Sept. 1, 2008

Complete Release

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -

THIS WEEK'S GAME: Western Washington University Vikings (0-0) vs. Western Oregon University Wolves (0-1) in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference contest on Saturday, Sept. 6 (7 p.m.) at Civic Stadium (4,200 cap., FieldTurf surface) in Bellingham, Wash. It is the season opener for WWU, while WOU lost 31-14 to NCAA Division I-FCS Portland State last week.

SEASON OPENERS: It is the Vikings' first season opener at home since 2004 when they defeated Fort Lewis CO, 27-25. It is also their first under head coach Robin Ross. WWU has won three of its last four season debuts. Last year, WWU opened with a stunning 28-21 upset over NCAA I-FCS UC Davis, spoiling the Aggies' debut in their new $31 million stadium.

The Vikings have prevailed in 15 of their last 22 season openers. WWU had a string of eight consecutive season-opening victories from 1990 to 1997 and lost 14 straight from 1972 to 1985.

HOME OPENERS: WWU lost its home opener last year, 63-42, to North Dakota. The Vikings' last win in a Civic Stadium debut came in 2006 when they upset No.15 Washburn KS, 16-13. WWU won six straight home openers from 1995 to 2000 and nine of 10 from 1991 to 2000.

SERIES HISTORY: 47th meeting. WWU leads 27-19-0, losing 35-7 last year at Bellingham. The Vikings won 17-14 at Bellingham in 2006. In 2004, the two teams played the longest game in Northwest small college history, WOU prevailing 52-49 in four overtimes at Monmouth, Ore. Eight of the last 13 meetings have been decided by five points or less. The Vikings have a 15-9-0 series advantage at Bellingham and a 12-10-0 edge at Monmouth. The series began in 1930.

RADIO: KBAI (930 AM-Bellingham) is broadcasting all Western football games live this season with sports director Doug Lange handling the play-by-play duties for the 13th consecutive season. The pre-game show with host Mark Scholten begins at 6:35 p.m. The KBAI broadcast can also be heard on the Internet at wwuvikings.com.

The games also will be broadcast live on the Wolves Radio Network. On the internet, link to the game from the Wolves website at www.wouwolves.com, or go directly to MidValleySports.Net. Four radio stations will also broadcast the on the Wolves Radio Network: KPJC 1220 AM (Salem), KLOO 1340 AM (Albany), KOHI 1600 AM (St. Helens) and KMVS 1610 AM (Monmouth). Russ Blunck and "The Coach" Bear Blunck will provide the call for the 12th consecutive season.

AUDIO WEBCAST INFORMATION: Viking football is again on the Internet for 2008. To listen to the live broadcast via the web, go to www.wwuvikings.com and follow the links. The web provides streaming audio of the KBAI 930 AM radio broadcast. The audio stream is only available during event broadcast times.

2007 RESULTS: WWU finished 2-8 and placed ninth in the North Central Conference at 1-7. WOU, competing as an independent, compiled a 9-2 record. The Wolves won their last five games and finished with a 26-12 Rotary Bowl victory over Colorado School of Mines on Dec. 1 at St. George, Utah.

FIVE-GAME LOSING STREAK: WWU ended its 2007 campaign with five losses after closing the 2006 season with three wins. It is the Vikings' longest winless string since dropping seven straight in 1986.

NEW LEAGUE (KIND OF), NEW REGION: The Vikings spent the last two years as a football-only member of the North Central Conference, but when that league folded after an eight-decade history, WWU returned to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which took a two-year hiatus from football. The top team in the conference not reaching the NCAA Division II playoffs earns a berth in the Rotary Bowl at St. George, Utah. One of the biggest changes this season is the schedule. The five GNAC schools will play each other home-and-home.

The five current GNAC teams competed in the Northwest Region last season, but have been moved to the Southwest Region this fall. The region will also include the Lone Star Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Also making the move to the Southwest Region from the Northwest is Nebraska Omaha, which is a now a member of the MIAA.

VIKING REPORT: WWU is hoping a season that brings many new things also brings a return to success.

The Vikings were just 2-8 last season, the fewest wins since 1986. But with most of the offense returning as well as some key players on defense, there's reason to believe WWU can turn things around.

WWU football will certainly have a new look in some respects. The Vikings spent the last two years as a football-only member of the North Central Conference, but when that league folded after an eight-decade history, WWU returned to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which had taken a two-year hiatus from football.

The top team in the conference not reaching the NCAA Division II playoffs earns a berth in the Rotary Bowl at St. George, Utah.

One of the biggest changes this season is the schedule. The five GNAC schools will play each other home-and-home.

OFFENSE

The Vikings had moments of brilliance last season, including a 42-point, 472-yard performance against national power North Dakota. If experience brings consistency, WWU could be outstanding offensively, as nine starters return.

Triggering the offense is senior quarterback Adam Perry, who has been outstanding in each of the Vikings' two preaseason scrimmages. Perry threw for 1,587 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions last season. An efficient performer, he has thrown just five interceptions in 311 career passes. Perry will be backed up by junior Cole Morgan, a transfer from Washington State.

Nearly all of WWU's receiving corps is back. Senior Travis McKee has led Western in catches the last two seasons, making 43 grabs for 381 yards and three touchdowns in 2007.

Senior Rick Copsey had 25 receptions for 351 yards and one touchdown last season. Senior Pat McCann, who sat out last season because of NCAA transfer regulations, had an outstanding spring and also is expected to be a key contributor.

At tight end, senior Logan Cullen has 21 career starts, including all 10 games last year. He had 10 catches for 84 yards and a touchdown last season. Junior Zach Hekker also saw regular action, making four grabs.

The offensive line returns almost entirely intact. Anchoring that group is senior center Dan Trask. Trask, an honorable mention all-NCC pick last season, has started every game the past two years. Three other senior starters also return. Tackle Chris Corey started all 10 games in 2007, and guards Phil Hayes and Scott Allanson each made nine starts. The relative newcomer is sophomore tackle Nick Bassett, who started three contests.

There is also good depth, with junior Jason Paull and 6-foot-6, 350-pound junior transfer Chris Awambu pushing for time at tackle, and senior Zach Myers, sophomore Russell Piette and 295-pound junior transfer Travis Pierce in the hunt at guard.

The biggest change in the offense is at running back. Second-team all-NCC pick Craig Garner is gone, but the position is in good hands with junior Randall Eldridge and redshirt freshman Kevin Sampson. Eldridge, who redshirted last year, was the Golden Gate Conference Offensive Player of the Year for Chabot JC in 2006, rushing for 1,277 yards and 12 touchdowns in 10 games. Senior Matt Clark returns as the starting fullback.

DEFENSE

The most experienced area of the defense is the secondary, especially on the corners. Back is senior Anthony Rosso, an honorable-mention all-NCC pick who had four interceptions, and another senior, Kevin Jones, who was a starter in 2005 prior to missing the last two seasons with hand and Achilles injuries. Sophomore Anthony Zackery is also a candidate to start on the corner.

Sophomore Zach Schrader returns at free safety. He had 24 tackles despite missing five games with injuries. Junior strong safety Danny Cumming made three starts last year, and had 24 tackles. Redshirt freshman Reggie Christor had an excellent spring, and the safety positions are bolstered by the addition of Jordan Carey, a former state Class 4A Player of the Year who lettered two years at Oregon.

There is also some experience on the defensive line. Senior Shea Thorstad and sophomore Don Thomas return at nose and tackle, respectively. Each had five tackles for loss last year, with Thomas sharing the team lead in sacks at 2.5. Another key returnee is junior William Jackson, who has seen action in all but one game over the last two years. Returning after lettering at end are sophomores Nick Rocco and Casey Hamlett. The end position is bolstered by Ami Faalevao, who had 11 sacks at Fresno City JC.

At linebacker, the Vikings have lost five seniors from a year ago, including graduated All-American Shane Simmons, and two other players were lost to injury. The top returnee is junior Caleb Jessup, who had 60 tackles last season and received all-NCC honorable mention. He moves from the outside to the middle. Filling the outside positions are C.J. Green, who makes the move from cornerback, where he started all 10 games; and sophomore Nick Cragin.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Senior Ace Younggren and junior Josh Lider shared placekicking duties last season. The hope is that Younggren will be the placekicker this year with Lider taking over as the punter. Younggren, who also handled placekicking in 2005, was 7-of-8 on PATs last year and 1-of-2 on field goals.

Copsey averaged 18.9 yards on 19 kick returns and 7.1 yards on seven punt returns. Carey and another transfer, Augustine Agyei should also be in that mix.

SCOUTING WOU: The Wolves trailed just 7-0 at halftime in their 31-14 loss last Saturday at NCAA I-FCS Portland State. They gave up 499 yards in total offense, 457 through the air.

Last year, WOU finished 9-2, only the fourth nine-win season in school history, and topped Colorado School of Mines in the Rotary Bowl. Seventeen starters return from that team, which graduated 17 seniors.

On offense, WOU has a strong running game, led by junior Ben Kuenzi, who averaged 9.8 yards on eight carries against Portland State and ran for 722 yards and five touchdowns last season in earning D2football.com second-team all-independent recognition. Another ground threat is sophomore D.J. Jackson, who averaged a team-best 5.5 yards per carry (258 total) in 2007.

Head coach Arne Ferguson had to replace graduated quarterback Mark Thorson and most of the offensive line. Thorson passed for 6,672 yards and 60 touchdowns during his career, throwing for 2,316 yards and 24 touchdowns last season.

Splitting action at the signal-calling position against Portland State were sophomore Brady Lovell and junior Josh Riddle, who played in three games at Mississippi State completing 18 of 37 passes for 240 yards before sustaining a season-ending injury.

The Wolves' top receivers are senior Isaiah Smith and junior Sean Kauleinamoku. Last season, Smith caught a team-high 37 passes for 541 yards and Kauleinamoku had 36 receptions for 483 yards and was the Rotary Bowl MVP. Each had six touchdown catches.

Two seniors, center Cory Perkins (280) and tight end Cory Dickson, are the lone returnees who started on the offensive line in the Rotary Bowl.

The WOU defense gave up just 260.0 yards per game last season, 69.0 on the ground, allowing a stingy 14.4 points per contest and forcing 34 turnovers.

The Wolves return five of their top seven tacklers, paced by senior linebacker J.T. Gilmore, who led the team in stops with 122. He also had seven tackles for losses of 20 yards and ranked second in interceptions with three to earn D2football.com second-team all-independent honors.

Senior defensive tackle Matt Cox was a first-team D2football.com selection as he had 19 tackles for losses of 92 yards, 10 of them quarterback sacks.

WWU INJURY REPORT: Tight end Zach Hekker has been bothered by a shoulder injury, but should play Saturday.

BATTLE IN SEATTLE: The sixth annual Wells Fargo Battle in Seattle for the Cascade Cup between arch-rivals WWU and Central Washington takes place Oct. 11 (6 p.m.) at Qwest Field. The attendance at the contest has surpassed 11,000 all five years with the 2003 meeting being played before 16,392, a record for a non-NCAA Division I collegiate football game in the state of Washington.

GNAC PRESEASON POLL: WWU was picked to finish third among five teams in the 2008 Great Northwest Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll. Arch-rival Central Washington was the first-place pick with Western Oregon second.

HEAD COACHES: Robin Ross (Washington State, 1977) is in his third year (7-14) as head coach at WWU and has three decades of coaching experience. He was the defensive coordinator for two of the finest Viking teams in school history in the mid-1990s.

Ross spent most of his career as an assistant at the NCAA Division I-A level. He also coached in the National Football League, being the linebackers coach with Oakland for two seasons, helping the Raiders have the ninth-ranked defense in the NFL in 2000, when they were 12-4 and reached the AFC Championship Game.

In 2005, Ross was linebackers coach at Oregon State, where the Beavers led the PAC-10 in run defense, allowing 108.0 yards per game. He spent the previous four seasons as special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at Oregon. The Ducks won the 2001 PAC-10 championship, finishing second in the ESPN Coaches Poll after defeating Colorado in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl. He was also at Oregon as an assistant during the 1997 and 1998 seasons.

Ross initially came to Western in 1994 and in his first season the Vikings led the NAIA Division II in scoring defense, allowing just 11.5 points a game and five times holding opponents without a touchdown. Western, which posted its first national playoff victory that season with a 21-2 triumph at No.1-ranked Linfield, ranked third nationally in rushing defense at 76.0 yards a contest and fifth in total defense (260.3) with 42 takeaways. In 1995, Western finished 9-1, going 9-0 for the school's first undefeated regular-season in 57 years and being ranked No.1 nationally in NAIA II for five weeks. The defense allowed 13.7 points a game, ranking seventh nationally in that category.

Ross, 53, is a graduate of Washington State, where he was a second-team all-PAC-8 pick as an offensive lineman. He was a 10th round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1976, and spent one preseason with the Seattle Seahawks.

Arne Ferguson is in his fourth season as head coach at WOU. He has also spent nearly a lifetime at the school as a player and as an assistant coach. The Vale, Oregon native was a three-time All-CFA defensive back for the Wolves from 1986-88, and began his coaching career at WOU in 1989. He has been the Wolves' defensive coordinator since 1997. In Ferguson's first season at the helm in 2005, he took over a program that finished 1-9 the previous year and was 5-6. In 2006 WOU finished 6-4, with all four losses coming by a total of 21 points, and the Wolves were 9-2 last season. His career head coaching mark is 20-13.

LAST YEAR'S MEETING: Quarterback Mark Thorson threw five touchdown passes, three in the second quarter, leading Western Oregon to a 35-7 victory over WWU in a non-conference game at Bellingham's Civic Stadium.

Thorson completed 22-of-34 passes for 311 yards.

WOU opened the scoring on first play of second quarter as Thorson threw a 17-yard pass to Isaiah Smith. That combination hooked up again on the next Wolves' possession for a 12-yard score. On the second touchdown catch, Smith tipped a pass from Thorson twice before finally grabbing the ball on the third try while lying across the goal line.

The Wolves extended the lead to 21-0 on their next possession, as Thorson capped a seven-play, 78-yard drive with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Kauleinamoku.

The Vikings reached the scoreboard late in the third quarter. Running back Craig Garner faked a halfback pass, then tucked the ball in and scampered through the WOU defense for a 20-yard touchdown.

That briefly narrowed the margin to 21-7, but the Wolves put the game away early in the fourth quarter. Thorson hit Kauleinamoku for a 17-yard score in the first minute of the period, and less than five minutes later, connected with running back D.J. Jackson on a swing pass for an 8-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 35-7.

WOU had a 397-293 advantage in total offense.

WWU quarterback Adam Perry completed 14 of 33 passes for 148 yards, with wide receiver Travis McKee having seven catches for 56 yards.

Garner, who missed most of the first half with an injury, rushed for 124 yards on 25 carries.

WOU linebacker J.T. Gilmore led the Wolves with 10 stops. The Wolf defense had four quarterback sacks for minus-30 yards, two by tackle Matt Cox, and forced two turnovers.

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for Viking football cost $12 for reserved seating, $10 for general admission adults, $6 for students and seniors and $3 for Western students. For ticket information, contact the WWU Athletic Department at 360-650-2583 (BLUE). Season tickets are available for $33.

CIVIC STADIUM: Western is beginning its 47th year of playing home games at Bellingham's Civic Stadium. The Vikings have a 122-89-7 (.576) record at that facility which was built in 1961. Last year, Western finished 1-3 at home, the second time in three years after not having a losing record at Civic Stadium since 1990.

NEXT GAME: Western travels to Arcata, Calif., to play Humboldt State on Sept. 13 (6 p.m.) in a GNAC contest at the Redwood Bowl. The Lumberjacks are coached by former WWU head mentor Rob Smith, who is in his first season there. Smith coached the Vikings for 19 years, 17 as head coach, winning 109 games and being named to the WWU Athletic Hall of Fame. Humboldt State, which lost its opener, 45-13, at NCAA I-FCS Sacramento State, is at Southern Oregon on Saturday (6 p.m.).

WEBSITE: For the latest results, statistics and updates, including reports on all WWU athletic events, visit the Vikings website at wwuvikings.com.

PROBABLE TWO DEEPS

WESTERN WASHINGTON

OFFENSE

TE      86 Logan Cullen (6-3, 245, Sr., Anacortes, WA)
        83 Zach Hekker (6-4, 240, Jr., Bothell, WA)
LT      56 Nick Bassett (6-4, 290, So, Gig Harbor, WA)
        63 Jason Paull (6-3, 270, Jr., Vancouver, WA)
LG      72 Russell Piette (6-4, 300, So., Vancouver, WA)
        76 Scott Allanson (6-4, 280, Sr., Everett, WA)
C       66 Dan Trask (6-3, 275, Sr., Aberdeen, WA)
        67 Mike Spears (6-1, 285, R-Fr., Vancouver, WA)
RG      78 Phil Hayes (6-4, 330, Sr., Renton, WA)
        52 Travis Pierce (6-2, 305, Jr., Redmond, WA)
        57 Zach Myers (6-2, 280, Sr., Sammamish, WA)
RT      68 Chris Corey (6-4, 285, Sr., Federal Way, WA)
        70 Chris Awambu (6-6, 350, Jr., Hayward, CA)
WR       7 Pat McCann (6-2, 205, Jr., Olympia, WA)
        87 Augustine Agyei (6-0, 185, Jr., Aurora, CO)
WR       3 Travis McKee (6-5, 210, Sr., Bothell, WA)
         4 Rick Copsey (5-8, 175, Jr., Camas, WA)
TB      10 Randall Eldridge (5-10, 200, Jr., Lynnwood, WA)
        27 Kevin Sampson (5-9, 170, R-Fr., Seattle, WA)
QB       6 Adam Perry (6-0, 190, Sr., Longview, WA)
        17 Cole Morgan (6-3, 205, Jr., Seattle, WA)
FB      42 Matt Clark (6-1, 240, Sr., College Station, TX)
        38 Jeff Twining (6-0, 230, Jr., Shoreline, WA)

DEFENSE

LE      93 Nick Rocco (5-11, 225, So., Sammamish, WA)
        92 Danny Hawkins (6-2, 240, R-Fr., Seattle, WA)
T       79 Don Thomas (6-0, 245, So., Kent, WA)
        58 William Jackson (6-1, 260, Jr., Seattle, WA)
N       53 Shea Thorstad (6-0, 265, Sr., Stanwood, WA)
        96 Justin Mundell (5-9, 230, Jr., Maple Valley, WA)
RE      91 Casey Hamlett (6-3, 235, So., Edmonds, WA)
        95 Amitoelau Faalevao (6-3, 235, Sr., American Samoa)
OLB      5 C.J. Green (5-8, 190, So., Jr., Federal Way, WA)
        36 Derek Diaz (5-11, 240, Jr., Antioch, CA)
MLB      9 Caleb Jessup (6-0, 220, Jr., Kenmore, WA)
        32 Dan Winter (6-0, 220, Jr., Lacey, WA)
OLB     34 Nick Cragin (5-10, 210, So., Sammamish, WA)
        29 Jared Young (5-8, 185, So., Kennewick, WA)
LC       1 Kevin Jones (5-9, 175, Sr., Seattle, WA)
        28 Anthony Rosso (5-11, 180, Sr., Walla Walla, WA)
FS      11 Zach Schrader (6-1, 195, So., Issaquah, WA)
        31 Joshua Gray (5-11, 195, So., Tacoma, WA)
SS      30 Danny Cumming (6-0, 180, Jr., Friday Harbor, WA)
        15 Jordan Carey (6-0, 200, Jr., Olympia, WA)
RC       2 Anthony Zackery (5-11, 200, So., Spokane, WA)
        20 Reggie Christor (6-0, 200, R-Fr., Spanaway, WA)

SPECIAL

P       26 Josh Lider (6-2, 195, Jr., Bellevue, WA)
        16 Ace Younggren (6-0, 195, Jr., Snohomish, WA)
PR       4 Rick Copsey (5-8, 175, Jr., Camas, WA)
        87 Augustine Agyei (6-0, 185, Jr., Aurora, CO)
        15 Jordan Carey (6-0, 200, Jr., Olympia, WA)
KO      16 Ace Younggren (6-0, 195, Jr., Snohomish, WA)
        26 Josh Lider (6-2, 195, Jr., Bellevue, WA)
FG/     16 Ace Younggren (6-0, 195, Jr., Snohomish, WA)
PAT     26 Josh Lider (6-2, 195, Jr., Bellevue, WA)
KOR      2 Anthony Zackery (5-11, 200, So., Spokane, WA)
        15 Jordan Carey (6-0, 200, Jr., Olympia, WA)
         4 Rick Copsey (5-8, 175, Jr., Camas, WA)
        87 Augustine Agyei (6-0, 185, Jr., Aurora, CO)
H        8 Tony Gardiner (5-10, 200, Sr., Bothell, WA)
        17 Cole Morgan (6-3, 205, Jr., Seattle, WA)
LS      32 Dan Winter (6-0, 220, Jr., Lacey, WA)
        89 J.D. Neumeister (6-3, 230, So., Gig Harbor, WA)
SS      56 Nick Bassett (6-4, 290, So, Gig Harbor, WA)
        32 Dan Winter (6-0, 220, Jr., Lacey, WA)

WESTERN OREGON

OFFENSE

WR      17 Jake Zeutenhorst (6-5, 215, So., Selah, WA)
        81 Justin Ore (6-3, 190, So., Anchorage, AK)
WR       1 Isaiah Smith (6-4, 230, Sr., Roseburg, OR)
         2 Chris Malcolm (6-1, 198, Sr., Los Angeles, CA)
        21 Damario Ballard (6-6, 215, Jr., Thomson, GA)
FL      89 Shaun Kauleinamoku (5-9, 185, So., Ewa Beach, HI)
         9 Sean Fullerton (6-3, 210, Jr., West Linn, OR)
TE      87 Cory Dickson (6-5, 260, Sr., Corvallis, OR)
        84 Justin Wright (6-5, 240, So., South Albany, OR)
LT      64 Cody Feakin (6-6, 305, Sr., Scappoose, OR)
        58 Ty Gieser (6-3, 280, Jr., Beaverton, OR)
LG      69 Michael Dyer (6-2, 310, Jr., Portland, OR)
        76 Hector Gonzalez (6-3, 300, So., Hood River, OR)
C       52 Cory Perkins (6-0, 265, Sr., Salem, OR)
        55 Chester Anonson (6-1, 270, So., Monroe, WA)
RG      54 Jason Slowey (6-4, 295, R-Fr., Medford, OR)
        63 Robert Oberst (6-6, 325, Sr., Aptos, CA)
RT      59 Jose Escobedo (6-5, 285, Jr., Nyssa, OR)
        68 Clem Hurliman (6-5, 295, Fr., Cloverdale, OR)
QB      18 Brady Lovell (6-3, 195, So., Vale, OR)
         6 Josh Riddell (6-0, 205, Jr., Salem, OR)
RB      34 Ben Kuenzi (5-10, 210, Jr., Salem, OR)
         7 D.J. Jackson (6-1, 215, So., Portland/Jesuit)

DEFENSE

LE      90 Justin Cuellar (6-6, 260, So., Independence, OR)
        94 Levi Smith (6-4, 250, R-Fr., Hermiston, OR)
LT      92 Anthony Marin (6-0, 270, Sr., Salem, OR)
        51 Kalani Zoller (6-4, 305, R-Fr., Marysville, WA)
RT      53 Matt Cox (6-0, 260, Sr., Salem, WA)
        95 Oneste Robert (6-4, 295, So., Portland, OR)
RE      99 John Malone (6-4, 240, Jr., Roseburg, OR)
        91 Keith Robertson (6-2, 265, Sr., Lake Oswego, OR)
LB      31 Keith Akina (5-11, 220, Sr., Hawthorne, CA)
        30 Gerritt Vincent (5-9, 230, So., Hauula, HI)
MLB      8 J.T. Gilmore (6-4, 260, Jr., Lincoln City, OR)
        40 Ronnie Faavae (6-0, 275, Sr., Carson, CA)
LB      32 Gavin Romanick (6-2, 225, Jr., Madras, OR)
        20 Andy Douglas (6-2, 225, Jr., Aloha, OR)
        44 John Breza (6-1, 240, Jr., Salem, OR)
CB       5 Miguel Gonzalez (5-10, 180, Jr., Salem, OR)
        28 Isaiah Buchanan (5-10, 175, Fr., Portland, OR)
FS      24 Caleb Singleton (6-4, 205, So., Salem, OR)
        25 Jon Dowd (5-11, 205, Jr., Corvallis, OR)
SS       4 Andrew Jackson (6-0, 195, So., Portland, OR)
        27 Andy Loscutoff (6-0, 205, Fr., Canby, OR)
CB      26 Bryan Huber (6-1, 180, Jr., Salem, OR)
         3 Braden Bangay (5-8, 180, Jr., Aloha, OR)

SPECIAL TEAMS

K       10 Juan Rodriguez (6-4, 195, Jr., Hermiston, OR)
        98 Cole Mahaffey (5-8, 160, Fr., Salem, OR)
FG/     10 Juan Rodriguez (6-4, 195, Jr., Hermiston, OR)
PAT     98 Cole Mahaffey (5-8, 160, Fr., Salem, OR)
P       87 Cory Dickson (6-5, 260, Sr., Corvallis, OR)
        86 Scott Buche (6-5, 195, R-Fr., Myrtle Point, OR)
LS      32 Gavin Romanick (6-2, 225, Jr., Madras, OR)
        52 Cory Perkins (6-0, 265, Sr., Salem, OR)
H	11 AJ Robinson (6-1, 190, So., Redmond, OR)
        18 Brady Lovell (6-3, 195, So., Vale, OR)
KR       2 Chris Malcolm (6-1, 198, Sr., Los Angeles, CA)
         7 D.J. Jackson (6-1, 210, Fr., Portland, OR)
PR      89 Shaun Kauleinamoku (5-9, 185, So., Ewa Beach, HI)
        25 Jon Dowd (5-11, 205, Jr., Corvallis, OR)