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2003 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Aug 28		Georgia Tech	24-13 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	61,930
Sep 6		at No. 4 USC	18-35 L	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles, CA	75,315
Sep 13	RV	at New Mexico	10-7 W	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	33,606
Sep 20		Stanford	14-18 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	61,446
Sep 27	RV	Air Force	10-24 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	62,210
Oct 4		at San Diego State	44-36 W	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, CA	32,137
Oct 9		Colorado State	13-58 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	58,377
Oct 18		at Wyoming	10-13 L	War Memorial Stadium	Laramie, WY	22,797
Oct 25		at UNLV	27-20 W	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	30,084
Oct 30		Boise State	12-50 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	60,554
Nov 15		at Notre Dame	14-33 L	Notre Dame Stadium	South Bend, IN	80,795
Nov 22		Utah	0-3 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	64,486

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	196	310
Points per game	16.3	25.8
First Downs	204	204
Rushing	70	90
Passing	114	85
Penalty	20	29
Rushing Yardage	1195	1570
Rushing attempts	397	497
Average per rush	3.0	3.2
Average per game	99.6	130.8
TDs Rushing	7	17
Passing Yardage	2580	2114
Comp-Att-Int	245-449-22	168-320-14
Completion pct	54.6%	52.5%
Average per pass	5.7	6.6
Average per catch	10.5	12.6
Average per game	215.0	176.2
TDs Passing	13	13
Total Offense	3775	3684
Total plays	846	817
Average per play	4.5	4.5
Average per game	314.6	307.0
Kick returns: #-Yards	42-848	28-588
Average per return	20.2	21.0
Punt returns: #-Yards	35-280	44-492
Average per return	8.0	11.2
Fumbles-Lost	30-17	22-11
Penalties-Yards	87-766	62-559
Punts-Yards	81-3437	79-3277
Average per punt	42.4	41.5
Sacks by	25	34
Field goals-attempts	14-18	16-19
3rd-down conversion	58/186	67/189
3rd-down pct	31.2%	35.4%
4th-down conversion	4/11	10/16
4th-down pct	36.4%	62.5%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Matt Berry	147	235	62.6	1445	6.1	7	14	112.1	46	21	139
John Beck	73	144	50.7	864	6.0	5	4	107.0	56	11	96
Todd Mortensen	14	46	30.4	102	2.2	0	2	40.4	22	1	6
Jackson Brown	8	19	42.1	93	4.9	0	2	62.2	19	2	8
Lance Pendleton	2	3	66.7	50	16.7	1	0	316.7	31	0	0
Reynaldo Brathwaite	1	1	100.0	26	26.0	0	0	318.4	26	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Reynaldo Brathwaite	145	812	5.6	2	95
Fui Vakapuna	30	175	5.8	1	28
Marcus Whalen	45	139	3.1	0	11
Naufahu Tahi	34	77	2.3	1	11
Thomas Stancil	15	77	5.1	0	16
John Beck	52	36	0.7	1	24
Jackson Brown	12	20	1.7	0	16
Rod Wilkerson	1	12	12.0	0	12
Todd Mortensen	6	4	0.7	0	3
Kyle Wilson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Toby Christensen	1	2	2.0	0	2
Chris Hale	4	-13	-3.3	0	13
Matt Berry	43	-100	-2.3	2	16

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Toby Christensen	53	547	10.3	3	44
Daniel Coats	30	378	12.6	4	38
Chris Hale	33	286	8.7	0	29
Rod Wilkerson	21	274	13.0	0	56
Justin Jory	17	213	12.5	1	46
Philip Niu	8	152	19.0	2	29
Naufahu Tahi	14	144	10.3	2	35
Jason Kukahiko	11	139	12.6	0	26
David Christensen	11	115	10.5	0	26
Reynaldo Brathwaite	19	100	5.3	0	20
Ryan Slater	5	67	13.4	0	22
Marcus Whalen	7	44	6.3	0	12
Brett Cooper	4	38	9.5	0	12
Fui Vakapuna	6	29	4.8	0	11
Matt Berry	1	19	19.0	0	19
Kyle Wilson	1	16	16.0	0	16
Mark Hansen	1	8	8.0	0	8
Thomas Stancil	2	8	4.0	0	4
Aissac Aiono	1	3	3.0	0	3

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Brett Cooper	18	435	24.2	11
James Allen	9	163	18.1	43
David Christensen	4	84	21.0	31
Reynaldo Brathwaite	3	58	19.3	0
Micah Alba	4	50	12.5	11
Kyle Wilson	3	43	14.3	18
Thomas Stancil	1	15	15.0	15

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
Toby Christensen	28	210	7.5
David Christensen	5	30	6.0
Kip Nielson	1	29	29.0
Eric Watterson	1	11	11.0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	FF	FR	Blk
Aaron Francisco	116	57	59	0.0	7.0	4	3	42	3	2	0
Colby Bockwoldt	77	43	34	4.5	17.0	2	2	8	0	1	0
Mike Tanner	74	29	45	1.0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
David Nixon	57	19	38	3.0	7.5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brady Poppinga	54	33	21	4.0	11.5	1	1	0	0	2	0
James Allen	45	28	17	3.0	6.0	4	0	0	1	0	0
John Denney	42	21	21	4.0	6.0	3	2	8	1	0	1
Jernaro Gilford	41	30	11	0.0	2.0	7	2	2	1	0	0
Ifo Pili	38	18	20	1.0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Chad Barney	37	25	12	0.0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Burbidge	32	19	13	2.0	4.0	3	1	15	1	1	0
Levi Madarieta	30	12	18	2.0	3.5	1	0	0	1	0	0
Joshua Brandon	18	10	8	0.0	1.0	1	1	15	0	0	0
Daniel Marquardt	17	4	13	0.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Meibos	14	8	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bryant Atkinson	14	8	6	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manaia Brown	14	5	9	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Soelberg	13	7	6	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kip Nielson	12	5	7	0.5	1.5	2	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Maddux	12	5	7	0.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K.C. Bills	11	6	5	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Wright	10	3	7	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
C.J. Ah You	8	1	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Payne	8	5	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Kolbaba	7	0	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hale	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Warner	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Heaney	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hala Paongo	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Neil Howell	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rod Wilkerson	2	1	1	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micah Alba	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kellen Fowler	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corby Hodgkiss	1	0	1	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
Matt Payne	14	18	77.8	53	1-1	5-6	3-4	2-2	3-5	0	21	21	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Matt Payne	79	3433	43.5	67	0
Tyson Dunham	1	18	18.0	18	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
	David Gooch	RS	WR	6-3	210	Chicago, IL	Antioch Community HS	Pima Community College, Pima Junior College
	Shannon Benton	R-SO	CB	5-10	185	Babson Park, FL	Frostproof HS	Tennessee
	Mike Dudzinski	FR	OL	6-7	320	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
	Brian Soi	FR	DL	6-4	295	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
1	Chad Barney	SR	S	6-1	191	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Dixie College
1	Fui Vakapuna	R-FR	FB	6-1	230	Glendale, UT	East HS
2	David Christensen	R-JR	WR	5-10	200	Clovis, CA	Clovis West HS
3	Joshua Brandon	R-SR	S	6-0	185	Granada Hills, CA	Granada Hills HS	College of the Canyons
3	Naufahu Tahi	R-SO	RB	6-0	234	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
4	Jernaro Gilford	R-SR	CB	6-2	181	Hawthorne, CA	Westchester HS
5	James Allen	R-JR	CB	5-10	160	Inglewood, CA		LA Southwest College
7	Levi Madarieta	SR	OLB	6-2	233	Weiser, ID	Weiser HS	Washington
8	Matt Berry	R-SO	QB	6-6	227	Redmond, WA	Eastlake HS
9	Bristol Olomua	R-SO	WR	6-5	250	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
10	Mark Hansen	FR	WR	6-0	184	Pleasant View, UT	Freemont HS
11	Reynaldo Brathwaite	R-JR	RB	5-10	170	Spring Valley, CA	Monte Vista HS	Grossmont College
12	John Beck	FR	QB	6-2	190	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS
13	Adam Nelson	RS (FR)	DB	6-2	180	Orem, UT	Orem HS
13	Nathan Soelberg	R-SO	CB	6-0	172	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
14	Todd Mortensen	R-JR	QB	6-4	225	Tempe, AZ	Tempe HS
14	Jared McLaughlin	RS	DB	6-5	195	Wetumpka, AL	Wetumpka HS
15	Jason Kukahiko	R-JR	WR	6-1	191	Orem, UT	Orem HS
16	Thomas Stancil	FR	RB	5-6	167	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield HS
17	Forrest Hansen	R-SR	K	5-7	160	Wayne, PA	Conestoga HS
17	Curtis Brown	RS	RB	6-0	184	Palmdale, CA	Paraclete HS
17	Chris Warner	RS	RB	6-0	197	Reno, NV	McQueen HS
17	Jackson Brown	R-SO	QB	6-4	206	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS	Utah Valley
18	Lance Pendleton	R-SO	QB	6-0	165	St George, UT	Dixie HS
19	Breyon Jones	R-SO	WR	5-10	193	Round Rock, TX	Round Rock HS
20	Daniel Coats	R-FR	TE	6-3	249	Layton, UT	Northridge HS
21	Curtis Holder	JR	RB	5-7	160	Rancho Sante Fe, CA	Torrey Pines HS
21	Joel Theler	RS	DB	6-3	191	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
22	Micah Alba	R-JR	CB	5-8	160	Marietta, GA	Walton HS
23	O'Neil Howell	R-SO	CB	5-11	175	West Palm Beach, FL	Lakes HS
23	Eric Watterson	R-SO	RB	5-9	175	Logan, UT	Mountain Crest HS
24	Spencer White	SO	DB	6-1	186	Orem, UT	Orem HS
24	Tyson Dunham	SR	P	6-1	198	Worland, WY	Worland HS	Dixie College
25	Quinn Gooch	RS	DB	6-1	190	Tucson, AZ	Sabino HS
25	Michael Nascimento	FR	DB	6-1	191	San Antonio, TX	Sandra Day O'Connor HS
25	Corby Hodgkiss	R-FR	S	5-11	187	Irving, TX	Irving HS
26	Jeff Couch	SO	CB	6-1	170	Daytona Beach, FL	Seabreeze HS
26	Rod Wilkerson	R-JR	WR	6-2	181	Orem, UT	Orem HS
26	Aaron Gordon	R-FR		6-1	185	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS
26	Kellen Fowler	SO	S	6-0	187	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
27	Andre Bennin	SO	DB	5-11	175	Alexandria, VA	T.C. Williams HS
27	Trent Williams	RS	K	6-1	186	Provo, UT	Provo HS
27	Ryan Beck	SO	CB	5-9	175	Fremont, CA	Fremont HS
28	Matt Allen	RS	WR	6-0	172	Peoria, AZ	Cactus HS
28	Dustin Gabriel	RS	S			Allen, TX	Allen HS
29	Chris Hale	R-SO	WR	5-9	175	Orem, UT	Orem HS
29	Scott Johnson	RS	DB	5-11	172	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
30	Jared Meibos	JR	S	5-11	206	Houston, TX	Humble HS
30	Rick Swenson	SO	RB	5-11	205	Orem, UT	Orem HS
31	Kip Nielson	SR	CB	6-0	205	North Ogden, UT	Freemont HS
32	Marcus Whalen	R-JR	RB	5-11	213	Waldorf, MD	Thomas Stone HS
33	Aaron Francisco	JR	S	6-2	206	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
33	Cameron Jensen	RS (SO)	LB	6-2	228	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS	Ricks College
34	Brandon Heaney	R-JR	CB	5-11	184	Trabuco Hills, CA		Air Force
35	Ammon Mauga	R-SR				Oceanside, CA	Oceanside HS
35	Matt Ah You	FR	LB	5-11	235	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Lone Peak HS
36	Kyle Wilson	R-SR	FB	6-0	225	Spanish Fork, UT	Spanish Fork HS
37	Jon Burbidge	R-JR	S	6-0	197	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater HS
38	Matt Payne	R-JR	K/P	6-4	234	North Ogden, UT	Weber HS
39	Bryant Atkinson	R-SO	OLB	6-3	224	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
41	Justin Jory	R-SR	TE	6-2	245	Mountlake Terrace, WA	Shorecrest HS	Walla Walla Community College
41	Adney Reid	FR	LB	6-1	230	, AS	Leone HS
42	Lawrence Cowan	FR	MLB	6-3	229	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
43	Nick DiPadova	R-SR				Woodland Hills, CA	Taft HS
43	David Nixon	FR	LB	6-3	208	College Station, TX	A&M Consolidated
44	Mike Tanner	SR	MLB	6-2	239	Orem, UT	Orem HS
44	Moa Peaua	R-JR	DE	5-11	285	Reno, NV	McQueen HS
44	Dan Van Sweden	RS	LB	6-3	205	West Point, UT	Northridge HS
45	Chris Stevens	R-JR	LB	6-1	245	Hemet, CA	Hemet HS
46	Colby Bockwoldt	R-SR	OLB	6-2	226	Sunset, UT	Northridge HS
47	Paul Walkenhorst	RS	OLB	6-5	252	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
48	Lance Reynolds	R-SO	LB	6-2	257	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
49	Brady Poppinga	JR	DE	6-3	257	Evanston, WY	Evanston HS
50	Kyle Tew	RS	LB	6-2	226	Gillette, WY	Campbell County HS
51	Justin Williams	R-FR	OLB	6-2	223	Riverside, CA	Jurupa Valley HS
52	Brent Carlson	R-SR	OLB	5-10	224	Las Vegas, NV	Durango HS
53	Bill Wright	R-SR	DE	6-3	259	Portland, OR	Westview HS
54	Shaun Nua	RS	DE	6-5	264	Tafuna, AS	Tafuna HS
55	K.C. Bills	FR	MLB	6-1	219	Littleton, CO	Arapahoe HS
56	Ryan Gunderson	R-SR	DT	6-4	280	Gresham, OR	Sam Barlow HS
57	Nate Preston	SO	LB	6-2	227	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
57	Hanale Vincent	R-JR	OL	6-5	321	Kailua, HI	Kamehameha HS
58	J.R. Thulin	JR	OL	6-4	300	Arlington, VA	Yorktown HS
59	Eddie Keele	R-FR	OL	6-5	283	Othello, WA	Othello HS
60	Scott Tidwell	SO	OL	6-3	281	Nampa, ID	Vallivue HS	Ricks College
61	Rob Robinson	SO	OL	6-5	271	Star Valley, WY	Star Valley HS	Ricks College
61	Junior Kato	RS	OL	6-3	290	Daly City, CA	Capuchino HS
62	Brandon Stephens	R-SR	OL	6-6	280	Logan, UT	Logan HS
63	Ofa Mohetau	FR	OL	6-3	355	Euless, TX	Trinity HS
64	Scott Jackson	SR	OL	6-5	300	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	Peninsula HS
64	RJ Willing	RS	OL	6-5	290	Kahuku, HI	Kamehameha HS
66	Nate Hall	SO	OL	6-3	321	New Canaan, CT	New Canaan HS
67	Gary McGiven	FR	OL	6-4	302	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS	Ricks College
68	Kai Jones	R-FR	OL	6-6	301	Richland, WA	Richland HS
70	Hala Paongo	FR	DE	6-2	256	Kahuku, HI	Kahuku HS
71	Paul Fisher	R-FR	OL	6-7	316	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
72	Cade McMullin	R-JR	OL	6-4	300	Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
73	Jake Kuresa	R-FR	OL	6-4	358	Millville, UT	Mountain Crest HS
74	Quinn Christensen	SR	OL	6-6	307	Idaho Falls, ID	Bonneville HS	Dixie State Junior College
75	Scott Young	RS	OL	6-4	310	Salt Lake City, UT	Hillcrest HS	Dixie College
76	Vincent Xanthos	R-SR	OL	6-4	273	Fort Lauderdale, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Maryland, Minnesota
77	Daniel Marquardt	R-SO	NT	6-2	315	Vista, CA	Rancho Buena Vista HS
78	Brian Sanders	R-SO	OL	6-3	335	Mira Loma, CA	Jurupa Valley HS
79	David Sollami	R-FR	OL	6-3	272	Claremont, CA	Claremont HS
80	Toby Christensen	SR	WR	6-0	196	Alpine, UT	American Fork HS
82	Cody Fonnesbeck	R-FR	WR	5-8	160	St. George, UT	Dixie HS
83	Brett Cooper	R-FR	WR	5-11	186	South Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
84	Andy Hadfield	R-SO	TE	6-7	215	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS	Utah State
85	Joe Omer	R-JR	WR	5-10	185	Atlanta, GA	North Cobb HS	Missouri Valley Junior College
85	Zac Collie	R-FR	WR	5-10	195	El Dorado Hills, CA	Oakridge HS
86	Philip Niu	FR	TE	6-5	243	Gilbert, AZ	Highland HS
87	Matt Smith	RS	WR	6-2	187	Missoula, MT	Hellgate HS
88	Ryan Slater	JR	WR	6-3	195	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
90	Aissac Aiono	R-JR	TE	6-5	243	Compton, CA	Lynwood HS
90	Brett Denney	RS (FR)	DE	6-4	245	Thornton, CO	Legacy HS
91	C.J. Ah You	R-SO	DE	6-4	253	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
92	John Denney	R-JR	DE/DS	6-6	275	Thornton, CO	Horizon HS	Ricks College
93	Nathan Kolbaba	R-JR	DL/DS	6-2	279	Wheaton, IL	Warrenville South HS
94	Michael Marquardt	R-SO	DL			San Marcos, CA	Rancho Buena Vista HS
94	Ryan Ensign	SR	DL	6-3	230	Plano, TX	Weiser HS
95	Ifo Pili	R-SR	NT	6-3	325	Orem, UT	Moutain View HS
96	Jeremy Gillespie	R-FR	TE	6-5	229	Orem, UT	Mountain View HS
97	Justin Carlson-Maddux	R-SO	DL	6-3	253	Monroe, MI	Monroe HS
98	Manaia Brown	SO	DL	6-3	316	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS	Nebraska

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Barry Lamb	Linebackers
Brian Mitchell	Defensive Backs
Bronco Mendenhall	Defensive Coordinator, Safeties
Duane Busby	Director of Football Operations
Dustin Staley	Defensive Graduate Assistant
Gary Crowton	Head Coach
Kevin McGiven	Offensive Graduate Assistant
Lance Reynolds Sr.	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Mike Empey	Tight Ends
Paul Tidwell	Special Teams Coordinator, Running Backs
Robbie Bosco	Co-offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Steve Kaufusi	Defensive Line
Todd Bradford	Co-offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Val Hale	Athletic Director

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Matt Berry
RB	Reynaldo Brathwaite
WR	Rod Wilkerson
WR	Chris Hale
WR	Toby Christensen
TE	Daniel Coats
LT	Quinn Christensen
LG	Ofa Mohetau
C	Scott Jackson
RG	Jake Kuresa
RT	Brandon Stephens

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	John Denney
DE	Brady Poppinga
NT	Ifo Pili
MLB	Mike Tanner
OLB	Levi Madarieta
OLB	Colby Bockwoldt
CB	Jernaro Gilford
CB	Chad Barney
CB	Jon Burbidge
CB	James Allen
S	Aaron Francisco

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Matt Payne
P	Matt Payne
KR	Brett Cooper
PR	Toby Christensen