Cougar Football Archive

BYU vs Utah State — October 9, 1971

Date	October 9, 1971
Stadium	Romney Stadium
Location	Logan, UT
Weather	64°, clear
Attendance	17,015
BYU Conference	WAC
Opp Conference	Independent
BYU Head Coach	Tommy Hudspeth
Opp Head Coach	Chuck Mills
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

The Cougars drop their third straight, the wagon wheel remains in Logan...the Aggies more than doubled the Cougar total offense (147 to 361)...Cats just couldn't get rolling, rushing or passing...BYU's only score was a 49-yard run by Pete Van Valkenburg that tied the score, 7-7 in the first quarter...QB Tony Adams passed for 172 yards, rushed for 51 more for Aggies.

Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
1	:	USU	Mickey Doyle 42-yard field goal	0	3
1	:	BYU	Pete Van Valkenburg 49-yard run	6	3
1	:	BYU	Joe Liljenquist PAT made	7	3
1	:	USU	Tony Adams 29-yard pass to Tom Forzani	7	9
1	:	USU	Mickey Doyle PAT made	7	10
2	:	USU	Bob Wicks 61-yard punt return	7	16
2	:	USU	Jerry Hughes 1-yard run	7	22
4	:	USU	Tony Adams 6-yard run	7	28
4	:	USU	Mickey Doyle PAT made	7	29

Statistic	BYU	USU
First Downs	6	17
Rushing	2	6
Passing	4	10
Penalty	0	1
Rushing	31	189
Attempts	30	53
Avg per Rush	1.0	3.6
Touchdowns	1	2
Passing	116	172
Cmp-Att-Int	8-19-3	12-23-0
Completion %	42.1	52.2
Yds/Attempt	6.1	7.5
Yds/Catch	14.5	14.3
Touchdowns	0	1
Total Offense	147	361
Plays	49	76
Avg per Play	116.6	174.5
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	2-20-0	5-90-1
Avg Punt Return	10.0	18.0
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	5-108-0	2-25-0
Avg Kick Return	21.6	12.5
Punting	8-359	5-191
Avg Punt	44.9	38.2
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	5-1	1-0
Penalties-Yards	6-78	5-65
FG Made-Att	0-	1-6
3rd Down Conv	-	-
4th Down Conv	-	-

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	Int	Eff
Bill August	8	17	47.1	116	6.8	3	69.1
Dave Coon	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Pete Van Valkenburg	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	5	57	11.4	1	49
Dave Coon	7	26	3.7	0
Brian Gunderson	1	3	3.0	0	3
Steve Stratton	3	1	0.3	0
Joe Liljenquist	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Bill August	13	-51	-3.9	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
Golden Richards	2	41	20.5	0
Logan Hunter	2	36	18.0	0
Bill Miller	2	19	9.5	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	12	12.0	12
Steve Facer	1	8	8.0	8

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Golden Richards	3	55	18.3	0	0
Jerry Dugger	2	53	26.5	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dave Coon	1	12	12.0	0	0
Golden Richards	1	8	8.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	PBU
Paul Howard	11	0
Dan Hansen	10	1
Joe Liljenquist	8	0
Carl Bowers	8	0
Ray Crandall	7	0
Jeff Lyman	7	0
Bill Dvorak	7	0
Ron Knight	5	1
Grant Wells	4	0
Bob Larsen	4	0
Joe Bailey	3	0
Ed Rozeski	3	0
Dave Atkinson	2	0
Keith Rivera	2	0
Bennie Smith	2	0
Benny Mitchell	1	0
Von Wells	1	0
Mike Preston	1	0
Ron Tree	1	0
Spero Bowman	1	0
Steve Price	1	0
Dan Bowers	1	0
Craig Denney	1	0
Golden Richards	1	0
Gordon Gravelle	1	0
Jerry Dugger	1	0
George Gourley	0	2

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Tony Adams	12	23	52.2	172	7.5	1	0	0	129.3

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike Adams	11	51	4.6	1	27
Ed Giles	13	48	3.7	0	14
Gerod Butch Sawyer	3	37	12.3	0	32
Jerry Hughes	13	32	2.5	1	10
Tom Forzani	2	12	6.0	0	7
Craig Clark	1	11	11.0	0	11
John Strycula	10	-2	-0.2	0	2

Defense

BYU

Pos	Player
CB	Dave Atkinson

Utah State

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