COLUMN: Aggie football by the numbers
Take a look at Aggie football in numbers with a couple bonuses thrown in.
Zero: Times Utah State has trailed opponents going into the fourth quarter. The Aggies have held the lead in the fourth quarter of every game this season.
1: Number of interceptions quarterback Chuckie Keeton has thrown all season, going 149 passes without one.
2: Times the USU offense hasn’t scored in the red zone in 26 attempts. Also the number of times the USU defense has stopped opponents from scoring in the red zone on 24 attempts.
2nd chance: Number of overtimes it took for Colorado State to steal a homecoming win away in Romney Stadium. USU also had a second chance opportunity to go for two on the final play and failed twice.
3: The spot on USU’s all-time career rushing touchdowns list where running back Robert Turbin currently sits with 33.
4: Number of 1-score losses Utah State has had this season.
5: The number of times the Aggies have blown a fourth quarter lead. Also the number of touchdowns Keeton had in a record-tying performance against Wyoming.
6: Utah State’s national rank in rushing offense with an average of 278.4 yards per game. Highest rushing offense game was 440 against Weber State.
7: Utah State’s spot in the Western Athletic Conference standings. Only the Idaho Vandals trail in eighth place with a 1-6, 0-3 record.
8: Number of yards Turbin has gone backwards while rushing this season. He had a loss of 1 yard to La. Tech, a loss of 2 yards to Wyoming, a loss of 2 yards to BYU, a loss of 1 yard to Weber State and a pair of minus 1-yard runs to Auburn.
9: Number of carries Turbin had in loss to BYU. Not considering an 80-yard touchdown on the first offensive play of the game, he had eight carries for 43 yards that day.
9 minutes: The amount of time left in the first quarter in Provo when former BYU track athlete and Aggie defensive back McKade Brady was questionably ejected for leaving his feet to put a hit on freshman receiver Ross Apo. Apo already dropped the pass before being hit and was walked off the field by athletic trainers after the play.
10: Highest margin of defeat. Fresno State won 31-21 in a game USU was favored by 3.5 points, Oct. 15. The next highest margin was 7 to Louisiana Tech last week.
11: Number of games on the schedule that looked to be winnable after the Auburn game.
12: Number of games on the schedule that looked to be winnable with 3:38 to go in the Auburn game.
13: Bringer of bad luck. Representative of all things related to ancient burial grounds hindering Utah State. Just because head coach Gary Andersen doesn’t believe in a curse, doesn’t mean it isn’t real, right?
14: Number of touchdowns Turbin scored this season, including two through the air. New Mexico State’s Taveon Rogers sits at No. 2 with eight.
15: How many seconds were on the clock after the touchdown to go up 27-24 when quarterback Riley Nelson led BYU to a comeback win over his previous Utah school.
16: Chuckie Keeton, ‘nuff said. Proclaimed by Gordon Monson as the best quarterback in the state. He has 101 completions on 162 attempts for 1,147 passing yards and 10 touchdowns. Keeton has added 229 yards and another four touchdowns on the ground.
17: Number of years between wins over BYU before last season’s 31-16 victory in Logan. Aggie fans will be holding onto that one for a long time, even though the revenge game already took place.
18: Number of points USU has been outscored by in the fourth quarter in all games combined — 45 for, 63 against.
19: Number of points Wyoming scored against Utah State, all in the first half — 12 points came within 6 seconds of each other when returner Kerwynn Williams let the kickoff go between his legs and settle in the end zone where it was recovered by the Cowboys for a touchdown.
20: Number of tackles linebacker Bobby Wagner leads the WAC with. He has 89 total. It is also the number of tackles he had in the game against Louisiana Tech for a career-high.
79: Number of yards covered on a touchdown pass from Diondre Borel to Xavier Martin in the BYU game, which directly led to Keeton’s signing. OK, so when the student section chanted his name, that didn’t hurt either.
– Tavin Stucki is a sophomore majoring in print journalism. He is the sports editor for The Utah Statesman and writes USU football stories for ksl.com. He is an avid Aggie fan and has been since birth. Follow him on Twitter at @tavinstucki for football updates. Send any comments to tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu.