2021 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	114	148	70	98	430
OPP	50	130	84	58	322

2021 (10-3)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 4		vs. Arizona	24 - 16 W
Sep 11		#21 Utah	26 - 17 W
Sep 18	23	#19 Arizona State	27 - 17 W
Sep 25	15	South Florida	35 - 27 W
Oct 1	13	@ Utah State	34 - 20 W
Oct 9	10	Boise State	17 - 26 L
Oct 16	19	@ Baylor	24 - 38 L
Oct 23		@ Washington State	21 - 19 W
Oct 30	25	Virginia	66 - 49 W
Nov 6	17	Idaho State	59 - 14 W
Nov 20	14	@ Georgia Southern	34 - 17 W
Nov 27	13	@ USC	35 - 31 W
Dec 18	12	vs. Alabama-Birmingham	28 - 31 L

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	430	322
Points per Game	33.1	24.8
1st Downs	301	284
Rushing 1st Downs	141	122
Passing 1st Downs	142	145
Penalty	18	17
Rushing	2,445	2,040
Rushing Attempts	480	470
Yards Gained Rushing	2,725	2,292
Yards Lost Rushing	280	252
Average per Rush	5.1	4.3
Average per Game	188.1	156.9
TDs Rushing	30	24
Passing	3,433	3,015
Passes Attempted	390	411
Passes Completed	254	269
Intercepted	5	15
Average per Pass	8.8	7.3
Average per Catch	13.5	11.2
Average per Game	264.1	231.9
TDs Passing	26	14
Pass Efficiency	158.51	131.01
Total Offensive Plays	870	881
Total Net Yards	5,878	5,055
Average Gain Per Play	6.76	5.74
Average per Game	452.15	388.85
Fumbles - Lost	21 - 8	17 - 5
Penalties - Yards	66 - 539	68 - 525
Interceptions - Yards	15 - 82	5 - 60
Int Return Average	5.47	12.00
Punts - Yards	40 - 1943	51 - 2218
Average Per Punt	48.58	43.49
Punt Returns - Yards	26 - 252	15 - 98
Punt Return Average	9.69	6.53
Kickoff Returns - Yards	17 - 298	30 - 665
Kick Return Average	17.53	22.17
Time of Possession/Game	03:46	05:27
Third Down Conversions	72 of 158	77 of 179
Third Down Percent	45.57%	43.02%
Fourth Down Conversions	16 of 24	17 of 26
Fourth Down Percent	66.67%	65.38%
Sacks	20 - 138	16 - 118
Average Attendance	61,647	34,517
Neutral Site Average Attendance	40,409

Season Info
Record	10-3
Conference	Independent
AP Rank	19
Bowl	Independence Bowl
Coach	Kalani Sitake

Articles
Video: Independence Bowl: UAB Blazers vs. BYU Cougars \| Full Game Highlights
Video: BYU Cougars at USC Trojans \| Full Game Highlights
Video: BYU vs Georgia Southern \| Highlights \| November 20, 2021
Video: BYU Football \| BYU vs Idaho State \| Highlights \| November 6, 2021
Video: BYU vs Virginia \| October 30, 2021
Video: BYU vs Washington State \| Highlights \| October 23, 2021
Video: BYU Cougars at Baylor Bears \| Full Game Highlights
Video: Boise State Broncos at BYU Cougars \| Full Game Highlights
Video: BYU vs Utah State \| October 1, 2021
Video: Arizona State Sun Devils at BYU Cougars \| Full Game Highlights
Video: Utah Utes at BYU Cougars \| Full Game Highlights
Video: BYU vs Arizona \| September 4, 2021

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Tyler Allgeier	23	0	0	0	0	0	138
Jake Oldroyd	0	9	42	0	0	0	69
Neil Pau'u	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Puka Nacua	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Samson Nacua	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Lopini Katoa	3	0	0	1	0	0	20
Gunner Romney	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Jaren Hall	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Keanu Hill	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Isaac Rex	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Justen Smith	0	2	11	0	0	0	17
Dallin Holker	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Masen Wake	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jackson McChesney	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	57	11	53	1	0	0	430

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Jaren Hall	189-296-5	2583	8.7	67	20	13	156.07
Baylor Romney	56-80-0	779	9.7	55	6	3	176.55
Jacob Conover	5-10-0	45	4.5	16	0	0	87.80
Neil Pau'u	3-3-0	26	8.7	13	0	0	172.80
TOTALS	253-389-5	3433	8.8	67	26	16	158.66

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Tyler Allgeier	276	1651	50	1601	5.8	67	23
Jaren Hall	62	420	113	307	5.0	53	3
Lopini Katoa	61	260	18	242	4.0	25	2
Puka Nacua	14	148	0	148	10.6	28	0
Jackson McChesney	14	64	0	64	4.6	11	1
Neil Pau'u	5	46	0	46	9.2	20	0
Samson Nacua	7	29	0	29	4.1	10	1
Hinkley Ropati	4	17	2	15	3.8	11	0
Dallin Holker	1	22	7	15	15.0	22	0
Chris Jackson	3	14	2	12	4.0	10	0
Masen Wake	3	8	0	8	2.7	7	0
Gunner Romney	2	9	7	2	1.0	9	0
Baylor Romney	10	37	41	-4	-0.4	13	0
Miles Davis	1	0	7	-7	-7.0	0	0
TEAM	17	0	33	-33	-1.9	0	0
TOTALS	480	2725	280	2445	5.1	67	30

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Neil Pau'u	46	526	11.4	67	6
Puka Nacua	43	805	18.7	55	6
Gunner Romney	34	594	17.5	59	3
Tyler Allgeier	28	199	7.1	46	0
Samson Nacua	21	329	15.7	52	3
Keanu Hill	18	343	19.1	44	2
Isaac Rex	18	191	10.6	20	3
Dallin Holker	14	200	14.3	31	1
Masen Wake	14	148	10.6	36	1
Lopini Katoa	9	28	3.1	9	1
Chris Jackson	4	39	9.8	15	0
Jaren Hall	2	13	6.5	9	0
Baylor Romney	1	13	13.0	13	0
Carter Wheat	1	5	5.0	5	0
TOTALS	253	3433	13.6	67	26

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Lopini Katoa	4	80	20.0	22	0
Miles Davis	4	78	19.5	25	0
Caleb Christensen	4	70	17.5	21	0
Javelle Brown	2	39	19.5	21	0
Jacob Boren	2	15	7.5	14	0
Hobbs Nyberg	1	14	14.0	14	0
Jackson Kaufusi	0	2		2	0
TOTALS	17	298	17.5	25	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Hobbs Nyberg	23	221	9.6	42	0
Keanu Hill	1	10	10.0	10	1
Talmage Gunther	2	7	3.5	5	0
TOTALS	26	238	9.2	42	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Malik Moore	3	23	0
Jakob Robinson	3	7	0
Payton Wilgar	2	24	0
Hayden Livingston	2	8	0
Pepe Tanuvasa	1	16	0
Chaz Ah You	1	4	0
Max Tooley	1	0	0
Drew Jensen	1	0	0
Matthew Criddle	1	0	0
TOTALS	15	82	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Ben Bywater	102	57	45	1	8/15	0	0	0	1
Max Tooley	68	37	31	1	5.5/20	0	0	3	0
Payton Wilgar	57	29	28	1.5	7/21	1	0	4	0
Tyler Batty	43	23	20	3.5	7/42	1	0	0	2
Pepe Tanuvasa	42	23	19	3	7/35	0	0	0	3
Chaz Ah You	39	18	21	0	0.5/1	1	0	2	1
D'Angelo Mandell	36	25	11	0	1/1	0	0	4	0
Ammon Hannemann	34	25	9	0	0/0	0	0	1	1
Malik Moore	32	20	12	0	0/0	0	0	3	0
Morgan Pyper	32	15	17	0	0.5/2	0	0	0	0
Drew Jensen	32	12	20	0	0.5/0	0	0	1	0
Keenan Pili	31	14	17	1.5	3.5/16	0	0	0	1
Caden Haws	31	11	20	1.5	3/2	1	0	2	1
Jakob Robinson	29	24	5	0	0/0	0	0	4	0
Kaleb Hayes	26	21	5	0	0/0	0	0	11	0
Uriah Leiataua	26	16	10	2.5	5/26	1	1	0	1
Atunaisa Mahe	26	12	14	1.5	5/24	0	0	0	1
Earl Tuioti-Mariner	25	6	19	1	2/13	0	0	0	1
Gabe Summers	24	12	12	0	1/5	0	0	0	3
Jacob Boren	20	13	7	0	0/0	1	0	2	0
Jackson Kaufusi	15	8	7	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Hayden Livingston	13	10	3	0	0/0	0	1	2	0
Isaiah Herron	13	9	4	0	0/0	0	1	3	0
Matthew Criddle	13	8	5	0	0/0	0	0	1	0
John Nelson	12	6	6	0.5	1.5/3	0	0	1	0
Fisher Jackson	9	5	4	0.5	1/3	0	0	2	0
Alden Tofa	7	2	5	1	1/6	0	0	0	0
Blake Mangelson	5	3	2	0	2/3	0	0	0	1
George Udo	5	3	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Fauatea	4	2	2	0	0/0	1	1	0	0
Shamon Willis	4	2	2	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Chris Jackson	3	3	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Javelle Brown	3	2	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Talmage Gunther	2	2	0	0	0/0	1	0	0	0
Josh Wilson	2	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	1	0
Mitchell Price	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Jared Kapisi	2	1	1	0	0.5/1	0		0	0
Alema Pilimai	2	1	1	0	0.5/0	0		0	0
Tyler Allgeier	1	1	0	0	0/0	1	0	0	0
Keanu Hill	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Jaques Wilson	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Jacob Bosco	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Josh Larsen	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	1
Hunter Greer	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Ethan Slade	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Justen Smith	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Nick Nethercott	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Caleb Christensen	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Jason Money	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Kade Pupunu	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Austin Riggs	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Jacob Palu	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Hobbs Nyberg							0
TEAM							0
Jaren Hall	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	1	0	0
Baylor Romney	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	885	489	396	20	63/239	9	5	47	18

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Jake Oldroyd	9-13	69.2%	49	42-43	69
Justen Smith	2-3	66.7%	40	11-11	17
TOTALS	11-16	68.8%	49	53-54	86

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Ryan Rehkow	40	1943	48.6	83
TOTALS	40	1943	48.6	83

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Borghi	WSU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Smith	BU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Dalmas	BSU	0	4	2	0	0	0	14
Mangham	USF	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Doyle	BU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Armstrong	UVA	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wright	GS	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Prince	UAB	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Lewis	USC	0	3	2	0	0	0	11
Shrader	USF	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Casteel	UA	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Hankins	BU	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
Coles	USU	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Quinn	UAB	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
Farrell	UVA	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		38	18	34	2	0	1	322

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Armstrong	UVA	22-34-2	337	9.9	70	4	1	175.02
Cruz	UA	34-45-1	336	7.5	29	1	4	141.16
Bonner	USU	21-41-1	276	6.7	32	2	2	118.99
Daniels	ASU	21-29-2	265	9.1	58	0	2	135.38
de Laura	WSU	26-37-1	257	6.9	22	0	1	123.21
Dart	USC	23-35-0	248	7.1	19	1	0	134.66
Bohannon	BU	18-28-1	231	8.2	45	1	0	138.23
Hopkins	UAB	19-23-1	189	8.2	32	3	3	185.98
McClain	USF	17-24-0	186	7.8	26	0	1	135.93
Bachmeier	BSU	18-29-0	172	5.9	35	0	1	111.89
Gronauer	ISU	15-27-1	167	6.2	48	1	1	112.33
Brewer	Utah	15-26-1	147	5.7	37	1	2	110.18
Cigelske	GS	11-14-1	122	8.7	28	0	0	137.49
Peasley	USU	5-7-1	38	5.4	15	0	1	88.46
Woolfolk	UVA	2-5-0	35	7.0	20	0	0	98.80
TOTALS		269-411-15	3015	7.3	70	14	20	131.01

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Smith	BU	27	188	0	188	7.0	38	3
McBride	UAB	28	188	5	183	6.5	64	1
Bernard	Utah	12	153	7	146	12.2	50	1
Malepeai	USC	20	104	5	99	5.0	35	1
Ebner	BU	11	98	3	95	8.6	37	0
Armstrong	UVA	11	99	5	94	8.5	30	2
Mangham	USF	26	90	4	86	3.3	16	2
Borghi	WSU	18	83	0	83	4.6	19	3
Ngata	ASU	8	82	0	82	10.2	26	1
Barlow	USC	19	83	2	81	4.3	14	0
Habibi-Likio	BSU	18	77	2	75	4.2	12	1
White	ASU	15	73	2	71	4.7	14	1
Wiley	UA	15	64	0	64	4.3	12	0
Van Buren	BSU	18	61	1	60	3.3	12	1
Darrington	UVA	2	60	0	60	30.0	49	1
TOTALS		470	2292	252	2040	4.3	64	24

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Berryhill III	UA	12	102	8.5	19	0
Thompkins	USU	9	125	13.9	32	1
Thompson	UVA	9	91	10.1	53	1
White	ASU	9	65	7.2	18	0
Harris	WSU	7	60	8.6	15	0
Sneed	BU	6	72	12.0	24	0
Wiley	UA	6	66	11.0	25	0
Anderson	UA	6	28	4.7	9	0
Thornton	BU	5	84	16.8	45	0
Weaver	USF	5	76	15.2	26	0
Shakir	BSU	5	66	13.2	35	0
Bryant	USC	5	56	11.2	16	1
Casteel	UA	5	53	10.6	29	1
Wright	USU	5	52	10.4	15	0
Pearsall	ASU	5	44	8.8	17	0
TOTALS		269	3015	11.2	70	14

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Cunningham	UA	5	120	24.0	36	0
Omayebu	ISU	2	102	51.0	89	0
Bryant	USC	2	88	44.0	62	0
Ebner	BU	3	51	17.0	18	0
Hood	GS	3	46	15.3	22	0
Shakir	BSU	1	35	35.0	35	0
Washington	USC	2	35	17.5	24	0
Battie	USF	1	28	28.0	28	0
White	ASU	1	25	25.0	25	0
Harris	WSU	1	22	22.0	22	0
TOTALS		30	665	22.2	89	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Covey	Utah	1	35	35.0	35	0
Vele	Utah	1	27	27.0	27	0
Hood	GS	2	12	6.0	9	0
Harris	UA	1	9	9.0	9	0
Shakir	BSU	1	8	8.0	8	0
Berryhill III	UA	2	5	2.5	10	0
Bunkley-Shelton	ASU	2	5	2.5	5	0
Bryant	USC	1	5	5.0	5	0
Thomas V	UAB	1	4	4.0	4	0
Nathan	USU	1	1	1.0	1	0
TOTALS		15	112	7.5	35	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Robertson	ASU	1	60	0
Jones	ASU	1	0	0
Kaniho	BSU	1	0	0
Mauga	USC	1	0	0
Bullock	USC	1	0	0
TOTALS		5	60	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Woods	WSU	16	9	7	0	1/7	0		0	0
Jackson	UVA	16	9	7	0	0/0	0		1	0
Lloyd	Utah	13	2	11	0	0.5/1	0		1	0
Sewell	Utah	11	4	7	0	2.5/13	1		0	0
Soelle	ASU	11	3	8	0	0.5/0	0		0	0
Pitre	BU	10	9	1	1	2.5/17	0	1	0	1
Hicks III	WSU	10	7	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Robinson II	GS	10	3	7	0	0/0	0		0	1
Wilson	GS	9	8	1	0	0/0	0		1	0
McBride	UAB	9	7	2	0	4/22	0		0	0
Biggers	BSU	9	6	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Reynolds	USU	9	5	4	1	1/4	0		1	0
Blount	UVA	9	5	4	0	0/0	0		0	0
Moore	USU	9	3	6	0	2.5/5	0		0	1
Mauga	USC	9	3	6	0	0.5/1	0		0	0
Evans	USF	8	5	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Goforth	USC	8	5	3	0	0/0	1		0	0
Hayward	UA	8	2	6	0	0.5/1	0		0	0
Mason	UA	8	2	6	0	1.5/3	0		0	0
Brown	ISU	8	2	6	0	0/0	0		2	0
Pandy	UA	8	0	8	0	0/0	0		0	0
Cross	UVA	7	6	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Broughton	Utah	7	5	2	0	1/2	0		1	0
Davis	Utah	7	5	2	0	0.5/1	0		0	0
Maldonado	UA	7	4	3	0	0.5/1	1		1	0
TOTALS		854	462	392	16	61/236	12	4	35	20

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Dalmas	BSU	4-4	100.0%	41	2-2	14
Lewis	USC	3-3	100.0%	37	2-2	11
Shrader	USF	2-2	100.0%	42	3-3	9
Coles	USU	2-2	100.0%	52	2-2	8
Hankins	BU	1-1	100.0%	31	5-5	8
Farrell	UVA	0-0		0	7-7	7
Quinn	UAB	1-1	100.0%	38	4-4	7
Havrisik	UA	2-4	50.0%	37	0-0	6
Redding	Utah	1-2	50.0%	47	2-2	5
Zendejas	ASU	1-1	100.0%	40	2-2	5
Raynor	GS	1-1	100.0%	38	2-2	5
Allish	ISU	0-0		0	2-2	2
Janikowski	WSU	0-0		0	1-1	1
TOTALS		18-21	85.7%	52	34-34	88

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Ryan	ISU	9	397	44.1	65
Ostendorp	UA	5	211	42.2	53
Beck II	GS	5	196	39.2	46
Griffiths	USC	4	196	49.0	59
Czaplicki	ASU	4	194	48.5	59
Kotsanlee	USU	4	176	44.0	47
Velazquez	BSU	4	176	44.0	52
Haberer	WSU	4	141	35.2	41
Finn	UVA	3	161	53.7	59
Power	BU	2	103	51.5	53
Stokes	USF	2	96	48.0	53
Peasley	Utah	2	95	47.5	49
Greenwell	UAB	2	76	38.0	42
TEAM	ISU	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS		51	2218	43.5	65