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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–4 (5–1 WAC) |
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Offensive scheme | West Coast |
Defensive coordinator | Dick Felt (7th season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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September 9 | at Oregon State * | W 10–6 | 19,651 | ||
September 16 | at Arizona State * | L 17–24 | 70,311 | ||
September 23 | Colorado State | W 32–6 | 31,052 | ||
September 30 | at New Mexico | W 27–23 | 24,892 | ||
October 7 | Utah State * |
| L 7–24 | 32,668 | |
October 14 | at Oregon * | W 17–16 | 24,500 | ||
October 21 | UTEP |
| W 44–0 | 23,335 | |
November 4 | Wyoming |
| W 48–14 | 30,415 | [1] |
November 11 | San Diego State |
| W 21–3 | 22,682 | |
November 18 | at Utah | L 22–23 | 29,326 | ||
November 25 | at Hawaii * | W 31–13 | 35,678 | ||
December 2 | vs. UNLV * |
| W 28–24 | 27,500 | |
December 22 | vs. Navy * | L 16–23 | 52,500 | ||
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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]
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Cougars | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
Utes | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
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