BYU @ UCONN! Victory achieved!

Last week BYU played their season opener against UCONN (University of Connecticut) and won 35-10!

It was a great game with an impressive performance by Taysom Hill and many other players as you will see below. BYU hadn't won by that many points on a first season road-opener for a while. It was especially good compared to last years season opener where BYU lost to a team they should've beaten.

Next week, BYU will play Texas on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 5:30 PM. Watch Countdown to Kickoff on BYUtv an hour before the game starts and watch the Post-Game Show on BYUtv after the game. Go BYU!!!

Here are some quick awesome stats:

PASSING/RECEIVING (308 overall yards)
Taysom Hill (Quarterback - QB): 28 completions for 36 passing attempts (77.8%), 0 interceptions, 308 passing yards, longest pass was 35 yards, 3 passing touchdowns, 177.14 efficiency, threw to 9 different receivers
Mitch Mathews (Wide Receiver - WR): 5 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown, longest catch was 26 yards
Terenn Houk (WR): 4 catches for 58 yards, 1 touchdown, longest catch was 35 yards
Adam Hine (Running Back - RB): 3 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown
Algernon Brown (RB): 4 catches for 44 yards, longest catch was 25 yards
Colby Pearson (WR): 3 catches for 47 yards, longest catch was 30 yards

RUSHING (205 overall yards)
Taysom Hill (QB): 98 yards with 8.1 yards average, longest rush was 26 yards, 2 touchdowns
Paul Lasike (RB): 49 yards with 5.4 yards average, longest rush was 12 yards
Algernon Brown (RB): 35 yards with 5.8 yards average, longest rush was 14 yards
Adam Hine (RB): 15 yards with 2.5 yards average, longest rush was 6 yards

DEFENSIVE (4 total sacks for 18 yards, UCONN only had 71 rushing yards)
Zac Stout (Linebacker - LB): 10 total (6 solo) tackles, 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss for 2 yards
Skye PoVey (Defensive Back - DB): 10 total (5 solo) tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss for 5 yards
Michael Davis (DB): 8 total (7 solo) tackles, 1 pass broken up
Craig Bills (DB): 5 total (4 solo) tackles, 1 interception
Jherremya Leuta-Douyere (LB): 5 total (1 solo) tackles, 1 forced fumble
Bronson Kafusi (LB): 4 total (3 solo), 2 sacks & 2 tackles for loss for 11 yards PLUS 2 more QB hits
Dallin Leavitt (DB): 4 total (1 solo), 0.5 tackles for loss for 1 yard, 1 pass broken up
Michael Alisa (LB): 4 total (1 solo), 1 tackle for loss for 2 yards
Jordan Preator (DB): 3 total (2 solo), 2 passes broken up
Austin Heder (LB) & Teu Kautai (LB): each 1 pass broken up
Alani Fua (LB): 1 tackle for loss for 2 yards