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
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	8–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Roger French (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Dick Felt (8th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2		at UNLV*	Las Vegas Silver Bowl Whitney, NV	W 27–0	26,769	[1]
September 11		at No. 6 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 14–17	80,207	[2]
September 25	1:30 p.m.	Air Force	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 38–39	64,253	[3]
October 2		at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 51–3	34,108	[4]
October 9		at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 40–12	31,002	[5]
October 16		Hawaii	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 39–25	65,172	[6]
October 23		Colorado State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 34–18	64,739	[7]
October 30		at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	L 17–20	25,688	[8]
November 6		Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 23–13	64,819	[9]
November 13		San Diego State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 58–8	64,471	[10]
November 20		at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	W 17–12	36,250	[11]
December 17		vs. No. 17 Ohio State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	L 17–47	52,533	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

Utah

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• BYU	7	3	7	0	17
Utah	0	6	0	6	12

• Date: November 20
• Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

• Source:

Scoring summary

1		BYU	Eddo 6 yard pass from Young (Gunther kick)	BYU 7-0
2		UTAH	Monroe 3 yard run (kick failed)	BYU 7-6
2		BYU	Gunther 32 yard field goal	BYU 10-6
3		BYU	Tiumalu 16 yard pass from Young (Gunther kick)	BYU 17-6
4		UTAH	Monroe 4 yard run (pass failed)	BYU 17-12

Roster

1982 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G, C 57 Robert Anae  So 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 LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Crowton (Graduate assistant) Jim Paronto (Graduate assistant) Andy Reid (Graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Awards and honors

• Neil Balholm: Second-team All-WAC^[14]
• Chuck Ehin: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Lloyd Eldredge: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Tom Holmoe: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Gordon Hudson: Consensus All-American,^[15] first-team All-WAC^[14]
• Mike Mees: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Mike Morgan: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Bart Oates: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Todd Shell: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Vince Stroth: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Casey Tiumalu: Second-team All-WAC^[14]
• Steve Young: First-team All-WAC^[14]