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1978 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1978
team	BYU Cougars
sport	football
conference	Western Athletic Conference
short_conf	WAC
record	9–4
conf_record	5–1
head_coach	LaVell Edwards
hc_year	7th
off_scheme	West Coast
def_coach	Dick Felt
dc_year	7th
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Cougar Stadium
champion	WAC champion
bowl	[Holiday Bowl](1978-holiday-bowl)
bowl_result	L 16–23 vs. [Navy](1978-navy-midshipmen-football-team)

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.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Oregon State

Source: Eugene Register-Guard

Colorado State

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.

At Oregon

Wyoming

At Utah

First quarter

BYU – Brent Johnson 20-yard field goal. BYU 3–0.
BYU – Lloyd Jones 37-yard pass from Jim McMahon (Brent Johnson kick). BYU 10–0. Second quarter
BYU – Brent Johnson 52-yard field goal. BYU 13–0.
BYU – Brent Johnson 21-yard field goal. BYU 16–0. Third quarter
UTAH – James Teahan 25-yard pass from Randy Gomez (Jeff Hucko kick). BYU 16–7.
BYU – Dave Francis 20-yard interception return (kick failed). BYU 22–7. Fourth quarter
UTAH – Jeff Hucko 37-yard field goal. BYU 22–10.
UTAH – Tony Lindsay 42-yard pass from Randy Gomez (Jeff Hucko kick). BYU 22-17.
UTAH – Frank Henry 19-yard pass from Randy Gomez (pass failed), 2:15. Utah 23-22. ;Top passers
BYU – Jim McMahon – 15/38, 249 yards, TD
UTAH – Randy Gomez – 20/31, 265 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT ;Top rushers
BYU – Lloyd Jones – 1 rush, 32 yards
UTAH – Tony Lindsay – 30 rushes, 104 yards ;Top receivers
BYU – Lloyd Jones – 4 receptions, 67 yards
UTAH – James Teahan – 5 receptions, 85 yards, TD

Roster

LaVell Edwards

References

(September 10, 1978). "BYU squeaks past Oregon State, 10–6". The Arizona Republic.
(September 17, 1978). "Sun Devils stop BYU". The Salt Lake Tribune.
(September 24, 1978). "BYU overwhelms CSU 32–6". The Daily Sentinel.
(October 1, 1978). "BYU powers over Lobos". The Santa Fe New Mexican.
(October 8, 1978). "Aggies upset Brigham Young". The Arizona Daily Sun.
(October 15, 1978). "Fourth quarter foldup again fatal for Ducks". The Columbian.
(October 22, 1978). "BYU demolishes UTEP". South Idaho Press.
Marion Dunn. (November 5, 1978). "Cougars claw Cowboys in 48–14 clash". The Daily Herald.
(November 12, 1978). "San Diego mistakes give BYU Holiday". The Billings Gazette.
(November 19, 1978). "Gomez leads Utes past Cougars, 23–22". The Daily Herald.
(November 27, 1978). "Cougars roar back to bounce Hawaii". The Salt Lake Tribune.
(December 3, 1978). "Cougars slip by Rebels". The Daily Herald.
(December 23, 1978). "Navy rallies to down Cougars, 23 to 16". The Baltimore Sun.
BYU Office of Sports Information. "1978 Results". 1979 BYU Football Media Guide.
"1978 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"BYU unveils another QB in rout of Rams." Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Sept 24.
"CougarStats.com. 1978 season - Colorado State.".
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19781015&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "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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