BYU vs. New Mexico Football Game, 1976 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1976 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	6	6	3	6	21
New Mexico	0	0	0	8	8

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Todd Christensen 22 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (kick failed)	6	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Mike Chronister 6 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (pass failed)	12	0
THIRD QUARTER
	FG	Dave Taylor 18 yard field goal	15	0
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Noel Mazzone 3 yard run (Ricky Martin pass from Noel Mazzone)	15	8
	TD	John VanDerWouden 11 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (kick failed)	21	8

Team Stats
	BYU	UNM
1st Downs	14	17
Rushing 1st Downs	4	9
Passing 1st Downs	10	8
Penalty	0	0
Rushing	56	141
Rushing Attempts	45	50
Yards Gained Rushing	135	193
Yards Lost Rushing	79	52
TDs Rushing	0	1
Passing	288	185
Passes Attempted	35	31
Passes Completed	17	10
Intercepted	1	3
TDs Passing	3	0
Pass Efficiency	140.26	63.03
Total Offensive Plays	80	81
Total Net Yards	344	326
Average Gain Per Play	4.30	4.02
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 0	4 - 3
Penalties - Yards	3 - 15	13 - 102
Interceptions - Yards	3 - 52	1 - 11
Punts - Yards	8 - 249	9 - 312
Average Per Punt	31.13	34.67
Punt Returns - Yards	4 - 20	0 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 29	4 - 51
Time of Possession	35:22	24:38

Game Info
Stadium	University Stadiium
Location	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date	Nov 13, 1976
Attendance	18,038
Temperature	28°F
Conference	BYU: WAC UNM: WAC
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards UNM: Bill Mondt
Season Record	BYU: 9-3 UNM: 4-7

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BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Todd Christensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Chronister	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John VanDerWouden	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dave Taylor	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	3	1	0	0	0	0	21

New Mexico Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Noel Mazzone	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ricky Martin	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS	1	0	0	1	0	0	8

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	17-35-1	288	8.2	36	3	140.26
TOTALS	17-35-1	288	8.2	36	3	140.26

New Mexico Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Noel Mazzone	7-22-2	142	6.5	40	0	67.85
CJ Jones	3-9-1	43	4.8	24	0	51.24
TOTALS	10-31-3	185	6.0	40	0	63.03

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeff Blanc	15	53	7	46	3.1	12	0
Todd Christensen	7	30	0	30	4.3	14	0
Dave Lowry	5	21	1	20	4.0	11	0
Roger Gourley	5	10	0	10	2.0	8	0
Gifford Nielsen	13	21	71	-50	-3.8	10	0
TOTALS	45	135	79	56	1.2	14	0

New Mexico Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Williams	25	127	1	126	5.0	25	0
Noel Mazzone	16	53	18	35	2.2	9	1
Kevin Thompson	4	10	3	7	1.8	5	0
Don Barnes	2	3	3	0	0.0	3	0
Bobby Forrest	1	0	2	-2	-2.0	0	0
CJ Jones	2	0	25	-25	-12.5	0	0
TOTALS	50	193	52	141	2.8	25	1

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Todd Christensen	6	100	16.7	32	1
Mike Chronister	5	105	21.0	36	1
Brian Billick	2	43	21.5	22	0
John VanDerWouden	2	23	11.5	12	1
Jeff Blanc	1	10	10.0	10	0
Tod Thompson	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTALS	17	288	16.9	36	3

New Mexico Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Ricky Martin	6	115	19.2	35	0
Preston Dennard	3	47	15.7	40	0
Chris Combs	1	23	23.0	23	0
TOTALS	10	185	18.5	40	0

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Marc Swenson	1	22	0
Blake Murdock	1	17	0
Craig Jensen	1	13	0
TOTALS	3	52	0

New Mexico Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Mark Koskovich	1	11	0
TOTALS	1	11	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PBU
Rod Wood	11	3	8	1	1
Blake Murdock	9	3	6	0	1
Marc Swenson	8	4	4	0	0
Mekeli Ieremia	8	4	4	2	0
Steve Dewey	7	2	5	0	0
Bill Rice	7	1	6	1	0
Craig Jensen	6	4	2	0	1
Dana Wilgar	4	2	2	0	1
Tony Hernandez	4	1	3	0	1
Marcus Kanahele	4	0	4	0	0
Ross Varner	4	0	4	0	0
Dave Taylor	3	2	1	0	0
Reed Brown	3	1	2	0	0
Gary Peterson	3	1	2	0	0
Larry Miller	2	0	2	0	0
Keith Uperesa	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Terranova	1	0	1	0	0
TOTALS	85	29	56	4	5

New Mexico Defense
	Total	Solo	Sacks	PBU
Robin Cole	6	6	1	2
Smokey Turman	5	5	0	1
Marion Chapman	4	4	0	0
David Thompson	4	4	1	0
Roark Shirley	4	4	0	0
Robert Rumbaugh	4	4	1	0
Bruce Herron	3	3	2	0
Andy Frederick	2	2	1	0
Tim Westcott	1	1	0	0
Noel Mazzone	1	1	0	0
Mike Forrest	1	1	0	0
Chris Combs	1	1	0	0
Don Block	1	1	0	1
Max Hudspeth	1	1	0	0
Tom Ryan	1	1	0	0
Mark Koskovich	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	39	39	6	5

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Lowry	2	29	14.5	0
TOTALS	2	29	14.5	0

New Mexico Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Kevin Thompson	2	31	15.5	0
Keith Ellis	1	13	13.0	0
Mike Forrest	1	7	7.0	0
TOTALS	4	51	12.8	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Lynn Zwahlen	1	11	11.0	0
Mike Chronister	3	9	3.0	0
TOTALS	4	20	5.0	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Dave Taylor	1-	18	0-2	3
TOTALS	1-	18	0-2	3

New Mexico Kicking
	FG	XP
None	-	-
TOTALS	-	-

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dave Lowry	8	249	31.1	44
TOTALS	8	249	31.1	44

New Mexico Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Scott Grady	9	312	34.7	55
TOTALS	9	312	34.7	55

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