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WELCOME TO THIS YEAR’S HAWAI‘I BOWL
DAVID A. K. MATLIN Executive Director
DARYL GARVIN Associate Executive Director
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loha! On behalf of the Hawai‘i Bowl, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium and the 13th annual Hawai‘i Bowl. Today you will witness two deserving teams battle for the Hawai‘i Bowl trophy. We congratulate the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Rice Owls on their successful seasons. Over the past twelve months, many people came together to make this a successful event. The support from our fans, the institutions and the local community has made the Hawai‘i Bowl a holiday tradition reaching millions of ESPN viewers across the country. The local community has been so supportive of the Hawai‘i Bowl, and we are pleased to be able to give something back to the community. Throughout the year, the Hawai‘i Bowl Foundation has raised funds for local charities. Since the bowl’s inception, we have had the privilege to grant more than $1,067,000 to Hawai‘i based charities. This year alone, we are pleased to grant over $135,000 to various local organizations during our in game ceremony. I would especially like to thank our fans in the stands, our Executive Committee, the Hawai‘i Bowl staff and volunteers for their leadership, effort and commitment. Again, thank you for your support of the Hawai‘i Bowl, and enjoy this exciting event!
Mahalo!
David A. K. Matlin Executive director
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S P E C I A L M E S SAG E F R O M
DAVID IGE
THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAI‘I
Governor State of Hawai‘i
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n behalf of the people and State of Hawai‘i, I extend my aloha and a warm welcome to all the players, coaches and fans attending the 2014 Hawai‘i Bowl. We are pleased to welcome the Fresno State Bulldogs and Rice Owls to take part in this exciting Christmas Eve matchup on the Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium. Congratulations to each of the teams for their successful seasons. Through their hard work and dedication, these teams have earned the opportunity to play postseason football in our island paradise. Mahalo (Thank you) to everyone involved for making this game possible. The prime time ESPN telecast provides our state the opportunity to showcase our rich history, culture and our beautiful landscape to the rest of the nation. Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)!
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KIRK CALDWELL Mayor City and County of Honolulu
THE MAYOR OF HONOLULU
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am pleased to send my warmest aloha to everyone attending the Hawai‘i Bowl at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. The Hawai‘i Bowl, held early in the college bowl season, shares the beauty of our islands with millions of viewers, and is a bonus for our visitors. This is America’s pastime and provides and opportunity for family and friends to enjoy a uniquely American sport. Congratulations to the Rice Owls from Conference USA and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Mountain West Conference for earning a selection to this bowl. On behalf of the people of the City and County of Honolulu, I extend best wishes to everyone for a happy holiday season and an entertaining day of football.
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R UN N IN G BACK T.J. THO M AS
FRESNO STATE SHOWS A LOT OF LATE-SEASON BITE BY WINNING THREE OF ITS LAST FOUR GAMES AND QUALIFYING FOR THE 2014 HAWAII BOWL
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resno State entered the 2014 season coming off one of the best seasons in school history, a season that included an outright Mountain West Championship and a national ranking as high as No. 13. As the Mountain West, West Division preseason favorite to repeat, the Bulldogs faced one of the toughest three game stretches to open the season as any team in the country to begin its quest for a thirdstraight conference championship. Trips to Los Angeles and Salt Lake City to take on Pac12 foes USC and Utah to open
the season as well as a home date with Nebraska put the young Bulldogs right into the fire after losing its now-NFL star Derek Carr to the draft. Fresno State would fall in all three games and start the season 0-3. They righted the ship against FCS opponent Southern Utah. Junior Marteze Waller ran for 118 yards and a touchdown and three different Fresno State quarterbacks threw touchdowns as the Bulldogs routed the Thunderbirds 56-16. A trip to New Mexico for the first of four consecutive nationally televised Friday night
games was next. After trailing 17-14 at the half, Fresno State outscored the Lobos 21-7 in the final 30 minutes to win 3524. The Bulldogs put up 593 total yards of offense behind a rushing attack that gained 302 yards and Brian Burrell’s 318yard, three touchdown performance. In-state rival San Diego State visited Fresno the following Friday. Fresno State broke out its brand new chrome helmets and navy uniforms and stymied the Aztecs offense in a 24-13 win that put the Bulldogs atop the West Division at 2-0. But then Fresno State hit an-
other lull, its second threegame losing streak. The Bulldogs suffered an overtime loss at UNLV and the next week on the road at Boise State. After playing eight games in a row and enjoying their first bye week, Fresno State lost to Wyoming. The first MW home loss under Coach DeRuyter, the loss left the Bulldogs needing to win out in their final three games and receive a little help. Fresno State opened the final three-game stretch of the regular season at home against rival San Jose State. Waller and Josh Quezada each ran for over
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100 yards and the Bulldogs defeated the Spartans 35-24. Burrell threw three touchdown passes in the game and Fresno State also scored a special teams touchdown when T.J.
Thomas picked up a blocked punt and ran it in from nine yards out for a score. During the Bulldogs second bye week, San Diego State lost at Boise State, which left Fresno
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State once again in control of its own destiny. Win out and the Bulldogs would be heading to the Mountain West Championship Game. Next up was a trip to Reno to take on Nevada and their senior quarterback Cody Fajardo. The Fresno State defense forced four turnovers and Burrell accounted for five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) as the Bulldogs routed the
Wolf Pack 40-20. The defense pitched a second half shutout against one of the best offenses in the conference. That set up a win and advance home finale against Hawaii. Fresno State jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead on its way to a 28-21 victory. Waller rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns in the win that gave the Bulldogs their secondstraight West Division title.
Fresno State fell in the Mountain West Championship Game to rival Boise State, 28-14, despite limiting the conference’s top-ranked offense entering that week to 304 yards and running back Jay Ajayi to 70 yards rushing. The 2014 Bulldogs became the first team in school history to start 0-3 and still advance to a bowl game.
n three seasons as the head coach at Fresno State, Tim DeRuyter has elevated the program back to heights not seen in over a decade and led a resurgence in the Bulldogs, who are the pride of the San Joaquin Valley. DeRuyter took over a team that went 4-9 the year before he arrived and turned the tables by leading Fresno State to back-to-back Mountain West championships, back into the top 25 rankings in 2013 and turned the Bulldogs into one of the elite programs in the Mountain West by winning conference championships in 2012 and 2013, and capturing the league’s west division title in 2014. Before the DeRuyter era launched, Fresno State had not won a conference championship since 1999 — a drought of 13 years — and hadn’t won consecutive league titles since 1992 and 1993.
From the day he was hired as Fresno State’s 17th head coach in program history on Dec. 14, 2011, DeRuyter proclaimed two things; winning conference championships would be the team’s No. 1 goal and his squads would embody the mantra “fast, physical and fanatical,” an up-tempo and exciting style of play that would captivate the Red Wave, Fresno State’s loyal fan base. DeRuyter delivered on his promise and in return Fresno State rewarded him with a five-year contract extension after the 2013 season. In his first year with the new deal, DeRuyter led a young Bulldog squad that accomplished a feat no other team in program history had before. After a challenging non-conference schedule, one that started against three Power-5 teams that were all ranked in the top 25 during the 2014 season, Fresno State
found itself winless after three games. No other Bulldog team in school history had rebounded to win six games and get bowl eligible until DeRuyter’s ’Dogs did so this year. Since 1980, there had been 496 total FBS teams that started 0-3 and the 2014 Bulldogs became just the 21st of that group to make a bowl. The prior year was a banner season for the Bulldogs, one in which they were in the national spotlight. Fresno State went 11-2, won the inaugural Mountain West Championship game and earned a berth in the 2013 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. DeRuyter’s 2013 Bulldog squad matched the school record for wins in a season, were ranked as high as No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and closed out the Bowl Championship Series era ranked No. 20 in the final BCS Standings, the highest of any non-automatic qualifying/BCS conference team. Fresno State has led the Mountain West in attendance the last two seasons. The Bulldogs have also set records for merchandise sold, as DeRuyter’s success and futuristic vision of the program more than satisfied the cravings of the Red Wave. In DeRuyter’s first season at Fresno State the Bulldogs went 9-4 overall and 7-1 in the Mountain West to share the league title with San Diego State and Boise State and gain a berth in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The five-game improvement in the win column from the year before he took over to after his first season marked the sixth best turnaround in the FBS in 2012. The Bulldogs have gone 19-5 in three seasons in Mountain West play under DeRuyter and are 26-13 overall.
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COACHING STAFF >> Head Coach: Tim DeRuyter; Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Dave Schramm; Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Nick Toth; Assistant Coach (WRs & Recruiting Coordinator): Ron Antoine; Assistant Coach (TEs/Inside WRs): Phil Earley; Assistant Coach (Special Teams/Defensive Line): Pete Germano; Assistant Coach (Offensive Line): Cameron Norcross; Assistant Coach (Secondary): Jordan Peterson; Assistant Coach (Running Backs): Joe Wade; Assistant Coach (Secondary): Marcus Woodson; Football Strength & Conditioning Coach: Joey Boese; Director of Football Operations: Lou Major; Football Operations Assistant: Darrick Yray; Graduate Assistant (Offense): Dylan Cruz; Graduate Assistant (Offense): Richard Helepiko; Graduate Assistant (Defense): Overton Spence, Jr.; Graduate Assistant (Defense): David Stenklyft; Defensive Assistant: Rob Thompson; Student Assistant Coach: Sean Alston
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Allen, Justin Anderson, Kilton Barnes, Riley Bonnheim, Bo Brown, Allen Brown, Stratton Burrell, Brian Camilli, Jeff Carr, Myles Cash, Darryl Connette, Brandon Cox, Elijah Davison, Tyeler DeCosta, Adam Detwiler, Dylan Dickinson, Anthony Ederaine, Ejiro Edwards, Shannon Ellis, Jamal Faletuipapai, Suli
WR QB TE OL OL DB QB ILB WR RB QB OL DL LB LS ILB OLB DB DB DE
76 82 56 70 37 40 17 6 3 52 86 74 41 96 21 71 81 16 5 18
Fifita, Alex Fuery, Darrell Gomez , Art Gonzalez, Alan Grayson, Anthony Green, Justin Greenlee, Zack Hardaway, Delvon Harper, Josh Helmuth, George Hendrickson, Kyle Hicks, Jacob Hughes, Brandon Hunt, Todd James, Dontel Johnson, Bobby Johnson, Justin Johnson, KeeSean Jones, Dalen Jordan, Jamire
OL WR OL OL WR OLB QB WR WR LB DL OL OLB DE RB OL WR WR S WR
25 48 6 27 90 91 87 26 88 22 43 79 35 97 44 54 29 56 46 50
Kelly, Anthoula Kroening, Kody Lazarus, Michael Lewis, Donavon Louis, Claudell Madsen, Nathan Martens, Michael Mathews, Rodney McClendon, Jerin Micenheimer, Malique Mickelsen, Karl Mitchell, Aaron Moliga, Chris Newman, Gabe Noble III, James Northern, Justin Obidiegwu, Kyrian Okeke, Tobenna Olsen, Chad Ortiz, Eric
DB P ILB OLB DE DE WR S TE RB ILB OL LB DL RB OL DB ILB TE LB
78 7 39 11 77 98 20 34 89 9 93 11 44 38 75 99 23 8 65 13
Patterson, David Peck, Aaron Peoples, Kory Potts, DeShawn Poyadue, Maurice Puccio, Tyler Quezada, Josh Reed, D.J. Riddering, Kyle Riley, Curtis Robinson, Tyrell Root, Dillon Rose, Jaamal Ross, D’Angelo Rubalcava, Sean Sagapolu, Ioane Scoby, Kurt Scott, Da’Mari Simonds, Ben Smith, Derron
OL WR DB DB NG DL RB DB TE DB LB WR ILB DB OL NG RB WR OL FS
67 32 95 49 90 24 98 30 51 61 53 33 28 85 20 10 73 4 84 17
St. Andrew, Micah Stanley, Robert Steele, Ryan Swanson, Garrett Tangipa-Entwistle, David Thomas, T.J. Tremblay, Josh Ulutu, Xavier Van Hook, Stephen Vazquez, Jacob Verrell, Justin Waller, Marteze Washington, Charles Washington, Jordan Washington, Malcolm Watson, Greg Wichmann, Cody Williams, Keyan Williams, LeKendrick Wilson, Kyrie
OL OLB NG P/K TE RB OL ILB OLB OL LS RB SS WR DB WR OL WR WR ILB
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PLAYER Alaka, Temi Anderson, Calvin Baker, Gabe Ballard, Joe Banks, V.J. Beazant, Bradley Billups, Guy Blasingame, J.T. Bradshaw, Arthur Callahan, Bryce Carlson, Nico Carter, Jayson Carter, Ty Cella, Connor Cimino, Peter Clark, Jorian Corbett, Ford Covington, Christian Davis, Jowan Dawkins, Brandon Decell, Cameron Dillard, Darik
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46 42 6 48 3 25 11 13 51 57 72 49 5 18 93 58 2 15 1 82 17
PLAYER Elder, Nick Ellerbee, Emmanuel Espinosa, Zach Farley, Tanyan Farrimond, James Finner, Jaylon Fuhrman, Garrett German, Nate Godber, Peter Gordon, Preston Gray, Ian Green, D.J. Hairston, James Hamilton, Brandon Hanusa, Parker Henessee, Cody Hill, Malcolm Hudak, Jesse Hull, Mario Hunt, Cole Ibe, J.T.
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6 97 98 38 48 16 45 96 56 7 84 69 4 39 20 54 36 2 43 86 92
PLAYER Jackson, Driphus Johnson, Collin Johnson, Connor Johnson, J.D. Jones, Adrian Jones, Jeremy Jones, Trevor Klare, Dylan Klingler, Cory Knopf, Taylor Long, Trevor Luvender, Brad Lyons, Alex Malcomb, Clayton Marks, Ethan Martin, Trey Matiscik, Paine Mayden, James McGaskey, Tabari Mitchell, Reid Mouchantaf, Stuart
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47 31 4 18 71 80 24 53 55 8 22 74 95 26 30 77 94 60 17 52 10
PLAYER Nordstrom, Brian Nwakamma, Martin Parks, Dennis Patt, Zach Patterson, Connor Peterson, Grant Phan, Jae Pierce, Sam Poehlmann, John Pollard, Darrion Pollard, Ryan Ponder, Hunter Price, Anthony Radcliffe, James Rahman, Josh Reue, Andrew Schantz, Graysen Simonette, Matt Smith, Parker Stanley, Spencer Stehling, Tyler
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Christian Covington Mario Hull Malcolm Hill James Mayden Jowan Davis James Farrimond Alex Lyons Dennis Parks James Hairston Lance Wright Zach Espinosa Driphus Jackson Taylor Knopf Julius White Darrion Pollard Zach Wright Tyler Stehling J.P. Thompson Garrett Fuhrman Carter Tomsu Nate German Destri White Guy Billups J.T. Blasingame Jesse Hudak Jordan Taylor Jeremy Jones J.T. Ibe Parker Smith Brandon Hamilton Zach Patt V.J. Banks Jorian Clark Ethan Marks Nick Uretsky Ryan Pollard Peter Cimino Aston Walter Jae Phan Samuel Stewart Jaylon Finner James Radcliffe Gabe Baker Austin Walter Cole Thomas Bryce Callahan Josh Rahman Martin Nwakamma Arthur Bradshaw Darik Dillard Joe Ballard Luke Turner Paine Matiscik
Ford Corbett Jayson Carter J.D. Johnson Cameron Decell Clayton Malcomb Brady Wright Bradley Beazant Emmanuel Ellerbee Tabari McGaskey Brian Womac Trevor Jones Nick Elder Brian Nordstrom Tanyan Farley Adrian Jones D.J. Green Chandler Watkins Peter Godber Spencer Stanley Sam Pierce Trey Martin John Poehlmann Cory Klingler Preston Gordon Cody Henessee Matt Simonette Ty Carter Calvin Anderson Brad Luvender Kenneth Thompson Connor Patterson Ian Gray Hunter Ponder Caleb Williams Andrew Reue Nico Carlson Brandon Dawkins Grant Peterson Cole Hunt Trevor Long Temi Alaka Reid Mitchell Connor Cella Robby Wells Stuart Mouchantaf Parker Hanusa Graysen Schantz Anthony Price Dylan Klare Collin Johnson Connor Johnson Ross Winship
COACHING STAFF >> Head Coach: David Bailiff; Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Larry Edmondson; Co-Offensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers: Bill Lynch; Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator: Darrell Patterson; Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks: Chris Thurmond; Safeties: Larry Hoefer; Defensive Line: Michael Slater; Running Backs: Anthony Steward; Offensive Line: Ronnie Vinklarek; Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends: David Sloan
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RICE UNIVERSITY
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DEMONSTRATING THEY GIVE A HOOT, THE RICE OWLS MAKE SCHOOL HISTORY BY SENDING A TEAM TO A THIRD CONSECUTIVE BOWL GAME
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he Rice Owls charted new territory in 2014, a season that saw them build upon previous success and further enhance the upward trend on the school’s recent football history. For the first time in history, Rice is sending a team to a third consecutive bowl game, a streak that ranks as the longest active streak in Conference USA. Additionally, Rice reached the seven-win plateau for a third consecutive year, another first for a program that has fielded teams since the school first opened its doors in 1912.
The defending C-USA Champions entered the 2014 campaign staring down a set of formidable challenges from the very start. There was the need to replace a number of key contributors, including four-year starting quarterback Taylor McHargue and dominant running back Charles Ross. And then there was the matter of an opening gauntlet on the schedule, which had the Owls facing a pair of ranked teams on the road (Notre Dame and Texas A&M) for the first time in history. In those first two games, Driphus Jackson quickly
quelled the concerns about taking over at quarterback, while the running back tandem of Jowan Davis and Darik Dillard served notice that their combined efforts would prove a more than adequate replacement for Ross. However, those first two games also decimated the Owls, particularly on defense, which proved too much to overcome in Week Three when ODU escaped with a 45-42 win at Rice Stadium. Standing at 0-3 as September was in its final days, the Owls knew that their margin for error had drawn perilously thin.
But they also were well aware of their own recent history and a spirited drive to seven wins just two years earlier. Starting with a conference road win at Southern Miss and then non-conference wins over Hawai’i and Army, Rice found itself back at .500 and never looked back. Wide receiver Jordan Taylor, who had missed the first three weeks with an injury, stunned North Texas with an 88-yard touchdown reception on the game’s first play and finished with 137 yards on four catches to spark a 41-21 win over the Mean Green to move the Owls
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‘Owl’ You Need to Know About Coach David Bailiff
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above .500 for the first time. Wins over FIU and UTSA followed, sparked by a furious defensive effort led by a pair of defensive ends, Zach Patt and Brian Nordstrom. Patt set a school record with five sacks at FIU, while the last of Nordstrom’s 2.5 sacks ended any UTSA hope of a miracle comeback. After a loss to eventual C-
USA champion Marshall, Rice saluted its senior class in style, clinching a record third consecutive bowl berth with a 31-13 win over UTEP. As the regular season drew to a close, Jackson had firmly established himself at the helm, throwing for the fourth most yards in a season (2,524) and the third most TDs (21). With a bowl game remaining,
Davis needs only 90 yards to become the first sophomore to rush for 1,000 yards at Rice since Trevor Cobb, while Dillard was a dominant force in the red zone, scoring 11 times. A season of potential had produced a series of milestones, ones that the Owls hope to improve upon even further in the 2014 Hawai‘i Bowl.
W IDE R E C E IVE R JA ME S MAYD EN
n leading Rice back to the Conference USA title game, to its most wins in a three-year span and third consecutive bowl berth for the first time, David Bailiff continues to deliver on his pledge to build a program at Rice that makes its mark on the field, in the classroom and in the community. Completing his eighth year on South Main, Bailiff has twice led the Owls to 10 wins, matching Jess Neely’s 1949 squad for the most in school history and their 4124 victory over Marshall in 2013 gave Rice its first outright conference championship since 1957. He has twice led the Owls to bowl wins (2008 Texas Bowl, 2012 Armed Forces Bowl) in addition to an appearance in the 2013 Liberty Bowl and the 2014 Hawai‘i Bowl. For the second time in his career at Rice, Bailiff was honored by his peers who named him C-USA Coach of the Year in 2013 and he joined Art Briles (Baylor), Mark Dantonio (Michigan State), Gus Malzahn (Auburn) and David Shaw (Stanford) as a finalist for the 2013 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year award. He was also honored by the San Antonio Express News as its Co-Sportsman of the Year. In the past three years, Rice is 24-15, with the Owls winning at least seven games in three consecutive seasons for the first time in school history. While reaching new heights on the field, Bailiff’s teams continue to excel in the classroom. For the second time in the four years, the Owls were honored by the American Football Coaches Association with its Academic Achievement Award, having posted a 100 percent graduation rate. Rice
has led Conference USA football teams in GPA in five of his first seven seasons. He was honored with the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association’s John Kelley Distinguished Service Award and by the Conference USA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Coaches Choice Award winner for 2011-12. He was also cited by the Houston Press as “Houston’s Best Sports Role Model” in its 2013 Best of Houston edition. Bailiff came to Rice after three seasons as the head coach at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas where he posted a 21-15 record while leading the Bobcats to their first Southland Conference championship and the semifinals of the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs in 2005. Prior to being named Texas State head coach, Bailiff spent three seasons on the staff at TCU. He
served as the Horned Frogs’ defensive coordinator in both 2002 and 2003 while working with the team’s defensive lineman. He began his coaching career as the defensive line coach at New Braunfels High School (1982-84). He went into private business from 1984-88 before returning to the coaching ranks as a defensive graduate assistant coach at Texas State in 1988 . He was elevated to the Bobcats’ defensive line coach in 1989. Bailiff left Texas State in 1992 for an assistant coaching position at New Mexico. He returned to Texas State in 1997 as defensive coordinator and added assistant head coach responsibilities to his role in 1999. Bailiff is married to the former Angie Daniels of Versailles, Mo. He has a daughter, Brooke, and the couple has twin 17-year-old sons, Grayson and Gregory.
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About
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alifornia State University, Fresno, also known as Fresno State, is a university of discovery, diversity and distinction. One of the 23 campuses of the California State University system, we serve Central California’s diverse, growing population, while interacting with the state, nation and world. The prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has awarded Fresno State its Community Engagement Classification, acknowledging the University’s extensive partnership with Central California. Fresno State, where academics and athletics are boldly rising together, has an enrollment of more than 23,000 students. We are a minority-serving campus and federally designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American, Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institution, reflecting the rich diversity of the region.
FRESNO STATE ALSO HAS THREE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND NURSING. Fresno State is accredited by the California Board of Education and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The University offers 62 undergraduate degree programs and 45 master’s degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences and in professional disciplines emphasizing agriculture, business, engineering and technology, health and human services, and education. Fresno State also has three doctoral programs, in educational leadership, physical therapy and nursing. Through transformational applied research, technical assistance, training and other related public service activities, the University builds partnerships and linkages with business, education, industry, government and community benefit organizations.
The University concluded its first comprehensive campaign in 2013 with $214 million in private support. Through the years, donor generosity has included naming gifts for four of Fresno State’s eight schools and colleges, construction of an on-campus arena that ranks among the world’s top concert venues, endowed faculty chairs, athletic facilities, a campus Alumni House and programs embracing research, innovation and economic development. The Fresno State campus is a 1,400-acre green space comprising a 1,011-acre farm that is part of the agriculture program and a 388-acre academic campus that is shaded by 4,000 trees and is designated as an arboretum. It sits near the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, home to Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Fresno is California’s fifth-largest city, and the surrounding San Joaquin Valley is one of the world’s richest agricultural areas. The University is within easy driving distance of San Francisco, Los Angeles, the Monterey Peninsula, Central Coast beaches and Lake Tahoe. Sailing, lakes, camping, fishing, hiking and ski resorts are nearby, and Fresno offers a wealth of cultural arts, unique shopping and ethnic restaurants, parks and bike/running trails that promote a healthy lifestyle; and affordable housing. FACULTY AND STAFF 2,200 full- and part-time; 96 percent of the tenured faculty hold doctoral or other terminal degrees in their areas of study. Academic Schools and Divisions Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology; College of Arts and Humanities; Craig School of Business; Kremen School of Education and Human Development; Lyles College of Engineering; College of Health and Human Services; College of Science and Math; College of Social Sciences; Division of Graduate Studies; Division of Continuing and Global Education.
RICE UNIVERSITY
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rom its inception in 1912, Rice University has been dedicated to creating unconventional wisdom: preparing outstanding students for diverse careers and lives, contributing to the advancement of learning across a wide range of research and scholarship, and sharing that knowledge and discovery with the world. Rice’s advantages are its relatively small size, urban location, diversity and environment of interdisciplinary and interinstitutional collaboration. The second-smallest member of the Association of American Universities, Rice is one of only three Tier One universities in Texas. Rice recruits talented and enterprising students from the United States and nearly 80 other countries and offers them a rigorous and rewarding academic experience — complete with opportunities to work side by side with some of the country’s top teachers and researchers. The university has national and international reach and seeks to attract the most talented people by promoting, celebrating and reaping the benefits of geographic and socioeconomic diversity. Students are selected on a “need-blind” basis, and undergraduates enroll in the schools of architecture, natural sciences, engineering, humanities, music and social sciences, which rank among the highest in their disciplines. In addition to its prestigious degree programs, Rice is well known for its professional development courses, customized courses for businesses and not-for-profit organizations, and more than 70 educational community outreach initiatives. The university also offers the largest selection of noncredit arts and sciences courses in Texas through its Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, now housed in a stunning new building. Rice is also home to a variety of institutes and centers, including the Baker Institute
for Public Policy, a nonpartisan think tank that has brought a distinctive voice to national policy dialogue, and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, home to the Houston Area Survey, at 33 years the longest ongoing study of any metropolitan area in the U.S.
IN ADDITION TO ITS PRESTIGIOUS DEGREE PROGRAMS, RICE IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES, CUSTOMIZED COURSES FOR BUSINESSES AND NOT-FORPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND MORE THAN 70 EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES. Rice’s distinctive forested, 300-acre campus is only a few miles from downtown Houston’s many cultural and entertainment amenities and is ideally located across the street from the Texas Medical Center (TMC), the world’s largest. This proximity, along with Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative, an innovative space where scientists and researchers from Rice and the TMC work together to perform research that benefits human medicine and health, ensures that Rice students and faculty have abundant opportunities for collaborative projects and research. As the university begins its second century, we will continue to build on the foundation and aspirations that transformed Rice from a bold university on the edge of the prairie to an international success on the cutting edge of education and research — a university that is known for its unconventional wisdom. For more information about Rice, visit www.rice.edu.
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Hawai‘i Bowl
Results DECEMBER 25, 2002
DECEMBER 25, 2003
DECEMBER 24, 2004
DECEMBER 24, 2005
Tulane 36 Hawai‘i 28 MVPs Lynaris Elpheage (Tulane) Justin Colbert (Hawai‘i)
Hawai‘i 54 (3OT) Houston 48 MVPs Timmy Chang (Hawai‘i) Jackie Battle (Houston)
Hawai‘i 59 UAB 40 MVPs Timmy Chang (Hawai‘i) Chad Owens (Hawai‘i) Darrell Hackney (UAB)
Nevada 49 (OT) UCF 48 MVPs B.J. Mitchell (Nevada) Brandon Marshall (UCF)
DECEMBER 24, 2006
DECEMBER 23, 2007
DECEMBER 24, 2008
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Hawai‘i 41 Arizona State 24 MVPs Colt Brennan (Hawai‘i) Jason Rivers (Hawai‘i) Ryan Torain (Arizona State)
East Carolina 41 Boise State 38 MVPs Chris Johnson (East Carolina) Jeremy Avery (Boise State)
Notre Dame 49 Hawai‘i 21 MVPs Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame) Golden Tate (Notre Dame) Aaron Bain (Hawai‘i)
SMU 45 Nevada 10 MVPs Kyle Padron (SMU) Kevin Basped (Nevada)
DECEMBER 24, 2010
DECEMBER 24, 2011
DECEMBER 24, 2012
DECEMBER 24, 2013
Tulsa 62 Hawai‘i 35 MVPs Damaris Johnson (Tulsa) Greg Salas (Hawai‘i)
Southern Miss 24 Nevada 17 MVPs Cordarro Law (Southern Miss) Lampford Mark (Nevada)
SMU 43 Fresno State 10 MVPs Margus Hunt (SMU) Davante Adams (Fresno State)
Oregon State 38 Boise State 28 MVPs Rashaad Reynolds (Oregon State) Matt Miller (Boise State)
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FRESNO STATE
BULLDOGS 2 01 4 STAT I ST I C S FRESNO STATE
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing
FS
OPP
TEAM STATISTICS
FS
OPP
365
424
Average Per Game
233.8
248.5
28.1
32.6
TDs Passing
25
29
281
263
TOTAL OFFENSE
5430
5921
119
120
Total Plays
1016
952
TEAM STATISTICS
FS
Net Punt Average
OPP
37.1
37.7
66-3887
83-5018
Average Per Kick
58.9
60.5
Net Kick Average
41.3
40.8
KICKOFFS-Yards
Passing
133
130
Average Per Play
5.3
6.2
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game
28:48
31:12
Penalty
29
13
Average Per Game
417.7
455.5
3RD-DOWN Conversions
84/221
86/209
RUSHING YARDAGE
2391
2690
KICK RETURNS: Yards
44-831
46-808
Yards Gained Rushing
2764
2962
PUNT RETURNS: Yards
20-207
21-178
Yards Lost Rushing
373
272
INT RETURNS: Yards
9-100
19-234
3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct
38%
41%
16/30
16/26
53%
62% 36-199
Rushing Attempts
524
575
KICK RETURN AVERAGE
18.9
17.6
SACKS BY-Yards
28-139
Average Per Rush
4.6
4.7
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
10.4
8.5
MISC YARDS
0
10
Average Per Game
183.9
206.9
INT RETURN AVERAGE
11.1
12.3
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED
49
54 16-22
TDs Rushing
22
23
FUMBLES-LOST
12-6
22-11
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS
7-11
3039
3231
PENALTIES-Yards
58-531
97-805
ON-SIDE KICKS
1-2
0-1
Comp-Att-Int
282-492-19
227-377-9
40.8
61.9
RED-ZONE SCORES
(41-54) 76%
(43-50) 86%
Average Per Pass
6.2
8.6
79-3171
68-2852
RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS
(35-54) 65%
(30-50) 60%
Average Per Catch
10.8
14.2
40.1
41.9
PAT-ATTEMPTS
(46-48) 96%
(52-54) 96%
PASSING YARDAGE
Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt
PU NT E R /K IC K E R G A R R E TT S WAN S ON
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST Fresno State 64 Opponents 113
2ND 104 118
3RD 117 87
4TH 80 103
OT 0 3
TOTAL 365 424
RUSHING Waller, Marteze Quezada, Josh Burrell, Brian Connette, Brandon
GP 13 12 13 12
ATT 210 122 101 38
GAIN 1324 497 529 155
LOSS 32 24 201 34
NET 1292 473 328 121
AVG 6.2 3.9 3.2 3.2
TD 11 5 3 2
LONG 76 27 66 34
AVG/G 99.4 39.4 25.2 10.1
PASSING Burrell, Brian Connette, Brandon Greenlee, Zack
G 13 12 2
EFFIC 121.1 101.3 122.1
CMP-ATT-INT 242-412-16 29-54-3 11-23-0 47.8
PCT 58.7 53.7 164
YDS 2576 299 1
TD 22 2 81
LNG 58 53 82.0
AVG/G 198.2 24.9
RECEIVING Harper, Josh Peck, Aaron Watson, Greg Quezada, Josh
G 13 13 12 12
NO. 86 31 31 31
YDS 1072 405 355 217
TD 7 3 5 1
LONG 58 53 46 18
AVG/G 82.5 31.2 29.6 18.1
AVG 12.5 13.1 11.5 7.0
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RICE UNIVERSITY
OWLS 2 01 4 STAT I ST I C S TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing
RICE
OPP
TEAM STATISTICS
RICE
OPP
344
364
Average Per Game
223.6
245.1
28.7
30.3
TDs Passing
22
27
236
241
TOTAL OFFENSE
4727
4762
110
104
Total Plays
857
794
TEAM STATISTICS
RICE
Net punt average
OPP
36.0
38.0
68-4333
69-4248
Average Per Kick
63.7
61.6
Net kick average
38.4
40.9
KICKOFFS-Yards
Passing
112
118
Average Per Play
5.5
6.0
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game
33:43
26:17
Penalty
14
19
Average Per Game
393.9
396.8
3RD-DOWN Conversions
87/187
70/165
47%
42%
RUSHING YARDAGE
3rd-Down Pct
2044
1821
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards
32-626
23-646
Yards gained rushing
2335
2178
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards
11-91
27-228
Yards lost rushing
291
357
INT RETURNS: #-Yards
7-167
8-123
4th-Down Pct
4TH-DOWN Conversions
5/14
5/16
36%
31% 26-146
Rushing Attempts
531
418
KICK RETURN AVERAGE
19.6
28.1
SACKS BY-Yards
35-249
Average Per Rush
3.8
4.4
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
8.3
8.4
MISC YARDS
0
35
Average Per Game
170.3
151.8
INT RETURN AVERAGE
23.9
15.4
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED
44
48 10-14
TDs Rushing
21
19
FUMBLES-LOST
10-4
18-11
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS
12-19
2683
2941
PENALTIES-Yards
65-595
55-489
ON-SIDE KICKS
0-0
0-0
Comp-Att-Int
188-326-8
209-376-7
49.6
40.8
RED-ZONE SCORES
(41-45) 91%
(35-41) 85%
Average Per Pass
8.2
7.8
60-2529
56-2300
RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS
(30-45) 67%
(27-41) 66%
Average Per Catch
14.3
14.1
42.2
41.1
PAT-ATTEMPTS
(44-44) 100%
(46-48) 96%
PASSING YARDAGE
Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt
R U NNING B A C K DA R IK D ILLARD
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST Rice 65 Opponents 94
2ND 99 103
3RD 83 103
4TH 97 64
TOTAL 344 364
RUSHING Davis, Jowan Dillard, Darik Jackson, Driphus Hamilton, Brandon
GP 12 12 12 10
ATT 232 132 108 22
GAIN 969 659 531 90
LOSS 59 8 171 3
NET 910 651 360 87
AVG 3.9 4.9 3.3 4.0
TD 6 10 1 1
LONG 54 36 43 12
AVG/G 75.8 54.2 30.0 8.7
PASSING Jackson, Driphus Stehling, Tyler
G 12 5
EFFIC 143.8 150.8
CMP-ATT-INT 176-307-8 12-19-0
PCT 57.3 63.2
YDS 2524 159
TD 21 1
LNG 88 53
AVG/G 210.3 31.8
RECEIVING Taylor, Jordan Hull, Mario Wright, Zach Parks, Dennis
G 9 12 11 11
NO. 49 29 24 24
YDS 781 539 282 280
TD 6 7 3 0
LONG 88 55 51 34
AVG/G 86.8 44.9 25.6 25.5
AVG 15.9 18.6 11.8 11.7
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