CSU Rams Gameday: Football vs. UC Davis, Sept. 13

Sept. 12, 2014

Colorado State opens its home schedule with a contest against FCS foe UC Davis on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. Fans can watch the game on CSURams.com/videos for free. The Rams are looking for their sixth home-opening victory in the past seven years, with the lone loss coming in Head Coach Jim McElwain’s first season against North Dakota State, who went on to become FCS Champions.

LINKS: Roster | Media Guide | Schedule | Game Notes | Gameday Fan Guide

COLORADO STATE (1-1, 0-1 MW) vs. UC DAVIS (1-1, 0-0 Big Sky)
KICKOFF: 1 p.m. MT
TV: CSURams.com/videos (Gary Miller, Brian Roth, Kevin McGlue)
RADIO: CSU Flagship: KJAC 105.5 FM | UC Davis Flagship: KHTK 1140
LIVE STATS: Gametracker
TWITTER: @CSUFootball | @CSURamsGameday | @CoachMcElwain | #CSURams  #TheClimb

GAMEDAY FAN GUIDE

COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL HEADLINES:

McElwain’s Weekly Press Conference – Sept. 8, 2014 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfOO7uVz6mQ&list=UUjo6qGSNLTH50heHy4dZvrw)

NOTES IN 140

#TEAM

The Rams’ 31 points vs. Colorado were the most scored in a season-opener by CSU since 2003, when they scored 35 points in a loss to the Buffs
Dee Hart and Jared Roberts became the 68th and 69th Rams to earn MW Player of the Week honors in week one
The Rams have rattled off back-to-back wins over teams from the “Power 5” conferences for the first time since 2002 (Colorado and Virginia)
.@CSUFootball’s 12 opponents in 2014 combined to go 57-91 (.385) in 2013
The Rams are looking to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2002-03, as CSU went 10-2 and 7-6, respectively
Rams recorded 23 rushing attempts at Boise State Saturday, the fewest in @CoachMcElwain’s three seasons at CSU. The previous low was 24 at San Jose State on Sept. 15, 2012
In 2014,the Rams are outscoring their opponents 31-0 in the fourth quarter, while outgaining them 349-117

#OFFENSE

The Rams’ offensive line enters week 3 with a combined nine starts, the fewest in FBS
Senior QB Garrett Grayson is one of only eight returning FBS quarterbacks who returns in 2014 as their program’s single-season passing leader
Grayson threw for a career-best 434 yards at Boise State, a number that ties as the second-most single game yards amongst all CSU QBs
The last CSU QB to toss for more than 400 yards was Justin Holland (419) vs. Wyoming on Oct. 22, 2005
Grayson has thrown 36 touchdowns in his career, a number that ties as the 7th-most all-time at Colorado State
Grayson upped his career passing total to 5,752 yds, which is the seventh-most all time at CSU
Grayson became only the third CSU quarterback to defeat Colorado twice, joining Alexander Hutton and Matt Newton
The win over Colorado was the 10th of Grayson’s career. The first CSU QB to register double digit victories since BVP
Grayson has three fourth-quarter comebacks in his career, tied for the 5th-most among active FBS quarterbacks
Grayson has completed 15-of-23 passes for 184 yards on third down this season
WRs Rashard Higgins and Joe Hansley both had 100-yd receiving days at Boise State, the first time since 2005 the Rams have accomplished this feat.
Dee Hart tied Ron Harris (9/14/74) for the most rushing yards (139) by a CSU running back in his debut vs. CU (8/29)
Hart’s 139 rushing yards were the most by a Rams RB in a season-opener since Cecil Sapp’s 178 at Virginia (8/22/02)
In two years at Alabama, Hart racked up 164 yards and a TD. In week one he rushed for 139 yards and 2 TDs
Hart earned his first @MountainWest weekly honor after his career day vs. Colorado
In CSU’s season-opener the Rams had two rushers gain at least 100 yards in the same game for the first time since 2002.
WR Charles Lovett has a catch in 23 straight games in which he has played. Lovett’s last game without a catch was Nov. 19, 2011 at TCU

#DEFENSE

The Rams’ defense featured 6 players that made their CSU debut last Friday against Colorado on Aug. 29
.@CSUFootball returns three starting linebackers from 2013, who combined for 314 tackles, the third-most among FBS teams
Junior linebacker Cory James is 0.5 sack away from entering CSU’s career top 10 after only 27 games
James ranks fifth among all active FBS defenders with 16.5 career sacks
Senior linebacker Aaron Davis was named to the Butkus Award watch list, the first Ram named to the list since Rick Crowell in 2000
After allowing 24 plays & 152 yds. (6.3) in the 1st qtr vs. CU, the Rams allowed just 49 for 223 yds (4.6) in qtrs. 2-4
Linebacker Bryan Ohene-Gyeni registered his first career sack last Saturday at Boise State
The Rams haven’t allowed a point in the fourth quarter through the first two games of 2014

#SPECIALTEAMS

Lou Groza Award candidate Jared Roberts is fourth among active FBS kickers with a .889 career field goal percentage
Roberts connected on a 52-yard field goal vs. Colorado, tied for the second-longest in his career and tied for the longest among all FBS kickers in week 1
Roberts is CSU’s career leader in field goal percentage after connecting on 32-of-36 (.889) field goals
Roberts has extended his school record of consecutive PATs made to 70
Roberts was named @MountainWest Special Teams Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career, after connecting on a 52-yarder vs. Colorado
Freshman Deionte Gaines is third in the @MountainWest, and 27th nationally, with a 25.0 kickoff return average
Sophomore Hayden Hunt is one of three @MountainWest punters to blast a punt 60-plus yards
Hunt leads the conference with an average of 51.3 yards per punt

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