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	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Utah	51	113	116	119	399
OPP	69	110	108	70	357

1988 (6-5)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 10		Idaho State	41 - 16 W
Sep 17		@ Illinois	24 - 35 L
Sep 24		Hawaii	20 - 48 L
Oct 1		@ UTEP	28 - 38 L
Oct 8		@ New Mexico	33 - 27 W
Oct 15		Air Force	49 - 56 L
Oct 22		@ #12 Wyoming	18 - 61 L
Oct 29		San Diego State	41 - 20 W
Nov 5		Colorado State	46 - 7 W
Nov 12		@ Utah State	42 - 21 W
Nov 19		BYU	57 - 28 W

Team Stats
	Utah	OPP
Scoring	399	357
Points per Game	36.3	32.5
1st Downs	305	249
Rushing 1st Downs	93	122
Passing 1st Downs	192	108
Penalty	20	19
Rushing	1,440	2,529
Rushing Attempts	357	451
Yards Gained Rushing	1,667	2,719
Yards Lost Rushing	227	190
Average per Rush	4.0	5.6
Average per Game	130.9	229.9
Passing	4,355	2,474
Passes Attempted	543	332
Passes Completed	327	173
Intercepted	20	16
Average per Pass	8.0	7.5
Average per Catch	13.3	14.3
Average per Game	395.9	224.9
TDs Passing	29	14
Pass Efficiency	137.85	118.98
Total Offensive Plays	900	783
Total Net Yards	5,795	5,003
Average Gain Per Play	6.44	6.39
Average per Game	526.82	454.82
Fumbles - Lost	20 - 9	24 - 11
Penalties - Yards	84 - 744	90 - 726
Interceptions - Yards	16 - 144	20 - 112
Int Return Average	9.00	5.60
Punts - Yards	40 - 1442	50 - 2044
Average Per Punt	36.05	40.88
Punt Returns - Yards	28 - 315	18 - 135
Punt Return Average	11.25	7.50
Kickoff Returns - Yards	48 - 1026	55 - 1098
Kick Return Average	21.38	19.96
Third Down Conversions	86 of 150	80 of 134
Third Down Percent	57.33%	59.70%

Season Info
Record	6-5
Conference	WAC
Coach	Jim Fassel

Utah Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Carl Harry	14	0	0	4	0	0	92
Eddie Johnson	15	0	0	0	0	0	90
Tim Wagstaff	0	17	24	0	0	0	75
Dennis Smith	5	0	0	2	0	0	34
Curt Jones	5	0	0	1	0	0	32
Bryan Bero	5	0	0	0	0	0	30
Scott Lieber	0	2	10	0	0	0	16
Aaron Grimm	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Mike Richmond	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Sam Tausinga	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Connaughton	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	49	19	34	7	0	0	399

Utah Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Scott Mitchell	323-533-15	4322	8.1	72	29	17	141.04
Mike Richmond	4-8-3	33	4.1	24	0	0	9.65
Eddie Johnson	0-1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	-200.00
Bryan Bero	0-1-1	0	0.0	0	0	1	-200.00
TOTALS	327-543-20	4355	8.0	72	29	18	137.85

Utah Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Eddie Johnson	157	790	42	748	4.8	36	12
Bryan Bero	95	477	19	458	4.8	27	5
Dennis Smith	11	129	2	127	11.5	35	1
Steve Sigloch	16	53	0	53	3.3	14	0
Clifton Smith	8	38	0	38	4.8	12	0
Curt Jones	6	31	0	31	5.2	13	0
Phil Echols	2	10	0	10	5.0	8	0
Cedric Riles	2	10	0	10	5.0	8	0
Rick Eckles	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
Mike Richmond	2	9	9	0	0.0	9	1
Mike Anglesey	1	0	5	-5	-5.0	0	0
Scott Mitchell	56	127	150	-23	-0.4	13	0
TEAM	1	0	26	-26	-26.0	0	0
TOTALS	358	1675	253	1422	4.0	36	19

Utah Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Carl Harry	65	1145	17.6	72	14
Aaron Grimm	55	850	15.5	33	2
Bryan Bero	52	475	9.1	47	0
Dennis Smith	51	726	14.2	52	4
Curt Jones	45	477	10.6	31	5
Eddie Johnson	32	319	10.0	62	3
Cedric Riles	11	196	17.8	45	0
Dean Witkin	6	49	8.2	12	0
Mike Anglesey	5	75	15.0	29	0
Mike Connaughton	3	38	12.7	18	1
Steve Sigloch	2	8	4.0	4	0
TOTALS	327	4358	13.3	72	29

Utah Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
LaVon Edwards	18	425	23.6	48	0
Carl Harry	5	111	22.2	32	0
Steve Sigloch	2	45	22.5	26	0
Molonai Hola	3	44	14.7	17	0
Sean Knox	1	16	16.0	16	0
Eddie Johnson	1	16	16.0	16	0
Clifton Smith	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bryan Bero	1	14	14.0	14	0
TOTALS	32	686	21.4	48	0

Utah Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
LaVon Edwards	26	289	11.1	30	0
Clifton Smith	2	26	13.0	13	0
TOTALS	28	315	11.2	30	0

Utah Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
LaVon Edwards	6	74	0
Greg Smith	3	19	0
Sean Knox	3	0	0
Darren Patterson	1	22	0
Sam Tausinga	1	17	1
Eric Jacobsen	1	9	0
Manny Saiz	1	3	0
TOTALS	16	144	1

Utah Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU	QBH
Eric Jacobsen	141	82	59	3	2/3	1		7	2
Greg Smith	112	61	51	0	4/21	1		6	0
Garland Harris	102	70	32	1	8/23	1		2	4
Frank Bonifacio	86	47	39	2	2/3	0		0	3
LaVon Edwards	55	41	14	0	1/3	1		9	0
Joe Clausi	55	24	31	2	0/0	0		1	8
Greg Reynolds	54	30	24	1	3/6	1		1	3
Sean Knox	46	31	15	0	0/0	0		9	0
Doug Stroth	45	16	29	1	1/1	0		0	3
Pasa Tukuafu	42	26	16	0	1/1	0		2	2
Sam Tausinga	36	18	18	1	1/2	3		0	1
Pat Kennedy	29	19	10	0	1/1	0		4	3
Molonai Hola	29	14	15	0	2/4	1		2	3
Kava Afu	26	15	11	0	0/0	0		0	0
Pita Tonga	24	17	7	0	2/7	0		0	1
Brent O'Brien	22	10	12	1	4/14	2		0	4
Bob Bonifacio	21	16	5	0	0/0	0		1	0
James Thompson	21	10	11	3	0/0	0		1	4
Manny Saiz	18	14	4	2	0/0	2		0	1
Tom McNitt	18	12	6	0	2/8	0		0	1
Tyger Williams	17	11	6	0	0/0	0		1	0
Bascom Mellon	16	10	6	0	0/0	0		0	3
Haloti Moala	16	9	7	0	0/0	0		0	0
Darren Patterson	15	10	5	0	0/0	0		1	2
David Day	14	1	13	0	0/0	1		0	0
Brian Wise	10	5	5	1	0/0	1		1	2
Brian Anderson	10	4	6	0	0/0	0		0	1
Dean Witkin	10	3	7	0	0/0	0		0	0
Roger Clawson	10	2	8	0	0/0	0		0	0
James McKenna	8	6	2	0	0/0	0		0	0
Mike Anglesey	7	2	5	0	0/0	0		0	0
Pasili Latu	7	2	5	0	1/2	0		0	0
Doug Graham	7	1	6	0	0/0	0		0	0
Mike Connaughton	5	3	2	0	0/0	0		0	0
Steve Sigloch	5	1	4	0	0/0	0		0	0
Wallin Fanene	4	1	3	0	0/0	0		0	0
Errol Martin	3	1	2	0	0/0			0
Wayne Lammle	2	1	1	0	0/0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Fanene	2	1	1	0	0/0			0
Jason Wood	2	0	2	0	0/0	0		0	0
Eddie Johnson	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Shayne McQuivey	1	1	0	0	0/0	0		0	0
Dustin McQuivey	1	1	0	0	0/0			0
Bryan Bero	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Curt Jones	1	0	1	0	0/0	0		0	0
Grayland Williams	1	0	1	0	0/0			0
Brian Harrington	1	0	1	0	0/0			0
TOTALS	1159	650	509	18	35/99	15	0	48	51

Utah Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Tim Wagstaff	17-22	77.3%	47	24-26	75
Scott Lieber	2-5	40.0%	32	10-10	16
Wayne Lammle	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	0
TOTALS	19-28	67.9%	47	34-36	91

Utah Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Scott Lieber	35	1377	39.3	60
Dennis Smith	2	60	30.0	32
Wayne Lammle	1	28	28.0	28
TEAM	1	22	22.0	22
TOTALS	39	1487	38.1	60

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bellini	BYU	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Fuller	UTEP	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Smith	AFA	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Jones	Ill	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Fleming	Wyo	0	2	7	0	0	0	13
McArthur	UH	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Gunn	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Menifee	UTEP	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dowis	AFA	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Kilpatrick	Wyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Roberson	AFA	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Griffith	Ill	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Elam	UH	0	2	4	0	0	0	10
Walsh	UNM	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Ackerson	SDSU	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
Jacke	UTEP	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
Yarbrough	AFA	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
TOTALS		47	10	43	0	0	1	357

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Sack	Effic
Jones	UH	11-16-0	272	17.0	76	3	0	273.43
Barrick	SDSU	21-34-2	248	7.3	25	1	2	120.98
Detmer	BYU	10-20-2	238	11.9	52	2	1	162.96
Whitmer	ISU	24-49-0	230	4.7	30	0	2	88.41
Welniak	Wyo	13-20-0	227	11.3	54	3	1	209.84
Hegarty	UTEP	16-24-0	226	9.4	47	0	0	145.77
Leach	UNM	18-30-1	222	7.4	40	1	2	126.49
Snyder	USU	21-42-5	196	4.7	29	2	0	81.10
Covey	BYU	15-27-3	172	6.4	22	0	2	86.84
George	Ill	13-23-0	165	7.2	28	0	0	116.78
Rule	CSU	7-15-2	116	7.7	48	0	2	84.96
Molander	CSU	3-13-1	45	3.5	25	0	0	36.77
Dowis	AFA	1-3-0	43	14.3	43	1	0	263.73
Jund	ISU	5-9-0	41	4.6	16	1	0	130.49
Benglen	CSU	4-7-0	33	4.7	12	0	0	96.74
TOTALS		182-333-16	2474	7.4	76	14	13	121.33

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Smith	AFA	18	213	0	213	11.8	67	3
Roberson	AFA	23	189	3	186	8.1	32	1
Jones	Ill	19	186	0	186	9.8	54	3
Fuller	UTEP	16	173	0	173	10.8	90	3
Griffith	Ill	18	155	7	148	8.2	78	2
Dawson	Wyo	16	127	0	127	7.9	29	1
Hewitt	SDSU	29	120	11	109	3.8	11	1
Booker	AFA	17	109	2	107	6.3	18	1
Fakava	UH	24	82	0	82	3.4	11	1
Gunn	Wyo	8	81	1	80	10.0	37	1
Menifee	UTEP	13	83	3	80	6.2	30	2
Bellini	BYU	14	83	4	79	5.6	16	2
Dowis	AFA	11	71	1	70	6.4	43	2
Welniak	Wyo	7	69	7	62	8.9	19	1
Ebanez	ISU	14	54	0	54	3.9	7	0
TOTALS		451	2714	190	2524	5.6	90	30

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Gilbreath	SDSU	8	98	12.2	17	0
Barrett	UTEP	7	76	10.9	20	0
Cutler	BYU	6	132	22.0	43	0
Handley	BYU	6	79	13.2	22	1
Tagaloa	USU	6	49	8.2	15	0
Owens	UNM	5	76	15.2	28	0
Brinson	ISU	5	51	10.2	21	0
Roscoe	UH	4	79	19.8	40	0
Smith	USU	4	51	12.8	19	1
Henderson	UNM	4	46	11.5	19	0
Ebanez	ISU	4	42	10.5	12	0
Haber	ISU	4	34	8.5	15	0
Kilpatrick	Wyo	4	30	7.5	15	2
Pettit	ISU	4	20	5.0	9	0
Brown	USU	4	19	4.8	8	0
TOTALS		182	2474	13.6	76	14

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Gunn	Wyo	3	142	47.3	95	1
Khan-Smith	UH	3	130	43.3	70	0
Crutchfield	BYU	6	121	20.2	25	0
Qualls	Ill	5	90	18.0	30	0
Slack	SDSU	3	81	27.0	26	0
Seay	UTEP	3	71	23.7	36	0
Willis	CSU	3	62	20.7	30	0
Rowe	SDSU	2	53	26.5	33	0
Smith	USU	5	40	8.0	14	0
Moore	USU	2	34	17.0	19	0
TOTALS		53	1072	20.2	95	1

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Dussett	Wyo	6	64	10.7	33	0
Gilbreath	SDSU	3	28	9.3	12	0
Mueller	Ill	2	19	9.5	14	0
Sims	CSU	1	10	10.0	10	0
Krause	AFA	2	10	5.0	7	0
Rice	BYU	1	3	3.0	3	0
Alailima	UH	1	3	3.0	3	0
Morrow	UNM	2	-2	-1.0	5	0
TOTALS		18	135	7.5	33	0

OPP Interceptions (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	TD
Jersild	CSU	1	33	1
Gerling	ISU	1	23	0
Jackson	CSU	1	13	0
Manu	ISU	1	13	1
Hill	AFA	1	10	0
Brice	Ill	1	8	0
Ane	CSU	1	5	0
Sale	UTEP	1	5	0
Morgan	UTEP	1	5	0
Tresler	UH	1	5	0
TOTALS		20	125	2

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL/Y	PBU
Earley	SDSU	19	8	11	0	0/0	0
Evans	UTEP	16	6	10	0	0/0	1
Cortell	CSU	15	6	9	0	0/0	0
Lyles	USU	15	3	12	0	0/0	0
Brownlow	Ill	14	11	3	0	1/1	3
Davis	USU	14	4	10	0	0/0	0
Paul	SDSU	14	3	11	0	1/1	0
Good	UNM	13	7	6	0	1/3	0
Wright	UTEP	13	7	6	0	0/0	2
Hansen	USU	13	5	8	0.5	1/	1
Hill	AFA	13	5	8	0	0/0	1
Thompson	CSU	13	3	10	1	1/22	1
Salmon	AFA	11	5	6	0	0/0	0
Manu	ISU	11	4	7	0	0/0	1
Robinson	BYU	11	3	8	0	1/	0
Tresler	UH	10	4	6	0	0/0	0
Sale	UTEP	10	3	7	0	0/0	1
Hetrick	ISU	10	3	7	0	1/1	0
Tolbert	UTEP	9	6	3	1	1/	0
Walker	UTEP	9	5	4	0	0/0	0
Gerling	ISU	9	4	5	0	0/0	0
Hansen	BYU	9	3	6	0	1/	0
Gladney	AFA	9	3	6	0	0/0	0
Morgan	UTEP	9	2	7	0	0/0	1
Wesselman	SDSU	9	1	8	0	0/0	1
TOTALS		1007	418	589	16	33/113	56

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Fleming	Wyo	2-2	100.0%	40	7-7	13
Elam	UH	2-3	66.7%	35	4-4	10
Walsh	UNM	2-2	100.0%	42	3-3	9
Ackerson	SDSU	2-3	66.7%	37	2-2	8
Yarbrough	AFA	0-0		0	8-8	8
Jacke	UTEP	1-49	2.0%	49	5-5	8
Higgins	Ill	0-2	0.0%	0	5-5	5
Chaffetz	BYU	0-0		0	4-4	4
Bombard	ISU	1-2	50.0%	36	1-2	4
Moody	USU	0-0		0	3-3	3
Brown	CSU	0-2	0.0%	0	1-1	1
Powers	Wyo	0-0		0	0-1	0
TOTALS		10-65	15.4%	49	43-45	73

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Maloney	ISU	10	378	37.8	55
Luke	CSU	7	263	37.6	45
Agular	USU	5	233	46.6	60
Walsh	UNM	5	216	43.2	48
Brownlee	UTEP	5	209	41.8	48
Menkhausen	Ill	5	196	39.2	50
Santos	SDSU	3	133	44.3	53
Kilpatrick	Wyo	3	123	41.0	44
Blasy	AFA	3	115	38.3	48
Ah Loo	UH	2	108	54.0	54
Thompson	BYU	2	70	35.0	39
TOTALS		50	2044	40.9	60