1976 BYU Cougars football team

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 61. BYU was invited to the 1976 Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to Oklahoma State.

1976 BYU Cougars football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic
1976 record93 (61 WAC)
Head coachLaVell Edwards (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorDoug Scovil
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1976 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11at Kansas State*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
L 3–1327,100
September 18Colorado State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 42–1833,013
September 25at Arizona
W 23–1631,000
October 2at San Diego State
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W 8–041,786
October 9Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 29–3435,423
October 10Southern Miss*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 63–1923,029
October 23Utah State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT (Old Wagon Wheel)
W 45–1424,074
October 30Arizona State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 43–2129,854
November 6UTEP
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 40–2724,644
November 13at New Mexico
  • University Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
W 21–818,038
November 20at Utah
  • Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)
W 34–1230,503
December 18vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State*
L 21–4937,812
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Colorado State

1 234Total
Colorado State 0 873 18
BYU 7 15317 42
  • Date: September 18
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game attendance: 33,013

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.[3]

Arizona

1 234Total
BYU 13 307 23
Arizona 3 733 16

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Arizona State

1 234Total
Arizona St 21 000 21
BYU 17 7163 43
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah

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References

  1. CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "BYU's passing attack dumps Colorado State." Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Sept 19.
  3. CougarStats.com. Retrieved 2016-Sep-16.
  4. Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 31.


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