USF Football Post Game Notes
RV/RV USF (1-0) 59, Stony Brook (0-1) 14
Saturday, Sept. 4, 2009, 7:05 p.m.
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
Team Notes
- USF improves its record in season openers to 10-4 all-time with tonight's 59-14 win over Stony Brook ... The victory was the Bulls' fifth straight and the sixth in the last seven openers ... The five-win stretch is USF's longest winning streak in season openers , and includes victories over McNeese State (41-10) in 2006, Elon (28-13) in 2007, Tennessee-Martin (56-7) in 2008, and Wofford (40-7) last year, in addition to tonight's triumph.
- USF's 59 points are the second most scored in a season opener, and the most since the program's inaugural game on Sept. 6, 1997 when it defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 80-3 ... The 59 points surpassed the 56 scored against Tennessee-Martin in a 56-7 win on Aug. 30, 2008.
- USF improves its record to 10-0 in openers at home.
- The Bulls continue to be perfect against NCAA Football Championship Series (FCS) (formerly NCAA I-AA) teams since joining the NCAA Football Bowl Series (FBS) (formerly NCAA I-A) in 2001 ... USF improved its record to 13-0 against FCS foes, with all 13 wins coming at Raymond James Stadium.
- Following tonight's win, USF continued to remain perfect against teams from the Big South Conference, improving to 5-0 ... Prior to tonight, all of the Bulls' previous wins against teams from the Big South came against Liberty (4-0) ... Before Stony Brook visited Raymond James Stadium, the last time that USF faced Liberty was Oct. 27, 2001 when the Bulls defeated the Flames, 68-36.
- USF wore its popular white helmets for just the fourth time ever tonight against Stony Brook ... The Bulls improved their record to 3-1 all-time when wearing the white helmet with tonight's win ... USF donned the white helmet for the first time in the St. Petersburg Bowl against Memphis - a 41-14 win - on Dec. 20, 2008 at Tropicana Field ... The Bulls also wore them at home against Cincinnati (34-17 loss) on Oct. 15, 2009 and in the International Bowl against Northern Illinois (27-3 win) on Jan. 2, 2009 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ont.
- Tonight's attendance of 40,201 marks the 16th time in the last 19 games at Raymond James Stadium - dating back to the 2007 season - that the Bulls have played in front of a home crowd of 40,000 or better.
- USF improves its all-time record to 96-57 with its win over Stony Brook ... In addition, the Bulls are now 60-14 all-time at Raymond James Stadium, since moving into the venue in 1998, and 66-18 all-time at home (Tampa Stadium and Raymond James Stadium).
- USF also improves its record in night games to 66-37 and in games in 80-degrees or hotter to 40-14.
- Former Bull and 2010 No. 1 NFL Draft pick of the New York Giants Jason Pierre Paul was in attendance at tonight's game vs. Stony Brook.
- USF's touchdown on the first play of the game marks the first time in the program's history that it scored on the first play from scrimmage on the first series of the year ... In addition, the one-play TD is the fourth time in program history that it scored on the first play of the game ... The Bulls also accomplished the feat on Nov. 1, 1997 on a 94-yard kickoff return by Charlie Jackson against Charleston Southern; on Sept. 12, 1998 on a 15-yard run by LaFann Williams against Valparaiso; on Oct. 7, 2006 on a 16-yard run by Matt Grothe against Connecticut; and a 16-yard run by Ben Williams against East Carolina on Dec. 23, 2006 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.
- USF's blocked punt with 9:12 left in the second quarter marks the first time since Oct. 2, 2008, against Pittsburgh, that it blocked a punt and recovered it for a TD.
- USF's 563 yards of total offense tonight against Stony Brook marks the first time since Nov. 21, 2009 against Louisville (538) that the Bulls recorded 500 or more yards of total offense
Individual Notes
- OC Sampson Genus, S Mistral Raymond, LB Armondo Sanchez and LB Jacquian Williams were USF's captains for tonight's season opener ... Genus, Raymond and Williams are all captains for the entire season, while Sanchez is this week's weekly captain.
- Tonight's offensive starters were: SE Dontavia Bogan, LT Jamar Bass, LG Jeremiah Warren, C Sampson Genus, RG Chaz HineRT Jacob Sims, TE Kevin Gidrey, FL Evan Landi, QB B.J. Daniels, RB Bradley Battles, FB Richard Kelly.
- Tonight's defensive starters were: LE Craig Marshall, NT Cory Grissom, DT Terrell McClain, RE David Bedford, SLB Jacquian Williams, MLB Mike Lanaris, WLB Dede Lattimore, LC Mistral Raymond, SS Jon Lejiste, FS Jerrell Young, RC Quenton Washington.
- QB B.J. Daniels connected with WR Dontavia Bogan for the first score on the year, a 59-yard strike just 2:59 into the game.
- Daniels' TD pass to Joel Miller, on his second touchdown pass of the game, was the 16th of his career.
- Bogan's TD reception from Daniels was the seventh of his career.
- Daniels ran for his 10th career touchdown with 1:31 left in the first quarter ... Daniels' scamper marked the fourth time in his career that he has both run and thrown for a touchdown in a single game.
- RB Bradley Battles, WR Evan Landi, LB Dede Lattimore, LB Mike Lanaris all made their first career starts for the Bulls tonight against Stony Brook.
- East Carolina transfer Kevin Gidrey made his first start as a Bull.
- Lanaris recorded his first career interception less than one minute into the second half.
- Chris Lane scored his first career TD after recovering a blocked punt in the Stony Brook end zone with 9:12 left in the second quarter ... On the same play, S JaQuez Jenkins recorded his first career blocked punt.
- RB Joel Miller caught his first career touchdown pass on a 19-yard strike from Daniels with 19 seconds left in the half.
- DT Keith McCaskill recorded his first sack of the season, and his third-and-a-half sack of his career when he took down Stony Brook QB Michael Coulter early in the second half.
- WR Evan Landi's 41-yard reception from Daniels in the third quarter was the longest of his career.
- RB Moise Plancher's five-yard touchdown run with 9:42 left in the third quarter was his first of the year and the 12th of his career.
- DE David Bedford recorded his first career interception with just over eight minutes left in the third quarter.
- RB Demetris Murray caught his first career pass - a 25-yard reception - and, in doing so, recorded his first career touchdown with 7:21 left in the third quarter.
- QB Bobby Eveld's 25-yard TD pass to Murray was the first of his career.
- S Mark Joyce recorded his first career interception with 5:09 left in the third quarter and returned it 33 yards for his first career touchdown.
- CB George Baker logged his first career interception with just over 13 minutes left in the game.
- RB Marcus Shaw scored his first career touchdown on a 63-yard scamper with 4:35 left in the game ... The 63-yard scoring play was the longest from scrimmage since Oct. 30, 2009 when Carlton Mitchell caught a 69-yard pass from Daniels in a 30-19 win over No. 20 West Virginia.
- Daniels would finish the game with 15-of-22 passing for 262 yards and two touchdowns.
- Eveld finished the night on 9-of-12 passing and 119 yards.
