1986 BYU Cougars football team

1986 BYU Cougars football
Freedom Bowl, L 10–31 vs. UCLA
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1986 record	8–5 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1986 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
San Diego State $	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
BYU	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	5	–	0
Air Force	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
Utah	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 6	Utah State*	#18	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot)	W 52–0
September 13	New Mexico	#11	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	W 31–30
September 20	at #7 Washington*	#11	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 21–52
September 27	Temple*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	W 27–17
October 3	Colorado State		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	L 20–24
October 18	at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 34–22
October 25	UTEP		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	W 37–13
November 8	at Hawaii		Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 10–3
November 15	Oregon State*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	L 7–10
November 22	at Utah		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	W 35–21
November 29	at San Diego State		Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA	L 3–10
December 6	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 23–3
December 30	vs. #15 UCLA*		Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl)	L 10–31
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Season summary

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, UT
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 34,128
Game weather: Partly cloudy/snow flurries, 42 F

Scoring summary

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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References

BYU Cougars football

Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games San Diego State Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)

Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Cougar Marching Band Miami Beach Brawl

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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