Cougar Football Archive

1998 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 5	RV	at Alabama	31-38 L	Bryant-Denny Stadium	Tuscaloosa, AL	83,818
Sep 12	RV	No. 14 Arizona State	26-6 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	65,096
Sep 19	RV	at No. 9 Washington	10-20 L	Husky Stadium	Seattle, WA	71,297
Sep 26	RV	Murray State	43-9 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	59,303
Oct 3	RV	at Fresno State	21-31 L	Bulldog Stadium	Fresno, CA	38,326
Oct 10		UNLV	38-14 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	61,774
Oct 17		at Hawaii	31-9 W	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	29,944
Oct 24		San Jose State	46-43 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	62,944
Oct 29		San Diego State	13-0 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	63,496
Nov 7		New Mexico	46-21 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	64,118
Nov 14		at UTEP	31-14 W	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, TX	19,307
Nov 21	RV	at Utah	26-24 W	Rice-Eccles Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	45,634
Dec 5	RV	vs No. 17 Air Force	13-20 L	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	32,745
Dec 31	RV	vs No. 10 Tulane	27-41 L	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, TN	52,197

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	402	290
Points per game	28.7	20.7
First Downs	285	215
Rushing	124	80
Passing	140	106
Penalty	21	29
Rushing Yardage	1936	1438
Rushing attempts	565	485
Average per rush	3.4	3.0
Average per game	138.3	102.7
TDs Rushing	24	14
Passing Yardage	3347	2651
Comp-Att-Int	253-427-10	207-428-13
Completion pct	59.3%	48.4%
Average per pass	7.8	6.2
Average per catch	13.2	12.8
Average per game	239.1	189.4
TDs Passing	20	19
Total Offense	5283	4089
Total plays	992	913
Average per play	5.3	4.5
Average per game	377.4	292.1
Kick returns: #-Yards	49-1235	52-1271
Average per return	25.2	24.4
Punt returns: #-Yards	38-339	28-193
Average per return	8.9	6.9
Fumbles-Lost	37-20	19-8
Penalties-Yards	102-917	96-798
Punts-Yards	76-2995	100-4105
Average per punt	39.4	41.1
Sacks by	34	51
Field goals-attempts	20-27	7-15
3rd-down conversion	73/199	65/212
3rd-down pct	36.7%	30.7%
4th-down conversion	16/26	6/22
4th-down pct	61.5%	27.3%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Kevin Feterik	227	380	59.7	2985	7.9	18	7	137.7	83	43	293
Drew Miller	23	45	51.1	332	7.4	2	2	118.9	70	9	85
Brandon Doman	1	2	50.0	30	15.0	0	1	76.0	30	1	8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Ronney Jenkins	252	1307	5.2	13	79
Reno Mahe	114	551	4.8	7	57
Aaron Cupp	29	144	5.0	1	22
Will Snowden	16	83	5.2	0	19
Kalani Sitake	13	40	3.1	0	9
Margin Hooks	3	21	7.0	0	14
Donny Atuaia	5	12	2.4	0	6
Brandon Doman	5	9	1.8	0	8
Tyrone Brown	2	5	2.5	0	3
J.D. Hartsfield	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Mike Rigell	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
Drew Miller	13	-92	-7.1	0	2
Kevin Feterik	111	-133	-1.2	3	19

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Margin Hooks	50	736	14.7	3	83
Ben Horton	31	535	17.3	3	74
Ronney Jenkins	34	349	10.3	2	52
Mike Rigell	19	336	17.7	5	52
Tevita Ofahengaue	22	306	13.9	2	25
Aaron Cupp	19	226	11.9	1	28
Carlos Nuño	15	219	14.6	2	58
Reno Mahe	21	211	10.0	1	29
Kalani Sitake	20	206	10.3	1	27
Aaron Roderick	11	143	13.0	0	35
Donny Atuaia	8	59	7.4	0	14
Michael Westbrook	1	14	14.0	0	14
Brandon Doman	1	7	7.0	0	7
Kevin Feterik	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Mike Rigell	29	837	28.9	1	96
Reno Mahe	7	153	21.9	0	29
Ronney Jenkins	4	91	22.8	0	0
Ben Horton	2	43	21.5	0	25
Jason Anderson	1	29	29.0	0	29
Wes Patterson	1	24	24.0	0	24
Mike Shiffler	3	23	7.7	0	19

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Aaron Roderick	34	321	9.4	0	0
Reno Mahe	3	18	6.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Rob Morris	137	84	53	3.5	17.5	3	1	51	1	1	1	1
Brad Martin	91	49	42	6.0	17.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Ellison	76	50	26	0.0	2.0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
Derik Stevenson	57	32	25	3.0	12.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Frisch	57	35	22	5.0	16.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Walker	55	37	18	1.0	3.0	9	6	39	0	1	0	0
Heshimu Robertson	42	30	12	0.0	1.0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kehl	40	19	21	3.5	10.5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Brian Gray	33	24	9	2.0	3.0	9	2	57	1	0	0	1
Daren Yancey	31	16	15	2.5	5.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Issiah Magalei	26	10	16	1.5	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rob Warcup	24	20	4	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hoke	24	14	10	3.5	8.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Nelson	21	17	4	0.0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Justin Ena	20	12	8	0.0	1.0	0	1	11	0	1	0	0
Jeff Ellis	18	11	7	1.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ifo Pili	18	9	9	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Setema Gali	15	7	8	0.5	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Lowe	13	10	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Henstrom	13	8	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Denney	9	5	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hans Olsen	8	5	3	0.0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Shiffler	6	5	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Anderson	5	3	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derick Bates	5	5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Cupp	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Hatch	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Moleni	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Keisel	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Nash	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Owen Pochman	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Harding	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.D. Hartsfield	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hyrum Summers	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Scukanec	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Fales	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Schmitt	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Miller	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donny Atuaia	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Nuño	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM				0.0	0.0							1

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Owen Pochman	20	27	74.1	47	0-0	2-3	9-11	9-10	0-3	1	44	46	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
J.D. Hartsfield	73	2853	39.1	74	0
Jesse Sowards	3	141	47.0	65	0
TEAM	1	0	0.0		1

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Owen Pochman	72	4245	19	6
J.D. Hartsfield	1	57	0	0
Kurt Niepraschk	1	55	0	1

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Jared Bledsoe	JR	WR	5-10	180	Provo, UT	Provo HS	Saddleback College
	Matt Johnson	FR				West Covina, CA	West Covina HS	Citrus College
	James Morgan	FR	OL	6-5	290	Dunnellon, FL	Dunnellon HS
	Nathan McClun	SO	TE	6-3	205	Walnut, CA
	Jimmy Betham	RS	DT			Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
	Todd Barker	RS	WR	6-1	180	Encinitas, CA	San Dieguito HS
	Kurt Niepraschk	SO	WR	6-2	205	Virginia Beach, VA	Kempsville HS
	Kevin Gilbride	RS	QB	6-2	180	Jacksonville, FL	Bishop Kenny HS
	Quinton Spitzer	R-FR	K/P	6-1	180	Arlington, TX
1	Michael Westbrook	FR	WR	6-1	180	Lakewood, WA	Lakes HS
1	Sione Havili	FR	RB	6-2	205	Salt Lake city, UT	East HS
2	Aaron Cupp	R-SR	RB	5-11	230	Sublimity, OR	Stayton Union HS
2	Jason Walker	R-SR	FS	6-1	195	Springville, UT	Springville HS
3	Brian Gray	JR	CB	6-2	205	Hawthorne, CA	Hawthorne HS	El Camino College
4	Chris Ellison	R-SR	SS	5-10	185	Inglewood, CA	Culver City HS	El Camino College
5	Doug Harding	JR	DS	5-11	240	Bountiful, UT		Snow College
5	Jonathan Pittman	RS	WR	6-1	170	Los Angeles, CA	St. John Bosco HS	Long Beach City College
6	Kevon Morton	SO	CB	5-6	165	Baytown, TX	Robert E. Lee HS
7	Kevin Feterik	JR	QB	6-1	190	Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos HS
8	Mike Rigell	R-FR	WR	5-7	175	Lakewood, WA	Lakes HS	Foothill College
9	Jared Lee	SO				Rexburg, ID		Ricks College
9	Jason Anderson	R-FR	FS	6-1	190	Sandy, UT	Skyline HS
10	Heshimu Robertson	SO	CB	5-9	180	Long Beach, CA	Lakewood HS	Cerritos College
10	Brad Martin	R-SR	OLB	6-1	240	Clovis, CA	Clovis West HS
11	Brandon Doman	FR	QB	6-1	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
11	Cliff Doman	R-JR	WR	5-8	160	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
12	Drew Miller	SO	QB	6-1	200	Lakewood, WA	Lakes HS
13	Tyler Nelson	R-JR	SS	6-3	215	Orem, UT	Orem HS
14	Margin Hooks	R-SO	WR	5-10	190	Waco, TX	Waco HS
15	Will Snowden	R-SO	RB	5-10	210	Boulder, CO	Boulder HS
16	Ronney Jenkins	R-SO	RB	5-11	170	Port Hueneme, CA	Hueneme HS
17	Charlie Peterson	R-FR	QB			South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
17	Aaron Roderick	R-SR	WR	5-9	165	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS	Ricks College
18	Derick Bates	R-SR	DB	5-10	200	Temple, TX	Temple HS
19	Mike Phelps	FR	QB	6-4	240	Irvine, CA	Irvine HS	Oregon
20	Reno Mahe	FR	RB	5-11	180	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
22	Mike Nielsen	FR				North Logan, UT	James Logan HS	Utah State
22	Jaron Dabney	RS (SO)	RB	5-9	180	Sealy, TX	Sealy HS
22	Micah Alba	RS				Marietta, GA	Walton HS
24	Paul Peterson	FR	RB	5-8	185	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
25	Elan Edwards	RS	DB	6-1	185	Boulder, CO	Boulder HS	Colorado
27	Owen Pochman	SO	K	6-1	160	Mercer Island, WA	Mercer Island HS
28	Rob Warcup	R-JR	DB	5-9	160	Merced, CA	Merced HS	Ricks College
29	J.D. Hartsfield	SR	K	5-9	170	Glendale, AZ	Moon Valley HS	Glendale College
30	Jadiem Wilson	FR	DB	5-11	170	Pasadena, CA	John Muir HS
33	Matthew Harper	SO	RB	5-11	205	Orem, UT	Orem HS
34	Kalani Sitake	R-SO	FB	6-1	250	Kirkwood, MO	Kirkwood HS
35	Donny Atuaia	R-JR	FB	6-1	245	Laie, HI	Orem HS
36	Doug Henstrom	R-JR	CB	6-1	185	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
37	Johnny Slavens	JR	DB	5-8	175	Blanding, UT	San Juan HS
37	Andrew Fales	SO	LB	6-3	235	Londonderry, NH	Londonderry HS	Snow College
38	Jesse Sowards	R-JR	P	5-10	190	Las Cruces, NM	Mayfield High HS
39	Wes Patterson	R-FR	RB	5-11	205	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS
41	Ben Stratton	SO	RB	5-11	210	San Antonio, TX	Roosevelt HS
42	Tyrone Brown	R-SO	RB	6-2	210	Abingdon, VA	Abingdon HS
43	Nick DiPadova	RS				Woodland Hills, CA	Taft HS
44	Rob Morris	R-JR	MLB	6-3	245	Nampa, ID	Nampa HS
44	Moa Peaua	RS				Reno, NV	McQueen HS
45	Mike Shiffler	SR	RB	6-1	225	Rohnert Park, CA	Rancho Cotate HS
45	Chris Stevens	RS	LB	6-1	220	Hemet, CA	Hemet HS
45	Jeff Holtry	SO	LB			Salt Lake City, UT	West HS	Michigan
46	Chris Jones	SO				St. Mary's, GA		West Georgia
48	Isaac Kelley	R-FR	LB	6-4	230	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
49	Jeff Ellis	R-SR	MLB	6-1	225	Billings, MT	Skyview HS
50	Stan Moleni	R-FR	OLB	6-2	245	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
51	Troy Winward	SO	LB	5-9	225	Orem, UT
51	Josh Lowe	R-SO	LB	6-3	230	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS
52	Jacob Hatch	SO	LB	6-1	230	Lovell, WY	Rocky Mountain HS	Wyoming
54	Derik Stevenson	R-SR	OLB	6-4	240	Diamond Bar, CA	Diamond Bar HS
55	Justin Ena	R-FR	OLB	6-3	245	Shelton, WA	Shelton HS
56	Ed Kehl	R-SR	DE/DS	6-4	300	Sandy, UT	Brighton HS
57	T.J. Sitake	RS	RB	6-3	245	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
57	Hanale Vincent	RS	OL	6-4	300	Kailua, HI	Kamehameha HS
57	Hyrum Summers	R-JR	DL	6-5	250	Kailua, HI	Kailua HS
58	Chris Hoke	R-SO	DT	6-2	285	Santa Ana, CA	Foothill HS
59	Rob Davis	R-SO	OT	6-3	295	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
61	Kam Valgardson	SO	RG	6-4	275	Provo, UT	Provo HS
62	Matt Johnson	JR	RG	6-4	325	Roanoke, IN	North Bend HS (Oregon)	Ricks College
63	Cory Ramage	SO	C	6-2	255	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Snow College
65	Alex Jensen	RS (FR)	C	6-5	280	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
66	Jimmy Richards	R-JR	C	6-3	305	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
67	Craig Schmitt	JR	RT	6-4	290	Yuma, AZ	Kofa HS	Ricks College
68	Jason Scukanec	R-FR	C	6-2	275	Vancouver, WA	Mountain View HS
69	Aaron McCubbins	R-FR	OT	6-4	275	Kenai, AK	Kenai Central HS
70	Hau'oli Wong	R-SR	RT	6-6	315	Waimanalo, HI	Kailua HS	Hawaii
71	John Skiba	JR	LG	6-2	285	Springville, UT	Springville HS	Ricks College
72	Hans Olsen	R-SO	DE	6-4	280	Weiser, ID	Weiser HS
73	Isaac Herring	RS	OL	6-4	305	Mapleton, UT	Springville HS
74	Howard Gurney	R-JR	OL	6-7	325	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS	Snow College
75	John Tait	R-JR	LT	6-7	305	Tempe, AZ	McClintock HS
76	Ford Poston	JR	LT	6-6	290	Newton, NJ	Kittitinny HS	Mesa CC
77	Shane Magalei	SO	LG	6-2	295	Wheat Ridge, CO	Wheat Ridge HS
78	Brandon McFerren	RS (FR)	OL	6-5	305	Union City, CA	James Logan HS
79	Dustin Rykert	RS	OL	6-6	290	Roseville, CA	Oakmont HS
80	Tacoma Fontaine	JR	WR	6-0	170	Fort Worth, TX		Ranger Junior College
83	Brett Keisel	R-FR	TE	6-4	250	Greybull, WY	Greybull HS
84	Nathan Wente	RS	TE	6-7	230	Canby, OR	Canby HS
86	Doug Jolley	R-FR	TE	6-4	230	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
86	Eugene Childs	FR	WR	6-1	170	Los Angeles, CA	Westchester HS
88	Ben Horton	R-SO	WR	5-11	175	Lake Elsinore, CA	Temescal Canyon HS
89	Andrew Nash	R-JR	DT	6-4	295	Poway, CA	Poway HS
91	Tevita Ofahengaue	SO	TE	6-2	245	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
92	Ryan Denney	FR	DL			Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
93	Nathan Kolbaba	RS				Wheaton, IL	Warrenville South HS
93	Byron Frisch	R-JR	DE	6-5	260	Bonita, CA	Bonita Vista HS
95	Ifo Pili	R-FR	DT	6-3	305	Orem, UT	Moutain View HS
96	Carlos Nuño	JR	TE	6-4	245	Modesto, CA	Modesto HS	Modesto Junior College
97	Daren Yancey	R-SR	DT	6-6	285	Blackfoot, ID	Blackfoot HS
98	Issiah Magalei	R-SR	DT	6-2	285	Wheat Ridge, CO	Wheat Ridge HS
99	Setema Gali	R-SO	DE	6-4	245	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Barry Lamb	Safeties
Brian Mitchell	Defensive Backs
Chris Pella	Recruiting Coordinator, Kickers, Tight Ends
Ken Schmidt	Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Running Backs
LaVell Edwards	Head Coach
Marc Sherman	Defensive Graduate Assistant
Norm Chow	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks, Receivers
Robbie Bosco	Quarterbacks
Roger French	Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Rondo Fehlberg	Athletic Director
Tom Ramage	Defensive Line, Special Teams Coordinator
Vince Lobendahn	Offensive Graduate Assistant

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Kevin Feterik
HB	Ronney Jenkins
FB	Kalani Sitake
WR	Ben Horton
WR	Margin Hooks
TE	Tevita Ofahengaue
LT	John Tait
LG	John Skiba
C	Jimmy Richards
RG	Matt Johnson
RT	Hau'oli Wong

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Byron Frisch
DE	Ed Kehl
DT	Daren Yancey
DT	Issiah Magalei
MLB	Rob Morris
OLB	Derik Stevenson
OLB	Brad Martin
CB	Heshimu Robertson
CB	Brian Gray
S	Chris Ellison
S	Jason Walker

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Owen Pochman
P	J.D. Hartsfield
KR	Mike Rigell
PR	Aaron Roderick