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1 Schedule  





2 Roster  





3 Game summaries  



3.1  At Oregon State  





3.2  Colorado State  





3.3  At Oregon  





3.4  Wyoming  





3.5  At Utah  







4 References  














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1978 BYU Cougars football

WAC champion

Holiday Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Navy

ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (7th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    BYU $ 5 1 0 9 4 0
    Utah 4 2 0 8 3 0
    Wyoming 4 2 0 5 7 0
    New Mexico 3 3 0 7 5 0
    Colorado State 2 4 0 5 6 0
    San Diego State 2 4 0 4 7 0
    UTEP 1 5 0 1 11 0
    • $ – Conference champion

    The 1978 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Cougar StadiuminProvo, Utah. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and four losses (9–4, 5–1 WAC), as WAC champions and with a loss against Navy in the Holiday Bowl.

    Schedule[edit]

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 9atOregon State*
  • Corvallis, Oregon
  • W 10–619,651
    September 16atArizona State*
  • Tempe, Arizona
  • L 17–2470,311
    September 23Colorado State
  • Provo, Utah
  • W 32–631,052
    September 30atNew Mexico
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • W 27–2324,892
    October 7Utah State*
    • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel)
  • L 7–2432,668
    October 14atOregon*
  • Eugene, Oregon
  • W 17–1624,500
    October 21UTEP
    • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
  • W 44–023,335
    November 4Wyoming
    • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
  • W 48–1430,415[1]
    November 11San Diego State
    • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
  • W 21–322,682
    November 18atUtah
  • Salt Lake City (Holy War)
  • L 22–2329,326
    November 25atHawaii*
  • Honolulu, HI
  • W 31–1335,678
    December 2vs. UNLV*
  • Yokohama, Japan (Yokohama Bowl)
  • W 28–2427,500
    December 22vs. Navy*
  • San Diego (Holiday Bowl)
  • L 16–2352,500
    • *Non-conference game

    Roster[edit]

    1978 BYU Cougars football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    TE 85 Clay Brown So
    QB 10 Royce Bybee Injured
    WR 29 Mike Chronister Sr
    WR 3 Scott Collie Injured Fr
    OT 72 Nick Eyre So
    WR 87 Lloyd Jones So
    QB 9 Jim McMahon So
    WR 3 Rainey Meszaros Fr
    OT 64 Andy Reid So
    TE 92 Tod Thompson Sr
    WR 25 Kent Tingey Jr
    QB 6 Marc Wilson Jr
    RB 4 Casey Wingard Sr
    WR 7 Stan Younger So
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DB 11 Dean Bona So
    DB 12 Mark Brady Injured
    DB 13 Steve Brady Fr
    DB 13 Steve Corson Sr
    DB 21 Jason Coloma Sr
    DB 8 Dave Francis So
    DE 74 John Kormylo Sr
    DB 15 Dave McKee Jr
    LB 1 Mike Mees Fr
    DE 83 Mat Mendenhall Jr
    DB 5 Bob Prested Injured
    LB 41 Glen Redd So
    DB 0 Greg Sargent So
    DB 43 Bill Schoepflin So
    DT 79 Doug Stromberg Jr
    DE 9 Ron Velasco Sr
    DB 14 Kevin Walker Fr
    LB 59 Kyle Whittingham Fr
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K 2 Brent Johnson Jr
    K 1 Rob Kittell So
    P 9 Jim McMahon So
    K 3 Craig Wing Sr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    Game summaries[edit]

    At Oregon State[edit]

    Brigham Young at Oregon State
    1 234Total
    Cougars 7 300 10
    Beavers 0 060 6

    Colorado State[edit]

    Colorado State at BYU
    1 234Total
    Rams 0 060 6
    Cougars 7 6190 32
    • Date: September 23
    • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
    • Game start: 10:50 a.m. MST
    • Game attendance: 31,052
    • Game weather: Clear, 70 °F (21 °C)
    • Television network: ABC (regional)

    Jim McMahon, the backup quarterback and normally handles the punting duties, came off the bench to pass for one score and run for another when Marc Wilson was injured early in the second quarter with a bruised hamstring. "It's nice to have quarterbacks like those two, isn't it", head coach LaVell Edwards said after the game.[3][4]

    At Oregon[edit]

    BYU at Oregon
    1 234Total
    Cougars 0 3014 17
    Ducks 10 060 16

    [5]

    Wyoming[edit]

    Wyoming at BYU
    1 234Total
    Cowboys 7 700 14
    Cougars 10 10721 48

    [6]

    At Utah[edit]

    BYU Cougars (7–2) at Utah Utes (5–3)

    Period 1 2 34Total
    Cougars 10 6 6022
    Utes 0 0 71623

    atRobert Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Game information
    External videos
    video icon Game highlights

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Marion Dunn (November 5, 1978). "Cougars Claw Cowboys in 48-14 Clash". The Daily Herald. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ BYU Office of Sports Information. "1978 Results" (PDF). 1979 BYU Football Media Guide. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  • ^ "BYU unveils another QB in rout of Rams." Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Sept 24.
  • ^ "CougarStats.com. 1978 season - Colorado State". Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  • ^ "Ducks stunned at the gun - again, 17-16." Eugene Register-Guard. Withers, Bud. 1978 Oct 15
  • ^ "BYU Rips Wyoming." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 5.

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