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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-

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1922 <-- 1980 <- 1981 -> 1982 --> 2024

1981 Season Highlights

Lavell Edwards enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Brigham Young.

The Cougars won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.

1981 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 5	@ Long Beach State	31	8	W
Sat., Sep. 12	vs. Air Force	45	21	W
Sat., Sep. 19	@ Texas-El Paso	65	8	W
Sat., Sep. 26	@ Colorado	41	20	W
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Utah State	32	26	W
Sat., Oct. 10	vs. Nevada Las Vegas	41	45	L
Sat., Oct. 17	@ San Diego State	27	7	W
Sat., Oct. 24	@ Wyoming	20	33	L
Sat., Oct. 31	vs. New Mexico	31	7	W
Sat., Nov. 7	@ Colorado State	63	14	W
Sat., Nov. 14	@ Hawaii	13	3	W
Sat., Nov. 21	vs. Utah	56	28	W
Fri., Dec. 18	Washington State	38	36	W	@ San Diego, CA	Holiday Bowl

1981 Season Totals
Record	11-2
Points Scored	503
Scoring Average	38.7
Points Allowed	256
Defense Average	19.7
Opponents Record	61-60
Conference Record	6-1
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	6-1

1981 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
13	11-2-0	AP
11	11-2-0	Coaches
11	11-2-0	UPI

1981 Western Athletic- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Brigham Young	11-2	503	256	Won 38-36	6-1	307	118	Lavell Edwards
New Mexico	4-7-1	225	231		3-3-1	122	97	Joe Morrison
Colorado State	0-12	164	502		0-7	121	263	Sark Arslanian
Wyoming	8-3	344	203		6-1	232	118	Al Kincaid
Utah	8-2-1	321	207		4-1-1	144	127	Wayne Howard
San Diego State	6-5	279	227		3-4	156	132	Doug Scovil
Air Force	4-7	171	252		2-3	90	119	Ken Hatfield
Texas El Paso	1-10	146	441		1-5	82	280	Bill Michael

1981 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1981 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.