BYU vs. New Mexico Football Game, 1961 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1961 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	0	0	6	0	6
New Mexico	7	0	7	20	34

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Bobby Santiago 2 yard run (Ed Meadows kick)	0	7
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Jay McNitt 35 yard interception return (Ed Meadows kick)	0	14
	TD	Lloyd Smith 5 yard pass from Eldon Fortie (PAT failed)	6	14
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Paul Duke 2 yard run (Ed Meadows kick)	6	21
	TD	Bob Jensen 3 yard run (Ed Meadows kick)	6	28
	TD	Howard Hancock 9 yard run (kick failed)	6	34

Team Stats
	BYU	UNM
1st Downs	10	19
Rushing 1st Downs	8	18
Passing 1st Downs	2	1
Penalty	0	0
Rushing	134	274
Rushing Attempts	47	55
Yards Gained Rushing	151	295
Yards Lost Rushing	17	21
TDs Rushing	0	4
Passing	34	33
Passes Attempted	12	16
Passes Completed	3	2
Intercepted	4	1
TDs Passing	1	0
Pass Efficiency	9.63	17.32
Total Offensive Plays	59	71
Total Net Yards	168	307
Average Gain Per Play	2.85	4.32
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 1	2 - 2
Penalties - Yards	1 - 15	5 - 35
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 0	4 - 49
Punts - Yards	4 - 164	3 - 127
Average Per Punt	41.00	42.33
Punt Returns - Yards	4 - 54	3 - 54
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 28	2 - 43

Game Info
Stadium	University Stadiium
Location	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date	Nov 25, 1961
Time	1:30 pm
Attendance	11,020
Conference	BYU: Rocky Mountain UNM: Rocky Mountain
Head Coach	BYU: Hal Mitchell UNM: Bill Weeks
Season Record	BYU: 2-8 UNM: 7-4

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Lloyd Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	1	0	0	0	0	0	6

New Mexico Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bobby Santiago	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Howard Hancock	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jay McNitt	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Paul Duke	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bob Jensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ed Meadows	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
TOTALS	5	0	4	0	0	0	34

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Eldon Fortie	3-9-2	34	3.8	1	57.29
Doran Merkley	3-3-2	0	0.0	0	-33.33
TOTALS	6-12-4	34	2.8	1	34.63

New Mexico Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Jim Cromartie	1-9-1	21	2.3	0	8.49
Jay McNitt	1-4-0	12	3.0	0	50.20
Ben Chavez	0-3-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS	2-16-1	33	2.1	0	17.32

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Doran Merkley	13	58	0	58	4.5	0
Eldon Fortie	21	57	13	44	2.1	0
Bill Nelson	8	31	1	30	3.8	0
Marshall Hall	2	4	0	4	2.0	0
Paul Allen	3	1	3	-2	-0.7	0
TOTALS	47	151	17	134	2.9	0

New Mexico Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Bob Morgan	7	77	3	74	10.6	0
Gary Ness	10	59	0	59	5.9	0
Paul Duke	11	49	0	49	4.5	1
Herb Bradford	5	32	0	32	6.4	0
Bobby Santiago	9	33	2	31	3.4	1
Howard Hancock	2	21	0	21	10.5	1
George Kennedy	2	12	0	12	6.0	0
Jim Cromartie	3	3	0	3	1.0	0
Bob Jensen	1	3	0	3	3.0	1
Jim Ottmann	1	3	0	3	3.0	0
Dave Turner	1	2	0	2	2.0	0
George Carmignani	1	0	3	-3	-3.0	0
Jay McNitt	2	1	13	-12	-6.0	0
TOTALS	55	295	21	274	5.0	4

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dion Frazier	1	15	15.0	0
Jeff Livingston	1	14	14.0	0
Lloyd Smith	1	5	5.0	1
TOTALS	3	34	11.3	1

New Mexico Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Herb Bradford	1	21	21.0	0
Bobby Santiago	1	12	12.0	0
TOTALS	2	33	16.5	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Gene Frantz	1	0	0
TOTALS	1	0	0

New Mexico Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Jim Ottmann	2	11	0
Jay McNitt	1	35	1
Dave Turner	1	3	0
TOTALS	4	49	1

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Paul Allen	2	28	14.0	0
TOTALS	2	28	14.0	0

New Mexico Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Bobby Santiago	1	26	26.0	0
Bob Morgan	1	17	17.0	0
TOTALS	2	43	21.5	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Paul Allen	1	25	25.0	0
Bill Nelson	1	24	24.0	0
Eldon Fortie	2	5	2.5	0
TOTALS	4	54	13.5	0

New Mexico Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Bob Morgan	1	25	25.0	0
Bobby Santiago	1	20	20.0	0
Herb Bradford	1	9	9.0	0
TOTALS	3	54	18.0	0

New Mexico Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Ed Meadows	0-0	0	4-5	4
TOTALS	0-0	0	4-5	4

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Bill Wright	4	164	41.0	44
TOTALS	4	164	41.0	44

New Mexico Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dick Fitzsimmons	3	127	42.3	48
TOTALS	3	127	42.3	48

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