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2008 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Aug 30	16	Northern Iowa	41-17 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,108
Sep 6	15	at Washington	28-27 W	Husky Stadium	Seattle, WA	64,611
Sep 13	18	UCLA	59-0 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,153
Sep 20	14	Wyoming	44-0 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,059
Oct 3	8	at Utah State	34-14 W	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	23,101
Oct 11	9	New Mexico	21-3 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,105
Oct 16	9	at TCU	7-32 L	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth, TX	36,180
Oct 25	18	UNLV	42-35 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,081
Nov 1	17	at Colorado State	45-42 W	Hughes Stadium	Fort Collins, CO	20,222
Nov 8	17	San Diego State	41-12 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,107
Nov 15	16	at Air Force	38-24 W	Falcon Stadium	Colorado Springs, CO	42,177
Nov 22	16	at No. 8 Utah	24-48 L	Rice-Eccles Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	46,488
Dec 20	17	vs Arizona	21-31 L	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	40,047

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	445	285
Points per game	34.2	21.9
First Downs	314	269
Rushing	95	104
Passing	198	138
Penalty	21	27
Rushing Yardage	1747	1824
Rushing attempts	424	473
Average per rush	4.1	3.9
Average per game	134.4	140.3
TDs Rushing	21	18
Passing Yardage	4035	2803
Comp-Att-Int	338-493-14	250-409-9
Completion pct	68.6%	61.1%
Average per pass	8.2	6.9
Average per catch	11.9	11.2
Average per game	310.4	215.6
TDs Passing	35	17
Total Offense	5782	4627
Total plays	917	882
Average per play	6.3	5.2
Average per game	444.8	355.9
Kick returns: #-Yards	53-1304	48-1053
Average per return	24.6	21.9
Punt returns: #-Yards	21-78	15-115
Average per return	3.7	7.7
Fumbles-Lost	25-14	33-21
Penalties-Yards	101-912	77-704
Punts-Yards	41-1712	56-2295
Average per punt	41.8	41.0
Sacks by	21	21
Field goals-attempts	11-17	10-14
3rd-down conversion	98/176	84/182
3rd-down pct	55.7%	46.2%
4th-down conversion	7/10	8/19
4th-down pct	70.0%	42.1%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Max Hall	330	477	69.2	3957	8.3	35	14	157.2	76	19	107
Brenden Gaskins	7	12	58.3	73	6.1	0	0	109.4	36	0	0
Kurt McEuen	1	3	33.3	5	1.7	0	0	47.3	5	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	240	1132	4.7	11	40
Fui Vakapuna	54	263	4.9	3	33
Max Hall	65	123	1.9	4	31
Austin Collie	9	71	7.9	0	15
Bryan Kariya	12	67	5.6	1	16
Wayne Latu	14	51	3.6	2	13
JJ Di Luigi	13	48	3.7	0	15
Bryce Mahuika	3	12	4.0	0	11
Brenden Gaskins	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Austin Collie	106	1538	14.5	15	76
Dennis Pitta	83	1083	13.0	6	46
Michael Reed	49	589	12.0	2	56
Harvey Unga	42	309	7.4	4	19
Andrew George	23	219	9.5	6	19
Reed White	7	70	10.0	0	30
Fui Vakapuna	10	69	6.9	1	11
Luke Ashworth	3	49	16.3	0	31
O'Neill Chambers	3	42	14.0	1	20
Tyler Kozlowski	3	31	10.3	0	19
Bryan Kariya	4	21	5.3	0	8
Spencer Hafoka	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wayne Latu	1	4	4.0	0	4
Iona Pritchard	1	3	3.0	0	3
JJ Di Luigi	2	3	1.5	0	5

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
O'Neill Chambers	35	809	23.1	0	31
Austin Collie	18	495	27.5	0	41

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
O'Neill Chambers	10	59	5.9
Reed White	8	37	4.6
Austin Collie	1	2	2.0
Spencer Hafoka	2	-20	-10.0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Matt Bauman	108	50	58	2.0	8.5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
David Nixon	90	43	47	2.0	11.5	4	3	21	1	2	1	0
Kellen Fowler	88	51	37	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Shawn Doman	60	20	40	0.0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0
Scott Johnson	59	28	31	0.0	2.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0
David Tafuna	57	29	28	0.0	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Coleby Clawson	55	25	30	4.0	11.5	2	0	0	0	3	1	0
Jan Jorgensen	54	22	32	5.0	8.5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Matt Ah You	50	19	31	0.5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Bradley	40	33	7	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brett Denney	37	21	16	1.5	8.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
Brandon Howard	35	17	18	0.0	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Putnam	27	17	10	2.0	3.0	3	1	9	0	1	0	0
Andrew Rich	26	13	13	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ian Dulan	20	7	13	3.0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Daniel Sorensen	17	11	6	1.0	3.5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Russell Tialavea	17	7	10	0.0	2.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mosese Foketi	15	6	9	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Hadley	13	7	6	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Michael Alisa	11	9	2	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Vic So'oto	10	4	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Iona Pritchard	9	4	5	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Justin Sorensen	7	5	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Morgan	6	4	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bryan Kariya	5	5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shiloah Te'o	5	4	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Shane Hunter	4	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Wolfley	4	1	3	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Di Luigi	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Pendleton	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Brock Richardson	3	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bell	2	2	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Pitta	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Hall	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaneakua Friel	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Luekenga	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Landon Jaussi	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Ashworth	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Unga	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jadon Wagner	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
Mitch Payne	10	14	71.4	46	0-0	4-4	3-6	3-4	0-0	1	54	56	2
Justin Sorensen	1	3	33.3	31	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-2	0	2	2	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
CJ Santiago	41	1712	41.8	62	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Justin Sorensen	79	5256	32	3
Mitch Payne	3	177	0	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Collin Fanning	SR				Edmond, OK	Edmond Memorial HS	Clarendon College
	Matthew Edwards	FR	WR			Salt Lake City, UT	Woods Cross HS
	Brad Beeston	RS (FR)	DB			Edmond, OK	Edmond North HS
	Marco Thorson	FR	OL			Ramona, CA	Ramona HS
	Rhen Brown	RS	WR			Summerville, SC	Lone Peak HS
1	Fui Vakapuna	SR	RB	6-1	253	Glendale, UT	East HS
2	Bryce Mahuika	R-SR	WR	5-9	190	Vancouver, WA	Evergreen HS
3	Michael Reed	SR	WR	6-1	202	Baytown, TX	Robert E. Lee HS
4	Brandon Howard	R-JR	CB	5-9	170	Riverside, CA	La Sierra HS
5	Parker Mangum	JR	WR	6-4	213	Boise, ID	Timberline HS	St. Mary's
5	Brandon Bradley	R-SO	CB	6-1	201	Tallahassee, FL	Lincoln HS
6	Brenden Gaskins	JR	QB	6-4	213	Farmington, NM	Farmington HS	Glendale College, Nevada
7	Garrett Nicholson	RS	DB	5-9	180	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
7	Tyler Kozlowski	R-SO	WR	5-9	193	Wildwood, IL	Warren Township HS
9	Austin Collie	JR	WR	6-2	206	El Dorado Hills, CA	Oaks Ridge HS
10	JJ Di Luigi	R-FR	HB	5-9	199	Canyon Country, CA	Canyon HS
11	Manase Tonga	RS	FB	6-1	238	San Mateo, CA	Aragon HS
11	O'Neill Chambers	FR	WR	6-3	209	Harmony, FL	Harmony HS
12	Brannon Brooks	R-FR	DB	5-8	194	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove HS
12	Stephen Covey	FR	QB	5-11	186	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
13	Luke Ashworth	SO	WR	6-2	194	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
13	Christian Stewart	RS	QB	6-0	190	Orem, UT	Timpanogos HS	Snow College
15	Max Hall	JR	QB	6-1	201	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS	Arizona State
16	Kellen Fowler	R-SR	S	5-11	187	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
17	G Pittman	R-FR	CB	5-10	189	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Rancho Cucamonga HS
18	Justin Sorensen	FR	K	6-2	222	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
19	Cameron Comer	RS (FR)	DB	6-1	189	Springville, UT	Springville HS
19	Kurt McEuen	R-SO	QB	6-2	209	Heber City, UT	Wasatch HS
20	Reed White	R-SR	WR	5-10	198	Gilbert, AZ	Gilbert HS	Arizona State
20	Lolo Tenifa	RS	DB	5-10	174	Salt Lake City, UT	Highland HS
21	Scott Johnson	JR	CB	5-11	185	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
22	Andrew Rich	SO	DB	6-3	210	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS	Snow College
23	Kelly Bills	R-SR	FB	6-1	228	Littleton, CO	Arapahoe HS	Southern Utah
23	David Tafuna	R-SR	S	6-1	211	Mesa, AZ	Mesa HS
24	Steven Thomas	FR	S	5-11	172	Chino Hills, CA	Chino Hills HS
25	Gary Nagy	R-FR	DB	6-1	190	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
26	CJ Santiago	SR	P	6-2	212	Honolulu, HI	St. Louis HS	Hawaii, Orange Coast College
26	Ryan Love	R-FR	DB	5-10	178	Cameron Park, CA	Ponderosa HS
27	Jordan Pendleton	R-FR	S	6-2	220	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
29	Tana Uyema	SR	DB	5-9	176	Honolulu, HI	Iolani HS	BYU-Hawaii
30	Isaac Taylor	R-SR	RB	5-11	210	Camino, CA	El Dorado HS	Modesto Junior College
31	Byron Putnam	R-FR	DB	5-11	178	Draper, UT	Alta HS	Utah
32	Dennis Pitta	JR	TE	6-5	250	Moorpark, CA	Moorpark HS
33	Wayne Latu	R-JR	HB	5-11	214	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
33	Bryan Kariya	R-FR	RB	6-1	192	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
34	Tyler Holt	R-FR	K/P	5-9	178	Granite Bay, CA	Granite Bay HS
34	Tucker Lamb	RS	RB	5-10	180	Orem, UT	Orem HS
34	Travis Uale	FR	DB	6-2	200	Hawaii Kai, HI	Kamehameha HS
35	Matt Bauman	JR	LB	6-1	232	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
36	Shiloah Te'o	FR	DB	5-10	207	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
36	Jerry Bruner	FR	RB	6-3	235	Vancouver, WA	Evergreen HS
36	Billy Oden	RS (FR)	LB	5-10	222	Waimanalo, HI	Kailua HS
37	Vic So'oto	RS-Medical	LB	6-3	245	Carlsbad, CA	Carlsbad HS
38	Mitch Payne	R-SO	K	6-2	207	North Ogden, UT	Weber HS
39	Grant Nelson	R-SO	LB	6-3	226	Sewickley, PA	Hopewell HS
39	Iona Pritchard	FR	LB	6-2	234	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
41	Coleby Clawson	JR	LB	6-3	220	Wales, UT	North Sanpete HS	Snow College
42	Shawn Doman	JR	LB	6-2	224	Woodburn, OR	Canby HS
43	David Nixon	SR	LB	6-3	223	College Station, TX	A&M Consolidated
44	Daniel Sorensen	FR	DB	6-2	208	Colton, CA	Colton HS
44	Dan Van Sweden	R-JR	LB	6-2	214	West Point, UT	Northridge HS
45	Harvey Unga	R-SO	RB	6-1	239	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
46	Blake Morgan	R-FR	DB	5-11	180	Greeley, CO	Greeley West HS
46	Masi Tuitama	RS	LB	6-2	198	Oxnard, CA	Pacifica HS
47	Terrance Hooks	R-JR	LB	6-1	218	Tempe, AZ	Marcos de Niza HS
47	Shane Hunter	SO	LB	5-10	234	Idaho Falls, ID	Idaho Falls HS	Snow College
47	Dustin Graham	SO	LB	6-0	228	Glendale, AZ	Mountain Ridge HS
48	Michael Alisa	FR	LB	6-2	215	Laie, HI	Timpview HS
49	Jefferson Court	RS	LB	6-3	212	Sandy, UT	Alta HS
50	Spencer Hadley	FR	LB	6-1	221	Connell, WA	Connell HS
51	Matt Ah You	R-JR	LB	5-11	227	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Lone Peak HS
52	Russell Tialavea	R-SO	NT	6-3	300	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside HS
53	Tom Sorensen	R-JR	OL	6-5	310	Salt Lake City, UT	Pine View HS	Vanderbilt
54	Kyle Luekenga	R-JR	DL	6-3	270	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
55	Solomone Kafu	RS	DL	6-2	323	Rio Linda, CA	Rio Linda HS
56	Chris Muehlmann	SO	DS	6-0	211	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS	Snow College
57	Matt Putnam	FR	DE	6-6	237	Brigham City, UT	Box Elder HS
58	Jeff Bell	JR	LB	6-0	220	Williamsburg, VA	Bruton HS
59	John Pace	R-SO	DS	6-2	208	Yorba Linda, CA	Esperanza HS
60	Terence Brown	RS	OL	6-3	334	Summerville, SC	Summerville HS
61	Mark Freeman	SO	OL	6-0	284	Orem, UT	Orem HS
62	Lawrence Pico	FR	OL	6-3	266	Cross River, NY	John Jay HS
63	Jesse Taufi	RS	OL	6-4	314	Long Beach, CA	Carson HS	Long Beach City College
64	RJ Willing	R-JR	OL	6-5	312	Kahuku, HI	Kamehameha HS
65	Dallas Reynolds	SR	OL	6-5	320	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
66	Garrett Reden	R-SO	OL	6-3	275	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center HS
67	Nate Hartung	FR	OL	6-3	360	Butler, PA	Butler Area HS
68	David Oswald	R-SR	OL	6-8	330	Sandy, UT	Brighton HS
70	Matt Reynolds	FR	OL	6-6	321	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
71	Rick Wolfley	R-SO	DL	6-3	330	Afton, WY	Star Valley HS
72	Nick Alletto	R-SO	OL	6-6	288	Parker, CO	Ponderosa HS
73	Jason Speredon	R-SO	OL	6-5	291	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
74	Travis Bright	R-SR	OL	6-5	313	Queen Creek, AZ	Highland HS
75	Stetson Tenney	RS	OL	6-5	293	Show Low, AZ	Show Low HS
76	Ray Feinga	R-SR	OL	6-5	348	West Valley City, UT	Hunter HS
77	Ian Dulan	JR	DE	6-1	255	Hilo, HI	Kamehameha HS
78	Brock Stringham	RS (FR)	OL	6-5	280	Highlands Ranch, CO	Mountain Vista HS
79	Ron Best	SR	OL	6-2	285	St. George, UT	Snow Canyon HS
80	Kaneakua Friel	R-FR	TE	6-5	235	Kaneohe, HI	Kamehameha HS
82	Matt Marshall	FR	WR	5-10	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
82	Ryan Neeley	JR	WR	6-1	181	Draper, UT	Alta HS	Snow College
84	Spencer Hafoka	FR	WR	6-1	196	Kahuku, HI	Kahuku HS
84	Jan Jorgensen	R-JR	DE	6-3	256	Helper, UT	Carbon HS
85	Landon Jaussi	SO	WR	6-5	208	Wylie, TX	Wylie HS	Southern Virginia
86	BJ Peterson	R-SO	WR	6-3	196	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
87	Jameson Frazier	FR	DB	6-2	204	Draper, UT	Alta HS
88	Andrew George	R-JR	TE	6-5	246	Englewood, CO	Cherry Creek HS
89	Rex Morgan	RS	DB	5-10	180	Greeley, CO	Greeley West HS
90	Steven Fisher	FR	DL	6-4	230	Orem, UT	Timpanogos HS
90	Bernard Afutiti	RS (JR)	DL	6-1	260	Fontana, CA	Kaiser HS	Mt. San Jacinto College
92	Brett Denney	R-JR	DE	6-4	260	Thornton, CO	Legacy HS
93	Mosese Foketi	R-SR	NT	6-1	277	Oakland, CA	James Logan HS	Laney College
94	Brock Richardson	SR	DL	6-2	260	Idaho Falls, ID	Bonneville HS	Snow College
95	Rockey Kalamafoni	FR	DL	6-2	276	Portland, OR	Liahona HS
95	Braden Brown	RS (FR)	TE	6-6	250	Salt Lake City, UT	Highland HS
96	Jonathan McCullough	SO	TE	6-5	237	Hillsboro, OR	Glencoe HS
96	David Tuitupou	FR	DL	6-5	250	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
97	Tevita Hola	JR	NT	6-1	309	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS	Snow College
98	Justin Blackmore	RS	DL	6-1	292	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
99	Victor Unga	FR	DL	5-11	366	Provo, UT	Timpview HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Barry Lamb	Outside Linebackers
Brandon Doman	Quarterbacks
Bronco Mendenhall	Head Coach
Duane Busby	Director of Football Operations
Jaime Hill	Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Justin Anderson	Defensive Line Intern
Kelly Bills	Graduate Assistant - Offense
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Assistant Head Coach, Running Backs
Mark Weber	Offensive Line
Micah Alba	Defensive Graduate Assistant
Nick Howell	Offensive 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 Kaufusi	Defensive Line
Tom Holmoe	Athletic Director

Starters

Offense

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

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Brett Denney
DE	Jan Jorgensen
NT	Russell Tialavea
ILB	Shawn Doman
ILB	Matt Bauman
OLB	Coleby Clawson
OLB	David Nixon
CB	Scott Johnson
CB	Brandon Howard
S	David Tafuna
S	Kellen Fowler

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Mitch Payne
P	CJ Santiago
KR	O'Neill Chambers
PR	O'Neill Chambers