Colorado State University Athletics
Game Week: at Utah State
10/3/2023 12:00:00 PM | Football
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| IT'S GAME WEEK AT UTAH STATE! |
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| The Rams open conference play this weekend in Logan. |
GAME DAY DETAILS
Colorado State (2-2 0-0 MW) at Utah State (2-3, 0-1 MW)
Saturday, Oct. 7 - 6 p.m.
Maverik Stadium - Logan, Utah
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How to Track the Game:
📺 Television » Mountain West Network
📻 Radio Tuning » CSU Sports Network
📻 Radio Stream » The Varsity Network App
📊 Live Stats » Stats Feed
GAME DAY PRIMER
Weekly Press Conference
» Watch Coach Norvell
» Watch Players
» Read
Weekly Game Notes
» Read
CSU Insider Podcast
» Listen
Jay Norvell Coach's Radio Show
» Listen | The Varsity Network App
⏰ Wednesdays - 6 p.m.
📍 C.B. & Potts Collindale
ESSENTIAL READING
Monday Presser: Playing Better Has to Start in Practice
» Recapping the Utah Tech Game and previewing Utah State
Fowler-Nicolosi Named Mountain West Freshman of the Week
» Our quarterback is recognized for his performance last week.
Patience With Gatkuoth Paying Off
» The first-year starter is starting to make a bigger and bigger impact as each game passes.
What We Saw: Utah Tech
» Reflecting on CSU's 41-20 win over Utah Tech.
GAME NOTES
- The Rams enter year two under head coach Jay Norvell who was named the program's 24th head coach on Dec. 6, 2021. Norvell led his Wolf Pack team onto Sonny Lubick Field in the season finale on Nov. 27 and returned to Fort Collins nine days later as the Rams new head coach.
- Over his five years in Reno, (2017-21) he compiled four-straight seven-plus win seasons and led the Wolf Pack to four bowl games. Colorado State last won seven games in a season in 2017. Norvell is the fourth Colorado State head coach in the last 10 seasons, dating back to Jim McElwain's final season in 2014.
- Colorado State last won a conference championship 21 seasons ago this year. That 2002 team won the third title in four seasons under coach Sonny Lubick, a four-year run that included a combined record of 35-15. However, since then, the program has not been able to replicate that level of sustained success.
- The roster has undergone a radical transformation in just one full season under Norvell and his coaching staff. Of the 112 players currently on the roster, just 19 have been at Colorado State since 2021 or earlier. Of those 19, just 12 were scholarship signees.
- This season marks the 10th consecutive season Colorado State will play at least two P5 opponents in the non-conference schedule, and future schedules have the Rams setup to continue that streak through at least 2028. The Rams are one of seven MW teams this season to do so and hold the longest active streak of seasons with two-plus P5 opponents (next: six seasons).
- Since 2006, when the NCAA moved to a 12-game regular season, Colorado State has never had a bye week as early as they did in 2023: Week 2. The span of 11 consecutive games is also a first since that 2006 schedule change.
- The Rams concluded the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 2-2 mark for the first time since 2017, the last season the program was bowl eligible.
- Colorado State enters conference play this week, the last league member to do so, at Utah State. Over the past 10 seasons, Colorado State is just 4-6 in league openers but 2-0 in the last two.
- The Utah State series - entering its 79th game this week - is the fourth-most played game for Colorado State, trailing only Wyoming (114), Colorado (92), and Utah (80).
- The previous two Utah State games, both wins for the Aggies, have been tight affairs with each game decided by six total points (13-17, 2022; 24-26, 2021). In fact, four of the past six games have been one score games.
- The Rams are currently riding a four-game losing streak in the series, the longest since a five-game skid between 1971-75.
NEXT UP
Colorado State vs. Boise State (Homecoming and Family Weekend)
Saturday, Oct. 14 - 7:45 p.m. (FS1)
Canvas Stadium
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Colorado State Football: Jay Norvell Weekly Press Conference - Week 3 (2025)
Monday, September 15
Colorado State Athletics: Football Bye Week Update
Wednesday, September 10
Colorado State Football: Ellis (L) and Rogers (R) Postgame (Northern Colorado, 2025)
Saturday, September 06
Colorado State Football: Avant (L) and Fowler-Nicolosi (R) Postgame (Northern Colorado, 2025)
Saturday, September 06