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1978 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	44	84	85	91	304
OPP	40	51	45	40	176

1978 (9-4)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 9		@ Oregon State	10 - 6 W
Sep 16		@ Arizona State	17 - 24 L
Sep 23		Colorado State	32 - 6 W
Sep 30		@ New Mexico	27 - 23 W
Oct 7		Utah State	7 - 24 L
Oct 14		@ Oregon	17 - 16 W
Oct 21		UTEP	44 - 0 W
Nov 4		Wyoming	48 - 14 W
Nov 11		San Diego State	21 - 3 W
Nov 18		@ Utah	22 - 23 L
Nov 25		@ Hawaii	31 - 13 W
Dec 2		vs. Nevada-Las Vegas	28 - 24 W
Dec 22		vs. Navy	16 - 23 L

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Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	304	176
Points per Game	25.3	14.7
1st Downs	263	200
Rushing 1st Downs	100	103
Passing 1st Downs	132	79
Penalty	31	18
Rushing	1,521	1,901
Rushing Attempts	525	587
Yards Gained Rushing	2,128	2,332
Yards Lost Rushing	607	441
Average per Rush	2.9	3.2
Average per Game	126.8	158.4
TDs Rushing	23	9
Passing	2,858	1,951
Passes Attempted	415	326
Passes Completed	210	148
Intercepted	22	11
Average per Pass	6.9	6.0
Average per Catch	13.6	13.2
Average per Game	238.2	162.6
TDs Passing	14	13
Pass Efficiency	108.98	102.08
Total Offensive Plays	940	913
Total Net Yards	4,379	3,852
Average Gain Per Play	4.66	4.22
Average per Game	364.92	321.00
Fumbles - Lost	37 - 15	45 - 29
Penalties - Yards	103 - 1005	123 - 1253
Interceptions - Yards	12 - 137	24 - 185
Int Return Average	11.42	7.71
Punts - Yards	79 - 3043	89 - 3353
Average Per Punt	38.52	37.67
Punt Returns - Yards	49 - 403	23 - 177
Punt Return Average	8.22	7.70
Kickoff Returns - Yards	26 - 481	48 - 854
Kick Return Average	18.50	17.79
Time of Possession/Game	00:00	00:00

Season Info
Record	9-4
Conference	WAC
Bowl	Holiday Bowl
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bill Ring	11	0	0	0	0	0	66
Brent Johnson	0	11	31	0	0	0	64
Tod Thompson	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Jim McMahon	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Casey Wingard	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Mike Chronister	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Lloyd Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Scott Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Doug Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Marc Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Marv Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Clay Blackwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Francis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kent Tingey	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bob Kittell	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
Tim Halverson	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	39	12	34	0	0	0	304

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Marc Wilson	121-233-13	1499	6.4	8	106.14
Jim McMahon	87-176-8	1307	7.4	6	113.97
Scott Phillips	2-5-1	52	10.4	0	87.36
Mike Chronister	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0.00
TOTALS	210-415-22	2858	6.9	14	108.98

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Bill Ring	116	555	35	520	4.5	48	8
Casey Wingard	82	344	19	325	4.0	29	4
Jim McMahon	99	444	196	248	2.5	56	4
Scott Phillips	69	212	31	181	2.6	21	2
Marc Wilson	104	364	279	85	0.8	22	2
Doug Williams	24	56	7	49	2.0	7	2
Lloyd Jones	1	32	0	32	32.0	32	0
Clay Blackwell	10	44	15	29	2.9	12	1
Kyle Whittingham	9	25	0	25	2.8	5	0
Perry Bradford	4	29	7	22	5.5	15	0
Stan Younger	1	7	0	7	7.0	7	0
Kent Tingey	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Clay Brown	2	9	9	0	0.0	9	0
Mark Flammer	3	7	9	-2	-0.7	6	0
TOTALS	525	2128	607	1521	2.9	56	23

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Chronister	48	850	17.7		3
Tod Thompson	34	560	16.5		5
Bill Ring	30	175	5.8		3
Kent Tingey	20	280	14.0		1
Scott Phillips	19	188	9.9		0
Casey Wingard	14	129	9.2		0
Bill Davis	10	148	14.8		0
Doug Williams	9	184	20.4		0
Clay Brown	9	184	20.4	71	0
Lloyd Jones	7	148	21.1		2
Clay Blackwell	2	22	11.0		0
Stan Younger	1	45	45.0		0
Dan Plater	1	17	17.0		0
Jim McMahon	1	7	7.0		0
Marc Wilson	1	-5	-5.0		0
TOTALS	206	2932	14.2	71	14

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Clay Blackwell	22	450	20.5
Doug Williams	1	11	11.0
Kyle Whittingham	1	9	9.0
Jason Coloma	1	8	8.0
Brian Hansen	1	3	3.0
TOTALS	26	481	18.5

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg
Dave Francis	22	197	9.0
Jason Coloma	23	196	8.5
Mike Chronister	3	7	2.3
Marc Swenson	1	3	3.0
TOTALS	49	403	8.2

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Ron Velasco	3	30
Bill Schoepflin	2	12
Marv Allen	1	25	1
Dave Francis	1	20
Tim Halverson	1	12
Marc Swenson	1	0
TOTALS	9	99	1

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Rod Wood	157	26	131	1	6/	0		2	3
Ron Velasco	120	23	97	0	2/	2		10	0
Glen Redd	110	12	98	2	5/	5		8	4
Tom Enlow	109	15	94	2	7/	1		1	2
John Kormylo	98	11	87	2	6/	2		3	11
Ross Varner	92	11	81	7	9/	6		3	12
Larry Miller	90	15	75	1	5/	1		5	2
Jason Coloma	69	17	52	0	7/	2		4	0
Bill Schoepflin	64	19	45	0	3/	4		4	0
Doug Stromberg	59	6	53	4	7/	0		3	3
Dave Francis	49	10	39	0	2/	0		11	0
Mat Mendenhall	47	6	41	3	7/	1		1	5
Rob Buchanan	38	6	32	5	4/	1		2	3
James Jaramillo	25	3	22	0	3/	0		2	1
Dave McKee	23	8	15	0	1/	1		9	0
Ed St. Pierre	22	5	17	0	0/	0		0	0
Brian Hansen	17	2	15	0	1/	0		0	0
Rob Wilson	8	5	3	0	0/0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Harris	7	0	7	0	1/	0		0	4
Bob Prested	4	1	3	0	1/0	0	0	1	0
Dennis Webb	4	0	4	2	0/	0		0	0
Randy Tidwell	2	0	2		0/			0
Clay Brown	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Tom Miller	1	1	0		0/0			0
Pulusila Filiaga	1	1	0	0	1/	0		0	0
Marv Allen	1	0	1	0	0/	0		0	0
TOTALS	1218	204	1014	29	78/0	26	0	70	50

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Brent Johnson	1-20	5.0%		31-34	34
Bob Kittell	1-3	33.3%	24	2-2	5
Tim Halverson	0-0			1-1	1
TOTALS	2-23	8.7%	24	34-37	40

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Jim McMahon	41	1600	39.0
Clay Brown	36	1428	39.7	55
TEAM	2	15	7.5
Rod Wood	1	3	3.0
TOTALS	80	3046	38.1	55

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Morton	UNLV	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wright	UNM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jones	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
TOTALS		23	7	15	1	0	0	176

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gomez	Utah	20-31-2	265	8.5	42	3	155.35
Malone	ASU	10-25-0	176	7.0	47	2	125.54
Hipple	USU	18-26-0	175	6.7	52	1	138.46
Halda	SDSU	24-45-1	175	3.9	23	0	81.56
Wright	UNM	9-20-0	158	7.9	65	1	127.86
Fairchild	CSU	9-16-0	138	8.6	48	0	128.70
Duva	UH	9-19-2	137	7.2	52	1	104.25
Pagel	ASU	5-13-0	116	8.9	63	1	138.80
Robertson	UNLV	4-15-1	102	6.8	81	1	92.45
Durando	Ore	9-16-1	93	5.8	41	0	92.58
White	OSU	4-12-0	91	7.6	46	1	124.53
Cousins	Wyo	4-12-2	80	6.7	43	0	56.00
Lee	CSU	7-16-0	75	4.7	16	1	103.75
Matheney	USU	1-1-0	38	38.0	38	0	419.20
Ramirez	UTEP	6-25-1	32	1.3	13	0	26.75
TOTALS		148-326-12	1951	6.0	81	13	101.47

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Morton	UNLV	27	147	2	145	5.4	42	2
Allen	UH	21	145	7	138	6.6	75	1
Walker	UNLV	19	116	4	112	5.9	35	0
Lindsay	Utah	30	111	7	104	3.5	12	0
Williams	Ore	18	86	0	86	4.8	15	0
Parros	USU	15	100	25	75	5.0	23	0
Jones	Wyo	17	72	0	72	4.2	20	2
Robertson	Ore	6	70	1	69	11.5	56	0
Williams	ASU	20	66	2	64	3.2	10	0
Jones	CSU	8	65	1	64	8.0	28	0
DuBois	SDSU	12	63	0	63	5.2	16	0
Wright	UNM	15	68	7	61	4.1	13	2
Moseley	Utah	9	58	0	58	6.4	14	0
Sayers	UNM	13	57	0	57	4.4	8	0
Gipson	USU	16	62	6	56	3.5	17	1
TOTALS		587	2335	431	1904	3.2	75	9

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Henry	Utah	8	79	9.9	19	1
Edwards	ASU	7	108	15.4	24	0
Hill	SDSU	7	42	6.0	23	0
Warren	SDSU	6	71	11.8	20	0
Coury	OSU	5	101	20.2	46	1
Teahan	Utah	5	85	17.0	31	1
Lewis	CSU	5	26	5.2	6	0
Mistler	ASU	4	83	20.8	49	1
Bryant	USU	4	58	14.5	38	0
Matheney	USU	4	41	10.2	14	0
Garcia	UTEP	4	30	7.5	13	0
Stapler	SDSU	4	12	3.0	12	0
Jett	UH	3	74	24.7	52	1
Cassidy	USU	3	63	21.0	52	0
Newberry	CSU	3	40	13.3	16	1
TOTALS		148	1951	13.2	81	13

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Vereen	UNLV	3	105	35.0	0
Holt	UTEP	5	92	18.4	0
Jones	CSU	4	83	20.8	0
Pittman	Wyo	3	66	22.0	0
Hamilton	UH	3	55	18.3	0
Sayers	UNM	2	51	25.5	0
Hoover	ASU	2	48	24.0	0
Bussey	Wyo	3	44	14.7	0
Park	UH	3	40	13.3	0
Lowe	Ore	1	35	35.0	0
TOTALS		48	864	18.0	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Schwartz	Ore	1	40	40.0	0
Montague	Wyo	3	34	11.3	0
Vereen	UNLV	2	34	17.0	0
Cobb	UNLV	3	22	7.3	0
Hoover	ASU	1	12	12.0	0
Sutton	UNM	1	11	11.0	0
Solomon	Utah	1	7	7.0	0
Walker	Utah	1	6	6.0	0
Hudspeth	UNM	1	5	5.0	0
Lawler	Ore	0	4		0
TOTALS		23	177	7.7	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Anderson	ASU	3	9	0
Smith	OSU	2	33	0
Dennis	Wyo	1	25	0
Jorde	SDSU	1	23	0
Rigsbee	USU	1	21	0
Parise	CSU	1	20	0
Mastin	SDSU	1	14	0
Thomas	SDSU	1	14	0
Merriweather	UTEP	1	12	0
Richmond	Ore	1	9	0
TOTALS		22	195	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Sneed	UTEP	14	12	2	0	1/	0	0	2
Blasher	Ore	13	7	6		/8		1
Bell	CSU	12	11	1	0	4/	0	0	1
Merriweather	UTEP	11	10	1	0	3/	0	0	0
Peyton	OSU	11	9	2		1/6		2
Berkich	Ore	11	9	2		/2		0
Forrest	UNM	10	8	2		0/0		2
Forkerway	UTEP	10	8	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Franklin	OSU	10	7	3		0/0		0
Parise	CSU	10	7	3	0	0/	1	0	0
Martin	SDSU	10	7	3	1	5/	0	1	1
Hanawahine	UH	10	5	5		0/0		0
Bell	UNM	9	8	1		0/0		1
Schillinger	OSU	9	7	2		1/25		0
Perkov	SDSU	9	6	3	1	1/	0	0	2
Baker	UNM	9	5	4		3/14		0
McLemore	UH	9	4	5		0/0		0
Apuna	ASU	9	3	6		1/		1
Howe	OSU	8	7	1		1/11		0
Rumbaugh	UNM	8	6	2		2/6		1
Gila	ASU	8	5	3		0/		0
Beekley	Ore	8	5	3		/15		2
Fisk	CSU	8	4	4	1	1/	0	0	1
Koskovich	UNM	8	1	7		0/0		1
Tillotson	USU	7	7	0	0	1/	0	0	0
TOTALS		716	445	271	14	65/145	6	56	24

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
English	Ore	2-1	200.0%	34	1-2	7
Steinke	USU	1-1	100.0%	20	3-3	6
Gaetano	UNLV	1-1	100.0%	37	3-3	6
Hicks	ASU	1-2	50.0%	21	2-3	5
Moore	UNM	1-1	100.0%	39	2-3	5
Hucko	Utah	1-2	50.0%	37	2-2	5
Duncan	SDSU	1-2	50.0%	37	0-0	3
Christopulos	Wyo	0-0		0	2-2	2
Kim	UH	0-1	0.0%	0	1-2	1
Walford	OSU	0-1	0.0%	0	0-1	0
Barilla	CSU	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	0
TOTALS		8-14	57.1%	39	16-21	40

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Misko	OSU	12	437	36.4	48
Rutdledge	ASU	10	354	35.4	46
Clayton	Wyo	9	360	40.0	52
McClure	USU	8	304	38.0	47
Roeszler	SDSU	8	301	37.6	46
Babb	Ore	7	294	42.0	53
Woody	CSU	6	230	38.3	52
Hudspeth	UNM	6	222	37.0	40
Gortz	UNLV	6	195	32.5	37
Cummins	UH	5	167	33.4	46
Partridge	Utah	4	166	41.5	48
Templer	CSU	1	38	38.0	38
TOTALS		82	3068	37.4	53

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