Oct. 18, 2008

Recap | Final Stats

RENO, Nev. -

-- Utah State wore all-white uniforms for the first time this season.

-- The game time temperature of 69 was almost three times as hot as last year's 36 degrees... The average temperature of the previous three Utah State-Nevada meetings has been 41, after 36 in 2007, 46 in 2006 and 42 in 2005.

-- USU's game captains for Saturday were #10 senior QB Sean Setzer for the offense, #1 junior DB Kejon Murphy for the defense and #2 senior CB Roy Hurst.

-- Junior LB Paul Igboeli started for the 27th-straight game, which leads the team... Seniors LB Jake Hutton and OC Ryan Tonnemacher each made their 32nd career start overall, which share the team lead.

-- The interception by junior CB Kejon Murphy was his second of the season, tying senior CB Roy Hurst for the team lead.

-- The USU defense has at least one interception in six straight games and 14 of the last 18 games dating back to last season.

-- Sophomore P/K Peter Caldwell boomed a season-long punt with the 60-yarder in the first quarter.

-- The fumble recovery by senior S Caleb Taylor gives the USU defense its fourth multi-turnover game this season and seven times in the nine games and 13th time in the last 18 games dating back to last season.

-- The second-quarter QB pass and the fourth-quarter scoring passes from sophomore QB Diondre Borel to senior WR Otis Nelson now give Borel a team-leading eight scoring strikes on the season and Nelson now has a team-leading four TD passes... It was also Nelson's fifth and sixth career TD catches.

-- Nelson has now caught a pass in 25 consecutive games, the third-longest active streak in the WAC.

-- Nelson also has surpassed his previous career high for receptions yards, passing the previous mark of 72, which he had done twice this season and three times previous in his career.

-- USU now has 10 TD receptions this season, compared to 11 for all of last year.

-- The 57-yard kickoff return by Murphy in the third quarter was a career-long and USU's longest kickoff return this season.

-- Junior K Chris Ulinski's 42-yard field goal in the third quarter was the first of his USU career and also ties Caldwell for USU's longest FG of the season.

-- Senior S/LB De'von Hall snared his first INT of the season and his fourth of his career, giving him one in each season.

-- Six different USU defenders now have an INT, compared to nine total last season.

-- The USU defense had four turnovers in a game for the first time since last year's season-finale at Idaho when USU had three INT's and one fumble recovery.

-- Utah State lost to Nevada for the second time in a row at Reno and the fourth straight time overall.

-- It was USU's fourth road loss in a row after consecutive away victories last year.