1982 BYU Cougars football team

The 1982 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 7–1 WAC), as WAC Champions and with a loss against Ohio State in the Holiday Bowl.

1982 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 17–47 vs. Ohio State
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoger French (2nd season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (8th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
BYU $ 7 1 0 8 4 0
New Mexico 6 1 0 10 1 0
Air Force 4 3 0 8 5 0
San Diego State 4 3 0 7 5 0
Hawaii 4 4 0 6 5 0
Colorado State 3 5 0 4 7 0
Utah 2 4 0 5 6 0
Wyoming 2 6 0 5 7 0
UTEP 1 6 0 2 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 2at UNLV*W 27–026,769
September 11at No. 6 Georgia*L 14–1780,207
September 25Air ForceL 38–3964,253
October 2at UTEPW 51–334,108
October 9at New MexicoW 40–1231,002
October 16Hawaii 
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 39–2565,172
October 23Colorado State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 34–1864,739
October 30at Utah State*L 17–2025,688
November 6Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 23–1364,819
November 13San Diego State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 58–836,250
November 20at UtahW 17–1236,250
December 17vs. No. 17 Ohio State*L 17–4752,533
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries edit

Utah edit

1 234Total
BYU 7 370 17
Utah 0 606 12

Roster edit

1982 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 6 Robbie Bosco   Fr
TE 95 Gordon Hudson Jr
C 50 Trevor Matich   So
RB 20 Casey Tiumalu Jr
QB 8 Steve Young Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 78 Chuck Ehin Sr
DE 92 Jim Herrmann So
DE 77 Mike Morgan Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P/K 10 Lee Johnson So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Awards and honors edit

References edit

  1. ^ BYU Office of Sports Information. "1982 Results" (PDF). 1983 BYU Football Media Guide. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "10 Cougars Earn All-WAC Grid Honors". The Daily Herald. Provo Utah. November 26, 1982. p. 6. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2007. p. 221. ISSN 0735-5475. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007.