1975 BYU Cougars football team

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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

September 13Bowling Green*

L 21–23 29,718 September 20at Colorado State

L 17–21 27,491 September 27at No. 13 Arizona State

L 0–20 50,944 October 3New Mexico

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT

W 16–15 25,140 October 11Air Force*dagger

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT

W 28–14 30,246 October 25at Wyoming

W 33–20 16,297 November 1No. 17 Arizona

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT

L 20–36 25,287 November 8at Utah State*

W 24–7 21,594 November 15Utah

W 51–20 28,265 November 22at UTEP

W 20–10 7,350 November 29at Southern Miss*

L 14–42 9,262

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

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
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Game summaries

Air Force

1 234Total
Air Force 7 700 14
BYU 0 7714 28

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Utah

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.[2]

External links

References

  1. ^ "BYU Downs Falcons, 28-14." Palm Beach Post. 1975 Oct 12.
  2. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Nov 16.