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1948 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 18	San Diego State College	14-6 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	11,000
Sep 24	Pepperdine	13-0 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 1	Pacific Fleet	7-9 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 9	Utah	0-30 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 15	at Texas Mines	20-34 L	Kidd Field	El Paso, TX	0
Oct 23	at Utah State Agricultural College	7-20 L	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	0
Oct 30	Montana	26-20 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Nov 5	at San Jose State College	6-21 L	Spartan Stadium	San Jose, CA	0
Nov 13	at Colorado A&M	0-20 L	Colorado Field	Fort Collins, CO	0
Nov 20	Wyoming	15-14 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Nov 26	at Arizona State College	27-25 W	Goodwin Stadium	Tempe, AZ	0

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	135	199
Points per game	12.3	18.1
First Downs	82	124
Rushing	47	95
Passing	31	28
Penalty	4	1
Rushing Yardage	1547	2479
Rushing attempts
Average per rush
Average per game	140.6	225.4
TDs Rushing	15	24
Passing Yardage	939	574
Comp-Att-Int	61-171-19	55-141-12
Completion pct	35.7%	39.0%
Average per pass	5.5	4.1
Average per catch	15.4	10.4
Average per game	85.4	52.2
TDs Passing	5	1
Total Offense	2486	3053
Total plays
Average per play
Average per game	226.0	277.5
Kick returns: #-Yards	4-359	4-272
Average per return	89.8	68.0
Punt returns: #-Yards	10-230	15-349
Average per return	23.0	23.3
Fumbles-Lost	9-8	12-14
Penalties-Yards	25-236	56-565
Punts-Yards	64-2311	53-1998
Average per punt	36.1	37.7
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	1-0	2-1
3rd-down conversion	/	/
3rd-down pct	%	%
4th-down conversion	/	/
4th-down pct	%	%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Jim Eccles	49	117	41.9	732	6.3	4	1	104.0	0	0	0
Don Bushore	1	7	14.3	18	2.6	1	0	83.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Dave Chadwick	26	243	9.3	4	77
Scotty Deeds	13	130	10.0	0	0
Rex Berry	19	85	4.5	1	0
Don Benson	25	78	3.1	2	0
Lyle Koller	15	34	2.3	1	0
Don Bushore	3	32	10.7	2	0
Bruce Osborne	10	26	2.6	1	0
Ted Thiel	1	3	3.0	0	0
Jay Hamblin	0	0		1	0
Jim Eccles	3	-20	-6.7	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Don Bushore	1	19	19.0	0	19
Glen Clark	0	0		1	0
Lyle Koller	0	0		1	52
Rex Berry	0	0		1	0
Don Benson	0	0		2	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Don Bushore	12	276	23.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Don Bushore	15	248	16.5	1	50

Defense

Player	INT	Yds	FR	Blk
Cecil Lloyd	0	0	2	0
Dick Hill	0	0	1	0
Don Bushore	5	96	0	0
Gayle Holt	0	0	1	0
Kimball Merrill	0	0	0	1
Lyle Koller	1	0	0	0
Merrill Hardy	0	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Ken Hamblin	1	1	100.0	20	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	10	12	0
Don Bushore	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	7	1
Tim Kimball					-	-	-	-	-		0	1

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Lyle Koller	66	508	7.7	0	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
1	Ned Alger	SO	HB	5-8	155	Price, UT	Carbon HS
3	Marvin Pullan	SR	C	5-11	180	Bingham, UT
4	Cecil Lloyd	JR	HB	6-0	165	Preston, ID	Preston HS
5	Elmo Roundy	JR	HB	5-11	180	Palmyra, NY	Palmyra HS
8	Dave Chadwick	SO	HB	5-11	180	Payette, ID
10	Horace Gillespie	JR	G	5-10	180	Tooele, UT
11	Lyle Patton	SR	G	5-9	175	Charleston, WV
12	Scotty Deeds	SR	HB	5-11	170	Long Beach, CA	Wilson HS	Long Beach City College, Oregon
12	Richard Magelby	JR	E	6-0	188	Preston, ID	Bear River HS
14	Merrill Hardy	JR	E	6-0	185	Chicago, IL
15	Glen Clark	JR	E	6-1	190	Springville, UT	Springville HS	Weber Junior College
16	David Lindstrom	SO	C	6-2	175	Spring Canyon, UT	Carbon HS
17	Jim Eccles	JR	QB	5-11	175	Long Beach, CA	Woodrow Wilson HS
18	Rod Long	SO	E	6-0	185	Elko, NV	Elko HS
19	Lyle Koller	JR	HB	5-9	175	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
20	Don Bushore	JR	QB	5-11	155	Patterson, NJ
21	Rex Berry	SO	HB	5-11	175	Helper, UT	Carbon HS
22	Jay Hamblin	JR	HB	6-0	170	Murray, UT	Murray HS
23	Bevan Haycock	JR	G	5-8	170	Pueblo, CO	Centennial HS
24	Lorenzo Anderson	SR	G	6-0	185	Mateo, FL	Mellon HS
25	Dick Hill	SO	C	6-0	185	Price, UT	Carbon HS
26	Ted Thiel	JR	FB	5-11	195	Sebastopol, CA
27	Ken Hamblin	SR	G	6-0	190	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
28	Willard Carroll	SO	E	6-1	170	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS
29	Marion Tree	SR	G	5-11	175	Park City, UT	Park City HS
30	Hal Egbert	JR	E	6-2	190	Kanab, UT	Kanab HS
31	Ray Aitken	JR	T	5-9	190	Spanish Fork, UT
32	Alvin Dalley	JR	G	5-9	195	Driggs, ID	Teton HS
33	Bob Dimick	SO	G	6-0	190	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
34	Don Benson	SO	FB	6-0	195	Boulder City, NV	Las Vegas HS
35	Bruce Osborne	SR	FB	6-2	190	Beaver, UT	Beaver HS	Utah State
36	Delbert Oliver	SR	T	6-2	200	Moab, UT
37	Verle Duerden	JR	QB	6-2	175	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
38	Keith Deeds	JR	E	5-11	175	Long Beach, CA	Wilson HS
39	Karol Bills	JR	T	6-0	195	Provo, UT
40	Francis Magleby	JR	C	6-0	185	Portland, OR
41	A.G. Kinder	SR	G	5-10	220	Provo, UT
42	Thayne Stone	SR	E	6-0	200	Salem, UT	Spanish Fork HS
43	Tony Christopulos	JR	G	5-11	185	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
44	Tim Kimball	JR	T	6-2	190	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
46	Herman Oldroyd	SO	T	5-11	190	Provo, UT	Provo HS
47	Gayle Holt	SR	T	6-4	215	Riverton, UT	Jordan HS
48	Don Latimer	JR	T	6-1	205	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS
49	Clarence Stahli	SR	T	6-1	210	Payson, UT
50	Kimball Merrill	SR	T	6-0	210	Phoenix, AZ	North HS	Phoenix Junior College
51	Dean Van Noy	SR	T	6-0	190	Thayne, WY	Star Valley HS
52	Arnold Weidauer	SR	E	6-5	205	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
53	Don Wood	SO	FB	6-1	180	Pendleton, OR
54	William D. Smith	SR	G	5-11	190	Kemmerer, WY
55	Duane Ewell	SR	C	5-9	175	Provo, UT	Provo HS
56	Frank Wolverton	SR	G	5-11	190	Las Vegas, NV

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Dave Crowton	Assistant Coach
Eddie Kimball	Head Coach, Athletic Director
Floyd Millet	Scout
Reed Nilsen	Freshmen
Stan Watts	Assistant Coach
Wayne Soffe	Assistant Coach