Ohio State vs. Southern Methodist Football Game, 1977 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1977 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Ohio State	7	14	7	7	35
Southern Methodist	0	0	0	7	7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Logan 16 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Rod Gerald 33 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	14	0
	TD	Joel Payton 2 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	21	0
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Joel Payton 44 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	28	0
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Paul Campbell 1 yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick)	35	0
	TD	Arthur Whittington 1 yard run (John Dunlop kick)	35	7

Team Stats
	OSU	SMU
1st Downs	25	14
Rushing 1st Downs	20	2
Passing 1st Downs	5	12
Penalty	0	0
Rushing	360	17
Rushing Attempts	76	22
Yards Gained Rushing	385	45
Yards Lost Rushing	25	28
TDs Rushing	5	1
Passing	88	273
Passes Attempted	9	37
Passes Completed	5	19
Intercepted	1	7
TDs Passing	0	0
Pass Efficiency	115.47	75.49
Total Offensive Plays	85	59
Total Net Yards	448	290
Average Gain Per Play	5.27	4.92
Fumbles - Lost	3 - 2	1 - 0
Penalties - Yards	4 - 20	1 - 15
Interceptions - Yards	7 - 27	1 - 8
Punts - Yards	3 - 86	6 - 240
Average Per Punt	28.67	40.00
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 2	1 - 12
Kickoff Returns - Yards	1 - 28	5 - 88

Game Info
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
Date	Oct 1, 1977
Time	7:30 pm
Attendance	51,970
Temperature	93°F
Weather	Partly Cloudy
Conference	OSU: Big Ten SMU: Southwest
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes SMU: Ron Meyer
AP Rank	OSU: 6 SMU: NR
Final AP Rank	OSU: 11 SMU: NR
Season Record	OSU: 9-3 SMU: 4-7

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Joel Payton	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jeff Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Paul Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rod Gerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Vlade Janakievski	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
TOTALS	5	0	5	0	0	0	35

Southern Methodist Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Arthur Whittington	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John Dunlop	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	1	0	1	0	0	0	7

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Rod Gerald	5-8-1	88	11.0	31	0	129.90
Gregory Castignola	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	5-9-1	88	9.8	31	0	115.47

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Paul Campbell	20	93	1	92	4.6	13	1
Joel Payton	12	91	0	91	7.6	44	2
Ron Springs	15	50	6	44	2.9	6	0
Rod Gerald	7	49	9	40	5.7	33	1
Ricky Johnson	6	31	0	31	5.2	11	0
Jeff Logan	5	30	0	30	6.0	16	1
Michael Schneider	5	17	0	17	3.4	6	0
Ricardo Volley	3	15	0	15	5.0	9	0
James Harrell	1	9	0	9	9.0	9	0
Gregory Castignola	1	0	2	-2	-2.0	0	0
TEAM	1	0	7	-7	-7.0	0	0
TOTALS	76	385	25	360	4.7	44	5

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
James Harrell	2	25	12.5	13	0
Jimmy Moore	1	31	31.0	31	0
Paul Campbell	1	20	20.0	20	0
Joel Payton	1	12	12.0	12	0
TOTALS	5	88	17.6	31	0

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Michael Guess	3	27	0
Ray Griffin	1	0	0
David Adkins	1	0	0
Eddie Beamon	1	0	0
Kelton Dansler	1	0	0
TOTALS	7	27	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	PBU
Aaron Brown	7	4	3
Leonard Mills	6	4	2
David Adkins	5	4	1
Eddie Beamon	5	4	1	1/1
Kelton Dansler	4	3	1
Joe Allegro	3	3	0		1
Michael Guess	3	3	0
Paul Ross	3	1	2	2/12
Tom Roche	2	2	0		1
Ray Griffin	2	2	0
Duncan Griffin	2	1	1
Byron Cato	2	1	1	1/6
James Laughlin	1	1	0
Terry Vogler	1	1	0
Thomas Blinco	1	1	0
Mark Sullivan	1	1	0	1/1
William Jaco	1	0	1
Alvin Washington	1	0	1
TOTALS	50	36	14	5/20	2

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Ray Griffin	1	26	26.0	0
TOTALS	1	26	26.0	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Ray Griffin	2	2	1.0	0
TOTALS	2	2	1.0	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	Pct	XP	Pts
Vlade Janakievski	0-1	0.0%	5-5	5
TOTALS	0-1	0.0%	5-5	5

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
David McKee	2	86	43.0	47
TEAM	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	3	86	28.7	47

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