GAME NOTES: CSU Faces Utah Saturday in Salt Lake City

Nov. 6, 2006

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Game #10
Colorado State (4-5/1-4 MWC) at Utah (5-4/3-2 MWC)
Saturday, Nov. 11 * Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
Salt Lake City, Utah * 12 noon * VERSUS

Coaches
Sonny Lubick (Western Montana '60)
Colorado State 14th season, 105-62
Overall 18th year; 126-81
vs. Foe 6-4; 3-2 in Salt Lake City
Kyle Whittingham (BYU '84)
Utah 2nd season, 12-9
Overall same
vs. Colorado State 0-1

Series Capsule
Overall 72 Games; Utah leads, 48-22-2
In Fort Collins 35 games; Utah leads, 21-14
In Salt Lake City 37 Games; Utah leads, 27-8-2
Last Meeting 2005 in Fort Collins
Result CSU 21, Utah 17

RADIO INFORMATION
Outlet Colorado State Sports Network
Flagship KCOL, 600 AM-Fort Collins ESPN Radio, KLZ; 560 AM-Denver
Play-by-play Rich Bircumshaw
Analyst Pete Rebstock
Sidelines Brian Roth
Game Producer Kevin McGlue
Studio Producer Travis Huntington

Television Information
Outlet VERSUS
Play-by-play Gary Bender
Analyst Glenn Parker
Sideline Reporter Argy Stathopulos

Internet
Live audio www.CSURAMS.com
Click on Yahoo.com icon for broadcast.

INJURY REPORT
LB Jon Radford (right knee); OT Dane Stratton (left knee); S Mike Pagnotta (left knee); RB Kyle Bell (right knee/out for season); DB Brandon Cathy (left knee/out for season).

Injured List
Colorado State lost 73 man-games played in 2005 due to injury. The current list of missed games due to injuries includes:

Player Injury Games Missed Games
OG Marvin Arnold Left leg 5 (current/season-ending) UNLV; Air Force; Wyoming; New Mexico; BYU
RB Kyle Bell Right knee 9 (current/season-ending) Season
DB Brandon Cathy Left knee 9 (current/season-ending) Season
OT Josh Day Left ankle 1 Air Force
WR George Hill Right knee 1 Weber State
OG Adrian Martinez Right knee 1 Weber State
DE Jesse Nading Right ankle 1 Wyoming
WR Dustin Osborn Left ankle 3 Colorado; Nevada; Fresno State
S Mike Pagnotta Left knee 3 (current) Wyoming; New Mexico; BYU
LB Nathan Pauly Right shoulder 6 (current) Fresno State; UNLV; Air Force; Wyoming; New Mexico
OT Cole Pemberton Left knee 1 Weber State
CB Joey Rucks Right ankle 1 Wyoming
DT Erik Sandie Left knee 1 Wyoming
S Ben Stratton Neck 6 (current) Fresno State; UNLV; Air Force; Wyoming; New Mexico; BYU
OT Dane Stratton Left knee 3 (current) Wyoming; New Mexico; BYU
OC Tim Walter Right knee 2 Colorado; Nevada
Total games missed due to injury: 53

Quarterback Records
The won-loss breakdown for the starting quarterbacks since 1993 includes:
Quarterback Seasons Starts W-L Pct. Bowl Games
Matt Newton 3 25 19-6 .760
1998 1 1-0 1.000 --
1999 12 8-4 .667 Liberty Bowl
2000 12 10-2 .833 Liberty Bowl
Moses Moreno 3 30 21-9 .700
1995 5 3-2 .600 Holiday Bowl
1996 12 7-5 .583 --
1997 13 11-2 .846 Holiday Bowl
Anthoney Hill 2 21 14-7 .667
1993 9 4-5 .444 --
1994 12 10-2 .833 Holiday Bowl
Bradlee Van Pelt 3 35 23-12 .657
2001 9 6-3 .667 New Orleans Bowl
2002 14 10-4 .714 Liberty Bowl
2003 12 7-5 .583 San Francisco Bowl
Ryan Eslinger 1998 11 7-4 .636 --
Caleb Hanie 3 14 6-8 .429 --
2004 5 2-3 .400 --
2005 0 0-0 .000 --
2006 9 4-5 .444 --
Erich Prahl 1993 2 1-1 .500 --
Justin Holland 3 19 8-11 .421 --
2003 1 0-1 .000 --
2004 6 2-4 .333 --
2005 11 5-5 .545 Poinsettia Bowl
D.J. Busch 2001 3 1-2 .333 --

SERIES RESULTS
* The two long-time rivals meet for the 73rd time, Utah holding a 48-22-2 series edge.
* Saturday's game is the 38th time the teams will meet in Salt Lake City. Utah holds a 27-8-2 series edge at home.

LAST MEETING
* Utah jumped to a 14-3 lead after three quarters, but the Rams scored 18 fourth-quarter points to win, 21-17.
* Colorado State held the Utes scoreless on four plays inside the five-yard line to cement the win.
* RB Kyle Bell led CSU with 140 yards on 25 carries, and scored the game-winning touchdown with 5 minutes, 5 seconds to play on a 49-yard run.

THREE-AND-OUT
* Colorado State's offense has had 42 drives of "three-and-out (includes drives that ended in a turnover).
* CSU's defense has forced 27 "three-and-out" drives.
* The game-by-game breakdown (includes drives fewer than 4 plays ended by a turnover):

CSU Offense Game CSU Defense
2 Weber State 3
5 Colorado 5
4 Nevada 1
7 Fresno State 5
6 UNLV 2
2 Air Force 0
7 Wyoming 6
4 New Mexico 3
5 BYU 2
42 Totals 27

35 STARTERS
* Thirty-four CSU players have started at least one game in 2006. DT James Morehead made his first career start in last week's game with New Mexico.

INJURED STARTERS
* To date, 16 CSU players have missed a total of 53 combined games played.
* Of that total, 45 games missed have been by starters by 14 potential starters.

CHANGING FACES
* Only one offensive lineman - OT Clint Oldenburg - has started all eight games to date.
* The five opening-day starters played only one game together.
* A total of seven players have started along the offensive line thus far in 2006.
* Colorado State has used five different starting interior line combination in seven games.

DRIVE TIME
* CSU has had 15 drives of 10 or more plays in 2006.
* CSU has scored touchdowns on of those five drives and two drives resulted in field goals.

BY COMPARISON
* Through 10 games in 2006 Colorado State is allowing opponents 288.6 yards per game, third best in the conference and 24th best nationally
* Colorado State ranks third in the MWC and 41st nationally in pass defense, allowing 171.9 yards per game.
* CSU's rushing defense is sixth in the league and 40th nationally, allowing 116.7 yards per game.
* Through 10 games in 2005, CSU was allowing 417.8 yards per game, 8th in the league and 94th nationally.

FIRST QUARTER SUCCESS
* Four times in nine games, CSU and its opponent have concluded the first quarter with the game tied. CSU is 3-1 in those three games.

KAYLOR UPDATE
* P Jimmie Kaylor currently is atop the school's list for career punting average.
* CSU P Jimmie Kaylor, a first-team all-conference choice in 2005, is second in the league with a 44.5 average.
* He is 10th nationally. Kaylor is listed on the Ray Guy Award watch list.
* Kaylor has 21 career punts of 50 yards or longer, and five longer than 60 yards.
* He has also had 23 career punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line.
* In his career, Kaylor has punted 104 times for 4,664 yards, a 44.8 yard average.
* Nine times in his career he has averaged 45 yards or more per punt in a game.

Career Punting Average
Player Avg. Years
Jimmie Kaylor 44.8 2004-06
Mike Deutsch 44.3 1974-77
Deone Horinek 43.4 1998-99
Jeff Babcock 42.7 2003-04
Rod Blackford 42.1 1971-73
Tim Luke 41.7 1987-90
Tom Templer 41.3 1978-81
Joey Huber 40.9 2000-02
Larry Barnes 40.4 1955-56
Mike McGee 39.9 1992-93

Kaylor's Top Punting Games
Game Season Punts/Avg.
San Diego State 2005 7-49.7
Air Force 2006 4-49.5
New Mexico 2005 4-49.2
Nevada 2006 4-48.2
Utah 2005 4-47.2
Air Force 2005 3-47.0
Nevada 2005 3-46.3
Colorado 2006 5-45.2
Fresno State 2006 7-45.0

TRUE FROSH
* Colorado State used a total of three true freshman in 2005, and six during the 2004 season.
* CSU has yet to use a true freshman in 2006.
* Wake Forest is the only other Division IA team that has not used a true freshman.

SUDDEN CHANGE
* Colorado State has made 14 turnovers in seven games.
* Following those 14 turnovers, CSU has allowed 30 points (three field goals, three touchdowns).
* CSU has generated nine takeaways, and scored 31 points (four touchdowns and ensuing point-after, one field goal) following the turnovers.

sack exchange
* Colorado State has 23 quarterback sacks in nine games, surpassing the team's season total, 19, in 2005.
* The top 10 seasons for quarterback sacks include:

Quarterback Sacks
1. 1982 44
2. 1987 40
3. 1994 39
4. 1997 35.5
5. 1998 35
6. 1995 34
7. 1988 33
8. 1991 33
9. 1990 32
10. 1999 31

RUPP LEADS
* DT Matt Rupp leads Colorado State with four quarterback sacks.
* Last season's leader, DE Jesse Nading, finished 2005 with four sacks.
* S Mike Pagnotta has three sacks on the season and is second on the team despite missing the past three games.
* The last Ram defensive back with four sacks is a season was former S John Howell in 1999.

FIRST-TIME STARTERS
* Fourteen Colorado State players have made their first career starts in 2006 including DT James Morehead, who made his first career start in the game with New Mexico.

FOUR UNDER 300
* Colorado State has limited four opponents in eight games to less than 300 yards total offense.
* The last time CSU had four defensive games of allowing 300 or fewer yards was 2003.
* Colorado State is 3-1 when allowing fewer than 300 yards total offense.

UNDER 100 RUSHING
* Four times in 2006, Colorado State has allowed an opponent fewer than 100 net rushing yards.
* Colorado State is 3-1 in those games the Rams have allowed fewer than 100 rushing yards.

MORTON CAREER
* WR Damon Morton caught a career-most seven passes for 94 yards in CSU's game with New Mexico.
* Morton also has two 100-yard games in 2006.

RECEIVING BREAKDOWN
Player Thrown To Recpt. Rcpt. Pct.
Johnny Walker 62 47 .758
Kory Sperry 51 28 .549
Damon Morton 55 39 .709
Luke Roberts 32 17 .532
Dustin Osborn 28 16 .571
George Hill 13 8 .615
Nnamdi Ohaeri 7 5 .714
Kevin McPeek 1 1 1.000
Gartrell Johnson 1 1 1.000
Chris Kawoluk 2 0 .000
Totals 229 149 .651

Key: Thrown To, passes thrown to a receiver; Rctp. Pct., percentage of passes thrown to and caught.

TOUCHDOWN RATIO
* As a team, the Rams average one passing touchdown every 19.1 receptions. The ratio of touchdowns per receptions includes:

Player Recpt. TD's Ratio
Damon Morton 39 4 9.75
Kory Sperry 28 3 12.8
Dustin Osborn 16 1 16.0
Luke Roberts 17 1 17.0
Johnny Walker 47 0 0.0
George Hill 8 0 0.0
Nnamdi Ohaeri 5 0 0.0
Gartrell Johnson 1 0 0.0
Kevin McPeek 1 0 0.0

Special Teams Streaks
* The Rams have returned 214 kickoffs without a touchdown since Sept. 29, 2001 when Dexter Wynn scored on a kickoff return at Wyoming.

MWC Record
* Colorado State is 35-20 in 55 MWC games since 1999 when the conference was formed.
* The Rams are 19-9 at home, 16-11 on the road in MWC action.

League Play
* Colorado State has a 71-32 record in 103 conference games since Sonny Lubick's arrival as head coach in 1993.

EXPLOSIVES
Through nine games, Colorado State has 49 "explosive" plays, including:
* 24 rushes (10 or more yards).
* 29 pass plays (20 or more yards).

Opening Drives
* Colorado State since 1993 is 35-11 in games the Rams have scored on the opening drive of the game.
* CSU is 17-28 in games the opponent has scored on the opening drive.

First Scores
* Colorado State is 70-15 since 1993 when the Rams score first in a game.
* The Rams are 34-43 since 1993 when the opponent scores first.

Rushing Defense
* Colorado State has allowed 72 individual 100-yard rushing performances since 1993.
* The Rams are 35-31 in games where an opponent rusher has gained 100 or more yards.
* CSU is 62-26 when an opponent does not have a 100-yard rusher.

Rams' Apparel
Jersey/Pants W-L Games
Green/Gold 3-2 Weber State; Colorado; UNLV; New Mexico; BYU
White/White 1-3 Nevada; Fresno State; Air Force; Wyoming
Gold/Green 0-0 --
White/Gold 0-0 --
White/Green 0-0 --

Century Rushers
Colorado State has had 84 100-yard rushing performances since 1993. The Rams are 59-13 in games where a back has gained 100 or more yards, and 33-28 in games where the team has not had a back gain more than 100 yards.

Year Total Record
2006 - -
2005 6 4-2
2004 1 1-0
2003 6 3-3
2002 12 7-4
2001 6 2-2
2000 5 3-1
1999 6 6-0
1998 5 4-0
1997 10 8-1
1996 13 8-1
1995 8 6-1
1994 4 4-0
1993 3 3-0
Totals 85 60-14

Home, Road, Neutral
Year Home Road Neu. Overall
2006 2-2 1-3 1-0 4-5
2005 4-1 2-4 0-1 6-6
2004 3-3 1-4 0-0 4-7
2003 4-2 3-2 0-2 7-6
2002 4-1 5-2 1-1 10-4
2001 3-2 3-2 1-1 7-5
2000 5-0 3-2 2-0 10-2
1999 4-1 3-2 1-1 8-4
1998 3-1 5-2 0-1 8-4
1997 4-1 5-1 2-0 10-2
1996 4-2 3-3 0-0 7-5
1995 3-2 5-1 0-1 8-4
1994 5-1 5-0 0-1 10-2
1993 3-2 2-4 0-0 5-6
Total 51-21 46-32 8-9 105-62

Come-From-Behind Wins
* Forty-nine of Colorado State's 102 wins under coach Sonny Lubick have come in games the Rams trailed and rallied to win.

Wire-To-Wire Wins
* Fifty-six of CSU's 105 wins under Sonny Lubick have been in games where the Rams have never trailed.

Late-Game Success
CSU is 88-7 record (93%) under Sonny Lubick when the Rams lead after three periods. The five losses include:
* Oct. 28, 2006; New Mexico 20, Colorado State 19; Rams lead 19-10 at end of third quarter. (Fort Collins).
* Oct. 11, 2006; Air Force 24, Colorado State 21; Rams lead 21-17 at end of third quarter. (Colorado Springs).
* Sept. 3, 2005; Colorado 31, Colorado State 28; Rams lead 21-10 at end of third quarter. (Boulder).
* Sept. 7, 2002; UCLA 30, Colorado State 19; Rams lead 13-7 at end of third quarter. (Fort Collins).
* Oct. 13, 2001; Fresno State 25, Colorado State 22 (ot); Rams lead, 14-13, at end of third quarter. (Fort Collins).
* Sept. 17, 1998; Air Force 30, Colorado State 27; Rams lead, 27-17 at end of third quarter. (Colorado Springs).
* Nov. 16, 1996; Wyoming 25, Colorado State 24; Rams lead, 24-13, at end of third quarter. (Fort Collins).

Century Club
Rams' coach Sonny Lubick is one of only eight active NCAA Division IA coaches with 100 or more victories at his current institution.

Coach, Current School Wins
Joe Paterno, Penn State 360
Bobby Bowden, Florida State 291
Chris Ault, Nevada 184
Fisher DeBerry, Air Force 169
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 153
Phil Fulmer, Tennessee 134
Sonny Lubick, Colorado State 105

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