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1975 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Kragthorpe (6th season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Arizona State $ 7 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Arizona 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Colorado State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
BYU 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
New Mexico 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Utah 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Wyoming 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
UTEP 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Cougars were led by fourth-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, finishing tied for fourth with a conference record of 4–3.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Bowling Green*
L 21–2329,718[1]
September 20at Colorado State
L 17–2127,491[2]
September 27at No. 13 Arizona State
L 0–2050,944[3]
October 3New Mexico
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 16–1525,140[4]
October 11Air Force*dagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 28–1430,246[5]
October 25at Wyoming
W 33–2016,297[6]
November 1No. 17 Arizona
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 20–3625,287[7]
November 8at Utah State*
W 24–721,594[8]
November 15Utah
W 51–2028,265[9]
November 22at UTEP
W 20–107,350[10]
November 29at Southern Miss*
L 14–429,262[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

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Air Force

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1 234Total
Air Force 7 700 14
• BYU 0 7714 28
Scoring summary
1AFKen Wood 5-yard run (Dave Lawson kick)AF 7-0
2BYUJeff Blanc 7-yard run (Dave Taylor kick)Tied 7-7
2AFKen Wood 1-yard run (Dave Lawson kick)AF 14-7
3BYUJeff Nilsson 10-yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick)Tied 14-14
4BYUCharlie Ah You 1-yard run (Dave Taylor kick)BYU 21-14
4BYUCharlie Ah You 1-yard run (Dave Taylor kick)BYU 28-14
Source:[13]

Utah

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Gifford Nielsen passed and ran for two touchdowns and Brigham Young's defense turned Utah fumbles into three more scores in the 51–20 rout. Mark Uselman also kicked field goals of 47, 47 and 44 yards as the Cougars won their fourth in a row in the series.[14]

Roster

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1975 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 33 Todd Christensen So
WR 88 Jay Miller Jr
QB 14 Gifford Nielsen So
C 55 Orrin Olsen Sr
QB 6 Marc Wilson Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 83 Mat Mendenhall Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
OT 61 Chris Crowe Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

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  1. ^ "Bowling Green defeats BYU on late field goal". The Arizona Daily Star. September 14, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Colroado State outlasts BYU". Great Falls Tribune. September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Devils pound BYU 20–0". The El Paso Times. September 28, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cougars overtake New Mexico". Idaho State Journal. October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "BYU halts Falcons". Rapid City Journal. October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Chuck Harkins (October 26, 1975). "Cougars halt Pokes 33–20". Casper Star-Tribune. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Defense, Pistor spark UA, 36–20". The Arizona Republic. November 2, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "BYU topples Ags". The El Paso Times. November 9, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Monumental mismatch, BYU wins, 51–20". The Daily Herald. November 16, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "BYU struggles past UTEP". The Herald-Journal. November 23, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Southern Miss shocks BYU by 42–14". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 30, 1975. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1975 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "BYU Downs Falcons, 28-14." Palm Beach Post. 1975 Oct 12.
  14. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Nov 16.


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