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1953 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 19	Montana	27-13 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Sep 25	San Jose State College	25-28 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	6,000
Oct 3	at New Mexico	12-12 T	Zimmerman Field	Albuquerque, NM	6,500
Oct 10	at Idaho	20-14 W	Neale Stadium	Boise, ID	8,000
Oct 16	Utah State Agricultural College	7-14 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	9,500
Oct 23	at Denver	19-27 L	DU Stadium	Denver, CO	5,168
Oct 31	at Wyoming	0-27 L	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	11,236
Nov 7	Colorado A&M	12-34 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	5,307
Nov 14	at Arizona State College	18-26 L	Goodwin Stadium	Tempe, AZ	13,500
Nov 26	at Utah	32-33 L	Ute Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	0

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	172	228
Points per game	17.2	22.8
First Downs	145	139
Rushing	96	114
Passing	48	25
Penalty	1	0
Rushing Yardage	1836	2453
Rushing attempts	419	492
Average per rush	4.4	5.0
Average per game	183.6	245.3
TDs Rushing	17	25
Passing Yardage	1018	691
Comp-Att-Int	71-195-11	56-114-7
Completion pct	36.4%	49.1%
Average per pass	5.2	6.1
Average per catch	14.3	12.3
Average per game	101.8	69.1
TDs Passing	8	8
Total Offense	2854	3144
Total plays	614	606
Average per play	4.6	5.2
Average per game	285.4	314.4
Kick returns: #-Yards	39-652	36-773
Average per return	16.7	21.5
Punt returns: #-Yards	21-280	18-130
Average per return	13.3	7.2
Fumbles-Lost	33-16	37-24
Penalties-Yards	31-204	38-371
Punts-Yards	45-1646	44-1579
Average per punt	36.6	35.9
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	0-1	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
LaVon Satterfield	44	107	41.1	660	6.2	4	8	90.3	40
Henry West	23	67	34.3	327	4.9	3	1	87.1	12
Don Wood	2	3	66.7	22	7.3	1	0	238.3	0
Dick Felt	2	8	25.0	10	1.3	0	0	35.5	0
Jerry Cowley	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	-100.0	0
Phil Oyler	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0
Ron Bean	0	6	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	-33.3	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Reed Stolworthy	98	519	5.3	5	77
Dick Felt	83	476	5.7	3	0
Don James	25	249	10.0	5	54
Don Wood	44	199	4.5	1	0
Phil Oyler	37	133	3.6	0	6
LaVon Satterfield	36	116	3.2	2	66
Willard Stolworthy	40	100	2.5	1	2
Jerry Cowley	14	56	4.0	0	5
Johnny Velasco	13	35	2.7	0	3
Billy Meadows	4	1	0.3	0	4
Ron Bean	15	-14	-0.9	0	1
Henry West	10	-36	-3.6	0	3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Marion Probert	26	368	14.2	2	40
Dewey Brundage	16	219	13.7	1	26
Tommy Verbanatz	8	137	17.1	0	12
Phil Oyler	6	136	22.7	2	64
Dick Felt	4	69	17.3	2	36
Paul Mendenhall	3	26	8.7	0	10
DeRay Eyre	2	24	12.0	0	17
Don Wood	3	18	6.0	0	9
TEAM	1	13	13.0	0	13
LaVon Satterfield	1	5	5.0	0	5
Jerry Cowley	1	4	4.0	1	4

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dick Felt	9	199	22.1	44
LaVon Satterfield	8	116	14.5	25
Willard Stolworthy	2	58	29.0	43
Jerry Cowley	3	49	16.3	19
Phil Oyler	3	42	14.0	9
Billy Meadows	2	33	16.5	20
Reed Stolworthy	3	31	10.3	15
Ron Bean	1	22	22.0	22
Don Wood	2	20	10.0	12
Dewey Brundage	2	17	8.5	10
Tommy Verbanatz	1	15	15.0	15
Don James	1	2	2.0	2
Lonnie Badger	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dick Felt	6	122	20.3	63
Don Wood	6	92	15.3	0
Jerry Cowley	3	35	11.7	0
Phil Oyler	2	18	9.0	0
Willard Stolworthy	3	13	4.3	0
DeRay Eyre	1	0	0.0	0

Defense

Player	INT	Yds	FR
Dewey Brundage	0	0	1
Dick Felt	1	0	0
Don Wood	0	0	1
George Bowman	0	0	1
Jerry Cowley	1	0	0
LaVon Satterfield	1	10	0
Lonnie Badger	0	0	1
Lyle Heinz	0	0	1
Marion Probert	1	0	3
Merrill Hardy	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FGA	Pct	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	XPM	XPA
Billy Meadows	0		0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	8
DeRay Eyre	1	0.0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	12
Don Wood	0		0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	5
Henry West	0		0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1
Ron Bean	0		0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dick Felt	28	994	35.5	58
LaVon Satterfield	9	358	39.8	55
Henry West	3	111	37.0	51
Billy Meadows	3	109	36.3	0
Johnny Velasco	1	46	46.0	0
Ron Bean	1	28	28.0	28

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Ross Carter	SR	RT	6-1	205	Provo, UT
10	Henry West	JR	QB	5-11	150	Pocatello, ID	Pocatello HS
11	LaVon Satterfield	SR	QB	5-9	164	Sterling, ID
15	Ron Bean	SO	QB	5-11	165	Seattle, WA
17	Billy Meadows	JR	HB	5-10	160	Columbus, GA	Jordan HS
19	Johnny Velasco	SO	FB	5-8	185	Honolulu, HI	Farrington HS
20	Phil Oyler	SO	HB	5-10	170	Brigham City, UT	Box Elder HS
21	Dick Felt	JR	HB	6-1	165	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS
22	Alton Wade	SO	HB	5-11	171	Fillmore, UT	Millard HS
25	Jerry Cowley	SO	HB	5-10	155	Davis, UT
33	Reed Stolworthy	SR	FB	5-10	180	Orem, UT
36	Don James	SR	FB	6-1	185	Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas HS
40	Willard Stolworthy	SO	HB	5-11	168	Orem, UT	Lincoln HS
46	Don Wood	SR	HB	6-1	184	Pendleton, OR
50	Clark Whitehead	SO	C	6-1	167	Twin Falls, ID	Twin Falls HS
55	Paul Kochevar	JR	C	6-2	187	Los Angeles, CA
58	Ivan Muse	JR	C	6-1	181	Thatcher, AZ
59	Bob Fennessy	SO	C	6-1	190	Altadena, CA	Pasadena HS
60	Lyle Heinz	SO	G	5-11	168	Rexburg, ID
63	Drew Shumway	JR	G	5-9	175	Taylor, AZ
63	Joe Martinez	SR	RG	5-11	190	Midway, UT
64	Merrill Hardy	SR	G	6-1	190	Chicago, IL
65	Ned Porter	JR	G	5-10	187	Susanville, CA	Lassen HS	Lassen College
66	Clair McKee	SO	G	6-1	174	Holden, UT	Millard HS
67	Clinton Taylor	JR	G	5-11	180	Oakley, ID
68	DeRay Eyre	SR	G	6-1	190	Las Vegas, NV
72	Ralph Powers	SO	T	6-1	185	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS
73	John Robinson	JR	T	6-1	198	Freedom, WY
74	Lonnie Badger	SO	T	6-3	190	Holden, UT
75	George Bowman	SR	T	6-3	205	McCammon, ID
76	Calvin Monson	JR	T	6-4	190	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
78	Royce Elkins	SO	T	6-1	205	Farmington, NM
81	Marion Probert	JR	E	6-1	180	Hawthorne, CA	Inglewood HS
83	Tommy Verbanatz	SO	E	5-11	180	Orem, UT	Lincoln HS
85	Ted Milovich	SR	E	6-1	185	Price, UT
87	Paul Mendenhall	JR	E	6-1	175	Stockton, CA
89	Dewey Brundage	SR	E	6-3	190	Pacoima, CA	El Monte HS	Pasadena City College

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Bob Bunker	Assistant Coach
Chick Atkinson	Head Coach
Dave Crowton	Assistant Coach
Eddie Kimball	Athletic Director
Owen Dixon	Freshmen
Reed Nilsen	Line Coach