2014 American Athletic Conference Football Media Guide

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THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Table Of Contents American Athletic Conference................................................2-3 Commissioner Mike Aresco.....................................................4-5 Conference Staff........................................................................6-8 College Football Playoff............................................................... 9 American Bowl Lineup............................................................... 10 The American On Television..................................................... 11 American Athletic Conference Notebook.........................12-13 Officiating Performance Standards......................................... 14 Instant Replay.............................................................................. 15 2014 Nonconference Opponents........................................16-18 The Teams UCF Knights.............................................................................19-24 School Quick Facts.............................................................. 19 Storylines & Schedule........................................................ 20 Coaching Staff...................................................................... 21 Coaching Records............................................................... 22 2013 Statistics & Results.................................................... 23 Year-By-Year Results.......................................................... 24 Cincinnati Bearcats...............................................................25-30 UConn Huskies.......................................................................31-36 East Carolina Pirates.............................................................37-42 Houston Cougars...................................................................43-48 Memphis Tigers......................................................................49-54 USF Bulls.................................................................................55-60 SMU Mustangs......................................................................61-66 Temple Owls...........................................................................67-72 Tulane Green Wave...............................................................73-78 Tulsa Golden Hurricane........................................................79-84 American Athletic Confrence Almanac 2013 In Review........................................................................86-98 Final Standings..................................................................... 86 Bowl Results......................................................................... 86 Postseason Awards............................................................ 86 All-Conference Teams........................................................ 87 NCAA Leaders...................................................................... 88 Conference Individual Leaders....................................89-92 Conference Team Leaders............................................93-95 Individual Game Highs........................................................ 96 Team Game Highs................................................................ 97 Honor Board......................................................................... 98 Record Book Individual Records.............................................................100-106 Team Records.....................................................................107-110 Annual Leaders..................................................................111-112 Annual Standings...................................................................... 112 NFL Draft Selections................................................................ 112 Miscellaneous Records........................................................... 113 Series Results.....................................................................114-116 National Award Winners..................................................117-121 All-Time Polls......................................................................122-132 American vs. Ranked Teams................................................... 132 All-Time Bowl Appearances................................................... 133 National Bowl Results.......................................................134-139 American Athletic Conference Media Services................. 140 Media Relations Directory......................................................IBC

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American Athletic Conference Staff Commissioner............................................................................................................. Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration/SWA)........................................ Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting and Digital Content).......... Thomas R. Odjakjian Chief Financial Officer..................................................................................................... John R. Larson Associate Commissioner (Football) ............................................................................ Scott A. Draper Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance) ........................................ Ellen M. Ferris Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball)................................................................Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration)................................ James A. Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)...........................................................To be named Associate Commissioner (Communications)..................................................................To be named Assistant Commissioner (Women’s Basketball Officiating)............................. Barbara M. Jacobs Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media)..................................................................Mark A. Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration).................................... Bobby Weygand Senior Director of Compliance...............................................................................Kenneth A. Schank Director of Basketball Administration...................................................................... Kristen D. Brown Director of Business Affairs......................................................................................... Karen M. Giblin Director of Communications.......................................................................... Chevonne M. Mansfield Director of Communications....................................................................................Charles V. Sullivan Director of Football & Video Administration........................................................... Michael A. Costa Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling......................................................... Michael A. Coyne Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Administration.......................................... Patrick B. Colbert Assistant to the Commissioner................................................................................. Lisa S. Zanecchia Executive Assistant for Administration........................................................................Lois A. DeBlois Branding and Event Coordinator.................................................................Catherine W. Carmignani Digital Communications Coordinator........................................................................... Jamie L. Corun Administrative Assistant.............................................................................................. Wanda L. Factor Administrative Assistant................................................................................................. Linda M. Yates Receptionist............................................................................................................ Kathy M. Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow.............................................................................................................Alvin Hines Communications Assistant........................................................................................Miles McQuiggan Communications Assistant.................................................................................................To be named Compliance Assistant..................................................................................................Andrew Kappers Digital Network Assistant...................................................................................................Hali Oughton Coordinator of Football Officiating................................................................................ Terry McAulay Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium (Coordinator)................................................ Curtis Shaw

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Special Thanks: The American Athletic Conference would like to thank the athletics communications departments of its member schools for their valuable assistance and cooperation in producing this publication.

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THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Not entirely unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence.

With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Athletic Conference membership in 2014-15 consists of 11 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the University of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa.

The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only.

Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, has immediately taken a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with schools that have played in four Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won nine NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995.

Two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll. Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 nationally. The conference produced 14 players who received All-America recognition by a major outlet.

The American had four players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, trailing only the SEC and the ACC among FBS conferences. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles highlighted a group of 12 American Athletic Conference players chosen when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The success of The American in Year 1 was not limited to the gridiron. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. The conference had the best postseason winning percentage of any league in men’s basketball, while The American produced top-10 teams in baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf and sent half of its participating teams to the NCAA Softball Championship.

The American Athletic Conference holds television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will give the conference unprecedented national exposure. The football portion of the contract, which begins in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday.

In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will

2013 American Athletic Conference Champions Sport...............................................................Regular-Season........................................Postseason Women’s Cross Country..............................................................................................................SMU Men’s Cross Country............................................................................................................Louisville Women’s Soccer.........................................UCF........................................................................... UCF Men’s Soccer...............................................Louisville.................................................................. USF Football..........................................................UCF Women’s Volleyball.....................................Louisville Men’s Swimming & Diving..................................................................................................Louisville Women’s Swimming & Diving............................................................................................Louisville Men’s Indoor Track & Field.....................................................................................................UConn Women’s Indoor Track & Field...................................................................................................SMU Men’s Basketball.........................................Cincinnati, Louisville.....................................Louisville Women’s Basketball...................................UConn..................................................................UConn Men’s Tennis.................................................................................................................................. USF Women’s Tennis............................................................................................................................ USF Women’s Golf........................................................................................................................Louisville Men’s Golf......................................................................................................................................SMU Men’s Outdoor Track & Field................................................................................................Houston Women’s Outdoor Track & Field................................................................................................SMU Softball...........................................................UCF..................................................................Louisville Women’s Rowing..................................................................................................................Louisville Baseball.........................................................Louisville...........................................................Houston 2 • 2014 American Athletic Conference Football

be televised, including the championship game, which will be either on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3.

American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following the regular season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.

Additionally, The American has announced primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the next six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans.

The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools.

The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

National Honors NCAA Team Championships (2) UConn Men’s Basketball - 2014 UConn Women’s Basketball - 2014 NCAA Individual Championships (2) Joao DeLucca, Louisville Men’s Swimming & Diving 100-yard freestyle - 2014 200-yard freestyle - 2014 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (2) Sam Bombaugh, Louisville Indoor Track & Field - 2014 Emily Juhl, Louisville Women’s Volleyball - 2014

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American Athletic Conference Headquarters The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, Rhode Island. The location of the conference headquarters — situated just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport — gives the conference easy access to its member schools and a direct connection to all of the major cities in the Northeast.

The conference has been in its current location since 2010. The office is equipped with a complete video production studio, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to easily accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

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CONFERENCE STAFF Mike Aresco Commissioner Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the foremost figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference.

Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation.

The American’s first year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball.

American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball, as the league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 201314. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf.

The American features 11 members in the 2014-15 academic year: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple Tulane and Tulsa. Navy joins in 2015-16

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as a football-playing member. Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the launch of a football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s staging of its own postseason bowl game.

Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences.

Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees.

In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference.

He simultaneously led the negotiations that

resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s popular graphic identity.

He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership.

Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching the conference digital network; successful negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s

CONFERENCE STAFF basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign.

Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that will be owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-itskind venture.

In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests.

Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the management committee of the College Football Playoff and the board of managers for both the College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance redesign efforts and a spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model.

Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all col-

lege sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, dayto-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives.

Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship rights through 2024.

He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bundled rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category.

Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming plat-

form.

In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries.

Aresco was the creator and executive producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network.

In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/ New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network.

Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department.

Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.).

He practiced law privately in Hartford, Conn., for several years.

Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association.

Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who has his own production company in Connecticut, and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.

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CONFERENCE STAFF Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Football)

Donna DeMarco Egan Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration)

Scott Draper joined the American Athletic Conference staff in April 2014 as Associate Commissioner for Football.

Draper is the conference’s primary football administrator and contact for all football initiatives and programs, including scheduling, officiating, operations and bowl relationships.

As the conference’s liaison with administrators and coaches from each member institution, Draper works with the commissioner on football budgets and special projects and will also supervise the conference’s newly established Miami Beach Bowl game, beginning in 2014, and the conference’s football championship game, which will begin in 2015.

Draper joins The American after most recently serving as Associate Director of Athletics and Director of Development for Athletics at Albion College, a position he held since 2011. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations at the University of

Michigan, where he was a key staff member of teams that won four Big Ten Football championships, four Rose Bowls, played in 12 bowl games and won the 1997 National Championship. In his role, he supervised football sport administration, strength and conditioning, equipment operations, and athletic training operations. He also served as sport administrator and liaison to admissions, academic services, compliance and eligibility, and dining and housing.

Previously, he was a Football Offensive Graduate Assistant (1995-97) and Assistant Video Coordinator (1992-95) at the University of Michigan.

Draper holds a bachelor’s degree in general studies from Eastern Michigan University (1994). He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Madonna University in 2012.

Donna DeMarco Egan has been part of the conference staff since 1988 and has been Senior Associate Commissioner for Administration since 2009.

She is responsible for the daily management of the conference office and represents and assists the commissioner with overall administration and management of league matters.

Before taking on her current role, DeMarco had been Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball from 2006-09 and was Associate Commissioner for Olympic Sports from 1996-2006. She began her career as an administrative assistant for Public Relations & Championships in 1988 before being promoted to Director of Championship Operations and subsequently Assistant Commissioner for Championships.

DeMarco is a 1987 graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism.

Terry McAulay Coordinator of Football Officiating

Michael Costa Director of Football & Video Administration

Tom Odjakjian Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content)

Terry McAulay has been the conference’s Coordinator of Football Officiating since 2008.

He is responsible for the development, training, recruitment and evaluation of football officials within the conference.

McAulay has served as an NFL referee since 2001 and he has worked five conference championship games and two Super Bowls (XXXIX and XLIII). He was a side judge for four years before becoming a referee.

Before working at the NFL, McAulay was a referee with the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. His college officiating career began in 1989.

While working for the ACC, McAulay was the referee for the 1998 BCS Championship Game which was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.

McAulay earned a bachelor’s degree from LSU in 1981 and master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in 1989.

Michael Costa joined the full-time conference staff in 2011 as Assistant Director of Football & Video Administration and was promoted to his current position in 2013.

Costa assists in all football administrative tasks and coordinates the conference’s football video operations.

Costa spent the 2010-11 season as the conference’s football and video administration assistant.

Before coming to the conference, Costa served as a football game day operations intern with the Atlantic Coast Conference and assisted with the South Florida Host Committee for Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.

Originally from Lynchburg, Va., Costa is a graduate of Guilford College and holds a master’s degree in sports management from Florida State University.

Tom Odjakjian has served as Associate Commissioner at the conference since 1995.

His primary responsibilities include television negotiations for all sports, football television scheduling and assembly of the annual men’s basketball schedule.

Odjakjian was promoted to his current position in 2013.

Before coming to the conference office, Odjakjian served various roles at ESPN from 1981-94, including as the director of college sports. He was responsible for negotiation, acquisition, scheduling and budget supervision for the network’s collegiate sports programming.

Odjakjian also served as Associate Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Assistant Sports Information Director at Princeton University.

Odjakjian is a 1976 graduate of Lafayette with a degree in economics and business.

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CONFERENCE STAFF Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball)

Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Compliance and Governance)

Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media)

Dan Leibovitz has been Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball at the American Athletic Conference since May 2014.

Leibovitz is The American’s primary contact for all basketball initiatives and programs, including scheduling, officiating, operations and NCAA basketball relationships. He also supervises the annual men’s basketball championship Leibovitz most recently served as Assistant Coach, Player Development for the Charlotte Bobcats. He served as an assistant coach at Penn and Temple and was head coach at Hartford from 2006-10, where he was the fourth-youngest coach in Division I when he was hired.

Leibovitz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1996) and earned a M. Ed in Sport and Recreation Administration from Temple University in 1998.

Ellen Ferris joined the American Athletic Conference staff in October of 2013 .

Ferris’ responsibilities include coordination and administration of the conference’s day-to-day compliance services with member institutions, including interpretative support and rules education.

Before joining the conference staff, Ferris served as Associate Vice President for Athletic Compliance at the University of Southern California. She also served four years at the NCAA and was the Assistant Commissioner for Compliance Services at the Big Sky Conference for three years.

Ferris holds an undergraduate degree in education from Texas State University-San Marcos and a master’s degree in sport management from the United States Sports Academy. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Southern Methodist University.

Mark Hodgkin joined the conference staff in 2009 as Director of Internet Services. He was named Senior Director of Digital Media in 2013 and Assistant Commissioner of Digital Media in 2014.

Hodgkin is responsible for the conference’s new media efforts, including the official website, social media platforms and online marketing. He also assists in the management of The American’s Digital Network.

Hodgkin came to the conference from Boston College, where he served as an Athletic Marketing and Media Relations Assistant. He also previously served as Director of Marketing at Bryant University.

Hodgkin is a 2006 graduate of the University of Texas. He added a master’s degree from Bryant University in 2008.

Hodgkin is active with the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and with the Sports Video Group. He is also on the planning board of the Collegiate Athletics Internet/Digital Association

John Larson Chief Financial Officer

James Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration)

Chuck Sullivan Director of Communications

John Larson joined the conference staff as Interim Chief Financial Officer in February 2013 and was appointed on a full-time basis in July.

Larson, who holds CPA and CCM designations, oversees all accounting and financial policies for the American Athletic Conference.

Larson has an extensive background in treasury operations and accounting experience in the financial services, insurance and public accounting industries.

Larson holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Georgetown University and earned a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Hartford.

James Siedliski was promoted to his current position of Associate Commissioner for Olympic Sports in 2006. He serves as the league’s primary Olympic sports administrator, overseeing management and operations of the conference’s 21 Olympic sport programs.

Siedliski has been a member of the NCAA Divsion I Men’s Lacrosse Committee for the past two years and will chair the committee in 2013.

Siedliski came to the conference in 1998 as Director of Sport Administration and was promoted to Assistant Commissioner for Sport Administration in 2000. Before coming to the conference, Siedliski had been Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of USA Track & Field.

Siedliski is a 1989 graduate of Rutgers University.

Chuck Sullivan was named Director of Communications at the conference in August 2007. He serves as the primary external relations contact for football and men’s basketball and is the media relations coordinator for the conference’s annual men’s basketball and baseball championship.

Sullivan served as Director of Athletic Communications at Harvard from 2003-07, where he managed the external and internal communications efforts for the nation’s largest intercollegiate athletics program.

Sullivan also served as Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications at Bryant from 1999-2003. He was Sports Information Director at the UMass Boston from 1995-99 and served as an Athletic Communications Assistant at Princeton from 1993-95.

Sullivan is a 1993 graduate of Boston University with a degree in broadcasting and film.

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CONFERENCE STAFF Barbara Jacobs

Bobby Weygand

Assistant Commissioner, Women’s Basketball Officiating

Assistant Commissioner Sport Administration

Joined Conference Staff: 1995

Joined Conference Staff: 2004

Kristen Brown

Director of Basketball Administration

Chevonne Mansfield

Kenny Schank

Senior Director of Compliance Joined Conference Staff: 2008

Karen Giblin

Director of Communications

Director of Business Affairs

Joined Conference Staff: 2013

Joined Conference Staff: 2014

Joined Conference Staff: 2008

Patrick Colbert

Michael Coyne

Assistant Director of Sport Administration

Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling

Joined Conference Staff: 2012

Joined Conference Staff: 2006

Jamie Corun

Assistant to the Commissioner

Digital Communications Coordinator

Lisa Zanecchia

Joined Conference Staff: 1982

Joined Conference Staff: 2012

Wanda Factor

Catherine Carmignani

Branding & Event Coordinator Joined Conference Staff: 2012

Lois DeBlois

Senior Administrative Assistant for Basketball & Administration Joined Conference Staff: 1991

Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

Linda Yates

Kathy Kirkpatrick

Joined Conference Staff: 1999

Joined Conference Staff: 2002

Joined Conference Staff: 1990

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Receptionist

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF This season, college football enters a new four-team playoff era. The format is simple: the best four teams, two semifinals played in bowl games and a championship game played in a different city each year. It’s the biggest innovation in the sport in decades.

How It Works

A 13-member selection committee will rank the top 25 teams. The top four ranked teams will play in two semifinal games on New Year’s Day. The two winning teams will play in the championship game in North Texas Jan. 12, 2015.

Criteria

The committee will rank each team based on championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, comparative outcomes of common opponents and other factors.

2004-15 College Football Playoff Schedule SEMIFINAL Allstate Sugar Bowl

January 1, 2015 8 p.m. ET, ESPN Mercedez-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La.

SEMIFINAL Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual January 1, 2015 5 p.m. ET, ESPN Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif.

Rankings

On Oct. 28, the committee will release the first of seven weekly rankings of the top 25 teams. The final ranking will be released Dec. 7. It will be the seeding for the playoff.

Access

Every FBS team will have equal access to the playoff based on its performance. No team or conference will qualify automatically. There will be no limit on the number of teams from a conference that can make the playoff.

Championship Monday

Orange Bowl

December 31, 2014 TBA, ESPN Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla.

Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl December 31, 2014 TBA, ESPN Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.

The championship game will be on Monday night every year.

Conferences Manage The Event

The FBS conferences will manage the College Football Playoff. All 10 conferences are members of the new entity CFP Administration, LLC.

Selection Committee Responsibilities • • • • • • •

Select the top four teams for the playoff, rank them and assign them to semifinal sites.

Rank the next group of teams to play in other New Year’s bowls if berths are available.

Select the highest-ranked champion from the five conferences without New Year’s bowl contracts.

Assign teams to New Year’s bowls Create competitive matchups Attempt to avoid rematches of regular-season games and repeat appearances Consider geography

Fiesta Bowl

December 31, 2014 TBA, ESPN Mercedez-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La.

AT&T Cotton Bowl

January 1, 2015 1 p.m. ET, ESPN AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP January 12, 2015 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Participants In New Year’s Bowls

Both participants in the Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls are contracted outside the playoff arrange­ment (Big Ten and Pac-12 to Rose Bowl; SEC and Big 12 to Sugar Bowl; ACC to Orange Bowl against the highest ranked available team from the SEC, Big Ten and Notre Dame). If a conference champion qualifies for the playoff, then the bowl will choose a replacement from that conference. When those bowls host the semifinals and their contracted conference champions do not qualify, then the dis­placed champion(s) will play in the other New Year’s bowls.

The Fiesta, Cotton and Peach Bowls will host displaced conference champions and the top-ranked champion from a non-contract conference. The highest-ranked available teams will fill any other berths. The Selection Committee will make the pairings.

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BOWL PARTNERSHIPS The Lineup

In addition to the College Football Playoff and Host Bowls, the American will have either a primary or secondary affiliation with 12 bowl games spanning the next six years. The American will work annually with its member schools and bowl partners to create the most sensible and attractive matchups during the new cycle.

The Miami Beach Bowl will be played for the first time in 2014 at stateof-the-art Marlins Park in Miami, which sits on the site of the historic Orange Bowl stadium. An American Athletic Conference team will play in the bowl each year, beginning with the 2014 matchup against Brigham Young. Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference are scheduled for future years, though institutions from other conferences also will have the opportunity to participate.

The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman will take place at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., while the events and activities surrounding the game will be based in Washington, D.C. The American Athletic Conference will face an opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference in all six years of the coming cycle.

The Birmingham Bowl takes place at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., The American/Big East has partnered with the bowl since its inception in the 2006 season. The American Athletic Conference will annually face an opponent from the Southeastern Conference.

The Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl is played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The American Athletic Conference will supply a team to the bowl during each year of the six-year cycle. The Atlantic Coast Conference will provide the opposing team in 2014, 2016 and 2018, while Conference USA will play in the game in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl is played at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University. The American Athletic Conference will send a team to the bowl in 2014, 2016 and 2018.

The opponent will be Army in 2014 and a Big 12 team in 2016 and 2018, with Conference USA as a secondary affiliation.

The Sheraton Hawaii Bowl will be played on Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium on the campus of the University of Hawaii. The American Athletic Conference will participate in the bowl in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

The Boca Raton Bowl will be a pre-Christmas game that will feature an American Athletic Conference team three times during the six-year cycle at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. The Bahamas Bowl will be played in at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The American Athletic Conference will face the MidAmerican Conference in 2016 and Conference USA in 2018.

The R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl is held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The American Athletic Conference has agreed to play in the bowl in 2018 and 2019.

The Cure Bowl will debut in 2015 at the newly renovated Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. An American Athletic Conference team would face an opponent from the Sun Belt Conference.

In addition to the conference’s primary bowl affiliations, The American holds secondary partnerships with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., the Duck Commander Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., and the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego.

Birmingham Bowl

Legion Field • Birmingham, Ala. Jan. 3, 2015 • 1 p.m. • ESPN

vs.

Miami Beach Bowl

Marlins Park • Miami, Fla. Time/Television TBD

vs.

Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl

Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, Fla. Dec. 26, 2014 • 8 p.m. • ESPN

vs.

Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Md. Dec. 27, 2014 • 1 p.m. • ESPN

vs.

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas Jan. 2, 2015 • Noon • ESPN

vs.

or

Future Lineups 2015 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. C-USA Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. MAC Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl Poinsettia Bowl

2016 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. ACC Miami Beach Bowl vs. MAC Military Bowl vs. ACC Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12 Bahamas Bowl vs. MAC Boca Raton Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl

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2017 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. Sun Belt Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl

2018 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. ACC Miami Beach Bowl vs. MAC Military Bowl vs. ACC Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12 Bahamas Bowl vs. C-USA New Orleans Bowl vs. Sun Belt Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl

2019 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. Sun Belt Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. MAC New Orleans Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl

THE AMERICAN ON TELEVISION The 2014 football season will be the first under the American Athletic Conference’s comprehensive television partnership with ESPN. The new arrangement began with the 2013-14 basketball season and will be in place through the 2019-20 academic year. The contract provide unprecedented exposure on two of the industry leaders in sports television.

In football, the new contract calls for all conference-controlled games — which encompasses all conference games and home nonconference games — to be televised. Nearly 90 percent of those games will be carried on either national broadcast or national cable platforms.

In addition to contracted games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews, American Athletic Conference teams will regularly appear on CBS Sports Network through a sublicensing agreement with ESPN. Further, The American will make appearances on the SEC Network, the Big Ten Network, the Pac-12 Network, Fox Sports 1, FSN and Fox College Sports in selected road nonconference games.

Additional nonconference games will be available on ESPN3 — ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network, giving fans an online destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually, including more than 400 college football games. It is available at no cost to approximately 86 million homes with a high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated provider, as well as to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel. It is also accessible through ESPN on Xbox LIVE and on smartphones and tablets through the WatchESPN app through an affiliated provider.

WatchESPN delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox and Apple TV. It is currently accessible in 55 million households nationwide to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV, Midcontinent Communications, Cablevision, Cox, Charter, AT&T U-verse or Google Fiber.

Currently, ESPN and ESPN2 both reach nearly 100 million households across the nation. ESPNU’s reach has expanded to 74 million households. CBS Sports Network is available to 100 million homes and may be seen on a digital basic cable package in all American Athletic Conference markets.

THE NATIONAL SCENE

The American Athletic Conference will have an extensive schedule of games on national television. The following telecasts were known at press time. Other games will be added via the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process.

ESPN

Fri., Aug. 29 Thu., Sept. 11 Thu., Oct. 2 Thu., Oct. 9 Thu., Dec. 4

ESPN2

Sat., Aug. 30 Fri., Nov. 14

ESPN or ESPN2 Fri., Sept. 19 Fri., Oct. 24

ESPN2 or ESPNU Sat., Sept. 6 Fri., Oct. 31

Fri., Nov. 7

Brigham Young at UConn Houston at Brigham Young UCF at Houston Brigham Young at UCF UCF at East Carolina

8 p.m.

9 p.m.

7 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

TBD

UCF vs. Penn State Tulsa at UCF *

8:30 a.m.

8 p.m.

UConn at USF * USF at Cincinnati *

8 p.m.

7 p.m.

East Carolina at South Carolina Cincinnati at Tulane * Tulsa at Memphis * Memphis at Temple *

ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Sat., Sept. 6 Sat., Sept. 13

ESPNU

Fri., Aug. 29 Fri., Sept. 12 Fri., Oct. 17 Thu., Oct. 23

ESPNews

Sat., Aug. 30 Sat., Sept. 6

ESPN3

Sat., Aug. 30

Sat., Sept. 6 Sat., Sept. 13 Sat., Sept. 20

CBSSN

Thu., Aug. 28 Sat., Sept. 6 Sat., Sept. 13 Sat., Nov. 8

SEC Network

Thu., Aug. 28 Sat., Sept. 13

Big Ten Network Sat., Sept. 27

Pac-12 Network Sat., Sept. 6

FS1

Sun., Aug. 31

FSN

Sat., Sept. 6

FCS

Sat., Sept. 13

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma at Tulsa Boise State at UConn East Carolina at Virginia Tech

Noon Noon Noon

Texas-San Antonio at Houston Toledo at Cincinnati Temple at Houston UConn at East Carolina

9 p.m.

7 p.m.

9 p.m.

7 p.m.

North Carolina Central at East Carolina Georgia Tech at Tulane

8 p.m.

4 p.m.

Austin Peay at Memphis Western Carolina at USF Grambling at Houston Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane Delaware State at Temple Bethune-Cookman at UCF

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

Tulane at Tulsa * Maryland at USF North Carolina State at USF UConn at Army (Yankee Stadium)

8 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Temple at Vanderbilt UCF at Missouri

9:15 p.m.

Noon

Cincinnati at Ohio State Memphis at UCLA SMU at Baylor

6 p.m.

10 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

SMU at North Texas

Noon

Tulsa at Florida Atlantic

7 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change. * American Athletic Conference game

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK Introduction The 2014 season will be the second for the American Athletic Conference. The 2014 American lineup consists of 11 Football Bowl Subdivision teams that will play eight conference games.

Elite Company The American Athletic Conference was one of three Football Bowl Subdivision conferences that had two 12 win teams in the 2013 season (UCF, Louisville). The Big Ten and the SEC also had two teams with at least 12 wins.

Feels Like The First Time UCF, which went 8-0 in conference play in 2013, was the winner of the first American Athletic Conference title. The Knights made their first appearance in a Bowl Championship Series game, beating Big 12 champion Baylor 54-42.

Charging On UCF set a program record with 12 wins in 2013. The Knights, who went 0-11 in George O’Leary’s first season in 2004, have won at least 10 games four times in the last seven years.

Top Ten List UCF finished the 2013 season ranked No. 10 in the final Associated Press poll, marking the Knights’ highest postseason finish in program history. UCF was No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

Bring It On Collectively, the American Athletic Conference plays the most challenging nonconference schedule of any Football Bowl Subdivision conference.

Nonconference Opponents’ 2013 Winning Pct. American .566 Big 12 .554 Big Ten .5312 Mountain West .5308 SEC .527 ACC .522 Conference USA .495 MAC .490 Sun Belt .482 Pac-12 .449 For Kicks USF K Marvin Kloss was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation’s top kicker.

Rank And File Six of the 11 teams in the American Athletic Conference have been ranked in the top 25 of the Bowl Championship Series standings since 2008: Team Years Ranked (2008-13) UCF 2010, 2013 Cincinnati 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 UConn 2008 Houston 2009, 2011 Tulsa 2008 USF 2008, 2009

Crazy Eights Houston won at least eight games for the sixth time in the last eight years.

Fab Five Six teams in The American finished the 2013 season with freshman starters at quarterback (Casey Cochran at UConn, Paxton Lynch at Memphis, Mike White at USF, John O’Korn at Houston , Neal Burcham at SMU, P.J. Walker at Temple).

Security Instruments Houston led the nation in turnover margin. The Cougars finished the season with 43 takeaways and committed just 18 turnovers, a net average of 1.9 per game.

Cougartown Houston QB John O’Korn ranked fifth among FBS freshmen in passing yards per game. O’Korn is averaging 239.8 yards, trailing only California’s Jared Goff (292.3), Florida State’s Jameis Winston (289.8), Texas Tech’s Davis Webb (271.8) and Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg (246.3) among rookies.

Terrance Plummer, UCF

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Best Of The Best Four of the 11 teams in The American have earned top10 rankings in the BCS since the 1998 season: Team Highest Ranking - Year Cincinnati No. 3 - 2009 Houston No. 6 - 2011 USF No. 2 - 2007 Tulane No. 10 - 1998 They’ll Fit Right In Three of the four teams that join The American either in 2014 or 2015 played in the 2013 postseason. East Carolina was a 37-20 winner against Ohio in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg. Tulane fell 24-21 to Louisiana in the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Navy beat Middle Tennessee 24-6 in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl.

Pick Plays Memphis CB Bobby McCain led the nation in interceptions per game (0.7) in 2013. Tulane CB Lorenzo Doss was ranked fourth nationally (0.5 per game).

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK Come Back, Shane East Carolina QB Shane Carden was among the NCAA leaders in virtually every passing category in 2013.

Category NCAA Rank Completion Percentage 2nd (70.5 pct.)

Completions 5th (29.8 cpg) Pass Efficiency 24th (150.0) Passing Touchdowns 9th (33) Passing Yards 8th (318.4 ypg) Total Offense 14th (326.3 ypg)

Passing Fancy American Athletic Conference teams averaged a combined 259.07 passing yards per game in 2013.

Only the Pac-12 (269.65) had a more prolific collective passing game.

2013 Passing Yards Per Game Pac-12 269.65 American 259.06 Mountain West 257.23 Big 12 252.60 Sun Belt 236.42 1-2 Punch Temple LB Tyler Matakevich led the nation in solo tackles (8.8 per game) and ranked second nationally in total tackles (11.3 per game) in 2013.

Catching On SMU WR Darius Joseph averaged 8.6 receptions per game in 2013, good for sixth nationally. Houston WR Deontay Greenberry was 15th in the nation in receiving yards (100.2 ypg) and 20th in receptions (6.8 rpg).

American Idols

Rising Stars

Keep an eye on these American Athletic Conference players, who could challenge for All-America honors in 2014.

Here are some American Athletic Conference players who could be poised for breakout seasons in 2014.

Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF The first-team all-conference pick and the defensive MVP of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl had 110 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles in 2013.

Eric Lefeld, OT, Cincinnati A unanimous first-team all-conference pick and one of the top offensive linemen in the nation.

Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Cincinnati The standout of the Bearcat defense had 9.5 sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss last year.

Geremy Davis, WR, UConn Despite inconsistency at the quarterback position last year, Davis turned in a 1,000-yard season.

Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina Carden has generated some early Heisman Trophy buzz after he threw for 4,139 yards and 33 touchdowns in 2013.

Hosey Williams, Sr., RB, Cincinnati The reliable running back rushed for 655 yards and four TDs last year, averaging 5.7 yards per carry.

Casey Cochran, So., QB, UConn Cochran took over as the starting quarterback for the final four games and led the Huskies to three straight wins to close the season. He threw 11 touchdown passes.

Breon Allen, Sr., RB, East Carolina Allen spelled every-down back Vintavious Cooper last season, but is poised to take over for the Pirates in 2014.

Deontay Greenberry, WR, Houston Greenberry averaged 100.2 receiving yards per game and had 11 touchdown catches as a sophomore.

John O’Korn, So., QB, Houston The 2013 American Rookie of the Year threw for 3,117 yards and 28 touchdowns as a true freshman.

Adrian McDonald, S, Houston McDonald had six interceptions to lead a defense that forced 43 turnovers last year.

Paxton Lynch, So., QB, Memphis Lynch started every game for the Tigers as a redshirt freshman and will benefit from the return of all of Memphis’ top receivers.

Marvin Kloss, K, USF Lou Groza Award finalist made 11 field goals from at least 40 yards — the most of any FBS player.

Mike White, So., QB, USF White was brilliant in spots for the Bulls and should similarly benefit from a year of experience and the return of the team’s top receiving threats.

Darius Joseph, WR, SMU Registered 103 receptions and had five touchdown receptions last season.

Stephon Sanders, Sr., LB, SMU Sanders had 86 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and an interception as a junior.

Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Matakevich led the nation in solo tackles (8.8 per game) and was a first-team all-conference pick as a sophomore.

Zach Wood, Jr., DE, SMU Wood more than held his own against opposing left tackles, finishing with 49 tackles and two forced fumbles in 2013.

Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Doss was a second-team Walter Camp All-America last year after he had seven interceptions for the Green Wave.

Kyle Friend, Jr., C, Temple Friend drew regular praise last year for his play against All-America competition and will anchor the Owls’ offensive line.

Michael Mudoh, S, Tulsa Mudoh had 133 tackles last year and ranked fourth nationally with 11.1 tackles per game.

Jacoby Glenn, So., CB, UCF Glenn earned first-team all-conference accolades after he led The American with 17 passes defended as a freshman.

Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina Hardy had eye-popping numbers with 114 receptions, 1,284 receiving yards and eight touchdowns last season.

Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis Veteran lineman who registered 11.5 sacks for a stingy Tigers defense.

Shane Carden, East Carolina

William Stanback, So., RB, UCF Stanback earned second-team all-conference honors as a freshman as he rushed for 443 yards and six touchdowns. He takes over as the regular back for the Knights.

Nico Marley, LB, Tulane The 2013 Conference USA Freshman of the Year was third on the team in tackles.

Keyarris Garrett, WR, Tulsa Garrett had 845 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in 2012 and missed most of last season with a leg injury.

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OFFICIATING STANDARDS The American Athletic Conference Officiating Performance Standards are a foundation upon which evaluations for officials, including instant replay, are based. As part of this comprehensive program, the overall evaluation system has three main functions — in order of importance — training, preparation and performance review.

In addition to an expectation of a high level of accuracy, there are two general areas in which all officials must perform. They must function effectively within a crew and they must function effectively as an individual. Expectations in both areas are clearly defined in these standards by identifying the core performance criteria within each category.

CREW STANDARDS ON-FIELD CREW OFFICIATING 1. Game Flow and Control • Crew members work together to ensure their game performance does not interrupt game flow • Crew members work together to help control game 2. Teamwork • Crew members share responsibility for game officiating • When appropriate, the crew works together in conferences involving rule application and/or enforcement OFF-FIELD CREW WORK 1. Game Readiness • Crew prepares to correctly officiate the distinguishing characteristics of each game • Crew prepares to work as a team to manage any game situation 2. Performance Assessment • Crew conducts useful development-focused discussions about game performance 3. Game Production • Crew establishes confidence and uses preventative officiating to facilitate game flow • Crew ensures that game timing and TV requirements are met • Crew sets expectations with stadium staff to ensure efficient operations • Crew ensures equipment is functioning properly • Crew performs all administrative tasks accurately and in a timely manner Specific areas of responsibility for the Referee as the crew chief that are expected in the area of Off-Field Crew Work.

4. Team Building • Fosters an environment of camaraderie and a shared vision • Serves as a trusted liaison between the Crew and the League supervisory staff 5. Meeting and Discussion Facilitation • Ensures effective facilitation of pre-game meetings • Ensures effective facilitation of post-game discussions

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INDIVIDUAL STANDARDS ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY 1. Officiating Accuracy • Makes accurate calls and no-calls • Correctly enforces penalties 2. Officiating Consistency • Makes consistent calls and no-calls from gameto-game, team-to-team, play-to-play and playerto-player FIELD PRESENCE 1. Decisiveness • Makes straightforward or easy-to-make calls or replay decisions quickly, firmly and unmistakably • Takes necessary time before making a difficult call or a call on an obstructed play 2. Professionalism • Respects coaches, players, media, stadium personnel, crew, etc.

• Interacts with coaches, players, media, stadium personnel, etc., in a confident, appropriate, and deliberate manner • Makes precise signals when communicating • Uses whistles and flags effectively 3. Game Oversight • Displays an awareness of game status and changes, whether or not primary responsibility • Performs preventative officiating to facilitate game flow There are two additional components to Field Presence for Referees.

4. Game and Replay Facilitation • Provides steady, efficient pace during game • Correctly administers replay challenge 5. Call Announcements • Effectively communicates call announcements FITNESS AND APPEARANCE 1. Fitness • Passes annual physical examination based on American Athletic Conference requirements • Maintains necessary physical fitness to perform officiating duties and be in proper position throughout game • Submits required physical evaluation forms from personal physician indicating he can safely meet the physical demands of officiating • Notifies Conference office of any illness, injury or other factor that may prevent full execution of duties 2. Appearance • Maintains an athletic appearance • Wears a clean, neat, and properly fitted uniform • Presents himself in appropriate attire when representing Conference at various functions, during travel to and from events, and during pre and post game responsibilities

RULES AND MECHANICS KNOWLEDGE 1. Knowledge of the Rules and Philosophy • Thoroughly understands and can correctly apply NCAA rules relevant to position • Understands and can competently apply complete NCAA rules and American Athletic Conference philosophy • Scores at least 80% on the annual Proctored Rules or Replay Exam 2. Knowledge of Officiating Mechanics and Procedures • Performs pre-snap position mechanics confidently, precisely and consistently • Follows play mechanics (after the snap) deliberately, fluidly and consistently • Can execute correct mechanics when Crew is short members PERSONAL QUALITIES 1. Leadership • Referees work tirelessly to get the absolute best performance from each individual and his crew as a whole • Veteran officials work closely with the referee to assist him both on and off the field in the development of the crew and less experienced crewmates.

• Meets or exceeds most performance standards and works to improve performance in areas where standards are not being met • Works to make Crew members better by sharing experience and wisdom 2. Strives for Improvement • Demonstrates objectivity when assessing or discussing own performance and areas for improvement • Works to improve performance and competence • Comes prepared for the American Athletic Conference officiating clinic as well as all position and crew meetings/conversations • Demonstrates professional growth throughout the season and from season to season 3. Character • Maintains American Athletic Conference image and integrity guidelines

EIGHTH ON-FIELD OFFICIAL The American Athletic Conference will use an eighth on-field official, who will be positioned in the offensive backfield opposite the referee, in all conference games in 2014.

This will provide better coverage in determining legal and illegal acts involving interior line play and will also help in ruling on hits on the quarterback.

INSTANT REPLAY THE OBJECTIVE The American Athletic Conference instant replay system is a process whereby video review is used to confirm, reverse or let stand certain on-field decisions made by game officials, and is designed to allow for specific types of officiating calls to be immediately reviewed and corrected during all Conference and nonconference home games.

THE STANDARD The instant replay process operates under the fundamental assumption that the ruling on the field is correct. The replay official may reverse a ruling if, and only if, the video evidence convinces him beyond all doubt that the ruling was incorrect. Without such indisputable video evidence, the replay official must allow the ruling to stand. The replay system will not guarantee that all officiating mistakes are corrected.

THE SOURCE During televised games, all reviewable video will come directly from the television network broadcasting the game (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBSSN, etc.). In non-televised games, all reviewable video will come directly from four in-house video cameras. The review process will never use both television and in-house cameras in any one game. The American Athletic Conference has upgraded its replay system to include high-definition-capture and playback-to-HD monitors.

THE PROCESS The American Athletic Conference instant replay system is not the NFL model. A review can be triggered by the replay official in the press box, or the head coach on the field. The replay officials will have available to them the video coming directly from the television production truck by the network broadcasting the game or from four in-house video cameras.

The DVSport HD Digital Replay System will be used for all reviews. Unlike the NFL, there is no limit to the number of plays that can be reviewed by the replay official. Coaches are limited to one challenge per game. If a coach’s challenge is successful, he retains the challenge, which he may use only once more during the game. Thus, a coach may have a total of two challenges if and only if his initial challenge is successful. After a review has been completed, if the on-field ruling is reversed, that team’s timeout will not be charged.

The coaching staff will have access to the live game feed in its respective coaching booth in order to provide information to the head coach as to whether a play should be challenged.

THE PLAYS The following plays are subject to review under American Athletic Conference instant replay: SCORING PLAYS ARTICLE 1. Reviewable plays involving a potential score include: a. A potential touchdown or safety. [Exception: Safety by penalty for fouls that are not specifically reviewable.]. b. Field goal attempts if and only if the ball is ruled (a) below or above the crossbar or (b) inside or outside the uprights when it is lower than the top of the uprights. If the ball is higher than the top of the uprights as it crosses the end line, the play may not be reviewed.

PASSES ARTICLE 2. Reviewable plays involving passes include: a.

Pass ruled complete, incomplete or intercepted anywhere in the field or play or an end zone. b. Forward pass touched by a player or an official. c. Forward pass or forward handing when a ball carrier is or has been beyond the neutral zone. d. A forward pass or forward handing after a change of team possession e. Pass ruled forward or backward when thrown from behind the neutral zone.

1. If the pass is ruled forward and is incomplete, the play is reviewable only if the ball goes out of bounds or if there is clear recovery of a loose ball in the immediate continuing action after the loose ball. If the replay official does not have indisputable video evidence as to which team recovers, the ruling of incomplete pass stands.

2.

If the replay official reverses an incomplete forward pass ruling and the ball is recovered, it belongs to the recovering team at the spot of the recovery and any advance is nullified.

DEAD BALL AND LOOSE BALL ARTICLE 3. Reviewable plays involving potential dead balls and loose balls include: a. Loose ball by a potential passer ruled a fumble. b. Loose ball by a passer ruled incomplete forward pass when there is clear recovery in the immediate continuing action after the loose ball.

1. If the replay official does not have indisputable video evidence as to which team recovers, the ruling of incomplete pass stands.

2.

If the replay official rules fumble, the ball belongs to the recovering team at the spot of the recovery and any advance is nullified. c. Live ball not ruled dead in possession of a ball carrier. d. Loose ball ruled dead or live ball ruled dead in possession of a ball carrier when the clear recovery of a loose ball occurs in the immediate continuing action.

1. If the ball is ruled dead and the replay official does not have indisputable video evidence as to which team recovers, the dead-ball ruling stands.

2. If the replay official rules that the ball was not dead, it belongs to the recovering team at the spot of the recovery and any advance is nullified. e. Ball carrier’s forward progress with respect to a first down. f. Catch or recovery of a fumble by a Team A player other than the fumbler before any change of possession during fourth down or a try. g. Ball carrier in or out of bounds. If a ball carrier is ruled out of bounds, the play is not reviewable, except as in Rules 12-3-1-a and 12-3-3-d. h. Catch or recovery of a loose ball by a player potentially touching a sideline or end line. i. A loose ball touching on or beyond a sideline, goal line, or end line, touching a pylon, or breaking the plane of a goal line. j. Catch or recovery of a loose ball in the field of play or an end zone.

KICKS ARTICLE 4. Reviewable plays involving kicks include: a. Touching of a kick. b. Player beyond the neutral zone when kicking the ball. c. Kicking team player advancing a ball after a potential muffed kick/fumble by the receiving team. d. Scrimmage kick crossing the neutral zone.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLE 5. a. The number of players on the field by either team during a live ball. b. Clock adjustment when a ruling is reviewed. c.

Clock adjustment at the end of any quarter (Exception: Rule 3-2-5-b). If, at the end of any quarter, the game clock expires, either during a down in which it should be stopped by rule when the ball becomes dead or following the down upon a request for an available team timeout, the replay official may restore time only under these conditions: 1. The replay official has indisputable video evidence that time should have remained on the game clock when the ball became dead or when the team timeout was granted; 2. In the second and fourth quarters only, the team in possession when the ball became dead would next put the ball in play from scrimmage; 3. In the fourth quarter only, either the score is tied or the team that will next snap the ball is behind by eight points or fewer; and 4.

The replay official’s video evidence includes the timeout signal by an official in the case where the game clock should have stopped for a requested team timeout. d. Correcting the number of a down.

1. This includes the result of a penalty enforcement that includes an automatic first down or loss of down.

2. The correction may be made at any time within that series of downs or before the ball is legally put in play following that series. e. Any person who is not a player interfering with liveball action occurring in the field of play (Rule 9-2-3). f. The player-disqualification portion of the penalty for targeting fouls under 9-1-3 and 9-1-4. The point of initial forcible contact and use of the crown of the helmet are reviewable; however, the targeting action itself is not reviewable.

LIMITATIONS ON REVIEWABLE PLAYS ARTICLE 6. No other plays or officiating decisions are reviewable. However, the replay official may correct egregious errors, including those involving the game clock, whether or not a play is reviewable. This excludes fouls that are not specifically reviewable (Reviewable fouls: Rules 12-3-2-c and d and 12-3-4-b and 12-3-5-a).

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NONCONFERENCE OPPONENTS AUSTIN PEAY

COLORADO STATE

GRAMBLING STATE

Conference:....................................................Ohio Valley Stadium:.............................Governors Stadium (10,000) Head Coach:............................................... Kirby Cannon Austin Peay Record:......................... 0-12 (one year) Overall Record:.................................35-98 (11 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/9 Media Relations Contact:...........................Brad Kirtley E-Mail:...........................................kirtleyb@apsu.edu Phone:.................................................... (931) 221-6561 Website:.........................................APSUgovernors.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................0-12 2013 Conference Record:.........................0-8 (9th, OVC)

Conference:............................................ Mountain West Stadium:..................................Hughes Stadium (32,500) Head Coach:..............................................Jim McElwain Colorado State Record:................ 12-14 (two years) Career Record:............................... 12-14 (two years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/6 Media Relations Contact:................................ Paul Kirk E-Mail:.................................paul.kirk@colostate.edu Phone:.................................................... (970) 491-4672 Website:....................................................CSURams.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................8-6 2013 Conference Record:....................5-3 (T5th, MWC)

Conference:................................Southwestern Athletic Stadium:....................Eddie Robinson Stadium (19,600) Head Coach:..........................................Broderick Fobbs Grambling State Record:....................0-0 (first year) Career Record:.....................................0-0 (first year) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/7 Media Relations Contact:......................Santoria Black E-Mail:............................................blacks@gram.edu Phone:.................................................... (318) 274-6562 Website:.................................................. GSUTigers.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................1-10 2013 Conference Record:.......... 1-7 (5th, SWAC West)

BAYLOR

Conference:............................................................. Big 12 Stadium:....................................Baylor Stadium (45,000) Head Coach:...................................................... Art Briles Baylor Record:.................................46-32 (six years) Overall Record:.................................78-60 (11 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/4 Media Relations Contact:.......................Heath Nielsen E-Mail:............................ heath_nielsen@baylor.edu Phone:.................................................... (254) 710-3538 Website:...............................................BaylorBears.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................11-2 2013 Conference Record:.................... 8-1 (1st, Big 12))

DELAWARE STATE

Conference:..................................................Mid-Eastern Stadium:..................................... Alumni Stadium (7,193) Head Coach:...............................................Kermit Blount Delaware State Record:............ 14-19 (three years) Overall Record:......................... 105-106-3 (21 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................9/5 Media Relations Contact:........................Dennis Jones E-Mail:............................................ djones@desu.edu Phone:.................................................... (302) 857-6068 Website:............................................... DSUHornets.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................5-7 2013 Conference Record:.................... 5-3 (3rd, MEAC)

MARYLAND

BETHUNE-COOKMAN

DUKE

Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:.....................Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941) Head Coach:.............................................David Cutcliffe Duke Record:....................................31-44 (six years) Overall Record:.................................75-73 (12 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................8/6 Media Relations Contact:.............................. Art Chase E-Mail:.................................chasea@duaa.duke.edu Phone:.................................................... (919) 684-2614 Website:....................................................... GoDuke.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................10-4 2013 Conference Record:......... 6-2 (1st, ACC Coastal)

MIAMI (FLA.)

Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:................................. Sun Life Stadium (76,916) Head Coach:......................................................Al Golden Miami (Fla.) Record:.................. 22-15 (three years) Career Record:.............................. 49-49 (nine years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/7 Media Relations Contact:..........................Chris Yandle E-Mail:.......................................c.yandle@miami.edu Phone:.................................................... (305) 284-3248 Website:........................................HurricaneSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................9-5 2013 Conference Record:........5-3 (t2nd, ACC Coastal)

BOISE STATE

Conference:..................................................Mid-Eastern Stadium:................................Municipal Stadium (9,601) Head Coach:.............................................. Brian Jenkins Bethune-Cookman Record:..........37-11 (four years) Overall Record:..............................37-11 (four years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/9 Media Relations Contact:.........................Brian Harvey E-Mail:..................................harveyb@cookman.edu Phone:.................................................... (386) 481-2206 Website:............................................. BCUAthletics.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................10-3 2013 Conference Record:..................... 7-1 (1st, MEAC)

Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:....................................... Byrd Stadium (51,500) Head Coach:................................................ Randy Edsall Maryland Record:....................... 13-24 (three years) Career Record:..................................87-94 (15 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................9/9 Media Relations Contact:........................... Matt Taylor E-Mail:......................................... taylormd@umd.edu Phone:.................................................... (301) 314-7065 Website:.....................................................UMTerps.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................7-6 2013 Conference Record:..........3-5 (5th, ACC Atlantic)

Conference:............................................ Mountain West Stadium:.................................. Bronco Stadium (36,387) Head Coach:................................................Bryan Harsin Boise State Record:..........................0-0 (first years) Career Record:..................................... 7-5 (one year) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/8 Media Relations Contact:............................Joe Nickell E-Mail:.............................joenickell@boisestate.edu Phone:.................................................... (208) 426-1515 Website:.............................................Broncosports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................8-5 2013 Conference Record:.. 6-2, (2nd MWC Mountain)

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

Conference:.......................................... Conference USA Stadium:........................................ FAU Stadium (29,419) Head Coach:.........................................Charlie Partridge Florida Atlantic Record:..........................0-0 (first year) Overall Record:....................................0-0 (first year) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/6 Media Relations Contact:............ Katrina McCormack E-Mail:......................................... kmccormi@fau.edu Phone:.................................................... (561) 297-3163 Website:.................................................. FAUSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................6-6 2013 Conference Record:............. 4-4 (4th, CUSA East)

MIAMI (OHIO)

BRIGHAM YOUNG

GEORGIA TECH

MIDDLE TENNESSEE

Conference:................................................. Independent Stadium:....................LaVell Edwards Stadium (63,470) Head Coach:................................... Bronco Mendenhall Brigham Young Record:.............. 82-34 (nine years) Career Record:.............................. 82-34 (nine years) Starters Returning:.......................................................8/6 Media Relations Contact:............................. Brett Pyne E-Mail:.......................................brett_pyne@byu.edu Phone:.................................................... (801) 422-4912 Website:...............................................BYUCougars.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................8-5 2013 Conference Record:.......................................... N/A

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Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:..........................Bobby Dodd Stadium (55,000) Head Coach:...............................................Paul Johnson Georgia Tech Record:.....................47-32 (six years) Career Record:................................154-71 (17 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................6/5 Media Relations Contact:........................Dean Buchan E-Mail:...................... dbuchan@athletics.gtech.edu Phone:.................................................... (404) 894-6283 Website:...........................................RamblinWreck.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................7-6 2013 Conference Record:........5-3 (t2nd, ACC Coastal)

Conference:.............................................. Mid-American Stadium:....................... Fred C. Yager Stadium (24,286) Head Coach:...............................................Chuck Martin Miami (Ohio) Record:........................ 0-0 (firstyears) Career Record:...................................74-7 (six years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................8/7 Media Relations Contact:.......................... Dave Meyer E-Mail:.................................... meyerd@miamioh.edu Phone:.................................................... (513) 529-4329 Website:............................................MURedHawks.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................0-12 2013 Conference Record:...............0-8 (7th, MAC East)

Conference:.......................................... Conference USA Stadium:............Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium (30,788) Head Coach:..............................................Rick Stockstill Middle Tennessee Record:.......51-49 (eight years) Career Record:.............................51-49 (eight years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/8 Media Relations Contact:......................... Mark Owens E-Mail:...........................owens@goblueraiders.com Phone:.................................................... (615) 898-2450 Website:............................................GlBlueRaiders.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................8-5 2013 Conference Record:...........6-2 (t2nd, CUSA East)

NONCONFERENCE OPPONENTS MISSISSIPPI

NORTH CAROLINA STATE

Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:........................ Carter-Finley Stadium (60,000) Head Coach:................................................Dave Doeren North Carolina State Record........... 3-9 (one years) Career Record:............................ 26-12 (three years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/7 Media Relations Contact:................. Annabelle Myers E-Mail:......................... annabelle_myers@ncsu.edu Phone:.................................................... (919) 515-1181 Website:....................................................... GoPack.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................3-9 2013 Conference Record:...........0-8 (7th ACC Atlantic)

Conference:.......................................................... Big Ten Stadium:.......... High Point Solutions Stadium (52,454_ Head Coach:.....................................................Kyle Flood Rutgers Record:............................. 15-11 (two years) Career Record:............................... 15-11 (two years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................9/7 Media Relations Contact:..........................Jason Baum E-Mail:........................... jbaum@scarletknights.com Phone:.................................................... (732) 445-4200 Website:...........................................ScarletKnights.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................6-7 2013 Conference Record:...............3-5 (6th, American)

MISSOURI

Conference:................................................Southeastern Stadium:............ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (60,580) Head Coach:.................................................Hugh Freeze Mississippi Record:...................... 15-11 (two years) Career Record:............................... 45-18 (five years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................6/9 Media Relations Contact:.......................Kyle Campbell E-Mail:............................................kyle@olemiss.edu Phone:.................................................... (662) 915-7544 Website:...........................................OleMissSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................8-5 2013 Conference Record:............. 3-5 (t5th, SEC West)

Conference:................................................Southeastern Stadium:....Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium (77,000) Head Coach:...................................................Gary Pinkel Missouri Record.............................102-63 (13 years) Career Record:.......................... 175-100-3 (23 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................4/4 Media Relations Contact:.......................... Chad Moller E-Mail:.................................... mollerc@missouri.edu Phone:.................................................... (573) 882-0712 Website:....................................................MUTigers.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................12-2 2013 Conference Record:.................7-1 (1st, SEC East)

NORTH TEXAS

Conference:.......................................... Conference USA Stadium:..................................Apogee Stadium (30,850) Head Coach:............................................ Dan McCarney North Texas Record:.................. 18-19 (three years) Career Record:................................74-104 (15 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/4 Media Relations Contact:........................... Eric Capper E-Mail:...................................... eric.capper@unt.edu Phone:.................................................... (940) 565-2476 Website:.................................... MeanGreenSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................9-4 2013 Conference Record:......... 6-2 (t2nd, CUSA West)

SOUTH CAROLINA

NAVY

OHIO STATE

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

Head Coach:......................................... Ken Niumatalolo Navy Record:....................................49-30 (six years) Career Record:.................................49-30 (six years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................8/7 Media Relations Contact:................Scott Strasemeier E-Mail:........................................sstrasem@usna.edu Phone:.................................................... (410) 293-8775 Website:................................................ NavySports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................9-4 2013 Conference Record:.......................................... N/A

Conference:.......................................................... Big Ten Stadium:..................................... Ohio Stadium (102,329) Head Coach:............................................... Urban Meyer Ohio State Record:.......................... 24-2 (two years) Career Record:................................128-25 (13 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/7 Media Relations Contact:.............................Jerry Emig E-Mail:...............................................emig.2@osu.edu Phone:.................................................... (614) 688-0343 Website:..................................OhioStateBuckeyes.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................12-2 2013 Conference Record:....8-0 (1st, Big Ten Leaders)

NORTH CAROLINA

Conference:................................................. Independent Stadium:.Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000)

Conference:................................................Southeastern Stadium:.....................Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) Head Coach:............................................. Steve Spurrier South Carolina Record:............... 77-39 (nine years) Career Record:............................ 219-79-2 (24 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................8/6 Media Relations Contact:..............................Steve Fink E-Mail:...................................finksc@mailbox.sc.edu Phone:.................................................... (803) 777-7987 Website:.....................................GamecocksOnline.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................11-2 2013 Conference Record:............... 6-2 (2nd, SEC East)

Conference:......................................................Southland Stadium:............................. Strawberry Stadium (7,408) Head Coach:................................................. Ron Roberts Southeastern Louisiana Record:.. 16-9 (two years) Career Record:........................... 63-25 (seven years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................8/6 Media Relations Contact:................ Kemmler Chapple E-Mail:.........................................kchapple@selu.edu Phone:.................................................... (985) 549-3221 Website:.................................................... LionSports.net 2013 Overall Record:..................................................11-3 2013 Conference Record:.............. 7-0 (1st, Southland)

Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:..................Kenan Memorial Stadium (63,000) Head Coach:................................................ Larry Fedora North Carolina Record:................ 15-10 (two years) Career Record:.................................49-29 (six years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/6 Media Relations Contact:.............................Kevin Best E-Mail:................................................ kbest@unc.edu Phone:.................................................... (919) 962-8916 Website:...................................................... GoHeels.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................7-6 2013 Conference Record:.......... 4-4 (5th, ACC Coastal)

OKLAHOMA

Conference:............................................................. Big 12 Stadium:.....Gaylor Family Memorial Stadium (82,112) Head Coach:.................................................. Bob Stoops Oklahoma Record:..........................160-39 (15 years) Career Record:................................160-39 (15 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/9 Media Relations Contact:.......................... Pete Morris E-Mail:...............................................pmorris@ou.edu Phone:.................................................... (405) 325-0096 Website:.............................................SoonerSports.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................11-2 2013 Conference Record:................... 7-2 (t2nd, Big 12)

STONY BROOK

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL

PENN STATE

TCU

Conference:..................................................Mid-Eastern Stadium:.................... O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium (10,000) Head Coach:.................................................. Jerry Mack North Carolina Central Record:........0-0 (first year) Career Record:.....................................0-0 (first year) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/7 Media Relations Contact:.............................Kyle Serba E-Mail:............................................kserba@nccu.edu Phone:.................................................... (919) 530-7054 Website:....................................... NCCUEaglePride.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................5-7 2013 Conference Record:...................... 3-5 (8th MEAC)

RUTGERS

Conference:.......................................................... Big Ten Stadium:.................................Beaver Stadium (106,572) Head Coach:............................................James Franklin Penn State Record:.............................0-0 (first year) Career Record:.............................. 24-15 (three year) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/7 Media Relations Contact:........................... Jeff Nelson E-Mail:....................................................jtn4@psu.edu Phone:.................................................... (814) 865-1757 Website:.............................................GoPSUSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................7-5 2013 Conference Record:... 4-4 (3rd, Big Ten Leaders)

Conference:...........................................Colonial Athletic Stadium:................Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (8,300) Head Coach:................................................Chuck Priore Stony Brook Record....................52-40 (eight years) Career Record:..................................91-49 (14 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................6/6 Media Relations Contact:.......................... Adam Gutes E-Mail:........................adam.gutes@stonybrook.edu Phone:.................................................... (631) 632-7125 Website:..............................................GoSeaWolves.org 2013 Overall Record:....................................................5-6 2013 Conference Record:........................ 3-5 (7th, CAA)

Conference:............................................................. Big 12 Stadium:....................Amon G. Carter Stadium (45,000) Head Coach:............................................ Gary Patterson TCU Record......................................120-44 (13 years) Career Record:................................120-44 (13 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................6/9 Media Relations Contact:.......................... Mark Cohen E-Mail:............................................m.cohen@tcu.edu Phone:.................................................... (817) 257-5394 Website:...................................................... GoFrogs.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................4-8 2013 Conference Record:..................... 2-7 (7th, Big 12)

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NONCONFERENCE OPPONENTS TENNESSEE TECH

TOLEDO

TEXAS A&M

UCLA

Conference:....................................................Ohio Valley Stadium:................................... Tucker Stadium (16,500) Head Coach:............................................ Watson Brown Tennessee Tech Record:......... 33-46 (seven years) Career Record:.......................... 127-197-1 (29 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................7/7 Media Relations Contact:........................Rob Schabert E-Mail:.................................. RSchabert@tntech.edu Phone:.................................................... (931) 372-3088 Website:.................................................. TTUSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................5-7 2013 Conference Record:....................... 2-6 (t7th, OVC)

Conference:...............................................Mid American Stadium:........................................... Glass Bowl (26,248) Head Coach:.............................................Matt Campbell Toledo Record:................................. 17-9 (two years) Overall Record:................................ 17-9 (two years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):...................................8/10 Media Relations Contact:.........................Paul Helgren E-Mail:.............................paul.helgren@utoledo.edu Phone:.................................................... (419) 530-4918 Website:..................................................UTRockets.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................7-5 2013 Conference Record:.............5-3 (3rd, MAC West)

Conference:................................................Southeastern Stadium:.............................................. Kyle Field (82,589) Head Coach:................................................Kevin Sumlin Texas A&M Record:........................ 20-6 (two years) Overall Record:................................55-23 (six years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................5/9 Media Relations Contact:......................... Alan Cannon E-Mail:........................acannon@athletics.tamu.edu Phone:.................................................... (979) 845-5447 Website:...........................................AggieAthletics.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................9-4 2013 Conference Record:...............4-4 (4th, SEC West)

Conference:...................................................... Pacific-12 Stadium:.................................... The Rose Bowl (91,136) Head Coach:......................................................Jim Mora UCLA Record:................................... 19-8 (two years) Overall Record:................................ 19-8 (two years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................9/8 Media Relations Contact:........................ Steve Rourke E-Mail:...........................srourke@athletics.ucla.edu Phone:.................................................... (310) 206-8187 Website:................................................UCLABruins.com 2013 Overall Record:..................................................10-3 2013 Conference Record:....... 6-3 (2nd, Pac-12 South)

TEXAS STATE

VANDERBILT

Conference:.........................................................Sun Belt Stadium:...................................Bobcat Stadium (30,000) Head Coach:..................................... Dennis Franchione Texas State Record....................... 29-29 (five years) Career Record:.......................... 203-121-2 (28 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................8/4 Media Relations Contact:.......................... Rick Poulter E-Mail:...................................... rpoulter@txstate.edu Phone:.................................................... (512) 245-2966 Website:.........................................TxStateBobcats.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................6-6 2013 Conference Record:................. 2-5 (7th, Sun Belt)

Conference:................................................Southeastern Stadium:............................. Vanderbilt Stadium (40,350) Head Coach:...............................................Derek Mason Vanderbilt Record:..............................0-0 (first year) Overall Record:....................................0-0 (first year) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................6/4 Media Relations Contact:...................... Larry Leathers E-Mail:.......................larry.leathers@vanderbilt.edu Phone:.................................................... (615) 343-6437 Website:........................................ VUCommodores.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................9-4 2013 Conference Record:................ 4-4 (4th, SEC East)

TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO

VIRGINIA TECH

Conference:.......................................... Conference USA Stadium:.......................................... Alamodome (65,000) Head Coach:.................................................. Larry Coker Texas-San Antonio Record:..... 19-15 (three years) Career Record:.............................. 79-30 (nine years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):...................................9/10 Media Relations Contact:...................... Kyle Stephens E-Mail:................................ kyle.stephens@utsa.edu Phone:.................................................... (210) 458-4551 Website:...................................................... GoUTSA.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................7-5 2013 Conference Record:.......... 6-2 (2nd, CUSA West)

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Conference:...............................................Atlantic Coast Stadium:.......................................Lane Stadium (65,632) Head Coach:..............................................Frank Beamer Virginia Tech Record:.............. 224-109-2 (27 years) Overall Record:......................... 266-132-4 (33 years) Starters Returning (Off./Def.):.....................................9/5 Media Relations Contact:............................Dave Smith E-Mail:..................................................... vtsid@vt.edu Phone:.................................................... (540) 231-6726 Website:............................................... HokieSports.com 2013 Overall Record:....................................................8-5 2013 Conference Record:......... 5-3 (2nd, ACC Coastal)

THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Location:............................................................................Orlando, Fla. Enrollment:................................................................................... 59,767 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1963 Nickname: .................................................................................Knights Colors: ..........................................................................Black and Gold Website: ................................................................. UCFAthletics.com Stadium: .............Bright House Networks Stadium (45,323/Grass) President: .................................................................... Dr. John C. Hitt Director of Athletics: ............................................... Todd Stansbury Head Coach: ....................... George O’Leary (New Hampshire ’69)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Associate Director of Communications: ............... Brian Ormiston Office Phone: ................................................................ (407) 823-2409 Mobile: .......................................................................... (407) 920-1223 E-mail: .................................................................. bormiston@ucf.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (407) 822-0386

KNIGHT TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: .....................................12-1/8-0 American (1st) All-Time Record: ........................................................215-186-1 (.536) Bowl Appearances: ........................................................................... 6 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 3-3 (.500) Last Bowl Appearance: ..........................2014 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

(UCF 52, Baylor 42) Offensive System:....................................................................Multiple Defensive System:............................................................ Multiple 4-3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 49/14 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................... 17/7

UCF KNIGHTS

Dr. John C. Hitt President

Todd Stansbury Director of Athletics

George O’Leary Head Coach

Brian Ormiston Communications

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UCF STORYLINES UCF went unbeaten in American Athletic Conference play last year as the Knights won their third conference title since 2007.

DEFENSE Eighteen of the 21 players who made at least one start on defense are back in 2014. Nine players who were regular starters return.

UCF set a school record for wins with its 12-1 finish and was ranked No. 10 in the final Associated Press poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

CB Jacoby Glenn led The American with 17 passes defended as a freshman in 2013. Glenn earned all-conference first team honors, while S Clayton Geathers was a second-team choice.

They lead a talented UCF secondary that projects as one of the top units nationally.

UCF came from behind to win in the fourth quarter four times in 2013.

OFFENSE The Knights lost QB Blake Bortles and RB Storm Johnson to the NFL Draft as both players were chosen by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

UCF returns four of its top five wide receivers from last year. WR J.J. Worton was a secondteam all-conference selection in 2013.

RB William Stanback earned second team allconference honors as a freshman last season.

Stanback rushed for six touchdowns and 443 yards in his rookie season.

OT Torian Wilson and C Joey Grant are the lone returning starters on the offensive line. The three departed starters on the line all signed free agent contracts with NFL teams.

Returning QB Justin Holman joins Boise State transfer QB Nick Patti as the favorites to take over for Bortles.

2014 Schedule Sat., Aug. 30

vs. Penn State

Sat., Sept. 13

at Missouri

LB Terrance Plummer was the Defensive Most Outstanding Player of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Plummer made 110 tackles last year and was a first-team all-conference selection.

Sat., Sept. 20

Bethune-Cookman

DE Thomas Niles and DT Demetris Anderson are the two returning starters on the defensive line.

Thu., Oct. 2

Houston

Thu., Oct. 9

Brigham Young

Sat., Oct. 18

Tulane

Sat., Oct. 25

Temple

Sat., Nov. 1

at UConn

Fri., Nov. 14

Tulsa

Sat., Nov. 22

SMU

Fri., Nov. 28

at USF

Thu., Dec. 4

at East Carolina

SPECIAL TEAMS K Shawn Moffitt earned second-team all-conference honors last year after he was 21-for-23 in field goals and 49-for-49 on PATs. Moffitt led The American with 21 field goals and was tied for the conference lead in points scored by kickers (112).

P Caleb Houston averaged a solid 42.2 yards per punt, good for fifth in the conference last season.

WR Rannell Hall averaged 23.8 yards on kickoff returns last year, ranking third in The American.

at Dublin, Ireland 8:30 a.m., ESPN2 Series: Penn State leads, 2-1 Notable: Blake Bortles threw for 288 yards and three TDs in UCF’s 34-31 win in State College last year.

Noon, SEC Network Series: Missouri leads, 1-0 Notable: The Knights fell to Missouri 21-16 in their only previous meeting in the 2012 season.

6 p.m., ESPN3 Series: First meeting Notable: First FCS opponent for UCF since a 62-0 win against Charleston Southern in 2011.

ESPN Series: UCF leads, 4-1 Notable: UCF has won the last three in the series after a 19-14 victory last year in Houston.

7:30 p.m., ESPN Series: Brigham Young leads, 1-0 Notable: UCF held a 399-260 advantage in total offense, but fell 24-17 to BYU in Provo, Utah, in 2011.

TBD Series: UCF leads, 4-1 Notable: Schools haven’t met since 2010. UCF has won two straight against the Green Wave.

TBD Series: UCF leads, 1-0 Notable: Knights scored 10 points in the last 1:06 to take a 39-36 win in Philadelphia last year.

TBD Series: UCF leads, 1-0 Notable: Blake Bortles threw four touchdown passes in UCF’s 62-17 win in Orlando last season.

8 p.m., ESPN2 Series: Tulsa leads, 5-2 Notable: Last meeting between the schools was Tulsa’s 33-27 win in the 2011 Conference USA championship game.

TBD Series: UCF leads, 5-1 Notable: UCF was a 17-13 winner last year on a 24-degree day in Dallas.

TBD Series: USF leads, 4-1 Notable: Last year’s 23-20 win in Orlando was UCF’s first victory in the series.

Wide Receiver Rannell Hall

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ESPN Series: East Carolina leads, 9-3 Notable: UCF has won two of the last three meetings after the Pirates took eight of the first nine.

UCF George O’Leary At A Glance

George O’Leary

Hometown: Central Islip, N.Y. Family: Wife – Sharon; Children - Chris, Trish, Tim, Marty Alma Mater (Year): New Hampshire (1969) Hired at UCF: Dec. 8, 2003

Head Coach

In his 11th year at UCF in 2014, George O’Leary has helped the Knights achieve dozens of historic firsts, including games in front of sellout crowds on campus, individual accolades for student-athletes, three conference championships and victories in prestigious bowl games. For O’Leary, it has been business as usual.

Since taking over the program in 2004, O’Leary has made sure that UCF has reached new heights. The longesttenured coach in the American Athletic Conference, the veteran head coach has molded his program into a consistent winner on and off of the field.

Joining The American in 2013, UCF set school records with 12 wins, seven victories away from Orlando and a nine-game winning streak which is still active heading into 2014. UCF was undefeated in league play for the first time (8-0) en route to the outright conference title.

The 2013 squad also posted UCF’s first two wins over top-10 teams (No. 8/6 Louisville and No. 6/5 Baylor) and its first victories against Big Ten (Penn State) and Big 12 (Baylor) programs.

And on Dec. 8, exactly 10 years to the day O’Leary was hired at UCF, the Knights accepted their first BCS bowl berth.

Ranked No. 15 heading into the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, UCF lit up University of Phoenix Stadium with a 52-42 triumph over Big 12 champion Baylor. And the celebration continued in the days after as the Knights would achieve their first top-10 ranking by placing 10th in the final AP poll.

O’Leary would be named The American’s Coach of the Year in 2013, as well as a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, to The Paul Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award Watch List and a semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year.

O’Leary guided the 2010 Knights to the school’s first 11-win season, the Conference USA championship and an AutoZone Liberty Bowl win over Georgia. The Knights earned their first-ever national rankings in 2010, finishing the year at No. 20 in the coaches poll and O’Leary was rewarded with the C-USA Coach of the Year award as voted on by his peers for the third time in six years.

The 2010 season surpassed even the 2007 year when O’Leary guided the Knights to what was then arguably the finest campaign in program history. UCF won 10 contests, claimed the C-USA Championship and participated in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in front of a nationally-televised audience on ESPN.

Collegiate/Professional Career

1980-84 Defensive Line Coach, Syracuse 1985-86 Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line, Syracuse 1987-91 Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line,

Georgia Tech 1992-93 Defensive Line Coach, San Diego Chargers 1994 Interim Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/

Defensive Line, Georgia Tech 1995-2001 Head Coach, Georgia Tech 2002 Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line,

Minnesota Vikings 2003 Defensive Coordinator, Minnesota Vikings 2004- Head Coach, UCF

Assistant Coaches O’Leary rebuilt the UCF program from the ground up. He lobbied for new facilities, toured the state to gain publicity, restocked UCF with top recruits and made sure his student-athletes excelled in their studies.

O’Leary was the head coach at Georgia Tech from 1994-2001 after taking over as interim head coach for the final three games of the 1994 season. During his seven-year stint at Georgia Tech, O’Leary guided the Yellow Jackets to a 52-33 record and made five bowl appearances.

From 1995-2001, Georgia Tech recorded five winning seasons in six years. His 1998 squad won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship and played in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day. O’Leary’s Georgia Tech teams won at least seven games on four occasions , including a 10-win campaign in 1998 and nine victories in 2000. The 2000 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year, O’Leary was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2000.

Prior to coming to UCF, O’Leary served on Minnesota’s NFL coaching staff for two seasons.

In 2003, he was the Vikings’ defensive coordinator. O’Leary served as the defensive line coach for San Diego from 1992-93.

O’Leary had the first of two stints at Georgia Tech from 1987-91. He served as the defensive coordinator/defensive line coach. The team finished 11-0-1 in 1990 and won the national championship, defeating Nebraska in the Florida Citrus Bowl.

O’Leary received his first coaching job at the collegiate level at Syracuse (1980-86). He coached the defensive line and was the assistant head coach his final two seasons.

O’Leary was born in Central Islip, N.Y., and attended Central Islip High School. He attended the University of New Hampshire.

Charlie Taaffe Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Tyson Summers Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Danny Barrett Running Backs Sean Beckton Wide Receivers Mike Buscemi Special Teams Coordinator Kirk Callahan Defensive Backs Lorenzo Costantini Defensive Line Brent Key Assistant Head Coach of Offense/Offensive Line Allen Mogridge Tight Ends/H-Backs

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UCF George O’Leary Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 1994 * Georgia Tech 1995 Georgia Tech 1996 Georgia Tech 1997 Georgia Tech 1998 Georgia Tech 1999 Georgia Tech 2000 Georgia Tech 2001 * Georgia Tech 2004 UCF 2005 UCF 2006 UCF 2007 UCF 2008 UCF 2009 UCF 2010 UCF 2011 UCF 2012 UCF 2013 UCF

OVERALL CONFERENCE BOWL 0-3 0-2 6-5 5-3 5-6 4-4 7-5 5-3 Carquest (defeated West Virginia, 35-30) 10-2 7-1 Gator (defeated Notre Dame, 35-28) 8-4 5-3 Gator (lost to Miami (Fla.), 28-13) 9-3 6-2 Peach (lost to LSU, 28-14) 7-5 4-4 0-11 0-8 8-5 7-1 Hawaii (lost to Nevada, 49-48 ot) 4-8 3-5 10-4 7-1 Liberty (lost to Mississippi State, 10-3) 4-8 3-5 8-5 6-2 St. Petersburg (lost to Rutgers, 45-24) 11-3 7-1 Liberty (defeated Georgia, 10-6) 5-7 3-5 10-4 7-1 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s (defeated Ball State, 38-17) 12-1 8-0 Fiesta (defeated Baylor, 52-42)

Georgia Tech Record (eight years)

52-33 36-22 .612 .621

2-2 .500

UCF Record (10 years)

72-56 51-29 .562 .638

3-3 .500

Career Record (18 years)

124-89 87-54 .582 .617

5-5 .500

FINAL RANK

25/9/11 21/20 17/19 24/-

10/13

O’Leary served as interim head coach at Georgia Tech for the last three games of the 1994 season. He coached the first 12 games of the 2001 season at Georgia Tech, but did not coach the team in the Seattle Bowl.

All-Time UCF Coaches

TENURE Don Jonas 1979-81 Sam Weir 1982 Lou Saban * 1983-84 Jerry Anderson * 1984 Gene McDowell 1985-97 Mike Kruczek * 1998-2003 Alan Gooch * 2003 George O’Leary 2004- Total

W L T PCT 14 12 1 .537 0 10 0 .000 6 12 0 .333 1 3 0 .250 86 61 0 .585 36 30 .545 0 2 .000 72 56 .562 215 186 1 .536

*Jerry Anderson coached the final four games of the 1984 season after the resignation of Lou Saban; Alan Gooch coached the final two games of the 2003 season after Mike Kruczek was relieved of his duties.

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UCF 2013 RESULTS (12-1, 8-0 AMERICAN) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Date Opponent 8/29 Akron 9/6 at Florida International 9/14 at Penn State 9/28 South Carolina 10/5 at Memphis * 10/18 at Louisville * 10/26 UConn * 11/9 Houston * 11/16 at Temple * 11/21 Rutgers * 11/29 USF * 12/7 at SMU * 1/1 vs. Baylor 1

Result W, 38-7 W, 38-0 W, 34-31 L, 25-28 W, 24-17 W, 38-35 W, 62-17 W, 19-14 W, 39-36 W, 41-17 W, 23-20 W, 17-13 W, 52-42

1 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz.

TEAM STATISTICS

UCF OPP SCORING 450 277 Points Per Game 34.6 21.3 FIRST DOWNS 291 248 Rushing 114 88 Passing 153 139 Penalty 24 21 RUSHING YARDAGE 2079 1592 Yards gained rushing 2395 1928 Yards lost rushing 316 336 Rushing Attempts 471 400 Average Per Rush 4.4 4.0 Average Per Game 159.9 122.5 TDs Rushing 28 21 PASSING YARDAGE 3661 3114 Comp-Att-Int 269-404-11 272-479-14 Average Per Pass 9.1 6.5 Average Per Catch 13.6 11.4 Average Per Game 281.6 239.5 TDs Passing 26 13 TOTAL OFFENSE 5740 4706 Total Plays 875 879 Average Per Play 6.6 5.4 Average Per Game 441.5 362.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 41-923 62-1259 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-194 18-91 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-112 11-68 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.5 20.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.8 5.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 8.0 6.2 FUMBLES-LOST 20-10 21-12 PENALTIES-Yards 62-541 92-745 Average Per Game 41.6 57.3 PUNTS-Yards 43-1714 66-2710 Average Per Punt 39.9 41.1 Net punt average 35.4 36.9 KICKOFFS-Yards 86-5304 57-3407 Average Per Kick 61.7 59.8 Net kick average 40.1 37.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 32:12 27:48 3RD-DOWN Conversions 77/158 77/187 3rd-Down Pct 49% 41% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/8 8/20 4th-Down Pct 38% 40% SACKS BY-Yards 29-163 22-149 MISC YARDS -14 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 55 36 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 21-24 8-12 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (58-67) 87% (28-38) 74% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (40-67) 60% (26-38) 68% PAT-ATTEMPTS (53-53) 100% (33-33) 100% ATTENDANCE 252505 226930 Games/Avg Per Game 6/42084 6/37822 Neutral Site Games 1/65172 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total UCF 95 139 110 106 450 Opponents 37 75 70 95 277

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G JOHNSON, Storm 13 213 1188 49 1139 5.3 14 73 87.6 STANBACK, William 13 105 470 27 443 4.2 6 38 34.1 BORTLES, Blake 13 87 459 187 272 3.1 6 29 20.9 Total 13 471 2395 316 2079 4.4 28 73 159.9 Opponents 13 400 1928 336 1592 4.0 21 57 122.5 PASSING BORTLES, Blake HOLMAN, Justin Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 13 163.43 259-382-9 67.8 3581 25 91 275.5 3 118.57 9-14-1 64.3 75 1 25 25.0 13 158.50 269-404-11 66.6 3661 26 91 281.6 13 114.50 272-479-14 56.8 3114 13 75 239.5

RECEIVING HALL, Rannell WORTON, J.J. GODFREY, Jeff PERRIMAN, Breshad Total Opponents

G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 13 57 886 15.5 5 73 68.2 13 47 721 15.3 7 61 55.5 13 43 406 9.4 4 41 31.2 12 39 811 20.8 4 91 67.6 13 269 3661 13.6 26 91 281.6 13 272 3114 11.4 13 75 239.5

PUNT RETURNS WORTON, J.J. Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 13 157 12.1 0 35 18 194 10.8 0 35 18 91 5.1 1 15

KICK RETURNS HALL, Rannell STANBACK, William Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD 29 689 23.8 0 11 218 19.8 0 41 923 22.5 0 62 1259 20.3 0

Long 69 41 69 44

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points MOFFITT, Shawn 0 21-23 49-49 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 112 JOHNSON, Storm 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 102 WORTON, J.J. 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44 STANBACK, William 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Total 55 21-24 53-53 0-0 1 1-2 0 1 450 Opponents 36 8-12 33-33 1-1 1 1-2 0 0 277 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G BORTLES, Blake 13 469 272 3581 3853 296.4 JOHNSON, Storm 13 213 1139 0 1139 87.6 STANBACK, William 13 105 443 0 443 34.1 Total 13 875 2079 3661 5740 441.5 Opponents 13 879 1592 3114 4706 362.0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg MOFFITT, Shawn 21-23 91.3 0-0 7-8 10-10 3-3 1-2 50

Blk 1

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd HOUSTON, Caleb 41 1732 42.2 71 5 7 12 0 Total 43 1714 39.9 71 5 7 12 1 Opponents 66 2710 41.1 65 4 28 21 0 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G HALL, Rannell 13 121 886 0 689 0 1696 130.5 JOHNSON, Storm 13 1139 260 0 0 0 1399 107.6 Total 13 2079 3661 194 923 112 6969 536.1 Opponents 13 1592 3114 91 1259 68 6124 471.1 DEFENSE G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds PLUMMER, Terrance 13 62 48 110 8.5-44 GEATHERS, Clayton 13 64 36 100 4.5-9 MAAG, Sean 13 49 28 77 4.0-9 ALEXANDER, Brandon 13 36 27 63 3.0-13 GRAY, Troy 13 34 28 62 4.0-10 Total 13 514 340 854 81-290 Opponents 13 495 382 877 70.0-260

Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 2.5-25 2-0 6 . . 2 . . . 2-5 10 . 1-0 2 . . . 2-14 2 1 3-0 . . .

1.0-10 3-0 7 . 1-0 1 . .

1.0-4 2-6 4 5 1-0 1 . .

29-163 14-112 63 31 12-12 13 . 1 22-149 11-68 33 23 10-34 14 2 .

Returning players in italics

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UCF YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1979 8 6 2 0 Don Jonas 1980 9 4 4 1 Don Jonas 1981 10 4 6 0 Don Jonas 1982 10 0 10 0 Sam Weir 1983 11 5 6 0 Lou Saban 1984 11 2 9 0 Lou Saban/Jerry Anderson * 1985 11 4 7 0 Gene McDowell 1986 11 6 5 0 Gene McDowell 1987 13 9 4 0 Gene McDowell 1988 11 6 5 0 Gene McDowell 1989 10 7 3 0 Gene McDowell 1990 14 10 4 0 Gene McDowell 1991 11 6 5 0 Gene McDowell 1992 10 6 4 0 Gene McDowell 1993 12 9 3 0 Gene McDowell 1994 11 7 4 0 Gene McDowell 1995 11 6 5 0 Gene McDowell 1996 11 5 6 Gene McDowell 1997 11 5 6 Gene McDowell 1998 11 9 2 Mike Kruczek 1999 11 4 7 Mike Kruczek 2000 11 7 4 Mike Kruczek 2001 11 6 5 Mike Kruczek 2002 12 7 5 Mike Kruczek 2003 12 3 9 Mike Kruczek/Alan Gooch * 2004 11 0 11 George O’Leary 2005 13 8 5 George O’Leary Hawaii 2006 12 4 8 George O’Leary 2007 14 10 4 George O’Leary Liberty 2008 12 4 8 George O’Leary 2009 13 8 5 George O’Leary St. Petersburg 2010 14 11 3 George O’Leary Liberty 2011 12 5 7 George O’Leary 2012 14 10 4 George O’Leary Beef ‘O’ Brady’s 2013 13 12 1 George O’Leary Fiesta TOTAL 402 215 186 1 *Jerry Anderson coached the last four games of the 1984 season; Alan Gooch coached the last two games of the 2003 season.

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THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

Location:...................................................................... Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment:................................................................................... 42,656 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1819 Nickname: ..............................................................................Bearcats Colors: ........................................................................... Red and Black Website: ................................................................... GoBearcats.com Stadium: .Paul Brown Stadium (65,535/UBU Speed Series 55-M) President: ..................................................................Dr. Santa J. Ono Director of Athletics: ........................................................Mike Bohn Head Coach: .............. Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas ’76)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Associate AD/Strategic Communications: ................ Ryan Koslen Office Phone: ................................................................ (513) 556-5186 Mobile: .......................................................................... (216) 798-5998 E-mail: ................................................................ryan.koslen@.uc.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (513) 556-1010

BEARCAT TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: ...................................... 9-4/6-2 American (3rd) All-Time Record: ......................................................580-560-51 (.508) Bowl Appearances: ......................................................................... 15 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 8-7 (.533) Last Bowl Appearance: ............................................2013 Belk Bowl

(North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17)

Offensive System:....................................................................Multiple Defensive System:...................................................................Multiple Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 47/19 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................... 16/8

CINCINNATI BEARCATS 

Dr. Santa J. Ono President

Mike Bohn Director of Athletics

Tommy Tuberville Head Coach

Ryan Koslen Communications

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CINCINNATI STORYLINES Cincinnati has won at least nine games six times in the last seven years.

Tommy Tuberville, who holds a 139-83 career record in 18 seasons as a head coach, enters his second year on the Cincinnati sideline..

The Bearcats will play their 2014 home games at Paul Brown Stadium while Nippert Stadium — the team’s venerable home — undergoes an $86 million renovation.

OFFENSE Cincinnati boats a two-time first-team allconference pick on the offensive line as OT Eric Lefeld returns. Lefeld was a unanimous selection to the American Athletic Conference all-conference team last year.

QB Munchie Legaux, who missed the last 11 games of the 2013 season with a leg injury, is the only quarterback on the roster with game experience. QB Gunner Kiel, a transfer from Notre Dame, could emerge as the starter in training camp.

The Bearcats return their top three rushers from last season. RB Hosey Williams led the team in rushing yards (655), while RB Tion Green had a team-leading seven rushing touchdowns.

WR Shaq Washington (77 rec., 785 yards) and WR Chris Moore (9 TD receptions) lead a deep group of receivers.

DEFENSE Cincinnati’s defense has experience across the board, with multiple starters returning on the line, in the backfield and at linebacker.

The Bearcats lose three all-conference performers on defense from last year (DT Jordan Stepp, LB Greg Blair, CB, Deven Drane).

DE Silverberry Mouhon registered 9.5 sacks last year (third in The American) and earned secondteam all-conference honors.

2014 Schedule Fri., Sept. 12

Toledo

7 p.m., ESPNU

Series: Cincinnati leads, 4-3 Notable: Cincinnati will be the last FBS team to play its season-opener when the Bearcats host Toledo.

Sat., Sept. 20

Miami (Ohio)

Sat., Sept. 27

at Ohio State

The Victory Bell TBD Series: Series: Miami (Ohio) leads, 59-50-7 Notable: Cincinnati’s 14-0 win last year extended the Bearcats’ series winning streak to eight games.

LB Nick Temple, who made 80 tackles with 5.5 sacks in 2013, is the top returning tackler from last season.

6 p.m., Big Ten Network Series: Ohio State leads, 12-3 Notable: Cincinnati looks for its first win against the Buckeyes since Oct. 8, 1910.

Six of the top eight players on the depth chart return in the secondary. CB Howard Wilder, S Adrian Witty and S Zach Edwards are returning starters in the defensive backfield.

Sat., Oct. 4

SPECIAL TEAMS RB Ralph David Abernathy IV was chosen to American Athletic Conference all-conference first team after he finished with 1,046 all-purpose yards in 2013. Abernathy averaged 21.9 yards on kickoff returns.

Sat., Oct. 11

at Miami (Fla.)

Sat., Oct. 18

at SMU

Fri., Oct. 24

USF

Fri., Oct. 31

at Tulane

Fri., Nov. 13

East Carolina

Sat., Nov. 22

at UConn

Sat., Nov. 29

at Temple

Sat., Dec. 6

Houston

The Bearcats return both regular kicking specialists from last year. K Tony Miliano enters his fourth year as the starting placekicker, while P John Lloyd enjoyed his first year as the regular punter.

Memphis

TBD Series: Memphis leads, 18-13 Notable: The Bearcats have won five of their last six meetings with the Tigers.

TBD Series: Miami (Fla.) leads, 10-1 Notable: Cincinnati’s lone win in the series was Nov. 8, 1947 in the teams’ first meeting (20-7).

TBD Series: Cincinnati leads, 1-0 Notable: Cincinnati held off the Mustangs for a 28-26 win last season at Nippert Stadium.

7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 Series: Cincinnati leads, 7-4 Notable: Cincinnati did not allow an offensive touchdown to USF last year, but fell 26-20.

8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU Series: Tulane leads, 11-3 Notable: The schools meet for the first time since 2002.

7 p.m., ESPN2 Series: East Carolina leads, 12-5 Notable: Cincinnati has won the last three games in the series, which has not been played since 2004.

TBD Series: Cincinnati leads, 8-2 Notable: The Bearcats have won three straight against the Huskies, but have dropped two of their last three meetings in East Hartford, Conn.

TBD Series: Cincinnati leads, 11-4-1 Notable: Bearcat QB Brendon Kay was 31-for-37 for 270 yards and two TDs in last year’s 38-20 win.

Safety Adrian Witty

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TBD Series: Houston leads, 13-9 Notable: Cincinnati reeled off 573 yards of offense in a 24-17 win against the Cougars last season.

CINCINNATI Tommy Tuberville At A Glance

Tommy Tuberville

Hometown: Camden, Ark. Family: Wife – Suzanne; Children - Thomas, Troy Alma Mater (Year): Southern Arkansas (1976) Hired at Cincinnati: Dec. 8, 2012

Head Coach

Tommy Tuberville, an 18-year head coaching veteran was named the 41st football head coach at the University of Cincinnati Dec. 8, 2012.

Tuberville, widely regarded as one of the top coaches and recruiters in the collegiate game, came to Cincinnati after three years at Texas Tech. He led Cincinnati to a 9-4 record in his first year with the Bearcats.

In three seasons in Lubbock, Tuberville led the Red Raiders to a 20-17 mark and a pair of bowl appearances. In 17 seasons as a head coach, he holds a 130-77 career record.

Tuberville assembled the top two recruiting classes in Texas Tech history that placed the Red Raiders in the national top 25 in both 2011 and 2012.

Tuberville’s strong bowl history proved beneficial for the Red Raiders as he led them to a 45-38 win over Northwestern, which gave Tech its third consecutive win over a Big Ten foe.

In 10 seasons at Auburn (1999-2008), Tuberville led the Tigers to 85 overall wins, which ranks fourth in school history. The Tigers also won 49 Southeastern Conference games, a number that is the fourth-best mark in the SEC. Tuberville led Auburn to seven-straight bowl appearances, including New Year’s Day bowl games in four of those years.

In 2004, Tuberville led Auburn to its best season ever as the Tigers won a school-record 13 games and captured the SEC Championship and the Nokia Sugar Bowl title. Auburn won its first conference title since 1989, including its first outright championship since 1987. Auburn defeated five top-15 teams, becoming just the 10th NCAA Division I-A team to finish 13-0 or better. The Tigers earned their first berth in a Bowl Championship Series game and defeated Virginia Tech, 16-13 in the Sugar Bowl. For his efforts, Tuberville was named the AFCA, Associated Press, Paul “Bear” Bryant, FCA, SEC and Walter Camp Coach of the Year.

The season before Tuberville’s arrival, Auburn finished with a 3-8 overall record and a last-place finish in the SEC Western Division. Tuberville led Auburn to an SEC Championship, five Western Division titles including outright championships in 2000 and 2004 and co-championships in 2001, 2002 and 2005. Tuberville directed Auburn to eight consecutive bowl appearances, including five New Year’s Day bowl berths and three consecutive January 1 bowl games from 2005-07.

While at Ole Miss from 1995-98, Tuberville posted a 25-20 record. Inheriting a Rebel program plagued by NCAA sanctions and proba

Collegiate/Professional Career 1980-84 1986-92 1993 1994 1995-98 1999-2008 2010-12 2013-

Assistant Coach, Arkansas State Defensive Coach, Miami (Fla.) Defensive Coordinator, Miami (Fla.) Defensive Coordinator, Texas A&M Head Coach, Mississippi Head Coach, Auburn Head Coach, Texas Tech Head Coach, Cincinnati

Assistant Coaches Robert Prunty Associate Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator Hank Hughes Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

tion, he guided Ole Miss to a winning record in his first season in 1995, despite having just 61 players on scholarship. He did not have a full compliment of scholarship players to work with in any of his four years at Ole Miss.

Prior to becoming head coach at Ole Miss, Tuberville served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas A&M for one season. In 1994, he helped lead the Aggies to a 10-0-1 record and No. 8 final ranking by the Associated Press.

Tuberville served as a member of the University of Miami staff for eight seasons from 1986-93, taking over as defensive coordinator in 1993.

While serving on the staffs of Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson at Miami, Tuberville was a defensive coach on teams which won three national championships, posted an 87-9 record and played in nine consecutive New Year’s Day bowls.

Tuberville began his collegiate coaching career at Arkansas State in 1980, coaching various segments of the Indians’ defense over the next five seasons. During a five-year stay at Arkansas State, Tuberville coached defensive backs, nose guards and linebackers. During his final year at ASU, the Indians advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. He began his coaching career at Hermitage (Ark.) High School where he spent two years as an assistant and two as a head coach.

After three straight four-win seasons, Tuberville guided HHS to a 7-3 mark in 1979 before moving to Arkansas State.

A 1976 graduate of Southern Arkansas University, Tuberville was a letterman at free safety and a two-year member of the golf team at SAU.

Eddie Gran Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Darin Hinshaw Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Marc Nudelberg Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Steven Clinkscale Defensive Backs Darren Hiller Offensive Line Blake Rolan Wide Receivers Jeff Koonz Safeties

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CINCINNATI Tommy Tuberville Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 1995 Mississippi 1996 Mississippi 1997 Mississippi 1998 Mississippi 1999 Auburn 2000 Auburn 2001 Auburn 2002 Auburn 2003 Auburn 2004 Auburn 2005 Auburn 2006 Auburn 2007 Auburn 2008 Auburn 2010 Texas Tech 2011 Texas Tech 2012 Texas Tech 2013 Cincinnati

OVERALL CONFERENCE 6-5 3-5 5-6 2-6 8-4 4-4 6-5 3-5 5-6 2-6 9-4 6-2 7-5 5-3 9-4 5-3 8-5 5-3 13-0 8-0 9-3 7-1 11-2 6-2 9-4 5-3 5-7 2-6 8-5 3-5 5-7 2-7 7-5 4-5 9-4 6-2

BOWL Motor City (beat Marshall, 34-31) Independence (beat Texas Tech, 35-18)

22/22

Citrus (lost to Michigan, 31-28) Peach (lost to North Carolina, 16-10) Capital One (beat Penn State, 13-9) Music City (beat Wisconsin, 28-14) Sugar (beat Virginia Tech, 16-13) Capital One (lost to Wisconsin, 24-10) Cotton (beat Nebraska, 17-14) Chick-fil-A (beat Clemson, 23-20)

20/18 16/14 2/2 14/14 8/9 14/15

TicketCity (beat Northwestern 45-38) Meineke Car Care of Texas (beat Minnesota, 34-31) Belk (lost to North Carolina, 39-17)

Mississippi Record (three years)

25-20 12-20 .556 .375

2-0 1.000

Auburn Record (10 years)

85-40 51-29 .680 .638

5-3 .625

Texas Tech Record (three years)

20-17 9-17 .541 .321

2-0 1.000

Cincinnati Record (one year)

9-4 6-2 .692 .750

0-1 .000

139-81 78-68 .632 .534

9-4 .692

Career Record (17 years)

FINAL RANK

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All-Time Cincinnati Coaches

TENURE No Coach 1885-93 W. Durant Berry 1894-95 Williams Reynolds 1896 Tom Fennel 1897 Frank Cavanaugh 1898 Dan Reed 1899-00 Henry Pratt 1901 Anthony Chez 1902-03 Amos Foster 1904-05 William Foley 1906 Ralph Inott 1908 Robert Burch 1909-11 Lowell Dana 1912-13 George Little 1914-15 Ion Cortright 1916 Frank Marty 1917 Boyd Chambers 1918-21 George McLaren 1922-26 George Babcock 1927-30 Dana King 1931-34 Russ Cohen 1935-37 Wade Woodworth 1937 Joe Meyer 1938-42 Ray Nolting 1945-48 Sid Gillman 1949-54 George Blackburn 1955-60 Chuck Studley 1961-66 Homer Rice 1967-68 Ray Callahan 1969-72 Tony Mason 1973-76 Ralph Staub 1977-80 Mike Gottfried 1981-82 Watson Brown 1983 Dave Currey 1984-88 Tim Murphy 1989-93 Rick Minter 1994-03 Mark Dantonio 2004-06 * Brian Kelly 2006-09 * Jeff Quinn 2009 * Butch Jones 2010-12 * Steve Stripling 2012 * Tommy Tuberville 2013 Total

W L T PCT 13 12 4 .517 6 6 0 .500 4 3 1 .562 9 1 1 .864 5 1 3 .722 8 6 1 .567 1 3 1 .300 5 10 2 .353 11 4 0 .733 0 7 2 .111 1 4 1 .250 16 8 2 .654 8 7 2 .529 10 8 0 .556 0 8 1 .056 0 6 0 .000 12 15 3 .450 16 26 3 .389 12 21 3 .375 25 10 1 .708 8 11 3 .432 0 6 0 .000 27 16 3 .620 23 15 1 .603 50 13 1 .789 25 27 6 .483 27 33 0 .450 8 10 1 .447 20 23 0 .465 26 18 0 .591 14 28 2 .341 12 10 0 .545 4 6 1 .409 19 36 0 .345 17 37 1 .318 53 63 1 .457 18 17 .514 34 6 .850 0 1 .000 23 14 .621 1 0 1.000 9 4 .692 580 560 51 .508

* Mark Dantonio resigned in the 2006 season prior to the 2006-07 International Bowl, which was coached by Brian Kelly (27-24 win against Western Michigan). Kelly resigned in 2009, prior to the 2009-10 Allstate Sugar Bowl, which was coached by Jeff Quinn (51-24 loss to Florida). Butch Jones resigned in the 2012 season prior to the Belk Bowl, which was coached by Steve Stripling (48-30 win against Duke).

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CINCINNATI 2013 RESULTS (9-4, 6-2 AMERICAN)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/31 Purdue 9/7 at Illinois 9/14 Northwestern State 9/21 at Miami (Ohio) 10/5 at USF * 10/11 Temple * 10/19 UConn * 10/30 at Memphis * 11/9 SMU * 11/16 at Rutgers * 11/23 at Houston * 12/5 Louisville * 12/28 vs. North Carolina (Belk Bowl)

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G WILLIAMS, Hosey 12 115 669 14 655 5.7 4 77 54.6 ABERNATHY, Ralph David 13 132 554 36 518 3.9 5 27 39.8 GREEN, Tion 11 91 435 23 412 4.5 7 24 37.5 Total 13 517 2455 267 2188 4.2 28 77 168.3 Opponents 13 423 1743 385 1358 3.2 12 35 104.5

Result W, 42-7 L, 17-45 W, 66-9 W, 14-0 L, 20-26 W, 38-20 W, 41-16 W, 34-21 W, 28-25 W, 52-17 W, 24-17 ot L, 24-31 L,17-39

TEAM STATISTICS

CIN OPP SCORING 417 273 Points Per Game 32.1 21.0 FIRST DOWNS 315 230 Rushing 124 80 Passing 175 131 Penalty 16 19 RUSHING YARDAGE 2188 1358 Yards gained rushing 2455 1743 Yards lost rushing 267 385 Rushing Attempts 517 423 Average Per Rush 4.2 3.2 Average Per Game 168.3 104.5 TDs Rushing 28 12 PASSING YARDAGE 3949 2745 Comp-Att-Int 310-468-17 254-438-13 Average Per Pass 8.4 6.3 Average Per Catch 12.7 10.8 Average Per Game 303.8 211.2 TDs Passing 28 16 TOTAL OFFENSE 6137 4103 Total Plays 985 861 Average Per Play 6.2 4.8 Average Per Game 472.1 315.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 33-711 49-979 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 29-162 17-263 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-249 17-93 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.5 20.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.6 15.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 19.2 5.5 FUMBLES-LOST 19-11 18-8 PENALTIES-Yards 80-752 82-678 Average Per Game 57.8 52.2 PUNTS-Yards 48-1988 78-3362 Average Per Punt 41.4 43.1 Net punt average 33.0 39.2 KICKOFFS-Yards 75-4640 56-3524 Average Per Kick 61.9 62.9 Net kick average 42.7 43.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:17 28:43 3RD-DOWN Conversions 92/190 60/181 3rd-Down Pct 48% 33% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 9/19 12/22 4th-Down Pct 47% 55% SACKS BY-Yards 35-218 17-136 MISC YARDS 0 88 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 57 34 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-17 12-17 ON-SIDE KICKS 2-3 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (42-57) 74% (26-34) 76% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (36-57) 63% (18-34) 53% PAT-ATTEMPTS (54-57) 95% (29-31) 94% ATTENDANCE 190624 179015 Games/Avg Per Game 6/31771 6/29836 Neutral Site Games 1/45211 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Cincinnati 52 158 100 107 0 417 Opponents 77 70 47 72 7 273

PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G KAY, Brendon 13 148.59 261-394-12 66.2 3284 22 66 252.6 LEGAUX, Munchie 2 122.92 30-51-3 58.8 382 2 40 191.0 LUALLEN, Jordan 10 228.33 8-11-1 72.7 149 2 37 14.9 Total 13 149.60 310-468-17 66.2 3949 28 66 303.8 Opponents 13 116.75 254-438-13 58.0 2745 16 74 211.2 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G WASHINGTON, Shaq 13 77 785 10.2 1 43 60.4 McCLUNG, Anthony 11 71 930 13.1 5 46 84.5 MOORE, Chris 13 45 645 14.3 9 51 49.6 MORRISON, Max 13 29 447 15.4 3 46 34.4 ABERNATHY, Ralph David 13 24 177 7.4 0 32 13.6 MCKAY, Mekale 13 16 485 30.3 7 66 37.3 Total 13 310 3949 12.7 28 66 303.8 Opponents 13 254 2745 10.8 16 74 211.2 PUNT RETURNS McCLUNG, Anthony WASHINGTON, Shaq Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 16 80 5.0 0 25 10 84 8.4 0 35 29 162 5.6 0 35 17 263 15.5 1 86

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ABERNATHY, Ralph David 16 351 21.9 0 38 MOORE, Rod 14 312 22.3 0 33 Total 33 711 21.5 0 38 Opponents 49 979 20.0 1 78 |------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points MILIANO, Tony 0 7-17 54-56 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 75 MOORE, Chris 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 GREEN, Tion 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 MCKAY, Mekale 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Total 57 7-17 54-57 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 417 Opponents 34 12-17 29-31 1-2 0 0-1 0 1 273 TOTAL OFFENSE KAY, Brendon Total Opponents

G 13 13 13

Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 466 137 3284 3421 263.2 985 2188 3949 6137 472.1 861 1358 2745 4103 315.6

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk MILIANO, Tony 7-17 41.2 0-0 2-3 4-7 1-6 0-1 44 2 PUNTING LLOYD, John Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd 33 1409 42.7 62 3 6 9 0 48 1988 41.4 62 7 6 17 0 78 3362 43.1 84 7 16 19 0

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ABERNATHY, Ralph David 13 518 177 0 351 0 1046 80.5 Total 13 2188 3949 162 711 249 7259 558.4 Opponents 13 1358 2745 263 979 93 5438 418.3 DEFENSE BLAIR, Greg TEMPLE, Nick EDWARDS, Zach CHENAULT, Arryn WITTY, Adrian Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 13 48 58 106 7.0-34 1.0-14 .

3 5 1-7 1 . .

13 43 37 80 13.5-61 5.5-35 1-0 1 2 . 1 . .

13 43 30 73 2.5-4 . 2-20 7 . 1-0 1 . .

13 37 20 57 1.0-4 . 1-0 6 . 1-0 . . .

13 27 19 46 2.0-3 . 1-41 4 . . . . .

13 454 436 890 89-374 35-218 13-249 44 41 8-7 11 . .

13 520 502 1022 72.0-269 17-136 17-93 38 22 11-65 12 2 1

Returning players in italics

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CINCINNATI YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1885 2 1 0 1 No Coach 1886 2 2 0 0 No Coach 1887 1 1 0 0 No Coach 1888 2 1 0 1 No Coach 1889 2 1 1 0 No Coach 1890 4 2 1 1 No Coach 1891 7 4 2 1 No Coach 1892 3 1 2 0 No Coach 1893 6 0 6 0 No Coach 1894 6 3 3 0 W. Durant Berry 1895 6 3 3 0 W. Durant Berry 1896 8 4 3 1 William Reynolds 1897 11 9 1 1 Tom Fennel 1898 9 5 1 3 Frank Cavanaugh 1899 7 5 2 0 Dan Reed 1900 8 3 4 1 Dan Reed 1901 5 1 3 1 Henry Pratt 1902 8 4 2 2 Anthony Chez 1903 9 1 8 0 Anthony Chez 1904 8 7 1 0 Amos Foster 1905 7 4 3 0 Amos Foster 1906 9 0 7 2 William Foley 1907 No Games Played 1908 6 1 4 1 Ralph Inott 1909 8 4 3 1 Robert Burch 1910 9 6 3 0 Robert Burch 1911 9 6 2 1 Robert Burch 1912 8 3 4 1 Lowell Dana 1913 9 5 3 1 Lowell Dana 1914 9 6 3 0 George Little 1915 9 4 5 0 George Little 1916 9 0 8 1 Ion Cortright 1917 6 0 6 0 Frank Marty 1918 5 3 0 2 Boyd Chambers 1919 8 3 4 1 Boyd Chambers 1920 9 4 5 0 Boyd Chambers 1921 8 2 6 0 Boyd Chambers 1922 9 1 7 1 George McLaren 1923 9 6 3 0 George McLaren 1924 9 2 6 1 George McLaren 1925 9 4 5 0 George McLaren 1926 9 3 5 1 George McLaren 1927 9 2 5 2 George Babcock 1928 9 1 8 0 George Babcock 1929 9 4 4 1 George Babcock 1930 9 5 4 0 George Babcock 1931 9 5 4 0 Dana King 1932 9 7 2 0 Dana King 1933 9 7 2 0 Dana King 1934 9 6 2 1 Dana King 1935 9 7 2 0 Russ Cohen 1936 9 1 5 3 Russ Cohen 1937 10 0 10 0 Russ Cohen/Wade Woodworth 1938 9 4 5 0 Joe Meyer 1939 9 4 3 2 Joe Meyer 1940 9 5 3 1 Joe Meyer 1941 9 6 3 0 Joe Meyer 1942 10 8 2 0 Joe Meyer 1943 No Games Played 1944 No Games Played 1945 8 4 4 0 Ray Nolting 1946 11 9 2 0 Ray Nolting Sun 1947 10 7 3 0 Ray Nolting 1948 10 3 6 1 Ray Nolting 1949 11 7 4 0 Sid Gillman Glass 1950 12 8 4 0 Sid Gillman Sun 1951 11 10 1 0 Sid Gillman 1952 10 8 1 1 Sid Gillman 1953 10 9 1 0 Sid Gillman 1954 10 8 2 0 Sid Gillman 1955 9 1 6 2 George Blackburn 1956 9 4 5 0 George Blackburn 1957 10 5 4 1 George Blackburn 1958 10 6 2 2 George Blackburn

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YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1959 10 5 4 1 George Blackburn 1960 10 4 6 0 George Blackburn 1961 10 3 7 0 Chuck Studley 1962 10 2 8 0 Chuck Studley 1963 10 6 4 0 Chuck Studley 1964 10 8 2 0 Chuck Studley 1965 10 5 5 0 Chuck Studley 1966 10 3 7 0 Chuck Studley 1967 9 3 6 0 Homer Rice 1968 10 5 4 1 Homer Rice 1969 10 4 6 0 Ray Callahan 1970 11 7 4 0 Ray Callahan 1971 11 7 4 0 Ray Callahan 1972 11 2 9 0 Ray Callahan 1973 11 4 7 0 Tony Mason 1974 11 7 4 0 Tony Mason 1975 11 6 5 0 Tony Mason 1976 11 9 2 0 Tony Mason 1977 11 5 4 2 Ralph Staub 1978 11 5 6 0 Ralph Staub 1979 11 2 9 0 Ralph Staub 1980 11 2 9 0 Ralph Staub 1981 11 6 5 0 Mike Gottfried 1982 11 6 5 0 Mike Gottfried 1983 11 4 6 1 Watson Brown 1984 11 2 9 0 Dave Currey 1985 11 5 6 0 Dave Currey 1986 11 5 6 0 Dave Currey 1987 11 4 7 0 Dave Currey 1988 11 3 8 0 Dave Currey 1989 11 1 9 1 Tim Murphy 1990 11 1 10 0 Tim Murphy 1991 11 4 7 0 Tim Murphy 1992 11 3 8 0 Tim Murphy 1993 11 8 3 0 Tim Murphy 1994 11 2 8 1 Rick Minter 1995 11 6 5 0 Rick Minter 1996 11 6 5 Rick Minter 1997 12 8 4 Rick Minter Humanitarian 1998 11 2 9 Rick Minter 1999 11 3 8 Rick Minter 2000 12 7 5 Rick Minter Motor City 2001 12 7 5 Rick Minter Motor City 2002 14 7 7 Rick Minter New Orleans 2003 12 5 7 Rick Minter 2004 12 7 5 Mark Dantonio Fort Worth 2005 11 4 7 Mark Dantonio 2006 13 8 5 Mark Dantonio/Brian Kelly * International 2007 13 10 3 Brian Kelly PapaJohns.com 2008 14 11 3 Brian Kelly FedEx Orange 2009 13 12 1 Brian Kelly/Jeff Quinn * Allstate Sugar 2010 12 4 8 Butch Jones 2011 13 10 3 Butch Jones AutoZone Liberty 2012 13 10 3 Butch Jones/Steve Stripling Belk 2013 13 9 4 Tommy Tuberville Belk TOTAL 1193 580 560 51 *Brian Kelly coached Cincinnati in the 2007 International Bowl; Jeff Quinn coached Cincinnati in the 2009-10 Allstate Sugar Bowl; Steve Stripling coached Cincinnati in the 2012 Belk Bowl.

THE TEAMS

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Location:........................................................................... Storrs, Conn.

Enrollment:................................................................................... 30,474 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1881 Nickname: ................................................................................ Huskies Colors: ................................................ National Flag Blue and White Website: .............................................................. UConnHuskies.com Stadium: ..........................................Rentschler Field (40,000/Grass) President: .................................................................Dr. Susan Herbst Director of Athletics: ................................................ Warde Manuel Head Coach: .....................................................Bob Diaco (Iowa ’95)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Associate AD/Communications: ..................................Mike Enright Office Phone: ................................................................ (860) 486-2241 Mobile: .......................................................................... (860) 208-4756 E-mail: .........................................................mike.enright@uconn.edu SID Fax: ......................................................................... (860) 486-5085 Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (860) 610-4778

HUSKY TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: ..............................3-9/3-5 American (tied, 6th) All-Time Record: ......................................................494-526-38 (.485) Bowl Appearances: ........................................................................... 5 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 3-2 (.600) Last Bowl Appearance: ..........................2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

(Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20) Offensive System:....................................................................Multiple Defensive System:............................................................................4-3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 40/18 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 11/13

UCONN HUSKIES

Dr. Susan Herbst President

Warde Manuel Director of Athletics

Bob Diaco Head Coach

Mike Enright Communications

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UCONN STORYLINES UConn enters the 2014 season with a three-game winning streak after the Huskies bounced back from an 0-9 start to the 2013 campaign.

First-year head coach Bob Diaco joins the Huskes after spending the last four seasons as defensive coordinator at Notre Dame. Diaco helped the Irish reach the BCS National Championship game in 2012.

UConn will face five of its 12 opponents for the first time in the 2014 season.

OFFENSE UConn returns three quarterbacks who started four games each last season, including QB Casey Cochran, who finished the year as the starter. The Huskies went 3-1 with Cochran as the starting quarterback.

The Huskies have returning starters at four of six offensive skill positions.

WR Geremy Davis became the first UConn player to register 1,000 receiving yards in a season since the Huskies elevated their program to FBS status. Davis had 71 catches for 1,085 yards and three touchdowns last year.

DEFENSE After holding just one of their first nine opponents to fewer than 24 points, the Huskies allowed no more than 21 points in each of their last three games in 2013.

The Huskies return five starters from a defense that forced eight turnovers in the last three games of the 2013 season.

UConn will need to replace a pair of defensive backs who were drafted by NFL teams. CB Byron Jones returns after he had a team-high three interceptions after moving from safety to cornerback last season. S Obi Melifonwu registered 70 tackles and two interceptions a year ago.

DT Julian Campenni and DE Angelo Pruitt are the only returning starters on the defensive line.

Pruitt is a veteran of 18 career starts.

LB Jefferson Ashiru is the only returning starter at linebacker. Ashiru had 57 tackles and seven tackles for loss last season.

SPECIAL TEAMS UConn will have to replace both kicking specialists from last year.

The top returning rusher is RB Max DiLorenzo, who ran for 349 yards and five touchdowns last season.

K Bobby Puyol, who saw action in the 2012 season finale against Cincinnati, is projected as the starting placekicker.

C Alex Mateas is the only returning starter on the offensive line.

P Justin Wain and P Blake Feagles will battle for the regular punting chores.

2014 Schedule Fri., Aug. 29

Brigham Young

Sat., Sept. 6

Stony Brook

Sat., Sept. 13

Boise State

Fri., Sept. 19

at USF

Sat., Sept. 27

Temple

8 p.m., ESPN Series: First meeting Notable: Coaching debut for Bob Diaco, who was 2-0 against BYU as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator.

Noon, SNY Series: First meeting Notable: Stony Brook coach Chuck Priore was head coach at Trinity (Conn.) for six seasons.

Noon, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Series: First meeting Notable: Third of three straight games against firsttime opponents to open the season.

8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 Series: UConn leads, 6-5 Notable: Each of the last seven meetings has been decided by seven points or fewer.

TBD Series: Temple leads, 9-5 Notable: The Huskies overcame a 21-0 halftime deficit in last year’s 28-21 win in Philadelphia.

Sat., Oct. 11

at Tulane

Thu., Oct. 23

at East Carolina

TBD Series: First meeting Notable: UConn will be the first American Athletic Conference opponent at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium.

7 p.m., ESPNU Series: First meeting Notable: Bob Diaco went 1-1 against the Pirates while on the staff at Virginia.

Sat., Nov. 1

UCF

Sat., Nov. 8

at Army

TBD Series: UCF leads, 1-0 Notable: The Huskies fell 62-17 to the No. 21-ranked Knghts in Orlando last season. at Bronx, N.Y. 3:30 p.m., CBSSN Series: UConn leads, 4-1 Notable: This year’s matchup will be at Yankee Stadium. Huskies haven’t lost to Army since 1979.

Sat., Nov. 22

Cincinnati

Sat., Nov. 29

at Memphis

TBD Series: Cincinnati leads, 8-2 Notable: UConn has won two of the last three home meetings against the Bearcats.

TBD Series: UConn leads, 1-0 Notable: UConn QB Casey Cochran threw for a school-record 461 yards and four TDs in last year’s 45-10 win in East Hartford.

Sat., Dec. 6

Quarterback Casey Cochran

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SMU

TBD Series: SMU leads, 2-0 Notable: The first two meetings in the series were played in Dallas, including SMU’s 38-21 win last year.

UCONN Bob Diaco At A Glance

Bob Diaco

Hometown: Cedar Grove, N.J. Family: Wife – Julia; Children - Angelo, Michael, Josephine Alma Mater (Year): Iowa (1995) Hired at UConn: Dec. 12, 2013

Head Coach

Bob Diaco, who served on the Notre Dame coaching staff as the defensive coordinator for the past four years and the assistant head coach for the past two, is in his first year as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut in 2014- the 30th head coach in school history.

Diaco was the 2012 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given to the top assistant college football coach in the country and was the first Irish assistant to receive the prestigious award. He was a semifinalist for the award in 2011.

Diaco joined the Notre Dame staff in 2010 as defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach, took responsibility for the entire linebacker position in 2011 and added responsibilities as associate head coach in 2012.

His 2012 Irish defense ranked among the top 10 in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 12 different categories as the school played in the BCS National Championship Game and posted an overall record of 12-1.

Diaco has an impressive coaching resume as he served at Virginia (2006-08) as the linebackers and special teams coordinator and Cincinnati (2009) as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach before joining the Notre Dame staff.

A native of Cedar Grove, N.J., and a 1995 Iowa graduate, Diaco began his coaching career in 1996-97 as a graduate assistant at his alma mater.

He then served on the staffs of Western Illinois (1999-2000) as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach, Eastern Michigan (2001-2003) working with the same positions and Central Michigan (2005) as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

Diaco has coached in eight postseason games, including the BCS title game with Notre Dame in 2012 and the Sugar Bowl with Cincinnati in 2010.

He played in three bowl games as a studentathlete at Iowa.

He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at Iowa as a linebacker under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry and was named the team’s co-MVP in 1995, starting in all 23 games over his junior and senior seasons.

Diaco has developed a national reputation as one of the top defensive coaches in the game.

Notre Dame allowed an average of 19.08 points/ game over the last four seasons, which ranks as the ninth-best average over 2010-13 of any team in the FBS. In his only season at Cincinnati (2009), he was charged with replacing 10 starters on the

Collegiate/Professional Career:

Bearcats’ defense, including every player on the front seven for 2009. The Bearcats recorded 110 tackles for loss in 2009 (8.46 per game) to rank third in the nation. They totaled 37 sacks and tied for 10th in the country averaging 2.85 sacks per contest. Cincinnati’s defense allowed 3.6 rushing yards per carry.

Prior to Cincinnati, Diaco spent three years as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator on Al Groh’s coaching staff at the University of Virginia from 2006-08. At the conclusion of the 2008 season, was promoted to the Cavaliers’ defensive coordinator position, but he left two months later to take the same position at Cincinnati. Virginia played in the Gator Bowl following ‘07.

In his only season at Central Michigan (2005), Diaco turned around CMU’s rushing defense that just two years earlier had ranked last in the Mid-American Conference. Under Diaco’s watch, Central Michigan led the MAC, allowing only 113.7 rushing yards per game.

He coached the special teams and linebackers at Western Michigan from 1999-2000. The punting, punt return and kickoff return units all finished in the top three of the MAC. Diaco’s first full-time position was at Western Illinois where he was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator in 1999 and 2000.

The Leathernecks won the Gateway Conference crown in 2000 and made an appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

1996-97 Graduate Assistant, Iowa 1999-2000 Running Backs/

Special Teams Coach, Western Illinois 2001 Running Backs/Special Teams Coach,

Eastern Michigan 2002 Linebackers/Special Teams Coach,

Eastern Michigan 2003 Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coach,

Eastern Michigan 2004 Linebackers/Special Teams Coach,

Western Michigan 2005 Co-Defensive Coordinator/

Linebackers Coach, Central Michigan 2006-08 Linebackers/Special Teams Coach

, Virginia 2009 Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach, Cincinnati 2010 Defensive Coordinator/

Inside Linebackers Coach, Notre Dame 2011 Defensive Coordinator,

Linebackers Coach, Notre Dame 2012-13 Assistant Head Coach/

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach,

Notre Dame 2014 Head Coach, UConn

Assistant Coaches Don Patterson Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks Mike Cummings Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Anthony Poindexter Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Vincent Brown Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Wayne Lineburg Special Teams Coordinator/Wide Receivers Kevin Wolthausen Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line Mike Foley Offensive Line David Corley Running Backs/Director of Player Engagement Josh Reardon Cornerbacks/Co-Special Teams Coordinator

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UCONN Bob Diaco Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2014 UConn

OVERALL CONFERENCE

UConn Record

0-0 .—

All-Time UConn Coaches

No Coach E.S. Mansfield T.D. Knowles E.O. Smith George H. Lamson W.F. Madden S.F.G. McLean M.F. Claffey Leo Hafford A.J. Sharadin P.T. Brady Dave W. Warner John F. Donahue Roy J. Guyer Ross Swartz Wilder Tasker Sumner A. Dole J.O. Christian Arthur L. Valpey Robert Ingalls Richard E. Forzano John L. Toner Robert F. Casciola Larry L. Naviaux Walt Nadzak Tom Jackson Skip Holtz Randy Edsall Paul Pasqualoni T.J. Weist

TENURE 1896-97 1898 1899-01 1902-05 1906-07 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915-16 1919 1920 1921-22 1923-33 1934-49 1950-51 1952-63 1964-65 1966-70 1971-72 1973-76 1977-82 1983-93 1994-98 1999-2010 2011-13 2013

Total

BOWL

0-0 0-0 — ­—

W L T PCT 10 5 0 .667 0 3 0 .000 18 7 1 .712 14 13 1 .518 4 9 0 .308 4 3 1 .563 3 5 0 .375 1 5 1 .214 0 5 0 .000 3 3 0 .500 5 3 0 .625 3 0 0 1.000 2 14 0 .125 2 6 0 .250 1 6 1 .187 5 8 4 .412 36 39 14 .483 66 51 4 .562 7 9 0 .438 49 54 3 .476 7 10 1 .417 20 24 3 .457 9 8 1 .528 18 24 1 .430 24 39 2 .385 62 57 0 .521 34 23 0 .596 74 70

.514 10 18 .357 3 5 .375

494 526 38 .485

* Paul Pasqualoni coached the first four games of the 2013 season before T.J. Weist coached the final eight games of the year.

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FINAL RANK

UCONN 2013 RESULTS (3-9, 3-5 AMERICAN)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/29 Towson 9/14 Maryland 9/21 Michigan 9/28 at Buffalo 10/12 USF * 10/19 at Cincinnati * 10/26 at UCF * 11/8 Louisville * 11/16 at SMU * 11/23 at Temple 11/30 Rutgers * 12/7 Memphis *

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G McCOMBS, Lyle 12 159 734 64 670 4.2 5 57 55.8 DeLORENZO, Max 12 99 367 18 349 3.5 5 13 29.1 Total 12 387 1445 435 1010 2.6 12 57 84.2 Opponents 12 440 1915 290 1625 3.7 17 41 135.4

Result L, 18-33 L, 21-32 L, 21-24 L, 12-41 L, 10-13 L, 16-41 L, 17-62 L, 10-31 L, 21-38 W, 28-21 W, 28-17 W, 45-10

TEAM STATISTICS

CONN OPP SCORING 247 363 Points Per Game 20.6 30.2 FIRST DOWNS 217 233 Rushing 66 84 Passing 129 129 Penalty 22 20 RUSHING YARDAGE 1010 1625 Yards gained rushing 1445 1915 Yards lost rushing 435 290 Rushing Attempts 387 440 Average Per Rush 2.6 3.7 Average Per Game 84.2 135.4 TDs Rushing 12 17 PASSING YARDAGE 2810 2990 Comp-Att-Int 241-439-18 221-396-13 Average Per Pass 6.4 7.6 Average Per Catch 11.7 13.5 Average Per Game 234.2 249.2 TDs Passing 16 23 TOTAL OFFENSE 3820 4615 Total Plays 826 836 Average Per Play 4.6 5.5 Average Per Game 318.3 384.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 40-747 43-1052 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-62 28-197 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-124 18-322 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.7 24.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.1 7.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.5 17.9 FUMBLES-LOST 15-7 19-11 PENALTIES-Yards 56-490 73-684 Average Per Game 40.8 57.0 PUNTS-Yards 73-2820 60-2358 Average Per Punt 38.6 39.3 Net punt average 35.1 36.6 KICKOFFS-Yards 54-3296 70-4283 Average Per Kick 61.0 61.2 Net kick average 36.5 41.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:55 31:05 3RD-DOWN Conversions 63/184 68/177 3rd-Down Pct 34% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/20 8/20 4th-Down Pct 55% 40% SACKS BY-Yards 16-113 43-289 MISC YARDS 10 60 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 31 46 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 10-16 14-19 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (28-33) 85% (38-45) 84% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (20-33) 61% (30-45) 67% PAT-ATTEMPTS (27-27) 100% (43-46) 93% ATTENDANCE 216523 122407 Games/Avg Per Game 7/30932 5/24481 Neutral Site Games 0/0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total UConn 40 74 55 78 247 Opponents 94 125 78 66 363

PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G COCHRAN, Casey 8 141.66 111-175-4 63.4 1293 11 46 161.6 BOYLE, Tim 5 71.55 59-133-8 44.4 621 0 36 124.2 WHITMER, Chandler 4 116.87 71-129-6 55.0 896 5 75 224.0 Total 12 112.49 241-439-18 54.9 2810 16 75 234.2 Opponents 12 131.83 221-396-13 55.8 2990 23 84 249.2 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G DAVIS, Geremy 12 71 1085 15.3 3 45 90.4 FOXX, Deshon 12 43 534 12.4 2 49 44.5 PHILLIPS, Shakim 9 28 406 14.5 3 75 45.1 Total 12 241 2810 11.7 16 75 234.2 Opponents 12 221 2990 13.5 23 84 249.2 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long McCOMBS, Lyle 13 40 3.1 0 19 LEMELLE, Brian 7 22 3.1 0 15 Total 20 62 3.1 0 19 Opponents 28 197 7.0 1 26 KICK RETURNS McCOMBS, Lyle FOXX, Deshon Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 24 444 18.5 0 32 10 182 18.2 0 28 40 747 18.7 0 39 43 1052 24.5 0 51

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points CHRISTEN, Chad 0 10-16 27-27 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 57 McCOMBS, Lyle 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 DeLORENZO, Max 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 DAVIS, Geremy 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 20 PHILLIPS, Shakim 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Total 31 10-16 27-27 0-0 2 2-4 0 0 247 Opponents 46 14-19 43-46 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 363 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G COCHRAN, Casey 8 185 -13 1293 1280 160.0 WHITMER, Chandler 4 159 -144 896 752 188.0 BOYLE, Tim 5 160 -73 621 548 109.6 Total 12 826 1010 2810 3820 318.3 Opponents 12 836 1625 2990 4615 384.6 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk CHRISTEN, Chad 10-16 62.5 0-0 2-2 6-6 2-8 0-0 46 2 PUNTING WAGNER, Cole Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd 71 2829 39.8 60 3 22 19 1 73 2820 38.6 60 3 22 19 1 60 2358 39.3 58 5 11 21 0

ALL PURPOSE McCOMBS, Lyle DAVIS, Geremy Total Opponents

G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G 12 670 75 40 444 0 1229 102.4 12 0 1085 0 0 0 1085 90.4 12 1010 2810 62 747 124 4753 396.1 12 1625 2990 197 1052 322 6186 515.5

DEFENSE G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds SMALLWOOD, Yawin 12 51 67 118 9.5-44 MELIFONWU, Obi 12 39 31 70 3.0-5 JONES, Byron 12 42 18 60 2.0-5 STEPHEN, Shamar 12 21 39 60 10.0-32 ASHIRU, Jefferson 12 23 34 57 7.0-31 Total 12 427 412 839 66-243 Opponents 12 451 332 783 93.0-406

Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 4.0-39 1-59 9 1 . 2 . . . 2-15 5 1 1-0 2 . . . 3-7 8 . . . . .

3.0-16 .

1 1 . . . .

1.0-13 .

2 4 1-0 . . .

16-113 13-124 45 15 11-74 11 . .

43-289 18-322 43 24 7-44 7 3 1

Returning players in italics

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UCONN YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1896 8 5 3 0 1897 7 5 2 0 1898 3 0 3 0 E.S. Mansfield 1899 8 6 2 0 T.D. Knowles 1900 8 4 3 1 T.D. Knowles 1901 10 8 2 0 T.D. Knowles 1902 7 4 3 0 E.O. Smith 1903 8 3 5 0 E.O. Smith 1904 9 5 3 1 E.O. Smith 1905 4 2 2 0 E.O. Smith 1906 6 2 4 0 George H. Lamson 1907 7 2 5 0 George H. Lamson 1908 8 4 3 1 W.F. Madden 1909 8 3 5 0 S.F.G. McLean 1910 7 1 5 1 M.F. Claffey 1911 5 0 5 0 Leo Hafford 1912 6 3 3 0 A.J. Sharadin 1913 8 5 3 0 P.T. Brady 1914 3 3 0 0 Dave W. Warner 1915 8 1 7 0 John F. Donahue 1916 8 1 7 0 John F. Donahue 1917 No Games Played 1918 No Games Played 1919 8 2 6 0 Roy J. Guyer 1920 8 1 6 1 Ross Swartz 1921 8 3 2 3 Wilder Tasker 1922 9 2 6 1 Wilder Tasker 1923 8 3 4 1 Sumner A. Dole 1924 8 6 0 2 Sumner A. Dole 1925 9 3 5 1 Sumner A. Dole 1926 8 7 1 0 Sumner A. Dole 1927 9 5 4 0 Sumner A. Dole 1928 8 4 0 4 Sumner A. Dole 1929 8 4 4 0 Sumner A. Dole 1930 7 1 5 1 Sumner A. Dole 1931 8 2 3 3 Sumner A. Dole 1932 8 0 6 2 Sumner A. Dole 1933 8 1 6 1 Sumner A. Dole 1934 8 1 7 0 J.O. Christian 1935 7 2 4 1 J.O. Christian 1936 9 7 2 0 J.O. Christian 1937 9 6 2 1 J.O. Christian 1938 7 4 3 0 J.O. Christian 1939 8 5 3 0 J.O. Christian 1940 8 4 4 0 J.O. Christian 1941 8 2 6 0 J.O. Christian 1942 8 6 2 0 J.O. Christian 1943 No Games Played 1944 8 7 1 0 J.O. Christian 1945 8 7 1 0 J.O. Christian 1946 8 4 3 1 J.O. Christian 1947 8 4 4 0 J.O. Christian 1948 8 3 5 0 J.O. Christian 1949 9 4 4 1 J.O. Christian 1950 8 3 5 0 Arthur L. Valpey 1951 8 4 4 0 Arthur L. Valpey 1952 8 5 3 0 Robert Ingalls 1953 8 3 4 1 Robert Ingalls 1954 9 1 8 0 Robert Ingalls 1955 8 4 4 0 Robert Ingalls 1956 9 6 2 1 Robert Ingalls 1957 10 5 4 1 Robert Ingalls 1958 10 7 3 0 Robert Ingalls 1959 9 6 3 0 Robert Ingalls 1960 9 5 4 0 Robert Ingalls 1961 9 2 7 0 Robert Ingalls 1962 9 3 6 0 Robert Ingalls 1963 8 2 6 0 Robert Ingalls 1964 9 4 4 1 Richard E. Forzano 1965 9 3 6 0 Richard E. Forzano 1966 9 2 6 1 John L. Toner 1967 9 5 4 0 John L. Toner 1968 10 4 6 0 John L. Toner 1969 9 5 4 0 John L. Toner

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BOWL

YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1970 10 4 4 2 John L. Toner 1971 9 5 3 1 Robert F. Casciola 1972 9 4 5 0 Robert F. Casciola 1973 11 8 2 1 Larry L. Naviaux 1974 10 4 6 0 Larry L. Naviaux 1975 11 4 7 0 Larry L. Naviaux 1976 11 2 9 0 Larry L. Naviaux 1977 11 1 10 0 Larry L. Naviaux 1978 11 4 7 0 Walt Nadzak 1979 11 3 6 2 Walt Nadzak 1980 10 7 3 0 Walt Nadzak 1981 11 4 7 0 Walt Nadzak 1982 11 5 6 0 Walt Nadzak 1983 11 5 6 0 Tom Jackson 1984 11 3 8 0 Tom Jackson 1985 9 4 5 0 Tom Jackson 1986 11 8 3 0 Tom Jackson 1987 11 7 4 0 Tom Jackson 1988 11 7 4 0 Tom Jackson 1989 11 8 3 0 Tom Jackson 1990 11 6 5 0 Tom Jackson 1991 11 3 8 0 Tom Jackson 1992 11 5 6 0 Tom Jackson 1993 11 6 5 0 Tom Jackson 1994 11 4 7 0 Tom Jackson 1995 11 8 3 0 Skip Holtz 1996 11 5 6 Skip Holtz 1997 11 7 4 Skip Holtz 1998 13 10 3 Skip Holtz 1999 11 4 7 Randy Edsall 2000 11 3 8 Randy Edsall 2001 11 2 9 Randy Edsall 2002 12 6 6 Randy Edsall 2003 12 9 3 Randy Edsall 2004 12 8 4 Randy Edsall Motor City 2005 11 5 6 Randy Edsall 2006 12 4 8 Randy Edsall 2007 13 9 4 Randy Edsall Meineke Car Care 2008 13 8 5 Randy Edsall International 2009 13 8 5 Randy Edsall PapaJohns.com 2010 13 8 5 Randy Edsall Fiesta 2011 12 5 7 Paul Pasqualoni 2012 12 5 7 Paul Pasqualoni 2013 * 12 3 9 Paul Pasqualoni/T.J. Weist TOTAL 1068 494 526 38 * Paul Pasqualoni coached the first four games of the 2013 season before T.J. Weist coached the final eight games of the year.

THE TEAMS EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Location:.......................................................................Greenville, N.C. Enrollment:................................................................................... 27,000 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1907 Nickname: ..................................................................................Pirates Colors: ........................................................................ Purple and Gold Website: .................................................................... ECUPirates.com Stadium: .......................................................Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Grass) Chancellor: ..................................................................Steven Ballard Director of Athletics: ................................................... Jeff Compher Head Coach: ...............................Ruffin McNeill (East Carolina ’80)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Assistant AD/Media Relations: .............................. Tom McClellan Office Phone: .................................................................. (252) 73-1274 Mobile: .......................................................................... (252) 414-0990 E-mail: ...................................................................mclellant@ecu.edu SID Fax: ......................................................................... (252) 737-4528 Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (252) 328-4697

PIRATE TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: .............10-3/6-2 Conference USA (2nd, East) All-Time Record: ......................................................416-382-12 (.521) Bowl Appearances: ......................................................................... 19 Bowl Record: ....................................................................... 9-10 (.474) Last Bowl Appearance: .......................2013 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl

(East Carolina 37, Ohio 20) Offensive System:..................................................................... Spread Defensive System:...................................................................Multiple Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 50/28 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 11/13

EAST CAROLINA . PIRATES

Dr. Steve Ballard Chancellor

Jeff Compher Director of Athletics

Ruffin McNeill Head Coach

Tom McClellan Communications

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EAST CAROLINA STORYLINES East Carolina has made seven bowl appearances in the last eight years. The Pirates won six of their last seven games in 2013 to reach the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl, where they defeated Ohio 37-20.

DEFENSE The Priates return just three starters from last year’s defense. DE Terrell Stanley, who would have been a returning starter on the defensive line, will miss the 2014 season while he recovers from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

2014 Schedule Sat., Aug. 30

North Carolina Central

East Carolina’s 10 wins last season rank second in school history, behind only the Pirates’ 11-1 finish in 1991.

LB Zeek Bigger is the lone returning starter at linebacker. Bigger registered 77 tackles — good for third on the team — with 4.5 tackles for loss last season.

Sat., Sept. 6

at South Carolina

NT Chrishon Rose will be jioned by two new starters on the defensive line. Rose had 31 tackles, 2.5 sacks and six tackles for loss last season as the anchor of the Pirates’ 3-4 front.

Sat., Sept. 13

at Virginia Tech

CB Detric Allen is a fourth-year man at cornerback who looks to provide leadership to an otherwise young secondary.

Sat., Sept. 20

North Carolina

East Carolina’s 2014 schedule includes two games against teams that finished in the top 10 last season (South Carolina, UCF).

OFFENSE QB Shane Carden was second nationally in completion percentage last season (70.5 percent) and threw for 4,139 yards and 33 touchdowns.

Carden was the 2013 Conference USA Most Valuable Player.

In just two seasons, WR Justin Hardy has set East Carolina’s career records for receiving yards (3,047) and touchdown receptions (25).

RB Breon Allen is expected to take over as the featured tailback. Allen rushed for 311 yards and three TDs last year, behind Vintavious Cooper.

The Pirates ranked eighth nationally in scoring offense last year (40.2 ppg).

SPECIAL TEAMS K Warren Harvey returns as the starting placekicker. Harvey was 15-of-25 on field goal attempts last season.

P Worth Gregory, a transfer from Alabama, could emerge as the Pirates’ new regular punter.

Justin Hardy registered 225 yards on punt returns last season, averaging 11.2 yards per return.

6 p.m., ESPNews Series: First meeting Notable: The schools have never met despite their being separated by just 109 miles.

7 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU Series: South Carolina leads, 12-5 Notable: The Pirates are 5-4 against the Gamecocks since the 1991 season.

Noon, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Series: Virginia Tech leads, 13-5 Notable: The Hokies have taken 10 of the last 11 matchups. The Pirates’ last win was win 2008.

TBD Series: North Carolina leads, 12-3-1 Notable: The Pirates reeled off 603 yards of offense in last year’s 55-31 win against the Tar Heels.

Sat., Oct. 4

SMU

TBD Series: Tied, 2-2 Notable: East Carolina won the first two games in the series, but has dropped two straight to the Mustangs.

Sat., Oct. 11

at USF

Thu., Oct. 23

UConn

TBD Series: USF leads, 4-0 Notable: All four previous meetings were between 2002 and 2006.

7 p.m., ESPNU Series: First meeting Notable: East Carolina and UConn will play in The American’s East Division in 2015.

Sat., Nov. 1

at Temple

TBD Series: East Carolina leads, 7-4 Notable: The Pirates visit Philadelphia for the first time since 1994.

Thu., Nov. 13

at Cincinnati

Sat., Nov. 22

Tulane

Fri., Nov. 28

at Tulsa

Thu., Dec. 4

UCF

7 p.m., ESPN2 Series: East Carolina leads, 12-5 Notable: Schools meet for the first time since 2004.

All 17 meetings were between 1986 and 2004.

TBD Series: East Carolina leads, 10-3 Notable: The Pirates saw a five-game series winning streak end with Tulane’s 36-33 triple-OT win last year.

TBD Series: East Carolina leads, 6-5 Notable: East Carolina’s win in the 2008 Conference USA Championship game sparked the current fourgame series winning streak.

Wide receiver Justin Hardy

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ESPN Series: East Carolina leads, 9-3 Notable: The home team has won the last four meetings between East Carolina and UCF.

EAST CAROLINA Ruffin McNeill At A Glance

Ruffin McNeill

Hometown: Lumberton, N.C. Family: Wife – Erlene; Children - Renata, Olivia Alma Mater (Year): East Carolina (1980) Hired at East Carolina: Jan. 21, 2010

Head Coach

When former Pirate defensive back and assistant coach Ruffin McNeill came home four years ago, the return offered a promise of renewed Purple and Gold passion.

Not to mention, plenty of excitement with a plethora of points on offense, a resurgency on the defense side of the ball and more bowl destinations as well.

McNeill, who starred as a four-year letterman in the late 1970s, was appointed East Carolina’s 20th head football coach Jan. 21, 2010, after completing a 10-year stay at Texas Tech.

Equally as impressive as ECU’s 10-3 overall mark and 37-20 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl win over Ohio in 2013 was the Pirates’ first same-season sweep of instate Atlantic Coast Conference opponents North Carolina and NC State after posting convincing 55-31 and 42-28 triumphs over the Tar Heels and Wolfpack, respectively.

During his initial season in 2010, the selfdescribed football “lifer” guided East Carolina to six wins and qualification for a bowl game, despite inheriting a program which lost 34 lettermen off the previous year’s squad - the most of any FBS program in America. Capacity crowds at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium were also treated to a thrilling, high-scoring and prolific spread offensive scheme which enjoyed a record-breaking campaign - shattering or at least matching 29 team or individual standards.

McNeill’s 2012 edition, young by most standards with 17 juniors and nine sophomores who made starts throughout the season, posted an 8-5 record and owned a share of the C-USA East Division title by matching a program best with a 7-1 league slate.

His success and leadership abilities at ECU have enabled McNeill to be a three-time recipient of the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation’s Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Salute to Excellence Award for college head coaches, earning the honor in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

Before returning to his alma mater, McNeill concluded the 2009 season as the Texas Tech interim head coach by rallying the No. 21 Red Raiders to a 41-31 victory over Michigan State at the Valero Alamo Bowl.

The 2009 campaign was his 10th season as a member of Mike Leach’s staff and second full year as the defensive coordinator. He served the final nine games of 2007 in that role on an interim basis, before taking over officially in 2008.

A charter member of Leach’s initial coaching staff in 2000, McNeill began his career at Texas Tech as linebackers coach during the 2000-02

Collegiate/Professional Career:

1985-86 Graduate Assistant, Clemson 1987 Linebackers Coach, Austin Peay 1988 Linebackers Coach, North Alabama 1989-91 Linebackers Coach, Appalachian State 1992 Defensive Line Coach, East Carolina 1993-96 Defensive Coordinator, Appalachian State 1997 Defensive Coordinator, UNLV 1998 Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator, UNLV 1999 Defensive Coordinator, Fresno State 2000-02 Linebackers Coach, Texas Tech 2003-06 Assistant Head Coach/

Special Teams Coordinator, Texas Tech 2007 Assistant Head Coach/Interim Defensive

Coordinator/Defensive Tackles, Texas Tech 2008-09 Assistant Head Coach/Defensive

Coordinator, Texas Tech 2010-14 Head Coach, East Carolina

seasons, before taking over defensive tackles and special teams duties in 2003.

McNeill began his coaching career as a defensive coach at Lumberton (N.C.) High School from 1980-84, before taking his first collegiate position as a graduate assistant coaching linebackers at Clemson during the 1985-86 seasons. The Tigers won the Atlantic Coast Conference title in 1986 and advanced to the Gator Bowl, a year after appearing in the Independence Bowl.

Following one-year stints at Austin Peay and North Alabama as linebackers coach, McNeill spent three seasons on the mountain at Appalachian State, where the team won the Southern Conference title in 1991. In his first tour of duty at ASU, the school appeared in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs each season.

He returned to the Boone, N.C., program after a year as defensive line coach at East Carolina, in 1992. As defensive coordinator at Appalachian State from 1993-96, the team won the 1995 Southern Conference title and competed in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs at the conclusion of the 1994 and 1995 regular seasons.

McNeill tapped the professional ranks for experience, working as a summer intern with the Miami Dolphins in 1996. From there he went to UNLV in 1997 and 1998 as defensive coordinator both seasons and assistant head coach in 1998.

A four-year letterwinner at ECU from 1976-80, McNeill was a three-year starter at defensive back and was the team captain for two seasons. He helped lead the Pirates to the Southern Conference Championship in 1976 and an Independence Bowl berth in 1978.

He graduated from East Carolina in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in education and later earned a master’s degree in secondary counseling from Clemson in 1987.

Assistant Coaches John Wiley Associate Head Coach/Inside Linebackers Rick Smith Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Duane Price Outside Linebackers Mark Yellock Defensive Line Lincoln Riley Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Donnie Kirkpatrick Inside Receivers Dave Nichol Outside Receivers Brandon Jones Offensive Line Kirk Doll Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs

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EAST CAROLINA Ruffin McNeill Year-By-Year YEAR 2009 * 2010 2011 2012 2013

SCHOOL Texas Tech East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina

OVERALL CONFERENCE 1-0 0-0 6-7 5-3 5-7 4-4 8-5 7-1 10-3 6-2

BOWL Alamo (defeated Michigan State, 41-31) Military (lost to Maryland, 51-20) New Orleans (lost to Louisiana, 43-34) Beef ‘O’ Brady’s (defeated Ohio, 37-20)

Texas Tech Record

1-0 0-0 1.000 —

1-0 1.000

East Carolina Record (four years)

29-22 22-10 .567 .689

1-2 .333

Career Record (two years)

30-22 22-10 .577 .689

2-2 .500

*Coached Texas Tech in the 2009 Alamo Bowl after the dismissal of Mike Leach

All-Time East Carolina Coaches

Kenneth Beatty G.L. “Doc” Mathis Bo Farley J.D. Alexander O.A. Hanker John Christenbury Jim Johnson Bill Dole Jack Boone Clarence Stasavich Mike McGee Sonny Randle Pat Dye Ed Emory Art Baker Bill Lewis Steve Logan John Thompson Skip Holtz Ruffin McNeill

TENURE 1932-33 1934-35 1936 1973-38 1939 1940-41 1946-48 1949-51 1952-61 1962-69 1970 1971-73 1974-79 1980-84 1985-88 1989-91 1992-2002 2003-04 2005-09 2010-

Total

W L T PCT 1 10 0 .091 4 7 1 .375 3 2 0 .600 3 11 1 .233 0 8 0 .000 12 3 0 .800 8 18 1 .271 15 14 1 .517 49 46 5 .515 50 27 1 .647 3 8 0 .273 22 10 0 .688 48 18 1 .727 26 29 0 .473 12 32 0 .273 21 12 1 .632 69 58 0 .543 3 20 .150 38 27 .585 29 22 .567

416 382 12 .521

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FINAL RANK 21/23

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EAST CAROLINA 2013 RESULTS (10-3, 6-2 C-USA)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/31 Old Dominion 9/5 Florida Atlantic * 9/14 Virginia Tech 9/28 at North Carolina 10/5 at Middle Tennessee * 10/12 at Tulane * 10/19 Southern Mississippi * 11/2 at Florida International * 11/9 Tulsa * 11/16 UAB * 11/23 at North Carolina State 11/29 at Marshall * 12/23 Ohio 1

RUSHING COOPER, Vintavious ALLEN, Breon HAIRSTON, Chris CARDEN, Shane Total Opponents

GP 13 10 13 13 13 13

PASSING CARDEN, Shane Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 13 150.0 387-549-10 70.5 4139 33 60 318.4 13 150.6 397-565-10 70.3 4265 35 60 328.1 13 121.1 304-514-18 59.1 3277 24 80 252.1

RECEIVING HARDY, Justin JONES, Isaiah COOPER, Vintavious Total Opponents

G 13 13 13 13 13

No. 114 62 44 397 304

Yds 1284 604 412 4265 3277

Avg 11.3 9.7 9.4 10.7 10.8

PUNT RETURNS HARDY, Justin Total Opponents

No. 20 30 22

Yds 225 308 151

Avg 11.2 10.3 6.9

TD 0 0 0

Long 66 66 41

KICK RETURNS RAY, Lance Total Opponents

No. 22 28 55

Yds 553 703 1206

Avg 25.1 25.1 21.9

TD 0 0 0

Long 85 85 83

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Result W, 52-38 W, 31-13 L, 10-15 W, 55-31 W, 24-17 3ot L, 33-36 W, 55-14 W, 34-13 W, 58-24 W, 63-14 W, 42-28 L, 28-59 W, 37-20

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.

TEAM STATISTICS

SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games

EC OPP 522 322 40.2 24.8 346 266 105 97 215 154 26 15 1821 1517 2154 1833 333 316 463 465 3.9 3.3 140.1 116.7 30 12 4265 3277 397-565-10 304-514-18 7.5 6.4 10.7 10.8 328.1 252.1 35 24 6086 4794 1028 979 5.9 4.9 468.2 368.8 28-703 55-1206 30-308 22-151 18-298 10-114 25.1 21.9 10.3 6.9 16.6 11.4 19-6 11-6 69-584 67-609 44.9 46.8 47-2013 63-2619 42.8 41.6 36.6 35.4 93-5600 61-3792 60.2 62.2 39.2 37.9 29:19 30:41 100/196 104/228 51% 46% 12/17 13/25 71% 52% 38-231 30-200 0 0 68 39 16-26 16-25 0-1 2-4 (64-75) 85% (34-45) 76% (51-75) 68% (26-45) 58% (64-66) 97% (38-39) 97% 263910 186450 6/43985 6/31075

1/20053

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total East Carolina 115 138 120 135 14 522 Opponents 60 68 85 92 17 322

Att 230 62 49 90 463 465

Gain 1244 321 200 302 2154 1833

Loss 51 10 14 199 333 316

Net Avg 1193 5.2 311 5.0 186 3.8 103 1.1 1821 3.9 1517 3.3

TD Long Avg/G 8 44 98.8 5 59 46.5 1 48 31.7 35 60 328.1 24 80 252.1

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv HARVEY, Warren 0 15-25 61-63 0-0 0 COOPER, Vintavious 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 CARDEN, Shane 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 HARDY, Justin 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 WILLIAMS, Bryce 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 Total 68 16-26 64-66 0-0 1 Opponents 39 16-25 38-39 0-0 0 TOTAL OFFENSE CARDEN, Shane COOPER, Vintavious Total Opponents

G 13 13 13 13

Plays 639 230 1028 979

Rush 103 1193 1821 1517

Pass 4139 0 4265 3277

TD Long Avg/G 13 39 91.8 3 24 31.1 3 25 14.3 10 24 7.9 30 39 140.1 12 35 116.7

Total 4242 1193 6086 4794

Pass 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Avg/G 326.3 91.8 468.2 368.8

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg HARVEY, Warren 15-25 60.0 1-1 9-10 2-5 3-8 0-1 46 PUNTING TIGNOR, Trent Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 47 2013 42.8 57 7 6 12 47 2013 42.8 57 7 6 12 63 2619 41.6 61 4 8 15

ALL PURPOSE COOPER, Vintavious HARDY, Justin RAY, Lance JONES, Isaiah ALLEN, Breon Total Opponents

G 13 13 13 13 10 13 13

DEFENSE JOHNSON, Derrell MAGAZU, Damon BIGGER, Zeek TUDOR, Kyle WILLIAMS, Brandon Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds 13 29 51 80 14.0- 65 13 41 39 80 .

13 38 39 77 4.5-7 12 35 35 70 3.0-5 13 28 41 69 5.5-7 13 511 515 1026 78-306 13 602 416 1018 85-343

Rush 1193 0 0 0 311 1821 1517

Rec 412 1284 237 604 130 4265 3277

PR 0 225 0 0 59 308 151

KOR 0 0 553 98 30 703 1206

Points 106 84 66 48 32 522 322

IR 0 0 0 0 0 298 114

Sacks Int 8.0- 51 1-5 .

5-62 1.5-2 1-29 0.5-2 1-50 0.5-0 1-(-2) 38-231 18-298 30-200 10-114

Tot 1605 1509 790 702 530 7395 6265

Blk 0

50+ Blkd 12 0 12 0 11 0

Avg/G 123.5 116.1 60.8 54.0 53.0 568.8 481.9

PBU PD FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 3 4 .

1 . .

2 7 1-0 . . .

5 6 . . . .

3 4 . . . .

2 3 1-5 1 . .

67 85 6-31 8 . .

60 70 6-37 13 1 1

Returning players in italics

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EAST CAROLINA YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1912 4 3 1 0 Lester Larson 1932 5 0 5 0 Kenneth Beatty 1933 6 1 5 0 Kenneth Beatty 1934 6 1 4 1 G.L. Mathis 1935 6 3 3 0 G.L. Mathis 1936 5 3 2 0 Bo FArley 1937 7 2 5 0 J.D. Alexander 1938 8 1 6 1 J.D. Alexander 1939 8 0 8 0 O.A. Hankner 1940 8 5 3 0 John Christenbury 1941 7 7 0 0 John Christenbury 1942 No Games Played 1943 No Games Played 1944 No Games Played 1945 No Games Played 1946 9 5 3 1 Jim Johnson 1947 9 3 6 0 Jim Johnson 1948 9 0 9 0 Jim Johnson 1949 10 4 5 1 Bill Dole 1950 10 7 3 0 Bill Dole 1951 10 4 6 0 Bill Dole 1952 11 6 3 2 Jack Boone Lions 1953 10 8 2 0 Jack Boone Elks 1954 10 5 4 1 Jack Boone 1955 9 4 5 0 Jack Boone 1956 10 2 7 1 Jack Boone 1957 9 1 8 0 Jack Boone 1958 10 6 4 0 Jack Boone 1959 11 5 6 0 Jack Boone 1960 10 7 3 0 Jack Boone 1961 10 5 4 1 Jack Boone 1962 9 5 4 0 Clarence Stasavich 1963 10 9 1 0 Clarence Stasavich Eastern 1964 10 9 1 0 Clarence Stasavich Tangerine 1965 10 9 1 0 Clarence Stasavich Tangerine 1966 10 4 5 1 Clarence Stasavich 1967 10 8 2 0 Clarence Stasavich 1968 10 4 6 0 Clarence Stasavich 1969 9 2 7 0 Clarence Stasavich 1970 11 3 8 0 Mike McGee 1971 10 4 6 0 Sonny Randle 1972 11 9 2 0 Sonny Randle 1973 11 9 2 0 Sonny Randle 1974 11 7 4 0 Pat Dye 1975 11 8 3 0 Pat Dye 1976 11 9 2 0 Pat Dye 1977 11 8 3 0 Pat Dye 1978 12 9 3 0 Pat Dye Independence 1979 11 7 3 1 Pat Dye 1980 11 4 7 0 Ed Emory 1981 11 5 6 0 Ed Emory 1982 11 7 4 0 Ed Emory 1983 11 8 3 0 Ed Emory 1984 11 2 9 0 Ed Emory 1985 11 2 9 0 Art Baker 1986 11 2 9 0 Art Baker 1987 11 5 6 0 Art Baker 1988 11 3 8 0 Art Baker 1989 11 5 5 1 Bill Lewis 1990 11 5 6 0 Bill Lewis 1991 12 11 1 0 Bill Lewis Peach 1992 11 5 6 0 Steve Logan 1993 11 2 9 0 Steve Logan 1994 12 7 5 0 Steve Logan Liberty 1995 12 9 3 0 Steve Logan Liberty 1996 11 8 3 Steve Logan 1997 11 5 6 Steve Logan 1998 11 6 5 Steve Logan 1999 12 9 3 Steve Logan Mobile 2000 12 8 4 Steve Logan GalleryFurniture.com 2001 12 6 6 Steve Logan GMAC 2002 12 4 8 Steve Logan 2003 12 1 11 John Thompson 2004 11 2 9 John Thompson

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YEAR GP W L T 2005 11 5 6 2006 13 7 6 2007 13 8 5 2008 14 9 5 2009 14 9 5 2010 13 6 7 2011 12 5 7 2012 13 8 5 2013 13 10 3 TOTAL 810 416 382 12

HEAD COACH Skip Holtz Skip Holtz Skip Holtz Skip Holtz Skip Holtz Ruffin McNeill Ruffin McNeill Ruffin McNeill Ruffin McNeill

BOWL PapaJohns.com Hawaii Liberty Liberty Military New Orleans Beef ‘O’ Brady’s

THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

Location:.......................................................................Houston, Texas Enrollment:................................................................................... 40,750 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1927 Nickname: ............................................................................... Cougars Colors: .....................................................................Scarlet and White Website: .................................................................... UHCougars.com Stadiums: .................................. TDECU Stadium (40,000/Synthetic) Chancellor: ................................................................Dr. Renu Khator Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics: ....... Mack Rhoades Head Coach: ........................................Tony Levine (Minnesota ’96)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Associate AD/Strategic Communications: ..............David Bassity Office Phone: ................................................................ (713) 743-9409 Mobile: .......................................................................... (405) 274-1455 E-mail: .........................................................dbassity@central.uh.edu

COUGAR TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: ...................................... 8-5/5-3 American (4th) All-Time Record: ......................................................396-348-15 (.532) Bowl Appearances: ......................................................................... 22 Bowl Record: ....................................................................9-12-1 (.432) Last Bowl Appearance: ........................2013 BBVA Compass Bowl

(Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24) Offensive System:............................................................ Multiple Pro Defensive System:............................................................................4-3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 45/21 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................... 19/5

HOUSTON COUGARS

Dr. Renu Khator Chancellor

Mack Rhoades VP for Athletics

Tony Levine Head Coach

David Bassity Communications

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HOUSTON STORYLINES Houston, which played home games in two stadiums last season, will debut its new on-campus facility, TDECU Stadium this season.

Houston won its first five games last season, but went 3-5 in its final eight contests.

Houston has won at least eight games six times in the last eight years, including last season.

OFFENSE QB John O’Korn was the 2013 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year. O’Korn took over as the starter in the third game of the season and threw for 3,117 yards and 28 touchdowns as a true freshman.

WR Deontay Greenberry ranked 15th nationally in receiving in 2013 (100.2 yards per game).

Greenberry had 82 catches for 1,202 yards and 11 touchdowns. Greenberry earned first-team all-conference honors last year.

DEFENSE Houston returns 10 starters from its defense, which led the nation with 43 turnovers gained in 2013. The Cougars forced at least one turnover in all 13 games last year and had at least three takeaways in nine games.

2014 Schedule Fri., Aug. 29

Texas-San Antonio

S Adrian McDonald led the American Athletic Conference with six interceptions in 2013. S Trevon Stewart had four picks and a teamhigh six fumble recoveries, accounting for 10 takeaways.

Sat., Sept. 6

Grambling State

LB Efrem Oliphant and LB Derrick Mathews both finished with at least 100 tackles last season.

Oliphant ha a team-high 134 stops with 13 tackles for loss, while Mathews had 116 tackles with seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss.

9 p.m., ESPN Series: Brigham Young leads, 1-0 Notable: BYU scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:08 left in a 47-46 decision last year.

All four starters from the defensive line are back in 2014.

9 p.m., ESPNU Series: Houston leads, 1-0 Notable: The Cougars open the new TDECU Stadiuum against the Roadrunners.

9 p.m., ESPN3 Series: Houston leads, 1-0 Notable: The Cougars were 42-22 winners in 2006 in the only previous meeting between the schools.

Thu., Sept. 11

at Brigham Young

Sat., Sept. 20

UNLV

TBD Series: Houston leads, 2-0 Notable: Houston won both ends of a home-andhome series (1989-90) by a combined score of 106-9.

Thu., Oct. 2

UCF

Houston returns its top six rushers from last season, including RB Ryan Jackson (661 yards, six TDs) and RB Kenneth Farrow (514 yards, six TDs).

SPECIAL TEAMS WR Demarcus Ayers was The American’s Special Teams Player of the Year in 2013. Ayers had 1,021 yards on kickoff returns with one touchdown.

Sat., Oct. 11

at Memphis

OG Rowdy Harper and C Bryce Redman give Houston a pair of senior starters on the offensive line.

K Kyle Bullard, who saw limited action, is expected to handle the kicking chores. Oklahoma transfer Dylan Seibert is the new punter.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 13-9 Notable: Houston has won the last four meetings in the series, including a 25-15 win last year.

Fri., Oct. 17

Temple

Sat., Nov. 1

at USF

Sat., Nov. 8

Tulane

Sat., Nov. 22

Tulsa

Fri., Nov. 28

at SMU

Sat., Dec. 6

at Cincinnati

7 p.m., ESPN Series: UCF leads, 4-1 Notable: The Cougars’ bid for the winning points stalled on the 7-yard line in last year’s 19-14 setback.

9 p.m., ESPNU Series: Houston leads, 3-0 Notable: Houston was a 22-13 winner in Philadelphia last year in the first American Atlhetic Conference game.

TBD Series: USF leads, 2-1 Notable: Houston fell 45-6 in its only previous trip to Tampa in 2001. The Cougars won 35-23 last year.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 14-4 Notable: Houston has scored 10 straight wins against the Green Wave.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 20-18 Notable: The visiting team has won the last four meetings in the series.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 18-10-1 Notable: The Cougars have won seven of the last eight, including a 34-0 win last season.

Wide receiver Deontay Greenberry

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Series: Houston leads, 13-9 Notable: The Cougars fell 24-17 and were outgained by a 573-278 margin last year.

HOUSTON Tony Levine At A Glance

Tony Levine

Hometown: St. Paul Minn.

Family: Wife – Erin; Children - Benjamin, Asher, Eli, Willa Alma Mater (Year): Minnesota (1996) Hired at Houston: Dec. 22, 2011

Head Coach

Tony Levine enters his third season as the head coach at the University of Houston Football.

Introduced as the 12th head coach in Houston history on Dec. 22, 2011, Levine made an emphatic national statement in his opening game as the UH head coach, belting No. 22 Penn State, 30-14, in the 2012 TicketCity Bowl to cap a memorable season filled with broken statistical records and milestone victories.

The St. Paul, Minn., native directed Houston in its final season of play in Conference USA and led the team’s transition into The American Athletic Conference in 2013. Levine led Houston to its 16th eight-win season in program history as it opened the season 5-0 for just the fifth time in program history. UH led the nation with a +25 turnover margin and 43 turnovers gained. Seven players received 2013 postseason honors from The American including freshman Demarcus Ayers being named the league’s Co-Special Teams Player of the Year and John O’Korn being named Rookie of the Year.

The 41-year old has spent 19 years in the coaching ranks, including stints at all levels of football, from a high school stop in his home state of Minnesota, to a two-year stop with the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. While 2012 was Levine’s first full season as head coach, he is certainly no stranger to the Houston community. The former collegiate wide receiver has spent the previous four seasons before his promotion on the UH staff, including his final two as assistant head coach.

The 2012 season saw 13 Houston players earn All-Conference USA honors and Trevon Stewart named to the FWAA Freshman All-American team. Three Houston players — D.J. Hayden (interceptions per game), Richie Leone (punting average) and Phillip Steward (sacks) led the conference in their respective categories.

Leone tied the Houston single-season record with a 45.5 punting average while Matt Hogan set the Conference USA career scoring record with 405 points.

Before coming to Houston, Levine spent two seasons with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, serving as the assistant special teams and assistant strength and conditioning coach. While at Carolina, Levine coached one of the best specialist units in the NFL in kicker John Kasay, punter Jason Baker and long snapper Jason Kyle.

Prior to Carolina, Levine coached at Louisville, where he played an integral role in the Cardinals’

Collegiate/Professional Career

1997-98 Assistant Wide Receivers/Tight Ends,

Texas State 1999 Assistant Wide Receivers/Tight Ends/

Co-Recruiting Coordinator, Texas State 2000-01 Graduate Assistant, Auburn 2002 Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends,

Louisiana Tech 2003 Director of Football Operations, Louisville 2004-05 Special Teams Coordinator/

Outside Linebackers, Louisville 2006-07 Assistant Special Teams/Assistant

Strength & Conditioning, Carolina Panthers 2008-09 Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends/

Inside Receivers, Houston 2010-11 Asst. Head Coach/Special Teams Coord./

Tight Ends/Inside Receivers, Houston 2012- Head Coach, Houston

success for three seasons. During his stay in Louisville, the Cardinals posted an impressive 29-8 overall record, including an 11-1 record and a No. 6 national ranking in 2004.

Levine began as director of football operations at Louisville in 2003, where he was responsible for the overall day-to-day operation of the school’s football program. In 2004 he was named special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach and made an immediate impact on the field. Under Levine’s tutelage, the Cardinals ranked near the top in Conference USA in almost all special teams statistics, while Louisville’s defense finished 15th nationally in total defense.

As special teams coordinator at Louisiana Tech in 2002, Levine coached Josh Scobee, who earned All-WAC Second Team honors and was selected by Jacksonville in the 2004 NFL draft..

Levine spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons working as the offensive graduate assistant at Auburn, where he coached the tight ends and worked closely with special teams.

Prior to Auburn, Levine worked as an assistant coach at Texas State, assisting with the wide receivers in 1997 before coaching the tight ends in 1998 and 1999.

A walk-on at the University of Minnesota, Levine became a three-time letterwinner at wide receiver for the Gophers and was twice named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

In addition to earning a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in sports management from Minnesota, he also holds a master’s degree in physical education from Texas State and an educational specialist degree in adult education from Auburn. His playing resume also includes one season as a wide receiver for the Minnesota Fighting Pike of the Arena Football League.

Assistant Coaches David Gibbs Defensive Coordinator Travis Bush Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks Jamie Christian Special Teams Coord./Inside Receivers/Tight Ends Zac Spavital Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Backs Vernon Hargreaves Linebackers Ricky Logo Defensive Line Tony Jeffery Outside Receivers Gordy Shaw Offensive Line Dan Hammerschmidt Running Backs

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HOUSTON Tony Levine Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2011 Houston 2012 Houston 2013 Houston Career Record (two years)

OVERALL CONFERENCE 1-0 0-0 5-7 4-4 8-5 5-3 14-12 9-7 .538 .563

BOWL TicketCity (defeated Penn State, 30-14) BBVA Compass (lost to Vanderbilt, 41-24) 1-1 .500

Levine was named head coach prior to the 2011 TicketCity Bowl.

All-Time Houston Coaches

TENURE Jewell Wallace 1946-47 Clyde Lee 1948-54 Bill Meek 1955-56 Harold Lahar 1957-61 Bill Yeoman 1962-86 Jack Pardee 1987-89 John Jenkins 1990-92 Kim Helton 1993-99 Dana Dimel 2000-03 Art Briles * 2003-07 Chris Thurmond * 2007 Kevin Sumlin * 2008-11 Tony Levine * 2011- Total

W L T PCT 7 14 0 .333 37 32 2 .535 13 6 1 .675 24 23 2 .510 160 108 8 .597 22 11 1 .662 18 15 0 .545 24 53 1 .314 8 26 .235 34 28 .548 0 1 .000 35 17 .673 14 12 .538 396 348 15 .531

*Chris Thurmond coached the 2007 Texas Bowl following the resignation of Art Briles; Tony Levine coached the 2011 TicketCity Bowl following the resignation of Kevin Sumlin.

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FINAL RANK 18/14

HOUSTON 2013 RESULTS (8-5, 5-3 AMERICAN)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/30 Southern 9/7 at Temple * 9/21 vs. Rice 9/28 at Texas-San Antonio 10/12 Memphis * 10/19 Brigham Young 10/26 at Rutgers * 10/31 USF * 11/9 at UCF * 11/16 at Louisville * 11/23 Cincinnati * 11/29 SMU * 1/4 vs. Vanderbilt 1

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G JACKSON, Ryan 13 139 712 51 661 4.8 6 37 50.8 FARROW, Kenneth 11 103 530 16 514 5.0 6 40 46.7 WARD Jr., Greg 10 45 226 50 176 3.9 2 29 17.6 Total 13 435 2195 388 1807 4.2 19 62 139.0 Opponents 13 541 2351 414 1937 3.6 18 38 149.0

1

Result W, 62-13 W, 22-13 W, 31-26 W, 59-28 W, 25-15 L, 46-47 W, 49-14 W, 35-23 L, 14-19 L, 13-20 L, 17-24 W, 34-0 L, 24-41

BBVA Compass Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.

TEAM STATISTICS

HOU OPP TEAM STATISTICS HOU OPP SCORING 431 283 Points Per Game 33.2 21.8 FIRST DOWNS 282 290 Rushing 100 119 Passing 150 150 Penalty 32 21 RUSHING YARDAGE 1807 1937 Yards gained rushing 2195 2351 Yards lost rushing 388 414 Rushing Attempts 435 541 Average Per Rush 4.2 3.6 Average Per Game 139.0 149.0 TDs Rushing 19 18 PASSING YARDAGE 3647 3468 Comp-Att-Int 299-518-10 298-493-25 Average Per Pass 7.0 7.0 Average Per Catch 12.2 11.6 Average Per Game 280.5 266.8 TDs Passing 30 15 TOTAL OFFENSE 5454 5405 Total Plays 953 1034 Average Per Play 5.7 5.2 Average Per Game 419.5 415.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-1187 42-903 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-73 18-73 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 25-305 10-97 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 25.3 21.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.7 4.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 12.2 9.7 FUMBLES-LOST 17-8 26-18 PENALTIES-Yards 98-881 103-884 Average Per Game 67.8 68.0 PUNTS-Yards 73-3153 71-2837 Average Per Punt 43.2 40.0 Net punt average 41.4 38.1 KICKOFFS-Yards 84-5318 62-3783 Average Per Kick 63.3 61.0 Net kick average 41.2 36.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 25:42 34:18 3RD-DOWN Conversions 68/191 73/212 3rd-Down Pct 36% 34% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/17 14/25 4th-Down Pct 24% 56% SACKS BY-Yards 31-248 29-209 MISC YARDS 88 63 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 54 34 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 17-23 17-25 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-2 RED-ZONE SCORES (49-59) 83% (37-49) 76% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (34-59) 58% (25-49) 51% PAT-ATTEMPTS (52-52) 100% (28-31) 90% ATTENDANCE 145537 209707 Games/Avg Per Game 6/24256 5/41941 Neutral Site Games 2/38774 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Houston 86 129 119 97 431 Opponents 84 93 50 56 283

PASSING O’KORN, John PILAND, David WARD Jr., Greg Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 13 133.01 259-446-10 58.1 3117 28 83 239.8 2 106.95 21-40-0 52.5 220 1 20 110.0 10 166.69 19-29-0 65.5 310 1 69 31.0 13 132.11 299-518-10 57.7 3647 30 83 280.5 13 119.43 298-493-25 60.4 3468 15 57 266.8

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G GREENBERRY, Deontay 12 82 1202 14.7 11 83 100.2 SPENCER, Daniel 13 52 768 14.8 6 76 59.1 MAXWELL, Xavier 13 28 405 14.5 4 69 31.2 Total 13 299 3647 12.2 30 83 280.5 Opponents 13 298 3468 11.6 15 57 266.8 PUNT RETURNS PAYNE, Damian Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 15 64 4.3 0 31 20 73 3.7 0 31 18 73 4.1 0 41

KICK RETURNS AYERS, Demarcus Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 37 1021 27.6 1 95 47 1187 25.3 1 95 42 903 21.5 0 47

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points GREENBERRY, Deontay 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 LEONE, Richie 0 11-17 32-32 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 65 JACKSON, Ryan 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 FARROW, Kenneth 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44 SPENCER, Daniel 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 BULLARD, Kyle 0 6-6 20-20 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 38 Total 54 17-23 52-52 0-0 1 1-2 0 1 431 Opponents 34 17-25 28-31 0-1 0 0-2 0 0 283 TOTAL OFFENSE O’KORN, John Total Opponents

G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 13 523 104 3117 3221 247.8 13 953 1807 3647 5454 419.5 13 1034 1937 3468 5405 415.8

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk LEONE, Richie 11-17 64.7 2-2 6-7 2-3 1-5 0-0 40 2 BULLARD, Kyle 6-6 100.0 0-0 4-4 1-1 1-1 0-0 46 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd LEONE, Richie 73 3153 43.2 65 3 33 34 0 Total 73 3153 43.2 65 3 33 34 0 Opponents 71 2837 40.0 59 3 27 18 0 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G GREENBERRY, Deontay 12 6 1202 0 0 0 1208 100.7 AYERS, Demarcus 13 0 130 0 1021 0 1151 88.5 JACKSON, Ryan 13 661 296 0 5 0 962 74.0 Total 13 1807 3647 73 1187 305 7019 539.9 Opponents 13 1937 3468 73 903 97 6478 498.3 DEFENSE OLIPHANT, Efrem MATHEWS, Derrick STEWART, Trevon McDONALD, Adrian TAYLOR, Steven Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 13 70 64 134 13.0-54 2.5-29 .

1 5 1-0 2 . .

13 74 42 116 12.0-63 7.0-53 1-29 4 3 2-0 2 . .

13 69 40 109 1.5-2 . 4-16 7 . 6-15 2 . .

13 55 44 99 2.5-7 . 6-76 3 . 1-0 . . .

13 42 47 89 10.5-48 3.0-28 1-0 5 2 2-0 . . .

13 588 460 1048 78-360 31-248 25-305 55 49 18-85 17 4 1 13 528 398 926 90.0-361 29-209 10-97 76 44 8-7 9 2 .

Returning players in italics

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HOUSTON YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1946 10 4 6 0 Jewell Wallace 1947 11 3 8 0 Jewell Wallace 1948 11 5 6 0 Clyde Lee 1949 10 5 4 1 Clyde Lee 1950 10 4 6 0 Clyde Lee 1951 11 6 5 0 Clyde Lee Salad 1952 10 8 2 0 Clyde Lee 1953 9 4 4 1 Clyde Lee 1954 10 5 5 0 Clyde Lee 1955 10 6 4 0 Bill Meek 1956 10 7 2 1 Bill Meek 1957 10 5 4 1 Hal Lahar 1958 9 5 4 0 Hal Lahar 1959 10 3 7 0 Hal Lahar 1960 10 6 4 0 Hal Lahar 1961 10 5 4 1 Hal Lahar 1962 11 7 4 0 Bill Yeoman Tangerine 1963 10 2 8 0 Bill Yeoman 1964 9 2 6 1 Bill Yeoman 1965 10 4 5 1 Bill Yeoman 1966 10 8 2 0 Bill Yeoman 1967 10 7 3 0 Bill Yeoman 1968 10 6 2 2 Bill Yeoman 1969 11 9 2 0 Bill Yeoman Bluebonnet 1970 11 8 3 0 Bill Yeoman 1971 12 9 3 0 Bill Yeoman Bluebonnet 1972 11 6 4 1 Bill Yeoman 1973 12 11 1 0 Bill Yeoman Bluebonnet 1974 12 8 3 1 Bill Yeoman Bluebonnet 1975 10 2 8 0 Bill Yeoman 1976 12 10 2 0 Bill Yeoman Cotton 1977 11 6 5 0 Bill Yeoman 1978 12 9 3 0 Bill Yeoman Cotton 1979 12 11 1 0 Bill Yeoman Cotton 1980 12 7 5 0 Bill Yeoman Garden State 1981 12 7 4 1 Bill Yeoman Sun 1982 11 5 5 1 Bill Yeoman 1983 11 4 7 0 Bill Yeoman 1984 12 7 5 0 Bill Yeoman Cotton 1985 11 4 7 0 Bill Yeoman 1986 11 1 10 0 Bill Yeoman 1987 11 4 6 1 Jack Pardee 1988 12 9 3 0 Jack Pardee Aloha 1989 11 9 2 0 Jack Pardee 1990 11 10 1 0 John Jenkins 1991 11 4 7 0 John Jenkins 1992 11 4 7 0 John Jenkins 1993 11 1 9 1 Kim Helton 1994 11 1 10 0 Kim Helton 1995 11 2 9 0 Kim Helton 1996 12 7 5 Kim Helton Liberty 1997 11 3 8 Kim Helton 1998 11 3 8 Kim Helton 1999 11 7 4 Kim Helton 2000 11 3 8 Dana Dimel 2001 11 0 11 Dana Dimel 2002 12 5 7 Dana Dimel 2003 13 7 6 Art Briles Hawaii 2004 11 3 8 Art Briles 2005 12 6 6 Art Briles Fort Worth 2006 14 10 4 Art Briles Liberty 2007 13 8 5 Art Briles/Chris Thurmond * Texas 2008 13 8 5 Kevin Sumlin Armed Forces 2009 14 10 4 Kevin Sumlin Armed Forces 2010 12 5 7 Kevin Sumlin 2011 14 13 1 Kevin Sumlin/Tony Levine * TicketCity 2012 12 5 7 Tony Levine 2013 13 8 5 Tony Levine BBVA Compass TOTAL 757 396 346 15 *Chris Thurmond coached the last game of the 2007 season. Tony Levine coached the last game of the 2011 season.

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THE TEAMS UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

Location:......................................................................Memphis, Tenn.

Enrollment:................................................................................... 22,725 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1912 Nickname: ................................................................................... Tigers Colors: ............................................................................Blue and Gray Website: ................................................................... GoTigersGo.com Stadium: .........................................Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (61,000/FieldTurf) President: ...............................................................Dr. M. David Rudd Director of Athletics: ......................................................Tom Bowen Head Coach: ................................ Justin Fuente (Murray State ’99)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Assistant Athletics Director: ...........................................Ron Mears Office Phone: ................................................................ (901) 678-2397 Mobile: .......................................................................... (832) 969-1310 E-mail: ............................................................. rmears@memphis.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (901) 272-0136

TIGER TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: ..............................3-9/1-7 American (tied, 9th) All-Time Record: ......................................................444-497-33 (.473) Bowl Appearances: ........................................................................... 7 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 4-3 (.571) Last Bowl Appearance: .......................... 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl

(USF 41, Memphis 14) Offensive System:....................................................................Multiple Defensive System:...................................................................Multiple Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 53/15 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................... 18/6

MEMPHIS TIGERS

Dr. M. David Rudd President

Tom Bowen Director of Athletics

Justin Fuente Head Coach

Ron Mears Communications

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MEMPHIS STORYLINES Memphis has 18 starters — the second-most of any American Athletic Conference team —returning for the 2014 season.

The Tigers played in five bowl games between 2003 and 2008, but have missed the postseason in each of the last five years.

Memphis became the first American Athletic Conference program with a consensus All-America selection as P Tom Hornsey earned the honor last season.

OFFENSE RB Brandon Hayes, who rushed for 860 yards and five touchdowns last season, was granted a sixth year of eligibility and will lead a group of nine returning starters on offense.

QB Paxton Lynch started all 12 games as a redshirt freshman and ranked eighth in The American in total offense (181.9 yards per game).

The Tigers return three starters on the offensive line and have a combined 63 career starts back up front.

Memphis returns its top eight receivers from last year. WR Joe Craig was the team leader with 37 catches and 338 receiving yards.

DEFENSE Memphis was ranked 12th nationally in rushing defense (116.3 ypg) in 2013.

DE Martin Ifedi registered 11.5 sacks last season and was seventh nationally with 0.96 sacks per game. Ifedi earned first-team all-conferene accolades.

CB Bobby McCain led The American with six interceptions despite missing three games with injuires.

2014 Schedule Sat., Aug. 30

Austin Peay

Sat., Sept. 6

at UCLA

7 p.m., ESPN3 Series: Memphis leads, 7-0 Notable: The Tigers and Governors last met in 2011, when Memphis took a 27-6 win.

10 p.m., Pac-12 Network Series: First meeting Notable: The Tigers play in California for just the third time in program history.

Sat., Sept. 20

Middle Tennessee

Sat., Sept. 27

at Mississippi

The Tigers return all three starting linebackers from a year ago. LB Charles Harris had 74 tackles, while LB Tank Jakes had 71 stops with three sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss.

7 p.m., CSS Series: Middle Tennessee leads, 17-8-1 Notable: The Tigers have dropped four of the last five meetings, but were 24-17 winners in 2010.

SPECIAL TEAMS K Jake Elliott emerged as one of the nation’s top kickers as a freshman last season. Elliott was 16-for-18 on field goal attempts, including 3-for-3 from 50 yards or longer.

TBD Series: Mississippi leads, 48-10-2 Notable: Memphis has lost five straight to the Rebels and looks for its first win in the series since 2004.

Joe Craig had 724 yards on kickoff returns, averaging 26.8 yards per return.

The Tigers will go with a new man at punter to replace Hornsey. P Spencer Smith is the leading candidate following spring practice.

Sat., Oct. 4

at Cincinnati

TBD Series: Memphis leads, 18-13 Notable: The Tigers converted just 2 of 12 third-down chances in last year’s 34-21 setback.

Sat., Oct. 11

Houston

Sat., Oct. 25

at SMU

Fri., Oct. 31

Tulsa

Sat., Nov. 7

at Temple

Sat., Nov. 15

at Tulane

Sat., Nov. 22

USF

TBD Series: Houston leads, 13-9 Notable: Houston has taken the last four meetings.

Memphis’ last win in the series was in 2005.

TBD Series: Tied, 3-3 Notable: Memphis took the first three games in the series, but the Mustangs have taken the last three.

8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU Series: Memphis leads, 14-10 Notable: The Tiges look to snap a four-game series slide to the Golden Hurricane.

7:30 p.m., ESPNU Series: Temple leads, 1-0 Notable: The Tigers fell 41-21 to the Owls in the first meeting to close the 2013 season.

TBD Series: Memphis leads, 18-11-1 Notable: Memphis has won seven straight in the series and hasn’t lost in New Orleans since 2000.

TBD Series: Tied, 3-3 Notable: The teams have split a pair of meetings at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Sat., Dec. 7

UConn

TBD Series: UConn leads, 1-0 Notable: The Tigers fell 45-10 to the Huskies in the 2013 season finale.

Defensive End Martin Ifedi

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MEMPHIS Justin Fuente At A Glance

Justin Fuente

Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.

Family: Wife – Jenny; Children - Cecilia, Caroline Alma Mater (Year): Murray State (1999) Hired at Memphis: Dec. 8, 2011

Head Coach

While laying the groundwork for the University of Memphis football program during his first two seasons as head coach, Justin Fuente has overseen the Tigers’ step up in competition including the move to the American Athletic Conference in Year 2.

Fuente knew the challenges the program would face as the team headed into The American. In his second season as head coach, the Tigers may have finished in the bottom half of the league standings in the new conference but it has been apparent that the program is heading in the right direction.

In 2013, Memphis faced the third-toughest schedule among American Athletic Conference programs, playing seven opponents who advanced to bowl games.

Games lost to bowl-bound opponents were decided by just eight points per game.

Memphis continued to make major strides in Year 2 under Fuente.

Defensively, the Tigers were ranked No. 39 in total defense (370.7 ypg allowed) and No. 12 against the run (116.3 ypg allowed). Offensively, Memphis freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch passed for over 2,000 yards, becoming just the second rookie in program history to do so. It was just the 10th time overall a quarterback has passed for over 2,000 yards in a season.

Memphis’ special teams featured the Ray Guy Award winner, annually presented to collegiate football’s top punter, and a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, which is presented to the nation’s top kicker, as well as one of the nation’s top kick returners.

Memphis had three players named to the AllAmerican Athletic Conference Team - kicker Jake Elliott, punter Tom Hornsey and defensive end Martin Ifedi.

In Fuente’s first season in 2012, the Tigers posted their best finish since 2008 and won more conference games than the previous three seasons combined but Memphis’ then new head coach began building a foundation months prior to his rookie season.

Fuente was named the 23rd head coach of the Tigers program on Dec. 8, 2011. He previously served five seasons on Gary Patterson’s staff at TCU from 2007-11. Fuente joined the TCU football coaching staff in February of 2007 as running backs coach and was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in February of 2009. As part of his promotion, he moved to coaching the Horned Frogs quarterbacks.

A native of Tulsa, Okla., the dynamic playcaller helped guide TCU’s program to consecu

Collegiate/Professional Career: 2001-03 Quarterbacks Coach, Illinois State 2004-06 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks,

Illinois State 2007-08 Running Backs Coach, TCU 2009-11 Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, TCU 2012- Head Coach, Memphis

Assistant Coaches Darrell Dickey Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Brad Cornelsen Quarterbacks

tive BCS bowl game appearances with a 2011 Rose Bowl victory over No. 5-ranked Wisconsin that followed an appearance in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. From 2008-10, TCU was the only program in the country that finished in the top-10 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls all three campaigns.

In Fuente’s three seasons as offensive coordinator, TCU set single-season school records for touchdowns, points scored and first downs, while also ranking among the nation’s most productive offensive units. From 2009-11, the Horned Frogs won 36 of 39 contests, including a 24-game win streak in the Mountain West Conference (MWC).

Fuente made the move to TCU after spending six seasons as quarterbacks coach at Illinois State. His final three years saw him double as the Redbirds offensive coordinator. Under Fuente’s direction, Illinois State ranked in the top-10 nationally in total offense in 2005 and 2006. The Redbirds ranked eighth in 2006 with an average of 397.5 yards per game, after ranking fifth in both total offense (477.6 yards) and scoring (39.2 points) in 2005.

Fuente set 11 school records at Murray State, including total offense and passing yards in a game and season. In 1999, he was the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Offensive Player of the Year and a Walter Payton Award finalist, given annually to the nation’s top player in Division I-AA. Fuente is a 1999 graduate of Murray State.

Following his collegiate career, Fuente played professionally with the Oklahoma Wranglers in the Arena League.

James Shibest Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Vance Vice Offensive Line Holman Wiggins Wide Receivers Barry Odom Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Ricky Hunley Defensive Line Galen Scott Linebackers Ryan Walters Cornerbacks

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MEMPHIS Justin Fuente Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2012 Memphis 2013 Memphis Career Record (two years)

OVERALL CONFERENCE 4-8 4-4 3-9 1-7

BOWL

7-17 5-11 .269 .313

All-Time Memphis Coaches

TENURE Clyde Wilson 1912-15 Tom Shea 1916 V.M. (Bic) Campbell 1917, 1919 John Childerson 1918 Elmore George 1920 Rollin Wilson 1921 Lester Barnard 1922-23 Zach Curlin 1924-36 Allyn McKeen 1937-38 C.C. Humphreys 1939-41 Charlie Jamerson 1942 Ralph Hatley 1947-57 Billy J. Murphy 1958-71 Fred Pancoast 1972-74 Richard Williamson 1975-80 Rex Dockery 1981-83 Rey Dempsey 1984-85 Charlie Bailey 1986-88 Chuck Stobart 1989-94 Rip Scherer 1995-2000 Tommy West 2001-09 Larry Porter 2010-11 Justin Fuente 2012- Total

W L T PCT 9 12 1 .432 2 3 1 .417 6 6 0 .500 2 4 0 .333 0 5 0 .000 4 5 1 .450 11 5 3 .658 43 60 14 .427 13 6 0 .684 14 15 0 .483 2 7 0 .222 59 43 5 .575 91 44 1 .673 20 12 1 .621 31 35 0 .470 8 24 1 .258 7 12 3 .386 12 20 1 .379 29 36 1 .447 22 44 .333 49 61 .445 3 21 .125 7 17 .269 444 497 33 .473

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FINAL RANK

MEMPHIS 2013 RESULTS (3-9, 1-7 AMERICAN)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 9/7 Duke 9/14 at Middle Tennessee 9/21 Arkansas State 10/5 UCF * 10/12 at Houston * 10/19 SMU * 10/30 Cincinnati * 11/9 Tennessee-Martin 11/16 at USF * 11/23 at Louisville * 11/30 Temple * 12/7 at UConn *

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G HAYES, Brandon 12 201 907 47 860 4.3 5 32 71.7 WARFORD, Marquis 8 51 352 49 303 5.9 1 63 37.9 Total 12 438 2029 369 1660 3.8 14 63 138.3 Opponents 12 421 1711 315 1396 3.3 16 51 116.3

Result L, 14-28 L, 15-17 W, 31-7 L, 17-24 L, 15-25 L, 29-34 L, 21-34 W, 21-6 W, 23-10 L, 17-24 L, 21-41 L, 10-45

TEAM STATISTICS

MEM OPP SCORING 234 295 Points Per Game 19.5 24.6 FIRST DOWNS 212 250 Rushing 90 86 Passing 102 138 Penalty 20 26 RUSHING YARDAGE 1660 1396 Yards gained rushing 2029 1711 Yards lost rushing 369 315 Rushing Attempts 438 421 Average Per Rush 3.8 3.3 Average Per Game 138.3 116.3 TDs Rushing 14 16 PASSING YARDAGE 2078 3052 Comp-Att-Int 206-361-11 265-436-11 Average Per Pass 5.8 7.0 Average Per Catch 10.1 11.5 Average Per Game 173.2 254.3 TDs Passing 9 18 TOTAL OFFENSE 3738 4448 Total Plays 799 857 Average Per Play 4.7 5.2 Average Per Game 311.5 370.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-1088 28-590 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 27-204 20-136 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-269 11-129 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.1 21.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.6 6.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 24.5 11.7 FUMBLES-LOST 22-15 12-7 PENALTIES-Yards 92-862 72-645 Average Per Game 71.8 53.8 PUNTS-Yards 63-2800 59-2442 Average Per Punt 44.4 41.4 Net punt average 41.0 35.6 KICKOFFS-Yards 50-3098 60-3526 Average Per Kick 62.0 58.8 Net kick average 39.7 36.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:01 29:55 3RD-DOWN Conversions 53/173 83/189 3rd-Down Pct 31% 44% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 13/27 10/19 4th-Down Pct 48% 53% SACKS BY-Yards 28-166 28-213 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 27 37 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 16-18 12-19 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-3 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (32-38) 84% (34-44) 77% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (22-38) 58% (25-44) 57% PAT-ATTEMPTS (24-24) 100% (35-36) 97% ATTENDANCE 199760 138433 Games/Avg Per Game 7/28537 5/27687 Neutral Site Games 0/0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Memphis 40 49 54 91 234 Opponents 51 96 73 75 295

PASSING LYNCH, Paxton Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 12 110.43 203-349-10 58.2 2056 9 47 171.3 12 107.55 206-361-11 57.1 2078 9 47 173.2 12 128.16 265-436-11 60.8 3052 18 79 254.3

RECEIVING CRAIG, Joe CRAFT, Sam MALONE, Keiwone JONES, Tevin HAYES, Brandon Total Opponents

G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 12 37 338 9.1 0 27 28.2 12 31 337 10.9 1 30 28.1 12 25 311 12.4 1 47 25.9 12 25 292 11.7 1 45 24.3 12 20 119 5.9 2 20 9.9 12 206 2078 10.1 9 47 173.2 12 265 3052 11.5 18 79 254.3

PUNT RETURNS MALONE, Keiwone Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 25 159 6.4 0 31 27 204 7.6 0 32 20 136 6.8 1 37

KICK RETURNS CRAIG, Joe WARFORD, Marquis Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 27 724 26.8 0 56 12 268 22.3 0 34 47 1088 23.1 0 56 28 590 21.1 0 45

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ELLIOTT, Jake 0 16-18 24-24 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 HAYES, Brandon 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 CRAFT, Sam 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Total 27 16-18 24-24 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 234 Opponents 37 12-19 35-36 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 295 TOTAL OFFENSE LYNCH, Paxton HAYES, Brandon Total Opponents

G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 12 437 127 2056 2183 181.9 12 202 860 0 860 71.7 12 799 1660 2078 3738 311.5 12 857 1396 3052 4448 370.7

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ELLIOTT, Jake 16-18 88.9 2-2 4-4 3-4 4-5 3-3 56 0 PUNTING HORNSEY, Tom Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd 62 2800 45.2 79 4 15 29 1 63 2800 44.4 79 4 15 29 1 59 2442 41.4 71 7 12 18 1

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G CRAIG, Joe 12 5 338 32 724 0 1099 91.6 HAYES, Brandon 12 860 119 0 0 0 979 81.6 WARFORD, Marquis 8 303 43 0 268 0 614 76.8 Total 12 1660 2078 204 1088 269 5299 441.6 Opponents 12 1396 3052 136 590 129 5303 441.9 DEFENSE HARRIS, Charles JAKES, Tank GAINES, Andrew COLEMAN, Ryan BALLENTINE, Lonnie Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 12 44 30 74 4.0-7 . .

3 2 . . . .

12 48 23 71 8.5-40 3.0-25 . . . . 1 . .

12 47 17 64 0.5-6 0.5-6 .

7 . . . . .

12 40 20 60 3.0-9 . .

1 . 2-34 2 . .

12 37 21 58 . . .

5 . . . . .

12 524 266 790 78-292 28-166 11-269 43 18 7-34 6 2 .

12 515 270 785 82.0-361 28-213 11-129 42 21 14-72 12 1 .

Returning players in italics

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MEMPHIS YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1912 4 1 2 1 Clyde Wilson 1913 3 1 2 0 Clyde Wilson 1914 8 3 5 0 Clyde Wilson 1915 7 4 3 0 Clyde Wilson 1916 6 2 3 1 Tom Shea 1917 5 3 2 0 V.M. (Bic) Campbell 1918 6 2 4 0 John Childerson 1919 7 3 4 0 V.M. (Bic) Campbell 1920 5 0 5 0 Elmore George 1921 10 4 5 1 Rollin Wilson 1922 10 5 2 3 Lester Barnard 1923 9 6 3 0 Lester Barnard 1924 9 1 7 1 Zach Curlin 1925 8 0 7 1 Zach Curlin 1926 9 1 8 0 Zach Curlin 1927 9 5 3 1 Zach Curlin 1928 10 5 3 2 Zach Curlin 1929 10 8 0 2 Zach Curlin 1930 10 6 3 1 Zach Curlin 1931 9 2 5 2 Zach Curlin 1932 9 4 5 0 Zach Curlin 1933 9 7 1 1 Zach Curlin 1934 8 3 3 2 Zach Curlin 1935 8 1 6 1 Zach Curlin 1936 9 0 9 0 Zach Curlin 1937 9 3 6 0 Allyn McKeen 1938 10 10 0 0 Allyn McKeen 1939 10 3 7 0 C.C. Humphries 1940 10 5 5 0 C.C. Humphries 1941 9 6 3 0 C.C. Humphries 1942 9 2 7 0 Charlie Jamerson 1943 No Games Played 1944 No Games Played 1945 No Games Played 1946 No Games Played 1947 9 6 2 1 Ralph Hatley 1948 11 6 5 0 Ralph Hatley 1949 10 9 1 0 Ralph Hatley 1950 11 9 2 0 Ralph Hatley 1951 8 5 3 0 Ralph Hatley 1952 9 2 7 0 Ralph Hatley 1953 10 6 4 0 Ralph Hatley 1954 10 3 4 3 Ralph Hatley 1955 9 2 7 0 Ralph Hatley 1956 10 5 4 1 Ralph Hatley 1957 10 6 4 0 Ralph Hatley 1958 9 4 5 0 Billy J. Murphy 1959 10 6 4 0 Billy J. Murphy 1960 10 8 2 0 Billy J. Murphy 1961 10 8 2 0 Billy J. Murphy 1962 9 8 1 0 Billy J. Murphy 1963 10 9 0 1 Billy J. Murphy 1964 9 5 4 0 Billy J. Murphy 1965 10 5 5 0 Billy J. Murphy 1966 9 7 2 0 Billy J. Murphy 1967 9 6 3 0 Billy J. Murphy 1968 10 6 4 0 Billy J. Murphy 1969 10 8 2 0 Billy J. Murphy 1970 10 6 4 0 Billy J. Murphy 1971 11 5 6 0 Billy J. Murphy 1972 11 5 5 1 Fred Pancoast 1973 11 8 3 0 Fred Pancoast 1974 11 7 4 0 Fred Pancoast 1975 11 7 4 0 Richard Williamson 1976 11 7 4 0 Richard Williamson 1977 11 6 5 0 Richard Williamson 1978 11 4 7 0 Richard Williamson 1979 11 5 6 0 Richard Williamson 1980 11 2 9 0 Richard Williamson 1981 11 1 10 0 Rex Dockery 1982 11 1 10 0 Rex Dockery 1983 11 6 4 1 Rex Dockery 1984 11 5 5 1 Rey Dempsey 1985 11 2 7 2 Rey Dempsey

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BOWL

Burley

Pasadena

YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1986 11 1 10 0 Charlie Bailey 1987 11 5 5 1 Charlie Bailey 1988 11 6 5 0 Charlie Bailey 1989 11 2 9 0 Chuck Stobart 1990 11 4 6 1 Chuck Stobart 1991 11 5 6 0 Chuck Stobart 1992 11 6 5 0 Chuck Stobart 1993 11 6 5 0 Chuck Stobart 1994 11 6 5 0 Chuck Stobart 1995 11 3 8 Rip Scherer 1996 11 4 7 Rip Scherer 1997 11 4 7 Rip Scherer 1998 11 2 9 Rip Scherer 1999 11 5 6 Rip Scherer 2000 11 4 7 Rip Scherer 2001 11 5 6 Tommy West 2002 12 3 9 Tommy West 2003 13 9 4 Tommy West 2004 12 8 4 Tommy West 2005 12 7 5 Tommy West 2006 12 2 10 Tommy West 2007 13 7 6 Tommy West 2008 13 6 7 Tommy West 2009 12 2 10 Tommy West 2010 12 1 11 Larry Porter 2011 12 2 10 Larry Porter 2012 12 4 8 Justin Fuente 2013 12 3 9 Justin Fuente TOTAL 962 444 497 33

BOWL

New Orleans GMAC Motor City New Orleans St. Petersburg

THE TEAMS

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Location:..............................................................................Tampa, Fla. Enrollment:................................................................................... 45,074 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1956 Nickname: ..................................................................................... Bulls Colors: ......................................................................... Green and Gold Website: ................................................................... GoUSFBulls.com Stadium: ......................... Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Grass) President: ...............................................................Dr. Judy Genshaft Director of Athletics: .....................................................Mark Harlan Head Coach: ......................Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky ’98)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Assocaite AD/Communications: ................................Brian Siegrist Office Phone: ................................................................ (813) 974-4086 Mobile: .......................................................................... (813) 293-3897 E-mail: ....................................................................... siegrist@usf.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (813) 350-6225

BULL TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: .................................... 2-10/2-6 American (8th) All-Time Record: ............................................................. 113-88 (.562) Bowl Appearances: ........................................................................... 6 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 4-2 (.667) Last Bowl Appearance: ................... 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl

(USF 31, Clemson 26) Offensive System:..............................................................West Coast Defensive System:............................................................................4-3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 41/17 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................... 16/8

USF BULLS

Dr. Judy Genshaft President

Mark Harlan Director of Athletics

Willie Taggart Head Coach

Brian Siegrist Communications

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USF STORYLINES USF won its first two American Athletic Conference games in 2013, but the Bulls enter the 2014 season looking to end a six-game slide.

Since 2007, USF has registered nonconference wins against Auburn, UCF, Clemson, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, Northern Illinois and Notre Dame, among others.

The Bulls play five of their first six games at home in 2014.

OFFENSE The Bulls return 10 offensive starters from last year.

Despite a year in which USF had four players make at least one start at quarterback, WR Andre Davis had a school-record 735 receiving yards last season. Davis ranks third on USF’s all-time chart (1,542 yards).

DEFENSE The Bulls return only four regular starters from last year’s defense.

The top returner is LB Reshard Cliett, who was second on the team in tackles (56) last year.

Cliett added seven tackles for loss and three pass breakups.

The Bulls, who had just two defensive interceptions in 2012, registered 11 picks in 2013.

S Hassan Childs led the squad with three interceptions.

The USF defense held a Michigan State squad that would go on to finish No. 3 in the nation to just 265 yards in last year’s matchup.

2014 Schedule Thu., Aug. 30

Western Carolina

7 p.m., ESPN3 Series: First meeting Notable: USF had won 16 straight home openers until last season.

Sat., Sept. 6

Maryland

3:30 p.m., CBSSN Series: First meeting Notable: USF plays a Big Ten opponent for just the third time in school history.

Sat., Sept. 13

North Carolina State

Fri., Sept. 19

UConn

3:30 p.m., CBSSN Series: Tied, 1-1 Notable: The schools last played in 2008, when USF took a 41-10 win.

SPECIAL TEAMS K Marvin Kloss, a finalist for the Lou Groza Award in 2013, made 11 field goals of at least 40 or more yards — the most of any FBS player.

8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 Series: UConn leads, 6-5 Notable: The last seven games have all been decided by a touchdown or fewer.

Sat., Sept. 27

at Wisconsin

QB Mike White started the last five games of the 2013 season and emerged as the Bulls’ most reliable signal-caller as a freshman.

Kloss had a streak of 13 consecutive made field goals in 2013. Four of his five missed field goals from last year were from 49 yards or longer.

TBD Series: First meeting Notable: USF is 7-10 all-time in road-openers, but has won six of its last eight.

USF returns its entire starting offensive line from last season, which will be supported by a pair of solid tight ends. TE Mike McFarland earned second-team all-conference honors last season, while TE Sean Price was named to the 2014 Mackey Award preseason watch list.

P Mattias Ciabatti returns as the regular punter after he averaged 40.2 yards per punt last season.

Sat., Oct. 11

East Carolina

Sat., Oct. 18

at Tulsa

Fri., Oct. 24

at Cincinnati

Sat., Nov. 1

Houston

Sat., Nov. 15

at SMU

Sat., Nov. 22

at Memphis

Fri., Nov. 28

UCF

WR Chris Dunkley averaged 22.6 yards on kickoff returns.

TBD Series: USF leads, 4-0 Notable: The only meeting in Tampa was USF’s 41-17 win in 2004.

TBD Series: First meeting Notable: Both schools competed in Conference USA, but at different times.

7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 Series: Cincinnati leads, 7-4 Notable: USF took last year’s meeting at Raymond James Stadium, but is 1-4 all-time in Cincinnati.

TBD Series: USF leads, 2-1 Notable: The Bulls fell 35-23 to the Cougars in Houston last season.

TBD Series: SMU leads, 1-0 Notable: Last year’s matchup in Tampa was the first meeting between the schools.

TBD Series: Tied, 3-3 Notable: Memphis has taken two of the last three meetings, including a 23-10 decision in Tampa last year.

Linebacker Reshard Cliett

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TBD Series: USF leads, 4-1 Notable: The Bulls won four straight in the series between 2005 and 2008, but the Knights won in 2013.

USF Willie Taggart At A Glance

Willie Taggart

Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Family: Wife – Taneshia; Children - Willie Jr., Jackson Alma Mater (Year): Western Kentucky (1998) Hired at USF: Dec. 9, 2012

Head Coach

The University of South Florida named Willie Taggart its head football coach on Dec. 9, 2012.

Taggart came to USF after spending three seasons as head coach at his alma mater Western Kentucky, where he led a dramatic turnaround for the Hilltoppers.

Prior to taking the lead at WKU, Taggart had a very successful run at Stanford, helping build the Cardinal into a national power.

Prior to Taggart’s arrival at WKU, the Hilltoppers had lost 20 consecutive games. But after just one year of transition, Taggart guided the school to two consecutive winning seasons, culminating in its first bowl appearance, the 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Under Taggart’s leadership, WKU posted 14 wins in 2011 and 2012 after the program won just four games the previous three seasons combined. The Hilltoppers went from 2-6 in 2010 Sun Belt games to 7-1 in 2011, marking the largest one-year turnaround in conference history.

WKU won 12-of-14 games between the end of 2011 and the start of 2012, with the only losses coming to LSU and Alabama, both of which were ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time, and most importantly, WKU secured the top recruiting classes in the Sun Belt Conference in both 2010 and 2011.

After guiding the Hilltoppers to two wins in his first season, Taggart saw his squad start 0-4 in 2011. That’s when the turnaround began. WKU went on to win seven of its last eight games. The only loss in that stretch came to No. 1 LSU in Baton Rouge. The Hilltoppers went 7-1 in the Sun Belt Conference to finish second in the league.

The only league-loss was a four-point setback to eventual champion Arkansas State.

The five-win difference in Sun Belt Conference play represented the biggest one-season turnaround in league history. Only two teams in all of the FBS - Houston and Arkansas State - experienced bigger turnarounds in terms of overall wins from 2010 to 2011.

Before joining the Hilltoppers, Taggart served as running backs coach at Stanford from 200709. He joined the Stanford coaching staff following a 1-11 season in 2006 and was instrumental in the development of the Cardinal offense and running game that has become a staple of that program’s three-year BCS run. Stanford, ranked as high as 14th in the nation by the Associated Press in 2009, posted an 8-4 regular-season record with wins over nationally-ranked USC and Oregon. Stanford led the Pac-10 in total

Collegiate/Professional Career:

1999 Wide Receivers Coach, Western Kentucky 2000 Quarterbacks Coach, Western Kentucky 2001-02 Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks,

Western Kentucky 2003-06 Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks,

Western Kentucky 2007-09 Running Backs Coach, Stanford 2010-12 Head Coach, Western Kentucky 2013- Head Coach, USF

Assistant Coaches Paul Wulff Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

offense (441.4 ypg.), while ranking second in the conference and 11th in the nation in rushing offense (224.3 ypg.). Stanford’s 2,692 rushing yards in 2009 broke the school’s single-season rushing yardage mark that had stood since 1949 (2,481).

Prior to his arrival at Stanford, Taggart spent the previous eight seasons on the WKU coaching staff (1999-2006) and helped guide the Hilltoppers to eight-consecutive winning campaigns during the stretch. He was also the cooffensive coordinator in 2001 and 2002, helping lead the Hilltoppers to the Division I-AA national championship in 2002, and was promoted to assistant head coach in 2003.

Taggart also spent his collegiate playing days at WKU (1995-98) and was only the third WKU athlete in the past half-century to hold down the quarterback slot for the Hilltoppers for four straight years. Taggart - who set 11 WKU school records - had his jersey retired on October 23, 1999. He finished his career as WKU’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (47), ranked second in scoring (286 points), pass efficiency rating (127.71) and rushing yards (3,997), tied for third in most 100-yard rushing games (17), and tied for fourth in touchdown passes (30). His rushing yards were the most in NCAA Division I history at the time for a quarterback.

In each of his last two collegiate seasons, he was a finalist for the prestigious Walter Payton Award, which is an honor given annually to the top offensive player in FCS football. Taggart finished fourth in the balloting in 1997 and seventh as a senior the following year.

Taggart graduated from WKU with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences in 1998.

Chuck Bresnahan Defensive Coordinator Ron Cooper Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs Stu Holt Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Telly Lockette Running Backs Eric Mathies Defensive Line Ron Dugans Wide Receivers David Reaves Quarterbacks Raymond Woodie Linebackers

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USF Willie Taggart Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2010 Western Kentucky 2011 Western Kentucky 2012 Western Kentucky 2013 USF

OVERALL CONFERENCE 2-10 2-6 7-5 7-1 7-5 4-4 2-10 2-6

BOWL

Western Kentucky Record (three years) 16-20 13-11

.444 .520

0-0

USF Record (one year)

0-0

2-10 2-6 .200 .250

Western Kentucky Record (three years) 18-30 15-17

.375 .469

All-Time USF Coaches

Jim Leavitt Skip Holtz Willie Taggart

TENURE 1997-2009 2010-12 2013-

Total

0-0

W L T PCT 95 16 2

57 21 10

113 88

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.625 .432 .200

.562

FINAL RANK

USF 2013 RESULTS (2-10, 2-6 AMERICAN) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Date Opponent

8/31 9/7 9/14 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/26 10/31 11/16 11/23 11/29 12/7

McNeese State at Michigan State Florida Atlantic Miami (Fla.) Cincinnati * at UConn * Louisville * at Houston * Memphis * SMU * at UCF * at Rutgers *

TEAM STATISTICS

Result

L, 21-53 L, 6-21 L, 10-28 L, 21-49 W, 26-20 W, 13-10 L, 3-34 L, 23-35 L, 10-23 L, 6-16 L, 20-23 L, 6-31

USF OPP SCORING 165 343 Points Per Game 13.8 28.6 FIRST DOWNS 154 238 Rushing 48 100 Passing 89 114 Penalty 17 24 RUSHING YARDAGE 1075 1677 Yards gained rushing 1430 2059 Yards lost rushing 355 382 Rushing Attempts 358 435 Average Per Rush 3.0 3.9 Average Per Game 89.6 139.8 TDs Rushing 4 16 PASSING YARDAGE 2002 2532 Comp-Att-Int 166-357-16 215-342-11 Average Per Pass 5.6 7.4 Average Per Catch 12.1 11.8 Average Per Game 166.8 211.0 TDs Passing 7 19 TOTAL OFFENSE 3077 4209 Total Plays 715 777 Average Per Play 4.3 5.4 Average Per Game 256.4 350.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-932 26-658 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-198 26-138 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-56 16-414 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.8 25.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 14.1 5.3 INT RETURN AVERAGE 5.1 25.9 FUMBLES-LOST 22-12 22-14 PENALTIES-Yards 102-872 72-652 Average Per Game 72.7 54.3 PUNTS-Yards 73-2937 53-2321 Average Per Punt 40.2 43.8 Net punt average 36.4 35.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 43-2657 68-4156 Average Per Kick 61.8 61.1 Net kick average 37.8 40.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:46 31:06 3RD-DOWN Conversions 48/172 60/154 3rd-Down Pct 28% 39% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/16 5/9 4th-Down Pct 31% 56% SACKS BY-Yards 24-164 32-191 MISC YARDS 96 -5 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 16 43 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 18-23 14-20 ON-SIDE KICKS 1-3 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (14-19) 74% (35-45) 78% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (7-19) 37% (24-45) 53% PAT-ATTEMPTS (15-15) 100% (41-43) 95% ATTENDANCE 242911 214566 Games/Avg Per Game 7/34702 5/42913 Neutral Site Games 0/0

BY QUARTERS USF Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 50 38 26 51 165 77 109 64 93 343

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G SHAW, Marcus 10 156 816 51 765 4.9 3 80 76.5 TICE, Darius 8 35 151 10 141 4.0 0 27 17.6 DAVIS, Willie 10 39 142 3 139 3.6 0 16 13.9 Total 12 358 1430 355 1075 3.0 4 80 89.6 Opponents 12 435 2059 382 1677 3.9 16 52 139.

PASSING WHITE, Mike EVELD, Bobby BENCH, Steven Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 6 100.50 93-175-9 53.1 1083 3 73 180.5 6 82.10 38-96-2 39.6 455 2 59 75.8 7 93.01 26-64-3 40.6 392 2 36 56.0 12 91.11 166-357-16 46.5 2002 7 73 166.8 12 136.96 215-342-11 62.9 2532 19 78 211.0

RECEIVING DAVIS, Andre MCFARLAND, Mike PRICE, Sean SHAW, Marcus Total Opponents

G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 12 49 735 15.0 2 73 61.2 12 23 288 12.5 2 27 24.0 11 21 185 8.8 0 31 16.8 10 14 115 8.2 0 27 11.5 12 166 2002 12.1 7 73 166.8 12 215 2532 11.8 19 78 211.0

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long DURDEN, Kenneth 9 64 7.1 0 29 DUNKLEY, Chris 4 97 24.2 1 50 Total 14 198 14.1 1 50 Opponents 26 138 5.3 0 32 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long DUNKLEY, Chris 18 406 22.6 0 37 HOPKINS, Derrick 14 298 21.3 0 38 Total 47 932 19.8 0 38 Opponents 26 658 25.3 0 69 |------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points KLOSS, Marvin 0 18-23 15-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 69 SHAW, Marcus 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 MCFARLAND, Mike 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 DAVIS, Andre 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 DUNKLEY, Chris 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Total 16 18-23 15-15 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 165 Opponents 43 14-20 41-43 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 343 TOTAL OFFENSE WHITE, Mike SHAW, Marcus Total Opponents

G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 6 189 -43 1083 1040 173.3 10 156 765 0 765 76.5 12 715 1075 2002 3077 256.4 12 777 1677 2532 4209 350.8

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk KLOSS, Marvin 18-23 78.3 0-0 6-6 1-1 7-9 4-7 52 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd CIABATTI, Mattias 73 2937 40.2 68 7 20 20 0 Total 73 2937 40.2 68 7 20 20 0 Opponents 53 2321 43.8 62 12 11 22 0 ALL PURPOSE SHAW, Marcus DAVIS, Andre Total Opponents

G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G 10 765 115 0 41 0 921 92.1 12 0 735 0 0 0 735 61.2 12 1075 2002 198 932 56 4263 355.2 12 1677 2532 138 658 414 5419 451.6

DEFENSE LATTIMORE, DeDe CLIETT, Reshard JOYCE, Mark GODWIN, Nate MIMS, Tevin Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 12 59 39 98 5.5-32 2.0-24 1-6 3 2 3-10 4 . .

11 36 20 56 7.0-26 1.0-14 .

3 2 . . . .

10 30 23 53 3.5-8 . 2-15 2 . . 1 . .

12 30 19 49 1.0-1 . 1-0 3 . . . . .

10 20 20 40 6.0-28 1.5-17 . . 2 . . . .

12 468 294 762 92-340 24-164 11-56 25 14 13-58 13 3 .

12 382 282 664 71.0-285 32-191 16-414 40 20 12-14 11 . 1

Returning players in italics

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USF YEAR GP W L T 1997 11 5 6

1998 11 8 3

1999 11 7 4

2000 11 7 4

2001 11 8 3

2002 11 9 2

2003 11 7 4

2004 11 4 7

2005 12 6 6 2006 13 9 4 2007 13 9 4 2008 13 8 5 2009 13 8 5 2010 13 8 5 2011 12 5 7 2012 12 3 9 2013 12 2 10 TOTAL 201 113 88

HEAD COACH BOWL Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Jim Leavitt Meineke Car Care Jim Leavitt PapaJohn’s.com Jim Leavitt Brut Sun Jim Leavitt magicJack St. Petersburg Jim Leavitt International Skip Holtz Meineke Car Care Skip Holtz Skip Holtz Willie Taggart

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THE TEAMS

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

Location:.......................................................................... Dallas, Texas Enrollment:................................................................................... 10,929 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1911 Nickname: ............................................................................ Mustangs Colors: ............................................................................. Red and Blue Website: ..............................................................SMUMustangs.com Stadium: ........................ Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf) President: ........................................................... Dr. R. Gerald Turner Director of Athletics: ...........................................................Rick Hart Head Coach: ..................................................................... June Jones

MEDIA RELATIONS

Senior Associate AD/Public Relations: ......................Brad Sutton Office Phone: ................................................................ (214) 768-1651 Mobile: .......................................................................... (214) 914-8705 E-mail: ..................................................................... bsutton@smu.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (214) 768-7730

MUSTANG TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: ...................................... 5-7/4-4 American (5th) All-Time Record: ......................................................470-500-54 (.485) Bowl Appearances: ......................................................................... 15 Bowl Record: ......................................................................7-7-1 (.500) Last Bowl Appearance: ....................................... 2012 Hawaii Bowl

(SMU 43, Fresno State 10) Offensive System:............................................................Run & Shoot Defensive System:...................................................................Multiple Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 38/15 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 13/11

SMU MUSTANGS

Dr. R. Gerald Turner President

Rick Hart Director of Athletics

June Jones Head Coach

Brad Sutton Communications

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SMU STORYLINES The Mustangs saw a streak of four consecutive bowl appearances end with last year’s 5-7 campaign.

June Jones has never had back-to-back losing seasons in 15 years as a head coach.

SMU will face three teams ranked among the top 18 of last year’s final Associated Press poll (UCF, Baylor, Texas A&M).

OFFENSE WR Darius Joseph ranked second in the American Athletic Conference with 108 receptions on the year, trailing only his former teammate Jeremy Johnson among the league leaders.

The Mustangs were beset with injuries at the running back spot last year. RB Prescott Line, who rushed for 332 yards and three TDs is the top returner, though RB Kevin Pope — a converted linebacker from last season — is expected to see significant action.

C Taylor Lasecki — who was named to the Rimington Trophy watch list —leads an offensive line that has three starters returning.

QB Neal Burcham will take over as the starting quarterback after he started the final two games of 2013. Burcham threw for 556 yards and two TDs, playing behind record-setting signal-caller Garrett Gilbert last year.

DEFENSE SMU returns seven defensive starters from last year, though Kevin Pope — who was second on the team in tackles as a linebacker — moves to running back.

LB Stephon Sanders registered a team-high 13.5 tackles for loss and had 86 total tackles in 2013.

Sanders had 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception.

The Mustangs bring back all three starters from last year’s defensive line. DE Beau Barnes had five sacks, 13 tackles for loss and an interception to lead that group.

After allowing 30 or more points in each of their first five games, the Mustangs allowed more than 30 points just twice in their final seven contests.

SPECIAL TEAMS SMU will have to replace a pair of oustanding kicking specialists from last season.

K Cody Rademacher, who served as a holder last year, is the early favorite to take over at placekicker, while the punter spot will likely be filled by a newcomer.

WR Deion Sanders averaged 20.6 yards on kickoff returns last season.

2014 Schedule Sun., Aug. 31

at Baylor

7:30 p.m., FS1 Series: Tied, 36-36-7 Notable: The Mustangs have dropped 10 straight to their old Southwest Conference rivals.

Sat., Sept. 6

at North Texas

Noon, FSN Series: SMU leads, 28-4-1 Notable: The series dates to 1922, though the schools haven’t met since SMU’s 45-31 win in 2007.

Sat., Sept. 20

Texas A&M

Sat., Sept. 27

TCU

TBD Series: Texas A&M leads, 44-29-7 Notable: The 10th-ranked Aggies took the 2013 meeting behind two rushing TDs from Johnny Manziel.

The Iron Skillet TBD Series: TCU leads, 46-40-7 Notable: SMU has dropped the last three meetings in Dallas against its Metroplex rival.

Sat., Oct. 4

at East Carolina

TBD Series: Tied, 2-2 Notable: SMU won the last two matchups against its former Conference USA rival, most recently in 2010.

Sat., Oct. 18

Cincinnati

Sat., Oct. 25

Memphis

Sat., Nov. 8

at Tulsa

Sat., Nov. 23

at USF

Sat., Nov. 22

UCF

Fri., Nov. 28

Houston

Sat., Nov. 16

at UConn

TBD Series: Cincinnati leads, 1-0 Notable: The Bearcats scored 28 straight points in the second and third quarters to take last year’s game.

TBD Series: Tied, 3-3 Notable: SMU has won the last three meetings by a combined score of 100-42.

TBD Series: SMU leads, 13-7 Notable: The Mustangs have taken three of the last four in a series that dates to 1935.

TBD Series: SMU leads, 1-0 Notable: SMU held the Bulls without an offensive touchdown in last year’s 16-6 win in Dallas.

TBD Series: UCF leads, 5-1 Notable: The Knights took a 17-13 win in a game played during an ice storm in Dallas last year.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 18-10-1 Notable: The Mustangs scored five defensive touchdowns in a 72-42 win in 2012 — the last time the teams met in Dallas.

Linebacker Stephon Sanders

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TBD Series: Tied, 1-1 Notable: SMU makes the 1,696-mile trip to East Hartford for the first time.

SMU June Jones At A Glance

June Jones

Hometown: Portland, Ore. Alma Mater: New York State Regents College) Hired at SMU: Jan. 7, 2008

Head Coach

After six seasons at the helm of the SMU football program, June Jones has proven again that he is master architect in building and rebuilding football programs. After winning just two games in two seasons, the Jones’ Mustangs have won 35 games and three bowl championships over the past five years, reestablishing championship football on the Hilltop.

In 2008, Jones took over an SMU program that had not been to a bowl game in nearly a quarter century. Despite its rich tradition, SMU had struggled since the early 1980s and the days of the “Pony Express.”

Jones and the Mustangs changed all that in 2009, however, snapping a 25-year bowl drought, claiming a Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Championship, and earning a share of the Conference USA Western Division Championship. SMU finished the season with an 8-5 mark, the largest turnaround in the nation in 2009 (+7 wins). Jones was named Conference USA Coach of the Year by Sporting News in 2009, and, following SMU’s 45-10 destruction of Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl, was also named Coach of the Bowl Season by College Football News.

The 2010 season featured another first, as SMU made its first appearance in the Conference USA Championship game, earning its second straight C-USA Western Division title. SMU also earned a bowl bid for the second straight season, reaching the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. The 2011 season produced another eight wins and a BBVA Compass Bowl Championship as SMU thrashed Pitt, 28-6. Along the way, SMU beat rival TCU, giving the Mustangs and Jones the coveted Iron Skillet. The 2012 campaign concluded with another Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Championship, giving SMU three bowl crowns in four years. In 2013, SMU lost the last two games when starting QB Garrett Gilbert got hurt, stopping SMU’s bowl streak at four.

Jones came to the Hilltop after nine years at Hawaii, where he took a downtrodden Warrior football program and built it into one of the most exciting and competitive squads in the country.

Jones led his Hawaii teams to 76 wins the most by any Hawaii coach - two Western Athletic Conference Championships and six bowl-game appearances. In 1998, Hawaii suffered its first-ever winless season. The following year, the first under Jones, the Warriors went 9-4, marking the biggest turnaround in NCAA history. He developed six All-Americans and produced 17 NFL draft picks, with a school-record five in 2007. In the five years before Jones’

Collegiate/Professional Career:

1983 Graduate Assistant, Hawaii 1984 Wide Receivers Coach,

Houston Gamblers (USFL) 1985 Offensive Coordinator, Denver Gold (USFL) 1986 Offensive Assistant,

Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) 1987-88 Quarterbacks Coach, Houston Oilers 1989-90 Quarterbacks/Receivers, Detroit Lions 1991-93 Offensive Coordinator, Atlanta Falcons 1994-96 Head Coach, Atlanta Falcons 1998 Quarterbacks Coach/Interim Head Coach,

San Diego Chargers 1999-2007 Head Coach, Hawaii 2008- Head Coach, SMU

Assistant Coaches arrival, Hawaii combined for 12 wins and not a single draft pick or bowl game berth.

The 2007 season proved to be the pinnacle of success for Jones at Hawaii, as he led his team to the national spotlight with a top-10 national ranking, a BCS Bowl berth and the school’s first Heisman Trophy finalist. Hawaii finished the 2007 regular season undefeated at 12-0 and was the only team in the Football Bowl Subdivision to earn that distinction. Along the way, the team shattered dozens of NCAA, conference and school records as Jones became just the third coach to lead a team to a BCS bowl from a conference without an automatic BCS berth. For his efforts, Jones was named the 2007 WAC Coach of the Year and was one of seven finalists for the 2007 Paul “Bear” Bryant College Coach of the Year Award.

Jones was named the 1999 National Coach of the Year (CNN/Sports Illustrated, American Football Coach/Schutt Sports & The Sporting News) after leading the Warriors to a share of the WAC Championship and a 23-17 win over Oregon State in the Jeep O’ahu Bowl.

Before joining the Warriors in 1999, Jones enjoyed a 12-year coaching career in the NFL, including head coaching stops at Atlanta (199496) and San Diego (1998). With the Falcons, Jones guided the team that he once played for to a playoff wild-card berth in 1995.

Originally from Portland, Ore., Jones graduated from New York State Regents College after playing quarterback at Oregon (1971-1972), Hawaii (1973-1974), and Portland State (19751976) and went on to play professionally for the Atlanta Falcons (1977-1981) of the NFL and the Toronto Argonauts (1982) of the Canadian Football League.

Tom Mason Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Dan Morrison Associate Head Coach/Offense Steve Broussard Running Backs Eric Daniels Linebackers Bert Hill Defensive Line Derrick Odum Secondary Jason Phillips Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Wes Suan Offensive Line Carlos Barocio-Leon Special Teams

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SMU June Jones Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 1999 Hawaii 2000 Hawaii 2001 Hawaii 2002 Hawaii 2003 Hawaii 2004 Hawaii 2005 Hawaii 2006 Hawaii 2007 Hawaii 2008 SMU 2009 SMU 2010 SMU 2011 SMU 2012 SMU 2013 SMU

OVERALL CONFERENCE 9-4 5-2 3-9 2-6 9-3 5-3 10-4 7-1 9-5 5-3 8-5 4-4 5-7 4-4 11-3 7-1 12-1 8-0 1-11 0-8 8-5 6-2 7-7 6-2 8-5 5-3 7-6 5-3 5-7 4-4

BOWL Oahu (defeated Oregon State, 23-17) Hawaii (lost to Tulane, 36-28) Hawaii (defeated Houston, 54-48) Hawaii (defeated UAB, 59-40) Hawaii (defeated Arizona State, 41-24) Sugar (lost to Georgia, 41-10) Hawaii (defeated Nevada, 45-10) Armed Forces (lost to Army, 16-14) BBVA Compass (defeated Pittsburgh, 28-6) Hawaii (defeated Fresno State, 43-10)

Hawaii Record (nine years)

76-41 47-24 .650 .662

4-2 .667

SMU Record (six years)

36-41 26-22 .468 .542

3-1 .750

Career Record (15 years)

112-82 73-46 .578 .613

7-3 .700

All-Time SMU Coaches

Ray Morrison J. Burton Rix Madison Bell James H. Stewart H.N. Russell Chalmer Woodard Bill Meek Hayden Fry Dave Smith Ron Meyer Bobby Collins Forrest Gregg Tom Rossley Mike Cavan Phil Bennett June Jones

TENURE 1915-16, 1922-34 1917-21 1935-41, 1945-49 1942-44 1950-52 1953-56 1957-61 1962-72 1973-75 1976-81 1982-86 1989-90 1991-96 1997-2001 2002-07 2008-

Total

W L T PCT 84 44 22 .633 16 19 7 .464 79 40 8 .653 10 18 2 .366 13 15 2 .466 19 20 1 .487 17 29 4 .388 49 66 1 .426 16 15 2 .515 34 32 1 .514 43 14 1 .750 3 19 0 .136 15 48 3 .250 18 28 .391 18 52 .257 36 41 .490

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FINAL RANK

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SMU 2013 RESULTS (5-7, 4-4 AMERICAN)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/30 Texas Tech 9/7 Montana State 9/21 at Texas A&M 9/28 at TCU 10/5 Rutgers * 10/19 at Memphis * 10/26 Temple* 11/9 at Cincinnati * 11/16 UConn * 11/23 at USF * 11/29 at Houston * 12/7 UCF *

RUSHING LINE, Prescott GILBERT, Garrett Total Opponents

GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G 12 90 342 10 332 3.7 3 35 27.7 10 83 424 157 267 3.2 6 53 26.7 12 326 1436 311 1125 3.5 13 53 93.8 12 446 2050 361 1689 3.8 23 50 140.8

PASSING GILBERT, Garrett BURCHAM, Neal Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 10 136.24 335-504-7 66.5 3528 21 79 352.8 4 100.28 64-109-4 58.7 556 2 37 139.0 12 128.60 400-619-12 64.6 4097 23 79 341.4 12 139.96 286-441-11 64.9 3262 24 83 271.8

Result L, 23-41 W, 31-30 L, 13-42 L, 17-48 3ot L, 52-55 W, 34-29 W, 59-49 L, 25-28 W, 38-21 W, 16-6 L, 0-34 L, 13-17

TEAM STATISTICS

SMU OPP TEAM STATISTICS SMU OPP SCORING 321 400 Points Per Game 26.8 33.3 FIRST DOWNS 276 269 Rushing 59 101 Passing 191 145 Penalty 26 23 RUSHING YARDAGE 1125 1689 Yards gained rushing 1436 2050 Yards lost rushing 311 361 Rushing Attempts 326 446 Average Per Rush 3.5 3.8 Average Per Game 93.8 140.8 TDs Rushing 13 23 PASSING YARDAGE 4097 3262 Comp-Att-Int 400-619-12 286-441-11 Average Per Pass 6.6 7.4 Average Per Catch 10.2 11.4 Average Per Game 341.4 271.8 TDs Passing 23 24 TOTAL OFFENSE 5222 4951 Total Plays 945 887 Average Per Play 5.5 5.6 Average Per Game 435.2 412.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-907 37-805 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-134 15-240 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-96 12-285 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.3 21.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.9 16.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 8.7 23.8 FUMBLES-LOST 23-12 21-6 PENALTIES-Yards 90-770 92-869 Average Per Game 64.2 72.4 PUNTS-Yards 63-2372 60-2293 Average Per Punt 37.7 38.2 Net punt average 31.3 34.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 57-3429 66-4087 Average Per Kick 60.2 61.9 Net kick average 37.3 41.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:56 31:04 3RD-DOWN Conversions 77/198 73/177 3rd-Down Pct 39% 41% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 13/27 9/20 4th-Down Pct 48% 45% SACKS BY-Yards 28-176 38-210 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 38 54 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 18-21 9-14 ON-SIDE KICKS 1-5 2-6 RED-ZONE SCORES (39-50) 78% (44-50) 88% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (27-50) 54% (37-50) 74% PAT-ATTEMPTS (33-35) 94% (45-48) 94% ATTENDANCE 112347 227570 Games/Avg Per Game 6/18724 6/37928 Neutral Site Games 0/0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total SMU 52 88 64 100 17 321 Opponents 66 108 108 98 20 400

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G JOHNSON, Jeremy 12 112 1112 9.9 6 66 92.7 JOSEPH, Darius 12 103 808 7.8 5 45 67.3 HOLMAN, Keenan 12 67 1037 15.5 9 79 86.4 THOMPSON, Der’rick 9 32 459 14.3 2 54 51.0 Total 12 400 4097 10.2 23 79 341.4 Opponents 12 286 3262 11.4 24 83 271.8 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long TAYLOR, JaBryce 7 97 13.9 1 55 ACKER, Kenneth 5 13 2.6 0 4 Total 17 134 7.9 1 55 Opponents 15 240 16.0 1 51 KICK RETURNS SANDERS, Deion TAYLOR, JaBryce Total Opponents

No. 18 17 47 37

Yds Avg TD Long 370 20.6 0 87 309 18.2 0 40 907 19.3 0 87 805 21.8 1 45

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points HOVER, Chase 0 18-21 33-35 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 87 HOLMAN, Keean 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 GILBERT, Garrett 6 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 1-2 0 0 38 JOHNSON, Jeremy 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 38 JOSEPH, Darius 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Total 38 18-21 33-35 1-1 1 1-2 0 1 321 Opponents 54 9-14 45-48 1-1 1 1-3 0 0 400 TOTAL OFFENSE GILBERT, Garrett BURCHAM, Neal Total Opponents

G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 10 587 267 3528 3795 379.5 4 122 -62 556 494 123.5 12 945 1125 4097 5222 435.2 12 887 1689 3262 4951 412.6

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg HOVER, Chase 18-21 85.7 0-0 5-6 8-9 4-5 1-1 51 PUNTING LOFTUS, Mike HOVER, Chase Total Opponents

Blk 0

No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd 32 1287 40.2 58 4 4 3 1 24 849 35.4 48 1 8 6 0 63 2372 37.7 58 8 12 12 1 60 2293 38.2 60 4 21

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G JOHNSON, Jeremy 12 0 1112 0 0 0 1112 92.7 HOLMAN, Keenan 12 0 1037 0 0 0 1037 86.4 JOSEPH, Darius 12 -1 808 0 0 0 807 67.2 Total 12 1125 4097 134 907 96 6359 529.9 Opponents 12 1689 3262 240 805 285 6281 523.4 DEFENSE G Solo Ast Total JOYNER, Randall 10 49 49 98 POPE, Kevin 11 47 44 91 SANDERS, Stephon 12 47 39 86 SCOTT, Jay 12 34 29 63 WOOD, Zach 12 25 24 49 Total 12 504 356 860 Opponents 12 531 328 859

TFL/Yds Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 5.0-12 1.0-5 1-0 2 2 1-0 3 . .

10.5-47 3.5-25 .

4 2 1--4 1 . .

13.5-38 3.5-18 1-35 1 3 . 2 . 1 4.0-12 . 2-3 7 . . 1 . .

6.0-13 1.0-6 .

1 2 1-0 2 1 .

90-323 28-176 11-96 45 19 6--4 13 2 1 72.0-284 38-210 12-285 67 32 12-119 21 1 .

Returning players in italics

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SMU YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1915 7 2 5 0 Ray Morrison 1916 10 0 8 2 Ray Morrison 1917 8 3 2 3 J. Burton Rix 1918 6 4 2 0 J. Burton Rix 1919 10 5 4 1 J. Burton Rix 1920 10 3 5 2 Rix-Cunningham-Kelly 1921 8 1 6 1 Ray Morrison 1922 10 6 3 1 Ray Morrison 1923 9 9 0 0 Ray Morrison 1924 10 5 1 4 Ray Morrison 1925 9 5 2 2 Ray Morrison 1926 9 8 0 1 Ray Morrison 1927 9 7 2 0 Ray Morrison 1928 10 6 3 1 Ray Morrison 1929 10 6 0 4 Ray Morrison 1930 10 6 3 1 Ray Morrison 1931 11 9 1 1 Ray Morrison 1932 12 3 7 2 Ray Morrison 1933 12 4 7 1 Ray Morrison 1934 12 8 2 2 Ray Morrison 1935 13 12 1 0 Madison Bell 1936 10 5 4 1 Madison Bell 1937 11 5 6 0 Madison Bell 1938 10 6 4 0 Madison Bell 1939 10 6 3 1 Madison Bell 1940 10 8 1 1 Madison Bell 1941 10 5 5 0 Madison Bell 1942 11 3 6 2 James H. Stewart 1943 9 2 7 0 James H. Stewart 1944 10 5 5 0 James H. Stewart 1945 11 5 6 0 Madison Bell 1946 10 4 5 1 Madison Bell 1947 11 9 0 2 Madison Bell 1948 11 9 1 1 Madison Bell 1949 10 5 4 1 Madison Bell 1950 10 6 4 0 Chalmer Woodard 1951 10 3 6 1 Chalmer Woodard 1952 10 4 5 1 Chalmer Woodard 1953 10 5 5 0 Chalmer Woodard 1954 10 6 3 1 Bill Meek 1955 10 4 6 0 Bill Meek 1956 10 4 6 0 Bill Meek 1957 10 4 5 1 Bill Meek 1958 10 6 4 0 Bill Meek 1959 10 5 4 1 Hayden Fry 1960 10 0 9 1 Hayden Fry 1961 10 2 7 1 Hayden Fry 1962 10 2 8 0 Hayden Fry 1963 11 4 7 0 Hayden Fry 1964 10 1 9 0 Hayden Fry 1965 10 4 5 1 Hayden Fry 1966 11 8 3 0 Hayden Fry 1967 10 3 7 0 Hayden Fry 1968 11 8 3 0 Hayden Fry 1969 10 3 7 0 Hayden Fry 1970 11 5 6 0 Hayden Fry 1971 11 4 7 0 Hayden Fry 1972 11 7 4 0 Hayden Fry 1973 11 6 4 1 Dave Smith 1974 11 6 4 1 Dave Smith 1975 11 4 7 0 Dave Smith 1976 11 3 8 0 Ron Meyer 1977 11 4 7 0 Ron Meyer 1978 11 4 6 1 Ron Meyer 1979 11 5 6 0 Ron Meyer 1980 12 8 4 0 Ron Meyer 1981 11 10 1 0 Ron Meyer 1982 12 11 0 1 Bobby Collins 1983 12 10 2 0 Bobby Collins 1984 12 10 2 0 Bobby Collins 1985 11 6 5 0 Bobby Collins 1986 11 6 5 0 Bobby Collins 1987 No Games Played 1988 No Games Played

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BOWL

Dixie Classic

Rose

Cotton Cotton

Bluebonnet

Holiday Sun Aloha

YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1989 11 2 9 0 Forrest Gregg 1990 11 1 10 0 Forrest Gregg 1991 11 1 10 0 Tom Rossley 1992 11 5 6 0 Tom Rossley 1993 11 2 7 2 Tom Rossley 1994 11 1 9 1 Tom Rossley 1995 11 1 10 Tom Rossley 1996 11 5 6 Tom Rossley 1997 11 6 5 Mike Cavan 1998 2 1 1 Mike Cavan 1999 10 4 6 Mike Cavan 2000 12 3 9 Mike Cavan 2001 11 4 7 Mike Cavan 2002 12 3 9 Phil Bennett 2003 12 0 12 Phil Bennett 2004 11 3 8 Phil Bennett 2005 11 5 6 Phil Bennett 2006 12 6 6 Phil Bennett 2007 12 1 11 Phil Bennett 2008 12 1 11 June Jones 2009 13 8 5 June Jones 2010 14 7 7 June Jones 2011 13 8 5 June Jones 2012 13 7 6 June Jones 2013 12 5 7 June Jones TOTAL 1024 470 500 54

BOWL

Hawaii Armed Forces BBVA Compass Hawaii

THE TEAMS

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

Location:.................................................................... Philadelphia, Pa. Enrollment:................................................................................... 39,000 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1884 Nickname: ..................................................................................... Owls Colors: ......................................................................Cherry and White Website: ......................................................................OwlSports.com Stadium: ................ Lincoln Financial Field (68,532/Natural Grass) President: ........................................................... Dr. Neil D. Theobald Director of Athletics: ....................................................... Kevin Clark Head Coach: .........................................Matt Rhule (Penn State ’97)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Assistant AD/Football Communications: ........................Rich Burg Office Phone: ................................................................ (215) 204-0876 Mobile: .......................................................................... (215) 356-3952 E-mail: ..............................................................rich.burg@temple.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (267) 570-4453

OWL TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: ............................2-10/1-7 American (tied, 9th) All-Time Record: ......................................................420-568-52 (.429) Bowl Appearances: ........................................................................... 4 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 2-2 (.500) Last Bowl Appearance: ................ 2011 Gildan New Mexico Bowl

(Temple 37, Wyoming 15) Offensive System:.............................................................. Pro Spread Defensive System:............................................................................4-3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 34/21 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 13/11

TEMPLE OWLS

Dr. Neil D. Theobald President

Kevin Clark Dir. of Athletics

Matt Rhule Head Coach

Rich Burg Communications

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TEMPLE STORYLINES Temple held the lead or was tied for 306 of the last 360 minutes of the season (85 percent), but went just 2-4 in those games. By comparison, Temple trailed for 78 percent of its first six games.

DEFENSE LB Tyler Matakevich led the nation in solo tackles last season (8.8 per game) and was a first team all-conference selection. Matakevich has registered at least 100 tackles in each of his first two seasons.

2014 Schedule

The Owls made bowl appearances in 2009 and 2011, but have missed the postseason in each of the last two years.

Matakevich was named to the preseason watch lists for the Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s top defensive player.

Sat., Sept. 6

LB Nate D. Smith tied for the team lead with three sacks and had 66 tackles as a sophomore in 2013.

Sat., Sept. 20

Delaware State

Sat., Sept. 27

at UConn

Temple lists just seven seniors on its 2014 roster.

OFFENSE QB P.J. Walker ranked third in the American Athletic Conference in pass efficiency (150.8) as a true freshman, trailing only Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater and UCF’s Blake Bortles.

Walker threw for 2,084 yards and 20 touchdowns against eight interceptions as a true freshman.

He also rushed for 332 yards and three TDs. The Owls set a school record with 2,996 passing yards in 2013.

RB Kenneth Harper and RB Zaire Williams comprised one of the top backfield tandems in the American Athletic Conference last year.

The two combined to rush for 1,146 yards and 12 touchdowns.

C Kyle Friend, who played every snap in 2013, anchors an offensive line that must replace four starters from last year.

DT Matt Ioannidis leads a defensive line that has three returning starters. Ioannidis registered three sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss last season.

Temple had just three defensive interceptions last season.

Thu., Aug. 28

at Vanderbilt

9:15 p.m., SEC Network Series: Tied, 1-1 Notable: Previous meetings were in 1935 and 2006.

The Commodores won the last matchup, 43-14.

Navy

Noon, ESPNU Series: Tied, 5-5 Notable: Temple was a 27-24 winner against its future American Athletic Conference opponent in 2009.

1 p.m., ESPN3 Series: First meeting Notable: Delaware State will play an FBS opponent for just the second time in program history.

TBD Series: Temple leads, 9-5 Notable: Two of the last four games in the series were decided in overtime.

Sat., Oct. 11

Tulsa

Fri., Oct. 17

at Houston

Sat., Oct. 25

at UCF

Sat., Nov. 1

East Carolina

Fri., Nov. 7

Memphis

SPECIAL TEAMS K Jim Cooper is the only returning kicker with significant experience. The Owls made just three field goals in 2013.

TBD Series: Tulsa leads, 2-0 Notable: Tulsa took both ends of a home-and-home series in 1987 and 1988.

P Tyler Mayes is the favorite to take over as the regular punter, following the departure of Paul Layton.

9 p.m., ESPNU Series: Houston leads, 3-0 Notable: The Owls’ only previous trip to Houston was in a 65-7 setback at the Astrodome in 1989.

DB Jahad Thomas is the top return specialist from last year (19.8 ypr).

TBD Series: First meeting Notable: Last year’s game produced 10 lead changes as the 15th-ranked Knights took a 39-36 win in Philadelphia.

TBD Series: East Carolina leads, 7-4 Notable: The schools met 11 times between 1982 and 1995. Temple’s last win was in 1990.

7:30 p.m., ESPNU Series: Temple leads, 1-0 Notable: The Owls closed last season with a 41-21 win at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Sat., Nov. 15

at Penn State

Sat., Nov. 29

Cincinnati

Sat., Dec. 6

at Tulane

TBD Series: Penn State leads, 38-3-1 Notable: Temple’s last win in the series came in 1941.

The Owls look for their first win in State College.

TBD Series: Temple leads, 9-6-1 Notable: Teams met every year from 1973-85. Cincinnati has won four straight in the series.

Linebacker Tyler Matakevich

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TBD Series: Tulane leads, 1-0 Notable: The only previous meeting was in the 1935 Sugar Bowl, when Tulane was a 20-14 winner.

TEMPLE Matt Rhule At A Glance

Matt Rhule

Hometown: State College, Pa. Family: Wife - Julie; Children - Bryant, Vivienne Alma Mater (Year): Penn State (1997) Hired at Temple: Dec. 17, 2012

Head Coach

Matt Rhule, who has 15 seasons of coaching experience on the collegiate and professional levels, was named Temple University’s 26th head football coach Dec. 17, 2012. He previously served as the assistant offensive line coach with the New York Giants.

The State College, Pa., native, a former player at Penn State, has 14 years of collegiate coaching experience, including six seasons at Temple, and six bowl games-two with the Owls-- on his resume.

Rhule, 38, joined the Giants in the spring of 2012. He worked closely with Pat Flaherty, who has been the offensive line coach since 2004.

During his previous tenure at Temple, Rhule’s role changed several times. Last spring, he was promoted to co-offensive coordinator after serving as the assistant offensive coordinator and tight ends coach as well as the recruiting coordinator under Steve Addazio in 2011. Temple’s 2012 recruiting class was ranked No. 1 in the Mid-American Conference and helped lay the foundation for the program’s transition to the Big East Conference.

Under Al Golden, Rhule was promoted to offensive coordinator in the spring of 2008. He also coached the TU quarterbacks. He coached the defensive line in 2006 and served as the quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. For three consecutive years, Temple’s recruiting class was ranked No. 1 in the MAC [2006, 2007, 2008].

In 2011, the Owls went 9-4 and played in the fourth bowl game in school history, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, where they crushed Wyoming, 37-15 – Temple’s first postseason victory since the 1979 Garden State Bowl.

In 2010, Rhule guided the offense to the largest margin of victory in a MAC game. Helping the team to an 8-4 regular-season record, the Owls recorded back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1978-79, including their first win over a BCS team.

In 2009, Rhule’s offense helped TU win a single-season record nine consecutive games en route to a 9-4 overall record and first-place tie in the MAC East. Under Rhule’s guidance, the Owls set the Temple single-season rushing yardage record.

In 2008, Rhule took the reins as offensive coordinator, helping the Owls to their most wins in nearly two decades. The Owls out-scored their opponents for the season for the first time since 1990.

Rhule arrived in Owl Country after spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Western

Collegiate/Professional Career:

Carolina, including three as assistant head coach.

From 2002 to 2005, Rhule was an assistant at Western Carolina under head coach Kent Briggs, serving as assistant head coach during his last three seasons. In 2005, he was offensive line coach and run game coordinator after directing the linebackers his first three years.

Rhule was special teams coordinator during his tenure in Cullowhee (N.C.). In 2005, the Catamounts led Division I-AA in kickoff returns, averaging 27.44 yards per return.

In 2004, WCU ranked 12th nationally in total defense and 15th in pass defense, largely due to the production of Rhule’s linebacker corps.

In 2003, the Catamounts led the SoCon in rush defense for the first time in school history.

Rhule arrived at Western Carolina after serving as assistant defensive line coach at UCLA in 2001. He assisted in coaching five Bruins who earned All Pac-10 honors as the team posted a 7-4 record under head coach Bob Toledo.

From 1999 to 2000, Rhule served as an assistant coach at Buffalo, directing the Bulls’ defensive line in 2000 and working as assistant defensive line coach in 1999.

Rhule began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Penn State in the spring of 1998 before working at Albright College in Reading, Pa. for the 1998 season.

Rhule played four seasons at linebacker with the Nittany Lions. A three-time Penn State Scholar-Athlete, he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 1997.

Rhule received his undergraduate degree in political science before earning his master’s degree in educational psychology from Buffalo in 2003.

1988 Linebackers Coach, Albright 1999 Assistant Defensive Line Coach, Buffalo 2000 Defensive Line Coach, Buffalo 2001 Assistant Defensive Line Coach, UCLA 2002 Linebackers/Special Teams Coach,

Western Carolina 2003-04 Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers/

Special Teams, Western Carolina 2005 Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line/

Special Teams/Run Game Coordinator,

Western Carolina 2006 Defensive Line Coach, Temple 2007 Quarterbacks Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Temple 2008-10 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Temple 2011 Assistant Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends/

Recruiting Coordinator, Temple 2012 Assistant Offensive Line Coach,

New York Giants 2013- Head Coach, Temple

Assistant Coaches Ed Foley Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends Marcus Satterfield Offensive Coordinator Phil Snow Defensive Coordinator Francis Brown Defensive Backs Adam DiMichele Wide Receivers Tyree Foreman Running Backs Elijah Robinson Defensive Line Mike Siravo Linebackers Chris Wiesehan Offensive Line

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TEMPLE Matt Rhule Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2013 Temple

OVERALL CONFERENCE 2-10 1-7

Career Record (one year)

2-10 1-7 .167 .143

All-Time Temple Coaches

BOWL

TENURE

Charles M. Williams 1894-98 John T. Rogers 1899-1900 H. Shindle Wingert 1901-05 Horace Butterworth 1907 Dr. Frank W. White 1908 William J. Schatz 1909-13 William Nicholai 1914-16 Elwood Geiges 1917 Francois M. D’Eliscu 1922-23 Albert Barron 1924 Henry J. Miller 1925-32 Glenn S. Warner 1933-38 Fred H. Swan 1939 Ray Morrison 1940-48 Albert P. Kawal 1949-54 Josh Cody 1955 Peter P. Stevens 1956-59 George Makris 1960-69 Wayne Hardin 1970-82 Bruce Arians 1983-88 Jerry Berndt 1989-92 Ron Dickerson 1993-97 Bobby Wallace 1998-2005 Al Golden 2006-10 Steve Addazio 2011-12 Matt Rhule 2013-

Total

W L T PCT 13 15 1 .466 4 8 2 .357 13 9 2 .560 4 0 2 .833 3 2 1 .583 13 13 3 .500 9 5 3 .618 0 6 1 .071 1 9 1 .136 1 4 0 .200 50 15 8 .740 31 18 9 .612 2 7 0 .222 31 38 9 .455 24 28 3 .436 0 8 0 .000 4 28 0 .125 45 44 4 .505 80 52 3 .604 28 38 0 .438 11 33 0 .250 8 47 0 .145 19 71 .211 27 34 .443 13 11 .542 2 10 .167

430 568 52 .429

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FINAL RANK

TEMPLE 2013 RESULTS (2-10, 1-7 AMERICAN) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Date Opponent 8/31 at Notre Dame 9/7 Houston * 9/14 Fordham 9/28 at Idaho 10/5 Louisville * 10/11 at Cincinnati * 10/19 Army 10/26 at SMU * 11/2 at Rutgers * 11/16 UCF * 11/23 UConn * 11/30 at Memphis *

TEAM STATISTICS

Result L, 6-28 L, 13-22 L, 29-30 L, 24-26 L, 7-30 L, 20-38 W, 33-14 L, 49-59 L, 20-23 L, 36-39 L, 21-28 W, 41-21

TEM OPP SCORING 299 358 Points Per Game 24.9 29.8 FIRST DOWNS 249 287 Rushing 117 108 Passing 117 152 Penalty 15 27 RUSHING YARDAGE 1792 2108 Yards gained rushing 2166 2349 Yards lost rushing 374 241 Rushing Attempts 422 458 Average Per Rush 4.2 4.6 Average Per Game 149.3 175.7 TDs Rushing 17 17 PASSING YARDAGE 2996 3583 Comp-Att-Int 235-418-11 278-431-3 Average Per Pass 7.2 8.3 Average Per Catch 12.7 12.9 Average Per Game 249.7 298.6 TDs Passing 23 24 TOTAL OFFENSE 4788 5691 Total Plays 840 889 Average Per Play 5.7 6.4 Average Per Game 399.0 474.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-927 47-1000 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-95 24-109 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-10 11-134 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.7 21.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.0 4.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 3.3 12.2 FUMBLES-LOST 16-8 12-10 PENALTIES-Yards 77-641 90-810 Average Per Game 53.4 67.5 PUNTS-Yards 61-2609 53-2139 Average Per Punt 42.8 40.4 Net punt average 40.0 36.3 KICKOFFS-Yards 56-3243 72-4377 Average Per Kick 57.9 60.8 Net kick average 37.4 39.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:29 31:31 3RD-DOWN Conversions 73/173 71/171 3rd-Down Pct 42% 42% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/23 10/19 4th-Down Pct 48% 53% SACKS BY-Yards 19-100 32-208 MISC YARDS 0 13 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 42 42 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-9 21-27 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-2 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (29-37) 78% (44-52) 85% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (26-37) 70% (26-52) 50% PAT-ATTEMPTS (34-39) 87% (41-42) 98% ATTENDANCE 134836 216242 Games/Avg Per Game 6/22473 6/36040 Neutral Site Games 0/0

BY QUARTERS Temple Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 66 109 49 75 299 56 102 98 102 358

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G HARPER, Kenneth 12 136 646 33 613 4.5 9 29 51.1 WILLIAMS, Zaire 11 101 556 23 533 5.3 3 50 48.5 WALKER, P.J. 9 90 488 156 332 3.7 3 40 36.9 Total 12 422 2166 374 1792 4.2 17 50 149.3 Opponents 12 458 2349 241 2108 4.6 17 73 175.7 PASSING WALKER, P.J. REILLY, Connor Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 9 150.82 152-250-8 60.8 2084 20 75 231.6 6 96.87 76-148-2 51.4 771 2 51 128.5 12 129.32 235-418-11 56.2 2996 23 83 249.7 12 151.32 278-431-3 64.5 3583 24 66 298.6

RECEIVING ANDERSON, Robby ALDERMAN, Ryan FITZPATRICK, Jalen CHRISTOPHER, John Total Opponents

G 10 12 12 12 12 12

No. Yds Avg 44 791 18.0 40 548 13.7 38 429 11.3 31 331 10.7 235 2996 12.7 278 3583 12.9

TD 9 2 3 2 23 24

Long Avg/G 83 79.1 51 45.7 45 35.8 39 27.6 83 249.7 66 298.6

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ALDERMAN, Ryan 10 58 5.8 0 12 ANDERSON, Robby 4 17 4.2 0 13 Total 19 95 5.0 1 13 Opponents 24 109 4.5 0 12 KICK RETURNS THOMAS, Jahad ANDERSON, Robby Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg TD Long 24 476 19.8 0 43 11 233 21.2 0 38 47 927 19.7 0 43 47 1000 21.3 0 87

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points HARPER, Kenneth 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 ANDERSON, Robby 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 VISCO, Nick 0 3-5 32-35 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 41 WILLIAMS, Zaire 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 FITZPATRICK, Jalen 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 WALKER, P.J. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 18 Total 42 3-9 34-39 1-1 1 1-2 0 0 299 Opponents 42 21-27 41-42 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 358 TOTAL OFFENSE WALKER, P.J. REILLY, Connor Total Opponents

G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 9 340 332 2084 2416 268.4 6 182 101 771 872 145.3 12 840 1792 2996 4788 399.0 12 889 2108 3583 5691 474.2

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg COOPER, Jim 0-3 0.0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 LAYTON, Paul 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 VISCO, Nick 3-5 60.0 1-1 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 25

Blk 0 0 1

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd LAYTON, Paul 61 2609 42.8 67 3 16 24 0 Total 61 2609 42.8 67 3 16 24 0 Opponents 53 2139 40.4 61 6 8 22 2 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ANDERSON, Robby 10 -4 791 17 233 0 1037 103.7 HARPER, Kenneth 12 613 241 0 0 0 854 71.2 Total 12 1792 2996 95 927 10 5820 485.0 Opponents 12 2108 3583 109 1000 134 6934 577.8 DEFENSE G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sacks Int PBU H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf MATAKEVICH, Tyler 12 99 38 137 11.5-29 1.0-9 1-0 . 2 2-0 3 . .

SMITH, Abdul 12 44 37 81 2.0-2 . 1-1 2 . 1-0 2 . .

SMITH, Nate D. 12 47 19 66 6.0-19 3.0-15 .

4 1 1-19 . . .

YOUNG, Tavon 11 39 12 51 1.0-4 . 1-9 5 . 1-0 1 . .

ROBEY, Anthony 12 35 14 49 2.0-4 . .

3 . 1-0 . . .

Total 12 587 270 857 73-230 19-100 3-10 33 7 10-19 9 2 .

Opponents 12 521 234 755 76.0-331 32-208 11-134 36 25 8-0 11 2 1

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TEMPLE YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1894 5 4 1 0 Charles M. Williams 1895 6 1 4 1 Charles M. Williams 1896 5 3 2 0 Charles M. Williams 1897 6 3 3 0 Charles M. Williams 1898 7 2 5 0 Charles M. Williams 1899 6 1 4 1 John T. Rogers 1900 8 3 4 1 John T. Rogers 1901 5 3 2 0 H. Shindle Wingert 1902 6 1 4 1 H. Shindle Wingert 1903 5 4 1 0 H. Shindle Wingert 1904 5 3 2 0 H. Shindle Wingert 1905 3 2 0 1 H. Shindle Wingert 1906 No Games Played 1907 6 4 0 2 Horace Butterworth 1908 6 3 2 1 Dr. Frank W. White 1909 5 0 4 1 William J. Schatz 1910 6 3 3 0 William J. Schatz 1911 7 6 1 0 William J. Schatz 1912 5 3 2 0 William J. Schatz 1913 6 1 3 2 William J. Schatz 1914 6 3 3 0 William Nicholai 1915 5 3 1 1 William Nicholai 1916 6 3 1 2 William Nicholai 1917 7 0 6 1 Elwood Geiges 1918 No Games Played 1919 No Games Played 1920 No Games Played 1921 No Games Played 1922 6 1 4 1 Francois M. D’Eliscu 1923 5 0 5 0 Francois M. D’Eliscu 1924 5 1 4 0 Albert Barron 1925 9 5 2 2 Henry J. Miller 1926 8 5 3 0 Henry J. Miller 1927 8 7 1 0 Henry J. Miller 1928 10 7 1 2 Henry J. Miller 1929 10 6 3 1 Henry J. Miller 1930 10 7 3 0 Henry J. Miller 1931 10 8 1 1 Henry J. Miller 1932 8 5 1 2 Henry J. Miller 1933 8 5 3 0 Glenn S. Warner 1934 10 7 1 2 Glenn S. Warner 1935 10 7 3 0 Glenn S. Warner 1936 11 6 3 2 Glenn S. Warner 1937 9 3 2 4 Glenn S. Warner 1938 10 3 6 1 Glenn S. Warner 1939 9 2 7 0 Fred H. Swan 1940 9 4 4 1 Ray Morrisson 1941 9 7 2 0 Ray Morrisson 1942 10 2 5 3 Ray Morrisson 1943 8 2 6 0 Ray Morrisson 1944 8 2 4 2 Ray Morrisson 1945 8 7 1 0 Ray Morrisson 1946 8 2 4 2 Ray Morrisson 1947 9 3 6 0 Ray Morrisson 1948 9 2 6 1 Ray Morrisson 1949 9 5 4 0 Albert P. Kawal 1950 9 4 4 1 Albert P. Kawal 1951 10 6 4 0 Albert P. Kawal 1952 10 2 7 1 Albert P. Kawal 1953 9 4 4 1 Albert P. Kawal 1954 8 3 5 0 Albert P. Kawal 1955 8 0 8 0 Josh Cody 1956 8 3 5 0 Peter P. Stevens 1957 7 1 6 0 Peter P. Stevens 1958 8 0 8 0 Peter P. Stevens 1959 9 0 9 0 Peter P. Stevens 1960 9 2 7 0 George Makris 1961 9 2 5 2 George Makris 1962 9 3 6 0 George Makris 1963 9 5 3 1 George Makris 1964 9 7 2 0 George Makris 1965 10 5 5 0 George Makris 1966 9 6 3 0 George Makris 1967 9 7 2 0 George Makris

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BOWL

Sugar

YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1968 10 4 6 0 George Makris 1969 10 4 5 1 George Makris 1970 10 7 3 0 Wayne Hardin 1971 9 6 2 1 Wayne Hardin 1972 9 5 4 0 Wayne Hardin 1973 10 9 1 0 Wayne Hardin 1974 10 8 2 0 Wayne Hardin 1975 11 6 5 0 Wayne Hardin 1976 10 4 6 0 Wayne Hardin 1977 11 5 5 1 Wayne Hardin 1978 11 7 3 1 Wayne Hardin 1979 12 10 2 0 Wayne Hardin 1980 11 4 7 0 Wayne Hardin 1981 10 5 5 0 Wayne Hardin 1982 11 4 7 0 Wayne Hardin 1983 11 4 7 0 Bruce Arians 1984 11 6 5 0 Bruce Arians 1985 11 4 7 0 Bruce Arians 1986 11 0 11 0 Bruce Arians 1987 11 4 7 0 Bruce Arians 1988 11 4 7 0 Bruce Arians 1989 11 1 10 0 Jerry Berndt 1990 11 7 4 0 Jerry Berndt 1991 11 2 9 0 Jerry Berndt 1992 11 1 10 0 Jerry Berndt 1993 11 1 10 0 Ron Dickerson 1994 11 2 9 0 Ron Dickerson 1995 11 1 10 0 Ron Dickerson 1996 11 1 10 Ron Dickerson 1997 11 3 8 Ron Dickerson 1998 11 2 9 Bobby Wallace 1999 11 2 9 Bobby Wallace 2000 11 4 7 Bobby Wallace 2001 11 4 7 Bobby Wallace 2002 12 4 8 Bobby Wallace 2003 12 1 11 Bobby Wallace 2004 11 2 9 Bobby Wallace 2005 11 0 11 Bobby Wallace 2006 12 1 11 Al Golden 2007 12 4 8 Al Golden 2008 12 5 7 Al Golden 2009 13 9 4 Al Golden 2010 12 8 4 Al Golden 2011 13 9 4 Steve Addazio 2012 11 4 7 Steve Addazio 2013 12 2 10 Matt Rhule TOTAL 1,050 430 568 52

BOWL

Garden State

EagleBank New Mexico

THE TEAMS

TULANE UNIVERSITY

Location:................................................................... New Orleans, La. Enrollment:................................................................................... 13,462 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1834 Nickname: ........................................................................Green Wave Colors: ....................................................... Olive Green and Sky Blue Website: .......................................................TulaneGreenWave.com Stadium: .....................Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M) President: ..................................................................Dr. Michael Fitts Director of Athletics: .................................................... Rick Dickson Head Coach: ........................................... Curtis Johnson (Idaho ’85)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Assistant AD/Communications: .............................Roger Dunaway Office Phone: ................................................................ (504) 862-8240 Mobile: .......................................................................... (504) 452-2906 E-mail: ..................................................................... roger@tulane.edu Press Box Phone: ..........................................................................TBA

GREEN WAVE TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: .............. 7-6/5-3 Conference USA (4th, West) All-Time Record: ......................................................503-612-38 (.453) Bowl Appearances: ......................................................................... 11 Bowl Record: ......................................................................... 4-7 (.364) Last Bowl Appearance: .... 2013 R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

(Louisiana 24, Tulane 21) Offensive System:....................................................................Multiple Defensive System:...................................................................Multiple Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 48/19 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................. 14/10

TULANE GREEN WAVE

Dr. Michael Fitts President

Rick Dickson Director of Athletics

Curtis Johnson Head Coach

Roger Dunaway Communications

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TULANE STORYLINES Tulane improved by five wins in Curtis Johnson’s second season with the Green Wave. Tulane went 2-10 in 2012, but finished 7-6 in 2013.

Johnson has won a Super Bowl title (in 2009 with the New Orleans Saints) and a BCS National Championship (in 2001 with Miami) as an assistant coach.

Tulane will play seven games against teams that played in bowl games in 2013.

OFFENSE Tulane returns a pair of quarterbacks who saw significant game action last season. QB Nick Montana made 11 starts, while QB Devin Powell appeared in eight games and made two starts.

Redshirt freshman QB Tanner Lee could also emerge as the everyday signal-caller.

The Green Wave will have to replace the rushing production of Orleans Darkwa, who ran for 12 touchdowns last season and finshed fourth on Tulane’s career rushing chart (2,953 yards).

WR Justyn Shackelford had 36 catches for 419 yards and five touchdowns and is the top returning receiver.

Tulane returns three starting offensive linemen from 2013.

DEFENSE CB Lorenzo Doss was a second team Walter Camp All-America selection last season and was an All-Conference USA First Team choice. Doss had a team-high seven interceptions in 2013, including two that were returned for touchdowns..

2014 Schedule

S Sam Scofield had a team-high 104 tackles last season and was a second-team Capital One Academic All-America selection.

Sat., Sept. 6

LB Nico Marley shared Conference USA Freshman of the Year honors last season after ranking third on the squad in tackles (67).

The Green Wave return both starting defensive ends from last year. DE Royce LaFrance registered 6.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss last season.

SPECIAL TEAMS P Peter Picereli earned honorable mention AllConference USA honors last season after he averaged 41.5 yards per punt.

The Green Wave will rely on a new placekicker to replace Cairo Santos, the 2012 Lou Groza Award winner.

WR Devin Boutte returns to handle the kickoff and punt return duties.

Thu., Aug. 28

at Tulsa

8 p.m., CBSSN Series: Tulsa leads, 8-2 Notable: The Green Wave snapped an eight-game series slide with a 14-7 win last year in New Orleans.

Georgia Tech

4 p.m., ESPNews Series: Georgia Tech leads, 35-13 Notable: The game against the Yellow Jackets will be the first at the new Yulman Stadium.

Sat., Sept. 13

Southeastern Louisiana

Sat., Sept. 20

at Duke

Sat., Sept. 27

at Rutgers

1 p.m., ESPN3 Series: Tulane leads, 6-0 Notable: The Lions went 11-3 and reached the NCAA FCS Championship last season.

TBD Series: Tulane leads, 2-1 Notable: The Green Wave won meetings in 1964 and 1973, but Duke took the 2011 matchup.

TBD Series: Rutgers leads, 4-2 Notable: Tulane has won its last two road games against Rutgers, including a 17-14 decsion in 2010.

Sat., Oct. 11

UConn

Sat., Oct. 18

at UCF

Fri., Oct. 31

Cincinnati

Sat., Nov. 8

at Houston

Sat., Nov. 15

Memphis

Sat., Nov. 22

at East Carolina

TBD Series: First meeting Notable: Tulane will look for its fifth straight home win in conference games.

TBD Series: UCF leads, 4-1 Notable: The Green Wave is 0-2 all-time in Orlando against the Knights.

8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU Series: Tulane leads, 11-3 Notable: The schools first met in 1909. Tulane won 35-17 in 2002 — the most recent matchup.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 14-4 Notable: Houston has won 10 straight in the series.

Tulane’s last win was in 2002.

TBD Series: Memphis leads, 18-11-1 Notable: The Green Wave’s last win against Memphis was in 2000. The Tigers have won seven straight in the series.

TBD Series: East Carolina leads, 10-2 Notable: Tulane’s lone wins against the Pirates were in 1997 and 2003. The Green Wave is 0-7 in Greenville.

Sat., Dec. 6

Cornerback Lorenzo Doss

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Temple

TBD Series: Tulane leads, 1-0 Notable: Tulane capped a 10-1 season with a 20-14 win in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day in 1935.

TULANE Curtis Johnson At A Glance

Curtis Johnson

Hometown: New Orleans, La. Family: Wife – Angel; Children - Janene, Kiejon, Curtis III, Aaron, Angele, Justin Alma Mater (Year): Idaho (1985) Hired at Tulane: Dec. 5, 2011

Head Coach

When Tulane Director of Athletics Rick Dickson began his national search for a young, up-and-coming candidate to become the Green Wave’s next head football coach in the fall of 2011, he didn’t have to look far. In fact, he didn’t have to go beyond the metro area. Dickson’s search ended at the doorstep of the NFL champion New Orleans Saints.

Curtis Johnson, Jr. was tabbed as the 39th head football coach in school history Dec. 5, 2011. Johnson made the short trip to the Tulane campus after spending the previous six seasons (2006-2011) as the wide receivers coach for the New Orleans Saints.

A New Orleans native and graduate of St. Charles High School, Johnson has more than 25 years of coaching experience from both the collegiate and professional levels and was a part of an NFL Championship with the Saints and a Bowl Championship Series National Championship with the University of Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes in 2001.

When Johnson was named head coach, he stated during his introductory press conference that his priority for recruiting would be to recruit within the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana and create the “State of Tulane.”

During his first signing day in 2012, he was able to ink 13 players from the state, including nine from the New Orleans area, and this past spring he signed 20 players from Louisiana and a total of 13 from New Orleans-area schools.

During his time with the Saints, he and his electrifying receiving corps helped the franchise to its first NFL title in 2009 and New Orleans made playoff appearances in four of his six seasons. The Saints were rewarded with outstanding results from his wide receiver group during his time with the storied franchise.

In five and a half seasons, Johnson worked with both veteran and young wide receivers, with each benefiting from his guidance and high-energy teaching style. Among the players who improved under his watch through their own dedication and his tutelage were Marques Colston, Devery Henderson, Robert Meachem, Joe Morgan and Lance Moore.

Johnson boasts a list of prominent pupils that very few coaches at any level can match. While specializing with wide receiver development, the group of standouts under his direction while at University of Miami (Fla.) and his prior stop at San Diego State includes some of the top wide receivers over the last decade, including NFL first-round picks Andre Johnson, Santana Moss, fellow New Orleans native Reggie Wayne and

Collegiate/Professional Career:

1987-88 Wide Receivers Coach, Idaho 1989-93 Wide Receivers Coach, San Diego State 1994 Wide Receivers Coach, SMU 1995 Wide Receivers Coach, California 1996-2005 Wide Receivers Coach, Miami (Fla.) 2006-11 Wide Receivers Coach,

New Orleans Saints 2011- Head Coach, Tulane

Assistant Coaches Eric Price Offensive Coordinator

Yatil Green.

At Miami (Fla.), Johnson was part of a staff that went to nine bowl games and won the 2001 National Championship. He polished the skills of at least one All-Big East performer each season from 1996-2005, including Johnson - the third overall pick by Houston in 2003 - and Moss, who became the Hurricanes’ all-time leader in receiving yardage before making the Pro Bowl for the Washington Redskins. Wayne departed ranked first in school history in catches and was a five-time Pro Bowl performer for the Indianapolis Colts.

In his five-year stint at San Diego State (198993) Johnson landed some of the school’s biggest recruits, including 2000 NFL MVP and fellow New Orleans native Marshall Faulk, who was recently inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, as well as wide receiver Darnay Scott, who completed his eight-year NFL career with 408 grabs and 37 touchdowns. Each year Johnson was with the Aztecs, the school had an allconference performer at wide receiver.

Johnson began his coaching career as a receivers coach at Lewiston (Idaho) High School in 1984, serving for three seasons before holding a similar position at the University of Idaho. He spent 1987 and 1988 at the school before becoming the receivers coach at San Diego State. His next stop was at Southern Methodist in 1994 before becoming wide receivers coach in 1995 at the University of California-Berkeley.

Johnson attended the University of Idaho and received his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1985. He was a four-year starter for the Vandals and an All-Big Sky Conference selection.

Jon Sumrall Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Lionel Washington Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary David Johnson Tight Ends/Running Backs Kwahn Drake Linebackers/Special Teams John McDonnell Offensive Line Aaron Price Quarterbacks Jason Rollins Secondary Keith Williams Receivers

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TULANE Curtis Johnson Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2012 Tulane 2013 Tulane

OVERALL CONFERENCE 2-10 2-6 7-6 5-3

Career Record (two years)

9-16 7-9 .360 .438

All-Time Tulane Coaches

T.L. Bayne Fred Sweet Harry Baum John Lombard H.H. Collier H.T. Summersgill Virginius Dabney Charles Eshleman T. Barry/J. Janvier J. Tobin/H. Ludlow John Russ Joe Curtis Buster Brown A.A. Mason A.C. Hoffman E.R. Sweetland Clark Shaughnessy Myron Fuller Bernie Bierman Ted Cox Lowell “Red” Dawson Claude Simons Jr. Henry E. Frnka Raymond Wolf Andy Pilney Tommy O’Boyle Jim Pittman Bennie Ellender Larry Smith Vince Gibson Wally English Mack Brown Greg Davis Buddy Teevens Tommy Bowden Chris Scelfo# Bob Toledo Mark Hutson^ Curtis Johnson

TENURE 1983, 1895 1894 1896 1898 1899 1900-01 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907-08 1909 1910-12 1913 1914 1915-20, 1922-26 1921 1927-31 1932-35 1936-41 1942-45 1946-51 1952-53 1954-61 1962-65 1966-70 1971-75 1976-79 1980-82 1983-84 1985-87 1988- 1992-96 1997-98 1998-2006 2007-2011 2011 2012-

Total

BOWL New Orleans (lost to Louisiana, 24-21) 0-1 .000

W L T PCT 4 4 0 .500 0 4 0 .000 3 2 0 .600 1 1 0 .500 0 6 1 .071 10 1 0 .909 1 4 2 .286 2 2 1 .500 5 2 0 .714 0 1 0 .000 0 4 1 .100 10 3 0 .769 4 3 2 .556 10 13 1 .438 3 5 0 .357 3 3 1 .550 59 26 6 .681 4 6 0 .400 36 10 2 .771 28 10 2 .725 36 19 4 .644 13 17 1 .435 31 23 4 .569 6 13 1 .325 25 49 6 .350 6 33 1 .163 21 30 1 .413 27 29 0 .482 18 27 0 .400 17 17 0 .500 5 17* 0 .227 11 23 0 .324 14 31 0 .311 11 45* 0 .196 18 4 .818 37 57 .394 15 40 .272 0 6 .000 2 10 .167

503 612 38 .453

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FINAL RANK

TULANE 2013 RESULTS (7-6, 5-3 C-USA)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/29 Jackson State 9/7 South Alabama 9/12 at Louisiana Tech * 9/21 at Syracuse 9/28 at Louisiana-Monroe 10/5 North Texas * 10/12 East Carolina * 10/26 Tulsa * 11/2 at Florida Atlantic * 11/9 at Texas-San Antonio * 11/23 UTEP * 11/30 at Rice * 12/21 vs. Louisiana 1

RUSHING DARKWA, Orleans KELLEY, Rob Total Opponents

GP 13 13 13 13

PASSING MONTANA, Nick POWELL, Devin Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 11 111.1 158-296-10 53.4 1722 14 49 156.5 8 112.5 60-110-5 54.5 681 5 49 85.1 13 110.4 219-409-16 53.5 2404 19 49 184.9 13 115.6 240-427-19 56.2 2963 13 62 227.9

RECEIVING GRANT, Ryan SHACKLEFORD, Justyn Total Opponents

G 13 13 13 13

No. 77 36 219 240

Yds 1039 419 2404 2963

Avg 13.5 11.6 11.0 12.3

PUNT RETURNS BOUTTE, Devin Total Opponents

No. 23 30 40

Yds 94 132 312

Avg 4.1 4.4 7.8

TD 0 0 2

Long 15 15 88

KICK RETURNS BOUTTE, Devin BUTLER, Dante Total Opponents

No. 14 7 30 13

Yds 272 136 606 268

Avg 19.4 19.4 20.2 20.6

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 35 24 46 41

1

Result W, 34-7 L, 39-41 W, 24-15 L, 17-52 W, 31-14 W, 24-21 ot W, 36-33 W, 14-7 L, 17-34 L, 7-10 W, 45-3 L, 13-17 L, 21-24

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

TEAM STATISTICS

TULANE OPP SCORING 322 278 Points Per Game 24.8 21.4 FIRST DOWNS 217 252 Rushing 84 84 Passing 109 142 Penalty 24 26 RUSHING YARDAGE 1639 1598 Yards gained rushing 1964 2084 Yards lost rushing 325 486 Rushing Attempts 461 504 Average Per Rush 3.6 3.2 Average Per Game 126.1 122.9 TDs Rushing 15 17 PASSING YARDAGE 2399 2958 Comp-Att-Int 219-409-16 240-427-19 Average Per Pass 5.9 6.9 Average Per Catch 11.0 12.3 Average Per Game 184.5 227.5 TDs Passing 19 13 TOTAL OFFENSE 4038 4556 Total Plays 870 931 Average Per Play 4.6 4.9 Average Per Game 310.6 350.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 30-606 13-268 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 30-132 40-312 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-382 16-246 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.2 20.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 4.4 7.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 20.1 15.4 FUMBLES-LOST 14-8 24-16 PENALTIES-Yards 92-821 96-842 Average Per Game 63.2 64.8 PUNTS-Yards 83-3316 76-3082 Average Per Punt 40.0 40.6 Net punt average 35.0 37.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 62-3995 59-3612 Average Per Kick 64.4 61.2 Net kick average 41.2 39.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:03 29:57 3RD-DOWN Conversions 69/194 84/214 3rd-Down Pct 36% 39% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/11 6/10 4th-Down Pct 55% 60% SACKS BY-Yards 38-264 32-167 MISC YARDS 79 -25 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 39 33 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 16-23 16-26 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (33-41) 80% (36-49) 73% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (25-41) 61% (21-49) 43% PAT-ATTEMPTS (38-38) 100% (32-32) 100% ATTENDANCE 118482 139699 Games/Avg Per Game 6/19747 6/23283 Neutral Site Games

1/54728 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tulane 67 105 104 29 Opponents 79 64 45 76

OT Total 17 322 14 278

Att Gain Loss 188 909 46 98 461 36 461 1974 325 505 2098 484

Net Avg 863 4.6 425 4.3 1649 3.6 1614 3.2

TD Long Avg/G 9 49 79.9 5 45 32.2 19 49 184.9 13 62 227.9

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv SANTOS, Cairo 0 16-23 38-38 0-0 0 DARKWA, Orleans 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 GRANT, Ryan 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 SHACKLEFORD, Justyn 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 KELLEY, Rob 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Total 39 16-23 38-38 0-0 0 Opponents 33 16-26 32-32 0-0 0 TOTAL OFFENSE MONTANA, Nick DARKWA, Orleans POWELL, Devin Total Opponents

G 11 13 8 13 13

Plays 341 188 129 870 932

Rush 4 863 -13 1649 1614

Pass 1722 0 681 2404 2963

TD Long Avg/G 12 54 66.4 3 45 32.7 15 54 126.8 17 68 124.2

Total 1726 863 668 4053 4577

Pass 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Avg/G 156.9 66.4 83.5 311.8 352.1

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg SANTOS, Cairo 16-23 69.6 0-0 5-5 4-5 5-7 2-6 56 PUNTING PICERELLI, Peter Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg Long TB 80 3321 41.5 62 5 81 3321 41.0 62 5 76 3082 40.6 55 5

FC 22 22 23

ALL PURPOSE GRANT, Ryan DARKWA, Orleans KELLEY, Rob SHACKLEFORD, Justyn BOUTTE, Devin Total Opponents

G 13 13 13 13 11 13 13

IR 0 0 0 0 0 382 246

DEFENSE SCOFIELD, Sam MONROE, Darion MARLEY, Nico DAVIS, Zach BATISTE, Jordan Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds 13 74 30 104 9.5-29 13 57 33 90 9.0-30 13 37 30 67 10.0-43 10 25 32 57 9.0-38 12 35 20 55 8.0-45 13 559 348 907 110-439 13 482 398 880 86-296

Rush 0 863 425 0 30 1649 1614

Rec 1039 57 176 419 0 2404 2963

PR 0 0 0 0 94 132 312

KOR 0 0 0 39 272 606 268

Points 86 72 54 30 24 322 278

Sacks Int 1.5-5 .

3.5-21 1-0 2.0-19 1-30 3.5-20 .

7.0-43 1-11 38-264 19-382 32-167 16-246

I20 23 23 18 Tot 1039 920 601 458 396 5173 5403

PBU 8 6 2 2 8 68 51

Blk 1

50+ Blkd 12 0 12 3 13 0

Avg/G 79.9 70.8 46.2 35.2 36.0 397.9 415.6

H FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 8 2-3 2 . .

7 1 0 1 1 .

3 2-0 1 . .

2 1-0 2 . .

9 1-0 4 . .

87 16-116 16 2 1 67 8- 16 11 4 .

Returning players in italics

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TULANE YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1893 3 1 2 0 T.L. Bayne 1894 4 0 4 0 Fred Sweet 1895 5 3 2 0 T.L. Bayne 1896 5 3 2 0 Harry Baum 1897 No Games Played 1898 2 1 1 0 John Lombard 1899 7 0 6 1 H.H. Collier 1900 5 5 0 0 H.T. Summersgill 1901 6 5 1 0 H.T. Summersgill 1902 7 1 4 2 V. Dabney/C. Green 1903 5 2 2 1 C. Eshelman/R. Wood 1904 7 5 2 0 T. Berry/J. Janvier 1905 1 0 1 0 J. Tobin/H. Ludlow 1906 5 0 4 1 John Russ 1907 5 3 2 0 Joe Curtis 1908 8 7 1 0 Joe Curtis 1909 9 4 3 2 Buster Brown 1910 7 0 7 0 A.A. Mason 1911 9 5 3 1 A.A. Mason 1912 8 5 3 0 A.A. Mason 1913 8 3 5 0 A.C. Hoffman 1914 7 3 3 1 E.R. Sweetland 1915 8 4 4 0 Clark Shaughnessy 1916 8 4 3 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1917 9 5 3 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1918 6 4 1 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1919 8 6 2 0 Clark Shaughnessy 1920 8 6 2 0 Clark Shaughnessy 1921 11 4 6 1 Myron Fuller 1922 8 4 4 0 Clark Shaughnessy 1923 10 6 3 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1924 10 8 1 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1925 10 9 0 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1926 9 3 5 1 Clark Shaughnessy 1927 7 2 5 0 Bernie Bierman 1928 9 6 3 0 Bernie Bierman 1929 9 9 0 0 Bernie Bierman 1930 9 8 1 0 Bernie Bierman 1931 12 11 1 0 Bernie Bierman 1932 9 6 2 1 Ted Cox 1933 10 6 3 1 Ted Cox 1934 11 10 1 0 Ted Cox 1935 10 6 4 0 Ted Cox 1936 10 6 3 1 Lowell Dawson 1937 10 5 4 1 Lowell Dawson 1938 10 7 2 1 Lowell Dawson 1939 10 8 1 1 Lowell Dawson 1940 10 5 5 0 Lowell Dawson 1941 9 5 4 0 Lowell Dawson 1942 9 4 5 0 Claude Simons 1943 6 3 3 0 Claude Simons 1944 7 4 3 0 Claude Simons 1945 9 2 6 1 Claude Simons 1946 10 3 7 0 Henry E. Frnka 1947 9 2 5 2 Henry E. Frnka 1948 10 9 1 0 Henry E. Frnka 1949 10 7 2 1 Henry E. Frnka 1950 9 6 2 1 Henry E. Frnka 1951 10 4 6 0 Henry E. Frnka 1952 10 5 5 0 Raymond Wolf 1953 10 1 8 1 Raymond Wolf 1954 10 1 6 3 Andy Pilney 1955 10 5 4 1 Andy Pilney 1956 10 6 4 0 Andy Pilney 1957 10 2 8 0 Andy Pilney 1958 10 3 7 0 Andy Pilney 1959 10 3 6 1 Andy Pilney 1960 10 3 6 1 Andy Pilney 1961 10 2 8 0 Andy Pilney 1962 10 0 10 0 Tommy O’Boyle 1963 10 1 8 1 Tommy O’Boyle 1964 10 3 7 0 Tommy O’Boyle 1965 10 2 8 0 Tommy O’Boyle 1966 10 5 4 1 Jim Pittman

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Rose Sugar

Sugar

YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1967 10 3 7 0 Jim Pittman 1968 10 2 8 0 Jim Pittman 1969 10 3 7 0 Jim Pittman 1970 12 8 4 0 Jim Pittman 1971 11 3 8 0 Bennie Ellender 1972 11 6 5 0 Bennie Ellender 1973 12 9 3 0 Bennie Ellender 1974 11 5 6 0 Larry Smith 1975 11 4 7 0 Larry Smith 1976 11 2 9 0 Larry Smith 1977 11 3 8 0 Larry Smith 1978 11 4 7 0 Vince Gibson 1979 12 9 3 0 Vince Gibson 1980 12 7 5 0 Vince Gibson 1981 11 6 5 0 Wally English 1982 11 4 7 0 Wally English 1983 11 2 9 0 Mack Brown 1984 11 3 8 0 Mack Brown 1985 11 1 10 0 Mack Brown 1986 11 4 7 0 Greg Davis 1987 12 6 6 0 Greg Davis 1988 11 5 6 0 Greg Davis 1989 12 4 8 0 Greg Davis 1990 11 4 7 0 Buddy Teevens 1991 11 1 10 0 Buddy Teevens 1992 11 2 9 0 Buddy Teevens 1993 12 4 8 0 Buddy Teevens 1994 11 1 10 0 Buddy Teevens 1995 11 2 9 0 Buddy Teevens 1996 11 2 9 Buddy Teevens 1997 11 7 4 Tommy Bowden 1998 12 12 0 T. Bowden/C. Scelfo 1999 11 3 8 Chris Scelfo 2000 11 6 5 Chris Scelfo 2001 12 3 9 Chris Scelfo 2002 13 8 5 Chris Scelfo 2003 12 5 7 Chris Scelfo 2004 11 5 6 Chris Scelfo 2005 11 2 9 Chris Scelfo 2006 12 4 8 Chris Scelfo 2007 12 4 8 Bob Toledo 2008 12 2 10 Bob Toledo 2009 12 3 9 Bob Toledo 2010 12 4 8 Bob Toledo 2011 13 2 11 B. Toledo/M. Hutson 2012 12 2 10 Curtis Johnson 2013 13 7 6 Curtis Johnson TOTAL 1153 503 612 38

BOWL

Liberty Bluebonnet

Liberty Hall of Fame

Independence

Liberty

Hawaii

New Orleans

THE TEAMS

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

Location:..............................................................................Tulsa, Okla.

Enrollment:..................................................................................... 4,326 Founded:.......................................................................................... 1894 Nickname: ...............................................................Golden Hurricane Colors: .........................................Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson Website: .............................................................TulsaHurricane.com Stadium: ................................H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf) President: .........................................................Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics: ............................................Dr. Derrick Gragg Head Coach: ..........................................Bill Blankenship (Tulsa ’79)

MEDIA RELATIONS

Senior Associate AD/Communications: ................. Don Tomkalski Office Phone: ................................................................ (918) 631-3200 Mobile: .......................................................................... (918) 640-0683 E-mail: ................................................ donald-tomkalski@utulsa.edu Press Box Phone: ........................................................ (918) 631-5513

GOLDEN HURRICANE TEAM FACTS

2013 Record/Finish: .............. 3-9/2-6 Conference USA (6th, West) All-Time Record: ......................................................600-462-27 (.563) Bowl Appearances: ......................................................................... 19 Bowl Record: ....................................................................... 9-10 (.474) Last Bowl Appearance: ..................... 2012 AutoZone Liberty Bowl

(Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17) Offensive System:.................................................................. Pro Style Defensive System:............................................................................4-3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .......................................................... 53/13 Starters Returning/Lost: ............................................................... 19/5

TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE

Dr. Steadman Upham President

Dr. Derrick Gragg Director of Athletics

Bill Blankenship Head Coach

Don Tomkalski Communications

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TULSA STORYLINES Tulsa has reached double digits in wins four times since the 2007 season, most recently in 2012, when the Golden Hurricane went 11-3 and won the Conference USA title. In 2011, Tulsa went 8-5 against a schedule that included four top-10 teams.

DEFENSE DB Michael Mudoh, a second-team All-Conference USA selection last year, leads a group of 10 returning defensive starters for Tulsa. The only starter not returning is LB Shawn Jackson, the 2013 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year.

2014 Schedule

Tulsa has not had back-to-back losing seasons since 2002.

Mudoh led the Hurricane with 133 tackles and had one interception.

The Hurricane face two opponents (Oklahoma, UCF) that were ranked in the top 10 of the final Associated Press poll last season.

S Demarco Nelson is a former all-conference selection who returns to the lineup as a fourthyear starter. Nelson missed the 2013 season for academic reasons.

Noon, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Series: Oklahoma leads, 17-8-1 Notable: The Golden Hurricane looks for its first win against the Sooners since 1996.

OFFENSE Tulsa returns four offensive starters from last year, but will get a boost from the return of WR Keyarris Garrett, who had 845 yards and nine touchdowns in 2012. Garrett missed all but the first two games of last season with a leg injury.

Only one offensive lineman started all 12 games at the same spot last year. The Hurricane has three regular starters back on the line in 2014, however, as OT Garrett Stafford, OT Davis Walton and C Dylan Foxworth all return.

QB Dane Evans made five starts last season and is the most experienced of the Tulsa quarterbacks. Evans threw for 898 yards and four TDs in 2013.

Tulsa returns all four starters on the defensive line and two of its three starting linebackers from last year.

SPECIAL TEAMS K Carl Salazar was named to the Lou Groza Award preseason watch list after he was 16-for19 in field goal attempts last season.

P Dalton Parks averaged 39.5 yards per punt last season.

The Hurricane will go with new faces at the kickoff and punt return spots following the departure of last year’s regulars.

Thu., Aug. 28

Tulane

8 p.m., CBSSN Series: Tulsa leads, 8-2 Notable: Tulsa is 4-0 at home against the Green Wave and has won eight of the last nine overall.

Sat., Sept. 6

Oklahoma

Sat., Sept. 13

at Florida Atlantic

Sat., Sept. 27

Texas State

7 p.m., FCS Series: First meeting Notable: Tulsa has won just two of its last 19 road openers.

TBD Series: Tulsa leads, 1-0 Notable: The Hurricane scored a 41-15 win in the teams’ only previous meeting in 2003.

Sat., Oct. 4

at Colorado State

TBD Series: Tulsa leads, 5-3 Notable: Tulsa scored the last 13 points of the game to rally past the Rams 30-27 last season.

Thu., Oct. 11

at Temple

Sat., Oct. 18

USF

Fri., Oct. 31

at Memphis

Sat., Nov. 8

SMU

Fri., Nov. 14

at UCF

Sat., Nov. 22

at Houston

Fri., Nov. 28

East Carolina

TBD Series: Tulsa leads, 2-0 Notable: Tulsa’s only other trip to Philadelphia was a win against the Owls at Veterans Stadium in 1987.

TBD Series: First meeting Notable: Tulsa has won nine of its last 12 Homecoming games.

8 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU Series: Memphis leads, 14-10 Notable: Tulsa has won four in a row against the Tigers, including overtime decisions in 2005 and 2009.

TBD Series: SMU leads, 13-7 Notable: Tulsa has won four of the last five meetings at home against the Mustangs.

8 p.m., ESPN2 Series: Tulsa leads, 5-2 Notable: The schools met in the Conference USA Championship Game in 2007 and 2012, splitting those matchups.

TBD Series: Houston leads, 20-18 Notable: Tulsa has won on its last two trips to Houston, most recently in 2012.

Safety Michael Mudoh

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TBD Series: Tied, 5-5 Notable: The Hurricane has dropped three straight to the Pirates, with the last win in 2006.

TULSA Bill Blankenship At A Glance

Bill Blankenship

Hometown: Spiro, Okla.

Family: Wife – Angie; Children - Josh, Caleb, Adam Alma Mater (Year): Tulsa (1979) Hired at Tulsa: Jan. 14, 2011

Head Coach

After three years at the helm of the Tulsa football program, Golden Hurricane alumnus Bill Blankenship has guided TU to an overall 22-17 record.

In 2012, Blankenship led the Hurricane to an 11-3 record, tying the 2008 team for the most wins in school history. His team posted a second consecutive 7-1 Conference USA mark, won the C-USA West Division title and C-USA Championship, while closing out the season with a 31-17 victory over Iowa State in the 54th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

Blankenship led Tulsa to an 8-5 record and an appearance in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl at the end of the 2011 campaign, his first season as the Hurricane head coach.

A former Tulsa quarterback, Blankenship has been a part of the Hurricane coaching staff for seven years, including the last three as head coach. He was promoted as the school’s 28th head football coach on Jan. 14, 2011.

In his seven seasons, Tulsa teams have won 58 games, three Conference USA West Division titles (2007, 2008 and 2012), shared one West Division crown (2010), made three appearances in the C-USA Championship Game (2007, 2008 and 2012) and played in five Bowl games.

Blankenship has been a part of four 10-wins seasons in his seven years on the Hurricane staff, as there is only nine years of 10 or more wins in school history.

Before his appointment as head coach, Blankenship spent four years as an assistant coach for the Hurricane under Todd Graham. He returned to his alma mater in January 2007 to coach the wide receivers. In 2008, Blankenship was named special teams coordinator and in 2009 added the responsibilities of running backs coach as well. In 2010, Blankenship served as senior associate head coach, running backs coach and special teams coordinator.

In four seasons as an assistant, Blankenship was a part of 36 victories, two straight Conference USA West Division titles (2007, 2008), shared one C-USA Western Division crown (2010), played in two C-USA Championship Games (2007, 2008), two GMAC Bowl Championships and the 2010 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Championship.

Blankenship was a key member of an offensive coaching staff that saw the Hurricane lead the nation in total offense two straight years, with an average of 543.9 yards in 2007 and an average of 569.9 yards in 2008. In 2007, Blankenship’s receiving corps had three players total more than 1,000 yards on the season (Brennan Marion, Trae Johnson and Charles Clay). In 2010, Tulsa

Collegiate/Professional Career:

2007 Wide Receivers Coach, Tulsa 2008 Special Teams Coordinator, Tulsa 2009 Running Backs Coach/

Special Teams Coordinator, Tulsa 2010 Senior Associate Head Coach/ Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator, Tulsa 2011- Head Coach, Tulsa

Assistant Coaches Denver Johnson Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Coord./Offensive Line Scott Downing Asst. Head Coach/Spec. Teams Coord./Tight Ends

was once again among the national leaders in offense ranking fifth in total offense (505.6), sixth in scoring offense (41.3), 13th in passing offense (288.6) and 15th in rushing offense (216.9).

Before entering the collegiate coaching ranks, Blankenship spent 23 years as an Oklahoma High School coach. Blankenship resigned as the head football coach at Tulsa’s Union High School in December 2005 after leading his team to a second consecutive state championship at the Oklahoma Class 6A school.

As a head coach on the prep level, Blankenship compiled a 205-68 record, including an average of 10 wins per season for his last 20 years, appeared in the state championship game eight times and won three state titles. He was named the District Coach of the Year eight times, twice was selected as the Region Coach of the Year and served as head coach for the Oklahoma team at the 1998 Oil Bowl All-Star game.

He spent 14 years as the head football coach and athletic director at Union High School, where he registered a record of 154-26. He guided his Union team to Oklahoma Class 6A state titles in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Blankenship’s teams at Union won eight straight district championships and had a 56-game home winning streak from 1997 through 2005.

Blankenship was a three-year letterman and quarterback at Tulsa during the 1975-79 seasons. After redshirting in 1976, Blankenship started eight games in the 1977 season and six contests in 1979. During his playing career, he threw for 2,113 yards and eight touchdowns.

Blankenship earned a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1979, and received a master’s degree from Northeastern State in 1985.

Brent Guy Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Dan Bitson Wide Receivers Adam Blankenship Defensive Ends Josh Blankenship Quarterbacks Jess Loepp Recruiting Coordinator/Safeties Calvin Thibodeaux Defensive Tackles Darnell Walker Sr. Cornerbacks

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TULSA Bill Blankenship Year-By-Year YEAR SCHOOL 2011 Tulsa 2012 Tulsa 2013 Tulsa

OVERALL CONFERENCE 8-5 7-1 11-3 8-1 3-9 2-6

Career Record (three year)

22-17 17-8 .564 .680

All-Time Tulsa Coaches

Norman Leard Fred Taylor Harvey Allen George Evans Sam McBirney Hal Medford Arthur Smith Francis Schmidt Howard Acher Elmer Henderson Vic Hurt Chet Benefiel Henry Frnka J. O. Brothers Bernie Witucki Bobby Dobbs Glenn Dobbs Vince Carillot Claude Gibson F. A. Dry John Cooper Don Morton George Henshaw David Rader Pat Henderson Keith Burns Steve Kragthorpe Todd Graham Bill Blankenship

TENURE 1895-97 1898-99 1912 1913 1908, 1914-16 1917 1918 1919-21 1922-24 1925-35 1936-38 1939-40 1941-45 1946-52 1953-54 1955-60 1961-68 1969 1970-72 1972-76 1977-84 1985-86 1987 1988-99 1999 2000-02 2003-06 2007-10 2011-

Total

BOWL Armed Forces (lost to Brigham Young, 24-21) Liberty (defeated Iowa State, 31-17) 1-1 .500

W L T PCT 5 2 0 .714 1 1 1 .500 1 3 0 .250 5 2 0 .714 25 6 1 .806 0 8 1 .000 1 2 0 .333 24 3 2 .889 12 11 2 .522 70 25 5 .737 15 9 5 .625 11 8 1 .589 40 9 1 .816 45 25 4 .635 3 18 0 .143 30 28 2 .517 45 37 0 .549 1 9 0 .100 11 16 0 .407 31 18 1 .633 57 31 0 .648 13 9 0 .591 3 8 0 .273 49 80 1 .376 3 0 .250 7 28 0 .200 29 22 0 .569 36 17 0 .679 22 17 0 .564

600 462 27 .563

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FINAL RANK rv/25

TULSA 2013 RESULTS (3-9, 2-6 C-USA)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Date Opponent 8/29 at Bowling Green 9/7 Colorado State 9/14 at Oklahoma 9/26 Iowa State 10/5 Rice * 10/12 at UTEP * 10/26 at Tulane * 11/2 Texas-San Antonio * 11/9 at East Carolina * 11/14 Marshall * 11/23 at Louisiana Tech * 11/30 North Texas *

RUSHING WATTS, Trey DOUGLAS, Ja’Terian Total Opponents

GP 12 12 12 12

PASSING GREEN, Cody EVANS, Dane CALCAGNI, Joseph Total Opponents

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 8 112.1 117-211-8 55.5 1339 7 49 167.4 8 78.3 84-195-10 43.1 898 4 56 112.2 3 69.7 9-22-1 40.9 60 1 10 20.0 12 94.3 210-429-19 49.0 2297 12 56 191.4 12 127.1 241-414-15 58.2 2768 25 82 230.7

RECEIVING WATTS, Trey JAMES, Jordan LUCAS, Keevan ROBERSON, Thomas Total Opponents

G 12 11 12 8 12 12

No. Yds Avg 46 395 8.6 39 471 12.1 32 442 13.8 27 363 13.4 210 2297 10.9 241 2768 11.5

PUNT RETURNS WATTS, Trey Total Opponents

No. 21 22 31

Yds 147 154 301

Avg 7.0 7.0 9.7

TD 0 0 2

Long 77 77 67

KICK RETURNS DOUGLAS, Ja’Terian WATTS, Trey Total Opponents

No. 13 9 41 22

Yds 369 186 940 522

Avg 28.4 20.7 22.9 23.7

TD 0 0 0 1

Long 83 29 83 100

Result L, 7-34 W, 30-27 L, 20-51 L, 21-38 ot L, 27-30 W, 34-20 L, 7-14 L, 15-34 L, 24-58 L, 34-45 W, 24-14 L, 10-42

TEAM STATISTICS

SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games

TULSA OPP 253 407 21.1 33.9 237 257 118 119 101 133 18 5 1977 2387 2196 2697 219 310 483 520 4.1 4.6 164.8 198.9 15 21 2297 2768 210-429-19 241-414-15 5.4 6.7 10.9 11.5 191.4 230.7 12 25 4274 5155 912 934 4.7 5.5 356.2 429.6 41-940 22-522 22-154 31-301 15-169 19-378 22.9 23.7 7.0 9.7 11.3 19.9 21-15 14-9 37-305 59-475 25.4 39.6 74-2830 67-2719 38.2 40.6 34.2 35.9 55-3507 77-4809 63.8 62.5 39.3 39.9 28:13 31:47 71/203 85/193 35% 44% 17/30 7/12 57% 58% 31-176 10-82 0 1 29 52 16-19 15-19 0-0 0-0 (37-47) 79% (45-51) 88% (22-47) 47% (33-51) 65% (25-26) 96% (50-50) 100% 119356 207056 6/19893 6/34509

0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tulsa 69 48 57 76 Opponents 93 115 91 102

OT Total 3 253 6 407

Att 268 113 483 520

Gain Loss Net Avg 1381 52 1329 5.0 416 37 379 3.4 2196 219 1977 4.1 2697 310 2387 4.6

TD Long Avg/G 1 25 32.9 2 37 42.8 1 56 36.8 4 49 45.4 12 56 191.4 25 82 230.7

|------------ PATs ------------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv WATTS, Trey 12 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 SALAZAR, Carl 0 16-19 25-26 0-0 0 ROBERSON, Thomas 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 DOUGLAS, Ja’Terian 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Total 29 16-19 25-26 1-1 2 Opponents 52 15-19 50-50 0-0 0 TOTAL OFFENSE GREEN, Cody WATTS, Trey EVANS, Dane Total Opponents

G 8 12 8 12 12

Plays 247 268 219 912 934

Rush 73 1329 52 1977 2387

Pass 1339 0 898 2297 2768

TD Long Avg/G 11 45 110.8 2 21 31.6 15 45 164.8 21 91 198.9

Total 1412 1329 950 4274 5155

Pass 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Avg/G 176.5 110.8 118.8 356.2 429.6

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg SALAZAR, Carl 16-19 84.2 1-1 7-8 8-10 0-0 0-0 38 PUNTING PARKS, Dalton Total Opponents

No. Yds Avg Long TB 66 2605 39.5 63 0 74 2830 38.2 63 0 67 2719 40.6 60 8

FC 14 17 15

ALL PURPOSE WATTS, Trey DOUGLAS, Ja’Terian Total Opponents

G 12 12 12 12

IR 0 0 169 378

DEFENSE MUDOH, Michael JACKSON, Shawn OSBORNE, Mitchell BARROW, Will WALKER, Darnell Total Opponents

G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds 12 60 73 133 1.0- 2 12 75 48 123 17.5-59 12 40 43 83 5.5-21 12 31 23 54 .

11 39 13 52 1.0-2 12 500 436 936 75-314 12 466 464 930 68-198

Rush 1329 379 1977 2387

Rec 395 117 2297 2768

PR 147 0 154 301

KOR 186 369 940 522

Points 74 73 28 18 253 407

Sacks Int .

1-7 4.5-24 5-38 2.0-12 . .

2-76 .

4-17 31-176 15-169 10-82 19-378

I20 Blkd 20 11 20 11 25 8 Tot 2057 865 5537 6356

PBU 5 3 7 5 8 63 69

Blk 0

0 2 0

Avg/G 171.4 72.1 461.4 529.7

PD FR-Yds FF Blk Saf 6 . . . .

8 1 3-0 . .

7 1 1 1 .

7 2-134 2 . .

12 . . . .

78 9-175 9 1 .

88 15-13 10 3 .

Returning players in italics

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TULSA YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH 1895 1 1 0 0 Norman Leard 1896 3 2 1 0 Norman Leard 1897 3 2 1 0 Norman Leard 1898 1 1 0 0 Fred Taylor 1899 2 0 1 1 Fred Taylor 1900 3 2 1 0 Unknown 1901 1 0 1 0 Unknown 1902 1 0 1 0 Unknown 1903 No Games Played 1904 No Games Played 1905 3 1 2 0 Unknown 1906 No Games Played 1907 No Games Played 1908 5 2 3 0 Sam McBirney 1909 3 2 1 0 Unknown 1910 3 2 1 0 Unknown 1911 No Games Played 1912 4 1 3 0 Harvey Allen 1913 7 5 2 0 George Evans 1914 9 7 2 0 Sam McBirney 1915 8 6 1 1 Sam McBirney 1916 10 10 0 0 Sam McBirney 1917 9 0 8 1 Hal Medford 1918 3 1 2 0 Arthur Smith 1919 9 8 0 1 Francis Schmidt 1920 11 10 0 1 Francis Schmidt 1921 9 6 3 0 Francis Schmidt 1922 9 9 0 0 Howard Archer 1923 8 2 5 1 Howard Archer 1924 8 1 6 1 Howard Archer 1925 8 6 2 0 Elmer Henderson 1926 9 7 2 0 Elmer Henderson 1927 9 8 1 0 Elmer Henderson 1928 10 7 2 1 Elmer Henderson 1929 10 6 3 1 Elmer Henderson 1930 9 7 2 0 Elmer Henderson 1931 11 8 3 0 Elmer Henderson 1932 9 7 1 1 Elmer Henderson 1933 7 6 1 0 Elmer Henderson 1934 8 5 2 1 Elmer Henderson 1935 10 3 6 1 Elmer Henderson 1936 9 5 2 2 Vic Hurt 1937 10 6 2 2 Vic Hurt 1938 10 4 5 1 Vic Hurt 1939 10 4 5 1 Chet Benefiel 1940 10 7 3 0 Chet Benefiel 1941 10 8 2 0 Henry Frnka 1942 11 10 1 0 Henry Frnka 1943 8 6 1 1 Henry Frnka 1944 10 8 2 0 Henry Frnka 1945 11 8 3 0 Henry Frnka 1946 10 9 1 0 J.O. Brothers 1947 10 5 5 0 J.O. Brothers 1948 10 0 9 1 J.O. Brothers 1949 11 5 5 1 J.O. Brothers 1950 11 9 1 1 J.O. Brothers 1951 11 9 2 0 J.O. Brothers 1952 11 8 2 1 J.O. Brothers 1953 10 3 7 0 Bernie Witcuki 1954 11 0 11 0 Bernie Witcuki 1955 10 2 7 1 Bobby Dobbs 1956 10 7 2 1 Bobby Dobbs 1957 10 4 6 0 Bobby Dobbs 1958 10 7 3 0 Bobby Dobbs 1959 10 5 5 0 Bobby Dobbs 1960 10 5 5 0 Bobby Dobbs 1961 10 2 8 0 Glenn Dobbs 1962 10 5 5 0 Glenn Dobbs 1963 10 5 5 0 Glenn Dobbs 1964 11 9 2 0 Glenn Dobbs 1965 11 8 3 0 Glenn Dobbs 1966 10 6 4 0 Glenn Dobbs 1967 10 7 3 0 Glenn Dobbs 1968 10 3 7 0 Glenn Dobbs

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YEAR GP W L T HEAD COACH BOWL 1969 10 1 9 0 Vince Carillot 1970 10 6 4 0 Claude Gibson 1971 11 4 7 0 Claude Gibson 1972 11 4 7 0 Claude Gibson/F.A. Dry 1973 11 6 5 0 F.A. Dry 1974 11 8 3 0 F.A. Dry 1975 11 7 4 0 F.A. Dry 1976 12 7 4 1 F.A. Dry Independence 1977 11 3 8 0 John Cooper 1978 11 9 2 0 John Cooper 1979 11 6 5 0 John Cooper 1980 11 8 3 0 John Cooper 1981 11 7 4 0 John Cooper 1982 11 10 1 0 John Cooper 1983 11 8 3 0 John Cooper 1984 11 6 5 0 John Cooper 1985 11 6 5 0 Don Morton 1986 11 7 4 0 Don Morton 1987 11 3 8 0 George Henshaw 1988 11 4 7 0 David Rader 1989 12 6 6 0 David Rader Independence 1990 11 3 8 0 David Rader 1991 12 10 2 0 David Rader Freedom 1992 11 4 7 0 David Rader 1993 11 4 6 1 David Rader 1994 11 3 8 0 David Rader 1995 11 4 7 0 David Rader 1996 11 4 7 David Rader 1997 11 2 9 David Rader 1998 11 4 7 David Rader 1999 11 2 9 David Rader/Pat Henderson 2000 12 5 7 Keith Burns 2001 11 1 10 Keith Burns 2002 12 1 11 Keith Burns 2003 13 8 5 Steve Kragthorpe Humanitarian 2004 12 4 8 Steve Kragthorpe 2005 13 9 4 Steve Kragthorpe Liberty 2006 13 8 5 Steve Kragthorpe Armed Forces 2007 14 10 4 Todd Graham GMAC 2008 14 11 3 Todd Graham GMAC 2009 12 5 7 Todd Graham 2010 13 10 3 Todd Graham Hawaii 2011 13 8 5 Bill Blankenship Armed Forces 2012 14 11 3 Bill Blankenship Liberty 2013 12 3 9 Bill Blankenship TOTAL 1089 600 462 27

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2013 IN REVIEW 2013 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NOTABLE UCF 10/12 8-0 1.000 263 169 4-0 4-0 12-1 .923 450 277 5-1 6-0 1-0 Won 9 Knights finished in top 10 for first time Louisville 15/15 7-1 .875 229 122 3-1 4-0 12-1 .923 457 158 6-1 5-0 1-0 Won 6 Cardinals finish with 12 wins for second time Cincinnati -/rv 6-2 .750 261 173 3-1 3-1 9-4 .692 417 273 5-1 4-2 0-1 Lost 2 Bearcats won nine games for sixth time in seven years Houston 5-3 .625 209 128 3-1 2-2 8-5 .615 431 283 4-2 3-2 1-1 Lost 1 Cougars led the nation with 43 forced turnovers SMU 4-4 .500 237 239 2-2 2-2 5-7 .417 321 400 3-3 2-4 0-0 Lost 2 Mustangs had two receivers with at least 100 catches Rutgers 3-5 .375 184 272 2-2 1-3 6-7 .462 345 387 5-2 1-4 0-1 Lost 1 Rutgers made its eighth bowl appearance in nine years UConn 3-5 .375 175 233 2-2 1-3 3-9 .250 247 363 2-5 1-4 0-0 Won 3 Huskies will take a three-game winning streak into 2014 USF 2-6 .250 107 192 1-3 1-3 2-10 .167 165 343 1-6 1-4 0-0 Lost 6 Bulls rank 22nd nationally in total defense Memphis 1-7 .125 153 237 0-4 1-3 3-9 .250 234 295 2-5 1-4 0-0 Lost 3 CB Bobby McCain was national leader in interceptions Temple 1-7 .125 207 260 0-4 1-3 2-10 .167 299 358 1-5 1-5 0-0 Won 1 Owls set school record for passing yards Final BCS Standings: 15 - UCF; 18 - Louisville Final Associated Press Top 25: 10 - UCF; 15 - Louisville Final USA Today Top 25: 12 - UCF; 15 - Louisville; rv - Cincinnati

BOWL RESULTS New Era Pinstripe Bowl • Dec. 28 Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 Rutgers: Chase Dodd, 10 for 28, 156 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT; Paul James, 10 att., 48 yards; Tyler Kroft, 3 rec., 43 yards; Lorenzo Waters, 12 tackles, 1 TFL; Steve Longa, 12 tackles; Kyle Federico, 3-3 FG. Belk Bowl • Dec. 28 North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 Cincinnati: Brendon Kay, 15 of 35, 181 yards, 1 INT; Ralph David Abernathy IV, 13 att., 67 yards, 1 TD, 3 rec., 23 yards; Shaq Washington, 4 rec., 67 yards, 1 TD, 3 rec., 36 yards; Greg Blair, 10 tackles; Zach Edwards, 10 tackles, 3 PD.

2013 Postseason Awards OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Blake Bortles, QB, UCF (Jr., Oveido, Fla.) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville (Sr., Columbus, Ga.) SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Demarcus Ayers, RS, Houston (Fr., Lancaster, Texas) Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis (Sr., Victoria, Australia) ROOKIE OF THE YEAR John O’Korn, QB, Houston (Fr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) BIG EAST COACH OF THE YEAR George O’Leary, UCF *

Russell Athletic Bowl • Dec. 28 Louisville 36, Miami (Fla.) 9 Louisville: Teddy Bridgewater, 35 of 45, 447 yards, 3 TD, 6 att., 24 yards, 1 TD; DeVante Parker, 9 rec., 142 yards, 1 TD; Damian Copeland, 6 rec., 90 yards; Senorise Perry, 6 att., 46 yards; Preston Brown, 7 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack.

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl • Jan. 1 UCF 52, Baylor 42 UCF: Blake Bortles, 20 of 31, 301 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT, 8 att., 93 yards, 1 TD; Storm Johnson, 20 att., 124 yards, 3 TD, Rannell Hall, 4 rec., 113 yards, 2 TD; Breshad Perriman, 3 rec., 48 yards, 1 TD; Terrance Plummer, 14 tackles.

BBVA Compass Bowl • Jan. 4 Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 Houston: John O’Korn, 20 of 47, 228 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT, 7 att., 38 yards; Daniel Spencer, 3 att., 69 yards; Markeith Ambles, 6 rec., 105 yards, 1 TD; Deontay Greenberry, 6 rec., 96 yards, 1 TD; Steven Taylor, 14 tackles, 3.5 TFL.

Blake Bortles, UCF

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2013 IN REVIEW ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Pos. Player WR Deontay Greenberry WR DeVante Parker OT Eric Lefeld * OT Jamon Brown OG Jordan McCray OG Justin McCray C Jake Smith TE Blake Annen TE Tyler Kroft QB Blake Bortles RB Storm Johnson * RB Paul James K Jake Elliott RS Ralph David Abernathy IV RS Demarcus Ayers

School Houston Louisville Cincinnati Louisville UCF UCF Louisville Cincinnati Rutgers UCF UCF Rutgers Memphis Cincinnati Houston

Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School So. 6-3 198 Fresno, Calif./Washington Union Jr. 6-3 209 Louisville, Ky./Ballard Jr. 6-6 309 Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater Jr. 6-6 350 Fern Creek, Ky./Fern Creek Sr. 6-3 310 Miami, Fla./Southridge Sr. 6-3 310 Miami, Fla./Southridge Jr. 6-4 312 Jacksonville, Ala./Jacksonville Sr. 6-5 250 Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington So. 6-6 240 Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East Jr. 6-4 230 Oveido, Fla./Oveido Jr. 6-0 215 Loganville, Ga./Miami (Fla.) So. 6-0 210 Glassboro, N.J./Glassboro Fr. 5-10 160 Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township Jr. 5-7 161 Atlanta, Ga./Westminster School Fr. 5-10 173 Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster

DEFENSE Pos. Player DL Jordan Stepp DL Marcus Smith DL Martin Ifedi DL Aaron Lynch LB Terrance Plummer LB Yawin Smallwood LB Tyler Matakevich CB Jacoby Glenn CB Charles Gaines S Calvin Pryor S Hakeem Smith P Tom Hornsey

School Cincinnati Louisville Memphis USF UCF UConn Temple UCF Louisville Louisville Louisville Memphis

Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Sr. 6-1 285 Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis Sr. 6-3 252 Columbus, Ga./Hardaway Jr. 6-3 265 Houston, Texas/Westside So. 6-6 244 Cape Coral, Fla./Notre Dame Jr. 6-1 234 Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park Jr. 6-4 236 Worcester, Mass./Doherty So. 6-1 230 Stratford, Conn./Milford Academy Fr. 6-0 176 Prichard, Ala./Vigor So. 5-11 174 Miami, Fla./Central Jr. 6-2 208 Port St. Joe, Fla./Port St. Joe Sr. 6-2 179 Jonesboro, Ga./Riverdale Sr. 6-3 210 Victoria, Australia/St. Joseph’s College

Storm Johnson, UCF

Yawin Smallwood, UConn

* unanimous selection

ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE Pos. Player WR Anthony McClung WR J.J. Worton WR Jeremy Johnson OT Chris Martin OT DeAnthony Sims OG Sam Longo OG John Miller C Betim Bujari TE Mike McFarland QB Teddy Bridgewater RB William Stanback RB Marcus Shaw K Shawn Moffitt RS Janarion Grant

School Cincinnati UCF SMU UCF Houston Cincinnati Louisville Rutgers USF Louisville UCF USF UCF Rutgers

Cl. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr.

DEFENSE Pos. Player DL Silverberry Mouhon DL Shamar Stephen DL Lorenzo Mauldin DL Luke Sager LB Greg Blair LB Preston Brown LB DeDe Lattimore CB Deven Drane CB Zach McMillian CB Kenneth Acker S Clayton Geathers S Trevon Stewart P Richie Leone

School Cincinnati UConn Louisville USF Cincinnati Louisville USF Cincinnati Houston SMU UCF Houston Houston

Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School So. 6-4 248 Norcross, Ga./Norcross Sr. 6-5 313 Brookville, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran Jr. 6-4 243 Atlanta, Ga./Maynard Jackson Sr. 6-3 275 Niceville, Fla./Niceville Sr. 6-2 252 Pittsburgh, Pa./Lackawanna CC Sr. 6-2 260 Cincinnati, Ohio/Northwest Sr. 6-1 237 Athens, Ga./Cedar Shoals Sr. 5-11 187 Plantation, Fla./Plantation Sr. 5-10 178 Missouri City, Texas/Dulles Sr. 6-0 195 Portland, Ore./Grant Jr. 6-2 207 Georgetown, S.C./Carver’s Bay So. 5-9 192 Patterson, La./Patterson Sr. 6-3 215 Roswell, Ga./Roswell

Ht. 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-3 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-11

Wt. 177 211 179 303 320 305 321 295 244 205 205 178 178 170

Hometown/High School Indianapolis, Ind./Pike Homestead, Fla./South Dade Tyler, Texas/John Tyler Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Choctawhatchee Houston, Texas/Westbury Spring Valley, Ohio/Ohio State Miami, Fla./Central Secaucus, N.J./Secaucus Tampa, Fla./Florida Miami, Fla./Northwestern Hempstead, N.Y./Uniondale Arcadia, Fla./De Soto Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips Trilby, Fla./Pasco

Jeremy Johnson, SMU

Zach McMillian, Houston

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2013 IN REVIEW NCAA LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing........................................YPG 44. Storm Johnson, UCF.......................87.6 ompletions Per Game..............CPG C 3. Garrett Gilbert, SMU.....................33.50 13. Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville.....23.31 25. Brendon Kay, Cincinnati...............20.15 27. Blake Bortles, UCF........................19.92 John O’Korn, Houston...................19.92 Passing Yards Per Game.............YPG 4. Garrett Gilbert, SMU.....................352.8 10. Teddy Bridgwater, Louisville.......305.4 18. Blake Bortles, UCF........................275.5 28. Brendon Kay, Cincinnati...............254.0 35. John O’Korn, Houston...................239.8 40. P.J. Walker, Temple.......................231.6

Passing Efficiency................... Rating 5. Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville.....171.1 9. Blake Bortles, UCF........................163.4 22. P.J. Walker, Temple.......................150.8 25. Brendon Kay, Cincinnati...............148.9 Receptions Per Game.................RPG 3. Jeremy Joseph, SMU.......................9.3 6. Darius Joseph, SMU.........................8.6 20. Deontay Greenberry, Houston........6.8 33. Shaq Washington, Cincinnati..........6.0 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati..........6.0 41. Geremy Davis, UConn.......................5.9 44. Keenan Holman, SMU......................5.6

Receiving Yards Per Game..........YPG 15. Deontay Greenberry, Houston....100.2 19. Jeremy Johnson, SMU...................92.7 23. Geremy Davis, UConn.....................90.4 30. Keenan Holman, SMU....................86.4 Total Offense...............................YPG 2. Garrett Gilbert, SMU.....................379.5 16. Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville.....311.4 21. Blake Bortles, UCF........................296.4 30. P.J. Walker, Temple.......................268.4 34. Brendon Kay, Cincinnati...............264.5 42. John O’Korn, Houston...................247.8

Scoring........................................ PPG 25. Shawn Moffitt, UCF...........................8.6 John Wallace, Louisville..................8.6 47. Storm Johnson, UCF.........................7.8

Tackles......................................... TPG 2. Tyler Matakevich, Temple..............11.3 12. Efrem Oliphant, Houston................10.3 21. Yawin Smallwood, UConn................9.8 23. Randall Joyner, SMU........................9.8 27. Steve Longa, Rutgers........................9.5 36. Derrick Mathews, Houston..............8.9

Tackles For Loss............... TFL/Game 14. Marcus Smith, Louisville..................1.4 Sacks............................................SPG 1. Marcus Smith, Louisville................1.12 7. Martin Ifedi, Memphis....................0.96 25. Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville...........0.73 Silverberry Mouhon, Cincinnati....0.73

Passes Defended................PD/Game 9 Jacoby Glenn, UCF............................1.4 12. Kenneth Acker, SMU........................1.3 27. Taylor Mack, UConn..........................1.2

Interceptions......................Int/Game 1. Bobby McCain, Memphis.................0.7 9. Adrian McDonald, Houston.............0.5 28. Charles Gaines, Louisville................0.4 Zach McMillian, Houston.................0.4 Forced Fumbles.................. FF/Game 10. Dede Lattimore, USF.......................0.30 13. Marcus Smith, Louisville................0.31 20. Randall Joyner, SMU......................0.30 31. Tyler Matakevich, Temple..............0.25

Punting.........................................Avg 7. Tom Hornsey, Memphis..................45.2 24. Richie Leone, Houston....................43.2 35. Paul Layton, Temple........................42.8

Punt Returns................................Avg 29. Janarion Grant, Rutgers...................9.2 46. Keiwone Malone, Memphis.............6.4

Kickoff Returns.............................Avg 12. Demarcus Ayers, Houston.............27.6 14. Joe Craig, Memphis........................26.8 36. Janarion Grant, Rutgers.................24.6 42. Rannell Hall, UCF.............................23.8 43. Quron Pratt, Rutgers.......................23.8 Field Goals..........................FG/Game 8. Shawn Moffitt, UCF...........................1.6 15. John Wallace, Louisville..................1.5 19. Chase Hover, SMU............................1.9 Marvin Kloss, USF.............................1.9 30. Jake Elliott, Memphis.......................1.3 TEAM LEADERS Rushing Offense..........................YPG 66. Cincinnati........................................168.5 74. UCF...................................................159.9 81. Temple.............................................149.3 86. Louisville.........................................146.8 92. Houston...........................................139.0 95. Memphis.........................................138.3 100. Rutgers............................................129.5 117. SMU...................................................93.8 118. USF.....................................................89.6 119. UConn................................................84.4 Passing Offense..........................YPG 8. SMU.................................................341.4 16. Louisville.........................................314.0 18. Cincinnati........................................303.6 25. UCF...................................................281.6 26. Houston...........................................280.5 46. Temple.............................................249.7 62. Rutgers............................................235.6 63. UConn..............................................234.2 105. Memphis.........................................173.2 108. USF...................................................166.8 Total Offense...............................YPG 23. Cincinnati........................................472.1 28. Louisville.........................................460.8 40. UCF...................................................441.5 41. SMU.................................................435.2 55. Houston...........................................419.5 74. Temple.............................................399.0 95. Rutgers............................................365.2 112. UConn..............................................318.6 116. Memphis.........................................311.5 121. USF...................................................256.4 Scoring Offense...........................Avg 25. Louisville...........................................35.2 30. UCF.....................................................34.6 38. Houston.............................................33.2 47. Cincinnati..........................................32.1 76. SMU...................................................26.8 77. Rutgers..............................................26.5 88. Temple...............................................24.9 106. UConn................................................20.6 110. Memphis...........................................19.5 120. USF.....................................................13.8 Rushing Defense.........................YPG 1. Louisville...........................................80.7 4. Rutgers............................................100.8 6. Cincinnati........................................104.5 12. Memphis.........................................116.3 16. UCF...................................................122.5 23. UConn..............................................135.4 28. USF...................................................139.8 31. SMU.................................................140.8 43. Houston...........................................149.0 76. Temple.............................................175.7

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Pass Efficiency Defense.......... Rating 4. Louisville.........................................99.16 20. UCF.................................................114.50 25. Cincinnati......................................116.75 34. Houston.........................................119.43 72. Memphis.......................................128.16 76. UConn............................................131.83 90. USF.................................................136.96 94. SMU...............................................139.96 100. Rutgers..........................................145.49 106. Temple...........................................151.32 Total Defense...............................YPG 1. Louisville.........................................251.5 9. Cincinnati........................................315.6 21. USF...................................................350.8 29. UCF...................................................362.0 39. Memphis.........................................370.7 51. UConn..............................................384.6 72. SMU.................................................412.6 73. Rutgers............................................412.8 79. Houston...........................................415.8 108. Temple.............................................473.6

Scoring Defense.......................... PPG 2. Louisville...........................................12.2 14. Cincinnati..........................................21.0 17. UCF.....................................................21.3 20. Houston.............................................21.8 44. Memphis...........................................24.6 73. USF.....................................................28.6 80. Rutgers..............................................29.8 82. Temple...............................................29.8 85. UConn................................................30.3 99. SMU...................................................33.3

Interceptions.............................. Total 2. Houston................................................25 30. Louisville..............................................16 40. UCF........................................................14 53. UConn...................................................13 Cincinnati.............................................13 70. Memphis..............................................11 USF........................................................11 SMU......................................................11 98. Rutgers...................................................8 119. Temple....................................................3

Turnovers Gained....................... Total 1. Houston................................................43 23. Louisville..............................................27 26. UCF........................................................26 38. UConn...................................................24 USF........................................................24 60. Cincinnati.............................................21 95. Rutgers.................................................18 Memphis..............................................18 103. SMU......................................................17 115. Temple..................................................13 Turnovers Lost............................ Total 1. Louisville..............................................10 31. Houston................................................18 40. Temple..................................................19 57. UCF........................................................21 87. SMU......................................................24 96. UConn...................................................25 100. Memphis..............................................26 108. USF........................................................28 Cincinnati.............................................28 114. Rutgers.................................................30

Net Punting...........................Net Avg 3. Houston...........................................41.37 4. Memphis.........................................41.02 12. Temple.............................................40.00 49. Louisville.........................................37.44 79. USF...................................................36.42 88. Rutgers............................................35.97 96. UCF...................................................35.42 99. UConn..............................................35.11 121. Cincinnati........................................33.02 123. SMU.................................................31.30

Tackles For Loss.................Per Game 6. Louisville.............................................7.8 12. USF.......................................................7.6 13. SMU.....................................................7.5 26. Cincinnati............................................6.8 36. Memphis.............................................6.5 45. Rutgers................................................6.3 50. UCF.......................................................6.2 56. Temple.................................................6.1 58. Houston...............................................6.0 85. UConn..................................................5.5

Punt Returns................................Avg 9. USF...................................................14.14 29. Rutgers............................................11.37 33. UCF...................................................10.78 65. SMU...................................................7.88 68. Louisville...........................................7.63 69. Memphis...........................................7.56 98. Cincinnati..........................................5.59 103. Temple...............................................5.00 113. Houston.............................................3.65 120. UConn................................................3.10

Kickoff Returns.............................Avg 5. Houston...........................................25.26 30. Memphis.........................................23.15 41. Louisville.........................................22.71 44. UCF...................................................22.51 45. Rutgers............................................22.49 63. Cincinnati........................................21.55 89. USF...................................................19.83 90. Temple.............................................19.72 98. SMU.................................................19.30 106. UConn..............................................18.68

Fumbles Recovered................... Total 1. Houston................................................18 11. USF........................................................13 15. UCF........................................................12 29. UConn...................................................11 Louisville..............................................11 46. Temple..................................................10 Rutgers.................................................10 73. Cincinnati...............................................8 93. Memphis................................................7 102. SMU........................................................6

Sacks...................................Per Game 1. Louisville...........................................3.31 23. Cincinnati..........................................2.69 32. Rutgers..............................................2.67 37. Houston.............................................2.46 39. Memphis...........................................2.33 SMU...................................................2.33 52. UCF.....................................................2.23 71. USF.....................................................1.92 94. Temple...............................................1.58 107. UConn................................................1.33 Sacks Allowed ...................Per Game 23. Cincinnati..........................................1.31 44. UCF.....................................................1.69 60. Louisville...........................................2.00 75. Houston.............................................2.23 85. Memphis...........................................2.33 99. USF.....................................................2.58 102. Temple...............................................2.67 103. Rutgers..............................................2.69 115. SMU...................................................3.17 119. UConn................................................3.50 Turnover Margin......... Margin/Game 1. Houston...............................................1.9 2. Louisville.............................................1.3 32. UCF.......................................................0.4 70. UConn................................................-0.1 86. USF.....................................................-0.3 97. Temple...............................................-0.5 102. Cincinnati..........................................-0.5 105. SMU...................................................-0.6 107. Memphis...........................................-0.7 119. Rutgers..............................................-0.9

2013 IN REVIEW CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING 1. JOHNSON, Storm 2. SHAW, Marcus 3. HAYES, Brandon 4. BROWN, Dominique 5. McCOMBS, Lyle 6. WILLIAMS, Hosey 7. PERRY, Senorise 8. HARPER, Kenny 9. JACKSON, Ryan 10.

WILLIAMS, Zaire

Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G UCF JR 13 213 1139 5.3 14 73 87.6 USF SR 10 156 765 4.9 3 80 76.5 MEM SR 12 201 860 4.3 5 32 71.7 LOU JR 13 163 825 5.1 8 77 63.5 UCONN JR 12 159 670 4.2 5 57 55.8 CIN JR 12 115 655 5.7 4 77 54.6 LOU SR 13 141 677 4.8 6 42 52.1 TEM JR 12 136 613 4.5 9 29 51.1 HOU SO 13 139 661 4.8 6 37 50.8 TEM FR 11 101 533 5.3 3 50 48.5

PASSING AVG/GAME 1. GILBERT,Garrett 2. BRIDGEWATER, Teddy 3. BORTLES, Blake 4. KAY, Brendon 5. O’KORN, John 6. WALKER, P.J. 7. NOVA,Gary 8. LYNCH, Paxton 9. WARD Jr., Greg 10. LUALLEN, Jordan

Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G SMU SR 10 504 335 7 66.5 3528 21 352.8 LOU JR 13 427 303 4 71.0 3970 31 305.4 UCF JR 13 382 259 9 67.8 3581 25 275.5 CIN SR 13 394 261 12 66.2 3284 22 252.6 HOU FR 13 446 259 10 58.1 3117 28 239.8 TEM FR 9 250 152 8 60.8 2084 20 231.6 RUT JR 10 303 165 14 54.5 2159 18 215.9 MEM FR 12 349 203 10 58.2 2056 9 171.3 HOU FR 10 29 19 0 65.5 310 1 31.0 CIN SR 10 11 8 1 72.7 149 2 14.9

TOTAL OFFENSE 1. GILBERT,Garrett 2. BRIDGEWATER, Teddy 3. BORTLES, Blake 4. WALKER, P.J. 5. KAY, Brendon 6. O’KORN, John 7. NOVA,Gary 8. LYNCH, Paxton 9. JOHNSON, Storm 10.

SHAW, Marcus

Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G SMU SR 10 267 3528 587 3795 379.5 LOU JR 13 78 3970 490 4048 311.4 UCF JR 13 272 3581 469 3853 296.4 TEM FR 9 332 2084 340 2416 268.4 CIN SR 13 137 3284 466 3421 263.2 HOU FR 13 104 3117 523 3221 247.8 RUT JR 10 -93 2159 353 2066 206.6 MEM FR 12 127 2056 437 2183 181.9 UCF JR 13 1139 0 213 1139 87.6 USF SR 10 765 0 156 765 76.5

RECEPTIONS 1. JOHNSON,Jeremy 2. JOSEPH,Darius 3. GREENBERRY, Deontay 4.

McCLUNG, Anthony 5.

WASHINGTON, Shaq 6. DAVIS, Geremy 7. HOLMAN,K 8. PARKER, DeVante 9.

COPELAND, Damian 10.

ANDERSON, Robby

Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Rec/G SMU SR 12 112 1112 6 66 9.9 9.33 SMU SO 12 103 808 5 45 7.8 8.58 HOU SO 12 82 1202 11 83 14.7 6.83 CIN FR 11 71 930 5 46 13.1 6.45 CIN JR 13 77 785 1 43 10.2 5.92 UCONN JR 12 71 1085 3 45 15.3 5.92 SMU SR 12 67 1037 9 79 15.5 5.58 LOU JR 12 55 885 12 54 16.1 4.58 LOU JR 13 58 780 5 47 13.4 4.46 TEM FR 10 44 791 9 83 18.0 4.40

RECEIVING YARDS 1. GREENBERRY, Deontay 2. JOHNSON,Jeremy 3. DAVIS, Geremy 4. HOLMAN, Keenan 5.

McCLUNG, Anthony 6.

ANDERSON, Robby 7. PARKER, DeVante 8.

HALL, Rannell 9.

PERRIMAN, Breshad 10.

JOSEPH,Darius

Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G HOU SO 12 82 1202 11 83 14.7 100.2 SMU SR 12 112 1112 6 66 9.9 92.7 UCONN JR 12 71 1085 3 45 15.3 90.4 SMU SR 12 67 1037 9 79 15.5 86.4 CIN FR 11 71 930 5 46 13.1 84.5 TEM FR 10 44 791 9 83 18.0 79.1 LOU JR 12 55 885 12 54 16.1 73.8 UCF JR 13 57 886 5 73 15.5 68.2 UCF SO 12 39 811 4 91 20.8 67.6 SMU SO 12 103 808 5 45 7.8 67.3

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G 1.

HALL, Rannell UCF JR 13 121 886 0 689 1696 130.5 2. JOHNSON, Storm UCF JR 13 1139 260 0 0 1399 107.6 3. ANDERSON, Robby TEM FR 10 -4 791 17 233 1037 103.7 4. McCOMBS, Lyle UCONN JR 12 670 75 40 444 1229 102.4 5. GREENBERRY, Deontay HOU SO 12 6 1202 0 0 1208 100.7 6. JOHNSON,Jeremy SMU SR 12 0 1112 0 0 1112 92.7 7. SHAW, Marcus USF SR 10 765 115 0 41 921 92.1 8. McCLUNG, Anthony CIN FR 11 0 930 80 0 1010 91.8 9. CRAIG, Joe MEM JR 12 5 338 32 724 1099 91.6 10.

DAVIS, Geremy UCONN JR 12 0 1085 0 0 1085 90.4

Garrett Gilbert, SMU

Deontay Greenberry, Houston

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INTERCEPTIONS 1.

McCAIN, Bobby 2.

McDONALD, A. 3.

GAINES, Charles McMILLIAN, Zach 5.

STEWART, Trevon FLOYD, Terell 7.

MACK, Taylor 8.

DRANE, Deven ACKER,Kenneth PRYOR, Calvin

Team Cl G Int Yds TD Long Int/G MEM JR 9 6 108 2 75 0.67 HOU SO 13 6 76 0 40 0.46 LOU SO 13 5 106 1 70 0.38 HOU SR 13 5 65 0 48 0.38 HOU SO 13 4 16 0 16 0.31 LOU JR 13 4 15 1 17 0.31 UCONN SR 11 3 20 0 20 0.27 CIN SR 12 3 85 0 47 0.25 SMU SR 12 3 27 0 15 0.25 LOU JR 12 3 26 0 26 0.25

PASS EFFICIENCY 1. BRIDGEWATER, Teddy 2. BORTLES, Blake 3. WALKER, P.J. 4. KAY, Brendon 5. GILBERT,G 6. O’KORN, John 7. NOVA,Gary 8. LYNCH, Paxton

Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff. LOU JR 13 427 303 4 71.0 3970 31 171.1 UCF JR 13 382 259 9 67.8 3581 25 163.4 TEM FR 9 250 152 8 60.8 2084 20 150.8 CIN SR 13 394 261 12 66.2 3284 22 148.6 SMU SR 10 504 335 7 66.5 3528 21 136.2 HOU FR 13 446 259 10 58.1 3117 28 133.0 RUT JR 10 303 165 14 54.5 2159 18 124.7 MEM FR 12 349 203 10 58.2 2056 9 110.4

PUNT RETURN AVG 1.

MALONE, Keiwone

Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg MEM JR 12 25 159 0 31 6.4

KICK RETURN AVG 1. AYERS, Demarcus 2.

CRAIG, Joe 3.

HALL, Rannell 4.

THOMAS, Jahad 5.

McCOMBS, Lyle

Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg HOU FR 13 37 1021 1 95 27.6 MEM JR 12 27 724 0 56 26.8 UCF JR 13 29 689 0 69 23.8 TEM FR 10 24 476 0 43 19.8 UCONN JR 12 24 444 0 32 18.5

PUNTING 1. HORNSEY, Tom 2. LEONE, Richie 3. LAYTON, Paul 4. LLOYD, John 5. HOUSTON, Caleb 6. JOHNSON, Ryan 7. MARSH,Nick 8. CIABATTI, Mattias 9. LOFTUS,Mike 10.

WAGNER, Cole

Team Cl MEM SR HOU SR TEM SR CIN JR UCF FR LOU JR RUT SR USF SO SMU JR UCONN SR

SCORING 1.

WALLACE, John MOFFITT, Shawn 3.

JOHNSON, Storm 4.

HOVER,Chase 5.

ELLIOTT, Jake PARKER, DeVante 7.

MILIANO, Tony 8.

KLOSS, Marvin 9.

GREENBERRY, D. HARPER, Kenny

Team Cl G TD XPT FG R2XP Pts Pts/G LOU SO 13 0 52 20 0 112 8.6 UCF JR 13 0 49 21 0 112 8.6 UCF JR 13 17 0 0 0 102 7.8 SMU SR 12 0 33 18 0 87 7.2 MEM FR 12 0 24 16 0 72 6.0 LOU JR 12 12 0 0 0 72 6.0 CIN JR 13 0 54 7 0 75 5.8 USF JR 12 0 15 18 0 69 5.8 HOU SO 12 11 0 0 0 66 5.5 TEM JR 12 11 0 0 0 66 5.5

G Punt Yds Long Avg 12 62 2800 79 45.2 13 73 3153 65 43.2 12 61 2609 67 42.8 13 33 1409 62 42.7 13 41 1732 71 42.2 13 39 1605 54 41.2 13 65 2640 58 40.6 12 73 2937 68 40.2 11 32 1287 58 40.2 12 71 2829 60 39.8

Bobby McCain, Memphis

Demarcus Ayers, Houston

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SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G 1.

JOHNSON, Storm UCF JR 13 17 14 3 0 0 102 7.8 2.

PARKER, DeVante LOU JR 12 12 0 12 0 0 72 6.0 3.

GREENBERRY, Deontay HOU SO 12 11 0 11 0 0 66 5.5 HARPER, Kenny TEM JR 12 11 9 2 0 0 66 5.5 5.

ANDERSON, Robby TEM FR 10 9 0 9 0 0 54 5.4 CARROO,Leonte RUT SO 10 9 0 9 0 0 54 5.4 7.

HOLMAN,Keenan SMU SR 12 9 0 9 0 0 54 4.5 8.

BROWN, Dominique LOU JR 13 9 8 1 0 0 54 4.2 MOORE, Chris CIN SO 13 9 0 9 0 0 54 4.2 10.

FARROW, Kenneth HOU SO 11 7 6 1 0 1 44 4.0

SCORING (KICK) 1. WALLACE, John

MOFFITT, Shawn 3. HOVER,Chase 4. ELLIOTT, Jake 5. MILIANO, Tony 6. KLOSS, Marvin 7. FEDERICO,Kyle 8. LEONE, Richie 9. CHRISTEN, Chad 10. VISCO, Nick

Team Cl LOU SO UCF JR SMU SR MEM FR CIN JR USF JR RUT SO HOU SR UCONN SR TEM FR

G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G 13 52-54 20-24 112 8.6 13 49-49 21-23 112 8.6 12 33-35 18-21 87 7.2 12 24-24 16-18 72 6.0 13 54-56 7-17 75 5.8 12 15-15 18-23 69 5.8 13 34-35 12-18 70 5.4 13 32-32 11-17 65 5.0 12 27-27 10-16 57 4.8 10 32-35 3-5 41 4.1

FIELD GOALS 1.

MOFFITT, Shawn 2.

WALLACE, John 3.

HOVER,Chase KLOSS, Marvin 5.

ELLIOTT, Jake 6.

FEDERICO,Kyle 7.

LEONE, Richie 8.

CHRISTEN, Chad 9.

MILIANO, Tony 10. VISCO, Nick

Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G UCF JR 13 21 23 91.3 1.62 LOU SO 13 20 24 83.3 1.54 SMU SR 12 18 21 85.7 1.50 USF JR 12 18 23 78.3 1.50 MEM FR 12 16 18 88.9 1.33 RUT SO 13 12 18 66.7 0.92 HOU SR 13 11 17 64.7 0.85 UCONN SR 12 10 16 62.5 0.83 CIN JR 13 7 17 41.2 0.54 TEM FR 10 3 5 60.0 0.30

FIELD GOAL PCT 1.

MOFFITT, Shawn 2.

ELLIOTT, Jake 3.

HOVER,Chase 4.

WALLACE, John 5.

KLOSS, Marvin

Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct. UCF JR 13 21 23 50 91.3 MEM FR 12 16 18 56 88.9 SMU SR 12 18 21 51 85.7 LOU SO 13 20 24 43 83.3 USF JR 12 18 23 52 78.3

PAT KICKING PCT 1.

MOFFITT, Shawn LEONE, Richie CHRISTEN, Chad ELLIOTT, Jake 5.

FEDERICO,Kyle 6.

MILIANO, Tony 7.

WALLACE, John 8.

HOVER,Chase 9.

VISCO, Nick

Team Cl G Made Att Pct. UCF JR 13 49 49 100.0 HOU SR 13 32 32 100.0 UCONN SR 12 27 27 100.0 MEM FR 12 24 24 100.0 RUT SO 13 34 35 97.1 CIN JR 13 54 56 96.4 LOU SO 13 52 54 96.3 SMU SR 12 33 35 94.3 TEM FR 10 32 35 91.4

Kenneth Harper, Temple

Marvin Kloss, USF

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2013 IN REVIEW TACKLES (All positions)

Player 1. MATAKEVICH, Tyler 2. OLIPHANT, Efrem 3. SMALLWOOD, Yawin 4. JOYNER,Randall 5. LONGA,Steve 6. MATHEWS, Derrick 7. PLUMMER, Terrance 8. STEWART, Trevon 9. POPE,Kevin 10.

LATTIMORE, DeDe 11.

BLAIR, Greg 12.

GEATHERS, Clayton 13.

McDONALD, Adrian 14.

SNYDER,Kevin 15.

BROWN, Preston 16.

SANDERS,Stephon 17.

TAYLOR, Steven 18.

SMITH, Abdul 19.

PRYOR, Calvin 20.

HARRIS, Charles 21.

TEMPLE, Nick 22.

MAAG, Sean 23.

JAKES, Tank 24.

MELIFONWU, Obi 25.

EDWARDS, Zach

Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack TEM SO 12 LB 99 38 137 11.4 1.0 HOU JR 13 LB 70 64 134 10.3 2.5 UCONN JR 12 LB 51 67 118 9.8 4.0 SMU SR 10 LB 49 49 98 9.8 1.0 RUT FR 13 LB 51 72 123 9.5 3.0 HOU JR 13 LB 74 42 116 8.9 7.0 UCF JR 13 LB 62 48 110 8.5 2.5 HOU SO 13 LB 69 40 109 8.4 0.0 SMU SR 11 LB 47 44 91 8.3 3.5 USF SR 12 LB 59 39 98 8.2 2.0 CIN SR 13 LB 48 58 106 8.2 1.0 UCF JR 13 DB 64 36 100 7.7 0.0 HOU SO 13 DB 55 44 99 7.6 0.0 RUT JR 13 LB 46 50 96 7.4 2.0 LOU SR 13 LB 69 26 95 7.3 4.5 SMU JR 12 LB 47 39 86 7.2 3.5 HOU FR 13 LB 42 47 89 6.8 3.0 TEM SR 12 DB 44 37 81 6.8 0.0 LOU JR 12 S 54 21 75 6.2 0.0 MEM JR 12 LB 44 30 74 6.2 0.0 CIN JR 13 LB 43 37 80 6.2 5.5 UCF SR 13 DB 49 28 77 5.9 0.0 MEM JR 12 LB 48 23 71 5.9 3.0 UCONN FR 12 DB 39 31 70 5.8 0.0 CIN FR 13 DB 43 30 73 5.6 0.0

SACKS 1. SMITH, Marcus 2. IFEDI, Martin 3. MAULDIN, Lorenzo

MOUHON, Silverberry 5. MATHEWS, Derrick 6. STEPP, Jordan 7. LYNCH, Aaron

YENGA,J. 9. TEMPLE, Nick

THOMPSON,Marcus

Team LOU MEM LOU CIN HOU CIN USF SMU CIN RUT

TACKLES FOR LOSS 1. SMITH, Marcus 2. IFEDI, Martin 3. SANDERS,Stephon 4. TEMPLE, Nick 5. OLIPHANT, Efrem 6. BARNES,Beau 7. BROWN, Preston 8. LYNCH, Aaron 9. PHILON, Roy

MOUHON, S.

Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G LOU SR 13 DE 17 1 120 17.5 1.35 MEM JR 12 DL 13 3 73 14.5 1.21 SMU JR 12 LB 11 5 38 13.5 1.12 CIN JR 13 LB 11 5 61 13.5 1.04 HOU JR 13 LB 10 6 54 13.0 1.00 SMU JR 12 DE 11 4 51 13.0 1.08 LOU SR 13 LB 11 3 57 12.5 0.96 USF SO 12 DE 10 5 55 12.5 1.04 LOU SR 13 DT 11 3 55 12.5 0.96 CIN SO 13 DE 10 5 64 12.5 0.96

FUMBLES FORCED 1. LATTIMORE, DeDe 2. SMITH, Marcus 3. JOYNER,Randall 4. MATAKEVICH, Tyler 5. BROWN, Preston

MAULDIN, Lorenzo 7. FORTE, Julius 8. WOOD,Zach

GIDDINS, Ryne WATERS,Lorenzo

Team Cl G Num Avg/G USF SR 12 4 0.33 LOU SR 13 4 0.31 SMU SR 10 3 0.30 TEM SO 12 3 0.25 LOU SR 13 3 0.23 LOU JR 13 3 0.23 USF SR 11 2 0.18 SMU SO 12 2 0.17 USF SR 12 2 0.17 RUT JR 12 2 0.17

FUMBLES RCVD 1. STEWART, Trevon 2. LATTIMORE, DeDe 3. MAAG, Sean 4. McCAIN, Bobby 5. PARKS,Chris 6. COLEMAN, Ryan

MATAKEVICH, Tyler

WILLMAN, Tim

CHANDLER, Todd 10. DUNN, Brandon

Team HOU USF UCF MEM SMU MEM TEM UCONN USF LOU

Cl SR JR JR SO JR SR SO SO JR SR

G 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13

Cl SO SR SR JR SR JR SO SR JR SR

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Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G DE 14 1 115 14.5 1.12 DL 11 1 62 11.5 0.96 DE 9 1 64 9.5 0.73 DE 8 3 56 9.5 0.73 LB 7 0 53 7.0 0.54 DL 6 0 36 6.0 0.46 DE 6 0 34 6.0 0.50 LB 6 0 29 6.0 0.50 LB 5 1 35 5.5 0.42 DL 5 1 26 5.5 0.42

G Num Avg/G 13 6 0.46 12 3 0.25 13 3 0.23 9 2 0.22 11 2 0.18 12 2 0.17 12 2 0.17 12 2 0.17 12 2 0.17 13 2 0.15

Silverberry Mouhon, Cincinnati

2013 IN REVIEW CONFERENCE TEAM LEADERS

SCORING OFFENSE 1.

Louisville 2.

UCF 3.

Houston 4.

Cincinnati 5.

SMU 6.

Rutgers 7.

Temple 8.

UConn 9.

Memphis 10.

USF

G 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 12

TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 57 55 0 0 20 0 457 35.2 55 53 1 0 21 1 450 34.6 54 52 1 0 17 1 431 33.2 57 54 0 0 7 0 417 32.1 38 33 2 0 18 1 321 26.8 44 40 1 0 13 0 345 26.5 42 34 2 0 3 0 299 24.9 31 27 2 0 10 0 247 20.6 27 24 0 0 16 0 234 19.5 16 15 0 0 18 0 165 13.8

SCORING DEFENSE 1.

Louisville 2.

Cincinnati 3.

UCF 4.

Houston 5.

Memphis 6.

USF 7.

Rutgers 8.

Temple 9.

UConn 10.

SMU

G 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 12 12 12

TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 18 18 0 0 10 1 158 12.2 34 29 1 0 12 1 273 21.0 36 33 2 0 8 0 277 21.3 34 28 0 0 17 0 283 21.8 37 35 1 0 12 0 295 24.6 43 41 0 0 14 1 343 28.6 49 46 1 0 15 0 387 29.8 42 41 0 0 21 1 358 29.8 46 43 0 0 14 1 363 30.2 54 45 2 0 9 0 400 33.3

TOTAL OFFENSE 1. Cincinnati 2. Louisville 3. UCF 4. SMU 5. Houston 6. Temple 7. Rutgers 8. UConn 9. Memphis 10. USF

G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G 13 2188 3949 985 6137 6.2 56 472.1 13 1909 4082 894 5991 6.7 51 460.8 13 2079 3661 875 5740 6.6 54 441.5 12 1125 4097 945 5222 5.5 36 435.2 13 1807 3647 953 5454 5.7 49 419.5 12 1792 2996 840 4788 5.7 40 399.0 13 1684 3063 897 4747 5.3 39 365.2 12 1010 2810 826 3820 4.6 28 318.3 12 1660 2078 799 3738 4.7 23 311.5 12 1075 2002 715 3077 4.3 11 256.4

TOTAL DEFENSE 1. Louisville 2. Cincinnati 3. USF 4. UCF 5. Memphis 6. UConn 7. SMU 8. Rutgers 9. Houston 10. Temple

G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G 13 1049 2220 779 3269 4.2 18 251.5 13 1358 2745 861 4103 4.8 28 315.6 12 1677 2532 777 4209 5.4 35 350.8 13 1592 3114 879 4706 5.4 34 362.0 12 1396 3052 857 4448 5.2 34 370.7 12 1625 2990 836 4615 5.5 40 384.6 12 1689 3262 887 4951 5.6 47 412.6 13 1310 4056 944 5366 5.7 48 412.8 13 1937 3468 1034 5405 5.2 33 415.8 12 2108 3583 889 5691 6.4 41 474.2

RUSHING OFFENSE 1. Cincinnati 2. UCF 3. Temple 4. Louisville 5. Houston 6. Memphis 7. Rutgers 8. SMU 9. USF 10. UConn

G 13 13 12 13 13 12 13 12 12 12

RUSHING DEFENSE 1. Louisville 2. Rutgers 3. Cincinnati 4. Memphis 5. UCF 6. UConn 7. USF 8. SMU 9. Houston 10. Temple

G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G 13 406 1049 2.6 10 80.7 13 423 1310 3.1 17 100.8 13 423 1358 3.2 12 104.5 12 421 1396 3.3 16 116.3 13 400 1592 4.0 21 122.5 12 440 1625 3.7 17 135.4 12 435 1677 3.9 16 139.8 12 446 1689 3.8 23 140.8 13 541 1937 3.6 18 149.0 12 458 2108 4.6 17 175.7

Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G 517 2188 4.2 28 168.3 471 2079 4.4 28 159.9 422 1792 4.2 17 149.3 455 1909 4.2 18 146.8 435 1807 4.2 19 139.0 438 1660 3.8 14 138.3 455 1684 3.7 17 129.5 326 1125 3.5 13 93.8 358 1075 3.0 4 89.6 387 1010 2.6 12 84.2

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2013 IN REVIEW PASS OFFENSE 1. SMU 2. Louisville 3. Cincinnati 4. UCF 5. Houston 6. Temple 7. Rutgers 8. UConn 9. Memphis 10.

USF

G 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 12

Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G 619 400 12 64.6 4097 6.6 23 341.4 439 311 4 70.8 4082 9.3 33 314.0 468 310 17 66.2 3949 8.4 28 303.8 404 269 11 66.6 3661 9.1 26 281.6 518 299 10 57.7 3647 7.0 30 280.5 418 235 11 56.2 2996 7.2 23 249.7 442 240 22 54.3 3063 6.9 22 235.6 439 241 18 54.9 2810 6.4 16 234.2 361 206 11 57.1 2078 5.8 9 173.2 357 166 16 46.5 2002 5.6 7 166.8

PASS DEFENSE 1. Louisville 2. USF 3. Cincinnati 4. UCF 5. UConn 6. Memphis 7. Houston 8. SMU 9. Temple 10. Rutgers

G 13 12 13 13 12 12 13 12 12 13

Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G 373 189 16 50.7 2220 6.0 8 170.8 342 215 11 62.9 2532 7.4 19 211.0 438 254 13 58.0 2745 6.3 16 211.2 479 272 14 56.8 3114 6.5 13 239.5 396 221 13 55.8 2990 7.6 23 249.2 436 265 11 60.8 3052 7.0 18 254.3 493 298 25 60.4 3468 7.0 15 266.8 441 286 11 64.9 3262 7.4 24 271.8 431 278 3 64.5 3583 8.3 24 298.6 521 331 8 63.5 4056 7.8 31 312.0

KICKOFF RETURNS 1. Houston 2. Memphis 3. Louisville 4. UCF 5. Rutgers 6. Cincinnati 7. USF 8. Temple 9. SMU 10. UConn

G 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12

Ret Yds TD Avg 47 1187 1 25.3 47 1088 0 23.1 28 636 1 22.7 41 923 0 22.5 47 1057 2 22.5 33 711 0 21.5 47 932 0 19.8 47 927 0 19.7 47 907 0 19.3 40 747 0 18.7

PUNTING 1. Houston 2. Memphis 3. Temple 4. Louisville 5. USF 6. Rutgers 7. UCF 8. UConn 9. Cincinnati 10. SMU

G No. Yards Avg/P PR Avg TBg Net/P 13 73 3153 43.2 73 1.0 3 41.4 12 63 2800 44.4 136 2.2 4 41.0 12 61 2609 42.8 109 1.8 3 40.0 13 41 1650 40.2 15 0.4 5 37.4 12 73 2937 40.2 138 1.9 7 36.4 13 65 2640 40.6 102 1.6 10 36.0 13 43 1714 39.9 91 2.1 5 35.4 12 73 2820 38.6 197 2.7 3 35.1 13 48 1988 41.4 263 5.5 7 33.0 12 63 2372 37.7 240 3.8 8 31.3

Gained Lost TURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G 1.

Houston 13 18 25 43 8 10 18 +25 1.92 2.

Louisville 13 11 16 27 6 4 10 +17 1.31 3.

UCF 13 12 14 26 10 11 21 +5 0.38 4.

UConn 12 11 13 24 7 18 25 -1 -0.08 5.

USF 12 14 11 25 12 16 28 -3 -0.25 6.

Temple 12 10 3 13 8 11 19 -6 -0.50 7.

Cincinnati 13 8 13 21 11 17 28 -7 -0.54 8.

SMU 12 6 11 17 12 12 24 -7 -0.58 9.

Memphis 12 7 11 18 15 11 26 -8 -0.67 10.

Rutgers 13 10 8 18 8 22 30 -12 -0.92 PUNT RETURN AVG 1. USF 2. Rutgers 3. UCF 4. SMU 5. Louisville 6. Memphis 7. Cincinnati 8. Temple 9. Houston 10. UConn

G 12 13 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 12

Ret Yds TD Avg 14 198 1 14.1 19 216 2 11.4 18 194 0 10.8 17 134 1 7.9 27 206 1 7.6 27 204 0 7.6 29 162 0 5.6 19 95 1 5.0 20 73 0 3.7 20 62 0 3.1

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FIRST DOWNS 1. Cincinnati 2.

Louisville 3. UCF 4. Houston 5. SMU 6. Rutgers 7. Temple 8. UConn 9. Memphis 10.

USF

G 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 12

Rush Pass Pen Total 124 175 16 315 100 195 9 304 114 153 24 291 100 150 32 282 59 191 26 276 97 134 23 254 117 117 15 249 66 129 22 217 90 102 20 212 48 89 17 154

4TH-DN CONVERSIONS 1. Rutgers 2. UConn 3. SMU Memphis 5. Temple 6. Cincinnati 7. UCF 8. Louisville 9. USF 10. Houston

G Conv Att Pct 13 21 27 77.8 12 11 20 55.0 12 13 27 48.1 12 13 27 48.1 12 11 23 47.8 13 9 19 47.4 13 3 8 37.5 13 2 6 33.3 12 5 16 31.2 13 4 17 23.5

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS 1.

Louisville 2. Cincinnati 3. UConn 4. USF 5. UCF 6. Memphis 7. SMU 8. Rutgers 9. Temple 10.

Houston

G 13 13 12 12 13 12 12 13 12 13

Rush Pass Pen Total 70 93 20 183 80 131 19 230 84 129 20 233 100 114 24 238 88 139 21 248 86 138 26 250 101 145 23 269 79 181 15 275 108 152 27 287 119 150 21 290

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT 1. UCF UConn 3. SMU 4. Louisville 5. Temple Memphis 7. Cincinnati 8. USF 9. Houston 10. Rutgers

G Conv Att Pct 13 8 20 40.0 12 8 20 40.0 12 9 20 45.0 13 12 23 52.2 12 10 19 52.6 12 10 19 52.6 13 12 22 54.5 12 5 9 55.6 13 14 25 56.0 13 13 17 76.5

SACKS BY 1. Louisville 2. Cincinnati 3. Rutgers 4. Houston 5. UCF 6. Memphis SMU 8. USF 9. Temple 10. UConn

G Sacks Yards 13 43 310 13 35 218 13 32 185 13 31 248 13 29 163 12 28 166 12 28 176 12 24 164 12 19 100 12 16 113

3RD-DN CONVERSIONS 1. Louisville 2. UCF 3. Cincinnati 4. Temple 5. SMU 6. Houston 7. Rutgers 8. UConn 9. Memphis 10. USF

G Conv Att Pct 13 98 175 56.0 13 77 158 48.7 13 92 190 48.4 12 73 173 42.2 12 77 198 38.9 13 68 191 35.6 13 65 185 35.1 12 63 184 34.2 12 53 173 30.6 12 48 172 27.9

SACKS AGAINST 1. Cincinnati 2. UCF 3. Louisville 4. Memphis 5. Houston 6. Temple USF 8. Rutgers 9. SMU 10. UConn

G Sacks Yards 13 17 136 13 22 149 13 26 188 12 28 213 13 29 209 12 32 208 12 32 191 13 35 230 12 38 210 12 43 289

OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT 1. Louisville 2. Cincinnati 3. Houston 4. UConn 5. USF 6. UCF 7. SMU 8. Temple 9. Rutgers 10. Memphis

G Conv Att Pct 13 46 172 26.7 13 60 181 33.1 13 73 212 34.4 12 68 177 38.4 12 60 154 39.0 13 77 187 41.2 12 73 177 41.2 12 71 171 41.5 13 82 197 41.6 12 83 189 43.9

PENALTIES 1. UConn 2. UCF 3. Temple 4. Rutgers 5. Cincinnati 6. SMU 7. Louisville 8. Houston 9. Memphis 10. USF

G 12 13 12 13 13 12 13 13 12 12

No Yds Avg/G 56 490 40.8 62 541 41.6 77 641 53.4 84 699 53.8 80 752 57.8 90 770 64.2 92 836 64.3 98 881 67.8 92 862 71.8 102 872 72.7

FIELD GOALS 1. Memphis 2. UCF 3. SMU 4. Louisville 5. USF 6. Houston 7. Rutgers 8. UConn 9. Cincinnati 10. Temple

G Made Att Pct 12 16 18 .889 13 21 24 .875 12 18 21 .857 13 20 25 .800 12 18 23 .783 13 17 23 .739 13 13 19 .684 12 10 16 .625 13 7 17 .412 12 3 9 .333

OPPONENT PENALTIES 1. SMU 2. Houston 3. Temple 4. Rutgers 5. UCF 6. UConn 7. USF 8. Memphis 9. Cincinnati 10. Louisville

G 12 13 12 13 13 12 12 12 13 13

No Yds Avg/G 92 869 72.4 103 884 68.0 90 810 67.5 91 810 62.3 92 745 57.3 73 684 57.0 72 652 54.3 72 645 53.8 82 678 52.2 43 396 30.5

PAT KICKING 1. UCF Houston UConn Memphis USF 6. Rutgers 7. Louisville 8. Cincinnati 9. SMU 10. Temple

G Made Att Pct 13 53 53 1.000 13 52 52 1.000 12 27 27 1.000 12 24 24 1.000 12 15 15 1.000 13 40 41 .976 13 55 57 .965 13 54 57 .947 12 33 35 .943 12 34 39 .872

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2013 IN REVIEW INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points scored Receiving TDs 20 JOHNSON,Jeremy (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

3 Seven times

Longest reception 91 PERRIMAN, Breshad (UCF) vs AKRON (Aug 29, 2013)

Field goal attempts

6 LEONE, Richie (Houston) at Temple (Sep 07, 2013)

Field goals made

5 LEONE, Richie (Houston) at Temple (Sep 07, 2013)

5 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) at Houston (Oct 12, 2013)

Longest field goal 56 ELLIOTT, Jake (Memphis) at USF (Nov 16, 2013)

Touchdowns

3 14 times TD responsibility

7 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

[2r,5p]

Points scored kicking 16 LEONE, Richie (Houston) at Temple (Sep 07, 2013)

[5fg,1pat]

Total offense yards 635 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs TEMPLE (Oct 26, 2013)

[97r,538p]

Total offense plays 81 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

[11r,70p]

Punts 10 10

Rushing yards 192 JAMES,Paul (Rutgers) vs EASTERN MICHIGAN (Sep 14, 2013)

Yards punted 447 LEONE, Richie (Houston) vs CINCINNATI (Nov 23, 2013)

Rushing attempts 31 GOODWIN,Justin (Rutgers) vs HOUSTON (Oct 26, 2013)

Longest punt 79 HORNSEY, Tom (Memphis) vs DUKE (Sep 07, 2013)

Yards per rush 15.7 WARFORD, Marquis (Memphis) vs ARKANSAS STATE (Sep 21, 2013)

Punting avg 57.5 LLOYD, John (Cincinnati) at USF (Oct 05, 2013)

Rushing TDs

3 JOHNSON, Storm (UCF) at Florida Internationa (Sep 06, 2013)

3 JAMES,Paul (Rutgers) vs NORFOLK STATE (Sep 07, 2013)

3 JAMES,Paul (Rutgers) vs EASTERN MICHIGAN (Sep 14, 2013)

3 JOHNSON, Storm (UCF) vs Baylor (Jan 1, 2014)

Punt returns

5 Five times

Punt return yards 106 GRANT,Janarion (Rutgers) vs ARKANSAS (Sep 21, 2013)

Longest rush 80 SHAW, Marcus (USF) vs MCNEESE STATE (Aug 31, 2013)

Longest punt return 58 GRANT,Janarion (Rutgers) vs ARKANSAS (Sep 21, 2013)

Passing yards 538 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs TEMPLE (Oct 26, 2013)

Punt return TDs

1 Six times

Passing attempts 70 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

Punt return avg 26.5 GRANT,Janarion (Rutgers) vs ARKANSAS (Sep 21, 2013)

Passing TDs

5 NOVA,Gary (Rutgers) at Fresno State (Aug 29, 2013)

5 BRIDGEWATER, Teddy (Louisville) vs OHIO (Sep 01, 2013)

5 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

5 O’KORN, John (Houston) at Rutgers (Oct 26, 2013)

Longest pass 91 BORTLES, Blake (UCF) vs AKRON (Aug 29, 2013)

Longest kick return 100 GRANT,Janarion (Rutgers) at Fresno State (Aug 29, 2013)

Passes completed 45 GILBERT,G (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

Kick return TDs

1 Four times

Had intercepted

4 GILBERT,G (SMU) at TCU (Sep 28, 2013)

4 NOVA,Gary (Rutgers) at Louisville (Oct 10, 2013)

4 WHITE, Mike (USF) vs MEMPHIS (Nov 16, 2013)

Combined PR/KR yards 180 TAYLOR,JaBryce (SMU) vs MONTANA STATE (Sep 07, 2013) [55pr-125kr]

Total offense yards/play 17.9 KAY, Brendon (Cincinnati) vs NORTHWESTERN STATE (09/14/13)

Pass completion pct 86.2 BRIDGEWATER, Teddy (Louisville) at USF (Oct 26, 2013)

[16-286]

[11-173]

[25-29] [24-314]

Pass yards/catch 17.4 BORTLES, Blake (UCF) vs AKRON (Aug 29, 2013)

[18-314]

Receiving yards 239 ANDERSON, R. (Temple) at SMU (Oct 26, 2013)

Receptions 18 JOHNSON,Jeremy (SMU) vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

Yards per catch 32.0 FITZPATRICK, Jalen (Temple) vs ARMY (Oct 19, 2013)

[4-128]

[10-447]

[2-115]

[4-106]

Kick return yards 177 HALL, Rannell (UCF) vs USF (Nov 29, 2013) 177 CRAIG, Joe (Memphis) at UConn (Dec 7, 2013) Kick return avg 65.5 PRATT,Quron (Rutgers) vs EASTERN MICHIGAN (Sep 14, 2013)

Pass yards/attempt 13.1 BORTLES, Blake (UCF) vs AKRON (Aug 29, 2013)

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LEONE, Richie (Houston) vs CINCINNATI (Nov 23, 2013) LEONE, Richie (Houston) vs Vanderbilt (Jan 4, 2014)

[2-131]

Interceptions

3 McCAIN, Bobby (Memphis) at USF (Nov 16, 2013)

Longest interception rtn 96 JACKSON, W. (Houston) at UTSA (Sep 28, 2013) Interception return TDs

1 10 times

All-purpose yards 311 ANDERSON, R. (Temple) at SMU (Oct 26, 2013) Tackles 24.0 MATAKEVICH, Tyler (Temple) at Idaho (Sep 28, 2013) Sacks 3.0 3.0

[13-11]

SMITH, Marcus (Louisville) vs RUTGERS (Oct 10, 2013) MATHEWS, D. (Houston) vs BRIGHAM YOUNG (Oct 19, 2013)

[3-0] [3-0]

Tackles for loss 4.5 IFEDI, Martin (Memphis) vs ARKANSAS STATE (Sep 21, 2013)

[4-1]

2013 IN REVIEW TEAM GAME HIGHS Points 72

Punt return yards 106 Rutgers vs ARKANSAS (Sep 21, 2013)

Louisville vs FLORIDA INTERNATIONA (Sep 21, 2013)

Points scored kicking 16 Houston at Temple (Sep 07, 2013)

[5fg,1pat]

Touchdowns 10 Louisville vs FLORIDA INTERNATIONA (Sep 21, 2013) Total offense yards 728 SMU vs TEMPLE (Oct 26, 2013)

[190r,538p]

Total offense plays 99 SMU vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

[28r,71p]

Total offense yards/play 10.0 Cincinnati vs NORTHWESTERN STATE (09/14/13)

Kick return yards 209 Houston vs BRIGHAM YOUNG (Oct 19, 2013)

[67-669]

Kick return avg 56.5 Rutgers at Fresno State (Aug 29, 2013)

Kick returns

8 Rutgers vs CINCINNATI (Nov 16, 2013)

8 Rutgers at UCF (Nov 21, 2013)

Interceptions

5 Houston at Rutgers (Oct 26, 2013) [50-372]

Rushing TDs

4 10 times

Interception return yds 142 Cincinnati vs UCONN (10/19/13) Longest interception rtn 96 Houston at UTSA (Sep 28, 2013)

Longest rush 80 USF vs MCNEESE STATE (Aug 31, 2013)

Interception return TDs

1 10 times

Passing yards 538 SMU vs TEMPLE (Oct 26, 2013)

Fumbles lost

4 Memphis at Houston (Oct 12, 2013)

Passing attempts 71 SMU vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

Fumbles recovered

4 Houston vs MEMPHIS (Oct 12, 2013)

Passing TDs

6 Louisville vs OHIO (Sep 01, 2013)

6 Cincinnati at Rutgers (Nov 16, 2013)

Sacked by opp

8 Rutgers at Louisville (Oct 10, 2013)

8 UConn at Cincinnati (10/19/13)

Longest pass 91 UCF vs AKRON (Aug 29, 2013) Passes completed 45 SMU vs RUTGERS (Oct. 5 2013)

QB sacks

8 Louisville vs RUTGERS (Oct 10, 2013)

8 Cincinnati vs UCONN (10/19/13)

8 Houston vs BRIGHAM YOUNG (Oct 19, 2013)

Had intercepted

5 Rutgers vs HOUSTON (Oct 26, 2013)

Turnovers committed

6 Rutgers vs HOUSTON (Oct 26, 2013)

Pass completion pct 90.5 Cincinnati vs NORTHWESTERN STATE (09/14/13)

[19-21]

Passing yards/attempt 16.5 Cincinnati vs NORTHWESTERN STATE (09/14/13)

[21-347]

Kicks blocked

1 19 times

Yards per catch 20.3 Temple vs ARMY (Oct 19, 2013)

[10-203]

First downs 35 Houston vs SOUTHERN (Aug 30, 2013)

Punts 10 10

1st downs passing 24 SMU vs TEMPLE (Oct 26, 2013)

Longest punt 79 Memphis vs DUKE (Sep 07, 2013)

Punting avg 54.2 Cincinnati vs TEMPLE (10/11/13) Punt returns

8 Louisville vs FLORIDA INTERNATIONA (Sep 21, 2013)

Turnovers caused

6 Houston at Rutgers (Oct 26, 2013)

1st downs rushing 21 Houston vs SOUTHERN (Aug 30, 2013)

Houston vs CINCINNATI (Nov 23, 2013) Houston vs Vanderbilt (Jan 4, 2014)

Yards punted 447 Houston vs CINCINNATI (Nov 23, 2013)

[2-113]

Kick return TDs

1 Four times

Rushing attempts 56 Rutgers vs NORFOLK STATE (Sep 07, 2013) Yards per rush 7.4 Houston vs SOUTHERN (Aug 30, 2013)

[4-106]

Punt return TDs

1 Six times

Rushing yards 372 Houston vs SOUTHERN (Aug 30, 2013)

Punt return avg 26.5 Rutgers vs ARKANSAS (Sep 21, 2013)

[10-447] [4-217]

1st downs by penalty

5 Four times Penalties 19 USF at Houston (Oct 31, 2013) Penalties yards 170 USF at Houston (Oct 31, 2013)

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2013 IN REVIEW HONOR BOARD FWAA All-America First Team Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

Lindy’s All-America Second Team Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

American Football Coaches Association All-America Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

Second Team Richie Leone, P, Houston

Third Team Marvin Kloss, K, USF

Associated Press All-America First Team Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

SI.com All-America Second Team Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

Walter Camp All-America Second Team Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

NCAA Consensus All-America Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis

Athlon Sports All-America First Team Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis Second Team Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville Marvin Kloss, K, USF Third Team Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville

Honorable Mention Blake Bortles, QB, UCF Shawn Moffitt, K, UCF Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF Eric Lefeld, OT, Cincinnati Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville Lorenzo Mauldin, DE, Louisville Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis Tyler Kroft, TE, Rutgers Marvin Kloss, K, USF Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple

Ray Guy Award (Nation’s Top Punter) Tom Hornsey, Memphis

CBSSports.com All-America Second Team Tom Hornsey, P, Memphis Third Team Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville

Tom Hornsey of Memphis was a consensus All-America selection and the winner of the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter

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RECORD BOOK

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS TOTAL OFFENSE

PLAYS

GAME

81 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 (11 rush, 70 pass)

76 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 (14 rush, 62 pass)

67 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at Texas A&M, 9/21/13 (5 rush, 62 pass)

65 P.J. Walker, Temple vs. UConn, 11/23/13 (19 rush, 46 pass)

61 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (8 rush, 53 pass)

SEASON 587 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 523 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 490 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 469 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 466 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013

YARDS GAINED

GAME 635 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (97 rush, 538 pass) 498 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 (14 rush, 484 pass) 471 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Miami (Fla), 12/28/13 (24 rush, 447 pass) 467 Blake Bortles, UCF at Temple, 11/16/13 (63 rush, 404 pass) 466 Casey Cochran, UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 (5 rush, 461 pass)

SEASON 4,048 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (78 rush, 3,970 pass) 3,853 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (272 rush, 3,581 pass) 3,795 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (267 rush, 3,528 pass) 3,421 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 (137 rush, 3,284 pass) 3,221 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 (104 rush, 3,117 pass)

YARDS PER GAME

SEASON 379.5 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (10 games, 3,795 yards) 311.4 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 4,048 yards) 296.4 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (13 games, 3,853 yards) 268.4 P.J. Walker, Temple, 2013 (9 games, 2,416 yards) 263.2 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 3,421 yards)

YARDS PER PLAY

TOUCHDOWN RESPONSIBILITY

GAME (Minimum 15 plays) 17.9 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (16 plays, 286 yards) 12.0 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/7/13 (33 plays, 396 yards) Blake Bortles, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (26 plays, 312 yards) 11.9 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Ohio, 9/1/13 (30 plays, 356 yards) 11.6 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati vs. UConn, 10/19/13 (26 plays, 302 yards)

SEASON (Minimum 250 plays)

8.3 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (490 plays, 4,048 yards)

8.2 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (469 plays, 3,853 yards)

7.3 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 (466 plays, 3,421 yards)

7.1 P.J. Walker, Temple, 2013 (340 plays, 2,416 yards)

6.5 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (587 plays, 3,795 yards)

GAME

7 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 (2 rush, 5 pass)

6 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (2 rush, 4 pass)

5 8 Times Most Recent: P.J. Walker, Temple vs. UCF, 11/16/13 (1 rush, 4 pass)

SEASON

32 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (1 rush, 32 pass)

31 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (6 rush, 25 pass)

29 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 (1 rush, 28 pass)

28 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 (6 rush, 22 pass)

27 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (6 rush, 21 pass)

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RUSHING

RUSHING ATTEMPTS

RUSHING YARDS

GAME

31 Justin Goodwin, Rutgers vs. Houston, 10/26/13

28 Storm Johnson, UCF vs. Houston, 11/9/13

27 Brandon Hayes, Memphis vs. Tennessee-Martin, 11/9/13 Dominique Brown, Louisville vs. Houston, 11/16/13

26 Paul James, Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13

SEASON 213 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013 (1,139 yards) 201 Brandon Hayes, Memphis, 2013 (860 yards) 163 Dominique Brown, Louisville, 2013 (825 yards) 159 Lyle McCombs, UConn, 2013 (670 yards) 156 Paul James, Rutgers, 2013 (881 yards) Marcus Shaw, USF, 2013 (765 yards)

GAME 192 Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 182 Paul James, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 173 Marquis Warford, Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 164 Lyle McCombs, UConn vs. USF, 10/12/13 161 Justin Goodwin, Rutgers vs. Houston, 10/26/13

SEASON 1,139 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013 881 Paul James, Rutgers, 2013 860 Brandon Hayes, Memphis, 2013 825 Dominique Brown, Louisville, 2013 765 Marcus Shaw, USF, 2013

QUARTERBACK GAME

97 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

93 Blake Bortles, UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

92 P.J. Walker, Temple at SMU, 10/26/13

63 Blake Bortles, UCF at Temple, 11/16/13

59 Jordan Luallen, Cincinnati vs. Temple, 10/11/13 P.J. Walker, Temple at Memphis, 11/30/13

QUARTERBACK SEASON 332 P.J. Walker, Temple, 2013 272 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 267 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 220 Jordan Luallen, Cincinnati, 2013 137 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013

FRESHMAN SEASON 533 Zaire Williams, Temple, 2013 521 Justin Goodwin, Rutgers, 2013 443 William Stanback, UCF, 2013

100-YARD GAMES, SEASON

5 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013

4 Paul James, Rutgers, 2013

3 Marcus Shaw, USF, 2013

2 Six players, 2013

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS YARDS PER GAME

SEASON 87.6 Storm Johnson, Rutgers, 2013 (13 games, 1,139 yards) 76.5 Marcus Shaw, USF, 2013 (10 games, 765 yards) 71.7 Brandon Hayes, Memphis, 2013 (12 games, 860 yards) 63.5 Dominique Brown, Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 825 yards) 55.8 Lyle McCombs, UConn, 2013 (12 games, 670 yards)

YARDS PER RUSH

GAME (Minimum 10 rushes) 15.7 Marquis Warford, Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 (11 att., 173 yards) 12.1 Marcus Shaw, USF vs. McNeese State, 8/31/13 (12 att., 145 yards) 12.0 Ryan Jackson, Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 (10 att., 120 yards) 10.6 Hosey Williams, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (11 att., 117 yards)

9.1 Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 (21 att., 192 yards)

SEASON (Minimum 100 rushes)

5.3 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013 (213 att., 1,139 yards)

5.1 Dominique Brown, Louisville, 2013 (13 att., 825 yards)

4.9 Marcus Shaw, USF, 2013 (156 att., 765 yards)

4.8 Senorise Perry, Louisville, 2013 (141 att., 677 yards)

4.8 Ryan Jackson, Houston, 2013 (139 att., 661 yards)

TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING

GAME

3 Storm Johnson, UCF at Florida International, 9/6/13 Paul James, Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 Storm Johnson, UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

2 24 Times Most Recent: Paul James, Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13

QUARTERBACK GAME

2 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 12/5/13 Blake Bortles, UCF at SMU, 12/7/13

SEASON

14 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013

9 Paul James, Rutgers, 2013 Kenny Harper, Temple, 2013

8 Dominique Brown, Louisville, 2013

7 Tion Green, Cincinnati, 2013

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77

73

65

LONGEST RUSHING PLAY

Marcus Shaw, USF vs. McNeese State, 8/31/13 Hosey Williams, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 Dominique Brown vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 Storm Johnson, UCF at Temple, 11/16/13 Paul James, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS

GAME 311 Robby Anderson, Temple at SMU, 10/26/13 277 Rannell Hall, UCF at Temple, 11/29/13 229 Shakim Phillips, UConn vs. Maryland, 10/14/13 Rannell Hall, UCF vs. USF, 11/29/13 228 Lyle McCombs, UConn vs. USf, 10/12/13

SEASON 130.5 Rannell Hall, UCF, 2013 (121 rush, 886 rec., 0 pr, 689 kr) 107.6 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013 (1,139 rush, 260 rec., 0 pr, 0 kr) 103.7 Robby Anderson, Temple, 2013 (-4 rush, 791 rec., 17 pr, 233 kr) 102.4 Lyle McCombs, UConn, 2013 (670 rush, 75 rec., 40 pr, 444 kr) 100.7 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013 (6 rush, 1,202 rec, 0 pr, 0 kr)

PASSING

ATTEMPTS

GAME

70 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13

62 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at Texas A&M, 9/21/13

54 Casey Cochran, UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13

53 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

SEASON 504 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 446 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 427 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 394 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 382 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013

COMPLETIONS GAME

45

41

38

37

Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at Cincinnati, 11/9/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at Texas A&M, 10/26/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

SEASON 335 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 303 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 261 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 259 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE

GAME (Minimum 10 comp.)

86.2 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville at USF, 10/26/13 (25 of 29) 84.4 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati vs. SMU, 11/9/13 (27 of 32) 83.8 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati vs. Temple, 10/11/13 (31 of 37) 83.3 Blake Bortles, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (20 of 24) 82.6 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at USF, 11/23/13 (19 of 23)

SEASON (Minimum 100 comp.)

71.0 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (303 of 427) 67.8 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (259 of 382) 66.5 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (335 of 504) 66.2 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 (261 of 394) 60.8 P.J. Walker, Temple, 2013 (152 of 250)

PASSING YARDS

GAME 538 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple, 10//26/13 484 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. rutgers, 10/5/13 461 Casey Cochran, UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 447 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/13 405 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13

SEASON 3,970 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 3,581 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 3,528 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 3,284 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 3,117 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013

500-YARD GAMES, SEASON

1 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 400-YARD GAMES, SEASON

3 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013

1 Casey Cochran, UConn, 2013 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013

300-YARD GAMES, SEASON

8 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013

7 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013

5 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013

3 Gary Nova, Rutgers, 2013 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013

GAME

5

4

TOUCHDOWN PASSES Gary Nova, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Ohio, 9/1/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 John O’Korn, Houston at Rutgers, 10/26/13 15 Times Most Recent: Casey Cochran, UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13

SEASON

31 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013

28 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013

25 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013

22 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013

21 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013

LONGEST PASSING PLAYS

91 Blake Bortles, UCF vs. Akron, 8/29/13

84 Chas Dodd, Rutgers at UConn, 11/30/13

83 John O’Korn, Houston at Rutgers, 10/26/13 Jalen Fitzpatrick, Temple at SMU, 10/26/13

79 Blake Bortles, UCF vs. South Carolina, 9/28/13 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at Memphis, 10/19/13

INTERCEPTIONS THROWN

GAME

4 Garrett Gilbert, SMU at TCU, 9/28/13 Gary Nova, Rutgers at Louisville, 10/10/13 Mike White, USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13

3 6 Times Most Recent: Chas Dodd, Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 12/28/13

SEASON

14 Gary Nova, Rutgers, 2013

12 Brendon Kay, Cincinnati, 2013

10 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 Paxton Lynch, Memphis, 2013

9 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 Mike White, USF, 2013

LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF INTERCEPTIONS

SEASON (Minimum 200 atts.)

0.90 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (4 on 427) 1.38 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (7 on 504) 2.24 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 (10 on 446) 2.35 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (9 on 382) 2.86 Paxton Lynch, Memphis, 2013 (10 on 349)

FEWEST TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS

SEASON (Minimum 200 attempts)

4 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, 2013 (427 attempts)

7 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, 2013 (504 attempts)

8 P.J. Walker, Temple, 2013 (250 attempts)

9 Blake Bortles, UCF, 2013 (382 attempts)

10 John O’Korn, Houston, 2013 (446 attempts) Paxton Lynch, Memphis, 2013 (349 attempts)

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RECEIVING

RECEPTIONS

GAME

18 Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13

15 Geremy Davis, UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13

14 Deontay Greenberry, Houston at Temple, 9/7/13

13 Jeremy Johnson, SMU at USF, 11/23/13

12 Four Times Most Recent: Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. UConn, 11/16/13

SEASON 112 Jeremy Johnson, SMU, 2013 103 Darius Joseph, SMU, 2013

82 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013

77 Shaq Washington, Cincinnati, 2013

71 Geremy Davis, UConn, 2013 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013

RECEPTIONS PER GAME

RECEIVING YARDS

RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME

YARDS PER RECEPTION

SEASON (Minimum 25 receptions)

9.3 Jeremy Johnson, SMU, 2013 (12 games, 112 rec.)

8.6 Darius Joseph, SMU, 2013 (12 games, 103 rec.)

6.8 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013 (12 games, 82 rec.)

6.5 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013 (11 games, 71 rec.)

5.9 Shaq Washington, Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 77 rec.)

GAME 239 Robby Anderson, Temple at SMU, 10/26/13 217 Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 209 Keenan Holman, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 207 Geremy Davis, UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 186 Daniel Spencer, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13

SEASON 1,202 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013 1,112 Jeremy Johnson, SMU, 2013 1,085 Geremy Davis, UConn, 2013 1,037 Keenan Holman, SMU, 2013 930 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013

100-YARD GAMES, SEASON

6 Jeremy Johnson, SMU, 2013

5 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013

4 Geremy Davis, UConn, 2013 Ranell Hall, UCF, 2013 Keenan Holman, SMU, 2013 Daniel Spencer, Houston, 2013 J.J. Worton, UCF, 2013

SEASON 100.2 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013 (12 games, 1,202 yards) 92.7 Jeremy Johnson, SMU, 2013 (12 games, 1,112 yards) 90.4 Geremy Davis, UConn, 2013 (12 games, 1,085 yards) 86.4 Keenan Holman, SMU, 2013 (12 games, 1,037 yards) 84.5 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013 (11 games, 930 yards)

GAME (Minimum 5 catches) 27.2 Xavier Maxwell, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (5 for 136) 27.0 Leonte Carroo, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 (5 for 135) 26.8 DeVante Parker, Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/7/13 (5 for 134) 26.6 Daniel Spencer, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (7 for 186) 26.6 Robby Anderson, Temple at SMU, 10/26/13 (9 for 239)

SEASON (Minimum 50 catches) 16.1 DeVante Parker, Louisville, 2013 (55 for 855) 15.5 Keenan Holman, SMU, 2013 (67 for 1,037) 15.3 Geremy Davis, UConn, 2013 (71 for 1,085) 14.7 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013 (82 for 1,202) 13.1 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013 (71 for 930)

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS

GAME

3 Leonte Carroo, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. rutgers, 10/5/13 Jeff Godfrey, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 Deontay Greenberry, Houston at Rutgers, 10/26/13 Keenan Holman, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 J.J. Worton, UCF at Temple, 11/16/13 Mekale McKay, Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13 Robby Anderson, Temple at Memphis, 11/30/13

SEASON

12 DeVante Parker, Louisville, 2013

11 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013

9 Keenan Holman, SMU, 2013 Robby Anderson, Temple, 2013 Chris Moore, Cincinnati, 2013 Leonte Carroo, Rutgers, 2013

SCORING

MOST POINTS

MOST TOUCHDOWNS

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

FIELD GOALS MADE

GAME

20 Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13

18 15 Times Most Recent: Storm Johnson, UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON 112 Shawn Moffit, UCF, 2013 (21 FG, 49 PAT) John Wallace, Louisville, 2013 (20 FG, 52 PAT) 102 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013 (17 TD)

87 Chase Hover, SMU, 2013 (18FG, 33 PAT)

72 Jake Elliott, Memphis, 2013 (16 FG, 24 PAT) DeVante Parker, Louisvile, 2013 (12 TD)

GAME

3 15 Times Most Recent: Storm Johnson, UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON

17 Storm Johnson, UCF, 2013 (14 rush, 3 rec.)

12 DeVante Parker, Louisville, 2013 (12 rec.)

11 Kenny Harper, Temple, 2013 (9 rush, 2 rec.)

Deontay Greenberry, Houston, 2013 (11 rec.)

9 Five Players

GAME

6 Richie Leone, Houston at Temple, 9/7/13

5 Jake Elliott, Memphis at Houston, 10/12/13

4 Kyle Federico, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 Chase Hover, SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 Marvin Kloss, USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati at Houston, 11/23/13

SEASON

24 John Wallace, Louisville, 2013

23 Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 Marvin Kloss, UCF, 2013

21 Chase Hover, SMU, 2013

18 Jake Elliott, Memphis, 2013 Kyle Federico, Rutgers, 2013

GAME

5 Richie Leone, Houston at Temple, 9/7/13 Jake Elliott, Memphis at Houston, 10/12/13

4 Marvin Kloss, USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13

3 12 Times Most Recent: John Wallace, Louisville, vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/13 and Kyle Federico, Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 12/28/13

SEASON

21 Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 (23 attempts)

20 John Wallace, Louisville, 2013 (24 attempts)

18 Chase Hover, SMU, 2013 (21 attempts) Marvin Kloss, USF, 2013 (23 attempts)

16 Jake Elliott, Memphis, 2013 (18 attempts)

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52

51

50

LONGEST FIELD GOAL

Jake Elliott, Memphis at USF, 11/16/13 Marvin Kloss, USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13 Jake Elliott, Memphis vs. SMU, 10/19/13 Chase Hover, SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/3 Five Times Most Recent: Marvin Kloss, USF at Houston, 10/31/13

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

SEASON (Minimum 10 made) 91.3 Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 (21 of 23) 88.9 Jake Elliott, Memphis, 2013 (16 of 18) 85.7 Chase Hover, SMU, 2013 (18 of 21) 83.3 John Wallace, Louisville, 2013 (20 of 24) 78.3 Marvin Kloss, USF, 2013 (18 of 23)

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

PAT KICKS ATTEMPTED

GAME

9 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

8 John Wallace, Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 Shawn Moffitt, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 Chase Hover, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

7 Five Times Most Recent: Shawn Moffitt, UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON

56 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati, 2013 (54 made)

54 John Wallace, Louisville, 2013 (52 made)

49 Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 (49 made)

35 Kyle Federico, Rutgers, 2013 (34 made) Chase Hover, SMU, 2013 (33 made) Nick Visco, Temple, 2013 (32 made)

PAT KICKS MADE

GAME

9 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

8 Shawn Moffitt, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 Chase Hover, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

7 Seven Times Most Recent: Shawn Moffitt, UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON

54 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati, 2013 (56 attempts)

52 John Wallace, Louisville, 2013 (54 attempts)

49 Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 (49 attempts)

34 Kyle Federico, Rutgers, 2013 (35 attempts)

33 Chase Hover, SMU, 2013 (35 attempts)

PAT KICKS PERCENTAGE

GAME (Minimum 8 Attempts) 100.0 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (9 of 9) Shawn Moffitt, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (8 of 8) Chase Hover, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (8 of 8)

SEASON (Minimum 25 Made) 100.0 Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 (49 of 49) Richie Leone, Houston, 2013 (32 of 32) Chad Christen, UConn, 2013 (27 of 27) 97.1 Kyle Federico, Rutgers, 2013 (34 of 35) 96.4 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati, 2013 (54 of 56)

49 32 30 27

CONSECUTIVE PATs MADE

Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 8/29/13-present Richie Leone, Houston, 8/30/13-1/4/14 John Wallace, Louisville, 9/21/13-12/28/13 Chad Christen, UConn, 8/29/13-present

TOTAL POINTS SCORED BY KICKING

GAME

16 Richie Leone, Houston at Temple, 9/7/13 (5 field goals, 1 PAT)

15 Jake Elliott, Memphis at Houston, 10/12 13 (5 field goals)

14 John Wallace, Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/7/13 (3 field goals, 5 PAT) Marvin Kloss, USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13 (4 field goals, 2 PAT) Shawn Moffitt, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (2 field goals, 8 PAT)

SEASON 112 John Wallace, Louisville, 2013 (20 field goal, 52 PAT) Shawn Moffitt, UCF, 2013 (21 field goals, 49 PAT)

87 Chase Hover, SMU, 2013 (18 field goals, 33 PAT)

75 Tony Miliano, Cincinnati, 2013 (7 field goals, 54 PAT)

72 Jake Elliott, Memphis, 2013 (16 field goals, 24 PAT)

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PUNTING

MOST PUNTS

YARDS PUNTED

GAME

10 Richie Leone, Houston vs, Cincinnati, 11/23/13 Richie Leone, Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14

9 Mattias Ciabatti, USF at Michigan State, 9/7/13 Cole Wagner, UConn vs. Maryland, 9/14/13 Paul Layton, Temple at Idaho, 9/28/13 Mattias Ciabatti, USF at UConn, 10/12/13 Nick Marsh, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, 11/16/13

SEASON

73 Richie Leone, Houston, 2013 Mattias Ciabatti, USF, 2013

71 Cole Wagner, UConn, 2013

65 Nick Marsh, Rutgers, 2013

62 Tom Hornsey, Memphis, 2013

GAME 447 436 399 386 383

Richie Leone, Houston vs, Cincinnati, 11/23/13 Richie Leone, Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14 Mattias Ciabatti, USF at UConn, 10/12/13 Paul Layton, Temple at Idaho, 9/28/13 Richie Leone, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13

SEASON 3,153 Richie Leone, Houston, 2013 2,937 Mattias Ciabatti, USF, 2013 2,829 Cole Wagner, UConn, 2013 2,800 Tom Hornsey, Memphis, 2013 2,640 Nick Marsh, Rutgers, 2013

PUNTING AVERAGE

GAME (Minimum 3 punts) 52.2 Caleb Houston, UCF at Memphis, 10/5/13 (6 for 313) 51.7 Tom Hornsey, Memphis at Houston, 10/12/13 (3 for 155) 51.2 Paul Layton, Temple vs. Louisville, 10/5/13 (4 for 205) 50.5 Tom Hornsey, Memphis vs. Temple, 11/30/13 (4 for 202) 49.6 Tom Hornsey, Memphis at Middle Tennessee, 9/14/13 (5 for 248) SEASON (Minimum 30 punts) 45.2 Tom Hornsey, Memphis, 2013 (62 for 2,800) 43.2 Richie Leone, Houston, 2013 (73 for 3,153) 42.8 Paul Layton, Temple, 2013 (61 for 2,609) 42.7 John Lloyd, Cincinnati, 2013 (33 for 1,409) 42.2 Caleb Houston, UCF, 2013 (41 for 1,732)

79

71

70

68

LONGEST PUNT

Tom Hornsey, Memphis vs. Duke, 9/7/13 Caleb Houston, UCF at Memphis, 10/5/13 Tom Hornsey, Memphis vs. Tennessee-Martin, 11/9/13 Tom Hornsey, Memphis at Middle Tennesse, 9/14/13 Mattias Ciabatti, USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS RETURNS

GAME

5 Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 Shaq Washington, Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13 Brian Lemelle, UConn vs. Michigan, 9/21/13 Ryan Alderman, Temple at Idaho, 9/28/13 Lyle McCombs, UConn vs. USF, 10/12/13

SEASON

25 Keiwone Malone, Memphis, 2013

17 Janarion Grant, Rutgers, 2013

16 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013

15 Damian Payne, Houston, 2013

13 J.J. Worton, UCF, 2013 Lyle McCombs, UConn, 2013

PUNT RETURNS

GAME

6 JaBryce Taylor, SMU vs. Montana State, 9/7/13 Jahad Thomas, Temple vs. Louisville, 10/5/13 Jahad Thomas, Temple vs. UCF, 11/16/13 Joe Craig, Memphis at UConn, 12/7/13

5 10 Times Most Recent: Rod Moore, Cincinnati vs. North Carolina, 12/28/13

SEASON

37 Demarcus Ayers, Houston, 2013

29 Rannell Hall, UCF, 2013

27 Joe Craig, Memphis, 2013

24 Jahad Thomas, Temple, 2013 Lyle McCombs, UConn, 2013

KICKOFF RETURNS

PUNT RETURN YARDS

KICKOFF RETURN YARDS

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE

KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE

PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS

KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWNS

GAME 106 Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Arkansas, 9/21/13

58 Keiwone Malone, Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13

55 JaBryce Taylor, SMU vs. Montana State, 9/7/13

50 Chris Dunkley, USF vs. SMU, 11/23/13

41 Chris Dunkley, USF at Houston, 10/31/13

SEASON 159 Keiwone Malone, Memphis, 2013 157 J.J. Worton, UCF, 2013 156 Janarion Grant, Rutgers, 2013

97 Chris Dunkley, USF, 2013 JaBryce Taylor, SMU, 2013

GAME (Minimum 2 returns) 26.5 Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Arkansas, 9/21/13 (4 for 106) 17.0 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (2 for 34) 16.5 J.J. Worton, UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (2 for 33) J.J. Worton, UCF vs. USF, 11/29/13 (2 for 33) 14.5 Keiwone Malone, Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 (4 for 58)

SEASON (Minimum 15 returns)

9.2 Janarion Grant, Rutgers, 2013 (17 for 156)

6.4 Keiwone Malone, Memphis, 2013 (26 for 159)

5.0 Anthony McClung, Cincinnati, 2013 (16 for 80)

4.3 Damion Payne, Houston, 2013 (15 for 64)

GAME

1 JaBryce Taylor, SMU vs. Montana State, 9/7/13 Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Arkanas, 9/21/13 Charles Gaines, Louisville at UConn, 11/8/13 Andre Patton, Rutgers at UCF, 11/21/13 Chris Dunkley, USF vs. SMU, 11/23/13 Michael Felton, Temple at Memphis, 11/30/13

SEASON

1 JaBryce Taylor, SMU, 2013 Janarion Grant, Rutgers, 2013 Charles Gaines, Louisville, 2013 Andre Patton, Rutgers, 2013 Chris Dunkley, USF, 2013 Michael Felton, Temple, 2013

58 55 50 41 37

LONGEST PUNT RETURNS

Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 JaBryce Taylor, SMU vs. Montana State, 9/7/13 Chris Dunkley, USF vs. SMU, 11/23/13 Chris Dunkley, USF at Houston, 10/31/13 Hassan Childs, USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13

GAME 177 Rannell Hall, UCF vs. USF, 11/29/13 Joe Craig, Memphis at UConn, 12/7/13 167 Demarcus Ayers, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 144 Demarcus Ayers, Houston vs. Memphis, 10/12/13 137 Demarcus Ayers, Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14

SEASON 1,021 Demarcus Ayers, Houston, 2013 724 Joe Craig, Memphis, 2013 689 Rannell Hall, UCF, 2013 517 Janarion Grant, Rutgers, 2013 476 Jahad Thomas, Temple, 2013

GAME (Minimum 2 returns) 65.5 Quron Pratt, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 (2 for 131) 56.5 Janarion Grant, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 (2 for 113) 44.2 Rannell Hall, UCF vs. USF, 11/29/13 (4 for 177) 42.3 Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 12/28/13 (3 for 127) 41.8 Demarcus Ayers, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13

SEASON (Minimum 15 returns) 27.6 Demarcus Ayers, Houston, 2013 (37 for 1,021) 26.8 Joe Craig, Memphis, 2013 (27 for 724) 23.8 Rannell Hall, UCF, 2013 (29 for 689) 19.8 Jahad Thomas, Temple, 2013 (24 for 476) 18.5 Lyle McCombs, UConn, 2013 (24 for 444)

GAME

1 Janarion Grant, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13) Quron Pratt, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 Charles Gaines, Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 Demarcus Ayers, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13

SEASON

1 Janarion Grant, Rutgers, 2013 Quron Pratt, Rutgers, 2013 Charles Gaines, Louisville, 2013 Demarcus Ayers, Houston, 2013

100 99 95 93 87

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS

Janarion Grant, Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/2/13 Quron Pratt, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 Demarcus Ayers, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 Charles Gaines, Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 Deion Sanders, SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS DEFENSIVE RECORDS INTERCEPTIONS

GAME

3 Bobby McCain, Memphis at USF, 11/16/13

2 10 Times Most Recent: Taylor Mack, UConn vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13

SEASON

6 Bobby McCain, Memphis, 2013 Adrian McDonald, Houston, 2013

5 Charles Gaines, Louisville, 2013 Zach McMillian, Houston, 2013

4 Trevon Stewart, Houston, 2013 Terrell Floyd, Louisville, 2013

INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS

GAME

96 William Jackson, Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13

95 Mike Tyson, Cincinnati vs. UConn, 10/19/13

93 Reggis Ball, Memphis vs. SMU, 10/19/13

75 Bobby McCain, Memphis vs. Duke, 9/7/13

70 Charles Gaines, Louisville at USF, 10/26/13

SEASON 108 Bobby McCain, Memphis, 2013 106 Charles Gaines, Louisville, 2013 103 Mike Tyson, Cincinnati, 2013

96 William Jackson, Houston, 2013

93 Reggis Ball, Memphis, 2013

YARDS PER INTERCEPTION

GAME (Minimum 2) 29.0 Zach McMillian, Houston vs. SMU, 11/29/13 (2 for 58) 18.0 Adrian McDonald, Houston at Rutgers, 10/26/13 (2 for 36) 11.0 Bobby McCain, Memphis at USF, 11/16/13 (3 for 33) 10.0 Taylor Mack, UConn vs. Rutgers, 11/30/13 (2 for 20)

8.5 Terrell Floyd, Louisville at UConn, 11/8/13 (2 for 17)

SEASON (Minimum 4) 21.2 Charles Gaines, Louisville, 2013 (5 for 106) 18.0 Bobby McCain, Memphis, 2013 (6 for 108) 13.0 Zach McMillian, Houston, 2013 (5 for 65) 12.7 Adrian McDonald, Houston, 2013 (6 for 76)

4.0 Trevon Stewart, Houston, 2013 (4 for 16)

INTERCEPTIONS FOR TOUCHDOWNS

GAME

1 10 Times Most Recent: Yawin Smallwood, UConn at Temple, 11/23/13

SEASON

2 Bobby McCain, Memphis, 2013

1 10 Times

96 93 87 75 70

LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN

William Jackson, Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 Reggis Ball, Memphis vs. SMU, 10/19/13 Mike Tyson, Cincinnati vs. UConn, 10/19/13 Bobby McCain, Memphis vs. Duke, 9/7/13 Charles Gaines, Louisville at USF, 10/26/13)

TACKLES

GAME

24 Tyler Matakevich, Temple at Idaho, 9/28/13 (13 solo, 11 assisted)

18 Randall Joyner, SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 (11 solo, 7 assisted) Greg Blair, Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 12/5/13 (7 solo, 11 assisted) DeDe Lattimore, USF at Rutgers, 12/7/13 (9 solo, 9 assisted)

16 Yawin Smallwood, UConn vs. Towson, 8/29/13 (2 solo, 14 assisted) Efrem Oliphant, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (8 solo, 8 assisted)

SEASON 137 Tyler Matakevich, Temple, 2013 (99 solo, 38 assisted) 134 Efrem Oliphant, Houston, 2013 (70 solo, 64 assisted) 123 Steve Longa, Rutgers, 2013 (51 solo, 72 assisted) 118 Yawin Smallwood, UConn, 2013 (51 solo, 67 assisted) 116 Derrick Mathews, Houston, 2013 (74 solo, 42 assisted)

TACKLES PER GAME

SEASON 11.4 Tyler Matakevich, Temple, 2013 (12 games, 137 tackles) 10.3 Efrem Oliphant, Houston, 2013 (13 games, 134 tackles) 9.83 Yawin Smallwood, UConn, 2013 (12 games, 118 tackles) 9.80 Randall Joyner, SMU, 2013 (10 games, 98 tackles)

9.5 Steve Longa, Rutgers, 2013 (13 games, 123 tackles)

TACKLES FOR LOSS

GAME

4.5 Martin Ifedi, Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 (4 solo, 1 assisted)

4.0 Derrick Mathews, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (4 solo) Aaron Lynch, USF vs. SMU, 11/13/13 (4 solo) Aaron Lynch, USF vs. Rutgers, 12/7/13 (3 solo, 2 assisted)

3.5 Beau Barnes, SMU at Memphis, 10/19/13 (3 solo, 1 assisted) Steven Taylor, Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14 (3 solo, 1 assisted)

SEASON 17.5 Marcus Smith, Louisville, 2013 (17 solo, 1 assisted) 14.5 Martin Ifedi, Memphis, 2013 (13 solo, 3 assisted) 13.5 Stephon Sanders, SMU, 2013 (11 solo, 5 assisted) Nick Temple, Cincinnati, 2013 (11 solo, 5 assisted) 13.0 Beau Barnes, SMU, 2013 (11 solo, 4 assisted) Efrem Oliphant, Houston, 2013 (10 solo, 6 assisted)

SACKS

GAME

3.0 Marcus Smith, Louisville vs. Rutgers, 10/10/13 (3 solo) Derrick Mathews, Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (3 solo)

2.5 Martin Ifedi, Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 11/8/13 (2 solo, 1 assisted) Marcus Smith, Louisville at UConn, 11/8/13 (2 solo, 1 assisted) Darius Hamilton, Rutgers at UCF, 11/21/13 (2 solo, 1 assisted)

SEASON 14.5 Marcus Smith, Louisville, 2013 (14 solo, 1 assisted) 11.5 Martin Ifedi, Memphis, 2013 (10 solo, 1 assisted)

9.5 Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville, 2013 (9 solo, 1 assisted) Silverberry Mouhon, Cincinnati, 2013 (8 solo, 3 assisted)

7.0 Derrick Mathews, Houston, 2013 (7 solo)

FORCED FUMBLES

SEASON

4 DeDe Lattimore, USF, 2013 Marcus Smith, Louisville, 2013

3 Randall Joyner, SMU, 2013 Tyler Matakevich, Temple, 2013 Preston Brown, Louisville, 2013 Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville, 2013

FUMBLES RECOVERED

SEASON

6 Trevon Stewart, Houston, 2013

3 DeDe Lattimore, USF, 2013 Sean Maag, UCF, 2013

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TEAM RECORDS RUSHING

PASSING

GAME

56 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13

52 Cicninnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13 Rutgers at SMU, 10/5/13

50 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13

49 Temple vs. Fordham, 9/14/13

SEASON 517 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games) 471 UCF, 2013 (13 games) 455 Rutgers, 2013 (13 games) Louisville, 2013 (13 games) 438 Memphis, 2013 (12 games)

GAME

71 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13

67 SMU at Texas A&M, 9/21/13

62 SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13

55 UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13

53 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

SEASON 619 SMU, 2013 (12 games) 518 Houston, 2013 (13 games) 468 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games) 442 Rutgers, 2013 (13 games) 439 UConn, 2013 (12 games) Louisville, 2013 (13 games)

SEASON

9.3 Louisville, 2013 (439 attempts, 4,082 yards)

9.1 UCF, 2013 (404 attempts, 3,661 yards)

8.4 Cincinnati, 2013 (468 attempts, 3,949 yards)

7.2 Temple, 2013 (418 attempts, 2,996 yards)

7.0 Houston, 2013 (518 attempts, 3,647 yards)

COMPLETIONS

MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS

RUSHING YARDS

GAME 372 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 329 Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 322 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 273 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 255 UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON 2,188 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games) 2,079 UCF, 2013 (13 games) 1,909 Louisville, 2013 (13 games) 1,807 Houston, 2013 (13 games) 1,792 Temple, 2013 (12 games)

GAME - TWO TEAMS 476 Houston (372) vs. Southern (104), 8/30/13 449 UCF (255) vs. Baylor (194), 1/1/14 445 Temple (245) vs. Fordham (200), 9/14/13 422 Cincinnati (322) vs. Northwestern State (100), 9/14/13 413 Temple (158) vs. Army (255), 10/19/13

YARDS PER GAME 168.3 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 2,188 yards) 159.9 UCF, 2013 (13 games, 2,079 yards) 149.3 Temple, 2013 (12 games, 1,792 yards) 146.8 Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 1,909 yards) 139.0 Houston, 2013 (13 games, 1,807 yards)

YARDS PER RUSH

GAME

7.4 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 (50 attempts, 372 yards)

7.3 Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 (45 attempts, 329 yards)

7.2 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 (29 attempts, 210 yards) 7.03 UCF at Temple, 11/16/13 (36 attempts, 253 yards)

7.0 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (46 attempts, 322 yards)

SEASON

4.4 UCF, 2013 (471 attempts, 2,079 yards) 4.25 Temple, 2013 (422 attempts, 1,792 yards) 4.23 Cincinnati, 2013 (517 attempts, 2,188 yards) 4.20 Louisville, 2013 (455 attempts, 1,909 yards) 4.15 Houston, 2013 (435 attempts, 1,807 yards)

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS

GAME

4 10 Times Most Recent: UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON

28 Cincinnati, 2013 UCF, 2013

19 Houston, 2013

18 Louisville, 2013

17 Temple, 2013 Rutgers, 2013

MOST ATTEMPTS

YARDS PER ATTEMPT

YARDS PER COMPLETION

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS

PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED

SEASON 13.6 UCF, 2013 (269 completions, 3,661 yards) 13.1 Louisville, 2013 (311 completions, 4,082 yards) 12.8 Rutgers, 2013 (240 completions, 3,063 yards) 12.75 Temple, 2013 (235 completions, 2,996 yards) 12.74 Cincinnati, 2013 (310 completions, 3,949 yards)

GAME

45 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13

41 SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/31 SMU at Texas A&M, 9/21/13

38 SMU at Cincinnati, 11/9/13

37 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13

SEASON 400 SMU, 2013 (12 games) 311 Louisville, 2013 (13 games) 310 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games) 299 Houston, 2013 (13 games) 269 UCF, 2013 (13 games)

GAME

6 Louisville vs. Ohio, 9/1//13 Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13

5 8 Times Most Recent: Temple at SMU, 10/26/13

SEASON

33 Louisville, 2013 (13 games)

30 Houston, 2013 (13 games)

28 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games)

26 UCF, 2013 (13 games)

23 Temple, 2013 (12 games) SMU, 2013 (12 games)

GAME

5 Rutgers vs. Houston, 10/26/13

4 SMU at TCU, 9/28/13 Rutgers at Louisville, 10/10/13 USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13 Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 12/28/13

SEASON

22 Rutgers, 2013 (13 games)

18 UConn, 2013 (12 games)

17 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games)

16 USF, 2013 (12 games)

12 SMU, 2013 (12 games)

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE

GAME (Min. 20 att.)

90.5 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (19 of 21) 86.7 Louisville at USF, 10/26/13 (26 of 30) 84.4 Cincinnati vs. SMU, 11/9/13 (27 of 32) 83.8 Cincinnati vs. Temple, 10/11/13 (31 of 37) 81.5 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 (22 of 27)

SEASON (Min. 200 att.)

70.8 Louisville, 2013 (311 of 439) 66.6 UCF, 2013 (269 of 404) 66.2 Cincinnati, 2013 (310 of 468) 64.6 SMU, 2013 (400 of 619) 57.7 Houston, 2013 (299 of 518)

PASSING YARDS

GAME 538 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 507 Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13 484 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 463 UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 447 Louisville vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/13

SEASON 4,097 SMU, 2013 (12 games) 4,082 Louisville, 2013 (13 games) 3,949 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games) 3,661 UCF, 2013 (13 games) 3,647 Houston, 2013 (13 games)

PASSING YARDS - TWO TEAMS

GAME 914 852 804 801 786

341.4 314.0 303.8 281.6 280.5

SMU (538) vs. Temple (376), 10/26/13 Houston (435) vs. Brigham Young (417), 10/19/13 Rutgers (348) at Fresno State (456), 8/29/13 SMU (388) vs. Texas Tech (413), 8/30/13 UCF (404) at Temple (382) 11/16/13

FEWEST INTERCEPTIONS GAME (Min. 45 att.)

0 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 (71 attempts) SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 (62 attempts) SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (53 attempts) SMU vs. UConn, 11/16/13 (52 attempts) SMU vs. Montana State, 9/7/13 (48 attempts)

SEASON (Lowest pct./Min. 200 attempts) 0.91 Louisville, 2013 (4 INT, 439 attempts) 1.93 Houston, 2013 (10 INT, 518 attempts) 1.94 SMU, 2013 (12 INT, 619 attempts) 2.63 Temple, 2013 (11 INT, 418 attempts) 2.72 UCF,. 2013 (11 INT, 404 attempts)

SEASON - FEWEST TOTAL (Min. 200 attempts)

4 Louisville, 2013 (439 attempts)

10 Houston, 2013 (518 attempts)

11 Temple, 2013 (418 attempts) UCF, 2013 (404 attempts) Memphis, 2013 (361 attempts)

YARDS PER GAME

SMU, 2013 (12 games, 4,097 yards) Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 4,082 yards) Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 3,949 yards) UCF, 2013 (13 games, 3,661 yards) Houston, 2013 (13 games, 3,647 yards)

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PLAYS

GAME

99 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13

96 Houston at Temple, 9//7/13

93 SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13

91 Cincinnati at Houston, 11/23/13

89 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13

SEASON 985 Cincinnati, 2013 (6,137 yards, 13 games) 953 Houston, 2013 (5,454 yards, 13 games) 945 SMU, 2013 (5,222 yards, 12 games) 897 Rutgers, 2013 (4,747 yards, 13 games) 894 Louisville, 2013 (5,991 yards, 13 games)

YARDS GAINED

GAME 728 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (190 rush, 538 pass) 669 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (322 rush, 347 pass) 657 UCF at Temple, 11/16/13 (253 rush, 404 pass) 627 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 (372 rush, 255 pass) 619 Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13 (112 rush, 507 pass)

SEASON 6,137 Cincinnati, 2013 (3,949 pass, 2,188 rush) 5,991 Louisville, 2013 (4,082 pass, 1,909 rush) 5,740 UCF, 2013 (3,661 pass, 2,079 rush) 5,454 Houston, 2013 (3,647 pass, 1,807 rush) 5,222 SMU, 2013 (4,097 pass, 1,125 rush)

YARDS GAINED - TWO TEAMS

GAME 1,321 1,175 1,106 1,032 1,031

472.1 460.8 441.5 435.2 419.5

SMU (728) vs. Temple (593), 10/26/13 UCF (657) at Temple (518), 11/16/13 UCF (556) vs. Baylor (550), 1/1/14 SMU (558) vs. Rutgers (474), 10/5/13 Houston (611) at Rutgers (420), 10/26/13

YARDS PER GAME

Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 6,137 yards) Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 5,991 yards) UCF, 2013 (13 games, 5,740 yards) SMU, 2013 (12 games, 5,222 yards) Houston, 2013 (13 games, 5,454 yards)

YARDS PER PLAY

GAME 10.0 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 (67 plays, 669 yards)

8.9 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (82 plays, 728 yards)

8.7 Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13 (71 plays, 619 yards)

8.7 Louisville vs. Ohio, 9/1/13 (71 plays, 615 yards)

8.6 UCF at Temple, 11/16/13 (76 plays, 657 yards)

SEASON

6.7 Louisville, 2013 (894 plays, 5,991 yards)

6.6 UCF, 2013 (875 plays, 5,740 yards)

6.2 Cincinnati, 2013 (985 plays, 6,137 yards)

5.7 Houston, 2013 (953 plays, 5,454 yards)

5.7 Temple, 2013 (840 plays, 4,788 yards)

FIRST DOWNS

GAME

35 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13

34 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

32 Houston at Temple, 9/7/13

31 SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13

SEASON 315 Cincinnati, 2013 304 Louisville, 2013 291 UCF, 2013 282 Houston, 2013 276 SMU, 2013

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FIRST DOWNS RUSHING

GAME

21 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13

18 Temple vs. Fordham, 9/14/13

16 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

15 Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13

13 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13 UCF vs. Baylor, 1/1/14

SEASON 124 Cincinnati, 2013 117 Temple, 2013 114 UCF, 2013 100 Louisville, 2013 Houston, 2013

GAME

24

23

21

20

FIRST DOWNS PASSING SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 UConn vs. Memphis, 12/7/13 Louisville vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/13 SMU vs. Texas Tech, 8/30/13 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13

SEASON 195 Louisville, 2013 191 SMU, 2013 175 Cincinnati, 2013 153 UCF, 2013 150 Houston, 2013

PUNTING

PUNTS

GAME

10 Houston vs. Cincinnati, 11/23/13 Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14

9 Five Times Most Recent: Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, 11/16/13

SEASON

73 Houston, 2013 USF, 2013 UConn, 2013

65 Rutgers, 2013

63 SMU, 2013 Memphis, 2013

YARDS PUNTING

GAME 447 Houston vs. Cincinnati, 11/23/13 (10 punts) 436 Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14 (10 punts) 399 USF at UConn, 10/12/13 (9 punts) 386 Temple at Idaho, 9/28/13 (9 punts) 383 Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (8 punts)

SEASON 3,153 Houston, 2013 (73 punts) 2,937 USF, 2013 (73 punts) 2,820 UConn, 2013 (73 punts) 2,800 Memphis, 2013 (63 punts) 2,640 Rutgers, 2013 (65 punts)

PUNTING AVERAGE

GAME (Minimum 3 punts) 54.2 Cincinnati vs. Temple, 10/11/13 (4 punts, 217 yards) 52.2 UCF at Memphis, 10/5/13 (6 punts, 313 yards) 51.7 Cincinnati at USF, 10/5/13 (3 punts, 155 yards) Memphis at Houston, 10/12/13 (3 punts, 155 yards) 51.2 Temple vs. Louisville, 10/5/13 (4 punts, 205 yards) SEASON 44.4 Memphis, 2013 (63 punts, 2,800 yards) 43.2 Houston, 2013 (73 punts, 3,153 yards) 42.8 Temple, 2013 (61 punts, 2,609 yards) 41.4 Cincinnati, 2013 (48 punts, 1,988 yards) 40.6 Rutgers, 2013 (65 punts, 2,640 yards)

PUNT RETURNS

RETURNS GAME

8

6

5

Louisville vs. Florida Intenational, 9/21/13 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 Five Times Most Recent: UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13

SEASON

29 Cincinnati, 2013)

27 Louisville, 2013 Memphis, 2013

20 Houston, 2013 UConn, 2013

YARDS RETURNED

YARDS PER RETURN

PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS

GAME 106 Rutgers vs. Arkansas, 9/21/13

60 Louisville at UConn, 11/8/13

58 Memphis vs. Arkansas State, 9/21/13

57 UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13

56 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13

SEASON 216 Rutgers, 2013 206 Louisville, 2013 204 Memphis, 2013 198 USF, 2013 194 UCF, 2013

GAME (Minimum 3 returns) 26.5 Rutgers vs. Arkansas, 9/21/13 (4 att., 106 yards)

SEASON 14.1 USF, 2013 (14 att., 198 yards) 11.4 Rutgers, 2013 (19 att., 216 yards) 10.8 UCF, 2013 (18 att., 194 yards)

7.9 SMU, 2013 (17 att., 134 yards)

7.6 Louisville, 2013 (27 att., 206 yards)

GAME

1 Six Times Most Recent: Temple at Memphis, 11/30/13

SEASON

2 Rutgers, 2013

1 Louisville, 2013 USF, 2013 SMU, 2013 Temple, 2013

KICKOFF RETURNS

RETURNS

GAME

8 Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, 11/16/13 Rutgers at UCF, 11/21/13

7 Temple vs. Louisville, 10/5/13 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

6 14 Times Most Recent: Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 12/28/13

SEASON

47 Temple, 2013 Memphis, 2013 SMU, 2013 USF, 2013 Rutgers, 2013 Houston, 2013

TEAM RECORDS

YARDS RETURNED

GAME 209 Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 186 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 177 UCF vs. USF, 11/29/13 Memphis at UConn, 12/7/13 169 Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, 11/16/13

SEASON 1,187 Houston, 2013 1,088 Memphis, 2013 1,057 Rutgers, 2013 932 USF, 2013 927 Temple, 2013

YARDS PER RETURN

GAME (Minimum 3 returns) 48.0 Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 (3 att., 144 yards) 44.2 UCF vs. USF, 11/29/13 (4 att., 177 yards) 34.8 Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13 (6 att., 209 yards) 31.8 Memphis vs. Temple, 11/30/13 (5 att., 159 yards)

SEASON 25.3 Houston, 2013 (47 att., 1,187 yards) 23.1 Memphis, 2013 (47 att., 1,088 yards) 22.7 Louisville, 2013 (28 att., 636 yards) 22.5 UCF, 2013 (41 att., 923 yards) 22.5 Rutgers, 2013 (47 att., 1,057 yards)

KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWNS

GAME

1 Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/14/13 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13

SEASON

2 Rutgers, 2013

1 Houston, 2013 Louisville, 2013

PENALTIES

GAME

19

16

15

14

13

MOST PENALTIES

USF at Houston, 10/31/13 SMU at Texas A&M, 9/21/13 Memphis at Middle Tennessee, 9/14/13 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 USF vs. SMU, 11/23/13

TWO TEAMS - GAME

29 Texas A&M (13) vs. SMU (11), 9/21/13 SEASON 102 USF, 2013

98 Houston, 2013

92 Memphis, 2013 Louisville, 2013

84 Rutgers, 2013

GAME 170 145 131 126 123

MOST PENALTY YARDS USF at Houston, 10/31/13 Memphis at Middle Tennessee, 9/14/13 Cincinnati at Northwestern State, 9/14/13 Houston at Southern, 8/30/13 Memphis vs. Tennessee-Martin, 11/9/13

SCORING

MOST POINTS

GAME

72 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

66 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

62 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13

59 Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

HALF

45 UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (1st) SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (2nd)

38 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 (1st) Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 (2nd) Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13 (1st)

QUARTER

28 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 (2nd) Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 (4th)

24 UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 (2nd) SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13 (4th) Cincinnati at Rutgers, 11/16/13 (1st) VERTIME O

20 Rutgers vs. SMU, 10/5/13 (3ot)

17 SMU vs. Rutgers, 10/5/13 (3ot)

SEASON 457 Louisville, 2013 450 UCF, 2013 431 Houston, 2013 417 Cincinnati, 2013 345 Rutgers, 2013

POINTS PER GAME

35.2 34.6 33.2 32.1 26.8

Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 457 points) UCF, 2013 (13 games, 450 points) Houston, 2013 (13 games, 33.2 points) Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 417 points) SMU, 2013 (12 games, 321 points)

108 107 103 94 87

SMU (59) vs. Temple (49), 10/26/13 Rutgers (55) at SMU (52), 10/5/13 (3ot) Fresno State (52) vs. Rutgers (51), 8/29/13 (ot) UCF (52) vs. Baylor (42), 1/1/14 Houston (59) at Texas-San Antonio (28), 9/28/13

POINTS - TWO TEAMS

FEWEST POINTS - TWO TEAMS

MOST TOUCHDOWNS

14 Cincinnati (14) at Miami (Ohio) (0), 9/21/13

22 SMU (16) at USF (6), 11/23/13

23 USF (13) at UConn (10), 10/12/13

27 Michigan State (21) vs. USF (6), 9/7/13

GAME

10 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

9 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

8 Five Times Most Recent: SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

SEASON

57 Cincinnati, 2013 Louisville, 2013

55 UCF, 2013

54 Houston, 2013

44 Rutgers, 2013

FIELD GOALS MADE

GAME

5 Houston at Temple, 9/7/13 Memphis at Houston, 10/12/13

4 USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13

3 12 Times Most Recent: Louisville vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/13

SEASON

21 UCF, 2013

20 Louisville, 2013

18 SMU, 2013 USF, 2013

17 Houston, 2013

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

PAT KICKS MADE

GAME

6 Houston at Temple, 9/7/13

5 Memphis at Houston, 10/12/13

4 Rutgers at Fresno State, 8/29/13 SMU at Texas Tech, 8/30/13 USF vs. Cincinnati, 10/5/13 Louisville vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/13

SEASON

25 Louisville, 2013

24 UCF, 2013

23 USF, 2013 Houston, 2013

21 SMU, 2013

GAME

9 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

8 Houston vs. Southern, 8/20/13 Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

SEASON

55 Louisville, 2013

54 Cincinnati, 2013

53 UCF, 2013

52 Houston, 2013

40 Rutgers, 2013

PAT KICKS ATTEMPTED

GAME

10 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

9 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

8 Houston vs. Southern, 8/30/13 Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 UCF vs. UConn, 10/26/13 SMU vs. Temple, 10/26/13

SEASON

57 Louisville, 2013 Cincinnati, 2013

53 UCF, 2013

52 Houston, 2013

41 Rutgers, 2013

TWO TEAMS - GAME 225 Texas A&M (114) vs. SMU (111), 9/21/13 SEASON 881 Houston, 2013 872 USF, 2013 862 Memphis, 2013 836 Louisville, 2013 770 SMU, 2013

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DEFENSIVE RECORDS RUSH DEFENSE

PASS DEFENSE

TOTAL DEFENSE

GAME

19 UCF vs. Rutgers, 11/21/13

20 Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13 Cincinnati vs. SMU, 11/9/13 Louisville at USF, 10/26/13

SEASON 400 UCF, 2013 406 Louisville, 2013 421 Memphis, 2013 423 Rutgers, 2013 Cincinnati, 2013

GAME

9 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

13 USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13

16 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13 Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/7/13

SEASON 342 USF, 2013 373 Louisville, 2013 396 UConn, 2013 431 Temple, 2013

GAME

27 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

87 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13 133 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 Louisville at USF, 10/26/13

SEASON 3,269 Louisville, 2013 4,103 Cincinnati, 2013 4,209 USF, 2013 4,448 Memphis, 2013

GAME

0 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

7 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13

10 Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13

12 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 10/10/13

SEASON 1,049 Louisville, 2013 1,310 Rutgers, 2013 1,358 Cincinnati, 2013 1,396 Memphis, 2013

GAME

4 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

6 Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14 USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13

7 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13 Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/7/13

SEASON 189 Louisville, 2013 215 USF, 2013 221 UConn, 2013 254 Cincinnati, 2013

FEWEST YARDS PER GAME

LOWEST COMPLETION PERCENTAGE

FEWEST YARDS PER RUSH

FEWEST RUSHES ALLOWED

80.7 100.8 104.5 116.3

FEWEST YARDS ALLOWED

Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 1,049 yards) Rutgers, 2013 (13 games, 1,310 yards) Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 13,58 yards) Memphis, 2013 (12 games, 1,396 yards)

GAME

0.0 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13 (34 att., 0 yards)

0.2 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13 (29 att., 7 yards)

0.4 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 12/7/13 (27 att., 12 yards)

0.5 Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13 (20 att., 10 yards) Louisville vs. Miami (Fla.), 12/28/14 (28 att., 14 yards)

SEASON

2.6 Louisvile, 2013 (406 att., 1,049 yards)

3.1 Rutgers, 2013 (423 att., 1,310 yards)

3.2 Cincinnati, 2013 (423 att., 1,358 yards)

3.3 Memphis, 2013 (421 att., 1,396 yards)

FEWEST FIRST DOWNS RUSHING ALLOWED

GAME

0 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

1 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13

2 Five Times Most Recent: Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13

SEASON

70 Louisville, 2013

79 Rutgers, 2013

80 Cincinnati, 2013

84 UConn, 2013

FEWEST PASSES ALLOWED

FEWEST COMPLETIONS ALLOWED

GAME 28.6 UConn vs. USF, 10/12/13 (8 of 28) 29.6 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13 (8 of 27) 31.6 Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 1/4/14 (6 of 19) 34.9 USF at UConn, 10/12/13 (15 of 43) UCF vs. Rutgers, 11/21/13 (15 of 43)

SEASON 50.7 Louisville, 2013 (189 of 373) 55.8 UConn, 2013 (221 of 396) 56.8 UCF, 2013 (272 of 479) 58.0 Cincinnati, 2013 (254 of 438)

FEWEST YARDS ALLOWED GAME

27 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

59 USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13

74 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13

79 Cincinnati vs. Northwestern State, 9/14/13

SEASON 2,220 Louisville, 2013 2,532 USF, 2013 2,745 Cincinnati, 2013 2,990 UConn, 2013

FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED

SEASON

8 Louisville, 2013

13 UCF, 2013

15 Houston, 2013

18 Memphis, 2013

FEWEST FIRST DOWNS PASSING ALLOWED

GAME

2 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

3 Six Times Most Recent: USF vs. Memphis, 11/16/13

SEASON

93 Louisville, 2013 114 USF, 2013 129 UConn, 2013 131 Cincinnati, 2013 138 Memphis, 2013

FEWEST YARDS ALLOWED

251.5 315.6 350.8 362.0

FEWEST YARDS PER GAME Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 3,269 yards) Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 4,103 yards) USF, 2013 (12 games, 4,209 yards) UCF, 2013 (13 games, 4,706 yards)

FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED

GAME

2 Louisville vs. Florida International, 9/21/13

4 Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 9/21/13

6 Rutgers vs. Norfolk State, 9/7/13

8 Louisville at USF, 10/26/13 Rutgers vs. USF, 12/7/13

SEASON 183 Louisville, 2013 230 Cincinnati, 2013 233 UConn, 2013 238 USF, 2013

MOST INTERCEPTIONS

GAME

5 Houston at Rutgers, 10/26/13

4 Houston at Texas-San Antonio, 9/28/13 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 10/10/13 Memphis at USF, 11/16/13

SEASON

25 Houston, 2013

16 Louisville, 2013

14 UCF, 2013

13 Cincinnati, 2013 UConn, 2013

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED

SEASON 158 Louisville, 2013 273 Cincinnati, 2013 277 UCF, 2013 283 Houston, 2013

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME SEASON 12.2 Louisville, 2013 (13 games, 158 points) 21.0 Cincinnati, 2013 (13 games, 273 points) 21.3 UCF, 2013 (13 games, 277 points) 21.8 Houston, 2013 (13 games, 283 points)

SACKS

GAME

8 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 10/10/13 Cincinnati vs. UConn, 10/19/13 Houston vs. Brigham Young, 10/19/13

SEASON

43 Louisville, 2013

35 Cincinnati, 2013

32 Rutgers, 2013

BLOCKED KICKS

SEASON

4 Rutgers, 2013

3 USF, 2013

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS RUSHING

Year Player, School 2013 Storm Johnson, UCF, Jr.

PASSING EFFICIENCY

Year Player, School 2013 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, Jr.

PASSING YARDS PER GAME Year Player, School 2013 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, Sr.

RECEPTIONS PER GAME

Year Player, School 2013 Jeremy Johnson, SMU, Sr.

RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME

Year Player, School 2013 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, So.

TOTAL OFFENSE

Year Player, School 2013 Garrett Gilbert, SMU, Sr.

SCORING

Year Player, School 2013 John Wallace, Louisville, So.

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS

Year Player, School 2013 Rannell Hall, UCF, Jr.

PUNTING

Year Player, School 2013 Tom Hornsey, Memphis, Sr.

PUNT RETURNS

Year Player, School 2013 Keiwone Malone, Memphis, Jr.

KICKOFF RETURNS

Year Player, School 2013 Demarcus Ayers, Houston, Fr.

INTERCEPTIONS

Year Player, School 2013 Bobby McCain, Memphis, Jr.

TACKLES

Year Player, School 2013 Tyler Matakevich, Temple, So.

TACKLES FOR LOSS

Year Player, School 2013 Marcus Smith, Louisville, Sr.

SACKS

Year Player, School 2013 Marcus Smith, Louisville, Sr.

PASSES DEFENDED

Year Player, School 2013 Jacoby Glenn, UCF, Fr.

FUMBLES FORCED

Year Player, School 2013 DeDe Lattimore, USF, Sr.

FUMBLES RECOVERED

Year Player, School 2013 Trevon Stewart, Houston, So.

GP 13

Att. 213

Yards 1139

TD 14

YPG 87.6

GP 13

Att. 427

Cmp. 303

Pct. 71.0

Int. 4

Yards 3970

TD 31

Rating 171.1

GP 10

Att. 504

Cmp. 335

Int. 7

Pct. 66.5

Yds. 3528

TD 21

Avg./G 352.8

GP 12

Rec. 112

Yards 1112

TD 6

RPG 9.3

GP 12

Rec. 82

Yards 1202

TD 11

YPG 100.2

GP 10

Rush 267

Pass 3528

Tot. 3795

YPG 379.5

GP 13

TD 0

PAT 52

FG 20

Pts. 112

PPG 8.6

GP Rush Rec. PR KOR Yards YPG 13 121 886 0 689 1696 130.5

GP 12

Att. 62

Yards 2800

Avg. 45.2

No. Yards 25 159

TD 0

Avg. 6.4

No. Yards 37 1021

TD 1

Avg. 27.6

GP 9

Int. 6

Yards 108

TD 2

IPG 0.67

GP 12

Solo 99

Ast. 38

Total 137

TPG 11.4

GP 13

Solo 17

Ast. 1

Total 17.5

Avg. 1.35

GP 13

Solo 14

Ast. 1

Total 14.5

Avg. 1.12

GP 12

BrUp 15

INT 2

Total 17

Avg. 1.42

GP 12

No. 4

Avg. 0.33

GP 13

No. 6

Avg. 0.46

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS/STANDINGS SCORING OFFENSE

Year School 2013 Louisville

RUSHING OFFENSE

Year School 2013 Cincinnati

PASSING OFFENSE

Year School 2013 SMU

TOTAL OFFENSE

Year School 2013 Cincinnati

SCORING DEFENSE

Year School 2013 Louisville

RUSHING DEFENSE

Year School 2013 Louisville

GP 13

Pts. Avg. 457 35.2

GP 13

Att. Yards 517 2188

YPG 168.3

GP 13

Att. Cmp. 619 400

Yards 4097

GP Plays Yards 13 985 6137 GP 13

Pts. Avg. 158 12.2

GP 13

Att. Yards 406 1049

YPG 341.4

YPG 472.1

YPG 80.7

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Year School 2013 Louisville

TOTAL DEFENSE

Year School 2013 Louisville

GP Att. Cmp. Int. Yards TD Rating 13 373 189 16 2220 8 99.2 GP Plays Yards 13 779 3269

YPG 251.5

YEAR-BY-YEAR STANDINGS 2013

AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK UCF 10/12 8-0 1.000 263 169 4-0 4-0 12-1 .923 450 277 5-1 6-0 1-0 Won 9 7-1 .875 229 122 3-1 4-0 12-1 .923 457 158 6-1 5-0 1-0 Won 6 Louisville 15/15 Cincinnati -/rv 6-2 .750 261 173 3-1 3-1 9-4 .692 417 273 5-1 4-2 0-1 Lost 2 Houston 5-3 .625 209 128 3-1 2-2 8-5 .615 431 283 4-2 3-2 1-1 Lost 1 SMU 4-4 .500 237 239 2-2 2-2 5-7 .417 321 400 3-3 2-4 0-0 Lost 2 Rutgers 3-5 .375 184 272 2-2 1-3 6-7 .462 345 387 5-2 1-4 0-1 Lost 1 UConn 3-5 .375 175 233 2-2 1-3 3-9 .250 247 363 2-5 1-4 0-0 Won 3 USF 2-6 .250 107 192 1-3 1-3 2-10 .167 165 343 1-6 1-4 0-0 Lost 6 Memphis 1-7 .125 153 237 0-4 1-3 3-9 .250 234 295 2-5 1-4 0-0 Lost 3 Temple 1-7 .125 207 260 0-4 1-3 2-10 .167 299 358 1-5 1-5 0-0 Won 1 Final BCS Standings: 15 - UCF; 18 - Louisville Final Associated Press Top 25: 10 - UCF; 15 - Louisville Final USA Today Top 25: 12 - UCF; 15 - Louisville; rv - Cincinnati

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHOSEN IN THE NFL DRAFT 2014

Round Overall

1 3

1 18

1 26

1 32

3 73

5 150

6 180

6 214

7 220

7 222

7 238

7 256

Player Blake Bortles Calvin Pryor Marcus Smith Teddy Bridgewater Preston Brown Aaron Lynch Kenneth Acker Garrett Gilbert Shamar Stephen Storm Johnson Yawin Smallwood Lonnie Ballentine

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Pos QB S DE QB LB DE CB QB DT RB LB S

School UCF Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville USF SMU SMU UConn UCF UConn Memphis

NFL Team Jacksonville New York Jets Philadelphia Minnesota Buffalo San Francisco San Francisco St. Louis Minnesota Jacksonville Atlanta Houston

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS ANNUAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS Year Champion 2013 UCF

American Overall 8-0 12-1

CHAMPIONSHIPS BY SCHOOL School UCF (1)

Years Won 2013

CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES Coach George O’Leary

School (Years Won) UCF (2013)

ALL-TIME CONFERENCE STANDINGS

(Regular season conference games against each other) Team GP W-L PCT. UCF 8 8-0 1.000 Louisville 8 7-1 .875 Cincinnati 8 6-2 .750 Houston 8 5-3 .625 SMU 8 4-4 .500 Rutgers 8 3-5 .375 UConn 8 3-5 .375 USF 8 2-6 .250 Memphis 8 1-7 .125 Temple 8 1-7 .125

HOME RECORDS (al games) Team Louisville UCF Cincinnati Rutgers Houston SMU UConn Memphis Temple USF

GP W-L PCT. 7 6-1 .857 6 5-1 .833 6 5-1 .833 7 5-2 .714 6 4-2 .667 6 3-3 .500 7 2-5 .286 7 2-5 .286 6 1-5 .167 7 1-6 .143

Most Home Victories - Season 6 Louisville.................................................. 2013

Coach George O’Leary

CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE WINS No 8 6 5

School UCF Cincinnati Louisville

Dates Oct. 5, 2013-present Oct. 11-Nov. 23, 2013 Oct. 26-Dec. 5, 2013

OVERALL WINNING STREAKS No 9 6

5

School UCF Louisville Cincinnati Louisville Houston

Dates Oct. 5, 2013-present Sept. 1-Oct. 10, 2013 Oct. 11-Nov. 23, 2013 Oct. 26-Dec. 28, 2013 Aug. 30-Oct. 12, 2013

CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE LOSSES No 7 6 5

School Temple USF UConn

Dates Sept. 7-Nov. 23, 2013 Oct. 26, 2013-present Oct. 12-Nov. 16, 2013

COACHING RECORDS •ALL GAMES Team George O’Leary, UCF Charlie Strong, Louisville Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati Tony Levine, Houston Kyle Flood, Rutgers June Jones, SMU T.J. Weist, UConn Justin Fuente, Memphis Willie Taggart, USF Matt Rhule, Temple Paul Pasqualoni, UConn

GP W-L PCT. YEARS 13 12-1 .923 2013 13 12-1 .923 2013 13 9-4 .692 2013 13 8-5 .615 2013 13 6-7 .462 2013 12 5-7 .417 2013 8 3-5 .375 2013 12 3-9 .250 2013 12 2-10 .167 2013 12 2-10 .167 2013 4 0-4 .000 2013

COACHING RECORDS • CONFERENCE GAMES Team George O’Leary, UCF Charlie Strong, Louisville Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati Tony Levine, Houston June Jones, SMU Kyle Flood, Rutgers T.J .Weist, UConn Willie Taggart, USF Justin Fuente, Memphis Matt Rhule, Temple

GP W-L PCT. YEARS 8 8-0 1.000 2013 8 7-1 .875 2013 8 6-2 .750 2013 8 5-3 .625 2013 8 4-4 .500 2013 8 3-5 .375 2013 8 3-5 .375 2013 8 2-6 .250 2013 8 1-7 .125 2013 8 1-7 .125 2013

ROAD RECORDS (al games) Team UCF Louisville Cincinnati Houston SMU Rutgers UConn USF Memphis Temple

GP W-L PCT. 6 6-0 1.000 5 5-0 1.000 6 4-2 .667 5 3-2 .600 6 2-4 .333 5 1-4 .200 5 1-4 .200 5 1-4 .200 5 1-4 .200 6 1-5 .167

Most Road Victories - Season 6 UCF........................................................... 2013

OVERTIME GAMES (3)

Three Overtimes (1) Rutgers 55, SMU 52

10/5/13

One Overtime (2) Fresno State 52, Rutgers 51 Louisville 31, Cincinnati 24

8/29/13 12/5/13

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SERIES HISTORIES UCF VS. CINCINNATI No games UCF VS. UCONN UCF leads, 1-0 (American: UCF, 1-0) 2013 UCF 62-17 Bright House Networks, Stad.

UCF VS. EAST CAROLINA East Carolina leads, 9-3 1991 East Carolina 47-25 Citrus Bowl 1993 East Carolina 41-17 Ficklen Stadium 1994 East Carolina 23-20 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 1996 East Carolina 28-7 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2005 UCF 3-20 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2006 East Carolina 23-10 Citrus Bowl 2007 East Carolina 52-38 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2008 East Carolina ot 13-10 Bright House Networks Stad.

2009 East Carolina 19-14 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2010 UCF 49-35 Bright House Networks Stad.

2011 East Carolina 38-31 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2012 UCF 40-20 Bright House Network Stad.

UCF VS. HOUSTON UCF leads, 4-1 (American: UCF, 1-0) 2005 UCF 31-29 Citrus Bowl 2006 Houston 51-31 Robertson Stadium 2009 UCF 37-32 Bright House Networks Stad.

2010 UCF 40-33 Robertson Stadium 2013 UCF 19-14 Bright House Networks Stad.

UCF VS. MEMPHIS UCF leads, 9-1 (American: UCF, 1-0) 1990 Memphis 37-28 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2005 UCF 38-17 Citrus Bowl 2006 UCF 26-24 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2007 UCF 56-20 Bright House Networks Stad.

2008 UCF 28-21 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2009 UCF 32-14 Bright House Networks Stad.

2010 UCF 37-17 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2011 UCF 41-0 Bright House Networks Stad.

2012 UCF 35-17 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2013 UCF 24-17 Liberty Bowl Stadium UCF VS. SMU UCF leads, 5-1 (American: UCF, 1-0) 2007 UCF 49-20 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2008 UCF 31-17 Bright House Networks Stad.

2010 UCF 17-7 Bright House Networks Stad.

2011 SMU 38-17 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2012 UCF 42-17 Bright House Networks Stad.

2013 UCF 17-13 Gerald J. Ford Stadium UCF VS. USF USF leads, 4-1 (American: UCF, 1-0) 2005 USF 31-14 Raymond James Stadium 2006 USF 24-17 Citrus Bowl 2007 USF 64-12 Raymond James Stadium 2008 USF ot 31-24 Bright House Networks Stad.

2013 UCF 23-20 Bright House Networks Stad.

UCF VS. TEMPLE UCF leads, 1-0 (American: UCF, 1-0) 2005 UCF 31-29 Bright House Networks Stad.

2006 Houston 51-31 Robertson Stadium 2009 UCF 37-32 Bright House Networks Stad.

2010 UCF 40-33 Robertson Stadium 2013 UCF 39-36 Lincoln Financial Field UCF VS. TULANE UCF leads, 4-1 2001 UCF 2005 UCF 2006 Tulane 2009 UCF 2010 UCF UCF VS. TULSA Tulsa leads, 5-2 2005 Tulsa 2007 UCF

UCF 2008 Tulsa 2011 Tulsa 2012 Tulsa

Tulsa

36-29 Louisiana Superdome 34-24 Citrus Bowl 10-9 Louisiana Superdome 49-0 Bright House Networks Stad.

61-14 Louisiana Superdome

44-27 Citrus Bowl 44-23 Bright House Networks Stad.

44-25 Bright House Networks Stad.

49-19 H.A. Chapman Stadium 24-17 Bright House Networks Stad.

23-21 H.A. Chapman Stadium ot 33-27 H.A. Chapman Stadium

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CINCINNATI VS. UCONN Cincinnati leads, 8-2 (American: Cincinnati, 1-0) 2004 Cincinnati 45-28 Nippert Stadium 2005 Cincinnati 28-17 Nippert Stadium 2006 Cincinnati 26-23 Rentschler Field 2007 Cincinnati 27-3 Nippert Stadium 2008 UConn 40-16 Rentschler Field 2009 Cincinnati 47-45 Nippert Stadium 2010 UConn 38-17 Rentschler Field 2011 Cincinnati 35-27 Nippert Stadium 2012 Cincinnati 34-17 Rentschler Field 2013 Cincinnati 41-16 Nippert Stadium CINCINNATI VS. EAST CAROLINA East Carolina leads, 12-5 1986 East Carolina 32-19 Ficklen Stadium 1987 East Carolina 56-28 Ficklen Stadium 1988 East Carolina 49-14 Nippert Stadium 1989 East Carolina 21-14 Nippert Stadium 1990 East Carolina 56-32 Ficklen Stadium 1991 East Carolina 30-19 Nippert Stadium 1992 East Carolina 42-21 Ficklen Stadium 1993 Cincinnati 34-14 Nippert Stadium 1994 East Carolina 35-21 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 1995 Cincinnati 13-10 Nippert Stadium 1997 East Carolina 14-7 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 1998 East Carolina 24-21 Nippert Stadium 1999 East Carolina 48-34 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2001 East Carolina 28-26 Nippert Stadium 2002 Cincinnati 42-26 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2003 Cincinnati 40-3 Nippert Stadium 2004 Cincinnati 24-19 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium CINCINNATI VS. HOUSTON Houston leads, 13-8; (American: Cincinnati, 1-0) 1957 Houston 7-0 Nippert Stadium 1958 Houston 34-13 Nippert Stadium 1959 Houston 13-12 Rice Stadium 1960 Houston 14-0 Rice Stadium 1961 Houston 13-7 Nippert Stadium 1962 Houston 42-14 Rice Stadium 1964 Cincinnati 20-6 Rice Stadium 1965 Houston 21-6 Astrodome 1968 Houston 71-33 Astrodome 1971 Houston 12-3 Nippert Stadium 1972 Houston 49-0 Astrodome 1974 Houston 27-6 Astrodome 1975 Cincinnati 28-23 Nippert Stadium 1993 Cincinnati 41-17 Astrodome 1996 Cincinnati 31-20 Nippert Stadium 1997 Houston ot 41-38 Robertson Stadium 1998 Cincinnati 44-43 Nippert Stadium 1999 Houston 23-20 Robertson Stadium 2000 Cincinnati 48-31 Nippert Stadium 2001 Cincinnati 29-28 Robertson Stadium 2002 Cincinnati 47-14 Nippert Stadium 2013 Cincinnati 24-17 BBVA Compass Stadium CINCINNATI VS. MEMPHIS Memphis leads, 18-12 (American: Cincinnati, 1-0) 1966 Memphis 26-14 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1967 Memphis 17-0 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1969 Memphis 52-6 Nippert Stadium 1970 Memphis 14-10 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1971 Memphis 45-21 Nippert Stadium 1972 Memphis 29-24 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1973 Memphis 17-13 Nippert Stadium 1974 Memphis 13-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1975 Cincinnati 13-3 Nippert Stadium 1978 Cincinnati 34-14 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1979 Memphis 23-17 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1980 Cincinnati 14-10 Nippert Stadium 1981 Cincinnati 38-7 Nippert Stadium 1982 Cincinnati 16-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1983 Memphis 43-10 Nippert Stadium 1984 Memphis 47-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1989 Memphis 34-17 Nippert Stadium 1992 Memphis 34-14 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1993 Cincinnati 23-20 Nippert Stadium 1994 Memphis 26-3 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1995 Cincinnati 28-3 Nippert Stadium 1996 Memphis 18-16 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1997 Cincinnati 20-17 Nippert Stadium 1998 Memphis 41-23 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1999 Memphis 21-13 Nippert Stadium

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2013

Cincinnati 10-13(ot) Cincinnati 36-34 Cincinnati 48-10 Memphis 21-16 Cincinnati 49-10 Cincinnati 34-21

Liberty Bowl Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Nippert Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Nippert Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium

CINCINNATI VS. USF Cincinnati leads, 7-3 (American: USF, 1-0) 2003 USF 2ot 24-17 Raymond James Stadium 2004 Cincinnati 45-23 Nippert Stadium 2005 USF 31-16 Raymond James Stadium 2006 Cincinnati 23-6 Nippert Stadium 2007 Cincinnati 38-33 Raymond James Stadium 2008 Cincinnati 24-10 Nippert Stadium 2009 Cincinnati 34-17 Raymond James Stadium 2010 USF 38-30 Nippert Stadium 2011 Cincinnati 37-34 Raymond James Stadium 2012 Cincinnati 27-10 Nippert Stadium 2013 USF 26-20 Raymond James Stadium CINCINNATI VS. SMU Cincinnati leads, 1-0 (American: Cincinnati, 1-0) 2013 Cincinnati 28-25 Nippert Stadium CINCINNATI VS. TEMPLE Temple leads, 9-5-1 (American: Cincinnati, 1-0) 1973 Temple 16-15 Temple Stadium 1974 Cincinnati 20-22 Nippert Stadium 1975 Temple 21-17 Temple Stadium 1976 Tie 17-17 Nippert Stadium 1978 Temple 16-13 Veterans Stadium 1979 Temple 35-14 Veterans Stadium 1980 Temple 23-7 Nippert Stadium 1981 Temple 24-13 Nippert Stadium 1982 Temple 41-7 Veterans Stadium 1983 Cincinnati 31-16 Nippert Stadium 1984 Temple 42-10 Veterans Stadium 1985 Temple 28-16 Nippert Stadium 2002 Cincinnati 35-22 Franklin Field 2003 Cincinnati 3ot 30-24 Nippert Stadium 2012 Cincinnati 34-10 Lincoln Financial Field 2013 Cincinnati 38-20 Nippert Stadium CINCINNATI VS. TULANE Tulane leads, 11-3 1909 Tulane 6-0 1948 Tulane 6-0 1966 Tulane 28-21 1970 Tulane 6-3 1976 Cincinnati 21-14 1977 Tulane 16-13 1981 Cincinnati 17-13 1990 Tulane 49-7 1996 Tulane 34-14 1997 Tulane 31-17 1998 Tulane 52-34 2000 Tulane 24-19 2001 Cincinnati 46-33 2002 Tulane 35-17

New Orleans Nippert Stadium Tulane Stadium Nippert Stadium Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Superdome Nippert Stadium Louisiana Superdome Nippert Stadium Louisiana Superdome Nippert Stadium Louisiana Superdome Nippert Stadium Louisiana Superdome

CINCINNATI VS. TULSA Tulsa leads, 16-13-2 1946 Tulsa 20-0 1951 Cincinnati 47-35 1952 Tie 14-14 1953 Cincinnati 14-7 1954 Cincinati 40-7 1955 Tie 21-21 1956 Cincinnati 7-6 1957 Tulsa 12-7 1958 Cincinnati 15-6 1959 Tulsa 14-7 1960 Tulsa 34-3 1961 Tulsa 19-0 1962 Tulsa 24-18 1963 Cincinnati 21-15 1964 Cincinnati 28-23 1965 Tulsa 49-6 1966 Tulsa 13-0 1967 Tulsa 35-6 1968 Tulsa 34-27 1969 Tulsa 40-24 1970 Tulsa 7-3 1973 Tulsa 16-13

Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium

SERIES HISTORIES 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1993 1994 1995 1997

Tulsa Cincinnati Cincinnati Tulsa Tulsa Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati

24-16 16-7 28-0 27-26 31-13 22-15 28-13 24-5 34-24

Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium Skelly Stadium Nippert Stadium

UCONN VS. EAST CAROLINA First meeting in 2014 UCONN VS. HOUSTON No games UCONN VS. MEMPHIS UConn leads, 1-0 (American: UConn, 1-0) 2013 UConn 45-10 Rentschler Field UCONN VS. USF USF leads, 6-5 (American: USF, 1-0) 2000 USF 21-13 Memorial Stadium 2001 USF 41-20 Raymond James Stadium 2005 UConn 15-10 Rentschler Field 2006 USF 38-16 Raymond James Stadium 2007 UConn 22-15 Rentschler Field 2008 USF 17-13 Raymond James Stadium 2009 UConn 29-27 Rentschler Field 2010 UConn 19-16 Raymond James Stadium 2011 UConn 16-10 Rentschler Field 2012 USF 13-6 Raymond James Stadium 2013 USF 13-10 Rentschler Field UCONN VS. SMU SMU leads, 2-0 (American: SMU, 1-0) 1989 SMU 31-30 Cotton Bowl 2013 SMU 38-21 Gerald J. Ford Stadium UCONN VS. TEMPLE Temple leads, 8-5 (American: UConn, 1-0) 1963 Temple 9-7 Temple Stadium 1964 UConn 25-7 Memorial Stadium 1965 Temple 12-11 Memorial Stadium 1966 Temple 35-25 Temple Stadium 1970 Temple 41-23 Temple Stadium 1971 Temple 38-0 Temple Stadium 2001 Temple 56-7 Franklin Field 2002 Temple 38-24 Memorial Stadium 2004 UConn 45-31 Rentschler Field 2007 UConn 22-17 Rentschler Field 2008 UConn ot 12-9 Lincoln Financial Field 2010 Temple 30-16 Lincoln Financial Field 2012 Temple ot 17-14 Rentschler Field 2013 UConn 28-21 Lincoln Financial Field UCONN VS. TULANE First meeting in 2014 UCONN VS. TULSA No games EAST CAROLINA VS. HOUSTON East Carolina leads, 7-5 1997 East Carolina 28-27 Astrodome 1998 Houston 34-31 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 1999 East Carolina 19-3 Robertson Stadium 2000 East Carolina 62-20 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2002 East Carolina 3ot 54-48 Robertson Stadium 2003 Houston 27-13 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2004 Houston 34-24 Robertson Stadium 2007 East Carolina 37-35 Robertson Stadium 2008 Houston 41-24 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2009 East Carolina 38-32 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2011 Houston 56-3 Roberston Stadium 2012 East Carolina 48-28 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium EAST CAROLINA VS. MEMPHIS East Carolina leads, 15-6 1990 East Carolina 24-17 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1991 East Carolina 20-13 Ficklen Stadium 1992 Memphis 42-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1993 Memphis 34-7 Ficklen Stadium 1994 East Carolina 30-6 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1995 East Carolina 31-17 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina Memphis East Carolina Memphis Memphis Memphis East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina

20-10 32-10 34-31 17-10 32-11 41-24 38-35 27-24 35-20 56-40 30-10 38-19 49-27 35-17 41-7

Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

EAST CAROLINA VS. USF USF leads, 4-0 2002 USF 46-30 2003 USF 2ot 38-37 2004 USF 41-17 2006 USF 24-7

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Raymond James Stadium Legion Field

EAST CAROLINA VS. SMU Tied, 2-2 2005 East Carolina 24-17 2006 East Carolina 38-21 2009 SMU 28-21 2010 SMU ot 45-38

Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

EAST CAROLINA VS. TEMPLE East Carolina leads, 7-4 1982 East Carolina 23-10 Veterans Stadium 1983 East Carolina 24-11 Veterans Stadium 1984 Temple 17-0 Ficklen Stadium 1985 Temple 21-7 Ficklen Stadium 1986 Temple 45-28 Veterans Stadium 1987 East Carolina 31-26 Ficklen Stadium 1988 East Carolina 34-17 Veterans Stadium 1989 East Carolina 31-24 Ficklen Stadium 1990 Temple 30-27 Veterans Stadium 1994 East Carolina 31-14 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 1995 East Carolina 32-22 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium EAST CAROLINA VS. TULANE East Carolina leads, 10-2 1991 East Carolina 38-28 Ficklen Stadium 1997 Tulane 33-16 Louisiana Superdome 1999 East Carolina 52-7 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2000 East Carolina 37-17 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2001 East Carolina 51-24 Louisiana Superdome 2002 East Carolina 24-20 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2003 Tulane 28-18 Louisiana Superdome 2004 East Carolina 27-25 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2007 East Carolina 35-12 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2008 East Carolina 28-24 Louisiana Superdome 2011 East Carolina 34-13 Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium 2012 East Carolina 28-23 Mercedes-Benz Superdome EAST CAROLINA VS. TULSA Tied, 5-5 1984 Tulsa 31-20 1985 Tulsa 21-20 1993 Tulsa 52-26 1994 East Carolina 28-21 1995 East Carolina 28-7 2005 Tulsa 45-13 2006 Tulsa 31-10 2008 East Carolina 27-24 2009 East Carolina 44-17 2010 East Carolina 51-49

Skelly Stadium Ficklen Stadium Ficklen Stadium Skelly Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Skelly Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Chapman Stadium Chapman Stadium Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

HOUSTON VS. MEMPHIS Houston leads, 13-9 (American: Houston, 1-0) 1963 Memphis 29-6 Crump Stadium 1966 Memphis 14-13 Astrodome 1967 Houston 35-18 Astrodome 1968 Houston 27-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1971 Houston 35-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1973 Houston 35-21 Astrodome 1974 Houston 13-10 Astrodome 1975 Memphis 14-7 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1978 Memphis 17-3 Liberty Bowl Stadium 1996 Houston 37-20 Astrodome 1997 Memphis 24-3 Liberty Bowl Stadium

1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2010 2013

Houston 35-14 Houston 30-33(3ot) Memphis 52-33 Houston 26-21 Memphis 45-14 Memphis 41-14 Memphis 35-20 Houston 23-20(ot) Houston 55-14 Houston 56-17 Houston 25-15

Robertson Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Robertson Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Robertson Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Robertson Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Robertson Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium

HOUSTON VS. USF USF leads, 2-1 (American: Houston, 1-0) 2001 USF 45-6 Raymond James Stadium 2002 USF 32-14 Robertson Stadium 2013 Houston 35-23 Reliant Stadium HOUSTON VS. SMU Houston leads, 18-10-1 (American: Houston, 1-0) 1975 SMU 26-16 Astrodome 1976 Houston 29-6 Cotton Bowl 1977 SMU 37-23 Astrodome 1978 Houston 42-28 Cotton Bowl 1979 Houston 37-10 Astrodome 1980 Houston 13-11 Texas Stadium 1981 SMU 38-22 Astrodome 1982 SMU 20-14 Texas Stadium 1983 SMU 34-23 Mirage Bowl (Tokyo) 1984 Houston 29-20 Texas Stadium 1985 SMU 37-13 Astrodome 1986 SMU 10-3 Texas Stadium 1989 Houston 95-21 Astrodome 1990 Houston 44-17 Ownby Stadium 1991 Houston 49-20 Astrodome 1992 SMU 41-16 Ownby Stadium 1993 Tie 28-28 Astrodome 1994 Houston 39-33 Ownby Stadium 1995 Houston 38-15 Astrodome 2000 Houston 17-15 Robertson Stadium 2005 SMU 29-24 Robertson Stadium 2006 Houston 37-27 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2007 Houston 38-28 Robertson Stadium 2008 Houston 44-38 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2009 Houston 38-15 Robertson Stadium 2010 Houston 45-20 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2011 Houston 37-7 Robertson Stadium 2012 SMU 72-42 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2013 Houston 34-0 Reliant Stadium HOUSTON VS. TEMPLE Houston leads, 3-0 (American: Houston, 1-0) 1987 Houston 37-7 Veterans Stadium 1989 Houston 65-7 Astrodome 2013 Houston 22-13 Lincoln Financial Field HOUSTON VS. TULANE Houston leads, 14-4 1968 Houston 54-7 1973 Houston 47-7 1996 Houston 20-17 1997 Tulane 44-10 1998 Tulane 48-20 1999 Houston 36-31 2000 Tulane 41-23 2002 Tulane 34-13 2003 Houston 45-42 2004 Houston 24-3 2005 Houston 35-14 2006 Houston 45-7 2007 Houston 34-10 2008 Houston 42-14 2009 Houston 44-16 2010 Houston 42-23 2011 Houston 73-17 2012 Houston 40-17

Astrodome Astrodome Louisiana Superdome Astrodome Louisiana Superdome Robertson Stadium Louisiana Superdome Robertson Stadium Louisiana Superdome Robertson Stadium Cajun Field Robertson Stadium Louisiana Superdome Robertson Stadium Louisiana Superdome Robertson Stadium Louisiana Superdome Robertson Stadium

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SERIES HISTORIES HOUSTON VS. TULSA Houston leads, 20-18 1950 Tulsa 28-21 1951 Tulsa 46-27 1952 Houston 33-7 1953 Tulsa 23-21 1954 Houston 20-7 1955 Tulsa 14-7 1956 Houston 14-0 1957 Houston 13-7 1958 Tulsa 25-20 1959 Houston 22-13 1960 Tulsa 26-16 1961 Houston 14-2 1962 Houston 35-31 1963 Tulsa 22-21 1964 Tulsa 31-23 1965 Tulsa 14-0 1966 Houston 73-14 1967 Tulsa 22-13 1968 Houston 100-6 1969 Houston 47-14 1970 Houston 21-9 1972 Houston 21-0 1973 Houston 36-16 1974 Tulsa 30-14 1975 Houston 42-30 1985 Tulsa 31-24 1986 Tulsa 24-14 1988 Houston 82-28 1992 Tulsa 28-25 1993 Tulsa 38-24 2005 Tulsa 30-23 2006 Houston 27-10

Tulsa 56-7 2008 Houston 70-30 2009 Houston 46-45 2010 Tulsa 28-25 2011 Houston 48-16 2012 Tulsa 41-7

Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Skelly Stadium Rice Stadium Astrodome Astrodome Skelly Stadium Astrodome Skelly Stadium Astrodome Skelly Stadium Astrodome Skelly Stadium Astrodome Skelly Stadium Astrodome Astrodome Skelly Stadium Astrodome Skelly Stadium Robertson Stadium Skelly Stadium Robertson Stadium Chapman Stadium Robertson Stadium Chapman Stadium Robertson Stadium

MEMPHIS VS. USF Tied, 3-3 (American: Memphis, 1-0) 2001 Memphis 17-9 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2002 USF 31-28 Raymond James Stadium 2003 USF 21-16 Liberty Bowl Stadium 2004 Memphis 31-15 Raymond James Stadium 2008 USF 41-14 Tropicana Field 2013 Memphis 23-10 Raymond James Stadium MEMPHIS VS. SMU Tied, 3-3 (American: SMU, 1-0) 1976 Memphis 27-13 2007 Memphis 3ot 55-52 2008 Memphis 31-26 2009 SMU 42-0 2012 SMU 44-13 2013 SMU 34-29

Liberty Bowl Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium

MEMPHIS VS. TEMPLE Temple leads, 1-0 (American: Temple, 1-0) 2013 Temple 41-21 Liberty Bowl Stadium

MEMPHIS VS. TULANE Memphis leads, 18-11-1 1954 Tie 13-13 1976 Memphis 14-7 1977 Memphis 27-9 1978 Tulane 41-24 1980 Tulane 21-16 1981 Tulane 24-7 1982 Tulane 17-10 1983 Memphis 28-25 1984 Tulane 14-9 1985 Memphis 38-21 1986 Tulane 15-6 1987 Memphis 45-36 1988 Tulane 20-19 1989 Tulane 38-34 1990 Memphjs 21-14 1992 Memphis 62-20 1994 Memphis 13-0 1995 Memphis 23-8 1996 Memphis 17-10 1997 Tulane 26-14 1998 Tulane 41-31 1999 Memphis 49-7 2000 Tulane 37-14 2002 Memphis 38-10 2003 Memphis 41-9 2004 Memphis 49-24 2007 Memphis 28-27 2008 Memphis 45-6 2011 Memphis 33-17 2012 Memphis 37-23

Tulane Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium Louisiana Superdome Liberty Bowl Stadium

MEMPHIS VS. TULSA Memphis leads, 14-10 1961 Memphis 48-12 1963 Memphis 28-15 1964 Tulsa 19-7 1965 Tulsa 32-28 1966 Memphis 6-0 1968 Memphis 32-6 1969 Memphis 42-24 1970 Tulsa 27-12 1972 Memphis 49-21 1973 Memphis 28-16 1975 Memphis 16-14 1976 Tulsa 16-14 1987 Memphis 14-0 1988 Memphis 26-20 1990 Memphis 22-10 1991 Tulsa 33-28 1992 Memphis 30-25 1993 Tulsa 23-19 1994 Memphis 42-18 1995 Memphis 10-7 2005 Tulsa ot 37-31 2006 Tulsa 35-14 2009 Tulsa ot 33-30 2010 Tulsa 48-7

Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Skelly Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium Chapman Stadium Liberty Bowl Stadium

USF VS. SMU SMU leads, 1-0 (American: SMU, 1-0) 2013 SMU 16-6 Raymond James Stadium USF VS. TEMPLE Temple leads, 1-0 2012 Temple

37-28

Lincoln Financial Field

USF VS. TULANE No games USF VS. TULSA First meeting in 2014 SMU VS. TEMPLE SMU leads, 1-0-2 (American: SMU, 1-0) 1942 Tie 6-6 Temple Stadium 1946 Tie 7-7 Ownby Stadium 2013 SMU 59-49 Gerald J. Ford Stadium

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SMU VS. TULANE Tulane leads, 13-8 1943 Tulane 12-6 Tulane Stadium 1944 Tulane 27-7 Tulane Stadium 1945 Tulane 19-7 Tulane Stadium 1977 SMU 28-23 Cotton Bowl 1979 Tulane 24-17 Louisiana Superdome 1980 SMU 31-21 Louisiana Superdome 1982 SMU 51-7 Texas Stadium 1990 Tulane 43-7 Louisiana Superdome 1991 SMU 31-17 Louisiana Superdome 1992 Tulane 13-12 Ownby Stadium 1998 Tulane 31-21 Cotton Bowl 1999 Tulane 53-19 Louisiana Superdome 2000 Tulane 29-17 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2005 Tulane 31-10 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2006 SMU 33-28 Louisiana Superdome 2007 Tulane ot 41-34 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2008 Tulane 34-27 Louisiana Superdome 2009 SMU 26-21 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2010 SMU 31-17 Louisiana Superdome 2011 SMU 45-24 Gerald J. Ford Stadium 2012 Tulane 27-26 Mercedes-Benz Superdome SMU VS. TULSA SMU leads, 13-7 1935 SMU 1943 Tulsa 1991 Tulsa 1996 SMU 1997 SMU 1998 SMU 1999 SMU 2000 SMU 2001 SMU 2002 SMU 2003 Tulsa 2004 SMU 2005 Tulsa 2006 SMU 2007 Tulsa 2008 Tulsa 2009 SMU 2010 SMU 2011 Tulsa 2012 SMU

14-0 20-7 31-26 17-10 42-41 33-3 28-14 24-20 24-14 24-21 35-16 ot 41-35 20-13 34-24 29-23 37-31 27-13 21-18 38-7 35-27

Skelly Stadium Ownby Stadium Ownby Stadium Cotton Bowl Skelly Stadium Cotton Bowl Skelly Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Skelly Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Skelly Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Skelly Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Chapman Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Chapman Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium Chapman Stadium Gerald J. Ford Stadium

TEMPLE VS. TULANE Tulane leads, 1-0 1935 Tulane 20-14

Tulane Stadium

TEMPLE VS. TULSA Tulsa leads, 2-0 1987 Tulsa 24-17 1988 Tulsa 15-10

Veterans Stadium Skelly Stadium

TULANE VS. TULSA Tulsa leads, 8-2 1968 Tulane 2005 Tulsa 2006 Tulsa 2007 Tulsa 2008 Tulsa 2009 Tulsa 2010 Tulsa 2011 Tulsa 2012 Tulsa 2013 Tulane

25-15 Tulane Stadium 38-14 Malone Stadium 38-3 Skelly Stadium 49-25 Louisiana Superdome 56-7 Chapman Stadium 37-13 Louisiana Superdome 52-24 Chapman Stadium 31-3 Louisiana Superdome 45-10 Chapman Stadium 14-7 Mercedes-Benz Superdome

NATIONAL AWARDS HEISMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY

Originally presented in 1935 as the DAC Trophy by the Downtown Athletic Club to the best college player east of the Mississippi River. In 1936, players across the country were eligible and the award was renamed the Heisman Memorial Trophy. The award goes to the outstanding college football player

2013 Jameis Winston, Florida State, QB 2012 Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, QB 2011 Robert Griffin III, Baylor, QB 2010 Cam Newton, Auburn, QB 2009 Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB 2008 Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB 2007 Tim Tebow, Florida, QB 2006 Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB 2005 Reggie Bush, USC, RB 2004 Matt Leinart, USC, QB 2003 Jason White, Oklahoma, QB 2002 Carson Palmer, USC, QB 2001 Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB 2000 Chris Weinke, Florida State, QB 1999 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 1998 Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1997 Charles Woodson, Michigan, DB 1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995 Eddie George, Ohio State, RB 1994 Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB 1993 Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB 1992 Gino Torretta, Miami, QB 1991 Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR 1990 Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB 1989 Andre Ware, Houston, QB 1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB 1987 Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR 1986 Vinny Testaverde, Miami, QB 1985 Bo Jackson, Auburn, RB 1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB 1983 Mike Rozier, Nebraska, HB 1982 Herschel Walker, Georgia, HB 1981 Marcus Allen, USC, HB 1980 George Rogers, South Carolina, HB 1979 Charles White, USC, HB 1978 Billy Sims, Oklahoma, HB 1977 Earl Campbell, Texas, HB 1976 Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, HB 1975 Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1974 Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1973 John Cappelletti, Penn State, HB 1972 Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, FL 1971 Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB 1970 Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB 1969 Steve Owens, Oklahoma, HB 1968 O.J. Simpson, USC, HB 1967 Gary Beban, UCLA, QB 1966 Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB 1965 Mike Garrett, USC, HB 1964 John Huarte, Notre Dame, QB 1963 Roger Staubach, Navy, QB 1962 Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB 1961 Ernie Davis, Syracuse, HB 1960 Joe Bellino, Navy, HB 1959 Billy Cannon, LSU, HB 1958 Pete Dawkins, Army, HB 1957 John David Crow, Texas A&M, HB 1956 Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB 1955 Howard Cassidy, Ohio State, HB 1954 Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB 1953 Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame, HB 1952 Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, HB 1951 Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB

1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935

Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, HB Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E Doak Walker, SMU, HB John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB Glenn Davis, Army, HB Doc Blanchard, Army, FB Les Horvath, Ohio State, QB Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB Frank Sinkwich, Georgia, HB Bruce Smith, Minnesota, HB Tom Harmon, Michigan, HB Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB Davey O’Brien, TCU, QB Clint Frank, Yale, HB Larry Kelley, Yale, E Jay Berwanger, Chicago, HB

WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY

Formerly known as the Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy, the award recognizes the scholar-athlete who most fully represents the ideals of The National Football Foundation. The award was presented for the first time in 1990 and is given to the top scholar-athlete in football, both academically and on the field.

2013 John Urshel, Penn State, OG 2012 Barrett Jones, Alabama, C 2011 Andrew Rodriguez, Army, LB 2010 Sam Acho, Texas, DE 2009 Tim Tebow, Florida, QB 2008 Alex Mack, California, C 2007 Dallas Griffin, Texas, C 2006 Brian Leonard, Rutgers, FB 2005 Rudy Niswanger, LSU, OL 2004 Michael Munoz, Tennessee, OL 2003 Craig Krenzel, Ohio State, QB 2002 Brandon Roberts, Washington (Mo.) 2001 Joaquin Gonzalez, Miami, OT 2000 Kyle Vanden Bosch, Nebraska, DE 1999 Chad Pennington, Marshall, QB 1998 Matt Stinchcomb, Georgia, OL 1997 Peyton Manning, Tennessee, QB 1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995 Bobby Hoying, Ohio State, QB 1994 Robert B. Zatechka, Nebraska, OT 1993 Thomas D. Burns, Virginia 1992 Jim Hansen, Colorado 1991 Brad Culpepper, Florida 1990 Chris Howard, Air Force

OUTLAND TROPHY

Honoring the outstanding interior lineman in the nation, first presented in 1946 by the Football Writers Association of America. The award is named for its benefactor, Dr. John H. Outland.

2013 Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DT 2012 Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M, OT 2011 Barrett Jones, Alabama, OT 2010 Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin, OT 2009 Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, DT 2008 Andre Smith, Alabama, OT 2007 Glenn Dorsey, LSU, DT 2006 Joe Thomas, Wisconsin, OL 2005 Greg Eslinger, Minnesota, OL 2004 Jammal Brown, Oklahoma, OL 2003 Robert Gallery, Iowa, OT 2002 Rien Long, Washington State, DT* 2001 Bryant McKinnie, Miami, OT 2000 John Henderson, Tennessee, DT* 1999 Chris Samuels, Alabama, OT 1998 Kris Farris, UCLA, OG

1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946

Aaron Taylor, Nebraska, OG Orlando Pace, Ohio State, OT Jonathan Ogden, UCLA, OT Zach Wiegert, Nebraska, OT Rob Waldrop, Arizona, NG Will Shields, Nebraska, G Steve Entman, Washington, DT Russell Maryland, Miami, DT Mohammed Elewonibi, Brigham Young, G Tracy Rocker, Auburn, DT Chad Hennings, Air Force, DT Jason Buck, Brigham Young, DT Mike Ruth, Boston College, NG Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech, DT Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska, G Dave Rimington, Nebraska, C Dave Rimington, Nebraska, C Mark May, Pittsburgh, OT Jim Ritcher, North Carolina State, C Greg Roberts, Oklahoma, G Brad Shearer, Texas, DT Ross Browner, Notre Dame, DE Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma, DT Randy White, Maryland, DE John Hicks, Ohio State, OT Rich Glover, Nebraska, MG Larry Jacobson, Nebraska, DT Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State, MG Mike Reid, Penn State, DT Bill Stanfill, Georgia, T Ron Yary, USC, T Loyd Phillips, Arkansas, T Tommy Nobis, Texas, G Steve DeLong, Tennessee, T Scott Appleton, Texas, T Bobby Bell, Minnesota, T Merlin Olsen, Utah State, T Tom Brown, Minnesota, G Mike McGee, Duke, T Zeke Smith, Auburn, G Alex Karras, Iowa, T Jim Parker, Ohio State, G Calvin Jones, Iowa, G Bill Brooks, Arkansas, G J.D. Roberts, Oklahoma, G Dick Modzelewski, Maryland, T Jim Weatherall, Oklahoma, T Bob Goin, Kentucky, T Ed Bagdon, Michigan State, G Bill Fischer, Notre Dame, G Joe Steffy, Army, G George Connor, Notre Dame, T

FWAA BRONKO NAGURSKI AWARD

Honoring the nation’s top defensive player as selected by the Football Writers Association of America.

The award, presented by The Charlotte Touchdown Club, was introduced in 1993 and formally took on the name of 1920’s Minnesota All-American in 1995.

2013 Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DT 2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame, LB 2011 Luke Kuechly, Boston College, LB 2010 Da’Quan Bowers, Clemson, DE 2009 Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, DT 2008 Brian Orakpo, Texas, DE 2007 Glenn Dorsey, LSU, DT 2006 James Laurinaitis, Ohio St., LB 2005 Elvis Dumerville, Louisville, DE 2004 Derrick Johnson, Texas, LB 2003 Derrick Strait, Oklahoma, DB 2002 Terrell Suggs, Arizona State, DE

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NATIONAL AWARDS 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993

Roy Williams, Oklahoma, DB Dan Morgan, Miami, LB Corey Moore, Virginia Tech, DE Champ Bailey, Georgia, CB Charles Woodson, Michigan, DB Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern, DT Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern, NG Warren Sapp, Miami, DT Rob Waldrop, Arizona, NG

VINCE LOMBARDI AWARD

Honoring the outstanding college lineman of the year, first presented in 1970 by the Rotary Club of Houston.

The award is named after professional football coach Vince Lombardi, a member of the legendary “Seven Blocks of Granite” at Fordham, in the 1930s.

2013 Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DT 2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame, LB 2011 Luke Kuechly, Boston College, LB 2010 Nick Fairly, Auburn, DT 2009 Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, DT 2008 Brian Orakpo, Texas, DE 2007 Glenn Dorsey, LSU, DT 2006 LaMarr Woodley, Michigan, DL 2005 A.J. Hawk, Ohio State, LB 2004 David Pollack, Georgia, DE 2003 Tommie Harris, Oklahoma, DE 2002 Terrell Suggs, Arizona State, DE 2001 Julius Peppers, North Carolina, DE 2000 Jamal Reynolds, Florida State, DE 1999 Corey Moore, Virginia Tech, DE 1998 Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M, LB 1997 Grant Wistrom, Nebraska, DE 1996 Orlando Pace, Ohio State, OT 1995 Orlando Pace, Ohio State, OT 1994 Warren Sapp, Miami, DT 1993 Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame, OT 1992 Marvin Jones, Florida State, LB 1991 Steve Emtman, Washington, DT 1990 Chris Zorich, Notre Dame, NT 1989 Percy Snow, Michigan State, LB 1988 Tracy Rocker, Auburn, DT 1987 Chris Spielman, Ohio State, LB 1986 Cornelius Bennett, Alabama, LB 1985 Tony Casillas, Oklahoma, NG 1984 Tony Degrate, Texas, DT 1983 Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska, G 1982 Dave Rimington, Nebraska, C 1981 Kenneth Sims, Texas, DT 1980 Hugh Green, Pittsburgh, DE 1979 Brad Budde, USC, G 1978 Bruce Clark, Penn State, DT 1977 Ross Browner, Notre Dame, DE 1976 Wilson Whitley, Houston, DT 1975 Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma, DT 1974 Randy White, Maryland, DT 1973 John Hicks, Ohio State, OT 1972 Rich Glover, Nebraska, MG 1971 Walt Patulski, Notre Dame, DE 1970 Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State, MG

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MAXWELL AWARD

Honoring the nation’s outstanding college football player, first presented in 1937 by the Maxwell Memorial Football Club of Philadelphia. The award is named after Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, a Philadelphia native who played on the University of Chicago as a lineman near the turn of the century.

2013 AJ McCarron, Alabama, QB 2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame, LB 2011 Andrew Luck, Stanford, QB 2010 Cam Newton, Auburn, QB 2009 Colt McCoy, Texas, QB 2008 Tim Tebow, Florida, QB 2007 Tim Tebow, Florida, QB 2006 Brady Quinn, Notre Dame, QB 2005 Vince Young, Texas, QB 2004 Jason White, Oklahoma, QB 2003 Eli Manning, Mississippi, QB 2002 Larry Johnson, Penn State, RB 2001 Ken Dorsey, Miami, QB 2000 Drew Brees, Purdue, QB 1999 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 1998 Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1997 Peyton Manning, Tennessee, QB 1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995 Eddie George, Ohio State, RB 1994 Kerry Collins, Penn State, QB 1993 Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB 1992 Gino Torretta, Miami, QB 1991 Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR 1990 Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB 1989 Anthony Thompson, Indiana, RB 1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB 1987 Don McPherson, Syracuse, QB 1986 Vinny Testaverde, Miami, QB 1985 Chuck Long, Iowa, QB 1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB 1983 Mike Rozier, Nebraska, RB 1982 Hershel Walker, Georgia, RB 1981 Marcus Allen, USC, RB 1980 Hugh Green, Pittsburgh, DE 1979 Charles White, USC, RB 1978 Chuck Fusina, Penn State, QB 1977 Ross Browner, Notre Dame, DE 1976 Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, HB 1975 Archie Griffin, Ohio State, RB 1974 Steve Joachim, Temple, QB 1973 John Cappelletti, Penn State, RB 1972 Brad VanPelt, Michigan State, DB 1971 Ed Marinaro, Cornell, RB 1970 Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB 1969 Mike Reid, Penn State, DT 1968 O.J. Simpson, USC, RB 1967 Gary Beban, UCLA, QB 1966 Jim Lynch, Notre Dame, LB 1965 Tommy Nobis, Texas, LB 1964 Glenn Ressler, Penn State, C 1963 Roger Staubach, Navy, QB 1962 Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB 1961 Bob Ferguson, Ohio State, FB 1960 Joe Bellino, Navy, HB 1959 Rich Lucas, Penn State, QB 1958 Pete Dawkins, Army, HB 1957 Bob Reifsnyder, Navy, T 1956 Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma, HB 1955 Howard Cassidy, Ohio State, HB 1954 Ron Beagle, Navy, E 1953 Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame, HB 1952 Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame, HB 1951 Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB 1950 Reds Bagnell, Pennsylvania, HB

1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937

Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania, C DOAK WALKER, SMU, HB Charley Trippi, Georgia, HB Doc Blanchard, Army, FB Glenn Davis, Army, HB Bob Odell, Pennsylvania, HB Paul Governali, Columbia, QB Bill Dudley, Virginia, HB Tom Harmon, Michigan, HB Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB Davey O’Brien, TCU, QB Clint Frank, Yale, HB

WALTER CAMP AWARD

Honoring the nation’s outstanding football player, first presented in 1937 by the Walter Camp Foundation in balloting by Division I-A coaches and sports information directors. The award is named after Walter Camp, one of the giants of football who introduced many of the innovations that led to the evolution to the American style of football.

2013 Jameis Winston, Florida State, QB 2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame, LB 2011 Andrew Luck, Stanford, QB 2010 Cam Newton, Auburn, QB 2009 Colt McCoy, Texas, QB 2008 Colt McCoy, Texas, QB 2007 Darren McFadden, Arkansas, RB 2006 Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB 2005 Reggie Bush, USC, QB 2004 Matt Leinart, USC, QB 2003 Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh, WR 2002 Larry Johnson, Penn State, RB 2001 Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB 2000 Josh Heupel, Oklahoma, QB 1999 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 1998 Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1997 Charles Woodson, Michigan, DB 1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995 Eddie George, Ohio State, RB 1994 Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB 1993 Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB 1992 Gino Torretta, Miami, QB 1991 Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR 1990 Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame, WR 1989 Andre Ware, Houston, QB 1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB 1987 Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR 1986 Paul Palmer, Temple, RB 1985 Lorenzo White, Michigan State, RB 1984 Keith Byars, Ohio State, RB 1983 Mike Rozier, Nebraska, HB 1982 John Elway, Stanford, QB 1981 Art Schlichter, Ohio State, QB 1980 Herschel Walker, Georgia, RB 1979 Charles White, Southern Cal, RB 1978 Chuck Fusina, Penn State, QB 1977 Earl Campbell, Texas, HB 1976 Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, RB 1975 Chuck Muncie, California, HB 1974 Anthony Davis, USC, HB 1973 John Cappelletti, Penn State, RB 1972 Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma, RB 1971 Ed Marinaro, Cornell, RB 1970 Ed Marinaro, Cornell, RB 1969 Archie Manning, Mississippi, QB 1968 O.J. Simpson, USC, HB 1967 Gary Beban, UCLA, QB 1966 Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB 1965 Jim Grabowski, Illinois, FB

NATIONAL AWARDS 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953

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Jerry Rhome, Tulsa, QB Roger Staubach, Navy, QB Jerry Stovall, LSU, HB Ernie Davis, Syracuse, HB Joe Bellino, Navy, HB Billy Cannon, LSU, HB Randy Duncan, Iowa, QB John David Crow, Texas A&M, HB Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB Howard Cassidy, Ohio State, HB Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame, QB Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB Bernie Faloney, Maryland, QB Paul Giel, Minnesota, HB Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame, HB Don McAuliffe, Michigan State, HB Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB Babe Parilli, Kentucky, QB Emil Sitko, Notre Dame, HB Charlie Justice, North Carolina, HB John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB Charley Trippi, Georgia, HB Doc Blanchard, Army, FB Glenn Davis, Army, FB Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB Frank Sinkwich, Georgia, HB Bill Dudley, Virginia, DB Tom Harmon, Michigan, HB Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB Davey O’Brien, TCU, QB Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh, HB

BEDNARIK TROPHY

First presented in 1995 to honor the nation’s best collegiate defensive player by the Maxwell Football Club.

The award is named after Chuck Bednarik, college and pro football Hall-of-Famer.

2013 Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DT 2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame, LB 2011 Tyrann Mathieu, LSU, CB 2010 Patrick Peterson, LSU, CB 2009 Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, DT 2008 Rey Maualuga, USC, LB 2007 Dan Connor, Penn State, LB 2006 Paul Posluszny, Penn State 2005 Paul Posluszny, Penn State, LB 2004 David Pollack, Georgia, DE 2003 Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma, LB 2002 E.J. Henderson, Maryland, LB 2001 Julius Peppers, North Carolina, DE 2000 Dan Morgan, Miami, LB 1999 LaVar Arrington, Penn State, LB 1998 Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M, LB 1997 Charles Woodson, Michigan, DB 1996 Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern, LB 1995 Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern, LB

BUTKUS AWARD

First presented in 1985 to honor the nation’s best collegiate linebacker by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Fla. The award is named after Dick Butkus, two-time consensus All-American at Illinois and sixtime all-pro linebacker with the Chicago Bears.

2013 C.J. Mosley, Alabama 2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame 2011 Luke Kuechly, Boston College 2010 Von Miller, Texas A&M 2009 Rolando McClain, Alabama 2008 Aaron Curry, Penn State 2007 James Laurinaitis, Ohio State 2006 Patrick Willis, Mississippi 2005 Paul Posluszny, Penn State 2004 Derrick Johnson, Texas 2003 Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma 2002 E.J. Henderson, Maryland 2001 Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma 2000 Dan Morgan, Miami 1999 LeVar Arrington, Penn State 1998 Chris Claiborne, USC 1997 Andy Katzenmoyer, Ohio State 1996 Matt Russell, Colorado 1995 Kevin Hardy, Illinois 1994 Dana Howard, Illinois 1993 Trev Alberts, Nebraska 1992 Marvin Jones, Florida State 1991 Erick Anderson, Michigan 1990 Alfred Williams, Colorado 1989 Percy Snow, Michigan State 1988 Derrick Thomas, Alabama 1987 Paul McGowan, Florida State 1986 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma 1985 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma

JIM THORPE AWARD

First presented in 1986 to honor the nation’s best defensive back by the Jim Thorpe Athletic Club of Oklahoma City. The award is named after Jim Thorpe, Olympic champion, two-time consensus All-America halfback at Carlisle and professional football player.

2013 Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State 2012 Jonthan Banks, Mississippi State 2011 Morris Claiborne, LSU 2010 Patrick Peterson, LSU 2009 Eric Berry, Tennessee 2008 Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State 2007 Antoine Cason, Arizona 2006 Aaron Ross, Texas 2005 Michael Huff, Texas 2004 Carlos Rogers, Auburn 2003 Derrick Strait, Oklahoma 2002 Terence Newman, Kansas State 2001 Roy Williams, Oklahoma 2000 Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin 1999 Tyrone Carter, Minnesota 1998 Antoine Winfield, Ohio State 1997 Charles Woodson, Michigan 1996 Lawrence Wright, Florida 1995 Greg Myers, Colorado State 1994 Chris Hudson, Colorado 1993 Antonio Langham, Alabama 1992 Deon Figures, Colorado 1991 Terrell Buckley, Florida State 1990 Darryll Lewis, Arizona 1989 Mark Carrier, USC 1988 Deion Sanders, Florida State 1987 Bennie Blades, Miami

Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma 1986 Thomas Everett, Baylor

DAVEY O’BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD

First presented in 1977 as the O’Brien Memorial Trophy to the outstanding player in the Southwest. In 1981, the Davey O’Brien Educational and Charitable Trust of Fort Worth, Texas renamed the award the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. It now honors the nation’s best quarterback.

2013 Jameis Winston, Florida State 2012 Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M 2011 Robert Griffin III, Baylor 2010 Cam Newton, Auburn 2009 Colt McCoy, Texas 2008 Sam Bradford, Oklahoma 2007 Tim Tebow, Florida 2006 Troy Smith, Ohio State 2005 Vince Young, Texas 2004 Jason White, Oklahoma 2003 Jason White, Oklahoma 2002 Brad Banks, Iowa 2001 Eric Crouch, Nebraska 2000 Chris Weinke, Florida State 1999 Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech 1998 Michael Bishop, Kansas State 1997 Peyton Manning, Tennessee 1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida 1995 Danny Wuerffel, Florida 1994 Kerry Collins, Penn State 1993 Charlie Ward, Florida State 1992 Gino Torretta, Miami 1991 Ty Detmer, Brigham Young 1990 Ty Detmer, Brigham Young 1989 Andre Ware, Houston 1988 Troy Aikman, UCLA 1987 Don McPherson, Syracuse 1986 Vinnie Testaverde, Miami 1985 Chuck Long, Iowa 1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College 1983 Steve Young, Brigham Young 1982 Todd Blackledge, Penn State 1981 Jim McMahon, Brigham Young 1980 Mike Singletary, Baylor, LB 1979 Mike Singletary, Baylor, LB 1978 Billy Sims, Oklahoma, RB 1977 Earl Campbell, Texas, RB

DOAK WALKER NATIONAL RUNNING BACK AWARD

First presented in 1990 to honor the nation’s best running back among Division I-A juniors or seniors who combine outstanding achievements on the field, in the classroom and in the community. Sponsored by the Southern Methodist Athletic Forum in Dallas, Texas, a $10,000 scholarship is donated to the recipient’s university in his name. The award is named after Doak Walker, SMU’s three-time consensus All-America halfback and 1948 Heisman Trophy winner.

2013 Andre Williams, Boston College 2012 Montee Ball, Wisconsin 2011 Trent Richardson, Alabama 2010 LaMichael James, Oregon 2009 Toby Gerhart, Stanford 2008 Shonn Greene, Iowa 2007 Darren McFadden, Arkansas 2006 Darren McFadden, Arkansas 2005 Reggie Bush, USC 2004 Cedric Benson, Texas 2003 Chris Perry, Michigan 2002 Larry Johnson, Penn State

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NATIONAL AWARDS 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990

Luke Staley, BYU LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU Ron Dayne, Wisconsin Ricky Williams, Texas Ricky Williams, Texas Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech Eddie George, Ohio State Rashaan Salaam, Colorado Byron Morris, Texas Tech Garrison Hearst, Georgia Trevor Cobb, Rice Greg Lewis, Washington

LOU GROZA COLLEGIATE PLACEKICKER AWARD

First presented in 1992 to honor the nation’s top collegiate placekicker. Sponsored by the Palm Beach County Sports Authority in conjunction with the Orange Bowl Committee. The award is named after NFL Hall of Fame kicker Lou Groza.

2013 Roberto Aguayo, Florida State 2012 Cairo Santos, Tulane 2011 Randy Bullock, Texas A&M 2010 Dan Bailey, Oklahoma State 2009 Kai Forbath, UCLA 2008 Graham Gano, Florida State 2007 Thomas Weber, Arizona State 2006 Art Carmody, Louisville 2005 Alexis Serna, Oregon State 2004 Mike Nugent, Ohio State 2003 Jonathan Nichols, Mississippi 2002 Nate Kaeding, Iowa 2001 Seth Marler, Tulane 2000 Jonathan Ruffin, Cincinnati 1999 Sebastian Janikowski, Florida State 1998 Sebastian Janikowski, Florida State 1997 Martin Gramatica, Kansas State 1996 Marc Primanti, NC State 1995 Michael Reeder, TCU 1994 Steve McLaughlin, Arizona 1993 Judd Davis, Florida 1992 Joe Allison, Memphis

FRED BILETNIKOFF RECEIVER AWARD

First presented in 1994 to honor the nation’s top collegiate pass receiver. Sponsored by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Florida. The award is named after Fred Biletnikoff, former Florida State All-America and Oakland Raider receiver, a member of both the College Football and Pro Football halls of fame.

2013 Brandin Cooks, Oregon State 2012 Marqis Lee, USC 2011 Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State 2010 Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State 2009 Golden Tate, Notre Dame 2008 Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech 2007 Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech 2006 Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech 2005 Mike Hass, Oregon State 2004 Braylon Edwards, Michigan 2003 Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh 2002 Charles Rogers, Michigan State 2001 Josh Reed, LSU 2000 Antonio Bryant, Pittsburgh 1999 Troy Walters, Stanford 1998 Troy Edwards, Louisiana Tech 1997 Randy Moss, Marshall 1996 Marcus Harris, Wyoming 1995 Terry Glenn, Ohio State 1994 Bobby Engram, Penn State

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JOHN MACKEY AWARD

First presented in 2000 to honor the nation’s top collegiate tight end. Sponsored by the Nassau County Sports Commission. This award is named after former Syracuse and Baltimore Colts tight end John Mackey, regarded as the greatest tight end in NFL history.

2013 Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington 2012 Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame 2011 Dwayne Allen, Clemson 2010 D.J. Williams, Arkansas 2009 Aaron Hernandez, Florida 2008 Chase Coffman, Missouri 2007 Fred Davis, USC 2006 Matt Spaeth, Minnesota 2005 Marcedes Lewis, UCLA 2004 Heath Miller, Virginia 2003 Kellen Winslow, Miami 2002 Dallas Clark, Iowa 2001 Daniel Graham, Colorado 2000 Tim Stratten, Purdue

RAY GUY AWARD

First presented in 2000 to honor the nation’s top collegiate punter. Sponsored by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. This award is named after former Oakland Raiders all-pro punter Ray Guy. 2013 TOM HORNSEY, MEMPHIS 2012 Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech 2011 Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech 2010 Chas Henry, Florida 2009 Drew Butler, Georgia 2008 Matt Fodge, Oklahoma State 2007 Durant Brooks, Georgia Tech 2006 Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor 2005 Ryan Plackemeier, Wake Forest 2004 Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor 2003 B.J. Sander, Ohio State 2002 Mark Mariscal, Colorado 2001 Travis Dorsch, Purdue 2000 Kevin Stemke, Wisconsin

RIMINGTON TROPHY

First presented in 2000 to honor the nation’s top collegiate center. Presented by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. This award is named after former University of Nebraska center Dave Rimington.

2013 Bryan Stork, Florida State 2012 Barrett Jones, Alabama 2011 David Molk, Michigan 2010 Jake Kirkpatrick, TCU 2009 Maurkice Pouncey, Florida 2008 A.Q, Shipley, Penn State 2007 Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas 2006 Dan Mozes, West Virginia 2005 Greg Eslinger, Minnesota 2004 Ben Wilkerson, LSU/ David Baas, Michigan 2003 Jake Grove, Virginia Tech 2002 Brett Romberg, Miami 2001 LeCharles Bentley, Ohio State 2000 Dominic Raiola, Nebraska

PAUL “BEAR” BRYANT AWARD

First presented in 1957 to honor the nation’s top collegiate head coach. Sponsored by the Touchdown Club of Houston and voted on by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. This award is named after Paul “Bear” Bryant, one of college football’s winningest head coaches.

2013 Gus Malzahn, Auburn 2012 Bill O’Brien, Penn State 2011 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State 2010 Gene Chizik Auburn 2009 Chris Petersen, Boise State 2008 Kyle Whittingham, Utah 2007 Mark Mangino, Kansas 2006 Chris Petersen, Boise State 2005 Mack Brown, Texas 2004 Tommy Tuberville, Auburn 2003 Nick Saban, LSU 2002 Jim Tressel, Ohio State 2001 Larry Coker, Miami 2000 Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 1999 Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 1998 Bill Snyder, Kansas State 1997 Lloyd Carr, Michigan 1996 Bruce Snyder, Arizona State 1995 Gary Barnett, Northwestern 1994 Rick Brooks, Oregon 1993 Terry Bowden, Auburn 1992 Gene Stallings, Alabama 1991 Don James, Washington 1990 Bobby Ross, Georgia Tech 1989 Bill McCartney, Colorado 1988 Lou Holtz, Notre Dame 1987 Dick MacPherson, Syracuse 1986 Joe Paterno, Penn State 1985 Fisher DeBerry, Air Force 1984 La Vell Edwards, BYU 1983 Howard Schnellenberger, Miami 1982 Joe Paterno, Penn State 1981 Danny Ford, Clemson 1980 Vince Dooley, Georgia 1979 Earle Bruce, Ohio State 1978 Joe Paterno, Penn State 1977 Lou Holtz, Arkansas 1976 Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh 1975 Woody Hayes, Ohio State 1974 Grant Teaff, Baylor 1973 Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh 1972 John McKay, USC 1971 Bob Devaney, Nebraska 1970 Alex Agase, Northwestern 1969 Bo Schembechler, Michigan 1968 Woody Hayes, Ohio State 1967 John Pont, Indiana 1966 Tom Cahill, Army 1965 Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State 1964 Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame 1963 Darrell Royal, Texas 1962 John McKay, USC 1961 Darrell Royal, Texas 1960 Murry Warmath, Minnesota 1959 Ben Schwartzwalder, Syracuse 1958 Paul Dietzel, LSU 1957 Woody Hayes, Ohio State

NATIONAL AWARDS EDDIE ROBINSON COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD

First presented in 1957 to honor the nation’s top collegiate head coach. Selected by the Football Writers Association of America. This award honors former Grambling State head coach Eddie Robinson, the winningest head coach in collage football history.

2013 Gus Malzahn, Auburn 2012 Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 2011 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State 2010 Chip Kelly, Oregon 2009 Gary Patterson, TCU 2008 Nick Saban, Alabama 2007 Mark Mangino, Kansas 2006 Greg Schiano, Rutgers 2005 Charlie Weis, Notre Dame 2004 Tommy Tuberville, Auburn 2003 Nick Saban, LSU 2002 Jim Tressel, Ohio State 2001 Ralph Friedgen, Maryland 2000 Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 1999 Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 1998 Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 1997 Mike Price, Washington State 1996 Bruce Snyder, Arizona State 1995 Gary Barnett, Northwestern 1994 Rick Brooks, Oregon 1993 Terry Bowden, Auburn 1992 Gene Stallings, Alabama 1991 Don James, Washington 1990 Bobby Ross, Georgia Tech 1989 Bill McCartney, Colorado 1988 Lou Holtz, Notre Dame 1987 Dick MacPherson, Syracuse 1986 Joe Paterno, Penn State 1985 Fisher DeBerry, Air Force 1984 La Vell Edwards, BYU 1983 Howard Schnellenberger, Miami 1982 Joe Paterno, Penn State 1981 Danny Ford, Clemson 1980 Vince Dooley, Georgia 1979 Earle Bruce, Ohio State 1978 Joe Paterno, Penn State 1977 Lou Holtz, Arkansas 1976 Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh 1975 Woody Hayes, Ohio State 1974 Grant Teaff, Baylor 1973 Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh 1972 John McKay, USC 1971 Bob Devaney, Nebraska 1970 Alex Agase, Northwestern 1969 Bo Schembechler, Michigan 1968 Woody Hayes, Ohio State 1967 John Pont, Indiana 1966 Tom Cahill, Army 1965 Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State 1964 Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame 1963 Darrell Royal, Texas 1962 John McKay, USC 1961 Darrell Royal, Texas 1960 Murry Warmath, Minnesota 1959 Ben Schwartzwalder, Syracuse 1958 Paul Dietzel, LSU 1957 Woody Hayes, Ohio State

CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICA

The following is a list of players from American Athletic Conference institutions who were consensus All-America (players who were accorded a majority of votes at their positions by the national selectors).

CINCINNATI 2000 Jonathan Ruffin, PK 2007 Kevin Huber, P 2008 Kevin Huber, P HOUSTON 1967 1969 1970 1976 1980 1988 1989

Rich Stotter, OL Bill Bridges, OL Elmo Wright, E Wilson Whitley, DL Leonard Mitchell, DL Jason Phillips, WR Andre Ware, QB

EAST CAROLINA 1983 Terry Long, OL 1991 Robert Jones, LB 1999 Andrew Bayes, P MEMPHIS 1992 Joe Allison, K 2013 Tom Hornsey, P USF 2007

George Selvie, DE

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JC Wetsel, L Bobby Wilson, B Doak Walker, B Doak Walker, B Doak Walker, B Kyle Rote, B Dick Hightower, L John Lagrone, DL Jerry Levias, E Robert Popelka, DB Louie Kelcher, DL Emanuel Tolbert, WR John Simmons, DB Eric Dickerson, RB Russell Carter, DB Reggie Dupard, RB

TEMPLE 1985 1986

John Rienstra, OL Paul Palmer, RB

TULANE 1931 1932 1939 2012

Jerry Dalrymple, E Don Zimmerman, B Harley McCollum, L Cairo Santos, K

TULSA 1941 1965 1991

Ernie Blandin, L Howard Twilley, E Jerry Ostroski, OL

CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

Since 1952, Academic All-America teams have been selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America: UCF 2007

Keith Shologan, DL

CINCINNATI 1979 Edward Koboves, OG 1981 Kari Yli-Renko, OT 1983 Jason Stargell, WR 1989 Jeff Jones, P 1990 Kyle Stroh, DL 1991 Kris Bjorson, TE UCONN 1973 1976

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Robert Bundy, OG William Leahy, C Darryl Schwartz, RB William Leahy, C William Leahy, OL

EAST CAROLINA 2011 Matt Milner, DL 2012 Matt Milner, DL HOUSTON 1964 Horst Paul, E 1976 Mark Mohr, DB, Kevin Rollwage, OT 1977 Kevin Rollwage, OT 1988 Keith Jenkins, DL MEMPHIS 1992 Gary Bouldin, TE, Pat Jansen, DL 2007 Brandon Patterson, DB USF 2011

Chaz Hine, OL

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Dave Powell, E Darrell Lafitte, G Raymond Berry, E (Hall of Fame) David Hawk, G Tom Koenig, G Tom Koenig, G Raymond Schoenke John LaGrone, MG, Lynn Thornhill, OG Jerry Levias, OE Vic Brittain, DT Andy Duvall, DB, Cleve Whitener, LB Gordon McAdams, C Brian O’Meara, T Monte Goen, LB Douglas Rice Mitchell Glieber, WR James Brabham, DB Mitch Enright, OL

TEMPLE 1973 Dwight Fulton, DB TULANE 1970 1971 1978 1979 2009

David Hebert, DB David Hebert, DB Gerry Sheridan, OL Rich Hontas, QB Andre Anderson, RB

TULSA 1964 1965 1974 1983 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005 2006 2007

Howard Twilley, E (Hall of Fame) Howard Twilley, E Mack Lancaster, DT Brett White, RB David Eldon Milwee, OL Levi Gillen, DB Levi Gillmen, DB Drew McLaughlin, DL Michael Dulaney, LB Garrett Mills, TE Paul Smith, QB Paul Smith, QB

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1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Wisconsin 4. TULSA 5. Georgia Tech 6. Notre Dame 7. Tennessee 8. Boston College 9. Michigan 10. Alabama 11. Texas 12. Stanford 13. UCLA 14. William & Mary 15. Santa Clara 16. Auburn 17. Washington State 18. Mississippi State 19. Holy Cross Minnesota Penn State

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Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado Alabama Penn State Michigan Georgia Arizona State Tennessee Stanford Louisiana State Auburn Notre Dame Toledo Mississippi Arkansas HOUSTON Texas Washington USC

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USC Oklahoma Texas Nebraska Auburn Michigan Alabama Tennessee Ohio State Penn State Louisiana State North Carolina Arizona State Notre Dame UCLA Colorado NC State Louisville Washington State Georgia Tech

1. Notre Dame 2. Ohio State 3. Oklahoma 4. Alabama 5. Penn State 6. Michigan 7. Nebraska 8. USC 9. Arizona State HOUSTON 11. Texas Tech 12. UCLA 13. Louisiana State 14. Texas 15. Miami (Ohio) 16. NC State 17. Missouri 18. Kansas 19. Tennessee 20. Maryland TULANE

1974

1. Oklahoma 2. USC 3. Michigan 4. Ohio State 5. Alabama 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Auburn 9. Nebraska 10. Miami (Ohio) 11. NC State 12. Michigan State 13. Maryland 14. Baylor 15. Florida 16. Texas A&M 17. Mississippi State Texas 19. HOUSTON 20. Tennessee

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Oklahoma Arizona State Alabama Ohio State UCLA Texas Arkansas Michigan Nebraska Penn State Texas A&M Miami (Ohio) Maryland California Pittsburgh Colorado USC Arizona Georgia West Virginia Pittsburgh USC Michigan HOUSTON Oklahoma Ohio State Texas A&M Maryland Nebraska Georgia Alabama Notre Dame Texas Tech Oklahoma State UCLA Colorado Rutgers Kentucky Iowa State Mississippi State Notre Dame Alabama Arkansas Texas Penn State Kentucky Oklahoma Pittsburgh Michigan Washington Ohio State Nebraska USC Florida State Stanford San Diego State North Carolina Arizona State Clemson Brigham Young

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Alabama USC Oklahoma Penn State Michigan Clemson Notre Dame Nebraska Texas HOUSTON Arkansas Michigan State Purdue UCLA Missouri Georgia Stanford NC State Texas A&M Maryland Alabama USC Oklahoma Ohio State HOUSTON Florida State Pittsburgh Arkansas Nebraska Purdue Washington Texas Brigham Young Baylor North Carolina Auburn Temple Michigan Indiana Penn State Georgia Pittsburgh Oklahoma Michigan Florida State Alabama Nebraska Penn State Notre Dame North Carolina USC Brigham Young UCLA Baylor Ohio State Washington Purdue Miami Mississippi State SMU

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Clemson Texas Penn State Pittsburgh SMU Georgia Alabama Miami North Carolina Washington Nebraska Michigan Brigham Young USC Ohio State Arizona State West Virginia Iowa Missouri Oklahoma Penn State SMU Nebraska Georgia UCLA Arizona State Washington Clemson Arkansas Pittsburgh Louisiana State Ohio State Florida State Auburn USC Oklahoma Texas North Carolina West Virginia Maryland Miami Nebraska Auburn Georgia Texas Florida Brigham Young Michigan Ohio State Illinois Clemson SMU Air Force Iowa Alabama West Virginia UCLA Pittsburgh Boston College EAST CAROLINA

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Brigham Young Washington Florida Nebraska Boston College Oklahoma Oklahoma State SMU UCLA USC South Carolina Maryland Ohio State Auburn Louisiana State Iowa Florida State Miami Kentucky Virginia Oklahoma Michigan Penn State Tennessee Florida Texas A&M UCLA Air Force Miami Iowa Nebraska Arkansas Alabama Ohio State Florida State Brigham Young Baylor Maryland Georgia Tech Louisiana State Penn State Miami Oklahoma Arizona State Nebraska Auburn Ohio State Michigan Alabama Louisiana State Arizona Baylor Texas A&M UCLA Arkansas Iowa Clemson Washington Boston College Virginia Tech

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Miami Florida State Oklahoma Syracuse Louisiana State Nebraska Auburn Michigan State UCLA Texas A&M Oklahoma State Clemson Georgia Tennessee South Carolina Iowa Notre Dame USC Michigan Arizona State

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Notre Dame Miami Florida State Michigan West Virginia UCLA USC Auburn Clemson Nebraska Oklahoma State Arkansas Syracuse Oklahoma Georgia Washington State Alabama HOUSTON Louisiana State Indiana

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Colorado Georgia Tech Miami Florida State Washington Notre Dame Michigan Tennessee Clemson HOUSTON Penn State Texas Florida Louisville Texas A&M Michigan State Oklahoma Iowa Auburn USC Mississippi Brigham Young Virginia Nebraska Illinois Miami Washington Penn State Florida State Alabama Michigan Florida California EAST CAROLINA Iowa Syracuse Texas A&M Notre Dame Tennessee Nebraska Oklahoma Georgia Clemson UCLA Colorado TULSA Stanford Brigham Young NC State Air Force

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Alabama Florida State Miami Notre Dame Michigan Syracuse Texas A&M Georgia Stanford Florida Washington Tennessee Colorado Nebraska Washington State Mississippi NC State Ohio State North Carolina Hawaii Boston College Kansas Mississippi State Fresno State Wake Forest Florida State Notre Dame Nebraska Auburn Florida Wisconsin West Virginia Penn State Texas A&M Arizona Ohio State Tennessee Boston College Alabama Miami Colorado Oklahoma UCLA North Carolina Kansas State Michigan Virginia Tech Clemson Louisville California

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Nebraska Penn State Colorado Florida State Alabama Miami Florida Texas A&M Auburn Utah Oregon Michigan USC Ohio State Virginia Colorado State NC State Brigham Young Kansas State Arizona Washington State Tennessee Boston College Mississippi State Texas

1. Nebraska 2. Florida 3. Tennessee 4. Florida State 5. Colorado 6. Ohio State 7. Kansas State 8. Northwestern 9. Kansas 10. Virginia Tech 11. Notre Dame 12. USC 13. Penn State 14. Texas 15. Texas A&M 16. Virginia 17. Michigan 18. Oregon 19. Syracuse 20. Miami 21. Alabama 22. Auburn 23. Texas Tech 24. Toledo 25. Iowa

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1. Florida 2. Ohio State 3. Florida State 4. Arizona State 5. Brigham Young 6. Nebraska 7. Penn State 8. Colorado 9. Tennessee 10. North Carolina 11. Alabama 12. Louisiana State 13. Virginia Tech 14. Miami 15. Northwestern 16. Washington 17. Kansas State 18. Iowa 19. Notre Dame 20. Michigan 21. Syracuse 22. Wyoming 23. Texas 24. Auburn 25. Army 1. Michigan 2. Nebraska 3. Florida State 4. Florida 5. UCLA 6. North Carolina 7. Tennessee 8. Kansas State 9. Washington State 10. Georgia 11. Auburn 12. Ohio State 13. Louisiana State 14. Arizona State 15. Purdue 16. Penn State 17. Colorado State 18. Washington 19. Southern Miss 20. Texas A&M 21. Syracuse 22. Mississippi 23. Missouri 24. Oklahoma State 25. Georgia Tech

1. Tennessee 2. Ohio State 3. Florida State 4. Arizona 5. Florida 6. Wisconsin 7. TULANE 8. UCLA 9. Georgia Tech 10. Kansas State 11. Texas A&M 12. Michigan 13. Air Force 14. Georgia 5. Texas 16. Arkansas 17. Penn State 18. Virginia 19. Nebraska 20. Miami 21. Missouri 22. Notre Dame 23. Virginia Tech 24. Purdue 25. Syracuse 1. Florida State 2. Virginia Tech 3. Nebraska 4. Wisconsin 5. Michigan 6. Kansas State 7. Michigan State 8. Alabama 9. Tennessee 10. Marshall 11. Penn State 12. Florida 13. Mississippi State 14. Southern Miss 15. Miami 16. Georgia 17. Arkansas 18. Minnesota 19. Oregon 20. Georgia Tech 21. Texas 22. Mississippi 23. Texas A&M 24. Illinois 25. Purdue

1. Oklahoma 2. Miami 3. Washington 4. Oregon State 5. Florida State 6. Virginia Tech 7. Oregon 8. Nebraska 9. Kansas State 10. Florida 11. Michigan 12. Texas 13. Purdue 14. Colorado State 15. Notre Dame 16. Clemson 17. Georgia Tech 18. Auburn 19. South Carolina 20. Georgia 21. Texas Christian 22. Louisiana State 23. Wisconsin 24. Mississippi State 25. Iowa State

1. Miami 2. Oregon 3. Florida 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. Oklahoma 7. Louisiana State 8. Nebraska 9. Colorado 10. Washington State 11. Maryland 12. Illinois 13. South Carolina 14. Syracuse 15. Florida State 16. Stanford 17. Louisville 18. Virginia Tech 19. Washington 20. Michigan 21. Boston College 22. Georgia 23. Toledo 24. Georgia Tech 25. Brigham Young

1. Ohio State 2. Miami 3. Georgia 4. USC 5. Oklahoma 6. Texas 7. Kansas State 8. Iowa 9. Michigan 10. Washington State 11. Alabama 12. NC State 13. Maryland 14. Auburn 15. Boise State 16. Penn State 17. Notre Dame 18. Virginia Tech 19. Pittsburgh 20. Colorado 21. Florida State 22. Virginia 23. Texas Christian 24. Marshall 25. West Virginia

1. USC 2. Louisiana State 3. Oklahoma 4. Ohio State 5. Miami 6. Michigan 7. Georgia 8. Iowa 9. Washington State 10. Miami (Ohio) 11. Florida State 12. Texas 13. Mississippi 14. Kansas State 15. Tennessee 16. Boise State 17. Maryland 18. Purdue 19. Nebraska 20. Minnesota 21. Utah 22. Clemson 23. Bowling Green 24. Florida 25. Texas Christian

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1. USC 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Utah 5. Texas 6. Louisville 7. Georgia 8. Iowa 9. California 10. Virginia Tech 11. Miami (Fla.) 12. Boise State 13. Tennessee 14. Michigan 15. Florida State 16. LSU 17. Wisconsin 18. Texas Tech 19. Arizona State 20. Ohio State 21. Boston College 22. Fresno State 23. Virginia 24. Navy 25. Pittsburgh

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2007

1. Louisiana State 2. Georgia 3. USC 4. Missouri 5. Ohio State 6. West Virginia 7. Kansas 8. Oklahoma 9. Virginia Tech 10. Texas Boston College 12. Tennessee 13. Florida 14. Brigham Young 15. Auburn 16. Arizona State 17. CINCINNATI 18. Michigan 19. Hawaii 20. Illinois 21. Clemson 22. Texas Tech 23. Oregon 24. Wisconsin 25. Oregon State

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1. Florida 2. Utah 3. USC 4. Texas 5. Oklahoma 6. Alabama 7. TCU 8. Penn State 9. Ohio State 10. Oregon 11. Boise State 12. Texas Tech 13. Georgia 14. Mississippi 15. Virginia Tech 16. Oklahoma State 17. CINCINNATI 18. Oregon State 19. Missouri 20. Iowa 21. Florida State 22. Georgia Tech 23. West Virginia 24. Michigan State 25. Brigham Young 1. Alabama 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. TCU 7. Iowa 8. CINCINNATI 9. Penn State 10. Virginia Tech 11. Oregon 12. Brigham Young 13. Georgia Tech 14. Nebraska 15. Pittsburgh 16. Wisconsin 17. LSU 18. Utah 19. Miami 20. Mississippi 21. Texas Tech 22. USC 23. Central Michigan 24. Clemson 25. West Virginia

1. Auburn 2. TCU 3. Oregon 4. Stanford 5. Ohio State 6. Oklahoma 7. Wisconsin 8. LSU 9. Boise State 10. Alabama 11. Nevada 12. Arkansas 13. Oklahoma State 14. Michigan State 15. Mississippi State 16. Virginia Tech 17. Florida State 18. Missouri 19. Texas A&M 20. Nebraska 21. UCF 22. South Carolina 23. Maryland 24. TULSA 25. NC State 1. Alabama 2. LSU 3. Oklahoma State 4. Oregon 5. Arkansas 6. USC 7. Stanford 8. Boise State 9. South Carolina 10. Wisconsin 11. Michigan State 12. Michigan 13. Baylor 14. TCU 15. Kansas State 16. Oklahoma 17. West Virginia 18. HOUSTON 19. Georgia 20. Southern Miss 21. Virginia Tech 22. Clemson 23. Florida State 24. Nebraska 25. CINCINNATI

1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Notre Dame 5. Georgia Texas A&M 7. Stanford 8. South Carolina 9. Florida 10. Florida State 11. Clemson 12. Kansas State 13. Louisville 14. LSU 15. Oklahoma 16. Utah State 17. Northwestern 18. Boise State 19. Texas 20. Oregon State 21. San Jose State 22. Northern Illinois 23. Vanderbilt 24. Michigan 25. Nebraska 1. Florida State 2. Auburn 3. Michigan State 4. South Carolina 5. Missouri 6. Oklahoma 7. Alabama 8. Clemson 9. Oregon 10. UCF 11. Stanford 12. Ohio State 13. Baylor 14. LSU 15. Louisville 16. UCLA 17. Oklahoma State 18. Texas A&M 19. USC 20. Notre Dame 21. Arizona State 22. Wisconsin 23. Duke 24. Vanderbilt 25. Washington *On January 6, 1948, in a special postseason poll after the Rose Bowl, the Associated Press voted Michigan No. 1 and Notre Dame No. 2. However, the postseason poll did not supersede the final regular-season poll of December 6, 1947

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1. Oklahoma 2. Texas 3. Tennessee 4. California 5. Army 6. Michigan 7. Kentucky 8. Princeton 9. Michigan State 10. Ohio State 11. Illinois 12. Clemson 13. Miami 14. Wyoming 15. Baylor Washington 17. Alabama 18. Washington & Lee 19. Navy 20. Cornell Nebraska Wisconsin

1951

1. Tennessee 2. Michigan State 3. Illinois 4. Maryland 5. Georgia Tech 6. Princeton 7. Stanford 8. Wisconsin 9. Baylor 10. Texas Christian 11. Oklahoma 12. California 13. Notre Dame 14. Purdue San Francisco

Washington State 17. Holy Cross Kentucky UCLA 20. Kansas

1952

1. Michigan State 2. Georgia Tech 3. Notre Dame 4. Oklahoma USC 6. UCLA 7. Mississippi 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Wisconsin 11. Texas 12. Purdue 13. Maryland 14. Princeton 15. Ohio State Pittsburgh 17. Navy 18. Duke 19. HOUSTON Kentucky

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1. Oklahoma 2. Michigan State 3. Maryland 4. UCLA 5. Ohio State 6. Texas Christian 7. Georgia Tech 8. Auburn 9. Mississippi 10. Notre Dame 11. Pittsburgh 12. USC 13. Michigan 14. Texas A&M 15. Army 16. Duke 17. West Virginia 18. Miami 19. Iowa 20. Miami (Ohio) Navy Stanford

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Oklahoma Tennessee Iowa Georgia Tech Texas A&M Miami Michigan Syracuse Minnesota Michigan State Baylor Pittsburgh Oregon State Texas Christian USC Wyoming Yale Colorado Navy Duke

1. Ohio State 2. Auburn 3. Michigan State 4. Oklahoma 5. Iowa 6. Navy 7. Rice 8. Mississippi 9. Notre Dame 10. Texas A&M 11. Texas 12. Arizona State 13. Army 14. Duke Wisconsin 16. Tennessee 17. Oregon 18. Clemson UCLA 20. NC State 1.

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1. Syracuse 2. Mississippi 3. Louisiana State 4. Texas 5. Georgia 6. Wisconsin 7. Washington 8. Texas Christian 9. Arkansas 10. Penn State 11. Illinois 12. USC 13. Alabama 14. Pittsburgh 15. Oklahoma 16. Michigan State Northwestern 18. Wyoming 19. Auburn Missouri 1. Minnesota 2. Iowa 3. Mississippi 4. Missouri 5. Wisconsin 6. Navy 7. Arkansas 8. Ohio State 9. Kansas 10. Alabama 11. Baylor Duke Michigan State 14. Auburn 15. Purdue 16. Florida 17. Texas 18. Yale 19. New Mexico State Tennessee

1. Alabama 2. Ohio State 3. Louisiana State 4. Texas 5. Mississippi 6. Minnesota 7. Colorado 8. Arkansas 9. Michigan State 10. Utah State 11. Purdue

Missouri 13. Georgia Tech 14. Duke 15. Kansas 16. Syracuse 17. Wyoming 18. Wisconsin 19. Miami Penn State

1. USC 2. Wisconsin 3. Mississippi 4. Texas 5. Alabama 6. Arkansas 7. Oklahoma 8. Louisiana State 9. Penn State 10. Minnesota 11. Georgia Tech 12. Missouri 13. Ohio State 14. Duke Washington 16. Northwestern Oregon State 18. Arizona State Illinois Miami 1. Texas 2. Navy 3. Pittsburgh 4. Illinois 5. Nebraska 6. Auburn 7. Mississippi 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Michigan State 11. Mississippi State 12. Syracuse 13. Arizona State 14. MEMPHIS 15. Washington 16. Missouri Penn State USC 19. North Carolina 20. Baylor 1. Alabama 2. Arkansas 3. Notre Dame 4. Michigan 5. Texas 6. Nebraska 7. Louisiana State 8. Oregon State 9. Ohio State 10. USC 11. Florida State 12. Syracuse 13. Princeton 14. Penn State Utah 16. Illinois New Mexico 18. Missouri TULSA 20. Michigan State Mississippi

1. Michigan State 2. Arkansas 3. Nebraska 4. Alabama 5. UCLA 6. Missouri 7. Tennessee 8. Notre Dame 9. USC 10. Texas Tech 11. Ohio State 12. Florida 13. Purdue 14. Louisiana State 15. Georgia 16. TULSA 17. Mississippi 18. Kentucky 19. Syracuse 20. Colorado 1.

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1. USC 2. Tennessee 3. Oklahoma 4. Notre Dame 5. Wyoming 6. Indiana 7. Alabama 8. Oregon State 9. Purdue 10. UCLA 11. Penn State 12. Syracuse 13. Colorado 14. Minnesota 15. Florida State 16. Miami 17. NC State 18. Georgia 19. HOUSTON 20. Arizona State

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1. Ohio State 2. USC 3. Penn State 4. Georgia 5. Texas 6. Kansas 7. Tennessee 8. Notre Dame 9. Arkansas 10. Oklahoma 11. Purdue 12. Alabama 13. Oregon State 14. Florida State 15. Michigan 16. SMU 17. Missouri 18. Ohio Minnesota 20. HOUSTON Stanford

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1. Nebraska 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma 4. Michigan 5. Auburn 6. Arizona State 7. Colorado 8. Georgia 9. Tennessee 10. Louisiana State 11. Penn State 12. Texas 13. Toledo 14. HOUSTON 15. Notre Dame 16. Stanford 17. Iowa State 18. North Carolina 19. Florida State 20. Arkansas Mississippi

1972

1. Texas 2. Penn State 3. Arkansas 4. USC 5. Ohio State 6. Missouri 7. Louisiana State 8. Michigan 9. Notre Dame 10. UCLA 11. Tennessee 12. Nebraska 13. Mississippi 14. Stanford 15. Auburn 16. HOUSTON 17. Florida 18. Purdue San Diego State West Virginia

1. USC 2. Oklahoma 3. Ohio State 4. Alabama 5. Texas 6. Michigan 7. Auburn 8. Penn State 9. Nebraska 10. Louisiana State 11. Tennessee 12. Notre Dame 13. Arizona State 14. Colorado

North Carolina 16. Louisville 17. UCLA

Washington State 19. Utah State 20. San Diego State

1970

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1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Nebraska 4. Tennessee 5. Notre Dame 6. Louisiana State 7. Michigan 8. Arizona State 9. Auburn 10. Stanford 11. Air Force 12. Arkansas 13. HOUSTON Dartmouth 15. Oklahoma 16. Colorado 17. Georgia Tech Toledo 19. Penn State USC

1. Alabama 2. Oklahoma 3. Ohio State 4. Notre Dame 5. Penn State 6. Michigan 7. USC 8. Texas 9. UCLA 10. Arizona State 11. Nebraska Texas Tech 13. HOUSTON 14. Louisiana State 15. Kansas TULANE 17. Miami (Ohio) 18. Maryland 19. Florida San Diego State

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1974

1. USC 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Notre Dame 5. Michigan 6. Auburn 7. Penn State 8. Nebraska 9. NC State 10. Miami (Ohio) 11. HOUSTON 12. Florida 13. Maryland 14. Baylor 15. Texas A&M Tennessee 17. Mississippi State 18. Michigan State 19. TULSA

1975

1. Oklahoma 2. Arizona State 3. Alabama 4. Ohio State 5. UCLA 6. Arkansas 7. Texas 8. Michigan 9. Nebraska 10. Penn State 11. Maryland 12. Texas A&M 13. Arizona Pittsburgh 15. California 16. Miami (Ohio) 17. Notre Dame West Virginia 19. Georgia USC

1976

1. Pittsburgh 2. USC 3. Michigan 4. HOUSTON 5. Ohio State 6. Oklahoma 7. Nebraska 8. Texas A&M 9. Alabama 10. Georgia 11. Maryland 12. Notre Dame 13. Texas Tech 14. Oklahoma State 15. UCLA 16. Colorado 17. Rutgers 18. Iowa State 19. Baylor Kentucky

1977

1. Notre Dame 2. Alabama 3. Arkansas 4. Penn State 5. Texas 6. Oklahoma 7. Pittsburgh 8. Michigan 9. Washington 10. Nebraska 11. Florida State 12. Ohio State USC 14. North Carolina 15. Stanford 16. North Texas Brigham Young 18. Arizona State 19. NC State San Diego State

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Georgia Pittsburgh Oklahoma Michigan Florida State Alabama Nebraska Penn State North Carolina Notre Dame Brigham Young USC Baylor UCLA Ohio State Purdue Washington Miami Florida SMU Clemson Pittsburgh Penn State Texas Georgia Alabama Washington North Carolina Nebraska Michigan Brigham Young Ohio State USC Oklahoma Iowa Arkansas Mississippi State West Virginia Southern Miss Missouri Penn State SMU Nebraska Georgia UCLA Arizona State Washington Arkansas Pittsburgh Florida State Louisiana State Ohio State North Carolina Auburn Michigan Oklahoma Alabama Texas West Virginia Maryland

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1984

1. Brigham Young 2. Washington 3. Nebraska 4. Boston College 5. Oklahoma State 6. Oklahoma 7. Florida 8. SMU 9. USC 10. UCLA 11. Maryland 12. Ohio State 13. South Carolina 14. Auburn 15. Iowa 16. Louisiana State 17. Virginia 18. West Virginia 19. Kentucky Florida State

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USA Today began issuing college football rankings with the 1982 season. The poll was the USA Today/ CNN poll through the 1996 season and has been the USA Today/ESPN poll since.

1982

1. Penn State 2. SMU 3. Nebraska 4. Georgia 5. UCLA 6. Arizona State 7. Pittsburgh 8. Arkansas 9. Clemson 10. Washington 11. Louisiana State 12. Florida State 13. Ohio State 14. USC 15. Oklahoma 16. Auburn 17. West Virginia 18. Maryland 19. North Carolina 20. Texas 21. Michigan 22. Alabama 23. TULSA 24. Iowa 25. Florida

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1992

1. Alabama 2. Florida State 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Michigan 6. Texas A&M 7. Syracuse 8. Georgia 9. Stanford 10. Washington 11. Florida 12. Tennessee 13. Colorado 14. Nebraska 15. NC State 16. Mississippi 17. Washington State 18. North Carolina 19. Ohio State 20. Hawaii 21. Boston College 22. Fresno State 23. Kansas 24. Penn State 25. Wake Forest

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1996

1. Florida 2. Ohio State 3. Florida State 4. Arizona State 5. Brigham Young 6. Nebraska 7. Penn State 8. Colorado 9. Tennessee 10. North Carolina 11. Alabama 12. Virginia Tech 13. Louisiana State 14. Miami 15. Washington 16. Northwestern 17. Kansas State 18. Iowa 19. Syracuse 20. Michigan 21. Notre Dame 22. Wyoming 23. Texas 24. Army 25. Auburn

1997

1. Nebraska 2. Michigan 3. Florida State 4. North Carolina 5. UCLA 6. Florida 7. Kansas State 8. Tennessee 9. Washington State 10. Georgia 11. Auburn 12. Ohio State 13. Louisiana State 14. Arizona State 15. Purdue 16. Colorado State 17. Penn State 18. Washington 19. Southern Miss 20. Syracuse 21. Texas A&M 22. Mississippi 23. Missouri 24. Oklahoma State 25. Air Force

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1. Tennessee 2. Ohio State 3. Florida State 4. Arizona 5. Wisconsin 6. Florida 7. TULANE 8. UCLA 9. Kansas State 10. Air Force 11. Georgia Tech 12. Michigan 13. Texas A&M 14. Georgia 15. Penn State 16. Texas 17. Arkansas 18. Virginia 19. Virginia Tech 20. Nebraska 21. Miami 22. Notre Dame 23. Purdue 24. Syracuse 25. Missouri

1. Florida State 2. Nebraska 3. Virginia Tech 4. Wisconsin 5. Michigan 6. Kansas State 7. Michigan State 8. Alabama 9. Tennessee 10. Marshall 11. Penn State 12. Mississippi State 13. Southern Miss 14. Florida 15. Miami 16. Georgia 17. Minnesota 18. Oregon 19. Arkansas 20. Texas A&M 21. Georgia Tech 22. Mississippi 23. Texas 24. Stanford 25. Illinois

1. Oklahoma 2. Miami 3. Washington 4. Florida State 5. Oregon State 6. Virginia Tech 7. Nebraska 8. Kansas State 9. Oregon 10. Michigan 11. Florida 12. Texas 13. Purdue 14. Clemson 15. Colorado State 16. Notre Dame 17. Georgia 18. Texas Christian 19. Georgia Tech 20. Auburn 21. South Carolina 22. Mississippi State 23. Iowa State 24. Wisconsin 25. Tennessee

1. Miami 2. Oregon 3. Florida 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. Oklahoma 7. Nebraska 8. Louisiana State 9. Colorado 10. Maryland 11. Washington State 12. Illinois 13. South Carolina 14. Syracuse 15. Florida State 16. Louisville 17. Stanford 18. Virginia Tech 19. Washington 20. Michigan 21. Marshall 22. Toledo 23. Boston College 24. Brigham Young 25. Georgia Tech

1. Ohio State 2. Miami 3. Georgia 4. USC 5. Oklahoma 6. Kansas State 7. Texas 8. Iowa 9. Michigan 10. Washington State 11. NC State 12. Boise State 13. Maryland 14. Virginia Tech 15. Penn State 16. Auburn 17. Notre Dame 18. Pittsburgh 19. Marshall 20. West Virginia 21. Colorado 22. Texas Christian 23. Florida State 24. Florida 25. Virginia

1. Louisiana State 2. USC 3. Oklahoma 4. Ohio State 5. Miami 6. Georgia 7. Michigan 8. Iowa 9. Washington State 10. Florida State 11. Texas 12. Miami (Ohio) 13. Kansas State 14. Mississippi 15. Boise State 16. Tennessee 17. Minnesota 18. Nebraska 19. Purdue 20. Maryland 21. Utah 22. Clemson 23. Bowling Green 24. Texas Christian 25. Florida

1. USC 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Texas 5. Utah 6. Georgia 7. Louisville 8. Iowa 9. California 10. Virginia Tech 11. Miami 12. Michigan 13. Boise State 14. Florida State 15. Tennessee 16. Louisiana State 17. Texas Tech 18. Wisconsin 19. Ohio State 20. Arizona State 21. Boston College 22. Fresno State 23. Virginia 24. Navy 25. Florida

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1. Florida 2. USC 3. Texas 4. Utah 5. Oklahoma 6. Alabama 7. Texas Christian 8. Penn State 9. Oregon 10. Georgia 11. Ohio State 12. Texas Tech 13. Boise State 14. Virginia Tech 15. Mississippi 16. Missouri 17. CINCINNATI 18. Oklahoma St. 19. Oregon State 20. Iowa 21. Brigham Young 22. Georgia Tech 23. Florida State 24. Michigan State 25. California

2009

1. Alabama 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. TCU 7. Iowa 8. Penn State 9. CINCINNATI 10. Virginia Tech 11. Oregon 12. Brigham Young 13. Georgia Tech 14. Nebraska 15. Pittsburgh 16. Wisconsin 17. LSU 18. Utah 19. Miami 20. USC 21. Mississippi 22. West Virginia 23. Texas Tech 24. Central Michigan 25. Oklahoma State

2010

1. Auburn 2. TCU 3. Oregon 4. Stanford 5. Ohio State 6. Oklahoma 7. Boise State 8. LSU Wisconsin 10. Oklahoma State 11. Alabama 12. Arkansas 13. Nevada 14. Michigan State 15. Virginia Tech 16. Florida State 17. Mississippi State 18. Missouri 19. Nebraska 20. UCF 21. Texas A&M 22. South Carolina 23. Utah 24. Maryland 25. North Carolina State

2011

1. Alabama 2. LSU 3. Oklahoma State 4. Oregon 5. Arkansas 6. Boise State 7. Stanford 8. South Carolina 9. Michigan 10. Michigan State 11. Wisconsin 12. Baylor 13. TCU 14. HOUSTON 15. Oklahoma 16. Kansas State 17. Virginia Tech 18. West Virginia 19. Southern Miss 20. Georgia 21. CINCINNATI 22. Clemson 23. Florida State 24. Nebraska 25. Brigham Young

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2012

1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Notre Dame 4. Georgia 5. Texas A&M 6. Stanford 7. South Carolina 8. Florida State 9. Clemson 10. Florida 11. Kansas State 12. LSU 13. Louisville 14. Boise State 15. Oklahoma 16. Northwestern 17. Utah State 18. Texas 19. Oregon State 20. Vanderbilt 21. San Jose State 22. CINCINNATI 23. Nebraska 24. Northern Illinois 25. TULSA

2013

1. Florida State 2. Auburn 3. Michigan State 4. South Carolina 5. Missouri 6. Oklahoma 8. Clemson 7. Alabama 9. Oregon 10. Ohio State Stanford 12. UCF 13. Baylor 14. LSU 15. Louisville 16. UCLA 17. Oklahoma State 18. Texas A&M 19. USC 20. Arizona State 21. Wisconsin 22. Duke 23. Vanderbilt 24. Notre Dame 25. Nebraska

American Athletic Conference vs. Ranked Teams AP/USA Today rank in parentheses UCF (2-1/1-0) 9/28/13 South Carolina (12/13) 10/18/13 at Louisville * (8/6) 1/1/14 vs. Baylor (6/5)

L, 25-28 W, 38-35 W, 52-42

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UCONN (0-3/0-2) 9/21/13 Michigan (15/14) 10/26/13 at UCF * (21/25) 11/8/13 Louisville * (20/16)

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HOUSTON (0-2/0-2) 11/9/13 at UCF * (19/21) 11/16/13 at Louisville (19/13)

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LOUISVILLE (2-0/1-0) 12/5/13 Cincinnati * (rv/23) 12/28/13 vs. Miami (Fla.) (rv/25)

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MEMPHIS (0-1/0-1) 11/23/13 at Louisville * (21/15)

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RUTGERS (0-3/0-2) 10/10/13 at Louisville * (8/8) 11/21/13 at UCF * (17/20) 12/28/13 vs. Notre Dame (25/rv)

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TEMPLE (0-2/0-1) 8/31/13 at Notre Dame (14/11) 11/16/13 UCF * (15/19)

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ALL-TIME BOWL APPEARANCES UCF (3-3/1-0) 2005 Hawaii Bowl - Nevada 49, UCF 48 2007 Liberty Bowl - Mississippi State 10, UCF 3 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl - Rutgers 45, UCF 24 2010 Liberty Bowl - UCF 10, Georgia 6 2012 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl - UCF 38, Ball State 17 1-1-14 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl — UCF 52, Baylor 42

MEMPHIS (3-3) 12-18-71 Pasadena Bowl - Memphis 28, San Jose State 9 12-16-03 New Orleans Bowl - Memphis 27, North Texas 17 12-22-04 GMAC Bowl - Bowling Green 52, Memphis 35 12-26-05 Motor City Bowl - Memphis 38, Akron 31 12-21-07 New Orleans Bowl - Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27 12-20-08 St. Petersburg Bowl - USF 41, Memphis 14

CINCINNATI (8-7/0-1) 1-1-47 Sun Bowl – Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 12-3-49 Glass Bowl – Cincinnati 33, Toledo 13 1-1-51 Sun Bowl – Cincinnati 13, West Texas State 14 12-21-97 Humanitarian Bowl – Cincinnati 35, Utah State 19 12-27-00 Motor City Bowl – Cincinnati 14, Marshall 25 12-29-01 Motor City Bowl – Cincinnati 16, Toledo 23 12-17-02 New Orleans Bowl – Cincinnati 19, North Texas 24 12-23-04 PlainsCapital Fort Worth – Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14 1-6-07 International Bowl — Cincinnati 27, Western Michigan 24 12-22-07 PapaJohns.com Bowl — Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21 1-1-09 FedEx Orange Bowl — Virginia Tech 20, Cincinnati 7 1-1-10 Allstate Sugar Bowl — Florida 51, Cincinnati 24 12-31-11 AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24 12-27-12 Belk Bowl — Cincinnati 48, Duke 34 12-28-13 Belk Bowl — North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17

USF (4-2) 12-31-05 12-23-06 12-31-07 12-20-08 1-2-10 12-31-10

Meineke Car Care Bowl – North Carolina State 14, USF 0, PapaJohns.com Bowl – USF 24, East Carolina 7 Brut Sun Bowl — Oregon 56, USF 21 St. Petersburg Bowl — USF 41, Memphis 14 International Bowl — USF 27, Northern Illinois 3 Meineke Car Care Bowl — USF 31, Clemson 26

SMU (7-7-1) 1-1-25 1-1-36 1-1-48 1-1-49 12-31-63 12-31-68 12-19-80 1-1-83 12-24-83 12-29-84 12-30-10 1-7-12 12-24-12

Dixie Classic - West Virginia Wesleyan 9, SMU 7 Rose Bowl - Stanford 7, SMU 0 Cotton Bowl - Penn State 13, SMU 13 Cotton Bowl - SMU 21, Oregon State 13 Sun Bowl - Oregon 21, SMU 14 Bluebonnet Bowl - SMU 28, Oklahoma 27 Holiday Bowl - Brigham Young 46, SMU 45 Cotton Bowl - SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3 Sun Bowl - Alabama 28, SMU 7 Aloha Bowl - SMU 27, Notre Dame 20 Armed Forces Bowl - Army 16, SMU 14 BBVA Compass Bowl - SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 Hawaii Bowl - SMU 43, Fresno State 10

UCONN (3-2) 12-27-04 Motor City Bowl – Connecticut 39, Toledo 10 12-29-07 Meineke Car Care Bowl — Wake Forest 24, Connecticut 10 1-3-09 International Bowl — Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20 1-2-10 PapaJohns.com Bowl — Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7 1-1-11 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl — Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20 EAST CAROLINA (8-8) 12-12-64 Tangerine Bowl — East Carolina 14, Massachusetts 13 12-11-65 Tangerine Bowl — East Carolina 31, Maine 0 12-16-78 Independence Bowl — East Carolina 35, Louisiana Tech 13 1-1-92 Peach Bowl — East Carolina 37, North Carolina State 34 12-31-94 Liberty Bowl — Illinois 30, East Carolina 0 12-30-95 Liberty Bowl — East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 12-22-99 Mobile Alabama Bowl — TCU 28, East Carolina 14 12-27-00 GalleryFurniture.com Bowl — East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 27 12-19-01 GMAC Bowl — Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 (ot) 12-23-06 PapaJohns.com Bowl — USF 24, East Carolina 7 12-23-07 Hawaii Bowl — East Carolina 41, Boise State 38 1-2-09 Liberty Bowl — Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19 1-2-10 Liberty Bowl — Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 (ot) 12-29-10 Military Bowl — Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 12-22-12 New Orleans Bowl — Louisiana 43, East Carolina 34 12-23-13 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl — East Carolina 27, Ohio 20 HOUSTON (9-12-1/0-1) 1-1-52 Salad Bowl - Houston 26, Dayton 21 12-22-62 Tangerine Bowl - Houston 49, Miami (Ohio) 21 12-31-69 Bluebonnet Bowl - Houston 36, Auburn 7 12-31-71 Bluebonnet Bowl - Colorado 29, Houston 17 12-29-73 Bluebonnet Bowl - Houston 47, Tulane7 12-23-74 Bluebonnet Bowl - North Carolina State 31, Houston 31 1-1-77 Cotton Bowl - Houston 30, Maryland 21 1-1-79 Cotton Bowl - Notre Dame 35, Houston 34 1-1-80 Cotton Bowl - Houston 17, Nebraska 14 12-14-80 Garden State Bowl - Houston 35, Navy 0 12-26-81 Sun Bowl - Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 1-1-85 Cotton Bowl - Boston College 45, Houston 28 12-25-88 Aloha Bowl - Washington State 22, Houston 22 12-27-96 Liberty Bowl - Syracuse 30, Houston 17 12-25-03 Hawaii Bowl - Hawaii 54, Houston 48 12-23-05 Fort Worth Bowl - Kansas 42, Houston 13 12-29-06 Liberty Bowl - South Carolina 44, Houston 36 12-28-07 Texas Bowl - TCU 20, Houston 13 12-31-08 Armed Forces Bowl - Houston 34, Air Force 28 12-31-09 Armed Forces Bowl - Air Force 47, Houston 20 1-2-12 Ticket City Bowl - Houston 30, Penn State 14 1-4-14 BBVA Compass Bowl - Vanderbilt 41, Houston 20

TEMPLE (2-2) 1-1-35 Sugar Bowl — Tulane 20, Temple 14 12-15-79 Garden State Bowl — Temple 28, California 17 12-29-09 EagleBank Bowl — UCLA 30, Temple 21 12-1-11 New Mexico Bowl —Temple 37, Wyoming 15 TULANE (4-7) 1-1-32 Rose Bowl — USC 21, Tulane 12 1-1-35 Sugar Bowl — Tulane 20, Temple 14 1-1-40 Sugar Bowl — Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13 12-12-70 Liberty Bowl — Tulane 17, Colorado 3 12-29-73 Bluebonnet Bowl — Houston 47, Tulane 7 12-22-79 Liberty Bowl — Penn State 9, Tulane 6 12-27-80 All-American Bowl — Arkansas 34, Tulane 15 12-19-87 Independence Bowl — Washington 24, Tulane 12 12-31-98 Liberty Bowl — Tulane 41, Brigham Young 27 12-25-02 Hawaii Bowl — Tulane 36, Hawaii 28 12-21-13 New Orleans Bowl — Louisiana 24, Tulane 21 TULSA (9-10) 1-1-42 Sun Bowl — Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 1-1-43 Sugar Bowl — Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7 1-1-44 Sugar Bowl — Georgia Tech 20, Tulsa 18 1-1-45 Orange Bowl — Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12 1-1-46 Oil Bowl — Georgia 20, Tulsa 6 1-1-53 Gator Bowl — Florida 14, Tulsa 13 12-19-64 Bluebonnet Bowl — Tulsa 14, Mississippi 7 12-18-65 Bluebonnet Bowl — Tennessee 27, Tulsa 6 12-13-76 Independence Bowl — McNeese State 20, Tulsa 16 12-16-89 Independence Bowl — Oregon 27, Tulsa 24 12-30-91 Freedom Bowl — Tulsa 28, San Diego State 17 1-3-04 Humanitarian Bowl —Georgia Tech 52, Tulsa 10 12-31-05 Liberty Bowl — Tulsa 31, Fresno State 24 12-23-06 Armed Forces Bowl — Utah 25, Tulsa 13 1-6-08 GMAC Bowl — Tulsa 63, Bowling Green 7 1-6-09 GMAC Bowl — Tulsa 45, Ball State 13 12-24-10 Hawaii Bowl — Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35 12-30-11 Armed Forces Bowl — Brigham Young 24, Tulsa 21 12-31-12 Liberty Bowl — Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17

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BOWL GAME RESULTS BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 1-8-07 1-7-08 1-8-09 1-7-10 1-10-11 1-9-12 1-7-13 1-6-14

Florida 41, Ohio State 14; Glendale, Ariz.

LSU 38, Ohio State 24; New Orleans, La. Florida 24, Oklahoma 14; Miami, Fla. Alabama 37, Texas 21; Pasadena, Calif.

Auburn 22, Oregon 19; Glendale, Ariz.

Alabama 21, LSU 0; New Orleans, La. Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14; Miami, Fla. Florida State 34, Auburn 31; Pasadena, Calif.

ALAMO BOWL

San Antonio, Texas 12-31-93 California 37, Iowa 3 12-31-94 Washington State 10, Baylor 3 12-28-95 Texas A&M 22, Michigan 20 12-29-96 Iowa 27, Texas Tech 0 12-30-97 Purdue 33, Oklahoma State 20 12-29-98 Purdue 37, Kansas State 34 12-28-99 Penn State 24, Texas A&M 0 12-30-00 Nebraska 66, Northwestern 17 12-29-01 Iowa 19, Texas Tech 16 12-28-02 Wisconsin 31, Colorado 28 (ot) 12-29-03 Nebraska 17, Michigan State 3 12-19-04 Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7 12-28-05 Nebraska 32, Michigan 28 12-30-06 Texas 26, Iowa 24 12-29-07 Penn State 24, Texas A&M 17 12-29-08 Missouri 30, Northwestern 23 (ot) 1-2-10 Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31 12-29-10 Oklahoma State 36, Arizona 10 12-29-11 Baylor 67, Washington 56 12-29-12 Texas 31, Oregon State 27 12-30-13 Oregon 30, Texas 7

ARMED FORCES BOWL

Forth Worth, Texas 12-23-03 Boise State 34, TCU 31 12-23-04 Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14 12-23-05 Kanas 42, Houston 13 12-23-06 Utah 25, Tulsa 13 12-31-07 California 42, Air Force 36 12-29-08 Missouri 30, Northwestern 23 (ot) 12-31-09 Air Force 47, Houston 20 12-30-10 Army 16, Southern Methodist 14 12-30-11 Brigham Young 24, Tulsa 21 12-29-12 Rice 33, Air Force 14 12-30-13 Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6

BIRMINGHAM BOWL (0-1)

Birmingham, Ala. 12-23-06 USF 24, East Carolina 7 12-22-07 Cincinnati 31, Southern Mississippi 21 12-29-08 Rutgers 29, North Carolina State 23 1-2-10 UConn 20, South Carolina 7 1-8-11 Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10 1-7-12 SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 1-5-13 MIssissippi 38, Pittsburgh 17 1-4-14 Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 PapaJohns.com Bowl (2006-09 BBVA Compass Bowl (2010-13))

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BELK BOWL (0-1)

Charlotte, North Carolina 12-28-02 Virginia 48, West Virginia 22 12-27-03 Virginia 23, Pittsburgh 16 12-30-04 Boston College 37, North Carolina 24 12-31-05 North Carolina State 14, USF 0 12-30-06 Boston College 25, Navy 24 12-29-07 Wake Forest 24, UConn 10 12-27-08 West Virginia 31, North Carolina 30 12-26-09 Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17 12-31-10 USF 31, Clemson 26 12-27-11 North Carolina State 31, Louisville 24 12-27-12 Cincinnati 48, Duke 34 12-28-13 North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17

CAPITAL ONE BOWL

Orlando, Florida 1-1-47 Catawba 31, Maryville 6 1-1-48 Catawba 7, Marshall 0 1-1-49 Murray State 21, Sul Ross State 21 1-2-50 St. Vincent 7, Emory & Henry 6 1-1-51 Morris Harvey 35, Emory & Henry 14 1-1-52 Stetson 35, Arkansas State 7 1-1-53 East Texas State 33, Tenn. Tech 0 1-1-54 East Texas State 7, Arkansas State 7 1-1-55 Nebraska-Omaha 7, Eastern Kentucky 6 1-2-56 Juniata 6, Missouri Valley 6 1-1-57 West Texas State 20, Southern Miss 13 1-1-58 East Texas State 10, Southern Miss 9 12-27-58 East Texas State 26, Missouri Valley 7 1-1-60 Middle Tennessee 21, Presbyterian 12 12-30-60 Citadel 27, Tennessee Tech 0 12-29-61 Lamar 21, Middle Tennessee 14 12-22-62 Houston 49, Miami (Ohio) 21 12-28-63 Western Kentucky 27, Coast Guard 0 12-12-64 East Carolina 14, Massachusetts 13 12-11-65 East Carolina 31, Maine 0 12-10-66 Morgan State 14, West Chester 6 12-16-67 Tenn.-Martin 25, West Chester 8 12-27-68 Richmond 49, Ohio 42 12-26-69 Toledo 56, Davidson 33 12-28-70 Toledo 40, William & Mary 12 12-28-71 Toledo 28, Richmond 3 12-29-72 Tampa 21, Kent State 18 12-22-73 Miami (Ohio) 16, Florida 7 12-21-74 Miami (Ohio) 21, Georgia 10 12-20-75 Miami (Ohio) 20, South Carolina 7 12-18-76 Oklahoma State 49, Brigham Young 21 12-23-77 Florida State 40, Texas Tech 17 12-23-78 North Carolina State 30, Pittsburgh 17 12-22-79 LSU 34, Wake Forest 10 12-20-80 Florida 35, Maryland 20 12-19-81 Missouri 19, Southern Miss 17 12-18-82 Auburn 33, Boston College 26 12-17-83 Tennessee 30, Maryland 23 12-22-84 Georgia 17, Florida State 17 12-28-85 Ohio State 10, Brigham Young 7 1-1-87 Auburn 16, USC 7 1-1-88 Clemson 35, Penn State 10 1-2-89 Clemson 13, Oklahoma 6 1-1-90 Illinois 31, Virginia 21 1-1-91 Georgia Tech 45, Nebraska 21 1-1-92 California 37, Clemson 13 1-1-93 Georgia 21, Ohio State 14 1-1-94 Penn State 31, Tennessee 13 1-2-95 Alabama 24, Ohio State 17 1-1-96 Tennessee 20, Ohio State 14 1-1-97 Tennessee 48, Northwestern 28 1-1-98 Florida 21, Penn State 6 1-1-99 Michigan 45, Arkansas 31 1-1-00 Michigan State 37, Florida 34

1-1-01 1-1-02 1-1-03 1-1-04 1-1-05 1-2-06 1-1-07 1-1-08 1-1-09 1-1-10 1-2-12 1-1-13 1-1-14

Michigan 31, Auburn 28 Tennessee 45, Michigan 17 Auburn 13, Penn State 9 Georgia 34, Purdue 27 (ot) Iowa 30, LSU 25 Wisconsin 24, Auburn 10 Wisconsin 17, Arkansas 14 Michigan 41, Florida 35 Georgia 24, Michigan State 12 Penn State 19, LSU 17 South Carolina 30, Nebraska 13 Georgia 45, Nebraska 31 South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24

COTTON BOWL

Dallas, Texas 1-1-37 TCU 16, Marquette 6 1-1-38 Rice 28, Colorado 14 1-2-39 St. Mary’s 20, Texas Tech 13 1-1-40 Clemson 6, Boston College 3 1-1-41 Texas A&M 13, Fordham 12 1-1-42 Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 1-1-43 Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7 1-1-44 Texas 7, Randolph Field 7 1-1-45 Oklahoma State 34, TCU 0 1-1-46 Texas 40, Missouri 27 1-1-47 Arkansas 0, LSU 0 1-1-48 SMU 13, Penn State 13 1-1-49 SMU 21, Oregon 13 1-2-50 Rice 27, North Carolina 13 1-1-51 Tennessee 20, Texas 14 1-1-52 Kentucky 20, TCU 7 1-1-53 Texas 16, Tennessee 0 1-1-54 Rice 28, Alabama 6 1-1-55 Georgia Tech 14, Arkansas 6 1-2-56 Mississippi 14, TCU 13 1-1-57 TCU 28, Syracuse 27 1-1-58 Navy 20, Rice 7 1-1-59 TCU 0, Air Force 0 1-1-60 Syracuse 23, Texas 14 1-2-61 Duke 7, Arkansas 6 1-1-62 Texas 12, Mississippi 7 1-1-63 LSU 13, Texas 0 1-1-64 Texas 28, Navy 6 1-1-65 Arkansas 10, Nebraska 7 1-1-66 LSU 14, Arkansas 7 12-31-66 Georgia 24, SMU 9 1-1-68 Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 1-1-69 Texas 36, Tennessee 13 1-1-70 Texas 21, Notre Dame 17 1-1-71 Notre Dame 24, Texas 11 1-1-72 Penn State 30, Texas 6 1-1-73 Texas 17, Alabama 13 1-1-74 Nebraska 19, Texas 3 1-1-75 Penn State 41, Baylor 20 1-1-76 Arkansas 31, Georgia 10 1-1-77 Houston 30, Maryland 21 1-2-78 Notre Dame 38, Texas 10 1-1-79 Notre Dame 35, Houston 34 1-1-80 Houston 17, Nebraska 14 1-1-81 Alabama 30, Baylor 2 1-1-82 Texas 14, Alabama 12 1-1-83 SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3 1-2-84 Georgia 10, Texas 9 1-1-85 Boston College 45, Houston 28 1-1-86 Texas A&M 36, Auburn 16 1-1-87 Ohio State 28, Texas A&M 12 1-1-88 Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10 1-2-89 UCLA 17, Arkansas 3 1-1-90 Tennessee 31, Arkansas 27 1-1-91 Miami 46, Texas 3

BOWL GAME RESULTS 1-1-92 1-1-93 1-1-94 1-2-95 1-1-96 1-1-97 1-1-98 1-1-99 1-1-00 1-1-01 1-1-02 1-1-03 1-2-04 1-1-05 1-2-06 1-1-07 1-1-08 1-2-09 1-2-10 1-7-11 1-6-12 1-4-13 1-3-14

Florida State 10, Texas A&M 2 Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M 3 Notre Dame 24, Texas A&M 21 USC 55, Texas Tech 14 Colorado 38, Oregon 6 Brigham Young 19, Kansas State 15 UCLA 29, Texas A&M 23 Texas 38, Mississippi State 11 Arkansas 27, Texas 6 Kansas State 35, Tennessee 21 Oklahoma 10, Arkansas 3 Texas 35, LSU 20 Mississippi 31, Oklahoma State 28 Tennessee 38, Texas A&M 7 Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10 Auburn 17, Nebraska 14 Missouri 38, Arkansas 7 Mississippi 47, Texas Tech 34 Mississippi 21, Oklahoma State 7 LSU 41, Texas A&M 24 Arkansas 29, Kansas State 16 Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13 Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31

FIESTA BOWL (1-0)

Glendale, Arizona 12-27-71 Arizona State 45, Florida State 38 12-23-72 Arizona State 49, Missouri 35 12-21-73 Arizona State 28, Pittsburgh 7 12-28-74 Oklahoma State 16, Brigham Young 6 12-26-75 Arizona State 17, Nebraska 14 12-25-76 Oklahoma 41, Wyoming 7 12-25-77 Penn State 42, Arizona State 30 12-25-78 Arkansas 10, UCLA 10 12-25-79 Pittsburgh 16, Arizona 10 12-26-80 Penn State 31, Ohio State 19 1-1-82 Penn State 26, USC 10 1-1-83 Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21 1-2-84 Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23 1-1-85 UCLA 39, Miami 37 1-1-86 Michigan 27, Nebraska 23 1-2-87 Penn State 14, Miami 10 1-1-88 Florida State 31, Nebraska 28 1-2-89 Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 21 1-1-90 Florida State 41, Nebraska 17 1-1-91 Louisville 34, Alabama 7 1-1-92 Penn State 42, Tennessee 17 1-1-93 Syracuse 26, Colorado 22 1-1-94 Arizona 29, Miami 0 1-2-95 Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24 1-2-96 Nebraska 62, Florida 24 1-1-97 Penn State 38, Texas 15 12-31-97 Kansas State 35, Syracuse 18 1-4-99 Tennessee 23, Florida State 16 1-2-00 Nebraska 31, Tennessee 21 1-1-01 Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9 1-1-02 Oregon 38, Colorado 16 1-3-03 Ohio State 31, Miami 24 (2ot) 1-2-04 Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28 1-1-05 Utah 35, Pittsburgh 7 1-2-06 Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 10 1-1-07 Boise State 43, Oklahoma 42 1-2-08 West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28 1-5-09 Texas 24, Ohio State 21 1-4-10 Boise State 17, TCU 10 1-1-11 Oklahoma 48, UConn 20 1-2-12 Oklahoma State 41, Stanford 38 (ot) 1-3-13 Oregon 35, Kansas State 17 1-1-14 UCF 52, Baylor 42

GATOR BOWL

Jacksonville, Florida 1-1-46 Wake Forest 26, South Carolina 14 1-1-47 Oklahoma 34, North Carolina State 13 1-1-48 Maryland 20, Georgia 20 1-1-49 Clemson 24, Missouri 23 1-2-50 Maryland 20, Missouri 7 1-1-51 Wyoming 20, Washington & Lee 7 1-1-52 Miami 14, Clemson 0 1-1-53 Florida 14, Tulsa 13 1-1-54 Texas Tech 35, Auburn 13 12-31-54 Auburn 33, Baylor 13 12-31-55 Vanderbilt 25, Auburn 13 12-29-56 Georgia Tech 21, Pittsburgh 14 12-28-57 Tennessee 3, Texas A&M 0 12-27-58 Mississippi 7, Florida 3 1-2-60 Arkansas 14, Georgia Tech 7 12-31-60 Florida 13, Baylor 12 12-30-61 Penn State 30, Georgia Tech 15 12-29-62 Florida 17, Penn State 7 12-28-63 North Carolina 35, Air Force 0 1-2-65 Florida State 36, Oklahoma 19 12-31-65 Georgia Tech 31, Texas Tech 21 12-31-66 Tennessee 18, Syracuse 12 12-30-67 Penn State 17, Florida State 17 12-28-68 Missouri 35, Alabama 10 12-27-69 Florida 14, Tennessee 13 1-2-71 Auburn 35, Mississippi 28 12-31-71 Georgia 7, North Carolina 3 12-30-72 Auburn 24, Colorado 3 12-29-73 Texas Tech 28, Tennessee 19 12-30-74 Auburn 27, Texas 3 12-29-75 Maryland 13, Florida 0 12-27-76 Notre Dame 20, Penn State 9 12-30-77 Pittsburgh 34, Clemson 3 12-29-78 Clemson 17, Ohio State 15 12-28-79 North Carolina 17, Michigan 15 12-29-80 Pittsburgh 37, South Carolina 9 12-28-81 North Carolina 31, Arkansas 27 12-30-82 Florida State 31, West Virginia 12 12-30-83 Florida 14, Iowa 6 12-28-84 Oklahoma State 21, South Carolina 14 12-30-85 Florida State 34, Oklahoma State 23 12-27-86 Clemson 27, Stanford 21 12-31-87 LSU 30, South Carolina 13 1-1-89 Georgia 34, Michigan State 27 12-30-89 Clemson 27, West Virginia 7 1-1-91 Michigan 35, Mississippi 3 12-29-91 Oklahoma 48, Virginia 14 12-31-92 Florida 27, North Carolina State 10 12-31-93 Alabama 24, North Carolina 10 12-30-94 Tennessee 45, Virginia Tech 23 1-1-96 Syracuse 41, Clemson 0 1-1-97 North Carolina 20, West Virginia 13 1-1-98 North Carolina 42, Virginia Tech 3 1-1-99 Georgia Tech 35, Notre Dame 28 1-1-00 Miami 28, Georgia Tech 13 1-1-01 Virginia Tech, Clemson 20 1-1-02 Florida State 30, Virginia Tech 17 1-1-03 North Carolina State 28, Notre Dame 6 1-1-04 Maryland 41, West Virginia 7 1-1-05 Florida State 30, West Virginia 18 1-2-06 Virginia Tech 35, Louisville 24 1-1-07 West Virginia 38, Georgia Tech 35 1-1-08 Texas Tech 31, Virginia 28 1-1-09 Nebraska 26, Clemson 21 1-1-10 Florida State 33, West Virginia 21 1-1-11 Mississippi State 52, Michigan 14 1-2-12 Florida 24, Ohio State 17 1-1-13 Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20 1-1-14 Nebraska 24, Georgia 19

GODADDY BOWL

Mobile, Alabama 12-20-00 Southern Mississippi 28, TCU 21 12-19-01 Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 12-18-02 Marshall 38, Louisville 15 12-18-03 Miami (Ohio) 49, Louisville 28 12-22-04 Bowling Green 52, Memphis 35 12-21-05 Toledo 45, Texas-El Paso 13 1-7-07 Southern Mississippi 28, Ohio 7 1-6-08 Tulsa 63, Bowling Green 7 1-6-09 Tulsa 45, Ball State 13 1-6-10 Central Michigan 44, Troy 41 (ot) 1-6-11 Miami (Ohio) 35, Middle Tennessee 21 1-8-12 Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 20 1-6-13 Arkansas State 17, Kent State 13 1-5-14 Arkansas State 23, Ball State 20

HEART OF DALLAS BOWL

Dallas, Texas 1-2-11 Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38 1-2-12 Houston 30, Penn State 14 1-1-13 Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14 1-1-14 North Texas 36, UNLV 14

HOLIDAY BOWL

San Diego, California 12-22-78 Navy 23, Brigham Young 16 12-21-79 Indiana 38, Brigham Young 37 12-17-80 Ohio State 46, Brigham Young 45 12-18-81 Brigham Young 38, Washington State 36 12-17-82 Ohio State 47, Brigham Young 17 12-23-83 Brigham Young 21, Missouri 17 12-21-84 Brigham Young 24, Michigan 17 12-22-85 Arkansas 18, Arizona State 17 12-30-86 Iowa 39, San Diego State 38 12-30-87 Iowa 20, Wyoming 19 12-30-88 Oklahoma State 62, Wyoming 14 12-29-89 Penn State 50, Brigham Young 39 12-29-90 Texas A&M 65, Brigham Young 14 12-30-91 Iowa 13, Brigham Young 13 12-30-92 Hawaii 27, Illinois 17 12-30-93 Ohio State 28, Brigham Young 21 12-30-94 Michigan 24, Colorado State 14 12-29-95 Kansas State 54, Colorado State 21 12-30-96 Colorado 33, Washington 21 12-29-97 Colorado State 35, Missouri 24 12-30-98 Arizona 23, Nebraska 20 12-29-99 Kansas State 24, Washington 20 12-29-00 Oregon 35, Texas 30 12-28-01 Texas 47, Washington 43 12-27-02 Kansas State 34, Arizona State 27 12-30-03 Washington State 28, Texas 20 12-30-04 Texas Tech 45, California 31 12-29-05 Oklahoma 17, Oregon 14 12-28-06 California 45, Texas A&M 10 12-27-07 Texas 52, Arizona State 34 12-30-08 Oregon 42, Oklahoma State 31 12-30-09 Nebraska 33, Arizona 0 12-30-10 Washington 19, Nebraska 7 12-28-11 Texas 21, California 10 12-27-12 Baylor 49, UCLA 26 12-30-13 Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23

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Shreveport, Louisiana 12-13-76 McNeese State 20, Tulsa 16 12-17-77 Louisiana Tech 24, Louisville 14 12-16-78 East Carolina 35, Louisiana Tech 13 12-15-79 Syracuse 31, McNeese State 7 12-13-80 Southern Miss 16, McNeese State 14 12-12-81 Texas A&M 33, Oklahoma St. 16 12-11-82 Wisconsin 14, Kansas State 3 12-10-83 Air Force 9, Mississippi 3 12-15-84 Air Force 23, Virginia Tech 7 12-21-85 Minnesota 20, Clemson 13 12-20-86 Mississippi 20, Texas Tech 17 12-12-87 Washington 24, Tulane 12 12-23-88 Southern Miss 38, Texas-El Paso 18 12-16-89 Oregon 27, Tulsa 24 12-15-90 Louisiana Tech 34, Maryland 34 12-29-91 Georgia 24, Arkansas 15 12-31-92 Wake Forest 39, Oregon 35 12-31-93 Virginia Tech 45, Indiana 20 12-28-94 Virginia 20, TCU 10 12-29-95 LSU 45, Michigan State 26 12-31-96 Auburn 32, Army 29 12-28-97 LSU 27, Notre Dame 9 12-31-98 Mississippi 35, Texas Tech 18 12-31-99 Mississippi 27, Oklahoma 25 12-31-00 Mississippi State 43, Texas A&M 41 (ot) 12-27-01 Alabama 14, Iowa State 13 12-27-02 Mississippi 27, Nebraska 23 12-31-03 Arkansas 27, Missouri 14 12-28-04 Iowa State 17, Miami (Ohio) 13 12-30-05 Missouri 38, South Carolina 31 12-28-06 Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31 12-30-07 Alabama 30, Colorado 24 12-28-08 Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10 12-28-09 Georgia 44, Texas A&M 20 12-27-10 Air Force 14, Georgia Tech 7 12-26-11 Missouri 41, North Carolina 24 12-28-12 Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14 12-31-13 Arizona 42, Boston College 19

LAS VEGAS BOWL

Las Vegas, Nevada 12-17-93 Utah State 42, Ball State 33 12-15-94 UNLV 52, Central Michigan 24 12-14-95 Toledo 40, Nevada 37 (ot) 12-19-96 Nevada 18, Ball State 15 12-20-97 Oregon 41, Air Force 13 12-19-98 North Carolina 20, San Diego State 13 12-18-99 Utah 17, Fresno State 16 12-21-00 UNLV 31, Arkansas 14 12-25-01 Utah 10, USC 6 12-25-02 UCLA 27, New Mexico 13 12-24-03 Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14 12-23-04 Wyoming 24, UCLA 21 12-22-05 California 35, Brigham Young 28 12-21-06 Brigham Young 38, Oregon 8 12-22-07 Brigham Young 17, UCLA 16 12-20-08 Arizona 31, Brigham Young 21 12-22-09 BYU 44, Oregon State 20 12-22-10 Boise State 26, Utah 3 12-22-11 Boise State 56, Arizona State 24 12-22-12 Boise State 28, Washington 26 12-21-13 USC 45, Fresno State 20

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LIBERTY BOWL

Memphis, Tennessee (since 1965) 12-19-59 Penn State 7, Alabama 0 12-17-60 Penn State 41, Oregon 12 12-16-61 Syracuse 15, Miami 14 12-15-62 Oregon State 6, Villanova 0 12-21-63 Mississippi State 16, North Carolina St. 12 12-19-64 Utah 32, West Virginia 6 12-18-65 Mississippi 13, Auburn 7 12-10-66 Miami 14, Virginia Tech 7 12-16-67 North Carolina State 14, Georgia 7 12-14-68 Mississippi 34, Virginia Tech 17 12-13-69 Colorado 47, Alabama 33 12-12-70 Tulane 17, Colorado 3 12-20-71 Tennessee 14, Arkansas 13 12-18-72 Georgia Tech 31, Iowa State 30 12-17-73 North Carolina State 31, Kansas 18 12-16-74 Tennessee 7, Maryland 3 12-22-75 USC 20, Texas A&M 0 12-20-76 Alabama 36, UCLA 6 12-19-77 Nebraska 21, North Carolina 17 12-23-78 Missouri 20, LSU 15 12-22-79 Penn State 9, Tulane 6 12-27-80 Purdue 28, Missouri 25 12-30-81 Ohio State 31, Navy 28 12-29-82 Alabama 21, Illinois 15 12-29-83 Notre Dame 19, Boston College 18 12-27-84 Auburn 21, Arkansas 15 12-27-85 Baylor 21, LSU 7 12-29-86 Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14 12-29-87 Georgia 20, Arkansas 17 12-28-88 Indiana 34, South Carolina 10 12-28-89 Mississippi 42, Air Force 29 12-27-90 Air Force 23, Ohio State 11 12-29-91 Air Force 38, Mississippi State 15 12-31-92 Mississippi 13, Air Force 0 12-28-93 Louisville 18, Michigan State 7 12-31-94 Illinois 30, East Carolina 0 12-30-95 East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 12-27-96 Syracuse 30, Houston 17 12-31-97 Southern Mississippi 41, Pittsburgh 7 12-31-98 Tulane 41, Brigham Young 27 12-31-99 Southern Mississippi 23, Colorado State 17 12-29-00 Colorado State 22, Louisville 17 12-31-01 Louisville 28, Brigham Young 10 12-31-02 TCU 17, Colorado State 3 12-31-03 Utah 17, Southern Mississippi 0 12-31-04 Louisville 44, Boise State 40 12-31-05 Tulsa 31, Fresno State 24 12-29-06 South Carolina 44, Houston 36 12-29-07 Mississippi State 10, Central Florida 3 1-2-09 Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19 1-2-10 Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17 (ot) 12-31-10 UCF 10, Clemson 6 12-31-11 Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24 12-31-12 Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17 12-31-13 Mississippi State 44, Rice 7

MILITARY BOWL

Washington, D.C. 12-20-08 Wake Forest 29, Navy 19 12-29-09 UCLA 30, Temple 21 12-29-10 Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 12-28-11 Toledo 42, Air Force 41 12-27-12 San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20 12-27-13 Marshall 31, Maryland 20 EagleBank Bowl (2008-09)

MUSIC CITY BOWL

Nashville, Tennessee 12-29-98 Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 12-29-99 Syracuse 20, Kentucky 13 12-28-00 West Virginia 49, Mississippi 38 12-28-01 Boston College 20, Georgia 16 12-30-02 Minnesota 29, Arkansas 14 12-31-03 Auburn 28, Wisconsin 14 12-31-04 Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 12-30-05 Virginia 34, Minnesota 31 12-28-06 Kentucky 28, Clemson 20 12-31-07 Kentucky 35, Florida State 28 12-31-08 Vanderbilt 16, Boston College 14 12-27-09 Clemson 21, Kentucky 13 12-30-10 North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 12-30-11 Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17 12-31-12 Vanderbilt 38, North Carolina State 24 12-30-13 Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17

NEW MEXICO BOWL

Albuquerque, New Mexico 12-23-06 San Jose State 20, New Mexico 12 12-22-07 New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 12-20-08 Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 12-19-09 Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 (ot) 12-18-10 Brigham Young 52, UTEP 24 12-17-11 Temple 37, Wyoming 15 12-15-12 Arizona 49, Nevada 48 12-21-13 Colorado State 48, Washington State 45

NEW ORLEANS BOWL

New Orleans, Louisiana 12-18-01 Colorado State 45, North Texas 20 12-17-02 North Texas 24, Cincinnati 19 12-16-03 Memphis 27, North Texas 17 12-14-04 Southern Mississippi 31, North Texas 10 12-20-05 Southern Miss 31, Arkansas State 19 12-22-06 Troy 41, Rice 17 12-21-07 Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27 12-21-08 Southern Mississippi 30, Troy 27 (ot) 12-20-09 Middle Tennessee 42, Southern Miss 32 12-18-10 Troy 48, Ohio 21 12-17-11 Louisiana 32, San Diego State 30 12-22-12 Louisiana 43, East Carolina 34 12-21-13 Louisiana 24, Tulane 21

ORANGE BOWL

Miami, Florida 1-1-35 Bucknell 26, Miami 0 1-1-36 Catholic 20, Mississippi 19 1-1-37 Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12 1-1-38 Auburn 6, Michigan State 0 1-2-39 Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0 1-1-40 Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7 1-1-41 Mississippi State 14, Georgetown 7 1-1-42 Georgia 40, TCU 26 1-1-43 Alabama 37, Boston College 21 1-1-44 LSU 19, Texas A&M 14 1-1-45 Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12 1-1-46 Miami 13, Holy Cross 6 1-1-47 Rice 8, Tennessee 0 1-1-48 Georgia Tech 20, Kansas 14 1-1-49 Texas 41, Georgia 28 1-2-50 Santa Clara 21, Kentucky 13 1-1-51 Clemson 15, Miami 14 1-1-52 Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 14 1-1-53 Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 1-1-54 Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 1-1-55 Duke 34, Nebraska 7 1-2-56 Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6 1-1-57 Colorado 27, Clemson 21

BOWL GAME RESULTS 1-1-58 1-1-59 1-1-60 1-2-61 1-1-62 1-1-63 1-1-64 1-1-65 1-1-66 1-2-67 1-1-68 1-1-69 1-1-70 1-1-71 1-1-72 1-1-73 1-1-74 1-1-75 1-1-76 1-1-77 1-2-78 1-1-79 1-1-80 1-1-81 1-1-82 1-1-83 1-2-84 1-1-85 1-1-86 1-1-87 1-1-88 1-2-89 1-1-90 1-1-91 1-1-92 1-1-93 1-1-94 1-1-95 1-1-96 12-31-96 1-2-98 1-2-99 1-1-00 1-3-01 1-2-02 1-2-03 1-1-04 1-4-05 1-3-06 1-2-07 1-3-08 1-1-09 2-5-10 1-3-11 1-4-12 1-1-13 1-3-14

Oklahoma 48, Duke 21 Oklahoma 21, Syracuse 6 Georgia 14, Missouri 0 Missouri 21, Navy 14 LSU 25, Colorado 7 Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 Nebraska 13, Auburn 7 Texas 21, Alabama 17 Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12 Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24 Penn State 15, Kansas 14 Penn State 10, Missouri 3 Nebraska 17, LSU 12 Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6 Penn State 16, LSU 9 Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6 Ohio State 27, Colorado 10 Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 6 Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24 Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7 Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17 Clemson 22, Nebraska 15 Nebraska 21, LSU 20 Miami 31, Nebraska 30 Washington 28, Oklahoma 17 Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10 Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8 Miami 20, Oklahoma 14 Miami 23, Nebraska 3 Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6 Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9 Miami 22, Nebraska 0 Florida State 27, Nebraska 14 Florida State 18, Nebraska 16 Nebraska 24, Miami 17 Florida State 31, Notre Dame 26 Nebraska 41, Virginia Tech 21 Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17 Florida 31, Syracuse 10 Michigan 34, Alabama 34 (ot) Oklahoma 13, Florida State 2 Florida 56, Maryland 23 USC 38, Iowa 10 Miami 16, Florida State 14 USC 55, Oklahoma 19 Penn State 26, Florida State 23 (3ot) Louisville 24, Wake Forest 13 Kansas 24, Virginia Tech 21 Virginia Tech 20, Cincinnati 7 Iowa 24, Georgia Tech 14 Stanford 40, Virginia Tech 12 West Virginia 70, Clemson 33 Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10 Clemson 40, Ohio State 35

OUTBACK BOWL

Tampa, Florida 12-23-86 Boston College 27, Georgia 24 1-2-88 Michigan 28, Alabama 24 1-2-89 Syracuse 23, LSU 10 1-1-90 Auburn 31, Ohio State 14 1-1-91 Clemson 30, Illinois 0 1-1-92 Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17 1-1-93 Tennessee 38, Boston College 23 1-1-94 Michigan 42, North Carolina State 7 1-2-95 Wisconsin 34, Duke 20 1-1-96 Penn State 43, Auburn 14 1-1-97 Alabama 17, Michigan 14 1-1-98 Georgia 33, Wisconsin 6 1-1-99 Penn State 26, Kentucky 14 1-1-00 Georgia 28, Purdue 25 (ot) 1-1-01 South Carolina 24, Ohio State 7 1-1-02 South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28 1-1-03 Michigan 38, Florida 30 1-1-04 Iowa 37, Florida 17 1-1-05 Georgia 24, Wisconsin 21 1-2-06 Florida 31, Iowa 24 1-1-07 Penn State 20, Tennessee 10 1-1-08 Tennessee 21, Wisconsin 17 1-1-09 Iowa 31, South Carolina 10 1-1-10 Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (ot) 1-1-11 Florida 37, Penn State 24 1-2-12 Michigan State 33, Georgia 30 (ot) 1-1-13 South Carolina 33, Michigan 28 1-1-14 LSU 21, Iowa 14

PEACH BOWL

Atlanta, Georgia 12-30-68 LSU 31, Florida State 27 12-30-69 West Virginia 14, South Carolina 3 12-30-70 Arizona State 48, North Carolina 26 12-30-71 Mississippi 41, Georgia Tech 18 12-29-72 North Carolina State 49, West Virginia 13 12-28-73 Georgia 17, Maryland 16 12-28-74 Vanderbilt 6, Texas Tech 6 12-31-75 West Virginia 13, North Carolina State 10 12-31-76 Kentucky 21, North Carolina 0 12-31-77 North Carolina State 24, Iowa State 14 12-25-78 Purdue 41, Georgia Tech 21 12-31-79 Baylor 24, Clemson 18 1-2-81 Miami 20, Virginia TEch 10 12-31-81 West Virginia 26, Florida 6 12-31-82 Iowa 28, Tennessee 22 12-30-83 Florida State 28, North Carolina 3 12-31-84 Virginia 27, Purdue 24 12-31-85 Army 31, Illinois 29 12-31-86 Virginia Tech 25, North Carolina State 24 1-2-88 Tennessee 27, Indiana 22 12-31-88 North Carolina State 28, Iowa 23 12-30-89 Syracuse 19, Georgia 18 12-29-90 Auburn 27, Indiana 23 1-1-92 East Carolina 37, North Carolina State 34 1-2-93 North Carolina 21, Mississippi State 17 12-31-93 Clemson 14, Kentucky 13 1-1-95 North Carolina State 28, Mississippi State 24 12-30-95 Virginia 34, Georgia 27 12-28-96 LSU 10, Clemson 7 1-2-98 Auburn 21, Clemson 7 12-31-98 Georgia 35, Virginia 33 12-30-99 Mississippi State 17, Clemson 7 12-29-00 LSU 28, Georgia Tech 14 12-31-01 North Carolina 16, Auburn 10 12-31-02 Maryland 30, Tennessee 3 1-2-04 Clemson 27, Tennessee 14 12-31-04 Miami 27, Florida 10 12-30-05 LSU 40, Miami 3

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Georgia 31, Virginia Tech 24 Auburn 23, Clemson 20 (ot) LSU 38, Georgia Tech 3 Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14 Florida State 26, South Carolina 17 Auburn 43, Virginia 24 Clemson 25, LSU 24 Texas A&M 52, Duke 48

POTATO BOWL

Boise, Idaho 12-29-97 Cincinnati 35, Utah State 19 12-30-98 Idaho 42, Southern Mississippi 35 12-30-99 Boise State 34, Louisville 31 12-28-00 Boise State 38, Texas-El Paso 23 12-31-01 Clemson 49, Louisiana Tech 24 12-31-02 Boise State 34, Iowa State 16 1-3-04 Georgia Tech 52, Tulsa 10 12-27-04 Fresno State 37, Virginia 34 12-28-05 Boston College 27, Boise State 24 12-31-06 Miami 21, Nevada 20 12-31-07 Fresno State 40, Georgia Tech 28 12-30-08 Maryland 42, Nevada 35 12-30-09 Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42 12-18-10 Northern Illinois 40, Fresno State 17 12-17-11 Ohio 24, Utah State 23 12-15-12 Utah State 41, Toledo 15 12-21-13 San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24

PINSTRIPE BOWL (0-1)

Bronx, N.Y. 12-30-10 Syracuse 36, Kansas State 34 12-30-11 Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13 12-29-12 Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14 12-28-14 Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16

PIZZA BOWL

Detroit, Michigan 12-26-97 Mississippi 34, Marshall 31 12-23-98 Marshall 48, Louisville 29 12-27-99 Marshall 21, Brigham Young 3 12-27-00 Marshall 25, Cincinnati 14 12-29-01 Toledo 23, Cincinnati 16 12-26-02 Boston College 51, Toledo 25 12-26-03 Bowling Green 28, Northwestern 24 12-27-04 UConn 39, Toledo 10 12-26-05 Memphis 38, Akron 31 12-26-06 Central Michigan 31, Middle Tennessee 14 12-26-07 Purdue 51, Central Michigan 48 12-26-08 Florida Atlantic 24, Central Michigan 21 12-26-09 Marshall 21, Ohio 17 12-26-10 Florida International 34, Toledo 32 12-27-11 Purdue 37, Western Michigan 32 12-26-12 Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21 12-26-13 Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27

POINSETTIA BOWL

San Diego, California 12-22-05 Navy 51, Colorado State 30 12-19-06 TCU 37, Northern Illinois 7 12-20-07 Utah 35, Navy 32 12-21-08 TCU 17, Boise State 16 12-23-09 Utah 37, California 27 12-23-10 San Diego State 35, Navy 14 12-21-11 TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24 12-20-12 Brigham Young 23, San Diego State 6 12-26-13 Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14

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BOWL GAME RESULTS ROSE BOWL

Pasadena, California 1-1-02 Michigan 49, Stanford 0 1-1-16 Washington State 14, Brown 0 1-1-17 Oregon 14, Pennsylvania 0 1-1-18 Mare Island 19, Camp Lewis 7 1-1-19 Great Lakes 17, Mare Island 0 1-1-20 Harvard 7, Oregon 6 1-1-21 Carolina 28, Ohio State 0 1-2-22 Wash. & Jeff. 0, California 0 1-1-23 USC 14, Penn State 3 1-1-24 Navy 14, Washington 14 1-1-25 Notre Dame 27, Stanford 10 1-1-26 Alabama 20, Washington 19 1-1-27 Alabama 7, Stanford 7 1-2-28 Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6 1-1-29 Georgia Tech 8, California 7 1-1-30 USC 47, Pittsburgh 14 1-1-31 Alabama 24, Washington State 0 1-1-32 USC 21, Tulane 12 1-2-33 USC 35, Pittsburgh 0 1-1-34 Columbia 7, Stanford 0 1-1-35 Alabama 29, Stanford 13 1-1-36 Stanford 7, SMU 0 1-1-37 Pittsburgh 21, Washington 0 1-1-38 California 13, Alabama 0 1-2-39 USC 7, Duke 3 1-1-40 USC 14, Tennessee 0 1-1-41 Stanford 21, Nebraska 13 1-1-42 Oregon State 20, Duke 16 1-1-43 Georgia 9, UCLA 0 1-1-44 USC 29, Washington 0 1-1-45 USC 25, Tennessee 0 1-1-46 Alabama 34, USC 14 1-1-47 Illinois 45, UCLA 14 1-1-48 Michigan 49, USC 0 1-1-49 Northwestern 20, California 14 1-2-50 Ohio State 17, California 14 1-1-51 Michigan 14, California 6 1-1-52 Illinois 40, Stanford 7 1-1-53 USC 7, Wisconsin 0 1-1-54 Michigan State 28, UCLA 20 1-1-55 Ohio State 20, USC 7 1-2-56 Michigan State 17, UCLA 14 1-1-57 Iowa 35, Oregon State 19 1-1-58 Ohio State 10, Oregon 7 1-1-59 Iowa 38, California 12 1-1-60 Washington 44, Wisconsin 8 1-2-61 Washington 17, Minnesota 7 1-1-62 Minnesota 21, UCLA 3 1-1-63 USC 42, Wisconsin 37 1-1-64 Illinois 17, Washington 7 1-1-65 Michigan 34, Oregon State 7 1-1-66 UCLA 14, Michigan State 12 1-2-67 Purdue 14, USC 13 1-1-68 USC 14, Indiana 3 1-1-69 Ohio State 27, USC 16 1-1-70 USC 10, Michigan 3 1-1-71 Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 1-1-72 Stanford 13, Michigan 12 1-1-73 USC 42, Ohio State 17 1-1-74 Ohio State 42, USC 21 1-1-75 USC 18, Ohio State 17 1-1-76 UCLA 23, Ohio State 10 1-1-77 USC 14, Michigan 6 1-2-78 Washington 27, Michigan 20 1-1-79 USC 17, Michigan 10 1-1-80 USC 17, Ohio State 16 1-1-81 Michigan 23, Washington 6 1-1-82 Washington 28, Iowa 0 1-1-83 UCLA 24, Michigan 14

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1-2-84 1-1-85 1-1-86 1-1-87 1-1-88 1-2-89 1-1-90 1-1-91 1-1-92 1-1-93 1-1-94 1-2-95 1-1-96 1-1-97 1-1-98 1-1-99 1-1-00 1-3-02 1-1-03 1-1-04 1-1-05 1-4-06 1-1-07 1-1-08 1-1-09 1-1-10 1-1-11 1-1-12 1-1-13 1-1-14

UCLA 45, Illinois 9 USC 20, Ohio State 17 UCLA 45, Iowa 28 Arizona State 22, Michigan 15 Michigan State 20, USC 17 Michigan 22, USC 14 USC 17, Michigan 10 Washington 46, Iowa 34 Washington 34, Michigan 14 Michigan 38, Washington 31 Wisconsin 21, UCLA 16 Penn State 38, Oregon 20 USC 41, Northwestern 12 Ohio State 20, Arizona State 17 Michigan 21, Washington State 16 Wisconsin 38, UCLA 31 Washington 34, Purdue 24 Miami 37, Nebraska 14 Oklahoma 34, Washington State 14 USC 28, Michigan 14 Texas 38, Michigan 37 Texas 41, USC 38 USC 32, Michigan 18 USC 49, Illinois 17 USC 38, Penn State 24 Ohio State 26, Oregon 17 TCU 21, Wisconsin 19 Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38 Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 Michigan State 24, Stanford 20

RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL (1-0)

Orlando, Florida 12-28-90 Florida State 24, Penn State 17 12-28-91 Alabama 30, Colorado 25 1-1-93 Stanford 24, Penn State 3 1-1-94 Boston College 31, Virginia 13 1-2-95 South Carolina 24, West Virginia 21 12-30-95 North Carolina 20, Arkansas 10 12-27-96 Miami 31, Virginia 21 12-29-97 Georgia Tech 35, West Virginia 30 12-29-98 Miami 46, North Carolina State 23 12-30-99 Illinois 63, Virginia 21 12-28-00 North Carolina State 38, Minnesota 30 12-20-01 Pittsburgh 34, North Carolina State 19 12-23-02 Texas Tech 55, Clemson 15 12-22-03 North Carolina State 56, Kansas 26 12-21-04 Georgia Tech 51, Syracuse 14 12-27-05 Clemson 19, Colorado 10 12-29-06 Maryland 24, Purdue 7 12-28-07 Boston College 24, Michigan State 21 12-27-08 Florida State 24, Wisconsin 13 12-29-09 Wisconsin 20, Miami 14 12-28-10 North Carolina State 23, West Virginia 7 12-29-11 Florida State 18, Notre Dame 14 12-28-12 Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10 12-28-13 Louisville 36, Miami (Fla.) 9

SAN FRANCISCO BOWL

San Francisco, California 12-31-02 Virginia Tech 20, Air Force 13 12-31-03 Boston College 35, Colorado State 21 12-30-04 Navy 34, New Mexico 19 12-29-05 Utah 38, Georgia Tech 10 12-27-06 Florida State 44, UCLA 27 12-28-07 Oregon State 21, Maryland 14 12-27-08 California 24, Miami (Fla.) 17 12-26-09 USC 24, Boston College 13 1-9-11 Nevada 20, Boston College 13 12-31-11 Illinois 20, UCLA 14 12-29-12 Arizona State 62, Navy 28 12-27-13 Washington 31, Brigham Young 16

ST. PETERSBURG BOWL

St. Petersburg, Fla. 12-20-08 USF 41, Memphis 14 12-19-09 Rutgers 45, UCF 24 12-21-10 Louisville 31, Southern Mississippi 28 12-20-11 Marshall 20, Florida International 10 12-21-12 UCF 38, Ball State 17 12-23-13 East Carolina 37, Ohio 20

SHERATON HAWAII BOWL

Honolulu, Hawaii 12-25-02 Tulane 36, Hawaii 28 12-25-03 Hawaii 54, Houston 48 12-24-04 Hawaii 59, UAB 40 12-24-05 Nevada 49, Central Florida 48 (ot) 12-24-06 Hawaii 41, Arizona State 24 12-23-07 East Carolina 41, Boise State 38 12-24-08 Notre Dame 49, Hawaii 21 12-24-09 Southern Methodist 45, Nevada 10 12-24-10 Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35 12-24-11 Southern Mississippi 24, Nevada 17 12-24-12 SMU 43, Fresno State 10 12-24-13 Oregon State 38, Boise State 23

BOWL GAME RESULTS SUGAR BOWL

New Orleans, Louisiana 1-1-35 Tulane 20, Temple 14 1-1-36 TCU 3, LSU 2 1-1-37 Santa Clara 21, LSU 14 1-1-38 Santa Clara 6, LSU 0 1-2-39 TCU 15, Carnegie Tech 7 1-1-40 Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13 1-1-41 Boston College 19, Tennessee 13 1-1-42 Fordham 2, Missouri 0 1-1-43 Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7 1-1-44 Georgia Tech 20, Tulsa 18 1-1-45 Duke 29, Alabama 26 1-1-46 Oklahoma St. 33, St. Mary’s 13 1-1-47 Georgia 20, North Carolina 10 1-1-48 Texas 27, Alabama 7 1-1-49 Oklahoma 14, North Carolina 6 1-2-50 Oklahoma 35, LSU 0 1-1-51 Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7 1-1-52 Maryland 28, Tennessee 13 1-1-53 Georgia Tech 24, Mississippi 7 1-1-54 Georgia Tech 42, West Virginia 19 1-1-55 Navy 21, Mississippi 0 1-2-56 Georgia Tech 7, Pittsburgh 0 1-1-57 Baylor 13, Tennessee 7 1-1-58 Mississippi 39, Texas 7 1-1-59 LSU 7, Clemson 0 1-1-60 Mississippi 21, LSU 0 1-2-61 Mississippi 14, Rice 6 1-1-62 Alabama 10, Arkansas 3 1-1-63 Mississippi 17, Arkansas 13 1-1-64 Alabama 12, Mississippi 7 1-1-65 LSU 13, Syracuse 10 1-1-66 Missouri 20, Florida 18 1-2-67 Alabama 34, Nebraska 7 1-1-68 LSU 20, Wyoming 13 1-1-69 Arkansas 16, Georgia 2 1-1-70 Mississippi 27, Arkansas 22 1-1-71 Tennessee 34, Air Force 13 1-1-72 Oklahoma 40, Auburn 22 12-31-72 Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0 12-31-73 Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 12-31-74 Nebraska 13, Florida 10 12-31-75 Alabama 13, Penn State 6 1-1-77 Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3 1-2-78 Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 1-1-79 Alabama 14, Penn State 7 1-1-80 Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 1-1-81 Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10 1-1-82 Pittsburgh 24, Georgia 20 1-1-83 Penn State 27, Georgia 23 1-2-84 Auburn 9, Michigan 7 1-1-85 Nebraska 28, LSU 10 1-1-86 Tennessee 35, Miami 7 1-1-87 Nebraska 30, LSU 15 1-1-88 Syracuse 16, Auburn 16 1-2-89 Florida State 13, Auburn 7 1-1-90 Miami 33, Alabama 25 1-1-91 Tennessee 23, Virginia 22 1-1-92 Notre Dame 39, Florida 28 1-1-93 Alabama 34, Miami 13 1-1-94 Florida 41, West Virginia 7 1-2-95 Florida State 27, Florida 21 12-31-95 Virginia Tech 28, Texas 10 1-2-97 Florida 52, Florida State 20 1-1-98 Florida State 31, Ohio State 14 1-1-99 Ohio State 24, Texas A&M 14 1-1-00 Florida State 46, Virginia Tech 29 1-2-01 Miami 37, Florida 20 1-1-02 LSU 47, Illinois 34 1-1-03 Georgia 26, Florida State 13

1-4-04 1-3-05 1-2-06 1-3-07 1-1-08 1-2-09 1-1-10 1-4-11 1-3-12 1-2-13 1-2-14

LSU 21, Oklahoma 14 Auburn 16, Virginia Tech 13 West Virginia 38, Georgia 35 LSU 41, Notre Dame 14 Georgia 41, Hawaii 10 Utah 31, Alabama 17 Florida 51, Cincinnati 24 Ohio State 31, Arkansas 26 Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20 (ot) Louisville 33, Florida 23 Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31

SUN BOWL

El Paso, Texas 1-1-36 Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico State 14 1-1-37 Hardin-Simmons 34, Texas-El Paso 6 1-1-38 West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6 1-2-39 Utah 26, New Mexico 0 1-1-40 Catholic 0, Arizona State 0 1-1-41 Western Reserve 26, Arizona State 13 1-1-42 Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 1-1-43 2nd Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7 1-1-44 Southwestern Texas 7, New Mexico 0 1-1-45 Southwestern Texas 35, New Mexico 0 1-1-46 New Mexico 34, Denver 24 1-1-47 Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 1-1-48 Miami (Ohio) 13, Texas Tech 12 1-1-49 West Virginia 21, Texas-El Paso 12 1-2-50 Texas-El Paso 33, Georgetown 20 1-1-51 West Texas State 14, Cincinnati 13 1-1-52 Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14 1-1-53 Pacific 26, Southern Miss 7 1-1-54 Texas-El Paso 37, Southern Miss 14 1-1-55 Texas-El Paso 47, Florida State 20 1-2-56 Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14 1-1-57 George Washington 13, Texas-El Paso 0 1-1-58 Louisville 34, Drake 20 12-31-58 Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6 12-31-59 New Mexico State 28, North Texas State 8 12-31-60 New Mexico State 20, Utah State 13 12-30-61 Villanova 17, Wichita State 9 12-31-62 West Texas State 15, Ohio U. 14 12-31-63 Oregon 21, SMU 14 12-26-64 Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0 12-31-65 Texas-El Paso 13, TCU 12 12-24-66 Wyoming 28, Florida State 20 12-30-67 Texas-El Paso 14, Mississippi 7 12-28-68 Auburn 34, Arizona 10 12-20-69 Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 12-19-70 Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 12-18-71 LSU 33, Iowa State 15 12-30-72 North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 12-29-73 Missouri 34, Auburn 17 12-28-74 Mississippi State 26, North Carolina 24 12-26-75 Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19 1-2-77 Texas A&M 37, Florida 14 12-31-77 Stanford 24, LSU 14 12-23-78 Texas 42, Maryland 0 12-22-79 Washington 14, Texas 7 12-27-80 Nebraska 31, Mississippi State 17 12-26-81 Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 12-25-82 North Carolina 26, Texas 10 12-24-83 Alabama 28, SMU 7 12-22-84 Maryland 28, Tennessee 27 12-28-85 Georgia 13, Arizona 13 12-25-86 Alabama 28, Washington 6 12-25-87 Oklahoma State 35, West Virginia 33 12-24-88 Alabama 29, Army 28 12-30-89 Pittsburgh 31, Texas A&M 28 12-31-90 Michigan State 17, USC 16 12-31-91 UCLA 6, Illinois 3

12-31-92 12-24-93 12-30-94 12-29-95 12-31-96 12-31-97 12-31-98 12-31-99 12-29-00 12-31-01 12-31-02 12-31-03 12-31-04 12-30-05 12-29-06 12-31-07 12-31-08 12-31-09 12-31-10 12-31-11 12-31-12 12-31-13

Baylor 20, Arizona 15 Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 Texas 35, North Carolina 31 Iowa 38, Washington 18 Stanford 38, Michigan State 0 Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 TCU 28, USC 19 Oregon 24, Minnesota 20 Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20 Washington State 33, Purdue 27 Purdue 34, Washington 24 Minnesota 31, Oregon 30 Arizona State 27, Purdue 23 UCLA 50, Northwestern 38 Oregon State 39, Missouri 38 Oregon 56, USF 21 Oregon State 3, Pittsburgh 0 Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27 Notre Dame 33, Miami 17 Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27 (ot) Georgia Tech 21, USC 7 UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12

TEXAS BOWL

Houston, Texas 12-28-06 Rutgers 37, Kansas State 10 12-28-07 TCU 20, Houston 13 12-30-08 Rice 38, Western Michigan 14 12-31-09 Navy 35, Missouri 13 12-29-10 Illinois 38, Baylor 14 12-31-11 Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22 12-28-12 Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31 12-27-13 Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17

VALLEY OF THE SUN BOWL

Tempe, Arizona 12-31-89 Arizona 17, North Carolina State 10 12-31-90 California 17, Wyoming 15 12-31-91 Indiana 24, Baylor 0 12-29-92 Washington State 31, Utah 28 12-29-93 Kansas State 52, Wyoming 17 12-29-94 Brigham Young 31, Oklahoma 6 12-27-95 Texas Tech 55, Air Force 41 12-27-96 Wisconsin 38, Utah 10 12-27-97 Arizona 20, New Mexico 14 12-26-98 Missouri 34, West Virginia 31 12-31-99 Colorado 62, Boston College 28 12-28-00 Iowa State 37, Pittsburgh 29 12-29-01 Syracuse 26, Kansas State 3 12-26-02 Pittsburgh 38, Oregon State 13 12-26-03 California 52, Virginia Tech 49 12-28-04 Oregon State 38, Notre Dame 21 12-27-05 Arizona State 45, Rutgers 40 12-29-06 Texas Tech 44, Minnesota 41 (2ot) 12-31-07 Oklahoma State 49, Indiana 33 12-31-08 Kansas 42, Minnesota 21 12-31-09 Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13 12-28-10 Iowa 27, Missouri 24 12-30-11 Oklahoma 31, Iowa 14 12-29-12 Michigan State 17, TCU 16 12-28-13 Kansas State 31, Michigan 14

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MEDIA SERVICES

The official website of the American Athletic Conference features up-to-date information on all facets of the league. Football standings, results, statistics and notes are updated as games are played. In addition, in-game scores for all football contests involving American Athletic Conference teams will be updated in-progress.

The American Digital Network is the home of all live and on-demand video coverage of all 21 American Athletic Conference sports. The ADN will provide supplemental coverage of the 2014 American football season, beginning with in-depth coverage of the league’s annual Summer Kickoff & Media Day in Newport, Rhode Island.

Weekly Release & Statistics CollegePressBox.com is the official media website for American Athletic Conference football and the media home for information on every Division I team and conference.

Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, photos and more for the conference and each of its eight member schools throughout the season. Login information will be distributed to accredited media, or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@collegepressbox.com.

Weekly Teleconference

Media members may access PDF versions of the complete weekly release, including conference and team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org or via CollegePressBox. com. Regular updates of the weekly release will be distributed via e-mail from the conference office. To be included on the distribution list, send an e-mail request to Chuck Sullivan at csullivan@theamerican.org.

Weekly Football Highlights

The American Athletic Conference offers video highlights and clips of selected press conferences on a weekly basis through the XOS Digital XChange FTP tool. Content is available in full broadcast-quality resolution. Contact Chuck Sullivan (csullivan@ theamerican.org) for information on how to access the highlights.

The American Athletic Conference will hold weekly teleconferences with its 11 head football coaches, beginning Monday, Aug. 25 and continuing each Monday through Dec 1. Each coach will be available for 10 minutes. Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference should contact The American office for the phone number. This year’s schedule is as follows (all times Eastern):

Weekly Awards

Annual Awards

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Noon 12:10 p.m.

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Conference news/award winners June Jones, SMU Bob Diaco, UConn Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina Bill Blankenship, Tulsa Tony Levine, Houston Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati Willie Taggart, USF Matt Rhule, Temple Justin Fuente, Memphis George O’Leary, UCF Curtis Johnson, Tulane

The American names offensive, defensive and special teams Players of the Week each Monday morning during the season. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by conference sports information directors. The information will be available from the conference office via release as well as on the league web site.

The American Athletic Conference will name first and second all-conference teams, players of the year on offense, defense and special teams, rookie of the year and coach of the year. The awards are chosen by a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season. The awards will be announced Dec. 10, 2014 The American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team is comprised of players who have an overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better over the previous academic year and completed at least two semesters of academic work. The team is announced in early February. The American Athletic Conference Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year was established to recognize student-athletes who have achieved success in the classroom and on the field. The winner receives a scholarship which may be applied to graduate or professional studies.

Social Media

Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest American Athletic Conference football news through social media. The American Twitter feed may be accessed @ American_FB and the conference’s official Facebook page is available @AmericanConf. The American’s Instagram handle is @Amercan_Conf.

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Additionally, the following American Athletic Conference staff members will provide regular updates on the 2014 season on social media:

Chuck Sullivan, Director of Communications Mark Hodgkin, Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) Michael Costa, Director of Football Administration Scott Draper, Associate Commissioner (Football)

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American Athletic Conference Communications phone 401.453.0660 Football Contact Chuck Sullivan Director of Communications email: csullivan@theamerican.org Mobile: 401.641.8760

American Athletic Conference Directory UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Wayne Densch Building #77 4000 Central Florida Boulevard Orlando, FL 32816-3555

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ATH 100 Tampa, FL 33620

George O’Leary, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (407) 823-5397 Brian Ormiston, Sr, Assoc. Director of Communications Office............................................... (407) 823-2409 Mobile............................................. (407) 920-1233 e-mail....................bormiston@athletics.ucf.edu

Willie Taggart, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (813) 974-7171 Brian Siegrist, Associate AD/Communications Office............................................... (813) 974-4086 Mobile............................................. (813) 293-3897 e-mail......................................... siegrist@usf.edu

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 880 Richard E. Lindner Center 2751 O’Varsity Way Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 5800 Ownby Drive Dallas, TX 75275

Tommy Tuberville, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (513) 556-5986 Ryan Koslen, Associate AD/Strategic Communications Office............................................... (513) 556-5186 Mobile............................................. (513) 497-3132 e-mail...................................ryan.koslen@uc.edu

June Jones, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (214) 768-7681 Brad Sutton, Sr. Associate AD/Public Relations Office............................................... (214) 768-1651 Mobile............................................. (214) 914-8705 e-mail....................................... bsutton@smu.edu

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173 Storrs, CT 06269-1173

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1700 North Broad Street, Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19122

Bob Diaco, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (860) 486-2718 Mike Enright, Associate AD/Athletic Communications Office............................................... (860) 486-2241 Mobile............................................. (860) 208-4756 e-mail.................................menright@uconn.edu

Matt Rhule, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (215) 204-0855 Rich Burg, Assistant AD/Football Communications Office............................................... (215) 204-0876 Mobile............................................. (215) 356-3952 e-mail................................rich.burg@temple.edu

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 319 Ward Sports Medicine Building Greenville, NC 27858

TULANE UNIVERSITY James W. Wilson Jr. Center New Orleans, LA 70118

Ruffin McNeill, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (252) 737-4570 Tom McClellan, Assistant AD/Media Relations Office............................................... (252) 737-1274 Mobile............................................. (252) 414-0990 e-mail...................................mcclellant@ecu.edu

Curtis Johnson, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (504) 314-2425 Roger Dunaway, Assistant AD/Communications Office............................................... (504) 862-8240 Mobile............................................. (504) 452-2906 e-mail....................................... roger@tulane.edu

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 3100 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77204-6002

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA 800 South Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104

Tony Levine, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (713) 743-9388 David Bassity, Associate AD/Strategic Communications Office............................................... (713) 743-9409 Mobile............................................. (405) 274-1455 e-mail...........................dbassity@central.uh.edu

Bill Blankenship, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (918) 631-2544 Don Tomkalski, Senior Associate AD/Communications Office............................................... (918) 631-3200 Mobile............................................. (918) 640-0683 e-mail.................. donald-tomkalski@utulsa.edu

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 570 Normal AOB Room 203 Memphis, TN 38152

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 15 Park Row West Third Floor Providence, RI 02903

Justin Fuente, Head Football Coach Office............................................... (901) 678-4140 Ron Mears, Assistant Athletics Director Office............................................... (901) 678-2349 Mobile............................................. (832) 969-1310 e-mail............................... rmears@memphis.edu

Chuck Sullivan, Director of Communications Office............................................... (401) 453-0660 Mobile............................................. (401) 641-8760 e-mail...................... csullivan@theamerican.org

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at Temple SMU

at Memphis UCF

at Tulsa

at Cincinnati

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Tulsa

at SMU

Houston

at Cincinnati

at Mississippi

Middle Tennessee

Nov. 28

Tulsa

Tulane

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Temple

at Memphis

UCF

UNLV

at UCLA

USF

Tulane

at Cincinnati

at Temple

UConn

at USF

SMU

North Carolina

at Virginia Tech

at BYU

Grambling

Austin Peay

at Tulane Cincinnati

at Army

UCF

at East Carolina

at Tulane

Temple

at USF

Boise State

at South Carolina

NC Central

UTSA

SMU

at UConn

East Carolina

at Tulane

USF

at SMU

at Miami (Fla.)

Memphis

at Ohio State

Miami (Ohio)

Toledo

Stony Brook

BYU

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Tulsa

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Temple

Tulane

BYU

at Houston

Bethune-Cookman

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UCF

at Memphis

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Houston

at Cincinnati

at Tulsa

East Carolina

at Wisconsin

UConn

NC State

Maryland

Western Carolina

at UConn

Houston

at UCF

USF

at Tulsa

Memphis

Cincinnati

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TCU

Texas A&M

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at Baylor

at Tulane

Cincinnati

at Penn State

Memphis

East Carolina

at UCF

at Houston

Tulsa

at UConn

Delaware State

Navy

at Vanderbilt

Temple

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Memphis

at Houston

Cincinnati

at UCF

UConn

at Rutgers

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SE Louisiana

Georgia Tech

at Tulsa

East Carolina

at Houston

at UCF

SMU

at Memphis

USF

at Temple

at Colorado State

Texas State

at FAU

Oklahoma

Tulane