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BYU vs Pittsburgh — September 2, 1987

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Date	September 2, 1987
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, UT
Weather	85°, partly cloudy
Attendance	64,274
BYU Conference	WAC
Opp Conference	Independent
BYU Head Coach	LaVell Edwards
Opp Head Coach	Mike Gottfried
BYU AP Rank	RV
Opp AP Rank	RV

No game summary available.

Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
1	:	BYU	Bob Jensen 73-yard pass to Richard Zayas	6	0
1	:	BYU	Leonard Chitty PAT made	7	0
1	:	PITT	Sal Genilla 47-yard pass to Hosea Heard	7	6
1	:	PITT	Jeff VanHorne PAT made	7	7
2	:	PITT	Sal Genilla 30-yard pass to Reggie Williams	7	13
2	:	PITT	Jeff VanHorne PAT made	7	14
2	:	PITT	Craig Heyward 17-yard pass to Bill Osborn	7	20
2	:	PITT	Jeff VanHorne PAT made	7	21
3	:	PITT	Jeff VanHorne 27-yard field goal	7	24
4	:	PITT	Jeff VanHorne 41-yard field goal	7	27
4	:	BYU	TEAM safety	9	27
4	:	BYU	Bob Jensen 1-yard pass to Jeff Frandsen	15	27
4	:	BYU	Chuck Cutler 2pt conversion	17	27

Statistic	BYU	PITT
First Downs	18	12
Rushing	4	6
Passing	13	5
Penalty	1	1
Rushing	(86)	189
Attempts	29	51
Avg per Rush	(3.0)	3.7
Touchdowns	0	0
Passing	317	183
Cmp-Att-Int	26-49-1	7-12-1
Completion %	53.1	58.3
Yds/Attempt	6.5	15.3
Yds/Catch	12.2	26.1
Touchdowns	2	3
Total Offense	231	372
Plays	78	63
Avg per Play	315.9	186.0
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	1-13-0	6-48-0
Avg Punt Return	13.0	8.0
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	7-148-0	1-13-0
Avg Kick Return	21.1	13.0
Punting	10-403	4-158
Avg Punt	40.3	39.5
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	4-2	2-2
Penalties-Yards	8-70	13-96
Sacks By	1	7
FG Made-Att	0-2	2-4
3rd Down Conv	1-11	1-6
4th Down Conv	0-0	0-0

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Bob Jensen	26	48	54.2	317	6.6	2	1	73	119.2	7
Fred Whittingham	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Peter Tuipulotu	7	20	2.9	0	14
Mike O'Brien	1	3	3.0	0	3
Matt Bellini	2	0	0.0	0	4
Fred Whittingham	3	-2	-0.7	0	2
Bob Jensen	16	-97	-6.1	0	12

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Richard Zayas	4	106	26.5	1	73
Chuck Cutler	5	55	11.0	0	0
Matt Bellini	4	47	11.8	0	0
David Miles	3	30	10.0	0	0
Fred Whittingham	2	27	13.5	0	0
Mike O'Brien	3	20	6.7	0	0
Darren Handley	2	17	8.5	0	0
Jeff Frandsen	2	13	6.5	1	1
Travis McBeth	1	2	2.0	0	2

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike O'Brien	5	132	26.4	0	0
Mike Salido	1	16	16.0	0	16
Dave Porter	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike O'Brien	1	13	13.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
J.C. Von Colln	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Long	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Robinson	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Clark	5	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Davis	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Futrell	5	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Fuller	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Peterson	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Patterson	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominik Unger	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thor Salanoa	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Regan Hansen	3	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Hobbs	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Rice	2	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Kaufusi	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Thomas	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Duane Johnson	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kirk Davis	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
Leonard Chitty	0	2	0		1	1	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Pat Thompson	10	403	40.3	70
TEAM	2	0	0.0

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Sal Genilla	6	11	54.5	166	15.1	2	1	47	223.1
Craig Heyward	1	1	100.0	17	17.0	1	0	17	572.8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Craig Heyward	33	136	4.1	0	19
Nate Heyward	10	64	6.4	0	17
Adam Walker	3	2	0.7	0	7
Sal Genilla	3	-1	-0.3	0	6
Larry Wanke	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
John Rasp	1	-9	-9.0	0	0