BYU vs. Wyoming Football Game, 1978 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Wyoming	7	7	0	0	14
BYU	10	10	7	21	48

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Jim McMahon 13 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	7	0
	TD	LaTrail Jones 1 yard run (Dan Christopulos kick)	7	7
	FG	Brent Johnson 44 yard field goal	10	7
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	LaTrail Jones 20 yard run (Dan Christopulos kick)	10	14
	TD	Bill Ring 2 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	17	14
	FG	Brent Johnson 38 yard field goal	20	14
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Tod Thompson 7 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Brent Johnson kick)	27	14
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Jim McMahon 1 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	34	14
	TD	Tod Thompson 16 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Brent Johnson kick)	41	14
	TD	Marc Wilson 13 yard run (Brent Johnson kick)	48	14

Team Stats
	BYU	Wyo
1st Downs	29	11
Rushing 1st Downs	10	7
Passing 1st Downs	19	3
Penalty	0	1
Rushing	191	139
Rushing Attempts	44	50
Yards Gained Rushing	203	169
Yards Lost Rushing	12	30
TDs Rushing	4	2
Passing	368	96
Passes Attempted	40	17
Passes Completed	28	5
Intercepted	1	4
TDs Passing	2	0
Pass Efficiency	158.78	29.79
Total Offensive Plays	84	67
Total Net Yards	559	235
Average Gain Per Play	6.65	3.51
Fumbles - Lost	4 - 2	3 - 3
Penalties - Yards	13 - 148	9 - 93
Interceptions - Yards	4 - 25	1 - 36
Punts - Yards	5 - 221	9 - 360
Average Per Punt	44.20	40.00
Punt Returns - Yards	8 - 88	3 - 34
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 75	6 - 100

Game Info
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, Utah
Date	Nov 4, 1978
Time	1:35 pm
Attendance	30,415
Temperature	60°F
Weather	Clear
Conference	BYU: WAC Wyo: WAC
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards Wyo: Bill Lewis
Season Record	BYU: 9-4 Wyo: 5-7

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Brent Johnson	0	2	6	0	0	0	12
Jim McMahon	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Tod Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Bill Ring	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Marc Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	6	2	6	0	0	0	48

Wyoming Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
LaTrail Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dan Christopulos	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS	2	0	2	0	0	0	14

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Jim McMahon	24-36-1	317	8.8	71	1	144.24
Marc Wilson	3-3-0	44	14.7	17	1	333.20
Scott Phillips	1-1-0	7	7.0	7	0	158.80
TOTALS	28-40-1	368	9.2	71	2	158.78

Wyoming Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Marc Cousins	4-12-2	80	6.7	43	0	56.00
Phil Davis	1-5-2	16	3.2	16	0	-33.12
TOTALS	5-17-4	96	5.6	43	0	29.79

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Bill Ring	15	78	0	78	5.2	12	1
Jim McMahon	13	54	5	49	3.8	10	2
Casey Wingard	3	19	0	19	6.3	8	0
Clay Blackwell	2	19	0	19	9.5	16	0
Marc Wilson	3	16	0	16	5.3	13	1
Kyle Whittingham	4	8	0	8	2.0	4	0
Scott Phillips	3	9	7	2	0.7	7	0
Doug Williams	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	44	203	12	191	4.3	16	4

Wyoming Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
LaTrail Jones	17	72	0	72	4.2	20	2
LaFran Simmons	14	37	0	37	2.6	5	0
Marc Cousins	18	38	22	16	0.9	6	0
Phil Davis	3	12	2	10	3.3	9	0
Craig Johnson	3	10	6	4	1.3	7	0
Adonis Jones	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	56	169	30	139	2.5	20	2

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Chronister	8	115	14.4	27	0
Bill Ring	6	44	7.3	11	0
Clay Brown	4	92	23.0	71	0
Tod Thompson	4	40	10.0	16	2
Bill Davis	2	30	15.0	18	0
Scott Phillips	2	29	14.5	17	0
Doug Williams	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jim McMahon	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	28	368	13.1	71	2

Wyoming Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ken Lett	2	24	12.0	14	0
John Arnold	1	43	43.0	43	0
Reggie Fowler	1	16	16.0	16	0
Dan Pittman	1	13	13.0	13	0
TOTALS	5	96	19.2	43	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Jason Coloma	1	13	0
Tim Halverson	1	12	0
Ron Velasco	1	11	0
Marc Swenson	1	0	0
TOTALS	4	36	0

Wyoming Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Mike Dennis	1	25	0
TOTALS	1	25	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Rod Wood	17	8	9	0	0/	0	0	0
John Kormylo	13	6	7	0	2/	1	0	0
Mat Mendenhall	9	5	4	0	3/	0	0	1
Tom Enlow	8	5	3	1	0/	0	0	0
Ross Varner	6	2	4	0	1/	2	0	2
Larry Miller	6	1	5	0	0/	0	0	0
Rob Buchanan	4	2	2	0	0/	0	0	1
Marc Swenson	4	2	2	0	1/	0	0	0
Doug Stromberg	4	2	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Ron Velasco	4	1	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Rob Wilson	3	1	2	0	0/	0	1	0
Ed St. Pierre	3	1	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Dave McKee	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Jeff Harris	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Dennis Webb	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Jason Coloma	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
James Jaramillo	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Dave Francis	0	0	0	0	0/	0	1	0
TOTALS	86	38	48	1	7/0	3	2	4

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Clay Blackwell	2	75	37.5	0
TOTALS	2	75	37.5	0

Wyoming Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dan Pittman	3	66	22.0	0
Rickey Bussey	3	44	14.7	0
TOTALS	6	110	18.3	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Francis	6	56	9.3	0
Jason Coloma	2	32	16.0	0
TOTALS	8	88	11.0	0

Wyoming Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Saunders Montague	3	34	11.3	0
TOTALS	3	34	11.3	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Brent Johnson	2-4	50.0%	44	6-6	12
TOTALS	2-4	50.0%	44	6-6	12

Wyoming Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Dan Christopulos	0-0	0	2-2	2
TOTALS	0-0	0	2-2	2

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Clay Brown	5	221	44.2	55
TOTALS	5	221	44.2	55

Wyoming Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Don Clayton	9	360	40.0	52
TOTALS	9	360	40.0	52

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