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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	97	140	114	94	445
OPP	62	74	67	82	285

2008 (10-3)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Aug 30	16	Northern Iowa	41 - 17 W
Sep 6	15	@ Washington	28 - 27 W
Sep 13	18	UCLA	59 - 0 W
Sep 20	14	Wyoming	44 - 0 W
Oct 3	8	@ Utah State	34 - 14 W
Oct 11	9	New Mexico	21 - 3 W
Oct 16	9	@ Texas Christian	7 - 32 L
Oct 25	18	Nevada-Las Vegas	42 - 35 W
Nov 1	17	@ Colorado State	45 - 42 W
Nov 8	17	San Diego State	41 - 12 W
Nov 15	16	@ Air Force	38 - 24 W
Nov 22	16	@ #8 Utah	24 - 48 L
Dec 20	17	vs. Arizona	21 - 31 L

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	445	285
Points per Game	34.2	21.9
1st Downs	314	269
Rushing 1st Downs	95	104
Passing 1st Downs	198	138
Penalty	21	27
Rushing	1,747	1,824
Rushing Attempts	424	473
Yards Gained Rushing	1,958	2,128
Yards Lost Rushing	211	304
Average per Rush	4.1	3.9
Average per Game	134.4	140.3
TDs Rushing	21	18
Passing	4,035	2,803
Passes Attempted	493	409
Passes Completed	338	250
Intercepted	14	9
Average per Pass	8.2	6.9
Average per Catch	11.9	11.2
Average per Game	310.4	215.6
TDs Passing	35	17
Pass Efficiency	155.06	128.01
Total Offensive Plays	917	882
Total Net Yards	5,782	4,627
Average Gain Per Play	6.31	5.25
Average per Game	444.77	355.92
Fumbles - Lost	25 - 14	33 - 21
Penalties - Yards	101 - 912	77 - 704
Interceptions - Yards	9 - 31	14 - 188
Int Return Average	3.44	13.43
Punts - Yards	41 - 1712	56 - 2295
Average Per Punt	41.76	40.98
Punt Returns - Yards	21 - 78	15 - 115
Punt Return Average	3.71	7.67
Kickoff Returns - Yards	53 - 1304	48 - 1053
Kick Return Average	24.60	21.94
Time of Possession/Game	30:18	29:41
Third Down Conversions	98 of 176	84 of 182
Third Down Percent	55.68%	46.15%
Fourth Down Conversions	7 of 10	8 of 19
Fourth Down Percent	70.00%	42.11%
Sacks	22 - 177	19 - 108
Average Attendance	64,102	38,796
Neutral Site Average Attendance	40,047

Season Info
Record	10-3
Conference	MWC
Bowl	Las Vegas Bowl
Coach	Bronco Mendenhall

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Harvey Unga	15	0	0	1	0	0	92
Austin Collie	15	0	0	0	0	0	90
Mitch Payne	0	10	54	0	0	0	84
Andrew George	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Dennis Pitta	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Max Hall	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Fui Vakapuna	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Wayne Latu	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Michael Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Scott Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
David Nixon	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Brandon Bradley	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
O'Neill Chambers	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bryan Kariya	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Justin Sorensen	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
TOTALS	59	11	56	1	0	0	445

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Max Hall	330-477-14	3957	8.3	76	35	19	157.21
Brenden Gaskins	7-12-0	73	6.1	36	0	0	109.43
Kurt McEuen	1-3-0	5	1.7	5	0	0	47.33
Austin Collie	1-0-0	0		0	0	0	0
TOTALS	339-492-14	4035	8.2	76	35	19	155.58

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Harvey Unga	240	1153	21	1132	4.7	40	11
Fui Vakapuna	54	291	28	263	4.9	33	3
Max Hall	65	242	127	115	1.8	31	4
Austin Collie	10	77	0	77	7.7	15	0
Bryan Kariya	12	68	1	67	5.6	16	1
Wayne Latu	14	54	3	51	3.6	13	2
JJ DiLuigi	13	52	4	48	3.7	15	0
Bryce Mahuika	3	17	5	12	4.0	11	0
Brandon Bradley	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	0
Brenden Gaskins	1	0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
TEAM	11	0	21	-21	-1.9	0	0
TOTALS	424	1958	211	1747	4.1	40	21

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Austin Collie	106	1538	14.5	76	15
Dennis Pitta	83	1083	13.0	46	6
Michael Reed	49	589	12.0	56	2
Harvey Unga	42	309	7.4	19	4
Andrew George	23	219	9.5	19	6
Fui Vakapuna	10	69	6.9	12	1
Reed White	7	70	10.0	30	0
Bryan Kariya	4	21	5.2	8	0
Luke Ashworth	3	49	16.3	31	0
O'Neill Chambers	3	42	14.0	20	1
Tyler Kozlowski	3	31	10.3	19	0
JJ DiLuigi	2	3	1.5	5	0
Spencer Hafoka	1	5	5.0	5	0
Wayne Latu	1	4	4.0	4	0
Iona Pritchard	1	3	3.0	3	0
TOTALS	338	4035	11.9	76	35

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
O'Neill Chambers	35	809	23.1	51	0
Austin Collie	18	495	27.5	75	0
TOTALS	53	1304	24.6	75	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
O'Neill Chambers	10	59	5.9	15	0
Reed White	8	37	4.6	15	0
Austin Collie	1	2	2.0	2	0
Spencer Hafoka	2	-20	-10.0	1	0
TOTALS	21	78	3.7	15	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
David Nixon	3	21	1
Matt Putnam	1	9	0
Daniel Sorensen	1	2	0
Brandon Howard	1	0	0
Andrew Rich	1	0	0
David Tafuna	1	0	0
Jordan Pendleton	1	-1	0
TOTALS	9	31	1

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Matt Bauman	108	50	58	2	9/25	1		1	1
David Nixon	90	43	47	2	12/46	2		4	5
Kellen Fowler	88	51	37	0	0/0	0	1	2	0
Shawn Doman	60	20	40	0	1/2	1	2	3	1
Scott Johnson	59	28	31	0	2/2	1	2	5	0
David Tafuna	57	29	28	0	0/0	0	0	2	0
Coleby Clawson	55	25	30	4	12/64	3		2	3
Jan Jorgensen	54	22	32	5	8.5/48	2	1	1	11
Matt Ah You	50	19	31	0.5	1/5	0	1	1	0
Brandon Bradley	40	33	7	0	0/0	0	1	3	0
Brett Denney	37	21	16	1.5	8/28	0	3	1	4
Brandon Howard	35	17	18	0	0/0	0	0	2	0
Matt Putnam	27	17	10	2	3/16	1	0	3	2
Andrew Rich	26	13	13	0	0/0	1	1	1	0
Ian Dulan	20	7	13	3	4/32	0	1	0	4
Daniel Sorensen	17	11	6	1	3.5/15	0	0	0	0
Russell Tialavea	17	7	10	0	3/7	0		2	0
Mosese Foketi	15	6	9	0	0.5/1	0	0	0	1
Iona Pritchard	14	5	9	0	1/1	1		0	1
Spencer Hadley	13	7	6	0	0/0	1	2	1	1
Michael Alisa	11	9	2	0	1/1	1	0	0	0
Justin Sorensen	7	5	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Blake Morgan	6	4	2	0	0/0	2	0	0	0
Bryan Kariya	5	5	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Shiloah Te'o	5	4	1	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Vic So'oto	5	3	2	0	0/0	1		0	1
Rick Wolfley	4	1	3	0	1/0	0		0	0
Jordan Pendleton	3	2	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Shane Hunter	3	1	2	0	0/0	0		0	0
Brock Richardson	3	1	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
JJ DiLuigi	3	0	3	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Austin Collie	2	2	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
TEAM	2	2	0	0	2/4	0		0	0
Max Hall	2	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bell	2	2	0	1	1/9	1	0	0	0
Dallas Reynolds	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Chris Muehlmann	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Reden	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Kozlowski	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Pitta	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Taylor	2	0	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Fui Vakapuna	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Kaneakua Friel	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Nick Alletto	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Harvey Unga	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Luke Ashworth	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Travis Bright	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Landon Jaussi	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Terrance Hooks	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Kyle Luekenga	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
David Oswald	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Jadon Wagner	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Reed White							0
O'Neill Chambers							0
Spencer Hafoka							0
Michael Reed							0
Wayne Latu	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	968	486	482	22	73.5/306	19	17	34	35

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Mitch Payne	10-14	71.4%	46	54-56	84
Justin Sorensen	1-3	33.3%	31	2-2	5
TOTALS	11-17	64.7%	46	56-58	89

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
CJ Santiago	41	1712	41.8	62
TOTALS	41	1712	41.8	62

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Locker	UW	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Clausen	UNLV	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Casteel	Utah	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Summers	UNLV	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Morton	CSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Sakoda	Utah	0	2	5	0	0	0	11
Evans	TCU	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Bondzio	UA	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		37	10	33	0	0	0	285

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Tuitama	UA	24-35-0	325	9.3	71	2	1	165.43
Clayton	UNLV	26-40-1	321	8.0	38	1	1	135.66
Johnson	Utah	30-36-0	303	8.4	32	4	1	190.70
Farris	CSU	18-35-0	251	7.2	55	3	2	139.95
Craft	UCLA	23-39-1	230	5.9	29	0	2	103.38
Locker	UW	17-32-0	204	6.4	48	1	4	116.99
Dalton	TCU	12-19-0	170	8.9	25	2	0	173.05
Lindley	SDSU	20-35-1	150	4.3	20	1	0	96.86
Crum	Wyo	15-28-1	119	4.2	29	0	1	82.13
Borel	USU	10-15-1	114	7.6	26	1	3	139.17
Grace	UNI	11-18-0	112	6.2	30	0	1	113.38
Jefferson	AFA	12-20-1	98	4.9	16	0	0	91.16
Gruner	UNM	8-12-0	86	7.2	23	0	0	126.87
Setzer	USU	6-12-0	79	6.6	24	0	2	105.30
Williams	UNI	1-1-0	76	76.0	76	1	0	1068.40
TOTALS		250-409-9	2803	6.9	76	17	21	128.01

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Newell	AFA	21	116	0	116	5.5	33	1
Johnson	CSU	18	102	0	102	5.7	14	1
Moore	Wyo	14	95	0	95	6.8	25	0
Grigsby	UA	20	88	1	87	4.3	27	1
Ferguson	UNM	24	93	7	86	3.6	17	0
Kerley	TCU	9	85	8	77	8.6	24	1
Jefferson	AFA	12	76	1	75	6.2	45	0
Turbin	USU	8	80	6	74	9.2	40	1
Grace	UNI	11	95	23	72	6.5	69	0
Turner	TCU	19	70	1	69	3.6	9	1
Locker	UW	18	98	36	62	3.4	17	2
Halderman	AFA	1	46	0	46	46.0	46	0
Campbell	SDSU	4	41	0	41	10.2	23	0
Johnson	UNLV	5	41	0	41	8.2	10	0
Mack	Utah	9	40	0	40	4.4	8	0
TOTALS		482	2145	316	1829	3.8	69	17

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Wolfe	UNLV	10	136	13.6	38	1
Brown	Utah	8	97	12.1	16	0
Flair	UNLV	8	92	11.5	29	0
Austin	UCLA	8	88	11.0	29	0
Dean	UA	7	88	12.6	37	1
Johnson	UCLA	7	61	8.7	13	0
Brown	SDSU	7	52	7.4	20	0
Morton	CSU	6	129	21.5	55	2
Nelson	USU	6	72	12.0	19	0
Casteel	Utah	6	60	10.0	16	2
Goodwin	UW	5	83	16.6	25	0
Greer	CSU	5	64	12.8	25	1
Brooks	Utah	5	49	9.8	25	0
Turner	UA	4	111	27.8	71	0
Young	TCU	4	78	19.5	25	1
TOTALS		250	2803	11.2	76	17

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Wesley	SDSU	5	98	19.6	30	0
Austin	UCLA	3	95	31.7	38	0
Moore	Wyo	4	94	23.5	31	0
Johnson	UNLV	4	85	21.2	34	0
Polk	UW	4	83	20.8	23	0
Thomas	UA	2	66	33.0	47	0
Myers	CSU	2	65	32.5	39	0
Brown	TCU	2	62	31.0	56	0
Reed	Utah	2	43	21.5	23	0
Gray	UNI	2	42	21.0	24	0
TOTALS		48	1053	21.9	56	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Leonard	Wyo	2	28	14.0	19	0
Rembert	AFA	1	26	26.0	26	0
Wesley	SDSU	1	21	21.0	21	0
Square	CSU	2	17	8.5	14	0
Thomas	UA	2	15	7.5	11	0
Casteel	Utah	1	14	14.0	14	0
Austin	UCLA	1	8	8.0	8	0
Murphy	USU	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gray	UNI	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Mauldin	SDSU	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
TOTALS		15	115	7.7	26	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Sanders	TCU	2	29	0
Dale	Utah	2	9	0
Murphy	USU	1	40	0
Smith	Utah	1	38	0
Kruger	Utah	1	30	0
Hundley	UA	1	18	0
Thomas	CSU	1	16	0
Moore	UCLA	1	5	0
Kirchoff	AFA	1	3	0
Johnson	Utah	1	0	0
TOTALS		14	188	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Carter	UCLA	20	4	16	0	1.5/2	0		0	0
Thomas	AFA	17	11	6	1	2/12	0	1	0	0
Kelley	UA	15	4	11	1	1/5	1		0	0
Verner	UCLA	13	9	4	0	0.5/1	0		1	0
Williams	UW	13	7	6	0	0/0	1		0	0
Hodge	TCU	12	8	4	0	1/1	0		0	0
Beauchamp	UNLV	12	4	8	0	0/0	0		0	0
Boudreaux	SDSU	11	6	5	0	0/0	1		0	0
Williams	SDSU	11	5	6	1	4/11	0	1	0	0
Nelson	UA	11	4	7	0	0/0	0		1	0
Lloyd	UNI	11	4	7	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Phillips	TCU	10	6	4	0	0/0	0		0	0
Hutton	USU	10	6	4	0	1/3	0		0	0
Harris	UW	10	6	4	0	0/0	0		0	0
Harris	UNI	10	6	4	0	0/0	1	1	0	0
Lamendola	AFA	10	5	5	1	1/11	0		0	0
Horinek	CSU	10	5	5	1	1/9	0		1	0
Hall	USU	10	5	5	0	0/0	0		1	0
Thompson	UNI	10	3	7	0	0/0	0		0	1
Mahoney	UNI	10	3	7	0	1.5/3	1		0	0
Galusha	CSU	9	7	2	0	2/3	1		0	0
Wright	Utah	9	6	3	0	1/3	0		0	0
Smith	CSU	9	6	3	1	2/12	0		0	0
Howard	UNLV	9	6	3	0	0.5/1	0		2	0
Foster	UW	9	5	4	0	0.5/1	0		1	0
TOTALS		1027	467	560	19	46.5/174	16	13	62	13

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Sakoda	Utah	2-2	100.0%	37	6-6	12
Evans	TCU	2-2	100.0%	31	2-4	8
Bondzio	UA	1-1	100.0%	31	4-4	7
Harrison	AFA	1-2	50.0%	34	3-3	6
Yoshida	SDSU	2-2	100.0%	49	0-1	6
Smith	CSU	0-0		0	6-6	6
Watson	UNLV	0-0		0	5-5	5
Hallgren	UNI	1-1	100.0%	25	2-2	5
Aho	UNM	1-1	100.0%	27	0-0	3
Perkins	UW	0-0		0	3-4	3
Caldwell	USU	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
Forbath	UCLA	0-2	0.0%	0	0-0	0
TOTALS		10-14	71.4%	49	33-37	63

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
McCoy	Wyo	9	384	42.7	58
Black	UNI	7	302	43.1	51
Ballman	UW	5	239	47.8	64
Perez	UCLA	4	196	49.0	61
Caldwell	USU	4	182	45.5	52
Sakoda	Utah	4	177	44.2	51
Hartz	CSU	4	156	39.0	47
Stahovich	SDSU	4	143	35.8	41
Harrison	AFA	4	126	31.5	41
Miller	UNM	3	140	46.7	53
Kelton	TCU	2	88	44.0	44
Crier	UA	2	83	41.5	42
Ishii	UNLV	1	28	28.0	28
TEAM	UNM	1	27	27.0	27
Bondzio	UA	1	14	14.0	42
TOTALS		56	2295	41.0	64