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The undefeated Cougars (12–0–0) opened the season with a 20–14 victory over Pitt (3-7-1), ranked No.

In 1984, BYU reached the pinnacle of college football when it was recognized as college football national champions, being the only unbeaten, untied team in the nation. During this period, Young finished second for the Heisman Trophy in 1983 and McMahon finished third for the trophy in 1981. BYU would win its 1981, 1983, and 1984 bowl games as well and it earned the nickname " Quarterback U" for consistently producing All-American quarterbacks, which included Gifford Nielsen, Marc Wilson, Jim McMahon and Steve Young. Their first post-season win came in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, which has become known as the "Miracle Bowl" since BYU was trailing SMU 45–25 with four minutes left in the game and then came back to win. However, the Cougars lost their first four bowl games.

In fact, the Cougars won the conference championship every year except one from 1974 to 1985, including the national championship in 1984. The following year, the Cougars struggled to a 5–6 finish, but this would be Edwards' only losing season during his run as BYU coach over the next three decades. Edwards and his staff installed a drop-back passing game considered to be an early implementation of the West Coast offense, resulting in Cougar Pete Van Valkenburg as the nation's leading rusher for that year. In 1972, assistant coach LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach, succeeding Hudspeth. LaVell Edwards era (1972–2000) Coach LaVell Edwards In 1964, Cougar Stadium was built, which included a capacity of 30,000, and in 1965, head coach Tommy Hudspeth led the Cougars to their first conference championship with a record of 6–4.

In 1961, Eldon "The Phantom" Fortie became the school's first All-American, and in 1962, BYU moved to the Western Athletic Conference. The team began to rebuild in the mid-1950s, recruiting University of Rhode Island head coach Hal Kopp to lead the Cougars, who achieved back-to-back winning seasons in 19, led by southpaw quarterback Jared Stephens and nose tackle Gavin Anae. The university did not field a team from 1943–1945 due to World War II, and in 1949 suffered its only winless season, going 0–11. In 1932, the Cougars posted an 8–1 record and outscored their opponents 188–50, which remains one of the school's finest seasons on record. Romney and his successor Eddie Kimball ushered in a new era in Cougar football in which the team went 65–51–12 between 1928–1942. Ott Romney, who BYU recruited from Montana State University the year before. BYU was admitted to the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1921 and had its first winning year in 1929 under the helm of coach G. Īfter a 20-year ban on football, the sport was brought back to BYU on an intramural basis in 1919, and intercollegiate games were resumed in 1920 under coach Alvin Twitchell. In its second year of competition, the BYA football team won the championship too, but as a result of an accidental football-related death in Utah in 1900, football was banned from all LDS Church schools until 1919. The first BYU football team in 1896 played the University of Utah (winning 12–4), the Elks, the Crescents, the YMCA of Salt Lake City, the Wheel Club of Denver, and Westminster College and it ultimately won the championship. Benjamin Cluff became the third principal of Brigham Young Academy (the precursor to BYU) in 1892 (the school was converted into a university in 1903) and was influenced by his collegiate studies at the University of Michigan to bring athletic competition to Brigham Young. See also: List of BYU Cougars football seasons Early history The school's first football team won the regional championship in 1896.īYU traces its football roots back to the late 19th century.

The team plays home games at the 63,470-seat LaVell Edwards Stadium, named after head coach LaVell Edwards who won 19 conference championships, seven bowl games, and one national championship (1984) while coaching at BYU. BYU officially joined the Big 12 on July 1, 2023. On September 10, 2021, the Big 12 Conference unanimously accepted BYU’s application to the conference. The team has competed in several different athletic conferences during its history, from Jto 2022, they competed as an FBS Independent. The Cougars began collegiate football competition in 1922, and have won 23 conference championships and one national championship in 1984. The BYU Cougars football team is the college football program representing Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. College football program representing Brigham Young University BYU Cougars football