1984 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 BYU $	8	–	0	–	0			13	–	0	–	0
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Air Force	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Utah	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	7	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 13th-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, winning the conference for the ninth consecutive year. The Cougars finished the regular season as the only undefeated team in Division I-A, and secured their first ever national title by defeating Michigan in the 1984 Holiday Bowl.

A number of pollsters and coaches were reluctant to name the Cougars as national champion, partly because they believed BYU's schedule was too weak. Only two of BYU's opponents won at least seven games. They had played only one ranked opponent all season, preseason #3 Pittsburgh, a team that would finish 3–7–1 and unranked. No other team in the WAC was even close to being their equal; the Cougars were the only team in the league with fewer than four overall losses. In the end, BYU was ranked number one in both major final polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.^[1] The team was named national champion by NCAA-designated major selectors of AP, Billingsley, Football Research, FW, National Football Foundation, Poling, UPI, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by both National Championship Foundation and Sagarin (ELO-Chess).^[2]

To date, the 1984 Cougars are the last team from outside a "power conference" to win a national title. It is widely believed that the various systems devised over the years with a view toward deciding the national championship on the field, with their emphasis on strength of schedule, make it extremely difficult for a team outside the power conferences to be considered for championship contention.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	at No. 3 Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	W 20–14	40,263
September 8	Baylor*	No. 13	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 47–13	63,705
September 15	Tulsa*	No. 8	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 38–15	64,237
September 22	at Hawaii	No. 6	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI		W 18–13	50,000
October 6	at Colorado State	No. 7	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 52–9	28,671
October 13	Wyoming	No. 5	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 41–38	64,839
October 20	at Air Force	No. 7	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	W 30–25	30,469
October 25	at New Mexico	No. 5	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	W 48–0	19,227
November 3	UTEP	No. 4	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 42–9	62,530
November 10	San Diego State	No. 4	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 34–3	64,050
November 17	at Utah	No. 3	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	KUTV	W 24–14	36,110
November 24	Utah State*	No. 1	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)		W 38–13	65,580
December 21	vs. Michigan*	No. 1	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–17	61,243
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1984 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G, C 57 Robert Anae  Sr WR 11 Mark Bellini So OL 71 John Borgia Fr QB 6 Robbie Bosco  Jr RB 28 Paul Crawford Sr WR 18 Jim Edwards So QB 16 Blaine Fowler Jr OL 75 David Futrell Fr OL 59 Craig Garrick Sr WR 1 Adam Haysbert Sr RB 35 Lakei Heimuli So OL 68 John Hunter  Fr OL 66 David King So WR 7 Glen Kozlowski  Jr TE 90 Lance Lindley Jr QB 8 Steve Lindsley  Fr OL 73 Chris Matau So C 50 Trevor Matich  Sr OL 67 Keith McCullough Jr WR 26 David Miles  Fr TE 12 David Mills Sr TE 94 Trevor Molini WR 85 Scott Norberg Jr OL 75 Sam Oramas Sr WR 19 Richard Orr Jr HB 43 Robert Parker So OL 61 Doug Rawlinson Fr OL 63 Randy Rawlinson Jr OL 69 Scott Robinson Jr OL 55 Brian Rondoni Fr FB 33 Thor Salanoa So OL 56 Jay Shumway So HB 23 Vai Sikahema Jr HB 21 Kelly Smith Jr OL 60 David Tidwell Jr HB 46 Tom Tuipulotu  Fr TE 89 Brett Varoz Sr FB 33 Fred Whittingham Fr OL 70 Louis Wong Sr OL 78 David Wright Jr QB 12 Mike Young  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 51 Ladd Akeo So DB 22 Mark Allen Sr LB 49 Marv Allen Sr LB 31 John Bechtold So LB 37 Alema Fitisemanu Fr LB 34 Kurt Gouveia Jr DL 78 Larry Hamilton Sr DB 42 Steve Haymond Sr DB 2 Brian Hazelgren Jr DE 92 Jim Herrmann Sr LB 57 Richard Hobbs  Fr DL 96 Jay Huckaby  Fr DL 77 Shawn Knight So DL 76 Tim Knight DB 9 Rob Ledenko  Fr DL 80 Ty Mattingly So LB 44 Jim McDade Jr LB 96 Jay McDonald Jr DB 5 Kyle Morrell Sr LB 55 David Neff Sr DB 27 Kory Rasmussen So LB 59 Steve Sanders So DB 5 Marc Sherman Jr DB 24 Shane Shumway So DL 76 Brad Smith Sr DL 65 Ken Smith Sr DB 25 Jeff Sprowls Jr DB 3 Rodney Thomas Fr LB 9 JC VonCollin  Fr LB 41 Leon White Jr LB 53 Cary Whittingham Jr DB 14 Jeff Wilcox So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P, PK 10 Lee Johnson Sr PK 3 Pete Rossi Sr PK 15 Gary Webster Jr	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Bart Andrus Norm Chow Dick Felt Roger French Mike Holmgren Mel Olson Jim Paronto (Inside linebackers coach) Tom Ramage Lance Reynolds Ken Schmidt Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2017-Jan-01

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	13	8 (1)	6	8	7	5	7	5 (3)	4 (4)	4	3 (11)	1 (40)	1 (34)	1 (33)	1 (38)
Coaches	—	12	6 (1)	4	8	6	5	5 (1)	4 (1)	3 (5)	4 (4)	3 (12)	1 (30)	1 (21)	1 (24)	1 (28)

1 2 3 4 Total • Cougars 0 3 6 11 20 No. 3 Panthers 0 0 14 0 14 Date: September 1 Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game attendance: 40,263 Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Overcast TV announcers (ESPN): Jim Thacker (play-by-play), Irv Brown (analyst)

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	25/43, 325 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	8 rushes, 44 yards, TD
	Receiving	Adam Haysbert	9 receptions, 141 yards, TD
Pittsburgh	Passing	John Congemi	17/32, 171 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Marc Bailey	14 rushes, 40 yards, TD
	Receiving	Bill Wallace	7 receptions, 68 yards

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1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 0 0 6 13 • No. 13 Cougars 21 13 7 6 47 Date: September 8 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Game attendance: 63,705 Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Clear

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing	Cody Carlson	15/25, 198 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Ron Francis	13 rushes, 32 yards
	Receiving	Glenn Pruitt	6 receptions, 129 yards, TD
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	28/43, 363 yards, 6 TD
	Rushing	Robert Parker	11 rushes, 131 yards
	Receiving	David Mills	6 receptions, 115 yards, 2 TD

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 0 6 3 6 15 • No. 8 Cougars 14 7 3 14 38 Date: September 15 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Game attendance: 64,327 Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C), Clear

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tulsa	Passing	Steve Gage	5/15, 66 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Gordon Brown	16 rushes, 120 yards
	Receiving	Ronnie Kelley	4 receptions, 56 yards
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	22/33, 314 yards, TD
	Rushing	Robbie Bosco	7 rushes, 21 yards, TD
	Receiving	Mark Bellini	6 receptions, 141 yards

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 6 Cougars 3 9 0 6 18 Rainbow Warriors 0 10 0 3 13 Date: September 22 Location: Aloha Stadium Game attendance: 50,000 Game weather: Clear; 78 °F (26 °C)

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	18/33, 264 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	16 rushes, 86 yards
	Receiving	Glen Kozlowski	9 receptions, 156 yards, TD
Hawaii	Passing	Raphel Cherry	8/24, 74 yards, INT
	Rushing	Nuu Faaola	11 rushes, 51 yards
	Receiving	Kyle Mosley	1 reception, 62 yards

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1 2 3 4 Total • No. 7 Cougars 21 17 7 7 52 Rams 3 0 0 6 9 Date: October 6 Location: Hughes Stadium Game attendance: 28,671 Game weather: Sunny; 64 °F (18 °C)

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	16/21, 246 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	19 rushes, 87 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kelly Smith	6 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD
Colorado State	Passing	Tom Thenell	9/28, 98 yards, INT
	Rushing	Kurt Lichty	6 rushes, 24 yards
	Receiving	Todd Tyrell	4 receptions, 37 yards

1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 13 18 0 38 • No. 5 Cougars 14 7 12 8 41 Date: October 13 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Game attendance: 64,839 Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), Cloudy

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Wyoming	Passing	Scott Runyan	10/13, 179 yards, TD
	Rushing	Kevin Lowe	9 rushes, 93 yards, TD
	Receiving	Allyn Griffin	6 receptions, 148 yards, 2 TD
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	29/44, 384 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Kelly Smith	13 rushes, 92 yards, TD
	Receiving	David Mills	7 receptions, 136 yards, 3 TD

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 7 Cougars 7 7 13 3 30 Falcons 7 2 10 6 25 Date: October 20 Location: Falcon Stadium Game attendance: 30,469 Game weather: Overcast, periods of snow; 36 °F (2 °C) Television network: ABC

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	28/41, 484 yards, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	18 rushes, 65 yards
	Receiving	David Mills	10 receptions, 225 yards, TD
Air Force	Passing	Bart Weiss	6/10, 152 yards, TD
	Rushing	Pat Evans	20 rushes, 103 yards
	Receiving	Kevin Fleming	1 reception, 57 yards, TD

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 5 Cougars 7 17 24 0 48 Lobos 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 25 Location: University Stadium Game attendance: 19,277 Game weather: Mostly cloudy; 50 °F (10 °C) Television network: ESPN

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	19/29, 227 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	19 rushes, 141 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Kelly Smith	3 receptions, 54 yards
New Mexico	Passing	Billy Rucker	5/8, 69 yards, INT
	Rushing	Willie Turral	13 rushes, 48 yards
	Receiving	Kenne Whitehead	5 receptions, 37 yards

1 2 3 4 Total Miners 0 3 0 6 9 • No. 4 Cougars 14 7 21 0 42 Date: November 3 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Game attendance: 62,350 Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Mostly cloudy

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Kevin Ward	6/13, 60 yards
	Rushing	James Rose	22 rushes, 102 yards
	Receiving	Larry Linne	3 receptions, 41 yards
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	19/31, 237 yards, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Kelly Smith	4 receptions, 106 yards, TD
	Receiving	Glen Kozlowski	3 receptions, 75 yards, TD

1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 3 0 0 0 3 • No. 4 Cougars 14 10 3 7 34 Date: November 3 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Game attendance: 64,050 Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), Overcast

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
San Diego State	Passing	Todd Santos	7/19, 65 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Mike Waters	17 rushes, 66 yards
	Receiving	Webster Slaughter	6 receptions, 44 yards
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	24/44, 326 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Kelly Smith	7 rushes, 61 yards, TD
	Receiving	Glen Kozlowski	6 receptions, 108 yards, 2 TD

BYU at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 3 Cougars 7 3 7 7 24 Utes 7 0 7 0 14 Date: November 17 Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City Game attendance: 36,110 Game weather: Clear; 47 °F (8 °C)

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	27/44, 367 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	17 rushes, 117 yards
	Receiving	Glen Kozlowski	8 receptions, 162 yards, TD
Utah	Passing	Mark Stevens	12/24, 152 yards, TD
	Rushing	Eddie Johnson	14 rushes, 61 yards
	Receiving	Don Woodward	2 receptions, 53 yards

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1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 7 6 0 13 • No. 1 Cougars 10 7 7 14 38 Date: November 24 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Game attendance: 65,508 Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), Partly cloudy

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah State	Passing	Gym Campbell	18/54, 274 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Marc White	7 rushes, 53 yards
	Receiving	Solomon Miller	4 receptions, 92 yards
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	28/52, 338 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Vai Sikahema	5 rushes, 59 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	David Mills	7 receptions, 92 yards

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1 2 3 4 Total Wolverines 0 7 7 3 17 • No. 1 Cougars 0 10 0 14 24 Date: December 21 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium Game attendance: 61,243 Game weather: Clear; 51 °F (11 °C) Television network: ESPN Source: CougarStats.com

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Michigan	Passing	Chris Zurbrugg	7/14, 82 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Bob Perryman	13 rushes, 110 yards
	Receiving	Vincent Bean	3 receptions, 46 yards
BYU	Passing	Robbie Bosco	30/42, 343 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Lakei Heimuli	16 rushes, 82 yards
	Receiving	David Mills	11 receptions, 103 yards

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The following were selected in the 1985 NFL draft.^[10]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Trevor Matich	Center	1	28	New England Patriots
Kyle Morrell	Cornerback	4	106	Minnesota Vikings
Louis Wong	Guard	5	131	St. Louis Cardinals
Lee Johnson	Punter	5	138	Houston Oilers
Jim Herrmann	Defensive end	7	184	Dallas Cowboys

• Robbie Bosco, Sammy Baugh Trophy^[11]
• LaVell Edwards, Paul "Bear" Bryant Award