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BYU vs Wyoming — October 9, 1976

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Date	October 9, 1976
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, UT
Attendance	35,423
BYU Conference	WAC
Opp Conference	WAC
BYU Head Coach	LaVell Edwards
Opp Head Coach	Fred Akers
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

No game summary available.

Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
1	:	WYO	Dan Christopulos 25-yard field goal	0	3
1	:	WYO	LaTrail Jones 80-yard run	0	9
1	:	WYO	Dan Christopulos PAT made	0	10
2	:	WYO	Marc Cousins 28-yard pass to Bob Davis	0	16
2	:	WYO	Dan Christopulos PAT made	0	17
2	:	WYO	Dan Christopulos -yard field goal	0	20
2	:	BYU	Gifford Nielsen 65-yard pass to Jeff Blanc	6	20
2	:	BYU	Dave Taylor PAT made	7	20
3	:	WYO	Marc Cousins 3-yard run	7	26
3	:	WYO	Dan Christopulos PAT made	7	27
4	:	WYO	Marc Cousins 27-yard run	7	33
4	:	WYO	Dan Christopulos PAT made	7	34
4	:	BYU	Dave Lowry 39-yard run	13	34
4	:	BYU	Brian Billick 2pt conversion	15	34
4	:	BYU	Gifford Nielsen 2-yard pass to Tod Thompson	21	34
4	:	BYU	Mike Chronister 2pt conversion	23	34
4	:	BYU	Gifford Nielsen 4-yard pass to John Van Der Wouden	29	34

Statistic	BYU	WYO
First Downs	15	21
Rushing	2	19
Passing	13	1
Penalty	0	1
Rushing	57	424
Attempts	27	73
Avg per Rush	2.1	5.8
Touchdowns	1	3
Passing	324	44
Cmp-Att-Int	24-42-2	3-7-1
Completion %	57.1	42.9
Yds/Attempt	7.7	6.3
Yds/Catch	13.5	14.7
Touchdowns	3	1
Total Offense	381	468
Plays	69	80
Avg per Play	324.8	49.3
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	3-0-0	3-0-0
Avg Punt Return	0.0	0.0
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	2-51-0	4-21-0
Avg Kick Return	25.5	5.3
Punting	7-277	3-143
Avg Punt	39.6	47.7
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	4-3
Penalties-Yards	5-65	5-60
FG Made-Att	0-	2-
3rd Down Conv	-	-
4th Down Conv	-	-

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Gifford Nielsen	24	42	57.1	324	7.7	3	2	65	136.0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dave Lowry	4	42	10.5	1	39
Todd Christensen	9	32	3.6	0	15
Jeff Blanc	5	17	3.4	0	10
Gifford Nielsen	9	-34	-3.8	0	8

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Jeff Blanc	3	85	28.3	1	0
John Van Der Wouden	7	82	11.7	1	0
Todd Christensen	6	51	8.5	0	0
Brian Billick	2	41	20.5	0	0
Tod Thompson	3	30	10.0	1	0
Dave Lowry	2	27	13.5	0	0
Roger Gourley	1	8	8.0	0	8

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dave Lowry	2	51	25.5	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike Chronister	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jason Coloma	1	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Rod Wood	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Rice	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Kanahele	9	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Murdock	9	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dana Wilgar	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mekeli Ieremia	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Hernandez	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Swenson	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Jensen	5	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Peterson	4	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Kama	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Berntsen	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Tucker	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Terranova	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Varner	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Velasco	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Dewey	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Biddy	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Miller	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Dave Taylor	0	0	0		1	1	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Gifford Nielsen	7	277	39.6	61

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Marc Cousins	3	7	42.9	44	6.3	1	1	28	114.2

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Marc Cousins	30	173	5.8	2	27
LaTrail Jones	11	163	14.8	1	80
Rob Wright	19	70	3.7	0	9
Bob Davis	3	24	8.0	0	25
Dexter Cumberlander	6	12	2.0	4	0
JC Fowler	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mike Calhoun	1	2	2.0	2	0
Doug Wilson	2	-7	-3.5	3	0

Offense

BYU

Pos	Player
QB	Gifford Nielsen
TB	Jeff Blanc
FB	Todd Christensen
FL	Mike Chronister
SE	John Van Der Wouden
TE	Brian Billick
LT	Lance Reynolds
LG	Steve Miller
C	Chuck Carlson
RG	Keith Uperesa
RT	Dave Hubbard

Wyoming

No data.

Defense

BYU

Pos	Player
DE	Steve Dewey
DE	Marcus Kanahele
DT	Mekeli Ieremia
DT	Bill Rice
LB	Larry Miller
LB	Blake Murdock
LB	Rod Wood
CB	Craig Jensen
CB	Tony Hernandez
FS	Dana Wilgar
SS	Marc Swenson

Wyoming

No data.