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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
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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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