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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
BYU	109	176	155	128	3	571
OPP	37	78	90	57	0	262

1996 (14-1)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Aug 24		#13 Texas A&M	41 - 37 W
Aug 31	19	Arkansas State	58 - 9 W
Sep 14	14	@ Washington	17 - 29 L
Sep 21		New Mexico	17 - 14 W
Sep 28	24	Southern Methodist	31 - 3 W
Oct 4	21	@ Utah State	45 - 17 W
Oct 12	19	Nevada-Las Vegas	63 - 28 W
Oct 19	18	@ Tulsa	55 - 30 W
Oct 26	15	@ Texas Christian	45 - 21 W
Nov 2	13	UTEP	40 - 18 W
Nov 9	12	Rice	49 - 0 W
Nov 16	10	@ Hawaii	45 - 14 W
Nov 23	8	@ Utah	37 - 17 W
Dec 7	6	vs. #20 Wyoming	28 - 25 W
Jan 1	5	vs. #14 Kansas State	19 - 15 W

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Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	571	262
Points per Game	40.8	18.7
1st Downs	341	245
Rushing 1st Downs	151	100
Passing 1st Downs	177	116
Penalty	13	29
Rushing	2,549	1,744
Rushing Attempts	581	515
Yards Gained Rushing	2,945	2,258
Yards Lost Rushing	396	514
Average per Rush	4.4	3.4
Average per Game	182.1	124.6
TDs Rushing	31	11
Passing	4,143	2,684
Passes Attempted	423	424
Passes Completed	291	222
Intercepted	13	19
Average per Pass	9.8	6.3
Average per Catch	14.2	12.1
Average per Game	295.9	191.7
TDs Passing	36	16
Pass Efficiency	173.01	109.02
Total Offensive Plays	1,004	939
Total Net Yards	6,692	4,428
Average Gain Per Play	6.67	4.72
Average per Game	478.00	316.29
Fumbles - Lost	27 - 13	34 - 17
Penalties - Yards	99 - 993	87 - 677
Interceptions - Yards	19 - 177	13 - 366
Int Return Average	9.32	28.15
Punts - Yards	44 - 1920	76 - 3180
Average Per Punt	43.64	41.84
Punt Returns - Yards	27 - 410	27 - 265
Punt Return Average	15.19	9.81
Kickoff Returns - Yards	32 - 772	39 - 822
Kick Return Average	24.13	21.08
Time of Possession/Game	31:50	28:10
Third Down Conversions	168 of 69	205 of 78
Third Down Percent	243.48%	262.82%
Fourth Down Conversions	23 of 16	24 of 7
Fourth Down Percent	143.75%	342.86%
Sacks	32 - 256	34 - 225

Season Info
Record	14-1
Conference	WAC
Bowl	Cotton Bowl
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Ethan Pochman	0	20	63	0	0	0	123
Ronney Jenkins	14	0	0	0	0	0	84
Brian McKenzie	11	0	0	0	0	0	66
K.O. Kealaluhi	8	0	0	1	0	0	50
Mark Atuaia	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
James Dye	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Chad Lewis	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Kaipo McGuire	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Dustin Johnson	4	0	0	1	0	0	26
Itula Mili	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Ben Cahoon	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Chris Stevens	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Henry Bloomfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tyler Bolli	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Aaron Cupp	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Chris Ellison	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John Moala	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Shay Muirbrook	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Steve Sarkisian	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Paul Shoemaker	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Courtney Smith	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	73	20	67	2	0	1	571

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Steve Sarkisian	278-404-12	4027	10.0	87	33	22	173.56
Paul Shoemaker	7-10-0	73	7.3	18	2	0	197.32
Kevin Feterik	5-8-1	26	3.2	15	1	0	106.05
Christopher Bisgaard	1-1-0	17	17.0	17	0	0	242.80
TOTALS	291-423-13	4143	9.8	87	36	22	173.01

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Brian McKenzie	167	977	27	950	5.7	44	11
Ronney Jenkins	128	768	35	733	5.7	39	11
Mark Atuaia	86	379	14	365	4.2	42	4
Dustin Johnson	45	257	8	249	5.5	19	1
Chris Stevens	38	158	20	138	3.6	12	2
Aaron Cupp	5	40	0	40	8.0	14	0
Paul Shoemaker	6	40	2	38	6.3	18	1
James Dye	4	38	12	26	6.5	25	0
Christopher Bisgaard	6	28	2	26	4.3	12	0
K.O. Kealaluhi	1	21	0	21	21.0	21	0
Ned Stearns	7	19	2	17	2.4	9	0
Kevin Feterik	4	4	2	2	0.5	3	0
TEAM	1	0	5	-5	-5.0	0	0
Chad Lewis	1	0	7	-7	-7.0	0	0
Steve Sarkisian	82	216	260	-44	-0.5	25	1
TOTALS	581	2945	396	2549	4.4	44	31

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
K.O. Kealaluhi	49	901	18.4	69	8
Itula Mili	46	692	15.0	57	3
Kaipo McGuire	42	658	15.7	53	5
Chad Lewis	37	420	11.4	30	5
Dustin Johnson	30	464	15.5	87	3
Mark Atuaia	28	304	10.9	61	2
James Dye	15	182	12.1	38	2
Ronney Jenkins	14	189	13.5	48	3
Ben Cahoon	11	166	15.1	33	2
Brian McKenzie	8	89	11.1	18	0
Ned Stearns	4	17	4.2	15	0
Aaron Cupp	3	24	8.0	14	1
John Moala	1	18	18.0	18	1
RJ Anderson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Brandon Condie	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tyler Bolli	1	4	4.0	4	1
TOTALS	291	4143	14.2	87	36

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ronney Jenkins	15	419	27.9	44	0
James Dye	12	314	26.2	100	1
Ned Stearns	1	23	23.0	23	0
Dennis Simmons	1	3	3.0		0
Derik Stevenson	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	30	759	25.3	100	1

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
James Dye	20	352	17.6	79	2
Ben Cahoon	6	50	8.3	18	0
Cliff Doman	1	8	8.0	8	0
TOTALS	27	410	15.2	79	2

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Omarr Morgan	4	-4	0
Shay Muirbrook	3	71	0
Tim McTyer	3	30	0
Chris Ellison	2	73	1
Eddie Sampson	2	4	0
Ben Cook	2	1	0
Brad Martin	1	0	0
Jason Walker	1	0	0
TOTALS	18	175	1

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Shay Muirbrook	97	60	37	9	8/15	1		6	2
Chris Ellison	93	49	44	0	1/12	3		0	1
Brad Martin	77	41	36	6	9/40	0		1	3
Henry Bloomfield	69	27	42	3	7/16	1		0	25
Jason Walker	68	29	39	0	0/	0		4	0
Spencer Reid	61	29	32	1	5/10	3		4	7
Lane Hale	59	27	32	0	2/2	1		4	0
Eddie Sampson	56	32	24	0	0/	2		6	0
Tim McTyer	55	41	14	0	2/5	1		17	0
Omarr Morgan	54	38	16	0	0/	1		10	0
Byron Frisch	40	20	20	3	6/12	1		0	5
Daren Yancey	36	19	17	4	4/9	1		1	8
Ed Kehl	33	16	17	5	4/	0		1	10
Ben Cook	31	21	10	1	2/	0		2	0
Harland Ah You	28	7	21	0	2/	0		3	5
Dennis Simmons	21	10	11	2	0/	3		0	2
Jeff Ellis	20	11	9	1	0/	1		0	0
Greg White	17	10	7	0	0/0	0		0	0
Issiah Magalei	15	7	8	1	1/	0		0	5
Derik Stevenson	13	9	4	0	1/	1		0	0
Jason Straw	11	8	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Ed Lamb	11	7	4	2	2/	1		0	4
Tyler Nelson	8	5	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Donny Atuaia	8	5	3	0	1/	0		0	0
Derick Bates	7	4	3	0	0/	0		2	0
Ben Peterson	6	5	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Nate Foreman	6	5	1	0	1/3	0		0	0
Desmond Lomax	5	4	1	0	0/0	0		0	1
Nikia McKinney	3	3	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Brandon Condie	3	2	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Aaron Hutchins	3	2	1	0	1/	0		0	2
Ethan Pochman	2	1	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Gabe Giordano	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Alan Boardman	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Shane Magalei	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Mike Shiffler	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Johnny Slavens	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Joe Ambrosius	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Aaron Cupp	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Hyrum Summers	0	0	0	0	1/	0		0	0
TEAM	0	0	0	1	0/0			0	0
TOTALS	1024	560	464	39	60/124	21	0	61	80

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Ethan Pochman	20-28	71.4%	51	63-65	123
Courtney Smith	0-0		0	4-4	4
TEAM	0-0		0	0-1	0
TOTALS	20-28	71.4%	51	67-70	127

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Alan Boardman	44	1920	43.6	65
TOTALS	44	1920	43.6	65

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bryant	A&M	0	3	4	0	0	0	13
Anderson	Tlsa	0	3	3	0	0	0	12
Ware	UNLV	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Shehee	UW	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Saraf	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Johnson	UTEP	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
TOTALS		32	12	26	3	0	1	262

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Denton	UNLV	24-36-1	314	8.7	27	3	7	161.88
Wallwork	Wyo	16-34-3	282	8.3	66	2	1	118.49
Stewart	A&M	20-28-0	232	8.3	57	2	0	164.60
DeGar	Tlsa	11-18-0	207	11.5	64	1	1	176.04
Dover	TCU	12-22-2	199	9.0	53	2		142.35
Fouts	Utah	14-31-1	179	5.8	34	1	3	97.86
Lilja	UTEP	16-31-2	175	5.6	21	1	0	96.77
Fortney	UW	16-24-0	172	7.2	28	1		140.62
Sauk	USU	12-25-1	169	6.8	53	1	0	109.98
Sellers	UNM	19-31-0	157	5.1	43	0	4	103.83
Pettus	ASU	15-32-2	131	4.1	24	0	0	68.76
Flanigan	SMU	9-23-0	127	5.5	39	0	6	85.51
Mullins	USU	11-16-0	105	6.6	29	1	0	144.50
Freitas	UH	10-19-1	78	4.1	14	0	4	76.59
Watkins	ASU	4-8-0	72	9.0	47	1	0	166.85
TOTALS		221-423-19	2697	6.4	66	16	29	109.30

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Shehee	UW	21	141	10	131	6.2	45	2
Bernard	A&M	18	108	0	108	6.0	40	1
Love	UNLV	16	104	2	102	6.4	34	0
Parker	A&M	20	106	5	101	5.0	19	1
Johnson	UTEP	19	89	1	88	4.6	19	0
Fuamatu-Ma'afala	Utah	18	94	7	87	4.8	39	1
Williams	Tlsa	17	87	4	83	4.9	27	1
Dillon	UW	10	82	0	82	8.2	33	0
Mitchell	TCU	13	83	3	80	6.2	28	0
Tinsley	ASU	15	66	1	65	4.3	22	0
Gordon	UNM	14	65	3	62	4.4	17	1
Sellers	UNM	23	85	31	54	2.3	16	0
Perry	Rice	13	67	14	53	4.1	13	0
Wilson	USU	17	59	7	52	3.1	12	0
Womack	SMU	12	55	5	50	4.2	11	0
TOTALS		515	2258	514	1744	3.4	45	11

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Dyson	Utah	7	78	11.1	19	1
Harris	Wyo	6	118	19.7	36	0
Caswell	Tlsa	6	106	17.7	64	0
Johnson	UTEP	6	78	13.0	21	1
Hawkins	A&M	6	77	12.8	23	0
Baker	UNLV	6	74	12.3	22	1
Turner	USU	6	70	11.7	26	1
Gordon	UNM	6	28	4.7	11	0
Jenkins	USU	5	96	19.2	53	0
Washington	TCU	5	52	10.4	18	0
Murphy	ASU	5	49	9.8	14	0
Connell	A&M	5	32	6.4	10	0
Mitchell	TCU	5	30	6.0	24	1
Ware	UNLV	4	76	19.0	27	2
Martin	UNM	4	62	15.5	43	0
TOTALS		221	2651	12.0	66	16

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Klaneski	UH	5	138	27.6	39	0
Johnson	UTEP	3	94	31.3	53	0
Perry	Rice	3	81	27.0	41	0
Jacoby	Tlsa	2	80	40.0	56	0
Brown	USU	3	79	26.3	47	0
Murphy	ASU	2	37	18.5	24	0
Harmon	SMU	1	31	31.0	31	0
Baker	UNLV	1	29	29.0	29	0
Brigham	Wyo	1	29	29.0	29	0
Dyson	Utah	1	24	24.0	24	0
TOTALS		34	754	22.2	56	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Harris	Wyo	5	60	12.0	17	0
Washington	TCU	3	44	14.7	24	0
Braggs	Tlsa	3	36	12.0	35	0
Klaneski	UH	2	35	17.5	18	0
Jennings	A&M	3	14	4.7	9	0
Bandy	USU	1	12	12.0	12	0
Baker	UNLV	1	9	9.0	9	0
Johnson	ASU	2	4	2.0	3	0
Martin	UNM	1	3	3.0	3	0
Perry	Rice	1	3	3.0	3	0
TOTALS		24	219	9.1	35	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Hicks	UTEP	1	112	1
Gonzales	UH	1	79	1
Coady	A&M	1	64	0
Joseph	Tlsa	1	48	1
Austin	UNM	1	21	0
Baker	ASU	1	19	0
Bailie	UTEP	1	12	0
Franklin	Rice	1	11	0
Peoples	ASU	1	0	0
Davis	UNM	1	0	0
TOTALS		12	366	3

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Talich	Wyo	15	8	7	0	2/6		0
Lusk	Utah	15	4	11	0	0/0		0
Gill	USU	14	6	8	0	1/2		0
Hudson	USU	13	7	6	0	1/1		1
Austin	UNM	12	7	5	0	0/0	0	0	0
Harvey	SMU	11	8	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Abudulai	Tlsa	11	7	4	0	0/0		0
Aleaga	UW	11	6	5	0	0.5/0		0
Love	Utah	11	3	8	0	0/0		0
Stanley	Rice	10	8	2	0	0/0	0	0	0
Baker	ASU	10	7	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Alexander	ASU	10	6	4	1	0/0	0	0	0
Little	ASU	10	6	4	0	1/0	0	0	0
Carty	USU	10	3	7	0	1/4		0
Richards	Utah	10	3	7	0	2/3		0
Taft	TCU	10	2	8	0	0/0		0
Riccillo	UTEP	9	8	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
Coffman	UNLV	9	6	3	0	0/0	0	1	0
Nguyen	A&M	9	5	4	0.5	0/0	0	0	2
Irwin	UNM	9	5	4	0	1/0	1	1	0
Jenkins	Wyo	9	5	4	1	2/11		0
Duncan	Wyo	9	5	4	0	0/0		0
Mosley	ASU	9	4	5	0	0/0	0	0	1
Benford	Rice	9	4	5	0	0/0	0	0	0
Godfrey	Utah	9	4	5	0	0/0		0
TOTALS		1037	588	449	30	58/190	13	28	19

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Bryant	A&M	3-3	100.0%	52	4-4	13
Anderson	Tlsa	3-3	100.0%	43	3-3	12
Knorr	USU	1-3	33.3%	31	2-2	5
Wedel	Wyo	1-3	33.3%	20	2-2	5
Di Leo	UNLV	0-0		0	4-4	4
Olsen	UTEP	1-2	50.0%	21	1-1	4
Caldwell	ASU	1-1	100.0%	41	0-1	3
Wales	UW	0-0		0	3-4	3
Hernandez	SMU	1-3	33.3%	38	0-0	3
Reeder	TCU	0-1	0.0%	0	3-3	3
Pulsipher	Utah	1-1	100.0%	38	0-0	3
Oswalt	UH	0-0		0	2-2	2
Cason	UNM	0-1	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Ross	UNM	0-1	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Grimes	Rice	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	0
TOTALS		12-23	52.2%	52	26-28	62

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Phillips	Rice	8	411	51.4	60
Simons	ASU	8	334	41.8	55
Myrick	Tlsa	7	285	40.7	51
Hannum	UH	7	267	38.1	52
Olsen	UTEP	7	256	36.6	51
Morreale	USU	6	270	45.0	61
Bloom	UNM	5	236	47.2	51
Scotti	SMU	5	208	41.6	50
Lechler	A&M	5	186	37.2	46
Langley	Wyo	4	149	37.2	55
Huffman	TCU	3	164	54.7	60
Hunter	Utah	3	117	39.0	44
O'Reilly	UNLV	3	106	35.3	48
Pulsipher	Utah	1	31	31.0	31
TOTALS		72	3020	41.9	61

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