1981 Schedule

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1981 Statistics

1981 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 7-1-0 .875 320 121 11-2-0 .846 503 256
Hawai'i Dick Tomey 6-1-0 .857 219 79 9-2-0 .818 328 130
Utah Wayne Howard 5-1-1 .786 213 155 8-2-1 .773 321 205
Wyoming Al Kincaid 6-2-0 .750 241 132 8-3-0 .727 344 203
New Mexico Joe Morrison 3-4-1 .437 135 120 4-7-1 .375 225 231
San Diego St. Doug Scovil 3-5-0 .375 166 160 6-5-0 .545 279 227
Air Force Ken Hatfield 2-5-0 .285 124 174 4-7-0 .363 171 252
UTEP* Bill Michael 1-6-0 .143 89 315 1-10-0 .091 146 441
Colorado St.** Sark Arslanian 0-8-0 .000 127 322 0-12-0 .000 164 502
* Bill Alton coached last nine games
** Chester Caddas coached last six games

Results
9/5 at Long Beach St. 20-14 W
9/12 Air Force 45-21 W
9/19 at UTEP 65-8 W
9/26 at Colorado 41-20 W
10/2 Utah St. 32-26 W
10/10 UNLV (H) 41-45 L
10/17 at San Diego St. 27-7 W
10/24 at Wyoming 20-33 L
10/31 New Mexico 31-7 W
11/7 at Colorado St. 63-14 W
11/14 at Hawaii 13-3 W
11/21 Utah 56-28 W
12/18 Washington St.
(Holiday Bowl)		 38-36 W

Coaching Staff
LaVell Edwards: Head Coach
Fred Whittingham: Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
Roger French: Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Norm Chow: Receivers
Dick Felt: Special Teams/Backs
Garth Hall: Running Backs
Mel Jay Olson: JV Coordinator/Offensive Line
Tom Ramage: Defensive Line
Ted Tollner: Quarterbacks

  SCORE BY OUARTERS
  1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 132 147 102 84 465
OPP 41 53 51 75 220

ATTENDANCE
Long Beach State at Anaheim 20,953
Air Force Academy at Provo 38,712
Texas-El Paso at El Paso 19,400
Colorado at Boulder 43,259
Utah State at Provo 41,129
UNLV at Provo 39,852
San Diego State at San Diego 41,727
Wyoming at Laramie 22,745
New Mexico at Provo 36,343
Colorado State at Fort Collins 17,851
Hawaii at Honolulu 45,355
Utah at Provo 47.163
Total 414,489
Total Average 34,541
Home Totals 203,199
Home Average 40,640
Road Totals 211,290
Road Average 30,184

BYU TEAM STATISTICS OPP
465 Points 220
38.8 Points per game 18.3
318 First Downs 221
26.5 First Downs per game 18.4
1,481 Rushing yardage 1,659
123.4 Rushing per game 138.3
4,283 Passing yardage 2,210
356.9 Passing yardage per game 184.2
5,764 Total yardage 3,869
480.3 Yardage per game 322.4
1,121 Yards penalized 1,307
93.4 Yards penalized per game 108.9
30-18 Fumbles-lost 33-15
1.5 Fumbles lost per game 1.3

RUSHING
Player, Pos. Carries Gain Loss Net TD Long Avg.
Pettis, TB 94 543 44 499 5 41 5.3
Hamilton, FB 96 403 9 394 14 42 4.1
Sikahema, TB 35 243 1 242 3 22 6.9
Young, QB 53 337 104 233 0 37 4.4
Hansen, Bruce, FB 35 183 7 176 1 17 5.0
Jones, TB 12 71 7 64 0 13 5.3
Buswell, TB 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Kozlowski, WR 1 0 3 -3 0 - -
Gunther, K 2 0 29 -29 0 - -
McMahon, QB 64 130 227 -97 0 17 -
BYU TOTALS: 393 1,912 431 1,481 23 42 3.8
OPP TOTALS: 508 2,187 528 1,659 17 87 3.3

PASSING
Player Comp. Att. HI % Yards TD CPG
McMahon 272 423 7 .643 3,555 30 27.2
Young 56 112 5 .500 731 5 6.2
BYU TOTALS: 329 535 12 .612 4,283 35 27.4
OPP TOTALS: 203 345 19 .588 2,210 10 16.9

TOTAL OFFENSE
Player, Pos. Plays Rush Pass Total TDR APP APG
McMahon, QB 487 -97 3,555 3,458 30 7.1 345.8
Young, QB 165 233 731 964 5 5.8 107.1
BYU TOTALS: 931 1,481 4,283 5,764 56 6.2 480.3
OPP TOTALS: 871 1,659 2,210 3,669 29 4.4 322.4

SCORING
Player, Pos. TD PAT 2pt. FG Pts.
Hamilton, FB 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 96
Gunther, K 0 57-63 0-0 10-19 87
Hudson, TE 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 60
Pettis, TB 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 54
Platey, WR 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 30
Kozlowski, WR 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 30
Balholm, WR 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 24
Collie, WR 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
Sikahema, TB 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18
Shell, LB 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 12
Mills, TE 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 12
Hansen, Bruce, FB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6
Pendleton, WR 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6
Holmoe, DB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6
McKee, DB 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6
BYU TOTALS 63 57-63 0-0 10-19 465
OPP TOTALS 30 18-22 5-8 4-11 220

INTERCEPTION RETURNS
Player, Pos. No. Yards Avg.
McKee, DB 4 57 0.3
Holmoe, DB 3 61 0.3
Mannion, DB 2 32 0.2
Brady, S., DB 2 26 0.2
Shell, LB 2 24 0.2
Whittingham, K., LB 2 23 0.2
O'Neil, LB 2 11 0.2
Brady, M., DB 1 3 0.2
Walker, K., DB 1 0 0.1
BYU TOTALS: 19 237 1.6
OPP TOTALS: 12 203 1.0

RECEIVING
Player No. Yards TD YPC CPG
Hudson 67 960 10 14.3 5.6
Plater 62 891 5 14.4 5.2
Peffis 48 490 4 10.2 4.0
Hamilton 32 387 2 121 2.7
Baihoim 31 465 4 15.0 2.6
Kozlowski 29 376 5 13.0 2.6
Collie 26 404 3 15.5 2.2
Hansen, Bruce 14 106 0 7.6 1.2
Sikahema 11 97 0 9.9 0.9
Mills 6 64 2 10.7 0.5
Ama 1 19 0 19.0 0.1
Jones 1 17 0 17.0 0.1
Pendleton 1 7 1 7.0 1.0
BYU TOTALS: 320 4,283 36 14.6 27.4
OPP TOTALS: 203 2,210 10 10.9 16.9

PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Sikahema 44 377 8.6
Team 1 6 6.0
BYU TOTALS: 45 383 8.5
OPP TOTALS: 27 251 9.3

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yards Avg.
Sikahema 11 188 17.1
Hansen, Bruce 4 47 11.8
Mills 1 16 16.0
Mannion 1 0 -
BYU TOTALS: 17 251 14.8
OPP TOTALS: 43 860 20

PUNTING
Player No. Yards Avg.
Mees 57 2,330 40.9
Team 1 0 -
BYU TOTALS: 58 2,330 40.2
OPP TOTALS: 82 3,453 42.1

FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Player, Pos. No.
Anae, B., DE 3
Flint, DE 2
Holmoe, DB 2
Shell, LB 2
Morgan, DT 1
Hansen, Brian, LB 1
Whittingham, Kyle, LB 1
Filiaga, DT 1
Walker, K., DB 1
Aupiu, LB 1
Balholm, WR 1
BYU TOTALS: (Opp Fum. 33) 16
OPP TOTALS: (BYU Fum. 30) 18

FIELD GOALS
Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 +50
Gunther, BYU 1-1 0-3 6-10 3-5 0-0
OPP TOTALS 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-8 0-2

DEFENSIVE STATS
Name AT UT TFL FR FC PI PD BK Hurry Sack TOTAL
Kyle Whittinqham, LB 78 54 16 1 3 2 8 - 9 7 308
Brandon Flint, DE 37 11 7 2 3 - 4 - 9 13 157
Dave McKee, DB 30 34 - - 1 4 9 - - - 141
Tom Holmoe, DB 25 36 1 2 - 3 7 - - - 135
Brad Anae, DE 33 6 5 3 2 - 2 - 16 9 126
Pulusila Filiaga, DT 33 21 2 1 2 - - - 19 4 125
Steve Brady, DB 39 29 1 - - 2 7 - - - 124
David Aupiu, LB 45 27 3 1 - - 1 - 3 1 119
Todd Shell, LB 40 18 - 3 - 2 3 - 4 2 111
Kevin Walker1 DB 21 23 3 1 - 1 5 - 1 1 98
Mike Morgan, DT 37 12 1 - - - - - 2 8 90
Chuck Ehin, DT 36 6 3 - - - 1 - 2 2 67
Mike 0'Neil, LB 21 9 - - - 2 1 - 1 1 55
Brian Hansen, LB 8 9 1 - - - 2 - 1 2 40
John Mannion, DB 12 4 - - - 2 1 - - - 31
Mark Brady, DB 6 4 2 - - 1 1 - - - 27
Herrmann, DE 7 1 - - 1 - - - 1 4 27
Barry Oates, DE 4 2 - - - - - - 3 3 20
Cary Whittingham, LB 10 2 - - - - 1 - - 1 19
Dennis Mazzora, DT 1 3 - - - - - - 3 2 16
Mike Jensen, DB 3 3 - - - - 2 - - - 13
Kyle Morrell, DB 2 4 - - - - - - - - 10
Dave Hoggan, DE - - - 1 - - - - - 1 6
Mark Walker, LB 4 1 - - - - - - - - 6
Dennis Webb, DT 1 2 - - - - - - - - 5
Greg Peterson, DB 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
AT=1, UT=2, TFL=3, FR=3, FC=5, PI=5, PD=2, BK=5, Hurry=1, and Sack=3


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