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1987 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 2	RV	Pittsburgh	17-27 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	64,274
Sep 12		at Texas	22-17 W	Texas Memorial Stadium	Austin, TX	65,102
Sep 19		at TCU	12-33 L	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth, TX	22,615
Sep 26		at New Mexico	45-25 W	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	22,286
Oct 2		Utah State	45-24 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	65,729
Oct 10		Wyoming	27-29 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	65,921
Oct 24		at Hawaii	16-14 W	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	46,843
Oct 31		Air Force	24-13 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	65,384
Nov 7		San Diego State	38-21 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	64,341
Nov 14		at UTEP	37-24 W	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, TX	47,910
Nov 21		Utah	21-18 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	65,686
Dec 22		vs Virginia	16-22 L	Legion Field	Birmingham, AL	37,000

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	350	293
Points per game	26.9	22.5
First Downs	272	226
Rushing	85	96
Passing	173	112
Penalty	14	18
Rushing Yardage	1176	1828
Rushing attempts	486	505
Average per rush	2.4	3.6
Average per game	90.5	140.6
TDs Rushing	20	13
Passing Yardage	3894	2757
Comp-Att-Int	312-537-24	211-410-29
Completion pct	58.1%	51.5%
Average per pass	7.3	6.7
Average per catch	12.5	13.1
Average per game	299.5	212.1
TDs Passing	19	20
Total Offense	5070	4585
Total plays	1023	915
Average per play	5.0	5.0
Average per game	390.0	352.7
Kick returns: #-Yards	44-876	52-1079
Average per return	19.9	20.8
Punt returns: #-Yards	33-227	40-387
Average per return	6.9	9.7
Fumbles-Lost	35-15	40-21
Penalties-Yards	100-933	89-841
Punts-Yards	72-3123	75-3175
Average per punt	43.4	42.3
Sacks by	38	39
Field goals-attempts	19-29	12-23
3rd-down conversion	77/208	57/179
3rd-down pct	37.0%	31.8%
4th-down conversion	4/9	6/11
4th-down pct	44.4%	54.5%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Sean Covey	168	277	60.6	2061	7.4	9	10	126.7	80	17	112
Bob Jensen	143	259	55.2	1833	7.1	10	14	116.6	73	28	217
Fred Whittingham	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Fred Whittingham	139	471	3.4	3	35
Mike O'Brien	87	309	3.6	7	20
Mike Salido	55	270	4.9	2	20
Bob Jensen	111	82	0.7	4	42
Peter Tuipulotu	24	77	3.2	1	22
Matt Bellini	19	57	3.0	0	10
Thor Salanoa	1	1	1.0	0	1
Alema Harrington	6	-8	-1.3	1	5
Pat Thompson	1	-13	-13.0	0	0
Sean Covey	43	-59	-1.4	2	18

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
David Miles	44	769	17.5	5	80
Darren Handley	53	668	12.6	2	40
Matt Bellini	60	607	10.1	3	62
Richard Zayas	26	491	18.9	2	73
Chuck Cutler	32	442	13.8	2	27
Fred Whittingham	42	364	8.7	2	59
Travis McBeth	15	280	18.7	1	51
Mike O'Brien	19	168	8.8	0	24
Mike Salido	12	49	4.1	0	12
Jeff Frandsen	3	28	9.3	1	15
Peter Tuipulotu	4	27	6.8	0	10
Garen Jeppesen	1	7	7.0	0	7
Brian White	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike O'Brien	22	485	22.0	0	28
Richard Zayas	10	224	22.4	0	22
Mike Salido	4	69	17.3	0	16
Paul Sinclair	1	6	6.0	0	6
Travis McBeth	3	1	0.3	0	1
Dave Porter	1	0	0.0	0	0
Eddie Green	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike O'Brien	36	240	6.7	0	0
Brad Cahoon	1	3	3.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Troy Long	95	51	44	0.0	5.0	6	6	47	0	3	0	0
J.C. Von Colln	84	40	44	3.0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Scott Peterson	73	53	20	0.0	4.0	3	4	43	0	1	1	0
David Futrell	70	40	30	11.0	3.0	0	1	14	0	0	1	1
Bob Davis	64	32	32	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Richard Hobbs	61	39	22	5.0	6.0	1	1	5	0	1	1	0
Steve Kaufusi	44	24	20	3.0	3.0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0
Chad Robinson	42	23	19	0.0	2.0	1	2	14	0	2	0	0
Craig Patterson	38	14	24	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rodney Thomas	37	25	12	0.0	0.0	1	2	30	1	1	0	0
Regan Hansen	35	15	20	1.0	2.0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0
Rodney Rice	32	28	4	0.0	0.0	5	7	51	1	0	0	0
Thor Salanoa	32	16	16	5.0	5.0	3	2	29	0	1	0	0
Duane Johnson	30	17	13	3.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrin Lambert	24	14	10	2.0	0.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kirk Davis	22	16	6	0.0	0.0	5	1	30	1	0	1	0
Eddie Green	21	10	11	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Tim Clark	18	11	7	0.0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tim Knight	13	8	5	3.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Cahoon	13	5	8	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Smith	12	8	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Courtney Rogers	11	7	4	0.0	0.0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0
Brian Mitchell	9	4	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Kiser	7	6	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominik Unger	6	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Beatty	6	4	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Fuller	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Chow	4	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Sinclair	3	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John McDougall	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Neal	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Zayas	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Herget	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Germann	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Cutler	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian White	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Jensen	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Huckaby	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Henderson	1	0	1	0.0	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
Leonard Chitty	19	29	65.5	52	1-1	6-6	9-10	2-9	1-3	0	35	36	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Pat Thompson	71	3125	44.0	70	0
TEAM	2	0	0.0		2

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Chris Germann	56	3272	17	4
Leonard Chitty	3	186	0	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Byron Beatty	FR	LB	6-1	200	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
	David Henderson	RS	DB	6-2	175	Longview, TX	Longview HS
	Brad Fausett	FR	TE	6-4	250	Price, UT	Carbon HS
	Dave Porter	FR	LB	6-1	220	Delta, UT	Delta HS
1	Richard Zayas	SR	WR	6-1	175	Lemon Grove, CA	Monte Vista HS	Grossmont College
2	Norm Dixon	RS	SS	6-1	175	New Orleans, LA	O. Perry Walker HS
3	Rodney Thomas	SR	CB	5-11	195	Chaffey, CA	Chaffey HS
4	Bob Jensen	JR	QB	6-2	205	Fillmore, UT	Millard HS
5	Scott Peterson	JR	FS/P	6-4	225	Shafter, CA	Shafter HS
6	Leonard Chitty	SR	K	5-10	155	Riverton, UT	Alta HS	Snow College
7	Darrin Lambert	SR	CB	5-8	160	Las Vegas, NV	Western HS	Dixie College
8	Matt Bellini	R-FR	HB	6-1	175	San Leando, CA	San Leandro HS
9	J.C. VonColln	R-SR	ILB	6-2	235	Clearfield, UT	Clearfield HS
10	Sean Covey	R-SO	QB	6-1	185	Provo, UT	Provo HS
11	Kyle Roberts	FR	DB	6-2	180	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
12	Mike Young	R-SR	QB	6-1	190	Greenwich, CT	Greenwich HS
13	Courtney Rogers	R-JR	SS	6-1	195	Provo, UT	Provo HS
14	Ty Detmer	RS	QB	6-1	175	San Antonio, TX	Southwest HS
15	Alema Harrington	R-JR	FB	5-11	210	Honolulu, HI	Punahou HS
16	Jason Chaffetz	R-SO	K	6-3	165	Winter Park, CO	Middle Park HS
17	Pat Thompson	JR	P	5-11	195	Lompoc, CA	Lompoc HS
18	Ralph Martini	SO	QB	6-3	230	Roseville, CA	Roseville HS
20	Darren Fortie	JR	WR	6-4	185	Sandy, UT	Brighton HS
21	Troy Long	JR	SS	6-2	190	Sandy, UT	Alta HS
22	Mike Salido	SO	FB	5-10	200	Union City, CA	Moreau HS
23	Fred Whittingham	SO	FB	5-10	180	Orange, CA	El Modena HS
24	Stacey Corley	RS	RB	6-2	195	Grants, NM	Grants HS
24	Tony Crutchfield	RS	DB	5-11	180	Pasadena, CA	John Muir HS
25	Sim Tiatia	SO	RB	5-11	195	Honolulu, HI	Farrington HS
25	Steve Christensen	FR				Clovis, CA	Clovis West HS
26	David Miles	R-SR	WR	6-2	185	Santa Rosa, CA	Montgomery HS
27	Andy Boyce	RS (SO)	WR	6-2	180	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
27	Eric Mortensen	RS	RB	5-11	190	Lancaster, CA	Antelope Valley HS
28	Larry Kiser	SO	DB	5-10	175	Beaverton, UT
30	Brian Mitchell	FR	DB	5-10	170	Waco, TX	Waco HS
31	Rodney Rice	R-JR	CB	5-8	180	Atwater, CA	Atwater HS	Merced Junior College
32	Mike O'Brien	R-JR	HB	6-1	200	Northbrook, IL	Loyola Academy
32	Peter Tuipulotu	FR	RB	6-1	180	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo HS
33	Thor Salanoa	SR	OLB	6-1	240	Aiea, HI	Radford HS
36	Bob Davis	SO	ILB	6-1	225	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS
41	Paul Sinclair	JR				De Pere, WI
41	Marc Neal	RS	OLB	6-3	220	San Francisco, CA	George Washington HS
42	Troy Fuller	R-SO	FS	6-2	195	Bountiful, UT	Woods Cross HS	Utah State
43	Kirk Davis	JR	CB	6-1	180	San Jose, CA	Branham HS	Ricks College
43	Scott Charlton	FR	RB	6-1	190	Idaho Falls, ID	Bonneville HS
44	Tim Clark	R-JR	DT	6-5	250	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
45	Chad Robinson	SO	OLB	6-4	218	Highland, UT	American Fork HS	Ricks College
46	Tom Tuipulotu	R-SR	HB	5-10	199	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo HS
47	Ted Dawson	FR	LB	6-2	225	Los Angeles, CA	St. Francis HS
48	John McDougall	SO	OLB	6-3	220	Cody, WY	Cody HS
49	Eddie Green	SO	LB	6-2	250	Ogden, UT	Ben Lomond HS
50	Regan Hansen	R-JR	ILB	6-1	220	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
51	Craig Patterson	R-SO	DT	6-4	290	Castle Dale, UT	Emery County HS
52	Chris Bisho	JR	C	6-3	255	Honolulu, HI	Punahou HS
53	Brad Cahoon	SR	ILB	5-11	220	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
54	Duane Johnson	R-SO	OLB	6-5	220	Provo, UT	Provo HS
55	Pete Harston	RS				Littleton, CO	Heritage HS	Colorado
55	Brian Rodoni	R-SR	C	6-5	270	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos HS
56	Warren Chow	SR	DS	5-11	190	Boise, ID	Borah HS	Boise State
57	Richard Hobbs	R-SR	OLB	6-4	220	Shelley, ID	Shelley HS
58	Steve Kaufusi	SR	LB	6-4	258	Salt Lake City, UT	South HS	Dixie College
59	David Bryan	JR	DT	6-3	250	Corpus Christi, TX	Corpus Christi Ray HS	SMU
60	Robert Saunooke	R-JR	C	6-2	255	Sarasota, FL	Riverview HS
61	Mike Keim	RS				Eagar, AZ	Round Valley HS
61	Doug Rawlinson	R-SR	LG	6-5	330	Tulsa, OK	East Central HS
62	Greg Hunter	JR	RG	6-5	270	Brigham City, UT	Box Elder HS	Ricks College
63	Brian White	R-JR	RT	6-5	260	Jacksonville, FL	N.B. Forrest HS
64	Don Busenbark	R-JR	LT	6-3	270	Port Orchard, WA	South Kitsap HS
66	Dominik Unger	SR	DT	6-5	265	Orange, CA	Orange HS	SMU
67	John Kapele	JR	C/DS	6-1	240	Kaneohe, HI
68	John Hunter	R-JR	LG	6-7	280	North Bend, OR	North Bend HS
69	Dennis Pay	SO	OG	6-4	235	Glendale, AZ	Apollo HS
71	John Borgia	SR	RG	6-3	280	Glenwood, IL	Bloom HS
72	Dean Lott	JR	LT	6-4	275	Provo, UT	Provo HS
75	David Futrell	SR	NG	6-2	270	El Paso, TX	Eastwood HS
76	Tim Knight	R-JR	NG	6-4	265	Burley, ID	Burley HS
77	Mike Jones	SO	DT	6-3	270	Golden, CO	Golden HS
78	Warren Wheat	JR	LT	6-5	282	Phoenix, AZ	Camelback HS
79	Neal Fort	R-FR	RT	6-5	280	Huntington Beach, CA	Central Union HS
80	Daren Davis	JR	WR	6-4	210	Hacienda Heights, CA	Los Altos HS
82	Chuck Cutler	R-JR	WR	6-2	180	Draper, UT	Alta HS	Snow College
84	Kirk Holle	RS	WR	6-3	175	Kennewick, WA	Kennewick HS
85	Garen Jeppesen	SR	WR	5-11	175	Rexburg, ID	Madison HS	Ricks College
86	Chris Germann	SR	K	6-1	185	San Antonio, TX	Lenape HS
87	Jeff Frandsen	R-SO	WR	5-10	175	Huntington Beach, CA	Marina HS
88	Matt Odle	SO	WR	6-2	185	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
88	Darren Handley	JR	TE	6-2	235	Sandy, UT	Alta HS
89	Mike Franks	SO				Kennewick, WA	Kennewick HS
89	Travis McBeth	JR	TE	6-3	215	Carefree, AZ	Woods Cross HS	Ricks College
91	Mark Smith	RS	NG	6-1	238	West Valley City, UT	Cyprus HS
94	Chris Smith	R-FR	TE	6-4	220	La Canada, CA	La Canada HS	Arizona
95	Conrad Roberson	SO	TE	6-4	215	Provo, UT	Provo HS
96	Jay Huckaby	R-SR	DT	6-6	245	Winnfield, LA	Winnfield Senior HS
97	Phil Nauahi	JR	LG	6-5	260	LaHabra, CA	Sonora HS	Fullerton College
97	Paul Beckett	RS				Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Dick Felt	Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator
Glen Tuckett	Athletic Director
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Running Backs
LaVell Edwards	Head Coach
Mel Olson	Offensive Line

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Bob Jensen
HB	Mike O'Brien
FB	Fred Whittingham
WR	David Miles
WR	Richard Zayas
TE	Darren Handley
LT	Warren Wheat
LG	Phil Nauahi
C	Brian Rodoni
RG	John Borgia
RT	Brian White

Defense

Pos	Player
DT	Tim Clark
DT	Craig Patterson
NG	David Futrell
ILB	Bob Davis
ILB	J.C. Von Colln
OLB	Chad Robinson
OLB	Richard Hobbs
CB	Rodney Rice
CB	Rodney Thomas
S	Troy Long
S	Scott Peterson

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Leonard Chitty
P	Pat Thompson
KR	Mike O'Brien
PR	Mike O'Brien