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1998 Season Stats

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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	60	107	128	80	375
OPP	44	88	33	84	249

1998 (9-5)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 5		@ Alabama	31 - 38 L
Sep 12		#14 Arizona State	26 - 6 W
Sep 19		@ #9 Washington	10 - 20 L
Sep 26		Murray State	43 - 9 W
Oct 3		@ Fresno State	21 - 31 L
Oct 10		Nevada-Las Vegas	38 - 14 W
Oct 17		@ Hawaii	31 - 9 W
Oct 24		San Jose State	46 - 43 W
Oct 29		San Diego State	13 - 0 W
Nov 7		New Mexico	46 - 21 W
Nov 14		@ UTEP	31 - 14 W
Nov 21		@ Utah	26 - 24 W
Dec 5		vs. #17 Air Force	13 - 20 L
Dec 31		vs. #10 Tulane	27 - 41 L

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	375	249
Points per Game	28.8	19.2
1st Downs	265	182
Rushing 1st Downs	117	65
Passing 1st Downs	128	92
Penalty	20	25
Rushing	1,882	1,186
Rushing Attempts	540	444
Yards Gained Rushing	2,469	1,643
Yards Lost Rushing	587	457
Average per Rush	3.5	2.7
Average per Game	144.8	91.2
TDs Rushing	22	12
Passing	3,080	2,375
Passes Attempted	383	386
Passes Completed	226	184
Intercepted	9	13
Average per Pass	8.0	6.2
Average per Catch	13.6	12.9
Average per Game	236.9	182.7
TDs Passing	18	17
Pass Efficiency	137.37	107.15
Total Offensive Plays	923	830
Total Net Yards	4,962	3,561
Average Gain Per Play	5.38	4.29
Average per Game	381.69	273.92
Fumbles - Lost	35 - 20	16 - 8
Penalties - Yards	93 - 807	88 - 739
Interceptions - Yards	13 - 165	9 - 64
Int Return Average	12.69	7.11
Punts - Yards	69 - 2763	95 - 3931
Average Per Punt	40.04	41.38
Punt Returns - Yards	34 - 308	28 - 180
Punt Return Average	9.06	6.43
Kickoff Returns - Yards	40 - 970	49 - 1208
Kick Return Average	24.25	24.65
Time of Possession/Game	32:10	27:50
Third Down Conversions	71 of 186	58 of 198
Third Down Percent	38.17%	29.29%
Fourth Down Conversions	14 of 24	6 of 21
Fourth Down Percent	58.33%	28.57%
Sacks	33 - 218	47 - 318

Season Info
Record	9-5
Conference	WAC
Bowl	Liberty Bowl
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Owen Pochman	0	20	41	0	0	0	101
Ronney Jenkins	15	0	0	0	0	0	90
Reno Mahe	7	0	0	0	0	0	42
Mike Rigell	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Kevin Feterik	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Margin Hooks	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Ben Horton	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Carlos Nuño	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Tevita Ofahengaue	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Byron Frisch	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Brian Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rob Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Heshi Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kalani Sitake	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Donny Atuaia	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	45	20	41	1	0	1	375

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Kevin Feterik	202-336-6	2718	8.1	83	16	38	140.21
Drew Miller	23-45-2	332	7.4	70	2	8	118.86
Brandon Doman	1-2-1	30	15.0	30	0	1	76.00
TOTALS	226-383-9	3080	8.0	83	18	47	137.37

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ronney Jenkins	252	1411	104	1307	5.2	79	13
Reno Mahe	98	510	29	481	4.9	57	6
Aaron Cupp	26	144	4	140	5.4	22	0
Will Snowden	15	84	3	81	5.4	19	0
Kalani Sitake	13	43	3	40	3.1	9	0
Margin Hooks	3	25	4	21	7.0	14	0
Donny Atuaia	5	14	2	12	2.4	6	0
Brandon Doman	5	17	8	9	1.8	8	0
Tyrone Brown	2	5	0	5	2.5	3	0
J.D. Hartsfield	1	0	5	-5	-5.0	0	0
Mike Rigell	1	0	6	-6	-6.0	0	0
Drew Miller	13	4	96	-92	-7.1	2	0
Kevin Feterik	106	212	323	-111	-1.0	19	3
TOTALS	540	2469	587	1882	3.5	79	22

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Margin Hooks	49	732	14.9	83	3
Ronney Jenkins	34	349	10.3	52	2
Ben Horton	25	468	18.7	74	2
Tevita Ofahengaue	19	264	13.9	25	2
Mike Rigell	18	331	18.4	52	5
Reno Mahe	16	181	11.3	29	1
Aaron Cupp	15	196	13.1	28	0
Kalani Sitake	15	129	8.6	27	1
Carlos Nuño	13	207	15.9	58	2
Aaron Roderick	11	143	13.0	35	0
Donny Atuaia	8	59	7.4	14	0
Michael Westbrook	1	14	14.0	14	0
Brandon Doman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Kevin Feterik	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	226	3080	13.6	83	18

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Rigell	23	617	26.8	96	1
Reno Mahe	8	171	21.4	19	0
Ronney Jenkins	4	91	22.8	32	0
Ben Horton	2	43	21.5	25	0
Jason Anderson	1	29	29.0	29	0
Mike Shiffler	2	19	9.5	19	0
TOTALS	40	970	24.2	96	1

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Aaron Roderick	31	290	9.4	37	0
Reno Mahe	3	18	6.0	9	0
TOTALS	34	308	9.1	37	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Jason Walker	6	46	0
Brian Gray	2	57	1
Rob Morris	1	51	1
Justin Ena	1	11	0
Chris Ellison	1	0	0
Brad Martin	1	0	0
Heshi Robertson	1	0	0
TOTALS	13	165	2

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Rob Morris	147	114	33	6	16/54	1	4	11
Chris Ellison	86	59	27	0	3/15	0	8	0
Brad Martin	76	48	28	3	6/20	2	2	6
Jason Walker	73	46	27	2	2/7	1	11	1
Byron Frisch	70	52	18	5	13/69	1	0	14
Derik Stevenson	49	29	20	5	14/45	1	4	6
Heshi Robertson	42	31	11	0	1/2	1	12	0
Daren Yancey	42	26	16	9	6/17	1	2	9
Ed Kehl	37	23	14	3	5/23	0	1	5
Brian Gray	33	26	7	1	2/5	0	12	0
Chris Hoke	30	23	7	3	5/20	0	0	5
Issiah Magalei	25	16	9	1	0/0	0	1	8
Justin Ena	22	13	9	0	2/4	0	0	1
Rob Warcup	20	19	1	0	2/0	0	3	0
Jeff Ellis	19	12	7	1	2/5	0	1	1
Tyler Nelson	18	16	2	0	2/5	0	4	1
Josh Lowe	18	14	4	0	0/0	0	0	0
Ifo Pili	17	8	9	1	1/2	0	1	1
Setema Gali	16	12	4	2	4/8	1	0	4
Ryan Denney	13	6	7	0	0/0	0	0	0
Doug Henstrom	10	8	2	0	0/0	0	0	0
Jacob Hatch	10	7	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Hans Olsen	8	6	2	0	3/10	0	3	3
Derick Bates	8	5	3	0	0/0	0	2	0
Stan Moleni	7	4	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Jason Anderson	6	3	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Mike Shiffler	4	3	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
Aaron Cupp	4	1	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Doug Harding	4	1	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Brett Keisel	3	3	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Andrew Nash	2	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Andrew Fales	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
Tyrone Brown	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Owen Pochman	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
TEAM	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Donny Atuaia	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Tevita Ofahengaue	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
J.D. Hartsfield	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Hyrum Summers	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Drew Miller	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Craig Schmitt	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Jason Scukanec	1	0	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
TOTALS	931	646	285	42	89/311	9	71	76

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Owen Pochman	20-27	74.1%	47	41-42	101
TOTALS	20-27	74.1%	47	41-42	101

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
J.D. Hartsfield	65	2622	40.3	74
Jesse Sowards	3	141	47.0	65
TEAM	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	69	2763	40.0	74

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Alexander	Bama	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Butler	UW	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wright	FSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Meeks	SJSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jones	Utah	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Pflugner	Bama	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
Hanna	FSU	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		34	5	26	2	0	0	249

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Kasteler	SJSU	22-32-1	319	10.0	49	4	2	187.49
Kealy	ASU	16-34-1	241	7.1	46	1	2	110.42
Rayborn	UTEP	12-21-0	198	9.4	60	1	1	152.06
Volek	FSU	14-22-0	189	8.6	39	2	2	165.80
Phillips	Bama	17-29-0	188	6.5	32	0	2	113.08
Robinson	UH	10-24-0	183	7.6	51	1	1	119.47
Huard	UW	16-33-2	178	5.4	52	1	0	91.67
Crosswhite	Utah	18-33-2	172	5.2	43	2	0	106.21
Fuente	MSU	9-26-2	146	5.6	44	1	1	79.09
Leigh	UNM	13-37-1	127	3.4	57	2	0	76.40
Morgan	AFA	3-6-0	90	15.0	59	1	4	231.00
Bonds	AFA	5-7-0	59	8.4	27	0	1	142.23
Jaworsky	UNM	4-6-1	54	9.0	23	1	2	163.93
Elliott	ASU	4-7-0	45	6.4	16	0	1	111.14
Loyd	MSU	4-12-0	44	3.7	16	0	1	64.13
TOTALS		184-386-13	2375	6.2	60	17	31	107.15

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Alexander	Bama	26	132	17	115	4.4	37	5
Gilliam	AFA	10	91	0	91	9.1	29	1
Kimbrough	FSU	22	78	12	66	3.0	23	0
Lewis	SDSU	13	69	10	59	4.5	21	0
Holmes	FSU	10	61	6	55	5.5	22	0
Leigh	UNM	4	57	2	55	13.8	56	0
Crosswhite	Utah	4	54	0	54	13.5	19	0
Whitaker	SJSU	19	70	21	49	2.6	16	1
Tuiasosopo	UW	2	48	0	48	24.0	46	0
Hankins	UNLV	11	51	3	48	4.4	15	0
Bacon	Utah	12	44	1	43	3.6	9	0
Smith	UTEP	9	44	2	42	4.7	12	1
Polk	UTEP	19	44	8	36	1.9	7	0
Smith	MSU	9	32	0	32	3.6	8	0
Wofford	UNLV	11	37	6	31	2.8	15	1
TOTALS		444	1643	457	1186	2.7	56	12

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jackson	Bama	11	104	9.5	21	0
Jones	Utah	6	77	12.8	43	1
Smith	FSU	6	67	11.2	27	0
Jackson	ASU	6	66	11.0	15	1
Utu	Utah	6	37	6.2	12	0
Ruhle	SJSU	5	52	10.4	23	0
Davis	UW	5	33	6.6	11	0
Carpenter	UTEP	4	80	20.0	36	0
Milner	UNM	4	71	17.8	27	0
Natkin	UTEP	4	52	13.0	28	0
Harris	UW	4	33	8.2	17	0
Golson	UTEP	3	107	35.7	60	1
Newell	SJSU	3	90	30.0	49	1
Morris	UH	3	78	26.0	51	0
Juergens	UW	3	73	24.3	52	1
TOTALS		182	2365	13.0	60	16

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Whitaker	SJSU	7	199	28.4	61	0
Jones	Utah	3	123	41.0	95	1
Morris	UH	3	103	34.3	65	0
Dyson	Utah	3	100	33.3	53	0
Butler	UW	1	98	98.0	98	1
Smith	FSU	2	81	40.5	61	0
James	UNLV	4	56	14.0	25	0
Manning	MSU	3	52	17.3	20	0
Richard	Bama	2	46	23.0	32	0
Williams	UNM	2	42	21.0	23	0
TOTALS		47	1165	24.8	98	2

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jarzynka	UW	8	38	4.8	12	0
Tharp	UH	2	31	15.5	22	0
Richard	Bama	4	25	6.2	10	0
Hays	UNLV	1	18	18.0	18	0
Farmer	AFA	2	14	7.0	7	0
Jones	Utah	2	13	6.5	10	0
Smith	UNM	2	12	6.0	6	0
Gourdine	SDSU	1	11	11.0	11	0
Redmond	ASU	3	8	2.7	5	0
James	UNLV	1	1	1.0	1	0
TOTALS		27	171	6.3	22	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Faamausili	SJSU	1	22	0
Akbar	UW	1	17	0
Weathers	UTEP	1	15	0
Gales	UNLV	1	10	10
Bryant	Bama	1	0	0
Jackson	MSU	1	0	0
Elam	MSU	1	0	0
Batoon	UNLV	1	0	0
Zanotti	AFA	1	0	0
TOTALS		9	64	10

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Weathers	UTEP	18	7	11	1	1/10	0	0	0
Archuleta	ASU	13	6	7	0	0/0	0	0	0
Curtis	SDSU	12	9	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
West	SJSU	12	7	5	0	0/0	0	1	0
Thorstenson	AFA	12	4	8	0	0/0	0	0	0
Cesta	ASU	11	7	4	0	1/0	0	0	1
Warren	AFA	11	7	4	2	2/9	0	0	0
Kirry	UTEP	11	5	6	0	0/0	0	1	0
Hall	FSU	10	9	1	1	1/4	0	2	0
Tuipala	SDSU	10	8	2	1	2/5	0	0	0
Parry	SJSU	10	7	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Smagh	AFA	10	6	4	0	0/0	0	1	0
Love	Utah	10	4	6	0	0/0	0	1	0
Johnson	UW	9	7	2	1.5	3/9	0	1	0
Macrea	UNM	9	6	3	0	1/3	0	0	0
Ethridge	Utah	9	6	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Meidinger	AFA	9	6	3	2	2/13	0	0	0
Sigler	Bama	9	5	4	1	2/11	0	0	0
Trejo	ASU	9	5	4	1	1/12	1	0	0
Brooks	FSU	8	7	1	3	4/27	0	0	0
Thomas	UNLV	8	7	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
Vaughan	MSU	8	6	2	0	1/0	1	0	0
Elam	MSU	8	5	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Christianson	Utah	8	5	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Agu	SJSU	8	4	4	0	0/0	0	0	0
TOTALS		939	585	354	48	95/429	17	41	10

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Pflugner	Bama	1-1	100.0%	34	5-5	8
Hanna	FSU	1-		31	4-4	7
Kaneshiro	Utah	1-2	50.0%	24	3-3	6
Silberstein	SJSU	0-1	0.0%	0	5-5	5
Miller	MSU	1-1	100.0%	37	0-1	3
Strout	UH	1-1	100.0%	36	0-1	3
Ross	UNM	0-0		0	3-3	3
O'Reilly	UNLV	0-0		0	2-2	2
Bishop	UTEP	0-2	0.0%	0	2-2	2
Whiting	AFA	0-0		0	2-3	2
Gauthier	ASU	0-2	0.0%	0	0-1	0
Skurski	UW	0-1	0.0%	0	0-2	0
TOTALS		5-11	45.5%	37	26-32	41

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Kristosik	UNLV	13	682	52.5	67
Garrett	MSU	12	467	38.9	46
Bloom	UNM	10	392	39.2	61
Copeland	SDSU	8	361	45.1	55
Strout	UH	8	279	34.9	46
Baker	ASU	7	326	46.6	50
Fleming	UW	7	252	36.0	49
Roberts	FSU	6	243	40.5	58
Morgan	SJSU	5	233	46.6	76
Kirkland	AFA	5	201	40.2	61
Hunter	Utah	5	193	38.6	60
Finley	UTEP	5	167	33.4	38
Pope	Bama	3	112	37.3	52
Gribben	AFA	1	33	33.0	33
TOTALS		95	3941	41.5	76