BYU vs. UTEP Football Game, 1979 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1979 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
UTEP	7	0	0	0	7
BYU	3	7	7	14	31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Brent Johnson 31 yard field goal	3	0
	TD	Larry Smith 24 yard pass from Dave Stone (Steve Folkner kick)	3	7
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Eric Lane 1 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	10	7
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Homer Jones 10 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	17	7
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Scott Phillips 25 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Brent Johnson kick)	24	7
	TD	Kent Tingey 9 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Brent Johnson kick)	31	7

Team Stats
	BYU	UTEP
1st Downs	26	12
Rushing 1st Downs	9	9
Passing 1st Downs	16	2
Penalty	1	1
Rushing	148	159
Rushing Attempts	43	56
Yards Gained Rushing	212	192
Yards Lost Rushing	64	33
TDs Rushing	2	0
Passing	326	74
Passes Attempted	44	17
Passes Completed	26	6
Intercepted	2	1
TDs Passing	2	1
Pass Efficiency	127.24	79.51
Total Offensive Plays	87	73
Total Net Yards	474	233
Average Gain Per Play	5.45	3.19
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 2	4 - 2
Penalties - Yards	12 - 99	7 - 61
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 0	2 - 20
Punts - Yards	5 - 197	10 - 418
Average Per Punt	39.40	41.80
Punt Returns - Yards	7 - 87	1 - 8
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 75	5 - 93

Game Info
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, Utah
Date	Sep 29, 1979
Time	1:30 pm
Attendance	34,724
Temperature	79°F
Weather	Clear
Conference	BYU: WAC UTEP: WAC
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards UTEP: Bill Michael
Final AP Rank	BYU: 13 UTEP: NR
Season Record	BYU: 11-1 UTEP: 2-9

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BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Brent Johnson	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
Homer Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Eric Lane	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Scott Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kent Tingey	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	4	1	4	0	0	0	31

UTEP Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Larry Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Steve Folkner	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	1	0	1	0	0	0	7

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Marc Wilson	26-44-2	326	7.4	28	2	127.24
TOTALS	26-44-2	326	7.4	28	2	127.24

UTEP Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Dave Stone	4-9-1	70	7.8	38	1	124.22
Keith Castle	2-2-0	4	2.0	5	0	116.80
William Cash	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
Gerry Dickens	0-5-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	6-17-1	74	4.4	38	1	79.51

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Homer Jones	9	73	0	73	8.1	13	1
Eric Lane	12	51	3	48	4.0	12	1
Scott Phillips	7	55	7	48	6.9	20	0
Steve Carlsen	3	22	0	22	7.3	11	0
Scott Reber	1	2	0	2	2.0	2	0
Doug Williams	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
Marc Wilson	10	8	54	-46	-4.6	4	0
TOTALS	43	212	64	148	3.4	20	2

UTEP Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ken Jones	14	68	4	64	4.6	11	0
James Copeland	15	46	10	36	2.4	9	0
Russell	3	21	1	20	6.7	10	0
Dave Stone	11	26	7	19	1.7	7	0
Homer Thompson	3	12	0	12	4.0	6	0
Gerry Dickens	3	8	3	5	1.7	8	0
Keith Castle	3	11	8	3	1.0	8	0
TOTALS	52	192	33	159	3.1	11	0

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Clay Brown	6	89	14.8	22	0
Eric Lane	6	66	11.0	16	0
Homer Jones	4	26	6.5	11	0
Bill Davis	3	51	17.0	19	0
Scott Phillips	3	37	12.3	25	1
Dan Plater	1	20	20.0	20	0
Steve Carlsen	1	17	17.0	17	0
Matt Braga	1	15	15.0	15	0
Kent Tingey	1	9	9.0	9	1
TOTALS	26	330	12.7	25	2

UTEP Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Taylor	1	38	38.0	38	0
Larry Smith	1	24	24.0	24	0
Ken Jones	1	5	5.0	5	0
David Logston	1	5	5.0	5	0
Homer Thompson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Russell	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
TOTALS	6	74	12.3	38	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Dave Francis	1	0	0
TOTALS	1	0	0

UTEP Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Darnell Grant	1	26	0
Eddie Forkerway	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	26	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Glen Redd	14	5	9	0	0/	0	0	0
Gary Kama	11	5	6	0	2/	0	1	1
John Neal	8	0	8	0	0/	0	0	1
Mike Morgan	6	3	3	1	0/	0	0	0
Kyle Whittingham	6	3	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Ed St. Pierre	6	3	3	0	0/	1	0	0
Pulusila Filiaga	5	1	4	0	1/	0	0	2
Bob Prested	4	3	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Kevin Walker	4	3	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Glen Titensor	4	0	4	0	0/	1	0	0
Bill Schoepflin	3	2	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Mark Brady	2	2	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Brad Anae	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	1
Dave Francis	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Rob Buchanan	2	1	1	0	1/	0	0	0
Doug Stromberg	2	1	1	1	0/	0	0	0
Mat Mendenhall	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	2
Mike Lacey	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Tom Holmoe	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Tim Halverson	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Rob Wilson	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
James Jaramillo	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	88	37	51	2	4/0	2	1	7

UTEP Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Jack Bennett	11	7	4	0	0/	0	0	0
Larry Moore	9	5	4	0	2/	0	0	0
Darnell Grant	6	5	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Hanna	6	4	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Eddie Forkerway	6	4	2	0	1/	0	0	0
Don Rawls	5	2	3	0	2/	0	0	0
Anthony Mathis	5	1	4	0	0/	0	1	0
Melvin Besses	4	3	1	3	2/	0	0	3
John Singleton	4	2	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Curtis Stevenson	3	3	0	0	0/	0	1	0
Ralph Rushing	3	0	3	3	1/	0	0	0
Rick Daniels	2	2	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Linford	2	1	1	0	1/	0	0	0
Terrence Prevost	1	1	0	0	0/	1	0	1
Greg Brown	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Woody Woodruff	0	0	0	0	0/	0	1	0
TOTALS	68	40	28	6	9/0	1	4	4

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Homer Jones	2	75	37.5	0
TOTALS	2	75	37.5	0

UTEP Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
William Cash	5	93	18.6	0
TOTALS	5	93	18.6	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Francis	7	87	12.4	0
TOTALS	7	87	12.4	0

UTEP Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Bubba Garcia	1	8	8.0	0
TOTALS	1	8	8.0	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Brent Johnson	1-2	50.0%	31	4-4	7
TOTALS	1-2	50.0%	31	4-4	7

UTEP Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Steve Folkner	0-0	0	1-1	1
TOTALS	0-0	0	1-1	1

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Clay Brown	5	197	39.4	59
TOTALS	5	197	39.4	59

UTEP Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Steve Folkner	10	418	41.8	59
TOTALS	10	418	41.8	59

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