BYU Cougars football
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Home Field	LaVell Edwards Stadium Capacity 64,045 LaVell Edwards Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. ...
Conference Affiliation
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1922 - 1937) Mountain States Conference (1938 - 1961) Western Athletic Conference (1962 - 1998) Mountain West Conference (1999 - Present)
Team Records
All-Time: 470-367-26 Bowl: 8-16-1
National Championship 1984
Conference Championships (22) 1965, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006

The BYU Cougars are a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Mountain West Conference. Although considered a mid-major program because of conference affiliation, the Cougars have generally fared well in Division I-A. By virtue of being undefeated in 1984, the team was awarded the National Championship, and in 1990 quarterback Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy. As of the 2006 season they have won 21 conference championships since 1974 and have played in 25 bowl games. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with other members in Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. ... The Skyline Conference, also known as the Mountain States Conference, was a college athletic conference based in the western United States. ... The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced whack) was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A). ... The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which crowned Tennessee its national champion, the schools first since the 1950s and one year after mega star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL. The BCS combined elements of the old Bowl... The Mountain West Conference (or MWC), the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-A, officially began operations in July 1999. ... The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which crowned Tennessee its national champion, the schools first since the 1950s and one year after mega star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL. The BCS combined elements of the old Bowl... UTs Bevo with the BCS Division I-A National Championship trophy in an ESPN College GameDay broadcast. ... The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season saw an aerial attack (in a college version of the West Coast offense), as undefeated Brigham Young won the national championship as decided in an unanimous AP Poll. ... ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The Mountain West Conference (or MWC), the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-A, officially began operations in July 1999. ... Mid Major is a term mainly used in American college basketball and to a lesser extent college football to describe schools not affiliated with a BCS or other major conference. ... Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... UTs Bevo with the BCS Division I-A National Championship trophy in an ESPN College GameDay broadcast. ... The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award, considered the most prestigious award in American College Football, is given annually to the top player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). ... The 2006 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University in the 2006 college football season. ...

History

The Early Years

Football made a brief appearance at Brigham Young Academy in 1896, but was discontinued shorlty thereafer. It didn't get it's official start until 1922. For nearly half a century the Cougar football team languished in mediocrity, for their first forty-seven seasons they averaged less than 3 victories a year. It took 20 years to record a single victory over arch-rival Utah.

1957-1971

Eventually the program did begin to show some signs of life. Head coach Hal Kopp engineered back-to-back winning seasons in 1957 and 1958. For the first time in it's history the University was beginning to make a real commitment to football.

The schools efforts began to pay off in 1961 when Eldon Fortie was honored as BYU's first all-American. Four years later, in 1965, Virgil Carter became the first Cougar quarterback to be named all-conference. That same season BYU clinched it's first ever conference championship after trouncing New Mexico 42-8 in the season finale. The coach of that first championship team was Tom Hudspeth.

In 1962 there was an opening in the BYU coaching staff. They found an individual who not only was successful at running a single-wing offense (which the cougars used at the time), but also an outstanding individual. His name was Lavell Edwards, who had been coaching at Granite High School in Salt Lake City when they hired him. Edwards would serve as an assistant for 10 years after which he was promoted to head coach.

The Edwards Era

As soon as he was named head coach (in 1972), Lavell Edwards revamped the Cougar offensive attack. While everyone else in college football was using run-heavy offenses such as the veer and wishbone, Edwards and his staff installed a drop-back passing game. Ironically, in it's first year, the new offense produced the nations leading rusher, Pete Van Valkenburg. The next year the offense added a drop-back passer, named Gary Sheide, to its roster. In 1974 Sheide led the Cougars to their first conference championship under Edwards that included a 21-18 victory over Arizona St., ending the Sun Devils domination of the WAC.

Conference championships and bowl-game appearances soon became common occurences at BYU under Edwards. The Cougars won 10 conference championships in a row from 1976 to 1985. In 1984 the Cougars were coming off their 8th straight conference title and a thrilling Holiday Bowl victory that marked the end of Steve Young's career at BYU. In what was expected to be a rebuilding year, the Cougars started '84 with a victory at highly ranked Pitt in the first college football game ever televised by ESPN. The Cougars would go on to win the rest of their regular-season games. They were the only undefeated team left in the nation when they faced the Michigan Wolverines in the Holiday Bowl. Playing through a pretty severe injury, quarterback Robbie Bosco led BYU to a 24-17 victory over the Wolverines. BYU finished the season 13-0, and were named national champion.

The national championship opened new doors of opportunity for BYU football. In 1985 the Cougars were invited to play in the kickoff classic, where they scored a decisive victory over Cotton Bowl champion Boston College, winning a 25th straight game. The growing success of the team and increased national exposure brought well deserved recognition to BYU athletes. In 1986, defensive lineman Jason Buck became the first BYU player ever to win the Outland Trophy, awarded to the top interior lineman in all of college football. In 1989, offensive lineman Mo Elowonibi also won the Outland Trophy. Despite its amazing record of quarterbacks brought in by coach Edwards (which earned BYU the nickname "QB-U"), none had ever won the Heisman Trophy. In 1990, Cougar quarteback Ty Detmer passed for more than 5,000 yards, becoming the most prolific passer in NCAA history. In December of that year he deservingly joined the likes of legends such as Roger Staubach and Doak Walker as a recipient of the Heisman Trophy. When his playing days at BYU were over, Detmer was college footballs all-time passing leader, a record which would stand for 13 years.

1989 to 1996 under Edwards

Between 1989 and 1996, BYU won at least a share of the Conference Championship each year except 1994. 1996 was arguably the best BYU team ever. That team completed the longest season in modern day college football history. Starting off with a victory over Texas A&M in the Pigskin Classic, the Cougars only loss that regular season was suffered at Washington. In 1996 the WAC expanded to a 16-team conference. Going undefeated in the conference regular season, and winning their division, the Cougars faced nationally ranked Wyoming in the first ever Western Athletic Conference championship game. BYU defeated the Cowboys in overtime and earned a bid to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas on January 1, 1997. It was the Cougars first ever New Years Day bowl game. Their opponent in the Cotton Bowl was #12 ranked Kansas State of the Big 12 conference. Although the Cougars had a high powered offense led by quarterback Steve Sarkisian, the game was a defensive struggle. Sarkisian connected with K.O. Kealaluhi for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to give BYU a 19-15 lead. Kansas State, however, was driving with time winding down in the game. With under one minute left Cougar defensive back Omarr Morgan tipped a KSU pass to himself inside the 5 yard line, preserving the Cougar win. BYU finished 14-1 and ranked 5th in the nation. BYU's 14 wins that season are still the most ever by a Division 1 college football team in a single season.

Lavell's Last Years

BYU would return to the WAC championship game in 1998 but lost to Air Force. In 1999 the Cougars left the WAC along with 7 other teams to form the Mountain West Conference. The Cougars won a share of the inaugural MWC championship. Just prior to the 2000 season, Edwards announced that it would be his last year. The program would be saying goodbye to it's legendary coach. The season started off very shaky and the Cougars eventually found themselves with just a 4-6 record with just two games left and in high risk of giving Lavell only his second losing season and his first since 1973. The final two games included the home finale against New Mexico followed by the season finale at Utah. Prior to the New Mexico game, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley announced that the stadium would be renamed from Cougar Stadium to Lavell Edwards Stadium. The Cougars would go on to dominate UNM in Lavell's last game at that stadium. The season finale was much more intense. The Cougars were trailing late in the 4th quarter and were still deep in their own territory. On a fourth and long, quarterback Brandon Doman found receiver Jonathan Pittman on a hail mary pass. This got them a first down but they were still close to midfield with time running out. Doman again connected with Pittman on a very deep pass, setting up Doman running it in himself for the game winning touchdown. Edwards was triumphantly carried off the field after the final buzzer.

2001 (Gary Crowton's first year)

The 2001 team returned several key players including quarterback Brandon Doman and running back Luke Staley. This Cougar team ran off 12 straight wins to open the season. They became the first MWC team to go undefeated in conference and won the conference championship outright. Luke Staley, however, would break his leg in the 12th game against Mississippi State. Walking on crutches due to his broken leg, Staley accepted the Doak Walker award, given to the nations top running back. He finished the season with 1,596 rushing yards and scored 28 touchdowns. Staley's absence proved critical as the Cougars lost their last two games including their bowl game.

Crowton's undoing

2002 started with a big home win but the Cougars struggled in ways that had become almost unheard of in the program. A loss to Utah in the season finale marked the first losing season in 29 years. 2003 also saw BYU start the season with a win but by the time the season was over they had suffered their second straight losing season. The Cougars were also shutout in the finale against Utah, ending their nation leading record of consecutive games without being shutout, which dated back to 1975. In 2004 BYU opened the season with a victory at home over Notre Dame, however, that would be their only victory in their first 4 games and ended with a final record of 5-6. Gary Crowton had not only led the Cougars to 3 straight losing seasons but many embarrassing off the field incidents led to him being forced to resign.

The Mendenhall Era (2005-)

Bronco Mendenhall, who had been brought into the program in 2003 as defensive coordinator was named the next BYU head football coach. In his first season, Mendenhall led his team to a 6-5 regular season record. Mendenall's defensive secondary suffered badly from the suspensions in 2004 of many players that were recruited by Crowton. The weakness in the secondary proved to be a huge weakness for the Cougars in several close games including a 51-50 loss to nationally ranked TCU. Nevertheless, Mendenhall did return BYU to a bowl game in his first season.

In 2006 the Cougars lost two early non-conference games. One on a last minute field goal and one in double overtime. After that the Cougars went on to run the table in their first 7 conference games. In the regular season finale at Utah, BYU had already clinched the conference championship outright but faced their rivals in a very hostile stadium. BYU jumped out to a 14-0 lead and were again driving until John Beck fumbled on a third and short play and the Cougars were forced to punt after recovering the fumble. Utah would hold BYU's offense scoreless the rest of the first half and went into halfime down just 14-10. In the second half, Utah jumped out to a 24-14 lead, much to the surprise of almost everybody as BYU was highly favored. BYU would finally respond in the fourth quarter, however, with two John Beck touchdown passes. Utah would score again and take 4 point lead with just over a minute left to play. The Cougars drove down to the Utah 11 yard line with just 3.2 seconds to go in the game. The final play would take about 13 seconds until John Beck, as he was getting hit, found Jonny Harline by himself in the endzone at the opposite side of the field.

The Cougars would then go on to dominate the Oregon Ducks in the Las Vegas Bowl, 38-8. The Cougars finished the year 11-2 (8-0 in conference) and ranked 15th in the nation. This would mark BYU's first bowl win since the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day 1997.

Bowl games

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Rankings - Top 25 finishes

Rivalry Game

• The Holy War - Utah Utes

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Individual Award Winners

Players

• Heisman Trophy

Ty Detmer - 1990

• Maxwell Award

Ty Detmer - 1990

• Davey O'Brien Award

Jim McMahon - 1981

Steve Young - 1983

Ty Detmer - 1990, 1991

• Doak Walker Award

Luke Staley - 2001

• Outland Trophy

Jason Buck - 1986

Mohammed Elewonibi - 1989

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Coach

• Amos Alonzo Stagg Award

LaVell Edwards - 2003

• Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

LaVell Edwards - 1984

• Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award^[1]

LaVell Edwards - 1979

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Other Notable Players

• Brian Billick - Head Coach - Baltimore Ravens
• Colby Bockwoldt - Linebacker, Tennessee Titans
• Robbie Bosco - Retired NFL Quarterback
• Ben Cahoon - Slotback, Montreal Alouettes
• Aaron Francisco - Safety, Arizona Cardinals
• Kurt Gouveia - Retired NFL Linebacker
• Lee Johnson - Retired NFL Punter
• Chad Lewis - Retired NFL Tight End
• Reno Mahe - Running Back, Philadelphia Eagles
• Jim McMahon - Retired NFL Quarterback
• Rob Morris - Linebacker, Indianapolis Colts
• Brady Poppinga - Linebacker, Green Bay Packers
• Andy Reid - Head Coach, Philadelphia Eagles
• Gabe Reid - Tight end, Chicago Bears
• Steve Sarkisian - Assistant Coach, USC Oakland Raiders
• Vai Sikahema - Retired NFL Kick Returner
• John Tait - Offensive Tackle, Chicago Bears
• Marc Wilson - Retired NFL Quarterback
• Steve Young - Retired NFL Quarterback

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See also

• 2006 BYU Cougars football team
• 2007 BYU Cougars football team

The 2006 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University in the 2006 college football season. ... The 2007 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University in the 2007 college football season. ...

External links

• True Cougars Bleed Blue
• KSL BYU Sports News

References

1. ^ http://www.bobbydoddfoundation.com/pastwinners.htm