1978 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Navy
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (7th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1978 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
BYU $ 5 1 09 4 0
Utah 4 2 08 3 0
Wyoming 4 2 05 7 0
New Mexico 3 3 07 5 0
Colorado State 2 4 05 6 0
San Diego State 2 4 04 7 0
UTEP 1 5 01 11 0
  • $ Conference champion

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at Oregon State*W 10–619,651
September 16at Arizona State*L 17–2470,311
September 23Colorado StateW 32–631,052
September 30at New MexicoW 27–2324,892
October 7Utah State*
L 7–2432,668
October 14at Oregon*W 17–1624,500
October 21UTEP
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 44–023,335
November 4Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 48–1430,415[1]
November 11San Diego State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 21–322,682
November 18at UtahL 22–2329,326
November 25at Hawaii*W 31–1335,678
December 2vs. UNLV*W 28–2427,500
December 22vs. Navy*L 16–2352,500
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1978 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Clay Brown So
QB 10 Royce Bybee Injured
WR 29 Mike Chronister Sr
WR 3 Scott Collie Injured Fr
OT 72 Nick Eyre So
WR 87 Lloyd Jones So
QB 9 Jim McMahon So
WR 3 Rainey Meszaros Fr
OT 64 Andy Reid So
TE 92 Tod Thompson Sr
WR 25 Kent Tingey Jr
QB 6 Marc Wilson Jr
RB 4 Casey Wingard Sr
WR 7 Stan Younger So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 11 Dean Bona So
DB 12 Mark Brady Injured
DB 13 Steve Brady Fr
DB 13 Steve Corson Sr
DB 21 Jason Coloma Sr
DB 8 Dave Francis So
DE 74 John Kormylo Sr
DB 15 Dave McKee Jr
LB 1 Mike Mees Fr
DE 83 Mat Mendenhall Jr
DB 5 Bob Prested Injured
LB 41 Glen Redd So
DB 0 Greg Sargent So
DB 43 Bill Schoepflin So
DT 79 Doug Stromberg Jr
DE 9 Ron Velasco Sr
DB 14 Kevin Walker Fr
LB 59 Kyle Whittingham Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 2 Brent Johnson Jr
K 1 Rob Kittell So
P 9 Jim McMahon So
K 3 Craig Wing Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    Game summaries

    At Oregon State

    Brigham Young at Oregon State
    1 234Total
    Cougars 7 300 10
    Beavers 0 060 6

    Colorado State

    Colorado State at BYU
    1 234Total
    Rams 0 060 6
    Cougars 7 6190 32
    • Date: September 23
    • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
    • Game start: 10:50 a.m. MST
    • Game attendance: 31,052
    • Game weather: Clear, 70 °F (21 °C)
    • Television network: ABC (regional)

    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

    BYU at Oregon
    1 234Total
    Cougars 0 3014 17
    Ducks 10 060 16

    [5]

    Wyoming

    Wyoming at BYU
    1 234Total
    Cowboys 7 700 14
    Cougars 10 10721 48

    [6]

    At Utah

    BYU Cougars (7–2) at Utah Utes (5–3)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Cougars 10 6 6022
    Utes 0 0 71623

    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
    Game information
    External videos
    video icon Game highlights

    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.


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