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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
  Record11-2
  Points Scored503
  Scoring Average38.7
  Points Allowed256
  Defense Average19.7
  Opponents Record61-60
  Conference Record6-1
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record6-1
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 11-2503256Won  38-366-1307118  Lavell Edwards
New Mexico 4-7-1225231 3-3-112297  Joe Morrison
Colorado State 0-12164502 0-7121263  Sark Arslanian
Wyoming 8-3344203 6-1232118  Al Kincaid
Utah 8-2-1321207 4-1-1144127  Wayne Howard
San Diego State 6-5279227 3-4156132  Doug Scovil
Air Force 4-7171252 2-390119  Ken Hatfield
Texas El Paso 1-10146441 1-582280  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.


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