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1968 BYU Football
| Date | AP | Opponent | Score | Stadium | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at Western Michigan | 17-7 W | Waldo Stadium | Kalamazoo, MI | 12,300 | |
| Sep 28 | Iowa State | 20-28 L | Cougar Stadium | Provo, UT | 24,959 | |
| Oct 12 | Wyoming | 17-20 L | Cougar Stadium | Provo, UT | 26,468 | |
| Oct 19 | at Arizona | 3-19 L | Arizona Stadium | Tucson, AZ | 37,650 | |
| Oct 26 | UTEP | 25-31 L | Cougar Stadium | Provo, UT | 27,010 | |
| Nov 2 | at Utah | 21-30 L | Ute Stadium | Salt Lake City, UT | 28,677 | |
| Nov 9 | Utah State | 8-34 L | Cougar Stadium | Provo, UT | 20,740 | |
| Nov 16 | Arizona State | 12-47 L | Cougar Stadium | Provo, UT | 13,026 | |
| Nov 23 | at New Mexico | 35-6 W | University Stadium | Albuquerque, NM | 6,950 | |
| Nov 30 | at San Jose State College | 21-25 L | Spartan Stadium | San Jose, CA | 2,875 |
| Statistic | BYU | OPP |
|---|---|---|
| Scoring | 179 | 247 |
| Points per game | 17.9 | 24.7 |
| First Downs | 164 | 160 |
| Rushing | 84 | 82 |
| Passing | 64 | 67 |
| Penalty | 16 | 11 |
| Rushing Yardage | 1477 | 1384 |
| Rushing attempts | 492 | 477 |
| Average per rush | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Average per game | 147.7 | 138.4 |
| TDs Rushing | 20 | 14 |
| Passing Yardage | 1388 | 1747 |
| Comp-Att-Int | 113-301-22 | 122-262-11 |
| Completion pct | 37.5% | 46.6% |
| Average per pass | 4.6 | 6.7 |
| Average per catch | 12.3 | 14.3 |
| Average per game | 138.8 | 174.7 |
| TDs Passing | 4 | 13 |
| Total Offense | 2865 | 3131 |
| Total plays | 793 | 739 |
| Average per play | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Average per game | 286.5 | 313.1 |
| Kick returns: #-Yards | 34-623 | 24-471 |
| Average per return | 18.3 | 19.6 |
| Punt returns: #-Yards | 51-484 | 46-596 |
| Average per return | 9.5 | 13.0 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 24-18 | 27-17 |
| Penalties-Yards | 71-631 | 64-664 |
| Punts-Yards | 80-3319 | 77-3056 |
| Average per punt | 41.5 | 39.7 |
| Sacks by | ||
| Field goals-attempts | 5-2 | 9-1 |
| 3rd-down conversion | 6/16 | 4/15 |
| 3rd-down pct | 37.5% | 26.7% |
| 4th-down conversion | 0/3 | 2/3 |
| 4th-down pct | 0.0% | 66.7% |
Passing
| Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yards | Yds/Att | TD | Int | Eff | Lng | Sacked | Sack Yards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Lyons | 66 | 157 | 42.0 | 734 | 4.7 | 2 | 9 | 74.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Jones | 42 | 129 | 32.6 | 593 | 4.6 | 2 | 12 | 57.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sanford | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 54.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yards | Yds/Att | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Swanson | 81 | 353 | 4.4 | 6 | 51 |
| Ron Wakley | 59 | 273 | 4.6 | 3 | 1 |
| Wally Hawkins | 70 | 210 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rick Jones | 62 | 196 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Rippee | 65 | 183 | 2.8 | 2 | 3 |
| Kip Jackson | 40 | 152 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Reading | 24 | 109 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Sanford | 27 | 75 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Bingham | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Ken Call | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Lyons | 41 | -98 | -2.4 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yards | Yds/Rec | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Romero | 41 | 494 | 12.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Casey Boyette | 20 | 262 | 13.1 | 0 | 11 |
| Larry Heaps | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Bingham | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 1 | 25 |
| Kip Jackson | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 1 | 12 |
| Ron Wakley | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 0 | 8 |
| Wally Hawkins | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | 19 |
| Ken Call | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Rippee | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Swanson | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Reading | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Horrace Smith | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
Kick Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Bingham | 13 | 289 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 8 | 184 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Wakley | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Dave Swanson | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kip Jackson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Tom Rippee | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ken Call | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dana Tracy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dave Dumas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Terry Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Punt Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Farasopoulos | 10 | 195 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Call | 23 | 181 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Sanford | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Bingham | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Wakley | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Slipp | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| Player | Tkl | Solo | Ast | Sacks | TFL | PBU | INT | Yds | TD | FF | FR | Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Bozich | 124 | 29 | 95 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Slipp | 81 | 17 | 64 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Meyer | 77 | 10 | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Dixon | 66 | 6 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Lahmann | 52 | 16 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Harmann | 50 | 8 | 42 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Echo Hawk | 49 | 21 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Hanna | 45 | 16 | 29 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Leeper | 44 | 5 | 39 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Roberts | 43 | 9 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Lupoi | 43 | 5 | 38 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Olson | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Mercado | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Call | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Watford | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Legas | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Sutorius | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Finfrock | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jacobsen | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Densley | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe James | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Monson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Bingham | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Scales | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Pollard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Romero | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dana Tracy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Skidmore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Loper | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Weinkauf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Heaps | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Mendenhall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Horrace Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Overton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Blankenship | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Christensen | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dana Tracy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dave Swanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Punting
| Player | Punt | Yds | Avg | Lng | PuntBlk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Adams | 80 | 3319 | 41.5 | 63 | 0 |
Roster
| No. | Name | Class | Position | Height | Weight | Hometown | High School | Previous School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Stewart Simpson | SR | QB | 6-1 | 195 | Salt Lake City, UT | Highland HS | |
| 7 | Steve Christensen | JR | K | 6-2 | 185 | Salmon, ID | Salmon HS | Ricks College |
| 9 | Richard Adams | JR | P | 5-9 | 150 | Huntington Park, CA | Huntington Park High | |
| 10 | Rick Jones | SO | QB | 6-1 | 190 | Pocatello, ID | Highland HS | |
| 11 | Terry Sanford | JR | QB/S | 6-1 | 170 | Salt Lake City, UT | West HS | |
| 12 | Don Griffin | SO | DHB/P | 6-2 | 198 | El Dorado, AR | Ricks College | |
| 13 | Paul Sutorius | JR | DHB | 6-1 | 174 | Duarte, CA | Duarte HS | |
| 14 | Dick Legas | JR | DHB | 6-1 | 180 | Ogden, UT | Bonneville HS | |
| 15 | Marc Lyons | R-JR | QB | 6-3 | 195 | Arvada, CO | Arvada HS | |
| 16 | Ron Mendenhall | SO | S | 6-1 | 170 | Salt Lake City, UT | Granger HS | |
| 17 | Hank Mercado | SR | DHB | 6-1 | 188 | Redlands, CA | Frank Serreo HS | |
| 17 | Bill Miller | RS (SO) | Idaho Falls, ID | Idaho Falls HS | ||||
| 19 | Chris Farasopoulos | SO | SE | 6-1 | 185 | Torrance, CA | North Torrance High | |
| 20 | Kip Jackson | SO | TB | 6-1 | 188 | Los Altos, CA | Los Altos HS | |
| 21 | Larry Echo Hawk | JR | S | 6-1 | 170 | Farmington, NM | Farmington HS | |
| 22 | Casey Boyette | SR | SE | 6-1 | 188 | Jena, LA | Jena HS | Northeast Louisiana |
| 23 | Tom Pollard | SR | S | 5-10 | 165 | Van Nuys, CA | Birmgingham HS | Pierce Junior College |
| 24 | Sid Hickman | SO | P/S | 6-1 | 205 | Reedsport, OR | Reedsport Union HS | |
| 25 | Neil Bingham | SO | WB/SE | 5-10 | 178 | Roosevelt, UT | Union HS | |
| 25 | Jack Sanders | SR | Brawley, CA | Imperial Valley | ||||
| 26 | Harold Monson | SR | TE | 6-1 | 190 | Lakewood, CO | Lakewood HS | |
| 27 | Dave Densley | SO | DHB | 6-1 | 180 | Heber City, UT | Wasatch HS | |
| 28 | Ken Call | JR | TB/DHB | 6-1 | 185 | Layton, UT | Davis HS | |
| 29 | Dave Connelly | SO | TB | 5-8 | 175 | Ogden, UT | Bonneville HS | |
| 30 | Chris Reading | SO | FB | 6-1 | 195 | Vallejo, CA | Vallejo HS | |
| 31 | Ron Wakley | JR | WB | 6-1 | 190 | Downey, ID | Marsh Valley HS | |
| 32 | Tom Rippee | SR | FB | 5-10 | 205 | Weed Heights, NV | Yerington HS | Taft Junior College |
| 33 | Craig Bozich | SR | LB | 6-1 | 217 | Aurora, CO | Aurora HS | |
| 34 | Steve Densley | SO | LB | 6-2 | 225 | Sandy, UT | Jordan HS | |
| 35 | Dennis Watford | SO | LB | 6-2 | 190 | Upland, CA | Alto Loma HS | |
| 36 | Dave Swanson | JR | FB/TB | 6-1 | 195 | Salt Lake City, UT | ||
| 41 | Doug Seus | JR | WB | 6-1 | 191 | Erie, PA | McDowell HS | |
| 42 | Wally Hawkins | SR | TB | 6-1 | 195 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa HS | |
| 43 | Wes Homolik | JR | WB/P | 5-11 | 190 | Charlotte, NC | South Mechlenburg HS | Arizona Western College |
| 44 | Tom Lahmann | SR | P/S | 6-2 | 190 | Carson, WA | Stevenson HS | |
| 45 | Joe James | SR | S | 6-2 | 198 | Burbank, CA | Burbank HS | Glendale College |
| 46 | Ron Line | JR | DHB | 5-9 | 185 | Azusa, CA | Citrus College | |
| 48 | Bernie Head | SR | Antioch, CA | |||||
| 50 | Mike Weinkauf | JR | C | 6-2 | 205 | Duarte, CA | Duarte HS | |
| 51 | Monte Squires | SR | C | 6-2 | 225 | Aurora, CO | Hinkley HS | |
| 52 | Ken Serck | SO | C | 6-2 | 225 | Westminster, CO | Ranum HS | |
| 54 | Gary Blankenship | SO | LB/K | 6-1 | 200 | Westminster, CO | ||
| 55 | Sam Hanna | JR | LB/DE | 6-1 | 215 | Portland, OR | Franklin HS | |
| 59 | Tim Roberts | JR | LB | 6-1 | 210 | Phoenix, AZ | Camelback HS | |
| 60 | Rick Dixon | JR | MG | 5-10 | 215 | Albuquerque, NM | Highland HS | |
| 61 | Jan Hall | SR | OG | 5-11 | 210 | Lewiston, UT | Sky View HS | |
| 62 | Larry Beirnbaum | SR | OG | 6-1 | 210 | Denver, CO | Mullan HS | |
| 64 | John Lupoi | JR | MG | 6-1 | 210 | Walnut Creek, CA | Ygnacio Valley HS | |
| 65 | Richie Lopez | SR | OT | 6-2 | 230 | Glendora, CA | Glendora HS | |
| 66 | Kelly Wilkinson | SO | DE | 6-1 | 210 | Las Vegas, NV | Western HS | |
| 67 | Steve MacKay | SR | Salt Lake City, UT | |||||
| 67 | Doug Hillam | SO | OG | 6-2 | 210 | Salt Lake City, UT | ||
| 68 | Mike Zeller | SR | OG | 6-1 | 225 | Los Angeles, CA | Eagle Rock HS | Glendale College |
| 69 | George Gruber | JR | OG | 6-1 | 215 | Glendale, CA | Hoover HS | |
| 71 | Henry Skidmore | SR | OG | 6-3 | 220 | Seattle, WA | Ingraham HS | |
| 72 | Mike Loper | SR | OT | 6-4 | 235 | Scottsdale, AZ | Arcadia HS | |
| 73 | Steve Hall | SO | OT | 6-4 | 230 | Park Forest, IL | Rich HS | |
| 74 | Jeff Overton | SO | DT | 6-3 | 220 | Glendora, CA | Glendora HS | |
| 75 | Brent Olson | SR | DT | 6-5 | 215 | Payson, UT | Payson HS | |
| 76 | Gordon Gravelle | SO | OT | 6-5 | 228 | Walnut Creek, CA | Ygnacio Valley HS | |
| 77 | Gerald Meyer | SO | DT | 6-3 | 235 | Walnut Creek, CA | ||
| 78 | Gary Harmann | JR | DT | 6-2 | 223 | Phoenix, AZ | Arcadia HS | |
| 79 | Jim Faulkner | RS | DT | 6-2 | 230 | Downey, CA | Warren HS | Cerritos College |
| 80 | Larry Heaps | SO | SE | 6-1 | 190 | Orem, UT | Orem HS | |
| 82 | Mike Jacobsen | SO | DE | 6-2 | 210 | Bountiful, UT | Viewmont HS | |
| 83 | Bill Leeper | SR | DE | 6-2 | 200 | Yuma, AZ | Kofa HS | Arizona Western College |
| 84 | Horrace Smith | SR | TE | 6-3 | 218 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas HS | |
| 85 | Jeff Slipp | JR | DE | 6-3 | 230 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas HS | |
| 86 | Dave Dumas | SO | DE | 6-1 | 225 | Flagstaff, AZ | Flagstaff HS | |
| 87 | Dennis Finfrock | SR | DE | 6-1 | 200 | Yuma, AZ | Yuma HS | Arizona Western College |
| 88 | Ed Romero | JR | FE | 5-9 | 165 | Downey, CA | Warren HS | |
| 89 | John Paterson | JR | FE | 6-1 | 175 | Covina, CA | Covina HS | |
| 90 | Dan Bowers | FR | TE | 6-4 | 200 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa HS | |
| 91 | Carl Bowers | SO | DE | 6-2 | 205 | Pleasant Hill, CA | Pleasant Hill HS |
Coaching Staff
| Coach | Position |
|---|---|
| Chris Apostol | Offensive Coordinator |
| Dick Felt | Defensive Backs |
| Don Rydalch | Freshmen Assistant |
| Floyd Millet | Athletics Director |
| H.G. Linford | Offensive Line |
| LaVell Edwards | Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator |
| Les Miller | Freshmen |
| Max Newberry | Freshmen Assistant |
| Stan Watts | Assistant Athletics Director |
| Steve Peterson | Freshmen Assistant |
| Tommy Hudspeth | Head Coach |
| Wayne Startin | Offensive Backs |