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1950 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 16	at Idaho State College	14-13 W	Spud Bowl	Pocatello, ID	0
Sep 23	Arizona State College	13-41 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Sep 29	Pepperdine	28-27 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 7	Utah	28-28 T	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 14	at Colorado A&M	14-27 L	Colorado Field	Fort Collins, CO	11,500
Oct 21	at Denver	3-42 L	DU Stadium	Denver, CO	11,004
Nov 4	at Utah State Agricultural College	34-13 W	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	0
Nov 11	No. 14 Wyoming	0-48 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Nov 17	at Hawaii	7-39 L	Honolulu Stadium	Honolulu, HI	12,000
Nov 25	Fort Hood	28-14 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	2,000

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	169	292
Points per game	16.9	29.2
First Downs	118	156
Rushing	67	99
Passing	21	45
Penalty	8	2
Rushing Yardage	1649	2469
Rushing attempts
Average per rush
Average per game	164.9	246.9
TDs Rushing	14	30
Passing Yardage	666	1142
Comp-Att-Int	58-158-19	70-147-17
Completion pct	36.7%	47.6%
Average per pass	4.2	7.8
Average per catch	11.5	16.3
Average per game	66.6	114.2
TDs Passing	7	11
Total Offense	2315	3611
Total plays
Average per play
Average per game	231.5	361.1
Kick returns: #-Yards	12-204	3-98
Average per return	17.0	32.7
Punt returns: #-Yards	1-3	8-120
Average per return	3.0	15.0
Fumbles-Lost	3-18	6-17
Penalties-Yards	45-319	62-555
Punts-Yards	53-2043	34-1254
Average per punt	38.5	36.9
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	1-	0-0
3rd-down conversion	/	/
3rd-down pct	%	%
4th-down conversion	/	/
4th-down pct	%	%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff
Ben Mortensen	24	68	35.3	267	3.9	2	6	60.3
Darrell Doney	4	6	66.7	43	7.2	1	0	181.9
Gary Paxman	0	0		0		1	0
Keith Matthews	0	0		0		1	0
Rex Berry	0	0		0		2	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD
Ray Oliverson	69	437	6.3	3
Rex Berry	92	362	3.9	3
Ben Mortensen	0	0		1
Bob Hamblin	0	0		1
Don Benson	0	0		4
Ralph Willett	0	0		2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Bob Karpowitz	0	0		1	0
Don Benson	0	0		1	0
Max Tolbert	0	0		4	0
Paul Mendenhall	0	0		1	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
No data available.

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Rex Berry	6	107	17.8	1	0
Warren Kimball	1	0	0.0	1	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Keith Matthews	0	0	0	0	2	44	0	0	0	0
Lewis Kochevar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Max Tolbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Oliverson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rex Berry	0	0	0	0	3	40	1	0	0	0
Rod Long	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Warren Kimball	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Alvy Clove	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jae Ballif	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
John Paulson									1

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Bob Karpowitz	1	0		23	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	21	23	0
Rex Berry	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg
Rex Berry	28	1191	42.5
Jae Ballif	15	612	40.8
Ray Oliverson	3	146	48.7

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
3	Elwin Lance	SO	HB	5-6	155	Grass Valley, CA
4	Franklin Tervort	JR	G	5-7	160	Payson, UT	Payson HS
5	Ned Alger	JR	HB	5-8	168	Price, UT	Carbon HS
6	Ben Mortensen	SO	QB/S	5-11	170	Mesa, AZ	Mesa HS
7	Jae Ballif	SO	LB/P	6-1	180	Provo, UT	Brigham Young HS
9	Ron Ferraro	SO	HB	5-9	160	Ontario, CA		Chaffey College
10	Warren Kimball	SO	C	5-11	188	Phoenix, AZ
13	Max Tolbert	JR	E	6-1	180	Fayetteville, PA
14	Keith Matthews	SO	QB	5-11	150	Midvale, UT	Jordan HS
15	Bob Flaherty	JR	G	5-11	183	Temple City, CA
16	Wally Nielson	SO	E	6-1	193	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
17	Gene Toolson	SR	C	6-1	177	Smithfield, UT		Branch Agricultural College
19	Robert Whitaker	SO	HB	6-1	180	Long Beach, CA
20	Ralph Willett	SO	HB	6-1	175	Provo, UT	Orem HS
21	Rex Berry	SR	HB	5-11	180	Helper, UT	Carbon HS
22	Gary Paxman	SO	HB	5-9	165	Pocatello, ID
23	Ray Oliverson	JR	HB	6-1	184	Preston, ID
24	Bob Karpowitz	JR	FB	6-1	192	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
25	Dick Hill	SR	C	6-1	208	Price, UT	Carbon HS
27	Paul Mendenhall	SO	E	6-2	184	Stockton, CA
28	Richard Tooke	JR	T	6-2	190	Reno, NV	Petaluma HS
29	Bradley Poodry	JR	E	6-1	197	New York City, NY
30	George McWhorter	SR	T	6-1	195	Bakersfield, CA		Bakersfield Junior College
32	Ron Dalley	JR	G	5-8	185	Salt Lake City, UT
32	Melvin Nielson	SO	G	6-1	195	Vallejo, CA
33	Bob Dimick	SR	TB	6-1	205	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
34	Don Benson	SR	FB/LB	6-1	194	Boulder City, NV	Las Vegas HS
35	Bob Hamblin	SO	HB	5-6	170	Pendleton, OR		Yes
37	Harold Norton	JR	QB	6-1	180	Springville, UT	Springville HS
39	Larry Hancock	SO	TE	6-1	204	Pocatello, ID	Pocatello HS
40	Joe Bob Cowser	SO	E	6-4	195	Hemet, CA	Hemet HS
41	Bruce Burr	SR	E	6-1	180	Burrville, UT		Branch Agricultural College
43	Frank Jansen	SO	E	6-1	192	Provo, UT
44	Walter Smit	SO	G	6-1	185	Madera, CA
46	Darrell Doney	SO	QB	6-1	183	Preston, ID
47	John Paulson	JR	G	5-8	189	Orem, UT
48	Glenn Rupp	SO	E	6-6	198	Tooele, UT	Tooele HS
49	Jess Criddle	SO	C	6-1	194	Downey, ID
50	James Lundberg	JR	G	6-1	220	St. George, UT	Dixie HS	Dixie College
53	Bruce Stevens	SO	T	5-10	202	Astoria, OR
54	Lewis Kochevar	SO	G	6-1	201	Los Angeles, CA
55	Lowell Madsen	SO	T	6-2	218	Provo, UT	Lincoln HS
56	Alvy Clove	JR	T	6-1	225	Hurricane, UT	Hurricane HS	Dixie Junior College

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Bob Bunker	Ends
Chick Atkinson	Head Coach
Dave Crowton	Assistant Freshmen Coach
Eddie Kimball	Athletic Director
Reed Nilsen	Line Coach
Wayne Soffe	Freshmen