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First season. 19. Athletic director. Tom Holmoe. Head coach. Kalani Sitake. 1st year, 0–0 (–)Other staff. Ty Detmer (OC)Ilaisa Tuiaki (DC)Home stadium.
FTB - Football - Ed Lamb Press Conference; WBKB - Cougars Win Catfight against Tigers; FTB - Football - Kalani Sitake; FTB - Football - Kalani Sitake Introductory. The BYU Cougars football team is the college football program representing Brigham Young University, a private university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of.
La. Vell Edwards Stadium. Stadium capacity. Stadium surface. Natural grass. Location. Provo, Utah. Conference. Independent (2.
Past conferences. All- time record.
Postseason bowl record. Claimed national titles. Conference titles.
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Utah State Aggies. Websitebyufootball. The BYU Cougars football team is the college football program representing Brigham Young University, a privateuniversity owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints (LDS Church) and located in Provo, Utah, United States. The Cougars began collegiate football competition in 1.
The team has competed in several different athletic conferences during its history, but since July 1, 2. Independent. The team plays home games at the 6. La. Vell Edwards Stadium on the university's campus. History[edit]The early years[edit].
The school's first football team won the regional championship in 1. BYU traces its football roots back to the late 1. Benjamin Cluff became the third principal of Brigham Young Academy (the precursor to BYU) in 1. University of Michigan to bring athletic competition to Brigham Young. The first BYU football team in 1. University of Utah (winning 1. Elks, the Crescents, the YMCA of Salt Lake City, the Wheel Club of Denver, and Westminster College; and it ultimately won the championship.[1] In its second year of competition, the BYA football team won the championship too, but as a result of an accidental football- related death in Utah in 1.
LDS Church schools until 1. After a twenty- year ban on football, the sport was brought back to BYU on an intramural basis in 1.
Alvin Twitchell.[3] BYU was admitted to the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1. G. Ott Romney, who BYU recruited from Montana State University the year before.[4] Romney and his successor Eddie Kimball ushered in a new era in Cougar football in which the team went 6. In 1. 93. 2, the Cougars posted an 8–1 record and outscored their opponents 1. The university did not field a team from 1. World War II, and in 1.
The Cougars defeated the Broncos for the first time Friday night at home, 37-20. Taysom Hill passed for 339 yards and rushed for 69 yards. Jamaal Williams. News and information from The University of Texas Athletic Department. Lists roster and game schedule.
Quarterback Taysom Hill rushed for a record setting 259 yards and 3 touchdowns, threw for 129 yards, and lead the Cougars to a 40-21 upset of the #15. From Air Force to Youngstown State, check out this informative list of every FBS and FCS college football team. The 2013 Texas Longhorns football team (variously 'Texas,' 'UT,' the 'Longhorns,' or the 'Horns') represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2013 NCAA. Been a rough couple of weeks for BYU football. Until a couple of Fridays ago, we still had hopes of an undefeated, College Football Playoff crashing, Heisman.
The team began to rebuild in the mid- 1. University of Rhode Island head coach Hal Kopp to lead the Cougars, whom achieved back- to- back winning seasons in 1. Jared Stephens and nose tackle Gavin Anae. In 1. 96. 1, Eldon "The Phantom" Fortie became the school's first All- American, and in 1. BYU moved to the Western Athletic Conference. In 1. 96. 4, Cougar Stadium was built, which included a capacity of 3.
Tommy Hudspeth led the Cougars to their first conference championship with a record of 6- 4. La. Vell Edwards era (1. In 1. 97. 2, assistant coach La. Vell Edwards was promoted to head coach replacing Kopp. Edwards and his staff installed a drop- back passing game considered to be an early implementation of the West Coast offense, resulting in Cougar Pete Van Valkenburg as the nation's leading rusher for that year. The following year the Cougars struggled to a 5- 6 finish, but this would be Edwards' only losing season during his run as BYU coach over the next three decades. In fact, the Cougars won the conference championship every year except one from 1.
However, the Cougars lost their first four bowl games. Their first post- season win came in the 1. Holiday Bowl, which has become known as the "Miracle Bowl" since BYU was trailing SMU 4. BYU would win its 1. Quarterback U" for consistently producing All- American quarterbacks, which included Gifford Nielsen, Marc Wilson, Jim Mc.
Mahon and Steve Young. During this period, Young finished second for the Heisman Trophy in 1.
Mc. Mahon finished third for the trophy in 1. In 1. 98. 4, BYU reached the pinnacle of college football when it won the national championship.
The undefeated Cougars (1. Pitt, ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time and finished with a victory over the Michigan Wolverines (6- 5- 0). BYU defeated Michigan 2. Holiday Bowl, marking the only time a national champion played in a bowl game before New Year's Day. Coupled with the 1.
BYU concluded the 1. Some college football pundits argued that BYU had not played a legitimate schedule and thus should not be recognized as national champion. Nonetheless, at the end of the season, BYU was crowned as national champion after being a near- unanimous number one in all four NCAA sanctioned polls AP, Coaches, NFF and FWAA.
In 1. 98. 5, quarterback Robbie Bosco finished third in the Heisman balloting; in 1. Jason Buck became the first BYU player ever to win the Outland Trophy; and in 1.
Mo Elewonibi also won the Outland Trophy. In 1. 99. 0, the Cougars achieved their first victory over a top- ranked team when they defeated the #1 Miami Hurricanes early in the season, and the season culminated with quarterback Ty Detmer becoming BYU's first and only Heisman Trophy winner. In 1. 99. 6, BYU won the first ever WAC Championship Game in Las Vegas and earned a bid to play in the Cotton Bowl against Kansas State of the newly formed Big 1. Conference, making it BYU's first ever New Year's Day bowl game, which they won 1. BYU finished ranked No. Coaches and AP polls, and became the first team in NCAA history to win 1.
In 1. 99. 9, BYU left the WAC along with seven other teams to form the Mountain West Conference, with the Cougars winning a share of the inaugural MWC championship. Just prior to the 2. Edwards announced that it would be his final year as the program's head coach, and prior to Edwards' final home game, LDS Church President.
Gordon B. Hinckley announced that Cougar Stadium would be renamed "La. Vell Edwards Stadium".[7] Edwards was carried off the field following the season closer against the Utes.
Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Gary Crowton was hired to replace Edwards. His first season was successful, earning a 1. Luke Staley earning the Doak Walker Award, but the Cougars posted losing records the following three seasons and received negative publicity for infractions of the university's honor code.[8][9] Crowton resigned on December 1, 2.
Bronco Mendenhall, who had been brought into the program a year earlier as defensive coordinator, was named the next BYU head football coach. BYU returned to post- season play under Mendenhall's leadership and has competed in a bowl game each year of his tenure. During his tenure, Mendenhall has earned the 7th best winning percentage of all active coaches (. The Cougars' 2. 00. Pac- 1. 0 Oregon Ducks in the Las Vegas Bowl (3. BYU's largest bowl margin of victory in school history and BYU's first bowl win since the Cotton Bowl Classic on New Year's Day 1. The Cougars finished the year 1.
The 2. 00. 9 season for BYU began against 3rd ranked Oklahoma at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, winning 1. The Cougars would go on to finish 1. MWC play, losing only to conference champion TCU in October in a game preceded by the first- ever visit to Provo by ESPN College Game. Day. On September 1, 2. BYU announced it would begin competition as a football independent starting in the 2. TV coverage and poor football competition in the Mountain West Conference. BYU later entered into an 8- year contract with ESPN in which 1.
ESPN networks and BYU would retain the rights to utilize its on- campus broadcasting facilities and nationally syndicated station. The Cougars were reportedly invited to the Big East for all sports during this period, and in February 2. CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award. Ben Cahoon joined the coaching staff as the wide receivers coach.[1. In 2. 01. 1, BYU changed quarterbacks mid- season from sophomore Jake Heaps to junior Riley Nelson, and in 2. During the 2. 01. Ziggy Ansah was drafted as the #5 overall pick of the 2.
NFL Draft, tied for the highest draft BYU alumnus with Jim Mc. Mahon '8. 2.[1. 1] For the 2. BYU football season, the Cougars were slated to compete against four pre- season- ranked teams. In January 2. 01. Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which had previously announced that from 2. Power 5" team (i. ACC, Big Ten, Big 1.
Pac- 1. 2, or SEC, plus Notre Dame, an FBS independent but otherwise an ACC member), announced that games against BYU would also count toward the "Power 5" requirement. The move was seen as improving BYU's scheduling opportunities, and as an indicator of the program's strength; at the time of the announcement, the Cougars were coming off their 1. Two months later, it was reported that the Southeastern Conference (SEC), which had announced a similar "Power 5" scheduling requirement from 2.
BYU and the other remaining FBS independent, Army, for this purpose. In the case of the SEC, this change in policy was driven more by the trend of "Power 5" leagues requiring nine conference games. At the time of the report, the Big Ten, Big 1. Pac- 1. 2 either had nine- game conference schedules or were introducing them in the near future. The ACC has an eight- game schedule, but also has a scheduling alliance with Notre Dame that has five ACC members playing the Fighting Irish each season. Additionally, three SEC teams had a total of five games scheduled with BYU from 2. In July 2. 01. 5, the Big Ten announced that games against BYU would count toward the conference's "Power 5" scheduling requirement that takes effect in 2.
On December 4, 2. Bronco Mendenhall accepted the Head Coaching position with Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[1.
Current coaching staff[edit]Name. Position. Kalani Sitake. Head Coach. Ed Lamb. Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends Coach. Ty Detmer. Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback Coach. Ilaisa Tuiaki. Defensive Coordinator.
Vacant. Running Backs Coach. Vacant. Recruiting Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator. Vacant. Defensive Line Coach.
Vacant. Offensive Line Coach. Vacant. Wide Receivers Coach. Vacant. Inside Linebackers coach.