Cougar Football Archive

1977 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 10	RV	Kansas State	39-0 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	35,196
Sep 24	20	at Utah State	65-6 W	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	20,103
Sep 30	15	New Mexico	54-19 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	33,352
Oct 8	13	at Oregon State	19-24 L	Parker Stadium	Corvallis, OR	33,965
Oct 15		at Colorado State	63-17 W	Hughes Stadium	Fort Collins, CO	29,110
Oct 22	17	at Wyoming	10-7 W	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	25,398
Oct 29	17	Arizona	34-14 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	33,621
Nov 5	14	Utah	38-8 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	34,208
Nov 12	13	at No. 17 Arizona State	13-24 L	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, AZ	58,295
Nov 19	17	Long Beach State	30-27 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	21,322
Nov 26	18	at UTEP	68-19 W	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, TX	7,800

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	433	165
Points per game	39.4	15.0
First Downs	271	202
Rushing	84	105
Passing	164	75
Penalty	23	22
Rushing Yardage	1423	1753
Rushing attempts	425	565
Average per rush	3.3	3.1
Average per game	129.4	159.4
TDs Rushing	14	8
Passing Yardage	3758	1866
Comp-Att-Int	277-457-23	141-326-19
Completion pct	60.6%	43.3%
Average per pass	8.2	5.7
Average per catch	13.6	13.2
Average per game	341.6	169.6
TDs Passing	41	11
Total Offense	5181	3619
Total plays	882	891
Average per play	5.9	4.1
Average per game	471.0	329.0
Kick returns: #-Yards	24-493	44-805
Average per return	20.5	18.3
Punt returns: #-Yards	27-132	15-52
Average per return	4.9	3.5
Fumbles-Lost	31-18	53-37
Penalties-Yards	111-1087	102-939
Punts-Yards	55-2162	88-3335
Average per punt	39.3	37.9
Sacks by	24	26
Field goals-attempts	9-18	5-12
3rd-down conversion	59/164	59/198
3rd-down pct	36.0%	29.8%
4th-down conversion	4/15	9/23
4th-down pct	26.7%	39.1%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Marc Wilson	164	277	59.2	2418	8.7	24	18	148.1	72	22	172
Gifford Nielsen	98	156	62.8	1167	7.5	16	3	155.7	64	7	61
Jim McMahon	10	16	62.5	103	6.4	1	1	124.7	46	2	23
Terry McEwen	3	3	100.0	32	10.7	0	0	189.6	13	3	24
Scott Phillips	1	2	50.0	29	14.5	0	1	71.8	30	0	0
Dan Hartwig	1	2	50.0	9	4.5	0	0	87.8	9	0	0
John Van Der Wouden	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Scott Phillips	47	325	6.9	5	32
Roger Gourley	76	294	3.9	2	15
Todd Christensen	79	290	3.7	3	15
Bill Ring	58	262	4.5	0	32
Casey Wingard	30	195	6.5	1	45
Mike Chronister	3	58	19.3	0	29
Scott Reber	6	25	4.2	0	11
Marc Wilson	81	20	0.2	2	19
Dan Hartwig	1	6	6.0	0	6
Jim McMahon	7	-20	-2.9	0	15
Gifford Nielsen	29	-25	-0.9	0	15
Terry McEwen	5	-28	-5.6	0	6

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
John Van Der Wouden	43	661	15.4	7	44
Mike Chronister	38	649	17.1	10	72
Todd Christensen	50	603	12.1	5	34
Tod Thompson	39	601	15.4	8	39
Roger Gourley	33	443	13.4	2	64
George Harris	23	313	13.6	6	26
Scott Phillips	18	207	11.5	0	63
Bill Ring	10	104	10.4	0	18
Stan Younger	7	90	12.9	1	46
Casey Wingard	8	80	10.0	0	27
Richard Jones	7	69	9.9	0	9
Scott Reber	2	51	25.5	0	42
Lynn Zwahlen	5	32	6.4	0	7
Rob Andersen	2	16	8.0	1	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
John Neal	9	206	22.9	0	72
Jason Coloma	6	96	16.0	0	0
Casey Wingard	5	92	18.4	0	21
Roger Gourley	4	67	16.8	0	0
Todd Christensen	2	50	25.0	0	25
Tod Thompson	1	45	45.0	1	45
Mark Berntsen	1	3	3.0	0	3

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike Chronister	28	123	4.4	0	0
Jason Coloma	2	13	6.5	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR
Gary Peterson	82	33	49	7.0	9.0	1	1	18	0	3	1
Rod Wood	81	42	39	3.0	6.0	2	1	0	0	4	0
Larry Miller	54	27	27	0.0	6.0	5	2	36	1	1	5
Mekeli Ieremia	53	27	26	5.0	6.0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ross Varner	53	27	26	4.0	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	3
Mark Berntsen	52	25	27	1.0	2.0	4	0	0	0	2	2
Ron Velasco	49	32	17	0.0	1.0	3	3	48	1	1	2
Tony Hernandez	42	25	17	0.0	2.0	7	1	25	0	1	0
Jason Coloma	41	23	18	0.0	2.0	6	2	7	0	0	3
Bob Prested	39	22	17	0.0	2.0	8	5	78	0	2	3
John Neal	38	20	18	0.0	2.0	2	1	0	0	4	2
Gary Kama	38	20	18	1.0	1.0	4	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Mendenhall	38	21	17	10.0	16.0	4	0	0	0	4	3
Danny Frazier	33	18	15	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Marc Swenson	30	15	15	0.0	2.0	3	1	0	0	1	3
Tom Enlow	26	11	15	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave McKee	19	15	4	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Corson	17	11	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Kip Apostol	10	6	4	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
George Harris	9	4	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Stromberg	9	3	6	2.0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Bill Ring	5	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Campos	5	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Simmerman	4	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Phillips	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Harris	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
John Ramage	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Uperesa	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dev Duke	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tod Thompson	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Christensen	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Eyre	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Dev Duke	9	18	50.0	41	0-0	6-7	1-3	2-5	0-3	1	46	53	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Jim McMahon	55	2162	39.3	58	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Dev Duke	84	4780	38	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Ron Lewis	JR	WR	6-1	185	San Jose, CA	Fairfield HS	Soleno Junior College
	Nelson Paynter	JR	OT	6-4	240	Granger, UT	Kearns HS
	Scott Reber	FR	RB	6-2	215	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
	Mike Heinrich	FR	QB	5-11	170	Saratoga, CA	Saratoga HS
	Marc Campbell	FR	LB	6-3	215	McClean, VA	Langley HS
	Stan Younger	FR	WR	6-2	175	Santa Monica, CA	Santa Monica HS
	Steve Herring	FR	OT	6-3	240	Santa Maria, CA	Ernest Righetti HS
	Russ Beck	JR	LB	6-4	210	Littleton, CO	Littleton HS
	Norman Taylor	FR	TE	6-2	235	Chatsworth, CA
	Craig Wing	SO	K	5-11	170	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
2	Brent Johnson	R-SO	K	6-4	202	Granger, UT	Granger HS
3	Dev Duke	SR	K	5-11	165	Provo, UT	Provo HS
5	Bob Prested	SO	CB	5-11	187	Glendale, CA	Glendale HS
6	Marc Wilson	R-SO	QB	6-5	206	Seattle, WA	Shorecrest HS
7	Terry McEwen	SR	QB	6-2	176	Portland, OR	David Douglas HS
8	John Van Der Wouden	SR	WR	5-10	170	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS
9	Ron Velasco	JR	FS	6-2	167	Aiea, HI	Radford HS
10	Dave Campos	SR	DB	5-10	170	Alhambra, CA
11	Dan Hartwig	SO	QB	6-4	205	Walnut Creek, CA	Ygnacio Valley HS
13	Steve Corson	JR	CB	6-2	185	Arizona City, AZ	Mingus Union HS	Arizona Western College
14	Gifford Nielsen	R-SR	QB	6-5	203	Provo, UT	Provo HS
15	Dave McKee	SO	CB	5-9	159	Holden, UT	Millard HS
16	Jim McMahon	FR	QB/P	6-1	175	Roy, UT	Roy HS
16	Steve Hartmann	RS	DB	6-1	183	Batavia, IL
18	Mark Terranova	SR	DB	5-11	185	Canoga Park, CA	Canoga Park HS
19	Mark Flammer	JR	QB	6-1	180	North Logan, UT	Skyview HS
19	Bill Popin	SR	DB	5-11	186	San Mateo, CA	Aragon HS	San Mateo College
20	Scott Phillips	FR	TB	6-2	180	Springville, UT	Springville HS
20	Robbie Kahuanui	SO	TB	5-10	180	Alameda, CA	Alameda HS
21	Jason Coloma	JR	SS	5-10	186	Haleiwa, HI	Waialua HS
22	Mike Jensen	FR				Provo, UT
22	Lynn Zwahlen	SR	WR	5-10	170	Modesto, CA	Grace Davis HS
23	Clay Blackwell	R-SO	TB	5-9	177	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
23	Perry Bradford	SO	DB	6-1	170	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
24	Roger Gourley	SR	FB	6-1	210	Provo, UT	Provo HS
25	Kent Tingey	RS	WR	6-1	190	North Logan, UT	Skyview HS
26	George Harris	R-SR	WR	5-11	180	Burnsville, MN	Burnsville HS
27	Tony Hernandez	SR	CB	5-11	176	Glendale, AZ	Wilson HS	Glendale College
29	Mike Chronister	JR	WR	6-1	190	Concord, CA	Concord HS	Diablo Valley College
30	Steve Carlsen	RS	FB	6-1	204	Paris, ID	Bear River HS
31	Larry Kemp	JR	TB	6-1	191	Pocatello, ID	Highland HS
32	Ken White	SO	TB	6-1	195	Pleasant Hill, CA	Pleasant Hill HS
33	Todd Christensen	SR	FB	6-3	225	Eugene, OR	Sheldon HS
34	Roy Ward	SR	FB	6-1	204	Boise, ID	Borah HS
35	Bill Ring	JR	TB	5-10	189	Belmont, CA	Carlmont HS	College of San Mateo
36	Rod Wood	R-JR	MLB	6-1	225	Durango, CO	Duranga HS
41	Mark Berntsen	SR	OLB	6-1	233	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
42	Steve Anderson	SO	DB	5-10	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Cottonwood HS
43	Bill Schoepflin	FR	DB	5-11	175	Arvada, CO	Arvada HS
43	Casey Wingard	JR	TB	5-11	183	Dayton, OH	Jefferson HS	San Jose Community College
44	Vic Whitsett	SO	FB	6-2	210	Othello, WA	Workman HS
46	Marc Swenson	JR	SS	6-1	186	Santa Maria, CA	Righetti HS
47	John Neal	JR	FS	5-11	190	Mountian View, CA	Los Altos HS	Foothill College
48	Doug Williams	SO	TB	5-11	188	Sacramento, CA	La Sierra HS
49	John Ramage	SO	LB	5-10	210	Orem, UT	Orem HS
49	Kim Stewart	JR	FB	6-1	190	Provo, UT	Provo HS
50	Scott Neilson	SO	C	6-3	205	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
50	Bart Oates	FR	OT	6-4	235	Albany, GA	Albany HS
51	Danny Frazier	FR	LB	6-5	190	Tooele, UT	Tooele HS
52	Brad Sullivan	JR	C	6-2	244	Murphys, CA	Bret Harte Union HS	Monterey Peninsula College
52	Greg Head	JR	DE	6-1	210	Denton, TX	Denton HS
53	Dave Taylor	R-SO				Macon, GA	Central HS
53	Gary Bouck	JR	OLB	6-3	210	Alhambra, CA	Alhambra HS	Pasadena City College
54	Tom Miller	R-JR	C	6-2	205	Chowchilla, CA	Chowchilla Union
55	Tom Enlow	JR	LB	6-1	222	Fall City, WA	Mount Si HS	Yakima College
55	Corey Pace	SO	C	6-2	230	Northridge, CA	Chatsworth HS
56	Brian Hansen	RS (SO)	OLB	6-2	214	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
57	Glen Redd	RS	LB	6-2	210	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
58	Clayton Forsythe	JR	OG	6-1	233	Honolulu, HI	Honokaa HS	Ricks College
59	Gary Stoddard	JR	OG	6-1	223	Napa, CA
60	Jeff Taggart	SO	DT	6-6	250	Powell, WY	Powell HS	Ricks College
60	Alan Carlisle	JR				Fremont, CA
61	Gary Kama	JR	MLB	5-11	228	Haleiwa, HI	Saint Louis HS
62	Danny Hansen	SO	RG	6-3	230	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
63	Calvin Close	SO	LG	6-3	225	Camarillo, CA	Adolfo Camarillo HS
64	Alan Carlile	SO	LG	6-3	240	Fremont, CA	Washington HS
65	Craig Barr	SO	DT	6-1	230	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
66	Russ Davis	JR	OT	6-4	227	Murray, UT	Murray HS
67	Ray Linford	RS	OG	6-2	246	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
68	Rob Buchanan	RS-Medical	DE	6-3	216	Santa Maria, CA	Ernest Righetti HS	Hancock College
69	Jan Van de Merwe	SR	LT	6-4	222	Bountiful, UT	Viewmont HS
69	Walt Manwill	FR	OT	6-2	240	Boise, ID	Borah HS
70	Jim Jaramillo	RS	OT	6-5	247	La Mirada, CA	Neff HS
71	Gary Peterson	SR	DT	6-4	270	Cedar Fort, UT	Lehi HS
72	Kelly Harris	SR	RT	6-5	240	Provo, UT	Provo HS
73	Bob Simmerman	JR	DT	6-5	223	Fresno, CA	Fresno HS
74	Nick Eyre	RS				Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas HS
74	John Kormylo	JR				Thermopolis, WY	Thermopolis HS	Colorado
76	Al Gaspard	JR	RT	6-1	256	Daly City, CA	Jefferson HS	College of San Mateo
77	Keith Uperesa	SR	RG	6-3	275	Aiea, HI	Punahou HS
78	Craig Van Leeuwen	SR				Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
78	Lance Reynolds	SR	LT	6-2	275	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
79	Doug Stromberg	SO	DT	6-3	252	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
80	Mekeli Ieremia	SR	DT	6-2	238	Tarrytown, NY	Sleepy Hollow HS
82	Larry Miller	JR	OLB	6-5	215	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS
83	Matt Mendenhall	SO	DE	6-6	227	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
84	Richard Jones	SR	WR	6-1	190	Menlo Park, CA	Woodside HS
84	Brad Hardisty	FR	TE	6-6	200	Las Vegas, NV	Clark HS
85	Clay Brown	RS	TE/P	6-4	205	San Gabriel, CA	San Gabriel HS
86	Richard Herlin	JR	TE	6-5	210	Orem, UT	Orem HS
87	Lloyd Jones	RS	WR	6-3	175	Pomona, CA	Canesha HS
88	Bill Davis	FR	WR	6-2	170	Denver, CO	Arvada West HS
88	Bruce George	JR	WR	6-1	180	Yuba City, CA	Yuba City HS
89	Jeff Harris	JR	DE	6-4	230	Jacksonville, FL	Paxon HS
90	Kip Apostol	SR	DE	6-1	207	Orem, UT	Orem HS
91	Ross Varner	R-JR	DE	6-3	236	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
92	Tod Thompson	R-JR	TE	6-4	205	Concord, CA	Clayton Valley HS
93	Conrad Jepson	SO	DE	6-2	225	Fremont, CA	Washington HS
94	Dennis Webb	FR	DE	6-6	220	Mesa, AZ	Mesa HS
95	Rob Andersen	SO	TE	6-3	218	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
96	Rick Pinckard	SO	DE	6-3	214	Quitman, TX	Quitman HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Mike Sheppard	Graduate Assistant
Dave Kragthorpe	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Dick Felt	Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Doug Scovil	Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Fred Whittingham Sr.	Linebackers
Garth Hall	Running Backs
Glen Tuckett	Athletic Director
LaVell Edwards	Head Coach
Mel Olson	Junior Varsity
Norm Chow	Receivers
Tom Ramage	Defensive Line

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Marc Wilson
TB	Roger Gourley
FB	Todd Christensen
FL	Mike Chronister
SE	John Van Der Wouden
TE	Tod Thompson
LT	Lance Reynolds
LG	Calvin Close
C	Scott Neilson
RG	Keith Uperesa
RT	Kelly Harris

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Matt Mendenhall
DE	Ross Varner
DT	Mekeli Ieremia
DT	Gary Peterson
MLB	Rod Wood
OLB	Mark Berntsen
OLB	Larry Miller
CB	Bob Prested
CB	Tony Hernandez
S	Ron Velasco
S	Jason Coloma

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Dev Duke
P	Jim McMahon
KR	John Neal
PR	Mike Chronister