Cougar Football Archive

2018 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 1		at Arizona	28-23 W	Arizona Stadium	Tucson, AZ	51,002
Sep 8	RV	California	18-21 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	52,602
Sep 15		at No. 6 Wisconsin	24-21 W	Camp Randall Stadium	Madison, WI	80,720
Sep 22	25	McNeese State	30-3 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	53,223
Sep 29	20	at No. 11 Washington	7-35 L	Husky Stadium	Seattle, WA	70,155
Oct 5	RV	Utah State	20-45 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	58,087
Oct 13		Hawaii	49-23 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	52,354
Oct 27		Northern Illinois	6-7 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	51,084
Nov 3		at Boise State	16-21 L	Albertsons Stadium	Boise, ID	35,241
Nov 10		at Massachusetts	35-16 W	Gillette Stadium	Foxborough, MA	14,082
Nov 17		New Mexico State	45-10 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	47,505
Nov 24		at No. 18 Utah	27-35 L	Rice-Eccles Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	46,017
Dec 21		vs Western Michigan	49-18 W	Albertsons Stadium	Boise, ID	18,711

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	354	278
Points per game	27.2	21.4
First Downs	249	237
Rushing	108	98
Passing	121	120
Penalty	20	19
Rushing Yardage	1991	1691
Rushing attempts	483	461
Average per rush	4.1	3.7
Average per game	153.2	130.1
TDs Rushing	27	22
Passing Yardage	2753	2522
Comp-Att-Int	236-373-7	260-430-9
Completion pct	63.3%	60.5%
Average per pass	7.4	5.9
Average per catch	11.7	9.7
Average per game	211.8	194.0
TDs Passing	17	13
Total Offense	4744	4213
Total plays	856	891
Average per play	5.5	4.7
Average per game	364.9	324.1
Kick returns: #-Yards	19-354	37-640
Average per return	18.6	17.3
Punt returns: #-Yards	24-158	15-60
Average per return	6.6	4.0
Fumbles-Lost	16-10	17-9
Penalties-Yards	74-633	79-641
Punts-Yards	63-2527	71-2928
Average per punt	40.1	41.2
Sacks by	27	29
Field goals-attempts	11-16	6-18
3rd-down conversion	62/168	71/190
3rd-down pct	36.9%	37.4%
4th-down conversion	9/20	14/24
4th-down pct	45.0%	58.3%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Zach Wilson	120	182	65.9	1578	8.7	12	3	157.2	70	23	149
Tanner Mangum	114	186	61.3	1104	5.9	5	4	115.7	46	5	50
Neil Pau'u	1	1	100.0	40	40.0	0	0	436.0	40	0	0
Aleva Hifo	1	1	100.0	31	31.0	1	0	690.4	31	0	0
Matt Hadley	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Lopini Katoa	76	423	5.6	8	50
Squally Canada	91	413	4.5	5	46
Matt Hadley	72	383	5.3	6	40
Riley Burt	56	323	5.8	2	37
Zach Wilson	74	221	3.0	2	36
Aleva Hifo	30	129	4.3	2	19
Dylan Collie	10	59	5.9	0	18
Tyler Allgeier	9	49	5.4	0	44
Dax Milne	9	23	2.6	0	9
Gunner Romney	3	18	6.0	0	14
Neil Pau'u	4	13	3.3	0	8
Micah Simon	6	7	1.2	0	8
Beau Hoge	4	6	1.5	0	4
Brayden El-Bakri	4	6	1.5	1	2
Jaren Hall	4	4	1.0	0	2
Dayan Ghanwoloku	1	1	1.0	1	1
Brady Christensen	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Tanner Mangum	11	-42	-3.8	0	3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Matt Bushman	29	511	17.6	2	40
Aleva Hifo	28	358	12.8	2	70
Talon Shumway	22	337	15.3	3	46
Dylan Collie	24	277	11.5	2	41
Dallin Holker	19	235	12.4	1	25
Neil Pau'u	18	216	12.0	1	48
Gunner Romney	13	162	12.5	2	26
Moroni Laulu-Pututau	14	120	8.6	1	31
Lopini Katoa	20	114	5.7	1	27
Micah Simon	12	107	8.9	0	20
Matt Hadley	8	102	12.8	0	59
Dax Milne	10	69	6.9	1	9
Brayden El-Bakri	8	55	6.9	1	16
Akile Davis	4	47	11.8	0	16
Squally Canada	4	40	10.0	0	15
Riley Burt	1	4	4.0	0	4
Tanner Mangum	1	2	2.0	0	2
Tyler Allgeier	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Aleva Hifo	7	135	19.3	24
Tanner Jacobson	4	81	20.3	26
Matt Hadley	4	70	17.5	16
Tyler Allgeier	2	57	28.5	36
Riley Burt	1	13	13.0	13
Sione Finau	1	8	8.0	8

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
Michael Shelton	16	130	8.1
Dylan Collie	1	7	7.0
Jaylon Vickers	1	0	0.0
Rhett Sandlin	1	0	0.0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	FF	FR	Blk
Sione Takitaki	119	75	44	4.0	10.0	3	0	0	1	0	0
Corbin Kaufusi	56	38	18	8.5	9.5	2	0	0	0	0	1
Isaiah Kaufusi	50	30	20	1.0	6.0	4	2	18	1	0	0
Austin Lee	41	26	15	0.0	1.0	1	2	62	1	0	0
Dayan Ghanwoloku	39	31	8	0.0	3.0	2	0	0	1	4	0
Michael Shelton	37	26	11	0.0	3.0	4	1	31	1	0	1
Zayne Anderson	36	23	13	0.0	1.0	1	1	12	0	0	0
Khyiris Tonga	30	20	10	2.0	4.5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Wilcox	28	24	4	0.0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Trajan Pili	27	19	8	2.0	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tanner Jacobson	26	14	12	0.0	0.0	0	1	19	0	0	0
Riggs Powell	25	14	11	0.0	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bracken El-Bakri	24	13	11	1.0	1.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Troy Warner	24	16	8	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Pau'u	23	18	5	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Adam Pulsipher	22	10	12	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sawyer Powell	22	16	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rhett Sandlin	20	16	4	2.0	3.0	0	1	20	0	1	0
Zac Dawe	16	12	4	1.0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Merrill Taliauli	15	6	9	1.0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Fauatea	11	9	2	2.5	2.5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keenan Ellis	9	8	1	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
D'Angelo Mandell	9	6	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Tuioti-Mariner	9	5	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Hadley	7	6	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Uriah Leiataua	6	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Devin Kaufusi	5	3	2	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Herron	4	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Kafentzis	4	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alden Tofa	4	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jared Kapisi	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malik Moore	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Nate Sampson	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Isaiah Armstrong	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Chambers	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylon Vickers	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Criddle	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Tooley	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kamalani Kaluhiokalani	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Price	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Kaufusi	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Fowler	1	0	1	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
Skyler Southam	11	16	68.8	47	0-0	4-4	3-3	4-7	0-2	0	42	44	0
Andrew Mikkelsen	0	0		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Rhett Almond	55	2217	40.3	57	0
Danny Jones	8	310	38.8	47	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Andrew Mikkelsen	62	3771	20	3
Rhett Almond	3	187	1	0
Skyler Southam	2	69	0	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
1	Akile Davis	R-JR	WR	6-2	200	DeSoto, TX	DeSoto HS
1	Troy Warner	JR	DB	6-1	199	San Marcos, CA	Mission Hills HS
2	Matt Hadley	R-SR	LB/RB	6-1	215	Connell, WA	Connell HS
2	Austin Kafentzis	R-JR	S	6-1	195	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS	Arizona Western, Nevada, Wisconsin
3	Dylan Collie	R-SR	WR	5-10	175	El Dorado Hills, CA	Oak Ridge HS	Hawaii
3	Isaiah Armstrong	R-JR	FS	6-2	195	Redlands, CA	Redlands East Valley High	Riverside City College
3	Jaren Hall	RS	QB	6-1	195	Spanish Fork, UT	Maple Mountain HS
5	Dayan Ghanwoloku	R-JR	SS	5-11	190	Layton, UT	Northridge HS
7	Beau Hoge	R-JR	RB	6-1	215	Fort Thomas, KY	Highlands HS
10	Joe Critchlow	RS	QB	6-4	210	Franklin, TN	Franklin HS
11	Austin Lee	JR	FS	6-1	202	Draper, UT	Alta HS	Salt Lake Community College, Utah
11	Zach Wilson	FR	QB	6-3	200	Draper, UT	Corner Canyon HS
11	Isaiah Herron	RS	DB	6-1	175	Las Vegas, NV	Arbor View HS
12	Tanner Mangum	SR	QB	6-3	215	Eagle, ID	Eagle HS
12	Malik Moore	FR	DB	6-1	180	San Diego, CA	Point Loma HS
12	Trevion Greene	JR	CB	6-3	190	East Palo Alto, CA	Milpitas HS	Chabot College
13	Micah Simon	JR	WR	6-1	192	Dallas, TX	Bishop Dunne HS
13	Baylor Romney	RS (FR)	QB	6-2	190	El Paso, TX	Franklin HS
15	Aleva Hifo	JR	WR	5-10	187	Menifee, CA	Heritage HS
15	Hayden Griffitts	SO	QB	6-2	205	Windermere, FL	West Orange HS
16	Sione Takitaki	R-SR	LB	6-2	231	Fontana, CA	Heritage HS
16	D'Angelo Mandell	R-FR	DB			San Diego, CA	Del Norte HS
16	Gavin Fowler	R-SR	DB	6-1	191	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
17	Stacy Conner	RS	QB	6-5	186	Wylie, TX	Wylie HS
17	Moroni Laulu-Pututau	R-JR	TE	6-4	240	Hyrum, UT	Mountain Crest HS
18	Michael Shelton	SR	CB	5-8	175	Raleigh, NC	Wakefield HS
19	Matthew Criddle	FR	DB	6-1	195	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS	Snow College
20	Skyler Southam	FR	K	6-1	185	Heber City, UT	Wasatch HS
21	Talon Shumway	JR	WR	6-3	205	South Jordan, UT	Lone Peak HS
21	Hirkley Latu	RS	LB	6-3	230	Kahuku, HI	Kahuku HS
22	Squally Canada	SR	RB	5-11	210	Milpitas, CA	Milipitas HS	Washington State
23	Zayne Anderson	RS	LB	6-2	210	Stansbury Park, UT	Stanbury HS
25	Tanner Jacobson	SR	SS	5-10	185	Southlake, TX	Carroll HS	Texas Tech
26	Rhett Almond	R-SR	P/K	6-4	200	Valencia, CA	Hart HS
26	Mitchell Price	R-FR				Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
27	Beau Tanner	RS (SR)	DB			Gilbert, AZ	Shadow Mountain HS	Scottsdale Community College
27	Austin McChesney	R-SO	CB	6-1	180	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
28	Sawyer Powell	JR	DB	6-1	187	West Richland, WA	Richland HS
30	Keenan Ellis	R-FR	CB	6-1	175	San Diego, CA	Bonita Vista HS
31	Christian Folau	R-FR	LB	6-1	237	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
31	Max Tooley	RS	DB	6-2	195	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS
32	Lopini Katoa	R-FR	RB	6-1	205	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
32	Hank Tuipulotu	FR	TE	6-3	225	Fort Mill, SC	Nation Ford HS
32	Dallin Holker	FR	TE	6-5	222	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS
32	Chris Wilcox	JR	CB	6-2	190	Fontana, CA	Eleanor Roosevelt HS
33	Grayson Magleby	SO	DB	6-4	210	Provo, UT	Provo HS
34	Riley Burt	R-JR	RB	6-1	215	Mantua, UT	Box Elder HS
35	Brayden El-Bakri	R-SR	FB	6-1	240	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
35	Sione Finau	RS	RB	5-11	175	Kearns, UT	Kearns HS
36	Colin Tompson	R-SO	LB	6-3	230	Crystal, NM	Navajo Pine HS
36	Morgan Pyper	RS	DB			Idaho Falls, ID	Hillcrest HS
37	Austin Whetzel	R-SO	DB	5-11	175	Lehi, UT	Lehi HS	Weber State
38	Butch Pau'u	R-SR	LB	6-1	225	Anaheim, CA	Servite HS
38	Jackson Kaufusi	RS	LB			Cottonwood Heights, UT	Brighton HS
41	Adam Pulsipher	R-SR	LB	6-1	220	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley HS
42	Johnny Tapusoa	JR	FB	5-10	225	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
43	AJ Lolohea	R-FR	LB	6-3	235	Glendale, UT	West HS
43	Jared Kapisi	R-SO	DB			Pukalani, HI	Maui HS
43	Kyle Griffitts	R-SO	FB	6-3	230	Windermere, FL	West Orange HS
44	Riggs Powell	SR	LB	6-2	215	Aptos, CA	Aptos HS	Cabrillo College
44	Kavika Fonua	RS-Medical	RB	6-0	212	Syracuse, UT	Syracuse HS
45	Darius McFarland	RS	DL	6-3	250	Brigham City, UT	Box Elder HS
45	Tyler Allgeier	RS (FR)	RB			Fontana, CA	Kaiser HS
46	Rhett Sandlin	R-SR	LB	6-3	235	Draper, UT	Alta HS
46	Drew Jensen	RS	DB	6-2	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
48	Jeremiah Ieremia	FR	LB	6-1	250	Hurricane, UT	Hurricane HS
49	Langi Tuifua	RS	DL	6-3	227	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
49	Payton Wilgar	RS	LB			St. George, UT	Dixie HS
50	Nate Sampson	R-SR	LB			Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
50	Tevita Mo'unga	JR	DT	6-3	340	Murrieta, CA	Vista Murrieta HS
51	Morgan Unga	R-SR	LB	6-5	220	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
52	Trajan Pili	R-JR	DE	6-2	247	Las Vegas, NV	Centennial HS
53	Isaiah Kaufusi	R-SO	LB	6-2	215	Cottonwood Heights, UT	Brighton HS
54	Merrill Taliauli	SR	DT	6-2	305	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
55	Lorenzo Fauatea	FR	NT	6-4	300	West Valley City, UT	Hunter HS
56	Clark Barrington	RS (FR)	OL	6-6	275	Spokane, WA	University HS
57	David Lui	FR	DL	6-4	250	Pittsburg, CA	Pittsburg HS
58	Austin Chambers	R-SO	RG	6-5	307	Shawnee Mission, KS	Shawnee Mission West HS
58	Uriah Leiataua	R-SO	DE	6-4	263	Compton, CA	Dominguez HS
59	Alden Tofa	R-FR	DE	6-4	271	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
59	Thomas Shoaf	JR	LT	6-5	288	Columbus, IN	Columbus North HS
61	David Low	SR	DL	6-2	240	Philadelphia, PA	Methacton HS	Southern Utah
62	Atunaisa Mahe	RS (FR)	DL	6-1	295	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
64	Matt Foley	SR	LS	6-1	205	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley HS
65	Ethan Atagi	RS	OL	6-5	300	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
66	James Empey	R-FR	C	6-4	290	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
67	Brady Christensen	R-FR	LT	6-5	285	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS
69	Tristen Hoge	R-SO	RG	6-5	305	Pocatello, ID	Highland HS	Notre Dame
70	Jacob Jimenez	R-JR	C	6-5	300	Pflugerville, TX	Pflugerville HS
71	Austin Hoyt	R-SR	RT	6-8	305	Ione, CA	Argonaut HS
72	Addison Pulsipher	R-JR	RG	6-5	285	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley HS
73	Ului Lapuaho	SR	LG	6-7	340	West Valley City, UT	Hunter HS
74	Kieffer Longson	R-SO	LG	6-7	305	San Ramon, CA	Dougherty Valley HS
75	Wayne Tei-Kirby	R-SO	NT	6-3	310	Pocatello, ID	Highland HS	Oregon
75	JT Gentry	RS (FR)	OL	6-5	285	Littleton, CO	Columbine HS
76	Harris LaChance	RS	RT	6-8	295	Herriman, UT	Herriman HS
77	Chandon Herring	R-SO	LG	6-7	294	Gilbert, AZ	Perry HS
80	Nate Heaps	R-FR	TE	6-4	239	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
80	Gunner Romney	FR	WR	6-3	200	Chandler, AZ	Chandler HS
82	Dax Milne	FR	WR			South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
83	Inoke Lotulelei	R-SO	WR	5-9	190	Midvale, UT	Cottonwood HS
83	Andrew Mikkelsen	SR	K			Canby, OR	Canby HS	Oregon State
84	Neil Pau'u	SO	WR	6-4	213	Santa Ana, CA	Servite HS
85	Brayden Cosper	RS (FR)	WR	6-3	195	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
87	Joe Tukuafu	R-FR	TE			Glendale, UT	East HS
88	JJ Nwigwe	RS	TE	6-5	260	Rockwall, TX	Rockwall-Heath HS
89	Matt Bushman	SO	TE	6-5	240	Tucson, AZ	Sabino HS
90	Corbin Kaufusi	SR	DE	6-9	280	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
91	Earl Tuioti-Mariner	R-FR	DL	6-4	270	Topeka, KS	Washburn Rural HS
92	Devin Kaufusi	R-FR	DE	6-7	255	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
93	Bracken El-Bakri	R-SO	DL	6-3	275	Cottonwood Heights, UT	Brighton HS
94	Jeddy Tuiloma	RS	DL	6-1	281	Topeka, KS	Washburn Rural HS	Butler Community College
94	Gabe Summers	RS	DL			Saratoga Springs, UT	Westlake HS
95	Khyiris Tonga	SO	NT	6-4	332	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
96	Tanner Leishman	FR	TE	6-6	225	Las Vegas, NV	Desert Hills HS
97	Keanu Saleapaga	R-FR	DT	6-6	292	Lakewood, CA	La Mirada HS
98	Mitch Harris	R-JR	LS	6-4	215	Gilbert, AZ	Perry HS
99	Zac Dawe	R-SO	DE	6-4	270	Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Billy Nixon	Football Equipment Manager
Aaron Roderick	Passing Game Coordinator, Quarterbacks
AJ Steward	Running Backs
Alema Fitisemanu	Player Personnel Director
Dallas Reynolds	Graduate Assistant - Offense
Ed Lamb	Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator, Linebackers
Fesi Sitake	Wide Receivers
Harvey Unga	Graduate Assistant
Ilaisa Tuiaki	Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line
Jack Damuni	Director of Player Personnel
Jasen Ah You	Support Services Coordinator
JD Falslev	Offensive Analyst
Jeff Grimes	Offensive Coordinator
Jernaro Gilford	Cornerbacks
Jon Swift	Director of Operations
Kalani Sitake	Head Coach
Manase Tonga	Graduate Assistant
Matt Ah You	Defensive Analyst
Michael Smith	Analyst
Preston Hadley	Safeties
Ryan Pugh	Offensive Line
Steve Clark	Tight Ends
Tom Holmoe	Athletic Director
Vince Feula	Graduate Assistant - Defensive Line

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Zach Wilson
RB	Squally Canada
RB	Matt Hadley
WR	Talon Shumway
WR	Aleva Hifo
TE	Matt Bushman
LT	Brady Christensen
LG	Keanu Saleapaga
C	James Empey
RG	Tristen Hoge
RT	Austin Hoyt

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Trajan Pili
DE	Corbin Kaufusi
DT	Khyiris Tonga
NT	Bracken El-Bakri
LB	Isaiah Kaufusi
LB	Sione Takitaki
LB	Zayne Anderson
CB	Chris Wilcox
CB	Michael Shelton
S	Dayan Ghanwoloku
S	Austin Lee

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Skyler Southam
P	Rhett Almond
KR	Aleva Hifo
PR	Michael Shelton