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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	60	99	75	100	334
OPP	61	78	41	91	271

1987 (9-4)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 2		Pittsburgh	17 - 27 L
Sep 12		@ Texas	22 - 17 W
Sep 19		@ Texas Christian	12 - 33 L
Sep 26		@ New Mexico	45 - 25 W
Oct 2		Utah State	45 - 24 W
Oct 10		Wyoming	27 - 29 L
Oct 24		@ Hawaii	16 - 14 W
Oct 31		Air Force	24 - 13 W
Nov 7		San Diego State	38 - 21 W
Nov 14		@ UTEP	37 - 24 W
Nov 21		Utah	21 - 18 W
Dec 5		vs. Colorado State	30 - 26 W
Dec 22		vs. Virginia	16 - 22 L

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Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	334	271
Points per Game	27.8	22.6
1st Downs	334	271
Rushing	1,091	1,629
Rushing Attempts	460	460
Yards Gained Rushing	1,702	2,101
Yards Lost Rushing	1,091	1,629
Average per Rush	2.4	3.5
Average per Game	90.9	135.8
TDs Rushing	19	14
Passing	3,501	2,597
Passes Attempted	477	392
Passes Completed	276	202
Intercepted	23	28
Average per Pass	7.3	6.6
Average per Catch	12.7	12.9
Average per Game	291.8	216.4
TDs Passing	18	19
Pass Efficiency	122.32	108.89
Total Offensive Plays	937	852
Total Net Yards	4,592	4,226
Average Gain Per Play	4.90	4.96
Average per Game	382.67	352.17
Fumbles - Lost	34 - 16	42 - 22
Penalties - Yards	91 - 858	87 - 797
Interceptions - Yards	28 - 256	23 - 234
Int Return Average	9.14	10.17
Punts - Yards	73 - 3084	73 - 3087
Average Per Punt	42.25	42.29
Punt Returns - Yards	36 - 240	39 - 380
Punt Return Average	6.67	9.74
Kickoff Returns - Yards	40 - 767	47 - 1002
Kick Return Average	19.18	21.32

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

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Leonard Chitty	0	18	32	0	0	0	86
Mike O'Brien	7	0	0	0	0	0	42
David Miles	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Bob Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Darren Handley	3	0	0	1	0	0	20
Matt Bellini	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Fred Whittingham	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Chuck Cutler	2	0	0	1	0	0	14
Sean Covey	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Mike Salido	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Rich Zayas	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Kirk Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jeff Frandsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Alema Harrington	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Travis McBeth	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rodney Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rodney Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Peter Tuipulotu	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
TOTALS	40	18	32	2	0	2	334

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Bob Jensen	144-259-14	1833	7.1	73	10	27	116.98
Sean Covey	132-217-9	1668	7.7	80	8	14	129.27
Fred Whittingham	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	276-477-23	3501	7.3	80	18	41	122.32

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Fred Whittingham	129	486	68	418	3.2	35	2
Mike O'Brien	87	331	22	309	3.6	20	7
Mike Salido	48	244	5	239	5.0	20	2
Bob Jensen	110	419	335	84	0.8	42	4
Peter Tuipulotu	24	87	10	77	3.2	22	1
Matt Bellini	18	65	17	48	2.7	11	0
Thor Salanoa	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
Alema Harrington	6	6	14	-8	-1.3	5	1
Patrick Thompson	1	0	13	-13	-13.0	0	0
Sean Covey	36	63	127	-64	-1.8	18	2
TOTALS	460	1702	611	1091	2.4	42	19

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Darren Handley	52	636	12.2	35	3
Matt Bellini	51	548	10.7	62	3
Fred Whittingham	35	321	9.2	28	1
David Miles	34	581	17.1	80	5
Chuck Cutler	30	444	14.8	27	2
Rich Zayas	25	489	19.6	73	2
Mike O'Brien	18	147	8.2	24	0
Mike Salido	12	49	4.1	14	0
Travis McBeth	10	230	23.0	51	1
Peter Tuipulotu	4	27	6.8	10	0
Jeff Frandsen	3	28	9.3	15	1
Garen Jeppesen	1	7	7.0	7	0
Brian White	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
TOTALS	276	3501	12.7	80	18

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike O'Brien	22	485	22.0	40	0
Rich Zayas	8	180	22.5	69	0
Mike Salido	4	92	23.0	36	0
Paul Sinclair	1	6	6.0	6	0
Travis McBeth	3	1	0.3	1	0
Dave Porter	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	39	764	19.6	69	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike O'Brien	36	240	6.7	22	0
TOTALS	36	240	6.7	22	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Rodney Rice	6	51	1
Troy Long	6	37	0
Scott Peterson	4	43	0
Rodney Thomas	2	30	1
Thor Salanoa	2	29	0
Kirk Davis	1	30	1
David Futrell	1	14	0
Chad Robinson	1	7	0
Regan Hansen	1	5	0
Richard Hobbs	1	5	0
Courtney Rogers	1	5	0
Steve Kaufusi	1	0	0
Darrin Lambert	1	0	0
TOTALS	28	256	3

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Troy Long	122	60	62	0	7/	4		7	1
JC VonColln	112	55	57	3	8/	1		1	9
Scott Peterson	81	48	33	0	5/	2		2	0
Richard Hobbs	74	36	38	2	5/	2		3	2
Bob Davis	64	27	37	1	0/	1		0	2
David Futrell	61	32	29	11	3/	0		0	11
Steve Kaufusi	54	24	30	6	5/	0		4	11
Thor Salanoa	54	21	33	3	7/	4		2	20
Rodney Rice	46	36	10	0	0/	0		9	0
Rodney Thomas	44	27	17	0	0/	1		3	0
Regan Hansen	43	19	24	1	2/	0		1	2
Craig Patterson	36	14	22	3	2/	0		0	2
Chad Robinson	31	14	17	2	1/	1		1	0
Darrin Lambert	26	16	10	2	1/	3		1	0
Eddie Green	23	12	11	0	2/	1		1	1
Tim Clark	21	9	12	0	4/	0		0	5
Kirk Davis	18	12	6	0	0/	0		4	0
Duane Johnson	18	11	7	3	0/	0		0	4
Mark Smith	9	6	3	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Brad Cahoon	8	1	7	1	0/	0		2	1
Tim Knight	7	4	3	2	0/	0		0	1
Dominik Unger	6	0	6	1	0/	0		0	3
Troy Fuller	5	2	3	0	0/	0		0	0
Courtney Rogers	4	2	2	0	0/	0		1	0
Warren Chow	4	1	3	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Brian Mitchell	3	1	2	0	0/	0		0	0
Chris Smith	2	1	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Chuck Cutler	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Bob Jensen	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Marc Neal	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Paul Sinclair	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Brian White	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Rich Zayas	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Chris Germann	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Byron Beatty	1	0	1	0	0/	0		0	0
David Henderson	1	0	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Larry Kiser	1	0	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Todd Herget	1	0	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Jay Huckaby	0	0	0	1	0/	0		0	1
TOTALS	987	498	489	42	52/0	20	0	42	76

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Leonard Chitty	18-26	69.2%	52	32-33	86
TOTALS	18-26	69.2%	52	32-33	86

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Patrick Thompson	72	3077	42.7	70
TOTALS	72	3077	42.7	70

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Whitehouse	CSU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Hewitt	SDSU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Adkison	UTEP	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Snyder	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Newman	TCU	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
VanHorne	Pitt	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Yarbrough	AFA	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		34	12	25	3	0	0	271

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Garrison	UNM	24-44-4	368	8.4	98	2	0	121.62
Snyder	USU	29-50-1	324	6.5	34	3	2	128.23
Molander	CSU	26-44-0	317	7.2	25	2	9	134.61
Burnett	Wyo	24-46-1	308	6.7	39	3	1	125.59
Santos	SDSU	19-38-3	248	6.5	60	1	4	97.72
Mendonca	Utah	17-36-3	201	5.6	49	1	4	86.62
Genilla	Pitt	6-11-1	166	15.1	47	2	1	223.13
Hegarty	UTEP	11-14-1	142	10.1	44	2	1	196.63
Stafford	Tex	12-26-3	107	4.1	16	0	5	57.65
Kelley	Tex	7-13-1	83	6.4	22	0	0	92.09
Mitchell	Utah	6-14-0	76	5.4	26	0	0	88.46
Jones	UH	5-10-1	70	7.0	29	0	5	88.80
Remo	UTEP	4-12-2	66	5.5	41	1	0	73.70
Briggs	UH	4-7-0	42	6.0	24	1	2	154.69
Rascoe	TCU	3-8-1	32	4.0	17	0	0	46.10
TOTALS		201-391-27	2595	6.6	98	19	35	109.38

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeffery	TCU	19	208	1	207	10.9	69	1
Heyward	Pitt	33	144	8	136	4.1	19	0
Rascoe	TCU	23	113	8	105	4.6	34	1
Darthard	TCU	8	99	0	99	12.4	58	1
Hewitt	SDSU	21	95	3	92	4.4	20	2
Abraham	Wyo	20	91	4	87	4.3	20	1
Roberts	AFA	15	85	0	85	5.7	12	0
Norris	Tex	8	85	0	85	10.6	43	1
Dowis	AFA	15	78	0	78	5.2	21	0
Metcalf	Tex	15	82	4	78	5.2	17	0
Briggs	UH	15	92	18	74	4.9	10	0
Booker	AFA	5	66	0	66	13.2	53	0
Heyward	Pitt	10	65	1	64	6.4	17	0
Dixon	UTEP	10	52	0	52	5.2	17	0
Whitehouse	CSU	16	54	6	48	3.0	11	2
TOTALS		462	2113	472	1641	3.6	69	14

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mathis	UNM	8	112	14.0	61	1
Smith	USU	8	101	12.6	33	2
Smith	Utah	7	76	10.9	49	1
Loving	Wyo	6	73	12.2	27	0
Newman	USU	6	48	8.0	14	1
Whitehouse	CSU	6	40	6.7	11	1
Hall	UNM	6	24	4.0	7	0
Reed-Martin	SDSU	5	101	20.2	60	0
Wade	USU	5	72	14.4	34	0
Slack	SDSU	5	61	12.2	34	0
Jones	Tex	5	61	12.2	22	0
Maiden	USU	5	48	9.6	20	0
Jones	Utah	5	38	7.6	9	0
McArthur	UH	5	35	7.0	13	1
Duff	UNM	4	78	19.5	23	0
TOTALS		201	2595	12.9	98	19

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Gilbreath	SDSU	7	145	20.7	36	0
Payne	USU	5	143	28.6	30	0
Beach	CSU	6	126	21.0	25	0
Williams	UH	4	78	19.5	29	0
Roberson	AFA	3	74	24.7	27	0
Mathis	UNM	2	56	28.0	40	0
Smith	USU	2	55	27.5	34	0
Jenkins	Utah	2	50	25.0	28	0
Carr	CSU	1	45	45.0	45	0
Johnson	UTEP	1	44	44.0	44	0
TOTALS		47	1023	21.8	45	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Johnson	UNM	3	77	25.7	72	1
Metcalf	Tex	5	59	11.8	23	0
Sargent	Wyo	6	54	9.0	21	0
Newton	TCU	5	35	7.0	13	0
Smith	USU	2	30	15.0	29	0
Bell	UH	2	27	13.5	19	0
Barth	AFA	3	25	8.3	10	0
Olsavsky	Pitt	1	21	21.0	21	0
Osborn	Pitt	4	20	5.0	6	0
Gilbreath	SDSU	2	19	9.5	11	0
TOTALS		39	380	9.7	72	1

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Newton	TCU	1	37	0
Walker	UTEP	1	33	0
Fields	Utah	1	30	0
Harris	Wyo	1	27	0
Bell	UH	1	23	0
Allen	UNM	1	15	0
Trumper	CSU	1	14	0
Conley	TCU	1	13	0
Spencer	TCU	1	12	0
Tippeconnic	CSU	1	11	0
TOTALS		23	234	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Allen	UNM	19	7	12	2	1/		2
Heber	UNM	15	8	7	0	0/		0
Morgan	UTEP	14	7	7	0	1/		0
Hager	Tex	14	7	7	0	0/		2
Austin	UH	13	10	3	0	1/		1
Mathis	AFA	12	10	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Robertson	Utah	12	9	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Miller	USU	12	4	8	0	0/	0	0	2
Earley	SDSU	11	6	5	0	0/	0	0	1
Hock	CSU	11	2	9	0	0/		2	0
Martinez	UNM	11	2	9	0	1/		0
Bonifacio	Utah	10	8	2	0	0/	0	1	0
Lalau	UH	10	5	5	0	0/		0
Bell	UH	10	4	6	0	0/		0
Gadson	Pitt	9	9	0	4	0/	2	0	2
Belcher	UH	9	8	1	1	0/		0
Bernard	SDSU	9	7	2	0	0/	0	1	0
Schenbeck	Wyo	9	6	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Brown	USU	9	6	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Llewellyn	TCU	9	6	3	0	0/		0
Hanser	Wyo	9	5	4	1	0/	0	1	1
Wilson	SDSU	8	7	1	1	0/	0	0	0
Owens	Pitt	8	7	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Hill	Wyo	8	6	2	0	0/	0	3	1
Benson	TCU	8	6	2	0	2/		0
TOTALS		860	496	364	42	44/0	6	66	31

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Newman	TCU	2-2	100.0%	49	3-4	9
VanHorne	Pitt	2-4	50.0%	41	3-3	9
Yarbrough	AFA	2-2	100.0%	32	1-1	7
Castellanos	UTEP	1-2	50.0%	39	3-3	6
Garner	USU	2-4	50.0%	49	0-0	6
Walsh	UNM	1-2	50.0%	29	2-2	5
Clements	Tex	1-2	50.0%	46	2-2	5
Lieber	Utah	1-1	100.0%	47	1-1	4
Ackerson	SDSU	0-0		0	3-3	3
Worker	Wyo	0-2	0.0%	0	3-3	3
Tyler	CSU	0-1	0.0%	0	2-3	2
Valverde	UH	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
TOTALS		12-23	52.2%	49	25-27	61

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Cruse	Utah	8	404	50.5	55
Ross	SDSU	8	399	49.9	53
Adkison	UTEP	8	285	35.6	56
Kilpatrick	Wyo	7	359	51.3	63
Ah Loo	UH	7	259	37.0	47
Albrecht	UNM	6	287	47.8	72
Newman	TCU	5	193	38.6	46
Blasy	AFA	4	182	45.5	48
Waits	Tex	4	166	41.5	49
Rasp	Pitt	4	158	39.5	50
Luke	CSU	4	136	34.0	43
Agular	USU	3	113	37.7	46
Rouen	CSU	3	105	35.0	42
Walsh	UNM	1	41	41.0	41
TEAM	Tex	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		73	3087	42.3	72

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