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1 American Athletic Conference Football Report 2014 Season Week 2 Contact: Chuck Sullivan, Director of Communications (csullivan@theamerican.org ) 15 Park Row West Providence, RI TheAmerican.org Facebook: fb.com/americanconf 2014 STANDINGS AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT PF PA H A W-L PCT PF PA H A N STREAK NOTABLE Tulsa Won 1 WR Keevan Lucas with 233 receiving yards against Tulane East Carolina Won 2 WR Justin Hardy set school career receptions record Memphis Won 1 Tigers won first season-opener since 2004 USF Won 1 RB Marlon Mack rushed for American record 275 yards Temple Won 2 Temple beat an SEC opponent for first time since 1938 Cincinnati rv/rv Lost 2 Cincinnati has been bowl-eligible seven times in eight years UCF rv/rv Lost 1 UCF s nine-game winning streak ended with loss to Penn State UConn Lost 1 Huskies saw three-game winning streak end against BYU Houston -/rv Lost 2 Houston fell to UTSA in TDECU Stadium opener SMU Lost 3 Mustangs play second straight road game to start the season Tulane Lost 3 RB Sherman Badie rushed for 215 yards in college debut THIS WEEK Saturday, September 6 Stony Brook at UConn... Noon Television: SNY Series: First meeting SMU at North Texas... Noon Television: FSN Series: SMU leads, Last Meeting: Sept. 8, 2007 SMU, Oklahoma at Tulsa... Noon Television: ABC/ESPN2 Series: Oklahoma leads, Last Meeting: Sept. 14, 2013 Oklahoma, Navy at Temple...1 p.m. Television: ESPN3 Series: Tied, 5-5 Last Meeting: Oct. 31, 2009 Temple, Maryland at USF...3:30 p.m. Television: CBS Sports Network Series: First meeting Georgia Tech at Tulane...4 p.m. Television: ESPNews Series: Georgia Tech leads, Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 1982 Georgia Tech 19, Tulane 13 East Carolina at South Carolina...7 p.m. Television: ESPNU Series: South Carolina leads, 12-5 Last Meeting: Sept. 8, 2012 South Carolina, Grambling State at Houston...8 p.m. Television: ESPN3 Series: Houston leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Sept. 16, 2006 Houston, Memphis at UCLA p.m. Television: Pac-12 Network Series: First meeting Open Week UCF... Next Game: Sept. 13 at Missouri Cincinnati...Next Game: Sept. 12 vs. Toledo OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Keevan Lucas So. WR Tulsa Abilene, Texas Lucas helped Tulsa rally from a 21-7 deficit as the Golden Hurricane scored a double-overtime win against Tulane in both teams American Athletic Conference debuts. Lucas had 13 receptions for 233 yards and three touchdowns, finishing six yards shy of the conference s single-game record for receiving yards. He had touchdown receptions of 43 and 84 y ards in the first half, both of which brought Tulsa within seven points of the Green Wave, and his 3-yard TD catch with 2:53 left in regulation forced overtime. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tavon Young Jr. CB Temple Oxon Hill, Md. Young registered a pair of interceptions to lead a Temple defense that limited Vanderbilt to 28 yards of offense in the Owls 37-7 win. Temple, which had just three defensive interceptions in the entire 2013 season, matched that total in Week 1 behind Young s two picks both of which led to points on the offensive end. Young finished the day with two tackles and had a combined 35 yards on his two INT returns. SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Marvin Kloss Sr. K USF Naples, Fla. Kloss, who was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation s top kicker in 2013, got off to a strong start in 2014 as he scored 12 points, including a 3-for-3 showing on field goals, in USF s win against Western Carolina. Kloss hit first-half field goals of 47, 33 and 26 yards to help the Bulls trail by just one point at halftime after the offense struggled in the first 30 minutes. HONOR ROLL Justin Hardy Sr. WR East Carolina Vanceboro, N.C. Had eight receptions for 87 yards and two touchdowns and threw a 41-yard touchdown pass in a 52-7 win against North Carolina Central. Became the school s career receptions leader (274). Jarvis Cooper Fr. RB Memphis West Memphis, Ark. Rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on just eight carries in a 63-0 win against Austin Peay. Became just the third player in school history to reach 100 yards in his first career game (joining DeAngel o Williams in 2002 and Larry Porter in 2006). Marlon Mack Fr. RB USF Sarasota, Fla. Rushed for an American Athletic Conference-record 275 yards on 24 carries with four touchdowns (62, 60, 57, 3) in a win against Western Carolina. Scored three second-half touchdowns to help the Bulls rally from a halftime deficit. P.J. Walker So. QB Temple Elizabeth, N.J. Completed 23 of 34 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 21 yards and a TD in a 37-7 win at Vanderbilt. Sherman Badie Fr. RB Tulane Metarie, La. Rushed for 215 yards, including a 90-yard touchdown, on just 15 carries in a double-overtime loss at Tulsa. Finished one yard shy of Matt Forte s freshman rushing record at Tulane.

2 AMERICAN NOTEBOOK Introduction The 2014 season will be the second for the American Athletic Conference. The 2014 American lineup consists of 11 Football Bowl Subdivision teams that will play eight conference games. Elite Company The American Athletic Conference was one of three Football Bowl Subdivision conferences that had two 12-win teams in the 2013 season (UCF, Louisville). The Big Ten and the SEC also had two teams with at least 12 wins. Charging On UCF set a program record with 12 wins in The Knights, who went 0-11 in George O Leary s first season in 2004, have won at least 10 games four times in the last seven years. Top Ten List UCF finished the 2013 season ranked No. 10 in the final Associated Press poll, marking the Knights highest postseason finish in program history. UCF was No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Security Instruments Houston led the nation in turnover margin in The Cougars finished the season with 43 takeaways and committed just 18 turnovers, a net of 1.9 per game. Bring It On Collectively, the American Athletic Conference plays the most challenging nonconference schedule of any Football Bowl Subdivision conference in Nonconference Opponents 2013 Winning Pct. American.566 Big Big Ten.5312 Mountain West.5308 SEC.527 ACC.522 Conference USA.495 MAC.490 Sun Belt.482 Pac For Kicks USF K Marvin Kloss was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation s top kicker. Rank And File Six of the 11 teams in the American Athletic Conference have been ranked in the top 25 of the Bowl Championship Series standings since 2008: Team Years Ranked ( ) UCF 2010, 2013 Cincinnati 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 UConn 2008 Houston 2009, 2011 Tulsa 2008 USF 2008, American Athletic Conference Football Best Of The Best Four of the 11 teams in The American have earned top- 10 rankings in the BCS since the 1998 season: Team Highest Ranking - Year Cincinnati No Houston No USF No Tulane No Hardy Boy East Carolina WR Justin Hardy needs just 76 receptions to set the NCAA career record, currently held by former Oklahoma standout Ryan Broyles. Hardy has 274 career receptions, while Broyles had 349 between 2008 and Pick Plays Memphis CB Bobby McCain led the nation in interceptions per game (0.7) in Tulane CB Lorenzo Doss was ranked fourth nationally (0.5 per game). Come Back, Shane East Carolina QB Shane Carden was among the NCAA leaders in virtually every passing category in Category NCAA Rank Completion Percentage 2nd (70.5 pct.) Completions 5th (29.8 cpg) Pass Efficiency 24th (150.0) Passing Touchdowns 9th (33) Passing Yards 8th (318.4 ypg) Total Offense 14th (326.3 ypg) Passing Fancy American Athletic Conference teams averaged a combined passing yards per game in Only the Pac-12 (269.65) had a more prolific collective passing game Passing Yards Per Game Pac American Mountain West Big Sun Belt Punch Temple LB Tyler Matakevich led the nation in solo tackles (8.8 per game) and ranked second nationally in total tackles (11.3 per game) in Catching On SMU WR Darius Joseph averaged 8.6 receptions per game in 2013, good for sixth nationally. Houston WR Deontay Greenberry was 15th in the nation in receiving yards (100.2 ypg) and 20th in receptions (6.8 rpg). Familiar Faces Memphis head coach Justin Fuente played for current Tulsa head coach Bill Blankenship when Blankenship was head coach at Union High School in Tulsa. Fuente played against USF head coach Willie Taggart when both were college quarterbacks Fuente at Murray State and Taggart at Western Kentucky. WATCH THIS A look at American Athletic Conference players under consideration for 2014 major national awards. Maxwell Award (Player of the Year) Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina Deontay Greenberry, WR, Houston Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina John O Korn, QB, Houston P.J. Walker, QB, Temple Bednarik Award (Defensive Player of the Year) Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF Mackey Award (Top Tight End) Sean Price, USF Rimington Trophy (Top Center) Deyshawn Bond, Cincinnati Dylan Foxworth, Tulsa Kyle Friend, Temple Joey Grant, UCF Taylor Lasecki, SMU Alex Mateas, UConn Bryce Redman, Houston Austin Reiter, USF Lou Groza Award (Top Kicker) Jake Elliott, Memphis Marvin Kloss, USF Shawn Moffitt, UCF Carl Salazar, Tulsa Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Top Defensive Player) Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Derrick Mathews, LB, Houston Outland Trophy (Outstanding Interior Lineman) Eric Lefeld, OT, Cincinnati Torrian Wilson, OG, UCF Jim Thorpe Award (Top Defensive Back) Lorenzo Doss, Tulane Clayton Geathers, UCF Jacoby Glenn, UCF Trevon Stewart, Houston Butkus Award (Top Linebacker) Maurice Falls, ECU Tyler Matakevich, Temple Derrick Mathews, Houston Terrance Plummer, UCF Stephon Sanders, SMU Rotary Lombardi Award (Top Lineman) Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Derrick Mathews, LB, Houston Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Cincinnati Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF Biletnikoff Award (Top Receiver) Geremy Davis, UConn Deontay Greenberry, Houston Rannell Hall, UCF Justin Hardy, East Carolina Darius Joseph, SMU Breshad Perriman, UCF Daniel Spencer, Houston Shaq Washington, Cincinnati Davey O Brien Award (Top Quarterback) Shane Carden, East Carolina John O Korn, Houston P.J. Walker, Temple Doak Walker Award (Top Running Back) Kenneth Farrow, Houston Kenneth Harper, Temple William Stanback, UCF Walter Camp Award (Outstanding Player) Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina Lorenzo Doss, CB, Tulane Terrance Plummer, LB, UCF

3 TALKING POINTS UCF 0-1, 0-0 American EAST CAROLINA 1-0, 0-0 American USF 1-0, 0-0 American TULANE 0-1, 0-1 American Last: Lost to Penn State, Next: Sept. 13 at Missouri Last: Beat North Carolina Central, 52-7 Next: Sept. 6 at South Carolina Next: Beat Western Carolina, Next: Sept. 6 vs. Maryland Last: Lost at Tulsa, (2ot) Next: Sept. 6 vs. Georgia Tech American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense The Knights overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, but saw Penn State get the game-winning field goal as time expired in the Croke Park Classic. QB Justin Holman came off the bench to throw for 204 yards and a touchdown to go with two rushing TDs. The Knights saw a nine-game winning streak end. WR Justin Hardy became East Carolina s career receptions leader in the win against North Carolina Central. Hardy had eight catches for 87 yards and two touchdowns, giving him 274 career receptions. He also threw a touchdown pass. The Pirates scored the last 52 points of the game against North Carolina Central. RB Marlon Mack, a true freshman, set American Athletic Conference records with 275 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the win against Western Carolina. Mack had touchdown runs of 62, 60 and 56 yards to go with a 3-yard score. The Bulls snapped a six-game losing streak with the season-opening win. RB Sherman Badis set the American Athletic Conference single-game rushing record against Tulsa. Badis rushed for 215 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries against Tulsa. The record was broken two days later by USF RB Marlon Mack. Tulane plays its first game at the new Yulman Stadium when the Green Wave hosts Georgia Tech. CINCINNATI 0-0, 0-0 American HOUSTON 0-1, 0-0 American SMU 0-1, 0-0 American TULSA 1-0, 1-0 American Next: Sept. 12 vs. Toledo American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense The Bearcats will be the last FBS team to begin their 2014 season when they face Toledo Sept. 12. Cincinnati will play its 2014 home games at Paul Brown Stadium while Nippert Stadium undergoes an $86 million renovation. Cincinnati was chosen as the favorite in the American Athletic Conferences in the league s preseason media poll. Last: Lost to UTSA, Next: Sept. 6 vs. Grambling State American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Houston, which led the nation in turnover margin last season, committed six turnovers in the loss to Texas-San Antonio. The Cougars set an on-campus attendance record with the crowd of 40,755 against UTSA. Houston plays its second straight game at the new TDECU Stadium with Saturday s visit from Grambling State. Last: Lost at Baylor, 45-0 Next: Sept. 6 at North Texas American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense The Mustangs were limited to just 67 yards of offense in the loss to Baylor. QB Neal Burcham got the start behind center against Baylor and threw for 59 yards on 15-of-26 passing. QB Matt Davis and QB Kolney Cassel both saw significant action as well. SMU plays its second straight road game to start the season with the visit to North Texas. Last: Beat Tulane, (2ot) Next: Sept. 6 vs. Oklahoma American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Tulsa didn t hold the lead until the second overtime period in the season-opening win against Tulane. WR Keevan Lucas 233 yards on 13 receptions against the Green Wave, finishing six yards shy of the conference record. Lucas had 269 all-purpose yards. QB Dane Evans threw for 438 yards and four touchdowns against Tulane. UCONN 0-1, 0-0 American Last: Lost to Brigham Young, Next: Sept. 6 vs. Stony Brook American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Brigham Young scored the first 21 points of the game against UConn, ending the Huskies three-game winning streak from last season. WR Geremy Davis has at least one reception in 27 consecutive games, tying for the longest active streak nationally. Davis had seven receptions for 96 yards against BYU. MEMPHIS 1-0, 0-0 American Last: Beat Austin Peay, 63-0 Next: Sept. 6 at UCLA American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Memphis registered its first shutout since 2000 with the whitewash of Austin Peay. QB Paxton Lynch threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns and added two rushing TDs against Austin Peay. Memphis won its season-opener for the first time since 2004, when the Tigers beat Mississippi. Memphis had lost 10 straight season-openers. TEMPLE 1-0, 0-0 American Last: Won at Vanderbilt, 37-7 Next: Sept. 6 vs. Navy American Ranks Total Offense Total Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Temple s win against Vanderbilt was the Owls first victory against an opponent from the SEC since The Owls forced seven turnovers against Vanderbilt. Temple had just 15 takeaways in the entire 2013 season. Temple hosts Navy which joins The American in 2015 Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field. The schools last met in COMING IN 2015 The American Athletic Conference will add its 12th football-playing member when Navy joins the league for the 2015 season. Navy will play in The American s West Division, along with Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa. The East Division will include UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, USF and Temple. Navy (0-1) 8/30 vs. Ohio State...L, /6 at Temple...1 p.m. 9/13 at Texas State...8 p.m. 9/20 Rutgers...3:30 p.m. 9/27 Western Kentucky...3:30 p.m. 10/4 at Air Force...3:30 p.m. 10/11 VMI...3:30 p.m. 10/25 San Jose State...1 p.m. 11/1 vs. Notre Dame...8 p.m. 11/15 Georgia Southern...3:30 p.m. 11/28 at South Alabama...TBD 12/13 vs. Army...3 p.m American Athletic Conference Football

4 WEEK 2 CAPSULES Saturday, Sept. 6 Noon ET SNY STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES at UCONN HUSKIES Rentschler Field (40,000/Natural Grass) East Hartford, Conn. Television SNY Eric Frede and Sean Mulcahy UConn Radio WTIC-AM 1080 (flagship) THE GAME Saturday s game will be the first meeting on the gridiron between UConn and Stony Brook It is the second of five first-time opponents for UConn this season Stony Brook s Chuck Priore coached in the state of Connecticut for six seasons as head coach at Division III Trinity, where he strung together three straight 8-0 seasons and went 31-1 in his last four years. STONY BROOK (0-1) Chuck Priore (Albany 82) 54-21, ninth season at Stony Brook 91-50, 15th season as collegiate head coach Adam Gutes (631) , adam.gutes@stonybrook.edu Stony Brook opened its season with a 13-7 setback to Bryant on Long Island The Seawolves were limited to just 186 yards of offense and punted 10 times against the Bulldogs RB Stacey Bedell was a bright spot for Stony Brook as he finished with 116 rushing yards on 27 carries The Seawolves have held seven of their last 12 opponents to fewer than 300 yards of offense, dating to last season Stony Brook went 5-6 overall in the Seawolves first season in the Colonial Athletic Association Stony Brook enjoyed its most successful season in 2012, when the Seawolves went 10-3, including a win against Army, and earned an at-large selection to the NCAA Championship QB Jon Kinder completed 7 of 18 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions against Bryant Notable alumni of Stony Brook include Patricia Cowings, the first American female astronaut, and Detroit Tigers pitcher Joe Nathan The Seawolves, who faced Bryant (FCS) before taking on UConn (FBS), host Division II American International next week. UCONN (0-1) Bob Diaco (Iowa 95) 0-1, first season Mike Enright (860) , mike.enright@uconn.edu UConn carried a three-game winning streak into the 2014 season, but the Huskies fell to Brigham Young, 35-10, last Friday at Rentschler Field Head coach Bob Diaco made his head coaching debut in the game against BYU Diaco spent the previous four seasons as defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, where he helped the Fighting Irish reach the BCS National Championship Game in 2012 QB Casey Cochran, who went 3-1 as the Huskies starter last season, was the Opening Day starter against BYU Cochran therw for 171 yards on 17-of-31 passing QB Chandler Whitmer took significant snaps as well, throwing for 113 yards WR Geremy Davis had 71 receptions for 1,085 yards and three touchdowns last season, becoming the first UConn player with at least 1,000 receiving yards in the Huskies FBS era Davis had seven receptions for 96 yards against BYU in the season-opener UConn returns five starters on defense CB Byron Jones is the catalyst on defense after he registered a team-high three interceptions last season UConn plays its first three games of the season at Rentschler Field The Huskies host Boise State next Saturday American Athletic Conference Football Saturday, Sept. 6 Noon ET FSN SMU MUSTANGS at NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN Apogee Stadium (30,850/SportsExe PowerBlade) Denton, Texas Television FSN Mike Morgan, JC Pearson and Steffi Sorenson SMU Radio KTCK-AM 1310 (flagship) THE GAME Saturday s game will be the 34th meeting between SMU and North Texas in a series that dates to 1922 The schools met 20 times between 1922 and 1942 as the Mustangs went in that span More recently, the teams split a two-game series in 2006 and 2007 SMU was a winner Sept. 8, 2007, in the last meeting against its in-state rival. SMU (0-1) June Jones (New York State Regents College) 36-42, seventh season at SMU , 16th season as collegiate head coach Brad Sutton (214) , bsutton@smu.edu SMU has a short week to regroup from a 45-0 loss to No. Baylor, which was played Sunday night in Waco, Texas SMU is the only American Athletic Conference team to open with back-toback road games SMU went 5-7 last year as the Mustangs saw a streak of four straight bowl appearances come to an end SMU was 4-4 in the American Athletic Conference June Jones has never had back-to-back losing seasons in 15 years as a head coach SMU s four nonconference opponents were a combined last season and are 3-1 thus far in 2014 The Mustangs, who averaged yards of offense per game last year, managed just 67 yards against Baylor QB Neal Burcham took over as the starting signal-caller against Baylor, but the Mustangs also saw QB Matt Davis and QB Kolney Cassel take significant snaps Ten SMU players caught at least one pass against Baylor WR Deion Sanders Jr. averaged 26.2 yards on five kickoff returns against the Bears SMU forced two turnovers and registered a blocked field goal against Baylor. NORTH TEXAS (0-1) Dan McCarney (Iowa 75) 18-20, fourth season at North Texas , 16th season as collegiate head coach Eric Capper (940) , eric.capper@unt.edu North Texas dropped a 37-7 decision at Texas to open its 2014 season The Mean Green returns nine starters from a 2013 squad that went 9-4, including a win against UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl The nine wins were one shy of the program record North Texas has forced at least one turnover in 17 straight games The Mean Green completed just 3 of 17 passes for 15 yards and four interceptions against the Longhorns North Texas finished with 94 yards of offense and didn t cross midfield until the third quarter RB Reggie Pegram, a transfer from Purdue, missed most of last season with a knee injury, but came back to rush for 50 yards on 15 carries against Texas The Mean Green uses two punters as P Eric Keena and P Blake Macek combined to average 42.0 yards against the Longhorns LB Anthony Wallace, a transfer from Oregon, had five tackles against the Longhorns in his North Texas debut The game against SMU is the first of three straight home games for North Texas, which plays in the three-year-old Apogee Stadium Saturday, Sept. 6 Noon ET ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 OKLAHOMA SOONERS at TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf) Tulsa, Okla. Television ABC Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman and Todd McShay Tulsa Radio KRMG-AM 740 (flagship) THE GAME Tulsa and Oklahoma have met 26 times prior to this Saturday s matchup The Sooners have gone against the Golden Hurricane and have won the last seven games in the series Tulsa s last win was Sept. 26, 1996, when the Hurricane scored a decision in Norman, Okla. Tulsa is 3-6 all-time against Oklahoma at home. 3/4 OKLAHOMA (1-0) Bob Stoops (Iowa 83) , 16th season Pete Moris (405) , pmoris@ou.edu Oklahoma has won five straight games, dating to last season, after the Sooners scored a win against Louisiana Tech last Saturday in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma is looking for its first six-game winning streak since the Sooners won 11 in a row from Nov. 13, 2010, to Oct. 16, 2011 Oklahoma has won 19 of its last 20 games against unranked opponents The Sooners have won their last 43 games when they lead at halftime, trailing only Oregon (61) for the nation s longest streak The win against Louisiana Tech was the 200th career game for coach Bob Stoops Among coaches who won at least one national championship, Stoops trails only Joe Paterno ( ) in the number of wins through 200 games The Sooners return nine starters from last year s defense, including All-Big 12 First Team DE Charles Tapper and preseason All-America LB Eric Striker QB Trevor Knight enters his second year as Oklahoma s starter after he threw for 819 yards and nine touchdowns in an injury-shortened freshman year The Sooners had five rushing touchdowns against Louisiana Tech last week. TULSA (1-0, 1-0 American) Bill Blankenship (Tulsa 79) 23-17, fourth season Don Tomkalski (918) , donald-tomkalski@utulsa.edu Tulsa opened its season in dramatic fashion as the Golden Hurricane rallied for a win against Tulane in two overtime periods last Thursday The Hurricane didn t hold the lead until the second overtime Tulsa is 1-0 for the first time since the 2009 season, when the Hurricane also knocked off Tulane in Game 1 The Hurricane opened a season at home for the first time since 2006 Tulsa trailed 21-7 in the second quarter, but battled back behind four touchdown passes from QB Dane Evans WR Keevan Lucas was the beneficiary of three TD passes, including a 3-yard connection with 2:53 left that tied the game Lucas finished with 233 receiving yards, finishing six yards shy of The American s single-game record Evans threw for a career-high 438 yards and four TDs on 31-of-53 passing with two interceptions Evans yardage total is good for ninth on Tulsa s single-game chart and is the best since 2008, when David Johnson threw for 469 yards against New Mexico RB Tavarreon Dickerson rushed for a team-high 84 yards on 15 carries LB Trent Martin had 12 tackles and S Michael Mudoh had 10 for the Hurricane defense against Tulane.

5 WEEK 2 CAPSULES Saturday, Sept. 6 1 p.m. ET ESPN3 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN at TEMPLE OWLS Lincoln Financial Field (68,532/Grass) Philadelphia, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 6 3:30 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network MARYLAND TERRAPINS at USF BULLS Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Grass) Tampa, Fla. Saturday, Sept. 6 4 p.m. ET ESPNews GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS at TULANE GREEN WAVE Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M) New Orleans, La. Television ESPN3 Dave Leno and Ken Dunek Television CBS Sports Network Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Lauren Gardner Television ESPNews Joel Meyers and Brian Kinchen Temple Radio WPEN-FM 97.5 (flagship) USF Radio WHFS-FM 98.1 (flagship) Tulane Radio WMTI-FM (flagship) Tulsa Radio KRMG-AM 740 (flagship) THE GAME Saturday s game will be the 11th meeting between Temple and Navy in a series that dates to 1988 Each team has won five games in the series Temple was a winner in 2009, the last time the teams met, behind a 267-yard, two-touchdown effort from RB Bernard Pierce Navy is 10-0 all-time in games played at Lincoln Financial Field. rv/- NAVY (0-1) Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii 89) 49-31, seventh season Scott Strasemeier (410) , sstrasem@usna.edu Navy opened its season with a setback to No. 5/6 Ohio State in Baltimore last Saturday The Midshipmen held a 7-6 halftime lead against the Buckeyes, holding Ohio State to just two field goals, but saw the visitors scored four touchdowns in five second-half series Navy finished the game with 370 rushing yards and 390 yards of total offense Head coach Ken Niumatalolo needs just one win to move into a tie for second on Navy s career wins chart Navy was listed in the receiving votes category in the first Associated Press poll of the season The top player for the Midshipmen is QB Keenan Reynolds, who genereated some offseason Heisman Trophy buzz after he rushed for 1,346 yards and 31 touchdowns last season, breaking Tim Tebow s NCAA record for touchdowns by a quarterback Reynolds has held to 42 rushing yards against Ohio State, but RB Ryan Williams-Jenkins rushed for 118 yards on just seven carries LB Chris Johnson had a team-high 11 tackles against Ohio State DE Paul Quessenberry had two tackles for loss and a sack against the Buckeyes Navy s 2014 opponents were a combined 8-2 in Week 1 of the season. TEMPLE (1-0) Matt Rhule (Penn State 97) 3-10, second season Rich Burg (215) , rich.burg@temple.edu Temple scored one of its more impressive wins in recent years as the Owls endured a lengthy rain delay to score a 37-7 victory against Vanderbilt last Thursday in Nashville, Tenn. The Owls, who had just 15 takeaways last season, took advantage of seven Vanderbilt turnovers as the Owls registered three interceptions and recovered four fumbles By comparison, Temple had just three defensive interceptions in the 2013 season The defensive effort allowed Temple to win despite the Owls going just 2-for-17 on third down QB P.J. Walker led the way on offense as he completed 23 of 34 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns and added a rushing TD as well RB Jamie Gilmore rushed for 65 yards on nine carries, while WR Nate Hairston had a team-high seven receptions LB Tyler Matakevich was named to the preseason watch lists for the Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation s top defensive player CB Tavon Young had a pair of interceptions for the Owls, while DT Averee Robinson scored a touchdown on a 55-yard fumble return American Athletic Conference Football THE GAME Saturday s game will be the first meeting between USF and Maryland on the gridiron The Bulls are 0-2 all-time against teams from the Big Ten Conference after falling to Michigan State last season and Penn State in 2005 Maryland head coach Randy Edsall went 4-4 against USF as head coach at UConn between 1999 and MARYLAND (1-0) Randy Edsall (Syracuse 80) 14-24, fourth season at Maryland 88-94, 16th season as collegiate head coach Matt Taylor (301) , taylormd@umd.edu Maryland opened its season in impressive fashion as the Terrapins raced to a 45-0 lead through three quarters on its way to a 52-7 decision against James Madison last Saturday in College Park, Md. Maryland held a 24-0 lead at halftime and reeled off 471 yards of offense The Terrapins scored five rushing touchdowns, including three by QB C.J. Brown, who also threw for a score RB Brendon Ross rushed for 86 yards and a TD on 16 carries, while RB Wes Brown had 81 yards on 13 attempts C.J. Brown completed 11 of 24 passes for 111 yards before yielding to QB Caleb Rowe, who was 7-for-11 for 75 yards and a TD WR Stefon Diggs is a skilled receiver who looks to bounce back from an injury-shortened 2013 season Diggs had five receptions for 53 yards against James Madison and was the team-leader with 112 all-purpose yards Maryland s defense returns nine starters from last year, including LB L.A. Goreee, who had 14 tackles against James Madison S Sean Davis had a team-high 102 tackles last season, while DE Andre Monroe had 9.5 sacks in USF (1-0) Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky 98) 3-10, second season at USF 19-30, fifth season as collegiate head coach Brian Siegrist (813) , siegrist@usf.edu USF rid itself of a six-game losing streak that dated to the 2013 season with a win against Western Carolina in the 2014 opener last Saturday The Bulls trailed at halftime, but relied on a breakout performance by true freshman RB Marlon Mack to take the win Mack finished the day with two American Athletic Conference single-game records as he rushed for 275 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries Mack tied USF s single-game rushing record, while his total stands as the best single-game performance nationally on the young season QB Mike White earned the start behind center and completed 9 of 28 passes for 181 yards with one interception WR Andre Davis, who had 49 receptions for a school-record 735 receiving yards last season, was limited to just one catch against Western Carolina due to a sternum injury TE Sean Price was named to the Mackey Award preseason watch list LB Jamie Byrd led USF with 11 tackles in the season-opener K Marvin Kloss a Groza Award finalist last year accounted for 12 points. THE GAME Tulane and Georgia Tech renew acquaintances for the 49th time when the schools meet Saturday The Yellow Jackets hold a series lead The schools were both founding members of the Southeastern Conference and competed together in the SEC from The game will be the first to be played in Tulane s new Yulman Stadium. -/rv GEORGIA TECH (1-0) Paul Johnson (Western Carolina 79) 48-32, seventh season at Georgia Tech , 18th season as collegiate head coach Chris Yandle (404) , cyandle@athletics.gatech.edu Georgia Tech began its 2014 season with a win against Wofford in Atlanta last Saturday The Yellow Jackets, known for their option offense under coach Paul Johnson, finished with more passing yards (282) than rushing yards (226) in the win against Wofford Georgia Tech went 7-6 last season and fell to Mississippi in the Music City Bowl Johnson, who ranks 10th in career wins among active FBS coaches, has led his teams to either a bowl berth or the NCAA FCS playoffs in 16 of his first 17 years as a collegiate head coach Georgia Tech has played in a bowl game in 17 consecutive seasons The Yellow Jackets have 10 starters returning from last year QB Justin Thomas was 11-for-15 for 282 yards and two touchdowns against Wofford as he completed his last eight passes of the day Thomas added 71 rushing yards against the Terriers in his first career start Georgia Tech was one of 11 FBS programs without a player who had started at least one game at quarterback The Yellow Jackets return just three regular starters from last year s defense. TULANE (0-1, 0-1 American) Curtis Johnson (Idaho 85) 9-17, third season Roger Dunaway (504) , roger@tulane.edu Tulane looks to bounce back from a loss to Tulsa in doubleovertime last Thursday in its American Athletic Conference debut The Green Wave will play its first game in the $75 million Yulman Stadium, marking the team s first on-campus home game in nearly 40 years Tulane played on-campus at Tulane Stadium from and moved to the Superdome from Tulane is all-time in games played on its campus (from ) The Green Wave amassed 516 yards of offense against Tulsa in its season-opener, registering its highest total since a 619-yard day against Alabama-Birmingham in 2012 QB Tanner Lee became the first Green Wave freshman to start behind center since Tommy Hightower started the 1976 season-opener against Cincinnati Lee completed 22 of 44 passes for 262 yards and three touchdowns with one interception RB Sherman Badie set an American Athletic Conference single-game record (broken two days later) with 215 rushing yards against Tulsa S Sam Scofield had a team-high 14 tackles against Tulsa.

6 WEEK 2 CAPSULES Saturday, Sept. 6 7 p.m. ET ESPNU EAST CAROLINA PIRATES at SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250/Grass) Columbia, S.C. Television ESPNU Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer and Cara Capuano East Carolina Radio WNCT-FM (flagship) THE GAME Saturday s game will be the 18th meeting between East Carolina and South Carolina The Gamecocks hold a 12-5 series lead The Pirates have won five of the last nine matchups, beginning with a victory in 1991 South Carolina was a winner in Columbia Sept. 8, 2012, the last time the teams met East Carolina s last win was a 21-3 decision in EAST CAROLINA (1-0) Ruffin McNeill (East Carolina 80) 30-22, fifth season at East Carolina 31-22, fifth full season as collegiate head coach Tom McClellan (252) , mcclellant@ecu.edu East Carolina has won seven of its last eight games, dating to last season, after a 52-7 win against North Carolina Central in Greenville, N.C., last Saturday The game against South Carolina is the first of a daunting three-game nonconference slate that also pairs the Pirates against Virginia Tech and North Carolina East Carolina is all-time against nationally ranked opponents QB Shane Carden, who was the Conference USA Most Valuable Player last season, enjoyed a productive start to his 2014 campaign Carden threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns, completing 26 of 37 passes without an interception WR Justin Hardy has already set East Carolina s career record for receiving yards (3,334) is the NCAA s active career leader in receptions (274) and receiving yards Hardy enters the season 76 receptions shy of the NCAA FBS career mark of 349, held by Oklahoma s Ryan Broyles since 2011 WR Isaiah Jones had 10 receptions for 150 yards and a touchdown against North Carolina Central LB Zeek Bigger led the defensive effort with 11 tackles. 9/9 SOUTH CAROLINA (0-1, 0-1 SEC) Steve Spurrier (Florida 67) 77-40, 10th season at South Carolina , 25th season as collegiate head coach Steve Fink (803) , finksc@mailbox.sc.edu South Carolina looks to bounce back from a Opening Day loss to No. 21/20 Texas A&M The Gamecocks were outgained by a margin and faced a halftime deficit against the Aggies This year is the first time since 1999 that South Carolina is 0-1 on the year Head coach Steve Spurrier dropped a season-opener for just the second time in his 25-year career The loss also snapped the Gamecocks 18-game home winning streak, which was the longest active streak in the nation South Carolina has finished in the national top 10 in each of the last three seasons, joining Alabama and Oregon as the only schools to do that South Carolina returns 14 starters from last year s team that went 11-2 overall and beat Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl South Carolina was the only team to score a win against American Athletic Conference champion UCF last season QB Dylan Thompson, who made his first career start against East Carolina in 2012, takes over as the regular starter in American Athletic Conference Football Saturday, Sept. 6 8 p.m. ET ESPN3 GRAMBLING STATE TIGERS at HOUSTON COUGARS TDECU Stadium (40,000/UBU S5-M Speed Series) Houston, Texas Television ESPN3 Brett Dolan and Pat Hill Houston Radio KBME-AM 790 (flagship) THE GAME Saturday s game will be the second meeting on the gridiron between Houston and Grambling State The only previous meeting was Sept. 16, 2006, when Houston scored a win at Robertson Stadium The Cougars saw QB Kevin Kolb throw for 297 yards and two touchdowns, while RB Jackie Battle added three rushing TDs in the win. GRAMBLING STATE (0-1) Broderick Fobbs (Grambling State 97) 0-1, first season Robert Vogel (318) , vogelr@gram.edu Grambling State dropped a decision to Lamar last Saturday in the Tigers season-opener The Tigers play just three true home games this season and will play two games in the city of Houston In addition to Saturday s game against Houston, the Tigers return to the Bayou City Nov. 1 to face Texas Southern Grambling State is one of the most historically successful college football programs of all time, with an overall record of (.686) and 24 conference championships Recent history has not been as kind to the Tigers, who went 1-11 last season Grambling State trailed Lamar at halftime, 14-13, before Lamar scored 28 straight third-quarter points Two quarterbacks took significant snaps for the Tigers as QB D.J. Williams competed 12 of 22 passes for 74 yards, while QB Stephen Johnson was 6-for-18 for 118 yards and one interception Johnson finished as the team s leading rusher with 51 yards on nine carries with one touchdown run WR Anthony McGhee had five receptions for 43 yards, while WR Chad Williams had three catches for 82 yards S Nicholas Peoples led the defense with nine tackles and a 74-yard interception return. -/rv HOUSTON (0-1) Tony Levine (Minnesota 96) 14-13, second full season David Bassity (713) , dbassity@central.uh.edu Houston hoped to celebrate the unveiling of the new $120 million TDECU Stadium with a win in last Friday s season-opener against UTSA, but the Roadrunners had other plans as the Cougars fell 27-7 Houston, which enjoyed a successful 2013 season on its ability to win the turnover battle, was undone by six turnovers against UTSA The Cougars threw four interceptions and lost three fumbles agianst UTSA WR Deontay Greenberry, who ranked 15th nationally in receiving last year (100.2 yards per game) and had 11 touchdown catches, was a bright spot in the opener as he had six receptions for 96 yards QB John O Korn, the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, was 21-for-43 for 204 yards and four INTs Houston was limited to-26 rushing yards against UTSA LB Derrick Mathews had 16 tackles against the Roadrunners the most of any American Athletic Conference player through Week 1 LB Efrem Oliphant added 14 stops, while S Trevon Stewart had 10 WR Demarcus Ayers the 2013 American Special Teams Player of the Year had a game-high 105 all-purpose yards. Saturday, Sept p.m. ET Pac-12 Network MEMPHIS TIGERS at UCLA BRUINS Rose Bowl (91,136/Natural Grass) Pasadena, Calif. Television Pac-12 Network Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker and Jill Savage Memphis Radio WREC-AM 600 (flagship) THE GAME Saturday s game will be the first meeting between Memphis and UCLA The Tigers look to snap a streak of nine consecutive losses in road openers Memphis plays in the state of California for just the third time The Tigers are 2-0 all-time in California, with a win against USC in 1991 and a 28-9 decision against San Jose State in the 1971 Pasadena Bowl. MEMPHIS (1-0) Justin Fuente (Murray State 99) 8-17, third season Ron Mears (901) , rmears@memphis.edu Memphis was a wire-to-wire winner in its 2014 season-opener as the Tigers rolled to a 63-0 decision against Austin Peay at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium The 63 points were the most in a game for Memphis since a 1969 win against Louisville It was Memphis first win in a season-opener since 2004, when the Tigers defeated Mississippi The shutout was the first since a 28-0 whitewash of Louisiana-Monroe in 2000 The Tigers raced to a 42-0 halftime lead against Austin Peay, its largest halftime cushion in school history QB Paxton Lynch completed 20 of 27 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns and added 34 rushing yards and two more TDs on the ground RB Jarvis Cooper rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on just eight carries, while RB Doroland Dorceus added two rushing touchdowns among his 10 carries LB Tank Jakes had six tackles and two tackles for loss against the Governors All-America candidate DE Martin Ifedi, who had a tackle for loss on the first play of the game, did not finish the game due to an undisclosed injury The Tigers allowed Austin Peay to convert just one third-down opportunity. 7/7 UCLA (1-0) Jim Mora (Washington 84) 20-8, third season Steve Rourke (310) , srourke@athletics.ucla.edu Expectations are high in Westwood as UCLA looks to build upon a 10-3 season in 2013 that was capped by a win against Virginia Tech in the Sun Bowl UCLA opened the season with a win at Virginia Three of the four touchdowns came from the Bruins defense as UCLA scored on two interception returns and a fumble return in the second quarter alone against the Cavaliers UCLA has 17 starters back from last year, including nine on offense QB Brett Hundley threw for 3,071 yards and 24 touchdowns with nine interceptions last year to with 748 rushing yards and 11 TDs on the ground Hundley, who is considered a frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy, completed 20 of 33 passes for 242 yards against Virginia WR Jordan Payton was the primary target with eight receptions for 98 yards RB Paul Perkins rushed for 80 yards on 16 carries The defense was led by LB Eric Kendricks, who had 16 tackles, a forced fumble and an interception Kendricks was named the Walter Camp National Player of the Week and the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week.

7 NATIONAL POLLS Associated Press Poll Preseason Poll School Record Pts 1. Florida State (57) Alabama (1) Oregon (1) Oklahoma (1) Ohio State Auburn UCLA Michigan State South Carolina Baylor Stanford Georgia LSU Wisconsin USC Clemson Notre Dame Mississippi Arizona State Kansas State Texas A&M Nebraska North Carolina Missouri Washington Receiving votes: UCF 94, Florida 87, Texas 86, Duke 71, Iowa 68, Louisville 48, Marshall 41, Oklahoma State 37, Virginia Tech 26, TCU 23, Mississippi State 22, Michigan 19, Texas Tech 19, Miami (Fla.) 16, Cincinnati 15, Boise State 10, Oregon State 10, Northwestern 8, Brigham Young 8, Penn State 5, Vanderbilt 2, Navy 2, Nevada 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Utah State 1 USA Today Poll Preseason Poll School Record Pts 1. Florida State (56) 0-0 1, Alabama 0-0 1, Oklahoma (3) 0-0 1, Oregon (1) 0-0 1, Auburn 0-0 1, Ohio State (1) 0-0 1, UCLA 0-0 1, Michigan State 0-0 1, South Carolina (1) 0-0 1, Baylor Stanford Georgia LSU Wisconsin USC Clemson Notre Dame Arizona State Mississippi Texas A&M Kansas State Nebraska North Carolina Texas Washington Receiving votes: Missouri 126, Florida 122, UCF 102, Mississippi State 74, Oklahoma State 56, TCU 54, Michigan 53, Iowa 49, Miami (Fla.) 45, Duke 41, Louisville 32, Marshall 27, Brigham Young 18, Boise State 13, Virginia Tech 12, Louisiana-Lafayette 12, Texas Tech 8, Cincinnati 6, Minnesota 6, Northwestern 5, Fresno State 4, Oregon State 4, Houston 2, Georgia Tech 2, Arkansas 1, Arizona 1, Northern Illinois 1 American Preseason Media Poll School Points 1. Cincinnati (17) UCF (7) Houston (6) East Carolina SMU USF Memphis Temple UConn 98 Tulane Tulsa 94 WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Below is a weekly look at each American Athletic Conference team s spot in the Associated Press and USA Today polls in Rankings are listed as AP/USA Today. UCF Cincinnati UConn East Carolina Houston Memphis USF SMU Temple Tulane Tulsa Preseason rv/rv rv/rv -/- -/- -/rv -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- Sept. 1 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 8 Final American Athletic Conference Football

8 THE 2014 SEASON 2014 HOME ATTENDANCE SCHOOL (Capacity) GP TOTAL AVG. LARGEST CROWD UCF (45,323) Cincinnati (35,000) UConn (40,000) 1 35,150 35,150 35,150 (vs. Brigham Young) East Carolina (50,000) 1 42,758 42,758 42,758 (vs. North Carolina Central) Houston (40,000) 1 40,755 40,755 40,755 (vs. UTSA) Memphis (61,000) 1 27,361 27,361 27,361 (vs. Austin Peay) Rutgers (52,454) USF (65,897) 1 31,642 31,642 31,642 (vs. Western Carolina) SMU (32,000) Temple (68,532) Tulane (30,000) Tulsa (30,000) 1 19,032 19,032 19,032 (vs. Tulane) 2014 TOTALS 6 196,698 32,873 42,758 (East Carolina vs. NC Central) TOP PERFORMANCES 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES Player, School, Year 2014 Career Ryan Jackson, Houston, Jr. 3 Brandon Hayes, Memphis, Sr. 3 Jarvis Cooper, Memphis, Fr. 1 1 Marlon Mack, USF, Fr. 1 1 Sherman Badie, Tulane, Fr. 1 1 Hosey Williams, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 Kenny Harper, Temple, Sr. 1 Munchie Legaux, Cincinnati, Sr YARD RECEIVING GAMES Player, School, Year 2014 Career Justin Hardy, East Carolina, Sr. 9 Deontay Greenberry, Houston, Jr. 5 Geremy Davis, UConn, Sr. 5 Daniel Spencer, Houston, Sr. 5 J.J. Worton, UCF, Sr. 5 Rannell Hall, UCF, Sr. 4 Isaiah Jones, East Carolina, So. 1 3 Breshad Perriman, UCF, Jr. 3 Darius Joseph, SMU, Jr. 3 Andre Davis, USF, Sr. 3 Justyn Shackleford, Tulane, Sr. 1 2 Shaq Washington, Cincinnati, Sr. 2 Deshon Foxx, UConn, Sr. 2 Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa, Jr. 2 Keevan Lucas, Tulsa, So. 1 1 Mekale McKay, Cincinnati, Jr. 1 Markeith Ambles, Houston, Sr. 1 Jalen Fitzpatrick, Temple, Sr. 1 Shane Ros, Houston, Sr. 1 Keiwone Malone, Memphis, Sr. 1 Deonte Welch, USF, Sr. 1 Xavier Rush, Tulane, Sr YARD PASSING GAMES Player, School, Year 2014 Career Shane Carden, East Carolina, Sr. 11 John O Korn, Houston, So. 3 Casey Cochran, UConn, So. 2 P.J. Walker, Temple, So. 2 Chandler Whitmer, UConn, Sr. 2 Dane Evans, Tulsa, So. 1 1 Tim Boyle, UConn, So. 1 Mike White, USF, So. 1 Munchie Legaux, Cincinnati, Sr. 1 Nick Montana, Tulane, Sr. 1 THE RECORD BOOK The American s single-game records (through Aug. 31, 2014). Most Rushing Yards 1. Marlon Mack, USF vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14) Sherman Badie, Tulane at Tulsa (8/28/14) Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan (9/14/13) Paul James, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 182 Most Rushing Touchdowns 1. Marlon Mack, USF vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14) 4 2. Storm Johnson, UCF at FIU (9/6/13) 3 Paul James, Rutgers vs. Norfolk State (9/7/13) 3 Paul James, Rutgers vs. Eastern Michigan (9/14/13) 3 Storm Johnson, UCF vs. Baylor (1/1/14) 3 Longest Rush 1. Sherman Badie, Tulane at Tulsa (8/28/14) 90 yards 2. Marcus Shaw, USF vs. McNeese State (8/31/13) 80 yards Most Passing Yards 1. Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Temple (10/26/13) Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 484 Most Pass Completions 1. Garrett Gilbert, SMU, vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Texas Tech (8/30/13) 41 Longest Pass 1. Blake Bortles, UCF vs. Akron (8/29/13) 91 yards Most Touchdown Passes 1. Gary Nova, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 5 Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville vs. Ohio (9/1/13) 5 Garrett Gilbert, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 5 John O Korn, Houston vs. Rutgers (10/26/13) 5 Most Receiving Yards 1. Robby Anerson, Temple vs. SMU (10/26/13) Keevan Lucas, Tulsa vs. Tulane (8/28/14) Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) Keenan Holman, SMU vs. Temple (10/26/13) 209 Most Receptions 1. Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/15) Deontay Greenberry, Houston at Temple (9/7/13) 14 Most Touchdown Receptions 1. Leonte Carroo, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 3 Jeremy Johnson, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/15) 3 Deontay Greenberry, Houston vs. Rutgers (10/26/13) 3 Jeff Godfrey, UCF vs. UConn (10/26/13) 3 Keevan Lucas, Tulsa vs. Tulane (8/24/14) 3 Longest Reception 1. Breshad Perriman, UCF vs. Akron (8/29/13) 91 yards Most Field Goals 1. Richie Leone, Houston at Temple (9/7/13) 5 Jake Elliott, Memphis at Houston (10/12/13) 5 Longest Field Goal 1. Jake Elliott, Memphis vs. USF (11/17/03) 56 yards Longest Punt Return 1. Janarion Grant, Rutgers vs. Arkansas (9/21/13) 58 yards Longest Kickoff Return 1. Janarion Grant, Rutgers at Fresno State (8/29/13) 100 yards Most Tackles 1. Tyler Matakevich, Temple at Idaho (9/28/23) Randall Joyner, SMU vs. Rutgers (10/5/13) 18 Greg Blair, Cincinnati vs. Louisville (12/5/13) 18 DeDe Lattimore, USF vs. Rutgers (12/7/13) American Athletic Conference Football

9 THE 2014 SEASON AWARD WINNERS AMERICAN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 1 Keevan Lucas, WR, Tulsa Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 AMERICAN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 1 Tavon Young, CB, Temple Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 AMERICAN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 1 Marvin Kloss, K, USF Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 ACTIVE CAREER WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS 3 Marvin Kloss (K, USF) 2 Terrance Plummer (LB, UCF) 1 Brandon Alexander (S, UCF); Shawn Moffitt (K, UCF); Deontay Greenberry (WR, Houston); Willie Jackson (CB, Houston); Derrick Mathews (LB, Houston); John O Korn (QB, Houston); Trevon Stewart (S, Houston); Brandon Wilson (CB, Houston); Jake Elliott (K, Memphis); Martin Ifedi (DE, Memphis); Tavon Young (CB, Temple); Keevan Lucas (WR, Tulsa) 2014 STATISTICAL RANKINGS OFFENSE DEFENSE Team Rush Pass Total Score Rush Pass Total Score KR PR Int. Sacks TFL T/O UCF Cincinnati UConn East Carolina Houston Memphis Available after all 11 teams play at least one game USF SMU Temple Tulsa Tulane AGAINST THE CONFERENCES ATLANTIC COAST (0-0) Maryland at USF (9/6) Georgia Tech at Tulane (9/6) East Carolina at Virginia Tech (9/13) North Carolina State at USF (9/13) North Carolina at East Carolina (9/20) Tulane at Duke (9/20) Cincinnati at Miami (Fla.) (10/11) BIG 12 (0-1) Baylor 45, SMU 0 (8/31) Oklahoma at Tulsa (9/6) TCU at SMU (9/27) BIG TEN (0-1) Penn State 26, UCF 24 (8/30) Cincinnati at Ohio State (9/27) USF at Wisconsin (9/27) Tulane at Rutgers (9/27) Temple at Penn State (11/15) COLONIAL ATHLETIC (0-0) Stony Brook at UConn (9/6) CONFERENCE USA (0-1) UTSA 27, Houston 7 (8/29) SMU at North Texas (9/6) Tulsa at Florida Atlantic (9/13) Middle Tennessee at Memphis (9/20) MID-AMERICAN (0-0) Toledo at Cincinnati (9/12) Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati (9/20) MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC (1-0) East Carolina 52, North Carolina Central 7 (8/30) Delaware State at Temple (9/20) Bethune-Cookman at UCF (9/20) MOUNTAIN WEST (0-0) Boise State at UConn (9/13) UNLV at Houston (9/20) Tulsa at Colorado State (10/4) OHIO VALLEY (1-0) Memphis 63, Austin Peay 0 (8/30) PAC-12 (0-0) Memphis at UCLA (9/6) SOUTHEASTERN (1-0) Temple 37, Vanderbilt 7 (8/28) East Carolina at South Carolina (9/6) UCF at Missouri (9/13) Texas A&M at SMU (9/20) Memphis at Mississippi (9/27) SOUTHERN (1-0) USF 36, Western Carolina 31 (8/30) SOUTHLAND (0-0) Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane (9/13) SOUTHWEST ATHLETIC (0-0) Grambling State at Houston (9/6) SUN BELT (0-0) Texas State at Tulsa (9/27) INDEPENDENTS (0-1) Brigham Young 35, UConn 10 (8/29) Navy at Temple (9/6) Houston at Brigham Young (9/11) Brigham Young at UCF (10/9) UConn vs. Army (11/8) Total Nonconference Records All Games FBS Opponents FCS Opponents AP Top USA Today Top Bowl Games American Athletic Conference Football

10 NCAA LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing...YPG 1. Marlon Mack, USF Sherman Badie, Tulane Completions Per Game...CPG 7. Dane Evans, Tulsa Shane Carden, East Carolina P.J. Walker, Temple Tanner Lee, Tulane John O Korn, Houston Paxton Lynch, Memphis Passing Yards Per Game...YPG 6. Dane Evans, Tulsa Shane Carden, East Carolina Tanner Lee, Tulane Passing Efficiency... Rating 25. Paxton Lynch, Memphis Shane Carden, East Carolina Dane Evans, Tulsa Receptions Per Game...RPG 3. Keevan Lucas, Tulsa Isaiah Jones, East Carolina Geremy Davis, UConn Receiving Yards Per Game...YPG 1. Keevan Lucas, Tulsa Isaiah Jones, East Carolina Justyn Shackleford, Tulane Geremy Davis, UConn Deontay Greenberry, Houston Total Offense...YPG 8. Dane Evans, Tulsa Shane Carden, East Carolina Paxton Lynch, Memphis Marlon Mack, USF Scoring... PPG 1. Marlon Mack, USF Keevan Lucas, Tulsa Doroland Dorceus, Memphis Justin Hardy, East Carolina Justin Holman, UCF Marvin Kloss, USF Paxton Lynch, Memphis Carl Salazar, Tulsa Tackles... TPG 6. Derrick Mathews, Houston Clayton Geathers, UCF Sam Scofield, Tulane Efrem Oliphant, Houston Brandon Alexander, UCF Trent Martin, Tulsa Jamie Byrd, USF Graham Stewart, UConn Marquise Vann, UConn Jefferson Ashiru, UConn Zeek Bigger, East Carolina Tackles For Loss... TFL/Game 28. Avery Ellis, Temple Clayton Geathers, UCF Tank Jakes, Memphis Montese Overton, East Carolina Sacks...SPG 4. Avery Ellis, Temple players Passes Defended...PD/Game 1. Jacoby Glenn, UCF Tavon Young, Temple Jamie Byrd, USF Will Barrow, Tulsa Chris Dunkley, USF Stephaun Marshall, Temple Johnny Ward, USF Brandon Williams, East Carolina Interceptions...Int/Game 1. Tavon Young, Temple Jamie Byrd, USF Jacoby Glenn, UCF Cequan Jefferson, Temple Bobby McCain, Memphis Demarco Nelson, Tulsa Parry Nickerson, Tulane Taurean Nixon, Tulane Jordan Ozerities, UCF Forced Fumbles...FF/Game 3. Boye Aromire, Temple Devaris Brunson, East Carolina Avery Ellis, Temple Troy Gray, UCF Nigel Harris, USF Junior Joseph, UConn Jeremy Smith, Tulsa Nate D. Smith, Temple Graham Stewart, UConn Jonathan White, East Carolina Punting...Avg 15. Caleb Houston, UCF Alex Starzyk, Temple Punt Returns...Avg 27. Conner Floyd, Tulsa Keiwone Malone, Memphis Trevon Brown, East Carolina Kickoff Returns...Avg 11. Jordan Akins, UCF Arkeel Newsome, UConn Khalif Herbin, Temple Rowdy Simon, Tulsa Field Goals...FG/Game 4. Marvin Kloss, USF Carl Salazar, Tulsa Austin Jones, Temple Andrew DiRocco, Tulane Warren Harvey, East Carolina Tyler Mayes, Temple Shawn Moffitt, UCF Bobby Puyol, UConn TEAM LEADERS Rushing Offense...YPG 17. Memphis USF Tulane East Carolina Tulsa Temple UConn UCF Houston Passing Offense...YPG 6. Tulsa East Carolina UConn Tulane Memphis Houston UCF Temple USF Total Offense...YPG 13. Tulsa East Carolina Memphis Tulane USF UConn Temple UCF Houston Scoring Offense...Avg 2. Memphis East Carolina Tulsa Temple USF Tulane UCF UConn Houston Rushing Defense...YPG 14. Temple UCF East Carolina USF Memphis Houston Tulane UConn Tulsa Pass Efficiency Defense... Rating 5. Memphis Temple East Carolina Houston Tulsa USF Tulane UCF UConn Total Defense...YPG 7. Memphis East Carolina Houston Temple USF UCF UConn Tulsa Tulane Scoring Defense... PPG 1. Memphis East Carolina Temple UCF Houston Tulsa USF UConn Tulane Net Punting...Net Avg 9. USF UCF Memphis Houston Temple Tulsa East Carolina UConn Tulane Punt Returns...Avg 11. USF Memphis Tulsa East Carolina Temple UCF Houston Tulane UConn Kickoff Returns...Avg 18. UCF Temple USF Tulane UConn East Carolina Tulsa Houston Fumbles Recovered... Total 1. Temple UConn USF...1 Tulsa...1 Memphis...1 Houston...1 East Carolina...1 UCF...1 Interceptions... Total 6. Temple UCF...2 Tulane Memphis...1 Tulsa...1 USF...1 Turnovers Gained... Total 1. Temple UCF Tulane...2 Tulsa...2 USF...2 Memphis...2 UConn East Carolina...1 Houston...1 Turnovers Lost... Total 29. UCF UConn...2 East Carolina...2 Memphis...2 USF...2 Temple...2 Tulsa...2 Tulane Houston...6 Tackles For Loss...Per Game 16. USF Memphis East Carolina UCF Houston Tulane Tulsa Temple UConn Sacks...Per Game 8. Temple USF East Carolina UCF Houston Memphis UConn Tulane Tulsa Sacks Allowed...Per Game 1. Memphis USF Tulane Tulsa East Carolina Temple UCF UConn Houston Turnover Margin... Margin/Game 1. Temple UCF Tulane Tulsa USF UConn Memphis East Carolina Houston American Athletic Conference Football

11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF This season, college football enters a new four-team playoff era. The format is simple: the best four teams, two semifinals played in bowl games and a championship game played in a different city each year. It s the biggest innovation in the sport in decades. How It Works A 13-member selection committee will rank the top 25 teams. The top four ranked teams will play in two semifinal games on New Year s Day. The two winning teams will play in the championship game in North Texas Jan. 12, Criteria The committee will rank each team based on championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, comparative outcomes of common opponents and other factors. Rankings On Oct. 28, the committee will release the first of seven weekly rankings of the top 25 teams. The final ranking will be released Dec. 7. It will be the seeding for the playoff. Access Every FBS team will have equal access to the playoff based on its performance. No team or conference will qualify automatically. There will be no limit on the number of teams from a conference that can make the playoff. Championship Monday The championship game will be on Monday night every year. Conferences Manage The Event The FBS conferences will manage the College Football Playoff. All 10 conferences are members of the new entity CFP Administration, LLC. Selection Committee Responsibilities Select the top four teams for the playoff, rank them and assign them to semifinal sites. Rank the next group of teams to play in other New Year s bowls if berths are available. Select the highest-ranked champion from the five conferences without New Year s bowl contracts. Assign teams to New Year s bowls Create competitive matchups Attempt to avoid rematches of regular-season games and repeat appearances Consider geography Participants In New Year s Bowls Both participants in the Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls are contracted outside the playoff arrange ment (Big Ten and Pac-12 to Rose Bowl; SEC and Big 12 to Sugar Bowl; ACC to Orange Bowl against the highest ranked available team from the SEC, Big Ten and Notre Dame). If a conference champion qualifies for the playoff, then the bowl will choose a replacement from that conference. When those bowls host the semifinals and their contracted conference champions do not qualify, then the dis placed champion(s) will play in the other New Year s bowls College Football Playoff Schedule SEMIFINAL Allstate Sugar Bowl January 1, p.m. ET, ESPN Mercedez-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La. SEMIFINAL Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual January 1, p.m. ET, ESPN Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif. Orange Bowl December 31, 2014 TBA, ESPN Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl December 31, 2014 TBA, ESPN Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Fiesta Bowl December 31, 2014 TBA, ESPN Mercedez-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La. AT&T Cotton Bowl January 1, p.m. ET, ESPN AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP January 12, :30 p.m. ET, ESPN AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas The Fiesta, Cotton and Peach Bowls will host displaced conference champions and the top-ranked champion from a non-contract conference. The highest-ranked available teams will fill any other berths. The Selection Committee will make the pairings American Athletic Conference Football

12 AMERICAN BOWL LINEUP The Lineup In addition to the College Football Playoff and Host Bowls, the American will have either a primary or secondary affiliation with 12 bowl games spanning the next six years. The American will work annually with its member schools and bowl partners to create the most sensible and attractive matchups during the new cycle. The Miami Beach Bowl will be played for the first time in 2014 at stateof-the-art Marlins Park in Miami, which sits on the site of the historic Orange Bowl stadium. An American Athletic Conference team will play in the bowl each year, beginning with the 2014 matchup against Brigham Young. Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference are scheduled for future years, though institutions from other conferences also will have the opportunity to participate. The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman will take place at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., while the events and activities surrounding the game will be based in Washington, D.C. The American Athletic Conference will face an opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference in all six years of the coming cycle. The Birmingham Bowl takes place at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., The American/Big East has partnered with the bowl since its inception in the 2006 season. The American Athletic Conference will annually face an opponent from the Southeastern Conference. The Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl is played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The American Athletic Conference will supply a team to the bowl during each year of the six-year cycle. The Atlantic Coast Conference will provide the opposing team in 2014, 2016 and 2018, while Conference USA will play in the game in 2015, 2017 and The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl is played at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University. The American Athletic Conference will send a team to the bowl in 2014, 2016 and The opponent will be Army in 2014 and a Big 12 team in 2016 and 2018, with Conference USA as a secondary affiliation. The Sheraton Hawaii Bowl will be played on Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium on the campus of the University of Hawaii. The American Athletic Conference will participate in the bowl in 2015, 2017 and The Boca Raton Bowl will be a pre-christmas game that will feature an American Athletic Conference team three times during the six-year cycle at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. The Bahamas Bowl will be played in at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The American Athletic Conference will face the Mid- American Conference in 2016 and Conference USA in The R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl is held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The American Athletic Conference has agreed to play in the bowl in 2018 and The Cure Bowl will debut in 2015 at the newly renovated Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. An American Athletic Conference team would face an opponent from the Sun Belt Conference. In addition to the conference s primary bowl affiliations, The American holds secondary partnerships with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., the Duck Commander Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., and the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. Birmingham Bowl Legion Field Birmingham, Ala. Jan. 3, p.m. ESPN vs. Miami Beach Bowl Marlins Park Miami, Fla. Dec. 22, p.m. Television TBD vs. Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Fla. Dec. 26, p.m. ESPN vs. Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Md. Dec. 27, p.m. ESPN vs. Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas Jan. 2, 2015 Noon ESPN vs. or Future Lineups 2015 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. C-USA Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. MAC Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl Poinsettia Bowl 2016 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. ACC Miami Beach Bowl vs. MAC Military Bowl vs. ACC Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12 Bahamas Bowl vs. MAC Boca Raton Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl 2017 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. Sun Belt Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl 2018 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. ACC Miami Beach Bowl vs. MAC Military Bowl vs. ACC Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12 Bahamas Bowl vs. C-USA New Orleans Bowl vs. Sun Belt Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl 2019 Season Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC St. Petersburg Bowl vs. C-USA Miami Beach Bowl vs. Sun Belt Military Bowl vs. ACC Hawaii Bowl vs. Mountain West Boca Raton Bowl vs. MAC New Orleans Bowl vs. C-USA Cure Bowl vs. Sun Belt Liberty Bowl Independence Bowl American Athletic Conference Football

13 AMERICAN ON TELEVISION The 2014 football season will be the first under the American Athletic Conference s comprehensive television partnership with ESPN. The new arrangement began with the basketball season and will be in place through the academic year. The contract provide unprecedented exposure on two of the industry leaders in sports television. In football, the new contract calls for all conference-controlled games which encompasses all conference games and home nonconference games to be televised. Nearly 90 percent of those games will be carried on either national broadcast or national cable platforms. In addition to contracted games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews, American Athletic Conference teams will regularly appear on CBS Sports Network through a sublicensing agreement with ESPN. Further, The American will make appearances on the SEC Network, the Big Ten Network, the Pac-12 Network, Fox Sports 1, FSN and Fox College Sports in selected road nonconference games. Additional nonconference games will be available on ESPN3 ESPN s live multi-screen sports network, giving fans an online destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually, including more than 400 college football games. It is available at no cost to approximately 86 million homes with a high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated provider, as well as to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel. It is also accessible through ESPN on Xbox LIVE and on smartphones and tablets through the WatchESPN app through an affiliated provider. WatchESPN delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox and Apple TV. It is currently accessible in 55 million households nationwide to fans who receive ESPN s linear networks as part of their video subscription from Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV, Midcontinent Communications, Cablevision, Cox, Charter, AT&T U-verse or Google Fiber. Currently, ESPN and ESPN2 both reach nearly 100 million households across the nation. ESPNU s reach has expanded to 74 million households. CBS Sports Network is available to 100 million homes and may be seen on a digital basic cable package in all American Athletic Conference markets. THE NATIONAL SCENE The American Athletic Conference will have an extensive schedule of games on national television. The following telecasts were known at press time. Other games will be added via the 12-day and 6-day advance selection process. ABC Sat., Sept. 6 Oklahoma at Tulsa Noon ESPN Fri., Aug. 29 Brigham Young at UConn 8 p.m. Thu., Sept. 11 Houston at Brigham Young 9 p.m. Thu., Oct. 2 UCF at Houston 7 p.m. Thu., Oct. 9 Brigham Young at UCF 7:30 p.m. Thu., Dec. 4 UCF at East Carolina TBD ESPN2 Sat., Aug. 30 UCF vs. Penn State 8:30 a.m. Fri., Nov. 14 Tulsa at UCF * 8 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2 Fri., Sept. 19 UConn at USF * 8 p.m. Fri., Oct. 24 USF at Cincinnati * 7 p.m. ESPN2 or ESPNU Fri., Oct. 31 Cincinnati at Tulane * 8 p.m. Tulsa at Memphis * 8 p.m. Fri., Nov. 7 Memphis at Temple * 7:30 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 Sat., Sept. 13 Boise State at UConn Noon East Carolina at Virginia Tech Noon ESPNU Fri., Aug. 29 Texas-San Antonio at Houston 9 p.m. Sat., Sept. 6 East Carolina at South Carolina 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 12 Toledo at Cincinnati 7 p.m. Fri., Oct. 17 Temple at Houston 9 p.m. Thu., Oct. 23 UConn at East Carolina 7 p.m. ESPNews Sat., Aug. 30 North Carolina Central at East Carolina 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 6 Georgia Tech at Tulane 4 p.m. ESPN3 Sat., Aug. 30 Austin Peay at Memphis 7 p.m. Western Carolina at USF 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 6 Grambling at Houston 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 13 Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 20 Delaware State at Temple 1 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at UCF 6 p.m. CBSSN Thu., Aug. 28 Tulane at Tulsa * 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 6 Maryland at USF 3:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 13 North Carolina State at USF 3:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 8 UConn at Army (Yankee Stadium) 3:30 p.m. SEC Network Thu., Aug. 28 Temple at Vanderbilt 9:15 p.m. Sat., Sept. 13 UCF at Missouri Noon Big Ten Network Sat., Sept. 27 Cincinnati at Ohio State 6 p.m. Pac-12 Network Sat., Sept. 6 Memphis at UCLA 10 p.m. FS1 Sun., Aug. 31 SMU at Baylor 7:30 p.m. FSN Sat., Sept. 6 SMU at North Texas Noon FCS Sat., Sept. 13 Tulsa at Florida Atlantic 7 p.m. All times Eastern and subject to change. * American Athletic Conference game American Athletic Conference Football

14 MEDIA SERVICES BIG EAST FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES TheAmerican.org The official website of the American Athletic Conference features up-to-date information on all facets of the league. Football standings, results, statistics and notes are updated as games are played. In addition, in-game scores for all football contests involving American Athletic Conference teams will be updated in-progress. CollegePressBox.com is the official media website for American Athletic Conference football and the media home for information on every Division I team and conference. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, photos and more for the conference and each of its 11 member schools throughout the season. Login information will be distributed to accredited media, or you can apply for a password by sending an to password@collegepressbox.com. Weekly Teleconference The American Athletic Conference will hold weekly teleconferences with its 11 head football coaches, beginning Monday, Aug. 25 and continuing each Monday through Dec 1. Each coach will be available for 10 minutes. Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference should contact The American office for the phone number. This year s schedule is as follows: Eastern Central Coach 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Conference news/award winners 11:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. June Jones, SMU 11:20 a.m. 10:20 a.m. Bob Diaco, UConn 11:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina 11:40 a.m. 10:40 a.m. Bill Blankenship, Tulsa 11:50 a.m. 10:50 a.m. Tony Levine, Houston Noon 11 a.m. Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati 12:10 p.m. 11:10 a.m. Willie Taggart, USF 12:20 p.m. 11:20 a.m. Matt Rhule, Temple 12:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. Justin Fuente, Memphis 12:40 p.m. 11:40 a.m. George O Leary, UCF 12:50 p.m. 11:50 a.m. Curtis Johnson, Tulane Social Media Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest American Athletic Conference football news through social media. The American Twitter feed may be and the conference s official Facebook page is The American s Instagram AmericanConf American_Conf Weekly Release & Statistics Media members may access PDF versions of the complete weekly release, including conference and team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org or via CollegePressBox.com. Regular updates of the weekly release will be distributed via from the conference office. To be included on the distribution list, send an request to Chuck Sullivan at csullivan@ theamerican.org. Weekly Football Highlights The American Athletic Conference offers video highlights and clips of selected press conferences on a weekly basis through the XOS Digital XChange FTP tool. Content is available in full broadcast-quality resolution. Contact Chuck Sullivan (csullivan@theamerican.org) for information on how to access the highlights. Weekly Awards The American names offensive, defensive and special teams Players of the Week each Monday morning during the season. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by conference sports information directors. The information will be available from the conference office via release as well as on the league web site. Annual Awards The American Athletic Conference will name first and second all-conference teams, players of the year on offense, defense and special teams, rookie of the year and coach of the year. The awards are chosen by a vote of the league s 11 head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season. The awards will be announced Dec. 10, 2014 The American Athletic Conference All- Academic Team is comprised of players who have an overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better over the previous academic year and completed at least two semesters of academic work. The team is announced in early February. The American Athletic Conference Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year was established to recognize student-athletes who have achieved success in the classroom and on the field. The winner receives a scholarship which may be applied to graduate or professional studies. American Athletic Conference Communications phone Football Contact Chuck Sullivan Director of Communications csullivan@theamerican.org Mobile: American Athletic Conference Communications Contacts UCF Brian Ormiston Office... (407) Mobile... (407) bormiston@athletics.ucf.edu CINCINNATI Ryan Koslen Office... (513) Mobile... (513) ryan.koslen@uc.edu UCONN Mike Enright Office... (860) Mobile... (860) menright@uconn.edu EAST CAROLINA Tom McClellan Office... (252) Mobile... (252) mcclellant@ecu.edu HOUSTON David Bassity Office... (713) Mobile... (405) dbassity@central.uh.edu MEMPHIS Ron Mears Office... (901) Mobile... (832) rmears@memphis.edu USF Brian Siegrist Office... (813) Mobile... (813) siegrist@usf.edu SMU Brad Sutton Office... (214) Mobile... (214) bsutton@smu.edu TEMPLE Rich Burg Office... (215) Mobile... (215) rich.burg@temple.edu TULANE Roger Dunaway Office... (504) Mobile... (504) roger@tulane.edu TULSA Don Tomkalski Office... (918) Mobile... (918) donald-tomkalski@utulsa.edu American Athletic Conference Football