1987 BYU Cougars football team

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1987 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoger French (7th season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (13th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
BYU 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Air Force 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
UTEP 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
San Diego State 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Hawaii 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Utah 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Colorado State 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 11 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1987 BYU Cougars football team represented

Melbourne, Australia. The game was promoted as the "Melbourne Bowl" but was met with weak enthusiasm in Australia.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Pittsburgh*
L 17–2764,274
September 12at Texas*
W 22–1765,102
September 19at TCU*
L 12–3322,615
September 26at
University Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
    		• W 45–2522,286
    October 2Utah State*
    		W 45–2465,729
    October 10Wyoming
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		L 27–2965,921
    October 24at Hawaii
    		W 16–1446,843
    October 31Air Force
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		W 24–1365,384
    November 7San Diego State
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		W 38–2164,341
    November 14at UTEP
    		W 37–2447,910
    November 21Utah
    		W 21–1865,686
    December 4vs. Colorado State
    		W 30–267,652[2]
    December 22vs. Virginia*
    		L 16–2237,000[3]
    • *Non-conference game

    [4]


    Game summaries

    At Texas

    BYU Cougars (0–1) at Texas Longhorns (0–1)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    BYU 0 14 8022
    Texas 7 3 0717

    at Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

    • Date: September 12, 1987
    • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
    • Game weather: Clear, 87 °F (31 °C)
    • Game attendance: 65,102
    • Box Score, Box Score
    Game information
    External videos
    video icon Game highlights

    Air Force

    Air Force Falcons (6–2) at BYU Cougars (4–3)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Air Force 10 0 3013
    BYU 0 14 10024

    at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah

    • Date: October 31, 1987
    • Game attendance: 65,384
    • Box Score
    Game information
    External videos
    video icon BYU highlights

    Personnel

    1987 BYU Cougars football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    RB Matt Bellini
    QB 10 Sean Covey Jr
    WR Chuck Cutler
    QB Bob Jensen
    WR David Miles
    RB Thor Salanoa
    RB Peter Tuipulotu
    FB Fred Whittingham
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB Richard Hobbs
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K Leonard Chitty
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References

    1. ^ "1987 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
    2. ^ a b "Only 7,652 Fans Turn Out Down Under To See BYU Edge Colorado State, 30-26". Los Angeles Times. December 5, 1987.
    3. Newspapers.com
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    4. ^ "1988 BYU Football Media Guide" (PDF). byucougars.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
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