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2007 Pre-Spring Football Prospectus

#6 WR Kevin Robinson

#58 DE Ben Calderwood 2006 Second-Team All-WAC

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2007 Utah State Schedule Date Opponent Aug. 30 UNLV (Thursday) Sept. 8 at Wyoming Sept. 15 at Oklahoma Sept. 22 SAN JOSE STATE* Sept. 29 at Utah Oct. 6 at Hawai'i* Oct. 13 Bye Oct. 20 NEVADA* Oct. 27 LOUISIANA TECH* Nov. 3 at Fresno State* Nov. 10 BOISE STATE* Nov. 17 at New Mexico State* Nov. 24 at Idaho* * - WAC game *****

2006 Utah State (1-11, 1-7 WAC) Date Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25

Opponent Time/Result at Wyoming L 7-38 at Arkansas L 0-20 UTAH L 0-48 at Brigham Young L 0-38 IDAHO* L 21-41 FRESNO STATE* W 13-12 at San Jose State* L 14-21 at Louisiana Tech* L 35-48 Bye Week HAWAI'I* L 10-63 at Nevada* L 0-42 at Boise State* (#13) L 10-49 NEW MEXICO STATE* L 20-42 *****

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Location: Logan, Utah Founded: 1888 Enrollment: 23,908 President: Stan Albrecht (Brigham Young, 1966) Director of Athletics: Randy Spetman (Air Force, 1976) Conference: Western Athletic Conference (Third Year) Nickname: Aggies Colors: Navy Blue and White Stadium: Romney (25,513) Playing Surface: Artificial (Sprinturf, installed 2004) Head Coach: Brent Guy (Oklahoma State, 1983) Record at USU: 4-19 (two seasons) Overall Record: Same 2006 Overall Record: 1-11 2006 WAC Record: 1-7 (tie 8th) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: 4-3 Lettermen Returning: 37 Offense: 15 Defense: 22 Special Teams: 1 (Leon Jackson, who also lettered on offense) Lettermen Lost: 11 Offense: 9 Defense: 2 Special Teams: 0 Starters Returning: 19 Offense: 7 Defense: 11 Special Teams: 1 Starters Lost: 5 Offense: 4 Defense: 0 Special Teams: 1

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2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL Returning Lettermen

Offense (15) FB Jimmy Bohm (3L) WR Xavier Bowman (1L) TE Will Fausel (3L) WR Nnamdi Gwacham (1L) OT Derek Hoke (2L) QB Leon Jackson III (3L) OG Pace Jorgensen (3L) TB Aaron Lesue (1L) OL Brennan McFadden (1L) OT Shawn Murphy (1L) TE Rob Myers (2L) WR Otis Nelson (2L) WR Kevin Robinson (3L) WR Omar Sawyer (1L) OL Ryan Tonnemacher (2L) Defense (22) LB Josh Anderson (3L) DL Alan Bishop (1L) S James Brindley (1L) DL Ben Calderwood (2L) CB Marquise Charles (2L) DT Ben Childs (3L) LB Derrick Cumbee (1L) LB Daryl Fields (2L) DE Dabry Golden (1L) LB Devon Hall (2L) DL Bevan Howard (2L) LB Jake Hutton (2L) LB Paul Igboeli (1L) DL Frank Maile (3L) CB Kejon Murphy (1L) DL Jon Overton (1L) CB Drew Pearson (1L) DT E.J. Reid (3L) DL Carl Singleton (1L) S Antonio Taylor (3L) S Caleb Taylor (2L) CB Josh Taylor (2L) Special Teams (1) P Leon Jackson III (3L)

Lettermen Lost Offense (9) FB Ryan Bohm (2L) OG Malik Cin (4L) TB Marcus Cross (1L) OC Brent DeLadurantey (2L) TB Antraun McDaniel (1L) QB Riley Nelson (1L) WR Tarell Richards (3L) OL Taylor Wallace (1L) OL Ryan Wilson (1L) Defense (2) DL Kerry Shepherd (1L) S Terrance Washington (4L)

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Returning Starters Offense (7) LT Shawn Murphy... One of five Aggies to start every game on the season… Manned the left tackle spot in every game… One of three Aggies to play at least 700 offensive plays on the season. LG Ryan Tonnemacher... Started all 12 games at left guard… His 741 offensive plays tied with center Brent DeLadurantey for most on the offense… His 752 total plays, including special teams, tied for second on the team. RG Pace Jorgensen... His 27 career starts are the most on the team... Started 11 of 12 games, missing only the Louisiana Tech game due to injury… Had started 18 consecutive games before the LTU contest. TE Rob Myers... Caught 10 passes for 125 yards on the year… Five of his first eight receptions were for at least 15 yards… Had a season-long 28-yarder at Louisiana Tech. WR Otis Nelson... Started seven games during the year and played some games with a broken hand… Tied for second on the team with 27 receptions for 238 yards. WR Kevin Robinson... Led the team with 36 receptions for 582 yards and five touchdowns… Produced two 100-yard receiving games with a career-best 141 at Louisiana Tech and 101 in the season finale against New Mexico State. FB Jimmy Bohm... Started six games playing as a tight end and fullback… Caught four passes for 16 yards and one touchdown… Rushed three times for seven yards. Others with at least three starts: QB Leon Jackson (started first five games and played extensively in season finale), WR Xavier Bowman (four starts). Defense (11) DE Darby Golden... Started the final three games of the season while playing in all 12 contests… Made 18 tackles on the year, including 5.5 for loss, which ranked third on the team DT Frank Maile... Started eight games at defensive tackle, including the first three games… Was credited with 26 tackles on the season… Had 4.5 tackles for loss, a figure that tied for third on the team. DT Ben Childs... Started the final six games of the year at defensive tackle… Had 19 tackles with two for loss, including a sack… Recorded a season-best six tackles at Nevada. DE Ben Calderwood... Named second-team all-WAC… Earned WAC Defensive Player of the Week honors against Fresno State… Had nine tackles against the Bulldogs for the most by an Aggie lineman since 2003… Started seven games beginning with his first collegiate start at Arkansas… Suffered a hand injury, which forced him out of two games, but he returned to play the final two contests… Led USU’s defensive linemen with 44 tackles despite missing two games… Was second on the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and tied for second in sacks with two. LB Devon Hall... Started 10 games, while playing in 11 on the year… Finished third on the team with 68 tackles… Recovered three fumbles on the season and returned one 64 yards for a score at Boise State… His 4.5 tackles for loss tied for fourth on the team… Best tackle games were season opener at Wyoming and season finale against New Mexico State when he had nine. LB Jake Hutton... Started the first four games before suffering a season-ending foot injury against BYU… Was the team’s leading tackler through three games with 27 stops… Had 10 against Utah, nine at Wyoming and eight at Arkansas. LB Paul Igboeli... Earned Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year honors… Started the final eight games of the season… Was second on the team with 69 tackles (Antonio Taylor led with 74)… Was the leading freshman tackler in the Western Athletic Conference… Ranked 15th in the league overall… Ranked eighth in the WAC in tackles for loss with 8.5… Had three sacks… Forced fumbles on two of his sacks and they were returned for touchdowns by USU against Louisiana Tech and Boise State… In eight league games, all starts, he averaged 8.1 tackles per game… Had three double-digit tackle games including 17 at Louisiana Tech, 10 at Boise State and 10 vs. New Mexico State. CB Kejon Murphy... Moved into the starting lineup for the final four games of the season… Played in 11 games as he did not see action in the season opener at



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL 2006 Stat Rankings (Final)

Team Rushing Offense Passing Offense Total Offense Scoring Offense

Avg. 114.75 139.67 254.42 10.83

Rushing Defense Passing Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense

186.83 249.17 436.00 38.50

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111 112 116 117

32.07 5.29 18.42 -0.50

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106 108 93 93

Net Punting Punt Returns Kickoff Returns TO Margin

Individual Avg. TB Marcus Cross Rushing 59.09 LB DEVON HALL Fumbles Rec. 0.27 LB PAUL IGBOELI Tackles For Loss 0.77 Fumbles Forced 0.18 QB LEON JACKSON Punting 37.72 Pass. Eff. 84.80 WR KEVIN ROBINSON Kickoff Returns 20.68 All-Purpose 111.00 S Terrance Washington Passes Defended 0.75 Fumbles Forced 0.17

WAC NCAA 7 87 9 111 9 114 9 117

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RETURNING PLAYERS IN ALL CAPS *****

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Wyoming… Recorded 21 tackles on the year. SS Caleb Taylor... Started all 12 games at safety… His 606 defensive plays were the most on the team… His 64 tackles were fourth on the team… Led the team with two interceptions and forced two fumbles on the year. FS Antonio Taylor... Became the first non-linebacker to lead the team in tackles since defensive end Rulon Jones led in 1978… Recorded 74 tackles on the year… Returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown in the season opener at Wyoming, for USU’s only score in the first four games… Broke up six passes, second on the team… Best tackle game was 13 at Louisiana Tech. CB Marquise Charles... One of five Aggies to start all 12 games… Recorded 36 tackles from his cornerback position… Broke up four passes… Added 1.5 tackles for loss. Others with at least three starts: DE Bevan Howard (started first nine games before coming off bench), DT E.J. Reid (started first four games before coming off bench), DE Carl Singleton (started last four games after Calderwood suffered injury), LB Derrick Cumbee (startred five games in the middle of the season), LB Daryl Fields (started final three games as well as five total), CB Drew Pearson (started first seven games before coming off the bench). Kickers (1) P Leon Jackson III... Served as team’s punter and averaged 37.7 yards on 74 punts… His 74 punts were the most by an Aggie since 1989… Landed 16 punts inside the 20 and had eight 50-plus yard punts, including a 64-yarder at Boise State and a 61-yarder against Idaho.

Starters Lost Offense (4) OC Brent DeLadurantey... Started all 11 games at center in 2006. OT Malik Cin... Was a second-team all-WAC selection... Started games in all four seasons. TB Marcus Cross... Led team in rushing with 650 yards in only season on team... Transferred to be closer to home in Texas. QB Riley Nelson... Started final seven games as a true freshman and threw for 925 yards and rushed for 290... Left on LDS Church Mission and will return for the 2009 season. Defense (0) None Kickers (1) Bryan Shields... Made two of four field goals, including a long of 46 yards.

Returning Statistical Leaders

Category Top Returnees Key Losses Rushing QB Leon Jackson III (56-105) TB Marcus Cross (176-650) QB Riley Nelson (79-290) TB Antraun McDaniel (66-236) Passing QB Leon Jackson III (73-150, 694) QB Riley Nelson (77-139, 925) Receiving WR Kevin Robinson (36-582) TB Marcus Cross (27-211) WR Otis Nelson (27-238) Tackles S Antonio Taylor (74) None LB Paul Igboeli (69) LB Devon Hall (68) S Caleb Taylor (64) Interceptions S Caleb Taylor (2) None Punting P Leon Jackson III (37.7 avg.) Field Goals None PK Bryan Shields (2 of 4)



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL 2006 WAC Standings

Team Conf. Overall Boise State 8-0 13-0 Hawai'i 7-1 11-3 San Jose State 5-3 9-4 Nevada 5-3 8-5 Fresno State 4-4 4-8 Idaho 3-5 4-8 New Mexico State 2-6 4-8 Louisiana Tech 1-7 3-10 UTAH STATE 1-7 1-11

WAC In Bowl Games New Mexico Bowl San Jose State 20, New Mexico 12 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl Hawai'i 41, Arizona State 24 MPC Computers Bowl Miami 21, Nevada 20 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Boise State 43, Oklahoma 42 (OT)

2006 Preseason WAC Poll

Teams Media Coaches Boise State 1 1 Fresno State 2 2 Nevada 3 3 Hawai'i 4 4 Louisiana Tech 5 5 San Jose State 6 6 UTAH STATE 7 7 Idaho 8 7 New Mexico State 9 9

2005 WAC Standings

Team Conf. Overall Boise State 7-1 9-4 Nevada 7-1 9-3 Fresno State 6-2 8-5 Louisiana Tech 6-2 7-4 Hawai'i 4-4 5-7 UTAH STATE 2-6 3-8 San Jose State 2-6 3-8 Idaho 2-6 2-9 New Mexico State 0-8 0-12

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2007 Aggies With 2006 Honors

DT Ben Calderwood - Second-team all-WAC LB Paul Igboeli - WAC Freshman of the Year / Honorable Mention Freshman All- America (The Sporting News)

2007 Aggies in 2006 NCAA Statistics

P Leon Jackson III - 91st in punting (37.72) WR Kevin Robinson - 42nd in all-purpose (111.00), 71st in kickoff returns (20.68)

2007 Note-able

• Utah State’s new endzone complex will house new lockerrooms, a training room and a equipment room and will be ready prior to the start of the season. • Brent Guy has played 36 freshmen in his first two years, including 20 in 2005 and 16 last season. • Utah State returns 11 starters on defense, as well as six other players that started at least three games on that side of the ball. • Utah State returns its top four tackle leaders from last season and all of them recorded at least 60 tackles. In addition, 20 of USU’s top 21 tacklers return. • USU played four schools that finished the season ranked in the top 25 and will meet three in 2007 in Boise State (5th), Oklahoma (11th) and Hawai’I (24th). • This season USU will meet six teams that played in bowl games in 2006 after playing seven that reached bowl games last year. • Linebacker Paul Igboeli was named the WAC Freshman of the Year last season. He averaged 8.1 tackles per WAC game. • Kevin Robinson enters the year with 123 receptions (11th in USU history), 1,845 yards (10th) and 16 touchdown catches (eighth). His 21.86 career kickoff return average is seventh at USU and he has four returns for scores (three punt returns and one kickoff return).

2006 Note-able

• Utah State finished its second season in the WAC with a 1-11 overall and 1-7 conference record. • The Aggies played eight opponents that were bowl eligible in Wyoming, Arkansas, Utah, Brigham Young, San Jose State, Hawai'i, Nevada and Boise State. All except Wyoming played in a bowl game • USU played four schools that were ranked in the top 25 of the Associated Press or Coaches polls at the end of the year in #5/6 Boise State, #15/16 Arkansas, #16/15 Brigham Young, and RV/24 Hawai'i, as well as RV/-- San Jose State. • USU faced some of the best offenses in the country, including four schools ranked in the top 10 in total offense in #1 Hawai'i, #3 New Mexico State, #4 Brigham Young, and #10 Boise State. Other top 50-ranked opponents include #29 Arkansas, #41 Utah, #46 Nevada, and #47 San Jose State. • Top 50 defenses USU faced last year include #9 Wyoming, #14 Boise State, #26 Arkansas, #38 Brigham Young, #42 Utah, and #48 Nevada. • USU's 12 games matched the most in school history tying the 12 games played in 1993, 1997 and 2003. • USU's 1-11 record marked the fewest victories since 1984 (1-10) and the most losses in school history (the 1984 team lost 10). • USU changed offensive coordinators prior to the Idaho game (game #5). Mike Santiago resigned his postion and left the program and wide receivers coach Greg Stevens served the remainder of the year as the interim coordinator. • Ten Aggies finished their playing careers at USU last year. Among that group only six played, including three starters, in the final game. • Only five Aggies started every game last season in CB Marquise Charles, OC Brent DeLadurantey, OG Ryan Tonnemacher, S Caleb Taylor and OT Shawn Murphy. DeLadruantey is the only one of those not returning for 2007. • Junior S Antonio Taylor became the first non-linebacker to lead the Aggies in tackles since DE Rulon Jones led in 1978 as he had 74 tackles last season. • Freshman QB Riley Nelson became the first USU quarterback to lead the team to a win in his first start since 1992 when the Aggies beat Fresno State. • Nelson's 925 passing yards were the third most by a freshman in school history. • Junior college transfer TB Marcus Cross ran for 100 yards in his second game (103



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL QB Leon Jackson III Career Game-by-Game

2004 (Fr.) G# Opponent #1 at Alabama #3 Utah #5 at Troy #6 North Texas #7 at Clemson #8 at Mid. Tenn. #9 at UL-Monroe #10 at Arkansas St.

A-C-I Yds. 4-1-0 43 7-5-0 52 1-1-0 116 0-0-0 0 4-3-0 63 4-4-0 47 4-2-0 15 22-10-1 168

2005 (So.) G# Opponent #1 at Utah #2 UNLV #3 at Idaho #4 San Jose St. #5 at Fresno State #6 Boise State #7 at Alabama #8 La. Tech #9 at Hawai'i #10 Nevada #11 at N.M. State

A-C-I Yds. TD 25-12-1 95 0 25-19-0 212 2 26-14-3 157 1 26-17-0 200 2 19-12-1 128 0 29-16-0 206 3 28-11-1 147 0 44-27-0 372 0 7- 4-0 30 0 Did Not Play - Inj. Did Not Play - Inj.

2006 (Jr.) G# Opponent #1 at Wyoming #2 at Arkansas #3 Utah #4 at BYU #5 Idaho #9 Hawai'i #10 at Nevada #11 at Boise State #12 N.M. State

A-C-I 22-10-1 28-11-0 15- 4-2 24-14-1 24-16-2 2- 0-0 6- 3-1 4- 3-0 25-12-0

Yds. 74 114 39 90 136 0 37 58 146

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

WR Kevin Robinson Career Game-by-Game

2004 (Fr.) G# Opponent #1 at Alabama #2 Idaho #3 Utah #4 at UNLV #5 at Troy #6 North Texas #7 at Clemson #8 at Mid. Tenn. #9 at UL-Monroe #10 at Arkansas St. #11 N.M. State

Rec. 5 5 7 1 0 2 4 7 2 5 6

Yds. 58 106 70 8 0 23 85 63 19 116 54

TD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

2005 (So.) G# Opponent #1 at Utah #2 UNLV #3 at Idaho #4 San Jose St. #5 at Fresno State #6 Boise State #7 at Alabama #8 La. Tech #9 at Hawai'i #10 Nevada #11 at N.M. State

Rec. 2 2 3 5 4 3 2 9 3 7 3

Yds. 8 22 42 91 99 30 44 131 30 116 48

TD 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

2006 (Jr.) G# Opponent #1 at Wyoming #2 at Arkansas #3 Utah #4 at BYU #5 Idaho #6 Fresno State #7 at San Jose St. #8 at La. Tech #9 Hawai'i #10 at Nevada #11 at Boise State #12 N.M. State

Rec. 3 3 0 2 0 3 4 6 5 3 3 4

Yds. 41 11 0 14 0 45 47 141 84 40 58 101

TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1

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at Arkansas) for the quickest to get to 100 by an Aggie since 1990. • Cross's 650 rushing yards were the most by an Aggie back in the last three years. • Freshman LB Paul Igboeli was second on the team with 69 tackles averaging 8.1 tackles in the eight games he started (last eight games of the year).

HEAD COACH BRENT GUY -- Brent Guy (Oklahoma State, 1983) enters his

third year as head coach after coming to Utah State from Arizona State where he was the defensive coordinator for four years. Guy was an assistant coach (linebackers) at Utah State from 1992-94 under then head coach Charlie Weatherbie. During that time, USU posted its only bowl victory in school history, claiming the 1993 Las Vegas Bowl. Guy was involved in eight bowl games in 19 years as a collegiate assistant coach. Previous stops include Oklahoma State (1986-91 - graduate assistant 1986-87, recruiting coordinator 1988, linebackers 1989-91), Utah State (1992-94 - linebackers), Oklahoma State (1995-97 - linebackers), Boise State (19982000 - defensive coordinator) and Arizona State (2001-04 - defensive coordinator) before being named the Aggies' 25th head coach in December of 2004. In his first year at USU, the Aggies were 3-8 overall and 2-6 in the Western Athletic Conference. Last season, USU posted marks of 1-11 and 1-7. Utah State Head Coach 2005 2006 Total

All 3-8 1-11 4-19

Assistant Totals Record Oklahoma State (1986-91, 95-97) 51-51-1 Utah State (1992-94) 15-19-0 Boise State (1998-99) 26-10-0 Arizona State (2001-04) 13-19-0 Totals (19 years) 118-103-1

WAC 2-6 1-7 3-13 Notes 3 Bowls 1 Bowl 2 Bowls, 2 10-win seasons 2 Bowls 8 Bowls, 10 winning seasons

AGGIE ASSISTANT COACHES -- Utah State has made just one change on

its coaching staff as former North Texas head coach Darrell Dickey has joined the staff as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Midway through the 2006 season, that position was vacated by Mike Santiago, who resigned after the fifth game. Greg Stevens, who was the wide receivers coach, took over the coordinator job on an interim basis for the rest of the season. Stevens has returned to his wide receivers position this season. Off. Coord./QB - Darrell Dickey (Kansas State, 1984, 1st Year)... Former head coach at North Texas for previous nine seasons. Wide Receivers - Greg Stevens (Eastern Oregon, 1992, 3rd Year)... Former offensive coordinator at S.F. Austin. Running Backs - Shaun Johnson (Utah State, 1995, 2nd Year)... Former Aggie wide receiver, coached Division I-AA rushing leader at Brown in 2005. Tight Ends - Tracy Smith (LSU, 2003, 2nd Year)... Worked with LSU quarterbacks in 2005. Is son of former NFL assistant coach Carl Smith. Offensive Line - Vance Vice (Oklahoma State, 1990, 3rd Year)... As an Oklahoma State tight end was the key to Barry Sanders winning the Heisman in 1988. Def. Coord./LB - Mark Johnson (UC Davis, 1990, 3rd Year)... Has coached at four different WAC schools (San Jose State, Boise State, Nevada and USU). Def. Line - Danilo Robinson (Utah State, 1997, 3rd Year)... Holds USU single-game sacks record with five vs. San Jose State in 1995. Safeties - Jeff Copp (Boise State, 2001, 3rd Year)... Was an all-conference defensive end while playing at Boise State. Cornerbacks - John Rushing (Washington State, 1995, 5th Year)... Was a freshman All-America corner at Washington State. Older brother of USU WR Kevin Robinson. GA - Mike McMahon (Carroll, 2004, 3rd Year)... Helped coach Carroll College to three national championship appearances. GA - Tony Flores (Utah State, 2nd Year)... Moved up from serving as a work study in the football office in 2005.



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL USU'S 2006 Top Individual Performances

Rushing 1. Marcus Cross 2. Marcus Cross 3. Marcus Cross

127 at BYU 103 at Arkansas 93 vs. Fresno St.

Passing 1. Riley Nelson 2. Riley Nelson 3. Leon Jackson 4. Riley Nelson

249 at La. Tech 225 vs. Hawai'i 146 vs. N.M. State 145 at S.J. State

Receiving 1. Kevin Robinson 2. Kevin Robinson 3. Kevin Robinson 3. Otis Nelson

141 at La. Tech 101 vs. N.M. State 84 vs. Hawai'i 72 at S.J. State

Tackles 1. Paul Igboeli 2. Derrick Cumbee 3. Paul Igboeli 3. Derrick Cumbee 3. Jake Hutton

17 at La. Tech 11 at BYU 10 vs. NMSU/BSU 10 at S.J. State 10 vs. Utah

USU'S 2006 Top Team Performances Offense

Rushing 1. 156 at San Jose State 2. 147 vs. Fresno State 3. 137 vs. Hawai'i Passing 1. 249 at Louisiana Tech 2. 225 vs. Hawai'i 3. 197 vs. New Mexico State Total Offense 1. 373 at Louisiana Tech 2. 362 vs. Hawai'i 3. 332 vs. New Mexico State

Defense

Rushing 1. 86 vs. Hawai'i 2. 123 at San Jose State 3. 128 vs. Idaho Passing 1. 140 at Nevada 2. 155 vs. Fresno State 3. 178 at Arkansas Total Defense 1. 316 vs. Idaho 2. 319 vs. Fresno State 3. 342 at Nevada

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RECORD BOOK LOOK -- Here is a look at where some Aggies put their names in the USU record books last season.

Career Receiving Touchdowns - 8. Kevin Robinson (16) Season Passing Yards by a Freshman - 3. Riley Nelson (925) Game Completion Pct. - 1. Riley Nelson (87.5 percent - 21 of 24 vs. San Jose State)

YOUTH SERVED... AGAIN -- USU head coach Brent Guy is in the process

of rebuilding the Aggie football program and is doing it by recruiting high school players, who will be in the program for four or five years. In 2005 the Aggies played 20 freshmen and had 12 start at least one game. In 2006, USU played 16 freshmen, including nine who started at least one game. Freshmen who started at least half of the season included LB Paul Igboeli (8 games) and QB Riley Nelson (7). Nelson led the team in passing yards (925) and was second in rushing (290). Igboeli was second on the team in tackles with 69.

YOUTH NOTE-ABLE -- Here are a couple more notes about USU's youth:

Among the players who started at least one game last season were nine freshmen, 15 sophomores, 15 juniors and just five seniors... There was only one senior who led USU in a statistical category last year (S Terrance Washington led with eight passes broken up).

OFFENSIVE NOTES -- USU's 114.8 rushing yards per game were its second most

in the last five years (ran for 117.0 in 2005)... USU ran for at least 100 yards in eight of the last nine games, including a string of seven straight (the most consecutive since 1997)... USU's 139.7 passing yards per game were its fewest since 1986 (122.5)... USU threw for 200 yards in just two games (249 at Louisiana Tech and 225 vs. Hawai'i)... USU's 254.4 yards of total offense per game were the Aggies' fewest since 1986 (192.0)... USU produced 300 or more yards in just five games, but four of those came in the final six games of the season... USU's offense did not produce a touchdown in the first four games of the season (the lone score in that time was an interception return for a score by Antonio Taylor against Wyoming)... USU was shutout four times on the year for the first time since 1939... USU's 130 points were its fewest since the 1958 team scored 123... USU had its first five interceptions thrown returned for touchdowns... The opponent's defense scored eight times on the year including six interception returns, one fumble return and one safety.

DEFENSIVE NOTES -- USU allowed more than 400 yards of total offense in eight games on the season... The opponents scored at least 40 points in each of the last five games of the year... USU's top four tacklers and 20 of top 21 tacklers were juniors or younger... Seven of the opponents' touchdowns this year were scored by their defense against the Aggie offense.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES -- With a 46-yard field goal by Bryan Shields against

Hawai'i in week nine, USU became the last team in the NCAA to make a field goal this year... Shields added the Aggies' second and final field goal of the year at Boise State in week 11.



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

Utah State Football Pre-Spring Outlook Utah State will enter the third year of the Brent Guy era as a team, which is once again young, but has experience. The Aggies return 19 starters and 37 lettermen overall and will look to improve on last year’s 1-11 record. As per usual, USU will face a daunting non-conference schedule, which features three straight road games at Wyoming, Oklahoma and Utah. USU’s lone home non-conference game will be its season opener against UNLV. In all, the Aggies will meet three teams that finished last year in the top 25 in Boise State (fifth), Oklahoma (11th) and Hawai’I (24th).

Offense New offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Darrell Dickey will see the return of seven starters and 15 total lettermen on the offensive side of the ball as he takes over this spring. Among the returnees are a host of skilled position players as well as three starters on the offensive line.

Quarterbacks

Leon Jackson III started the first five games at quarterback before being replaced by Riley Nelson, but Nelson has left on an LDS Church Mission and Jackson appears to be the leading contender to regain the position. Jackson completed 73 of 150 attempts for 694 yards and three touchdowns, but had seven interceptions. He is the team’s leading returning rusher with 105 yards last season. He came off the bench in the last four games, seeing extensive action in the season finale against New Mexico State. In that game he hit 12 of 25 passes for 146 and two scores with no interceptions. Jackson was the starter in 2005 and threw for 1,547 yards and rushed for 328 more. He will be pushed this spring by junior college transfer Sean Setzer. Setzer threw for 2,034 yards at Garden City (Kan.) JC last season. Mike Affleck, Jase McCormick and Tom Mix could push for time as well as all three were in the program a year ago.

Running Backs

Last year Marcus Cross showed signs of becoming a solid running back for the Aggies as he rushed for 650 yards. However, the senior-to-be decided to transfer to be closer to his wife and child in Texas and the tailback position is up for grabs. Redshirt freshmen Derrvin Speight and Jacob Actkinson and true freshman Curtis Marsh, appear to be the leaders in earning the starting position. Two returning players saw action here last year, but both were thrown in in emergency situations. Aaron Lesue, a wide receiver, was converted to tailback for the last two games and rushed 16 times for 51 yards. Chris Forbes, who led the Aggies in rushing in 2004, spent last season as a backup safety before playing in the season finale and carrying one time for a three-yard touchdown. The fullback position is also open and the leading contenders for the position are Actkinson as well as Josh Anderson, who spent 2006 as a linebacker.

7 Wide Receivers

Kevin Robinson, one of the WAC’s biggest playmakers, leads a group of talented returnees at the wide receiver positions. The senior-to-be led the team with 36 receptions for 582 yards and five touchdowns. He produced two 100yard games in the last half of the year. He will be joined by Otis Nelson, who was second on the team with 27 catches for 238 yards and one score, as well as Xavier Bowman (6-74), Omar Sawyer (5-51), and Nnamdi Gwacham (3-41), who all saw action last year. In addition Tarell Richards (1078) could be eligible in the fall after applying for a medical hardship.

Tight Ends

The Aggies boast three players with experience at this position in Rob Myers, Jimmy Bohm and Will Fausel. Myers led the group with 10 catches for 125 yards last season, while Bohm, four catches for 16 yards, and Fausel, no receptions, excelled as blockers. Both Bohm and Fausel are threeyear letterwinners, while Myers has earned two letters.

Offensive Line

Three starters return along the offensive line in tackle Shawn Murphy and guards Ryan Tonnemacher and Pace Jorgensen. Jorgensen has a team-best 27 career starts, while both Murphy and Tonnemacher started all 12 games a year ago. In addition, Derek Hoke, who has started five games in the last two seasons, is expected to break into the lineup at one tackle position. Murphy could be moved to a guard position to make way for redshirt Spencer Johnson, while Tonnemacher is moving from guard to center.

Defense Utah State returns 11 starters as well as six other players who started at least three games last season. Even with last year’s experience, the group is still very young with just four of the returning players listed as seniors this year. In 2006, USU faced four offenses that were ranked in the top 10 in total offense, as well as nine opponents whose offenses were in the national top 50.

Defensive Line

Three seniors, all three-year letterwinners, should rotate in the interior in Ben Childs, Frank Maile, and E.J. Reid. Maile started eight games last year, Childs six and Reid four. Reid led the group with 29 tackles, including three for loss, while Maile added 26 tackles, including 4.5 for loss and Childs made 19 stops, including one sack. Alan Bishop, who saw action last year as well, will figure into the mix. On the ends, Ben Calderwood, a second-team all-WAC selection last year, will lead a group which also includes Carl Singleton, Bevan Howard, Darby Golden, Jon Overton. Calderwood missed two games with a hand injury, but still managed to record 44 tackles, including 6.5 for loss on the year. His 44 stops led the Aggie linemen and were eighth on the team. Singleton came on late last year and recorded two sacks, while Howard had 16 tackles in nine starts, Golden made 18 stops and Overton added 10 tackles. Others that could figure in, include freshman Junior Keiaho and redshirts Nathan Royster and Brian Mason.



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This group battled injuries in 2006, but has gained experience in the last two years. Middle linebacker Jake Hutton, a third-team freshman All-America by the Sporting News in 2005, returns after missing two-thirds of last year with a foot injury. He had a team-best 87 tackles in 2005 and was leading the team through four games last year before being injured. Paul Igboeli was the WAC Freshman of the Year after registering 69 tackles, a figure that ranked first among all WAC freshmen as well as 15th overall. Igboeli also added eight tackles for loss, which ranked eighth in the WAC. Devon Hall, a two-year starter, was third on the team with 68 tackles, while recording 4.5 tackles for loss, one interception, three pass break ups and three fumble recoveries. Derrick Cumbee started five games in the middle of the season in his first year and finished with 48 tackles, while Daryl Fields started five games and had 45 stops. Look for junior college transfer Deshon Benton to see playing time as well.

Secondary

8 Special Teams

USU features one of the nation’s most dangerous return men in Kevin Robinson. In his Aggie career he has returned three punts and one kickoff for scores. In 2004 he earned freshman All-America honors as a return man by the FWAA and The Sporting News and was the first-team all-conference return specialist. USU returns its punter from last year in quarterback Leon Jackson III. Jackson averaged 37.7 yards per punt last season, placing 16 of his 74 boots inside the opponent 20yard line. He also had eight 50-plus yard punts, including a season-long of 64. Jackson also handled the punting duties as a freshman in 2004 and averaged 42.3 yards per kick with a long of 67. The place-kicking chores will be handled by a newcomer as Bryan Shields, who hit two of four attempts last year and Justin Hamblin, who was zero for one, are no longer on the team. USU signed Peter Caldwell from Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah, but he will not arrive on campus until the summer.

The entire starting secondary returns in tact and two others gained plenty of experience last year. Manning the corners are Marquise Charles and Kejon Murphy, with experienced players Drew Pearson (seven starts last year) and Joshua Taylor expected to see plenty of playing time. Charles recorded 36 tackles and four passes broken up, while Murphy, who started the final four games, had 21 tackles. Pearson started seven games and had 34 tackles, one interception and four passes broken up. Taylor broke up two passes and made 17 tackles. Others that should see action at the corners include redshirts Sidney Allen and Geno Odong. The safety positions boast Antonio Taylor and Caleb Taylor. Antonio Taylor became the first non-linebacker to lead USU in tackles in a season since 1978 as he recorded 74 tackles a year ago. He also returned an interception for a touchdown against Wyoming and had six passes broken up on the year. Caleb Taylor was fourth on the team with 64 stops and led the team with two interceptions, while also forcing two fumbles. James Brindley saw some playing time, while USU will also look to highly touted junior college transfer Roy Hurst as well as redshirt Maxim Dinka and freshman Walter McClenton.



A depth chart will not be released until the completion of spring practice.



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2007 Utah State Alphabetical Football Roster (Pre-Spring, as of March 2) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. 32 Jacob Actkinson TB/FB 6-0 217 Fr. RS 8 Mike Affleck QB 6-3 240 Sr. SQ 29 Sidney Allen CB 6-1 173 Fr. RS 42 Josh Anderson FB 6-1 240 Sr. 3L 80 Doug Barbour TE 6-4 229 Fr. RS 18 Maurice Bates CB 6-1 192 Fr. RS 44 Deshon Benton LB 5-10 222 Jr. JC 96 Alan Bishop DL 6-5 278 So. 1L 88 Jimmy Bohm FB 6-2 286 Sr. 3L 17 Xavier Bowman WR 6-2 195 So. 1L 26 James Brindley S 5-10 190 So. 1L 25 Adrian Bybee CB 5-10 188 So. SQ 58 Ben Calderwood DL 6-2 268 Jr. 2L 50 Andy Carlsen LB 6-0 225 So. SQ 3 Marquise Charles CB 5-8 177 Jr. 2L 93 Ben Childs DT 5-11 261 Sr. 3L 66 Gregg Clark OL 6-4 279 Jr. JC 40 Derrick Cumbee LB 6-1 209 Jr. 1L 20 Maxim Dinka LB 5-11 207 So. RS 37 Colton Erickson TB 5-8 188 So. 84 Will Fausel TE 6-3 268 Sr. 3L 47 Daryl Fields LB 5-7 205 Jr. 2L 2 Chris Forbes TB 5-11 206 Sr. 2L 46 Darby Golden DE 6-1 244 So. 1L 62 Mike Green OL 6-5 302 Sr. 11 Chase Griffiths WR 6-1 201 Fr. RS 81 Nnamdi Gwacham WR 6-3 208 So. 1L 45 Devon Hall LB 6-3 216 Jr. 2L 83 Tony Harkey WR 6-1 188 Fr. RS 2 Chase Harris QB 5-11 180 Fr. HS 60 Corey Hobbs DL 6-1 227 Fr. HS 77 Derek Hoke OT 6-9 310 Jr. 2L 97 Bevan Howard DL 6-0 254 Jr. 2L 1 Roy Hurst DB 5-9 189 Jr. JC 19 Jake Hutton LB 6-0 229 Jr. 2L 31 Paul Igboeli LB 6-0 206 So. 1L 7 Leon Jackson III QB 6-1 204 Sr. 3L 78 Spencer Johnson OL 6-5 273 Fr. RS 63 Pace Jorgensen OL 6-5 336 Sr. 3L 92 Junior Keiaho DE 6-3 243 Fr. HS 73 Seth Lamb OL 6-2 300 Fr. RS 1 Aaron Lesue TB 5-10 195 Sr. 1L 57 Frank Maile DL 6-1 265 Sr. 3L 27 Curtis Marsh TB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 91 Brian Mason DL 5-10 249 Fr. RS 4 Walter McClenton S 5-11 177 Fr. HS 15 Jase McCormick QB 6-1 191 So. SQ 61 Brennan McFadden OL 6-2 298 So. 1L 94 Scott Milligan DL 6-2 225 Fr. HS 10 Tom Mix QB Fr. RS 51 Jason Moore LB 6-4 213 Fr. RS Colt Mund FB 5-9 222 Jr. 9 Kejon Murphy CB 5-8 157 So. 1L 74 Shawn Murphy OT 6-5 298 Sr. 1L 86 Rob Myers TE 6-4 240 Jr. 2L 14 Otis Nelson WR 6-2 204 Jr. 2L 22 Geno Odong CB 5-9 182 Fr. RS 90 Jon Overton DL 6-2 259 So. 1L

Hometown (High School/Last School) Grapevine, Texas (Grapevine HS) Provo, Utah (Timpview HS/Dixie State JC) Merced, Calif. (Merced HS) Brigham City, Utah (Box Elder HS) La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) San Mateo, Calif. (Aragon HS) Modeston, Calif. (Downey HS/Modesto JC) Daleville, Ala. (Daleville HS/Air Force Prep) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Houston, Texas (Pasadena Dobie HS) Grass Valley, Calif. (Nevada Union HS) Pocatello, Idaho (Highland HS) Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) Coalville, Utah (North Summit HS) Los Angeles, Calif. (Dorsey HS) Spring, Texas (Klein HS) Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Pacific Palisades HS/Coll. of Sequoias) Andrews, S.C. (Andrews HS/Georgia Military JC) Plano, Texas (Plano HS) Soda Springs, Idaho (Soda Springs HS) Shingle Springs, Calif. (Ponderosa HS) Encino, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite HS) Miami, Fla. (Norland HS) Lakewood, Calif. (Lakewood HS) West Jordan, Utah (West Jordan HS) Heber City, Utah (Wasatch HS) Chino Hills, Calif. (Ayala HS) Reseda, Calif. (Cleveland HS) Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills HS) Preston, Idaho (Preston HS) Preston, Idaho (Preston HS) Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS) Scotsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS) Oakland, Calif. (Castlemont HS/Santa Rosa JC) Pocatello, Idaho (Highland HS) Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Poly HS) Lancaster, Calif. (Antelope Valley HS) Grantsville, Utah (Grantsville HS) Logan, Utah (Logan HS) Rexburg, Idaho (Madison HS) Fallon, Nev. (Churchill COunty HS/Dixie JC) Sandy, Utah (Alta HS) Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal HS/Naval Academy Prep) West Covina, Calif. (West Covina HS) Arlington, Texas (Bowie HS) Layton, Utah (Northridge HS) Grass Valley, Calif. (Nevada Union HS) Robinson, Texas (Robinson HS) Westfield, Ind. (Westfield HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Fresno, Calif. (Edison HS) Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Dixie JC) Houston, Texas (Bellaire HS) West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley HS) Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou HS)

No. 8 17 79 6 5 69 94 85 89 80 10 49 11 21 72 24 39 23 56 82 44 70

2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL Name Pos. Drew Pearson CB Daniel Pelfrey PK/P E.J. Reid DT Kevin Robinson WR Preston Robinson WR Ty Rogers OL Nathan Royster DL Omar Sawyer WR Patrick Scales TE Brandon Schneider WR Sean Setzer QB Carl Singleton DL Eric Sobolewski S Derrvin Speight TB Travis Stott OL Antonio Taylor S Caleb Taylor S Josh Taylor CB Ryan Tonnemacher OL Chris Ulinski P/PK Mark Watterson WR Jacob Whipple FB Zac Zimmerman OL

Pronunciation Guide

Ht. 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-0 5-9 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-9 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-5

Wt. 165 191 316 192 207 299 245 175 231 182 228 245 208 192 292 214 193 176 272 207 182 213 257

Doug Barbour - Barber Jimmy Bohm - Boam Xavier Bowman - Zavier Maxim Dinka - Dink uh Will Fausel - fOW zul Nnamdi Gwacham - Nahm dee Gwah chum Bevan Howard - Beh-vin Paul Igboeli - Ig bo lee Junior Keiaho - Key A ho Aaron Lesue - Leh Sway Frank Maile - My Leh Kejon Murphy - Key John Eric Sobolewski - sobo leski Derrvin Speight - Spate Ryan Tonnemacher - Tawn uh mawker

10 Cl. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So.

Exp. 1L TR 3L 3L SQ RS RS 1L RS SQ JC 1L SQ HS RS 3L 2L 2L 2L HS HS TR SQ

Hometown (High School/Last School) Pasadena, Calif. (John Muir HS/Mt. San Antonio JC) Orange, Texas (Little Cypress HS/Utah Kahuku, Hawai’i (Kahuku HS) Fresno, Calif. (Hoover HS) Sandy, Utah (Alta HS/Dixie JC) Littleton, Colo. (Columbine HS) San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro HS) Ogden, Utah (Ogden HS) North Ogden, Utah (Weber HS) Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) Portland, Ore. (Wilson HS/Garden City JC) New Orleans, La. (Carver HS/Bakersfield JC) Versailles, Ky. (Woodford County HS/Shasta JC) Irving, Texas (MacArthur HS) Moab, Utah (Grand HS) Pomona, Calif. (Ganesha HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) , Ca. (Nevada Union HS) Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) Eugene, Ore. (Churchill HS/Oregon) Newhall, Calif. (Hart HS)



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2007 Utah State Numerical Football Roster (Pre-Spring, as of March 2) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. 1 Roy Hurst DB 5-9 189 Jr. JC 1 Aaron Lesue TB 5-10 195 Sr. 1L 2 Chris Forbes TB 5-11 206 Sr. 2L 2 Chase Harris QB 5-11 180 Fr. HS 3 Marquise Charles CB 5-8 177 Jr. 2L 4 Walter McClenton S 5-11 177 Fr. HS 5 Preston Robinson WR 6-3 207 Sr. SQ 6 Kevin Robinson WR 6-0 192 Sr. 3L 7 Leon Jackson III QB 6-1 204 Sr. 3L 8 Mike Affleck QB 6-3 240 Sr. SQ 8 Drew Pearson CB 6-0 165 Sr. 1L 9 Kejon Murphy CB 5-8 157 So. 1L 10 Tom Mix QB Fr. RS 10 Sean Setzer QB 6-2 228 Jr. JC 11 Chase Griffiths WR 6-1 201 Fr. RS 11 Eric Sobolewski S 6-0 208 Jr. SQ 14 Otis Nelson WR 6-2 204 Jr. 2L 15 Jase McCormick QB 6-1 191 So. SQ 17 Xavier Bowman WR 6-2 195 So. 1L 17 Daniel Pelfrey PK/P 5-10 191 So. TR 18 Maurice Bates CB 6-1 192 Fr. RS 19 Jake Hutton LB 6-0 229 Jr. 2L 20 Maxim Dinka LB 5-11 207 So. RS 21 Derrvin Speight TB 5-9 192 Fr. HS 22 Geno Odong CB 5-9 182 Fr. RS 23 Josh Taylor CB 6-0 176 Jr. 2L 24 Antonio Taylor S 6-1 214 Sr. 3L 25 Adrian Bybee CB 5-10 188 So. SQ 26 James Brindley S 5-10 190 So. 1L 27 Curtis Marsh TB 6-0 181 Fr. HS 29 Sidney Allen CB 6-1 173 Fr. RS 31 Paul Igboeli LB 6-0 206 So. 1L 32 Jacob Actkinson TB/FB 6-0 217 Fr. RS 37 Colton Erickson TB 5-8 188 So. 39 Caleb Taylor S 6-3 193 Jr. 2L 40 Derrick Cumbee LB 6-1 209 Jr. 1L 42 Josh Anderson FB 6-1 240 Sr. 3L 44 Deshon Benton LB 5-10 222 Jr. JC 44 Jacob Whipple FB 6-0 213 Fr. TR 45 Devon Hall LB 6-3 216 Jr. 2L 46 Darby Golden DE 6-1 244 So. 1L 47 Daryl Fields LB 5-7 205 Jr. 2L 49 Carl Singleton DL 6-2 245 Sr. 1L 50 Andy Carlsen LB 6-0 225 So. SQ 51 Jason Moore LB 6-4 213 Fr. RS 56 Ryan Tonnemacher OL 6-3 272 Jr. 2L 57 Frank Maile DL 6-1 265 Sr. 3L 58 Ben Calderwood DL 6-2 268 Jr. 2L 60 Corey Hobbs DL 6-1 227 Fr. HS 61 Brennan McFadden OL 6-2 298 So. 1L 62 Mike Green OL 6-5 302 Sr. 63 Pace Jorgensen OL 6-5 336 Sr. 3L 66 Gregg Clark OL 6-4 279 Jr. JC 69 Ty Rogers OL 6-4 299 Fr. RS 70 Zac Zimmerman OL 6-5 257 So. SQ 72 Travis Stott OL 6-4 292 Fr. RS 73 Seth Lamb OL 6-2 300 Fr. RS 74 Shawn Murphy OT 6-5 298 Sr. 1L

Hometown (High School/Last School) Oakland, Calif. (Castlemont HS/Santa Rosa JC) Fallon, Nev. (Churchill COunty HS/Dixie JC) Miami, Fla. (Norland HS) Preston, Idaho (Preston HS) Los Angeles, Calif. (Dorsey HS) Arlington, Texas (Bowie HS) Sandy, Utah (Alta HS/Dixie JC) Fresno, Calif. (Hoover HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Poly HS) Provo, Utah (Timpview HS/Dixie State JC) Pasadena, Calif. (John Muir HS/Mt. San Antonio JC) Fresno, Calif. (Edison HS) Westfield, Ind. (Westfield HS) Portland, Ore. (Wilson HS/Garden City JC) Heber City, Utah (Wasatch HS) Versailles, Ky. (Woodford County HS/Shasta JC) West Valley City, Utah (Hunter HS) Layton, Utah (Northridge HS) Houston, Texas (Pasadena Dobie HS) Orange, Texas (Little Cypress HS/Utah San Mateo, Calif. (Aragon HS) Pocatello, Idaho (Highland HS) Plano, Texas (Plano HS) Irving, Texas (MacArthur HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Pomona, Calif. (Ganesha HS) Pocatello, Idaho (Highland HS) Grass Valley, Calif. (Nevada Union HS) Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal HS/Naval Academy Prep) Merced, Calif. (Merced HS) Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS) Grapevine, Texas (Grapevine HS) Soda Springs, Idaho (Soda Springs HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Andrews, S.C. (Andrews HS/Georgia Military JC) Brigham City, Utah (Box Elder HS) Modeston, Calif. (Downey HS/Modesto JC) Eugene, Ore. (Churchill HS/Oregon) Reseda, Calif. (Cleveland HS) Lakewood, Calif. (Lakewood HS) Encino, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite HS) New Orleans, La. (Carver HS/Bakersfield JC) Coalville, Utah (North Summit HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) Sandy, Utah (Alta HS) Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) Preston, Idaho (Preston HS) Grass Valley, Calif. (Nevada Union HS) West Jordan, Utah (West Jordan HS) Grantsville, Utah (Grantsville HS) Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Pacific Palisades HS/Coll. of Sequoias) Littleton, Colo. (Columbine HS) Newhall, Calif. (Hart HS) Moab, Utah (Grand HS) Rexburg, Idaho (Madison HS) Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Dixie JC)

No. 77 78 79 80 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 94 96 97

2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL Name Pos. Derek Hoke OT Spencer Johnson OL E.J. Reid DT Doug Barbour TE Brandon Schneider WR Nnamdi Gwacham WR Mark Watterson WR Tony Harkey WR Will Fausel TE Omar Sawyer WR Rob Myers TE Jimmy Bohm FB Patrick Scales TE Jon Overton DL Brian Mason DL Junior Keiaho DE Ben Childs DT Scott Milligan DL Nathan Royster DL Alan Bishop DL Bevan Howard DL

Ht. 6-9 6-5 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-3 5-9 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-0

Wt. 310 273 316 229 182 208 182 188 268 175 240 286 231 259 249 243 261 225 245 278 254

Pronunciation Guide Doug Barbour - Barber Jimmy Bohm - Boam Xavier Bowman - Zavier Maxim Dinka - Dink uh Will Fausel - fOW zul Nnamdi Gwacham - Nahm dee Gwah chum Bevan Howard - Beh-vin Paul Igboeli - Ig bo lee Junior Keiaho - Key A ho Aaron Lesue - Leh Sway Frank Maile - My Leh Kejon Murphy - Key John Eric Sobolewski - sobo leski Derrvin Speight - Spate Ryan Tonnemacher - Tawn uh mawker

12 Cl. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr.

Exp. 2L RS 3L RS SQ 1L HS RS 3L 1L 2L 3L RS 1L RS HS 3L HS RS 1L 2L

Hometown (High School/Last School) Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS) Lancaster, Calif. (Antelope Valley HS) Kahuku, Hawai’i (Kahuku HS) La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) Chino Hills, Calif. (Ayala HS) Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills HS) Shingle Springs, Calif. (Ponderosa HS) Ogden, Utah (Ogden HS) Houston, Texas (Bellaire HS) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) North Ogden, Utah (Weber HS) Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou HS) West Covina, Calif. (West Covina HS) Logan, Utah (Logan HS) Spring, Texas (Klein HS) Robinson, Texas (Robinson HS) San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro HS) Daleville, Ala. (Daleville HS/Air Force Prep) Scotsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS)



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2007 Utah State Football Signees Name Pos. Austin Alder WR @Sidney Allen CB Funaki Asisi OL *Deshon Benton LB Diondre Borel QB Peter Caldwell PK/P Steven Clark DE Carlos Cuevas OL David Disman OL Kyle Gallagher LB Phillip Gapelu OL Jordan Glass LB Jervon Graves DT Robert Hill OL *Roy Hurst DB #Monte “Junior” Keiaho DE *Curtis Marsh TB #Walter McClenton S Stanley Morrison WR Nate Needham LB Chris Randle CB Cedric Reeves DT Tanner Richins OL *Sean Setzer QB Robert Turbin TB %Mark Watterson WR Tim Wlodarczyk LB

Ht. 5-11 6-1 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-6 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-1

Wt. 175 175 290 235 175 213 245 315 265 200 285 220 290 275 190 220 190 185 170 220 170 250 310 220 195 165 208

Yr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Exp. HS HS HS JC HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS JC HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS JC HS HS HS

@ - Former walkon who is being awarded a scholarship * - Signed in December # - Signed last February, but did not enroll until this spring % - Signed in 2004 Pronunciation Guide Funaki Asisi Diondre Borel Phillip Gapelu Jervon Graves Junior Keiaho Tim Wlodarczyk

Foo-knock-ee Ah-see-see Dee-on-dre Bo-rel Nap-uh-loo Jur-vaughn Key-A-ho Luh-dar-check

Hometown (High School/Last School) Provo, Utah (Provo HS) Merced, Calif. (Merced HS) Provo, Utah (Provo HS) Modesto, Calif. (Downey HS/Modesto JC) Oakley, Calif. (Freedom HS) Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS) Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos HS) Plano, Texas (Plano HS) Mesquite, Texas (Horn HS) Woodland, Calif. (Douglass HS) Lynwood, Calif. (Lynwood HS) Elk Grove, Calif. (Elk Grove HS) Olathe, Kan. (Olathe South HS) Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS) Oakland, Calif. (Castlemont HS/Santa Rosa JC) Logan, Utah (Logan HS) Simi Valley, Calif.(Royal HS/Naval Academy Prep) Arlington, Texas (Bowie HS) Denison, Texas (Denison HS) St. George, Utah (Pineview HS) Merced, Calif. (Golden Valley HS) Granada Hills, Calif. (Kennedy HS) Logan, Utah (Logan HS) Portland, Ore. (Wilson HS/Garden City JC) Fremont, Calif. (Irvington HS) Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) Grand Prairie, Texas (So. Grand Prairie HS)



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2006 Utah State Football Utah State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 25, 2006) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES........... CONFERENCE.......... NON-CONFERENCE......

OVERALL (1-11-0) (1-7-0) (0-4-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L ----------------------------------- --Sep 02, 2006 at Wyoming L Sep 09, 2006 at Arkansas L Sep 16, 2006 UTAH L Sep 23, 2006 at Brigham Young L *Sep 30, 2006 IDAHO L *Oct 07, 2006 FRESNO STATE W *Oct 14, 2006 at San Jose State L *Oct 21, 2006 at Louisiana Tech L *Nov 04, 2006 HAWAI'I L *Nov 11, 2006 at Nevada L *Nov 18, 2006 at #13 Boise State L *Nov 25, 2006 NEW MEXICO STATE L * denotes conference game

SCORE ----7-38 0-20 0-48 0-38 21-41 13-12 14-21 35-48 10-63 0-42 10-49 20-42

ATTEND -----18531 69491 20082 58659 8618 10701 15738 14463 10291 8584 30515 7108

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------Cross, Marcus 11 176 694 44 650 3.7 3 32 59.1 Nelson, Riley 8 79 364 74 290 3.7 0 21 36.2 McDaniel, A. 12 66 247 11 236 3.6 2 25 19.7 Jackson, Leon 12 56 172 67 105 1.9 0 25 8.8 Lesue, Aaron 12 16 57 6 51 3.2 0 8 4.2 Robinson, Kevin 12 6 35 0 35 5.8 0 13 2.9 Bohm, Ryan 10 9 23 3 20 2.2 0 6 2.0 Sawyer, Omar 7 3 14 0 14 4.7 0 8 2.0 Johnson, L. 9 3 12 0 12 4.0 0 4 1.3 Sirstins, Rob 5 5 11 0 11 2.2 0 5 2.2 Bohm, Jimmy 11 3 7 0 7 2.3 0 4 0.6 Affleck, Mike 1 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 Forbes, Chris 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 1 3 3.0 Black, Bryan 2 4 6 5 1 0.2 0 3 0.5 TEAM 4 2 0 62 -62 -31.0 0 0 -15.5 Total.......... 12 430 1649 272 1377 3.2 6 32 114.8 Opponents...... 12 444 2477 235 2242 5.0 22 72 186.8 PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------------Jackson, Leon 12 84.80 73-150-7 48.7 694 3 43 57.8 Nelson, Riley 8 115.47 77-139-7 55.4 925 6 60 115.6 Black, Bryan 2 139.83 5-7-0 71.4 57 0 20 28.5 Affleck, Mike 1 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 12 99.83 155-298-14 52.0 1676 9 60 139.7 Opponents...... 12 175.42 201-313-6 64.2 2990 33 66 249.2 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 12 36 582 16.2 5 60 48.5 Nelson, Otis 11 27 238 8.8 1 25 21.6 Cross, Marcus 11 27 211 7.8 1 54 19.2 Lesue, Aaron 12 10 131 13.1 0 30 10.9 Myers, Rob 12 10 125 12.5 0 28 10.4 Richards, T. 9 10 78 7.8 0 20 8.7 Bowman, Xavier 11 6 74 12.3 0 22 6.7 Sawyer, Omar 7 5 51 10.2 0 22 7.3 McDaniel, A. 12 5 40 8.0 0 14 3.3 Bohm, Ryan 10 5 39 7.8 0 14 3.9 Pennyman, Tony 2 4 49 12.2 0 19 24.5 Bohm, Jimmy 11 4 16 4.0 1 7 1.5 Gwacham, Nnamdi 8 3 41 13.7 0 23 5.1 Johnson, L. 9 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 Forbes, Chris 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Sirstins, Rob 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 12 155 1676 10.8 9 60 139.7 Opponents...... 12 201 2990 14.9 33 66 249.2 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk -----------------------------------------------------------------

HOME (1-4-0) (1-3-0) (0-1-0)

AWAY (0-7-0) (0-4-0) (0-3-0)

NEUTRAL (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0)

TEAM STATISTICS USU OPP --------------------------------------------------FIRST DOWNS.............. 170 253 Rushing................ 77 112 Passing................ 75 124 Penalty................ 18 17 RUSHING YARDAGE.......... 1377 2242 Yards gained rushing... 1649 2477 Yards lost rushing..... 272 235 Rushing Attempts....... 430 444 Average Per Rush....... 3.2 5.0 Average Per Game....... 114.8 186.8 TDs Rushing............ 6 22 PASSING YARDAGE.......... 1676 2990 Att-Comp-Int........... 298-155-14 313-201-6 Average Per Pass....... 5.6 9.6 Average Per Catch...... 10.8 14.9 Average Per Game....... 139.7 249.2 TDs Passing............ 9 33 TOTAL OFFENSE............ 3053 5232 Total Plays............ 728 757 Average Per Play....... 4.2 6.9 Average Per Game....... 254.4 436.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 52-958 30-640 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 14-74 42-318 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 6-61 14-371 FUMBLES-LOST............. 19-11 23-13 PENALTIES-YARDS.......... 65-565 68-678 PUNTS-AVG................ 81-36.7 40-37.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 29:55 30:05 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 46/161 69/146 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 6/18 12/19 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------Taylor, Caleb 2 10 5.0 0 10 Washington, T. 1 6 6.0 0 6 Taylor, Antonio 1 45 45.0 1 45 Hall, Devon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Pearson, Drew 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 6 61 10.2 1 45 Opponents...... 14 371 26.5 6 98 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ----------------------------------------------------Jackson, Leon 74 2791 37.7 64 3 10 16 0 Hamblin, Justin 6 174 29.0 37 0 1 1 0 Bohm, Ryan 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 1 0 Total.......... 81 2976 36.7 64 3 11 18 0 Opponents...... 40 1492 37.3 57 3 10 14 0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 14 74 5.3 0 19 Total.......... 14 74 5.3 0 19 Opponents...... 42 318 7.6 0 30 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 31 641 20.7 0 41 Bowman, Xavier 7 87 12.4 0 18 Anderson, Josh 4 68 17.0 0 22 Pennyman, Tony 4 85 21.2 0 23 Lesue, Aaron 3 73 24.3 0 26 Fields, Daryl 1 1 1.0 0 1 Buck, Chanler 1 3 3.0 0 3 Speight, D. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 52 958 18.4 0 41



Nelson, Otis 11 27 238 8.8 1 25 21.6 Cross, Marcus 11 27 211 7.8 1 54 19.2 Lesue, Aaron 12 10 131 13.1 0 30 10.9 Myers, Rob 12 10 125 12.5 0 28 10.4 Richards, T. 9 10 78 7.8 0 20 8.7 Bowman, Xavier 11 6 74 12.3 0 22 6.7 2007 Omar UTAH STATE FOOTBALL Sawyer, 7 5 51 10.2 0 22 7.3 McDaniel, A. 12 5 40 8.0 0 14 3.3 Bohm, Ryan 10 5 39 7.8 0 14 3.9 Pennyman, Tony 2 4 49 12.2 0 19 24.5 Bohm, Jimmy 11 4 16 4.0 1 7 1.5 Gwacham, Nnamdi 8 3 41 13.7 0 23 5.1 Johnson, L. 9 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 Forbes, Chris 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Sirstins, Rob 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 12 155 1676 10.8 9 60 139.7 Opponents...... 12 201 2990 14.9 33 66 249.2 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------Hamblin, Justin 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 Shields, Bryan 2-4 50.0 0-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 46 0 |------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points --------------------------------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32 Cross, Marcus 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Shields, Bryan 0 2-4 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 McDaniel, A. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Hall, Devon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Golden, Darby 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Taylor, Antonio 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Forbes, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Nelson, Otis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Bohm, Jimmy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Johnson, L. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hamblin, Justin 0 0-1 5-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 5 Nelson, Riley 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson, Leon 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 0 Total.......... 18 2-5 14-15 0-1 1 1-2 0 0 130 Opponents...... 62 9-14 61-62 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 462 SCORE BY QUARTERS -------------------Utah State.......... Opponents...........

1st --31 117

2nd --43 108

3rd --22 128

4th --34 109

Total.......... Opponents......

81 2976 40 1492

36.7 37.3

64 57

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 14 74 5.3 0 19 Total.......... 14 74 5.3 0 19 Opponents...... 42 318 7.6 0 30

3 3

11 10

18 14

0 0

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KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long --------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 31 641 20.7 0 41 Bowman, Xavier 7 87 12.4 0 18 Anderson, Josh 4 68 17.0 0 22 Pennyman, Tony 4 85 21.2 0 23 Lesue, Aaron 3 73 24.3 0 26 Fields, Daryl 1 1 1.0 0 1 Buck, Chanler 1 3 3.0 0 3 Speight, D. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 52 958 18.4 0 41 Opponents...... 30 640 21.3 0 82 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G -----------------------------------------------------Robinson, Kevin 12 35 582 74 641 0 1332 111.0 Cross, Marcus 11 650 211 0 0 0 861 78.3 Nelson, Riley 8 290 0 0 0 0 290 36.2 McDaniel, A. 12 236 40 0 0 0 276 23.0 Lesue, Aaron 12 51 131 0 73 0 255 21.2 Total.......... 12 1377 1676 74 958 61 4146 345.5 Opponents...... 12 2242 2990 318 640 371 6561 546.8 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ---------------------------------------------Nelson, Riley 8 218 290 925 1215 151.9 Jackson, Leon 12 206 105 694 799 66.6 Cross, Marcus 11 176 650 0 650 59.1 McDaniel, A. 12 66 236 0 236 19.7 Black, Bryan 2 11 1 57 58 29.0 Total.......... 12 728 1377 1676 3053 254.4 Opponents...... 12 757 2242 2990 5232 436.0

Total --130 462

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 Igboeli, Paul 12 34 35 69 8.0-41 3.0-31 . . . 1-0 2 . .



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2006 Utah State Football Utah State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2006) All games |--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Taylor, Antonio 12 43 31 74 . . 1-45 6 . . . . . 31 Igboeli, Paul 12 34 35 69 8.0-41 3.0-31 . . . 1-0 2 . . 45 Hall, Devon 11 35 33 68 4.5-8 . 1-0 3 1 3-64 . . . 39 Taylor, Caleb 12 37 27 64 2.5-7 . 2-10 1 . . 2 . . 9 Washington, T. 12 30 28 58 1.0-11 . 1-6 8 . 1-0 2 . . 40 Cumbee, Derrick 12 20 28 48 4.0-10 . . . 3 . 1 . . 47 Fields, Daryl 12 31 14 45 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 58 Calderwood, Ben 10 23 21 44 6.5-26 2.0-9 . . 3 . . . . 3 Charles, M. 12 20 16 36 1.5-14 . . 4 . . . . . 8 Pearson, Drew 12 21 13 34 . . 1-0 4 . 1-0 . . . 79 Reid, E.J. 11 13 16 29 3.0-4 . . . . 1-0 . . . 53 Hutton, Jake 4 18 11 29 . . . . . . 2 . . 57 Maile, Frank 11 16 10 26 4.5-11 . . . 1 . . . . 26 Brindley, James 12 18 4 22 0.5-0 . . 1 . 1-0 2 . . 10 Murphy, Kejon 11 14 7 21 . . . . . . . . . 93 Childs, Ben 11 9 10 19 2.0-11 1.0-10 . . . . . . . 46 Golden, Darby 11 7 11 18 5.5-15 2.0-10 . . 1 1-46 . . . 23 Taylor, Joshua 11 10 7 17 . . . 2 . . . . . 97 Howard, Bevan 12 6 10 16 1.5-5 . . 1 4 . . . . 49 Singleton, Carl 6 5 9 14 2.0-15 2.0-15 . 2 . . . . . 42 Anderson, Josh 11 5 6 11 . . . . . . . . . 41 Shepherd, Kerry 12 4 6 10 1.5-3 . . . . . . . . 90 Overton, Jon 9 6 4 10 0.5-1 . . . . 1-0 . . . 96 Bishop, Alan 9 4 4 8 1.0-1 . . . . . . . . 27 James, Chris 7 5 1 6 1.0-1 . . 1 . 2-0 . . . 1 Lesue, Aaron 12 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . 36 Higley,Ryan 9 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 44 Swan, Clay 8 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 17 Bohm, Ryan 10 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 4 2 . 2 1.0-14 1.0-14 . . . . 1 . . 14 Nelson, Otis 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 6 Robinson, Kevin 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 19 Richards, T. 9 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 38 Shields, Bryan 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 12 Nelson, Riley 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 86 Myers, Rob 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 11 Sobolewski, E. 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 13 Hamblin, Justin 8 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 89 Wilson, Ryan 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 76 Cin, Malik 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 7 Jackson, Leon 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 95 McFadden, B. 7 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 75 DeLadurantey, B 12 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . Total.......... 12 456 371 827 52-199 11-89 6-61 35 13 13-110 12 . . Opponents...... 12 438 362 800 65-214 19-117 14-371 37 15 11-74 11 1 1



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OFFENSE LT LG OC at Wyo. Murphy Tonn. DeLa. at Ark. Murphy Tonn. DeLa. Utah Murphy Tonn. DeLa. at BYU Murphy Tonn. DeLa. Idaho Murphy Tonn. DeLa. Fresno St. Murphy Tonn. DeLa. at S.J. St. Murphy Tonn. DeLa at La. Tech Murphy Tonn. DeLa Hawai'i Murphy Tonn. DeLa. at Nevada Murphy Tonn. DeLa. at Boise St. Murphy Tonn. DeLa. N.M. State Murphy Tonn. DeLa. DEFENSE LE DT DT at Wyo. Howard Maile Reid at Ark. Howard Maile Reid Utah Howard Maile Reid at BYU Howard Shepherd Reid Idaho Howard Shepherd Bishop Fresno St. Howard Shepherd Bishop at S.J. St. Howard Maile Childs at La. Tech Howard Maile Childs Hawai'i Howard Maile Childs at Nevada Golden Maile Childs at Boise St. Golden Maile Childs N.M. State Golden Shepherd Childs

OFFENSE

(att-yds-TD-LG) at Wyoming at Arkansas Utah at BYU Idaho Fresno State at San Jose St. at La. Tech Hawai'i at Nevada at Boise State N.M. State

DEFENSE

(att-yds-TD-LG) at Wyoming at Arkansas Utah at BYU Idaho Fresno State at San Jose St. at La. Tech Hawai'i at Nevada at Boise State N.M. State

RUSHING

RG Jorg. Jorg. Jorg. Jorg. Jorg. Jorg. Jorg. Cin Jorg. Jorg. Jorg. Jorg.

RT Wallace Wallace Wallace Cin Cin Cin Cin Hoke Cin Cin Cin Cin

RE A LB Golden Hall Calder. Hall Calder. Hall Calder. Hall Calder. Hall Calder. Hall Calder. Hall Calder. Hall Singleton Hall Singleton Wash. Singleton Wash. Singleton Hall

TE/WR* Nelson* Fausel Myers J. Bohm Myers Myers Myers Myers Myers Myers McFadd. Myers

WR WR Robinson Penny. O. Nelson Bowman O. Nelson Richards Robinson Richards O. Nelson Richards O. Nelson Robinson O. Nelson Robinson Bowman Robinson Bowman Robinson O. Nelson Robinson Sawyer Robinson O. Nelson Robinson

FB/WR* TB QB R. Bohm Cross Jackson J. Bohm Cross Jackson J. Bohm Cross Jackson Johnson Cross Jackson J. Bohm Cross Jackson Lesue* Cross R. Nelson Lesue* Cross R. Nelson Johnson Cross R. Nelson J. Bohm Cross R. Nelson Lesue* McDan. R. Nelson J. Bohm Cross R. Nelson Bowman* Lesue R. Nelson

M LB Hutton Hutton Hutton Cumbee Cumbee Cumbee Cumbee Cumbee Igboeli Fields Fields Fields

S LB/NB* Fields Fields Pearson* Hutton Igboeli Igboeli Igboeli Igboeli Pearson* Igboeli Igboeli Igboeli

SS C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor C. Taylor

LC Pearson Pearson J. Taylor Pearson Pearson Pearson Pearson Pearson Murphy Murphy Murphy Murphy

FS RC Wash. Charles Wash. Charles Wash. Charles Wash. Charles Wash. Charles Wash. Charles A. Taylor Charles A. Taylor Charles A. Taylor Charles A. Taylor Charles A. Taylor Charles A. Taylor Charles

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Rushing 26- 55-0-9 39-135-0-16 29- 34-0-13 42-120-0-29 35-119-2-12 36-147-0-32 44-156-0-16 36-124-2-13 42-137-1-11 38-125-0-25 30- 90-0-19 33-135-1-25

Passing 22-10-1- 74-0-33 28-11-0-114-0-23 20- 6-2- 64-0-23 28-17-1-122-0-16 27-19-2-186-1-25 19- 9-0-120-2-54 24-21-0-145-2-23 28-12-2-249-2-60 31-17-1-225-0-39 21- 9-3- 82-0-30 19- 9-1- 98-0-43 31-15-1-197-2-32

Total Off. 48-129-0-33 67-249-0-23 49- 98-0-23 70-242-0-29 62-305-3-25 55-267-2-54 68-301-1-23 64-373-4-60 73-363-1-39 59-207-0-30 49-188-0-43 64-332-3-32

FD 5 18 7 17 22 11 16 18 18 13 7 18

TO 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 4 3 1 2

Pen. 9-79 3-25 4-24 6-46 2-20 6-75 4-38 3-27 11-93 8-69 6-44 3-25

Punts 10-35.3 10-35.5 8-38.1 6-43.0 5-38.2 8-29.4 7-35.1 5-39.0 6-41.3 7-32.0 6-42.3 3-37.3

Time 24:02 34:58 26:14 34:10 31:11 27:19 36:49 23:55 36:45 29:27 26:38 27:38

Pts. 7 0 0 0 21 13 14 35 10 0 10 20

Rushing 51-221-1-19 38-279-2-72 37-161-0-22 34-136-3-19 35-128-2-11 34-164-0-27 30-123-1-19 47-344-2-65 13- 86-2-33 44-202-5-19 41-231-3-35 40-167-1-16

Passing 27-18-1-239-3-51 22-11-0-178-1-46 30-20-0-240-4-35 28-20-1-305-1-35 20-10-0-188-1-50 27-13-0-155-1-60 28-15-2-252-2-50 18-13-0-226-4-66 38-23-1-486-7-60 20-12-0-140-1-53 27-25-0-257-4-46 28-21-1-324-4-48

Total Off. 78-460-4-51 60-457-3-72 67-401-4-35 62-441-4-35 55-316-3-50 61-319-1-60 58-375-3-50 65-570-6-66 51-572-9-60 64-342-6-53 68-488-7-46 68-491-5-48

FD 31 18 19 23 18 15 19 21 22 21 24 22

TO 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 2 2

Pen. 7-55 8-90 7-71 4-55 7-68 6-49 1-15 5-55 6-50 4-34 6-66 7-70

Punts 1-47.0 6-38.3 4-42.8 3-36.3 2-33.0 7-38.4 4-42.0 3-30.0 3-34.0 3-27.7 2-49.5 2-26.5

Time 35:58 25:02 33:46 25:50 28:49 32:41 23:11 36:05 23:15 30:33 33:22 32:22

Pts. 38 20 48 38 41 12 21 48 63 42 49 42

(att-yds-TD-LG) Affleck Black Cross Jackson McDaniel R. Nelson Robinson Sirstins at Wyoming DNP DNP 11- 44-0-9 11- 8-0-5 2- 2-0-2 DNP 0- 0-0-0 2- 1-0-1 at Arkansas DNP DNP 29-103-0-16 6-16-0-6 3- 3-0-2 DNP 1-13-0-13 0- 0-0-0 Utah 1-4-0-4 2-(-2)-0-3 13- 27-0-9 8-(-8)-0-13 1-(-1)-0-0 DNP 1- 4-0-4 3-10-0-5 at BYU DNP 2-3-0-3 27-127-0-29 9-15-0-9 2- 3-0-3 DNP 0- 0-0-0 DNP Idaho DNP DNP 16- 68-1-12 9-22-0-7 2- 8-1-8 7-17-0-8 0- 0-0-0 DNP Fresno State DNP DNP 20- 93-0-32 0- 0-0-0 DNP 14-76-0-21 1- 8-0-8 DNP at San Jose St. DNP DNP 23- 67-0-9 0- 0-0-0 7-33-0-16 11-50-0-12 1- 1-0-1 DNP at La. Tech DNP DNP 16- 70-2-12 0- 0-0-0 6-19-0-6 12-26-0-13 0- 0-0-0 DNP Hawai'i DNP DNP 7- 9-0-3 0- 0-0-0 12-43-1-9 15-65-0-11 1- 5-0-5 DNP at Nevada DNP DNP 12- 34-0-9 1- 4-0-4 14-78-0-25 8-(-2)-0-5 0- 0-0-0 DNP at Boise State DNP DNP 2- 8-0-7 4-(-3)-0-2 9-18-0-5 9-45-0-19 0- 0-0-0 DNP N.M. State DNP DNP DNP 8-48-0-25 8-30-0-10 3-13-0-7 1- 4-0-4 DNP (Others: Johnson 1-4-0-4 at BYU, 1-4-0-4 vs. Idaho, 1-4-0-4 at Nevada; R. Bohm 2-5-0-4 at San Jose State, 7-15-0-6; Sawyer 2-90-8 at La. Tech, 1-5-0-5 at Boise State; J. Bohm 2-4-0-4 at Nevada, 1-3-0-3 vs. N.M. State; Lesue 5-17-0-7 at Nevada, 11-34-0-8 vs. N.M. State, Forbes, 1-3-1-3 vs. N.M. State)



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

PASSING

(a-c-i-yds-TD-LG) Affleck

at Wyoming at Arkansas Utah at BYU Idaho Fresno State at San Jose St. at La. Tech Hawai'i at Nevada at Boise State vs. N.M. State

DNP DNP 2-0-0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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Black DNP DNP 3-2-0-25-0-20 4-3-0-32-0-15 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Jackson 22-10-1- 74-0-33 28-11-0-114-0-23 15- 4-2- 39-0-23 24-14-1- 90-0-16 24-16-2-136-1-18 0- 0-0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0- 0-0-0 2- 0-0- 0-0-0 6- 3-1- 37-0-18 4- 3-0- 58-0-43 25-12-0-146-2-32

R. Nelson DNP DNP DNP DNP 3- 3-0- 50-0-25 19- 9-0-120-2-54 24-21-0-145-2-23 28-12-2-249-2-60 29-17-1-225-0-39 15- 6-2- 45-0-30 15- 6-1- 40-0-12 6- 3-1- 51-0-31

RECEIVING

(no-yds-TD-LG) J. Bohm Cross Gwacham Lesue McDaniel Myers O. Nelson Richards Robinson at Wyoming 0- 0-0-0 1- 5-0-5 DNP 1- 5-0-5 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 2-10-0-6 DNP 3- 41-0-33 at Arkansas 0- 0-0-0 1-19-0-19 DNP 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 3-37-0-23 2-11-0-7 3- 11-0-11 Utah 0- 0-0-0 2-14-0-7 2-25-0-23 0- 0-0-0 1- 5-0-5 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 1-20-0-20 0- 0-0-0 at BYU 2-13-0-7 5-38-0-15 DNP 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 2-31-0-16 1- 5-0-5 5-21-0-8 2- 14-0-8 Idaho 1- 1-1-1 4-36-0-18 DNP 0- 0-0-0 1-11-0-11 1-18-0-18 6-56-0-25 2-26-0-18 0- 0-0-0 Fresno State DNP 5-71-1-54 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 DNP 0- 0-0-0 1- 4-0-4 DNP 3- 45-1-30 at San Jose St. 0- 0-0-0 3-(-5)-0-4 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 1- 4-0-4 2- 4-0-7 7-72-0-15 DNP 4- 47-1-23 at La. Tech DNP 1-11-0-11 1-16-0-16 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 1-28-0-28 DNP DNP 6-141-2-60 Hawai'i 1- 2-0-2 1- 3-0-3 0- 0-0-0 2-55-0-30 2-20-0-14 2-28-0-15 DNP DNP 5- 84-0-39 at Nevada 0- 0-0-0 3-12-0-13 0- 0-0-0 1-18-0-18 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 2-12-0-6 DNP 3- 40-0-30 at Boise State 0- 0-0-0 1- 7-0-7 DNP 2-20-0-12 0- 0-0-0 1- 9-0-9 1- 1-0-1 0-0-0-0 3- 58-0-43 vs. N.M. State 0- 0-0-0 DNP DNP 4-33-0-11 0- 0-0-0 1- 7-0-7 4-41-1-21 0-0-0-0 4-101-1-32 (Others: Sirstins 1-0-0-0 at Wyoming; Pennyman 2-13-0-7 at Wyoming, 2-36-0-19 at Arkansas; Bowman 2-13-0-8 vs. Idaho, 1-80-8 at San Jose State, 2-38-0-22, 1-15-0-15 vs. N.M. State; R. Bohm 2-25-0-14 vs. Idaho, 2-14-0-9 at San Jose State, 1-0-0-0 vs. Hawai'i; Johnson 1-1-1-1 at San Jose State; Sawyer, 3-33-0-22 vs. Hawai'i, 1-3-0-3 at Boise State, Forbes, 1-0-0-0 vs. N.M. State)

FIELD GOALS (underlined are good)

(made-att) Hamblin Shields at Wyoming -- -- at Arkansas -- -- Utah -- -- at BYU 0-1 (33blk) -- Idaho -- -- Fresno State -- -- at San Jose St. -- -- at La. Tech -- 0-1 (26) Hawai'i -- 1-2 (46, 33) at Nevada -- -- at Boise State -- 1-1 (31) vs. N.M. State -- --

PUNTING

(no.-avg.-LG) Hamblin 50+ at Wyoming 2-31.5-37 0 at Arkansas 2-24.0-30 0 Utah 2-31.5-33 0 at BYU 0-0-0 0 Idaho 0-0-0 0 Fresno State 0-0-0 0 at San Jose St. DNP 0 at La. Tech DNP 0 Hawai'i DNP 0 at Nevavda DNP 0 at Boise State DNP 0 vs. N.M. State DNP 0 (Others: R. Bohm 1-11.0-11 vs. Idaho)

KICKOFF RETURNS

In 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jackson 8-36.3-50 8-38.4-50 6-40.3-46 6-43.0-59 4-45.0-61 8-29.4-38 7-35.1-51 5-39.0-48 6-41.3-47 7-32.0-51 6-42.3-64 3-37.3-40

50+ 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0

In 20 1 3 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 1

(no-yds-TD-LG) Bowman Robinson at Wyoming 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 at Arkansas 0- 0-0-0 2- 33-0-17 Utah 2-23-0-13 4- 99-0-41 at BYU 0- 0-0-0 4- 71-0-20 Idaho 0- 0-0-0 5-116-0-29 Fresno State 0- 0-0-0 1- 23-0-23 at San Jose St. 0- 0-0-0 2- 31-0-16 at La. Tech 0- 0-0-0 4- 96-0-32 Hawai'i 1-18-0-18 3- 67-0-24 at Nevada 2-17-0-12 0- 0-0-0 at Boise State 2-29-0-16 6-105-0-24 vs. N.M. State 0- 0-0-0 0- 0-0-0 (Others: Pennyman 2-42-0-22 at Wyoming, 2-43-0-23 at Arkansas, J. Anderson 1-15-0-15 vs. Idaho, 2-31-0-21 at La. Tech, 1-220-22 vs. N.M. State; Fields 1-1-0-1 at La. Tech; Buck 1-3-0-3 at La. Tech; Lesue 3-73-0-26 vs. N.M. State)

PUNT RETURNS (no-yds-TD-LG) at Wyoming at Arkansas Utah at BYU Idaho Fresno State at San Jose St. at La. Tech Hawai'i at Nevada at Boise State vs. N.M. State

K. Robinson 1-(-2)-0-0 1-(-1)-0-0 2-(-2)-0-0 1-15-0-15 2- 7-0-4 2-37-0-19 1-19-0-19 1- 0-0-0 2- 5-0-4 0- 0-0-0 1-(-4)-0-0 0- 0-0-0



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DEFENSIVE TACKLES (U-A-Total) Defensive Line Bishop Calder. Childs Golden Howard Maile Overton Reid Shep. Singleton at Wyoming 2-1=3 5-2=7 1-0=1 0-2=2 0-2=2 2-1=3 DNP 1-2=3 0-0=0 DNP at Arkansas 0-0=0 3-1=4 0-0=0 0-2=2 1-0=1 3-1=4 0-0=0 0-5=5 0-1=1 DNP Utah 0-1=1 0-1=1 0-0=0 0-1=1 2-1=3 1-0=1 2-1=3 4-3=7 0-1=1 DNP at BYU 1-0=1 3-0=3 0-3=3 1-1=2 0-3=3 DNP 2-0=2 0-0=0 1-2=3 DNP Idaho 1-2=3 2-4=6 2-0=2 1-0=1 0-2=2 0-0=0 1-0=1 0-0=0 1-0=1 DNP Fresno State 0-0=0 7-2=9 0-0=0 0-0=0 1-2=3 4-0=4 0-0=0 0-0=0 0-0=0 DNP at San Jose State DNP 2-1=3 1-0=1 0-0=0 1-0=1 0-1=1 0-0=0 1-0=1 1-1=2 0-0=0 at La. Tech 0-0=0 0-3=3 0-1=1 2-4=6 0-0=0 1-3=4 0-1=1 2-2=4 0-0=0 1-3=4 Hawai'i 0-0=0 DNP 0-1=1 0-0=0 1-0=1 1-1=2 2-0=2 DNP 0-0=0 0-2=2 at Nevavda 0-0=0 DNP 5-1=6 3-0=3 0-0=0 0-0=0 0-1=1 1-1=2 1-0=1 2-0=2 at Boise State 0-0=0 1-3=4 0-3=3 0-0=0 0-0=0 1-1=2 0-0=0 3-3=6 0-0=0 2-3=5 N.M. State 0-0=0 1-3=4 0-1=1 0-1=1 0-0=0 3-2=5 0-0=0 1-0=1 0-1=1 0-1=1 Linebackers Anderson Cumb. Fields Hall Hutton Igboeli James Swan at Wyoming 0-1=1 1-0=1 4-2=6 8-1=9 7-2=9 1-0=1 2-0=2 1-1=2 at Arkansas 0-0=0 0-0=0 4-0=4 4-4=8 7-1=8 0-0=0 0-0=0 0-0=0 Utah 1-1=2 0-2=2 1-1=2 0-2=2 3-7=10 0-0=0 1-1=2 0-1=1 at BYU 0-0=0 7-4=11 0-0=0 5-2=7 1-1=2 1-2=3 0-0=0 0-0=0 Idaho 0-1=1 1-1=2 4-2=6 3-3=6 DNP 3-3=6 0-0=0 0-0=0 Fresno State 0-0=0 4-3=7 0-0=0 2-2=4 DNP 3-4=7 1-0=1 0-0=0 at San Jose State 0-1=1 3-7=10 0-0=0 2-5=7 DNP 1-2=3 1-0=1 0-0=0 at La. Tech 0-1=1 0-9=9 1-0=1 3-5=8 DNP 6-11=17 DNP 0-0=0 Hawai'i 1-1=2 0-0=0 2-2=4 2-3=5 DNP 1-4=5 DNP 0-0=0 at Nevada 3-0=3 1-0=1 4-2=6 DNP DNP 7-0=7 DNP 0-0=0 at Boise State 0-0=0 3-2=5 5-3=8 2-1=3 DNP 5-5=10 DNP 0-0=0 N.M. State 0-0=0 0-0=0 6-2=8 4-5=9 DNP 6-4=10 DNP 0-0=0 Secondary Brindley Charles Murphy Pearson A.Taylor C.Taylor J.Taylor Wash. at Wyoming 0-0=0 1-3=4 DNP 3-1=4 6-1=7 2-4=6 1-1=2 3-3=6 at Arkansas 0-0=0 3-3=6 1-0=1 2-0=2 4-0=4 4-1=5 5-0=5 6-0=6 Utah 4-1=5 2-2=4 0-0=0 1-4=5 2-2=4 1-4=5 2-2=4 5-2=7 at BYU 1-0=1 1-0=1 3-0=3 4-0=4 3-1=4 2-2=4 0-0=0 3-1=4 Idaho 1-0=1 0-0=0 1-0=1 4-1=5 2-2=4 4-1=5 0-0=0 3-3=6 Fresno State 1-0=1 1-2=3 1-0=1 2-2=4 5-4=9 3-1=4 0-1=1 1-1=2 at San Jose State 2-0=2 1-0=1 2-0=2 3-4=7 3-2=5 3-6=9 DNP 0-0=0 at La. Tech 1-0=1 0-0=0 2-3=5 2-0=2 3-10=13 3-1=4 0-1=1 0-5=5 Hawai'i 1-1=2 1-2=3 0-1=1 0-1=1 2-2=4 2-0=2 0-1=1 2-0=2 at Nevada 2-0=2 4-1=5 1-0=1 0-0=0 6-2=8 7-0=7 0-0=0 2-2=4 at Boise State 3-2=5 2-1=3 3-2=5 DNP 4-2=6 1-3=4 2-0=2 2-4=6 N.M. State 2-0=2 4-2=6 0-1=1 0-0=0 2-3=5 5-4=9 0-0=0 3-7=10

DEFENSIVE SPECIAL PLAYS

Opponent Sacks Int. FR FF at Wyoming -- A. Taylor Igboeli, James Hutton, Team at Arkansas Calderwood -- Pearson Hutton Utah -- -- Overton Washington at BYU Team Pearson -- -- Idaho Igboeli, Golden -- James -- Calderwood Fresno State -- -- -- -- at San Jose State Childs C. Taylor, Hall Hall, Washington Cumbee, C. Taylor Brindley at Louisiana Tech Igboeli -- Golden Igboeli Hawai'i -- Washington -- -- at Nevada Singleton (2) -- Reid C. Taylor Golden at Boise State Igboeli -- Brindley, Hall Brindley, Igboeli New Mexico State -- C. Taylor Hall Washington

PBU A.Taylor, Fields, James, Pearson, Washington Washington (2), J. Taylor Washington (3), A. Taylor Pearson Washington, A. Taylor C. Taylor, Charles Hall (3), Pearson, Charles Washington, Pearson Charles, Brindley, SIngleton, Howard, J. Taylor A. Taylor, Singleton A. Taylor Charles, A. Taylor



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL 2006 Game Captains (Named each Sunday)

UW - Leon Jackson, Jake Hutton UA - Jimmy Bohm, Daryl Fields Utah - Marcus Cross, Frank Maile BYU - Kevin Robinson, Marquise Charles UI - Tarell Richards, Kerry Shepherd FSU - Malik Cin, Devon Hall SJSU - Cin, Calderwood, K. Robinson LTU - Malik Cin, Devon Hall UH - Brent DeLadurantey, Frank Maile UNR - Ryan Tonnemacher, Paul Igboeli BSU - Ryan Tonnemacher, Ben Childs NMSU - R. Nelson, Cin, Maile

(NMSU are season captains)

WAC POW Nominees

(offense-defense-special teams) (Winners In All Caps) UW. UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU

Offense Cross Cross None Cross None R. Nelson R. Nelson None None None None None

Defense A.Taylor Hutton None Cumbee None Calder. Hall None None None Igboeli None

Special Penny. None None None None Robinson None None None None None None

USU Scout Team MVPs (Named each Monday) UW UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU

Offense Defense S. Johnson Higley McCormick Anderson S. Johnson Anderson Fisher Moore Actkinson Anderson Speight Sobolewski Clark Hobbs Harkey Reid Harris Bonner McCormick Bybee

20 Explosives

Red Zone Utah State Opponent # TD FG # TD FG UW 0 0 0 4 2 1 UA 1 0 0 4 2 0 Utah 1 0 0 4 2 2 BYU 2 0 0 5 4 0 UI 5 3 0 4 3 1 FSU 1 1 0 2 0 1 SJSU 2 2 0 3 1 0 LTU 5 4 0 3 2 1 UH 2 1 0 6 6 0 UNR 2 0 0 6 6 0 BSU 2 0 1 6 5 0 NMSU 2 2 0 4 3 0 Totals 25 13 1 51 36 6 USU - 25 Poss., 14 Scores (56%) Opp - 51 Poss., 42 Scores (82%)

Points Off Turnovers Utah State Opponent # TD FG # TD FG UW 3 1 0 1 1 0 UA 1 0 0 0 0 0 Utah 1 0 0 6 4 1 BYU 1 0 0 2 1 0 UI 1 1 0 3 3 0 FSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 SJSU 4 1 0 1 0 0 LTU 1 1 0 2 0 1 UH 1 0 0 4 3 0 UNR 2 0 0 3 1 0 BSU 2 1 1 1 1 0 NMSU 2 1 0 2 2 0 Totals 19 6 1 25 16 2 USU - 19 Poss., 7 Scores (37%) Opp. - 25 Poss., 18 Scores (72%)

Score By Quarters UW UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU Totals USU Opp.

Utah State Opponent 0- 7-0- 0= 7 3- 7- 7-21=38 0- 0-0- 0= 0 0-14- 6- 0=20 0- 0-0- 0= 0 17- 7-14-10=48 0- 0-0- 0= 0 10-14- 7- 7=38 14- 0-0- 7=21 7-10-10-14=41 7- 0-0- 6=13 0- 0- 7- 5=12 7- 7-0- 0=14 0- 7- 7- 7=21 0-14-7-14=35 17- 7-14-10=48 3- 0-7- 0=10 14-14-21-14=63 0- 0-0- 0= 0 7- 7-21- 7=42 0- 3-0- 7=10 14-14-14- 7=49 0-12-8- 0=20 28- 7- 0- 7=42 31-43-22-34=130 117-108-128-109=462

(20-Plus Yard Plays) UW UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU Totals

Utah State Run Pass TD 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 5 23 3

Opponent Run Pass TD 0 3 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 3 5 4 1 9 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 6 3 11 48 20

Individual Explosives (20-Plus Yard Plays) (Touchdowns Underlined)

Rushing (5) Cross - 2 (29, 32) R. Nelson - 1 (21) McDaniel - 1 (25) Jackson - 1 (25) Receiving (23) Robinson - 12 (33, 30, 23, 26, 60, 24, 39, 30, 43, 31, 27, 32) Lesue - 2 (30, 25) O. Nelson - 3 (23, 25, 21) Gwacham - 1 (23) Richards - 1 (20) Cross - 1 (54) Myers - 1 (28) Bowman - 1 (22) Sawyer - 1 (22)



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL Utah State Scoring Drives

Opp. Qtr Pl-Yds Time Score UW None UA None UU None BYU None UI 1 10-71 4:01 Cross 6 Run UI 1 5-21 2:43 J.Bohm 1 Pass UI 4 9-65 5:04 McDaniel 8 Run FSU 1 4-75 1:54 Cross 54 Pass FSU 4 11-80 3:01 K. Rob. 30 Pass SJSU 1 4-10 1:56 Johnson 1 Pass SJSU 2 14-80 6:38 K. Rob. 14 Pass LTU 2 6-66 2:13 Cross 1 Run LTU 2 13-71 5:24 K. Rob. 17 Pass LTU 3 7-49 2:52 Cross 7 Run LTU 4 7-59 1:16 K. Rob. 15 Pass UH 1 9-51 4:01 Shields 46 FG UH 3 7-80 2:32 McDaniel 1 Run UNR None BSU 2 9-32 3:36 Shields 31 FG NMS 2 5-55 2:46 K. Rob. 27 Pass NMS 2 11-67 4:55 O. Nelson 4 Pa. NMS 3 13-89 4:56 Forbes 3 Run Non Offensive Scores UW A.Taylor, 45 interception return LTU Golden, 46 fumble return BSU Hall, 65 fumble return

21 Opponent Scoring Drives

Opp. Qtr Wyo. 1 Wyo. 2 Wyo. 3 Wyo. 4 Wyo. 4 Ark. 2 Ark. 2 Ark. 3 Utah 1 Utah 1 Utah 2 Utah 3 Utah 4 Utah 4 BYU 1 BYU 1 BYU 2 BYU 2 BYU 4 Idaho 1 Idaho 2 Idaho 3 Idaho 3 Idaho 4 Fres. St. 3 Fres. St. 4 SJSU 2 SJSU 3 SJSU 4 La. Tech 1 La. Tech 1 La. Tech 1 La. Tech 2 La. Tech 3 La. Tech 3 La. Tech 4 La. Tech 4 Hawaii 1 Hawaii 1 Hawaii 2 Hawaii 2 Hawaii 3 Hawaii 3 Hawaii 3 Hawaii 4 Hawaii 4 Nevada 1 Nevada 2 Nevada 3 Nevada 3 Nevada 3 Nevada 4 Boise St. 1 Boise St. 1 Boise St. 2 Boise St. 2 Boise St. 3 Boise St. 3 Boise St. 4 NMSU 1 NMSU 1 NMSU 1 NMSU 2 NMSU 4

Pl-Yds 15-54 6-61 12-52 3-57 6-55 6-50 5-80 1-72 8-26 4-41 2-21 8-56 6-20 2-38 10-89 5-30 7-60 11-65 7-99 11-78 12-67 12-82 5-36 7-36 3-61 6-34 5-67 1-50 11-81 8-34 1-66 4-80 6-78 2-65 9-64 12-77 7-42 5-71 8-74 1-60 2-48 2-72 3-68 5-86 6-31 6-49 3- 7 13-81 4-78 6-36 7-54 5-32 10-75 5-62 7-84 3-30 9-63 3-9 12-70 1-47 6-90 8-82 9-80 9-47

Time 7:07 2:32 5:27 1:40 3:06 2:17 0:59 0:39 3:10 1:32 0:21 2:42 2:37 0:46 4:38 2:52 2:10 5:01 2:52 4:53 6:09 7:21 1:38 3:20 0:59 3:07 2:46 0:25 3:09 3:26 0:27 2:15 3:01 0:37 4:42 6:13 3:12 1:33 3:17 0:28 0:56 1:02 1:25 2:11 2:10 2:42 1:20 6:23 0:56 2:24 2:50 2:13 4:54 1:23 3:18 1:15 4:33 0:42 6:50 0:37 2:06 3:13 3:37 4:20

Score 33 FG 39 Pass 13 Pass 51 Pass 2 Run 9 Run 13 Pass 72 Run 38 FG 12 Pass 21 Pass 14 Pass 27 FG 35 Pass 6 Run 44 FG 11 Run 8 Run 18 Pass 8 Run 19 FG 4 Pass 42 FG 6 Run 60 Pass 29 FG 33 Pass 50 Pass 3 Run 38 FG 66 Pass 35 Pass 47 Pass 65 Run 3 Pass 20 FG 5 Run 29 Pass 13 Pass 60 Pass 35 Pass 12 Pass 18 Pass 3 Run 1 Pass 4 Run 4 Pass 5 Run 1 Run 18 Run 6 Run 1 Run 3 Run 27 Run 46 Pass 16 Pass 8 Run 8 Pass 10 Pass 47 Pass 26 Pass 22 Pass 1 Pass 1 Run

Non Offensive Scores Wyo. 20 interception return Utah 21 interception return Utah 45 interception return BYU 64 interception return Idaho 98 Interception return Idaho 74 fumble return Fres. St. Safety NMSU 34 Interception return

Average Field Position UW UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU

Utah State Own 23 Own 18 Own 23 Own 24 Own 34 Own 22 Own 26 Own 32 Own 19 Own 25 Own 26 Own 29

USU Drive Start Position/Result

(-20 = inside or at own 20 yard line; 50+=drives started on other side of 50) UW UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU Totals

-20 8 7 10 7 2 6 6 0 10 6 6 4 72

TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4

FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Drives Scores TD 144 17 15 138 64 55

FG 2-5 9-14

Punt 81 40

TO 24 15

Downs Half 10 8 5 9

50+ 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3

FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Opp. Start Position/Result

(-20 = inside or at own 20 yard line; 50+=drives started on other side of 50) UW UA Utah BYU UI FSU SJSU LTU UH UNR BSU NMSU Totals

-20 2 6 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 33

TD 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 12

FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Drive Charts Utah State Opponent

Opponent Own 35 Own 30 Own 44 Own 29 Own 30 Own 31 Own 32 Own 37 Own 41 Own 42 Own 36 Own 33

Safety Scoring Pct. 1 12% 0 46%

50+ 2 4 6 1 1 2 1 2 4 5 3 2 33

TD 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 15

FG 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

USU When... Category Record Scoring First Opp. Scores First Lead at Half Tied at Half Trail at Half Lead after 3 Tied after 3 Trail after 3 Rush for 200 Pass for 300 More Yards than Opp. Fewer Yards than Opp. More TO than Opp. Same TO as Opp. Fewer TO than Opp. Home Away Natural Grass Artificial Turf Day Games Night Games Decided by one score Overtime Games vs. Ranked Opponents vs. Non-Ranked Opp. Conference Games Non-Conf. Games *****

22 CAREER STARTS

2006 1-11 1-2 0-9 1-1 0-0 0-10 0-0 1-1 0-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-11 0-6 1-1 0-4 1-4 0-7 0-3 1-8 0-8 1-3 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-10 1-7 0-4

2005 3-8 2-2 1-6 2-0 1-0 0-8 1-0 2-0 0-8 1-0 0-1 1-1 2-7 0-4 1-4 2-1 2-3 1-5 1-2 2-6 2-5 1-3 3-1 0-0 0-1 3-7 2-6 1-2

Player, Year, Pos. Cons. Marquise Charles, So., CB 12 B. DeLadurantey, Sr., OL 12 Ry. Tonnemacher, So. OL 12 Caleb Taylor, So., S 12 Shawn Murphy, Jr., OT 12 Malik Cin, Sr., OG 9 Paul Igboeli, Fr., LB 8 Kevin Robinson, Jr., WR 7 Riley Nelson, Fr. QB 7 Antonio Taylor, Jr., SS 6 Ben Childs, Jr., DT 6 Pace Jorgensen, Jr. OG 4 Kejon Murpy, Fr., CB 4 Carl SIngleton, Jr., DT 4 Daryl Fields, So., LB 3 Darby Golden, Fr., DE 3 Devon Hall, So., LB 1 Otis Nelson, So., WR 1 Rob Myers, So., TE 1 Aaron Lesue, Jr., WR 1 Xavier Bowman, Fr., WR 1 Kerry Shepherd, Sr., DL 1 Terr. Washington, Sr., S 0 E.J. Reid, Jr., DT 0 Jake Hutton, So., LB 0 Leon Jackson, Jr., QB 0 Jimmy Bohm, Jr., FB/TE 0 Marcus Cross, Jr., TB 0 Bevan Howard, So., DE 0 Frank Maile, Jr., DL 0 Drew Pearson, Jr., CB 0 Ryan Bohm, So., FB 0 Chris Forbes, Jr., S 0 Tarell Richards, Sr., WR 0 Ben Calderwood, So., DE 0 Lynwood Johnson, So., FB 0 Derek Hoke, So., OT 0 Derrick Cumbee, So., LB 0 Joshua Taylor, So., CB 0 Taylor Wallace, Fr., OT 0 Will Fausel, Jr., TE 0 Alan Bishop, Fr., DL 0 Ryan Pahua, Sr., OT 0 Brennan McFadden, Fr., TE 0 Omar Sawyer, Fr., WR 0 Antraun McDaniel, Jr., RB 0

Total 18 16 15 12 12 15 8 21 7 16 7 27 4 4 6 4 16 10 8 4 4 4 25 18 15 14 13 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1

2006 12 12 12 12 12 9 8 9 7 6 6 11 4 4 6 4 10 8 8 4 4 4 8 4 4 5 6 10 9 8 9 1 0 3 7 2 1 5 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 1

2005 6 0 3 0 — 5 — 9 — 7 1 11 — — 0 — 6 2 0 — — 0 7 10 11 9 3 — 1 2 — 8 2 5 — 4 4 — 4 — 2 — 2 — — —

2004 — 4 — — — 1 — 3 — 3 0 5 — — — — — — — — — 0 2 4 — 0 4 — — 0 — — 7 0 — — — — — — 0 — — — — —

2003 — — — — — 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 8 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME #1

23 Sept. 2

GAME #2

Sept. 9

at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, Wyo.

at Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark.

WYOMING 38, UTAH STATE 7

ARKANSAS 20, UTAH STATE 0

While the Utah State offense struggled, the Aggie defense kept the team in the game before finally wearing out in the fourth quarter as Wyoming posted a 38-7 victory in the season opener for both teams last Saturday. USU produced just 129 yards on just 48 plays during the game, while Wyoming ran up 460 yards on 78 plays. The Cowboys scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Despite Wyoming's statistical dominance, Utah State remained in the game thanks to Antonio Taylor's 45-yard interception return for a touchdown late in the second quarter which brought USU to within 10-7 at the half. The score remained 10-7 until the Cowboys scored with :24 left in the third period to push their lead to 17-7. That score was the first of four straight possessions Wyoming scored on (includes an interception for a score). The Aggie offense produced just one play longer than nine yards in the game, as Leon Jackson hit Kevin Robinson on a 33-yard pass in the fourth quarter. The Aggies threw for just 74 yards in the game, while rushing for just 55 more. Marcus Cross made his USU debut and rushed 11 times for 44 yards. Robinson was the receiving leader catching two for 41 yards. Defensively, Devon Hall and Jake Hutton each had nine tackles for USU.

Marcus Cross became just the third Utah State player to rush for 100 yards in the last 27 games, but it wasn’t enough as the Aggies fell 20-0 at Southeastern Conference opponent Arkansas. Cross, a junior in his second game at USU, carried 29 times for 103 yards as the Aggies rushed for 135 yards on the night. USU also added 114 passing yards, but Arkansas produced 457 yards of total offense in getting the win. The Aggies kept Arkansas out of the endzone in the first quarter and in fact kept the Razorbacks off the board until 8:01 remained in the second quarter. The Razorbacks capped a 50-yard drive with the first of two Darren McFadden touchdown runs. After a late second quarter touchdown, Arkansas’ only other score was a 72-yard run in the middle of the third quarter as McFadden burst through the line for the longest run allowed by the Aggies since 2002. USU threatened late in the game getting the ball inside the Arkansas 10-yard line on its final possession, but three straight incomplete passes finished USU’s chances of not being shutout.

Note-able Several Aggies made their first career starts today. On defense, CB Drew Pearson, S Caleb Taylor, LB Daryl Fields, and DE Darby Golden all started for the first time. On offense it was TB Marcus Cross, OT Shawn Murphy and OT Taylor Wallace... Antonio Taylor’s 45-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter was the first by an Aggie since Toriano Taulogo returned one 44 yards vs. New Mexico State in 2004. It was also Taylor’s third career interception... USU’s 129 yards of total offense was its fewest in a game since recording 82 yards at Illinois in 1989. Score By Quarters Utah State 0 Wyoming 3

7 7

0 7

0 21

-7 - 38

Scoring Summary UW - 1st (7:53) - Goodman, 33 FG UW - 2nd (8:53) - Marsh, 39 pass from Doss (Goodman kick) USU - 2nd (2:52) - A. Taylor, 45 interception return (Hamblin kick) UW - 3rd (0:24) - Seldon, 13 pass from Doss (Goodman kick) UW - 4th (13:09) - Hodlen, 51 pass from Doss (Goodman kick) UW - 4th (12:11) - Medina, 20 interception return (Scott kick) UW - 4th (7:45) - Marsh, 2 run (Scott kick) Attn: 18,531 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 5 26-55 22-10-1 74 48-129 2-0 9-79 10-35.3 1-(-2) 2-42 24:02

Wyoming 31 51-221 27-18-1 239 78-460 3-2 7-55 1-47.0 7-51 2-48 35:38

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 11-44, Jackson 11-8, McDaniel 2-2, Sirstins 2-1 UW: Seldon 18-99 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 22-10-1, 74 UW: Doss 26-17-1, 209 Individual Receiving USU: Robinson 3-41, Pennyman 2-13, Nelson 2-10, Cross 1-5, Lesue 1-5, Sirstins 1-0 UW: Holden 4-71 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 1-(-2) USU KO Returns: Pennyman 2-42 USU Interception Returns: A. Taylor 1-45 (TD) USU Tackle Leaders: Hall 9, Hutton 9, A. Taylor 7, Calderwood 7

Note-able TB Marcus Cross became just the third Aggie to run for 100 yards in the last 27 games (Chris Forbes vs. New Mexico State in 2004 and Jerod Walker vs. New Mexico State in 2005)... DE Ben Calderwood recorded his first career sack as well as USU’s first sack of the young season in the third quarter... USU was shutout in a game for the first time since getting blanked 21-0 at Middle Tennessee in 2004 (15 games in between shutouts)... USU did not commit a turnover for the first time since the Middle Tennessee game of 2004 (15 games in between). Score By Quarters Utah State 0 Arkansas 0

0 14

0 6

0 0

-0 - 20

Scoring Summary UA - 2nd (8:01) - McFadden, 9 run (Arnold kick) UA - 2nd (0:22) - Monk, 13 pass from Mustain (Arnold kick) UA - 3rd (6:09) - McFadden, 72 run (Arnold kick failed) Attn: 69,491 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 18 39-135 28-11-0 114 67-249 0-0 3-25 10-35.5 1-(-1) 4-76 34:58

Arkansas 18 38-279 22-11-0 178 60-457 2-1 8-90 6-38.3 4-58 1-23 25:02

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 29-103, Jackson 6-16, Robinson 1-13, McDaniel 3-3 UA: McFadden 20-184 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 28-11-0, 114 UA: Mustain 17-9-0, 119 Individual Receiving USU: Nelson 3-37, Robinson 3-11, Pennyman 2-36, Richards 2-11, Cross 1-19 UA: Hillis 4-45 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 1-(-1) USU KO Returns: Pennyman 2-43, Robinson 2-33 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: Hall 8, Hutton 8, Washington 6, Charles 6



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME #3

24 Sept. 16

GAME #4

Sept. 23

at Romney Stadium, Logan, Utah

at LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah

UTAH 48, UTAH STATE 0

BRIGHAM YOUNG 38, UTAH STATE 0

For the third game in a row the Utah State offense was shutout as the Aggies fell to Utah 48-0 in its home opener here Saturday night. The tone of the game was set on the first series as Aggie quarterback Leon Jackson was intercepted for the first time in seven appearances in Romney Stadium and had that throw returned 21 yards for a touchdown by Eric Shyne just 1:06 into the game. The Utes scored 17 first-quarter points after the Aggies had allowed just one field goal in the opening period of their first two games combined. By halftime the Utes had pushed the margin to 24-0 and at the end of the third quarter the Aggies were down 38-0. USU recorded just 98 offensive yards while Utah rolled up 401. Jackson completed just four of 15 passes for 39 yards and two interceptions before giving way to a pair of backup quarterbacks in Bryan Black and Mike Affleck. Black, who made his first appearance for USU since playing as a freshman in 2003, was two of three, but fumbled once. Affleck was 0 of two. In all, USU had six turnovers after committing just one in the first two games combined. In fact, the Aggies had not had more than one turnover in its previous five games dating back to last year. USU’s rushing game produced 34 yards as the Aggies had 83 positive yards and 49 negative yards. USU’s longest play on the day was a 23-yard pass from Jackson to Nnamdi Gwacham, who was playing in his first collegiate game, while the longest run was nine yards by Marcus Cross. Defensively, LB Jake Hutton recorded a game-high 10 tackles, while S Terrance Washington and DT E.J. Reid each added seven stops.

Utah State’s football team was shutout for the third straight game as the Aggies lost 38-0 at in-state rival Brigham Young on Saturday afternoon. Marcus Cross led the USU offensive effort rushing for 127 yards and catching five passes for 38 yards. He became the first Aggie to record two 100-yard rushing games in a season since 2003. He also became the first USU player to lead the team in rushing and receiving yards in the same game since wide receiver Kevin Robinson led in both categories against San Jose State in the fourth game of last year. USU’s defense was led by sophomore transfer Derrick Cumbee, who in his first collegiate start, recorded a game-high 11 tackles. BYU scored on each of its first four possessions to take a 24-0 lead midway through the second quarter. The Cougars added a touchdown in the third quarter on an interception return and then posted another score on its final drive of the day. USU reached the red zone twice in the game, but came away without a score both times. The Aggies produced 242 yards of offense, but allowed the Cougars 441 on the day. USU owned the time of possession advantage holding the ball for 34:10 to BYU’s 25:50, but USU averaged just 3.5 yards per play while BYU gained 7.1 per attempt.

Score By Quarters Utah 17 Utah State 0

7 0

14 0

10 0

- 48 -0

Scoring Summary UU - 1st (13:54) - Shyne, 21 interception return (Sakoda kick) UU - 1st (8:46) - Sakoda, 38 FG UU - 1st (4:53) - Richards, 12 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) UU - 2nd (0:03) - Richards, 21 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) UU - 3rd (4:28) - Wilson, 14 pass from Ratliff (Sakoda kick) UU - 3rd (2:51) - Sylvester, 45 interception return (Sakoda kick) UU - 4th (13:57) - Sakoda, 27 FG UU - 4th (12:36) - Tagovailoa, 35 pass from Grady (Sakoda kick) Attn: 20,082 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

Utah 19 37-161 30-20-0 240 67-401 3-1 7-71 4-42.8 4-41 1-22 33:46

USU 7 29-34 20-6-2 64 49-98 4-4 4-24 8-38.1 2-(-2) 6-122 26:14

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 13-27, Sirstins, 3-10, Robinson 1-4, Affleck 1-4, McDaniel, 1-(-1), Black 2-(-2), Jackson 8-(-8) UU: Ratliff, 8-45 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 15-4-2, 39, Black 3-2-0, 25, Affleck 2-0-0 UU: Rafliff, 26-18-0, 182 Individual Receiving USU: Gwacham, 2-25, Cross 2-14, Richards 1-20, McDaniel 1-5 UU: Richards 7-90 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 2-(-2) USU KO Returns: Robinson 4-99, Bowman 2-23 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: Hutton, 10, Washington 7, Reid 7, Brindley 5, Pearson 5, C. Taylor 5

Note-able LB Derrick Cumbee made his first career start and recorded a game-high 11 tackles in the contest... DT Kerry Shepherd made his first career start in place of the injured Frank Maile... Leon Jackson recorded season long 59 and 54-yard punts... TB Marcus Cross’ 29yard run in the third quarter was the longest rush by the Aggies this season (previous long was 16 yards by Cross at Arkansas)... USU was shutout for the third straight game marking the first time the Aggies have been scoreless in three consecutive contests since 1937. Score By Quarters Utah State 0 BYU 10

0 14

0 7

0 7

-0 - 38

Scoring Summary BYU - 1st (10:22) - Vakapuna, 6 run (McLaughlin kick) BYU - 1st (4:53) - McLaughlin, 44 FG BYU - 2nd (14:02) - Vakafuna, 11 run (McLaughlin kick) BYU - 2nd (5:24) - Vakapuna, 8 run (McLaughlin kick) BYU - 3rd (8:21) - Robinson, 64 interception return (McLaughlin kick) BYU - 4th (2:16), Harline, 18 pass from Beck (McLaughlin kick) Attn: 58,659 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 17 42-120 28-17-1 122 70-242 2-1 6-46 6-43.0 1-15 4-71 34:10

BYU 23 34-136 28-20-1 305 62-441 0-0 4-55 3-36.3 2-29 1-6 25:50

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 27-127, Jackson 9-15, Johnson 1-4, McDaniel 2-3, Black 2-3, Team 1-(-32) BYU: Vakapuna 13-73 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 24-14-1, 90, Black 4-3-0, 32 BYU: Beck 28-20-1, 305 Individual Receiving USU: Cross 5-38, Richards 5-21, Myers 2-31, Robinson 2-14, J. Bohm 3-13, Nelson 1-5 BYU: Harline 5-75 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 1-15 USU KO Returns: Robinson 4-71 USU Interception Returns: Pearson 1-0 USU Tackle Leaders: Cumbee 11, Hall 7, Pearson 4, A. Taylor 4, Washington 4



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME #5

25 Sept. 30

GAME #6

Oct. 7

at Romney Stadium, Logan, Utah

at Romney Stadium, Logan, Utah

IDAHO 41, UTAH STATE 21

UTAH STATE 13, FRESNO STATE 12

Utah State jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter, but gave up 41 consecutive points before adding a final touchdown en route to losing its Western Athletic Conference opener 41-21 to Idaho. Utah State, which had not scored an offensive touchdown in its first four games, took the opening kickoff and marched 71 yards in 10 plays to put its first offensive points of the year on the board. Marcus Cross capped the drive with a sixyard scoring run at the 11:10 mark. The Aggies added their second touchdown just three minutes later as they recovered a pooched kickoff at the Idaho 21-yard line. USU needed just five plays to get in the endzone when Leon Jackson hit tight end Jimmy Bohm for a one-yard touchdown pass to give the Aggies a 14-0 lead at the 8:16 mark of the first quarter. After producing 92 yards in its first 15 plays of the game, the Aggies’ next eight drives resulted in five punts, two interceptions and a fumble. In that stretch, USU had four three and outs. The Aggies did put together an 11-play 66-yard drive midway through the second quarter, but after reaching the Idaho seven-yard line, Jackson’s cross field pass was picked off by Stanley Franks and returned 98 yards for a Vandal score. Had USU scored on the drive it would have given the Aggies a 21-10 lead, but instead USU found itself behind 17-14. USU did produce a season high 306 yards, while holding Idaho to an Aggie opponent season-low 316 yards. Cross ran 16 times for 68 yards, while Jackson completed 16 of 24 attempts for 136 yards and one touchdown. However Jackson threw two interceptions after opening the game by hitting his first seven attempts.

Freshman quarterback Riley Nelson guided Utah State to a thrilling 13-12 come from behind victory in his first collegiate start here Saturday night. Nelson found Fresno native Kevin Robinson on a 30-yard touchdown pass with just :55 left in the game to boost the Aggies to just their second victory in their last 13 games. The Aggies drove 80 yards in 11 plays on the game-winning drive just after Fresno State extended its 9-7 lead to 12-7 with a field goal at the 3:56 mark. Nelson, who set several national records as a prep senior, including accounting for 84 touchdowns last season at Logan High School, was nine of 19 passing for 120 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Nelson had played the last two series in USU’s previous game against Idaho. Nelson was six of six passing for 57 yards, while rushing three times for 34 more yards on the final drive. He had rushes of 16 and 21 yards on the final series and converted three third-down plays on the drive. Utah State took an early 7-0 lead as Marcus Cross scored on a 54-yard reception late in the first quarter. The Aggies held Fresno State scoreless in the first half, marking the first time the opponents did not score before the break since 2003. Fresno State evened the score at the 9:04 mark of the third quarter on a 60-yard pass to Chastin West. That was the longest pass allowed by the Aggies this season. Fresno State took the lead on a safety when an errant Utah State punt snap sailed back 30 yards into the endzone early in the fourth quarter. Leading 9-7, the visiting Bulldogs added a 29-yard field goal with 3:56 left in the game before USU’s final drive. On the night Fresno State outgained Utah State 319 yards to 267 behind 138 rushing yards from Dwayne Wright. The Aggies countered with 93 rushing yards by Cross, as well as 76 on the ground by Nelson. Noteable Riley Nelson became the first quarterback to lead USU to a victory in his first start since Anthony Calvillo in 1992... USU produced its season longest rush (32 yards) and longest pass (54 yards), both by Marcus Cross.

Score By Quarters Idaho 7 Utah State 14

10 0

10 0

14 7

- 41 - 21

Scoring Summary USU - 1st (11:10) - Cross, 6 run (Hamblin kick) USU - 1st (8:16) - J. Bohm, 1 pass from Jackson (Hamblin kick) UI - 1st (3:23) - Bird, 8 run (Amancio kick) UI - 2nd (6:52) - Amancio, 19 FG UI - 2nd (1:26) - Franks, 98 interception return (Amancio kick) UI - 3rd (4:23) - Williams, 4 pass from Wichman (Amancio kick) UI - 3rd (0:56) - Amancio, 42 FG UI - 4th (8:35) - Flowers, 6 run UI - 4th )7:02) - Ratti, 74 fumble recovery (Amancio kick) USU - 4th (1:58) - McDaniel, 8 run (Hamblin kick) Attn: 8,618 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

UI 18 35-128 20-10-0 188 55-316 1-1 7-68 2-33.0 3-16 4-51 28:49

USU 22 35-119 27-19-2 186 62-305 3-1 2-20 5-38.2 2-7 6-131 31:11

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 16-68, Jackson 9-22, R. Nelson 7-17, McDaniel 2-8, Johnson 1-4 UI: Bird 13-51 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 24-16-2, 136, R. Nelson 3-3-0, 50 UI: Wichman 20-10-0, 188 Individual Receiving USU: O. Nelson 6-56, Cross 4-36, Richards 2-26, R. Bohm 2-25, Bowman 2-13, Myers 1-18, McDaniel 1-11, J. Bohm 1-1 UI: Komar 2-66 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 2-7 USU KO Returns: Robinson 5-116, Anderson 1-15 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: Fields 6, Washington 6, Hall 6, Igboeli 6, Calderwood 6

Score By Quarters Fresno State 0 Utah State 7

0 0

7 0

5 6

- 12 - 13

Scoring Summary USU - 1st (1:32) - Cross, 54 pass from R. Nelson (Hamblin kick) FSU - 3rd (9:04) - West, 60 pass from Branstater (Stitser kick) FSU - 4th (11:59) - Team Safety FSU - 4th (3:56) - Stitser, 29 FG USU - 4th (0:55) - Robinson, 30 pass from R. Nelson (rush failed) Attn: 10,701 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

FSU 15 34-164 27-13-0 155 61-319 0-0 6-49 7-38.4 4-12 3-43 32:41

USU 11 36-147 19-9-0 120 55-267 1-0 6-75 8-29.4 2-37 1-23 27:19

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 20-93, R. Nelson 14-76, K. Robinson 1-8, Team 1-(-30) FSU: Bird 13-51Wright 26-138 Individual Passing USU: R. Nelson 19-9-0, 120 FSU: Brandstater 27-13-0, 155 Individual Receiving USU: Cross 5-71, K. Robinson 3-45, O. Nelson 1-4 FSU: West 5-91 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 2-37 USU KO Returns: Robinson 1-23 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: Calderwood 9, A. Taylor 9, Cumbee 7, Igboeli 7



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME #7

26 Oct. 14

GAME #8

Oct. 21

at Spartan Stadium, San Jose, Calif.

at Aillet Stadium, Ruston, La.

SAN JOSE STATE 21, UTAH STATE 14

LOUISIANA TECH 48, UTAH STATE 35

San Jose State capped an 11-play, 81-yard drive with a Patrick Perry three-yard run with 3:56 remaining to post a 21-14 come-frombehind victory against Utah State in San Jose on Saturday. The Aggies jumped out to a 14-0 lead for the second time this season, only to fall once again. Two weeks ago, USU led Idaho 14-0 after its first two possessions before allowing 41 consecutive points in a 41-21 loss. On Saturday, The Aggies held their 14-0 advantage until midway through the second quarter. San Jose State scored on two long passes in the second and third quarters as Yonus Davis hauled in a 33-yard pass in the second quarter and James Jones scored on a 50-yard pass to tie the game with 2:01 left in the third period. Perry provided the game’s final points with just under four minutes remaining in the game. The Aggies had one last chance, just like its game last week against Fresno State, when USU marched 80 yards for the game-winning score with just :55 left after the Bulldogs has pulled ahead 12-7 with 3:56 left in that game. USU started its final drive at its own 24-yard line with 3:56 left on Saturday. Aggie quarterback Riley Nelson hit Ryan Bohm for a nine-yard gain and then broke a long run down the USU sideline on the next play. However, the Aggies were called for holding and the ball was set at the USU 35-yard line. Nelson then hit Xavier Bowman and Antraun McDaniel for gains of eight and four respectively before connecting with Kevin Robinson for 23 yards to get to the San Jose State 30-yard line. After USU gained seven yards on its next three plays, the Aggies faced fourth and three at the SJSU 23-yard line. Nelson threw a screen to Aggie tight en d Rob Myers, who was tackled for a loss of three to end USU’s chances for its second straight come-back win. Nelson hit 21 of 24 attempts for a school record single-game pass percentage of .875. The previous mark was .823 by Travis Cox, who hit 23 of 27 against New Mexico State in 2004. The Aggies produced 301 yards for its second-best offensive output of the year, just four yards short of the 305 vs. Idaho.

Utah State fell behind 17-0 in the first quarter before responding with a season-high 35 points in a losing effort at Louisiana Tech back on Oct. 21. The Aggies dropped to 1-7 overall and 1-3 in the WAC with the 48-35 loss. Louisiana Tech improved to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the WAC. A field goal and two long passes of 66 and 35 yards by the Bulldogs, put the home team up 17-0 in the first quarter. USU scored two of the game's next three touchdowns to pull within 24-14 at halftime. LTU opened the third quarter with consecutive touchdowns and led 38-14 en route to the victory. USU produced a season-best 373 yards in the game, but allowed Louisiana Tech 570 yards. Aggie quarterback Riley Nelson threw for a career-best 249 yards as he hit 12 of 28 attempts, but he was intercepted for the first time this year. On USU's first play Nelson threw the first of his two interceptions in the game. Marcus Cross rushed for 70 yards and two scores, while Kevin Robinson recorded a career-best 141 yard receiving day. Robinson had six catches, including two touchdowns as he eclipsed his previous best yardage game of 131 which he set against Louisiana Tech last year.

Score By Quarters Utah State 7 San Jose State 0

7 7

0 7

0 7

- 14 - 21

Scoring Summary USU - 1st (3:47) - Johnson, 1 pass from R. Nelson (Shields kick) USU - 2nd (8:55) - K. Robinson, 14 pass from R. Nelson (Shields kick) SJSU - 2nd (6:09) - Davis, 33 pass from Tafralis (Strubeck kick) SJSU - 3rd (2:01) - Jones, 50 pass from Tafralis (Strubeck kick) SJSU - 4th (3:56) - Perry, 3 run (Strubeck kick) Attn: 15,738 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 16 44-156 24-21-0 145 68-301 1-1 4-38 7-35.1 1-19 2-31 36:49

SJSU 19 30-123 28-15-2 252 58-375 5-2 1-15 4-42.0 4-7 3-49 23:11

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 23-67, R. Nelson 11-50, McDaniel 7-33, R. Bohm 2-5, K. Robinson 1-1 SJSU: Davis 12-60 Individual Passing USU: R. Nelson 24-21-0, 145 SJSU: Tafralis 28-15-2, 252 Individual Receiving USU: O. Nelson 7-72, K. Robinson 4-47, Cross 3-(-5), R. Bohm 2-14, Myers 2-4, Bowman 1-8, McDaniel 1-4, Johnson 1-1 SJSU: Jones 8-134 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 1-19 USU KO Returns: Robinson 2-31 USU Interception Returns: C. Taylor 1-10, Hall 1-0 USU Tackle Leaders: Cumbee 10, C. Taylor 9, PEarson 7, Hall 7

Score By Quarters Utah State 0 Louisiana Tech 17

14 7

7 14

14 10

- 35 - 48

Scoring Summary LTU - 1st (10:54) - Horwedel, 38 FG LTU - 1st (9:08) - Holland, 66 pass from Champion (Horwedel kick) LTU - 1st (1:12) - Jackson 35 pass from Champion (Horwedel kick) USU - 2nd (13:45) - Cross, 1 run (Shields kick) LTU - 2nd (6:31) - Wheeler, 47 pass from Champion (Horwedel kick) USU - 2nd (1:07) - K. Robinson, 17 pass from R. Nelson (Shields kick) LTU - 3rd (14:23) - Jackson, 65 run (Horwedel kick) LTU - 3rd (7:31) - Wheeler, 3 pass from Champion (Horwedel kick) USU - 3rd (4:39) - Cross, 7 run (Shields kick) LTU - 4th (10:05) - Horwedel, 20 FG USU - 4th (4:38) - Golden, 46 fumble return LTU - 4th (1:26) - Porter, 5 run (Horwedel kick) USU - 4th (0:10) - K. Robinson, 15 pass from R. Nelson (Shields kick) Attn: 14,463 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 18 36-124 28-12-2 249 64-373 1-0 3-27 5-39.0 1-0 8-131 23:55

LTU 21 47-344 18-13-0 226 65-570 2-1 5-55 3-30.0 3-8 4-116 36:05

Individual Rushing USU: Cross 16-70, R. Nelson 12-26, McDaniel 6-19, Sawyer 2-9 LTU: Porter 24-178 Individual Passing USU: R. Nelson 28-12-2, 249 LTU: Champion 18-13-0, 226 Individual Receiving USU: K. Robinson 6-141, Bowman 2-38, Myers 1-28, Gwacham 1-16, Sawyer 1-15, Cross 1-11 LTU: Wheeler 2-50 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 1-0 USU KO Returns: Robinson 4-96, Fields 1-1, Anderson 2-31, Buck 1-3 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: Igboeli 17, A. Taylor 13, Cumbee 9, Hall 8, Golden 6



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME #9

27 Nov. 4

GAME #10

Nov. 11

at Romney Stadium, Logan, Utah

at Mackay Stadium, Reno, Nev.

HAWAI'I 63, UTAH STATE 10

NEVADA 42, UTAH STATE 0

Utah State produced 362 yards, but just 10 points in suffering its worst loss since 1989 as the Aggies dropped a game to Hawai’i 63-10. The 53-point scoring margin was the worst for USU since it lost to Southern California by 56 points (66-10) in 1989. After Hawai’i scored a touchdown on its opening drive, Utah State responded with a scoring drive on its own, kicking a 46-yard field goal for its first made field goal of the season. The Aggies had been the only team in the nation without a tree-pointer this season. However, Hawai’i scored the next three touchdowns of the half to take a 28-3 lead into the break. USU opened the third quarter .with a seven-play 80-yard drive that was capped with an Antraun McDaniel one-yard touchdown run to make the score Hawai’i 28-10. The visiting Warriors then added five more touchdowns the rest of the game as they compiled 572 yards, including 486 passing. USU’s Kevin Robinson pulled in five balls for 84 yards to lead the Aggie offense, while quarterback Riley Nelson hit 17 of 29 passes for 225 yards and rushed for 65 yards on 15 carries. However, the freshman also threw one interception and fumbled twice in the contest. Defensively Terrance Washington recorded the eighth interception of his career, while Devon Hall and Paul Igboeli each had a team-best five tackles.

Utah State suffered its fourth shutout this season on Saturday, as the Aggies were blanked by Nevada 42-0 at a rainy and snowy Mackay Stadium. In making his first start as an Aggie, junior tailback Antraun McDaniel rushed for a career-high 78 yards on 14 carries, as Utah State tallied only 207 yards of offense. Nevada had 342 yards of offense, as Luke Lippincott rushed for 144 yards on 25 carries and found the end zone twice, while Jeff Rowe was 12 of 19 passing for 140 yards and a TD, rushing for two TD’s as part of his 37 yards rushing. The Wolf Pack’s Dwayne Sanders took the opening kickoff 83 yards to the Utah State 7, and three plays later, Rowe hit Robert Hubbard with a 4-yard pass and Brett Jaekle tacked on the PAT for a 7-0 Nevada lead at the 13:40 mark. The Aggies countered with a 73-yard drive, highlighted by a 25-yard run by McDaniel. After the drive reached second and goal at the Nevada goal line, Utah State was stopped on three-straight plays to turn the ball over on downs. Lippincott scored on a 5-yard scamper with 3:20 left in the first half as Nevada took a 14-0 lead into halftime. The Wolf Pack erupted for 21 third-quarter points to open a 35-0 lead after three stanzas. Junior backup quarterback Leon Jackson III engineered a drive mid-way through the fourth quarter, leading the Aggies down to the Nevada 11, before again turning the ball over on downs. Starting freshman quarterback Riley Nelson was 6 of 15 for 45 yards, with two interceptions, as well as being sacked twice and being held to negative two yards rushing. Jackson was 3 of 6 for 37 yards with an interception, while junior tailback Marcus Cross had 12 carries for 34 yards. Junior wideout Kevin Robinson had three receptions for 40 yards. Defensively, junior strong safety Antonio Taylor had a game-high eight tackles and one pass break up.

Score By Quarters Hawai'i 14 Utah State 3

14 0

21 7

14 0

- 63 - 10

Scoring Summary UH - 1st (13:27) - Grice-Mullen, 29 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) USU - 1st (9:26) - Shields, 46 FG UH - 1st (6:09) - Ilaoa, 13 pass rom Brennan (Kelly kick) UH - 2nd (10:12) - Ilaoa, 60 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) UH - 2nd (5:15) - Rivers, 35 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) USU - 3rd (12:28) - McDaniel, 1 run (Shields kick) UH - 3rd (11:26) - Bess, 12 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) UH - 3rd (7:45) - Grice-Mullen, 18 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) UH - 3rd (0:00) - Ilaoa, 3 run (Kelly kick) UH - 4th (12:03) - Rivers, 1 pass from Graunke (Kelly kick) UH - 4th (6:29) - Farmer, 4 run (Kelly kick) Attn: 10,291 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

UH 22 13-86 38-23-1 486 51-572 0-0 6-50 3-35.7 4-24 3-37 23:15

USU 18 42-137 31-17-1 225 73-362 4-3 11-93 6-41.3 2-5 4-85 36:45

Individual Rushing USU: R. Nelson 15-65, McDaniel 12-43, R. Bohm 7-15, Cross 7-9, K. Robinson 1-5 UH: Ilaoa 6-55 Individual Passing USU: R. Nelson 29-17-1, 225, Jackson 2-0-0, 0 UH: Brennan 29-18-1, 413 Individual Receiving USU: K. Robinson 5-84, Sawyer 3-33, Lesue 2-55, Myers 2-28, McDaniel 2-20, Cross 1-3, J. Bohm 1-2, R. Bohm 1-0 UH: Ilaoa 6-155 USU Punt Returns: Robinson 2-5 USU KO Returns: Robinson 3-67, Bowman 1-18 USU Interception Returns: Washington 1-6 USU Tackle Leaders: Hall 5, Igboeli 5, Fields 4, A. Taylor 4

Score By Quarters Utah State 0 Nevada 7

0 7

0 21

0 7

-0 - 42

Scoring Summary UNR - 1st (13:40) - Hubbard, 4 pass rom Rowe (Jaekle kick) UNR - 2nd (3:20) - Lippincott, 4 run (Jaekle kick) UNR - 3rd (9:45) - Lippincott, 1 run (Jaekle kick) UNR - 3rd (5:26) - Rowe, 18 run (Jaekle kick) UNR - 3rd (0:19) - Rowe, 6 rn (Jaekle kick) UNR - 4th (11:41) - Kanellis, 1 run (Jaekle kick) Attn: 8,584 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 13 38-125 21-9-3 82 207 0-0 8-69 732.0 0-0 2-17 29:27

UNR 21 44-202 20-12-0 140 342 3-2 4-34 3-27.7 4-29 1-82 30:33

Individual Rushing USU: McDaniel 14-78, Cross 12-34, Jackson 1-7, J. Bohm 2-4, Johnson 1-4, R. Nelson 8-(-2) UNR: Lippincott 25-144 Individual Passing USU: R. Nelson 15-6-2, 45, Jackson 6-3-1, 37 UNR: Rowe 19-12-0, 140 Individual Receiving USU: K. Robinson 3-40, Cross 3-12, O. Nelson 2-12, Lesue 1-18 UNR: Mitchell 2-72 USU Punt Returns: none USU KO Returns: Bowman 2-17 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: A. Taylor 8, Igboeli 7, C. Taylor 7, Childs 6, Fields 6



2007 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL

GAME #11

28 Nov. 18

GAME #12

Nov. 25

at Bronco Stadium, Boise, Idaho

at Romney Stadium, Logan, Utah

BOISE STATE 49, UTAH STATE 10

NEW MEXICO STATE 42, UTAH STATE 20

Jared Zabransky completed 21 of 23 passing attempts for 236 yards and three touchdowns to lead 13th-ranked Boise State to a 49-10 victory against Utah State last Saturday. The Broncos jumped out to a 14-0 first-quarter lead and made it 21-0 just minutes into the second before Utah State's Bryan Shields kicked USU's second field goal of the season. Shields drilled a 31-yarder as the Aggies converted after USU's James Brindley forced and recovered a fumble at the BSU 46-yard line. BSU then scored 21 straight points before USU's defense put up its third score of the season. Linebacker Paul Igboeli recorded a sack and forced a fumble that Devon Hall picked up and ran 64 yards with for a score to make it 42-10. The Aggies produced just 188 yards of total offense in the game, while the Broncos, who entered the game with the 15th-ranked offense in the nation, produced 488 yards. USU quarterback Riley Nelson rushed for more yards (45) than he passed for (40) as the Aggies managed only seven first downs and were two of 13 on third-down conversions. Leon Jackson III saw his most extensive playing time at quarterback since losing the starting job after five games. The junior hit three of four attempts for 58 yards, including a 43-yard toss to Kevin Robinson. Robinson finished the game with three receptions for 58 yards. Aaron Lesue added two catches for 20 yards as USU had just 98 receiving yards to go along with 90 rushing yards. Defensively the Aggies were led by Igboeli, who recorded a game-high 10 tackles, including the 13-yard sack. Daryl Fields, who made his second straight start at linebacker, had eight tackles. The Broncos scored on each of their first three possessions, while USU went three and out on each of its first three possessions.

New Mexico State scored 28 first quarter points en route to a 42-20 win at Utah State in the home team’s season finale here Saturday afternoon. USU was led by quarterback Leon Jackson, who came off the bench to throw for 146 yards and two scores in relief of Riley Nelson. Jackson connected with Kevin Robinson on a 27-yard scoring strike in the second quarter and then hit Otis Nelson from four yards out six minutes later to pull the northern Aggies to within 28-12 after a pair of missed two-point conversions. The teams traded touchdowns and USU trailed 35-20 with 4:18 left in the third quarter. Both of USU’s final two possessions ended in downs, while NMSU added its final score with 4:24 left in the game. Robinson caught four passes for 101 yards and a score, while Jackson led the team in rushing with 48 yards on eight carries. The Aggies played without starting tailback Marcus Cross, who was injured. USU started wide receiver Aaron Lesue at tailback and he responded by rushing 11 times for 34 yards. Defensively linebacker Paul Igboeli and safety Terrance Washington, each recorded 10 tackles. Igboeli had a tackle for loss, while Washington, a senior who was playing in his final game, forced a fumble. Caleb Taylor and Devon Hall each registered nine tackles. New Mexico State, which entered the game with the fifth-ranked offense in the country, produced 491 yards, including 324 passing. USU had 332 yards of total offense, including 197 passing, its third-most this year. While jumping out to a 28-0 first quarter lead, NMSU gained 229 yards on just 15 offensive plays.

Score By Quarters Utah State 0 Boise State 14

3 14

0 14

7 7

- 10 - 49

Scoring Summary BSU - 1st (7:34) - Denton, 3 run (Montgomery kick) BSU - 1st (3:07) - Denton, 27 run (Montgomery kick) BSU - 2nd (12:43) - Rabb, 46 pass from Zabransky (Montgomery kick) USU - 2nd (5:36) - Shields, 31 FG BSU - 2nd (1:01) - Naanee, 16 pass from Zabransky (Mont.kick) BSU - 3rd (10:27) - Jones, 8 run (Montgomery kick) BSU - 3rd (2:43) - Putnam, 8 pass from Zabransky (Montgomery kick) USU - 4th (14:44) - Hall, 64 fumble recovery (Shields kick) BSU - 4th (7:54) - Hutchinson, 10 pass from Tharp (Montgomery kick) Attn: 30,515 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

USU 7 30-90 19-9-1 98 188 0-0 6-44 6-42.3 1-(-4) 8-134 26:38

BSU 24 41-231 27-25-0 257 488 3-2 6-66 2-49.5 2-30 3-54 33:22

Individual Rushing USU: R. Nelson 9-45, McDaniel 9-18, Lesue 5-17, Cross 2-8, Sawyer 1-5, Jackson 4-(-3) BSU: Denton 17-125 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 4-3-0, 58, R. Nelson 15-6-1, 40 BSU: Zabransky 23-21-0, 236 Individual Receiving USU: K. Robinson 3-58, Lesue 2-20, Myers 1-9, Cross 1-7, Sawyer 1-3, O. Nelson 1-1 BSU: Rabb 4-89 USU Punt Returns: K. Robinson 1-(-4) USU KO Returns: K. Robinson 6-105, Bowman 2-29 USU Interception Returns: None USU Tackle Leaders: Igboeli 10, Fields 8, A. Taylor 6, Reid 6, Washington 6

Score By Quarters N.M. State 28 Utah State 0

7 12

0 8

7 0

- 42 - 20

Scoring Summary NMSU - 1st (14:23) - Williams, 47 pass from Holbrook (Pratt kick) NMSU - 1st (9:47) - Williams, 26 pass from Holbrook (Pratt kick) NMSU - 1st (3:36) - Williams, 22 pass from Holbrook (Pratt kick) NMSU - 1st (1:23) - Bryan, 34 interception return (Pratt kick) USU - 2nd (10:31) - K. Robinson, 27 pass from Jackson (pass failed) USU - 2nd (4:05) - O. Nelson, 4 pass from Jackson (Shields kick failed) NMSU - 2nd (0:28) - Harris, 1 pass from Holbrook (Pratt kick) USU - 3rd (4:18) - Forbes, 3 run (K. Robinson pass from Jackson) NMSU - 4th (4:24) - Gibson, 1 run (Pratt kick) Attn: 7,108 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles Penalties Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Possession

NMSU 22 40-167 28-21-1 324 68-491 1-1 7-70 2-26.5 1-13 4-109 32:22

USU 18 33-135 31-15-1 197 64-332 1-1 3-25 3-37.3 0-0 5-95 27:38

Individual Rushing USU: Jackson 8-48, Lesue 11-34, McDaniel 8-30, R. Nelson 3-13, K. Robinson 1-4, Forbes 1-3, J. Bohm 1-3 NMSU: Romaka 14-66 Individual Passing USU: Jackson 25-12-0, 146, R. Nelson 6-3-1, 51 NMSU: Holbrook 20-16-0, 287 Individual Receiving USU: K. Robinson 4-101, O. Nelson 4-41, Lesue 4-33, Bowman 1-15, Myers 1-7, Forbes 1-0 NMSU: Williams 7-161 USU Punt Returns: None USU KO Returns: Lesue 3-73, Anderson 1-22, A. Taylor 1-0 USU Interception Returns: C. Taylor 1-0 USU Tackle Leaders: Igboeli 10, Washington 10, C. Taylor 9, Hall 9, Fields 8

Last Time In Utah State Football (2006 in ALL CAPS)

Utah State Team

Offense 200 Yards Rushing - 203 vs. New Mexico State, 2005 300 Yards Rushing - 322 vs. New Mexico State, 2000 400 Yards Rushing - 428 at Hawaii, 1966 300 Yards Passing - 322 at Idaho, 2003 400 Yards Passing - 442 at Middle Tennessee, 2002 500 Yards Passing - 509 vs. Boise State, 2000 500 Yards Total Offense -684 vs. Weber State, 2001 600 Yards Total Offense - 684 vs. Weber State, 2001 40 Points - 41 vs. Middle Tennessee, 2003 50 Points - 56 vs. Weber State, 2001 60 Points - 63 at Idaho, 1997 Safety by USU - at Utah, 2003

Opponent Team

Defense 200 Yards Rushing - 231, BOISE STATE, 2006 300 Yards Rushing - 344 AT LOUISIANA TECH. 2006 400 Yards Rushing - 424 at Oklahoma, 1991 300 Yards Passing - 486 VS. HAWAI'I, 2006 400 Yards Passing - 486 VS. HAWAI'I, 2006 500 Yards Passing - 505 at Texas Tech, 2000 500 Yards Total Offense - 572 vs. HAWAI'I, 2006 600 Yards Total Offense - 654 at UL-Monroe, 2002 40 Points - 42, NEW MEXICO STATE, 2006 50 Points - 63 VS. HAWAI'I, 2006 60 Points - 63 VS. HAWAI'I, 2006 Safety against USU - FRESNO STATE, 2006

Utah State Individual

100 Yards Rushing - 27-127, MARCUS CROSS AT BYU, 2006 200 Yards Rushing - 38-233, Emmett White vs. Weber State, 2001 100 Yards Rushing by a Quarterback - 25-102, Jerod Walker (QB) vs. New Mexico State, 2005 Two Players with 100 Yards Rushing - Demetrius Brown (22-131) and Brett Payne (28-166) at Pacific, 1989 300 Yards Passing - 372 (27-44), Leon Jackson vs. Louisiana Tech, 2005 400 Yards Passing - 426 (31-52), Jose Fuentes at Middle Tennessee, 2002 Two Players with 100 Yards Passing - Patrick Mullins (11-for-16, 105) and Matt Sauk (12-for-25, 169) vs. BYU, 1996 100 Yards Receiving - 4-101, KEVIN ROBINSON VS. NEW MEXICO STATE, 2006 200 Yards Receiving - 11-221, Kevin Curtis at South Florida, 2001 Two Players with 100 Yards Receiving - Kevin Curtis (13-177) and Chris Cooley (5-105) at Middle Tennessee, 2002 100 Yards Receiving by a Running Back - 7-134, Emmett White at New Mexico State, 2000. (first time) 100 Yards Rushing and Receiving - 322 rush, 134 receive, Emmett White at New Mexico State, 2000 (first time) 80-yard run for a touchdown - 88, Marvin Jackson vs. Fresno State, 1980 80-yard pass for a touchdown - 80, Kevin Curtis from Jose Fuentes vs. New Mexico, 2002 50-yard field goal - 50, Justin Hamblin at Hawai’i, 2005 Kickoff return for a touchdown - 99, Tony Pennyman vs. Nevada, 2005 Punt return for a touchdown - 87, Kevin Robinson vs. San Jose State, 2005 Interception return for a touchdown - 45, ANTONIO TAYLOR AT WYOMING, 2006 Fumble return for a touchdown - 65, DEVON HALL AT BOISE STATE, 2006 Kick blocked for a touchdown - (punt) 1, Jamar Glasper at Boise State, 2002

Opponent Individual

100 Yards Rushing - 17-125, BRETT DENTON (BOISE STATE), 2006 200 Yards Rushing - 38-256, Thomas (North Texas), 2004 Two Players with 100 Yards Rushing - 16-111, Darby and 11-111, Hudson (Alabama), 2004 300 Yards Passing - 29-18-1, 413, COLT BRENNAN (HAWAI'I), 2006 400 Yards Passing - 29-18-1, 413, COLT BRENNAN (HAWAI'I), 2006 100 Yards Receiving - 7-161, CHRIS WILLIAMS (NEW MEXICO STATE), 2006 200 Yards Receiving - 14-242, Trevor Insley (Nevada), 1999 Two Players with 100 Yards Receiving - 6-155, ILACA (HAWAI'I) and 4-135, GRICE-MULLEN (HAWAI'I), 2006 80-yard run for a touchdown - Unknown 80-yard pass for a touchdown - 80, Casey Bramlett to Malcolm Floyd (Wyoming), 2001 50-yard field goal - 51, Kaeding (Iowa), 2002 Kickoff return for a touchdown - 100 yards, McGrew (North Texas), 1998 Punt return for a touchdown - 61, Toney (Arkansas State), 2004 Interception return for a touchdown - 34, COURTNEY BRYAN (NEW MEXICO STATE), 2006 Fumble return for a touchdown - 74, JO ARTIS RATTI (IDAHO), 2006 Kick blocked for a touchdown - (punt) 0, Williamson (Clemson), 2004