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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-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1922  <-- 1973 <- 1974 -> 1975 --> 2024
1974 Season Highlights
 Lavell Edwards enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Brigham Young.
 The Cougars won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.
 
1974 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Hawaii  13   15   L       
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Utah State  6   9   L       
 Sat., Sep. 28  @ Iowa State  7   34   L       
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Colorado State  33   33   T       
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Wyoming  38   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Texas-El Paso  45   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ Arizona  37   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Air Force  12   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Arizona State  21   18   W       
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ New Mexico  36   3   W       
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Utah  48   20   W       
 Sat., Dec. 28   Oklahoma State  6   16   L    @ Tempe, AZ   Fiesta Bowl
 
1974 Season Totals
  Record7-4 -1
  Points Scored302
  Scoring Average25.2
  Points Allowed199
  Defense Average16.6
  Opponents Record54-67
  Conference Record6-0
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record3-2 -1
1974 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1974 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 7-4-1302199Lost  6-166-0-1258115  Lavell Edwards
New Mexico 4-6-1192263 3-4131178  Bill Mondt
Colorado State 4-6-1295266 2-3-1165155  Sark Arslanian
Arizona 9-2263174 6-1176103  Jim Young
Arizona State 7-5267163 4-3160100  Frank Kush
Texas El Paso 4-7246298 3-4179227  Gil Bartosh
Wyoming 2-9150283 1-6102166  Fritz Shurmur
Utah 1-10115339 1-569196  Tom Lovat

1974 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1974 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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