1987 Statistics

1987 Roster

Western Athletic Conference Standings
		WAC Games				All Games
School	Coach	W-L-T	Pct.	Pts.	Opp.	W-L-T	Pct.	Pts.	Opp.
Wyoming	Paul Roach	8-0-0	1.000	279	121	10-3-0	.769	426	271
Brigham Young	LaVell Edwards	7-1-0	.875	238	170	9-4-0	.692	350	293
Air Force	Fisher DeBerry	6-2-0	.750	292	168	9-4-0	.692	405	269
UTEP	Bob Stull	5-3-0	.625	224	185	7-4-0	.636	309	234
San Diego St.	Denny Stolz	4-4-0	.500	231	270	5-7-0	.417	357	428
Hawai'i	Bob Wagner	3-5-0	.375	204	223	5-7-0	.417	337	299
Utah	Jim Fassel	2-6-0	.250	172	250	5-7-0	.417	321	362
Colorado St.	Leon Fuller	1-7-0	.125	174	224	1-11-0	.083	245	372
New Mexico	Mike Sheppard	0-8-0	.000	161	364	0-11-0	.000	209	444

Results
9/2	Pittsburgh	17-27 L
9/12	at Texas	22-17 W
9/19	at TCU	12-33 L
9/26	at New Mexico	45-25 W
10/2	Utah St.	45-24 W
10/10	Wyoming (H)	27-29 L
10/24	at Hawaii	16-14 W
10/31	Air Force	24-13 W
11/7	San Diego St.	38-21 W
11/14	at UTEP	37-24 W
11/21	Utah	21-18 W
12/5	Colorado St. (Australia)	30-26 W
12/22	Virginia (All-Am. Bowl)	16-22 L

Coaching Staff

LaVell Edwards: Head Coach Dick Felt: Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Roger French: Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Claude Bassett: Inside Linebackers Norm Chow: Quarterbacks/Receivers Mel Jay Olson: Academic Coordinator/Offensive Line Chris Pella: Kickers/Recruiting Tom Ramage: Defensive Line/Special Teams Lance Reynolds: Running Backs Ken Schmidt: Outside Linebackers

ATTENDANCE
HOME TOTALS:	391,335	AVERAGE:	65,223
ROAD TOTALS:	212,408	AVERAGE:	35,401
SEASON TOTALS:	603,745	AVERAGE:	50,312

	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
BYU	60	99	75	100	334
OPP	61	78	41	91	271

BYU	-- TEAM STATISTICS --	OPP
334	Points	271
27.8	Points per game	22.6
239	First downs	195
19.9	First downs per game	16.3
1091	Rushing yardage	1,629
90.9	Rushing yardage per game	135.8
3,501	Passing yardage	2,597
291.8	Passing yardage per game	216.4
4,592	Total offense	4,226
382.7	Total offense per game	352.2
91-858	Yards penalized	87-797
7.6-71.5	Yards penalized per game	7.3-66.4
34-16	Fumbles-lost	42-22
1.3	Fumbles lost per game	1.8

RUSHING
Player, Pos.	Carries	Gain	Lost	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Fred Whittingham, FB	129	486	68	418	2	35	3.24
Mike O'Brien, HB	87	331	22	309	7	20	3.55
Mike Salido, FB	48	244	5	239	2	20	4.98
Bob Jensen, QB	110	419	335	84	4	42	0.76
Peter Tuipulotu, HB	24	87	10	77	1	22	3.21
Matt Bellini, HB	18	65	17	48	0	11	3.61
Thor Salanoa, LB	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Alema Harrington, FB	6	6	14	-8	1	5	-1.33
Pat Thompson, P	1	0	13	-13	0	-13	-13
Sean Covey, QB	36	63	127	-64	2	18	-1.78
BYU:	460	1,702	611	1,091	19	42	2.37
OPP:	460	2,101	472	1,629	14	69	3.54

PASSING
Player, Pos.	Comp	Att	Int	%	Yards	TD	CPG
Bob Jensen, QB	144	259	14	0.556	1833	10	16
Sean Covey, QB	132	217	9	0.608	1668	8	16.5
Fred Whittingham, FB	0	1	0	0	-	-	0
BYU:	276	477	23	0.579	3501	18	23
OPP:	202	392	28	0.515	2597	19	16.8

TOTAL OFFENSE
Player, Pos.	Plays	Rush	Pass	Total	TOR	APP	APG
Bob Jensen, QB	369	84	1,833	1,917	14	5.19	213
Sean Covey, QB	253	-64	1,668	1,604	10	6.34	200.5
Fred Whittingham, FB	130	418	0	418	2	3.22	41.8
Mike O'Brien, HB	87	309	0	309	7	3.55	25.8
Mike Salido, FB	48	239	0	239	2	4.98	29.9
Peter Tuipulotu, HB	24	77	0	77	1	3.21	12.8
Matt Bellini, HB	18	48	0	48	0	2.67	5.3
Thor Salanoa, LB	1	1	0	1	0	1	0.2
Alema Harrington, FB	6	-8	0	-8	1	-1.33	-2
Pat Thompson, P	1	-13	0	-13	0	-13	-1.1
BYU:	937	1,091	3,501	4,592	37	4.9	382.7
OPP:	852	1,629	2,597	4,226	33	4.96	352.2

SCORING
Player, Pos.	TD	PAT	2 pt.	FG	Satety	Pts.
Leonard Chitty, K	0	32-33	0-0	18-26	0-0	86
Mike O'Brien, HB	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	42
David Miles, WR	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	30
Bob Jensen, OB	4	0-0	0-2	0-0	0-0	24
Darren Handley, TE	3	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	20
Matt Bellini, HB	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	18
Fred Whittingham, FB	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	18
Chuck Cutler, WR	2	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	14
Sean Covey, QB	2	0-0	0-3	0-0	0-0	12
Mike Salido, FB	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	12
Richard Zayas, WR	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	12
Kirk Davis, DB	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	6
Jeff Frandsen, WR	I	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	6
Alema Harrington, FB	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	6
Travis McBeth, TE	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	6
Rodney Rice, DB	1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	6
Rodney Thomas, DB	1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	6
Peter Tuipulotu, HB	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	6
Team	0	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-2	4
BYU:	40	32-33	2-7	18-26	2-2	334
OPP:	34	25-27	3-7	12-22	0-0	271

RECEIVING
Player, Pos.	No.	Yards	TD	YPC	Long	CPG
Darren Handley, TE	52	636	3	12.2	35	4.3
Matt Bellini, HB	51	548	3	10.6	62	5.7
Fred Whittingham, FB	35	321	1	9.2	28	3.5
David Miles, WR	34	581	5	17.1	80	2.8
Chuck Cutler, WR	30	444	2	14.8	27	2.5
Rich Zayas, WR	25	489	2	19.6	73	2.3
Mike O'Brien, HB	18	147	0	8.2	24	1.5
Mike Salido, FB	12	49	0	4.1	14	1.5
Travis McBeth, TE	10	230	1	23	51	0.9
Peter Tuipulotu, HB	4	27	0	6.8	10	0.7
Jeff Frandsen, WR	3	28	1	9.3	15	0.3
Garen Jeppesen, WR	1	7	0	7	7	0.1
Brian White, OT	1	-6	0	-6	-6	0.1
BYU:	276	3,501	18	12.7	80	23
OPP:	202	2,597	19	12.9	98	16.8

FIELD GOALS
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Leonard Chitty, BYU	1-1	5-5	9-10	2-7	1-3
OPP:	0-0	3-4	5-6	4-12	0-0

PUNT RETURNS
Player, Pos.	No	Yds	Lng	TD	Avg
Mike O'Brien, HB	36	240	22	0	6.6
BYU:	36	240	22	0	6.6
OPP:	39	380	72	1	9.7

PUNTING
Player, Pos.	No	Yds	Lng	Avg
Pat Thompson, P	71	3,077	70	43.3
Team	2	7	-	3.5
BYU:	73	3,084	70	42.2
OPP:	73	3,087	72	42.3

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player, Pos.	No	Yards	Long	TD	Avg.
Mike O'Brien, HB	22	485	40	0	22
Rich Zayas, WR	8	180	69	0	22.5
Mike Salido, FB	4	92	36	0	23
Paul Sinclair, LB	1	6	6	0	6
Travis McBeth, TE	3	1	1	0	0.3
Dave Porter, LB	1	0	0	0	0
BYU:	40	767	69	0	19.2
OPP:	47	1,002	40	0	21.3

INTERCEPTIONS
Player, Pos.	No.	Yards	Long	Avg.	TO	IPG
Rodney Rice, DB	6	51	31	8.5	1	0.7
Troy Long, DB	6	37	25	6.2	0	0.5
Scott Peterson, DB	4	43	25	10.8	0	0.4
Rodney Thomas, DB	2	30	20	15	1	0.2
Thor Salanoa, LB	2	29	22	11	0	0.2
Kirk Davis, DB	1	30	30	30	1	0.2
Darrin Lambert, DB	1	0	0	0	0	0.1
David Futrell, NG	1	14	14	14	0	0.1
Chad Robinson, LB	1	7	7	7	0	0.1
Richard Hobbs, LB	1	5	5	5	0	0.1
Courtney Rogers, DB	1	5	5	5	0	0.1
Regan Hansen, LB	1	5	5	5	0	0.1
Steve Kaufusi, DT	1	0	0	0	0	0.1
BYU:	28	256	31	9.1	3	2.3
OPP:	23	234	37	10.2	0	1.9

Defensive Stats	(2)	(1)	(3)	(3)	(5)	(5)	(2)	(5)	(1)	(5)
Player, Pos.	UT	AT	TFL	FR	FC	PI	PD	BK	Hurry	Sack	Total
Troy Long, DB	60	62	7	-	4	6	7	-	1	-	268
J.C. VonCollin, LB	55	57	8	3	1	-	1	-	9	2.5	225.5
Scott Peterson, DB	48	33	5	3	2	4	2	-	-	-	187
Richard Hobbs, LB	36	38	5	-	2	1	3	2	2	6.5	184.5
Thor Salanoa, LB	21	33	7	-	4	2	2	-	20	3	183
Dave Futrell, NG	32	29	3	1	-	1	-	1	11	11	181
Steve Kaufusi, DT	24	30	5	3	-	1	4	-	11	5.5	153.5
Rodney Rice, DB	36	10	-	2	-	6	9	-	-	-	134
Bob Davis, LB	27	37	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	1	109
Rodney Thomas, DB	27	17	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	92
Regan Hansen, LB	19	24	2	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	82
Darrin Lamber, LC	16	10	0.1	-	3	1	1	-	-	2	79
Craig Patterson ,DT	14	22	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	76
Chad Robinson, LB	14	17	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	70
Eddie Green1 LB	12	11	2	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	52
Kirk Davis, DB	12	6	-	1	-	1	4	1	-	-	51
Duane Johnson1 LB	11	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	3	51
Tim Clark, OT	9	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	S	-	48
Tim Knight, NG	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	22
Brad Cahoon, LB	1	7	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	19
Nick Unger, OT	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	17
Courtney Rogers, DB	2	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	16
Troy Fuller, DB	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Brian Mitchell, DB	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Jay Huckaby, DT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.5	3.5
Chris Smith, TE	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Paul Sincair, LB	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Byron Beatty, LB	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
David Henderson, DB	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Larry Kiser, DB	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

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