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1978 Western Athletic Conference Year Summary

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Record: 39-43-0, .476 W-L% (11th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -1.49 (8th of 14) ▪ SOS: -1.32 (8th of 14)

Conference Champion: Brigham Young

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

	Overall				Conference				Pts/G		SRS
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
Brigham Young	9	4	0	.692	5	1	0	.833	24.6	15.3	7.95	0.41
Utah	8	3	0	.727	4	2	0	.667	26.5	16.5	4.79	-2.57
Wyoming	5	7	0	.417	4	2	0	.667	21.1	20.4	0.79	0.62
New Mexico	7	5	0	.583	3	3	0	.500	23.7	17.1	3.26	-2.16
Colorado State	5	6	0	.455	2	4	0	.333	21.6	22.5	-5.73	-3.37
San Diego State	4	7	0	.364	2	4	0	.333	22.0	23.4	-4.91	-2.73
Texas-El Paso	1	11	0	.083	1	5	0	.167	12.6	35.3	-16.59	0.58

1 Bowl Game

Date	Bowl	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
1978-12-22	Holiday Bowl	Navy	23	Brigham Young	16	Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)

Award Winners

WAC Offensive Player of the Year:	Mike Williams (New Mexico) Jim McMahon (Brigham Young)

WAC Coach of the Year:	Wayne Howard (Utah)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	205
2.	Randy Gomez (UT)	138
3.	Brad Wright (NM)	126
4.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	121
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	118
6.	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	87
7.	Steve Fairchild (COST)	57
8.	Marc Cousins (WY)	52
9.	Keith Lee (COST)	51
10.	Noel Mazzone (NM)	12

Pass Attempts

1.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	358
2.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	278
3.	Randy Gomez (UT)	266
4.	Brad Wright (NM)	251
5.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	233
6.	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	176
7.	Marc Cousins (WY)	130
8.	Keith Lee (COST)	122
9.	Steve Fairchild (COST)	115
10.	Noel Mazzone (NM)	30

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	57.3
2.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	51.9
3.	Randy Gomez (UT)	51.9
4.	Brad Wright (NM)	50.2
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	42.4

Passing Yards

1.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	2262
2.	Randy Gomez (UT)	2027
3.	Brad Wright (NM)	1925
4.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	1499
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	1460
6.	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	1307
7.	Marc Cousins (WY)	928
8.	Steve Fairchild (COST)	905
9.	Keith Lee (COST)	703
10.	Noel Mazzone (NM)	125

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Brad Wright (NM)	7.7
2.	Randy Gomez (UT)	7.6
3.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	6.4
4.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	6.3
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	5.3

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Randy Gomez (UT)	6.0
2.	Brad Wright (NM)	5.7
3.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	5.3
4.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	4.6
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	2.0

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Randy Gomez (UT)	19
2.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	14
3.	Brad Wright (NM)	9
4.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	8
5.	Keith Lee (COST)	7
	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	7
7.	Marc Cousins (WY)	6
	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	6
	Steve Fairchild (COST)	6

Passing Interceptions

1.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	23
2.	Randy Gomez (UT)	18
3.	Brad Wright (NM)	15
4.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	14
5.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	13
6.	Marc Cousins (WY)	11
7.	Steve Fairchild (COST)	8
	Keith Lee (COST)	8
	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	8
10.	Noel Mazzone (NM)	3

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Randy Gomez (UT)	125.9
2.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	115.4
3.	Brad Wright (NM)	114.5
4.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	106.1
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	78.3

Rush Attempts

1.	Mike Williams (NM)	213
2.	Tony Lindsay (UT)	209
3.	Larry Jones (COST)	189
4.	Brad Wright (NM)	172
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	169
6.	Marc Cousins (WY)	167
7.	Ray Holt (TXEP)	166
8.	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	153
9.	Alvin Lewis (COST)	147
10.	LaTraia Jones (WY)	127

Rushing Yards

1.	Mike Williams (NM)	1015
2.	Larry Jones (COST)	898
3.	Alvin Lewis (COST)	809
4.	Tony Lindsay (UT)	803
5.	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	705
6.	Ray Holt (TXEP)	671
7.	Myron Hardeman (WY)	658
8.	LaTraia Jones (WY)	617
9.	Mike D. Carter (NM)	587
10.	Bob Davis (WY)	560

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Mike D. Carter (NM)	5.6
2.	Myron Hardeman (WY)	5.5
3.	Alvin Lewis (COST)	5.5
4.	Bob Davis (WY)	5.1
5.	LaTraia Jones (WY)	4.9
6.	Mike Williams (NM)	4.8
7.	Larry Jones (COST)	4.8
8.	Jimmy Sayers (NM)	4.6
9.	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	4.6
10.	Tony Newberry (COST)	4.5

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Mike Williams (NM)	9
2.	Brad Wright (NM)	8
	Bill Ring* (BYU)	8
4.	LaTraia Jones (WY)	7
5.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	5
	Tony Lindsay (UT)	5
7.	Keith Lee (COST)	4
	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	4
	Bob Davis (WY)	4
	Casey Wingard* (BYU)	4
	Mike D. Carter (NM)	4
	Marc Cousins (WY)	4
	Ray Holt (TXEP)	4

Receptions

1.	Mike Chronister* (BYU)	52
2.	Frank Henry (UT)	45
3.	Bubba Garcia (TXEP)	40
4.	Don Warren (SDGST)	39
5.	Rick Garretson (SDGST)	36
	Harold Johnson (TXEP)	36
7.	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	35
	Stephen Stapler (SDGST)	35
9.	Tod Thompson* (BYU)	34
10.	Bill Ring* (BYU)	30

Receiving Yards

1.	Mike Chronister* (BYU)	850
2.	Frank Henry (UT)	771
3.	Ricky Martin (NM)	594
4.	Tod Thompson* (BYU)	560
5.	Rick Garretson (SDGST)	509
6.	Stephen Stapler (SDGST)	490
7.	Jim Teahan (UT)	488
8.	Don Warren (SDGST)	483
9.	Mark R. Bell (COST)	459
10.	Bubba Garcia (TXEP)	451

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Mark R. Bell (COST)	19.1
2.	Frank Henry (UT)	17.1
3.	Jim Teahan (UT)	16.8
4.	Tod Thompson* (BYU)	16.5
5.	Mike Chronister* (BYU)	16.3
6.	Steve Folsom (UT)	14.9
7.	Rick Garretson (SDGST)	14.1
8.	Stephen Stapler (SDGST)	14.0
9.	Mark E. Bell (COST)	12.6
10.	Don Warren (SDGST)	12.4

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Frank Henry (UT)	6
2.	Mark R. Bell (COST)	5
	Ricky Martin (NM)	5
	Steve Folsom (UT)	5
	Tod Thompson* (BYU)	5
6.	Stephen Stapler (SDGST)	4
	Frank Jarzombek (TXEP)	4
	Don Warren (SDGST)	4
9.	Jim Teahan (UT)	3
	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	3
	Dan Pittman (WY)	3
	Mark E. Bell (COST)	3
	Mike Chronister* (BYU)	3
	Bill Ring* (BYU)	3

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Mike Williams (NM)	230
2.	Tony Lindsay (UT)	217
3.	Larry Jones (COST)	204
4.	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	188
5.	Ray Holt (TXEP)	180
6.	Brad Wright (NM)	172
7.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	169
8.	Marc Cousins (WY)	167
9.	Alvin Lewis (COST)	160
10.	Bill Ring* (BYU)	146

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Mike Williams (NM)	1127
2.	Larry Jones (COST)	1061
3.	Alvin Lewis (COST)	987
4.	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	986
5.	Tony Lindsay (UT)	902
6.	Mike Chronister* (BYU)	850
7.	Ray Holt (TXEP)	784
8.	Frank Henry (UT)	771
9.	Bill Ring* (BYU)	695
10.	Mike D. Carter (NM)	691

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Bill Ring* (BYU)	11
2.	Mike Williams (NM)	9
3.	Brad Wright (NM)	8
4.	LaTraia Jones (WY)	7
	Tony Lindsay (UT)	7
6.	Frank Henry (UT)	6
	Phil DuBois (SDGST)	6
8.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	5
	Steve Folsom (UT)	5
	Mark R. Bell (COST)	5
	Ricky Martin (NM)	5
	Tod Thompson* (BYU)	5

Total Plays

1.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	447
2.	Brad Wright (NM)	423
3.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	387
4.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	337
5.	Randy Gomez (UT)	315
6.	Marc Cousins (WY)	297
7.	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	275
8.	Keith Lee (COST)	248
9.	Mike Williams (NM)	213
10.	Tony Lindsay (UT)	209

Total Yards

1.	Brad Wright (NM)	2403
2.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	2163
3.	Randy Gomez (UT)	1991
4.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	1796
5.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	1584
6.	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	1555
7.	Marc Cousins (WY)	1250
8.	Keith Lee (COST)	1095
9.	Mike Williams (NM)	1015
10.	Larry Jones (COST)	898

Total Touchdowns

1.	Randy Gomez (UT)	19
2.	Brad Wright (NM)	17
3.	Mark Halda (SDGST)	14
4.	Oscar Ramirez (TXEP)	12
5.	Keith Lee (COST)	11
6.	Marc Wilson* (BYU)	10
	Jim McMahon* (BYU)	10
	Marc Cousins (WY)	10
9.	Mike Williams (NM)	9
10.	Bill Ring* (BYU)	8

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