1976 Schedule

  @ Kansas St.
  Colorado St.
  @ Arizona
  @ San Diego St.
  Wyoming
  S. Miss.
  Utah St.
  Arizona St.
  UTEP
  @ New Mexico
  @ Utah
 Oklahoma St.

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1976 Statistics

1976 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 6-1-0 .857 232 136 9-3-0 .750 372 231
Wyoming Fred Akers 6-1-0 .857 172 137 8-4-0 .667 278 250
Arizona St. Frank Kush 4-3-0 .571 161 137 4-7-0 .364 223 243
Utah Tom Lovat 3-3-0 .500 172 190 3-8-0 .273 245 361
Arizona Jim Young 3-4-0 .428 189 150 5-6-0 .454 283 273
New Mexico Bill Mondt 3-4-0 .428 156 152 4-7-0 .364 229 235
Colorado St. Sark Arslanian 2-4-0 .333 110 142 6-5-0 .545 205 186
UTEP Gil Bartosh 0-7-0 .000 83 231 1-11-0 .083 162 356

Results
Date Opponent Score
9/11 at Kansas St. 3-13 L
9/18 Colorado St. 42-18 W
9/25 at Arizona 23-16 W
10/2 at San Diego St. 8-0 W
10/9 Wyoming (H) 29-34 L
10/16 S. Miss. 63-19 W
10/23 Utah St. 45-14 W
10/30 Arizona St. 43-21 W
11/6 UTEP 40-27 W
11/13 at New Mexico 21-8 W
11/20 at Utah 34-12 W
12/18 Oklahoma St.
(Tangerine Bowl)		 21-49 L

Coaching Staff
LaVell Edwards: Head Coach
Dave Kragthorpe: Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Doug Scovil: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dick Felt: Defensive Coordinator/Backs
Norm Chow: Receivers
Garth Hall: Running Backs
Mel Jay Olson: JV Coordinator
Tom Ramage: Defensive Line
Fred Whittingham: Linebackers

SCORlNG BY QUARTERS
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 64 123 72 92 351
OPP 58 77 20 27 182

ATTENDANCE
Kansas St. at Manhattan 27,100
Colorado St. at Provo 33,013
Arizona at Tucson (est.) 31,000
San Diego St. at San Diego 41,786
Wyoming at Provo 35,423
Southern Miss. at Provo 23,029
Utah St. at Provo 24,074
Arizona St. at Provo 29,854
Texas-El Paso at Provo 24,644
New Mexico at Albuquerque 18,038
Utah at Salt Lake City 30,503
Road Average: 29,685 (148,427)
Home Average: 28,340 (170,037)
Average: 28,951 (318,464)

BYU TEAM STATISTICS OPP
351 Points 182
31.9 Points per game 16.5
214 First downs 191
19.5 First downs per game 17.4
1,282 Rushing yardage 1,707
116.5 Rushing per game 155.2
3,386 Passing yardage 1,837
307.8 Passing per game 167.0
4,668 Total yards 3,544
424.4 Yardage per game 322.2
981 Yards penalized 801
89.2 Penalized per game 72.8
23-9 Fumbles-lost 33-22
.8 Fumbles lost per game 2.0

RUSHING
Player, Pos Carries Gain Loss Ne+ TO Long Avg.
Blanc, TB 149 625 31 594 3 33 4.0
Christensen, FB 91 357 4 353 2 15 3.9
Lowry, TB 75 328 20 308 4 39 4.1
Gourloy, FB 35 172 0 172 1 25 4.9
Chronister, FL 3 68 0 68 1 45 22.7
Ward, FB 6 37 0 37 0 16 6.2
Kehuanui, TB 6 26 2 24 0 8 4.3
Van Valkenburg, TB 5 13 5 B 0 5 1.6
McEwen, QB 5 16 10 6 0 B 1.2
VanDerWouden, SE 1 3 0 3 1 3 3.0
Nielson, QB 77 103 376 -273 1 11 -
Center Pass 1 0 18 -18 - - -
BYU TOTALS: 454 1,748 466 1,282 1.3 45 2.8
OPP TOTALS: 539 2,179 472 1,707 13 80 3.2

PASSING
Player Comp. Att. Int. Per. Yards TD CPG
Nielsen 207 372 19 .556 3,192 29 18.8
McEwen 15 29 0 .517 179 2 3.0
Van DerWouden 1 1 0 1.000 15 0 0.1
Lowry 0 1 0 .000 0 0 -
BYU TOTALS: 223 403 19 .553 3,386 31 20.3
OPP TOTALS: 122 280 23 .436 1,837 9 11.1

TOTAL OFFENSE
Player Plays Rush Pass Total TDR APP APG
Nielson 449 -273 3,192 2919 30 6.S 265.4
BYU TOTALS: 857 1,282 3,386 4,665 44 5.4 424.4
OPP TOTALS: 819 1,707 1,837 3,544 22 4.3 322.2

SCORING
Player, Pos. TD PAT 2 P+. FG P+s.
Taylor, K 0 34-38 0-0 15-29 79
VanDerWouden, SE 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 54
Chronisfer, FL 8 0-0 2-2 0-0 52
Lowry, TB 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 36
Blanc, TB 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 30
Christensen, FB 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 30
Harris, SE 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
Gourley, FB 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 12
Nilsson, FL 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 12
Thompson, TE 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 12
Billick, TE 1 0-0 1-1 0-0 8
Nielsen, QB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6
Team 0-3 (Safety) 2
BYU TOTALS: 44 34-38 3-6 15-29 351
OPP TOTALS: 22 17-19 2-3 9-13 182

RECEIVING
Player No. Yards TO YPC CPG
Christensen 51 510 3 10.0 4.6
VanDerWouden 42 669 8 15.9 3.8
Chronister 31 706 7 22.8 2.8
Miller 6 66 0 11.0 2.0
BilIick 20 330 1 16.9 1.8
Blanc 18 190 2 10.6 1.6
Thompson 13 227 2 17.5 1.2
Lowry 13 145 2 11.2 1.2
Harris 12 327 3 27.3 1.1
Eldredge 1 21 0 21.0 1.0
Gourley 8 84 1 10.5 .7
Nilsson 6 73 2 12.2 .5
Ward 1 14 0 14.0 .2
Zwahlon 1 16 0 16.0 .1
BYU TOTALS: 223 3,386 31 15.2 20.3
OPP TOTALS: 122 1,837 9 15.1 11.1

PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Chronister 20 152 7.6
Blanc 10 51 5.1
Zwahlen 6 20 3.3
Coloma 2 0 -
BYU TOTALS: 38 223 5.9
OPP TOTALS: 19 90 4.7

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Lowry 26 544 20.9
Coloma 2 59 29.5
Christensen 1 14 14.0
Gourley 1 5 5.0
BYU TOTALS: 30 622 20.7
OPP TOTALS: 42 742 17.7

PUNTING
Player No. Yards Avg.
Lowry 64 2,462 38.5
Winder 1 28 28.0
BYU TOTALS: 65 2,490 38.3
OPP TOTALS: 74 2,862 38.7

INTERCEPTION RETURNS
Player No. Yards APG
Hernendez 6 79 .5
Jensen 5 54 .5
Miller 4 49 .4
Swenson 2 31 .2
Murdock 2 24 .2
Coloma 1 8 .1
Varner 1 7 .1
Wood 1 4 .1
Biddy 1 0 .2
BYU TOTALS: 23 276 2.1
OPP TOTALS: 9 157 1.7

FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Wood, Dewey 3
Jensen, Kananele, Murdock, Rice 2
Ane, Coloma, Prested, leremia 1
Terranova, Varner, Wilgar, Kama 1
BYU TOTALS: Opp Fum. 33) 22
OPP TOTALS: (BYU Fum. 23) 9

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Name AT UT TFL FR FC PI PD BK Hurry Sack Total
Rod Wood, MLB 98 32 - 3 1 1 6 - 3 3 147
Bill Rice, DT 85 28 3 2 - - - - 21 13 152
Mekeli Ieremia, DT 66 29 8 1 2 - - - 23 17 146
Marcus Kanahele, DE 66 22 2 2 2 - 1 - 8 4 107
Blake Murdock, SLB 54 25 - 2 1 1 3 - - - 86
Dana Wilgar, WS 57 21 - 1 3 - 3 - - - 95
Larry Miller, WLB 39 20 5 - 2 4 3 - 8 1 82
Tony Hernandez, LCB 36 22 - - 1 6 6 - - - 71
Craig Jensen, RCB 21 32 - 2 - 5 11 - - - 71
Steve Dewey, DE 29 18 5 3 2 - - - 11 3 71
Marc Swenson, SS 21 26 2 - - 2 3 - - - 54
Ross Varner, DE 21 12 4 1 1 1 - - 5 3 43
Gary Peterson, DT 25 7 - - 1 - - - 4 4 41
Mark Berntsen 14 10 1 - - - - - 1 - 26
Gary Kama, MLB 14 6 2 1 - - - - - - 23
Ron VeIasco, DB 10 9 - - 1 - 3 - - - 23
Neal Ane, LB 6 2 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 11
Reed Brown, LB 5 3 - - - - - - 2 1 11
Jason Coloma, DB 1 5 - 1 - 1 - - - - 8
Mark Terranova, DB 2 3 - 1 - - 1 - - - 7
Kip Apostol, DE 3 1 - - - - - - 2 1 7
Bob Biddy, DB 2 2 - - 1 1 - - - - 6


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