Nov. 5, 2009

LOGAN, Utah -

Complete Utah State Supplemental Notes at Hawai'i in PDF Format

ON TV -- Saturday's battle between the Warriors and Aggies will be televised by CW30 (Comcast Ch. 15 in Cache Valley)... Play-by-play will be by Jim Leahey with analysis from Russell Yamanoho.

ON THE AIR -- All Utah State football games are carried live on KVNU 610 AM and KLZX 95.9 FM in Logan; 1230 AM in Salt Lake City; on KLZX 105.3 FM in Montpelier, Idaho, and on the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com by clicking on "Listen Live"... Al Lewis handles the play-by-play duties and Craig Hislop provides analysis.

LIVE STATS -- Fans can follow Saturday's game by clicking on the "Live Stats" link on USU web site at www.UtahStateAggies.com, which will connect to UH's live stats updates on play-by-play and statistics throughout the game.

111 / 117 -- USU is taking the field for the 111th season of football in 117 years. The Aggies beat Utah, 12-0, in 1892, but then did not field a team until 1896, when they again only played one game but then played every year since with the exceptions of 1918 when to World War I and influenza cancelled the season and 1943 due to World War II.

NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAY -- National College Football Day, observed on the first Saturday of November, was created by the AT&T Cotton Bowl six years ago as a way to pay tribute to a significant moment in our nation's history. On Nov. 6, 1869, Rutgers defeated Princeton, 6-4. More importantly, those college athletes left a lasting legacy that would evolve into the great spectacle of football. In 2007, the holiday took on added significance when the Classic teamed up with The V Foundation for Cancer Research.

A USU WIN WOULD...
• Be USU's second win in three games.
• Move USU to 2-3 in WAC play, matching last season for top league record in USU's five seasons in the WAC.
• Snap the Aggies' road losing skein at 11 in a row and give USU its first road win since 2007, which came as part of a two-game win streak starting over NMSU and continuing the next week at Idaho, after losing all six road contests last season and all five road games so far this year.
• Be Utah State's second win over Hawai'i in as many seasons and would be the Aggies first back-to-back seasons with wins over the Warriors since 1965-66.
• Move USU to 6-4 all-time vs. Hawai'i.
• Even the Aggies ledger at Hawai'i at 3-3.
• Give USU a 3-2 mark against Hawai'i in games in November.
• Be Utah State's fifth win in its last seven November games, improving to 6-11 in the 11th month during USU's four years in the WAC.
• Improve the Aggies to 8-5-1 all-time on Nov. 7 and be their fourth win in the last five games on the date.
• Move USU to 5-4 on the road on Nov. 7 and 4-2 in games outside of Utah on the date.
• Give USU a 6-3 record in games off the mainland, improving to 3-3 at Hawai'i and 3-0 in Japan.
• Turn the "A" Blue.

A USU LOSS WOULD...
• Be USU's second loss in a row overall, dropping to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in WAC play, matching the 2005 and 2006 teams for second-best league mark through five games behind last year's 2-3 mark and ahead of the 2007 0-5 record.
• Be Utah State's 12th road loss in a row overall.
• Deal USU its third loss in a row at Hawai'i, dropping to 2-4 there all-time.
• Even the Aggies' all-time ledger with Hawai'i at 5-5, losing four of the last five meetings, all of which have been as WAC opponents.
• Be USU's second-straight loss on Nov. 7, moving its record to 7-6-1 all-time on the date.
• Deal the Aggies their third loss in November in the last four games, dropping to 5-12 in the American Thanksgiving month.
• As always, be not as good as a win.

STRETCH OF TIGHT GAMES -- Utah State's last four games have all been decided by four points or less (L, 17-20 at New Mexico State on Oct. 10; L, 32-35 vs. Nevada on Oct. 17; W, 23-21 vs. Louisiana Tech on Oct. 24; L, 27-31 at Fresno State)... This is the second time in USU's history that the Aggies have had such a stretch, with five-straight in 2002. It is the first time that such a streak has happened in conference games.

2002
Oct. 4 L 34-35 BRIGHAM YOUNG
Oct. 19 W 45-44 NEW MEXICO (ot)
Oct. 26 L 48-51 at UL-Monroe (2 ot)
Nov. 9 W 32-30 NEW MEXICO ST.
Nov. 16 W 19-16 at Troy State (ot)

2009
Oct. 10 L 17-20 at New Mexico State*
Oct. 17 L 32-35 Nevada*
Oct. 24 W 23-21 Louisiana Tech*
Oct. 31 L 27-31 at Fresno State*

* = Conference game (1981-Big West; 2009 - WAC)

CURRENT AGGIE COACHES VS. HAWAI'I -- Besides having one coach who coached at Hawai'i in offensive line coach Alex Gerke (UH offensive line/running backs coach, 2008) Utah State has six members of its coaching staff that have faced Hawai'i, either as a coach or a player or both, as is the case for Gerke, who coached against UH as an assistant at Utah in 1998 and as a player at Utah in 1982 and `83, as well as USU defensive line coach Chad Kauha'aha'a who coached against Hawai'i as an assistant at Weber State and played against the Warriors during his playing days at Utah... Due to USU offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin's involvement in the game, Saturday could be a shootout, as his teams are averaging 43.5 points vs. Hawai'i in six meetings as either San Jose State head coach (1997-2000) or Michigan State offensive coordinator (2004-'05)... Overall, those six members are a combined 8-7 vs. Hawai'i.

Name Utah State Position Other Position Years-Results
Gary Andersen Head Coach Utah Def. Coord. 1998-W, 30-19
(1-0 vs. UH)
Dave Baldwin Offensive Coord./WR's San Jose St. Head Coach 1997-W, 38-14
(4-2 vs. UH / avg. 43.5 pts offense) 1998-W, 45-17
1999-L, 41-62
2000-W, 57-48
Michigan St. Off. Coord. 2004-L, 38-41
2005-W, 42-14
Kevin Clune Linebackers Weber State Def. Coord. 2008-L, 17-36
(0-1 vs. UH)
Alex Gerke Offensive Line Utah Off. GA/O Line 1998-W, 30-19
(2-1 vs. UH) Utah Player-OL 1982-L, 7-10
1983-W, 28-25
Chad Kauha'aha'a Defensive Line Weber State Def. Line 2008-L, 17-36
(0-2 vs. UH) Utah Player-LB 1994-L, 3-14
Kevin McGiven Quarterbacks Weber State Off. Coord. 2008-L, 17-36
(1-1 vs. UH) BYU GA-WR's 2002-W, 35-32

UTAH STATE IS TIED FOR NATION'S LEAD IN FEWEST OSKIES -- Utah State is tied for the national lead in fewest interceptions thrown with one, coming in the first game of the season at Utah.

Rank Name Passes Intercepted
1 Air Force 1
1 UTAH STATE 1

NOT MANY THREE AND OUTS FOR UTAH STATE OFFENSE -- Utah State is 10th in the country for least amount of offensive three and outs per game with a 3.0 average, totaling 24 three and outs in its eight games... Last Saturday vs. Fresno State, USU only had one three and out, while the Aggies has a season-high six at New Mexico State... The WAC and NCAA leader is Idaho with 1.0 per game (nine in nine games).

Team Per Gm Total/Gms
Idaho 1.00 9/9
Florida 1.13 9/8
Notre Dame 1.38 11/8
Arizona 1.57 11/7
Northwestern 1.67 15/9
Georgia Tech 1.75 14.8
Houston 1.75 14/8
Texas A&M 2.38 19/8
USC 2.88 23.8
Utah State 3.00 24/8
Southern Miss 3.11 28/9

QUICK STRIKE OFFENSE -- The Aggies' offense doesn't need much time to score, as USU is among the national leaders for two minute scoring drives for both just TD's (12) and both TD's and FG's (15), ranking tied for 11th and Utah State is 10th in the country for least amount of offensive three and outs per game with a 3.0 average, totaling 24 three and outs in its eight games... Last Saturday vs. Fresno State, USU only had one three and out, while the Aggies has a season-high six at New Mexico State... The WAC and NCAA leader is Idaho with 1.0 per game (nine in nine games).

Two Minute Scoring Drives (TDs only)
20 Houston
17 Auburn
17 California
16 Tulsa
14 Cincinnati
14 Florida
14 Nevada
13 Kent State
13 Middle Tennessee
13 Ohio State
12 Southern Miss
12 TCU
12 UTAH STATE

Two Minute Scoring Drives (Both TDs and FGs)
23 Houston (20 TDs, 3 FGs)
21 California (17 TDs, 4 FGs)
21 Middle Tennessee (13 TDs, 8 FGs)
20 Auburn (17 TDs, 3 FGs)
20 Tulsa (16 TDs, 4 FGs)
16 Cincinnati (14 TDs, 2 FGs)
16 Southern Miss (12 TDs, 4 FGs)
15 Florida (14 TDs, 1 FG)
15 Ohio State (13 TDs, 2 FGs)
15 UTAH STATE (12 TDs, 3 FGs)
14 Idaho (8 TDs, 6 FGs)
14 Kent State (13 TDs, 1 FG)
14 Nevada (14 TDs, 0 FGs)

BOREL CLOSING IN ON 2,000 YARDS PASSING -- Junior QB Diondre Borel needs 79 passing yards to reach the 2,000 yard mark for the season, in which he would become the 18th Aggie QB to reach the 2,000 yard milestone... As long as it doesn't take him 33 attempts to get that 79 yards, Borel would have the fewest attempts to reach the 2,000 yard mark in USU history, topping the previous best mark of 284 attempts by Tony Adams in 1971... If Borel can get the 79 yards in four or fewer completions, he would have the second-best mark behind the 144 by Adams also in `71.

Passing
Yds. Name, Class Year Att. Com. Pct. TD
3,268 Jose Fuentes, Sr. 2002 454 246 .542 20
3,218 Brent Snyder, Sr. 1988 447 246 .550 19
3,148 Anthony Calvillo, Sr. 1993 469 247 .527 19
3,100 Jose Fuentes, Jr. 2001 437 260 .595 24
2,896 Matt Sauk, Sr. 1997 378 190 .503 16
2,887 Brent Snyder, Jr. 1987 427 226 .529 20
2,797 Tony Adams, Sr. 1972 351 204 0.581 22
2,791 Travis Cox, Jr. 2003 415 235 0.566 18
2,774 Patrick Mullins, Sr. 1995 383 209 0.546 12
2,709 Jose Fuentes, So. 2000 368 194 0.527 16
2,494 Anthony Calvillo, Jr. 1992 360 201 0.558 16
2,489 Matt Sauk, Jr. 1996 286 154 0.538 8
2,365 Bob Gagliano, Sr. 1980 345 184 0.533 20
2,221 Ron Lopez, Sr. 1991 314 153 0.487 17
2,088 Eric Hipple, Jr. 1978 287 150 0.522 9
2,035 Tony Adams, Jr. 1971 284 144 0.57 14
2,007 Jeff Crosbie, So. 1999 361 169 0.468 10
1,961 Ron Lopez, Jr. 1990 260 138 0.531 14
1,924 Eric Hipple, Sr. 1979 239 144 0.603 13
1,921 Diondre Borel, Jr. 2009 251 146 0.582 11

TURBO-ING TOWARD 1,000 YARDS RUSHING -- Sophomore RB Robert Turbin currently has 872 rushing yards this season, needing 128 to reach the 1,000 yard milestone and become the 14th Aggie running back with 1,000 rushing yards in a season... Turbin would become the first 1,000 yard rusher since Emmett White in 2001... Turbin is currently No. 20 on USU's single-season rushing list, but could vault to No. 14 with another 100 yard outing, as he is only 99 yards from the No. 14 spot, currently held by Demario Brown with 971 yards in 1997... Brown is the school's single-season rushing record holder with 1,536 in 1999.

Single-Season Rushing
No. Yds. Year Name, Class No. Avg. TD
1. 1,536 1999 Demario Brown, Sr. 279 5.5 14
2. 1,534 1974 Louie Giammona, Jr. 329 4.7 8
3. 1,476 1995 Abu Wilson, Jr. 275 5.4 15
4. 1,454 1975 Louie Giammona, Sr. 303 4.8 11
5. 1,370 1990 Roger Grant, Jr. 266 5.2 8
6. 1,361 2001 Emmett White, Sr. 250 5.4 13
7. 1,322 2000 Emmett White, Jr. 242 5.5 13
8. 1,236 1979 Rick Parros, Sr. 259 4.8 15
9. 1,150 1973 Archie Gibson, Sr. 216 5.3 3
10. 1,138 1965 Roy Shivers, Jr. 189 6.0 14
11. 1,135 1977 Rick Parros, So. 261 4.3 4
12. 1,044 1960 Tom Larscheid, Jr. 124 8.4 13
13. 1,017 1991 Roger Grant, Sr. 218 4.7 4
14. 971 1997 Demario Brown, So. 184 5.3 10
15. 967 2003 David Fiefia, Sr. 206 4.7 7
16. 966 1978 Rick Parros, Jr. 221 4.3 7
17. 947 1993 Profail Greer, So. 190 5.0 10
18. 929 1968 Altie Taylor, Sr. 203 4.6 8
19. 920 1956 Jack Hill, Sr. 140 6.6 14
20. 872 2009 Robert Turbin, So. 132 6.6 5

SEASON AVERAGE -- Turbin's current 6.6 yards per carry average has him tied with Aggie legend Jack Hill for second on the USU single-season rushing average list.

Single-Season Rushing Average
Year Yds.
(Minimum 100 Attempts)
1. Tom Larscheid, Jr. 1960 8.4
2. Jack Hill, Sr. 1956 6.6
Rober Turbin, So., 2009 6.6
4. Tom Larscheid, Sr. 1961 6.3
5. Roy Shivers, Jr. 1965 6.0
6. Emmett White, Jr. 2000 5.5
Demario Brown, Sr. 1999 5.5
Doug Mayberry, Sr. 1960 5.5
9. Emmett White, Sr. 2001 5.4
Abu Wilson, Jr. 1995 5.4
Brett Payne, So. 1987 5.4

EACH OTHER'S LAST TIME LIST -- On Utah State's "Last Time" list, Hawai'i is referenced three times: USU's last 400 yard rushing outing was against Hawai'i in 1966, the only mark on USU's "Last Time" list... The last pair of opponent individual receivers with 100 yards receiving was UH's C.J. Hawthorne (nine catches, 116 yards, TD) and Jason Rivers (7-130, TD) in 2007 while the only time that a USU opponent has had three individuals each with 100 yards receiving was Hawthorne, Rivers and Ryan Grice-Mullen (5-113) in that same 2007 game... Utah State is referenced five times on Hawai'i's "Last Time" list: Solomon Elimimian was the last UH defender with 20 tackles, posting 20 stops vs. USU in 2007... David Veikune was the last UH defender with two sacks as well as three tackles for loss in a game vs. USU in 2008... Nate Ilaoa's 53-yard rush is the last 50+ rush by a UH RB, doing so in 2005... USU's Diondre Borel is the last UH opponent with a 50 or a 60-yard rush with his 61-yard scamper last year.

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