American college football season
1986 BYU Cougars football |
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Freedom Bowl, L 10–31 vs. UCLA |
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
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Record | 8–5 (6–2 WAC) |
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Head coach | - LaVell Edwards (15th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Roger French (6th season) |
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Offensive scheme | West Coast |
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Defensive coordinator | Dick Felt (12th season) |
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Base defense | 3–4 |
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Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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The 1986 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 15th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars compiled a record of 8–5 overall and 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the WAC. BYU was invited to the Freedom Bowl, where the Cougars lost to UCLA.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | Utah State* | No. 18 | | | W 52–0 | 64,213 |
September 13 | New Mexico | No. 11 | | KSL | W 31–30 | 64,385 |
September 20 | at No. 7 Washington* | No. 11 | | | L 21–52 | 61,197 |
September 27 | Temple* | | | KSL | W 27–17 | 64,221 |
October 3 | Colorado State | | | KSL | L 20–24 | 64,633 |
October 18 | at Wyoming | | | | W 34–22 | 31,742 |
October 25 | UTEP | | | | W 37–13 | 64,617 |
November 8 | at Hawaii | | | | W 10–3 | 46,485 |
November 15 | Oregon State* | | | KSL | L 7–10 | 63,321 |
November 22 | at Utah | | | KUTV | W 35–21 | 34,128 |
November 29 | at San Diego State | | | ESPN | L 3–10 | 45,062 |
December 6 | at Air Force | | | | W 23–3 | 37,004 |
December 30 | vs. No. 15 UCLA* | | | | L 10–31 | 55,422 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries
At Washington
BYU at Washington | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Cougars | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | • Huskies | 15 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 52 | |
Utah
BYU at Utah | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • BYU | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 | Utah | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 | - Date: November 22
- Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Elapsed time: 3:20
- Game attendance: 34,128
- Game weather: Partly cloudy/snow flurries, 42 F
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | BYU | Parker 41-yard run (Chitty kick) | BYU 7-0 | | 2 | | BYU | Heimuli 2-yard run (Chitty kick) | BYU 14-0 | | 2 | | UTAH | Holder 44-yard pass from Egger (Lieber kick) | BYU 14-7 | | 3 | | BYU | Heimuli 20-yard run (Chitty kick) | BYU 21-7 | | 3 | | BYU | Hansen 2-yard run (Chitty kick) | BYU 28-7 | | 4 | | BYU | Parker 17-yard run (Chitty kick) | BYU 35-7 | | 4 | | UTAH | Hardy 35-yard pass from Egger (Richey pass from Egger) | BYU 35-15 | | 4 | | UTAH | Jenkins 46-yard pass from Egger (pass failed) | BYU 35-21 | |
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San Diego State
Air Force
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Air Force | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | • BYU | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 | - Date: December 6
- Location: Cougar Stadium
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | | AF | Blasy 19 yard field goal | AF 3–0 | | Q1 | | BYU | Chitty 43 yard field goal | Tie 3–3 | | Q2 | | BYU | Chitty 39 yard field goal | BYU 6–3 | | Q2 | | BYU | Heimuli 1 yard run (Chitty kick) | BYU 13–3 | | Q2 | | BYU | Heimuli 18 yard pass from Jensen (Chitty kick) | BYU 20–3 | | Q2 | | BYU | Chitty 31 yard field goal | BYU 23–3 | |
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Vs. UCLA (Freedom Bowl)
BYU vs. UCLA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Cougars | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | • Bruins | 7 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 31 | |
Roster
1986 BYU Cougars football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1986 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results".
- ^ "Different cast, same old result - BYU 35-21." Rock, Brad. The Deseret News. 1986 Nov 23.
- ^ CougarStats. Retrieved 2018-Dec-09.
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