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  1996 Schedule

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

All Conference
WAC Mountain Division
Offensive Player of the Year
QB Steve Sarkisian
WAC Mountain Division
Defensive Player of the Year
LB Shay Muirbrook
WAC Mountain Division
Freshman of the Year
RB Ronney Jenkins
WAC Mountain Division
Coach of the Year
LaVell Edwards
First Team All-WAC (Mountain)
TE Itula Mili
TE Chad Lewis
OL Larry Moore
QB Steve Sarkisian
DL Henry Bloomfield
LB Shay Muirbrook
DB Tim McTyer
DB Omarr Morgan
RS James Dye
Second Team All-WAC (Mountain)
WR Kaipo McGuire
OL James Johnson
LB Brad Martin
PK Ethan Pochman

WAC Players of the Week
Mountain Division
OFFENSE
Oct. 13 Steve Sarkisian
Nov. 25 Ronney Jenkins
DEFENSE
Oct. 20 Shay Muirbrook
Oct. 27 Omarr Morgan
Nov. 4 Chris Ellison
Nov. 18 Tim McTyer
SPECIAL TEAMS
Sept. 2 Ethan Pochman
Sept. 23 Omarr Morgan
Oct. 6 James Dye
Nov. 18 Ethan Pochman

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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