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

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		1976 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
UTEP	6	21	0	0	27
BYU	7	20	0	13	40

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Ray Holt 40 yard run (kick failed)	0	6
	TD	Todd Christensen 23 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	7	6
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Mike Chronister 60 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (kick failed)	13	6
	TD	Steve Smith 1 yard run (Miguel Alvarez kick)	13	13
	TD	Dave Lowry 29 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	20	13
	TD	Harold Johnson 77 yard pass from Steve Smith (Miguel Alvarez kick)	20	20
	TD	Dean Allcorn 15 yard pass from Steve Smith (Miguel Alvarez kick)	20	27
	TD	Mike Chronister 7 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	27	27
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Todd Christensen 6 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	34	27
	FG	Dave Taylor 40 yard field goal	37	27
	FG	Dave Taylor 33 yard field goal	40	27

Team Stats
	BYU	UTEP
1st Downs	21	17
Rushing 1st Downs	10	10
Passing 1st Downs	11	6
Penalty	0	1
Rushing	140	287
Rushing Attempts	37	60
Yards Gained Rushing	194	318
Yards Lost Rushing	54	31
TDs Rushing	1	2
Passing	334	133
Passes Attempted	30	9
Passes Completed	16	5
Intercepted	1	1
TDs Passing	4	2
Pass Efficiency	184.19	230.80
Total Offensive Plays	67	69
Total Net Yards	474	420
Average Gain Per Play	7.07	6.09
Fumbles - Lost	0 - 0	1 - 1
Penalties - Yards	10 - 113	9 - 88
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 3	1 - 33
Punts - Yards	6 - 215	7 - 255
Average Per Punt	35.83	36.43
Punt Returns - Yards	1 - 20	3 - 10
Kickoff Returns - Yards	5 - 112	4 - 73

Game Info
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, Utah
Date	Nov 6, 1976
Attendance	24,644
Weather	Clear
Conference	BYU: WAC UTEP: WAC
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards UTEP: Gil Bartosh
Season Record	BYU: 9-3 UTEP: 1-11

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BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Todd Christensen	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Mike Chronister	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dave Taylor	0	2	4	0	0	0	10
Dave Lowry	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	5	2	4	0	0	0	40

UTEP Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Ray Holt	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Harold Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Steve Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dean Allcorn	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Miguel Alvarez	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	4	0	3	0	0	0	27

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Gifford Nielsen	15-29-1	319	11.0	60	4	182.74
John VanDerWouden	1-1-0	15	15.0	15	0	226.00
TOTALS	16-30-1	334	11.1	60	4	184.19

UTEP Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Steve Smith	5-9-1	133	14.8	77	2	230.80
TOTALS	5-9-1	133	14.8	77	2	230.80

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeff Blanc	9	60	2	58	6.4	17	0
Roger Gourley	6	55	0	55	9.2	25	0
Todd Christensen	10	38	0	38	3.8	7	1
Dave Lowry	5	31	6	25	5.0	20	0
Gifford Nielsen	7	10	46	-36	-5.1	7	0
TOTALS	37	194	54	140	3.8	25	1

UTEP Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
George Henderson	5	92	0	92	18.4	64	0
Ray Holt	11	68	4	64	5.8	40	1
Robert Elliott	20	66	4	62	3.1	10	0
Steve Smith	19	69	23	46	2.4	19	1
Tanny Johnson	4	20	0	20	5.0	7	0
Willie Neal	1	3	0	3	3.0	3	0
TOTALS	60	318	31	287	4.8	64	2

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Todd Christensen	5	86	17.2	23	1
Mike Chronister	3	125	41.7	60	2
Brian Billick	3	49	16.3	20	0
Dave Lowry	2	43	21.5	29	1
Jeff Blanc	2	16	8.0	10	0
Tod Thompson	1	15	15.0	15	0
TOTALS	16	334	20.9	60	4

UTEP Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Harold Johnson	4	118	29.5	77	1
Dean Allcorn	1	15	15.0	15	1
TOTALS	5	133	26.6	77	2

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Tony Hernandez	1	3	0
TOTALS	1	3	0

UTEP Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Jerry Knoepfel	1	33	0
TOTALS	1	33	0

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Mekeli Ieremia	20	7	13	2	2/	1	0	1
Bill Rice	12	4	8	2	1/	0	0	4
Mark Berntsen	10	5	5	0	0/	0	0	1
Rod Wood	9	3	6	1	0/	0	0	0
Dana Wilgar	7	5	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Larry Miller	7	4	3	0	1/	0	0	0
Marc Swenson	5	3	2	0	1/	0	0	0
Tony Hernandez	4	3	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Marcus Kanahele	3	2	1	1	0/	0	0	1
Steve Dewey	3	0	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Larry Tucker	2	2	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Craig Jensen	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Mark Terranova	2	1	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Ross Varner	2	0	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Jason Coloma	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Gary Kama	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	90	41	49	6	5/0	1	1	7

UTEP Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Lee Mitchell	9	7	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Elroy Stoglin	6	2	4	2	0/	0	0	3
Hal Barnett	5	2	3	1	1/	0	0	0
Art Belvin	4	4	0	0	0/	0	0	1
Carlton Johnson	4	4	0	0	1/	0	0	0
David Clark	4	3	1	1	1/	0	0	0
Jerry Knoepfel	4	2	2	0	1/	0	0	0
Keith Black	4	2	2	0	0/	0	0	3
Joe Miller	3	3	0	0	0/	0	0	1
Mike Black	3	3	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Ken Yates	3	2	1	0	0/	0	1	0
Mike Young	3	2	1	0	0/	0	0	0
Harold Sampson	3	1	2	0	0/	0	0	0
David Crow	2	1	1	0	0/	0	2	0
Ron Haynes	1	1	0	1	0/	0	0	1
Mike Jackson	1	1	0	0	1/	0	0	0
Eddie Forkerway	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	60	40	20	5	5/0	0	3	9

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Lowry	5	112	22.4	0
TOTALS	5	112	22.4	0

UTEP Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
George Henderson	2	38	19.0	0
Ray Holt	2	35	17.5	0
TOTALS	4	73	18.2	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Mike Chronister	1	20	20.0	0
TOTALS	1	20	20.0	0

UTEP Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
David Crow	1	8	8.0	0
Bubba Garcia	2	2	1.0	0
TOTALS	3	10	3.3	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Dave Taylor	2-2	100.0%	40	4-5	10
TOTALS	2-2	100.0%	40	4-5	10

UTEP Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Miguel Alvarez	0-	0	3-4	3
TOTALS	0-	0	3-4	3

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dave Lowry	6	215	35.8	50
TOTALS	6	215	35.8	50

UTEP Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Jerry Walker	7	255	36.4	44
TOTALS	7	255	36.4	44

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