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BYU vs New Mexico — November 25, 1961

BYU BYU 6
FINAL
New Mexico New Mexico 34
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DateNovember 25, 1961
StadiumUniversity Stadium
LocationAlbuquerque, NM
BYU ConferenceSkyline
Opp ConferenceSkyline
BYU Head CoachHal Mitchell
Opp Head CoachBill Weeks
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

No game summary available.

QtrTimeTeamScoring EventBYUOPP
1:UNMBobby Santiago 2-yard run06
1:UNMEd Meadows PAT made07
3:UNMJay McNitt 35-yard interception return013
3:UNMEd Meadows PAT made014
3:BYUEldon Fortie 5-yard pass to Lloyd Smith614
4:UNMPaul Duke 2-yard run620
4:UNMEd Meadows PAT made621
4:UNMBob Jensen 3-yard run627
4:UNMEd Meadows PAT made628
4:UNMHoward Hancock 9-yard run634
StatisticBYUUNM
First Downs 10 19
Rushing818
Passing21
Penalty00
Rushing 134 274
Attempts4755
Avg per Rush2.95.0
Touchdowns04
Passing 34 33
Cmp-Att-Int3-12-42-16-1
Completion %25.012.5
Yds/Attempt2.82.1
Yds/Catch11.316.5
Touchdowns10
Total Offense 168 307
Plays5971
Avg per Play36.336.9
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD4-54-03-54-0
Avg Punt Return13.518.0
Kick Ret-Yds-TD2-28-02-43-0
Avg Kick Return14.021.5
Punting 4-164 3-128
Avg Punt41.042.7
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost1-13-2
Penalties-Yards1-155-35
FG Made-Att0-00-0
3rd Down Conv--
4th Down Conv--

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYdsYds/AttTDIntLngEffSacked
Eldon Fortie3933.3343.8121557.30
Doran Merkley030.000.0020-133.30

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDLng
Doran Merkley13584.500
Eldon Fortie21442.100
Bill Nelson8303.800
Marshall Hall242.000
Paul Allen3-2-0.701

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgTDLng
Dion Frazier11515.0015
Jeff Livingston11414.0014
Lloyd Smith155.015

Kick Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLng
Paul Allen22814.000

Punt Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLng
Paul Allen12525.0025
Bill Nelson12424.0024
Eldon Fortie252.500

Defense

PlayerTklSkTFLPBUINTINT YdsINT TDFFFRFR YdsFR TDBlkSfty
Gene Frantz00.00.00100000000

Punting

PlayerNoYdsAvgLng
Bill Wright416441.00

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYdsYds/AttTDIntLngEffSacked
Jim Cromartie1911.1212.3018.5
Jay McNitt1425.0123.00050.2
Ben Chavez030.000.0000.0

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDLng
Bobby Morgan77410.60
Gary Ness10595.90
Paul Duke11494.51
Bobby Santiago9333.71
Herb Bradford5326.40
Howard Hancock22110.51
George Kennedy2126.00
Jim Cromartie331.00
Jimmy Ottmann133.00
Bob Jensen133.01
David Turner122.00
George Carmignani1-3-3.00
Jay McNitt2-12-6.00