Season Recap and Highlights
After being picked to finish last in the MWC BYU surprised everyone by finishing 3rd with a 6-5 overall record and a 5-2 conference record. BYU was invited to the Las Vegas bowl where they got a rematch with week 1 opponent the USC Trojans. BYU won the Las Vegas bowl in thrilling fashion and avenged their week 1 loss to the Trojans by a score of 21-16. For the season QB Matt Berry was named the MWC Offensive Player of the Year after leading the nation in passing yards with 3,024 yards and finishing second in the nation with 21 TD passes. Berry was also a finalist for the Andre Ware award. WR Rodney Wilkerson finished the year second in the nation in receiving yards with 1,336 while hauling in 9 TD's. Wilkerson was named as a finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff award. In all BYU had 6 players named to the 1st Team All MWC squad.
Scores and Schedule
Regular Season
Week 1 Southern Cal (jeffreydan32) L 10-16
Week 3 at Stanford (BRIAN GREEN) W 24-0
Week 4 at Boise State (KOWAL) L 14-27
Week 5 at Colorado State (Holc) W 21-14
Week 6 UNLV (Mtwasik) L 3-10
Week 7 Wyoming (Hoos56) W 38-28
Week 8 at Air Force (k93ner) W 42-7
Week 9 Notre Dame (ndmatt34) L 16-21
Week 10 San Diego State (Sting-U) W 34-21
Week 11 New Mexico (GT Troy) W 24-14
Week 12 at Utah (wesley21) L 31-35
Bowl Game
Las Vegas Bowl
Brigham Young 21 Southern Cal 16 (jefferydan32)
Team Season Stats
Total Offense 313.0
Rushing Yards 32.5
Passing Yards 280.5
Total Defense Allowed 268.3
Rushing Yards Allowed 53.5
Passing Yards Allowed 214.7
Offensive Turnovers Per Game 1.7
Defensive Sacks 22
Defensive Fumbles Recovered 6
Defensive Interceptions 13
Offensive Touchdowns 30
Individual Leaders
Passing
Completions Matt Berry 168
Attempts Matt Berry 315
Yards Matt Berry 3024
Touchdowns Matt Berry 21
Interceptions Matt Berry 14
Long Pass Matt Berry 83
QB Rating Matt Berry 147.1
Rushing
Attempts Curtis Brown 100
Yards Curtis Brown 356
Touchdowns Curtis Brown 7
Fumbles Jason Beck 1
Long Curtis Brown 27
Receiving
Receptions Rodney Wilkerson 45
Yards Rodney Wilkerson 1336
Touchdowns Rodney Wilkerson 9
Long Rodney Wilkerson 83
Defense
Tackles K.C. Bills 42
Tackles for Loss Bryant Atkinson 11
Sacks Kellen Fowler 5
Interceptions K.C. Bills 4
Passes Defended Brandon Heaney 13
Touchdowns Brandon Heaney 1
Forced Fumbles Aaron Francisco 2
Fumbles Recovered Bryant Atkinson 1
Kicking
Field Goals Attempted Travis Epperson 15
Field Goals Made Travis Epperson 12
Field Goal Long Travis Epperson 45
Extra Points Attempted Travis Epperson 32
Extra Points Made Travis Epperson 32
Mountain West Final Standings
#16 UNLV (Mtwasik) 9-2
Utah (wesley21) 8-3
Brigham Young (wj5811) 6-5
Wyoming (Hoos56) 6-5
San Diego State(Sting-U) 5-6
Colorado State (Holc) 4-7
New Mexico (GT Troy) 4-7
Air Force (k93ner) 1-10
Season Awards
MWC Off. Player of the Year
QB Matt Berry
MWC 1st Team All Conference
QB Matt Berry
WR Rodney Wilkerson
OL Paul Fisher
LB K.C. Bills
LB Bryant Atkinson
PR Brandon Heaney
