1974 Schedule

@ Hawaii
Utah St.
@ Iowa St.
@ Colorado St.
Wyoming
UTEP
@ Arizona
@ Air Force
Arizona St.
@ New Mexico
Utah
 Oklahoma St.

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1974 Statistics

1974 Roster

Western Athletic Conference Standings
WAC Games All Games
School Coach W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp. W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp.
Brigham Young LaVell Edwards 6-0-1 .929 258 115 7-4-1 .625 303 199
Arizona Jim Young 6-1-0 .857 176 103 9-2-0 .818 253 174
Arizona St. Frank Kush 4-3-0 .571 162 100 7-5-0 .583 269 163
New Mexico Bill Mondt 3-4-0 .429 131 178 4-6-1 .409 192 263
UTEP Gil Bartosh 3-4-0 .429 179 227 4-7-0 .364 246 298
Colorado St. Sark Arslanian 2-3-1 .417 165 155 4-6-1 .409 295 266
Utah Tom Lovat 1-5-0 .167 69 198 1-10-0 .091 115 341
Wyoming Fritz Shurmur 1-6-0 .143 102 166 2-9-0 .182 150 283

Results
Date Opponent Score
9/14 at Hawaii 13-15 L
9/21 Utah St. 6-9 L
9/28 at Iowa St. 7-34 L
10/5 at Colorado St. 33-33 T
10/12 Wyoming (H) 38-7 W
10/19 UTEP 45-21 W
10/26 at Arizona 37-13 W
11/2 at Air Force 12-10 W
11/9 Arizona St. 21-18 W
11/16 at New Mexico 36-3 W
11/23 Utah 48-20 W
12/28 Oklahoma St.
(Fiesta Bowl)
6-16 L

Total Attendance: 286,539
Average Home: 28,618
Average Road: 23,909

RUSHING
Player, Pos. TC Gain Loss Net Avg. Long TD
Jeff Blanc, TB 199 813 29 784 3.9 28 6
Charlie Ah You, TB 91 297 26 271 3.0 16 1
Tim Mahoney, FB 46 175 6 169 3.0 18 0
Todd Christensen, FB 41 156 6 150 3.7 33 1
Mark Giles, QB 14 127 9 118 8.4 32 0
Dave Lowry, TB 21 53 8 45 2.1 17 0
Larry Kemp, TB 2 11 0 11 5.5 9 0
John Betham, FL 2 10 0 10 5.0 6 0
Gary Hahn, QB 5 22 13 9 1.8 17 0
Tom Dignan, SE 1 7 0 7 7.0 7 0
Jim Goodenberger, RB 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 0
Gary Sheide, QB 57 60 225 -165 -.7 8 3
BYU TOTALS: 480 1,732 322 1,410 2.9   11
OPP TOTALS: 476 1,678 452 1,226 2.6   5

PASSING
Player, Pos. Att. Cmp. Int. Net Avg. TD
Gary Sheide, QB 300 181 19 2,174 .603 23
Mark Giles, QB 18 10 3 129 .555 2
Tim Mahoney, FB 1 1 0 11 11 1
Dave Lowry, TB 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Betham, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0
BYU TOTALS: 321 192 22 2,314 .598 25
OPP TOTALS: 311 122 22 1,652 .392 11

PUNTING
Player, Pos. No. Yards BLK Avg.
Mark Giles, QB-K 60 2,165 1 36.1
Todd Christensen, FB 2 64 0 32.0
Team 1 - - -
BYU TOTALS: 63 2,229 1 35.3
OPP TOTALS: 75 3,005 0 40.1

RECEIVING
Player, Pos. Rec. Yards TD
John Betham, FL 38 569 6
Jeff Blanc, TB 32 442 4
Jeff Nusson, SE 14 243 3
Sam Lobue, SE 14 220 -
Tim Mahoney, FB 23 170 5
Tom Toolson, TE 11 140 2
Todd Christensen, FB 21 134 2
Craig VanLeeuwen, SE 6 120 -
Kirk Tanner, TE 16 103 2
Brian Billick, TE 7 82 1
Jay Miller, SE 2 33 -
Dave Lowry, TB 2 20 -
Tim Dignan, SE 2 18 -
Bob Biddy, FL 1 14 -
Gary Sheide, QB 1 11 -
Jim Goodenberger, RB 1 0 -
Charlie Ah You, TB 1 -4 -
BYU TOTALS: 192 2,314 25
OPP TOTALS: 122 1,652 11

SCORING
Player TD PAT Other FG Pts.
Jeff Blanc 10 - - - 60
John Betham 7 - - - 42
Tim Mahoney 5 - - - 30
Dev Duke - 19-25 - 3-8 28
Mark Uselman - 11-12 - 5-8 26
Jeff Nilsson 3 - - - 18
Gary Sheide 3 - 0-1 - 18
Mike Russell 2 - - - 12
Tom Toolson 2 - - - 12
Kirk Tanner 2 - - - 12
Todd Christensen 2 - - - 12
Frank Linford 2 - - - 12
Brian Billick 1 - - - 6
Charlie Ah You 1 - - - 6
BYU TOTALS: 40 30-37 1-3 8-16 296
OPP TOTALS: 20 12-15 1-6 15-22 183

INTERCEPTED RETURNS
Plaver, Pos. Int. Yards Long TD
Mike Russell, DB 6 137 68 2
Larry Carr, LB 4 41 20 0
Gary Shaw, DB 4 20 13 0
Dana Wilgar, DB 3 11 10 0
Frank Linford, LB 2 79 55 2
Doug Adams, LB 2 -5 - 0
Mark McCluskey, DE 1 12 12 0
Stan Varner, DE 1 4 4 0
BYU TOTALS: 23 299 - 4
OPP TOTALS: 22 349 - 2

PUNT RETURNS
Player, Pos. No. Yards Long Avg. TD
John Betham, FL 31 379 42 12.2 0
Jeff Blanc, TB 2 20 12 10.0 0
Gary Shaw, DB 2 6 6 3.0 0
BYU TOTALS: 35 405 - 11.6 -
OPP TOTALS: 26 127 - 4.9 -

KICK-OFF RETURNS
Plaver, Pos. No Yards Long Avg. TD
John Betham, FL 20 507 100 25.4 1
Dave Lowry, TB 6 113 21 18.8 0
Pisa Finai, FL 5 72 19 14.4 0
Jeff Blanc, TB 2 37 20 18.5 0
Larry Tucker, DB 2 31 16 15.5 0
Tim Mahoney, FB 1 12 12 12.0 0
BYU TOTALS: 36 772 - 21.4 -
OPP TOTALS: 40 871 - 21.8 -

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Player Position AT UT TFL FR FC PI PD BK Hurry Sack Total
Larry Carr, MLB 95 42 3 2 4 4 5 - 5 1 272
Stan Varner, DE 49 10 10 4 2 1 1 1 11 14 207
Wayne Baker, DT 67 15 4 1 3 - 2 - 9 10 195
Gary Shaw, DB 57 24 2 1 - 5 2 1 - 1 165
Phil Jensen, LB 28 21 5 1 5 - 3 - 3 4 152
Paul Linford, DT 46 7 7 1 1 - - 1 6 7 149
Dana Wilgar, DB 23 23 - 1 - 5 3 - - - 140
Mike Russell, DB 38 20 - - 2 6 8 - - - 132
Keith Rivera, DE 29 15 7 2 - - - - 6 5 120
Doug Adams, LB 36 19 2 - 2 2 - - 1 3 113
Clark Carison, LB 29 13 1 1 2 - 1 - - 2 95
Mark McCluskey, DB 27 15 - - - 1 3 1 1 1 70


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