BYU vs. Utah State Football Game, 1976 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1976 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Utah State	0	7	7	0	14
BYU	7	21	7	10	45

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Blanc 5 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	John VanDerWouden 19 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	14	0
	TD	Mike Chronister 6 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	21	0
	TD	Roger Gourley 22 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	28	0
	TD	Kory Coles 17 yard pass from Keith Myers (Tom Mayes kick)	28	7
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Todd Christensen 23 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	35	7
	TD	Paul Tidwell 2 yard run (Tom Mayes kick)	35	14
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Dave Lowry 29 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	42	14
	FG	Dave Taylor 29 yard field goal	45	14

Team Stats
	BYU	USU
1st Downs	32	19
Rushing 1st Downs	9	5
Passing 1st Downs	21	10
Penalty	2	4
Rushing	162	15
Rushing Attempts	43	32
Yards Gained Rushing	195	105
Yards Lost Rushing	33	90
TDs Rushing	1	1
Passing	509	267
Passes Attempted	58	41
Passes Completed	34	19
Intercepted	2	4
TDs Passing	5	1
Pass Efficiency	153.89	89.58
Total Offensive Plays	101	73
Total Net Yards	671	282
Average Gain Per Play	6.64	3.86
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 1	4 - 3
Penalties - Yards	9 - 100	6 - 52
Interceptions - Yards	4 - 65	2 - 0
Punts - Yards	3 - 119	7 - 277
Average Per Punt	39.67	39.57
Punt Returns - Yards	3 - 28	1 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 31	3 - 55

Game Info
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, Utah
Date	Oct 23, 1976
Attendance	24,074
Weather	Fair
Conference	BYU: WAC USU: Independent
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards USU: Bruce Snyder
Season Record	BYU: 9-3 USU: 3-8

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Dave Taylor	0	1	6	0	0	0	9
Jeff Blanc	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Todd Christensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Chronister	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Roger Gourley	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Lowry	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John VanDerWouden	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	6	1	6	0	0	0	45

Utah State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Paul Tidwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kory Coles	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tom Mayes	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS	2	0	2	0	0	0	14

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	28-48-2	468	9.8	44	5	166.28
Terry McEwen	6-10-0	41	4.1	21	0	94.44
TOTALS	34-58-2	509	8.8	44	5	153.89

Utah State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Keith Myers	14-29-2	175	6.0	39	1	96.55
Eric Hipple	5-11-2	92	8.4	51	0	79.35
Paul Tippetts	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	19-41-4	267	6.5	51	1	89.58

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeff Blanc	18	76	9	67	3.7	11	1
Dave Lowry	6	58	0	58	9.7	17	0
Todd Christensen	6	21	0	21	3.5	7	0
Roy Ward	3	12	0	12	4.0	7	0
Robbie Kahuanui	1	7	0	7	7.0	7	0
Roger Gourley	1	5	0	5	5.0	5	0
Terry McEwen	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	0
Dan Van Valkenburg	3	6	5	1	0.3	5	0
Gifford Nielsen	4	6	19	-13	-3.2	4	0
TOTALS	43	195	33	162	3.8	17	1

Utah State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Dan Cox	9	32	0	32	3.6	16	0
Eric Hipple	7	25	15	10	1.4	9	0
Cutts	2	10	0	10	5.0	8	0
Greg Daly	1	7	0	7	7.0	7	0
Gary Wolz	2	5	0	5	2.5	5	0
Paul Tidwell	2	4	0	4	2.0	2	1
Steve Smith	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	0
Rick Parros	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Keith Myers	12	18	75	-57	-4.8	10	0
TOTALS	37	105	90	15	0.4	16	1

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Chronister	9	182	20.2	44	1
Todd Christensen	5	67	13.4	23	1
Jay Miller	4	35	8.8	13	0
John VanDerWouden	3	68	22.7	20	1
Tod Thompson	3	50	16.7	26	0
Dave Lowry	3	15	5.0	15	1
Roger Gourley	2	28	14.0	22	1
Jeff Blanc	2	13	6.5	7	0
Lloyd Eldredge	1	21	21.0	21	0
Brian Billick	1	16	16.0	16	0
George Harris	1	14	14.0	14	0
TOTALS	34	509	15.0	44	5

Utah State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Kory Coles	7	112	16.0	51	1
Greg Daly	4	54	13.5	36	0
Paul Tippetts	2	44	22.0	39	0
Steve Smith	2	18	9.0	11	0
Ron Robinson	2	12	6.0	9	0
Rick Parros	1	20	20.0	20	0
Dan Cox	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	19	267	14.1	51	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Larry Miller	1	29	0
Ross Varner	1	17	0
Marc Swenson	1	9	0
Craig Jensen	1	9	0
TOTALS	4	64	0

Utah State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Curt Nading	1	0	0
Tom Richert	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	0	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Rod Wood	6	4	2	0	0/	0	2	1
Tony Hernandez	5	5	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Ron Velasco	4	3	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Bill Rice	4	3	1	3	1/	0	0	3
Steve Dewey	4	2	2	1	0/	0	0	1
Craig Jensen	3	3	0	0	0/	0	1	0
Marc Swenson	3	3	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Mark Terranova	3	2	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Mark Berntsen	3	2	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Kip Apostol	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Dana Wilgar	2	1	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Larry Miller	2	0	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Reed Brown	2	0	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Mekeli Ieremia	1	1	0	5	0/	1	0	1
Ross Varner	1	1	0	1	0/	0	1	0
Gary Peterson	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	1
Gary Kama	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Marcus Kanahele	1	0	1	0	1/	0	0	0
Blake Murdock	1	0	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Larry Tucker	0	0	0	0	0/	1	0	0
TOTALS	49	31	18	10	2/0	2	7	7

Utah State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Curt Nading	10	8	2	0	0/	0	3	0
John Dodge	10	5	5	0	0/	0	2	0
Joel Watson	8	3	5	0	0/	0	0	1
Del Bunselmeier	7	5	2	0	1/	0	0	3
Bob Fisher	7	3	4	0	0/	0	0	0
Kelly Stroich	6	1	5	1	0/	1	0	0
Tom Richert	5	4	1	0	1/	1	0	0
Ron McCloud	5	2	3	0	0/	0	2	0
Jim Hough	4	2	2	1	1/	0	0	0
John O'Donnell	4	1	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Mark Masson	4	1	3	0	0/	0	2	0
Paul Stephenson	3	3	0	0	0/	0	0	1
Rich Jones	3	2	1	0	0/	0	0	1
Dave Spiker	3	2	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Dave Niiro	3	0	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Pat Wilson	2	1	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Carter Spruill	2	1	1	0	0/	0	1	2
Dan Elder	2	0	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Greg Fultcher	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Johnny Martin	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	90	44	46	2	3/0	2	11	8

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Lowry	2	31	15.5	0
TOTALS	2	31	15.5	0

Utah State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dan Cox	1	20	20.0	0
Rick Parros	1	18	18.0	0
Ron McCloud	1	17	17.0	0
TOTALS	3	55	18.3	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Lynn Zwahlen	2	17	8.5	0
Mike Chronister	1	11	11.0	0
TOTALS	3	28	9.3	0

Utah State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Curt Nading	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	1	0	0.0	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Dave Taylor	1-	29	6-6	9
TOTALS	1-	29	6-6	9

Utah State Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Tom Mayes	0-	0	2-2	2
TOTALS	0-	0	2-2	2

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dave Lowry	3	119	39.7	44
TOTALS	3	119	39.7	44

Utah State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
John Dodge	7	277	39.6	45
TOTALS	7	277	39.6	45

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