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1975 BYU Cougars football team

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The 1975 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

September 13Bowling Green*

L 21–23 29,718 September 20at Colorado State

L 17–21 27,491 September 27at Arizona StateNo. 13

L 0–20 50,944 October 3New Mexico

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT

W 16–15 25,140 October 11Air Force*dagger

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT

W 28–14 30,246 October 25at Wyoming

W 33–20 16,297 November 1ArizonaNo. 17

  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT

L 20–36 25,287 November 8at Utah State*

W 24–7 21,594 November 15Utah

W 51–20 28,265 November 22at UTEP

W 20–10 7,350 November 29at Southern Mississippi*

L 14–42 9,262

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

1975 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 33 Todd Christensen So
QB 14 Gifford Nielsen So
QB 6 Marc Wilson Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 83 Mat Mendenhall Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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.