1984 BYU Cougars football team

The 1984 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 13th-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, winning the conference for the ninth consecutive year. The Cougars finished the regular season as the only undefeated team in Division I-A, and secured their first ever national title by defeating Michigan in the 1984 Holiday Bowl.

1984 BYU Cougars football
Consensus national champion
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Michigan
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record13–0 (8–0 WAC)
Head coach
  • LaVell Edwards (13th season)
Offensive coordinatorRoger French (4th season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (10th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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

A number of pollsters and coaches were reluctant to name the Cougars as national champion, partly because they believed BYU's schedule was too weak. Only two of BYU's opponents won at least seven games. They had played only one ranked opponent all season, preseason #3 Pittsburgh, a team that would finish 3–7–1 and unranked. No other team in the WAC was even close to being their equal; the Cougars were the only team in the league with fewer than four overall losses. In the end, BYU was ranked number one in both major final polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. The team was named national champion by NCAA-designated major selectors of AP, Billingsley, Football Research, FW, National Football Foundation, Poling, UPI, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by both National Championship Foundation and Sagarin (ELO-Chess).

To date, the 1984 Cougars are the last team from outside a "power conference" to win a national title. It is widely believed that the various systems devised over the years with a view toward deciding the national championship on the field, with their emphasis on strength of schedule, make it extremely difficult for a team outside the power conferences to be considered for championship contention.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1at No. 3 Pittsburgh*
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNW 20–1440,263
September 8Baylor*No. 13
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 47–1363,705
September 15Tulsa*No. 8
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 38–1564,237
September 22at HawaiiNo. 6
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 18–1350,000
October 6at Colorado StateNo. 7
W 52–928,671
October 13WyomingNo. 5
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 41–3864,839
October 20at Air ForceNo. 7
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
ABCW 30–2530,469
October 25at New MexicoNo. 5
  • University Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
ESPNW 48–019,227
November 3UTEPNo. 4
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 42–962,530
November 10San Diego StateNo. 4
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 34–364,050
November 17at UtahNo. 3
  • Robert Rice Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)
KUTVW 24–1436,110
November 24Utah State*No. 1
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT (rivalry)
W 38–1365,580
December 21vs. Michigan*No. 1
  • Jack Murphy Stadium
  • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)
ESPNW 24–1761,243
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP138 (1)687575 (3)4 (4)43 (11)1 (40)1 (34)1 (33)1 (38)
Coaches126 (1)48655 (1)4 (1)3 (5)4 (4)3 (12)1 (30)1 (21)1 (24)1 (28)

Game summaries

At No. 3 Pittsburgh

Team 1 234Total
Cougars 0 3611 20
No. 3 Panthers 0 0140 14
  • Date: September 1
  • Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. MDT / 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Game attendance: 40,263
  • Game weather: Overcast, 73 °F (23 °C)
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Jim Thacker (play-by-play) and Irv Brown (analyst)
   
Team Category Player Statistics
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 25/43, 325 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 8 rushes, 44 yards, TD
Receiving Adam Haysbert 9 receptions, 141 yards, TD
Pittsburgh Passing John Congemi 17/32, 171 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Marc Bailey 14 rushes, 40 yards, TD
Receiving Bill Wallace 7 receptions, 68 yards

Baylor

Team 1 234Total
Bears 7 006 13
No. 13 Cougars 21 1376 47
  • Date: September 8
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
  • Game attendance: 63,705
  • Game weather: Clear, 79 °F (26 °C)
     
Team Category Player Statistics
Baylor Passing Cody Carlson 15/25, 198 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Ron Francis 13 rushes, 32 yards
Receiving Glenn Pruitt 6 receptions, 129 yards, TD
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 28/43, 363 yards, 6 TD
Rushing Robert Parker 11 rushes, 131 yards
Receiving David Mills 6 receptions, 115 yards, 2 TD

Tulsa

Team 1 234Total
Golden Hurricane 0 636 15
No. 8 Cougars 14 7314 38
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
  • Game attendance: 64,327
  • Game weather: Clear, 85 °F (29 °C)
      
Team Category Player Statistics
Tulsa Passing Steve Gage 5/15, 66 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Gordon Brown 16 rushes, 120 yards
Receiving Ronnie Kelley 4 receptions, 56 yards
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 22/33, 314 yards, TD
Rushing Robbie Bosco 7 rushes, 21 yards, TD
Receiving Mark Bellini 6 receptions, 141 yards

At Hawaii

Team 1 234Total
No. 6 Cougars 3 906 18
Rainbow Warriors 0 1003 13
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Aloha Stadium
    Halawa, Hawaii
  • Game attendance: 50,000
  • Game weather: Clear, 78 °F (26 °C)
    
Team Category Player Statistics
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 18/33, 264 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 16 rushes, 86 yards
Receiving Glen Kozlowski 9 receptions, 156 yards, TD
Hawaii Passing Raphel Cherry 8/24, 74 yards, INT
Rushing Nuu Faaola 11 rushes, 51 yards
Receiving Kyle Mosley 1 reception, 62 yards

At Colorado State

Team 1 234Total
No. 7 Cougars 21 1777 52
Rams 3 006 9
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Hughes Stadium
    Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Game attendance: 28,671
  • Game weather: Sunny, 64 °F (18 °C)
      
Team Category Player Statistics
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 16/21, 246 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 19 rushes, 87 yards, TD
Receiving Kelly Smith 6 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD
Colorado State Passing Tom Thenell 9/28, 98 yards, INT
Rushing Kurt Lichty 6 rushes, 24 yards
Receiving Todd Tyrell 4 receptions, 37 yards

Wyoming

Team 1 234Total
Cowboys 7 13180 38
No. 5 Cougars 14 7128 41
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
  • Game attendance: 64,839
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 62 °F (17 °C)
        
Team Category Player Statistics
Wyoming Passing Scott Runyan 10/13, 179 yards, TD
Rushing Kevin Lowe 9 rushes, 93 yards, TD
Receiving Allyn Griffin 6 receptions, 148 yards, 2 TD
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 29/44, 384 yards, 5 TD
Rushing Kelly Smith 13 rushes, 92 yards, TD
Receiving David Mills 7 receptions, 136 yards, 3 TD
External videos
Second half broadcast (partial)

At Air Force

Team 1 234Total
No. 7 Cougars 7 7133 30
Falcons 7 2106 25
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Falcon Stadium
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Game attendance: 30,469
  • Game weather: Overcast, periods of snow; 36 °F (2 °C)
  • Television network: ABC
      
Team Category Player Statistics
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 28/41, 484 yards, 4 TD, INT
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 18 rushes, 65 yards
Receiving David Mills 10 receptions, 225 yards, TD
Air Force Passing Bart Weiss 6/10, 152 yards, TD
Rushing Pat Evans 20 rushes, 103 yards
Receiving Kevin Fleming 1 reception, 57 yards, TD

At New Mexico

Team 1 234Total
No. 5 Cougars 7 17240 48
Lobos 0 000 0
  • Date: October 25
  • Location: University Stadium
  • Game attendance: 19,277
  • Game weather: Mostly cloudy; 50 °F (10 °C)
  • Television network: ESPN
     
Team Category Player Statistics
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 19/29, 227 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 19 rushes, 141 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Kelly Smith 3 receptions, 54 yards
New Mexico Passing Billy Rucker 5/8, 69 yards, INT
Rushing Willie Turral 13 rushes, 48 yards
Receiving Kenne Whitehead 5 receptions, 37 yards

UTEP

Team 1 234Total
Miners 0 306 9
No. 4 Cougars 14 7210 42
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
  • Game attendance: 62,350
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Mostly cloudy
    
Team Category Player Statistics
UTEP Passing Kevin Ward 6/13, 60 yards
Rushing James Rose 22 rushes, 102 yards
Receiving Larry Linne 3 receptions, 41 yards
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 19/31, 237 yards, 4 TD, INT
Rushing Kelly Smith 4 receptions, 106 yards, TD
Receiving Glen Kozlowski 3 receptions, 75 yards, TD

San Diego State

Team 1 234Total
Aztecs 3 000 3
No. 4 Cougars 14 1037 34
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
  • Game attendance: 64,050
  • Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), Overcast
   
Team Category Player Statistics
San Diego State Passing Todd Santos 7/19, 65 yards, 3 INT
Rushing Mike Waters 17 rushes, 66 yards
Receiving Webster Slaughter 6 receptions, 44 yards
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 24/44, 326 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Kelly Smith 7 rushes, 61 yards, TD
Receiving Glen Kozlowski 6 receptions, 108 yards, 2 TD

At Utah

BYU at Utah
Team 1 234Total
No. 3 Cougars 7 377 24
Utes 7 070 14
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Robert Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City
  • Game attendance: 36,110
  • Game weather: Clear; 47 °F (8 °C)
Team Category Player Statistics
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 27/44, 367 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 17 rushes, 117 yards
Receiving Glen Kozlowski 8 receptions, 162 yards, TD
Utah Passing Mark Stevens 12/24, 152 yards, TD
Rushing Eddie Johnson 14 rushes, 61 yards
Receiving Don Woodward 2 receptions, 53 yards

Utah State

Team 1 234Total
Aggies 0 760 13
No. 1 Cougars 10 7714 38
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah
  • Game attendance: 65,508
  • Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), Partly cloudy
     
Team Category Player Statistics
Utah State Passing Gym Campbell 18/54, 274 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Marc White 7 rushes, 53 yards
Receiving Solomon Miller 4 receptions, 92 yards
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 28/52, 338 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Vai Sikahema 5 rushes, 59 yards, 2 TD
Receiving David Mills 7 receptions, 92 yards

Vs. Michigan (Holiday Bowl)

Team 1 234Total
Wolverines 0 773 17
No. 1 Cougars 0 10014 24
  • Date: December 21
  • Location: Jack Murphy Stadium
  • Game attendance: 61,243
  • Game weather: Clear; 51 °F (11 °C)
  • Television network: ESPN
  • Source: CougarStats.com
    
Team Category Player Statistics
Michigan Passing Chris Zurbrugg 7/14, 82 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Bob Perryman 13 rushes, 110 yards
Receiving Vincent Bean 3 receptions, 46 yards
BYU Passing Robbie Bosco 30/42, 343 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Lakei Heimuli 16 rushes, 82 yards
Receiving David Mills 11 receptions, 103 yards

Personnel

1984 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
G, C 57 Robert Anae  Sr
WR 11 Mark Bellini So
OL 71 John Borgia Fr
QB 6 Robbie Bosco  Jr
RB 28 Paul Crawford Sr
WR 18 Jim Edwards So
QB 16 Blaine Fowler Jr
OL 75 David Futrell Fr
OL 59 Craig Garrick Sr
WR 1 Adam Haysbert Sr
RB 35 Lakei Heimuli So
OL 68 John Hunter  Fr
OL 66 David King So
WR 7 Glen Kozlowski  Jr
TE 90 Lance Lindley Jr
QB 8 Steve Lindsley  Fr
OL 73 Chris Matau So
C 50 Trevor Matich  Sr
OL 67 Keith McCullough Jr
WR 26 David Miles  Fr
TE 12 David Mills Sr
TE 94 Trevor Molini So
WR 85 Scott Norberg Jr
OL 75 Sam Oramas Sr
WR 19 Richard Orr Jr
HB 43 Robert Parker So
OL 61 Doug Rawlinson Fr
OL 63 Randy Rawlinson Jr
OL 69 Scott Robinson Jr
OL 55 Brian Rondoni Fr
FB 33 Thor Salanoa So
OL 56 Jay Shumway So
HB 23 Vai Sikahema Jr
HB 21 Kelly Smith Jr
OL 60 David Tidwell Jr
HB 46 Tom Tuipulotu  Fr
TE 89 Brett Varoz Sr
FB 33 Fred Whittingham Fr
OL 70 Louis Wong Sr
OL 78 David Wright Jr
QB 12 Mike Young  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 51 Ladd Akeo So
DB 22 Mark Allen Sr
LB 49 Marv Allen Sr
LB 31 John Bechtold So
LB 37 Alema Fitisemanu Fr
LB 34 Kurt Gouveia Jr
DL 78 Larry Hamilton Sr
DB 42 Steve Haymond Sr
DB 2 Brian Hazelgren Jr
DE 92 Jim Herrmann Sr
LB 57 Richard Hobbs  Fr
DL 96 Jay Huckaby  Fr
DL 77 Shawn Knight So
DL 76 Tim Knight So
DB 9 Rob Ledenko  Fr
DL 80 Ty Mattingly So
LB 44 Jim McDade Jr
LB 96 Jay McDonald Jr
DB 5 Kyle Morrell Sr
LB 55 David Neff Sr
DB 27 Kory Rasmussen So
LB 59 Steve Sanders So
DB 5 Marc Sherman Jr
DB 24 Shane Shumway So
DL 76 Brad Smith Sr
DL 65 Ken Smith Sr
DB 25 Jeff Sprowls Jr
DB 3 Rodney Thomas Fr
LB 9 JC VonCollin  Fr
LB 41 Leon White Jr
LB 53 Cary Whittingham Jr
DB 14 Jeff Wilcox So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P, PK 10 Lee Johnson Sr
PK 3 Pete Rossi Sr
PK 15 Gary Webster Jr
Head coach
  • LaVell Edwards
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Roger French
    Offensive coordinator/Offensive line
  • Dick Felt
    Defensive coordinator/Defensive backs
  • Norm Chow
    Wide receivers/Recruiting coordinator
  • Mike Holmgren
    Quarterbacks
  • Mel Olson
    Offensive line/Academic coordinator
  • Jim Paronto
    Inside linebackers
  • Tom Ramage
    Special teams coordinator/Defensive line
  • Lance Reynolds
    Running backs
  • Ken Schmidt
    Outside linebackers
  • Bart Andrus
    Graduate assistant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 1, 2017

Awards and honors

  • Robbie Bosco, Sammy Baugh Trophy
  • LaVell Edwards, Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

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

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