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1970 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 12	North Texas	10-7 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	23,496
Sep 19	at Western Michigan	17-35 L	Waldo Stadium	Kalamazoo, MI	0
Sep 26	UTEP	0-17 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 3	at San Diego State College	11-31 L	San Diego Stadium	San Diego, CA	36,830
Oct 10	at Arizona	17-24 L	Arizona Stadium	Tucson, AZ	0
Oct 17	No. 12 Arizona State	3-27 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Oct 24	Utah State	27-20 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	21,562
Oct 31	Wyoming	23-3 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	0
Nov 7	at Colorado State	9-26 L	Hughes Stadium	Fort Collins, CO	20,034
Nov 14	at New Mexico	8-51 L	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	0
Nov 21	at Utah	13-14 L	Ute Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	0

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	138	255
Points per game	12.5	23.2
First Downs	117	194
Rushing	61	107
Passing	45	77
Penalty	11	10
Rushing Yardage	1289	2207
Rushing attempts	538	582
Average per rush	2.4	3.8
Average per game	117.2	200.6
TDs Rushing	11	13
Passing Yardage	1359	1745
Comp-Att-Int	119-279-25	123-268-18
Completion pct	42.7%	45.9%
Average per pass	4.9	6.5
Average per catch	11.4	14.2
Average per game	123.5	158.6
TDs Passing	3	14
Total Offense	2648	3952
Total plays	817	850
Average per play	3.2	4.6
Average per game	240.7	359.3
Kick returns: #-Yards	42-888	29-646
Average per return	21.1	22.3
Punt returns: #-Yards	31-392	37-399
Average per return	12.6	10.8
Fumbles-Lost	44-23	33-26
Penalties-Yards	68-655	112-1116
Punts-Yards	76-2886	64-2349
Average per punt	38.0	36.7
Sacks by
Field goals-attempts	11-	5-2
3rd-down conversion	8/34	7/30
3rd-down pct	23.5%	23.3%
4th-down conversion	4/6	2/5
4th-down pct	66.7%	40.0%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng
Rick Jones	76	168	45.2	851	5.1	1	17	69.5	0
Brian Gunderson	31	74	41.9	401	5.4	2	6	80.1	0
Don Griffin	8	21	38.1	73	3.5	0	2	48.2	5
Dave Coon	6	19	31.6	68	3.6	0	4	19.5	9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	103	405	3.9	4	31
Kip Jackson	56	249	4.4	4	29
Dave Coon	95	200	2.1	0	28
Chris Reading	42	192	4.6	2	33
Eddie Nichols	54	185	3.4	0	16
Pili Saluone	17	71	4.2	2	0
Don Griffin	14	49	3.5	1	13
Bill Glatch	11	27	2.5	0	8
Brian Gunderson	48	22	0.5	0	11
Bill Miller	2	4	2.0	0	2
Ron Wilson	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Rick Jones	85	-112	-1.3	0	11

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Golden Richards	37	512	13.8	1	0
Larry Heaps	12	175	14.6	0	12
Dave Coon	12	121	10.1	1	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	8	102	12.8	1	17
Dan Bowers	7	98	14.0	0	33
Bill Miller	9	91	10.1	0	0
Lucky Dare Fleming	9	80	8.9	0	0
Neil Bingham	5	50	10.0	0	0
Kip Jackson	4	47	11.8	0	9
Spero Bowman	4	45	11.3	0	13
Dennis Poppinga	4	25	6.3	0	0
Eddie Nichols	6	22	3.7	0	12
Bill Glatch	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Chris Farasopoulos	26	649	25.0	32
Bill Glatch	4	81	20.3	0
Golden Richards	4	78	19.5	31
Pete Van Valkenburg	4	56	14.0	17
Dan Bowers	2	12	6.0	12
Eddie Nichols	1	9	9.0	9
Chris Reading	1	9	9.0	9
Neil Bingham	1	3	3.0	3

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
Chris Farasopoulos	27	366	13.6
Dave Coon	1	22	22.0
Golden Richards	2	-5	-2.5

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Ted Nelson	119	36	83	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Hansen	111	43	68	0.0	5	8	108	0	0	1	0
Gerald Meyer	89	35	54	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Lyman	73	23	50	0.0	4	2	13	0	0	3	0
Joe Liljenquist	70	26	44	1.0	4	1	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Jacobsen	69	16	53	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Farasopoulos	68	40	28	0.0	5	4	47	0	0	0	0
Bill Dvorak	61	14	47	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Crandall	49	16	33	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Mendenhall	37	23	14	0.0	10	1	2	0	0	1	0
Jim Faulkner	35	8	27	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Knight	29	12	17	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Tree	24	6	18	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Von Wells	23	8	15	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Watford	19	3	16	0.0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0
Paul Howard	16	5	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Crompton	13	7	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Doman	9	4	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Monahan	6	4	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Bowers	5	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Nichols	4	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spero Bowman	4	3	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Facer	4	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Serck	3	2	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art Allred	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.C. Hyder	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Poppinga	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Denney	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bowers	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Heaps	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lucky Dare Fleming	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Page	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Bingham	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Banzhaf	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Jones	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Gunderson	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Coon	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Legas				0.0						1

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Joe Liljenquist	11	14	78.6	38	0-0	2-2	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	9	10	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Joe Liljenquist	51	1978	38.8	75	0
Don Griffin	25	905	36.2	55	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
8	Dave Atkinson	FR	CB	6-1	185	Provo, UT	Provo HS
9	Dave Coon	FR	QB	6-1	185	Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas High
10	Rick Jones	JR	QB	6-2	195	Pocatello, ID	Highland HS
11	Dan Hansen	R-SO	FS	6-3	190	Torrance, CA	North Torrance HS
12	Don Griffin	SR	QB	6-2	190	El Dorado, AR		Ricks College
13	Dave Terry	FR	QB	5-10	165	Newport Beach, CA
14	Gary Nuttall	SO	QB	6-1	180	Provo, UT
15	Brian Gunderson	SO	QB	6-1	175	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
16	Ron Mendenhall	JR	CB	6-1	170	Salt Lake City, UT	Granger HS
17	Bill Miller	R-JR	SE/FS	6-1	190	Idaho Falls, ID	Idaho Falls HS
17	Wayne Watten	JR				Fullerton, CA	Fullerton HS
19	Chris Farasopoulos	SR	CB/RS	6-1	190	Torrance, CA	North Torrance High
20	Dave Connelly	SR	TB	5-8	175	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
22	Golden Richards	SO	SE/WB	6-1	185	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
23	Von Wells	SO	SS	6-1	190	Twin Falls, ID	Twin Falls HS
24	Bill Glatch	JR	CB	5-9	175	Phoenix, AZ	Maryvale HS	Glendale College
25	Neil Bingham	SR	WB	5-10	175	Roosevelt, UT	Union HS
26	Pili Saluone	JR	FB	5-7	170	Laie, HI
28	Pete Van Valkenburg	SO	TB	6-2	190	Salt Lake City, UT	Hillcrest HS
30	Chris Reading	SR	FB	6-1	195	Vallejo, CA	Vallejo HS
31	Ron Knight	JR	CB	5-11	175	Sand Springs, OK	Charles Page HS	North Oklahoma A&M
32	Ron Tree	SO	LB	6-1	185	Heber City, UT	Wasatch HS
33	Eddie Nichols	SR	FB	5-11	190	Gilbert, AZ	Gilbert HS	Mesa CC
34	Ron Wilson	JR	TB	6-1	185	Fillmore, UT
35	Dennis Watford	SR	SS	6-2	190	Upland, CA	Alto Loma HS
36	Wayne Bower	SO	FB	6-1	185	Caldwell, ID	Nampa HS
37	Jeff Lyman	JR	LB	6-4	210	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
41	Art Allred	JR	LB	6-2	190	Orem, UT	Orem HS
42	John Beeson	SR				Wichita, KS	Ruskin HS	Wichita State
44	Craig Crompton	SO	CB	5-11	165	Orem, UT	Orem HS
46	Dick Legas	SR	CB	6-1	175	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
47	Kip Jackson	SR	TB	6-1	190	Los Altos, CA	Los Altos HS
50	Mike Preston	FR				Carson, CA	Carson HS
52	Ken Serck	SR	C	6-2	225	Westminster, CO	Ranum HS
52	Dale Johnson	FR				Orem, UT	Orem High
54	Ted Nelson	SR	M	6-1	195	Fullerton, CA	Troy HS	Fullerton Junior College
55	Steve Facer	JR	RG	6-1	220	Malad, ID	Malad HS
59	John Walton	R-SR	C	5-11	215	Camarillo, CA	Adolfo Camarillo HS	Moorpark College
60	Dennis Doman	SO	LB	6-3	200	Nampa, ID
61	Mike Madeo	SR				Winslow, AZ
62	Steve Banzhaf	SO	C	6-4	215	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
65	J.C. Hyder	JR	RG	6-1	215	Henderson, NC
66	Carl Bowers	JR	M	6-2	210	Pleasant Hill, CA	Pleasant Hill HS
67	Jim Phillips	SR	RG	6-1	215	San Luis Obispo, CA	Mission HS	Cuesta College
70	Steve Hall	SR				Park Forest, IL	Rich HS
71	John Monahan	SO	LT	6-4	220	West Covina, CA	Edgewood HS
72	Craig Denney	FR	DT	6-3	220	Murray, UT	Murray HS
73	Jim Faulkner	R-SR	DE	6-2	225	Downey, CA	Warren HS	Cerritos College
74	Ray Crandall	SO	DT	6-3	220	Heber, AZ	Snowflake HS
75	Max Page	SO	RT	6-3	220	Payson, UT	Payson HS
76	Gordon Gravelle	RS-Medical	RT	6-5	240	Walnut Creek, CA	Ygnacio Valley HS
77	Gerald Meyer	SR	DT	6-3	245	Walnut Creek, CA
78	Dale Johnson	SO	DT	6-1	230	Orem, UT	Orem High
79	Mike Jacobsen	SR	DT	6-3	225	Bountiful, UT	Viewmont HS
80	Larry Heaps	SR	SE	6-1	190	Orem, UT	Orem HS
82	Bill Dvorak	R-JR	LB	6-2	205	Sheridan, WY	Sheridan HS	Mesa CC
83	Dennis Poppinga	SO	TE	6-5	210	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
84	Joe Liljenquist	JR	DE/K	6-3	210	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
85	Paul Howard	SO	DE	6-4	225	Redding, CA	Central Valley HS
86	Spero Bowman	SO	TE	6-4	185	Aurora, CO	Aurora Central HS
87	Bill Thomas	JR	SE	5-10	75	Idaho Falls, ID
88	Lucky Dare Fleming	SR	SE	5-11	180	La Mesa, CA	Grossmont HS	Grossmont College
89	Bill Gallaway	SO	DT	6-5	235	Haines City, FL
90	Dan Bowers	JR	TE	6-4	210	Mesa, AZ	Mesa HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Chris Apostol	Linebackers
Dave Kragthorpe	Offensive Coordinator
Dick Felt	Defensive Backs
Floyd Millet	Athletic Director
George Gruber	Freshmen Assistant
J.D. Helm	Freshmen, Receivers
John Lupoi	Freshmen Assistant
LaVell Edwards	Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator
Les Miller	Offensive Backs
Mike Weinkauf	Freshmen Assistant
Paul Sutorius	Freshmen Assistant
Rick Dixon	Freshmen Assistant
Ron Wakely	Freshmen Assistant
Tommy Hudspeth	Head Coach