Colorado State University Athletics
Colorado State Postgame Notes
11/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
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TEAM NOTES
Regular-season finales record: The Rams have now won three of their last four regular-season finales, including a triumph over Wyoming in Fort Collins last season.
Freshman starters: Redshirt freshman Mychal Sisson (10) and true freshman Gerard Thomas (9) now have started the third and fourth most games, respectively, by a Rams player this decade.
1,000-yard pair: Gartrell Johnson and Rashaun Greer are CSU's first pair of 1,000-yard players since David Anderson (1,221 receiving yards) and Kyle Bell (1,288 rushing) in 2005, the last time CSU went to a bowl.
Limiting conference's top rushers: For the second straight week, the Rams met one of the conference's top two rushers. This week, it was Devin Moore, who entered leading the MWC with 111.2 yards per game. The Rams held Moore to his lowest rushing total, 78 yards, since he had 74 vs. New Mexico (Oct. 4).
- Last week, CSU held the MWCs No. 2 rusher Rodney Ferguson (100.5) to just 85 yards; Ferguson had six 100-yard efforts in 10 previous games this year.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Among first-year CSU coaches: Steve Fairchild has won the most games by any first-year head coach in CSU?history. With a sixth win, he passed Matt Rothwell (5-1, 1903), Bob Davis (5-4-1, 1947), Sark Arslanian (5-6, 1973), Earle Bruce (5-5-1, 1989) and Sonny?Lubick (5-6, 1993).
- No first-year coach has ever led his CSU team to a bowl game. A total of 16 seniors still on the Rams' active roster hope this weekend is not their last game. Even with a win, CSU needs at least a Utah win, and possibly a UNLV?loss, later tonight.
Kyle Bell: Had four carries for 28 yards on a first-half field goal drive, giving the Rams much-needed life in a difficult first half.
Anthony Hartz: Connected on a pair of 60-yard punts in the first quarter, including a career-long 64 yarder. He began the day leading the Mountain West in gross average (43.3).
- Hartz's first-quarter punts were his first punts since the fourth quarter at Air Force (Nov. 8). The Rams did not punt against New Mexico (Nov. 15).
| Terry Nugent | 3,319 | 1983 |
| Justin Holland | 3,185 | 2005 |
| Scooter Molander | 3,168 | 1987 |
| Moses Moreno | 2,921 | 1996 |
| Bradlee Van Pelt | 2,845 | 2003 |
| Billy Farris | 2,677 | 2008 |
| Matt Newton | 2,609 | 2000 |
| Kelly Stouffer | 2,603 | 1986 |
| Terry Nugent | 2,595 | 1982 |
| Steve Fairchild | 2,578 | 1980 |
| Anthoney Hill | 2,552 | 1994 |
Dion Morton: With 160 receiving yards and three TD receptions, surpassed his single-game career high (previously 129 yards and two TDs, both vs. BYU, Nov. 1). Morton also matched his single-game best with six receptions (also vs. BYU this year).
- With three TDs today, Morton tied for the second-most in CSU history:
Willie Miller 4 Nevada 1974 Dion Morton 3 Wyoming 2008 Kory Sperry 3 San Diego St. 2008 Kory Sperry 3 Colorado 2007 Dustin Osborn 3 Minnesota 2005 Greg Primus 3 UTEP 1992 Greg Primus 3 Hawaii 1991 Cecil Stockdale 3 Wyoming 1979 - Also, he has quietly tied for the most single-season receiving TDs in Rams history.
David Anderson 10 2003 Jeff Champine 10 1981 Dion Morton 10 2008 Paul Turner 9 1995 Mark R. Bell 9 1977 Willie Miller 9 1974
- Sisson entered the day with 85 stops, second in the nation among freshmen in the nation, trailing only Travis Lewis of Oklahoma.
Gartrell Johnson: Recorded his fifth 100-yard rushing game this season.
- Johnson now owns the sixth-best individual rushing campaign in CSU history. CSU's 1,000-yard seasons:
Player Yards Year Carries Rush TDs Cecil Sapp 1,601 2002 347 17 Steve Bartalo 1,419 1986 361 17 Steve Bartalo 1,368 1985 338 12 Kyle Bell 1,288 2005 276 10 Calvin Branch 1,279 1996 228 21 Gartrell Johnson 1,191 2008 251 10 Kevin McDougal 1,164 1999 207 8 Steve Bartalo 1,113 1983 292 8 Damon Washington 1,112 1997 180 8 Lawrence McCutcheon 1,112 1971 261 8 Kevin McDougal 1,111 1997 150 13 Damon Washington 1,075 1996 162 8 Leonice Brown 1,051 1992 156 5 Alvin Lewis 1,047 1980 211 8 Tony Alford 1,035 1989 157 6 Brian Copeland 1,028 1991 190 5 Lawrence McCutcheon 1,008 1970 242 6
