1991 BYU Cougars football team

The 1991 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 20th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars compiled a record of 8–3–2 overall and 7–0–1 in conference play, winning the WAC title for the third consecutive season. BYU was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Cougars tied Iowa.

1991 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, T 13–13 vs. Iowa
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 23
Record	8–3–2 (7–0–1 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (20th season)
Offensive coordinator	Roger French (11th season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Ken Schmidt (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1991 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 23 BYU $	7	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	2
San Diego State	6	–	1	–	1			8	–	4	–	1
No. 25 Air Force	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Utah	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Hawaii	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	1
Wyoming	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
UTEP	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Colorado State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result
August 29	No. 1 Florida State*	No. 19	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Pigskin Classic)	Raycom	L 28–44
September 7	at No. 23 UCLA*	No. 25	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 23–27
September 21	at No. 12 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 7–33
September 28	Air Force		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 21–7
October 4	Utah State*		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 38–12
October 12	UTEP		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 31–29
October 19	Hawaii		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 35–18
October 26	at New Mexico		University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 41–23
October 31	at Colorado State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN	W 40–17
November 9	Wyoming		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 56–31
November 16	at San Diego State	No. 23	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN	T 52–52
November 23	Utah		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)		W 48–17
December 30	vs. No. 7 Iowa*		Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	T 13–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1991 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 57 John Ashman Sr OT 71 Scott Brumfield Jr RB 43 Scott Charlton Sr QB 14 Ty Detmer Sr OT 63 Kent Griffith Sr C 79 Mike Jenkins Sr WR 87 Micah Matsuzaki Jr WR 42 Tim Nowatzke Fr G 68 Mao Pili Sr TE 89 Matt Zundel Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 20 Josh Arnold Sr LB 45 Rocky Biegel Sr DB 5 Derwin Gray Jr DT 98 Brad Hunter Jr DT 94 Chad Moffat Sr DT 99 Greg Pitts  Fr DB 22 Paul Pitts Sr LB 48 Kendall Purcell Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

Further information: 1991 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

Florida State

See also: 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team and Pigskin Classic

At UCLA

See also: 1991 UCLA Bruins football team

At Penn State

See also: 1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Iowa (Holiday Bowl)

#7 Iowa vs. BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 6 7 0 0 13 Cougars 0 6 0 7 13 Date: December 30 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California Game attendance: 60,646 TV announcers (ESPN): Steve Physioc and Gary Danielson

Scoring summary 1 Iowa Mike Saunders 13-yard run (extra point missed) Iowa 6–0 2 Iowa Mike Saunders 5-yard run (Skillett kick) Iowa 13–0 2 BYU Tuipulotu 9-yard pass from Ty Detmer (extra point missed) Iowa 13–6 4 11:36 BYU Tyler Anderson 29-pass from Ty Detmer (Kauffman kick) Tied 13–13

Main article: 1991 Holiday Bowl

See also: 1991 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Awards and honors

• Ty Detmer – Davey O'Brien Award, Consensus First-team All-American, 3rd in Heisman Trophy voting

1992 NFL Draft

Main article: 1992 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
9	230	Ty Detmer	Quarterback	Green Bay Packers