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1977 BYU Cougars football team

1977 BYU Cougars football
WAC co-champion
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 20
1977 record 9–2 (6–1 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards
Offensive coordinator Doug Scovil
Defensive coordinator Dick Felt
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
Seasons
« 1976 1978 »
1977 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#20 BYU + 6 1 0     9 2 0
#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
Utah at #13 BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Utah 0 2 6 0 8
BYU 17 0 0 21 38

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

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)

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.

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.


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