BYU vs. Utah State Football Game, 1977 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1977 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	28	10	13	14	65
Utah State	0	6	0	0	6

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	John VanDerWouden 33 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dev Duke kick)	7	0
	TD	Todd Christensen 6 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dev Duke kick)	14	0
	TD	Mike Chronister 3 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dev Duke kick)	21	0
	TD	Todd Christensen 1 yard run (Dev Duke kick)	28	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	George Harris 4 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dev Duke kick)	35	0
	FG	Dev Duke 40 yard field goal	38	0
	TD	Jimmy Bryant 63 yard pass from Eric Hipple (kick failed)	38	6
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Todd Christensen 5 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (kick failed)	44	6
	TD	Mike Chronister 8 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dev Duke kick)	51	6
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Jermaine Younger 6 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Dev Duke kick)	58	6
	TD	Casey Wingard 45 yard run (Dev Duke kick)	65	6

Team Stats
	BYU	USU
1st Downs	37	16
Rushing 1st Downs	12	7
Passing 1st Downs	22	8
Penalty	3	1
Rushing	212	95
Rushing Attempts	45	31
Yards Gained Rushing	234	121
Yards Lost Rushing	22	26
TDs Rushing	2	0
Passing	379	248
Passes Attempted	48	39
Passes Completed	38	20
Intercepted	0	2
TDs Passing	7	1
Pass Efficiency	193.62	102.90
Total Offensive Plays	93	70
Total Net Yards	591	343
Average Gain Per Play	6.35	4.90
Fumbles - Lost	4 - 2	7 - 4
Penalties - Yards	12 - 98	13 - 148
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 25	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	0 - 0	6 - 250
Average Per Punt	0.00	41.67
Punt Returns - Yards	1 - 0	0 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	1 - 7	6 - 96

Game Info
Stadium	Romney Stadium
Location	Logan, Utah
Date	Sep 24, 1977
Time	12:42 pm
Attendance	20,103
Temperature	62°F
Weather	Partly Cloudy
Conference	BYU: WAC USU: PCAA
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards USU: Bruce Snyder
AP Rank	BYU: 20 USU: NR
Final AP Rank	BYU: 20 USU: NR
Season Record	BYU: 9-2 USU: 4-7

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Todd Christensen	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Mike Chronister	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dev Duke	0	1	8	0	0	0	11
George Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John VanDerWouden	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Casey Wingard	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jermaine Younger	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	9	1	8	0	0	0	65

Utah State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Jimmy Bryant	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	1	0	0	0	0	0	6

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	30-40-0	321	8.0	33	6	191.91
Marc Wilson	7-7-0	52	7.4	14	1	209.54
Jim McMahon	1-1-0	6	6.0	6	0	150.40
TOTALS	38-48-0	379	7.9	33	7	193.62

Utah State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Eric Hipple	12-26-1	177	6.8	63	1	108.34
Keith Myers	8-13-1	71	5.5	15	0	92.03
TOTALS	20-39-2	248	6.4	63	1	102.90

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Casey Wingard	5	52	0	52	10.4	45	1
Roger Gourley	10	50	1	49	4.9	11	0
Todd Christensen	9	46	0	46	5.1	10	1
Bill Ring	10	41	0	41	4.1	9	0
Gifford Nielsen	5	22	6	16	3.2	10	0
Scott Phillips	2	10	0	10	5.0	7	0
Jim McMahon	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Marc Wilson	3	13	15	-2	-0.7	13	0
TOTALS	45	234	22	212	4.7	45	2

Utah State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Rick Parros	12	73	1	72	6.0	24	0
Gary Wolz	3	8	2	6	2.0	7	0
Keith Myers	2	16	10	6	3.0	16	0
Jerry Copeny	4	6	1	5	1.2	2	0
Kurt Hollmer	4	8	5	3	0.8	5	0
Eric Hipple	5	9	7	2	0.4	5	0
Ian Rubin	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
TOTALS	31	121	26	95	3.1	24	0

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Chronister	8	86	10.8	24	2
George Harris	6	61	10.2	18	1
Todd Christensen	6	39	6.5	15	2
John VanDerWouden	5	72	14.4	33	1
Roger Gourley	5	45	9.0	14	0
Stan Younger	4	31	7.8	14	1
Lynn Zwahlen	2	12	6.0	6	0
Bill Ring	1	18	18.0	18	0
Tod Thompson	1	15	15.0	15	0
TOTALS	38	379	10.0	33	7

Utah State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jimmy Bryant	10	161	16.1	63	1
Ron Cassidy	4	52	13.0	20	0
Rich Matheney	3	32	10.7	14	0
Kurt Hollmer	2	0	0.0	1	0
Kelly Treseder	1	3	3.0	3	0
TOTALS	20	248	12.4	63	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Tony Hernandez	1	25	0
Jason Coloma	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	25	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	PBU
Ron Velasco	4	4	0	0/0	0
Ross Varner	4	3	1	1/1	0
Danny Frazier	4	2	2	0/0	0
Steve Corson	3	3	0	1/16	0
Bill Ring	3	1	2	0/0	0
Mark Berntsen	3	1	2	0/0	0
Rod Wood	2	2	0	1/10	0
Jason Coloma	2	2	0	0/0	1
Dave McKee	2	2	0	0/0	0
John Neal	2	2	0	0/0	0
Mekeli Ieremia	2	1	1	0/0	0
Larry Miller	2	0	2	0/0	0
Bob Prested	1	1	0	0/0	1
Bob Simmerman	1	1	0	0/0	0
Gary Peterson	1	1	0	2/3	0
Keith Uperesa	1	1	0	0/0	0
Scott Phillips	1	1	0	0/0	0
John Ramage	1	1	0	0/0	0
Dave Campos	1	0	1	0/0	0
Mat Mendenhall	1	0	1	0/0	0
Gary Kama	0	0	0	1/1	0
Tony Hernandez	0	0	0	0/0	2
Doug Stromberg	0	0	0	1/6	0
TOTALS	41	29	12	7/37	4

Utah State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	PBU
Dave Parkin	9	7	2	0/0	0
Scott Tillotson	6	6	0	0/0	0
Kelly Stroich	6	5	1	0/0	0
Ron McCloud	6	4	2	0/0	0
Dan Elder	5	5	0	0/0	0
John O'Donnell	5	5	0	0/0	0
Rulon Jones	4	4	0	0/0	0
Claude Nelson	4	4	0	0/0	0
Johnny Martin	3	3	0	0/0	0
Dennis McCollins	3	2	1	0/0	0
Carter Spruill	3	2	1	0/0	0
Tom Richert	1	1	0	0/0	0
Joe Wills	1	1	0	0/0	0
Dave Spiker	1	1	0	0/0	0
George Barbic	1	1	0	0/0	0
Will Withers	1	1	0	0/0	0
Curt Nading	1	1	0	0/0	0
Pat Blackburn	1	1	0	0/0	0
TOTALS	61	54	7	0/0	0

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
John Neal	1	7	7.0	0
TOTALS	1	7	7.0	0

Utah State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Rick Parros	4	55	13.8	0
Jimmy Bryant	2	41	20.5	0
TOTALS	6	96	16.0	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Jason Coloma	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	1	0	0.0	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Dev Duke	1-1	100.0%	40	8-9	11
TOTALS	1-1	100.0%	40	8-9	11

Utah State Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Scott Dye	0-0	0	0-1	0
TOTALS	0-0	0	0-1	0

Utah State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Don Schnell	6	250	41.7	58
TOTALS	6	250	41.7	58

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