1959 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 19	at Arizona	18-14 W	Arizona Stadium	Tucson, AZ	0
Sep 26	at Fresno State	16-27 L	Ratcliffe Stadium	Fresno, CA	8,234
Oct 3	Montana	0-12 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	9,172
Oct 9	at Utah	8-20 L	Ute Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	17,121
Oct 17	at Wyoming	6-21 L	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	12,423
Oct 24	Denver	7-14 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	9,305
Oct 31	Utah State	18-0 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	6,924
Nov 7	at New Mexico	6-21 L	Zimmerman Field	Albuquerque, NM	0
Nov 14	at Arizona State	8-21 L	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, AZ	25,200
Nov 21	Colorado State	14-13 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	5,310

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	101	163
Points per game	10.1	16.3
First Downs	144	141
Rushing	122	101
Passing	19	36
Penalty	3	4
Rushing Yardage	1935	2084
Rushing attempts	524	493
Average per rush	3.7	4.2
Average per game	193.5	208.4
TDs Rushing	13	13
Passing Yardage	567	779
Comp-Att-Int	50-131-11	57-125-5
Completion pct	38.2%	45.6%
Average per pass	4.3	6.2
Average per catch	11.3	13.7
Average per game	56.7	77.9
TDs Passing	2	11
Total Offense	2502	2863
Total plays	655	618
Average per play	3.8	4.6
Average per game	250.2	286.3
Kick returns: #-Yards	35-536	20-378
Average per return	15.3	18.9
Punt returns: #-Yards	26-283	28-287
Average per return	10.9	10.3
Fumbles-Lost	32-20	30-19
Penalties-Yards	51-417	57-441
Punts-Yards	48-2094	55-1969
Average per punt	43.6	35.8
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	0-1	2-3
3rd-down conversion	13/34	5/18
3rd-down pct	38.2%	27.8%
4th-down conversion	5/10	0/2
4th-down pct	50.0%	0.0%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng
Gary Dunn	10	31	32.3	223	7.2	1	3	84.0	58
Ron Startin	16	35	45.7	135	3.9	0	4	55.3	25
Jackie Jordan	13	24	54.2	99	4.1	1	1	94.2	29
Keith Hubbs	8	28	28.6	84	3.0	0	3	32.3	16
Dale Grant	3	5	60.0	18	3.6	0	1	50.2	2
Nyle McFarlane	1	6	16.7	8	1.3	0	0	27.9	8
Bud Belnap	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	-66.7	0
Jack Gifford	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
LeGrande Young	84	414	4.9	0	3
Jack Gifford	46	235	5.1	4	7
Nyle McFarlane	50	234	4.7	2	20
Howard Ringwood	53	197	3.7	2	11
Keith Hubbs	53	177	3.3	1	9
Gary Dunn	67	175	2.6	2	7
Jackie Jordan	40	170	4.3	0	1
Ron Jacobsen	28	101	3.6	0	2
Burt Bullock	33	83	2.5	0	4
Eddie Young	13	51	3.9	0	5
Paul Allen	9	51	5.7	0	3
Hal Lewis	4	22	5.5	0	12
Dale Grant	12	17	1.4	0	4
Joe McGinn	10	17	1.7	0	9
Bud Belnap	3	16	5.3	0	3
Ron Startin	9	14	1.6	1	10
George Suttles	1	2	2.0	0	2
Lynn Stewart	1	1	1.0	1	1
TEAM	3	-29	-9.7	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Howard Ringwood	10	130	13.0	0	26
Harold Hawkins	6	106	17.7	1	58
Jack Gifford	5	76	15.2	0	15
Burt Bullock	3	62	20.7	0	29
Tom Cole	5	55	11.0	1	16
Nyle McFarlane	5	26	5.2	0	14
Paul Allen	1	25	25.0	0	25
Don Peterson	3	23	7.7	0	9
Jackie Jordan	1	14	14.0	0	14
Merlin Smith	1	12	12.0	0	12
Bud Belnap	1	10	10.0	0	10
Dale Grant	2	10	5.0	0	6
Fred Leavitt	1	9	9.0	0	9
Milt Johnson	1	8	8.0	0	8
Keith Hubbs	2	5	2.5	0	4
LeGrande Young	1	3	3.0	0	3
Gale Anderson	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Joe McGinn	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Ron Jacobsen	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Paul Allen	6	94	15.7	15
LeGrande Young	5	75	15.0	18
Dale Grant	3	61	20.3	23
Nyle McFarlane	3	54	18.0	20
Howard Ringwood	4	49	12.3	21
Gary Dunn	4	42	10.5
Bud Belnap	2	42	21.0	28
Keith Hubbs	2	39	19.5	24
Jack Gifford	2	33	16.5	17
Burt Bullock	2	27	13.5	24
Joe McGinn	1	20	20.0	20
Tom Cole	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Keith Hubbs	6	80	13.3	0
Jack Gifford	6	62	10.3	17
Burt Bullock	4	32	8.0	19
Dale Grant	2	31	15.5
Paul Allen	2	30	15.0	19
Joe McGinn	2	22	11.0	12
Howard Ringwood	2	16	8.0
Dick Magoffin	1	10	10.0	10

Defense

Player	INT	Yds	FR	Blk
Dick Magoffin	1	48	0	0
Eddie Young	1	11	0	0
Fred Leavitt	0	0	1	0
Howard Ringwood	1	14	0	0
Lonnie Dennis	0	0	0	1
Tom Cole	1	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Gary Dunn	0	3	0.0	0	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0
Ron Jacobsen	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng
Gary Dunn	39	1748	44.8	69
Ron Jacobsen	7	247	35.3	44
Dale Grant	2	75	37.5	43

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
10	Gary Dunn	SR	QB	6-1	202	San Diego, CA	Helix HS
14	Ron Startin	SR	QB	6-1	185	Murray, UT	Murray HS
15	Bud Belnap	JR	QB	5-10	178	Hooper, UT	Weber HS
17	Jackie Jordan	JR	QB	5-10	160	Slocum, RI	St. Raphael Academy	Rollins College
20	Burt Bullock	SR	HB	5-9	170	Rawlins, WY	Rawlins HS
22	Howard Ringwood	SR	HB	6-0	185	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
23	Paul Allen	SO	HB	6-0	175	Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
24	Jack Gifford	JR	HB	5-11	180	Orange, TX
26	Paul Garcia	SO	HB	5-9	167	Los Angeles, CA
28	Verl Shell	SR	HB	6-0	161	Provo, UT	Brigham Young HS
30	Lynn Stewart	SO	FB	6-1	180	Payson, UT
32	Eddie Young	JR	FB	6-0	185	Colton, CA
33	Ron Jacobsen	JR	FB	6-1	190	Duncan, AZ
34	Roy Tidwell	JR	FB	6-0	195	Ontario, OR
36	LeGrande Young	SR	FB	6-0	195	Provo, UT	Brigham Young HS
40	Nyle McFarlane	JR				Riverton, UT	Jordan HS	Utah
41	Hal Lewis	JR	HB	5-9	154	Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
43	Dale Grant	JR	HB	6-0	172	Salt Lake City, UT
44	Joe McGinn	SR	HB	5-8	151	Providence, RI
45	Dion Frazier	FR	HB	5-10	170	Carlin, NV
46	Keith Hubbs	SR	HB	6-1	170	Colton, CA	Colton HS
50	Dick Magoffin	JR	C	6-0	201	San Diego, CA	El Cajon HS
51	Wayland Sheppard	SO	C	6-0	198	Sacramento, CA
52	Larry Harrison	JR	C	6-0	198	Tooele, UT
59	Steve Dangerfield	SO	C	6-0	185	Salt Lake City, UT
60	Faatautau Salanoa	SO	G	5-11	228	Pearl City, HI
61	Howard Homan	JR	G	6-1	190	Inglewood, CA
62	Steve Sullivan	SO	G	6-0	197	Henderson, NV
63	Milan Christley	SR	G	6-1	223	Salem, VA	Lewis HS
64	Art Brown	JR	G	6-0	195	Riverside, CA	Riverside Poly HS	Riverside City College
65	Paul Eckel	SR	G	6-1	197	Medford, OR	Medford HS
66	Lonnie Dennis	SR	G	6-1	221	Los Angeles, CA	St. Anthony
68	Norman Putnam	SR	G	6-2	206	Durango, CO
70	Dave Barrus	JR	T	6-2	213	San Diego, CA	El Cajon HS
71	Jim Shumway	JR	G	6-0	241	Tempe, AZ	Tempe HS
71	Bill Brown	SR	T	6-2	212	Beverly Hills, CA
72	Ron Nielson	SO	T	6-1	215	Tooele, UT	Tooele HS
73	Norris Fish	JR	T	6-2	210	Thatcher, AZ
75	Kent Horne	JR	T	6-1	245	Glendale, AZ
76	Wes Vorwaller	JR	T	6-1	209	Tooele, UT
77	John Kapele	SR	T	6-0	230	Kaneohe, HI	James B. Castle HS
78	Merlin Smith	JR	T	6-3	200	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
79	Roy Bennion	SR	T	6-4	228	Lehi, UT	Cyprus HS
80	Tom Cole	SR	E	6-2	195	Yuma, AZ		Arizona
81	Lynn Mathie	JR	E	6-2	176	Ogden, UT
83	Milt Johnson	SO	E	6-3	185	Los Angeles, CA
84	LeRoy Overstreet	JR	E	6-4	190	Chandler, AZ	Chandler HS	Weber College
86	Russ Felt	SO	E	6-3	180	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS
87	Gale Anderson	SO	E	6-1	200	Milford, UT
89	Don Peterson	SO	E	6-4	200	Burley, ID
90	Fred Leavitt	SR	E	6-1	195	Las Vegas, NV
	George Kinder	SR				San Diego, CA
	John Cobabe	SR				Hermosa Beach, CA	Redondo Union HS
	George Suttles	SO				Redondo Beach, CA
	Harold Hawkins	JR				Salt Lake City, UT

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Carl Rollins	Assistant Coach
Chris Apostol	Assistant Coach
Eddie Kimball	Athletic Director
Hal Mitchell	Assistant Coach
Owen Dixon	Assistant Coach
Tally Stevens	Head Coach