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1961 BYU Football

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DateAPOpponentScoreStadiumLocationAttendance
Sep 16San Jose State College13-14 LY StadiumProvo, UT9,289
Sep 23at West Texas A&M8-55 LBuffalo BowlCanyon, TX12,000
Sep 30at North Texas State30-41 LFouts FieldDenton, TX8,000
Oct 7Montana7-6 WY StadiumProvo, UT6,519
Oct 14at Utah20-21 LUte StadiumSalt Lake City, UT23,087
Oct 21at Wyoming8-36 LWar Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY15,381
Nov 4Utah State8-31 LY StadiumProvo, UT13,133
Nov 11Colorado State30-16 WY StadiumProvo, UT8,144
Nov 18at Oregon State0-35 LParker StadiumCorvallis, OR8,495
Nov 25at New Mexico6-34 LUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque, NM0
Statistic BYU OPP
Scoring130289
Points per game13.028.9
First Downs105176
Rushing70135
Passing3037
Penalty54
Rushing Yardage12122535
Rushing attempts402516
Average per rush3.04.9
Average per game121.2253.5
TDs Rushing832
Passing Yardage680772
Comp-Att-Int42-111-1855-124-6
Completion pct37.8%44.4%
Average per pass6.16.2
Average per catch16.214.0
Average per game68.077.2
TDs Passing75
Total Offense18923307
Total plays513640
Average per play3.75.2
Average per game189.2330.7
Kick returns: #-Yards35-77926-547
Average per return22.321.0
Punt returns: #-Yards17-20231-318
Average per return11.910.3
Fumbles-Lost26-1429-21
Penalties-Yards21-21640-371
Punts-Yards53-206133-1322
Average per punt38.940.1
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts0-01-2
3rd-down conversion//
3rd-down pct%%
4th-down conversion//
4th-down pct%%

Passing

Player Cmp Att Pct Yards Yds/Att TD Int Eff Lng Sacked Sack Yards
Eldon Fortie338339.84695.751180.67000
Bill Jackson11100.08080.0101102.08000
Doran Merkley41822.2663.717-6.41800
Bill Wright4944.4596.60099.54600

Rushing

Player Att Yards Yds/Att TD Lng
Eldon Fortie1384223.120
Doran Merkley962702.800
Bill Nelson521753.400
Dion Frazier391413.620
Paul Allen351404.0339
Bill Wright23672.915
Marshall Hall10252.500
Jeff Livingston177.007
John Malarsie122.002
Gene Frantz1-6-6.000
Bill Jackson6-31-5.200

Receiving

Player Rec Yards Yds/Rec TD Lng
Paul Allen526152.2380
Don Peterson1111510.5013
Jeff Livingston77310.4014
Lloyd Smith46616.5134
Dave Cass34013.3017
Dick Wood33411.310
Gene Frantz23015.0119
Dion Frazier22814.0015
Dick Darling3155.0110
Jim Hawkins11414.0014
Marshall Hall144.004

Kick Returns

Player No Yds Avg TD Lng
Paul Allen1145541.4393
Eldon Fortie918420.4016
Doran Merkley810212.8016
Bill Nelson58016.0017
Dion Frazier46917.3021
Gordon Blackham100.000

Punt Returns

Player No Yds Avg TD Lng
Dion Frazier38628.7170
Eldon Fortie10585.806
Paul Allen23115.5025
Bill Nelson12424.0024
Bill Wright133.003

Defense

Player Tkl Solo Ast Sacks TFL PBU INT Yds TD FF FR Blk
Mike Brady144100.00.001160000
Wayland Sheppard14860.00.00000000
Paul Allen13670.00.001250000
Lloyd Smith10460.00.00000000
Bill Nelson10370.00.00100000
Dave Cass10640.00.00000000
Scott Wartena8440.00.00000000
Bruce Kochevar7520.00.00120000
Dion Frazier6600.00.00000000
Kent Horne6240.00.00000000
Val Weenig5320.00.00000000
Don Peterson5320.00.00000000
Dick Darling5230.00.00000000
Bob Barrow5230.00.00000000
Dan Taylor4130.00.00000000
Gene Frantz4220.00.00100000
Gordon Blackham4400.00.00000000
Bruce Handley3120.00.00000000
Steve Dangerfield3120.00.00000000
Roger DuPaix3210.00.00000000
Devon Stone2110.00.00000000
Eldon Fortie2110.00.00000000
Bill Wright2110.00.00100000
Jeff Livingston2020.00.00000000
Jim Hawkins2110.00.00000000
Dick Wood1100.00.00000000
Doran Merkley1010.00.00000000
Dave Handley1010.00.00000000
Steve Sullivan1010.00.00000000

Kicking

Player FG FGA Pct Lng 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Blk XPM XPA XP Blk
Frank Baker0000-00-00-00-00-00440

Punting

Player Punt Yds Avg Lng PuntBlk
Bill Wright47186239.6780
Bill Jackson415137.800
Eldon Fortie14848.0480
TEAM100.01

Roster

No. Name Class Position Height Weight Hometown High School Previous School
Marshall Hall JR Azusa, CA
Jeff Livingston SO Ogden, UT
0 Frank Baker SO K/E 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 JR 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 JR 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

Coaching Staff

CoachPosition
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