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Brigham Young Cougars |
Colorado State Rams © |
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Played September 30, 1995 at Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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| Brigham Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| Colorado State © | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Brigham Young |
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
28 |
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Colorado State |
6 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
21 |
The 1-2 Brigham Young Cougars of coach Lavell Edwards traveled to Fort Collins to meet the 2-1 Colorado State Rams of Sonny Lubick. Cougars’ QB Steve Sarkisian threw 3 touchdown passes while the defense held Colorado State to 14 yards rushing & withstood 2 late touchdown passes from Rams’ back-up QB Moses Moreno as Brigham Young won 28-21 to claim their first Belt reign. Colorado State took a 6-0 lead when CB Jason Craft intercepted Sarkisian & returned it 30 yards for a touchdown. The Cougars scored the only points of the 2nd quarter when Sarkisian found WR Mike Johnston for a 25-yard touchdown pass giving Brigham Young a 7-6 halftime lead. Sarkisian connected with RB Hemi Heimuli for a 45-yard touchdown pass for the only points of the 3rd quarter. It appeared the Cougars had the game in hand when RB Mark Atuaia scored on a 3-yard touchdown run & Sarkisian hit TE Tom Baldwin for an 8-yard touchdown pass giving Brigham Young a 28-6 advantage. Moreno replaced QB Daren Wilkinson in the 4th quarter after Wilkinson had thrown for just 80 yards with 2 interceptions. Moreno found WR Paul Turner for touchdown passes of 5 & 14 yards as the Rams closed to 28-21 but the Cougars were able to run off the last 1:38 of game time to secure the win. Sarkisian finished with 254 yards passing with his 3 touchdowns but 2 interceptions & the Cougars held the ball for 37:41 of the game. Moreno finished with 128 yards passing with 2 touchdowns as well as an interception & All-WAC DE Brady Smith recorded 4 sacks for Colorado State. The Rams finished the season 8-4; WAC Co-Champs while the Cougars finished 7-4 & WAC Co-Champs. Colorado State would play for The Belt again in 1996.
| Brigham Young Game Stats | Colorado State Game Stats |
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Rushing Yards |
Att |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
Rushing Yards |
Att |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
| Mark Atuaia | 22 | 77 | 1 | 3.50 | E.J. Watson | 14 | 35 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Hema Heimuli | 14 | 32 | 0 | 2.29 | Damon Washington | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.20 |
| K.O. Kealaluhi | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | Paul Turner | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2.00 |
| Tefua Bloomfield | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | Daren Wilkinson | 2 | -10 | 0 | -5.00 |
| Steve Sarkisian | 5 | -25 | 0 | -5.00 | Moses Moreno | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10.00 |
| Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yards | TDs | Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yards | TDs |
| Steve Sarkisian | 32 | 17 | 2 | 254 | 3 | Moses Moreno | 14 | 8 | 1 | 128 | 2 |
| Daren Wilkinson | 18 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 0 |
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Receiving Yards |
Catches |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
Receiving Yards |
Catches |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
| Hema Heimuli | 4 | 77 | 1 | 19.25 | Jeremy Calhoun | 3 | 60 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Chad Lewis | 5 | 67 | 0 | 13.40 | Paul Turner | 4 | 56 | 2 | 14.00 |
| Mike Johnston | 3 | 57 | 1 | 19.00 | Eli Workman | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Kaipo McGuire | 3 | 29 | 0 | 9.67 | Damon Washington | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12.00 |
| K.O. Kealaluhi | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16.00 | Darrell Ballard | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Tom Baldwin | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 | Justin Shull | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
| E.J. Watson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |