BYU Cougars

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	244	3,921	834	4.7	1,967	553	3.6	1,954	281	7.0
Team Rank		47th	41st	13th	64th	89th	76th	93rd	12th	16th	48th
Opponent	11	228	3,649		4.9	2,010	536	3.8	1,639	214	7.7
Opponent Rank		123rd	79th		88th	54th	46th	57th	120th	99th	119th
Net		+16	+272	+834	-0.2	-43	+17	-0.2	+315	+67	-0.7
Net Rank		74th	53rd	13th	81st	68th	63rd	79th	36th	27th	94th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	110	180	61.1	16.4	1,471	8.2	133.7	10	7	140.3	5.6	3.9
Mark Giles M. Giles	11	39	75	52.0	6.8	396	5.3	36.0	3	8	88.2	4.0	10.7
Jeff Duva J. Duva	11	6	25	24.0	2.3	84	3.4	7.6	0	3	28.2	0.0	12.0
Danny Hartwig D. Hartwig	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	0	125.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Blanc J. Blanc	11	216	19.6	984	4.6	89.5	9	231	1,142
Charlie Ah You C. Ah You	11	79	7.2	309	3.9	28.1	5
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	59	5.4	273	4.6	24.8	1	89	592
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	57	5.2	-144	-2.5	-13.1	2
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	11	41	3.7	199	4.9	18.1	0	46	316
Mark Giles M. Giles	11	39	3.5	143	3.7	13.0	0
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	34	3.1	115	3.4	10.5	0	42	150
Jeff Duva J. Duva	11	11	1.0	34	3.1	3.1	0
Pisa Finai P. Finai	11	8	0.7	32	4.0	2.9	0
Clay Blackwell C. Blackwell	11	5	0.5	13	2.6	1.2	1
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	31	635
Danny Hartwig D. Hartwig	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
George Harris G. Harris	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0	2	5

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	30	2.7	319	10.6	29.0	3	89	592
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	29	2.6	621	21.4	56.5	3	31	635
Brian Billick B. Billick	11	19	1.7	207	10.9	18.8	1
Jeff Nilsson J. Nilsson	11	18	1.6	236	13.1	21.5	1
Jeff Blanc J. Blanc	11	15	1.4	158	10.5	14.4	2	231	1,142
Tom Dignan T. Dignan	11	13	1.2	135	10.4	12.3	1
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	8	0.7	35	4.4	3.2	0	42	150
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	11	5	0.5	117	23.4	10.6	1	46	316
Mike House M. House	11	3	0.3	38	12.7	3.5	0
Kirk Tanner K. Tanner	11	3	0.3	36	12.0	3.3	0
Bill Allen B. Allen	11	3	0.3	30	10.0	2.7	0
Bob Biddy B. Biddy	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0
George Harris G. Harris	11	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.0	0	2	5
Brad Oates B. Oates	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	2		12	72
Jeff Blanc J. Blanc	11	9	2	11	66
Charlie Ah You C. Ah You	11	5		5	30
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	1	3	4	24
Mark Giles M. Giles	11	0		3	18
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	0	3	3	18
Brian Billick B. Billick	11		1	1	6
Clay Blackwell C. Blackwell	11	1		1	6
Tom Dignan T. Dignan	11		1	1	6
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	11	0	1	1	6
Jeff Nilsson J. Nilsson	11		1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333