BYU vs. West Texas A&M Football Game, 1961 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1961 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	0	0	8	0	8
West Texas A&M	20	21	7	7	55

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Pete Pedro 18 yard pass from Jim Dawson (Charles Williams kick)	0	7
	TD	Pete Pedro 11 yard run (Charles Williams kick)	0	14
	TD	Pete Pedro 23 yard run (kick failed)	0	20
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Jim Dawson 1 yard run (Charles Williams kick)	0	27
	TD	Ollie Ross 2 yard run (Charles Williams kick)	0	34
	TD	Jerry Richardson 3 yard pass from Jim Dawson (Charles Williams kick)	0	41
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Richard Wood 5 yard pass from Eldon Fortie (2-point conversion)	8	41
	TD	Jim Dawson 2 yard run (Charles Williams kick)	8	48
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Quinton Eppinette 3 yard run (Charles Williams kick)	8	55

Team Stats
	BYU	WTAM
1st Downs	19	24
Rushing 1st Downs	10	16
Passing 1st Downs	6	8
Penalty	3	0
Rushing	154	270
Rushing Attempts	43	48
Yards Gained Rushing	185	299
Yards Lost Rushing	31	29
TDs Rushing	0	6
Passing	84	132
Passes Attempted	19	13
Passes Completed	8	11
Intercepted	3	0
TDs Passing	1	2
Pass Efficiency	65.03	220.68
Total Offensive Plays	62	61
Total Net Yards	238	402
Average Gain Per Play	3.84	6.59
Fumbles - Lost	4 - 3	1 - 0
Penalties - Yards	1 - 15	6 - 59
Interceptions - Yards	0 - 0	3 - 69
Punts - Yards	2 - 77	3 - 120
Average Per Punt	38.50	40.00
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 7	2 - 0
Kickoff Returns - Yards	8 - 153	2 - 34

Game Info
Stadium	Buffalo Bowl
Location	Canyon, Texas
Date	Sep 23, 1961
Temperature	83°F
Conference	BYU: Rocky Mountain WTAM: Border
Head Coach	BYU: Hal Mitchell WTAM: Joe Kerbel
Season Record	BYU: 2-8 WTAM: 4-3

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BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Richard Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS	1	0	0	1	0	0	8

West Texas A&M Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Pete Pedro	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Jim Dawson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Charles Williams	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Quinton Eppinette	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jerry Richardson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ollie Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	8	0	7	0	0	0	55

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Eldon Fortie	6-12-0	50	4.2	13	1	112.50
Doran Merkley	2-7-3	34	4.9	24	0	-16.34
TOTALS	8-19-3	84	4.4	24	1	65.03

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Eldon Fortie	13	88	14	74	5.7	31	0
Doran Merkley	9	23	2	21	2.3	6	0
Paul Allen	5	29	8	21	4.2	11	0
Bill Nelson	5	18	0	18	3.6	5	0
Dion Frazier	6	18	0	18	3.0	6	0
Bill Wright	2	8	0	8	4.0	5	0
TEAM	2	1	0	1	0.5	1	0
Gene Frantz	1	0	7	-7	-7.0	0	0
TOTALS	43	185	31	154	3.6	31	0

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Richard Wood	2	29	14.5	24	1
Lloyd Smith	2	20	10.0	10	0
Don Peterson	2	19	9.5	13	0
Gene Frantz	1	10	10.0	10	0
TEAM	1	6	6.0	6	0
TOTALS	8	84	10.5	24	1

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Eldon Fortie	2	52	26.0	26	0
Doran Merkley	2	35	17.5	20	0
Dion Frazier	2	35	17.5	19	0
Bill Nelson	1	20	20.0	20	0
Paul Allen	1	11	11.0	11	0
TOTALS	8	153	19.1	26	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Eldon Fortie	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bill Wright	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	2	7	3.5	7	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	XP
None	-	-
TOTALS	-	-

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Bill Wright	1	45	45.0	45
Dion Frazier	1	32	32.0	32
TOTALS	2	77	38.5	45

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