1978 BYU Cougars football team

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.

1978 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Navy
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1978 record9–4 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorFred Whittingham (1st season)
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1978 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
BYU $ 5 –1 –0  9 –4 –0
Utah 4 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Wyoming 4 –2 –0  5 –7 –0
New Mexico 3 –3 –0  7 –5 –0
Colorado State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
San Diego State 2 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
UTEP 1 –5 –0  1 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 9at Oregon State*
W 10–619,651
September 16at Arizona State*
L 17–2470,311
September 23Colorado State
W 32–631,052
September 30at New Mexico
W 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
November 11San Diego State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 21–322,682
November 18at Utah
L 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
WR Mike Chronister
  Lloyd Jones
QB 9 Jim McMahon Fr
WR Tod Thompson
  Kent Tingey
RB Casey Wingard
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
  Jason Coloma
  Dave Francis
  John Kormylo
LB 41 Glen Redd So
  Bill Schoepflin
  Doug Stromberg
  Ron Velasco
  Rod Wood
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Brent Johnson
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Oregon State
    Brigham Young at Oregon State
    1 234Total
    • BYU 7 300 10
    Oregon St 0 060 6

    Colorado State
    1 234Total
    Colorado State 0 060 6
    • BYU 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
    • 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.[2][3]

    Oregon
    1 234Total
    • BYU 0 3014 17
    Oregon 10 060 16

    [4]

    Wyoming
    1 234Total
    Wyoming 7 700 14
    • BYU 10 10721 48

    [5]

    Utah
    See also: 1978 Utah Utes football team and Holy War (BYU–Utah)
    BYU Cougars at Utah Utes
    1 2 34Total
    BYU 10 6 6022
    Utah 0 0 71623

    at Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah

    • Date: November 18
    • Game weather: Sunny • 43°F
    • Game attendance: 29,326
    • CougarStats

    References
    1. BYU Office of Sports Information. "1978 Results" (PDF). 1979 BYU Football Media Guide. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
    2. "BYU unveils another QB in rout of Rams." Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Sept 24.
    3. "CougarStats.com. 1978 season - Colorado State". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
    4. "Ducks stunned at the gun - again, 17-16." Eugene Register-Guard. Withers, Bud. 1978 Oct 15
    5. "BYU Rips Wyoming." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 5.


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