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2007 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 1	RV	Arizona	20-7 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,525
Sep 8	RV	at No. 13 UCLA	17-27 L	Rose Bowl Stadium	Pasadena, CA	72,968
Sep 15		at Tulsa	47-55 L	Skelly Field @ Chapman Stadium	Tulsa, OK	24,445
Sep 22		Air Force	31-6 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,502
Sep 29		at New Mexico	31-24 W	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	34,204
Oct 13		at UNLV	24-14 W	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	38,026
Oct 20	RV	Eastern Washington	42-7 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,522
Nov 3	RV	Colorado State	35-16 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,441
Nov 8	RV	TCU	27-22 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,241
Nov 17	RV	at Wyoming	35-10 W	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	19,827
Nov 24	23	Utah	17-10 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,749
Dec 1	21	at San Diego State	48-27 W	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, CA	28,473
Dec 22	19	vs UCLA	17-16 W	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	40,712

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	391	241
Points per game	30.1	18.5
First Downs	314	220
Rushing	113	84
Passing	182	118
Penalty	19	18
Rushing Yardage	1877	1267
Rushing attempts	493	429
Average per rush	3.8	3.0
Average per game	144.4	97.5
TDs Rushing	24	12
Passing Yardage	3879	2735
Comp-Att-Int	300-503-13	257-448-16
Completion pct	59.6%	57.4%
Average per pass	7.7	6.1
Average per catch	12.9	10.6
Average per game	298.4	210.4
TDs Passing	26	12
Total Offense	5756	4002
Total plays	996	877
Average per play	5.8	4.6
Average per game	442.8	307.8
Kick returns: #-Yards	47-1094	66-1199
Average per return	23.3	18.2
Punt returns: #-Yards	26-161	20-122
Average per return	6.2	6.1
Fumbles-Lost	25-13	12-4
Penalties-Yards	91-783	70-581
Punts-Yards	62-2459	83-3426
Average per punt	39.7	41.3
Sacks by	31	20
Field goals-attempts	10-15	18-21
3rd-down conversion	88/195	70/197
3rd-down pct	45.1%	35.5%
4th-down conversion	13/19	6/18
4th-down pct	68.4%	33.3%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Max Hall	298	496	60.1	3848	7.8	26	12	137.7	66	20	125
Brenden Gaskins	2	4	50.0	31	7.8	0	1	65.1	25	0	0
Austin Collie	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Harvey Unga	244	1227	5.0	13	44
Manase Tonga	88	305	3.5	8	17
Fui Vakapuna	73	250	3.4	2	18
Wayne Latu	12	35	2.9	0	9
Joe Semanoff	20	29	1.5	1	9
CJ Santiago	1	15	15.0	0	15
Max Hall	52	14	0.3	1	20
Austin Collie	1	10	10.0	0	10
Brenden Gaskins	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Austin Collie	56	946	16.9	7	66
Dennis Pitta	59	813	13.8	5	45
Harvey Unga	44	655	14.9	4	53
Michael Reed	41	449	11.0	4	36
Matt Allen	31	358	11.5	2	22
Manase Tonga	27	248	9.2	0	25
Andrew George	17	200	11.8	0	28
Vic So'oto	12	124	10.3	1	21
Joe Semanoff	8	48	6.0	1	14
Bryce Mahuika	1	12	12.0	0	12
Fui Vakapuna	1	4	4.0	0	4

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Austin Collie	28	723	25.8	34
Bryce Mahuika	15	342	22.8	30
Matt Allen	1	22	22.0	22
Dennis Pitta	2	7	3.5	7
Shawn Doman	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
Bryce Mahuika	21	143	6.8
Austin Collie	3	9	3.0
Reed White	2	5	2.5

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Kelly Poppinga	113	46	67	0.0	7.5	5	1	22	0	1	0	0
Bryan Kehl	91	52	39	3.5	11.5	4	3	75	1	1	1	0
Jan Jorgensen	77	40	37	13.5	20.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Nixon	66	38	28	3.5	10.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corby Hodgkiss	57	30	27	0.0	3.5	7	3	44	1	0	0	0
Ben Criddle	56	37	19	0.0	1.0	8	2	19	0	0	0	1
Markell Staffieri	54	26	28	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quinn Gooch	52	22	30	0.0	0.5	4	3	12	0	0	0	0
Shawn Doman	38	15	23	0.0	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Bauman	34	19	15	1.0	1.5	3	1	3	0	0	1	0
Kayle Buchanan	32	25	7	0.0	1.0	11	3	44	0	0	0	0
Chris Bolden	32	19	13	2.0	5.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brett Denney	29	13	16	4.0	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kellen Fowler	28	19	9	0.0	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eathyn Manumaleuna	25	14	11	1.0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ian Dulan	24	11	13	2.5	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Grant Nelson	22	9	13	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Johnson	17	6	11	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Terrance Hooks	16	8	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Saulsberry	12	10	2	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Wolfley	8	0	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Sullivan	7	3	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Judd Anderton	7	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Howard	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
G Pittman	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mosese Foketi	3	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Unga	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bell	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austen Jorgensen	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Van Sweden	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Hall	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Kozlowski	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Mitch Payne	10	14	71.4	42	0-0	6-7	2-3	1-3	0-1	2	43	45	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
CJ Santiago	62	2459	39.7	75	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Mitch Payne	44	2669	0	5
Brian Smith	31	1786	1	2

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Scotty Ebert	FR	WR	6-1	180	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS
	E.J. Caffaro	R-FR	LB	6-4	215	Orem, UT	Orem HS
1	Fui Vakapuna	JR	HB	6-1	234	Glendale, UT	East HS
2	Bryce Mahuika	R-JR	WR	5-9	185	Vancouver, WA	Evergreen HS
3	Michael Reed	JR	WR	6-1	202	Baytown, TX	Robert E. Lee HS
4	Brandon Howard	R-SO	CB	5-9	170	Riverside, CA	La Sierra HS
4	Kurt McEuen	R-FR	QB	6-2	205	Heber City, UT	Wasatch HS
5	Brandon Bradley	R-FR	DB	6-0	195	Tallahassee, FL	Lincoln HS
6	Brenden Gaskins	SO	QB	6-5	220	Farmington, NM	Farmington HS	Glendale College, Nevada
7	Chris Warner	R-SO	DB	6-1	191	Reno, NV	McQueen HS
9	Austin Collie	SO	WR	6-2	212	El Dorado Hills, CA	Oaks Ridge HS
9	Brannon Brooks	RS (FR)	DB	5-10	175	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove HS
10	Matt Allen	R-SR	WR	6-0	177	Peoria, AZ	Cactus HS
11	Manase Tonga	JR	FB	6-1	234	San Mateo, CA	Aragon HS
11	Jason Munns	RS	QB	6-5	225	Kennewick, WA	Southridge HS
12	Sam Doman	R-FR	QB	6-4	228	Canby, OR	Canby HS
13	Blake Morgan	RS (FR)	DB	5-11	180	Greeley, CO	Greeley West HS
13	JJ Di Luigi	RS	RB	5-9	190	Canyon Country, CA	Canyon HS
14	Corby Hodgkiss	R-SR	S	5-11	206	Irving, TX	Irving HS
15	Max Hall	SO	QB	6-1	200	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS	Arizona State
16	Parker Mangum	SO	WR	6-4	210	Boise, ID	Timberline HS	St. Mary's
16	Kellen Fowler	R-JR	DB	5-11	190	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
17	G Pittman	RS	CB	5-9	175	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Rancho Cucamonga HS
18	Aaron Attig	R-SO	DB	6-2	204	Logandale, NV	Moapa Valley HS
18	Skyler Ridley	RS	WR/DB	6-1	170	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley HS
19	Andre Saulsberry	SR	CB	5-10	178	Long Beach, CA	Rialto HS	Riverside City College, Riverside Community College
19	Jeff Allen	SR	TE	6-4	215	Glendale, AZ	Mountain Ridge HS
20	Gary Nagy	RS	DB	6-1	180	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
20	Reed White	R-JR	WR	5-11	190	Gilbert, AZ	Gilbert HS	Arizona State
21	Ben Criddle	R-SR	CB	6-1	185	Glendale, AZ	Mountain Ridge HS	Eastern Arizona College, Glendale College
22	Steven Thomas	RS	DB	6-0	180	Chino Hills, CA	Chino Hills HS
22	Tyler Kozlowski	R-FR	WR	5-10	170	Wildwood, IL	Warren Township HS
23	David Tafuna	RS	FS	6-1	206	Mesa, AZ	Mesa HS
23	Jordan Pendleton	RS	DB	6-2	195	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
23	Jordan Smith	RS	WR	6-4	190	Salem, UT	Spanish Fork HS
23	Ryan Folsom	RS	RB	5-10	190	Medford, OR	North Medford HS
24	Brian Smith	FR	K	6-3	165	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
25	Quinn Gooch	R-SR	FS	6-1	196	Tucson, AZ	Sabino HS
26	CJ Santiago	JR	P	6-2	215	Honolulu, HI	St. Louis HS	Hawaii, Orange Coast College
27	Evan Kleinhenz	SO	LB	6-0	210	Columbus, UT	Columbus North HS
27	Joe Semanoff	SR	RB	5-11	220	Lehighton, CA	Lehighton HS
28	Dustin Gabriel	R-SR	S	6-1	213	Allen, TX	Allen HS
29	Ryan Love	RS (FR)	RB	5-10	180	Cameron Park, CA	Ponderosa HS
29	Scott Johnson	SO	DB	5-11	182	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
30	Kelly Bills	R-JR	LB	6-1	216	Littleton, CO	Arapahoe HS	Southern Utah
30	Isaac Taylor	R-JR	RB	5-11	186	Camino, CA	El Dorado HS	Modesto Junior College
30	Inoke Hafoka	FR	FB	5-11	240	Glendale, UT	East HS
30	Jake Webber	RS	WR	5-10	165	Salt Lake City, UT	Highland HS
31	Chris Bolden	R-SR	LB	6-1	248	Hephzibah, GA	Hephzibah HS	Concord, Riverside City College, Riverside Community College
32	Dennis Pitta	SO	TE	6-5	230	Moorpark, CA	Moorpark HS
33	Wayne Latu	R-SO	RB	6-1	222	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
34	Kayle Buchanan	SR	CB	6-1	191	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara HS
35	Matt Bauman	SO	LB	6-1	225	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
36	Markell Staffieri	SR	LB	6-3	232	Del Mar, CA	Torrey Pines HS
37	Vic So'oto	R-SO	TE	6-3	233	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad HS
38	Mitch Payne	R-FR	K	6-2	201	North Ogden, UT	Weber HS
39	Grant Nelson	R-FR	LB	6-2	225	Sewickley, PA	Hopewell HS
41	Bryan Kehl	SR	LB	6-3	231	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
42	Shawn Doman	SO	LB	6-2	219	Woodburn, OR	Canby HS
43	David Nixon	JR	LB	6-3	223	College Station, TX	A&M Consolidated
44	Dan Van Sweden	R-SO	LB	6-2	221	West Point, UT	Northridge HS
45	Harvey Unga	R-FR	RB	6-1	221	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
46	Kelly Poppinga	R-SR	LB	6-2	240	Evanston, WY	Evanston HS	Utah State
47	Terrance Hooks	R-SO	LB	6-1	218	Tempe, AZ	Marcos de Niza HS
48	Austen Jorgensen	FR	LB	6-3	230	Mt. Pleasant, UT	North Sanpete HS
49	Robbie Cook	RS	OLB	6-5	220	Rocklin, CA	Del Oro HS
50	Tom Steele	RS	LB	6-0	185	Orem, UT	Orem HS
51	Mark Freeman	FR	OL	6-1	285	Orem, UT	Orem HS
51	Franco Improta	SO	LB	6-0	210	Miami, FL	Sunset HS
51	Shane Hunter	FR	LB			Idaho Falls, ID	Idaho Falls HS	Snow College
52	Russell Tialavea	RS-Medical	NT	6-3	300	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside HS
52	Tyler Beck	FR	LB	6-1	210	Murrieta, CA	Vista Murrieta HS
53	Tom Sorensen	R-SO	OL	6-5	315	Salt Lake City, UT	Pine View HS	Vanderbilt
54	Kyle Luekenga	RS	DL	6-3	278	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
55	Jeff Rhea	R-SR	OL	6-4	295	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
55	Eathyn Manumaleuna	FR	DL	6-2	280	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
56	Chris Muehlmann	JR	DS	6-1	205	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS	Snow College
56	Matt Putnam	RS	DL	6-7	245	Brigham City, UT	Box Elder HS
58	Jeff Bell	SO	LB	6-1	228	Williamsburg, VA	Bruton HS
59	John Pace	R-FR	DS	6-2	210	Yorba Linda, CA	Esperanza HS
64	RJ Willing	R-SO	LT	6-5	300	Kahuku, HI	Kamehameha HS
65	Dallas Reynolds	JR	LT	6-5	328	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
66	Garrett Reden	R-FR	C	6-3	273	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center HS
67	Sete Aulai	SR	C	6-1	297	Carson, CA	Carson HS	El Camino College
68	David Oswald	R-JR	RT	6-8	325	Sandy, UT	Brighton HS
69	John Barrett	SO	OL	6-1	328	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
70	Matt Reynolds	RS	OL	6-5	300	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
71	Rick Wolfley	R-FR	RG	6-3	326	Afton, WY	Star Valley HS
71	Walter Kahaiali'i	R-FR	LG	6-3	320	Lahaina, HI	Kamehameha HS
72	Nick Alletto	R-FR	OL	6-6	275	Parker, CO	Ponderosa HS
73	Jason Speredon	R-FR	RT	6-5	275	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
74	Travis Bright	R-JR	RG	6-5	314	Queen Creek, AZ	Highland HS
76	Ray Feinga	R-JR	LG	6-5	322	West Valley City, UT	Hunter HS
77	Ian Dulan	SO	DE	6-1	274	Hilo, HI	Kamehameha HS
77	Chris Hunt	RS	OL	6-3	313	Hattiesburg, MS	Hattiesburg HS
78	Levi Mack	RS	OL	6-5	320	Thatcher, UT	Thatcher HS	Eastern Arizona College
79	Mark Fitu	SR	DL	6-1	310	Rialto, CA	Eisenhower HS
79	Manaaki Vaitai	RS	OL	6-3	299	Euless, TX	Trinity HS
82	Kaneakua Friel	RS	TE	6-5	225	Kaneohe, HI	Kamehameha HS
82	Ryan Neeley	JR	WR	6-1	176	Draper, UT	Alta HS	Snow College
83	Saia Hafoka	JR	WR	5-9	180	Kahuku, HI	Kahuku HS
84	Jan Jorgensen	R-SO	DE	6-3	260	Helper, UT	Carbon HS
84	Matt Marshall	RS	WR	5-11	190	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
85	Dallin Cutler	FR	WR			Draper, UT	Alta HS
85	Landon Jaussi	FR	WR	6-4	210	Wylie, TX	Wylie HS	Southern Virginia
85	Leon Johnson	SO	WR	6-1	187	Thatcher, AZ	Thatcher HS	Eastern Arizona College
86	Daniel Tervort	SO	WR	5-11	200	Payson, UT	Payson HS	Southern Utah
86	BJ Peterson	RS (SO)	WR			Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
87	Griffin Miller	RS	WR	6-2	190	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
88	Andrew George	R-SO	TE	6-5	240	Englewood, CO	Cherry Creek HS
89	Cortny Barton	RS	WR	5-9	190	Hawthorne, CA	Hawthorne HS	LA Harbor Junior College
90	Mosese Foketi	R-JR	NT	6-1	270	Oakland, CA	James Logan HS	Laney College
91	David Angilau	RS	DL	6-2	270	Longmont, CO	Niwot HS
91	Judd Anderton	R-SR	DE	6-5	270	Tacoma, WA	Curtis HS
92	Brett Denney	R-SO	DE	6-4	251	Thornton, CO	Legacy HS
93	Sean Sullivan	SR	DL	6-3	240	Provo, UT	Provo HS
94	Brock Richardson	JR	DL	6-3	265	Idaho Falls, ID	Bonneville HS	Snow College
96	Matt Shirley	FR	TE	6-4	223	Flagstaff, AZ	Flagstaff HS
97	Spencer Wolfley	RS	DL	6-4	220	Sherwood, OR	Sherwood HS
98	Steven Fendry	RS	DL	6-6	232	Castle Rock, CO	Douglas County HS	Colorado
99	Jordan Chronister	FR	TE/LB	6-3	230	Fruit Heights, UT	Davis HS	Eastern Arizona College

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Barry Lamb	Outside Linebackers
Brandon Doman	Quarterbacks
Bronco Mendenhall	Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator
Duane Busby	Director of Football Operations
Jaime Hill	Defensive Backs
Jason Beck	Offensive Intern
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Assistant Head Coach, Running Backs
Mark Weber	Offensive Line
Micah Alba	Defensive Graduate Assistant
Patrick Hickman	High School Relations Coordinator
Patrick Higgins	Special Teams Coordinator, Outside Receivers
Paul Tidwell	Recruiting Coordinator, Inside Linebackers
Robert Anae	Offensive Coordinator, Inside Receivers
Steve Clark	Offensive Graduate Assistant
Steve Kaufusi	Defensive Line
Tom Holmoe	Athletic Director

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Max Hall
RB	Harvey Unga
FB	Joe Semanoff
WR	Austin Collie
WR	Michael Reed
TE	Dennis Pitta
LT	Dallas Reynolds
LG	Ray Feinga
C	Sete Aulai
RG	Travis Bright
RT	David Oswald

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Ian Dulan
DE	Jan Jorgensen
NT	Eathyn Manumaleuna
ILB	Markell Staffieri
ILB	Kelly Poppinga
OLB	David Nixon
OLB	Bryan Kehl
CB	Kayle Buchanan
CB	Ben Criddle
S	Quinn Gooch
S	Corby Hodgkiss

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Mitch Payne
P	CJ Santiago
KR	Austin Collie
PR	Bryce Mahuika