Oct. 1, 2009
LOGAN, Utah -
Complete Utah State at No. 20 BYU Supplemental Game Day Notes in PDF Format 
ON TV -- Friday's match-up of the Aggies and Cougars will be televised by The Mtn. (Comcast Ch. 37 in Cache Valley)... Bill Doleman will be the play-by-play, while Blaine Fowler will be the analyst and sideline reporting from Toby Christensen.
ON THE AIR -- All Utah State football games are carried live on KVNU 610 AM and KLZX 95.9 FM in Logan; 1320 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.
GAMETRACKER -- Fans can follow Friday's game at BYU plus all Aggie home games through the USU web site at www.UtahStateAggies.com via GameTracker, a free service, which updates 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.
USU VS. #20 -- Friday is the third time that Utah State's opponent has been ranked No. 20 at time of facing the Aggies, including one other time when BYU has been ranked No. 20, in 1977... Friday is USU's first time vs. a No. 20 team since 1989.
Sept. 24, 1977 - L 6-65 at #20 BYUSept. 23, 1989 - L 2-41 at #20 Illinois
A USU WIN WOULD...
• Be USU's first win over BYU since 1993's thrilling 58-56 win at Logan, snapping a nine-game losing skid in the series and move the all-time record to 34-42-3.
• Earn the Aggies their first win in Provo since 1978, breaking a 14-game losing skein on the Cougars' home turf, moving USU's record to 17-24-1 there.
• Give USU its first win over a top 25 ranked teams since 1991, snapping a string of 24-straight losses and make USU 2-49 against top 25 teams in the AP poll.
• Be Utah State's first two-game winning streak overall since the last two games of the 2007 season.
• Halt USU's road losing streak at eight in a row and give USU its first road win since 2007 after losing all six road contests last season and both road games so far this year.
• Earn the Aggies their first win in a non-Saturday game since 1993, snapping a 13-game losing skid in games not on Saturday.
• Be USU's first win in October since Oct. 7, 2006, snapping a nine-game losing streak in the Halloween month.
• Earn Utah State its first win on Oct. 2 since 1965, snapping a nine-game skid on the date, including three to BYU on the date.
• Give USU consecutive wins against in-state opponents for the first time since 1982, when the Aggies beat Weber State, 31-10, on Sept. 18 and topped BYU, 20-17, on Oct. 30.
• Earn USU wins in back-to-back games against in-state opponents in consecutive games since 1968, a span on seven seasons of facing fellow Beehive state teams in back-to-back games where that didn't happen.
• Improve USU to 75-120-7 (.389) vs. teams from the state of Utah.
• Turn the "A" Blue.
A USU LOSS WOULD...
• Give USU is ninth road loss in a row overall.
• Drop USU's record to 33-43-3 all-time vs. BYU.
• Be the Aggies' 10th-straight loss to the Cougars, and the 20th loss in the last 21 games, 23 of the last 25 and 26 of the last 29 in the series.
• Deal USU its 11th-consecutive loss vs. a Mountain West Conference team.
• Extend the Aggies' losing skein against a top 25 team to 25 in a row.
• Be USU's 14th-straight loss in a non-Saturday game.
• Drop USU to 74-121-7 (.384) vs. teams from the state of Utah.
• As always, be not as good as a win.
USU VS. RANKED IN-STATE FOE -- Friday is the 15th time that Utah State is facing an in-state foe ranked in the top 25... It is the second straight season time and the only two times that the Aggies have faced ranked Utah and BYU squads in the same year... However, two other seasons one was in the top 25 while the other was receiving votes (1996 and 1997 - both when Utah was ranked and BYU was receiving votes) and two times when both were receiving votes (1994 and 1999):
Date Rank Result OpponentNov. 18, 1961 RV W 17-6 at UtahNov. 21, 1964 RV L 6-14 at UtahNov. 4, 1967 RV W 30-9 BYUSept. 24, 1977 20th L 6-65 BYUOct. 2, 1981 10th L 26-32 at BYUOct. 29, 1983 15th L 34-38 at BYUNov. 24, 1984 1st L 13-38 at BYUNov. 9, 1985 18th L 0-44 BYUSept. 6, 1986 18th L 0-52 at BYUSept. 30, 1988 RV L 3-38 at BYUSept. 30, 1989 RV L 10-37 BYUNov. 24, 1990 4th L 10-45 at BYUSept. 3, 1994 RV L 17-32 at UtahSept. 30, 1994 RV L 6-34 at BYUAug. 31, 1996 RV W 20-17 UTAHOct. 4, 1996 21st L 17-45 BYUAug. 30, 1997 RV W 21-17 at UtahOct. 3, 1997 24th L 35-42 at BYUSept. 18, 1999 RV L 18-38 at UtahOct. 1, 1999 RV L 31-34 ot BYUOct. 5, 2001 18th L 34-54 at BYUSept. 18, 2004 15th L 6-48 UTAHSept. 10, 2005 RV L 7-31 at UtahSept. 13, 2008 22nd L 10-58 UTAHOct. 3, 2008 8th L 14-34 BYUSept. 3, 2009 19th L 17-35 at Utah
CURRENT AGGIE COACHES VS. BYU -- In addition to having one member of the USU coaching staff who coached at BYU (QB coach Kevin McGiven was Off. GA/WR's coach at BYU from 2002-03 and QB coach in 2004), six members of Utah State's coaching staff have faced Utah, either as a coach or a player... Overall, those six members are a combined 14-15 vs. BYU. {see page 2 for more details}
TURBIN AMONG NATION'S LEADERS FOR 50+ YARD SCORING PLAYS -- Sophomore RB Robert Turbin has three scoring plays of 50 yards or more with a school-record 96-yard rush at Utah (Sept. 3), a 50-yard TD rush at Texas A&M (Sept. 19) and a 77-yard TD reception vs. Southern Utah (Sept. 26)... Turbin is one of five Division I players with three or more:
50 + yard scoring plays Ryan Mathews, Fresno State - 5 (69, 68, 60, 60, 55 - all rushing)
Chris Owusu, Stanford - 4 (three kickoff returns for TDs (85, 94 and 91) and 64-yard TD reception).
Darius Marshall, Marshall - 3 (80, 61, 69 - all rushing)
C.J. Spiller, Clemson - 3 (96-yard kickoff return, 63-yard pass reception, 77-yard punt return)
Robert Turbin, Utah State - 3 (96-yard rush, 50-yard rush, 77-yard reception)
BATTLE OF BAND OF BROTHERS -- Utah State has two sets of brothers on its roster: The Igboeli brothers - senior LB Paul and junior CB Washington, and the Erickson brothers - junior OL Preston and freshman OL Parker... Meanwhile, BYU counters with five sets of brothers.
Aggie BrothersErickson - Preston (JR OL) Parker (FR OL)Igboeli - Paul (SR LB) and Washington (JR CB)
Cougar BrothersAlletto - Nick (JR OL) and Terrance (FR OL)Brown - Rhen (FR WR) and Terence (SO OL)Hansen - Braden (RS-FR OL) and Chase (SO LB)Reynolds - Houston (FR OL) and Matt (SO OL)Richardson - Jared (FR LB) and Jordan (RS-FR DL)
ALTA-GETHER NOW -- USU's Erickson brothers and BYU's Hansen brothers are both from Sandy, Utah, both went to Alta HS and the older of both sets went to Snow JC.
OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION -- Upon extensive research by USU media relations' Duke of the Archives Tyler Hutchison, it was found that Utah State's last back-to-back 300-yard passing games was in 2002 and the last consecutive games with 500+ yards of total offense was in 2000 until the Aggies did so in both categories against Texas A&M and Southern Utah... USU had four 300-yard passing outings in a row in 2002... The Aggies haven't have three-straight games with 500 yards of total offense since at least 1968.
FAMILIAR FOES --Friday marks the 79th meeting between Utah State and BYU, both school's second-longest series history, both trailing their respective meetings with Utah (109 meetings between USU and UU / 84 meetings between BYU and UU).
BYU VS. THE WAC -- Utah State is the sixth Western Athletic Conference opponent that BYU has played... The Cougars' 42-33-3 series advantage over USU is only one of two WAC opponents that BYU has a winning record against: Boise State (0-2), Fresno State (4-5), Idaho (1-2), Nevada (4-1-2), San Jose State (5-9),
EACH OTHER'S LAST TIME LIST -- On Utah State's "Last Time" list, BYU is referenced once: the last two USU individuals with 100 yards passing was against BYU in 1996 with Patrick Mullins (11-16, 105) and Matt Sauk (12-25, 169)... Utah State is referenced twice on BYU's "Last Time" list: the last BYU individual to block a field goal was current Aggie sophomore DE Junior Keiaho last season... BYU's last 100+ penalty yards outing was at Utah State last year as well.
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