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1979 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	92	126	133	96	447
OPP	28	38	41	18	125

1979 (11-1)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 8		vs. #14 Texas A&M	18 - 17 W
Sep 15		Weber State	48 - 3 W
Sep 29		UTEP	31 - 7 W
Oct 5	20	Hawaii	38 - 15 W
Oct 13	16	@ Utah State	48 - 24 W
Oct 20	13	@ Wyoming	54 - 14 W
Oct 27	11	New Mexico	59 - 7 W
Nov 3	11	@ Colorado State	30 - 7 W
Nov 9	11	@ Long Beach State	31 - 17 W
Nov 17	10	Utah	27 - 0 W
Nov 24	10	@ San Diego State	63 - 14 W
Dec 21	9	vs. Indiana	37 - 38 L

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Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	447	125
Points per Game	40.6	11.4
1st Downs	277	184
Rushing 1st Downs	80	111
Passing 1st Downs	174	56
Penalty	23	17
Rushing	1,684	1,706
Rushing Attempts	368	563
Yards Gained Rushing	2,042	2,148
Yards Lost Rushing	358	442
Average per Rush	4.6	3.0
Average per Game	153.1	155.1
TDs Rushing	26	10
Passing	4,051	1,349
Passes Attempted	464	293
Passes Completed	276	125
Intercepted	16	21
Average per Pass	8.7	4.6
Average per Catch	14.7	10.8
Average per Game	368.3	122.6
TDs Passing	33	6
Pass Efficiency	149.39	73.76
Total Offensive Plays	832	856
Total Net Yards	5,735	3,055
Average Gain Per Play	6.89	3.57
Average per Game	521.36	277.73
Fumbles - Lost	26 - 14	31 - 18
Penalties - Yards	110 - 1227	80 - 844
Interceptions - Yards	21 - 207	16 - 137
Int Return Average	9.86	8.56
Punts - Yards	60 - 2602	87 - 3710
Average Per Punt	43.37	42.64
Punt Returns - Yards	55 - 418	21 - 170
Punt Return Average	7.60	8.10
Kickoff Returns - Yards	22 - 579	45 - 877
Kick Return Average	26.32	19.49
Time of Possession/Game	35:01	35:54
Sacks	2 - 2	25 - 18

Season Info
Record	11-1
Conference	WAC
Bowl	Holiday Bowl
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Brent Johnson	0	10	53	0	0	0	83
Eric Lane	12	0	0	0	0	0	72
Homer Jones	11	0	0	1	0	0	68
Matt Braga	8	0	0	0	0	0	48
Bill Davis	7	0	0	0	0	0	42
Scott Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Steve Carlsen	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Dan Plater	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Kent Tingey	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Marc Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Clay Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Lloyd Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Mike Lacey	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Bill Schoepflin	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	60	10	53	2	0	0	447

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Marc Wilson	250-427-15	3720	8.7	29	147.11
Royce Bybee	26-37-1	331	8.9	4	175.69
TOTALS	276-464-16	4051	8.7	33	149.39

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Eric Lane	94	599	4	595	6.3	52	11
Homer Jones	75	553	7	546	7.3	51	7
Scott Phillips	46	340	18	321	7.0	33	0
Steve Carlsen	36	204	3	201	5.6	16	3
Scott Reber	5	51	0	51	10.2	33	0
Doug Williams	22	53	3	50	2.3	7	0
Vic Whitsett	5	35	0	35	7.0	24	0
Clay Blackwell	7	32	2	30	4.3	10	0
Matt Braga	2	17	0	17	8.5	14	1
Mike Lacey	7	17	9	8	1.1	7	1
Royce Bybee	8	13	43	-30	-3.8	6	0
Marc Wilson	61	128	268	-140	-2.3	13	3
TOTALS	368	2042	357	1684	4.6	52	26

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Homer Jones	46	404	8.8		4
Eric Lane	39	477	12.2		1
Scott Phillips	34	467	13.7		4
Lloyd Jones	33	735	22.3		2
Clay Brown	31	498	16.1		2
Dan Plater	24	411	17.1		3
Matt Braga	21	369	17.6		7
Bill Davis	21	279	13.3		7
Steve Carlsen	8	83	10.4		0
Kent Tingey	6	87	14.5		3
Rob Anderson	4	76	19.0		0
Doug Williams	3	16	5.3		0
Mike Lacey	3	9	3.0		0
Dave Smith	1	25	25.0	25	0
Scott Collie	1	10	10.0		0
Scott Reber	1	5	5.0		0
TOTALS	276	3951	14.3	25	33

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Homer Jones	22	579	26.3
TOTALS	22	579	26.3

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Dave Francis	37	307	8.3
Homer Jones	13	95	7.3
John Neal	4	11	2.8
Bill Schoepflin	1	5	5.0
TOTALS	55	418	7.6

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds
Bill Schoepflin	5	69
Glen Redd	5	53
Bob Prested	3	0
Tim Halverson	2	24
Mark Brady	2	18
Rob Wilson	1	36
Mark Walker	1	7
Dave Francis	1	0
John Neal	1	0
TOTALS	21	207

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Gary Kama	139	61	78	1	15/	2		5	7
Glen Redd	124	46	78	0	3/	3		4	0
Ed St. Pierre	76	30	46	3	7/	2		3	1
John Neal	71	26	45	0	2/	1		6	1
Bill Schoepflin	65	39	26	0	4/	1		6	0
Pulusila Filiaga	58	20	38	5	9/	2		1	11
Mike Morgan	52	12	40	7	2/	0		0	10
James Jaramillo	49	20	29	3	5/	0		0	9
Glen Titensor	47	16	31	4	7/	3		1	19
Bob Prested	46	16	30	0	2/	1		5	0
Tim Halverson	39	23	16	0	1/	0		10	0
Rob Buchanan	36	14	22	8	4/	2		0	12
Mat Mendenhall	33	9	24	0	0/	0		1	8
Kyle Whittingham	32	10	22	0	4/	0		0	4
Mark Walker	25	5	20	0	1/	0		2	1
Dave Francis	21	7	14	0	0/	0		4	0
Rob Wilson	20	6	14	0	0/	0		1	0
Brad Anae	18	10	8	3	4/	4		0	5
Doug Stromberg	18	3	15	2	3/	0		0	1
Mark Brady	15	6	9	0	0/	0		1	0
Mike Lacey	11	7	4	0	0/	0		1	0
Chuck Ehin	9	5	4	2	1/	0		1	0
Neils Tidwell	8	4	4	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Tom Holmoe	8	3	5	0	0/	0		3	0
Kevin Walker	5	4	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Dave Smith	4	0	4	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Regan Andrews	3	0	3	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
David Aupiu	2	2	0	0	0/0	0		0
Walt Manwill	1	0	1		/0			0
TOTALS	1035	404	631	38	74/0	21	0	55	89

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	XP	Pts
Brent Johnson	10-18	55.6%	52-56	82
TOTALS	10-18	55.6%	52-56	82

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Clay Brown	43	1950	45.3
Mike Mees	13	468	36.0
TOTALS	56	2418	43.2

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Hipple	USU	19-30-0	182	6.1	28	1	125.29
Schaefer	SDSU	13-31-2	172	5.5	28	1	86.28
McGaffigan	LBS	19-36-3	172	4.8	17	0	76.24
Osborn	UNM	9-21-4	167	8.0	40	0	71.56
Mosley	A&M	9-13-0	125	9.6	26	0	150.00
Stennis	UH	10-23-0	109	4.7	40	1	97.63
Davis	Wyo	8-17-1	80	4.7	24	1	94.24
Stone	UTEP	4-9-1	70	7.8	38	1	124.22
Bradshaw	USU	5-14-0	68	4.9	20	1	100.09
Karnofsky	Utah	3-9-1	42	4.7	21	0	50.31
Halda	SDSU	6-15-3	39	2.6	15	0	21.84
Davis	Web	7-26-5	28	1.1	10	0	-2.49
Rakhshani	UH	3-7-0	26	3.7	9	0	74.06
Tantillo	Web	3-8-0	22	2.8	9	0	60.60
Lee	CSU	3-12-1	19	1.6	10	0	21.63
TOTALS		125-293-21	1349	4.6	40	6	73.76

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Dickey	A&M	28	157	9	148	5.3	44	0
Lee	CSU	21	125	17	108	5.1	39	1
Bell	UH	14	90	0	90	6.4	41	1
Lewis	CSU	18	87	2	85	4.7	16	0
Sayers	UNM	18	82	0	82	4.6	9	1
Rodgers	Utah	19	75	4	71	3.7	10	0
Parros	USU	18	69	1	68	3.8	11	1
Jones	UTEP	14	68	4	64	4.6	11	0
Perez	LBS	10	63	0	63	6.3	20	0
Newberry	CSU	15	64	1	63	4.2	12	0
Allen	SDSU	14	60	0	60	4.3	14	0
Mosley	A&M	19	70	10	60	3.2	13	1
Robinson	Wyo	12	57	1	56	4.7	8	0
Fowler	Wyo	11	55	2	53	4.8	10	0
Lindsay	Utah	13	44	0	44	3.4	8	0
TOTALS		559	2148	442	1706	3.1	44	10

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Murphy	USU	7	138	19.7	28	0
Phillips	LBS	7	87	12.4	17	0
Jett	UH	7	87	12.4	40	1
Carter	A&M	6	104	17.3	26	0
Parros	USU	6	33	5.5	15	0
Thompson	USU	5	67	13.4	20	1
Bledsoe	SDSU	5	30	6.0	15	0
Hill	Web	5	5	1.0	6	0
Williams	LBS	4	42	10.5	14	0
Brown	USU	4	25	6.2	12	1
Duddridge	LBS	4	12	3.0	6	0
Arnold	UNM	3	59	19.7	22	0
Baginski	Wyo	3	47	15.7	24	1
Hamilton	UH	3	27	9.0	9	0
Pittman	Wyo	3	19	6.3	9	0
TOTALS		125	1363	10.9	40	5

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Crews	SDSU	4	93	23.2	0
Cash	UTEP	5	93	18.6	0
Jackson	USU	2	73	36.5	0
Fields	UNM	4	66	16.5	0
Settles	LBS	3	65	21.7	0
Kramer	Web	3	62	20.7	0
Bell	SDSU	3	59	19.7	0
Robinson	USU	2	50	25.0	0
Lewis	CSU	2	42	21.0	0
Pittman	Wyo	3	33	11.0	0
TOTALS		46	878	19.1	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Scott	A&M	6	71	11.8	0
Cobbs	LBS	2	32	16.0	0
Colbert	USU	3	14	4.7	0
Walker	Utah	1	12	12.0	0
Williams	CSU	1	10	10.0	0
Fischer	CSU	2	10	5.0	0
Miller	Web	2	9	4.5	0
Garcia	UTEP	1	8	8.0	0
Martinez	Wyo	2	4	2.0	0
Gradinger	SDSU	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		21	170	8.1	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Dawson	A&M	2	0	0
Ribary	Web	1	43	0
Chancellor	UNM	1	32	0
Grant	UTEP	1	26	0
Jardine	UH	1	19	0
Perry	Web	1	14	0
Williams	CSU	1	6	0
Ward	SDSU	1	2	0
Henderson	SDSU	1	1	0
Mitchell	SDSU	1	0	0
TOTALS		16	143	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Gearring	UH	15	15	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Fata	LBS	15	7	8		/0		1
Zachery	A&M	12	7	5		1/1		2
Jones	USU	12	2	10				0
Bennett	UTEP	11	7	4	0	0/	0	0	0
Little	A&M	11	5	6		1/11		0
Harr	CSU	11	4	7		0/0
Gompf	Utah	10	7	3	0	0/	0	0	1
Leitelt	Wyo	9	8	1		0/0		0
Ribary	Web	9	6	3	1	0/	0	0	1
Coleman	SDSU	9	6	3	0	0/0	0	0
Moore	UTEP	9	5	4	0	2/	0	0	0
Chamblee	CSU	9	5	4		1/3
Peterson	LBS	9	4	5		/0		0
Cole	LBS	9	4	5		/0		0
Threlfall	USU	9	2	7				0
Epps	SDSU	9	2	7	0	0/0	0	0
Bell	UNM	8	6	2	0	0/	0	2	0
Henry	Utah	8	6	2	0	0/	1	1	0
McCloyn	Utah	8	6	2	0	0/	0	1	0
Bates	USU	8	5	3				2
Dennis	Wyo	8	5	3		0/0		1
Yelland	Wyo	8	5	3		2/10		0
Chancellor	UNM	8	5	3	0	0/	0	1	0
Wilson	Utah	8	5	3	0	0/	0	1	0
TOTALS		841	442	399	16	31/117	5	53	14

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Steinke	USU	1-3	33.3%	40	3-3	6
Petrosian	LBS	1-2	50.0%	48	2-2	5
Hardy	A&M	1-2	50.0%	27	2-2	5
Ruzek	Web	1-1	100.0%	27	0-0	3
VanDerloo	Wyo	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
Corral	SDSU	0-0		0	2-2	2
Barilla	CSU	0-2	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Moore	UNM	0-0		0	1-1	1
Asmus	UH	0-2	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Folkner	UTEP	0-0		0	1-1	1
TOTALS		4-13	30.8%	48	15-15	27

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Kelly	Web	13	556	42.8	58
Hucko	Utah	10	434	43.4	57
Folkner	UTEP	10	418	41.8	59
Templer	CSU	9	450	50.0	57
Asmus	UH	8	342	42.8	52
Appleby	A&M	7	313	44.7	52
Turner	UNM	7	307	43.9	47
Smith	Wyo	7	297	42.4	60
McClure	USU	7	296	42.3	59
Mulholland	SDSU	7	292	41.7	52
Lockie	LBS	4	153	38.2	49
TEAM	A&M	1	12	12.0	12
TOTALS		90	3870	43.0	60

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