1986 BYU Cougars football team

The 1986 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1986 BYU Cougars football
Freedom Bowl, L 10–31 vs. UCLA
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1986 record	8–5 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (15th season)
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1986 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
BYU	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	5	–	0
Air Force	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
Utah	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 6	Utah State*	No. 18	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah (Beehive Boot)	W 52–0
September 13	New Mexico	No. 11	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 31–30
September 20	at No. 7 Washington*	No. 11	Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington	L 21–52
September 27	Temple*		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 27–17
October 3	Colorado State		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	L 20–24
October 18	at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	W 34–22
October 25	UTEP		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 37–13
November 8	at Hawaii		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 10–3
November 15	Oregon State*		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	L 7–10
November 22	at Utah		Rice Stadium Salt Lake City (Holy War)	W 35–21
November 29	at San Diego State		Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego	L 3–10
December 6	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado	W 23–3
December 30	vs. No. 15 UCLA*		Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California (Freedom Bowl)	L 10–31
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1986 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 11 Mark Bellini Sr WR 18 Jim Edwards Sr G 78 Warren Wheat So QB 12 Mike Young Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 99 Jason Buck Sr DT 77 Shawn Knight Sr DT 51 Craig Patterson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Season summary

at Washington

BYU at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 0 0 14 21 • Huskies 15 27 3 7 52 Date: September 20 Location: Husky Stadium Game attendance: 61,197

See also: 1986 Washington Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1985	W 31–3

Utah

BYU at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 7 7 14 7 35 Utah 0 7 0 14 21 Date: November 22 Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 34,128 Game weather: Partly cloudy/snow flurries, 42 F

Scoring summary 1 BYU Parker 41-yard run (Chitty kick) BYU 7-0 2 BYU Heimuli 2-yard run (Chitty kick) BYU 14-0 2 UTAH Holder 44-yard pass from Egger (Lieber kick) BYU 14-7 3 BYU Heimuli 20-yard run (Chitty kick) BYU 21-7 3 BYU Hansen 2-yard run (Chitty kick) BYU 28-7 4 BYU Parker 17-yard run (Chitty kick) BYU 35-7 4 UTAH Hardy 35-yard pass from Egger (Richey pass from Egger) BYU 35-15 4 UTAH Jenkins 46-yard pass from Egger (pass failed) BYU 35-21

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San Diego State

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total Air Force 3 0 0 0 3 • BYU 3 20 0 0 23 Date: December 6 Location: Cougar Stadium

Scoring summary Q1 AF Blasy 19 yard field goal AF 3–0 Q1 BYU Chitty 43 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 BYU Chitty 39 yard field goal BYU 6–3 Q2 BYU Heimuli 1 yard run (Chitty kick) BYU 13–3 Q2 BYU Heimuli 18 yard pass from Jensen (Chitty kick) BYU 20–3 Q2 BYU Chitty 31 yard field goal BYU 23–3

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vs. UCLA (Freedom Bowl)

BYU vs. UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 0 0 7 10 • Bruins 7 0 17 7 31 Date: December 30 Location: Anaheim Stadium Game attendance: 51,422 TV announcers: Howard David and Jack Snow

Main article: 1986 Freedom Bowl

See also: 1986 UCLA Bruins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1985	L 24–27

References

2. "Different cast, same old result - BYU 35-21." Rock, Brad. The Deseret News. 1986 Nov 23.
3. CougarStats. Retrieved 2018-Dec-09.