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AGGIES BEGIN MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY AT SAN DIEGO STATE
Game will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. (MT). 
 
UTAH STATE (1-1, 0-0 MW) vs. SAN DIEGO STATE (3-0, 0-0 MW)
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 • 8:30 p.m. (MT) • San Diego, Calif. • SDCCU Stadium (54,000)
 
GAME 3 INFORMATION
TV: CBS SPORTS NETWORK
• Play-by-Play: Rich Waltz 
• Analyst: Aaron Taylor
• Reporter: Jenny Dell
• Xfinity (Utah): Ch. 269/753HD
• DISH: Ch. 158
• DirecTV: Ch. 221
 
RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK
• Play-by-Play: Scott Garrard 
• Analyst: Kevin White
• Online: 1280thezone.com / Tunein.com
• National: Internet 977
 
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• Live Stats: UtahState.Statbroadcast.com
 
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.
• Salt Lake City  KZNS (1280 AM/97.5 FM)
• Logan                KBLU-LP (92.3 FM)
• Cache Valley   KACH (1340 AM/105.5 FM)
• Price  KRPX (95.3 FM)
• Green River     KRPX (102.7 FM)
• Moab                 KRPX (100.3 FM)
• Orangeville      KRPX (95.9 FM)
 
KICKOFF COVERAGE
• Utah State has won six of its last seven league openers and is 5-1 all-time in Mountain West openers, which includes a 2-0 road record. This will be Utah State's third league opener on the road in its seven years in the MW. Overall, USU is 33-26-3 (.556) all-time in conference openers and has a 13-13-3 (.500) record in league openers on the road. 
 
• Utah State is 30-18 (.625) all-time in the Mountain West, including a 13-11 (.542) road record, and has won 41 of its last 59 (.695) league games dating back to 2011.
 
• Utah State is 15-4 (.790) all-time against teams from the West Division of the Mountain West, which is the best record in the conference. Overall, USU has a 4-0 record against Hawai'i, UNLV and San José State, a 2-1 record against Fresno State, a 1-1 record against Nevada and an 0-2 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 (16-5), Colorado State (14-5), San Diego State (21-9), Fresno State (19-11), Nevada (17-13) and Air Force (10-9).
 
• Utah State is 7-4 in its last 11 road games, including a 6-2 Mountain West record. In its last 11 road games, USU is averaging 37.8 points and 436.3 yards of total offense (241.1 passing, 195.2 rushing). USU has also scored at least 30 points seven times and has had at least 500 yards total offense five times in its last 11 road games.
 
• Utah State is 17-4 in its last 21 games under head coach Gary Andersen, which includes a 7-3 road record. In fact, those four losses under Andersen are by a combined nine points.
 
• Utah State is among the top 40 teams in the nation in 14 statistical categories, including ranking second in total offense (656.5 yards per game), third in passing offense (404.0 yards per game), 13th in scoring (48.5 points per game) and 20th in rushing offense (252.5 yards per game). Conversely, San Diego State ranks third nationally in rushing defense (42.3 yards per game), fourth in the nation in scoring defense (8.0 points per game) and 11th nationally in total defense (248.0  yards per game). 
 
UTAH STATE PLAYS AT SAN DIEGO STATE IN MOUNTAIN WEST OPENER
• Utah State (1-1, 0-0 MW) plays at San Diego State (3-0, 0-0 MW) in both teams' Mountain West opener on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 8:30 p.m. (MT). The game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network (Comcast Ch. 269/753HD), DISH Ch. 158, DirecTV Ch. 221) with Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst) and Jenny Dell (reporter) on the call. Live audio of the game is available on www.UtahStateAggies.com.
 
• Utah State has won 18 of its last 29 games played during the month of September and is 4-5 all-time in known games played on Sept. 21.
 
• Utah State is looking to start its season with a 2-1 record for the second time in as many years and for the sixth time in the past eight seasons.
 
A LOOK AT UTAH STATE
• Utah State is 1-1 on the season following its 62-7 non-conference home win against Stony Brook two weekends ago. USU began the year with a 38-35 loss at Wake Forest. Offensively, USU is led by junior QB Jordan Love, who is 58-of-82 (.707) passing for 710 yards (355.0 ypg) with four touchdowns and three interceptions. Junior RB Jaylen Warren leads the team in rushing with 246 yards on 28 carries (8.8 ypc/123.0 ypg) with three touchdowns, and graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner has a team-best 13 receptions for 191 yards (14.7 ypr/95.5 ypg) and two touchdowns. Defensively, junior LB David Woodward leads the team with 28 tackles, which includes 3.5 tackles for loss, while junior S Troy Lefeged Jr. has 13 tackles. As a team, USU is averaging 48.5 points and 656.5 yards of total offense (404.0 passing, 252.5 rushing), and allowing 22.5 points and 421.0 yards (278.0 passing, 143.0 rushing).
 
UTAH STATE FOLLOWING A BYE WEEK
• Utah State has won each of its last eight games following a bye week dating back to the 2011 season.
 
UTAH STATE PLAYING BACK-TO-BACK ROAD GAMES ON NATURAL GRASS
• Utah State's Mountain West opener at San Diego State will mark its first of back-to-back road games, along with its contest at LSU, on natural grass. USU also played two games on natural grass last year, winning at BYU and losing at Michigan State.
 
ANDERSEN BEGINS SECOND TOUR-OF-DUTY WITH UTAH STATE
• Utah State head coach Gary Andersen is in his second tour-of-duty with Utah State after previously serving as the head coach from 2009-12. Andersen is the first of 27 coaches in USU history to serve as head coach multiple times.
 
• When initially hired by Utah State on Dec. 4, 2008, Andersen inherited a program that had suffered through 11 straight losing seasons and only had two winning campaigns in 28 years. Fast forward six years and Andersen inherited 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 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 Western Athletic Conference 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 first four years with the Aggies from 2009-12, Andersen posted a 26-24 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 coach since Phil Krueger (1973-75) to notch an overall winning record.
 
• During his final two seasons at Utah State, Andersen led the Aggies to an 18-8 record, including an 11-2 conference mark.
 
MORE ON COACH ANDERSEN
• Utah State head coach Gary Andersen ranks sixth all-time in school history with his 27 wins, while his .519 winning percentage (27-25) 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 MILESTONES THAT EQUAL SUCCESS
• Utah State has won 31 of its last 37 games when it has a 100-yard rusher, including a 1-1 record this year, and 34 of its last 37 contests when rushing at least 40 times in a game, including a 1-0 record this year. USU has also won 50 of its last 54 games when scoring at least 30 points, including a 1-1 record this season.
 
• Utah State has had a 100-yard rusher in 10 of its last 14 games and in 15 of its last 21 contests overall. Between the 2014 and 2016 seasons, USU had a total of nine 100-yard rushers over a 39-game span.
 
SCOUTING SAN DIEGO STATE
• San Diego State is 3-0 on the season following its 31-10 non-conference road win at New Mexico State last weekend. The Aztecs are led by senior QB Ryan Agnew, who is 55-of-86 (.640) passing for 507 yards (169.0 ypg) with two touchdowns and one interception. Sophomore RB Jordan Byrd leads the team in rushing with 197 yards on 37 carries (5.3 ypc/65.7 ypg) with two touchdowns, and sophomore WR Kobe Smith has a team-best 11 receptions for 165 yards (15.0 ypr/55.0 ypg) with one touchdown. Defensively, junior S Dwayne Johnson leads the team with 25 tackles, which includes 1.5 tackles for loss, while senior LB Kyahva Tezino has 22 tackles, which includes 1.5 tackles for loss. As a team, San Diego State is averaging 20.0 points and 336.0 yards of total offense (169.0 passing, 167.0 rushing), and allowing 8.0 points and 248.0 yards of total offense (205.7 passing, 42.3 rushing). San Diego State returns 12 starters (O-7, D-5) from last year's team that went 7-6 overall and finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 4-4 league ledger. The Aztecs concluded their 2018 season with a 27-0 loss to Ohio in the DXL Frisco Bowl. Rocky Long is 74-35 in his ninth season at San Diego State and 139-104 in 20 seasons as a collegiate head coach.
 
AGGIES AND AZTECS SERIES HISTORY
• Utah State trails in the all-time series against San Diego State, 12-1, which includes a 1-8 road record. The first game played in the series was on Sept. 20, 1947, in Logan with SDSU winning, 24-19. SDSU has won the last 10 games played in the series, including the last meeting between the two teams, 40-13, on Oct. 28, 2016, in Logan. The Aztecs also won the last meeting between the two teams in San Diego, 48-14, on Oct. 23, 2015.
 
AGGIES vs. AZTECS SERIES 23RD-MOST PLAYED IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Utah State and San Diego State will be meeting for the 14th time in series history this weekend in what will be the 23rd-most played series in school history.
 
ANDERSEN VERSUS SAN DIEGO STATE
• Gary Andersen is 0-1 all-time against San Diego State as a head coach, losing on the road to the Aztecs 41-7 at Utah State during the 2010 season.
 
UTAH STATE VERSUS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
• Utah State is 60-71-2 (.459) all-time against teams from California, including a 23-46-2 (.338) road record. Overall, USU is 21-7 versus Pacific, 18-20-1 against San José State, 12-17-1 versus Fresno State, 8-6 against Cal State Fullerton, 1-12 versus San Diego State, 1-0 against Cal State Northridge, 0-6 versus USC, and 0-1 against Stanford, St. Vincent's and UCLA.
 
COACHING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND SAN DIEGO STATE
• Utah State offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mike Sanford was on staff at UNLV in 2005 with San Diego State offensive analyst Gary Bernardi. USU offensive line coach TJ Woods was on staff at New Mexico in 2007-08 under then-head coach Rocky Long. SDSU defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Zach Arnett was a linebacker at UNM from 2005-08, while Woods was on staff.   
 
PLAYER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UTAH STATE AND SAN DIEGO STATE
• There are 13 connections between Utah State and San Diego State players. USU graduate transfer RB Riley Burt and SDSU senior OL Jacob Jimenez both began their collegiate careers at BYU. USU senior CB Cameron Haney and SDSU freshman DL Dylan Taylor both attended Cathedral HS in Los Angeles, Calif. USU senior DT Christopher Unga and SDSU sophomore CB Darren Hall both attended Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) HS. USU redshirt junior LB Eric Munoz, and SDSU senior CB Nolen Harris and SDSU junior OL Jalen Booth all attended San Diego Mesa College. USU junior LS Brandon Pada and SDSU junior LS Turner Bernard both attended Mountain Ridge HS in Glendale, Ariz. USU redshirt freshman DT Hale Motu'apuaka, and SDSU sophomore LB Seyddrick Lakalaka and SDSU sophomore OL Alama Uluave all attended Punahou HS in Honolulu. USU freshman DE Kaleo Neves and freshman WR Kyle Van Leeuwen both attended Timpview HS in Provo, Utah, as did SDSU sophomore DL Kahi Neves. USU junior RB Jaylen Warren and junior WR Derek Wright both attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, along with SDSU's Neves.
 
HOMETOWN PLAYERS
• Utah State has 38 players in its program from the Beehive State, while San Diego State has 68 players on its roster from The Golden State.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State has lost 10 straight games to San Diego State, which is its longest active streak against any opponent in school history.
 
ON THIS DATE IN AGGIE FOOTBALL HISTORY
• Utah State posted a 9-6 road win against BYU on Sept. 21, 1974, its fourth-straight victory against the Cougars. BYU scored the first six points on 32- and 28-yard field goals in the first quarter, before USU scored the final nine points of the game. Al Knapp made his first of three field goals in the second quarter from 19 yards out, followed by a 34- and 19-yarder in the third quarter. BYU out-gained USU, 276-246, but the Cougars committed six turnovers on the day as compared to just one for the Aggies. Tom Wilson was 10-of-16 passing for 107 yards and gained 51 yards on 14 carries  for USU, while Louie Giammona carried the ball 20 times for 60 yards.
 
CURRENT AGGIES VERSUS SAN DIEGO STATE
• Utah State has six players on its current roster that played against San Diego State in its last meeting in 2016, including one player who started. Redshirt junior OL Mohelika Uasike started at defensive tackle, but did not record any stats. Senior RB Gerold Bright returned four kickoffs for 69 yards with a long of 22 yards. Redshirt senior P Aaron Dalton punted seven times for an average of 44.3 yards with a long of 52 and one punt downed inside the 20-yard line. Senior CB Cameron Haney had one tackle. Senior DT Christopher Unga had six tackles. And, redshirt junior LB Justus Te'i played, but did not record any stats.
 
CURRENT AGGIES FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
• Utah State has 27 players in its program from the state of California, which is the second-most on the team behind the 38 players from the state of Utah. Those players from the Golden State currently in USU's program include graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner (Tustin/Tustin HS/Utah), graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp (Rancho Cucamonga/Los Osos HS/Utah), senior CB Cameron Haney (Los Angeles/Cathedral HS), senior DT Fua Leilua (Anaheim/Spanish Fork (UT) HS/Oklahoma State), senior DT Christopher Unga (Rochester/Rancho Cucamonga HS), redshirt junior LB Justus Te'i (Oceanside/Mission Hills HS), junior OL Demytrick Ali'ifua (Hayward/San Leandro HS), junior P Christopher Bartolic (Newport Beach/Corona del Mar HS/Orange Coast CC), junior WR Sean Carter (Westlake Village/Westlake HS/Fullerton JC), junior DT Ritisoni Fata (Redlands/East Valley HS), junior QB Jordan Love (Bakersfield/Liberty HS), junior LB Kevin Meitzenheimer (Moreno Valley, Calif./Moreno Valley HS), junior WR Jordan Nathan (Monrovia/Monrovia HS), sophomore OL Alfred Edwards (Redlands/Redlands Senior HS), sophomore CB Andre Grayson (Rancho Cucamonga/Etiwanda HS), sophomore CB Jarrod Green (Elk Grove/Cosumnes Oaks HS), redshirt freshman CB Michael Anyanwu (Covina/Charter Oak HS), redshirt freshman OL Andy Koch (Eastvale/Eleanor Roosevelt HS), redshirt freshman WR Tim Patrick Jr. (San Diego/Morse HS), freshman QB Josh Calvin (Bellflower/Mayfair HS), freshman TE Jack Drews (Ramona/Ramona HS), freshman S Keith Harris (Lawndale/Leuzinger HS), freshman DT Christian LaValle (Mission Viejo/Mission Viejo), freshman WR Sawyer Merrill (El Dorado Hills/Oak Ridge HS), freshman DT Dean Rice (Yuba City/River Valley HS), freshman CB Dominic Tatum (Culver City/Culver City HS) and freshman LS Jesse Vasquez (Thousand Oaks/Oaks Christian School).
 
UTAH STATE IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
• Utah State is 157-180-8 (.467) all-time against current members of the Mountain West with a 39-26-4 record vs. Wyoming, a 34-39-2 record vs. Colorado State, a 17-7 record vs. UNLV, an 18-20-1 record vs. San José State, a 12-17-1 record vs. Fresno State, a 12-13 record vs. New Mexico, a 10-6 record vs. Hawai`i, a 6-18 record vs. Nevada, a 5-18 record vs. Boise State, a 3-4 record vs. Air Force, and a 1-12 record vs. San Diego State.
 
• Utah State is in its seventh year as a member of the Mountain West in 2019 and has been a Division I-A/Bowl Championship Series football playing school in each of its 122 seasons of competition. USU joined the Mountain States/Skyline Conference in 1938 until 1961. USU then played as a football independent from 1962-77 when the Aggies became members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association in 1978. The PCAA changed its name to the Big West Conference in 1988. Following the 2000 season, when the Big West no longer sponsored football, USU spent two years as an independent (2001-02) and two years in the Sun Belt Conference (2003-04), before joining the Western Athletic Conference for eight seasons from 2005-12.
 
UTAH STATE HAS SIX BOWL TEAMS ON ITS 2019 SCHEDULE
• Utah State's 2019 schedule features six teams that played in bowl games a year ago as Wake Forest played in the Birmingham Bowl (W, 37-34 vs. Memphis); San Diego State played in the DXL Frisco Bowl (L, 27-0 vs. Ohio); LSU played in the Fiesta Bowl (W, 40-32 vs. UCF); Nevada played in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl (W, 16-13 OT vs. Arkansas State); BYU played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (W, 49-18 vs. Western Michigan); and Boise State played in the First Responders Bowl (Canceled vs. Boston College). Furthermore, Stony Brook played in the NCAA Division I Football Championship (L, 28-14 vs. Southeast Missouri).  
 
FROM THE RECORD BOOKS
Here is a look at some of the top Utah State team performances against San Diego State in series history.
• Utah State forced a school-record-tying eight turnovers (4 interceptions, 4 fumbles) at San Diego State in 1968.
 
• Utah State limited San Diego State to -22 rushing yards in 1971 and -5 yards in 1967, which is the fifth- and ninth-fewest rushing yards allowed in a single game in school history.
 
• Utah State limited San Diego State to 14 passing yards in 2016, which is tied for the fourth-fewest passing yards allowed in a single game in school history.
 
SERIES NOTABLES
The following are series notables between Utah State and San Diego State dating back to 1967 and encompassing the last 11 meetings. 
• San Diego State has scored at least 40 points in each of the last three games in the series, and has won each of the last four games and nine of its last 10 by double digits. Furthermore, SDSU has scored at least 30 points in seven of the last 10 meetings.
 
• In each of its last 10 games, all losses, Utah State has not scored more than 20 points against San Diego State, and was held to single digits in five of those contests, which includes one shutout.
 
• The team that has more yards of total offense has won 10 of the last 11 games in the series. In fact, USU has had less than 300 yards of total offense in each of the last eight games played in the series and has not had more than 363 yards in the series dating back to 1967. Conversely, San Diego State has had at least 400 yards of total offense in five of the last nine games played between the two teams.
 
• San Diego State has controlled the time of possession in each of the last three games in the series.
 
• In the last five games in the series, Utah State has committed 18 turnovers as compared to eight for San Diego State. In the last two games, USU has six turnovers as compared to zero for SDSU.
 
 
• San Diego State is 5-1 in the series when scoring first and 7-1 when leading at the half, while Utah State is 0-5 when scoring first and 0-2 when leading at the half.
 
• Utah State has had two 100-yard receivers and three 100-yard rushers in series history, but has never had a 300-yard passer.
 
• San Diego State has had two 300-yard passers and five 100-yard receivers in series history, to go along with four 100-yard rushers.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State's 31-25 win at San Diego State on Nov. 25, 1967, snapped a 25-game winning streak for the Aztecs, which still ranks as the 20th-longest in NCAA history.
 
LAST MEETING vs. SAN DIEGO STATE
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State found the end zone on its first possession of the game and junior QB Kent Myers moved into the school's top-10 list for career touchdown passes, but the Aggies couldn't overcome 40 unanswered points by San Diego State in a 40-13 loss to the Aztecs on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, on Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium.
               
Myers completed 11-of-26 passes for 181 yards and a 23-yard touchdown pass to junior WR Jaren Colston-Green midway through the fourth quarter. 
               
Myers was also the Aggies' leading rusher on the day with 26 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown run that gave Utah State (3-5, 1-4 Mountain West) a 7-0 lead with 8:08 left in the first quarter.
               
San Diego State (7-1, 4-0) rushed for 400 yards on 57 carries. A pair of Aztecs eclipsed the century mark on the ground as Donnel Pumphrey rushed for 223 yards on 32 carries, while Juwan Washington added 137 yards and two scores. SDSU finished the game with 414 yards of total offense.
               
Utah State allowed just 14 yards passing, which is tied for the fourth-fewest given up by the Aggies and the fewest since allowing one yard to Colorado State in 1976.
               
Senior TE Wyatt Houston led the Aggies with three catches for 40 yards. Sophomore WR Ron'quavion Tarver also had three catches in the game for 28 yards, while Colston-Green tied his career high with two receptions for 30 yards. Junior WR Alex Byers also had a career long catch of 43 yards.
               
In his return from a foot injury, junior S Dallin Leavitt recorded a game-high nine tackles and a quarterback hurry. Sophomore LB Chase Christiansen added eight stops, including 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks. Two other Aggie defenders had career nights as redshirt freshman NG Christopher Unga finished the game with a season best six tackles, while senior DE Siua Taufa had a career high five stops.
               
After forcing the Aztecs to punt on their first series of the game, Utah State marched 70 yards in seven plays, capped by Myers' 10-yard touchdown run.
               
However, San Diego State proceeded to end the first half by scoring 20 unanswered points, the final three coming on a 41-yard field goal by John Baron as time ran out on the clock. It was one of four field goals he booted on the night.
               
Utah State, which finished with a season-low 252 yards of total offense, had just 14 yards the remainder of the first half following its game-opening drive.
               
The Aztecs, who eventually scored 40 unanswered points before Colston-Green's touchdown, controlled the clock as they held the ball for nearly 37 minutes and had 20 first downs in the game as compared to just 12 for Utah State as the Aggies were 5-of-14 on third downs, while SDSU converted 7-of-14 third down attempts.
               
For the sixth straight game, Utah State's defense did not force a turnover as the Aggies have just one takeaway in its last six games. Offensively, USU committed two turnovers in the game on an interception and fumble, both in the second half, as USU has now committed eight turnovers on the season with five interceptions and three fumbles.
 
LAST MEETING at SAN DIEGO STATE
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Utah State junior RB Devante Mays rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 15 carries, but it still wasn't enough in a 48-14 loss to San Diego State on Oct. 23, 2015, at Qualcomm Stadium.
               
Aztecs junior RB Donnel Pumphrey rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries against the Aggies, who had a difficult time stopping the run without the services of starting senior NG David Moala, who missed his first game of the season due to an injury suffered against Boise State a week ago.
               
Both teams came into the game unbeaten in Mountain West play and leading their respective division with a 3-0 league mark, but the Aztecs took control early and never looked back en route to defeating the Aggies for the ninth straight time, including the eighth consecutive time at home.
               
San Diego State (5-3, 4-0 MW) scored on six straight possessions in the first half and finished with 429 yards of total offense, compared to just 239 by Utah State (4-3, 3-1 MW). The Aggies committed four turnovers, which the Aztecs turned into 17 first-half points. Conversely, Utah State did not force a turnover for the third time this year after forcing 18 turnovers in its last four games.
               
Chase Price nearly gave San Diego State a second 100-yard rusher in the game as the senior rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries. The Aztecs rushed for 336 yards and five touchdowns on 61 carries (5.5 ypc).
               
Senior WR Hunter Sharp scored the Aggies' other touchdown on a 45-yard pass from sophomore QB Kent Myers in the second quarter. Sharp finished with four catches for 63 yards, while Myers completed 8-of-19 passes for 93 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
               
San Diego State scored the first 24 points of the game and never looked back. After the two teams traded punts to begin the game, the Aztecs scored on their second series when senior QB Maxwell Smith threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to sophomore WR Mikah Halder to make it 7-0 with 9:35 left in the first quarter.
               
Less than a minute later, San Diego State was on the board again. Following a fumble recovery by junior LB Calvin Munson at the Utah State 14-yard line, the Aztecs needed just two plays to find the end zone as Smith scored on a 1-yard run for a 14-0 lead.
               
San Diego State made it 17-0 late in the first courtesy of a 41-yard field goal by Donny Hageman. The senior placekicker was also good from 21 yards out with 1:29 left in the opening half to give the Aztecs a commanding 34-7 lead at the break.
               
Pumphrey scored on touchdown runs of 4 and 62 yards, respectively, in the second quarter. The second one came right after Sharp's 45-yard touchdown pass from Myers that pulled the Aggies within 24-7 with 5:14 remaining until halftime.
               
Utah State took the second-half kickoff and went 65 yards in six plays, capped by a 26-yard touchdown run by Mays to pull within 34-14.                             San Diego State tacked on two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter courtesy of a 1-yard run by Price and a 7-yard run by sophomore RB Rashaad Penny.
               
Senior LB Kyler Fackrell and junior LB Nick Vigil led Utah State's defensive effort with 10 tackles apiece, while senior DE Jordan Nielsen added a career-best nine stops.
 
GAME 2 RECAP vs. STONY BROOK
LOGAN, Utah - Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins scored a pair of touchdowns and junior RB Jaylen Warren reached the century mark for the second-consecutive game as Utah State rolled to a 62-7 non-conference home win against Stony Brook at Maverik Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.
               
Junior QB Jordan Love passed for 294 yards and one touchdown in just over two quarters for the Aggies (1-1, 0-0 Mountain West), who racked up 717 yards of total offense – the second-most in school history – and a program-best 35 first downs. In all, USU passed for 392 yards in the game, which is the 18th-most in a single game in program history, as the Aggie quarterbacks completed 35-of-45 passes on the night to 14 different receivers, including 10 with multiple receptions.
 
Utah State led 34-0 at intermission after scoring on six of its eight first-half drives. The Aggies opened the game with a 35-yard field goal by senior PK Dominik Eberle.
               
After punting the second time they touched the ball, the Aggies proceeded to score on their next five possessions, beginning with a 45-yard punt return for a touchdown by Thompkins. He also hauled in a 10-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter from sophomore QB Henry Colombi that gave Utah State its final margin of victory. Thompkins finished the game with 122 all-purpose yards as he caught a career-high five passes for a career-best 77 yards to go along with his 45-yard punt return.
               
Warren ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns, a 28-yarder and a 54-yarder, on just nine carries. Utah State, which gained 325 yards on the ground, also had touchdown runs from senior RB Gerold Bright and redshirt freshman QB Andrew Peasley. Bright finished the game with 67 yards on nine carries, while Peasley rushed for a career-high 83 yards on just three carries, which included his career long 59-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
               
In his backup role, Colombi completed 8 of 9 passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns, including a 30-yarder to junior WR Derek Wright that stretched the Aggies' lead to 48-7 late in the third quarter.
               
Graduate transfers Siaosi Mariner and Caleb Repp also had five catches apiece for 73 and 58 yards, respectively, for Utah State. Mariner found paydirt on a 29-yard pass from Love with 3:27 remaining in the first quarter.
               
Stony Brook was held to 263 total yards and 16 first downs. Quarterback Jack Cassidy was 14 for 28 passing for 129 yards and one touchdown, to go along with an interception, for the Seawolves (1-1, 0-0 Colonial Athletic Association).
               
Overall, Utah State was 10-of-14 on third down, as compared to 5-of-14 for Stony Brook, while the Aggies controlled the ball for 30:59 of the game.
               
Junior S Cash Gilliam led the Aggies with six tackles and a forced fumble, while senior CB DJ Williams had four tackles and a career-high-tying three pass breakups. Sophomore CB Andre Grayson recorded Utah State's lone turnover of the night with an interception.
 
UTAH STATE'S OFFENSE SETS SCHOOL RECORD AGAINST STONY BROOK
• Utah State's offense set a school record with 35 first downs in its last game against Stony Brook and added 717 yards of total offense, which is the second-most in school history. Of its 717 yards, 392 were through the air, which is the 18th-most passing yards in school history.
 
• During its first two games of the 2019 season, Utah State has recorded at least 596 yards and at least 35 points, and is averaging 48.5 points and 656.5 yards of total offense.
 
• Dating back to the beginning of the 2018 season, Utah State has now recorded at least 600 yards of total offense five times, at least 500 yards of total offense eight times, and at least 400 passing yards three times. In fact, USU has recorded at least 550 yards of total offense in each of its last three games dating back to last year. During its last 14 games, USU has now scored at least 30 points 12 times, at least 40 points 10 times, at least 50 points eight times and 60 or more points five times.
 
UTAH STATE'S 62 POINTS VERSUS STONY BROOK 12TH-MOST IN SCHOOL HISTORY
• Utah State's 62 points against Stony Brook in its last game are tied for the 12th-most in school history, while its 55-point winning margin is the 12th-largest in school history.
 
AGGIES WIN EIGHTH-STRAIGHT HOME GAME
• With its 62-7 home win against Stony Brook in its last outing, Utah State has now won each of its last eight home games and is 36-9 in its last 45 games at Maverik Stadium. USU has also won seven straight non-conference home games and is 19-3 in its last 22 non-conference home games.
 
• With its 62 points against Stony Brook, Utah State has now scored at least 60 points in each of its last three home games and in five of its last seven home games overall. USU has also scored at least 50 points in each of its last four home games and in six of its last seven overall. And finally, USU has now scored at least 40 points in each of its last seven home games. Furthermore, USU has won each of its last eight home games by double digits.
 
• Utah State improved to 17-7 at home under head coach Gary Andersen, including winning each of its last nine home games. USU also improved to 9-1 in non-conference home games under Andersen.
 
 FIRST-TIME STARTERS AND FIRST-TIME APPEARANCES
• Utah State has had 12 players make their first-career start this season. Aggies who made their first-career start against Stony Brook included junior S Cash Gilliam, redshirt sophomore OL Kyler Hack and freshman CB Cam Lampkin. Aggies who made their first-career start at Wake Forest included senior graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp, senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner, junior college transfer S Troy Lefeged Jr., junior LB Kevin Meitzenheimer, junior WR Savon Scarver, junior OL Ty Shaw, sophomore CB Andre Grayson, redshirt freshman OL Andy Koch and redshirt freshman OL Karter Shaw.  
 
• Utah State has also had 22 players appear in their first-ever Aggie game this season. Players who appeared in their first-ever USU game against Stony Brook included junior DE Jaylin Bannerman, junior P Christopher Bartolic, junior WR Sean Carter, junior TE Mosese Manu, freshman P Pierce Callister, freshman WR Ajani Carter, freshman DT Christian LaValle, freshman RB Enoch Nawahine, freshman OL Jackson Owens, freshman CB Dominic Tatum and freshman DE AJ Vongphachanh. Aggies who played in their first-ever USU game at Wake Forest included Gilliam, Lampkin, Repp, Mariner, Lefeged Jr., junior graduate transfer CB Terin Adams, junior graduate transfer DE Nick Heninger, junior college transfer RB Jaylen Warren, junior college transfer WR Derek Wright, redshirt freshman CB Michael Anyanwu and redshirt freshman S Sam Lockett.
 
UTAH STATE HAS TWO SCORING DRIVES UNDER 60 SECONDS THIS YEAR
• After leading the nation in 2018 with 29 scoring drives under one minute, Utah State has two scoring drives under a minute thus far this season.
 
AGGIES IN OVERTIME
• Utah State is 6-6 all-time in overtime, winning three of its last five. All-time, USU is 4-3 in single-overtime games, 2-2 in double-overtime games, and 0-1 in triple-overtime games. USU's last overtime game was a 26-20 loss against New Mexico State in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl on Dec. 29, 2017.
 
DID YOU KNOW? 
• Utah State tied with New Mexico State for the most special teams touchdowns in the nation last year with four. Junior WR Savon Scarver had two of those touchdowns as he returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against New Mexico State and another 99 yards for a touchdown at Wyoming. Junior WR Jordan Nathan returned a punt 59 yards for a touchdown against Tennessee Tech, and Baron Gajkowski returned a blocked punt 16 yards for a touchdown against UNLV.
 
WARREN FIRST AGGIE EVER TO START CAREER WITH CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD GAMES
• Junior RB Jaylen Warren has rushed for 100 yards in each of his first two games as an Aggie and is the first player in school history to accomplish that feat. Furthermore, Warren had the best debut by an Aggie running back in school history in the season opener at Wake Forest, as he carried the ball 19 times for 141 yards, which included runs of 59 and 43 yards, and one touchdown. In fact, Warren is the first running back in school history to rush for 100 yards in his first-ever game. Warren then added 105 rushing yards on nine carries, including a long of 54 yards, and two touchdowns against Stony Brook. Warren also had a career-high two receptions for a career-best 27 yards against the Seawolves.
 
THOMPKINS SCORES TWO TOUCHDOWNS AGAINST STONY BROOK
• Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins had a career game in his last outing versus Stony Brook as he had 122 all-purpose yards and scored a career-high two touchdowns. Thompkins' first touchdown was on a 45-yard punt return and his second was on a 10-yard reception. Thompkins' punt return for a touchdown was the first of his career, while his receiving touchdown was his second. Overall, Thompkins caught a career-high five receptions for a career-best 77 yards against the Seawolves.
 
MARINER THIRD-EVER AGGIE TO POST 100-YARD RECEIVING GAME IN DEBUT 
• Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner became just the third player in school history to record 100 receiving yards in his Aggie debut, as he caught a career-high eight passes for a career-best 118 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown, against Wake Forest. In fact, it was Mariner's first-ever 100-yard receiving game. The only other Aggies to have 100 receiving yards in their first-ever USU game was Ken Thompson, who caught seven passes for 150 yards against San José State in 1979, and Kevin Curtis, who caught 11 passes for 171 yards against Utah in 2001.
 
• In his last game against Stony Brook, Mariner caught five passes for 73 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown, for his second touchdown of the season and sixth of his career.
 
LOVE THROWS FOR NEARLY 300 YARDS IN TWO QUARTERS AGAINST STONY BROOK
• Junior QB Jordan Love threw for 294 yards and one touchdown, as he was 25-of-34 passing in two-plus quarters, in his last outing against Stony Brook. Love attempted just one pass in one series of the third quarter before sitting the rest of the game. Overall, he has now thrown at least one touchdown pass in each of his last eight games and in 13 of his last 14 overall.
 
• In the season opener at Wake Forest, Love completed 33-of-48 passes for 416 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Those 416 passing yards are the third-most in his career and his third-career 400-yard passing game, while his 33 completions and 48 attempts are both career highs. In fact, those 33 completions are the second-most in school history behind Gym Kimball, who completed 34 passes against UNLV in 1984. Furthermore, it was the first time in school history that an Aggie quarterback has thrown for at least 400 yards in a season opener.
 
• Love's three 400-yard passing games are the second-most in school history, trailing only Jose Fuentes (2000-02), who had four. Furthermore, Love now has nine-career 300-yard passing games, which is the third-most in school history behind Fuentes and Brett Snyder (1987-88), who both had 10.
 
• With his three touchdown passes against Wake Forest, Love has now thrown at least three touchdown passes in a game seven times in his career and multiple touchdown passes in a game 11 times.
 
WOODWARD NAMED CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Junior LB David Woodward was named the Chuck Bednarik Award National Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in Utah State's season opener at Wake Forest as he recorded a career-high 24 tackles, which included 1.0 sacks and a career-high-tying 3.5 tackles for loss, to go along with a career-high two forced fumbles. Nationally, those 24 tackles and two forced fumbles are the most in the nation this season, while his 3.5 tackles for loss are tied for the fourth-most in the country.
 
• Overall, those 24 tackles are tied for the second-most in both school and Mountain West history. Brian Longuevan holds the school record with 26 tackles against Weber State in 1974, while Johndale Carty also had 24 stops against Oklahoma State in 1996. Nevada's Albert Rosette holds the MW record with 25 tackles against Air Force in 2012, while Nevada's Asauni Rufus had 24 stops against Air Force in 2017. 
 
• For Woodward, it is his 10th-career double-digit tackle game, including his fourth in a row dating back to last season. It is also his second-career 20-tackle game as he had 20 stops at Colorado State last season.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State has six players on its current roster who transferred from Power 5 programs in senior DE Tipa Galeai (TCU), senior DT Fua Leilua (Oklahoma State), graduate CB Terin Adams (Arizona State), graduate WR Siaosi Mariner (Utah), graduate TE Caleb Repp (Utah), and graduate DE Nick Heninger (Utah). USU has two more players on its roster that began their careers at Power 5 programs as junior S Cash Gilliam and junior DE Jaylin Bannerman both began their collegiate careers at Kentucky. 
 
UTAH STATE THIRD IN THE NATION IN TOTAL OFFENSE
• Utah State is first in the Mountain West and second in the nation in total offense (656.5 ypg), first in the MW and third in the nation in passing offense (404.0 ypg), first in the MW and 11th in the nation in completion percentage (.731), first in the MW and 13th in the nation in scoring offense (48.5.0 ppg), second in the MW and 20th in the nation in rushing offense (252.5 ypg), third in the MW and 37th in the nation in passing efficiency (160.9), and fourth in the MW and 22nd in the nation in sacks allowed (1.0 pg). 
 
• Utah State's offense also ranks third in the Mountain West and 13th in the nation with a third down conversion percentage of 53.3 (16-30), and fourth in the MW and 37th in the nation in tackles for loss allowed (4.50 pg).
 
AGGIE DEFENSE FIFTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN POINTS ALLOWED
• Utah State is fifth in the Mountain West and 56th in the nation in scoring defense (22.5 ppg), fourth in the MW and 54th in the nation in passing efficiency defense (124.6), seventh in the MW and 69th in the nation in rushing defense (143.0 ypg), seventh in the MW and 99th in the nation in total defense (421.0 ypg), eighth in the MW and 89th in the nation in tackles for loss (5.5 pg), ninth in the MW in passing defense (278.0 ypg), and 10th in the MW in sacks (1.5 pg).
 
• Utah State's defense also ranks fourth in the Mountain West and 38th in the nation in red zone defense as it has allowed six scores in eight trips, and third in the MW and 37th in the nation with a fourth down conversion percentage of 33.3 (2-6).
 
UTAH STATE FOURTH IN THE NATION IN PUNT RETURNS
• Utah State is second in the Mountain West and fourth in the nation in punt returns (24.0 ypr), fourth in the MW and 20th in the nation in kickoff returns (27.7 ypr), fourth in the MW and 94th in the nation in kickoff return defense (23.0 ypr), and ninth in the MW and 81st in the nation in net punting (37.7 ypp). 
 
AGGIES FORCE TWO TURNOVERS THUS FAR THIS YEAR
• After leading the nation last season with 32 turnovers (22 interceptions, 10 fumbles), Utah State has forced two turnovers (1 fumble, 1 interception) through two games this season. In 2018, USU also led the nation with 22 interceptions, was fourth in the MW and 36th in the nation with 10 fumble recoveries, and first in the MW and third in the nation in turnover margin (+1.08).
 
• With its one turnover last weekend, USU has now forced 175 turnovers in its last 90 games, including at least one turnover in 72 of its last 90 games. USU has also recorded 89 interceptions in its last 77 games, including at least one pick in 45 of its last 77 games, and multiple interceptions in 26 of its last 77 games. Overall, USU forced three or more turnovers in 22 of its last 65 games. 
 
AGGIES IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST AND NCAA RANKINGS IN 2019
• Junior QB Jordan Love is first in the Mountain West and third in the nation in completions (29.0 pg), first in the MW and fourth in the nation in passing yards (355.0 ypg), first in the MW and fifth in the nation in total offense (371.5 ypg), first in the MW and 19th in the nation in completion percentage (.707), first in the MW and 33rd in the nation in passing yards per attempt (8.66), second in the MW and 46th in the nation in passing efficiency (152.2), fourth in the MW and 70th in the nation in passing touchdowns (2.0 pg), and fifth in the MW and 61st in the nation in points responsible for (12.0 pg). Junior LB David Woodward is second in the MW and third in the nation in tackles (14.0 pg), second in the MW and second in the nation in forced fumbles (1.0 pg), and second in the MW and 23rd in the nation in tackles for loss (1.75 pg). Redshirt junior LB Justus Te'i is tied for second in the MW and tied for 13th in the nation in fumbles recovered (0.5 pg). Senior graduate transfer WR Siaosi Mariner is third in the MW and 21st in the nation in receiving yards (95.5 ypg), third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in receptions (6.5 pg), and fourth in the MW and 46th in the nation in receiving touchdowns (1.0 pg). Sophomore WR Deven Thompkins is tied for first in the nation with his one punt return for touchdown, third in the MW and 45th in the nation in yards per reception (19.4), fourth in the MW and 46th in the nation in receiving touchdowns (1.0 pg), sixth in the MW and 51st in the nation in total touchdowns (1.5 pg), seventh in the MW and 78th in the nation in receiving yards (68.0 ypg), and 10th in the MW and 48th in the nation in scoring (9.0 ppg). Junior RB Jaylen Warren is second in the MW and seventh in the nation in yards per carry (8.8), second in the MW and 10th in the nation in rushing (123.0 ypg), third in the MW and 31st in the nation in rushing touchdowns (1.5 pg), fourth in the MW and 20th in the nation in all-purpose yards (127.0), sixth in the MW and 51st in the nation in total touchdowns (1.5 pg), and 10th in the MW and 48th in the nation in scoring (9.0 ppg). Junior WR Savon Scarver is third in the MW and 19th in the nation in kickoff returns (27.7 ypr). Senior CB DJ Williams is fourth in the MW and 17th in the nation in pass breakups (1.5 pg). Sophomore CB Andre Grayson is third in the MW and 31st in the nation in interceptions (0.5 pg). Junior S Cash Gilliam is third in the MW and 23rd in the nation in fumbles forced (0.5 pg). Junior graduate transfer DE Nick Heninger is eighth in the MW and 80th in the nation in tackles for loss (1.25 pg). Senior PK Dominik Eberle is tied for first in the nation in field goal percentage as he is 2-of-2 on the season, seventh in the MW and 59th in the nation in field goals made per game (1.0), and ninth in the MW and 44th in the nation in scoring (9.5 ppg). Senior graduate transfer TE Caleb Repp is seventh in the MW and 63rd in the nation in receptions (5.0 pg). And, senior DE Jacoby Wildman is eighth in the MW and 80th in the nation in tackles for loss (1.25 pg).
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State was second in the Mountain West and third in the nation with its six defensive touchdowns last season. Overall, USU has scored 22 defensive touchdowns in its last 74 games. 
 
• 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.
 
10VE FOR HEISMAN 
• Utah State is promoting junior QB Jordan Love for the Heisman Memorial Trophy, which is given annually to the most outstanding college football player utilizing the hashtag #10VEforHeisman.
 
• Love is 15-6 as Utah State's starting quarterback and is the fourth-winningest quarterback in program history. Tony Adams (1970-72) ranks first all-time with 22 career wins, followed by Chuckie Keeton (2011-15) with 19 wins and John Pappas (1966-68) with 18 wins.
 
• Love's 21 career starts ranks eighth in the nation among active quarterbacks trailing Georgia's Jake Fromm (31), North Texas' Mason Fine (30), Iowa's Nate Stanley (29), Louisian Tech's J'Mar Smith (29), Colorado's Steven Montez (27), Ohio's Nathan Rourke (27) and UL-Monroe's Caleb Evans (24).
 
• Utah State is averaging 42.8 points in Love's 21 career starts and that scoring average ranks second in the nation among active quarterbacks with at least 15 career starts behind Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa (46.4 ppg) and ahead of UCF's McKenzie Milton (40.6 ppg), Oregon's Justin Herbert (38.8 ppg) and Georgia's Jake Fromm (38.0 ppg), among others.
 
LOVE AMONG TOP 10 QUARTERBACKS IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN FIVE CATEGORIES 
• Junior QB Jordan Love is 429-of-700 (.613) passing for 5,614 yards and 43 touchdowns with just 15 interceptions during his career. In all, Love ranks third all-time in school history in completion percentage, fourth all-time in touchdown passes, eighth all-time in total offense (5,844 yards), and ninth all-time in both passing yards and completions. 
 
LOVE SETS FIVE SCHOOL RECORDS IN 2018 
• Junior QB Jordan Love set five school records in 2018, including 32 touchdown passes (27 by Chuckie Keeton in 2012), 3,567 passing yards (3,373 by Keeton in 2012), seven 300-yard passing games (6 by Anthony Calvillo in 1993), 234 points responsible for (210 by Keeton in 2012) and being named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week five times (four by Keeton in 2012). Love also tied the single-season school record with a pair of 400-yard passing games (Tony Adams in 1972 and Jose Fuentes in 2000) and tied the single-game school record for touchdown passes with five against both UNLV and San José State, becoming just the fifth quarterback in school history to accomplish the feat.
 
• Love is the fourth quarterback in school history to throw five touchdown passes in multiple games, along with Chuckie Keeton, who did it three times, and Anthony Calvillo and Tony Adams, who both did it twice. Overall, it is the 10th time in school history that an Aggie quarterback has thrown five touchdown passes in a game. 
 
• On the season, Love was 267-of-417 (.640) passing and ranks second all-time at USU for completions in a single season (Keeton, 275 in 2012), while his completion percentage ranks as the fourth-highest in a single season in school history. Love also had 3,630 yards of total offense in 2018 to rank as the second-most at USU in a single season (Keeton, 3,992 in 2012).
 
LOVE DIDN'T FINISH MANY GAMES LAST SEASON 
• Junior QB Jordan Love put up some impressive numbers in 2018 and did so without playing entire games. Of his 13 games played, Love did not play in the fourth quarter in six of those contests (New Mexico State, Tennessee Tech, UNLV, New Mexico, Hawai'i, San José State), and did not play in the entire second half twice (Tennessee Tech and Hawai'i). Furthermore, Love played just one series in the third quarter against New Mexico, meaning he sat on the sidelines for over 11 quarters, which translates to nearly three games missed during the season. 
 
LOVE NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK FIVE TIMES LAST YEAR 
• Junior QB Jordan Love was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week five times last year and six times in his career. Those five MW Player of the Week honors are tied with two other players for the third-most in a single season in the 20-year history of the conference.  
 
• Love's five player of the week honors last year are the most by an Aggie in a single season in school history, bettering Chuckie Keeton, who was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week four times during the 2012 campaign. Love's six player of the week honors overall are tied with Keeton for the third-most in school history, trailing Demario Brown, who was named the Big West Offensive Player of the Week eight times, and Brad Bohn, who was named the Big West Special Teams Player of the Week seven times. In fact, Brown and Bohn rank first and second, respectively, in Big West history for player of the week honors. 
 
• Overall, Utah State won Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors six times last season, as Love won the award five times and Thompson won the award once. In all, USU has now won MW Player of the Week accolades 24 times in its six years in the league.
 
INTERESTING AGGIE NOTABLE
• Utah State is returning its starting quarterback for the eighth-straight season this fall. The last time USU did not return its top signal-caller, statistically, from the previous season was the 2011 campaign.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State only threw six interceptions last season to rank third in the Mountain West and 14th in the nation. Those six interceptions are the fewest by an Aggie team since the 2011 club also threw six.
 
EBERLE THIRD ALL-TIME IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle is 45-of-59 on field goals in his career and his 76.3 conversion percentage ranks second all-time in school history. Russ Moody (1988-89) holds the school record at 84.6, as he was 22-of-26 all-time on field goal attempts.
 
• Eberle has now scored 269 career points to rank third all-time in school history, including second all-time among kickers. The school record is 308 career point scored by Robert Turbin (2007-09, '11), while Brad Bohn (1997-2000) holds the record for most points scored by a kicker with 284. 
 
• Eberle ranks second all-time in school history in field goals made with 45 and fourth all-time in field goals attempted with 59. Bohn was 59-of-89 on field goals in his career, to rank first all-time in school history in both categories.
 
• Eberle is 1-of-1 in his career from 10-19 yards, 18-of-21 in his career from 20-29 yards, 11-of-13 in his career from 30-39 yards, 11-of-18 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 134-for-134 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 second all-time in school history in extra points made and attempted. Nick Diaz (2010-14) was 136-of-140 for his career in extra points and holds the career school record in both categories.
 
• Eberle also set the single-season school record for extra points made and attempted last year as he was 75-for-75.
 
• Eberle is one of just seven kickers in school history to not miss an extra point for an entire season, joining Nick Diaz (2012), Peter Caldwell (2010, 2007), Doug Beach (1990), Willie Beecher (1982), Tom Mayes (1975) and Steve Steinke (1978).
 
EBERLE SETS SINGLE-SEASON SCHOOL RECORD FOR POINTS SCORED 
• Senior PK Dominik Eberle scored 141 points last season with 75 extra points and 22 field goals, which is a single-season school record. The previous record of 138 points was set by Robert Turbin in 2011. Eberle also averaged 10.8 points per game last season to set the school record that was held by Jack Hill, who averaged 10.5 points per game in 1956.
 
• Eberle was 22-of-28 (.786) on field goal attempts last season, ranking second in made field goals and tied for first in field goal attempts for a single season with Brad Bohn (1998), while his conversion percentage was eighth. Bohn was 24-of-28 on field goal attempts in 1998 to set the single-season record for made field goals, while Russ Moody made 86.7 percent of his field goals in 1988 to set the single-season record in that category. 
 
• Eberle was named the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week twice last season, earning the award after tying the NCAA record for points scored by a kicker with 24 against New Mexico State and against Colorado State as he was 3-of-3 on field goals (23, 26, 37).
 
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 149 straight extra points to rank as the fifth-longest active streak in the nation behind Auburn (277), Georgia (248), Ohio State (179) and UCF (162). The last time USU missed an extra point was against San Diego State on Oct. 28, 2016.
  
BRIGHT RANKS 21ST ALL-TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN RUSHING YARDS
• Senior RB Gerold Bright has rushed for 1,328 yards during his Aggie career and ranks 20th all-time in school history in rushing yards. Overall, Bright is one of 32 players in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a career.
 
• Bright had four 100-yard rushing games last season and five in his career. He also had 10 rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns on the season, giving him 16 career rushing touchdowns and five career receiving touchdowns.
 
• Bright had multiple rushing touchdowns in three games last season, including a career-high three at Hawai'i. Bright also had eight rushes of at least 20 yards last season, which were the second-most on the team, including two over 50 yards. He also had two receptions over 20 yards, including a career long of 83 yards at Boise State, which is the 13th-longest pass play in USU history. 
 
• For his career, Bright averages 6.7 yards per carry, which is the sixth-best yards per carry average in school history.
 
SCARVER CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICAN 
• 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 received first-team All-America honors from two of the five outlets that comprise the NCAA Consensus All-America team in the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). Scarver was also named a first-team All-American by Phil Steele's Magazine and was named a second-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.
 
• Scarver was also named the Johnny 'The Jet' Award winning 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. 
 
SCARVER SECOND ALL-TIME IN KICKOFF RETURNS FOR TOUCHDOWNS
• Junior WR Savon Scarver returned two kickoffs for touchdowns last season (100 yards vs. New Mexico State, 99 yards vs. Wyoming), to rank as the second-most in school history, behind Kevin Robinson, who returned three kickoffs for touchdowns during the 2007 season. In fact, Robinson and Scarver are the only Aggies in school history to have multiple kickoff returns for touchdowns in a single season. Scarver also has three career kickoff returns for touchdowns, which also ranks second all-time in school history behind Robinson, who had four from 2004-07.
 
• Scarver has a career kickoff return average of 28.3 yards as he returned 49 kickoffs for 1,385 yards, and that return average ranks as the third-best in school history. Last season, he averaged 33.7 yards per kickoff return to rank second all-time in school history behind Tom Larscheid, who averaged 36.1 yards per kickoff return in 1960.
 
WOODWARD NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN 
• Utah State junior LB David Woodward was named a first-team All-American by Pro Football Focus (PFF) and a third-team All-American by The Associated Press in 2018. Woodward was also named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year by PFF. 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS WITH UTAH STATE
• Utah State had 37 rushing touchdowns to rank tied for the ninth-most in the nation last season. The school record for rushing touchdowns is 39 set in 1961 and its 37 touchdown runs last year are tied with the 2011 team for the second-most in school history. 
 
• Utah State ranked second in the nation with 20 different players scoring a touchdown last season, including 10 players with multiple touchdowns. Clemson led the nation with 21 players who scored touchdowns. 
 
• Utah State's defense only allowed 12 rushing touchdowns last season, which tied for the 12th-fewest in the nation.
 
GALEAI HAD 10.5 SACKS AND 14.0 TACKLES FOR LOSS LAST SEASON  
• Senior DE Tipa Galeai had a team-best 10.5 sacks and 14.0 tackles for loss last season, which are the most sacks by an Aggie since John Chick had 12.5 sacks in 2005 and the most tackles for loss by an Aggie since Kyler Fackrell had 15.0 tackles for loss in 2015.
   
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.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Utah State has 47 freshman, which includes 16 redshirts, on its 2019 roster. Those 47 freshman represent 43.12 percent of its total roster, which ranks as the 29th-most in the nation.
 
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 17 players on its 2019 roster who have served two-year LDS Church Missions in senior DE Braden Harris, 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).
 
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 set 36 school records and tied six others during the 2018 season. Overall, USU set school records with its 10 consecutive wins (9 in 1960), 10-1 start to the season (9-1-1 in 1961), being nationally ranked in The Associated Press poll for four straight weeks (3 in 2012), four 60-point games (2 in 1961), seven 50-point games (3 in 2017), nine 40-point games (6 in 2012), 60-plus points in back-to-back games for the first time in school history, 50-plus points in three-straight games (twice in 2013 and 2015), 30-plus points in six straight games to start a season (3 in 2011), 40-plus points in five straight games at any point in a season (3 in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1990, 2012), 10 wins by double-digits (9 in 2012 and 2014), seven wins by 30-plus points (5 in 2012), 700-plus yards of total offense twice in a season for the first time ever, 600-plus yards of total offense four times in a season (twice in 1996), 600-plus yards of total offense in three straight games for the first time ever, 52 first-half points versus New Mexico (49 vs. Weber State in 2013), 20 players with touchdowns (18 in 2015), 79 touchdowns (60 in 2011), 618 points (454 in 2012), 47.5 points per game (38.7 in 1961), 497.4 yards of total offense per game (469.8 in 2012), 32 touchdown passes (30 in 2013), 6.07 touchdowns per game (5.5 in 1961), 6,466 yards of total offense (6,108 in 2012), 3,825 passing yards (3,493 in 1996), 303 completions (297 in 2013), 6.84 yards per attempt (6.83 in 2012), 75 extra points (57 in 2011), 30.3 kickoff return yards per attempt (25.6 in 2007 and 2015), 164 passing first downs (163 in 2011), 10 sacks allowed (11 in 2014), six interception returns for touchdowns (3 in 1961 and 1991), 475 interception return yards (423 in 1948), 10 non-offensive touchdowns (7 in 2014 and 2017), 29 scoring drives under one minute (16 in 2012), and 804 yards of total offense in a single game versus San José State (704 vs. New Mexico in 2018, 684 vs. Nevada in 1992 and 684 vs. Weber State in 2001). USU also tied single-season school records with 11 wins (2012), seven conference wins (2013), 18 all-conference honorees (1997), eight wins by 20-plus points (8 in 2012), six home wins (1907, 2012, 2014) and an undefeated home season (31st time).   
 
• 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), fourth in sacks allowed with 10 (0.77 per game), eighth in winning percentage (.846), 10th in blocked kicks (4), 11th in total offense (497.4 yards per game), 12th in third down conversion percentage (.473), 14th in passes had intercepted (6) and team passing efficiency (154.39), 16th in third down conversion percentage defense (.330), 17th in passing offense (294.2 yards per game) and tackles for loss allowed (4.69 per game), 19th in team passing efficiency defense (113.76), and 20th in completion percentage (.652).
 
• 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.
 
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).