Oct. 30, 2010

Recap | Box Score

RENO, Nev. -

BOREL BITS

-- Senior QB Diondre Borel now has five rushing TD's this season and 15 for his career... He has a rushing TD in 14 career games.

-- Borel's 15 career TD's moves him to No. 9 on USU's career rushing TD's list, and is the most for an Aggie QB.

-- The 399 passing yards by Borel is a career-high, topping his previous career-best of 369 last season at Idaho.

-- Borel's 399 passing yards is also No. 10 on USU's single-game passing list and the most since Jose Fuentes had 426 vs. Middle Tennessee in 2002.

WATKINS TIDBITS

-- Sophomore WR Dontel Watkins has at least three catches in all eight games this season.

-- Watkins' 15-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter was his team-leading third TD catch of the year.

BARTLETT FOR 100

-- Junior TE Kellen Bartlett's 121-yard receiving outing makes him the first USU receiver with over 100 yards this season, and the first since Nnamdi Gwacham had 140 yards on four catches last year which also came against Nevada.

-- The 121 yards was a career-high for Bartlett, topping his previous career-best of 28-yards vs. Fresno State last year.

KICK RETURNING KERWYNN

-- Sophomore KR/RB Kerwynn Williams had a career-best 228 all-purpose yards.

-- Williams's 92-yard kick return was the first return for TD of this career and Utah State's first kick return for a TD since Kevin Robinson's 92-yard return vs. New Mexico State in 2007.

-- The 92-yard return by Williams is tied for the 10th-best in USU history, tying Tony Pennyman's 92-yard return vs. UNLV in 2005.

TD TL

-- Junior TE Tarren Lloyd's 15-yard TD catch in the third quarter was his first TD catch this season and second of his career.

-- It was Lloyd's first TD catch since his freshman season of 2008 against BYU.

TD FOR TEXAN FRESHMAN

-- Freshman RB Robert Marshall scored his first career rushing TD with his 3-yard plunge in the third quarter.

HISTORICAL NOTES

--Utah State is now 4-17 all-time vs. Nevada, losing the last six-straight meetings, since last winning in 1999.

-- USU is now 2-8 vs. NEV at Reno, dropping its last three meetings in "The Biggest Little City in the World," since last winning in 1999.

-- The Aggies are now 9-11 in games played on Nevada soil, losing their last four games in the Silver State.

-- USU is now 2-4 in night games this season.

START STREAKING STATS

-- Senior QB Diondre Borel made his team-leading 29th-consecutive start and his 29th 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 47/47; Trevor Vittatoe-UTEP 45/45; Kellen Moore-Boise State 34/34; Borel 29/29).

-- Junior LB Bobby Wagner started for the 23rd-consecutive game, ranking second for USU and made his 28th start of his career.

-- Senior CB Chris Randle takes over sole possession of third-place on the team, making his 20th-straight start, as fellow senior, S Rajric Coleman's streak of 19 starts in a row came to an end, not starting or playing Saturday due to an injury... Randle made his 24th start of his career overall.

FIRST STARTS

-- Sophomore CB McKade Brady made his first career start, posting a career-best six stops.

OTHER AGGIE BITS

-- The USU defense did not have a turnover for the first time this season.