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By the numbers took a brief hiatus the last two weeks as I was too busy last week to compile anything and too depressed the week prior to manage to look past any number except EIGHT. The Broncos mercifully enter a bye week and stats are once again your friend.
706
Number of offensive yards the Broncos put up on UNLV on Saturday
4
Where Saturday's offensive outburst ranks all-time at Boise State
469
Passing yards put up by Boise State freshman QB Brett Rypien on Saturday
55
Number of yards Rypien's totals were better than the previous freshman single-game passing mark (set by Kellen Moore at Nevada in 2008)
11
Number of Broncos that caught a pass on Saturday (including the first of Sean Modster's career)
5
Number of interceptions by Darian Thompson this season after his 4th quarter pick of Rebel QB Blake Decker
19
Number of career interceptions by Darian Thompson
1
Darian Thompson's rank for interceptions in MWC history
8.9
Yards per attempt, at season's end, by senior QB Grant Hedrick in 2014
8.7
Yards per attempt, entering the bye week, by freshman QB Brett Rypien
12.5
Yards per completion, at season's end, by senior QB Grant Hedrick in 2014
13.1
Yards per completion, entering the bye week, by freshman QB Brett Rypien
36
Brett Rypien's national rank in yards per completion
2
Number of freshman that are above Rypien's YPC mark nationally
75
Average number of completions that Brett Rypien has over the two frosh QBs with a higher YPC
17
Total number of TDs by Jeremy McNichols on the year
2
Where McNichols' scoring total ranks nationally (he has one less TD than Baylor's Corey Coleman)
4
Where Tyler Rausa's scoring total ranks nationally
2
Games with 50+ pass attempts by Brett Rypien
0
Number of multiple 50+ pass attempt games in Boise State history, before Rypien did it twice in last 3 contests
163
Receiving yards by Thomas Sperbeck on Saturday
929
Receiving yards by Thomas Sperbeck in 2015
888
Number of yards accumulated by Sperbeck outside of first two games of the season