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1979 Western Athletic Conference Year Summary

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Record: 47-45-1, .511 W-L% (7th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -0.30 (7th of 14) ▪ SOS: -0.61 (8th of 14)

Conference Champion: Brigham Young

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Brigham Young)

Standings

Overall Conference Pts/G SRS
School W L T Pct W L T Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Brigham Young 11 1 0 .917 7 0 0 1.000 40.3 13.6 18.13 -0.87
Utah 6 6 0 .500 5 2 0 .714 22.3 24.7 0.18 1.77
San Diego State 8 3 0 .727 4 2 0 .667 26.0 25.1 3.99 0.17
Hawaii 6 5 0 .545 3 3 0 .500 30.0 19.4 2.59 -1.41
New Mexico 6 6 0 .500 3 4 0 .429 17.6 19.1 -2.41 -2.75
Colorado State 4 7 1 .375 3 4 0 .429 14.8 20.1 -3.46 1.87
Wyoming 4 8 0 .333 2 5 0 .286 15.5 23.0 -6.53 -1.45
Texas-El Paso 2 9 0 .182 0 7 0 .000 9.6 24.2 -14.87 -2.23

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/3 Final
Brigham Young         20 16 13 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 13

1 Bowl Game

Date Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
1979-12-21 Holiday Bowl Indiana 38 Brigham Young 37 Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 278
2. Mark Halda (SDGST) 123
3. Phil Davis (WY) 113
4. Keith Lee (COST) 77
5. Floyd Hodge (UT) 62
6. Chris Schaefer (SDGST) 51
7. Keith Castle (TXEP) 44
8. Casey Miller (NM) 42
  Mike Stennis (HI) 42
10. Brad Wright (NM) 39
  Steve Rakhshani (HI) 39
Pass Attempts
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 470
2. Phil Davis (WY) 241
3. Mark Halda (SDGST) 234
4. Keith Lee (COST) 166
5. Floyd Hodge (UT) 138
6. Chris Schaefer (SDGST) 101
7. Keith Castle (TXEP) 99
8. Mike Stennis (HI) 92
9. Steve Rakhshani (HI) 85
10. Casey Miller (NM) 82
Pass Completion Percentage
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 59.1
2. Mark Halda (SDGST) 52.6
3. Phil Davis (WY) 46.9
Passing Yards
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 4100
2. Phil Davis (WY) 1687
3. Mark Halda (SDGST) 1684
4. Floyd Hodge (UT) 1006
5. Keith Lee (COST) 993
6. Chris Schaefer (SDGST) 742
7. Mike Stennis (HI) 565
8. Casey Miller (NM) 555
9. Dave Osborn (NM) 516
10. Keith Castle (TXEP) 475
Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 8.7
2. Mark Halda (SDGST) 7.2
3. Phil Davis (WY) 7.0
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 8.3
2. Mark Halda (SDGST) 4.8
3. Phil Davis (WY) 4.3
Passing Touchdowns
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 31
2. Mark Halda (SDGST) 10
3. Phil Davis (WY) 8
  Floyd Hodge (UT) 8
5. Steve Rakhshani (HI) 5
  Mike Stennis (HI) 5
7. Dave Osborn (NM) 4
  Keith Lee (COST) 4
  Royce Bybee* (BYU) 4
  David Stone (TXEP) 4
Passing Interceptions
1. Phil Davis (WY) 18
  Marc Wilson* (BYU) 18
3. Mark Halda (SDGST) 17
4. Keith Castle (TXEP) 8
  Dave Osborn (NM) 8
  Keith Lee (COST) 8
7. Floyd Hodge (UT) 7
  Steve Rakhshani (HI) 7
  Chris Schaefer (SDGST) 7
10. Brad Wright (NM) 5
  David Stone (TXEP) 5
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 146.5
2. Mark Halda (SDGST) 112.6
3. Phil Davis (WY) 101.7
Rush Attempts
1. Phil Davis (WY) 240
2. Tony Allen (SDGST) 226
3. Gary Allen (HI) 162
4. James Copeland (TXEP) 160
5. Del Rodgers (UT) 158
6. Jimmy Sayers (NM) 145
7. Keith Lee (COST) 137
8. Alvin Lewis (COST) 135
9. Tony Lindsay (UT) 132
10. Jamie Fox (NM) 125
Rushing Yards
1. Tony Allen (SDGST) 1094
2. Gary Allen (HI) 1040
3. Tony Lindsay (UT) 816
4. Lewis Walker (UT) 714
5. Jimmy Sayers (NM) 696
6. James Copeland (TXEP) 638
7. Alvin Lewis (COST) 635
8. Phil Davis (WY) 629
9. Eric Lane* (BYU) 621
10. Homer Jones* (BYU) 601
Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1. Lewis Walker (UT) 7.7
2. Homer Jones* (BYU) 7.2
3. Gary Allen (HI) 6.4
4. Tony Lindsay (UT) 6.2
5. Eric Lane* (BYU) 6.0
6. David Toloumu (HI) 5.4
7. Tony Allen (SDGST) 4.8
8. Jimmy Sayers (NM) 4.8
9. Mike D. Carter (NM) 4.8
10. George Bell (HI) 4.7
Rushing Touchdowns
1. Eric Lane* (BYU) 12
2. Del Rodgers (UT) 11
3. Tony Allen (SDGST) 10
  Phil Davis (WY) 10
5. Gary Allen (HI) 8
6. Lewis Walker (UT) 7
  Homer Jones* (BYU) 7
8. David Toloumu (HI) 5
9. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 4
  Keith Hill (HI) 4
  Brad Wright (NM) 4
  Mike Faucett (COST) 4
Receptions
1. Homer Jones* (BYU) 50
2. Eric Lane* (BYU) 48
3. Dan Pittman (WY) 41
4. Clay Brown* (BYU) 40
5. Stephen Stapler (SDGST) 37
6. Scott Phillips* (BYU) 36
7. Lloyd Jones* (BYU) 34
8. Jim Teahan (UT) 33
9. Dan Plater* (BYU) 26
10. Tony Allen (SDGST) 25
  Steve Martinez (WY) 25
Receiving Yards
1. Stephen Stapler (SDGST) 794
2. Lloyd Jones* (BYU) 774
3. Dan Pittman (WY) 733
4. Clay Brown* (BYU) 640
5. Jim Teahan (UT) 560
6. Eric Lane* (BYU) 556
7. Scott Phillips* (BYU) 498
8. Dan Plater* (BYU) 452
9. Homer Jones* (BYU) 437
10. Matt Braga* (BYU) 382
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Lloyd Jones* (BYU) 22.8
2. Stephen Stapler (SDGST) 21.5
3. Dan Pittman (WY) 17.9
4. Dan Plater* (BYU) 17.4
5. Jim Teahan (UT) 17.0
6. Bobby Taylor (SDGST) 16.1
7. Clay Brown* (BYU) 16.0
8. Donnie Glenn (SDGST) 15.8
9. Steve Martinez (WY) 14.2
10. Scott Phillips* (BYU) 13.8
Receiving Touchdowns
1. Bill Davis* (BYU) 7
  Matt Braga* (BYU) 7
3. Dan Pittman (WY) 6
4. DeWayne Jett (HI) 5
  Stephen Stapler (SDGST) 5
  Homer Jones* (BYU) 5
  Jim Teahan (UT) 5
8. Scott Phillips* (BYU) 4
  Cecil Stockdale (COST) 4
  Chris Combs (NM) 4
Plays From Scrimmage
1. Tony Allen (SDGST) 251
2. Phil Davis (WY) 240
3. Gary Allen (HI) 181
4. James Copeland (TXEP) 165
5. Jimmy Sayers (NM) 164
  Del Rodgers (UT) 164
7. Eric Lane* (BYU) 151
8. Alvin Lewis (COST) 144
9. Tony Lindsay (UT) 137
  Keith Lee (COST) 137
Yards From Scrimmage
1. Tony Allen (SDGST) 1264
2. Gary Allen (HI) 1260
3. Eric Lane* (BYU) 1177
4. Homer Jones* (BYU) 1038
5. Scott Phillips* (BYU) 850
6. Jimmy Sayers (NM) 841
7. Tony Lindsay (UT) 837
8. Stephen Stapler (SDGST) 794
9. Lloyd Jones* (BYU) 774
10. Dan Pittman (WY) 749
Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1. Eric Lane* (BYU) 14
2. Homer Jones* (BYU) 12
3. Del Rodgers (UT) 11
4. Gary Allen (HI) 10
  Phil Davis (WY) 10
  Tony Allen (SDGST) 10
7. Matt Braga* (BYU) 8
  Lewis Walker (UT) 8
9. Bill Davis* (BYU) 7
10. David Toloumu (HI) 6
  Dan Pittman (WY) 6
Total Plays
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 540
2. Phil Davis (WY) 481
3. Keith Lee (COST) 303
4. Mark Halda (SDGST) 261
5. Floyd Hodge (UT) 231
6. Tony Allen (SDGST) 226
7. Keith Castle (TXEP) 172
8. Gary Allen (HI) 164
9. James Copeland (TXEP) 160
10. Del Rodgers (UT) 158
Total Yards
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 3988
2. Phil Davis (WY) 2316
3. Mark Halda (SDGST) 1552
4. Floyd Hodge (UT) 1252
5. Keith Lee (COST) 1193
6. Tony Allen (SDGST) 1094
7. Gary Allen (HI) 1071
8. Tony Lindsay (UT) 816
9. Chris Schaefer (SDGST) 804
10. Lewis Walker (UT) 714
Total Yards Per Play
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 7.4
Total Touchdowns
1. Marc Wilson* (BYU) 35
2. Phil Davis (WY) 18
3. Eric Lane* (BYU) 12
4. Del Rodgers (UT) 11
  Mark Halda (SDGST) 11
6. Tony Allen (SDGST) 10
  Floyd Hodge (UT) 10
8. Gary Allen (HI) 8
9. Mike Stennis (HI) 7
  Lewis Walker (UT) 7
  Keith Lee (COST) 7
  Brad Wright (NM) 7
  Homer Jones* (BYU) 7