnover in the red zone.

USU will face a total of seven teams that went to bowl games last season, highlighted by Utah which fi nished No. 2 in the AP poll. The Utes are one of three AP top 25 teams from

last season on USU’s schedule as the Aggies will also face No. 11 Boise State and No. 25 Brigham Young.

Utah State plays Southern Utah in its home opener on Sept. 26, marking the Aggies’ fi rst FCS opponent since 2002 (Idaho State)

The Sept. 26 home opener is tied with SJSU for the latest home opener in the WAC and is tied with four others for the second-latest home opener in the country. Florida Atlantic has the latest home opener (Oct. 3).

USU is scheduled to host Boise State on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. (MT) in a nationally televised game on ESPN2, marking the fi rst time Utah State has hosted ESPN. The last time the Aggies were on the worldwide sports entertainment network was the 1997 Humanitarian Bowl game in Boise, Idaho, as that game was televised on ESPN2.



SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalUtah State 48 72 60 108 288Opponents 96 138 109 73 416

TEAM STATS

Diondre Borel, QB, 6-0, 174, Jr.One of seven QBs in the country to lead their respective teams in both rushing and passing, as he tallied 1,705 yards passing and 632 yards rushing ... smashed USU’s single-season rushing record by a QB - the previous mark was 338 by Leon Jackson III in 2007 ... his 632 yards rushing puts him over two-thirds of the way to Jackson’s career record of 814 yards from 2004-07 ... the 1,705 yards passing is the most by a USU QB since Travis Cox’s 1,908 yards in 2004 ... Borel’s 2,337 yards of total offense is No. 13 on USU’s single season total offense list, becoming the 17th Aggie overall in school history to reach the 2,000 yard plateau.

James Brindley, S, 5-11, 189, Sr.Enters his senior season ranked No. 2 on USU’s career interception return list with 186 yards on six interceptions ... had three interceptions, which led USU and was tied for eighth in the WAC along with tied for 96th in NCAA ... made 75 tackles (44 solo, 31 assists), which was third for USU and tops for an Aggie defensive back, ranking 14th in the WAC statistics ... had a season-high 10 tackles in a game twice, in season-opener at UNLV on Aug. 30 and versus Fresno State on Oct. 25, which was tied for fi fth for USU’s single-game bests ... had 3.5 tackles for loss as well as two pass break-ups.

Paul Igboeli, LB, 6-0, 201, Sr.Earned second-team all-WAC honors in 2008 after he tallied 78 tackles, ranking second on the team, as well as 12th in the WAC ... had six tack-les for loss, four pass break-ups, two fumble recoveries, an interception and a blocked fi eld goal ... is closing in on the USU and WAC career tackles top 10 lists, as he currently has 242 stops ... needs 85 tackles to tie Al Smith (1984-86) for No. 10 on the Aggies’ career list, as well as needing 63 stops to tie Bryce McGill (1999-2003) from Fresno State on the WAC career list.

Robert Turbin, RB, 5-10, 202, So.Was second on team with 499 yards rushing (40.4 ypg/4.6 ypg), rank-ing 12th in the WAC in rushing ... was tied for ninth in the conference in scoring, with 5.0 ppg on 10 total TDs, with eight rushing and two receiv-ing ... his eight rushing TDs were the most since Emmett White’s 13 in 2001 ... with three rushing scores versus Louisiana Tech, he became the fi rst USU RB to have three rushing TDs in one game since Emmett White had three on Nov. 17, 2001 against Weber State ... ranked fourth on the team in receiving with 256 yards ... had a season-high 123 yards rushing versus Idaho.

UTAH STATE OPPONENTS



Offensive Starters Back (10)LT Spencer Johnson, 6-5, 285, Jr.LG Funaki Asisi, 6-3, 295, So.OC Brennan McFadden, 6-2, 294, Sr.RG Phillip Gapelu, 6-2, 306, So.TE Jeremy Mitchell, 6-5, 243, Sr.WR Stanley Morrison, 5-9, 151, So.WR Nnamdi Gwacham, 6-3, 205, Sr.WR Omar Sawyer, 5-9, 174, Sr.RB Robert Turbin, 5-10, 202, So.QB Diondre Borel, 6-0, 174, Jr.

Defensive Starters Back (7)LE Darby Golden, 6-2, 254, Sr.DT Alan Bishop, 6-5, 281, Sr.DE Nathan Royster, 6-0, 252, Jr.LB Bobby Wagner, 6-1, 217, So.LB Paul Igboeli, 6-0, 201, Sr.CB Kejon Murphy, 5-9, 155, Sr.SS James Brindley, 5-11, 189, Sr.

Kickers Back (2)P/PK Peter Caldwell, 6-4, 236, Jr.PK Chris Ulinski, 6-3, 202, Sr.

Offensive Starters Lost (1)RT Derek Hoke, 6-9, 315, Sr.

Defensive Starters Lost (4)DT Ben Calderwood, 6-2, 267, Sr.LB Jake Hutton, 6-0, 236, Sr.CB Roy Hurst, 5-9, 193, Sr.FS Caleb Taylor, 6-3, 193, Sr.

Kickers Lost (0)

ROSTER CAPSULE

Head Coach: ....................... Gary AndersenAlma Mater: ................................Utah, 1986Born: ......................................Feb. 19, 1964Overall Record: ...............4-7 (.364), 1 yearSchool Record: ....................... 0-0, 1st yearWAC Record: .......................... 0-0, 1st year

Assistant Coaches ..........Position (Years)Dave Baldwin ..................Off. Coor./WRs (0)Bill Busch .................. Def. Coor/Safeties (0)Kevin Clune .......................................LBs (0)Alex Gerke ......................................... OL (0)Chad Kauha‘aha‘a ............................. DL (0)Kevin McGiven .................................QBs (0)Corey Raymond ...............................CBs (0)Ilaisa Tuiaki ......................................RBs (0)T.J. Woods ....................................... TEs (0)

COACHES

TOP AGGIES


2008 AGGIE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GBorel,Diondre 12 179 855 223 632 3.5 5 61 52.7Turbin,Robert 12 106 499 14 485 4.6 8 49 40.4Marsh,Curtis 12 42 206 21 185 4.4 2 41 15.4Butler,Marquis 11 52 198 27 171 3.3 2 18 15.5Scott,Ronald 11 15 144 3 141 9.4 1 64 12.8Cumbee,Derrick 6 6 22 0 22 3.7 0 7 3.7Morrison,Stanley 12 5 23 6 17 3.4 0 15 1.4Flores,Josh 2 6 28 15 13 2.2 0 26 6.5Hall,De’von 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Setzer,Sean 9 22 43 50 -7 -0.3 0 11 -0.8Total 12 437 2018 365 1653 3.8 18 64 137.8Opponents 12 432 2165 226 1939 4.5 22 51 161.6

PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GBorel,Diondre 12 122.12 136-242-10 56.2 1705 11 62 142.1Setzer,Sean 9 121.57 57-99-4 57.6 653 5 51 72.6Total 12 121.60 193-342-14 56.4 2358 16 62 196.5Opponents 12 137.69 270-420-12 64.3 3013 24 76 251.1

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GNelson,Otis 12 37 455 12.3 4 52 37.9Morrison,Stanley 12 26 291 11.2 1 46 24.2Gwacham,Nnamdi 12 20 370 18.5 2 62 30.8Turbin,Robert 12 20 256 12.8 2 29 21.3Sawyer,Omar 11 19 246 12.9 0 33 22.4Barbour,Doug 11 12 169 14.1 1 51 15.4Marsh,Curtis 12 12 114 9.5 1 31 9.5Lloyd,Tarren 10 9 122 13.6 1 29 12.2Bowman,Xavier 10 9 101 11.2 2 20 10.1Butler,Marquis 11 9 69 7.7 0 17 6.3Mitchell,Jeremy 9 6 66 11.0 1 20 7.3Scott,Ronald 11 5 11 2.2 1 6 1.0Zimmerman,Zac 9 3 35 11.7 0 15 3.9Alder,Austin 11 2 34 17.0 0 25 3.1Griffi ths,Chase 2 1 8 8.0 0 8 4.0Flores,Josh 2 1 8 8.0 0 8 4.0Bartlett,Kellen 8 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.8Polley,Tariq 9 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.3Total 12 193 2358 12.2 16 62 196.5Opponents 12 270 3013 11.2 24 76 251.1

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongMurphy,Kejon 11 97 8.8 0 26Total 11 97 8.8 0 26Opponents 36 250 6.9 0 38

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongMurphy,Kejon 17 412 24.2 0 57Harris,Chris 14 281 20.1 0 35Marsh,Curtis 7 107 15.3 0 20Odong,Geno 3 54 18.0 0 22Butler,Marquis 2 44 22.0 0 22Bartlett,Kellen 2 15 7.5 0 10Morrison,Stanley 1 18 18.0 0 18Mitchell,Jeremy 1 11 11.0 0 11Koskan,Levi 1 3 3.0 0 3Fields,Daryl 1 8 8.0 0 8Keiaho,Junior 1 2 2.0 0 2Total 50 955 19.1 0 57Opponents 32 900 28.1 0 91

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongBrindley,James 3 90 30.0 0 47Murphy,Kejon 2 40 20.0 0 40Hurst,Roy 2 3 1.5 0 3Taylor,Caleb 1 2 2.0 0 2Randle,Chris 1 0 0.0 0 0Igboeli,Paul 1 0 0.0 0 0Hall,De’von 1 0 0.0 0 0Taylor,Joshua 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 12 135 11.2 0 47Opponents 14 221 15.8 4 60

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GTurbin,Robert 12 485 256 0 0 0 741 61.8Borel,Diondre 12 632 0 0 0 0 632 52.7Murphy,Kejon 12 0 0 97 412 40 549 45.8Nelson,Otis 12 0 455 0 0 0 455 37.9Marsh,Curtis 12 185 114 0 107 0 406 33.8Gwacham,Nnamdi 12 0 370 0 0 0 370 30.8Morrison,Stanley 12 17 291 0 18 0 326 27.2Butler,Marquis 11 171 69 0 44 0 284 25.8Harris,Chris 6 0 0 0 281 0 281 46.8Sawyer,Omar 11 0 246 0 0 0 246 22.4Barbour,Doug 11 0 169 0 0 0 169 15.4Scott,Ronald 11 141 11 0 0 0 152 13.8Lloyd,Tarren 10 0 122 0 0 0 122 12.2Bowman,Xavier 10 0 101 0 0 0 101 10.1Brindley,James 12 0 0 0 0 90 90 7.5Mitchell,Jeremy 9 0 66 0 11 0 77 8.6Odong,Geno 3 0 0 0 54 0 54 18.0Zimmerman,Zac 9 0 35 0 0 0 35 3.9Alder,Austin 11 0 34 0 0 0 34 3.1Cumbee,Derrick 6 22 0 0 0 0 22 3.7

ALL PURPOSE (cont.) G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GBartlett,Kellen 8 0 6 0 15 0 21 2.6Flores,Josh 2 13 8 0 0 0 21 10.5Fields,Daryl 10 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.8Griffi ths,Chase 2 0 8 0 0 0 8 4.0Koskan,Levi 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.4Hurst,Roy 12 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2Taylor,Caleb 12 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2Keiaho,Junior 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.2Polley,Tariq 9 0 -3 0 0 0 -3 -0.3Setzer,Sean 9 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -0.8Total 12 1653 2358 97 955 135 5198 433.2Opponents 12 1939 3013 250 900 221 6323 526.9

|———————— PATs ————————|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsCaldwell,Peter 0 13-21 25-25 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 64Robinson,Kevin 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Jackson,Leon 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 36Speight,Derrvin 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 20Myers,Rob 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Marsh,Curtis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Actkinson,Jacob 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Hall,De’von 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Lesue,Aaron 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Nelson,Otis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Bohm,Jimmy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Bowman,Xavier 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Ulinski,Chris 0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1Total 30 13-21 26-28 1-1 0 0-1 0 0 247Opponents 51 17-21 47-48 0-2 1 1-1 0 0 406

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GBorel,Diondre 12 421 632 1705 2337 194.8Setzer,Sean 9 121 -7 653 646 71.8Turbin,Robert 12 106 485 0 485 40.4Marsh,Curtis 12 42 185 0 185 15.4Butler,Marquis 11 52 171 0 171 15.5Scott,Ronald 11 15 141 0 141 12.8Cumbee,Derrick 6 6 22 0 22 3.7Morrison,Stanley 12 5 17 0 17 1.4Flores,Josh 2 6 13 0 13 6.5Total 12 779 1653 2358 4011 334.2Opponents 12 852 1939 3013 4952 412.7

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdCaldwell,Peter 65 2723 41.9 60 2 7 11 0Ulinski,Chris 1 21 21.0 21 0 0 0 0Total 67 2755 41.1 60 2 7 11 1Opponents 43 1768 41.1 74 4 13 15 0

|--Tackles--| |--Sacks--| |--–Pass Def–--| |---Fumbles---|DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT-AT-Total TFL No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Rcv-Yds FF BlkHutton,Jake 12 50-60-110 8.0-23 0.5-5 0 1 1-0 2 0Igboeli,Paul 12 42-36-78 6.0-10 0 1-0 4 2-0 0 1Brindley,James 12 44-31-75 3.5-11 0 3-90 2 0 0 0Hall,De’von 12 33-39-72 2.0-7 1.0-6 1-0 7 0 0 0Taylor,Caleb 12 24-39-63 2.0-4 0 1-2 5 1-0 1 0Wagner,Bobby 11 20-31-51 2.0-2 0 0 2 0 0 0Calderwood,Ben 12 16-23-39 8.5-40 4.5-35 0 0 3-0 0 0Bishop,Alan 12 13-24-37 4.5-14 1.0-8 0 1 0 0 0Hurst,Roy 12 19-16-35 0 0 2-3 2 0 1 1Murphy,Kejon 12 19-11-30 1.5-4 0 2-40 2 0 0 0Fields,Daryl 10 8-22-30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Randle,Chris 10 21-7-28 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0Golden,Darby 11 10-16-26 4.0-10 2.0-6 0 3 0 2 0May,Antonio 12 13-13-26 7.0-23 2.5-9 0 3 1-0 0 0Glass,Jordan 3 9-17-26 2.5-15 0.5-6 0 1 0 0 0Taylor,Joshua 11 14-11-25 3.0-5 0 1-0 4 0 1 1Charles,Marquise 12 12-11-23 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Dinka,Maxim 11 12-7-19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Keiaho,Junior 8 8-10-18 3.5-21 2.5-20 0 2 0 1 0Royster,Nathan 12 8-9-17 3.0-20 2.0-19 0 1 0 1 0Davis,Casey 6 7-10-17 1.5-12 1.0-11 0 0 0 0 0Garner,Quinn 10 5-10-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Carlsen,Andy 10 4-11-15 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0Koskan,Levi 8 7-3-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Alder,Austin 11 6-1-7 0 0 0 0 1-17 0 0Graves,Jervon 6 1-5-6 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Reeves,Cedric 5 2-3-5 0.5-1 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0Clark,Gregg 6 2-2-4 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Nelson,Otis 12 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Odong,Geno 3 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 2-4 0 0Williams,Chris 6 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cumbee,Derrick 6 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ulinski,Chris 12 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Scales,Patrick 8 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sawyer,Omar 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Barbour,Doug 11 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Marsh,Curtis 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowman,Xavier 10 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Morrison,Stanley 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Setzer,Sean 9 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Caldwell,Peter 12 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0McClenton,Walter 1 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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2008 WAC INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1. Taua,Vai (8) NEV SO 13 236 1521 6.4 15 117.0 2. Porter,Daniel (38) LTU JR 13 222 1164 5.2 9 89.5 3. Kaepernick,Colin (46) NEV SO 13 161 1130 7.0 17 86.9 4. Miller,Lonyae (68) FS JR 12 120 812 6.8 7 67.7 5. Harding,Anthony (73) FS JR 13 147 822 5.6 6 63.2 6. Johnson,Ian (87) BSU SR 13 150 766 5.1 13 58.9 7. Jackson,Deonte` (89) UI SO 12 161 696 4.3 3 58.0 8. Davis,Yonus (92) SJSU SR 10 120 558 4.7 3 55.8 9. Borel,Diondre USU SO 12 179 632 3.5 5 52.7 10. Jackson,Patrick LTU SR 13 143 653 4.6 8 50.2

RECEPTIONS Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G 1. Williams,Chris (13) NMSU SR 12 86 1271 9 14.8 7.17 2. Harris,A.J. (23) NMSU SR 12 78 713 3 9.1 6.50 3. Richmond,David (31) SJSU SR 12 72 832 7 11.6 6.00 Childs,Jeremy (31) BSU JR 12 72 802 7 11.1 6.00 5. Williams,Eddie (61) UI SR 11 54 687 6 12.7 4.91 6. Mitchell,Marko (73) NEV SR 13 61 1141 10 18.7 4.69 7. Washington,M. (88) UH SR 14 62 789 6 12.7 4.43 8. Anderson,Marcus NMSU JR 12 50 617 9 12.3 4.17 9. McCoy,Mike NEV SR 13 53 592 2 11.2 4.08 10. Salas,Greg UH SO 14 57 831 3 14.6 4.07

RECEIVING YARDS Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G 1. Williams,Chris (5) NMSU SR 12 86 1271 9 14.8 105.9 2. Mitchell,Marko (19) NEV SR 13 61 1141 10 18.7 87.8 3. Richmond,David (52) SJSU SR 12 72 832 7 11.6 69.3 4. Childs,Jeremy (57) BSU JR 12 72 802 7 11.1 66.8 5. Williams,Eddie (70) UI SR 11 54 687 6 12.7 62.5 6. Ajirotutu,Seyi (75) FS JR 13 47 795 5 16.9 61.2 7. Harris,A.J. (83) NMSU SR 12 78 713 3 9.1 59.4 8. Salas,Greg (84) UH SO 14 57 831 3 14.6 59.4 9. Washington,M. (99) UH SR 14 62 789 6 12.7 56.4 10. Anderson,Marcus NMSU JR 12 50 617 9 12.3 51.4

PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff(Minimum 15 attempts per game) 1. Moore,Kellen (12) BSU FR 13 405 281 10 69.4 3486 25 157.1 2. Holbrook,Chase (28) NMSU SR 12 456 309 14 67.8 3361 25 141.6 3. Kaepernick,Colin (44) NEV SO 13 383 208 7 54.3 2849 22 132.1 4. Brandstater,Tom (49) FS SR 13 371 221 12 59.6 2664 18 129.4 5. Reed,Kyle (65) SJSU JR 10 253 162 6 64.0 1563 9 122.9 6. Borel,Diondre (68) USU SO 12 242 136 10 56.2 1705 11 122.1 7. Jenkins,Ross (77) LTU SO 11 174 92 3 52.9 1155 7 118.5 8. Enderle,Nathan (85) UI SO 12 339 184 17 54.3 2077 20 115.2 9. Funaki,Inoke (88) UH JR 11 173 100 12 57.8 1184 7 114.8

TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G 1. Kaepernick,Colin (11) NEV SO 13 1130 2849 544 3979 306.1 2. Moore,Kellen (24) BSU FR 13 -30 3486 443 3456 265.8 3. Holbrook,Chase (27) NMSU SR 12 -203 3361 538 3158 263.2 4. Brandstater,Tom (68) FS SR 13 -50 2664 422 2614 201.1 5. Borel,Diondre (72) USU SO 12 632 1705 421 2337 194.8 6. Enderle,Nathan (85) UI SO 12 -22 2077 415 2055 171.2 7. Reed,Kyle (86) SJSU JR 10 80 1563 340 1643 164.3 8. Funaki,Inoke UH JR 11 215 1184 247 1399 127.2 9. Taua,Vai NEV SO 13 1521 0 236 1521 117.0 10. Jenkins,Ross LTU SO 11 56 1155 235 1211 110.1

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G 1. Livas,Phillip (17) LTU SO 13 337 607 245 826 2015 155.0 2. Williams,Chris (19) NMSU SR 12 0 1271 105 409 1785 148.8 3. Taua,Vai (39) NEV SO 13 1521 243 0 0 1764 135.7 4. Bailey,Kama (85) UI FR 10 18 60 8 955 1041 104.1 5. Porter,Daniel (87) LTU JR 13 1164 181 0 0 1345 103.5 6. Anderson,Marcus (90) NMSU JR 12 0 617 74 522 1213 101.1 7. Rutley,Brandon SJSU FR 12 356 65 -4 748 1165 97.1 8. Mitchell,Marko NEV SR 13 45 1141 0 0 1186 91.2 9. Lane,Malcolm UH JR 14 0 613 0 635 1248 89.1 10. Kaepernick,Colin NEV SO 13 1130 0 0 0 1130 86.9

SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/G 1. Taua,Vai (24) NEV SO 13 18 0 0 108 8.3 2. Jaekle,Brett (34) NEV SR 13 0 63 14 105 8.1 3. Kaepernick,Colin (41) NEV SO 13 17 0 0 102 7.8 4. Brotzman,Kyle (44) BSU SO 13 0 50 17 101 7.8 5. Goessling,Kevin (67) FS FR 13 0 46 15 91 7.0 6. Oestriecher,Brad LTU SR 13 0 38 14 80 6.2 7. Johnson,Ian BSU SR 13 13 0 0 78 6.0 8. Williams,Chris NMSU SR 12 11 0 0 66 5.5 9. Caldwell,Peter USU SO 12 0 32 10 62 5.2 Strubeck,Jared SJSU SR 12 0 23 13 62 5.2

FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct FG/G 1. Brotzman,Kyle (32) BSU SO 13 17 26 65.4 1.31 2. Goessling,Kevin (43) FS FR 13 15 22 68.2 1.15 3. Strubeck,Jared (51) SJSU SR 12 13 22 59.1 1.08 4. Jaekle,Brett (54) NEV SR 13 14 17 82.4 1.08 Oestriecher,Brad (54) LTU SR 13 14 28 50.0 1.08 6. Caldwell,Peter (76) USU SO 12 10 12 83.3 0.83 7. Kelly,Dan (91) UH SR 14 10 20 50.0 0.71 8. Amancio,Tino (95) UI SR 12 8 13 61.5 0.67 9. Hughes,Kyle NMSU FR 12 7 11 63.6 0.58 10. Ulinski,Chris USU JR 12 2 2 100.0 0.17

PUNT RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg(Minimum 1.2 returns per game) 1. Livas,Phillip (7) LTU SO 13 16 245 2 15.3 2. Wilson,Kyle (12) BSU JR 13 33 470 3 14.2 3. Davis,Yonus (30) SJSU SR 10 14 151 0 10.8 4. Thompson,A. (67) NEV JR 13 17 83 0 4.9 5. Washington,M. (68) UH SR 14 19 17 0 0.9

KICKOFF RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg(Minimum 1.2 returns per game) 1. Jefferson,A.J. (4) FS JR 11 31 908 1 29.3 2. Rutley,Brandon (16) SJSU FR 12 28 748 0 26.7 3. Lane,Malcolm (18) UH JR 14 24 635 0 26.5 4. Livas,Phillip (25) LTU SO 13 32 826 1 25.8 5. Williams,Chris (34) NMSU SR 12 16 409 1 25.6 6. Murphy,Kejon (47) USU JR 12 17 412 0 24.2 7. Anderson,Marcus (58) NMSU JR 12 22 522 0 23.7 8. Bailey,Kama (71) UI FR 10 41 955 0 23.3 9. Fludd,Brian (90) NEV SR 12 24 530 0 22.1 10. Mouton,Ryan UH SR 13 24 514 1 21.4

PUNTING Team Cl G Punt Yds Avg(Minimum 3.6 punts per game) 1. Conley,T.J. (1) UI SR 12 58 2751 47.4 2. Langley,Brad (11) NEV SO 10 42 1850 44.0 3. Malone,Robert (21) FS SO 13 54 2311 42.8 4. Hughes,Kyle (22) NMSU FR 12 52 2219 42.7 5. Caldwell,Peter (31) USU SO 12 65 2723 41.9 6. Keagle,Chris (53) LTU SR 13 72 2915 40.5 7. Grasso,Tim (55) UH SR 14 68 2750 40.4 8. Zavala,Philip (97) SJSU JR 12 76 2781 36.6

INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G 1. Ihenacho,Duke (19) SJSU SO 12 5 92 2 0.42 2. Brown,Weldon (28) LTU SR 13 5 10 0 0.38 Wilson,Kyle (28) BSU JR 13 5 5 0 0.38 4. Monteilh,Keao (37) UH SR 14 5 36 0 0.36 5. Thompson,B. (53) BSU SO 13 4 43 0 0.31 Amaya,Jonathon (53) NEV JR 13 4 33 0 0.31 Iloka,George (53) BSU FR 13 4 6 0 0.31 8. Brindley,James (96) USU JR 12 3 90 0 0.25 Butts,Isaac (96) UI SO 12 3 41 0 0.25 Francies,Coye (96) SJSU SR 12 3 17 0 0.25

NCAA rankings in parenthesesIndividual must have played in 75 percent of team’s games to be ranked


2008 WAC INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS

TACKLES Team Cl G Pos UA A Total Avg/G Sack 1. Richardson,Derrick (1) NMSU SR 11 SS 66 71 137 12.5 0.0 2. Hutton,Jake (24) USU SR 12 LB 50 60 110 9.2 0.5 3. Paden,Nick (33) NMSU JR 12 LB 42 65 107 8.9 2.0 4. Baker,Antonio (37) LTU JR 13 DB 63 52 115 8.8 0.0 5. Jacobs,Ben (43) FS SO 13 LB 47 66 113 8.7 1.0 6. Elimimian,S. (47) UH SR 14 LB 64 57 121 8.6 4.0 7. Johnson,Jeron (93) BSU SO 13 DB 72 26 98 7.5 0.0 8. Scott,Jason NMSU JR 12 LB 30 54 84 7.0 2.0 9. Larkins,Virdell UI JR 12 DB 70 12 82 6.8 0.0 10. Carter,Chris FS SO 13 LB 38 50 88 6.8 3.5 Leonard,Adam UH SR 13 LB 46 42 88 6.8 2.5 12. Igboeli,Paul USU JR 12 LB 42 36 78 6.5 0.0 13. Faraimo,Jonathan UI SO 11 LB 46 24 70 6.4 0.5 14. Brindley,James USU JR 12 DB 44 31 75 6.2 0.0 15. Baiamonte,Brennan NMSU SR 12 SS 35 39 74 6.2 1.0 16. Powers,Ellis BSU SR 13 DB 54 24 78 6.0 2.5 Hall,De’von USU SR 12 DB 33 39 72 6.0 1.0 Jones,Travis SJSU JR 12 LB 38 34 72 6.0 0.0 19. Powell,Alphonso NMSU SO 12 DB 35 36 71 5.9 0.0 20. Gingg,Kyle BSU SR 13 LB 47 29 76 5.8 2.5 21. Harris,Moses FS JR 13 DB 38 37 75 5.8 1.0 Brown,Weldon LTU SR 13 DB 49 26 75 5.8 0.5 23. Francies,Coye SJSU SR 12 CB 47 22 69 5.8 0.0 24. Cole,Justin SJSU JR 12 LB 23 45 68 5.7 5.0 Owens,Christopher SJSU SR 12 CB 41 27 68 5.7 0.0 Allen,Justin UI SO 12 LB 40 28 68 5.7 1.0 27. Ihenacho,Duke SJSU SO 12 LB 32 34 66 5.5 0.0 28. Ihenacho,Carl SJSU JR 12 DE 47 17 64 5.3 7.0 29. Taylor,Caleb USU SR 12 DB 24 39 63 5.2 0.0 30. Anyanwu,Uche NEV SR 13 DB 48 20 68 5.2 0.0 Amaya,Jonathon NEV JR 13 DB 49 19 68 5.2 0.0 32. Veikune,David UH SR 14 DL 47 26 73 5.2 9.0 33. Fonoti,La’Auli NMSU SR 11 LB 20 36 56 5.1 4.0 34. Herron,Nico FS SO 13 LB 27 38 65 5.0 0.0 Smith,D’Anthony LTU JR 13 DL 27 38 65 5.0 5.0 36. Jackson,Brannon LTU SR 13 LB 29 35 64 4.9 2.5 37. Newsome,Devin SJSU SO 12 DB 27 32 59 4.9 0.0 38. Mauga,Joshua NEV SR 11 LB 33 21 54 4.9 3.5 39. Harris,Quin LTU SR 10 LB 19 30 49 4.9 0.5 40. Iloka,George BSU FR 13 DB 45 18 63 4.8 1.0 41. Dowling,Jameel UH SR 14 DB 45 21 66 4.7 1.5 42. Howze,Stevon LTU SR 13 DB 37 24 61 4.7 0.0 43. Wagner,Bobby USU FR 11 LB 20 31 51 4.6 0.0 44. Jones,Jeromy UI JR 11 DB 25 25 50 4.5 0.0 45. Acrey,Derrell BSU SO 13 LB 27 32 59 4.5 1.0 Young,Deon LTU JR 13 DB 33 26 59 4.5 0.0 47. Fonoti,John UH JR 14 DL 31 31 62 4.4 3.5 48. Davis,Sharrod FS SR 13 CB 33 24 57 4.4 0.0 49. Gilbert,Jarron SJSU SR 12 DT 36 16 52 4.3 9.5 50. Roberts,Calvin UH SR 14 DB 43 17 60 4.3 0.0

SACKS Team Cl G Pos UA A Yds Total S/G 1. Moch,Dontay (12) NEV SO 13 DL 10 3 90 11.5 0.88 2. Gilbert,Jarron (19) SJSU SR 12 DT 9 1 74 9.5 0.79 3. Basped,Kevin (21) NEV SO 13 DL 9 2 63 10.0 0.77 4. Veikune,David (36) UH SR 14 DL 8 2 53 9.0 0.64 5. Ihenacho,Carl (49) SJSU JR 12 DE 7 0 62 7.0 0.58 6. Cole,Justin SJSU JR 12 LB 5 0 32 5.0 0.42 7. Smith,D’Anthony LTU JR 13 DL 3 4 41 5.0 0.38 8. Calderwood,Ben USU SR 12 DE 4 1 35 4.5 0.38 Winterswyk,Ryan BSU SO 12 DE 4 1 33 4.5 0.38 10. Fonoti,La’Auli NMSU SR 11 LB 4 0 29 4.0 0.36

TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos UA A Yds Total TFL/G 1. Gilbert,Jarron (1) SJSU SR 12 DT 20 4 116 22.0 1.83 2. Ihenacho,Carl (8) SJSU JR 12 DE 18 1 88 18.5 1.54 3. Basped,Kevin (17) NEV SO 13 DL 16 5 82 18.5 1.42 4. Moch,Dontay (28) NEV SO 13 DL 15 4 109 17.0 1.31 5. Veikune,David (43) UH SR 14 DL 14 5 69 16.5 1.18 6. Johnson,J.-M. (84) NEV FR 13 LB 9 7 32 12.5 0.96 7. Winterswyk,R. (84) BSU SO 12 DE 9 5 48 11.5 0.96 8. Fonoti,La’Auli NMSU SR 11 LB 8 2 40 9.0 0.82 9. Shaw,Josh UI SR 12 DE 9 1 46 9.5 0.79 10. Elimimian,Solomon UH SR 14 LB 8 5 39 10.5 0.75

FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num FF/G 1. Moch,Dontay (14) NEV SO 13 4 0.31 2. McClellin,Shea (24) BSU FR 10 3 0.30 3. Veikune,David (25) UH SR 14 4 0.29 4. Ihenacho,Carl (29) SJSU JR 12 3 0.25 5. Basped,Kevin (52) NEV SO 13 3 0.23 Baker,Antonio (52) LTU JR 13 3 0.23 7. Golden,Darby (89) USU JR 11 2 0.18 8. Winterswyk,Ryan BSU SO 12 2 0.17 Owens,Christopher SJSU SR 12 2 0.17 Gilbert,Jarron SJSU SR 12 2 0.17

FUMBLES RECOVERED Team Cl G Num FR/G 1. Cole,Justin (11) SJSU JR 12 3 0.25 Calderwood,Ben (11) USU SR 12 3 0.25 3. Johnson,Jeron (27) BSU SO 13 3 0.23 4. Schweiger,Jeff (40) SJSU SR 9 2 0.22 5. Fonoti,John (42) UH JR 14 3 0.21 6. Senescall,Paul (46) UI SO 10 2 0.20 7. House,Davon (53) NMSU SO 11 2 0.18 Richardson,D. (53) NMSU SR 11 2 0.18 9. Igboeli,Paul (72) USU JR 12 2 0.17 10. Baker,Antonio LTU JR 13 2 0.15

PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total PD/G 1. Wilson,Kyle (18) BSU JR 13 10 5 15 1.15 2. Ihenacho,Duke (61) SJSU SO 12 6 5 11 0.92 3. Brown,Weldon (81) LTU SR 13 6 5 11 0.85 Howze,Stevon (81) LTU SR 13 10 1 11 0.85 5. Monteilh,Keao UH SR 14 6 5 11 0.79 6. Young,Deon LTU JR 13 7 3 10 0.77 Iloka,George BSU FR 13 6 4 10 0.77 Johnson,Jeron BSU SO 13 7 3 10 0.77 Amaya,Jonathon NEV JR 13 6 4 10 0.77 Thompson,Brandyn BSU SO 13 6 4 10 0.77


2008 WAC TEAM STATS

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 1. Boise State (12) 13 63 60 0 0 17 0 489 37.6 Nevada (12) 13 64 63 0 0 14 0 489 37.6 3. Fresno State (37) 13 49 46 0 0 15 0 385 29.6 4. Hawai‘i (71) 14 45 41 2 0 10 0 345 24.6 5. Louisiana Tech (72) 13 40 38 0 0 14 0 320 24.6 6. Utah State (78) 12 36 32 2 0 12 0 288 24.0 7. New Mexico State (89) 12 35 33 0 0 7 1 266 22.2 8. Idaho (103) 12 30 29 1 0 8 0 235 19.6 9. San Jose State (106) 12 27 23 0 0 13 0 224 18.7

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G 1. Nevada (5) 13 3611 3000 1011 6611 6.5 61 508.5 2. Boise State (18) 13 1980 3751 887 5731 6.5 58 440.8 3. Fresno State (43) 13 2370 2664 851 5034 5.9 42 387.2 4. New Mexico State (64) 12 651 3616 810 4267 5.3 32 355.6 5. Hawai‘i (72) 14 1323 3518 902 4841 5.4 42 345.8 6. Louisiana Tech (75) 13 2432 2028 866 4460 5.2 32 343.1 7. Utah State (84) 12 1653 2358 779 4011 5.1 34 334.2 8. Idaho (93) 12 1598 2253 804 3851 4.8 29 320.9 9. San Jose State (112) 12 1040 2354 769 3394 4.4 23 282.8

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1. Nevada (3) 13 593 3611 6.1 39 277.8 2. Louisiana Tech (27) 13 523 2432 4.7 23 187.1 3. Fresno State (32) 13 479 2370 4.9 24 182.3 4. Boise State (54) 13 449 1980 4.4 28 152.3 5. Utah State (68) 12 437 1653 3.8 18 137.8 6. Idaho (74) 12 425 1598 3.8 9 133.2 7. Hawai‘i (111) 14 412 1323 3.2 18 94.5 8. San Jose State (115) 12 386 1040 2.7 11 86.7 9. New Mexico State (118) 12 318 651 2.0 7 54.2

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1. New Mexico State (10) 12 492 330 16 67.1 3616 7.3 25 301.3 2. Boise State (13) 13 438 298 11 68.0 3751 8.6 30 288.5 3. Hawai‘i (28) 14 490 290 22 59.2 3518 7.2 24 251.3 4. Nevada (47) 13 418 224 9 53.6 3000 7.2 22 230.8 5. Fresno State (66) 13 372 221 12 59.4 2664 7.2 18 204.9 6. Utah State (78) 12 342 193 14 56.4 2358 6.9 16 196.5 7. San Jose State (79) 12 383 236 13 61.6 2354 6.1 12 196.2 8. Idaho (86) 12 379 200 20 52.8 2253 5.9 20 187.8 9. Louisiana Tech (102) 13 343 158 10 46.1 2028 5.9 9 156.0

PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effi c 1. Boise State (11) 13 438 298 .680 11 3751 30 157.6 2. New Mexico State (25) 12 492 330 .671 16 3616 25 139.1 3. Fresno State (49) 13 372 221 .594 12 2664 18 129.1 4. Nevada (54) 13 418 224 .536 9 3000 22 126.9 5. Hawai‘i (55) 14 490 290 .592 22 3518 24 126.7 6. Utah State (71) 12 342 193 .564 14 2358 16 121.6 7. San Jose State (84) 12 383 236 .616 13 2354 12 116.8 8. Idaho (97) 12 379 200 .528 20 2253 20 109.6 9. Louisiana Tech (108) 13 343 158 .461 10 2028 9 98.6

KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Louisiana Tech (17) 13 51 1218 1 23.9 2. Fresno State (18) 13 57 1360 1 23.9 3. San Jose State (20) 12 41 974 0 23.8 4. New Mexico State (40) 12 54 1198 1 22.2 5. Boise State (47) 13 27 591 0 21.9 6. Idaho (71) 12 78 1607 0 20.6 7. Hawai‘i (76) 14 67 1370 1 20.4 8. Nevada (101) 13 60 1162 0 19.4 9. Utah State (109) 12 50 955 0 19.1

PUNTING G Punts Yds Avg Ret Yds Avg Net/P 1. Boise State (4) 13 47 2095 44.6 95 2.0 7 39.6 2. Idaho (14) 12 58 2751 47.4 480 8.3 4 37.8 3. Utah State (28) 12 67 2755 41.1 250 3.7 2 36.8 4. Louisiana Tech (42) 13 72 2915 40.5 174 2.4 7 36.1 5. New Mexico State (58) 12 53 2219 41.9 339 6.4 1 35.1 6. Nevada (69) 13 65 2740 42.2 339 5.2 8 34.5 7. Hawai‘i (79) 14 70 2768 39.5 268 3.8 6 34.0 8. San Jose State (90) 12 78 2817 36.1 163 2.1 3 33.3 9. Fresno State (110) 13 56 2347 41.9 448 8.0 6 31.8

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 1. Boise State (3) 13 21 17 0 0 7 0 164 12.6 2. San Jose State (37) 12 32 31 0 0 12 0 259 21.6 3. Louisiana Tech (52) 13 39 36 1 0 12 0 308 23.7 4. Hawai‘i (83) 14 50 48 0 0 18 1 404 28.9 5. Fresno State (92) 13 48 41 2 1 23 0 404 31.1 6. Nevada (99) 13 55 52 1 0 12 0 420 32.3 7. New Mexico State (105) 12 53 47 1 0 14 0 409 34.1 8. Utah State (107) 12 53 51 0 0 15 1 416 34.7 9. Idaho (117) 12 69 67 0 0 10 1 513 42.8

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G 1. Boise State (20) 13 1534 2472 925 4006 4.3 17 308.2 2. San Jose State (21) 12 1697 2043 781 3740 4.8 27 311.7 3. Hawai‘i (62) 14 1989 3063 924 5052 5.5 45 360.9 4. Louisiana Tech (73) 13 1350 3545 905 4895 5.4 37 376.5 5. New Mexico State (75) 12 2642 1913 808 4555 5.6 45 379.6 6. Nevada (91) 13 1152 4051 883 5203 5.9 48 400.2 7. Fresno State (97) 13 2730 2611 874 5341 6.1 44 410.8 8. Utah State (99) 12 1939 3013 852 4952 5.8 46 412.7 9. Idaho (116) 12 2515 3149 849 5664 6.7 64 472.0

RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G 1. Nevada (6) 13 377 1152 3.1 17 88.6 2. Louisiana Tech (13) 13 435 1350 3.1 12 103.8 3. Boise State (22) 13 476 1534 3.2 9 118.0 4. San Jose State (63) 12 425 1697 4.0 18 141.4 5. Hawai‘i (65) 14 515 1989 3.9 18 142.1 6. Utah State (82) 12 432 1939 4.5 22 161.6 7. Idaho (107) 12 448 2515 5.6 35 209.6 8. Fresno State (108) 13 490 2730 5.6 24 210.0 9. New Mexico State (115) 12 508 2642 5.2 31 220.2

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1. New Mexico State (3) 12 300 176 9 58.7 1913 6.4 14 159.4 2. San Jose State (10) 12 356 187 16 52.5 2043 5.7 9 170.2 3. Boise State (34) 13 449 234 22 52.1 2472 5.5 8 190.2 4. Fresno State (51) 13 384 224 5 58.3 2611 6.8 20 200.8 5. Hawai‘i (78) 14 409 240 15 58.7 3063 7.5 27 218.8 6. Utah State (98) 12 420 270 12 64.3 3013 7.2 24 251.1 7. Idaho (107) 12 401 268 9 66.8 3149 7.9 29 262.4 8. Louisiana Tech (113) 13 470 282 17 60.0 3545 7.5 25 272.7 9. Nevada (119) 13 506 271 16 53.6 4051 8.0 31 311.6

PASS DEFENSE EFF G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effi c 1. Boise State (2) 13 449 234 22 52.1 2472 8 94.4 2. San Jose State (8) 12 356 187 16 52.5 2043 9 100.1 3. New Mexico State (53) 12 300 176 9 58.7 1913 14 121.6 4. Fresno State (70) 13 384 224 5 58.3 2611 20 130.0 5. Louisiana Tech (81) 13 470 282 17 60.0 3545 25 133.7 6. Nevada (85) 13 506 271 16 53.6 4051 31 134.7 7. Hawai‘i (87) 14 409 240 15 58.7 3063 27 136.0 8. Utah State (93) 12 420 270 12 64.3 3013 24 137.7 9. Idaho (113) 12 401 268 9 66.8 3149 29 152.2

PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Fresno State (10) 13 25 350 3 14.0 2. Louisiana Tech (14) 13 31 402 3 13.0 3. New Mexico State (15) 12 14 179 1 12.8 4. Boise State (20) 13 44 539 3 12.2 5. Utah State (62) 12 11 97 0 8.8 6. San Jose State (91) 12 35 233 0 6.7 7. Nevada (99) 13 26 163 0 6.3 8. Idaho (102) 12 15 92 1 6.1 9. Hawai‘i (119) 14 31 62 0 2.0

[------Gained------] [-------Lost-------]TURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G 1. Louisiana Tech (19) 13 12 17 29 10 10 20 +9 0.69 2. San Jose State (21) 12 11 16 27 6 13 19 +8 0.67 3. Boise State (25) 13 11 22 33 15 11 26 +7 0.54 4. Nevada (55) 13 9 16 25 15 9 24 +1 0.08 5. Utah State (67) 12 12 12 24 11 14 25 -1 -0.08 6. Hawai‘i (89) 14 15 15 30 15 22 37 -7 -0.50 New Mexico State (89) 12 14 9 23 13 16 29 -6 -0.50 8. Fresno State (107) 13 8 5 13 12 12 24 -11 -0.85 9. Idaho (114) 12 9 9 18 12 20 32 -14 -1.17


2008 WAC TEAM STATS

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 1. Nevada 13 174 134 21 329 2. Boise State 13 101 163 21 285 3. Fresno State 13 120 127 22 269 4. Hawai‘i 14 85 155 22 262 5. Louisiana Tech 13 138 78 18 234 6. New Mexico State 12 49 151 20 220 7. Idaho 12 88 104 20 212 8. Utah State 12 88 99 22 209 9. San Jose State 12 59 95 20 174

PENALTIES G No Yds Yds/G 1. Fresno State 13 64 543 41.8 2. New Mexico State 12 65 544 45.3 3. San Jose State 12 81 623 51.9 4. Louisiana Tech 13 79 683 52.5 5. Nevada 13 89 753 57.9 6. Idaho 12 77 737 61.4 7. Boise State 13 93 839 64.5 8. Utah State 12 88 802 66.8 9. Hawai‘i 14 122 1097 78.4

3RD-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct 1. Boise State 13 70 162 43.2 2. Idaho 12 72 176 40.9 3. Fresno State 13 67 165 40.6 4. Nevada 13 81 200 40.5 5. New Mexico State 12 64 174 36.8 6. Hawai‘i 14 63 181 34.8 7. Utah State 12 56 169 33.1 8. Louisiana Tech 13 62 189 32.8 9. San Jose State 12 51 177 28.8

4TH-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct 1. Utah State 12 16 23 69.6 2. Boise State 13 9 13 69.2 3. Fresno State 13 8 12 66.7 4. Nevada 13 13 26 50.0 5. Hawai‘i 14 6 13 46.2 6. New Mexico State 12 15 37 40.5 7. San Jose State 12 7 19 36.8 8. Louisiana Tech 13 6 19 31.6 9. Idaho 12 6 24 25.0

SACKS BY G Sacks Yards 1. Nevada 13 36 257 Hawai‘i 14 36 234 3. Boise State 13 34 248 4. San Jose State 12 33 253 5. Louisiana Tech 13 27 168 6. New Mexico State 12 19 135 7. Utah State 12 18 126 Fresno State 13 18 126 9. Idaho 12 10 75

FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct 1. Utah State 12 12 14 .857 2. Nevada 13 14 17 .824 3. Fresno State 13 15 22 .682 4. Boise State 13 17 26 .654 5. New Mexico State 12 7 11 .636 6. Idaho 12 8 13 .615 7. San Jose State 12 13 23 .565 8. Louisiana Tech 13 14 28 .500 9. Hawai‘i 14 10 21 .476

TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G 1. Nevada 13 425:39 32:44 2. Hawai‘i 14 427:56 30:34 3. Idaho 12 364:38 30:23 4. Fresno State 13 388:36 29:53 5. San Jose State 12 352:13 29:21 6. New Mexico State 12 350:23 29:11 7. Boise State 13 374:23 28:47 8. Louisiana Tech 13 373:55 28:45 9. Utah State 12 344:53 28:44

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 1. San Jose State 12 92 91 17 200 2. Boise State 13 92 113 23 228 3. New Mexico State 12 141 90 17 248 4. Nevada 13 68 161 20 249 5. Louisiana Tech 13 71 166 18 255 6. Fresno State 13 129 115 17 261 7. Hawai‘i 14 107 126 30 263 8. Utah State 12 110 134 24 268 9. Idaho 12 132 138 20 290

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G 1. San Jose State 12 104 960 80.0 2. Utah State 12 85 775 64.6 3. New Mexico State 12 87 756 63.0 4. Fresno State 13 81 749 57.6 5. Boise State 13 84 745 57.3 6. Idaho 12 72 675 56.2 7. Nevada 13 88 700 53.8 8. Hawai‘i 14 86 739 52.8 9. Louisiana Tech 13 77 651 50.1

OPP 3RD-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct 1. San Jose State 12 55 170 32.4 2. Boise State 13 68 209 32.5 3. Hawai‘i 14 67 198 33.8 4. Fresno State 13 67 178 37.6 5. Louisiana Tech 13 73 193 37.8 6. Nevada 13 72 189 38.1 7. New Mexico State 12 61 149 40.9 8. Idaho 12 67 152 44.1 9. Utah State 12 80 173 46.2

OPP 4TH-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct 1. Boise State 13 10 36 27.8 2. Nevada 13 8 27 29.6 3. San Jose State 12 5 12 41.7 4. Fresno State 13 10 22 45.5 Idaho 12 10 22 45.5 6. Louisiana Tech 13 10 21 47.6 7. New Mexico State 12 8 16 50.0 8. Utah State 12 12 22 54.5 9. Hawai‘i 14 16 27 59.3

SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards 1. Boise State 13 13 102 2. Fresno State 13 17 136 3. Nevada 13 19 147 4. Louisiana Tech 13 25 155 5. San Jose State 12 31 224 6. Utah State 12 32 221 7. Idaho 12 36 254 8. New Mexico State 12 45 308 9. Hawai‘i 14 57 348

PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct 1. New Mexico State 12 33 33 1.000 Idaho 12 29 29 1.000 3. Nevada 13 63 64 .984 4. Boise State 13 60 61 .984 5. Fresno State 13 46 47 .979 6. Utah State 12 32 33 .970 7. Hawai‘i 14 41 43 .953 8. Louisiana Tech 13 38 40 .950 9. San Jose State 12 23 27 .852

KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Returns TB Net Avg. 1. Boise State 13 93 5947 63.9 1468 13 45.4 2. Louisiana Tech 13 66 4051 61.4 1013 5 44.5 3. San Jose State 12 50 3110 62.2 782 6 44.2 4. Idaho 12 44 2915 66.2 699 19 41.7 5. Utah State 12 55 3565 64.8 900 21 40.8 6. Hawai‘i 14 68 4346 63.9 1317 13 40.7 7. Fresno State 13 73 4508 61.8 1648 2 38.6 8. Nevada 13 85 5344 62.9 1747 16 38.6 9. New Mexico State 12 51 2945 57.7 883 6 38.1


2008 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

Points Scored 24 Taua,Vai (Nevada) vs. NMSU, 10/11 18 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) vs. Grambling St., 8/30 18 Mathews,Ryan (Fresno St.) at Rutgers, 9/1 18 Reed,Kyle (SJSU) vs. San Diego St., 9/13 18 Anderson,Marcus (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 18 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 18 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Idaho, 10/4 18 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8 18 Turbin,Robert (Utah St.) at Louisiana Tech, 11/15Touchdowns 4 Taua,Vai (Nevada) vs. NMSU, 10/11 3 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) vs. Grambling St., 8/30 3 Mathews,Ryan (Fresno St.) at Rutgers, 9/1 3 Reed,Kyle (SJSU) vs. San Diego St., 9/13 3 Anderson,Marcus (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 3 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 3 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Idaho, 10/4 3 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8 3 Turbin,Robert (Utah St.) at Louisiana Tech, 11/15Touchdown Responsibility 5 Brandstater,Tom (Fresno St.) at Toledo, 9/20 5 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 5 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27Points Scored Kicking 16 Oestriecher,Brad (Louisiana Tech) vs. Idaho, 10/18 14 Kelly,Dan (Hawai‘i) at Fresno St., 10/4Total Offense-Yards 472 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 425 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech, 11/29 416 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27Total Offense-Plays 67 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 66 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) vs. Boise St., 11/22 59 Borel,Diondre (Utah St.) at Nevada, 10/18Total Offense-Yards/Play 14.2 Avery,Jeremy (Boise St.) at Idaho, 11/15 13.1 Moore,Kellen (Boise St.) vs. Idaho St., 8/30 12.2 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27Rushing Yards 263 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Fresno St., 11/7 240 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 189 Porter,Daniel (Louisiana Tech) vs. Fresno St., 11/1Rushing Attempts 28 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Fresno St., 11/7 26 Mathews,Ryan (Fresno St.) at Rutgers, 9/1Yards Per Rush 14.2 Avery,Jeremy (Boise St.) at Idaho, 11/15 13.3 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 12.1 Miller,Lonyae (Fresno St.) vs. Idaho, 10/11Rushing Touchdowns 3 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) vs. Grambling St., 8/30 3 Mathews,Ryan (Fresno St.) at Rutgers, 9/1 3 Reed,Kyle (SJSU) vs. San Diego St., 9/13 3 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 3 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Idaho, 10/4 3 Turbin,Robert (Utah St.) at Louisiana Tech, 11/15Longest Rush 90 Miller,Lonyae (Fresno St.) vs. Idaho, 10/11 80 Miller,Lonyae (Fresno St.) vs. Hawai‘i, 10/4 79 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Hawai‘i, 10/25Passing Yards 486 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 414 Moore,Kellen (Boise St.) at Nevada, 11/22 409 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) at Nevada, 10/11Passing Attempts 59 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 50 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) vs. Boise St., 11/22 48 Moore,Kellen (Boise St.) at Nevada, 11/22Passing Touchdowns 5 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 4 Brandstater,Tom (Fresno St.) at Toledo, 9/20 4 Brandstater,Tom (Fresno St.) at La. Tech, 11/1 4 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8 4 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 4 Kaepernick,Colin (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech, 11/29

Longest Pass 84 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. New Mexico, 9/27 84 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8 82 Alexander,Greg (Hawai‘i) vs. Idaho, 11/22Passes Completed 45 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 37 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) at Idaho, 10/25 29 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 29 Moore,Kellen (Boise St.) at Nevada, 11/22Pass Completion Percentage 88.5 Reed,Kyle (SJSU) at Stanford, 9/20 81.2 Alexander,Greg (Hawai‘i) at NMSU, 11/8 80.0 Reed,Kyle (SJSU) vs. San Diego St., 9/13 80.0 Holbrook,Chase (NMSU) vs. Alcorn St., 10/4Receiving Yards 221 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8 189 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 172 McCoy,Mike (Nevada) vs. Maryland, 12/30Receptions 13 Williams,Chris (NMSU) at Idaho, 10/25 13 McCoy,Mike (Nevada) vs. Maryland, 12/30 12 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. SJSU, 10/18Yards Per Catch 38.7 Ajirotutu,Seyi (Fresno St.) at Rutgers, 9/1 36.0 Lane,Malcolm (Hawai‘i) vs. Idaho, 11/22 35.3 Johnson,Ian (Boise St.) vs. Louisiana Tech, 10/1Receiving Touchdowns 3 Anderson,Marcus (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 3 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8Longest Reception 84 Harris,A.J. (NMSU) vs. New Mexico, 9/27 84 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8 82 Lane,Malcolm (Hawai‘i) vs. Idaho, 11/22Field Goal Attempts 6 Jaekle,Brett (Nevada) vs. Texas Tech, 9/6 5 Goessling,Kevin (Fresno St.) vs. Hawai‘i, 10/4 5 Kelly,Dan (Hawai‘i) at Fresno St., 10/4 5 Oestriecher,Brad (Louisiana Tech) vs. Idaho, 10/18Field Goals Made 4 Jaekle,Brett (Nevada) vs. Texas Tech, 9/6 4 Kelly,Dan (Hawai‘i) at Fresno St., 10/4 4 Oestriecher,Brad (Louisiana Tech) vs. Idaho, 10/18Longest Field Goal 58 Goessling,Kevin (Fresno St.) at Utah St., 10/25 56 Ulinski,Chris (Utah St.) vs. NMSU, 11/29PAT Kicks Attempted 8 Jaramillo,Brock (Boise St.) vs. Fresno St., 11/28 7 6 times by 4 playersPAT Kicks Made 7 Jaekle,Brett (Nevada) vs. Grambling St., 8/30 7 Brotzman,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Idaho St., 8/30 7 Goessling,Kevin (Fresno St.) at Toledo, 9/20 7 Jaekle,Brett (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 7 Jaekle,Brett (Nevada) at Idaho, 10/4 7 Kelly,Dan (Hawai‘i) vs. Idaho, 11/22 7 Jaramillo,Brock (Boise St.) vs. Fresno St., 11/28Punts 11 Zavala,Philip (SJSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/8 10 Caldwell,Peter (Utah St.) at SJSU, 10/11 9 4 times by 3 playersYards Punted 437 Caldwell,Peter (Utah St.) at Nevada, 10/18 435 Zavala,Philip (SJSU) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/8 395 Caldwell,Peter (Utah St.) at SJSU, 10/11Longest Punt 77 Langley,Brad (Nevada) at UNLV, 9/27 75 Brotzman,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Hawai‘i, 10/17Punting Average 60.0 Brotzman,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Hawai‘i, 10/17 57.7 Brotzman,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Louisiana Tech, 10/1 52.8 Conley,T.J. (Idaho) at Louisiana Tech, 10/18Punt Returns 6 Thompson,Antoine (Nevada) vs. Utah St., 10/18 6 Wilson,Kyle (Boise St.) at Nevada, 11/22Punt Return Yards 136 Wilson,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Fresno St., 11/28 94 Livas,Phillip (Louisiana Tech) vs. Fresno St., 11/1

Longest Punt Return 90 Wilson,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Fresno St., 11/28 83 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. ALCORN STATE, 10/4 81 Livas,Phillip (Louisiana Tech) vs. Fresno St., 11/1Punt Return Touchdowns 1 11 times by 8 playersPunt Return Average 45.3 Wilson,Kyle (Boise St.) vs. Fresno St., 11/28 28.7 Wilson,Kyle (Boise St.) at Idaho, 11/15 23.5 Livas,Phillip (Louisiana Tech) vs. Fresno St., 11/1Kick Returns 8 Bailey,Kama (Idaho) at Fresno St., 10/11 7 Bailey,Kama (Idaho) at San Diego St., 9/27 7 Bailey,Kama (Idaho) vs. Nevada, 10/4 7 Mouton,Ryan (Hawai‘i) at Fresno St., 10/4Kick Return Yards 241 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) vs. Nevada, 11/7 217 Bailey,Kama (Idaho) vs. Nevada, 10/4 191 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) at Toledo, 9/20Kick Return Average 51.3 Lane,Malcolm (Hawai‘i) at Utah St., 11/1 42.7 Anderson,Marcus (NMSU) at Utah St., 11/29 40.2 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) vs. Nevada, 11/7Longest Kick Return 97 Livas,Phillip (Louisiana Tech) vs. Northern Ill., 12/28 96 Williams,Chris (NMSU) at Fresno St., 11/15 92 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) vs. Nevada, 11/7Kick Return Touchdowns 1 Mouton,Ryan (Hawai‘i) at Fresno St., 10/4 1 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) vs. Nevada, 11/7 1 Williams,Chris (NMSU) at Fresno St., 11/15 1 Livas,Phillip (Louisiana Tech) vs. Northern Ill., 12/28Combined Punt and Kick Return Yards 241 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) vs. Nevada, 11/7 218 Bailey,Kama (Idaho) vs. Nevada, 10/4 191 Jefferson,A.J. (Fresno St.) at Toledo, 9/20Interceptions 3 Thompson,Brandyn (Boise St.) vs. Hawai‘i, 10/17 2 Haynes,Marvin (Fresno St.) at Rutgers, 9/1 2 Butts,Isaac (Idaho) vs. Idaho St., 9/6 2 Wilson,Kyle (Boise St.) at Oregon, 9/20 2 Monteilh,Keao (Hawai‘i) at Fresno St., 10/4 2 Ihenacho,Duke (SJSU) vs. Utah St., 10/11 2 Iloka,George (Boise St.) vs. Utah St., 11/8Interception Return Yards 91 Mouton,Ryan (Hawai‘i) at NMSU, 11/8 90 Flynn,Kyle (SJSU) at NMSU, 10/18 68 Owens,Damion (Fresno St.) at Boise St., 11/28Interception Return Average 22.0 Ihenacho,Duke (SJSU) vs. Utah St., 10/11 12.5 Butts,Isaac (Idaho) vs. Idaho St., 9/6Longest Interception Return 91 Mouton,Ryan (Hawai‘i) at NMSU, 11/8 90 Flynn,Kyle (SJSU) at NMSU, 10/18 68 Owens,Damion (Fresno St.) at Boise St., 11/28Interception Return Touchdowns 1 12 times by 11 playersAll-Purpose Yards 263 Taua,Vai (Nevada) at Fresno St., 11/7 255 Livas,Phillip (Louisiana Tech) vs. Fresno St., 11/1 255 Williams,Chris (NMSU) vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8Tackles 21.0 Richardson,Derrick (NMSU) at UTEP, 9/20 17.0 Richardson,Derrick (NMSU) at Nebraska, 9/13 16.0 Paden,Nick (NMSU) vs. New Mexico, 9/27 16.0 Richardson,Derrick (NMSU) at Idaho, 10/25Sacks 3.0 Ihenacho,Carl (SJSU) vs. San Diego St., 9/13 3.0 Cole,Justin (SJSU) at Hawai‘i, 9/27 3.0 Flynn,Kyle (SJSU) vs. Utah St., 10/11 3.0 Basped,Kevin (Nevada) at Hawai‘i, 10/25 3.0 Moch,Dontay (Nevada) at Hawai‘i, 10/25 3.0 Monga,Jon (Fresno St.) vs. NMSU, 11/15 3.0 Calderwood,Ben (Utah St.) vs. NMSU, 11/29Tackles For Loss 6.0 Ihenacho,Carl (SJSU) at NMSU, 10/18 4.0 5 times by 4 players


2008 TEAM SUPERLATIVES

Points 61 Boise State vs. Fresno State, 11/28 55 Fresno State at Toledo, 9/20 49 7 times by 3 teamsPoints Scored Kicking 16 Louisiana Tech vs. Idaho, 10/18 14 Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 10/4Touchdowns 8 Boise State vs. Fresno State, 11/28 7 Nevada vs. Grambling State, 8/30 7 Boise State vs. Idaho State, 8/30 7 Fresno State at Toledo, 9/20 7 Nevada at UNLV, 9/27 7 Nevada at Idaho, 10/4 7 Boise State at New Mexico State, 11/1 7 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8 7 Hawai‘i vs. Idaho, 11/22Total Offense-Yards 629 Nevada vs. Grambling State, 8/30 620 Nevada at UNLV, 9/27 600 Nevada at Fresno State, 11/7Total Offense-Plays 89 Boise State at San Jose State, 10/24 86 Nevada vs. Boise State, 11/22 85 Nevada vs. Grambling State, 8/30Total Offense-Yards/Play 8.8 Boise State vs. Idaho State, 8/30 8.7 Utah State vs. Idaho, 9/20 8.5 New Mexico State vs. Alcorn State, 10/4Rushing Yards 472 Nevada at Fresno State, 11/7 444 Nevada at UNLV, 9/27 426 Nevada vs. Grambling State, 8/30Rushing Attempts 61 Nevada at Fresno State, 11/7 59 Louisiana Tech vs. Idaho, 10/18 58 Nevada at UNLV, 9/27Yards Per Rush 8.4 Fresno State vs. Idaho, 10/11 8.3 Boise State at Idaho, 11/15 8.1 Utah State vs. Idaho, 9/20Rushing Touchdowns 7 Nevada vs. Grambling State, 8/30 5 6 times by 4 teamsPassing Yards 486 New Mexico State vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 458 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8 414 Boise State at Nevada, 11/22Passing Attempts 59 New Mexico State vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 51 Nevada vs. Boise State, 11/22 49 Nevada vs. Maryland, 12/30Passing Touchdowns 5 New Mexico State at UTEP, 9/20 5 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8Passes Completed 45 New Mexico State vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 37 New Mexico State at Idaho, 10/25 32 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8Had Intercepted 5 Hawai‘i at Boise State, 10/17 4 Hawai‘i at Florida, 8/30 4 Idaho at Arizona, 8/30 4 Hawai‘i vs. San Jose State, 9/27Pass Completion Percentage 88.5 San Jose State at Stanford, 9/20 79.2 Nevada at Idaho, 10/4 78.7 New Mexico State at Idaho, 10/25Passing Yards/Attempt 13.1 Idaho vs. Idaho State, 9/6 12.1 Boise State vs. Idaho State, 8/30 11.3 Utah State at Louisiana Tech, 11/15Yards Per Catch 19.6 Fresno State at Rutgers, 9/1 18.5 Boise State vs. Idaho State, 8/30 17.1 Nevada vs. Utah State, 10/18

Field Goal Attempts 6 Nevada vs. Texas Tech, 9/6 5 Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 10/4 5 Fresno State vs. Hawai‘i, 10/4 5 Louisiana Tech vs. Idaho, 10/18Field Goals Made 4 Nevada vs. Texas Tech, 9/6 4 Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 10/4 4 Louisiana Tech vs. Idaho, 10/18PAT Kicks Attempted 8 Boise State vs. Fresno State, 11/28 7 8 times by 4 teamsPAT Kicks Made 7 9 times by 4 teams2-Point PAT Attempts 2 Utah State at Louisiana Tech, 11/152-Point PATs Made 1 Hawai‘i vs. Weber State, 9/6 1 Idaho at Fresno State, 10/11 1 Utah State vs. Fresno State, 10/25 1 Hawai‘i at New Mexico State, 11/8 1 Utah State at Louisiana Tech, 11/15Punts 11 San Jose State vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/8 10 Utah State at Oregon, 9/6 10 Utah State at San Jose State, 10/11Yards Punted 437 Utah State at Nevada, 10/18 435 San Jose State vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/8 395 Utah State at San Jose State, 10/11Punting Average 60.0 Boise State vs. Hawai‘i, 10/17 52.8 Idaho at Louisiana Tech, 10/18 52.6 Idaho vs. Western Michigan, 9/13Punt Returns 8 Nevada vs. Utah State, 10/18 6 Boise State at San Jose State, 10/24 6 Boise State at Nevada, 11/22Punt Return Yards 136 Boise State vs. Fresno State, 11/28 99 Louisiana Tech vs. Fresno State, 11/1 91 Fresno State at Louisiana Tech, 11/1 91 Boise State at New Mexico State, 11/1Punt Return Average 45.3 Boise State vs. Fresno State, 11/28 29.7 New Mexico State vs. Alcorn State, 10/4 28.7 Boise State at Idaho, 11/15Punt Return Touchdowns 1 Idaho vs. Idaho State, 9/6 1 Louisiana Tech vs. SE Louisiana, 9/20 1 Fresno State at UCLA, 9/27 1 New Mexico State vs. Alcorn State, 10/4 1 Fresno State at Louisiana Tech, 11/1 1 Louisiana Tech vs. Fresno State, 11/1 1 Boise State at New Mexico State, 11/1 1 Boise State at Idaho, 11/15 1 Fresno State at San Jose State, 11/21 1 Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State, 11/22 1 Boise State vs. Fresno State, 11/28Kick Returns 10 Nevada at Missouri, 9/13 10 Fresno State at Boise State, 11/28 9 Idaho at Louisiana Tech, 10/18Kick Return Yards 254 Fresno State vs. Nevada, 11/7 217 Fresno State at Toledo, 9/20 217 Idaho vs. Nevada, 10/4Kick Return Average 51.3 Hawai‘i at Utah State, 11/1 44.0 Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois, 12/28 36.2 Fresno State at Toledo, 9/20Kick Return Touchdowns 1 Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 10/4 1 Fresno State vs. Nevada, 11/7 1 New Mexico State at Fresno State, 11/15 1 Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois, 12/28

Interceptions 5 Boise State vs. Hawai‘i, 10/17 4 Idaho vs. Idaho State, 9/6 4 San Jose State at Hawai‘i, 9/27Interception Return Yards 133 San Jose State at New Mexico State, 10/18 123 Hawai‘i at New Mexico State, 11/8 105 Louisiana Tech vs. Utah State, 11/15Interception Return Average 61.5 Hawai‘i at New Mexico State, 11/8 44.3 San Jose State at New Mexico State, 10/18 35.0 Louisiana Tech vs. Utah State, 11/15Interception Return Touchdowns 2 San Jose State at New Mexico State, 10/18 2 Louisiana Tech vs. Utah State, 11/15 2 Nevada vs. Boise State, 11/22Fumbles Lost 3 Utah State vs. Brigham Young, 10/3 3 New Mexico State vs. Alcorn State, 10/4 3 Fresno State vs. Hawai‘i, 10/4 3 Nevada at Hawai‘i, 10/25 3 Utah State at Boise State, 11/8 3 Hawai‘i at New Mexico State, 11/8Fumbles Recovered 3 New Mexico State at UTEP, 9/20 3 Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 10/4 3 Louisiana Tech at Army, 10/25 3 Hawai‘i vs. Nevada, 10/25 3 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8 3 New Mexico State vs. Hawai‘i, 11/8Sacked By Opponent 9 San Jose State at Stanford, 9/20 8 Hawai‘i vs. Notre Dame, 12/24Quarterback Sacks 7 Boise State vs. Hawai‘i, 10/17 7 Hawai‘i vs. Idaho, 11/22Turnovers Committed 6 Hawai‘i at Florida, 8/30 6 Hawai‘i vs. San Jose State, 9/27 6 Fresno State vs. Hawai‘i, 10/4 6 Utah State at Boise State, 11/8Turnovers Caused 6 San Jose State at Hawai‘i, 9/27 6 Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 10/4 6 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8Kicks Blocked 2 Idaho vs. Idaho State, 9/6 2 Fresno State vs. Wisconsin, 9/13 2 Utah State vs. Hawai‘i, 11/1 2 Fresno State at Boise State, 11/28First Downs 30 Louisiana Tech vs. Idaho, 10/18 29 Nevada vs. Grambling State, 8/30 29 Nevada at Fresno State, 11/7 29 Boise State at Idaho, 11/15 29 Nevada at Louisiana Tech, 11/29First Downs-Rushing 22 Nevada at Fresno State, 11/7 21 Louisiana Tech vs. Idaho, 10/18 20 Nevada at UNLV, 9/27First Downs-Passing 23 New Mexico State vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/22 20 New Mexico State at Nevada, 10/11First Downs-Penalty 5 Utah State vs. Brigham Young, 10/3 5 Nevada at Louisiana Tech, 11/29 5 Boise State vs. TCU, 12/23Penalties 13 Hawai‘i vs. Louisiana Tech, 10/11 13 Utah State at Boise State, 11/8 12 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8Penalty Yards 127 Hawai‘i vs. Louisiana Tech, 10/11 122 Utah State at Boise State, 11/8 115 Hawai‘i vs. San Jose State, 9/27 115 Boise State vs. Utah State, 11/8

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