AGGIES CONCLUDE MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY AT NEW MEXICO SATURDAY
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UTAH STATE (6-5, 5-2 MW) vs. NEW MEXICO (2-9, 0-7 MW)
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 • 2 p.m. • Albuquerque, N.M. • Dreamstyle Stadium (39,224)
 
GAME 12 INFORMATION
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AGGIE RADIO NETWORKS
• Every Utah State football game can be heard live on the Aggie Radio Network. Scott Garrard serves as the play-by-play announcer, while former USU quarterback Kevin White (1988-89) will provide color analysis. Games can also be heard on the Internet (www.UtahStateAggies.com) by clicking on the 'Listen Live' link, as well as on the TuneIn App.
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• Orangeville: KRPX (95.9 FM)
 
KICKOFF COVERAGE
• With a victory at New Mexico this weekend, Utah State will win at least seven games for the sixth time in the past nine years and for the 26th time in school history. USU would also finish Mountain West play with a 6-2 record, marking the fourth time in its seven years in the league that it has won at least six league games joining the 2013 (7-1), 2014 (6-2) and 2018 (7-1) teams. Overall, it would be just the sixth time in school history that USU has won six conference games, joining the 1936 (6-0), 2012 (6-0), 2013 (7-1), 2014 (6-2) and 2018 (6-2) teams. 
 
• Senior RB Gerold Bright needs 62 rushing yards to become just the 10th player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career. Overall, Bright has carried the ball 323 times for 1,938 yards (5.0 ypc) with 20 touchdowns as he ranks ninth all-time in school history in both rushing average and rushing touchdowns, 10th all-time in total touchdowns (26) and 11th all-time in rushing.
 
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 641-of-1,051 (.610) passing for 8,111 yards with 54 touchdowns in his career, and has 8,472 yards of total offense. Love needs just 337 yards of total offense this weekend to set the school record for total offense, which is currently held by Chuckie Keeton (2011-15) with 8,808 yards. Love also ranks second all-time in school history in passing yards, and third all-time in touchdowns, completions, attempts and completion percentage.
 
• Love is 245-of-399 (.614) passing for 2,913 yards and 14 touchdowns this year and needs 87 yards to become just the second quarterback in school history to have a pair of 3,000-yard passing seasons, along with Jose Fuentes (1999-2002). Love set the single-season school record last year with 3,567 passing yards.  
 
• Utah State is among the top-40 teams in the nation in 13 statistical categories, including second in special teams touchdowns with three (two kickoff returns, one punt return), 10th in punt returns (14.1 yards per return) and 14th in fumbles recovered with 10. USU is also 14th in the nation in kickoff returns (24.9 yards per return), 19th in three-and-outs forced per game (4.30), 25th in passing offense (285.4  yards per game), 25th with two defensive touchdowns, 28th in tackles for loss allowed (4.91 per game), and 38th in fewest penalty yards per game (49.9). 
 
UTAH STATE CONCLUDES MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY AT NEW MEXICO
• Utah State (6-5, 5-2 MW) concludes Mountain West play this weekend with a road game at New Mexico (2-9, 0-7 MW) on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 2 p.m. The game will be aired exclusively on Facebook, a platform that has more than 100 million video views daily, with Ari Wolfe (play-by-play), Jordan Palmer (analyst) and Dani Klupenger (reporter) on the call. Live audio of the game is available on www.UtahStateAggies.com.
 
• Utah State is 3-1 on the season and has won eight of its last 11 games under head coach Gary Andersen following a loss.
 
• Utah State is 27-13 (.675) in its last 40 games played during the month of November and is 1-4-1 all-time in known games played on Nov. 30.
 
A LOOK AT UTAH STATE
• Utah State is 6-5 on the season and 5-2 in Mountain West play following its 56-21 Mountain West home loss against No. 20 Boise State last weekend. Offensively, USU is led by junior QB Jordan Love, who is 245-of-399 (.614) passing for 2,913 yards (264.8 ypg) with 14 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. Senior RB Gerold Bright leads the team in rushing with 714 yards on 142 carries (5.0 ypc/64.9 ypg) with seven touchdowns, and senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner has a team-best 53 receptions for 819 yards (15.5 ypr/74.5 ypg) and seven 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 83 tackles, which includes 5.5 tackles for loss. As a team, USU is averaging 27.4 points and 430.3 yards of total offense (285.4 passing, 144.9 rushing), and allowing 29.4 points and 435.8 yards (245.2 passing, 190.6 rushing).
 
UTAH STATE BOWL ELIGIBLE FOR EIGHTH TIME IN LAST NINE SEASONS
• With its win against Wyoming two weekends ago, Utah State is 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 and has a 5-8 record.
 
• Two of Utah State's bowl wins have been in Albuquerque, N.M., as it posted a 21-6 win against UTEP in 2014 and a 52-13 win against North Texas in 2018.
 
UTAH STATE IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST AND ON THE ROAD
• Utah State is 35-20 (.636) all-time in the Mountain West, including a 15-12 (.556) road record, and has won 46 of its last 66 (.697) league games dating back to 2011. In fact, USU is 14-4 (.778) in its last 18 MW games and 17-7 (.708) in its last 24 games against all opponents. 
 
• Utah State is 9-6 (.600) in its last 15 road games, including an 8-3 (.727) Mountain West record. In its last 15 road games, USU has also scored at least 30 points eight times and has had at least 500 yards of total offense six times. 
 
UTAH STATE 3-1 ON THE SEASON IN ONE-SCORE GAMES
• Utah State is 3-1 on the season in one-score games after posting back-to-back wins against Fresno State (37-35) and Wyoming (26-21). USU also notched a 23-17 road win at San Diego State and had a 38-35 loss at Wake Forest. Those three one-score wins this year are the most by USU since the 2011 team was 5-4 in such games. Under Andersen, USU is 13-11 in one-score games.
 
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 37 of its last 40 contests when rushing at least 40 times in a game, including a 4-0 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.
 
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 FIFTH ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY WITH 32 WINS
• Utah State head coach Gary Andersen ranks fifth all-time in school history with his 32 wins, while his .525 winning percentage (32-29) 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 22-8 (.733) in its last 30 games under Andersen, which includes a 9-5 (.643) road record. USU is also 16-2 (.889) in its last 18 conference games under Andersen, which includes a 5-2 record in the Mountain West this season and 11 straight wins in the Western Athletic Conference during the 2011-12 seasons.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• With its 23-17 road win at San Diego State on Sept. 21 and its 37-35 win at Fresno State on Nov. 9, Utah State became the first team ever to record road wins at both San Diego State and Fresno State in the same season since the Mountain West began divisional play in 2013. Overall, USU is 18-4 (.818) all-time against teams from the West Division of the Mountain West, which is the best record by any team in the conference. 
 
SCOUTING NEW MEXICO
• New Mexico is 2-9 on the season and 0-7 in Mountain West play following its 44-22 home loss to Air Force last weekend. The Lobos are led by sophomore QB Tevaka Salanoa-Tuioti, who is 102-of-195 (.523) passing for 1,460 yards (162.2 ypg) with seven touchdowns and six interceptions. Senior RB Ahmari Davis leads the team in rushing with 832 yards on 140 carries (5.9 ypc/92.4 ypg) with seven touchdowns, and junior WR Jordan Kress has caught 25 passes for 514 yards (20.6 ypr/46.7 ypg) with five touchdowns. Defensively, senior LB Alex Hart has a team-best 75 tackles, which includes 4.0 sacks and 9.0 tackles for loss, while fellow senior LB Alexander Vainikolo has 65 tackles, which includes 3.0 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss. As a team, New Mexico is averaging 22.0 points and 401.8 yards of total offense per game (203.0 passing, 198.8 rushing), and allowing 37.1 points and 496.4 yards of total offense (335.0 passing, 161.4 rushing). New Mexico returns 13 starters (O-7, D-6) and 46 lettermen (O-28, D-16, S-2) from last year's team that went 3-9 overall and 1-7 in Mountain West play to finish sixth in the Mountain Division. Bob Davie is 35-63 in eight seasons as New Mexico's head coach and 70-88 in 13 seasons as a collegiate head coach.
 
AGGIES AND LOBOS SERIES HISTORY
• Utah State trails in the all-time series against New Mexico, 13-12, which includes a 5-9 road record. The first game played in the series was in Albuquerque on Dec. 1, 1951, with UNM winning 17-13. USU has won the last two games in the series, including a 61-19 home victory last season, as its 42-point win is the largest in series history for either team.  USU also posted a 24-10 road win the last time the two teams played in Albuquerque in 2017. Overall, USU is 4-2 against the Lobos since joining the Mountain West in 2013.
 
UTAH STATE AND NEW MEXICO AS CONFERENCE FOES
• Utah State and New Mexico have spent 18 years as league foes as both schools were members of the Skyline Conference from 1951 to 1961, along with its current membership in the Mountain West. The Lobos have been members of the MW since its inception in 1999, while USU joined the league prior to the 2013 season.
 
UTAH STATE vs. NEW MEXICO SERIES 13TH-MOST PLAYED IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Utah State and New Mexico will be meeting for the 26th time this weekend in what is the 13th-most played series in school history. 
 
COACHING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND NEW MEXICO
• Utah State offensive line coach TJ Woods spent two years (2007-08) as a graduate assistant coach at New Mexico. New Mexico defensive line coach Stan Eggen was the inside linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Utah State from 1986-90. New Mexico linebackers coach Dillon Sanders was a graduate assistant coach at Utah State from 2013-15.
 
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND NEW MEXICO PLAYERS
• The following are connections between Utah State and New Mexico players. USU senior DE Fua Leilua, junior RB Jaylen Warren and junior WR Derek Wright all attended Snow JC in Ephraim, Utah, as did UNM junior OL Kyle Stapley. USU junior TE Mosese Manu attended Mt. San Antonio (Calif.) JC, as did UNM senior LB Alexander Vainikolo and junior DL Elmer Pauni. USU senior DT Devon Anderson attended Dodge City (Kan.) CC, as did UNM senior OL Jarred Sylvester. USU junior WR Sean Carter attended Westlake HS in Westlake Village, Calif., as did UNM junior LB Brandon Shook. USU junior LB Eric Munoz attended San Diego Mesa (Calif.) CC, as did UNM sophomore LB Devin Sanders. USU freshman OL Sione Lasike attended Bishop Gorman HS in Las Vegas, Nev., as did UNM freshman OL Cade Briggs.
 
NOTABLES FROM LAST YEAR'S MEETING BETWEEN THE AGGIES AND LOBOS
• Following a three-and-out on its first drive of the game against New Mexico, Utah State scored touchdowns on its next seven possessions, which included a pick six, to go from trailing 3-0 with 12:34 to play in the first quarter to leading 49-3 with 5:21 to play in the first half. All told, USU scored 49 points in 22:13 between the first and second quarters.
 
• In the first half, Utah State produced 557 yards of total offense (448 passing, 109 rushing) and 52 points and had the ball for just 13:31 during the first half. Furthermore, those 52 points are the most ever scored by an Aggie team in a first half in the modern era (dating back to 1957).
 
• Utah State's 61 points against New Mexico were its third-most last season and tied for the 14th-most in school history as it is just the 16th time ever that USU has scored 60 points in a game.
 
• Seven different Aggies scored touchdowns in the game as junior RB Darwin Thompson and sophomore QB Jordan Love both had touchdown runs, while senior WR Ron'quavion Tarver, junior TE Dax Raymond, sophomore WR Jordan Nathan and sophomore TE Carson Terrell all had touchdown receptions, to go along with sophomore S Shaq Bond's 100-yard interception return for a touchdown. Furthermore, 14 different players caught a pass in the game.
 
• Utah State finished the game with a season-best time of possession (36:18), which is its best since possessing the ball for 39:41 against San José State last year.
 
• Utah State set a then-school record with 704 yards of total offense against New Mexico last season, which is now the second-most in school history. Furthermore, USU's 516 passing yards against New Mexico are the second-most in school history. 
 
SERIES NOTABLES BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND NEW MEXICO
• Despite trailing in the all-time series with New Mexico, 13-12, Utah State has outscored the Lobos by 113 points (563-450).
 
• Utah State has held New Mexico to less than 30 points in each of the last six meetings and in 22 games in series history. USU had been held to less than 30 points in each of the last four meetings and in 18 games in series history prior to last season. 
 
• Three of the last five games in the series have been decided by one score. Overall, 11 of the previous 25 games (.440) in the series have been decided by one score. 
 
• Eight of Utah State's last 10 wins in the series have been by double digits, while five of New Mexico's last seven wins have been by single digits.
 
• New Mexico had controlled the time of possession in each of the last eight meetings prior to last season.
 
• New Mexico has rushed for more yards in seven of the previous 10 meetings, while Utah State has passed for more yards in eight of the last 10 meetings.
 
• The team with the most rushing yards has won eight of the last 10 meetings, with the only exception being Utah State's wins in 2002 and 2017.
 
• The team with fewer turnovers has won eight of the last 10 meetings, and there have been fewer then three turnovers by both teams in six of the last 10 meetings.
 
• In the last 10 meetings, Utah State is 3-2 when scoring first and 4-2 when leading at the half, while New Mexico is 3-2 when scoring first and 2-1 when leading at the half. 
 
• The team that scores first has won five of the last seven games in the series, while the team that leads at the half has won six of the last seven games.
 
• New Mexico has had four 100-yard receivers and three 100-yard rushers in the past 10 meetings, but no 300-yard passers, while Utah State has had three 100-yard rushers and three 100-yard receivers in the last 10 meetings, to go along with three 300-yard passers
 
• In 25 previous meetings with New Mexico, Utah State has had eight 100-yard rushers, three 100-yard receivers and three 300-yard passers.
 
• There have been four shutouts in series history, three by Utah State's defense and one by New Mexico's defense. USU has also held UNM to 10 or fewer points seven times and is 7-0 in those games.
 
STATS FOR CURRENT AGGIES WITH MULTIPLE GAMES PLAYED vs. NEW MEXICO
• The following is a look at what current Utah State players have done against New Mexico in multiple games played. Senior DE Dalton Baker has six tackles and one quarterback hurry in three games. Senior RB Gerold Bright has 64 yards rushing on 10 carries (6.4 ypc), to go along with three receptions for 22 yards (7.3 ypc), in three games. Redshirt senior P Aaron Dalton has punted 16 times for 692 yards (43.3 ypp), including five punts inside the 20-yard line and a long of 63 yards, which he accomplished twice, in three games. Senior CB Cameron Haney has five tackles, three pass breakups and one fumble recovery in three games. Senior DT Christopher Unga has six tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, in three games. Senior DE Jacoby Wildman has three tackles in three games. Senior DT Devon Anderson has nine tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in two games. His two forced fumbles at New Mexico in 2017 are a career high. Senior PK Dominik Eberle is a perfect 5-for-5 on field goals and has kicked off 17 times for 1,064 yards (62.6 ypk) and 13 touchbacks in two games. His 10 touchbacks against the Lobos in 2018 is a career high. Junior DT Ritisoni Fata has three tackles, including a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss in 2018, in two games. Junior TE Logan Lee has one interception in two games. Junior QB Jordan Love has completed 36 of 58 passes (.621) for 562 yards and four touchdowns, to go along with one interception, in two games. He has also rushed for 23 yards and one touchdown on eight carries. Junior LB Kevin Meitzenheimer has nine tackles and one interception in two games. Junior WR Jordan Nathan has four receptions for 54 yards and one touchdown, to go along with three punt returns for 12 yards, in two games. Junior WR Savon Scarver has caught four passes for 25 yards, rushed twice for three yards and returned two kickoffs for 35 yards in two games. Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i has three tackles, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in two games. Junior TE Carson Terrell has caught one pass for a 29-yard touchdown in two games. Redshirt junior OL Mohelika Uasike has five tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, in two games. Junior LB David Woodward has 10 tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, and one fumble recovery that he returned 70 yards for a touchdown, in two games.
 
FROM THE RECORD BOOKS
Here is a look at some of the top Utah State team and individual statistical performances against New Mexico over the years.
• Utah State set a then-school record with 704 yards of total offense against New Mexico last season. That total is now the second-most in school history.
 
• Utah State's 516 passing yards against New Mexico last season are the second-most in school history. 
 
• Utah State's 39-36 loss at New Mexico in 1998  is its only triple-overtime game in school history and the Aggies have never played in an overtime game that went longer than three periods. In fact, USU has played just 12 overtime games in school history and two have been against New Mexico as the Aggies posted a 45-44 overtime home win against UNM in 2002. 
 
• New Mexico is Utah State's only opponent that it has played multiple overtime games against.
 
• Utah State's eight forced turnovers vs. New Mexico in 1961 is tied for the most in school history, along with the eight turnovers it forced against Boise State in 2015, Idaho in 1971 and 1969, and San Diego State in 1968. USU's seven recovered fumbles against UNM in 1961 is a school record.
 
• Utah State allowed just two first downs against New Mexico in 1953, which is tied for the school record, also doing so against Idaho in 1961. 
 
• Utah State's 470 rushing yards against New Mexico in 1960 are the second-most in school history, while its 337 rushing yards against UNM in 2013 rank as the 25th-most. 
 
• Utah State allowed New Mexico zero passing yards and no completions in 1954, both of which are tied for single-game school records.
 
• Jose Fuentes' 80-yard pass to Kevin Curtis against New Mexico in 2002 is tied for the 18th-longest pass play in school history, while Travis Cox's 79-yard pass to Barry Tolli against UNM in 2003 is tied for the 24th-longest pass play in school history.
 
• Brad Bohn set a then-school record for points scored by a kicker with 18 against New Mexico in 1998, a record that was broken by Dominik Eberle. Bohn also tied the then-school record for field goals made in that game against the Lobos as he was 5-of-5 on field goals (37, 23, 23, 41, 33) and 3-for-3 on extra points. That record was also broken by Eberle.
 
• Jordan Love's 448 passing yards against New Mexico in 2018 are the fifth-most in school history and the second-most of his career. 
 
LAST MEETING vs. NEW MEXICO
LOGAN, Utah - Sophomore QB Jordan Love completed 23-of-34 passes for 448 yards and four touchdowns in a little more than two quarters of work to lead Utah State to a 61-19 Mountain West home win against New Mexico on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, on Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium.
               
With the win, Utah State (7-1, 4-0 MW) matched its best start since the 1965 campaign, when that team also started the year by winning seven of its first eight games.
 
Utah State, which scored 28 points during the first 15 minutes of play and had 52 points at halftime, finished with a school-record 704 yards of total offense. The previous mark of 684 yards was accomplished twice, the first time against Nevada in 1992 and then again in 2001 against Weber State. Furthermore, those 704 yards of total offense are tied for the 10th-most in the nation this season at the FBS level.
               
Utah State passed for 516 yards, which ranks second all-time in school history, on 30-of-42 completions. They also rushed for 188 yards against New Mexico (3-5. 1-3 MW) as USU kept the ball for a season-high 36:18 and converted 10-of-17 third downs on the day.
               
The Lobos recorded 291 yards of total offense, marking the third time this season Utah State has limited an opponent to less than 300 total yards.
               
Senior WR Ron'quavion Tarver led the Aggies with seven catches for 112 yards and one touchdown, while fellow senior WR Jalen Greene added four receptions for 108 yards. It is the first time since the 2013 campaign that the Aggies have had two players with 100 receiving yards in the same game. Fourteen different players caught a pass for USU on the day.
               
The Lobos dented the scoreboard first on a 53-yard field goal by Andrew Shelley with 12:40 left in the opening quarter, but it was all Aggies after that.
               
After going three-and-out on the opening possession of the game, Utah State scored touchdowns on its next six series – seven when you throw in the 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by sophomore S Shaq Bond that gave the Aggies a 14-3 lead with 6:33 remaining in the first.
               
In a span of less than 20 minutes between the first and second quarters, Utah State hung 49 consecutive points up on the board, ignited by junior RB Darwin Thompson's 3-yard touchdown run, his 10th of the season and fourth in the last three games.
               
Following Bond's interception return for a score, Love connected on touchdown passes of 17 yards to sophomore WR Jordan Nathan, 28 yards to Tarver, 29 yards to sophomore TE Carson Terrell and 19 yards to junior TE Dax Raymond.
               
Love capped the 49-point outburst by the Aggies on a 1-yard touchdown with 5:21 left in the second quarter. The rest of the Aggies' points on the day came off the foot of junior PK Dominik Eberle, who was a perfect 4-for-4 on field goals (34, 27, 28 and 18 yards, respectively) and 7-for-7 on extra points.
               
Bond was one of four Aggies that intercepted a pass as sophomore LB Kevin Meitzenheimer, junior CB DJ Williams and sophomore DE Logan Lee each added one. It was the first career pick for all four players. Additionally, sophomore S Chase Nelson forced his first career fumble, which was recovered by junior S Chance Parker, for the first fumble recovery of his career.
               
Along with its five forced turnovers on the day, the Aggie defense recorded 8.0 tackles for loss and forced New Mexico's offense into 10 three-and-outs on 17 possessions in the game.
 
LAST MEETING at NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Senior RB LaJuan Hunt rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and Utah State's defense forced four turnovers, as the Aggies captured another double-digit Mountain West victory on the road, 24-10, against New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, in front of 19,293 fans at Dreamstyle Stadium.
               
The Aggies (5-5, 3-3 MW) have won three consecutive games on the road by an average of 29.7 points per game. It is the first time since the 2012 season that Utah State has won three straight road games by double digits.
               
Hunt eclipsed the 100-yard plateau for the third time in his career and second time this season, doing so on just 14 carries against the Lobos (3-6, 1-5 MW). He averaged 8.4 yards per rush.
               
For the second consecutive game, Utah State did not allow a sack.
               
The Aggies held the ball for just 20:53, gaining 243 yards of total offense. Conversely, New Mexico had 340 yards of offense and crossed midfield on 10 of their 13 possessions, including four trips into the red zone, but did not score any points inside the 20-yard line.
               
Defensively, junior S Gaje Ferguson led the way with a game-high eight tackles, including his first career sack. Redshirt freshman LB Kevin Meitzenheimer added a career-best seven stops.
               
Utah State's defense forced four fumbles in the first half - two each by sophomore DE Devon Anderson and sophomore LB Justus Te'i. The Aggies recovered three of them, including one by Anderson and Te'i, and the other by sophomore CB Cameron Haney.
               
Anderson finished with a career-best seven tackles, while Te'i's two forced fumbles were both inside the 10-yard line.
               
The Aggies led 14-3 at halftime courtesy of Hunt's two touchdowns.
               
The native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gave Utah State a 7-0 advantage when he scored on a 1-yard run with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. Following a 42-yard field goal by New Mexico's Jason Sanders, Hunt hit paydirt again from 65 yards out - a career-long run - making it 14-3 with 1:44 remaining in the opening half.
               
Sophomore PK Dominik Eberle gave Utah State a 17-3 third-quarter lead after nailing a 28-yard field goal. The nation's leader in field goal percentage is now 15-of-16 on the year (93.8 percent).
               
Utah State's defense put the exclamation point on the victory when redshirt freshman LB David Woodward recovered a fumble and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown to give the visitors a 24-3 lead with 8:56 to go in the game. It was the fifth defensive score of the season for Utah State and its sixth non-offensive touchdown. Woodward ended his day with a career-high five tackles.
               
Redshirt freshman QB Jordan Love was 13-of-24 passing for 114 yards, while junior WR Ron'quavion Tarver had two receptions for a team-best 40 yards. Junior WR Aaren Vaughns, redshirt sophomore TE Dax Raymond, redshirt freshman WR Jordan Nathan, freshman WR Savon Scarver and Hunt also had two receptions each.
               
On special teams, junior P Aaron Dalton averaged 46.5 yards on six punts, including a season-long of 63 yards.
 
GAME 11 RECAP vs. BOISE STATE
LOGAN, Utah - Junior QB Jordan Love was 21-of-36 passing for 229 yards and one touchdown in Utah State's 56-21 Mountain West home loss to 20th-ranked Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, on Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium.
               
With the loss, Utah State is now 5-19 all-time against Boise State, including a 1-9 record when the Broncos are nationally ranked. Overall, USU is now 5-59 all-time against Associated Press Top-25 teams.
               
The Broncos' Jaylon Henderson was 16-of-28 passing for 187 yards and three touchdowns, while George Holani rushed for a career-high 178 yards and two scores on 16 carries, to help Boise State (10-1, 7-0 Mountain West) win the Mountain Division. CT Thomas led the Broncos' receivers with five catches for 36 yards and one touchdown.
               
Love's touchdown pass was on a 7-yard completion to senior graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp that tied the game at 7-all with 7:28 remaining in the first quarter. Repp, who made a one-handed catch on the play, finished the game with a career-high-tying five receptions for 47 yards.
               
Following Repp's touchdown, the Broncos scored 49 unanswered points to seize control for good.
               
Utah State (6-5, 5-2 MW) tacked on a couple of late touchdowns, a 6-yard run by senior RB Gerold Bright and a 2-yard run by sophomore QB Henry Colombi. Colombi finished the game 6-of-11 passing for 78 yards.
               
Utah State's top receiver on the night was junior WR Jordan Nathan, who caught seven passes for 46 yards. Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner added four receptions for 66 yards and junior WR Derek Wright added career-highs with three receptions for 46 yards, including a career-long of 28 yards. Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins added two catches for 62 yards, including a 47-yard reception to set up the Aggies' first score. In all, 10 different players caught a pass in the game for Utah State.
               
Utah State finished with 428 yards of total offense (307 passing, 121 rushing) as compared to 484 yards for Boise State (297 rushing, 187 passing). USU was also 13-of-21 on third down, while BSU was 10-fo-15. BSU also had 27 first downs in the game and possessed the ball for 33:26, while USU notched 20 first downs.
               
Junior LB Kevin Meitzenheimer led the Aggies with nine tackles, junior S Troy Lefeged Jr. added eight, and senior DE Jacoby Wildman and junior LB Eric Munoz had seven stops apiece. Munoz also had 0.5 tackles for loss. Senior DT Christopher Unga had a season-high seven tackles, as he tied his career-highs with 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss. Senior DT Devon Anderson added four stops, including a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss. Senior CB Cameron Haney led the team in pass breakups with two. 
               
Junior P Christopher Bartolic punted six times in the game for Utah State for an average of 35.8 yards with a long of 42 as he had one punt downed inside the 20-yard line.
               
Utah State honored its 16 seniors prior to the game. The Aggies are now 70-40-3 all-time on Senior Day. 
 
UTAH STATE FIFTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN TOTAL OFFENSE
• Utah State is fifth in the Mountain West and 48th in the nation in total offense (430.3 ypg), fourth in the MW and 25th in the nation in passing offense (285.4 ypg), fifth in the MW and 55th in the nation in completion percentage (.621), seventh in the MW and 48th in the nation in sacks allowed with 19 (1.73 pg), seventh in the MW and 78th nationally in scoring offense (27.4 ppg), seventh in the MW and 90th in the nation in passing efficiency (128.3), and eighth in the MW and 90th in the nation in rushing offense (144.9 ypg).  
 
• Utah State's offense also ranks sixth in the Mountain West and 28th in the nation with an average of 4.91 tackles for loss allowed per game.
 
AGGIE DEFENSE FIFTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN POINTS ALLOWED
• Utah State is fifth in the Mountain West and 78th in the nation in scoring defense (29.4 ppg), sixth in the MW and 94th in the nation in tackles for loss (5.3 pg), seventh in the MW and 89th nationally in passing defense (245.2 ypg), eighth in the MW and 90th in the nation in sacks with 19 (1.73 pg), ninth in the MW and 66th in the nation in passing efficiency defense (131.8), ninth in the MW and 97th in the nation in rushing defense (190.6 ypg), and ninth in the MW and 97th in the nation in total defense (435.8 ypg).
 
• Utah State's defense also ranks second in the Mountain West and 14th nationally with its 10 fumble recoveries (0.9 pg), and second in the MW and sixth in the nation with a fourth down conversion percentage of 26.7 (4-15).
 
UTAH STATE 10TH IN THE NATION IN PUNT RETURNS
• Utah State is first in the Mountain West and 10th in the nation in punt returns (14.1 ypr), third in the MW and 14th in the nation in kickoff returns (24.9 ypr), eighth in the MW and 90th in the nation in kickoff return defense (21.7 ypr), and 11th in the MW and 117th in the nation in net punting (35.7 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 25TH IN THE NATION IN TURNOVERS FORCED
• After leading the nation last season with 32 turnovers forced (22 interceptions, 10 fumbles), Utah State has forced 19 turnovers (10 fumbles, 9 interceptions) this season to rank third in the Mountain West and 25th in the nation. Overall, USU has forced three or more turnovers in 25 of its last 74 games. 
 
UTAH STATE 25TH IN THE NATION WITH ITS TWO DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS
• Utah State has scored two defensive touchdowns (Shaq Bond and David Woodward) this season to rank fourth in the Mountain West and 25th in the nation. Overall, USU has scored 24 defensive touchdowns in its last 83 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 (0.18 pg), and is first in the Mountain West and eighth in the nation in kickoff return yards (29.3 ypr). Senior PK Dominik Eberle is first in the MW and 16th in the nation in field goal percentage (.857) as he is 18-of-21 on the season, second in the MW and 12th in the nation in field goals made per game (1.64), third in the MW and 38th in the nation in scoring (8.1 ppg), and eighth in the MW in points responsible for per game (8.1). Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins is first in the MW and second in the nation with his one punt return for touchdown (0.09 pg). Junior S Troy Lefeged Jr. is tied for second in the MW and tied for 19th in the nation with two fumble recoveries (0.18 pg), and is 11th in the MW and 88th in the nation in tackles (7.5 pg). Redshirt junior DE Justus Te'i is tied for second in the MW and tied for 19th in the nation with two fumble recoveries (0.18 pg). Senior CB Cameron Haney is third in the MW and 11th in the nation in passes defended with 12 (1.3 pg), and tied for fifth in the MW and tied for 35th in the nation with two forced fumbles (0.22). Junior QB Jordan Love is third in the MW and 13th in the nation in completions (22.3 pg), third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in passing yards (264.8 ypg), third in the MW and 27th in the nation in total offense (276.9 ypg), fourth in the MW and 68th in the nation in passing touchdowns with 14 (1.27 pg), fifth in the MW and 55th in the nation in completion percentage (.614), fifth in the MW and 72nd in the nation in yards per pass attempt (7.30), and fifth in the MW and 78th in the nation in passing efficiency (126.8). Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner is third in the MW and 42nd in the nation in receiving touchdowns with seven (0.64 pg), fourth in the MW and 46th in the nation in receiving yards (74.5 ypg), eighth in the MW and 77th in the nation in receptions (4.8 pg), and 10th in the MW and 96th in the nation in yards per reception (15.5). Senior RB Gerold Bright is seventh in the MW and 80th in the nation in rushing touchdowns with seven (0.6 pg), seventh in the MW and 82nd in the nation in yards per carry (5.0), ninth in the MW and 100th in the nation in rushing yards (64.9 ypg), and 10th in the MW in total touchdowns with eight (0.73 ypg). And, junior S Shaq Bond is eighth in the MW and 53rd in the nation with his three interceptions (0.27 pg).  
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State ranks third in the Mountain West and 38th in the nation in fewest penalty yards per game (49.9), and fifth in the MW and 65th in the nation in fewest penalties per game (6.18).
 
OFFENSIVE NOTABLES FROM THE BOISE STATE GAME 
• Senior RB Gerold Bright scored his seventh rushing touchdown this season and the 20th of his career on a 6-yard run in the third quarter. Overall, it was his 26th-career touchdown as he ranks ninth all-time in school history in rushing touchdowns and 10th in total touchdowns. Junior WR Jordan Nathan tied his career high with seven receptions. Senior graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp tied his career high for the fourth time this season with five receptions. Repp also caught his third touchdown on the season on a 7-yard completion in the first quarter. Junior WR Derek Wright had a career-high three receptions for a career-best 46 yards. Junior WR Sean Carter had his first-career reception for 17 yards. Sophomore QB Henry Colombi tied his career high with 11 pass attempts and carried the ball a career-high five times. He also scored his first rushing touchdown this season and the second of his career on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter.
 
DEFENSIVE NOTABLES FROM THE BOISE STATE GAME 
• Senior DT Christopher Unga had a career-high-tying 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss as part of his season-high seven tackles. Overall, he now has 2.0 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss on the season and 2.5 sacks and 10.0 tackles for loss in his career. Senior DE Jacoby Wildman had a season-high seven tackles. Senior DE Devon Anderson had a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss to give him 5.5 tackles for loss on the season and 12.0 tackles for loss in his career. Junior DT Caden Andersen had a career-high four tackles. Redshirt freshman DT Hale Motu'apuaka tied his career high with three tackles. Senior DE Tipa Galeai had 0.5 tackles for loss to give him 6.5 tackles for loss this season and 20.5 tackles for loss in his career. Junior LB Eric Munoz had 0.5 tackles for loss to give him 1.0 tackles for loss this season and 1.5 tackles for loss in his career. Senior CB Cameron Haney had two pass breakups to give him 11 pass breakups on the season and 27 in his career. Junior DE Jake Pitcher had his first-career pass breakup.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES FROM THE BOISE STATE GAME
• Junior P Christopher Bartolic had his 11th punt of the season downed inside the 20-yard line. 
 
MUNOZ NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
• Redshirt junior LB Eric Munoz was named the Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in Utah State's 26-21 home win against Wyoming two weekends ago. Munoz, who was making his first-career start, posted his first-ever double-digit tackle game with a career-high 13 stops, which included 0.5 tackles for loss, to go along with one quarterback hurry. Munoz also intercepted the first two passes of his career, both of which were in the fourth quarter. His first was returned 51 yards and led to a USU field goal, while the second was in the final minute of the game at the USU 25-yard line to seal the win.
 
• Munoz, who is a walk-on, entered the game against Wyoming having played in just seven career games, including three this season, and had nine career tackles, including three this season.
 
EBERLE NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AGAIN 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle was named the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week for the second straight week, third time this season and fifth time in his career as he was 4-of-5 on field goal attempts and scored 14 points in Utah State's 26-21 Mountain West home win against Wyoming two weekends ago. Against the Cowboys, Eberle made field goals from 47, 44, 26 and 23 yards, while his lone miss was from 50 yards.
 
• Eberle's five Mountain West Player of the Week honors are the second-most in school history by a special teams player, trailing Brad Bohn (1997-2000), who was named the Big West Conference Special Teams Player of the Week seven times.
 
• Eberle was also named the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week last week 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. 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 Bohn made a 30-yarder with five seconds to play to give the Aggies a 28-27 home win against North Texas in 1998.
 
MARINER POSTS BACK-TO-BACK 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
• Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner caught four passes for a career-high 123 yards, including a career-long 80-yard touchdown reception, which is tied for the 18th-longest pass play in school history, two weekends ago in Utah State's 26-21 Mountain West home win against Wyoming. In his previous game at Fresno State, Mariner caught a career-high 11 passes for 103 yards and a career-best two touchdowns as he now has three career 100-yard receiving games. Furthermore, his 11 catches at Fresno State was his first-ever game with double-digit receptions. 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. 
 
• Mariner is the first Aggie to post back-to-back 100-yard receiving games since Aaren Vaughns accomplished the feat in the final two games of the 2018 season. 
 
• In his last four games, Mariner has caught 24 passes for 378 yards (94.5 ypg) with four touchdowns. Furthermore, he has now caught five of his seven touchdown passes on the season in his last five games and he was the first Aggie receiver to have a touchdown catch in four straight games since Kellen Bartlett accomplished the feat in 2012.
 
BRIGHT CLOSING IN ON 2,000 CAREER RUSHING YARDS
• Senior RB Gerold Bright has rushed for 1,938 yards in his career to rank 11th all-time in school history, and is 62 yards shy of becoming just the 10th player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career.
 
BRIGHT SCORES 26TH-CAREER TOUCHDOWN 
• Senior RB Gerold Bright scored his 26th-career touchdown last weekend in the Boise State game on a 6-yard run for his 20th-career rushing touchdown. Those 20 rushing touchdowns are the ninth-most in school history, while his 26 overall touchdowns are the 10th-most all-time at Utah State.
 
BRIGHT POSTS SEVENTH-CAREER 100-YARD 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 11th all-time in school history with 1,938 career rushing yards. Bright also ranks ninth all-time at USU with a 6.0 yards per carry average.
 
• 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 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.
 
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 SECOND-WINNINGEST QUARTERBACK IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 20-10 (.667) as Utah State's starting quarterback and is the second-winningest quarterback in program history. Tony Adams (1970-72) ranks first all-time with 22 career wins and Chuckie Keeton (2011-15) is third with 19 wins.
 
• Love's 30 career starts ranks eighth in the nation among active quarterbacks, trailing North Texas' Mason Fine (48), Colorado's Steven Montez (39), Georgia's Jake Fromm (38), Louisiana Tech's J'Mar Smith (38), Iowa's Nate Stanley (38), Ohio's Nathan Rourke (36) and UL-Monroe's Caleb Evans (33).
 
• Utah State is averaging 36.7 points in Love's 30 career starts and that scoring average ranks sixth in the nation among active quarterbacks with at least 15 career starts behind Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa (46.0 ppg), Clemson's Trevor Lawrence (45.7 ppg), Oklahoma's Jalen Hurts (40.1 ppg), LSU's Joe Burrow (39.8 ppg), Ohio's Nathan Rourke (37.6 ppg) and Oregon's Justin Herbert (37.9 ppg).
 
LOVE SETS ANOTHER SCHOOL RECORD IN WYOMING GAME 
• Junior QB Jordan Love set another school record two games ago as he completed an 80-yard touchdown pass against Wyoming. For Love, that was his school-record-setting fourth completion of at least 80 yards. The previous record was held by Jose Fuentes (1999-02), who completed three 80-yard passes during his Aggie career.
 
• Against the Cowboys, Love threw a pair of touchdown passes for the 14th time in his career.
 
• During his last four games, Love is 98-of-153 (.641) passing for 1,293 yards (323.2 ypg) with six touchdowns and six interceptions
 
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. Love was 30-of-39 passing for 388 yards and two touchdowns against the Bulldogs. Those 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.
 
LOVE AMONG TOP 10 QUARTERBACKS IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN SIX CATEGORIES 
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 641-of-1,051 (.610) passing for 8,111 yards with 54 touchdowns and 27 interceptions during his career. In all, Love ranks second all-time in school history in passing yards, third in touchdown passes, completions, attempts and completion percentage, and third all-time in total offense (8,472 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.      
 
EBERLE SETS UTAH STATE AND MOUNTAIN WEST FIELD GOAL RECORD 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle set the Utah State and Mountain West record for field goals made in a career after going 4-for-5 on field goal attempts two weeks ago against Wyoming, as he is now 61-of-78 on field goals in his career. The previous school record was 59 field goals made by Brad Bohn (1997-2000), while the previous MW record was 57 field goals made by Utah's Louis Sakoda (2005-08). 
 
EBERLE SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR POINTS SCORED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle has now scored a school-record 340 career points, bettering the previous school record of 308 points set by running back Robert Turbin (2007-09, '11). 
 
• Eberle has also scored the third-most points (340) in Mountain West history. TCU's Ross Evans (2008-11) holds the league record with 407 career points scored.
 
EBERLE SECOND IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle ranks first all-time in school history in field goals made (61) and is second all-time in field goals attempted (78). Brad Bohn (1997-2000) was 59-of-89 on field goals in his career.
 
• Eberle also ranks second all-time in school history in field goal percentage (.782). 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, 23-of-26 in his career from 20-29 yards, 17-of-19 in his career from 30-39 yards, 16-of-25 in his career from 40-49 yards, and 4-of-7 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 EXTENDS SCHOOL RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE EXTRA POINTS MADE 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle is a perfect 157-for-157 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 attempted.
 
• Those 157 extra points are also the fifth-most in Mountain West history. TCU's Ross Evans holds the conference record with 239 PATs made.
 
• 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.
 
DID YOU KNOW? 
• Utah State has made 172 straight extra points to rank as the second-longest active streak in the nation, trailing only Georgia (281). 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 had two players in senior DE Jacoby Wildman and junior LB David Woodward that earned CoSIDA Academic All-District first-team honors in 2019.
 
• 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).