LOGAN, Utah – Utah State (4-4, 2-2 MW) continues Mountain West play this weekend as it hosts Nevada (1-7, 0-4 MW) on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 5:30 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network (Xfinity Ch. 269/HD 753, DISH Ch. 158, DirecTV Ch. 221) with Chris Lewis (play-by-play) and Randy Cross (analyst) on the call.
GAME 9 INFORMATION
TV: CBS Sports Network
• Play-by-Play: Chris Lewis
• Analyst: Randy Cross
• Xfinity (Utah): Ch. 269 / HD 753
• DISH / DirecTV: Ch. 158 / Ch. 221
RADIO: Aggie Sports Network
• Play-by-Play: Scott Garrard
• Analyst: Kevin White
• Online: kslsports.com/kslsportszone
• National: Sirius XM Ch. 384
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• X/Instagram: @USUFootball
• Facebook: USUFootball
• YouTube: UtahStateAthletics
• Live Stats: stats.statbroadcast.com
KICKOFF COVERAGE
• Utah State has won its first four home games to start a season for the first time since the 2018 team posted a 6-0 home record. Overall, USU has won six straight home games dating back to last season which is its longest home winning streak since notching 10 straight home victories from the 2017 to 2019 seasons.
• Utah State is 57-40 (.588) all-time in Mountain West play, including a 32-18 (.640) home record. USU has the third-best record against MW opponents since it joined the league in 2013. Boise State (86-18) has the best record, while San Diego State (66-33) has the second-best record.
• Utah State first-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall has a 44-15 (.746) Mountain West record over seven seasons at BYU (2005-10), New Mexico (2024) and Utah State (2025-). He ranks fifth all-time in wins and sixth all-time in winning percentage in league history. He was named the MW Coach of the Year at BYU in 2006 and led the Cougars to consecutive MW titles in 2006 and 2007.
• Mendenhall owns a 144-92 (.610) career record and has led 16 of his 18 teams to bowl eligibility, which ranks second among active FBS coaches. His 144 career wins rank as the fifth-most among active coaches at the FBS level.
• Graduate QB Bryson Barnes has seven rushing touchdowns this year and is one shy of tying the single season school record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback of eight that was set by Chuckie Keeton in 2012.
• Barnes ranks first or second in the Mountain West in five different statistical categories. Overall, he is 16th in the nation in points responsible for per game at 16.3 and 26th in total touchdowns with 21.
• Graduate RB Miles Davis ranks second in the Mountain West and sixth in the nation at 6.78 yards per carry, while junior WR Braden Pegan ranks second in the MW and 19th in the nation with 81.8 receiving yards per game.
SERIES vs. NEVADA
• Utah State and Nevada will be meeting for the 28th time in series history this weekend in what is the 14th-most played rivalry in school history.
• Utah State is 8-19 all-time against Nevada, including a 6-9 home record. Utah State won the last meeting between the two teams with a 41-24 home victory in 2023 and has won four of the last six games played in the series, including four straight at home. USU is 3-2 against the Wolf Pack all-time in Mountain West games. The last time Nevada won a game against USU was in Reno in 2020 by a final score of 34-9 and the last time the Wolf Pack won in Logan was in 2009 by a final score of 35-32. The Wolf Pack won the first-ever meeting between the two teams at home, 24-5, on Nov. 9, 1904.
