Cougar Football Archive

2002 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Aug 29	RV	Syracuse	42-21 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	65,612
Sep 6	RV	Hawaii	35-32 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	63,085
Sep 14	RV	at Nevada	28-31 L	Mackay Stadium	Reno, NV	23,109
Sep 21		at Georgia Tech	19-28 L	Bobby Dodd Stadium	Atlanta, GA	43,719
Oct 4		at Utah State	35-34 W	Romney Stadium	Logan, UT	30,341
Oct 12		at No. 21 Air Force	9-52 L	Falcon Stadium	Colorado Springs, CO	42,214
Oct 19		UNLV	3-24 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	62,543
Oct 24		at Colorado State	10-37 L	Hughes Stadium	Fort Collins, CO	29,457
Nov 2		San Diego State	34-10 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	59,362
Nov 9		Wyoming	35-31 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	61,689
Nov 16		New Mexico	16-20 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	60,764
Nov 23		at Utah	6-13 L	Rice-Eccles Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	45,167

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	272	333
Points per game	22.7	27.8
First Downs	246	251
Rushing	83	117
Passing	150	112
Penalty	13	22
Rushing Yardage	1453	2133
Rushing attempts	420	518
Average per rush	3.5	4.1
Average per game	121.1	177.8
TDs Rushing	17	29
Passing Yardage	3129	2483
Comp-Att-Int	277-501-21	196-377-18
Completion pct	55.3%	52.0%
Average per pass	6.2	6.6
Average per catch	11.3	12.7
Average per game	260.8	206.9
TDs Passing	16	9
Total Offense	4582	4616
Total plays	921	895
Average per play	5.0	5.2
Average per game	381.8	384.7
Kick returns: #-Yards	36-744	33-678
Average per return	20.7	20.5
Punt returns: #-Yards	25-276	21-207
Average per return	11.0	9.9
Fumbles-Lost	28-14	18-10
Penalties-Yards	99-789	58-500
Punts-Yards	53-2479	57-2422
Average per punt	46.8	42.5
Sacks by	22	26
Field goals-attempts	13-16	13-20
3rd-down conversion	65/188	68/181
3rd-down pct	34.6%	37.6%
4th-down conversion	11/27	12/29
4th-down pct	40.7%	41.4%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Bret Engemann	119	215	55.3	1334	6.2	6	8	109.2	50	13	99
Matt Berry	108	184	58.7	1309	7.1	7	9	121.2	47	16	110
Lance Pendleton	39	75	52.0	376	5.0	2	2	97.6	26	2	17
Todd Mortensen	9	23	39.1	92	4.0	0	2	55.3	22	0	0
Toby Christensen	1	1	100.0	17	17.0	1	0	572.8	17	0	0
Tyson Dunham	1	1	100.0	1	1.0	0	0	108.4	1	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Marcus Whalen	173	918	5.3	6	71
Curtis Brown	72	299	4.2	4	33
Lance Pendleton	42	125	3.0	3	16
Reno Mahe	15	64	4.3	1	18
Matt Payne	1	28	28.0	0	28
Justin Anderson	1	18	18.0	0	18
Logan Deans	5	17	3.4	0	8
Jared Harper	2	9	4.5	0	7
Toby Christensen	3	9	3.0	0	9
Rod Wilkerson	1	6	6.0	0	6
Matt Berry	37	5	0.1	1	19
Steve Later	2	3	1.5	0	3
Todd Mortensen	1	1	1.0	0	1
Andrew Ord	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bret Engemann	38	-20	-0.5	1	16

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Reno Mahe	59	771	13.1	2	46
Spencer Nead	40	449	11.2	1	29
Rod Wilkerson	27	371	13.7	1	47
Toby Christensen	30	346	11.5	2	40
Andrew Ord	21	246	11.7	2	29
Marcus Whalen	27	203	7.5	0	20
Gabe Reid	18	192	10.7	5	27
Jason Kukahiko	9	131	14.6	2	37
David Christensen	11	117	10.6	1	50
Curtis Brown	15	114	7.6	0	45
Justin Anderson	11	113	10.3	0	22
Aissac Aiono	3	33	11.0	0	13
Kyle Wilson	2	22	11.0	0	14
Logan Deans	1	11	11.0	0	11
Kish Beverley	2	9	4.5	0	5
Matt Payne	1	1	1.0	0	1

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Curtis Brown	9	178	19.8	26
David Christensen	6	170	28.3	29
Reno Mahe	6	128	21.3	10
James Allen	6	121	20.2	0
Curtis Holder	4	84	21.0	21
Logan Deans	3	37	12.3	16
Kish Beverley	1	19	19.0	19
Kyle Wilson	1	19	19.0	19

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
Reno Mahe	15	196	13.1
David Christensen	8	80	10.0
Jon Burbidge	1	2	2.0
Toby Christensen	1	-2	-2.0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Paul Walkenhorst	107	47	60	2.5	15.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Francisco	99	51	48	0.0	2.5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0
Colby Bockwoldt	85	51	34	3.0	11.0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0
Mike Tanner	57	21	36	0.5	2.5	2	1	15	0	0	2	0
Brady Poppinga	48	24	24	5.0	12.5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Ifo Pili	41	16	25	1.0	5.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Burbidge	39	16	23	0.0	1.5	6	2	93	1	0	0	1
Ryan Gunderson	37	2	35	1.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Wright	35	15	20	0.0	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Chad Barney	35	26	9	1.0	4.0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0
Brandon Heaney	34	22	12	0.0	1.0	8	3	6	0	0	0	0
Michael Madsen	32	18	14	0.0	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Kip Nielson	29	12	17	1.0	1.0	2	3	50	0	1	0	0
Daniel Marquardt	26	12	14	2.0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Denney	25	8	17	1.0	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Levi Madarieta	22	13	9	0.0	2.0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
Shaun Nua	18	11	7	4.0	8.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Joshua Brandon	16	8	8	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jernaro Gilford	15	7	8	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Kehl	14	6	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Meibos	13	6	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Cowart	12	5	7	1.0	3.0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0
Bryant Atkinson	12	8	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Farris	11	6	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Allen	5	4	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Carlson	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Payne	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Kolbaba	4	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Wilkerson	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sumko	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Neil Howell	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micah Alba	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Anderson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick DiPadova	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ammon Mauga	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Young				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
Matt Payne	13	16	81.3	52	0-0	2-2	6-6	4-6	1-2	0	27	30	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Matt Payne	51	2427	47.6	76	0
TEAM	1	0	0.0		1

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
No data available.

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Walt Williams	RS	CB	6-1	170	Miami, FL		Eastern Arizona College
	Paulo Fuaalii	FR	LB	6-2	240	Kearns, UT	Kearns HS
1	Chad Barney	JR	S	6-1	188	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Dixie College
1	Fui Vakapuna	RS	RB	6-0	210	Glendale, UT	East HS
2	David Christensen	R-SO	WR	5-10	187	Clovis, CA	Clovis West HS
3	Joshua Ohai	R-JR				Granada Hills, CA	Granada Hills HS	College of the Canyons
3	Joshua Brandon	R-JR	SS	6-0	193	Granada Hills, CA	Granada Hills HS	College of the Canyons
3	Naufahu Tahi	RS	RB			West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
4	Jernaro Gilford	R-JR	CB	6-2	184	Hawthorne, CA	Westchester HS
5	Bret Engemann	R-JR	QB	6-5	238	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
5	Jared McLaughlin	FR	K/P	6-5	198	Wetumpka, AL	Wetumpka HS
6	Curtis Brown	FR	RB	6-0	188	Palmdale, CA	Paraclete HS
6	James Allen	R-SO	CB	5-10	160	Inglewood, CA		LA Southwest College
7	Levi Madarieta	JR	OLB	6-3	223	Weiser, ID	Weiser HS	Washington
7	Ben Olson	FR	QB	6-4	219	Thousand Oaks, CA	Hillcrest Christian School
7	Forrest Hansen	R-JR	K	5-7	160	Wayne, PA	Conestoga HS
8	Matt Berry	R-FR	QB	6-6	223	Redmond, WA	Eastlake HS
9	Ryan Beck	FR				Fremont, CA	Fremont HS
9	Bristol Olomua	RS (SO)	TE	6-5	215	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
9	Logan Deans	FR	RB	6-1	230	Englewood, CO	Cherry Creek HS
10	Andrew Ord	R-SR	WR	6-2	208	Rancho Sante Fe, CA	Torrey Pines HS
11	Reynaldo Brathwaite	RS	RB	5-10	170	Spring Valley, CA	Monte Vista HS	Grossmont College
12	Justin Anderson	SR	WR	5-11	175	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Ricks College
12	Corby Hodgkiss	RS	DB	5-11	197	Irving, TX	Irving HS
13	Nathan Soelberg	R-FR	WR	6-0	172	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
14	Todd Mortensen	R-SO	QB	6-5	221	Tempe, AZ	Tempe HS
14	Kellen Fowler	FR	S	6-0	184	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
15	Jason Kukahiko	R-SO	WR	6-2	190	Orem, UT	Orem HS
16	Thomas Stancil	RS	RB	5-7	165	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield HS
16	Travonne Jackson	FR	CB	5-10	180	Los Angeles, CA	Thomas Jefferson HS
17	Jackson Brown	RS	QB			Sandy, UT	Jordan HS	Utah Valley
17	Brett Cooper	RS (FR)	WR	5-11	185	South Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
18	Lance Pendleton	R-FR	QB	6-0	172	St George, UT	Dixie HS
19	Breyon Jones	R-FR	WR	5-10	183	Round Rock, TX	Round Rock HS
20	Reno Mahe	R-SR	WR	5-10	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
21	Curtis Holder	SO	RB	5-7	161	Rancho Sante Fe, CA	Torrey Pines HS
22	Micah Alba	R-SO	CB	5-8	160	Marietta, GA	Walton HS
23	O'Neil Howell	R-FR	CB	5-10	180	West Palm Beach, FL	Lakes HS
23	Chris Hale	RS	WR	5-9	178	Orem, UT	Orem HS
24	Tyson Dunham	JR	P	6-1	200	Worland, WY	Worland HS	Dixie College
24	Eric Watterson	R-FR				Logan, UT	Mountain Crest HS
24	Spencer White	FR	DB			Orem, UT	Orem HS
25	Mike Sumko	SR	CB	5-10	172	Perry, UT	Box Elder HS	Ricks College
26	Rod Wilkerson	R-SO	WR	6-1	181	Orem, UT	Orem HS
27	Alex Farris	R-JR	FS	6-0	202	Mountain Home, ID	Glenn's Ferry HS
27	Andre Bennin	FR	CB	5-11	171	Alexandria, VA	T.C. Williams HS
28	Todd Barker	R-SR	CB	6-0	184	Encinitas, CA	San Dieguito HS
29	Daniel Coats	RS	WR	6-3	218	Layton, UT	Northridge HS
30	Jared Harper	R-SO	RB	6-0	228	Orem, UT	Orem HS
30	Jared Meibos	SO	S	5-11	208	Houston, TX	Humble HS
31	Kip Nielson	JR	CB	6-0	195	North Ogden, UT	Freemont HS
32	Marcus Whalen	R-SO	RB	5-11	205	Waldorf, MD	Thomas Stone HS
33	Aaron Francisco	SO	SS	6-2	214	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
34	Brandon Heaney	R-SO	CB	5-11	179	Trabuco Hills, CA		Air Force
35	Nick DiPadova	R-JR	LB	6-0	198	Woodland Hills, CA	Taft HS
35	Ammon Mauga	R-JR	MLB	6-0	229	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside HS
36	Kyle Wilson	R-JR	RB	6-0	221	Spanish Fork, UT	Spanish Fork HS
37	Jon Burbidge	R-SO	S	6-1	201	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater HS
38	Matt Payne	R-SO	K/P	6-4	241	North Ogden, UT	Weber HS
39	Steve Later	JR	RB	5-9	182	Sandy, UT		Ricks College
39	Bryant Atkinson	R-FR	OLB	6-3	222	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
41	Bryan Kehl	FR	LB	6-3	225	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
41	Justin Jory	RS	TE	6-3	249	Mountlake Terrace, WA	Shorecrest HS	Walla Walla Community College
42	Gabe Reid	SR	TE/DS	6-4	256	, AS	Leone HS
43	Michael Madsen	JR	FS	6-2	197	Littleton, CO	Columbine HS
44	Mike Tanner	JR	MLB	6-1	242	Orem, UT	Orem HS
45	Chris Stevens	R-SO	LB	6-0	233	Hemet, CA	Hemet HS
46	Colby Bockwoldt	R-JR	OLB	6-2	225	Sunset, UT	Northridge HS
47	Paul Walkenhorst	JR	MLB	6-5	252	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
48	Lance Reynolds	R-FR	OLB	6-2	261	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
49	Brady Poppinga	SO	DE	6-3	260	Evanston, WY	Evanston HS
50	Nick Anderson	JR	DL	6-2	260	Royal City, WA	Royal HS	Snow College
51	Justin Williams	RS	LB	6-2	232	Riverside, CA	Jurupa Valley HS
52	Brent Carlson	R-JR	OLB	5-11	228	Las Vegas, NV	Durango HS
53	Bill Wright	R-JR	OLB	6-3	234	Portland, OR	Westview HS
54	Shaun Nua	JR	DL	6-5	270	Tafuna, AS	Tafuna HS
55	Jeff Rhea	R-FR	OL	6-4	262	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
56	Ryan Gunderson	R-JR	DT	6-4	280	Gresham, OR	Sam Barlow HS
57	Hanale Vincent	R-SO	OL	6-5	314	Kailua, HI	Kamehameha HS
58	J.R. Thulin	SO	OL	6-3	285	Arlington, VA	Yorktown HS
59	Ryan Keele	SR	OL	6-4	300	Othello, WA	Othello HS	Ricks College
60	Scott Tidwell	FR	OL	6-2	281	Nampa, ID	Vallivue HS	Ricks College
60	Brandon Stephens	R-JR	OL	6-6	270	Logan, UT	Logan HS
61	Rob Robinson	FR	OL	6-5	241	Star Valley, WY	Star Valley HS	Ricks College
61	Naki Maile	R-SR	OL	6-2	308	St Petersburg, FL	St. Petersburg HS	Ricks College
63	Cade McMullin	RS (JR)	OL	6-3	288	Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
64	Scott Jackson	JR	OL	6-5	300	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	Peninsula HS
66	Nate Hall	FR	OL	6-3	307	New Canaan, CT	New Canaan HS
67	Gary McGiven	FR	OL	6-4	294	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS	Ricks College
68	David Oswald	FR	DL	6-8	258	Sandy, UT	Brighton HS
69	Scott Fisher	RS	OL	6-7	300	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
70	David Johnson	R-SO	DL	6-3	225	Weiser, ID
71	Paul Fisher	RS	OL	6-7	306	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
73	Isaac Herring	R-SR	OL	6-5	303	Mapleton, UT	Springville HS
73	Jake Kuresa	RS	OL	6-4	330	Millville, UT	Mountain Crest HS
74	Quinn Christensen	JR	OL	6-6	300	Idaho Falls, ID	Bonneville HS	Dixie State Junior College
75	Scott Young	JR	DT	6-5	312	Salt Lake City, UT	Hillcrest HS	Dixie College
76	Vincent Xanthos	R-JR	OL	6-3	301	Fort Lauderdale, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Maryland, Minnesota
77	Daniel Marquardt	R-FR	DT	6-3	298	Vista, CA	Rancho Buena Vista HS
78	Brian Sanders	R-FR	OL	6-3	330	Mira Loma, CA	Jurupa Valley HS
79	Dustin Rykert	R-SR	OL	6-7	322	Roseville, CA	Oakmont HS
80	Toby Christensen	JR	WR	6-0	192	Alpine, UT	American Fork HS
82	Cody Fonnesbeck	RS	WR	5-9	155	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
83	Ammon Kaonohi	SR	WR	6-1	180	Kaneohe, HI	Kamehameha HS
84	Andy Hadfield	R-FR	TE	6-7	210	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS	Utah State
85	Joe Omer	R-SO	WR	5-11	185	Atlanta, GA	North Cobb HS	Missouri Valley Junior College
85	Kish Beverley	SR	WR	5-9	166	Boise, ID		Ricks College
86	Pat Williams	JR	WR	6-0	190	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS	Ricks College
87	Matt Smith	FR	WR	6-2	185	Missoula, MT	Hellgate HS
88	Ryan Slater	SO	WR	6-3	202	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
89	Spencer Nead	SR	TE/DS	6-5	262	Tetonia, ID	Lemoore HS	Ricks College
90	Aissac Aiono	R-SO	TE	6-6	242	Compton, CA	Lynwood HS
91	C.J. Ah You	RS (SO)	DE	6-4	264	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
92	John Denney	R-SO	DE/DS	6-6	268	Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
94	Jeff Cowart	SR	DE	6-5	265	Tacoma, WA	Curtis HS
95	Ifo Pili	R-JR	DT	6-3	310	Orem, UT	Moutain View HS
96	Tyler Berry	R-FR				Loveland, CO	Loveland HS	Utah State
96	Jeremy Gillespie	RS	TE	6-4	238	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
97	Justin Carlson-Maddux	RS (SO)	DL	6-3	239	Monroe, MI	Monroe HS
98	Nathan Kolbaba	R-SO	OL	6-4	273	Wheaton, IL	Warrenville South HS
99	Manaia Brown	RS	DL	6-4	330	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS	Nebraska
99	Jared Mack	SR	DL	6-5	223	Thatcher, AZ
99	Moa Peaua	R-SO	DE	6-0	280	Reno, NV	McQueen HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Barry Lamb	Safeties
Brian Mitchell	Defensive Backs
Chris Pella	Assistant Academic Coach, High School Relations Coordinator
Duane Busby	Director of Football Operations
Gary Crowton	Head Coach
Kalani Sitake	Graduate Assistant
Ken Schmidt	Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Mike Borich	Offensive Coordinator, Receivers
Mike Empey	Tight Ends
Paul Tidwell	Special Teams Coordinator, Running Backs
Robbie Bosco	Co-offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Steve Kaufusi	Defensive Line
Val Hale	Athletic Director

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Bret Engemann
QB	Matt Berry
RB	Marcus Whalen
WR	Rod Wilkerson
WR	Reno Mahe
WR	Andrew Ord
TE	Spencer Nead
LT	Dustin Rykert
LG	Quinn Christensen
C	Scott Jackson
RG	Ryan Keele
RT	Isaac Herring

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	John Denney
DE	Brady Poppinga
DT	Ifo Pili
DT	Ryan Gunderson
MLB	Paul Walkenhorst
OLB	Levi Madarieta
OLB	Colby Bockwoldt
CB	Brandon Heaney
CB	Chad Barney
S	Aaron Francisco
S	Michael Madsen

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Matt Payne
P	Matt Payne
KR	Curtis Brown
PR	Reno Mahe