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Young's legs lead BYU past Virginia
Week 1
David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia
BYU pulled off a huge win over Virginia 27-24 as Steve Young rushed for 2 TD's and passed for another.
Young had a combined 309 total yards on the evening and his 17 yard QB keeper in the 4th QTR put the Cougars up for good with 2:48 remaining in the game.
Virginia's Shawn Moore who passed for 3-TD's had a costly fumble late in the game. Trailing 27-24 Moore had drove the Cavs to the BYU 26 yd line before he fumbled at the 12 yd line following a 14 yard scramble.
| Brigham Young Cougars at Virginia Cavaliers |
| Aug 30, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Brigham Young Cougars (0-0) | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Virginia Cavaliers (0-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| BYU | UVA |
| Total Offense | 389 | 356 |
| Rushing Yards | 177 | 161 |
| Passing Yards | 207 | 195 |
| First Downs | 21 | 16 |
| Punt Return Yards | 24 | 0 |
| Kick Return Yards | 91 | 41 |
| Total Yards | 504 | 397 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 5/10 | 3/11 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0/2 | 2/2 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 5-3-2 | 3-2-1 |
| Penalties | 1-5 | 3-31 |
| Posession Time | 26:15 | 16:41 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | BYU | UVA |
| 4:17 | (BYU) Owen Pochman, 31 yd FG | 3 | 0 |
| 0:00 | (UVA) John Ford, 9 yd pass from Shawn Moore | 3 | 7 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | BYU | UVA |
| 5:47 | (BYU) Glenn Kozlowski, 1 yd pass from Steve Young | 10 | 7 |
| 4:44 | (UVA) Ford, 26 pass from Moore | 10 | 14 |
| 3:18 | (BYU) Young, 9 yd run | 17 | 14 |
| 0:28 | (UVA) Bill Dudley, 19 yd FG | 17 | 17 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | BYU | UVA |
| 2:59 | (UVA) Thomas Jones, 15 yd run | 17 | 24 |
| 0:10 | (BYU) Pochman, 10 yd FG | 20 | 24 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | BYU | UVA |
| 6:52 | (BYU) Young, 17 yd run | 27 | 24 |
| Brigham Young Cougars | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Moore | 19/26 | 195 | 3 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Tiki Barber | 17 | 49 | 2.8 | 0 | | Moore | 12 | 97 | 8.0 | 0 | | Jones | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Ford | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 2 | | Herman Moore | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | | Barber | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Heath Miller | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | | Jones | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | | German Crowell | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | | Bruce McGonnigal | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Keith Lyle | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Covington | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Patrick Kerney | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | James Farrior | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Wali Rainer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Percy Ellsworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ronde Barber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Dudley | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | 19 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Dudley | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | T. Barber | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Terry Kirby | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 |
| | Virginia Cavaliers | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Young | 23/30 | 207 | 1 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Luke Staley | 17 | 76 | 4.4 | 0 | | Young | 16 | 102 | 6.3 | 2 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Gordon Hudson | 6 | 61 | 10.1 | 0 | | Eric Drage | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | | Staley | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | | Bellini | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | | Golden Richards | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | | Margin Hooks | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Kozlowski | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Kurt Gouveia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Glenn Redd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kyle Morrell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Thomas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Farasopoulos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Todd Shell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Byron Frisch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Jason Buck | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Pochman | 2/3 | 3/3 | 9 | 31 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Lee Johnson | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Ronney Jenkins | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Vai Sikahema | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 |
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