Game Notes: Rams to host Illinois State for Ag Day

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Colorado State (1-3, 0-1 MW) vs. Illinois State (2-0, 0-0 MVFC)
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 | 1 p.m. MT
Canvas Stadium (36,500 / 41,000 SRO) | Fort Collins, Colo.

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain
Local Radio, Flagship: KARS 102.9 FM (Radio/TV Info)

QUICK NOTES

Colorado State returns home to face Illinois State in the annual Ag Day with 4H, and Orange Out, game at Canvas Stadium.
CSU ranks 11th in FBS in passing offense, averaging 336.8 yards per game through the air, against opposition that has included one Pac-12 and two SEC programs in the Rams' four games.
Graduate transfer QB K.J. Carta-Samuels ranks seventh in FBS in completions per game (26.25) and 10th in passing yards per game (329.8).
In just four games as a Ram, Carta-Samuels has already set the school single-game passing record (537 yds, vs. Hawai'i, 8/25/18) and posted the 2nd and 3rd highest marks for single-game completions in program history (34, vs. Hawai'i, 8/25/18 and 32, vs. Arkansas, 9/8/18).
In four games, Carta-Samuels has completed 64.4% of his passes (105-163) for 1,319 yards and 9 touchdowns with 3 interceptions.
Junior WR Preston Williams ranks 3rd in FBS in receptions per game (9.0) and 7th in receiving yards per game (124.3), and has four touchdown receptions in four games. He has topped the 100-yard receiving mark in three of his four games as a Ram, including a game-high 106 yards on 9 receptions at Florida Saturday.
Williams' 12 receptions in the Sept. 8 win over Arkansas tied for second-most in a game in CSU program history.
Sophomore punter Ryan Stonehouse ranks 2nd in FBS in gross punting average (50.3). Thirteen of his 21 punts have traveled 50 or more yards, and has placed seven punts inside the 20-yard line, had three fair caught, and just two touchbacks.
Down in The Swamp on Saturday, CSU held Florida to just 27 total yards in the first quarter (13 total plays, 2.1 yds/play). This came after the Rams held Arkansas to just 16 yards in the fourth quarter on Sept. 8, meaning over two consecutive quarters of play versus SEC teams, CSU surrendered just 37 total yards.

CSU-ILLINOIS STATE-MATCHUP NOTES

This will be the first meeting between CSU and Illinois State, and the first time CSU has played a team from the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
This will be CSU's fourth and final non-conference game of the season. CSU has its first of two bye weeks following this contest.
Since 2006, CSU is 9-1 against FCS opponents with its only loss coming against North Dakota State in 2012. NDSU would go on to win the FCS national title that year.
CSU's last victory over an FCS opponent came last year when the Rams defeated Abilene Christian 38-10.

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