2001 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Aug 25		Tulane	70-35 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	49,008
Sep 1	RV	Nevada	52-7 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	56,286
Sep 8	RV	at California	44-16 W	California Memorial Stadium	Berkeley, CA	33,043
Sep 29	20	at UNLV	35-31 W	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	32,601
Oct 5	20	Utah State	54-34 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	65,396
Oct 13	18	at New Mexico	24-20 W	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	29,036
Oct 20	18	Air Force	63-33 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	62,382
Oct 27	16	at San Diego State	59-21 W	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, CA	30,064
Nov 1	13	Colorado State	56-34 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	63,478
Nov 10	9	at Wyoming	41-34 W	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	15,277
Nov 17	8	Utah	24-21 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	66,149
Dec 1	10	at Mississippi State	41-38 W	Davis Wade Stadium	Starkville, MS	44,260
Dec 8	9	at Hawaii	45-72 L	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	50,000
Dec 31	19	vs No. 23 Louisville	10-28 L	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, TN	58,968

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	618	424
Points per game	44.1	30.3
First Downs	368	318
Rushing	154	144
Passing	191	154
Penalty	23	20
Rushing Yardage	2916	2695
Rushing attempts	537	564
Average per rush	5.4	4.8
Average per game	208.3	192.5
TDs Rushing	42	26
Passing Yardage	4417	3422
Comp-Att-Int	333-524-12	261-484-22
Completion pct	63.5%	53.9%
Average per pass	8.4	7.1
Average per catch	13.3	13.1
Average per game	315.5	244.4
TDs Passing	39	27
Total Offense	7333	6117
Total plays	1061	1048
Average per play	6.9	5.8
Average per game	523.8	436.9
Kick returns: #-Yards	55-1176	70-1709
Average per return	21.4	24.4
Punt returns: #-Yards	36-303	31-389
Average per return	8.4	12.5
Fumbles-Lost	43-18	24-13
Penalties-Yards	97-868	103-1003
Punts-Yards	58-2270	68-2916
Average per punt	39.1	42.9
Sacks by	24	31
Field goals-attempts	13-17	10-17
3rd-down conversion	86/187	80/205
3rd-down pct	46.0%	39.0%
4th-down conversion	17/24	10/25
4th-down pct	70.8%	40.0%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Brandon Doman	279	445	62.7	3732	8.4	33	10	153.1	62	25	208
Charlie Peterson	48	67	71.6	632	9.4	5	1	172.5	68	3	31
Reno Mahe	1	1	100.0	17	17.0	0	0	242.8	17	0	0
Luke Staley	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	0	0	192.4	11	0	0
Mike Rigell	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Luke Staley	197	1582	8.0	24	65
Brandon Doman	155	483	3.1	8	39
Brian McDonald	47	251	5.3	5	26
Reno Mahe	15	174	11.6	0	55
Ned Stearns	42	173	4.1	1	42
Paul Peterson	34	140	4.1	1	22
Charlie Peterson	23	64	2.8	1	13
Rod Wilkerson	1	15	15.0	0	15
Chris Stevens	6	13	2.2	0	6
Soren Halladay	1	12	12.0	0	12
Dustin Rykert	1	10	10.0	1	10
Mike Nielsen	3	10	3.3	0	9
Mike Rigell	1	9	9.0	0	9
Andrew Ord	1	7	7.0	0	7
Justin Anderson		1		1	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Reno Mahe	93	1213	13.0	8	62
Doug Jolley	35	517	14.8	7	38
Soren Halladay	28	416	14.9	2	46
Luke Staley	32	320	10.0	4	28
Mike Rigell	25	320	12.8	3	51
Rod Wilkerson	17	313	18.4	3	53
Spencer Nead	25	305	12.2	5	27
Andrew Ord	21	245	11.7	1	33
Ned Stearns	13	198	15.2	0	31
Toby Christensen	10	175	17.5	1	68
Brian McDonald	8	123	15.4	1	53
Justin Anderson	11	91	8.3	0	16
Gabe Reid	5	79	15.8	3	29
Aissac Aiono	1	23	23.0	0	23
Paul Peterson	4	22	5.5	0	11
Brandon Doman	1	17	17.0	0	17
Ammon Kaonohi	1	7	7.0	0	7
Curtis Holder	1	6	6.0	0	6
Trever Halverson	1	5	5.0	0	5
Jason Kukahiko	1	4	4.0	0	4

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Mike Rigell	35	828	23.7	44
Curtis Holder	6	106	17.7	31
Luke Staley	4	102	25.5	49
Rod Wilkerson	1	28	28.0	28
Reno Mahe	2	22	11.0	15
Spencer Nead	2	20	10.0	11
Ryan Slater	1	15	15.0	15
Jim Roberts	1	15	15.0	15
Justin Anderson	1	14	14.0	14
Paul Peterson	1	10	10.0	10
Ned Stearns	1	4	4.0	4

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike Rigell	37	305	8.2	0	45
Toby Christensen	4	50	12.5	0	25

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Justin Ena	107	68	39	1.0	10.5	4	1	6	0	2	2	1
Isaac Kelley	98	60	38	3.0	8.0	6	2	69	1	2	0	0
Ryan Denney	76	48	28	7.0	22.0	9	1	-1	0	4	0	1
Paul Walkenhorst	70	39	31	0.0	4.0	2	2	17	0	0	0	0
Levi Madarieta	68	37	31	0.0	2.0	3	2	9	0	0	2	0
Dustin Staley	63	42	21	0.0	0.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jernaro Gilford	61	49	12	0.0	1.0	16	7	131	0	0	1	0
Brandon Heaney	48	41	7	0.0	2.0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Keisel	44	25	19	3.5	11.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ifo Pili	33	17	16	4.5	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Francisco	31	23	8	0.0	1.5	4	2	22	0	0	1	0
Jeff Cowart	27	14	13	3.0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Lafitte	26	25	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colby Bockwoldt	25	19	6	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Gunderson	22	11	11	2.0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Wright	20	12	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Elliott	16	12	4	0.0	0.0	1	1	25	0	1	0	0
Jon Burbidge	11	7	4	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Marquardt	10	8	2	2.0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brady Poppinga	10	5	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Farris	10	5	5	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derrus Wilson	10	8	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C.J. Ah You	9	5	4	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Carlson	9	8	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Sumko	9	6	3	0.0	0.0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0
Jared Meibos	7	3	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tanner	6	5	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ammon Mauga	6	5	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Payne	5	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Ward	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Phillips	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rod Wilkerson	2	2	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micah Alba	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Anderson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Roberts	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Denney	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Kasper	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Marquardt	1	1	0	1.0	1.0	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
Matt Payne	13	18	72.2	50	0-0	5-6	3-3	4-6	1-3	0	74	77	0
Aaron Edmonds	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	4	1

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Aaron Edmonds	50	1978	39.6	58	0
Matt Payne	1	45	45.0	45	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Aaron Edmonds	67	4011	20	4
Matt Payne	29	1669	4	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
1	Brian McDonald	SR	RB	5-10	210	Buena Vista, CA	Buena Park HS	Cerritos College
2	David Christensen	RS	WR	5-9	185	Clovis, CA	Clovis West HS
2	Jernaro Gilford	R-SO	CB	6-1	180	Hawthorne, CA	Westchester HS
3	Ned Stearns	R-SR	FB	6-1	215	Lebanon, OR	Lebanon Union HS
5	Derrus Wilson	SR	CB	5-8	182	Forest Hill, TX	Everman HS	Blinn JC, Blinn Junior College
6	Luke Staley	JR	RB	6-1	218	Tualatin, OR	Tualatin HS
7	Levi Madarieta	R-SO	S	6-2	210	Weiser, ID	Weiser HS	Washington
8	Mike Rigell	R-SR	WR	5-7	184	Lakewood, WA	Lakes HS	Foothill College
9	Joshua Brandon	RS	CB	6-1	190	Granada Hills, CA	Granada Hills HS	College of the Canyons
10	Andrew Ord	R-JR	RB	6-2	204	Rancho Sante Fe, CA	Torrey Pines HS
11	Brandon Doman	SR	QB	6-1	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
12	Brian Cusick	SO	QB	6-0	200	Bear River, UT	Box Elder HS
13	Bret Engemann	RS	QB	6-4	220	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
14	Todd Mortensen	R-FR	QB	6-4	214	Tempe, AZ	Tempe HS
15	Micah Alba	R-FR	DB	5-8	160	Marietta, GA	Walton HS
15	Jason Kukahiko	R-FR	WR	6-1	184	Orem, UT	Orem HS
16	Brandon Heaney	R-FR	S	5-10	180	Trabuco Hills, CA		Air Force
17	Charlie Peterson	R-SR	QB	6-1	198	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
17	Forrest Hansen	RS				Wayne, PA	Conestoga HS
18	Lance Pendleton	RS	QB	6-1	180	St George, UT	Dixie HS
18	Michael Lafitte	SR	CB	5-6	160	Peoria, AZ	Ironwood HS	Phoenix Junior College
19	Craig North	RS	DB	5-10	185	The Dalles, OR	The Dalles HS
19	Dustin Staley	R-SR	S	5-11	178	Tualatin, OR	Mayfield High HS
20	Reno Mahe	R-JR	WR	5-11	190	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
21	Isaac Kelley	R-SR	LB	6-4	240	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
22	Mike Nielsen	SR	FB	6-2	232	North Logan, UT	James Logan HS	Utah State
23	Danny Phillips	SR	CB	6-1	194	San Pedro, CA	Wilson HS	Cerritos College
24	Paul Peterson	SR	RB	5-8	196	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
25	Mike Sumko	JR	CB	5-10	166	Perry, UT	Box Elder HS	Ricks College
25	Ammon Kaonohi	R-JR	WR	6-1	180	Kaneohe, HI	Kamehameha HS
26	Rod Wilkerson	R-FR	CB	6-1	175	Orem, UT	Orem HS
27	Alex Farris	R-SO	S	5-11	195	Mountain Home, ID	Glenn's Ferry HS
28	Todd Barker	R-JR	CB	5-11	180	Encinitas, CA	San Dieguito HS
28	Curtis Holder	FR	WR	5-8	160	Rancho Sante Fe, CA	Torrey Pines HS
29	Aaron Edmonds	SR	P	5-11	192	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas HS	Ricks College
30	Jared Harper	R-FR	RB	6-1	227	Orem, UT	Orem HS
30	Jared Meibos	FR	S	5-10	198	Houston, TX	Humble HS
31	Kip Nielson	SO				North Ogden, UT	Freemont HS
31	Kurt Elliott	R-SO	S	5-11	190	Gig Harbor, WA	Gig Harbor HS
32	Marcus Whalen	RS (SO)	RB			Waldorf, MD	Thomas Stone HS
32	Chris Stevens	R-SR	RB	6-1	203	Rohnert Park, CA	Rancho Cotate HS
32	Nick DiPadova	R-SO	S	5-11	184	Woodland Hills, CA	Taft HS
33	Aaron Francisco	FR	DB	6-2	195	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
34	O'Neil Howell	RS	DB	5-10	180	West Palm Beach, FL	Lakes HS
35	Ammon Mauga	R-SO	LB	5-11	213	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside HS
36	Logan Deans	RS	RB	6-0	220	Englewood, CO	Cherry Creek HS
37	Kyle Wilson	RS	RB	6-0	224	Spanish Fork, UT	Spanish Fork HS
37	Jon Burbidge	R-FR	S	6-1	201	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater HS
38	Matt Payne	R-FR	K	6-4	247	North Ogden, UT	Weber HS
39	Steve Later	JR	RB	5-11	180	Sandy, UT		Ricks College
39	Bryant Atkinson	RS (FR)	LB	6-3	220	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
41	Justin Jory	JR	TE	6-2	238	Mountlake Terrace, WA	Shorecrest HS	Walla Walla Community College
42	Gabe Reid	JR	TE	6-3	246	, AS	Leone HS
42	Markell Staffieri	RS	LB	6-2	210	Del Mar, CA	Torrey Pines HS
43	Michael Madsen	RS	S	6-1	195	Littleton, CO	Columbine HS
44	Mike Tanner	SO	LB	6-0	239	Orem, UT	Orem HS
45	Moa Peaua	R-FR	LB	6-1	240	Reno, NV	McQueen HS
46	Colby Bockwoldt	R-SO	LB	6-1	218	Sunset, UT	Northridge HS
47	Paul Walkenhorst	SO	LB	6-5	255	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
48	Lance Reynolds	RS	LB	6-1	215	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
49	Brady Poppinga	FR	LB	6-3	237	Evanston, WY	Evanston HS
50	Nick Anderson	SO	DL	6-2	261	Royal City, WA	Royal HS	Snow College
50	Kahau Enos	R-SO	LB	6-1	234	Honolulu, HI	Kamehameha HS
51	Byron Tanner	JR	LB	6-1	216	Cortez, CO	Montezuma-Cortez HS
52	Brent Carlson	R-SO	LB	5-9	227	Las Vegas, NV	Durango HS
53	Bill Wright	R-SO	LB	6-2	220	Portland, OR	Westview HS
54	Teag Whiting	R-SR	OL	6-3	298	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS	Ricks College
55	Justin Ena	R-SR	LB	6-3	261	Shelton, WA	Shelton HS
56	Ryan Gunderson	R-SO	DT	6-3	280	Gresham, OR	Sam Barlow HS
57	Hanale Vincent	R-FR	OL	6-5	295	Kailua, HI	Kamehameha HS
59	Ryan Keele	JR	OL	6-4	296	Othello, WA	Othello HS	Ricks College
60	Gabe Westover	R-FR	DL	6-3	260	Provo, UT	Provo HS
61	Naki Maile	R-JR	OL	6-1	290	St Petersburg, FL	St. Petersburg HS	Ricks College
63	Michael Nay	FR	OL	6-6	300	West Valley City, UT	Cyprus HS
64	Scott Jackson	R-SO	OL	6-4	287	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	Peninsula HS
65	Ben Archibald	R-JR	OL	6-4	303	Gearheart, OR	Seaside HS
66	Michael Marquardt	R-FR	DT	6-4	260	San Marcos, CA	Rancho Buena Vista HS
68	Jason Scukanec	R-SR	OL	6-2	282	Vancouver, WA	Mountain View HS
69	Aaron McCubbins	R-SR	OL	6-3	295	Kenai, AK	Kenai Central HS
70	Jeff Rhea	RS	OL	6-4	275	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
71	Tyler Johnson	JR	OL	6-4	302	Whittier, CA	Whittier HS	Mt. San Antonio College
72	Matt Griffith	SO	OL	6-5	299	Renton, WA	Kentridge HS
73	Isaac Herring	R-JR	OL	6-4	306	Mapleton, UT	Springville HS
74	Quinn Christensen	JR	OL	6-6	295	Idaho Falls, ID	Bonneville HS	Dixie State Junior College, Ricks College
76	Vincent Xanthos	R-SO	OL	6-3	284	Fort Lauderdale, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Maryland, Minnesota
77	Daniel Marquardt	RS	DL	6-1	267	Vista, CA	Rancho Buena Vista HS
78	Brandon McFerren	R-JR	OL	6-5	309	Union City, CA	James Logan HS
79	Dustin Rykert	R-JR	OL	6-7	301	Roseville, CA	Oakmont HS
80	Toby Christensen	SO	WR	5-11	188	Alpine, UT	American Fork HS
82	Soren Halladay	R-SR	WR	6-1	195	Newhall, CA	William S. Hart HS
83	Pat Williams	JR	WR	6-1	191	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS	Ricks College
84	Breyon Jones	RS (FR)	WR	5-11	180	Round Rock, TX	Round Rock HS
85	Justin Anderson	R-JR	WR	5-10	175	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Ricks College
86	Doug Jolley	R-SR	TE	6-4	241	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
87	Trevor Halverson	FR	WR	6-3	210	Carlsbad, CA	La Costa Canyon HS	Ricks College
87	Brandon Stephens	R-SO	DE	6-5	258	Logan, UT	Logan HS
88	Ryan Slater	R-SO	WR	6-3	185	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
89	Spencer Nead	JR	TE	6-4	260	Tetonia, ID	Lemoore HS	Ricks College
90	Aissac Aiono	R-FR	TE	6-5	234	Compton, CA	Lynwood HS
91	C.J. Ah You	FR	DL	6-3	248	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
92	Ryan Denney	R-SR	DE	6-7	275	Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
93	Brett Keisel	R-SR	DE	6-5	269	Greybull, WY	Greybull HS
94	Jeff Cowart	JR	DL	6-4	259	Tacoma, WA	Curtis HS
95	Ifo Pili	R-SO	DL	6-3	310	Orem, UT	Moutain View HS
96	Chris Kasper	R-SO	OL	6-3	264	Windermere, FL	West Orange HS
97	Anthony Ward	SR	DL	6-3	253	Laie, HI	Bonita Vista HS	Ricks College
98	Jim Roberts	SR	DL	6-5	240	Cleveland, TX	Shepherd HS
98	David Johnson	R-FR	TE	6-3	200	Weiser, ID
99	John Denney	RS	DE	6-5	261	Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
99	Jared Mack	JR				Thatcher, AZ
	Nathan Kolbaba	R-FR				Wheaton, IL	Warrenville South HS
	Tyler Berry	RS				Loveland, CO	Loveland HS	Utah State
	James Allen	RS				Inglewood, CA		LA Southwest College
	Joe Omer	RS				Atlanta, GA	North Cobb HS	Missouri Valley Junior College
	Garrett Reid	FR	TE	6-3	230	Villanova, PA	Harriton HS
	Nathan McClun	SR				Walnut, CA
	Victor Felipe	RS	DL	6-5	275	Salt Lake City, UT	Highland HS
	Ryan Beck	RS				Fremont, CA	Fremont HS
	Andre Bennin	R-FR	DB			Alexandria, VA	T.C. Williams HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Aaron Roderick	Graduate Assistant
Brian Mitchell	Defensive Backs
Ed Lamb	Graduate Assistant
Gary Crowton	Head Coach
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Mike Empey	Tight Ends
Robbie Bosco	Quarterbacks
Val Hale	Athletic Director

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Brandon Doman
RB	Luke Staley
FB	Ned Stearns
WR	Soren Halladay
WR	Andrew Ord
TE	Doug Jolley
LT	Dustin Rykert
LG	Teag Whiting
C	Jason Scukanec
RG	Aaron McCubbins
RT	Ben Archibald

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Brett Keisel
DE	Ryan Denney
DT	Jeff Cowart
DT	Ifo Pili
MLB	Justin Ena
OLB	Isaac Kelley
OLB	Paul Walkenhorst
CB	Jernaro Gilford
CB	Brandon Heaney
S	Dustin Staley
S	Levi Madarieta

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Matt Payne
P	Aaron Edmonds
KR	Mike Rigell
PR	Mike Rigell