The 1975 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Cougars were led by fourth-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, finishing tied for fourth with a conference record of 4–3.
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 13 | Bowling Green* | | L 21–23 | 29,718 | |
September 20 | at Colorado State | | L 17–21 | 27,491 | |
September 27 | at No. 13 Arizona State | | L 0–20 | 50,944 | |
October 3 | New Mexico | | W 16–15 | 25,140 | |
October 11 | Air Force*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | W 28–14 | 30,246 | |
October 25 | at Wyoming | | W 33–20 | 16,297 | [1] |
November 1 | No. 17 Arizona | | L 20–36 | 25,287 | |
November 8 | at Utah State* | | W 24–7 | 21,594 | |
November 15 | Utah | | W 51–20 | 28,265 | |
November 22 | at UTEP | | W 20–10 | 7,350 | |
November 29 | at Southern Miss* | | L 14–42 | 9,262 | [2] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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More information Players, Coaches ...
1975 BYU Cougars football team roster |
Players |
Coaches |
Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
Pos. | # | Name | Class |
OT |
61 |
Chris Crowe |
Sr |
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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Air Force
More information Total, Scoring summary ...
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2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Air Force |
7 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
14 |
• BYU |
0 |
7 | 7 | 14 |
28 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | AF | Ken Wood 5-yard run (Dave Lawson kick) | AF 7-0 |
| 2 | | BYU | Jeff Blanc 7-yard run (Dave Taylor kick) | Tied 7-7 |
| 2 | | AF | Ken Wood 1-yard run (Dave Lawson kick) | AF 14-7 |
| 3 | | BYU | Jeff Nilsson 10-yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick) | Tied 14-14 |
| 4 | | BYU | Charlie Ah You 1-yard run (Dave Taylor kick) | BYU 21-14 |
| 4 | | BYU | Charlie Ah You 1-yard run (Dave Taylor kick) | BYU 28-14 |
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Utah
Gifford Nielsen passed and ran for two touchdowns and Brigham Young's defense turned Utah fumbles into three more scores in the 51–20 rout. Mark Uselman also kicked field goals of 47, 47 and 44 yards as the Cougars won their fourth in a row in the series.[4]
Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Nov 16.