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Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 20
1977 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 20 BYU + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Arizona State + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Colorado State 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
Wyoming 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Arizona 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Utah 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
UTEP 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

September 10Kansas State*

W 39–0 35,196 September 24at Utah State*No. 20

W 65–6 20,103 September 30New MexicoNo. 15

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah

W 54–19 33,352 October 8at Oregon State*No. 13

L 19–24 33,965 October 15Colorado State

W 63–17 29,110 October 22at WyomingNo. 17

W 10–7 25,398 October 29ArizonadaggerNo. 17

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah

W 34–14 33,621 November 5UtahNo. 14

W 38–8 34,208 November 12at No. 17 Arizona StateNo. 13

L 13–24 58,295 November 19Long Beach State*No. 17

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah

W 30–27 21,322 November 26at UTEPNo. 18

W 68–19 7,800

Template:CFB Schedule End

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Roster

1977 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 85 Clay Brown Fr
FB 33 Todd Christensen Sr
OT 72 Nick Eyre Fr
RB 36 Eric Lane Fr
QB 9 Jim McMahan Fr
QB 14 Gifford Neilson Sr
QB 6 Marc Wilson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 83 Mat Mendenhall So
LB 41 Glen Redd Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Staff

Head Coach: LaVell Edwards

Assistants: Norm Chow (WR), Dick Felt (DC/DB), Garth Hall (RB), Dave Kragthorpe (Ast HC/OL), Mel Olsen (JV Coordinator), Tom Ramage (DL), Doug Scovil (OC/QB), Fred Whittingham (LB)

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Game summaries

Utah State

Gifford Nielsen completed 30 of 40 passes for 321 yards and six touchdowns. Head coach LaVell Edwards pulled Nielsen with about three minutes left in the first half and again at 3:46 in the third quarter while three more potential touchdown passes were dropped otherwise Nielsen's stats would have been even greater. The BYU players were actually cheered by the Utah State fans as they left field.[2]

Utah

Utah at #13 BYU
1 234Total
Utah 0 260 8
• BYU 17 0021 38
Scoring summary
1BYUDuke 23-yard field goalBYU 3-0
1BYUChristensen 11-yard pass from Wilson (Duke kick)BYU 10-0
1BYUChronister 72-yard pass from Wilson (Duke kick)BYU 17-0
2UTAHSafety, intentional grounding by Wilson in end oneBYU 17-2
3UTAHLiapls 12-yard run (pass failed)BYU 17-8
4BYUVanDerWouden 14-yard pass from Wilson (Duke kick)BYU 24-8
4BYUThompson 26-yard pass from Wilson (Duke kick)BYU 31-8
4BYUVanDerWouden 8-yard pass from Wilson (Duke kick)BYU 38-8

BYU's Marc Wilson threw for 571 yards, breaking the single-game NCAA record set by Utah State's Tony Adams in 1972. Wilson was pulled with two minutes left but put back in and completed three passes, including a touchdown to John VanDerWouden, to set the record, which drew the ire of Utah head coach Wayne Howard.

Statistics

Passing

Player Comp Att Yards TD INT
Marc Wilson 164 277 2,418 24 18
Gifford Nielsen 98 156 1,167 16 3
Jim McMahon 10 16 103 1 1
Terry McEwen 3 3 32 0 0
Scott Phillips 1 2 29 0 1
Dan Hartwig 1 2 9 0 0
John VanDerWouden 0 1 0 0 0

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Awards

  • WAC Offensive Player of the Year: QB Marc Wilson
  • All-WAC: LB Mark Berntsen, RB Todd Christensen, WR Mike Chronister, OL Jason Coloma, DL Mekeli Ieremia, OL Lance Reynolds

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References

  1. ^ a b c d 1977 football season – CougarStats
  2. ^ "Cougars' Air Attack Keeps Ags Grounded." Miller, Hack. Deseret News. 1977 Sept 26.
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