1976 BYU Cougars football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record9–3 (6–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Scovil (1st season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (5th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1976 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
BYU + 6 1 09 3 0
Wyoming + 6 1 08 4 0
Arizona State 4 3 04 7 0
Utah 3 3 03 8 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
New Mexico 3 4 04 7 0
Colorado State 2 4 06 5 0
UTEP 0 7 01 11 0
  • + Conference co-champions

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Kansas State*L 3–1327,100
September 18Colorado StateW 42–1833,013
September 25at ArizonaW 23–1631,000
October 2at San Diego StateW 8–041,786
October 9Wyomingdagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 29–3435,423
October 10Southern Miss*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 63–1923,029[1]
October 23Utah State*
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 MexicoW 21–818,038
November 20at UtahW 34–1230,503
December 18vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State*L 21–4937,812
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2][3]

Personnel

1976 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Todd Christensen
QB Gifford Nielsen RJr
WR 8 John VanDerWouden Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Dave Taylor
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Game summaries

    Kansas State

    Colorado State

    1 234Total
    Colorado State 0 873 18
    BYU 7 15317 42

    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.[4]

    At Arizona

    1 234Total
    BYU 13 307 23
    Arizona 3 733 16

    [5]

    At San Diego State

    Wyoming

    Southern Mississippi

    Utah State

    Arizona State

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

    [6]

    UTEP

    At New Mexico

    At Utah

    BYU Cougars (8–2) at Utah Utes (3–6)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    BYU 7 13 14034
    Utah 0 6 0612

    at Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

    • Date: November 20, 1976
    • Game weather: Clear, 56 °F (13 °C)
    • Game attendance: 30,503
    • Box Score
    Game information
    External videos
    video icon Game highlights

    Tangerine Bowl (vs Oklahoma State)

    References

    1. "BYU crushes Eagles in 63–19 romp". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 17, 1976. Retrieved March 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
    2. CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
    3. "1976 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results".
    4. "BYU's passing attack dumps Colorado State." Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Sept 19.
    5. CougarStats.com. Retrieved 2016-Sep-16.
    6. Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 31.


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