BYU vs. Utah Football Game, 1976 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1976 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	7	13	14	0	34
Utah	0	6	0	6	12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Gifford Nielsen 6 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Mike Chronister 3 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (kick failed)	13	0
	TD	Steve Peake 3 yard run (kick failed)	13	6
	TD	George Harris 25 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	20	6
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Blanc 19 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	27	6
	TD	Dave Lowry 2 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	34	6
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Richard Graham 3 yard pass from Patrick Degnan (pass failed)	34	12

Team Stats
	BYU	Utah
1st Downs	25	23
Rushing 1st Downs	8	7
Passing 1st Downs	16	12
Penalty	1	4
Rushing	152	65
Rushing Attempts	35	37
Yards Gained Rushing	183	122
Yards Lost Rushing	31	57
TDs Rushing	2	1
Passing	415	290
Passes Attempted	39	51
Passes Completed	25	22
Intercepted	3	1
TDs Passing	3	1
Pass Efficiency	163.49	93.45
Total Offensive Plays	74	88
Total Net Yards	567	355
Average Gain Per Play	7.66	4.03
Fumbles - Lost	3 - 1	0 - 0
Penalties - Yards	10 - 128	4 - 20
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 7	3 - 42
Punts - Yards	7 - 250	7 - 273
Average Per Punt	35.71	39.00
Punt Returns - Yards	0 - 0	2 - 7
Kickoff Returns - Yards	3 - 35	4 - 89

Game Info
Stadium	Rice Stadium
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah
Date	Nov 20, 1976
Attendance	30,503
Temperature	56°F
Weather	Clear
Conference	BYU: WAC Utah: WAC
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards Utah: Tom Lovat
Season Record	BYU: 9-3 Utah: 3-8

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Jeff Blanc	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Chronister	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
George Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Lowry	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Gifford Nielsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Taylor	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
TOTALS	5	0	4	0	0	0	34

Utah Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Richard Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Steve Peake	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	2	0	0	0	0	0	12

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	25-35-3	415	11.9	41	3	182.17
Terry McEwen	0-4-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	25-39-3	415	10.6	41	3	163.49

Utah Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Patrick Degnan	19-42-1	270	6.4	62	1	102.33
Daniel Hagemann	3-9-0	20	2.2	12	0	52.00
TOTALS	22-51-1	290	5.7	62	1	93.45

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Todd Christensen	8	53	0	53	6.6	13	0
Dave Lowry	7	33	0	33	4.7	8	1
Jeff Blanc	5	33	1	32	6.4	12	0
Roger Gourley	4	24	0	24	6.0	13	0
Mike Chronister	1	18	0	18	18.0	18	0
Dan Van Valkenburg	2	7	0	7	3.5	4	0
Roy Ward	1	5	0	5	5.0	5	0
Terry McEwen	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	0
Gifford Nielsen	6	6	30	-24	-4.0	6	1
TOTALS	35	183	31	152	4.3	18	2

Utah Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Steve Peake	13	53	7	46	3.5	13	1
Michael Moseley	10	37	0	37	3.7	9	0
Daniel Hagemann	8	29	6	23	2.9	10	0
Patrick Degnan	6	3	44	-41	-6.8	2	0
TOTALS	37	122	57	65	1.8	13	1

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
George Harris	6	134	22.3	29	1
John VanDerWouden	5	89	17.8	30	0
Todd Christensen	4	35	8.8	12	0
Brian Billick	3	60	20.0	36	0
Mike Chronister	3	59	19.7	41	1
Dave Lowry	2	19	9.5	14	0
Jeff Blanc	1	19	19.0	19	1
TOTALS	24	415	17.3	41	3

Utah Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Cordy	6	117	19.5	62	0
Richard Graham	5	63	12.6	23	1
Michael Moseley	4	37	9.2	12	0
Jack Steptoe	2	27	13.5	15	0
Mike Weeks	1	15	15.0	15	0
TOTALS	18	259	14.4	62	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Blake Murdock	1	7	0
TOTALS	1	7	0

Utah Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Michael Spencer	1	40	0
Kevin Harrison	1	2	0
Ronald Small	1	0	0
TOTALS	3	42	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	PBU
Rod Wood	12	2	10	0
Blake Murdock	8	5	3	0
Marcus Kanahele	8	3	5	0
Tony Hernandez	7	5	2	0
Bill Rice	7	1	6	0
Gary Peterson	6	2	4	0
Jason Coloma	5	4	1	0
Craig Jensen	4	4	0	1
Marc Swenson	4	2	2	0
Steve Dewey	3	3	0	0
Mark Berntsen	3	1	2	0
Dana Wilgar	3	1	2	0
Doug Stromberg	2	2	0	0
Glen Redd	2	1	1	0
Reed Brown	2	1	1	0
Mekeli Ieremia	2	1	1	0
Kip Apostol	1	1	0	0
Roy Ward	1	1	0	0
Ron Velasco	1	0	1	0
Mark Terranova	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	81	40	41	2

Utah Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	PBU
Larry Wall	15	8	7	0
Mike Bailey	13	2	11	0
Thomas Krebs	9	2	7	0
Ronald Small	7	6	1	1
Edward James	6	2	4	0
Randolph Griffin	4	3	1	0
Michael G. Belnap	4	3	1	0
Kevin Harrison	4	1	3	1
Mark Pierce	3	3	0	1
Brett Norseth	3	2	1	0
Gerald Greenwell	3	1	2	0
Guy Morrell	3	0	3	0
Michael Spencer	2	2	0	0
Rickey Matheney	1	1	0	0
Phillip B. Larson	1	0	1	1
Walter Kaufman	1	0	1	1
Rickey Bailey	1	0	1	0
TOTALS	80	36	44	5

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Lowry	1	16	16.0	0
Todd Christensen	1	14	14.0	0
Roger Gourley	1	5	5.0	0
TOTALS	3	35	11.7	0

Utah Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Jack Steptoe	3	60	20.0	0
Michael Cordy	1	29	29.0	0
TOTALS	4	89	22.2	0

Utah Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Ronald Small	1	4	4.0	0
Mark Pierce	1	3	3.0	0
TOTALS	2	7	3.5	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Dave Taylor	0-0	0	4-5	4
TOTALS	0-0	0	4-5	4

Utah Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Thomas McNamara	0-0	0	0-1	0
TOTALS	0-0	0	0-1	0

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dave Lowry	7	250	35.7	45
TOTALS	7	250	35.7	45

Utah Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Craig Buchi	6	235	39.2	44
Richard Graham	1	27	27.0	27
TOTALS	7	262	37.4	44

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