1978 BYU Cougars football team

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1978 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Navy
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme West Coast
Defensive coordinator Dick Felt (7th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
BYU $ 5 –1 –09 –4 –0
Utah 4 –2 –08 –3 –0
Wyoming 4 –2 –05 –7 –0
New Mexico 3 –3 –07 –5 –0
Colorado State 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
San Diego State 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
UTEP 1 –5 –01 –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 Stadium in Provo, 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at Oregon State *
W 10–619,651 [1]
September 16at Arizona State *
L 17–2470,311 [2]
September 23 Colorado State
W 32–631,052 [3]
September 30at New Mexico
W 27–2324,892 [4]
October 7 Utah State *
L 7–2432,668 [5]
October 14at Oregon *
W 17–1624,500 [6]
October 21 UTEP
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 44–023,335 [7]
November 4 Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 48–1430,415 [8]
November 11 San Diego State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 21–322,682 [9]
November 18at Utah
L 22–2329,326 [10]
November 25at Hawaii *
W 31–1335,678 [11]
December 1vs. UNLV *
W 28–2427,500 [12]
December 22vs. Navy *
L 16–2352,500 [13]
  • *Non-conference game

[14] [15]

Game summaries

At Oregon State

Brigham Young at Oregon State
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Scoring summary
13:57BYUThompson 10-yard pass from Wilson (Kittell kick)BYU 7-0
213:35BYUKittell 34-yard field goalBYU 10-0
32:09ORSTCoury 46-yard pass from White (kick failed)BYU 10-6

Colorado State

Colorado State at BYU
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  • 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)
Scoring summary
12:07BYURing 1-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 7-0
2BYUPhillips 5-yard run (kick failed)BYU 13-0
3BYUWingard 1-yard run (run failed)BYU 20-0
3BYUJones 39-yard pass from McMahon (pass failed)BYU 26-0
3CSUNewberry 10-yard pass from Lee (pass failed)BYU 26-6
3BYUMcMahon-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 32-6

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. [16] [17]

At Oregon

BYU at Oregon
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Scoring summary
19:55OREEnglish 34-yard field goalORE 3-0
18:15ORELawler 3-yard blocked punt return (English kick)ORE 10-0
26:42BYUJohnson 42-yard field goalORE 10-3
311:00OREDurando 13-yard pass from Johnson (kick failed)ORE 16-3
46:21BYUThompson 21-yard pass from McMahon (Johnson kick)ORE 16-10
43:03BYUWilliams 1-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 17-16

[18]

Wyoming

Wyoming at BYU
1234Total
Cowboys770014
•Cougars101072148
Scoring summary
1BYUMcMahon 13-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 7-0
1WYOJones 1-yard run (Christopulos kick)Tied 7-7
1BYUJohnson 44-yard field goalBYU 10-7
2WYOJones 20-yard run (Christopulos kick)WYO 14-10
2BYURing 2-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 17-14
2BYUJohnson 38-yard field goalBYU 20-14
3BYUThompson 7-yard pass from McMahon (Johnson kick)BYU 27-14
4BYUMcMahon 1-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 34-14
4BYUThompson 16-yard pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)BYU 41-14
4BYUWilson 13-yard run (Johnson kick)BYU 48-14

[19]

At Utah

BYU Cougars (7–2) at Utah Utes (5–3)
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Utes 0071623

at Robert Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: November 18, 1978
  • Game weather: Sunny, 43 °F (6 °C)
  • Game attendance: 29,326
  • Box Score
Game information
External videos
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Roster

1978 BYU Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Clay Brown So
QB 10Royce Bybee  Injury icon 2.svg
WR 29Mike ChronisterSr
WR 3Scott Collie  Injury icon 2.svg Fr
OT 72 Nick Eyre So
WR 87Lloyd JonesSo
QB 9 Jim McMahon So
WR 3Rainey MeszarosFr
OT 64 Andy Reid So
TE 92Tod ThompsonSr
WR 25Kent TingeyJr
QB 6 Marc Wilson Jr
RB 4Casey WingardSr
WR 7Stan YoungerSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 11Dean BonaSo
DB 12Mark Brady  Injury icon 2.svg
DB 13Steve BradyFr
DB 13Steve CorsonSr
DB 21Jason ColomaSr
DB 8Dave FrancisSo
DE 74John KormyloSr
DB 15Dave McKeeJr
LB 1Mike MeesFr
DE 83 Mat Mendenhall Jr
DB 5Bob Prested  Injury icon 2.svg
LB 41 Glen Redd So
DB 0Greg SargentSo
DB 43Bill SchoepflinSo
DT 79Doug StrombergJr
DE 9Ron VelascoSr
DB 14Kevin WalkerFr
LB 59 Kyle Whittingham Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 2Brent JohnsonJr
K 1Rob KittellSo
P 9 Jim McMahon So
K 3Craig WingSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

    Roster

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