1996 Schedule

 Texas A & M
 Arkansas St.
 @ Washington
 New Mexico
 SMU
 @ Utah St.
 UNLV
 @ Tulsa
 @ TCU
 UTEP
 Rice
 @ Hawai'i
 @ Utah
 Wyoming (Champ.)
 Kansas St. (Bowl)

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1996 Statistics

1996 roster

Western Athletic Conference Standings
Pacific Division
WAC Games All Games
School Coach W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp. W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp.
Wyoming Joe Tiller 7-1 .875 316 152 10-2 .833 464 284
Colorado St. Sonny Lubick 6-2 .750 248 169 7-5 .583 380 336
San Diego St. Ted Tollner 6-2 .750 300 209 8-3 .727 428 303
Air Force Fisher DeBerry 5-3 .625 316 171 6-5 .545 360 231
Fresno St. Jim Sweeney 3-5 .375 199 245 4-7 .364 267 344
San Jose St. John Ralston 3-5 .375 168 273 3-9 .250 221 448
Hawai'i Fred vonAppen 1-7 .125 100 315 2-10 .167 161 433
UNLV Jeff Horton 1-7 .125 211 320 1-11 .083 276 551
Mountain Division
Brigham Young LaVell Edwards 8-0 1.000 319 117 14-1 .933 590 277
Rice Ken Hatfield 6-2 .750 261 194 7-4 .636 296 312
Utah Ron McBride 6-2 .750 224 199 8-4 .667 313 309
SMU Tom Rossley 4-4 .500 180 211 5-6 .455 246 267
New Mexico Dennis Franchione 3-5 .375 237 233 6-5 .545 331 280
TCU Pat Sullivan 3-5 .375 167 208 4-7 .364 211 302
Tulsa Dave Rader 2-6 .250 178 259 4-7 .364 245 333
UTEP Charlie Bailey 0-8 .000 129 278 2-9 .182 183 314

1996 (14-1)
Date Opponent Score
8/24 Texas A&M 41-37 W
8/31 Arkansas St. 58-9 W
9/14 @ Washington 17-29 L
9/21 New Mexico 17-14 W
9/28 SMU 31-3 W
10/4 @ Utah St. 45-17 W
10/12 UNLV 63-28 W
10/19 @ Tulsa 55-30 W
10/26 @ TCU 45-21 W
11/2 UTEP 40-18 W
11/9 Rice 49-0 W
11/16 @ Hawai'i 45-14 W
11/23 @ Utah 37-17 W
12/7 Wyoming
(WAC Champ.)		 28-25 W
1/1 Kansas St.
(Cotton Bowl)		 19-15 W
401-316-26 (.559)

Coaching Staff
LaVell Edwards: Head Coach
Norm Chow: Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Receivers
Ken Schmidt: Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Roger French: Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Robbie Bosco: Quarterbacks
Barry Lamb: Safeties
Brian Mitchell: Cornerbacks
Chris Pella: Tight Ends/Kickers/Recruiting
Tom Ramage: Defensive Line/Special Teams
Lance Reynolds: Running Backs

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOT AVG
BYU 109 176 155 128 3 571 40.8
Opponent 37 78 90 57 0 262 18.7

ATTENDANCE Total Averaae
Home 440,576 62,939
Away 219,715 36,619
Neutral 41.238 41.238
Total 701,529 50,109

AP Rankings
Week Date RK Record PTS FPV
Final 1/3 5 14-1 1360 -
16 12/9 5 13-1 1322 -
15 12/2 6 12-1 1274 -
14 11/25 7 12-1 1207 -
13 11/18 8 11-1 1192 -
12 11/11 10 10-1 1042 -
11 11/4 12 9-1 858 -
10 10/28 13 8-1 790 -
9 10/21 15 7-1 673 -
8 10/14 18 6-1 487 -
7 10/7 19 5-1 348 -
6 9/30 21 4-1 268 -
5 9/23 24 3-1 100 -
3 9/9 14 2-0 708 -
2 9/2 16 2-0 589 -
1 8/26 19 1-0 497 -

TEAM STATISTICS BYU OPP
Total First Downs 341 245
First Downs-Rushing 151 100
First Downs-Passing 177 116
First Downs-Penalty 13 29
Rushing Att-Yds 581-2,549 515-1,744
Pass Comp-Att-Int 291-423-13 222-424-19
Passing Yards 4,143 2,684
Total Offense Plays-Yards 1,004-6,692 939-4,428
Punting Number-Yds-Avg 44-1,920-43.6 76-3,180-41.8
Fumbles-Lost 27-13 34-17
Penalties-Yards 99-993 87-677
Sacks by-Yds Lost 32-256 34-225
Third Down Conversions 69-168 78-205
Third Down Conversion Pct. .411 .380
Fourth Down Conversions 16-23 7-24
Fourth Down Conversion Pct. .696 .292
Avg. Time of Possession 31:50 28:10

RUSHING G ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG PG TD LP
Brian McKenzie 14 167 977 27 950 5.7 67.9 11 4 4t-HAW
Ronney Jenkins 14 128 768 35 733 5.7 52.4 11 39-RIC
Mark Atuaia 14 86 379 14 365 4.2 26.1 4 4 2t-TCU
Dustin Johnson 13 45 257 8 249 5.5 19.2 1 19-USU
Chris Stevens 8 38 158 20 138 3.6 17.3 2 12t-ASU
Aaron Cupp 14 5 40 0 40 8.0 2.9 0 14-ASU
Paul Shoemaker 7 6 40 2 38 6.3 5.4 1 18-USU
Chris Bisgaard 4 6. 28 2 26 4.3 6.5 0 12-RIC
James Dye 14 4 38 12 26 6.5 1.9 0 25-SMU
K.O. Kealaluhi 14 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.5 0 21-TCU
Ned Stearns 8 7 19 2 17 2.4 2.1 0 9-ASU
Kevin Feterik 6 4 4 2 2 0.5 0.3 0 3-USU
Team 14 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 -0.4 0 0-USU
Chad Lewis 14 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 -0.5 0 0-UNLV
Steve Sarkisian 14 82 216 260 -44 -0.5 -3.1 1 25-ASU
BYU 14 581 2945 396 2549 4.4 182.1 31 44t-HAW
Opponents 14 515 2258 514 1744 3.4 124.6 11 40t-TAM

PASSING G ATT CMP INT PCT YDS YDS/G RTNG TD LP
Chris Bisgaard 4 1 1 0 1.000 17 4.3 242.8 0 17-SMU
Paul Shoemaker 7 10 7 0 .700 73 10.4 197.3 2 18t-UNLV
Steve Sarkisian 14 404 278 12 .688 4,027 287.6 173.6 33 87t-RIC
Kevin Feterik 6 8 5 1 .625 26 4.3 106.1 1 15-USU
BYU 14 423 291 13 .688 4,143 295.9 173.0 36 87t-RIC
Opponent 14 424 222 19 .524 2,684 191.7 109.0 16 66-WYO

TOTAL OFFENSE G PLAY RUSH PASS YARDS TD AVG
Steve Sarkisian 14 486 -44 4027 3,983 34 284.5
Brian McKenzie 14 167 950 0 950 11 67.9
Ronney Jenkins 14 128 733 0 733 11 52.4
Mark Atuaia 14 86 365 0 365 4 26.1
Dustin Johnson 13 45 249 0 249 1 19.2
Chris Stevens 8 38 138 0 138 2 17.3
Paul Shoemaker 7 16 38 73 111 3 15.9
Chris Bisgaard 4 7 26 17 43 0 10.8
Kevin Feterik 6 12 2 26 28 1 4.7
Aaron Cupp 14 5 40 0 40 0 2.9
Ned Stearns 8 7 17 0 17 0 2.1
James Dye 14 4 26 0 26 0 1.9
K.O. Kealaluhi 14 1 21 0 21 0 1.5
Chad Lewis 14 1 -7 0 -7 0 -0.5
Team 14 1 -5 0 -5 0 -0.4
BYU 14 1,004 2,549 4,143 6,692 67 478.0
Opponent 14 939 1,744 2,684 4,428 27 316.3

RECEIVING G REC YDS AVG YDS/G C/G TD LP
K.0. Kealaluhi 14 49 901 18.4 64.4 3.5 8 69t-ASU
Itula Miii 14 46 692 15 49.4 3.3 3 57-UNM
Kaipo McGuire 14 42 658 15.7 47 3 5 53-TAM
Chad Lewis 14 37 420 11.4 30 2.6 5 30-WYO
Dustin Johnson 13 30 464 15.5 35.7 2.3 3 87t-RIC
Mark Atuaia 14 28 304 10.9 21.7 2 2 61-UNLV
James Dye 14 15 182 12.1 13 1.1 2 38t-TUL
Ronney Jenkins 14 14 189 13.5 13.5 1 3 48-Tut
Ben Cahoon 14 11 166 15.1 11.9 0.8 2 33-TAM
Brian McKenzie 14 8 89 11.1 6.4 0.6 0 18-UU
Ned Stearns 8 4 17 4.3 2.1 0.5 0 15-USU
Aaron Cupp 14 3 24 8 1.7 0.2 1 14t-UNLV
John Moala 9 1 18 18 2 0.1 1 18t-UNLV
Rj Anderson 5 1 9 9 1.8 0.2 0 9-ASU
Brandon Condie 14 1 6 6 0.4 0.1 0 6-ASU
Tyler Bolli 4 1 4 4 1 0.3 1 4t-RIC
BYU 14 291 4,143 14.2 295.9 20.8 36 87t-RIC
Opponent 14 222 2,684 12.1 191.7 15.9 16 66-WYO

ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE G RUSH REC PR KOR YDS PLAYS YD/PL YD/G
Ronney Jenkins 14 733 189 0 419 1,341 157 8.5 95.8
Brian McKenzie 14 950 89 0 0 1,039 175 5.9 74.2
K.O. Kealaluhi 14 21 901 0 0 922 50 18.4 65.9
James Dye 14 26 182 352 314 874 51 17.1 62.4
Dustin Johnson 13 249 464 0 0 713 75 9.5 54.9
Itula Miii 14 0 692 0 0 692 46 15 49.4
Mark Atuaia 14 365 304 0 0 669 114 5.9 47.8
Kaipo McGuire 14 0 658 0 0 658 42 15.7 47
Chad Lewis 14 -7 420 0 0 413 38 10.9 29.5
Chris Stevens 8 138 0 0 0 138 38 3.6 17.3
Ben Cahoon 14 0 166 50 0 216 17 12.7 15.4
Ned Stearns 8 17 17 0 23 57 12 4.8 7.1
Chris Bisgaard 4 26 0 0 0 26 6 4.3 6.5
Paul Shoemaker 7 38 0 0 0 38 6 6.3 5.4
Aaron Cupp 14 40 24 0 0 64 8 8 4.6
John Moala 9 0 18 0 0 18 1 18 2
Rj Anderson 5 0 9 0 0 9 1 9 1.8
Cliff Doman 5 0 o 8 0 8 1 8 1.6
Tyler Bolli 4 0 4 0 0 4 1 4 1
Jeff Ellis 14 0 0 0 13 13 2 6.5 0.9
Brandon Condie 14 0 6 0 0 6 1 6 0.4
Kevin Feterik 6 2 0 0 0 2 4 0.5 0.3
Dennis Simmons 14 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 0.2
Team 14 -5 0 0 0 -5 1 -5 -0.4
Steve Sarkisian 14 -44 0 0 0 -44 82 -0.5 -3.1
BYU 14 2,549 4,143 410 772 7,874 930 8.5 562.4
Opponents 14 1,744 2,684 265 822 4,428 939 4.7 316.3

  -- PAT --  
SCORING TD XP 2PT DXP SAP FG PTS
Ethan Pochman 0 63-65 0-0 0-0 0 20-28 123
Ronney Jenkins 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 84
Brian McKenzie 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 66
K.O. Kealaluhi 8 0- 0 1-0 0-0 0 0-0 50
Mark Atuaia 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 36
Chad Lewis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 30
Kaipo McGuire 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 30
James Dye 5 0- 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 30
Dustin Johnson 4 0-0 1-0 0-0 0 0-0 26
Itula Mili 3 0- 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 18
Ben Cahoon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 12
Chris Stevens 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 12
Henry Bloomf iel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
Tyler Bolli 1 0- 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
John Moala 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
Shay Muirbrook 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
Aaron Cupp 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
Paul Shoemaker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
Steve Sarkisian 1 0-0 0-3 0-0 0 0-0 6
Chris Ellison 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6
Courtney Smith 0 4-4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 4
Team 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 2
BYU 73 67-70 2-3 0-0 1 20-28 571
Opponents 32 26-28 3-4 0-0 1 12-23 262

    1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total
FIELD GOALS G FA-FM FA-FM FA-FM FA-FM FA-FM FA-FM PCT LP
Ethan Pochman 14 0-0 7-7 11-7 8-5 2-1 28-20 .71 51-TUL
BYU 14 0-0 7-7 11-7 8-5 2-1 28-20 .71 51-TUL
Opponents 14 0-0 4-3 5-3 11-5 3-1 23-12 .52 51-TAM

PUNTING G NO YDS AVG LP
Alan Boardman 14 44 1920 43.6 65-TUL
BYU 14 44 1920 43.6 65-TUL
Opponents 14 76 3180 41.8 61-USU

PUNT RETURNS G NO YDS AVG TD LP
James Dye 14 20 352 17.6 2 79t-USU
Ben Cahoon 14 6 50 8.3 0 18-HAW
Cliff Doman 5 1 8 8.0 0 8-UTEP
BYU 14 27 410 15.2 2 79t-USU
Opponents 14 27 265 9.8 0 35-TUL

KICKOFF RETURNS G NO YDS AVG TD LP
Ronney Jenkins 14 15 419 27.9 0 44-TUL
James Dye 14 12 314 26.2 1 lOOt-UTEP
Ned Stearns 8 1 23 23.0 0 23-WAS
Jeff Ellis 14 2 13 6.5 0 13-HAW
Dennis Simmons 14 1 3 3.0 0 3-RAW
Derik Stevenson 14 1 0 0.0 0 0-TUL
BYU 14 32 772 24.1 1 1OOt-UTEP
Opponent 14 39 822 21.1 0 56-TUL

INTERCEPTIONS G NO YDS AVG TD LP
Omarr Morgan 13 4 -4 -1.0 0 0-UNM,TCU,WYO
Shay Muirbrook 14 3 71 23.7 0 38-TUL
Tim McTyer 14 3 30 10.0 0 20-UTEP
Eddie Sampson 14 2 4 2.0 0 4-ASU
Ben Cook 14 2 1 0.5 0 1-RIC
Chris Ellison 14 2 73 36.5 1 65t-UTEP
Lane Hale 12 1 2 2.0 0 2-WYO
Brad Martin 14 1 0 0.0 0 0-USU
Jason Walker 12 1 0 0.0 0 0-WAS
BYU 14 19 177 9.3 1 65t-UTEP
Opponents 14 13 366 28.2 3 100t-UTEP

MISC. YARDS G ATT YDS AVG PG TD
Shay Muirbrook 14 1 45 45.0 3.2 1-USU
Tim McTyer 14 2 35 17.5 2.5 0-UNM, UTEP
Brad Martin 14 2 22 11.0 1.6 0-TUL, HAW
Henry Bloomfield 14 1 12 12.0 0.9 1-HAW
Eddie Sampson 14 1 7 7.0 0.5 0-RIC
Omarr Morgan 13 1 6 6.0 0.5 0-SMU
BYU 14 8 127 15.9 9.1 2-USU, HAW
Opponents 14 3 55 18.3 3.9 2-UNM, WYO

Defensive Stats. 2 1 3 3 5 5 3 5 1 5 Seas.
Name UT AT TFL FR FC PI PD Bk Hurry Sack Total
Shay Muirbrook 60 37 8 2 2.5 3 6 - 11.5 9 287
Brad Martin 41 36 9 7 - 1 3 - 4 6 214
Chris Ellison 49 44 1 - 3 2 8 - 1 - 195
Tim McTyer 41 14 2 1 1 3 17 - - - 176
Omarr Morgan 38 16 - - 1 4 9.5 4 - - 165.5
Henry Bloomfield 27 42 7 1 0.5 - - - 25 2.5 160
Spencer Reid 29 32 4.5 - 3 1 3.5 - 7 1 145.5
Jason Walker 29 39 - - - 1 4 - - - 114
Eddie Sampson 32 24 - 1 - 2 6 - - - 119
Byron Frisch 20 20 5.5 1 1 - - - 5 3 104.5
Daren Yancey 19 17 4 1 1 - 1 - 8 4 106
Lane Hale 27 32 2 - 1 1 3.5 - - - 112
Ed KehI 16 17 3.5 - - - 1 - 10 4.5 95
Ben Cook 21 10 2 - - 2 6.5 1 - 1 92.5
Dennis Simmons 10 11 - - 2.5 - - 2 2 2 55.5
Harland Ah You 7 21 1.5 - 0 - 3 - 5 - 53.5
Ed Lamb 7 4 1.5 - 1 - - -2 4 2 46.5
lssiah Magalei 7 8 1 2 - - - 11 4.5 1 41.5
Jeff Ellis 11 9 - - 0.5 - - -1 - 1 40.5
Derik Stevenson 0.9 4 1 - 1 - - - - - 33
Greg White 10 7 - 1 - - - -- - - 30
Derick Bates 4 3 - 1 - - 2 - - - 20
Jason Straw 8 3 - 1 - - - - - - 19
Ben Peterson 5 5 0.5 - - - - - - - 16.5
Donny Atuala 5 3 1 - - - - - - - 16
Nate Foreman 5 1 1 1 - - - - - - 17
Tyler Nelson 5 3 - - - - - - - - 13
Aaron Hutchins 2 1 1 - - - - - 2 - 10
Desmond Lomax 4 1 - - - - - - 1 - 10
Nikia McKinney 3 - - - - - - -- - - 6
Brandon Condie 2 1 - - - - - - - - 5
Ethan Pochman 1 1 - - - - - - - - 3
Gabe Giordano 1 1 - - - - - - - - 3
Hyrum Summers - - 1 - - - - - - - 3
Shane Magalei 1 - - - - - - - - - 2
Johnny Slavens 1 - - - - - - - - - 2
Mike Schiffler 1 - - - - - - - - - 2
Alan Boardman 1 - - - - - - - - - 2
Joe Ambrosius 1 - - - - - - - - - 2
Aaron Cupp - 1 - - - - - - - - 1


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