1976 BYU Cougars football team
1976 BYU Cougars football | |
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WAC co-champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, L 21–49 vs. Oklahoma State | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–3 (6–1 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Doug Scovil (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | West Coast |
Defensive coordinator | Dick Felt (5th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Cougars were led by fifth-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, winning a share of the conference title with Wyoming with a conference record of 6–1. BYU was invited to the 1976 Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to Oklahoma State.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | at Kansas State* | L 3–13 | 27,100 | ||
September 18 | Colorado State | W 42–18 | 33,013 | ||
September 25 | at Arizona | W 23–16 | 31,000 | ||
October 2 | at San Diego State | W 8–0 | 41,786 | ||
October 9 | Wyoming |
| L 29–34 | 35,423 | |
October 10 | Southern Miss* |
| W 63–19 | 23,029 | [1] |
October 23 | Utah State* |
| W 45–14 | 24,074 | |
October 30 | Arizona State |
| W 43–21 | 29,854 | |
November 6 | UTEP |
| W 40–27 | 24,644 | |
November 13 | at New Mexico |
| W 21–8 | 18,038 | |
November 20 | at Utah |
| W 34–12 | 30,503 | |
December 18 | vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State* | L 21–49 | 37,812 | ||
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Personnel
1976 BYU Cougars football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
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Game summaries
Kansas State
Colorado State
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Gifford Nielsen completed 13 of 32 passes for 174 yards before leaving late in the final quarter while John VanDerWouden set a single-game conference record with four touchdown receptions. LaVell Edwards beat Colorado State for the first time since taking over BYU in 1972.[4]
At Arizona
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At San Diego State
Wyoming
Southern Mississippi
Utah State
Arizona State
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UTEP
At New Mexico
At Utah
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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BYU | 7 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
Utah | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
at Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Date: November 20, 1976
- Game weather: Clear, 56 °F (13 °C)
- Game attendance: 30,503
- Box Score
Game information | ||
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External videos | |
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Game highlights |
Tangerine Bowl (vs Oklahoma State)
References
- ^ "BYU crushes Eagles in 63–19 romp". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 17, 1976. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1976 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results".
- ^ "BYU's passing attack dumps Colorado State." Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Sept 19.
- ^ CougarStats.com. Retrieved 2016-Sep-16.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 31.
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