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1977 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	154	109	102	68	433
OPP	30	26	67	42	165

1977 (9-2)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 10		Kansas State	39 - 0 W
Sep 24	20	@ Utah State	65 - 6 W
Sep 30	15	New Mexico	54 - 19 W
Oct 8	13	@ Oregon State	19 - 24 L
Oct 15		@ Colorado State	63 - 17 W
Oct 22	17	@ Wyoming	10 - 7 W
Oct 29	17	Arizona	34 - 14 W
Nov 5	14	Utah	38 - 8 W
Nov 12	13	@ #17 Arizona State	13 - 24 L
Nov 19	17	Long Beach State	30 - 27 W
Nov 26	18	@ UTEP	68 - 19 W

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	433	165
Points per Game	39.4	15.0
1st Downs	262	203
Rushing 1st Downs	78	106
Passing 1st Downs	161	74
Penalty	23	23
Rushing	1,414	1,769
Rushing Attempts	425	572
Yards Gained Rushing	1,889	2,236
Yards Lost Rushing	475	467
Average per Rush	3.3	3.1
Average per Game	128.5	160.8
TDs Rushing	14	8
Passing	3,758	1,901
Passes Attempted	277	144
Passes Completed	457	327
Intercepted	23	20
Average per Pass	13.6	13.2
Average per Catch	8.2	5.8
Average per Game	341.6	172.8
TDs Passing	41	11
Pass Efficiency	311.18	335.41
Total Offensive Plays	702	716
Total Net Yards	5,172	3,670
Average Gain Per Play	7.37	5.13
Average per Game	470.18	333.64
Fumbles - Lost	32 - 19	51 - 36
Penalties - Yards	- 993	- 958
Interceptions - Yards	20 - 306	23 - 352
Int Return Average	15.30	15.30
Punts - Yards	56 - 2125	87 - 3334
Average Per Punt	37.95	38.32
Punt Returns - Yards	30 - 136	15 - 53
Punt Return Average	4.53	3.53
Kickoff Returns - Yards	24 - 492	44 - 779
Kick Return Average	20.50	17.70

Season Info
Record	9-2
Conference	WAC
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Mike Chronister	11	0	0	2	0	0	70
Dev Duke	0	8	43	0	0	0	67
Todd Christensen	8	0	0	0	0	0	48
Tod Thompson	7	0	0	0	0	0	42
John VanDerWouden	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
George Harris	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Scott Phillips	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Roger Gourley	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Marc Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Rob Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Larry Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bill Ring	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Marc Swenson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ron Velasco	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
Gary Kama	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	55	8	43	2	0	1	403

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Marc Wilson	164-277-18	2418	8.7	24	148.13
Gifford Nielsen	98-156-3	1167	7.5	16	155.66
Jim McMahon	10-16-1	103	6.4	1	124.70
Terry McEwen	3-3-0	32	10.7	0	189.60
Scott Phillips	1-2-1	29	14.5	0	71.80
Dan Hartwig	1-2-0	9	4.5	0	87.80
John VanDerWouden	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS	277-457-23	3758	8.2	41	149.23

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Scott Phillips	47	349	24	325	6.9	32	5
Roger Gourley	76	325	31	294	3.9	15	2
Todd Christensen	79	298	8	290	3.7	15	3
Bill Ring	58	267	5	262	4.5	32	1
Casey Wingard	33	211	19	192	5.8	45	1
Mike Chronister	3	58	0	58	19.3	11	0
Scott Reber	6	26	1	25	4.2	11	0
Marc Wilson	81	232	212	20	0.2	19	2
Dan Hartwig	1	6	0	6	6.0	6	0
TEAM	0	5	0	5		5	0
Lance Reynolds	0	5	0	5		5	0
Terry McEwen	5	6	24	-18	-3.6	6	0
Jim McMahon	7	18	38	-20	-2.9	15	0
Gifford Nielsen	29	88	113	-25	-0.9	15	0
TOTALS	425	1894	475	1419	3.3	45	14

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Todd Christensen	50	603	12.1	5
John VanDerWouden	43	661	15.4	7
Mike Chronister	38	649	17.1	11
Tod Thompson	37	602	16.3	8
Roger Gourley	27	330	12.2	2
George Harris	23	313	13.6	6
Scott Phillips	18	207	11.5	0
Bill Ring	10	104	10.4	0
Richard Jones	7	69	9.9	0
Stan Younger	6	74	12.3	1
Casey Wingard	6	32	5.3	0
Lynn Zwahlen	5	32	6.4	0
Scott Reber	2	51	25.5	0
Rob Anderson	2	16	8.0	1
TOTALS	274	3743	13.7	41

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
John Neal	10	231	23.1
Jason Coloma	6	96	16.0
Casey Wingard	5	92	18.4
Tod Thompson	1	45	45.0
Todd Christensen	1	25	25.0
Mark Berntsen	1	3	3.0
TOTALS	24	492	20.5

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Mike Chronister	28	123	4.4
Jason Coloma	2	13	6.5
TOTALS	30	136	4.5

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds
Bob Prested	5	78
Ron Velasco	3	48
Jason Coloma	3	9
Tony Hernandez	2	43
Larry Miller	2	36
Marc Swenson	1	92
Dave McKee	1	0
John Neal	1	0
Rod Wood	1	0
TOTALS	19	306

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Rod Wood	107	26	81	5	6/	4	1	5
Larry Miller	92	31	61	0	6/	1	4	2
Gary Peterson	90	16	74	7	9/	3	0	21
Ron Velasco	72	28	44	0	0/	1	3	0
Mark Berntsen	68	17	51	1	2/	2	3	3
John Neal	66	19	47	0	2/	2	2	0
Ross Varner	66	16	50	4	7/	3	3	28
Mat Mendenhall	64	18	46	11	16/	4	2	24
Jason Coloma	60	22	38	0	2/	0	2	0
Bob Prested	48	23	25	0	2/	2	5	0
Mekeli Ieremia	48	14	34	5	6/	2	0	16
Tony Hernandez	44	24	20	0	2/	1	5	0
Gary Kama	44	14	30	1	1/	1	2	1
Tom Enlow	38	10	28	0	0/	1	0	2
Danny Frazier	37	11	26	0	4/	1	0	0
Marc Swenson	35	7	28	0	2/	1	3	0
Steve Corson	26	7	19	0	0/	1	0	0
Doug Stromberg	24	7	17	2	5/	1	0	10
Dave McKee	23	9	14	0	0/	0	0	0
Dave Campos	19	8	11	0	0/0	0		0
John Ramage	14	3	11	0	0/	0	2	1
Kip Apostol	11	3	8	0	0/	1	0	1
Jeff Harris	11	2	9	0	0/	1	0	0
Bill Ring	10	4	6	0	0/	0	0	0
Scott Reber	6	1	5	0	0/	0	0	0
Bob Simmerman	4	0	4	0	0/	0	0	0
Keith Uperesa	1	1	0		0/0		0
Nick Eyre	1	0	1	0	0/0		0
TOTALS	1129	341	788	36	72/0	33	37	114

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	XP	Pts
Dev Duke	9-18	50.0%	46-52	73
TOTALS	9-18	50.0%	46-52	73

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Jim McMahon	55	2161	39.3
TEAM	1	-36	-36.0
TOTALS	56	2125	37.9

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Garcia	UTEP	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
TOTALS		19	3	13	0	0	1	138

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
McGaffigan	LBS	19-46-0	291	6.3	53	2	108.79
Manucci	KSU	11-21-1	182	8.7	50	0	115.66
Hipple	USU	12-26-1	177	6.8	63	1	108.34
Mazzone	UNM	12-21-1	177	8.4	53	2	149.85
Ramirez	UTEP	10-31-4	167	5.4	53	2	72.99
Sproul	ASU	14-25-0	142	5.7	40	1	116.91
Gomez	Utah	15-41-2	131	3.2	14	0	53.67
Krohn	UA	7-21-2	121	5.8	40	0	62.69
Graham	CSU	10-21-2	98	4.7	17	1	83.49
Norman	OSU	9-19-1	90	4.7	40	1	94.00
Myers	USU	8-13-1	71	5.5	15	0	92.03
Clayton	Wyo	4-11-1	71	6.5	29	0	72.40
Lunsford	UA	5-9-0	71	7.9	26	0	121.82
Lane	ASU	1-1-0	62	62.0	62	1	950.80
McCall	UTEP	2-5-1	42	8.4	25	0	70.56
TOTALS		144-327-19	1901	5.8	63	11	92.35

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Elliott	UTEP	32	206	4	202	6.3	27	0
Parker	Utah	24	101	3	98	4.1	16	0
Hardeman	Wyo	16	105	7	98	6.1	22	1
Jones	Wyo	18	91	3	88	4.9	15	0
Harris	ASU	25	78	1	77	3.1	20	0
Barnes	UNM	15	90	14	76	5.1	32	0
Norman	CSU	14	76	0	76	5.4	20	0
Parros	USU	12	73	1	72	6.0	24	0
Williams	UNM	16	71	2	69	4.3	10	0
Harris	CSU	18	70	10	60	3.3	30	0
Oliver	UA	6	48	0	48	8.0	33	1
Fields	OSU	20	54	8	46	2.3	8	0
Sproul	ASU	18	67	23	44	2.4	15	1
Barrett	Utah	5	42	0	42	8.4	25	0
Kellar	OSU	8	42	0	42	5.2	15	0
TOTALS		572	2236	436	1800	3.1	39	8

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Bryant	USU	10	161	16.1	63	1
Jefferson	ASU	7	85	12.1	40	1
McCluskey	LBS	7	69	9.9	15	0
Bell	CSU	7	55	7.9	17	0
Coury	OSU	7	49	7.0	10	0
Beyer	UA	5	83	16.6	26	0
Henry	LBS	4	125	31.2	53	2
Cassidy	USU	4	52	13.0	20	0
Cunningham	LBS	4	32	8.0	12	0
Garcia	UTEP	3	67	22.3	53	2
Wrinkle	UTEP	3	44	14.7	25	0
Haynes	UA	3	37	12.3	16	0
Matheney	USU	3	32	10.7	14	0
Parker	Utah	3	28	9.3	12	0
Steptoe	Utah	3	25	8.3	10	0
TOTALS		144	1895	13.2	63	11

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Harris	CSU	2	108	54.0	1
Solomon	Utah	6	103	17.2	0
Amerson	UTEP	5	87	17.4	0
Holt	UA	2	57	28.5	0
Parros	USU	4	55	13.8	0
Munn	KSU	3	54	18.0	0
Bryant	USU	2	41	20.5	0
Johnson	OSU	2	38	19.0	0
Dennard	UNM	3	35	11.7	0
Jones	CSU	2	34	17.0	0
TOTALS		44	779	17.7	1

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Montague	Wyo	5	27	5.4	0
Washington	CSU	3	10	3.3	0
Coury	OSU	2	7	3.5	0
Leibe	KSU	1	6	6.0	0
Hess	LBS	1	3	3.0	0
Horton	UA	3	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		15	53	3.5	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Daniels	Utah	2	82	0
Harris	ASU	2	50	0
Linck	Wyo	2	15	0
Dales	OSU	1	79	1
Johnson	LBS	1	35	0
Howe	OSU	1	32	1
Clements	Wyo	1	27	0
Fantetti	Wyo	1	20	0
Russell	ASU	1	7	0
Morrell	Utah	1	3	0
TOTALS		24	352	2

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Padjen	ASU	12	8	4		0/		0
Wallace	UA	11	10	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Abbott	UA	10	6	4	0	3/	0	0	1
Griffin	Utah	10	5	5	0	0/	0	1	0
Brinson	KSU	9	8	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Stevens	OSU	9	8	1	0	1/2		2
Parkin	USU	9	7	2		0/0		0
Emmons	OSU	9	6	3	0	0/0		0
Justin	OSU	9	6	3	0	0/0		2
Spani	KSU	9	5	4	0	0/	0	0	0
Fantetti	Wyo	9	5	4		1/1		0
Daniels	Utah	9	3	6	0	0/	0	0	1
Lorenzen	KSU	8	5	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Nelms	KSU	8	5	3	1	1/	0	0	0
Chapman	UNM	8	5	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Dales	OSU	8	5	3	1	1/16		0
Moore	UTEP	8	4	4				0
Linck	Wyo	8	3	5		1/5		0
Housley	UA	7	6	1	0	1/	0	2	0
Westcott	UNM	7	5	2	0	2/	1	1	0
Featherstone	CSU	7	5	2		0/0		1
Peterson	ASU	7	5	2		0/		1
Stevenson	UTEP	7	5	2				0
Kinsella	Utah	7	4	3	1	0/	0	0	0
Howe	OSU	7	4	3	0	1/2		0
TOTALS		652	402	250	14	50/139	3	33	12

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Walford	OSU	1-1	100.0%	38	3-3	6
Hicks	ASU	1-4	25.0%	45	3-3	6
Pistor	UA	0-0		0	2-2	2
Haynes	UNM	0-0		0	1-2	1
Smith	Wyo	0-2	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Alvarez	UTEP	0-0		0	1-2	1
Dye	USU	0-0		0	0-1	0
Mazzone	UNM	0-0		0	0-1	0
Halle	CSU	1-3	33.3%	47	-
Tressler	LBS	2-3	66.7%	32	-
TOTALS		5-13	38.5%	47	11-15	17

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Babb	OSU	12	451	37.6	49
Jones	ASU	11	426	38.7	51
Tressler	LBS	10	296	29.6	43
Birdsay	KSU	9	334	37.1	65
Partridge	Utah	8	356	44.5	67
Engle	UA	8	317	39.6	55
Walker	UTEP	7	292	41.7	56
Schnell	USU	6	250	41.7	58
Hudspeth	UNM	5	194	38.8	48
Smith	Wyo	5	179	35.8	44
Deutsch	CSU	3	127	42.3	49
Turner	UNM	3	112	37.3	43
TOTALS		87	3334	38.3	67

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