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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Utah	87	86	42	106	321
OPP	105	131	68	58	362

1987 (5-7)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 5		New Mexico	24 - 20 W
Sep 12		@ San Diego State	34 - 52 L
Sep 19		@ Wisconsin	31 - 28 W
Sep 26		Idaho State	51 - 16 W
Oct 3		@ Air Force	27 - 48 L
Oct 10		@ Colorado State	24 - 23 W
Oct 17		@ Hawaii	14 - 25 L
Oct 24		Utah State	36 - 41 L
Oct 31		@ Boise State	31 - 27 W
Nov 7		UTEP	24 - 30 L
Nov 14		Wyoming	7 - 31 L
Nov 21		@ BYU	18 - 21 L

Team Stats
	Utah	OPP
Scoring	321	362
Points per Game	26.8	30.2
1st Downs	275	273
Rushing 1st Downs	91	132
Passing 1st Downs	164	129
Penalty	20	12
Rushing	1,366	2,545
Rushing Attempts	364	510
Yards Gained Rushing	1,739	2,855
Yards Lost Rushing	373	310
Average per Rush	3.8	5.0
Average per Game	113.8	212.1
Passing	3,884	3,167
Passes Attempted	525	396
Passes Completed	306	237
Intercepted	22	20
Average per Pass	7.4	8.0
Average per Catch	12.7	13.4
Average per Game	323.7	263.9
TDs Passing	26	20
Pass Efficiency	128.39	133.59
Total Offensive Plays	889	906
Total Net Yards	5,250	5,712
Average Gain Per Play	5.91	6.30
Average per Game	437.50	476.00
Fumbles - Lost	32 - 18	26 - 9
Penalties - Yards	102 - 983	95 - 793
Interceptions - Yards	20 - 160	22 - 294
Int Return Average	8.00	13.36
Punts - Yards	60 - 2251	57 - 2202
Average Per Punt	37.52	38.63
Punt Returns - Yards	23 - 249	21 - 204
Punt Return Average	10.83	9.71
Kickoff Returns - Yards	55 - 1137	53 - 910
Kick Return Average	20.67	17.17
Time of Possession/Game	29:00	31:00
Third Down Conversions	66 of 168	78 of 181
Third Down Percent	39.29%	43.09%

Season Info
Record	5-7
Conference	WAC
Coach	Jim Fassel

Utah Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Scott Lieber	0	14	27	0	0	0	69
Curt Jones	6	0	0	1	0	0	38
Clifton Smith	6	0	0	0	0	0	36
Martell Black	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Jeff Jenkins	4	0	0	1	0	0	26
Chris Mendonca	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Darren Hughes	4	0	0	0	0	0	24
Carl Harry	3	0	0	1	0	0	20
Eddie Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dennis Smith	1	0	0	2	0	0	10
Mike Anglesey	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Scott Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Aaron Grimm	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Sean Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rodney Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Steve Peters	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS	40	14	27	6	0	0	321

Utah Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Chris Mendonca	194-332-17	2389	7.2	86	15	29	123.55
Scott Mitchell	109-188-4	1448	7.7	35	9		134.22
Clifton Smith	2-2-0	32	16.0	16	2		564.40
Darren Hughes	1-2-0	15	7.5	15	0		113.00
Todd Handley	0-1-1	0	0.0	0	0		-200.00
TOTALS	306-525-22	3884	7.4	86	26	29	128.39

Utah Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Martell Black	103	541	21	520	5.0	33	4
Clifton Smith	90	442	18	424	4.7	31	2
Rodney Wells	36	278	5	273	7.6	47	0
Molonai Hola	12	73	1	72	6.0	20	0
Dennis Smith	6	65	0	65	10.8	28	0
Al Rodgers	7	39	2	37	5.3	16	0
Curt Jones	6	30	2	28	4.7	15	0
Mike Anglesey	2	27	0	27	13.5	21	1
Eddie Johnson	10	25	5	20	2.0	8	0
Jeff Jenkins	2	18	0	18	9.0	13	0
Aaron Grimm	1	0	15	-15	-15.0	0	0
Scott Mitchell	18	21	62	-44	-2.4	7	1
Chris Mendonca	68	183	242	-59	-0.9	20	4
TOTALS	361	1742	373	1366	3.8	47	12

Utah Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Carl Harry	63	826	13.1	53	3
Curt Jones	56	569	10.2	35	6
Jeff Jenkins	41	725	17.7	86	4
Dennis Smith	32	351	11.0	27	2
Aaron Grimm	31	521	16.8	34	1
Clifton Smith	26	299	11.5	50	2
Rodney Wells	20	171	8.6	17	1
Eddie Johnson	15	162	10.8	29	2
Darren Hughes	9	151	16.8	45	4
Martell Black	6	36	6.0	11	1
Cedric Riles	2	27	13.5	15	0
Molonai Hola	2	1	0.5	1	0
Chris Mendonca	1	38	38.0	38	0
Steve Peters	1	10	10.0	10	0
Paul Knierim	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	306	3887	12.7	86	26

Utah Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Clifton Smith	19	422	22.2	98	1
Jeff Jenkins	13	317	24.4	42	0
Darren Hughes	15	303	20.2	35	0
Sean Knox	3	31	10.3	17	0
Rodney Wells	1	30	30.0	30	0
Molonai Hola	2	23	11.5	16	0
Martell Black	2	11	5.5	11	0
TOTALS	55	1137	20.7	98	1

Utah Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Clifton Smith	12	185	15.4	62	0
Darren Hughes	10	60	6.0	9	0
Carl Harry	1	4	4.0	4	0
TOTALS	23	249	10.8	62	0

Utah Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Eric Jacobsen	7	12	0
Clarence Fields	3	62	0
Sean Knox	3	0	0
Sean Robertson	2	65	1
Bob Bonifacio	2	19	0
Frank Bonifacio	1	11	0
Haloti Moala	1	11	0
Garland Harris	1	6	0
TOTALS	20	186	1

Utah Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Eric Jacobsen	138	92	46	2	2/3	5	5	3
Greg Smith	124	75	49	1	9/24	2	2	0
Frank Bonifacio	105	67	38	2	4/15	3	1	1
Sean Robertson	94	54	40	2	4/16	2	6	7
Scott Wagner	81	45	36	0	3/16	2	0	0
Pasa Tukuafu	76	46	30	1	1/7	0	0	2
Clarence Fields	72	57	15	1	0/0	0	6	2
Sean Knox	69	51	18	1	1/3	0	13	1
Garland Harris	65	47	18	1	5/21	0	2	9
John Mahe	62	32	30	0	4/8	0	2	1
Bob Jenkins	48	30	18	1	3/9	1	4	7
Tika Manu	45	26	19	5	5/10	2	1	9
James McKenna	39	20	19	1	2/4	1	0	5
Dave White	35	14	21	0	0/0	0	0	9
James Thompson	34	21	13	0	4/0	2	0	6
Haloti Moala	30	16	14	0	2/9	1	2	1
Brian Wise	27	19	8	2	2/8	0	0	4
Bob Bonifacio	24	15	9	0	0/0	0	0	0
PJ Williams	22	16	6	0	3/11	0	0	2
Tunufai Ta'Ase	22	13	9	0	3/7	0	0	2
Leo Austin	17	10	7	0	0/0	0	3	0
Ryan Campbell	12	6	6	0	0/0	0	0	0
Greg Reynolds	9	4	5	0	0/0	0	0	1
Doug Stroth	8	3	5	0	0/0	0	0	0
Molonai Hola	7	4	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Cedric Riles	5	1	4	0	0/0	0	0	0
Dean Witkin	4	1	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Al Rodgers	3	1	2	0	0/0	0	0	0
TEAM	2	0	2	0	0/0	0	0	0
Dennis Smith	2	0	2	0	0/0	0	0	0
Chris Mendonca	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Don Cruse	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Jeff Jenkins	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Mike Snyder	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Al Lolohea	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Shawn Aste	1	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0
Vince Jenkins	1	1	0	0	0/0		0
Sonny Kaufusi	1	1	0	0	0/0		0
Mike Anglesey	1	0	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
Martell Black	1	0	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
Rodney Wells	1	0	1	0	0/0	0	0	0
TOTALS	1292	794	498	20	57/171	21	47	72

Utah Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Scott Lieber	14-15	93.3%	47	27-29	69
Tim Wagstaff	1-0		0	0-0	3
TOTALS	15-15	100.0%	47	27-29	72

Utah Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Don Cruse	59	2535	43.0	59
TEAM	1	16	16.0	16
TOTALS	60	2551	42.5	59

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bena	Wyo	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Harvey	UTEP	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Valverde	UH	0	4	1	0	0	0	13
Mathis	UNM	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dowis	AFA	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Smith	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Yarbrough	AFA	0	2	6	0	0	0	12
Fakava	UH	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Hewitt	SDSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Jackson	SDSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Maiden	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Andrade	BSU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Artley	Wisc	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Garner	USU	0	2	5	0	0	0	11
Ackerson	SDSU	0	1	7	0	0	0	10
Wiggins	BSU	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Gregoire	Wisc	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
TOTALS		45	17	35	1	0	2	362

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Santos	SDSU	35-42-1	462	11.0	33	4	2	202.40
Garrison	UNM	30-44-0	375	8.5	39	3	3	162.27
Snyder	USU	27-42-1	360	8.6	43	5	2	170.81
Molander	CSU	23-43-2	351	8.2	44	2	4	128.10
Hegarty	UTEP	20-35-4	340	9.7	42	1	2	125.31
Covey	BYU	26-45-2	244	5.4	50	1	0	101.77
Brown	ISU	15-29-3	236	8.1	31	1	2	110.77
Alcalde	BSU	10-17-1	206	12.1	50	2	3	187.67
Jones	UH	13-21-1	184	8.8	69	0	2	125.98
Burnett	Wyo	17-30-1	162	5.4	26	1	1	106.36
Keyes	Wisc	9-19-1	99	5.2	21	0	1	80.61
Dowis	AFA	3-7-0	62	8.9	51	0		117.26
Halliday	BSU	4-7-0	39	5.6	13	0	0	103.94
Jensen	BYU	2-4-0	32	8.0	25	0	0	117.20
Runyan	Wyo	1-2-0	11	5.5	11	0	0	96.20
TOTALS		237-396-20	3167	8.0	69	20	22	133.59

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Dowis	AFA	19	244	3	241	12.7	53	2
Harvey	UTEP	37	214	12	202	5.5	30	3
Abraham	Wyo	25	172	0	172	6.9	30	0
Jackson	BSU	16	158	1	157	9.8	38	1
Vinci	Wisc	13	145	3	142	10.9	58	0
Artley	Wisc	14	140	2	138	9.9	63	2
Hewitt	SDSU	18	119	6	113	6.3	25	2
Bena	Wyo	10	109	0	109	10.9	56	3
Keyes	Wisc	24	111	13	98	4.1	14	0
Stephens	UH	9	89	0	89	9.9	33	0
Blanchard	AFA	5	92	3	89	17.8	77	1
Whitehouse	CSU	16	96	10	86	5.4	27	0
Fakava	UH	18	67	0	67	3.7	13	2
Whittingham	BYU	20	73	11	62	3.1	13	0
Letnich	AFA	6	62	2	60	10.0	43	0
TOTALS		510	2856	310	2546	5.0	77	23

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Bellini	BYU	12	119	9.9	18	0
Adkison	UTEP	10	200	20.0	42	1
Mathis	UNM	9	191	21.2	39	2
Hall	UNM	8	42	5.2	12	0
Smith	USU	7	142	20.3	43	2
Newman	USU	7	115	16.4	25	1
Andrade	BSU	6	132	22.0	50	2
Dorough	CSU	6	103	17.2	24	0
Maiden	USU	6	47	7.8	23	2
Handley	BYU	6	40	6.7	12	0
Beals	ISU	5	78	15.6	26	1
Sargent	Wyo	5	73	14.6	26	1
Duff	UNM	5	65	13.0	28	1
Reed-Martin	SDSU	5	62	12.4	26	0
LaDay	UH	5	58	11.6	29	0
TOTALS		237	3167	13.4	69	20

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mathis	UNM	4	81	20.2	29	0
Johnson	UTEP	4	78	19.5	26	0
Artley	Wisc	4	70	17.5	21	0
Payne	USU	3	65	21.7	20	0
Selto	ISU	3	63	21.0	24	0
Peterson	SDSU	3	62	20.7	25	0
Caston	ISU	3	52	17.3	22	0
Jackson	BSU	2	51	25.5	26	0
Beach	CSU	3	38	12.7	23	0
Carr	CSU	2	35	17.5	25	0
TOTALS		51	874	17.1	33	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Loving	Wyo	4	70	17.5	37	0
O'Brien	BYU	6	47	7.8	15	0
Bell	UH	2	35	17.5	23	0
Smith	USU	3	22	7.3	15	0
Gooding	BSU	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bestor	Wisc	1	8	8.0	8	0
Mathis	UNM	1	7	7.0	7	0
Barth	AFA	1	5	5.0	5	0
Johnson	UTEP	1	2	2.0	2	0
Stamp	AFA	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
TOTALS		21	204	9.7	37	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Cortell	CSU	2	35	0
Kelley	ISU	1	33	0
Kuehl	BSU	1	31	0
Lalau	UH	1	31	0
White	Wisc	1	24	0
Thomas	BYU	1	20	1
Kimbrough	Wyo	1	19	0
Marks	ISU	1	15	0
Thomas	Wisc	1	15	0
Calley	ISU	1	11	0
TOTALS		21	268	1

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Calley	ISU	19	6	13	0	0/0		1
Williams	BSU	15	13	2	0			2
Kuehl	BSU	15	11	4	0			3
Allen	UNM	15	4	11	0	0/0		1
Marks	ISU	13	6	7	0	0/0		1
Long	BYU	12	8	4	0	1/	0	3	0
Miller	USU	12	7	5	0	0/0		1
Nowka	Wisc	12	2	10	0	0/0		0
Kwiatkowski	BSU	11	8	3	1			0
Johnson	Wisc	11	2	9	1	2/6		0
Hartlieb	Wisc	11	0	11	0	0/0		0
Hock	CSU	10	9	1	0	0/0		1
VonColln	BYU	10	5	5	0	0/	0	0	0
Cortell	CSU	9	9	0	0	0/0		1
Ellis	BSU	9	7	2	0			2
Mundt	CSU	9	7	2	0	0/0		0
White	ISU	9	4	5	0	1/4		0
Davis	ISU	9	2	7	0	0/0		0
Pavlakis	CSU	8	8	0	0	3/6		0
Wesselman	SDSU	8	6	2	0	0/0		1
Kane	UH	8	5	3	0	0/0		0
Austin	UH	8	5	3	0	2/6		0
Morgan	UTEP	8	3	5	0	0/0		0
Terry	UTEP	8	2	6	1	0/0		0
Edmunson	ISU	8	1	7	0	0/0		0
TOTALS		928	481	447	35	41/159	0	68	8

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Valverde	UH	4-4	100.0%	41	1-1	13
Yarbrough	AFA	2-2	100.0%	23	6-6	12
Garner	USU	2-2	100.0%	33	5-5	11
Ackerson	SDSU	1-2	50.0%	47	7-7	10
Wiggins	BSU	2-4	50.0%	32	3-3	9
Gregoire	Wisc	2-3	66.7%	32	2-3	8
Worker	Wyo	1-2	50.0%	40	2-3	5
Tyler	CSU	1-3	33.3%	50	2-3	5
Chitty	BYU	1-2	50.0%	34	1-1	4
Castellanos	UTEP	0-0		0	4-4	4
Maloney	ISU	1-1	100.0%	36	1-1	4
Walsh	UNM	0-0		0	2-3	2
TOTALS		17-25	68.0%	50	36-40	87

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thompson	BYU	7	287	41.0	51
Albrecht	UNM	7	281	40.1	48
Agular	USU	6	281	46.8	54
Mariani	ISU	5	190	38.0	47
Blasy	AFA	4	156	39.0	45
Kilpatrick	Wyo	4	151	37.8	44
Rouen	CSU	4	146	36.5	52
Ah Loo	UH	4	128	32.0	37
Luke	CSU	4	123	30.8	37
Cepicky	Wisc	3	130	43.3	45
Schimmer	BSU	3	118	39.3	50
Adkison	UTEP	2	76	38.0	39
Ross	SDSU	2	71	35.5	41
Halliday	BSU	1	40	40.0	40
Walsh	UNM	1	24	24.0	24
TOTALS		58	2221	38.3	54