Aggies Continue Mountain West Play Friday Night at Home Against Wyoming
Utah State continues Mountain West play this week hosting Wyoming Friday, Oct. 30, at 8:15 p.m. The game will be televised by ESPN2. USU is 37-24-4 all-time against Wyoming, including a 24-10-1 home record, and has won each of the last three games played in the series. (photo from Athletics website)
Football game notes.
WYOMING (1-7, 1-3 MW) vs. UTAH STATE (4-3, 3-1 MW)
FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 2015 • 8:15 P.M. • LOGAN, UTAH • MAVERIK STADIUM (22,059)
GAME EIGHT INFORMATION
Surface: AstroTurf
Series History: Utah State leads 37-24-4
TV: ESPN2
Play-by-Play: Mike Couzens
Analyst: Cole Cubelic
RADIO: AGGIE SPORTS NETWORK
Play-by-Play: Al Lewis
Analyst: Craig Hislop
Online: 610kvnu.com
National: Sirius Ch. 84 / XM Ch. 84
TWITTER: #USUAGGIES
Official Account: @USUFootball
ONLINE: UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM
UtahStateAggies.com offers the most complete and comprehensive coverage of the Aggies on gameday.
AGGIES HOST WYOMING ON ESPN2
• Utah State continues Mountain West play this week, hosting Wyoming on ESPN2 Friday night. USU is 16-4 (.800) all-time in the Mountain West and has won 27 of its last 31 league games.
• Utah State has won 12 straight home games, which ranks as the fourth-longest home winning streak in school history. The school record is 17 straight home wins from 1959-63, while the 1905-08 teams won 15 straight home games and the 1931-34 teams won 13 straight home games.
• During its 12-game home winning streak, USU has won 10 of those contests by double-digits as its average margin of victory has been 19.0 points (33.8 ppg to 14.8 ppg).
• Utah State has won 21 of its last 23 home games overall, including nine straight Mountain West home games and 14 of its last 15 conference home games. Under head coach Matt Wells, USU is 13-2 at home, including a 9-1 Mountain West record. All-time, USU is 133-98 (.576) at Maverik Stadium.
• The last time Utah State lost a home game was on Oct. 12, 2013 to Boise State, 34-23, snapping its school record 13-game conference winning streak.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
• Utah State has won 39 of its last 54 games (.722) to rank as the third-most wins in the West behind Oregon (46) and Boise State (42) over the last four-plus seasons.
• Utah State is 9-2 following a loss under head coach Matt Wells, including a 1-1 record this year. USU has only lost back-to-back games twice in its last 55 outings and the last time it lost back-to-back conference games was in 2011.
• Sophomore Kent Myers is 8-2 as Utah State's starting quarterback and the Aggies are 17-6 over the past three years with a backup quarterback as their starter.
• During its last five games, Utah State has forced 18 turnovers with 10 fumbles and eight interceptions. On the season, USU ranks first nationally in fumbles recovered (10), fifth nationally in turnovers forced (18) and 19th in the nation in turnover margin (+6).
• Utah State has won 18 straight games with a 100-yard rusher, including a 1-0 record this year, and 22 of its last 23 games when it rushes at least 40 times in a game, including a 3-0 record this year.
(Read much more in the full game notes at the Athletics website.)
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