1996 BYU Cougars football team

1996 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
WAC Mountain Division champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
WAC Championship Game, W 28–25 OT vs. Wyoming
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Division Mountain Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 5
1996 record 14–1 (8–0 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards (25th season)
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
(Capacity: 65,000)
1996 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$  9 0     14 1  
Utah  6 2     8 4  
Rice  6 2     7 4  
SMU  4 4     5 6  
New Mexico  3 5     6 5  
TCU  3 5     4 7  
Tulsa  2 6     4 7  
UTEP  0 8     2 9  
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x  7 1     10 2  
San Diego State  6 2     8 3  
Colorado State  6 2     7 5  
Air Force  5 3     6 5  
Fresno State  3 5     4 7  
San Jose State  3 5     3 9  
Hawaii  1 7     2 10  
UNLV  1 8     1 11  
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Brigham Young Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were the first team during the socalled "Modern era" (post 1937) to play 15 games in a season, and the only one to do it when Division I-A teams normally played 11 regular season games. Firstly, a team was able to play a designated "kickoff" opening game and not have it count against the allowed game total, then they played at Hawaii which didn't count against the allowed total. That allowed BYU to play 13 regular season games. They then played a conference championship game and a bowl game in the Cotton Bowl Classic bringing the total to 15 games.

During the 2002 and 2003 seasons teams were allowed to schedule 12 games as well as a week one game. As a result, the 2003 Kansas State Wildcats became only the second team to play a 15-game season with an 11-4 record.

The kickoff game exemption was eliminated in 2005, but the Hawaii exemption remains in place.

Since 2014, it has again been possible for teams to play a 15-game schedule without facing Hawaii because of the 4 team playoff system.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 24 10:00 AM No. 13 Texas A&M* Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah (Pigskin Classic) ABC W 41–37   55,229
August 31 7:00 PM Arkansas State* No. 19 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 58–9   63,681
September 14 1:30 PM at Washington* No. 14 Husky StadiumSeattle ABC L 17–29   71,165
September 21 12:00 PM New Mexico Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 17–14   63,587
September 28 12:00 PM SMU No. 24 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 31–3   62,537
October 4 7:00 PM at Utah State* No. 21 Romney StadiumLogan, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel) KUTV W 45–17   33,119
October 12 12:00 PM UNLV No. 19 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 63–28   64,872
October 19 7:00 PM at Tulsa No. 18 Skelly StadiumTulsa, Oklahoma ESPN2 W 55–30   34,624
October 26 1:00 PM at TCU No. 15 Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, Texas KSL W 45–21   28,961
November 2 12:00 PM UTEP No. 13 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 40–18   64,938
November 9 12:00 PM Rice No. 12 Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah KSL W 49–0   65,732
November 16 10:00 PM at Hawaii No. 10 Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI KSL W 45–14   16,468
November 23 10:30 AM at Utah No. 8 Rice StadiumSalt Lake City (Holy War) ESPN W 37–17   35,378
December 7 2:30 PM vs. No. 20 Wyoming* No. 6 Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, Nevada (WAC Championship Game) ABC W 28–25 OT  41,328
January 1 12:30 PM vs. No. 14 Kansas State* No. 5 Cotton BowlDallas (Cotton Bowl Classic) CBS W 19–15   71,928
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

Roster

1996 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 79 Jason Anderson Jr
WR 85 R. J. Anderson Jr
FB 35 Donny Atuaia Fr
RB 22 Mark Atuaia Sr
OL 73 Eric Bateman So
QB 14 Chris Bisgaard Sr
OL 78 Greg Hoagland Sr
WR 14 Margin Hooks Fr
WR 88 Ben Horton Fr
T 66 Nathan Howard Sr
TE 96 Chad Lewis Sr
WR 80 Kaipo McGuire Sr
TE 88 Itula Mili Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 90 Harland Ah You Jr
LB 39 Joe Ambrosius Jr
DB 9 Jason Anderson Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

References

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