Oct. 31, 2009

Recap | Final Stats

FRESNO, Calif. -

-- USU is now:
--2-6 overall and 1-3 in WAC
-- 10-14-1 all-time vs. Fresno State, losing three in a row
-- 2-11-1 at Fresno, losing the last five meetings since a 24-all tie in 1990 and USU is 0-9-1 since last win at Fresno in 1980

-- Saturday was Utah State's fourth game in a row of four points or less and the fifth game this season with a one-score difference.

-- Saturday completed USU's stretch of three day games in a row.

-- Junior QB Diondre Borel made his team-leading 17th-straight start Saturday... Junior OT Spencer Johnson started for the 27th time in his career.

-- Sophomore S Walter McClenton made his first career start.

-- USU's opening possession score snapped a streak of three games of not scoring on its first possession and was the fifth game this season in doing so.

-- Utah State scored first for the sixth time this season and the Aggies are now 1-5 when hanging a point on the scoreboard first.

-- Senior K Chris Ulinski has made at least one FG in all eight games this season... USU has made a field goal in the last 10 games in a row dating back to last season.

-- Fresno State was just the third opponent to get a first down on its opening possession and the second in a row.

-- The Bulldogs were the first USU opponent to score on their opening possession.

-- Utah State scored double-digits in the first quarter for the fourth time this season after doing so in the first three games of the year.

-- Junior QB Diondre Borel now has at least one TD pass in seven straight games.

-- Borel completed passes to a season-high nine different receivers, including junior WR Eric Moats, who had a career-high 59 yards while matching his career-best with four catches.

-- Senior WR Xavier Bowman caught his third TD pass of the season leading the receiving corps and tying sophomore RB Robert Turbin for the team lead... Bowman has six career TD catches, also tying Turbin for the most among active Aggies.

-- Turbin briefly took the team lead in rushing TD's before Borel matched him and they each now have five rushing scores each.

-- This is Turbin's fifth game with a rushing TD this season and the 11th career game... Saturday was Borel's fourth game this season with a rushing score and the eighth career game.

-- Turbin now has 13 career rushing TD's, moving into a tie for ninth on USU's career rushing TD list, tying three other former Aggies, most recently by Jerry Cox (1973-74) and joining Jerry Hughes (1971-72) and Altie Taylor (1966-68).

-- Borel has a rushing and passing TD in the same game for the fourth time this season and sixth time in his career.

-- USU's 27 first half points are the second-most in the first half this season behind the 31 in the Southern Utah game... They are the most against an FCS and WAC opponent since scoring 28 in last year's season-finale against New Mexico State (Nov. 28).

-- The Aggies led at the half for the second game in a row and the fourth time this season... USU is now 2-2 this season when leading at intermission and 6-5 since 2006 (2-0 in 2008, 1-2 in 2007, 1-1 in 2006).

-- Turbin reached the 100-yard rushing milestone for the fifth time this season and sixth of his career.

-- Borel's career-high 105 rushing yards are make him the first USU QB with 100 yards rushing since Jerod Walker's 102 in 2005 vs. New Mexico State... The USU record for rushing yards by a QB is 121 yards by Tony Adams in 1972.

-- Borel now has 984 career rushing yards, already USU's career record holder for rushing yards by a QB, and needing 16 more yards to become the 21st Aggie player to 1,000 career yards after Turbin became the 20th earlier this season.

-- Turbin and Borel's 100-yard outings are the second time that USU has had two rushers reach the century mark this season (Turbin-104 and junior RB Michael Smith-100 vs. Southern Utah on Sept. 26).

-- Utah State missed two field goals in a game for the first time since Nov. 10, 2007 (one miss, one block) vs. Boise State... It was the first time they missed two unblocked since Oct. 29, 2005 vs. Alabama.

-- USU was shut out in the second half, the Aggies' second scoreless second half this season (Utah on Sept. 3).

-- The Aggies' 503 yards of total offens is USU's third-highest output this season.

-- USU is now 2-2 when out-gaining the opposition.