Football at Washington State Saturday
11/18/2013 12:00 AM | Football
Nov. 18, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY--
Quotes from Coach Whittingham on Quarterback Travis Wilson
Quotes from Coach Whittingham's Weekly Press Conference
QUICKLY
> Utah (4-6, 1-6 Pac-12) plays at Washington State (5-5, 3-4 Pac-12) on Saturday, Nov. 23 in Pullman, Wash. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m. PT in Martin Stadium. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Radio is ESPN700 AM. Satellite radio is Sirius 112/XM 203.
> Starting quarterback Travis Wilson is out for the season after suffering a concussion against Arizona State on Nov. 9. It marks the fourth-straight season that Utah has lost its starting quarterback to injury. The Utes have not had the same quarterback start and complete a season since Brian Johnson led the Utes to a 13-0 record in 2008. (For more, see Wilson Lost For Season below).
> Sophomore Adam Schulz, a former walk-on, will get his second start this week at Washington State. Behind Schulz is true freshman Conner Manning.
> In the NCAA rankings, Utah is tied for the second-toughest schedule in the country with Tennessee. The combined FBS record of Utah's 10 opponents to date is 55-21 (.724).
> Utah leads the nation in total sacks (36) and sacks per game (3.60).
> The Utes have lost their last four games since beating Stanford on Oct. 12. Since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, Utah is 8-17 overall in conference play, including a 5-8 home record and a 3-9 road mark.
> Utah leads the series with Washington State 7-5 and is 4-1 in Pullman, including an overtime victory the last time they met in the Palouse in 2011. As members of the Pac-12, Utah has a 2-0 series lead. More on the series on page 2.
TWO MINUTE DRILL
Utah and WSU have played six common opponents (USC, Stanford, Oregon State, Arizona State, Arizona and Oregon). Utah is 1-5 against them (win was against Stanford), while WSU is 2-4 (wins against USC and Arizona) ... Utah does not have any players on its roster from Washington ... Utah is 1-2 this season and 5-6 overall against the Pac-12 North. Against Pac-12 South division teams, the Utes are 0-4 this season and 3-11 overall. ... Utah is 2-3 in night games and 2-3 in day games ... Trevor Reilly, who plays both defensive end and linebacker, is one of 12 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, which honors the best college linebacker ... Freshman kicker Andy Phillips is one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award.NATIONAL NOTABLES
Utah leads the nation in total sacks (36) and sacks per game (3.60) ... Utah is ranked 13th in net punting (40.08) ... Senior defensive end Trevor Reilly ranks 12th nationally in tackles for loss per game (1.5) and 15th in sacks per game (0.85) ... Reilly's three fumble recoveries is tied for fifth ... Junior Dres Anderson is second in the nation in receptions of 50 yards or longer with six.LEADERS OF THE PAC
Utah leads the Pac-12 in net punting (40.08), sacks (36), sacks per game (3.60), PAT percentage (1.000/34-34), fourth down conversion percentage (66.7/10-15) and onside kicks recovered (2-2) ... The Utes have allowed the second-fewest opponent first downs per game (20.0) ... Senior cornerback Keith McGill is tied for the Pac-12 lead in pass breakups (10) ... Sophomore punter Tom Hackett leads the Pac-12 in punt average (43.7) and punts of 50+ yards (16). He is tied for the longest punt (70 yards) and ranks second in punts inside the 20-yard line (23) ... Junior Dres Anderson leads the Pac-12 and is 10th in the nation in yards per reception (19.0) ... Senior Trevor Reilly leads the Pac-12 in fumble recoveries (3) and fumble recoveries per game (0.30) ... Reilly is second in the Pac-12 in tackles for loss (15.0/1.5 per game) and sacks (8.5/0.85 per game).IN THE HUDDLE
In addition to quarterback Travis Wilson, starting linebacker Jared Norris and running back Kelvin York missed last week's game at Oregon with injuries ... Returning from the injured list last week was tight end Jake Murphy. Murphy had missed four games with a broken wrist that was initially thought to be season-ending injury ... Lucky Radley is listed on the latest depth chart as the co-starting running back with Bubba Poole ... Offensive linemen Jeremiah Poutasi, Jeremiah Tofaeono, Vyncent Jones and Junior Salt have played every offensive snap for the past eight games ... Eight true freshmen have played: DT Sam Tevi, DB Hipolito Corporan, TE Siale Fakailoatonga, LB Uaea Masina, WR Dominque Hatfield, DE/LB Pita Taumoepenu, SN Chase Dominguez and RB Marcus Sanders-Williams. Dominguez has started in every game and Fakailoatonga has one start.WILSON LOST FOR SEASON
> Two-year starting sophomore quarterback Travis Wilson is lost for the season and possibly longer after suffering a concussion in Utah's 20-19 loss to No. 23 ASU on Nov. 9. > Until last week at Oregon, Wilson had played in all 21 games during his true freshman and sophomore seasons. His first start came against UCLA on Oct. 13, 2012 in the Rose Bowl (a 21-14 UCLA win). > In Utah's first six games this season, Wilson led Utah to a 4-2 record, including an upset win over undefeated and No. 5-ranked Stanford. > An injury to Wilson's throwing hand caused him to sit out the second half of the two games following the Stanford win--losses to Arizona and USC. His final game was against Arizona State on Nov. 9. > Wilson finished the season with a 4-5 record, completing 56.1 percent of his passes (133-of-237) for 1,827 yards and 16 touchdowns (16 INT). In his career, he is 7-9 as the starter, completing 261-of-441 (59.1%) for 3,138 yards and 23 touchdowns (22 interceptions). > Wilson finished his season averaging 203.0 yards passing and 42.9 yards rushing per game. > Wilson had six 200 yards passing games this season, including one 300-yard game (302 vs. Utah State), and eight in his career. His career high was 311 yards against Arizona in 2012. > Utah's second-leading rusher when his season came to a premature close, Wilson rushed 81 times for 386 yards (4.8 average) and five TDs. His 142 rushing yards vs. Oregon State was the second-most in a game by a Utah quarterback and the most since 1979. Wilson also passed for 279 yards in the overtime loss to the Beavers and totaled three rushing touchdowns and two passing TDs. > Wilson was named the Athlon Sports National Offensive Player of the Week and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23 after leading Utah to victory over BYU, when he completed 24-of-35 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.Buy Tickets to Home Finale vs. CU
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