1975 BYU Cougars football team

1975 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1975 record 6–5 (4–3 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Dave Kragthorpe
Defensive coordinator Dick Felt
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
1975 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 13 Bowling Green* Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT L 21–23   29,718
September 20 at Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 17–21   27,491
September 27 at No. 13 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 0–20   50,944
October 3 New Mexico Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT W 16–15   25,140
October 11 Air Force*dagger Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT W 28–14   30,246
October 25 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 33–20   16,297
November 1 No. 17 Arizona Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT L 20–36   25,287
November 8 at Utah State* Romney Stadium • Logan, UT W 24–7   21,594
November 15 Utah Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) W 51–20   28,265
November 22 at UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX W 20–10   7,350
November 29 at Southern Miss* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS L 14–42   9,262
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Roster

1975 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
DE 83 Mat Mendenhall Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Air Force

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

[1]

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]

References

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