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BYU Cougars

The BYU Cougars were 11-0 in 1979. They fell to the Indiana Hoosiers, 38 to 37, in the Holiday Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Fri
12/21
@
IND IND
L
37-38
Sat
11/24
@
SDSU SDSU
W
63-14
Sat
11/17
vs
UTAH UTAH
W
27-0
Fri
11/9
@
LBS
W
31-17
Sat
11/3
@
CSU CSU
W
30-7

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,720

Wilson

Wilson

RUSH YDS

595

Lane

Lane

REC YDS

735

Jones

Jones

1979 WAC Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
1
BYU BYU
7-0
11-1
San Diego State San Diego State
4-2
8-3
Hawaii Hawaii
3-3
6-5
New Mexico New Mexico
3-4
6-6
Utah Utah
5-2
6-6

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
11
447
5,735
832
6.9
1,684
368
4.6
4,051
464
8.7
Team Rank
1st
1st
16th
1st
98th
137th
21st
1st
1st
6th
Opponent
11
125
3,055
3.6
1,706
563
3.0
1,349
293
4.6
Opponent Rank
12th
32nd
6th
37th
99th
23rd
42nd
124th
4th
Net
+322
+2,680
+832
+3.3
-22
-195
+1.5
+2,702
+171
+4.1
Net Rank
1st
3rd
16th
1st
73rd
134th
13th
1st
2nd
3rd

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

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Indiana

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Notre Dame

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Texas Tech

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Boise State

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Ole Miss

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Opp PPG Rankings
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Texas

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Notre Dame

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Ole Miss

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Indiana

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Penn State

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Total Yards Rankings
Miami

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Ole Miss

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North Texas

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New Mexico

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Texas State

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Utah State

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Rush Yards Rankings
Army

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Liberty

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New Mexico

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Jacksonville State

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Navy

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Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

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Miami

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Ole Miss

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Colorado

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San José State

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North Texas

322.8
Sack Leaders
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SMU

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UTSA

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Texas

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UNLV

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CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
2
.846
2
BYU BYU
10
2
.833
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
1
.923
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
3
.769
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
12
1
.923
2
UConn UConn
8
4
.667
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
8
5
.615
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Oregon Oregon
13
0
1.000
2
Penn State Penn State
12
2
.857
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
4
.667
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Georgia Georgia
11
2
.846
2
Texas Texas
12
2
.857
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/22
NIU NIU
@
FRES FRES
28-20
Sun
12/22
CCAR CCAR
@
UTSA UTSA
15-44
Fri
12/20
TENN TENN
@
OSU OSU
17-42
Fri
12/20
CLEM CLEM
@
TEX TEX
24-38
Fri
12/20
SMU SMU
@
PSU PSU
10-38

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
1/4
BUFF BUFF
@
LIB LIB
11:00 AM
Fri
1/3
MINN MINN
@
VT VT
7:30 PM
Fri
1/3
UNT UNT
@
TXST TXST
4:00 PM
Thu
1/2
DUKE DUKE
@
MISS MISS
7:30 PM
Wed
1/1
ND ND
@
UGA UGA
8:45 PM