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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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