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BYU vs Utah State — November 9, 1968

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Date	November 9, 1968
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, UT
Attendance	20,740
BYU Conference	WAC
Opp Conference	Independent
BYU Head Coach	Tommy Hudspeth
Opp Head Coach	Chuck Mills
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

Game Notes

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No game summary available.

Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
1	02:55	USU	Bob Peters 20-yard interception return (Jess Garcia PAT made)	0	7
3	05:50	USU	Steve Taylor 13-yard run (Jess Garcia PAT made)	0	14
3	00:28	USU	John Pappas 4-yard run (Tod Ortlip PAT made)	0	21
4	14:56	USU	John Pappas 25-yard pass to Mike O'Shea	0	27
4	13:16	USU	John Pappas 35-yard pass to Steve Taylor (Tod Ortlip PAT made)	0	34
4	01:41	BYU	Chris Reading 1-yard run	6	34
4	01:41	BYU	Bill Swanson 2pt conversion	8	34

Statistic	BYU	USU
First Downs	18	17
Rushing	6	12
Passing	8	5
Penalty	4	0
Rushing	75	173
Attempts	44	58
Avg per Rush	1.7	3.0
Touchdowns	1	2
Passing	164	153
Cmp-Att-Int	17-46-2	10-24-1
Completion %	37.0	41.7
Yds/Attempt	3.6	6.4
Yds/Catch	9.6	15.3
Touchdowns	0	2
Total Offense	239	326
Plays	90	82
Avg per Play	164.8	155.1
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	7-78-0	3-52-0
Avg Punt Return	11.1	17.3
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	6-111-0	1-17-0
Avg Kick Return	18.5	17.0
Punting	9-363	9-387
Avg Punt	40.3	43.0
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	4-3	1-0
Penalties-Yards	5-51	12-133
FG Made-Att	0-	0-
3rd Down Conv	-	-
4th Down Conv	-	-

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Rick Jones	10	29	34.5	135	4.7	0	2	0	59.8	0
Marc Lyons	7	17	41.2	29	1.7	0	0	0	55.5	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dave Swanson	9	49	5.4	0	0
Tom Rippee	13	34	2.6	0	0
Chris Reading	5	16	3.2	1	0
Wally Hawkins	3	7	2.3	0	0
Neil Bingham	3	4	1.3	0	0
Ron Wakley	1	1	1.0	0	1
Marc Lyons	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Rick Jones	8	-34	-4.3	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Ed Romero	7	62	8.9	0	0
Ron Wakley	3	32	10.7	0	0
Larry Heaps	2	29	14.5	0	0
Dave Swanson	4	22	5.5	0	0
Wally Hawkins	1	19	19.0	0	19

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Neil Bingham	3	60	20.0	0	0
Dave Swanson	3	51	17.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Ken Call	5	49	9.8	0	0
Neil Bingham	2	29	14.5	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Craig Bozich	18	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Dixon	16	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Harmann	12	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Lupoi	11	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerald Meyer	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Slipp	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Call	7	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Legas	6	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Griffin	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Echo Hawk	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Finfrock	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Leeper	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Watford	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Olson	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Hawkins	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Densley	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Monson	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Skidmore	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Richard Adams	9	363	40.3	57

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
John Pappas	7	19	36.8	122	6.4	2	1		115.0
Dave Holman	3	5	60.0	31	6.2	0	0		112.1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Altie Taylor	17	61	3.6	1
Steve Taylor	14	55	3.9	0
George Tribble	8	53	6.6	0
Craig Jarrell	5	11	2.2	0
Dave Holman	4	2	0.5	0
John Pappas	9	-1	-0.1	1
Jerry McCullough	1	-8	-8.0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike O'Shea	6	72	12.0	1
Altie Taylor	2	67	33.5	1
George Tribble	1	9	9.0	0
Ken DeMartini	1	5	5.0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
J McCullough	1	17	17.0	0	0
Altie Taylor	0	0		0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Altie Taylor	3	52	17.3	0	0
J McCullough	0	0		0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Dana Schulz	11			1									0
Craig Boyer	9			0									0
Mike Becklund	9			0									0
Gary Anderson	8			0	1								0
Ron Labrum	6			0									0
Ray Watrin	6			0									0
Chuck Myrick	5			2									0
Phil Olsen	4			0									0
Jimmy Smith	3			1									0
Craig Zimmerman	3			0									0
Doug Gosnell	3			0									0
Randy Christensen	3			0									0
Sam Cooper	2			0									0
Bob Peters	2			1	1								0
Mike O'Shea	2			0									0
Jack Stanfill	2			0									0
Rod Jones	2			1									0
Eugene Carillo	2			0									0
Tim Plummer	2			0									0
Jess Garcia	1			0									0
Chuck Detwiler	1			1									0
Mick Workman	1			0									0
Clyde Wood	1			0									0
George Tribble	1			0									0
Fred Alverez	1			0									0
Paul Reuter	1			0									0
Chuck Hahn	1			0									0
Bill Dunstan	1			0									0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Tod Ortlip	0	0	0		2	3
Jess Garcia	0	2	0		2	2

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Tom Weyerts	9	387	43.0	51

Offense

BYU

Pos	Player
QB	Marc Lyons
TB	Dave Swanson
FB	Tom Rippee
FL	Larry Heaps
SE	Ed Romero
TE	Horace Smith
OT	Richie Lopez
OT	Mike Loper
OG	Roger Scales
OG	Mike Weinkauf
C	Monte Squires

Utah State

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Defense

BYU

Pos	Player
MG	John Lupoi
LDE	Bill Leeper
RDE	Jeff Slipp
LDT	Gary Harmann
RDT	Gerald Meyer
LB	Tim Roberts
LB	Craig Bozich
LC	Dick Legas
RC	Ken Call
S	Larry Echo Hawk

Utah State

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