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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
BYU	72	71	49	52	6	250
OPP	60	78	65	48	3	254

1997 (6-5)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 6	19	#4 Washington	20 - 42 L
Sep 20		@ #14 Arizona State	13 - 10 W
Sep 27	23	@ Southern Methodist	19 - 16 W
Oct 3	24	Utah State	42 - 35 W
Oct 11	21	@ Rice	14 - 27 L
Oct 18		Hawaii	17 - 3 W
Oct 25		Texas Christian	31 - 10 W
Nov 1		@ UTEP	3 - 14 L
Nov 8		Tulsa	49 - 39 W
Nov 15		@ New Mexico	28 - 38 L
Nov 22		Utah	14 - 20 L

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	250	254
Points per Game	22.7	23.1
1st Downs	192	181
Rushing 1st Downs	81	82
Passing 1st Downs	100	89
Penalty	11	10
Rushing	1,192	1,808
Rushing Attempts	389	470
Yards Gained Rushing	1,606	2,099
Yards Lost Rushing	414	291
Average per Rush	3.1	3.8
Average per Game	108.4	164.4
TDs Rushing	16	15
Passing	2,500	2,130
Passes Attempted	325	272
Passes Completed	184	138
Intercepted	11	4
Average per Pass	7.7	7.8
Average per Catch	13.6	15.4
Average per Game	227.3	193.6
TDs Passing	15	14
Pass Efficiency	129.69	130.56
Total Offensive Plays	714	742
Total Net Yards	3,692	3,938
Average Gain Per Play	5.17	5.31
Average per Game	335.64	358.00
Fumbles - Lost	27 - 10	20 - 7
Penalties - Yards	68 - 544	88 - 642
Interceptions - Yards	4 - 0	11 - 78
Int Return Average	0.00	7.09
Punts - Yards	69 - 2729	72 - 3075
Average Per Punt	39.55	42.71
Punt Returns - Yards	35 - 296	36 - 218
Punt Return Average	8.46	6.06
Kickoff Returns - Yards	44 - 918	38 - 817
Kick Return Average	20.86	21.50
Time of Possession/Game	29:36	31:19
Third Down Conversions	55 of 150	47 of 156
Third Down Percent	36.67%	30.13%
Fourth Down Conversions	12 of 20	21 of 36
Fourth Down Percent	60.00%	58.33%
Sacks	22 - 146	38 - 288

Season Info
Record	6-5
Conference	WAC
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Brian McKenzie	12	0	0	0	0	0	72
Owen Pochman	0	9	29	0	0	0	56
Ben Cahoon	4	0	0	1	0	0	26
Aaron Roderick	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Aaron Cupp	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jaron Dabney	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Margin Hooks	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Will Snowden	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
RJ Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kevin Feterik	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dustin Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Paul Shoemaker	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	32	9	29	1	0	0	250

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Kevin Feterik	125-208-5	1767	8.5	70	11	23	144.10
Drew Miller	37-67-4	430	6.4	55	3	8	111.97
Paul Shoemaker	22-50-2	303	6.1	65	1	4	93.50
TOTALS	184-325-11	2500	7.7	70	15	35	129.69

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Brian McKenzie	218	1044	40	1004	4.6	62	12
Will Snowden	36	130	8	122	3.4	16	1
Jaron Dabney	19	128	11	117	6.2	18	1
Dustin Johnson	18	113	6	107	5.9	36	0
Aaron Cupp	7	28	1	27	3.9	9	0
Ben Cahoon	1	18	0	18	18.0	18	0
Kalani Sitake	8	18	6	12	1.5	6	0
Margin Hooks	1	9	0	9	9.0	9	0
Donny Atuaia	1	8	0	8	8.0	8	0
Chris Stevens	1	6	0	6	6.0	6	0
Aaron Roderick	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	0
Paul Shoemaker	15	40	41	-1	-0.1	18	1
Tyrone Brown	1	0	2	-2	-2.0	0	0
Shane Barlow	1	0	3	-3	-3.0	0	0
TEAM	1	0	8	-8	-8.0	0	0
Drew Miller	10	2	73	-71	-7.1	2	0
Kevin Feterik	50	59	215	-156	-3.1	16	1
TOTALS	389	1606	414	1192	3.1	62	16

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ben Cahoon	57	931	16.3	47	4
Dustin Johnson	33	394	11.9	65	1
Aaron Cupp	20	251	12.6	60	2
Margin Hooks	19	324	17.1	44	2
Brian McKenzie	15	123	8.2	21	0
Aaron Roderick	14	250	17.9	70	4
Will Snowden	11	70	6.4	20	1
Kalani Sitake	4	47	11.8	30	0
John Moala	3	38	12.7	17	0
RJ Anderson	3	33	11.0	12	1
Jaron Dabney	3	19	6.3	11	0
Omarr Morgan	1	11	11.0	11	0
Cliff Doman	1	9	9.0	9	0
TOTALS	184	2500	13.6	70	15

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jaron Dabney	26	638	24.5	70	0
Ben Horton	7	163	23.3	44	0
Margin Hooks	4	63	15.8	25	0
Omarr Morgan	2	35	17.5	31	0
Chris Stevens	2	7	3.5		0
Aaron Roderick	1	4	4.0	4	0
TOTALS	42	910	21.7	70	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jaron Dabney	27	272	10.1	83	1
Aaron Roderick	7	18	2.6	17	0
Ben Cahoon	1	5	5.0	5	0
Tony Fields	0	1		1	0
TOTALS	35	296	8.5	83	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Ben Cook	2	0	0
Tyler Nelson	2	0	0
TOTALS	4	0	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Rob Morris	98	53	45	1	9/	0		1	6
Spencer Reid	75	33	42	4	8/	3		3	9
Brad Martin	72	31	41	2	2/	1		2	4
Jason Walker	59	40	19	0	1/1	0	0	4	0
Issiah Magalei	45	23	22	2	9/	1		2	6
Byron Frisch	45	22	23	7	7/	3		0	13
Ben Cook	40	27	13	0	3/	0		9	0
Ed Kehl	40	17	23	2	2/	0		4	6
Daren Yancey	36	17	19	1	11/	0		0	5
Tyler Nelson	34	17	17	0	0/	0		5	1
Omarr Morgan	31	20	11	0	1/	1		8	0
Derik Stevenson	23	15	8	0	1/	0		1	1
Derick Bates	20	10	10	0	0/	1		0	0
Jack Williams	14	10	4	0	0/	0		4	0
Jeff Ellis	13	10	3	0	0/	1		0	0
Josh Lowe	13	7	6	0	1/	0		1	0
Phil Giordano	12	7	5	0	0/	0		0	0
Andrew Nash	11	3	8	2	1/	0		1	1
Tevita Liava'a	9	5	4	0	0/	0		0	0
Roderick Foreman	7	7	0	1	0/	0		1	1
Carlos Nuño	5	3	2	0	1/	0		0	1
Terrence Harvey	5	2	3	0	0/	0		1	0
Tony Fields	4	3	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Tevita Ofahengaue	4	1	3	0	0/	0		0	0
Brandon Condie	3	3	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Chris Hoke	3	2	1	0	5/	0		0	0
Kevon Morton	3	2	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Dustin Johnson	3	2	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Hans Olsen	3	1	2	0	0/	0		0	0
Gabe Giordano	2	2	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Donny Atuaia	2	1	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Mike Shiffler	2	1	1	0	0/	0		0	0
J.D. Hartsfield	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Margin Hooks	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Desmond Lomax	1	1	0	0	0/	0		0	0
Owen Pochman	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Ben Horton	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0
Joe Ambrosius	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0
John Moala	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0
Doug Henstrom	1	0	1	0	0/	0		0	0
Shane Barlow	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
TOTALS	745	404	341	22	62/1	11	0	47	54

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Owen Pochman	9-15	60.0%	47	29-30	56
TOTALS	9-15	60.0%	47	29-30	56

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
J.D. Hartsfield	65	2685	41.3	65
TEAM	3	23	7.7	23
Jesse Sowards	1	21	21.0	21
TOTALS	69	2729	39.6	65

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Arceneaux	Utah	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Brown	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Shaw	UW	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Shehee	UW	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Coleman	UW	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wood	Rice	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Higgins	Tlsa	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Thomas	UNM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Rios	SMU	0	3	1	0	0	0	10
Bohn	USU	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Cason	UNM	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
Truhe	Utah	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Anderson	Tlsa	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
Grimes	Rice	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		30	14	26	0	0	3	254

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Sauk	USU	14-31-0	297	9.6	75	3	1	157.57
Fitzgerald	Tlsa	15-28-1	291	10.4	65	3	0	169.09
Huard	UW	18-23-0	285	12.4	46	3	1	225.39
Arceneaux	Utah	13-21-2	208	9.9	31	0	1	126.06
Leigh	UNM	13-23-0	171	7.4	24	3	0	162.02
Canine	TCU	15-32-0	166	5.2	23	1	3	100.76
Kealy	ASU	12-29-0	153	5.3	36	0	4	85.70
Nelson	Rice	2-3-0	109	36.3	76	0	3	371.87
Skinner	UH	10-24-1	97	4.0	16	0	4	67.28
Sanders	SMU	8-15-0	94	6.3	22	1	0	127.97
Benza	USU	2-9-0	60	6.7	44	0	0	78.22
Rayborn	UTEP	5-6-0	57	9.5	25	0	0	163.13
Perez	UTEP	3-8-0	56	7.0	30	0	1	96.30
Young	USU	1-1-0	23	23.0	23	0	0	293.20
Johnson	UTEP	1-1-0	23	23.0	23	0	0	293.20
TOTALS		138-272-4	2130	7.8	76	14	19	130.56

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Shehee	UW	12	172	1	171	14.2	75	1
Wood	Rice	27	167	0	167	6.2	30	2
Perry	Rice	22	135	3	132	6.0	45	1
Leigh	UNM	16	113	11	102	6.4	35	1
Mitchell	TCU	17	90	6	84	4.9	20	0
Womack	SMU	32	89	9	80	2.5	13	0
Brown	USU	17	80	3	77	4.5	19	1
Higgins	Tlsa	20	69	2	67	3.4	14	2
Redmond	ASU	13	70	4	66	5.1	16	0
Arceneaux	Utah	19	74	11	63	3.3	11	2
Fuamatu-Ma'afala	Utah	17	61	1	60	3.5	9	0
Isham	Tlsa	4	57	0	57	14.2	26	0
Tharp	UH	19	61	8	53	2.8	11	0
Nelson	Rice	22	83	31	52	2.4	19	0
Johnson	Utah	14	54	3	51	3.6	13	0
TOTALS		470	2099	291	1808	3.8	75	14

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Dyson	Utah	9	143	15.9	31	0
Jenkins	USU	8	194	24.2	75	1
Pathon	UW	7	163	23.3	46	0
Savage	Tlsa	6	151	25.2	65	1
Coleman	UW	5	65	13.0	27	2
Volz	UNM	5	64	12.8	23	0
Bates	ASU	5	50	10.0	13	0
Jackson	ASU	4	64	16.0	36	0
Crawford	TCU	4	63	15.8	21	0
Lippe	Tlsa	4	59	14.8	22	1
Moore	TCU	4	36	9.0	15	1
Brown	USU	3	91	30.3	50	1
Brister	Tlsa	3	77	25.7	59	1
Carpenter	UTEP	3	47	15.7	25	0
Thomas	UNM	3	45	15.0	23	2
TOTALS		138	2130	15.4	76	14

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Smith	USU	7	154	22.0	43	0
Hunt	TCU	3	91	30.3	46	0
Redmond	ASU	4	90	22.5	28	0
Perry	Rice	4	85	21.2	29	0
Oliver	UNM	3	82	27.3	32	0
Jacoby	Tlsa	2	59	29.5	39	0
Dyson	Utah	2	56	28.0	38	0
Kane	UH	2	54	27.0	37	0
Phillips	SMU	2	53	26.5	35	0
Mitchell	TCU	2	38	19.0	20	0
TOTALS		38	817	21.5	46	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Pathon	UW	3	72	24.0	40	0
Redmond	ASU	2	26	13.0	19	0
Braggs	Tlsa	3	25	8.3	14	0
Smith	UNM	4	25	6.2	23	0
Sanchez	UTEP	5	23	4.6	7	0
Carty	USU	1	18	18.0	18	0
Klaneski	UH	2	13	6.5	11	0
McCalla	Rice	4	9	2.2	7	0
Huffman	TCU	4	8	2.0	6	0
Jarzynka	UW	4	6	1.5	3	0
TOTALS		36	220	6.1	40	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Garmon	USU	2	0	0
Henderson	UTEP	1	43	1
Hicks	UTEP	1	25	0
Chapman	UH	1	4	0
Rhinehart	SMU	1	3	0
Kirry	UTEP	1	3	0
Johnson	SMU	1	0	0
Brabham	Rice	1	0	0
Williams	UH	1	0	0
Glover	Utah	1	0	0
TOTALS		11	78	1

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Bordano	SMU	18	13	5	0	0/0	0		0
Austin	UNM	14	13	1	0	1/1			0
Taft	TCU	12	9	3	0	1/1	0		0	0
Young	Tlsa	12	9	3	0	2/6	0		0	0
Tillman	ASU	12	5	7	1	2/12	0		1
Klaneski	UH	11	8	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Reynolds	ASU	11	2	9	2	2/16	0		1
Richardson	ASU	10	5	5	0	0.5/1	1		0
Staat	ASU	10	2	8	0.5	0.5/4	0		1
Levingston	USU	9	8	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Parrish	UW	9	5	4	0	0/0	0		0	0
Hart	SMU	9	5	4	0	0/0	0		0
Evans	SMU	9	5	4	0	0/0	0		0
Shinnick	UH	9	5	4	0	0/0	0		1	0
Rhinehart	SMU	9	4	5	0	0/0	0		0
Staten	TCU	9	2	7	0	0/0	0		0	0
O'Boyle	Tlsa	8	8	0	1	1/1	0		0	0
Sofonia	USU	8	7	1	1	0/0	0		0	0
Frank	Utah	8	7	1	1.5	1/1	0		0	0
Love	Utah	8	6	2	0	0/0	0		0	0
Urlacher	UNM	8	4	4	2	4/12	0	0	0	0
Freedman	ASU	8	2	6	0	0/0	0		0
Carty	USU	7	7	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Garmon	USU	7	7	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
D'Amato	USU	7	7	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
TOTALS		714	467	247	36	73.5/152	7	0	30	14

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Rios	SMU	3-3	100.0%	28	1-1	10
Bohn	USU	2-2	100.0%	25	3-3	9
Cason	UNM	1-1	100.0%	20	5-5	8
Truhe	Utah	2-4	50.0%	32	2-2	8
Grimes	Rice	2-3	66.7%	30	1-3	7
Anderson	Tlsa	1-1	100.0%	45	4-4	7
Jones	UW	0-2	0.0%	0	6-6	6
Nycz	ASU	1-1	100.0%	44	1-1	4
Reeder	TCU	1-1	100.0%	20	1-1	4
Hannum	UH	1-2	50.0%	46	0-0	3
Finley	UTEP	0-3	0.0%	0	2-2	2
TOTALS		14-23	60.9%	46	26-28	68

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Shrout	UH	9	434	48.2	64
Williams	ASU	9	389	43.2	54
Scotti	SMU	8	347	43.4	67
Finley	UTEP	8	313	39.1	52
Bloom	UNM	7	318	45.4	60
Huffman	TCU	7	281	40.1	48
Fitzgerald	Tlsa	7	233	33.3	37
Arguello	USU	6	283	47.2	59
Grimes	Rice	4	171	42.8	53
O'Laughlin	UW	4	160	40.0	47
Hunter	Utah	2	111	55.5	58
Reesor	USU	1	35	35.0	35
TOTALS		72	3075	42.7	67