1961 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 16	San Jose State College	13-14 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	9,289
Sep 23	at West Texas A&M	8-55 L	Buffalo Bowl	Canyon, TX	12,000
Sep 30	at North Texas State	30-41 L	Fouts Field	Denton, TX	8,000
Oct 7	Montana	7-6 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	6,519
Oct 14	at Utah	20-21 L	Ute Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	23,087
Oct 21	at Wyoming	8-36 L	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	15,381
Nov 4	Utah State	8-31 L	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	13,133
Nov 11	Colorado State	30-16 W	Y Stadium	Provo, UT	8,144
Nov 18	at Oregon State	0-35 L	Parker Stadium	Corvallis, OR	8,495
Nov 25	at New Mexico	6-34 L	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	0

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	130	289
Points per game	13.0	28.9
First Downs	105	176
Rushing	70	135
Passing	30	37
Penalty	5	4
Rushing Yardage	1212	2535
Rushing attempts	402	516
Average per rush	3.0	4.9
Average per game	121.2	253.5
TDs Rushing	8	32
Passing Yardage	680	772
Comp-Att-Int	42-111-18	55-124-6
Completion pct	37.8%	44.4%
Average per pass	6.1	6.2
Average per catch	16.2	14.0
Average per game	68.0	77.2
TDs Passing	7	5
Total Offense	1892	3307
Total plays	513	640
Average per play	3.7	5.2
Average per game	189.2	330.7
Kick returns: #-Yards	35-779	26-547
Average per return	22.3	21.0
Punt returns: #-Yards	17-202	31-318
Average per return	11.9	10.3
Fumbles-Lost	26-14	29-21
Penalties-Yards	21-216	40-371
Punts-Yards	53-2061	33-1322
Average per punt	38.9	40.1
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	0-0	1-2
3rd-down conversion	/	/
3rd-down pct	%	%
4th-down conversion	/	/
4th-down pct	%	%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng
Eldon Fortie	33	83	39.8	469	5.7	5	11	80.6	70
Bill Jackson	1	1	100.0	80	80.0	1	0	1102.0	80
Doran Merkley	4	18	22.2	66	3.7	1	7	-6.4	18
Bill Wright	4	9	44.4	59	6.6	0	0	99.5	46

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Eldon Fortie	138	422	3.1	2
Doran Merkley	96	270	2.8	0
Bill Nelson	52	175	3.4	0
Dion Frazier	39	141	3.6	2
Paul Allen	35	140	4.0	3	39
Bill Wright	23	67	2.9	1	5
Marshall Hall	10	25	2.5	0
Jeff Livingston	1	7	7.0	0	7
John Malarsie	1	2	2.0	0	2
Gene Frantz	1	-6	-6.0	0
Bill Jackson	6	-31	-5.2	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Paul Allen	5	261	52.2	3	80
Don Peterson	11	115	10.5	0	13
Jeff Livingston	7	73	10.4	0	14
Lloyd Smith	4	66	16.5	1	34
Dave Cass	3	40	13.3	0	17
Dick Wood	3	34	11.3	1	0
Gene Frantz	2	30	15.0	1	19
Dion Frazier	2	28	14.0	0	15
Dick Darling	3	15	5.0	1	10
Jim Hawkins	1	14	14.0	0	14
Marshall Hall	1	4	4.0	0	4

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Paul Allen	11	455	41.4	3	93
Eldon Fortie	9	184	20.4	0	16
Doran Merkley	8	102	12.8	0	16
Bill Nelson	5	80	16.0	0	17
Dion Frazier	4	69	17.3	0	21
Gordon Blackham	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dion Frazier	3	86	28.7	1	70
Eldon Fortie	10	58	5.8	0	6
Paul Allen	2	31	15.5	0	25
Bill Nelson	1	24	24.0	0	24
Bill Wright	1	3	3.0	0	3

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	INT	Yds
Mike Brady	14	4	10	1	16
Wayland Sheppard	14	8	6	0	0
Paul Allen	13	6	7	1	25
Lloyd Smith	10	4	6	0	0
Bill Nelson	10	3	7	1	0
Dave Cass	10	6	4	0	0
Scott Wartena	8	4	4	0	0
Bruce Kochevar	7	5	2	1	2
Dion Frazier	6	6	0	0	0
Kent Horne	6	2	4	0	0
Val Weenig	5	3	2	0	0
Don Peterson	5	3	2	0	0
Dick Darling	5	2	3	0	0
Bob Barrow	5	2	3	0	0
Dan Taylor	4	1	3	0	0
Gene Frantz	4	2	2	1	0
Gordon Blackham	4	4	0	0	0
Bruce Handley	3	1	2	0	0
Steve Dangerfield	3	1	2	0	0
Roger DuPaix	3	2	1	0	0
Devon Stone	2	1	1	0	0
Eldon Fortie	2	1	1	0	0
Bill Wright	2	1	1	1	0
Jeff Livingston	2	0	2	0	0
Jim Hawkins	2	1	1	0	0
Dick Wood	1	1	0	0	0
Doran Merkley	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Handley	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Frank Baker	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Bill Wright	47	1862	39.6	78	0
Bill Jackson	4	151	37.8	0	0
Eldon Fortie	1	48	48.0	48	0
TEAM	1	0	0.0		1

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
0	Frank Baker	SO	K	5-8	172	Albuquerque, NM
10	Rick Ashmore	SO	WB	6-0	180	Newhall, CA
11	Dion Frazier	JR	WB	5-10	185	Carlin, NV
12	Paul Allen	SR	WB	6-0	183	Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
14	Bruce Samples	JR	WB	5-8	176	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
20	Gordon Blackham	SO	BB	5-11	190	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
21	Glenn Pond	SO	BB	6-1	215	Murray, UT
26	Dick Darling	JR	BB	5-11	198	Caldwell, ID	Caldwell HS
28	Larry Geisler	SO	BB	5-10	170	Salt Lake City, UT
30	Bill Francis	SO	FB	5-11	170	Boise, ID	Borah HS
33	Bill Nelson	SO	FB	5-10	168	Concord, CA
34	John Malarsie	SO	FB	5-11	174	Durango, CA
36	Tillman Turley	SR	FB	6-1	201	Eagar, AZ	Round Valley HS	Eastern Arizona College
40	Eldon Fortie	JR	TB	5-11	158	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
41	Bill Wright	JR	TB	6-0	184	Salt Lake City, UT
43	Bill Jackson	SO	TB	6-0	176	Ogden, UT
44	Doran Merkley	SO	TB	6-2	195	Blackfoot, ID
51	Dan Taylor	JR	C	6-2	187	Springville, UT	Springville HS	Snow College
54	Mike Brady	JR	C	5-11	175	Oakridge, TN
59	Steve Dangerfield	SR	C	6-0	189	Salt Lake City, UT
60	Bryon Lake	SO	G	6-0	200	West Linn, OR	North Eugene HS
61	Wayland Sheppard	SR	G	6-0	193	Sacramento, CA
62	Bruce Kochevar	SR	G	6-0	183	Los Angeles, CA	Eagle Rock HS	Glendale College
63	Mike Conrad	SO	G	5-7	205	Mira Costa, CA
64	Bruce Handley	SO	G	6-0	194	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
65	Bob Barrow	SO	G	5-8	175	Hawthorne, CA	Hawthorne HS
67	Roger DuPaix	JR	G	5-11	178	Huntington Park, CA	Huntington Park HS
69	Layne Hynek	SO	G	6-0	185	Houston, TX
70	Max Hatfield	SO	T	6-1	202	Buhl, ID
71	Val Weenig	JR	T	6-2	203	Sacramento, CA	Borah HS
72	Paul Knoblauch	SO	T	6-0	195	Hawthorne, CA
73	Ron Nielson	SR	T	6-2	218	Tooele, UT	Tooele HS
74	Kent Horne	SR	T	6-2	258	Glendale, AZ
75	Scott Wartena	SO	T	6-1	212	Portland, OR
76	Devon Stone	SO	T	5-9	200	Ogden, UT
77	George Burrows	SO	T	6-4	258	San Leandro, CA		San Mateo College
78	Steve Sullivan	SR	T	6-1	192	Henderson, NV
80	Jim Kimmel	FR	E	6-0	175	Sacramento, CA
81	Gene Frantz	JR	E	6-3	190	Salt Lake City, UT	Highland HS
82	Dave Cass	SO	E	6-2	182	Newhall, CA
83	Lloyd Smith	SO	E	5-11	178	Knoxville, TN
84	Dick Wood	SO	E	6-0	183	Bountiful, UT
85	Jim Hawkins	SO	E	6-1	201	Richland, WA
87	Clark Stringham	JR	E	6-2	194	Riverside, CA	Poly HS
89	Don Peterson	SR	E	6-4	205	Burley, ID
	Marshall Hall	JR				Azusa, CA
	Jeff Livingston	SO				Ogden, UT

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Carl Rollins	Assistant Coach
Chris Apostol	Assistant Coach
Clint Whitfield	Assistant Coach
Earl Lindley	Assistant Coach
Eddie Kimball	Athletic Director
Gerald Doman	Assistant Coach
Glen Tuckett	Freshman Coach
Hal Mitchell	Head Coach