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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  <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024
1978 Season Highlights
 Lavell Edwards enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Brigham Young.
 The Cougars won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.
 
1978 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 9  @ Oregon State  10   6   W       
 Sat., Sep. 16  @ Arizona State  17   24   L       
 Sat., Sep. 23  vs. Colorado State  32   6   W       
 Sat., Sep. 30  @ New Mexico  27   23   W       
 Sat., Oct. 7  vs. Utah State  7   24   L       
 Sat., Oct. 14  @ Oregon  17   16   W       
 Sat., Oct. 21  vs. Texas-El Paso  44   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 4  vs. Wyoming  48   14   W       
 Sat., Nov. 11  vs. San Diego State  21   3   W       
 Sat., Nov. 18  @ Utah  22   23   L       
 Sat., Nov. 25  @ Hawaii  31   13   W       
 Sat., Dec. 2  @ Nevada Las Vegas  28   24   W    @ Yokohama, Japan   
 Fri., Dec. 22   Navy  16   23   L    @ San Diego, CA   Holiday Bowl
 
1978 Season Totals
  Record9-4
  Points Scored320
  Scoring Average24.6
  Points Allowed199
  Defense Average15.3
  Opponents Record72-63
  Conference Record5-1
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record5-2
1978 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1978 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 9-4320199Lost  16-235-119469  Lavell Edwards
New Mexico 7-5284205 3-3126107  Bill Mondt
Colorado State 5-6238247 2-4111153  Sark Arslanian
Utah 8-3291182 4-2144104  Wayne Howard
Wyoming 5-7253245 4-2158134  Bill Lewis
San Diego State 4-7242257 2-4128158  Claude Gilbert
Texas El Paso 1-11151424 1-581217  Bill Michael

1978 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1978 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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