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SOUTHERN UTAH FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
COVERING THE THUNDERBIRDS Thunderbird Radio Network Each of Southern Utah University’s 2010 football games will be broadcast live on SUU’s Power 91 (91.1). Power 91’s broadcasts will also be available on the world wide web at www.suu.edu/ksuu. Between the two stations fans virtually around the globe can tune in to Thunderbird action. Dr. Art Challis, a professor of communication at SUU, is in his 40th season as the voice of the Thunderbirds.
Tom Zulewski The Daily News 369 N. 100 W. Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-7646 FAX: (435) 586-7471
David Cordero The Daily Spectrum 275 E. St. George Blvd. St. George, UT 84770 (435) 674-6233 FAX: (435) 674-6265
Art Challis (play-by-play) Power 91, SUU Cedar City, UT 84721 PH (435) 586-7975 FAX (435) 865-8352 KSL Radio P.O. Box 1160 Salt Lake City, UT 84180 PH (801) 575-7676 FAX (801) 575-5560
Newspapers
Sports Desk University Journal Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-5488 FAX: (435) 586-5487
Sports Desk Salt Lake Tribune 90 S. 400 W. Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 257-8900 FAX: (801) 257-8950
Radio Stations
KSUB Radio P.O. Box 819 Cedar City, UT 84721 PH (435) 586-5273 FAX (435) 586-0437
KFNZ Radio 434 W. Bearcat Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84115 PH (801) 570-5326 FAX (801) 487-5369
Sports Desk Cedar City Review 912 Airport Road Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-5678 FAX: (435) 635-7800
Sports Desk Deseret News P.O. Box 1257 Salt Lake City, UT 84110 (801) 237-2161 FAX: (801) 237-2543
KNNZ Radio P.O. Box 858 Cedar City, UT 84720 PH (435) 586-5900 FAX (435) 586-0437
KALL Radio 515 S. 700 E., Suite 2R Salt Lake City, Utah 84180 PH (801) 908-1500 FAX (801) 908-1389
KNZS Radio, 515 S. 700 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 801-524-2600 Fax: 801-933-4713
Wire Service
Associated Press, 30 East 100 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 801-322-3405 Fax: 801-322-0051
KMYU Sports 31 East St. George Blvd. St. George, Utah 84770 PH (435) 773-6323 FAX (435) 773-6324
KCSG Sports 158 W. 1600 S., Suite 200 St. George, Utah 84770 PH (435) 986-9715 FAX (435) 986-9716
Television Stations
KUTV Sports (CBS) 299 S. Main, Suite 150 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 PH (801) 973-3232 FAX (801) 973-4176
KSTU Sports (FOX) 5020 Amelia Earhart Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 PH (801) 536-1313 FAX (801) 537-5335
KSL TV Sports (NBC) Broadcast Hse, 5 Triad Ctr. Salt Lake City, UT 84180 PH (801) 575-5535 FAX (801) 575-5560
KTVX - Sports (ABC) 1760 Fremont Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84104 PH (801) 975-4427 FAX (801) 973-3349
Credentials
Requests for media credentials for games held in Cedar City should be made no later than five days prior to the game. To request credentials or arrange an interview with an SUU player or coach, contact the SUU Media Relations Office at: (435) 586-7753 or at: gardner@suu.edu.
Press Box Services
Eccles Coliseum provides working space for properly credentialed print and electronic media personnel. Quickie stats will be provided at the end of each quarter while final statistics and final play-by-play will be distributed following the game. Collect and credit card long-distance calls may be made from the central press box.
Visiting Radio
Radio stations wishing to broadcast a game from Eccles Coliseum should alert the SUU Media Relations Office well in advance of the broadcast date. Two phone lines are available for visiting stations, but radio box space is limited. Visiting stations are advised to limit broadcast teams to three persons. All line charges are the responsibility of the visiting station unless other arrangements are made.
Print Media
Wireless internet access is available in Eccles Coliseum. Several phone lines are also available to members of the print media. Collect and credit card calls may be made from the central press box.
Highlight Feeds
The SUU Media Relations Office produces a 5-10 minute video highlight package for all home football games. The feeds are available via SUU’s FTP site. For details on obtaining access, contact the SUU Media Relations Office
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2013 SOUTHERN UTAH FOOTBALL SUU Quick Facts
Location: Cedar City, Utah 84720 Mailing Address: 351 W. University Ave. Founded: 1897 Enrollment: 8,066 President: Dr. Michael T. Benson Nickname: Thunderbirds Colors: Scarlet & White Stadium: Eccles Coliseum (Artificial, 8,500) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 4-4 (T-5th) 2012 Record: 5-6 Four-year Record (Since 1963): 228-259-2 All-Time Record (Since 1922): 335-383-19 Head Coach: Ed Lamb (BYU ‘96) Lamb at SUU: 26-29 (Five Seasons) Lamb Overall: 26-29 (Five Seasons) Best Time To Reach: Contact SID
Director of Offense/Quarterbacks: Steve Clark (Brigham Young ‘92) Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs: Justin Walterscheid (SUU ‘05) Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line: Teag Whiting (Brigham Young ‘04) Passing Game Coordinator/Receivers: Fesi Sitake (SUU ‘11) Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends: Aaron Fernandez (SUU ‘09) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Justin Ena (Brigham Young ‘01) Associate Head Coach/Secondary: Demario Warren (UC Davis ‘08) Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line: Ryan Hunt (So. Utah ‘04) Defensive Assistant: Ben Macey (Utah State ‘11) Academic Coordinator: Sam Elliott (SUU ‘02) Video Coordinator: Nathan Wolfe Strength & Conditioning: Dan Bennion (So. Utah ‘00) Jake Hutton (Utah State ‘10) Director of Athletics: Ken Beazer Head Athletic Trainer: Ricky Mendini, ATC Compliance Coordinator: Todd Brown Business Manager: Kyle Hosler SWA: Jill Mahoney Director of Athletic Operations: Kit Janes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2012 Statistics & Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54-56 2013 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52-53 2013 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58-63 2013 Thunderbird Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 2013 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2013 Thunderbird Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-50 The Big Sky Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Cedar City & Iron County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-17 Eccles Coliseum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82-83 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Preseason Depth Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Pronunciation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 SUU Administration & Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-80 SUU Athletics & Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-84 SUU Athletics Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 SUU Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-76 SUU vs. the Opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 SUU Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-67 SUU Academics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 This is SUU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-87
SUU SPORTS INFORMATION
Assistant AD, Media Relations: Neil Gardner (Football Contact) Office: (435) 586-7753 Cellular: (435) 559-0275 e-mail: gardner@suu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director: Kyle Cottam Office: (435) 586-7752 e-mail: cottam@suu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director: Kyle Newhouse Office: (435) 586-7758 e-mail: kylenewhouse@suu.edu Sports Information FAX: (435) 586-5444 Press Box: (435) 586-5447
Starters Returning/Lost: O-6/6, D-7/5, S-2/0 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 38/26 Redshirts Returning: 13 Other Returnees/Spring Newcomers: 13 Media Relations Media Relations Director: Neil Gardner Assistant Media Relations Directors: Kyle Cottam, Kyle Newhouse
Neil Gardner
Kyle Cottam
Kyle Newhouse
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Gavin Farr
After losing the most prolific passer in the history of the school as well as three stalwart offensive linemen and its starting running back from the 2012 squad there were myriad questions facing the Southern Utah football team on the offensive side of the ball last spring. Although not all of those questions were answered definitively during spring ball, it became evident that the cupboard was not bare, and, in fact, there would be life after Brad Sorensen. In the effort to replace Sorensen (who threw for over 9,000 yards in his three seasons as the team’s starter), four quarterbacks found themselves in the mix: senior Jacob Allie, junior Aaron Cantu, sophomore Mitch Dahlen and freshman Tannon Pedersen. None of the four had much experience running the SUU offense prior to spring. Allie – who was recruited as a quarterback – played fullback and tight end with Sorensen entrenched at QB, while Cantu joined the team in January after leading the NJCAA in passing yards in 2012 at East Los Angeles College. Dahlen transferred to SUU in the fall of 2012 and spent the season primarily with the scout team, and Pedersen was also in his first spring with the Thunderbirds after returning from an LDS church mission last fall. After the spring game it became clear the team had found its starter. Cantu. “What we’re looking for is considency and Aaron Cantu has been probably the most consistent of our quarterbacks,” SUU’s Director of Offense Steve Clark said at the conclusion of spring ball. Cantu “sees the field really well, and … in his first spring here he’s getting to know the offense,” Head Coach Ed Lamb said. “I thought he took a big step forward [in the spring game]. We saw a little bit of the competitiveness that allowed him to thrive so much at the junior college level. He didn’t lead the country in passing without having some ability.”
With the addition of Richie Harrington, a transfer from Oregon State, and freshman T.J. Fenton, who joined the squad for fall camp Allie moved back to tight end and the team will go forward with Cantu as the starter heading into the season. Pedersen, Harrington and Fenton will be in reserve while Dahlen rehabilitates from off-season surgery. The questions on the offensive line appear to have been answered during the spring as well. Gavin Farr, a senior who will move back to center after earning first-team all-Big Sky honors at left guard last year, anchors the line. He’s joined by three more seniors, left tackle Cody Burgess (an honorable mention allBig Sky honoree in 2012), Daron Griffin and Kyle Donaldson as experienced returning linemen. In addition to those four, sophomore Fernando Huerta returns after serving as a reserve last year, while senior Brad Meyer, junior Nick Nissen and redshirt freshman P.J. TaeaoTaunu’u all moved from defensive line to offensive line during the spring and have thrived in their new roles. Throw in redshirt freshmen Evan Ross and Anthony Sarrocco as well as Steve Clark who is back with the team after an LDS church mission, and newcomer Daniel Fleischman (a transfer from Wyoming) and there is a good group manning the offensive trenches. “I think the offensive line made the most improvement from day-one of spring,” Lamb said. “They’ve really worked hard, they’ve worked extra on their own, we’ve made some personnel changes to try to get some more competition over there, they’ve just accepted the challenge really well. So we’re running the ball with confidence, which is opening up things in our passing game.” “This is probably the best O-line we’ve had since I’ve been here,” Clark noted. There are still questions at running back, not from a lack of talent but more from a plethora of choices.
Aaron Cantu
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Fatu Moala
Sophomore Malik Brown as well as redshirt freshmen Christian Taele, Jarom Healey and Christian Jensen all had good springs and all are in the mix for starting spots at both running back and fullback heading into the fall. Those ranks were bolstered at the beginning of fall camp with the addition of freshmen Toa Afatasi, Pete Williams and Raysean Martin, and senior Vic Spikes, who transferred to SUU from Utah. Adding depth at fullback in the fall is Frank Sanft, a transfer from Snow JC. “They are young, they’re freshmen, but they were here last year and they know the offense,” Clark pointed out. “Malik has been blessed with some break-away speed, Jarom and Christian are very tough inside-thetackle type runners who will grind you out some tough yards. We’re going to need them because we don’t have Brad, we’re not going to throw the ball 50 times, we’re going to want to stay more balanced.” Perhaps the only spot on the offensive side of the ball where there hasn’t been a question is at receiver. The four starters as well as the primary reserves all return at the position. Senior Fatu Moala earned second-team all-Big Sky honors last year while juniors Easton Pedersen and Mitch Jessop, as well as senior Griff McNabb are all back after starting the majority of the team’s games last year. Letter-winners C.J. Morgan, a junior, and Josh Smith, a sophomore, as well as Naia Ursua – who is back from an LDS mission after appearing in all 11 games as a true freshman in 2009 – will also compete for playing time, and there were a handful of newcomers in the mix in the spring, including Mike Sharp who made a name for himself at quarterback at Dixie High School before serving an LDS mission. The coaches also said they felt they had a good mix at tight end coming out of the spring, with sophomores Anthony Norris and Chandler Allphin and Allie moving back into the mix.
On the defensive side of the ball the Thunderbirds return the entire starting secondary as well as a pair of freshman all-Americans: linebacker Zak Browning – the Big Sky’s 2012 Newcomer of the Year – and defensive end James Cowser. Senior linebacker Chad Hansen, the team’s leading tackler in 2011, also returns, as does Matt Holley, an all-conference safety in 2010 who moved to linebacker in the spring after returning from an LDS church mission. The team will have to replace three positions on the line, including all-American tackle Cody Larsen, but a handful of players stepped up in the spring and what one looked like it might be a weakness may now be a strength. Cowser holds down the rush end spot, while Austin Anderson – a junior who was having a breakout year in 2012 before he went down midway through the Montana State game with an injury – returns at bull end. With Anderson seeing limited duty while he rehabilitated his injury in the spring redshirt freshman Andrew Eide (another returned missionary) prospered at the position. Kouri Jones is the primary reserve at rush end following a solid sophomore campaign last year. Junior Trever McFalls had a solid spring and looks to be the man who will replace Larsen at tackle, with freshman Robert Torgerson slotted in as McFalls’ backup after he distinguished himself during the spring. Nose tackle is sophomore Toi Taufa’s position heading into the fall, with true freshman Lehi Afatasi pressing for playing time. Freshmen Colin Greenhill and Wes Kauvaka will provide depth as they work into the system. “During the spring we moved people around a lot, at all the line positions,” defensive line coach Ryan Hunt said. “Austin [Anderson] was limited in what he could do, so at the end spot we looked at Cowser, Kouri Jones and Eide. Eide can line up at end against a tight end set and can play inside when there isn’t a tight end while Kouri
James Cowser
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Zak Browning
gives us more speed at end.” “Trever McFalls has come a long way,” Hunt added. “He’s developed into an every-down kind of guy, and Robert Torgerson has progressed tremendously. At nose Toi is solid and we’re looking forward to working with Lehi Afatasi.” Browning – who led the nation’s freshmen in tackles per game last season – anchors the defense from his middle linebacker slot with Hansen moving outside after seeing limited time last season following an injury suffered during spring 2012. Hansen had an outstanding spring after moving to the Sam Backer position (he was in the middle in 2011), and Holley was solid as well – he picked off a pass during the spring game – in the spring as he worked back into football shape following his mission. The three primary reserves at linebacker are all young. Sophomore Mike Evans is the only one of the three to have appeared in a game for the Thunderbirds, but he and freshmen Austin Gumucio, who spent the 2012 season as a redshirt, and Josh Kariya, a returned missionary, all distinguished themselves during the spring. Senior special teams standout Mike Tagliaferi provides experience and depth while fall newcomers who will look to contribute at linebacker include freshmen Chinedu Ahanonu and Steve Welsh as well as sophomore Antwan Marshal, a transfer from Nevada. “The linebackers are experienced,” Lamb said. “Chad Hansen led the team in tackles two years ago and he appears to be fully recovered from [the injury]. He’s playing more of an inside linebacker position on our defensive interior alignment and that seems to be a position that suits him well. Browning played fantastically for us last year and seems to be picking up where he left off and then there’s Matt Holley who was a defensive leader for us from the strong safety position in 2010. Our defense is designed just a little bit different and [Holley] fits the scheme now a little bit better at the field linebacker position. He’s
done a tremendous job too. With Chad and Zak and Matt we have a lot of guys who have won a lot of football games now starting at the linebacker position.” Having the entire starting secondary back is a luxury the Thunderbirds haven’t enjoyed since Lamb and his staff have been at SUU, and all but one of the four should return next year as well as there is only one senior in the bunch: free safety Tommy Collet, Jr. The other returning starters are junior cornerback Tyree Mills, sophomore corner LeShaun Sims and sophomore strong safety Miles Killebrew. Senior Anthony Fagans and sophomore Michael Byrd provide experienced depth at the safety positions, while sophomore J.T. Anderson is back after playing in all 11 games with one start at corner last year. Sophomore Myles Carelock and redshirt freshmen Martavious Redmond and Anthony Sattiewhite will provide depth at the cornerback positions, along with newcomer Dallin Dastrup, while Mitch Dalley, Stetson Deardon and Max Vanot-Petit will also look to contribute at safety. “The secondary is just older and more mature,” Lamb pointed out. “It’s the same secondary we played with all last year and some of those guys have been there for [some time]. Tyree has been playing a significant role for a couple of years, as has Tommy Collet. They’re just more mature, more competitive, a little more sure about their roles within the defense and that’s allowed them to play with confidence.” On special teams the team returns everyone but its long-snapper. Placekicker Colton Cook was a secondteam all-American in 2012 and he returns along with punter Brock Miller, who holds the school’s career punting average record. They back each other up at their respective positions. Allie returns as the holder, with McNabb (punts) and Smith (kickoffs) back as the primary return specialists. Freshman Chandler Dowell, a fall newcomer, will take over the long-snapping duties.
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Colton Cook
SOUTHERN UTAH COACHES
Ed Lamb HEAD COACH
BRIGHAM YOUNG, 1996 SIXTH SEASON AT SUU A 2010 Eddie Robinson Award finalist, Ed Lamb is entering his sixth season as head coach of the Thunderbird football program. In his first five years overseeing the program, Coach Lamb has guided the team on a path that has seen it improve from the 0-11 squad he inherited to backto-back winning seasons in 2010 and 2011, including the 2010 Great West Conference championship team. Last year the Thunderbirds competed in the Big Sky Conference for the first time and wound up with a 4-4 mark, good enough for a tie for fifth place in the 13-team league. During his first year at SUU Coach Lamb turned around a program which had been mired in a 19-game slide, and while the 2008 team finished with just four wins, those were four more than the program had in any of the previous three seasons. SUU also broke through with its first road-win in four years when it stopped Southland Conference champion and 22nd-ranked Texas State, 34-30, in 2008. That same season Lamb oversaw a program which put 11 players on the all-Great West Conference squad, including seven first-team selections as well as its special teams player of the year. The Thunderbirds finished the 2008 season ranked among the nation's top-20 teams in punting and punt returns, passing offense and tackles-for-loss last year as well. The improvement continued in 2009 when the team finished with a 5-6 mark, its best record since 2004. The team ranked among the nation's top-20 programs in passing, pass efficiency, total offense, scoring offense and punt returns in addition to leading the nation on net punting. The Thunderbirds had two all-Americans in 2009, placed 12 players on the all-conference squad and had 14 academic allconference selections. SUU had individuals ranked among the nation's top 10 in pass receptions, receiving yards, total offense, punt returns and scoring as well. In 2010 the team continued its ascent, as the T-Birds claimed their first Great West championship with a perfect 4-0 mark in conference games, posted an overall 6-5 record, the team's first winning record since 2004, and finished the season ranked among the nation's top-30 in both the coaches and the media polls. Among the team's five losses, only one came by more than eight points.
THE L AMB FILE
Coaching Experience 1997 University of Redlands Defensive Line Coach 1998-2000 University of Redlands Defensive Coordinator 2001 Brigham Young University Defensive Assistant – Linebackers 2002-03 University of Idaho Defensive Coordinator 2005-2007 University of San Diego Special Teams Coordinator Recruiting Coordinator Defensive Backs Coach 2008-present Southern Utah University Head Coach Education 1998 Master of Arts, Education Counseling, University of Redlands 1996 Bachelor of Arts, English, Brigham Young University
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SUU matched 2010's 6-5 record in 2011, a season which included the team's first win over a FBS-level team in 14 seasons and only its second ever, a 41-16 win at UNLV. Although the team went through a three-game GWC skid midway through the year, SUU closed the season winning three of four games, including a win over UC Davis and victories at future Big Sky rivals Weber State and Northern Arizona, with the only setback a loss at then-No. 5 Northern Iowa. SUU dominated the all-GWC teams in 2010 and 2011, with 14 selections in each season. In 2010 SUU had 10 first-team selections, four on the second-team and three more earning honorable mention. SUU wide receiver Tysson Poots was the GWC's offensive player of the year in 2010 as well as a consensus first-team All-American. In 2011 SUU swept the GWC's individual awards, as QB Brad Sorensen was named offensive player of the year, DE Tyler Osborne earned defensive player of the year honors, RB/KR Austin Minefee was the special teams player of the year and WR/PR Brady Measom was the newcomer of the year. In addition to those honors, SUU had nine first-team and five second-team all-GWC selections, while Osborne and Minefee both earned all-America honors. Last year, in the program’s first season in the Big Sky, SUU notched wins over a pair of ranked teams, then-No. 1 Eastern Washington and then-No. 11 Northern Arizona, and picked up a road win at perennial BSC power Montana. Lamb’s T-Birds placed 13 players on all-BSC teams, and linebacker Zak Browning was tabbed as the league’s newcomer of the year. Browning and defensive end James Cowser were both Jerry Rice Award finalists who were named freshman all-Americans and Sorensen was a Walter Payton Award finalist for the second straight season. Coach Lamb came to SUU from the University of San Diego, where he served as special teams coordinator, recruiting coordinator and defensive backs coach for three years. A 1996 graduate of Brigham Young University, Lamb helped guide the University of San Diego to three consecutive Pioneer League championships as well as back-to-back NCAA Division I-AA Mid-Major National Championships in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 the USD special teams ranked first or second in the Pioneer League in every statistical category and the defense finished 2006 ranked fourth nationally after the Toreros completed an 11-1 season. While at USD Coach Lamb's responsibilities included serving as the team's budget manager and recruiting in addition to his onfield responsibilities. Prior to joining the Toreros in 2005, Lamb spent two seasons as defensive coordinator at the University of Idaho where his 2003 team finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense. As part of his duties as coordinator, his primary responsibility was with the Vandal secondary. Coach Lamb spent the 2001 season on the BYU staff as a defensive assistant working with the linebackers. While with the Cougars he helped the squad to a 10-2 record and a Mountain West Conference title. Lamb served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Redlands from 1998 through 2000, where his teams went 21-6 overall and boasted the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's top scoring defense every year he was with the program. He also served as the Bulldogs' recruiting coordinator. Prior to becoming defensive coordinator at Redlands Lamb spent one season as a graduate assistant working with the defensive line. As a student-athlete, Lamb played linebacker and defensive end from 1992-96 on Brigham Young University and BYU-Idaho teams which combined to win four conference championships. Lamb and his wife, Sarah, are the parents of three daughters: Anna, Amelia and Summer, and son Claude Edward IV.
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Steve Clark DIRECTOR
OF
OFFENSE/QUARTERBACKS
BRIGHAM YOUNG 1992 SIXTH SEASON AT SUU
Steve Clark is in his sixth season on the Thunderbird staff. During his first five seasons at SUU, Clark has overseen an offense that has made an assault on the SUU passing record book, particularly its passing records Under his guidance the 2008 Thunderbirds passed for a school-record 23 touchdowns while the team's 2,742 passing yards ranked second on the school's all-time list but the 2009 squad went on to better both those marks, passing for 3,103 yards and 33 TDs. SUU also set singlegame records for passes and completions, as well as individual season and single-game passing and receiving records in both seasons. In 2011 the Thunderbirds passed for 3,257 yards, another record, including four of the top-10 passing-yard games in SUU history, and although the team didn't break the record it still finished with 3,161 total yards - the second-highest total in school history - and racked up 17 TDs. The 2012 squad was again high-powered as the Thunderbirds averaged 371 yards per game, including 285 through the air. SUU passed the 3,000-yard passing mark for the fourth straight season, finishing with 3,139 yards through the air, and passed for 23 touchdowns, tying the second-highest mark in school history. The final two Great West Conference offensive players of the year were both coached by Clark, wide receiver Tysson Poots, who earned the honor in 2010, and quarterback Brad Sorensen, who was the 2011 selection. Both players were selected both by the coaches and by the media. As far as individual efforts under Coach Clark go, five top single-season passing attempts efforts, the four top single-season receiving yards efforts, and five of the top six completions and passing yards efforts have come in the past five seasons. Coach Clark came to SUU from BYU, where he spent three seasons working with the offensive line and special teams. While on the Cougar staff, Clark helped BYU to a pair of Mountain West Conference titles and three straight Las Vegas Bowl appearances. In 2007 he coached the MWC's top kickoff return squad, which ranked 18th nationally. Coach Clark spent the 2004 season on Urban Meyer's staff at the University of Utah, where, as a defen-
sive assistant, he helped the Utes to a perfect season. That year Utah finished the season ranked fourth in one poll and fifth in the other after putting together a perfect 12-0 record, capped by a 35-7 thrashing of Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl. Utah had three first-team and one second-team all-MWC honorees on the defensive side of the ball that season. Prior to the 2004 season, Coach Clark served two seasons as the passing game coordinator at St. Mary's College. In 2001 he was director of football operations at Utah when the team represented the MWC in the Las Vegas Bowl. During his coaching career, Clark's teams have gone 4-1 in bowl games, 2-0 at Utah and 2-1 at BYU. Prior to joining the collegiate coaching ranks, Coach Clark cut his coaching teeth at Provo High School, where he was the Bulldogs' offensive coordinator from 1995 to 1998. A 1992 graduate of BYU with a degree in communications, Coach Clark and his wife Suzanne are the parents of four children, Alex, Emily, Jamison and Maggie.
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Justin Ena DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
BRIGHAM YOUNG, 2001 SIXTH SEASON AT SUU
Justin Ena is in his sixth season on the Thunderbird staff, his fourth as defensive coordinator. He also serves as the team's linebackers coach and spent two seasons as special teams coordinator, in 2008 and 2009. Last season, in the Thunderbirds' first campaign in the Big Sky Conference and playing with a roster filled with freshmen, Coach Ena's defense led the conference in red zone efficiency and was a big factor to the Thunderbirds leading the league and ranking fifth overall in the FCS in turnover margin. The Thunderbirds averaged 1.1 interceptions per game, third-best in the Sky, and ranked fifth in the BSC and 27th in the nation in sacks in 2012. SUU had three all-Americans on the defensive side of the ball last year: defensive tackle Cody Larsen and freshman allAmericans Zak Browning, a linebacker, and James Cowser, a defensive end. Browning was also named the Big Sky's Freshman of the Year in 2012. In 2012, Coach Ena's defense ranked 19th in the country against the pass and averaged 2.82 sacks per game, the 13th-best average at the FCS level. Two Thunderbird defenders, Tyler Osborne and Cody Larsen, ranked among the top-70 in sacks, with Osborne at No. 16 with .95 sacks per game and Larsen 68th with .55 per outing. In addition, linebacker Chad Hansen was 42nd in the nation with 9.45 tackles per game. The Thunderbirds placed seven defenders on the all-GWC team in 2011, including five first-team selections. Osborne was also named the conference's defensive player of the year. In his first season as the Thunderbirds' defensive coordinator, Coach Ena headed up a unit which had some of the top single-game efforts in school history. In the season-opener at Wyoming, the T-Birds held the Cowboys to just 36 rushing yards, and at San Jose State, the 'Birds limited the Spartans to 57 yards on the ground and 250 total yards. San Diego managed just 34 passing and 153 total yards; the Torero's passing total is the sixth lowest by an SUU opponent. At the end of the 2010 season the SUU defense had given up just 3,407 total yards, the third-lowest total in an 11-game season in the school's history, including 1,279 rushing yards, the fifth-lowest total in an 11-game season. The 2010 defense ranked 21st in the nation against the run, 21st in total defense and 17th in scoring defense after allowing just 19.18 points per game. SUU also ranked 24th nationally with 2.45 sacks per game and 25th
in tackles for loss with 7.09 per game. The coaches voted five Thunderbird defenders to the all-Great West Conference first team in 2010, with two more earning secondteam recognition. In 2008 and 2009 Coach Ena's special teams were among the finest in the country. Punter Trevor Ward earned multiple all-America honors after leading the nation in yards per punt in 2009 while Fesi Sitake was seventh in the nation in punt return average. As a team, SUU led the nation in net punting and was ninth in punt return average. In 2008 return specialist Nick Miller led the nation in all-purpose yards and ranked fifth in punt return yards. Ward earned honorable mention all-America honors in 2008 after ranking sixth in the country in net punting yards and eighth overall. SUU's punt return team ranked third in the country in net yardage while the punt cover team was sixth. Coach Ena played his collegiate ball at Brigham Young University, where he was a four-year starter and a three-time all-Mountain West Conference performer at linebacker. Following his collegiate days, Ena moved on to the National Football League, where he played four seasons including three for the Philadelphia Eagles and one for the Tennessee Titans - before retiring. Coach Ena's first coaching experience came in his hometown of Shelton, Wash., where he was an assistant on the staff at Shelton High School. Coach Ena and his wife, Dana, are the parents of two children, a son, Justice, and a daughter, Olivia.
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Ryan Hunt
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/DEFENSIVE LINE SOUTHERN UTAH, 2004 TENTH SEASON AT SUU
Ryan Hunt is in his 10th year on the Thunderbird staff and his ninhth as a full-time member after serving the 2004 season as a student-assistant. Coach Hunt has worked with the offensive and defensive lines, with the last five spent on the defensive side of the ball. Last season Coach Hunt's defensive line ranked among the nation's leaders in sacks, averaging 2.64 per game, the fifth-best mark in the Big Sky and the 27th-best in the country. The D-line was also a big reason the Thunderbirds led the Big Sky and were among the naiton's elite in red zone defense. Two of Hunt's defensive linemen earned all-Big Sky and all-American honors, tackle Cody Larsen, who was a first-team all-BSC honoree and end James Cowser, who earned honorable mention all-BSC honors and freshman all-American recognition. In 2011 Coach Hunt directed a unit which finished 13th in the FCS in sacks with 2.82 per game. The pressure applied by the SUU line were definite factors in the Thunderbirds ranking 19th against the pass, allowing just 178.2 yards per game through the air. Hunt was also the position coach for Tyler Osborne, the Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2011, as well as Larsen, a 2011 all-GWC performer. In 2010 SUU's run defense was one of the best in the school's history, as the Thunderbirds held opponents to just 1,279 yards on the ground, the program's fifth-best effort in an 11-game season. The 2010 defense also ranked third in SUU's 11-game history in total yards allowed, giving up just 3,407 yards. In addition to its success against the run, the 2010 unit ranked 21st nationally in total defense and 17th in scoring defense after allowing just 19.18 points per game. SUU also ranked 24th in the FCS with 2.45 sacks per game and 25th in tackles for loss with 7.09 per game. Osborne and Larsen earned all-GWC honors in 2010 as well. In 2008 Coach Hunt's unit ranked 18th in the country in tackles-for-losses and he saw two of his players, defensive tackles Austin Curtis and Aaron Fernandez, earn firstteam all-GWC recognition. Curtis was also an honorable mention all-American in '08 after ranking among the nation's leaders in both sacks and tackles-for-loss. In 2009 defensive tackle Chad Westwood earned all-conference honors. Coach Hunt spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons as of-
fensive line coach before moving back to the defensive side, where he began his coaching career. As offensive line coach, Hunt helped mold a unit which improved the Thunderbird offense in almost every statistical category. SUU's rushing offense improved by nearly 71 yards per game, moving it up 51 spots in the national rankings from 2005 to 2006, and in 2007, despite playing one of the toughest schedules in the country, the SUU offense continued to improve. In 2004, Hunt helped coach a Thunderbird defense that ranked sixth in 1-AA total defense, including a No. 7 ranking against the run. In 2005 as a full-time member of the coaching staff Coach Hunt coached three all-GreatWest honorable mention defensive linemen. A 2003 graduate of SUU, Coach Hunt was a threeyear starter at offensive tackle for the Thunderbirds before joining the staff. While playing for the Thunderbirds Coach Hunt started 33 straight games from his sophomore to senior seasons, never missing a game during his career. A native of Erda, Utah, he is a graduate of Tooele High School, where he was an all-state and all-region performer. Coach Hunt and his wife Sami are the parents of a daughter, Hadli.
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Demario Warren ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/SECONDARY UC DAVIS, 2008 SIXTH SEASON AT SUU
Demario Warren is in his sixth season as the Thunderbirds' secondary coach. After joining the Thunderbirds initially as a running backs coach, Warren made the shift to the defensive side during 2008 spring ball. Last year Coach Warren's young unit, which included a handful of true and redshirt freshmen, averaged 1.1 interceptions per game, the third-best average in the Big Sky Conference. Redshirt frosh LeShaun Sims averaged 0.33 picks per game, which ranked 37th in the country, and Tommy Collet, Jr., also had three interceptions last year. SUU finished with a dozen interceptions in 2012, the team's higest total since 2001. One of Warren's players, redshirt freshman safety Miles Killebrew also earned honorble mention all-BSC honors and he was on the Jerry Rice Award watch list as well. In 2011 SUU's secondary was particularly effective against the pass, as the Thunderbirdsallowed just 178.18 yards per game through the air - the 19th best mark in the country - and SUU ranked 28th in pass efficiency defense with a 115.67 rating. Warren saw two members of his secondary, cornerback Dion Turner and safety Erron Vonner, earn first-team allGreat West Conference honors and Turner went on to sign a free agent deal with the Green Bay Packers. SUU's defense was among the nation's best overall in 2010, ranking 21st against the run and 22nd overall at the end of the regular season. It was one of the most improved defenses in the nation last year. Coach Warren headed up a secondary in 2010 which featured three first-team all-Great West Conference performers, cornerbacks Colin Pretlow and Dion turner and safety Erron Vonner. It was Pretlow's fourth straight firstteam honor, Vonner's first, following an honorable mention appearance in 2009, and Turner's first. In 2009, under coach Warren's tuteledge, Pretlow and safety Akeem Anifowoshe were both named first-team allGWC for the second straight season, but Anifowoshe moved to linebacker in 2010, where he earned his third consecutive all-conference honor. In 2008, along with Pretlow and Aniofowoshe earning allGWC honors, another SUU defensive back, DeWayne Lewis, signed a free agent NFL contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars and he is currently playing with Team USA.
Coach Warren came to SUU from UC Davis, where he was a three-year letterman at running back before injuries cut short his career during his senior season. Coach Warren earned a starting spot with the Aggies in 2005 as a redshirt freshman when he finished second on the team in rushing. A native of Fairfield, Calif., Warren prepped at Fairfield High School, where he was a four-sport letterman. Coach Warren earned his bachelor's degree in African-American studies from UC Davis and has gone on to earn his Master's of Business Administration degree. Coach Warren and his wife, Amanda, are the parents of two children, Demario, Jr., and Jazelle.
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Teag Whiting
CO-OFFENSIVE COORD. RUN GAME/O-LINE BRIGHAM YOUNG, 2003 FIFTH SEASON AT SUU
Teag Whiting is in his fifth season as a member of the Thunderbird staff, his fourth in a full-time capacity. After serving as a graduate assistant with the Thunderbird offensive line in 2009, Coach Whiting took over as O-line coach in the spring of 2010. Whiting's four years as SUU's offensive line coach have been four of the Thunderbirds' best passing seasons in the school's history. In 2009, in his first season with the team and in the coaching ranks, Whiting worked with an offensive line that boasted a pair of first-team all-Great West Conference selections, tackles Levi Mack and Aarron Po'uha, as well as a second-teamer, center Stephen Boyer. SUU's offense was prolific in Whiting's first season with the team, as the Thunderbirds ranked among the nation's leaders in passing yardage, total offense and scoring. In 2010 year the Thunderbird offense passed for a school-record 3,257 yards, the fifth-best mark in the nation, and the Thunderbirds finished 10th in the nation in total yards behind Coach Whiting's offensive line. SUU had three linemen named the the All-Great West Conference team, first-teamer Trevor Schauerhamer and second-team selections Gavin Farr and Brandon Beddes, while a fourth, Brock Christensen, earned honorable mention. Farr was named Most Valuable Lineman on the media team, with Zach Brackus earning first-team honors while Schauerhamer and Beddes were honorable mention picks in 2010. In 2011 the team was just short of the 2010 passing total, finishing with 3,161 yards through the air, which ranked 12th in the FCS. Brackus earned first-team allGWC honors from the coaches while Farr was a secondteam selection despite missing several games because of injury. On the media team both Brackus and Farr earned first-team recognition and Beddes earned a second-team nod. The 2012 squad was again high-powered as the Thunderbirds averaged 371 yards per game, including 285 through the air. SUU passed the 3,000-yard passing mark for the fourth straight season, finishing with 3,139 yards through the air, and passed for 23 touchdowns, tying the second-highest mark in school history. Coach Whiting was a two-year starter at Brigham Young University, where he earned honorable mention allMountain West Conference honors as an offensive line-
man before going on to spend two seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Arizona Cardinals. Prior to his time at BYU, Coach Whiting was an all-region, all-conference and all-America performer at BYU-Idaho (then Ricks College). A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Coach Whiting prepped at Salt Lake City's Brighton High School, where he was a two-time all-region and all-state performer in football as well as a state champion wrestler. Coach Whiting and his wife Ashley are the parents of two sons, Dallas and Greson.
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Justin Walterscheid OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/RUNNING BACKS SOUTHERN UTAH, 2005 FOURTH SEASON AT SUU
Justin Walterscheid is in his fourth season on the SUU staff. A 2005 SUU graduate, Coach Walterscheid returned to join the Thunderbird staff in 2010, taking over as the program's running backs and receivers coach. He has also served as special teams coordinator but this season he takes on the role of offensive coordinator while continuing to mentor the running backs. Last year Coach Walterscheid's special teams units were among the nation's elite, as return specialist Josh Smith spent much of the season near the top of the FCS ranks, while kicker Colton Cook earned second-team allBig Sky and all-America honors and punter Brock Miller finished the season 11th in the nation in punting and the team ranked seventh in the FCS in net punting. SUU also was highly ranked in punt return average in 2012. In 2011, under Walterscheid, SUU led the nation with a kickoff return average of 26.33 yards per attempt and was 18th in punt return average at 12 yards per return. Austin Minefee earned all-America honors and was named the Great West Conference's special teams player of the year in 2011 after averaging 29.24 yards per return. In addition to Minefee's success, Brady Measom was named the GWC Newcomer of the Year after averaging 12.33 yards per punt return (seventh-best in the nation) . Both Measom and Minefee were also first-team all-GWC selections. In 2010 Coach Walterscheid's running backs rushed for 1,485 yards, the team's most in four seasons and Minefee earned first-team all-GWC honors after leading the team with 764 rushing yards as well as picking up 257 receiving yards. His return specialists also fared well, with Fesi Sitake averaging 10.8 yards on punt returns and 22.6 on kickoff returns to earn all-GWC recognition while Henna Brown averaged 24.6 yards per kickoff return. As a player Walterscheid led the Thunderbirds in allpurpose yards in 2003 and was second on the squad in 2004 when he was sidelined for three games by injury. He led the squad in punt and kickoff return yards in both '03 and '04, and his '03 effort of 291yards ranks fourth on the SUU single-season list, just behind his dad Leonard's 319 yards in 1975. He is also sixth on SUU's career punt return yardage list with 450 yards and eighth on its kickoff return yardage list with 836, while his career kickoff return average, 23.9 yards per return, ranks fifth.
Coach Walterscheid earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from SUU in the spring of 2005. He then went on to earn an additional BA in kinesiology from Mesa State College in 2008. Upon graduation from MSC, Walterscheid embarked on pursuit of his master's degree in sports management at the University of Utah, where he served as a graduate assistant on the No. 18 Utes' 2009 Poinsettia Bowl championship squad. Prior to working at Utah, Coach Walterschied spent a season at Weber State as a defensive assistant, working with the team's stud linebackers and helping the Wildcats to a Big Sky Conference chmapionship and a final FCS ranking of No. 7. Coach Walterscheid participated in the Denver Broncos' preseason camp following his collegiate career and he also was a member of the Arizona Rattlers of the indoor league. He has also worked in the high school ranks as an assistant at Grand Junction HS, as well as as a personal trainer. Coach Walterscheid and his wife Shawna are the parents of one son, Kingzton.
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AARON FERNANDEZ
SPECIAL TEAMS COORD./TIGHT ENDS/RECRUITING COORD. SOUTHERN UTAH, 2010 FIFTH SEASON AT SUU
Aaron Fernandez is in his fifth season as a member of the Thunderbird staff, his fourth as a full-time assistant. After working with the defense the past four years Coach Fernandez will coach the tight ends and coordinate special teams this year. He also moved from assistant recruiting coordinator to recruiting coordinator this past winter. Coach Fernandez joined the staff as an undergraduate assistant in 2009 following a stellar career as a Thunderbird player. Last year as a linebackers coach Fernandez helped tutor Zak Browning, who led the nation's freshmen in tackles per game and was named the Big Sky Conference's Freshman of the Year as well as a freshman all-American. Fernandez' 'backers were also a big part of the defense which ranked first in the Big Sky and fifth in the nation in turnover differential, was among the nation's best units in the red zone and also was highly-ranked in sacks. In 2011 Coach Fernandez worked with a unit which was one of the best pass defenses in the FCS, ranking 19th in the nation against the pass after allowing just 178.2 yards per game through the air. SUU also was outstanding getting to the quarterback in 2011, as the Thunderbirds finished 13th in the FCS in sacks with 2.82 per game. Coach Fernandez also worked with 2011 Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Year Tyler Osborne, as well as Cody Larsen, a 2011 all-GWC performer and preseason All-American this year. In 2010 Coach Fernandez worked with a defensive line that was part of the nation's top run defenses. SUU held opponents to just 1,279 yards on the ground in 2010, the fifth best effort at SUU in an 11-game season as well as the 21st-best mark in the nation. SUU's overall defense also ranked 21st last year after allowing just 3,407 yards. SUU also ranekd 24th in the FCS ranks in sacks last season, when it averaged 2.45 per game, and the Thunderbirds' 7.09 tackles for loss in 2010 ranked 25th in the nation. A first-team all-Great West Conference performer at defensive tackle for the Thunderbirds in 2008, Coach Fernandez was three-year letterman for the Thunderbirds. He was among the team's leaders in tackles-for-loss and sacks his last two seasons as well as one of the top two tacklers among defensive linemen both seasons.
Coach Fernandez came to SUU after one season at Mesa Community College, where, in 2005, he earned first-team all-NJCAA Region I recognition. He was also a high school all-American at Red Mountain HS in his hometown of Mesa, Ariz.
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FESI SITAKE
PASSING GAME COORDINATOR/RECEIVERS SOUTHERN UTAH, 2012 SECOND SEASON AT SUU
Fesi Sitake is entering his third season on the SUU staff, his second in a full-time postion after spending the 2011 season as a student-assistant. He has worked with the receivers every year and this season takes on the additional duties of passing game coordinator. Last year Coach Sitake's young receivers accounted for over three-quarters of the Thunderbird offense with 3,139 yards. Under Sitake's tutelage junior Fatu Moala garnered secondteam all-Big Sky Conference honors after leading the team with 65 receptions for 810 yards and nine touchdowns, while sophomore Mitch Jessop earned honorable mention all-BSC recognition with 33 catches for 519 yards and three scores despite missing four games with injury. In 2011 Coach Sitake was instrumental in developing a young Thunderbird receiving corps into a productive unit, including overseeing the maturation of true freshman Brady Measom, who wound up leading the team in receptions and earning Great West Conference Rookie of the Year honors from both the coaches and the media. Coach Sitake completed an outstanding career as an SUU receiver and return specialist in 2010. A two-time all-Great West Conference selection, Sitake had two of the top-10 receiving seasons in the school's history, catching 82 passes in 2010, SUU's fourth-highest single-season total, and 79 in 2009, the sixth-highest. His 877 receiving yards last year are the ninthmost in a season, and his 848 in '09 rank 11th. In 2009 he ranked 10th in the nation in receptions per game an in 2010 he ranked sixth. He capped his career with 14 receptions at Eastern Washington in his final game, marking the third-highest singlegame receptions total in SUU history. Coach Sitake also excelled as a return specialist during his playing days. He averaged 14.8 yards per punt return in 2009, the seventh-best average in the country, and in 2010 he was 25th at 10.8 yards per punt return. A native of Sandy, Utah, Coach Sitake and his wife Holly are the parents of a son, Sefesi.
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Dan Bennion STRENGTH & CONDITIONING SOUTHERN UTAH, 2000 ELEVENTH SEASON AT SUU A former Thunderbird defensive back, Dan Bennion returned to Southern Utah as the school’s strength and conditioning coach in 2003 and his efforts have been appreciated throughout the entire athletic department. A two-year letterman at safety for the Thunderbirds, Coach Bennion graduated from SUU in 2000. His first strength & conditioning position was as a graduate assistant at Northern Iowa, where he spent two years while working on his Masters of exercise science. Bennion then moved on to UNLV in January of 2002 where he was an assistant strength coach until returning to SUU in the fall of 2003. A native of Provo, Utah, Coach Bennion and his wife, Erin, are the parents of three children: Wolfgang, Browning and Sunny.
Ben Macey
DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT
UTAH STATE, 2011 SECOND SEASON AT SUU
Ben Macey is in his second year on the Thunderbird staff, his first as a defensive assistant after serving last year as a volunteer coach in the program. This season Coach Macey is working primarily with the secondary but also spends time with the linebackers and defensive line. Macey is a 2011 graduate of Utah State University, where he played one season at wide receiver after transferring from Utah, where he was a two-year letterman at quarterback and receiver. Macey, who earned his degree in business administration, was a Whiteside Scholar-Athlete at USU and a member of the honors program at Utah. A native of Logan, Utah, Macey earned first-team all-State honors in Utah’s 4A classification after leading Logan High School to a runner-up finish at the state championship his senior season. He was also named his region’s MVP that season. Coach Macey is single and resides in Cedar City.
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ACADEMIC COORDINATOR
Sam Elliott SOUTHERN UTAH, 2002 SECOND SEASON AT SUU EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Jared Burke SOUTHERN UTAH, 2012
FOURTH S EASON AT SUU
Brittni Barkhuff
ASST. EQUIPMENT MANAGER
SOUTHERN UTAH PLAYERS
2 Jake Allie TE, 6-0, 230, Sr Renton, Washington
At SUU, 2012: Played on special teams as team’s holder and was a reserve fullback and tight end but did not record a statistic. Played quarterback in the spring but moves back to tight end this fall. At SUU, 2011: Played on return teams and as team’s back-up holder but didn’t record a tackle or a return. At SUU, 2010: Moved from quarterback to fullback, appeared in five games but did not get an offensive touch. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Threw for nearly 2,700 yards and 32 touchdowns his senior year at Seattle-area Charles A. Lindbergh High School, completing 63 percent of his pass attempts. Served as a team captain and led Coach Dominic Yarrington’s Eagles to a city championship, also earned first-team all-league honors and was named team’s offensive back of the year. Participated in the 2009 East-West all-state game. His best game came in a playoff game vs. Columbia River when he completed 16of-28 passes for 369 yards and five touchdowns. Also lettered in basketball and track, serving as a basketball captain as well. Parents are Dora Allie and Terry Allie. Majoring in physical education.
19 Chandler Allphin TE, 6-4, 210, So Alpine, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in two games but did not have a reception. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt prior to serving an LDS church mission in Barcelona, Spain. Personal: Earned first-team all-region and second-team all-state honors as a senior at Lone Peak High after catching 40 passes for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Knights. Also earned academic all-state recognition and competed in track at LPHS. Parents are Elycse and Ryan Allphin. Plans to major in chemistry with a pre-med emphasis.
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18 Austin Anderson DE, 6-5, 250, Jr Las Vegas, Nevada
At SUU, 2012: Was on the verge of a break-out season with 16 tackles, including 11 solo stops, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and a touchdown in the first four-plus games but he went down with a season-ending injury against Montana State. Returned a fumble nine yards for a touchdown vs. New Mexico Highlands. Had four tackles at Cal and six at Portland State. At SUU, 2011: Played against Sacramento State but did not record a tackle. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Graduate of Las Vegas' Arbor View High School, where he was a two-year letterman for Coach Dan Barnson's Aggies. Earned first-team all-Northwest Division honors as a linebacker last season after tallying 31 tackles and two sacks. Also played quarterback in a double-wing system, passing for 537 yards and four TDs. Also lettered in basketball. Parents are Tori and Chris Anderson. Majoring in criminal justice. 2012
31 J.T. Anderson CB, 6-2, 182, So Layton, Utah
GP 5
UT 11
TT 16
TFL Sacks 2.0-17 1.5-16
FF/FR 1/2
At SUU, 2012: Played in 10 games with three starts, finished the season with 33 tackles, 24 solo, including a tackle for loss. Also co-led the team with five passes broken up and had an interception which he terurned 17 yards against Sacramento State. Forced one fumble, recovered two. Finished the season strong with a six-tackle effort at North Dakota and a career-best nine – including five solo stops – at Northern Arizona. Personal: A two-time first-team all-region performer at Layton High School, earned second-team all-state honors in 2011 playing defensive back for Coach Jim Batchelor. Tallied over 80 tackles with 13 interceptions in his final two years of high school, returning three picks for touchdowns. Also linedup at wide receiver where he totalled nearly 500 yards and rackedup 120 return yards during his high school career. Also lettered and earned all-region honors in basketball. Parents are Holley and Jeff Anderson. Plans to major in finance. 2012
GP 10
UT 24
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TT 33
Int 1-17
PBU 5
FF/FR 1/2
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4 Malik Brown RB, 6-1, 205, So Las Vegas, Nevada
42 Zak Browning LB, 5-11, 217, So Vancouver, Washington
At SUU, 2012: Was named the Big Sky freshman of the year, a freshman all-American and a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award after leading the Thunderbirds and the nation’s freshmen in tackles per game with 11.6 per contest. Played in and started 10 games (missed the New Mexico
At SUU, 2012: Joined the team for spring semester 2012 and participated in spring drills. Caught one pass for 12 yards at Utah State and had one carry for no gain at California but did not play again after the Cal game. Personal: Graduate of Las Vegas' Canyon Springs High School where he rushed for over 1,100 yards his senior season for Coach Hunkie Cooper's Pioneers. Earned second-team all-state and team's running back of the year honors, also lined up at cornerback on the defensive side of the ball. A three-year letter-winner in football, also lettered four years in track & field. Parents are Karen and Johnny Brown. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
Highlands game with an injury), tallied 116 tackles, 67 solo, with 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Also broke up three passes and intercepted another, forced five fumbles and recovered another. Started the season and his collegiate career with a bang, tallying 12 tackles in the season-opener at Utah State and he went on to log double-figure tackles in seven games, including 18 at Montana, 15 vs. Montana State and Eastern Washington and 14 at Northern Arizona. Had 14 solo stops vs. EWU. His 18-tackles at Montana were the most by an SUU freshman since Steve Smith had 21 at Arkansas State back in 2002. Personal: Was named first-team all state on both sides of the ball as well as the Greater St. Helens League Player of the Year as a running back and linebacker following his senior season at Union HS in Camas, Wash.. He rushed for 1,175 yards and 19 touchdowns and served as the linchpin for the Titan defense that gave up just 10.6 points per game that season. Averaged 8.7 yards per carry as a senior in 2010, rushed for a schoolrecord 285 yards and four touchdowns in one game as well. Also holds the school's sacks record. Lettered in track & field for the Titans as well. Parents are Suzanne and Bruce Browning. Is undecided upon a major course of study. 2012
GP 10
UT 67
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TT 116
TFL Int 5.5-19 1-15
FF/FR 5/1
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77 Cody Burgess OT, 6-6, 324, Sr Caliente, Nevada
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in and started nine games at left tackle, earned honorable mention all-Big Sky Conference honors. At SUU, 2011: Appeared in nine games with one start. At SUU, 2010: Sat out fall semester but returned to school and participated in spring ball. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Was named Nevada’s lineman of the year following his senior season, earned first-team all-state honors as both an offensive and defensive lineman for Coach Richard Ottley at Lincoln County High. Helped the Lynx to a state championship as a sophomore. Also lettered in basketball, helping LCHS to a state champion his junior season. Also served as student body president, was a member of the honors society and earned the Shawn Davis Leadership Award. Parents are Kristi and Bruce Burgess. Majoring in biology.
29 Michael Byrd DB, 6-2, 201, So Laredo, Texas
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in 10 games both at safety and on special teams, finished the season with five tackles, one solo. Intercepted a pass at Montana to end the Grizzlies’ final drive and secure the win for SUU. Personal: Earned second-team all-state and first-team all-city honors and was named most outstanding defensive back following his senior season at Laredo (Texas) United High School. Tallied 88 tackles with nine interceptions from his free safety position his senior season for Coach Sanchez. Also lettered in track and field for the Longhorns. 2012
GP 10
UT 1
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TT 5
TFL 0-0
Int 1-0
FF/FR 0/0
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15 Aaron Cantu QB, 6-3, 215, Jr East Los Angeles, California
At SUU: Joined the Thunderbirds in January and will participate in 2013 spring drills. Personal: Led the NJCAA in passing last year when he threw for 3,358 yards and 32 touchdowns with a 62.3 percent completion rate at East Los Angeles College. Earned his team’s MVP award following the 2012 season when he helped lead the Huskies to a Mountian Conference championship. Completed 199 of 295 passes for 2,599 yards and 23 TDs as a freshman when he led the Huskies to a conference title and a bowl victory. Was named his team’s and the conference’s player of the year following his freshman campaign. Graduate of Schurr High Scool where he was a two-year starter at quarterback after starting at linebacker as a sophomore. He passed for 2,822 yards and 21 touchdowns his senior season at Schurr.
23 Myles Carelock CB, 5-11, 193, So Fairfield, California
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in four games, at both receiver and cornerback, and also played on special teams but did not record a statistic. Plans are to move Myles to running back this spring. At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Graduate of Rodriguez High in Fairfield, Calif., but also attended Fairfield's Vanden HS. Earned allleague honors as a receiver and return specialist following his junior and senior years for Coach John Bent’s RHS Mustangs. Was named the league’s rookie of the year as a sophomore when he caught 28 passes for 368 yards and five TDs at VHS. Tallied over 600 yards as a senior and racked up 23 tackles from his cornerback position. Was also a highly-touted baseball prospect, earned all-CIF honors as an outfielder after batting .390 his junior season when he tied the school’s single-season steals record. Father is Jerome Carelock. Majoring in exercise science.
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76 Steve Clark OL, 6-6, 288, RFr Ogden, Utah
At SUU: Spent the 2009 season as a redshirt prior to serving an LDS Church mission in New York State. Returned to school and participated in 2013 spring drills. Personal: A two-year starter and three-year letterman, earned all-region and honorable mention all-area honors his senior season for Coach Eric Thompson's Northridge Knights. Also lettered in track and played one season of basketball. Parents are Marilee and Doug Clark. Is undecided upon a major area of study.
20 Tommy Collet, Jr FS, 6-1, 191, Sr Moorpark, California
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in eight games with seven starts at free safety, missed three games with injury. Tallied 50 tackles, 21 solo, with a tackle for loss and three interceptions, which co-led the team. Also broke up three
passes and returned an interception 55 yards for a score at Northern Arizona. Had 10 tackles at Utah State an 11 in the season-finale at NAU. Was named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week following the NAU game. At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games, earned starting free safety position midway through the season, wound up eighth on the team (and third among returning players) with 40 tackles, including 23 solo stops. Also had two tackles for loss and recovered a pair of fumbles. Had a season-high nine tackles, three solo, at Cal Poly, then tallied eight, including five solo stops, the next week at Weber State. At SUU, 2010: Walked on an earned a spot on the traveling roster. Appeared in nine games as a reserve defensive back and on special teams. Tallied 10 tackles, four solo. Personal: Earned first-team all-county and team's most valuable DB honors for coach Tim Lins' Musketeers. Tallied 97 tackles with two sacks, four interceptions and three PBUs, helping the team to a pair of league titles and back-to-back appearances in the CIF finals. Averaged 26 yards per return. Parents are Cecilia and Tom Collett, Tom was an all-conference safety for the Thunderbirds back in the 1980s. Major is criminal justice. 2010 2011 2012
GP 9 11 8
UT 4 23 21
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TT 9 40 50
TFL 0-0 2-5 0.5-0
INT 0-0 0-0 3-53
FF/FR 0/0 0/2 0/0
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95 Colton Cook K, 5-10, 185, Sr Bountiful, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Earned second-team All-Big Sky honors as well as second-team All-America honors from the Associated Press and College Sporting News. Handled all of the team’s kicking duties, led SUU in scoring with 87 points. Hit 19-of-22 field goal attempts and 30-of-33 PATs. Was named Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week following the Eastern Washington game after hitting three of four field goals, including the game-winner, a 36-yard effort with three seconds to play. At SUU, 2011: Handled the Thunderbirds’ field goal and kickoff duties, also booted most of the PATs. Finished the season second on the team in scoring after hitting 14-of-19 field goals and all 27 of his PAT attempts. Long field goal was 45 yards. His 36-yard field goal with just over six minutes to play at Northern Arizona proved to be the game-winner in the 27-24 battle. Personal: Graduate of Viewmont High School where he earned Utah’s Mr. Soccer honors following the 2007 season. Earned four letters in soccer but did not participate in football. Attended Salt Lake Community College but did not participate in athletics. Parents are MariLynn and Bob Cook. Majoring in business management. 2011 2012
53 James Cowser
DE, 6-4, 250, So Fruit Heights, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Earned freshman all-American honors and honorable mention all-Big Sky recognition after leading the nation’s freshmen with 0.68 sacks per game and ranking second among freshmen with 1.23 tackles for
GP 11 11
FG 14 19
FGA 19 22
Long PAT 45 27-27 49 30-33
Pts 69 87
loss per game. Led SUU and was fifth in the Big Sky with 7.5 sacks and was tied for third in the BSC with 13.5 tackles for loss. Ranked 25th in the nation in sacks and 27th in TFLs. Set an SUU freshman record with his 7.5 sacks. Tallied 61 total tackles, fifth on the team and tops among defensive linemen, including 30 solo stops, which also ranked fifth. Also forced and recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass, broke up a pass and tallied five quarterback hurries. At SUU, 2009: Redshirted prior to serving an LDS church mission in Hong Kong. Personal: Earned consensus Utah 5A first-team all-state honors was and Region One Defensive Player of the Year his senior season when he helped former Thunderbird Ryan Bishop’s at Davis Darts to an appearance in the Utah 5A quarterfinals. Was named Davis County Clipper’s Mr. Football and to the Ogden Standard Examiner’s first-team. Finished season with 94 tackles, including 15 sacks, 32 tackles for loss, with 14 passes knocked down, and recovered three fumbles. Also played basketball three seasons for the Darts; earned academic all-region honors in both football and basketball, was a secondteam all-stater in basketball. Also participated in debate and was a member of the National Honor Society. Parents are Kelly and Steve Cowser. Is undecided upon a major course of study. 2012
GP 11
UT 30
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TT 61
TFL 13.5-74
Sacks 7.5-57
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11 Mitch Dahlen QB, 6-4, 208, So Redmond, Oregon
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt after walking on and earning a spot on the squad. Prior to SUU: Spent the 2011 season on the squad at Utah. Personal: Graduate of Redmond High School where he threw for 5,200 yards while completing 66 percent of his passes, throwing for 37 touchdowns and twice earning all-Intermountain Conference honors at quarterback. Was ranked as one of the top-10 recruits in Oregon coming out of high school. Also lettered in basketball and baseball. Was named his team’s defensive player of the year in basketball three times. Parents are Monica and Chris Dahlen. Majoring in business management.
83 Rodain Delus WR, 5-9, 186, So Naples, Florida At SUU, 2012: Participated in 2012 spring ball, squad member in the fall. Personal: Spent a season at Edison State College but did not play football, also redshirted at Ellsworth Community College prior to joining the Thunderbirds. Prepped at Lely High School in Naples, Fla., where he had 312 receiving and 20 rushing yards his senior season for Coach Dave Miller's Trojans. Earned a spot on the region's allstar squad. Also lettered in track & field. Parents are Ange and Fritz Delus. Plans to major in exercise science.
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78 Kyle Donaldson OL, 6-4, 323, Sr Pacifica, California
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in nine games on the offensive line with one start at left tackle vs. Weber State. Personal: Earned all-conference honors in 2011 after opening holes for the nation's leading JuCo rusher, Dominic Betts, at Orange Coast College. Bench press: 31 reps @ 225 pounds.
93 Andrew Eide DL, 6-4, 261, RFr Orem, Utah
At SUU: Spent the 2010 season as a redshirt prior to serving an LDS church mission to Brazil. Returned to school and participated in 2013 spring ball. Personal: Earned first-team all-region and honorable mention all-state honors for Coach Brad Molen at Timpanogos High where he had 55 tackles with eight sacks and picked off a pair of passes last season. Also competed in basketball for the Timberwolves. Parents are Robin and Eric Eide. Plans to major in exercise science.
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14 Mike Evans LB, 6-3, 203, So Esparto, California
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in four games, tallied two tackles, one solo, both in the Thunderbirds’ win at Montana. Joined the team for spring semester 2012 and participated in spring workouts. Personal: Prepped at Esparto High in Esparto, Calif., where he earned all-league and all-division honors for Coach Rod Totton's Spartans. Played defensive back and receiver. Earned three football letters, also lettered in baseball and golf at EHS. Parents are LeDawn and Mike Evans. Plans to major in Agri-Business. 2012
GP 4
UT 1
TT 2
TFL 0-0
Sacks 0-0
FF/FR 0/0
16 Anthony Fagans
DB, 6-2, 208, Sr Oakland, California
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in four games at safety and on special teams but did not record a statistic. At SUU, 2011: Appeared in seven games on special teams and as a reserve linebacker, tallied seven tackles, four solo. At SUU, 2010: Sat out recovering from surgery. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned second-team Oakland Athletic League honors in 2008 at Oakland Technical High School, where he played both defensive back and wide receiver. Tallied 45 tackles and averaged 19 yards per catch, scored a pair of touchdowns in 2008. Also competed in basketball and track at OTHS. Parents are LaCondra and Anthony Fagans. Major is athletic training. 2011 2012
GP 7 4
UT 4 0
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TT 7 0
TFL 0-0 0-0
Sacks 0-0 0-0
FF/FR 0/0 0/0
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68 Gavin Farr OL, 6-3, 298, Sr South Ogden, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Earned his third straight all-conference honor after being named first-team all-Big Sky by the league’s coaches. Started all 11 games at left guard. At SUU, 2011: Earned first-team all-Great West honors from the coaches despite missing six games with an injury. Started the first four games at center but was sidelined in practice following the UNLV game, came back to play at Northern Iowa but didn’t participate in the season-finale at Northern Arizona. At SUU, 2010: Was named offensive lineman of the year by the media and earned second-team all-conference honors from the coaches after starting all 11 games at center and anchoring the SUU offensive line. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned the Black Knight Award for excellence on and off the field three years at Northridge High where he was a three-year starter, a two-year captain and an all-region performer his junior and senior seasons. Was a second-team all-stater as a senior as well as his team’s most valuable lineman. Tallied 58 tackles, including 35 solo stops and had seven sacks with an interception and five passes broken up his senior year. Earned secondteam all-state and all-area honors in basketball his junior season, also earned second-team all-region honors as well as his team’s player of the year award in baseball his senior season. Parents are Joni Snedaker and Dale Farr. Majoring in athletic training with a minor in broadcasting.
55 Sione Fukofuka DL, 6-5, 256, Fr Ha’akame, Tonga
At SUU: Participated in 2012 spring ball, spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Graduate of Liahona High School in Nuku'alofu, Tonga, where he was an all-star rugby player. Wife is Melissa, has a son, Sam. Parents are Peni and Manu Fukofuka. Plans to major in accounting.
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63 Daron Griffin
OL, 6-4, 350, Sr San Bernardino, California At SUU, 2012: Appeared in all 11 games as a reserve offensive guard. At SUU, 2011: A member of the travel squad, he appeared in four games as a reserve offensive lineman. At SUU, 2010: Appeared in eight games as a reserve offensive lineman. At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned first-team all-Inland Empire, all-county and all-area honors his senior season playing center for Coach Kim Battin’s Cajon High School Cowboys. Also lettered in track at CHS. Mother is Betty Jackson. Is majoring in architecture.
50 Austin Gumucio LB, 6-3, 220, RFr Grantsville, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Graduate of Grantsville High School where he earned first team all-state and all-region honors at middle linebacker and fullback. Led Utah's 3A classification with 157 tackles (10 for loss) and tallied three sacks and 13 hurries, also forced eight fumbles, recovered four fumbles, had five pass deflections and one blocked kick his senior season. On the offensive side of the ball he averaged over 5.0 yards per carry. A four-year football letterman, he also served two seasons as a team captain and was the Cowboy's MVP and Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year his senior season when he was also selected as GHS' Most Inspirational Athlete. Earned two basketball letters and four in track, where he was an all-state long jumper. A member of the National Honors Society and four-year academic letterman and honor roll student. Also lettered in jazz band, drama and show choir and performed with the school/community ballroom dance team. Served an LDS church mission to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Parents are David and Kimberly Gumucio. Is undecided on a major course of study.
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11 Chad Hansen
LB, 6-3, 240, Sr Murrieta, California
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in six games with two starts, finished the season with seven tackles, five solo, including two TFLs and a sack, and broke up a pass. At SUU,
33 Jarom Healey LB, 5-11, 228, RFr Hurricane, Utah
2011: Was a consensus first-team all Great West Conference performer. Started all 11 games and led the Thunderbirds with 104 tackles, including a team-high 53 solo stops. Had seven tackles for loss, three sacks, intercepted a pass, broke up three more, forced two fumbles and recovered another, also was credited with a quarterback hurry. Had double-figure tackles in eight games, including a season-high 14 at Weber State, where he also notched his interception. Led team in tackles six times and was co-leader twice. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt. At Mt. San Jacinto College: Earned all-conference honors as a freshman after tallying 99 tackles - the fifth-best total in Southern California - with three sacks and three forced fumbles his freshman year. Personal: Prepped at Murrieta Valley High School where he lettered in both football and baseball. Earned firstteam all-CIF honors and was a two-time all-league, allvalley and all-county performer as well as the defensive MVP of each his senior season when he was an all-Inland Empire and a PrepStar all-region performer. Served an LDS church mission to Tucson, Ariz. Parents are Linda Judd and Thom Hansen. Is undecided upon a major course of study. 2011 2012
GP 11 6
UT 53 5
TT 104 7
TFL 7-29 2.0-8
Sacks 3-23 1-6
FF/FR 2/1 0/0
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Moved to linebacker after spending his redshirt year as a running back. Personal: Earned first-team all-state and all-region honors as a senior in 2010 when he helped lead Hurricane High to an appearance in the Utah 3A state championship game. Tallied 25 total touchdowns, including 22 rushing, one receiving, one on a kickoff return and one on an interception return. Finished the season with 2,097 all-purpose yards, including 1,260 rushing, 333 receiving, 416 on kickoff returns, 20 on punt returns and 68 on interception returns. Had 56 tackles from his safety position as well. Also earned all-state honors in track & field and was a three-time state champion. Parents are Toni and Steve Healey. Plans to major in exercise science.
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7 Matt Holley
LB, 6-1, 216, Jr Las Vegas, Nevada
At SUU, 2010: Earned honorable all-Great West Conference honors at strong safety after tallying 41 tackles, 28 solo, and leading the team with three interceptions. Also had 1.5 sacks and broke up three passes. Had 10 tackles in the season-opener at Wyoming and six solo stops against both Cal Poly and UC Davis. Returned one interception 44 yards for a touchdown against Dixie State, also recorded picks at Wyoming and at Eastern Washington. At SUU, 2009: Appeared in all 11 games as a true freshman safety, finished fourth among safeties with 26 tackles, including 12 solo stops. Intercepted a pass, was in on one tackle-for-loss, broke up a pass and recovered a fumble. Best game was at NAU where he was in on nine tackles, including six solos. His interception came against Texas State. Personal: Earned first-team all-Division honors as a defensive back at Centennial High after making 102 tackles and picking off four passes his senior season. Rushed for 230 yards, picked of 420 yards receiving and 632 on returns in 2008 for Coach George Baker’s Bulldogs. Also competed in basketball and baseball for CHS. Parents are Elisabeth and Richard Holley. Served an LDS church mission in Monterey, Mexico. 2009 2010
GP 11 11
UT 12 28
TT 26 41
TFL 1-2 2-7
Int 1-2 3-44
FF/FR 0/1 0/0
71 Fernando Huerta OL, 6-6, 317, So Hyrum, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in all 11 games as a reserve offensive lineman and on special teams. At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: A consensus first-team all-state selection and first-team all-region honoree as well as an honor roll student for coach Mark Wooton at Mountain Crest HS. Helped the football squad to four straight region titles, also lettered in wrestling and track & field at MCHS. Parents are Amanda and Anibal Huerta. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
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22 Christian Jensen RB, 5-9, 190, Fr Murray, Utah
At SUU: Joined the Thunderbirds this past year and participated in spring drills. Personal: Graduate of Murray High School where he was a three-year letter-winner for former SUU standout Coach Dan Aragon. Member of Utah 7-on-7 Team Elite, two-time player of the week. Also lettered in basketball and track at MHS. Parents are LInda and Mike Jensen. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
13 Mitch Jessop WR, 6-4, 218, Jr Providence, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in seven games before injuries cut his season short. Still earned honorable mention allBig Sky honors. Finished the season third on the squad in receptions with 33 and second in receiving yards with 519, including a team season-long 82 yard reception. Also had three receiving touchdowns. Caught nine balls for 159 yards and a pair of scores in the team's win at Portland State and had six catches against both Sacramento State and Montana State, finishing with 115 yards
vs. the Hornets and 97 vs. the Bobcats. At SUU, 2009: After missing the season-opener he played in the remaining 10 games and finished the year third on the team in receptions (29) and receiving yards (398) and second in yards per catch (13.7). Had at least one reception in all but one of the games in which he appeared and had at least three in seven contests. Posted career-highs with five catches for 97 yards vs. North Dakota, his 50-yard reception in the game was the team's second-longest of the season. Had four receptions at NAU and Utah State. Personal: Earned all-state honors as a wide receiver and all-region recognition at both receiver and defensive back last season at Mountain Crest High after catching 60 passes for 900 yards and five touchdowns. Helped Coach Mark Wooton’s Mustangs to a 10-2 record and a region title, caught eight passes for 165 yards and two scores in the state semi-finals. Best game came against Timpview when he totaled 189 receiving yards. Also competed in basketball, baseball and track & field at MCHS. A member of the National Honor Society. Earned honor roll status every year in high school; had a cumulative 3.9 GPA. Parents are Karen and Mitch Jessop. Is undecided upon a major course of study. 2009 2012
GP 10 10
Rec. 29 33
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Yds 398 519
TD 0 3
Long 50 82
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94 Kouri Jones DE, 6-4, 257, Jr Converse, Texas
At SUU, 2012: Played in 10 games, missed the Sacramento State game. Tallied 11 tackles, five solo, including three TFLs and 2.5 sacks, also forced a fumble. Best game was at Northern Arizona where he tallied seven tackles with 1.5 sacks, also had three stops, all solo, vs. Montana State, including a sack. At SUU, 2011: Played in five games, tallied four tackles, three solo, including a solo TFL, also forced a fumble. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned third-team all-state and first-team allarea honors as a senior playing for Coach Jim Rackley's Judson Rockets. Named his district's defensive Most Valuable Player last year after totaling 85 tackles with 10 sacks and an interception. Also forced four fumbles and recovered three. Was also a track letterman. Parents are Berdette and Anthony Jones. Plans to major in physical education and human performance. 2011 2012
GP 5 10
UT 3 5
TT 4 11
TFL Sacks 1-6 0-0 3.0-14 2.5-9
FF/FR 1/0 1/0
43 Josh Kariya LB, 6-3, 235, Fr Kaysville, Utah At SUU: Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2010 prior to serving an LDS church mission in Bulgaria. Participated in 2013 spring drills. Personal: A three-year starter at defensive end and offensive tackle playing for former Thunderbird Ryan Bishop at Davis HS. Named Region ONe Defensive MVP, 5A Defensive MVP and first-team all-state by the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune as a senior. Graduated first in his class with a 4.0 GPA. Tallied 69 tackles with 6.5 sacks and two interceptions his senior season. Parents are Sandy and Bob Kariya. Plans to major in business with a finance emphasis.
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28 Miles Killebrew DB, 6-3, 209, So Henderson, Nevada
At SUU, 2012: Started all 11 games at strong safety and finished third on the team with 69 tackles, 42 solo, with five passes broken up (which co-led the team), and a fumble recovery which he returned 49 yards for a touchdown vs. New Mexico Highlands. Also blocked a kick. Was named honorable mention all-Big Sky and was tabbed as the national freshman of the week by The Sports Network following the Highlands game. At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned all-state and all-city honors and was named defensive MVP as a defensive back his senior season when he tallied 77 tackles with three sacks and six interceptions. Also played running back and wide receiver for Coach Marty Redmond's Falcons, carrying 86 times for 392 yards and five touchdowns and scoring three TDs on the receiving end of the ball. A two-time first-team all-league and academic all-state honoree he is also an African-American student union Top-One Percenter in the state of Nevada. Parents are Lisa and David Killebrew. Majoring in integrated engineering. 2012
91 Trever McFalls DL, 6-5, 273, Jr Salt Lake City, Utah
GP 11
UT 42
TT 69
TFL 1-2
PBU 5
FF/FR 0/1
At SUU, 2012: Played in nine games, tallied three tackles, two solo, with a quarterback hurry. Also forced a fumble at the 10 yard line in the fourth quarter vs. Eastern Washington to thwart a potential Eagle scoring opportunity. At SUU, 2011: Squad member. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned all-state and all-region honors as a senior when he helped Coach John Colosimo's Judge Memorial Soaring Eagles to a 13-1 record and region and state championships. Was also named region's defensive MVP in 2009 when he had 85 tackles, five sacks and an interception. Tallied 68 tackles with four sacks on the defensive side of the ball, averaged 16 yards per catch and had three scores on the offensive side. Team won four region titles and two state titles during his high school career, including back-to-back championships his junior and senior years. Parents are Lori McFalls Palmer and Mike McFalls. Is majoring in physical education & human performance.
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3 Griff McNabb WR, 5-7, 168, Sr Pocatello, Idaho
At SUU, 2012: Played in all 11 games with seven starts. Finished the season with 30 receptions for 290 yards with a pair of touchdowns. Handled the T-Birds' punt return duties, averaging 6.2 yards per return on 14 attempts. Prior to SUU: Spent three seasons at Utah, including one as redshirt. Played in 12 games in 2011, led the Utes with 22 punt returns for 166 yards and a 7.5 yards per return average. Caught two passes for 13 yards. His long return was a 31-yarder in the Sun Bowl setting the Utes up for the TD that sent the game into overtime in the Utes’ win. Played in eight games in ‘10, had two catches for eight yards and a touchdown. Returned three punts for 22 yards. Spent the 2009 season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned first-team all-state honors as a wide receiver at Pocatello's Highland High School, helping the team to a runner-up finish in the state in 2005. Was named his region's Offensive Player of the Year as a senior when he had 104 receptions to also earn first-team all-region and all-conference recognition. Was also a first-team all-conference basketball player, leading Highland to a state runner-up finish in 2006. Wife is the former Whitney Jackson , Parents are Lisa and Bill McNabb, Bill played football at BYU. 2012
52 Brad Meyer OL, 6-3, 287, Sr Boise, Idaho
GP 11
Rec. 30
Yds 290
TD 2
Long 44
PR 14
Avg 6.2
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in 10 games with nine starts at defensive tackle, tallied 18 stops, eight solo, with 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack, also broke up three passes, recovered a fumble, blocked a kick and recorded a safety. Earned academic all-Big Sky, all-District and Athletic Director’s Academic All-Star status. At SUU, 2011: Appeared in nine games with three starts at defensive tackle, tallied three tackles, two solo, including a sack for seven yards. Earned acade mic all-GWC honors after posting a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA, the best by any football player in the conference for the second straight season. At SUU, 2010: Earned academic all-GWC honors after posting a 4.0 GPA, the only perfect grade point average by a football player in the conference. Appeared in seven games, tallied six tackles, three solo with a sack. Personal: Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2007 prior to serving an LDS church mission to Baton Rouge, La. Was an all-conference selection for coach Todd Simmis' Eagles at Capital High School, where he also lettered in wrestling and track and field. Parents are Laurie and Paul Meyer. Major course of study is chemistry. 2010 2011 2012
GP 7 9 10
UT 3 2 8
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TT 6 3 18
TFL PBU 1-8 0 1-7 0 2.5-8 3
FF/FR 0/0 0/0 0/1
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13 Brock Miller P/K, 5-8, 185, Sr Solana Beach, California
At SUU, 2012: Handled all of the team’s punting duties, punted 67 times for 2,896 yards, an average of 43.3 yards per punt which ranked 11th in the FCS and is the fourth-best average in SUU history. Had a long punt of 72 yards, the fifth-longest in school history, at Utah State, also had a 71-yarder vs. Weber State. His punts resulted in eight touchbacks and 19 fair catches, with 25 inside the oppnents’ 20 yard line and he had 16 efforts of 50
6 Tyree Mills CB, 6-2, 184, Jr Pasadena, California
yards or better. Big Sky player of the week following Montana game in which he averaged 53 yards per kick, pinned the Griz inside the 20 four times and ran a fake 20 yards to set up the game-winning TD. Finished the season with an SUU-record 42.6 yards per punt career average. At SUU, 2011: Handled some place-kicking, some kickoff and some punting duties for the Thunderbirds, hitting 5-of-5 PATs and averaging 40.4 yards on 18 punts, pinning the opponents inside the 20 seven times with five fair catches and one touchback. At SUU, 2010: Earned honorable mention all-GWC honors from the coaches after taking over the SUU placekicking duties midway through the season and connecting on 12-of-17 field goals and 27-of-28 extra points, Had a long field goal of 50 yards At SUU, 2009: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned second-team all-state honors as a punter and hit 8-of-11 field goals for Coach Brian Sipe’s Santa Fe Christian Eagles. Best game was homecoming 2008 when he was 3-for-3 on field goals with a long of 47 yards, averaged 63 yards on punts and had five kickoffs go for touchbacks. Also lettered in ice hockey. Parents are Cammie and Doug Miller. Majoring in education. GP 9 8 GP 2012 11
2010 2011
FG FGA 12 17 0 0 Punts Yds 67 2,896
Long PAT 50 27-28 5-5 Avg. I-20 43.3 25
Pts 63 5 Long 72
At SUU, 2012: Played in and started 10 games. Finshed the season sixth on the team with 52 tackles, including a pair of TFLs, also broke up four passes, and logged an interception which he returned 21 yards against Montana State. Had nine tackles at North Dakota, five solo, and eight at Utah State, four solo. At SUU, 2011: Appeared in 10 games as a reserve cornerback, tallied 19 tackles, 11 solo, with a TFL and four PBUs. At SUU, 2010: Squad member. Joined team in spring as a walk-on, participated in spring drills. Personal: Spent fall 2009 on the track team at UC Davis but did not play football. Graduate of John Muir HS in Pasadena, Calif., where he lettered in football, basketball and track. Played receiver, defensive back and quarterback for Coach Ken Howard at JMHS. Totalled over 1,100 offensive yards as a senior when he also had 43 tackles and picked off six passes, recovered three fumbles and broke up two more passes. Earned all-CIF Southern Section honors as a defensive back, also earned scholar-athlete honors in all three sports. Member of the chess club. Parents are Miautra Dias and Tyree L. Mills, Sr. Major course of study is biology. 2011 2012
GP 10 10
UT 11 27
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TT 19 52
TFL 1-5 2.0-4
Int 0 1-21
PBU 4 4
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8 Fatu Moala WR, 6-2, 192, Sr Kearns, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Earned second-team all-Big Sky honors after leading the Thunderbirds with 65 receptions for 801 yards and nine touchdowns. Had three 100-yard receiv-
1 C.J. Morgan WR, 5-11, 180, Jr Aurora, Colorado
ing games, including an 11-catch, 104-yard effort at Montana; a 10-catch, 112-yard effort vs. Eastern Washington and a five-catch, 166-yard effort at North Dakota. Caught TD passes in seven games, with three vs. New Mexico Highlands. Finished the season 33rd in the country with 5.91 receptions per game and 38th in receiving yards per game with 73.64.. At SUU, 2011: Played in 10 games with seven starts. Caught 26 passes for 370 yards, tops among returning Thunderbirds. Best games were at UNLV and at Northern Arizona, where he caught five balls for 71 yards and four for 69, respectively. Prior to SUU: Walked on at Utah in the fall of 2009 and earned a spot on the travel squad in 2010 after a redshirt season. Caught five passes for 44 yards for the Utes in 2010. Personal: Four-year starter and all-region performer at wide receiver at Kearns HS, where he served as a team captain and was squad's MVP his senior season. Also lettered in basketball, soccer and track, earning honorable mention all-state honors in soccer. Parents are Tevita and Kalotia Moala, wife is the former Brittainy Stocks. Is majoring in graphic design. 2011 2012
GP 10 11
Rec. 26 65
Yds 370 801
TD 0 9
Long 28 63
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in nine games with a start against Eastern Washington. Caught 23 passes for 284 yards. Also returned four kickoffs, averaging 20 yards per return. Best game was vs. Eastern Washington when he caught six passes for an even 100 yards. Prior to SUU: Spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons at Wyoming. Redshirted in 2010. Personal: Prepped at Eaglecrest High in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo., where he was a two-time firstteam all-city performer who earned 5A all-state honorable mention honors from the Denver Post in 2009. Caught 24 passes for 486 yards and seven TDs his senior year when he had one 89-yard TD grab. Also rushed for 597 yards on 63 carries with seven more TDs on the ground that year. Helped lead Eaglecrest to the second round of the state playoffs in 2009. Caught 26 passes for 385 yards and four TDs his junior year when he also carried 54 times for 482 yards and five scores. Also recorded 21 tackles, intercepted a pass and forced two fumbles his junior year. Was a two-year team captain. Parents are Aimee and James Lyday. Plans to major in communications. 2012
GP 9
Rec. 23
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TD 0
Long 46
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54 Nick Nissen OL, 6-2, 287, Jr Delta, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in all 11 games with starts at Portland State and at home vs. Montana State at defensive tackle. Tallied 11 tackles, three solo, with 1.5 TFLs. Will make the move to offensive line this spring. At SUU, 2011: Earned a spot on the travel squad, appeared in one game, vs. Texas-San Antonio, but didn’t record a tackle. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Prepped at Delta High School where he was a consensus first-team all-state selection last year when he finished with 70 tackles, including 12 sacks, and served as a team captain. A three-year starter for coach Russ Henrie's Rabbits, he was named team's MVP in 2009, also earned second-team all-region and honorable mention all-state honors as a junior. Also lettered in basketball at DHS. Parents are Holly and Aaron Nissen. Plans to major in sports medicine. 2012
GP 11
UT 3
TT 11
TFL Sacks 1.5-1 0-0
PBU 0
17 Anthony Norris TE, 6-5, 253, So Las Vegas, Nevada
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in nine games, primarily as a blocking tight end; did not catch a pass or record a statistic. Personal: Caught 18 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns his senior season at Liberty High School. Was the first player from LHS to receive a football scholarship. Also lettered in track & field at Liberty. Mother is Monica Meilleur. Plans to major in marketing.
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88 Easton Pedersen WR, 6-3, 219, Jr Highland, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in all 11 games with seven starts, finished the season third on the team with 423 yards on 31 receptions, an average of 13.6 yards per catch. He scored two touchdowns, one at Portland State and one at Northern Arizona which proved to be the game-winner in overtime. At SUU, 2011: Played in all 11 games at wide receiver, caught 23 passes for 304 yards, which is second among returning receivers. At SUU, 2010: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2007 prior to serving an LDS church mission to Houston, Texas. Earned second-team all-state honors in 2006 after helping Coach Monte Morgan's Lone Peak Knights to a region championship and a runner-up finish in the state playoffs. Caught 48 passes for 925 yards his senior year. Also lettered in basketball. He and his wife Daysha have a daughter, Sage. Parents are Karen and Dan Pedersen, his brother Tannon will join the squad this spring. Is undecided upon a major course of study. 2011 2012
GP 11 11
Rec. 23 31
Yds 304 423
TD 0 2
Long 32 64
10 Tannon Pedersen QB, 6-3, 196, Fr Highland, Utah At SUU: Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2010 prior to serving an LDS church mission. Participated in 2013 spring drills. Personal: A three-year letterman in both football and basketball at Lone Peak HS, earned second-team allstate honors and Region Four’s Outstanding QB awards after passing for 30 touchdowns and over 2,700 yards. Completed 67 percent of his passes. Was also nominated for McDonald’s All-American honors in basketball and was a U.S. Army All-America nominee. Parents are Karen and Dan Pedersen, brother Easton is a receiver for the Thunderbirds. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
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32 Martavious Redmond DB, 6-3, 197, RFr West Jordan, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: A two-time all-region and all-state performer at West Jordan High school where he played wide receiver and defensive back for Coach Mike Morgan's Mustangs. Was named region MVP his senior season and represented Utah as a member of the Tahoe all-star team. Also lettered in basketball and was an honor roll student. Was born in Kansas City, MO., still calls KC home. Mother is Painuulasi Redmond. Plans to major in exercise science.
66 Evan Ross OL, 6-6, 296, RFr Plain City, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned honorable mention all-region honors playing for Coach Kory Bosgeiter at Fremont HS his senior season. Helped the Silverwolves to a pair of region championships and two runner-up finishes in the state championships. Finished high school with a stellar 3.8 GPA. Parents are Kelli and Norm Ross. Plans to major in integrated engineering.
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65 Tony Sarrocco OL, 6-4, 283, RFr Moorpark, California
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned second-team all-Marmonte League honors following his senior season playing for Coach Tim Lins' Moorpark HS Musketeers. Mother is Elaine Sarrocco. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
24 Anthony Sattiewhite DB, 6-1, 188, RFr Ogden, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Prepped at Ogden HS where he earned firstteam all-region honors and was his team’s MVP as a senior for Coach Troy Kolan. Earned the Larry H. Miller Pick the Prep player of the week award. Also lettered in baseball, basketball and track & field for the Tigers.
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87 Mike Sharp WR, 6-2, 190, Fr St. George, Utah
At SUU: Particpated in 2013 spring drills. Signed with the Thunderbirds in 2010 prior to serving an LDS church mission in Mississippi. Personal: Was a consensus first-team Utah 4A all-state honoree as well as his region’s MVP his senior season when he finished with over 3,000 yards of total offense. Carried 128 times for 962 yards and 14 touchdowns an passed for 1,997 yards and 18 more scores for Coach Blaine Monkers, helping lead the Flyers to a region title. Also earned four baseball letters at DHS. Parents are Joe & Michelle McArthur and Gregg & Betty Sharp. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
36 LeShaun Sims CB, 6-0, 199, So Las Vegas, Nevada
At SUU, 2012: Played in 10 games with nine starts, missed one game with injury. Tallied 37 tackles, 22 solo, and co-led the team with three interceptions, also broke up two passes and recovered a fumble. At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned second-team all-state honors at both a wide receiver and a defensive back his senior season at Agassi Prep for Coach Colt Goodman's Stars. Tallied 52 tackles and a team-leading six interceptions, also racked up over 400 receiving yards and had five touchdowns while rushing for 170 yards and another score as a senior. Parents are Levell Sims and Vonda Simms. Is undecided upon a major course of study. 2012
GP 10
UT 22
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TFL 0-0
Int 3-9
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82 Josh Smith WR, 5-11, 179, So South Jordan, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Played in all 11 games, was the team’s primary kickoff return specialst, with 30 returns for 660 yards and a touchdown. Touchdown came on the second half-opening kickoff at Portland State, an effort that kickstarted the Thunderbirds and helped propel them to their first Big Sky victory. Was named BSC special teams player of the week following the PSU game. At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Prepped at Bingham High School where he helped SUU alumnus Dave Peck's Miners to a pair of state titles as well as two region championships. Earned all-state honors as well as his region's special teams MVP honor his senior season when he had 937 receiving yards. Also lettered in track & field and basketball. Mother is Collette Marr. 2012
GP 11
Rec. 2
Yds 14
KOR 30
Yds 660
TD Long 1 95
59 P.J. Taeao-Tauanu’u OL, 6-3, 334, RFr Las Vegas, Nevada At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: A four-year starter on the offensive and defensive lines at Las Vegas Liberty HS, earned all-Nevada 4A first-team honors, all-Sunrise Region, all-Southern Nevada, 4A All-Nevada Prep/Rivals and all-Southeast honors in 2011 when he tallied 43 tackles with 7.5 sacks and blocked a field goal. Helped Coach Rich Muraco's Patriots to back-to-back division and region championships. Earned the Patriot Pride and Line Pride awards. Was selected to participate in the Polynesian All-American Classic in southern California. Parents are Cindy and J.T. Tauanu'u. Plans to major in business with a marketing emphasis.
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34 Christian Taele RB, 6-1, 220, RFr Spanish Fork, Utah
At SUU, 2012: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: Earned Elite Eleven, consensus first-team allstate and all-region honors at Spanish Fork High in 2011 after racking up 1,895 yards of total offense, including 1,506 rushing yards. Tallied 23 total touchdowns and added 33 tackles from his linebacker spot. During his career he tallied over 2,200 rush and 1,500 receiving yards. Also lettered in basketball, track and tennis at SFHS. Parents are Jessica and James Taele. Plans to major in mathematics.
57 Josh Talbot DL, 6-3, 242, Fr Plain City, Utah At SUU: Joined the team for spring semester and participated in 2013 spring drills. Personal: Prepped at Fremont HS where he was a twotime all-region performer at defensive end. Helped Coach Kory Bosgieter's Wolves to a pair of state runner-up finishes, in 2011 and 2012. Tallied 110 tackles with 6.5 sacks and an interception during his high school career. Parents are Kris and Mike Talbot. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
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25 Mike Tagliaferri LB, 5-11, 233, Sr Las Vegas, Nevada
At SUU, 2012: Appeared in all 11 games, played primarily on special teams where he tallied nine tackles, five solo. Also logged three receptions for 22 yards and carried once for nine yards. Will move to linebacker this spring. At SUU, 2011: Appeared in all 11 games, was a special teams standout, tallying nine tackles, including five solo stops. Also had nine carries at running back, finished with 42 rushing yards. At SUU, 2010: Played in nine games, primarily on special teams but also at running back. Tallied 11 tackles, six solo, on special teams, also carried three times for four yards. At SUU, 2007: Spent the season as a redshirt prior to serving an LDS church mission to Costa Rica. Personal: Earned first-team all-region, team's MVP award and was named MVP of the Las Vegas all-Star game playing for Coach Joel Bertsch at Centennial High. Also lettered in volleyball, earning all-region honors in that sport as well. Parents are Donna and Ray Tagliaferri. Is majoring in communication. 2011 2012
GP 11 11
UT 5 5
TT 9 9
Rush Rec 9-42 0-0 1-9 3-22
TD 0 0
98 Toi Taufa DL, 6-1, 291, So Salt Lake City, Utah At SUU, 2012: Sat out the season, returned for spring ball. At SUU, 2011: Spent the season as a redshirt. Personal: A 2009 first-team all-state selection at running back when he carried 177 times for 1,291 yards and 10 touchdowns, a 7.3 yards-per-carry average playing for Coach Brody Benson’s Rams. Was again productive in 2010 when he rushed for over 600 yards and six TDs and caught five passes for another 112 yards. Was named Region Six’s MVP and was an honor roll student. Parents are Karla and Robert Keller. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
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97 Robert Torgerson DL, 6-2, 270, Fr Richfield, Utah
At SUU: Joined the team in time for 2013 spring drills. Personal: Prepped at Richfield High School where he was a consensus first-team all-state and all-region selection as an offensive lineman in 2011 and a two-time allstater in football, basketball and baseball, was first-team in all three sports as a senior. Tallied 71 tackles with seven sacks his senior season for Coach Correy Morrison. Also handled the punting duties and competed in track & field for the Wildcats. Parents are Leslie Cox and Tony Torgerson. Plans to major in physical therapy.
5 Naia Ursua WR, 5-10, 183, So Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
At SUU, 2009: Appeared in nine games at wide receiver and on special teams. Didn't catch a pass but returned three kickoffs 54 yards. Took a break to serve an LDS church mission to Mexico, returned to school in time for spring 2013 drills. Personal: Served as a team captain and earned all-state honors last season at Kialakehe High where he played quarterback, slotback and defensive back for Coach Gary Clark’s Waveriders. Totaled over 3,700 all-purpose and 2,200 total yards during his high school career, including 789 yards and 12 touchdowns rushing and 1,045 yards and five more scores receiving as a senior, when he also had nine interceptions. Helped lead the Waveriders to a region title and was named BIIF Player of the Year as a senior. Wife is the former Kara Hanato. Parents are Laurie and Larry Ursua, brother Jared also played for the Thunderbirds. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
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37 Max Venot-Petit DB, 6-0, 198, Fr Paris, France
At SUU, 2013: Enrolled in school in time to participate in spring drills. Personal: Graduate of La Hotoi in Amiens, France, also prepped at Horsham HS in Hatboro, Pa. Helped lead the Spartans to the French national championship. Tallied over 100 tackles with 10 sacks, six interceptions and 10 pass deflections his senior season. Parents are Christine and Nicola. Plans to major in athletic training.
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99 Lehi Afatasi 6-1, 280, Fr, Defensive Lineman Kearns, Utah/Kearns HS
Personal: Tallied 105 tackles, including 12 sacks, forced five fumbles, broke up four passes and had an interception during his career at Kearns High School. Helped Coach Bill Cosper's Cougars to a secondplace finish in Region Two and a state playoff berth his senior year. Earned second-team all-region honors as a senior and first-team all-region recognition as a sophomore. Parents are Lita and Junior Afatasi, brother Toa is also a member of the Thunderbird squad. Plans to major in criminal justice.
26 Toa Afatasi 5-9, 190, Fr, Fullback Kearns, Utah/Kearns HS
Personal: Graduate of Kearns High School where he earned first-team all-region and his team's Player of the Year honors his senior season when he had over 500 all-purpose yards on offense and over 60 tackles, with six sacks, on the defensive side of the ball. Also lettered in basketball and track & field at KHS. Served an LDS church mission to Santiago, Dominican Republic. Parents are Lita and Junior Afatasi, brother Lehi is also a Thunderbird. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
56 Chinedu Ahanonu 6-1, 215, Fr, Linebacker West Jordan, Utah/West Jordan HS
Personal: Earned first-team all-Region and 5A honorable mention all-state honors in 2012 at West Jordan High School. Was named Region Three's Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman his senior season when he tallied 82 tackles with four sacks, Also played running back, rushing for 400 yards with four touchdowns as a senior for Coach Mighael Morgan. Also lettered in baseball, earning all-region honors as a senior and honorable mention all-region recognition his senior season. Member of the National Honors Society and was a three-time academic letter-winner, also was a Utah Scholar and a topscholar at WJHS after maintaining a 3.7 cumulative GPA. Parents are Cathyleen and Obinnaya Ahanonu. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
45 Mitch Dalley 6-1, 192, Fr, Defensive Back Farmington, Utah/Viewmont HS
Personal: Tallied 46 tackles with two interceptions and a sack in 2012 when he earned all-state recognition as well as his second all-region honor. Helped Coach Brad Lloyd's
Viewmont Vikings to a Region 2 championship as a junior and was named team's MVP his senior season. Also earned three baseball letters at VHS. Parents are Amy and Caylor Dalley. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
47 Dallin Dastrup 5-9, 175, Fr, Defensive Back Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View HS
Personal: Graduate of Canyon View HS where he earned all-region hononrs his senior season and honorable mention as a junior. Tallied over 800 rushing and 500 receiving yards with 10 touchdowns, also tallied over 70 tackles with three interceptions. Also lettered in basketball, baseball and track & field. Was a two-time academic all-region selection as well as CVHS's Male Athlete of the Year as a senior. Parents are Lisa and Kent Dastrup. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
49 Stetson Dearden 5-11, 185, Fr, Defensive Back Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View HS
Personal: Saw his senior season cut short by a broken leg in the fourth game of his senior season at Cedar City's Canyon View High School but earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior when he rushed for 790 yards and had 115 receiving yards. Best game came against Ogden when he tallied 163 yards on 26 carries and scored a pair of touchdowns. Parents are Bonnie Jorgensen and Michael Dearden. Plans to major in nursing.
41 Chandler Dowell 5-11, 210, Long Snapper Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS
Personal: Graduate of Phoenix's Desert Vista HS where he helped Coach Dan Hinds' Thunder to a 2011 state championship. Was a ProSnapper.com all-American as well as a second-team all-section honoree. Also lettered in rugby and volleyball at DVHS. Parents are Nichol and Rich Dowell. Plans to major in biology.
2 T.J. Fenton 6-2, 190, Quarterback Cypress, Calif./The Webb School
Personal: Earned first-team all-CIF, all-Prep League and his team’s MVP honors his senior season. Rushed for over 3,000 and passed for over 6,000 yards during his career, including his senior season when he threw 25 touchdown passes with just two interceptions. Also lettered in track & field, earning all-league honors in the triple-jump and high hurdles. Parents are Kerri and Ray, his dad was his high school football coach. Plans to major in physical education
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72 Daniel Fleischman 6-6, 300, Offensive Line Issaquah, Wash./Wyoming
Transfer from Wyoming. Earned all-conference and all-region honors at Issaquah High where he served as a team captain his senior year. Helped his team to state finals his junior season.
96 Colin Greenhill 6-2, 260, Fr, Defensive Line Layton, Utah/Layton Christian
Personal: Earned second-team all-state, first-team all-area and his team’s defensive MVP honors his junior season when he tallied 156 tackles, the second-highest total in Utah. Was a first-team all-state and all-aera selection as well as an academic all-state selection his senior year. Helped Coach Will Hawes' Eagles to a runner-up finish at Utah's 1A classification his junior year. Also lettered in basketball, track & field, tennis and baseball, earning academic allstate honors in tennis as well. High Honor Roll student as well as National Honors Society member. Parents are Julie and Karl Greenhill. Plans to major in human nutrition.
12 Richie Harrington 6-1, 224, So, Quarterback Santa Monica, Calif./Oregon St.
Prior to SUU: Transfer from Oregon State where he spent the 2011 season as a redshirt before appearing in three games in 2012. Completed 6-of-9 passes for 66 yards and a touchdown in 2012. Personal: Prepped at Oaks Christian HS where he helped lead his team to a 26-3 record his final two years. Earned secondteam all-Marmonte League honors and served as a team captain his senior season when he completed 206-of-330 passes (.62 percent) for 2,617 yards and 34 touchdowns and also ran for a pair of scores. Best game was in the 2010 championship when he threw for over 300 yards and engineered a drive that gave CoachBill Redell's Lions a 29-28 victory. Served as a team captain. Was named MVP of the Ventura County All-Star Game and also played in the Daily News East-West All-Star Game. Parents are Cheryl Johnson and Richard Harrington. Plans to major in communications.
90 Wes Kauvaka 6-4, 275, Defensive Line
St. George, Utah/Pine View HS
Earned first-team all-Region Nine honors after helping Pine View to a state playoff appearance last season. Son of former SUU standout Wilson Kauvaka.
51 Antwan Marshal 6-0, 260, So, Offensive Line Los Angeles, Calif./Nevada
Prior to SUU: Spent two seasons at Nevada including a redshirt year. Personal: Prepped at Alexander Hamilton High School where he helped Coach Kelvin Moore's Yankees to a South Los Angeles championship. Earned team's best blocker, Mr. Hustle and Hard Hat awards. Mother is Avis Williams. Plans to major in general studies.
35 Raysean Martin 5-11, 185, Fr, Running Back Oakland, Calif./Tennyson HS
Personal: Earned first-team all league honors as a running back and second-team honors as both a defensive back and kick returner in 2011 when he tallied 14 combined touchdowns and earned all-metro recognition at Tennyson High School. Earned all-league honors of some sort all three years he played varsity, including second-team defensive back status as a sophomore and honorable mention as a junior. Rushed for 180 yards with five touchdowns and picked off a pair of passes against Mt. Diablo, also had a 190 all-purpose yard game against San Leandro. Also lettered in track & field, earning most-improved athlete honors. Mother is Tracy Allen. Plans to major in communications.
80 Chris Robinson 5-8, 165, Jr, Wide Receiver Hemet, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto
Prior to SUU: Played two seasons at Mt. San Jacinto College where he caught 38 passes for 607 yards and six touchdowns and tallied over 300 return yards his sophomore year when he earned second-team allconference honors for Coach Sasey Mazzotta's Eagles. Personal: Prepped at Hemet HS where he earned all-conference honors and was named the school's athlete of the year his senior season. Also lettered in basketball and track & field at HHS. Mother is Quanita Tyler. Plans to major in psychology.
39 Frank Sanft 6-1, 240, So, Fullback Ha’alaufuli, Tonga/Snow College
Prior to SUU: Spent one season at Snow College where he helped the Badgers to an 11-1 season. Personal: Prepped at Liahona High School in Tongatapu, Tonga where he lettered in rugby and track & field. Served an LDS church mission to Wellington, New Zealand. Parents are Loni and Takavaha. Is undecided upon a major course of study.
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30 Vic Spikes 6-0, 230, Sr, Running Back Beaumont, Texas/Utah
Prior to SUU: Joined the Thunderbirds this fall after transferring from the University of Utah, where he appeared in 13 games the past three seasons. Was a reserve linebacker at Utah, will move to running back at
SUU. Personal: Was a two-time all-district performer at Beaumont (TX) Central HS where he lettered in both football and track. Helped Central to a pair of district championships. Was also a member of Central's 4x200-meter relay team that set the Texas 4A record at 1:24.89. Honor roll student. Mother is Minnie Thibodeaux. Major course of study is sociology.
40 Levi Te’o 5-9, 190, Fr, Running Back Laie, Hawai’i/Timpview (Utah) HS
Personal: Prepped at Utah's Timpview High School where he rushed for 960 yards and had over 350 receiving yards his senior season when he earned first-team all-state honors from the Salt Lake Tribune and second-team recognition from the Deseret News. Helped Coach Louis Wong's Thunderbirds to three state championships, in 2006, '07 and '08. In the '08 championship game he rushed for 160 yards and four touchdowns. Spent a redshirt year at BUY prior serving an LDS church mission to Toronto, Canada. Parents are Nicole and Ephraim Te'o. Plans to major in business management.
81 Junior Toala 6-3, 173, Fr, Wide Receiver Seattle, Wash./Highline HS
Personal: Prepped at Highline High School in Burien, Wash., where he was a first-team all-state performer. Also lettered in basketball and track & field. Served an LDS church mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Parents are Rosalina and Leuo Toala. Plans to major in marketing.
58 Steve Welsh 6-0, 200, Fr, Linebacker Roosevelt, Utah/Union HS
Personal: Graduate of Utah's Union High School where he tallied 137 tackles with five sacks and five passes broken up his senior season en route to his second all-region and an honorable mention all-state honor. Was named his team's MVP his senior season when he also rushed for over 500 yards and have 275 receiving yards playing for former SUU standout Matt Labrum. Was a four-year letter-winner in wrestling, claiming the state championship at 170 pounds and participating in the Utah All-Star Duals. Was also active in student affairs, serving as student body president. Parents are Kim Murray and Dean Wilson. Plans to major in physical education
and human performance.
21 Pete Williams 5-9, 180, Running Back Denver, Colo./South HS
Personal: Earned first-team all-region and all-Colorado honors his senior year after leading Denver South to a league title and a runner-up finish at the state championships. Tallied over 1,700 all-purpose yards with 17 touchdowns his senior season and had 43 total touchdowns during his high school career. Was named the league's MVP and took part in the Colorado all-state game following his senior season. Was a two-time first-team all-region selection at defensive back as well as a second-team honoree as a freshman. Also lettered in track & field, placing at the state meet on both the 4x100 and 4x200 teams as well as competing in the 100 meter dash. Was born in Liberia before emigrating to the USA. Parents are Earlene Bailey and Joseph Cox. Plans to major in physical education and human performance.
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Thunderbirds’ Pre-Season Depth
Offense Quarterback 15 Aaron Cantu, 6-2, 215, Jr, East Los Angeles, Calif.; East LA JC 12 Richie Harrington, 6-1, 224, So, Santa Monica, Calif.; Oregon State 10 Tannon Pedersen, 6-3, 196, Fr, Highland, Utah; Lone Peak HS Fullback 39 Frank Sanft, 6-1, 240, Jr, Ha’alaufuli, Tonga; Snow JC Halfback 34 Christian Taele, 6-1, 220, RFr, Spanish Fork, Utah; Spanish Fork HS 26 Toa Afatasi, 5-9, 190, Fr, West Jordan, Utah; Kearns HS Tailback 35 Raysean Martin, 5-11, 185, Fr, Hayward, Calif.; Tennyson HS 21 Pete Williams, 5-9, 180, Fr, Denver, Colo.; South HS X Receiver 8 Fatu Moala, 6-2, 192, Sr, Kearns, Utah; Utah 1 C.J. Morgan, 5-11, 180, Jr, Aurora, Colo.; Wyoming Z Receiver 88 Easton Pedersen, 6-3, 219, Jr, Highland, Utah; Lone Peak HS 82 Josh Smith, 5-11, 179, So, South Jordan, Utah; Bingham HS H Receiver 3 Griff McNabb, 5-7, 168, Sr, Pocatello, Idaho; Utah 5 Naia Ursua, 5-10, 190, So, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i; Kealakehe HS Left Tackle 77 Cody Burgess, 6-6, 324, Sr, Panaca, Nev.; Lincoln County HS 76 Steve Clark, 6-6, 288, RFr, Ogden, Utah; Northridge HS Left Guard 52 Brad Meyer, 6-3, 287, Sr, Boise, Idaho; Capital HS 59 P.J. Taeao-Tauanu’u, 6-3, 334, RFr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Liberty HS Center 68 Gavin Farr, 6-3, 298, Sr, South Ogden, Utah; Northridge HS 65 Tony Sarrocco, 6-4, 283, RFr, Moorpark, Calif.; Moorpark HS Right Guard 54 Nick Nissen, 6-3, 287, Jr, Delta, Utah; Delta HS 66 Evan Ross, 6-6, 296, RFr, Plain City, Utah; Fremont HS Right Tackle 63 Daron Griffin, 6-4, 350, Sr, San Bernardino, Calif.; Cajon HS 78 Kyle Donaldson, 6-4, 323, Sr, Pacifica, Calif.; Orange Coast College Tight End 17 Anthony Norris, 6-5, 253, So, Las Vegas, Nev.; Liberty HS – OR – 19 Chandler Allphin, 6-4, 228, So, Alpine, Utah; Lone Peak HS – OR – 2 Jake Allie, 6-1, 230, Sr, Renton, Wash.; Lindbergh HS
Special Teams Place Kicker 95 Colton Cook, 5-8, 179, Sr, Bountiful, Utah; Viewmont HS 13 Brock Miller, 5-11, 185, Jr, Solana Beach, Calif.; Santa Fe Christian HS Kickoffs 95 Colton Cook, 5-8, 179, Sr, Bountiful, Utah; Viewmont HS 13 Brock Miller, 5-11, 185, Jr, Solana Beach, Calif.; Santa Fe Christian HS Punter 13 Brock Miller, 5-11, 185, Jr, Solana Beach, Calif.; Santa Fe Christian HS 95 Colton Cook, 5-8, 179, Sr, Bountiful, Utah; Viewmont HS Holder 2 Jake Allie, 6-1, 230, Sr, Renton, Wash.; Lindbergh HS 25 Mike Tagliaferri, 5-11, 233, Sr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Centennial HS Punt Returns 3 Griff McNabb, 5-7, 168, Sr, Pocatello, Idaho; Utah 82 Josh Smith, 5-11, 179, So, South Jordan, Utah; Bingham HS
Defense Rush End 53 James Cowser, 6-4, 250, So, Fruit Heights, Utah; Davis HS 18 Austin Anderson, 6-5, 250, Jr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Arbor View HS Tackle 91 Trever McFalls, 6-5, 273, Jr, Salt Lake City, Utah; Juan Diego HS 97 Robert Torgerson, 6-2, 270, Fr, Richfield, Utah; Richfield HS Nose Tackle 99 Lehi Afatasi, 6-1, 280, Fr, Kearns, Utah; Kearns HS 98 Toi Taufa, 6-1, 291, So, Salt Lake City, Utah; Highland HS Solid End 93 Andrew Eide, 6-4, 261, RFr, Orem, Utah; Timpview HS 94 Kouri Jones, 6-4, 257, Jr, Converse, Texas; Judson HS Sam Linebacker 11 Chad Hansen, 6-3, 240, Sr, Murietta, Calif.; Mt. San Jacinto 42 Josh Kariya, 6-3, 226, Fr, Kaysville, Utah; Davis HS Mike Linebacker 43 Zak Browning, 5-11, 217, So, Camas, Wash.; Union HS 25 Mike Tagliaferri, 5-11, 233, Sr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Centennial HS Will Linebacker 26 Matt Holley, 6-1, 216, Jr, Las Vegas, Nev.; Centennial HS 14 Mike Evans, 6-3, 203, So, Esparto, Calif.; Esparto HS Strong Safety 28 Miles Killebrew, 6-3, 209, So, Henderson, Nev.; Foothill HS 29 Michael Byrd, 6-2, 201, So, Laredo, Texas; United HS Free Safety 20 Tommy Collet, Jr., 6-0, 191, Sr, Moorpark, Calif.; Moorpark HS 16 Anthony Fagans, 6-2, 208, Sr, Oakland, Calif.; Oakland Tech Cornerback 36 LeShaun Sims, 6-0, 199, So, Las Vegas, Nev.; Agassi Prep 31 J.T. Anderson, 6-2, 174, So, Layton, Utah; Layton HS Cornerback 6 Tyree Mills, 6-2, 178, Jr, Pasadena, Calif.; John Muir HS 23 Myles Carelock, 5-11, 193, So, Fairfield, Calif.; Rodriguez HS
Kickoff Returns 82 Josh Smith, 5-11, 179, So, South Jordan, Utah; Bingham HS 8 Fatu Moala, 6-2, 192, Sr, Kearns, Utah; Utah 1 C.J. Morgan, 5-11, 180, Jr, Aurora, Colo.; Wyoming
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No 99 26 56 2 19 18 31 4 42 77 29 15 23 76 20 95 53 11 45 47 49 83 78 41 93 14 12 68 2 72 55 96 63 50 11 16 33 7 71 22 13 94 43 90 28 51 35 91 3 52 13 6 8 1 54 17 10 88 32 80 66 39
NAME Lehi Afatasi Toa Afatasi Chinedu Ahanonu Jacob Allie Chandler Allphin Austin Anderson J.T. Anderson Malik Brown Zak Browning Cody Burgess Michael Byrd Aaron Cantu Myles Carelock Steve Clark Tommy Collet, Jr. Colton Cook James Cowser Mitch Dahlen Mitch Dalley Dallin Dastrup Stetson Dearden Rodain Delus Kyle Donaldson Chandler Dowell Andrew Eide Mike Evans Anthony Fagans Gavin Farr T.J. Fenton Daniel Fleischman Sione Fukofuka Colin Greenhill Daron Griffin Austin Gumucio Chad Hansen Richie Harrington Jarom Healey Matt Holley Fernando Huerta Christian Jensen Mitch Jessop Kouri Jones Josh Kariya Wes Kauvaka Miles Killebrew Antwan Marshal Raysean Martin Trever McFalls Griff McNabb Brad Meyer Brock Miller Tyree Mills Fatu Moala C.J. Morgan Nick Nissen Anthony Norris Tannon Pedersen Easton Pedersen Martavious Redmond Chris Robinson Evan Ross Frank Sanft
2013 SOUTHERN UTAH ROSTER HT 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-6 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-6 6-0 5-8 6-4 6-4 6-1 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-4 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-6 5-9 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-5 5-7 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-6 6-1
WT 280 190 230 230 228 250 182 205 217 324 192 215 193 288 191 179 250 208 192 175 185 186 323 210 261 203 208 298 190 300 256 260 350 223 240 224 228 216 317 190 218 257 226 275 209 260 185 273 168 287 185 184 192 180 287 253 196 219 197 165 296 240
YR FR FR FR SR SO JR SO SO SO SR SO JR SO FR SR SR SO SO FR FR FR SO SR FR FR SO SR SR FR FR FR FR SR FR SR SO FR JR SO FR JR JR FR FR SO SO FR JR SR SR SR SR SR JR JR SO FR JR FR JR FR SO
POS DL FB LB TE TE DE DB RB LB OL DB QB RB OL DB K LB QB DB DB DB WR OL LS DL DB LB OL QB OL DL DL OL LB LB QB LB LB OL RB WR DL LB DL DB OL RB DL WR OL K DB WR WR OL TE QB WR DB WR OL FB
HOMETOWN West Jordan, UT West Jordan, UT West Jordan, UT Renton, WA Alpine, UT Las Vegas, NV Layton, UT North Las Vegas, NV Camas, WA Panaca, NV Laredo, TX East Los Angeles, CA Fairfield, CA Ogden, UT Moorpark, CA Bountiful, UT Fruit Heights, UT Redmond, OR Farmington, UT Cedar City, UT Cedar City, UT Naples, FL Pacifica, CA Phoenix, AZ Orem, UT Esparto, CA Oakland, CA South Ogden, UT Cypress, CA Issaquah, WA Ha’akame, Tonga Layton, UT San Bernardino, CA Grantsville, UT Murrieta, CA Santa Monica, CA Hurricane, UT Las Vegas, NV Wellsville, UT Murray, UT Providence, UT Converse, TX Kaysville, UT St. George, UT Henderson, NV Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA Salt Lake City, UT Pocatello, ID Boise, ID Encinas, CA Pasadena, CA Kearns, UT Aurora, CO Delta, UT Las Vegas, NV Highland, UT Highland, UT West Jordan, UT Hemet, CA Plain City, UT Ha’alaufuli, Tonga
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EXPERIENCE HS/Kearns HS HS/Kearns HS HS/West Jordan HS 3L/Lindbergh HS 1L/Lone Peak HS 1L/Arbor View HS 1L/Layton HS 1L/Canyon Springs HS 1L/Union HS 2VL/Lincoln County HS 1L/United HS JC/East Los Angeles College 1L/Rodriguez HS RS/Northridge HS 3L/Moorpark HS 2L/Viewmont HS 1L/Davis HS SQ/Utah HS/Viewmont HS/Canyon View HS HS/Canyon View HS RS/Lely HS 1L/Orange Coast College HS/Desert Vista HS RS/Timpview HS 1L/Esparto HS 2L/Oakland Tech HS 3L/Northridge HS HS/The Webb School TR/Wyoming RS/Liahona HS HS/Layton Christian HS 3L/Cajon HS RS/Grantsville HS 2L/Mt. San Jacinto TR/Oregon State RS/Hurricane HS 2L/Centennial HS 1L/Mountain Crest HS HS/Murray HS 2L/Mountain Crest HS 2L/Judson HS HS/Davis HS HS/Pine View HS 1L/Foothill HS TR/Nevada HS/Tennyson HS 1L/Juan Diego HS 1L/Utah 3L/Capital HS 3L/Santa Fe Christian HS 3L/John Muir HS 2L/Utah 1L/Wyoming 2L/Delta HS 1L/Liberty HS HS/Lone Peak HS 2L/Lone Peak HS HS/West Jordan HS JC/Mt. San Jacinto RS/Fremont HS JC/Snow JC
No 65 24 87 36 82 30 59 34 25 57 98 40 89 97 5 37 58 21
NAME Tony Sarrocco Anthony Sattiewhite Mike Sharp LeShaun Sims Josh Smith Vic Spikes P.J. Taeao-Tauanu’u Christian Taele Mike Tagliaferri Josh Talbot Toi Taufa Levi Te’o Junior Toala Robert Torgerson Naia Ursua Max Venot-Petit Steve Welsh Pete Williams
2013 SOUTHERN UTAH ROSTER HT 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-9
WT 283 188 190 199 179 220 334 220 233 242 291 190 173 270 190 192 200 180
YR FR FR FR SO SO SR FR FR SR FR SO FR FR FR SO FR FR FR
POS OL DB WR DB WR RB OL RB LB DE DL RB WR DL WR DB LB RB
HOMETOWN Moorpark, CA Ogden, UT St. George, UT Las Vegas, NV South Jordan, UT Beaumont, TX Las Vegas, NV Spanish Fork, UT Las Vegas, NV Plain City, UT Salt Lake City, UT Laie, HI Seattle, WA Richfield, UT Kailua-Kona, HI Paris, FR Roosevelt, UT Denver, CO
Head Coach: Ed Lamb (BYU, 1996) Director of Offense/QBs: Steve Clark (BYU, 1992) Defensive Coordinator/LBs: Justin Ena (BYU, 2001) Associate Head Coach/Secondary: Demario Warren (UC Davis, 2008) Assistant Head Coach/DL: Ryan Hunt (SUU, 2004) Offensive Coordinator/RBs: Justin Walterscheid (SUU, 2005) Offensive Coordinator, Run Game/OL: Teag Whiting (BYU, 2004) Passing Game Coordinator/WRs: Fesi Sitake (SUU, 2011) Special Teams Coordinator/TEs: Aaron Fernandez (SUU, 2009) Defensive Assistant: Kyle Macy (Utah, 2011) Academic Coordinator: Sam Elliott (SUU, 2002) Strength & Conditioning: Dan Bennion (SUU, 2000) Jake Hutton (Utah State, 2010) Equipment Manager: Jared Burke (SUU, 2012)
No 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
NAME C.J. Morgan Jacob Allie T.J. Fenton Griff McNabb Malik Brown Naia Ursua Tyree Mills Matt Holley Fatu Moala Tannon Pedersen Chad Hansen Mitch Dahlen Richie Harrington Mitch Jessop Brock Miller Mike Evans Aaron Cantu Anthony Fagans Anthony Norris Austin Anderson Chandler Allphin Tommy Collet, Jr.
No 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 45
2013 Numerical Roster
NAME Pete Williams Christian Jensen Myles Carelock Anthony Sattiewhite Mike Tagliaferri Toa Afatasi Miles Killebrew Michael Byrd Vic Spikes J.T. Anderson Martavious Redmond Jarom Healey Christian Taele Raysean Martin LeShaun Sims Max Venot-Petit Frank Sanft Levi Teo Chandler Dowell Zak Browning Josh Kariya Mitchell Dalley
No 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 63 65 66 68 71 72 76 77 78 80
NAME Dallin Dastrup Stetson Deardon Austin Gumucio Antwan Marshal Brad Meyer James Cowser Nick Nissen Sione Fukofuka Chinedu Ahanonu Josh Talbot Steve Welsh P.J. Taeao-Tauanu’u Daron Griffin Tony Sarrocco Evan Ross Gavin Farr Fernando Huerta Daniel Fleischman Steve Clark Cody Burgess Kyle Donaldson Chris Robinson
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EXPERIENCE RS/Moorpark HS RS/Ogden HS HS/Dixie HS 1L/Andre Agassi Prep 1L/Bingham HS TR/Utah RS/Liberty HS RS/Spanish Fork HS 3L/Centennial HS HS/Fremont HS RS/Highland HS HS/Timpview (Utah) HS HS/Highline HS HS/Richfield HS 1VL/Kealakehe HS HS/LaHotoie HS/Union HS HS/South HS
No 82 83 87 88 89 90 91 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
NAME Josh Smith Rodain Delus Mike Sharp Easton Pedersen Junior Toala Wes Kauvaka Trever McFalls Andrew Eide Kouri Jones Colton Cook Colin Greenhill Robert Torgerson Toi Taufa Lehi Afatasi
2012 SOUTHERN UTAH STATISTICS
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING
SUU
OPP
28.5
30.3
56
104
313
Points Per Game
FIRST DOWNS
333
209
Rushing
Passing
230
129
Penalty
115
24
RUSHING YARDAGE
11
944
1788
Yards gained rushing
1237
2178
Rushing Attempts
330
424
Yards lost rushing
293
Average Per Rush
390
2.9
4.2
Average Per Game
85.8
162.5
PASSING YARDAGE
3139
2876
TDs Rushing
9
Comp-Att-Int
21
273-439-10 245-368-12
Average Per Pass
7.2
Average Per Catch
7.8
11.5
Average Per Game TDs Passing
11.7
285.4
261.5
4083
4664
23
TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays
18
769
Average Per Play
792
5.3
Average Per Game
5.9
371.2
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards
424.0
39-837
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards
29-686
16-153
INT RETURNS: #-Yards
KICK RETURN AVERAGE
17-156
12-136
10-229
9.6
9.2
21.5
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE
23.7
11.3
FUMBLES-LOST
22.9
8-3
27-16
PENALTIES-Yards
76-672
100-847
PUNTS-Yards
67-2896
53-2231
38.5
36.9
Average Per Game
61.1
Average Per Punt
77.0
43.2
Net punt average
KICKOFFS-Yards
Average Per Kick
42.1
61-3683
63-3842
46.8
39.0
60.4
Net kick average
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game
61.0
31:13
28:46
3RD-DOWN Conversions
62/170
74/159
4TH-DOWN Conversions
7/12
5/13
3rd-Down Pct
36%
4th-Down Pct
47%
58%
SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS
38%
29-203
37-225
37
44
17
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED
0
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS
19-22
10-13
ATTENDANCE
27173
118060
ON-SIDE KICKS
0-0
Games/Avg Per Game
0-0
5/5435
Neutral Site Games
6/19677 0/0
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
OT
Total
Opponents
14
333
Southern Utah
37 103 70
97
58
78
95
74
20
313
2012 RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT 8-30 at Utah State 9-8 at California 9-15 NM HIGHLANDS * 9-22 at Portland State * 9-29 #2 MONTANA STATE * 10-6 SACRAMENTO STATE * 10-13 at Montana * 10-19 WEBER STATE * 10-27 EASTERN WASHINGTON * 11-3 at North Dakota * 11-10 at #11 Northern Arizona * Big Sky Conference games RUSHING Brian Wilson Myles CrawfordHarris Henna Brown Brock Miller Lavell Ika Mike Tagliaferri C.J. Morgan Malik Brown Brad Sorensen Total.......... Opponents...... PASSING Brad Sorensen Total.......... Opponents......
RECEIVING Fatu Moala Henna Brown Mitch Jessop Easton Pedersen Griff McNabb M. Crawford-Harris C.J. Morgan Brian Wilson Cameron Morgan Mike Tagliaferri Josh Smith Malik Brown Zach Brackus Lavell Ika Total.......... Opponents......
G 11 11 11
11 11 7 11 11 11 9 10 5 11 11 2 11 11 11 11
TOTAL OFFENSE Brad Sorensen Brian Wilson Myles Crawford-Harris Henna Brown Brock Miller Lavell Ika Mike Tagliaferri C.J. Morgan Total.......... Opponents...... PUNTING Brock Miller Total.......... Opponents......
GP Att 10 176 11 43 11 25 11 1 11 14 11 1 9 1 2 1 11 68 11 330 11 424
Effic 134.98 134.98 141.84
G
No. 67 67 53
No. 65 35 33 31 30 24 23 20 4 3 2 1 1 1 273 245
SCORE 3-34 31-50 45-23 49-42 17-24 22-27 30-20 22-24 30-27 29-33 35-29
Gain Loss Net 775 32 743 193 18 175 63 18 45 22 0 22 21 0 21 9 0 9 4 0 4 0 0 0 150 225 -75 1237 293 944 2178 390 1788
Att-Cmp-Int Pct 273-439-10 62.2 273-439-10 62.2 245-368-12 66.6 Yds Avg 810 414 519 423 290 145 284 127 71 22 14 12 4 4 3139 2876
G Plays Rush 11 507 -75 10 176 743 11 43 175 11 25 45 11 1 22 11 14 21 11 1 9 9 1 4 11 769 944 11 792 1788
Returning Players In BOLD
W/L L L W W L L W L W L W-3OT
Yds 2896 2896 2231
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Avg 43.2 43.2 42.1
TD 12.5 11.8 15.7 13.6 9.7 6.0 12.3 6.3 17.8 7.3 7.0 12.0 4.0 4.0 11.5 11.7
Pass 3139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3139 2876
Long 72 72 71
Avg 4.2 4.1 1.8 22.0 1.5 9.0 4.0 0.0 -1.1 2.9 4.2
Yds 3139 3139 2876
Long 9 3 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 18
Total 3064 743 175 45 22 21 9 4 4083 4664
TB FC 8 19 8 19 6 14
ATTEND 17009 57745 7835 6353 8417 3766 25684 3811 3344 7144 4125
TD Long Avg/G 2 49 74.3 2 34 15.9 0 12 4.1 0 22 2.0 3 5 1.9 0 9 0.8 0 4 0.4 0 0 0.0 2 25 -6.8 9 49 85.8 21 77 162.5 TD 23 23 18
Lng Avg/G 82 285.4 82 285.4 75 261.5
Avg/G 63 43 82 64 44 23 46 25 37 10 7 12 4 4 82 75
Avg/G 278.5 74.3 15.9 4.1 2.0 1.9 0.8 0.4 371.2 424.0 I20 25 25 16
Blkd 0 0 2
73.6 37.6 74.1 38.5 26.4 13.2 31.6 12.7 14.2 2.0 1.3 6.0 0.4 0.4 285.4 261.5
2012 SOUTHERN UTAH STATISTICS SCORING Colton Cook Fatu Moala Brian Wilson Lavell Ika Henna Brown Mitch Jessop Griff McNabb Miles Killebrew Brad Sorensen Myles Crawford-Harris Easton Pedersen Cameron Morgan Tommy Collet, Jr. Austin Anderson Josh Smith Brad Meyer Team Total.......... Opponents......
ALL PURPOSE Brian Wilson Fatu Moala Josh Smith Mitch Jessop Henna Brown Easton Pedersen Griff McNabb C.J. Morgan Myles Crawford-Harris Cameron Morgan Tommy Collet, Jr. Miles Killebrew Cody Smith Mike Tagliaferri Lavell Ika Brock Miller Tyree Mills J.T. Anderson Zak Browning Malik Brown James Cowser LeShaun Sims Brad Meyer Randall Nygren Zach Brackus Namari Flentroy Brad Sorensen Total.......... Opponents......
FIELD GOALS Colton Cook
|——— PATs ———| TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass 0 19-22 30-33 0-0 0 0-0 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-3 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 37 19-22 30-33 0-1 1 1-3 44 10-13 37-40 0-2 1 1-2
FGM-FGA 19-22
G 10 11 11 7 11 11 11 9 11 5 8 11 3 11 11 11 10 10 10 2 11 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11
Pct 86.4
Rush Rec PR 743 127 0 0 810 0 0 14 0 0 519 0 45 414 0 0 423 0 0 290 87 4 284 0 175 145 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 9 22 0 21 4 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -75 0 0 944 3139 153 1788 2876 156
KOR 27 17 660 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 837 686
01-19 20-29 30-39 2-2 4-4 8-8
SOUTHERN UTAH FG SEQUENCE Utah State (22) California (40) NM Highlands (29) Portland State (21),(39) Montana State 47,(49),49 Sacramento State (33),(18),(43) Montana (38) Weber State (46),(33),(31) Eastern Washington 42,(24),(32),(36) North Dakota (35) Northern Arizona (42),(19)
DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 15 0 10 9 0 5 0 0 0 136 229
Saf Points 0 87 0 54 0 30 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 14 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 1 2 0 0 1 313 0 333
Tot 897 827 674 519 459 423 377 368 320 71 59 58 52 31 25 22 21 17 15 12 10 9 8 5 4 1 -75 5209 5735
40-49 50-99 5-8 0-0
OPPONENTS (18),(27),(47) (20) (31) (43),34,38,(42) (46) (45),(23),37 -
Avg/G 89.7 75.2 61.3 74.1 41.7 38.5 34.3 40.9 29.1 14.2 7.4 5.3 17.3 2.8 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.5 6.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.1 -6.8 473.5 521.4
PUNT RETURNS Griff McNabb Brad Meyer Miles Killebrew Total.......... Opponents......
No. Yds 14 87 1 8 1 58 16 153 17 156
KICK RETURNS Josh Smith C.J. Morgan Cody Smith Namari Flentroy Fatu Moala Brian Wilson Total.......... Opponents......
No. Yds 30 660 4 80 2 52 1 1 1 17 1 27 39 837 29 686
INTERCEPTIONS Tommy Collet, Jr. LeShaun Sims Tyree Mills J.T. Anderson Zak Browning Randall Nygren Michael Byrd James Cowser Total.......... Opponents......
FUMBLE RETURNS Miles Killebrew Austin Anderson Total.......... Opponents......
Lg Blk 49 0
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Returning Players In BOLD
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Avg 6.2 8.0 58.0 9.6 9.2
TD 0 0 1 1 1
Long 30 0 41 41 69
Avg 22.0 20.0 26.0 1.0 17.0 27.0 21.5 23.7
TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Long 95 25 30 0 17 27 95 98
No. Yds 3 59 3 9 1 21 1 17 1 15 1 5 1 0 1 10 12 136 10 229
Avg 19.7 3.0 21.0 17.0 15.0 5.0 0.0 10.0 11.3 22.9
No. Yds 1 49 1 9 2 58 0 0
Avg 49.0 9.0 29.0 0.0
TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
TD 1 1 2 0
Long 55 6 21 17 15 5 0 10 55 90
Long 49 9 49 0
2012 SOUTHERN UTAH STATISTICS 2012 SOUTHERN UTAH DEFENSIVE LEADERS 35 5 28 44 53 6 20 58 10 36 31 99 23 96 18 47 94 92 42 25 11 2 29 62 80 91 89 14 4 13 95 8 72 49 68 TM
Zak Browning Namari Flentroy Miles Killebrew Mike Needham James Cowser Tyree Mills Tommy Collet, Jr. Cody Larsen Rickey Clark LeShaun Sims J.T. Anderson Jeff Tukuafu Brennan Fjord Brad Meyer Austin Anderson Randall Nygren Kouri Jones Nick Nissen KC Rawlinson Mike Tagliaferri Chad Hansen Gordon Garrett Michael Byrd Shad Ennis Kaden Carli Trever McFalls Matt Putnam Mike Evans Brad Sorensen Mitch Jessop Colton Cook Fatu Moala Russell Petersen Lavell Ika Gavin Farr Team Total.......... Opponents......
Returning Players In BOLD
|———-Tackles———-| |-Sacks-| |—-Pass Def—-| Solo Ast Total TFL/YdsNo-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH 67 49 116 5.5-19 1.5-9 1-15 3 . 32 38 70 5.5-31 3.5-26 . 2 3 42 27 69 0.5-2 . . 5 . 43 24 67 5.5-14 1.0-6 . 4 2 30 31 61 13.5-74 7.5-57 1-10 1 5 27 25 52 2.0-4 . 1-21 4 . 21 29 50 0.5-0 . 3-59 3 . 22 26 48 14.0-72 6.5-48 . . 8 17 26 43 1.5-4 . . 1 . 22 15 37 . . 3-9 2 . 24 9 33 1.0-1 . 1-17 5 . 15 12 27 4.5-24 2.5-17 . 1 5 13 8 21 . . . 1 . 8 10 18 2.5-8 0.5-6 . 3 . 11 5 16 2.0-17 1.5-16 . . . 10 4 14 2.0-6 . 1-5 . 1 5 6 11 3.0-14 2.5-9 . . . 3 8 11 1.5-1 . . . . 7 3 10 1.0-21 . . . . 5 4 9 . . . . . 5 2 7 2.0-8 1.0-6 . 1 . 2 3 5 . . . . . 1 4 5 . . 1-0 . . 2 2 4 . . . . . 3 1 4 . . . . . 2 1 3 . . . . 1 . 2 2 . . . . . 1 1 2 . . . . . 2 . 2 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 376 823 68-320 29-203 12-136 36 25 441 298 739 68.0-297 37-225 10-229 33 18
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|-Fumbles-| Rcv-Yds FF 1-0 5 1-0 2 1-49 . . 1 1-0 1 . . . . 2-0 2 . . 1-0 . 2-0 1 . . 1-0 . 1-0 . 2-9 . 2-0 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-58 16 3-0 7
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THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE The Big Sky Conference celebrates 50 years of men’s athletics and 25 years of women’s competition during the 2013-14 academic year. The venerable and stable Division I Big Sky Conference observed its 50th birthday on July 1, 2013. To mark the historic occasion, the league will honor its past by commemorating its top male and female athletics, as well as the top moments and teams. Four of the current league members – Idaho State University, The University of Montana, Montana State and Weber State – have been with the league since its birth. Fellow charter member the University of Idaho will bring the majority of its sports back to the Big Sky on July 1, 2014. Northern Arizona University enters its 45th season in the league, giving the league five members with at least 40 years of continuous membership. Doug Fullerton The Big Sky Conference welcomed North Dakota and Southern Utah on July 1, 2012 as full members. UC Commissioner Davis and Cal Poly joined as football affiliate members. Eastern Washington University, the University of Northern Colorado, Portland State University and Sacramento State round out the current membership. The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in the West and is a national leader in the Football Championship Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have won the Division I National Championship, including Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky team has played for the national championship in three of the past five seasons. The Big Sky is one of three conferences in the western United States playing Division I football. The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 and was reRon Loghry placed by Nevada, which gave the league eight members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the Assistant Commissioner addition of Eastern Washington. The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada departed and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time the conference added Portland State, Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years before Cal State Northridge departed in the spring of 2001. The Big Sky now includes nine states spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Red River Valley of North Dakota. The league is represented along the entire west coast with institutions in Washington, Oregon and California. League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. It is “The Heart of the American West.” On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six presidents of the charter members as the name of the new conference. The name Big Sky originated in a novel written by the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great Jaynee Falls, Mont., in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a former Montana advertising director, promoted the Nadolsky Big Sky theme for the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., Assistant Commissioner legendary Dubby Holt of Idaho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his team entered Montana. Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference. Harry Missildine of the Spokane Spokesman-Review called for the newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference in his column dated Feb. 20, 1963. The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball and tennis. In addition, there are also championships in football, and women’s volleyball, golf and soccer. The Big Sky sponsored softball for the first time in 2013. Men’s golf will return as a conference sport in 2014-15. Jon Kasper In 1988-89, the Big Sky ConferAssistant ence first began sponsoring Commissioner women’s sports. The former Mountain West Conference existed from 1982-88, sponsoring championships for women’s sports at the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s programs. The Big Sky merged with the Mountain West in 1988, forming one league for both men and women. Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, is in his 19th year at the helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Stephenson served the league for 14 years. Steve Belko was the commissioner from 197781, while John Roning held the post from 1971-77. The first league commissioner was Jack Friel, who served from 1963-71.
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2013 SOUTHERN UTAH OPPONENTS
SOUTH ALABAMA
FORT LEWIS
LADD-PEEBLES STADIUM
ECCLES COLISEUM
GAME ONE, AUG. 29, 6:30 P.M.
GAME TWO, SEPT. 7, 6:00 P.M.
MOBILE, ALABAMA
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
Location: Mobile, Alabama Enrollment: 14,883 Nickname: Jaguars Colors: Blue, Red & White President: Dr. John Smith AD: Dr. Joel Erdmann
Location: Durango, Colorado Enrollment: 3,856 Nickname: Skyhawks Colors: Blue & Gold Chancellor: Dr. Dene Thomas AD: Gary Hunter
USA QUICK FACTS
FLC QUICK FACTS
Joey Jones Head Coach
Head Coach: Joey Jones (Alabama, 1989) Record At USA: 25-15 (Four Years) Overall Record: 28-22 (Five Years) Phone: Contact SID Office Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Jerry Mack, Robert Matthews, Travis Pearson, Freddie Roach, Kevin Sherrer, Chase Smith, Brian Turner, John Turner, Bryant Vincent Conference: Sun Belt 2012 Finish: 1-7 (7th) 2012 Overall: 2-11 Starters Returning: 7/8/1 Stadium: Ladd-Peebles Stadium 33,471 (Field Turf) Series W/SUU: First meeting
Jerem’e Jones Wide Receiver
SID: Brian Freemund E-Mail: bfreemund@southalabama.edu Phone: 251-414-8017 Press Box Phone: 251-208-2677 Website: www.usajaguars.com 8-29 9-7 9-14 9-28 10-5 10-19 10-26 11-2 11-16 11-23 11-30 12-7
2013 Schedule
Southern Utah at Tulane Western Kentucky at Tennessee At Troy Kent State at Texas State Arkansas State at Navy UL-Monroe at Georgia State UL-Lafayette
2012 Results
UT-San Antonio L 31-33 Nicholls State W 9-3 at North Carolina St. L 7-31 at Mississippi State L 10-30 Troy L 10-31 at Arkansas State L 29-36 Florida Atlantic W 37-34 (2ot) at UL-Monroe L 24-38 Florida International L 20-28 at North Texas L 14-24 Middle Tennessee L 12-20 at UL-Lafayette L 30-52 at Hawai’i L 7-23
John L. Smith Head Coach
Head Coach: John L. Smith (Weber State, 1971) Record At FLC: 0-0 (First Year) Overall Record: 136-94 (19 Years) Phone: 970-247-7574 Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Ed Rifilato, Dave Brown, Joe Morris, Bill Griffith, Chris Jewell, Micah Smith, Dave Varnell, Clayton Lyons, Storm Tallbull Conference: Rocky Mountain Athletic 2012 Finish: 0-9 (10th) 2012 Overall: 0-10 Starters Returning: 7/8/0 Stadium: Dennison Field 4,000 (Grass) Series W/SUU: SUU leads, 20-10 SID: Sarah Meier E-Mail: meier_s@fortlewis.edu Phone: 970-247-7381 Press Box Phone: 970-903-7888 Website: www.goskyhawks.com 9-7
9-14
9-21 9-28
10-5
2013 Schedule
at Southern Utah
Oklahoma Baptist at NM Highlands W. New Mexico at CSU-Pueblo
10-12 at Colorado Mines 10-19 Colorado-Mesa
10-26 at Western State 11-2 11-9
Adams State
at Chadron State
11-16 Black Hills State
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Evan Wagstrom Offensive Line
2012 Results NM Highlands
at Northern Arizona
L 0-50 L 0-69
at W. New Mexico
L 34-42
Colorado Mines
L 16-58
CSU-Pueblo
at Colorado-Mesa Western State
at Adams State Chadron State
at Black Hills State
L 21-50
L 12-36
L 6-18
L 9-55
L 20-45 L 0-23
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WASHINGTON STATE
SACRAMENTO STATE
MARTIN STADIUM
HORNET STADIUM
GAME THREE, SEPT. 14, TBA
GAME FOUR, SEPT. 21, 6:00 P.M.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Location: Pullman, Washington Enrollment: 19,255 Nickname: Cougars Colors: Crimson & Gray President: Dr. Elson S. Floyd AD: Bill Moos
Location: Sacramento, California Enrollment: 28,000 Nickname: Hornets Colors: Green & Gold President: Dr. Alexander Gonzalez AD: Dr. Terry Wanless
WSU QUICK FACTS
SAC QUICK FACTS
Mike Leach Head Coach
Head Coach: Mike Leach (Brigham Young, 1983) Record At WSU: 3-9 (One Year) Overall Record: 87-52 (11 Years) Phone: Contact SID Office Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Mike Breske, Dave Emerick, Jim Mastro, Clay McGuire, Eric Russell, Joe Salave’a, Dennis Simmons, Paul Volero, Ken Wilson, David Yost, Antonio Huffman Conference: Pac-12 2012 Finish: 1-8 (Sixth, North) 2012 Overall: 3-9 Starters Returning: 8/8/3 Stadium: Martin Stadium Field Turf (33,522) Series W/SUU: First meeting
SID: Bill Stevens E-Mail: wsstevens@wsu.edu Phone: 509-335-4294 Press Box Phone: 509-335-2684 Website: www.wsucougars.com 8-31 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-19 10-31 11-16 11-23 11-29
2013 Schedule
at Auburn at USC Southern Utah Idaho vs Stanford @Seattle at California Oregon State at Oregon Arizona State at Arizona Utah at Washington
Deone Buchannon Safety
2012 Results
at Brigham Young Eastern Washington at UNLV Colorado vs Oregon at Oregon State California at Stanford at Utah UCLA at Arizona State Washington W
L 6-30 W 24-20 W 35-27 L 34-35 L 26-51 L 6-19 L 17-31 L 17-24 L 6-49 L 36-44 L 7-46 31-28 (ot)
Marshall Sperbeck Head Coach
Head Coach: Marshall Sperbeck (Nevada, 1984) Record At CSUS: 30-37 (Six Years) Overall Record: 139-90 (21 Years) Phone: Contact SID Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Paul Peterson, Anthony Parker, Jordan Gigli, Aaron Ingram, Connor Riley, Steve Roberson, Kyle Leitzke, Tyler Almond, Bill Lavaroni, Fred Kelly Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 4-4 (T-Fifth) 2012 Overall: 6-5 Starters Returning: 5/5/1 Stadium: Hornet Stadium 21,195 (Field Turf) Series W/SUU: SAC leads, 7-6
Todd Davis Linebacker
SID: Brian Berger E-Mail: bwberger@csus.edu Phone: (916) 278-4313 Press Box Phone: (916) 278-5995 Website: www.hornetsports.com 8-29 9-5
9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5
2013 Schedule
2012 Results
Southern Oregon
Northern Colo.
at San Jose State at Arizona State Southern Utah
at Weber State
Northern Colorado
10-12 Northern Arizona 10-26 at North Dakota 11-2 11-9
Montana
at Cal Poly
11-16 at Portland State 11-23 UC Davis
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at New Mexico State at Colorado
North Dakota
at Idaho State
L 49-19
W 30-28
W 28-17 L 35-13
W 54-31
at Southern Utah
W 27-22
Cal Poly
W 35-29
Weber State
W 19-14
at Eastern Washington L 31-28
Montana State
at UC Davis
L 20-17
L 34-27
2013 SOUTHERN UTAH OPPONENTS
NORTHERN COLORADO
UC DAVIS
NOTTINGHAM FIELD
ECCLES COLISEUM
UNC QUICK FACTS
UCD QUICK FACTS
GAME FIVE, SEPT. 28, 1:35 P.M.
GAME SIX, OCT. 5, 1:00 P.M.
GREELEY, COLO
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
Location: Greeley, Colorado Enrollment: 12,148 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue & Gold President: Kay Norton AD: TBA
Earnest Collins Jr. Head Coach
Location: Davis, California Enrollment: 33,300 Nickname: Aggies Colors: Yale Blue & Gold Chancellor: Dr. Linda Katehi AD: Terry Tumey
Seth Lobatao Quarterback
Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 3-5 (T-8th) 2012 Overall: 4-7 Starters Returning: 8/7/3 Stadium: Aggie Stadium 10,849 (Sportexe) Series W/SUU: UCD leads, 10-6
Head Coach: Earnest Collins Jr. (Northern Colorado, 1996) Record At UNC: 5-17 (Two Years) Overall Record: 13-29 (Four Years) Phone: Contact SID Office Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Michael Armour, Woody Blevins, Jon Boyer, Jon Carpenter, Derrick Davison, Charles Gordon, Keith Grable, Jeremy Hayden, Terrance Robinson, Zach Shay, Chris Smith Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 4-4 (T 5th) 2012 Overall: 6-5 Starters Returning: 6/6/1 Stadium: Nottingham Field 8,533 (Grass) Series W/SUU: UNC leads, 2-1
SID: Heather Kennedy E-Mail: heather.kennedy@unco.edu Phone: 970-351-1065 Press Box Phone: 970-351-1995 Website: www.uncbears.com 8-31 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-19 11-2 11-9 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
Langston 1:35 CSU-Pueblo 1:35 at Wyoming TBA Northern Iowa 1:35 Southern Utah* 1:35 at Sacramento St. 6:05 at Idaho State 3:05 UC Davis 1:35 Montana State 1:35 at North Dakota 1:05 at Northern Ariz. 4:05 Cal Poly 12:05
Utah
2012 Results
Colorado Mesa
L 0-41
W 40-3
at Sacramento State L 17-28 at Montana State Montana
at Cal Poly
L 16-41 L 17-40
L 28-56
Idaho State
W 52-14
at Weber State
W 42-34
Northern Arizona
at Portland State North Dakota
L 10-12
W 32-28
W 28-27
Ron Gould Head Coach
Head Coach: Ron Gould (Oregon, 1988) Record At UCD: 0-0 (First Year) Overall Record: 0-0 (First Year) Phone: Contact SID Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Jeff Copp, Kevin Daft, Will Kofe, Ben Steele, Bert Watts, Damaro Wheeler, Matt Wiegand, Bryan Wright, Pat McCann
SID: Mike Robles E-Mail: merobles@ucdavis.edu Phone: 530-752-3680 Press Box Phone: 530-752-9367 Website: www.ucdavisaggies.com 8-31 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-19 10-26 11-2 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
at South Dakota 2:00 at Nevada TBA Northern Arizona 6:00 Portland State* 6:00 Idaho State* 6:00 at Southern Utah*1:00 Montana* 4:00 at Northern Colo.*1:35 at Montana St.* 2:35 Cal Poly* 4:00 North Dakota* 4:00 at Sacramento St.* TBA
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Josh Hill Wide Receiver
2012 Results Azusa Pacific
at San Jose State
at South Dakota St. at Cal Poly*
Weber State*
Montana State* at Idaho State*
at Northern Arizona* Portland State*
at Eastern Wash.*
Sacramento State*
W 41-3
L 13-45
L 8-12
L 20-28
W 37-13
L 41-48
W 52-45
L 7-21
L 21-49 L 28-31
W 34-27
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PORTLAND STATE
EASTERN WASHINGTON
ECCLES COLISEUM
ROOS FIELD
GAME SEVEN, OCT. 12, 2:00 P.M.
GAME EIGHT, 5:00 P.M.
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
CHENEY, WASHINGTON
Location: Portland, Oregon Enrollment: 29,524 Nickname: Vikings Colors: Green, White & Silver President: Dr. Wim Wiewel AD: Torre Chisholm
Location: Cheney, Washington Enrollment: 12,587 Nickname: Eagles Colors: Red & White President: Dr. Rodolfo Arevalo AD: Bill Chaves
PSU QUICK FACTS
EWU QUICK FACTS
Nigel Burton Head Coach
Head Coach: Nigel Burton (Washington, 1999) Record At PSU: 12-21 (Three Years) Overall Record: 12-21 (Three Years) Phone: 503-725-5625 Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Bruce Barnum, Jaime Hill, Brad Davis, Ikaika Mallow, John Ely, Lester Towns, Mike Scheper, Steve Cooter, Matt Leunen, Michael Casco Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 2-6 (T-11th) 2012 Overall: 3-8 Starters Returning: 6/5/1 Stadium: JELD-WEN Field 18,627 (Artificial) Series W/SUU: PSU leads, 8-2
SID: Mike Lund E-Mail: lundm@pdx.edu Phone: 503-725-5602 Press Box Phone: 503-294-2942 Website: www.GoViks.com 8-29 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-26 11-2 11-9 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
Eastern Oregon 7:05 at California 2:05 Humboldt State 1:05 at UC Davis 6:05 Cal Poly* 7:05 at Montana* 1:35 at Southern Utah* 2:05 North Dakota* 1:05 Weber State* 1:05 at Idaho State* 3:05 Sacramento St.* 1:05 at Eastern Wash.*2:35
D.J. Adams Running Back
2012 Results
Carroll College
W 38-20
Southern Utah*
L 42-49
at North Dakota at Washington
L 37-45
L 13-52
at Northern Arizona* L 10-24 Idaho State* at Cal Poly*
at UC Davis*
Northern Colorado* at Montana State*
W 77-10
L 25-37
W 49-21
L 28-32
L 35-60
Eastern Washington* L 34-41
Beau Baldwin Head Coach
Head Coach: Beau Baldwin (Central Washington, 1996) Record At EWU: 44-19 (Five Years) Overall Record: 54-22 (Six Years) Phone: 509-359-2456 Best Time To Reach: Mornings Assistant Coaches: John Graham, Aaron Best, Jeff Schmedding, Ryan Sawyer, Junior Adams, Zak Hill, Kiel McDonald, Cherokee Valeria, Josh Fetter, Brian Strandley Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 7-1 (T-First) 2012 Overall: 11-3 Starters Returning: 7/6/1 Stadium: Roos Field 8,600 (Sprinturf) Series W/SUU: EWU leads, 4-2
SID: Dave Cook E-Mail:dcook@ewu.edu Phone: (509) 359-6334 Press Box Phone: (509) 359-6351 Website: www.goeags.com 8-31 9-7 9-14 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-19 10-26 11-2 11-9 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
at Oregon State 3:05 Western Oregon 4:05 at Toledo 7:05 at Sam Houston St. 2:05 Weber State* 4:05 at North Dakota* 2:35 Southern Utah* 5:05 at Montana* 1:35 at Idaho State* 3:05 Montana State* 12:05 at Cal Poly* 12:35 Portland State* 2:35
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2012 Results
Allen Brown Safety
at Idaho at Washington State at Weber State* Montana* North Dakota* at Montana St.* Sacramento St.* at Southern Utah* Cal Poly UC Davis* at Portland State* Wagner Illinois State Sam Houston State
W 20-3 L 20-24 W 32-26 W 32-26 W 55-17 W 27-24 W 31-28 L 27-30 W 34-17 W 31-28 W 41-34 W 29-19 W 51-35 L 42-45
2013 SOUTHERN UTAH OPPONENTS
IDAHO STATE
WEBER STATE
ECCLES COLISEUM
STEWART STADIUM
GAME NINE, OCT. 26, 1:00 P.M.
GAME TEN, 1:00 P.M.
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
OGDEN, UTAH
Location: Pocatello, Idaho Enrollment: 14,489 Nickname: Bengals Colors: Black & Orange President: Dr. Arthur Vailas AD: Jeff Tingey
Mike Kramer Head Coach
Location: Ogden, Utah Enrollment: 26,483 Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Royal Purple & White President: Dr. Charles A. Wight AD: Jerry Bovee
Jody Sears Head Coach
Trevor Spence Linebacker
Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 2-6 (T-11th) 2012 Overall: 2-9 Starters Returning: 7/7/2 Stadium: Stewart Stadium 17,500 (Synthetic) Series W/SUU: WSU leads, 15-4
Anthony Morales Linebacker
ISU QUICK FACTS
WSU QUICK FACTS
Head Coach: Mike Kramer (Idaho, 1977) Record At ISU: 3-19 (Two Years) Overall Record: 80-94 (14 Years) Phone: 208-282-2779 Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Don Bailey, Matt Troxel, Roger Cooper, Spencer Toone, Mike Ferriter, Sheldon Cross, Steve Fifita, Stanley Franks Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 0-8 (13th) 2012 Overall: 1-10 Starters Returning: 8/8/2 Stadium: Holt Arena 12,000 (Artificial) Series W/SUU: ISU leads, 9-4-1
SID: Steve Schaack E-Mail: schaste4@isu.edu Phone: 208-282-2621 Press Box Phone: 208-282-2952 Website: www.isubengals.com 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-19 10-26 11-2 11-9 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
Dixie State 3:05 Western State 3:05 at Washington TBA at UC Davis* 6:05 North Dakota* 2:05 Northern Colo.* 3:05 at Northern Ariz.*4:05 at Southern Utah*1:05 Eastern Wash.* 3:05 Portland State* 3:05 at BYU 1:05 at Weber State* 1:05
2012 Results
at Air Force
L 21-49
Sacramento State*
L 31-54
at Northern Colo.*
L 14-52
Blak Hills State at Nebraska
at Portland State* UC Davis*
at Montana*
Northern Ariz.* at Cal Poly*
Weber State*
W 38-5 L 7-73
L 10-77 L 45-52
L 24-70
L 10-50
L 14-70
L 14-40
Head Coach: Jody Sears (Washington State, 1991) Record At WSU: 2-9 (One Year) Overall Record: 2-9 (One Year) Phone: (801) 626-6493 Best Time To Reach: Mornings Assistant Coaches: Steve Morton, Robin Pflugrad, Eric Lewis, Jason Belford, Justin Rascati, Ryan Smaha, Ted Stanley, Chraig Stutzmann, Colton Swan
SID: Paul Grua E-Mail: pgrua@weber.edu Phone: (801) 626-7414 Press Box Phone: (801) 626-6588 Website: www.WeberStateSports.com 8-31 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-12 10-19 11-2 11-9 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
Stephen F. Austin 6:05 at Utah 12:05 at Utah State 6:05 at McNeese State 7:05 Sacramento St.* 6:05 at Eastern Wash.*4:05 at Cal Poly* 6:05 Montana State* 3:35 at Portland State*1:05 Southern Utah* 1:05 at Montana* 12:05 Idaho State* 1:05
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2012 Results
at Fresno State
L 10-37
at Brigham Young
L 13-45
at UC Davis
L 13-37
McNeese State
Eastern Washington Cal Poly
at Sacramento State
L 21-35 L 26-32
L 23-45 L 14-19
at Southern Utah
W 24-22
at Idaho State
W 40-14
Montana
No. Colorado
L 21-24
L 34-42
2013 SOUTHERN UTAH OPPONENTS
MONTANA STATE
NORTHERN ARIZONA
BOBCAT STADIUM
ECCLES COLISEUM
MSU QUICK FACTS
NAU QUICK FACTS
GAME ELEVEN, NOV. 16, 4:00 P.M.
GAME TWELVE, 1:00 P.M.
BOZEMAN, MONTANA
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
Location: Bozeman, Montana Enrollment: 14,660 Nickname: Bobcats Colors: Blue & Gold President: Dr. Waded Cruzado AD: Peter Fields
Rob Ash Head Coach
Head Coach: Rob Ash (Cornell College, 1973) Record At MSU: 50-22 (Six Years) Overall Record: 226-121-5 (33 Years) Phone: 406-994-5694 Best Time To Reach: Wednesday mornings Assistant Coaches: Jamie Marshall, Tim Crimsey, Jason McEndoo, Demo Odems, BrianVon Bergen, Bo Beck, Kane Ioane, Daniel DePrato, Brandon North, Michael Rider Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 7-1 (T-First) 2012 Overall: 11-2 Starters Returning: 8/6/2 Stadium: Bobcat Stadium FieldTurf (17,777) Series W/SUU: MSU leads, 3-0
Denarius McGhee Quarterback
SID: Bill Lamberty E-Mail: blamberty@msubobcats.com Phone: 406-994-5133 Press Box Phone: 406-994-3099/3100 Website: www.msubobcats.com 8-30 9-7 9-14 9-21 9-28 10-5 10-19 10-26 11-2 11-9 11-16 11-23
2013 Schedule
Monmouth 7:05 at SMU TBA Colorado Mesa 1:05 at S. F. Austin 6:05 at North Dakota* 2:35 Northern Ariz.* 2:05 at Weber State* 3:35 UC Davis* 2:05 at Northern Colo.*1:35 at Eastern Wash.*12:05 Southern Utah* 4:05 Montana* 12:05
2012 Results
Chadron State W 33-6 at Drake W 34-24 Stephen F. Austin W 43-35 No. Colorado* W 41-16 at Southern Utah* W 24-17 at UC Davis* W 48-41 Eastern Washington* L 24-27 North Dakota* W 55-10 at Sacramento State* W 20-17 Portland State* W 65-30 at Montana* W 16-7 Stony Brook W 16-10 Sam Houston State L 16-34
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Enrollment: 25,205 Nickname: Lumberjacks Colors: Blue, Gold & Sage President: Dr. John Haeger AD: Lisa Campos
Jerome Souers Head Coach
Head Coach: Jerome Souers (Oregon, 1983) Record At NAU: 84-85 (15 Years) Overall Record: 84-85 (15 Years) Phone: (928) 523-6787 Best Time To Reach: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Rich Scangarello, Andy Thompson, Eric Reid, David Reeves, Travis Baker, Jimmy Beal, Charles Huff, Craig Knoth, Tim Plough, Zac McNally Conference: Big Sky 2012 Finish: 6-2 (T-Third) 2012 Overall: 8-3 Starters Returning: 9/9/1 Zach Stadium: J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome Bauman 15,000 (Real Grass Field Turf) Running Back Series W/SUU: NAU leads, 11-6 SID: Denise Thompson E-Mail: Denise.Thompson@nau.edu Phone: (928) 523-6792 Press Box Phone: (928) 523-7729/7730 Website: www.nauathletics.com 8-30 9-14 9-21
9-28
10-5
2013 Schedule at Arizona
7:05
at UC Davis
6:05
at Montana St.*
2:05
South Dakota Montana*
4:05
6:05
10-12 at Sacramento St.* 6:05
10-19 Idaho State* 10-26 at Cal Poly*
11-2
North Dakota*
11-16 Northern Colo.*
4:05
6:05
4:05 4:05
11-23 at Southern Utah*1:05
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2012 Results
at Arizona State
L 6-63
at UNLV
W 17-14
Portland State*
W 24-10
Fort Lewis
at Montana*
at North Dakota* UC Davis*
at Northern Colo.* at Idaho State*
W 69-0
W 41-31
W 45-38
W 21-7
W 12-10
W 50-10
Southern Utah* L 29-35 (3OT) Cal Poly*
L 34-42
SUU YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Ed Lamb 2008-2011 (5 Years) 26-29 (.473) 2012 (5-6, 4-4 Big Sky Conference) Head Coach: Ed Lamb Utah State A L 3-34 California A L 31-50 NM Highlands H W 45-23 Portland State* A W 49-42 Montana State* (HC) H L 17-24 Sacramento State* H L 22-27 Montana* A W 30-20 Weber State* H L 22-24 Eastern Washington* H W 30-27 North Dakota* A L 29-33 Northern Arizona* A W 35-29
2011 (6-5, 1-3 Great West Conference) Head Coach: Ed Lamb South Dakota State A L 28-29 Sacramento State H W 35-14 UT San Antonio H W 45-22 UNLV A W 41-16 North Dakota* H L20-26 South Dakota* A L 19-24 Cal Poly* A L 27-31 Weber State A W 35-28 UC Davis* H W 34-3 Northern Iowa A L 21-34 Northern Arizona A W 27-24 2010 (6-5, 4-0 GWC) Head Coach: Ed Lamb Wyoming A San Diego H San Jose State A Texas State A Northern Arizona H North Dakota* A Cal Poly* H South Dakota* H UC Davis* A Dixie State H Eastern Washington A
2009 (5-6, 2-2 GWC) Head Coach: Ed Lamb Dixie State H San Diego State A Northern Arizona A Utah State A Texas State H Cal Poly* A North Dakota* H UC Davis* H South Dakota* A Eastern Washington H San Diego A
L 20-28 W 32-3 L 11-16 L 28-42 L 23-26 W 31-21 W 20-7 W 31-13 W 55-24 W 52-0 L 24-31 W 36-7 L 19-35 L 39-42 L 34-53 W 38-16 L 23-24 W 35-10 W 56-35 L 21-45 L 28-41 W 37-32
2008 (4-7, 1-3 GWC) Head Coach: Ed Lamb Air Force A Adams State H A Montana Northern Arizona H Texas State A Youngstown State H UC Davis* A Cal Poly* A North Dakota* A South Dakota* H Northern Iowa H
Wes Meier 2004-07 (4 Years) 10-33 (.233)
2007 (0-11, 0-4 GWC) Head Coach: Wes Meier Montana A North Dakota H Southern Illinois H McNeese State H Montana State A Youngstown State A UC Davis* H North Dakota State* A Cal Poly* H South Dakota State* A Northern Iowa A
2006 (3-8, 0-4 GWC) Head Coach: Wes Meier Montana Tech H Western State H Weber State A Texas State H Cal Poly* A McNeese State A Florida Atlantic A UC Davis* A North Dakota State* H South Dakota State* H Southern Illinois A
L 7-41 W 38-10 L 10-46 L 14-19 W 34-20 W 14-7 L 26-49 L 41-69 W 15-14 L 20-42 L 24-34
L 17-37 L 10-37 L 10-44 L 20-41 L 3-7 L 22-23 L 21-41 L 17-52 L 21-28 L 27-52 L 10-48 W 34-0 W 55-3 L 13-24 W 30-21 L 14-18 L 27-30 L 7-32 L 7-27 L 7-31 L 21-31 L 0-59
2005 (1-9, 1-4 GWC) Head Coach: Wes Meier Idaho State A L 13-38 Texas State A L 0-34 Northern Arizona A L 7-27 Stephen F. Austin H L 17-40 UC Davis* A L 21-33 Northern Colorado* H W (OT) 20-17 North Dakota State* H L 21-37 South Dakota State* A L 7-55 Cal Poly* A L 10-20 Weber State H L 10-27
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2004 (6-5, 2-3 GWC) Head Coach: Wes Meier Weber State A W 34-31 Sacramento State A L 17-23 A L 21-24 Stephen F. Austin McNeese State A W 56-14 Cal Poly* H L 17-24 North Dakota State* A L 21-27 UC Davis* H W 19-15 Western Montana H W 34-0 Northern Colorado* A L 7-42 South Dakota State* H W (2OT) 23-17 Idaho State H W 45-31
Gary Andersen 2003 (1 Year) 4-7 (.364)
2003 (4-7 - Independent) Head Coach: Gary Andersen Nevada A Weber State A Stephen F. Austin H Eastern Washington A Western Oregon H Texas State H McNeese State H Cal Poly A Northern Colorado H St. Mary’s A Idaho State A
L 23-24 L 3-13 W 22-21 L 21-49 W 17-10 W 31-28 L 20-33 L 21-33 L 25-29 W 40-7 L 17-36
2002 (1-10 - Independent) Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory Mesa State H At Troy State A Eastern Washington H Southwest Texas State A Stephen F. Austin A Cal Poly H Montana A St. Mary’s H Arkansas State A Western Illinois H Idaho State H
W 7-0 L 15-40 L 14-49 L 19-49 L 6-52 L 21-27 L 45-68 L 14-24 L 16-38 L 28-38 L 17-42
C. Ray Gregory 1997-2002 (6 Years) 28-38 (.424)
SUU YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2001 (2-9 - Independent) Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory Weber State H W 28-21 Mesa State H L 10-13 H L 12-41 Northern Arizona Western Oregon H L 3-16 Western Illinois A L 20-27 Cal Poly A L 24-34 South Florida A L 12-42 Troy State A L 17-20 St. Mary’s A L 21-28 Butler H W 49-24 Idaho State A L 23-30
2000 (7-4 - Independent) Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory Ft. Lewis H W 54-16 Utah State A L 14-30 San Jose State A L 7-47 Hampton A L 34-42 (OT) Cal Poly H W 42-13 UC Davis A L 20-56 Idaho State A W 62-24 St. Mary’s H W 43-14 Rocky Mountain H W 48-20 Morehead State H W 35-21 Northern Arizona A W 27-23 1999 (8-3 - Independent) Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory Ft. Lewis H Boise State A McNeese State A Montana Tech H Cal Poly A UC Davis H Weber State A Idaho State H St. Mary’s A Southwest Texas State A Morehead State A
W 50-7 L 27-35 W 31-24 W 30-12 L 10-38 L 9-24 W 39-7 W 63-47 W 57-22 W 32-28 W 51-33
1998 (5-6 - Independent) Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory Montana A W 45-35 McNeese State H L 17-66 Western Illinois A L 3-31 CS Northridge A L 17-44 St. Mary’s H W 49-0 Ft. Lewis H W 37-6 Idaho State A L 33-50 Illinois State A L 14-42 Cal Poly H W 27-17 UC Davis A L 28-35 Eastern Washington H W 43-21 1997 (5-6 - Independent) Head Coach: C. Ray Gregory Illinois State H Fort Lewis H Weber State A Arkansas State A Montana Tech H
W 44-13 W 27-14 L 32-33 W 34-24 W 34-21
Western Illinois Idaho State Southwest Texas State UC Davis Northern Iowa St. Mary’s
H A A H A A
L 6-45 L 31-46 L 7-21 W 37-27 L 33-53 L 27-31
Rich Ellerson 1996 (1 Year) 4-7 (.364)
1996 (4-7 - Independent) Head Coach: Rich Ellerson Northern Iowa H Rocky Mountain H Northern Arizona A Western State H Montana Tech H Montana A Southwest Texas State H Cal Poly A New Mexico State A St. Mary’s H UC Davis A
L 21-31 W 35-7 L 13-43 W 27-24 W 42-17 L 13-44 W 41-27 L 34-45 L 21-52 L 20-38 L 19-26
Jack Bishop 1978-82, 1986-95 (15 Years) 80-73-4 (.523)
1995 (2-9; 0-3 American West Conf.) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Angelo State H L 7-14 Montana Tech H W 26-25 Western State A L 8-36 Idaho State A L 14-48 SW Texas State A L 15-65 Cal Poly* H L 20-35 Nebraska-Kearney H W 28-21 St. Mary’s A L 24-26 CS Northridge* A L 28-34 UC Davis H L 21-37 Sacramento State* A L 29-53 1994 (4-7; 1-2 AWC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Idaho H Northern Arizona A Western State H E. New Mexico H UC Davis A Weber State H St. Mary’s H Sacramento State* H CS Northridge* H Portland State A Cal Poly* A
L 10-43 L 21-59 W 41-26 W 24-10 L 16-41 L 14-20 W 28-13 L 16-27 W 45-20 L 16-48 L 21-35
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1993 (3-7-1; 3-1 AWC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Northern Arizona H Angelo State A A Central Oklahoma UC Davis* H Montana State A Cal Poly* H St. Mary’s A Weber State A Portland State H CS Northridge* A Sacramento State* A
L 27-31 L 16-18 L 20-21 W 28-27 L 31-32 L 6-38 T 35-35 L 39-43 L 14-24 W 20-17 W 23-17
1991 (7-3-1; 4-1 WFC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Weber State A Central Oklahoma A Mesa State H San Francisco St. A Portland State* H Santa Clara* H St. Mary’s A Sacramento State* A CS Northridge* A Cal Poly* H Idaho State H
L 14-33 L 21-24 W 49-14 W 42-23 L 30-33 W 37-31 W 33-18 W 22-19 W 56-28 W 33-21 T 35-35
1992 (6-5; 2-2 Western Football Conf.) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Northern Arizona A W 20-17 Weber State A L 24-35 Central Oklahoma H L 20-21 Angelo State H W 17-10 Portland State A L 18-35 Santa Clara A L 25-28 St. Mary’s H W 26-0 Sacramento State H W 17-14 CS Northridge H W 49-20 Cal Poly A L 14-17 Idaho State A W 29-28
1990 (6-5; 2-3- WFC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Weber State H Idaho State A Central Oklahoma H Mesa State A Santa Clara* A Sacramento State* H CS Northridge* H St. Mary’s H Cal Poly* A Cal Lutheran H Portland State* A
1989 (5-5; 3-2 WFC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop St. Mary’s A Angelo State H Idaho State A Sacramento State* A Santa Clara* H
L 21-37 L 12-27 W 35-0 W 31-27 W 24-20 W 38-31 L 24-34 W 38-17 L 21-42 W 35-10 L 19-35 W 24-23 L 34-23 L 34-37 L 19-31 W 28-21
SUU YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Weber State Portland State* Cal Lutheran* Cal Poly* CS Northridge*
A H A H A
1988 (4-7; 2-4 WFC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Northern Arizona A Angelo State A Mesa State H Weber State A Sacramento State* H Santa Clara* A N.M. Highlands H Portland State* A Cal Lutheran* H Cal Poly* A CS Northridge* H
1987 (5-5; 2-4 WFC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Fort Lewis H Western State H Weber State A Portland State* H Cal Lutheran* A Santa Clara* H Fort Lewis A CS Northridge* A Sacramento State* A Cal Poly* H
1986 (8-3; 3-3 WFC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Northern Arizona A Fort Lewis H Santa Clara* A Western Montana H Western State A CS Northridge* H Portland State* A Mesa State H Sacramento State* H Cal Lutheran* H Cal Poly* A
L 7-42 W 36-26 W 34-20 W 38-24 L 30-41 L 13-55 L 7-30 W 42-28 L 30-49 W 21-17 L 32-34 W 55-25 L 24-52 W 24-21 L 10-23 L 33-35
Don Conrad 1983-85 (3 Years) 14-14-1 (.500) 1984 (6-4; 5-3 RMAC) Head Coach: Don Conrad Western Montana A Adams State* H N.M. Highlands* A Mesa State* H# Fort Lewis* A So. Colorado* A Weber State A Western State* H Colorado Mines* H W. New Mexico* A
W 38-20 W 41-10 L 26-36 L 6-38 W 23-18 L 10-13 W 42-41 L 36-56 L 7-19 W 10-7
1983 (5-5; 4-4 RMAC) Head Coach: Don Conrad Western Montana H Northern Arizona A Adams State* A N.M. Highlands* H Mesa State* A Fort Lewis* H So. Colorado* H Western State* A Colorado Mines* A W. New Mexico* H
W 27-17 W 39-24 L 18-31 W 50-7 W 55-22 W 49-20 L 17-41 W 26-25 L 31-48 W 34-31 W 43-33
1982 (6-2-2; 5-1-2 RMAC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Northern Arizona A N.M. Highlands* A Mesa State* H Fort Lewis* A So. Colorado* A Sonoma State A Western State* H Colorado Mines* H W. New Mexico* A Adams State* H
1985 (3-5-1; 2-4-1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) Head Coach: Don Conrad Weber State A L 20-62 W. New Mexico* H W 27-14 Adams State* A L 10-34 N.M. Highlands* H L 15-44 Mesa State* A L 0-38 Fort Lewis* H W 29-19 Western Montana H W 36-30 Western State* A L 23-28 Colorado Mines* A T 16-16
1981 (7-3; 6-2 RMAC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop Cal Poly-Pomona A Sonoma State H N.M. Highlands* H Mesa State* A Fort Lewis* H So. Colorado* H Western State* A Colorado Mines* A W. New Mexico* H Adams State* A
W 24-7 L 20-30 W 17-9 W 7-28 L 6-28 W 17-13 L 10-29 W 18-8 W 22-10 L 6-39 W 42-10 L 3-53 L 14-17 W 25-3 L 3-33 L 14-24 W 32-21 L 13-21 W 21-26 W 21-13
L 15-36 T 3-3 T 10-10 W 17-12 L 22-36 W 38-17 W 36-14 W 27-6 W 21-13 W 52-20 L 7-21 W 35-20 W 27-15 L 19-24 W 17-13 W 27-12 W 35-34 L 0-7 W 68-10 W 35-17
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1980 (6-3; 6-2 RMAC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop N.M. Highlands* A Colorado Mines* H Mesa State* H Adams State* A Cal Poly-Pomona H Fort Lewis* H W. New Mexico* A So. Colorado* H A Western State*
1979 (4-6; 3-5 RMAC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop H Occidental Colorado Mines* A Mesa State* A Adams State* H Puget Sound A Fort Lewis* A N.M. Highlands* H W. New Mexico* H So. Colorado* A Western State* H
1978 (7-3; 5-3 RMAC) Head Coach: Jack Bishop W. Montana A Mesa State* H Adams State* A Westminster* A Fort Lewis* H N.M. Highlands* A W. New Mexico* A So. Colorado* H Western State* A Colorado Mines* H
W 25-20 W 20-17 W 44-3 L 14-28 L 37-38 W 41-3 W 22-0 W 49-15 L 20-21 W 56-0 L 7-17 W 24-10 L 6-32 L 13-28 L 6-7 W 35-10 W 37-6 L 13-30 L 14-56 W 29-20 W 19-13 L 9-17 W 37-15 W 35-3 W 17-14 L 10-14 W 22-21 L 14-35 W 25-12
Tom Kingsford 1967-77 (11 Years) 51-51 (.500)
1977 (8-2; 7-2 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Cal State LA H Mesa State* A Adams State* H Westminster* H Fort Lewis* A N.M. Highlands* H W. New Mexico* H So. Colorado* A Western State* H Colorado Mines* A
W 27-12 L 21-30 W 5-3 W 44-27 L 7-17 W 40-19 W 41-10 W* 0-24 W 28-16 W 34-26
SUU YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1976 (5-5; 4-5 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford W. New Mexico* A Adams State* H A Westminster* Fort Lewis* H N.M. Highlands* A So. Colorado* H Western State* A Mesa State* A Colorado Mines* H Cal State LA H
1975 (3-6; 2-6 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford N.M. Highlands* H Cal State LA A W. New Mexico* H Fort Lewis* A Western State* H Colorado Mines* A Mesa State* H Adams State* A Westminster* H
1974 (3-6; 3-3 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Cal Poly-Pomona A Cal State LA A W. New Mexico* A Fort Lewis* H Western State* A Colorado Mines* H Chico State H Adams State* H Westminster* A
1973 (5-4; 4-2 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Chico State A Cal Poly Pomona H US International A Fort Lewis* A Western State* H Colorado Mines* A Adams State* A Westminster* H W. New Mexico* H
1972 (6-3; 4-2 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Montana Tech H Cal Poly-Pomona A Fort Lewis* H Western State* A Colorado Mines* H US International H Adams State* H Westminster* A W. New Mexico* A
W 24-18 L 0-44 L 7-10 L 17-20 W 3-0 L 3-32 L 7-56 W 29-14 W 20-17 W 14-7
1971 (5-5; 3-3 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Montana Tech A W* 14-29 Cal Poly-Pomona H L 7-9 A L 13-42 CS Fullerton Western State* H L 6-30 Colorado Mines* A W 48-14 Azuza Pacific H W 43-7 Adams State* A L 16-28 Westminster* H W 13-7 W. New Mexico* H L 20-35 Fort Lewis* A W 30-6
W 13-7 W 34-24 L 21-24 L 13-40 L 25-28 L 7-24 W 30-15 L 0-37 L 14-35
1970 (6-3; 5-1 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford UNLV A CS Fullerton H Western State* A Colorado Mines* H Azusa Pacific* A Adams State* H Westminster* A W. New Mexico* A Fort Lewis* H
L 6-28 L 7-17 W 24-14 W 45-10 W 27-0 W 36-10 W 24-12 L 28-31 W 61-14
1969 (4-5; 2-4 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Fort Lewis* A Adams State* A UNLV H Western State* A Westminster* A Azusa Pacific H Oregon Tech A N.M. Highlands* H W. New Mexico* H
W 51-6 L 19-24 L 12-30 L 3-7 L 10-14 W 35-19 W 29-7 L 0-59 L 27-9
L 27-37 L 12-28 L 12-20 W 10-8 L 14-34 W 27-20 L 19-24 W 19-14 L 3-7 L 3-10 W 35-18 L 6-9 W 14-12 L 6-34 W 46-10 L 16-42 W 23-6 W 30-14 W 26-0 L 6-22 W 42-20 L 14-37 W 21-10 W 14-7 L 17-20 W 23-6 W 24-14
1968 (3-6; 1-4 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford N.M. Highlands* A Adams State* H Azusa Pacific A Hiram Scott A Westminster* H Fort Lewis* H UNLV A Loyola (Calif.) H W. New Mexico* A
1967 (3-6; 2-3 RMAC) Head Coach: Tom Kingsford Western State* A Fort Lewis* A Adams State* H Azusa Pacific H Hiram Scott H Westminster* A W. New Mexico* H Loyola (Calif.) A Cal Western A
L 0-85 L 17-33 W 27-18 L 25-55 L 7-14 W 35-28 L 17-26 W 21-14 L 32-53 L 6-27 L 14-30 L 7-45 W 54-6 L 14-33 W 16-11 W 14-7 L 26-31 L 8-47
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Bill Reeske 1965-66 (2 Years) 8-8 (.500) 1966 (5-3 - Independent) Head Coach: Bill Reeske H Western State Fort Lewis H Adams State A Westminster H Eastern Oregon A College of Idaho A W. New Mexico A Cal Western H
1965 (3-5 - Independent) Head Coach: Bill Reeske Redlands H Westminster A Adams State H Fort Lewis A Eastern Oregon H W. New Mexico H Western State A N.M. Highlands A
W 28-22 L 21-29 L 16-40 W 39-24 W 19-14 W 14-7 W 7-3 H 9-19 L 12-14 W 33-25 L 0-28 L 12-13 W 50-19 W 35-21 L 0-59 L 2-33
Bruce Osborne 1963-64 (2 Years) 8-5-1 (.615)
1964 (4-3-1 - Independent) Head Coach: Bruce Osborne Redlands A Fort Lewis H Cal Lutheran A UC Riverside H N.M. Highlands H W. New Mexico A Oregon Tech A Western State H
1963 (4-2-0 - Independent) Head Coach: Bruce Osborne College of Idaho A Fort Lewis H No. Arizona H Cal Lutheran A Fort Lewis A Oregon Tech H *Conference game #SUU won by forfeit
L 13-35 W 16-13 W 26-0 W 36-6 L 7-27 W 22-13 T 7-7 L 3-7 L 7-20 W 21-20 W 7-25* W 23-16 L 0-27 W 31-7
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Adams State . . . . . . . . 6. . . 16 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 38-10 in ‘08
Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . USAFA, 41-7 in ‘08 Angelo State . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . ASU, 14-7 in ‘95
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Northern Arizona . . . . 6. . . 11 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 35-29 in ‘13*
Northern Colorado . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 20-17* in ‘05
North Dakota . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . UND, 33-29 in ‘13
Arkansas State. . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . ASU 38-16 in ‘02
North Dakota State . . . 0 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . NDSU, 52-17 in ‘07
Boise State. . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . BSU, 35-27 in ’99
Occidental . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 56-0 in ‘79
California . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . Cal, 50-31 in ‘12
Portland State. . . . . . . 2 . . . 8 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 49-42 in ‘13
Azuza Pacific . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 43-7 in ‘71
Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 49-24 in ‘01
Northern Iowa . . . . . . . 0 . . . 5 . . . 0. . . . . . UNI, 34-21 in ‘11 Oregon Tech. . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 1. . . . . . SUU, 29-7 in ‘65
UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 6. . . 10 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 34-3 in ‘11
Puget Sound . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . PSC, 28-13 in ‘79
Cal Lutheran . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 34-20 in ‘89
Rocky Mountain . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 48-20 in ‘00
UC Riverside . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 36-6 in ‘64
Cal State Chico . . . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . CSC, 24-19 in ‘74 Cal State Fullerton . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . CSF, 42-13 in ‘71
Redlands . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . UR, 13-12 in ‘65
Sacramento State . . . . 6 . . . 7 . . . 0. . . . . . SAC, 27-22 in ‘13
Saint Mary’s . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 5 . . . 1. . . . . . SUU, 40-7 in ‘03
Cal State L.A. . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 27-12 in ‘77
San Diego . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 32-3 in ‘10
Cal Poly-Pomona . . . . . 1 . . . 5 . . . 0. . . . . . CPP, 21-7 in ‘81
San Francisco State. . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 42-23 in ‘91
Cal State Northridge . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 0. . . . . . CSN, 44-17 in ‘98 Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . 18 . . . 0. . . . . . CP, 31-27 in ‘11
Central Oklahoma . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . UCO, 21-20 in ‘93 Dixie State . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 52-0 in ‘09 Colorado Mines . . . . . . 12. . . 3 . . . 1. . . . . . Tie, 16-16 in ‘85
San Diego State . . . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SDSU, 35-19 in ‘09 San Jose State. . . . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . SJS, 16-11 in ‘10
Santa Clara . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . SCU, 28-25 in ‘92
Sonoma State . . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 38-17 in ‘82 South Alabama . . . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . First meeting
Eastern New Mexico . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 24-10 in ‘94
South Dakota . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . USD, 24-19 in ‘11
Eastern Washington . 2 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 30-27 in ‘12
Southern Colorado . . . . 6 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 17-13 in ‘84
Eastern Oregon . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 50-19 in ‘65 Florida Atlantic . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . FAU, 32-7 in ‘06
Fort Lewis . . . . . . . . . 20 . . 10 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 54-46 in ‘00
Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . HU, 42-34* in ‘00
Hiram Scott . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . HSC, 55-25 in ‘68 College of Idaho . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 14-7 in ‘64 Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . UI, 43-10 in ‘94
South Dakota State . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . SDSU, 29-28 in ‘11 Southern Illinois . . . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . SIU, 44-10 in ‘07
South Florida . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . USF, 42-12 in ‘01
Stephen F. Austin . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . SFA, 40-17 in ‘05
UT San Antonio . . . . . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 45-22 in ‘11 Texas State . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . TSU, 42-28 in ‘10
Troy State. . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 2 . . . 0. . . . . . TSU, 40-15 in ‘02
Idaho State . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 9 . . . 1. . . . . . ISU, 38-13 in ‘05
U.S. International . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . USIU, 9-6 in ‘73
Loyola-Marymount . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 21-14 in ‘68
Washington State. . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . First meeting
Illinois State . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . ISU, 42-14 in ‘98
McNeese State . . . . . . 2 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . MSU, 41-20 in ‘07
Utah State . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . USU, 34-3 in ‘13
Weber State . . . . . . . . 4. . . 15 . . . 0. . . . . . WSU, 24-22 in ‘13
Mesa State . . . . . . . . . 11. . . 6 . . . 1. . . . . . SUU, 7-0 in ‘02
Western Illinois. . . . . . . 0 . . . 4 . . . 0. . . . . . WIU, 38-28 in ‘02
Montana State . . . . . . 0 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . MSU, 24-17 in ‘13
Western New Mexico . 16. . . 6 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 27-14 in ‘85
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 5 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 30-20 in ‘13 Montana Tech. . . . . . . . 7 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 34-0 in ‘06
Morehead State . . . . . . 2 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 35-21 in ‘00
Nebraska-Kearney . . . . 1 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 28-21 in ‘95 Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . UN, 24-23 in ‘03
Nevada-Las Vegas. . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 41-16 in ‘11
N.M. Highlands . . . . . .11 . . .5 . . . 1. . . . . . NMH, 44-15 in ‘85
New Mexico State . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . NMSU, 52-21 in ‘96
Western Montana. . . . . 6 . . . 0 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 34-0 in’04
Western Oregon. . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 17-10 in ‘03 Western State . . . . . . . 11 . . 16 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 55-3 in ‘06
Westminster . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 5 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 37-15 in ‘78 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . UW, 28-20 in ‘10
Youngstown State . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 0. . . . . . SUU, 14-7 in ‘08
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Total Offense Total Plays 66- Brad Sorensen at Montana, 2012 66- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008 61- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 2011 61- Casey Rehrer vs. Cal Poly, 2004 61- Casey Rehrer at Stephen F. Austin, 2004 60- Casey Rehrer at CS Sacramento, 2004 60- Jerry Dyer vs. Western New Mexico, 1974 59- Cade Cooper vs. Eastern Washington, 2009 58- Casey Rehrer at North Dakota St, 2004 57- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 2010
Most Net Rushing Yards 343- Zed Robinson vs. Santa Clara, 1991 278- Zed Robinson vs. St. Mary’s, 1991 270- Bob Dyer vs. Western Montana, 1985 262- Matt Cannon at Idaho State, 2000 255- Matt Cannon vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000 253- Kelvin Minefee vs. Mesa State, 1988 242- Matt Cannon vs. Cal Poly, 1998 234- Rod Madsen vs. Eastern Washington, 1998 226- Brook Madsen at Montana, 1996 222- Curry Ancar vs. Sonoma State, 1982
Most Completions 38- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 2011 35- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 2010 35- Cade Cooper vs. Eastern Washington, 2009 34- Brad Sorensen at Eastern Washington, 2010 34- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008 33- Brad Sorensen vs E. Washington, 2013 33- Brad Sornsen vs. Weber State, 2012 33- Cade Cooper at Northern Arizona, 2009 32- Brad Sorensen at South Dakota, 2011 31- Brad Sorensen at Cal, 2012* Most Yards Passing 469- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008 434- Brad Sorensen at Eastern Washington, 2010 425- Cade Cooper at Northern Arizona, 2009 413- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 2010 397- Brad Sorensen at UC Davis, 2010 392- Brad Sorensen vs. E. Washington, 2012 384- Jerry Dyer vs. W. New Mexico, 1974 363- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 2012 363- Brad Mathews vs. St. Mary’s, 1990 352- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 2010 345- Cade Cooper vs. Eastern Wash., 2009 Most TD Passes 5- Brad Sorensen at UC Davis, 2010 5- James Armendariz at San Francisco St., 1991 4- Brad Sorensen at Cal, 2012*
Brook Madsen Cody Stone Total Yards 474- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008 423- Jerry Dyer vs. W. New Mexico, 1974 417- Cade Cooper at Northern Ariz., 2009 409- Brad Sorensen at North Dakota, 2010 408- Brad Matthews vs. St. Mary’s, 1990 400- Brad Sorensen at UC Davis, 2010 399- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 2010 397- Casey Rehrer vs. Idaho State, 2004 393- Brad Sorensen at Northern Arizona, 2011 391- Brad Sorensen vs. E. Washington, 2012
Rushing Most Carries 44- Steve Clodfelter vs. W. New Mexico, 1972 37- Joe Dupaix vs. Northern Iowa, 1996 35- Brook Madsen vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 1996 34- Matt Cannon at Montana, 1998 34- Brook Madsen vs. St. Mary’s, 1997 34- Zed Robinson vs. Sacramento State, 1991 32- Zed Robinson vs. Santa Clara, 1991 31- Matt Cannon at Boise State, 1999 31- Kelvin Minefee vs. St. Mary’s, 1989 31- Dustin Randolph at Western Illinois, 2001
Most Rushing TD’s 4- Major Gray vs. UC Davis, 2009 4- Matt Cannon vs. Fort Lewis, 2000 4- Brook Madsen at Morehead State, 1999 4- Matt Cannon vs. Idaho State, 1999 4- Matt Cannon at Weber State, 1999 4- Brook Madsen at Montana, 1998 4- Brook Madsen vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 1996 4- Kelvin Minefee vs. Santa Clara, 1989 4- Thane Marshall vs. Ft. Lewis, 1987 4- Steve Clodfelter vs. Colorado Mines, 1971
Pass Receiving Most Catches 16- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 2008 15- Tysson Poots vs. Eastern Wash., 2009 14- Fesi Sitake at Eastern Washington, 2010 13- Tysson Poots at North Dakota, 2010 13- Stan Jones vs. Chico State, 1974 13- Stan Jones vs. Westminster, 1974 13- Doug Berry vs. Westminster, 1974 13- Doug Berry vs. W. New Mexico, 1974 12- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 2010 12- Fesi Sitake at North Dakota, 2010 12- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 2009 12- Jerry Spackman, 1966
Passing Most Attempts 58- Cody Stone at Cal Poly, 2008 54- Brad Sorensen vs. North Dakota, 2011 54- Jerry Dyer vs. Western New Mexico, 1974 53- Brad Sorense at Montana, 2012 53- Brad Sorensen at Eastern Washington, 2010 49- Brad Sorensen at Texas State, 2010 48- Cade Cooper at Utah State, 2009 48- Cade Cooper at Northern Ariz., 2009 48- Ryan Zimmerman vs. McNeese St., 2003 48- Rick Robins vs. St. Mary’s, 1995
Tysson Poots
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Most Yards Receiving 255- Willard Urie vs. Western State, 1974 252- Doug Berry vs. Ft. Lewis, 1970 246- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 2008 240- Doug Berry vs. Colorado Mines, 1970 210- Tysson Poots at North Dakota, 2010 195- Mike Key vs. Cal State-Northridge, 1992 191- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 2010 185- Leonard Walterscheid vs. Western State, 1975 174- Fesi Sitake at Eastern Washington, 2010 174- Stan Jones vs. Western New Mexico, 1974
24- Ryan Moynier vs. San Francisco St., 1991 24- Thane Marshall vs. Ft. Lewis, 1987
Most TD Catches 4- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 2008 4- Ryan Moynier vs. San Francisco St., 1991 3- Fatu Moala vs. N.M. Highlands, 2012 3- Tysson Poots at UC Davis, 2010 3- Tysson Poots vs. Eastern Wash., 2009 3- Austin Minefee at Northern Ariz., 2009 3- Jerome Eason at Stephen F. Austin, 2004 3- Charles Henderson vs. Texas State, 2003 3- Lenny Walterscheid vs. Western St., 1975 3- Bill Lamb vs. Western State, 1966
Punting Average (5+ Attempts) 54.4- Jeff McComb vs. Santa Clara, 1987 53.2- Trevor Ward at Air Force, 2008 51.6- Brock Miller vs. Weber State, 2012 50.0- Trevor Ward vs. North Dakota, 2009 50.0- Trevor Ward vs. Eastern Wash., 2009 49.7- Steve McDowell vs. Cal Lutheran, 1989 49.4- Brandon Perkins vs. No. Colorado, 2006 49.0- Trevor Ward vs. Cal Poly, 2004 49.0- Steve McDowell vs. St. Mary’s, 1991 48.9- Trevor Ward vs. Western Montana, 2004
Punt Returns-Most Yards 194- Nick Susnjar vs. Western Montana, 1986 161- Mike Key vs. St. Mary’s, 1992 147- Mike Key vs. Central Oklahoma, 1992 138- Fesi Sitake vs. Dixie State, 2010 117- NIck Miller vs. Adams State, 2008 113- Dave Faddis vs. W. New Mexico, 1981 106- Fesi Sitake vs. UC Davis, 2009 103- Brady Measom vs. UT-San Antonio, 2011 100- Mike Key vs. Santa Clara, 1992 99- Roy Ferguson vs. UNLV 1969 Most Yards, KO Returns 208- Nick Miller at North Dakota State, 2007 203- Austin Minefee at Northern Iowa, 2011 184- Nick Miller at Montana, 2008 183- Dennis Wells vs. CS Northridge, 1987 173- Josh Smith at Portland State, 2012 165- Nick Miller at UC Davis, 2008 164- Nick Miller at Cal Poly, 2008 160- Travis Armitstead at Montana, 2002 152- Dennis Wells vs. Mesa State, 1987 151- Kyle Wilson vs. N. M. Highlands, 1985
Scoring Most Points 28- Steve Coldfelter vs. Colorado Mines, 1971 26- Kelvin Minefee vs. Santa Clara, 1989 24- Major Gray vs. UC Davis, 2009 24- Tysson Poots at Cal Poly, 2008 24- Matt Cannon vs. Ft. Lewis, 2000 24- Brook Madsen at Morehead State, 1999 24- Matt Cannon vs. Idaho State, 1999 24- Matt Cannon at Weber State, 1999 24- Brook Madsen at Montana, 1998 24- Brook Madsen vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 1996
Most Sacks 6- Jeff Galyean vs. Rocky Mountain, 1996 5- Lane Martino vs. Western State, 1977 5- Lane Martino vs. Colorado State, 1976 4- John Lundstrom vs. Ft. Lewis, 1978 4- Dave Castro vs. Mesa State, 1977 3- Joe Young at Troy State, 2001 3- Jimmy Brimmer vs. St. Mary’s, 1997 3- Jimmy Brimmer vs. Idaho State, 1997 3- Gary Reed vs. Sacramento State, 1997 3- Jeff Galyean vs. Sacramento State, 1993 3- Dave Porter vs. Cal State-Northridge, 1991 3- Tyler Osborne at Cal Poly, 2011 Most Interceptions 2- Nick DiPadova at St. Mary’s, 2003 *
* Mark reached multiple times. Last instance is listed.
Single Season Records
Ryan Griffith Most Field Goals 5- Ryan Griffith vs. Dixie State, 2009 3- Ryan Griffith at San Diego, 2009 3- Dave Pretzer at Idaho State, 2001 3- Dave Pretzer vs. St. Mary’s, 2000 3- Herkey Marxen vs. Angelo State, 1989 3- Herkey Marxen vs. Mesa State, 1987 3- Colton Cook vs. Sacramento State, 2012 3- Colton Cook vs. Weber State, 2012 3- Colton Cook vs. Eastern Washington, 2012 2- Colton Cook at Northern Arizona, 2011*
Total Offense Total Plays 543- Casey Rehrer, 2004 507- Brad Sorensen, 2012 495- Brad Sorensen, 2011 464- Cody Stone, 2008 454- Brad Sorensen, 2010 442- Wes Marshall, 2006 414- Chad Richard, 1986 406- Rick Robins, 1995 374- Joe Dupaix, 1996 362- Rick Robins, 1993
Most Kick PAT’s 9- Dave Pretzer vs. Idaho State, 1999 8- Ryan Griffith vs. UC Davis, 2009 8- Jordan Ortiz vs. Western State, 2006 8- Steve Pulver at McNeese State, 2004 8- Dave Pretzer at Idaho State, 2000 7- Brock Miller at UC Davis, 2010 7- Dave Pretzer vs. Butler, 2001 7- Dave Pretzer at St. Mary’s, 1999 7- Matt Gordon vs. Cal State-Northrige, 1992 6- Steve Pulver vs. Idaho State, 2004*
Defense Most Tackles 31- Scott Stapely vs. Adams State, 1975 24- John Lundstrom vs. Adams State, 1979 24- John Lundstrom vs. Mesa State, 1977 23- Doug Bills vs. Western State, 1979 22- Dave Castro vs. Fort Lewis, 1978 22- Dave Castro vs. W. New Mexico, 1977 21- Steve Smith at Arkansas State, 2002 21- John Lundstrom vs. Westminster, 1976 20- Dave Smith vs. W. New Mexico, 1983 20- John Lundstrom vs. Fort Lewis, 1978 20- Dave Castro vs. Mesa State, 1978 20- Dave Cullimore vs. Western State, 1975
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Most Yards 3,439- Casey Rehrer, 2004 3,170- Brad Sorensen, 2010 3,094- Brad Sorensen, 2011 3,064- Brad Sorensen, 2012 2,693- Matt Cannon, 1999 2,688- Cody Stone, 2008 2,580- Chad Richard, 1986 2,437- Matt Cannon, 2000 2,376- Matt Cannon, 1998 2,308- Wes Marshall, 2006
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Rushing Most Carries 271- Joe Dupaix, 1996 254- Zed Robinson, 1991 244- Daniel Harris, 1993 234- Brook Madsen, 1997 234- Brook Madsen, 1996 228- Kelvin Minefee, 1988 223- Steve Clodfelter, 1972 219- Kelvin Minefee, 1989 218- Charles Henderson, 2002 218- Matt Cannon, 2000
Passing Most Attempts 439- Brad Sorensen, 2012 425- Brad Sorensen, 2011 423- Cade Cooper, 2009 406- Cody Stone, 2008 390- Brad Sorensen, 2010 376- Casey Rehrer, 2004 323- Wes Marshall, 2006 311- Rick Robins, 1995 300- Jerry Dyer, 1974 256- Rick Carter, 1989
Most TD Passes 31- Cade Cooper, 2009 24- Cody Stone, 2008 23- Brad Sorensen, 2012 21- Brad Sorensen, 2010 21- Casey Rehrer, 2004 18- Chad Richard, 1986 17- Brad Sorensen, 2011 17- James Armendariz, 1991 17- Dave Mollica, 1980 16- Wes Marshall, 2006
Pass Receiving Most Catches 85- Tysson Poots, 2010 85- Tysson Poots, 2009 83- Tysson Poots, 2008 82- Fesi Sitake, 2010 80- A.J. Smith, 2004 79- Fesi Sitake, 2009 74- Doug Berry, 1970 67- Mike Key, 1992 66- Stan Jones, 1974 65- Fatu Moala, 2012
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Zed Robinson
Most Net Rushing Yards 1,828- Zed Robinson, 1991 1,602- Matt Cannon, 2000 1,553- Matt Cannon, 1998 1,405- Brook Madsen, 1996 1,310- Matt Cannon, 1999 1,246- Joe Dupaix, 1996 1,214- Brook Madsen, 1997 1,202- Daniel Harris, 1993 1,190- Kelvin Minefee, 1988 1,130- Curry Ancar, 1982 Most Rushing TD’s 23- Matt Cannon, 1999 22- Matt Cannon, 2000 19- Kelvin Minefee, 1989 18- Zed Robinson, 1991 14- Matt Cannon, 1998 13- Brook Madsen, 1999 12- Brook Madsen, 1996 12- Joe Dupaix, 1996 12- Kelvin Minefee, 1988 11- Rod Madsen, 1998
Most Completions 288- Brad Sorensen, 2011 273- Brad Sorensen, 2012 276- Cade Cooper, 2009 261- Brad Sorensen, 2010 247- Casey Rehrer, 2004 199- Cody Stone, 2008 183- Wes Marshall, 2006 162- Rick Robins, 1995 149- Jerry Dyer, 1974 124- Rick Robins, 1993 124- Rick Carter, 1989 124- Buck Paopao, 1970
Most Yards Passing 3,163- Brad Sorensen, 2010 3,143- Brad Sorensen, 2011 3,139- Brad Sorensen, 2012 2,988- Cade Cooper, 2009 2,846- Casey Rehrer, 2004 2,669- Cody Stone, 2008 2,229- Rick Robins, 1995 2,096- Jerry Dyer, 1974 1,942- Wes Marshall, 2006 1,900- Rick Carter, 1989
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Most Yards Receiving 1,236- Tysson Poots, 2008 1,230- Tysson Poots, 2010 1,201- Doug Berry, 1970 1,081- Tysson Poots, 2009 1,061- Bob Stookey, 1990 955- Mike Key, 1992 888- Stan Jones, 1974 882- Ben Dodson, 1977 877- Fesi Sitake, 2010 868- Mark Holland, 1980
Fesi Sitake
Most TD Catches 15- Tysson Poots, 2009 14- Tysson Poots, 2008 11- Tysson Poots, 2010 9- Fatu Moala, 2012 9- Fesi Sitake, 2009 9- Bob Stookey, 1990 8- Joey Hew Len, 2006 8- Ryan Moynier, 1991 8- Mark Holland, 1980 7- Jerome Eason, 2004*
SOUTHERN UTAH RECORD BOOK
Punting Highest Punting Average (20+ Attempts) 48.0- Trevor Ward, 2009 (35-1,680) 44.5- Tate Lewis, 2011 (31-1,380) 44.4- Jeff McComb, 1987 (42-1,863) 43.2- Brock Miller, 2012 (67-2,896) 42.8- Trevor Ward, 2008 (63-2,695) 42.4- Steve McDowell, 1989 (44-1,864) 42.0- Steve McDowell, 1991 (39-1,637) 41.8- Matt Gordon, 1992 (61-2,552) 41.3- Trevor Ward, 2004 (44-1,819) 41.3- Ron Lindburg, 1994 (51-2,106)
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Punt Returns Most Yards Returned 555- Mike Key, 1992 (45 Returns) 384- Nick Miller, 2008 (24) 319- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975 (19) 291- Justin Walterschied, 2003 (25) 269- Fesi Sitake, 2010 (25) 244- Clint Brown, 2000 (22) 242- Larue Burley, 2006 (24) 235- Tom Martin, 1973 (21) 215- Fesi Sitake, 2009 (15) 214- Kevin Cuthbertson, 1995 (22)
Highest Punt Return Average (10+ Returns) 18.8- Buck Paopao, 1968 (10) 17.5- Ryan Felipe, 2004 (10) 16.8- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975 (19) 16.1- Clint Brown, 1998 (12) 16.0- Nick Miller, 2008 (63) 14.3- Fesi Sitake, 2009 (15) 13.7- Jerry Pitts, 1967 (11) 12.3- Brady Measom, 2011 (15) 12.3- Mike Key, 1992 (45) 12.2- Curtis Borum, 1999 (13)
Kickoff Returns Most Yards, KO Returns 993- Nick Miller, 2008 (49 returns) 914- Nick Miller, 2007 (41) 753- Dennis Wells, 1987 (32) 742- Andre White, 1990 (32) 731- Austin Minefee, 2011 (25) 666- Kyle Wilson, 1985 (24) 660- Josh Smith, 2012 (30) 635- Travis Armitstead, 2002 (33) 602- Sam Paterson, 1995 (28) 580- Larue Burley, 2006 (24)
Most Kick PAT 43- Ryan Griffith, 2009 43- Dave Pretzer, 2000 40- Dave Pretzer, 1999 36- Steve Pulver, 2004 34- Jason Haslam, 1991 33- Jerry Holstrom, 1998 32- Eric Hall, 1996 31- Herkey Marxen, 1988 30- Colton Cook, 2012 30- Joe Wells, 1980
Scoring Most Points 138- Matt Cannon, 1999 132- Matt Cannon, 2000 114- Kelvin Minefee, 1989 112- Zed Robinson, 1991 98- Brook Madsen, 1996 90- Tysson Poots, 2009 88- Ryan Griffith, 2009 87- Colton Cook, 2012 84- Tysson Poots, 2008 84- Brook Madsen, 1999 84- Matt Cannon, 1998 84- Kelvin Minefee, 1988
Nick Miller
Kickoff Return Average (10+ Returns) 30.1- Kelvin Minefee, 1988 (17- 512) 29.7- Anthony Brown, 1994 (19-565) 29.4- Daniel Harris, 1992 (11- 323) 29.4- Dennis Wells, 1986 (19-558) 29.4- Austin Minefee, 2911 (25-731) 29.1- Lenny Walterscheid, 1976 (18- 524) 28.7- Jerry Pitts, 1967 (20-573) 27.8- Kyle Wilson, 1985 (24-666) 27.2- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975 (17- 462) 26.9- Tom Martin, 1973 (19- 512) 26.5- Sam Elliott, 1997 (13- 344)
Most Field Goals 19- Colton Cook, 2012 15- Ryan Griffith, 2009 14- Colton Cook, 2011 13- Dave Pretzer, 2001 13- Herkey Marxen, 1989 12- Brock Miller, 2010 10- Steve Pulver, 2003 9- Matt Rhea, 1997 9- Herkey Marxen, 1987 8- Steve Pulver, 2008*
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Matt Cannon Defense Most Tackles 186- Dave Castro, 1978 174- Clint Christiansen, 1990 156- John Lundstrom, 1977 151- John Lundstrom, 1978 145- Clint Christiansen, 1991 133- Nick DiPadova, 2003 132- Todd Olsen, 1987 126- John Alcorn, 1990 124- Scott Robins, 1984 122- Chris Garza, 1995
SOUTHERN UTAH RECORD BOOK 4,922- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04 4,874- Wes Marshall, 2004-07 3,887- Cody Stone, 2007-08 3,748- Brook Madsen, 1995-1999 3,647- Scott Burns, 1976-79 3,231- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97
Rushing Carries 757- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 706- Brook Madsen, 1995-99 469- Zed Robinson, 1991-92 465- Rod Madsen, 1998-2001 449- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97 447- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 406- Chad Richard, 1984-87 396- Rick Robins, 1992-95 387- Charles Henderson, 2000-03 371- Winfred Anderson, 1977-79
Marques Harris
Most Sacks 18- Jeff Galyean, 1996 18- Lane Martino, 1977 13.5- Jimmy Brimmer, 1997 13.5- Jeff Galyean, 1995 13- Lane Martino, 1978 12- Lane Martino, 1976 11- Tyler Osborne, 2011 11- Marques Harris, 2004 11- Dave Porter, 1992 11- Jason Thornburg, 1990 11- Richard Kingsland, 1980 11- Gil Rodriguez, 1977
Completions 822- Brad Sorensen, 2010-12 518- Rick Robins, 1992-95 368- Wes Marshall, 2004-07 352- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04 304- Cody Stone, 2007-08 276- Cade Cooper, 2009 267- Chad Richard, 1984-87 261- Brad Sorensen, 2010 261- Scott Burns, 1976-79 217- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75
Career Records
Total Yards 9,377- Brad Sorensen, 2010-12 8,930- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 7,468- Rick Robins, 1992-95 5,223- Chad Richard, 1984-87
Passing Attempts 1,254- Brad Sorensen, 2010-12 1,023- Rick Robins, 1992-95 724- Wes Marshall, 2004-07 598- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04 598- Chad Richard, 1984-87 595- Scott Burns, 1976-79 584- Cody Stone, 2007-08 463- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75 441- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 423- Cade Cooper, 2009
Net Rushing Yards 5,489- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 3,919- Brook Madsen, 1995-99 2,746- Zed Robinson, 1991-92 2,687 - Rod Madsen, 1998-2001 2,239- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 1,956- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97 1,933- Austin Minefee, 2008-11 1,884- Curry Ancar, 1980-83 1,815- Daniel Harris, 1992-93 1,770- Winfred Anderson, 1977-79
Most Interceptions 8- John Borla, 1977 6- Dennis Wells, 1987 6- Rick Martin, 1984 6- Sam Gallegos, 1982 6- Trace Burningham, 1980 6- Ed Page, 1970 6- Scott Ackerman, 1969 5- By Many
Total Offense Total Plays 1,456- Brad Sorensen, 2010-12 1,429- Rick Robins, 1992-95 1,197- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 1,046- Wes Marshall, 2003-2007 1,004- Chad Richard, 1984-87 858- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04 769- Scott Burns, 1976-79 706- Brook Madsen, 1995-99 676- Cody Stone, 2007-08 610- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97
16- Thane Marshall, 1986-89 15- Charles Henderson, 2000-03 15- Winfred Anderson, 1977-79
Kelvin Minefee and Rick Carter
Rushing TDs 69- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 43- Brook Madsen, 1995-99 31- Rod Madsen, 1998-2001 31- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 26- Zed Robinson, 1991-92 20- Austin Minefee, 2008-11 20- Joe Dupaix, 1996-97 16- Scott Firestone, 1988-91
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Yards 9,445- Brad Sorensen, 2010-12 7,441- Rick Robins, 1992-95 4,128- Chad Richard, 1984-87 4,018- Wes Marshall, 2004-07 3,993- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04 3,531- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 3,470- Scott Burns, 1976-79 3,163- Brad Sorensen, 2010 3,125- Buck Paopao, 1969-70 3,026- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75
SOUTHERN UTAH RECORD BOOK Punting Average (50+ Punts) 42.6- Brock Miller, 2010-12 (85-3,623) 42.3- Trevor Ward, 2004, 2007-09 (202-8,542) 41.8- Steve McDowell, 1989-91 (121-5,063) 41.8- Matt Gordon, 1992 (61-2,552) 41.4- Jeff McComb, 1985-87 (145-5,996) 41.3- Ron Lindburg, 1994 (51-2,106) 41.2- Brandon Perkins, 2002-05 (69-2,842) 39.3- Craig VanWoerkom, 1994-95 (95-3,735) 39.1- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002 (72-2,813) 38.9- Bill McKane, 1968-70 (119-4,632)
836- Justin Walterscheid, 2003-04 (35) 816- Daniel Harris, 1992-93 (35) 813- Austin Minefee, 2008-11 (29)
Chad Richard
TD Passes 61- Brad Sorensen, 2010-12 41- Rick Robins, 1992-95 32- Chad Richard, 1984-87 31- Cade Cooper, 2009 30- Casey Rehrer, 2003-04 29- Cody Stone, 2007-08 29- Wes Marshall, 2004-07 29- Scott Burns, 1976-79 18- James Armendariz, 1990-91 18- Jerry Dyer, 1974-75
Receptions 282- Tysson Poots, 2007-10 194- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 155- Doug Berry, 1967-70 143- A.J. Smith, 2003-04 111- Jared Ursua, 2008-11 110- Jerry Spackman, 1966-67 104- Jerome Eason, 2004-05 104- Bob Stookey, 1988-91 102- Don Gross, 1971-72 94- Stan Jones, 1973-74
Receiving Yards 3,970- Tysson Poots, 2007-10 2,393- Doug Berry, 1967-70 2,081- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 2,076- Bob Stookey, 1988-91 1,388- Jerry Spackman, 1966-67 1,383- Tex Anthony, 1969-71 1,358- A.J. Smith, 2003-04 1,276- Jerome Eason, 2004-05 1,259- Jared Ursua, 2008-11 1,220- Rob Edwards, 1983-86 TD Receptions 28- Tysson Poots, 2007-10 17- Bob Stookey, 1988-91 16- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 14- Doug Berry, 1967-70 13- Jared Ursua, 2008-11 12- Joey Hew Len, 2005-06 12- Jerome Eason, 2004-05 12- Ryan Moynier, 1990-92 11- Thane Marshall, 1986-89 11- Rob Edwards, 1983-86
Kyle Wilson
Trevor Ward
Punt Returns 748- Clint Brown, 1997-2000 (67 returns) 559- Nick Miller, 2007-08 (43) 555- Mike Key, 1992, (45) 506- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975-76 (39) 464- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 (38) 456- Kevin Cuthbertson, 1991-95 (56) 450- Justin Walterschied, 2003-04 (40) 380- Larue Burley, 2005-06 (38) 346- Tom Martin, 1974-75 (35) 331- Curry Ancar, 1981-83 (32)
Average (20+ Returns) 13.2- Jerry Pitts, 1965-67 (21-278) 13.0- Nick Miller, 2007-08 (43-559) 12.9- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975-76 (39-506) 12.3- Mike Key, 1992 (45-555) 12.2- Fesi Sitake, 2004, 2008-10 (38-464) 11.3- Justin Walterschied, 2003-04 (40-450) 11.1- Clint Brown, 1997-2000 (67-748) 10.3- Curry Ancar, 1981-83 (32-331) 10.0- Larue Burley, 2005-06 (38-380) 9.8- Tom Martin, 1974-75 (35-346)
Kickoff Return Yards 1,907- Nick Miller, 2007-08 (90 returns) 1,680- Dennis Wells, 1985-88 (65) 1,026- Kyle Wilson, 1985-86 (41) 986- Lenny Walterscheid, 1975-76 (35) 917- Jerry Pitts, 1965-67 (35) 891- Nate Sundloff, 1998-2001 (43) 878- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 (39)
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Average (25+ Returns) 28.2- Lenny Walterschied, 1975-76 (35-986) 28.0- Austin Minefee, 2008-11 (25-731) 26.3- Dennis Wells, 1985-87 (64-1,680) 26.2- Jerry Pitts, 1965-66 (35-917) 25.0- Kyle Wilson, 1985-86 (41-1,026) 23.9- Justin Walterscheid, 2003-04 (35-836) 23.3- Daniel Harris, 1992-93 (35-816) 23.2- Andre White, 1990 (32-742) 22.7- Larue Burley, 2005-06 (33-749) 22.5- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 (39-878) Scoring Points 416- Matt Cannon, 1997-2000 282- Brook Madsen, 1995-99 258- Tysson Poots, 2007-10 225- Herkey Marxen, 1986-89 222- Rod Madsen, 1998-2001 205- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002 198- Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89 160- Zed Robinson, 1991-92 156- Colton Cook, 2011-12 146- Thane Marshall, 1986-1989 Field Goals 38- Herkey Marxen, 1986-89 33- Colton Cook, 2011-12 33- Steve Pulver, 2003-08 28- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002 16- Joe Wells, 1978-80 15- Ryan Griffith, 2006-09 12- Brock Miller, 2010-11 10- Rick Harrison, 1982-83 10- Bill McKane, 1967-70 9- Matt Rhea, 1997 9- Jason Haslam, 1991, 1995 9- Andy Parry, 1983-85
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Kick PATs 121- Dave Pretzer, 1999-2002 111- Herkey Marxen, 1986-89 106- Steve Pulver, 2003-07 68- Joe Wells, 1978-80 57- Colton Cook, 2011-12 49- Jason Haslam, 1991, 1995 43- Ryan Griffith, 2006-09 42- Bill McKane, 1967-70 33- Jerry Holstrom, 1998 32- Eric Hall, 1996
Defense Tackles 554- John Lundstrom, 1976-79 342- Robert Takeno, 2006-09 334- Dave Castro, 1977-78 322- Tim Nicolodemous, 1988-91 319- Clint Christiansen, 1990-91 314- Steve Smith, 2002-05 257- Gil Rodriguez, 1974-77 256- Jerry Cowan, 1998-2001 253- Nick DiPadova, 2003-04 254- John Alcorn, 1989-90
Longest Plays
Longest Rushing Play 99- Kelvin Minefee vs. Mesa State, 1988 97- Michon Johnson at Idaho State, 1989 93- Matt Cannon vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000 93- Matt Cannon vs. McNeese State, 1998 89- Matt Cannon vs. St. Mary’s, 2000 88- Gary Mason vs. Western State, 1981 85- Sidney Holmes, vs. St. Mary’s, 1990 85- Amos James vs. Cal State LA, 1977 82- Winifred Anderson, at W. New Mexico,1978 81- Matt Cannon vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000 81- Shawn Jones vs. Western State, 1994
Longest Punt Return 95- Roy Ferguson at UNLV, 1969 94- Michon Johnson at Mesa St., 1988 92- Wade Bender vs. Western St., 1966 78- Larue Burley at Weber St., 2006 76- Mike Key at St. Mary’s, 1992 72- Mike Key vs. Central Oklahoma, 1992 69- Mike Key at Northern Arizona, 1992 67- Buck Paopao vs. Ft. Lewis, 1969 65- Ryan Felipe at McNeese State, 2004 65- Clint Brown vs. Eastern Washington, 1998 Longest Kickoff Return 100- Anthony Brown at Northern Arizona, 1994 100- Anthony Brown vs. Sacramento St., 1994 99- Austin Minefee at Northern Iowa, 2011 98- Kelvin Minefee vs. N.M. Highlands, 1988 98- Dennis Wells vs. Western Montana, 1985 95- Josh Smith at Portland State, 2012 95- Dennis Wells vs CS Northridge, 1986 95- L. Walterscheid vs. W. New Mexico, 1976 93- Adrian Waddy vs. Weber State, 2001 93- Jerry Pitts vs. Ft. Lewis, 1966
Winifred Anderson
Clint Christiansen
Sacks 50- Lane Martino, 1976-79 41- Jeff Galyean, 1993-96 18.5- Cody Larsen, 2009-12 18.5- Mike Shepard, 1996-99 18.5- Dave Porter, 1991-92 17.5- Tyler Osborne, 2010-11 15.5- Dave McMullin, 1989-92 15- Jason Thornburg, 1989-90 15- Gil Rodriguez, 1974-77 13.5- Jimmy Brimmer, 1995-98
Interceptions 12- Tom Martin, 1972-74 12- John Borla, 1977-78 11- Tim Nicolodemous, 1988-91 11- Trace Burningham, 1980-81 11- Don Conrad, 1968-71 10- Dennis Wells, 1986-87 9- Darren DeGracie, 1991-92 8- Josh Roberts, 1998-99 8- Chad Huntsman, 1996-99 8- Colin Pretlow, 2007-10
Longest Pass Play 96- Joe Dupaix to Matt Cannon vs. Illinois State, 1997 94- Tom Kingsford to Lenny Walterscheid vs. Western State, 1975 84- Rick Robins to Shawn Jones vs. UC Davis 1993 84- Dave Mollica to Mark Holland vs. N.M. Highlands, 1980 83- Chad Richard to Troy Moynier vs. Western State, 1986 82- Brad Sorensen to Mitch Jessop vs. Sacramento State, 2012 81- Jeff Hookano to Craig Hilton, 1983 80- Rick Robins to Melvin Lowe vs. St. Mary’s, 1993 79- Cody Stone to Jeremy Edards at North Dakota State, 2007 79- Kirk Hafen to Gordon Rawlinson, 1982
Longest Punt 91- Trevor Ward at Air Force, 2008 80- Dave Elkins vs. Western State, 1984 76- Rick Harrison vs. Ft. Lewis, 1983 74- Jeff Rowberry vs. Adams St., 1978 72- Brock Miller at Utah State, 2012 71- Brock Miller vs. Weber State, 2012 71- Trevor Ward at UC Davis, 2008 71- Dave Pretzer vs. UC Davis, 1999 70- Trevor Ward vs. Northern Iowa, 2008 69- Trevor Ward at Air Force, 2008 69- Bill McKane, 1965
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Steve Pulver Longest Field Goal 60- Roy Ferguson vs. Western St., 1969 60- Bill McKane vs. Hiram Scott, 1968 52- Steve Pulver vs. Southern Illinois, 2007 52- Andy Parry vs. Western N.M., 1985 51- Steve Pulver at Texas State, 2008 51- Dave Pretzer at Western Illinois, 2001 51- Jason Haslam at Idaho State, 1995 50- Brock Miller vs. Dixie State, 2010 49- Colton Cook vs. Montana State, 2012 49- Ryan Griffith at San Diego State, 2009 49- Benji Nelson vs. Idaho, 1994
Longest Interception Return 91- Babe Malafau vs. Colo. Mines, 1983 90- Tom Martin vs. Colo. Mines, 1973 85- Scott Henderson vs. Ft. Lewis, 1983 84- Ryan Smith vs. Morehead State, 2000 79- Tim Nicolodemous vs. Mesa State, 1990 74- Erron Vonner at UNLV, 2011 73- Blake Fenn at UC Davis, 2010 69- Brandon Perkins at McNeese State, 2004 62- Brandon Perkins vs. Northern Colo., 2003 60- Trace Burningham, vs. NM Highlands, 1981
SOUTHERN UTAH RECORD BOOK 71 at Illinois State, 1998 70 at Weber State, 1997 70 vs. Idaho State, 2002 69 vs. Western Illinois, 2002
Rushing Yards 679 at Idaho State, 2000 546 vs. Idaho State, 1999 541 vs. Butler, 2001 535 vs. Eastern Washington, 1998 523 at St. Mary’s, 1999 497 vs. Montana Tech, 1996 493 at Montana, 1998 472 vs. Cal Poly, 2000 463 vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000 461 vs. St. Mary’s, 2000
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Longest Fumble Return 99- Akeem Anifowoshe vs. Texas State, 2009 68- Marcus Burgess vs. Rocky Mountain, 1996 67- Levi Erickson at North Dakota St., 2004 54- Aaron Fernandez vs. Youngstown State, 2008 49- Miles Killebrew vs. N.M. Highlands, 2012 48- Robert Takeno at Cal Poly, 2006 46- Nick DiPadova at Cal Poly, 2003 46- Clint Brown at Morehead State, 1999 35- Spencer Woolston at Boise State, 1999 29- Marques Harris vs. UC Davis, 2004 29- Kurt Elliott at St. Mary’s, 2003 Team Records Single Game
Total Plays 106 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 1978 99 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 1988 98 vs. Westminster, 1977 95 at Idaho State, 1998 92 vs. Montana Tech, 1997 89 at Montana, 1998 88 at Idaho State, 2000 88 at Northern Iowa, 1997 87 vs. North Dakota, 2011 87 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2003
Total Yards 736 at Idaho State, 2000 734 at St. Mary’s, 1999 734 vs. Idaho State, 1999 667 vs. St. Mary’s, 1990 634 vs. Ft. Lewis, 2000 614 vs. Montana-Western, 2004 613 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1998 600 vs. Rocky Mountain, 2000 588 at Montana, 1998 579 at Idaho State, 1998 Rushing Plays 78 vs. Cal Poly, 2000 77 at Montana, 1998 76 vs. Southern Colorado, 1978 75 at Idaho State, 2000 72 vs. Idaho State, 1999 71 at Idaho State, 1998
Passes Attempted 59 at Cal Poly, 2008 55 at UC Davis, 2006 55 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2003 54 vs. North Dakota, 2011 54 vs. Western New Mexico, 1974 53 at Montana, 2012 53 at Eastern Washington, 2010 53 at Utah State, 2009 49 at Texas State, 2010 49 vs. Northern Arizona, 2008 49 at Nevada, 2003 Passes Completed 38 vs. North Dakota, 2011 35 at North Dakota, 2010 35 vs. Eastern Washington, 2009 34 at Eastern Washington, 2010 34 at Cal Poly, 2008 33- vs. Eastern Washington, 2012 33- vs. Weber State, 2012 32 at South Dakota, 2011 32 vs. North Dakota, 2009 31 at California, 2012 31 at South Dakota State, 2011
Touchdown Passes 5 at UC Davis, 2010 5 vs. San Francisco State, 1991 4- at Portland State, 2012 4- vs. New Mexico Highlands, 2012 4 vs. Dixie State, 2010 4 at San Diego, 2009 4 at Northern Arizona, 2009 4 vs. North Dakota, 2009 4 at Cal Poly, 2008 4 vs. Western State, 2006 4 at McNeese State, 2004 4 at Weber State, 2004 4 vs. Texas State, 2003 4 vs. Montana Tech, 1995 4 vs. Western State, 1986 4 vs. Western New Mexico, 1977 4 vs. Mesa State, 1976
Passing Yards 469- at Cal Poly, 2008 434- at Eastern Washington, 2010 431- at Northern Arizona, 2009 413- at North Dakota, 2010 397- at UC Davis, 2010 392 vs. Eastern Washington, 2012 389 at Northern Arizona, 2011 384 vs. Western New Mexico, 1974 370 vs. South Dakota, 2008 369 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1970
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Points 68 vs. Western New Mexico, 1981 63 vs. Idaho State, 1999 62 at Idaho State, 2000 61 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1970 57 at St. Mary’s, 1999 56 at McNeese State, 2004 56 at Cal State Northridge, 1991 56 vs. Occidental, 1979 55 at UC Davis, 2010 55 vs. Western State, 2006 55 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 1988 55 at Western State, 1986 Fewest Yards Allowed 33 vs. Fort Lewis, 1999 53 vs. College of Idaho, 1966 80 vs. Western Montana, 1986 103 vs. Western State, 2006 114 vs. Montana Tech, 2006 151 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1998 153 vs. San Diego, 2010 156 vs. Western Oregon, 2001 159 at Troy State, 2001 173 at North Dakota, 2010
Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed -35 vs. Azusa Pacific, 1971 -29 vs. St. Mary’s, 1998 -26 vs. Fort Lewis, 1999 -20 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 2012 2 vs. Oregon Tech, 1969 6 vs. Western State, 2006 10 at Idaho State, 2000 12 vs. Idaho State, 1999 18 vs. St. Mary’s, 1994 24 at Troy State, 2001 Fewest Passing Yards Allowed 0 vs. Montana Tech, 1972 6 vs. College of Idaho, 1966 22 at Cal Poly, 2009 30 vs. Westminster, 1977 30 vs. Western State, 1971 34 vs. San Diego, 2010 35 at Central Oklahoma, 1991 46 vs. Ft. Lewis, 1998 49 vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1994 57 at Idaho State, 1992 Season
Total Plays: 841 in 1986 Total Yards: 5,291 in 2000 Rushing Attempts: 695 in 1998 Rushing Yards: 4,336 in 2000 TDs Rushing: 49 in 2000 Passes Attempted: 457 in 2003 Passes Completed: 292 in 2011 Passing Yards: 3,257 in 2010 TD Passes: 33 in 2009 Most Points Scored: 399 in 1999 Fewest Points: 126 in 2005 Most Points Allowed: 427 in 2002 Fewest Points Allowed: 96 in 1963 Fewest Total Yards Allowed: 2,107 in 1978 Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed: 1,089 in 1969 (Nine Games) 1,116 in 2004 (11 Games) Fewest Passing Yds Allowed: 956 in 1970
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Southern Utah University Athletics Mission Statement
Southern Utah University’s Athletic Department is dedicated to providing quality programs that assist in complimenting and fulfilling the University’s educational objectives and mission. The athletic program adheres to the policies and procedures of the NCAA and the rules of any conference, league or association of which it is a member. The Athletic Department is committed to excellence in academics as well as athletics and focuses on fielding competitive teams at the Division I level. Participation in intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of the student’s overall educational experience. The University strives to reach the highest possible graduation rate for all of its student-athletes while focusing on their social, cultural and intellectual development. The Athletic Department recognizes the importance of equity in all of its programs and promotes diversity in both student-athletes and staff. Student-athletes, coaches and all others associated with intercollegiate athletics are expected to embrace the principles of sportsmanship and ethical conduct.
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SOUTHERN UTAH ADMINISTRATION
Rich Kendell INTERIM PRESIDENT
Former commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) Rich Kendell, one of Utah’s most honored and distinguished educators, is serving as Southern Utah University’s interim president while the search proceeds to replace former President Michael T. Benson.
Over an incredible educational career, Kendell has been recognized as one of the best in both public and higher education. During his ten years as superintendent of Utah’s Davis School District he was named the Utah Superintendent of the year and was a four-time National Superintendent of the Year finalist. He was also tabbed as the Utah Education Association’s Administrator of the Year. Kendell’s career ranges from being an English teacher at Ogden High School to being an associate dean of two different schools at the University of Utah, with many positions in between. Dr. Kendell was a research analyst for USHE some 30 years ago before moving over to the U. of U. to help lead its graduate school and its school of education, and he later took on the role of acting chair of the University’s Department of Leadership and Policy. Dr. Kendell served as Deputy to Governor Michael O. Leavitt for public education, higher education and economic development, and also served as executive director of the Utah Partnership. Kendell was also awarded the G. Homer Durham Regents Professorship by the Utah State Board of Regents.
He is a fellow with the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Utah, has been named the Distinguished Teacher Educator of the Year by the Utah Association of Teacher Educators, and was honored by Weber State University with the Lewis Shurtleff Award for contributions to education. Dr. Kendell also has an endowed chair in his name at Southern Utah University.
Kendell earned his B.S. in English at Weber State and then earned both an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy at the University of Utah. His entire professional career, spanning some 35 years, has been dedicated to education. He and his wife, Joan, have four children and twelve grandchildren.
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KEN BEAZER SUU DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Ken Beazer is in his eighth year as Southern Utah’s Athletic Director and during his tenure he has overseen tremendous growth in the Thunderbird athletic program. Since Beazer’s arrival in 2006 SUU has added the sports of women’s volleyball, women’s golf and men’s tennis and his efforts were instrumental in the Thunderbirds’ move into the Big Sky Conference in the summer of 2012. Beazer has also been active in professional and community boards. He currently serves as second vice president of the FCS Athletic Directors Association and will take over the presidency of that body next year. He also serves on the NCAA Football Rules Committee and serves on the board of directors of the Utah Chapter of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. Beazer came to Southern Utah from Utah State University, where he had served as director of athletic development for the past four-plus years. While at USU, Beazer developed and initiated the largest capital campaign in the history of the school’s athletic department, including fund-raising for a planned $25 million renovation of Romney Stadium. Prior to his time at Utah State, Beazer spent nine years at Snow College, the first three as defensive coordinator on the football coaching staff and the final six – from 1995 to 2001 – as the school’s director of athletics. As a coach his teams ranked among the NJCAA’s top five defenses two of his three seasons, while as AD at Snow he implemented the college’s first Athletic Foundation Board as well as an annual giving program. He also spent two seasons as a graduate assistant football coach at Washington State University. Beazer is a 1989 graduate of Weber State University with a degree in broadcast communication. He also holds a master of arts degree in communication from Washington State, as well as an associate of arts in the same field from Snow College. Beazer and his wife, Cidnee, are the parents of four children: Rhett, Adrienne, Jadon and Harrison.
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KEN BEAZER ON SUU ATHLETICS:
Southern Utah University is truly a place where academics come first. The strong academic commitment of the staff and coaches is manifest in the overall academic accomplishments our teams achieve on an annual basis. The University’s strong academic emphasis, coupled with the dedicated efforts of the student athletes, allows the Athletics Department to continually post high marks in the classroom. The academic climate offered at SUU enables the institution to attract and retain high quality student athletes with sound character and a clear understanding of personal responsibility. Thunderbird Athletics was recently rewarded by its fellow institutions with an unprecedented, fourth consecutive Mid-Continent Conference Sportsmanship Award, setting a new standard by which all institutions are now measured. Southern Utah is fortunate to have a great relationship with the community, bringing new meaning to the term, “campus community.” Cedar City residents are hospitable, friendly and eager to serve, creating an ideal setting for personal growth. Thunderbird student athletes readily accept their responsibility of role models and spent countless hours in the local schools mentoring children. Southern Utah University’s commitment to athletics is manifest in its first class athletic facilities, providing the necessary amenities for a student athlete to achieve his/her athletic goals and compete at higher levels. Southern Utah University is an ideal place to achieve academic and athletic excellence and reach the high expectations we all have. Southern Utah University is one of the best locations to experience a true college atmosphere.
SOUTHERN UTAH ATHLETICS STAFF
Drew Allen
Asst. Basketball Coach (M)
Richard Church Head Golf Coach
Tracee Hoch
Assistant Softball Coach
Lenny Lee
Head Tennis Coach
Kyle Newhouse
Media Relations/Sponsors
Deborah Baker
Head Volleyball Coach
Kyle Cottam
Media Relations
Kyle Hosler
Asst. AD/Business
Adam Longmore
Assistant Volleyball Coach
Todd Okeson
Asst. Basketball Coach (M)
Shon Spevak Ticket Manager
Jon Baker
Assistant Volleyball Coach
Adam Farsi
Assistant Soccer Coach
Eric Houle
Head Track Coach
Kari Louthan
Assistant Gymnastics Coach
JR Payne
Head Basketball Coach (W)
Toriano Towns
Asst. Basketball Coach (W)
Nick Bartlett
Scott Bauman
Marketing & Promoitons
Head Gymnastics Coach
Neil Gardner
Morgan Hardy
Asst. AD/Media Relations
Nate Houle
Assistant Track Coach
Kyle Magnusson
Head Softball Coach
Matt Roan
Thunderbird Club
Teshia Williams
Administrative Assistant
Media Relations
Jake Hutton
Assistant Strength Coach
Jill Mahoney
Chad Bell
Asst. Basketball Coach (M)
Dr. Deborah Hill
Faculty Athletic Rep.
Jeff Hunt
Assistant Gymnastics Coach
Casey McClellan
Todd Brown
Assoc. AD/Compliance
Becky Hogan
Head Soccer Coach
Kit Janes
Operations
Ricky Mendini
SWA/Asst. Basketball (W)
Assistant Golf Coach
Assoc. AD/Sports Medicine
Nick Robinson
Angela Rodriguez
Sadie Spencer
Men’s Basketball Coach
Zac Willson
Athletic Trainer
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Athletic Trainer
Dutch Workman Team Chiropractor
Spirit Squad
SOUTHERN UTAH ATHLETICS Elise Wheeler, an All-American, as well as the 2009 NCAA Regional and WAC Gymnast of the Year
Fred House, Mid-Continent Conference MVP
Kristy Koplin competed at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the hammer
SUU alumnus David Palmer was named the Japan Baskeball League’s MVP
Challis Pascucci, a 2010 all-Summit League honoree
Tysson Poots, 2010 GWC Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-American, now with the Utah Blaze
Three-time first-team all-Summit League performer Ksusha Nazarova
Three-time all-Summit League honoree Ana Pelaez-Mailoto
Two-time Summit League Player of the Year Marci Pratt
Cam Levins, NCAA champion in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters
Nate Page competed at the 2009 NCAA Golf Championships
Kristin Fronk, a two-time allSummit League performer
Nick Freitas, two-time all-Summit League performer and 2009 draft pick of the Minnesota Twins
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SOUTHERN UTAH FOOTBALL The athletics weight room is located in the East Wing of the Harris Center, ovelooking Eccles Coliseum
Southern Utah’s football facilities are undergoing a constant upgrade. This summer the University installed Hellas Matrix turf, while last year the locker room was remodeled. The coaches offices, lounge and weight room all have undergone renovations in recent years as well. The Coliseum training area has also undergone a thorough renovation, more than quadrupling in size.
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Southern Utah University’s Eccles Coliseum is home to SUU football as well as to the SUU track & field teams and the Utah Summer Games. Fans enjoy SUU football in comfort, surrounded by spectacular scenery as the stadium provides chair-backed seats as well as luxury suites on the press box level. Eccles Coliseum’s visual backdrop ranks among the most beautiful in the country, with the surrounding mountains providing a striking setting for college football. The stadium follows the Grecian architectural scheme of the Harris Center located at the south end of the Coliseum. Seating capacity is 8,500, including sky-box suites, box seats and 1,000 chair-back reserved seats in addition to bleacher seating. The coliseum also boasts a comfortable, first-class press box as well as a scoreboard, new for the 2010 season, which incorporates a video wall and message center. The football offices are housed in the lower level of the press box, while locker rooms, a recently renovated training room, storage areas and concession stands are located beneath the west grandstands. In addition to the football amenities, the Coliseum also boasts a recently rebuilt and resurfaced track and field facility. The stadium is named in honor of the late George S. and Dolores Dore’ Eccles, whose foundation made a major contribution to the reconstruction project.
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Southern Utah’s training facilities include a recently expanded training room in Eccles Coliseum as well as three fully-equipped medical and training facilities located elsewhere on campus. SUU’s training facilities also include an Olympic-sized pool. With a fully-certified staff as well as a student training program SUU is prepared to handle all the training needs of its 17 sports’ student-athletes.
Head Trainer Ricky Mendini
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SOUTHERN UTAH ACADEMICS Athletics is an important part of your life right now but what’s next when your playing days are over? Southern Utah University can help you prepare for a successful career in a variety of fields. SUU offers eight master’s programs and over 120 bachelor’s programs in its five schools and colleges, as well as a range of certificates, associate and pre-professional degrees in a wide variety of disciplines.
School of Business
In addition to master’s degrees in accountancy and business administration, the SUU School of Business offers bachelor’s degrees in seven majors, with eleven additional areas of specialization. In the 2010-11 academic year, SUU’s graduating seniors scored at the 85th percentile on the ETS Major Field Exam in Business, placing them in the top 15 percent of the nation’s graduates. Business students at SUU have had many great opportunities to hone their skills in the real world by working with local businesses to provide services, coordinate special events and participate in strategic assessment and planning activities. In addition to business studies, SUU offers a military science program through Army ROTC. Southern Utah is justifiably proud of its academic record. This past year over 100 SUU student-athletes carried cumulative GPAs above 3.20 and during fall semester 51 SUU athletes earned Dean’s List recognition. Last year the athletics department as a whole carried a 3.07 GPA. SUU’s women’s gymnastics team has claimed seven academic national championships, including a run of six straight from 2001 trough 2006, and the team has not finished out of the top-three since 1991! In addition, the men’s track & field and women’s softball teams have each won a pair of academic national championships in recent years and the 2002 women’s cross country team was second-best in the nation. This past season SUU’s football team was honored by the NFCA for showing the best APR improvement in the Great West Conference, while the men’s basketball team received a similar award from The Summit League. SUU’s athletes have access to an academic center which houses individual and group study areas, a computer lab and a full-time academic coordinator.
College of Education and Human Development
The SUU College of Education offers two master’s degrees as well as seven primary majors and five areas of licensure. The SUU physical education department – known as ‘The Coaching Factory’ because of the success of its graduates – is housed in one of the finest facilities of its kind in the West. The Sorenson Physical Education Building houses an Olympicsized swimming pool, three basketball courts, five racquetball courts, state-of-the-art kinesiology and exercise laboratories and technologyequipped classrooms. The college offers its students many opportunities for hands-on learning, including field experience and study abroad programs.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
SUU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers two master’s degrees and 21 undergraduate degrees with an expanse of study in 25 different areas. SUU’s campus newspaper, The University Journal, has won more awards over the past 12 years than any university newspaper in 14 Western states. Students of humanities and social sciences are offered a variety of internship opportunities in most disciplines of the college. Interns are able to gain valuable practical educational experience, academic credit and often financial compensation. The Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service places numerous interns each semester at the local, state and federal level.
College of Performing and Visual Arts
The College of Performing and Visual Arts at SUU offers a Master of Fine Arts in arts administration as well as bachelor’s degrees in the areas of art and design, music, and theatre arts & dance. The MFA program is the only one of its kind in the western USA. Professional affiliations include the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, the American Folk Ballet and the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery.
College of Science & Engineeringz
SUU’s College of Science is home to studies in agriculture, biology, chemistry, geography, geology, nursing and nutrition. The college has seen 90 percent of its graduates applying to professional pharmacy schools and 87 percent of applicants to medical schools accepted. In 2011, the Center for Health and Molecular Sciences building opened, offering students updated lab facilities, a five-room rooftop greenhouse and expanded facilities for SUU’s emerging nursing program. Also housed in the college are studies in computing, integrated engineering and technology. The college of CIET at SUU prepares students to compete on a global level in careers related to computer science, information systems, mathematics, technology and engineering. The college offers 14 bachelor’s degrees and associates degrees in eight different areas of study.
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THIS IS SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY Academic programs in business, teacher education, industrial education, broadcasting and theatre arts have received wide acclaim for their excellence. Affiliated with the university are a number of cultural arts and performing groups, which support the mission of SUU.
Southern Utah University is a comprehensive institution offering programs for students with many interests and goals. The University provides undergraduate liberal education in the arts, humanities and sciences; authorized professional work in teacher education, business and technology; and specialized training in vocational teacher education.
SUU has been accorded a host of outstanding academic honors in recent years. Consumers Digest named the University among the Top Ten in its list of quality and value in colleges and universities in America for the second time in three years. The Princeton Review has tabbed SUU as a Best Value Institution, while U.S. News and World Report has listed the University as one of America’s Best Colleges. The Princeton Review has also named SUU as one of its “Best In The West” for the past eight years.
SUU students select their courses from departments and programs in the School of Business; the College of Computing, Integrated Engineering & Technology; the School of Continuing & Professional Studies; the College of Education & Human Development; the College of Humanities & Social Sciences; the College of Performing & Visual Arts; and the College of Science. More than 600 faculty and staff members serve SUU’s 7,516 undergraduate and graduate students.
SUU is also home to the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival with its Adams Memorial Theatre, based upon the original Globe Theatre, and the Randall Jones Theatre, one of the finest indoor theatres in the West.
Campus facilities range from the traditional ivy-covered Old Main and Braithwaite Liberal Arts Center – built in 1898 and 1899 – to the multi-use Sharwan Smith Center, a facility which houses the Centrum Arena – SUU’s basketball and gymnastics venue – as well as classrooms, a ballroom, the University’s student union, its bookstore and various offices.
State-of-the-Art campus facilities that have opened recently include the Emma Eccles Jones Education Building and a new phase of apartment-style on-campus housing; while the Carter Carillon Tower has become, almost overnight, a characteristic landmark of the campus. Another exciting development on campus was the ground-breaking for construction of the University’s new Science Center.
The University also owns and operates a 1,000-acre farm in western Cedar Valley and a 3,700-acre ranch in Cedar Canyon.
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SUU is host to the Tony Awardwinning Utah Shakespearean Festival.
THIS IS SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY
Because of their proximity and grandeur, Zion National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument are claimed by SUU’ students as part of their campus. Geology and life science field trips take advantage of these national treasures, in addition to Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Capitol Reef and Great Basin NaFormer US Secretary of tional Parks, which are also close by. Health and Human Services and Utah Governor Mike The University’s skiing classroom is at Leavitt, a Cedar City native the 11,300-foot Brian Head Ski Resort, less and an SUU alumnus. than an hour away, while the recreational opportunities offered by Lake Powell are less than two hours away.
SUU has a history unique in the annals of American higher education. In 1897, the entire population of Cedar City, then a small pioneer town, engaged in the building of Old Main, the first building of the University. Beginning the project in mid-winter because of a harsh deadline imposed by the legislature, the men and women of the community donated materials, money and labor to complete the building on time.
Today the university campus has grown to comprise 133 acres, landscaped with fountains, tall spruce and pine trees, plazas, statuary, latticed walkways and expansive lawns, offering the kind of education you’d expect to receive at a small, private school at the low price of a public institution.
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Located in the heart of southern Utah’s Color Country, Cedar City has received numerous “Best Places To Live In The USA” awards over the years. A vital, growing mountain community with four distinct seasons, Cedar City boasts 310 clear days a year. Cedar City has a population of 22,000 while surrounding Iron County has 35,000 residents. The home of Southern Utah University, Cedar City is also home to the American Folk Ballet and the Utah Shakespearean Festival (both affiliated with the University), as well as the Iron Mission State Park, Cedar Ridge Golf Course and a variety of recreational facilities including four city parks, two baseball/softball complexes and a bicycle/walking path, all within minutes of the SUU campus.
Within an easy day’s drive are five national parks – Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Great Basin and Capitol Reef – several state parks and recreation areas and a host of hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational opportunities, including Brian Head Ski Resort, just a 45-minute drive from campus. Cedar City is also one of the safest places in the country, as Utah is consistently rated as one of the nation’s safest states and Iron County is perennially one of the state’s safest counties.
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2013 Thunderbird Schedule
Date Opponent 8-29 At South Alabama 9-7 Fort Lewis 9-14 At Washington State 9-21 At Sacramento State 9-28 At Northern Colorado* 10-5 UC Davis* 10-12 Portland State (HC)* 10-19 at Eastern Washington* 10-26 Idaho State* 11-9 at Weber State* 11-16 at Montana State* 11-23 Northern Arizona* * Big Sky Conference game All times site of game
Site Mobile, Ala. Cedar City, Utah Pullman, Wash. Sacramento, Calif. Greeley, Colo. Cedar City, Utah Cedar City, Utah Cheney, Wash. Cedar City, Utah Ogden,Utah Bozeman, Mont. Cedar City, Utah
Time 6:30 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m.