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AGGIES HOST BYU IN FINAL NON-CONFERENCE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT
Game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. (MT). 
 
BYU (3-4) vs. UTAH STATE (4-3, 3-1 MW)
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 • 8 p.m. (MT) • Logan, Utah • Maverik Stadium (25,100)
 
GAME 8 INFORMATION
TV: ESPN2
• Play-by-Play: Jason Benetti 
• Analyst: Rod Gilmore
• Reporter: Quint Kessenich
• Xfinity (Utah): Ch. 36/669 HD
• DISH: Ch. 143
• DirecTV: Ch. 129
 
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KICKOFF COVERAGE
• Utah State has won each of its last 10 home games, which is the fourth-longest home winning streak in school history, and is 38-9 (.809) in its last 47 home games. USU is also 19-3 in its last 22 non-conference home games, including seven straight wins. All-time, Utah State is 150-105 (.588) in Maverik Stadium.
 
• Utah State has scored 60-plus points in five of its last 10 home games and at least 34 points in each of its last 10 home games, as it has won all of those games by double digits.
 
• Utah State has won eight of its last 10 home games against in-state opponents dating back to the 2009 season, which includes a 4-2 record under head coach Gary Andersen. In fact, USU has won each of its last four home games against in-state competition under Andersen.
 
• Utah State has won consecutive games against BYU for the first time in 44 years, last doing so in 1973 and 1974, when it won four straight games in the series. Overall, USU has won three of the last five games played against BYU. 
 
• Utah State has scored 40-plus points against BYU in each of its last two games, marking just the third time that has happened in series history (1922-23 and 1954-55). USU's 45 points against BYU last season were its most in the series since its 58-56 home win in 1993, and just its ninth 40-point game in series history. And, USU's 25-point win against BYU (45-20) last season was its largest since 1968 and its fifth-largest in series history.
 
• Junior WR Savon Scarver is tied for first nationally with his two kickoff returns for a touchdown and would lead the nation in kickoff returns (43.4 yards per return) if he had enough attempts. Junior LB David Woodward ranks second in the nation in tackles (13.3 per game) and is third in forced fumbles (4). Both players were All-Americans a season ago.
 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle has scored 308 points in his career and is tied with Robert Turbin (2007-11) for the most points scored in school history. Eberle also ranks second all-time in school history in field goals made (54) and attempted (70), as well as field goal percentage (.771).
 
• Junior QB Jordan Love is celebrating his 21st birthday on Saturday. Love ranks third all-time in school history in passing yards (6,818) and completions (543), fourth all-time in touchdowns passes (48) and attempts (898), and fifth all-time in completion percentage (.605) and total offense (7,109 yards).
 
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UTAH STATE HOSTS BYU IN FINAL NON-CONFERENCE GAME OF THE SEASON
• Utah State (4-3, 3-1 MW) concludes non-conference play this weekend as it hosts BYU (3-4) on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 (Xfinity Ch. 36/669HD, DISH Ch. 143, DirecTV Ch. 129) with Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (reporter) on the call. Live audio of the game is available on www.UtahStateAggies.com.
 
• Utah State is 25-12 in its last 37 games played during the month of November and is 9-3 all-time in known games played on Nov. 2.
 
A LOOK AT UTAH STATE
• Utah State is 4-3 on the season and 3-1 in Mountain West play following its 31-7 road loss at Air Force last weekend. Offensively, USU is led by junior QB Jordan Love, who is 147-of-246 (.598) passing for 1,620 yards (231.4 ypg) with eight touchdowns and nine interceptions. Senior RB Gerold Bright leads the team in rushing with 469 yards on 89 carries (5.3 ypc/67.0 ypg) with four touchdowns, and senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner has a team-best 29 receptions for 441 yards (15.2 ypr/63.0 ypg) and three touchdowns. Defensively, junior LB David Woodward leads the team with 93 tackles, which includes 5.0 tackles for loss, while fellow senior CB DJ Williams has 49 tackles, which includes 1.5 tackles for loss. As a team, USU is averaging 29.0 points and 405.3 yards of total offense (247.6 passing, 157.7 rushing), and allowing 24.1 points and 415.6 yards (234.9 passing, 180.7 rushing).
 
• Utah State is among the top-40 teams in the nation in 13 statistical categories, including second in kickoff returns (32.33 yards per return), second in special teams touchdowns with three (two kickoff returns, one punt return), eighth in punt returns (18.0 yards per return)  and 10th in three-and-outs forced per game (5.00). USU is also tied for 12th in the nation with its two defensive touchdowns, 16th in fewest penalties per game (5.0), 18th in fumbles recovered with seven, 27th in fumbles lost with four and 27th in sacks allowed with 10 (1.43 per game). 
 
UTAH STATE MILESTONES THAT EQUAL SUCCESS
• Utah State has won 33 of its last 39 games when it has a 100-yard rusher, including a 3-1 record this year, and 36 of its last 39 contests when rushing at least 40 times in a game, including a 3-0 record this year. USU has also won 52 of its last 56 games when scoring at least 30 points, including a 3-1 record this season.
 
• Utah State has had a 100-yard rusher in 12 of its last 19 games and in 17 of its last 26 contests overall. Between the 2014 and 2016 seasons, USU had a total of nine 100-yard rushers over a 39-game span.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS WITH UTAH STATE'S OFFENSE
• Dating back to the beginning of the 2018 season, Utah State has recorded at least 600 yards of total offense five times, at least 500 yards of total offense eight times, and at least 400 passing yards three times. During its last 18 games, USU has scored at least 30 points 14 times, at least 40 points 10 times, at least 50 points eight times and 60-or-more points five times.
 
UTAH STATE IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
• Utah State is 160-181-8 (.470) all-time against current members of the Mountain West with a 39-26-4 record vs. Wyoming, a 35-39-2 record vs. Colorado State, a 17-7 record vs. UNLV, an 18-20-1 record vs. San José State, a 12-17-1 record vs. Fresno State, a 12-13 record vs. New Mexico, a 10-6 record vs. Hawai`i, a 7-18 record vs. Nevada, a 5-18 record vs. Boise State, a 3-5 record vs. Air Force, and a 2-12 record vs. San Diego State.
 
• Utah State is 33-19 (.635) all-time in the Mountain West and has won 44 of its last 63 (.698) league games dating back to 2011. USU is also 12-3 in its last 15 games against MW opponents and 15-5 in its last 20 games against all opponents.
 
AGGIES IN OVERTIME
• Utah State is 6-6 all-time in overtime, winning three of its last five. All-time, USU is 4-3 in single-overtime games, 2-2 in double-overtime games, and 0-1 in triple-overtime games. USU's last overtime game was a 26-20 loss against New Mexico State in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl on Dec. 29, 2017.
 
ANDERSEN SIXTH ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY WITH 30 WINS
• Utah State head coach Gary Andersen ranks sixth all-time in school history with his 30 wins, while his .526 winning percentage (30-27) ranks as the eighth-best. Andersen is also one of just four head coaches in school history to lead the Aggies to multiple bowl games.
 
• Utah State is 20-6 (.769) in its last 26 games under Andersen, which includes an 11-0 home record.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State is 6-1 in its last seven games following a loss and 7-2 in its last nine games following a loss under head coach Gary Andersen. The last time USU lost consecutive games was at the end of the 2017 season, a span of 20 games.
 
• Utah State's three losses have all been on the road against teams that are a combined 20-3 on the season as No. 25 Wake Forest is 6-1, No. 2 LSU is 8-0 and Air Force is 6-2. 
 
SCOUTING BYU
• BYU is 3-4 on the season following its 28-25 home win against No. 14 Boise State two weekends ago. The Cougars are led by redshirt freshman QB Baylor Romney, who is 21-of-36 passing for 294 yards (147.0 ypg) with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Senior RB Emmanuel Esukpa has carried the ball 43 times for 184 yards (4.3 ypc/36.8 ypg) with two touchdowns, and junior TE Matt Bushman has caught 28 passes for 298 yards (14.2 ypr/56.9 ypg) with three touchdowns. Defensively, junior LB Kavika Fonua has a team-best 56 tackles, which includes 1.0 tackles for loss, while senior CB Dayan Ghanwoloku has 40 tackles, which includes 2.0 tackles for loss. As a team, BYU is averaging 23.1 points and 380.1 yards of total offense per game (258.9.0 passing, 121.3 rushing), and allowing 29.7 points and 405.3 yards of total offense (188.0 passing, 217.3 rushing). BYU returns 17 starters (O-9, D-8) and 57 lettermen (O-22, D-31, S-4) from last year's team that went 7-6 and ended its season with a 49-18 win against Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The Cougars are coached by Kalani Sitake, who is 23-23 in his fourth season as a collegiate head coach.
 
AGGIES AND COUGARS SERIES HISTORY
• Utah State trails in the all-time series against BYU, 37-48-3, which includes a 19-17-2 home record. The first game played in the series was on Oct. 7, 1922, in Provo, with USU winning 42-3. USU has won the last two meetings with a 45-20 win in Provo last year and a 40-24 home win in 2017. Overall, USU has won back-to-back games against BYU for the first time in 44 years, while its 25-point margin of victory last year is the fifth-largest in series history and largest since 1968. 
 
MORE ON THE AGGIES AND COUGARS SERIES HISTORY 
• Utah State's 37 wins against BYU are the second-most in school history behind USU's 39 wins against Wyoming. The USU-BYU series is the second-most played in school history as this weekend's 89th meeting trails only USU's 112 games played against Utah.
 
BATTLE FOR THE OLD WAGON WHEEL 
• Utah State and BYU will be playing for possession of 'The Old Wagon Wheel,' the traveling trophy between the two schools, this weekend. The Old Wagon Wheel became part of the rivalry in 1948. Since its inception, BYU holds a 40-25 advantage in the series, but USU has held possession of the traveling trophy in each of the last two seasons. 
 
UTAH STATE AND BYU SERIES MOVING FORWARD 
• Future games currently scheduled between Utah State and BYU include meetings in Provo on Oct. 2, 2020, in Logan on Oct. 1, 2021, and in Provo on Sept. 30, 2022.
 
UTAH STATE VERSUS FBS INDEPENDENTS
• Utah State is 69-56-3 all-time against current Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Independents with a 37-48-3 record against BYU, a 31-8 record against New Mexico State and a 1-0 record against Army.
 
ANDERSEN VERSUS BYU
• Gary Andersen is 2-3 all-time as a head coach against BYU, which includes a 1-3 record at Utah State and a 1-0 record at Wisconsin. Andersen's win against BYU in 2010, while at USU, was the Aggies' first victory against the Cougars since 1993, snapping a 10-game losing streak.
 
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND BYU 
• Utah State defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach Justin Ena played at BYU from 1998-2001 and graduated from BYU in 2001. BYU defensive coordinator and defensive line coach 'Ilaisa Tuiaki spent three seasons (2009-11) at Utah State as the running backs and special teams coach under Gary Andersen. Tuiaki also played for Andersen at Southern Utah in 2003 and coached for Andersen at Oregon State in 2015 as the linebackers and special teams coach. Tuiaki was also on staff with Andersen at Utah in 2008 as a graduate assistant. BYU head coach Kalani Sitake spent the 2015 season as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Oregon State under Andersen. USU offensive line coach TJ Woods was also on staff at OSU in 2015. Sitake also coached for Andersen at Southern Utah in 2003 and was on staff with Andersen at Utah from 2005-08. BYU passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Aaron Roderick was on staff at Utah with Andersen from 2005-08 and was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Andersen at Southern Utah in 2003. BYU tight ends coach Steve Clark was on staff at Utah with Andersen in 2002 and 2004. USU Assistant AD for Football Operations Zach Nyborg graduated from BYU in 2011 and spent the 2014 season at BYU as the Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations. BYU's stadium namesake, LaVell Edwards, is a 1952 Utah State alum, and was a three-year letterman for the Aggies from 1949-51, collecting unanimous all-Skyline Six Conference honors in 1950 at linebacker. Edwards was inducted into USU's Athletics' Hall of Fame in 2011. USU RB Riley Burt is a graduate transfer from BYU. 
 
DID YOU KNOW
• Utah State has 38 players in its program from the Beehive State, while BYU has 54 players on its roster from Utah.
 
PLAYER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND BYU
• There are 61 connections between Utah State and BYU football players. USU senior RB Riley Burt attended Box Elder HS in Brigham City, Utah, as did BYU redshirt freshman DL Darius McFarland. USU senior WR Siaosi Mariner, senior TE Caleb Repp and junior DE Nick Heninger all began their collegiate careers at Utah, as did BYU senior WR Batchlor Johnson IV, senior DB Austin Lee and sophomore OL Mo Unutoa. Mariner also attended Tustin (Calif.) HS, as did BYU sophomore TE Alema Pilimai. Heninger and sophomore LB Daniel Langi attended Bingham HS in South Jordan, Utah, as did BYU sophomore WR Dax Milne and redshirt freshman WR Brayden Cosper. USU senior DT Fua Leilua, junior RB Jaylen Warren and junior WR Derek Wright all attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, as did BYU sophomore DB Matthew Criddle. Leilua also began his collegiate career at Weber State, as did BYU sophomore DB Shamon Willis. Warren and freshman DE Addison Trupp both attended East HS in Salt Lake City, Utah, as did BYU sophomore TE Joe Tukuafu. USU junior DE Jaylin Bannerman and junior S Cash Gilliam both attended Arizona Western Junior College, as did BYU senior DB Austin Kafentzis. USU redshirt junior LB Justus Te'i attended Mission Hills HS in San Marcos, Calif., as did BYU senior DB Troy Warner. USU junior TE Travis Boman attended Coronado HS in Las Vegas, Nev., as did BYU sophomore WR Koy Harris. USU junior TE Mosese Manu attended Bountiful (Utah) HS, as did BYU sophomore OL Brady Christensen and redshirt freshman LB Max Tooley. USU junior WR Savon Scarver attended Centennial HS in Las Vegas, Nev., as did BYU senior DL Trajan Pili. USU junior OL Ty Shaw and redshirt freshman OL Karter Shaw both attended Herriman (Utah) HS, as did BYU redshirt freshman OL Harris LaChance. USU junior TE Carson Terrell attended Lehi (Utah) HS, as did BYU junior WR Austin Whetzel. USU sophomore OL Chandler Dolphin and freshman DT Diamond Faamafoe both attended Alta HS in Sandy, Utah, as did BYU senior DB Austin Lee, freshman DB Kimball Henstrom and freshman OL Brayden Keim. USU redshirt freshman OL Wyatt Bowles attended Syracuse (Utah) HS, as did BYU junior LB Kavika Fonua. USU redshirt freshman OL Andy Koch attended Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Eastvale, Calif., as did BYU senior DB Chris Wilcox. USU redshirt freshman OL Heneli Avendano attended Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, as did BYU senior DB Austin Kafentzis. USU freshman OL Aric Davison attended Richland (Wash.) HS, as did BYU senior DB Sawyer Powell. USU freshman DE Connor Larsen attended American Fork (Utah) HS, as did BYU sophomore OL James Empey. USU freshman DE Kaleo Neves and freshman WR Kyle Van Leeuwen both attended Timpview HS in Provo, Utah, as did BYU sophomore LB Chaz Ah You, sophomore DL Devin Kaufusi, redshirt freshman DL Keenan Pili and freshman DB Will Watanabe. 
 
STATS FOR AGGIES WITH MULTIPLE GAMES PLAYED vs. BYU
• The following is a look at what current Utah State players have done against BYU in at least two games played. Senior DE Dalton Baker has two tackles in three games. Senior RB Gerold Bright has 14 carries for 61 yards (4.4 ypc), to go along with two catches for 10 yards and one touchdown in three games. He has also returned three kickoffs for 57 yards. Senior P Aaron Dalton has 18 punts for 757 yards (42.1 ypp), including a long of 56, and five downed inside the 20-yard line in three games. Senior PK Dominik Eberle is 3-for-5 on field goals (.600), 10-for-10 on extra points and has kicked off 16 times for 988 yards (61.8 ypk) and seven touchbacks in three games. Senior CB Cameron Haney has four tackles in three games. Senior NG Christopher Unga has seven tackles in three games. Senior DE Jacoby Wildman has three tackles in three games. Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i has eight tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, in three games. Junior DT Ritisoni Fata has two tackles in two games. Junior QB Jordan Love is 18-of-31 (.581) for 165 yards and four touchdowns, as well as three carries for eight yards and another score, in two games. Junior WR Jordan Nathan has returned one punt for seven yards in two games. Junior WR Savon Scarver has returned two kickoffs for 31 yards (15.5 ypr) in two games. Junior TE Carson Terrell has two catches for 42 yards (21.0 ypc) in two games. Redshirt junior OL Mohelika Uasike has five tackles in two games.
 
UTAH STATE HAS SIX BOWL TEAMS ON ITS 2019 SCHEDULE
• Utah State's 2019 schedule features six teams that played in bowl games a year ago as Wake Forest played in the Birmingham Bowl (W, 37-34 vs. Memphis); San Diego State played in the DXL Frisco Bowl (L, 27-0 vs. Ohio); LSU played in the Fiesta Bowl (W, 40-32 vs. UCF); Nevada played in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl (W, 16-13 OT vs. Arkansas State); BYU played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (W, 49-18 vs. Western Michigan); and Boise State played in the First Responders Bowl (Canceled vs. Boston College). Furthermore, Stony Brook played in the NCAA Division I Football Championship (L, 28-14 vs. Southeast Missouri).
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State and BYU spent 37 years as conference foes as members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from 1922-37 and the Mountain States/Skyline Conference from 1938-61. As conference foes, USU was 21-13-3 (.608) against BYU.
 
SERIES NOTABLES BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND BYU
The following are series notables between Utah State and BYU dating back to 1993 and encompassing the last 20 meetings.
• Utah State has won consecutive games against BYU for the first time in 44 years, last doing so in 1973 and 1974. In fact, USU won four straight games in the series from 1971-74. Overall, USU has won three of the last five games played in the series, including two of the last three in Provo and two of the last four in Logan.
 
• Utah State has scored 40-plus points against BYU in back-to-back games for just the third time in series history (1922-23 and 1954-55). Overall, USU has scored 40-plus points against BYU just nine times in series history. Furthermore, USU's 45 points last season were its most in the series since its 58-56 home win against BYU in 1993.
 
• Utah State's 25-point win against BYU (45-20) last season is the largest since 1968, when it posted a 34-8 road win. It is also the fifth-largest margin of victory for USU in series history.
 
• Utah State's last four wins against BYU have all been by double digits with an average margin of victory of 17.8 points. 
 
• In the last 20 meetings, Utah State is 4-5 when leading at the half, while BYU is 11-0. USU is also 4-7 when scoring first, while BYU is 8-1 with its only loss coming in 2014. USU has scored first in eight of the last 10 games and has led at the half in five of the last nine games. USU has also rushed for more yards in five of the last nine meetings.
 
• Utah State has gained more yards in three of the last five meetings and controlled the time of possession in four of the last five meetings. Prior to that, BYU had more yards in 14 of the previous 15 meetings and controlled the time of possession in 11 of the previous 15 meetings.
 
• The team with fewer turnovers has won 15 of the last 20 games.
 
• Neither team has recorded 500 yards of total offense in the last 12 meetings. However, BYU had 500 yards of total offense six times in the previous eight meetings, while USU had 500 yards twice in the previous eight meetings.
 
• In the last 20 meetings, BYU has had a 300-yard passer seven times, a 100-yard rusher seven times, with two of those players rushing for 200 yards, and a 100-yard receiver 14 times. USU has had a 300-yard passer four times in the last 20 meetings, a 100-yard rusher four times and a 100-yard receiver seven times.
 
• In USU's 58-56 win in 1993, BYU tied the NCAA record at the time for most points scored by a losing team, tying Purdue's 56 points against Minnesota that same season.
 
• The winning team in the Utah State vs. BYU series has scored at least 27 points in 29 of the last 30 meetings, with the only exception being BYU's 6-3 win in Provo in 2012, which was the lowest scoring game in series history since a 0-0 tie in 1939 in Logan.
 
FROM THE RECORD BOOKS
Here is a look at some of the top Utah State statistical individual and team performances against BYU over the years. 
• Anthony Calvillo tied the USU single-game record for touchdown passes with five against BYU in 1993. Calvillo also set single-game school records for total offensive plays (72), total offensive yards (537), points responsible for (42), pass attempts (57) and pass attempts without an interception (57) in that 1993 game. Calvillo also threw for 472 yards against BYU in 1993, which ranks as the fourth-most in school history.
 
• Jalen Davis intercepted three passes and returned two of them for touchdowns against BYU in 2017, both of which are single-game school records.
 
• Tom Larscheid returned a kickoff 102 yards against BYU in 1960, which ranks as the second-longest in school history.
 
• Aubrey Thompson set the USU single-game record for receptions by a tight end with 12 for 122 yards against BYU in 1993.
 
• Roger Fernandez set the USU single-game record for kickoff return yards with 219 on seven attempts against BYU in 2001.
 
• Hunter Sharp set the USU single-game record for yards per reception (34.6) at BYU in 2014, as he caught five passes for 173 yards. 
 
• Bob Gagliano threw for 358 yards against BYU in 1980, which ranks 29th all-time in school history.
 
• Aaron Jones had 195 receiving yards against BYU in 1999, which ranks 17th all-time at USU.
 
• Nakia Jenkins had 194 receiving yards against BYU in 1997, the 18th-most in school history. 
 
• Jerome Dennis had a 75-yard interception return against BYU in 2002, which is tied for the 12th-longest interception return in USU history.
 
• Robert Turbin had an 80-yard run against BYU in 2011, which is tied for the 12th-longest run in school history.
 
• James Samuel had a 73-yard run against BYU in 2002, to rank as the 17th-longest in school history.
 
• Jeff Crosbie hit Aaron Jones on an 87-yard pass against BYU in 1999, to rank as the seventh-longest pass play in school history. 
 
• Diondre Borel hit Xavier Martin on a 79-yard pass against BYU in 2010, which is tied for the 24th-longest pass play in school history. 
 
• Rusty Carlsen had a 70-yard punt against BYU in 1989, which is tied for the 11th-longest in USU history. 
 
• Brad Bohn kicked a 55-yard field goal against BYU in 1999, the fifth-longest in school history. 
 
• Utah State's 654 yards of total offense against BYU in 1993 ranks sixth all-time in school history, while its 578 yards against BYU in 1972 ranks 23rd all-time.
 
• Utah State's 472 passing yards against BYU in 1993 ranks fifth all-time in school history, while its 380 yards in 1997 ranks 21st all-time.
 
• Utah State's 383 rushing yards against BYU in 1961 ranks 15th all-time in school history.
 
• Utah State limited BYU to just 51 yards of total offense in 1961, which ranks second all-time in school history, 83 yards in 1963, which is tied for the fourth-fewest, and 106 yards in 1960, which ranks as the ninth-fewest in USU history. USU also limited BYU to just 25 passing yards in 1961 to rank as the 11th-fewest in school history.
 
ON THIS DATE IN AGGIE FOOTBALL HISTORY
• Sean Jones made a 45-yard field goal with 51 seconds to play to lift Utah State to a 20-19 home win against 25th-ranked Fresno State on Nov. 2, 1991. For USU, the victory marked the program's first-ever win against an Associated Press ranked opponent. Roger Grant rushed for 98 yards on 20 carries, while Ron Lopez was 9-of-20 passing for 97 yards. Damon Smith led the Aggies' defense as he returned a fumble 35 yards for a touchdown. USU finished the game with 221 yards of total offense as compared to 357 for the Bulldogs. 
 
LAST MEETING vs. BYU
PROVO, Utah - Sophomore QB Jordan Love accounted for five total touchdowns and Utah State's defense scored its third touchdown of the year as the Aggies dominated in-state rival BYU from the get-go, beating the Cougars 45-20 on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.
               
Love completed 18-of-28 passes for 165 yards and a career-high four touchdowns for Utah State (4-1, 1-0 Mountain West), which scored the first 21 points of the night and never looked back. Love also scored on a 2-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that gave the Aggies a 42-13 lead.
               
With the win, Utah State retained possession of The Old Wagon Wheel – the traveling trophy between the two schools. The Wheel became part of the rivalry in 1948.
               
Love threw touchdown passes of 2, 6, 6 and 4 yards, respectively, to help Utah State win back-to-back games against BYU (3-3) for the first time in 44 years. The 25-point margin of victory is the fifth-largest in series history and largest since 1968.
               
Senior WR Ron'quavion Tarver caught two of Love's touchdown passes, while fellow senior WR Jalen Greene and junior RB Gerold Bright each caught one. Greene led the Aggies, who finished with 388 total yards, with a career-best five catches for a career-high 53 yards.
               
Junior RB Darwin Thompson led all rushers in the game with a career-high 109 yards on a career-best 17 carries. Bright added 61 yards on a career-high-tying 14 carries as Utah State tallied 223 yards on the ground as a team.
               
BYU QB Tanner Mangum was 27-of-46 passing for 270 yards and two touchdowns, to go along with an interception. The pick was one of three turnovers the Aggies forced on the night.  Utah State's defense limited the Cougars to just 39 yards rushing (2.4 yards per carry).
               
Junior DE Tipa Galeai set the tone early for the Aggies. BYU had the ball fourth-and-1 at the Utah State 39-yard line and elected to go for it. Galeai foiled the Cougars' plans by intercepting Mangum's pass and returning it 56 yards to the house, giving the Aggies a 7-0 lead with 7:35 to go in the first quarter.
               
After the defense forced BYU to go three-and-out on the ensuing possession, the Aggies took over on their own 29 following a punt and drove to the Cougars' 2-yard line, where they faced their own fourth-down situation. USU went for it and the decision paid off as Love threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Bright, making it 14-0 with 1:50 remaining in the first.
               
On BYU's next series, sophomore LB David Woodward forced a fumble by Dallin Holker that senior LB Chase Christiansen recovered just before it bounced out of bounds.
               
The offense cashed in on the takeaway when Love connected with Tarver for a 6-yard touchdown pass to give the visitors a commanding 21-0 lead. BYU finally got on the board with 4:52 remaining in the second quarter, but missed a 43-yard field goal wide right as time expired on the half.
               
Utah State opened the second half with the ball and marched 81 yards in 10 plays, capped by a 6-yard touchdown pass from Love to Greene to help the Aggies open a 28-7 lead.
               
Junior PK Dominik Eberle capped the scoring for USU in the fourth quarter when he drilled a 47-yard field goal to give the visitors their largest lead of the night, 45-13.
               
Woodward and sophomore CB  Ja'Marcus Ingram led the Aggies with six tackles apiece, while Ingram added a career-best three pass breakups. Senior S Jontrell Rocquemore added four tackles, including the game's only sack as part of his 2.0 tackles for loss. On the sack of Mangum, Rocquemore forced a fumble and then recovered it.
 
LAST HOME MEETING vs. BYU
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State senior CB Jalen Davis intercepted a career-high three passes and returned two of them for touchdowns as USU closed out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 40-24 home win over BYU on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at Maverik Stadium.
               
Davis, who set a school record with his two pick-sixes, now has five interceptions on the season and 11 in his career, which is tied with three other players for the fourth-most in school history. Furthermore, the three picks tied a Mountain West record.
               
Senior QB Kent Myers was 16-of-27 passing for 176 yards and two touchdowns, to go along with 33 yards rushing, including a 19-yard touchdown run that gave the Aggies (3-2, 1-0 Mountain West) a 33-21 lead with 14:52 to go in the fourth quarter.
               
Utah State, which rallied from 14 points down, regained possession of the Old Wagon Wheel, the traveling trophy between the two schools. That 14-point deficit overcome is USU's largest since rallying from 20 points down (27-7) against Nevada in 2015.
               
Davis' three interceptions were a part of seven takeaways by the Aggies, including fumble recoveries by junior linebackers Derek Larsen and Suli Tamaivena, and redshirt freshman CB Ja'Marcus Ingram. Additionally, senior S Dallin Leavitt, who began his collegiate career at BYU, had an interception, seven tackles and a pass breakup.
               
Freshman RB Ula Tolutao led BYU (1-4) with 102 yards rushing on 21 carries, while quarterbacks Koy Detmer Jr. and Beau Hoge combined to go 12-of-29 for 186 yards and two touchdowns, to go along with four interceptions.
               
Junior WR Ron'quavion Tarver led all receivers in the game with six receptions for 76 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown pass from Myers that tied the game at 21-all with 1:11 remaining in the first half.
               
Senior RB LaJuan Hunt led Utah State's ground game with 65 yards on 18 carries.              
               
Tamaivena recorded a career- and game-high 13 tackles for the Aggies, while fellow junior LB Chase Christiansen added a career-best 10 stops, including 1.0 tackles for loss, and a forced fumble.
               
Utah State took the opening kickoff and drove 75 yards in nine plays, scoring on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Myers to redshirt sophomore TE Dax Raymond and the Aggies led 7-0 with 11:40 left in the first quarter.
               
However, the tide turned in favor of the Cougars after Micah Hannemann intercepted a pass by Myers and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown. BYU ended up reeling off 21 unanswered points to open a 21-7 lead with 13:30 left in the second quarter.
               
But, just as soon as the Cougars grabbed the momentum, the Aggies got it back - courtesy of their own pick-six. Davis intercepted a pass by Hoge and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown, bringing USU to within 21-14 with 11:02 left in the second.
               
After Leavitt intercepted a pass by Detmer, the Aggies turned the pick into three more points. Sophomore PK Dominik Eberle connected from 32 yards out to send Utah State into the locker room with a 24-21 lead.
               
BYU turned it over again on its very first drive of the second half. USU senior DE Ian Togiai forced the fumble and Ingram recovered it. The Aggies then scored on a 40-yard field goal by Eberle to make it 27-21 with 12:56 to go in the third.
               
After BYU pulled within 33-24 following a 37-yard field goal with 12:28 to go, Davis sealed it for the Aggies with 50-yard interception return for a touchdown with 3:00 to go.
 
GAME 7 RECAP vs. AIR FORCE
USAFA, Colo. - Three different Air Force players rushed for at least 88 yards and combined for four touchdowns as the Falcons posted a 31-7 Mountain West home win against Utah State on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
               
The Aggies (4-3, 3-1 Mountain West) had trouble moving the ball all night against Air Force, which limited Utah State to just 128 total yards and seven first downs. In fact, USU did not record its initial first down until the second quarter, which proved to be the only time they moved the sticks during the first 30 minutes of play.
               
The Falcons (6-2, 4-1 MW), who improved to 4-0 at home this season, led 17-0 at halftime following a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs by Timothy Jackson and Kadin Remsburg, and a 57-yard field goal from Jake Koehnke.
               
Jackson finished with 148 yards rushing and the one touchdown on 25 carries, Remsburg added 92 yards and two scores on 16 carries, and Taven Birdow finished the night with 88 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries.
               
Air Force racked up 472 yards of total offense, including 448 yards on the ground. The Falcons had 30 first downs – holding USU to just seven in the process – and held the ball for nearly 46 minutes on the cold and windy night.
               
The Aggies, who have lost three straight on the road to Air Force, showed some life in the third quarter. USU took the second-half kickoff and marched 75 yards in nine plays, capped by a 27-yard touchdown pass from junior QB Jordan Love to senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner, cutting the deficit to 17-7.
               
Utah State then forced the Falcons to punt on the ensuing possession, but Air Force's Charlie Scott pinned the Aggies on their own 1-yard line.
               
Utah State went three-and-out on its series, and punted the ball back to Air Force. The Falcons scored touchdowns on their next two drives to put the game away for good.
               
Love finished 14-of-23 passing for 114 yards. Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins led the Aggies with six receptions for 26 yards, while Mariner caught three passes for 38 yards, including his 27-yard touchdown.
               
Defensively, Utah State forced a pair of fumbles on Air Force's first two series. Senior CB DJ Williams recovered the first one for the Aggies that was forced by fellow senior CB Cameron Haney, while junior graduate transfer DE Nick Heninger recovered the second that was forced by senior DE Devon Anderson. Heninger also forced a fumble and had a sack in the game.
               
Unfortunately for Utah State, the offense couldn't do anything with the takeaways.
               
The Aggies had three defensive players with double-digit tackles, led by Williams, who had a career-high 14 stops. Junior S Shaq Bond had a career-high 12 tackles, and junior linebacker David Woodward added 11 stops for his fifth-straight double-digit tackle outing.
               
Senior PK Dominik Eberle scored one point in the game to give him 308 in his career, which is tied with Robert Turbin for the most in school history.
               
Junior P Christopher Bartolic punted a season-high eight times for an average of 45.5 yards, which included a career-long 71-yarder, which is the 11th-longest in school history. Bartolic also had two punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
 
UTAH STATE SIXTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN SCORING OFFENSE
• Utah State is sixth in the Mountain West and 67th in the nation in scoring offense (29.0 ppg), fifth in the MW and 27th in the nation in sacks allowed with 10 (1.43 pg), fifth in the MW and 47th in the nation in passing offense (247.6 ypg), fifth in the MW and 52nd in the nation in completion percentage (.615), sixth in the MW and 70th in the nation in total offense (405.3 ypg), seventh in the MW and 78th nationally in rushing offense (157.7 ypg), and eighth in the MW and 93rd in the nation in passing efficiency (128.8). 
 
AGGIE DEFENSE FIFTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN POINTS ALLOWED
• Utah State is fifth in the Mountain West and 47th in the nation in scoring defense (24.1 ppg), fourth in the MW and 75th in the nation in tackles for loss (5.9 pg), fifth in the MW and 47th in the nation in passing efficiency defense (124.9), fifth in the MW and 64th in the nation in sacks with 15 (2.14 pg), seventh in the MW and 87th in the nation in total defense (415.6 ypg), eighth in the MW and 88th in the nation in rushing defense (180.7 ypg), and ninth in the MW and 77th nationally in passing defense (234.9 ypg).
 
• Utah State's defense also ranks second in the Mountain West and 18th nationally with its seven fumble recoveries (1.0 pg), and third in the MW and 11th in the nation with a fourth down conversion percentage of 28.6 (4-14).
 
UTAH STATE SECOND IN THE NATION IN KICKOFF RETURNS
• Utah State is first in the Mountain West and second in the nation in kickoff returns (32.2 ypr), first in the MW and eighth in the nation in punt returns (18.0 ypr), sixth in the MW and 85th in the nation in kickoff return defense (21.7 ypr), and 10th in the MW and 96th in the nation in net punting (36.6 ypp).
 
• Utah State finished last season first in the nation in kickoff returns at 30.3 yards per return. Junior WR Savon Scarver highlighted this area as he ranked first nationally in kickoff returns (33.7 ypr) and tied for second nationally with his two kickoff returns for touchdown. 
 
AGGIES HAVE FORCED 12 TURNOVERS THUS FAR THIS YEAR
• After leading the nation last season with 32 turnovers forced (22 interceptions, 10 fumbles), Utah State has forced 12 turnovers (7 fumbles, 5 interceptions) this season to rank sixth in the Mountain West and 55th in the nation. Overall, USU has forced three or more turnovers in 23 of its last 70 games. 
 
UTAH STATE 12TH IN THE NATION WITH ITS TWO DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS
• Utah State has scored two defensive touchdowns (Shaq Bond and David Woodward) this season to rank tied for first in the Mountain West and 12th in the nation. Overall, USU has scored 24 defensive touchdowns in its last 79 games. Last season, USU was second in the MW and third in the nation with its six defensive touchdowns. 
 
AGGIES IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST AND NCAA RANKINGS IN 2019
• Junior WR Savon Scarver is tied for first nationally in kickoff returns for touchdown with two (0.28 pg). Junior LB David Woodward is first in the Mountain West and second in the nation in tackles (13.3 pg), first in the MW and third in the nation in forced fumbles with four (0.5 pg), and ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation in fumbles recovered with one (0.17 pg). Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins is tied for first in the nation with his one punt return for touchdown (0.14 pg). Senior PK Dominik Eberle is first in the MW and 37th in the nation in scoring (8.1 ppg), fourth in the MW and 21st in the nation in field goals made per game (1.6), fourth in the MW and 26th in the nation in field goal percentage (.846) as he is 11-of-13 on the season, and ninth in the MW in points responsible for per game (8.1). Junior RB Jaylen Warren is first in the MW and 18th in the nation in yards per carry (6.4), and 10th in the MW and 86th in the nation in rushing (68.7 ypg). Junior QB Jordan Love is third in the MW and 25th in the nation in completions (21.0 pg), sixth in the MW and 42nd in the nation in passing yards (231.4 ypg), sixth in the MW and 56th in the nation in total offense (240.4 ypg), sixth in the MW and 72nd in the nation in completion percentage (.598), seventh in the MW and 87th in the nation in passing touchdowns with eight (1.14 pg), and 10th in the MW and 97th in the nation in passing efficiency (118.5). Sophomore CB Andre Grayson is fifth in the MW and 23rd in the nation with two forced fumbles (0.29 pg). Junior S Shaq Bond is eighth in the MW and 49th in the nation with his two interceptions (0.29 pg). Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner is ninth in the MW and 80th in the nation in receiving yards (63.0 pg).  Senior DE Dalton Baker is ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation with one fumble recovery (0.14 pg). Senior DE Tipa Galeai is ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation with one fumble recovery (0.14 pg). Junior graduate transfer Nick Heninger is ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation with one fumble recovery (0.14 pg). Junior S Troy Lefeged Jr. is ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation with one fumble recovery (0.14 pg). Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i is ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation with one fumble recovery (0.14 pg). And, senior CB DJ Williams is ninth in the MW and 69th in the nation with one fumble recovery (0.14 pg).
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State ranks third in the Mountain West and 16th in the nation in fewest penalties per game  (5.0), and fourth in the MW and 18th in the nation in penalty yards per game (43.0).
 
TEAM NOTABLES FROM THE AIR FORCE GAME 
• Utah State is now 33-19 all-time in Mountain West play, including a 14-12 road record, and 12-3 in its last 15 MW games.
 
• Utah State had won 14 straight conference games under head coach Gary Andersen prior to the Air Force loss, which included 11 straight wins in the Western Athletic Conference during the 2011-12 seasons and a 3-0 record to start Mountain West play this year.
 
• Utah State is now 8-6 in its last 14 road games, including a 7-3 Mountain West record.
 
• Offensively, Utah State did not commit a turnover for the third time this season (vs. Stony Brook, vs. San Diego State, vs. Air Force).
 
• Utah State had a season-low 128 yards of total offense, which included season-lows in rushing (14) and passing (114). USU also had season-lows with seven first downs and in time of possession (14:17).
 
• Utah State had two players make their first-career start against Air Force in redshirt freshmen OL Heneli Avendano and Jacob South.
 
WOODWARD RECORDS 15TH CAREER DOUBLE-DIGIT TACKLE OUTING 
• Junior LB David Woodward recorded his 15th career double-digit tackle outing, including his fifth in as many games, with his 11 stops at Air Force. Overall, Woodward now has six double-digit tackle games this season.
 
• Woodward's five-straight double-digit tackle outings are the most since Suli Tamaivena also recorded double-digit tackles in five-straight games in 2017. The last Aggie to record 10 or more tackles in more than five consecutive games was Brent Passey, who had a streak of eight-straight double digit tackle games during the 1998 season. 
 
• Woodward began the season with a career-high 24 tackles at Wake Forest, which is the most in a single game in the nation at the FBS level this season, and tied for the second-most in both school and Mountain West history. In all, Woodward has two career games with 20-plus tackles.
 
WILLIAMS RECORDS CAREER HIGH IN TACKLES AT AIR FORCE 
• Senior CB DJ Williams had a career-high 14 tackles last weekend at Air Force for his second-ever double-digit tackle outing. Williams also recovered his first-career fumble against the Falcons.
 
BOND RECORDS CAREER HIGH IN TACKLES AT AIR FORCE 
• Junior S Shaq Bond had his first-ever double-digit tackle outing with a career-high 12 stops last weekend at Air Force. Bond also had 1.0 tackles for loss to give him 2.5 tackles for loss on the season and 5.5 in his career.
 
DEFENSIVE NOTABLES FROM AIR FORCE GAME 
• Senior DE Devon Anderson forced his first fumble this season and the third of his career. Anderson also had 1.0 tackles for loss to give him 3.0 tackles for loss on the season and 9.5 in his career. Senior CB Cameron Haney recorded his first forced fumble this season and the second of his career. Junior DE Nick Heninger recovered his first-career fumble. He also forced his first-career fumble and had 1.0 sacks to give him 3.0 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss on the season. Freshman DE AJ Vongphachanh tied his season high with five tackles.
 
BARTOLIC BOOTS CAREER-LONG 71-YARD PUNT AGAINST AIR FORCE 
• Junior P Christopher Bartolic had a career-long 71-yard punt in his last game against Air Force, which is the 11th-longest punt in school history and tied for the 13th-longest punt in the nation this season. Bartolic also had two punts downed inside the 20-yard line to give him seven punts downed inside the 20-yard line this season as he finished the game with a season-high eight punts.
 
• During his last two games, Bartolic has punted 15 times for an average of 43.0 yards, which has included five 50-yard punts, to go along with seven punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
 
• On the season, Bartolic has had six punts of 50-plus yards and seven punts downed inside the 20-yard line. He is averaging 43.5 yards on 16 punts. 
 
AGGIE OFFENSIVE LINE PLAYING VERY WELL THIS SEASON 
• Despite returning only one starter along the offensive line in sophomore Alfred Edwards, and starting four others that had combined to play in just 42 career games with four starts, Utah State's offensive line has played very well this fall, allowing just 10 sacks through seven games, which ranks fifth in the Mountain West and 27th in the nation.
 
• Utah State has one of just three pair of brothers in the nation at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level to start along the offensive line in junior Ty Shaw and redshirt freshman Karter Shaw. The other two teams that have brothers starting on the offense line are Iowa and North Texas.
 
DID YOU KNOW? 
• Utah State has six players on its current roster who transferred from Power 5 programs in senior DE Tipa Galeai (TCU), senior DT Fua Leilua (Oklahoma State), graduate CB Terin Adams (Arizona State), graduate WR Siaosi Mariner (Utah), graduate TE Caleb Repp (Utah), and graduate DE Nick Heninger (Utah). USU has two more players on its roster that began their careers at Power 5 programs as junior S Cash Gilliam and junior DE Jaylin Bannerman both began their collegiate careers at Kentucky.
 
BRIGHT POSTS SEVENTH-CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAME
• Senior RB Gerold Bright posted his seventh-career 100-yard rushing game in his last home game against Nevada as he carried the ball 15 times for 126 yards and scored a season-high two touchdowns on runs of 67 and nine yards. In fact, his 67-yard touchdown run was a season long. Of his 15 carries, none were for negative yards.
 
• Bright's other 100-yard game this season was against Colorado State, as he carried the ball 36 times for 179 yards - both career highs - and did not have a single negative rush in the game. Those 36 carries are the most by an Aggie since Emmett White carried the ball 38 times against Weber State in 2001, while the 179 rushing yards are the most by an Aggie since Devante Mays rushed for 208 yards against Weber State in 2016. 
 
• Bright ranks 12th all-time in school history with 1,693 career rushing yards. Bright also ranks eighth all-time at USU with a 6.3 yards per carry average, and is just one rushing touchdown shy of entering the top 10 all-time at USU in that category, as well.
 
• Overall, Bright is one of 32 players in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a career.
 
SCARVER SETS SCHOOL RECORD WITH FIFTH-CAREER KICKOFF RETURN FOR TD
• Junior WR Savon Scarver returned his fifth-career kickoff for a touchdown in his last home game against Nevada to set the school record that was held by Kevin Robinson (2004-07), who returned four kickoffs for touchdowns during his career. Scarver, who has three-career 100-yard kickoff returns, also had a kickoff return for touchdown against Colorado State this season.
 
• Scarver's five kickoff returns for touchdown are tied for the second-most in Mountain West history with New Mexico's Carlos Wiggins (2012-15). The MW record is seven kickoff returns for touchdown set by San Diego State's Rashaad Penny (2014-17). Furthermore, Scarver's two kickoff returns for touchdown this season and last season are tied for the fourth-most in a single season in MW history as the record is three held by Penny (2015), Wiggins (2013) and Hawaii's Mike Edwards III (2012).
 
• The NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career is seven set by four players, while Scarver's five kickoff returns for touchdowns is tied for the ninth-most in NCAA history. 
 
• Scarver's 100-yard kickoff return against Nevada and Colorado State this season is tied for the third-longest in school history and marks the 22nd and 23rd time in Mountain West history that a kickoff has been returned 100 yards.
 
• Of his five kickoff returns for touchdowns, three have been from 100 yards, while the others were from 99 and 96 yards, respectively.
 
SCARVER NAMED CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICAN IN 2018 
• Utah State junior Savon Scarver was named a consensus All-American as a returner/all-purpose player in 2018, joining Merlin Olsen (1961) and Phil Olsen (1969) as the only consensus All-Americans in school history. Scarver was also just the 16th player in Mountain West history to be named a consensus All-American. 
 
• Scarver also earned the Johnny 'The Jet' Award in 2018 as the nation's most outstanding return specialist as he led the nation in kickoff returns (33.7 ypr) and tied for second in the nation with his two kickoff returns for touchdowns.
 
UTAH STATE SECOND IN THE NATION WITH THREE SPECIAL TEAMS TOUCHDOWNS
• Utah State has already scored three special teams touchdowns this season with two kickoff returns and one punt return for a touchdown, which ranks as the second-most in the nation behind Southern Mississippi, who has four special teams touchdowns with three kickoff returns and one punt return. 
 
• During the 2018 season, USU had four special teams touchdowns to tie for first in the nation, along with New Mexico State.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State has 47 freshmen, which includes 16 redshirts, on its 2019 roster. Those 47 freshmen represent 43.12 percent of its total roster, which ranks as the 29th-most in the nation.
 
LOVE THIRD-WINNINGEST QUARTERBACK IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 18-8 as Utah State's starting quarterback and is tied with John Pappas (1966-68) as the third-winningest quarterback in program history. Tony Adams (1970-72) ranks first all-time with 22 career wins, followed by Chuckie Keeton (2011-15) with 19 wins.
 
• Love's 26 career starts ranks eighth in the nation among active quarterbacks, trailing North Texas' Mason Fine (44), Colorado's Steven Montez (35), Louisiana Tech's J'Mar Smith (35), Georgia's Jake Fromm (34), Iowa's Nate Stanley (34), Ohio's Nathan Rourke (32) and UL-Monroe's Caleb Evans (29).
 
• Utah State is averaging 38.6 points in Love's 26 career starts and that scoring average ranks second in the nation among active quarterbacks with at least 15 career starts behind Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa (46.6 ppg) and ahead of Oregon's Justin Herbert (37.8 ppg) and Georgia's Jake Fromm (36.6 ppg), and among others.
 
LOVE AMONG TOP 10 QUARTERBACKS IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN FIVE CATEGORIES 
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 543-of-898 (.605) passing for 6,818 yards with 48 touchdowns and 21 interceptions during his career. In all, Love ranks third all-time in school history in passing yards and completions, fourth all-time in touchdown passes and attempts, and fifth all-time in completion percentage and total offense (7,109 yards). 
 
LOVE SETS FIVE SCHOOL RECORDS IN 2018 
• Junior QB Jordan Love set five school records in 2018, including 32 touchdown passes (27 by Chuckie Keeton in 2012), 3,567 passing yards (3,373 by Keeton in 2012), seven 300-yard passing games (6 by Anthony Calvillo in 1993), 234 points responsible for (210 by Keeton in 2012) and being named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week five times (four by Keeton in 2012). Love also tied the single-season school record with a pair of 400-yard passing games (Tony Adams in 1972 and Jose Fuentes in 2000) and tied the single-game school record for touchdown passes with five against both UNLV and San José State, becoming just the fifth quarterback in school history to accomplish the feat.
 
• Love is the fourth quarterback in school history to throw five touchdown passes in multiple games, along with Chuckie Keeton, who did it three times, and Anthony Calvillo and Tony Adams, who both did it twice. Overall, it is the 10th time in school history that an Aggie quarterback has thrown five touchdown passes in a game. 
 
• On the season, Love was 267-of-417 (.640) passing and ranks second all-time at USU for completions in a single season (Keeton, 275 in 2012), while his completion percentage ranks as the fourth-highest in a single season in school history. Love also had 3,630 yards of total offense in 2018 to rank as the second-most at USU in a single season (Keeton, 3,992 in 2012).
 
LOVE DIDN'T FINISH MANY GAMES LAST SEASON 
• Junior QB Jordan Love put up some impressive numbers in 2018 and did so without playing entire games. Of his 13 games played, Love did not play in the fourth quarter in six of those contests (New Mexico State, Tennessee Tech, UNLV, New Mexico, Hawai'i, San José State), and did not play in the entire second half twice (Tennessee Tech and Hawai'i). Furthermore, Love played just one series in the third quarter against New Mexico, meaning he sat on the sidelines for over 11 quarters, which translates to nearly three games missed during the season. 
 
LOVE NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK FIVE TIMES LAST YEAR 
• Junior QB Jordan Love was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week five times last year and six times in his career. Those five MW Player of the Week honors are tied with two other players for the third-most in a single season in the 20-year history of the conference.  
 
• Love's five player of the week honors last year are the most by an Aggie in a single season in school history, bettering Chuckie Keeton, who was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week four times during the 2012 campaign. Love's six player of the week honors overall are tied with Keeton for the third-most in school history, trailing Demario Brown, who was named the Big West Offensive Player of the Week eight times, and Brad Bohn, who was named the Big West Special Teams Player of the Week seven times. In fact, Brown and Bohn rank first and second, respectively, in Big West history for player of the week honors. 
 
• Overall, Utah State won Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors six times last season, as Love won the award five times and Thompson won the award once. In all, USU has now won MW Player of the Week accolades 24 times in its six years in the league.
 
INTERESTING AGGIE NOTABLE
• Utah State is returning its starting quarterback for the eighth-straight season this fall. The last time USU did not return its top signal-caller, statistically, from the previous season was the 2011 campaign.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State only threw six interceptions last season to rank third in the Mountain West and 14th in the nation. Those six interceptions are the fewest by an Aggie team since the 2011 club also threw six.
 
EBERLE TIED FOR FIRST ALL-TIME IN POINTS SCORED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle has now scored 308 career points and is tied for first all-time in school history with Robert Turbin (2007-09, '11). 
 
• Eberle is 54-of-70 on field goals in his career and his 77.1 conversion percentage ranks second all-time in school history. Russ Moody (1988-89) holds the school record at 84.6, as he was 22-of-26 all-time on field goal attempts.
 
• Eberle ranks second all-time in school history in field goals made (54) and attempted (70). Brad Bohn (1997-2000) was 59-of-89 on field goals in his career, to rank first all-time in school history in both categories.
 
• Eberle is 1-of-1 in his career from 10-19 yards, 20-of-23 in his career from 20-29 yards, 15-of-17 in his career from 30-39 yards, 14-of-23 in his career from 40-49 yards, and 4-of-6 in his career from 50+ yards. His three 51-yard field goals against New Mexico State (9/8/18) were season longs and tied for the 18th-longest in school history. In fact, Eberle is the only kicker in school history to have four or more 50-yard field goals in a career as he made a career-long 52-yarder last year.
 
EBERLE NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle was named the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance in Utah State's 23-17 Mountain West road win at San Diego State on Sept. 21, 2019. Eberle scored a season-high 11 points in the game as he was 3-of-4 on field goal attempts and 2-for-2 on extra points. Eberle converted field goals from 30, 29 and 32 yards, before missing from 42 yards.
 
• For Eberle, it is the third time in his career he has been named the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week as he won the award twice during the 2018 season.
 
EBERLE SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE EXTRA POINTS MADE 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle is a perfect 145-for-145 on extra points in his career, which is a school record. The previous record for consecutive PATs made was 64 by Willie Beecher (1981-84). Overall, Eberle is one of just three kickers in school history with a minimum of 30 PATs made to have never missed an extra point, joining Beecher, who was 64-of-64 all-time on extra points, and Russ Moody (1988-89), who was 44-of-44 all-time on extra points. Overall, Eberle ranks first all-time in school history in extra points made and tied for first in attempts with Nick Diaz (2010-14).
 
• Eberle also set the single-season school record for extra points made and attempted last year as he was 75-for-75.
 
• Eberle is one of just seven kickers in school history to not miss an extra point for an entire season, joining Nick Diaz (2012), Peter Caldwell (2010, 2007), Doug Beach (1990), Willie Beecher (1982), Tom Mayes (1975) and Steve Steinke (1978).
 
EBERLE SETS SINGLE-SEASON SCHOOL RECORD FOR POINTS SCORED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle scored 141 points last season with 75 extra points and 22 field goals, which is a single-season school record. The previous record of 138 points was set by Robert Turbin in 2011. Eberle also averaged 10.8 points per game last season to set the school record that was held by Jack Hill, who averaged 10.5 points per game in 1956.
 
• Eberle was 22-of-28 (.786) on field goal attempts last season, ranking second in made field goals and tied for first in field goal attempts for a single season with Brad Bohn (1998), while his conversion percentage was eighth. Bohn was 24-of-28 on field goal attempts in 1998 to set the single-season record for made field goals, while Russ Moody made 86.7 percent of his field goals in 1988 to set the single-season record in that category. 
 
EBERLE TIES TWO NCAA RECORDS
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle tied two NCAA records in Utah State's 60-13 home win against New Mexico State last year. First, Eberle tied the NCAA record for points scored in a game by a kicker with 24, a record that was set by Western Michigan's Mike Prindle in 1984. Eberle also tied an NCAA record with his three 51-yard field goals, becoming just the sixth player ever to kick three 50-plus yard field goals in a game. 
 
• Eberle also set school and Mountain West records with his six made field goals, while his six field goal attempts tied his own school record that was set in 2017. In all, Eberle made field goals from 44, 32, 51, 21, 51 and 51 yards, as those six made field goals are tied for the third-most in a single-game in NCAA history.
 
EBERLE TOP THREE IN THE NATION IN KICKOFFS AND TOUCHBACKS 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle kicked off 108 times last season (62.8 yards per kickoff) with 69 touchbacks. On the season, he was third nationally in both kickoffs and touchbacks.
 
DID YOU KNOW? 
• Utah State has made 161 straight extra points to rank as the second-longest active streak in the nation, trailing only Georgia (275). The last time USU missed an extra point was against San Diego State on Oct. 28, 2016.
 
WHAT'S RETURNING IN 2019
• Utah State returns nine starters (O-2, D-7) as part of 31 letterwinners (O-13, D-16, S-2), including two All-Americans and eight players that earned various all-Mountain West honors, from last year's team that ended the 2018 season ranked 21st in the final Amway Coaches poll and 22nd in the final Associated Press poll as it tied the school record for wins and best record with an 11-2 mark following its 52-13 win against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl. USU also tied for first place in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West with a 7-1 record. 
 
• Highlighting Utah State's returners in 2019 are two players who earned All-America honors a season ago in junior WR Savon Scarver and junior LB David Woodward. Scarver, who is just the third consensus All-American in school history, was named a first-team All-American from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America and Phil Steele's Magazine, and earned second-team All-American honors from the American Football Coaches Association as a kick returner, while Woodward was named a first-team All-American by ProFootballFocus.com and a third-team All-American by The Associated Press. Six other returning Aggies earned various all-Mountain West honors a year ago as senior DE Tipa Galeai and junior QB Jordan Love were both named to the second team, while senior PK Dominik Eberle, senior DT Fua Leilua, senior DT Christopher 'Unga and senior CB DJ Williams all garnered honorable mention honors. Additionally, Utah State returns three other starters in senior DT Devon Anderson, junior S Shaq Bond and sophomore OL Alfred Edwards.
 
WHAT UTAH STATE MUST REPLACE FROM 2018
• Utah State must replace 11 starters, including 10 players who earned various all-Mountain West honors in 2018, including OL Quin Ficklin, who earned first-team honors and OL Roman Andrus, S Jontrell Rocquemore and RB Darwin Thompson, who were all named to the second team, while DE Adewale Adeoye, OL Rob Castaneda, S Gaje Ferguson, TE Dax Raymond, WR Ron'quavion Tarver and OL Sean Taylor were all named to the honorable mention team. USU also must replace LB Chase Christiansen to graduation.
 
FINAL NOTES FROM 2018 SEASON
• Utah State's 11 wins and 11-2 record tied the 2012 team for the most wins and best record in school history, while its seven conference wins tied the 2013 team for the most league wins ever. Overall, it is just the third time that USU has won 10 or more games, along with the 2014 team that posted a 10-4 record.
 
• Utah State concluded the 2018 season ranked 21st in the Amway Coaches poll and 22nd in The Associated Press (AP) poll. For USU, it is just the fourth time in school history that it has ended a season nationally ranked, joining the 1961 team that finished its season 10th in the final AP and United Press International (UPI) polls, the 1972 team that ended its year 19th in the final UPI poll, and the 2012 team that finished its year 16th in the AP poll, 17th in the coaches poll and 22nd in the BCS standings.
 
• Utah State won its fifth bowl game in 13 appearances with its 52-13 victory against North Texas in the 2018 New Mexico Bowl, which was its seventh bowl game in the last eight seasons. USU's other bowl wins are its 42-33 victory against Ball State in the 1993 Las Vegas Bowl II, its 41-15 win against Toledo in the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, its 21-14 win against No. 24 Northern Illinois in the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, and its 21-6 win against UTEP in the 2014 Gildan New Mexico Bowl. 
 
• Utah State's average margin of victory last year was 25.3 points (618-289), which was the third-highest in the nation behind Clemson at 31.2 points (664-197) and Alabama at 27.5 points (684-271).
 
• Utah State was one of just 14 teams in the nation with at least 11 wins last season, joining Alabama (15), Clemson (14), Ohio State (13), Fresno State (12), Oklahoma (12), Notre Dame (12), UCF (12), Appalachian State (11), Army (11), Cincinnati (11), Georgia (11), UAB (11) and Washington State (11).
 
• Utah State scored 618 points in 13 games during the 2018 season to set the Mountain West record, which was previously held by BYU, which scored 608 points in 14 games in 2001.
 
• Utah State's 10-1 start to the 2018 season was its best in school history, topping Merlin Olsen's 1961 team that finished with a 9-1-1 record. USU also won 10 straight games for the first time in school history last year, topping Olsen's 1960 team that won its first nine games.
 
• Utah State finished the 2018 season ranking among the top 20 teams in the nation in 24 statistical categories and led the nation in five of those, including scoring drives under one minute (29), turnovers forced (32), passes intercepted (22), kickoff returns (30.30 yards per return) and three-and-outs forced (5.69 per game). USU was also second in the nation in scoring (47.5 points per game) and non-offensive touchdowns (10), third in average margin of victory (25.3 points per game), turnover margin (+1.08) and defensive touchdowns (6), and fourth in sacks allowed with 10 (0.77 per game).
 
• Utah State set 36 school records and tied six others during the 2018 season.
 
AGGIES CURRENTLY IN THE NFL
• Utah State currently has 13 players on NFL rosters and has had 12 players drafted into the NFL in the past nine years. Former Aggies currently in the NFL include SS Maurice Alexander (Buffalo Bills), CB Jalen Davis (Arizona Cardinals), LB Kyler Fackrell (Green Bay Packers), OG Tyler Larsen (Carolina Panthers), CB Nevin Lawson (Oakland Raiders), SS Dallin Leavitt (Oakland Raiders), RB Devante Mays (Jacksonville Jaguars), OT Donald Penn (Washington Redskins), TE Dax Raymond (Chicago Bears), LS Patrick Scales (Chicago Bears), RB Darwin Thompson (Kansas City Chiefs), LB Nick Vigil (Cincinnati Bengals) and LB Bobby Wagner (Seattle Seahawks). 
 
AGGIES WHO HAVE SERVED LDS CHURCH MISSIONS 
• Utah State has 18 players on its 2019 roster who have served two-year LDS Church Missions in senior DE Braden Harris, senior DE Jacoby Wildman, redshirt junior OL Mohelika Uasike, junior DT Caden Andersen, junior WR Taylor Compton, junior DT Ritisoni Fata, junior TE Logan Lee, junior TE Mosese Manu, junior RB Chase Nelson, sophomore RB Sione Fehoko, sophomore LB Daniel Langi, sophomore OL Wade Meacham, redshirt freshman LB Dustin Mathews, redshirt freshman TE Bryce Mortenson, freshman DT Josh Bowcut, freshman OL Sione Lasike, freshman OL Logan Wood and freshman WR Kyle Van Leeuwen. 
 
AGGIES WHO ARE MARRIED 
• Utah State has seven players on its 2019 roster who are married in senior DE Dalton Baker, senior DE Braden Harris, senior DT Fua Leilua, senior DE Jacoby Wildman, redshirt junior OL Mohelika Uasike, junior WR Derek Wright and sophomore LB Daniel Langi.
 
POSITION CHANGES AND NUMBER CHANGES 
• Utah State had a number of players change positions and/or numbers from last season. Senior RB Gerold Bright has changed from No. 8 to No. 1. Bright began his career at No. 25 and was also a wide receiver to begin his collegiate career before moving to running back late in his sophomore season. Redshirt junior Mohelika Uasike changed positions from the defensive line to the offensive line and has changed from No. 99 to No. 66. Junior S Shaq Bond has changed from No. 25 to No. 4. Junior S Braxton Gunther has changed from No. 32 to No. 8. Junior Logan Lee changed positions from defensive end to tight end. Junior Chase Nelson changed positions from safety to running back. Junior WR Savon Scarver has changed from No. 81 to No. 11. Sophomore CB Andre Grayson has changed from No. 30 to No. 21. Sophomore CB Jarrod Green has changed from No. 37 to No. 25. Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins has changed from No. 19 to No. 13. And, redshirt freshman Sam Lockett changed positions from wide receiver to safety.
 
COACHING CHANGES AND HOLDOVERS 
• Utah State's coaching staff this fall has a mixture of coaches who are new to the program and returning to the program for a second stint, along with holdovers from the previous staff. Head coach Gary Andersen is on his second tour-of-duty with the Aggies and enters his fifth season overall in charge of the program. Assistant head coach and tight ends coach Frank Maile is a holdover from the previous staff and is entering his ninth season with the program. Maile also played at USU (2004-07) and graduated from Utah State in 2007. Special teams coordinator and running backs coach Stacy Collins is also a holdover from the previous staff and is entering his fourth season with the program. Offensive line coach TJ Woods is also on his second tour-of-duty with the program and enters his fifth season overall as he also coached at USU from 2009-12. Defensive ends coach Bojay Filimoeatu is in his first year coaching at USU, but was a two-year letterwinner for the Aggies (2011-12) under Andersen and graduated from USU in 2012.
 
UTAH STATE BOWL HISTORY
• Utah State has a 5-8 bowl record all-time as it lost to San José State, 20-0, in the 1946 Raisin Bowl (Fresno, Calif.); lost to Pacific, 35-21, in the 1947 Grape Bowl (Lodi, Calif.); lost to New Mexico State, 20-13, in the 1960 Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas); lost to Baylor, 24-9, in the 1961 Gotham Bowl (New York City); defeated Ball State, 42-33, in the 1993 Las Vegas Bowl II; lost to Cincinnati, 35-19, in the 1997 Humanitarian Bowl; lost to Ohio, 24-23, in the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl; defeated Toledo, 41-15, in the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl; defeated No. 24 Northern Illinois, 21-14, in the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl; defeated UTEP, 21-6, in the 2014 Gildan New Mexico Bowl; lost to Akron, 23-21, in the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl; lost to New Mexico State, 26-20 in overtime, in the 2017 NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl; and defeated North Texas, 52-13, in the 2018 New Mexico Bowl.
 
ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING
• Utah State earned the 2018 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Academic Achievement Award, which is presented by the Touchdown Club of Memphis.
 
• Utah State's football team has a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 92 percent to rank first in the Mountain West. The Aggies also rank first among the other football programs in the Beehive State.  
 
• Over the past nine seasons, USU has had 184 players earn academic all-league honors and 181 players have graduated from Utah State. 
 
• Utah State has six players on its current roster that have already earned their bachelor's degree in senior DE Jacoby Wildman (sociology), and five graduate transfers in CB Terin Adams (liberal arts - Arizona State), RB Riley Burt (exercise and wellness - BYU), DE Nick Heninger (business - Utah), WR Siaosi Mariner (sociology - Utah) and TE Caleb Repp (sociology - Utah).
 
HEAD COACH GARY ANDERSEN
Gary Andersen (hired on Dec. 9, 2018) makes his return to Utah State after serving as USU's head coach for four seasons (2009-12). Andersen is the first of 27 coaches in USU history to serve as head coach multiple times. 
               
In all, Andersen is entering his 10th season as a Division I head coach, including his fifth at Utah State, and has 30 years of coaching experience. He has been involved in 12 bowl games, including four New Year's Day bowls.
               
As a head coach, he led Utah State to the 2012 Western Athletic Conference Championship and Wisconsin to the 2014 Big Ten Conference West Division title and has coached 16 NFL Draft picks, including six at USU.
               
During his career, Andersen was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award at Utah State in 2012, along with being named the WAC Coach of the Year, and a semifinalist for the Maxwell Coach of the Year Award (2013) and George Munger Coach of the Year Award (2013, 2014) as the head coach at Wisconsin. He was also a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award at Utah in 2008, which is given to the top assistant in college football. 
               
Academically, three of Andersen's teams finished in the top-10 nationally in Academic Progress Rate, in addition to 160 academic all-conference honorees.
               
During his four-year tenure with the Aggies from 2009-12, Andersen posted a 26-24 overall record, including the school's first back-to-back winning seasons (7-6 in 2011 and 11-2 in 2012) since 1979-80. He was also the first head coach since Phil Krueger (1973-75) to notch an overall winning record.
               
When initially hired by Utah State on Dec. 4, 2008, Andersen inherited a football program that had suffered through 11 straight losing seasons and only had two winning campaigns in 28 years. Fast forward six years since his departure, and Andersen is inheriting a program that has now appeared in seven bowl games in the past eight years after playing in just four bowl games prior to his arrival.
               
In just his third year at Utah State, Andersen's 2011 club became the first Aggie team to win seven games since 1993 and the first USU team to play in a bowl game in 14 years. The following season, Andersen led USU to its best season ever with a school-record 11 wins, going undefeated in the WAC and capturing its first outright league title since 1936. USU also won just its second-ever bowl game that season with a 41-15 victory against Toledo in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. USU finished the 2012 campaign with an 11-2 record and was one of just two teams in school history at the time, along with the 1961 club, to finish the season nationally ranked as it was 16th in the final Associated Press poll, 17th in the final Coaches poll and 23rd in the final BCS standings.
               
During his four years as Utah State's head coach, Andersen built an Aggie football program that set numerous school records, including wins (11), points scored (454), total offense (6,108 yards) and yards per game (469.8) in 2012, and touchdowns (60), rushing yards (3,675) and rushing touchdowns (37) in 2011. The 282.7 rushing yards per game in 2011 ranked sixth in the nation that year and are the second-most in school history. Furthermore, the 34.9 points per game scored in 2012 were the second-most in school history at the time, while that team's defense allowed just 322.1 yards and 15.4 points per game, its fewest at USU since the 1960s. Furthermore, those 15.4 points allowed per game in 2012 ranked seventh nationally.
               
During his final two seasons at Utah State, Andersen led the Aggies to an 18-8 record, including an 11-2 conference mark.
               
While at Utah State, Andersen coached six Aggies who went on to earn All-American honors (Will Davis, Kerwynn Williams, Tyler Larsen, Nevin Lawson, Zach Vigil and Kyler Fackrell) and 10 Aggies who played in the NFL, including current Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner, who was selected in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Furthermore, Andersen coached 27 players that earned various all-conference honors during his time in Logan, including running back Robert Turbin, who was named the WAC's Offensive Player of the Year in 2011 and has spent the past seven seasons in the NFL.
               
Andersen comes back to Utah State after spending the 2018 season as the associate head coach and defensive line coach at the University of Utah, where the Utes posted a 9-4 record and advanced to the Pac-12 Championship game after winning the Pac-12 South. At Utah, Andersen helped coach 10 defensive starters to all-conference honors, including all three of his starters on the defensive line.
               
In all, Andersen spent 12 years on staff at Utah during three different stints, including helping the Utes to undefeated seasons in 2004 and 2008 as they played in the Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl, respectively. During his time at Utah, Andersen coached two All-Americans, two conference defensive Most Valuable Players, 22 first-team all-conference honorees and 16 NFL draft picks.
               
Following his four years as Utah State's head coach, Andersen spent two seasons as the head coach at Wisconsin (2013-14) and three years as the head coach at Oregon State (2015-17). At Wisconsin, he led the Badgers to a 19-7 record, a Big Ten divisional championship in 2014 and appearances in the Capital One Bowl and Outback Bowl.
               
During his two years at Wisconsin, Andersen coached five All-Americans and had seven players selected in the NFL Draft. In 2013, Chris Borland was named a first-team All-American, and the Big Ten Conference Linebacker and Defensive Player of the Year. In 2014, Andersen coached Melvin Gordon, the nation's leading rusher and scorer in 2014, to the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Year Award and a runner-up finish for the Heisman Trophy.
               
And at Oregon State, Andersen had three players drafted into the NFL in Isaac Seumalo, Sean Harlow and Treston Decoud, and coached two Freshman All-Americans in Xavier Crawford and Gus Lavaka and 12 all-league player.
               
Andersen's coaching career began in 1988 as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Southeastern Louisiana, where he coached for one season before going to Ricks College from 1989-92 as the offensive line coach. His other coaching stints include Idaho State (1992-94, defensive line), Park City HS (1994-95, head coach) and Northern Arizona (1995-96, assistant head coach/defensive line/special teams). Andersen also spent the 2003 season as the head coach at Southern Utah.       
               
A 1986 graduate of Utah, Andersen earned his bachelor's degree in political science. He played center for Utah from 1985-86 after garnering first-team juco All-America honors in 1984 at Ricks College.
               
Andersen is married to the former Stacey Lambert, and they have three grown children: Keegan (Jen), and twins Chasen (Marquelle) and Hagen (Kaitlin), one grandson (Raylen), and one granddaughter (Baylor).