Anderson Semifinalist For National Award
WR David Anderson, who is among the national leaders in receptions and receiving yardage, is one of the semifinalists for the Fred Biletnikoff Award, presented annually to college football's best receiver. Anderson is joined by Oklahoma's Mark Clayton, Braylon Edwards of Michigan, Ohio State's Santonio Holmes, Taylor Stubblefield of Purdue, Derek Hagan from Arizona State, West Virginia's Chris Henry, Earvin Johnson of UNLV, Chad Owens from Hawaii, Ball State's Dante Ridgeway, and Troy Williamson of South Carolina. Anderson leads CSU with 49 catches for 821 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He set a school record a year ago with 72 receptions.

Babcock Semifinalist
K Jeff Babcock has been named one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award presented by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award will be presented Dec. 9 during the 2004 ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show. Babcock is currently second in career scoring at Colorado State and has converted 38 consecutive point-after tries.

Ram-Falcon Trophy
Since 1980, the annual in-state football rivalry between Colorado State and Air Force has been for possession of the Ram-Falcon Trophy. It sympbolizes the rivalry and was a brainchild of Shelly Godking, formerly the Commander of Colorado Stdate's Air Force ROTC. The game in 1980 marked the Falcon's first-time entrance into conference football copetition. Since the inception of the trophy, Colorado State leads the series, 11-10.

Final T.V. Show Nov. 26
Fox Sports Network Rocky Mountain officials have announced that the final "Colorado State Insider with Sonny Lubick" show will air Friday, Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. The show normally airs each Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. during the season, but due to the Thanksgiving holiday, will be moved a day later and 30 minutes earlier.

Rams At Home
Colorado State is 45-18 (71.4 percent) in home games during Lubick's tenure. The Rams are 24-5 (82 percent) in home nonconference games since 1993. The nonconference losses have been at the hands of Oregon (1993), Colorado (1996), Fresno State (2001), Miami of Ohio (2003), and Minnesota (2004).

Rams On The Road
Colorado State is 42-25 (62.6 percent) in 65 road games since Sonny Lubick's arrival in 1993. The Rams are 1-3 on the road in 2004.

Offense Plus 400
Colorado State has gained 400 or more yards six times in 10 games in 2004 including an even 400 in the 30-7 win over Wyoming. The Rams are 43-11 when gaining more than 400 yards under coach Sonny Lubick, including a 2-4 record in 2004.

Scoring Statistics
Colorado State is 0-3 in 2004 when the Rams have scored fewer than 20 points in a game, and 0-6 when allowing 20 or more points in a game.

Youthful Rams
Colorado State has used six true freshmen in the lineup thus far in 2004: WR Damon Morton, RB Gartrell Johnson, DE Matt Rupp, H-back Kory Sperry, QB Caleb Hanie, and RB Kyle Bell. The Rams are one of the most youthful teams in the nation with only six seniors (excluding kicking specialists) on the depth chart.

Eighteen Return
Colorado State loses six departing seniors from the 2004 squad who have exhausted their playing eligibility. The Rams will welcome back 18 starters from this season's team for 2005. The breakdown includes 10 starters on offense and eight on defense.

Six 100's
Colorado State has boasted a 100-yard receiving performance in six of nine contests to date. WR David Anderson had his fourth 100-yard game of the year and 10th of his career (third most in school history) when he caught seven passes for 124 yards against New Mexico. Earlier this year, he caught a career-most 12 passes for a career-best 232 yards and a touchdown in the game with BYU. WR Dustin Osborn, a former walkon who was awarded a scholarship last spring, caught a career-most six passes for a career-best 122 yards including a 26-yard touchdown in the game with Minnesota, then registered a second consecutive 100-yard receiving game with five catches for 101 yards in the win over Montana State.

Babcock Streak
K Jeff Babcock enters Saturday's game having converted 45 consecutive point-after tries. He leads Colorado State in scoring with 67 points.

Babcock Extends Record
K Jeff Babcock is the school's career record holder with 50 field goals made, including three in the Rams' win over Wyoming. Babcock passed former K Steve Deline (46) for the top spot. He has attempted 67 field goals in his career, tying Jon Poole's school record (67), from 1980-83.

NCAA Rankings
WR David Anderson

P/K Jeff Babcock

MWC Record
Colorado State is 29-12 in 40 MWC games since 1999 when the conference was formed. The Rams are 15-6 at home, 14-6 on the road in MWC action.

Opening Drives
Since Sonny Lubick's arrival at Colorado State in 1993, the Rams are 31-9 in games the Rams have scored on the opening drive of the game. CSU is 12-24 in games the opponent has scored on the opening drive.

First Scores
Colorado State is 65-11 since 1993 when the Rams score first in a game. The Rams are 29-36 since 1993 when the opponent scores first.

Dreessen Joins Career Receiving List
H-back Joel Dreessen enters this week's game with 120 career receptions for 1,270 yards and 10 touchdowns, the second most receptions in school history by a tight end. Keli McGregor holds the record, 153, from 1981-84. McGregor is the vice president of the Colorado Rockies baseball club. Dreessen's 120 career receptions is the 10th most in school history.

Starting Force
S Travis Garcia, who had played in a reserve role and on special teams in 2004, drew his first career start int he win over UNLV when regular Adam Lancisero moved to linebacker, replacing injured Luke Adkins. Garcia respoinded with a career-most 11 tackles - 10 unassisted - a pair of pass deflections and his first career pass interception.

Nearly Half
Colorado State has had 39 scoring drives in 2004. Of that total, 18 have been 70 yards or more, five in the past two games.

League Play
Colorado State has an impressive 65-24 (72 percent) record in 89 conference games since Sonny Lubick's arrival as head coach in 1993.

Multiple Field Goals
K Jeff Babcock, who ranks among the national and conference leaders in field goals per game, has had three or more field goals in a game 11 times in his career. Twice, he has made four field goals in a game. Babcock, as a sophomore in 2002, tied the school record with five field goals in the Rams' win at Virginia to open that season.

Final Home Game
Colorado State is 9-3 in the final home game of the season during Sonny Lubick's 12 seasons as coach. The last loss in the final game came at the hands of UNLV, 36-33, to end the 2002 home slate.

First-Time Starters
Colorado State has battled injuries and experience throughout the 2004 season. To date, 36 different players have started at least one game. Of that total, 19 are first-time career starters.

Return Game
For the second week in a row, the Rams had a new kick return specialist. WR Dustin Osborn replaced injured RB Uldis Jaunarajs and resopnded by returning a pair of kicks 57 yards, including a 33-yarder.

End Game
Colorado State has an 8-3 record in the final regular season game during Sonny Lubick's 11 years as head coach. The Rams are a perfect 8-0 in final games played on the road.

Quick Strikes
Colorado State's 45-10 win over UNLV featured the team's two quickest soring drives. The shortest came on the team's first offensive play of the game when QB Caleb Hanie hit H-Back Joel Dreessen on a 34-yard scoring play that took only seven seconds. Later in the game, the Rams had a two-play, 40-yard drive that consumed only 15 seconds. H-Back Kory Sperry caught Hanie's 25-yard pass to cap the drive.

Scoring Defense
CB Brandon Cathy raced 26 yards with a fumble recovery for the Rams' third touchdown in the win over UNLV. It marked the fourth time this season - three touchdowns and a safety - the Rams have scored defensively, and the 49th time in Sonny Lubick's 12 seasons as head coach.

Scoring Toss
WR David Anderson makes headlines with his receiving abilities. He had a different hand in on CSU's second touchdown in the win over UNLV. On a reverse, he stopped and threw a 34-yard scoring strike to a diving WR Dustin Osborn. The last time a player other than a CSU quarterback threw a touchdown pass also came against UNLV: In 2001, RB Henri Childs threw a 56-yard pass to QB Bradlee Van Pelt for a touchdown in a win against the Rebels in Las Vegas.

Rushing Defense
Colorado State has allowed 59 individual 100-yard rushing performances since 1993. The Rams are 31-24 in games where an opponent rusher has gained 100 or more yards and 57-22 when an opponent does not have a 100-yard rusher.

Top Performance
Colorado State limited UNLV to just 287 total yards in the game last week, fewest by an opponent in2004. It marked the 49th time since Sonny Lubick arrived (and fourth in 2004) in 1993 that the Rams have scored defensively.

Turnovers Perfect
Colorado State did not commit a turnover int he 45-10 win over UNLV last week. It marked the first time since a win at Air Force in 2002, a span of 25 games, in which the Rams did not make a turnover.

Safety First
In 10 games to date, a Colorado State safety has led or tied for team honors in total tackles. S Travis Garcia carried the torch in last week's win over UNLV with a career-most and team-best 11 tackles.

Seven Doubles
S Travis Garcia's 11 tackles, 10 unassisted, in the win over UNLV marked the seventh time in 10 games at least one CSU player finished a contest in double figures in total tackles.

League Finishes
Colorado State enters this week's game at Air Force with a 3-3 conference mark. In 11 seasons at the helm, Lubick's teams ahve never finished with a losing conference record. A win Saturday at Air Force also guarantees the Rams could finish no lower than fourth, and could finish as high as tied for second place in the final conference standings.

WR David Anderson Update
WR David Anderson caught a school-record 72 passes for a record-setting 1,282 yards in 2003. To date in 2004, he has 53 receptions for 895 yards, 105 yards shy from becoming only the second player in school history to record two seasons of more than 1,000 receiving yards. Greg Primus had 1,081 yards in 1991, and a season later had 1,002 receiving yards.

After The Catch
WR David Anderson continues to gain additional yardage after each reception, including a season-most 74 yards in the game with BYU (34 on one reception). His game-by-game totals for yardage gained after the reception include:

At Home
Colorado State is 108-81-2 all-time record at Hughes Stadium. The Rams are 45-18 at home (71.4%) during Sonny Lubick's 12-year tenure.

More At Home
Sonny Lubick has guided the Rams to 45 home wins, 40 percent of the school's home wins since the stadium opened in 1968.

Rams' Passing Plans
The Rams are 8-20 in games where the team has attempted 35 or more passes and 81-27 games when attempting less than 35 passes since 1993.

Century Rushers
Colorado State has had 79 100-yard rushing performances since 1993. The Rams are 56-12 in games where a back has gained 100 or more yards, and 33-28 in games where the team has not had a back gain more than 100 yards.