Mekeli Ieremia

Defensive Tackle 80

Ht/Wt

238 lbs.

Class

Senior

Hometown

Tarrytown,

New York

Last School

Sleepy Hallow High School

Roster Years

1974-1977

Personal

Parents are Lutatu and Lola of Niosafutu, Western Samoa ... married Lisa Lambert in Provo ... sociology major.

Before BYU

High School - Mekeli didnt get a shot at American football until he arrived in Tarrytown, N.Y. back in 1972, and played only one season (his senior year) before enrolling at BYU ... won Con Edison award for the State of New York (1974), was voted MVP in teh area ... Sleepy Hollow High won regional championship in White Plains ... he was coached by Bruce Thomas (Rhode Island) ... 3.5 GPA.

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 1974

Sophmore Year 1975

Earned starting berth ... ranked fifth in defensive statistics with 156 points ... was in several key goal line stands, most memorable being against ASU ... made two fumble recoveries, had five sacks and was in on 11 tackles ... very aggressive, unrelenting type player ... 23 hurries ... top quarterback sacker.

Junior Year 1976

17 quarterback sacks ... honrable mention All-America (AP) ... All-WAC first team ... WAC defensive player of the week ... owns school defense statistics record at 45 points in a single game.

Senior Year 1977

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

STATS

Sport

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Defensive

Career		Tackles				Sacks		Interceptions			Misc
Year	GP	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL/YDS	NO	YDS	INT	YDS	TD	FF	FR	FRYDS	QBH	PBU
1977	11	13	7	0	9.5 / 45	4	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1976	11	25	8	0	15.5 / 113	10	84	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
1975	10	16	15	25	5 / 11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1974	1	1	1	2	1 / 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS:	33	55	31	27	31 / 169	14	120	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

1977 Games			Tackles				Sacks		Interceptions			Misc
Opponent	Date	Result	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL/YDS	NO	YDS	INT	YDS	TD	FF	FR	FRYDS	QBH	PBU
@ Kansas State	Sep. 10	W 39-0	1	1	-	1.5 / 7	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Utah State	Sep. 24	W 65-6	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ New Mexico	Sep. 30	W 54-19	4	1	-	4.5 / 24	3	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Oregon State	Oct. 8	L 19-24	3	1	-	1.5 / 9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Colorado State	Oct. 15	W 63-17	3	1	-	2 / 5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	-	-
@ Wyoming	Oct. 22	W 10-7	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Arizona	Oct. 29	W 34-14	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Utah	Nov. 5	W 38-8	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Arizona State	Nov. 12	L 13-24	2	3	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Long Beach State	Nov. 19	W 30-27	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	-	-
@ UTEP	Nov. 26	W 68-19	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS:		9-2	13	7	0	9.5 / 45	4	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

1976 Games			Tackles				Sacks		Interceptions			Misc
Opponent	Date	Result	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL/YDS	NO	YDS	INT	YDS	TD	FF	FR	FRYDS	QBH	PBU
@ Kansas State	Sep. 11	L 3-13	4	4	-	2.5 / 15	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
@ Colorado State	Sep. 18	W 42-18	3	0	-	3 / 12	3	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Arizona	Sep. 25	W 23-16	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ San Diego State	Oct. 2	W 8-0	6	0	-	2 / 13	1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Southern Mississippi	Oct. 16	W 63-19	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Utah State	Oct. 23	W 45-14	3	0	-	3 / 32	3	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Arizona State	Oct. 30	W 43-21	2	0	-	2 / 24	2	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ UTEP	Nov. 6	W 40-27	1	0	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ New Mexico	Nov. 13	W 21-8	3	4	-	3 / 17	1	6	-	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
@ Utah	Nov. 20	W 34-12	1	0	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	Dec. 18	L 21-49	2	0	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS:		9-2	25	8	0	15.5 / 113	10	84	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0

1975 Games			Tackles				Sacks		Interceptions			Misc
Opponent	Date	Result	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL/YDS	NO	YDS	INT	YDS	TD	FF	FR	FRYDS	QBH	PBU
@ Bowling Green	Sep. 13	L 21-23	6	0	-	1 / 3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
@ Colorado State	Sep. 20	L 17-21	2	2	4	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Arizona State	Sep. 27	L 0-20	3	4	7	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ New Mexico	Oct. 3	W 16-15	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Air Force	Oct. 11	W 28-14	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Wyoming	Oct. 25	W 33-20	0	3	3	0.5 / 4	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Arizona	Nov. 1	L 20-36	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ Utah	Nov. 15	W 51-20	5	5	10	3 / 0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
@ UTEP	Nov. 22	W 20-10	-	-	-	- / -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Mississippi	Nov. 29	L 14-42	0	1	1	0.5 / 4	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS:		5-5	16	15	25	5 / 11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

1974 Games			Tackles				Sacks		Interceptions			Misc
Opponent	Date	Result	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL/YDS	NO	YDS	INT	YDS	TD	FF	FR	FRYDS	QBH	PBU
@ Wyoming	Oct. 12	W 38-7	1	1	2	1 / 0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS:		1-0	1	1	2	1 / 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Offensive Line

Career
Year	GP	GS
1977	11	9
1976	11	11
1975	10	5
1974	1	0
TOTALS:	33	25

1977 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GP	GS
@Kansas State	Sep. 10	W 39-0
@Utah State	Sep. 24	W 65-6
@New Mexico	Sep. 30	W 54-19
@Oregon State	Oct. 8	L 19-24
@Colorado State	Oct. 15	W 63-17
@Wyoming	Oct. 22	W 10-7
@Arizona	Oct. 29	W 34-14
@Utah	Nov. 5	W 38-8
@Arizona State	Nov. 12	L 13-24
@Long Beach State	Nov. 19	W 30-27
@UTEP	Nov. 26	W 68-19
TOTALS:		9-2	11	9

1976 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GP	GS
@Kansas State	Sep. 11	L 3-13
@Colorado State	Sep. 18	W 42-18
@Arizona	Sep. 25	W 23-16
@San Diego State	Oct. 2	W 8-0
@Southern Mississippi	Oct. 16	W 63-19
@Utah State	Oct. 23	W 45-14
@Arizona State	Oct. 30	W 43-21
@UTEP	Nov. 6	W 40-27
@New Mexico	Nov. 13	W 21-8
@Utah	Nov. 20	W 34-12
Oklahoma State	Dec. 18	L 21-49
TOTALS:		9-2	11	11

1975 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GP	GS
@Bowling Green	Sep. 13	L 21-23
@Colorado State	Sep. 20	L 17-21
@Arizona State	Sep. 27	L 0-20
@New Mexico	Oct. 3	W 16-15
@Air Force	Oct. 11	W 28-14
@Wyoming	Oct. 25	W 33-20
@Arizona	Nov. 1	L 20-36
@Utah	Nov. 15	W 51-20
@UTEP	Nov. 22	W 20-10
Southern Mississippi	Nov. 29	L 14-42
TOTALS:		5-5	10	5

1974 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GP	GS
@Wyoming	Oct. 12	W 38-7
TOTALS:		1-0	1	0

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