1996 BYU Cougars football team

1996 BYU Cougars football

Cotton Bowl Champions WAC Champions WAC Mountain Division Champions
WAC Championship Game, W 28–25 ^OT vs. Wyoming
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 19–15 vs. Kansas State
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Mountain Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1996 record	14–1 (8–0 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)

1996 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
#5 BYU x$		8	–	0		14	–	1
Utah		6	–	2		8	–	4
Rice		6	–	2		7	–	4
SMU		4	–	4		5	–	6
New Mexico		3	–	5		6	–	5
TCU		3	–	5		4	–	7
Tulsa		2	–	6		4	–	7
UTEP		0	–	8		2	–	9
Pacific Division
#22 Wyoming x		7	–	1		10	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2		8	–	3
Colorado State		6	–	2		7	–	5
Air Force		5	–	3		6	–	5
Fresno State		3	–	5		4	–	7
San Jose State		3	–	5		3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7		2	–	10
UNLV		1	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 ^OT
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Brigham Young Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. BYU was able to play 15 games because of NCAA rules that are no longer in place. Firstly, a team was able to play a designated "kickoff" opening game and not have it count against the allowed game total, then they played at Hawaii which didn't count against the allowed total. That allowed BYU to play 13 regular season games. They then played a conference championship game and a bowl game in the Cotton Bowl Classic bringing the total to 15 games.

During the 2002 and 2003 seasons teams were allowed to schedule 12 games as well as a week one game. As a result, the 2003 Kansas State Wildcats became only the second team to play a 15-game season with an 11-4 record.

The kickoff game exemption was eliminated in 2005, but the Hawaii exemption remains in place.

Beginning in 2014 it will again be possible for teams to play a 15-game schedule without facing Hawaii because of the 4 team playoff system.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	10:00 AM	No. 13 Texas A&M*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Pigskin Classic)	ABC	W 41–37	55,229
August 31	7:00 PM	Arkansas State*	No. 19	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 58–9	63,681
September 14	1:30 PM	at Washington*	No. 14	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ABC	L 17–29	71,165
September 21	12:00 PM	New Mexico		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 17–14	63,587
September 28	12:00 PM	SMU	No. 24	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 31–3	62,537
October 4	7:00 PM	at Utah State*	No. 21	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT	KUTV	W 45–17	33,119
October 12	12:00 PM	UNLV	No. 19	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 63–28	64,872
October 19	7:00 PM	at Tulsa	No. 18	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	W 55–30	34,624
October 26	1:00 PM	at TCU	No. 15	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	KSL	W 45–21	28,961
November 2	12:00 PM	UTEP	No. 13	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 40–18	64,938
November 9	12:00 PM	Rice	No. 12	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 49–0	65,732
November 16	10:00 PM	at Hawaii	No. 10	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	KSL	W 45–14	16,468
November 23	10:30 AM	at Utah	No. 8	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN	W 37–17	35,378
December 7	2:30 PM	vs. No. 20 Wyoming*	No. 6	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (WAC Championship Game)	ABC	W 28–25 ^OT	41,328
January 1	12:30 PM	vs. No. 14 Kansas State*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 19–15	71,928
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

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

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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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