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| AP | No. 13 |
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| San Diego State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| New Mexico | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Roster
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Schedule
September 8at No. 14 Texas A&M*
W 18–17 40,000 September 15Weber State*
W 48–3 33,161 September 29UTEP
- Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
W 31–7 34,724 October 5HawaiiNo. 20
- Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
W 38–15 34,741 October 13at Utah State*No. 16
W 48–24 28,094 October 20at WyomingNo. 13
W 54–14 14,723 October 27New MexicoNo. 11
- Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
W 59–7 33,921 November 3at Colorado StateNo. 11
W 30–7 25,612 November 9at Long Beach State*No. 11
W 31–17 20,051 November 17UtahNo. 10
- Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
W 27–0 40,236 November 24at San Diego StateNo. 10
ABCW 63–14 46,121 December 21vs. Indiana*No. 9
- San Diego Stadium
- San Diego (Holiday Bowl)
L 37–38 52,500
Game summaries
Game 1: Texas A&M
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The game was played at Rice Stadium because Kyle Field was being renovated.
QB Marc Wilson had undergone an emergency appendectomy and had lost weight during the week of the game.
The defense carried the offense that was still finding its rhythm with a blocked punt and a goal line stand. The ailing Wilson drove BYU down the field to score with 52 seconds left to pull within 17-16. Coach Edwards let the team decide whether to go for the tie or the win and they chose the latter. The attempt was converted and BYU put itself in the national spotlight with a major upset.
Utah
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Marc Wilson threw for 374 yards as BYU clinched at least a share of the WAC title and set up a showdown with San Diego State for the following week. Wilson set an NCAA record for the most passing yards against a single opponent in two games and tied Rice's Tommy Kramer 1976 record for 300-yard passing games in a season with seven.
Game 12: Holiday Bowl (vs. Indiana)
Marc Wilson 28/43, 380 yards, 2 TD, TD rushing [5]
References
- ^ 1979 Football season – CougarStats
- ^ "Late Pass Enables BYU to Upset A&M." Palm Beach Post. 1979 Sept 9.
- ^ BYU Football Talk
- ^ "BYU stays unbeaten, Wilson breaks records." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 18.
- ^ "1979". Holidaybowl.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.