AGGIES HOST WYOMING IN MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Game will be nationally televised on ESPNU at 2 p.m. 
 
WYOMING (6-3, 3-2 MW) vs. UTAH STATE (5-4, 4-1 MW)
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 • 2 p.m. • Logan, Utah • Maverik Stadium (25,100)
 
GAME 10 INFORMATION
TV: ESPNU
• Play-by-Play: Mike Couzens 
• Analyst: Kirk Morrison
• Xfinity (Utah): Ch. 400/755HD
• DISH: Ch. 141
• DirecTV: Ch. 208
 
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KICKOFF COVERAGE
• With a win against Wyoming, Utah State will be bowl eligible for the eighth time in the last nine years. USU played in five-straight bowl games from 2011-15 and won three-straight bowls from 2012-14, both of which are school records. All-time, USU has played in 13 bowl games.  
 
• Utah State is 34-19 (.6542) all-time in the Mountain West, including a 19-7 (.731) home record, and has won 45 of its last 64 (.703) league games dating back to 2011. In fact, USU is 13-3 (.813) in its last 16 MW games and 16-6 (.727) in its last 22 games against all opponents.  
 
• Utah State has won seven-straight Mountain West home games and is 38-10 (.792) in its last 48 home games overall. All-time, Utah State is 150-106 (.586) in Maverik Stadium.
 
• Utah State head coach Gary Andersen is 19-8 (.704) inside Maverik Stadium. In conference games, USU is 10-6 (.625) at home under Andersen, including winning each of its last seven.
 
• Utah State is 21-7 (.750) in its last 28 games under Andersen, which includes an 11-1 (.6917) home record. USU is also 15-1 (.938) in its last 16 conference games under Andersen, which includes a 4-1 record in the Mountain West this season and 11 straight wins in the Western Athletic Conference during the 2011-12 seasons.
 
• Junior WR Savon Scarver is tied for first nationally with his two kickoff returns for a touchdown and is fifth in the nation in kickoff returns (31.6 yards per return). 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.
 
• Utah State is among the top-40 teams in the nation in 12 statistical categories, including second in special teams touchdowns with three (two kickoff returns, one punt return), and 11th in the nation in fumbles recovered (9), kickoff returns (26.4 yards per return) and punt returns (14.0 yards per return). USU is also 15th in the nation in three-and-outs forced per game (4.33), 16th with its two defensive touchdowns, 23rd in tackles for loss allowed (4.78 per game), 24th in fewest penalty yards per game (45.4) and 26th in sacks allowed with 13 (1.44 per game).
 
UTAH STATE CONTINUES MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY AGAINST WYOMING SATURDAY
• Utah State (5-4, 4-1 MW) continues Mountain West play this weekend as it hosts Wyoming (6-3, 3-2 MW) on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU (Xfinity Ch. 400/755HD, DISH Ch. 141, DirecTV Ch. 208) with Mike Couzens (play-by-play) and Kirk Morrison (analyst) on the call. Live audio of the game is available on www.UtahStateAggies.com.
 
• Utah State is 26-12 (.684) in its last 38 games played during the month of November and is 9-4 all-time in known games played on Nov. 16.
 
A LOOK AT UTAH STATE
• Utah State is 5-4 on the season and 4-1 in Mountain West play following its 37-35 Mountain West road win at Fresno State last weekend. Offensively, USU is led by junior QB Jordan Love, who is 206-of-334 (.617) passing for 2,402 yards (266.9 ypg) with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Senior RB Gerold Bright leads the team in rushing with 614 yards on 115 carries (5.3 ypc/68.2 ypg) with six touchdowns, and senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner has a team-best 45 receptions for 630 yards (14.0 ypr/70.0 ypg) and six touchdowns. Defensively, junior LB David Woodward leads the team with 93 tackles, which includes 5.0 tackles for loss, while junior S Troy Lefeged Jr. has 63 tackles, which includes 3.5 tackles for loss. As a team, USU is averaging 28.2 points and 431.4 yards of total offense (279.4 passing, 152.0 rushing), and allowing 27.2 points and 440.8 yards (258.3 passing, 182.4 rushing).
 
• Utah State has started Mountain West play with at least a 4-1 record five times in its seven years in the league (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019).
 
AGGIES FIRST TEAM TO WIN AT BOTH SAN DIEGO STATE AND FRESNO STATE
• With its 23-17 road win at San Diego State on Sept. 21 and its 37-35 win at Fresno State last weekend, Utah State is the first team ever to record road wins at both SDSU and FS in the same season since the Mountain West began divisional play in 2013. 
 
UTAH STATE CONTINUES ITS DOMINANCE AGAINST WEST DIVISION SCHOOLS
• Utah State continued its dominance against teams from the West Division of the Mountain West following its 37-35 road win at Fresno State last weekend. Overall, USU is now 18-4 (.818) all-time against teams from the West Division of the MW, which is the best record in the conference. Overall, USU has a 4-0 record against Hawai'i, UNLV and San José State, a 3-1 record against Fresno State, a 2-1 record against Nevada, and a 1-2 mark against San Diego State dating back to 2013, when the MW split into two divisions. Other teams with winning records against the West Division include Boise State (19-5), Colorado State (16-6), San Diego State (23-10), Fresno State (19-11), Nevada (19-14) and Air Force (13-9).
 
UTAH STATE'S OFFENSE COMING TO LIFE
• Utah State's offense is looking more and more like last year's offense that finished the 2018 season second in the nation in scoring (47.5 points per game) and 11th in total offense (497.4 yards per game). During USU's last two games, USU is averaging 523.0 yards of total offense (391.0 passing, 132.0 rushing) and is converting 53.6 percent of its third downs (15-28).
 
• Overall, Utah State has produced at least 500 yards of total offense in four games this year, including in each of its last two. 
 
• 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 10 times, and at least 400 passing yards three times. During its last 20 games, USU has scored at least 30 points 15 times, at least 40 points 10 times, at least 50 points eight times and 60-or-more points five times.
 
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 53 of its last 57 games when scoring at least 30 points, including a 4-1 record this season.
 
• Utah State has had a 100-yard rusher in 12 of its last 21 games and in 17 of its last 28 contests. Between the 2014-16 seasons, USU had a total of nine 100-yard rushers over a 39-game span.
 
AGGIES IN OVERTIME
• Utah State is 6-6 all-time in overtime, winning three of its last five. USU is 4-3 in single overtime, 2-2 in double overtime, and 0-1 in triple overtime. 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 31 WINS
• Utah State head coach Gary Andersen ranks sixth all-time in school history with his 31 wins, while his .525 winning percentage (31-28) 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.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State scored a touchdown on its opening drive at Fresno State last weekend, marking the first time since the season-opener at Wake Forest that it scored a touchdown on its opening drive. Overall, it was just the third time this year that USU scored points on its opening drive of a game, as the Aggies also converted a field goal against Stony Brook.
 
SCOUTING WYOMING
• Wyoming is 6-3 on the season and 3-2 in Mountain West play following its 20-17 overtime loss at No. 21 Boise State last weekend. The Cowboys are led by sophomore QB Tyler Vander Waal, who is 19-of-39 (.487) passing for 244 yards (61.0 ypg) with one touchdown and no interceptions. Sophomore RB Xazavian Valladay leads the team in rushing with 755 yards on 155 carries (4.9 ypc/94.4 ypg) with five touchdowns, and senior WR Raghib Ismail Jr. has caught 14 passes for 240 yards (17.1 ypr/30.0 ypg). Defensively, senior S Alijah Halliburton has a team-best 86 tackles, which includes 9.0 tackles for loss, while senior LB Logan Wilson has 72 tackles, which includes 7.5 tackles for loss. As a team, Wyoming is averaging 27.6 points and 356.6 yards of total offense per game (128.8 passing, 227.8 rushing) and allowing 17.9 points and 375.8 yards of total offense (278.2 passing, 97.6 rushing). Wyoming returns 11 starters (O-5, D-6) and 42 lettermen (O-20, D-17, S-5) from last year's team that went 6-6 overall and finished third in the Mountain Division with a 4-4 record. Craig Bohl is 138-70 in his 17th season as a collegiate head coach, including a 34-38 record in his sixth season at Wyoming.
 
AGGIES AND COWBOYS SERIES HISTORY 
• Utah State is 39-26-4 all-time against Wyoming, including a 25-11-1 home record, as USU won 20 of the first 23 meetings. USU has also won five of the last seven meetings, including last year's meeting in Laramie, 24-16. Wyoming won the last meeting between the two teams in Logan, 28-23, during the 2017 season. The first game ever played in the series was in 1903 with USU winning in Logan, 46-0, and the two teams played one another 58 times through the 1978 season. The series resumed in 2001 and the two teams have played one another 11 times since then. USU's 39 wins against Wyoming are its most against any opponent in school history.
 
UTAH STATE vs. WYOMING SERIES FOURTH-MOST PLAYED IN SCHOOL HISTORY 
• Utah State and Wyoming will be meeting for the 70th time in series history this weekend in what is the fourth-most played rivalry in school history. USU's most-played rivalry is Utah (112), followed by Brigham Young (89) and Colorado State (76).
 
AGGIES AND COWBOYS HAVE STORIED HISTORY 
• Utah State and Wyoming have a storied history dating back to the early 1900s as both schools were members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) from 1916-37 and later members of the Mountain States/Skyline Conference from 1938-61, along with its current membership in the Mountain West, for a total of 54 years as league foes. As members of the RMAC, USU won league championships in 1921 and 1936, and later won league titles in the Mountain States/Skyline Conference in 1946, 1960 and 1961. UW won conference championships in the Mountain States/Skyline Conference in 1949, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961. 
 
UTAH STATE AND WYOMING SERIES REFERRED TO AS "BRIDGER'S BATTLE" 
• Utah State University and the University of Wyoming announced on Nov. 25, 2013, that both schools adopted a rivalry series in football that will be referred to as "Bridger's Battle" in reference to celebrated Wyoming/Utah mountain man Jim Bridger. The winner of the annual contest will take home the traveling "Bridger Rifle," a .50 caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle that was popular among mountain men and widely considered to be what Bridger carried. 
 
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND WYOMING 
• Utah State safeties coach Mike Caputo and Wyoming head strength and conditioning coach Ben Iannacchione spent the 2017 season together on staff at LSU. USU redshirt freshman CB Michael Anyanwu attended Charter Oak HS in Covina, Calif., as did UW redshirt freshman DT Mario Mora.
 
STATS FOR CURRENT AGGIES WITH MULTIPLE GAMES PLAYED vs. WYOMING 
• The following is a look at what current Utah State players have done against Wyoming in multiple games played. Senior DE Dalton Baker has two tackles in three games. Senior P Aaron Dalton has punted seven times for 256 yards (36.6 ypp), including two inside the 20-yard line and a long of 54 yards, in three games. Senior PK Dominik Eberle is 4-for-6 on field goals, including a long of 49 yards, and 5-for-5 on extra points in three games. He has also kicked off 11 times for 681 yards (61.9 ypk) and seven touchbacks. Senior CB Cameron Haney has two tackles in three games. Senior DT Christopher Unga has six tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, and one pass breakup in three games. Senior DE Jacoby Wildman has two tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks, in three games. Senior DT Devon Anderson has six tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, in two games. Senior RB Gerold Bright has rushed for 33 yards on 13 carries (2.5 ypc), caught three passes for six yards (2.0 ypc) and returned two kickoffs for 42 yards (21.0 ypr), in two games. Junior QB Jordan Love is 20-of-46 passing (.434) for 162 yards, to go along with minus 12 yards rushing on four carries, in two games. Junior LB Kevin Meitzenheimer has one tackle in two games. Junior WR Jordan Nathan has three receptions for 12 yards (4.0 ypc) and one punt return for 10 yards in two games. Junior WR Savon Scarver has returned seven kickoffs for 246 yards (35.1 ypr) and one touchdown in two games. His 157 kickoff return yards, which included a 99-yard kickoff return for touchdown, at Wyoming in 2018 are a career high. He also has one rush for five yards. Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i has three tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, in two games. Junior TE Carson Terrell has caught three passes for 32 yards (10.7 ypc), including a long of 22, in two games. Redshirt junior OL Mohelika Uasike has three tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, in two games.
 
SERIES NOTABLES BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND WYOMING
• In 69 games in series history, Utah State has scored 279 more points than Wyoming, 1,453-1,174. 
 
• Utah State has won five of the past seven games played in the series, outscoring Wyoming 251-152 (35.9-21.7).
 
• Utah State has averaged 220.0 rushing yards per game in its last five wins against Wyoming and has held the Cowboys to just 322.0 yards of total offense in those five games. 
 
• The team that has had more rushing yards has won eight of the last 10 games in the series, with the last two games being the exception.
 
• The team that commits fewer turnovers has won five of the last seven games in the series.
 
• Utah State holds the longest shutout streak in the series at five games, as it did not allow the Cowboys to score a single point in meetings from 1931 to 1936. 
 
• Wyoming has held Utah State to less than 30 points in four of the past five meetings, but USU is 2-2 in those games. Conversely, Utah State has held Wyoming to under 30 points in six of the last seven games in the series and is 5-1 in those games. 
 
• The losing team has scored less than 20 points in six of the last nine games played in the series, while the winning team has scored at least 50 points in two of the last four games and at least 20 points in each of the past 15 games.
 
• Utah State has scored at least 50 points in the series four times, including twice in the last seven meetings, while Wyoming's 52 points three years ago were its most in series history. In fact, it was just the fifth time in series history that Wyoming had scored 40 points.
 
• Utah State has had five 100-yard rushers and two 100-yard receivers in the last 11 meetings, while Wyoming has had six 100-yard rushers, one 100-yard receiver and one 300-yard passer in the past 11 meetings.
 
• The winning team has scored first in eight of the past 11 meetings, with the only exceptions being in 2001, 2011 and 2017.
 
• The team that has led at the half has won nine of the last 10 games in the series, with the only exception being in 2017.
 
• There have been 16 shutouts in series history, 12 by Utah State's defense and four by Wyoming's defense.
 
• Wyoming has controlled the time of possession in nine of the last 11 meetings.
 
FROM THE RECORD BOOKS
Here is a look at some of the top Utah State individual and team statistical performances against Wyoming over the years. 
 
• Chuckie Keeton tied the school record as a freshman in 2011 with five touchdown passes in a game in USU's 63-19 home win against Wyoming.
 
• Emmett White's 274 rushing yards against Wyoming in 2001 are the third-most in school history.
 
• Jay Van Noy scored on an 82-yard run against Wyoming in 1948, which is tied for the 10th-longest in school history.
 
• JoJo Natson had an 80-yard punt return against Wyoming in 2014, which is the 10th-longest in school history.
 
• Tony Adams passed for 389 yards against Wyoming in 1971, the 16th-most in school history.
 
• Utah State had 592 yards of offense against Wyoming in 2015 and 571 yards in 2001, the 21st- and 26th-most in school history.
 
• Utah State had 389 passing yards against Wyoming in 1971, the 19th-most in school history.
 
• Utah State held Wyoming to 29 passing yards in 1978 and 42 passing yards in 1962, the 12th- and 20th-fewest in school history.
 
• Utah State's school record for offensive yards per play is 10.7 set against Wyoming in 1948 with 471 yards on 44 plays. 
 
• The Aggies' single-game high of 14 punts was done three times, once against Wyoming in 1970. 
 
• Utah State's school record for fewest pass attempts allowed of three was done twice, once against Wyoming in 1955. 
 
• Utah State's school record for first downs in a game with 34 has been done three times, including against Wyoming in 2015. 
 
• Three of the top 26 winning margins in school history have been against Wyoming, as Utah State posted a 57-0 win in 1917 (10th-largest), a 53-0 win in 1912 (15th-largest), and a 46-0 win in 1903 (26th-largest).
 
• Wyoming posted a 48-3 win against Utah State in 1968, the 28th-largest margin of defeat in school history.
 
• Utah State has had 10 100-yard rushers, five 100-yard receivers and two 300-yard passers in series history.
 
ALL-TIME AGGIE GREATS FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING
• Utah State has had several notable football players from the state of Wyoming, including defensive end Ben Crosland (Kemmerer), who was named the 1997 Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American by The Sporting News. Defensive end John Chick (Gillette) earned first-team all-Western Athletic Conference honors in 2005. Offensive guard Joe Crum (Rawlins) earned first-team all-Big West Conference honors in 1981 and second-team honors in 1982. And, defensive back Paul Gustafson (Casper) earned second-team all-Big West honors in 1994. In men's basketball, Jaycee Carroll (Evanston) was a two-time Associated Press All-American (2007, 2008) and the 2008 WAC Player of the Year, and is USU's all-time leading scorer with 2,522 career points, while ranking first all-time in school history in nine other categories. And in women's soccer, Jayme Gordy (Cheyenne) earned first-team all-Big West honors in 1999 and 2000, while earning second-team honors in 1998 and honorable mention honors in 1997, and ranks second all-time in school history in goals in a season (13) and career (35). Gordy was inducted into Utah State's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State has 36 players in its program from the state of Utah, while Wyoming has 21 players on its roster from the Cowboy State.
 
• Gary Andersen is 1-0 all-time against Wyoming as a head coach with USU's 63-19 home win in 2011.
 
UTAH STATE IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
• Utah State is 161-181-8 (.471) 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 13-17-1 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.
 
LAST MEETING vs. WYOMING
LARAMIE, Wyo. - Junior RB Darwin Thompson rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns as Utah State held on for a 24-16 victory over Wyoming in its annual Bridger's Battle on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at War Memorial Stadium.
               
Sophomore WR Savon Scarver added a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown as the Aggies (6-1, 3-0 Mountain West) won their sixth straight game and became bowl eligible for the seventh time in the last eight years.
               
With the victory, Utah State matched its best start since the 1974 campaign, when that team also started the year by winning six of its first seven games.
               
Reigning Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, sophomore QB Jordan Love, completed just 12-of-28 passes for 53 yards and an interception as Utah State's offense struggled on the day, gaining just 194 total yards. USU also had just 11 first downs in the game, as compared to 15 for UW, while the Cowboys won the time of possession battle, 37:39 to 22:21. The Aggies were also just 4-of-15 on third downs during the day, while Wyoming was 7-of-19.
               
Fortunately for the Aggies, the defense was more than up to the challenge against Wyoming (2-6, 0-4 MW). The Cowboys gained 331 yards of total offense on the day (231 rushing, 100 passing), but turned it over twice – an interception by senior S Jontrell Rocquemore and fumble recovery by senior DE Adewale Adeoye.
               
Senior LB David Woodward led the Aggies with a game- and career-high-tying 16 tackles to go along with a forced fumble and pass breakup near the goal line. Overall, it was Woodward's fifth double-digit tackle outing this season and the sixth of his career. Senior LB Chase Christiansen added a career-high 14 stops, including 1.0 tackles for loss, and one pass breakup for USU. It marked just the second time in his career he has recorded double-digit tackles. Junior CB DJ Williams added a career-high-tying six tackles for the Aggies, who finished the game with 7.0 tackles for loss as a team.
               
Utah State, who rushed for 141 yards overall, scored on just the third play of the game, a 56-yard touchdown run by Thompson that gave the Aggies a 7-0 lead. Thompson finished the day carrying the ball 17 times, which tied his career high. He also tied his career highs with his 109 rushing yards and two touchdown runs.
               
The two teams then traded field goals the rest of the half. Wyoming's Cooper Rothe kicked a 27-yard field goal and Utah State junior PK Dominik Eberle booted a 45-yarder as the Aggies took a 10-3 lead into halftime.
               
Utah State opened the second half on defense, but wasted little time getting the ball back to the offense. Rocquemore intercepted a pass by Wyoming's Tyler Vander Waal on the Cowboys' first play of the drive, returning it 20 yards to the Cowboys' 3-yard line. One play later, Thompson had his second rushing touchdown of the day to give the visitors a 17-3 lead.
               
After Rothe kicked his second field goal of the day, this time from 47 yards out, Scarver returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, making it 24-6 with 4:11 left in the third. It was Scarver's second kickoff return for a touchdown this year and the third of his career.
               
Those were the final points the Aggies would score on the day as the Cowboys narrowed the margin on a 53-yard touchdown run by Nico Evans with 2:37 left in the third quarter and another field goal by Rothe, a 21-yarder with 5:32 left in the game.
 
LAST HOME MEETING vs. WYOMING
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State junior QB DJ Nelson scored his second special teams touchdown in as many weeks, giving the Aggies a 23-16 lead early in the fourth quarter, but Wyoming scored the final 12 points to stun the hosts on Homecoming, 28-23, in front of 22,234 fans on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, on Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium.
               
Wyoming (4-2, 2-0 Mountain West) pulled within 23-19 with 8:51 left on a 29-yard field goal by Cooper Rothe, then took the lead for good five minutes later on a 28-yard touchdown pass from Josh Allen to C.J. Johnson.
               
Down 26-23 with 3:38 to go, Utah State (3-4, 1-2 MW) took over on its own 34-yard line following a 34-yard kickoff return by freshman WR Savon Scarver. In two plays, the Aggies had crossed midfield courtesy of 10- and 7-yard runs, respectively, by senior RB LaJuan Hunt. However, Hunt fumbled the third play of the series and Wyoming's Cassh Maluia recovered it. The fumble was one of five turnovers the Aggies had on the day.
               
Utah State's defense forced Wyoming to go three-and-out, but Cowboys punter Tim Zaleski pinned the Aggies on their own 7-yard line with 49 seconds left. Two plays later, Utah State senior QB Kent Myers was tackled in the end zone for a safety, giving Wyoming its final margin of victory.
               
Myers and redshirt freshman QB Jordan Love split time under center, going a combined 19-of-38 for 203 yards and three interceptions.
               
Redshirt sophomore TE Dax Raymond led the Aggies with five catches for a career-best 72 yards, while senior WR Braelon Roberts tied his career high with four catches for a career-best 50 yards and a touchdown.
               
Hunt led all rushers in the game with 73 yards on 18 carries. He also caught a career-high-tying four passes for 19 yards.
               
For the third consecutive week, junior LB Suli Tamaivena recorded double-digit tackles with a career-high-tying 14 stops. In the last three games alone, he has racked up 41 tackles.
               
Nelson's touchdown came on a fake field goal. As the team's holder, he kept the snap from senior LS Emmett Odegard and ran four yards for the score, giving the hosts a 23-16 lead with 12:40 to go.
               
A week ago against Colorado State, Nelson returned his own blocked punt 43 yards for his first career touchdown.
               
Following a 1-yard touchdown run by Allen on fourth-and-goal that gave Wyoming a 9-6 lead, Utah State went back in front on the very next possession as junior WR Aaren Vaughns threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Roberts on a reverse. The score gave Utah State a 13-9 lead with 6:41 remaining in the first half.
               
Vaughns had a second quarter to remember as he also had a 29-yard reception and 14-yard run. He finished the game with two catches for 46 yards.
               
Junior PK Dominik Eberle was a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals in the first half. He made good from 45 and 31 yards, respectively, in the first quarter, and added a 49-yarder just before the half to give the Aggies a 16-9 lead at the break.
               
Eberle's first field goal of the day was set up courtesy of an interception by senior S Dallin Leavitt.
 
GAME 9 RECAP vs. FRESNO STATE
FRESNO, Calif. - Senior PK Dominik Eberle kicked three field goals, including the game-winner from 30 yards out as time expired, to lift Utah State to a thrilling 37-35 victory over Fresno State at Bulldog Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019.
               
It marked the first time since 1998 that Utah State kicked a field goal to win the game. That year, Brad Bohn kicked a 30-yarder with five seconds left as the Aggies edged North Texas, 28-27.
               
Eberle also connected on field goals of 39 and 25 yards, respectively, as Utah State (5-4, 4-1 Mountain West) scored the final six points of the game. With his trifecta against the Bulldogs (4-5, 2-3 MW), Eberle tied the conference record for most career field goals made at 57.
               
Down 35-34, Utah State drove to the Fresno State 2-yard line, where the Aggies were stuffed on four consecutive running plays and turned the ball over on downs with 5:19 to go.
               
However, the defense got the ball back for Utah State when the Aggies forced Fresno State to go three-and-out. Utah State took over on its own 47-yard line with 3:05 left and all the momentum on its side.
               
Junior QB Jordan Love drove the Aggies to the Fresno State 10-yard line. Two plays later, Eberle connected on the game-winner following a perfect snap and hold from junior LS Brandon Pada and redshirt senior H Aaron Dalton, respectively.
               
Love, who grew up less than two hours away from Bulldog Stadium, passed for 388 yards and two touchdowns – both to senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner – as Utah State snapped a two-game losing streak.
               
Mariner led all receivers in the game with 11 catches for 103 yards, while senior graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp added five receptions for 75 yards. Senior RB Gerold Bright rushed for 79 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries. Junior RB Jaylen Warren also had a touchdown run of his own as he carried the ball 12 times for 30 yards.
               
Junior S Troy Lefeged Jr. and fellow junior S Shaq Bond had seven and six tackles, respectively, for the Aggies.
               
Fresno State QB Jorge Reyna was 16-of-20 passing for 263 yards. Running back Ronnie Rivers led all rushers with 17 carries for 102 yards and three touchdowns.
               
Utah State took its first lead just before the end of the first half when Mariner caught his second touchdown pass of the night, an 8-yarder from Love on third-and-goal, to make it 21-14. Junior WR Jordan Nathan helped set the score up when he hauled in a 36-yard pass from Love in traffic down the middle. Mariner also caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Love with 7:59 to go in the second quarter to square the game up at 14-apiece.
               
Utah State's other touchdown of the first half came courtesy of Bright's 21-yard run to tie the game at 7-all late in the first quarter.
               
Rivers accounted for both of the Bulldogs' touchdowns during the first 30 minutes of play, one on a 10-yard run and the other from 2 yards out.                          The Aggies opened their largest lead of the night at 28-14 after taking the second-half kickoff and marching 60 yards on eight plays, capped by Warren's 6-yard touchdown run.
               
Eberle's first field goal of the night gave the Aggies a 31-21 lead with 5:16 left in the third quarter. The Bulldogs moved back in front following touchdown runs by Rivers and Jalen Cropper, making it 35-31 with 14:11 remaining in the fourth.
 
UTAH STATE FIFTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN TOTAL OFFENSE
• Utah State is fifth in the Mountain West and 47th in the nation in total offense (431.4 ypg), second in the MW and 43rd in the nation in completion percentage (.629), fifth in the MW and 26th in the nation in sacks allowed with 13 (1.44 pg), fifth in the MW and 29th in the nation in passing offense (279.4 ypg), seventh in the MW and 72nd nationally in scoring offense (28.2 ppg), seventh in the MW and 86th in the nation in passing efficiency (129.1), and eighth in the MW and 82nd in the nation in rushing offense (152.0 ypg).  
 
AGGIE DEFENSE FIFTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN POINTS ALLOWED
• Utah State is fifth in the Mountain West and 67th in the nation in scoring defense (27.3 ppg), fifth in the MW and 91st in the nation in tackles for loss (5.3 pg), sixth in the MW and 87th in the nation in sacks with 16 (1.78 pg), eighth in the MW and 89th in the nation in rushing defense (182.4 ypg), eighth in the MW and 103rd nationally in passing defense (258.3 ypg), ninth in the MW and 82nd in the nation in passing efficiency defense (136.7), and ninth in the MW and 102nd in the nation in total defense (440.8 ypg).
 
• Utah State's defense also ranks first in the Mountain West and 11th nationally with its nine fumble recoveries (1.1 pg), and first in the MW and fifth in the nation with a fourth down conversion percentage of 28.6 (4-14).
 
UTAH STATE 11TH IN THE NATION IN PUNT RETURNS
• Utah State is first in the Mountain West and 11th in the nation in punt returns (14.0 ypr), third in the MW and 11th in the nation in kickoff returns (26.4 ypr), third in the MW and 73rd in the nation in kickoff return defense (20.9 ypr), and eighth in the MW and 87th in the nation in net punting (37.2 ypp). USU is also second in the nation in special teams touchdowns with three (two kickoff returns, one punt return).
 
• 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 42ND IN THE NATION IN TURNOVERS FORCED
• After leading the nation last season with 32 turnovers forced (22 interceptions, 10 fumbles), Utah State has forced 15 turnovers (9 fumbles, 6 interceptions) this season to rank fourth in the Mountain West and 42nd in the nation. Overall, USU has forced three or more turnovers in 24 of its last 72 games. 
 
UTAH STATE 16TH 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 15th in the nation. Overall, USU has scored 24 defensive touchdowns in its last 81 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 (0.22 pg) and is first in the Mountain West and fifth in the nation in kickoff return yards (31.6 ypr). Junior LB David Woodward is first in the MW and second in the nation in tackles (13.3 pg), and first in the MW and third in the nation in forced fumbles with four (0.5 pg). Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins is tied for first in the nation with his one punt return for touchdown (0.11 pg). Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i is tied for first in the MW and tied for 15th in the nation with two fumble recoveries (0.22 pg). Senior CB Cameron Haney is third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in passes defended with nine (1.3 pg), and fifth in the MW and 34th in the nation with two forced fumbles (0.329). Junior QB Jordan Love is third in the MW and 11th in the nation in completions (22.9 pg), third in the MW and 19th in the nation in passing yards (266.9 ypg), third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in total offense (279.1 ypg), fourth in the MW and 72nd in the nation in passing touchdowns with 11 (1.22 pg), fifth in the MW and 55th in the nation in completion percentage (.617), and sixth in the MW and 80th in the nation in passing efficiency (125.8). Senior PK Dominik Eberle is third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in field goals made per game (1.56), fourth in the MW and 22nd in the nation in field goal percentage (.875) as he is 14-of-16 on the season, and fifth in the MW and 44th in the nation in scoring (8.0 ppg). Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner is third in the MW and 41st in the nation in receiving touchdowns with six (0.67 pg), sixth in the MW and 58th in the nation in receiving yards (70.0 ypg), and eighth in the MW and 63rd in the nation in receptions (5.0 pg). Senior RB Gerold Bright is eighth in the MW and 65th in the nation in yards per carry (5.3), ninth in the MW and 87th in the nation in rushing touchdowns with six (0.7 pg), and 10th in the MW and 89th in the nation in rushing yards (68.2 ypg). And, junior S Shaq Bond is eighth in the MW and 75th in the nation with his two interceptions (0.22 pg). 
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State ranks fourth in the Mountain West and 24th in the nation in fewest penalty yards per game (45.4), and fifth in the MW and 39th in the nation in fewest penalties per game (5.67).
 
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 for the second time this season and fourth time in his career as he made the game-winning 30-yard field goal as time expired in Utah State's 37-35 Mountain West road win at Fresno State last weekend. Eberle also made field goals from 25 and 39 yards against the Bulldogs as he was a perfect 3-of-3 on field goal attempts and 4-of-4 on extra points en route to scoring 13 points. 
 
• Eberle's field goal was the first game-winner for Utah State since Brad Bohn made a 30-yarder with five seconds to play to give the Aggies a 28-27 home win against North Texas in 1998.
 
• Eberle's four Mountain West Player of the Week honors are the second-most in school history by a special teams player, trailing Bohn (1997-2000), who was named the Big West Conference Special Teams Player of the Week seven times.
 
LOVE RECORDS 11TH-CAREER 300-YARD PASSING GAME 
• Junior QB Jordan Love was named the College Sports Madness Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week as he recorded his 11th-career 300-yard passing game in Utah State's 37-35 Mountain West road win at Fresno State last weekend. Love was 30-of-39 passing for 388 yards and two touchdowns against the Bulldogs, and carried the ball six times for 30 yards, including a long of 17 yards. 
 
• For Love, it was his 13th-career game throwing multiple touchdowns. Furthermore, the 388 passing yards are his third-most this season and the fifth-most of his career. Love also completed 30 passes for the third time this year and fourth time in his career.
 
• Against the Bulldogs, Love was 6-of-8 passing on third down and threw both of his touchdowns on third down. Love also had a third-down conversion with his legs as he rushed for 17 yards. Love was equally effective on first down against FS, as he had passes of 36, 26 and 62 yards, as USU averaged 7.5 yards on first down during the game.
 
• During his last two weeks, Love is 59-of-88 (.670) passing for 782 yards (391.0 ypg) with three touchdowns and three interceptions.
 
MARINER HAS CAREER GAME AGAINST FRESNO STATE
• Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner had his best all-around game this past weekend in Utah State's 37-35 Mountain West road win at Fresno State as he caught a career-high 11 passes for 103 yards and a career-best two touchdowns. Overall, it was his second-career 100-yard receiving game and his first-career double-digit reception game. It was also the first time in his career he had multiple touchdown catches in a game. Those 11 receptions are the most by an Aggie since Hunter Sharp had 11 catches against Akron in the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
 
TEAM NOTABLES FROM THE FRESNO STATE GAME 
• Utah State has now won three-straight games against Fresno State, including two straight on the road, which is its second-longest winning streak in series history. USU has also scored at least 30 points against FS in each of its last three meetings, marking just the second time in series history that has happened. USU is now 13-17-1 all-time against FS, including a 4-13-1 road record.
 
• Utah State had two players make their first-career start in junior DE Jaylin Bannerman and freshman DE AJ Vongphachanh.
 
OFFENSIVE NOTABLES FROM FRESNO STATE GAME 
• Senior RB Gerold Bright scored on a 21-yard rush in the first quarter to give him six rushing touchdowns on the season and 19 in his career as he is now tied Kent Myers (2014-17) for the ninth-most rushing touchdowns in school history. Junior RB Jaylen Warren scored on a 6-yard run in the third quarter for his fifth rushing touchdown of the season. Senior graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp had a career-high 75 receiving yards as he tied his career high with five receptions. Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins had a career-long 62-yard reception in the third quarter. Thompkins finished the game with a career-high 79 receiving yards on four receptions. 
 
DEFENSIVE NOTABLES FROM FRESNO STATE GAME 
• Senior CB DJ Williams had 2.0 tackles for loss to give him 3.5 tackles for loss on the season and 6.5 in his career. Junior S Shaq Bond had 1.0 tackles for loss to give him 3.5 tackles for loss on the season and 6.5 in his career. Bond also had one pass breakup to give him five pass breakups on the season and 11 in his career. Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i had 0.5 sacks and 1.0 tackles for loss to give him 1.5 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss on the season, and 3.0 sacks and 9.0 tackles for loss in his career. Te'i also had one pass breakup to give him two pass breakups on the season and four in his career. Junior S Cash Gilliam had 0.5 tackles for loss to give him 1.5 tackles for loss on the season. Junior DT Caden Andersen had 0.5 sacks to give him 1.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss in his career. Freshman DE AJ Vongphachanh tied his season high for the third time this year with five tackles.
 
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.
 
BRIGHT POSTS SEVENTH-CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAME
• Senior RB Gerold Bright posted his seventh-career 100-yard rushing game against Nevada on Oct. 19, 2019, 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 on Sept. 28, 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 1,838 career rushing yards. Bright also ranks eighth all-time at USU with a 6.2 yards per carry average, and is tied for ninth all-time at USU with 19 rushing touchdowns.
 
• Overall, Bright is one of 32 players in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a career.
 
BRIGHT TIED FOR NINTH ALL-TIME IN RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
• Senior RB Gerold Bright scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the season and the 19th of his career in his last game at Fresno State. Those 19 rushing touchdowns are tied with Kent Myers (2014-17) for the ninth most in school history. 
 
SCARVER SETS SCHOOL RECORD WITH FIFTH-CAREER KICKOFF RETURN FOR TD
• Junior WR Savon Scarver returned his fifth-career kickoff for a touchdown against Nevada on Oct. 19, 2019, 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.
 
LOVE SECOND-WINNINGEST QUARTERBACK IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 19-9 as Utah State's starting quarterback and is tied with Chuckie Keeton (2011-15) as the second-winningest quarterback in program history. Tony Adams (1970-72) ranks first all-time with 22 career wins.
 
• Love's 28 career starts ranks eighth in the nation among active quarterbacks, trailing North Texas' Mason Fine (46), Colorado's Steven Montez (37), Louisiana Tech's J'Mar Smith (37), Georgia's Jake Fromm (36), Iowa's Nate Stanley (36), Ohio's Nathan Rourke (34) and UL-Monroe's Caleb Evans (31).
 
• Utah State is averaging 37.6 points in Love's 28 career starts and that scoring average ranks fourth in the nation among active quarterbacks with at least 15 career starts behind Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa (46.3 ppg), Clemson's Trevor Lawrence (45.4 ppg) and Oregon's Justin Herbert (38.2 ppg), and ahead of Georgia's Jake Fromm (36.0 ppg), and among others.
 
LOVE AMONG TOP 10 QUARTERBACKS IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN SIX CATEGORIES 
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 602-of-986 (.611) passing for 7,600 yards with 51 touchdowns and 24 interceptions during his career. In all, Love ranks second all-time in school history in passing yards, third in completions, attempts and completion percentage, and fourth all-time in touchdown passes and total offense (7,938 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 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 SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR POINTS SCORED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle has scored a school-record 323 career points after his 13-point outing in his last game at Fresno State. The previous school record was 308 points set by running back Robert Turbin (2007-09, '11).
 
• Eberle is now 14 points shy of becoming one of the top-five scorers in the history of the Mountain West. TCU's Ross Evans (2008-11) holds the league record with 407 career points scored.
 
EBERLE TIES MOUNTAIN WEST FIELD GOAL RECORD 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle is 57-of-73 on field goals in his career and is tied with Utah's Louie Sakoda (2005-08) for the most made field goals in Mountain West history.
 
EBERLE SECOND IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN FIELD GOALS MADE AND ATTEMPTED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle ranks second all-time in school history in field goals made (57) and attempted (73). 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 also ranks second all-time in school history in field goal percentage (.781). Russ Moody (1988-89) holds the school record at 84.6, as he was 22-of-26 all-time on field goal attempts.
 
• Eberle is 1-of-1 in his career from 10-19 yards, 21-of-24 in his career from 20-29 yards, 17-of-19 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 SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE EXTRA POINTS MADE 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle is a perfect 152-for-152 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 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 167 straight extra points to rank as the second-longest active streak in the nation, trailing only Georgia (277). 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).