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1971 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 10	at North Texas	41-13 W	Cotton Bowl	Denton, TX	13,500
Sep 18	Colorado State	54-14 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	31,087
Sep 25	at Kansas State	7-23 L	KSU Stadium	Manhattan, KS	37,500
Oct 1	New Mexico	0-14 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	25,299
Oct 9	at Utah State	7-29 L	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	17,015
Oct 16	at Wyoming	35-17 W	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	15,538
Oct 23	at Tulsa	25-7 W	Skelly Field	Tulsa, OK	11,500
Oct 30	at UTEP	16-0 W	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, TX	12,235
Nov 6	at No. 10 Arizona State	13-38 L	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, AZ	27,105
Nov 13	Arizona	14-27 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	50,341
Nov 20	Utah	15-17 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	26,878

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	227	199
Points per game	20.6	18.1
First Downs	168	208
Rushing	99	101
Passing	49	84
Penalty	20	23
Rushing Yardage	2152	1752
Rushing attempts	525	554
Average per rush	4.1	3.2
Average per game	195.6	159.3
TDs Rushing	20	15
Passing Yardage	1092	2000
Comp-Att-Int	84-198-21	158-333-25
Completion pct	42.4%	47.4%
Average per pass	5.5	6.0
Average per catch	13.0	12.7
Average per game	99.3	181.8
TDs Passing	4	9
Total Offense	3244	3752
Total plays	723	887
Average per play	4.5	4.2
Average per game	294.9	341.1
Kick returns: #-Yards	37-716	33-556
Average per return	19.4	16.8
Punt returns: #-Yards	39-688	41-315
Average per return	17.6	7.7
Fumbles-Lost	43-23	25-14
Penalties-Yards	80-995	71-857
Punts-Yards	70-2775	80-2928
Average per punt	39.6	36.6
Sacks by	2	3
Field goals-attempts	4-9	6-10
3rd-down conversion	7/25	9/42
3rd-down pct	28.0%	21.4%
4th-down conversion	0/1	1/2
4th-down pct	0.0%	50.0%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Bill August	37	86	43.0	445	5.2	1	11	64.7	9	3	21
Dave Terry	29	70	41.4	325	4.6	1	4	73.7	13	0	0
Brian Gunderson	10	26	38.5	191	7.3	2	6	79.4	3	0	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	6	12	50.0	83	6.9	0	0	108.1	22	0	0
Dave Coon	2	4	50.0	48	12.0	0	0	150.8	38	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	121	599	5.0	8	49
Dave Coon	114	549	4.8	2	53
Steve Stratton	77	502	6.5	3	67
Dave Terry	96	281	2.9	3	47
Wayne Bower	27	94	3.5	1	13
Brian Gunderson	22	89	4.0	0	15
Golden Richards	6	20	3.3	0	8
Pili Saluone	10	11	1.1	1	6
Joe Liljenquist	2	-11	-5.5	0	0
Bill August	44	-49	-1.1	2	37

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Golden Richards	14	287	20.5	1	22
Logan Hunter	12	156	13.0	1	22
Mike Pistorius	9	137	15.2	1	38
Bill Miller	12	113	9.4	0	15
Dan Bowers	10	112	11.2	0	15
Jerry Dugger	6	98	16.3	0	24
Pete Van Valkenburg	7	82	11.7	0	18
Dave Coon	7	46	6.6	0	16
Carl Bowers	2	30	15.0	0	0
Steve Stratton	4	28	7.0	1	7
Steve Facer	1	8	8.0	0	8

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Golden Richards	20	389	19.5	41
Jerry Dugger	6	114	19.0	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	4	90	22.5	54
Wayne Bower	2	42	21.0	25
Dave Coon	1	2	2.0	2
Benny Mitchell	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Golden Richards	30	601	20.0	4	73
Dan Hansen	3	26	8.7	0	0
Bob Larsen	1	15	15.0	1	0
Dave Coon	1	12	12.0	0	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	3	3.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Carl Bowers	98	23	75	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Hansen	95	39	56	1.0	5	7	239	2	0	1	0
Jeff Lyman	94	37	57	1.0	3	4	131	1	0	1	0
Paul Howard	80	21	59	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Crandall	73	21	52	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dvorak	67	35	32	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Joe Liljenquist	63	26	37	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Knight	62	28	34	3.0	3	2	7	0	0	0	0
Dave Atkinson	50	24	26	0.0	8	9	114	0	0	1	0
George Gourley	46	24	22	0.0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Rozeski	41	17	24	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Rivera	31	9	22	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Preston	15	6	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spero Bowman	13	8	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Tree	12	4	8	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bennie Smith	12	9	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Wells	11	3	8	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Doman	10	3	7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Brooks	9	4	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Crompton	8	3	5	0.0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
Bob Larsen	8	1	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Golden Richards	7	6	1	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gordon Gravelle	7	5	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Price	6	3	3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Von Wells	6	2	4	0.0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0
Joe Bailey	5	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bowers	3	2	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Facer	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benny Mitchell	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Miller	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Coon	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Valgaardson	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Dugger	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Hunter	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Monahan	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Poppinga	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Denney	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Terry	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Stratton	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Joe Liljenquist	4	14	28.6	51	0-0	1-2	0-1	0-2	1-2	1	22	28	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Joe Liljenquist	62	2416	39.0	60	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
7	Bill August	JR	QB	6-1	180	San Lorenzo, CA		Chabot College, San Francisco State
7	Terry McEwen	FR	QB			Portland, OR	David Douglas HS
8	Dave Atkinson	SO	DB	6-2	185	Provo, UT	Provo HS
10	Dave Coon	SO	FB	6-1	185	Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas High
11	Dan Hansen	R-JR	FS	6-2	190	Torrance, CA	North Torrance HS
13	Dave Terry	SO	QB	5-11	165	Newport Beach, CA
15	Brian Gunderson	JR	QB	6-1	175	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
16	Tony Williams	SO	HB	6-1	175	Oakland, CA
17	Bill Miller	R-SR	SE/FS	6-1	190	Idaho Falls, ID	Idaho Falls HS
17	Wayne Watten	SO	QB	5-10	174	Fullerton, CA	Fullerton HS
17	Dave Affleck	RS	FL	6-2	190	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Snow College
18	Carey Finn	JR	SE	6-1	175	Centerreach, NY
19	Bennie Smith	JR	HB	6-1	178	Yuma, AZ	Winslow HS	Western Arizona College
20	Bryce Johnson	SO	TB	6-2	192	Riverside, CA	Ramona HS
21	Brian Gladwell	SO	HB	6-1	185	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
22	Golden Richards	JR	FL	6-1	178	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
23	Von Wells	JR	HB	6-2	185	Twin Falls, ID	Twin Falls HS
24	Tom Echo Hawk	SO	HB	6-2	195	Farmington, NM	Farmington HS
25	Logan Hunter	JR	FL	6-1	180	Hayward, CA		Chabot College
26	Pili Saluone	SR	FB	5-9	170	Laie, HI
28	Pete Van Valkenburg	JR	TB	6-2	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Hillcrest HS
31	Ron Knight	SR	DB	5-11	175	Sand Springs, OK	Charles Page HS	North Oklahoma A&M
32	Ron Tree	JR	LB	5-11	190	Heber City, UT	Wasatch HS
33	George Gourley	JR	HB	5-11	180	Provo, UT	Provo HS	Snow College
34	Ron Wilson	JR	TB	6-1	175	Fillmore, UT
35	Steve Stratton	SO	FB	6-1	215	Auburn, CA
36	Wayne Bower	SO	FB	6-1	188	Caldwell, ID	Nampa HS
37	Jeff Lyman	SR	LB	6-3	233	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
42	Steve Dickson	SO	SE	5-11	170	Provo, UT
43	Jerry Dugger	SO	SE	5-10	180	Tulsa, OK
44	Craig Crompton	JR	SS	5-10	165	Orem, UT	Orem HS
45	Doug Adams	RS	LB	6-2	210	Pleasanton, CA	Amador Valley High
47	LaMar Brooks	JR	SE	6-2	180	Provo, UT
50	Mike Preston	SO	LB	6-3	205	Carson, CA	Carson HS
52	Dale Johnson	JR	OT	6-2	240	Orem, UT	Orem High
54	Mike Bailey	JR	C	6-3	245	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Yes
55	Steve Facer	SR	OG	5-11	230	Malad, ID	Malad HS
56	Benny Mitchell	SO	C	5-11	220	Fort Worth, TX
59	Sid Smith	FR				San Jose, CA	Peterson HS
61	Joe Bailey	SO	C	6-1	200	Orem, UT	Orem High
62	Craig Denney	SO	OT	6-2	225	Murray, UT	Murray HS
64	Bill Critchfield	SO	OT	6-4	240	Lynwood, CA	Lynnwood High
65	Steve Price	SO	OT	6-2	195	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
66	Carl Bowers	SR	MLB	6-2	215	Pleasant Hill, CA	Pleasant Hill HS
67	Larry Carr	SO	MLB	6-1	218	Canoga Park, CA	Canoga Park HS
71	John Monahan	JR	OT	6-3	230	West Covina, CA	Edgewood HS
72	Rich Valgaardson	SR	OT	6-4	245	Provo, UT	Brigham Young HS
73	Keith Rivera	SO	DT	6-1	226	Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas HS
74	Ray Crandall	JR	DT	6-3	225	Heber, AZ	Snowflake HS
75	Max Page	JR	OT	6-2	221	Payson, UT	Payson HS
76	Gordon Gravelle	R-SR	OG	6-5	245	Walnut Creek, CA	Ygnacio Valley HS
77	Grant Wells	SO	DT	6-4	227	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
78	Paul Howard	JR	DE	6-3	237	Redding, CA	Central Valley HS
78	Steve Barnes	JR	DT	6-2	220	Kaysville, UT		Ricks College
79	Dave Brooks	SO	OT	6-3	222	Corvallis, OR	Corvallis High
80	Dennis Doman	JR	MLB	6-1	210	Nampa, ID
82	Bill Dvorak	R-SR	LB	6-1	195	Sheridan, WY	Sheridan HS	Mesa CC
83	Dennis Poppinga	JR	TE	6-4	205	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
84	Joe Liljenquist	SR	DE/K	6-2	220	Ogden, UT	Ogden HS
86	Spero Bowman	SR	LB	6-2	195	Aurora, CO	Aurora Central HS
87	Bob Larsen	SO	DE	6-4	205	Logan, UT	Logan HS
88	Ed Rozeski	JR	DE	6-1	220	San Pedro, CA	San Pedro HS	Harbor Junior College
89	Mike Pistorius	SO	TE	6-1	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
90	Dan Bowers	SR	TE	6-4	210	Mesa, AZ	Mesa HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Dave Kragthorpe	Offensive Coordinator
Dick Felt	Defensive Backs
J.D. Helm	Receivers, Team Scout
LaVell Edwards	Top Assistant, Defensive Coordinator
Les Miller	Offensive Line
Mel Olson	Freshmen
Stan Watts	Athletic Director
Tommy Hudspeth	Head Coach