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
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. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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