BYU Cougars

1971 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
45	Doug Adams D. Adams	LB	6'2"	210	SO
10	David Afleck D. Afleck	WR	6'2"	190	JR
8	David Atkinson D. Atkinson	DB	6'2"	185	SO
7	Bill August B. August	QB	6'0"	180	JR
61	Joe Bailey J. Bailey	OL	6'1"	200	SO
54	Mike Bailey M. Bailey	OL	6'3"	245	JR
78	Steve Barnes S. Barnes		6'2"	220	JR
36	Wayne Bower W. Bower	FB	6'0"	188	SO
66	Carl Bowers C. Bowers	LB	6'2"	215	SR
90	Dan Bowers D. Bowers	TE	6'4"	210	SR
86	Spero Bowman S. Bowman	LB	6'2"	195	SR
79	David Brooks D. Brooks	OL	6'3"	220	SO
67	Larry Carr L. Carr	LB	6'0"	218	SO
9	Dave Coon D. Coon	FB	6'0"	185	JR
74	Ray Crandell R. Crandell		6'3"	225	JR
70	Bik Critchfield B. Critchfield	OL	6'4"	240	SO
44	Craig Crompton C. Crompton	DB	5'10"	165	JR
62	Craig Denny C. Denny	OL	6'2"	225	SO
60	Dennis Doman D. Doman	LB	6'1"	210	JR
43	Jerry Dugger J. Dugger	WR	5'10"	180	SO
82	Bill Dvorak B. Dvorak	LB	6'0"	195	SR
24	Tom Echohawk T. Echohawk	RB	6'2"	195	SO
55	Steve Facer S. Facer	OL	5'11"	230	SR
21	Brian Gladwell B. Gladwell	RB	6'0"	185	SO
33	George Gourley G. Gourley	RB	5'11"	180	JR
76	Gordon Gravelle G. Gravelle	OL	6'5"	245	SR
15	Brian Gunderson B. Gunderson	QB	6'0"	175	JR
11	Dan Hansen D. Hansen		6'2"	190	JR
85	Paul Howard P. Howard	DL	6'3"	237	JR
25	Logan Hunter L. Hunter	WR	6'1"	180	JR
20	Bryce Johnson B. Johnson	RB	6'2"	192	SO
52	Dale Johnson D. Johnson	OL	6'2"	240	SO
31	Ron Knight R. Knight	DB	5'11"	175	JR
89	Bob Larsen B. Larsen	DL	6'4"	205	SO
84	Joe Liljenquist J. Liljenquist	DL	6'2"	220	SR
37	Jeff Lyman J. Lyman	LB	6'3"	233	SR
17	Bill Miller B. Miller	WR	6'0"	190	SR
56	Benny Mitchell B. Mitchell	OL	5'11"	220	SO
71	John Monahan J. Monahan	OL	6'3"	230	JR
75	Max Page M. Page	OL	6'2"	221	JR
89	Mike Pistorius M. Pistorius	TE	6'1"	195	SO
83	Dennis Poppinga D. Poppinga	TE	6'4"	205	JR
50	Mike Preston M. Preston	LB	6'3"	205	SO
65	Steve Price S. Price	OL	6'2"	195	SO
22	Golden Richards G. Richards	WR	6'1"	178	JR
73	Keith Rivera K. Rivera		6'1"	226	SO
88	Ed Rozeski E. Rozeski	DL	6'1"	220	JR
26	Pili Saluone P. Saluone	FB	5'9"	170	SR
19	Bennie Smith B. Smith	RB	6'0"	178	JR
35	Steve Stratton S. Stratton	FB	6'0"	215	SO
13	Dave Terry D. Terry	QB	5'11"	165	SO
32	Ron Tree R. Tree	LB	5'11"	190	JR
72	Rich Valgaardson R. Valgaardson	OL	6'4"	245	SR
28	Pete Van Valkenburg P. Van Valkenburg	RB	6'2"	195	JR
17	Wayne Watten W. Watten	QB	5'10"	174	SO
77	Grant Wells G. Wells		6'4"	227	SO
23	Von Wells V. Wells	RB	6'2"	185	JR
16	Tony Williams T. Williams	RB	6'0"	175	SO
34	Ron Wilson R. Wilson	RB	6'0"	175	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375