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1961 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU					130
OPP					289

1961 (2-8)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 16		San Jose State	13 - 14 L
Sep 23		West Texas A&M	8 - 55 L
Sep 30		@ North Texas	30 - 41 L
Oct 7		Montana	7 - 6 W
Oct 14		@ Utah	20 - 21 L
Oct 21		@ Wyoming	8 - 36 L
Nov 4		Utah State	8 - 31 L
Nov 11		Colorado State	30 - 16 W
Nov 18		@ Oregon State	0 - 35 L
Nov 25		@ New Mexico	6 - 34 L

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	130	289
Points per Game	13.0	28.9
1st Downs	121	158
Rushing 1st Downs	93	110
Passing 1st Downs	20	43
Penalty	8	5
Rushing	1,451	2,115
Rushing Attempts	447	489
Average per Rush	3.2	4.3
Average per Game	145.1	211.5
Passing	576	1,053
Passes Attempted	106	149
Passes Completed	35	67
Intercepted	14	6
Average per Pass	5.4	7.1
Average per Catch	16.5	15.7
Average per Game	57.6	105.3
TDs Passing	6	5
Pass Efficiency	70.93	107.35
Total Offensive Plays	553	638
Total Net Yards	2,027	3,168
Average Gain Per Play	3.67	4.97
Average per Game	202.70	316.80
Penalties - Yards	33 - 287	46 - 419
Interceptions - Yards	6 - 31	14 - 137
Int Return Average	5.17	9.79
Punts - Yards	50 - 32	1950 - 1264
Average Per Punt	0.64	0.65
Punt Returns - Yards	15 - 117	25 - 296
Punt Return Average	7.80	11.84
Kickoff Returns - Yards	39 - 931	21 - 546
Kick Return Average	23.87	26.00
Time of Possession/Game	00:00	00:00

Season Info
Record	2-8
Conference	Mountain States
Coach	Hal Mitchell

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Paul Allen	8	0	0	0	0	0	48
Eldon Fortie	2	0	0	1	0	0	14
	0	0	0	7	0	0	14
Dick Darling	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Gene Frantz	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dion Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Lloyd Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Richard Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bill Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Frank Baker	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Doran Merkley	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS	16	0	3	9	0	0	117

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Eldon Fortie	33-83-11	469	5.7	5	80.60
Bill Jackson	1-1-0	80	80.0	1	1102.00
Doran Merkley	4-18-7	72	4.0	1	-3.62
Bill Wright	4-9-0	59	6.6	0	99.51
TOTALS	42-111-18	680	6.1	7	77.68

BYU Rushing
	No	Net	Avg	TD
Eldon Fortie	138	422	3.1	0
Doran Merkley	95	270	2.8	0
Bill Nelson	52	175	3.4	0
Dion Frazier	39	141	3.6	1
Paul Allen	35	140	4.0	2
Bill Wright	23	67	2.9	1
Marshall Hall	10	25	2.5	0
Jeff Livingston	1	7	7.0	0
John Malarsie	1	2	2.0	0
Gene Frantz	1	-6	-6.0	0
Bill Jackson	5	-26	-5.2	0
TOTALS	400	1217	3.0	4

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Don Peterson	11	115	10.5	0
Jeff Livingston	8	77	9.6	1
Paul Allen	5	261	52.2	3
Lloyd Smith	4	66	16.5	1
Dave Cass	3	40	13.3	0
Don Wood	3	34	11.3	1
Dick Darling	3	15	5.0	1
Gene Frantz	2	30	15.0	1
Richard Wood	2	29	14.5	1
Dion Frazier	2	28	14.0	0
Jim Hawkins	1	14	14.0	0
TOTALS	44	709	16.1	9

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Paul Allen	12	481	40.1	3
Eldon Fortie	6	128	21.3	0
Doran Merkley	7	95	13.6	0
Dion Frazier	4	70	17.5	0
Bill Nelson	4	68	17.0	0
Gordon Blackham	1	1	1.0	1
TOTALS	34	843	24.8	4

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Eldon Fortie	6	38	6.3	0
Paul Allen	5	31	6.2	0
Bill Nelson	1	24	24.0	0
Dion Frazier	2	16	8.0	0
Bill Wright	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	15	109	7.3	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Paul Allen	1	25	0
Bruce Kochevar	1	2	0
Gene Frantz	1	0	0
Bill Nelson	1	0	0
TOTALS	4	27	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y
Mike Brady	11	4	7
Wayland Sheppard	7	6	1
Bruce Kochevar	7	5	2	1/2
Scott Wartena	4	3	1	1/1
Dan Taylor	4	1	3
Roger DuPaix	3	2	1
Val Weenig	3	2	1
Steve Dangerfield	2	1	1
Devon Stone	1	0	1
Bruce Handley	1	0	1
Steve Sullivan	1	0	1
Kent Horne	1	0	1
TOTALS	45	24	21	2/3

BYU Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Frank Baker	0-0	0	3-3	3
TOTALS	0-0	0	3-3	3

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Bill Wright	46	1862	40.5	98
Bill Jackson	4	151	37.8	44
Eldon Fortie	1	48	48.0
Dion Frazier	1	32	32.0	32
TEAM	1	0	0.0
TOTALS	53	2093	39.5	98

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Holloway	NT	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Pedro	WTAM	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
	OPP	1	0	0	3	0	0	12
Linton	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Harward	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Larscheid	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Williams	OSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dawson	WTAM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Christle	NT	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Richman	OSU	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
Turner	USU	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
Williams	WTAM	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		39	1	26	5	0	1	275

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
O'Billovich	Mont	4-7-2	103	14.7	0	123.60
Baker	OSU	4-14-0	63	4.5	0	66.37
Gutierrez	CSU	4-8-0	53	6.6	0	105.65
Munson	USU	3-11-0	45	4.1	0	61.64
Schubert	CSU	2-10-0	32	3.2	0	46.88
Turner	USU	3-4-0	29	7.2	0	135.90
Lamson	Wyo	2-2-0	26	13.0	0	209.20
Cromartie	UNM	1-9-1	21	2.3	0	8.49
Melosky	Wyo	1-2-0	12	6.0	0	100.40
McNitt	UNM	1-4-0	12	3.0	0	50.20
Montalbo	USU	1-3-0	5	1.7	0	47.33
Dillon	Mont	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
Hines	CSU	0-1-1	0	0.0	0	-200.00
Chavez	UNM	0-3-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS		26-79-4	401	5.1	0	65.42

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Larscheid	USU	12	138	1	137	11.4		2
Christle	NT	19	128	0	128	6.7	30	1
Linton	Wyo	14	98	3	95	6.8		2
Harward	USU	6	91	0	91	15.2		2
Holloway	NT	11	81	0	81	7.4	25	2
Morgan	UNM	7	77	3	74	10.6		0
Whittle	OSU	13	77	4	73	5.6		0
Walker	Wyo	14	71	0	71	5.1		0
Dillon	Mont	15	80	11	69	4.6		0
Perkins	NT	15	66	0	66	4.4	9	0
Bisacre	Wyo	6	60	0	60	10.0		0
Ness	UNM	10	59	0	59	5.9		0
Duke	UNM	11	49	0	49	4.5		1
Dodson	Mont	9	58	11	47	5.2		1
Cagaanan	USU	10	45	2	43	4.3		0
TOTALS		354	1988	78	1910	5.4	30	24

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Wohlhueter	CSU	2	43	21.5	0
Kasso	OSU	2	36	18.0	0
Dodson	Mont	2	29	14.5	0
Cagaanan	USU	2	28	14.0	0
Kaanehe	CSU	2	11	5.5	0
Bouchee	Mont	1	58	58.0	0
McFarland	CSU	1	23	23.0	0
Bradford	UNM	1	21	21.0	0
Dillon	Mont	1	16	16.0	0
Washburn	OSU	1	15	15.0	0
Engel	Wyo	1	13	13.0	0
Ward	Wyo	1	13	13.0	0
Schmitt	Wyo	1	12	12.0	0
Rivera	OSU	1	12	12.0	0
Santiago	UNM	1	12	12.0	0
TOTALS		26	401	15.4	0

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Boyd	NT	2	52	26.0	34	0
Christle	NT	1	44	44.0	44	0
Sinyard	OSU	1	28	28.0		0
Linton	Wyo	1	27	27.0		0
Santiago	UNM	1	26	26.0		0
Hines	CSU	1	24	24.0		0
Stack	Mont	1	20	20.0		0
Bisacre	Wyo	1	20	20.0		0
Larscheid	USU	1	20	20.0		0
Kaanehe	CSU	1	20	20.0		0
TOTALS		18	368	20.4	44	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Spicer	Wyo	2	81	40.5		1
Sinyard	OSU	4	52	13.0		0
Morgan	UNM	1	25	25.0		0
Smith	NT	1	22	22.0	22	0
Santiago	UNM	1	20	20.0		0
Shafer	USU	1	14	14.0		0
Kaanehe	CSU	2	14	7.0		0
Schutte	Wyo	1	13	13.0		0
Bradford	UNM	1	9	9.0		0
Larscheid	USU	2	7	3.5		0
TOTALS		20	272	13.6	22	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Ottmann	UNM	2	11	0
Cagaanan	USU	2	7	0
Schwertfeger	Mont	2	1	0
Holloway	NT	1	62	1
Barry	Wyo	1	35	0
Swindle	USU	1	35	0
McNitt	UNM	1	35	1
TEAM	NT	1	31	0
Neil	OSU	1	17	0
Rivera	OSU	1	10	0
TOTALS		15	254	2

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	PBU
Wright	NT	5	2	3
Sullivant	NT	4	3	1	1/5
Pirkle	NT	4	3	1	1/7
Farris	NT	4	2	2
Weaver	NT	4	1	3
Perkins	NT	3	3	0	2/4
Lawlis	NT	3	2	1
Christle	NT	3	0	3		1
Freeman	NT	2	1	1
Cope	NT	2	1	1		1
Hawkins	NT	2	1	1
Kirbie	NT	2	0	2
Littlepage	NT	1	1	0
Svehlak	NT	1	1	0
Selph	NT	1	1	0	1/4
Smith	NT	1	1	0
Price	NT	1	1	0	1/1
Denson	NT	1	0	1
Holloway	NT	1	0	1
Schulze	NT	1	0	1
TOTALS		46	24	22	6/21	2

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Turner	USU	1-1	100.0%	23	4-4	7
Meadows	UNM	0-0		0	4-5	4
Lamson	Wyo	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
Cronk	Wyo	0-0		0	2-2	2
Price	NT	0-0		0	1-1	1
Moss	NT	0-0		0	1-2	1
Freeman	NT	0-0		0	1-1	1
Richman	OSU	0-0		0	1-3	1
TOTALS		1-2	50.0%	23	16-20	19

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Turner	USU	4	164	41.0	63
Fitzsimmons	UNM	3	127	42.3	48
Schubert	CSU	2	105	52.5	65
Gustafson	Mont	2	86	43.0
Dillon	Mont	2	86	43.0
Kasso	OSU	1	185	185.0	42
Gidley	Wyo	1	39	39.0	39
TOTALS		15	792	52.8	65

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