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

Game Notes

No notes for this game.

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 (Joe Liljenquist PAT made)	7	3
1	:	USU	Tony Adams 29-yard pass to Tom Forzani (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 (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	12
Golden Richards	1	8	8.0	0	8

Defense

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

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Tom Forzani	4	93	23.3	1	29
Bob Wicks	5	66	13.2	0	19
John Strycula	1	11	11.0	0	11
Ed Giles	1	9	9.0	0	9
Jerry Hughes	1	-7	-7.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Bob Wicks				1

Defense

Player	Tkl	PBU	INT
Kent Baer	9	0
Mike Jones	7	0
Alan McMurray	6	1
Tom Murphy	4	0
Ras Cottolico	4	0
Steve Coupee	4	0	1
Dave Graven	4	1
Bob Galeazzi	3	1
Jerry Holmes	2	0
Phil Shelley	1	1
Steve Salmons	1	1
Gerod Butch Sawyer	1	0
Wendell Brooks	1	0
Mike Rice	1	0
Elden Liu	1	0
Rod Rosa	1	0	1
Craig Smith	1	0
Elton Brown	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Mickey Doyle	1	5	32		2	3

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Mickey Doyle	5	191	38.2	48

Defense

BYU

Pos	Player
CB	Dave Atkinson

Utah State

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