1975 Schedule

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 @ UTEP
 @ So. Miss.

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1975 Statistics

1975 Roster

Western Athletic Conference Standings
WAC Games All Games
School Coach W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp. W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp.
Arizona St. Frank Kush 7-0-0 1.000 178 74 12-0-0 1.000 347 127
Arizona Jim Young 5-2-0 .714 210 111 9-2-0 .818 330 169
Colorado St. Sark Arslanian 4-2-0 .667 84 114 6-5-0 .545 172 234
Brigham Young LaVell Edwards 4-3-0 .571 157 142 6-5-0 .545 244 228
New Mexico Bill Mondt 4-3-0 .571 173 151 6-5-0 .545 291 232
Utah Tom Lovat 1-4-0 .200 87 169 1-10-0 .091 132 332
Wyoming Fred Akers 1-6-0 .143 116 139 2-9-0 .181 174 219
UTEP Gil Bartosh 0-6-0 .000 50 155 1-10-0 .091 109 281

1975 (6-5)
Date Opponent Score
9/13 Bowling Green 21-23 L
9/20 @ Colorado St. 17-21 L
9/27 @ Arizona St. 0-20 L
10/3 New Mexico 16-15 W
10/11 Air Force (H) 28-14 W
10/25 @ Wyoming 33-20 W
11/1 Arizona 20-36 L
11/8 @ Utah St. 24-7 W
11/15 Utah 51-20 W
11/22 @ UTEP 20-10 W
11/29 @ So. Miss. 14-42 L
198-254-24 (.438)

Coaching Staff
LaVell Edwards: Head Coach
Dave Kragthorpe: Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Dick Felt: Defensive Coordinator/Backs
Norm Chow: Freshmen
Garth Hall: Running Backs
Mel Olson: Receivers
Dwain Painter: Quarterbacks
Tom Ramage: Defensive Line
Fred Whittingham: Linebackers

SCORE BY QUARTERS
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 40 73 73 58 244
OPP 81 40 31 76 228

ATTENDANCE
Bowling Green at Provo 29,718
Colorado St. at Fort Collins 27,491
Arizona St. at Tempe 50,944
New Mexico at Provo 25,140
Air Force at Provo 30,226
Wyoming at Laramie 16,297
Arizona at Provo 25,287
Utah St. at Logan 21,594
Utah at Provo 28,265
Texas-El Paso at El Paso 7,350
S. Miss. at Jackson 9,262
Total: 271,571
Avg: 24,688
Home: 138,633
Avg: 27,727
Road: 132,938
Avg: 22,156

BYU TEAM STATISTICS OPP
244 Points 228
22.2 Points per game 20.7
215 First Downs 197
19.5 First Downs per game 17.9
1,967 Rushing Yardage 2,010
178.8 Rushing per game 182.7
1,954 Passing Yardage 1,639
177.6 Passing per game 149.0
3,921 Total Yardage 3,649
356.4 Yardage per game 331.7
796 Yards Penalized 803
72.4 Penalized per game 73.0
26-21 Fumbles-Lost 31-17
1.9 Fumbles Lost per game 1.5

RUSHING
Player, Pos. Carries Gain Loss Net TD Long Avg.
Jeff Blanc, TB 216 1,009 25 984 9 30 4.56
Charley Ah You, TB 79 332 23 309 5 36 3.91
Todd Christensen, FB 59 278 5 273 1 54 4.63
Dave Lowry, FB 41 206 7 199 0 57 4.85
Mark Giles, QB 39 219 76 143 O 21 3.67
Roger Gourley, FB 34 116 1 115 0 13 3.38
Jeff Duva, QB 11 50 16 34 0 19 3.09
Pisa Finai, TB 8 32 0 32 0 7 4
John VanDerWouden, 2 15 1 14 O 15 7
Clay Blackwell, TB 5 17 4 13 1 8 2.6
Danny Hartwig, QB 1 10 1 0 1 1
George Harris, SE 1 0 6 -6 0 -6 -
Gifford Nielsen, OB 57 90 234 -144 2 11 -
BYU TOTALS: 553 2,365 398 1,967 18 57 3.56
OPP TOTALS: 536 2,264 254 2,010 17 72 3.75

PASSING
Player Att. Comp % Int. Yards TD Avg.
Gifford Nielsen 180 110 .611 7 1,471 10 13.37
Mark GIles 75 39 .520 8 396 3 10.15
Jeff Duva 25 6 .240 3 84 0 14.00
Danny Hartwig 1 1 1.000 0 3 0 3.00
Marc Wilson 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --
BYU TOTALS: 281 156 .555 18 1,954 13 12.53
OPP TOTALS: 214 98 .458 16 1,639 10 16.72

TOTAL OFFENSE
Player, Pos. Plays Rush Pass Total TDR Avg.
Gifford Nielsen, QB 237 -144 1,471 1,327 12 5.60
Jeff Blanc, TB 216 984 -- 984 11 4.56
Mark Giles, QB 114 143 396 539 3 4.73
BYU TOTALS: 834 1,967 1,954 3,921 31 4.70
OPP TOTALS: 750 2,010 1,639 3,649 2T 4.87

SCORING
Player, Pos. TD XPt 2Pt FG Games Pts.
Jeff Blanc,TB 11 0-0 O-0 0-0 11 66
Charley Ah You, TB 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 9 30
Todd Christensen, FB 4 0-0 1-1 0-0 11 26
Dave Taylor, K 0 13-14 0-0 4-11 7 25
Mark Useiman, K 0 9-12 0-0 4-13 5 21
John VanDerWouden, FL 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 10 18
Gifford Nielsen, QB 2 0-0 0-2 0-0 9 12
Jeff Nusson, SE 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 11 12
Brian Billick, TE 1 0-0 1-1 0-0 11 8
Bob Biddy, FL *1 0-0 0-0 0-0 7 6
Clay Blackwell, TB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 6
Tom Dignan, SE 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 8 6
Dave Lowry, FB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 10 6
Mark Glles, QB 0 0-0 1-1 0-0 11 2
TOTALS: 32 22-26 3-5 8-24 -- 244
*Fumble Recovery

RECEIVING
Player No. Yards TD Avg.
Christensen 30 319 3 10.63
VanDerWouden 29 621 3 21.41
Billick 19 207 1 10.89
NIsson 18 236 1 13.11
Blanc 15 158 2 10.53
Dignan 13 135 1 10.38
Gourley 8 35 0 4.3.8
Lowry 5 117 1 23;40
Allen 5 30 0 6.00
House 3 38 0 12.66
Tanner 3 36 0 12.00
Biddy 2 20 0 10.00
Harris 1 11 0 11.00
Oates 1 4 0 4.00
BYU TOTALS: 156 1,954 13 12.53
OPP TOTALS: 98 1,639 10 16.72

PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Finai 19 90 4.74
Halverson 9 21 2.33
McCluskey 1 16 16.00
Blanc 1 15 15.00
BYU TOTALS: 30 142 4.73
OPP TOTALS: 21 187 8.90

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Terranova 11 272 24.7
Finai 5 109 21.8
Biddy 4 97 24.3
VanDerWouden 4 79 19.8
Christensen 3 71 23.7
BYU TOTALS: 28 649 23.18
OPP TOTALS: 27 637 23.59

PUNTING
Player Punts Yards Avg.
Giles 43 1,707 39.70
Lowry 6 235 39.20
BYU TOTALS: 49 1,942 39.63
OPP TOTALS: 54 2,189 40.54

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
(1) (2) (3) (3) (5) (5) (2) (5) (1) (3)
Player AT UT TFL FR FC PI PD BK HURRY SAK TOTAL
Sid Smith, LB 125 24 - 3 3 - - - 5 3 211
Bill Rice, DT 113 15 - 1 - - - - 10 5 174
Stan Varner, DE 87 16 - 3 2 2 - - 9 5 112
Marcus Kanahele, DE 85 14 - 3 2 - - - 13 4 157
Mekeli leremla, DT 99 11 - 2 1 - - - 9 5 156
Blake Murdock, LB 68 24 2 2 1 1 2 - 3 1 148
Dana Wilgar, S 71 22 - - 1 3 1 - - - 137
Phil Jensen, LB 61 18 - 1 - - 1 1 5 5 127
Gary Shaw, S 53 16 - - 2 3 - 3 - - 125
Clark Carison, LB 48 17 - 2 1 - - - 1 3 103
Craig Jensen, CB 27 25 - - - 1 2 - - - 86
Tim Halverson, CB 16 14 - 2 - 3 7 - - - 79
Steve Dewey, DE 39 7 - - 2 - - - 3 - 66
Mark McCluskey, CB 20 13 - - - 2 2 - - - 60
Mat Mendenhall, DE 9 2 - - 1 - - - - 1 21
Mark Terranova, CB 8 5 - - - - 1 - - - 20
Dave Campos, S 11 4 - - - - - - - - 19
Rory Rauschenbach, LB 13 2 - - - - - - 1 - 18
Gary Peterson, DT 14 - - - - - - - - 1 17
Mark Bernsten, LB 12 1 - - - - - - - - 14
Gary Kama, LB 10 2 - - - - - - - - 14
Chuck Carison, C 6 2 - 1 - - - - - - 13
Chris Crowe, T 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 11
Larry Miller, LB 1 1 - - - 1 1 - - - 10
Dave Lowry, FB 2 3 - - - - - - - - 8
Gary Bouck, DE - 1 - - - - - - 1 1 6
Randy Muckolls, DT 3 1 - - - - - - - - 5
Orrin Olsen, C 2 1 - - - - - - - - 4
Bob Biddy, FL 1 1 - - - - - - - - 3
Jason Coloma, S - 1 - - - - - - - - 2
Roger Gourley, FB 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Mike Lacey, LB 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Mark Swenson, CB 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Gary Weight, S 1 - - - - - - - - - 0



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