Sept. 6, 2010
LOGAN, Utah -
Complete Idaho State at Utah State Football Notes in PDF Format 
IDAHO STATE at UTAH STATESaturday, Sept. 11 - 6 p.m. (MT)Merlin Olsen Field atRomney Stadium (25,513)Logan, Utah
QUICKLY -- For its 2010 home-opener and to open action on newly named Merlin Olsen Field, Utah State (0-1, 0-0 WAC) will host border-foe Idaho State (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky) on Saturday, Sept. 11... Kickoff from Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium (25,513) is slated for 6 p.m. (MT)... Saturday's border battle between the Bengals and Aggies is not on television.
SATURDAY'S STORYLINES -- Things to watch for in Saturday's battle between the Aggies and Bengals:
-- USU is playing its first game on newly named Merlin Olsen Field.
-- Aggies are debuting their new home uniforms.
-- Utah State head coach Gary Andersen was an assistant coach at Idaho State, coaching the Bengal defensive line from 1992-94.
-- USU senior QB Diondre Borel is 69 passing yards from the 5,000 yards plateau for his career, currently with 4,931 yards, and would become just the seventh Aggie QB to reach the 5,000-yard plateau.
-- Return of former USU LB and current ISU senior LB Jake Hutton, who played at USU from 2005-08 and was granted a medical hardship redshirt season after a foot injury in 2006.
-- The Aggies are 7-13 in their last 20 home-openers and are trying to win back-to-back home-openers (W, 54-34 vs. Southern Utah last year) for the first time since 2004-05.
-- This is the second time in USU's last 14 home-openers that Idaho State has been the home-opening opponent... The Aggies also hosted the Bengals in their first home contest of the 1997 season, winning 41-7.
-- Saturday marks the second-straight Football Championship Series (FCS), formerly known as I-AA, opponent to open the Aggies' home schedule.
-- Utah State is 76-17-6 overall vs. FCS opponents, winning the last four in a row, after getting upset by Idaho State, 27-24, on Nov. 18, 2000.
-- It is just the fourth time in the last 14 years that USU has hosted an FCS foe in the its home-opener, joining 2000, 1999, 1997, although it was supposed to be five as USU was scheduled to host Nicholls State in 2005, but that game was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
-- Utah State is 11-2 all-time against Idaho State, last facing each other in 2002... The Aggies are 10-1 against the Bengals in games played at Logan... USU has won two in a row, both overall in the streak and in games at Logan... The last three meetings have had a total scoring differential of nine points with an average score of USU 30, ISU 29.
-- USU video coordinator Bill Garren played one season at Idaho State (1999), before beginning his video career there, serving as the Bengals video coordinator in 2000 and 2001.
FOLLOWING THE GAME
ON TV -- Saturday's battle between the Aggies and Bengals is not being televised.
ON THE AIR -- All Utah State football games are carried live on KVNU 610 AM, KVNU 102.1 FM (Cache Valley) and KLZX 95.9 FM in Logan; 1230 or 1320 AM in Salt Lake City; on KLZX 105.3 FM in Montpelier, Idaho... All Aggie football games are also on the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com by clicking on "Listen Live"... Al Lewis handles the play-by-play duties, while Craig Hislop provides analysis.
ON THE INTERNET -- USU home football games are also streamed on the Internet through "Aggies All Access," by clicking on the "Live Aggies Video" link in the right hand column on the home page of www.UtahStateAggies.com... Fans can register and purchase single-game or season packages to watch.
GAMETRACKER -- Fans can follow all USU 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.
COACHES SHOW ON THE ROAD -- The Gary Andersen radio show will rotate between Bajio Mexican Grill and Firehouse Pizza on Thursday nights (6:05-6:45 p.m. on 610 AM KVNU) when the Aggies play on Saturday... The show gives USU fans an opportunity to ask questions and interact with Coach Andersen and players.
Upcoming Coaches Show: Sept. 9, 30 Firehouse Pizza / Sept. 16, 30 Bajio Mexican Grill
UP NEXT -- Utah State continues its two-game homestand and opens Western Athletic Conference action against Fresno State on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. (MT).
UTAH STATE NOTE-ABLES
NEW HOME UNIFORMS/NEW LOOK HELMETS/HELMET STICKERS -- When the Utah State football team takes to the turf of newly named Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium on Saturday for its home opener against Idaho State, the Aggies will be donning new home uniforms. Head coach Gary Andersen and selected players helped choose the design for the jerseys. The jerseys and pants are made by Nike and feature a navy blue base with white letters and numbers with black piping around the numbers along with white and black trim on the sides of the jerseys and pants. USU will be able to wear the navy blue jersey with either navy blue or white pants for home games and the white jersey with either white or navy blue pants for road games. Utah State's helmets got an new look this summer, as the white helmet with larger navy blue metallic paint flakes is an upgrade from the white helmet with small black metallic flakes last year, while the navy blue facemasks replace white masks that have adorned the white helmet with U-State logo since the mid-90's. Additionally, helmet stickers will be awarded to players, with a "Block A" for academic achievement and community service and a bull head for athletic recognition. All helmets will also have a "71" sticker on the back, honoring USU legend Merlin Olsen, who passed away March 11, 2010.
UTAH STATE NAMES FIELD AT ROMNEY STADIUM 'MERLIN OLSEN FIELD -- To honor one of its greatest alumnus and the most decorated football player in school history, Utah State University is naming the playing field inside Romney Stadium `Merlin Olsen Field.'
An official dedication ceremony will take place during the end of the 2010 football season in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Utah State's 1960 Sun Bowl Team, led by Olsen. During the official dedication of Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium, a larger-than-life-size bronze statue of Olsen, which will be sculpted by nationally renowned artist Blair Buswell, will be unveiled in the southeast corner of the stadium.
Olsen was a three-year lettermen on the offensive and defensive lines for Utah State's football team from 1959-61, earning All-American honors during both his junior and senior seasons. During his senior season in 1961, he won the Outland Trophy as the nation's outstanding interior defensive lineman.
Olsen also was a three-time academic All-American at Utah State and graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi in 1962 with a degree in finance.
NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, the greatest athlete in Utah State University history, passed away at City of Hope Hospital near Los Angeles on March 11, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer.
AGGIES IN HOME-OPENERS -- USU is 7-13 in its last 20 home openers, going for its first back-to-back victories in home-openers since 2004-05... Last year's 54-34 win over Southern Utah snapped a three-game home-opener losing skid... This is the second time in the last 14 home-openers that Idaho State has been the home-opening opponent, as the Aggies also hosted the Bengals in their first home contest of the 1997 season, winning 41-7... The Sept. 11 date is USU's earliest home-opener since 2007 when the Aggies' first home game was on Aug. 30... Here is a look at USU's last 20 home openers:
1990 - L 0-19 vs Utah1991 - L 7-23 vs San Jose State1992 - L 18-42 vs Utah1993 - L 24-48 vs Baylor1994 - L 17-32 vs Utah1995 - L 14-38 vs Boise State1996 - W 20-17 vs Utah1997 - W 41-7 vs Idaho State1998 - L 12-20 vs Utah1999 - W 51-17 vs Stephen F. Austin2000 - W 30-14 vs Southern Utah2001 - L 42-43 vs Wyoming2002 - L 3-23 vs Utah2003 - W 28-10 vs UL-Monroe2004 - W 14-7 vs Idaho2005 - W 31-24 vs UNLV2006 - L 0-48 vs Utah2007 - L 16-23 vs UNLV2008 - L 10-58 vs #22 Utah2009 - W 54-34 vs So. Utah
BATTLING THE BENGALS IN HOME-OPENERS -- Saturday is the fifth time that Utah State has hosted Idaho State in its home-opener... If history is on the side of the Aggies, their score will have a four in it, while the Bengals have been shutout in the first two of those meetings and scoring just seven points in each of the last two meetings... Overall, the average score in those four meetings in USU's home-openers is 54-3, but just 27-7 in the two meetings since 1980, as the Aggies' school-record point outburst and scoring margin record of 136-0 is part of that stretch. 1919 - W 136-0 1932 - W 32-0 1946 - W 47-0 1980 - W 14-7 1997 - W 41-7 FCS OPENER -- Saturday marks just the fourth time in the last 14 years that USU has hosted an FCS foe in the Aggies' home-opener, joining 2000, 1999, 1997, although it was supposed to five as USU was scheduled to host Nicholls State in 2005, but that game was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
1997 - W 41-7 vs Idaho State1999 - W 51-17 vs Stephen F. Austin2000 - W 30-14 vs Southern Utah2005 - Nicholls State - Cancelled
AGGIES VS. FCS (I-AA) -- Saturday marks the second-straight season that USU has faced a Football Championship Series (formerly known as I-AA) opponent, beating Southern Utah, 54-34, last season... Prior to playing SUU last season, Utah State had not faced an FCS foe since Idaho State in 2002... Overall, USU is 76-17-6 vs. FCS opponents, winning the last four in a row, after getting upset by Idaho State, 27-24, on Nov. 18, 2000... Ironically, that is Idaho State's last win against a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team... With 15 meetings, Idaho State is the Aggies' third-most faced FCS foe behind the 34 meetings with Montana State (22-6-6) and 32 meetings with Montana (25-7)... The 13-2 (.867) record and winning-percentage is USU's second-largest against an FCS opponent played more than twice behind the 11-1 (.917) mark against in-state foe Weber State.
USU IN SEPTEMBER / ON SEPT. 11 -- Utah State has lost 15 of its last 17 games in calendar's ninth month... USU is 8-29 during September in the 2000's... This is the third-straight season that the Aggies have three games in September, going 1-2 in the ninth month the last two seasons, after dropping all four of its September games in 2007 and all five games in September in 2006... Saturday is USU's first game on Sept. 11 since beating Idaho, 14-7, on the date in 2004... Utah State is 4-3 on Sept. 11, winning the last two in row... USU is 3-0 at home on Sept. 11, which have also been the Aggies' home-openers:
1965 - W 31-12 vs Hawai'i ^1971 - W 10-7 at Kansas State1976 - L 16-33 at #13 Arkansas1982 - L 9-24 at TCU1993 - L 29-31 at Utah1999 - W 51-17 vs Stephen F. Austin ^2004 - W 14-7 vs Idaho ^^ = home-opener
USU VS. GEM STATE TEAMS -- Utah State has an 35-30-2 (.537) record against current teams from Idaho (13-2 vs. Idaho State, 18-16-2 vs. Idaho and 4-12 vs. Boise State)... The Aggies have historical success against defunct teams from Idaho, going 3-0 vs. College of Idaho, 2-0 vs. Idaho Academy, 5-0 vs. Idaho Marines
UTAH STATE-IDAHO STATE SERIES -- Utah State is 11-2 all-time against Idaho State, last facing each other in 2002... The Aggies are 10-1 against the Bengals in games played at Logan, 2-1 in Pocatello, and 1-0 on foreign soil, as the two neighboring state schools didn't think they were close enough to play so they went to Osaka, Japan in 1978, with USU winning, 10-0... USU has won two in a row, both overall in the streak and in games at Logan... The last three meetings have had a total scoring differential of nine points with an average score of USU 30, ISU 29.
Idaho StateOverall: 13-2-0 / Home: 10-1-0 / Away: 2-1-0 / Neutral - Osaka, Japan: 1-0-01904 W 10-0 A1904 W 22-0 H10-11-19 W 136-0 H9-24-32 W 32-0 H11-11-44 W 8-7 H9-28-46 W 47-0 H11-19-77 W 35-7 A9-3-78 W 10-0 N9-13-80 W 14-7 H11-14-81 L 24-50 A10-9-82 W 30-3 H9-6-97 W 41-7 H11-18-00 L 24-27 H10-20-01 W 28-27 H9-14-02 W 38-33 H
UTAH STATE vs. BIG SKY HISTORY -- Saturday marks the Aggies' first match-up against a Big Sky Conference team since last facing Idaho State in 2002... Overall, USU is a palindromic 71-17 along with six ties against teams from the current Big Sky, winning the last three meetings in a row... Here is a breakdown of how USU has done against Big Sky teams:
USU VS. BIG SKY Series LastEastern Washington 0-1-0 1994Idaho State 13-2-0 2002Montana 25-7-0 1968Montana State 22-6-6 1962Weber State 11-1-0 2001Totals 71-17-6Not played: Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State.
USU BESTS VS. IDAHO STATE -- Here is a look at some of the top USU statistical individual performances against the Bengals over the years: USU blasted ISU, 136-0, in 1919, setting school records for most points, largest margin of victory, most TDs in a game (19) and most PATs in a game (19)... Eight years earlier, in 1911, the Aggies slashed the Bengals, 88-0, the No. 3 largest winning margin and third-most points in USU history... In 1946, USU routed ISU, 47-0, for No. 20 on the largest scoring list... The 1946 Aggie defense held ISU to 40 offensive attempts, setting a school record at the time that was later tied in 1960... The 1978 and 1997 USU defenses held ISU to 111 total yards each time, ranking tied for No. 10 on the Aggies' total defense list... The 1997 Aggie defense limited the Bengals to just 16 passing yards, the sixth-fewest in school history, while the 1982 Aggie defense held ISU to 10 rushing yards, ranking 15th on the rushing defense fewest yards list... In 1982, the USU offense amassed 330 yards rushing, ranking No. 212 on the Aggies' rushing offense list... Marvin Ellis had a 96-yard kickoff return against Idaho State in 1981, tying for the sixth-longest kickoff return in USU history... Guy McClure has the No. 8 longest punt in USU history with a 74-yarder against ISU in 1980... Willie Beecher is tied for ninth on the Aggies' longest field goal list with a 52-yarder against ISU in 1982... Jose Fuentes hit Kevin Curtis with an 80-yard pass play against ISU in 2002, tying for No. 14 on the single-game longest pass play list... Rick Parros had two 100-yard rushing games against ISU, with 137 in 1977 and 113 in 1978... Melvin Blue had 142 yards rushing against the Bengals in 1997... Emmett White had one of his 13 career 100-yard rushing outings with 151 yards vs. ISU in 2001... Fuentes had one of his USU-record tying 10 300+ yard passing games with 330 against ISU in 2002... Ron Cassidy had his first 100-yard receiving games against the Bengals with 119 in 1977... Ken Thompson totalled 111 yard receiving vs. ISU in 1980... Nakia Jenkins had one of his 12 career 100-yard receiving outings against ISU with 153 in 1997, and Curtis had two of his school-record 16 100-yard receiving games with 107 vs. ISU in 2001 and 147 on the Bengals in 2002.
ANDERSEN AGAINST FORMER TEAM -- Saturday is USU head coach Gary Andersen's fourth meeting against Idaho State, where he coached the Bengals' defensive line from 1992-94... Andersen is 2-1 against ISU, facing them twice as an assistant head coach/defensive line and special teams at Northern Arizona, and once as head coach at Southern Utah.
Name Utah State Position Other Position Years-Results
Gary Andersen Head Coach Southern Utah Head Coach 2003-L, 36-17(2-1 vs. ISU) Northern Ariz. D-Line/ 1996-W, 50-38 (OT) Special Teams 1995-W, 42-14
CURRENT AGGIE COACHES VS. IDAHO STATE -- Utah State has eight other members of its coaching staff that have faced Idaho State as a coach with another team or a player,as is the case for USU defensive ends coach Chad Kauha'aha'a, who faced Idaho State during his playing days at Utah and as an assistant coach at Weber State... Kauha'aha'a has the most success against the Bengals, going 1-0 as a player and 4-0 as an assistant coach... USU linebackers coach Kevin Clune has the most experience facing Idaho State, as he faced them twice as Southern Utah defensive coordinator and four times as Weber State's defensive coordinator and is 5-1 against ISU... Overall, these eight members are 17-7 (.708) against Idaho State, and joined with Andersen, the nine USU coaches who have faced Idaho State before are a combined 19-8 (.704).
Dave Baldwin Offensive Coord./QB's Cal State Northridge HC 1996-W, 42-40(1-1 vs. ISU) 1995-L 0-52
Bill Busch Defensive Coord./S's Northern Ariz. Co-Def.Coord. 1996-W, 50-38 (OT)(2-0 vs. ISU) Northern Ariz. Secondary 1995-W, 42-14
Kevin Clune Linebackers Weber State Def.Coord. 2008-W, 59-27(5-1 vs. ISU) 2007-W, 52-37 2006-W, 30-27 2005-W, 30-21 Southern Utah Def. Coord. 2004-W, 45-31 2003-L, 36-17
Alex Gerke Offensive Line Weber State O-Line 2007-W, 52-37(2-0 vs. ISU) 2006-W, 30-27
Chad Kauha'aha'a Defensive Ends Weber State D-Line 2008-W, 59-27(5-0 vs. ISU) 2007-W, 52-37 2006-W, 30-27 2005-W, 30-21 Utah Player - LB/DL 1994-W, 66-0
Ilaisa Tuiaki Running Backs Southern Utah Player-RB 2004-W, 45-31(1-1 vs. ISU) 2003-L, 36-17
Charles Henderson Defensive Grad. Asst. Southern Utah Player-WR 2003-L, 36-17(1-3 vs. ISU) Southern Utah Player-RB 2002-L, 17-42 Southern Utah Player-QB 2001-L, 23-30 Southern Utah Player-QB 2000-W, 62-24
Ryan Zimmerman Offensive Grad. Asst. Southern Utah Player-QB 2003-L, 36-17(0-1 vs. ISU)
AGGIE-BENGAL NOTE-ABLE -- Idaho State senior LB Jake Hutton played at Utah STate from 2005-08, earning all-WAC honors in 2007 and 2008, as well as third-team Freshman All-America by The Sporting News in2005... Hutton was granted a medical hardship season after a foot injury in 2006... He graduated from USU this summer and was cleared to play at ISU... Utah State sophomore OL Brooks Abel is from Kent, Wash., the same hometown as Idaho State junior OL Elijah Ruhl and freshman DL Isaiah Walker, but Abel went to Kentwood HS while Ruhl went to Tahoma HS and Walker went to Kent-Meridian HS... Aggie freshman WR Shaan Johnson and Bengal junior WR Tavoy Moore both went to Gahr HS, and Moore also went to Cerritos JC, the same junior college as USU senior QB Jeff Fischer.
UTAH STATE-IDAHO STATE BY THE NUMB3R5 -- A closer look at notables about Saturday's clash of the Aggies and Sooners:
0 Players from the state of Idaho on Utah State's roster. 2 Players from the state of Utah on Idaho State's roster, freshman QB Kyler Carlsen, a North Logan native and Sky View HS alum, and freshman LB Joshua Ebanez, who is from Hyrum, and went to Mountain Crest HS. 4 Sky View HS alums involved in Saturday's game, as Utah State features junior DE Levi Koskan, sophomore CB McKade Brady and freshman QB Jase Hill, while Idaho State has freshman QB Kyler Carlsen. 9 Utah State coaches who have previous experience facing Idaho State, either as coaches or players, and have a combined 19-8 (.704) record against ISU. 40 Fewest total offense attempts allowed to Idaho State by the USU defense in 1946, tying the school record. 69 Yards passing needed by USU senior QB Diondre Borel to reach the 5,000 yards passing milestone, becoming just the seventh Aggie QB to reach the 5K plateau. 74 Yard punt by Guy McClure in 1980, the eighth-longest punt in USU history. 80 Yard pass play from Jose Fuentes to Kevin Curtis against ISU in 2002, tying for No. 14 on the single-game longest pass play list. 95 Miles between USU's Romney Stadium and ISU's Holt Arena. 96 Yard kickoff return by Marvin Ellis against ISU in 1981, a mark that is tied for No. 6 on USU's longest kickoff returns list. 111 Total yards allowed to ISU by the USU defense in both 1978 and 1997, ranking tied for No. 10 on the Aggies' total defense list. 136 Points scored by USU vs. ISU in 1919's 136-0 win, the most points and largest margin of victory in Aggie history.
BOREL 69 TO 5K PASSING -- USU senior QB Diondre Borel is 69 passing yards from the 5,000 yards plateau for his career, currently with 4,931 yards... Borel will become just the seventh Aggie QB to reach the 5,000-yard passing milestone and the first since Jose Fuentes reached it in the 2001 season, finishing his career in 2002 with 9,168 yards, the No. 1 spot on USU's career passing list... Borel is just 454 yards from Matt Sauk (1996-97) at No. 6 on USU's career passing list with 5,385 yards.
Career PassingNo. Name Years Yds.1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 9,1682. Tony Adams 1970-72 6,2263. Brent Snyder 1987-88 6,1054. Eric Hipple 1976-79 6,0735. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 5,6426. Matt Sauk 1996-97 5,3857. Diondre Borel 2007-pres. 4,9318. Travis Cox 2001-04 4,7229. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 4,22110. Ron Lopez 1990-91 4,182
BOREL SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER -- Quarterback Diondre Borel takes three school records into his senior season, as he is the USU record holder for single-season total offense (3,343 yards, 2009), single-season rushing yards by a QB (632 in 2008) and career rushing yards for a QB (1,098 yards, 2007-pres.)... Borel's 105 rushing yards in 2008 vs. Fresno State (Oct. 31),was just shy of the single-game rushing record by a QB of 121 yards held by Tony Adams vs. Colorado State in 1972.
Rushing Yards by a QuarterbackGame: 121, Tony Adams (12 attempts) vs. Colorado State, 1972 105, Diondre Borel (12 attempts) vs. Idaho, 2008Season: 632, Diondre Borel (179 att.), 2008Career: 1,086, Diondre Borel (351 att.), 2007-pres.
BOREL RECORD WATCH -- With 6,017 career total offense yards, Borel leapt to No. 4 on USU's career total offense list, needing just 104 to reach Eric Hipple (1976-79) at No. 3 with 6,121 yards and 570 yards to reach Tony Adams (1970-72) at No. 2... Borel needs 2,774 yards to reach USU's career total offense record holder Jose Fuentes (1999-2002) at No. 1 with 8,791 yards... Borel needs 232 yards of total offense to crack the WAC's top 40 Total Offense list.
Career Total OffenseNo. Name Years Yds.1. Jose Fuentes 1999-2002 8,7912. Tony Adams 1970-72 6,5873. Eric Hipple 1976-79 6,1214. Diondre Borel 2007-pres. 6,0175. Brent Snyder 1987-88 5,9286. Anthony Calvillo 1992-93 5,8387. Matt Sauk 1996-97 5,4668. Leon Jackson III 2004-07 5,0359. Travis Cox 2001-04 4,84410. Abu Wilson 1992, 94-96 3,933
WAC Career Total OffenseNo. Yards Name, School, Years1. 16,916 Timmy Chang, UH, 2000-042. 14,740 Colt Brennan, UH, 2005-073. 14,665 Ty Detmer, BYU, 1988-914. 11,570 Chase Holbrook, NMSU, 2006-085. 10,651 Stoney Case, UNM, 1991-946. 10,513 Todd Santos, SDSU, 1984-877. 10,348 Colin Kaepernick, NEV, 2007-pres.8. 10,216 Luke McCown, LTU, 2001-039. 10,145 Paul Pinegar, FS, 2002-0510. 9,786 Ryan Dinwiddie, BSU, 2001-03------31. 6,753 Josh Wallwork, UW, 1995-9632. 6,680 Kelly Stouffer, CSU, 1983-8633. 6,627 Beau Morgan, AFA, 1994-9634. 6,604 Trent Dilfer, FS, 1992-9335. 6,482 Dee Dowis, AFA, 1986-8936. 6,443 Moses Moreno, CSU, 1994-9737. 6,354 Virgil Carter, BYU, 1964-6638. 6,350 Terry Nugent, CSU, 1980-8339. 6,273 Danny White, ASU, 1971-7340. 6,249 Scott Rislov, SJSU, 2002-03-- 6,017 Diondre Borel, USU, 2007-pres.
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Career RushingNo. Name Years Yds.1. Demario Brown 1996-1999 4,0532. Abu Wilson 1992, 94-96 3,9333. Rick Parros 1976-79 3,5374. Louie Giammona 1973-75 3,4995. Emmett White 1998-01 2,7916. Roger Grant 1990-91 2,3877. Tom Larscheid 1959-61 2,2068. Altie Taylor 1966-68 1,9599. Jay Van Noy 1946-49 1,92310. Jack Hill 1952,55-56 1,82011. Robert Turbin 2008-pres. 1,798----15. Demetrius Brown 1986-89 1,25216. Archie Gibson 1972-73 1,23517. David Fiefia 2000-03 1,19318. Mac Lane 1966-67 1,18219. Jerry Hughes 1971-72 1,14420. Diondre Borel 2007-pres. 1,08621. Buddy Allen 1958-59 1,062
Single-Season Total OffenseNo. Name Year Yds.1. Diondre Borel, Jr. 2009 3,3432. Anthony Calvillo, Sr. 1993 3,2603. Jose Fuentes, Sr. 2002 3,1644. Brent Snyder, Sr. 1988 3,1545. Tony Adams, Sr. 1972 2,9536. Jose Fuentes, Jr. 2001 2,9207. Matt Sauk, Sr. 1997 2,8988. Travis Cox, Jr. 2003 2,8449. Brent Snyder, Jr. 1987 2,77410. Patrick Mullins, Jr. 1995 2,678
2K BOREL -- Borel became just the 18th Aggie QB in school history to top the 2,000 passing yard plateau, finishing with 2,885 yards in 2009, the most since Jose Fuentes' 3,268 yards in 2002... Borel ended up two yards shy of the No. 6 spot and was 115 yards short of becoming the fifth Aggie QB to hit the 3,000-yard milestone.
2,000 Passing Yards Single-Season ListNo. Yds. Name, Class Year Att. Com. Pct. TD1. 3,268 Jose Fuentes, Sr. 2002 454 246 .542 202. 3,218 Brent Snyder, Sr. 1988 447 246 .550 193. 3,148 Anthony Calvillo, Sr. 1993 469 247 .527 194. 3,100 Jose Fuentes, Jr. 2001 437 260 .595 245. 2,896 Matt Sauk, Sr. 1997 378 190 .503 166. 2,887 Brent Snyder, Jr. 1987 427 226 .529 207. 2,885 Diondre Borel, Jr. 2009 366 214 .585 178. 2,797 Tony Adams, Sr. 1972 351 204 .581 229. 2,791 Travis Cox, Jr. 2003 415 235 .566 1810. 2,774 Patrick Mullins, Sr. 1995 383 209 .546 12
BOREL EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR SATURDAY'S PERFORMANCE -- Utah State senior quarterback Diondre Borel earned national recognition for his performance Saturday night in the Aggies' near-upset of No. 7 Oklahoma before falling, 31-24, by receiving a helmet sticker from ESPN.com. He is the lone Western Athletic Conference player to earn a helmet sticker among the non-BCS conferences list.
Borel was 17-of-36 for 341 yards (20.1 yards per completion) with two touchdowns. It was Borel's sixth career 300-yard passing outing, his 17th career game with at least one TD pass and ninth career game with multi-TDs and Borel now has 30 career TD passes.
Borel was joined on the list by Troy kicker Michael Taylor, the TCU rushing offense, Houston quarterback Case Keenum and Utah safety Brian Blechen.
ABOUT IDAHO STATE -- The Bengals bring a 1-0 record into Saturday's game, after Idaho State beat Montana Western, 32-3, on Saturday in ISU's home opener. Redshirt freshman back-up quarterback Kyle Morris passed for 189 yards and three touchdowns, while transfer running backs Corey White and Jahmel Rover teamed up for 234 rushing yards.
The victory marked the first time ISU held an opponent without a touchdown since the last time the Bengals played the Bulldogs, a 37-0 win in 2005 at home. Montana Western gained only 141 yards, minus-three on 21 rushes. ISU rushed for 269 yards and passed for 189 for a total of 458 yards in 34:45 of possession.
Morris completed 17-of-26 passes for 189 yards with three TD's and one interception. He opened the game's scoring by hitting sophomore wide receiver Rodrick Rumble with a short toss that Rumble converted into a 49-yard TD. It was the game's first play from scrimmage and followed a 44-yard kickoff return by transfer all-purpose back Tavoy Moore.
Moore totaled 203 yards of all purpose running, 32 on three rushes, 40 on three pass receptions, 78 on two kickoff returns, and 53 on two punt returns.
Defensively, the Bengals were led by senior CB Kenny Viser with seven tackles, including one for loss and adding one pass break-up. Junior DT Jordan Monga added six stops, three for loss.
ABOUT UTAH STATE -- Utah State matched seventh-ranked Oklahoma punch for punch, before falling 31-24, Saturday at OU's Owen Field at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
USU out-gained OU in total offense, 421-412. The Aggies had 341 passing and 80 rushing. Senior quarterback Diondre Borel was 17-of-37 passing for the 341 yards with two TD passes, but was also intercepted three times.
Junior Xavier Watkins and sophomore Dontel Watkins both caught their first career TD catches as Aggies, as Martin finished with four catches for 60 yards and Watkins had three receptions for 91 yards. Sophomore Mikhail Morgan had four catches for 44 yards.
Senior running back Michael Smith had eight carries for 48 yards with one TD, while fellow senior Derrvin Speight added 17 rushes for 46 yards.
Junior linebacker Kyle Gallagher led the Aggies with a game-high 11 tackles, while senior linebacker Bobby Wagner posted eight stops. Senior cornerback Chris Randle added seven tackles to go with one interception. Junior linebacker Junior Keiaho also snared his first career interception of the game.
Senior punter and placekicker Peter Caldwell hit a 40-yard field goal and just missed a 50-yarder that just drifted wide left. Caldwell punted seven times for a 47.7 yards per punt average with a long of 58-yards.
OU jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring on the opening possession of the game, and its last of the quarter. A 12-yard pass from Jones to Broyles opened the scoring and a 1-yard run by Murray capped the opening period scoring.
The Sooners opened a 21-0 advantage with 6:21 on the second-stanza clock on another Jones to Broyles TD pass play, this time from 21-yards out.
Utah State, which moved the ball down the field, but just couldn't get in scoring range, broke through late in the second quarter. On fourth-and-six from the OU 18-yard line, the Aggies ran a fake field goal with junior holder Eric Moats hitting junior tight end Kellen Bartlett with a TD pass, but was disallowed by an ineligible receiver penalty. Senior placekicker Peter Caldwell booted a 40-yard field goal to put the Aggies on the board. The USU defense forced its fourth three-and-out of the half, getting the ball back for the Aggie offense. Borel spearheaded the attack which started with 34-yard pass to Watkins and ended when senior running back Michael Smith scored on a 4-yard run out of the Wild Aggie formation, putting USU down 21-10 at half.
Utah State pulled within 21-17 on its second possession of the third quarter, as Borel hit Watkins for a 42-yard catch and run for a TD with 10:16 to play in the third. It was Watkins' first career TD catch as an Aggie. The close gap didn't last long as OU's ensuing possession ended with a Murray 63-yard scamper down the sideline put the Sooners up 28-17.
After OU added a 32-yard field goal by Patrick O'Hara, the Aggies marched down the field, capping the drive with a 31-yard TD pass from Borel to junior wideout Xavier Martin for Martin's first USU career TD and closing the margin to 31-24 with 2:31 left in the third quarter.
Neither team scored in the fourth quarter, trading punts and interceptions, the last by OU at the Aggie 41 with 4:12 on the clock, thwarting USU's comeback rally. The Sooners ran out the clock to end the game and escape the Aggies' upset.
UTAH STATE POST-GAME NOTES --
-- Senior QB Diondre Borel started for the 22nd-consecutive game, which leads USU, as well as Borel's 22nd career start... Junior LB Bobby Wagner made his 16th-straight start, which is second on the team.
-- Senior OL Spencer Johnson made his 32nd career start, which leads the team, and his 13th-straight start... Joining Johnson for third on the team-best list in making their 13th-consecutive starts was senior CB Chris Randle, senior CB Rajric Coleman and junior LB Junior Keiaho.
-- Three Aggies made their first career start in a USU uniform: junior WR Matt Austin, sophomore WR Dontel Watkins and freshman WR Travis Reynolds.
-- Junior WR Eric Moats' catch at the end of the first quarter gives him at least one reception in 13-straight games.
-- The 14 first-quarter points yielded to Oklahoma matched the most allowed by the USU defense last season and was the second season in a row the opposition had scored 14 points in the opening stanza.
-- USU was held scoreless in the first quarter for the first time in its last six games, as last season the Aggies only failed to score in the opening period twice. (at New Mexico State on Oct. 10 and vs. Louisiana Tech on Oct. 24).
-- Senior CB Chris Randle snared his third career INT... It is the second-straight game with an INT for the USU defense.
-- Senior P Peter Caldwell's 50-yard punt in the second quarter was the 21st game in 27 career games punting that Caldwell has had at least one 50-yarder... Caldwell now has 32 for his career (three tonight).
-- USU has now made at least one FG in 12 of the last 13 games. The Aggies did not have a field goal against Boise State on Nov. 20, 2009.
-- After not kicking any FG's last year, Caldwell is now 24-of-34 for his career, making 13 in 2007 as a freshman and 10 as a sophomore in 2008.
-- Senior RB Michael Smith's second quarter TD was his fifth career rushing TD after four in 2009. His last TD was a 12-yard run against Boise State against Boise State on Nov. 20. He scored two TDs in the 52-21 loss to the Broncos.
-- The third-quarter TD catch by junior WR Dontel Watkins was his first career TD catch as an Aggie.
-- It was Borel's 17th career game with at least one TD pass, and it was Borel's 30th career TD toss (two tonight).
-- The 31-yard TD catch by junior WR Xavier Martin was the first of his Aggie career.
-- The interception by junior LB Junior Keiaho was the first of his USU career.
-- Borel now has nine career games with at multiple TD passes. His best being the four TD passes thrown in the 2009 season finale against Idaho on Nov. 28, 2009 at Idaho.
-- Borel's three interceptions were the most in the game since throwing three at Louisiana Tech in 2008.
-- Utah State is now 1-53 against ranked opponents, including losing the last 28. The Aggies have also lost their last 14 straight season openers.
-- The seven-point scoring margin was the closest in the five-game series, which OU now leads 5-0.
UTAH STATE-IDAHO STATE LAST TIME
UTAH STATE 38, IDAHO STATE 33
September 14, 2002 • Logan, Utah • Romney Stadium
Recap Jose Fuentes passed for 330 yards and three touchdowns as Utah State held off Division I-AA Idaho State 38-33 on Saturday night.
Utah State (1-2) finished with 491 yards of total offensive, as Fuentes moved into second place on Utah State's career total offense list with 6,283 yards, just 304 behind leader Tony Adams.
Kevin Curtis scored on an 80-yard touchdown receptions on the Aggies' first offensive play of the game, and finished with 147 yards on five receptions.
Idaho State's Isaac Mitchell ran for 126 yards and had three touchdowns as the Bengals (1-1) rallied from a 28-0 deficit in the second quarter. He had a 51-yard TD run in the second quarter and also scored on runs of 11 and 3 yards.
Score By QuartersIdaho State 0 14 13 6 -33Utah State 21 7 7 3 -38
Scoring SummaryFirst QuarterUSU-Kevin Curtis 80 pass from Jose Fuentes (Dane Kidman), 14:42USU-Gary Coleman 20 pass from Jose Fuentes (Dane Kidman), 13:40USU-Jorge Tapia 15 fumble recovery (Dane Kidman), 0:45
Second QuarterUSU-James Samuel 1 run (Dane Kidman), 11:51ISU-Isaac Mitchell 11 run (Jeremy Hershey), 6:38ISU-Isaac Mitchell 51 run (Jeremy Hershey), 3:08
Third QuarterISU-FG, Jeremy Hershey 38, 4:20USU-Chris Stallworth, 29 pass from Jose Fuentes (Dane Kidman), 3:06ISU-Brett Fowler, 50 pass from Doug Baughman (Jeremy Hershey), 2:11ISU-FG, Jeremy Hershey, 50, 0:12
Fourth QuarterUSU- FG, Dane Kidman, 25, 9:14ISU- Isaac Mitchell 2 run, 6:17
A-16,231
ISU USUFirst downs 20 18Rushes-yards 33-176 31-168Passing 268 330Comp-Att-Int 20-50-4 26-41-1Return Yards 145 75Punts-Avg. 4-48 10-37Fumbles-Lost 4-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 1-00 9-86Time of Possession 26:47 33:13
Individual StatisticsRUSHING-ISU, Isaac Mitchell 126, Doug Baughman 23, Troy Bell 9, Jeremy Hershey -2, Rory Carrington -2. USU, Roger Robinson 93, James Samuel 63, David Fiefia 5,Jose Fuentes 3, Kevin Curtis -3.
PASSING-ISU, Doug Baughman 20-50-4 268. USU, Jose Fuentes 26-41-1 330,
RECEIVING-ISU,Brett Fowler 8-145, Eugene Mirador 5-35, Isaac Mitchell 3-18,Jeff Davenport 2-59, Sale Key 1-8, Shack Okoebor 1-3. USU, Gary Coleman 6-66,Kevin Curtis 5-147, Chris Stallworth 3-41, Casy Poppinga 3-22, Derek Jeffery 2-18, James Samuel 2-14, Roger Robinson 2-11, Chris Cooley 2-11, Richard Watson 1-0.
UTAH STATE 2010 PRESEASON AWARD COLLECTION
#17 JR WR Matt Austin• Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason WAC Newcomer of the Year
#12 SR QB Diondre Borel• Manning Award Preseason Watch List• USA Today Preseason WAC Players To Watch List• Sporting News College Football Preview Preseason Best Athlete in WAC• Third-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#8 SR P/PK Peter Caldwell• Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List• Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-WAC• First-Team Lindy's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• Second-Team Athlon College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• Second-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#68 SR OG Philip Gapelu• Yahoo! Sports College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#52 SR OT SPENCER JOHNSON• Second-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#11 JR WR Stanley Morrison• Second-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#7 SR CB Chris Randle• Third-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#34 SR RB Michael Smith• Second-Team Athlon College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#6 JR RB Robert Turbin• Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-WAC• USA Today Preseason WAC Players To Watch List• First-Team Lindy's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• Yahoo! Sports College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• Second-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
#9 JR LB Bobby Wagner• Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook Preseason All-WAC• First-Team Lindy's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• Yahoo! Sports College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• First-Team Athlon College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC• First-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC
PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- FROM NEAR AND FAR -- USU's roster consists of players from 15 different states and from two countries in the United States and Canada. The states represented on the Aggies' roster are Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington.
VETERAN EXPERIENCE -- The Aggies have 22 seniors in 2010. Of the 22, 11 are at least two-year letterwinners, including seven who are three-year lettermen, in QB Diondre Borel, OL Spencer Johnson, CB Curtis Marsh, CB Chris Randle, DT Nathan Royster, P/PK Peter Caldwell and LS Patrick Scales.
THE TALL OF IT -- USU has six players who are 6'5" or taller, 6'8" freshman OL Bryce Walker, 6'7" senior OL Spencer Johnson, 6'7" junior TE Tarren Lloyd, 6'6" junior OL Tanner Richins, 6'5" sophomore OL Brooks Abel and 6'5" sophomore OL Oscar Molina-Sanchez.
THE SHORT OF IT -- Junior running back Josh Flores is the shortest player on Utah State's 2010 roster at 5'5"... Overall, Flores is one of 15 players on the Aggies' roster under 5'10" tall.
SMART AGGIES -- Utah State had 15 academic all-WAC selections for football, part of USU's 41 fall academic all-conference honors, which was second in the WAC... Overall, USU had 194 student-athletes recognized by the league office for academic achievements during the 2009-10 academic year, as Utah State has led the WAC in academic all-conference honors all five years that it has been in the league.
ROAD BOOK-ENDS -- Utah State will open and close the regular-season on the road for the second-straight season, kicking off the season at Oklahoma on Sept. 4 and playing its regular-season finale at Boise State on Dec. 4... Last year USU opened at Utah and closed at Idaho... The last time that the Aggies book-ended the season's schedule with home games was 1998 when they hosted Utah in the season-opener and hosted North Texas in the finale.
NO WILLIE -- USU will not hear Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again" this season as the Aggies do not have consecutive road games on the 2010 schedule, marking only the third time that has happened in the last 100 years, joining the 1920 and 2005 ledgers.
NAME GAME -- USU could form its own legal company of `Johnson, Johnson and Johnson' for the medical company of Johnson & Johnson, as the Aggies have three players with the last name of Johnson on their 2010 roster and even though all three are from California, none of them are related: senior OL Spencer Johnson (Lancaster), senior DL Devin Johnson (Glendora) and freshman WR Shaan Johnson (Cerritos).
UTAH STATE'S Diondre Borel TABBED TO MANNING AWARD WATCH LIST -- Utah State senior quarterback Diondre Borel was announced as a member of the Manning Award Watch List on Saturday, as he is the fifth player named by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in its daily release of honorees.
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that takes into consideration the candidates' bowl performances. Ten finalists will be selected in late-November and the winner will be announced after the bowls in January and will be honored at a ceremony in New Orleans.
The award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, will release one name each day from mid-July through early August, on its website, allstatesugarbowl.org/ManningAward and via facebook and twitter. Votes will be tabulated following the completion of every bowl game in January.
Borel, a native of Oakley, Calif. (Freedom HS), enters his senior season with hopes of continuing last season's breakout and record-setting year and continue his ascent up the USU record books. He also enters his senior season with six school records in his pocket, as he is the USU record holder for single-season total offense (3,343 yards, 2009), single-season rushing yards by a QB (632 in 2008), career rushing yards for a QB (1,098 yards, 2007-pres.), single-season fewest interceptions thrown (four in 2009), consecutive passes without an interception (228 in 2009) and single-game passing yards per completion (21.1 on 316 yards on 15 completions vs. Southern Utah, 2009).
Last season, Borel led the WAC and ranked 15th in the FBS in total offense at 278.6 ypg, setting the USU record for single-season total offense with 3,343 yards. Borel was also third in the conference in passing average per game (204.4 ypg) as well as fifth in the league and 35th in the nation in passing efficiency (137.83). Additionally, Borel set the school record for fewest interceptions thrown with four, a mark that tied for second-fewest in FBS. Last season, he threw for 2,885 yards on 214-of-366 passing and threw 17 TD passes on the year.
Borel's 3,343 yards of total offense last year is a USU single-season record, topping the previous mark of 3,260 yards by Anthony Calvillo in 1993. Entering this season with 21 consecutive starts, Borel is ranked sixth in school history for career total offense (5,690 yards), needing 3,101 to reach the No. 1 mark of 8.791 yards by Jose Fuentes from 1999-2002.
The preseason Watch List recognizes some of the top quarterbacks in the nation based on previous collegiate performance, however, every quarterback in the nation remains eligible for the honor. Additional quarterbacks may be added to the Watch List after the start of the season. The list of 10 finalists will be released on Monday, Nov. 29. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 19.
The winner is selected by a panel of national media covering college football, as well as each of the Mannings. Past winners of the award include Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, Matt Ryan, JaMarcus Russell, Vince Young and Matt Leinart.
USU's Peter Caldwell NAMED TO PRESEASON RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST -- Utah State senior punter Peter Caldwell was named to the Preseason Ray Guy Award, which identifies the nation's top collegiate punter, announced Wednesday by the Augusta Sports Council.
Caldwell, a Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS), native, is one of seven players on the preseason list, joining Drew Butler from Georgia, Ryan Donahue from Iowa, Johnny Hekker from Oregon State, Chas Henry from Florida, Jeff Locke from UCLA and Rob Long from Syracuse. All seven are returning Ray Guy Award semi-finalists from 2009.
In 2009, Caldwell led the WAC and ranked 37th in Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in punting with a 42.2 yards per punt average with 69 punts for 2,914 yards. Caldwell had 17 punts of 50+ yards, highlighted by a season and career long 62-yarder. He tallied 27 punts inside the 20-yard line and forced the opposition's returner to call for a fair catch on 16 punts.
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN -- Utah State football head coach Gary Andersen announced the six Aggie captains for the 2010 season, after a vote by the team.
Five of the six are seniors, as offensive captains will be senior quarterback Diondre Borel, senior offensive lineman Spencer Johnson and senior running back Michael Smith. Captaining the defense will be senior defensive lineman Sean Enesi, senior cornerback Chris Randle and junior linebacker Bobby Wagner.
HEAD COACH COACHING POSITION -- In addition to his head coaching duties, USU head coach Gary Andersen is also the position coach for the defensive tackles... Andersen is one of 12 Division I (FBS) coaches doing so, and one of nine non-special teams related position:
Arkansas State Steve Roberts Special TeamsBall State Stan Parrish QuarterbacksBYU Bronco Mendenhall Defensive TacklesUConn Randy Edsall SafetiesKent State Doug Martin QuarterbacksLouisiana Rickey Bustle PK, LS and PRLouisiana-Monroe Todd Berry Quarterbacks Nevada Chris Ault QuarterbacksSan Diego State Brady Hoke Defensive LineTulsa Todd Graham SafetiesUTAH STATE Gary Andersen Defensive TacklesVirginia Tech Frank Beamer Kickers
FOOTBALL ISN'T JUST AMERICA'S GAME -- USU has four players who were born internationally... Senior LB Jerome Barbour (Germany), senior OL Tariq Polley (England), sophomore WR Emmanual Ojeriakhi (Nigeria) and freshman LB Connor Williams (Canada) all were born outside of the United States.
TRANSFER-MERS -- USU has 21 junior college transfers, as well as nine players who transferred from another four-year school on the 2010 roster... Three players on the roster came to USU from Snow College: senior DT Casey Davis, senior LB Joey Schrader, junior LB Gavin Jones... Three were teammates at El Camino JC: senior DT's Sean Enesi and Kamaloni Vainikola and junior LB Reuben Willis... Two were teammates at Grossmont JC: junior WR Xavier Martin and sophomore RB Joey DeMartino.
112 / 118 -- USU is taking the field for the 112th season of football in 118 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.
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