Brigham Young Football Team History
Brigham Young Cougars
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Founded: 1875 Stadium: Cougar Stadium Capacity: 65,000 Colors: Navy Blue, Gold & White Coach: Lavell Edwards Conference: Western Athletic-
1979 Season Highlights
Lavell Edwards enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Brigham Young.
The Cougars won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.
1979 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 8 @
Texas A&M
18
17
W
@ Houston, TX
Sat., Sep. 15 vs. Weber State
48
3
W
Sat., Sep. 29 vs.
Texas-El Paso
31
7
W
Fri., Oct. 5 vs.
Hawaii
38
15
W
Sat., Oct. 13 @
Utah State
48
24
W
Sat., Oct. 20 @
Wyoming
54
14
W
Sat., Oct. 27 vs.
New Mexico
59
7
W
Sat., Nov. 3 @
Colorado State
30
7
W
Fri., Nov. 9 @ Long Beach State
31
17
W
Sat., Nov. 17 vs.
Utah
27
0
W
Sat., Nov. 24 @
San Diego State
63
14
W
Fri., Dec. 21
Indiana
37
38
L
@ San Diego, CA
Holiday Bowl
1979 Season Totals
Record 11-1
Points Scored 484
Scoring Average 40.3
Points Allowed 163
Defense Average 13.6
Opponents Record 55-47
Conference Record 6-0
Home Record 5-0
Away Record 6-0
1979 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
13 11-1-0
AP
12 11-1-0
Coaches
12 11-1-0
UPI
1979 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1979 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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