BYU vs. Southern Mississippi Football Game, 1976 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Southern Mississippi	3	16	0	0	19
BYU	0	28	21	14	63

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Mike Wright 26 yard field goal	0	3
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	John VanDerWouden 6 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	7	3
	TD	Mike Chronister 45 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	14	3
	TD	Carl Allen 33 yard interception return (Mike Wright kick)	14	10
	TD	Dave Lowry 1 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	21	10
	TD	John Pitts 6 yard pass from Ken Alderman (Mike Wright kick)	21	17
	Saf	Reggie Odom tackled Terry McEwen in end zone	21	19
	TD	Tod Thompson 20 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	28	19
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Blanc 2 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	35	19
	TD	Mike Chronister 6 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)	42	19
	TD	Jeff Blanc 10 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	49	19
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Roger Gourley 6 yard run (Dave Taylor kick)	56	19
	TD	Jeff Nilsson 1 yard pass from Terry McEwen (Dave Taylor kick)	63	19

Game Info
Stadium	Cougar Stadium
Location	Provo, Utah
Date	Oct 16, 1976
Attendance	23,029
Weather	Fair and Clear
Conference	BYU: WAC USM: Independent
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards USM: Bobby Collins
Season Record	BYU: 9-3 USM: 2-9

Southern Mississippi Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
John Pitts	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Carl Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Wright	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
Reggie Odom	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	2	1	2	0	0	1	19

Southern Mississippi Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Ken Alderman	13-31-2	190	6.1	41	1	91.16
Chuck Clancy	0-2-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	13-33-2	190	5.8	41	1	85.64

Southern Mississippi Rushing
	No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ben Garry	17	44	2.6	10
Curtis Dickey	9	31	3.4	11	0
Chuck Clancy	5	15	3.0	6	0
David Hosemann	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ken Alderman	17	1	0.1	10	0
TOTALS	49	93	1.9	11	0

Southern Mississippi Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
John Cannon	5	85	17.0	41	0
Chuck Brown	3	47	15.7	16	0
Ben Garry	1	17	17.0	17	0
Boo Smith	1	14	14.0	14	0
Chuck Clancy	1	12	12.0	12	0
Chris Pieper	1	10	10.0	10	0
John Pitts	1	5	5.0	5	1
TOTALS	13	190	14.6	41	1

Southern Mississippi Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Carl Allen	1	38	1
Ronald Taylor	1	13	0
TOTALS	2	51	1

Southern Mississippi Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Ronald Taylor	13	9	4	0	1/	0	0	1
Clemon Ector	11	6	5	0	1/	0	0	0
Terry Daniels	7	6	1	0	0/	0	2	0
Carl Allen	6	3	3	0	0/	0	1	0
Mike Crenshaw	6	3	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Reggie Odom	5	3	2	0	2/	0	0	2
Craig Stevens	4	3	1	0	1/	0	0	1
Malachi Henry	4	2	2	0	0/	0	0	0
Don Law	4	1	3	0	0/	0	1	0
Bobby Smithart	3	1	2	0	0/	0	0	2
JJ Stewart	3	1	2	0	1/	0	0	0
Rick Northam	3	0	3	0	0/	0	0	0
Randy Basler	3	0	3	0	0/	0	0	1
Bishop Knox	2	2	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Stoney Parker	2	1	1	0	1/	0	0	1
Eddie Nunez	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Emanuel Killingsworth	1	1	0	0	0/	0	0	0
Ricky Allen	1	0	1	0	0/	0	0	0
TOTALS	79	43	36	0	7/0	0	4	8

Southern Mississippi Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Chuck Clancy	8	169	21.1	0
Carlos Montgomery	1	38	38.0	0
TOTALS	9	207	23.0	0

Southern Mississippi Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Malachi Henry	1	17	17.0	0
TOTALS	1	17	17.0	0

Southern Mississippi Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Mike Wright	0-	0	2-2	2
TOTALS	0-	0	2-2	2

Southern Mississippi Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Mike Wright	4	197	49.2	66
TOTALS	4	197	49.2	66