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1997 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Utah	79	63	42	69	253
OPP	30	94	44	32	200

1997 (6-5)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Aug 30		Utah State	14 - 21 L
Sep 6		@ Louisville	27 - 21 W
Sep 13		@ Texas Christian	32 - 18 W
Sep 20		UTEP	56 - 3 W
Oct 2		@ Fresno State	13 - 27 L
Oct 11		Southern Methodist	19 - 20 L
Oct 18		@ Oregon	13 - 31 L
Oct 25		New Mexico	15 - 10 W
Nov 1		@ Tulsa	13 - 21 L
Nov 15		Rice	31 - 14 W
Nov 22		@ BYU	20 - 14 W

Team Stats
	Utah	OPP
Scoring	253	200
Points per Game	23.0	18.2
1st Downs	17	10
Rushing 1st Downs	90	91
Passing 1st Downs	97	76
Penalty	14	21
Rushing	1,911	1,536
Rushing Attempts	467	438
Yards Gained Rushing	2,054	1,712
Yards Lost Rushing	236	261
Average per Rush	4.1	3.5
Average per Game	173.7	139.6
TDs Rushing	15	12
Passing	2,205	1,952
Passes Attempted	300	298
Passes Completed	175	150
Intercepted	11	8
Average per Pass	7.4	6.6
Average per Catch	12.6	13.0
Average per Game	200.5	177.5
TDs Passing	14	11
Pass Efficiency	128.14	112.17
Total Offensive Plays	767	736
Total Net Yards	4,116	3,488
Average Gain Per Play	5.37	4.74
Average per Game	374.18	317.09
Fumbles - Lost	15 - 6	14 - 5
Penalties - Yards	88 - 746	79 - 660
Interceptions - Yards	8 - 59	11 - 31
Int Return Average	7.38	2.82
Punts - Yards	40 - 1729	61 - 2414
Average Per Punt	43.23	39.57
Punt Returns - Yards	20 - 223	16 - 141
Punt Return Average	11.15	8.81
Kickoff Returns - Yards	30 - 553	51 - 1009
Kick Return Average	18.43	19.78
Time of Possession/Game	05:42	05:12
Third Down Conversions	71 of 163	66 of 161
Third Down Percent	43.56%	40.99%
Fourth Down Conversions	12 of 26	4 of 12
Fourth Down Percent	46.15%	33.33%
Sacks	18 - 129	9 - 85
Average Attendance	35,047	31,673
Neutral Site Average Attendance	0

Season Info
Record	6-5
Conference	WAC
Coach	Ron McBride

Utah Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Cletus Tommy Truhe	0	14	25	0	0	0	67
Juan Johnson	8	0	0	0	0	0	48
Daniel Jones	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Darnell Arceneaux	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Kevin Dyson	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Matt Nickel	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jonathan Crosswhite	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jerome Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Clarence Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Boo Bendinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dirk Christoffersen	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tai Lepule	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	31	14	25	0	0	0	253

Utah Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Jonathan Crosswhite	130-222-9	1588	7.2	57	9	15	123.92
Darnell Arceneaux	44-77-2	616	8.0	66	4	5	136.29
Scott Styles	1-1-0	1	1.0	1	1	0	438.40
TOTALS	175-300-11	2205	7.3	66	14	20	128.14

Utah Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Juan Johnson	181	852	14	838	4.6	37	7
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	154	825	11	814	5.3	37	4
Darnell Arceneaux	46	248	40	208	4.5	24	3
Roy Allen	24	85	0	85	3.5	13	0
Nick Morgan	7	57	0	57	8.1	41	0
Tai Lepule	7	52	0	52	7.4	20	0
Kevin Dyson	1	14	0	14	14.0	14	0
Jonathan Crosswhite	47	79	188	-109	-2.3	17	1
TOTALS	467	2212	253	1959	4.2	41	15

Utah Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Kevin Dyson	60	824	13.7	50	2
Daniel Jones	41	626	15.3	57	5
Boo Bendinger	24	314	13.1	66	1
Jerome Anderson	16	141	8.8	15	1
Chris Jahries	11	132	12.0	36	0
Dirk Christoffersen	7	31	4.4	21	1
Juan Johnson	5	24	4.8	9	1
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	4	39	9.8	25	1
Donny Utu	2	23	11.5	14	0
Matt Nickel	2	18	9.0	17	1
Sean Hagen	1	18	18.0	18	0
Darnell Arceneaux	1	12	12.0	12	0
Tai Lepule	1	3	3.0	3	1
TOTALS	175	2205	12.6	66	14

Utah Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Kevin Dyson	12	268	22.3	38	0
Clarence Lawson	14	261	18.6	31	0
Nick Morgan	1	10	10.0	10	0
Gary Langston	1	9	9.0	9	0
Tai Lepule	1	5	5.0	5	0
Keith Harrison	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	30	553	18.4	38	0

Utah Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Kevin Dyson	20	223	11.2	28	1
TOTALS	20	223	11.2	28	1

Utah Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Phil Glover	2	6	0
Kimball Christianson	1	31	0
Taulia Lave	1	9	0
Teneil Ethridge	1	8	0
Clarence Lawson	1	5	0
Colby Knight	1	0	0
Robert Love	1	0	0
TOTALS	8	59	0

Utah Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Robert Love	92	50	42	3	2/2	2		7
Phil Glover	90	53	37	4	7/20	1		4
Mike Thomas	66	25	41	5	8/13	2		3
Pene Talamaivao	59	29	30	0	7/7	0		3
Chris Godfrey	49	24	25	0	4/5	0		2
Clarence Lawson	42	22	20	0	2/7	0		10
Kimball Christianson	42	21	21	0	1/3	0	0	1	0
Taulia Lave	41	27	14	0	6/12	0		0
Teneil Ethridge	32	25	7	0	1/2	1		11
Jimmy Nolan	32	14	18	0	0/0	0		0
Everestt Matagi	28	12	16	1	4/16	0		2
Cyrus Satoafaiga	27	13	14	0	1/1	0		0
Dicky Purcell	26	13	13	2	1/1	0		1
Howard Christianson	22	13	9	0	1/5	0		0
David Richards	19	16	3	0	1/1	0		1
John Frank	19	11	8	4	1/1	1		0
Ryan Akina	16	8	8	4	2/4	1		3
Andy Bowers	14	4	10	0	0/0	0		0
Andre Dyson	10	3	7	0	0/0	0		2
Colby Knight	9	4	5	0	0/0	0		0
Nick Morgan	8	3	5	0	0/0	0		0	0
Cletus Tommy Truhe	7	6	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Jamal Allen	7	4	3	0	0/0	0		0
Wes Tufaga	7	3	4	0	0/0	0		0
Roy Allen	7	2	5	0	0/0	0		0
Keith Harrison	6	3	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Toni Fatafehi	6	3	3	3	0/0	0		1
Gary Langston	6	2	4	0	0/0	0		0
Fisi Moleni	5	2	3	0	2/7	0		0
Rhett Tatton	5	2	3	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Matt Fankhauser	5	1	4	0	0/0	0		0
Steve McKane	4	2	2	0	0/0	0		0
Bull Heffernan	4	0	4	0	0/0	0		0
Marc Merritt	2	2	0	0	0/0	0		0
Nathan Sybrowsky	1	1	0	0	0/0			0
Naki Angilau	1	1	0	0	0/0			0
Brian Bachhuber	1	1	0	1	0/0
Boo Bendinger	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0
Juan Johnson	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0
Chris Christensen	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0
Chris Jahries	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0
Dirk Christoffersen	1	0	1	0	0/0			0
TOTALS	822	427	395	27	51/107	8	0	51	0

Utah Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Cletus Tommy Truhe	14-20	70.0%	48	25-29	67
TOTALS	14-20	70.0%	48	25-29	67

Utah Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Chris Hunter	34	1529	45.0	80
TEAM	1	23	23.0	0
TOTALS	35	1552	44.3	80

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
McKenzie	BYU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Sauk	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wood	Rice	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Higgins	Tlsa	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Floyd	Lou	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
McCullough	Ore	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Hanna	FSU	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Rios	SMU	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Smith	Ore	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
TOTALS		25	8	24	1	0	0	200

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Maas	Ore	20-36-0	369	10.2	56	3	2	169.16
Redman	Lou	18-36-1	324	9.0	86	2	3	138.38
Volek	FSU	18-34-0	240	7.1	44	3	2	141.35
Sauk	USU	19-30-0	212	7.1	32	0	2	122.69
Dover	TCU	20-36-0	196	5.4	19	1	2	110.46
Leigh	UNM	13-21-1	159	7.6		1		131.70
Wall	Tlsa	11-22-1	101	4.6	28	1	1	94.47
Strickland	UTEP	6-17-0	81	4.8	34	0	0	75.32
Feterik	BYU	10-16-1	70	4.4	15	0	2	86.75
Flanigan	SMU	4-9-0	59	6.6	40	0	0	99.51
Nelson	Rice	3-10-0	56	5.6	26	0	1	77.04
Rayborn	UTEP	3-10-2	35	3.5	14	0	0	19.40
Perez	UTEP	3-5-1	26	5.2	15	0	0	63.68
Sanders	SMU	1-10-1	19	1.9	19	0	0	5.96
Feeley	Ore	1-2-0	5	2.5	5	0	0	71.00
TOTALS		150-298-8	1952	6.6	86	11	15	112.17

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Higgins	Tlsa	30	179	4	175	5.8	35	2
Brown	USU	36	154	1	153	4.2	16	1
Adams	SMU	26	119	1	118	4.5	28	1
Wood	Rice	26	118	0	118	4.5	11	2
McCullough	Ore	23	116	2	114	5.0	26	1
Pittman	FSU	31	123	11	112	3.6	14	0
McKenzie	BYU	26	100	5	95	3.7	15	2
Nelson	Rice	14	89	16	73	5.2	20	0
Polk	UTEP	15	78	7	71	4.7	35	0
Flanigan	SMU	16	78	7	71	4.4	18	1
Kimbrough	FSU	8	50	1	49	6.1	21	0
Tomlinson	TCU	10	45	0	45	4.5	20	1
Moreau	Lou	5	41	0	41	8.2	14	0
Hunt	TCU	9	36	0	36	4.0	10	0
Gordon	UNM	14			31	2.2		0
TOTALS		421	1712	261	1482	3.5	35	14

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jenkins	USU	8	99	12.4	21	0
Mitchell	TCU	7	47	6.7	14	0
Spence	Ore	6	214	35.7	56	1
Volz	UNM	6	119	19.8		1
Montano	Lou	6	80	13.3	19	0
Savage	Tlsa	5	66	13.2	28	1
Smith	USU	5	65	13.0	32	0
Moore	TCU	5	49	9.8	18	1
Mahanke	FSU	5	43	8.6	15	1
McCullough	Ore	5	36	7.2	13	1
Pittman	FSU	4	73	18.2	44	1
Carpenter	UTEP	4	63	15.8	34	0
Johnson	Ore	4	34	8.5	9	0
Floyd	Lou	4	16	4.0	11	1
Brown	USU	4	14	3.5	15	0
TOTALS		144	1912	13.3	86	11

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Phillips	SMU	5	101	20.2	38	0
Sanchez	UTEP	5	100	20.0	21	0
Dabney	BYU	5	96	19.2	31	0
Tomlinson	TCU	4	87	21.8	32	0
Perry	Rice	3	71	23.7	30	0
Pratt	FSU	3	69	23.0	26	0
Brown	USU	3	58	19.3	28	0
Marion	UNM	2	58	29.0		0
Jackson	Lou	3	54	18.0	24	0
McCullough	Ore	3	53	17.7	23	0
TOTALS		51	1009	19.8	38	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Williams	FSU	3	44	14.7	31	0
Smith	USU	2	32	16.0	23	0
Dabney	BYU	1	16	16.0	16	0
Smith	UNM	2	13	6.5		0
Rhinehart	SMU	1	12	12.0	12	0
Huffman	TCU	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jackson	FSU	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jackson	Lou	2	5	2.5	4	0
Johnson	Ore	2	2	1.0	1	0
Braggs	Tlsa	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS		16	141	8.8	31	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Gillen	Tlsa	2	21	0
Nelson	BYU	2	0	0
Figueras	Ore	2	0	0
Purry	Lou	1	6	0
Carty	USU	1	4	0
Pratt	FSU	1	0	0
Hart	SMU	1	0	0
Rhinehart	SMU	1	0	0
TOTALS		11	31	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	PBU	QBH
Young	Tlsa	17	14	3	0	0/0		0
Rice-Locket	Lou	17	11	6	0	4/9		0
Muagututia	UTEP	15	1	14	0	0/0		0
Gass	FSU	12	12	0	5	5/22	1	0
Sirmon	Ore	12	10	2	1	1/4		0
Bibb	Lou	12	9	3	0	0/0		1
McLemore	Ore	12	9	3	1	1/5		2
Fuqua	Lou	11	9	2	0	0/0		1
Frisch	BYU	11	7	4	1	2/4	0	0	2
Stanton	UNM	11	3	8	0	0/0		0
Reynolds	Rice	11	3	8	0	1/1		0
Figueras	Ore	10	7	3	0	0/0		3
Staten	TCU	10	6	4	0	0/0		0
Brown	SMU	10	4	6	0	0/0		1
Wright	UTEP	10	2	8	0	0/0		0
McGarrahan	UNM	10	2	8	1	0/0		1
Farley	Tlsa	9	8	1	0	0/0		0
Lang	Tlsa	9	5	4	0	0/0		0
Taft	TCU	9	4	5	1	1/7		0
Irwin	UNM	9	4	5	0	0/0		0
Henderson	UTEP	9	0	9	0	0/0		0
Browning	TCU	8	6	2	0	0/0		1
Morris	BYU	8	5	3	0	0/0	0	0	0
Dicko	USU	8	5	3	0	1/1		0
D'Amato	USU	8	5	3	1	1/1		0
TOTALS		914	455	459	22	42/161	2	42	5

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Hanna	FSU	2-3	66.7%	24	3-3	9
Rios	SMU	2-2	100.0%	30	2-2	8
Smith	Ore	1-3	33.3%	30	4-4	7
Reeder	TCU	1-1	100.0%	40	1-1	4
Cason	UNM	1-			1-1	4
Bohn	USU	0-0		0	3-3	3
Hilbert	Lou	0-1	0.0%	0	3-3	3
Bishop	UTEP	1-1	100.0%	33	0-0	3
Anderson	Tlsa	0-0		0	3-3	3
Pochman	BYU	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
Grimes	Rice	0-1	0.0%	0	2-2	2
TOTALS		8-13	61.5%	40	24-24	48

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Huffman	TCU	8	360	45.0	69
Roberts	FSU	8	291	36.4	49
Fitzgerald	Tlsa	6	259	43.2	67
Hartsfield	BYU	6	244	40.7	48
Scotti	SMU	6	238	39.7	50
Borseth	Lou	5	230	46.0	59
Arguello	USU	4	156	39.0	43
Bidwell	Ore	4	151	37.8	45
Grimes	Rice	4	140	35.0	51
Finley	UTEP	3	128	42.7	44
Reeder	TCU	1	24	24.0	24
TEAM	SMU	1	-18	-18.0	0
TOTALS		56	2203	39.3	69

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