1978 BYU Cougars football team

1978 BYU Cougars football
1978 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Navy
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	9–4 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (7th season);
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Dick Felt (7th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

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.

Record9–4 (5–1 WAC)

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OffensiveschemeWest Coast

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 10–6	19,651	^[1]
September 16	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 17–24	70,311	^[2]
September 23	Colorado State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 32–6	31,052	^[3]
September 30	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 27–23	24,892	^[4]
October 7	Utah State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	L 7–24	32,668	^[5]
October 14	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 17–16	24,500	^[6]
October 21	UTEP	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 44–0	23,335	^[7]
November 4	Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 48–14	30,415	^[8]
November 11	San Diego State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 21–3	22,682	^[9]
November 18	at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	L 22–23	29,326	^[10]
November 25	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 31–13	35,678	^[11]
December 1	vs. UNLV*	Yokohama Stadium Yokohama, Japan (Yokohama Bowl)	W 28–24	27,500	^[12]
December 22	vs. Navy*	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	L 16–23	52,500	^[13]
*Non-conference game

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cougars	7	3	0	0	10
Beavers	0	0	6	0	6


1	3:57	BYU	Thompson 10-yard pass from Wilson (Kittell kick)	BYU 7-0

2	13:35	BYU	Kittell 34-yard field goal	BYU 10-0

3	2:09	ORST	Coury 46-yard pass from White (kick failed)	BYU 10-6

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	6	0	6
• Cougars	7	6	19	0	32


1	2:07	BYU	Ring 1-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 7-0

2		BYU	Phillips 5-yard run (kick failed)	BYU 13-0

3		BYU	Wingard 1-yard run (run failed)	BYU 20-0

3		BYU	Jones 39-yard pass from McMahon (pass failed)	BYU 26-0

3		CSU	Newberry 10-yard pass from Lee (pass failed)	BYU 26-6

3		BYU	McMahon-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 32-6

Schedule


1	9:55	ORE	English 34-yard field goal	ORE 3-0

1	8:15	ORE	Lawler 3-yard blocked punt return (English kick)	ORE 10-0

2	6:42	BYU	Johnson 42-yard field goal	ORE 10-3

3	11:00	ORE	Durando 13-yard pass from Johnson (kick failed)	ORE 16-3

4	6:21	BYU	Thompson 21-yard pass from McMahon (Johnson kick)	ORE 16-10

4	3:03	BYU	Williams 1-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 17-16


1	BYU	McMahon 13-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 7-0

1	WYO	Jones 1-yard run (Christopulos kick)	Tied 7-7

1	BYU	Johnson 44-yard field goal	BYU 10-7

2	WYO	Jones 20-yard run (Christopulos kick)	WYO 14-10

2	BYU	Ring 2-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 17-14

2	BYU	Johnson 38-yard field goal	BYU 20-14

3	BYU	Thompson 7-yard pass from McMahon (Johnson kick)	BYU 27-14

4	BYU	McMahon 1-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 34-14

4	BYU	Thompson 16-yard pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)	BYU 41-14

4	BYU	Wilson 13-yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 48-14

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	10	6	6	0	22
Utes	0	0	7	16	23