1983 BYU Cougars football team

1983 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 21–17 vs. Missouri
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1983 record	11–1 (7–0 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1983 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 BYU $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#13 Air Force	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Wyoming	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
New Mexico	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Hawaii	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Utah	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
San Diego State	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	9	–	1
UTEP	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards, in his twelfth year, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1, 7–0 WAC), and with a victory over Missouri in the Holiday Bowl. The Cougars offense scored 505 points while the defense allowed 247 points.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	at Baylor*		Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas	L 36–40	32,500
September 17	Bowling Green*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah	W 63–28	64,659
September 24	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado	W 46–28	34,255
October 1	at UCLA*		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	W 37–35	50,044
October 8	at Wyoming	No. 20	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming	W 41–10	31,084
October 15	New Mexico	No. 20	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah	W 66–21	64,740
October 22	at San Diego State	No. 18	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego	W 47–12	20,515
October 29	Utah State*	No. 15	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah (Beehive Boot)	W 38–34	64,593
November 5	at UTEP	No. 12	Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas	W 31–9	15,487
November 12	Colorado State	No. 8	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah	W 24–6	64,651
November 19	Utah	No. 9	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah (Holy War)	W 55–7	65,215
December 23	vs. Missouri	No. 9	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	W 21–17	51,480
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah	0	7	0	0	7
• BYU	14	21	20	0	55

Scoring summary

1	BYU	Stinnett 3 yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 7-0

1	BYU	Kozlowski 5 yard pass from Young (Johnson kick)	BYU 14-0

2	UTAH	Parker 6 yard pass from Stevens (Guardi kick)	BYU 14-7

2	BYU	Harper 1 yard pass from Young (Johnson kick)	BYU 21-7

2	BYU	Tiumalu 13 yard pass from Young (Johnson kick)	BYU 28-7

2	BYU	Harper 16 yard pass from Young (Johnson kick)	BYU 35-7

3	BYU	Stinnett 10 yard run (Johnson kick)	BYU 42-7

3	BYU	Hamilton 33 yard pass from Young (Johnson kick)	BYU 49-7

3	BYU	Pendleton 6 yard pass from Young (kick failed)	BYU 55-7

The following were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.

The following were selected in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.

↑ "Brigham Young University – 1983". College Football Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
1 2 "1984 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Award Winners: Davey O'Brien Award" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 21. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

BYU Cougars football

Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 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 Statistical leaders

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

Western Athletic Conference football champions

New Mexico (1962) Arizona State (1963) Arizona & New Mexico & Utah (1964) BYU (1965) Wyoming (1966) Wyoming (1967) Wyoming (1968) Arizona State (1969) Arizona State (1970) Arizona State (1971) Arizona State (1972) Arizona & Arizona State (1973) BYU (1974) Arizona State (1975) BYU & Wyoming (1976) Arizona State & BYU (1977) BYU (1978) BYU (1979) BYU (1980) BYU (1981) BYU (1982) BYU (1983) BYU (1984) Air Force & BYU (1985) San Diego State (1986) Wyoming (1987) Wyoming (1988) BYU (1989) BYU (1990) BYU (1991) BYU & Fresno State & Hawaii (1992) BYU & Fresno State & Wyoming (1993) Colorado State (1994) Air Force & BYU & Colorado State & Utah (1995) BYU (1996) Colorado State (1997) Air Force (1998) Hawaii & Fresno State & TCU (1999) TCU & UTEP (2000) Louisiana Tech (2001) Boise State (2002) Boise State (2003) Boise State (2004) Boise State & Nevada (2005) Boise State (2006) Hawaii (2007) Boise State (2008) Boise State (2009) Boise State & Hawaii & Nevada (2010) Louisiana Tech (2011) Utah State (2012)

National championships in bold

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