1996 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Aug 24	RV	No. 13 Texas A&M	41-37 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	55,229
Aug 31	19	Arkansas State	58-9 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	63,681
Sep 14	14	at Washington	17-29 L	Husky Stadium	Seattle, WA	71,165
Sep 21	RV	New Mexico	17-14 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	63,587
Sep 28	24	SMU	31-3 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	62,537
Oct 4	21	at Utah State	45-17 W	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	33,119
Oct 12	19	UNLV	63-28 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	64,872
Oct 19	18	at Tulsa	55-30 W	Skelly Stadium	Tulsa, OK	34,624
Oct 26	15	at TCU	45-21 W	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth, TX	28,961
Nov 2	13	UTEP	40-18 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	64,938
Nov 9	12	Rice	49-0 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	65,732
Nov 16	10	at Hawaii	45-14 W	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	16,468
Nov 23	8	at Utah	37-17 W	Rice Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	35,378
Dec 7	6	vs No. 20 Wyoming	28-25 W	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	41,328
Jan 1	5	vs No. 14 Kansas State	19-15 W	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, TX	71,928

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	590	277
Points per game	39.3	18.5
First Downs	365	259
Rushing	158	104
Passing	192	125
Penalty	15	30
Rushing Yardage	2608	1785
Rushing attempts	617	547
Average per rush	4.2	3.3
Average per game	173.9	119.0
TDs Rushing	32	11
Passing Yardage	4434	2917
Comp-Att-Int	312-459-14	236-452-21
Completion pct	68.0%	52.2%
Average per pass	9.7	6.5
Average per catch	14.2	12.4
Average per game	295.6	194.5
TDs Passing	38	18
Total Offense	7042	4702
Total plays	1076	999
Average per play	6.5	4.7
Average per game	469.5	313.5
Kick returns: #-Yards	30-754	40-818
Average per return	25.1	20.5
Punt returns: #-Yards	28-451	26-270
Average per return	16.1	10.4
Fumbles-Lost	29-13	32-16
Penalties-Yards	113-1073	94-732
Punts-Yards	49-2112	83-3508
Average per punt	43.1	42.3
Sacks by	39	42
Field goals-attempts	20-29	12-23
3rd-down conversion	74/180	83/219
3rd-down pct	41.1%	37.9%
4th-down conversion	15/23	8/24
4th-down pct	65.2%	33.3%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Steve Sarkisian	299	440	68.0	4318	9.8	35	13	170.7	87	42	272
Paul Shoemaker	7	10	70.0	73	7.3	2	0	197.3	18	0	0
Kevin Feterik	5	8	62.5	26	3.3	1	1	106.1	15	0	0
Chris Bisgaard	1	1	100.0	17	17.0	0	0	242.8	17	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Brian McKenzie	176	967	5.5	11	44
Ronney Jenkins	132	740	5.6	11	39
Mark Atuaia	87	367	4.2	4	42
Dustin Johnson	51	287	5.6	1	19
Chris Stevens	38	138	3.6	2	12
Aaron Cupp	5	40	8.0	0	14
Paul Shoemaker	6	38	6.3	1	18
K.O. Kealaluhi	2	36	18.0	0	21
James Dye	4	26	6.5	0	25
Chris Bisgaard	6	26	4.3	0	12
Ned Stearns	7	17	2.4	0	9
Kevin Feterik	4	2	0.5	0	3
Chad Lewis	1	-7	-7.0	0
Steve Sarkisian	97	-64	-0.7	2	25

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
K.O. Kealaluhi	51	938	18.4	9	69
Kaipo McGuire	47	709	15.1	5	53
Itula Mili	46	692	15.0	3	57
Chad Lewis	42	499	11.9	5	30
Dustin Johnson	33	487	14.8	3	87
Mark Atuaia	29	320	11.0	2	61
James Dye	19	252	13.3	3	38
Ronney Jenkins	15	204	13.6	3	48
Ben Cahoon	11	166	15.1	2	33
Brian McKenzie	8	89	11.1	0	18
Aaron Cupp	3	24	8.0	1	14
John Moala	1	18	18.0	1	18
Ned Stearns	4	17	4.3	0	15
RJ Anderson	1	9	9.0	0	9
Brandon Condie	1	6	6.0	0	6
Tyler Bolli	1	4	4.0	1	4

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Ronney Jenkins	15	419	27.9	0	44
James Dye	12	299	24.9	1	100
Ned Stearns	1	23	23.0	0	23
Jeff Ellis	2	13	6.5	0	13
Dennis Simmons	1	3	3.0	0	3
Derik Stevenson	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
James Dye	24	391	16.3	2	79
Ben Cahoon	6	50	8.3	0	18
Cliff Doman	1	8	8.0	0	8

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Shay Muirbrook	116	73	43	15.5	11.0	6	3	71	0	1	2	0
Brad Martin	86	53	33	5.0	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0
Henry Bloomfield	74	44	30	4.5	9.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chris Ellison	70	34	36	0.0	3.0	6	2	73	1	2	0	0
Spencer Reid	66	25	41	0.0	7.5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tim McTyer	55	32	23	0.0	2.0	10	4	49	0	0	0	0
Byron Frisch	51	26	25	2.0	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Omarr Morgan	50	31	19	0.0	2.0	7	5	-4	0	0	0	2
Lane Hale	48	28	20	0.0	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Walker	48	19	29	0.0	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Sampson	42	23	19	0.0	0.0	1	2	4	0	0	1	0
Daren Yancey	41	23	18	5.5	6.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ed Kehl	38	19	19	2.5	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Cook	31	24	7	1.0	2.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Simmons	28	17	11	2.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Harland Ah You	22	9	13	0.0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Issiah Magalei	20	7	13	1.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Ellis	17	13	4	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Lamb	14	11	3	2.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg White	11	9	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Straw	10	10	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derik Stevenson	10	10	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ben Peterson	5	4	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Foreman	5	5	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Nelson	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Desmond Lomax	4	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donny Atuaia	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Magalei	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derick Bates	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikia McKinney	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Giordano	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Slavens	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K.O. Kealaluhi	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Ambrosius	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Atuaia	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Cupp	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Hutchins	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Boardman	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Pochman	1	1	0	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
Ethan Pochman	21	30	70.0	51	0-0	7-7	8-12	5-9	1-2	0	65	68	1
Courtney Smith	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Alan Boardman	49	2113	43.1	65	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Ethan Pochman	104	6545	64	3
Courtney Smith	3	189	1	1
Alan Boardman	2	130	0	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
1	Omarr Morgan	JR	CB	5-11	170	Los Angeles, CA	Hawthorne HS	El Camino College
2	Aaron Cupp	R-SO	FB	6-1	205	Sublimity, OR	Stayton Union HS
2	Jason Walker	R-SO	S	6-1	190	Springville, UT	Springville HS
3	K.O. Kealaluhi	SR	WR	6-1	200	Makawao, HI	Maui HS	Grossmont College
4	Chris Ellison	JR	S	6-1	195	Inglewood, CA	Culver City HS	El Camino College
5	Nate Foreman	R-FR	LB	6-3	200	Chula Vista, CA	Bonita Vista HS
6	James Dye	SR	WR	5-9	150	Los Angeles, CA	Crenshaw HS	Utah State
7	Kevin Feterik	FR	QB	6-2	185	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos HS
8	Alan Boardman	SR	P	6-1	195	Kanab, UT	Kanab HS
9	Dennis Simmons	R-SR	LB	6-4	230	Memphis, TN	Kirby HS
10	Brad Martin	R-SO	LB	6-1	230	Clovis, CA	Clovis West HS
11	Tim Dickman	FR	QB	5-10	170	San Diego, CA	Poway HS
11	Cliff Doman	R-FR	WR	5-9	150	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
12	Steve Sarkisian	SR	QB	6-2	210	Torrance, CA	West Torrance HS	El Camino College
13	Dustin Staley	R-SO	CB	5-11	185	Tualatin, OR	Mayfield High HS
14	Chris Bisgaard	JR	QB	6-3	210	Flint Ridge, CA	Flintridge Prep	Saddleback College, Saddleback Community College
15	Will Snowden	RS	RB	5-10	210	Boulder, CO	Boulder HS
16	Ronney Jenkins	FR	RB	5-11	170	Port Hueneme, CA	Hueneme HS
16	Mike Ulrich	FR	QB	6-1	195	Covina, CA
17	Aaron Roderick	RS (JR)	WR	5-9	165	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS	Ricks College
18	Derick Bates	R-SO	DB	5-10	185	Temple, TX	Temple HS
19	Paul Shoemaker	R-SO	QB	6-1	190	Longmont, CO	Longmont HS
20	Todd Furstenau	R-SR	WR	5-11	165	Naperville, IL	North HS
20	Brian McKenzie	JR	RB	5-11	195	Sarasota, FL	Sarasota HS	Arizona Western, Arizona Western College
20	Tyler Bolli	R-SR	WR	6-3	200	Ephraim, UT	Manti HS
21	Tim McTyer	SR	DB	6-1	180	Los Angeles, CA	George Washington Preparatory HS	Los Angeles Southwest College
22	Mark Atuaia	SR	FB	5-10	200	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
23	Greg White	R-FR	DB	6-1	180	Fontana, CA	Etiwanda HS
24	Phil Giordano	R-JR	DB	6-1	195	La Mesa, CA	Helix HS	Grossmont College
25	Lane Hale	R-SR	S	6-1	190	Danville, CA	Monte Vista HS
27	Owen Pochman	RS	K			Mercer Island, WA	Mercer Island HS
27	Ben Peterson	SR	DB	6-2	200	St. George, UT	Pine View HS	Snow College
28	Rob Warcup	R-FR				Merced, CA	Merced HS	Ricks College
28	Jason Straw	R-JR	DB	5-11	175	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS	Ricks College
28	Alema Atuaia	JR	LB	6-1	240	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
29	Tyler Nelson	R-FR	DB	6-3	190	Orem, UT	Orem HS
30	Ben Cook	JR	CB	6-1	175	Santaquin, UT	Payson HS	Snow College
31	Desmond Lomax	FR	RB	6-1	205	Gambrills, MD	Arundel HS
32	Dustin Johnson	R-JR	RB	6-3	230	Eagar, AZ	Round Valley HS
33	Ned Stearns	R-FR	RB	6-1	195	Lebanon, OR	Lebanon Union HS
34	Heath Garsee	FR	LB	6-1	225	Buna, TX	Buna HS
35	Donny Atuaia	R-FR	LB	6-1	225	Laie, HI	Orem HS
36	Doug Henstrom	R-FR	DB	6-2	175	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
36	Eddie Sampson	R-SR	S	6-2	195	Tacoma, WA	Lakes HS
37	Ethan Pochman	SR	K	6-1	175	Mercer Island, WA	Mercer Island HS
37	Johnny Slavens	FR	DB	5-8	165	Blanding, UT	San Juan HS
38	Andrew Ord	RS (FR)	RB	6-2	190	Rancho Sante Fe, CA	Torrey Pines HS
39	Joe Ambrosius	R-SO	LB	6-2	230	Maricopa, AZ	Maricopa HS
41	Spencer Reid	JR	LB	6-1	245	Pago Pago, AS	Leone HS
42	Tyrone Brown	RS	RB	6-2	215	Abingdon, VA	Abingdon HS
43	Chris Stevens	R-FR	RB	6-1	200	Rohnert Park, CA	Rancho Cotate HS
44	Ed Lamb	R-SR	DE	6-5	255	Pleasanton, CA	Amador Valley HS	Ricks College
45	Tim Lyons	JR	DB	6-3	210	Concord Valley, CA	Clayton Valley HS	Diablo Valley College
45	Nikia McKinney	JR	CB	6-1	167	Cerritos, CA	Cerritos HS	Fullerton College
45	Kelepi Ofahengaue	JR	LB	5-11	210	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS	Laney College
45	Mike Shiffler	SO	RB	6-1	215	Rohnert Park, CA	Rancho Cotate HS
46	Shay Muirbrook	SR	LB	6-1	235	Norco, CA	Norco HS
47	Rob Morris	RS	LB	6-3	245	Nampa, ID	Nampa HS
49	Jeff Ellis	R-SO	LB	6-1	220	Billings, MT	Skyview HS
50	Brock Diediker	FR	RB	6-2	240	Newbury Park, CA	Newbury Park HS
51	Brant Diediker	FR	LB	6-2	217	Newbury Park, CA	Newbury Park HS
52	Gabe Giordano	SO	LB	5-11	210	La Mesa, CA	Helix HS
53	Todd Lewis	R-FR	LB	6-2	217	Orem, UT	Orem HS
54	Derik Stevenson	R-SO	LB	6-5	210	Diamond Bar, CA	Diamond Bar HS
55	Charles Jones	R-JR	OL	6-7	290	Oxnard, CA	Oxnard HS	Moorpark Junior College
56	Ed Kehl	R-SO	DE	6-5	275	Sandy, UT	Brighton HS
57	Brandon Condie	JR	TE/DS	6-4	235	Salt Lake City, UT	Hillcrest HS	Snow College
57	Hyrum Summers	R-FR	LB	6-5	225	Kailua, HI	Kailua HS
59	James Johnson	R-SR	OL	6-6	295	Provo, UT	Provo HS
60	Bryan Kenitzer	R-SO	OL	6-5	285	Pleasanton, CA	Foothill HS
61	Larry Moeaki	RS (FR)	OL	6-3	315	Warrenville, IL	Wheaton-Warrenville HS
62	Larry Moore	SR	OL	6-3	290	La Mesa, CA	Monte Vista HS	Grossmont College
63	Greg Garrett	FR	OL	6-10	340	Lindon, UT	Pleasant Grove HS	Utah Valley State College
64	Curt Cannon	R-SO	OL	6-4	250	Irvine, CA	Irvine HS
65	Ben Archibald	RS (FR)	OL	6-4	290	Gearheart, OR	Seaside HS
66	Jimmy Richards	R-FR	OL	6-3	275	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
66	Nathan Howard	R-JR	OL	6-5	285	Clifton, VA	Centreville HS
67	Darin Sagapolu	JR	OL	6-1	270	Carson, CA		El Camino College
68	Scott Fannin	SR	OL	6-6	245	Long Beach, CA	Millikan HS
70	Brooks Ward	R-SO	OL	6-4	270	Moody, AL	Moody HS
70	Hau'oli Wong	R-SO	OL			Waimanalo, HI	Kailua HS	Hawaii
71	Murray Zogg	R-SR	OL	6-2	275	Ottawa, KS	Ottawa HS	Coffeyville Community College
72	Hans Olsen	RS	DL	6-5	260	Weiser, ID	Weiser HS
73	Eric Bateman	R-SO	OL	6-7	285	Camarillo, CA	Camarillo HS
75	John Tait	R-FR	OL	6-6	290	Tempe, AZ	McClintock HS
76	Matt Cox	R-JR	OL	6-6	290	Walpole, MA	Walpole HS
77	Shane Magalei	FR	DT	6-3	290	Wheat Ridge, CO	Wheat Ridge HS
78	Greg Hoagland	R-JR	OL	6-3	295	Vale, OR	Vale Union HS	Snow College
79	Jason Andersen	R-JR	OL	6-6	295	San Jose, CA	Piedmont HS
80	Kaipo McGuire	R-SR	WR	5-10	170	Pearl City, HI	St. Louis HS
82	Jared Kennedy	R-JR	WR	6-3	185	Pleasanton, CA	Amador Valley HS	Chabot College
83	Margin Hooks	RS	WR	6-1	185	Waco, TX	Waco HS
84	John Moala	FR	TE	6-7	260	Carrollton, TX	Newman Smith HS
85	RJ Anderson	R-FR	WR	6-2	185	Gainesville, FL	Buchholz HS
86	Ben Cahoon	R-JR	WR	5-9	180	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS	Ricks College
88	Itula Mili	SR	TE	6-4	235	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
88	Ben Horton	RS-Medical	WR	5-11	180	Lake Elsinore, CA	Temescal Canyon HS
89	Noah Parks	R-SO	TE	6-4	215	Olympia, WA	Timberline HS
89	Ryan Shaw	FR	TE/LB	6-4	240	Brigham City, UT	Box Elder HS
90	Harland Ah You	R-SO	DT	6-1	265	Laie, HI	Punahou HS
91	Henry Bloomfield	SR	DT	6-3	290	Taylorsville, UT	Taylorsville HS	Dixie College
92	Aaron Hutchins	SR	DE	6-6	240	Northboro, MA	Algonquin Regional HS
92	Chris Watkins	RS	DL	6-3	265	Gilbert, AZ	Highland HS
93	Byron Frisch	R-FR	DE	6-6	260	Bonita, CA	Bonita Vista HS
94	Matt Peel	FR	DE	6-4	240	Great Falls, VA	Langley HS
94	Andrew Nash	RS (SO)	DT	6-4	265	Poway, CA	Poway HS
96	Chad Lewis	SR	TE	6-6	235	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Utah Valley Community College
97	Daren Yancey	R-SO	DE	6-6	275	Blackfoot, ID	Blackfoot HS
98	Issiah Magalei	R-SO	DT	6-2	290	Wheat Ridge, CO	Wheat Ridge HS
	Jim Roberts	FR				Cleveland, TX	Shepherd HS
	Eddie Lopez	R-FR	WR	6-1	180	Hughson, CA	Hughson HS
	Josh Manu	R-FR	RB	6-1	235	Phoenix, AZ	Cortez HS
	Courtney Smith	SR	K	5-10	180	Hacienda Heights, CA	Los Altos HS	Ricks College
	John Davis	R-JR	P	5-10	165	Highland, UT	American Fork HS
	Errol Johnson	FR	WR	6-2	185	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Barry Lamb	Safeties
Brian Mitchell	Defensive Backs
Chris Pella	Recruiting Coordinator, Kickers, Tight Ends
Ken Schmidt	Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Running Backs
LaVell Edwards	Head Coach
Mike Empey	Graduate Assistant
Nathan Gibbs	Graduate Assistant
Norm Chow	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks, Receivers
Robbie Bosco	Quarterbacks
Roger French	Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Rondo Fehlberg	Athletic Director
Tom Ramage	Defensive Line, Special Teams Coordinator

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Steve Sarkisian
HB	Dustin Johnson
FB	Mark Atuaia
WR	Kaipo McGuire
WR	K.O. Kealaluhi
TE	Chad Lewis
LT	John Tait
LG	James Johnson
C	Larry Moore
RG	Matt Cox
RT	Eric Bateman

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Byron Frisch
DE	Ed Kehl
DT	Henry Bloomfield
DT	Harland Ah You
MLB	Shay Muirbrook
OLB	Spencer Reid
OLB	Brad Martin
CB	Tim McTyer
CB	Omarr Morgan
S	Eddie Sampson
S	Chris Ellison
S	Jason Walker

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Ethan Pochman
P	Alan Boardman
KR	Ronney Jenkins
PR	James Dye