1978 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season

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

• Reference:^[2]

Roster

Game summaries

At Oregon State

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.^[3][4]

At Oregon

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Wyoming

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At Utah

BYU Cougars (7–2) at Utah Utes (5–3)

at Robert Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

• Date: November 18, 1978
• Game weather: Sunny, 43 °F (6 °C)
• Game attendance: 29,326
• Box Score

References

1. Marion Dunn (November 5, 1978). "Cougars Claw Cowboys in 48-14 Clash". The Daily Herald. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
2. BYU Office of Sports Information. "1978 Results" (PDF). 1979 BYU Football Media Guide. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
3. "BYU unveils another QB in rout of Rams." Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Sept 24.
4. "CougarStats.com. 1978 season - Colorado State". Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
5. "Ducks stunned at the gun - again, 17-16." Eugene Register-Guard. Withers, Bud. 1978 Oct 15
6. "BYU Rips Wyoming." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 5.