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1954 BYU Football
| Date | AP | Opponent | Score | Stadium | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | New Mexico | 12-21 L | Y Stadium | Provo, UT | 5,641 | |
| Sep 24 | Arizona State College | 19-28 L | Y Stadium | Provo, UT | 5,685 | |
| Oct 2 | at Colorado A&M | 13-14 L | Colorado Field | Fort Collins, CO | 5,000 | |
| Oct 9 | Utah | 7-12 L | Y Stadium | Provo, UT | 13,702 | |
| Oct 23 | Montana | 19-7 W | Y Stadium | Provo, UT | 7,197 | |
| Oct 30 | at Utah State Agricultural College | 13-45 L | Romney Stadium | Logan, UT | 0 | |
| Nov 6 | Denver | 0-20 L | Y Stadium | Provo, UT | 12,903 | |
| Nov 13 | Wyoming | 13-34 L | Y Stadium | Provo, UT | 3,824 | |
| Nov 20 | at Idaho | 0-7 L | Bronco Stadium | Boise, ID | 10,500 |
| Statistic | BYU | OPP |
|---|---|---|
| Scoring | 96 | 188 |
| Points per game | 10.7 | 20.9 |
| First Downs | 122 | 98 |
| Rushing | 86 | 71 |
| Passing | 34 | 25 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| Rushing Yardage | 1524 | 1783 |
| Rushing attempts | 400 | 360 |
| Average per rush | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| Average per game | 169.3 | 198.1 |
| TDs Rushing | 11 | 21 |
| Passing Yardage | 912 | 594 |
| Comp-Att-Int | 55-145-14 | 43-90-4 |
| Completion pct | 37.9% | 47.8% |
| Average per pass | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| Average per catch | 16.6 | 13.8 |
| Average per game | 101.3 | 66.0 |
| TDs Passing | 3 | 6 |
| Total Offense | 2436 | 2377 |
| Total plays | 545 | 450 |
| Average per play | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| Average per game | 270.7 | 264.1 |
| Kick returns: #-Yards | 31-517 | 21-425 |
| Average per return | 16.7 | 20.2 |
| Punt returns: #-Yards | 23-228 | 17-209 |
| Average per return | 9.9 | 12.3 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 41-26 | 26-22 |
| Penalties-Yards | 49-412 | 39-365 |
| Punts-Yards | 45-1635 | 48-1712 |
| Average per punt | 36.3 | 35.7 |
| Sacks by | ||
| Field goals-attempts | 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 | Lng | Sacked | Sack Yards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Bean | 20 | 42 | 47.6 | 387 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 120.3 | 62 | 2 | 13 |
| Henry West | 20 | 58 | 34.5 | 244 | 4.2 | 2 | 6 | 60.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kimball | 7 | 21 | 33.3 | 66 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 65.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Oyler | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 119.7 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Overstreet | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 41.2 | 29 | 1 | 11 |
| Gary LaComb | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 60.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Felt | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 146.6 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Don James | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -200.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Stolworthy | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yards | Yds/Att | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Felt | 91 | 379 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil Oyler | 54 | 332 | 6.1 | 3 | 24 |
| Don James | 75 | 305 | 4.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave McLaren | 31 | 117 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 |
| Willard Stolworthy | 33 | 115 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Velasco | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Crittenden | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 2 | 8 |
| Gary LaComb | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Henry West | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Meadows | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ron Bean | 21 | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Ken Gomm | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Overstreet | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kimball | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 1 | -24 | -24.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yards | Yds/Rec | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Verbanatz | 14 | 226 | 16.1 | 0 | 35 |
| Willard Stolworthy | 6 | 174 | 29.0 | 1 | 64 |
| Marion Probert | 8 | 154 | 19.3 | 0 | 62 |
| Paul Mendenhall | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Paul Brown | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 27 |
| Jim Crittenden | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | 14 |
| Ray Neel | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | 11 |
| Gary LaComb | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 28 |
| Marlo Holland | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Billy Meadows | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Phil Oyler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Dick Felt | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Ken Gomm | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Kick Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Felt | 9 | 177 | 19.7 | 0 | 28 |
| Phil Oyler | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Gary LaComb | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Billy Meadows | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 15 |
| Willard Stolworthy | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Crittenden | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 19 |
| Ron Bean | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Ken Gomm | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Dave McLaren | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Marion Probert | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Johnny Velasco | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lonnie Badger | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Cobabe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Punt Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Felt | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Stolworthy | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary LaComb | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Oyler | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Meadows | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry West | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Crittenden | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| Player | Tkl | Solo | Ast | Sacks | TFL | PBU | INT | Yds | TD | FF | FR | Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Overstreet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Felt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Muse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Cobabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Gomm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lyle Heinz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Probert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Oyler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ralph Powers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Bean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Verbanatz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kicking
| Player | FG | FGA | Pct | Lng | 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Blk | XPM | XPA | XP Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Meadows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Gomm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ron Bean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Punting
| Player | Punt | Yds | Avg | Lng | PuntBlk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Overstreet | 15 | 639 | 42.6 | 81 | 0 |
| Henry West | 12 | 421 | 35.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Dick Felt | 10 | 313 | 31.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Ron Bean | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Gary LaComb | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Dave Kimball | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Willard Stolworthy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Roster
| No. | Name | Class | Position | Height | Weight | Hometown | High School | Previous School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Dick Porterfield | SO | QB | 5-11 | 170 | Belleflower, CA | ||
| 8 | Dalton Overstreet | JR | QB | 6-1 | 167 | Chandler, AZ | Chandler HS | Eastern Arizona College |
| 9 | Jim Crittenden | SO | HB | 6-1 | 175 | Oakley, CA | South Summit HS | |
| 10 | Henry West | SR | QB | 6-1 | 165 | Pocatello, ID | Pocatello HS | |
| 11 | Dave Kimball | SO | QB | 5-10 | 155 | Provo, UT | Brigham Young HS | |
| 14 | Bert Hunsaker | SO | HB | 5-10 | 160 | Brigham City, UT | Box Elder HS | |
| 15 | Ron Bean | JR | QB | 5-11 | 175 | Seattle, WA | ||
| 17 | Billy Meadows | JR | HB | 5-9 | 160 | Columbus, GA | Jordan HS | |
| 19 | Johnny Velasco | JR | FB | 5-9 | 180 | Honolulu, HI | Farrington HS | |
| 20 | Phil Oyler | JR | HB | 5-10 | 170 | Brigham City, UT | Box Elder HS | |
| 21 | Dick Felt | SR | HB | 5-10 | 168 | Lehi, UT | Lehi HS | |
| 22 | Gary LaComb | SO | HB | 5-10 | 170 | Bingham, UT | Bingham HS | |
| 25 | Ken Gomm | SO | HB | 5-11 | 182 | Ogden, UT | Weber HS | |
| 33 | Dave McLaren | SO | FB | 6-1 | 192 | Provo, UT | Brigham Young HS | |
| 40 | Willard Stolworthy | JR | HB | 5-11 | 170 | Orem, UT | Lincoln HS | |
| 46 | Don James | SR | FB | 6-1 | 203 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas HS | |
| 46 | LaVae Smith | SO | FB | 5-9 | 184 | Fillmore, UT | Fillmore HS | |
| 50 | Glenn Taylor | SO | C | 6-1 | 180 | Bountiful, UT | ||
| 55 | Paul Kochevar | SR | C | 6-2 | 195 | Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 59 | Famika Anae | JR | C | 6-1 | 200 | Laie, HI | ||
| 60 | Lyle Heinz | JR | G | 5-11 | 175 | Rexburg, ID | ||
| 61 | Scott Farmer | SO | G | 5-10 | 174 | Seattle, WA | ||
| 63 | Claude Blanch | SO | G | 5-9 | 170 | Ogden, UT | Weber HS | |
| 64 | Bob Loose | SO | G | 5-10 | 180 | Phoenix, AZ | ||
| 65 | Bob Smith | SO | G | 5-10 | 175 | American Fork, UT | ||
| 66 | Ivan Muse | SR | G | 6-1 | 190 | Thatcher, AZ | ||
| 67 | Clinton Taylor | SR | G | 5-9 | 180 | Oakley, ID | ||
| 68 | Jay Weenig | SO | G | 6-2 | 210 | Ogden, UT | Ogden HS | |
| 70 | Dave Hanks | SO | T | 6-2 | 205 | Burley, ID | ||
| 71 | John Cobabe | SO | T | 6-2 | 180 | Hermosa Beach, CA | Redondo Union HS | |
| 72 | Ralph Powers | JR | T | 6-1 | 195 | Lehi, UT | Lehi HS | |
| 73 | John Robinson | SR | T | 6-1 | 196 | Freedom, WY | ||
| 74 | Lonnie Badger | JR | T | 6-3 | 200 | Holden, UT | ||
| 75 | Don Latimer | SR | T | 6-1 | 205 | Sandy, UT | Jordan HS | |
| 76 | Dean Gillespie | SO | T | 6-4 | 215 | Fillmore, UT | Millard HS | |
| 78 | Royce Elkins | JR | T | 6-1 | 220 | Farmington, NM | ||
| 80 | Dick Jardine | SO | E | 6-6 | 196 | Salt Lake City, UT | South HS | |
| 81 | Marion Probert | SR | E | 6-1 | 190 | Hawthorne, CA | Inglewood HS | |
| 83 | Tommy Verbanatz | JR | E | 5-11 | 192 | Orem, UT | Lincoln HS | |
| 85 | Paul Brown | SO | E | 6-1 | 185 | Buhl, ID | ||
| 87 | Paul Mendenhall | SR | E | 6-2 | 183 | Stockton, CA | ||
| 88 | Marlo Holland | SO | E | 6-2 | 196 | Salt Lake City, UT | ||
| 89 | Ray Neel | SO | E | 6-1 | 195 | Provo, UT | Lincoln HS |
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 |