1997 FINAL STATISTICS
RECORD: 7-4 Overall; 6-2 Conference; 4-2 Home; 3-2 Road
ATTENDANCE: Total 163,814 (14,892); Home - 73,582 (12,264); Road - 90,232 (18,046)
Results Attd
Sept. 6 12-23 L at Clemson 62,000
Sept. 20 27-23 W Eastern Kentucky 11,602
Sept. 27 40-15 W at The Citadel 6,093
Oct. 4 28-51 L East Tennessee State 12,631
Oct. 11 22-24 L at Furman 9,686
Oct. 18 24-12 W Georgia Southern 13,887
Oct. 25 26-21 W at Wofford 8,155
Nov. 1 41- 7 W Chattanooga 16,761
Nov. 8 42- 7 W at Virginia Military 4,298
Nov. 15 13- 7 W Western Carolina 9,989
Nov. 22 19-25 L Liberty 8,712
Team Statistics ASU OPP
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 220 192
Rushing 85 100
Passing 124 83
Penalty 11 9
3rd Down Conversions 80/171 52/153
4th Down Conversions 10/16 7/16
Avg. Time of Possession 30:11 29:49
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NET RUSHING YARDS 1441 1933
Attempts 391 461
Yards Gained 1743 2251
Yards Lost 302 318
Yards/Attempt 3.7 4.2
Yards/Game 131.0 175.7
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NET PASSING YARDS 2738 1743
Attempts 374 252
Completions 222 126
Had Intercepted 11 11
Completion Percen .594 .500
Completions/Game 20.2 11.5
Yards/Attempt 7.3 6.9
Yards/Completion 12.3 13.8
Yards/Game 248.9 158.5
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TOTAL OFFENSE 4179 3676
Total Plays 765 713
Yards/Attempt 5.5 5.2
Yards/Game 379.9 334.2
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PUNTING YARDS 2046 2643
Punts 54 69
Yards/Punt 37.9 38.3
Had Blocked 3 0
Net Punting 33.8 33.1
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KICKOFF RETURNS/YARDS 30/706 36/643
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PUNT RETURNS/YARDS 34/356 32/222
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INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 11/114 11/291
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FUMBLES-LOST 12-7 20-6
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PENALTIES/YARDS 80/733 69/607
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TOUCHDOWNS 39 29
Rushing 19 17
Passing 19 10
Return 1 2
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CONVERSIONS 30-39 23-29
PAT-Kick 30-35 20-23
PAT-Rush 0- 0 3- 6
PAT-Pass 0- 4 0- 0
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FIELD GOALS 10-11 3- 7
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TOTAL POINTS 294 215
Points/Game 26.7 19.6
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SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 ot Total
Opponents 23 46 47 99 - 215
MOUNTAINEERS 51 77 79 87 - 294
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Rushing G Att Gain Lost Net TD YPA LG
19 Gerard Hardy 11 178 943 67 876 8 4.9 71
6 Carlos Horton 8 44 179 22 157 2 3.6 26
25 Terrence McCall 11 30 148 3 145 1 4.8 17
33 Kareem Young 11 40 137 8 129 1 3.2 11
14 Bake Baker 11 76 240 173 67 6 0.9 26
22 Mike Jones 9 7 17 0 17 - 2.4 7
52 Joey Hall 11 2 19 0 19 - 9.5 16
3 Chris Charles 2 2 11 0 11 - 5.5 8
5 Daryl Skinner 11 1 10 0 10 1 10.0 10
47 David Pegram 3 2 10 1 9 - 4.5 10
15 Rashad Slade 10 1 7 0 7 - 7.0 7
8 David Reaves 4 7 22 17 5 - 0.7 10
17 Jeff Marr 11 1 0 11 -11 - - -
Passing G Att Com Int Net .Pct YPA TD
14 Bake Baker 11 347 207 8 2550 .597 7.4 18
8 David Reaves 4 24 14 1 148 .583 6.2 1
19 Gerard Hardy 11 1 1 0 40 1.000 40.0 -
3 Chris Charles 2 1 0 1 0 .000 0.0 -
17 Jeff Marr 11 1 0 1 0 .000 0.0 -
Pass Efficiency G YPA Com% TD% Int% Rating
14 Bake Baker 11 7.35 59.65 5.19 2.31 133.89
8 David Reaves 4 6.17 58.33 4.17 4.17 115.55
Total Offense G Att Rush Pass Total TDR YPA
14 Bake Baker 11 423 67 2550 2617 23 6.2
19 Gerard Hardy 11 179 876 40 916 11 5.1
8 David Reave 4 31 5 148 153 1 4.9
3 Chris Charles 2 3 11 0 11 - 3.7
(all others same as rushing totals)
Receiving G Cgt Yards TD YPR RPG LG
80 Joey Gibson 11 46 695 4 15.1 4.2 41
5 Daryl Skinner 11 42 668 5 15.9 3.8 69
19 Gerard Hardy 11 40 347 3 8.7 3.6 58
39 Frank Leatherwood 11 36 436 5 12.1 3.3 35
6 Carlos Horton 8 23 233 - 10.1 2.9 51
15 Rashad Slade 10 15 182 1 12.1 1.5 34
33 Kareem Young 11 8 77 - 9.6 0.7 32
25 Terrence McCall 11 7 47 1 6.7 0.6 20
1 Kendrick Hall 9 4 39 - 9.8 0.5 16
84 Scott Murphy 11 1 14 - 14.0 0.1 14
Kickoff Punt Intercept
Returns G No-Yds-LG No-Yds-LG No-Yds-LG
21 L.J. Brooks 11 18-431-43 - - - -
11 Kevin Tatum 11 5-138-58 - - 1- 41-41
25 Terrence McCall 11 3- 45-26 - - - -
12 Jon Duncan 11 2- 56-28 - - 1- 3- 3
19 Gerard Hardy 11 1- 20-20 1- 4- 4 - -
9 Chuck Payne 11 1- 16-16 - - - -
4 Ken Byrd 11 - - 33-352-43 2- 46-34
24 Corey Hall 11 - - - - 2- 0- 0
2 Elando Johnson 11 - - - - 2- 0- 0
36 Darrel Wilson 6 - - - - 1- 18-18
7 Earl Hunter 11 - - - - 1- 6- 6
43 Joe Best 11 - - - - 1- 0- 0
Punting G No. Yards YPP Ins 20 LG
17 Jeff Marr 11 49 1951 39.8 11 56
34 Brian Reilly 1 2 95 47.5 0 62
TEAM (blocked) 11 3 0 - - -
Scoring G TD PatK 2-Pat FG Total
19 Gerard Hardy 11 11 - - - 66
30 Chris Barden 11 - 28-32 - 9-9 55
5 Daryl Skinner 11 6 - - - 36
14 Bake Baker 11 6 - 0-4 - 36
39 Frank Leatherwood 11 4 - - - 30
80 Joey Gibson 11 4 - - - 24
6 Carlos Horton 8 2 - - - 12
25 Terrence McCall 11 2 - - - 12
15 Rashad Slade 10 1 - - - 6
33 Kareem Young 11 1 - - - 6
11 Kevin Tatum 11 1 - - - 6
28 Stuart Jones 11 - 2-3 - 1-2 5
FG Success G 17-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total
30 Chris Barden 11 1-1 7-7 1-1 0-0 9- 9
28 Stuart Jones 11 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 1- 2
TEAM (blocked) - - - - -
ASU TOTALS 11 1-1 7-7 2-3 0-0 10-11
Opponents 11 1-2 2-3 0-2 0-0 3- 7
Individual Punts Over 50 Yards
Jeff Marr 5 --- 56 vs. Clemson; 53, 51 vs. East Tennessee State; 50 vs. Wof-ford; 53 vs. Chattanooga; 55 vs. Liberty
Individual Field Goal Attempts
(MADE in parenthesis)
Chris Barden 9-9 --- (31), (37) vs. Clemson; (42) vs. Furman; (36) vs. Georgia Southern; (29), (36) vs. Wofford; (33), (39) vs. Chattanooga; (32) vs. Western Carolina
Stuart Jones 1-2 --- 49 vs. Wofford; (47) vs. Western Carolina
Offensive Line* Plays Pcs Prs Sks WP
64 Tony Bequette 709 9 1.0 0.0 11
61 Shawn Clark 134 3 2.0 1.0 1
73 Jason Godlewski 159 2 1.0 0.5 -
53 Cedrone Hodges 748 12 3.0 2.5 9
69 Brian Jacobs 11 0 0.0 0.0 -
60 Bryan Metts 768 12 11.5 1.0 9
58 Billy Miller 11 0 0.0 0.0 -
50 Raine Osborne 11 1 0.0 0.0 -
76 John Overman 40 3 1.0 0.0 2
63 Steven Pack 3 0 0.0 0.0 -
75 Greg Thayer 137 2 7.5 3.0 2
51 Scott Williams 769 12 7.0 1.0 11
79 Billy Young 232 4 2.0 2.5 3
59 Jeff Yardley 274 1 4.0 0.5 6
*Total Graded Plays, Pancake Blocks, Pressures Allowed, Sacks Allowed, Winning Performances
Defensive Chart G T A Total Loss Sack Press CF FR Int PBU
7 Earl Hunter, db/lb 11 88 37 125 6 2.0 7 2 1 1 1
98 Jackie Avery, dl 11 53 27 80 12 6.0 21 1 1 - -
12 Jon Duncan, db 11 51 23 74 1 - 1 - 1 1 1
52 Joey Hall, lb 11 48 24 72 13 7.0 3 - - - 5
43 Joe Best, lb 11 36 31 67 2 1.0 2 1 - 1 1
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85 Steve Carson, dl 11 43 22 65 18 10.0 13 1 1 - 3#
95 Rocky Hunt, dl 11 35 16 51 10 5.0 16 2 2 - 3
4 Ken Byrd, db 11 32 11 43 - - - - - 2 10
24 Corey Hall, db 11 30 13 43 1 - - - - 2 4
9 Chuck Payne, db 11 26 16 42 - - - - - - 2
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97 Jamie Lovern, dl 11 25 11 36 2 1.0 5 - - - -
2 Elando Johnson, db 11 24 7 31 - - - - $ 2 10
66 Ben Aiken, lb 11 16 10 26 - - 1 1 - - 1
91 Matt Halbert, dl 11 16 7 23 7 4.0 3 - - - 2
56 Jay Gallagher, dl 11 12 10 22 1 - 2 - - - 1
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35 Adam Neiheisel, lb 3 13 5 18 1 - 1 - - - -
40 Jimmy Freeman, dl 11 7 9 16 - - - - - - -
92 Jason Sowell, dl 11 10 2 12 - - - - - - -
11 Kevin Tatum, db 11 10 2 12 - - - - - 1 1
55 Matt Watson, lb 11 6 5 11 1 - - - - - -
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36 Darrel Wilson, lb 6 7 3 10 1 - 1 - - 1 -
90 Lance Scott, dl 11 5 4 9 - - 1 1 - - -
31 Neil Cornatzer, lb 11 7 2 9 1 - 1 - - - -
25 Terrence McCall,rb 11 3 3 6 - - - - - - -
21 L.J. Brooks, db 11 2 3 5 - - - - - - 2
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37 Brian Jean-Mary,lb 6 2 3 5 - - - - - - -
57 Josh Hinson, ls 10 3 1 4 - - - - - - -
67 Daniel Patterson,lb 4 2 2 4 - - - - - - -
18 Nathan Daigle, lb 10 2 1 3 - - - - - - -
96 Ryan Watson, lb 3 2 1 3 - - - - - - -
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22 Mike Jones, rb 9 2 0 2 - - - - - - -
1 Kendrick Hall, wr 9 2 0 2 - - - - - - -
49 Matt Alspaugh, lb 5 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
89 Ed Durham. dl 7 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
39 F. Leatherwood, te 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
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41 Chad Thompson, lb 1 0 1 1 - - - - - - -
20 Ben Rhodarmer, wr 8 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
19 Gerard Hardy, rb 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
5 Daryl Skinner, wr 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
79 Billy Young, ol 10 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
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54 Wes Allen, ls 1 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
17 Jeff Marr, p 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - -
#-includes blocked field goal vs. Clemson $-includes 13-yard blocked field goal return vs. Clemson