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1946 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 21	Western State	13-2 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Sep 28	at Montana State	12-13 L	Gatton Field	Bozeman, MT	3,000
Oct 4	at Denver	13-26 L	DU Stadium	Denver, CO	16,000
Oct 12	Utah	6-35 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	12,500
Oct 19	Colorado	10-7 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	5,000
Oct 25	at San Jose State College	0-14 L	Spartan Stadium	San Jose, CA	10,000
Nov 2	Wyoming	6-3 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	3,500
Nov 9	at Utah State Agricultural College	0-0 T	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	8,000
Nov 16	at Colorado A&M	20-6 W	Colorado Field	Fort Collins, CO	1,500
Nov 22	at Texas Mines	14-13 W	Kidd Field	El Paso, TX	0

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	94	119
Points per game	9.4	11.9
First Downs	66	66
Rushing	42	45
Passing	24	20
Penalty	0	1
Rushing Yardage	1427	1558
Rushing attempts
Average per rush
Average per game	142.7	155.8
TDs Rushing	7	11
Passing Yardage	1193	790
Comp-Att-Int	83-188-19	62-162-18
Completion pct	44.1%	38.3%
Average per pass	6.3	4.9
Average per catch	14.4	12.7
Average per game	119.3	79.0
TDs Passing	4	6
Total Offense	2620	2348
Total plays
Average per play
Average per game	262.0	234.8
Kick returns: #-Yards	2-130	3-57
Average per return	65.0	19.0
Punt returns: #-Yards	1-1	4-36
Average per return	1.0	9.0
Fumbles-Lost	55-25	23-19
Penalties-Yards	30-295	26-261
Punts-Yards	47-1566	49-1556
Average per punt	33.3	31.8
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	1-1	1-0
3rd-down conversion	/	/
3rd-down pct	%	%
4th-down conversion	/	/
4th-down pct	%	%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng
Rex Olson	50	104	48.1	719	6.9	2	8	97.1	28
Lyle Koller	2	5	40.0	60	12.0	0	2	60.8	47
Don Bushore	0	0		0		2	0		0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Scotty Deeds	11	85	7.7	3	39
Merle Decker	7	46	6.6	0	19
Dwight Stapley	4	26	6.5	0	11
Lyle Koller	4	22	5.5	0	10
Glen Clark	4	13	3.3	1	6
Bruce Osborne	1	7	7.0	1	7
Marcell Chatterton	0	0		1	0
Larry Reed	1	-7	-7.0	0	0
Rex Olson	6	-15	-2.5	1	4

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Rex Olson	2	60	30.0	0	0
Morris Gardner	3	53	17.7	0	23
Larry Reed	2	42	21.0	1	28
James Kietzman	2	27	13.5	2	16
Lyle Koller	1	9	9.0	0	9
Glen Clark	0	0		1	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Scotty Deeds	1	193	193.0	2	100
Merle Decker	1	12	12.0	0	12

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Lyle Koller	4	29	7.3	0	15
Scotty Deeds	1	15	15.0	0	15

Defense

Player	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR
Glen Clark	1	10	0	0	0
Kimball Merrill	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Reed	0	0	0	0	1
Lyle Koller	1	5	0	0	1
Marcell Chatterton	1	90	1	0	0
Merle Decker	0	0	0	0	1
Owen Dixon	1	0	0	0	1
Reed Nilsen	1	0	0	1	1
Rex Olson	4	0	0	0	0
Scotty Deeds	1	3	0	1	2

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Reed Nilsen	1	2	50.0	16	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	5	1
Don Bushore	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	3	0
Glen Oliverson	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0
Owen Dixon	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0
Pete Liapis	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Lyle Koller	3	99	33.0	42	0
Rex Olson	1	40	40.0	40	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Dean Call	SR				Rigby, ID	Rigby HS
	Huck Dyer	SR				Provo, UT	Provo HS
	Norman Marchant	SR				Cowley, WY	Cowley HS
	Reynolds Smith	R-SR				Salt Lake city, UT	East HS
	Marlon Undjhom	SR				Idaho Falls, ID	Idaho Falls HS
	Vincent Scown	SR				Lehi, UT	Lehi HS
	Jack Bendall	SR				Price, UT	Carbon HS
	Ray Miller	SR				Springville, UT	Springville HS
	Keith Davies	SR				Murray, UT	Murray HS
	Dale Smith	SR				Thatcher, AZ	Thatcher HS
	John Lyons	SR				Provo, UT	Provo HS
	Jake Robock	SR				Provo, UT	Lincoln HS
	Robert Hankey	SR				Long Beach, CA	Woodrow Wilson HS
11	Merle Decker	SR	HB	5-10	158	Long Beach, CA	L.B. Poly
12	Scotty Deeds	SO	HB	5-11	175	Long Beach, CA	Wilson HS	Long Beach City College, Oregon
16	Glen Oliverson	JR	QB	5-9	170	Preston, ID
18	Rod Long	FR	E	6-0	175	Elko, NV	Elko HS
19	Wally Nielson	FR	HB	5-11	170	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
20	Don Bushore	FR	QB	5-11	165	Patterson, NJ
21	Jim Skousen	SR	QB	5-5	145	Chandler, AZ	Chandler HS
22	Raymond Beckham	FR	HB	6-0	168	Safford, AZ	Safford HS	Utah
23	Louis Maiben	SR	HB	6-0	158	Springville, UT	Springville HS
24	Dwight Stapley	JR	HB	6-0	175	Mesa, AZ	Mesa Union HS
25	Fielding Abbott	JR	C	5-10	185	Nampa, ID	Nampa HS
26	Cecil Lloyd	FR	HB	6-0	158	Preston, ID	Preston HS
27	Bob Greenwood	SR	B		170	Provo, UT	Brigham Young HS
29	John Markham	SR	T	6-2	200	Provo, UT	Provo HS
30	Max Shifrer	JR	G	5-8	175	Price, UT	Carbon HS
32	Rex Olson	JR	QB	5-10	168	Layton, UT	Granite HS
34	Lyle Koller	FR	QB	5-8	170	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
35	Mike Mills	SR	E	6-1	190	Pocatello, ID	Pocatello HS
35	Pete Skousen	JR	HB	5-11	160	Chandler, AZ
40	Clyde Davis	JR	T	6-2	200	Orem, UT	Lincoln HS
42	Reed Nilsen	SR	C	6-0	240	Provo, UT	Provo HS
43	James Kietzman	JR	E	6-1	185	Summit, NJ	North Summit HS
45	Larry Reed	SR	E	6-4	220	Clinton, IN
47	Charles Sempken	FR	E	6-0	205	Price, UT
50	Robert Walters	FR	FB	5-11	190	Mountain, AR	Mountain View HS
51	Morris Gardner	FR	E	6-2	195	Coalville, UT	Coalville HS
53	Marcell Chatterton	JR	FB	6-0	195	Preston, ID	Preston HS
54	Gary Whiting	SO	T	5-11	210	Springville, UT	Springville HS
55	Floyd Richardsen	SO	E	6-0	170	Salt Lake City, UT	Jordan HS
57	Frank Whitney	SR	G	5-11	190	Springville, UT	Springville HS
58	Dick Murdock	JR	T	6-1	205	Provo, UT	Provo HS
59	Jack Price	SO	G	6-0	180	Pocatello, ID	Pocatello HS
60	Earl Imboden	FR	T	6-2	240	Long Beach, CA	L.B. Poly
61	Owen Dixon	SR	G	5-9	191	Provo, UT	Provo HS
63	Ken Bennion	FR	T	6-0	186	West Jordan, UT	Jordan HS
64	Roy Boulter	SO	T	6-1	220	Price, UT	Carbon HS
66	Fred Whitney	SO	FB	5-10	180	Salt Lake City, UT
67	Kimball Merrill	SO	T	6-0	215	Phoenix, AZ	North HS	Phoenix Junior College
68	Gayle Holt	SO	T	6-4	205	Riverton, UT	Jordan HS
69	Stan Stapley	JR	T	6-1	230	Provo, UT	Carbon HS	Utah
71	Bruce Osborne	SO	FB	6-2	192	Beaver, UT	Beaver HS	Utah State
71	Mahlon Rasmuson	SR	B		185	Provo, UT	Provo HS
72	George Imboden	SR	QB	5-10	185	Long Beach, CA	L.B. Poly
73	Pete Liapis	FR	HB	5-11	205	Helper, UT	Carbon HS
74	Horace Gillespie	FR	G	5-11	170	Tooele, UT
75	Marion Tree	SO	G	5-10	185	Park City, UT	Park City HS
76	Ken Hamblin	SO	G	5-11	178	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
77	Elliott Cameron	SR	C		196	Springville, UT	Springville HS	Branch Agricultural College
78	Earl Wheelwright	FR	T	6-2	200	Rexburg, ID	Madison HS
79	Glen Clark	FR	HB	6-1	195	Springville, UT	Springville HS	Weber Junior College
81	Alvin Dalley	FR	FB	5-9	195	Driggs, ID	Teton HS
82	John Schwantes	SR	E	5-11	178	Douglas, AZ	Douglas HS
83	Thayne Stone	SO	E	6-1	205	Salem, UT	Spanish Fork HS
84	Don Chaves	SR	HB	6-0	183	Provo, UT	Springville HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Eddie Kimball	Head Coach, Athletic Director
Floyd Millet	Assistant Coach, Scout
Sam Mavrakis	Assistant Coach
Wayne Soffe	Assistant Coach