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1976 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	64	123	72	92	351
OPP	58	77	20	27	182

1976 (9-3)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 11		@ Kansas State	3 - 13 L
Sep 18		Colorado State	42 - 18 W
Sep 25		@ Arizona	23 - 16 W
Oct 2		@ San Diego State	8 - 0 W
Oct 9		Wyoming	29 - 34 L
Oct 16		Southern Mississippi	63 - 19 W
Oct 23		Utah State	45 - 14 W
Oct 30		Arizona State	43 - 21 W
Nov 6		UTEP	40 - 27 W
Nov 13		@ New Mexico	21 - 8 W
Nov 20		@ Utah	34 - 12 W
Dec 18		vs. #14 Oklahoma State	21 - 49 L

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	351	182
Points per Game	31.9	16.5
1st Downs	214	191
Rushing 1st Downs	76	93
Passing 1st Downs	122	77
Penalty	16	21
Rushing	1,282	1,707
Rushing Attempts	454	539
Yards Gained Rushing	1,748	2,179
Yards Lost Rushing	466	472
Average per Rush	2.8	3.2
Average per Game	116.5	155.2
TDs Rushing	13	13
Passing	3,386	1,837
Passes Attempted	403	280
Passes Completed	223	122
Intercepted	19	23
Average per Pass	8.4	6.6
Average per Catch	15.2	15.1
Average per Game	307.8	167.0
TDs Passing	31	9
Pass Efficiency	141.87	92.86
Total Offensive Plays	857	819
Total Net Yards	4,668	3,544
Average Gain Per Play	5.45	4.33
Average per Game	424.36	322.18
Fumbles - Lost	23 - 29	33 - 22
Penalties - Yards	89 - 981	86 - 801
Interceptions - Yards	23 - 276	19 - 157
Int Return Average	12.00	8.26
Punts - Yards	65 - 2490	74 - 2862
Average Per Punt	38.31	38.68
Punt Returns - Yards	38 - 223	19 - 90
Punt Return Average	5.87	4.74
Kickoff Returns - Yards	30 - 622	42 - 747
Kick Return Average	20.73	17.79

Season Info
Record	9-3
Conference	WAC
Bowl	Tangerine Bowl
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Dave Taylor	0	15	34	0	0	0	79
John VanDerWouden	9	0	0	0	0	0	54
Mike Chronister	8	0	0	2	0	0	52
Dave Lowry	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Jeff Blanc	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Todd Christensen	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
George Harris	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Roger Gourley	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jeff Nilsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Tod Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Brian Billick	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Gifford Nielsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	44	15	34	3	0	1	351

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	207-372-19	3192	8.6	29	143.23
Terry McEwen	15-29-0	179	6.2	2	126.33
John VanDerWouden	1-1-0	15	15.0	0	226.00
Dave Lowry	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS	223-403-19	3386	8.4	31	141.87

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeff Blanc	149	625	31	594	4.0	33	3
Todd Christensen	91	357	4	353	3.9	15	2
Dave Lowry	75	328	20	308	4.1	39	4
Roger Gourley	35	172	0	172	4.9	25	1
Mike Chronister	3	68	0	68	22.7	45	1
Roy Ward	6	37	0	37	6.2	16	0
Robbie Kahuanui	6	26	2	24	4.0	9	0
Dan Van Valkenburg	5	13	5	8	1.6	5	0
Terry McEwen	5	16	10	6	1.2	8	0
John VanDerWouden	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	1
TEAM	1	0	18	-18	-18.0	0	0
Gifford Nielsen	77	103	376	-273	-3.5	11	1
TOTALS	454	1748	466	1282	2.8	45	13

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Todd Christensen	51	510	10.0	3
John VanDerWouden	42	669	15.9	8
Mike Chronister	31	706	22.8	7
Brian Billick	20	338	16.9	1
Jeff Blanc	18	190	10.6	2
Tod Thompson	13	227	17.5	2
Dave Lowry	13	145	11.2	2
George Harris	12	327	27.2	3
Roger Gourley	8	84	10.5	1
Jeff Nilsson	6	73	12.2	2
Jay Miller	6	66	11.0	0
Lloyd Eldredge	1	21	21.0	0
Lynn Zwahlen	1	16	16.0	0
Roy Ward	1	14	14.0	0
TOTALS	223	3386	15.2	31

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Dave Lowry	26	544	20.9
Jason Coloma	2	59	29.5
Todd Christensen	1	14	14.0
Roger Gourley	1	5	5.0
TOTALS	30	622	20.7

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Mike Chronister	20	152	7.6
Jeff Blanc	10	51	5.1
Lynn Zwahlen	6	20	3.3
Jason Coloma	2	0	0.0
TOTALS	38	223	5.9

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds
Tony Hernandez	6	79
Craig Jensen	5	54
Larry Miller	4	49
Marc Swenson	2	31
Blake Murdock	2	24
Jason Coloma	1	18
Ross Varner	1	17
Rod Wood	1	4
Bob Biddy	1	0
TOTALS	23	276

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Rod Wood	130	32	98	3	0/	1		6	3
Bill Rice	113	85	28	13	3/	0		0	21
Mekeli Ieremia	95	29	66	17	8/	2		0	17
Marcus Kanahele	88	22	66	4	2/	2		1	8
Blake Murdock	79	25	54	0	0/	1		3	0
Dana Wilgar	78	21	57	0	0/	3		3	0
Larry Miller	59	20	39	1	5/	2		3	8
Tony Hernandez	58	22	36	0	0/	1		6	0
Craig Jensen	53	32	21	0	0/	0		11	0
Marc Swenson	47	26	21	0	0/	0		3	0
Steve Dewey	47	18	29	3	5/	2		0	11
Ross Varner	33	12	21	3	1/	1		0	5
Gary Peterson	32	7	25	4	0/	1		0	4
Mark Berntsen	24	10	14	0	1/	0		0	1
Gary Kama	20	6	14	0	2/	0		0	0
Ron Velasco	19	9	10	0	0/	1		2	0
Larry Tucker	10	8	2	0	0/0	1	0	0	0
Reed Brown	8	3	5	1	0/	0		0	2
Neal Ane	8	2	6	0	0/	0		1	1
Jason Coloma	6	1	5	0	0/	0		0	0
Mark Terranova	5	3	2	0	0/	0		1	0
Bob Biddy	4	2	2	0	0/	1		1	0
Kip Apostol	4	1	3	1	0/	0		0	2
Doug Stromberg	2	2	0					0
Glen Redd	2	1	1					0
Chuck Carlson	2	0	2	0
Keith Uperesa	1	1	0	0				0
TOTALS	1027	400	627	50	27/0	19	0	41	83

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	XP	Pts
Dave Taylor	15-29	51.7%	34-38	79
TOTALS	15-29	51.7%	34-38	79

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Dave Lowry	64	2462	38.5
Parry Winder	1	28	28.0
TOTALS	65	2490	38.3

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Cousins	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Mucker	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Christopulos	Wyo	0	2	4	0	0	0	10
Pistor	UA	0	3	1	0	0	0	10
Sinovic	KSU	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		22	9	17	2	0	1	182

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Sproul	ASU	12-25-3	331	13.2	80	2	161.62
Degnan	Utah	19-42-1	270	6.4	62	1	102.33
Alderman	USM	13-31-2	190	6.1	41	1	91.16
Myers	USU	14-29-2	175	6.0	39	1	96.55
Tereschuk	SDSU	17-26-3	143	5.5	18	0	88.51
Mazzone	UNM	7-22-2	142	6.5	40	0	67.85
Smith	UTEP	5-9-1	133	14.8	77	2	230.80
Judah	CSU	9-26-4	107	4.1	16	0	38.42
Hipple	USU	5-11-2	92	8.4	51	0	79.35
Krohn	UA	3-9-1	58	6.4	31	1	101.91
Cousins	Wyo	3-7-1	44	6.3	28	1	114.23
Jones	UNM	3-9-1	43	4.8	24	0	51.24
Mortensen	ASU	5-10-0	42	4.2	15	0	85.28
Graham	CSU	1-1-0	38	38.0	38	0	419.20
Hagemann	Utah	3-9-0	20	2.2	12	0	52.00
TOTALS		122-280-23	1837	6.6	80	9	92.86

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Cousins	Wyo	30	172	1	171	5.7	27	2
Jones	Wyo	11	170	7	163	14.8	80	1
Williams	UNM	25	127	1	126	5.0	25	0
Turner	SDSU	24	115	7	108	4.5	31	0
Henderson	UTEP	5	92	0	92	18.4	64	0
Dickerson	UA	22	93	2	91	4.1	32	0
Wright	Wyo	19	70	0	70	3.7	9	0
Bonner	ASU	14	68	0	68	4.9	19	0
Davis	CSU	11	67	2	65	5.9	39	1
Holt	UTEP	11	68	4	64	5.8	40	1
Elliott	UTEP	20	66	4	62	3.1	10	0
Peake	Utah	13	53	7	46	3.5	13	1
Smith	UTEP	19	69	23	46	2.4	19	1
Swanson	KSU	11	47	3	44	4.0	22	0
Garry	USM	17			44	2.6	10
TOTALS		539	2038	424	1707	3.2	80	12

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Coles	USU	7	112	16.0	51	1
Jefferson	ASU	7	109	15.6	32	0
Mucker	ASU	6	206	34.3	30	2
Cordy	Utah	6	117	19.5	62	0
Martin	UNM	6	115	19.2	35	0
Cannon	USM	5	85	17.0	41	0
Graham	Utah	5	63	12.6	23	1
Johnson	UTEP	4	118	29.5	77	1
Bell	CSU	4	71	17.8	38	0
Bachman	CSU	4	55	13.8	16	0
Daly	USU	4	54	13.5	36	0
Reagan	SDSU	4	45	11.2	18	0
Moseley	Utah	4	37	9.2	12	0
Brown	USM	3	47	15.7	16	0
Dennard	UNM	3	47	15.7	40	0
TOTALS		118	1806	15.3	77	9

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Clancy	USM	8	169	21.1	0
Nash	UA	3	75	25.0	0
Steptoe	Utah	3	60	20.0	0
Felix	ASU	3	51	17.0	0
Montgomery	USM	1	38	38.0	0
Henderson	UTEP	2	38	19.0	0
Holt	UTEP	2	35	17.5	0
Thompson	UNM	2	31	15.5	0
Butler	CSU	2	30	15.0	0
Cordy	Utah	1	29	29.0	0
TOTALS		42	742	17.7	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mathis	SDSU	4	23	5.8	12	0
Hartwig	UA	2	17	8.5		0
Henry	USM	1	17	17.0		0
Harr	CSU	1	10	10.0		0
Crow	UTEP	1	8	8.0		0
Small	Utah	1	4	4.0		0
Deutsch	CSU	2	4	2.0		0
Pierce	Utah	1	3	3.0		0
Glasenapp	UA	1	2	2.0		0
Garcia	UTEP	2	2	1.0		0
TOTALS		18	90	5.0	12	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Spencer	Utah	1	40	0
Allen	USM	1	38	1
Knoepfel	UTEP	1	33	0
Baechler	UA	1	14	0
Taylor	USM	1	13	0
Koskovich	UNM	1	11	0
Campbell	CSU	1	4	0
Harrison	Utah	1	2	0
McClain	Wyo	1	1	0
Small	Utah	1	0	0
TOTALS		19	156	1

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Walton	SDSU	18	3	15	0
Wall	Utah	15	8	7				0
Erby	UA	14	7	7		0/0	0	0
Douglass	SDSU	14	3	11	0.5
Taylor	USM	13	9	4	0	1/	0	0	1
Bailey	Utah	13	2	11				0
Preston	UA	12	7	5		0/0	0	0
Hitt	SDSU	12	3	9	0
Chandler	KSU	11	7	4		3/22		0
Bryant	KSU	11	6	5		3/17		1
Ector	USM	11	6	5	0	1/	0	0	0
Imu	SDSU	11	1	10	0
Nading	USU	10	8	2	0	0/	0	3	0
Edwards	SDSU	10	7	3	0
Dodge	USU	10	5	5	0	0/	0	2	0
Mitchell	UTEP	9	7	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Krum	CSU	9	6	3	0	1/	0	2	1
Jacobs	UA	9	6	3		1/7	0	0
Brandow	SDSU	9	4	5	0
Peterson	ASU	9	4	5	1	0/	0	1	1
Krebs	Utah	9	2	7				0
Osborn	KSU	9	2	7		1/5		1
Harr	CSU	8	6	2	0	0/	0	3	0
Harris	ASU	8	5	3	0	1/	0	1	0
Holmes	SDSU	8	3	5	2
TOTALS		792	415	377	30	46/73	5	50	38

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Pistor	UA	3-	52	1-1	10
Christopulos	Wyo	2-	37	4-4	10
Sinovic	KSU	2-	58	1-1	7
Kush	ASU	0-	0	3-3	3
Alvarez	UTEP	0-	0	3-4	3
Wright	USM	0-	0	2-2	2
Mayes	USU	0-	0	2-2	2
McNamara	Utah	0-0	0	0-1	0
TOTALS		7-0	58	16-18	37

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Sinovic	KSU	11	404	36.7	58
Grady	UNM	9	312	34.7	55
Mortensen	ASU	8	341	42.6	49
Dodge	USU	7	277	39.6	45
Knight	UA	7	267	38.1	48
Walker	UTEP	7	255	36.4	44
Deutsch	CSU	6	236	39.3	43
Buchi	Utah	6	235	39.2	44
Craft	SDSU	5	168	33.6	39
Wright	USM	4	197	49.2	66
Smith	Wyo	3	143	47.7	48
Graham	Utah	1	27	27.0	27
TOTALS		74	2862	38.7	66

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