Oct. 9, 2010

Recap | Box Score

RUSTON, La. -

HISTORICAL NOTES

-- Utah State is now 3-5 all-time vs. Louisiana Tech, losing five of the last six meetings overall since winning the first two.

-- USU is 1-3 at Ruston, losing in its last three visits.

-- The Aggies are now 5-10 against teams from the state of Louisiana, including 2-7 in games played on Louisiana soil.

BOREL BITS

-- With a seven-yard pass to Derrvin Speight in the second quarter senior QB Diondre Borel moved into the top five on USU's Career Passing List, moving past Aggie legend Anthony Calvillo (1992-93) who had 5,642 yards for his USU career.

-- Borel now has 6,980 yards of career total offense, needing 20 more to become just the second QB in USU history to reach the 7,000 yard milestone.

TACKLIN' WAGNER

-- Junior LB Bobby Wagner's game-high 15 stops is his second-most of the season and of his career, behind the 17 stops in the Fresno State game on Sept. 18.

-- Wagner now has had double-digit stops in five-straight games and seven of the last nine, with a total of 12 times in his career.

-- The 15 stops is the third-highest in the WAC this season, behind his conference-best 17, while two players have 16.

START STREAKING STATS

-- Senior QB Diondre Borel made his team-leading 27th-consecutive start and his 27th career start... Borel is just one of four QB's in the country to have all of their career starts in consecutive order with more than 25 games, currently fourth (Adam Weber-Minnesota 43/43; Trevor Vittatoe-UTEP 41/41; Jerrod Johnson-Texas A&M 28/28; Borel 27/27).

-- Junior LB Bobby Wagner made his 21st-straight start, ranking second on the team, and it was his 26th career start.

-- The senior duo of CB Chris Randle and S Rajric Coleman are third on the team with 18-straight starts, with Randle making his 22nd career start and Coleman made his 18th start of his USU career.

-- Freshman DE Jason Fanaika made his first career start, the second straight game that an Aggie freshman has started for the first time (D.J. Tialavea vs. BYU).

QUARTER QUICKS

-- USU was held scoreless in the first quarter for the second time in three games and the third time this season (Oklahoma, San Diego State and LA Tech), all three on the road.

KICK IS UP AND GOOD

-- USU now has at least one field goal in five of the six games this season (none at San Diego State).

-- The Aggies now have at least one FG in 16 of the last 18 games... USU did not have a field goal against Boise State on Nov. 20, 2009 and at San Diego State on Sept. 25, 2010.

-- Caldwell's two field goals Saturday is USU's first multi-FG this season and the first since Chris Ulinski split the upright twice at Fresno State on Oct. 31, 2009.

-- It is Caldwell's first multi-FG game since Hawai'i on Nov. 1, 2008, and the seventh of his career (once this season, twice in 2008 and four times in 2007).

BLOCKED KICK

-- Senior DT Nathan Royster's fourth quarter field goal block is the second this season for the USU defense, marking the third straight season with multiple field goal blocks (three each in 2009 and 2008).