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-
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
Record 9-4
Points Scored 320
Scoring Average 24.6
Points Allowed 199
Defense Average 15.3
Opponents Record 72-63
Conference Record 5-1
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 5-2
1978 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
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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