1979 Schedule

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 Weber St.
 UTEP
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 @ Colorado St.
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 Utah
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1979 Statistics

1979 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 7-0-0 1.000 302 64 11-1-0 .917 484 163
San Diego St. Claude Gilbert 5-2-0 .714 184 171 8-3-0 .727 286 276
Utah Wayne Howard 5-2-0 .714 146 104 6-6-0 .500 267 296
Hawai'i Dick Tomey 3-4-0 .428 153 159 6-5-0 .545 330 213
New Mexico Bill Mondt 3-4-0 .428 85 152 6-6-0 .500 211 229
Colorado St. Sark Arslanian 3-4-0 .428 116 121 4-7-1 .375 177 241
Wyoming Bill Lewis 2-5-0 .286 112 162 4-8-0 .333 185 276
UTEP Bill Michael 0-7-0 .000 45 195 2-9-0 .182 106 266

Results
9/8 at Texas A&M 18-17 W
9/15 Weber St. 48-3 W
9/29 UTEP (H) 31-7 W
10/5 Hawaii 38-15 W
10/13 at Utah St. 48-24 W
10/20 at Wyoming 54-14 W
10/27 New Mexico 59-7 W
11/3 at Colorado St. 30-7 W
11/9 at Long Beach St. 31-17 W
11/17 Utah 27-0 W
11/24 at San Diego St. 63-14 W
12/21 Indiana
(Holiday Bowl)		 37-38 L

Coaching Staff
LaVell Edwards: Head Coach
Norm Chow
Dick Felt
Garth Hall
Dave Kragthorpe
Mel Olson
Tom Ramage
Doug Scovil
Fred Whittingham

SCORE BY QUARTERS
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 92 126 133 96 447
OPP 28 38 41 18 125

ATTENDANCE
Texas A&M at Houston 40,000
Weber St. at Provo 33,161
Texas-El Paso at Provo 34,724
Hawaii at Provo 34,741
Utah St. at Logan 28,094
Wyoming at Laramie 14,723
New MexIco at Provo 33,921
Colorado St. at Ft. Collins 25,612
Long Beach St. at Long Beach 20,051
Utah at Provo 40,236
San Diego St. at San Diego 46,121
Total 351,384
Average 31,944
Home average 35,357
Home total 176,783

BYU Team Statistics OPP
447 Points 125
40.6 Points per game 11.4
277 First Downs 184
25.2 First downs per game 16.7
1,684 Rushing yardage 1,606
153.1 Rushing per game 164.0
4,051 Passing yardage 1,349
368.3 Passing per game 122.6
5,735 Total yardage 2,955
521.4 Yardage per game 268.6
1,227 Yards penalized 844
111.5 Penalized per game 76.7
26-14 Fumbles-lost 31-18
1.3 Fumbles lost per game 1.6

RUSHING
Player, Pos. Carries Gain Loss Net TD Long Avg.
Lane, FB 94 599 4 595 11 52 6.3
H. Jones, TB 75 553 7 546 7 51 7.3
Phillips, TB 46 340 18 321 0 33 7.0
Carlsen, FB 36 204 3 201 3 16 5.6
Reber, FB 5 51 0 51 0 33 10.2
Williams, FB 22 53 3 50 0 7 2.3
Whitsett, FB 5 35 0 35 0 24 7.0
Blackwell, TB 7 32 2 30 0 10 4.3
Braga, WR 2 17 0 17 1 14 8.5
Lacey, FB 7 17 9 8 1 7 1.1
Bybee, QB 8 13 43 -30 0 6 -
Wilson, QB 61 128 268 -140 3 13 -
BYU TOTALS: 368 2,042 358 1,684 26 52 4.6
OPP TOTALS: 563 2,148 442 1,606 10 44 2.9

PASSING
Player Comp Att Int % Yards TD CPG
Wilson 250 427 15 .585 37,20 29 22.7
Bybee 26 37 1 .703 331 4 2.9
BYU TOTALS: 276 464 16 .595 4,051 33 25.1
OPP TOTALS: 125 293 21 .427 1,349 6 11.4

TOTAL OFFENSE
Player, Pos. Plays Rush Pass Total TDR APP APG
Wilson, QB 488 -140 3,720 3,580 32 7.3 325.5
Lane, FB 94 595 0 595 11 6.3 54.1
BYU TOTALS: 832 1,684 4,051 5,735 60 6.9 521.4
OPP TOTALS: 856 1,606 1,349 2,955 16 3.5 268.6

SCORING
Player, Pos. TD PAT 2pt. FG Pts.
Johnson, K 0 52-56 0-0 10-18 82
Lane, FB 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 72
H. Jones, TB 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 66
Braga, WR 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 48
Davis, WR 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 42
Phillips, TB 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 24
Tingey, WR 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
Carisen, FB 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
Plater, WR 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
Wilson, QB 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
L. Jones, WR 2 0-0 1-1 0-0 14
Brown, TE 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 12
Lacey, FB 1 0-0 1-1 0-0 8
Schoepflin, DB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6
Team 0 0-0 0-2 0-0 -
BYU TOTALS: 60 52-56 2-4 10-18 447
OPP TOTALS: 16 15-15 1-1 4-12 125

FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Player No.
Redd, SLB; Titensor, DE 3
Morgan, DT; Lacey, LB; Prested, DB 2
Mendenhall, DE; Smith, TE; Neal, DB 1
Filiaga, DT; Francis, DB; WhittinGham, LB 1
BYU TOTALS: (OPP FUM. 31) 18

RECEIVING
Player No Yards TD YPC CPG
H. Jones 46 404 4 8.8 4.2
Lane 39 477 1 12.2 .3.5.
Phillips 34 467 4 13.7 3.1
L. Jones 33 735 2 22.3 3.0
Brown 31 498 2 16.1 2.8
Plater 24 411 3 17.1 2.2
Braga 21 369 7 17.6 2.1
Davis 21 379 7 18.0 1.9
Lacey 3 9 O 3.0 1.5
Carisen 8 83 O 10.3 0.8
Tingey 6 87 3 14.5 0.5
Collie 1 10 0 10.0 0.5
Reber 1 5 0 5.0 0.5
Anderson 4 76 O 19.0 0.4
Williams 3 16 0 5.3 0.3
Smith 1 25 0 25.0 0.1
BYU TOTALS: 276 4,051 33 14.7 25.1
OPP TOTALS: 125 1,349 6 10.8 11.4

PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Francis 37 307 8.3
H. Jones 13 95 7.3
Neal 4 11 2.8
Schoepflin 1 5 5.0
BYU TOTALS: 55 418 7.6
OPP TOTALS: 21 170 8.1

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
H. Jones 22 579 26.3
BYU TOTALS: 22 579 26.3
OPP TOTALS: 45 877 19.5

PUNTING
Player No. Yards Avg.
Brown 43 1,950 45.3
Mees 13 468 36.0
BYU TOTALS: 57 2,418 42.4
OPP TOTALS: 90 3,857 42.9

INTERCEPTION RETURNS
Player, Pos. No. Yards APG
Schoepflin, DB 5 69 0.5
Redd, LB 5 53 0.5
Prested, DB 3 0 0.3
Halverson, DB 2 24 0.2
M. Brady, DB 2 18 0.2
R. Wilson, DB 1 36 0.1
Walker, LB 1 7 0.1
Neal, DB 1 0 0.1
Francis, DB 1 0 0.1
BYU T0TALS: 21 207 1.9
OPP TOTALS: 16 147 1.5

FIELD GOALS
Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 +50
Johnson, BYU 0-0 4-4 3-7 2-5 1-2
OPP TOTALS: 0-0 1-2 1-3 2-4 0-3

DEFENSIVE STATS
Name AT UT TFL FR FC PI PD BK Hurry Sack Total
Gary Kama, MLB 78 61 15 - 2 - 5 - 7 1 275
Glen Redd, LB 78 46 3 3 3 5 4 - - - 236
Bill Schoeptun, DB 26 39 4 - 1 5 6 - - - 158
Ed St. Pierre, LB 46 30 7 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 153
Pulusila Filiaga, DT 38 20 9 1 2 - 1 - 11 5 146
Glen Titensor, DE 31 16 7 3 3 - 1 - 19 4 141
John Neal, DB 45 26 2 1 1 1 6 - 1 - 129
Rob Buchanan, DE 22 14 4 - 2 - - - 12 8 108
Mike Morgan, DE 40 12 2 2 - - - - 10 7 107
Jim Jaramillo, DE 29 20 5 - - - - 1 9 3 107
Bob Prested, DB 30 16 2 3 1 3 5 - - - 107
Tim Halverson, DB 16 23 1 - - 2 10 1 - - 1100
Brad Anae, DT 8 10 4 - 4 - - - 5 3 74
Mat Mendenhall, DE 24 9 3 1 - - 1 - 8 - 64
Kyle Whittingham, LB 22 10 4 1 - - - - 4 - 61
Dave Francis, DB 14 7 - 1 - 1 4 - - - 44
Mark Walker, LB 20 5 1 - - 1 2 - 1 - 43
Doug Stromberg, DT 15 3 3 - - - - - 1 2 37
Rob Wilson, DB 14 6 - - - 1 1 - - - 36
Mark Brady, DB 9 6 - 1 - 2 1 - - - 33
Chuck Ehin, DT 4 5 1 - - - 1 - - - 28
Mike Lacey, LB 4 7 - 1 - - 1 - - 2 23
Tom Holmoe, DB 5 3 - 1 - - 3 - - - 17
AT=1, UT=2, TFL=3, FR=3, FC=5, PI=5, PD=2, BK=2, Hurry=1, Sack=3


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