BYU vs. Utah State Football Game, 1978 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Utah State	7	14	3	0	24
BYU	0	0	7	0	7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Tony Gipson 17 yard run (Steve Steinke kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Eric Hipple 1 yard run (Steve Steinke kick)	0	14
	TD	John Thompson 10 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Steve Steinke kick)	0	21
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Casey Wingard 4 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	7	21
	FG	Steve Steinke 20 yard field goal	7	24

Team Stats
	BYU	USU
1st Downs	16	21
Rushing 1st Downs	9	11
Passing 1st Downs	5	10
Penalty	2	0
Rushing	171	205
Rushing Attempts	43	52
Yards Gained Rushing	211	246
Yards Lost Rushing	40	41
TDs Rushing	1	2
Passing	119	213
Passes Attempted	29	28
Passes Completed	12	19
Intercepted	2	0
TDs Passing	0	1
Pass Efficiency	62.06	143.54
Total Offensive Plays	72	80
Total Net Yards	290	418
Average Gain Per Play	4.03	5.23
Fumbles - Lost	3 - 1	3 - 1
Penalties - Yards	8 - 59	7 - 68
Interceptions - Yards	0 - 0	2 - 25
Punts - Yards	8 - 301	8 - 304
Average Per Punt	37.63	38.00
Punt Returns - Yards	1 - 11	0 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	1 - 15	1 - 17

Game Info
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, Utah
Date	Oct 7, 1978
Time	11:00 am
Attendance	32,668
Temperature	64°F
Weather	Clear
Conference	BYU: WAC USU: PCAA
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards USU: Bruce Snyder
Season Record	BYU: 9-4 USU: 7-4

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Casey Wingard	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Brent Johnson	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	1	0	1	0	0	0	7

Utah State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Steve Steinke	0	1	3	0	0	0	6
Eric Hipple	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tony Gipson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	3	1	3	0	0	0	24

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Jim McMahon	5-11-1	62	5.6	17	0	74.62
Marc Wilson	7-18-1	57	3.2	17	0	54.38
TOTALS	12-29-2	119	4.1	17	0	62.06

Utah State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Eric Hipple	18-26-0	175	6.7	52	1	138.46
Rich Matheney	1-1-0	38	38.0	38	0	419.20
Craig Bradshaw	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	19-28-0	213	7.6	52	1	143.54

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jim McMahon	13	83	12	71	5.5	16	0
Bill Ring	9	59	0	59	6.6	18	0
Casey Wingard	6	20	4	16	2.7	5	1
Marc Wilson	8	29	17	12	1.5	11	0
Clay Brown	1	9	0	9	9.0	9	0
Scott Phillips	2	5	3	2	1.0	5	0
Doug Williams	6	6	4	2	0.3	4	0
TOTALS	45	211	40	171	3.8	18	1

Utah State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Rick Parros	15	100	25	75	5.0	23	0
Tony Gipson	16	62	6	56	3.5	17	1
Eric Hipple	13	36	10	26	2.0	10	1
Greg Martin	4	19	0	19	4.8	9	0
Jimmy Bryant	2	18	0	18	9.0	14	0
Jerry Copeny	2	11	0	11	5.5	9	0
TOTALS	52	246	41	205	3.9	23	2

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Bill Ring	5	37	7.4	17	0
Doug Williams	3	29	9.7	11	0
Mike Chronister	2	19	9.5	11	0
Dan Plater	1	17	17.0	17	0
Bill Davis	1	17	17.0	17	0
TOTALS	12	119	9.9	17	0

Utah State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jimmy Bryant	4	58	14.5	38	0
Rich Matheney	4	41	10.2	14	0
Ron Cassidy	3	63	21.0	52	0
Tony Gipson	3	35	11.7	19	0
Rick Parros	3	-1	-0.3	5	0
John Thompson	1	10	10.0	10	1
Greg Martin	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	19	213	11.2	52	1

Utah State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Glen Rigsbee	1	21	0
Ron McCloud	1	4	0
TOTALS	2	25	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Glen Redd	12	7	5	0	3/	0	0	0
Ron Velasco	8	6	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Bill Schoepflin	8	5	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Marc Swenson	7	6	1	0	0/	0	2	0
Ross Varner	7	4	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Tom Enlow	7	2	5	0	0/	0	0	0
Larry Miller	6	4	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Rob Buchanan	6	3	3	0	1/	0	0	1
John Kormylo	5	0	5	0	2/	0	0	4
Tim Halverson	4	3	1	0	1/	0	0	0
Doug Stromberg	4	2	2	0	0/	0	0	1
Rod Wood	3	3	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Rob Wilson	2	2	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Dave McKee	2	2	0	0	0/	1	0	0
Mat Mendenhall	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	1
Dave Francis	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Ed St. Pierre	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	85	52	33	0	8/0	1	2	7

Utah State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Scott Tillotson	7	7	0	0	1/	0	0	0
Mike Waufle Bell	7	5	2	0	1/	0	0	0
Donnie Henderson	6	6	0	0	1/	0	1	0
Elwood Threlfall	5	4	1	1	1/	0	0	1
Dennis DeLoach	5	3	2	1	0/	0	0	0
Pat Blackburn	4	4	0	0	1/	0	0	0
Dave Spiker	4	3	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Kelly Kirwan	4	1	3	0	0/	0	0	1
Ron McCloud	3	3	0	0	0/	0	2	0
Pat Cornelius	2	2	0	0	0/	0	0	1
Dave Parkin	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	1
Perry Drake	2	1	1	0	1/	0	0	0
Will Withers	2	1	1	1	0/	0	0	0
Rulon Jones	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Al Salvo	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Ron Truitt	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	56	44	12	3	6/0	0	3	4

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Clay Blackwell	1	15	15.0	0
TOTALS	1	15	15.0	0

Utah State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Jimmy Bryant	1	17	17.0	0
TOTALS	1	17	17.0	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Clay Blackwell	1	11	11.0	0
TOTALS	1	11	11.0	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Brent Johnson	0-2	0.0%	0	1-1	1
TOTALS	0-2	0.0%	0	1-1	1

Utah State Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Steve Steinke	1-1	100.0%	20	3-3	6
TOTALS	1-1	100.0%	20	3-3	6

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Jim McMahon	8	301	37.6	45
TOTALS	8	301	37.6	45

Utah State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Guy McClure	8	304	38.0	47
TOTALS	8	304	38.0	47

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