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1971 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	74	48	66	39	227
OPP	54	58	27	60	210

1971 (5-6)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 10		@ North Texas	41 - 13 W
Sep 18		Colorado State	54 - 14 W
Sep 25		@ Kansas State	7 - 23 L
Oct 1		New Mexico	0 - 14 L
Oct 9		@ Utah State	7 - 29 L
Oct 16		@ Wyoming	35 - 17 W
Oct 23		@ Tulsa	25 - 7 W
Oct 30		@ UTEP	16 - 0 W
Nov 6		@ #10 Arizona State	13 - 38 L
Nov 13		Arizona	14 - 27 L
Nov 20		Utah	15 - 17 L

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Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	227	210
Points per Game	20.6	19.1
1st Downs	165	204
Rushing 1st Downs	97	91
Passing 1st Downs	51	89
Penalty	17	24
Rushing	2,141	1,753
Rushing Attempts	525	555
Yards Gained Rushing	2,538	2,051
Yards Lost Rushing	397	298
Average per Rush	4.1	3.2
Average per Game	194.6	159.4
TDs Rushing	20	15
Passing	1,095	1,985
Passes Attempted	199	329
Passes Completed	84	157
Intercepted	22	25
Average per Pass	5.5	6.0
Average per Catch	13.0	12.6
Average per Game	99.5	180.5
TDs Passing	4	9
Pass Efficiency	72.95	92.23
Total Offensive Plays	724	884
Total Net Yards	3,236	3,738
Average Gain Per Play	4.47	4.23
Average per Game	294.18	339.82
Fumbles - Lost	42 - 23	25 - 14
Penalties - Yards	74 - 1003	75 - 826
Interceptions - Yards	25 - 514	22 - 216
Int Return Average	20.56	9.82
Punts - Yards	69 - 2748	78 - 3070
Average Per Punt	39.83	39.36
Punt Returns - Yards	39 - 701	42 - 314
Punt Return Average	17.97	7.48
Kickoff Returns - Yards	37 - 716	32 - 536
Kick Return Average	19.35	16.75
Time of Possession/Game	00:00	00:00

Season Info
Record	5-6
Conference	WAC
Coach	Tom Hudspeth

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Pete Van Valkenburg	8	0	0	0	0	0	48
Joe Liljenquist	0	4	23	0	0	0	35
Golden Richards	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Steve Stratton	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Dave Terry	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Bill August	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dave Coon	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dan Hansen	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wayne Bower	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Logan Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bob Larsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jeff Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Pistorius	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Pili Saluone	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bryce Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	32	4	23	0	0	0	227

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Bill August	37-87-11	448	5.1	2	68.08
Dave Terry	29-70-4	325	4.6	0	69.00
Brian Gunderson	10-26-6	191	7.3	2	79.40
Pete Van Valkenburg	6-12-1	83	6.9	0	91.43
Dave Coon	2-4-0	48	12.0	0	150.80
TOTALS	84-199-22	1095	5.5	4	72.95

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Pete Van Valkenburg	121	655	54	601	5.0		8
Dave Coon	113	569	20	549	4.9		2
Steve Stratton	77	509	7	502	6.5		3
Dave Terry	97	403	126	277	2.9		3
Wayne Bower	27	103	4	99	3.7		1
Brian Gunderson	21	95	2	93	4.4		0
Dan Bowers	2	53	4	49	24.5		0
Travis Uale	8	55	24	31	3.9	37	1
Golden Richards	6	20	0	20	3.3		0
Pili Saluone	10	20	9	11	1.1		1
Jaterrius Gulley	6			-1	-0.2	5	0
Joe Liljenquist	1	0	5	-5	-5.0		0
TEAM	1	0	11	-11	-11.0
Bill August	49	111	155	-44	-0.9		2
TOTALS	539	2593	421	2171	4.0	37	21

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Golden Richards	14	287	20.5	1
Logan Hunter	12	156	13.0	1
Dan Bowers	12	142	11.8	0
Bill Miller	12	113	9.4	0
Mike Pistorius	9	137	15.2	1
Pete Van Valkenburg	7	80	11.4	0
Dave Coon	7	46	6.6	0
Jerry Dugger	6	98	16.3	0
Steve Stratton	4	28	7.0	1
Steve Facer	1	8	8.0	0
TOTALS	84	1095	13.0	4

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Golden Richards	23	468	20.3	0
Jerry Dugger	6	114	19.0	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	4	90	22.5	0
Wayne Bower	2	42	21.0	0
Dave Coon	1	2	2.0	0
Benny Mitchell	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	37	716	19.4	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Golden Richards	33	624	18.9		4
Bryce Johnson	1	87	87.0	87	1
Bob Larsen	1	36	36.0		1
Dan Hansen	3	26	8.7		0
Dave Coon	1	12	12.0		0
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	3	3.0		0
TOTALS	40	788	19.7	87	6

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Dave Atkinson	9	120	0
Dan Hansen	7	233	2
Jeff Lyman	4	131	1
Ron Knight	2	7	0
Craig Crompton	1	12	0
Von Wells	1	11	0
George Gourley	1	0	0
TOTALS	25	514	3

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Jeff Lyman	151	57	94		10/			5
Carl Bowers	124	32	92		6/			0
Ray Crandall	121	35	86		8/			0
Dan Hansen	111	43	68		1/			9
Paul Howard	111	29	82		5/			0
Joe Liljenquist	95	34	61		13/			3
Bill Dvorak	80	28	52		8/			1
Ron Knight	73	28	45		4/			5
Dave Atkinson	62	31	31		3/			7
Keith Rivera	53	12	41		8/			0
George Gourley	51	32	19		0/			10
Ed Rozeski	46	13	33		5/			0
Dennis Doman	26	11	15		0/			2
Grant Wells	26	6	20		1/			0
Ron Tree	25	7	18		0/			1
Mike Preston	21	10	11		1/			0
Spero Bowman	17	13	4		2/			0
Craig Crompton	14	9	5		2/			2
Bennie Smith	12	8	4		2/			3
Bob Larsen	12	4	8		1/			0
Dave Brooks	9	4	5	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Steve Price	8	1	7		2/			0
Gordon Gravelle	7	5	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bailey	5	2	3	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Golden Richards	4	3	1		0/			3
Von Wells	4	2	2		0/			0
Rich Valgaardson	2	0	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Poppinga	1	1	0					0
Craig Denney	1	0	1					0
John Monahan	1	0	1					0
TOTALS	1273	460	813	0	82/0	0	0	51	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	XP	Pts
Joe Liljenquist	4-18	22.2%	23-29	35
TOTALS	4-18	22.2%	23-29	35

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Joe Liljenquist	69	2748	39.8
TOTALS	69	2748	39.8

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Green	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Henry	UNM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dragon	ASU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Butler	KSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
McCutcheon	CSU	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Ekstrand	ASU	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
TOTALS		26	6	19	2	0	1	199

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Fox	Wyo	19-35-3	335	9.6	64	1		126.97
Simmons	CSU	19-32-2	247	7.7	39	1		122.03
Demory	UA	12-26-1	217	8.3	92	2		133.95
Van Galder	Utah	21-37-0	200	5.4	30	0		102.16
Keithley	UTEP	19-39-2	175	4.5		0		76.15
Adams	USU	12-23-0	172	7.5	0	1		129.34
White	ASU	13-26-1	164	6.3	23	1		107.98
Long	UNM	9-12-0	115	9.6		0		155.50
Starks	Tlsa	12-28-3	99	3.5	16	1		62.91
Shaw	NT	4-20-5	86	4.3	46	1	2	22.62
Morrison	KSU	5-15-4	75	5.0	40	0		22.00
Woodrow	NT	7-22-1	44	2.0	16	0	0	39.53
Cockreham	Wyo	2-2-0	31	15.5	17	1		395.20
Whithurst	Tlsa	3-8-2	26	3.2	16	0		14.80
Erickson	CSU	1-4-1	14	3.5	14	0		4.40
TOTALS		158-333-25	2000	6.0	92	9	2	91.80

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Green	ASU	26			162	6.2	20	2
Butler	KSU	41	144	2	142	3.5	12	2
Long	UNM	11			110	10.0	57	0
Henry	UNM	22			82	3.7	20	2
McCutcheon	CSU	24			73	3.0	7	1
Malone	ASU	19			72	3.8	15	0
McCall	UNM	12			57	4.8	11	0
Poulson	Utah	19			55	2.9	12	1
Brown	Wyo	17			52	3.1	9	0
Adams	USU	11	63	12	51	4.6	27	1
Giles	USU	13	49	1	48	3.7	14	0
Diller	UNM	12			43	3.6	11	0
Holman	KSU	10	41	0	41	4.1	11	0
White	Tlsa	12			40	3.3	6	0
McCall	UA	15			39	2.6	7	0
TOTALS		554	609	90	1752	3.2	57	15

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Graves	Utah	8	99	12.4	30	0
Stemrick	CSU	7	127	18.1	39	1
McCutcheon	CSU	7	65	9.3	18	0
Freeman	Wyo	6	140	23.3	64	1
Gadlin	Wyo	6	131	21.8	46	0
Demery	ASU	6	97	16.2	23	0
Poulson	Utah	6	46	7.7	16	0
Yaege	NT	5	81	16.2	46	0
Smith	UNM	5	79	15.8	29	0
Wicks	USU	5	66	13.2	19	0
McKee	UA	4	128	32.0	92	1
Forzani	USU	4	93	23.2	29	1
Anderson	UTEP	4	46	11.5	15	0
Kennedy	CSU	4	37	9.2	19	0
Adamian	UTEP	4	32	8.0	20	0
TOTALS		158	2000	12.7	92	9

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Fontno	NT	5	113	22.6	37	0
McCutcheon	CSU	3	57	19.0		0
McGill	Tlsa	3	46	15.3		0
Odom	Utah	2	39	19.5		0
Johnson	NT	2	35	17.5	19	0
Emery	ASU	2	33	16.5		0
Green	CSU	1	31	31.0		0
Thorne	NT	1	24	24.0	24	0
Blackford	CSU	2	24	12.0		0
Hinton	Wyo	2	23	11.5		0
TOTALS		33	556	16.8	37	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Wicks	USU	4	88	22.0	61	1
Fontno	NT	3	67	22.3	35	0
McGill	Tlsa	3	33	11.0		0
Holden	ASU	2	25	12.5		0
Robbins	Utah	3	18	6.0		0
Green	ASU	2	15	7.5		0
Kimball	UTEP	2	12	6.0		0
Scrivener	Tlsa	1	10	10.0		0
Duncan	CSU	2	7	3.5		0
Turner	Wyo	1	7	7.0		0
TOTALS		36	298	8.3	61	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Wallace	UA	3	47	0
Hall	ASU	2	29	0
White	UA	2	14	0
Fredenberg	UNM	2	0	0
Robertson	KSU	1	22	0
Bradley	ASU	1	22	0
Coupee	USU	1	16	0
Cafferty	KSU	1	15	0
Delbridge	ASU	1	7	0
Perea	UTEP	1	6	0
TOTALS		21	188	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Perea	UTEP	23	8	15		1	0	2
Croft	UTEP	20	7	13		0	0	2
Johnson	UA	17	3	14			0
Fredenberg	UNM	16	6	10			0
Jones	Tlsa	14	5	9			0
Carter	Wyo	13	9	4			0
Funk	Tlsa	13	4	9			0
Arneson	UA	13	4	9			0
Best	KSU	12	8	4	1/11	0	0
Ross	UNM	12	4	8			1
Hagood	Utah	12	3	9	0/
Dobler	Wyo	11	8	3			0
Russell	Tlsa	11	4	7			1
Ventrigila	UA	11	4	7			0
Fratto	Utah	11	1	10	0/
Poole	UA	11	1	10			0
Meadows	Wyo	10	7	3			0
Gray	ASU	10	7	3			0
Dodson	UA	10	5	5			0
Colquitt	KSU	10	4	6	2/9	0	0
Fitzgerald	UNM	10	3	7			1
Ashcom	Tlsa	10	3	7			0
Moore	Tlsa	10	1	9			1
Schmidt	Wyo	9	9	0			0
West	UTEP	9	5	4		1	0	0
TOTALS		814	346	468	14.5/74	3	27	4

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Ekstrand	ASU	1-1	100.0%	32	5-5	8
Bateman	Utah	1-		32	2-2	5
Goerger	KSU	1-1	100.0%	27	2-3	5
Doyle	USU	1-5	20.0%	32	2-3	5
Hudman	Wyo	1-1	100.0%	23	2-2	5
Means	NT	1-1	100.0%	36	0-0	3
DeSylvia	UA	0-0		0	3-4	3
Hartshorne	UNM	0-0		0	2-2	2
Henry	Tlsa	0-1	0.0%	0	1-1	1
TOTALS		6-10	60.0%	36	19-22	37

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Shuford	UA	13	508	39.1	47
Yaege	NT	11	427	38.8	49
Bateman	Utah	8	375	46.9	53
Keithley	UTEP	7	316	45.1	54
White	ASU	7	302	43.1	63
Boone	UNM	5	196	39.2	47
Holladay	Wyo	5	196	39.2	54
Doyle	USU	5	191	38.2	48
Morgan	Tlsa	5	142	28.4	36
Blackford	CSU	4	139	34.8	44
Hill	CSU	3	135	45.0	49
Bowling	Tlsa	3	84	28.0	34
Brandt	KSU	1	49	49.0	49
TEAM	NT	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		78	3060	39.2	63

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