1984 BYU Cougars football team

1984 BYU Cougars football
Consensus national champion WAC champion Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 24-17 vs. Michigan
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1984 record	13–0 (8–0 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1984 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 BYU $	8	–	0	–	0	13	–	0	–	0
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Air Force	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Utah	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	7	–	1
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars went undefeated en route to winning the 1984 Holiday Bowl against Michigan and being named national champions by the AP and Coaches Poll.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	at No. 3/7 Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh	ESPN	W 20–14	40,263
September 8	Baylor*	No. 13/12	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 47–13	63,705
September 15	Tulsa*	No. 8/6	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 38–15	64,237
September 22	at Hawaii	No. 6/4	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI		W 18–13	50,000
October 6	at Colorado State	No. 8/6	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado		W 52–9	28,671
October 13	Wyoming	No. 7/5	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 41–38	64,839
October 20	at Air Force	No. 7/5	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado		W 30–25	30,469
October 25	at New Mexico	No. 5/4	University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico		W 48–0	19,227
November 3	UTEP	No. 4/3	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 42–9	62,530
November 10	San Diego State	No. 4/4	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 34–3	64,050
November 17	at Utah	No. 3/3	Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)	KUTV	W 24–14	36,110
November 24	Utah State*	No. 1/1	Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah (Old Wagon Wheel)		W 38–13	65,580
December 21	vs. Michigan*	No. 1/1	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–17	61,243
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. All times are in local to gamesite.

Results

Utah

Michigan

Draft picks

The following were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Trevor Matich	Center	1	28	New England Patriots
Kyle Morrell	Cornerback	4	106	Minnesota Vikings
Louis Wong	Guard	5	131	St. Louis Cardinals
Lee Johnson	Punter	5	138	Houston Oilers
Jim Herrmann	Defensive End	7	184	Dallas Cowboys

^[3]

Awards and honors

Robbie Bosco, Sammy Baugh Trophy^[4]

References

↑ Mandel, Stewart (2009-08-06). "BYU pulled off a miracle 25 years ago; will it ever happen again?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
↑ 1984 BYU vs. Utah – CougarStats CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Utah 1984
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1985.htm
↑ http://www.touchdownclubofcolumbus.com/Awards.htm#SAMMY

1984 BYU Cougars football—consensus national champions

Robert Anae Robbie Bosco Blaine Fowler Kurt Gouveia Lakei Heimuli Lee Johnson Shawn Knight Glen Kozlowski Trevor Matich Vai Sikahema Leon White Head coach: LaVell Edwards Assistant coaches: Norm Chow Dick Felt Mike Holmgren Charlie Stubbs

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

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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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