1991 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 23 BYU $ 7 – 0 – 1 8 – 3 – 2
San Diego State 6 – 1 – 1 8 – 4 – 1
No. 25 Air Force 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
Utah 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Hawaii 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 1
Wyoming 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
UTEP 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 7 – 1
Colorado State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 20th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars compiled a record of 8–3–2 overall and 7–0–1 in conference play, winning the WAC title for the third consecutive season. BYU was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Cougars tied Iowa.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
August 29No. 1 Florida State*No. 19
RaycomL 28–44
September 7at No. 23 UCLA*No. 25
L 23–27
September 21at No. 12 Penn State*
ABCL 7–33
September 28Air Force
W 21–7
October 4Utah State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 38–12
October 12UTEP
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 31–29
October 19Hawaii
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 35–18
October 26at New Mexico
W 41–23
October 31at Colorado State
ESPNW 40–17
November 9Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 56–31
November 16at San Diego StateNo. 23
ESPNT 52–52
November 23Utah
W 48–17
December 30vs. No. 7 Iowa*
ESPNT 13–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1991 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 57 John Ashman Sr
OT 71 Scott Brumfield Jr
RB 43 Scott Charlton Sr
QB 14 Ty Detmer Sr
OT 63 Kent Griffith Sr
C 79 Mike Jenkins Sr
WR 87 Micah Matsuzaki Jr
WR 42 Tim Nowatzke Fr
G 68 Mao Pili Sr
TE 89 Matt Zundel Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 20 Josh Arnold Sr
LB 45 Rocky Biegel Sr
DB 5 Derwin Gray Jr
DT 98 Brad Hunter Jr
DT 94 Chad Moffat Sr
DT 99 Greg Pitts  Fr
DB 22 Paul Pitts Sr
LB 48 Kendall Purcell Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Further information: 1991 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

Florida State

See also: 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team and Pigskin Classic

At UCLA

See also: 1991 UCLA Bruins football team

At Penn State

See also: 1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Iowa (Holiday Bowl)

#7 Iowa vs. BYU
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 6 700 13
Cougars 0 607 13
Main article: 1991 Holiday Bowl
See also: 1991 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

[1]

Awards and honors

1992 NFL Draft

Main article: 1992 NFL draft

[2]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
9 230 Ty Detmer Quarterback Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ "Game History: The 1991 Thrifty Car Rental Holiday Bowl". sandiegobowlgames.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.


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