1987 BYU Cougars football team
American college football season
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The 1987 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Cougars were led by 16th-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as members of the Western Athletic Conference, finishing in second with a record of 9–4 (7–1 WAC). BYU was invited to the All-American Bowl, where they were defeated by Virginia. The Cougars also participated in a rare college football game played outside the United States, in a regular season finale against Colorado State played in Melbourne, Australia. The game was promoted as the "Melbourne Bowl" but was met with weak enthusiasm in Australia.[2]
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (7–1 WAC)
Headcoach
- LaVell Edwards (16th season)
OffensivecoordinatorRoger French (7th season)
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–4 (7–1 WAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Roger French (7th season) |
| Offensive scheme | West Coast |
| Defensive coordinator | Dick Felt (13th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| Wyoming $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | Pittsburgh* | L 17–27 | 64,374 | [3] | |
| September 12 | at Texas* | W 22–17 | 65,102 | [4] | |
| September 19 | at TCU* | L 12–33 | 22,615 | [5] | |
| September 26 | at New Mexico | W 45–25 | 22,286 | [6] | |
| October 2 | Utah State* |
| W 45–24 | 65,729 | [7] |
| October 10 | Wyoming |
| L 27–29 | 65,921 | [8] |
| October 24 | at Hawaii | W 16–14 | 46,843 | [9] | |
| October 31 | Air Force |
| W 24–13 | 65,384 | [10] |
| November 7 | San Diego State |
| W 38–21 | 64,341 | [11] |
| November 14 | at UTEP | W 37–24 | 47,910 | [12] | |
| November 21 | Utah |
| W 21–18 | 65,686 | [13] |
| December 5 | vs. Colorado State |
| W 30–26 | 7,652 | [2] |
| December 22 | vs. Virginia* | L 16–22 | 37,000 | [14] | |
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Game summaries
At Texas
BYU Cougars (0–1) at Texas Longhorns (0–1)
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Air Force
Air Force Falcons (6–2) at BYU Cougars (4–3)
at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
- Date: October 31, 1987
- Game attendance: 65,384
- Box Score
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Personnel
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