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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2.1 At Washington 2.2 Utah 2.3 San Diego State 2.4 Air Force 2.5 Vs. UCLA (Freedom Bowl) 3 Roster 4 References

1986 BYU Cougars football team

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1986 BYU Cougars football
Freedom Bowl, L 10–31 vs. UCLA
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	8–5 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Roger French (6th season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Dick Felt (12th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

1986 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
San Diego State $	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
BYU	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	5	–	0
Air Force	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
Utah	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1986 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 15th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars compiled a record of 8–5 overall and 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the WAC. BYU was invited to the Freedom Bowl, where the Cougars lost to UCLA.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	Utah State*	No. 18	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (Beehive Boot)		W 52–0	64,213
September 13	New Mexico	No. 11	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	KSL	W 31–30	64,385
September 20	at No. 7Washington*	No. 11	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 21–52	61,197
September 27	Temple*		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	KSL	W 27–17	64,221
October 3	Colorado State		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	KSL	L 20–24	64,633
October 18	atWyoming		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		W 34–22	31,742
October 25	UTEP		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 37–13	64,617
November 8	atHawaii		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI		W 10–3	46,485
November 15	Oregon State*		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	KSL	L 7–10	63,321
November 22	atUtah		Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	KUTV	W 35–21	34,128
November 29	atSan Diego State		Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN	L 3–10	45,062
December 6	atAir Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		W 23–3	37,004
December 30	vs. No. 15UCLA*		Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl)		L 10–31	55,422
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries[edit]

At Washington[edit]

BYU at Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	0	0	14	21
• Huskies	15	27	3	7	52

Date: September 20
Location: Husky Stadium
Game attendance: 61,197

Utah[edit]

BYU at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
• BYU	7	7	14	7	35
Utah	0	7	0	14	21

Date: November 22
Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 34,128
Game weather: Partly cloudy/snow flurries, 42 F

Scoring summary

1	BYU	Parker 41-yard run (Chitty kick)	BYU 7-0

2	BYU	Heimuli 2-yard run (Chitty kick)	BYU 14-0

2	UTAH	Holder 44-yard pass from Egger (Lieber kick)	BYU 14-7

3	BYU	Heimuli 20-yard run (Chitty kick)	BYU 21-7

3	BYU	Hansen 2-yard run (Chitty kick)	BYU 28-7

4	BYU	Parker 17-yard run (Chitty kick)	BYU 35-7

4	UTAH	Hardy 35-yard pass from Egger (Richey pass from Egger)	BYU 35-15

4	UTAH	Jenkins 46-yard pass from Egger (pass failed)	BYU 35-21

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San Diego State[edit]

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Air Force[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Air Force	3	0	0	0	3
• BYU	3	20	0	0	23

Date: December 6
Location: Cougar Stadium

Scoring summary

Q1	AF	Blasy 19 yard field goal	AF 3–0

Q1	BYU	Chitty 43 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q2	BYU	Chitty 39 yard field goal	BYU 6–3

Q2	BYU	Heimuli 1 yard run (Chitty kick)	BYU 13–3

Q2	BYU	Heimuli 18 yard pass from Jensen (Chitty kick)	BYU 20–3

Q2	BYU	Chitty 31 yard field goal	BYU 23–3

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Vs. UCLA (Freedom Bowl)[edit]

BYU vs. UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	0	0	7	10
• Bruins	7	0	17	7	31

Date: December 30
Location: Anaheim Stadium
Game attendance: 51,422
TV announcers: Howard David and Jack Snow

Roster[edit]

1986 BYU Cougars football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`11`	Mark Bellini	Sr
WR	`18`	Jim Edwards	Sr
RB	`2`	Bruce Hansen	Sr
G	`78`	Warren Wheat	So
QB	`12`	Mike Young	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`99`	Jason Buck	Sr
DT	`77`	Shawn Knight	Sr
DT	`51`	Craig Patterson	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

LaVell Edwards

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References[edit]

^ "1986 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results".

^ "Different cast, same old result - BYU 35-21." Rock, Brad. The Deseret News. 1986 Nov 23.

^ CougarStats. Retrieved 2018-Dec-09.

v t e BYU Cougars football
Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)
Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Cougar Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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