1979 BYU Cougars football | |
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WAC champion
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Holiday Bowl, L 37–38 vs. Indiana
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 12 |
AP | No. 13 |
1979 record | 11–1 (7–0 WAC) |
Head coach | LaVell Edwards |
Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 BYU $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scoring summary | ||||
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1 | A&M | Brothers 1-yard run (Hardy kick) | A&M 7-0 | |
2 | BYU | Johnson 27-yard field goal | A&M 7-3 | |
3 | A&M | Mosley 7-yard run (Hardy kick) | A&M 14-3 | |
3 | BYU | Plater 21-yard pass from Wilson (Johnson kick) | A&M 14-10 | |
4 | A&M | Hardy 37-yard field goal | A&M 17-10 | |
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BYU | Brown 3-yard pass from Wilson (Wilson to Lacey pass) | BYU 18-17 |
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Scoring summary | ||||
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1 | BYU | Matt Braga 14-yard run (Johnson kick) | BYU 7-0 | |
1 | BYU | H. Jones 5-yard run (Johnson kick) | BYU 14-0 | |
1 | BYU | Johnson 39-yard field goal | BYU 17-0 | |
2 | BYU | Johnson 44-yard field goal | BYU 20-0 | |
3 | BYU | Matt Braga 18-yard pass from Marc Wilson (Johnson kick) | BYU 27-0 |
The 1979 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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.
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.
Marc Wilson 28/43, 380 yards, 2 TD, TD rushing