BYU vs. Southern Mississippi Football Game, 1975 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1975 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	0	7	7	0	14
Southern Mississippi	17	3	0	22	42

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Ricky Palmer 52 yard field goal	0	3
	TD	Carlos Montgomery 9 yard run (Ricky Palmer kick)	0	10
	TD	Carlos Montgomery 23 yard run (Ricky Palmer kick)	0	17
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Todd Christensen 34 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	7	17
	FG	Ricky Palmer 33 yard field goal	7	20
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Blanc 16 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	14	20
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Bower 3 yard run (Carlos Montgomery pass from Jeff Bower)	14	28
	TD	Greg Pieper 29 yard pass from Jeff Bower (Ricky Palmer kick)	14	35
	TD	Chuck Clancy 2 yard run (Ricky Palmer kick)	14	42

Team Stats
	BYU	USM
1st Downs	11	28
Rushing 1st Downs	5	19
Passing 1st Downs	6	5
Penalty	0	4
Rushing	164	319
Rushing Attempts	34	66
Yards Gained Rushing	198	333
Yards Lost Rushing	34	14
TDs Rushing	1	4
Passing	115	131
Passes Attempted	17	14
Passes Completed	11	8
Intercepted	2	0
TDs Passing	1	1
Pass Efficiency	117.41	159.31
Total Offensive Plays	51	80
Total Net Yards	279	450
Average Gain Per Play	5.47	5.63
Fumbles - Lost	0 - 0	3 - 1
Penalties - Yards	5 - 46	4 - 62
Interceptions - Yards	0 - 0	2 - 45
Punts - Yards	6 - 217	3 - 122
Average Per Punt	36.17	40.67
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 5	4 - 10
Kickoff Returns - Yards	4 - 101	0 - 0

Game Info
Stadium	Faulkner Field
Location	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Date	Nov 29, 1975
Attendance	9,262
Temperature	73°F
Weather	Overcast
Conference	BYU: WAC USM: Independent
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards USM: Bobby Collins
Season Record	BYU: 6-5 USM: 7-4

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Jeff Blanc	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Todd Christensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Taylor	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS	2	0	2	0	0	0	14

Southern Mississippi Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Carlos Montgomery	2	0	0	1	0	0	14
Ricky Palmer	0	2	4	0	0	0	10
Chuck Clancy	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jeff Bower	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Greg Pieper	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	5	2	4	1	0	0	42

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	8-12-1	64	5.3	19	1	122.30
Mark Giles	3-5-1	51	10.2	29	0	105.68
TOTALS	11-17-2	115	6.8	29	1	117.41

Southern Mississippi Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Jeff Bower	6-12-0	113	9.4	29	1	156.60
Ken Alderman	2-2-0	18	9.0	11	0	175.60
TOTALS	8-14-0	131	9.4	29	1	159.31

BYU Rushing
	No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Todd Christensen	10	91	9.1	34	1
Charlie Ah You	8	51	6.4	36	0
Mark Giles	6	25	4.2	17	0
Roger Gourley	3	5	1.7	3	0
Dave Lowry	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jeff Blanc	2	1	0.5	1	0
Gifford Nielsen	4	-14	-3.5	7	0
TOTALS	34	164	4.8	36	1

Southern Mississippi Rushing
	No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Carlos Montgomery	17	104	6.1	22	2
Curtis Dickey	11	69	6.3	20	0
Ben Garry	13	67	5.2	16	0
Chuck Clancy	10	41	4.1	17	1
Willie Corner	6	28	4.7	11	0
Ken Alderman	2	8	4.0	5	0
Barry Gibson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jeff Bower	5	0	0.0	7	1
Jim Nyers	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
TOTALS	66	319	4.8	22	4

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Todd Christensen	3	8	2.7	6	0
John VanDerWouden	2	48	24.0	29	0
Brian Billick	2	28	14.0	16	0
Jeff Blanc	1	16	16.0	16	1
Bill Allen	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jeff Nilsson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Roger Gourley	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
TOTALS	11	115	10.5	29	1

Southern Mississippi Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Greg Pieper	4	76	19.0	29	1
Wally Ballard	1	21	21.0	21	0
Eddie Tate	1	16	16.0	16	0
John Cannon	1	11	11.0	11	0
Ben Garry	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	8	131	16.4	29	1

Southern Mississippi Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Ron Cheatham	1	25	0
Brad Bowman	1	20	0
TOTALS	2	45	0

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Bob Biddy	3	80	26.7	0
Roger Gourley	1	21	21.0	0
TOTALS	4	101	25.2	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Pisa Finai	2	5	2.5	0
TOTALS	2	5	2.5	0

Southern Mississippi Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Malachi Henry	4	10	2.5	0
TOTALS	4	10	2.5	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Dave Taylor	0-	0	2-2	2
TOTALS	0-	0	2-2	2

Southern Mississippi Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Ricky Palmer	-		-
TOTALS	2-0	52	4-4	10

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Mark Giles	1	217	217.0	47
TOTALS	1	217	217.0	47

Southern Mississippi Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Wally Ballard	3	122	40.7	49
TOTALS	3	122	40.7	49

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