The 1975 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1975 college football season.
Schedule
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
September 13 |
Bowling Green* |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
L 21–23 |
29,718 |
September 20 |
at Colorado State |
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Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO |
L 17–21 |
27,491 |
September 27 |
at Arizona State |
#13 |
Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
L 0–20 |
50,944 |
October 3 |
New Mexico |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 16–15 |
25,140 |
October 11 |
Air Force* |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 28–14 |
30,246 |
October 25 |
at Wyoming |
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War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY |
W 33–20 |
16,297 |
November 1 |
Arizona |
#17 |
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
L 20–36 |
25,287 |
November 8 |
at Utah State* |
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Romney Stadium • Logan, UT |
W 24–7 |
21,594 |
November 15 |
Utah |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War) |
W 51–20 |
28,265 |
November 22 |
at UTEP |
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Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX |
W 20–10 |
7,350 |
November 29 |
at Southern Mississippi* |
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Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS |
L 14–42 |
9,262 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
Game notes
Air Force
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Air Force |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
• BYU |
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
28 |
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Scoring summary |
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1 |
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AF |
Ken Wood 5-yard run (Dave Lawson kick) |
AF 7-0 |
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2 |
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BYU |
Jeff Blanc 7-yard run (Dave Taylor kick) |
Tied 7-7 |
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2 |
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AF |
Ken Wood 1-yard run (Dave Lawson kick) |
AF 14-7 |
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3 |
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BYU |
Jeff Nilsson 10-yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Dave Taylor kick) |
Tied 14-14 |
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4 |
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BYU |
Charlie Ah You 1-yard run (Dave Taylor kick) |
BYU 21-14 |
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4 |
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BYU |
Charlie Ah You 1-yard run (Dave Taylor kick) |
BYU 28-14 |
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[1]
Utah
Gifford Nielsen passed and ran for two touchdowns and Brigham Young's defense turned Utah fumbles into three more scores in the 51-20 rout. Mark Uselman also kicked field goals of 47, 47 and 44 yards as the Cougars won their fourth in a row in the series.[2]
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