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BYU vs Utah — November 2, 1968

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Date	November 2, 1968
Stadium	Ute Stadium
Location	Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance	28,677
BYU Conference	WAC
Opp Conference	WAC
BYU Head Coach	Tommy Hudspeth
Opp Head Coach	Bill Meek
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

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Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
1	13:00	UTAH	Steve Mulner 18-yard run (Jim Sears PAT made)	0	7
1	08:26	UTAH	Ray Groth 7-yard run (Jim Sears PAT made)	0	14
2	11:37	BYU	Dave Swanson 4-yard run (Dave Swanson PAT made)	7	14
2	00:17	UTAH	Ray Groth 72-yard run	7	20
3	04:52	UTAH	Jim Whiteley 46-yard field goal	7	23
3	00:46	BYU	Marc Lyons 75-yard pass to Larry Heaps	13	23
4	09:06	BYU	Tom Rippee 1-yard run	19	23
4	09:06	BYU	Ed Romero 2pt conversion	21	23
4	04:55	UTAH	Ray Groth 1-yard run (Jim Sears PAT made)	21	30

Statistic	BYU	UTAH
First Downs	16	15
Rushing	8	10
Passing	6	4
Penalty	2	1
Rushing	135	254
Attempts	45	52
Avg per Rush	3.0	4.9
Touchdowns	2	4
Passing	155	104
Cmp-Att-Int	8-35-6	12-26-2
Completion %	22.9	46.2
Yds/Attempt	4.4	4.0
Yds/Catch	19.4	8.7
Touchdowns	1	0
Total Offense	290	358
Plays	80	78
Avg per Play	156.7	107.3
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	4-31-0	6-115-0
Avg Punt Return	7.8	19.2
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	6-111-0	4-76-0
Avg Kick Return	18.5	19.0
Punting	8-360	6-264
Avg Punt	45.0	44.0
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	3-3	3-3
Penalties-Yards	7-69	8-98
FG Made-Att	0-	1-
3rd Down Conv	-	-
4th Down Conv	-	-

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Marc Lyons	6	19	31.6	126	6.6	1	1	0	94.1	0
Rick Jones	2	16	12.5	29	1.8	0	5	0	-34.8	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Rick Jones	9	55	6.1	0	0
Ron Wakley	7	39	5.6	0	0
Dave Swanson	9	26	2.9	1	0
Tom Rippee	8	20	2.5	1	0
Kip Jackson	5	18	3.6	0	0
Wally Hawkins	1	8	8.0	0	8
Marc Lyons	6	-31	-5.2	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Larry Heaps	3	104	34.7	1	0
Casey Boyette	3	32	10.7	0	0
Ed Romero	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wally Hawkins	1	6	6.0	0	6

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Neil Bingham	2	44	22.0	0	0
Ron Wakley	2	40	20.0	0	0
Kip Jackson	1	17	17.0	0	17
Tom Rippee	1	10	10.0	0	10

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Ken Call	4	31	7.8	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Craig Bozich	16	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Lupoi	10	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Lahmann	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Call	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Leeper	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tim Roberts	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Legas	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Echo Hawk	6	0.0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Slipp	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Olson	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Harmann	4	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerald Meyer	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Neil Bingham	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Dixon	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Loper	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Romero	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Skidmore	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Finfrock	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Scales	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Dave Swanson	0	0	0		1	1	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Richard Adams	8	360	45.0	0

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Ray Groth	11	25	44.0	92	3.7	0	2		58.9
Tim Collins	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	0	0	12	200.8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Ray Groth	17	134	7.9	3
David Smith	9	55	6.1	0
Steven Molnar	12	47	3.9	1
William Fowler	4	13	3.3	0
Calvin Poulson	6	9	1.5	0
Gregory Soulds	2	0	0.0	0
Nate Tyler	1	-1	-1.0	0
Timothy Collins	1	-3	-3.0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
David Smith	2	35	17.5	0
Speedy Thomas	5	30	6.0	0
Calvin Poulson	2	21	10.5	0
Gregory Soulds	1	12	12.0	0
Dale Nosworthy	2	6	3.0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Louis (Speedy) Thomas	3	47	15.7	0	0
James Street	1	29	29.0	0	0
Joe Galarze	0	0		0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Louis (Speedy) Thomas	4	94	23.5	0	0
Joe Galarze	2	21	10.5	0	0
James Street	0	0		0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Larry Stone	9			0									0
Randell Hansen	8			2									0
Hershell Powell	8			1	1								0
Daniel Bailey	8			0									0
Norman McBride	8			0									0
Larry Hinton	8			1	2								0
Gary Kerl	7			0									0
Fred McFarren	5			0	1								0
Craig Smith	4			0									0
Jim Whitely	4			0									0
Richard Worly	3			1									0
James Street	3			0					1				0
Steve Mellow	3			0	1								0
Dick Wilson	3			0	1								0
Joe Galarze	2			0									0
Leon Paulos	2			0					1				0
Louis (Speedy) Thomas	1			0									0
William Fowler	1			0									0
Gary Barker	1			0									0
Jack Miller	1			0									0
Jerry Simonson	1			0									0
Gordon Jolley									1				0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Jim Whitely	1	2	29		0	0
James Sears	0	1	0		3	4

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Craig Smith	6	264	44.0