1996 BYU Cougars football team

The 1996 Brigham Young Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were the first team during the so-called "Modern era" (post 1937) to play 15 games in a season, and the only one to do it when Division I-A teams normally played 11 regular season games. Firstly, a team was able to play a designated "kickoff" opening game and not have it count against the allowed game total, then they played at Hawaii which didn't count against the allowed total. That allowed BYU to play 13 regular season games. They then played a conference championship game and a bowl game in the Cotton Bowl Classic bringing the total to 15 games.

1996 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
WAC Mountain Division champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
WAC Championship Game, W 28–25 OT vs. Wyoming
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1996 record14–1 (8–0 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
(Capacity: 65,000)
1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$  8 0     14 1  
Utah  6 2     8 4  
Rice  6 2     7 4  
SMU  4 4     5 6  
New Mexico  3 5     6 5  
TCU  3 5     4 7  
Tulsa  2 6     4 7  
UTEP  0 8     2 9  
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x  7 1     10 2  
San Diego State  6 2     8 3  
Colorado State  6 2     7 5  
Air Force  5 3     6 5  
Fresno State  3 5     4 7  
San Jose State  3 5     3 9  
Hawaii  1 7     2 10  
UNLV  1 8     1 11  
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

During the 2002 and 2003 seasons teams were allowed to schedule 12 games as well as a "kickoff" game. As a result, the 2003 Kansas State Wildcats became only the second team to play a 15-game season, finishing with an 11-4 record. The kickoff game exemption was eliminated in 2005, but the Hawaii exemption remains in place.

Since 2014, it has again been possible for teams to play a 15-game schedule without playing in Hawaii because of the 4 team playoff system. The next team to do this without the aid of the playoff would be the 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2410:00 amNo. 13 Texas A&M*ABCW 41–3755,229
August 317:00 pmArkansas State*No. 19
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 58–963,681
September 141:30 pmat Washington*No. 14ABCL 17–2971,165
September 2112:00 pmNew Mexico
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 17–1463,587
September 2812:00 pmSMUNo. 24
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 31–362,537
October 47:00 pmat Utah State*No. 21KUTVW 45–1733,119
October 1212:00 pmUNLVNo. 19
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 63–2864,872
October 197:00 pmat TulsaNo. 18ESPN2W 55–3034,624
October 261:00 pmat TCUNo. 15KSLW 45–2128,961
November 212:00 pmUTEPNo. 13
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 40–1864,938
November 912:00 pmRiceNo. 12
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
KSLW 49–065,732
November 1610:00 pmat HawaiiNo. 10KSLW 45–1416,468
November 2310:30 amat UtahNo. 8ESPNW 37–1735,378
December 72:30 pmvs. No. 20 Wyoming*No. 6ABCW 28–25 OT41,328
January 112:30 pmvs. No. 14 Kansas State*No. 5CBSW 19–1571,928

Roster

1996 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 79 Jason Andersen Jr
WR 85 R. J. Anderson Jr
FB 35 Donny Atuaia Fr
RB 22 Mark Atuaia Sr
OL 73 Eric Bateman So
QB 12 Steve Sarkisian Sr
OL 78 Greg Hoagland Sr
WR 14 Margin Hooks Fr
WR 88 Ben Horton Fr
T 66 Nathan Howard Sr
TE 96 Chad Lewis Sr
WR 80 Kaipo McGuire Sr
TE 88 Itula Mili Sr
OL 75 John Tait Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 90 Harland Ah You Jr
LB 39 Joe Ambrosius Jr
DB 9 Jason Anderson Jr
LB 44 Rob Morris Fr
LB 46 Shay Muirbrook (C) Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

References


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